A/N: This is originally Kisara White's story and I adopted it. The first two chapters are based on Kisara's, but I probably will make my own changes here and there. Hope you enjoy~
Will of Fire
SUMMARY:
"Now you next… Any likes, dislikes, hobbies, dreams..?" "Yo~ I'm Haruno Sakura. I don't have a lot of likes or dislikes… I don't have that many hobbies either, but one day, my dream is to become the next God of Shinobi..!"
Chapter 1:
Sakura gave a wide grin as she placed the new headband proudly on her forehead. She quickly dressed in her newest clothes that she bought specially for her new day as a Konoha shinobi. She put on a black, long-sleeved, kimono shirt, held closed by a red sash and ended it with baggy pants. She moved her hair that was tied in a low ponytail aside, and put on red armor she had recently bought. The piece itself thin and flexible, looking exactly like the imitation of the late Uchiha Madara's armor. Sakura had always been obsessed with the armor ever since she had seen Hashirama's and Madara's armor in a field trip to the Ninja Museum. Many children however laughed at her, scoffing and belittling her for wearing such strange and outdated clothing but Sakura however, could have cared less. She put on her shoes and ran out the door, her face a lit with happiness.
A couple of shinobi watched as the girl ran by, her face bright with a wide smile and gleaming eyes. The girl finally ran from sight, covered by the crowd and buildings.
"So, is she on your team Kakashi..?"
"...Hm? I guess so, yeah," Kakashi said impasssively, turning his eyes back to his orange book.
"A blossom as pretty as that with a fire burning that strong in her eyes can only be the epitome of youthfulness! I'm sure the youthful blossom will one day be a good rival for my Tenten-chan!"
"...Hm, did you say something, Gai?"
"Gah! You are too cool my rival! Next time I will definitely beat you!"
"...Hah?" Kakashi asked, confused.
Sakura's chest heaved as she sat in her desk, barely making it in time. Suddenly the seat next to her was taken by a person she knew well.
"Sakura-chan!"
"Hey Naruto!" Sakura greeted, her smile widening.
"Hey Sakura-chan, so ya finally bought it?! It looks awesome! You look just like those ninja in the museum!" Naruto said giving her a thumbs up.
"Thanks." Sakura grinned.
Suddenly a loud, familiar voice made both newly made genin jump. "Naruto! Sakura! I am about to call out teams now. If you will...?"
"Ack! Iruka-sensei!" Naruto yelped, partly out of suprise, partly out of habit.
"Ah, gommenasai Iruka-sensei!" Her face burned as she heard the snickers throughout the class. Iruka sighed.
"As I was saying... First of all, congratulations for graduating from the Academy. Second, as you may or may not know, you 27 graduates are going to be split three man cells with a jonin-sensei as your sensei. Any questions?" Naruto opened his mouth "Good, so let's get started shall we?" Naruto closed his mouth with a grumble. "Alright, starting with Team 1, we have..."
"Team 7 will be Uzumaki Naruto, Sakura, and...Uchiha Sasuke!"
Naruto loudly protested his complaints on being on the same team as a loser like Sasuke. Iruka was yelling at Naruto giving him a lecture on how technically Naruto was the worst while Sasuke was the best. Sakura, amidst the loud argument and the screams of heartbroken fan girls, glanced at Sasuke. He was scowling to himself until he caught Sakura's eyes. Sakura merely raised an eyebrow to the lone Uchiha who glared at them before looking away.
Finally Iruka called out the rest of them and he said, "Please wait for your assigned teacher. He or she will come to pick you up and explain how things work as an official genin of Konoha." Naruto and Sakura a grin. They were finally on their way to accomplish their dream, and there was nothing that would stop them!
2 hours later...
"Agh! I can't stand this! Why is only our jonin-sensei late?!" Naruto said peering out of the classroom.
Sakura, too, was getting impatient. At one point, she had started to try a conversation including Sasuke to relieve some of the boredom, but he had only brushed her off, muttering 'annoying' loud enough for her to hear. He hadn't changed a bit.
Suddenly Naruto yelled, "That's it! I can't take it anymore!"
He leapt up and got a chalkboard eraser, placing the object in between the space between the sliding door and the doorway. Sakura opened her mouth to argue when the door opened. She winced as the eraser fell on top of the person who was probably, most definitely their teacher.
Naruto was laughing his head off while Sasuke was staring at the man doubtfully. The gray haired man slowly bent down to pick up the eraser before speaking. He paused, staring at the eraser before crossing his arms.
"Hm... How do I say this? My first impression on you all? Well, I hate you." The three deadpanned simultaneously at his words. 'Seriously?' They thought.
Sakura sat with the others on the roof and watched as her teacher, who she was pretty sure had no experience in teaching whatsoever, asked them to start with introductions.
"Introductions? What should we say?" Sakura asked.
"Your likes, dislikes, your future dreams, hobbies... you know. Things like that."
Naruto just stared at him somewhat suspicious. "Hey, before that, why don't you tell us about yourself first."
"Me? Hm… My name is Kakashi, what I like and dislike is none of your business, I've never considered my future dream... As for my hobbies... Well I have a lot of hobbies."
They sweatdroppped and Naruto whispered to Sakura, "All we learned was his name…" However Sakura was staring at the man closely. Hatake Kakashi? Was this perhaps the son of the White Fang, Hatake Sakumo?
"Okay. Now it's your turn! Let's start with you." Kakashi said, nodding towards Naruto.
"My name is Uzumaki Naruto! I like instant ramen, but I like the Ichiraku ramen that Iruka-sensei treats me to even more! I also like Sakura-chan! What I dislike is the three minutes it takes for ramen to soften after pouring in the hot water! My hobby is comparing and eating ramen." Kakashi looked unimpressed. Naruto's voice suddenly took on a serious tone. "And... My dream is to surpass the Hokage! And then, the entire village will acknowledge my existence!" Sakura smiled sadly. Kakashi looked at him contemplatively before turning to Sasuke.
"Okay, next."
"My name is... Uchiha Sasuke."
"Pfffft." Sasuke glared at the pink haired girl. "Did you really have to pause? Did you forget your name or something?" Sasuke turned his head away from her. 'Tch'ing under his breath. Sakura calmed down. She had meant it as somewhat of a joke.
"I have lots of dislikes, but not likes in particular. I don't have a dream, but I do have an ambition. The ambition to restore my clan and without fail... to kill a certain man."
Kakashi remained unmoved. Naruto, on the other hand, looked horrified and was slowly scooting away from Sasuke.
'He doesn't... mean me, right?' Naruto thought.
Sakura snorted. "You forgot about hobbies." Sasuke whipped around to glare at her. "Besides, when you said you wanted to kill somebody, you meant out of revenge, right?" Sasuke sneered.
"And it it is, so what?" Sakura sighed. "If you kill him, so what then? Revenge doesn't solve anything. The only thing it does is incite hatred. A single person avenging the death of another creates more grudges. And once it starts, it's near impossible to stop. And if everybody went about pointlessly killing for the sake of revenge, then how many people do you think would be left in this world?" Sakura said, defiantly staring back at Sasuke who merely scoffed.
"Don't go running your mouth like you think you know everything, you Shusa. If that man died, nobody would miss him. In fact, they'd rejoice." Sasuke ended with a hiss. Naruto flinched, still oblivious to what they were talking about. Sakura stared at him with narrow eyes.
"Then if that ever happens, I'll miss him. But there's no way I'll let it happen. Peace cannot be created from acts of violence. And besides, no matter what he did, isn't he still you only family?"
"Shut your mouth-"
"Hai, hai. Let's not get too worked up here. I said introductions, not a huge battle of philosophies." Although the pink-haired girl's sounded quite interesting. Kakashi's eyes flickered to the female of the group. She was wearing armor exactly like that of the Sengoku Jidai, and as ridiculous as it looked (and clashed with her hair), she obviously wasn't a complete idiot.
"… Next is you." She grinned with a carefree smile, loosing all seriousness from before.
"Yo~ I'm Haruno Sakura... I don't think I particularly have a lot of likes or dislikes… I don't have that many hobbies either, but one day, my dream is to become the next God of Shinobi..!"
Shusa- abberation (can be abnormality, freak, mistake)
A/N: Sorry, sorry! I know I haven't been updating and stuff, but I'm really trying tow work on my other stories, but it's kind of hard adjusting the stories and sometimes I regret rewriting it... but based on the backstories I have in my head it just doesn't fit the personalities! I have rewritten like the first 2-3 chapters of each story, but I want to upload it possibly together once I rewrite at the point I have left it off of. So anyway this story was up for adoption( thanks a lot Kisara White ;)) and I really liked the story, so I'll be updating this while I'm working on my other chapters. The first maybe 6 chapters of this will come out pretty fast I think since that's how far the original story was written to. Please don't hate me for being so slow.
~Tokumei Yurei