Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Back to the Past ❯ Chapter Three: Meeting Kakashi again ( Chapter 3 )

Around three o'clock in the morning, when Sakura finally finished her training, she decided to get some sleep before meeting with Kakashi again. Hearing her alarm clock, Sakura got out of bed and changed her clothing before walking out of her bedroom to get some breakfast from her mother. "Good morning, Mom." Sakura greeted her mother as she entered the kitchen.

"Good morning, Sakura. Off to see your new sensei?" Umeko asked her daughter.

"Yes, I am." Sakura answered as she sat down and finished off her toast and milk. When Sakura was finished, she walked to the sink and put her dishes in before walking back to her mother and giving her a hug and kiss. She walked to the door and put on her shoes before walking out into the sunlight that shone brightly in the morning sky. Walking down the streets, Sakura thought about what to say in front of her team again; she wasn't going to do it like last time. As for Naruto and Sasuke, they would say the same thing as they did before and Kakashi-sensei too. Giggling at that thought, she knew him more than her team. 'Okay, Sakura now don't give anything away.' She thought.

Coming up to the academy building, she walked into the front doors and down the halls to her classroom. Opening the door she saw Sasuke and Naruto already there and waiting for their new sensei. She walked up to Naruto and smiled at him. Sakura looked at the time, their sensei was late. Sakura knew this, so she couldn't help but giggle again; receiving some weird looks from Naruto and Sasuke. Turning around, she shook her head at them and thought 'If they only knew.' After waiting for thirty minutes, Naruto decided to take things into his own hands and punish their late sensei; sticking a chalkboard eraser in the doorway.

"Naruto, you know that he's a Jounin, right?" Sasuke asked, with his hands under his chin.

"Hey, but this is what he gets for coming late. I mean all the others met their new sensei's and left all ready. Why does it have to be us with a lazy sensei?" Naruto asked.

"Naruto, come and sit down and be patient with him." Sakura replied to him.

"How do you know that it's a guy sensei?" Sasuke asked as he looked at her.

"I overheard Iruka-sensei telling someone that team seven has a male sensei." Sakura exclaimed while thinking, 'That was close.' As they looked at the door they saw a hand pulling open the door causing the chalkboard eraser to fall on his head; Naruto burst out laughing at him, Sasuke looked at him strange, asking himself if he was really a Jounin, while Sakura thought, 'Some things never change.'

"My first impression of you all is that I hate you." Their sensei replied. Naruto's face dropped while Sasuke's face looked passive. Sakura just looked at him with a smile, 'Yup, nothing has changed with Kakashi-sensei at all.' "Meet you all on top." Kakashi said, as he poofed away to wait for them.

They then proceeded to walk down the hall and up the stairs; Sakura first, followed by Naruto and Sasuke last. Coming to the door, Sakura opened it and smiled again at the nice warm sunlight that hit her face. They walked over to the stairs in front of their Sensei; Sakura sitting down to the right, Naruto the left, and Sasuke in the middle. "Okay, now introduce yourselves." Their sensei commanded them.

"Like how sensei?" asked Sakura, already knowing what to say.

"Your likes, dislikes, what you're interested in, things like that." He said, shrugging his right arm carelessly.

"Well, why don't you go first, to show us what to say and all?" replied Naruto, while almost jumping off the step.

"Okay, my name is Hatake Kakashi. Things I like are...I'm not telling. Things I don't like there are... a lot, but still not telling. Things that interest me...Hmm, not telling." replied Kakashi as he points to Naruto.

"Hi! I'm Uzumaki Naruto. I like instant ramen in a cup and I really like the ramen that Iruka-sensei got me at the Ichiraku Ramen noodles shop, but I hate the three minutes that you have to wait after you put in the hot water in the ramen cup. My hobbies are trying out new and different ramen and comparing them. My future dream is to be the greatest Hokage, and then the whole village will stop disrespecting me and will treat me like somebody, somebody important." Naruto replied.

"Okay." Kakashi said, pointing to Sakura. She opened her mouth to speak-

*FLASH*

"I'm Sakura Haruno. What I like… I mean the person I like." She put her hands to her face and turned to look at Sasuke. "Ah my hobbies…" shake head."My dreams… my future dream…" She giggled like an idiot.

"What do you hate?" Kakashi interrupted her. "NARUTO!" Sakura shouted. Naruto's face dropped with sadness.

*FLASH*

"Hi, I'm Haruno Sakura. I like a lot of things like reading scrolls, drawing new j-" She stoped herself short, "-Cherry blossoms, roses and violets, Cherries and strawberries. My hobbies are training with friends, learning new jutsu, analyzing and memorizing scrolls. Things I hate, spiders, snakes, and bullying. Things I especially hate are, people who think they better then anyone else…" She paused and took a breath. "…and people who think on only one thing, before friends and honor, betray the whole village for a stupid ambition, and playing with other people's feelings and lives." She took another pause and looked down. 'I won't cry, I won't cry,' She thought.

"Wow Sakura-Chan, great. Now for Sasuke-teme." Naruto shouted as he pointed to Sasuke.

"No, Naruto, I'm not done yet. My dreams are to be married and have children-" She muttered under her breath, "It might come sooner now," before she proceeded to continue, "-And to be the greatest kunoichi in Konoha... Now I'm done."

Sasuke looked at her with questioning eyes. Kakashi was thinking, 'She's hiding more things; she skips a word and then mutters under her breath. I wonder…'

"My name is Sasuke Uchiha. I hate a lot of things, and I don't particularly like anything. What I have is not a dream, because I will make it a reality. I'm going to restore my clan, and destroy a certain…someone."

"Yup, that's what I mean." Sakura muttered to herself, while thinking, 'hasn't changed, has he?' before she realized she had the attention of the others. "What?" She asked. Turning around, Kakashi coughed to get attention from his student.

"You are all very different and have different skills." Kakashi said, "We'll have our first mission tomorrow."

"What kind of mission?" Naruto asks while jumping up.

"It's a test all four of us will do together. A survival exercise."

"What!" Naruto cries; eyes wide and arms falling heavily to his sides.

"Of the 27 graduates, only 9 Genin will pass. The other 18 will fail. In other words, this is a make it, break it pass, or fail test. And the chances of you failing are at least 67 percent. Be at the designated training spot at five in the morning, and bring your ninja gear. Oh, and tomorrow you'd better skip breakfast, or you'll puke."

While Sakura was walking away, she stopped and turned to Naruto, "Hey Naruto, how about some ramen with me?" She asked with a smile.

"Sure, Sakura-Chan." Naruto replied, as he followed Sakura to the Ichiraku ramen shop to get some food.

Ichiraku ramen shop;

"Thanks Sakura." Naruto said while on his eighth bowl of chicken ramen.

"No problem Naruto, look, I'm sorry if I looked down on you." Sakura said while paying for her two bowls of ramen.

"Aww, thanks Sakura-chan." Naruto replied after finishing off his ninth bowl now.

"Well, I'm going to call it a night. Oh, I forgot, I think tomorrow is going to be a teamwork thing. Please use teamwork." Sakura stated as she walked home from Ichiraku.

"Bye, Sakura-Chan." Naruto shouted as he waved to her, 'What did she say?'

Author's Note:- I hope you like this chapter.