I woke up to the beeping to my brother's alarm clock. Groaning I slammed it down with my fist, smashing it into small pieces. I sat up and rubbed my eyes before stretching. 'Um kid...you do realize that was Yuki's clock right?' Haya said. I had a sweat drop.'Oh great...’ I got up and did my daily routine, then got my ninja gear. I placed kunai, shuriken, and soben (Throwing Needles) into my weapons pouch. I went down stairs I waited to be pounced on and hugged by Yuki. But nothing happened. That’s when it hit me. Yuki was gone. I looked around the quiet house and took in the surroundings. It was quiet, I didn’t like it. I was about ready to go meet Kakashi and the others when I passed by a chest. It was a wooden chest and had a note attached to it.

I looked at the chest and the note wondering what this was. I grabbed the thin white piece of paper and read it. It said,

Dear Reika,

I told Yuki to give this to you when you grow older. It was my mother's and she gave it to me, and now I'm passing this down to you. I hope you will pass it down to your children of your own. I hope this will come to use.

Lots of love

Your Mother

A small appeared smile as I set the note down. I slowly traced the engraved markings that said Reika Tsukimaru with my fingers, before opening it slowly. That’s when I saw the most beautiful black katana I had ever seen.

Inwardly I thanked my mother before placing the sword on to my back and pulled up my mask. I opened my door and headed towards the training grounds. When I got there, I saw Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke waiting for Kakashi sensei.

"HEY REIKA!" Naruto yelled. I quickly covered my ears. It felt as if they were bleeding.

"Stop yelling you idiot!" I yelled as I hit Naruto hard in the head. He just groaned, fell on the ground and rubbed his head.

"How many times do I have to tell you? My ears are more sensitive than the average human!" I scolded him.

"Sorry," he apologized. I sighed and walked towards the tree nearby and sat under the cool shade it provided me. I leaned back my head on the bark of the tree and closed my eyes. Kakashi sensei better get here soon or I’m going to be real pissed.

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" YOU’RE LATE!" Sakura and Naruto yelled making my eyes snap open. I saw Kakashi sensei finally arrived. Finally! Damn sensei! I was mentally cursing as I walk towards my team. I swear I hate mornings so much.

"Well a black cat crossed my past so I had to take the long way." Kakashi explained. He heard footsteps and turned around and saw me.

"Nice of you to join us Reika," Kakashi said smiling under his mask.

"Hn," I mumbled as I looked the other way. I just wanted to get this thing over with go back home.

"Well let's get started. Here we go its set for noon." Kakashi said. He pushed a button on a clock.

"Your assignment is very simple; you just have to take these bells from me. That's all there is to it. If you can't get them by noon, then you go without lunch. You'll be tied to those posts and you'll watch while I eat my lunch in front of you." Kakashi explained. My team stomachs started to growl… included mine. Damn, I knew I should've ate before I left.

"Wait a minute there's four of us, how come there are only three bells?" Sakura asked.

"Well that way, at least one of you will end up tied to a post and disqualified, and will be unable to complete the mission." Kakashi explained and shook the bells. "That one ends up going back to the academy. But then again, all four of you could flunk out too. You can use any weapons including shurikens. If you're not prepared to kill me, you won't be able to take the bells." Kakashi explained.

"But with our weapons, can't you get hurt?" Sakura said worried.

"Especially when you couldn't even dodge that eraser." Naruto laughed.

"Class clowns are usually the weakest. You can safely ignore them. Lowest scores... losers." Kakashi commented. "When I say start you can begin." Of course Kakashi's comment about Naruto being a loser made Naruto angry. Then Naruto took his kunai out and charged at Kakashi. But Kakashi appeared behind him twisting Naruto's arm and making him point the kunai at himself. "Don't be in such a hurry. I didn't say start yet." Kakashi told Naruto.

"But, you came at me with the full intention of destroying me, so how can I say this... I'm actually starting to like you guys." Kakashi explained.

'He’s pretty fast...' I thought. 'Yeah...But were faster.' Haya smirked. I felt a smirk crawl upon my face as well. I felt excited and nervous shivers go down my spine. My mind ready for anything he was going to do next. I wanted to show Kakashi that I was worthy enough for him to train our team.

"Ready... set...GO!" He said then all of us split into different directions. Sakura hid under the bushes, Sasuke hid in a tree, I hid on a low branch in a tree. Naruto on the other hand was standing in the open acting like the quirky idiot he was.

"Ok Kakashi sensei! You and me! Let's Go!" Naruto shouted out. Then runs full speed at Kakashi.

But then he stops and sees Kakashi start to pull something out from his weapon pockets.

"Well I guess I have no choice." Kakashi said then he pulled out his perverted book. "Huh?" I whispered loudly confused with an anime sweat drop. Was this guy SERIOUS! You can't fight like that!

I looked closely at the book. Hmmm.... doesn't my brother have that book?

"What the?" Naruto asked.

"What are you waiting for? Make your move." Kakashi said impatiently.

"But... why are you reading that book?" Naruto asked.

"Why? To find out what happens in the story. Why else?" Kakashi answered. "Don't let it bother you. With your weak attacks it shouldn't really matter if I'm reading or not." Naruto balled his hand into a fist.

"You’re going to pay for that" Naruto shouted and charged at Kakashi. But Kakashi blocked every move he made. "Your mine!" Naruto yelled lifted his fist up as he aimed at our sensei. Unfortunately when he tried to punch Kakashi, he disappeared and then reappeared behind Naruto. "Huh?" Naruto said confused.

"Don't let your enemy get behind you all the time." Kakashi said as put his hands together with the hand seal of a tiger.

"Naruto get out of there quick!" Sakura yelled from the bushes. Idiot...you just gave away your hiding spot!I sighed at the clueless girl.

"Huh?" Naruto asked.

"Too late." Kakashi said he got ready to do an unbelievable jutsu.

"Leaf village secret finger Jutsu!" Kakashi yelled out and poked Naruto's butt.

"A thousand years of death!" He yelled while making Naruto fly in the air. Naruto screamed while flying into the cold water. I had a large anime sweat drop.

"Okay where was I?" Kakashi asked himself as started reading back to his book. ‘Ookaay moving on.' I thought as I jumped away from the weird scene. If I want to beat Kakashi, we are going to work as a team. I need someone to pair up with. I jumped through the forest and tried to sense my teammate’s chakra. The closest I could find was Sakura so I went off to find her.

I jumped on to another tree branch and saw a flash of pink. I stopped and saw her still hiding in the bushes. Found her.

I jumped down and ran over to Sakura's hiding place. "Hey! This is my hiding place go find your own!" Sakura whispered angrily. I quickly ducked down to her level trying not to yell at her and give away were I were. "I don't care! But we need to work together- " I tried to explain.

"No way! I'm going to find my Sasuke," she said in a fanish way and then dashed off to go find the Uchiha. I just had an anime sweat drop.

"Urgh. Fine I'll find the Uchiha," I sighed as I sensed his chakra. But on the way I grabbed a couple of apples.

Sasuke’s POV

I waited in the tree thinking of a good strategy to get the bells.

"Ok so what is the first thing I should do?” I mumbled to myself.

"There you are," a voice said. I quickly turned around and pinned the figure to the tree with my kunai placing it on their neck letting them know that I would not hesitate to let the blade pierce their skin.

"Relax. It's me," Reika said in a smooth voice. I backed up and let go.

"Sorry," I said. I saw her staring at me and snapped.

"What do you want anyway?” She pulled something red out of her bag and tossed it towards me.

"What's this?" I asked dumb founded staring at the apple.

"An apple. We both need our strength, right?" she smirked at me. I looked at the apple for a second before eating it. After I finished I saw Reika staring at me.

"What do you want?" I said coldly.

"We need to work together so we can-"

"I can do this myself, I don’t need some loser getting in my way," I said before dashing off in another direction. She wanted to work together, ha what a joke. She’ll just get in my way.

Reika's POV

Well so much for working as a team. What a jerk. I closed my eyes and searched for Kakashi’s chakra. It took a while but I found it. Luckily it was still far away so that gave me some time to look for Naruto. I opened my eyes and started to look for my yellow haired best friend. When I saw him, he was hanging upside down from the tree.

"Naruto?” I stared at him with confusion clearly written on my face.

"Oh Reika! I'm so glad you’re here! Can you me help out?" He asked as he swayed back and forth.

"What would you do without me, Naruto?" I sighed and the swiftly threw some shurikens at the old rope that caught Naruto.

He fell down and hit his head hard in the dirt. He glared at me and rubbed his injured head.

"Reika, why’d you have to be so rough?" he whined having anime tears.

"Listen Naruto, I need your help," I said throwing him an apple. He gladly took it and started eating it. He nodded to show he was listening.

"Ok, what I need you to do is-" I started to explain my plan until….

"I need to beat Sasuke, and I have to find Sakura!" Naruto blurted out of nowhere then ran off. I stood there alone with only the wind there at my side.

I guess I was on my own. I closed my eyes and relaxed. ‘Haya. I need a loan’ immediately I could feel that familiar dark and sinister power from deep within me spread throughout my body. I did the chakra technique from before and searched for my sensei’s chakra. Once I did, I slowly opened my eyes and lowered my chakra. Kakashi, you’re in for a big surprise. I then disappeared in the woods of the training grounds.

I was dashing off in the woods, jumping from tree to tree, when all of a sudden...