A promise was a promise, so once Sakura had finished cleaning the cat scratches on Naruto (which had already begun to heal as she had predicted), she had told her team that they would go train at Training Ground #3, a place that held a great deal of significance and meaning to her besides a place to train. It was there that she, Sasuke and Naruto had first worked together as a team, which had allowed them to pass Kakashi-sensei’s test; the one test that no one before had ever passed before and to this day had yet to pass again.
Kakashi-sensei had insisted that he didn’t want to teach anymore. The kunoichi had a feeling that her former sensei had been affected by the past as much as any of them. It couldn’t be easy knowing that you had failed to keep one student from running off and getting lost to the darkness in his soul. And then to have the other two move on with other teachers… well with Naruto, it had been understandable change. The Kyuubi needed to be away from the village at that time with Akatsuki out to capture him; it had been in his best interest and Konoha’s. Then one had to consider the fact that the late pervert had been Naruto’s godfather and the man who had trained Namikaze Minato, Naruto’s father.
And then there had been her. In all honesty, when she thought back on it, Kakashi-sensei just hadn’t the time to really train her properly. She had been the light-weight of the team in the beginning, the one with skills a little better then a civilian but still not good enough to be unprotected. With Naruto and Sasuke who both needed so much attention for different reasons, there really hadn’t been much time leftover for him to train her. Besides, she felt that he really didn’t know how to handle girls either and that if perhaps she had been a weak boy, it might have been easier on him. Still she knew that it had probably hurt his feelings that she sought another teacher, but he had never spoke of and she knew he never would. Kakashi-sensei cared about his students (former students now) and he wanted what was best for them.
In any case, Team 7 aka Team Kakashi had been the only ones to pass Hatake Kakashi’s bell test and be accepted as Genins on the first try without being sent back for another year at the Academy. And despite repeatedly saying that he no longer wanted to teach and prefer going on missions (hell Kakashi-sensei had returned to being ANBU again to prove his point), Tsunade-shishou ordered the Academy to keep sending new graduated Genin teams to him. Sakura could understand her shishou’s reasoning. Kakashi-sensei was one of the best ninja in Konoha and had he been the type to want power, he could have easily been Hokage.
And then nearly seven months earlier, Sakura had received a scroll informing her to meet in Classroom 3-A in the Academy to meet her team. Knowing Tsunade as she did, she understood that it was an honor, as much as a headache to teach a team, because it meant that she was deemed worthy to help shape a new generation of Konoha-nin. However, like her former sensei, Sakura was a firm believer of teamwork and building close bonds with one’s teammates was important to successfully able to complete their missions; yet she also believed that a shinobi that would turn their back on their teammate to complete a mission was scum. In the words of Hatake Kakashi, "In the ninja world, those who break the rules are trash, that's true, but those who abandon their comrades are worse than trash."
Thus the new Team 2 had been faced with the bell test. At first it had seemed like that all three would have failed. Yukito was like most Hyuuga men, the stoic and solitary type who were confident in their own abilities to handle any situation. Rin and Kyoko had some kind of rivalry going on during the Academy which fell on the rival meter between Sakura’ rivalry with Ino and the one between Naruto and Sasuke. Rin also had the cockiness and crazy confidence of the Inuzuka clan, while Kyoko had the defiance of being an “outsider” or first generation ninja. Yet somehow despite it all, the three had come together. They hadn’t gotten the bells from her, but they had proven that they could be a team so she had passed them.
“Okay no-” Sakura began to speak before she was interrupted.
“SAAAAAAAAAAAAAKUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUURAAAAAAAAAA-CHAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!!!!”
Grimacing, Sakura turned to see Naruto approaching with Sasuke following the blond. She had left the two of them to go do whatever so she could train her team, but it seemed that Naruto wanted to watch the training. As Sasuke’s probation demanded that he be in the company of either her or Naruto, he had no choice but to follow Naruto here. Yet glancing at the Uchiha, Sakura got the feeling that he didn’t particularly mind having to watch a bunch of Genin train.
“Sakrura-sensei?”
She turned back and smiled back at her students. “Okay as I was saying, you guys are really going to have do some serious training if you want to be ready to pass the Chuunin Exams in two months.”
“What’s so different about the exam now then it was last week,” Rin demanded to know. They had been discussing the Chuunin Exams for the past few weeks since Sakura had finally deemed them ready to take the exams. This would be the second time the test the come around since they had graduated from the Academy. The first time it had popped up, they had less then three months under their belt as Genin and Sakura had refused to nominate any of them take it, stating that they were still too wet behind the ears, which all three had disagreed in their own particular fashion.
They had all been disappointed that they’d have to wait another six months for the exams to occur once more. Yet wait they did and now the exam was fast-approaching and one week their beloved sensei thought they were doing great and had a good chance to pass the test and now today she was telling them that they needed to train even harder. Not that any of them had a problem with that, but that didn’t mean they didn’t want to know the reason behind it any less.
“All three of you know the story of my original team, correct,” Sakura questioned them. The girls nodded their heads while Yukito merely gave his sensei a look. Having spent a great deal of her life with males like her only male student, the kunoichi was well-versed in their ways of non-verbal communication and knew that it was Yuki’s version of nodding his head. “Well since my teammate Sasuke is back,” she jerked her head towards the man in question, “and needs to earn his place back in the village. One of the things that the Hokage wants him to do to earn the rank that reflects his skills and abilities as well as what he would have been if hadn’t left the village. In other words, he’s taking the Chuunin Exams with you.”
She waited for the implications of her words to sink into their heads. It didn’t take long as the three were well-versed at connecting the dots under tutelage.
“We have to compete against someone who has the Sharingan,” Kyoko moaned, shooting her ‘hero’ a look of despair. It was one thing to be in awe of meeting someone who possessed the Sharingan; it was quite a different story to find out you’d be competing against them. “But that’s not fair. He’s OLD! He probably knows hundreds of thousands of jutsus like Kakashi-sensei!”
“It will not be long until others hear about this,” Yuki said, skipping straight to the point of the main reason they needed to increase their training. “Everyone will be training even harder just to be able to have a fair chance against him.” The Hyuuga boy shot a glare at Sasuke; for whatever reason he didn’t like Sasuke to begin with, his dislike had only increased with the latest news.
“We’re fucked,” Rin said, plopping down to sit on the ground. Yorumaru and Kuroi leaned against her from opposite sides and rubbing their heads against her arms in a show of comfort.
“RIN,” Sakura scolded. “Watch your language. Who taught you to say something like that? I know it wasn’t your mother.” One might consider that it was waste of breath since shinobi were notorious for having foul mouths, but most mothers and female team leaders tried to leash this bad habit as much as possible. Typically the girls weren’t as bad as boys were; Rin, however, was the exception to the rule.
She shot Naruto a dirty look, having an idea of who to blame. The Kyuubi scooted closer to Sasuke, planning to hide behind the other man should Sakura decide to physically show her displeasure. He had no shame in his actions since any ninja worth his salt knew when to take cover from a pissed off female; particularly a pissed of Sakura who had the strength and the knowledge to hurt you in a million different ways. He was certain that Sakura still had feelings for Sasuke so using the Uchiha as a meat shield seemed his best option should things go downhill.
“Oh Naruto-onii-chan didn’t teach me that one,” Rin said, earning herself a free ramen on Naruto for saving his bacon. “Kiba-oji-san did.” That really wasn’t a surprise to anyone considering Kiba’s mouth was as foul as Naruto, if not worse actually.
“Just try not to say it again, Rin,” Sakura said, mentally making a note to have a talk to Kiba. “Now complaining about it isn’t going to change things. The Chuunin exam is going to a lot more difficult because everyone will be training harder to make up for the handicap of having to compete again Sasuke. I still think you three can pass; you’re just going to work harder between now and the exam. That means training even when I’m not there to supervise or help.”
The three students stared at their teacher, nodding their heads slowly. Sakura wouldn’t have told them that they had a chance of passing unless she believed them. She was a good teacher, but she wasn’t one to beat around the bush or try to pretty things up. If she said they had a chance to pass, then they had a chance to pass and they would do what she told them to increase their odds of passing.
“That being said,” Sakura reached into a pouch hanging on her belt loop and pulled out two bells hanging from a string which made a high-pitched ringing sound. Even from where they stood, Naruto and Sasuke could see that the bells had a metallic pink tinge to them.
“Kakashi-sensei had those made for Sakura when he found out that she’d been assigned a team,” Naruto said, which only got him a ‘hn’ a response. Not that it bothered the blond. The years might have passed them by but in essence they were the same two people they had been as children. Sasuke would never be much of a talker, but he listened and that counted.
“Sakura-sensei we’ve already passed the bell test,” Kyoko said. “Why are we doing it again?”
“You never passed the bell test,” replied the pink-haired kunoichi, watching as jaws of the two girls and dogs dropped while Yuki-kun just arched an eyebrow at her. “In that you three failed epically, however you passed my real test and that was to prove that you could overcome your differences and learn to work together as a team. So let’s see if you three,” the puppies whimpered indignantly and Sakura smiled at them, “correction, you five have what it’s steal the bells.”
“Ha ha, you’re on Sakura-sensei,” Rin cried, grinning and basically looking delighted with the challenge. Sasuke was beginning to see why Sakura had muttered something about Naruto’s influence. The Inuzuka girl was clearly as loud and brash as the blond, although perhaps it was more then the Kyuubi’s influence but also Kiba’s. The girl had called him uncle before.
“Piece of cake,” Kyoko said, pulling a kunai out of her "belt pouch and spinning it around on her finger using the loop on one end. Rin shot her teammate a surprised look, clearly on expecting the kunai. “The only way we get the bells is to attack with the intent to kill, remember? Besides it’s not like we’ll be able to manage to hurt Sakura-sensei too bad. She is a Jounin after all.”
“But we’ll still be able to get the bells,” added Yukito. His hands came up and made hand seals to activate his Byakugan. As a younger member of the Hyuuga clan, Yukito had to go through the hand seals to help him activate the Bloodline Limit. Older members such as Neji or Hinta could activate their Byakugan at will.“Byakugan!”
“We’ll see about that Yuki-kun,” Sakura said, grinning at her team. “But if this is going to be more of a challenge,” she slipped of the red and white kimono jacket and tossed it up on a nearby tree branch, “then I just might work up a sweat.” Sasuke noticed that Sakura wore intricate gold armbands on each shoulder, which he figured was to help hide her ANBU tattoo; if she had just worn it on the left shoulder where the ANBU tattoo was located, people would have guessed but on both shoulders, it just looked like a fashion statement.
Sakura’s stance appeared to be nonchalant and unguarded, but to the more experienced eye of a shinobi such as Sasuke and Naruto, it was clear that the kunoichi was anything but an easy target. However the Genin team wasn’t that experienced yet and when they suddenly attacked in unison, they had the impression that they had caught their beloved sensei off guard for once. The two girls had thrown punches from different angles while the dogs went for Sakura’s legs; it was clear to the older shinobi that the young kunoichi and the dogs were meant as a distraction and that the real attack was coming from Yukito.
It was a smart plan considering the kind of damage that Yukito could inflict using his Byakugan, but not one you could expect to work on a Jounin, particularly one who was also ANBU; not that the kids knew that. Maybe in another few years with some more training to increase their overall strengths, they might be able to get the jump on Sakura, but today wasn’t the day. As Yukito seemed to land a hit on Sakura, there was a poof and Sakura was replaced by a wooden log.
A corner of Sasuke’s mouth curved up slightly; Substitution Jutsu, one of the techniques that Sakura had excelled in since their time at the Academy. Before he had left, Ino had told him Sakura had made use of it to help him, Naruto and Lee in the Forest of Death. He had never told Sakura that he had been aware of her actions that day, nor that he had been proud of her. The Sakura he had known in the Academy would have just kept freaking out and waiting for someone to save them while the Sound shinobi tried to kill him and Naruto. She had stepped up to the plate and even though she hadn’t been strong enough then, she hadn’t given up.
Sasuke could still remember how badly beaten up she had looked when he had awakened and the sudden rage that had caused inside of him. It didn’t matter that he might have considered annoying once or that she still annoyed him once and a while as his teammate. His family had taught him that he had to protect a girl when she needed it (his mother had emphasized the ‘need it’ part; Uchiha Mikoto had made sure her sons understood that females could be strong) and Kakashi had taught him that you took care of your teammates. Sakura was both and it had infuriated him that someone would harm her. Yet it seemed unlikely that anybody would harm this Sakura.
“Is that the best you guys can do,” Sakura’s voice could be heard taunting her students. “I thought I taught you guys better.”
“Yorumaru! Kuroi!” Rin yelled. “Track Sakura-sensei!” With their tails wagging and big doggy grins on their faces, the two dogs began scenting the ground while Yukito made use of his Byakugan.
“Good luck with that,” Naruto muttered. “Even Kakashi-sensei has a hard time tracking Sakura-chan when she don’t want to be found. Course he only has himself to blame since he trained her in being sneaky.”
‘Hn.’
Naruto snuck a sly glance at his friend and wasn’t too surprised that the Uchiha had activated the Sharingan and was using it to see if he could do what the Genin team couldn’t. It would do him no good however. Kakashi had his own Sharingan and hadn’t helped him find Sakura anymore then his pack of ninken. While some ANBU had thought Sakura had gained her position because she was the Hokage’s apprentice, they had soon learned otherwise.
As a medical nin, Sakura had useful knowledge and skills that could use to heal a teammate or herself or take out an enemy. Even when they had been kids, she had always been freakishly strong when her temper was up and that had only been enhanced by her ability to focus her chakra to strengthen her hits. The kunoichi was also smart, had always been smart since Naruto had known her, and those smarts came into good use in various ways. Sakura had also become a formidable in the use of genjutsu which required the user to have precise chakra control and intelligence, something the pink-haired woman had in spades. It was a talent that she had always had although it wasn’t until she was about seventeen that it really started to be developed.
The men watched as Yorumaru let out one sharp bark, which caused Rin make a hand signal to her teammates. It was clear that the male pup had conveyed some message to the young kunoichi, although it still baffled them both how the Inuzuka clan could interpret what their dogs said when a lot of the dogs didn’t speak human like Kakashi’s ninken. Kyoko suddenly ran up the tree, jumping to grab a branch with heavy foliage. The petite girl swung her body up, twisting her body to kick at something hidden in the trees. Sakura suddenly jumped down from the trees where Yukito waited to attack.
‘Not going to work,’ thought Naruto and Sasuke, ironically in unison but of course neither man knew that.
Just as predicted, just as Yukito landed a hit to Sakura’s upper arm, there was a poof of smoke. When the smoke dissipated, there was a small Sakura doll with a note pinned on it that said, “Maybe next time guys.” Rin let out a loud growl while Kyoko jumped down looking irritated and their male teammate had an expression of annoyance that more likely directed as himself then at his sensei. The Hyuuga had already acknowledged that their teacher was damn good so he didn’t bother getting frustrated at her for being good, but at himself for not being good enough yet.
“Damn it,” Rin snarled. “We were sooooo close!”
Naruto and Sasuke watched with silent amusement that came with age, rank and power, or in Sasuke’s case power. They had both been in the same place as those kids once and understood the frustration that came at still not meeting the mark.
“Rin is Kiba’s cousin,” Naruto said, deciding to give Sasuke the background of Sakura’s team. If they were going to watch the team, Sasuke should at least understand each Genin that had been assigned to their teammate. “Second cousin actually. She’s the daughter of his older cousin, Tamotsu, on his mom’s side. Rin has a short fuse and tends to be mouthy little thing.”
‘Sounds like someone I know,’ thought Sasuke.
“After one day of being her teacher, Sakura dubbed the kid Nidaime Anko since she’s a lot like Anko-san,” Naruto continued, which the very thought of sent chills down the spines of both men. Mitarashi Anko was the type of ball-busting kunoichi that made grown men cry or crawl into a corner, not that either man would ever admit this out loud. They did have images to maintain after all.
“Not even close,” Kyoko corrected her teammate. “Our speed’s still too slow compared to Sakura-sensei’s to land a hit. No matter how close we get, she can perform the Substitution Jutsu before we can get her.”
“Then if we can’t match her speed, we need to find a way to slow her down,” Yukito said. Kyoko glanced at her male teammate, meeting his pale gaze, before nodding her head in agreement.
“Kyoko is the brains of Team 2,” the Kyuubi said continuing his commentary. “Not that the other two are shabby in that department, but it’s usually Kyoko-chan who starts putting the dots together first. Once she’s made that first connection, the other two are quick in catching her line of thinking and three of them solve the problem. They’ve already had a couple of B-rank missions because they’re that good. Well that and Sakura-chan is awesome team leader and teacher.
Kyoko-chan’s an orphan like us, although her parents were civilians. She used to live near a village near the Land of Rivers. The village got attacked by some rogue-nin and Kyoko-chan was one of the few that survived. Kid’s pretty amazing. A month after it happened, she decided that she was going to be a shinobi and pestered the hell out of the orphanage director until he had her sent to Konoha’s orphanage so she could attend the Academy. Iruka-sensei was her homeroom teacher and he says she was more determined to graduate and become a ninja then I was.”
That impact of that statement alone was enough for the Uchiha to understand the strength of will and guts the young kunoichi had. It also explained why the child had been assigned to Sakura’s team. While Sakura was technically a second-generation shinobi, the fact that her father hadn’t trained her before entering the Academy had put her at a disadvantage then the other students who came from shinobi family or were part of one of the clans. If any teacher would understand Kyoko’s needs, it would be Sakura.
“Kid’s got lots of potential,” Naruto continued. “She’s pretty fast and has good chakra control, so Sakura thinks she’d do well as a medical-nin.” Speed and chakra control were important elements of being a medical-nin, as one was needed to be able to evade attacks, since their main purpose was to help keep the team healthy and alive, while the other made it possible to be able to properly manipulate chakra to heal another person. “Probably get some training in focusing her chakra so she can go another mini Tsunade. Or I guess that would be a mini Sakura since Sakura-chan is teaching her. She’s also a natural Lightning Style, so Sakura will probably ask Kakashi-sensei to spend a little time training Kyoko-chan.”
Sasuke found himself annoyed after he heard that particular bit of information. He was a Lightning Style type too, so he could help Sakura train her student just as well as Kakashi could. Even telling himself that it was only because he had just returned and Sakura probably didn’t remember that Lightning Style was one of the Seishitsu Henka that he possessed. He still wasn’t sure if his irritation derived from the change in Sakura’s behavior to him since he had returned (which meant that he was merely having problems accepting this change in Konoha) or if there was perhaps more behind to it then that (which meant that he might have feelings for the kunoichi beyond that of friendship).
He knew that it was something he’d have to work out and until he did, he would be careful to keep the relationship between the two of them the same as it had been before, with small concussions to the fact that they were now twenty-two instead of twelve. It wouldn’t be fair to Sakura otherwise. He had hurt her and his other friends in Konoha with his defection and the things he had done since then. He couldn’t say he regretted his path, but he could feel remorse for the pain that he had caused them. If it could be avoided, he didn’t want to hurt any of his friends again.
The Uchiha’s attention returned to the Genin team, who had paused for the moment to debate their next move. They were lucky that Sakura didn’t possess the Sharingan, otherwise she would have been able to know what they were planning since the Sharingan would have given her the ability to read their lips with great ease. It was one reason why Team 7 had been forced to learn how to communicate nonverbally when they were up against Kakashi. Yukito glanced, apparently sensing Sasuke’s stare with his Byakugan. For a split second, the Uchiha was the recipient of what had to be one of the dirtiest and malevolent glares he had ever gotten.
“Don’t mind Yuki,” Naruto said, also noticing the Hyuuga’s apparent dislike of Sasuke. “He’s got a crush on Sakura-chan and it’s no secret in Konoha that Sakura was once in love with you. Until the kid gets over his crush, you’re his love rival.”
“Hn.”
“Anyways, Yukito is Neji and Hinata’s cousin. His mother is Hyuuga Hikaru-san, the younger sister of Neji and Hinata’s fathers. Because the Hyuuga clan changed their traditions in regards to the main house and branch house, he’s never gotten the cursed seal like Neji.” This was news to Sasuke since the Hyuuga clan had practiced the use of the cursed seal on their branch house for generations. He had a feeling that the change in traditions might have something to do with the Kyuubi’s influence. “The kid’s a good fighter, but he’s not a prodigy like Neji. Still doesn’t keep him from trying hard since he idolizes Neji, although I think the kid gets his determination from Hinata-chan.”
Team 2 seemed to have come to a consensus of what they planned to do, although Naruto’s commentary had distracted Sasuke’s attention enough that he had no clue as to what the trio would do next. Rin signaled to her dogs once more, which caused them to start tracking Sakura once more. The two dogs moved closer to the men while the three Genin followed. The dogs sniffed near Naruto and Sasuke’s feet and while Naruto seemed oblivious of any warning signs, Sasuke was not.
When Kuroi suddenly tried to sink her teeth into ankles while her brother tried the same on Naruto, Sasuke was already on his guard and moved out of the way. Meanwhile Naruto howled in protest and was sufficiently distracted from anything but the half-grown pup’s attack to notice another. Not even Sasuke’s “watch out dobe” warning was too late to save the idiot.
Yukito made use of Naruto’s distraction to use the Juuken on the Kyuubi and successfully hitting enough major points to have the blond to fall onto his back on the ground. As soon as he hit the ground, Kyoko pounced and landed with her knees digging into the poor idiot’s stomach and knocking out the wind of him even further. The redhead’s hand deftly pulled out a set of handcuffs from his belt pouch and snapped them on his wrists before he had time to react. The handcuffs were designed to deal with shinobi prisoners, so also screwed with one’s chakra control (not that it was really necessary considering Yukito had already done a good job with his Juuken, but clearly Team Sakura was all about thoroughness).
“Okay Sakura-sensei,” Rin yelled, looking rather pleased with her team’s success, although not so high on it that she didn’t keep a wary eye on Sasuke. Sakura really had taught her team well. “We have Naruto-onii-chan hostage. Come out and surrender or the blond gets it!”
There was a moment of silence before Sakura appeared to suddenly walk out of a nearby tree, but clearly it had been a type of genjutsu. “Well now this an unexpected turn of events,” she said, although it was clear that she was pleased with her students solution to their problem. She stopped a few feet in front of them.
“No more Substitution Jutsu, Sakura-sensei,” Kyoko said, holding her kunai against Naruto’s neck. The blond gulped visibly, which brought said neck closer to the kunai but the young kunoichi kept it from cutting him. She had no intention of hurting Naruto, although appearances were everything and ninja were the masters of deception. If their teacher thought that it was possible that they would hurt Naruto to get her to bow down to their terms, then she would agree.
“Yeah, yeah,” Rin added. “Hand over the bells now. This battle is won.”
“No,” Yukito said. “I want to see if I can get a hit if she doesn’t use the Substitution Jutsu.”
“Fiiiiiine,” agreed Rin. She wanted to end this with a win and move on to some other kind of training, but there was no point in arguing with Yuki-kun once he got an idea stuck in his head. While she respected his dedication, she wasn’t placing any best on him managing to pull off this particular feat. Despite her boasts, she was well aware that this stage in their lives they didn’t stand a chance of standing a chance against Sakura-sensei in a fight without resorting to ninja tricks. After all Sakura-sensei had been trained by the Godaime Hokage, who was also one of the Sannin and if that didn’t make her powerful and awesome then Rin didn’t know what did.
“Well then Yuki-kun,” said Sakura, making a ‘come and get it gesture’ with her finger, “Bring it.”
“No Substituation Jutsu?” he questioned.
“None.”
The Hyuuga boy smiled for a moment before he attacked. However, no matter how fast he was, he was unable to land a hit on his teacher. It always seemed like he was off by an inch, or perhaps it was more correct to say that Sakura always managed to avoid getting hit. He was fast, but he still lacked the speed it would take to earn a hit on Sakura. It also worked against him that she and Hinata often trained together so she was familiar with the Hyuuga Juuken style and did fairly well in avoiding Hinata’s Juuken. She had also occasionally sparred with the Hyuuga prodigy and managed to do well enough against Neji to earn his respect, although she had yet to walk away from a match completely unscathed.
The fight went on for another few minutes before Sakura decided it was time to end things. She focused chakra into her hands, not to enhance strength but to hit key points that would disable him. She wasn’t aiming for chakra points as he was, but it was still an effective method. The next time that Yukito tried to strike her, she dodged and tapped his wrist, causing it to flop down uselessly. Anger flashed in his eyes, although she knew it was more at himself then at her. Yuki-kun was always hardest on himself. He struck with his other hand, but again she evaded and tapped a point in his wrist that had the same results. Before he could respond, she changed the focus of her chakra and hit him in the chest with the palm of her hand. The Hyuuga boy went flying backwards and hit the ground, leaving an impressive skid mark.
“Damn,” Rin said, grinning when her teacher turned and shot her a glare. “She wasn’t even trying that time.”
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Final Thought from Rin:
So when do I get that free bowl of ramen, Naruto-onii-chan?
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kunoichi - female ninja
hitai-ate - the forehead protector worn by nins
baa-chan - Naruto's way of referring to Tsunade which basically means grandma or old lady
-shishou - teacher/mentor
dobe - idiot
teme - a really rude way to say 'you'
Otou-san – father
-sensei – teacher
mou – basically means geez
onii-chan/san - a term to refer to one's older brother or an older male that one has a close friendship with.
-onee-chan/san – a term to refer to an older sister or an older female.
-oji-san – term for uncle. While Kiba is actually the cousin of Rin’s father, making them cousins one generation removed, because he is so much older then her other cousins she refers to him as uncle. This bothers him since she refers to Naruto as older brother instead of uncle, which is also an acceptable title for him.
Seishitsu Henka – refer here http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Nature_transformation
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