Naruko was not having the time of her life.
Her teammates were a bunch of cute girls (one deadly and one kindly)—but that wasn't necessarily the terrible part. And her sensei was Hatake Kakashi! Her dad's student and sole survivor of the last Team Seven; Naruko had half a mind to bug her new sensei about her dad but that would only arouse suspicions and Ero-sennin told her to lay low until she or her mother came to clear things up.
"All right, kids," Naruko glanced up to where Kakashi was leaning against the railing, glancing down at the streets of Konoha from where the four of them were perched on the rooftop of the Academy. "Well… why don't we start getting to know one another better? Introduce yourselves, like, dislikes, dreams and hobbies, oh the sort."
The three genins exchanged uncertain glances (well, Sakura and Naruko did, but Satsuki just grunted). "Why don't you start first, Sensei? To give us an idea."
Kakashi cocked an eyebrow but he didn't protest. "Hm, sure. As you all know, my name is Hatake Kakashi. My likes and dislikes are not important. You all are too young to know more about my hobby and my dreams? Hm, never thought about it."
Now that was informative, Naruko thought sardonically. "Er, right. I'll go first then! My name's Senju Naruko. I like ramen, my mom, sister and even that pervert of a mentor, and training! I dislike when people act like complete assholes and actively hurt their environment"—cue dirty looks at Satsuki who flat-out ignored her—"and the three minutes ramen takes to cook and my tenant, er, scratch that last part. My dream is to be Hokage so that I can protect my precious people, though there aren't that many at the moment…" she trailed off at the last part, looking rather uncertain.
Kakashi cleared his throat, motioning towards Sakura. "What about, Pinkie here?"
Sakura scowled, but then she remembered that she had to get along and put on a good first impression in front of these people, and smiled, dutifully saying, "My name is Haruno Sakura. My likes consist of hanging out with my best friend, Ino, and just recently…" she glanced meaningfully at Naruko who remained oblivious, too occupied with waving at a tree. "Er, my dislikes are snobbish teammates," an uncertain glance at Satsuki who continued glaring at a tree. "And my dreams are to someday marry someone I like," she giggled maniacally when her eyes landed on Naruko again.
Kakashi sweatdropped, glancing at Satsuki. "Lastly, Miss. Broody."
Said girl threw him a filthy glare but through gritted teeth, she managed to make out words.
"My name is Uchiha Satsuki. I like nothing in particular, my dislikes consist of annoying fangirls and some stupid idiot who couldn't keep her mouth shut," she shot her teammates (not by her own will) deadly glares to which they returned. "What I have is not a dream. It is my life goal to kill someone and to revive my clan."
Silence reigned though Kakashi was internally sighing, he knew this was coming when the Hokage assigned him this team which he sincerely doubted would click together.
Sakura glanced uncertainly at her teammate, she didn't think the taller girl was this crazy. They'd been classmates for years and this was the first time the pinkette knew of the raven's true intentions. She was sorely tempted to comment but kept her words to herself.
Naruko, on the other hand, wasn't so thoughtful. She looked mildly impressed. "Just curious, but are you always an asshole to everyone you see?"
"Only those who are idiots." Her meaningful look at the blond left the words like you hanging in thin air.
"If I could get away with it," Naruko ground out through gritted teeth, feeling like wiping the self-satisfied smirk on Satsuki's face off with her fist. "I would've kicked your ass so hard you won't be able to walk straight for a week!"
Kakashi choked, recalling that particular line from one of the Icha Icha series book, though the kick was nicely replaced by fuck but ah, not like the kids needed to know. But before any of the kids could catch onto the innuendo, from Sakura's tinted face, she seemed to be imagining the same things he was thinking, he hurriedly spoke up, dismissing them. "Look, kids, go home and be at training ground fifteen, five o'clock sharp, got it? Oh, and don't eat anything or you'll be tasting it twice."
With great difficulty, Naruko turned away and started stalking down the stairs after her sensei's absence.
"Running away, scaredy-cat?"
"No, just saving you from broken bones and bruised ego, bastard." That insult just slipped out of her tongue but she found 'bastard' was mild enough and if her mother who had manners pounded into her head since she was a baby, knew she was badmouthing her teammate like that, she'd sent her flying even though she might've known how her teammate was always acting.
"Oh, I see," remarked the Uchiha, sounding casual but the Senju knew she was taunting her. "So you're that sort: all bark and no bite." That was a low blow and Naruko had to quicken her pace down so that she was out of earshot lest she really did kill her; that girl managed to rile her up like no other, made her want to scream and yell and shout and break things especially.
Especially that pretty face of hers—she wasn't blind, of course she could see how pretty cute she was, with the pale skin that suited her delicate bone structure and raven hair, heck, she could even be considered beautiful but her manner sorta ruined it all. What sort of parents raised kids like her?
"Naruko-kun?" Said girl blinked distractedly, still descending down the stairs, and she turned her head to face her other teammate.
"Yeah?"
"Um, you're new to the village right?" Sakura was fiddling with the hem of her dress nervously, cheeks a little pink though Naruko didn't know why; maybe she was down with a cold or something? But anyways, she was saying, "Do you want me to show you around?" She sounded hopeful but Naruko thought she was pretty nice.
"Sure!" She agreed instantly. "But you know any cool places like a ramen stand?"