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Chapter 1: "Meeting new friends!

"Taiyo! Time to wake up!" said a young, feminine voice.

"NO! I don't want to get up, Hoshi. I'm still tired." Complained the blonde twelve-year-old. Marumoto Taiyo was an orphan, along with her two best friends, Higurashi Hoshi, who was twelve, and had brown hair, that was usually up with a hair clip. And her other best friend was Takemiyo Tsuki, who had white hair, and who was also twelve.

"Come on Taiyo!" pleaded Tsuki.

"Today is the first day of us being Genins, and I don't want to miss it!" said Hoshi.

"Yeah, Iruka-sensei said 'You three got in the top ten strongest students list, and my best students should never come to class late.' So there you have it; we need to get class on time." Tsuki said smartly.

Hoshi and Tsuki finally got the stubborn Taiyo up out of bed, and they were finally on their way to class.
When they got there, Taiyo saw Uchiha Sasuke, her crush. Hoshi saw her crush, Nara Shikamaru. Tsuki just rolled her eyes. She wasn't interested in boys. Not one bit was she. She just sat down and watched Taiyo head over to Sasuke and Hoshi walk over to Shikamaru. But when Shikamaru saw Hoshi coming towards him, he turned white and quickly moved to a different spot, making Hoshi sigh and go back to where Tsuki was sitting. Unlike Hoshi, Taiyo wouldn't just give up like that if Sasuke would have done that, she would have followed him. A few minutes passed, and Sasuke was getting really annoyed of Taiyo, who was just standing beside him, talking 'nonsense' to him. Tsuki once again, rolled her eyes and noticed immediately that Ino and Sakura had just entered the classroom. She also noticed that Naruto was there too.

'What is he doing here?' she asked herself. 'I thought he didn't graduate.'

"Oh well." She mumbled. The next few minutes were just confusing. Sasuke and Naruto accidently kissed, and the Sasuke fangirls beat him up. Even though they knew it wasn't his fault.

When class finally begun, Tsuki was relieved that she was going to be on a team with her friends. Though they were really mad at Ino and Sakura for getting on the teams of their crushes.

After class, Hoshi stomped right over to Ino and yelled in her face saying,
"How dare you take my spot as Shika-kun's teammate!! You, you, INO-PIG!!" Ino just glared at her and answered in a snotty attitude.

"I'm not a pig, and if you think your mad, just look how mad all of the other SASUKE fangirls' are!" Ino pointed at the mob of yelling girls, who were currently screaming curses at Sakura for 'cheating' to get on Sasuke's team.

"How troublesome...." Shikamaru simply stated. Tsuki rolled her eyes, and pulled Taiyo out of the mob.

"Stop yelling at her, ALL of you!" She said standing up on top of a desk. The girls stopped and looked at her curiously.

"Why should we!" yelled one.

"Yeah! Haruno Sakura cheated! Just to be on Sasuke-kun's team!" Sakura gritted her teeth. The mob started yelling at Sakura and then started to attack her.

"How dar-"

Suddenly Tsuki jumped infront of her.

"Liste-" Before Tsuki could say anymore, a girl attacked Tsuki, trying to either hit her or slap her. But the girls' 'try' was futile, because Tsuki blocked the attack with ease, and the girl was suddenly on the floor across the room. "If you want to get to Sakura, you'll have to get through me first!" Sakura had a surprised expression on her face.

"I get it now," said another girl,"You helped Sakura get on Sasuke's team!"

"I did nothing of the sort! And Sakura did nothing too."

"It's a lie!" said another.

"My buddy, Tsuki would never lie!" Taiyo said standing beside Tsuki.

"She's just standing up for Sakura because she knows that Sakura is telling the truth." Hoshi said, getting on the other side of her. Tsuki smiled as the mob slowly disappeared.

"Well, looks like we did it!" Tsuki said smiling at her friends. "You mean you did it." Neji said coming up behind her.

"Huh? What do you mean?! All I did was-"

"Save my butt." Sakura interupted. "Thanks alot. I owe you, uhhh...... what is your name? You seem to know mine, but I don't seem to know your's."

"How does that not surprise me?" Taiyo said sitting down casually on a desk.

"Huh?" Sakura said.

"Well," Hoshi started, as Hinata's team, Sakura's team, Ino's team, and Tenten's team all gathered around,"Sakura...... Her name is Tsuki. She's usually the quiet, mysterious type of person in class and in big crowds. But today I'm surprised she had the guts to even go near that mob."

"Yeah, way-to-go, Tsuki-chan!" Tsuki just rolled her eyes and said modestly,

"But I didn't do anything." Almost everyone sweat-dropped.

"Y-your names Tsuki, right?" Sakura asked.

"Yes, my name is Takemiyo Tsuki." Sakura smiled, but then stared blankly and asked, just as Taiyo was taking a drink out of her water bottle,

"You're not a Sasuke fan, are you?" Taiyo started coughing and spitting water, and proceeded to choke. When she recovered she quickly said,

"No, no, no! That's where you have Tsuki ALL wrong!" Ino gave her a weird look.

"What do you mean?" asked Hinata, shyly.

"Tsuki doesn't like boys!!" Hoshi said seriously. Everyone went silent, and all the boys eyes went on Tsuki.

"What? It's true. I'm just as much as interested in the male gender, as Uchiha Sasuke is in girls." Tenten crossed her arms and shook her head,

"There's something wrong with you." She said,"Never in my life have I ever met a girl, who just graduated the academy, who doesn't like boys."

"She's right, y'know?" Taiyo said to Tsuki. Tsuki sighed and rolled her eyes.

"Whatever." she then jumped over the group and over to an open window.

"I'm gonna go have lunch. I'll meet up with you two later, kay'?" Tsuki said, referring to Taiyo and Hoshi.

"OKAY!" they yelled back, as she disappeard through the window.

"She's an interesting one." Sasuke muttered to himself.

(BTW, I wrote this a really long time ago. My current stories are SO much better.)

Chapter 3: "The New Sensei"

On the way to meet their new sensei, Taiyo and Hoshi were trying to pry out the rest of the story from Tsuki, about the hot red eyed guy she was conversing with. Tsuki ignored them of course, her mind was in another place. She was wondering who their sensei, what clan he or she might be from, what kind of things the three of them would learn, what he or she's personality would be like, ext. As they arrived at the training grounds, as planned, they saw someone sitting against a tree, with their eyes closed. They glanced around, to see if anyone else was around, but no one was seen or sensed. They approached the person, who turned out to be a young man, in his mid twenties, with slightly spiky brown hair in a pony tail. His face was handsome, and he wore the normal ninjas clothes, colored black and red, with a Jounin's green vest. A navy Konohagakure forehead protector hung around his neck, and he sat, as he appeared to be, asleep.

The girls stood there for a moment, staring down at the Jounin. Then, Hoshi and Taiyo turned away blushing. Tsuki broke the silence.

"Well, at least he's not revolting." Hoshi and Taiyo sweat dropped and turned back around. To their surprise, his eyes were open. Tsuki and him were looking at each other, almost as if it were a staring contest. He finally blinked, and then smiled at the girls. He glanced around at them through forest green eyes and then spoke.

"So then your my students, no?" The girls looked at each other before looking back at him and nodding.

"Very well," he said, "then let's get started. Do you know each other?" They gave him a look that said 'are you stupid? duh, we know each other.' He smiled, getting the hint.

"Well, I don't know you. So why don't you tell me who you are, what you hobbies are, what you like, what you dislike, and what you best techniques are, in that order." They all looked at eachother, and just as Hoshi was about to start, Tsuki interrupted.

"Before we start all this 'intro' crap, if your really a Jounin and our new sensei, then why were you sitting under a tree asleep with your defense lowered and chakra signature sticking out like a soar toe? You seem to me to be a very lousy-" before she could finish, both Taiyo and Hoshi covered her mouth sweat dropping and laughing nervously.

"I'm guessing that she's Takemiyo Tsuki, the poison tongued, quick-tempered student thats always criticizing others, no? Iruka warned me about her earlier when I got back. He said she might be hard to handle." He was now smiling warmly at Tsuki as if she had complimented him.

"Don't worry, you two, I can handle her. There has never been a women I've never been able to charm." He laughed.

"He's never met Tsuki, then." Hoshi whispered to Taiyo. Tsuki finally pried their hands off her mouth and growled.

"Charm?! What are you some kind of perverted sicko!? I can't believe Iruka-sensei would do this to his students!!!" Taiyo and Hoshi immediately went to cover for her, but he put his hand up to silence them.

"Perverted sicko? No, actually, I come from a highly respected family AND I have never harmed a child in my life." Tsuki growled and began to walk away.

'Yeah right,'she thought,' Freaking ***** more like it.' But just as she was about to leave the training grounds, she walked into someone. She looked up to see him smiling down at her. "Leaving so soon, no?" He whispered. "We have only begun. First you have to prove your worthy of being one of my students. Then you have to show that your worthy of my training. There will be two tests. One will be held tomorrow, the other, the next day. If you fail either one, you will have to go back to the academy for more training. But if you succeed, which few do, then I will show you more powerful techniques then you'll learn from anyone scroll. Got it, little one? So get your butt over there and let me explain more." He began to push her in the direction of the tree, where she saw Hoshi and Taiyo were already sitting.

"Now, before I explain more, my name is Sarutobi Akira. My hobbies are few, but some would say one or two is to take naps or reading. I like dango, oniguri and mochi, and I dislike sake, as strange as it seems. My best technique is Rasengan, whom a friend of mine created and taught me. Now, your introductions please." The girls weren't in the mood to argue (minus Tsuki), so they went on ahead. Akira glanced at Hoshi, almost telling her with his eyes for her to start.

"My name is Higurashi Hoshi, sir. I have a lot of hobbies but I mostly study. I like to read and I hate sweets. My best techniques are ninjutsu." Hoshi took a breath afterwards, feeling the spotlight leave her. Next, Taiyo spoke.

"My name is Marumoto Taiyo. My hobbies are to shop, eat, take walks, talk to my friends, sleep, and eat candy. I really like sweets. I hate studying, getting up in the morning and going to bed early. My best technique is genjutsu." Akira stared blankly at her for a moment, before turning to Tsuki. "Well?" He asked. Tsuki sighed.

"I'm Takemiyo Tsuki. I study, read and train. I like to be left alone, but I hate it when people falsely accuse others of something they didn't do. My best technique is Taijutsu. Oh, and another thing, I hate men."

Akira stood there in awe, looking at each of the girls quietly. How on earth were they friends. They were completely different from each other, yet they seemed to get along fine. "Okay," he said," I have another question." Tsuki groaned angrily, while Taiyo began to lie up against the tree and Hoshi listened happily. He shook his head before asking.

"Whats your favorite color?" Tsuki stared blankly at him, she almost seemed amazed about something. Then her face twisted to anger and just as she was about to open her big mouth, once again, Hoshi and Taiyo covered it and said at the same time," Just answer the question."

"Purple..." she growled.

"Lime Green." Hoshi said.

"Rose Pink." Taiyo giggled, laying back against the tree. "Very good." He whispered. "See you tomorrow at 5 am sharp." He disappeared in a puff of smoke and the girls got up and started home.
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