The Next Morning. . .
Akane sat in the closest tree facing the practice fields. She crossed her legs on the branch and leaned back against the trunk of the tree, popping another food pill into her mouth. Knowing Kakashi Sensei said to not eat anything, she realized that she has to eat something to keep her energy up. It was about 7:30 in the morning, and Sasuke was already here as well.
'At least he knows to be here on time. . .' she thought to herself.
She relaxed a little before having to see the rest of her team. She tended to always be out of the house by 7:15 if not, 7. After all, it's not like she is invited to eat breakfast with the rest of her family. She had become accustomed to not being around any of her family, with the exception of Sakura because of class and now being team members.
Eventually, Sakura showed up, and she was immediately by Sasuke's side. Although for once, she wasn't really talking. It was actually peaceful for once, although it was weird for her to be so quiet. At around 8:30, Naruto finally showed, but once he did, that's when Sakura finally decided to be loud.
"Naruto! You're late!" She yelled, pointing at him accusingly. And he laughed and scratched the back of his head. Then the argument started, and Akane wasn't all about that, so she took to looking at all her kunai.
Roughly around 9, Kakashi finally showed up, an hour late. But don't worry, Kakashi had an excuse, "Well you see a black cat crossed my path. . . "
"LIAR!" Naruto and Sakura yelled at the same time, while Kakashi sheepishly rubbed the back of his neck. Akane sighed, 'are you for real? Is this a joke?' she thought. She huffed and jumped down from the tree, landing then walking to stand next to Sakura. Akane bent over, flipping her hair over her head, then gathering it all in a ponytail, tying it up, then flipping the ponytail over her shoulder.
Now with all his students standing and ready, Kakashi started to explain the rules to his "test".
"Okay, so there are only 3 bells. That means that 3 of you will get to be on my team, and the one who doesn't get a bell will be sent back to the academy." As he said this, all four students looked at him like he was crazy. He continued, "You will fight me with the intent to kill me. You have until lunch to try to get one, so give it the best you got, and all will go well."
"Okay. When I say start-"
"AHH!" Naruto ran at him. Akane's eyes widened, 'what the hell dude' She thought. When she looked over towards the rest of her team, they were all gone. Akane scrambled to find a hiding spot, she climbed up near the top of a tree. And hid her small body on the opposite side of Kakashi. For a while thought, it was a lot of watching Naruto endlessly try to fight Kakashi Sensei. Although comical, it was quite sad. After a while though, Akane could see Naruto tied up. That's when she knew that her distraction was up, and it was time to get serious. She had an idea, however.
Akane silently climbed down the tree, and snuck bush to bush, to find her sister. When she found her, Sakura was hiding in bush as well. "Sakura, I need your help" Akane whispered to her sister.
Sakura looked at her surroundings, "Are you insane? I'm not helping you! I've got to find Sasuke-kun!" She yelled on accident, and as she looked towards where Akane was, she was gone. Having left as soon as she started yelling.
'fail once, try once more to succeed' Akane thought as she started sneaking over to where Naruto was tied up, and started to untie him.
He looked at her crazy, "What are you doing?" he asked. She looked up at him, "I need your help. To get the bells, we need to work together." She said.
"Ahhemm" a throat clearing sounded about the two tweens. They both looked up to find Kakashi staring down at them. "Finally, found you. You're a sneaky one!"
Kakashi looked at his team in front of him. Two tied up, and two sitting in front. "I will give you one last chance, but starting at noon, the bell test gets even harsher. If you let them eat, you will be instantly disqualified." Team 7 all looked at him with worry. "Out here, I am the rules. Understood?" Then he disappeared.
All four of them looked at each other, and Naruto's stomach growled loudly. Akane looked at her two teammates that weren't tied up. Wondering if they were going to get the point or not. Then all of the sudden, "Here you go" Sauske held his bento box up towards Naruto.
Sakura's eyes widened, "Wait a minute, Sasuke-kun. Earlier, Sensei said i-"
"It's fine" he cut her off. "I don't feel his presence right now."
Naruto looked at Sasuke in surprise, "T-thank you" he said, taking a bite of the rice Sasuke held up to him. Sakura started to pass some rice to Akane, when Kakashi sensei appeared suddenly. Surprising all of team 7. "AHH!" Naruto screamed loudly.
"You pass." Kakashi said bending over his students, "In the ninja world, those who break the rules are called trash but, those who don't treasure their companions are worse than trash. But I am proud that at least two of you realized that teamwork is important, although one of you sooner than the other." Kakashi said gesturing towards Akane.
She blushed as she wasn't used to someone paying that close attention to her.
"With this, the practice is over" Kakashi continued, giving the four of them a thumbs up.
After that, Kakashi untied Naruto and Akane, and they all ate together. Although, Akane picked up her bento box and walked away, and sat by herself. As she was half-way done with her box, she heard a pair of footsteps making their way towards her spot. It was Kakashi, and he sat down next to her. "I'm kind of surprised you're not sitting with the rest of them" He said.
She shook her head, "I'm already around Sakura enough, Sasuke would rather kill himself than talk to me, and Naruto wants Sakura's attention. If I'm just gonna end up eating with a group of people who aren't gonna talk to me, I'd rather just eat alone from the start" She said, looking down at the bit of rice on her chopsticks.
"I see. Well, I can say is you may not get along with your team members, but it's better to learn their strengths and weaknesses, especially if you're gonna learn to lead a team." Kakashi said standing up and walking off, pulling a little green book out from his pocket.
Akane looked back down at her food, and decided she was full. Standing up, and gathering her food box, she walked further into the village, finally finding a trash can, she threw away her trash, and continued walking towards her home.
"Akane!" A familiar voice called, and she whipped her head around, seeing where it came from. Finally seeing the source of the voice was Kiba and he was standing outside the barbeque restaurant, she ran to meet him. Akane reached her hands out for Akamaru, and the white puppy jumped from Kiba's head into the red-haired girl's arms. Kiba grinned, "What's up?" He asked.
"Ohh nothing much, just walking home. My team met up today, and it was....okay." she said running her hand through Akamaru's fur. Kiba watched his best friend. She looked up and met his eyes, and she gulped.
"Me and the group are meeting up for barbeque, would you like to join?" he asked, pointing to the door of the restaurant. And she smiled at him, and walked inside with him to see Ino, Choji, Shikamaru, Shino, and Hinata. "Hey Guys!" Kiba yelled, grabbing Akane's free hand, and pulling her along to meet the gang.
"Hey Kiba! Hey Akane!" Choji greeted downing another plate of pork. Akane smiled at everyone as she sat next to Kiba. Ino leaned in, "How's my Sasuke-kun?" she asked pleadingly. Akane rolled her eyes,
"Why don't you go find out for yourself? I don't take time from my training to ask specifically how "your Sasuke-kun" is" She said, leaning her head against Kiba's shoulder. And she could tell now that Ino was pissed,
"How dare you! I bet you're an idiot like your sister!" she accused, and Akane rolled her eyes again, "Can you please not compare me to the likes of my sister? And I don't know if you've noticed, but you are exactly like my sister. Obsessed, weird, and obviously desperate. I honestly feel bad for Sasuke, having to deal with you guys all the time" Akane expressed, handing Akamaru back to Kiba, saying goodbye to all of her friends, with the exception of Ino, and walked out of the restaurant.
She needed to get home, and rest. After all, with a sensei like Kakashi, who knew what they'd be doing tomorrow.