Tenisei laid in his bed for a while, after he opened his eyes. He yawned, stretched and then jumped out of the bed. He didn't know what was going to happen today but he knew that he was going to face it no matter what. He got everything ready to leave and go to the training field. He looked over at his dog and smiled. Hayate was sleeping in his bed and Tenisei smiled. He loved to watch his puppy sleep. He patted Hayate on the head, and soon he felt teeth bite down on his hand. Tenisei yelled out. "you damned dog!" He flailed his arm in the air flinging the puppy up. Hayate landed into Tenisei's arms.

Tenisei smiled and Hayate licked Tenisei face and they both walked out the door. The two ran to the training field and looked around. He wanted to spar with someone because it had been quite a long time since he had. He looked at Hayate and wondered if it would be a good idea to spar him but he had so many countless times it wasn't really a fun anymore. He sighed and waited for someone to arrive. "Maybe someone will come." Tenisei and Hayate both listened and wait for someone to come. "Maybe i will finally get to become strong!" He had dreamed of getting a team. "And then i will be able to take over the world!"

Hana was already up early. She worked through her hair and finally it was shiny and glowing with perfection. At least to her. She wanted to see that Yori Uchiha guy again. This time she was going to look her best. Since they had fought just a few days before Hana doubted that he would want another fight. She wanted to impress the guy.

Hana grinned in the mirror. today was a good day. Her wounds had healed and now she was ready to see him again. She was about to exit the apartment when Kitsu, her fox cub was yipping at the door. Hana tried to move her aside with her foot but the little cub refused. Hana sighed. "You don't want to be left alone again do you?"

The cub gave a little yip of agreement. Hana grinned and put the little fox on her shoulder. She walked slowly to the training field though upon reaching it Hana sighed. Yori wasn't there. Though she did see a boy with a cute little dog.

Well, Kitsu could use a playmate. "Ah, hey there. What's your doggies name?" Hana asked the boy. She smiled friendily at him. She loved animals. Especially dogs and foxes. Hana put Kitsu down so both animals could sniff and get to know each other. "I'm Hana by the way. This is Kitsu."

Sasori was sitting agents a tree once again he feel asleep leaning agents it the previous night. "Man i need to remember to go to my little apartment at night" he said before he stood up and stretched. Sasori crossed his arms and started to walk he was not paying attention to were he was going. As he walked he thought some one said hi but he just grumbled and walked on.

Sasori felt like his head was aching again he thought "I need to remember to take it easy on the training". Sasori bumped into a older man and yelled "hay I am walking here" the old man smacked Sasori with his walking stick. Now rubbing his head Sasori walked right into the training field with out noticing he had done so.

He noticed a boy and girl he recognized them by there faces but that was it. he quickly hid behind a tree and listened for a few minuets. Sasori looked and saw a dog and fox great another example that Sasori was alone. He smacked himself in the head maybe these two could be Sasori's friends.

He slowly walked from the shadow of the tree and he moved some of his spiky red hair from his eye. Still with his arms crossed he walked up to the other two. Looking at the girl first Sasori blushed a little she was kinda cute. then he wiped the blush away and got his serious face back on and introduced him self. "Hi my name is Sasori Sabure of the Sabure clan."

Tenisei sighed as he saw a girl come up to the training field. He didnt know what he was going to do. She could be strong, but from the looks of her little animal he had doubted it. The fox looked to small to even hold it's own in battle. Hayate on the other hand had been training along side Tenisei since the day the two met. Tenisei stood up and Hayate jumped ontop of his head. "Can I ask what you are doing here?" He looked over the girl and it seemed she had done a little training so he knew that she might be able to fight. He then smiled as another ninja came to the field. It had looked like Tenisei had hit the jackpot.
"I am Tenisei and this here is Hayate." He soon jumped back and Hayate jumped off Teniseis head. Soon Tenisei was on all fours and had some sort of happy glare in his eyes. He had grown fangs and sharp claws. He looked at the two,ready to fight.

Hana noticed the change in attitude of the boy. Oh boy, this doesn't look good. She forced a cheerful smile and replied, "I was actually looking for someone. But... apparently he's not training today." She sighed slightly. "I was about to head back home and run some errands but I noticed you here and thought that we could talk a bit. You're another genin right? It's nice to talk about techniques and stuff."

Kitsu noticed how Hayate's body and eyes changed. His hackles raised and his hair stood on end. He could sense some tension in the air. Kitsu wasn't a fighter though. Hana knew that for a fact. She'd have to protect him.

Hana blinked as another boy sauntered over. He introduced himself though that didn't seem to stop Tenisei from becoming doglike. His eyes seemed to hold an animalistic excitement. Hana gulped. "It's nice to meet you Sasori. I've heard of the Sabure clan. They're really powerful."

She gave the newer boy a huge, glinting smile. At least HE seemed friendly. She wanted to scoot closer to the red haired guy but that didn't seem to be a smart idea. Hana was trying hard to think of something to say when an idea popped into her head.

With a wicked smile the girl stepped closer to Tenisei. In one fluid motion she wrapped her arms around the boy that was on four legs and held onto his waist tightly. She squealed in a high pitched voice, "Oh my gosh! You're playing doggie charades aren't you?! You're pretending to be my doggie! Well I'll pretend to be your loving owner! Wag your tail doggie!"

She giggled and held on tightly. She didn't want to risk letting this wild boy go. After all, he seemed to want to fight. She knew from experience with animals and he seemed to be more animal than human at the moment.

Kitsu yipped playfully. His hackles seemed to lower and he barked at Hayate while slightly waggling his ears and tail in an animalistic language. It was a global language that most animals knew. Kitsu might be getting quite a treat. If Hayate wanted to play then he would get a new playmate.

"Yes we Sabure are powerful with our sand jutsu. I am still learning the basics as I am a Genin, the elders of my clan felt that i should come live here to further my ninja training." He said to Hana but after the words left his lips he noticed what Tenisei did. Sasori took one step back and said "Slow down killer you skipped the getting to know each other and jumped right to the fighting." Sasori did want to test his skills agents some one who fought along with a dog.

He put his left leg behind his right and spreed his arms. Sand begun to flow from his jar when he noticed what Hana was doing. Sasori laughed a little then said "Not to be rude but this is funny." Sasori then sat down his sand returned to his jar a smile appered on his face. "I got to see what happens next I think we are all going to get along fine." He crossed his arms as he sat there waiting to see what was going to unfold.

Tenisei noticed that the girl thought he was just playing around, or at least made it seem like that. Soon, his hand was taken hold of, and it was a rather tight grip at least for a girl. He rolled his eyes as she spoke. Tenisei was now more interested in the boy who called himself Sasori. He seemed stronger, because of the jutsu he knew. Sand was sure an interesting thing to have. It wasn't every day that someone came along with this power. He grinned his teeth as the Sabure, if he could beat him, he could probably beat anyone at the genin level. That was what Tenisei thought to himself. He looked at Hayate and nodded.

Hayate once again jumped on Tenisei head, and Tenisei pulled away from Hana. he then smiled and looked over at Sasori. "Alright, i guess i can let you guys know a little about myself. i'm Tenisei Inuzaka. i'm also a genin, and this here is my dog Hayate." Now that he got the introductions out of the way, he knew that they could all fight. He looked over at Sasori, and smiled. "i haven't had a good fight in a long time. i just need a little warm up before the day starts is all." He put his hands together and Hayate transformed into what looked like Tenisei. The two dashed to the left and right, and ran towards Sasori. "Fang over Fang!" They both flew towards Sasori from both sides, at very high speeds.

Asmile appered on Sasori's face he knew that Tenisei was not going to give up the fight. Sasori quickly stood up and did a back wards flip to avoid the attack. "Very interesting move now lets see how you manage one of mine."
With a wave of his hand Sasori made sand flow from his jar. Before he proceeded with his attack he looked at Hana "Sorry miss i need to take the dogs out."

Sand was flowing every were Sasori raised his right arm and Said "Sand Shuriken" five ball's made of sand shot at Tenisei and his dog. Saosri kept his sand moving around him so he could be ready for offense or defense.

Hana rolled her eyes at both boys. So he wasn't going to fight her huh? Well she could live with that. Though it was slightly insulting that he didn't want to fight her anymore. Hana was fickle alright.

She sighed and scrambled out of the way. She scooped Kitsu up and walked towards the edge of the training field. "Men are such idiots," she said sighing. She found a nice shady spot by a tree and sat down to watch. She shrugged her shoulders and yawned.

When Sasori said something to her directly she smiled. "Well, don't be too overconfident before you even started the fight. But thanks." Hana giggled slightly. At least Sasori had manners when it came to girls. She supposed that she would just watch the fight.

After all what else was there to do? Though then again, if they got too riled up and she was too bored perhaps she could interrupt. She snuggled Kitsu in her chest and smiled. He had such soft fur. She especially loved his fluffy little tail.

Hana watched the fight with interest. "Is he really going to use shuriken against Fang over Fang? It's too powerful to be stopped by something so small." Hana moved a hand through her blond locks and continued to watch.

Both boys seemed pretty confident. Though Sasori seemed a bit more confident in his abilities than Tenisei. Then again, Tenisei may have been more animalistic but he hadn't been bragging at all. To her, he seemed like the kind of guy that would.

She rolled her shoulders and watched as the shuriken was right in front of Tenisei.

“Have you seen these kids?” The blue haired woman wearing a purple kimono shook her head lightly as she stared at the pictures of three early teenage looking bunch. Lowering the pictures and her head simultaneously, Ayame started to get impatient. Why did she have to go out of her way in order to find these Gennin anyways? If she could remember correctly, she could have sworn that her history teacher once told her that Gennin used to actually wait in the classrooms for their sensei at their orientation back in the old days when the Hokage would actually carefully pick out teams after graduation instead of pull them out of a hat like the current Hokage seemed to be doing nowadays. Of course, she was asleep at least 3/4 of the time in that class so that just may not even be true.

Taking her mind back to the situation at hand, Ayame continued to roam the crowded streets of Konoha with the average wallet size pictures of what was supposed to be her new team consisting of the usual two male, one female squad while continuously asking strangers of they've seen them, all of them either shaking their head and/or saying no. “C'mon, you didn't even look at them!” Ayame shouted out to the guy that didn't even seem to really know that Ayame even existed. She sighed and turned around to another dark haired middle aged man, while showing him the pictures. “You seen these kids?” “Ummm, ummm, uhhh....” Noticing the guy's lack of speech, Ayame looked at his eyes and started to trace his vision down to her chest, causing her to sigh. “You know, I'm pretty sure that they're not down there.” Understanding what she meant, the man quickly looked back at the pictures. “Uhhh, y-yeah, I think I saw that one running over to one of the training grounds not too long ago.” He answered, pointing at the boy with the black and white hair and outfit.

Happy that she was finally getting a lead, Ayame's annoyed expression instantly changed to an excited one as she started to jump up and down in glee. “Finally, somewhere to start. Thank you sooo much.” The man's memorized face started to go up and down as it followed Ayame's body, specifically back to her chest. “No.... thank you... for the view.” Not exactly sure what he said, Ayame stopped jumping and looked at him in a confused manner. “What was that?” Tha man suddenly snapped out of it and quickly recovered “I mean, no problem, really.” He said, scratching the back of his head while chuckling awkwardly. Ayame still seemed a bit confused but shrugged it off as she started off in the direction of The Konoha Auberge in search of her new students.

After about 5-10 minutes of looking and asking around, she finally got a nearly assured location of the Gennin the guy before mentioned. 'Now, I just need to make sure that they aren't too tired or hurt.' she thought to herself as she bent her body a little and then took a hop towards yet another tree branch while keeping that folder with their files tucked under her right arm, trying to get their as soon as possible in order to get this thing started. As if to give answer to her mental question, she started to hear a young male voice. "Alright, i guess i can let you guys know a little about myself. i'm Tenisei Inuzaka. i'm also a genin, and this here is my dog Hayate." Ayame gave off a breath of relief as she released that he must be the kid the guy was talking about.

That breath of relief was soon replaced with a small “Dammit.” however as she heard the next sentence. "i haven't had a good fight in a long time. i just need a little warm up before the day starts is all." If this kids hurts himself or anyone else before she can get to them, there might be a little problem involving the rest of the day.

Once she had finally found the exit out of the makeshift forest she was just in, Ayame had caught sight of two early teenage boys somewhere around the middle of training field getting prepared to battle and teenage female standing right next to the tree Ayame was on. "Fang over Fang!" Ayame's attention quickly changed from the girl to the boys as it seemed their battle was about to start. 'Oh crap.' It seemed that she had no other choice but to stop them somehow.

Taking a quick note that her goal was to keep them from harm, Ayame set up a quick idea while tucking the folder in the back of her pants. Noticing that the red head was about to send out some strange shuriken made out of sand, she quickly measured his angle as she kicked the bottom of the sheath across her back with her heel, giving her sword a bit of momentum as it hop up from her sheath, grabbing the handle of the sword as she jumped over towards the boy's direction. During her aerial time, she threw her sword over to the dog's direction in a way so that it'd be spinning in a circle while aimed to stand in the way of all the sand made shuriken and then stop a couple meters from the dog to give it a chance to stop before it hit the sword, though it was faced to the side just in case so all it'd do is potentially knock the dog out if it hit the sword full force.

Meanwhile, over at Ayame's side, she had quickly landing over to the path between the animistic boy and the sand shuriken aimed at him, dashing over to the boy's direction, staring right at him while attempting to slow things down a bit in her mind while still going relatively her top speed until she was a good enough distance to stop, let the momentum force her into a little hop and quickly duck a little bit and grab the boy by the chest of his shirt with good timing, her strength and precision keeping her from obtaining damage from this. She then quickly took a leap far enough to the right side in order to avoid either of them getting hit by the shuriken.

Once they would land, Ayame would let go of the boy and shake her head a little bit as she would bring her right hand to the back of her pants and pull out the folder with her team's information. Once she opened it and quietly looked inside, Ayame would look at each one of the teens and match their names with their faces. 'Good, looks like they're all here.' Now that she was sure she had the right kids, Ayame closed the folder and took a look at each of them. “Tenisei Inuzaka, Sasori Sabure, Hana Kuroda. You are hereby members of Konoha's Team 3, and I will be your sensei.”

Sasori was still standing with his sand flowing all around him. All of a sudden a women appeared and moved with such a quickness the Sasori lost track of her for a split second. Next thing Sasori knew she and Tenisei were in a different spot. "Damn she is good" he thought to himself he knew while she was hear his and Tenisei's fight would be put on hold.

Sasori put his sand back in his jar and crossed his arms he heard the women say that the three of them were team 3 and she was their sensei. "Nice to meet you sensei you all ready know but my name is Sasori Sabure of the Sabure clan." He then walked over and sat down putting his hands on his knees. Sasori looked at Tenisei "Hay how about another go later when we get a chance?"

Sasori sat there and waited he was happy to finally be a part of a team. To him being part of a team meant he was part of some thing a part of a family, sense he was sure no other Sabure was alive. A smile appeared on Sasori's face "So whats the first order of business sensei?"

Tenisei smiled as the both simple threw simple sand shuriken and him and his pet dog. They would do anything against an attack like Fang over Fang. He knew that the two of them were going to hit, because Sasori would have little time to act. However, something stopped him. He looked over, and it seemed the woman had caught his dog and did not know it. He had noticed the sword and stopped right before he had hit it. Now it was time for him to attack this lady and show him what he was made of. Tenisei looked at Hayate still in his human form. He smiled, because everything had fallen into his lap. Tensiei soon began to make hand signs.

He breathed in heavy and then blew out little needle like gusts of wind. These were all aimed at Ayame. "Now Hayate!" Tenisei yelled by the sword. Hayate got on the ground and smiled at this sensei. He was spinning right at her using Tunneling Fang. Tenisei then jumped up in the air, and did the same thing, expect he was coming from behind her. "You will never beat me!" He yelled out. He wanted to show everyone here that he could hold his own. This woman looked very strong, strong enough to train Tenisei and the others. If he could hit her, she might teach him something amazing. At least that is what he had hoped for.

Hana's eyebrows shot up as an older, blonde and very busty woman made a flashy move and prevented Hayate and Tenisei from getting attacked by the sand shuriken. Though then again that attack most likely wouldn't have done anything to the duo.

Hana's eyes sparkled in delight as she heard what the older woman said. She was going to be put on a team? Finally! She had been waiting and wasn't sure when she would get one! She was also going to be trained by this amazing woman who looked beautiful and strong.

Though then again, she wasn't so sure about her teammates. Sasori seemed okay. Though now seeing how he reacted to that situation she thought there was something strange about him. Like something was off. Then there was Tenisei. He seemed too eager to fight. And too dangerous as well as wild for her.

The only good thing about him so far was his puppy. Hayate was so adorable! She wanted to cuddle him so bad! She didn't mind being on a team with the puppy. She loved animals. It was Tenisei she was sure that she wouldn't get along with.

She got up and began walking towards her sensei as Sasori introduced himself politely. Hana noticed Tenisei out of the corner of her eye. It looked like Tenisei was going to attack her sensei. How stupid could he get?

He and Hayate were coming at her from two different angles. Hana was sure her sensei could handle herself but she still wanted to help in some way. But she was sure she would just get in the way. Sometimes it was better to just stand on the sidelines. At least when nobody was going to get hurt. After all this was a jonin. No way was she going to be injured by a genin.

Once she was finished informing them all of their standings as a team, Ayame proceeded to place the folder back in the back of her pants, securing it right next to her pouch before taking a clean look at all of them to quickly take a base at their attributes solely based on their appearance and from the looks of it, they generally seemed to be not so experienced, but hopefully having enough potential to make an impact within the compounds of the Shinobi World. Just as long as they didn't die first from making stupid mistakes, but Ayame guess they'll cross that bridge if they get there.

Thinking that she should start getting prepared for what was planned for the day, Ayame removed the sheath from her back and held it within her hands before answering the red head known as “Sasori” according to him and his file. Before she could even get a chance however, Ayame's eye caught something, she started to notice that the little kid with the strange yet literal black and white appearance known by his file as “Tenisei Inuzuka” was starting to move his hands as if he was making handsigns. 'No... he wouldn't...' But alas however, he did.

Responding to his handsigns, the boy blew out what seemed to be needle like patterns of wind aimed at Ayame. Not taking them as a threat at all, Ayame just stood there as she concentrated on her wind chakra and letting it escape her body just enough to let both the needles and her own gust of wind cancel each other out. There was still the pretty big problem of the boy and his dog now tunneling after her. Though in Ayame's mind, the big problem wasn't so much stopping the attack as it was to stop it without damaging them too much.

Since the canine was the closest to her, it would reach Ayame first though she didn't seem to be making a move. As it drew closer, the dog actually seemed like it was about to hit her until it was now just a couple meters away and Ayame firmly gripped the sheath in her hand while bending her right knee and raising her left leg before raising said sheath holding hand with the tip pointing towards the dog's direction just enough to catch it square on the top of his head, the D rank technique, probably not fairing too well against an A ranked sheath. This force of collision would probably cause the dog to be knocked out for a good few hours.

Next up was the kid in the air to deal with. The added momentum from being in the air probably wouldn't be a problem for her sheath but it did throw away some of her time from the slight addition of speed that wouldn't allow her to raise it towards him accurately so there was just one other alternative. Waiting until Tenisei was literally inches away from her. Ayame used the momentum she had already gained from bending her knee and lifted her leg slightly to simply step backwards just enough for the wildboy to probably spinning against dirt instead of a human being.

Assuming that the ground would soon cause the boy to spin out, Ayame would chuckle a bit. “Calm down there, tiger, you'll get your chance to show your stuff soon enough.” With that, Ayame would simply walk around him until she was basically in the middle of the entire group. “Now, back to the subject at hand. Before we start getting into things involving combat or anything like that, we should probably try getting to know each other. So I want everyone to first take a seat next to each other, introduce yourselves and let the rest of us know what they're all about, such as things you like, things you don't like, things you like to do, your goal in life, you fears, whatever comes to mind. I'll even start. ” Ayame brushed her sheath off as she walked over to her sword and pulled it out before sitting down on the grass in an Indian style position before continuing. “My name is Ayame Akira, leader of the Akira Clan. I like Ramen, training, and all that jazz. I dislike complete lack of effort, my goal in life...” Ayame took a second to think about that one while she started to unconsciously wipe the dull area of her blade. “...is something I'd rather not talk about right now and my fears...” Slipping her sword in its sheath once she was finished, Ayame smiled at her team. “... are none of your businesses. Now you give it a go.” Ayame carefully looked at each of the Gennin before motioning her stare at the one with the red hair. “How about you give it a shot first, then we can go down the line.”

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Jutsu Used:

Sasori was still sitting on the ground when he noticed Tenisei attack there sensei. "What an idiot" he thought to himself. He watched and saw that (like he knew would happen) there sensei stopped the attack. Sasori still sat there and listened to what the sensei said. When she told him to go first Sasori thought "Damn why do i have to go first oh well might as well get it out of the way."

He looked at his other two team mates and then spoke "Just so we are clear the Sand Shuriken was a distraction i was cooking some thing up. Any ways as you all should know by now I am Sasori Sabure of the Sabure clan. I am originally from Suna and came here to gain more training as a ninja. Sasori took a moment to let what he said sink in before he continued. "I like stradegy games, ramen is OK and i like training in my sand jutsu. My goals are to be a great ninja like my great, great grandfather and to continue my grandfather's legacy.

Sasori hesitated before he continued he then mumbles "My fears are to die before i can succeed with my goals and to end up missing like my parents did. Sasori looked at the ground he knew his fear were stupid but he said them like his sensei told him to."My dislikes are annoying people, my lack of remembering to sleep at my home, and older people that wont get out of my way when I am walking."

Tenisei sat down a little pissed. This woman had really shown him that she was skilled. He was glad to see that she could handle him, but mad that he could not hit her. This meant that she could teach him, and teach him well. He would listen for now, but he still wanted to fight. He listened to Sasori speak. It had seemed he was from the sand village, which seemed a little odd, because he was a sand user, and learning how to use sand, in an area of sand, seemed smarter. Tenisei shrugged his shoulders, and let Hayate sit on his head. "It wasn't smart using those Shuriken. My fang over fang would have just hit through them. It was a waste of chakra. I do not suggest doing it again"

The woman wanted to know something about Tenisei, and sighed and glared at her. He knew that telling her now would be the only way for him to get up and into training. He looked at Hayate and shook his head. "Well, I'm Tenisei Inuzaka. As you know, we have pets. This here is my dog, Hayate. I love him, and I love to eat and fight. I guess a fear of mine is losing this pup." He said as he patted his dog. He paused for a second and smiled at his new sensei. "My biggest goal in the world is to take it over! I will rule the world one day!" He said while his thumb was up and a big dumb smile was on his face.

Hana nodded and sat by her new sensei. She gave a small inner squeal of excitement. She had a sensei now. She could learn new jutsu, learn life lessons, see how a real ninja worked, etc! It was amazing! She could go on missions now too! She couldn't wipe the dopey grin off her face. But as soon as Tenisei sat beside her she felt a snarl in her throat.

He was too... just too... TOO MUCH! He was anxious, cocky, and STUPID! Who would challenge a Jonin when they were only a snot nosed Genin? She mentally sent waves of anger towards him. She visibly scooted a bit closer towards Ayame rather than be near the boy. Besides... he smelled of dog. Not that it was entirely a bad thing, because Hana loved puppy breath. But on a human that she didn't like at the moment she tried to make herself not like ANYTHING about the boy.

Hana listened intently as the woman spoke. She had such gorgeous hair. And pretty eyes now that Hana could see them clearly. Ayame had clearly won Hana's respect. Hana's eyes were only on the woman. She was definitely everything Hana aspired to be. She seemed confident, beautiful, and strong.

She was surprised and both awed that she was the leader of a whole clan. We really lucked out! I'm the luckiest student in the world! She must be really strong! So she didn't like lack of effort? Well Hana was a hard worker so she thought that she might not be such a pain to teach. Except for maybe her clumsiness. That was a big problem.

Hana was curious as to what the woman's goals and fears were. Though then again, they were private things. She then listened politely to what Sasori had to say. So apparently he was going for a plan. Hana wondered what he was thinking. Hana blinked. So he wanted to be like Gaara the Kazekage from a few previous generations? That was quite a feat. Hana admired him for that. Though from history class she remembered that Gaara was a person who was a cold-hearted killer before something made him change. Hana decided to NEVER piss Sasori off. Just in case.

Hana glared at Tenisei when he acted slightly cocky with his first words about how his fang over fang would defeat the shuriken. So what if it were true? He didn't have to be so cocky about it. Hana pouted slightly at the thought.

Hana slightly smiled as Tenisei talked about his dog. It made her think of the cute fox curled up in her lap. Kitsu was very important to her after all. She then caught herself and shook her head visibly. I dont' like Tenisei. He's a cocky brat! She then crossed her arms under her breasts and grunted.

Hana snorted when he said his dream was to conquer the world. He sounded like a villain. Or a spoiled brat. Either way it wasn't cool. Hana flipped her hair with her hand and smiled brightly at her new sensei.

"Well, I'm last I suppose. But definitely not least. I'm Hana, Hana Kuroda. It's a pleasure to meet all of you." That was a lie. She really didn't care about Tenisei. "To be honest, I'm pretty happy-go-lucky. So I'm sure we'll all get along great! I like water, animals, dogs especially, and reading. Things I don't like are cocky people," she turned her head and looked at Tenisei for a moment. Slightly looking down on the boy and gave a "Hmph".

She turned back to Ayame and continued. "I absolutely love swimming! So if anyone wishes to swim with my sometimes let's go and do it! I love eating barbeque and seafood! I don't like to run or listen to lectures. I prefer to learn in different ways and I prefer to walk or skip," she nodded at her own words.

"My mantra is to do my best no matter what! I know I can get to where I want to be someday. I just have to work hard! I'm also a Kaguya. As for my goals... well..." Hana began to blush hard. "I want to become a great ninja... and s-start a family.... with the guy I love.... somday..." her blush intensified until she had to shake her head. She slapped her hands to her cheeks and her gameface appeared once again.

"I dont' have ANY fears!" Hana stated knowing full well that was a lie. She hated being alone. Pretty much the reason why she had a pet. She also feared dark places. And bugs. Pretty much the rest of the things she feared were regular things every fourteen year old girls fear. She didnt want Tenisei to know though. She wanted to prove she was better than that cocky mutt.

"Though... I'm allergic to brats!" she said fake sneezing and looking over at tenisei with a huge smirk. "Oh, Tenisei you should probably leave then. You can leave Hayate here though," she stated sneezing again. She then turned back to her sensei before he could retaliate.

"I was wondering sensei... What are your element affinities? How long have you been a Jonin?" the questions kept popping into Hana's mind. "Could you teach me how to use a sword?! It's so cool!" Hana continued to gush getting quite excited now.


(OOC- LOL nothing personal guys. I'm TOTALLY in character. Besides, relationships, good and bad between characters is fun! Hana's a total brat lol so this is natural. Most likely she'll warm up to Tenisei. Let's have fun with it.)

With her sheathed sword now on top of her lap as she sat in her traditional Indian style fashion, Ayame carefully listened to each one of the Gennin's introductions while at the same time, paying close attention to their body language as well. The main reason Ayame asked for the group members to introduce themselves was to get to know their personalities and simultaneously, their battle styles, which was usually incorporated from their characteristics. Bringing her attention to the red head referred to as “Sasori.” Immediately noticing his uncomfortable stature from being called first, Ayame was able to guess right off the bat that he wasn't exactly the social type, probably the more quiet type that strikes him at a long ranger rather than the “In your face” style or even mid-range.

Also, the fact that he was so quick to defend his motives behind his earlier attack shows that he holds pride in his fighting abilities and has to be at least somewhat confident to be so quick to not be taken as a fool, most of the times though, it's okay to let people think what they want to think, if you're truly better than that then you'll show them when the right time has made its mark.

'So.. strategy games, a mainly neutral taste for Ramen, and training, wants to be like an shinobi from back in the day, fear of unfulfilled desires, and a few strange dislikes. So basically, you're average non social shinobi, nothing too special about him other than sand and a uncommon distaste for hazardous senior citizens.' He's going to have to learn to create his own identity if he's ever going to make a mark around these parts.'

Next up was the headache himself, Tenisei, he was a bit more unique than his teammates, or any Gennin for that matter, whether that was a good thing or a bad one is all up to how he presents himself in the future. The first thing she got from him before they even started to introductions was that he was a very impatient person, something that actually somewhat reminded her of her own teammate back in the day, but in a more... unstable manner. And then there was the the fact that he wasn't shy to express his own opinion atll, no matter how unpopular it makes him or what it may label him as for that matter, which actually reminded Ayame of herself a tad bit when she was just a kid herself, but again, in a more stable manner. She could tell that he was that "in your face" kind of fighter that Sasori lacked, which is not really a good thing on his part at the moment.

What she got from the actual introduction... well, in truth, Ayame barely got anything from his first few sentences due to the fact that they were either irrelevant or she was already able to guess from how eagerly he wanted to start a fight with his teammate and even herself. His very last sentence last sentence, however, did give her a better clue at what she was dealing with and as he expressed them, Ayam couldn't help but let out an awkward smile as a bit of sweat drop down her forehead. 'Yeah, he's gonna be a handful.... real handful.'

Next in line was the lone female of the squad, Hana. Ayame wasn't exactly able to get much from her due to her not being involved in the boys' squabble so this mainly everything she was getting would be news to her. What she got before she even started to introduce herself, she couldn't help but feel some undeniable tension between her and Tenisei; undeniable, but hopefully not uncontrollable.

Once she actually did start speaking, the first thing Ayame was lead to believe is that this girl was very outgoing, starting off by greeting her teammates for the second time, most likely. The next thing the got was that she was a nature lover and then there was another display of obvious tension towards her teammate. 'Well, she's definitely the most outspoken member of her team.' This thought process went through Ayame's mind as she started to realize that out of everyone, Ayame herself including, she has spoken the most words and still didn't seem to be even halfway done yet.

After a look into her mantra, clan name, and seemingly well thought out goals in life, Hana had let out yet another expression of her extreme dislike for Tenisei, leading her to believe that she wasn't exactly up and up with keeping her emotions and expressions under control, an extremely common trait for girls her age, ninja or not.

Once that was over, Ayame thought the entire activity was as well until Hana began to speak again, but this time, directing a plethora of questions her way without much room for her to even think about the answers. In an attempt to stop her before she continued on, Ayame simply scratced her head and let out another awkward smile. “Now, now, we could get to a little Q&A a bit later, but for now, we have other things to worry about, like your first activity as a team.” Ayame's awkward smile then slowly wore off as it transformed into a more serious facial gesture. “Which would be fighting me...”

Giving the team a few seconds to let that sink in before doing anything, Ayame slowly stood up with her sword in her left hand. Brushing herself off, she decided to explain her intentions. “Well, not necessarily fight per say, more like attempt to subdue or something like that.” Ayame would then go on to strap her sheathed weapon to her lower back as she continued. “Your first task as a team to to use whatever means necessary to bring me down, whether to my back, hands, knees, one hand, one knee; basically all you need to do is make sure that anywhere above my lower leg meets earth. First person who's able to bring me down gets a little something special, everyone else though...” Ayame simply let out an amused laugh “... receives the consequences of failure... and trust me... you don't want that.”

Once the objective was explain, all that was left was for Ayame to pull out her stopwatch from her left pocket and place it over her weighted wristband on her left wrist, showing them the numbers on it as it ironically was about to strike 10 in just about 12 seconds. “Once, it hits 10, the watch will make three loud beeping noises signifying that it is time to start and once it reaches 11, it will beep again, which will let you know when your time is up. If time is over and no one is able to bring me down, then you all suffer the consequences. Remember, you can use any means necessary, sneak attacks, traps, whatever floats your boat, you can even try to kill me, in fact, I recommend you try to kill me.” Just as the clock reached 9:59:57, Ayame placed her hands on both sides of her waist while letting out a subtle smile. “Good luck.” And with that, the watch made three beeping noises. 'It's was time to see what these Gennin were really made of.' She thought to herself as she stood there, waiting to see what kind of move they would make.

Sasori listend to what his other team mates said. "So Tenisei wants to try to rule the world I doubt he would last five minuets as world ruler, and Hana has a thing for animals got to remember that" he thought to himself. Sasori payed attention to what their sensei said.She wants us to attack this suited Sasori do to the fact that she wanted them to go for the kill.

Sasori was thinking of some way to bring their sensei down. He knew they had to use team work but he could not figure a way to do this with Tenisei acting like an idiot and rushing in. Sasori decided best to act and hope that his two team mates would catch on to what he was doing and go along with it.

Sasori quickly ran to the left keeping his eye's on his sensei. Moving his arm Sasori made sand go fourth while in secret he was having sand come from behind her. If this plan worked he was hoping to catch his sensei with his sand allowing Tenisei or Hana to get a good attack in. Sasori was still making the sand move he knew he had a slim chance of actually catching his sensei but until he thought of some thing else this would have to do for now

After all the introductions were done, Tenisei looked over each one of them. Hana caught his attention the most. It had seemed she did not like him, and he was not too fond of her either. She seemed stuck up and looked passed the reasoning of his goals and why he attacked the sensei. He liked to know how people fought, before doing anything really serious against, or with them. And as for his goal, he told people it was just to be able to have power, and control people. But his reasoning to want to rule the world, was because he wanted respect. He was never given respect as a child, his father seemed to almost want him dead. He sighed, and knew that them getting along would be one of the last things that he would want to do, but he knew that once his sensei said they were going to hit her, he had to bite his tongue and work with her.

Tenisei glared as his sensei. He knew that rushing, was not going to work, and he would have to plan a little, and use teamwork if he wanted this to work. He did not like the fact that he had to rely on people to help him, but it was the only way, and he knew that. It was a good thing that Tenisei had attack his sensei before this whole thing started. He got to see one of her jutsu, making it slightly easier for these three to hit her. He would have to plan it out, so he could avoid the jutsu, because she would likely use it. First thing was first, Tenisei got on all fours and his nails and fangs began to grow. He was becoming animal like again. All of his senses would be heightened while he was in this form.

He looked at Hana, and Sasori. He knew that he would have to speak with them before they all went in attack. He had to know what they were capable of. Had he known that they were in his team, he would probably has asked them what clan they were part of and maybe what kind of element they used, if any. He would have to think quick, and hope that his Sensei would not try and attack them. He checked her over, once more. She held a sword, and was probably about decent with it. She did not use it much, but when she did Tenisei could tell that she knew what she was doing. He knew that they had to get it away from her.

Tenisei then noticed that Sasori was already attacking. Or at least trying to catch her off guard, which probably was not going to be likely. What he done was a very simple move, trying to put sand behind her. It would be rather easy to dodge, even himself could do it with little to no effort. Tenisei shook his head as Sasori. If he had liked strategy type games, he was surely not very good at them. For one, he simple seemed to ignore his allies and hope they would act on there own, without knowing what he was doing. Secondly, he had little to no idea what each of his teammates were capable of, which is not good. And finally he underestimated his opponent. He knew both Hana, and Sasori would not like this, but Tenisei knew he was going to have to call the shots here. He did not know what Hana could do, but it was clear Sasori had no idea what he was doing.

Tenisei looked at Hayate and nodded his head. Soon, Hayate jumped on top of Tenisei head, and then Tenisei put his hands together. Hayate, again looked like his owner. Tenisei then looked over to Hana, and nodded. Hayate ran towards her, and then pulled on her clothing, trying to tell her to follow him. Tenisei jumped back, behind Sasori. "Idiot, that will never work! Do you have any idea what you are dealing with? If you did not notice, she took my dog and I out with only one move. Do you really think that is going to work?" He sighed and glared at Sasori. "First of all, we have to work as a team her. She is a Jounin, and we should not take her lightly." He looked back at Ayame, hoping she had not moved. "Now we have an hour to do this thing, so we need to take some of that time thinking out a plan. I already have something in my head for you, but we need to move out of here, so you both can know what I have planned." He jumped back and faced the trees. "Hana! Sasori! Follow me!" He yelled out, as he and Hayate both ran towards the trees.

Tenisei was in the trees now and hoped the two had followed what he was saying. He would explain to them, everything, even why he attacked Ayame before giving her a chance to think. The plan he had required them to know what they are doing, and he wanted to get out of the hearing distance of Ayame. He hoped she would stay in the same spot she was in, however, he would speak quietly just to be sure. Even though he did not want help, from what he had seen his sensei do, he knew that he had no chance in hell to hit her, not even with Hayate. The three had to work together, no matter how each of them felt. He sighed and looked over at Hayate, waiting for both of them to follow into the trees. "This will be our toughest battle yet boy, and they will only get harder from here."

Hana still had a huge grin on her face. She was sure nothing could bring her down. She was getting to know her sensei and teammates. Not even that idiot Tenisei would bring her down. She wasn't even down about her sensei not wanting to answer her questions. Though her sensei's next words shocked her.

“Which would be fighting me...” Ayame said. Hana's smile fell within less than a moment. A confused and shocked look crossed her face. Her heart began beating faster as her sensei spoke. With either excitement or fear she wasn't sure. Probably a bit of both.

What were the consequences of failure? Torture? Not worth training? Lack of respect? This unanswered question was driving the girl nuts. She hated not knowing things with a passion. A reason why she both loved and despised surprises. She loved spoilers to books and things like that. She mentally shook herself. Now was NOT the time to think of things other than battle. She needed to get serious.

Her eyes visibly changed as they slanted and slitted a bit. Her eyebrows creased. Hana stood up quickly and watched every movement of her sensei. To see when the woman would attack or give something away. Like if she were to use handseals. Or if she were to move out of their line of vision. That would give her a chance to use clones or substitution jutsu.

Hana scooped Kitsu up in her arms safely. This was not the place for him. The first thing she needed to do was to hide him somewhere. She didn't care if she got the punishment. As long as he was safe while the battle happened. Hana blinked as she watched Sasori's sand go after her sensei.

"Looks like he's doing his own thing. Hmm, I need to make a plan..." she saw Tenisei prepare his own jutsu as well. She still didn't have her back to her sensei though. Not taking her eyes off her form more than a mere moment at a time. Hana watched again as Hayate transformed to Tenisei and ran towards her.

Hana's eyebrow raised as he touched her shirt and began pulling her. It was strange how Hayate walked in this form. He had intelligent eyes though she could tell they weren't human. They were more watery than Tenisei's. Like an animals was. The eyes also didn't hold any human emotions like love, jealousy, hate, nothing. Just the basic signs of danger.

Hana knew he wanted something. So it seemed Tenisei had a plan? Well she would see what he wanted. It was better than no plan at all. Perhaps he wasn't as idiotic as she thought he was. Taking her eyes off Ayame she turned and followed Hayate's heels towards the forest.

Once they were safely in the trees and hopefully far enough away from Ayame, Hana rounded on Tenisei, "Okay what's the plan? You obviously have something up your sleeve or you would have tried something like Sasori was."

Hana looked around. It seemed the coast was clear for the moment. She found a nice sized tree with leaves surrounding the bottom. It would provide good cover for Kitsu and keep him sheltered until she came back for him. Hopefully the battleground wouldn't be in the forest. She put him down and pressed on his backside to make him sit. "Kitsu, stay. You have to stay until I come back for you. Stay." Kitsu started towards her and it took a few times to get it in his head to stay. He was smart, yes. But he was also worried and sensed the danger. "Stay here. Good boy."

Once he was situated Hana turned back to her teammates and said, "Okay, let's work with our advantages. You're an Inuzuka... sooo, that means you can like sniff her out right? I heard about that in "history of the clans" class at the academy. Basically that means you'll have a good chance of being able to predict a sneak attack." She then rounded on Sasori. "You have sand. So, you'll give us a great defense. Once she attacks with something dangerous you can cover us in a sand shield right?"

Hana rubbed her temples thinking even more now. Now she could work the advantages of herself and the other two together. "Since I'm good with animals I SHOULD be able to tell by Hayate's movements on what he's thinking. Animals are easy to read. So basic planning will be easier to figure out and the two of us, meaning you and me, Tenisei, have a language that hopefully our sensei won't understand. As for me, I can use weaponry well, Taijutsu, and also if we get close to a water source I can use my water jutsu. I COULD use the water in the air but it takes time to accumulate. Much easier if I have water nearby."

"Also Sasori, I just realized this... but if we can get a watersource. I have a plan for trapping her. But I'll need your sand jutsu to do it." She opened her eyes as all the different plans reached her head. She had a few routes to go for. And backup plans for later as well.

"Now then, as for when we have her trapped. Which is the reason why we should work together. Just to get her trapped, worn out, or unable to attack. After that we can dissolve our temporary alliance and each go for finally bringing her down on our own. This is what I suggest. You can take it or leave it but if we work one-on-one we'll never bring her down. What do you think?"

(OOC: I forgot to mention that the end of the second page will strike the end of the hour IC, which is a total of 29 posts from us all and about 6-7 rounds of posting so I'll try to keep my posts short and sweet from now on))

Not making any kind of move except for absentmindedly placing her left hand on the left side of her waist as sort of a habit while her right arm hang right next to her right side, Ayame didn't even bother to let her eyes move towards the shinobi that seemed to be attacking first, allowing her peripheral vision to let her know if there's any significant action, she simply kept her main vision perspective going straight forward. Some may view this kind of behavior as simply showing off, but Ayame viewed it as giving the Gennin as much advantage as possible by “not taking them seriously” as a means to let her “carelessness” be her downfall if they had enough presence of mind to take full advantage of that.

Taking into account that Sasori seemd to be gathering sand and aiming it at her, the young blonde Jounin didn't move a muscle until the sand came close enough for him to truly belive that he had gotten her. That is until she quickly performed a quick short leap over to the right just enough for the sand aimed at her to collide with each other and throw each other off course and still leave some room for her to not receive any sand in her hair. Not exactly the greatest opening move in Ayame's opinion. It seemed as if it was a reminiscent of Tenisei's Tunneling Fang earlier in terms of difficulty in dodging so she had no real problem with it.

Ayame didn't bother to dwell on it for too long as she waited to see what the other Gennin would do in this situation. Taking a quick glance in Tenisei's direction, she noticed the boy start to re-utilize the form of a beast while his animal. Ayame took quick notes if them as she noticed them analyzing her up and down. That man/beast duo had a major weakness to them that she hoped they would figure out soon if she was thinking that he was thinking what she thought he was thinking and that was coming up with a strategy.

Things seemed to row rather interesting as the team would soon, wisely retreat into the forest, probably heading over to regroup and come up with a battle plan or something along those lines. Well, at least they didn't let their clashing characteristics let their team deteriorate in a pool of pride and ego, but still would leave the question of who would be the one to actually take her down, if at all and prove to be the better of the squad, the suspense was actually quite exciting to say the least.

While they took it upon themselves to regroup, Ayame tilted her head up a bit as she wondered if she should do the same in terms of actually coming up with a strategy that would probably counter theirs, because in truth, she hadn't really thought of any kind of strategy prior to the event, nor had she usual done that in past events; she usually just came up with plans as she went. Looking up into the sky and forest, Ayame suddenly had a though and chuckled a bit. “Yeah, right.”

"Damn it Tenisei I really dont feel like hanging out in a tree we don't really have time to play cat and dog. I want to show our sensei that i can handle any opponent." Sasori said but then noticed that he fled into the trees and shortly after so did Hana. "For the love of all things ninja why do we ave to run away". Sasori then looked and saw that their sensei jumped over his sand "Kinda figured that would happen aw well might as well go join the other two."

Sasori gathered his sand back into his jar then jumped in the trees. it did not take him long to find Hana and Tenisei. "So what is the plan it better be good because we don't have that much time and i don't think our sensei is going to let us have to much time to plan." He listened to what Hana said before he said him self "I like that idea lets do it but i think Tenesei and his pup should try to distract then lure her towards me and Hana so we can spring the trap.

Sasori then waited to see what the others would say. He put his middle and fore finger up and said "Third Eye." A eye ball made of sand formed and went in to the sky. "Now I can keep my eye on Ayame Sensei."

Tenisei sighed after both of them joined them in the trees. It had seemed Sasori wanted to fight their sensei alone. “Sasori, none of us alone stand a chance fighting her alone. I tried, it did not work out, as you can tell.” He then took a knee, and looked up into the sky. “The reason I attacked her was to find a little bit out about her. You may think it was idiotic, I don’t care.” He then heard Hana start to talk. “Yea, I can sniff her out easy, it won't take any effort at all. I can pretty much tell you where she is now.” Hana knew a little about them from what see had seen and heard. It was good that she paid attention to things. This would make this battle much easier.

“Hana, leave Hayate to me. You may be able to read what he is doing, but I know what he is doing, and can tell him what to do, without having to speak. Its how are clan is, we just live with animals that long.” He knew she meant well, but he just knew his dog, and he would be the one and only telling him what he needed to do. “We’ve been a team longer than you think. We work well together.” He patted Hayate on his head once he said that. He really liked Hayate a lot, and he would come in handy for his plan. Speaking of his plan, he had to tell him these, he opened his mouth, but then Hana began to speak. He had assumed she was decently smart, so he let her speak.

Tenisei listened in on Hana’s plan. It had a chance to work, but he had all but doubted it would. Ayame was a skilled ninja and some sand mixed with water, was probably not going to cut it. He sighed, and shook his head in disagreement to what Hana had said. Tenisei then looked over to Sasori. “It may work, it may not, and I think Ayame is too skilled to fall for something like that.” He knew where she was coming from, but the fact of the matter was sand and water would just make wet sand. It may become harder for Sasori to move, it may stick together better, but it could just be an annoyance. “On top of all that, it is probably just going to be a slow, wasteful attack. I don't think Sasori has used wet sand before, and as you know it is a lot heavier than normal sand, which may make it hard for him to control. Also, the time it would take to find a water source may take too much time, I do not suggest it.”

He stood up and looked around. Hana had one last thing to say. “You do realize we are a team, we are stuck being a team until one of us quits, or dies. Even though you expect me to the last person to admit this, and I'd rather not. Our alliance will not be temporary. We will work as a team, and that is it. We'll all work on hitting her, and the two who don't hit her, will not be getting punished. We will fight her, if we have to.” He paused and looked at both of them, nodding and smiled. He had hoped that they no longer thought of him as some brat. It was not time for him to tell them his plan. “Alright, guys here is what I have planned.” He sniffed around, to make sure that their sensei was not around. He moved in closer to his team.

“Hana, since you said you use weaponry, I want you go in first, and try and get that sword away from her. She seems to stick with it, it may have something powerful to it. Then we will need someone to make it so she cannot see. Sasori, while this is happening, I need you to build up sand around her, so we can trap her without knowing. I will attack her, with Hayate her. Sniffing her out will be easy, so even if you have to cover the whole area, so she cannot see, go ahead.” He wanted to know what they thought of his plan, and if they would follow it, so he stood there waiting for their replies. However, he was ready to jump into action at anytime.

Hana listened to what Sasori said. "Well, it seems that she's going to wait for us to make a move first. So luring her doesn't seem like it's going to work. Sorry Sasori," she said apologetically. But from Ayame's earlier attitude it seemed that she was going to go on the defensive.

Hana blushed slightly in embarrassment. Tenisei was right. Her getting the in the middle of him and Hayate was just going to make things harder. They needed a way to communicate through the mist in case their plans had to change but her idea wasn't well thought out.

Hana continued to listen to Tenisei's input. He did think ahead. Which was a bit shocking to her since he seemed to run more on adrenaline and instinct. But so far it seemed he had more experience than any of them and was able to see the flaws in all their plans. It was actually a pretty good match-up. Though Hana wouldn't admit this out loud.

"You're right." She was surprised at herself that she admitted that he was right and she was wrong. She supposed she wasn't as stubborn as she thought she was.

"Well, she seems to be pretty amazing with that Katana. It almost seems like a another limb with the way she holds it. Like another extension of her body. But perhaps, since I'll be using my bones as weapons that it might be a more level playing field. I can use my mist jutsu for that as well. I'll need time so we'll do that first. She'll be able to see things right in front of her since I won't have a water source nearby. But, it will still give us the advantage. I'm sure Sasori will be able to see with that sand eye he has. So everyone will be able to work through the mist but her. Assuming she doesn't have something to counteract it," Hana told them after finishing hearing Tenisei's plan.

"I think you have the best and most thought out plan. So we'll stick with it. Assuming Sasori agrees of course," she replied turning towards the red headed boy.