The Jonin pointed at himself, "Me? Okay then, I'm Kakashi Hatake. Things I like and things I hate… hmm… I… don't feel like telling you any of that." He saw the three of them look at him in surprise, a cue for him to carry on. "Dreams for the future… never really thought about it. As for my hobbies, well," he looked up thoughtfully, "I have lots of hobbies."
"So all he really told us was his name," Sakura thought with a sweatdrop, something she shared with her other teammates as they stared across at the odd Jonin with deadpanned expressions.
Blinking a bit after staring at the man for a little while longer and listening to his introduction, Naruto then suddenly came to a surprising realization. Snapping his fingers, he then pointed at the Jonin triumphantly, catching everyone off guard, "Ah, now I remember where I met you before! Yeah! You were with Izumo, Kotetsu and Iruka-sensei when you came into the woods to hunt for those three kunoichi two years ago!" He was wondering why the guy's face seemed so familiar. It was impossible to forget a masked visage like that.
So he was Kakashi?
The man in silver hair gave the boy an eye-smile and nodded to him, "I'm glad you remember me, Naruto-kun. It's nice to see you again."
"Yeah, same!" Naruto chirped, feeling infinitely more cheerful to learn that their teacher was actually a really good guy. He then beamed across at the Jonin brightly, "Oh, by the way, Hanare says 'thank you'!"
"Hanare?"
"She's a farmer lady I met in the Land of the Great River a while ago. She said that she knew you and wanted me to give you her best," the jinchuriki exclaimed.
"Oh. Well… that's very nice." Kakashi smiled sincerely in kind. "Tell her I said 'thank you' the next time you run into her, okay," he replied with a cheerful tone.
"Sure thing." Naruto then went back to sitting comfortably with an eager stature, but then turned when he felt a couple of pairs of eyes on him. Looking across at Sasuke and Sakura, he saw that both of them were looking at him strangely with raised eyebrows, which had the blonde blink in confusion. "What?"
"You know this guy?" Sakura asked while pointing towards their instructor.
"Yeah. From a long time ago," Naruto shrugged casually, "I was in a bit of trouble and he came by to help out."
Dismissing the subject, seeing as that it would probably lead into a long story that was best put on hold for the time being due to other matters of importance, Sakura and Sasuke then turned their attention back to their teacher, who seemed to be watching them with great interest. Upon seeing their collective attention work its way back to him, Kakashi gave a nod of acknowledgement and folded his arms again.
"Okay. Now that I've talked about myself a little it's your turn," the silver haired man said before gesturing towards the blonde, "I'll let you go first, Naruto."
"Awesome, dattebayo!" the jinchuriki exclaimed, adjusting the headband around his head before straightening up a little, "My full name is Naruto Uzumaki. I like training, hanging out with my friends, and going out to see as much of the world as I can. I really like cup ramen, but I hate how you have to wait the three minutes after pouring the hot water into it. My hobbies are training and foraging, oh yeah, and my dream for the future." He swiped his thumb under his nose, "To become the greatest Hokage there ever was, so that everyone in the village will acknowledge me as a person and somebody they can depend on."
Kakashi raised an eyebrow briefly at the boy's heart-filled exclamation and nodded in understanding, smiling a bit on the inside. "Hokage-sama was right in saying that he was the most intriguing prospect of his group." Filing away this information for another time, the man then turned to Sakura, "Alright, next."
"I'm Sakura Haruno, I like a lot of things… especially uhh… well… the person I like the most is umm… uhh…" A light blush appeared on her face and, for reasons quite obvious, started stammering incoherently. Every exclamation was accompanied by a happy giggle and every glance was directed towards the Uchiha situated in the center of the group. Kakashi and Naruto sweatdropped at the jumble of words and the occasional 'Oh yeah' they heard from her as she attempted to give them her introduction.
"Girls of this age are more interested in love than ninjutsu," Kakashi sighed, finding the youngster's ramblings quite mindboggling. When she was finally through making her interests known to the world, the Jonin then directed his gaze to the one in the middle, "Very well… last one."
There was a brief moment of dramatic pause before the abovementioned started to speak, "My name is Sasuke Uchiha," the raven haired youngster began, in a voice both level and serious, "There are a lot of things that I dislike and very few things that I do like. I have no dreams in life, only goals, with my main goals being the resurrection of my clan and becoming strong enough to kill a certain someone." When he said this, he said it without tearing his eyes away from the faraway look that he wore or shifted even an inch from the spot on the tiled floor he'd secured. Hell, not even his hair moved he was so rigid.
This made his statement more powerful then what it was, something that had Naruto shrug carelessly at and look back at him rather tiredly. "Well… whatever helps him sleep at night."
While Sakura swooned and Naruto picked at his ear, Kakashi nodded his head upon processing all of the information given to him and gazed intently at his little group. "Alright then. That's it for introductions. It's good to see that all three of you are unique individuals with your own interests and ideas. We'll have our first mission as a team tomorrow…" He saw the squad look towards him with excitement and a gradual build-up of anticipation. Once Kakashi was certain their eagerness had risen to a suitable height, he then decided to drop a bomb on their supports, "It will be a task that all four of us will do together; a survival exercise."
Naruto blinked, "Huh? Survival exercise?"
"Aren't we, like, supposed to be having a real mission or something?" Sakura asked, her face pinching into a tight scowl, "We did plenty of exercises in the academy. That's how all of us ended up here in the first place. Why are we having a survival exercise instead of going on an actual assignment?"
"This isn't like your previous training. It's a little more… involved then what you're probably thinking," Kakashi stated, a cheeky smile appearing on his face as he waved a hand at them. A series of chuckles escaped his lips, "I warn you guys, you're going to freak out when I tell you this." The trio all frowned at once, not liking that sinister laugh or the smug expression he was now wearing.
Okay. The Jonin felt he'd beaten around the bush long enough. It was time to go in for the kill. Putting on the best intimidating expression he could muster without frying the kids' brains in the process and placing his hand over his face, Kakashi leaned forward and propped his elbow on his leg.
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