Chapter 11: Team Nightmare

Today is the day we get assigned our teams. I'm not really excited, I'm just nervous. If I get assigned to team 7, I'm done for. Team 10 won't be much better either. I would also hate to be in team 8. I'm not working with bugs and dogs. I'm petrified of both! I walked to the academy, early in the morning, my mind buzzing with worries. I was so worried that I was thinking of giving up on becoming a ninja. Why was I becoming a ninja anyways? It doesn't make any sense. In the beginning it seemed cool, but now I lost all motivation. I was so absorbed in my thoughts that before I knew it, I was standing outside of the academy. I stopped in front of the building, feeling like I want to cry. I have messed up my second chance at life. Seems like I'm the problem not my circumstances. What's the point of even continuing? "Elle! hey, look! I became a ninja believe it!" Naruto came running next to me. I spread a smile on my face, putting up my act. "Congrats Naruto! I knew you could do it!" He excitedly told me about what happened to him, leaving out the part about the nine tails as we walked inside. I was reacting dramatically to everything he was saying. We entered the class, both of us laughing at how easily Mizuki was beaten. Just as I entered, I felt someone's gaze on me. Knowing who it was, I ignored it and kept walking to my seat, listening to Naruto.

Time passed as Naruto kept telling me about his adventures. His story was interrupted though when Iruka entered the class. He congratulated all of us and started explaining what the next step is. Of course, I zoned him out completely until he started dividing the teams. I was tapping my foot furiously. My smile was still on my face but my head was buzzing more than ever before. "Now for team 7," I pulled on my hoodie's sleeves and scrunched them up in my hands. Please, not me. Not me. Not me. "Sakura Haruno, Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha and" Don't you dare say it. Please don't. "Elle Candel" My leg stopped shaking. I'm done for. I can't handle this right now. I'm already drained from acting all happy and now I have to deal with Kakashi. I stood up, my sweet smile still on my face. Everyone's eyes followed me as I walked down the stairs and out of the classroom. Iruka called after me but I completely ignored him and kept going. I was walking to the Hokage's office to quit being a ninja. I didn't want to do it anymore. I couldn't do it anymore. I knocked on the Hokage's door and waited for an answer. "Who is it?" I cleared my throat and tried to make it sound less sad. "It's me Elle!" he allowed me to enter and I walked in. The hokage was surrounded by all the jonin instructors. "What brings you here Elle?" I looked at the hokage giving him my brightest smile. My whole body was screaming at me not to quit, but I just couldn't take it anymore. I was about to talk when Kakashi stopped me, uncovering his Sharingan. All the others stood on guard and pulled out kunai, thinking that Kakashi was about to attack. Fear rushed through me as I started backing away, trying my best not to show my fear on my face. What's happening? Is Kakashi going to attack me for real? I might deserve it but why now? His eyes widened, "Everyone stand down!" he screamed at the instructors as he walked closer to me. "Elle, calm down. I need you to breathe." Why is being nice to me? after all I did, He's supposed to hate me. What's he planning? "Elle, please calm down. It's going to be fine." I stood there confused and hurt. Ever since yesterday, I have been barely holding myself together, and this was about to push me over the edge. Asuma looked around confused, "Kakashi, what's going on?" Kakashi kept his eyes on me. "someone, call a medic." That's all he said. A medic? Why? I spread a smile on my face, getting my act back up. "I see that the hokage is busy. I'll just come back later." I started walking towards the door. "Elle I can't just let you leave." I want to be alone. Please let me go. "I said someone call a medic!" Kakashi said to the other jonin while blocking my way to the door. Kurenai, following Kakashi's orders, jumped out the window. "Please, I should go back to the academy." I said my smile not wavering. "I can't let you leave like this. Last time I left you like this…" my eyes widened then I looked at the ground. Even after I cut him off, I still bring him pain. I frowned at the ground. "Kakashi, why don't you explain to us what's happening here?" the hokage said calmly. No, I don't want anyone else to know! My eyes snapped to Kakashi, begging him not to tell anyone. Please don't. "Do you sense that?" Asuma said gaining their attention. Kakashi nodded and so did the hokage. "we need the medic here soon. If you started to sense it that means it's getting bad." I was just standing there, feeling exhausted of everyone. I just want to be alone. "Kakashi." his attention snapped to me. My smile was back on my face. "there's no need to call the medic! I'm completely fine. But I seriously have to get going. Iruka sensei must be worried sick about me!" Kakashi glared at me. "Drop it already! You're killing yourself!" he growled at me, making my eyes go wide.

I didn't have time to react as Kurenai and a medic burst through the door. It was the same medic from before. His eyes scanned the room before landing on me then on Kakashi. He looked at him expectantly, waiting for an explanation. "It's Elle." the medic's eyes snapped to me before rushing over to me and practically shoving me in a chair. "How do you always end up like this?" he said as he started with his medical ninjutsu. His familiar chakra rushed through my body, calming me down almost instantly. It made me forget about how terrible my life was. All I could focus on was the calm chakra rushing through me. it took the medic a couple of minutes before he stopped. "here, that should be better." he said smiling at me. Sadly, as soon as he stopped, the feeling of impending doom came back to me. All my senses were heightened again and I was fully aware of everyone looking at me. Kakashi's eyes widened, "it's happening again!" he said to the medic. The medic's eyes widened as well as he started his medical ninjutsu again. the calm rushed over me once more. "I told you, I need to be alone." I said directly to Kakashi. he shook his head at me. the medic wiped some sweat off his forehead, "I can't keep this up for much longer." His voice was strained. "Kakashi, please. You have to let me leave." He looked at me. he seemed to finally understand that there was no other choice. Seeing as he didn't object. I thanked the medic, got up and ran as far as I can to the training grounds.

I fell to the floor, looking up at the sky. I felt straight up exhausted. I listened to the sound of the birds chirping and the river flowing. I sat by myself, breathing deeply. Finally letting my body relax, I closed my eyes and drifted off into a calm sleep.

-time skip-

Kakashi's POV

It has been a couple of hours since I was at the Hokage's office. It was about time I get going to meet my team. I wonder how Elle is doing? She didn't look too good today; maybe I shouldn't have let her go off by herself. I was snapped out of my thoughts by an eraser falling on my head. I looked inside the classroom to see the Uchiha, the jinchuriki and a girl. My eyes widened, Elle is not here. I quickly covered my worry with a blank face and looked towards the genin. "Where's the fourth one?" They all looked around surprised, like they just noticed her absence. The girl spoke up, "I don't know sensei but that girl always seems to be late. She's such a bother!" I ignored her insult and looked to the Uchiha, he just shrugged.God, they're all useless! As my last hope, I looked over to the jinchuriki. "She said she was going to be here! Believe it!" Worry started to take over as the time went by. "My first impression of you 3, I don't like you." Should I go looking for her? I can't, last time I did she blew up on me. Should I send one of them? Gosh, this is going to be bad "Uchiha, find the fourth one and bring her to the roof. If you're not there in 10 minutes, consider yourself dead." I really hope he finds her. Placing my faith in the Uchiha, I poofed to the roof and waited for the rest to follow.

Sasuke's POV:

I walked out of the academy and down the street, having no idea where to begin looking. Who do I even ask? No one knows anything about her? Maybe I can aske Shikamaru, they seem to hang out sometimes. I walked back to the academy and entered the meeting spot for team 10. Instantly, I regretted even nearing this room. Ino grabbed onto my arm and started talking my ear off. I pushed her off and walked over to Shikamaru, completely ignoring the weird look I was getting from their sensei. "Do you know where Elle is?" He shook his head; Without him I have no hope of finding her. "Do you know where she spends most of her time?" He thought for a second before giving me directions to a training ground at the edge of the village. With this new information, I left the room, not wanting to waste any more time. the training grounds were on the other side of the village so I had to run if I wanted to make it in time.

Elle's POV

I was snapped out of my much-needed nap by a feeling of cold rushing through me. it felt shockingly cold, like if you ran electricity through ice. I recognized the feeling instantly and jumped up to make sure I looked fine. I rushed to the river and tossed some water on my face, getting rid of any traces of my sleep. I sighed in relief and stood up. What is Sasuke coming here for? I jumped into a tree in front of the entrance and waited for him to arrive. He ran in looking around like he was in a hurry. I landed behind him, "What are you doing here?" he turned around, standing on guard. So, he didn't notice me. Yay ninja! I smirked at him and he dropped his guard. "Our sensei sent me to find you. We have 3 minutes to get back." I sighed and drooped my shoulder. "You ducky never bring good news, do you?" he glared at me for the nickname but let it go once we started rushing back. I hope Kakashi acts like he doesn't know me. Ughhh! Seeing him twice in one day is a lot! I was supposed to completely cut all ties with him. How am I supposed to do that when we are on the same team? Letting my thoughts drift off, I made my way next to Sasuke to the roof.

"Sorry I'm late. May I take a seat?" Kakashi looked at me weirdly, noticing my change of tone with him. He shrugged and nodded. I made my way to sit down between Naruto and Sakura, Sasuke sitting next to me. "Great now that we're all here, why don't you start by introducing yourselves." Sakura seemed confused but before she could ask, I leaned over and whispered, "name, hobbies, likes, dislikes, and dream for the future." She gave me a weird look but nodded anyways, surprised that I knew what she was thinking. We went in order, starting from Naruto. Listening to it in real life is way better than through a screen! I can just feel the energy radiating off of him! It was my turn after Naruto. Of course, me being the Narutard that I am, I had already thought about my answer to this question every time I watched this episode. I spread a smile on my face, "Hi, my name is Elle Candel. I have a lot of hobbies, mostly anything creative. I like everything and everyone except for liars. As for my dream for the future, I want to be the best supporting character to ever exist!" I ended my introduction with a smile, earning me a weird look from my teammates.

The rest of the introductions went by exactly how they were in canon. Kakashi then went on to explain the survival training for tomorrow. I smiled to myself, the reality of be being here hitting me again. I really don't think I deserve this chance, but I will make the best out of it! I zoned back into reality to hear Kakashi still talking. "and don't have breakfast beforehand, unless you enjoy throwing up." Is he talking about me? He seemed to realize what he said, seeing that his eyes widened and he turned to me. I frowned at him, and looked away. Any reason to be mad, I'll take it. If I just act normally with him, I'll end up getting close to him again. "I didn't mean that, you can eat breakfast if you want to. Not that I think that you're too weak to not eat breakfast! It's just that…" I growled at him shutting him up. What was the idiot planning to do? tell everyone about me? I scoffed turning away from him, ignoring my team's curious looks. my eyes widened and I turned to look at my team an idea popping into my head. Naruto and Sasuke have huge reserves of chakra but Sakura and Kakashi… This can really be helpful! I dropped to the floor and instantly started scribbling down my idea. If this works, I will literally consider myself the smartest human on this planet! I jumped back to my feat quickly. I need Sakura's help for this. she'll never agree unless Sasuke is coming too. Ok plan initiation, now! They were all looking at me like I was insane. I walked over to Sasuke and leaned in next to his ear, "If you tag along with me today, I'll answer any question you ask me. you down?" I stepped away from him and after a second or two he nodded. Step one: done! Now for step 2. I looked over at Sakura, who was glaring at me for talking to her Sasuke. "Sakura, do you want to join me and Sasuke for training today?" her eyes widened before she quickly agreed. Sasuke was sending me a sharp glare to which I replied with a sweet smile. Oh no! I just left Naruto out. I can't let that happen. "you too Naruto! Do you want to join us?" a smile spread on his face before he agreed as well. Sorry Kakashi, I can't invite you. I'm supposed to be mad at you. I gave him a sad look, which he thankfully didn't notice, before he dismissed us and we headed to the training grounds.