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Hayai ran on top of the roofs of the village, trying to stay hidden from the citizens in the street below. From one jump to another, fear filled his mind. He was late: late for the one thing that a genin should never be late for if they ever wanted to stay a ninja for long. Hayai was late for his first meeting with Takako Sensei.

Takako was sitting on a rock in the usual training area, when she finally notices that Hayai was late. She had heard that he had a bad habit of being late...... among other habits. She signed and started to set a little trap for Hayai when he got there. "Genin always walk into traps. That it's almost sad..... almost." Hayai will soon learn to NEVER to be late for her meetings again.

Hayai, nervous about facing his sensei in person, started to make hand signs while he ran. He had always done this to avoid having things thrown at him, especially after the time he was late for a mission.

When he finished his hand signs, a puff of smoke to each side signaled to Hayai that the Jutsu had done its job. Hayai slowed as the two clones of himself pressed on, guided by his will towards Takako Sensei. Perhaps today he would at least impress her with his ingenuity enough to avoid extra training as punishment for his tardiness.

One clone soon found itself in front of Takako and grinned, knowing what happened if she figured out it was a clone, like she almost always did.

Takako just got done setting her little traps for Hayai, when she noticed Hayai coming. Well, actually it was one of his clones...... again. Lucky, Takako set more than one trap, she first thought she only needed one but then remembered his clones, just for Hayai and his little clones. The clone that was in front of her, soon fell into a pit infront of her. "Is this really the best you can do, Hayai?"

Hayai watched as his first clone walked into the trap and the second circled around, his smirk becoming more annoyed than joyous. He had one more chance before he would have to show himself: she seemed too annoyed to push it today.

"Takako Sensei I am sorry I am late," the clone behind her said, fake panting and rubbing his legs to make it look like he got there as fast as he could. The Hayai Clone also flashed the same crooked grin at Takako that Hayai might trick her.

Takako grinned her smile, the smile that comes before she kicks your butt. "It's okay Hayia..... or should I say, Hayai's clone!" Just then the clone stepped on a wire and a ton of kunai came flying out of the tree, and hit the clone. "Hayai, hurry up and come out. I'm getting tired of your games." As she said the, she was already thinks of punishments for Hayai for tardiness.

Hayai slid from the rooftops, knowing he was defeated as soon as the second clone went up in a puff of smoke. He knew he was in trouble, and judging by the faces of the other Genin on his team, they were just as annoyed at him as Takako Sensei.

"Arrrgh..." Hayai groaned, looking at his sensei's feet as he walked slowly up to her. Why did he always have to be late? He knew that he was going to be punished every time...

Takako stared down Hayai once he walked up to her. "Okay, just to humor me. Why were you late.... again I might add?" She asked him. His other team mates make it on time, unlike Hayai. She could tell that they might tell Hayai off afterwards. So, she kept it short. "Okay. pick your punishment either run around this training ground 150 times, or pick up all the trash in the village. It's your call."

"It depends Takako Sensai on how much trash people left out this morning," Hayai remarked, smiling at his team with the little evil smile that meant he intended trouble for all of them for not trying to distract Takako Sensai from his absence. He would pay for it later, but the it would all be worth it in the end.

Takako signed. "You'll be surpised at how much trash there is. I would have thought you would've noticed when you rushing down here, because you were LATE!" She reamarked to Hayai. She was tempted to use her Earth Style: Ranging Ivy on him, but she decided against it. "So, hurry and take your pick, Hayai. Or I'll have your team mates pick for you, and they looked annoyed at you at the moment."

"I will take the laps and leave the garbage for the next time one of the others screw up," Hayai replied, speeding to the right of Takako Sensei, continuing his run around the pert of the inner parks that they use to train.

"Do they ever make mistakes?" He asked himself, looking back at the other Genin that he had left behind him. They were always on time, always completely ready to go. The only reason Hayai was late was because he had to take extra time in the armory to replenish his supplies, although he was not going to tell Takako Sensai that he had several extra Kunai Stashed in the side of his shoes for safekeeping.

(ooc: Okay, so Kasumi is in this squad right?? @.@)

(Yes Momoko she is. I made this squad the maximum a squad can be according to ice_demon: 5, including the Jounin.)

Kasumi watched as Hayai went round, and round in circles. The boy really was a nuisance. Always getting into trouble and showing up late to everything. It got quite annoying. Though, it's not like she's one to talk, her senseless blabbing and endless energy could get annoying as well. She still figured she wasn't as useless as the doe that had to run 150 laps! "Sensei!" Kasumi whined "Can we start training now? Hayai can stay after training to run his laps....can't he?"

Takako turned her attention from the running Hayai to Kasumi. "Sure, there is no reason to punish you guys for something Hayai did. How about you guys start off by practicing your jutsu?"

Hayai turned the corner of his first lap and grinned at Kasumi, waving as the dust he kicked up in his wake left a choking cloud right in front of the squad. How annoying Kasumi can be when she behaved like she was perfect. She was always treating him as little more than a nuisance.

"Quit complaining Kasumi!" He called out as he sped past her to start his second lap, "I have only 149 left to go!"

Hitomi nods her head ashamed of Hayai for being late. She turns her attention to her sensei when she mentions training, then looks at Kasumi and mumbles under her breath, "Suck up..."

"Okay you guys, TRY to act like a team please." Takako glanced at each of her students and signed in her head. They were ALWAYS getting on each other's nerves. Day in and day out they argue, it gets tiring after a while. "Hey, Kasumi. You'll go first since you want to train so badly." Then Takako pointed to a wood target about 50 feet away from them. "Try to hit that target with your jutsu. If you miss, it's Hitomi's turn."

Hayai turned the corner again, running past the group again, showing little sign of slowing or of tiring. He knew that he could continue to make it harder for Kasumi to focus by speeding past her again.

"You can do it Kasumi!" Hayai yelled as he sped past her a second time, letting the wind he was stirring blow her hair and move her focus from the piece of wood.

Yasu sprinted over the roof tops of the village hidden in the leaves. Her dark clothes blending with her dark air, making a black mass soaring over the stone and metal clad roofs in her home village. The ninja girl had to get to the observation tower just out side the training area, her old sensei told her to meet at the top, the roof of the building to meet her new jonin instructor and the other member's of her team. Her old genin team, her old friends were killed in a mission, her old instructor dosen't have a squad this year. The only reason Yasu survived the mission was that she was very lucky.

The dark looking girl paused in her run over the roof tops, she didn't remember the mission well, her old instructor told her she had hit her head, and had filled her in on what had happened. She hadn't thought much of it, she missed her friends, and the pain of that realisation, that her friends were dead, was still fresh in her mind. She shook her head, trying to clear out the dark thoughts and kept running twards the tower. But the ninja couldn't clear that reoccurring thought that something else had happened. She couldn't shake the feeling she was missing something. The dark girl shook her head again and focused on the timing her foot falls, counting out how many of her loping goofy looking strides it would take her to reach the tower.