Spotting the object on the grass, Sakura saw a potential means of rescuing her reputation in the eyes of her crush. "Sasuke, he dropped this staff. I'll just pick it up and use it to -"
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"Are you sure she was the top academic in class?" asked Kakashi.
"She's very good on tests and with studying," acknowledged Sasuke. "It's just that she's a fangirl and I've noticed their brains seem to shut down around me."
"Oh?" asked Kakashi, this sounding like a subject the usually brooding boy could get passionate about.
"Oh, yes," said Sasuke, revealing something about himself that Sakura would have been glad to know if she'd been anywhere near conscious to hear this. "Like Megumi. Ninja wire specialist. I asked if I could see her technique. Despite being quite good with it five minutes previously she managed to bind herself to the target post."
"Well, that might-" began Kakashi.
Sasuke wasn't done ranting though. "Or Chiyame. Perfectly good at explosive seals. Used them for years. Understood exactly how to make them. Up until I asked her for pointers."
"That's-" tried Kakashi.
"She blew herself up, the target, two of her friends, and nearly killed me in the ensuing explosion!" continued to rant Sasuke. "Then there's THIS girl. She was best friends with another one named Ino. Yamanaka clan so they've got that almost-a-bloodline with their mental techniques going. Ino was her best friend until the two decided to compete over me and they're practically at each other's throats anymore."
"Maybe-" tried Kakashi.
"Or Dokoro. By all the deranged kami of this world, there's THAT monster," said Sasuke, turning slightly green and shuddering. "I had to ask the Hokage for ANBU protection and a restraining order. That girl's enough to make a sex-fiend become a celibate monk if it would give him a chance at a life away from her. I was considering choosing a girl to get the rest off my backs once, but she managed to convince me that was a bad idea."
"Oh?" asked Kakashi.
"That poor puppy..." said Sasuke. "At least she's gone. They eventually had to ban her from Konohagakure. Throwing her out of the Academy wasn't enough."
"Ah," said Kakashi, thinking it sounded like Sasuke might have a few issues.
"Can we get her off the team?" asked Sasuke. "Maybe an all-guy team?"
"No, I really don't think that'll work," said Kakashi.
"Urk," said Sakura from where she was sprawled out.
"I suppose every team has to have its Load," griped Sasuke. "I was just counting on it to be NARUTO."
"I'll consider transferring her off the team," said Kakashi. "Probation or something."
"Thank you," said Sasuke. "Wait, you mean we pass?"
"Actually," said the Hokage, "that would work out nicely."
"It would?" asked Kakashi, who'd thought the transfer request would be summarily rejected.
"I've made contact with this group from Mid-Childa who have requested one of their representitives get a slot on Naruto's team," explained the Hokage. "They seem to feel it will benefit relations."
"I see," said Kakashi.
"They've also come up with a couple of potential missions for us to undertake," said the Hokage, putting a ninja-info-sheet on the table.
"Hmmm," hmmmed Kakashi thoughtfully as he glanced at the flimsy. Not that he didn't recognize it. The genin had a picture taken when they got through the Academy specifically for this, which was open for clients to read up on when they were asking about the ninja they were hiring. Sometimes the client would want a specific ninja hired, and this was the sheet used to determine if this was the one they wanted. There was the public version, then there was the Restricted version.
This was sparse enough to be the Public version despite it being the Restricted one, with the name on it being:
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