The Little Things Give You Away

Author's Note: New drabble series!

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I know… Fallen Angel, A Song For My Heart… I'm sorry but I just love this AU!

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Sorry.

Genin Team-Age 12

"As of today, you are all Genin, shinobi of this village. A village that you have sworn to protect until the very end," Iruka's voice boomed throughout the class, full of pride and barely contained excitement. "Although, you are only first level ninjas. You will all face many challenges on your journey towards success, but I believe in you. Now, all Genin will be grouped into a three-man squad, which will be lead by a Jounin sensei."

Iruka smirked with mirth, seeing the shocked expressions of his precious students. Well, ex-students. They really do grow up so fast. Clearing his throat Iruka called his newly appointed Genin back to attention. "Now, It's time to meet your teammates. Team 1…"

"Next, Team 7. We have Uchiha Sasuke, Haruno Sakura," Iruka merely raised a brow at the pink haired kunoichi's triumphant squeak and her not so secretive shout of 'take that Ino-pig!' Sighing, he scratched the scar across the bridge of his nose and continued, "Continuing on, the third member is Hatake Kakashi."

"Uh, Iruka-sensei?"

Iruka looked up from his paper and caught sight of Sakura's raised hand. "Yes, Sakura-chan?"

"I don't mean to be rude, but is there a mistake involving our team?" After a moment of silence, Iruka cocked his head, "what do you mean?"

"Well, It's just that there is no Hatake Kakashi in our class, so I thought that maybe he was put into the wrong group." Sakura was blushing almost the same shade as her hair. Laughing slightly, Iruka proceeded to explain, "no Sakura-chan, there is no mistake. Kakashi is actually a student that passed last year, but he had to wait until this year's class graduated before he could be put on a team, understand?" Satisfied with the nod he received from the kunoichi, Iruka continued announcing the remaining squads.

"I'm here for Team 10," a gruff voice called from the classroom door. Sakura studied the man from where she was, taking in his features. He had short black hair, a scruffy beard and light brown eyes. He was also tall, easily towering over everyone in the room. And was that a cigarette dangling from his mouth? Doesn't he know how bad those things are?

Sakura was snapped out of her thoughts as Shikamaru pushed himself up and walked towards the man, followed by Chouji and last and very much least, Ino. The pig stopped right beside Sakura and gave a small smirk. "Well, looks like my sensei's here first. Later, Forehead." And then she was rushing towards the door where her team was waiting for her.

"Stupid pig," Sakura muttered darkly. Glancing up, she noticed that only one team remained.

That didn't last long though. The door opened one more, this time a woman with long, dark hair and piercing red eyes stepped through. "Team 8?" Kiba gave a small howl as he hopped off the desk and rushed towards the entrance while Hinata and Shino stalked after him.

"My name is Kurenai, and I'll be your sensei. So let's head out to training ground three and introduce ourselves." Kurenai turned around and stepped out of the class. Sakura watched them leave, and as they were nearly out of sight, Kurenai paused and looked the other direction before frowning. The pink haired kunoichi heard her bite out "Hatake," before leaving with her team.

Sakura fidgeted nervously but kept her eyes trained on the door. After a moment, she heard a sigh and stared as a boy stepped inside. Sakura's eyebrows creased when she saw his face, or, at least what was visible. The lower portion was covered by a navy blue mask, leaving only his charcoal eyes open to the world.

Sakura glanced at Sasuke, who had been quiet throughout the day, from the corner of her eye. He was also watching the new kid, a slight frown on his face. Sakura jumped when she heard the masked boy speak. "Is this Team 7?" He drawled. Sakura swallowed before answering with a quiet "yes."

She was able to catch his grunt in response before he leaned against one of the desks with his arms crossed against his chest.

The kunoichi was thankful that the silence didn't last long as a blond haired man poked his head into the room. "Uh, Team 7, right?" Sakura nodded and stood from her seat along with Sasuke. "Cool! Meet me on the roof in three minutes!" And with that, he was gone. Soon after came a poof and the boy was gone. Sighing, Sakura headed out the door and made her way towards the roof as fast as she could.

"Now that everyone's here, why don't we start off by introducing ourselves-dattebayo!" Their sensei was leaning on a rail, giving them a small thumbs up and a cheeky smile. "Just give me your name, things you like, dislike, hobbies, dreams for the future, things like that."

"Why don't you start off so you can give us an example?" Sakura asked.

"Great Idea! My name is Uzumaki Naruto. I like my friends and I like ramen! I dislike the three minutes you have to wait after pouring water into the cup ramen, my hobbies are training and eating different kinds of ramen! As for my dreams for the future, I want to become the best Hokage this village has seen, -dattebayo!"

'Wow, he sure does love ramen'

Naruto coughed into his hand, raising the other to the back of his neck. "So let's start off with you," he pointed towards Sakura.

"My name is Haruno Sakura. I like, uh, I mean the person I like, m-my hobbies include, uh, my dreams are-" whatever she was going to say next was cut off by a squeal as she looked towards Sasuke, who seemed unaware of the attention the girl was giving him.

Naruto sweat-dropped and asked, "um, what about your dislikes-ttebayo?"

Sakura seemed to think about the question for a moment before shouting out "idiots!"

"Okay, next," the blond haired man said while motioning towards Sasuke.

"My name is Uchiha Sasuke. I dislike a lot of things and don't particularly like anything. What I have is not a dream, it is something that I will make happen. I want to get stronger so I will be able to kill a certain someone." Naruto thought about Sasuke's answer before asking, "so no hobbies?"

After receiving a glare from the Uchiha, Naruto backed off and glanced at the remaining member. "Okay, last one."

"I'm Hatake Kakashi. I don't feel like telling you my likes or dislikes, dreams for the future… never really thought about that. As for my hobbies, I have lots of hobbies." Everyone was silent after that.

Until Sakura blew her fuse. "What kind of introduction was that!?" Kakashi faced her and said, "Oh, like yours was any better."

"At least I tried, unlike you!" Sakura said through gritted teeth.

"Well at least I was actually able to form complete sentences!" Kakashi shot back.

"Oh yeah, well what kind of ninja has natural grey hair anyways?!"

"Like pink is any better for a ninja!"

"I can't believe that I'm stuck with you of all people!"

"Alright, that's enough you two," Naruto cut in. "But Kakashi, I do want you to try again."

Knowing that he couldn't argue anymore, Kakashi sighed and started over. "I'm Hatake Kakashi. I like to train and I liked when I would go outside the village with my father. I dislike anyone who would abandon their comrades to complete a mission or anyone who would shame a person for stopping a mission to save their teammates.

My hobbies include reading and trying to complete a new jutsu. And my dream for the future is to become a formidable shinobi, one that people will not hate for something that wasn't my fault." Sakura noticed the way his grip on his forearms tightened when he spoke about his dream.

She wanted to ask him about it, but before she could, Naruto began to speak again. "Well, now that introductions are over, it's time to call it a day. Meet me at training ground 7 tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. You're dismissed-dattebayo!" And then he left in a swirl of leaves. She glanced over and caught Kakashi just before he raised his two fingers and disappeared in a puff of smoke.

Typical.

Sakura hummed as she walked around Konoha, enjoying the warmth the sun gave. She had a basket of flowers that her mother asked her to pick up. She passed by the cemetery, glancing at the slabs of marble on the ground.

And then she caught sight of a familiar mop of silver hair, facing the wooden fence that surrounded the area. Sakura stopped and stared at Kakashi, trying to make sense of what he was doing. She saw him bend down and brush the ground with his hand. He slowly got back up and walked away.

Sakura waited until he left the area before she approached the spot that was occupied by the masked boy not too long ago. The closer she got, the more she saw. She lowered herself onto her knees when she was in front of the small rock. Her eyes widened when she read the name carved onto the smooth, grey stone.

Hatake Sakumo

She immediately thought back to the things Kakashi said back on the rooftop.

I liked when I would go outside the village with my father. Before his father died.

I dislike anyone who would shame a person for stopping a mission to save their teammates. His father most likely did that. That's why his grave is separated from the rest.

My dream for the future is to become a formidable shinobi, one that people will not hate for something that wasn't my fault. The village blamed a child for something that he had no control over.

Sakura slowly raised herself up. She now knows that there is more to Kakashi then he lead on. She just hoped that he would be willing to share that with her. Smiling softly, Sakura grabbed one of the flowers from the basket and laid it down in front of the grave. The pink haired girl continued her walk back home, unaware of the silver haired boy who had been watching her from afar. Unaware of the same boy who picked up the flower, and smiled for the first time since that fateful night.

Author's Note: AND THERE YOU HAVE IT! I loved writing this and I do not regret the fact that this idea came to me at one in the morning and it is almost 6. It just came to me. And to make things clear, this is going to be a drabble series. A connected drabble series! Although, they are most likely not going to be in chronological order. And I might throw in some other AU's to go with this one. I just love it so much. Honestly, if this was how canon was, everyone would be shipping Kakasaku instead of Sasusaku.

And I know… Fallen Angel… A Song For My Heart… I JUST COULDN'T RESIST WRITING THIS OKAY? OKAY.