Author's Note:

This Story picks up roughly 12 years after the end of Rainy Day Activities and will be written in slightly different style…

Italics-Thoughts

Bold-Time/Place

In case you have forgotten:

Yoshiro-ShikaTema Boy Child

Nickname-Yosh

Nanami-ShikaTema Girl Child

Nickname-Nami

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Chapter 1

Yoshiro's POV

I walk in the door and just as I expected my father is on the couch and I can hear my mother in the kitchen. I walk over to the couch and sit next to my dad as I hear my mom enter the room.

"Yoshiro…Why are you late?"

"I got lectured by sensei for falling asleep in class…"

"Again?"

"Relax Temari. I fell asleep in class all the time and look how I turned out."

"Not helping Shikamaru."

"Sorry…"

"Listen Yoshiro…I don't think I need to tell you that falling asleep in class is bad. Will you try not to do it again. It seems like we have had this exact conversation many times."

"We have so I will finish it for you hun…Yosh…sleeping in class bad…don't turn out to be lazy like your father…don't do it again…and then you repeat something like don't be lazy like your father…is that about it?" Mom slaps dad on the head and they both begin to laugh. That's one of the things I like about them. No matter what the situation, whether they are reprimanding my sister and me or fighting…they always end up laughing.

"Mom, Where's Nami?"

"Outside practicing for her graduation exam. You should to I you want to pass."

"Mom…I don't want to."

"Yosh mind your mother. Now go outside and practice a little more tonight. Your graduation exam is tomorrow after all. A little extra practice won't kill you."

"Fine…"

Next Day after Graduation Exams

"This time around we had the whole class pass…Congratulations everyone…Now I will assign your teams. This year we have a strange girl to guy ratio so one team will have to be made up of two girls and one boy. It is a little bit different but that is what the Hokage has written here. And according to this list the team will consist of Yoshiro, Nanami and Ayame…" Great I have to be on a team with my sister and the Hokage's daughter…This is just perfect…I am going to spend my whole time protecting both of them. "The next team consists of…The next of…And the next of…and the last team of…Now that we have finished that, I need to make an announcement. You all have been given a slip of paper with a location on it. Meet up with your team and the go to that location. That is where you will meet your new Sensei. You are all dismissed and welcome to the life of a Shinobi."

Everyone begins to bustle about but I just lay my head on the desk in front of me. Dad says that every cloud has a silver lining. Well if that's true there has to be one on this one as well. I just have to find it.

"Hey Yosh! Let's Go!"

"Shut up will you! I'm coming!" I rise from my seat, gather my things and exit the classroom.

"What's wrong? Not happy with the team?"

"Shut up…I'm concentrating."

"On what?"

"I'm trying to find the silver lining in this situation."

"I'm sorry you got stuck with us but you are just going to have to suffer through it. I wonder who our Sensei is going to be. I bet she is really skilled and beautiful."

"She?"

"Yes you sexist. She…"

"That wouldn't make any sense."

"Why not?"

"Then there would be three girls and one boy."

"Your point?"

"It wouldn't be well balanced."

"Some teams have three boys and one girl."

"That's different."

"How?"

"It just is! Now look at the map and see where we are supposed to meet sensei."

"It says at the bridge. I wonder why we are meeting there."

"You wonder too much."

"I'm just a curious person. There is nothing wrong with that."

"Yea except that it killed the cat. Or should I say the sister…"

"Oh just shut up until we meet Sensei alright."

"Fine with me."

"So Ayame…who do you think our Sensei will be?"

"I…don't know. Maybe Ino Sensei or Kiba Sensei. They are both very skilled."

"I guess we will just have to find out."

"I thought I told you to shut up."

"You are only older by like a minute! Stop bossing me around Nami!"

"Here's the bridge but I don't see Sensei. She must be hiding. After all she is going to be a skilled shinobi.

"Or he is just late."

"I doubt it."

"We'll see."