Hi peoples. I got this idea when I was getting ready for horse-back-riding.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. I only own Tayen (Don't steal) and my plot. (Don't steal)

Quote: "Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most."

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Tayen was a sarcastic girl. When she entered the Academy, she was the top student. She was a Genin when she was placed in Team 7.

They were waiting for Kakashi when she walked over to them.

"Is this were Team 7 is supposed to meet?" she asked hesitantly.

"We are Team 7," Sasuke said.

Tayen narrowed her eyes, looking over all of them.

"Hmm…are you sure your Team 7?" she asked in a doubting tone.

"Yes we're Team 7 and what do you want!" shouted Naruto.

Suddenly he was against the tree, being held by the collar of his shirt.

"Watch your tone with me," she said in an emotionless voice.

Naruto chocked an answer and Tayen hoisted him higher. Then she dropped him, leaving him to massage his neck and glare at her.

She walked over to a tree a little bit away from the others and pulled out the latest issue of Ichya Ichya Paradise.

Sakura, Sasuke, and Naruto were looking at the new girl, deciding who she was and why the heck she was on their team.

She was tall. Her black hair and eyes stood out on her pale face. She had black eyeliner under hers eyes.

She wore a black cape that swept over her black kimono.

If you ever saw her back, you would see a lone, roping scar going from the top of her neck into her lower back. She looked to be about 13.

Kakashi walked into the clearing where they all were, reading the same book as Tayen.

He snapped it closed and said, "Sasuke, Sakura, Naruto, I…" his voice trailed off as he looked at the scene before him.

Naruto rubbed his neck and glared at Tayen, while Sasuke and Sakura were deep in conversation, stealing glances at the reading girl.

Of course, Tayen was to engrossed in her reading to even notice any of them.

Kakashi cleared his throat, and the four genin looked up at him.

"I see you must have already met the new addition to our team, Tayen," he said, looking expectantly (and lazily) at Tayen.

She looked up long enough to nod at them and then went back to reading.

"Tayen has joined us because…umm…" Kakashi hesitated.

"It's because no other team wanted me," Tayen said, never looking up from her book.

"I can see why," Naruto muttered under his breath.

Tayen was suddenly beside him.

"What did you say?" she asked in a dangerous tone.

Now, Tayen was at least a year older than Naruto and a hell of a lot stronger.

"N-nothing."

"Good," she said, emotionless once more.

She walked back to her book.

"Anyways, Tayen will be joining us for a while," Kakashi said in his usual lazy tone.

Sasuke and Sakura mumbled replies of "Whatever" or "Couldn't care less."

Kakashi, surprisingly, sent them all on various missions, instead of one mission they would take care of together.

As soon as the others had gone, Kakashi sat down next to Tayen.

"Kakashi-san," Tayen acknowledged.

"Tayen, I will talk to the Hokage about placing you in another team. I don't want you to get mixed up with these kids. Especially Sasuke. It is too dangerous," Kakashi said.

"Kakashi-san, I can handle myself. They will not find out anything about me, especially not my past," Tayen said, her attention finally on something besides her book.

Kakashi's one visible eye looked worried.

"I don't know…" he trailed off.

"I will not get 'mixed up with these kids.' They know nothing about me and they never will." She seemed to rethink this. "Well, maybe in their dying days, but never before."

"So, what's my mission?"

"Rescue a lost cat," Kakashi said.

"And the training…it will continue?" Tayen said, for the first time worry entering her voice.

"Yes. Meet me at he normal point at the normal time. Tonight." Kakashi said.

Tayen nodded and disappeared.

Kakashi still worried…

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What is this training? Who is this girl? What is so strange about her past?

Find out next time.

-ZukoKrazy