chapter 5

Training turned out to be sucky. Figures, with my luck lately…

Kakashi led me into the academy and made me sit through a child's lecture on chakra and how to use it.

To be completely blunt, I had no idea what to do.

Kakashi led me outside and sat me down. "Now simply try to summon some chakra from inside you."

I groaned as I pressed my hands together like the people on TV did and grunted.

Nothing happened.

And so the day went on as I failed at ninja life. By the end of the day I was ditched at Shikamaru's again by an annoyed Kakashi.

"This kid is going to kill me." was all he said as he left.

Shikamaru asked, "How did it go?"

I rubbed the back of my head and muttered, "I couldn't even summon any chakra."

He sighed and called over his shoulder to his father, "I am taking Morgan to the training grounds for a few hours. I'll be back in time for dinner."

I tried to escape past him into the house to escape the wrath I know knew was called 'training'. Right then I would have gladly traded a shopping spree with Mrs. Nara than train…

After a short trek to the grounds, Shikamaru sat me down in the woods and leaned back on a tree as he looked up to the sky.

"So you couldn't summon any chakra eh?"

I nodded in shame. People on TV made this look so easy, but this was harder than learning to ski. And TRUST me, that was HARD.

He sighed, "I guess you just haven't found your motivation."

I looked at him and he stated, "If you follow everyone's tendencies to train, a boy named Lee should show up here in ten minutes. Ask him to help."

My fan girl inside screamed out at the opportunity to meet one of the guys I had always kinda wished I had an older brother like! I have several of those actually, Lee being one and Kotetsu being another.

Shikamaru continued to sit and wait with me until Rock Lee entered the clearing.

Shikamaru waved a hand at him and shouted lazily, "You have a second, Lee?"

The boy looked from me to him but nodded slightly.

Shikamaru pointed to me and sighed, "I was wondering if you might be able to train her. She can't figure out how to use chakra… I thought you could help."

Lee looked excited, "You must be Morgan! Sakura told me about you earlier when I saw her. My name is Rock Lee!"

I nodded and stood and walked over to him.

He grinned happily and looked me over, "You are so full of the look of youth!"

I had a MAJOR eye twitch moment but shoved it away.

"Can you teach me?"

He asked, "Do you promise to do whatever I say?"

Now I would like to point out here… I made a BAD mistake… I said yes…

-30 minutes later-

"AAAAAGGGGGHHHHH!" I screamed as I ran like a mad man away from Lee.

He chased me with a green outfit like the one he used to wear in his hand. "But it will be so much easier to move around in!"

He'd been chasing me for thirty minutes straight trying to get me to put it on.

I screamed, "I WON'T WEAR IT!"

Thank goodness I was in running condition thanks to soccer… oh wait… soccer was WHY I was in this predicament… I got into that crash on my way to practice… DANG IT!

I screamed, "SOMEONE HELP ME!"

Abruptly I shoved past someone in the street on my way. I hadn't meant to but then that person grabbed the back of my shirt and yanked me back to face him. I gulped. Why in the world was I such a clumsy person?

Facing me down and glaring in my face was Neji Hyuga.

I grimaced and muttered, "I am so sorry! I didn't mean to hit you!"

I looked down at what he was wearing and wanted to laugh.

He was apparently only a chunin now and there he stood… In a ninja vest and green pants. I had to say, the look did not suit him.

I nearly died laughing and he set me down.

And there came Lee with that outfit.

"OH CHEEZITZ!" I screamed as I hid behind Mr. Poorly-dressed.

Lee ran right past me and I let out a sigh of relief.

Neji asked, "Who in the world are you?!"

I frowned at his tone and backed away. "I'm uh… well… I'm…"

A voice called, "Morgan! Where are you? Shikamaru is getting worried! Where'd you go?"

I groaned at the sound of Sakura's voice. How the heck she figured I was missing I'd never figure out.

Neji asked, "So your name is Morgan, then?"

I gulped and waved my hands in front of me in a rapid "no".Neji was glaring like he was gonna kill me and I knew VERY well he wasn't going to just chase me through town.

*gulp*

I turned and screamed, "SAKURA!"

Neji had to cover his ears and growled at me as Sakura came into view.

She smiled to Neji and thanked, "So she was with you? I was worried for a while there. She doesn't exactly have the abilities to keep herself out of trouble…"

I gulped as Neji placed a hand on my shoulder.

"Actually… Morgan, here just agreed on eating at my place tonight."

I gulped… I was in SO much trouble.

Sakura looked stunned, "Really? Well I'll tell Shikamaru… But you should be back at his house by nine. He's supposed to watch out for you."

I nodded and rubbed the back of my head as Sakura left me to my punishment for running into a certain angry Hyuga…

I gulped.

He stated, "I'm not going to attack or anything."

I reply shakily, "Do you know how scary you are when you're angry?"

Neji looked annoyed, "Who said I was mad?'

"I did."

DANG I JUST DID IT AGAIN! GYAH!

So this was just about the time I took off running through the streets. His footsteps could be heard behind me.

And then there was Lee's added in, "There you are Morgan! I was looking for you!"

I kept on running like my life depended on it, which I had the feeling it did.

And of course, me with my lack of balance, I tripped over thin air and landed on ANOTHER person.I glanced up to see an incredibly angry Kiba.

I whimpered, "Uh-oh…"

So there I was. Running like my life depended on it from THREE lethal ninja… They clearly didn't seem to feel like speeding up to catch me.

Of course I was tired because of my lack of ninja skills, and of COURSE I hadn't memorized what every street was like. Who could? It was a maze here!

So of course I ended up cornered in an alley with one of my many bad turns. Neji was there first and slid to a stop.

I gulped as he stepped closer and Lee grinned, "I promise that this outfit will help you learn!"

Kiba was cracking his knuckles and I was just whimpering when SOMETHING flew out of nowhere on a VINE of all things like TARZAN and swooped me up and into the air before landing on the building.

I was thrown over their shoulder so I couldn't see their face and they started RUNNING on the roof tops.

I screamed and latched on around my rescuer's torso upside down as I almost fell.

His arm held my legs still so I wouldn't drop as we jumped over buildings.

The others were following and the voice of said savior ninja stated, "Hold on!"

I gripped tightly and he jumped down off of the building, and somehow I ended up in a garbage can on the bottom with said ninja crushing me from above, a lid covering us.

I heard the other people's feet fade into the distance and our trash can tipped over.

He was out first and I rolled out still dizzy and confused. I looked up and into the eyes of before listed mysterious ninja. I let a breath of relief go.

"Shino!" I breathed in relief.

He nodded and asked, "You alright?"

I nodded like he had and he stuck a hand out to help me up. He pulled me up and I found a buggy on my hand.

I was perfectly fine with bugs as long as they weren't huge, spiders, or something with pincers. This one was a beetle.

I giggled and asked, "Why did you save me?"

He looked away and stated, "Several reasons."

I nodded, "Reason number one?"

He stated, "You were being ganged up on."I asked, "And?"

"And you aren't a ninja."

I continued playfully, "And?"

He answered, "And I knew that Hinata and her family were all on missions so there was no way Neji could have you over to eat."

I demanded, "You were eavesdropping?"

He sighed, "No, you were talking very loudly in my ear shot."

I laughed and looked around, "Where are we?"

He shrugged, "Dunno."

I facepalmed. "What? But you've lived here who knows how long!"

He sighed, "I don't normally come to the Uchiha Compound."

I wanted to fan girl squeal. I was inside the compound! CHEA!

Shino saw the excited look on my face and sighed.

"We had better get to Shikamaru's before the others come back." I nodded and started to walk when he stopped me.

"We are thirty minutes walk from his house."

I groaned at my shaking legs from running earlier and he turned his back to me and knelt down. I was confused as I asked, "What are you doing?" He sighed very evenly in a very patient tone, "Get on my back so we can go."

I went blood red and carefully did as I was told. He gripped my legs to him and shot off onto the roofs again.

I screamed and wrapped my arms around his eyes/glasses where I knew he couldn't see, but was too petrified to move them.

He cursed before he was able to let his bugs out to guide him and we topple OFF A ROOF and into none other than the searcher squad AKA Kiba, Neji, and Lee.

I released Shino's eyes as Kiba shouted, "What are you doing here, Shino?!"

Shino grunted as I rolled away and took off at a dead run.

"Bye, Shino! I'll see ya!"

I heard several people running after me but I suddenly had the terrific urge to go swimming and jumped into *ahem… cough. Fell. Cough.* into a tub of water by someone's house.

Worst part yet, now I was good as caught… Great…