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Sunlight pierces the canopy of a towering tree, scattering shifting patterns of light and shadow across a forest clearing where three genin wait. Naruto bounces incessantly on the balls of his feet, Sakura twists a strand of pink hair around her finger, and Sasuke stands rigidly against the rough bark, his gaze distant. Kakashi, their jonin sensei, idly flips a page in his familiar orange book. "Naruto, I don't know," he says, his voice flat and muffled by his mask. Naruto's grin is undimmed. "It's gonna be awesome meeting them, dattebayo!" His bright blue eyes suddenly find you, you, standing at the clearing's edge. His whole posture shifts toward you. "Hey, you're the new one, right?"