The following takes place 6 years after the start of Shippuden. Naruto, Sakura, Shikamaru, Hinata, Kiba, and Ino have become Jounin and started to have their own teams. Konoha has rebuilt a lot since Pain attacked. A new force threatens Konoha, will Naruto be enough to stop it or will he need help from 3 special people.
Assigning Pupils
Naruto, Sakura, Shikamaru, Hinata, Kiba, and Ino were waiting in the teacher's lounge of the Academy. They were going to meet their students for the first time, Naruto was the most excited. Shikamaru and Kiba were playing Shogi to pass the time; Ino and Sakura were having another argument. Hinata was blushing and twisting her hair, because she was sitting next to Naruto.
"Hurry up Iruka-sensai," muttered Naruto pacing up and down the room.
"Shut up Naruto, I'm sure Iruka is going as fast as he can," remarked Sakura.
"Checkmate, that's 17 in a row," said Shikamaru.
"Damn it, let's play a different game," replied Kiba rubbing the popped veins in his head.
Inside Classroom 5-A
A kid was staring out the window, watching a red leaf flutter in the breeze. He was tired of Iruka's lessons. He wanted to be outside more than anything. Iruka grabbed a piece of chalk and hurled it at the kid.
"Soren pay attention," yelled Iruka.
"Sorry Iruka-sensei," muttered Soren.
"Now if I can get back to what I was saying, I will now announce the teams…," said Iruka.
Iruka went down the list, organizing the teams, until he got to the last 2 teams.
"Team 13: Yuuka Nara, Daichi Monoka, and Riega Unate. Team 14: Soren Takuya, Naomi Yunii, and Toramaru Hibiki," said Iruka.
"Yay, I'm in the smart person team," cheered Soren.
"Damn it all," mumbled Toramaru facepalming himself.
"Be quiet Soren. Each group has two high passing students and one low passing student. You had the lowest passing score of all," explained Iruka.
Soren's enthusiasm quickly disappeared and he slammed his head on the desk. Naomi and Toramaru slammed their heads on their desks too.
"Alright, I wrote which training grounds you are to meet your new sensei on the chalkboard. Try not to be late," said Iruka.
The bell rang and the students left in a flash. Iruka left his room and entered the teacher's lounge.
"Finally, can we meet our students Iruka-sensei?" asked Naruto barely able to contain his enthusiasm.
"Tomorrow," answered Iruka.
"Oh come on, I've been waiting for an hour or so," whined Naruto.
Sakura pulled back her arm and smacked Naruto with all her strength. Kiba and Shikamaru jumped out of the way, as Naruto shot straight through the wall.
"I'm seriously tired of your whining Naruto," yelled Sakura.
Kiba and Shikamaru helped pull Naruto out of the wall as Iruka passed a sheet of paper to each of them.
"What are these for Iruka-sensei?" asked Ino.
"This'll tell you where to meet your students, and give you their names and their pictures," answered Iruka.
"Team 14: Soren Takuya, Naomi Yunii, and Toramaru Hibiki," muttered Naruto.
"Be careful Naruto, Soren is…um…difficult," explained Iruka.
"Oh please, how bad could my team be," said Naruto.
Naruto looked around and noticed Shikamaru didn't have a sheet of paper.
"Hey Shikamaru, why aren't you signing up for a team?" asked Naruto.
"Because I'm a Chuunin Exams Proctor, and being in charge of team is too much work," replied Shikamaru.
"Still lazy as ever," mumbled Naruto.
"Well it's getting late, you guys better get rested, it's gonna be big day tomorrow," said Iruka.
Naruto, Sakura, Ino, Shikamaru, Kiba, Hinata, and Ino left to go to their respective homes.
Soren's House
Soren walked onto the front porch of his house and opened the door. He walked in and noticed his little sister crawling on the floor. She had a pink ribbon in her black hair and she was just in her diaper. She sat up and spoke in her baby language.
"Nice to see you too Suyomi," said Soren lifting her up and taking her into the kitchen.
His mother was in the kitchen cooking dinner and his father was sitting at the table sharpening his kunai.
"Going on another ANBU mission again?" asked Soren.
"Yup, Lord Hokage asked me and my group especially," said Soren's father.
"But before you go, you have to eat my meal that can feed a small army," said Soren's mother laying out a big buffet to celebrate Soren passing.
"Thanks mother," replied Soren putting Suyomi in her high chair.
"So will Makoto join us for dinner," asked Soren's father.
"She put a note on her door saying she was out with her team on a Chuunin Mission," answered Soren's Mother.
"Typical, never telling anyone where she's going," mumbled Soren's father.
Naomi's House
Naomi lay on her bed reading her book; she was all alone in her house. Her mother worked late in the afternoon, her father was off on a Jounin mission, and her two older brothers were off on ANBU missions. She had to make dinner herself and do whatever until someone came home.
"Now that I'm on a team, I might have something to do during all this spare time," said Naomi as she drifted off to sleep.
Toramaru's House
Toramaru walked through the Uchiha Complex and entered his Grandfather's weapon shop right in front of the village wall. His grandfather was sleeping in his rocking chair, behind the counter. Toramaru walked into the back and saw his older brother making a new sword.
"Nice to see ya bro," said Toramaru's older brother.
"Yeah yeah," muttered Toramaru putting on his working gloves.
"What's the matter bro, you seem down…well more down than usual," stated his brother.
"Well Nando, I got stuck with Soren Takuya on my team," said Toramaru sticking a piece of steel in the fire.
"What's the matter with Soren?" asked Nando.
"He's a failure, he made the lowest passing score and I'm stuck on his team," replied Toramaru.
"Weird…his older sister is quite the kunoichi, you'd think he would be as good as her," said Nando to himself.
"This is a nightmare," scoffed Toramaru taking the steel out of the fire and forming it into a shuriken.
"You're just making it worse than it already is. Soren is your teammate now, fighting with him won't make things any better. Just try and be friends," replied Nando patting Toramaru on the back.
Naruto's House
Naruto was munching on a bowl of ramen, until Gamakichi appeared on Naruto's table. Naruto jumped back and spilled his ramen all over him.
"Hey there Naruto, long time no see," said Gamakichi.
"Thanks for ruining my dinner Gamakichi," replied Naruto shaking the noodles out of my hair.
"Sorry about that, but I heard you're going to be in charge of your own team. Following Jiraiya's example, eh," said Gamakichi.
"Not entirely," replied Naruto.
Naruto handed Gamakichi his info sheet.
"These students remind me of your old team," stated Gamakichi, "Soren looks like you, Naomi looks like Sakura, but Toramaru doesn't look like Sasuke at all".
"That's because Toramaru is wearing a bandana," replied Naruto.
"Well all I can say is good luck and goodnight, bye Naruto," said Gamakichi.
"Bye Gamakichi," replied Naruto
Gamakichi disappeared in a puff of smoke and left Naruto clean up his spilt ramen.
"I'm in for a weird ride," said Naruto looking over his sheet again.
