Hi everyone, this idea for a new team 7 came to me so i decided to write it, i have some good ideas for skills for the new team 7 so please review and let me know what you think!
It was just like any other day in Konoha, the sun was shining and all seemed peaceful however the night before Naruto discovered the kyuubi was sealed in him by the fourth Hokage and he became gennin. Although he was happy about finally making gennin, he was thinking about what happened to iruka-sensei 'I can't believe iruka-sensi got hurt because of me, maybe Mizuki was right, maybe I am a monster'.
He was walking around konoha thinking about the kyuubi and what it made him when he came across the memorial stone however he wasn't alone as a shinobi with spiky white hair and his hitate across one eye was already there staring at the stone. He noticed Naruto and thought ' that's sensei's son, he looks so much like him, what is he doing here?'
"hey kid, what's wrong" Naruto looked at the ninja" my sensei got hurt last night because of me, maybe the villagers were right" the ninja looked at Naruto " what did your sensei say about what happened?", "he said that it wasn't my fault, but I think that if I had been stronger then he wouldn't of gotten hurt", "well then there is your answer, get stronger, look towards the future and try to not let your precious people get hurt again." Naruto thinks upon the words this shinobi told him and realises he was right, "your right there is nothing I can do that can change what happened but I can get stronger and try to prevent it from happening again, by the way, why are you here?" The ninja sighs and looks at Naruto "I'm here visiting some old friends and precious people" "oh, I'm sorry, well thanks for the advice mister" Naruto turns around 'I feel much better know, I feel like ramen, yay!' He races towards his favourite ramen stand.
The shinobi otherwise known as Kakashi Hatake looks at where Naruto was and then back at stone 'maybe I should start taking my advice eh, Obito. I guess I better get ready to go see the hokage about getting my gennin team. I'm going to train them hard so that they don't lose anyone precious to them like I did. I hope you guys are proud of me' he thinks as he looks up at the sky and with that he turns around and heads home.
Back with Naruto who is sitting in ichiraku waiting for his ramen, just as he is about to eat, Hinata walks in and spots Naruto, "Hi Naruto, how are you?" Naruto turns around and smiles at Hinata while noodles are hanging out of his mouth, she starts to blush 'He's smiling at me, don't faint, just sit down and talk to him'. "Hi Hinata, look I made gennin" he points to his leaf headband which replaced the goggles on his head, "Well done Naruto, I knew you could do it, you never give up" Naruto blushes at this thinking 'Wow, she's nice, nobody my age has ever believed in me before, maybe she will be my friend'. Naruto then pays for his ramen and asks "Hey Hinata do you want to take a walk with me? I would like to talk to you more" "of course Naruto" Naruto then grabs Hinata's arm and drags her out of Ichiraku's and down the street.
"Where are we going Naruto?" "Hmm I'm not sure, this direction haha" so they start walking until they come across a training field where they see Shikamaru lying on the grass looking at the sky. "Hi Shikamaru, what are you up to?" Naruto shouted at Shikamaru, "I'm watching the clouds, everything else is too troublesome" 'Same old Shikamaru' Naruto thought while shaking his head. "Can we join you Shikamaru?" Hinata asked thinking he looked a bit lonely lying there by himself , "sure, you just lie back and watch the clouds as they go by" "Sounds easy" Naruto said.
After an hour of silence Naruto stood up and said "What do you guys think a monster is?" Hinata thought for a moment before replying "Hmm, I think a monster is something with no conscience and no regard for others" Shikamaru then said "Same as Hinata, why Naruto?" Naruto looked sad for a moment "You guys are my friend's right? I mean we like each other don't we?" they both said "of course Naruto" "Well last night when I became a gennin I found something out, I discovered that I have the Kyuubi sealed inside of me, apparently the Fourth Hokage did it as it couldn't be Killed, Mizuki-sensi called me a monster" Shikamaru spoke first "You're not a monster Naruto but have one inside of you like how a kunai is sealed into a scroll, the scroll is not the kunai as they are separate entities, I know, it's troublesome"
Naruto smiled at this and thought back to the stranger that was the shinobi from earlier, then Hinata spoke "You are not a monster, you are Naruto and you never give and you are someone I admire" she then went over to him and hug him with tears running down her face. Naruto just stood there as he couldn't believe someone was hugging him 'I can't believe it they accept me, kyuubi and all. I can't believe Hinata is hugging me, what should I do? I have friends!' Naruto then with tears running down his face hugged Hinata back while Shikamaru watched them with a knowing smile.
Meanwhile unbeknownst to them Kakashi who had spotted them on his way to meet the Hokage stopped and watched them from a nearby tree and thought 'these three are my team, I can see they have potential and the makings of some great teamwork'. He also thought back upon not only his previous talk with Naruto but also his previous notes he had made from watching the academy students 'yes, these three won't know what hit them once I start to train them' and with that thought he pulled out his icha icha book to read while he went to meet the hokage.
By the time Kakashi arrived at the Hokage's office he was 30 minutes late and all the other jounin's were already there. "ahh Kakashi thank you for finally joining us" the Hokage said with a small smile, "Thank you, Hokage-sama a black cat crossed my path so I had to retrace my steps and go another way" Kakashi replied while putting away his book. "Now that you have arrived we can start the process of selecting teams and assigning sensei's, now Kurenai we will start with you" "Thank you Hokage-sama, I am thinking of creating a tracking team so I request Kiba inuzuka, Hinata hyuuga and Shino aburame for my team"
Kakashi then starts to speak up before the Hokage can reply to Kurenai "Excuse me but I also wish for Hinata Hyuuga to be placed on my team along with Naruto Uzumaki and Shikamaru Nara as I believe they have the potential for excellent teamwork and I think I can teach them to become powerful ninja" Hokage looked at Kakashi and saw he was serious "That is all well and good Kakashi however the council has requested that you train Uchiha Sasuke" "That may be Hokage-sama however he has not yet unlocked the sharingan and when he does I will train on my own time however I have observed these three and they already have the basics of teamwork and they accept Naruto's tenant" when he said this the Hokage looked shocked but smile happy that someone accepted Naruto, Kakashi went on "besides from what I have observed being teamed with Naruto will help Hinata's shyness and boost her self-confidence, isn't that right Kurenai?" everyone looks at her and she narrows her eyes at Kakashi but nods, he smiles and continues "also Naruto's amazing stamina and energy will help to push Shikamaru into becoming more active and less lazy while Shikamaru's smart, strategic mind will improve Naruto's tendency to not think things through".
The Hokage sat in thought and realised what Kakashi had said was true, in addition to this he knew that Kakashi was determined to be Naruto's sensi due to his parentage. He sighed and with his mind made up he said "Your right Kakashi, you will have Naruto, Hinata and Shikamaru while Kurenai while have Kiba, Shino and Sakura" Kurenai opened her mouth about to protest when the Hokage looked at her and said "I know this is not what you planned however Sakura is said to have excellent chakra control therefore I believe you can train her to become Konoha's next genjutsu mistress" Kurenai thinks upon this 'hmm Kiba and Shino are good for tracking, I guess having Sakura will not be so bad and she will be excellent at genjutsu' she nods at the Hokage. "Asuma that means on your team you will have Ino, Chouji and Sasuke." Asuma nods at the Hokage and the Jounins start to leave, the Hokage turns his chair to face out the window and sighs again 'I'm getting too old for this'.