I don't own Naruto. I only wrote the fan fiction! If some of the characters seem a little OC-ish then I'm sorry - I haven't been keeping up with the episodes so don't bug me, and I might have changed a couple things - that is another thing NOT to bug me about! (Italic - thoughts, and "..." is speech)
Prologue - Team 7
A new team had been assembled. They called themselves team 7...or team Naruto. Naruto Uzumaki, a jounin ninja of the Hidden Leaf Village had been assigned to lead three gennin – Sakura Haruno, Sasuke Uchiha, and Kakashi Hatake. He was told that he'd meet the three today in one of the class rooms. He was walking down the hall to hear them talking.
"Hey...uh...Sasuke?" A girl said.
"*Sigh* what is it Sakura?" One of the boys said.
"Maybe later would you wanna-?"
"Le'me stop you right there. I don't want to go anywhere later...sorry, but I'm busy later."
"Doing what?" Another boy asked.
"Is that any of your business Kakashi?"
"Kinda because you're my team mate starting today."
Sasuke sighed. "To me it's none of your business." He said coldly.
Naruto opened the door to see them all stop and look at him.
The pink-haired girl was the first to speak to him. "Are you our teacher?"
Kakashi sighed and looked rather irritated. "Why else would he be here?"
Sasuke looked at Kakashi and muttered. "I was just gonna say that."
"You three come with me."
"Yes sir..." They said as they followed their new teacher.
Naruto took them to the roof of the academy. "Alright. How about we start with introductions then?"
"Introductions?" Sakura asked.
"Yeah. Stuff like your name, things you like and things you hate, hobbies, and dreams for the future. Stuff like that."
"Oh ok, but why don't you demonstrate; just so we can see how it's done."
Naruto sighed. "Alright. My name is Naruto Uzumaki. Things I like and things I hate, well I don't feel like telling you that. As for hobbies, I have many hobbies. My dreams for the future...I haven't really given it much thought."
"Well that wasn't much...all we know is his name." Kakashi said under his breath.
"Ok...you one the right. You're first."
"My name is Kakashi Hatake. I don't really like or dislike anything. I don't really think about my dreams for the future, and I train in my spare time."
"So would that be your hobby?"
"Sure..."
"Alright then. You on the left."
"My name is Sakura Haruno. The things I like are...well...the PERSON I like is...my dreams for the future..." She said; each time she was going to say something she's giggle.
"And your dislikes?"
"People who annoy me."
"I guess she's got her head in the clouds most of the time..." The jounin thought. "Alright then..." He said before sighing. "You in the middle."
"My name is Sasuke Uchiha. It doesn't matter what I dislike because I don't particularly LIKE a lot of things." The raven-haired boy started.
Sakura sulked a little; making Kakashi smirk under his mask.
"I bet I can prove you wrong Uchiha!" Kakashi thought.
"I don't have many hobbies, and what you call a dream, I call an ambition: I'm going to restore my clan, and destroy a certain someone..."
"Well that's a little dark..." Kakashi thought.
"Sasuke's so cool!" Sakura thought as she looked at Sasuke with a red-ish face.
"Now that's different..." Naruto thought. "Alright. We'll have our first training session tomorrow."
"Training? We already did that! That's how we got here!" Sakura said with a confused face.
"Well...if I tell you why...you're not gonna like it." The man said with a smirk.
Sasuke gulped; unnoticed.
"Tell us." Kakashi insisted.
"Of the twenty-eight graduates, only nine will actually become gennin. The others will be sent back to the academy.
Sakura's eyes widened. "If I'm sent back to the academy then that means I might not be with Sasuke again! I have to pass!"
"Be at the training ground at 5:00 am with your ninja gear, and don't be late."
"Yes sir!" The three said.
"And another thing before you go..."
They turned to him.
"Don't eat breakfast...or you'll puke."
They nodded and left
Sasuke was walking home; which caught the attention of Kakashi.
"Hey!"
Sasuke looked up at one of the buildings to see his white-haired team mate. "Hey!"
Kakashi jumped down and landed on his feet next to Sasuke. "Where are you going?"
"Home why?"
"Why you going home so early?"
"Sakura..."
"Ah I see..."
"Why did you have something else in mind?"
"Kinda..." Kakashi said before he saw their teacher appear behind Sasuke.
"What?"
"Naruto-sensei is behind you..."
Sasuke turned to see that Kakashi was right.
"Are you two busy?"
"No why you need something sensei?"
"Yeah...I was gonna do a training exercise later instead. I already told Sakura, but I wanted to let you two know. Be at the training grounds in ten minutes, and sorry about the whole first part..." He said with a sheepish smile before disappearing.
Sasuke and Kakashi sighed. "I guess we're doing something else..." Kakashi said before leaving to get his stuff.
Sasuke went home and grabbed his ninja gear and headed to the training ground early. He got there first and decided to practice with his kunai knives.
Kakashi showed up and saw his team mate practicing. He quietly walked over and put his stuff down.
Sasuke never noticed Kakashi was there and continued to practice. He hit logs and dummies dead center with a quick flick of his arm.
Kakashi watched as the raven-haired teen formed hand signs and grew curious. He saw the knives that had hit the targets Sasuke had been aiming at fly back into his hands. "What the?! Where'd he learn that one?!" He though.
Sasuke put his kunai knives away and turned around; only to be startled by the unknown presence of his team mate. He jumped a little; making the other boy laugh silently. "W-when did you get here?"
"A little while ago actually, but I didn't wanna interrupt your training so I didn't say anything."
"Oh..."
Sakura showed up. "Hey you two!"
Sasuke sighed in annoyance. "Great..." He said under his breath.
Kakashi smirked after hearing Sasuke's remark.
Sakura walked over to them and put her stuff down. "So what were you two just talking about?"
"Nothing." Kakashi said plainly.
"Oh...o-ok..."
Naruto appeared in a cloud of smoke. "Hey guys. Glad u showed up. Let's get started shall we?"
Sasuke and Kakashi sat on the logs while Sakura sat on the ground.
"Now. Our training today will have to with getting these from me." He said holding up a pair of bells.
"How come there're only two if there are three of us on a team?" Kakashi and Sasuke thought.
"Your task is simple: take these bells from me before lunch. Those who don't get a bell before lunch don't eat and fail the test. You can use anything from kunai knives to shuriken windmills, and that includes ninjutsu and teijutsu. When I say start you may begin. Any questions?"
Sasuke caught the reason for the two bells. "Yeah I've got one."
"Yes Sasuke."
"Why are there only two bells?"
"Simple. Someone is going to be tied to that log by the end. Weren't you listening?"
Sasuke sighed instead of talking back.
"Now...if there are no other questions...then you may begin!"
The three disappeared into the trees.
Kakashi found Sasuke. "Hey...what's the plan here?" He whispered.
"First we find Sakura, and then I'll explain everything then."
Kakashi nodded before he and Sasuke flew through the trees until Sasuke spotted Sakura in the bushes.
Sasuke swung down into the bushes with extreme light-footedness; not even making a single sound. He tapped her.
She was about to scream when she turned, but she stopped herself when she saw Sasuke. "S-Sasuke..." She whispered.
"Shhh. I've got a plan."
Kakashi landed next to him.
"Ok then what is it?"
After a couple minutes of talking of a plan, the three gennin hid in their positions.
"Are you comin' out or what?" Naruto said sounding a little annoyed and impatient.
Sasuke smirked. "All according to plan..." He thought as he gave Sakura a signal to pull the first trap.
The first trap set of a dozen kunai to fly in his direction.
Naruto dodged it.
Sakura moved quickly to a new hiding spot.
Kakashi smirked as he watched Naruto's foot fall into the second trap - the common foot-in-the-rope-trap.
Naruto was dragged up and hanged by his foot. "Oh very funny guys! How 'bout you come out and actually FIGHT for once!" He said as he cut himself down; only to land in another rope trap.
The three were trying not to laugh when Naruto cut himself down again.
The jounin sighed. "Their better than I thought..." He thought as he looked around.
Kakashi nodded at Sasuke.
Sasuke nodded back and moved to his position – the water attack.
Kakashi jumped into plain sight with Sakura.
"Oh so NOW you show yourselves, but where's Sasuke huh?" "Unless he doesn't understand this exorcise, but then...who else would set the traps?" The man thought. He looked around quickly in case he could spot the last member of his team, but Sasuke was nowhere to be seen.
Sasuke waited underwater for his signal from one of his team mates.
"So what's your next move? Are you just gonna stand there? You have about ten minutes left to get a bell...you know that right?"
"Yup." Kakashi and Sakura said.
"That's my signal!" Sasuke thought as he created many other clones and attacked Naruto from the water.
Naruto whacked the clones away.
Sasuke had three other clones waiting along with Kakashi and Sakura.
The three gennin attacked the jounin all at once.
Naruto smiled. "So they DO understand..." He thought as they pinned him to the ground.
"Ha! We got you sensei!" Sakura cheered.
Sasuke and Kakashi smirked.
"So you did...together..."
"Huh?"
Sasuke looked at Sakura. "That's why I had you two help me with the plan. It was a team effort."
"Oh! So THAT'S why there were only two bells! To test us!"
Naruto smiled. "Exactly."
The gennin got off their teacher's back.
"You three pass."
Sakura cheered as Kakashi and Sasuke high-fived.
"Alright!" Kakashi and Sasuke cheered.
Naruto smiled. "Team 7 starts their first mission tomorrow."
"Sweet!" Sakura said.