Chapter One - Sanin

It was the day. He could barely tell it from the others, it began so normally. He woke up, groggily ate his breakfast, (a sandwich and milk) and got dressed in his favorite ninja outfit- the orange one with blue stripes.

Just when he was about to put his goggles on his head, he remembered. He wasn't a student anymore... he was a gennin! He gently placed his new headband on his forehead.

"Uzumaki Naruto, awesome-est gennin." He did a pose for his mirror.

"Today you are no longer mere students of ninjustu, but full fledged shinobi. But, among the ranks of shinobi, You are mere novices, lowest of the low. Your greatest challenges lie ahead. "

Iruka strode across the classroom, a clipboard held behind his back. "The next step is the assignment of offical duties to you all on behalf of our village. We will begin by dividing you into three-man cells. Each will be mentored by a jonin, or senior ninja... Who will guide and coach you into becoming familiar with missions."

I don't care who I'm teamed up with, as long as Sakura is in the group... anyone else will do just fine. Naruto rubbed a bump on his head... how he got that is a whole diffrent story.

"I made the sections so that each cells abilities wold be approximately equal." It seemed like forever. Finnally, Naruto's name was called in cell seven.

"Cell seven... Uzumaki Naruto, Hyuuga Neji, Yamanaka Ino." Awww, man. He forlornly left his seat next to Sakura to join up with his teammates.

Neji was a head taller than him, which added to his impossing demeanor. His hair was long and black. His eyes were a blank violet. Naruto squinted and raised himself on his tipie-toes, looking for a pupil.

"What are you doing?" His voice seemed to evoke the same attitude. It was kinda freaky, actually.

"N-Nothing!" Since when did you stutter, Naruto? Damn you.

He turned away from Neji to look at Ino. She had long blonde hair and was wearing a pure purple outfit. She had an eerie resemblence to his own justu, Ninja centerfold. Ha. That'd be freaken halarious.