Hello everyone! :D

This month the comm at LJ has started the 'Fill-A-Thon' meme and I found this one that seemed interesting, so here I am!
The request went: "What if Yamato had been Team 7's sensei?"

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Enjoy!

Ja ne,
Temari 88 :)

Yamato-sensei...? SCARY!

The Sandaime sat quietly in his office, waiting patiently for the arrival of his guest so that he could deliver the news (inside, Sarutobi was positively giggling at the prospect of seeing the reaction of said guest). In front of his on the desk were the papers with the Team arrangements for the newly graduated academy students/wannabe-genin, some of the groups had the potential of becoming great resources for the village in future - teams such as the new generation of the Ino-Shika-Cho formation or the one made of Hyuuga, Inuzuka and Aburame.

The one catching Sarutobi's attention, though, was the future Team 7: Haruno Sakura (a brilliant although fairly weak civilian girl), Uchiha Sasuke (supposed genius and last Uchiha left in the village) and last but not least Uzumaki Naruto (renowned prankster and the Hokage's favorite loudmouth - but don't tell others that)... it was a cell that could cause a huge amount of problems, possibly destruction, yet had a lot of potential as well. Deciding on a good instructor for those three had been something the Sandaime had pondered at length.

At first, he had thought of Kakashi... young Sasuke would certainly need someone helping him to work and develop his Sharingan, once it was activated, and what a better choice than the son on the White Fang? Also, it seemed just about right that the Hatake of all people should train Naruto... it was a neat way to pass down valuable knowledge from sensei to student, it seemed a way to somehow make up to Minato the fact that he couldn't train his own son—it would be retribution of sort.

Yet, the Hokage had later come to the conclusion that probably Kakashi wasn't the right choice. Team 7, more than the other teams, needed a jounin sensei who won't show favoritism, of any kind or in whatever situation—the very composition of the cell required it because the three children were completely different, not only in matters of character (because they weren't the only ones) but mostly due to their very own social extraction. In addition, Kakashi with his lazy attitude was likely to let a lot of things to solve themselves or not keep a close enough eye on the boys - especially - letting their rivalry reach dangerous ground. That team was in dire need of someone strict.

With this reasons in mind, Sarutobi had decided to call off Tenzo from ANBU and name him Team 7's jounin sensei.

-x-

Inside the classroom number 15, inside which the graduates divided into cells were waiting for their sensei, most of the kids were gossiping excitedly.

Suddenly the door slid open noiselessly to reveal a brown-haired shinobi wearing the typical jounin attire of black long sleeved shirt and green vest, the itai-ate the man was wearing was quite unique in its form - the metal covered not only his forehead but also the sides of his face and a skin-tight mask covered the man's neck, up to his chin. The shinobi swept the class with a bored expression, inwardly sighing, before speaking.

"Team 7, come with me."

Naruto and Sakura glanced briefly at each other, not quite knowing what to make of the adult, then the two shrugged and hastily got up from their seats to run after what appeared to be their teacher while Sasuke, already at the threshold, shot a mild glare at his team-mates, mumbling darkly something that sounded like 'slowpokes'. The three genin caught up with Tenzo by the Academy gates and then proceeded to keep up with the brisk pace at which the man was walking... headed towards the training grounds, as they soon discovered.

Tenzo stopped without warning and Naruto and Sakura skidded to a halt just in time to avoid walking into the jounin. Said man turned around to stare at them, his expression now fairly grim as he took in his student's appearance. "Why, oh why... Sandaime-sama you really hate me, don't you..." he thought sighing inwardly again.

"... Names." he ordered without preamble, crossing his arms in front of his chest.

The three kids - or maybe it's better to say two, since the Uchiha was as expressive as a stone wall - blinked confused and a tad afraid of the glare directed their way.

"... Ha-Haruno S-Sakura..."

"Uchiha Sasuke."

"UZUMAKI NARUTO, DATTEBAYO!"

"You can call me Yamato." a long silence followed then, Tenzo once again was weighting them down and this time even the stoic Uchiha could feel his neck prickle in slight discomfort. "First thing, if I'm going to be your jounin sensei, I need to see what you're capable of..." a short pause during which Naruto and Sakura swallowed nervously "so you will spar with each other. Come on!"

-x-

Tenzo felt his eye twitch as, for the tenth time in a row, what was supposed to be a sparring between Naruto and Sasuke quickly turned into a shouting match with some nasty curses thrown in courtesy of the blond-haired child - the two were polar opposites, that much was crystal clear, but apparently their dislike for each other went deeper than a simple children's rivalry... they couldn't talk, or spar or whatever, without a fight starting and escalating from verbal abuse to throwing of punches and kicks. And everything got worse when Sakura joined the fray to 'defend her Sasuke-kun'...

"—Worthless idiot!"

"WHAT DID YOU SAY-TTEBAYO? GET THAT STICK OUT FROM UP YOUR ASS, TEME!"

"Naruto-BAKA!"

"But Sakura-chan! It's true-ttebayo...! He's got that pole so far up there he'll choke on it, one of these days!"

"I'm going to KILL YOU, dobe!"

"I'd like to see you try, bastard! You can't beat me, I'm gonna become Hokage!"

"Shut up Naruto-baka! You're good for nothing, you'd never get even close to being Hokage!"

Tenzo, eyes still trained on the bickering trio, slowly and calmly, made some hand signs while calling forth his chakra—the ground trembled and from the earth sprung up a solid-looking structure made of wood with an opening then he made another hand sign reaching out a hand immediately after, a wooden hand extending from his palm and closing around the unaware pre-teens before literally throwing them inside the prison-like structure, door closing tightly shut as soon as they were in.

"Now." he said loud enough so the genin could hear him, "I hate chaos and ruckus; I like my peace and quiet. So you will stay in there until you three have worked out your issues, whatever they may be. I'm generally against violence, BUT I have no remorse in ruling through terror, got it?"

Silence reigned from the other side of the wooden wall, then, "You can't leave us in here-ttebayo!"

"We'll die, sensei!"

Tenzo sent a piercing glare their way and the three felt its viciousness even past the wall and shivered terrified. "You will stay there until I'm sure I'll have my peace and quiet from now on. I don't care how long it'll take. Once you get out, one more shouting match or cat fights and you will regret it."