Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or it's character's in any way, shape or form.
AN: While the idea was mine, I did not write this alone, this story is being co-written with "Etc Flip", check out his other fanfic's, like "A Different Result" or "Alternate Timeline".
Minor note's about his story:
1: The event's in this story take place after the "Search for Tsunade Arc".
2: Yugito is the same age as Naruto in this Story.
3: Roushi defected from Iwa 3 years before the start of the story, as such he has no affiliation with them.
Chapter 1: The Meeting of the Kage's.
-Former Village Hidden in Hot Water-
Tsunade, the newly-instated Fifth Hokage of Konoha, made her way into the plain building. It was agreed upon to hold the meeting in this particular building due to its obscurity.
She was running somewhat late due to problems on her end. Once she had been sworn in as the new Hokage of Konoha, several issues had been brought to her attention. Quite a few of them were related to the village's budget and how damaging the Sand-Sound joint invasion had been.
That particular issue had been solved – somewhat – by the new Kazekage, who she had yet to meet in person. The Kazekage had generously offered to help with repairs and had sent over monetary funds. A small smile found its way onto Tsunade's face; Konoha was already well on its way towards recovery.
Unfortunately, another issue had arisen. A missive was sent to Konoha by the Raikage, causing anxiety and general panic alike. Some ninja thought that Konoha would again be at war, but the letter's contents were much different than what was expected.
Akatsuki had been skulking around the Land of Lightning and had attacked one of Kumo's jinchuriki. The Raikage had realized just who had attacked and figured out what the group of powerful missing-nin might be targeting.
The Raikage had made an educated guess, but he was ultimately correct. Anyone seeking to capture jinchuriki was dangerous. Simply ignoring such a group wasn't an intelligent decision.
So, Kumo's leader had suggested the formation of a special team – for reconciliation and self-defense purposes, of course. The team would benefit Konoha, Kumo, and Suna, who had also been offered a place on the team.
Really, all three villages had something in common that warranted the formation of the team. Tsunade had been uneasy about such a thing at first, but Jiraiya had convinced her to give it a shot. He was doing his part, so she would do hers.
The team itself would likely benefit Naruto as well, given the caliber of the ninja that had attacked him while he was with Jiraiya.
"Tsunade-sama, we're here," Shizune whispered, knocking the busty blonde out of her thought process. Tsunade nodded and opened the door that led into the room where the other Kage were likely meeting.
One of the conditions for the meeting was that one bodyguard was allowed, and only one. Shizune was Tsunade's choice and the other Kage had followed that condition.
The Raikage, a burly, dark-skinned man by the name of A, had a white-haired man standing behind him. Tsunade and Shizune recognized him as Darui, lone inheritor of the Third Raikage's infamous Black Lightning.
The Kazekage was, oddly enough, a kunoichi just like her. Unlike A and Tsunade, who were wearing casual clothing and their Kage hats, the new Kazekage actually had her robes on. The hat was on top of the table she was seated at.
Her dark green hair and orange bangs hung loosely from her head and she had a disinterested expression in her pupil-less brown eyes. "Oh, you're finally here? Can we get a move on, please?" Pakura of the Scorch Release mumbled.
Tsunade blinked at the casual way she had just been introduced and chose a nearby table to sit down at. Shizune dutifully took her position behind Tsunade and straightened her spine. "So, you're the new Kazekage..." Tsunade said, inspecting her equal. "I've got to say, I'm glad it's a kunoichi."
Pakura's posture remained languid and she didn't reply. A chose to speak instead. "I know you're both aware of why I called this thing," the Raikage rumbled. "One of my jinchuriki was attacked near the border of Lightning Country."
"Oh? That was really true?" Pakura mumbled. Her cheek was resting in her palm. Tsunade was vaguely reminded of when she had met the Jounin Commander.
A vein throbbed in the Raikage's temple, but Tsunade acted before the man could retort. "Our resident jinchuriki was attacked as well," the busty blonde announced. "He managed to escape without any injuries, however."
"Robes and red clouds, right?" Pakura asked, yawning slightly.
The Raikage noticeably calmed down and nodded. "Akatsuki. They attacked the jinchuriki of the Nibi, but she managed to escape. It has also come to my... knowledge, that we know of two, possibly three other jinchuriki that are nearly the same age as Nii Yugito."
"Yes, we're aware that there are spies everywhere," the Scorch Release user lazily remarked. Her eyes were drooping, but she somehow still seemed alert and awake. "So what you proposed earlier was to take Gaara-kun, Yugito-chan, and the Kyuubi jinchuriki and throw them all in a team."
The Raikage nodded. "Yes, that is what we're aiming for. The Toad Sage Jiraiya has already found an instructor who realizes the gravity of the situation, and is willing to teach them."
"Don't you have a brother who can help with that?" Tsunade asked, staring directly at the Raikage.
The tall man scoffed. "He has his own responsibilities and I doubt Yugito can take too much of him at one time. The others will have their patience tested in the same way."
"Fine," Tsunade replied. "Do you really believe they will all get along, even if they're all jinchuriki? International teams like this haven't ever been formed before." For good reason, too.
"Not initially," Pakura said. Her bodyguard, Baki, nodded slightly in agreement. "Gaara-kun is still somewhat unstable, although his tendencies have been going down in the past few weeks. I'm sure Konoha still has some reservations about us as well."
"Obviously," the Raikage said. "However, I believe Akatsuki is more than threat enough to ignore a few disgruntled ninja."
"Hold on," Tsunade interrupted. "Why Konoha? Why not Suna, or Kumo?"
"Gaara-kun needs more practice outside of the desert and I'm sure A-kun over here wants to help fix that issue that sprang up ten years ago," Pakura mumbled, a slight smirk adorning her pale face.
"That had nothing to do with the leadership!" A bellowed, smashing his fist into the desk. That event was obviously a sore topic in Kumo, too.
"Calm down," Tsunade said with a frown. "If the Akatsuki are really that much of a threat, and Jiraiya has assured me that they eventually will be, then international problems will need to be bypassed. This has the potential to become more important than petty squabbles of the past, recent or not."
Pakura put her arms on the table and straightened her body. "Your Toad Sage and the teacher are nearby. Are we in agreement? Will a team built around potential targets be created to prepare against this possible future threat?"
The Raikage was already in agreement. Tsunade sighed to herself before speaking. "This will end up being a tentative alliance. I hope none of us end up doing anything to destroy the team before it can truly yield results."
Kumo was treacherous and Suna had attacked Konoha only a month beforehand. Still, the three ninja leaders were hoping that the rising threat that was Akatsuki would bind them together.
"Oh, nice speech there, Tsunade-hime." Jiraiya's grating voice floated in the air as he burst through the doors, striding in with a cocky grin on his face. Behind him was a well-dressed man with red hair and a scowl on his face. "I suppose everything's already in order?"
"Doesn't that look obvious, Toad Sage?" the well-dressed man growled. "I can't believe I'm going to end up teaching three brats. Dad always said I'd get stuck doing something like this eventually." The man snorted.
The three Kage were eying the man with intense scrutiny. They all knew who he was, but Tsunade felt that the situation was pretty humorous. A ninja from Suna, a kunoichi from Kumo, and a sensei from Iwa. All of which would be in Konoha.
Humorous indeed.
"I'd like you all to meet-"
"Roushi," the now-named man cut in. "I'm sure you all know I'm Onoki's adopted son and the jinchuriki of the Yonbi."
"Of course," Pakura smoothly replied. "I'm more surprised as to why you agreed to such a thing. Iwa doesn't particularly like Konoha. Suna doesn't particularly like Iwa, either."
"I'm aware," Roushi rumbled, not particularly wanting to discuss his issues with his home. "My reasons are my own. I'll swear fealty to you fools, but I don't want your noses in my face. I get free reign in teaching the youngsters. I don't want word of who I actually am to be leaked. Dad would get pretty annoyed."
"So you think that Akatsuki will become an issue too?"
Roushi snorted at the blonde woman. "Hell no. A group of people attempting to capture jinchuriki is funny as hell. Jiraiya did mention payment though, and I am a fan of gambling." The man ran a hand through his rust-colored hair. "Despite that fact, I'll help my kin."
Roushi didn't want to just decline and neglect the three young jinchuriki that were out there. He might have failed with Han, but he could at least try with three more malleable brats.
Pakura smiled slightly, seeming satisfied. The Raikage grunted in approval, and Tsunade allowed a small smirk to show on her face.
Roushi swore fealty to the newly-allied villages without much enthusiasm. The irony of the situation was not lost on him.
-Konohagakure no Sato: Hospital-
"Uh, what did you say, Sasuke?" Naruto blinked rapidly as he took in Sasuke's intense stare.
Sasuke threw his legs out from the hospital sheets and grunted. "I said, fight me, dead-last. Right now."
"Sasuke-kun, you're still recovering! You shouldn't-"
"No, Sakura-chan," Naruto interrupted, "I accept." Naruto threw a smirk of his own towards Sasuke. If his friend and rival wanted a fight, then he'd get one. It was what both of them had wanted ever since Team Seven had advanced past the Forest of Death.
Sasuke got up from his sitting position and walked towards the door. It was easy for both Naruto and Sakura to see that their teammate wasn't injured or otherwise hurt.
"You two aren't about to fight in the hospital room, are you?"
Naruto and Sasuke both stumbled and whirled around to see Jiraiya, perched on the edge of the window. He had a cheeky smile on his face and was obviously amused at startling all three genin in the room.
"Ero-sennin!" Naruto cried, giving his other perverted sensei a grin. "When did you get back? You and baachan only left like a few days ago."
Jiraiya touched down on the hospital floor and smirked. "Well, when you're as great a ninja as I am, you can go anywhere. Plus, being fast helps."
Sasuke scowled. For some reason, Jiraiya, the legendary Toad Sage, had been teaching Naruto during the chunin exams. How else had Naruto been able to summon toads to fend off that monstrous being during the invasion?
"So, uh, why are you here, Ero-sennin?" Ordinarily, Sakura would've muttered something regarding respect to Naruto, but she was still perturbed at the Sage's appearance.
"You're coming with me, Naruto," Jiraiya said, his expression serious.
"Did I do something wrong?" The jinchuriki scratched his cheek, carefully going over the amount of pranks he had done ever since he had become a ninja. It wasn't much at all and he hadn't done anything ever since the invasion. There wasn't a point to.
"You didn't do anything wrong, but Tsunade-hime wants to introduce you to some people," Jiraiya explained.
He got an owlish blink in return. "Do I have to go now?" Naruto wanted to fight Sasuke, damn it.
"Right now. Your fight with the boy in pajamas will have to wait." Jiraiya paused and threw both boys a frown. "Are you two really going to fight inside a hospital? There are other people in here, you know."
"We weren't going to fight in the hospital!" Naruto exclaimed. "Jeez, Ero-sennin. We're smarter than that. Shouldn't you be smart enough to realize that?"
Naruto got a knuckle to the head from Jiraiya for being really disrespectful.
"Come on, Tsunade-hime's waiting. You don't want to get her angry, do you?" Naruto paled at that comment and quickly jumped out the window. Jiraiya watched him run with a perturbed look. "Huh, I've never seen him run that fast before."
Sasuke growled before leaving the room. Sakura bowed the Jiraiya before hurrying after the last loyal Uchiha. "Did I say something wrong?" Jiraiya asked himself. After a few seconds, he shrugged and jumped out the window too.
Being an extremely high-level ninja, Jiraiya caught up with Naruto pretty quickly. The blond boy was about to enter the Hokage's office, but Jiraiya stopped him. "Easy, brat. These people are pretty suspicious of this place in general."
"Why would they be suspicious?"
Jiraiya rolled his eyes. Well, he could tell Naruto one was from Kumo, another was from Iwa, and the final one had been defeated by him a few weeks ago, but where was the fun in that? "You'll find out. They are, after all, your new team." Without waiting for Naruto to reply, Jiraiya opened the door and shoved Naruto in.
The Uzumaki stumbled into Tsunade's office and nearly fell, but quickly caught himself. He saw a scowling Tsunade, an apologetic Shizune, a familiar redhead, and two other ninja he didn't recognize.
"Finally decided to join us, Naruto?" Tsunade dryly commented.
"I blame Ero-sennin," Naruto quickly replied, pointing towards where Jiraiya had entered the room.
The Senju sighed. "Naruto, do you recognize any of these people?"
The Uzumaki nodded and let his gaze stray towards Gaara. The Ichibi jinchuriki gave him a terse nod and a hesitant smile, but otherwise did not move. The other two were eying him closely, like they were dissecting him with their eyes.
One of them looked vaguely uncomfortable. He had a strange headpiece on that had a plate of armor running across his nose and cheeks. The man probably liked the color red; he had red hair on his scalp and on his face. In addition, his shirt and pants were both light-red, and he had a mesh armor-shirt underneath. In addition, he was wearing calf-length sandals.
He also had some sash-like thing around his waist that Naruto thought looked pretty strange.
The other person looked like a kunoichi, one that seemed fairly close to his own age. She had dark eyes and long blonde hair that was tied in a ponytail. She was wearing a short-sleeved black and purple blouse, black pants, and fingerless gloves. She was wearing her forehead protector in its proper position.
With a start, Naruto noticed the symbols. Both the man and the younger kunoichi weren't from Konoha. Their forehead protectors – or what passed for a forehead protector in the man's case – denoted them as originating from Iwagakure and Kumogakure, respectively.
"I recognize Gaara, but who's the geezer and the girl?"
Roushi snorted. It looked like he had a disrespectful outcast as a pupil. A quiet murderer, and serious loyalist, and a disrespectful outcast were to be his students. Maybe he should've refused the position to begin with.
"Naruto, these three are your new team, based on an alliance that Konoha, Suna, and Kumo has negotiated," Tsunade explained.
Naruto frowned. "Are you serious, Tsunade-baachan? I can't just ditch Sakura-chan and Sasuke like that! I still owe Sasuke a fight, too." He grumbled to himself and looked away at the Hokage's sharp look.
"Stupid brat," Tsunade muttered. "Listen, you four are a special team. In fact, you're probably the only team that's been brought together like this in shinobi history."
"So why are we special?" Naruto asked, cocking his head slightly.
Roushi groaned at palmed his face. "We're all jinchuriki, brat," he rumbled.
The Uzumaki scratched his head in confusion. "What's a jinchuriki, geezer-san?"
"For crying out loud," Roushi said, annoyed at his future pupil's lack of knowledge. "You have the Kyuubi sealed in you. The term for that is jinchuriki." Roushi had to speak quickly to prevent Naruto from interrupting.
It hadn't been necessary in the end though. Naruto was shocked into silence by this stranger's knowledge. "H-Hey! You're not supposed to know something like that," Naruto cried, stuttering slightly.
"Even I didn't know it, my own Tailed Beast would tell me," Roushi replied. He shook his head at Naruto's dumb-founded expression. "Get over yourself, brat. I'm Roushi, container of the Yonbi. This little girl down here is Nii Yugito, container of the Nibi. You are acquainted with Gaara, but for clarity's sake, he has the Ichibi.
"All four of us are jinchuriki. I'm going to be your teacher and instruct you on how to control your powers. I don't care if you don't like your demon since your future is more grim than a mass of chakra resting in your belly."
"Akatsuki was on the move, but they're out of sight for now. So, we have time to train you in preparation for their future attacks," Tsunade added, elaborating for the youngest blond in the room. "You remember Uchiha Itachi, right?"
Naruto nodded. He wouldn't admit it, but going up against Itachi and that weird shark-man had scared him. Naruto found it funny that he was more afraid of a mortal being than the Kyuubi, but Itachi did technically kill of his entire clan. That was a lot of people.
"According to my contacts," Jiraiya began, speaking for the first time since he had entered the room, "there are eight other ninja of similar strength to Itachi. They're all targeting jinchuriki and any group that wants to extract Tailed Beasts from their hosts is dangerous."
"What happens if they extract the Tailed Beasts?" Naruto was generally curious. Not having a gigantic stigma stuck inside you felt more like a blessing than anything else.
"You die," Roushi said, speaking before Jiraiya could.
Naruto audibly gulped.
"In order to stop this criminal group, an alliance was made between Konoha, Suna, and Kumo. Kiri is in a civil war at the moment and Iwa doesn't really like us," Tsunade said.
"Speaking of which, I'd like to have an explanation for that later," Roushi spat, pointing his thumb at Naruto.
Jiraiya and Tsunade flinched and pointedly avoided Naruto's gaze. "I don't get it," Naruto murmured.
There was a tired sigh from Jiraiya. "I'll explain it to you later, brat. In any case, Roushi is going to teach you in the ninja arts from now on. I'll still be overseeing your training from time to time, but you're probably not going to be in a team with Sasuke and Sakura, nor will Kakashi be teaching you."
The blond hung his head, saddened that he'd lose most of his contact with his crush and rival. At least he could still seek them out for a friendly chat though.
"Don't be like that, Naruto," Jiraiya quickly added. "You're still going to remain in Konoha, but you'll just have a different team." He doubted Kakashi wouldn't take it upon himself to check on Naruto as well.
"All right, Ero-sennin," Naruto finally muttered. He shrugged and forced a grin onto his face. At least Gaara was with him. "When do we start training? Or at least, team meetings?"
"Now," Roushi declared. "I want to get proper introductions over with and an assessment of their skill levels. If any ninja other than the Toad Sage attempt to interrupt us and their reason is less than satisfactory, I will maim them as an example. My association with my previous home is not to be confused with my loyalties." Even if they weren't completely set in stone.
Tsunade nodded in agreement before turning to Yugito. "Very few Hyuuga bear grudges for what your village attempted to do years ago, so you should be fine. I do advise staying away from them, however."
Yugito saluted Tsunade, her back ramrod straight.
"Follow me," Roushi rumbled. He left the room without waiting for any of his new students.
-Training Field Sixteen-
The sun was still high in the sky. That was good; it meant that Roushi had enough time to assess and judge his students.
Training Field Sixteen did not have any sort of significance to any of the ninja present. It was picked due to its number and nothing else. There was a nearby pond with several trees and bushes littered throughout the grassy area.
Roushi came to a stop near a large tree and turned around, glancing down at his three new jinchuriki pupils. "I am going to assess your level of skill here. You will refer to me as Roushi, or master." He had failed at being a sensei once, so for now, he didn't deserve that recognition.
"So what do you want us to do, Roushi?" Naruto asked. He wouldn't admit it, but he was feeling nervous. Gaara was fairly quiet and seemed keen on observing his new teacher, but he had no idea on how to act towards Yugito.
"I doubt you all have any idea on how to work together, so you're going to fight each other. I'll pick the odd one out to spar with me," Roushi explained. "But first, we'll start with introductions. I'm sure you all realize each ninja present isn't from a directly allied country, so I'll go first.
"My name is Roushi and I've renounced my surname. I'm related to the Third Tsuchikage, although we've never really liked each other. Obviously, this means I'm from Iwagakure. I like to eat fruit, gamble, and meditate at times. I don't like incompetent brats, nor do I like people who insist on taking too much of everyone's time."
After a moment of silence, Naruto decided to interrupt. "Roushi, don't you have a dream or something?"
A grim look appeared on his face before it turned into a frown. "At the moment, I guess you could say that my goal is to make up for my previous failures. The chatty blond can go next."
Naruto adjusted his forehead protector and grinned. "I'm Uzumaki Naruto from Konohagakure! I don't know my parents, but my likes are ramen, Iruka-sensei, Kakashi-sensei, Ero-sennin, even if he is a big pervert, and Tsunade-baachan! I don't like how long it takes to heat up instant ramen, and I don't like Sasuke-teme. My dream is to become Hokage so that I can protect everyone in the village," he finished.
There was a scoff from Yugito, but Gaara nodded slightly. "I agree with Naruto, except for the ramen part. I am Gaara of the Sand, the offspring of the Fourth Kazekage and Karura," Gaara blandly stated. He ignored Naruto's scowl.
Roushi stared at the Ichibi jinchuriki before gazing at Yugito. She took it as a go-ahead to begin speaking. "My name is Nii Yugito, of Kumogakure. I am the non-biological niece of the Fourth Raikage. I like tekkadon and milk, and I am trying to learn how to play the shamisen. I dislike any and all enemies of Kumogakure. My goal is serve Kumo valiently, like my predecessors have before me."
Their teacher examined Yugito before grunting. Gaara and Yugito were what he expected, but Naruto was just a bit too enthusiastic for his tastes. "Now that introductions are over, who wants to volunteer for a fight?"
Naturally, Naruto jumped forward.
"All right," Roushi said, nodding to Naruto. The boy had apparently already fought Gaara, so the Yonbi jinchuriki pointed at Yugito. "You two are going to fight, while Gaara and I observe. I will fight Gaara after this." Gaara walked away from Naruto and Yugito, shifting his body slightly to accommodate his gourd.
Yugito assumed a fighting stance while Naruto just rocked on the balls of his feet. "Anything goes," Roushi declared. He doubted the jinchuriki could kill each other anyway. The Tailed Beasts would certainly stop them if such a thing were about to happen.
Naruto, tired of waiting, ran forward at an unseen signal. Yugito tensed her body as Naruto ran up to her. She sidestepped the initial clumsy swing and hooked a foot behind his ankle. The Uzumaki lost his footing and consequently, the air in his lungs as Yugito delivered vicious right hook to his stomach.
Even as Naruto tumbled backward, Yugito didn't allow him a moment or reprisal. She sprang forward like a cat, her nails elongating and aiming towards Naruto's whiskered face. She slashed, and was rewarded with the shredding of wood.
There was a rustling and Naruto, accompanied with five clones, dashed out of a nearby bush. All of them had cocky grins on their faces.
Roushi frowned. What level of training was this? The boy was clumsy and didn't seem to be trained well at all. He knew a high-level, solid clone technique, but that was it. That, and he seemed to be a lot more durable than any child Roushi had seen before.
As Yugito dispelled the shadow clones, a loud screeching reached his ears. In Naruto's hand was a small, glowing blue ball. Naruto charged forward at Yugito, who stood frozen at the sight of one of the Fourth Hokage's famous attacks.
Nonetheless, as Naruto approached and thrust his hand towards Yugito's shoulder, she grabbed his wrist and diverted the attack. It harmlessly dissipated in the air as Naruto's control over the technique vanished and the Uzumaki found himself on the ground. Yugito's knee was on his back and her – rather soft – hand was holding back his arm.
"I think this spar is over," Roushi rumbled. Yugito was impressive with her coordination and speed, but Naruto's ineptitude might have caused him to overestimate her skills.
Naruto grumbled to himself and pushed his body up. He wanted to be a good sport, but Yugito had already walked away from him. He frowned at that, but she was a... jinchuriki like he was, so she might've had a few quirks.
He knew he did. Iruka and Kakashi pointed them out quite often.
"Before we go on, I'd like to ask you something. How the hell are you a ninja?" Roushi was not pleased. Naruto was more along the lines of a casual genin who had access to one high-level technique.
"Hey!" Naruto indignantly cried. "I passed the graduation exam like everyone else did." Well, almost. The rest was sort of... details.
"Graduation exam? When the hell do jinchuriki take graduation exams?" Roushi asked. He shook his head. "Never mind. Konoha must have left that stereotype alone." Konoha was certainly more than powerful enough to do so.
"Jinchuriki don't take graduation exams?" Naruto said in a confused manner.
"I don't sugarcoat things, brat," Roushi said. "I have no doubt that those shadow clones help you, but you have next to no actual fighting stance, very little speed, and I'm pretty sure your probable stamina is the only thing that's gotten you so far. Really, I find it to be a damn miracle you can even use the Rasengan."
Naruto frowned. He was used to putdowns, but criticism was something else. So he wasn't as good as he thought he was? Maybe he should've refused to fight Sasuke had challenged him to earlier on in the day. It wasn't as if anything had come out of it though.
"So... what can I do to improve?" Naruto meekly asked.
"I'll figure it out tomorrow," Roushi grunted. He turned to Gaara and led the boy onto the field. "Remember, anything goes."
There was a pop and sand came rushing out of Gaara's gourd, heading straight towards their teacher. Naruto and Yugito watched from the sidelines.
"So... you're pretty good," Naruto began, really hoping that his fellow jinchuriki wasn't like Sasuke.
"I've been training ever since I became a jinchuriki," Yugito replied lowly.
"Oh. I've, uh... just been training ever since I've become a genin, which was a few months ago."
"That much is obvious, considering your lack of skill," Yugito said. "What kind of village doesn't even train their weapon?"
"I'm a ninja, not a weapon," Naruto muttered.
"We're jinchuriki and therefore, we are weapons. Your ignorance isn't an excuse. I suppose it won't matter though, considering we're being trained by one of our own."
Naruto blinked. Well, at least she thought he would become stronger. Her opinion on them being weapons grated on his nerves though. It felt like Haku and Zabuza all over again.
As Roushi somehow turned the sand around Gaara to glass, the Suna-nin surrendered. Roushi brought them all together and folded his arms over his chest. "My first opinion of you all is that we have a weak link. You, Naruto, are that weak link."
"Gee, thanks," Naruto sarcastically said.
"Nonetheless, I can probably fix you up. I might have to find the Toad Sage and ask him some questions, though. Yugito and Gaara are both easily chunin-level, while you're still definitely a genin, brat. Considering our enemies in the future, we can't have that. Meet me back here in the afternoon, after you have eaten." With that, Roushi dismissed them all before vanishing in a burst of speed.
"Eh... I don't think I'm that bad," Naruto murmured. Yugito simply turned away and headed to where she was staying.
"I do not think summoning a giant toad would've been useful for a friendly spar," Gaara stated. He give Naruto a small smirk before he too left, but not before uttering a good-bye.
The Uzumaki rubbed his chin. He might as well tell all of his friends how he was now in a new team. He didn't really want to tell them he was a jinchuriki though.
Not yet.
To be Continued...
AN: I hope you liked the first chapter! Before you ask, Pakura's Shikamaru-ish personality was Etc Flip's idea, witch I found pretty funny in it's own way...
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