Naruto: Replacement

It had been days since the fight against the Akatsuki and the death of Arihiro and Asuma. Satori, Shuji, Hanako, Tenten, Neji, and Rikku were all training in the forest. Shuji had his Sharingan activated while sparring against the other five. They all were sparring against each other. Rikku kicked over Hanako but was then later kneed by Tenten. Neji stood in front of Shuji and lowered himself with his arms wide. He was preparing to do his Kaiten attack. Shuji pulled one of his swords out but it was still sheathed. He kept his other hand in his pocket. Neji lunged at Shuji with the tips of his fingers ready for attack. Neji couldn't see Shuji's chakra and hated fighting him but he knew it was good training. Neji's arms shot outward like striking snakes but Shuji lazily blocked the attacks with his sheathed sword. Satori leapt over Tenten with his two sai drawn and came down on Rikku. Rikku leapt out of the way. Satori sensed somebody behind him he thought it was his sister at first but then realized that it wasn't her chakra. He launched a kunai without even looking. Shuji saw the muscles tighten with his Sharingan and was able to make the appropriate adjustments to dodge the attack. The kunai missed Shuji's face by mere inches. However the flying kunai was caught. The six ninjas lowered their defenses and looked to see who had caught the weapon.

It was a guy they had never seen before. This guy wore black pants that were taped at the ankles. He wore a black mesh turtleneck shirt that only the right arm had a sleeve. The left looked as if it were made not to have a sleeve. Over top of the mesh shirt was a kimono style sleevless shirt that had white trim outlining the edges around the v of the neck and the arms and a white obi around his waist. His forehead protector was sewn onto the back of his shirt in between his shoulder blades. He also had metal bracelets on his wrists. The guy looked no older than sixteen. He held the kunai in his right hand, rotated it so that he was holding it up right and slid his hand over it. As his slid his hand over it, it became more malleable. He then molded it into a bracelet and placed it on his wrist.

"Hey, that's my kunai." Satori protested.

"Not anymore." The guy retorted.

"Bastard." Satori said under his breath.

The guy casually strolled off Shuji noticed another headprotector that hung down over his left hip. He couldn't make out what the symbol on it was but one thing was for certain; it wasn't a Leaf symbol. Shuji just shrugged it off and the six ninjas continued their training.

Later that day, Hanako and Satori walked down the streets of Konoha. The Hokage had summoned them to report to her office. They finally reached the office door and walked through. Tsunade was sitting behind her desk with Shizune on the right holding Tonton and Aoba was on the left opposite of Shizune. Hanako and Satori stopped a few feet of Tsunade's desk.

"Reporting as ordered, Hokage-sama." Satori said.

"I'll bet you're wondering why I've summoned you." Tsunade said.

Satori slightly leaned over to Hanako and whispered in her ear. "And I'll bet that's the first bet she ever won."

"SATORI!" Tsunade shouted

Satori shot to attention.

"Yes, Hokage-sama."

"Now, as I was saying. This guy has been with us for a few years but has had to go through special training and other requirements that I will not share with you at this time."

At that moment there was a knock on the door.

"Come." Tsunade said. "His name is Yohaku Junshin. Junshin will be replacing your former teammate, Nara Arihiro."

Junshin walked in as Satori and Hanako both turned around. The two Chuunins looked in shock to see that their new teammate was none other than the guy who turned Satori's kunai into a bracelet on his wrist.

"YOU!" Satori shouted as he pointed a finger at Junshin.

"Me." Junshin said returning Satori's tone.

Satori turned back to Tsunade.

"This guy can't be Arihiro's replacement. He can't be. He's a punk. He's cocky. He's..."

"Much like you, Satori." Tsunade said.

"I will not accept this guy as my teammate." Satori said as he turned and ran for the door.

Hanako raised her arm toward Satori in a lazy attempt to stop him. Satori purposely rammed his shoulder into Junshin's before he ran out the door.

"Satori-kun." Hanako softly said to herself.