A/N:This is my first fanfic. Critism is welcome and appreciated. Hope you like it.

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Chapter One: The New Leaf

This is a story that takes place roughly ten years from where the manga is currently running. The Akatsuki have been eliminated, Sasuke is still a missing Nin, and no Naruto still has not become Hokage, that title still belongs to Tsunade. The story revolves around a new generation of shinobi, mainly one, a boy by the name of Yuudai Akio.

Moegi raced down the hall hoping to make it on time. She hated how Iruka-senpei always held his meetings so early, and on Saturday too boot. But today was special; it was the deliberations for selecting the new three man cells. Moegi was especially excited because she had some of the top performing students. She even stayed up all night to make sure she put together the best eight teams.

As she approached the door she heard voices and cursed under her breath. She slid the door open and was greeted with a not so warm welcome from Iruka.

"Nice to see that you could grace us with your presence," Iruka said coldly.

"S...S...Sorry, Iruka-senpei, I was up late compiling my formation of teams," Moegi said softly.

Iruka looked at her and back peddled because he knew she was an elite teacher and she has groomed her students tremendously well.

"Understood. We have just been going over Arata's teams."

Iruka paused to allow Moegi to get seated and gave her a list of Arata's teams. She scanned over them and felt relieved; I know I put together better teams then these.

"….and is there any objections to the formation of these teams," Iruka finished.

All the teachers shook their heads in agreement. They went through two other classes before coming to Moegi's class. She sat there nervous but confident. As she passed out her formations to everyone she felt her stomach tighten up. As the teachers read over the list they showed to Moegi's astonishment, positive expressions.

"I like how you placed them to compliment their strengths and weaknesses," stated one of the teachers.

"Yeah, you didn't just put the best together nor did you put the best and worst together," added another.

Iruka rose from his seat and address the group.

"All of your formations meet the standards. Monday will bring in the next generation of leaf shinobi," Iruka paused. "You should all be proud as you have shaped some of the best academy graduates in a long time. Let's just hope they can make it in real world situations."

Monday morning came with an air of excitement. The students were all sitting anxiously awaiting for Moegi to show up. As she entered the classroom, many students shout out at her to hurry and announce the team formations. She too was excited about calling them out, so she quickly set her things down and pulled the list out. With butterflies in her stomach she addressed the class.

"I am now going to call out the members of each of the eight three man teams. While I am calling them out you may get together with your team members get ready to meet your Sensei. Your Sensei is a Jounin, so mind yourselves," she went on with excitement," Team One consists of….."

As she read off the first team she glanced over at her youngest student. This student got the highest marks in academics and practical performance. He's eight year old Yuudai Akio and Moegi couldn't wait to call out his team.

"….Ok now. Team Four will consist of Katsuo Riniki, Daisuke Ryo, and Yuudai Akio," announced Moegi proudly.

She finished the remaining four groups rather quickly. As all the teams got together Moegi looked on with appreciation. Now its time for you all to shine.

After a brief get together of team members the first Jounin showed up. The first team to be taken was Team Six; their Jounin was a guy who smelt like a wet dog. Then team Two, then Team Five. Team after team was taken until there was only one left, Team Four. As they waited, Katsuo started to pace and curse his unknown Sensei under his breath.

"What the hell is taking our Sensei so long," he demanded.

"Calm down, our Sensei will be here soon enough," Daisuke said calmly.

As they still waited the arrival of their Sensei Daisuke studies his teammates with interest. We're the three youngest in our class and yet your teammates. A hot head who has the practical skills but lacks the basic knowledge, myself who's almost the exact opposite and this eight year old prodigy.

An hour almost passed before the door slid open revealing Team Four's Sensei. The boys looked on with amazement.

"N...No way;" Daisuke stumbled over his words.

"Your," gasped Katsuo.

"Naruto Uzimaki, go figure," Yuudai casually stated.

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In the next chapter, the newly formed Team Four meets their new Sensei. And they must pass a test to become true genin.

Next Chapter: Enter: Naruto-Sensei.