Chapter 1: Gifts

In this world you are selected to be a ninja by your gift. Not everyone has one, only some and they are the ones who start training to become ninja. Sometimes a gift is passed down from each and every generation, sometimes it is a genetic mutation. Either way if you have a gift you are entitled to become a Shinobi, but you have a choice. You can either be a ninja or a regular person, someone who uses their gift for their own needs. Sometimes your gift doesn't really help you in your life of a ninja, it was just a ticket to learn to be one. Sometimes you didn't get your gift the normal way sometimes you got it the same way the Uzumaki Naruto did. You had no choice in getting what some may call a gift or blessing or what some may call a curse.

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In an apartment a boy sat at the edge of his bed. He had spiky blonde hair and he had on an orange T-shirt with black shorts. He had on a pair of boots and around his forehead was a Hitai with the symbol for Konoha, the village hidden in the leaves. The boy sighed and walked over to his window and looked out across his village. The boy's name was Uzumaki Naruto and he was of the age 14, and a newly recruited ninja. Naruto brushed a loose strand of hair from his eyes and walked to his door and opened it. As he shut it behind him and started walking to the academy where he would find out his team assignments. He was not looking forward to it. Everyone in his class was strong in one way or another, and he was fourth out of 21. He was only so strong because he worked his self so hard and trained with vigor. His own gift hadn't been discovered yet but he and other people knew he had one. He could feel it inside his body somewhere but it was always beyond his reach.

As he turned a corner he saw a pair of girls that he recognized running to the academy racing for who he knew was Uchiha Sasuke. The girl who was in the lead was none other than Haruno Sakura. She was the same age as him, 14 and had pink hair and a rather large forehead which earned her the name billboard brow. The second girl was a blonde who also was 14, her name was Ino, Naruto hardly ever noticed her in class excepts when she was jumping over him to get to Sasuke. Naruto tried to remember what these two girls gifts were and sighed when he could only remember one of the two's.

Sakura had an incredible gift for healing, she could heal almost any injury and as she got older and her gift matured more she could probably heal anything. He continued to walk to the academy which was now coming closer and closer and he noticed that a group of kids were huddled outside the doorway messing around like usual. He squeezed past the kids noticing that they were the class that would graduate next year. As he pulled open the academy doors he heard a shout form behind him.

"Yo, Naruto!" came the voice of his best friend.

Naruto turned and saw Kiba running behind him waving wildly. Kiba was his best friend throughout school and they even hung out and pulled pranks throughout Konoha. He had short spiky brown hair and usually wore a heavy hooded coat. He had to red fang like marks under his eyes that stood out on his tan skin. Kiba's gift was a generational one that all children of his clan inherited. He was a beast caller and could summon any beast he felt like, even though his clan favored dogs, Kiba liked the dog's ancestors and had a wolf friend that he usually only called on in battle. His second favorite animal to call on was a hawk.

"Hey Kiba, what's up?" Naruto asked as the boy ran up beside him.

"Not much man I am just excited about getting my team together!" Kiba said and pumped his fist in excitement.

"Yeah me to." Naruto chuckled and Kiba snorted.

"Sure don't look like it." He said and Naruto punched him in the shoulder laughing.

"I am just tired!" he said as he yawned.

Kiba shook his head and they both walked into the classroom and saw that their favorite seats in the back of the room were vacant like usual. The marched up the steps past all of the whispering girls who talked about the boy's they liked, and the boy's who talked about the teams they should be on. As they sat down Kiba let out a little growl as the door to the room opened and a raven haired boy stepped in.

"Look at him, thinking he is so cool." Kiba said pointing at Sasuke in anger.

"Ahh, don't let him get to you he just acts tough because he is top of the class." Naruto said as he scratched his head.

"Well, I am third strongest." Kiba said and crossed his arms over his chest. "Don't see me acting all tough."

Naruto shrugged his shoulders and watched as Sasuke took his seat in a corner and the girls flocked over to him. Sasuke was the last surviving member of the Uchiha which had been slaughtered when Naruto was only of the age of six or seven. Sasuke was one of the special ninja in the village that processed more than one gift. Granted the fact that a lot of older ninja had two gifts, it didn't really matter. Sasuke had his first and most powerful gift, the Sharingan which was a gift that was inherited generationally. His second gift was not really special but still kind of cool. He had incredible strength that even out matched Naruto's. Even though it was a common gift it was different than others. Instead of being able to use both gifts at the same time, he could only use one individually for some reason.

Naruto nodded his head as he thought about the time that he had to spar with Sasuke and he had landed an extraordinary punch on the boy's face because Sasuke had forgot that he couldn't use both gifts at the same time. Naruto looked around the class and found that almost everyone besides Hyuuga Hinata was here. Hinata was another one of his friends even though they didn't converse much she was his second best friend. Her gift was rather funny because she didn't get the generational gift like most Hyuuga's did. Instead of the Byaakugan she got a gift for summoning spirits and having them do her bidding. She could summon the spirit of a dead ninja and have it fight alongside her in battle. Even though she couldn't control more than three spirits, because her gift wasn't fully developed, she was still the fifth strongest in the class.

Naruto heard the door slid open and Hinata skidded in and tripped and everyone began laughing at her clumsiness. She got to her feet and dusted her pants off and walked up the steps to the seat that was next to Kiba. She had changed her wardrobe and Naruto noticed that instead of her heavy tan coat and loose blue sweats she now had on tight blue trousers and a black t-shirt with a cross on the front. As she sat down Naruto grinned and gave her a thumbs up.

"Nice entrance Hinata. I give it an 8." As he said this she giggled and rolled her eyes.

"Yeah, I tried to go for 9 but I didn't trip at the right time." She joked and all three began to laugh uncontrollably.

"So you excited about the teams Hinata?" Kiba said as he regained his composure.

"Yeah but if I am not on a team with at least one of you guys I am going to flip." She sighed and Naruto chuckled.

"Same here, I just really do not want to be one the same team as Sasuke, that is all I know." He muttered.

"Here Here!" Kiba said and Hinata nodded in agreement.

Naruto heard the door open again and he saw Iruka walk into the room and he noticed a scroll in his hand, with the teams and their members written on it. Kiba put his head on his desk and crossed his fingers while Hinata put her hands on her face and began praying. Naruto chuckled at the two and listened intently. Iruka looked over at Naruto and nodded his head and Naruto grinned and waved at his sensei.

Iruka took a deep breath before beginning. "Congratulations to you all for getting this far. As of now you are fully fledged Genin. You are the support beams of Konoha and hopefully you will take on the mission to make it prosper. In this scroll I have the teams and I will read them off in a moment but before I do so I must tell you guys, these teams are unchangeable."

Iruka looked at all of the students who nodded their heads in acknowledgement. He peeled the seal off and let the scroll unravel in his hands. His looked at the scroll for a little bit and nodded as he read the teams off in his head.

"Team 1! Hinata, Kiba, and Shino your sensei will be Kureni!

Team 2! Ino, Shikimaru, Chouji your sensei will be Asuma!

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Naruto didn't pay attention to the other teams at all since he didn't really like the kids anyways but he heard team 7 being listed and he listened because he heard a name he didn't like.

"Lastly, Team 7! Uchiha Sasuke, Uzumaki Naruto, and Haruno Sakura your sensei will be Kakashi!" Iruka said and Naruto groaned loud enough for others to hear and stare at him.

"Do you have a problem Naruto?" Iruka asked and Naruto nodded.

"Yeah I don't wanna be with the Teme! He is an arrogant Basterd who takes too much pride in himself!" Naruto shouted and he heard Kiba and Hinata laugh into their arms.

"Shut it Dobe our feelings are mutual." Sasuke muttered and Naruto glanced down and glared at him.

Naruto felt the eyes of many girls boring into him in anger and hate. He was on the same team as Sasuke and here he was bad mouthing the fact, how could he do such a thing. That was the thought running through so many girls' heads at the moment.

"Naruto calm yourself, the teams were made up randomly to some degree." Iruka said and Naruto clenched his jaw and glared at the back of Sasuke's head again.

"Not random enough…" he muttered and Kiba sighed.

"Well so much for being on the same team." He said and Hinata shrugged.

"It can't be helped besides at least two of us are together, besides Naruto-kun Sasuke can't be that bad?" Hinata said making the statement a question.

Naruto snorted and slammed his head down on to his desk. Of all the people why did he have to be with Sasuke and his little love bird, Sakura? He heard Iruka start talking again about how their sensei's would be coming by and picking up their teams. Naruto had his head down for what seemed like hours when he heard the chairs next to him screech across the floor. He looked up and saw Kiba and Hinata walking away from him and when they saw that he was actually awake they pointed at the woman who stood in the front of the room. She had dark hair and a fair face, she must be Kureni. Naruto gave them a half hearted wave to which they did the same and they walked down the steps to join Abumaru Shino.

All Naruto knew about Shino was that he was a shady person it seemed like and that his gift was a generational one like almost everyone else's. The boy could wield little chakra bugs and have them do his bidding without them turning against him and eating his insides, where they lived. Naruto felt a chill go up his spine and he dismissed the thought of having millions of little bugs inside of him. He watched as Kiba and Hinata walked out of the room and he sighed. He and his two team mates were the only ones left it looked like.

Naruto leaned back in his chair and looked at Sakura and Sasuke. Sakura was staring at Sasuke dreamily while Sasuke held his hands up on his face staring straight at the wall. Naruto rolled his eyes at him and sighed, hopefully him and Sakura would get along. She never really liked Naruto in the first place ever since he said something about her forehead. Naruto leaned back again and scratched his head. He thought about the previous day and chuckled.

Flash back no Jutsu begin

"Hehe this will make me strong enough to pass the damn test." Naruto muttered as he unraveled a large scroll in front of himself. He had failed the test a second time due to the fact that the only way to pass it was to make three shadow clones. It was his worse technique and since he didn't have a gift for using jutsu, he wasn't even going to graduate.

He looked at the first jutsu on the scroll and sighed, it was his least favorite technique and now he had to learn it. He read the summary about the technique and then snapped the scroll shut. He jumped to his feet and closed his eyes and brought his hands together and made the five appropriate hand seals. He let out a small cry and then in a cloud of smoke a misshapen lump appeared on the ground. Naruto jumped back in horror as the messed up shadow clone tried to stand.

Flash back no Jutsu end

Naruto Chuckled lightly as he thought about the whole thing. What had happened was, Mizuku who was one of the test administrators, told Naruto that if he stole the forbidden scroll and learned the techniques on it Iruka would have to pass him. Being the idiot he was Naruto had done just that and needless to say he only taught himself one technique before Iruka found him. One thing led to another and Mizuku tried to kill Iruka and Naruto and take the scroll for himself but Naruto used his new Mass Shadow Clone Technique to beat the hell out of Mizuku.

Naruto heard the door open slightly and he looked and saw a man with silver hair poke his head in. He wore a mask around his face which wasn't unusual for ninja's who wanted to hide their identity. Naruto stood up slowly just as Sakura did the same and then walked down the steps to see his sensei up close. As he got near the man who was Kakashi held up a hand and Naruto froze in his tracks and Sakura crashed into his back.

"Watch it!" he said as he gave her a quick glare.

"Sorry I am late you guys I got lost on the way here." Kakashi said sheepishly and scratched the back of his head.

"Right, I'll bet." Naruto muttered and stuck out a hand. "The names Uzumaki Naruto, and I will be the strongest fighter on your team."

Kakashi raised an eyebrow at him and shook his head.

"Shut-up Naruto, Sasuke is the strongest one here!" Sakura yelled in his ear and he closed his eyes holding back a mean insult.

"My, my I see I have a little hate triangle going on here." Kakashi said and Sakura shook her head.

"No, everyone just hates Naruto that is all." Sakura said smiling.

Kakashi rolled his eyes at the pink haired girl and pointed to the roof of the school. "Meet me up there." After that he disappeared in a cloud of smoke, leaving all three students speechless. Sasuke was the first to react and jumped to his feet. He landed on the windowsill and jumped out grabbing a poll and swinging around by one arm and then flipping and landing in a crouch on top of the poll. He then jumped from the poll to another windowsill and from there he leapt up on top of the building. Sakura followed his lead and Naruto shrugged and walked out the door. He walked to the steps and ran up them casually and kicked open the door at the top. His vision was blurred by the sun for a moment and he squinted and walked forward.

Sakura and Sasuke were already sitting on the steps and Kakashi was sitting on a rail reading a book that Naruto knew as a Novel about Porn. He rolled his eyes and plopped down beside Sakura on the steps and she scooted away from him towards Sasuke. Naruto shrugged and brought his elbows behind him and rested them on the step behind him and laid back.

"So why are we up here?" he asked Kakashi.

"Because I like open air more." Kakashi said as he flipped a page in the book.

"Or because you do not want anyone to see you reading that book." Naruto muttered and Kakashi turned red.

"Anyways," he began shutting the book " Let us start by introducing ourselves, telling each other what our gifts and dreams are, What we hate and like, stuff like that." Kakashi said and looked at Sasuke.

Sasuke stared at him darkly before speaking. "Uchiha Sasuke, Sharingan and strength are my gifts, my dream isn't a dream it will happen, my goal is to kill a certain someone, I hate everything and everyone, I like the thought of getting revenge." Sasuke finished and Naruto rolled his eyes.

"Your ego needs its own zip code Sasuke." Naruto muttered and Sakura turned to him slowly with a glare on her face.

"My name is Haruno Sakura." She said waving freely. "My gift is healing, like really good." After she said this she stretched. "My dream is to marry a certain someone." She said and glanced at Sasuke quickly and then turned red. "I like…" she trailed off and glanced at Sasuke again and giggled. "I hate…Naruto." She said and looked at Naruto blankly.

Naruto rolled his eyes and Kakashi chuckled a bit. "What about you, I already know your name." Kakashi said pointing at Naruto.

"Well I don't know what my gift is, I like Ramen, Ichiraku mainly, I hate when people are stuck up." He said this and looked at Sasuke angrily. "My dream is to become Hokage!" he said pumping his fist.

"Good luck with that loser." Sakura muttered and Naruto slammed his hand on the ground.

Kakashi slowly got to his feet and scratched his masked chin. "Well, my name is Hatake Kakashi, my dream is mine and not yours, I like my book, I hate not reading my book, and my gifts…well you can find out yourself." Naruto stared at him blankly.

"Seriously that is all your going to tell us?" he asked and Sakura nodded in agreement.

"Yeah we already know that stuff." She muttered and Kakashi shrugged.

Naruto stood to his feet and shook his head. "Well if that is all, then I will see you later."

Kakashi frowned at the blonde attitude. 'Hmm bunch of babies I think.' He thought to himself.

"Well my first impression of you all is…I hate you." Kakashi said and Sasuke closed his eyes in anger while Sakura's jaw dropped. Naruto turned to Kakashi eyes open wide.

"Sorry you feel that way." Sasuke said darkly before Naruto could respond. "But I really don't care what you think, this is just training to get me ready to kill Itachi."

Kakashi flinched at the name. 'So he does want to go after him.'

Naruto shook his head and began walking again. "See you later Hater."

"Tomorrow at field seven, 6 A.M. be there. Skip Breakfast or else you will just puke your guts out." Kakashi said and Naruto stopped and turned back to him.

"See you there Hater-Sensei." After he said this he walked back down the steps and out of the academy leaving a stunned Sakura, annoyed Sasuke, and Amused Kakashi behind him.

Authors Notes: First Chapter up and Running. I hope this story goes the right way. REVIEW