A.N. This is my first story (shared with people) and I hope you enjoy. I don't own Naruto, nobody on this website does, almost nobody in the world does!
Ice Squad of Konoha Chapter 1: Naruto's Two-man squad
Naruto took a seat toward the back of the class positively beaming. It was only an hour before everyone would show up to hear their team assignments and he was so happy to have finally passed the previous night.
He let out a snort. 'Mizuki finally did something to help in my education...' he thought, glad to be rid of him. It was nice of Iruka to pass him, even if it wasn't by the book. In fact Naruto's endeavor had changed the 'book' to be more accommodating of those with special situations.
As he waited for the clock to strike eight a few other kids started to trickle in. Ten minutes till Hinata walked in and took her regular seat right next to Naruto. 'Wait! Naruto?' The realization hit her like a brick wall.
"Naruto-kun you graduated! Praise Kami!" She yelled, with the loudest voice ever made by a Hyuuga (at that point in time). Being friends with Naruto over the past few years had accustomed her enough to lose her stutter-for the most part, but that didn't stop her from blushing from her outburst.
She knew that he stunk at genjutsu, in fact she trained him in it, or rather tried to with the aide of her byakugan. She found out that his control over his large reserves made it hard for him to do a small clone. The extra chakra leaked would destroy it, but if he made a lot of them with the same level of control the excess would be split between them all. She knew he could do large chakra genjutsu and the test had been to make three clones and he could make as few as five with good success.
"Yea Hina-chan. Mizuki gave me a fake test to try and steal a scroll. I did, but I'll explain another time. I did learn this AWESOME new jutsu." Naruto was happy that he would get to graduate with his friend. He put his hands together and let out a, "Kage-bunshin no jutsu."
Poof. A single shadow clone filled the seat on the other side of Hinata. "Go on, poke him," Naruto said gesturing at the clone.
Hinata gave the clone a slight poke in the ribs, making it laugh. Wait, clones don't laugh, and aren't ticklish. Heck, they can't even feel anything. "Byakugan," Hinata shouted as she activated her dojutsu. She let out a small gasp, and then gave it a small juuken strike to further test it. The gentle tap was enough to dispel it. "It's real? But how is-"
She was cut off as Naruto started laughing. He had received the memories of the clone, something he discovered while first learning the technique because he was just that awesome (or he read it in the scroll, but nobody needs to know that). While he was laughing, Kiba and Shino entered the room.
Kiba announced their presence with a boisterous exclamation, "Hey Naruto, only ninjas are supposed to be here. Ya know, the people who passed the exam."
Naruto was bristling. Kiba had managed to dampen his good mood in four seconds, almost as fast as the Uchiha punk would have. "Well Dogbreath, if you used your eyes and actually thought before speaking like a real ninja, you would see my hitai-ate! Believe it!(A.N. I had to do this at least once)!"
Kiba replied with a "Hrumph." While Shino observed the badinage with his usual stoic manner. He took a seat off on his own while Kiba took one towards the front, away from the victor of the verbal exchange.
"Okay everyone listen up for your team assignments. Team 7 will be Sakura Haruno, Kiba Inuzuka, and Sasuke Uchiha. You will meet with Kakashi here in ten minutes."
Iruka was interrupted by the sobbing of Ino and rejoicing of Sakura. "As I was saying, Team 8 will be Hinata Hyuuga and Naruto Uzumaki. You will meet Kurenai at training ground 8.
"Who's our third person? It's called a "Three-man squad" for a reason Iruka-sensei." Naruto voiced what every one else had been thinking of.
"Normally that is the case, but with ten genin we needed to have a few teams with only two apiece. Speaking of which Team 9 will be Yakumo Kurama and Shino Aburame. You will meet Ibiki at training ground 9." Iruka continued to read off of the list as everyone thought about Yakumo.
The clan heirs all knew her and her famed genjutsu skills higher then that of most Jonin. She had been physically weak from a demon possession. Apparently she was well enough to start service as a genin.
"Team 10 is Ino Yamanaka, Choji Akimichi, and Shikamaru Nara. You will meet Asuma here in fifteen minutes." Iruka continued, finishing off the list and dismissing them to their designated waiting spots.
'I get to be on a team with Naruto-kun!' Hinata squealed on the inside.
"Yea! We will become the best squad EVER Hinata! We even have that nice lady who walked yo to class that one time." Naruto was positively beaming. He had not dared to hope for Hinata to be on his team because that would have jinxed it, and his plan worked.
"Hai, lets go Naruto-kun,"
Naruto and Hinata arrived at training ground 8 a few minutes early, Naruto had insisted on running because, 'A good ninja is never late!'
"You're early, I like that," came out of the clearing right behind them as tree was replaced, or rather faded into Kurenai as she released her genjutsu. "The first thing that we will do as a team is an assessment of your skills. This will range from stealth to fuinjutsu, elemental compatibilities, genjutsu, and anything else. I want to see what you can do, and more importantly what you have potential in."
The broad grin that was on Naruto's face disappeared at the realization that this was yet another test...and test did not go well for him, ever.
A.N. Okay, this is my first story and I hope you all liked it. This will eventually be Naruhina but not graphic and not in the near future (they are twelve for crying out loud!). There will be slight Sasuke bashing, the kind of comments Naruto would make about how arrogant he is. Nothing to severe because I find that it detracts from the story if you completely burn a character every ten lines with no let up.
Please review, constructive criticism is always welcome, how else will I know what to change and improve as a writer. If you absolutely hate it I don't need to read a tirade, just speak your mind concisely in that case. If you have any questions you can put them in a review or message to me. Thanks for reading!
