True Friends

"Naruto, you're not about to be an idiot are you?" Asked a twelve year old girl who had gray eyes and blonde hair, her eyes twinkled with humor. Her hair was braided back and reached the middle of her back. Bangs covered her forehead and almost reached her eyes. She had a slight smile on her face as she looked at her friend who was going to use the old eraser trick in order to prank their new jonin teacher.

"Kaori, I don't know what you mean." Naruto said as he smiled at his friend. He had yellow hair and deep blue eyes. The remarkable thing about him was that he had three marks upon his cheeks that resembled whiskers.

"Like hell you don't, Naruto. I really don't think that you should even try to prank our new teacher." She said as she slightly scolded him. He didn't listen as he placed the finished putting the eraser in the top of the door frame.

"Our new teacher is going to be an elite jonin; he won't fall for some stupid prank." Said a boy sitting behind a desk, he had dark eyes that appeared to be black. His hair was dark as well and his unique hair style seemed to resemble a cockatoo.

"Sasukes right, Naruto." Said a girl with pink hair and emerald eyes, she also was the proud owner of a huge forehead. Her hair was equally as long as Kaori's, but she styled it loose.

All conversation was cut short when the door opened and a head was introduced to an eraser.

"Ha, ha, he fell for it. That's what you get for being late sensei." Naruto laughed as he pointed his finger at their new teacher. All the other genin just sweat dropped as they waited for their new teacher to say something.

"Well my first impression of you all is," he paused as he stroked his chin in thought, "that I hate you."

////Five minutes later. ///////

"Why don't we start off by introducing ourselves." Said the jonin as he leaned against the rail on the roof, examining his students.

"Sensei, maybe you could introduce yourself first, show us what you mean." Sakura said as she raised her hand to get her teachers attention.

"Well okay, my name is Kakashi Hatake. As for my likes and dislikes, well I don't feel like telling you. My dreams for the future, never really thought about it and I do have a few hobbies." He finished with a smile on his face; at least he appeared to be smiling.

"That was pointless; all we learned was his name." Sakura whispered to Naruto, who only nodded his head in agreement.

"Okay you on the end, with the pink hair." Kakashi said as he pointed at Sakura.

"My name is Sakura Haruno; I like well the person I like." She paused as she started giggling, "And I dislike, Naruto." She exclaimed rather loudly, "My dream for the future," She giggled even more, "my hobbies are…" if it was possible she started giggling even more.

'Great a fangirl, girls her age do have the tendency to care more about boys, than about training.' Kakashi though, as he motioned for Naruto to start introducing himself.

"My name is Naruto Uzumaki, I like eating ramen with Iruka-sensei and Kaori, I dislike having to wait the three minutes it takes to cook ramen, my hobbies include trying and comparing different types of ramen, and my dream is to become the strongest Hokage, ever so that the villages will stop hating me and see that I'm worth something." Naruto said in a loud voice.

'He certainly is interesting, even if he is a bit of a loudmouth.' Kakashi said as he motioned for Kaori to introduce herself.

"My name is Kaori Shimizu, I like training and being with Naruto and Iruka-sensei, I dislike people who judge others before they get to know them, my hobbies are reading and bailing Naruto out of trouble whenever he does one of his pranks, and well no one needs to know my dream for the future." She said in a quiet and controlled voice.

'Well not what I was expecting, but she seems to the most normal so far.' Kakashi thought as he motioned for Sasuke to start.

"My name is Sasuke Uchiha, I don't like many things, and I dislike most things, I don't have hobbies, I don't have a dream it is more of an ambition to kill a certain man." Sasuke said in a cold voice that gave some the goose bumps.

'Well I can't say that I didn't see that coming.' Kakashi thought as he frowned slightly.

'Sasuke is so hot!' Sakura thought as she blushed and held her hands over her chest in admiration.

'Kill? I sure hope he doesn't mean me.' Naruto thought as he remembered the accidental kiss that happened in class a few days before.

'Well great an idiot who is sold on the idea of revenge. This is just… so damn bothersome.' Kaori thought as she rolled her eyes at Sasuke's little speech.

"Alright, you four all have unique personalities. I like that. We're going t begin a mission starting tomorrow." Kakashi said breaking the silence that Sasuke's declaration had created.

"What kind of mission, sir?!" Naruto saluted Kakashi as he spoke earning a hard pinch in the arm from Kaori.

"First we're going to do something that we five can do." Kakashi said staring straight ahead.

"What, what, what, what is it?" Naruto asked as he started leaning forward.

"Survival training." Kakashi said simply.

"Survival training?" Naruto asked as his expression turned to one of confusion.

"Why are we going to train when it's a mission?" Sakura asked. "We had plenty of training at the academy."

"This is no ordinary training." Kakashi said as he raised his voice slightly.

"Then, then what kind of training is it?" Naruto asked as he raised his left hand and waved it. Kakashi just started laughing as soon as Naruto finished speaking.

"Hey, what's so funny sensei?" Sakura asked as she wrapped her arms around her legs and leaned forward ever so slightly.

"Well, if I say this I'm sure you four are going to be surprised." He paused as he looked at the confusion on all four faces, "Out of the 27 graduates, only nine are going to become genins. The other 18 will be sent back to the academy." He would have gone on to say more, but he was cut off.

"You what you're saying is that the survival training is really just a test to see whether or not we go back to the academy." Kaori said as she looked at Kakashi with just a hint of annoyance. Sasuke, Sakura and Naruto faced dropped at this.

"See you four are surprised, although I must say that I didn't count on anyone realizing the true meaning of this test without my telling." Kakashi said as he quickly reexamined Kaori.

"Well I must say that although I'm not a genius, I am no idiot. Plus it's just the demon in me that figured out the meaning." She said Kakashi narrowed his eyes as she finished speaking.

'She is aware that she has the five-tailed dog sealed inside of her. I know that Naruto is aware of the nine-tailed fox being in him, because of Mizuki. How did she find out?' He thought as he remembered events.

Flashback

"Lord Hokage, what is the meaning of this gathering?" A ninja in the back spoke, as the meeting was called to begin.

"Everyone remembers the sealing of the nine-tails inside of young Naruto Uzumaki, which happened just four months ago." The Hokage said as he looked at the crowd of ninja, at the looks he received he decided to continue. "A village was recently plagued by the five-tailed dog demon, the heard that we are raising the demon vessel here, so they sent their vessel to us. I do not know exactly which village sent it; all I know is that we have been charged with the care of young Kaori Shimizu. The same law applies; no one is to speak of her 'special guest'." Voices of objection came, and the meeting lasted long into the night.

End Flashback

'It leaves me to wonder, what will tomorrow bring as I test the last Uchiha and two demon vessels.' Kakashi thought as he gave his team the last warning.

"Just make sure to skip breakfast, otherwise you'll throw up." He said as he left his team to go about their business.

"Well, I plan on eating breakfast tomorrow about you?" Kaori said to Naruto as she stood up and faced her friend.

"Kaori, he just said not to eat breakfast." Naruto replied as he shook his head at his friend.

"He never made it an order, besides if we don't eat we won't be at full strength when we take his test. Also I don't like the tone of voice he had when he told us that we shouldn't eat." She said as she started walking with Naruto at her heel.

"That makes sense!" Naruto yelled as he jumped up in excitement.

"Naruto, tell me what is bugging you. You haven't been the same since the day when you failed graduation." Kaori said as she stopped and faced her dear friend.

"I don't think I should tell you." Naruto said as he started walking with his head held down.

"Naruto, I've been your friend ever since we were toddlers. I think that you can trust me with just about anything." She said as she placed her arm on his shoulder, halting him in his steps.

"Mizuki-sensei tricked me into stealing the forbidden scroll, Iruka-sensei came and tried to bring me back, and there was a fight. I found out that I'm the container of the nine-tailed fox demon." He said as he went into further details, when he was finished Kaori just started laughing.

"Naruto, don't worry. I never wanted to tell you, but I am the container for Houkou, the Five-Tailed Dog Demon. The second most powerful of all the great tailed beasts." She paused and looked at him.

"Are you serious?" Naruto questioned.

"Naruto, you know how much I hate liars. Besides would I really lie to my best friend?" She looked him in the eye and gave a huge smile, which he gladly matched.

"Nope, you wouldn't." Naruto said in a happy voice.

"Well that means that we can just be freaks with fury friends, together." She said as she grabbed his hand and took him to the Ichiraku Ramen shop.

Well here is the new story that has been in my mind for awhile. This first chapter wasn't that great, but they will get better as the story continues. Review and tell me what you think, 10 reviews equals an update.

Thanks,

AliKat89