A/N: OK, I decided to go through with it after all. Though for the sake of this story: Tobirama, Jiraiya and Minato's genin teams will also be using the cursed number. The other 2 members of Jiraiya's team besides Minato have never really been mentioned. But several fanfics have put Hiashi on that team, so I will do likewise. The kunochi in Jiraiya's genin team may be a bit of a surprise though.
Breaking the Curse of Genin Team 7
Background
In the history of the village hidden in the leaves, one genin team number has produced a much higher rate of outstanding teams and ninja, though they also tend to have more than their share of dysfunctional/tragic family moments. This is the story of the curse of genin team 7, and how that curse was finally broken.
The original genin team 7 was led by Tobirama Senju, who would eventually become the Second Hokage. Its members are Hiruzen Sarutobi (eventually becoming the Third Hokage), Homura Mitokado and Koharu Utatane (who themselves would become the primary council for the Third, Fourth and Fifth Hokages) the curse has its origins here mainly due to Homura and Koharu's eventual meddling in many issues over the years.
The next incarnation of team 7 was led by Hiruzen, and is arguably the most powerful of the them (though history has yet to weigh in on the last 2 teams, the second to last is most likely to end up surpassing them). It is comprised of Jiraiya, Tsunade Senju and Orochimaru. Collectively, they are known as the Sannin of the leaf. A title given to them by Hanzo of the Salamander of the hidden rain village during the second great shinobi war. The exploits of these three (both good and ill) are the stuff of legends
The third incarnation of team 7 is now led by Jiraiya, and is comprised of Minato Namikaze, Hiashi Hyuga, and Mikoto (who would eventually marry into the Uchiha clan). Minato eventually earns the title of Fourth Hokage, and was the only ninja in the elemental nations to have standing flee on sight orders in all the other hidden villages bingo books. Hiashi, being the older of identical twins, was destined to be the head of the Hyuga clan. And Mikoto, as mentioned married into the Uchiha clan, but not before earning the rank of jounin.
By now, you can see a pattern forming in the history of team 7. Every incarnation ends up being very powerful, but also seems beset by great tragedy at one point or another. Another common thread is that one of the genin members of the team eventually rises to become its leader
Continuing on, the fourth installment of team 7 is now led by Minato, and is comprised of Kakashi Hayate, Obito Uchiha and Rin Nohara. This is the incarnation deals with the most loss, with Obito 'appearing' to die in the Third Great Shinobi War, with one of his Sharingan bequeathed to Kakashi. then Rin's death at some point not too much later after that.
Which brings us to what will be the current incarnation of team 7, led by Kakashi (the lone 'known' surviving member of the previous incarnation). And comprised of Sasuke Uchiha, Sakura Hanuro, and Naruto Uzumaki. This is the team who will 'break' the curse. And its power is likely to surpass the team comprised of the Sannin (mainly due to the fact that at some point in each of their lives, Sakura, Sasuke and Naruto are all eventually become apprentices to one of the Sannin). It is also the team who is mainly the focus of this tale.
In passing, I do want to mention the incarnation of team 7 that eventually comes into being after the curse is broken. It originally was led by Ebisu, but quickly passed off to Naruto when he is promoted to jounin (as this team always considered him as their unofficial sensei as children) then to Sakura when Naruto becomes the Sixth Hokage (and cannot lead a genin team anymore). It is comprised of Konohamaru Sarutobi, Moegi and Udon.
With the background and history of the curse explained, it's time to begin our tale.
AND CUT!
A/N – I have always been more of a 'seat of my pants, stream of consciousness' type of writer. And that style isn't conductive to three thousand word plus chapters (main example of that with me, chapter 6 of two hearts one soul is the only chapter basically not completely written in one sitting. Though chapter 1 originally ended with Naruto and Hinata's first kiss. Everything after that popped into my head about 10 minutes after I originally posted it on DeviantArt over 3 years ago).
I'm aiming to, while following the canon storyline for a while and keeping the Rookie 9/Kohona 12 in their canon teams per se, what I do from there I'm not sure I've seen tried in any fanfics. The next chapter (the official prologue) will start in the aftermath of the Kyuubi's attack on the village after Naruto's birth.
I am hoping to keep some kind of update schedule going on both this and Two Hearts One Soul, but no promises.
