Green, blue and black eyes started at the masked face. Fighting back a growl of frustration, the masked ANBU member motioned for the three children to follow him. His blonde hair ruffled unhappily in the wind as he led the way to training ground 40. It was his favorite training ground and also one of the more difficult ANBU training grounds. With the three brats following him closely he didn't have a chance to ditch them and make the excuse they just weren't up to his standards. He had to be somewhat nice, so he couldn't move into full ANBU life.
Resigned to his task, the ANBU dropped to the ground, letting himself relax against the back of a tree. He had done this many times, knew exactly where to position himself so as not to fall asleep and yet still be comfortable. It had afforded him many glares and kunai thrown at him by his squad in previous years. This time, however, he was leading a team, a team of genin.
He watched as the brats settled themselves down in front of him. His blue eyes noticed how they separated themselves, sat several feet away from their teammates. This would cause problems if he actually did train them. Letting out a mental sigh, he spoke quietly, his voice grabbing their attention. It was the first time the had heard him speak, "Let's get this over with. I'm your new teacher, the Fox ANBU. Now tell me your names and anything else you feel like telling me."
The three genin stayed silent for a moment before the lone female spoke up. Her voice was quiet, yet determined, "I'm Hakusa Kinezumi." Her eyes were daring someone to comment, but everyone stayed silent. Though, behind the mask, Fox was snickering happily and planning on teasing the girl later on. If there was a later on…
Taking her start as a break in the ice, the green haired boy, spoke up his black eyes still watching his female teammate. "Oridzuru Hakkasei," the words were smooth as if he didn't have a care in the world.
Rolling his eyes the ANBU turned to the last brat. This one, this one was different. A barely visible smirk was on the kid's face as his blue eyes sparkled and he introduced himself, "Sabaku no Sakyuu, Uncle Naruto."
Scowling, Fox pulled out a kunai and threw it at the kid as he pulled his mask off. "Had to ruin my fun didn't you, little nezumi?" Tossing the mask to the ground, the newly named Naruto continued to scowl as his kunai was easily stopped by a barrier of sand. Gasps sounded from the two remaining brats. Neither had ever seen hand seals or even their teammate moving. The gasps told Naruto enough and he sighed in annoyance, "Does everyone take pleasure in making my life more difficult? Did no one tell you the reason you had an ANBU for an instructor?"
Kinezumi and Hakkasei shook their heads, while the small smirk only stayed in place on Sakyuu's face. Half glaring at the boy, the ANBU started to explain, "The Kazekage, of Suna," he added in case he had especially stupid students, "asked the old woman Tsunade if I could train his son. And since the council's made up of sissies who are scared to death of Gaara, I was forced to take a team on top of my normal duties."
Hakkasei asked the question that was on his and his female teammate's minds, "Why couldn't someone in Suna train him? Why you?"
A small grin overcame Naruto's face, and he pulled the blonde haired teen toward him, ruffling his hair affectionately. "Little nezumi, here, has abilities similar to mine and the only other person that could train him would be his father, who conveniently is too busy," the ANBU explained as he loosened his grip on Sakyuu.
"You can control sand, too?" Kinezumi asked in surprise. Surely one of her brothers would have told her if someone in the village could do that.
This time it was Sakyuu who answered, his sand swirling in a comforting pattern in his hand, "Only myself and my father can control the sand. Uncle Naruto, has chakra similar to my own."
The confused teammates just shrugged the idea off for now, deciding they would question the pair again later. Right now they wanted to start training. After a few minutes of quiet contemplation Naruto stood. "Anyway, now that introductions are over, we'll move onto your real genin test."
The pairs of eyes blinked up at him quiet confusion. They had already passed the genin exam, didn't they? "If you fail you go back to the academy, if not… then you suffer my training," Naruto continued. After a moment of pondering he added, "I'm not sure which is worse, though."
"Test?" came Hakkasei's unsure pleading. He didn't want another test.
Grinning happily, Naruto nodded. He quickly pulled two bells out of his pocket and tied them to his belt. "I have two bells. You have two hours to retrieve one from me. The one who doesn't get one is sent back to the academy."
"Naruto," came a deep and annoyed voice, "where the hell are you? I thought we were sparring today!" Through the trees an annoyed raven-haired man stepped into the open. His dark eyes glaring daggers at the blonde in front of him.
"Go away, teme. I have to work," Naruto answered without turning around. There was silence for a moment before, Sasuke saw the three kids standing in front of his rival. "What, Hokage-sama send you back to babysitting missions?" the Uchiha asked the glee and confusion audible in his voice.
Naruto rolled his eyes as he turned around, ignoring his students, "No, teme. This is my team, Team Four." Blue eyes narrowed as he stared at Sasuke, "Did you know about this? I meant baa-chan planned it. She our squad away for three weeks, while the arrangements for this were being made! Stupid woman made sure I didn't have a chance to object!" The ANBU's voice was low and accusing. He knew this stupid idea was a conspiracy against him. They were trying to kill him, that's what they were doing. He was sure of it. After all these years…
The cool voice broke through his thoughts, "Dobe. I was on the mission with you, how the hell should I have known?"
Growling audibly at the annoying Uchiha, Naruto turned back to his students, a wicked gleam in his eyes. "Change of plans team," he informed his brats, "First one to knock the Uchiha-teme down passes! You've got two hours… Go!"
There was a startled shout as the words sank in, "What?" The raven-haired shinobi leapt out of the way as two genin came in for a tackle. Landing behind his annoying partner, Sasuke hissed, "I will get you for this, dobe!"
Standing calmly in front of his sensei, Sakyuu asked quetly, "All we have to do is knock him down?" Naruto raised an eyebrow in silent appraisal before silently nodding.
Dark eyes sent bone-chilling glares at the blonde ANBU member, as Sasuke flipped into the higher branches of the tree next to his friend. A moment of surveying the rising sand storm, the determined looks on three faces and the smug look on Naruto's face made Sasuke's mind up. "Hey, brats!" he called down, "Come get me if you can!" Without looking back he ran into the forest around the training ground.
Naruto stood leaning against his favorite tree, the smirk still teasing his lips as he waited. It had been a few minutes since the four had disappeared into the woods, but he hadn't heard any swearing, so no one had completed the task yet.
Blue eyes flicked up as he heard Sasuke's reentry to the training ground. Looking on curiously as the raven-haired shinobi stopped in front of him, Naruto couldn't help but grin.
"You dobe! Who said I would help you?" Sasuke muttered, glaring at the shinobi in front of him. He could feel the sand swirling at his feet and the three approaching genin, but didn't make a move.
On cue, Kinezumi and Hakkasei jumped on his back while Sakyuu directed his sand to sweep his feet out from under him. With a grunt the raven-haired ANBU tumbled to the ground, two genin on top of him.
Naruto stood gapping at the group in front of him. Before he could say anything, Sakyuu stepped forward, "Uncle Naruto, you said whoever was the first to knock Uchiha-sama down passed. Since we all did it at the same time, we all pass correct?" He looked up at his sensei with large blue eyes, it was the technique that worked on Uncle Kankorou and Aunt Temari, when the later wasn't out for his blood.
Blue eyes blinked in stunned confusion as Sasuke stood up, helping the two genin to their feet as he moved. The raven-haired ANBU knew his friend, and was mentally counting down.
Ten…
Nine…
Eight…
Seven…
Six…
It's starting to function now…
Four…He's planning now…
Two…
One…
"Teme! I'm going to kill you!" the blonde ANBU shouted as he lunged at his comrade. He couldn't not pass the team, and he knew that his bastard of a friend had let the brats take him down. He let out a strangled yell as the Uchiha bastard made a run for it. He had dodged the first attack, and was now running back toward town. Good… This meant the bastard knew he was seriously out for blood.
A/N: I've been planning this for a while. The silly idea has been running through my head and I just had to get it out. So with a little help from my lovely Oblivion I named the brats and started writing. Let me know what you think. Thanks!