Chapter 2: Meetings

Chapter 2: Meetings

Iruka walked down the hallway to see if the last three jounins had gone to get their groups. Every other gennin team was gone already, but Lord Hokage had wanted to look over the last three groups for a while longer.

Lord Hokage. Iruka smiled as he thought of Naruto. The little blonde loud boy who had used to get in trouble on an hourly basis was now the most respected ninja in the village. Naruto had done what he said he would. He had become Hokage.

Iruka snapped out of his thoughts as he heard a crash in the hallway. He quickly turned the corner and saw a few of the gennin fighting. Iruka sighed; Why couldn't it be someone knew this time?, he thought.

The sight that awaited Iruka was two boys fighting in the hallway. One was a medium height twelve year old with black spiky hair. He wore a black t-shirt with a black vest that had an orange line on the zipper and on the sleeves. He wore baggie black pants that went down to the middle of his shins, which is where his ninja boots started. He was about to slug another boy who was a little taller than he was. This boy had longer spiky hair and he wore a blue t-shirt and white shorts. Next to him was a boy that looked exactly like him only his hair was shorter and he wore a blue shirt and blue short sleeved jacket with black shorts. The twins both had an Uchiha symbol on their clothes.

"Renji! Ukite! ENOUGH!" Iruka shouted and the boys turned to face him. "Gona! Why didn't you stop them?" Iruka asked.

The shorter haired twin said, "Because the whelp insulted the Uchiha clan."

"Did not you pompous jerk!" shouted the smallest boy.

"You said you could beat Ukite. Ukite is one of the last members of the Uchiha clan, and your better!" Gona said angrily, "You could never hope to beat him."

"Shut up or I'll kick your-" the boy started.

"Enough Renji." Iruka said, "Gona. Ukite. Go back into your room. I don't want to hear anymore squabbling. Renji go back to your team now!"

"I can't just let the Uchiha think they are the greatest in the world!" Renji screamed, "Someone's gotta put them in their place!"

"We know our place, runt." Gona laughed, "Perhaps it is you, that doesn't know yours."

Renji leaped at the loudmouth Uchiha but was pulled back by a silver haired youth with a blue mask covering the bottom part of his mouth. He wore a simple dark blue long sleeved shirt with gray battle armor on his shoulders and his chest and dark blue pants.

"Calm down, Renji." He said.

"Thank you, Sakumo." Iruka said.

Then a blonde haired boy stepped out of the classroom behind them. He had on a black jacket with yellow shoulder pads. The jacket was like a sort of monk style with buttons from the collar to the bottom. He also had on black pants. He had a striking resemblance to the Fourth Hokage.

"Take it easy Renji, we know you could beat both of them." Said the boy with a wide smile that looked all too familiar to Iruka.

"What was that demon brat?" said Gona stepping back into the hallway.

"Don't call him that Uchiha or I'll wipe the floor with ya!" said Renji.

"Well, he is the son of the host of the nine-tails isn't he?" laughed Gona.

"Quiet Gona.", said a low calm voice that belonged to none other than Uchiha Ukite.

Ukite had come out and placed a hand on his brother's shoulder. Though he was the younger of the twins, he was still calmer and had the elder brother essence. He was the one who kept Gona in check.

"You mustn't talk about Lord Hokage that way." Ukite said calmly, "Father will be upset if he heard you say those things."

Gona thought about his father and shivered. He nodded to his wise younger brother and went back into the classroom. Ukite turned to the other three gennin, bowed, and then followed his brother into the classroom.

"They are so different it's creepy.", said Renji.

"Are you all right, Minato?" Sakumo asked.

The blonde haired boy smiled and nodded. "Yeah I'm fine. Gona's just a loud mouth."

The three boys laughed and then turned to see Iruka still standing in the hallway. Iruka looked the three and wondered how the three of them were in the same team. These were quite possibly the three most unremarkable shinobi he had ever seen. Even in their academy days they were brilliant. They would be an incredibly strong team.

"Iruka-sensei?", asked Minato giving Iruka a quizzical look.

"Hmm?" asked Iruka coming out of his thoughts, "Oh yes. I was just coming to tell you that your new sensei will be here shortly."

The three boys nodded and then bowed to their teacher. Iruka smiled and they then walked into their room and closed the door. Iruka just continued to smile and continued to walk down the halls.

The Uchiha twins sat down next to their teammate, who was calmly petting her dog. He was a husky with bright light blue eyes. He was lying down on his master's lap and looking at the two Uchiha.

"So how did it go?" asked the female gennin.

"It went great." Gona said sarcastically, "Thanks for helping Kari."

"It's all right, Miss Inuzuka." Ukite said, "We were fine."

Inuzuka Kari was the only daughter of Inuzuka Kiba the leader of the Inuzuka clan. She was his precious little princess, only she enjoyed fighting and playing with the dogs. She was as tomboy and as tuff as you could get. She had a red triangle tattoo under both her eyes just like Kiba did and she had her hair tied back in a pony tail. She wore a white jacket with a hood and regular ninja pants. She was probably the only female who would actually be able to deal with the Uchiha twins, which was probably why she was in their team.

The two Uchiha were the heartthrobs of the academy. All the girls were in love with them and always wanted to be around them. Gona thinking the Uchiha were the glory of Konohagakure loved the attention. Though Ukite would never admit it, he enjoyed the attention as well. The two brothers worked as a team, one wouldn't do anything without the other, minus going to the bathroom. They led in grades and in ability and they both had their Sharingan at two tomoe. Gona was a little more serious and dangerous and would take everything as a challenge to be the best. He always brought Ukite with him and never let anyone insult his little brother. Ukite followed his brother and though he was serious and timid he did enjoy relaxing most of the time. He always did his best to keep his elder twin under control, but sometimes it was just useless.

Sasuke appeared suddenly in the room; no mist, no puff of smoke, he was just there. The three gennin stood in awe at this. Sasuke smiled and sat in one of the chairs resting his chin on his hand.

"Well then, introduce yourselves.", he said.

"Inuzuka Kari, daughter of the head of the Inuzuka clan. Gennin." Said Kari.

"Uchiha Gona, son of the head of the Uchiha clan. Gennin." Said Gona.

"Uchiha Ukite, brother of Gona. Gennin." Said Ukite.

Sasuke laughed, "I meant to her guys. I know who you are." He said as he put his arms around his sons and ruffled their hair. Kari was a little scared of Sasuke but she was impressed with his aura and his abilities, even if she had only seen one.

"Well then, now that we know each other it's time for your assignment." Sasuke said. The three gennin stood at attention and listened intently.

"Meet me at the training grounds tomorrow at nine. Don't eat any breakfast, I'll know if you do, and trust me you don't want to know what will happen if you do." Sasuke said with a grin. The three gennin shivered but still stood at attention. "There I will explain the rest of your assignment. Dismissed."

The three gennin turned and left. Kari turned to look back at her new sensei only to see that he was already gone. She walked out the door not knowing what she would be doing the next day.

"Attention gennin.", said Neji in a commanding voice.

"Cousin Neji?" Minato asked. Neji gave him a look and then Minato said, "I-I mean Neji sensei?"

"That's right Minato; I am your new sensei. Hyuga Neji, co-leader of the Hyuga Council." Neji, said with pride.

When Naruto had become Hokage he changed some of the rules in the village in an attempt to help the village be more unified. For the Hyuga clan he got rid of the "Main" and "Branch" families and fused them together. He had Hinata set up a council that deals with the workings of the Hyuga clan. The council members elected the council leaders every few years. Since its creation Hinata has been the council leader, but she had Neji appointed as her second so that he could help her. This had made the two cousins very close. With the creation of the council Naruto was deemed acceptable to be married to Hinata in her father's eyes.

"Now, tell me your names, your dreams for the future, and your favorite jutsu." said Neji, "That way I can get to know you other a little better."

Renji raised his hand and Neji nodded. Renji smiled and sat down on the steps where the previous team 7 (Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke) had when they had met Kakashi.

"I'm Sarutobi Renji. My dad is Sarutobi Konohamaru. My great grandfather was the Third Hokage." Renji said with pride, "I wish to be a Hokage like my great grandfather."

Neji nodded. "And as for my favorite jutsu…I'd have to say it's my rock gauntlet technique."

Neji wondered what that was but decided he would see it later. He then looked at the child that looked exactly like Kakashi. The child glanced up and started to talk.

"My name is Hatake Sakumo. I am the son of Hatake Kakashi and Anko. My dream is to be known through out all the countries that my father "Copy Ninja Kakashi" and my grand father "The White Fang" are known in. Only I want to be stronger than both of them, and I want to make them proud." Sakumo said. "My favorite technique is my water spear jutsu."

Neji wondered what these techniques were but he couldn't think about them because Minato was smiling from ear to ear. It was his turn and apparently he was excited. Neji nodded at his second cousin who just smiled in reply.

"My name is Uzumaki Minato. I am the son of Rokudaime Hokage and Leader of the Council of Hyuga. My dream is to one day be Hokage like my father and grandfather." Minato said with the same determination that his father had.

That determination must be hereditary. Neji thought. The look on Minato's face was the same look Naruto gave Neji during the Chunnin exams all those years ago.

"And my favorite jutsu would have to be my raiton gun, even though it's not fully developed yet." Minato said smiling.

Neji looked at the three children. Each one of them had ancestors who had made the village what it was today. These three children were a legacy. It was going to be interesting training them.

"Meet me tomorrow at the pond just outside the academy. We're going to have a little training exercise." Neji said. "Be there at nine and don't be late."

Minato raised his hand. Neji smiled, it was just as Naruto had said.

"Yes, Minato you can eat breakfast." Neji said and Minato dropped his hand smiling.

"Dismissed." Neji said.

The three gennin bowed and turned to go home. The three of them dashed off laughing and doing flips in the air. It's going to be interesting training them. Neji thought. Very interesting.