A/n: Hey guys welcome back to Konoha's Golden Blast and I'd like to say that it got better reviews that I expected in under a day it was in the 3 page under most followed. Anyways addressing some concerns
To Kushina writing the letter, it was a convenient way to get the letter in there. The gut feeling that Minato got was supposed to be like an omen which just got them to write it just in case. She put everything in the letter with the intention of retrieving it later if nothing happened.
The different personalities are bad character development on my part as pointed out to me by Noriver. but for Sakura, let's say I absolutely hated her in part one so I may bash her a bit more by making her a complete bitch who will eventually reign it in. maybe. I'll add some character dev this chapter to get more in touch with them by having him reflect on what he did yesterday and what he really felt. I didn't put a lot of it before since I wrote this as if I were reading it by putting myself In the character shoes and interpreting their emotions.
Also I went back and revised the last chapter and took away gambol shroud and the clones and added some more things that sort of made a bit more sense like a teensy bit more character development but not a lot. So just wanted to let you know.
And for the pairing so far Mito is coming in the lead with Haku and fuu right behind her. So get prepared for some incest if it doesn't change. Lemons don't ask I don't really feel comfortable writing that but that may change if I grow a pair. Oh first to guess where Mito gets a picture of a cookie. I might do a small harem with three but that's about it.
Also note that this is slight AU so not everything will go as it did in cannon, so things will change so don't get your panties in a bunch.
In the words of Yang and feety84 "let's get this story of with a yang!"
"Speaking"
'Thinking'
"Tailed-beast/Boss-Summon speaking"
"Tailed-beast/Boss-summon thoughts"
Jutsu and other techniques
As morning dawned in the village hidden in the leaves, the morning rays cast a shadow over the mountain that shows the faces of all the Hokage who have taken up mantle from the first to the fourth. The heads look down upon the village acting as silent guardians.
The rays of dawn not only touched the mountains but also managed to sneak their way past the curtains of the citizens within. In particular the rays pass the curtains of a certain flame headed genin forcing him to cover his face in a vain attempt to block out the sun. Moments later the alarm he set to go off in the morning did as planned and rang.
Sighing in frustration Naruto rose up from bed rubbing the sleep from his eyes followed by stretching. Rising out of bed he walked over to the bathroom and took his morning shower to start off his morning routine. Once he lather rinsed and repeated he dried himself off and got dressed for the day.
Walking out of the bedroom and making his way towards his kitchen he opened the fridge to take out some fish he made last night and started up the rice cooker to enjoy with his fish.
Normally Naruto would enjoy a few cups of instant ramen with some milk to go along with it. But his mother said that he should eat healthy which meant more vegetables, fruits, dairies and meats and less noodles and carbs. It was one of the things that Naruto had to change in order to live up to the expectations of his mother. So limiting his ramen to only once a week he set out to find more things than ramen to eat. Most of it he tried to grow himself like the herbs and a few vegetables, some he hunted out in the forest which seemed to bring in a good amount of food. But for anything else he finally came up with the idea to use a Henge in order to buy things he couldn't grow or hunt for. He so wished he came up with that sooner.
Thinking back to living up to his mother's expectations or advice at times he thought of Sakura. He had the biggest crush on her. He couldn't deny that. But he's been trying to live by the last things his mother wrote to him and Sakura collided with those words. He tried to come up with a mask showing that he was no longer interested, but that was just it. It was only a mask, a mask meant to hide his true feelings. He knew that it would be a while before he got over her but you just can't get rid of seven years of feelings for the same girl and expect to be fine. But deep down he always knew they would never work out. She would always berate him, always beat him, always put him down, always turn him down for Sasuke. It's always Sasuke never Naruto, and even now he could see it would always be Sasuke. Then when she called him an orphan to his face to try and impress 'her Sasuke-kun' he knew that those feelings had to stop. You just don't do that.
Sighing Naruto got up from the table and scooped up some of the rice that was now ready. Sitting back down he broke his chopsticks and began to eat after saying his thanks for the food. Kakashi suggested he did not eat. And Naruto just let that suggestion go in one ear and out the other. Naruto needed food to keep his body going, it doesn't do good to have massive amounts of chakra and have no food at all, it does terrible work to one's chakra control according to his mother's exercises. Thinking about that he wondered if his other two teammates were doing the same or listening to Kakashi and not eat. Oh well not his problem.
Finishing up his breakfast Naruto set the plates in the kitchen and slowly made his way towards the door. Next to the door was a nightstand with his forehead protector on it with a mirror on the wall above. Stopping at the nightstand to tie his forehead protector to his forehead and stared at his reflection. Seeing his hair was not as spiky as it should be he placed both hands on his head and ruffled it around about until it was its usual spikey disheveled mess. He learned to love his hair after the first time he went to Ichiraku's.
A six year old Naruto was walking down the road that lined the entirety of the leaf village. He had been living on his own for the past four months now and it was a lot harder to come by food now. He used to at least get the scraps back at the orphanage but now he didn't have that. Sometimes he would steal food form stores that wouldn't allow him in or search through trashcans when he was really desperate.
Kicking a rock out of the way he continued on his trek down the road to where the apartment his Jiji gave him. He would normally take the direct route but there was some sort of festival that again he was not allowed to attend in the way. This new route was a bit longer but he knew he'd be able to get home. As he walked along the road he was stopped dead in his tracks by an alluring smell that wafted at his nose. Following that scent Naruto came upon a little noodle shop called Ichiraku's. Looking at where the smell was coming from Naruto at least wanted to find out what exactly was making that smell.
Making his way under the flaps that signified the entrance to the shop he sat up on the stools that lined that bar. He heard the clanking of pots and pans, the running of water and other noises that are normal for a restaurant. Looking at the menu he failed to notice a pretty looking brunette wearing an apron and a bandana over her head. Upon seeing the flame haired child in front of her she put on small smile and walked up to the counter surprising Naruto. "Welcome to Ichiraku's" she started "best ramen in all the nations. My name's Ayame what can I get you today?" she asked while waiting patiently for the boy to answer her question.
Startled by the surprising act of kindness Naruto looked up at the waitress and asked her a question she was not expecting. "What's ramen?" he asked getting a shocked look from the girl. Growing up in an orphanage with less than kind workers never really left him with many options for food besides scarps. And only because they were forced to, they would of loved to leave the 'demon' without food at all.
Getting over her shock and realizing who her customer really was the kind girl only gained a sympathetic expression of her face and responded. "Well ramen is one of the bestest foods anyone can eat, one of our more enthusiastic customer called it the food of the gods because she felt as though it was a gift from the gods. Would you like to try some?" she asked as she looked at the boy for an answer. All she saw was the boy in front of her lowering his gaze and shifting uncomfortably while mumbling something she couldn't hear, "Excuse me? Can you say that one more time?" she asked with nothing but kindness in her voice.
"…I don't have any money…" he all but muttered.
Giving the boy a sad look she thought of a way to rectify that and told him that since he's never had ramen the first bowl was on the house.
Looking at the girl with disbelief in his eyes Naruto asked the only thing he could think of, "why?"
"So you can know why we sell the best darn noodle in all the lands!" she exclaimed with a bit of pride and happiness in her voice.
Tears brimmed around Naruto's eyes as he was offered this small act of kindness, but then again to someone like Naruto a little meant a lot.
Wiping the tears from his eyes before they can get out he exclaimed, "Thank you Ayame-neechan!" Smiling the waitress went into the back for a few minutes only to come back out with a bowl of steaming something. But Naruto knew that that bowl of steaming something was what was making that smell, it must have been ramen.
Setting the bowl down Ayame smiled and told him to enjoy his first bowl of ramen and tell her what he thinks. After giving his thanks for the food Naruto lifted a few noodles up to his mouth. Once the noodles reached his tongue he froze, his pupils dilated and time seem to freeze. Ayame seeing this waved a hand in front of his face to see if he was okay and was surprised when he shouted, "THIS IS DELICIOUS! THAT LADY WAS RIGHT THIS IS THE FOOD OF THE GODS!" and then went on to breath in the noodles before him. Giggling Ayame watched as he ate at an alarming rate. Finally deciding to take a good look at the boy she noticed his amethyst eyes and the red tips in his golden blonde hair.
Smiling she looked at the boy and told him, "You know with your hair like that it makes it look like it is on fire, looks awesome if you ask me. Not a lot of people have hair that's two great colors and makes it look naturally awesome."
Naruto stopped eating and digested what she just said to him. No one has ever really complimented him on his hair before, always made fun of it for being two colors. He slowly reached up and messed with his hair while a blush adorned his face, "thanks, no one else likes my hair" he told her honestly.
Smiling she tousled his hair affectionately and told him that she loved his hair it would make him look fierce and strong in the future. Those words really resonated with Naruto he was honestly considering cutting of the red tips from his hair to seem a bit more normal but now that he had at least one person that actually liked his hair and that made him feel acceptance even if it was on a small degree.
And since that day Naruto has loved his hair. Ayame made him love his hair and have some self confidence in himself. And now with his semblance it fit in even more than it did before. Looking over at the clock he saw that he had twenty minutes before he had to be at the training grounds. So with that thought in mind and his reminiscing over he set out for the test that would decide his fate as a ninja. Smirking at the idea of a challenge he closed the door behind him and jumped on the roofs heading towards training grounds seven.
Arriving at the training grounds with five minutes to spare Naruto took notice of his surroundings. In the center of the training grounds seemed to be a large clearing with three logs set up right for someone to use. Along the clearing ran a small river. Surrounding that middle clearing where acres of woods that also had small clearings similar to the one he is in now.
While he was looking around he saw his teammates where already there. Sasuke was leaning against a tree trying not to be irritated at the girl at his side pestering him for a date. Seeing her fawning over him yet again Naruto sighed before putting on a smile on his face. He thought about it last night and realized that he couldn't be kind of standoff-ish with his team if he wanted to get along. But that was asking a lot out of probably the two people in his class that hated him the most.
Making his way over to his team he made sure he had his smile on before greeting them, "Good Morning!" he greeted as he was a few feet away. Both of them looked up to see Naruto there in his red and black outfit with gold accents smiling at them with a wave of his hand. Sakura looked up but then went back to asking for dates. Sasuke seeing him replied with his usual Uchiha language of "Hn." and looked back out towards the forest. Sweat dropping at the lack of reaction from his team Naruto decided to have some fun. "Why yes Sasuke the weather is great" he teased hoping to get something out of the Uchiha. And got something he did.
"Hn." He replied back
Not one to pass this up Naruto place one hand on his chin and said, "Why yes the weather all weak has been great, not a single cloud of rain for weeks." Oh how Naruto was enjoying the slowly frustrated look that was coming on Sasuke's face. As this was going on Sakura was looking back and forth between the two boys with a worried and annoyed look when looking at her crush and Ex-admirer respectively.
Deciding she had enough she opened her mouth to defend the honor of her Sasuke-Kun, "Naruto! Stop annoying Sasuke-kun!"
"Jeez Sakura, forgive me for trying to talk to my team. How are we supposed to work as a team if we hate each-others guts? Huh?!" he said while waving his arms around. Stopping and putting one hand on his hip while putting towards the sky with his other, "That simply cannot do! NO SIR! We are to show everyone else that as team seven we are the best!" Naruto exclaimed with mock-authority that actually sounded real.
Smirking at that not even Sasuke can deny that fact, he simply couldn't be on anything but the best team. "Hn." Was all he said as a response to Naruto's exclamation?
Seeing as her crush agreed to his words if that 'hn.' Was anything to go by then who was she to disagree. "We'll I guess I can't deny that fact." Sakura stated hesitantly.
'Finally we can agree on something!' Naruto thought in exasperation, 'Am I only going to be able to get anything positive out of them by playing on their egos?' he thought to himself with a sweat drop hoping that that was not the case. But then again he can't really look a gift horse in the mouth. "That's more like it!" he said with a grin, though he was unprepared for the awkward silence that followed. "Think Kakashi is gonna be late again?" he deadpanned.
The three genin looked at each other than at the shadow Naruto casted and hung their head realizing that he most likely will come late.
Guessing that bonding time was over, Naruto sat by a tree and took out his mother's sealing notes and opened up to where he left off and waited for Kakashi sensei. Normally he would be as fidgety as Sakura who stopped pestering Sasuke for a date and was wondering where her teacher was. But he knew there was a time and a place for that plus he really wanted to learn how to do this compound explosion tag his mother bookmarked with a bunch of stars on the page. Guess he got his love for explosions from his mother, then again that would explain why Ember Celica could practically launch explosions. He loved when things went off with a bang.
It's now been two hours since the genin have arrived to training ground seven and their cyclpotic sensei has yet to arrive. Sasuke looked indifferent, but if one where to pay close attention to his eyes one would see them twitch in annoyance every now and then. Sakura had not shut up passing the forty-five minute mark and was making death threats that she had no hopes of going through with. And Naruto? He was sleeping with the book laid across his face without a care in the world.
Approaching eight o'clock in the morning the winds shifted and a swirl of leaves and Kakashi appeared before his team in all his lazy glory. Sakura Finally laying her eyes upon the main subject of her annoyance, the second being the snoring Naruto, decided to relief some frustration, "You're late!" she screeched and ended up waking up Naruto who fumbled around being woken up from such a nice dream.
After rubbing the dream out of his eyes he deadpanned towards Sakura and told her, "Did you have to wake me up Sakura? I was having such a nice dream. I was being served a super extra-large bowl of ramen by Ayame-nee saying it was for free" he said the last part with crocodile tears streaming down one of his eyes at leaving such a beautiful dream. All he got in return were incredulous looks from his team. "What? It's true!" he huffed crossing his arms childishly.
Clearing his throat Kakashi managed to get the attention of his team. "Sorry I was late but on my way here a black cat crossed my path and I passed out when it turned into a beautiful mocha skinned woman with purple hair and golden eyes. Did I mention she was naked?" he said with an eye smile.
Sasuke and Sakura gave their sensei disbelieving looks. Naruto on the other hand just stared at his sensei with a look of mock jealousy hoping to ease the tension in his teammates, "Kakashi-sensei you lucky dog, just this once I'll forgive you. The bro-code lists that one cannot lie about seeing a naked woman" he said sagely then proceeding to do a weird and tedious handshake with Kakashi ending with both of them rocketing their fists upwards and muttering "Bros!" They both turned to see both Sakura and Sasuke having face faulted towards the floor. Upon seeing this Naruto thumbed up his sensei for playing along receiving an eye-smile in return.
Once everyone got their bearings again Kakashi decided to lead them to the stumps in the middle of the grounds and begin the explanation of his test. Pulling out an alarm clock, which made him receive death glare from both Sasuke and Sakura, he set it to ring at noon. "Now let's get started, your assignment is simple" he started while pulling out two bells from his pouch "you just have to take these bells from me. That's it." He said while jingling them. "If you fail to get them before the bell rings then you go without lunch. Not only that but you will also be tied up to those posts while I eat my lunch in front of you." No sooner did those words leave his mouth did both Sasuke's and Sakura's stomachs growl. Noticing one stomach didn't growl everyone laid eyes on Naruto. "Naruto did you eat breakfast this morning when I asked that you didn't?" questioned Kakashi with a bit of amusement in his voice.
Rubbing the back of his head Naruto explained, "Of course I did. You suggested we don't eat breakfast. And I took your suggestion and tossed it out the window. My chakra control is barely acceptable as it is. It'd be terrible and absolutely non-existent if I didn't eat." both of his teammates where glaring daggers at him trying to hide their embarrassment for having missed that while the 'dead-last' didn't, only Kakashi caught the mischievous look on his face after he told his story.
Looking down at his team Kakashi decided it was now or never. "Now that that is out of the way let's begin on my mark!" at this his squad tensed and looked ready for when he started the exam. "Get ready…." He drawled "…Annnnd Start!" as soon as those words left his mouth the three genin jumped into the air vanishing from sight. Looking around Kakashi was pleased to note that for their level his team was hidden pretty well. 'Well they understand that much. Good. They've hidden well.' Looking over the clearing one more time he laid eyes upon Naruto standing in front of him arms crossed. "Huh?"
Lifting a thumb up to his chest Naruto declared his challenge, "Alright sensei you and me right now! Fair and square! Let's rock!"
Up in the trees Sasuke thought his teammate was a fool, scratch that he knew he was a fool.
"You know compared to the others you're a little bit…hot headed" Kakashi deadpanned.
Smirking Naruto looked at Kakashi and stated, "Oh yea? The only hot head here is going to be you once I pound your face into the ground!" and with that was dashing at Kakashi and reasonable speeds. Kakashi not being impressed reached into his pouch. Seeing this Naruto hesitated his advancement.
"Shinobi battle techniques lesson one: Taijutsu. The physical part." He finished by pulling out an orange book from his pouch. And a book Naruto recognized. Having finished Tales of a Gutsy Shinobi a few days after reading it he wondered if Jiraiya had wrote any other books and stumbled upon the glory that was Icha-Icha. And since he was a healthy teen with urges and hormones he knew that the book was a masterpiece. He's only read the prologue but to put it bluntly, the level of drama, fluttering of the heart, burning tragedy, the evil secrets, and the beautiful love of a man and a woman is truly wonderful! Forcing down the blush that crawled up on his face before Kakashi saw, which he did, he just stared at his sensei. "What are you waiting for? Make your move."
"You're really going to read that book during our fight?" Naruto asked while his eyebrow twitched.
"Of course how else am I going to find out what happens?" he said lazily "You're just a green genin, the dead last if I'm correct. It won't matter if I read or not."
Punching his palm Naruto just gave Kakashi a forced smile, "Oh yeah? Well I'll make you eat those words!" with that he continued his charge at Kakashi. Knowing that he was outclassed Naruto decided to see how his Sensei would react so he went back to his brawler Taijutsu style. He still didn't have one but he was well underway in developing one for his Ember Celica he was leaning towards the name Bāsuto-ken or Burst Fist due to the burst of energy his weapons make. Anyway coming up From Kakashi's right he lead with an elbow for his head, which got blocked. Ducking down he picked up momentum to go for a rising kick, only for Kakashi to duck. Regaining his balance Naruto rotated his body and launched his fist to make contact with Kakashi's face, only for Kakashi to appear kneeling down behind Naruto. "Huh?"
Holding the tiger sign Kakashi spoke, "Don't let the enemy get behind you all the time."
Off in the bushes Sakura sees what Kakashi is doing and gasp 'A hand sign?! Isn't that to focus his chakra? He could destroy Naruto with that sign."
Off in the trees Sasuke also watched the interaction 'that hand sign is for a jutsu. He's not toying with Naruto. He's going to demolish him.' Smirking he thought 'Serves him right. The dobe needs to learn some 'remedial lessons''
Back with the flame and silver heads Kakashi decided he has drawn this on long enough, with a glint in his eyes he shouts the name of his attack, "LEAF VILLAGE HIDDEN SECRET JUTSU!" Looking back Naruto sees the trajectory in which the Jonin's hands are going and pales. Before Kakashi reached his target, Naruto decided to show off a bit of his abilities and swapped himself with a shadow clone as Kakashi's hands went up the clone's ass and finished calling out his attack with a loss of words seeing his victim go up in a 'poof' of smoke, "a … thousand years of…death?" looking around he asked "Hey where'd you go?"
Hearing feet land behind him he turned to see Naruto with his hair shadowing his eyes. "Did you just try to shove your fingers down…there?" he asked in a low voice while his hair slowly rose and waved around a little. Lifting his head an inch it showed that his eyes were glowing behind his hair. 'That bastard!' Naruto raged to himself. 'That was a shadow clone! I Fu**ing felt that!'
Kakashi seeing this paled a little. Oh he knew who his parents were alright. He knew them well. And because of the he knew what was happening. Waving hair? Check. Glowing eyes? Check. Related to the leaves red hot habanero? *sigh*check. Yep. Kakashi was now dealing with the Uzumaki signature temper. A branch of rage he wished he'd never have to face again, the boy was too much like his mother for Kakashi's liking. Hoping to placate the boy Kakashi held his hands up in mock surrender while sweating a bit, "Maa maa Naruto no need to get worked up over that. It was just a way to make sure you don't leave your back open when fighting someone."
Smiling a truly terrifying smile Naruto responded with a sweet voice dripping with sarcasm. "Oh I understand Kakashi-sensei" he started as he shot his arms downwards activating Ember Celica to switch to gauntlet mode. Once ready he lifted his eyes and raised his fists and said "I understand completely. Let me show you just how much I understand!" and with that he was off yet again after the aloof Jonin.
'Oh boy.' He thought 'if those are anything like Kushina's weapon then I'd better be prepared for anything.' As Naruto reached his target, fist raised, he launched himself from a shadow clone to appear crouched down in front of Kakashi in order to launch an uppercut at his chin. Kakashi being not so ready for the swap, barely had enough time to dodge the attack.
Once Kakashi got a few feet away from Naruto he focused as the boy rushed him again with a fist coming towards his face. Kakashi leaned to his side and pushed Naruto's back making him keep going forward. But as Kakashi turned around he saw something that he did not expect, Naruto launched an explosion form his right gauntlet and using the recoil as momentum nailed Kakashi with a sharp elbow strike to the chest sending him stumbling a few feet away. 'Okay. Was not expecting that to happen' Kakashi winced as he laid a hand on where he was hurt. 'That packed quite the punch.'
Both of Naruto's teammates stared with curiosity at Naruto's weapons wondering what their function was.
Seeing that Kakashi was a bit dazed from the attack Naruto shot into the air and flipped himself to face downwards once he reached his peak. There he concentrated a large amount of his aura into his right fist making it look as if it was covered in bright orange flames he began to plummet to the ground. Seeing the shadow looming over him Kakashi looked up to see Naruto speeding at him with a smirk on his face. Before Naruto reached the ground, Kakashi leapt backwards a couple more feet to avoid being hit. Upon impact Naruto fired the aura into the ground causing a three foot crater to from around him. Kakashi stared at him with a wide eye thanking Kami that he dodged that bullet. Slowly Naruto rose up from the ground with a blank face and rushed Kakashi yet again.
Kakashi being ready this time began a close range fight with Naruto. As Naruto would punch and try to blast Kakashi, said jonin would just parry the attacks to the side and avoid the attacks all together. Though he was not being hit, he was being pushed back.
Sakura seeing this wondered where did Naruto learn how to do this, he never showed this much skill in the academy. Sasuke on the other hand was wondering where the dobe got those weapons when he, an Uchiha, should have had them. 'I should have those weapons, with their power I can use it to defeat him' he thought with a glare at the flame haired teen.
Back to the fight Kakashi was really handing it to Kushina for knowing how to make great weapons. He knew that the Uzumaki made weapons for their children and he remembered that Naruto said that his mother left him something so it was easy to put the dots together. The way he fought with them was intuitive and deadly. Naruto could practically fight without ever leaving himself open for a counter attack. Why? Well because if he over extended himself he could fire his gauntlets and use the recoil to quickly cover himself if he needed to.
After another one of his punches were parried, Naruto used the location of his arm to fire of a shot and use the recoil to spin in place allowing him to lead to a spin kick which caught Kakashi by surprise. Smirking a teasing smirk Naruto couldn't help but ask, "So how am I doing for part one of Ninja techniques sensei?"
Having seen enough of the Uzumaki's fighting style, Kakashi took his turn in this little bout. Since Naruto only reached his chest Kakashi had to kneel a bit when delivering his attacks. He started with a one=two punch towards Naruto's chest only for him to block with his gauntlets. Using his forward momentum Kakashi spun around and made Naruto skid back a bit from the force of the blow. Seeing that he was open Kakashi began to launch punch after punch at Naruto. Naruto got hit by more than a couple of the hits and they were starting to add up. Add up in Naruto's favor that is. Thanks to his semblance Naruto was only getting stronger the more damage he took. Once he had enough Naruto caused a small shock wave with nothing but his aura causing Kakashi to be dragged a few feet backwards.
Now Kakashi was met with a Naruto that had his hair on fire. His side bangs were now floating upwards looking like little horns with energy swaying around his hair looking like the fire that dances in a campfire. "Um Naruto? You do know your hair is on fire right?" Kakashi pointed out with a dull expression.
"Oh don't worry Kakashi sensei" he started while cracking his knuckles "this I just one of the ability I get from my kekkei genkai." This got his sensei as well as his teammates to open their eyes wide with shock 'He has a Kekkei Genkai!?' Kakashi thought 'okay got to play this smart and find out a bit more.'
"Oh is that so? I've heard of the Uzumaki clan's Kekkei Genkai, but from my understanding the only got one ability from semblance." He stated with a tone that basically opened up the floor for Naruto to speak. But upon hearing that Naruto came from a clan both Sasuke and Sakura were wondering why they have not heard of it before. But that only lasted a moment thinking if they haven't heard of it than it must have not been important. How wrong they were.
"Yeah normally an Uzumaki would only get one ability from their semblance, but lucky my semblance gives me two abilities. A pretty special semblance that makes me quite deadly. But I'll keep that a secret until I pass this test of yours." He stated with a smirk, "I got to keep some aces up my sleeves right? But I will tell you that my hair being on fire has something to do with my semblance abilities. But besides that…" he finished by mimicking locking a lock by twisting an imaginary key on his lips and tossing it away.
Glancing at the clock Kakashi realized that he still had two other genin to test so with that in his mind he decided that Naruto had proven himself fit for the job, yet only himself. As Naruto came closer to him with a fist raised Kakashi preformed a Kawarimi and switched places with a log thus ending the fight.
Looking around and realizing that he was gone Naruto cursed his luck and pouted, he was really enjoying not having to punch himself via shadow clones.
Off within the forest Sakura ran form her spot trying to find Sasuke after seeing Kakashi back off from the fight. Moving through the woods she stopped in order to look around for Sasuke. "psst. Sakura, behind you…" upon hearing those words the pinkette froze and robotically turned around, one could honestly hear clicks as she turned. Once she came face to mask with her sensei her vision was obscured by a flurry of leaves. Once they passed she cleared her mind and looked around to see where her sensei had gone off to. When she noticed he was gone she began her search again but stopped when she heard the bushes rustle. Turing towards them with a kunai in hand she waited to see what would come out of them.
"S-Sakura..?" a voice, a very familiar voice came to her ears. Out of the bushes came a bloody Sasuke with kunai and shuriken coming out of his back. "..H-he got me Sakura.. you got to run…." He said
Upon seeing her crush in that state Sakura let out the only thing she could. A very loud and frightening shriek. And with that she fainted.
Once Sakura made contact with the ground the Sasuke that stood before her vanished and off to the side Kakashi came out pulling his fingers out of his ears. "Shinobi battle techniques lesson two: Genjutsu, Fail." He sighed, 'So much for being top kunoichi of the year. Her record said she was supposed to exceed at Genjutsu. Then again I can't really rely on those records. Look at Naruto's case.' With a sigh he pulled his book back out and continued off from where he left off and searched to test his third and final student.
We find Kakashi back in another clearing just reading his book without a care in the world. Every now and then one could hear some perverse giggling coming from said jonin. Up in the trees a few ways away a black feathered duck can be seen sticking its but out of the tree wait never mind it's just Sasuke. Said genin was watching his sensei read his book waiting for an opening. 'Come on give me something to work with.' He thought to himself. He saw the way that the dobe faired against the jonin and it angered him. How could the dobe of all people push a jonin back? They were supposed to be under the ANBU who they themselves were only surpassed by the hokage himself. 'No matter I'll just take it one step further and take a bell. That'll prove I'm better than him.'
Upon seeing Kakashi wipe some fake tears from his eyes, 'NOW!' and with that Sasuke began his attack by firing a barrage of kunai and having them all impact the jonin in the back causing his eyes to widen. But that soon faded when the jonin he hit was replaced by the log. 'Tch!' he thought to himself he can't believe he fell for that.
In the bushes a few ways away we find Kakashi yet again except this time he has his hands in prayer, "praise the log." He said to himself thanking the log for its protection. Walking out of the bushes Kakashi approached Sasuke, "we'll since I tested the others in Taijutsu and Genjutsu why don't we begin the third? Shinobi battle techniques lesson three: Ninjutsu. Show me what you got." He said without ever lifting the gaze from his book.
Glaring daggers for not even taking him seriously he tried to defended his wounded pride, weaving through hand signs he held the final sign and yelled out "Katon: Fireball jutsu" and what followed next was a large fire ball heading straight towards the jonin. 'Not bad.' He thought. 'But it could be better.' And with that Kakashi was engulfed by the flame.
Looking around Sasuke checked all his sides "Left…right….front….back…all that leaves is …above!" he said as he looked up for hands to grab his ankles and pull him into the ground. "What is this!?" he said as he struggled to move.
"Doton: Double Suicide Decapitation Technique. A very nifty technique for capturing un assuming prey" noted Kakashi as he appeared right next to Sasuke. Hoping to play on his emotions he took a jab at his pride, "You know Naruto did a far better job than you did. I'm really starting to wonder who the real 'dobe' is" and with that Kakashi was off. And if looks could kill Kakashi would be on crisp scarecrow with the look Sasuke was giving him for calling him worse than Naruto. Him! And Uchiha! And elite!
As he was mulling over ideas on how to get out and strangle his sensei with his own book and wondering if there have been new tomato recipes made he looked over to his left to when he heard the bushes rustle to see a disheveled Sakura come out of them. He saw her look around before she laid eyes on him. Neither said a word as they just stared at each other with a wind picking up strength causing a tumbleweed and a couple of leaves to drift in it. "So you wan…"
Whatever else Sasuke was about to say was cut off by Sakura's scream of "OH MY LORD! SASUKE IS JUST A TALKING HEAD! AAAAAAH!" and with that she was out like a log again.
Sighing Sasuke just muttered to himself for once asking for the dobe to show up only to feel his head being poked by a stick. "Coooool" was all Naruto muttered as he continued to poke Sasuke as if he were a dead body.
After several poke and many tick marks appearing on Sasuke's head he finally had enough. "ENOUGH!" He yelled. "Just get me out of here!" he practically demanded.
Rubbing his chin Naruto put up a thinking pose before snapping his fingers as a…lightbulb? Appeared above his head. "I'll get you out of here only if you promise to work with me and follow my lead, I know how to pass this test." He said with a victorious/mischievous smirk.
Sasuke looked at him as in mulling over what to do, Naruto seeing his face sighed, "Listen I promise you that if we get the bells I'll make sure you get one. Will that convince you?" he asked with a bit of exasperation in his voice. All he got was a "Hn." From the Uchiha. Naruto deadpanned at him for a second before shrugging his shoulders, "Close enough." and with that pulled the Uchiha out of the ground by having a shadow clone replace itself with him.
"Okay listen up Sasuke I think this is a test to prove that we can work as a team. The bells were there to just probably throw us off. Have you ever heard of a three man team?" Naruto listed of the reasons to work together. He knew this test already since his Jiji may of told him about how he tested his students by using the same test and only remembered after Kakashi left their 'match'. Having nothing to say back he reluctantly agrees to follows Naruto's lead. Plus Naruto's following words helped out a bit "Trust me I have a plan that is elaborate as the time that I attached strings to Iruka-sensei's clothes to eventually pull them off leaving him in his boxers" quickly wiping a tear " ah good times…"
Queue sweat drop from Sasuke. Then again that was really elaborate and thought out he had to agree. "Now all we need is for Sakura to wake up and tell her the plan."
"And you think she'll listen to you?" Sasuke asked
Snorting Naruto replied "Hell no. but she will listen to you all we got to do is make it look like working together was your idea and just stating that you're putting me in control."
Sasuke just stared at Naruto for the longest moment, and sighed. Leave it to Naruto to manipulate things to go his way. "Alright let's just wake her up and finish this we shouldn't have a lot of time left"
Grinning like a mad man Naruto pulled out the same stick that he used to poke Sasuke with and was instantly next to Sakura poking her. Sasuke just face palmed. Only Naruto. He acts all cool yesterday in class and introductions yet reverts back to the same idiot he was.
When he heard groaning he looked back to his teammates. "Huh? Where am I?" she asked as she got up. Looking around she saw Naruto holding something behind his back whistling a tune and Sasuke standing beside him.
Wait Sasuke?! "SASUKE-KUN YOU'RE NOT A TALKING HEAD!"
Sighing he followed Naruto's plan, "Listen we know how to pass this test. It's all about teamwork. It was never about the bells. So I…managed to convince Naruto to work with me and now all we need is you…."
"I'm in! But what if it really is about the bells?"
"Don't worry about that Sakura; finding loop holes is my game." reassured Naruto the mischievous glint never leaving his eyes. Suddenly both Sakura and Sasuke felt bad for Kakashi, while said jonin got a shiver down his spine.
"Whatever we'll decide that when we get there. Naruto I hate to admit this but I want you to come up with a plan, if you can apply your pranking…skills and use them to come up with a plan of attack then we can probably get the bells" Sasuke stated playing along to Naruto's plan.
Nodding with a smirk Naruto spoke up "alright guys listen up…"
'Hmmmm I wonder if they've figured it out' wondered Kakashi as he stood in the middle of another clearing reading his favorite book. 'Oh Akeno-chan you naughty girl.' he giggled perversely at his own thoughts. It was at that moment that a red and yellow blur shot out of the trees at high speeds. That blur turned out to be Naruto who was using Ember Celica to practically fly through the trees at high speeds. 'Impressive.' Was all Kakashi thought as Naruto attempted to slam into him only for Kakashi to side step at the last second.
Rolling on the ground Naruto finishes the roll and states "Nailed it." while posing with a thumb up. All Kakashi did was hold up a sign with the number '7' on it causing Naruto to face fault.
"So I'm guessing this is round two?" mused Kakashi. Receiving an excited grin from Naruto was all he needed. Sighing to himself he said, "Alright let's get the show on the roll, I have a book to finish."
Arming Ember Celica Naruto took it one step further and caused his aura to surge causing the area around him appear to explode. Raising his fist Naruto rushed Kakashi. Punch after punch was parried just like the last time. The ground around the two was being littered by Ember Celica's shots destroying the landscape. Naruto's Aura reached to the point where his hair was constantly lit and his eyes had turned red, which made Kakashi feel uneasy. But those eyes were not the same blood red eyes he saw thirteen years ago. 'This must be a part of the Kekkei Genkai he said he had. From what I've been able to notice the longer the fight draws out the stronger and faster he gets. The flames must be a measure of his power.' Kakashi concluded with the analysis he's done with the boy. He wasn't an ANBU captain for nothing; he was drilled to read people and their abilities in the blink of an eye.
'Alright a little bit farther back' thought Naruto as he slowly pushed Kakashi closer and closer to the tree lines. Punching the ground and releasing a shot Naruto used the momentum to do a flip in place and bring a powerful heel kick to Kakashi who managed to block it with his arms crossed. 'Good he's almost there. Now all he needs is a little push' Naruto thought to himself as he prepared to use something he managed to pull off during his week of training. You'd be surprised at what happens when you create a shadow clone out of aura. Dashing in close Kakashi Naruto channeled fire chakra as well as fire aura and left a shadow clone behind as he flipped away except this one was on fire charged with his aura. As Naruto was mid flip he saw Kakashi stare at his clone for a second before it happened. The clone that is normally a just a solid copy blew up in the unsuspecting Jonin's face. 'Note to self' Naruto mused to himself 'use these clones for fireworks shows'
Seeing the clone blow up Kakashi leapt back only for him to hear a shot of "NOW!" and a fire ball come out from the forest lines behind him. Turning around Kakashi saw it was only a few feet away substituted himself with a log. When he reappeared a few feet away he had to dodge a barrage of both Kunai and shuriken from two different areas in the tree lines while weaving around a flaming Naruto as he reengaged Kakashi in Taijutsu. As they danced around the battle field Sasuke joined in as planned and started to fight in sync with Naruto. While he was facing the two Sakura waited for the signal. And it came soon as both Sasuke and Naruto managed to hang onto a part of Kakashi allowing Sakura to swoop in and snag the bells. 'Looks like they pass.' mussed Kakashi. 'Why not have some fun with them?' No sooner did he think that did the bell ring.
Clearing his throat to grab their attention he began, "Well you Succeeded in grabbing the bells." He then looked at Sakura "Now Sakura how do you plan on giv…"that was as far as he got since Naruto snagged the bells from her hand and held them behind his back grinning. "Naruto what are you doing?"
"dobe…" Sasuke began dangerously
"…" Sakura was still to shocked to talk
Grinning Naruto decided to enact the last part of his plan that he kept from his team, "Well I did promise Sasuke I'd get him a bell no matter what" he said as he tossed Sasuke a bell. "and If I separate the two Sakura" 'or her mother' he thought to himself "would never leave me alone for separating her from her Sasuke-kun" he said that last part in a high squeaky voice before he tossed the girl a bell. Now all he had left was a grin and a hand still behind his back
"Naruto you know what this means right?" Kakashi started glancing curiously at the blonde. "Without a bell I will have to send you back to the academy."
He was shocked to see that Naruto revealed what he still had behind his back; a third bell. "But sensei I do got a bell." He said oh so innocently
Kakashi and the other genin just stared at Naruto dumbfounded. "But how?! Where did you get that third bell Naruto?!" asked Kakashi while his teammates looked on also wanting to know.
"Does it matter sensei? You said to pass we needed a bell. I got a bell. So that means I pass, we pass." He said gesturing to his team.
Grinning behind his mask and flashing his signature eye-smile Kakashi told them exactly what they wanted to hear, "I see your point Naruto and you're right, you pass. The entire test form what you guessed already was about teamwork." He started. "from this day forth we shall be known as team seven and you will be known as my cute little genin."
Smiling the genin looked at each other before looking back at Kakashi who held his hand out for the bells. Sakura and Sasuke placed them in his hands, when he glanced at Naruto he saw his bell go up in a 'poof' of smoke showing that it was nothing more than a "Shadow clone in disguise very clever Naruto. Very clever indeed. 'The prankster king of the leaf suits you." Kakashi told his grinning student. Even his teammates had to agree it was clever. Gesturing his team to follow him they eventually arrived at an oddly shaped stone. After a moment of silence Kakashi began, "this is the leaf's ninja memorial stone. This is where those that have died in service to the village end up. Honored as long as the stone stand and their legacy's live on in people hearts. My entire genin squad from when I was a genin have their names here." He said somberly. Nobody talked until Naruto walked up to get a better look at the names of the people whose names were on that rock. His eyes stopped scanning on a particular name close to the end of the list:
Kushina Uzumaki
When he read that Naruto gently reached up and placed his hands on the name of his mother and tilted his head down to hide the tears that threatened to come out. His teammates didn't say anything since they didn't know exactly what to do so they settled for an awkward silence.
Seeing the mood his team was in Kakashi decided to tell them the real reason why they were here. "Listen kids because I'm going to tell you something that I can say changed my life and the way I view the world. 'In the shinobi world, those that break the written and unwritten rules are deemed trash... but be that as it may... Those that would disregard their comrades so easily are even worse than trash. And those who don't have the decency to respect the memories of their comrades are the worst.'"
The genin took a thoughtful expression before deciding what to do with that information. Sasuke threw it out thinking that he will only get held back, Sakura saw it as a way to justify her love for Sasuke, while Naruto took those words to heart. For someone who grew up alone and isolated he knew that whatever connections he had to people where important. The bond people shared with each other is sacred. And if one where to break that bond or disregard them than they deserved to be called trash or even worse.
Having enough and thinking that they've also had enough Kakashi decided it was time to call it a day. "Alright guys now that we're done for today I want you to take the rest of the day and relax. Starting tomorrow we'll begin our missions. So report back to the bridge on the north-east part of the village at seven o'clock. Ja ne!" and with that he was gone.
Realizing that he didn't need to be here anymore Sasuke started walking away ignoring Sakura's pleas for a date while she trailed behind him like a lost puppy. Sighing Naruto got one last look at his mother's name before he grasped the locket she left behind and promised himself. 'Kaa-chan I'll live up to your expectations and hopes. I will try to find love in someone who can hopefully accept me. I'll even try to bring back the Uzumaki clan, once I find Mito that is. Did you plan on us getting separated? Or did you not plan that at all? Whatever the case I will find her and do what I can to make sure she's safe wherever she is. Tomorrow is my first day at being a genin and I'm excited 'ttebayo.' He conversed with himself as tears started streaming down his face again. 'I'll try and comeback more often Kaa-chan. It's getting late I should probably go. I love you.' He concluded to himself as he turned and walked off the training grounds looking forward to the missions he was about to face.
A/N: and chapter two is done. That took a lot longer than the last one but it was alos because it took my time with it. Proof reading was still not done but that's because I suck at that. Anyways I hope you guys enjoy it and I'll try and have chapter 3 done by next week. Till next time!