KG: Okay we're back.

Wifey: This…isn't Scattered Feathers.

KG: You're right. It isn't.

Wifey: You want me to divorce you, don't you?

KG: Nope, but I would like a little patience while I plan things out.

Wifey: You would need a brain to plan things out.

KG: You wound me bae. You wound me.

Wifey: (Sigh)

Music of the Week: Highlander by Lost Horizon.

Quote: "I think what it takes to succeed remains the same. You have to have a real love of your sport to carry you through all the bad times, you still want to go ski even when things aren't working. You must have a commitment to work hard and to never give up," by Nancy Greene.


Perhaps Naruto had to admit that using a new summoning formula, whose intricate design and functions were mostly alien to him, was probably a rather…unreasonable use of resources in an exam against a jonin that he knew almost nothing about. Yet, Naruto had held the understanding that this jutsu was the same as any other jutsu. The smoke had clouded the area just like it would have for a quote-unquote regular summoning jutsu. However, Naruto at least expecting something to come to his aid. When the smoke dissipated, he summoned nothing! All he had gotten for his troubles was a cloud of smoke.

Naruto's eyebrow twitched while Sasuke and Sakura, even Kakashi, waited for something to happen. Kakashi was the one with the most amused look on his face while Sakura and Sasuke blinked. Sasuke's was more out of a sudden interest than anything else. "Since when was the dobe capable of the summoning technique? Though judging by the effects. He screwed it up somehow," Sasuke thought to himself.

Naruto turned a small eye to the sealing formula on his right hand. Everything looked fine as far as he could tell. There weren't any smudge marks that could probably tamper with the summoning array. His eyes trailed down his arm until they landed on the numbers. He frowned. Besides numbers 1,2 and 4, numbers 3 and 5 were now a rather dark shade of red unlike the white color that they had previously been. Did this have something to do with Annie and Ashe? Naruto wasn't exactly sure. Given how the two had been summoned by him, it seemed that they had the option to refuse to be summoned. Perhaps the two were having important matters to attend to that didn't allow them to be summoned right now. It was definitely one plausible theory Naruto had. However Naruto couldn't rule out the possibility of something happening to the summoning formula. Although as far as Naruto understood it, there was no one in Konoha who specialized in seals or summoning techniques. This left Naruto with an internal curse. He had a plan where he would have liked Annie's assistance, but that seemed to be off the table. Add to the fact that numbers 1, 2, and 4 weren't reddened then Naruto surmised that this had to be something done with Ashe and Annie in general.

"Am…I to be waiting for something?" Kakashi asked, breaking Naruto out of his thoughts. Naruto sent a glare to the smiling jonin. Quickly he realized their predicament before reaching into his power. Naruto quickly grabbed a smoke bomb and slammed it into the ground covering the area in more smoke. It didn't take long for the smoke to dispel until Kakashi realized he was the only one in the fields. He narrowed his visible eye.

"Well it looks like despite that…interesting start, they all know how to hide. Let's see, Sasuke's over there. Sakura's over there. Only person I can't find is Naruto. Well, let's see what they can come up with," Kakashi thought to himself. Well, he was sure that he could handle three academy students. So…he took out an orange book and placed one of his hands in his pockets. He just had to bide his time.

Meanwhile, in another section of the forest, Naruto slammed his hand on the ground. He had made the attempt to summon Ashe and Annie one more time, but all he got was smoke in return. Naruto had thereby concluded that he wouldn't be getting any help from either Ashe nor Annie. Add to the fact that Naruto wasn't sure if or how he could summon anyone else, but given that 1,2, and 4 were blackened then there had to have been something that he was missing. Still, the bad part was Naruto didn't have the time to think about it. He currently had to think over what Kakashi had just told them.

"You have one hour. If you don't have a bell by that time then you will be tied to a post as you watch me eat my lunch. Also to the person who doesn't have a bell…not only will you be tied to a post…but you will also be sent back to the academy," Kakashi said.

Naruto sat on a tree branch and closed his eyes. Two bells. Three genin. No matter how this turned out, one of them would be sent back to the academy. Yet that made no sense. If only two were going to make it then Kakashi would have lied when he told them that only nine students pass the test. Naruto thought back once again. "Let's hope you three are in that number," Naruto folded his arms. He said 'you three' so there had to be a way that all three of them could pass. Nine genin, then that meant three jonin for three teams. With a sigh, Naruto cracked his neck.

"Calm down Naruto. Assess everything you have. Just…think," Naruto told himself as he crossed his legs and held a meditative pose. From Kakashi's words the other day, it was possible for the three of them to pass thus Naruto could conclude that Kakashi was purposely lying to them about one of them going to academy. He then told them to come at him…with intent to kill or they would never get the bells. Given that they were academy students, they had never gone after anyone with intent to kill so that meant that it would be hard for them to…hurt…a…JONIN!

"It…doesn't matter. Going at him individually he would disable all three of us without making any real effort to acknowledge our attempts. But he gave us a reason to go after him…and a reason to divide…us…up!" Naruto widened his eyes as he jumped to his feet. His hair shadowed his eyes before he let out a small chuckle. What an interesting tactic. Not bad Hatake Kakashi. Not bad at all.

He got it! He understood the point. This wasn't about bells! It wasn't about who got sent back to the academy! He only made it seem like it was. Naruto quickly thought back to their team introductions. Sasuke would never want to go back to the academy since that would, in his mind, prevent him from gaining vengeance on Uchiha Itachi. Sakura wouldn't want to go back to the academy in order to stay with Sasuke. Naruto didn't personally care either way, but going back after the ordeal of dealing with Mizuki didn't appeal to him. With all of their individual goals…they wouldn't work together to try and defeat a superior opponent. Who would want to work together if it meant that one of you would still fall?

"I have to get to Sakura and Sasuke," Naruto said to himself as he stood. Just as he stood Naruto heard a piercing scream that sounded much like Sakura. Naruto pinched the bridge of his nose in frustration. Looked like Kakashi had his first victim. Okay, he had to get to Sasuke…and then maybe get to Sakura. Still, Naruto wasn't sure how he could help. His only technique was being blocked somehow. Naruto looked at his right hand before he clenched it. No matter. Uzumaki Naruto wouldn't let something so insignificant stop him. As Naruto dashed from where he was previously standing, he didn't notice the number 2 begin to brighten.

It hadn't taken Naruto very long to find Uchiha Sasuke and if he were honest, if he weren't him, then he would have outright laughed in the Uchiha's face. He only settled for looking at the pride of the Uchiha clan buried up to his neck in dirt. Naruto and Sasuke stared at each other for a rather long time. Naruto gave a small sigh. "Discovered that you couldn't match a jonin, didn't you?" Naruto asked. Sasuke resisted the urge to scowl.

"Just get me out of here dobe!" Sasuke said with a growl. However to Sasuke's rising irritation, he watched Naruto kneel in front of him. Naruto knew he could dig up the Uchiha, but right now Sasuke was as restrained as Naruto was going to get him so he might as well have used this opportunity.

"Listen to what I have to say first," Naruto said. Now, generally Sasuke would have told Naruto to dig him out with more of a demand, but Sasuke wasn't really in the mood to try and dare he say he couldn't do anything without Naruto helping him anyway. It's not like he had much of a choice to listen to Naruto. So…Sasuke heard Naruto speak his possible theories. Each made Sasuke surprised at the sudden intellect he didn't know Naruto could have. Though Sasuke always knew that Naruto had done well on the written exams given by Iruka and Suzume, their previous teachers. Much as Sasuke loathed to admit it, Naruto had an actually knack for theory and strategy games. Sasuke couldn't deny that Naruto's theories held some type of weight. Even in his mind, Sasuke could…begrudgingly agree that even with his skills he couldn't fight a jonin…at least on his own. Once Naruto finished, Sasuke wasn't sure how to respond.

"Hn, and if you're wrong, what then? We'll all fail!" Sasuke said. Naruto eyed the Uchiha for a moment. He had to admit that what he was telling Sasuke to do was actually a huge jeopardy of interests, especially Sasuke's interests, but Naruto definitely knew that this was the best choice of action. He gave a short breath before staring into Uchiha Sasuke's eyes.

"Because I know that with how we're dong right now…none of us are going to get those bells and we'll all fail then. You trusted me when I told you about Kakashi's little test in us eating. I'm asking you to place that same trust in my judgment right now," Naruto said plainly. Sasuke glared into Naruto's eyes for quite a long time, but finally he heaved out a sigh. If, and Sasuke sure as hell meant if, Naruto was wrong he was going to make sure Naruto never spoke like this again. However, for now, Sasuke just nodded…willing to go along with this…theory of Naruto's.

So, Naruto gave a nod and effortlessly dug Sasuke out of the pit. The two young men stood at the outer rims of the forest. Naruto looked back in the direction that Sakura was most likely in. "We'll need Sakura to cooperate as well. Despite her…tendencies she is still a pretty good shot. She got an 8 out of 10 in kunai and shuriken practice. She also has some logically sound strategies. I understand your opinion of her isn't the highest, but curb it for now," Naruto said. Sasuke gave a snort, but that meant his acceptance of Naruto's request even though he didn't like it.

"And what about you? Your little technique backfired back there. Do you have anything else?" Sasuke asked. Truth be told, Naruto didn't have anything else. Yes he had the standard Henge, Kawarimi, he still hadn't grasped the Bunshin technique, but how long those would last against someone like a jonin was yet to be seen. Naruto looked at his arm. He clenched it.

"I'll make it work. I promise!" Naruto urged as he walked off. Sasuke squinted for a short moment before he followed after Naruto to go and search for Sakura. They had to hurry. Obviously time was running out for all of them.

Naruto and Sasuke looked down at the ground. Or perhaps it was better to say who was on the ground. Sasuke and Naruto watched Sakura, unconscious. Naruto resisted the urge to sigh. "I remember reading that during the time of the Third Great Shinobi War, genin like us were capable of taking B and A-rank missions. I think our standards have fallen," Naruto said. Sasuke folded his arms.

"Wartime will do that," Sasuke added in. Naruto just nodded before motioning for the Uchiha to play the role of the prince and wake up the unconscious princess. Sasuke grunted before rubbing Sakura's shoulders. A quick groan and a small squeal later, Sakura quickly wrapped her arms around Sasuke nearly crying that he was quote-unquote…alright. Naruto could feel the glare coming from Sasuke for the ordeal. That glare amused Naruto.

With Sakura's…attitude dropping back to a reasonable level, Naruto and Sasuke quickly filled her in on Naruto's theories. In her mind, Sakura had to actually applaud Naruto for the sound judgment…as irritating as he was. Despite her misgivings, Sakura just nodded. "Okay so how do we team up against him? Naruto's jutsu didn't work while Sasuke and I didn't last very long either. I think we're at the end of our rope," Sakura said dejectedly. Naruto turned back to the forest.

"Don't be so quick to give up Sakura. While he's a jonin, Kakashi's also human. He's not perfect and even he can make mistakes. Right now he knows he's essentially overpowered us in some way, he'll underestimate us. It's a given. All we need is one tactic that will break his perceptions of us," Naruto said. Sasuke and Sakura stood to their feet.

"What do you suggest?" Sasuke asked. Sakura was surprised to see Sasuke actually conceding…to Naruto of all people, but she figured that he knew what he was doing. Naruto tightened his right hand. Right now, the fact that he couldn't summon Ashe nor Annie had some weight on his mind, but he couldn't dwell on those two anymore. He needed someone, anyone that he could summon. He would revise the tactic but dammit he needed a summon to make it work.

Naruto felt the skin on his right hand burn as he looked down. He glanced down and noticed the kanji for number 2 had fully lightened up. Naruto turned back to Sasuke and Sakura. "Simple. We're going to make him pay for this mockery. This is how we will proceed…," Naruto said as his voice grew lower and lower. Sasuke and Sakura widened their eyes, but continued to nod.

Meanwhile, Kakashi rubbed the back of his head as he looked at the sun in the sky for a moment. It was close to the hour. He probably should have given them an extra hour, but they were already deep into the exercise. He couldn't just do that. Though given what hat happened in the last half of that hour, he doubted that these kids were going to really last any further. He had disabled Sakura with a D-rank genjutsu of the Uchiha near death. He then disabled the Uchiha who claimed himself to be…different from Sakura and Naruto. Oh he was different alright. Kakashi admitted that Sasuke was talented in being able to catch him slightly off-guard with that Katon jutsu. He had actually almost touched one of the bells. Maybe Kakashi had taken that a little too seriously that time. He sighed, the only one he had yet to see was Naruto after the spectacle the blond made of himself with his failure at summoning…whatever he was trying to summon. Well it was no skin off his bones if they all decided to give up. Much easier on him, actually.

Kakashi was brought from his thoughts when he heard the leaves rustle. He glanced down and noticed Naruto walking out into the plains. Kakashi doubted he would ever take the 'serious' look of a genin to heart, but the look in Naruto's eyes nearly made him put his book away all together. To walk out into the fields…where Kakashi could see him either told Kakashi that Naruto was either very confident or very stupid…maybe even both. He watched Naruto stand at the edge of the forest. "Where are your teammates?" Kakashi asked with an eyesmile. Naruto frowned before snorting. Tactic number 1…begin.

"I don't need those idiots. I'm more than capable of taking you down on my own," Naruto said and Kakashi twitched before he sighed. Great, just like the Uchiha. What a group of students this was. Kakashi refused to give a sigh and only settled for a chuckle. Naruto frowned when he heard Kakashi's snicker.

"Say that after you get one of these bells. I doubt that if the Rookie of the Year couldn't get one, then the dead last would actually be worse off," Kakashi taunted. However Naruto didn't rise to that taunt. Actually in his mind, that wouldn't have been far off. Naruto was the dead last…for some other reasons, but he would have thought the same if he was in Kakashi's position. Yet, Naruto was going to shatter that logic.

"You would be surprised Hatake," Naruto said as he raised his right hand into the air. Kakashi raised an eyebrow. Looked like the blond was going to attempt another summoning. Kakashi shook his head, but smiled. When students had a jutsu that they liked they would continue to try it, even if there was doubt that it worked.

"Anyone, if I can summon anyone then grant me your strength. If only for a short while. Anyone, hear me!" Naruto pleaded as he raised his right hand into the air. Let it be known that Uzumaki Naruto was not known for his begging or pleading. However he required a strength that wasn't his own just yet. He required skills that he didn't have yet. He required a partner who could help him out right now. For reasons, Ashe and Annie couldn't reply to his plea. However, if this summoning held any value…someone, anyone, would hear hear him. "Kuchiyose no Jutsu!" Naruto shouted as he slammed his hand on the ground. A vast amount of smoke exploded from upon the ground. From their places, Sasuke and Sakura widened their eyes as the smoke nearly covered the plains. Kakashi quickly jumped back as the smoke dispelled.

This feeling. Naruto remembered this feeling. The same feeling that Ashe and Annie gave him when he had first summoned them. He could feel his thoughts being filled with this person's memories. He could feel…their desire and at the same time their curiosity. Naruto watched the person turn. He could hear their name in his mind. Their light blue eyes so similar to Ashe's eyes connected with his own eyes. He glanced down at the person's body. Obviously a female in his eyes. She wore a single white chest plate that covered her feminine form. Her shoulders were weighted by golden armor pads. Her hands were covered in a gold armor band that protect her hands. Her dark green/blue pants fell down to her legs and the cape she wore fell down her backside as it flapped in the wind. The most notable thing was her short hair. Her black hair was only enhanced by the two strands of red hair that hung on the sides of her face. Her blade was absolutely stunning as it shined in the sunlight. However that could not compare to her natural beauty and her natural deathly glare. She looked at him for an order. Naruto was happy to oblige. "Here is a worthy opponent. Go…Fiora," Naruto said. Fiora turned around and held her blade. A sharp grin appeared on her face.

"At once, Summoner," Fiora said before she dashed out of the cloud of smoke. Naruto watched her go before he looked down at his hand. The kanji for number 2 was flaring. Naruto then glanced back. "Fiora, the Grand Duelist," Naruto thought to himself. An interesting name.

It took years of experience, instinct, and will against life and death situation for Kakashi to…just barely dodge the sword strike from the mysterious woman who blasted from the smoke. Kakashi's visible eye couldn't have widened further as Fiora's blade scratched the bear tip of his mask before Kakashi swirled away. Fiora spun on the dirt before turning back to Kakashi. A kunai couldn't have appeared faster in Kakashi's hands. "Did Naruto summon her? Who is this woman?" Kakashi thought to himself, but he didn't have time to think it for long before Fiora straightened her sword before placing her left arm behind her back.

"En Garde!" Fiora called before she dashed for Kakashi's position. Kakashi blocked a sword lunge before quickly countering the next as his thoughts flared. "En what?!" Kakashi thought as he quickly jumped away from another sword strike. Fiora swung her body and her momentum carried over as she swiped at Kakashi's jonin vest. Kakashi backflipped away as Fiora smirked. Kakashi took this time to gasp for a breath. What in the Five Villages' names was going on here?!

Sasuke and Sakura widened their eyes as they watched the mysterious woman Naruto had summoned quickly put Kakashi to his best defenses. Sasuke actually shivered. The way her sword gleamed in the sunlight actually made him wish for such a blade. He tightened his grip on a tree branch before looking back at Naruto. Just what was the dobe supposed to be summoning?!

Even Sakura had to admit that the woman she was looking at was skilled. She was making Kakashi dance around like a puppet where he had all, but been fooling around with the three of them…as far as Sakura knew. "Sakura release!" Sakura jumped upon hearing Naruto's voice. A swallow of the lump in her throat. Sakura swiftly unleashed a flurry of kunai at Kakashi. The jonin swiftly kicked Fiora away for a moment only to see a multitude of sharp knives raining down over him. He watched Naruto point forward.

"Sasuke, your turn!" Naruto commanded. Kakashi gasped as Sasuke dashed out of the trees. Sasuke wasn't sure of this lady was going to be alright, but Naruto seemed to know what he was doing. This was the best that Sasuke could do. "Katon: Gōkakyu no Jutsu (Fire Release: Grand Fireball Technique)," Sasuke shouted as he blasted a fireball in Kakashi's location. Kakashi watched as the kunai wrapped around the flaming fireball. The flames ignited each kunai as they flew at Kakashi's person. Fiora took a glance to Naruto. The two nodded to each other.

Kakashi was ready to move to intercept, but he cursed when he saw Fiora clash into him. "You have such an unrefined style," Fiora mocked for a moment. Kakashi glared into her eyes before he swept her legs with his own. Fiora quickly rolled away while Kakashi jumped away from the fireball and flaming kunai. The explosion rocked the earth as Fiora jumped back in front of Naruto.

"I see. So you are the one shaking the foundations of Runeterra. I see, many warriors heard your call. I was the first one to respond. You have a sharp mind, summoner," Fiora said. Runeterra, that was again that Naruto had heard of that place. Obviously he had done something different apart from summoning Ashe or Annie like he had been used to.

"I appreciate your words. However that wasn't even to faze him. However we're going to keep trying," Naruto said. Fiora agreed before she readied her blade at her summoner's command. Others may try, but she succeeded! As soon as Kakashi jumped out of the smoke, Fiora dashed for him.

"Sasuke, Sakura, it's our turn! Follow my lead!" Naruto said. The Uchiha and Sakura quickly jumped to the ground. Naruto gave Sasuke the order and Sasuke nodded. Naruto then turned to Sakura. He handed her a kunai. Sakura steadied her breath before Naruto took out a spare kunai and charged at Kakashi.

The clashing of metal could easily have been heard around Training Ground 7 as Kakashi ducked underneath a sword lunge from Fiora. Kakashi blocked her strikes as best he could and dare he say he was tempted to use his other asset to assist him, but these were freakin' genin. How could he ever live it down if he was forced to use that of all things here?! Even Hatake Kakashi had his pride!

Just as Kakashi and Fiora landed on the ground, Kakashi found himself bombarded by Naruto and Sasuke. Sasuke quickly jumped over Naruto's back and into the air. Kakashi effortlessly dodged a strike from Naruto and Sasuke, however he was still having trouble as he was dodging a more experience sword-wielder at the same time! A variation of trying to fight against slow, predictable moves and fast, nearly unpredictable ones. It was agonizing!

Kakashi blocked a kick from Sasuke and a punch from Naruto. However he had to swerve his body as Fiora's blade barely ended his form with a stab to the gut. Kakashi threw Naruto into the air before he kicked Sasuke away from him. His kunai parried Fiora's blade. However he quickly attempted to turn it around on her. Kakashi threw his kunai at Fiora's form, but she easily darted to the side and lunged for Kakashi. She was actually a little surprised to find she had stabbed him. The brief moment of satisfaction on her face had disappeared when Kakashi vanished only leaving a log in his place. Fiora frowned as she watched the log drop. She felt Kakashi's presence behind her. There was only so much the head of the House of Laurent could take!

"Insolent peasant! Prepare to die!" Fiora called out as she chased darted back for Kakashi's location. Kakashi watched her come before he looked over head. He saw Naruto actually holding a Fuma shuriken. "You let your guard down sensei! You'd better refine your tactics!" Naruto said as he flung the shuriken at Kakashi. The one-eyed jonin saw both Fiora and the shuriken coming for him. Obviously Fiora couldn't outrun a shuriken so Kakashi made that his priority.

Kakashi noted the arch of the shuriken and danced out of the way. From a genin, the speed of a shuriken wasn't worth much. "Sasuke! Sakura! Fiora-san! Now!" Naruto called out. Kakashi blinked and turned back. He noticed the the Fuma shuriken poof out revealing Uchiha Sasuke with a kunai in his hands. The Uchiha flung a kunai with a fire tag at him. He also finally noticed Sakura fire a kunai with a lightning tag at his person. On his immediate right Kakashi was sure he saw Fiora's blade glow in a piercing light.

"Seinōha( Bladework)," Fiora called out as she swung at Kakashi. Kakashi jumped out of the way of Fiora's lunge, but even with his normal eye he was certain, deathly certain, that he saw a series of afterimages following Fiora's next action. She pointed her blade for Kakashi and finally Kakashi realized…Uzumaki Naruto was a dangerously individual. The kunai Sasuke and Sakura had thrown collided with Fiora's blade having it flare in fire and lighting. Kakashi had just enough time to notice Naruto land on the ground. From his place, Kakashi realized from dodging the fuma shuriken, he wasn't in a position to follow up! He felt a bead of sweat drop down his face as Fiora lunged her blade.

"Fiora stop!" Naruto called out. Fiora instantly stopped her blade merely inches from Kakashi's chest. Sasuke and Sakura gawked as Fiora had stopped her assault. Kakashi opened his eye when he noticed that the pain didn't come.

"Naruto, we had him! Why did we stop?!" Sakura asked. However everyone could hear it. A sound that Sasuke and Sakura instantly dreaded. It was the sound of the alarm clock going off. An entire hour had passed. Kakashi watched as the fire and lightning combo that illuminated Fiora's blade, slowly vanish into nothingness. Fiora gave Kakashi a hard look before she withdrew her blade and sheathed it. Fiora gave Naruto a look.

"Despite having the winning edge in the fight. He actually stopped the battle merely because the alarm clock signaled them to stop. An interesting boy," Fiora thought to herself before she removed herself from the center of the field. Kakashi blinked before Naruto brought Sasuke and Sakura together. With sighs, they all walked to the three posts. Kakashi watched jaw-slacked as the three waited for their punishment.

"Are…are these guys serious?!" Kakashi thought to himself before he stopped the ringing alarm clock. He turned back to his students. He sent a look to Fiora who was leaning against a tree, resting from the somewhat intense excitement. Kakashi gave a small glare to his students before appearing in front of them.

"I'm willing to hold all questions about her…later," Kakashi said looking at Fiora for a moment. Sasuke and Sakura looked at Naruto for that one, but Naruto remained steadfast. He had predicted this outcome. Kakashi looked back at his students.

"You fought together…knowing that one of you would fail. Why?" Kakashi asked with a narrowed eye. Sasuke, Sakura and Naruto were silent for a moment before Sakura shakingly raised her hand to answer.

"W-Well, you're a jonin and we're just fresh out-of-the-academy genin. We already knew we couldn't beat you in a one-vs-one fight. So fighting you as three, technically four, increased our chances of getting the bells," Sakura said. Kakashi was actually impressed with that answer. It was true obviously. On their own, none of them had any hope of actually defeating someone of Kakashi's caliber, not to toot his own horn.

"We also realized that there was a chance of all of us failing if we stayed as we were. We would possibly all fail of none of us could get the bells. So while we were unable to achieve our objective we were able to realize that at least we attempted it rather than continued with the old tactic," Sasuke followed on. Kakashi nodded before finally coming to the main headache, the one Uzumaki Naruto.

"Lastly we realized what you wanted us to know. To be bold to our commanding officer, you lied about the bells. Or I surmised that you lied about their importance. You told us that there was a 66 percent chance of failing this test. You then told us only nine genin actually pass this exam. You said if one of us is unable to get a bell then they would be sent back to the academy. That was a hole in your previous statement. If that was the case then you could have told us only six or eight genin pass this test if this is given to more than one team. Given that, I surmised that there had to have been a way for all three of us to pass otherwise there would have been no meaning in the academy pairing us in threes. No shinobi cell in Konoha's structure has had less than three genin and one jonin. Your little test was merely a tactic of divide and conquer. You expected us to fight amongst each other over the desire to pursue our individual goals. Combined with the fact that you didn't want us to eat to make our mentality a lot more easier to manipulate. You wanted to see that in the most dire of dire situations for a teammate where one loses…that he/she will still work with their teammates to complete an objective…even if it means their downfall. You wanted us, despite every reason telling us not to, to use teamwork to conquer you," Naruto said finally taking a short breath.

Fiora glared at Naruto. That reasoning. There was no way a 12-yr old boy could have made reasoning like that and explained it like he was teaching an entire class of children. He literally nearly silenced Sakura, Sasuke, and his teacher in that one move. Fiora could not hold back the measures of curiosity weighing on her mind. "Just who are you, summoner?" Fiora thought to herself.

Meanwhile, much to Fiora's thoughts, Sasuke, Sakura, and Kakashi were indeed stunned by Naruto's analysis. "This is the dead last of the Academy?" Kakashi thought before he looked through Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura. He then closed his visible eye.

"You were all unable to get the bells. Are you ready for your punishment?" Kakashi asked. Sasuke scowled, but nodded. Sakura hung her head down. Naruto closed his eyes, but nodded as well. Kakashi glared at the three before taking a breath.

"Good. Because you all…pass," Kakashi said with an eyesmile. The scowl on Sasuke's face left as he blinked. Sakura jerked her head up in surprise. Naruto didn't move. He had figured as much. Sakura took a step toward Kakashi.

"We pass? But we didn't get the bells. How did we pass?" Sakura asked. Kakashi resisted the urge to laugh. It would have ruined the cool demeanor he had going for himself right now.

"Everything you all assessed was true and everything Naruto analyzed was to the point. The bells weren't the focus of the test. They were merely a secondary objective. The true objective was to see if you all could work together despite every attempt to drive you all apart. While you all didn't complete the objective you still managed work together as a team and not abandon your comrades at the end. All of you, remember this. There are rules for every mission objective to complete. Yes those are important. Yes, those who break the rules of a mission are scum. However the person who abandons their comrades is worse than scum," Kakashi replied. Sasuke gave a swift nod as did Sakura. Naruto gave a small smirk. An interesting lesson concept.

"Well it seems that you all understand that, so all I can say is well done! Team seven begins its first mission tomorrow!" Kakashi congratulated. Sasuke grinned while Sakura chuckled with tears in her eyes. Naruto just smiled. A feeling of satisfaction was etched into his features.

"Now before I tell the Hokage our news, anyone mind explaining her?" Kakashi asked pointing the woman who had quite literally almost forced him into uncovering his headband. Naruto took a step forward on this. He gave a look to Fiora and she acknowledged his request. For her, it was almost always customary to give one's name after combat.

"Her name is Fiora. She was summoned by me via the summoning formula that rests on my right hand. Her sword style isn't one that has been discovered by the Elemental Nations and for her reasons, I will not divulge what her sword style is, nor her clan or the House she resides in. This is the sealing formula from the…incident a week ago," Naruto said. Kakashi slowly gave a small nod knowing just what happening a week ago. He understood Naruto not wanting to talk about it in front of Sasuke nor Sakura. So that was the summoning formula that had been taken from the Forbidden Scroll. It definitely looked intricate.

"I see. Well, by all definitions you did…summon her. I suppose she can be classified as a summon, though I never heard of humans being the summon of another human. I will run this by the Hokage. You are all dismissed," Kakashi said before he vanished out of sight.

Sakura fell to her knees and grinned. They made it. She was on a team with Sasuke! They passed! "Hey Sasuke-kun, do you want to…," Sakura didn't get very far before she noticed Sasuke glaring at Naruto hard. Naruto turned to him for a moment. Inwardly Sasuke was grinding his teeth and Naruto could easily see the Uchiha straining his fists.

"Thanks dobe," Sasuke said with ah huff before he quickly turned and walked away with his hands in his pockets. Naruto rose an eyebrow, but he didn't pursue Sasuke's reasoning as he watched Sakura run after the Uchiha. Pretty soon, Naruto turned back and noticed Fiora looking at him intently.

"You didn't dispel," He stated simply handing Fiora a towel. She looked at the offer with a slight amount of indignation that Naruto didn't miss, but she took it regardless and cleaned some of her sweat.

"I believe you and I have some unfinished business," Fiora said. Naruto merely nodded and guided the Grand Duelist back to his home. She followed him without a word.

The entire walk to Naruto's house, Fiora took the time to take in the strange land that she had found herself in. It very much looked different from Runeterra as far as Fiora could tell. Perhaps she was the odd one out since a majority of men and women couldn't stop staring at her. Though she did wonder about some of the glares being sent towards her summoner. Well Fiora would make sure any ill attempts were met with swift justice.

"My home is probably not suited to your tastes so I apologize," Naruto said as he walked stairs. Fiora followed him. This small apartment was about as big one of her servants' houses. Not a big deal. She watched Naruto open the door leading her inside. For a single boy's home, it was surprisingly very clean. Granted Fiora knew Naruto was an orphan. Just like Naruto had seen all of her memories, she had also seen all of his own. She knew the harshness of life that had been dealt to him. It was possibly even worse than her own. She could respect his strength, for a 12-yr old.

"Please give me a moment to not talk with you in sweat and dirty clothes," Naruto said. Fiora merely nodded as Naruto disappeared into his room. Granted she was a little dirty too, but she had no change of clothes. It wasn't like she wasn't used to dirt. She was a warrior after all.

A quick shower, and a quick change of clothes, Naruto noticed Fiora sitting at his table. "Coffee?" Naruto asked. Fiora doubted he had the kind of coffee she was used to, but he was being a generous host and Fiora wasn't one to slight hospitality.

"Some would be appreciated," Fiora said. Naruto nodded. It had taken some time, but he placed a cup in front of her before he sat down with his own. Fiora took a sip. Cheap market stuff, but she expected no less from an orphan. Not like he could manage much else, but say what you will about Fiora, but she never complained.

"If possible, Fiora-san, can you explain to me Runeterra?" Naruto asked. Fiora's eyes never left Naruto as Naruto stared right back. "I would like to understand just what I am getting myself into with summoning a lot of you," Naruto continued on. Fiora merely smiled, but took another sip of coffee.

"Runeterra is the world I reside in. I surmise it to be different from your own. It has a history long since spanning my knowledge of it. However I can explain to you that I reside in the super continent, Valoran. Valoran is capable of holding nearly every nation and faction on the planet of Runeterra. There are many races on this continent such as the Yordles, the Ursine, the Marai, Trolls and Iceberg, merely to name a few from the vast many," Fiora took a second and Naruto allowed her to do so.

"Like your nations, I am assuming, the nations of Valoran are numerous. I hold allegiance to Demacia. It is the largest city in the Kingdom, the capital is the main political, cultural, religious, military, economic and educational center of the country. We pride ourselves on 'Justice for All.' We rid Valoran of benevolence if it is in our power to do so. However, as much as it disgusts me, we have corruption as much as any other nation given that most of our positions are filled with nobility. Some of the main houses you would find the Buvelle, the Crownguard, my house, the Laurent, and a couple others," Fiora finished for Naruto if he had questions. Naruto took a sip of coffee.

"I see, so those memories were indeed correct. Ashe-san is from a tribe called the Avarosan and Annie resides within the Voodoo Lands of Valoran. I recognized that from my memories gathered that Ashe-san was indeed a queen and Annie had a large amount of…energy for her abilities. Can you tell me of any other nations?" Naruto asked. Fiora nodded.

"Then there is Demacia's most hated enemy. One that we are currently at war with, the Noxians. Unlike us, they are merely a group of peasant savages believing in acquiring strength and power through any means necessary regardless of what it does to the people who live under their rule. As much as it stains my tongue to comment, they are indeed powerful adversaries. Like Demacia, they house many noble clans, one being the Du Couteau. To this day I still praise the Zhao for being able to stand before such a capital. However I digress. The next nation would be Piltover or the City of Progress. It is the leading center of ecologically-minded techmaturgical research on Valoran. The city's great academies and their contributions to science are known across the land, rivaled only by the eccentric colleges found in Zaun, as I have been informed," Fiora replied. Naruto gave one more nod.

"Then there is Zaun. One could call it the City of Privileges. Like Piltover, it is a city-state, however unlike Piltover I find it to be a backwater nation both supported and ruined by unchecked industry, mercantilism, and magic run amok. The pollution from the countless factories and laboratories is constantly spewed into the environment. The urban heart of the city-state is often choked with smog that blocks the morning sun and drains the sky of its pastels. Some believe nothing good comes out of Zaun, but I will leave that to you to discover should you ever venture there," Fiora said. Naruto nodded. It seemed that he had a lot to learn, but for now that was enough information.

"Thank you Fiora-san, one last question. Has anything happened to Ashe-san or Annie? When I attempted to summon both, I was unable to summon either," Naruto said. Fiora nodded glad to actually get to an issue that she wanted to explore.

"I would surmise that was because of the Institute of War blocking your attempts. I will not bore you yet with the knowledge about our history of conflict better known as The Rune Wars, but lets just say that we wanted conflict to be more…clean. Thus nations sponsored the organization known as the League of Legends. The Frost Archer and Dark Child are in a match as we speak. This is probably why you are unable to summon both. Due to the magic barrier that protects the grounds known as the Field of Justice," Fiora responded. Naruto placed a finger to his chin. So it wasn't the seal, but it was outside sources that continued to stop him.

Over the next couple hours, Fiora taught Naruto about Summoner's Rift, the Howling Abyss, Twisted Treeline, and many other places where political conflicts were fought for the good of Valoran. Naruto soaked up as much as he could about the knowledge of this new world while simultaneously satisfying Fiora's, to the best of his ability, curiosity about the Elemental Nations and something similar that they had to the League of Legends known as the Chunin Exams. It wasn't quite the same, but both were political in nature. Naruto told of her some of the noble houses of Konoha such as the Hyuga, Nara, Akimichi, Aburame, Yamanaka, Uchiha, Senju, and Inuzuka. Fiora had to admit that there was more to this world that she had assumed. It was nice having a talk away from the mansion and her servants sometimes. Naruto told her as much as she wanted to her and before both realized it, the sun was going down.

"I believe I had stayed long enough. I appreciate your hospitality Summoner," Fiora said as she stood from the table.

"Please, Uzumaki Naruto, Fiora-san," Naruto said with a small bow. Fiora smiled away from Naruto's eyes. "Very well Uzumaki Naruto. Should you require my aide again I will respond if I have the time. May we continue our studies another time," Fiora said before she vanished away leaving Naruto alone. Naruto quickly washed his cups and went into his bed. He looked out the window.

"Demacia, Noxus, and the Institute of War, it sounds like I have found something more interesting than I could have hoped," Naruto thought before he closed his eyes and fell asleep exhausted from the day.

-x-

While Naruto and Fiora had been regaling each other with stories of their individual worlds, Kakashi finally stepped through the door to the Hokage's office. With him stood other jonin who gave their team assessments. Kakashi shook his head when he had head teams 1-6 had failed. Oh well, not every genin team could be as amazing as his could have been in their final moments. Hiruzen turned to Kakashi as the man gave his report.

"Team 7: Pass," Kakashi stated. The six jonin gawked at Kakashi while the sensei of teams 8 and 10 looked at him. Sarutobi allowed a small smile to grace his face. Judging from how dirty Kakashi's attire had looked, it looked like had a rough time. Finally, the former student of the Fourth Hokage had found a team to call his own.

"Had a little trouble?" Hiruzen asked. Kakashi would have chuckled at the tactless joke, but just took it all in stride. He just tiredly slumped his shoulders.

"Maa, they were better than I thought," Kakashi admitted. He actually found himself enjoying the prospect of teaching a team like this one He just hoped that this one would take his lessons to heart. He would do his best craft them into amazing shinobi who were capable of forging their own paths and bonds. Hiruzen could see the sparkle in Kakashi's eye. Looked like the man had finally found something to strive for.

"Teams 8 and 10: Pass," the two jonin said at the same time. Hiruzen turned over and smiled with a nod at Team 8's leader, Yuhi Kurenai, and team 10's leader, his son, Sarutobi Asuma. Hiruzen nodded and quickly began to dismiss everyone.

"Hokage-sama, a moment," Kakashi said. The other jonin glanced back for a second in surprise. Hiruzen frowned for but a moment before quickly moved the other jonin from the room leaving him and Kakashi alone. The jonin stared at his commanding officer before he gave a hard sigh.

"Hokage-sama, I think I should have been told that Naruto learned a summoning technique from the forbidden scroll. The people he summons, they are more than enough to challenge a single chunin team, maybe even a jonin team if they are lucky. Where is he getting these people?" Kakashi asked. Sarutobi took a large puff of his pipe before exhaling.

"Kakashi that summoning technique was experimental. We have no idea of knowing where Naruto-kun is getting these people from. It's a dimensional rift, we aren't supposed to know. Truth be told, unless this become a matter of life and death I wouldn't like to know either. If the council gets wind of this then I'm sure Naruto-kun will be placed under even more scrutiny than he already has been," Hiruzen said. Kakashi blinked.

"Would you have me ban him from using it?" Kakashi asked. Hiruzen swiftly shook his head and held up his hand.

"No no, I wouldn't do that to my boy. It's common knowledge in the medical facility that his problem with ninjutsu and genjutsu is…complicated. I haven't the will to tell him just yet. Why take away the one jutsu he has finally been able to learn for himself besides what the academy has taught him. I can't do that to him," Hiruzen said. Kakashi placed a finger to his chin.

"Thank you Hokage-sama. I will come up with something, but I think we're wasting his intellect by keeping him this low. I think…you might want to give this team a special consideration," Kakashi said. He was being honest here. He knew his team was good. At least with Sasuke's power, Sakura's…uhhh…Sakura's…book smarts? Yeah, that was fine. And Naruto's intellect then perhaps it was possible for them to take the special-class genin missions. While Kakashi would have liked nothing more than to watch his genin slave doing yard work, chasing cats, and doing other genin tasks, but Kakashi felt this team…particularly Naruto would be better suited in other D-rank missions. The special D-rank missions.

"I see. I will give it some thought. You are dismissed," Hiruzen said. Kakashi nodded and then left. Slowly the hours of the day dwindled away allowing everyone within Konoha to get a restful night's sleep.

-x-

The very next morning, the dew was beginning to set into the grass. Naruto huffed as he followed through with his morning exercise. "When I had said 'May we continue our studies another time' this wasn't precisely what I meant Uzumaki Naruto," Naruto heard Fiora speak. Naruto made the small attempt to tune her out as he continued his push-ups. He grunted as the sweatdropped from his face.

"That would be number two hundred. Would you like to try for another?" Fiora asked with a smirk while Naruto continued on. Fiora sighed. She never once thought that in all her times training…SHE would be the weight equipment. Fiora folded her arms as she sat on Naruto's back as the blond did his pushups. Naruto had summoned her rather early. Fiora had assumed she had captivated Naruto with the stories of Runeterra and would also have liked to learn more about the Elemental Nations, but when Naruto had asked her for training…she wasn't sure how to respond. She agreed…for whatever reason, but…she wasn't sure that this was what she was expecting.

"Aren't you supposed to meet with Monsieur Hatake Kakashi, your leader soon? A late body is a late mind," Fiora said. Naruto felt the burn of his arms and his legs. The dew of the grass wasn't making it any easier, but that was a part of the challenge.

"Kakashi has a habit of arriving late from the behaviors I observed. I'll be fine," Naruto said. Fiora shook her shoulders. Well, it was no…how did they say…skin off her bones? She smiled when Naruto twitched as she slacked his legs with a ruler.

"30 degrees off Monsieur Uzumaki. You have another hundred more to go," Fiora said as Naruto frowned. If all 'champions' in Valoran were like this then Naruto was sure he didn't want to summon anyone else. Who used a ruler for training? Only the Grand Duelist as far as Naruto thought about it.

Constantly the sounds of a ruler smacking flesh were heard as Fiora continued to encourage Naruto to finish. About half an hour later, Uzumaki Naruto dropped to the ground with a hard huff. Fiora blinked as she stood up. "287, not bad Uzumaki Naruto. Not bad," Fiora said as Naruto took a second before standing to his feet despite how sour he felt. He then bowed.

"Thank you Fiora-san," Naruto said. Fiora waved him off before she dispelled with a wave. Obviously this was going to continue to be a thing. Soon Naruto collected his towel, water bottle, and kunai before walking back inside his apartment. That was the beauty of having an outdoor hanging lawn. Naruto quickly dressed himself, ate, and grabbed his necessary supplies. Today was the start of his time as a member of Team Seven. Naruto didn't know what they were going to be doing, but he had a book prepared. Chances were, with what he saw of genin while growing up in Konoha, there was a lot of yard work involved. Well, it wasn't like Naruto was looking for anything insane at this moment. Naruto grabbed his headband off his counter and attached it to his arm. He had just brushed his hair and didn't need his headband ruining it.

Naruto had arrived at the academy. It was where Kakashi had told them all to meet up at 8, so essentially meet up at 10. Naruto walked up to the front door just in time to see Sasuke and Sakura glaring at him. Naruto lightly shook his head. "You both forgot his behavioral pattern, didn't you?" Naruto asked. Sasuke snorted and looked away while Sakura had the decency to look foolish. She blushed and rubbed the back of her head. Naruto merely closed his eyes and shook his head.

"Well it seems that we are all here. Good morning my cute little genin!" the three turned and noticed Kakashi walking up to them all. Sakura would have shouted, but she was way too tired to begin to try. Sakura just sighed while Sasuke frowned.

"Well it looks like we're all a bundle of energy this morning. I know everyone's just dying for our first mission as a team so how about we all not waste any time," Kakashi said as he walked towards the Hokage Mansion. Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura quickly followed after him. It wasn't the most spectacular journey. However the walk did help Sasuke and Sakura become more alert.

All three proceeded into the mission room. Team seven stood before the Hokage and Suzume, the academy instructor. Naruto blinked. He half expected Iruka to be sitting there. Suzume looked up from her work before she pushed up her glasses. Somehow…without any sunlight hitting them, her glasses shined. "I see the rumors were true after all. You have the makings of an excellent shinobi, Naruto. I expect you to not fail my predictions," Suzume said with a small smirk. Naruto slightly tilted his head to the side. However he returned Suzume's smirk with a gentle smile of his own.

"I will try my best Suzume-sensei. After all I would have been a lot more difficult to get here without you," Naruto said making the academy teacher smile. The kunoichi had never told it to anyone, and most likely never would, but Naruto was actually her favorite student. Everything he did was exactly as she wanted it to be done. He was no trouble, he did his work, and he applied her lessons as best he could. That wasn't to say Suzume didn't like teaching her fellow aspiring kunoichi to become better, but she always had a small place in her mind and heart for the blonde container of the Kyuubi. It was a disgrace to the very profession of teaching that some of the teachers made slight attempts to make life harder of Naruto. Of course, Suzume didn't let that happen. Neither did Iruka.

"Nonsense! However, no matter what you do. I will always expect you keep our lessons to heart," Suzume answered. Naruto gave a curt nod. Suzume gave a nod back. The others of the group looked at Naruto in surprise. In Sasuke and Sakura's eyes, it was a rather interesting sight to see Suzume have a favorable light of ANY student, let alone the dead last. Without a doubt, Suzume was a strict teacher. Perhaps she was one of the stricter ones. Sometimes, even Sasuke and Sakura had a hard time pleasing her with their work. The fact that Naruto could do so was a surprise, but from how things had been handled yesterday both knew that they had to take a reevaluation of their blonde teammate.

"He's one of my favorites Hatake. If anything happens to him, I will be holding you personally responsible!" Suzume said glaring at Kakashi, making the jonin sweatdrop. Granted, everyone knew that a teacher wasn't supposes to show favoritism, but Naruto wasn't in the academy anymore so maybe it was alright to make that common knowledge.

"Ummm I'll…do my best?" Kakashi asked. Suzume sent him a look behind her glasses, but she gave a nod all the same. She had poured a lot of her time into Naruto. She would be most displeased if her favorite student didn't become all that she envisioned. A clearing of a throat, brought everyone back to the matter at hand as the Hokage opened a mission scroll.

"Now then, I assume team Seven is here for their first mission, correct?" Sarutobi asked. Kakashi and the others quickly nodded as Hiruzen gave Kakashi a look. The laziness in Kakashi's eye belied the intenseness that the Sandaime could see in them. The Hokage sighed. This missions hadn't been given to a genin team since the Second Great Shinobi War. Why was that? Because it required a certain level of intelligence, coordination, and skill that not just any genin could have. Not even Uchiha Itachi, nor Kakashi had taken them, granted they were offered, but both refused. Many a great Nara genin had taken them, though given the lack of a drive for the Nara, they never completed a lot of them. Either this was a very good idea, or a very bad one. Hiruzen would just have to wait and see.

"Very well, not many requests have been made, but I believe I have one that will start you off. Your mission will be to go and assist Konoha's Cryptanalysis Team in encoding and decoding a couple of messages. This mission is a little difficult. It requires intense analysis. Are you sure you're up for it?" Hiruzen asked. It was always customary to give consent to the genin team who were taking B-rank and C-rank missions under the guise of a D-rank mission. Officially the missions were D-rank and as such would be put as such on a public record, but for those unofficial documents…they were given a completion of a C or B-rank mission. This is why they were special. In context they weren't something just any genin could do, but they were within the village and overseen by superior officers allowing for no true harm or danger to come up leaving it as nothing short of a D-rank.

"You mean we aren't doing something more…simple?" Sakura asked. Hiruzen and Suzume offered a small smile. "Would you like to do something more simple? We have tasks such as walking the dogs, cleaning out gutters, or pulls some weeds," Suzume asked. Sasuke's eyebrow twitched before he patted Sakura's shoulder.

"We'll take the former mission. Thank you!" Sasuke said rather sternly much to Sakura's surprise. No way in hell was Sasuke going to do ANY of those things. If it was just some stupid thing like fetch books or whatever then at least he could learn something, but he would never consider those other ones.

"I see the Uchiha's determinations hasn't diminished and that is good, but we also need Naruto's opinion as well," Suzume said and of course all eyes dropped to Naruto. He just looked at the mission. Something was going on here. There was no way doing work for an organization whose primary goal was deciphering top-secret messages could be a D-rank mission. Hiruzen seemed to be look at him the hardest out of everyone. That wasn't to say this didn't make Naruto curious. Because it definitely did. Naruto merely released a breath.

"I don't care," Naruto replied. As far as everyone knew, that was Naruto's acceptance of the mission. Hiruzen just sighed and nodded before closing the scroll. He really hoped Naruto cared a lot more than he was saying. He then handed Kakashi the mission scroll. The jonin took the scroll before pocketing it away. Team seven bowed to Hiruzen and Suzume before leaving the room. Suzume looked back at the Hokage before looking back at the door. She offered a silent prayer for her student. No doubt Sarutobi was doing the same.

-x-

Meanwhile, Team Seven left the Hokage Mansion and made their way towards the Cryptanalysis Team. Kakashi had told them it wasn't relatively far away. "Kakashi-sensei, what actually does the Cryptanalysis Team do?" Sakura asked slightly confused and just what they were going to be doing. Kakashi had lowered his book upon hearing Sakura's question. Truth be told, a lot of what they did he didn't particularly understand either, but he supposed he could give a solid answer as best he could.

"Well Sakura, the Cryptanalysis Team deals in deciphering secret codes and messages, taking their orders directly from the Hokage. They are located a bit away from the Intelligence Division. They do work rather closely with our Aviary team since we have messages sent via messenger hawks. Imagine if you were behind enemy lines and you had to pass on information. Assuming that the information made it past enemy lines and into Konoha then it would be the job of the Cryptanalysis Team to decipher those messages. I mainly find it to be a lot of reading and translation," Kakashi said. Sakura nodded. It sounded like something right up her alley. Sasuke didn't really care what they did, but it was much better than the alternatives. Naruto didn't precisely have an opinion mainly because he had his mind occupied by other matters.

In about ten to fifteen minutes, Team Seven made it to the office building for the Cryptanalysis Team. Kakashi quickly opened the sliding door and met with the receptionist. Naruto ignored the hesitant stare that was sent his way while Kakashi held up a scroll. The receptionist merely nodded before pointing down a corridor. The team walked forward. "Mitoku-sensei where are you going?! We still need your help here!" a sharp female voice came through the hallway. Naruto turned an eye in the direction of the noise.

"We're not going to get anything done right now. I'd rather finish this up at home," another voice came through, obviously male. Sakura blinked while Sasuke raised an eyebrow. Kakashi sighed. Sounds like it wasn't going to be as quiet as he had hoped. The team turned to the door just in time for a heavy crash to come through the room. Kakashi hand had just been on the doorknob as he sweatdropped. Sasuke glared forward. Just what kind of mission was this?

"They sound…interesting," Sakura said nearly voicing the thoughts of the entire group before Kakashi opened the door. A wave of dust escaped into the hallway as multiple coughs were heard. Once the dust settled, Team Seven was greeted to the sight of a light blonde haired young female. Her hair was tied in a loose ponytail with occasional strands sticking out. Naruto frowned at her glasses. They blocked her eyes in an odd way with their swirl tints. She also wore a white lab coat over her red dress and had on her forehead protector backwards, as a sash around her waist.

"Man, Yurika-san's gonna be so pissed," she said before realizing that they were not alone. She looked up and noticed the expressions of Team Seven. They looked majorly unimpressed. She quickly released one more cough before cursing. She straightened herself.

"Erm…sorry about the mess. My name is Shiho. Can I help you?" She asked. Kakashi took a look around as piles upon piles of scrolls littered the ground along with piles of notebooks. Computers and printers blinked and sounded as a window was opened. No, it looked more like Team Seven should have been asking that question.

"We're Team Seven. We're responding to your D-rank mission. Mission 8T532-AD6," Kakashi said with narrowed eyes. Now Naruto knew something was really up when the woman named Shiho stiffened. Her colleagues were all in the same boat as they looked from Sasuke to Sakura before resting on Naruto. Naruto resisted the urge to sigh. He was going to have a headache at the end of this, wasn't he?


KG: I guess I can stop there. There wasn't much of a point to drag this out anymore than I needed to. I suppose that was for the best rather than make it what I couldn't do with it.

Summons

Ashe

Annie

Fiora

KG: I debate actually telling you who I have planned for Naruto in this story. On the one hand I like to torture you all and on the one hand I know the feeling of not knowing, but desperately wanting to know. So…we'll do it RPG-style. I'm not making this a super, extreme, long as ma dick Harem. Four, Five the max.

Harem

Ahri

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KG: There ya go. That's his love interests. Yes, I am a sucker. Deal with it.

KG: Well that's all folks. Stay Breezy, Never give up, protect what's important to you, review and…SEND ME CREAM SODA!

KG: I demand that you all fuckin' RESPECT THE CREAM TOO!