Keep in mind that this is a whole retelling of what happened, a lot of things will be different, including places, people, events, the time between the events. However, I do want to keeps things logical from the Naruto universe. I hope you enjoy.
Also, I do not own Naruto.
Edit 10/12/2016. I am going through all the chapters and re-reading them and then editing them. The premise has changed to an alternative universe.
The sun shined down onto the ninja academy, and onto a young blonde's brand new Konohagakure headband. Naruto had decided to get a specialized outfit to congratulate himself on becoming a genin, and instead of casual shirts he had a tight, orange long sleeve shirt made of polyester underneath a thin, black, short sleeve hoodie with the village's symbol on the back. To match with the orange shirt, orange track pants along with black sandals and a headband that was black. He opened the doors to the academy and went to his regular classroom to be assigned to a squad. He noticed most of the seats were already taken or most likely, already spoken for except for the two by Sasuke, so Naruto swallowed his pride and sat by the black hair Uchiha, with an empty seat between the two. It's not that he disliked the boy, but rather he was actually a little jealous of all the family he had. They were pretty fair in terms of skill but Sasuke always came out on top.
"Oh, hey, Naruto. How's it going?" Asked Sasuke when he realized the blonde took a seat near him. Naruto was a little shocked to see Sasuke talking to him, but that didn't mean the blonde should be rude and not respond.
"Bored. I just wish this thing would get on already," the young blonde exclaimed as he closed his eyes. At that statement, Sasuke nodded and continue to look forward, probably thinking of his future.
"Naruto, you might want to move. You know his fan club is going to be here at any minute."
Shikamaru warned Naruto. The blonde always thought he was smart but due to his laziness his scores suffered. Naruto put on a deadbeat face and like Shikamaru. "It'll be fine."
"Have it your way, Naruto." The lazy boy said, before shrugging, turning around, and sitting at the back of the class with Choji. And then the girl rivalry finally arrived, Naruto could hear it from down the hall.
"Ino-pig!"
"Forehead girl!"
Ino and Sakura fought like any rivalry did. Naruto was happy he didn't have a rivalry like they did, but not having someone to push him forward made him more apathetic to training, although the two girl's constant dieting was what he wouldn't want to be pushed on. Naruto was paying attention to the two and didn't notice Sasuke smiling at them.
"Hey, Sakura, come sit by me!" Naruto was a little shocked to hear Sasuke say that. He usually ignored the two, but maybe he knew Naruto had a bit of a crush on Sakura, although it was quickly fading due to the put downs. It was pretty cool to see Sakura blush and funny to see Ino stiffen up and started to stomp over to the back of the room to sit by Shikamaru, clearly angry, or jealous.
A few moments later, Iruka came into the classroom and walked to the front. "Alright, class. I'm going to tell you which squad number you will be on and who your teammates will be." Naruto already started to space out. A certain green hair girl came across his mind, he thought he saw her in a crowd yesterday but never found her. He's been to Ichiraku's every night hoping she would come by, but maybe it was for the best she didn't come to see him again, or so Naruto started to think.
"Team Seven, Naruto Namikaze-" the blonde's mind came back from the abyss. "Sakura Haruno." Naruto didn't see the pink hair girl's annoyed, deadbeat face as he started to thinking about how he and Sakura will working together as a team now. Even better, he will be able to get closer to her seeing Sasuke won't be arou- "And Sasuke Uchiha." The blonde's mind took a complete U-turn as his thoughts vanished.
Naruto was inattentive until he heard Shikamaru say something at the back, something to Ino. "Hah, didn't you say something about hating to be on my team?" The blonde quietly chuckled at that. He honestly wished he was on Ino's team. Sakura was usually mean to him, and a downright bully when Sasuke was around. It wasn't just him, though. It was every boy. He also didn't mind Ino that much, as she wasn't ever mean to the young blonde at all but never particularly nice.
"Dismissed." Iruka suddenly said, Naruto barely heard any of the teams besides his. He decided to try to talk to his teammates after getting outside and quickly try to plan out how to reach out to them.
As they followed the crowd of the other new genin outside, Naruto turned his head to his lady teammate. "Hey, Sakura, how about we get Sa-"
"Absolutely not. I will not go on a date with you." Sakura said sternly, probably trying to make Sasuke slightly jealous. Within her head, or what she would call 'inner Sakura' she was coming up with a plan to get Sasuke to love her. 'Ha-cha! When Sasuke knows other boys are after me, he'll claim me as his own!'
Naruto panicked a little before shouting, "What? I didn't want a date, I just wanted to see if you and Sasuke wanted to go to Ich-"
"Actually, Naruto, I need to get home and tell my brother and father what team I will be on. I'm sorry. I will see you two tomorrow!" The dark hair Uchiha pleasantly explained but in a rush before running off, Naruto thought he saw a smile on his face. Sakura was frowning at that her chance to get close to her teammate was lost, and decided to blame the result on her other teammate.
"It's your fault he doesn't want to stick around!" Naruto was shocked to hear this. "Just like everyone else!" The blonde started to walk off, with his hands in his pockets, obviously looking down. Sakura realizing she had gone too far made a pathetic attempt to apologize. "Hey. I didn't mean..." but it was too late, Naruto was too far away to hear her.
A few minutes later, Naruto saw Obito standing there. He put his signature smile on. "Hey, Naruto! Wanna go to Ichiraku's with me and Iruka?" The older Uchiha's smile and words about his favorite restaurant couldn't help but brighten up Naruto. Obito placed a hand on Naruto's shoulder as they started to walk down the streets, "I think Iruka has some news on who your leader Jonin is."
"Ah! Naruto! I was wondering when you'll get here, Obito and I are treating you tonight." Iruka words pleased the blonde as he sat in the middle of the two. "I hope your teammates don't give you too much trouble. Your leader is going to be Kakashi, have you heard of him?"
"Kakashi, huh?" Naruto started to try to think where he had heard that name before, "Wait, isn't that Obito's friend?"
"Yeah, that's the one." The older Uchiha said, after eating a strain of noodles. "He's very skilled, he became a jonin when he was just your age." This made Naruto eyes widen just a bit, but Obito's mind was somewhere else. He started to remember the day he became a Jonin, and the day he lost Rin. His eyes seem to twinkle with a little anger, but not at Kakashi but himself. It should have been him who should have died. He remembered how he got through Kakashi's thick mind on a dangerous mission during the Third Great Ninja War after Rin was captured. A boulder had fallen on her after an enemy had caused a collapsed in the dome shape cave.
"Rin! Rin! Just hold on! We will get this boulder off!" The young Obito started to cry as he shouted this, kneeling near his fallen comrade.
"Obito... please, we both know.. I'm not going to make it.. half of my body is crushed." Rin said, although she was in immense pain, she was feeling peaceful as her voice let out. "Don't let Kakashi steer off to a path that isn't meant for him."
The young Kakashi only stared down at Rin, with only one sad eye as the other had been cut.
"Rin... I loved you, I always had." Rin reached up to Obito's cheek to softly touch it before it collapsed. Obito burst into tears. 'If only I was stronger...'
"Obito.. we need to get out of here..."
Obito didn't hear him. Hated filled the young Uchiha, must like how the tears were overcoming his face. He just wanted to die and put an end to his heartache, but not before killing everyone else here. Angrily, the young Uchiha's red eyes started to grow dark red, as did one of his tears.
"Obito?" At the sound of his name, he snapped back from his memory and closed his eyes with a grin. He couldn't remember what happened next, anyways. A lot of that next year was fuzzy to him.
"Sorry, Naruto. Anyways, Kakashi is more than suitable a sensei," The Uchiha exclaimed while still wearing his grin. He found it weird that the year after that day was more or less a blur.
"Well, I'll see about that tomorrow! But right now, I have fooood!" Naruto shouted loudly with a big smile. Iruka seemed to agree as he started to dig in as well. Obito started as well, but after a minute or so of silence, Naruto asked a question. "Hey, Obito, did Fu say anything before leaving?"
"Ah, I was beginning to wonder when you would ask about your little girlfriend. Well, she left back to Takigakure without telling me anything."
"She is not my girlfriend!" Naruto shouted, obviously annoyed. He already missed having her to talk to, even if she did try to make him that gross yogurt.
"Well, anyways. I'm sure you can visit her sometime. Taki and Konoha are on good terms, after all," the Uchiha joyfully said while he smiled.
"Maybe he'll have a mission with them sometime!" Chuckled the other sensei.
"Heh, maybe!" The young admitted before his request, "Another bowl, please! This time, barbecue!"
"Ah, that reminds me. I have a mission that I need to head out for tonight." The older Uchiha started to eat a little bit slower as he explained some minor details. "It'll be near Amegakure. I don't know how long I'll be gone." This made Naruto eyes a little bit sad, he'll certainly miss one of his older brother figures while he is gone, but quickly narrowed along with a wicked smile.
"Then tonight this is all on Iruka!" Naruto cheered.
"Hey, wait a minute!" The sensei's shouted was overshadows by the other's laughter.
The sun was already down for the count when Naruto began to walk home. He noticed a familiar face sitting on a bench. "Hey, Sasuke? Whatcha doing out here?"
Sasuke looked up quickly, he was lost in thought like how Naruto usually is. "Oh, Naruto! I didn't notice you. I just wanted some time away from my family. My brother has been acting strange and been arguing with my father for a while."
Naruto thought that was a bit weird, as Itachi was always so reasonable. "Is that so? Well, don't stay out too late. Alright?" Sasuke nodded at that, while Naruto put his hands in his pockets. "See ya tomorrow." The blonde was about to turn a corner before he looked back to see his teammate not there anymore. He quickly turned his head back to his front and continued walking home. Once again, not noticing the shadowy humanoid figure on the tree branch above him with red eyes.
Upon entering the house, he realized that he missed being kicked by his perverted godfather, but then saw the box on the dining room table. He forgot to look what was in it this morning when he headed out. Upon opening, Naruto saw a few rubber balls and a note from Jiraiya. The godson read it to himself but imagined the sage's voice. "Naruto, I'll be gone longer than I thought. I should be back a little before the of the chunin exams. You have been working on your father's jutsu for almost a year now, keep working on breaking the rubber ball. The third step will be written on the back of this note, but try not to look at it until you completed step two. -Jiraiya"
Not everyone had the privilege to be taught by a legendary sannin, especially since one has probably been gambling her butt off while she's 'missing' and the other one is a 'snake.' Naruto let out a silent sigh before he put the note down back into the box and walked towards his bedroom. After redressing into his pajamas and laying down in his bed, he wondered why Fu had to leave so early. The journey to Takigakure is about 2 days so she is likely already home.
A young girl with green hair looked up from reading a book and sneezed. Those that weren't afraid of her would say it was a cute sneeze but it didn't matter as she was alone in her apartment. She and her sensei arrived back her village not too long ago. Her sensei, Manita, wasn't the most impressive teacher but she knew how to work a person to the core. She didn't let Fu sleep long as she was eager to get back to the village Apparently, Manita felt a weird vibe coming from the leaf village. Manita wanted her student to see what other villages consisted of but Konoha just produced something she couldn't explain, it didn't help that the teacher felt she was being watched the duration of the time she was there. Or that was what her sensei told her.
"Someone must be thinking of me," Fu said as if she had someone to talk to in her lone apartment, but quickly went back to her book. She thought about the stubborn blonde who she met at the leaf village. Already missing having someone to talk to as no one in the Village Hidden in the Waterfall bothered to talk to her more than what was necessary. The young girl didn't really believe in such superstitions and mostly thought of it as a joke.
Back at Naruto's bedroom, the young ninja suddenly sneezed. He didn't have time to cover his mouth so the sneeze particles went straight up, and then came back down. Naruto was a bit disgusted at that but was too tired to do anything about it. He decided to just wipe his face off with his blanket and go to sleep.
Next morning, Naruto sat in the class with his elbows on the desk behind him as he sat on the chair's shoulder, his legs crossed on top of the desk in front of him. Sakura stood by the sitting Sasuke, who had a straight face with his fingers laced together and his snout resting on the laces. Naruto imagined the boy was thinking about his the family troubles the boy talked about last night. Naruto rolled his eyes back, looked up, and irritatedly groaned, "where is he?" Not even a second later he up, picked up a chalk eraser, and b-lined to the door.
"Uh, what are you doing?" questioned the pink hair girl. The blonde placed the eraser at the top of the door's opening, between the frame and the actual door. He made sure the door was holding the eraser up.
"Oh, you know. Just a little prank," grinned the blonde. Even though he's toned down the pranks, this one he felt was well deserved. It was harmless, anyways.
Sasuke laid his elbow on the chair shoulder as he grinned. He enjoyed the boy's pranks at times. Sakura spoke up again, "as if a Jonin would fall for a trick like that!" 'Ha-cha! Payback for being late!' One Naruto got back to his chair the door quickly came to an open for a spiky, white hair man with a mask covering everything but his right eye popped his head open. Only for the eraser to meet the top of his head. 'Ha-cha! Perfect!' The inner Sakura screamed. "I'm sorry, sensei! I told him he shouldn't have done it!" Her explanation was overshadowed by her teammate's laughter.
"From my first impressions... you are all a bunch of idiots," Kakashi plainly said. This only furthered the two boy's laughter. They forced themselves to stop because they both realized this could only go one of two ways. Either their sensei is very down to earth and laugh with them, or will be a sensei who will drive them to the ground and treat them like weapons. And after laughing at a prank, survival wasn't guaranteed. Both the boys gulped. The pink hair girl forehead dropped a sweat as she looked back and forth between her teammates and the sensei.
"Well, I have to admit that it was pretty good. I had no idea," Kakashi exclaimed with a smile even his mask couldn't hide. Both the boys let out a sigh.
The four of them walked up to the balcony to meet each other, the three students sitting on a step as the teacher laid against a railing. "My name is Kakashi Hatake. I want you all to introduce yourselves. Your name, your likes, dislikes, hobbies, and dreams. Who will be first?"
Naruto decided to take the initiative, "Why don't you go first?" Both his teammates could only nod in agreement.
"Me? Well, as I said my name was Kakashi Hatake. My likes and dislikes? I don't really feel like telling you that. My hobbies? I have many hobbies, and as for my dreams? I never really put much thought into that."
Sakura looked at her teammates with an irritated face and a quiet voice, "All he told us what his name..."
Kakashi heard her but couldn't contest as she wasn't really wrong. "Alright, Naruto. Your turn."
Naruto had a small grin on his face, "I am Naruto Namikaze. I like ramen, training, and my friends. I dislike people who treat anyone else different for something they can't control. My hobbies include ramen, training with my godfather, and seeing how much ramen I can eat." Kakashi was thinking to himself about how much this boy loves ramen. "My dream is to make a name for myself. One that my father would be proud of." As Naruto finished His new sensei could only admire how much he has grown.
"My name is Sakura Haruno. I like boys with dark hair and I dislike people with blonde hair," Naruto frowned a bit at that, he asked himself if she had meant himself or Ino. "My hobbies are, uh,- dieting..." That statement annoyed Kakashi a bit, especially as he noticed she quickly glanced over to Sasuke. "My dreams are to, uh, er, mar-"
"Sasuke, your turn." Kakashi didn't want to interrupt the pink hair girl but probably saved her from embarrassment. He was also a bit exhausted from hearing about her fanboying.
"The name is Sasuke Uchiha! I like honor, my family, and being strong! I dislike anyone who disrespects my clan. My hobbies include practicing with my brother to ensure I am the best. My dream is to bring great honor to my clan!" The Uchiha said this very fast, but it was pretty normal for a Uchiha to want such things. After all, Kakashi's best friend was from the clan, too.
"Alright, well now that we've all introduce ourselves, let's talk about tomorrow. I want the three of you to be at the training grounds at five in the morning. Bring your gear."
Naruto had to ask, "Training grounds? What will we be doing there?"
"A survival exercise," sensing Naruto's next question, he decided to answer before he even asked. "Every team that was assigned will be going through an exercise. Out of the twenty-seven graduates, only nine will actually be accepted as a genin. You were only put on teams as candidates to be genin as you have passed the academy." To scare the three, Kakashi started to laugh in a wicked tone. "Be sure not to eat, or you will puke." The three teammates were at shock when the teacher suddenly disappear in smoke.
After waking up, Naruto started to cook eggs for breakfast. He set an alarm for four to wake him up, hoping that would be enough time to eat and then make it to the training grounds by five. 'Didn't sensei say something about puking? Ah, whatever. Puking isn't that bad. Sakura probably knows.' At that, Naruto scolded himself for talking like that about her. Although his crush for her is diminishing, he still wants to be her friend. Bashing her was out of the line. After he ate the eggs, getting dress, and picking up his backpack he head for the door.
Naruto had gotten to the training ground way too early, and he saw three logs on the ground. He thought he might as well lay on one and catch some sleep before the others arrive. After laying on one and closing his eyes he was completely out of it. He was sure one of his teammates would wake him up once they got there but was proved mistaken when he opened his eyes upon hearing the sensei's voice, "-you just have to take one of these bells from me."
Naruto quickly woke up, "Hey, you're late!" It was clearly not five in the morning but more likely around eight. Kakashi right eye squinted like a smile. After waking up completely, Naruto noticed his teammates to his sides, Sasuke clearly a little annoyed at the task and Sakura... hungry.
"If you don't get one of these bells, you fail the exercise. You may begin when I say start. You have until noon," Kakashi explained while holding the bells by the fingers.
"But there's only two bells! There are three of us!" Uchiha shouted.
"Correct, the one who doesn't get a bell will get tied up to the logs and will get sent back to the academy." Naruto eyes widened at that. "Start!"
His teammates instantly went to the trees, and Naruto followed their example. The young blonde needed to think of a plan to get one of the bells. Naruto lost his teammates in the trees, Sasuke probably already has a plan and Sakura will be determined to get a bell to keep close to the Uchiha. Kakashi hasn't moved an inch from where he was before. 'I should probably test his ability, but I don't want to give away my position. I'll send a few clones while a few are disguised as shurikens.' Naruto and Jiraiya talked a lot about strategies like this, but after reading the scroll of seals, anything that had anything to do with shadow clones came naturally.
As Naruto observed from the trees, his clone went to Kakashi to face him head on. To look like a hardhead, the replica crossed his arms. "You and me! Right now, right here!"
"You know, compared to the others.. you're a little weird." The real Naruto smirked at that comment while the clone charged at him. Kakashi quickly dodged and started to pull something out of his pouch. 'He's getting ready to attack with a weapon... wait, what?' The sensei pulled out a familiar book which Naruto instantly recognized. He started to clench his teeth feeling slightly irritated, 'one of my pervy godfather's books? You gotta be kidding...' His clenching was replaced with a grin once he realized that the sensei just exposed a weakness.
The clone was annoyed, not knowing the real Naruto's plan. He quickly threw the clone shurikens towards the man reading his book. And without even looking, Kakashi placed his fingers in the shuriken's holes. "You'll have to do better than that," Kakashi said boringly as he read from the book. He finally took an eye off the book as the shurikens erupted into smoke. He was shocked when he realized another Naruto held him from behind. "What?! The shurikens were shadow clones?"
'Whoa. When did Naruto get so cool?' Sakura thought to herself as she was concealed in the leaves of the trees.
'Way to go, Naruto.' Sasuke thought to himself, also concealed in the leaves.
However, after Kakashi dispersed into a log they took back their positive thoughts. The initial clone was the only one left as the other two dispersed. He appeared disappointed until he saw a bell on the ground. With great excitement, he ran for it, "that dumbass! He dropped a bell! It's my lucky day!" As he reached for it, a rope bound his feet and held him upside down from the tree. The replica crossed his arms and frowned, "Damn..."
Kakashi slouched over to pick up a bell and started a lecture, "Think before using a Jutsu, and also if the bait is obvious, don't take it." The sensei looked up to the tied up Naruto, which he didn't know what just a replica. "A ninja must see through the deception."
This made the replica smile, which made Kakashi eye narrow. "Oh, yeah?" The clone quickly dispersed and it made the jonin eyes widen as he felt a little shock. Was he toying with a clone all this time? From the trees, Sasuke took the opportunity and threw a few shurikens, thinking Kakashi had dropped his guard. But the Jonin used a substitution with a log again, and the shurikens carved into the wood. Sasuke ran from his position knowing his cover was blown. As Sakura was trying to catch up to him, Kakashi observed both of them with his lone eye.
Naruto took this opportunity to set up his plan of action. He summoned a dozen shadow clones and had ten of them transform into matured ladies that had nothing to hide. They jumped to hide in the trees, while one normal replica sat on the memorial site, right by the two set of meals. The original hid with the last clone until the time was right. Sakura had yelled both his and Sasuke's name twice now, but Naruto couldn't let his plan go to waste. He just hopes Kakashi hadn't gone too far. Ten minutes passed and Naruto gave the replica on the memorial a thumbs up. The plan was in action.
"Kakashi can't do anything if I've eaten already! Ahahahah! It's chow time!" The replica said his line loudly, making sure the jonin could hear him.
"Oh, is it now?" Naruto didn't even see the masked man appear on top of the memorial. The replica was startled but knew it was part of the plan. The harem versions of Naruto appeared around Kakashi, working on throwing Kakashi off. He was sure of his abilities to fight them off without even looking so he closed his eyes, not wanting to be distracted by such things. "I expected nothing else from the class clown, but I am a jonin. I won't be fooled by this stupid jutsu." The harems started to get closer to him until Kakashi heard the usual voice of Naruto.
"Oh yeah?! Well, the ending of Make-Out Paradise is-" Naruto eagerly shouted as he jumped from the trees.
A flash of heat came over Kakashi, as he thought, 'Oh, no! I can't let my favorite book be spoiled!' Kakashi swiftly put his hands over his ears. He had let his guard down, and more importantly, most of his senses blocked. One moment later, he opened his eyes to see the clones dispersed and a smiling Naruto. He dangled a bell from his fingers. Kakashi felt ashamed and defeated while he listened to Naruto's chuckle, and after a second later, the alarm ringing.
Naruto had his legs crossed as he was laying on the memorial site. He felt guilty that both Sakura and Sasuke got tied to the logs. Both of their stomachs growled, "Hungry, huh? That's too bad. Oh, by the way... well, I've decided. None of you are going back to the academy." Kakashi's unusual tone made Naruto look up.
"Really? All I did was pass out and run." 'Ha-cha, love wins again!" The pink hair girl sounded both happy and confused.
"Yes, because you three are going to be dropped from the program permanently!" Kakashi shouted disappointedly. Sasuke felt extremely ashamed and frowned down. Sakura sadly frowned away.
"But I got a bell! And why would you drop us just like that! We did pass the academy! You never said anything about this before! You can't just change your mind!" Naruto angrily complained, and couldn't help but charge at Kakashi. He was immediately grappled, held down to the ground, and had a kunai threatening his back.
"Because you don't think like a ninja, all three of you think like brats, especially you, Naruto." The jonin sounded even more sincere. "You three never realized what this exercise was about. Why do you think the three of you are on squads?"
Sasuke asked a question without answering Kakashi's, "Well, then why are there three of us on a squad?"
"It's so basic. Teamwork!"
The three students looked at their sensei in shock. Sakura took the next opportunity to question. "But there are only two bells for the squad of three! That will obviously pit us against each other!"
"Exactly. I wanted to see if you three would overcome that," the masked man explained as he got off Naruto so that they both can stand up. Kakashi threw the kunai to the log Sakura was tied to, carving only an inch away from her face. She swore she was about to faint. "Naruto, kill Sasuke or Sakura will die," Kakashi demanded. However, Naruto only gave him a death glare, which Kakashi admired. "Those are the choices you would have to make in the real world. I will be giving you another chance in half an hour, Naruto may eat as a reward for getting a bell, him only!" The jonin quickly dispersed.
A few seconds later, Naruto looked at the meals. He ate this morning. He thought it made me one of Kakashi's tricks, so he looked at his teammates, and quietly said, "I'm going to feed you two." Sasuke and Sakura both looked at him with a dumbfounded look before looking at each other. Naruto took that was a yes and began to unwrap the meals, "I was probably the only one who ate this morning, after all. It wouldn't be fair to let you guys starve, plus we gotta get those bells, right? Can't do that on an empty stomach." The two nodded, took both sets of chopsticks to feed them at the same time.
But after their first bite, the weather-twisted into a lightning storm, and out of a puff of smoke, Kakashi appeared behind Naruto. Their teacher's angry look was like a sharp knife. "You! You broke the rules! I hope you are ready for your punishment!" The angered jonin started to do numerous hand seals as the clouds roared from above.
Naruto hesitantly spoke up, "but you said!.."
"Yes?!" Kakashi demanded.
"That we have to be a team!" Naruto started, "The three of us!"
Sasuke followed with, "we are all on this squad! Together!"
"The three of us are one!" Sakura also following.
"That's your excuse?! Three of you are one?" The three students looked at him with a serious face. Kakashi angry look twisted into a cheerful one, "you... passed."
The three were shocked, Sakura the only one to mutter the next sentence, "We, what?"
"You passed." Kakashi's eye smiled. "You were the first squad to ever succeed. Every other team did as ask and fell into every trap. A ninja must see through the deception. Those who break the rules are scrum, sure. But those who abandon their friends are worse than scum," Kakashi raised his head, remembering Rin and Obito. "Team 7 passes, we start our first mission tomorrow!" Kakashi cheered proudly as he gave them a thumbs up.
Naruto laid his head onto the log he was sleeping on this morning, stroking his short hair with his hand. He started to doze off as his sensei began untying the two. And then he sneezed.
I really hope the flashback with Obito explains a little bit on where it stands in my story, I had another flashback about him but from Kakashi's perspective planned but I didn't see a good place to put that as Naruto and Kakashi's aren't close yet. Maybe in the chapter about the Land of Waves. Also, I hope you are enjoying Fu's small scenes. She won't be a full-fledged character until later, but I'll keep adding small scenes to keep the interest alive. Manita is an OC character, but one who won't be in the story the whole time.
