Alright, time for the second chapter. Hope you guys enjoy. Also, as a small note I'll point out that this story will probably be AU for the most part. And by that I mean I'll decide what from the original story actually happened or not. It probably won't be much, but seeing as this is a planned out story and things could change based on new manga chapters I figured I'd point it now. Anyway, let's start the show.
Blue Guardian
Chapter 2: Team 7 Reborn
Cover Art: Hideo is standing near a wall with a can of spray paint in hand. He looks towards the camera with a smile as the wall behind him has a graffiti spelling out his name with stars in the background. Kiyomi is standing beside him sweat dropping.
"Well, this sucks…"
This was the voice of Hideo as he sat in his desk at the academy, head pressed against the top of it. Sitting a few more desks over to his right was Kiyomi who looked at him a short moment, but said nothing before returning to a magazine she was reading. The last in the room was sitting a couple of rows behind them.
He had silver hair and was dressed in a black cloak that covered his entire upper body and stopped at the knees. His pants were dark gray and on his feet the boy wore usual shinobi sandals. He looked down to Hideo and grimaced. "It's a surprise just to see you in this class in general, considering how often you skip class." He said in a sarcastic manner while reclining in his seat.
The blue haired genin shrugged and started drawing on his desk. "Hey, I still passed, didn't I, Shiden?" The ninja in black nodded but continued with his sarcasm. "Yeah, despite your mediocre skill in ninjutsu even for genin standards." Hideo was on his feet by this point and looking at his new team member with a smile.
"You just love bustin' my chops don't you?" Hideo left his desk behind and walked over to the doorway, placing a blackboard eraser at the top of the sliding door. "You make it way too easy, and what are you doing?"
A job completed, Hideo got back to his seat and smiled. "Well, this guy ended up late and we all had to sit in here and wait for him. I've been dead bored this whole time so I figure I may as well have some laughs when he actually gets here." Both Kiyomi and Shiden sweat dropped and the black haired girl began to speak.
"You know this guy is a Jonin right? I doubt he'd fall for a dumb trick like that." Kiyomi said in a dead tone and returned to her magazine without a word. Shiden simply nodded in response. Hideo waved them off however and stared at the door as he heard foot steps approaching. Holding a finger to his lips he told the two of them to hush.
From outside of the door they could all hear a voice. "Sorry I'm late, had to take care of some last minute preparations." As the door began to slide open and a blonde head poked in Hideo started to laugh uncontrollably.
"I told you he'd fall for-" He didn't managed to finish that statement however as the eraser went flying across the room and into his mouth. Caught off guard, the boy fell from his chair and began hacking. This caused Shiden to laugh a bit and even Kiyomi to crack a smirk for a moment.
Stepping into the room was the blond in the orange flak jacket and whisker marks, none other than, Naruto Uzumaki. He looked to the desk where Hideo was getting back on his feet and threw the eraser to the ground. "You didn't have to go (cough) that far (cough)!" The genin shot back, a puff of white smoke escaped his lips with every word that made the Jonin chuckle a bit.
"Hehe, I tried that same trick on my sensei when I was your age; I guess history enjoys repeating itself. Luckily he didn't do that to me." Stepping back out of the door he motioned with his hands for the three of them to follow. "Meet me on the roof in about 5 minutes." The three looked at each other for a moment with confused expressions.
Once everyone was on the roof Naruto eyed them up and down before talking. "Alright, all the other genin are doing this right now, so…" The blonde soon found himself cut off by Shiden.
"Actually, the other genin did this like forty five minutes ago." The rookie said in a sarcastic and matter-of-fact sort of tone that made Naruto eye twitch in annoyance.
"Whatever. Anyway, I want each of you to give some basic information on yourselves. Likes, dislikes, hobbies, goals, etc. Starting with you, the prankster." Hideo looked around for a moment not really knowing who the blonde was talking about.
"Oh, me? I'm Hideo Tekkou. I like to have fun, I dislike strict rules, my hobbies are star gazing and skipping class and my goal is to become strong enough to protect things with worth to me, including this village, to be greater than the Hokage. A life lived to the fullest with no regrets." Naruto raised an eyebrow out of curiosity. "Considering his past I didn't expect this."
"Strong enough to protect this village and greater than the Hokage? Do becoming Hokage one day is your own goal?"
The blue haired teen shook his head. "Hell no. What kind of loser would aspire for a lame job like that?" Naruto's eyebrow twitched again as he held back the urge to get up and say and/or do something he shouldn't. Hideo continued, "If anything I'd go beyond the title of Kage. I'd rather be a legend."
Naruto simply nodded and took mental note of this while shifting his gaze to the next in line, Kiyomi.
"My name is Kiyomi Shoda. I don't particular like anything, though I've recently found myself looking at the stars before going to bed. I dislike prejudice and I don't have any actual hobbies. My goal is to find a certain someone."
"And what do you intend to do once you find that person?" Naruto couldn't but ask as his eyes narrowed on the girl. She looked away for a moment and returned this gaze towards him. "I don't know yet." The Jonin simply nodded in response and finally pointed to Shiden.
"My name is Shiden Katsutoshi. My likes include things such as the arts and beauty. My dislikes are those that are ignorant and crude." With this remark he looked over to Hideo who, upon noticing this, began to pull up his sleeves as a visible vein of anger began to show on his forehead. "My hobbies include tinkering and for goals, I'd rather not openly say them here if that's okay, Sensei." The blonde once again nodded.
With introductions complete, Naruto stood to his feet and looked over the three of them. "Well, that was interesting to say the least."
"Wait, shouldn't you introduce yourself too?" This comment came from Hideo. Naruto smiled. "I guess you're right. Alright then, my name is Naruto Uzumaki. My likes are ramen and I dislike the cook time for making ramen. My hobbies include going to Ichiraku where one of my old sensei took me pretty often. My goal is, believe it or not, to be Hokage."
The three genin simply sweat dropped and exchanged glances while they all thought in unison. "All he did was talk about ramen except for mentioning being Hokage." Naruto was preparing to speak but got cut off when Hideo began to speak again.
"Weren't up to par for the job?" He said in a joking tone that got him a hit in the back of the head from Shiden. "Have some respect for our new sensei."
Naruto shook his head and responded, "You sure do love to hear yourself talk, huh? But no, I was actually offered the job a couple of years ago, but declined because I wanted to have the experience of leading a team of my own and passing on my will of fire to this generation. Anyway, if there are no more interruptions I'll explain our first group exercise."
"He's that strong?" Kiymoi thought to herself. Hideo and Shiden didn't seem to catch on to this however as they were bickering over something. Once the two of them quieted down Naruto began speaking again.
"Tomorrow we'll be playing a game of sorts." Reaching into his pocket he pulled out small sheets of paper and gave one to each genin. "It will be at the location listed here. Bring all of your equipment and be prepared to fight to your fullest. I probably shouldn't say this, but of the thirty or so academy students that passed in your class, only three teams will become genin. Thus, this 'game' has a failure rate of about seventy percent. Well, see you tomorrow." That said, he disappeared in a puff of smoke that made Shiden narrow his eyes on where the blonde was moments ago.
"Hm, that wasn't even him. It was a shadow clone."
Hideo jumped back to his feet and began to walk away. "So passing that test at the academy still wasn't enough? Guess I'll just have to kick his ass and prove my worth to be genin." Shiden sighed and turned to Kiyomi who seemed to have already left.
The next morning they all had gathered at the designated location. It was a relatively large space with a stone monument towards the center and three wooden stumps off to the side. Walking over to one of them without a saying a word, the blonde Jonin placed an alarm clock down and began to mess with the settings.
When done he spun around to look at the faces of the anxious genin. "Alright, I set the clock to go off at noon. That's the time limit you have to finish this exercise. Tied to my belt are two bells. In order to pass you'll need to get one of them. Now, I'm sure you can all do basic math and know that one of you will not be able to get a bell, whoever doesn't will be sent back to the academy."
Kiyomi frowned and raised her hand. "Doesn't sound very fair, why should only one of us go back to the academy while the other two get to pass?" Smiling Naruto shook his head. "Not true, although it's guaranteed at least one of you will have to fail there's no such guarantee on two passing. To put it simply, it's possible for all three of you to fail."
Hideo punched his fist into his open palm and grinned. "I like a good challenge. Besides, this is a good chance to see how I stack up against a Jonin. No offense, but you don't look like much." Shiden slapped the boy on the back of the head again.
"Seems like you're all ready. Begin!" At the sound of this the three genin scattered. Well, except for one of them. Naruto smiled. "Why am I not surprised that it's you?"
The blue haired genin got into a fighting stance. Already in their hiding spots amongst the trees and shrubbery Shiden and Kiyomi sweat dropped. "Doesn't he know the basics of being a shinobi?" She thought to herself, similar thoughts going through the mind of the boy in black.
Naruto pretty much said something similar to Hideo's face. "I skip class pretty often. Guess I missed that day." Suddenly, the genin leaped forward, already on the attack.
Alright, hope you guys enjoyed this chapter. I know I mimicked the original series a bit but that's not what it's meant to be. This chapter was more of a déjà vu or nostalgia sort of thing. Future chapters will go in a very different direction.
Anyway, review and I'll see you next chapter~
