A/N: Well, thank you to everybody who viewed! Didn't expect that so that was a nice surprise.

Also thanks to Pric3y for commenting, advice taken on board.

I own nothing except my characters. Oh and guess who appears in this chapter...

Chapter 2

Everybody was silent until the door was firmly closed. Then the roar of voices emerged as everybody began talking again. Ryota jumped in to break the silence in his group.

" Well, I hope our sensei is the best jonin there is 'cause I want someone can teach me awesome techniques!"

"I think you're getting ahead of yourself Ryota, you need to know basic principles first before attempting any complicated jutsu." Satoru muttered and blankly stared at an enraged Ryota.

"You think I don't know that!" He folded his arms. "Well then what kind of sensei do you want?"

"Someone who can guide us on the right path, someone with wisdom." he pondered, his eyes looked up at the ceiling and began to lose himself in his thoughts.

"Well we lost him." Ryota remarked.

"What about you Yume, what kinda of sensei do you want?" He turned to her.

Initially, Yume jumped a little in her seat. Someone who was not an adult said something to her, and a boy at that! Her brain was stuck and she scrounged around to find an answer and to get over her shock.

"Um, a mixture of both I guess?" Yume said uneasily.

'I guess I'd better get used to this.' she thought.

"Well I guess that's a good thing, humm."

He too fell silent. The genin sat uncomfortably in their seats as they waited for the impeding arrival of their sensei.

An hour passed and everybody had left except for the trio. Ryota held a grimace on his face when suddenly he burst.

"Where's our sensei!" he stood up and slammed his hands on the desk.

"Calm down, I'm sure that our sensei is very busy, being a jonin and all." Satoru retorted

"Eh, I guess you're right." Ryota frowned and sat down. At that moment the door slid open and the tap of the sandals echoed throughout the empty room. Both Ryota and Satoru gasped at the person who had just walked into the room.

"It's—uh,um…" Ryota stuttered. He grabbed Satoru's arm tight. His teammate would normally glare at him but this time he just froze in place. Yume was not any paying attention; she was looking out the window while listening to her music. She would like an idiot as everybody could see the headphones, but not chord or music player for that matter. The device was a little memento of her father. It slipped on Yume's hand and went transparent after a few seconds. She knew nothing about it other than what she used it for. The music, although foreign, was oddly comforting. Its' melodies make her escape to far away lands that seemed to teem with life. It was always nice to recede back into her space and just for a moment forget that the world existed. She preferred her dream world than the reality she faced everyday because she was the only one allowed inside it. Suddenly Ryota hit her elbow and blasted her from her dream.

"Agh, what! What'd you do…" Yume stopped talking and looked at her new sensei. It was a man, of medium height with iconic blond spiky hair and blue eyes and the all too famous whiskers. He was wearing a huge grin.

"No way. Actually wouldn't this make sense because of…I'll just be quiet—now." she muttered as she looked astonished at her new sensei. It was none other than Naruto Uzumaki.

"Heh, sorry I'm late!" he sheepishly rubbed the back of his head. He wore a regular jonin uniform, which was odd, as he was known for having everything in orange. Except this time he looked like any other Leaf shinobi. Ryota had something to say; yet nothing came out. Satoru was too busy staring to even to bother to say anything. Only Yume mustered the will to be able to speak again.

"Uh, that's… okay, um… I think?" she made a slight chuckle.

"Oh good! I suppose we should all get started hm? Follow me." he beckoned them to follow him outside. The three young nin got up and immediately followed their sensei.

The sun was high above the four nins' heads. The mid-day rush could be heard from below the roof of the academy. Naruto leaned against the rails while the three genin sat on the steps. Yume sat in the middle of the two boys and looked up to pay attention. There was something about her sensei that fascinated her. It was like she could relax and feel comfortable. It was actually starting to scare her. The jonin cleared his throat.

"Alright, from this day forward I'm your new sensei and we are a group. " he looked at each of them to see that they acknowledged what he said.

"Now-" he continued, "Since we are going to be together for a while, I would like you all to introduce yourselves. Say what you like and don't like and your dreams for the future." Naruto smiled again.

"Why?" said Ryota "We are classmates so we already know what there is to know!" he looked absolutely perplexed.

"Well I don't know you and you three look as though you don't really hang out and only know each other's names, am I right?" he frowned.

"Yeah I guess." Ryota sighed. "Well I'll go first!" He declared.

"My name Ryota, I like learning anything I can get my hands on, oh and discussing it on intellectual level. I don't like people who belittle my intelligence because I know that is just jealousy. My dream is to become a scholar of the ninja world and practice what I know." he closed his eyes and was possibly fantasizing at that very moment.

"Eh, okay." Naruto was a little bit in disbelief. "How about you?' He pointed to Satoru.

"My name is Satoru. I like being by myself and thinking, I don't like loud noises and my dream is to travel the world." He sighed.

"Riiight. Okay and you in the middle." The blond was looking straight at Yume. She gulped.

"Uh, well my name is Yume and I like listening to music, I guess, and walking, oh and eating? I don't really like being stressed or in a panic and my dream for now is... Well I don't really have one." She regretted saying that. He sensei squinted his eyes.

"Fair enough. I sure you'll find something" He shrugged his shoulders.

Yume immediately said "What about you sensei?" She wanted to avoid anyone pressing the issue further.

"Hm, well in case you didn't know I'm Naruto Uzumaki, I like ramen from Ichiraku's especially if Iruka-sensei pays. I hate the three minutes you have to wait after pouring the boiling water into the instant ramen. Lastly, my dream..." A chuckle escaped his lips. It was one of reminiscence, sadness, hope and everything associated to his dream.

"My dream is to become Hokage!" Naruto smiled widely, but immediately drew back and looked up at the sky.

"Hm, I said those same words right here seven years ago. Weird." He scratched his head.

"Either way, I'm sensei now. But before we can officially begin I have to see if you guys are ninja material." He said with an almost devilish grin on his face.

"Tomorrow-" He began with excitement, "We will do a test to see if you really are genin. It's a physical test, so all you guys have to do is bring yourselves. But! There is one requirement... Don't eat breakfast before the test." He leaned and smirked at the shock on their faces.

"What! Sensei, that makes no sense! If it's a physical test, we will need food in our stomach to be able to release-!" Ryota cried but was interrupted by Naruto's raised hand.

"Did you ever think that it is all part of the test? I wouldn't say it for no reason." He looked as though he was slightly annoyed.

"Oh." Ryota looked a little bemused at sensei's comment, still lacking to understand the point. Yume felt sorry for him so she loudly whispered.

"Ryota, it's a survival test!"

"Mm, yes and no Yume, but you will see tomorrow. I want you all to meet me by the bridge leading to the southwest forest at 8:00 so we can begin." Naruto said. The blond stood up straight.

"I'll see you guys tomorrow, so have the afternoon off!" Then he vanished. Rather he simply jumped off the roof of the building. Yume got up and looked over the rails to see the 20 year-old walking away with his hands behind his back. Yume reeled back and turned around to her teammates.

"Our sensei is Naruto Uzumaki!" She exclaimed with disbelief and excitement. Ryota grinned while Satoru nodded acceptingly. They would all have quite the adventure ahead of them, and this was only the beginning.