Chapter 2
Naruto tried his hardest to keep his eyes open, it wouldn't do for his new teach to walk in to him sleeping. Looking to his left towards the window, he looked at his new 'teammates'.
One Sasuke Uchiha was looking out the window ignoring the girl between the two of them, a throwback named Sakura Haruno.
Throwbacks, a term used when a regular civilian awakens the Blood of the Sage. It meant that somewhere in her family tree, usually at least five generations, one of her ancestors married a civilian and that child didn't awaken. The gene through is still carried and when the current man/woman does the deed with someone of similar circumstances out comes the throwback. Unfortunately the throwbacks strengths are nearly cut in half compared to a regular person of their species.
'I have the strangest feeling that she's gonna be a pain later on...mostly for me.' Naruto thought to himself. Naruto didn't particularly like Sakura, she was rude, extremely loud, and called him stupid all the time. Just because he was sleepy didn't mean he was dumb.
Then their was Sasuke his, self-proclaimed, rival (Naruto didn't really care what Sasuke called himself). He preferred to just call him a friend/sparing partner.
It started when they were younger, Sasuke and him had just got into the academy and were facing off against each other in a spar.
Sasuke got all arrogant and started bragging, until Naruto walked over and socked him, knocking him out cold.
The next few times they fought Sasuke grew a mix between pride and respect toward Naruto. He was like this giant wall that Sasuke needed to surpass, that and he could kick his ass twenty different ways with only one arm.
But there were areas that Naruto didn't excel in that Sasuke thrived. Speed, agility, and abilities that he honed over the years of fighting Naruto. Every time he fought Naruto he knew he was getting better. What originally were one hit KO matches steadily became actual spars between the two. Hell Sasuke actually looked forward to their fights!
Looking over toward the teen in question, Sasuke rolled his eyes. Naruto was sawing logs face down on the table. 'Probably couldn't take the boredom of waiting.' He thought. Sasuke couldn't blame him. If Sakura wasn't here he'd be joining Naruto in dreamland, he just didn't trust her with his unconscious body like any other fangirl.
That was until the front door of the classroom opened and a tall masked man with strange grey hair walked in. " My first impression of you guys... your boring. Meet me on the roof in five." He said before disappearing into smoke.
Sasuke got up followed by Sakura who immediately went to the door ignoring Naruto while Sasuke went and nudged Naruto's shoulder.
Opening his eyes he looked at Sasuke with a questioning look. He simply said "Roof." getting a nod.
Walking to the window he opened it and looked up. "Your not thinking of climbing up are you?" Sasuke said amused.
He was until Naruto grabbed him by his shirt, flipped out the window, and simply pulled up.
They shot up like a rocket till they got about ten feet above the roof before Naruto landed on his feet with a thud.
Looking at his (at least in his mind) friend, Sasuke gave him a WTF face. "WHY?!" He questioned not even asking how Naruto was able to simply throw both of them up there.
"You'd rather listen to Sakura the whole way up?" Naruto asked laying on the ground to cloud watch.
Sasuke stayed silent before unsealing a bag of chips and joining his savior on the floor. "Chips?" He asked giving his answer.
Grabbing a few he and Sasuke simply enjoyed the silence and each other's company.
They did notice their teacher arrive on the railing at the three minute mark, getting smirks from both of them at his surprised face.
A few seconds before the five minute mark, and Kakashi needing to go look for Sakura, she arrived out of breath looking about ready to have a heart attack.
A similar thought was on all three of their minds. 'It was only three flights of steps?' They thought, how bad was her stamina?
Eventually they had sat down on the steps awaiting for their teacher to say something.
"First, sorry for being late everyone it's been so long since I've been here I had accidentally forgot where the school was. Second how about we introduce ourselves?" He said. He looked at the trio before pointing at Sasuke. "You first."
Sasuke crossed his fingers in front of his face. "My name is Sasuke Uchiha. Species, Quetzalcoatl. I don't like much," "Tomatoes and training." Naruto said butting in.
Sasuke's eyebrow twitched but he continued "And I can't count how many things I hate," "Anything sweet really, but he despises anything to do with weasels." Naruto said this time with a smirk.
His eyebrow visibly twitching, Sasuke took a breath before continuing "I don't really have a dream but I do have an ambition," "To exterminate all weasels in the land and become a tomato farmer." Naruto finished for him.
Sasuke made a motion in front of himself seeming to be straggling someone.
Sakura wanted to yell at him, but she was currently trying to see if her lungs were bleeding.
Kakashi chuckled at the large teenagers shenanigans. "Alright how about you next then girl."
Even between the three of them it was hard to make out exactly what she said besides her blushing and giggling. They only words they got were Sasuke, I hate Naruto, and shopping.
She started looking at Sasuke like he should be impressed with sparkles in her eyes.
Sasuke simply shuffled a little farther away from her.
"O...kay?" Kakashi said both creeped out and confused. "You big guy, say words before she pounces." He said quickly.
Hoping to take her attention off Sasuke for a minute, at least to give a running start, he took his hood off and placed his hands in his sweater pockets. "Im Naruto Uzumaki, my likes include ramen, training, the Hyuga family, sleeping, and old man Sarutobi." It did not go unnoticed by Kakashi that he didn't say his species.
"The only think I truly hate are liars, traitors, and the civilian council cause they always piss off the old man somehow." After saying that he scratched his head in thought.
"I guess my dream would to one day be Hokage unless Hiruzen thinks otherwise, then it would be to protect my home and future family." He finished with a smile.
'He holds the Ancient in such high regard? Kid has a good heart.' Kakashi thought with a smile. 'You two would have been so proud of him.'
"Well guess it's my turn!" Kakashi said now in a good mood. "I'm your hopefully new teacher Kakashi Hatake." Sasuke's eyes narrowed at that, 'Hopefully?' He thought.
"I really shouldn't tell you guys my likes and I don't really hate anything. Species, hmmm it's a secret! For dreams I had a great one last night." He said all with a smile.
Both Naruto and Sasuke looked at their teacher blankly, Sakura was busy off in la la land thinking about pink hair babies with onyx eyes. 'He only told us his name?' They thought confused.
"What did you mean by that you were 'hopefully' our new teacher?" Sasuke said cutting straight to the point.
Kakashi smirked "Good you caught that. What I mean is that you're technically not in the Dragoons yet. The test you took here was basically just screening the students so that only only those with an actual chance passed. We, your teachers, actually give you the true test." He started chuckling at them eerily.
"Just so you know only a third of the students that passed these tests are qualified to become Dragoons. 'Chuckle', and I've never passed a team before in these tests." He said. "Come to training ground seven tomorrow at eight in the morning. Oh and I recommend that you don't eat, you'll just throw it up." Kakashi said before disappearing in another puff of smoke.
They waited a moment before Sasuke yelled suddenly. "Naruto, fangirl escape plan omega!"
Naruto jumped back from the steps going into a similar position to an archer, one hand in front of him the other pulled back.
Sasuke ran up behind Naruto and flipped onto his waiting hand. Naruto pushed Sasuke throwing him into the air.
Sasuke arms started to grow suddenly while white feathers appeared under them, his arms being turned into wings. "Thanks Naruto!" He yelled back before starting to fly home.
Naruto did a quick wave before jumping off the roof himself and once he landed started walking home, leaving Sakura on the roof. Naruto was NOT dealing with her anymore then he had too.
Timeskip the next day, Training Ground Seven
Naruto yawned as he walked toward what he thought was the meeting place, a clearing with three logs standing up in it with a stone monument nearby. Seeing Sasuke meditating, cough*napping*cough, he went and sat down against a tree close to him.
They sat in silence before a grumbling sound came from Sasuke. Sasuke didn't even look towards him when it happened.
"You listened to him didn't you?" Naruto asked. Sasuke still refused to look at him.
Reaching into his sweater pocket, he withdrew a bright red apple and a water bottle. Lightly tossing them at Sasuke he caught them midair. Sasuke gave him a questioning look. "How did you..?"
Naruto shrugged "Had a gut feeling you'd need it, Shino explained it as 'if a lighter didn't have any fuel can it make fire?'. That and I personally can't fight on an empty stomach." He said to him.
Sasuke raised an eyebrow at him as he ate the apple.
"Mortality's." Naruto said. Sasuke nodded, Hunger was actually a pretty common Mortality. It also explained his sleeping all the time, while a little bit rarer the Nara's were know for having the Hibernation Mortality.
"If you got one of those, what's your Aspect?" Sasuke asked.
Naruto shrugged again "Shino thinks it's Divine but it's only a minor one." Sasuke's eye widened a bit at that. "So your really lucky or something?" He asked.
Naruto shook his head. "Naw, it seems to only affect people around me."
Sasuke made a note in his head to hang around Naruto more. One, his fangirls were scared of him, Two, it always helps to have a little bit of luck on your side especially when your a Dragoon.
Soon they fell into a peaceful silence again, tho for a moment Naruto did start looking around suddenly, since he thought he smelled someone nearby.
Sakura arrived a little bit before the time limit, again out of breath. Sasuke had a thought run through his head 'Does she ever train? At all? Most regular teens would be out of breath but she's a throwback, she should have more stamina then that?'
Naruto was preoccupied sniffing the air. Standing up and walking to a tree across the clearing he looked up into the leafs. "I know your there teach. I can smell your scent." He said.
Hoping out of the tree Kakashi startled both of Naruto's teammates. He looked at Naruto with a questioning look "You can find my scent? You don't look like a Hunter?" He asked
Hunter, a category used when a species could find and track down others. Most of Iwa's species had the trait being natural predators while the Inuzukas were a clan basically made of them.
"I'm not, just able to smell out people. Not much distance to it but good for finding hidden people." Naruto said.
Kakashi made a mental note of that. He wouldn't be able to sneak up on Naruto if he could tell where he was.
Walking towards the others, Kakashi saw he had there attention. "Alright kiddies the goal of this test is to get one of the two bells here. If you can get it then hold onto it till noon then you pass." He showed them two small silver bells tied to his waist. "You can use any method you want, but a word of advice, come at me for the kill. If you do it halfheartedly you WILL fail." He finished.
"Doesn't that only mean two of us will pass?" Sasuke asked. He was confident he could get a bell, but if this test dragged on all of them would be at a disadvantage. Sasuke only had the stuff Naruto gave him to sustain himself. Naruto would probably run out of gas if Kakashi just ran away from them, he was a close range fighter not a long range. Sakura...he doubted the girl would last ten seconds against an Elder.
"Yes, the other will be put off duty and will have to try again next year. They would basically be put into the reserves." He answered. "Now get ready, the test starts...NOW!" He said.
Sakura and Sasuke jumped away wanting to plan or ambush Kakashi. Naruto however stood still a few feet from Kakashi. "Your a bit different then the other two you know that?" Kakashi said in that lazy drawl of his.
Naruto cracked his knuckles in his palms, getting into a fighting stance. "I'm not really good a stealth nor do I have time to chase and find you." He said, his eyes had sharpened turning into slits like a snake, the red of his eyes taking over the blue.
"Well try your best then." He said, not really expecting much while taking out a small orange book. Fresh out of the academy and taking on an Elder bare handed? 'Yeah, good luck with that.' He thought.
Bending his legs and slouching forward slightly, he tensed his legs. Shooting forward in a blur, cracking the earth from the force, he held his left arm out covered in his black scales.
Not expecting the sheer speed Naruto came at him at, only due to years of experience was Kakashi able to cushion the blow to his stomach somewhat dampening the force behind the hit. Doesn't mean it didn't hurt though, it felt like getting hit with a solid steel bar going at Mach 5.
Him flying toward the trees and slamming against the trees, an through it, tho he was ready for. Bracing himself for the impact with his legs he was able to avoid a broken spine.
Naruto gave him no time to recover. Running forward throwing a straight punch at Kakashi's face. Dodging at the last moment, Kakashi had a front row seat to watch as Naruto's black scaled fist went straight through the solid oak tree like a like a hot knife through butter.
Kakashi nearly shat himself seeing that. 'That could have been my head?!'
Jumping away from Naruto to try and keep as much distance between himself and his fists of doom.
Naruto had other ideas however, a long black tail appearing from his lower back with small spikes on the sides of it.
Naruto spun on his heel, adding momentum as he lashed out with his tail attempting to slam it into his new teacher. Kakashi however saw it coming, leaning back mid-jump. It skimmed his chest however, the spikes acting like a saw-blade against his flak jacket shredding it while drawing a little bit of blood.
'Oh fuck this!' Kakashi said spinning in the air so he faced the ground. He took off running, jumping into the trees.
"HEY GET BACK HERE!" Naruto yelled out after him, his deep voice making it sound all the more threatening. Deactivating his scales he ran after Kakashi.
Going full sprint through the branches Kakashi was having cold sweats as he heard Naruto's yell behind him.
Actually having a moment to collect himself the grey haired man had a single thought go through his head 'THE FUCK IS HE!?'
Neither of his parents could hit that hard!? He should know, Minato was his teacher and Kushina...he did tend to piss her off quite often now that he thought about it. Heck both were speed based dragons and neither of them had black scales!
He paused mid-thought, 'Black scales? Never seen those before. Wonder what his abilities are?'
Hearing a strange noise above him he glanced behind him to see if Naru, 'TREE!'
Jumping out of the way just before it hit, a large tree crashed down splintering the other trees and branches nearby.
"Did that little shit actually throw a tree at me?!" Kakashi questioned to himself. That was a big fucking tree!
A loud deep beastly roar was heard from the trees where the direction the thrown tree came from.
A realization dawned on Kakashi's mind remembering the day's earlier event 'He's tracking me!'
Now being a hunter species himself he knew how to get rid of his scent...he just didn't have anything on him that could do said task. He was expecting to fight teen's fresh out of the academy, not a damn war machine in human/dragonic flesh!
Bolting away through the trees only moments later did Naruto arrive a glare on his face and snarl on his lips. Sniffing the air quickly he started running after Kakashi again.
Timeskip 5 minutes
Naruto arrived in another clearing except this one had a small lake.
His scent had ended here so he should be here somewhere.
Naruto looked around seeing no visible sign of him. 'The lake.' He thought.
Walking over cautiously he peered inside only to see nothing but dark water. Looking around the bank he saw a few footprints exiting the water and heading off into the trees.
Needing to catch up he quickly ran in his estimated direction.
A whole minute passed before Kakashi emerged from the bottom of the lake gasping for air.
"Oh thank Kami it worked." Kakashi said pulling himself out of the water.
Basic tracking skill, water erases scent. Not for long but that was all Kakashi needed.
"Kids a bloody monster. Probably should have read their files after all? Would have saved me a vest and shirt." He said to himself.
Kakashi would never admit it but that little exchange scared the crap out of him. If he had actually been able to grab him...'Let's not think about that.'
Unsealing a new jacket, he loved seals, he replaced his torn-up one so not to give the other two any ideas.
Kakashi blinked, where were the other two? He shrugged, now was a good as time as any to go test them. At least he knew one thing, Naruto was WAY higher then Adult level, Bloodied too. He hadn't even transformed halfway yet, only his tail and arms.
Now that he was ready he jumped into the trees again looking for Sasuke and Sakura.
Timeskip 10 minutes
Well that was...pathetic, yes that was the word Kakashi was looking for.
He was standing over Sakura's unconscious body behind some bushes shaking his head. He hadn't even touched her!
He had found her first, looking for Sasuke he bet, and snuck up behind her. All he did was pop out behind her yelling "BOO!" She had screamed and fainted right after.
Kakashi had jumped out of the way into the open as multiple shuriken hit the tree beside him.
Sasuke wasted no time, throwing twice as many shuriken this time from the sides while also throwing a batch of kunai down the middle.
Surprisingly Kakashi went forward toward the flying blades dodging the shuriken. Grabbing one of the kunai mid-flight he spun it into reverse grip bating the others away.
Sasuke copying his teacher, ran forward as Kakashi was blocking the kunai. Going low he kicked up aiming for Kakashi's stomach. Kakashi grabbed his foot with his left hand pulling up, actually lifting Sasuke into the air.
Spinning he shot his other foot out this time going for Kakashi's chin. Grabbing that foot as well he pushed that one up as well unintentionally crossing his arms.
Though upside down and being held in the air, he snatched one of the kunai off the ground with his right hand already swinging to stab Kakashi in the side. Kakashi raised his knee this time blocking it by putting it into Sasuke's elbow.
Kakashi swore he saw Sasuke grin before letting go of the knife and grabbing his knee. Using his only free limb, Sasuke shot his left hand forward aiming for his goal.
'The bells!' Kakashi thought quickly. Letting go of Sasuke's feet, he raised his knee higher and using his foot Kakashi pushed against Sasuke's chest throwing him away.
In a show of pure speed and flexibility Sasuke shifted midair and pushing off the ground with his hands, back flipped away till they were about ten feet apart.
"Impressive moves, not many people can move like that." Kakashi said truly sounding impressed. Kid moved like an acrobat.
"I had a good sparring partner. Thought if I exploited his weaknesses I could finally win." Sasuke shook his head." If you think I'm good you haven't faced Naruto yet."
A dull pain from his chest reminded Kakashi that he had." Oh you'd be surprised, he wasn't THAT much trou," " You ran away from him." Sasuke interrupted, not asking more like stating a fact.
"...how much did you see?" Kakashi asked a gloomy cloud appearing above his head.
"Your chest still hurt?" Sasuke asked the slightest tone of cheekiness in his voice.
Kakashi's shoulders slumped, he saw the whole thing.
"Wise choice really, knock out the weakest link before moving up. But I will say this Kakashi," Sasuke said before his body started to shift. His head had flattened a bit and where once pale skin was replaced by bronze scales outlined in red. He grew taller gaining a serpent like body, his arms had been replaced by pure white wings coming out off its back. Sasuke had went full dragon. "I am nothing like Ssssakura!" Sasuke said voice having turned higher pitched and with a slight lisp.
"You have got to be kidding me with this shit!" Kakashi said aloud voicing his frustration. He thought no one in this term could go full dragon?! An he wasn't even allowed to go half!
Sasuke's mouth started to glow with light. Opening it in a roar he roared/shouted out "Lightning Discharge!" Multiple bolts of lightning shot out of Sasuke's mouth. Intricately dodging them Kakashi headed for the trees. Those wings of his would be hampered inside with all those branches.
Sasuke flew forward, clasping his wings tight to his back. The second his body hit the branches however he kept going at the same speed. His long serpentine body weaving through the branches and trees like he was swimming.
'I swear I'm dreaming right now, I have to be, theirs no other explanation for this. I'm having a bloody nightmare!' Kakashi said dodging another blast of lightning.
This pattern continued until Kakashi landed in a small area. Sasuke appeared behind him, trying to shoot more lightning but he only got a few sparks. Landing on the ground with a thud, Sasuke was breathing heavily wings spread out. His body slowly transformed back to its human form.
Kakashi walked over to Sasuke leaning over him. "Tired already? Little surprised you lasted that long. Usually only Bloodied or Elders like myself can go full dragon. The key point because young people don't have as much energy to draw from. You probably could have lasted longer if you actually ate something today." Kakashi explained.
"Fuck you." Sasuke said weakly. "Just because I'm almost out of energy doesn't mean I still can't beat you."
Kakashi chuckled, leaning a bit closer. "An how exactly will you beat me?"
Smoke appeared coming out of Sasuke's mouth, using the last of his energy he grabbed Kakashi's vest. Opening his mouth wide a huge wave of fire was expelled out "Cinder Wave!"
Sasuke was only able to hold the technique for around ten seconds, but the result was worth it. If he had actually hit the target that is. Kakashi's body has melted turning it into hot mud.
"What the hell." Sasuke said tiredly. Suddenly his feet were grabbed from beneath him, pulling his body under the ground leaving his head above it.
"Headhunter and Mud Clone. The forced heavy breathing, tensed muscles, and a tiny bit of smoke escaped your mouth before the attack. Those were your mistakes, otherwise great performance." Kakashi said clapping his hands, leaning against a nearby tree.
"When I get out of here," "The test will already be over and you'd be truly out of energy." Kakashi said to him.
Sasuke had a glare on his face, before a sadistic smirk overcame it. "You're forgetting about one large flaw in your plan."
Kakashi was weary, but didn't show it going with his lazy attitude. "An that is?"
"RRRRRROOOOOAAAAAARRRRRR" The mighty sound echoed over the trees sending chills down both of their spines.
Sasuke actually started chuckling. "You pissed off a goddamn monster. An after our little chase, he knows where you are."
"KAKASHI!" The voice yelled out this time seemingly closer than before.
"You want to know what kind of people Naruto truly hates? Arrogant assholes, traitors, but most of all cowards."
"I WILL BREAK YOU!" Naruto yelled seemingly only moments away and sounding absolutely livid.
"If I was in your shoes, I'd start running real fast. Cause he`s gonna be here in about ten...nine...eight..." Sasuke said, giving Kakashi a countdown to his doom.
Kakashi was already gone at nine.
"Three...two...aaaaand." Sasuke said looking at the trees in front of him.
Suddenly a large black blur burst through the trees, literally THROUGH the trees. Naruto stood there hands in tight fists taking deep breaths as he scanned the area for his prey. His hood had gotten pulled off, either by a branch or the wind from running, his red hair messy and red eyes making him look like rage itself.
Until his eyes landed on Sasuke. His lips twitched and Sasuke knew he was holding in his laughter.
"So how's your day going?" Sasuke asked blandly.
"Been looking for teach, got attacked by a pack of dogs, lost my kunai holder somewhere, and the second I think I got the bastard I find you up to your neck in dirt. Overall, better then yours it seems." Naruto said.
"Don't be an ass and just help me." Sasuke asked.
Walking over to him Naruto formed scales around his hands before plunging them into the ground close to Sasuke.
Moving around he finally found his shoulders before pulling him right out of the ground like a vegetable.
Dusting himself off Sasuke looked to see Naruto sniffing the air looking for Kakashi's trail.
"Hold it Naruto," Sasuke said right before Naruto shot off "Look it pains me to say this, but if we want to pass we need to work together."
Naruto looked at Sasuke like he just told him ramen was made of fruit. "Who are you and where is Sasuke."
A, starting to be regular, twitch came to Sasuke's eyebrow. " LOOK...you can track Kakashi but the only thing that's gonna happen is him running away from you. I however have a plan to keep Kakashi from running. Now you start by..."
Time skip 5 minutes
Kakashi jumped though the trees Naruto hot on his heals again. "FOR THE LOVE OF KAMI STOP CHASING ME!"
'...Leading Kakashi to the original clearing, the one with the stone monument. I'll head there first and set up the trap.'
Kakashi jumped into the clearing unaware of the plot the two boys had formed.
Naruto jumped into it right after him. "NOW!" He yelled.
'I'm gonna set up a barrier of sorts using some supplies I brought with me. I'll take a good ten minute head start to make sure everything is ready. Just yell at me when your clear.'
Suddenly thin razor sharp wires were pulled up off of the ground, all of them wrapped around trees an crisscrossing over each other leaving no spots where someone could get through.
'A trap? So their finally working together...OH CRAP THEIR WORKING TOGETHER!' Kakashi thought quickly.
"Nowhere left to run teach! Now fight me!" Naruto said, hands and tail appearing.
Kakashi spared a quick look at the stone monument where he had set up an timer. 'Okay I only need to last three minutes till the timer goes and I'm safe. I just need to...survive against Naruto...for three minutes...in a steel cage death match...with nowhere to run...an no help...oh fuck me.' Kakashi thought, realizing his situation.
"BRING IT!" Naruto yelled out, running right at Kakashi ready to squash him into the ground.
Chapter 2
Sorry about the long wait everyone, i started college recently so i have been swamped with homework. I'm trying my best to write but i`m only getting bits and pieces done at a time so updates will be scarce and far between. Hope you all like the chapter and hope hope for your continued support.