Chapter 2: A Crush to Kill for?
It was a calm day as Naruto made his way to the academy for hopefully the last time. Naruto had found that only had those ugly bright orange jump suits in his closet. He decided that he would have to find someone that could stand him to sell him some good looking clothes. In the end, he had to wash his suit from the day before but he refused to have to wash clothes every day.
Naruto had woken up late today much to his displeasure. He rushed to the school having to avoid the villagers as he could no longer heal like he used to. It there was an upside to holding a demon it was the unnatural healing ability. As Naruto jump from roof-top to roof-top, he was almost giddy to see the looks on the other ninja's faces.
It didn't take long to get to the academy but he was saddened that he couldn't stop. He would have given anything to be able to have some of his favorite food, ramen. He simply walked into the academy with a smirk on his face that he quickly schooled. After all, Naruto Uzumaki had died yesterday and Naruto 'The Reaper' had taken his didn't mean he stopped liking ramen by any means.
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The Classroom
The class was in a sober mood. Today was the day they started their ninja lives. Only Sasuke's fan girls had not realized this would mean fighting to the death soon. Sakura was doing what she always did trying to get Sasuke to notice her. The mood suddenly shifted when Naruto walked in the door.
"What are you doing here 'dead last'? I know you failed the test!" Kiba yelled out.
"I had a make up test of sorts." Naruto calmly explained while pointing to his headband.
'Naruto actually made it! I didn't lose my chance after all!' Hinata though with a smile on her face.
"Yeah, right Dobe. Someone like you could never pass a exam." Sasuke said with a snide tone.
"Sasuke are you telling me you suddenly went blind?" Naruto retorted in a cold voice.
Before anything more could be said, Iruka walked in with a limp. He quickly sized up the class before trying to get their attention. It seemed Naruto wasn't making friends that easily but Naruto had never really been on anyones good side.
"SIT DOWN AND SHUT UP!" Iruka commanded then he continued, "Alright all of you here have passed your exams one way...." Iruka suddenly looked at Naruto. "Or another. I am pleased to inform you that Naruto has passed by saving my life and taking down a traitor to the village."
To say the class was shocked was an understatement. None of them could figure out how the dead last could take anyone down let alone a ninja. The room was full of whispers before Iruka called their attention back.
"Your teams will be decided by your over all scores form the exam and your academy grades. I have the list right her please listen for your name and after I am done reading off the teams wait for your Jounin instructor." Iruka told the class.
Naruto tuned out most of the speech. He was too busy counting the tiles on the ceiling. It wasn't until he heard his name that he came out of his fog.
"Team 7 will be Naruto Uzumaki, Sakura Haruno...(Naruto and Sakura groaned), and Sasuke Uchiha....(Sakura cheered, Ino groaned, and Sasuke banged his head against the desk), with Kakashi Hatake as your sensei. Team 8 will be Kiba Inuzuka, Hinata Hyuuga....(Kiba cheered and Hinata groaned.), and Shino Aburame with Kurenai Yuuhi as your sensei (Hinata cheered.). Team 9 is till active so we will move on to Team 10. Team 10 will be Shikamaru Nara, Choji Akimichi, and Ino Yamanaka....(Ino groaned.) with Asuma Sarutobi as your sensei. Once again, please wait for your sensi to come pick you up." Iruka finished reading off the assignments.
Iruka left the students to talk as they waited. Team 8 left first only to be followed shortly after by the other teams. Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke were still waiting with all three getting bored. Naruto simply polished with his swords getting an odd look from Sasuke. Sakura was trying to get Sasuke's attention and Sasuke was brooding as always. As Naruto move on to polish his double chain scythe, Kakashi finally showed up.
"Alright, Team 7 with me." Kakashi ordered until he noticed Naruto's double chain scythe. "Is that blood on your weapon?"
"Hai. Is something wrong?" Naruto retorted.
"Meet me in 5 minutes on the roof." Kakashi ordered as he figured to ask Naruto why there was blood on his weapon later.
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Academy Roof 5 minutes later.
Kakashi was surprised that they had made it up to the roof so quickly. Sasuke came up first followed by Sakura and Naruto brought up the rear with a bored look on his face. Kakashi dismissed this as the file on Naruto said we was always hyper. Kakashi finally spoke as the 3 took a seat on the steps to the higher part of the roof.
"Alright. I want each of you to introduce yourselves. I want to hear you likes, dislikes, hobbies, and dream for your future." Kakashi informed them.
"Sensei, could you go first so we know what you want?" Sakura asked.
'I thought she was suppose to be the smartest in her class.' Kakashi thought with a sweat drop falling on his forehead.
"I am Kakashi Hatake. I like....some things. I dislike.......other things. My hobbies are........personal. My dream for the future is.........your too young to understand." Kakashi told them.
'WTF! We only learned his name.' All 3 gennins thought.
"Your turn, Pinky." Kakashi ordered.
"I am Sakura Haruno. I like....(glances to Sasuke). I did like Ino-pig and.....(glares at Naruto). My hobby is.....(glances at Sasuke). My dream for the future is.....(glances at Sasuke)." Sakura informed them.
'Oh, great! I got a fan girl.' Kakashi thought with a sweat drop forming.
"Your turn, Brooding Kid." Kakashi ordered.
"I am Sasuke Uchiha. I like nothing. I hate a lot. My hobbies are training. My dream.... is more of an ambition....I am going to kill a certain man and revive my clan." Sasuke replied.
'First, a fan girl and now, an avenger that might get his team killed. Kami, do you hate me or something?' Kakashi thought.
"Alright, Blond-ie it is your turn now." Kakashi ordered.
"I am Naruto Uzumaki. I like reaping people, ramen, and people that judge others for things they can't control. I dislike the time it takes ramen to cool down, traitors, and enemy shinobi. My hobbies are training, talking to the people I like, and think of new jutsu. My dream is to become a legend and start a clan." Naruto told them and took a deep breath.
'Who is this guy and what did he do with Naruto?' Sasuke and Sakura wondered.
'Well he certainly isn't what the file told me.' Kakashi puzzled.
"Well now that is out of the way meet me tomorrow on training ground 12 at 8 a.m. for your Gennin Test!" Kakashi ordered.
"Sensei, we already had our Gennin Test!" Sakura retorted.
'What are these others really like if she is the smartest of the class?' Kakashi puzzled.
"No, you passed the academy test. Only your Jounin instructor can give you the Gennin test." Kakashi answered.
"Then, you mean the academy test was useless?" Sasuke asked because he was angry that he took a useless test.
"No! if you hadn't passed in one way or another, you wouldn't be able to take the Gennin test." Kakashi retorted.
"Be at training grounds 12 tomorrow at 8 and don't eat breakfast you might puke it up." Kakashi ordered and disappeared in a swirl of leaves.
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Training Ground 12: The Next Day
Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke were waiting in the clearing of the training ground. Kakashi was already late by 2 hours. Sasuke was ignoring Sakura and Naruto. Sakura wouldn't give up and kept talking non-stop to Sasuke while totally ignoring Naruto. Naruto was happy that he didn't listen to Kakashi and he stopped by the ramen shop to eat breakfast. He was currently sitting with his back to one of the 3 posts in the center of the clearing.
Naruto watched as the birds went by and he laughed as both Sasuke and Sakura's tummy growled. He just sat there conserving his energy as he waited. The same couldn't be said for Sakura or Sasuke as Sakura wouldn't shut up and Sasuke used his chakra over his ears to tune out Sakura. It was only after the third hour that Kakashi finally showed up.
"You're late, Sensei!" Sakura screamed.
'I put in ear plugs and I could still hear her. I need to find better ear plugs!' Both Naruto and Kakashi thought as they removed their ear plugs.
"Well let me explain your test. You have to get these two bells from me before noon." Kakashi started before being interrupted by Sakura.
"Why are there only two bells when there are 3 of us?" Sakura asked.
'Are they sure she was the smartest one in the class? The other two seem brighter then she is." Kakashi mused.
"I am glad you asked! ('Not!') It is because one of you will be tied to one of these logs, not get lunch, and get sent back to the academy! In order to pass you got to come at me like you want to kill me." Kakashi told them with a smile hidden under his mask.
'Fun!' Naruto thought.
'How can we fight a jounin and win?' Sakura thought.
'Time to prove Uchihas are better then the rest!' Sasuke thought.
Before anyone else knew what was happening, Naruto threw one side of his double chain scythe at Kakashi. Kakashi for his part disappeared and reappeared behind Naruto with a kunai at Naruto's neck. Kakashi sighed and looked at Naruto.
"I didn't tell you to begin yet!" Kakashi yelled.
"When did fights start with the word begin? Maybe you need to tell the villagers that and Mizuki could have done well to learn that as my head still hurts." Naruto retorted.
"This is just a test, Naruto. It isn't an actual fight." Kakashi snapped back.
"I thought we were suppose to try and kill you Sensei." Naruto came back with.
'This Naruto kid is a psycho!' Kakashi thought.
'What just happened?' Sakura and Sasuke thought.
"Oh well. Begin!" Kakashi said and disappeared in a poof of smoke.
The 3 gennin jumped into the trees each one hiding. This had surprised Kakashi because the file said Naruto would be the one to try to charge him. Instead, Naruto was throwing shuriken and kunai from 5 different trees at a time with his shadow clones. Sasuke and Sakura were at a loss as Naruto was actually making a decent distraction. Sakura charged in trying to take up Kakashi as he focus on trying to dodge the projectiles. This didn't last long as Kakashi cast a genjutsu on Sakura and she rushed to the forest.
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Sakura's POV
She had just charged at Kakashi hoping to take advantage of the 'dead last' students attacks. The next thing she knew she saw Sasuke limping alway with kunai and shuriken sticking into his body. She followed Sasuke into the forest to give him first aid only to scream curses at Naruto for hurting Sasuke. She refused to believe anything other then Naruto had been such a bad shot that he hit Sasuke instead of Kakashi. Sakura screamed and fainted as Sasuke slumped over 'dead'.
When she finally woke back up, she charged Naruto to get her revenge. She never noticed Sasuke throwing kunai and shuriken in an attempt not to be out done by Naruto. After she killed several of Naruto's clones, she found the real Naruto. Naruto looked confused when Sakura pulled a kunai and tried to kill him.
"You killed Sasuke you bastard!" Sakura screamed as she attacked.
"What are you talking about? Sasuke is over there!" Naruto defended against his teammate and pointed to Sasuke's location.
"I saw him die! You can't lie to me! I know you have always been angry that I love him! I will kill you for killing him!" Sakura screamed.
Naruto saw she wouldn't listen to reason and threw his double chain scythe. He dodged repeatedly with all his concentration on Sakura. Naruto's clones stopped the attack on Kakashi and ran to the aid of the original. Just as the nearest clone arrived, Naruto pulled back on the double chain scythe causing the blunt end to hit Sakura in the back of the head knocking her out.
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Sasuke's POV
'Where is she going? We could have won if she didn't break off her attack.' Sasuke wondered.
Sasuke had joined Naruto in throwing his shuriken and kunai after he saw Sakura run into the woods. He had almost hit Kakashi more then once but without Sakura there things got a lot harder. He had managed to knock one of the bells off and when in to retrieve it when Naruto's projectile barrage suddenly stopped. Kakashi picked up the bell before Sasuke could get there and now Kakashi had both bell back on his belt.
Sasuke was too close to go back into hiding so he did the only thing he could. He adopted his taijutsu stance and fought with Kakashi. He charged with his kunai in hand and put up a good fight. He made Kakashi dodge or block each of his strikes. He almost had a hand on a bell but since he was aware of everything Sasuke was doing Kakashi jumped away just in time.
"Fire style: Fireball Jutsu." Sasuke called out and a fireball consumed Kakashi only for Kakashi to disappear.
'Where did he go? I know I couldn't have killed him that easily! He isn't in front, to the right, to the left, above or behind. Where is he? Oh, no! Below!" Sasuke thought but caught on too late.
'Earth Style: Head-hunter Jutsu.' Kakashi silently called out.
"I admit you are different but you stood a better chance before your teammates stopped their attacks." Kakashi taunted Sasuke and disappeared with Sasuke stuck in the ground up to his head.
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Naruto's POV
Naruto had Kakashi pinned down. He knew there had to be more to this test then was let on. There was no way that a gennin alone could take out a jounin. That is when it hit him it was a test of teamwork. He could only hope the others had figured it out too. It was then that Sakura charged Kakashi. It was harder to strike at Kakashi now that Sakura was there too but Naruto managed.
Then, Sakura suddenly ran off into the and his clones kept Kakashi pinned down but it was too hard to do anything else without back up. Naruto was glad when Sasuke started throwing kunai and shurikens too. They had even managed to cut off a bell and Naruto would let Sasuke get it before he went to get the other or Sakura came back for her to get it.
It was then he felt a few of his shadow clones disappear but Kakashi was still pinned down. Naruto kept feeling his clones disappear until Sakura appeared in front of him. Naruto could hear her screaming at him and turned to answer.
"You killed Sasuke you bastard!" Sakura screamed as she attacked.
"What are you talking about? Sasuke is over there!" Naruto defended against his teammate and pointed to Sasuke's location.
"I saw him die! You can't lie to me! I know you have always been angry that I love him! I will kill you for killing him!" Sakura screamed.
'WTF. I never even threw toward Sasuke! What is wrong with Sakura?' Naruto thought.
Naruto ordered his clones to come help him forgetting about Sasuke. He defended against Sakura as best as he could. He couldn't kill his teammate that was for sure. He did the only thing he could think of. He threw his double chain scythe off to the side of Sakura and pulled it back until it caught. He felt his clones rushing back to him and the moment Sakura was startled by a clone coming up next to her, he pulled his double chain scythe hitting Sakura in the back of the head with the bunt side of the scythe. He had knocked out Sakura but that only meant things would get harder. It was then he heard the bell ring. Time was up.
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Back in the Clearing with the 3 posts
Sakura woke up tied to the middle post. Her head was hurting like he was ran-over by a heard of deer. The last thing she remembered was trying to kill Naruto for killing Sasuke. She slowly opened her eyes to see an angry Naruto and Kakashi. She turned her head away from them to see....Sasuke alive?! Her heart sunk she had attacked a teammate over a genjutsu!
"What the Hell was your problem, Sakura! You tried to kill me!" Naruto screamed at her.
"Sakura, when you attacked Naruto, I lost my cover fire I could have been killed!" Sasuke shouted at her.
"You attacked a teammate that is unforgivable, Sakura!" Kakashi yelled at her.
"I saw Sasuke hurt by kunai and shuriken and followed him into the woods! I saw he fall over and die! Naruto was the only one throwing weapons so I thought he was the one that did it!" Sakura yelled back in her defense.
"Let me get this straight. You fell for my genjutsu and blamed your teammate! You tried to kill your teammate because you believed he betrayed Sasuke?! Naruto was only focused on me Sakura! What is worse is you assumed in the heat of battle your teammate decided to attack his teammate! You stopped your attack at the prefect time because Sasuke appeared hurt! We don't leave others behind Sakura! We don't attack teammates. Did you even listen to Naruto's introduction? He stated he hates traitors and you think he would become one? The team failed because of you! It is only because Naruto begged me not to kill you or drop you from the program that you are still here. You three only pass because Naruto begged Sasuke and me to agree to keep you in the program. Sasuke said that if Naruto could over look it then he could. You better be very thankful to Naruto. If you had done it to me or Sasuke, we would have killed you! This will go in your file and be very, very glad that Naruto as some pull with the 3rd or you would be killed the moment I told him. Naruto it is your choice to cut her down or not!" Kakashi ranted.
Naruto simply pulled one of his midnight swords. Sakura paled thinking he would kill her. Naruto how ever cut her bindings and walked away. They all heard him mutter something as he walked away.
"My friend, Shinigami, wouldn't be please to deal with you, Sakura, or I would have killed you." Naruto muttered.
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Hokage Tower
The new jounin instructors assembled to give their reports. Kakashi handed the 3rd a folder and went to lean against a wall. The other instructors had never seen Kakashi in such a fowl mood and for once, Kakashi wasn't reading his orange book. It was then the 3rd decided to get the reports.
"Team 1 failed my exam."
"Team 2 failed as well."
"Team 3 failed also"
"Team 4 was the same."
"There is no team 5 or 6 this year so you're up Kakashi." The 3rd told him.
"Team 7 passed only thanks to Naruto." Kakashi spat bitterly.
"Team 8 passed but I am not sure about this Kiba kid." Kurenai reported.
"Team 10 passed but they will need to work on there skills." Asuma reported.
"All of you are dismissed other then Kakashi." The 3rd ordered and when they were alone continued, "Explain what happened."
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(A/N) Well what did you think of my second chapter? I will not be making Naruto a super-human but I will have him a supra-ninja. I am still holding voting for the harem but I now have a good idea of what most of the people want. The girls that may take up the has 2 spots are:
Ino
Kin
Temari
Shion
Hana
Tayuya
I will not accept these girls as a write in:
Haku
Kyuubi
Hanabi
Any one as young as Hanabi or younger
No one over the age of 18
No Yaoi
Don't forget to review the story and tell me your thoughts. If you try to vote for one of the will not accepts you will be posted and asked if you can read. FYI: The Snow Princess is over 18 as she is an adult when on the mission to the Land of Snow. I call her the Snow Princess because she has two names in the movie and I don't care to try to use both.