Hi guys

Sorry this took a while, but im writing another FF right now, and that was kinda on my mind. It's a crossover with Naruto and Kanokon(look it up) and its kinda funny.

So anyway, in this chapter, I'm going to reveal the basic team balance of their ninja team. Also: a disclaimer. In team seven, Sasuke became how he was because he tried to do everything by himself. There will be SEVERAL points in the story where these opportunities arise, each more tempting than the last. Give me some ideas, and ill see what I can do for you.

I don't own naruto. If I did, naruto's first jutsu would not entirely involve being a transvestite.

"To a ninja, stealth is important." Tsunade said, "So is remaining calm in a battle."

She paced up and down the line of her students, who were currently falling asleep. Arashi was blinking, sleepily, with Sukeru resting her head on his shoulder. Kizuato's head was slumped, falling asleep. Arashi finally had enough, "Tsunade-sensei, we've been standing here for two hours, doing nothing but listen. Can't we do something?"

Tsunade looked at the young boy, annoyed to be interrupted. Kizuato stiffened, waking up, "Yeah, when do we start training?"

"You want to start training, huh?" She said, "Eager to get started? Okay, fine. I have one task for you. If you accomplish it, then you pass. If you don't, then you fail, and will have to go back to the academy!"

At the words, 'Go back to the academy' they all swallowed. Arashi looked to her, and said, "What is it?"

Tsunade smiled, and reached into her pocket. Arashi thought she'd pull out a kunai, or a shuriken. Kizuato swallowed, imagining her producing a scroll, and summoning a enormous slug. Sukeru continued sleeping.

Finally, Tsunade produced a small rope, with a bell on each end. They jingled together, as she held them out. Arashi raised an eyebrow, and Kizuato exhaled.

Arashi shook Sukeru awake, and asked, "What's with the bell?"

"This is your challenge." She said, maliciously, "All you have to do is take these bells from me. If you do that, you pass. You'll have two opportunities to try. Whoever gets beaten in the first round goes without lunch, and whoever gets beat in the second round goes back to the academy."

She tossed them in the air, and caught them. She told them to wait for one minute, and then give chase. As she disappears into the forest, Arashi went over some strategy.

"Okay, Kizuato, you'll be the big gun, so hang back, and build up chakra for a water dragon jutsu." He said, "Sukeru, you and I will engage, and try to take the bells while we wait for Kizuato. If we keep our chakra in reserve, we should be able to win."

"Okay, then." Kizuato said, cracking his knuckles, "I'm in the mood for a good fight."

"Guys, her one minute is up!" Sukeru said.

"Good! Sukeru, you're up front with me, Kizuato, you're at the back." Arashi said, and launched himself after Tsunade. The team flew into motion, trying to make the formation. However, instead of a perfect triangle, like many teams, their team balance was completely lopsided. Arashi was pulling ahead of Sukeru, who was trying hard to keep up. Kizuato was too far back, his movements jerky, and shaking the trees.

Finally, they found Tsunade, and charged in. Arashi flicked hand signs, and said, "fire style: fireball jutsu!" He shot a huge orb of fire at the Hokage, burning like a small meteor. Tsunade easily dodged the ground where she had been a second earlier scorched.

Sukeru ran up to Tsunade, and threw a kunai. Tsunade rolled her eyes, grinning as she caught the throwing knife in one hand. Sukeru gritted her teeth, and threw shuriken, only to have them caught as well.

Arashi threw a kunai from behind her, almost catching Tsunade off guard. She threw the kunai at his, hitting it and knocking it spinning at her. It impaled itself in the ground inches from her foot, and she smirked, believing she had easily halted their strategy. However, Arashi was smiling also. She looked down, and saw the paper bomb attached to the kunai.

She jumped into the air, just as the bomb exploded, and looked down in time to see Arashi jumping. she had no motion control in mid air, and kicked her legs trying to stop the Genins advance. Arashi shot up, and flicked one of the bells, making it jingle. However, she pushed off him, sending herself higher, and him down at the ground. She went high into the treeline, and finally saw Kizuato. He was making hand signs on the ground, and finally finished.

"Water dragon jutsu!" He said, and a small water dragon erupted from a large puddle, snaking it up to the airborne Hokage.

"Yes!" Arashi said, clenching his fist. They had won.

Or had they?

Tsunade gritted her teeth, but suddenly, the water dragon stopped rising. It faulted, the chakra forming it coming apart. It dissipated, sloshing back into the puddle. Shocked looks came from everyone, as Tsunade easily landed on a branch.

She gave Kizuato a knee strike, sending him back. He tumbled, hitting the ground hard, until he came to a stop.

Arashi and Sukeru ran up, and Arashi said, "She's strong!"

"Strong?" Tsunade laughed, "I'm the leaf village's Hokage! I haven even been using any of my strength! You're all outmatched! Have fun in the academy!"

Kizuato gritted his teeth in anger. The woman was just toying with them! Just like that Anko woman from before!

"We need a new plan!" Sukeru wailed.

"Sukeru, use rising shadow snakes to distract her. Kizuato, gather your chakra, and we'll make the next attack!" Arashi told them, helping Kizuato to his feet.

"But I don't know how to use rising shadow snakes!" Sukeru said, panicking.

"And I think I used most of my chakra with that water dragon." Kizuato panted.

"Having trouble?" Tsunade asked, mockingly.

"Grr!" Arashi growled, and sprinted off at her. He threw kunai, which she easily dodged. She jumped down from the tree, and kicked at Arashi. He was able to duck it, but she hammered him with a punch to the gut when he stood back up. He fell, and Kizuato and Sukeru ran to his aid.

Sukeru leapt at her, trying to stab her with a kunai, but Tsunade was ready. She pivoted her foot, grabbing Sukeru's forearm, and threw her sky-high.

"You'd better help your partner." She told Kizuato, who snarled.

Instead of running off to catch Sukeru, he charged at Tsunade. He ran at her, full speed, ready to attack.

"Kizuato, don't go hand to hand with her!" Arashi said, finally recovering his breath. It was too late. Kizuato had already launched a punch, only to have it be caught by the woman. She smiled, and shot her fist out like a jackhammer. It hit Kizuato in the gut, making him stiffen. He slumped, gasping for breath, as he fell to the ground. Tsunade surveyed the battle, not impressed with the work the Genin had done.

After they had all picked themselves up, they were all tied to the poles in front of the memorial. Arashi looked weakened, slumped against his bindings. Kizuato was still breathing heavily, occasionally coughing. Sukeru's head was hung, scratched up from when she'd landed.

Tsunade stood in front of them, saying, "We'll, the rules said that whoever got beat would go without lunch, but since you all got beat, I guess you all go without lunch."

She sighed, obviously disappointed with her students. She knew they were just Genin, but she expected more than this.

"I'll be back in an hour," she said, walking away, "don't go anywhere."

After she'd left, each of the Genin began thinking hard. Not about ways to get out, but about how shortly their dreams had been stopped. Arashi thought about his father, the great Kakashi Hatake. How easily he'd be able to get out of here. At this rate, how would he ever be able to be who he wanted? Kakashi was strong. He would have gotten those bells.

Kizuato thought of Zabuza. His father was right. He really was worthless. He had wasted all his chakra in the water dragon, and let his anger take control so much that he'd sacrificed a comrade. His dad would've never been so careless. He would have gotten the bells.

Sukeru thought of her mom. Not how she would handle it, how disappointed she'd be when she heard her daughter had failed the entrance exams to being a Genin. She'd say, I can't believe you failed! What happened? After all I taught you, you still couldn't get them? Anko would've gotten the bells.

"Thanks a lot, Kizuato." Sukeru said, not looking up.

"It's not my fault you couldn't take care of yourself." He said.

"We're a team!" She said, "Teams help one another!"

Kizuato didn't respond, he simply looked down, darkly. Sukeru stared at him, trying to meet his gaze, but he wouldn't have it.

"If we want to get the bells, you have to start helping the team!" She said, "Arashi, back me up!"

But Arashi didn't answer.

"Arashi?" She repeated, but there was still no response. They looked over to the pole, and gasped. The ropes lay in a heap at the ground, Arashi nowhere to be seen. They looked around, trying to find the boy.

"Arashi?" Sukeru said, timidly, then yelling, "ARASHI!"

"You hollered?" He said from beside her, making her jump. In his hand he held a kunai, and he gave her a smile with his eye. He slashed through her bonds, freeing her. She hugged him, and then stood at attention.

"What's the plan?" She asked.

"Payback." He told her, "We go in with a distraction, and in the confusion, we get the bells!"

They began walking off, but stopped in front of Kizuato. He looked at them with a face that wasn't sure whether to be mad, impressed, or embarrassed. Sukeru smiled, and said, "Lets leave him here, just like he left me."

Arashi thought for a moment, and then slashed the ropes off Kizuato. He gratefully stepped out, smiling. Arashi smiled back, and Sukeru said, "Why are we helping him?"

"Because teams look out for each other." Arashi said.

"Sorry I lost my head." Kizuato said, sheepishly, "but I'll be able to keep it together."

"We need to be sure." Arashi said, "We can't be a team unless we can completely rely on one another."

"Trust me." Kizuato said, smiling maliciously.

"Okay, here's the plan." Arashi said, pulling them into a huddle.

Tsunade walked to the village, whistling. She wasn't very happy with the way things were turning out. She had been reluctant to take any more students than Sakura, in the first place, but now it turned out they were completely useless. They had no team balance, no clear leader, and no coordination. A pack of Boy Scouts armed with water pistols could've taken them out, going half-power was overkill.

As she walked along, suddenly, three kunai were thrown in front of her, each equipped with a paper bomb. They detonated, throwing her back. She was under attack? How?

Shuriken flew from the trees, almost immediately after the paper bombs detonated. She barely dodged them. She got up in a fighting stance, looking around frantically. Suddenly, from the trees burst Kizuato, running at her full speed again. Of course! The rank amateurs she had tied to the poles. She knew she should've taken their weapon pouches.

It didn't matter, they were using the same technique as last time. Kizuato raised a hand, cocking back a punch, as he rapidly approached. Tsunade rolled her eyes and stiff-armed him.

Suddenly, as her hand connected with his head, he dissipated into water, splashing her. She sputtered, bewildered. A water clone? They had come up with a strategy.

Suddenly, shuriken came flying at her, and she sprawled to avoid them. As she hit the ground, she saw there was a piece of paper tied to one of the shuriken. It said, "Look up."

She checked over her shoulder, and saw Arashi running at her, reaching for the bells. She rolled away, and got into a fighting stance. She smiled, there was no way she could be beaten on equal ground like this.

However, Arashi didn't approach, he just stood there, waiting. Tsunade was perplexed at the purpose of this unorthodox attack, until she saw the smoke coming from her stomach.

She looked down, and saw a paper bomb, stuck to her midsection. She tore it off, and was barely able to throw it before it exploded. As she was thrown to her back, she ran the whole thing over again in her mind. How had they stuck the paper bomb to her? Why had they had the water clone? And why tell her about Arashi going for the bells?

Suddenly, she remembered. When she had rolled, to get away from Arashi, he had dropped a paper bomb next to her, so it stuck to her. They probably had Sukeru in the bushes, giving them cover fire with kunai and shuriken.

But she still didnt understand why they used the water clone, it was just a waste of chakra. She felt herself land in the water again, soaking her body. Then she realized why. Just as she realized it, she heard, "Water style, water dragon jutsu!"

From both sides of her, snaking water serpents erupted from the puddle. They twisted and turned, slamming into her. They were made weakly, and they didn't hurt. Still, Tsunade wondered what had happened to the amateurs she was fighting earlier, these seemed to be different people entirely.

She got up, and this time, she was ready. She blocked the kick delivered by Kizuato, and caught the punch from Arashi. She swept her leg behind her, knocking Sukeru down. She whirled, and threw the children into a pile.

As they rubbed their sore parts, Tsunade loomed over them. Sukeru trembled, as Arashi and Kizuato looked up, gritting their teeth. They waited for the blow, the kick, the pain that they were about to get, but none of it came. Instead, Tsunade reared back her head, and laughed.

"Congratulations, kids," she said, "you all pass."

All of them looked at her, their jaws dropped.

"It takes quite a bit of skill and teamwork to get the drop on me." She continued, " if you can do it, then you're all worthy of being called Genin. And of being my pupils."

They smiled, and Arashi said, "We did it!" They patted one another on the backs, giving whoops of joy. Kizuato said, "Nice plan, Arashi."

He put his hand on the shoulder of his teammate. "I may not be much at fighting, but if f you're the one who's leading, I'll gladly follow."

"Yeah, me too!" Sukeru said, pumping a fist.

Arashi smiled, and said, "Then lets prove just how good we are."

The team walked back to the village, for dinner, celebrating their new victory. They didn't know it, but they had just started the long and hard journey that each if them wanted to accomplish. But they no longer had to face it alone. They had two good friends beside them.

Okay, that's done with. Like I said, the basic team balance is revealed: Arashi is the leader. As the story progresses, they will become more and more like their parents. and as that happens, they will become less and less like their parents.

I know you don't care and everything, but I just want to brag right now. I won my first rap battle competition the other day. If you went to see me, my callsign is Impulse.

Peace.