Hey guys, its been a while since i opened the story and had a few reads. Anyway the reason is the wifi on my laptop decided to crash and I only got it back a few days ago. Enjoy guys!

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Story 1, Arc 1, Chapter 2

Beginnings: Unleashed…

Naruto looked lazily around the classroom as he opened the door, he was still tired from yesterday after his run in with Konohamaru… that kid didn't run out of energy! All the chatter and excitement died when he walked in. Soon whispers broke out through the room, all seemed to be about him.

"Why is he here? Didn't he fail?"

"What's with the new clothes? Did he finally realise that orange doesn't work?"

Naruto tried to ignore the comments that floated around the room about him when someone finally asked him a question. Surprisingly it was Shikamaru.

"Oi Naruto, why are you here? Didn't you fail?"

Naruto turned his head to Shikamaru.

"I… uh… took a makeup?" said Naruto unsurely, he knew the boy would not care either way, Shikamaru snorted and went back to his nap.

"Troublesome…" The lazy boy muttered out before drifting into unconsciousness.

Naruto kept walking to an empty seat that, of course knowing his luck, was next to Sasuke. As Naruto sat down, Sasuke glanced at him but that was it. Naruto put his head on the table and blocked out all the noise around him, to Naruto everything was peaceful until Iruka walked in the room and yelled out.

"SHUT UP!"

The noise in the room died out gradually and Iruka gave his end of year speech.

"Well, you all made it… congratulations on becoming full fledged ninja. But the road does not end here, there are still many obstacles ahead of you. From getting promoted to Chuunin, Jounin, ANBU and maybe even one of you might become Hokage…"

Naruto smiled at that, knowing that the comment was directed at him.

"… Now you will be divided up into teams of three plus your Jounin sensei. Team one!"

Naruto drowned out Iruka's voice until his team was called out.

"Team 7! Sasuke Uchiha,"

Sasuke smirked

"Sakura Haruno,"

Sakura let out a squeal, Sasuke grimaced

"And Naruto Uzumaki! Your sensei is Kakashi Hatake"

Sakura groaned, Naruto grimaced as did Sasuke.

"Ha! Take that Ino-pig! I'm on a team with Sasuke-kun"

Sakura held up a victory sign to Ino.

Ino was about to retort when Iruka continued onto the next team. Shikamaru, who was sitting next to Ino, said to her with a giant smirk on his face.

"Looks like your not on a team with your precious Sasuke-kun"

Ino grimaced

"As long as I'm not on a team with you, you lazy bum or that fat ass friend of yours"

Shikamaru frowned when Ino let the 'F' word slip. Chouji hated anyone calling him fat and Shikamaru hated it nearly as much as Chouji.

"Team 8! Kiba Inuzuka, Shino Aburame and Hinata Hyuuga your sensei will be Kurenai Yuuhi."

Kiba let out a howl and Akamaru let out a bark of joy, Hinata poked her fingers together timidly, Shino sat there being… Shino… his usual stoic self.

"And since Team 9 is still in circulation from last year, Team 10 will be Ino Yamanaka, Shikamaru Nara and Chouji Akamichi, your sensei will be Sarutobi Asuma."

Shikamaru smirked and said to Ino

"What was that about not being on the same team as me?"

Ino growled and stood up.

"Hang on a minute, how come Sakura gets to be on Sasuke-kun's team and I'm stuck with the lazy bum and the fat ass!"

Iruka sighed and rubbed the bridge of his nose

"I don't determine the teams miss Yamanaka. The Hokage does. So if you have a problem with placement, take it up with him. Now would you sit down"

Ino huffed and sat down, knowing she had lost. Shikamaru smirked and gave a thumbs up to Chouji, who just kept stuffing his face, but smiled while doing so.

"Now, your sensei's should be here any moment now…"

Iruka was right, two people walked in the door, a man and a woman. Both people had black hair. The man was a stocky man who wore the traditional Jounin attire but had a sash around his waist symbolising he was one of the 12 guard ninjas of fire. The man had a goatee and sideburns that framed his face and a cigarette was hanging out from his mouth. The woman had shiny long black hair and bright red eyes which was… surprising. Naruto somewhat felt himself being drawn to them. The woman wore a dress made from red and white bandages with a mesh shirt underneath. Many of the males in the room stared at her awestruck, even Sasuke had a quick glance. All the females in the room looked at the woman with envy, save for one lavender eyed girl who smiled at the sight of the woman.

"I'm Asuma Sarutobi, Team ten please come with me…"

Chouji, Ino and Shikamaru got up and followed the man.

"I'm Kurenai Yuhi, Team 8 please come with me."

Kiba literally jumped to the front of the room, while both Shino and Hinata got up and walked calmly and timidly respectively to the red eyed beauty that was their sensei.

One by one every other team was leaving the classroom until only team 7 was left behind, even Iruka left because he had a teachers meeting.

'Just my luck to be stuck on the team that is the last ones here…'

Naruto sighed out loud in annoyance and rested his head on the table. Naruto lost track of how much time had passed when their sensei walked through the door.

"Uh, team 7?"

Naruto's head shot up and glared at the man who had walked into the classroom. The man had silver hair that defied gravity and stood up like it was weightless, the man literally had no facial features, because all you could see was his right eye! His Hitai-ate was slanted over his left and a mask covered the bottom part of his face. He also wore traditional Jounin attire.

"Okay, meet me on the roof."

The silver haired man disappeared in cloud of smoke, Naruto sighed and got up and went to the roof. Sasuke and Sakura followed suit, Sakura trying to start a conversation with Sasuke but being shot down instantly. Like this…

"Sas…"

"Shut up"

"I wa…"

"Shut up"

"Are…"

"Shut up"

"Ca…"

"Shut up"

Sakura opened her mouth a little bit

"Shut up"

See? That's how much of an insensitive bastard Sasuke can be… anyway the trio walked out onto the roof of the Academy. It was originally designed as a study area where you could sit and review what you had learned, but it quickly turned into a hangout spot with all it's shelter and seating. Also it was Shikamaru's cloud gazing spot.

Kakashi waved the three over to the edge of the roof where he was sitting, Sasuke sat on the left, Naruto had plonked himself down in the middle while Sakura, who wanted to sit next to Sasuke, growled and sat next to Naruto.

"So welcome to team 7! Now why don't you guys introduce yourselves?" asked Kakashi in a happy voice

"Uh Sensei, why don't you go first? I mean we don't know anything about you…" reasoned Sakura timidly

"Okay, I'm Kakashi Hatake, I have likes and dislikes, my hobbies… I don't have any hobbies and my dreams for the future… are none of your business! So Pinky, you first!"

The three genin sweat dropped at that, they didn't learn anything that they didn't already know!

"Uh, okay… My name is Sakura Haruno, what I like… I mean the person that I like…"

Sakura giggled

"My hobbies are…"

Sakura glanced at Sasuke and giggled louder

"And my dream for the future is…"

She glanced at Sasuke again and squeals.

"And… uh… your dislikes?" asked Kakashi, slightly frightened

"Naruto-baka and Ino-pig!"

Kakashi sighed…

'A fangirl… just when I thought the academy had gotten rid of them…'

"Okay, beach boy, you next"

Naruto growled at that name, before smirking

"Okay Cyclops! My name is Naruto Uzumaki; I like training and my few friends also ramen. My dislikes are the stupid villagers and arrogant bastards. My hobbies would be… uh training? And my dream for the future… to become Hokage… and show the villagers how they were wrong about me."

Kakashi was twitching and was slightly surprised at his comments.

Well that was interesting, I was wrong about him after all… he will make a good ninja… if he passes the test.

"Finally you, Mr. Killjoy"

Sasuke scowled before beginning to speak.

"My name is Sasuke Uchiha, I have very few likes and many dislikes, my hobbies, I have no hobbies, my dream for the future, no my ambition… because it will become a reality, is to restore my clan and kill a certain someone…"

Kakashi nodded before sighing mentally.

He's a real piece of work, I really have my work cut out for me this time…

"Okay! Now that we all know each other, now is the time to tell you about tomorrow's test…"

"Wait a second! There's another test?" asked Naruto

"Yes, the Academy test was just to weed out the truly hopeless. This test is what will determine if you become a mission able genin or not… The test also has the highest failure rate of sixty six percent. I guess I'll see you all at six AM tomorrow at training ground seven… Ja Ne! Oh wait, one more thing… don't eat breakfast tomorrow… you'll just throw it back up."

Kakashi disappeared in a cloud of smoke, much as he had before. Naruto sighed and tuned out Sakura asking out Sasuke… again… and jumped off the academy roof and started walking towards the Higurashi Weapon's shop. Not before getting stunned looks from Sasuke and Sakura. They could have sworn that they saw black feathers fall in his wake as jumped off the roof.

Boredom… was what Tenten was experiencing, definitely not the most pleasant thing, the only thing keeping her occupied was her magazine on weapons. Not a single customer had come by today, Gai and Lee were having one of their 'Youthful' training sessions. Which both her and Neji 'respectfully' declined since their training sessions involved beating the living hell out of each other, and she knew that you do not want to be on the receiving end of one of those punches… Well that was what she was experiencing until the bell jingled, indicating a new customer.

"Welcome to Higurashi weapons, please…"

Tenten looked up from her magazine to the grinning face of one Naruto Uzumaki.

"Hiya Tenten, how you been?" asked Naruto as he walked towards the counter of a stunned Tenten.

"Naruto? What are you doing here?"

Naruto shrugged

"I thought you'd like some company, I had this sense that someone on Konoha was bored and needed a dash of Uzumaki to spice up their life…" joked Naruto, Tenten giggled a little.

"Okay seriously, I was wondering if you wanted to hang out for a bit. Because I have another test tomorrow with Kakashi-sensei…"

"Wait a second… Kakashi Hatake? That guy with the silver hair and the mask? The guy who Gai sensei who is always proclaiming as his eternal rival?"

"Huh… that's odd… Kakashi sensei has never mentioned Gai…" said Naruto

Tenten giggled before giggling out

"That's because he's always ignoring sensei, which causes him to get even more determined to settle the score… I believe it's forty seven all at the moment…"

Naruto chuckled a bit…
"So… where could I find this Gai?"

Naruto flew overhead the training ground 49 and saw two people on green spandex with matching haircuts, bowl haircuts…

'Yep, that's definitely them.'

Naruto lowered himself to the ground close by to the ground. Naruto's wings disappeared leaving behind a few scattered black feathers. He walked into the ground when he saw one of the green spandexes spinning the other into the ground, when they connected with the ground there was an explosion of dust and debris. Naruto smirked and walked onto the grounds.

"Might Gai?" asked Naruto as he walked into the settling battle zone. The taller of the two spandexes walked over to him.

"Yosh! I am Might Gai the beautiful blue beast!"

Naruto couldn't help but stare at his eyebrows which seemed to move with every word.

They're like furry caterpillars…

Naruto shook his head and paid attention to Gai.

"I'm Naruto Uzumaki, I was told by my friend Tenten about your training sessions and thought I would join you."

Gai's face hardened.

"Naruto Uzumaki? You wouldn't happen to be Kakashi's student?"

Naruto nodded.

"Yes, I have test with him tomorrow… and I was hoping to pick up some moves before tomorrow… I'm sure he'll be surprised."

Gai's face lightened again.

"Yosh! Lee! We have a new training partner!"

The mini spandex came towards Naruto, who stared at his eyebrows.

They're just as big if not bigger!

"Lee! This is Naruto Uzumaki, a student of my eternal rival!"

Lee looked at Naruto before taking on a face of determination.

"Yosh! If I can not train with Naruto to the fullest I will run around Konoha 100 times with a giant boulder strapped to back"

"And if my youthful student cannot do this I will have a Sumo match with a bear!"

Lee started tearing up

"Gai-sensei!"

Gai started crying crocodile tears.

"Lee!"

"Gai-sensei!"

"Lee!"

"Gai-sensei!"

"Lee!"

The two engaged in a hug where a sunset appeared behind them and waves crashed down behind them. The sight blinded Naruto and once he regained his sight he began twitching.

How did they do that?

Naruto started stretching; he tilted his head to the right and cracked his neck.

"So, how will we begin?"

Lee walked forward and got in his stance, holding his hand up towards Naruto as if saying 'come'.

"I will be your opponent"

Naruto smiled.

"Good luck Lee"

"You as well Naruto-san"

Both boys charged forward at high speed and clashed in the middle. Gai looked on at the duel and smiled slightly.

Lee has gained another eternal rival! Yosh!

Naruto leapt backwards before asking something.

"Lee, this will be a straight Taijutsu fight right?"

Lee nodded the affirmative, Naruto smiled before charging forward and aimed a punch for Lee's face, Lee ducked and kneed Naruto in the stomach. Naruto felt the air leave his lungs. He felt himself being kicked backwards into a training post. Naruto struggled to get up and he saw Lee standing in his ready position, Naruto heaved, trying to get some air back into his lungs.

"Lee… may I use everything at my disposal?"

Naruto knew Lee had honour, that's why he asked if he should go all out.

"Please do Naruto-san"

Naruto nodded and let his wings spread out, Naruto gave a mighty flap with his wings and sped towards Lee at high speed, once he was right in front of Lee he kneed him in the stomach and picked him up and flew high into the air.

"Lee, this is a move I saw Gai use as I was arriving… but I've added my own special touch to it… I call it the 'Raven's Fall'"

Naruto wrapped his wings around himself and Lee and spiralled down towards the ground. Halfway down, Naruto released Lee and let him keep spiralling as two clones appeared just above the ground and kicked Lee into the ground. A large amount of debris and dust was kicked up but was small in comparison to Gai's explosion. Naruto landed on the ground and his wings exploded into feathers once more. The dust cleared to show Lee standing up with a smile on his face.

"You are a strong opponent Naruto-kun! Yosh! From now on Naruto-kun shall be my eternal rival!"

Naruto smiled and held out his hand for Lee to shake.

"You are strong as well Lee. But I know you are much stronger than that. I would be honoured to be your rival"

Lee shook his hand and smiled, Naruto grinned back at him.

Naruto turned to Gai and bowed low.

"I am sorry for taking one of your moves Gai-sensei, but I saw how powerful it was and I felt I made it my own by adding my own personal touch"

Gai smiled at the blonde haired boy.

"Naruto-kun, you have my permission to use that move since it does not have as much harm on your body because of your modifications."

"Thank you Gai-sensei, but because of that I noticed it was considerably weaker than yours"

"Yosh! That's because your flames of youth do not shine as brightly as mine and Lees! Lee! We will help Naruto-kun to gain his flames of youth!"
"Yosh! Yes Gai-sensei!"

"You are welcome to train with us at anytime Naruto-kun! Yosh! Lee! Back to work!"

Naruto spread his wings and flew away from the training grounds.

'Well that was interesting… I look forward to sparring with you again Lee! Hmm, Maybe I could use that Genjutsu against Kakashi somehow…'

Crappy way to end the chapter yes I know. You know the drill guys! Review! Please!