Hello everyone, sorry it took so long to write, but it was hard to get motivated as it didn't seem like to many people were interested in the story, with the lack of reviews and views. Well anyone here is chapter 2.
Chapter 2: Meetings, Teams, Twists.
In a classroom in Konoha's academy a group of new aspiring genin whom just passed their examination the night before were sitting, and waiting for their old teacher to arrive so they could be sorted into their new teams. In this group there were eight students who really stood out from the rest, while the others may have some skill these ones were a step above them.
"HaHa, I can't wait until we get to do some missions, I'll become a chunin in no time. Right Akamaru?"
First we have the one who was at the moment bringing all the attention to himself, his name, Kiba Inuzuka, with him was his faithful ninken Akamaru, Kiba was often a brash and loud, at fourteen he like many young males were ruled by instinct, even more so due to his clans feral nature. Feral was a great word to sum up his appearance as well. His brown hair was wild and unkempt, with two red fangs over his cheeks marking him a member of his clan. He wore a grey jacket lined with black fur. His partner Akamaru was a white dog, standing around knee high, starting to look more like a wolf then a dog.
"Kiba-kun, you shouldn't be so rash, there are others still far stronger then us."
Sitting next to him and admonishing was none other then Konoha's princess herself, Hinata Hyuga. At first glance one would assume she was a shy girl due to the way she acted. But once in a battle, or any sort of contest a new more confident side of her appeared. She was still loathe to hurt others, but if she had to she would gladly to protect her dream. Like all members of her clan possessing the famed Byakugan her eyes were lavender without any pupil or iris at all. Her indigo hair reached down to her shoulders. She wore as always a tan overcoat, bulky enough to hide any weapons and shift in her stance. Already at her age she was becoming quite the beautiful woman, even now men were trying to gain her favor. But because of her clan status she politely yet forcefully declined all of them.
"So loud, so troublesome." This was uttered by one other then this generations lazy genius, Shikamaru Nara. He was fairly average in all regards, in all but two. The first like all members of the Nara clan he was incredibly lazy, secondly he was a genius. Playing any strategy game with him was equivalent to just hitting your head against the wall. His black hair was shaped like a pin apple, although no one said it to his face. After saying his bit he fell back to sleep with a loud thunk.
Next to him was Choji. Cjoji was a "big-boned" individual. So long as you did not mention his size he was one of the nicest people in the world. He was always munching on a bag of chips, or some kind of food. No matter the squabbles of others he would try to get everyone to become better friends at the end of it.
"Shut up I'm sitting next to him!" And here we have the two loudest harpies of the year, Ino Yamanaka and Sakura Haruno. Sakura was in one word a fangirl. She was obsessed over a certain dark haired avenger, but it was not all her fault, he was "in". Plus her mother told her to pursue him. She was of average size and build with bubblegum pink hair, and a slightly larger forehead. Her skills were mainly in chakra control and some medical jutsu.
Ino was a taller girl, she had platinum blond hair that hung in a long ponytail. She wore a purple top and bottom with bandages covering her exposed stomach. She only chased the boys for fun, and to get on the other girl's nerves. She was skilled in her clan's jutsu and she showed some interest in kenjutsu.
The boy in question was Sasuke Uchiha. He was considered by many of the girls to be a dark and mysterious boy, whom if you dug deep enough would love you greatly. He was never a happy of friendly boy, but he was not the worst either. After the massacre of his clan by his brother he turned inward. He forsake all companionship and focused on revenge. He was what many would call handsome, but still cold and silent.
The only other newly minted genin who could compare and even beat Sasuke in silence was Shino Aburame. Like many in his clan he used the Kikaichu beetle for fighting. He was a largely logical person and only spoke when necessary, which was never much. He was fairly tall for his age, Being the tallest in his class. This combined with his trademark jacket and glasses made him a slightly intimidating and eerie individual.
Before much banter could be said their chunnin instructor, Iruka walked in and told them all to "Sit down and shut the hell up." They quickly did so, they learned in the beginning not to draw his ire. "Alright class, you have been the mopst talented class we have seen come out of here in a long time. Now as you know you will be divided into 4 man squads with a jonin sensei. However as you can tell we are an odd man out, but the Hokage has a handpicked student he thinks will even out this problem, I expect all of you on your best behavior. Try to make him feel welcomed." He said the last bit with a smile.
"A new student" wondered Ino out loud, "wonder what they will be like." After this sentence a literal flood of whisperings began about the new kid. Some wondered if he was cute, others how tough, and yet another wondered if he would be able to gain power from him.
Shortly later their classroom door opened, and into their room stepped the 3rd hokage and four anbu guards. The hokage was a kindly old man, yet he still moved with power the defied his age, the effect even more powerful given that he was wearing his formal robes. Quickly waving everyone to sit after they stood to bow to them he looked over at the class before nodding his approval. "You have done well Iruka."
"Hai, thank you hokage-sama."
"Now I just want to congratulate all of you on passing. But know this, the world of ninja is hard and cruel. However I believe that you, the next generation, can surpass us. I know many of you are wondering about your new classmate, I must warn you all that he is different."
"What do you mean hokage-sama, how is he different?" asked Ino.
"When he was younger a terrible event happened to him that caused him to go insane and flee the village. He was found a year later and taken back. But the memories of the event still haunted him and he had almost no sanity left. It was only yesterday we felt it was safe enough for everyone to be around him."
"None of that matters, is he strong enough to keep up with us?" Sasuke asked, only caring if he could use this mysterious person as a stepping stone in the request for more power."
"He is strong indeed Sasuke, but not in an obvious way."
Before the hokage could explain what he just said another squad of four anbu burst into the room through the window with the captain yelling "find him we know he's around here somewhere."
"Inu what is the meaning of this, where is your package to deliver."
"When we took a shortcut through the market our package began to get nervous and told us that he would meet us in here."
"What were you thinking Inu, I ordered you to take the back way, away from the civilians." The hokage all but shouted at the poor anbu captain. " Go and find him before anyth."
The hokage stopped in mid sentence once again, but this time even the students could feel why. The very air around them began to feel cold and heavy, their breath began to fog in front of them. The windows began to ice up and crack. The flowers in a few girls' hair began to wither and die, eventually turning to dust. Above all though was a feeling of crushing hopelessness, of being empty. Suddenly a figure rose up from the ground right next to the hokage. With a loud swear the closest anbu swung his tanto at the figure. Right before the blade sliced his neck open the hokage knocked it aside with a wave of his hand.
"Now, now neko is that any way to greet your charge?" Asked the hokage.
"My apologies hokage sama, his appearance startled me." The now admonished anbu replaced his sword.
Now that the commotion was out of the way the students had a good chance to look at the newcomer, not that they could see much. He was taller then most of them, standing at 5' 9". His clothing was odd. He was wearing what appeared to be all white strips of cloth, wound together over and over again, trapping every bit of his body, including his hands, rendering them immobile. Written across these strips were more seals then they could count, each of them more complex then the last. In fact due to the amount of seals it would be easy to mistake the clothing for black, with white spaces in between. Atop of his head was an all white mask, with two slots for his eyes and three for his mouth. His eyes were an ice cold blue, hard and cruel. Some of the students felt shivers from his gaze, while others had more severe reactions, some going as far as to back away from him and move towards the back of the classroom.
"Now now, be nice to them." The hokage stated with a kind smile. Instead of answering him the strange boy began a series of hissing growls. "No you have to work with them." This was followed by even more of that strange growling, these ones sounded angrier. "If you don't keep your word you will not be allowed out." AT those words the boy seemed to calm down and just stood there.
Iruka spoke next, "Well how about you introduce yourself to the class, you know things like your name, likes, dislikes, dreams and goals." After glancing at the hokage, whom nodded to him and in a stern voice told him to do so in a normal language that they all speak.
After a few moments of hesitation he asked Iruka "Name?" His voice was surprisingly soft, almost shy like. Yet it seemed to have a faint echo around it, as if more then one being was trying to be heard at the same time.
"Hahaha, the dobe doesn't even know his name" this came from none other then the heir of the inuzuka clan, he would have said more if not for the glare that the hokage sent his way.
"Yes your name, you know what other people call you." Iruka ever the teacher asked him again in a kind and caring voice.
The mysterious boy paused once again, appearing as if he was in deep thought. Finally he seemed to remember something, "Monster" he said at first, much to the gasps of many of the class. "No, maybe Demon?" At this point the entire class was confused. Who would name their child something like that?
At this point the hokage once again stepped in, "No, remember what I called you?"
"Naruto?" the boy said with a tilt of his head. "Yes you are Naruto Uzumaki. Now go to the other room and I will help you get ready for your team. Iruka please continue."
As they left the class just stared in wonder at what they had just observed, none really new what to think about it. "Anyway" Iruka continued, " here are the teams, Team 1- 6 who cares you're fodder, Team 7 is Kiba, Sakura, and Sasuke."
"Alright take that everyone, I get Sasuke-kun to myself". If you couldn't guess this was Sakura. However at this point no one really seemed to care a whole lot with who was on the avenger's team. "Team 8 is Shikamaru, Hinata, and Choji. Team 9 is still in circulation. Team 10 will be Ino, Shino, and Naruto. I just want to say once again class that I wish you the best of luck. Your sensei's will be here shortly."
As he left the room Naruto walked back in at the same time. While the rest of the class got together and sat by their new teammates, he went to the corner of the room and just glared at the class. No one quite knew what to do until Hinata got up and walked towards him, ignoring the warnings and advice of her fellow team and classmates. As she approached him more and more students turned to watch, each whispering to her to sit down or that they felt a bad vibe from him. She ignored all of them, when she was but ten feet away from this Naruto that strange hissing growl from earlier was heard again. Eventually when she was only 3 feet from him they could see the boy slowly shifting his stance, but luckily Hinata stopped. What she did then shocked them all to their core.
She got on her knees and bowed deeply as a servant does to a master. Never had they seen anyone from the Hyugaa clan, much less their heiress, bow to anyone; not even to the Hokage. "Arigato, I know you may not remember me. It was you who saved me all those years, if not for you I would be living a fate worse then death itself. For that and showing me how to be strong I thank you. Any request you have should it be in my power I will be glad to grant."
Needless to say the class was stunned to hear someone like Hinata thank someone so sincerely and offer so much was astounding. Many began to wonder just what had occurred between the two. Many thought that the boy would be thanking Hinata or at least respond, well they were disappointed. For a full minute they watched as Hinata bowed to this boy who moved not an inch. Eventually he spoke with words as halting as difficult as before. "You. Are. You. No. One. Else." With those words he fell silent again, sensing he would say no more Hinata stood, ignoring the whispered question and joined the rest of her team.
Soon the doors opened and in walked in two jonins. The first was a man, eh was wearing the standard jonin outfit, including the flak jacket. He had a respectable beard and slightly spikey black hair. He also had a cigarette in his mouth. He called for team 8 and left the room with them in tow. The woman was wearing what seemed to be a dress mad of bandages with a mesh shirt underneath it. She had black hair that ran to just beyond her shoulders. But most astonishing were her eyes, they were a red that they thought belonged exclusively to the sharingan. She called for team 10 to meet on the rooftops. Ino and Shino rose to follow her out the door. Naruto just once again seemed to be absorbed by the floor.
Rooftops
Now we join the newly minted team 10 amongst the rooftops of the village, if one looked into the distance one could see many of the other teams having their meetings. Sitting in front of their jonin sensei both Ino and Shino sat directly across from their sensei while Naruto say farther away, slightly to the left and behind of them. "Alright team, lets first introduce ourselves. My name is Kurenai Yuhi, and I am a genjutsu specialist. My likes are my future husband and helping young ones grow, as well as having fun with my friends. My dislikes are those who believe kunochi to be inferior and those who believe genjutsu is a lesser shinobi art. My goals and dreams are to have and watch my own child grow strong, as well as help cement genjutsu as a valid field to specialize. Oh and I almost forgot, my elemental affinity is for fire. Alright you next." She said this pointing at Ino.
"My name is Ino Yamanaka, so far I don't really have a specialty beyond my clan techniques, although I think I may have an aptitude for kenjutsu. I like gossip and using gossip to my advantage, I like being able to work with others, flowers, as well as being able to prevail in a hard situation. I don't have any major dislikes, well except for those who think being a ninja is just a game. My goals and dreams are to take over my clan and lead it to prosperity as well as making a name for myself. I also want to try experimenting with my clan techniques in an active battle scenario. My affinity is for water."
Kurenai nodded at her, " those are good goals. I am glad to see that you are more mature then most girls your age, and understand that this is not a romantic game. As for kenjutsu I believe I have a tutor for you, you next."
"My name is Shino Aburame, I specialize in planning and my clan techniques. I like those that think things through in a logical manner, and learning more about bugs. I dislike those that do not plan ahead as well as those who hate people because they do not understand them. My goals and dreams are to become clan head and perhaps breed a new type of bug to fight with."
Kurenai nodded to him and then asked Naruto to go. "Uzumaki Naruto… wide scale destruction and hunting… Likes … you don't need to know … dislikes … a lot… goals and dreams… find why… affinity, fire… wind… xul."
Before Ino or Shino could reply Kurenai cut them off, "Okay, now Naruto the hokage wanted to see you, he will tell you where to meet tomorrow okay?" With a single nod he slowly slipped into the roof and disappeared. "Now before we go any farther I must talk to you about your teammate Naruto. You must be careful around him. I cannot say anymore until you are officially ninja. Right now you still have another test before you're an official team. So meet at training ground 10 at 6 am."
Before they could ask any questions she disappeared in a swirl of leaves, it was only then they realized she was a genjutsu the entire time. With a fair bit of grumbling on Ino's part they parted ways, neither realizing what was to come later.
Hey guys. Just wanted to say something real quick. Naruto's ability to go through things is like obito's but it only allows him to travel, it does nothing like turn him intangible.
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