I do not own anything. Also, I added a significant change in the last chapter during the explanation of the conclusion of the Fourth Shinobi World War.


Minato's eye kept twitching repeatedly in annoyance as he waited for his teacher who was already supposed to be there.

"Where is he? !" Minato shouted out angrily. "This is our first day and he already is late!"

"Minato-kun, calm down. I'm sure that he has a good reason to be late." Enma said, trying make his friend relax.

"Sorry, can't really say I do."

The other turned in the direction of the voice to see a spiky-haired brunette wearing a standard Jonin attire and a navy blue scarf.

"Konohamaru-niichan!" Minato exclaimed as he ran and hugged his big brother figure.

"Hey there, kiddo. Great to see you too." Konohamaru replied.

"What're you doing here?" Minato asked.

"I'm your sensei." Konohamaru said proudly while pointing at himself.

"No way! Really? !" Minato said joyfully.

"Yup. So from now on you'll have to refer to me as Konohamaru-sensei."

Minato kept jumping up and down in excitement, proclaiming that his team got the best sensei ever while Enma and Harume just stood in awe looking at Konohamaru. There was not a single person who didn't know who he was. Their sensei was expected to become the Nanadaime Hokage. They never would have guessed that such a legendary shinobi would be their sensei.

"You two must be Enma and Harume. Pleasure in meeting you." Konohamaru said with a grin to his two other students.

"Konohamaru-sensei, do you know who are the other sensei for the other Genin teams?" Minato asked.

"Well, the ones that I do know are the ones from Team 5, 10, and 15." Konohamaru said.

(Training Grounds #5)

"Sorry, that I'm late, guys. Hikari-chan wouldn't stop crying and the babysitter arrived kind of late." A woman in Jonin uniform, with light brown hair tied into two ponytails said as she arrived at the scene.

"Moegi-neechan?" Kushina questioned.

"Hey there, kids."

"Let me guess; you're our sensei." Kamu said.

"We have a winner. So if you really want to be accepted as worthy of the rank of Genin, you'll have to pass through me first."

(Training Ground #10)

"Tori-sensei, aren't you a bit to young to have your own Genin team? I mean, you're just 17." Inoshi said, looking at the girl with long black hair and three spikes at the end.

"Whether I'm too young or not, the Hokage himself has decided that I am the most suitable to be your Jonin mentor, especially due to the fact that I have know you guys since you were babies." Tori replied.

"You really shouldn't be underestimating Tori-sensei, Inoshi." Shikane replied as she gazed sharply at her mentor. "The granddaughter of the Sandaime and daughter of the Genjustsu master, Kurenai. She is considered a prodigy among Konoha shinobi."

"Exactly. So you kids will be facing me." Tori replied.

(Training Grounds #15)

"Alright, let's get straight to the deal. I am the one who will decide whether or not you kids are worthy of graduating the Academy. You fail before me, and I will send you back." Hanabi said, looking at her group of students.

"Good. I've been waiting for the chance to go all out against you." Neji said as he looked at his aunt and activated his Byakugan.

"Don't get cocky, brat. You're still a decade too early to be within my league." Hanabi replied as she activated her own Byakugan.

(Training Grounds #7)

"So Moegi-san is Team 5's mentor, Tori-san is Team 10's, and Hanabi-san is Team 15's." Harume simplified.

"That's about it." Konohamaru said as he pulled out two bells from his pocket. "And it's about time we begin our test, too. This is how things are going to work. We Jonin instructors are the ones who decide whether or not you kids will be allowed to be on the team. Any of you fail or show us something that we disapprove of, and it is off another year without being able to be a shinobi."

"WHAT? !" Minato, Enma, and Harume yelled.

"You heard me. However, the ones that manages to get these bells from me are guaranteed to stay in the team, regardless of what my opinion on you is."

"But…there are only two bells." Enma pointed out.

"Which is exactly the point. One of you will not have a 100% guaranteed spot on the team." Konohamaru. "That will depend on me. Now when I say-"

Konohamaru was cut off when he received a blow to the face from Minato, only to disappear in a puff of smoke and another Konohamaru land on Minato.

"As I was saying before I was interrupted, when I say "start", you will try and take these bells from me. Ready. Start." Konohamaru said as he calmly got of Minato and made a single shadow clone before jump on a tree branch and dozing off.

"Is he playing with us?" Minato asked.

"Don't worry. One shadow clone is all I need to beat you guys." Konohamaru's clone said.

"We'll see about that. Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!"

Minato formed several clones around him, and each of them charged at Konohamaru's clone. Konohamaru just ducked the kick of the first one, backswiped the second one, stepped on the head of the third one and gave a kick to the face on the one behind while also using him as leverage to send himself backwards and kick the other clone. Konohamaru then stepped to the side, causing two clones to hit each other, grabbed another clone who tried to kick his head from behind by the leg and threw it at yet another incoming clone, before being tackled by the real Minato from behind, causing him to spin around, but still dodge the punch to the face from the last clone. Konohamaru then countered by elbowing the clone in the ribs and grabbing Minato's arm and slamming him with his back to the ground.

"Told ya. All I need is a single shadow clone." Konohamaru said.

"This isn't over." Minato said as he also disappeared in a puff of smoke, causing konohamaru's eyes to widen as he turned and saw a clone preparing a Rasengan in Minato's hand, before the blonde charged at him.

Konohamari's clone suddenly appeared behind Minato and grabbed his wrist and twisted it, causing the spiral sphere to dissipate.

"Not bad. Had I not caught on fast enough, you would've been able to hit me with that attack." Konohamaru replied. "That would've seriously wounded my pride as a Jonin."

Konohamaru then lightly pressed in between Minato's shoulder blade and made him pass out.

"Alright, nex-"

Konohamaru instantly sighted Enma before him with his hands together forming the tiger seal. Thinking the same, Konohamaru formed his own seal and he and Enma breathed out fire, their jutsus clashing before Konohamaru's fire jutsu overwhelmed Enma.

Meanwhile, the real Konohamaru barely opened his eyes as he took his hand from behind his head and easily blocked Harume's strike, and then defended against all her attacks, not moving any part of his body except for his arm.

"Note to self: Be careful with Harume. Smartest of the group. Let Minato fight so as to learn my fighting style and techniques and then let Enma fight clone alone so she could go after the real thing." Konohamaru thought.

At the same moment the Konohamaru clone had already taken out Enma and in front of Harume and lightning speed and delivered a swift blow to the guts, knocking her out. With all three of his students taken care of, the Konohamaru's shadow clone, disappeared and Konohamaru placed all of his students together.

"*Sigh*, they still have much to learn." Konohamaru said with a smile as he looked at the three youths and scratched his head.

(A while later)

"Would anyone mind explaining to me why I AM THE ONLY ONE THAT'S TIED TO A LOG? !" Minato shouted as he tried to render himself free from the ropes.

"Because, out of all three of you, you had the worst performance, Minato." Konohamaru said cheerfully.

"WHAT? !"

"Yup." Konohamaru said. "Do you kids know the purpose of the test?"

Judging from the blank stares his students were giving him, Konohamaru assumed it was a "no".

"It was to see if you kids would be able to work together as a team. You kids never stood a chance against me, but fighting alone just decreased your chances. Enma, when you fought against me, you didn't have any battle plan, and just kept delivering blow after blow, hoping something would happen. Harume, you came up with a brilliant strategy to go after the real one, but at the cost of your teammates. And Minato, you were the worst. You just blindly jumped in, not knowing a thing about your opponent, assuming you could take him on."

The three Genin just looked down in shame, reflecting on their mistakes.

"I'll ask you this now. Enma, if you had to give up your spot in the team so that Minato or Harume could pass, would you?" Konohamaru asked.

"…Yes."

"Harume, if you had to give up on a mission for Minato or Enma, would you?"

"…Yes."

"…Minato. If someone held Harume hostage and told you to kill Enma or else she dies, which would you choose?"

Minato closed his eyes in deep thought for a second before opening them, full with resolution.

"Neither. I would tell them to instead make a trade. To take me as their hostage."

Konohamaru looked at his students for a second before turning around and starting to walk away.

"Congratulations." Konohamaru said suddenly, surprising the Genin. "You all pass with flying colors."

"…Really?" Harume asked.

"Of course. A man once said "Those who don't follow the rules are trash. But those who don't care about their comrades are even lower than trash." That is the code that we shinobi live by in this new age of peace." Konohamaru said as he turned around to face his students.

"That's actually kind of cool." Enma said.

"Alright, I'm now even closer to being Hokage!" Minato said. "I'll be the next and greatest Hokage!"

"Pfft; noob." Konohamaru said as he rolled his eyes. "If anyone is going to be the next Hokage, it's me."

"Oh I see. It's on, bro." Minato replied as he and his sensei glared at each other.

"I have a feeling that these two are going to get along pretty well." Harume said.


Well, I hope you all liked the chapter. To sitrukpc: no, Minato won't have the same sensei as Naruto because Kakashi is dead, along with Gai. Madara killed them. The only Jonin mentors from the previous generation that is still alive are Ebisu and Kurenai. To hiatus999: Yes, Sasuke got with Hinata, and no that doesn't cause an anomally. It's proven in the manga since Hashirama got with Mito even though the Senju and Uzumaki were very distand relatives. Also, I will start writing a story on Obito in order to expand his backstory, and later that story will play a role in this story. And last but not least, I would like to hear suggestions for Team Konohamaru's first mission. Any suggestions?