Hey guys! Thanks for all the reviews and just for reading the story. I really appreciate it. In regards to the reviews about using "lol" in my story, I didn't realize you guys don't use instant messenger because lol means laugh out loud. But because you are the readers and I want you to continue reading lol is scrapped. In regards to acronyms, FSOS is the forbidden scrolls of seals and KB is Kage Bunshin. In English and as a journalism major, we are taught to write the full term before using acronyms to avoid repetition, but thanks for reminding me that not all of my audience will understand this. Also, in regards to Jutsus being written in Japanese and not being translated in English, I am sorry. Because I'm so used to reading Naruto fanfics in Japanese and then reading the descriptions at the bottom I thought I could do the same but I will do my best to accommodate everyone.

Additionally, I'm going to try making characters thoughts and speech easier to read by using bolds, and italics.

"Normal Speech"

"Letters, Thoughts and Flashback"

"Jutsus & their translations"

I do not own Naruto.


Chapter 3- Naruto's Team

In a white space somewhere unknown, Kushina could be seen crying. Life could be a ***** when it wanted to. She finally had the chance to be with her loved ones and it got screwed because of Kami's stupid rules.

Flashback- Shinigami meeting with Kami

The ugly death god said, 'Thanks for screwing up Kami. You sneeze and now I have to give up the Yellow Flash and the Uzumaki. Do you realize that if they're granted their life back I'd also have to release the other half of the Kyubi because he was sealed with the Yellow Flash who used the jutsu.'

Kami replied, 'So much for a warm greeting. I can't help it if I sneeze every century or so. Besides, I will not allow for such destruction to occur. Releasing the other half of the Kyubi will cause it to seek its yang which will in turn kill the current host and revive the Kyubi entirely. So, I will allow Minato Namikaze and Kushina Umuzaki Namikaze a temporary resurrection lasting for four hours. That should allow you to hold the Kyubi's ying before it can be release.'

'Oh, why didn't you just say that in the first place Mr. Smarty pant', said the Shinigami with a pout.

'I wasn't given a chance to. And I think you should know, the reason I won't allow those two to fullycome back to life is because Naruto's body isn't strong enough to handle half the Kyubi's chakra, much less the rest. But someday, he will be. And when he is, and when his parents have served their future purpose, they will be revived, as will the ying half of the Kyubi' Kami sounded in a serious tone.

Flashback end

I hope Naruto-kun can wait a little longer. Hopefully he gets a good team and a good teacher. Knowing that she would see her son sometime in the future was enough to bring a smile to her face as she knew what her purpose was. She was confident that Naruto would grow strong and when he was ready, he would face his biggest obstacle yet.


The sun had risen and the morning light had touched certain blondes face, waking him up from his sleep. Naruto opened his eyes and they trailed the window that showed the beautiful sunrise over the beautiful fruit trees outside his new…home. He jumped up out of what looked like to him, a king sized bed. It was three times the size of his old bed in his old apartment and definitely much more comfortable. Heck, the room was thrice the size of his old room! It had a walk in closet with dressers, shelves and hangers. Naruto opened up the first dresser draw and found about three dozen shirts (long sleeved, short sleeved, and no sleeved) neatly folded in a variety of colors (black, blue, navy blue, brown, red, forest green, grey, red orange etc). His eye widened and his jaw had dropped but a fox grin quickly owned his face.

He opened the second draw and found the same number of pants in a variety of colors, half were long and the others were short cargos. The third draw, which was the largest, held accessories ranging from a dozen different colored fish net shirts, fish net wrist bands, gloves, arm guards, shin guards, belts, bandanas, glasses plain frame and colorful (look at Ebisu, Aoba), cloaks (for invisibility) and even some toy masks (Anbu knockoffs). There was so much that Naruto's mouth was watering. On the shelves Naruto saw a number of backpacks and sandals in different colors and in the hangers a few robes (funeral robe, dinner robe, bath robe, sleeping robe) and his orange jumpsuits. Naruto paused at this.

"How did these jumpsuits get here" the blonde thought to himself finally noticing he was only wearing boxer shorts. He shrugged it off, not that it mattered to him.

Naruto exited the walk-in closet and noticed that the nightstand next to his bed had a letter on it.

Dear Naruto-kun,

I hope you are enjoying your new and hopefully permanent home that you're parents provided for you. You passed out from exhaustion and excitement and I brought you here. Now don't be shocked or scared. I know about your situation last night and I'm glad you finally know the truth. I hope you aren't too mad at you're Jiji. I only wanted to protect you. I hope you don't mind that I took all of your belongings from your old apartment and placed them in your home. By the way I placed the instructions on how to get to your house in your Geography book that you didn't read when you were in the academy. It's located in the study across the dining room. As Minato told you, I have all your family scrolls that have Jutsus in them locked away in a safe place. When you show that you are ready to use them, I will be happy to release them to you two scrolls every two weeks.

I hope you like your new home as well. Please make use of all the rooms in the house and the property as well. The training grounds you used to use were run down. Now you have your own training area with stumps for shuriken/kunai practicing, and trees for chakra control and tree hopping. Also, like Kushina-san said, try eating more healthy foods. You won't need to go to the store any time soon because in the kitchen and pantry, you will find that everything is stocked with healthy foods and a cookbook is also located in the study that will teach you how to properly use a stove and make healthy yet delicious meals. Also, in regards to fruit and vegetables, the back of your yard has a garden so you have access to lots of them, though you will be responsible for maintaining it. Fish is not a problem as there is a small lake on your property full of fish and other edible creatures.

In regards to the incident with the Forbidden Scrolls of Seals and Mizuki yesterday, any accusations on your involvement of the incident have been put to rest and for your brave efforts in saving the scroll and Iruka and defeating the real culprit of the act, Mizuki, you will receive 400,000 ryo as payment for an A rank mission. However, you will not have access to this money until you have officially become a genin. I took the liberty of opening a bank account for you so that you can manage your new funds. Since you are becoming a ninja, you will no longer receive weekly allowances. So use your money wisely. Your study should also have a book on money management. Genin should know these things.

While we are on the subject, congratulations on passing the academy alternate exam. Your infiltration and stealth skills have really come along nicely, despite the fact that you use them for pranks but it's good that you are able to use pranks for training. I'm proud of you and the legend that you will become. I need someone to take this hat from me so I can get away from all this blasted paperwork. Remember that team assignments are tomorrow at 8am and registration and pictures are being taken today at the Hokage Tower so you don't want to be late. DO NOT TAKE A PICTURE WITH ANY TYPE OF MAKEUP OR I WILL MAKE YOU DO ANOTHER YEAR AT THE ACADEMY. Take a shower; eat some breakfast like two fruits, a few bread slices, scrambled eggs or whatever. To make things easy for you, use the Kage Bunshin no Jutsu (Shadow Clone Jutsu) and have them make breakfast.

Anyway I won't hold you up any longer. Hope to see you soon. I'm getting bored here in this office.

Love,

Hokage-jiji

P.S It's okay to cry Naruto. We all need to cry once in a while. I'm sobbing right now as you are reading this. And I also know that you wrote down notes on the Shuriken Kage Bunshin no Jutsu (Shuriken Shadow Clone Jutsu) and Bunshin Bakuha (Clone Explosion). I shouldn't have to tell you they are forbidden and can only be used under extreme circumstances like protecting your comrades or loved ones which is why I wrote them down in separate scrolls which you can find in your study along with the rest of the academy basic jutsus. Do not use them against your comrades or clients. I let you keep them only because I love you so much. Also I gave you a new headband instead of the one Iruka gave you because we don't want anyone thinking you got it out of the garbage. With this headband, you can take off the metal plate and reattach another bandana if you want to. Laters

Tears were flowing down his eyes. No he wasn't sad. He was overjoyed at the love he was being shown to him. He dried his tears with his hands and dashed into the bathroom after making a familiar 'T" hand sign. He sent the two Kage Bunshin he'd made downstairs to make breakfast and to find the study and read the directions for the house.

He skidded to a halt when he was in the bathroom. The tiling was amazing and neat. He almost fell in love with it and was ready to convert from orange to light blue but dismissed such thoughts. It had a face bowl for face washing, a toilet obviously and a shower with golden rods. The towels looked and felt soft and the scent of the soaps made Naruto want to pass out. They smell like a lavender flower and Naruto loved flowers, despite his prankster persona.

He quickly took the soap got showering.


10 minutes later (7:55 am)

Naruto was down stairs eating his breakfast consisting of French toast (break soaked in battered eggs then fried in olive oil), an omelet with green peppers, tomatoes, celeries and other herbs, turkey bacon, apple cinnamon tea, orange juice and milk. Naruto decided to stick with the orange jumpsuit for now as he didn't want anyone getting suspicious of him just yet. However, he was wearing other accessories under his clothes. Naruto had found a box with what looked like four bracelets and found a note attached to them. After reading the note, he was excited to know that it was special chakra weights that not only helped increases one's strength and speed, but also constricts one's chakra for the purpose of improving chakra control and overall use of chakra. The only downside is that the higher in stage you reach, the harder it will be to use and control chakra and they don't come off until all stages are finished. It was also attached to the spirit, when the user progresses, so does the weights. The stages (6) are represented in difficulty by color with white being the easiest and red being the hardest. After putting them on his wrists and legs he was sure each weighed 10 pounds.

Under his shirt which was under his orange jumpsuit, Naruto was wearing a thin chain mill material for armor purposes and it weighed 10 pounds as well. All in all, Naruto weighed an additional 50 pounds (he weighed 90 pounds before this.) Naruto unrolled the cuffs of his sleeves to completely cover the arm guards and he did the same with his legs. The shuriken holster he'd found in the walk in closet seemed to hold more shuriken than a regular one would although it was the same size. The same thing happened with the hip pouch. He could carry more kunai and other items like wire, smoke grenades, sleeping gas, and paper bombs. He didn't't feel any extra weight and it confused him but he used them none the less. He placed the headband he'd received from his jiji and looked in the mirror that was in the hallway.

"Wow. I look awesome, so my picture is going to be awesome!" Naruto complimented himself. He turned to leave.

Walking was hell for Naruto but we wanted his body getting used to such weights, besides no pain no gain was his second motto. It was now 8 am on the dot as Naruto was walking, or dragging his feet might I add, outside his house. He'd receive the memory of his clone that read the directions to his house. He wouldn't't forget this time.

Naruto brought his hands together into a Ram seal, focusing a lot of chakra because of the extra weight, thinking about his destination, the Hokage mansion rooftop, and said, "Shunshin no Jutsu! (Body Flicker Jutsu)"

In a swirl of leaves, the boy in orange was no longer in front of the door.


Timeskip no Jutsu- Hokage's Office (After Naruto had taken his picture)

When the door had swung open, the Third Hokage knew it could only be one person to show such disrespect and be able to get away with it.

"Naruto-kun!, thank Kami you're here. I was beginning to think you weren't coming to see me." said the Hokage, who was smiling from ear to ear.

"Nah! I've always got time for my Jiji" Naruto chuckled after his statement and handed his picture and whatever else to the Hokage.

"I'm shocked! Are you Naruto-kun?" the Third Hokage teased hoping to get a certain response and he did. Naruto pouted but eventually the two burst out into laughter.

Naruto breaking up the laughter quickly asked, "How's the paperwork coming along?" Sarutobi was sulking now with a big sweat drop running down his forehead.

Hiruzen Sarutobi had an undefeated streak in the shinobi world, having never lost a battle until today.

"What do I do Naruto-kun? This paper work is driving me insane!" Jiji said sadly.

"Umm…excuse me? You are the Third Hokage, the God of shinobi, and the professor who knows all the jutsus of Konoha right?" Naruto asked confusedly.

"I'm not sure what you're getting at Naruto-kun. What jutsu could possibly exist that could help me defeat this paperwork?" Jiji asked, looking for hope.

"It's the upgraded version of the Bunshin no Jutsu, Hokage-sama" Naruto finished, sounding disappointed at Jiji.

Sarutobi's jaw dropped and was in that position for three minutes even when Naruto was waving his hands in the man's face and he finally came back to earth.

"Thank you Naruto-kun for such valuable information! What can I help you with in return." said the Hokage.

"Welllllll….I do need help with my taijutsu but…"before Naruto could finish. Some kid busted through the door challenging the Hokage to a battle for his title. Both Sarutobi and Naruto sweat dropped.

(A/N we all know what happened after this and how Naruto changed Konohamaru so I'm going to leave this scene as is. Its funny Naruto thinks of Sasuke as a brother when Konohamaru was actually the only person to think of him as a brother. Sasuke could care less. Anyways, Ebisu, who is also one of my favorite ninjas in the series, before taking off after Konohamaru followed Naruto, was ordered by the Third Hokage to teach Naruto the basic academy taijutsu, which he did 10 minutes after becoming the victim of Naruto's Harem no Jutsu, upgraded version of the Oiroke no Jutsu (Sexy Jutsu))


The next day

Naruto had woken up 10 minutes to the hour of 8am, which also happened to be the time when new Genin were given their team assignments. No need to say that Naruto was panicking. The day before had been exhausting for Naruto. The closet pervert was surprisingly a good teacher. He helped Naruto with three stances and corrected him every time. He was patient though he was a smart-ass. When Naruto reached home, he'd made nine Kage Bunshin (Shadow Clones) and had them separate into groups of three. Three worked on the stances, three worked on punching properly and the other practiced kicks. Naruto himself had wanted to get in some physical training so he did the routines that were done at the academy (50 of each- pushups, sit ups, jumping jacks, pull ups) although Naruto decided on doing 3 times the amount and ran 15 laps around his training ground. After catching himself for 30 minutes, he picked a leaf up of the ground and got into a meditation state. For an hour, Naruto sat there practicing concentration, though it was difficult. He got bored and began practicing the Kawarimino Jutsu. He used it on various items like rocks, leaves, branches and other items and then he made a startling recovery about the jutsu. He went inside the house in his room to write it down, of course, he took a bath first. He got a scroll and some ink and brush two write out his new trick. Before he could dip the brush in the ink container that was on the nightstand, he'd received the memories of his expelled shadow clones. Sooner than later he passed out and now, 12 hours later, he's late.

The Ninja Academy -8:07 am

If people were outside the grayish white with a taint of red and brown wood two storied building watching the entranced, they would have noticed a swirl of leaves appear by the tree (that had Naruto's favorite swing) next to the wall. Naruto had three minutes to spear and he hurried to his class.

Three Minutes Later

The door of the class room 201 slung open and a certain blond shinobi fell face first into the hard wooden floor. With a voice of hurt Naruto said, "Ouch. Guess I made it on time."

The entire room was quiet and all eyes were on Naruto and then the room was filled with laughter. A few taunts here and there mostly along the lines "Dobe "and "Baka". Naruto didn't't care as he picked himself up, ignoring the few cracks that appeared on the floor. The rest of them obviously didn't see them but that's because they didn't have good eyes like Naruto.

Iruka came to Naruto's rescue quickly saying, "Glad you could join us Naruto. There is a seat available for you directly behind Hinata-san. Please take it. BEFORE I TAKE BACK THAT HEADBAND!" he finished his statement using his Big Head Jutsu.

Naruto had respected and admired Iruka for just being nice to him. It grew even more after the man jumped in front of a fuma shuriken for him. He was fair in the way he gave punishment and didn't single him out like other instructors had in the past. Naruto quickly apologized with a sheepish grin and made his way to a seat. Naruto noticed his rival sitting between a fellow blonde girl and a pink haired girl. The boys' face read arrogance and a look of 'I'm better than you' on it.

Sasuke, being his usual arrogant and 'superior' self said in his 'cool' voice, "Dobe can't even control his own two feet. I'm surprised that you even got that headband. You're pathetic."

His fan girls were nodding their heads as if what he was saying was gospel while a few of the boys were laughing at Naruto.

Naruto, not taking the Uchiha's taunts snapped back, "Shut up teme!"

The next thing Naruto knew he was on the floor because Sakura-chan had punched him. "Don't you dare insult my Sasuke-kun because you're just a baka and will never amount to anything!" the girl with green eyes and long bright pink hair screamed. Internally Naruto was hurting. No matter how hard he tried, he could never impress Sakura-chan, even when he was being nice to her.

All Naruto could say in return was, "Sasuke-teme started it, believe it!" He hurried to his assigned seat because the rest of the fan girls looked like they wanted to jump in on the beating but the look Iruka was giving them made their minds think otherwise.

The shy girl in the back of the class room was happy. Her wish had come true. So how, Naruto had managed to get a headband and now he could continue reaching for his dream, to become the greatest Hokage ever. She was upset at the fact that Sakura was always mean to Naruto, as was all fan girls and Sasuke. Hinata was a shy, quiet and nice girl. People probably thought his made her look weak despite the fact that she was from a strong clan. She thought the same most of the time. But today, she just felt herself moving out of her seat and reaching in her hip pouch for a cylinder container. Despite blushing heavily, Hinata gave her Naruto-kun the healing balm for his right cheek that was sporting a new bruise.

Naruto stared in surprised at the girl but quickly said, "Thanks Hinata, that's very nice of you but what is it?"

Before she could stutter out the words, Sakura shouted with arrogance, "It's probably a healing balm you baka. Gosh how stupid can you be. You're so anno..."

She couldn't finish because she had been on the receiving end of the back handed slap. Whose hand was it? Why little Hinata of course.

Everyone including Iruka, Naruto, Shikamaru (who'd just woken up), Sasuke and Kakashi (who was inside a wall watching the whole scene) was shocked at what just happened.

Sakura turned her eyes back on Hinata who seemed to realize what she had done. Sakura looked like she was ready to kill Hinata and Hinata seemed paralyzed by the fury in Sakura's eyes. They were familiar. They had nearly the same fury her father had. Before Hinata and anyone else knew it, a fist was aimed at her face and looked ready to hit. Naruto performed his new upgraded technique and Hinata and he did not receive the smack to the face. Sasuke had.

Gasps were heard and Iruka finally breaking the whole thing up before Sasuke did anything.

"I should strip all four of you of your headbands right now and have you dropped from the program." said a still shocked Iruka. 'What did Naruto do just now? It was like a double substitution.'

Kakashi, Sasuke, Shikamaru and the Third Hokage (who's always watching everything thanks to his crystal ball and Kage Bunshin) were thinking along the same thing. Although Kakashi and Sarutobi were the only ones who saw the how fast Naruto had done the substitution.

Sarutobi in his office was watching the incident and described what he saw in his thoughts. 'Naruto, who was in the back of Hinata, did the hand signs (Ram, Boar, Ox, Dog, Snake)for the Kawarimi no Jutsu (Substitution Jutsu) to switch places with the little Hyuga and then quickly did the Snake hand sign to switch places with the Uchiha. To do two substitutions in a row that fast, it has to be a C-rank jutsu. Using the Kawarimi no Jutsu humans takes up more chakra than with normal objects. Naruto, to take a basic jutsu like that to such a level with creativity, you will become a legend. To think you couldn't master the Bunshin no Jutsu (Clone Jutsu) but easily do the B-rank version, you are truly amazing. If only the teachers at the academy had treated you fairly, perhaps you might have been number one. But knowing you, you like being the underdog. It's how you've gotten this far haven't you Naruto-kun?'


Time Skip no Jutsu- 3 hours after team assignments

Three Genin was seen in the class separated in their own places. One blonde boy wearing an orange get up was in his corner thinking of a prank to perform on his late sensei. The next was in the middle and she, the pink hair banshee (wearing a red dress and navy green pants) was eye-raping the boy a few seats next to her. And then there was the boy in a blue top with a red and white fan on the back and white pants.

The duck-haired boy was fuming inwardly, though this face wouldn't show it. The dobe had showed him up twice today. The first was in front of everybody when Sakura was about to punch the Hyuga girl but he ended being on the receiving end of the attack. It was obviously a KawariminoJutsu. What annoyed Sasuke was that the dobe used it so well. He shook it off as luck and didn't pursue a fight with the dobe because he was threatened with losing his headband.

The second time was when the new Genin were allowed a short snack break and the dobe caught him off guard. (A/N: We know this scene where Naruto gangs Sasuke with Kage Bunshin and ties him up, plus based on recent anime episode Shippuden 179, we know that Kakashi saw all of this so we know what happened, however the part where Sasuke and Naruto fights after Sasuke hurt's Sakura's feelings won't take place and you will see why.)

He was brought out of his mental ranting when he saw Naruto put an eraser in the door and used the door to hold it in place. What he didn't see was the small smoke grenade in the crack of the door.

"A Jounin wouldn't fall for that, dobe" said Sasuke in all his arrogant glory. Sakura supported "her" Sasuke by following up, "If we get in trouble for this I'm going to beat you senselessly."

With a cold voice Naruto said, "I'd like to see you try."

Sakura was shocked by this as was Sasuke. Sure he knew Naruto was probably hurt by what Sakura had said about him being lonely and not having parents but he wasn't expecting such coldness. It almost reminded him of a certain man.

Flashback- A certain bench in Konoha with trees in the background

Sakura looked like she was moving in for a kiss with "Sasuke" however, she was brought out of her moment when she heard a familiar voice saying, "Dobe what are you doing? You're that lame to have to use Henge no Jutsu (Transformation Jutsu) as me to get a kiss from a girl?"

Naruto panicked and he knew why. Sakura was glaring daggers at him and his Henge faded revealing him in his orange get up. He slowly got up from the stone bench hoping Sakura wouldn't kill him but he was wrong. Poor Naruto was on the receiving end of a Cha Rendan (Cha Barrage). Naruto managed to get up after the beating he got, barely, dragging himself back over to the two to apologize. Sakura then ranted on about him having no parents to teach him manners or respect, but as she was speaking, the world around three ninja right there froze. Kakashi who was watching the whole ordeal from a nearby tree sighed as his soon to be student's behavior and words. Sasuke was glaring daggers at the girl who had the nerves to talk about such a thing as if she knew about pain. Naruto just sat there in silence with his face looking at the floor. He pulled out a smoke grenade from his pouch and slammed it against the floor revealing purple smoke. Little that the rest of them knew was that this Naruto was a mere Kage Bunshin and the real Naruto, who was by the tree outside the academy practicing the leaf concentration was now fuming. He was so mad that the leaf he was trying to stick to his head caught flame and turned to ashes.

Flashback end

Sasuke's opinion of Naruto hadn't changed though. He still saw Naruto as a loser and although he did pity him for not having parents, he still didn't like Naruto's coping mechanisms for dealing with loneliness. Training was better than doing pranks. Poor Sasuke, if he only knew how valuable pranks were. That's all they were, training for real missions.

Naruto heard soft footsteps approaching the doorway and he hurried to his seat even with the special weights slowing him down. Sasuke and Sakura didn't hear the footsteps obviously and only noticed the door sliding open and the eraser falling on top of the man's silver hair. Naruto rolled on the floor with laughter at the stupid Jounin who didn't see the smoke grenade coming as he was about to say something. The damage was already done and coughing could be heard. The smoke dissipated and Kakashi finished his statement, "You're all a bunch of idiots. First person on the roof gets to learn a special technique from me." Kakashi disappeared with a poof and Sasuke ran as fast as he could obviously love the fact that he was getting a special technique. Sakura followed her love through the door and Naruto just leapt out of the window and Chakra jumped on the ledges until he reached the top of the roof. He'd made it first and saw Kakashi lazily reading an orange book. It said "Icha Icha".

The Jounin, not looking up from his book said, "Congratulations Naruto."

"Thanks sensei! So what's this jutsu you're going to show me?" Naruto asked like a little excited puppy.

Sasuke had finally reached and heard when Kakashi had said congratulations. He was fuming even more now and his face showed it. The dobe had showed him up a third time.

"Naruto baka you cheated! Shannaro! "Sakura shouted at the blonde.

"Can you prove I cheated Sakura?" asked Naruto putting emphasis on her name. Sakura could not and she balled her fists in anger and sat next to Sasuke. Naruto did the same.

Kakashi taking the opportunity to finally speak now that the Banshee was quiet said, "Congratulations Naruto. You reached the roof top first. But because of your "prank" on me earlier, I don' think you have the discipline to learn this technique so no I won't teach it to you. And before any of the rest of you ask, no, the jutsu will not be taught to you either."

Sasuke scowled at the Jounin but said nothing while Sakura gave Naruto a looked that said, 'Thanks a lot baka!'

(A/N: Introductions are the same really. So I'm going to Timeskip to the next day.)


Timeskip- The Next day training ground 3- 9:55 am

Sasuke was leaning against a tree while Sakura was pestering him for a date. Sasuke was thinking in his mind, "Where is the dobe and Kakashi? There late and this girl won't stop annoying me!"

Little did these two know was that Naruto was 30 meters away from them while his Kage Bunshin was a few branches above them watching the whole scene. Naruto was getting adjusted to the extra weight and was doing some warm up exercises and stretched to prepare for the test. He also had the Kage Bunshin (Shadow Clone) setting up traps throughout the training ground. He was upset at his teammates but even he knew that they would need to be in synch if they hoped to pass whatever Kakashi had in store for them. Naruto had offered to treat the two to lunch as a means to let bygones be bygones and come up with a plan for Kakashi. However, Sakura assumed Naruto only wanted a date and blew him off opting to ask Sasuke if he wanted a date. Sasuke himself dismissed Naruto saying that he didn't want to be seen with a dobe like Naruto.

So Naruto left them alone despite the fact that he knew their sensei was watching. He was watching the time by the bench and now watching them at the entrance/exit of the academy.

He was brought out of his rambling when his Kage Bunshin (Shadow Clone) that was in the tree above his teammates dispelled and revealed that a ninja probably Kakashi was nearby. He dispelled the other four Kage Bunshin every 10 seconds and made his way, to where his teammates were at.

10 am on the dot

Kakashi appeared in front of his students (Sasuke and Sakura) and before he could say anything Naruto said, "Hi sensei, hey guys what's up?"

Sakura took the time to shout, "YOU'RE BOTH LATE!"

"Well you see" Naruto said cutting off Kakashi, "I accidentally set my alarm for 7am instead of 6am and it took forever to find something to eat because my cupboard was empty. So I hurried and showered, got ready and went to find some place to eat. After visiting every restaurant in Konoha and deciding I didn't like their menu, I stopped at my favorite one, Ichiraku Ramen and had two bowls of pork ramen with egg white, some vegetables and a nice big glass of orange juice. That was about 8am. Then when I finished eating, I came across a black cat and walked the other way which made me bumped into some older Genin I pranked before and they chased me around the village until I finally lost them. Of course I was all the way on the opposite side of the village and most of my energy was used up so I had to walk here and here I am."

Everyone in sight was shocked. Naruto's excuse was logical and didn't seem like it had an ounce of lie in it except for the black cat. Unbeknownst to them, Naruto was lying about the whole thing. He intentionally set his alarm late because he'd asked around about Kakashi yesterday after he sensed he was no longer being watched. Of course he couldn't ask around in his orange get up so he henged into Iruka and started asking around.

Sakura continued, "WHAT'S YOUR EXCUSE? Hey wait a minute we aren't supposed to eat. You disobeyed sensei."

"I don't recall him ever ordering us. I remember him suggesting. Besides, I forgot about it anyway. Ninja's can't function on an empty stomach no matter how hard they try."

Sasuke and Sakura's stomach growled at this. They were both angry at the dobe but angrier that they didn't think about what he had said.

Kakashi eye-smiled and said, "Good observation Naruto and to answer your question Sakura, If I told you that then you won't have time to take the test as my story is much longer than Naruto's."

They perked up at the mention of the word test.

(A/N: Same rules/explanation as in the manga.)

Naruto had made a comment about Kakashi in regards to the eraser obviously trying to get a reaction from the Jounin but it didn't work because the Jounin retorted with a comment about Naruto having no real skills (though he was lying because from his observations, Naruto's skills were better than what was said in his files, though it wasn't much).

Naruto lunged at the Jounin with a kunai and to Kakashi, it felt like slow motion. He was already behind Naruto holding the kunai his student had behind his head, using it against him.

Kakashi talked like a teacher would, "Careful now, I didn't say start but I respect the fact that you are taking me seriously. Begin" Kakashi disappeared in a puff of smoke and the three Genin scattered in different locations. Naruto caught on based on Kakashi rules, what the true objective of the test. His parents and his Jiji had hinted at it so many times using the word, "official". It all made sense. There's no such thing as a two-man genin team. Teamwork really was the answer and he doubted the other two would even listen to him but he would try although he wasn't going out of his way to do so.

Naruto was running through the trees and his nose picked up Sakura's shampoo and he followed it.

"Hey Sakura" Naruto whispered. Sakura however was not so quiet and screamed, "Naruto you baka what are you doing. This test is every one for himself remembers. Now Kakashi-sensei knows my location and he'll come after me."

Naruto retorted but not so loudly, "Actually I don't think he did. Besides, I was thinking maybe you, me and Sasuke could work together to get the bells and pass the test."

She creamed back, "Like hell! Sasuke doesn't need your help to get a bell and neither do I Dobe. Now get out of here." Finishing her statement, Sakura punched Naruto into the open clearing out from the bushes where Kakashi was now standing. Sakura retreated to a safer location. Sasuke had heard the debacle between her and Naruto and he agreed with Sakura. He didn't need help because he was Uchiha elite, better than those two. He only needed to buy time and strike at the right opportunity and grab a bell.

Naruto got up and was thinking in his mind, 'I have to stop her from punching me.'

He was now facing Kakashi who was waiting for him to make a move. Kakashi said, "You know you're a little weird."

Naruto threw back, "The only thing that's weird is your hair!"


Timeskip- Noon

(A/N: Fighting scene after this the same like in the anime/manga because don't forget, Naruto can't do much because he's wearing weights that weighs him down and constricts his chakra plus he'd been using Kage Bunshin earlier to set up traps that were avoided by Kakashi in the bushes.)

After the test, Sakura was tied to the stump and Sasuke was Naruto was leaning against the stumps next to her. Sasuke was angry for not being able to get a bell despite being close. Sakura was furious as to why she was the only one tied to the stump. Naruto was disappointed in himself a little because despite knowing the answer to the test, he didn't really go out of his way to making the group cooperate. Sure he could of henged into Sasuke and talked to Sakura and have a Kage Bunshin (Shadow Clone) henge into Sakura and tell Sasuke the situation surrounding the test but he didn't want to use up his chakra.

"Sakura, do you know why you're tied to the log?"

"Because I didn't get a bell…?" Sakura stammered out

"Not only that," Kakashi's voice was stern, "You failed to even try to get a bell, at least Naruto tried. Not to mention you fainted under a very low level Genjutsu."

Kakashi turned away from them and looked at the cenotaph for the dead, "You know why people get their names carved on this stone? They were all K.I.A."

Naruto's heart sank. His parents' names were probably written on that.

Kakashi sighed, "Right… well I've decided." He turned back to face them again, smiling. "None of you should return to the academy."

"We… pass?" Sakura's voice was hopeful, Naruto whooped and Sasuke smirked. "I think all three of you… should just quit being ninja. You're really all quite useless."

Naruto lowered his head understanding and accepting Kakashi's words. Kakashi saw this and had hope for the blonde. 'He really does have potential and he's certainly not as dumb as he lets on.'

Sasuke took it a lot less willingly, he quickly dashed at Kakashi, pulling out a kunai and moving to stab the older man. Before he had a chance, Kakashi disarmed him of the weapon and had him on his back while he sat atop him.

"You're nothing but trash. I'm disappointed in you, Sasuke." Kakashi pulled out another kunai and tossed it to Naruto before holding Sasuke's kunai to his neck. "Naruto! Kill Sakura or Sasuke dies!"

Naruto did what he was told and quickly picked up the kunai much to the surprise of Kakashi, Sasuke and Sakura and before Kakashi could even react the kunai embedded itself into the stump at the left of Sakura. Naruto said with a chuckle, "Like it or not. We're teammates. If I want to kill you, I can always catch you off guard. Just ask Sasuke, he'll tell you."

Sasuke scowled again but Kakashi was smiling behind his mask. Naruto really understood everything he was trying to show them and Kakashi continued.

"The point of this test… was teamwork."

Immediately there were a shockwave of protests. "How could it possibly be about teamwork?" Sasuke demanded hotly, "There are only two bells, only two people could pass!"

"Sasuke-kun is right, sensei." Sakura chimed, "How could we possibly work as a team if not all of us could pass?"

"We were supposed to work as a team… even though there were only two bells…" Naruto quietly said, "It was never about the bells."

Kakashi smiled, "Exactly." The silver haired Jounin glanced back at the stone for a long moment, "Someone close to me once told me… anyone who doesn't follow the rules is trash, but anyone who abandons their teammates is worse than trash."

"I'll give you all one last shot at getting the bells. Naruto, Sasuke, eat up. You'll need your strength, but don't feed Sakura… or you'll all automatically fail."

With that, the man vanished in a swirl of leaves, leaving the three genin and two lunchboxes behind. Naruto opened his, stomach growling despite eating breakfast. He did work hard. It was a simple lunch with some soup, onigiri, and juice. Sasuke appeared to have a similar lunch.

The two boys stared at each other for a moment, and Naruto began to glance around for Kakashi, but didn't see him.

"I don't sense him in the area." Naruto said, almost reading Sasuke's mind. Pulling out an onigiri, he held it up to Sakura's mouth. "Eat up."

"Naruto!" Sakura hissed, "I can't eat, I already made us fail once… I'll be fine to fight later, I don't need food… eat it yourself."

"Sasuke-teme is tough, and I'm incredible, but we can't beat him on our own and you can't fight on an empty stomach… it's going to take all of us to get those bells!" He offered an onigiri to Sakura, who closed her mouth tight in protest.

"Come on Sakura," Sasuke eventually agreed, "You have to eat. I can hear your stomach growling."

Sakura stared at the rice ball, "I love onigiri…" the pink haired girl whispered, as her stomach gave another squeal of hunger.

With one last growl, Sakura gave in as well, "Just because you're feeding me doesn't mean we're going out." Naruto was genuinely confused, "How does feeding you like a baby make us going out?"

Sakura chose not to answer, instead biting a big chunk of the onigiri, chewing, and swallowing quickly.

Suddenly the sky got dark, and Kakashi jumped down out of nowhere, lightning flashing behind him, Kakashi's eye was narrow, "You guys…"

The three genin waited for their punishment in silence, Sasuke glared defiantly, Sakura wished she had gotten a few more bites, and Naruto smiled.

"Pass."

"B-But Sensei… Naruto and Sasuke fed me…" Sakura stammered, "I thought you said…"

Kakashi smiled, "I just gave a speech on how those who follow the rules over helping their comrades are worse than trash. You guys are something extraordinary, the first team I ever passed. The others just ran around following every order I gave them blindly, they had no idea how to come together as a team."

"Wahoo!" Naruto cheered happily, "We're going to be the most amazing team ever! Hey Kakashi-sensei, teach us some cool jutsu and stuff!"

"In time Naruto," The Jounin laughed, "I've never had a team before, and I have to draw up a schedule for our training… but meet here tomorrow at 9:00 for our first mission and training session." 'You really are something Naruto.'


And that's a wrap on the third chapter. I hope to get some good detailed reviews from this. I hope you guys like the chapter because I really want this story to be a success. I tried sticking to the manga as much as possible inserting anime here and there. Hwoever, team 7 missions and missions in general will be much more interesting in the next chapter as will be Naruto's pranks Take note that the Wave Arc doesn't take place until one month from the bell test and the Chunin Exams isn't until ten weeks after the bell test.

Sasuke Stats: Bell Test

Nin: 2.25 Tai: 2.25 Gen: 1.5 Int: 1.75 Str.2 Spd.2.75 Sta: 2 Hand Seals: 2.5 Total: 17

Sakura Stats: Bell Test

Nin: 1 Tai: 0.75 Gen: 2.75 Int: 3.25 Str: 0.5 Spd: 0.75 Sta: 0.5 Hand Seals: 3.75 Total: 13.25

Naruto Stats (With weights on): Bell Test

Nin: 2 Tai: 1 Gen: 0.5 Int: 2.5 STR: 1.75 Sped: 1.75 Sta: 4 Hand Seals: 0.5 total= 14

Jutsus

Bunshin Daibakuha – A rank The user lures the target in, using a Shadow Clone as bait. The target, acting according to the principle of attack to bring down the enemy, will fall victim to a powerful explosion. If one can see through the body of the Shadow Clone, it is possible to evade the blast. However, by wrapping it up in trick after trick, the target will be guided into the technique for sure. The size of the explosion is considerably large.

Shunshin no Jutsu – D rank This jutsu is a high-speed movement technique, allowing a ninja to move short to long distances at an almost untraceable speed. To an observer, it appears as if the user has teleported. A puff of smoke is occasionally used to disguise the user's movements. It is accomplished by using chakra to temporarily vitalize the body and move at extreme speeds. The amount of chakra required depends on the overall distance and elevation between the user and their intended destination.

Hikawarimi no Jutsu- C rank an advance version of the Kawarimi no Jutsu. Naruto did the hand signs (Ram, Boar, Ox, Dog, Snake) for the Kawarimi no Jutsu (Substitution Jutsu) to switch places with the little Hyuga and then quickly did the Dog &Snake hand sign to switch places with the Uchiha. Using the Kawarimi no Jutsu humans takes up more chakra than with normal objects so this jutsu takes up much more chakra.

Bunshin no Jutsu - This technique creates intangible copies of the user. The clones are simply illusions and will dissipate when they come into contact with something. The illusions can be seen through by the Byakugan and the Sharingan. A person with normal eyes can also distinguish the clones from the original, since the clones will not disrupt the area around themselves with their movement (won't kick up dust, crush grass, etc.).

Oiroke no Jutsu – E rank The Sexy Technique is simply a Transformation Technique used to transform the user into a beautiful, nude woman, or a woman in a bathing suit. Naruto uses it to distract or win over men, sometimes leading to an exaggerated nosebleed by the victim.

Henge no Jutsu – E rank This jutsu allows the user to transform either themselves or another object into the appearance of another person, animal, or object

Cha Rendan – C rank Sakura attacks the opponent four times, and then with the help of Inner Sakura, she delivers twenty fast and powerful punches. She then kicks the opponent twice, sending them flying away.