RotW: Yo! Miss me? I bet you did. But now I'm back and better than ever! I'm wrapping up the bell test in this chapter so expect a Wave rewrite next chappy. And speaking of that, Kyuubi is going to have a bigger role after that and into the rest of the story.
Kenjo: Why the hell do I have to (RotW's hand closes his mouth)
RotW: SHUT UP! We aren't there yet! You'll find out when I explain it! Oh and I STILL don't own Naruto. (And I probably never will…)
0o0o Five Minutes Ago o0o0
"Sasuke get ready he's going to be here in five, four, three, two, NOW!" Kenjo yelled with his Sharingan active to help them be able to more accurately time their assault. Sasuke nodded and jumped to the forest floor waiting to see Kakashi and Kenjo go flying back in to the open.
BOOM, came the deafening explosion that went off mere meters from Sasuke's position.
'Damn! They planned this! It seems like they have a fairly good grasp of teamwork.' Kakashi thought barely noticing Kenjo's fist come flying through the air towards him.
Kenjo's punch grazed Kakashi's covered cheek and was grabbed before it passed his nose. Cursing under his breath Kenjo swung his right leg behind him towards Kakashi's other side only to have that to be caught as well. Pulling both of his arms over his head Kakashi threw Kenjo to the rapidly approaching ground, thinking quickly, Kenjo pulled out four shuriken and threw them towards Kakashi's falling form.
Even though all four of the shuriken passed Kakashi harmlessly Kenjo had a cocky smirk plastered on his face as he yanked on the wires he had attached to the shuriken causing them to wrap around Kakashi and pull him towards Kenjo. Throwing another punch aimed at Kakashi's face and one aimed for a bell Kenjo almost broke into a grin until he saw Kakashi's knee come up and knock his hand away while moving away from his punch and using a kunai to cut himself free from the wire around him.
'Damn Jounin and their experience…' Kenjo thought as he saw black and blue/white blurs speeding towards him and Kakashi out of the corner of his eye, 'It's about time…'
Flashing through a set of hand signs Sasuke yelled out, "Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu!" Watching the approaching fireball with wide eyes Kakashi and Kenjo both used a Kawarimi but Kenjo jumped right back out of the forest to land in-between Sasuke and Naruto.
"Where the hell have you been Naruto? And you too Sasuke! I had to fight him in mid-air by myself!" he ranted as Naruto lifted his finger and pointed behind him. Turning around, Kenjo saw Kakashi reading that bloody orange book of his.
"WHAT THE HELL?! HOW CAN HE BE READING AT A TIME LIKE THIS?! That's it! He's a dead man walking!" Kenjo shouted as his Sharingan blazed to life. Charging their teacher in a tight V formation the three Genin began their assault with Kenjo as their leader.
Kenjo attacked Kakashi's midsection as Naruto and Sasuke moved behind him obscuring them from view. While Kakashi continued to pick apart Kenjo's attacks Sasuke jumped up from behind Kenjo and brought down a powerful axe kick. Kakashi knew he had been backed into a wall, If Kenjo and Sasuke were keeping him busy, Naruto could get in close enough to get the bells, 'This generation is much more talented than the last. And Kenjo seems capable of being a squad leader. I might just take them as my team.' Kakashi thought as he used one hand to throw Sasuke over head and Kenjo in the same direction, this however did not buy him the time he needed to block Naruto who slid on the ground past him grabbing the bells in the process.
Naruto came to a stop right between Kenjo and Sasuke, tossing them two of the three bells. All three were grinning like the cats that caught the canaries. Kakashi just gave them an eye smile and said, "Meet me at the posts where I put the clock."
It was at this time a scream of "NOOO! SASUKE-KUN!!" rang out from somewhere in the forest. Naruto and company just sweat-dropped before checking the position of the sun to figure out the time.
"I was right. It's eleven thirty." Kenjo proclaimed proudly. Naruto had decided to pipe in at this time, "I say we go help Sakura-chan. I mean this was to test our teamwork right? Even if she is a pain she's still our teammate." Sasuke gawked at Naruto while Kenjo mulled it over.
Sighing Kenjo gave in, "Alright, alright. Let's go find that bubble gum headed fangirl." Soon the three had found Sakura lying in the middle of the forest eyes wide and foaming at the mouth.
"I think she has rabies…" Sasuke muttered more to himself then his teammates. Kenjo just gave her a light kick in the side to wake her while telling Sasuke to move back if what he thought about the genjutsu Kakashi used on her was true.
"What happened? Where am I? Wait that's right I was taking a test to see if I could stay with Sasuke-kun!" Sakura said before seeing a bell land in her lap, "What's this?"
"What does it look like? We already got our bells so I figure why not. Now come on we have to be at those posts." Kenjo more or less commanded walking off with Naruto and Sasuke close behind.
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When the four Genin reached the posts they saw Kakashi waiting for them. "I was wondering what took so long, but now I know." Kakashi stated eyeing Sakura. (Not like that you pervs! BTW, I hate the KakaSaku pairing so let me answer you now, NO!) Sasuke scoffed and sat at the bottom of one of the posts with Naruto and Kenjo following suit.
"Now then you all…pass." Kakashi said giving them an eye smile when he saw Naruto and Sakura's jaws hit the ground. Kenjo just smirked and Sasuke fought to keep his jaw off the ground.
"Why the hell does SHE pass?! All she did was scream and pass out!" Naruto yelled pointing at Sakura while receiving a glare from the pink haired kunoichi (Like I'll ever acknowledge her as such again…).
'But I gotta agree with him, why did I pass?' Sakura wondered to herself. Kenjo's smirk was still plastered on his face as he waited to see if Sasuke would catch it.
"She passed because of us. We went to look for her, and the whole point of this test was teamwork, the bells were to pit us against one another, lucky for you guys we got me. I've heard of this test plus it's pretty obvious." Kenjo declared in his usual bored tone. Just then a boy who looked about two to three years older than Kenjo and around 5'5 with lavender color hair and sliver highlights throughout landed behind Kakashi with his hands in his pockets.
"What the hell do you want Hatake?" the boy demanded completely disregarding Kakashi's age and rank, but it was at this time when he seemed to notice the stares he was receiving from the newly formed team seven, "NO! HELL FUCKING NO! DO IT YOUR FUCKING SELF YOU LAZY ASS PERVERT!!" he yelled pointing at Kakashi.
"Calm down Takashi-san. Hokage-sama personally requested you assist me with this team. And besides with a larger team it would really help." Kakashi replied nonchalantly.
"Hokage-teme can kiss my ass! I'm not doing this and that's…" Sousuke began before he dodged a kunai and placed it at Naruto's throat before anyone, save Kakashi and Kenjo who had his Sharingan active, could see.
"What's got you so riled up, eh? Don't want anyone bad mouthing Sarutobi-jiji? Get the fuck over it you little punk. Think you're pretty tough shit, huh? Tch. I've had boils bigger than you." Takashi spat, pulling the kunai closer to Naruto's throat. At this Naruto's body started to quiver causing Takashi to raise an eyebrow at him.
"What's with you? You're shaking now? What's next? Gonna piss your pants little boy?"
"I'm not shaking because I'm scared; I was just laughing to myself. Since you hadn't noticed the kunai I've had against your side this whole time." Naruto replied expecting Takashi to look down and give him the opening he needed to get free. But Naruto didn't get that opening because before he knew it Takashi was standing back in his original spot twirling two kunai on his index and middle fingers. Quickly gaining a sadistic grin, Takashi threw the two kunai at Naruto, the first passed right below his family jewels and the second passed by only for Takashi to twitch his middle finger toward him tugging on the wire he put on it, bringing it back around to pass below Naruto's crotch as well. All the males, save Takashi, eyes twitched and Naruto had to check to make sure his junk was still there. (Yeah…)
"If you two are done with your little display, I have to be going so try not to kill each other." Kakashi said poofing away.
Takashi simply scoffed and turned away before speaking again, "Tch, stupid prick dragging me into his shit." And having said that Takashi took a step forward before disappearing.
0o0o0o0o With Kakashi o0o0o0o0
"Team 10 seems to work well together. Shikamaru is a bit lazy but he's a good strategist and Choji seems a tad to interested in eating and not being a ninja. Ino on the other hand is bossy and more than capable of getting the other two motivated. Ability wise all three are proficient in their clans' jutsus and have the makings of a good team, I pass them." Sarutobi Asuma stated summing up his new teams skills for his report. After he had finished everyone turned to Kakashi, anxious to see if he was finally taking a team.
"Sorry I'm late; a black cat crossed my path so I had to take a detour. But anyway, Team 7 works extremely well together with Kenjo being an excellent strategist and capable of being a squad leader while Naruto is more of a frontal assault member. Sasuke would be the stealth and Intel gatherer because he is very light on his feet and versatile in a number of situations. Sakura would be a support member, carrying the duties of being a medic and genjutsu user." Kakashi said taking a breath before continuing, "Overall I think they will be a wonderful squad once I work out their kinks and look forward to being their sensei."
To say that everyone there, including Sarutobi, was shocked would be the understatement of the year. Genma had dropped his senbon, Asuma lost the cigarette he was about to light, and Anko nearly choked on her dango. One Chuunin regained his bearings before retorting, "The Uchihas probably carried both the Haruno and the dem…" he never did finish that sentence because Kakashi and Anko had both appeared in front of him with a kunai placed at his throat (Kakashi) and his groin (Anko).
"If you dare finish that sentence, I will castrate you put in on a pike and make you eat it! No one says anything bad about my otouto and gets away with it!" Anko yelled getting a crazed look in her eyes though the "otouto" comment did not go unnoticed by the Hokage and he would question one of them about it later..
"Do not ever speak ill of my teammates, be they Genin, Chuunin, or Jounin, in front of me again! And to think, I'm forced to call you my comrade." Kakashi spat angrily, making sure that this guy could feel his Sharingan spinning in rage. Coughing to get everyone's attention once more the Hokage began, "Kakashi-kun, Anko-chan that's enough. Put away your weapons please." Both did so though Anko much more hesitantly than Kakashi.
"Well it seems we know who this year's rookie nine consists of. You're all dismissed." The venerable kage stated in his usual dominating voice. With a sigh he took his leave, wanting to treat Naruto to ramen to congratulate him on becoming a full fledged ninja.
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After Kakashi and Takashi had both left team seven had been trying to figure out what to do. "I say we go get some ramen." Naruto suggested just the tiniest bit hungry.
"No! We should train. Kakashi-sensei can still take us all out by our selves, and he was holding back." Sasuke shouted back hating the idea of eating ramen.
"Ramen!"
"Training!"
"Ramen!"
"Training!"
That continued for around five minutes before Kenjo got annoyed, "BOTH OF YOU SHUT THE HELL UP! Man, you're more annoying than Sasuke's fangirls! And they're pretty damn annoying! We'll go get something to eat and then train! Now come on before I skin both of your asses with my dullest kunai."
Naruto simply nodded following closely behind Kenjo, Sasuke gave a small "hn" crossing his arms following behind his cousin. The three failed to notice Sakura still standing there by herself.
"Hey! I just realized something! I gotta find Sarutobi-jiji!" Naruto exclaimed nearly shattering Kenjo's eardrum before taking off down the street towards the Hokage Tower.
"Damn hyperactive bastard…" Kenjo muttered rubbing his now sore ear noticing Sakura was following them at a semi-respectful distance, "What is it Haruno?"
"I, um w-wanted to k-know if y-you co-could help me with my t-training." She said stumbling over her words. Now, being friends with Naruto will get you used to some weird stuff, but this was BEYOND weird so to say Kenjo was shocked would be an understatement.
"And why exactly do you want me to help you train?" Kenjo asked regaining his bearings. Sasuke just stood silently waiting for this to be over so he could kill Naruto for running off when this whole thing was his fault in the first place.
"W-well, I d-didn't really h-help much in the training and on our first mission out I don't want to be dead weight." Sakura said in a demure voice, sure she had book-smarts and good chakra control but that wouldn't help her much in a real fight. Kenjo paused for a second mulling the matter over before replying.
'With her chakra control she would be a good medic, genjutsu, or general support member. I can't really do much except make her taijutsu and ninjutsu better. But I could get that Kurenai lady from team 8 to help her with the genjutsu.' Kenjo thought remembering when he glanced at everyone who was in their class's abilities.
"Alright. I'll help you. On one condition, no fan girl bull during training, hound Sasuke-chan on your own time. Oh, and we start tomorrow. Bring all your weapons and such, and be ready for hell." Kenjo stated in a commanding voice while aggravating Sasuke with the chan suffix he used on occasion to remind Sasuke what his life used to be like.
"Arigato Kenjo-san." Sakura gulped at that last part before giving a respectful bow before turning and going on her way.
"Are we done now? I want to find the dobe before night fall. After all he is going to be staying with us until the chuunin exams right? We need to tell him." Sasuke said annoyed at Sakura's interruption of his time. Kenjo simply grasped him by his shirt and used the Shunshin no Jutsu to get to the Hokage Tower sooner.
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"Sarutobi-jiji! Guess what! I became a full fledged ninja! Thanks to Kenjo's plan that is." Naruto shouted bursting through the door of the Sandaime's office right when Kenjo and Sasuke appeared in a swirl of leaves.
"Found you! C'mon dobe we have to train!"
"Hold on teme! I'm not done yet!" Naruto shouted back not noticing the growing veins on both Kenjo and Sarutobi's foreheads.
"WILL YOU TWO SHUT UP?!" they shouted at the same time, Kenjo choking Sasuke and Naruto.
"That's enough Kenjo, you can let them go. Naruto, I have something to ask you. It's about your relationship with Mitarashi Anko," the aged Hokage said sitting back down behind his desk, or rather, the mountain of paper work sitting on it.
Tilting his head to the side Naruto inquired "Anko-neechan? What about her?"
"Well during the Genin evaluation reports some nameless chuunin insulted you and she threatened him with, well, castration." Sarutobi told the young blonde wincing at the memory, "And she called you her otouto."
"Well yeah! One time the villagers were attacking me and I guess she was on her way to get some dango, she's a fiend for the stuff, and she saw them kicking something, me, so she wanted to see what was going on. I was like seven at the time so she got really pissed off and nearly killed them all before taking me to the hospital. When I woke up we hit it off immediately. And she's been stopping by my house every other week to check on my and see how I'm doing with the stuff she taught me." Naruto explained in a matter-of-factly type voice. The other three people in the room's curiosity had seemed to peak when he said "stuff she taught me".
"What was she teaching you Naruto?" Kenjo asked before Sasuke or Sarutobi got the chance.
"She showed me this cool thing where you can climb a tree without your hands. She said it was for chakra control or something and that she would teach me water walking when I mastered this. Oh yeah! And she showed me the Kage Bunshin no Jutsu when I was nine but I hadn't really gotten it down until you started helping me with the regular clone jutsu and copied that Jounin using the kage bunshin when we were doing our pranks and the helped me since you said I was probably the only person in the world who could use it to it's full potential." Naruto replied nonchalantly, not noticing Sarutobi's expression when he said Anko showed him the Kage Bunshin no Jutsu. Everyone in the room was floored, except for Takashi who had slipped in during Naruto's explanation. He wasn't surprised because Anko WAS his sister, they used different last names though, she said for his protection, and he would have done the same thing.
"That's just like her. Doing something completely reckless and treating it like eating a stick of dango…" He said with a sigh, "Anyway, I had come here to tell you that I refused to help Hatake I wouldn't help with this ragtag group of his. That is, until the hatchling over there said he knew my imouto. She would kill me if I refused to help him."
Turning to the boys he said, "We begin training tomorrow at 1:00. If you're late I swear to Kami I'll quadruple your work load. Hatake can go on missions with you, but I'm gonna train you runts. We're gonna work on your taijutsu so buy some weights because I'm not wasting my money on you punk asses! Make sure Haruno is there too, I'm gonna make a better kunoichi then Tsunade-baachan if it kills her!" With that declaration he vanished in a swirl of fire. Kenjo gathering Sasuke and Naruto before leaving as well.
'A better kunoichi than Tsunade? I'll pray for that Haruno girl. Especially if he's anything like Anko. Hell, he may very well make these kids the Densetsu no Yonnin!' Sarutobi thought since they were being taught by both Copy Ninja Kakashi and Takashi of the Errant Flame.
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Meanings:
Takashi Taiki: Long Bridge Wide Radius I'm going to tie that in with his character soon. You'll see why I chose this name.
Densetsu no Yonnin: If you know your Japanese you would know this meant Legendary Four Ninja. I changed one part of Sannin for it, which means Three Ninja.
RotW: FINALLY! AFTER MANY MONTHS OF WAITING I HAVE FINALLY FINISHED THIS CHAPTER! Now, many of you probably hate me by now but I cannot sit down and type it up all at once. Unless my sister is typing her story next to me for some reason…
Kenjo: It's because you can't stand the thought of her outdoing you in anything.
RotW: ...
Kenjo: Case in point. Anyway, please review, they give him more incentive to write since as he put it, "It shows him people are bothering to read the story" And he's going to combine the first two chapter to make one big one since the beginning is the primary turn off to this story.
RotW: Yeah this chapter kinda got away from me hence it not sticking to the original layout. And it will be going on temporary hiatus while I type up two other stories I started working on. I'm on spring break so I have more time to write so I should have the fourth chapter ready by sometime next month. (Hopefully…)
