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Well enough rambling On to chapter three!!
Chapter Two: Meeting the teamA blond twelve year old stood alone in a small clearing a half a mile outside the gates of the Leaf village, the sun glinted off the circlet around the boy's head, his arm bands and bracelets. The boy wore a black tank top and a pair of loose pants that were dark orange. In the breeze a jacket of dark orange with a red swirl on the back swayed slightly from the branch the boy had hung it from. "It has been six years already guys…time went by so fast…" Naruto whispered, seemingly to no one.
"Yes six years have past, but you spent that time training and working your ass off to get where you are now hatchling," a deep rumbling, ageless voice stated from the twelve year olds left. A blood red dragon silently came into view as it moved toward the blond boy. The dragon (American style) towered over the boy at twenty-five feet as it walked on all four legs, but the boy didn't flinch or show surprise at the dragon's sudden appearance.
"LavaRain," Naruto greeted with a nod of his head, "but you understand that I have also made thousands of friends in each army of the mythical six."
"Pup, none of us will ever forget the year you spent with our army, a lot of the time your antics were just too damn funny," snickered a pitch black werewolf (yes the one he first met) with a werefox standing next to one of the wolf's broad furred shoulders as the pair stood behind the boy, who again didn't seem surprised by the sudden appearance of the two lycanthropes.
"Wolf Kain, Fox Koi," Naruto greeted with a feral grin and a growl-like noise in his throat.
"Boy you will always carry the scent of all six armies and their lords, even in death," an airy voice stated from the boy's right.
Naruto looked over at the vampires, who dressed in a loose shirt and tore pants and nodded a silent greeting.
A chattering of raccoons sounded from the treetops and Naruto looked up at two raccoons that were triple the normal size, both looking exactly alike.
"Ruckus, Mayhem, do me the favor of never talking in complete unison again," Naruto whimpered half-heartedly and over dramatically, but the raccoons just snickered and grinned.
"You encourage them when you do that…it's making their pranks and tricks worse," a soft but commanding voice stated from above.
This time Naruto looked straight up at a pair of fallen angel with dark gray angel wings coming out of their backs. The fallen angels wore a black version of the typical with robe that was seen in most angel paintings, but the faint outline of the halo above their heads was red instead of gold.
"Hello want to go gamble later," Naruto asked in a half joking, half serious tone.
"I don't know Naruto, you always win and we always end up drunk off our wings," one of the fallen angels stated, going into a thinking pose, though stayed hovering above the blond boy.
A phoenix squawk caught everyone's attention (that happened to be in the clearing) and Naruto translated, "Rose says to knock it off and that I'm going to be late for the team assignments so we have to get going."
With those words the boy and the mythical creatures with him started towards the Ninja Academy in Konoha.
HOWLHOWLHOWLHOWLHOWLHOWLHOWLHOWLHOWLHOWLNaruto couldn't believe it, his teammates were the stuck up Uchiha and the Hurano bitch (FYI: I hate Sakura as a hopeless fan-girl) and if that wasn't enough of a problem his sensei was a lazy perverted bastard! The blond sat in the empty class with his recently assigned teammates waiting for their lazy ass sensei to show up.
Finally Naruto exclaimed "Fuck This" and moved to jump out the window when the door to the room finally opens to reveal their sensei.
"My first impression is…I hate you-" Kakashi started only to be cut off by his blond charge.
"I don't give a rats ass what you think you lazy bastard! And I couldn't care less if you're my sensei. I'm out of here! I was supposed to be somewhere hours ago," Naruto roared, still moving towards the windows of the classroom.
"Naruto Uzumaki, known to disappear for days on end without any word to anyone, even in the middle of school," Kakashi stated calmly, but Naruto just flipped him the middle finger and jumped out of a window, "Meet me on the roof, I'll get there after I collect the blond."
Kakashi followed the blond out the window but by the time his feet hit the ground the boy had disappeared into the trees surrounding the schoolyard. 'No newly graduated school student should be able to move that swiftly' Kakashi thought to himself as he summoned one of his ninja dogs to track the boy. Unfortunately the pug couldn't make out the boy's scent, which the dog said was 'mixed with that of strange animals' so Kakashi was forced to go to the roof to speak with his remaining students.
"Sensei where is Naruto?" Sakura asked after introductions.
"Do you know of anyone that knows the blond personally that would know were to find the boy?" Kakashi asked calmly, though inside he was actually pretty pissed knowing that a twelve-year-old 'lightweight' was able to get away from him.
Much to Kakashi's growing irritation Sakura answered, "No we don't, Naruto never was very social with anyone in our class. Anyone paired with him had to force an answer out of him with constant prodding."
"The class dobe escaped a jounin? I might have to switch teachers if you can't even locate a newly graduated genin," Sasuke stated coldly and indifferently.
Kakashi was quickly losing his temper at the two in front of him when a voice stated, "He likes to run out into the forest and prefers the company of animals than humans." The one-eyed ninja looks over at Iruka, Naruto's schoolteacher and asked, "Do you know where he runs off to in the forest, just to narrow down the search of course."
Iruka shook his head and stated, "Right now he could be anywhere between the village wall and five miles away. You can only find him when he's in the forest when he wants you to and not a second before. If you want to find him out there it's your problem now not mine."
Kakashi was grinding his teeth together by this point and was about ready to summon all of his dogs to search for the boy but something about what the school teacher in front of him made him think and ask, "when he wants to be found?"
The chuunin teacher shrugged and stated, "It's like he knows what's happening around him at all times like an animal or he knows something no one else does."
With a disbelieving grunt Kakashi told the two kids in front of him to meet at training ground seven at eight the next morning before jumping to the ground, summoning all of his dogs and proceeding to search for the elusive blond.
HOWLHOWLHOWLHOWLHOWLHOWLHOWLHOWLHOWLHOWLNaruto sat calmly in a clearing two miles away from the leaf village, his jacket once again hanging on a nearby branch with his Ninja head band as all kinds of animals surrounded him, feeling safe in the boy's presence even with mortal enemies no more than a few feet away. The blond was smiling softly and talking calmly to the animals gathered around him while he pulled treats out of his pockets for all of them.
That was the scene that Kakashi saw when he finally found his wayward charge after several hours of scouring the forests around the village. Kakashi was surprised that his sudden appearance in the clearing didn't even make the animals or the boy jump. Naruto flatly ignored him as he stared in wonder at the number of animals that were drawn to the boy. Everything from chipmunks to tigers and wolves had gathered around the unconcerned twelve year old.
With a soft word, the animals left, apparently under truce while in the boy's presence as Naruto got to his feet and turned to face Kakashi. The silence lasted several minutes before Naruto stated, "You know Iruka can find me in two and a half hours on his own, meaning with out the help of a pack of ten ninja trained dogs."
Kakashi recoiled and asked, "How did you know about my dogs? None of them was ever near this area." Naruto just smirked in a 'I know something you don't know' way before moving to grab his jacket.
With the shake of his head Kakashi asked, "What's with the jewelry? I know for a fact that an orphan with your funds wouldn't be able to pay for anything like that and you're not a thief to anyone's knowledge."
In seeing the boy pause briefly before grabbing his jacket Kakashi narrowed his visible eye and waited for a response.
"I am not a thief, but neither did I buy these…the old man told me once that one of these could buy the leaf village as each one is made from the purest metal and gems, that is the only reason I wear a jacket to hide them from view," Naruto stated softly, holding the jacket in front of himself with one arm.
"How did you come by them then if they are as valuable as you say," Kakashi asked calmly.
Naruto ignored the older ninja's question and ripped the sleeves off his jacket with no wasted movement before putting on the new 'vest' and stated, "My skills have improved enough for me to be able to show my gifts as they were given to me by people that saw the fourth Hokage seal the nine tailed fox into me and aren't part of any village."
Without another word Naruto once again disappeared into the surrounding trees, stunned for a second Kakashi then yells, "If you can hear me, meet at training ground seven at eight for one final test before you can claim to be a true genin."
Kakashi not expecting an answer turned to return to the village and his books, but Naruto's voice seemed to echo all around him, "In the forest, no matter how big or small, I know most everything that happens, but I make no promises about showing up."
"Brat," Kakashi mumbled under his breath, despite his shock at what Naruto just did, and returned to the safety of the village.
HOWLHOWLHOWLHOWLHOWLHOWLHOWLHOWLHOWLHOWLThe next morning at training ground seven Sasuke and Sakura sat under a tree, waiting for their renegade teammate and lazy ass sensei. Neither preteen tried to start a conversation, as they were both curious about Naruto's behavior the day before and Kakashi's reaction when the blond gave him the slip. The two's thoughts were interrupted as their blond teammate finally walked into the clearing, however, following him was a small group of various animals.
Both watching preteens jerked their heads back in shock as Naruto sat down at the edge of the clearing and allowed the animals to gather around him as he pulled a wooden flute out of an inside jacket pocket. As the blond began to play his flute in a soft tune, the animals either lay down around him or sat at attention, some even swayed with to tune slightly. The skill Naruto played his instrument shocked his teammates again, but not enough to keep them quite for very long.
"Hey dobe, what are you doing?" Sasuke demanded, grudgedly admitting to himself that Naruto played the flute well.
The blond ignored the Uchiha boy but the animals with him didn't, a few of the predatory ones actually snarled or growled at the pair under the solitary tree while the less aggressive ones flipped their tails at the two. Again startled the two jerked their heads back in surprise as they animals turned back to the blond.
Suddenly Kakashi was beside them, standing over them, and turned his eye to his third student with a soft 'shush' at the two next to him. Sakura was about to yell when Sasuke's and Kakashi's hands slapped down across her mouth for different reasons. Sasuke did so because the moment she opened her mouth the predators around Naruto once again focus their attention on them with angry snarls. Kakashi did so because of something he saw while watching Naruto walk across a street with his group and one of the villagers decided to attack him.
"On my way here I saw Naruto cross a street while he was on his was here. One of the villagers on that street tried to attack either the animals with him or Naruto directly, but the results were the same. Some of the animals attacked the man, killing him with several bites then a final blow to his throat. Naruto didn't even react except to clean the blood off the mouths of the attacking animals before moving on," Kakashi explained to his two clueless students in a whisper as the animals once again turned to the blond.
The song Naruto played ended after a few minutes and the blond sent the gathered animals away with a soft word as he put his flute away as the animals seemed to protest with a whine or soft growl. From their place under the tree, the two genin and Kakashi heard the blond say, "I'm sorry, I would love to play more for you guys but I have human things to do."
"He's finally lost it, he's talking to animals," Sakura whispered but his teammates didn't seem so sure as all of the animals seemed to sigh and grumble as they slipped into the surrounding foliage.
Kakashi waited for Naruto to come closer before explaining the bell test; before the one eyed ninja could finish he saw recognition and understanding flicker through Naruto's eyes while his teammates were confused.
"Begin!" exclaimed Kakashi and two of his students jump away to hide in wait, leaving the one eyed jounin with his enigma student, Naruto.
Naruto cracks his neck absently, as he stands and leans his back against the tree behind him. "Shouldn't you be hiding?" Kakashi asked, pulling his favorite book out of his weapon pouch.
"Shouldn't you be reading that kind of book at home?" Naruto retorted, causing Kakashi to chuckle lightly.
Silence settled in for several minutes without either figures standing in the clearing moving.
"You know the actual test is interesting seeing as how you weren't exactly a teamwork kind of guy back when you were a genin," Naruto stated in a low enough voice so that it didn't reach the ears of the hidden genin.
Kakashi froze for two full minutes before asking, "How?"
Naruto smirked in a 'you will never know what I know' way before laughing and disappearing into the nearby foliage like the way his animal friends had done before. Just as Naruto disappeared Kakashi heard the sound of snapping fingers and Naruto's voice saying, "Mess with him a little but don't kill him."
Before Kakashi could ponder what or whom Naruto was speaking to, several things happened at once.
First something red lunged at the jounin from the shadows, forcing Kakashi to jump back wards. Next two wolf sized things latched onto Kakashi's arm just as he landed on the ground again from the lone tree in the middle of the field. Then four creatures on two legs appeared and stood one from each direction. And last Kakashi could feel a stifling heat radiating off of something above him and felt also four very sharp points digging into each shoulder.
'Oh fuck' Kakashi thought as he got a good look at what had attacked him at Naruto's orders.
From their hiding spots, Sasuke and Sakura were gawking at the sight of their sensei held captive by two half human half animal beasts, two humans with wings and spears, two pale looking guys that looked sick, and a fairly large bird made of flames while a giant red lizard had settled only slightly out into the clearing.
"You see I know six extremely powerful people with armies made up of the different creatures you see numbering in the ten thousands and one half of one of those armies could wipe out every ninja village even if they gave the village a ten year warning to get ready," Naruto stated as he walked back into the clearing with Kakashi still under supernatural guard.
"Would you mind…you know…calling them off," Kakashi asked, getting sore muscles from the slightly bent over backwards position he was currently in.
"I don't know…you know Mizuki ended up in the same position when he tried to deceive me," Naruto mumbled as he walked over and pulled the bells off Kakashi's belt and tossing them one each to his teammates, who had come out of hiding.
The two caught the bells and gave the blond a questioning look and Naruto explained, "The test was to see if we were smart enough to work together and see if we could be selfless and sacrifice ourselves for the team."
Again the two gave Naruto a questioning look but this time the blond ignored them and snapped his fingers again. The mythical creatures were instantly gone, even the dragon, leaving no trace that they had ever been there.
Naruto opened his mouth to say something but stopped when a piercing howl/roar sounded. The blond answered and looked at Kakashi saying, "I don't care if I pass or fail so do your worst and but try to go into the forests again if you fail them."
With that Naruto turned and bolted into the trees, disappearing within seconds and Kakashi stated, "You all pass, but you two only pass because of him."
"How's that sensei?" Sakura asked tensely.
"If I would have failed you Naruto probably would have called in a few favors with those 'mythical six' that he was talking about to make my life a living hell," Kakashi deadpanned seriously.
HOWLHOWLHOWLHOWLHOWLHOWLHOWLHOWLHOWLHOWLYay the next chapter is up!
Major OOC in this chapter but it's my world and Kakashi doesn't like the fact that he was out smarted by a twelve year old.
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