Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or The Samsara Stories by Dilost , with their permission this is being done. I gain absolutely no profit from these things.
AN:Sorry everyone for being so late life came into play as well as my own human laziness, please forgive me my trusty strangers. So i had a few midlife crisis, my basketball team is in near shambles ,Deviant-art lost its edge (for me), video game are slowly becoming boring and im broke and jobless so yeah...thats a thing, but enough about me how was your day?
Last time…
Uzumaki Naruto continued to read his book. Ignoring other students and Iruka.
When he heard Iruka about to announce the teams, he slowed his reading.
Iruka opened his mouth and he listened.
"Finally that chapter was over, hopefully the next has a more action feel to it" complained Obito
"Don't get your hopes up" said Kushina
"Lucky for you Obito, we got more guest that are about to arrive" said a cheerful Ice. Snapping his fingers the room was enveloped in a massive Blue-green light forcing the occupants to cover their eyes.
When the light faded an interesting sight was upon them.
An un-orderly pile of ninja was assorted; sitting at the very top was a familiar spikey silvery gray haired ninja with a face-mask covering his lower face, he sat crossed-legged, read an orange book. Struggling underneath him was a pink haired girl in a red outfit and a boy with his navy-almost black hair in a duck-ass style dressed in a blue shirt with white shorts. Underneath them at the bottom was a familiar blonde haired boy with spikey hair, he was resting his head and had it propped on his curled fist tapping his other index finger on the ground with irritation along with an utterly pissed look on his face.
"Whoops sorry my cute little ninjas, thanks for breaking my fall, that was so heroic of you." Said the silver haired man completely ignoring the fact that the blonde was slowly losing the means to breathe.
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"GET THE HELL OFF ME YOU DAMNED CYCLOPS/ DAMNED SCARECROW/DAMNED SADIST!" shouted three angry voices.
The audience just gasped in shock at not only their sudden appearance, but also at the animosity directed at their teacher.
'wow their brave' thought Orochimaru and Rin.
'he must be a douche to them' thought Obito.
'Oh no Jiraiya turned him to a pervert!' thought Tsunade
'Yes I converted another to the joys of Perv-Nation!' thought the self-proclaimed Super-Pervert Jiraiya doing quick victory dance in his head.
'I really hope that's not me' Kakashi thought blankly.
'Why does that blonde kid look like Minato' thought Kushina.
Ice just smiled at scene with a face that said 'this just got twice as interesting'
Seeing the rooms' distraction Ice cleared his throat gathering everyone's attention.
"Greetings new arrivals I am Ice88 and I am an entity of great power and wisdom, I have selected you out of time and space to read adventures about mainly Naruto and the rest of your team in smaller doses."
Team 7 took a moment to gather what was said before…
"What about Haku-chan?!"
"What about Yuya…?"
"What about Ichi Ichi?!"
"What about our time period!?"
Ice observes them for a moment, then answers" Haku and Tayuya will appear a little later before their introduced, Kakashi check your back pocket, dimension travelling is not a good way to lose your obsession product" Jiraiya grins triumphantly, Tsunade sneers, Obito and Kushina laugh, Rin just stares unblinking at the older Kakashi, while young Kakashi was mortified at his bumbling idiotic older self thinking 'I was supposed to be awesome in the future where did I go wrong!?'
"And to answer your question Sakura, this place is a special place that exist outside of time and space, so when you return back home to your time it would be as though you never left. She nods.
"we were reading this book called He Who Will Establish Peace and Order: Samsara
Naruto stiffens at the phrase, Tendo immediately recognizing it 'sorry to intrude on you Master, but we must talk after this chapter.' 'Very well Tendo I look forward to it, but in the mean time I have concerns' replied Naruto
"Excuse me but I have a few questions" interrupted Naruto
Ice looks at him and nods
"You said this book was mainly about me right?" questioned Naruto.
"Yes" replied Ice.
"Does that mean its in my point of view and we see things from my eyes?"
" In so many words, yes it does"
"Damn it" Naruto mumbles under his breathe, he looks at Ice again and ask, "does this mean everyone will know about them and it?"
Everyone not talking shared or exchanged looks of confusion and interest at what Naruto was hiding, but knew better then to pry.
"Yes Naruto and I'm sorry about that but don't worry you are amongst friends here, they can be trusted."
Naruto looks around the room fully scoping everyone there then stood beside his team. When he eyes feel on Orochimaru he felt his heart quicken at his first friend. He quickly mask his emotions from the others.
"OK future team seven introduce yourself please, said Ice with a smile"
"Hello everyone! I am the astounding and cool Kakashi Hatake" he announces with a miniature victor dance. Causing his genin to shake their heads at his idiocy.
His students may not know this but Kakashi was actually quite nervous being in the same room as his former teammates. So to quell his anxieties he fell back into his non-serious persona.
" Ha-ha-ha hey Kakashi, older you is hilarious!" said Obito trying and failing to shake off his hysterics.
" Damnit older me stop screwing around! Snarled the red faced Kakashi.
"Next up"
Watching his Sensei wedge himself between his younger self and Obito, Sasuke say, "I am Sasuke Uchiha" Eyebrows raise at this, Obito observes his cousin of sorts , while Kushina who briefly took a moment to look away from her future son to look at the young Uchiha who is the second son of her best friend Mikoto. Sasuke goes and sits on a vacant part of the couch closer to the huge TV.
He turns to Sakura.
"I am Sakura Haruno" 'this must be the former fan girl' thinks Tsunade check out her body build and hands, seeing signs of training. Sakura sits beside Sasuke on the formerly vacant couch.
"And I am Naruto Uzumaki" Kushina who had monopolized most of her time alternating between watching him vividly and keep tabs on the other members of the new Team 7, stared at him.
As did the original reading members of the room.
'So this is Sensei's son'
'This is Naru-chan?'
'He looks just like Minato'
"Uhm… excuse me mother, why are you so young looking and what are.. Orochi and the others doing here, I am quite confused?" he said as he sat between her and Sakura. Hoping she didn't catch his wavering on Orochimaru's name.
The rest of his team turns to the conversation also curious of the answer.
Kushina smile at him and said "Well, Naru-chan" which earned glares from Naruto at everyone who dared to snicker at his mother's signature nick-name for him.
"You see, Orochimaru, Tsunade and the others are from an earlier time then you, back in the past, at what point in your life are you in?" she asked in return.
Naruto sat there for a moment before he turned to her and said, we are a few years after we took our chunin exam. Sasuke, Sakura and I are currently 15 years old."
"Rin, inform the new arrivals of what has happened so far." Said Tsunade
Rin nods, gathers then summarizes the past few chapters for the new Team 7. They return to their sitting arrangements.
"Well with all that out of the way let's begin, Sakura how about you read next" asked Ice.
Excited with the idea of reading about her mysterious teammate as well as her team as a whole she nods and says:
He Who Will Establish Peace and Order: Samsara
Chapter 2 Team Seven
"Hmm… so here we become a team' said the formerly quite Sasuke.
Uzumaki Naruto stared.
Uchiha Sasuke met his stare.
The two looked at each other grinned then looked away. Sakura shakes her head at their idiocy.
Haruno Sakura shook her head in dismay.
It has been three hours since their team was announced and they waited for their sensei in silence.
"3 Hours!"
"KAKASHI!"
"What the hell future me, that's so not cool!"
"If your going to copy me teme at least do it right, I was always 2 hours late not 3!"
Older-Kakashi just face-palmed at the books showing the first of his many douche-moments.
"If that makes you yell, you're going to really love the next couple of chapters" said an unaffected Team 7.
"Sakura please read" said an annoyed Naruto.
Sakura wished either one of the boy would speak. The silence was slowly becoming more unbearable. In addition, the atmosphere had gotten more tense since the last hour. She gathered her courage. She had enough of the oppressive atmosphere!
"So you couldn't handle it" asked a teasing Sasuke.
"Oh quiet you", replied Sakura with a blushing face at her embarrassment.
This draws laughs from Kakashi and Sasuke and soft chuckles from Naruto.
The other members in the room were shocked that there was an easy going Uchiha outside of Obito and Mikoto and sometimes Fugaku on a rainy day.
'The future must be really weird' was their general thought.
"...um, do you know who our sensei is?" she asked. She wished she had not asked. The two silent boys turned and stared at her.
"...hn," Sasuke turned away. His face unchanged. She wondered how he kept that expression (or lack thereof) for so long.
"All Uchiha's learn at an incredibly young age" Sasuke and Obito said in unison with the same bored expression like they get that question all the time.
Much to the amused and disturbed faces of the others.
Sakura turned to her other teammate. The most mysterious one on the team.
"What? You consider me mysterious. What would give you that thought?" asked a confused Naruto.
Sakura just grins then pats his head playfully and says "Don't worry Naruto the book will probably explain it"
Everyone else just smiles and shakes their head at him.
While Sasuke was well known cold guy because of his brother's fame, Uzumaki Naruto was a blank page.
Sakura and Kakashi nod their head at this.
Sasuke grimaced at the idea that he was cold, 'NOO my magnificent Uchiha-ness cannot accept this, I refuse'
He was rarely seen in the village and even then, he would only follow his mother. Even in class he ignored everything. When a sensei asked him a question, he answered tersely and returned to his book.
"Oh so that's why you called me mysterious"
"Pretty much"
He seemed to evaluate her and then Sasuke.
She repeated the question. Finally he opened his mouth.
"I know."
He stared at the Uchiha.
The boy was interesting.
Sasuke looks at Naruto, "now we will know what you thought about us at the beginning."
"Yeah maybe we can get some black-mail" added Kakashi-Sensei
Naruto smiled and said "well it wasn't all that nice, so don't get your hopes up"
The rest of the room just watched in amusement.
He noticed in class that the boy would sometimes stare or glare at
him.
Naruto looks at his Uchiha friend, "you were kind of weird that way."
The said Uchiha could only blush lightly and look away from the others feeling self-conscious.
This draws a few laughs from the others who previously mentioned rivalries.
He wondered if this was one of the famous Uchiha attitudes that his godfather told him about. When he heard his other teammate spoke, he moved his stare towards her.
Then he searched what he knew about the girl.
"Oh so it's my turn"
Haruno Sakura. A kunoichi from a civilian family. All about her were average.
"Hey!"
The amount of her chakra was smaller than the others.
"At one point that was true" said Kakashi nodding in agreement.
Potentially useful for genjutsu, and iryō ninjutsu.
Then he returned his stare to the other boy.
Uchiha Sasuke. A shinobi from Uchiha clan. Brother of Hokage. One of the stronger graduates this year. Chakra larger than average. Potentially useful for Sharingan, ninjutsu, and
genjutsu.
...logical team placement. He concluded. While he knew not where he stood in terms of skills,
he was aware that he held the position of close range combatant in the team.
However, the problem was the sensei. Why would that person be chosen?
When he heard the girl repeating her question, he answered.
"I know."
"Yeah, we were kind of surprised as to how you already knew." said Sasuke.
Seeing the girl's shocked face, and his other teammate's interested eyes, he explained further.
"Our sensei was one of the ANBU. He is known as one of the strongest jōnin in Konohagakure.
Hatake Kakashi."
"So I do get super-strong? That's exciting" said a semi-excited young-Kakashi.
Obito nods with him, "True but apparently your brain goes in exchange for power."
-.-
The excitement faded quickly.
Everyone laugh at the well placed cheap-shot, well except for the two Kakashis.
"Hahah you really opened yourself open for that one! " bellowed Kushina.
The younger counter-part just glared at his older-self. Both feeling completely miserable while everyone else laughed at their expense.
While laughing a thought just came to the resident super pervert, 'I'm just glad everyone isn't picking on me, who knows how long it would last.'
His teammates stared at him. Then the girl seemed to snap out of her shock.
"Is there anything else you know?" she asked.
He closed his eyes, "Hatake Kakashi, Copy Ninja Kakashi, Sharingan no Kakashi.
"Sharingan? But you're not an Uchiha?" Asked a confused Obito
"True but something must of had happened for him to have it don't you think?" Asked Kushina
The 3 Sannins looked unaffected by the revealing, since with their years of experience, a non-Uchiha with a Sharingan was very possible with an implant or even delicate experimenting, even if that hasn't been achieved yet.
Obito thinks on this for a moment before nodding.
Sakura continues…
No specialization. However his ninjutsu was considered to be one of the best. One of the candidate for Godaime Hokage.
Most of the room raise an eyebrow while gasping in suprise at that revelation.
Rejected because of his attitude. Known for his habits to arrive late in each meeting, his mask, and the book he always read."
The room was dead silent and at once everyone stared at Naruto.
"What?" he asked confused and slightly concerned when they continued to give him an unnerving stare.
"What!" He asked more aggressively. He couldn't hear them, but a series of laughter was going off in his subconscious.
Everyone else just barely managed to hold back their snickers.
Here his teammates seemed to stare at him deadpanned. He wondered why, never realizing that he had the same reputation of reading book.
Naruto eyes widen at this and wisely kept his mouth shut to avoid ridicule.
"Hair, silver, spiked. Eye, one black, the other kept under his forehead protector, Sharingan.
body type, tall, slightly more muscular than average jōnin. Was a member in a team under secrets revealed Namikaze Minato. A prodigy. Graduation age, five years old. Chūnin age, six years old. Jōnin age, thirteen years old. Created ninjutsu Chidori and enhanced version Raikiri."
Adult-Kakashi nods and said "that was pretty much spot on."
"Wait what? I get that you were a prodigy but does this mean your teammates are as well?" Asked a confused Sasuke.
Sakura and Naruto also curious about where, Rin and Obito came into the picture.
Instead of either of the Kakashis answering Orochimaru and the Sannins did for them.
"No, Kakashi was an odd man out because the teams were full. You see he graduated early and was ahead of them by leaps and bounds. So he was put on multiple teams when something demanded for it." Said Orochimaru
"This team -jumping went on for years. However make no mistake, he got trained by various people to make up for not having a sensei." replied Tsunade
"Old man-Saurtobi needed a strong team to take small missions with big results that's why Kakashi was paired with Minato Namikaze, Rin, and Obito. The fact is that one of their teammates contracted a disease and was forced to quit being a ninja, that did help with the decision." Finished Jiraiya
Sasuke got smacked in the back of the head by Sakura for the long explanation thanks to his question taking them away from the story she was reading aloud.
Never mind the fact that both her and Naruto wanted to know as well as he did.
'Woman are still weird and annoying' thought an unhappy Uchiha.
Then he opened his eyes and stared at the door. "Would you like to add anything Hatake-san?" Naruto asked.
His teammates turned to stare at the man who walked to the front of the class.
The man's uncovered eye turned into an eye smile.
When Uchiha Sasuke heard the girl on his team asked a question he felt a trace of surprise.
Said Uchiha nods his head.
He thought she was a fangirl.
'Didn't everybody?' thought the room as a whole.
But she had not approach him yet. Instead she asked about their sensei.
'hmmm maybe this was when she started making strides to being a better kunoichi' thought Naruto.
When he heard the Uzumaki answering, he was even more surprised.
"Based off what we read so far I can't blame you, Naruto is full of surprises." Said Rin with a smile
"We know" grinned the whole room aside from Naruto.
'If you like surprises just wait until later' thought Naruto grimacing about the possibility of his true identity being discovered.
He thought the boy would ignore her. Instead he answered.
He listened to the description of his new sensei. His eyes widened.
Why did the sensei have a Sharingan?
"Good question, perfectly understandable from an Uchiha" said Jiraiya.
The Sharingan was the birthright of Uchiha clan. It was unthinkable for him to hear someone who was not Uchiha possessing a Sharingan.
Why did his father and brother allow a non Uchiha to possess a Sharingan?
He resolved to ask them after he got home.
"Did you ever find out?" Asked Orochimaru turning briefly to the Uchiha
"I did, though not from them" said Sasuke
When the boy turned to the door and called their sensei, he was surprised and turned towards the door in shock.
He did not even know their sensei was there and the Uzumaki sensed him with his eyes closed.
"Yeah that was pretty cool Naruto." Said Sakura
"I agree" said Kakashi and Sasuke
"My little Naru-chan has grown so strong" said Kushina before glomping an embarrassed Naruto, he refused to push her away however… even if he had to endure remarks like: Mommas Boy from the guys in the room.
Naruto smiled at the praise from his mother ignoring the wise-cracks entirely.
Uchiha Sasuke was intrigued.
"Ok Sakura that's enough, Sasuke do you want to read next?" Asked Ice ,who was relaxed in his icy-blue lazy-boy chair-throne-thing.
Said Uchiha nods and accepts the book.
He clears his throat and begins…
Hatake Kakashi is late and he knew it.
He was visiting the memorial stone.
'I wonder why' thought Naruto and his team.
Visiting Obito, Rin and his sensei.
The room is filled with gasps.
The two genin shared a look of understanding as if to say; I knew this was coming up.
Everyone looked at the young Rin and Obito in the room with sadness.
Young-Kakashi looked distraught at the thought of being without his teammates.
'What? Damn it...First I lost my father, then I hear about sensei, now these two, who else will I lose?!' Despite how he treats Obito and how he pushes Rin away occasionally he still cared about them.
Poor Kakashi couldn't fathom such things and his older self for once just closed his eyes and a sad lonely tear escaped from his eye easily catching the attention of his students.
Naruto looked at his teammates and they all shared a sad look, they nod once and get up and hug their usually insane sensei gently.
While this was happening everyone else was consoling the ususlly aloof Kakashi.
'Hmmm Despite the sad situation this turned into a quite the beautiful scene' Ice thinks to himself with a smile. Then a thought occurred to him 'even though Obito is a special case in regards to the whole decease thing, but I won't destroy this moment'
Once the two recovered Sakura continued reading…
He told them happily that he was chosen to be sensei's son's sensei. He told them that there was an Uchiha too, one of Obito's relative.
The other one was a girl. When he heard that, he hoped she was not a fangirl.
Sakura blushed a bit at how she previously acted earlier in her childhood.
He hoped that she was a kunoichi like Rin.
Rin smiled at both Kakashi in which they return.
She turned out good
He told them that he observed his team for a few days.
His team was similar with theirs. But they were different.
The Uchiha was the brother of the Hokage. And he wanted to surpass his brother.
"Yes, yes we know talk about something new" said an irate Tsunade.
He heard that the Haruno girl was a fangirl. But when he observed her training, he supposed that she had stopped being a fangirl.
"Of course, didn't we just hear this" said an equally annoyed Obito.
Sensei's son is the interesting one.
"Oi! Whats thats supposed to mean?! Came the indignant reply from both Sakura and Sasuke.
"Hahaha, oh come on you two, no need for such dramatics you both know it's true" said Naruto in his causal tone of voice.
"Damn you, Naruto!" They growled lowly enough for all to hear.
This prompts the audience to laugh at their display and caused Kakashi to eye smile at his students' interaction.
'Hmm I'm glad they have such a great friendship, no matter how weird it may seem those three have a delicate bond.' After growling at Naruto Sasuke decided to finish the chapter.
He seemed to ignore everything.
'This is true most of the room' thought most of the room.
He lacked love for his village.
And yet he had a way to attract people.
"Huh? What does that mean?" asked a confused Naruto.
He heard that sensei's son saved the Hyūga heiress.
It was impressive how a young boy managed to stop a shinobi from escaping when he was young.
"Oh, so that's what you did?" Sakura nods in understanding.
"I don't think that gives her lee-way with what happened in the Exam do you?" Asked Sasuke.
"Of course not, I was the one who almost died remember what are you saying?" asked Sakura quickly becoming annoyed at the topic and at his brainless insensitivity.
"Enough lets finish this chapter today Sasuke" said Naruto with an impassive look on his face.
Both his teammates share a look and quickly understood that whatever happened with the Hyuga girl must have been huge, for him to react so strongly over the little argument.
The rest of the room's occupants looked at the scene with great interest wondering what happened between Naruto and the Hyuga girl.
The heiress seemed to like him.
The entire future Team Kakashi just snort in unison.
Everyone else raise eyebrows in further interest.
He heard that sensei's son had beaten a group of delinquents two years ago. He did it with ease.
Sakura and Sasuke nod accordingly since they were actually there.
Naruto allowed a small smile to appear on his face, 'yes the trash learned their proper place'.
As expected. He was trained by the Sannins and his mother after all.
He was absorbed in his talk with his sensei and teammates. That was why he failed to sense someone standing behind him.
He suddenly felt pain as his head was smacked.
"Not many can do that to Sensei" said a surprised Sakura.
"Well, I was considered for Godaime, doesn't that count for something ?" asked Kakashi-Sensei who was currently reading his orange book while constantly trying to shake Obito from his shoulder.
"Damn it Big-Kakashi get still I want to know what happens to Nedra, and if he survived that terrible rock slide from the vengeful Amazons!" said an angry Obito trying to get a good look see.
'Wow who knew that 12 year olds were little studious perverts.' Was his typically lazy thought.
'Wait I always thought Echi-Echi was PWP; porn-without plot, guess not all of them are like that… Yes this is worth looking into…' Thought Ice with a concentrated look and a small stream blood coming from his nose, before he quickly vanished it.
At the same time the younger Kakashi just simply bang his head on the table in front of him, coincidentally chopping up his response into parts.
"Why...BAM…. does…BAM…. this….BAM….shit…. BAM…keep…..happening…BAM…to…BAM…BAM…meeehheee…..BAM!"
Some in the room looked at the young masked ninja with concern, others… intense amusement.
"Don't be so dramatic Kakashi" said a patient Orochimaru with a smirk on his face.
"Ah yes! I think little me is going insane, yes welcome to the club little me!" bellowed an overjoyed Kakashi-Sensei
'He's way too excited about that' thought the ever depressed younger Kakashi.
Everyone blink repeated at the scene and just snickered and shook their head at the scene only to turn to Naruto when he responds with another topic.
"Usually this is the moment Jiraiya-sensei makes an appearance of perversion, how odd" said a very confused Naruto.
"Naruto look there" said Rin with a snicker barely able to hold in her laughter.
Everyone else not occupied looked at where she pointed to. Here they come across Tsunade and Jiraiya. The scene causes them to promptly fall over with laughter at the scene.
…
Well everyone but Naruto and Orochimaru, they felt they were too cool to be that out of character, and Sasuke who would be laughing as well if he didn't sport an annoyed tick-mark on his temple at all of the extended interruptions.
Jiraiya was currently catching hell trying to avoid Tsunade's ferocious feminine fist of fury.
One would think being the strongest Sannin he could dodge her attacks at least moderately, but then you would have forgotten a few factors, just to name some: despite being the strongest she to is a Sannin as well, she caught him off guard, and like the text of old would say; hell has no Fury like a Woman scorned. Also here they can't form jutsu or user chakra so he is up against a naturally strong Tsunade who doesn't need it.
With a mis-step he trips and before he hits the ground Tsunade kicks him in the face hurling him into the opposite wall. Being aware of their strength no one questioned about Jiraiya health.
Seeing the young Uchiha about to blow a gasket, Ice snaps his fingers and the room is filled with sense of calm taking everyone completely off guard. The all sit back down and prepare for the reading to begin anew.
"There you go Sasuke lets finish this chapter ok? Asked Ice, who went back to lounging in his lazy-boy-chair-throne-thing.
Sasuke swiftly nods in thanks and continues before the rooms' stupidity grew any higher.
"Right lets continue before the idiots start up again." Said Sasuke
"ACHOOOOO!"
Conveniently the almost unconscious Jiraiya, Obito and Kakashi-sensei sneeze in unison.
Sasuke's eyebrow twitched once, then twice and he cut his now glowing red coma filled eyes toward the three, who smiled sheepishly at him.
He reopens the book and continues where he left off…
He turned around.
Kushina stood behind him.
He smiled, not that she could see it. It was hidden behind his mask after all.
"Kushina san how are you today?" he greeted.
"What are you doing here?" the Uzumaki asked angrily.
"Visiting the memorial stone, would you like to join?" Kakashi offered. He was sure that she would like to speak with sensei.
"You are supposed to be at the academy three hours ago!" she exploded.
"Tsk tsk, silly Kakashi you should know better than that." says a cheerful Rin.
"How did you know that?" Kakashi asked.
"My son's clone asked me who his sensei was. He told me that his sensei's name was Hatake. Kakashi. After telling him about you I decided to search for you. You go to the academy now!
Or I'll drag you there myself!" "Calm down..." he smiled, "I was about to go there." He stood and walked away from the memorial stone. "By the way, when did Naruto ask you about me?"
"One hour ago. When my son asked a question, I need to answer it as complete as I can or he won't stop asking..." Kushina's face grew serious.
"Why do you do that Naruto" asked his mother.
Naruto thinks about it for a minute then he says, "Tsunade taught me when I was younger that it's a good idea to be as prepared as possible and to be willing to ask questions until I gather enough information in order to act on said information."
"That explains why he was so concise in his question and answers" said Sakura
Sasuke nods in agreements.
"Kakashi, I know that you are Minato's student but don't treat Naruto like Minato's son. He disliked it. Treat him normally instead. Or he will ignore you. Just like how ignored most of the village."
" Hmmm that explains why Kakashi didn't make that mistake" said Sasuke.
Saukra nods and ask "Naruto is that why you ignore them"
He simply nods in agreement.
"Is it because he feels like he is in sensei's shadow?" Kakashi asked curiously.
They all look at him in question which he promptly ignores.
"I don't know," Kushina answered sadly. "Orochimaru told me that he hated being treated as Minato's son. But he didn't tell me anything else."
"...Orochimaru is a traitor who abandoned the village," Kakashi pointed out.
"Not quite true" Kakashi and Naruto replied in his defense before things got hectic.
Especially when the original readers started looking at Orochimaru with shifty expressions.
Kushina sighed, "Orochimaru is my son's best friend. Naruto told me when he was young that his only friend was Orochimaru..."
"Kinda sad if you asked me" replied an irate Jiraiya
"Good, because no one asked you" relied Kushina, Naruto, and Orochimaru.
Everyone else laugh at his diss.
'Oh yes.. he might need some Ice for that burn, hahaha ... selfy-puns never get old no matter how terrible they sound. Heckled Ice.
After everyone calmed down, except Jiraiya who went back to moping in a corner, mumbling something about disrespectful brats and getting no respect anymore.
Sasuke continues reading.
"...alright. I'll treat him like a normal genin instead of sensei's son."
As Kakashi moved to the academy, he wondered whether he could do that. Naruto was a splitting image of his sensei after all.
Looking at Naruto more closely, Rin added on to his statement.
"Yeah Kakashi, I see what you mean if he kept his side bangs he would be a clone of his."
Naruto felt his eyebrow twitch before willing it away.
Just when he was about to enter he heard his sensei's s ...no, Naruto's voice.
Naruto nods his head.
Naruto described him to his teammates. When he replayed his conversation with Kushina, he wondered whether those data were really gathered just one hour ago.
He entered the room.
"Would you like to add anything Hatake san?"
His other two students snapped their attention towards him. He eye smiled.
This team would be interesting indeed.
"Yes indeed" all four of them said.
Even though Hatake Kakashi said that his team would be interesting a few hours ago, he wondered whether it was a good thing.
His mind replayed to his students introduction.
"Oh this is going to be good" said young Kakashi with his almost permanent red mark on his forehead.
"I'll say" Obito agrees.
"I am Uchiha Sasuke, I don't have any likes. I dislike idiots. I have an ambition to surpass my brother."
"Hahhaha yeah right Sasuke no need to be so withholding with information, Haku told me you sleep with tomatoes" laughed back Sakura.
"oh so that's what it was" inquired Naruto.
"How do you know about it?" asked Rin .
Everyone turn to the conversation about the tomatoes.
Naruto answers back "easy Sasuke and me were watching movies at the Uchiha complex with some friends of ours and he asked me to help him with something, so when we went to his room I noticed a red orb like thing barely hidden under his pillow, it wasn't my place so I didn't ask."
'Interesting…' thought many of the room occupants.
"So lets get this straight you sleep with tomatoes" asked a confused and disturbed Obito?
"Yeah so what there are worse things to hide under your pillows other than my red orbs of heaven" answered back an offended and red faced Sasuke.
Everyone just stared at him blankly. "Ignoring that last statement Sasuke does have a point, I personally sleep with my katana under the pillow" replied Kushina like it was normal, and then she motioned for him to continue reading.
The red faced Sasuke continued…
"I am Uchiha Sasuke, I don't have any likes.
"Tomatoes apparently" said the every quiet Orochimaru, making most jump a bit at his sudden voice.
I dislike idiots.
"Soooo…Obito" joked Young-Kakashi and Rin.
"Oi!" was his response. Much to the amusement to the others.
I have an ambition to surpass my brother."
While Uchiha Sasuke could have an attitude adjustment, it was normal for Uchiha to act like that.
Kakashi-Sensei got a glare from the current reader, not from Obito because he agreed most Uchihas were pricks, just that simple.
At least he has a drive.
"My name is Haruno Sakura, I like my friend, Ino. I dislike people who insult me and my friends. My hobby is to play trivia games. My goal is to be a good kunoichi."
"Sounds good" the other females in the room agreed with her statement.
The girl is still innocent but she wanted to become a good kunoichi. He would see whether she really is serious or not.
The problematic part was Naruto.
"Not surprising" the room replied back, Naruto just shook his head.
"Uzumaki Naruto."
The team waited for him to continue.
"That's it? What about your likes, dislikes, hobbies, and goal?" Kakashi asked.
"Did you really except him to say?" asked Orochimaru.
"No, not really" the Sensei replied.
Naruto just stared. "Information is important. I do not wish to share any information with people I do not trust."
"Whoa kid you really don't pull punches" said the resident super-pervert.
"B But Naruto san," Naruto turned to the pink haired kunoichi. She faltered.
"Did I scare you Sakura" Naruto asked.
"No but your eyes are un nerving, like you can look inside a person" she replied, getting nods from Sasuke and their sensei.
Naruto blinked at the description, 'that's not too far off from the truth'
"Naruto, if you don't share any information, how could all of you become a good team?"
"I have no need for teammates."
The room excluding Naruto's team stared at him in shock, considering the leaf is famous for teamwork and all that.
"Friends?"
"I have no need for friends."
Naruto instantly found himself glomped…by a grown man.
"Naruto how could you betray our trust us like this!" asked a tear-eyed Kakashi
Kushina and Naruto looked at him quietly before punching him straight in the head, launching him into the wall which was formerly occupied by the toad sage.
"You fool!" was the only statement heard from them.
"Training partner?"
"I have no need for training partners."
Kakashi sighed. With Naruto like this, how could team seven have any chance to pass the bell test?
"hahhaa by being awesome that's how" randomly answered Sasuke.
How could he make Naruto understand the benefits of having strong bonds?
He was about to tell Naruto that his father had good teammates when he was young.
"Bad call, don't do it" Tsunade told the currently twitching body, forgetting all these events already happened.
But he managed to stop himself. Kushina's warning sounded in his head.
"Good job"
He thought about what he knew about Naruto and tried to find anything to appeal his interest.
He found it.
"Naruto, you know about the Legendary Sannin, right?" he asked.
"ohh what's this our legend is told again?" asked an excited Jiraiya.
"I'll admit I'm curious as well" said Tsunade.
"Don't get your hopes up though, Naruto will more than likely point out our loss" cautioned Orochimaru.
He was promptly ignored.
Naruto nodded.
"The sannin, consisted of Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru were famed for their abilities and great teamwork.
"Yeah we were and still are", said a proud Tsunade.
Are you aware about how they received the name?"
That's where you went wrong, by going from the safe topic" relied Naruto to the confusion of most.
Naruto answered, "the sannin fought against Hanzō of the Salamander, one of the strongest of shinobi and survived during the Second Great Shinobi War."
"Pretty cool, huh?" gloated Jiraiya
"You moron we still lost though, that victory you claim so much is shallow" Orochimaru swiftly cut the gloating at the bud.
'Buzzkill'
"Yes. They survived because of their teamwork. They assisted one another. It was told that if together, the current sannin would be unbeatable."
Naruto stared. "I concede that teamwork is useful. However, I have no need for it. I have no plan to stay in this team for long."
"...you plan to become a chūnin as fast as possible," Kakashi commented.
Naruto nodded.
"Very ambitious of you Naru-chan" his mother praised.
He smiled at that.
"However, to pass the chūnin exam, you need solid teamwork. And without trust, that will not be achieved."
"very true statement"
"...I will do it. I will not rely on others. I will pass the exam alone," Naruto declared.
"That doesn't happen very often, only for Ronin." Young Kakashi added.
His eyes shined with cold determination.
Without a doubt, he is sensei and Kushina's son.
The room grins at the truth of that statement.
Kakashi sighed. Sasuke and Sakura just stared at them.
"We were waiting for one of them to give up the conversation." Commented Sasuke before someone asked.
"Naruto, without a team you will not survive. If it was not for my teammate, Uchiha Obito, I will not stand here before all of you."
There was a moment of silence for the young Uchiha.
Naruto stared. A hint of curiosity in his eyes.
"I was about to be killed but my friend pushed me out of the way. He gave me his Sharingan as a gift and without it, I wouldn't survive most of my battles in the war. Without my friend, I would not become a shinobi like I am now. Bonds helps you grow. Bonds will make you stronger."
"Nice little speech there Sensei" Naruto called out to his sensei who at this point was sitting back at his original position by his younger counterpart, much to his younger selves' dread and irritation.
I wouldn't be talking about speeches Naruto if I was you" he answered back to the blonde boy who slightly turned red at the implication.
Sasuke and Sakura snicker at the implied incident.
This drew the interest of the others up a level.
'I wonder what that means'
"...Uzumaki Naruto. Likes, mother. Dislikes, nothing. Hobby, training, gardening. Goal, to become a Hokage," Naruto stated.
"Really, Hokage?"
"Good for you"
"Just like Sensei!"
"Can't wait to see how this turns out"
"You people are making the assumption that I still want that." Came his only reply.
Various comments were uttered about his proclamation.
Kakashi smiled. While he could be cold it seems that Naruto would not ignore good advice.
Although, he needs to be convinced first.
Becoming Hokage was interesting information though. Perhaps he wished to surpass his father like Sasuke and his brother.
'he wasn't far off' Naruto thought to himself.
A bell test is still impossible now. he would pass them without a test. However, later when they would enter chūnin exam, he would test them. To see whether they have grown or not.
"Good. Tomorrow, we will meet again in training ground three. I will test each of you. After that, we can decide on our team schedule."
He stood up. His team following."I promise I will help all of you achieve your goal. Remember this, 'In the ninja world, those who break the rules are trash, that's true, but those who abandon their comrades are worse than trash.'"
Everyone smile at his words.
His team seemed to ponder about the words. Sakura smiled, Naruto and Sasuke's eyes lighten with interest.
"Team seven, dismissed."
In the end, he suppose that his team was not so bad after all.
They are young. They could grow. It was his responsibility to assist them in their shinobi life.
He will not fail.
All his students look at him and nod their heads in agreement.
He will not fail them like he did with Obito. With Rin. With his sensei.
'Kakashi'
'Poor Cyclops'
'This is hella depressing'
His promise to help them reach their goal was genuine. And he will do it.
Uzumaki Naruto walked to his home in silence.
He thought about his sensei's words.
Was it true? That a team is needed? That bonds will help him?
If they were true, then he would be mistaken.
When Naruto reached his home he saw his mother waiting for him, smiling. He pushed the thoughts away.
After their dinner, he stared at the ceiling of his room. His mind flashed to Orochi's final lesson.
Orochimaru wondered what this final lesson was as did everyone else.
"Naruto kun, when you see me with Jiraiya and Tsunade, what did you think?"
"I wondered why are you tolerating them?
Gasp!
"You're tolerating us!"
"you no-good snake"
Isn't it better to be alone? You are shinobi. You have secrets. With more people, it is harder to keep those secrets."
"When you put it like that"
Orochimaru's face became serene. He seemed to be lost in his memory.
This statement draws looks to the pale-skinned Sannin.
"Because Naruto-kun, we are human. And no human can live alone."
This promptly settles Tsunade and Jiraiya and puts everyone else in a good mood, drawing smiles from most.
Naruto wondered whether that was true or not.
For now, he would do what Orochi and Hatake san said. He would try to accept his team.
If it was true, then he would concede and accept what they said.
If not, then it seems that he was correct after all.
-END-
With raised eyebrows everyone looks at him.
The blonde simply answers "I wasn't".
"Thank Kami that's over I need a dri- before Sasuke could finish his statement a glass of water appeared before him, which graciously accepted.
The Uchiha nods at Ice appreciatively who nods back.
Ice stands up and stretches. "ok now that this chapter is over you are all allowed 40 minutes down time." "I got something to do so enjoy your reading reprieve while you can." He vanishes in a blue light thus leaving a mildly stunned group behind.
AN: now then people Review pm i dont care if you got suggestions, ideas, criticism i dont care just pm and review a little support wouldn't kill you, unless your like Rodger from American Dad, hence being polite kills you slowly.