Ok, here's the next chapter.

And to alexa-catta123, if you give a kid like Naruto, who's never been shown any love of compassion in his life a family, he's definitely going to be a little happy.

And now onto the new chapter, and as I said last time, I don't own anything and don't slam my grammar, just enjoy the story.

Team Seven

Naruto yawned and stretched as he woke from his sleep. Looking over to his side, he wasn't surprised to see Kit in her spirit form. Ever since he'd created his new Heart Spirit Jutsu, he and Kit had been spending a lot of time together, mostly physically. His parents had been doing something similar, in another room thankfully. But every morning, Naruto was the only one left actually physical; the clones that his parents and Kit possessed would always poof into smoke some time during the night.

Sad but true son. Minato said as he appeared next to his son.

"Jeeze dad!" Naruto exclaimed as he checked to make sure he was covered.

Come on son, it's not like you need to hide it from your old man. Minato said.

"Yeah, I think I kind of do dad." Naruto scolded. "I mean Kit is one thing, but come on, you're my dad for crying out loud!" Naruto took a deep breath and let it out slowly. "Just phased out or whatever it is guys do while I put some pants on." Minato sighed, but did as his son requested. A pair of phantom hands rested themselves on his shoulders as Kit pulled herself up.

"Sorry to wake you up." Naruto apologized.

Don't worry about it. Kit said stretching. I was up already. Naruto smiled as he stood up and pulled on a pair of pants and an orange shirt.

So, you ready for the big day? Kit asked. Naruto smiled over his shoulder at her as he pulled on his coat, strapped his goggles to his forehead, and tied his ninja forehead protector onto his arm.

"Gonna figure out who's on my team." Naruto said as he walked out the door of his room and to the kitchen, where Vexen was making breakfast with Xaldin and Saix sitting at the table.

"Morning Naruto." Vexen said, sliding an omelet over to his nephew.

"Sleep well?" Xaldin asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Maybe I did, maybe I didn't." Naruto said with a smirk. "It's not like I'm going to tell an old geezer like you."

"At least we're able to sleep when you're doing it." Saix grumbled. "When Axel, Roxas, Xion, Namine, and Larxine are having their damn orgies I can't sleep a wink." Naruto snorted but shrugged in agreement, it was a little hard to sleep when they were like that.

"Speak of the devils." Xaldin said. Naruto glanced over his shoulder to see the 5 ex-nobodies walking into the room.

"What?" Roxas asked when he noticed that all eyes were on them.

"We were just discussing our lack of sleep when you all are doing it." Naruto said with a smile. They stood their sputtering and stuttering as Naruto finished his breakfast and stood up. Clapping a hand on Axel's shoulder he started walking to the door until he was stopped by Xemnas.

"You've come a long way Naruto." Xemnas said, beaming with pride. "You're not that scared little kid we found when we first came to this world."

"What can I say; I was raised by a good family." Naruto said, smiling. Xemnas smiled and embraced his adoptive son.

"I'm so proud of you son." He said.

"Thanks Xemnas." Naruto said, returning the hug. He never called him dad since his Father was still alive in his heart, and Xemnas didn't mind. "Well, got to get going, don't want to miss the team selections." He walked out the door and looked up at the sun. Sometimes he wondered if it was just another one of the worlds that were scattered around the universe that was just incredibly powerful. He was broken from his thoughts though when he looked over and saw a dust cloud coming shooting at him. Shooting his chakra and magic through his feet he shot up into his air. As he got closer to the ground, he saw another cloud coming towards him. Pushing more chakra and magic through his legs and spinning around he shot skyward a second time and dodged the second one just barely. Pushing energy through his body, he hovered in the sky for a moment before deciding that there was nothing else threatening to turn him into road kill before he descended to the ground.

"Awesome move." Said a girl in a Chinese dress and her hair in buns that came up to Naruto. "How'd you do that?"

"Family secret." Naruto said. "Don't I know you from somewhere?" He asked.

"Yeah, you look familiar to me too." The girl said. Naruto stood, racking his brain until he snapped his fingers.

"Tenten right?" He said.

"Yeah." She said, and then realization dawned upon her face. "Naruto Uzumaki?"

"In the flesh." Naruto said. "You're looking great by the way." He said. And she was. She'd really matured since he'd seen her a year ago, and had, in his opinion, gotten a bit more beautiful.

"Well, it was nice seeing you again, but I got to run and catch up with my sensei and teammate." Tenten said.

"You mean," Naruto started, pointing his finger behind him.

"Yep." Tenten sighed. "Well, swing by my parent's shop sometime, we can catch up."

"Yeah." Naruto said walking away. "Absolutely." He started walking with a smile on his face, completely oblivious to the Byakugann eyes burning into him, or the bedroom eyes looking at him.

Naruto arrived at the Ninja Academy and took his seat with the rest of his friends.

"Well, you've all been selected to become out new class of ninjas and I will now read off the names of your teammates." Iruka said. Naruto's gaze drifted around the room as many of the names were read off. "All right, Team 10 will be Ino, Shikamaru, and Choji. Team 9 is currently active. Team 8 will be Hinata, Shino, and Kiba. And team seven will be Sakura, Sasuke," Naruto wasn't sure, but he though he saw a strange aura around Sakura pump her fist into the air and cheer, "and Naruto." Naruto though he saw that same aura turn depressed and swear but then turned his attention to Sasuke, who locked eyes with him. "You will all meet your masters after lunch in an hour and a half." Iruka said. "Dismissed."

"So, it looks like a new generation of the Ino-Shika-Cho trio." Shikamaru said, pulling his hands behind his head while Choji grunted in agreement.

"And we're working with that Hyuga chick." Kiba said, with Akamaru yipping.

"Hey, be nice to her, she's just kind of shy." Naruto said.

"What about you Naruto?" Shino asked. "What do you think of your team?"

"Well, Sasuke still seems like a dick, but I may have to revise my opinion of Sakura." He said. Every looked at him strangely. "I'll explain later." Naruto said. "Well, I got to go, got ramen to cook, teammates to talk to. Take care guys." Naruto said, standing up and jumping out the window. Naruto landed in a tree and flipped around the branch and landed on the ground. "Now who should I talk to first? Sasuke or Sakura?" He said to himself, stroking his chin.

You always could flip a coin about it. Kit said, leaning against a nearby tree.

"As tempting as that may seem, I think I'll just look around and see who I come across first," Naruto said with a smile. Reaching into his pack, he withdrew a bowl of ramen. Summoning chakram he placed the bowl on it and it started to spin, creating heat on it. He whistled to himself for a bit as the ramen heated up before he flicked his wrist, banishing the flaming weapon and catching the heated noodle soup. Absentmindedly he started to eat the ramen.

"Hey!" A familiar voice snapped getting Naruto's attention. Glancing over, he saw Sasuke walking towards him, a hard, angry expression on his face.

"Hey," Naruto said, "want some ramen?" Naruto asked.

"Forget the ramen." Sasuke snapped. "How'd you create that weapon?" Naruto looked into his eyes, his own eyes shifting into Lagann before shifting back to normal.

"Sorry Sasuke, that's a family secret." Naruto said. Sasuke stalked forward and grabbed and grabbed Naruto by the collar and hoisted him up.

"Let me put that another way," he growled, "show me how you did that." Naruto's four keyblades materialized and positioned themselves around Sasuke, hovering between his eyes, at his neck, over his heart, and in front of his groin.

"And allow me to put it this way: put me down, or else you're going to loose a few things that are very important to you." Naruto growled his Lagann flashing. Sasuke froze for a moment, but then let him go. Naruto snapped his fingers and his keyblades vanished.

"Once my Sharingan come in, I'll be watching your every move." Sasuke growled. "I'll know how to do that technique and any others you posses."

"We'll see." Naruto said, turning his back on Sasuke and walked away, raising his hand in the air. He walked around absentmindedly for a little while until he came across Sakura sitting on a bench, her eyes glazed over in thought.

"I can't believe I got on the same team as Sasuke." She was saying.

"You've also got me as a teammate." Naruto said. Sakura jumped and spun around to see the blond leaning against a tree. "Or are you still pissed off about what I did when we were kids?" A playful, but sorry smile was worming its way across his face. Sakura glared at him.

"What do you want?" Sakura snapped.

"Ah, so you are still pissed." Naruto said his smile fading. "Come on Sakura, we were what, 7 years old? Come on, I was an idiot and going to my cousin Axel for girl advice. Biggest mistake I ever made in my life." He added under his breath.

"Naruto, you kissed me." Sakura said. "You stole my first kiss."

"Well it was my first kiss too, so it's not like I had a lot of experience." Naruto said defensively. "Personally I thought it was all right." Sakura glared at him and smacked him across the face. "Youch!" Naruto groaned rubbing his cheek. "Ok, I deserved that. I actually wanted to talk to you about something Sakura." His tone became serious.

"Yeah?" Sakura said, showing little interest.

"Yeah, I've got a bloodline trait that allows me to see things, apart from chakra I mean." Naruto started. "When I look at you though, every now and then, I see something different." Sakura glanced at him, showing some interest. "It's like I see another you hovering around you. One that can say the things that you don't say because of who you are so to speak." Naruto glanced at her again and saw that the "inner Sakura" was hovering over Sakura's body, glaring at him. "In fact the other you is glaring at me as if it wants to kill me." Both Sakuras blinked at him as he stood up and stretched. "Look, let's head back to the classroom, it's about time to meet our sensei, if you want, you can search me out." He made his way back to the school leaving Sakura gawking at him for a second before following.

KH/N

Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke sat alone in the class room, all other students had already met with their students had already met with their teachers and were out getting ready for their training. Naruto had already made plans to get together with them at the end of the day to talk about everything.

"So, did Iruka-sensei say who our sensei was supposed to be?" Naruto asked.

"Kakashi Hatakai." Sakura said.

"I think I've heard a bit about him." Naruto said. "Mostly that the guy is never on time, suppose to be a student of the Forth I think." Naruto said.

One of my best actually. Minato said in Naruto's head.

"You'd think he'd be able to show up on time." Sasuke grumbled. Naruto just shrugged. The classroom door slid open and a man with spiky white hair, his face covered with a mask and his ninja headband over his left eye.

"Kakashi Hatakai I presume." Naruto said with a smile, rising to his feet.

"Indeed." Kakashi said. "Now, if you'd all be so kind as to meet me up on the roof." And with that, he disappeared in a puff of smoke. Naruto smirked as he rose to his feet and made his way to the door. He was the first to it and opened it, waiting for Sakura. As she walked through the door, she gave Naruto a brief smile. Naruto gave a small smile himself before he walked out, leaving the door to close in Sasuke's face. When they reached the roof, Kakashi was leaning against the railing waiting for them.

"As I'm sure you've figured out, my name is Kakashi Hatakai, and I will be your sensei for the foreseeable future." Kakashi said as his students sat down in front of him. I don't know much about pinky there, but Uchiha and Uzumaki have their reputations. Time to see exactly what they think of themselves. "So that I have a better idea of what I'm working with, why don't you all tell me about yourselves, your likes, dislikes, hobbies, and dreams, whatever you want to say?"

"Whoa, whoa, whoa there big guy, while I'm sure you've read some kind of files on each of us, we don't know a damn thing about you." Naruto snapped.

"He does have a point Kakashi sensei." Sakura piped up. "Why don't you go first?"

"Very well, as I've said, my name is Kakashi Hatakai, my likes and dislikes are things that I don't really think need talking about, my dreams for the future are really none of you business, and my hobbies, well, I have quite a few of them." He said.

He didn't tell us a damn thing!Inner Sakura was screaming, catching Naruto's attention. He says all that and doesn't say one useful thing at all! Then Inner Sakura seemed to feel Naruto's eyes on her and sank back into Sakura's heart.

"Ok, not it's your turn." Kakashi said. "Starting with you." He pointed at Naruto.

"All right," Naruto said straitening up, "the name's Naruto Uzumaki. My likes I guess are my friends and family and fighting. My dislikes would probably be people who judge me before they get to know me. My hobbies are traveling, gardening, training, and playing cards I guess. My dream is to become Hokage."

Well, he certainly is an interesting kid. Kakashi though. He's got quite a dream to try and fulfill, following in his father's footsteps. And with the power he has inside him, and his own natural drive, he just might be able to pull it off.

"All right, you're turn." He pointed at Sakura.

"Well, my name is Sakura Harino. My likes are, well, it's not so much an object, it's more a person, a boy…" she paused for a second, "I don't like a certain boy," her eyes flashed in Naruto's direction, "and my hobbies are,"

Well, this one's got boys on the brain more than being a ninja; this could prove troublesome in the future. Kakashi thought.

"And now you." He said to Sasuke.

"My name is Sasuke Uchiha." He said darkly. "I don't really have any likes or dislikes, and I don't have time for hobbies. I don't have a dream, but I do have a mission: before I die, there is someone I have to kill." Sakura was staring at him in awe while Naruto rolled his eyes.

An avenger, great. He'll be focused so much on himself that he wouldn't think about the actual mission, much less give his team mates a second thought. Kakashi though.

"All right then, tomorrow we begin our real training, it will be a survival exercise." Kakashi explained.

"We did enough of those during class." Sasuke grumbled.

"True, but during those classes, you weren't trying to survive against me." Kakashi said.

"Egotistical much?" Naruto asked with a raised eyebrow. Kakashi then chuckled under his breath. "What's so funny?" Naruto demanded, his eyes narrowed.

"Oh, it's nothing." Kakashi said with a shrug. "If I told you you'd just chicken out."

"Try us." Naruto said with a smirk.

"It's just that with this test, there's a good chance you'll fail." Kakashi said. "66% chance of failing to be exact." Sakura gasped and Sasuke flinched in the smallest way possible, but Naruto just sat there smirking. "Here are your assignments for tomorrow, and don't bother eating breakfast tomorrow, you'll just puke it right back up." Sakura and Sasuke got up and left, reading their reports, but Naruto remained sitting. "Something wrong?"

"I just wanted to talk." Naruto said. "If you have the time." Kakashi nodded. "Well, I just wanted to ask if you did get files on the 3 of us."

"I did." Kakashi said. "I know all about you Naruto, you're my sensei, the Forth's, son, you contain the 9 tailed fox, you were adopted by off worlders, and you wield the keyblade." Naruto nodded.

"And Sasuke's all moody and whatnot because his big brother butchered their clan right?" Naruto asked. Kakashi nodded. "Well, there's something you need to know about Sakura. I think she's got some kind of dormant personality resting inside her, I've seen it with my Lagann."

"I see, do you think this is something to look out for?" Kakashi asked, it was like he was talking to a colleague.

"I don't know, but I'm going to see what I can do." Naruto said. "She's got a lot of potential." He tuned and jumped off the roof, creating small tornados under his feet to slow his decent.

Kid might as well already be Hokage. Kakashi said. I already feel like I could follow him into battle.

KH/N

Naruto walked down the street, his hands behind his head as he walked down the street, glanced up and saw that Shikamaru and Choji were sitting up on their favorite roof. With a smirk, Naruto crouched down and shot up, the wind roaring through his hair. When he reached his maximum height, he spun around, flying higher until he reached the edge of the roof and hauled himself up.

"Hey guys." He said pleasantly. They both jumped and Choji started coughing hard.

"Jeeze Naruto, give me a heart attack why don't you?" Choji said, coughing up potato chips.

"Relax Choji." Shikamaru said, pushing himself up and looking at his friend. "You've met your sensei?"

"Yeah." Naruto said with a nod. "Strange guy, kind of mysterious and out there. You know," he spun his finger around his head.

"Yeah, I can believe that, from what I've heard about him any way. Kakashi Hatakai, right?" Shikamaru said. Naruto nodded. "Yeah, I've heard he was a little freaky."

"Get this; our sensei is the Hokage's son." Choji said. Naruto blinked in surprise.

"Wow, must be interesting." Naruto said in surprise.

"So a nut job and the Hokage's son. Makes me feel pretty good that our sensei is actually pretty new to her rank." Kiba said, appearing with Shino by his side. "Although from what we understand, she is the best of the best when it comes to genjutsu."

"Well, that's something to work with." Naruto said. "Hey, I'll catch you guys later, I'm gonna jet."

"Later." Kiba said as Naruto jumped off the roof and did a back flip away. He started walking down the streets again when he stopped at a large shop.

"Naruto!" a familiar voice called out. Naruto looked down and saw Tenten standing in the shop waving at him.

"Tenten." Naruto said walking into the store. "This your parent's place?"

"Yeah, I've been helping out in here since I could walk." She replied with a smile.

"Where would you like these Tenten?" A voice called. Naruto turned to see a young man wearing a green jumpsuit, walking on his hands with a box between his legs.

"Right over there." Tenten said pointing to a corner. "Naruto, this is my teammate Rock Lee. Lee this is my friend Naruto Uzumaki."

"A pleasure to meet you Naruto." Lee said raising his hand, still keeping balance with one hand.

"Like wise," Naruto said awkwardly turning his hand upside-down to shake Lee's. "You need some help?"

"No, this is my training to become stronger." Lee said.

"Wait a sec; were you one of those dust clouds that nearly trampled me this morning?" Naruto asked.

"Yes, I was the second one." Lee said.

"The first one out sensei Might Guy." Tenten said.

"I am very sorry." Lee said, trying to bow.

"Hey, don't worry about it." Naruto said waving his hand. "Shit happens, just got to run with it." Lee smiled and walked off. "Hey, you need some more help around here Tenten?"

"No, thank." Tenten said with a smile. "Lee's really more than enough help around here."

"What are you doing here boy?" A voice snapped. Naruto and Tenten turned to see a large man with a thick beard holding a very sharp blade.

"I'm just visiting a friend sir." Naruto said.

You can see it in his eyes can't you Naruto? Kit said in Naruto's head. It's the look that everyone has because of me.

Because of your brother Kit, Naruto said, not because of you. "I was actually just on my way out." Naruto said. He glanced over at Tenten and Lee. "I'll see you guys around." He walked out of the shop, glancing up at the man, his eyes locked with the burning hatred. He paused before he left. "Its funny how my father asked for a hero but everyone only saw him as a villain." And with that he left.

He walked down the street and soon found himself at his favorite ramen shop. Walking in he plopped down on his favorite stool and sighed.

"The usual?" Teuchi, the owner of the shop asked.

"Yes please." Naruto replied. The old man smiled at Naruto as he started to make the order.

"Are you all right Naruto?" Ayame, Teuchi's daughter, asked. Naruto smiled warmly at her.

"Just the usual Ayame." Naruto said. "It's nothing for you to worry about."

"Why is it every time you say that, I worry?" Ayame asked, shaking her head. Naruto laughed and smiled at her, shrugging his shoulders. As Teuchi placed the bowl of ramen in front of him, Naruto promptly began to dig in, slurping up noodles.

"And people call me a pig." Said a voice. Naruto glanced over his shoulder, noodles hanging from his mouth. Ino stood in the shop, on hand on her hip.

"Ino." Naruto mumbled with his mouth full. Naruto slurped up his noodles and wiped his mouth with his sleeve. "How long have you been standing there?"

"Long enough to see you pigging out." Ino said sitting down next to Naruto and stealing some of his ramen.

"Hey!" Naruto whined, trying to cover his ramen.

"Come on Naruto, I thought a gentleman was supposed to share with a lady." Ino quipped.

"We do, but I don't see any ladies around." Naruto shot back. "Except for Ayame that is." Back behind the counter, Ayame fought a blush.

"Haha." Ino said sarcastically. "I didn't know you had a thing for older women Naruto." Ayame blushed even harder at that, and Naruto got a little red in the face as well.

"Did you want something?" Naruto asked.

"Yeah." Ino said, and her mood seemed to have gotten a bit more depressed. "I was wondering, has Sasuke said anything about me? I mean you're on his team so," Naruto sighed and put down his chopsticks.

"Ino, Sasuke isn't interested in anything except the death of whoever it was that killed his clan." Naruto said. "The guy's got a one track mind, and I don't think if you, Sakura, and the rest of the 'We Love Sasuke' Fan Club all jumped him at once would he change his mind." He reached out and put a comforting hand on her shoulder. "I have this advice, take it or leave it, but go out there, have some fun, maybe somewhere out there you'll meet the right guy." Ino looked into his smiling face and gave a small smile of her own.

"Thanks Naruto." She said.

"Anytime." Naruto replied and got up. As he left the stand, Teuchi placed a steaming bowl of ramen down in front of Ino.

"What's this?" She asked.

"It's from the guy who just left." Teuchi replied with a wink. Ino looked back at Naruto's retreating form and smiled before digging in.

KH/N

That was a good thing you did back there Naruto. Kushina said.

Just thought I'd tell her the truth mom. Naruto replied, walking with his hands in his pockets headed towards his home. He suddenly froze and sniffed the air. There it was, the putrid stink, it was like the smell of death and decay, yet worse, with hints of something else, something that Naruto knew only by what it was: darkness. "Heartless." He growled and sprinted towards the source of the odor.

KH/N

Hinata was backed into a corner, the demons that came after her were relentless, no matter how many times she struck them back with chakra, they continued to advance on her, jerking and twisting. Whenever they would strike at her, their claws would strike her skin, leaving small cuts.

Before long she was exhausted, she could barely move, her chakra nearly drained; Just as she was about to loose conciseness, a strange blade went whizzing though the air and sliced through the demon that was about to attack her.

"Going after the pure and innocent," said a familiar voice that Hinata couldn't place in her exhaustion. "I see that you heartless still haven't changed your M.O." A figure stepped out of the shadows. He wore a long coat and strange spiral goggles. He held two swords in his hands and appeared to have wings on his back. "Come on then boys; let's see what u can do." The winged swordsman charged at the demons, swinging its blades, even its wings seemed to be as sharp as swords, she thought she even saw his wings fly from his back and sliced through the demons.

Hinata knew that that this swordsman was no ordinary human, he was an angel. Those where her final thoughts before she slipped into unconsciousness.

KH/N

Naruto cracked his neck as the last heartless fell by his keyblade. He inhaled deeply.

"Ah, free of the stench of darkness." He said. Glancing over, he saw that Hinata had fallen unconscious.

She used up a lot of chakra trying to fight off the heartless. Minato said with a small smile. I honestly would have expected nothing less from a Hyuga.

Well, I suppose I had better get her home. Naruto said, rubbing the back of his head with a sigh. Walking over, he scooped Hinata in his arms and proceeded to carry her to the Hyuga compound. He had to knock on the door with is foot so that he wouldn't drop her. As he carried her to the main house, he found her father standing in the doorway.

"What happened?" He demanded.

"She was attacked by some muggers." Naruto said. "She was able to fight some of them off, but they over powered her. I got there just in time."

"It's no surprise to me that she was over powered." Hinata's father grumbled. "She has always been weak."

"With all due respect Lord Hyuga, how often do you help and train her?" Naruto asked. "Maybe if you showed a bit of attention to her, she could get stronger." He held Hinata out to her stunned father, who, after a second, took his daughter. With a bow, Naruto left the compound. He paused when he saw a second set of Hyuga eyes upon him. He turned and saw Neji standing there, burning a hole into him. They stood across the courtyard from one another, neither saying anything nor moving for a minute. And then Naruto turned and left the compound, heading for home.

When he reached his home, he found that most of his family had gone to bed, but he bumped into Roxas

"Hey, you're getting back late, everything ok?" He asked.

"Yeah, everything's going as well as can be expected for the container of the most hated demon in history." Naruto said with a smile. "I got to get up early tomorrow, so tell Axel and the others to keep it down ok?" Roxas smirked as he passed Naruto and went to his own room.

"Good night little brother." Naruto never really liked being called little brother by some of these guys, but he was a little too tired to worry about it tonight. He just went to bed and fell asleep almost instantly.

KH/N

Sakura and Sasuke stood at the training ground, waiting for their third team mate and teacher.

"I wonder what's taking them." Sakura wondered out loud. "I know Kakashi-sensei is known for being late, but I hope that Naruto is ok."

"Who cares about that dunce?" Sasuke muttered. Sakura flinched inwardly at that. Despite all that Naruto had said and done to her, he'd never really wronged her. He'd always been good to her. To agree with such things about him didn't feel right but if she'd want any chance with Sasuke,

Kakashi suddenly appeared before them.

"Morning guys, sorry I'm late, got a little lost on the rode of life." He said. They both just rolled their eyes at him. "And where pray tell is Naruto?" Sakura was about to answer when a yawn above them answered for them.

"Sorry." Naruto said, dropping down from a branch and landing gracefully between Sakura and Sasuke. "Late night last night so I got here early enough that I could catch a few Z's before training." He stretched and looked around at his team mates and ninja master, Sasuke was glaring at him while Sakura was actually giving him a small smile while Kakashi was doing everything he could to remain emotionless.

"Very well then, now that you're all assembled, we will begin." Kakashi said. "Now, the point of this exercise is to get these." Kakashi said, holding up two bells. "Whoever gets their hands on a bell gets to eat."

"But there are only two bells." Sakura pointed out, a little worried.

"Then I guess one of us isn't eating." Sasuke surmised.

"Exactly." Kakashi said. "Oh, and come at me as if you intend to kill or else you'll have no chance."

"That's that ego again Kakashi-sensei." Naruto said with a smirk. Kakashi ignored him.

"On your marks," Kakashi said as Naruto pulled down his goggles, "get set, and go!" The four ninjas disappeared in blurs.

KH/N

Kakashi stood in the middle of a field, scratching the back of his head.

Well, they've hidden themselves pretty well. Kakashi thought. Sasuke and Sakura have hidden themselves well, but I can't seem to find Naruto. As if on cue, Naruto exploded out of the woods and landed in front of Kakashi.

"All right you one-eyed scarecrow, let's see if you can back up that cocky attitude." Naruto declared summoning the Dream Key. Kakashi groaned as he looked at the blond,

"Naruto, I'm going teach you one of the basic lessons of being a ninja." Kakashi said, reaching into his pouch. "Taijutsu, the art of the body."

Art of the body sounds like hand to hand. Naruto thought. Then why's he going for a weapon? Naruto nearly fell over when he saw Kakashi pull out a rather dirty book from his pouch.

Hey that's Jiraiya's book. Minato said when he caught sight of the cover.

"So you're going to read that book while I try to kill you?" Naruto asked.

"That going to be a problem?" Kakashi asked. "I'm on a really good part and I'd like to see how it turns out."

"Just don't blame me if I kill you." Naruto growled as he charged forward, Dream Key in hand. He swung at Kakashi again and again, but every time, he only cut the air.

"Still think my ego's a problem?" Kakashi asked as he appeared behind Naruto. "Konoha most sacred and forbidden art: A Thousand Years of Death!" Naruto felt something jam into his back side and he also felt chakra shooting from it. It launched him high into the air and into a lake.

Ok, that officially hurt like hell. Naruto thought. What the hell was that?

1000 years of death, I'm almost sorry I taught him that. Minato said.

Looks like you can't hold back against this guy Naruto. Kushina said.

He did say to come at him as if to kill. Kit reminded him.

Then I'd say it was high time I cut loose on this guy and just show him who the hell I am. Naruto thought.

KH/N

Naruto dragged himself out of the lake as Kakashi stood in front of him, book still in hand.

"Not planning on eating?' Kakashi asked. "Time is running out."

"Yeah, I know." Naruto said. The water behind him exploded and 3 new Narutos leaped out, each holding a different keyblade. "So what do you say we quite screwing around." The Naruto on the ground summoned his own keyblade and charged forward.

"You think just because you've got a few more of you, you can," before he could finish he felt something slam against his back. Glancing over his shoulder, his eye widened to find another Naruto clinging to it.

"You were saying Kakashi-sensei?' Naruto asked and evil grin on his face. The other 4 Narutos charged at them and thrusted their keyblades forward, only to impale one of the Narutos and the one holding him.

"The art of Substitution, great." Naruto muttered, dispelling the jutsu. "I always hated that technique." Looking around he saw a bell lying on the ground. "It's too easy." Naruto said, walking to the bell. "But there's that old saying about looking a gift horse in the mouth." He bent down to pick it up, but was suddenly yanked from behind by a rope and before he knew it he was hanging upside down from a tree.

"I can't believe you fell for that." Kakashi said, bending down and picking up the bell.

"What makes you think I did?" Naruto asked as he disappeared in a puff of smoke.

"Not bad." Kakashi admitted, only to get bombarded by weapons from Sasuke. Kakashi quickly transformed into a piece of wood. After Kakashi had gone after Sasuke and he was sure no one was looking, Naruto stepped out from behind the tree, tossing two bells up and down in his hand.

"Faze one complete." He said with a smile.

KH/N

Sakura rocketed through the forest, looking for Sasuke. After he gave his position away, Kakashi-Sensei is sure to have gotten to him.

He better not lay a hand on my Sasuke. Inner Sakura roared. She paused in a field to look around.

"Oh Sakura." She heard Kakashi say behind her. She spun around, but Kakashi quickly disappeared in a swarm of leaves. Sakura looked around wounding where he went.

"Sasuke," a familiar voice groaned out.

"Sasuke," Sakura spun around, but then saw that Sasuke was missing an arm, eye, that his leg was twisted backwards, and he was riddled with kuni and shuriken.

"Help…me." Sasuke moaned before Sakura screamed and fainted.

KH/N

"Jeeze, don't hold back or anything Kakashi." Naruto muttered as he watched Sakura pass out from Kakashi's genjutsu. With a sigh and knowing that Kakashi had gone off to find Sasuke, Naruto leapt down and cradled Sakura in his arms.

Hey, hands off buddy! The inner Sakura roared. Naruto looked up at the transparent version of his teammate that hovered before him. He stood up and starred at the spirit before him.

"Ah, so it does speak." Naruto said. "The question is what exactly are you?"

I'm basically everything that Sakura won't say and wouldn't do. Inner Sakura declared.

"I think I read about something like you in one of my uncle's books." Naruto said. "You're the id, the inner desires. It's amazing that you're able to take on a consciousness of your own." He closed his eyes and opened them again, Lagann activated. "And something of a chakra system as well."

Like what you're seeing buddy boy? Inner Sakura purred.

"Weren't you just telling me hands off a second ago?" Naruto asked, arcing an eyebrow and crossing his arms.

That was for Sakura, not me. Inner Sakura clarified.

"Riiiight." Naruto said. "We'll just take a step back and see what happens. Besides, she's waking up." Inner Sakura nodded and faded away as Sakura began to stir.

"Mmm, Sasuke, where's Sasuke?" She muttered.

"Hey, take it easy." Naruto said, kneeling down next to her. "Sasuke's fine, with any luck Kakashi-sensei hasn't gotten to him yet."

"But, I saw," Sakura started.

"That was a genjutsu." Naruto cut her off. "Listen, I've been thinking, maybe we need to work together to get those bells, not go after him one at a time." Sakura thought it over for a second before nodding. "All right, come on, let's go find Sasuke." The two of them took off in search of their final teammate. When they finally found him, the only found his head.

"He's been decapitated." Sakura said before she started to faint again. Naruto caught her and gently laid her down on the ground. With a small smile, he brushed a stray strand of pink hair from her face. Then the stood up and turned to Sasuke.

"What I wouldn't give for a camera." Naruto said with a smile.

"Shut up Naruto." Sasuke growled. Naruto still smiled as he knelt down and started to dig Sasuke out. "What are you doing?"

"Helping you out, duh." Naruto said. "Teammates have to help on another right?" Sasuke starred at him for a moment before he started to wiggle around to try and get out as well. A few minutes later, Sasuke was out of the ground.

"Thanks." Sasuke grunted.

"No problem, now give me hand at waking Sakura up will you?" Naruto asked. Together the two of them walked over and tried to wake up the unconscious kunoichi.

"Maybe you should give her a kiss." Naruto said with a smirk.

"Shut up." Sasuke growled. Slowly, Naruto's evil grin grew. "What are you thinking?" Naruto raised his hands and transformed into a duplicate of Sasuke. He then laid down next to the unconscious girl and puckered his lips. Sasuke stood there fuming as Naruto kissed Sakura. She gave a small groan and slowly woke up to see Sasuke there kissing her.

"Morning beautiful." Naruto said transforming back into himself. Sakura narrowed her eyes and slugged Naruto in the face. After Naruto got back up, Sasuke hit him too. "Ok, I deserved Sasuke, but you Sakura?"

"That was for kissing me, again." Sakura snapped. Naruto sighed, popped his neck, and spat out a bit of blood.

"Fair enough." Naruto muttered. "Well, now that the gang's all here, how about we work together to get those bells?"

"Why would I work with you two?" Sasuke demanded. Sakura flinched and looked hurt while Naruto glared him.

"Do you want to be buried up to your neck again?" Naruto growled, raising an eyebrow. Sasuke didn't say anything after that. "Didn't think so. Ok, I've got a plan."

"Who made you leader?" Sasuke demanded, but Naruto ignored him

"I'll attack him in swarms, using my Shadow Clones and transforming some of them into you guys." Naruto explained. "You two are more than welcome to help me fight or hide, but if you see an opening to get the bells, go for it. If one of you gets both bells decides who gets the second one." Sakura nodded and Sasuke grunted, not about to admit that it was a good plan. "All right then, let's hit it."

KH/N

Kakashi stood against the stumps, his eye burning into the memorial stone that held the name of his best friend.

"People you know on there?" Naruto asked, appearing next to him.

"My best friend," Kakashi said, "and my sensei." Naruto nodded and bowed his head in respect against the stone.

"Still got about 10 more minutes until the test's over." Naruto said, twisting his neck around. "Feel like going another round?"

"You looking to get beat again?" Kakashi asked.

"Who said he'd be fighting alone?" Sasuke said, appearing almost out of no where with Sakura by his side.

"We're a team after all." Sakura added. Beneath his mask, Kakashi smirked as he looked at his students.

"All right then, bring it on." Kakashi challenged. Naruto charged forward first, bringing his fingers together and creating an army of Shadow Clones of himself, Sakura and Sasuke. "Transforming some of your clones into your teammates, impressive." Kakashi noted as he began to fight the army of clones before him. Some of them, wither they looked like Naruto or not, were attacking him with a Keyblade.

"Ripple Drive!" A Sakura shouted, slamming her keyblade against the ground and creating an aura and blasted Kakashi back. Right towards a waiting Sasuke.

"Sliding Dash." Sasuke shouted, stabbing the ground with his keyblade and spinning around it, using the momentum to attack Kakashi. The sensei jumped over Sasuke right to where Naruto was waiting.

"Hurricane Period!" Naruto shouted, spinning around several times, leaving Kakashi no choice but to block the attacks with a kuni.

"Sasuke, bring the heat, now!" the real Naruto shouted. Sasuke jumped out of the trees, flashing a series of hand signs.

"Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!" Sasuke shouted, breathing fire down upon Kakashi and the clone army. Kakashi dodged the attack but then a kuni flew threw the air and cut the bells at Kakashi's waist and they fell into Sakura's hand as she shot past.

"Game, set and match." Naruto said with a smirk banishing the keyblades. Kakashi smirked as well. All eyes were on Sakura as she held the two bells.

What should I do? She asked herself. The entire plan was Naruto's and he and Sasuke both have what it takes to be great ninja. But I don't want to have to go back to the academy. Then again, I probably could use the training. With a sigh, Sakura held both bells out to Sasuke and Naruto.

"Here, you two deserve these more than I do." She said, trying to put on a brave smile. Sasuke took his bell, bounced it up and down in his hand for a second and then tossed it back.

"If I couldn't get it on my own, it's not worth taking." He said. Naruto just shook his head for a second before pushing the bell back to Sakura.

"Just who the hell do you think I am Sakura?" Naruto said with a smirk. "To be perfectly honest, I could have gotten the bells at any time I wanted, I just wanted to see how willing you and Sasuke were to working together. Besides," he added with a snap, "those aren't even the real bells." The bells in Sakura's hands suddenly poofed into Naruto clones, each one with their arms around Sakura's neck.

"You could probably get use to something like this couldn't you?" On of them purred in her ear. Sakura went beat red and proceeded to beat both of the clones to a pulp until they disappeared.

"So, where are the real bells?" Sasuke asked.

"Would you and Sakura mind checking your weapons pouches?" Naruto said, the smile never leaving his face. The two of them did and each pulled out a small bell.

"What, how, when?" Sakura, Kakashi, and Sasuke stuttered. Naruto was laughing at their reactions but managed to pull himself together to explain.

"Kakashi, I switched out the bells with my clones when I grabbed you from behind. Sakura I gave you the bell after you fainted after seeing Sasuke buried. Sasuke I gave you yours when I was helping to dig you out of the ground." Naruto explained.

"Why didn't you keep on for yourself?" Sakura asked.

"This isn't the first time I've been on a team." Naruto said, his tone suddenly deathly serious. "Granted my teammates have all been my family, but still, they all taught me a very important lesson. That when you're on the job, put your teammates needs over your own and the missions because if the mission is complete, but you loose most of your team, then it might as well have been a failure. And besides" his smile had returned, but the seriousness remained, "I personally have no problem taking a few hits for the team." Kakashi slowly began to chuckle, and then it turned into a full blown laugh. He looked down at his students.

"You have all done well and passed your test." He said proudly. "The overall test was to see how well you could all work together. Because, as Naruto put it in some way, those who abandon their mission are trash, but those who abandon their teammates are lower than trash. That's enough for today, Team 7, head on home." Naruto started walking with a smile on his face, slowly followed by Sakura and Sasuke.

"Hell of a kid you got there Sensei." Kakashi said, glancing back at the stone.

Holy…20 flippin pages. I have no idea how this chapter got so dang long. All I wanted was to explain the connections with a few of the other ninjas.

Gonna get on with the Land of Waves arc next time. Also, check out a couple of my other stories like the soon to come Tails of the Shadow Tailed Pirates, and then Soul Ninja after that.

R&R please.