I adopted this from heavenhawk
Disclaminer: I do not own Naruto or Ruronin Kenshin
"Hey, who are..." Normal talking
Kasumi/kyubbi talking
Inner thoughts
Normal thoughts
New team, A New Path and a Test
Naruto was kneeling down in front of the two swords that he had been given by Kenshin a while back. He kneeled in front unable to choose which one he would wield. Suddenly, the room turned black and Naruto stood up in alarm at what was happening. The swords both started to give off an aura and Naruto turned his attention back to them. A voice rang out and said, "Young shinobi and swordsman, two paths now lie before you, one lies in protecting others..." One of the swords unsheathed itself and revealed it was a sakabato "...and the other lies in killing." The second sword unsheathed itself and revealed that it was a katana. "Which one do you choose?" Naruto looked at both swords and thought which what each sword represented. Naruto stepped forward and said, "The path that I choose is...MY OWN!!!" Naruto grasped both swords and there was a bright flash and Naruto closed his eyes. When Naruto thought it was safe to open his eyes, he was back in the apartment. He looked down and saw that the swords had now changed. They both had intricate designs engraved in each and Naruto wondered what they meant. He put both swords back in his respective sheets and made a note to create a style that would effectively use both in combat. He put the katana and put the sakabato into ascroll for looked at himself in a mirror and decided to put on a different change of clothes. Luckily, yesterday before he had gone training, he had gone in a bought a few new outfits and decided to wear one of them. He still had his mask but now it was combined with a sleeveless black shirt that stuck to Naruto's leanmuscles. He wore a pair of black pants that had many pockets for various items. He also put on a pair of fingerless gloves, where he flexed his fingers to get the feeling right. He tied his hair back into a ponytail with a ribbon; he had gotten it from Kenshin when his hair had grown too long and it was getting in his face. He put several scrolls that contained his bow, his two swords and his flute in his pants pockets. Kyubbi in his mind was admiring the changes and hoped her decision to help Naruto choose his path would be the right one.
-At the Academy-
Many of the students were talking excitedly about finally becoming genin, while many of the girls in the class were fawning over Sasuke. The instant Naruto had stepped in the room, many of the fan girls somehow teleported and were now fawning over Naruto who kawamari himself with Kiba who was about to sit down next to Hinata. Kiba looked hopeful in the group of girls but they broke away and Kiba walked to a different seat disgruntled. Hinata was looking at Naruto's new appearance and was blushing at the sight of Naruto's body. Iruka came in, with bandages covering his body. One of the genin questioned, "Iruka, what is with all the bandages?
Iruka smiled, "It was nothing big. I just got in a fight from a Chunnin traitor in out village. He was trying to steal a scroll from the Hokage but he was caught but he was able to get away. I had help in defeating him." One of the students asked who had helped him. Iruka pointed at someone in the classroom and all eyes turned to where he was pointing. All eyes were on Naruto and he looked like a deer in headlights. "Oro?"(Huh?) Many of the students were in awe that Naruto had defeated a Chunnin but some were thinking that it wasn't true. coughKiba,Sasukecough) Before the class could question Naruto, Iruka started to name the teams. He went through the numbers and when Team Seven, he said, "Team Seven will consist of Sakura Haruno, Sasuke Uchiha..." Sakura had cheered at this and saying it was fate that Sasuke and her were on the same team."...and Naruto Uzumaki."There was a loud thump and it was repeated and everyone saw that it was Naruto banging his head against the table. Naruto spoke, "May I have an explanation on why I am with Sasuke and Sakura, Iruka-sensei?
Though it seems you passed the Genin Exams with the top score, the rest of your academics are the lowest of the class. So, therefore you were paired with Sakura and Sasuke." Naruto continued to bang his head against the table. Iruka decided to continue and said, "Your jounin sensei will be Kakashi Hatake." Iruka looked down his list. "Team Eight will consists of Shino Aburame…"Shino took it with silence. "...Hinata Hyugga…"Hinata was saddened by the thought that she couldn't be with Naruto "...and Kiba Inuzuka." Kiba was plotting how to get Hianta to love him and not Naruto now that they would be separated. "Your jounin sensei will be Kurenai Yuhi." Iruka looked down his list. " Team nine is still in circulation so we will ignore them. Team 10 will consists of Shikumaru Nara..." Shikumaru took it with a bored expression on his face "…Chouji Akimichi…" Chouji continued to eat his potato chips with a passion "and Ino Yamanaka." She groaned and complained about being on a team with a lazy bum and a fat ass. "Your jounin sensei will be Asuma Sarutobi."
"You all have until about one to do anything you will like before your jounin sensei comes."He closed the book that contained the list. "Well, My job here is done as your teacher. I hope you all the best luck as Shinobi of Konoha."He walked out of the room and the genin started to chat again. Naruto turned to Hianta and asked, "So, Hianta, would you like to go get something to go eat before your sensei comes to pick you up?"Hinata blushed but nodded her head. They both stood up and walked to the door but were blocked by Kiba with Akamaru in his jacket.
"Why don't you eat with your own teammates, Naruto? Hinata is on my team now and I should be te one to take her out." Naruto looked at him with an aloof look before saying while pointing at a random spot, "Look, a piece of steak on the ground!"Kiba turned to where Naruto pointed but realized he fell for the trap. By the time he turned back to face Naruto, Naruto was gone in a flash with Hinata in tow.
-Outside the Academy-
Naruto was walking with a passive expression on his face while Hianta was clutching her sides, breathing heavily. "Naruto, was it necessary to run away from Kiba at the Academy?"
"I figured it was the only way to shake off the flea bitten dog so that's what I did. So what would you like to eat, Hinata?" Hinata's face lit up and she spoke in a voice that wasn't her usual tone. It had taken on a more sensual tone "Naruto-kun, could we please go get cinnamon buns?"
Naruto was going to say no because her addiction to cinnamon buns had made Naruto very low on money on several occasions. He was about to say no when Hinata gave him the puppy dog look. Naruto tried to look away but found himself being pulled to look into Hinata's eyes. Naruto sighed in defeat and said, "Fine, you win. I'll go buy you cinnamon buns." Hinata jumped in joy and threw her fingers out in a V for victory.
-Several minutes later-
Naruto was sadly looking at his empty wallet while Hianta had a large bag of cinnamon buns, which she was happily eating. Naruto put his wallet back in one of his pockets and followed beside Hianta. After a while, they sat down on a bench and Hianta finished the buns and was smiling after being satisfied. Naruto noticed the mess that was on Hinata's face and pulled out a napkin and stood in front of Hinata. "Hianta, you have a mess on your face. Let me help you clean up." Hinata was starting to blush at the close proximity of Naruto's face to her and the blush darkened when he started to touch her face with the napkin. Naruto finished cleaning her face and tossed the napkin into a wastebasket. Naruto motioned that they should go back to the Academy and Hianta stood up and walked beside Naruto. They continued to walk when Naruto noticed that he had missed a spot while cleaning her face. He slowly slipped his mask down and licked the spot that he had missed. Hinata instantly froze and Naruto pulled back afraid that he had done something wrong. Hinata though just fainted on the spot and Naruto quickly caught her before she hit the ground. He put Hinata on his back and carried her piggy back style. Hinata snuggled into Naruto's back and Naruto blushed under his mask. She murmured "Naruto-kun" and Naruto could only imagine what she was dreaming about.
Naruto carried Hinata into the classroom which attracted attention of all the genin. Naruto just calmly walked down and took a seat next to Shino. Shino had no reaction but looked at Naruto. "Shino, I would like to ask a favor from you. I know that we barely talked with each other in the Academy but I want you to do something for me." He motioned to the dozing Hinata. "Can watch her and keep Kiba away from
making any unwanted advances on Hinata?" Shino continued to look at Naruto and gave a small nod. "I'm sure out jounin sensei will be able to control Kiba, Naruto. But if our sensei is unable too, I will step in." Naruto grabbed Shino's hand and shook it. "You have my thanks, Shino." He went back to Hinata who he had placed in a chair and gently shook her awake. Hinata opened her eyes and she blushed as she thought of the moment that had made her faint. A jounin sensei had came in and announced herself as Kurenai Yuhi and said the name of her team. A passive Shino and angry looking Kiba walked to the front and Hinata made to go to the front but Naruto held her back for a moment. "Hinata, before you leave, let me tell you that you are my best friend and I would have never gotten through the Academy without you there. No go and be the best kunoichi that Konoha had ever seen." Hinata blushed again at the comment and went down to the front. Kurenai escorted them out of the room and Hinata gave a small wave to Naruto which Naruto returned. Naruto sat down quietly at a desk and gazed out a window.
Soon, Sasuke, Sakura and Naruto were the only ones left in the room and there sensei was already two hours late. Sakura was griping to no one in particular, Sasuke was still brooding and Naruto was now looking over several scrolls that he had copied from the forbidden scroll. The door to the classroom then opened and a man with silver hair, wearing a face mask and had his hitate covering one eye. Three pairs of eyes looked at him and he asked, "You guys Team 7?" There were silent looks that he percived to be as a yes. "Well, meet at the top of the Academy rooftop in five minutes." He poofed away and the three genin followed using the stairs.
-On the rooftop of the Academy-
The three genin appeared on the rooftop and their sensei was leaning against the railing on the rooftop. They took a seat in front of him and he turned around. "Well, now that we are all here, let's start with introductions. State you name, likes, dislikes, hobbies and your dream. Let's start with you, Pinky."
Sakura's eyes flashed at the nickname but countered, "Why don't you start to show up how we are supposed to do it?"
Their sensei shrugged his shoulders and started. "My name is Kakashi Hatake. I have a lot of likes and dislikes. My hobbies are few and well my dream, you don't need to know." All three genin stared at him and all thought the same thing. We didn't learn anything about our sensei except for his name. "Now once again, Pinky, you start."
Sakura scowled at the name but started anyways. "My name is Sakura Haruno. I like giggles and glances in Sasuke's direction and I dislike Ino-pig and Sasuke haters. I don't have any hobbies but my dream is to get married to someone glance at Sasuke again. Kakashi pointed at Sasuke. "You next, emo."
Sasuke looked annoyed at the name. "My name is Sasuke Uchiha. My likes are nothing. My dislikes are nothing you need to know. My hobby is training. My dream is not much of a dream but more of an ambition, I want to kill a certain man." Kakashi pointed at Naruto last. "You last, copycat."
Naruto just shrugged at the name. "My name is Naruto Himura Uzumaki. My likes are my best friend, my guardian, hunting, music and swords. My dislikes are overly confident people, arrogant people who believe everyone is beneath them and people who try to date without knowing the person. My dream...I don't have a dream, other than to protect everyone who is precious to me."
Kakashi looked over the group and thought, Well, I have an emo avenger, an fan girl of the avenger and copycat that had a solid goal in life. This should be interesting. "Now that introductions are done, I want everyone to meet me at Training ground 7 at 6 o'clock for a survival test. I suggest not eating breakfast, you are going to puke it out." And he poofed away. Sasuke stood up and went down the stairs, and Sakura followed Sasuke like the fan girl she was. Naruto jumped off the rooftop and jumped from rooftop to rooftop thinking about what Hinata was doing.
-At a training ground-
Hinata was pounding a log with her palms when she felt someone approach from behind, she whirled around and struck out and had her palm centimeters from Naruto's face. Naruto just stood there with a neutral expression. "Well, it seems someone had been training hard." Hinata blushed from the comment but looked down at the ground. "It's still not enough to beat my younger sister when we spar against each other though. My father thinks higher than her than of me and I don't know what to do. Every time we spar, I see my mother in her and I lack the will to attack." Tears started to form in her eyes as she let out her frustrations.
Naruto walked up and tilted her face up. "Now, Hinata, what happened to the girl I knew in the Academy that would smile, no matter what happened to herself?
"Oh, stop it Naruto-kun." She faltered when she added the -kun to Naruto's name.
Naruto looked at her kindly and said, "Naruto-kun, huh? I like the sound of that." He went to the log and looked at it. "Poor log, never stood a chance against you, Hinata. How would you like to spar me, then?"
"But, Naruto, we could hurt one another.", said Hinata.
"Hinata, you worry too much. But to motivate you, you will get a reward from me if you are able to land a single hit on me." Naruto grinned under his mask.
Hinata could only wonder what the reward would be as she got into the Huggya juken stance. Naruto observed the stance and said, "I assume that you are in your family fighting style? Hinata nodded and waited for Naruto to make the first move. Hmm, its seems her family's style utilizes only the hands to do the attacking. I wonder if they would be able to use their feet to attack or even attack long range. I know Hinata has near perfect chakra control but how will that help her with her family style? Well, guess I'm about to find out. Naruto got into a basic fighting stance with both fists in front and legs spread apart. He dashed forward and threw a punch out. Hinata blocked with her right forearm before pulling her left arm back and striking Naruto's chest. Naruto, however, grabbed her arm and threw her air where she landed gracefully several feet away.
"Come on now, Hinata. It that the best you can muster together? I thought you were better than our little spar three years ago at the Academy." A tick mark had appeared on Hinata's head and she activated her Byakugan. Oh boy, I think I'm in trouble now. Kyubbi chuckled in his mind. That is what you get for pissing off a girl, especially one that can kick your butt. Hinata had dashed forward and started to let off a flurry of strikes that Naruto could only barely dodge. He felt the chakra coming from Hinata's hands when they flew by his body and he could only start to sweat by all the close calls. Hinata however was starting to be annoyed got into a stance that she had seen had father used while training. "Hakke Rokujuuyonshou!!!" (Eight Divination Signs, Sixty-Four Palms of the Hand) Naruto was quickly under attack and he was now being forced to block with his hands. He was unable to block with all of the attacks and he felt his tenketsu points being closed. Hinata though after the attack had collapsed due to chakra exhaustion and lay down on the ground.
Damn, that attack hurts like hell. But it seems that its only temporary. And it seems that I have to keep my promise because she did manage to land a hit on me. Naruto pulled out a camera and pulled down his mask. He kneeled beside the sleeping Hinata and pointed in at himself and Hinata and took a picture. He also pulled out a piece of paper and wrote down some advice for Hinata to make her fighting even stronger. He laid both down on top of Hinata and disappeared in a whirl of leaves.
Hinata woke up several minutes later with and saw two items on top of her. She looked at the first and saw it was advice. It read, "Hinata, here is what I think you can do to make your fighting stronger. First, incorporate kicks and grabs in your moves. It will make it easier for you to be able to hit you opponent and possible disable tenketsu points if you can fine tune your chakra control. Second, think about inventing or learning long range moves if you ever fight someone who is a long range specialist. Third, you are fighting very stiffely. You need to use your natural flexibiblity and use it to its fullest ponential. Lastly, build up your chakra reserve by working out and doing chakra exercises. You can find them easily in the library. From, Naruto." She read it several times to memorize and put it in a special pocket in her jacket. She looked at a second item which was the picture with her and Naruto. She made to put it away but then did a double take and saw that Naruto had pulled his mask down. She unconsciously drooled at the picture and thought Naruto had such a sexy smile and face. She made a promise to herself that she would see Naruto without his mask.
-The next day-
Naruto woke up around 5:30 and prepared for the survival test. He put all his items in his pockets and made himself a breakfast. As if I'm going to go to a survival test without eating. Without eating, how the heck am I going to survive? And beside, seeing how late our sensei was yesterday, I wouldn't be surprised if he didn't come until noon. When he had finished his breakfast, he looked at a clock and it read walked out of his apartment and made his way to the Training Ground 7. When he arrived, he saw both Sakura and Sasuke were already there but both looked as if they had not eaten anything. Naruto sat down behind one of the training posts and pulled out a scroll again and started to study its content. Sakura got curious about what Naruto was reading and tried to read over Naruto's shoulder. Naruto closed the scroll and looked at Sakura. "You know, Sakura, its rude to read over someone's shoulder." Sakura backed away acting if she hadn't done anything wrong. This continued for about two more hours with Naruto studying, Sakura trying to find ways to entertain herself and Sasuke continuing to be a brooding emo.
When Kakashi had finally arrived, Sakura screeched that he was late. "Well, I got lost on the road of life and-"
"LIAR!!!", yelled Sakura.
"Aside from that, lets get this survival test on the road. But first, did any of you eat breakfast?" Sasuke and Sakura shook their head but Naruto gave no response. "Well, it seems one of you were thinking like a ninja and decided to eat anyways. Good job, Naruto for seeing past my first trap." Sakura and Sasuke look infuriated that they could have eaten but they didn't. "Today's test will be taking retrieving these two bells from me."
Sakura questioned, "Why are there only two bells though?"
"Good question, Sakura. The reason is only two of you will be moving on to become Genin and one will be sent back to the Academy." Two faces registered shock while another one eyes narrowed that person started to see through the trap. "The one person who does not get a bell from me will be sent back to the Academy. You three have until noon to get the bells from me. The one who doesn't get a bell will be tied to a stump and be forced to watch to the other two eat these." He pulled out two bento boxes and an alarm clock and put it on a training stump. "You better come at me with the intent to kill or you won't get a bell. The test starts now."
Sasuke and Sakura instantly darted away and went to find a hiding spot. Naruto, however stood still and waited to see what Kakashi would do. Kakashi pulled out a small orange book and Naruto's eyes narrowed. "So, Kakashi-sensei, do you plan to take us genin seriously?" Kakashi looked up from his reading and replied, "Why should I?"
Naruto glared back and said, "That was the answer I was looking for." He made a hand sign and a large amount of leaves obscured Naruto. A few seconds later, the leaves dispersed and Naruto was nowhere to be seen. Kakashi got looked on lazily and passed it off as nothing big. After about 15 minutes, Kakashi started to try and sense where his students were. He was able to sense Sasuke, who was about 50 meters away in a tree, and Sakura, who was hiding under a bush about the same distance but he could not get a solid hold on Naruto's chakra. It seemed that Naruto's chakra was all around him and he could not figure out why. Suddenly, an arrow came flying out and was headed for Kakashi, he lazily pulled out a kunai and blocked the arrow and as soon as he did that, two more arrows came from two different directions and the process kept going until Kakashi was being forced to put his book away and start to dodge. Kakashi was now thinking who was firing the arrows and he immediately removed Sakura and Sasuke because they had not yet moved from their hiding positions and came up with Naruto. But what baffled Kakashi was why Naruto was even using arrows as a weapon and he got he had gotten such a precise aim, but couldn't process that thought so he decided to go into the forest for cover and search out the other two genin.
Naruto walked out into the clearing after Kakashi had gone and picked two bells off the ground. Kakashi had not noticed the bells had been cut off by an arrow. Naruto picked them up and set out to find his two teammates before Kakashi did.
-With Sakura-
She was bewildered when she had seen arrows being fired by someone and instantly thought it was Sasuke. She made to move and had not realized Kakashi was right behind her. She heard a "Boo" and turned around and was caught in a genjutsu immediately. Sakura soon let out a scream before and feel to the forst floor with foam forming at her mouth. Kakashi just wondered if had gone overboard with his genjutsu but shrugged it off. Now, time to find Sasuke.
-With Sasuke-
He was jumping through the trees in the forest trying to figure a way that he would be able to get a bell from Kakashi when he landed in a clearing. He had felt a presense a few seconds before he had but he could not sense anyone around. He heard a rumbling underneath him and he suddenly found himself head deep in the ground. Kakashi appeared before him and taunted, " Well, its seems the great Sasuke isn't all what he says he is." Kakashi patted the area where the bells were. His face suddenly changed as he started to search for the bells. He dashed away retacing his steps hoping to find the bells. Sasuke just wondered what else could go wrong when Naruto appeared in front of him, weilding a bow and two bells hanging off of it. "Looks like you could use some help, Sasuke." Sasuke looked shocked that Naruto had even gotten a bell and quickly though of a plan. "Yea, Naruto. Could you please help me?" Naruto walked over and grabbed the scruff of Sasuke's shirt and pulled. Sasuke easily came out of the ground and Sasuke instantly darted toward Naruto's bow and stole a bell before darting off. Naruto looked at Sasuke's retreating back and thought, And I was going to give the bell to him. Time to go find Sakura.
Naruto had found Sakura on the forest floor still passed out. He pulled out some smelling salts and palced it under her nose. Sakura instantly reacted and sat straight up. She looked at Naruto and he held out a bell out in front of her. She took the bell but asked, "Why are you giving this to me, shouldn't you keep it for yourself?" Naruto shrugged and told her, "I should keep for myself, but that wouldn't help the team now would it?" Sakura was about to answer when she realized the true point of the test.
"It seems you know understand now, Sakura. The two bells were just a distraction for us to work together becaseu do you expect us to take down a jounin by ourself? The arrows that I had fired was a distraction I hoped either of you two would use to attack Kakashi and it was only by luck that I had manged to hit the string holding the bells to Kakashi's belt." The alram clock sounded off in the distance and Naruto motioned to Sakura to follow. "We may still be able to pass this test if we come together."
-Meanwhile with Kakashi-
Kakashi was finishing tying up Sasuke while Sasuke while yeling his head off to be let go and that he dind't desevered to be tied to the training log. Kakashi then felt Naruto and Sakura slowly approaching and Skura had a bell in her hand. Kakashi waited until both had arrived at where he was standing before he started his questioning. "Sakura, where did you get that bell from?" She looked nervous under Kakashi's gaze but she said, "I got mine from Naruto." Kakashi asked anohter question. "Did you get it from him willingly?" Sakura nodded. Kakashi looked down at Sasuke who was still struggling against his bonds. "That is the reason why you are tied up and Sakura or Naruto is not. You stole something that Naruto had claimed, even though it was by chance. It seems that he was going to give a bell to you and Sakura but you acted to hastily and did allow Naruto the cahnce. You seeked the short way out by stealing something of your teammates. Actions like that can be deadly in the ninja world." Kakashi walked over to a stone that was in the middle of the field. "Here on this stones are the names of heroes of Konoha. The names of many of my closest friends are on this stone." Sakura asked, "How are these people heroes?" Kakashi looked down at the stone, "These people are KIA." Three pairs of eyes softened and looked away from each other. "Remember this, people who do not follow the rules are trash, but people who abandon their own comrades are worse than trash." He cut Sasuke loose from the training stump and told him, "I hope this shows that your teammates are more than willing to help you, Sasuke." Kakashi's face then lit up, "Well, starting tommorrow, Team 7 will offically start missions."He gave a thumbs up which all three genin returned.