Chapter 4
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Previously
"Yo! I'm Kakashi and as you know, that's Anko" "Hello!" "Our teams will sometimes have joint training and missions so we are going to have our first team meeting together"
"Its nice to meet you!"
"So! Introduce yourselves for us" Kakashi said, after the 8 of them settled down on the rooftop of the academy
"What do you want us to say Sensei?" The pink haired fangirl asked.
Everyone looked at her with varying expressions of disbelief or annoyance - mainly coming from Hashirama, Naruto and Anko. The rest had blank or bored faces - Kakashi, Sasuke and Madara. Sai had that creepy fake smile that looked totally weird on his face.
Kakashi shrugged, leaning back on the railing he sat on. "Not much. Your name, likes, dislikes, hobbies, dreams for the future that sort of thing. Since you asked, you will introduce yourself first"
"Could you give us an example Kakashi-sensei?"
"Hmm..." Kakashi looked up in thought. "I don't see why not. I'm Hatake Kakashi, my likes and dislikes are none of your business. Dreams... I have many hobbies."
Everyone sweat dropped at Kakashi's introduction, all having the same thoughts going through their heads.
'All we learned was his name."
Kakashi looked back to Sakura. "You can go now pinky"
"Uhhh. My name is Haruno Sakura... I like" she turned to Sasuke and blushed slightly. "Well... My dreams for the future? " she turned and looked at the brooding Uchiha again and her blush deepened. She also squealed slightly, making those with sensitive ears wince slightly. "Oh! What I dislike?...hmmm... Naruto-baka!. Hobbies?" Sakura turned back to Sasuke once more and her blush got even darker.
The rest had mixed reactions to this:
Naruto visibly deflated and fell into depression at Sakura's words.
Hashirama patted Naruto's back in sympathy. Naruto had often talked animatedly about Sakura and how nice she was. But it seemed the girl didn't feel the same way.
Madara looked at the girl with blank eyes but if you knew him well or had skill in reading people's faces you would see a little disgust aimed at the girl. In Madara's eyes she was a disgrace to Kunochi everywhere.
Anko's thoughts ran on the same tracks of Madara's. She considered herself to be a worthy Kunochi and girls like these embarrass the Kunochi of any village and only enforce the stereotypical view that Kunochi or women in general were weaker than Shinobi or men.
Sasuke wasn't listening. He was staring at the sky, fantasising on ways to kill his brother. He had pretty dark and gruesome thoughts for a 12 year old.
Kakashi was staring at Sakura with a bored look.
Sai just smiled. As usual.
"OK you now! In the middle. Pale boy." Kakashi said
Pale boy, known as Sai looked at Kakashi with that eerie smile. "Hello. My name is Sai. I don't particularly have any likes or dislikes. Same goes with dreams. I do however draw as a hobby"
Simple, short, Straight forward.
Kakashi's gaze lingered on Sai for a few more seconds before moving to the last of his team.
"You. With the duck butt hair. Next!'
Before Sasuke could start he was interrupted by three snickers coming from Anko, Hashirama and Naruto. Sasuke turned to glare at them but they had stopped before he had a chance, he could still see the glint of amusement in their eyes however, heck! He could see a small glimmer in Madara's eyes for gods sake.
"Hn. My name is Uchiha Sasuke, I dislike many things and I don't really like anything. What I have is not a dream but a ambition... To resurrect my clan and to kill a certain man." Sasuke's face and tone went dark at his last statement and -if one looked close enough- you could see a small glint of insanity in his coal eyes
"Lighten up...duckbutt. Don't be too emo now." Naruto had a wide smirk on his face, normally he wouldn't insult Sasuke in such a way but with Hashirama whispering in his ear, suggesting more amusing ways to piss the emo bastard off. Who was he to resist?
Sasuke glared at Naruto, ignoring the squeals of adoration from the pink haired banshee, concerned looks and a suppressed look of sympathy.
Anko decided to address - in her opinion - One of the best teams she could have for her first genin team. She had been promoted from Tokubetsu Jonin to Jonin this week but only on the condition that she take a genin team.
She didn't want to teach a bunch of brats, but she had been waiting for this chance for a while. The council were less inclined to allow a promotion because of her association with Orochimaru. She had no choice but to accept, but looking now, she was glad she did.
After all, who else could say that they had been a Jonin sensei for Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara - Even though she couldn't teach them anything. They would probably teach her somethings. The blonde brat was an extra, but he looked to have some promise if he had the proper training. She didn't care that he held the Kyūbi, he was like her: ostracized because of association.
She let a sadistic smirk spread on her face and faced her genin team.
"So! I'm Mitarashi Anko, I like Dango, hanging about the forest of death and tea, I dislike spicy foods and traitors, I have many hobbies... My dream for the future is to kill a certain snake."
"So i introduced myself and I don't know you 'not really' so would you introduce yourselves for us? hmm..."
"Hashirama!"
Hashirama sat up quickly and smiled at the purple haired Kunochi, his long brown hair waving slightly in the breeze.
"Hello! I'm Senju Hashirama, I like trees, Konoha, my brother Tobirama, mixed mushroom soup and my friends Madara and Naru-chan. Hmm... I don't really dislike anything to be honest. Hobbies? I like wood carving and bonsai. Dreams for the future?" A soft smile spread across his face as he looked past the group and into the distance, glancing at Konoha as a whole... "My dreams have already been realised"
Anko nodded and pointed at the long haired Uchiha, her grin still in place.
"Next! Madara!"
Madara 'Hn-ed' and looked at Anko with his blank expression.
"My name is Uchiha Madara... I like some things, I have somethings I dislike. My dreams are none of your business"
Anko raised an eyebrow at the former head of the Uchiha clans response. "Hobbies?"
Madara stared at her for a minute before his head dipped a fraction. "Falconry"
Anko nodded again and looked to the last of their merry band of misfits.
"Gaki! Your up"
"GAKI! What the hell-" *bop* Hashirama had hit him slightly on the head.
"Watch your language Naru-chan" Naruto pouted, rubbing his head where a small lump had formed. He grumbled something under his breath before his wide foxy grin came across his face again, his eyes squinted.
"Yo! I'm Uzumaki Naruto. I like Ramen, my friends Madara and Hashirama. Oh! I also like Iruka-sensei and Hokage-jiji. I don't like the three minutes it takes for cup ramen to cook. My dream..."
"Is to become Hokage!"
Anko clapped in excitement "hobbies?"
Naruto tilted his head slightly and looked to the sky in thought. "Hobbies?... Pranking and gardening I guess."
Kakashi chose this moment to jump in, saving Naruto from his Death-by-hug from Hashirama. Who had cooed at Naruto's hobbies. They were so alike!
"Ahem. Well then since we know each other now I will explain what we will be doing tomorrow."
"What you will be doing" Anko cut in, her sadistic smile back in place.
"Ah, yes. What we will be doing." Kakashi paused, pointing to the sky in a overly dramatic way.
"Survival training"
Team's 7 and 11 were sitting in Training Ground 3. They had been sitting there, since 6am that morning.
It was half past 8 now.
They had passed the time in different ways: Team 11 had picked up their poker game from where they had left off. They were now starting their 4th game. The score stood at:
Naruto - 6
Madara -5
Hashirama - 0
Just as they were about to start their 5th game, their sensei Anko appeared in a swirl of leaves, 4 sticks of Dango in hand.
"Yo! Hashirama-sempai, Madara-sempai, Gaki, Scarecrow's Gakis, sorry I'm late. I needed my morning Dango, also I wanted to piss you off!" Anko was quite cheery for so early in the morning.
Hashirama waved her over with his spare hand energetically, not noticing Madara and Naruto taking a glance at his cards. "Come join us we were about to start."
Anko ambled over, munching on the holy substance that was Dango. Looking down at their set up.
"Hmm OK!"
She sat down promptly and was dealt her cards by Naruto. And thus they began.
Tensions were running high in the corner where Team 7 sat, they mostly sat in silence. The balance often broken by squeals and giggling coming from the only female in the group.
Sasuke and Sai looked at each other apprehensively, locked in a battle of will, perseverance and sheer absolute boredom. They were active people. Not used to sitting around doing nothing for too long, so they entertained themselves by testing each other. Discovering and outlining boundaries, seeing what information they could glean from just observing each other. Etc...
Sai was winning at the moment but Sasuke was catching up. It was a close battle.
Half an hour, two poker games and a battle of will later.
Kakashi appeared in a whirlwind of leaves. Porn in hand, he waved lazily at the people gathered in the clearing.
"Yo! Sorry I'm late. Got lost."
The members of Team 7 -except Sai- stared at Kakashi in disbelief, at least Anko's excuse was plausible.
Team 11 were still in their 7th poker game, they were so focused on their game that they didn't notice Kakashi's arrival. Well it seemed like it.
Kakashi decided to leave them and get onto testing his team. He couldn't fail them anyway, even if they were the worst genins on the planet. The Honorable Council had ordered him to pass them no matter what because of the precious 'last' Uchiha that was on his team.
Kakashi was tempted to tell them to shove their order up their ass but refrained from doing so. He informed the Hokage about their actions anyway. It was illegal for anyone else but the Hokage to issue orders to Shinobi of this village and Hiruzen was just letting those stupid civilians take over and strip him of all his power and authority as leader of the military dictatorship that is Konoha.
So he dragged the emo Uchiha, the pink banshee and the emotionless robot and dragged them into the forest to initiate his test.
20 minutes later and tensions were high among the poker players. The pot was sitting about 270,000 ryō and it was the last play of the day.
Anko and Madara were calm, they both had a good hand and believed they could win.
Hashirama was panicking slightly; he hadn't won even one game out of the total 14 games they had played. It seemed his bad gambling luck followed him beyond death.
Naruto was looking at his cards with a critical eye, he didn't understand the types of ways to play the game as he was only introduced to the game yesterday. He just went with his gut feelings and hoped for the best, it had worked out so far.
Hashirama sighed in defeat folding his hand which only had one pair.
The remaining three players stared at each other before nodding, an unspoken signal passing between them. They all revealed their hands at once
Anko had 3 of a kind, she pouted sadly as she had lost the big pot of money that could have gone to her Dango expenses
Madara had 4 of a kind and he narrowed his eyes in disappointment but cheered up slightly as he looked at Hashirama's pain filled expression
"I don't know what these ones are but I've had them a few times."
Naruto had once again managed to win the game with a straight flush. It was unreal! The amount of luck this boy had was immense. And it had just landed him over 270,000 ryō.
The group groaned and handed the money over to the blonde, who was cheerng loudly. More Ramen for him!
They cleared up and went to sit by the wooden posts that stood in the field.
Anko - who had cheered up - began the discussion.
"So. Hokage-sama said you didn't need to be tested and by what I see, I'm inclined to agree."
A snort came from Madara and Hashirama at this statement.
"Anywho, we're going to sort out our training schedule for the foreseeable future, only the Gaki will actually need training as you two." She pointed at the undead duo. "Are dead. To be frank."
They nodded and looked over to Naruto, who looked uncomfortable with all the attention. Anko now pointed at him.
"You. Have probably no skills whatsoever." Anko continued, ignoring the shout of protest from the blonde. "That is good but also bad 'for you'. Good, because you have a blank slate and can choose what path you wish to go down on. Bad... It will take a lot of effort and training to get even marginally decent. Are you willing to give it your all Gaki?"
Naruto's protesting face disappeared and was replaced by unwavering determination. "I will give it my all and train hard! There are no shortcuts to becoming Hokage -ttebayo!"
Anko grinned sadistically once more, this was going to be so fun.
"OK! Let's start simple. Which path do you want to specialise in?"
"Specialise?"
"Mm, you actually want to be a balanced Shinobi but specializing can't hurt. I specialize in some things, I have many techniques that utilize my snake summons but I have some skill in Genjutsu as well. I work in the T&I department so I have picked up some interrogation techniques. Some people have skill in a certain area and they focus on that more than the others. There are a few nuts though, who totally dedicate their entire career training in one area."
She turned her head to the distance and looked to the edge of Konoha, the team thought they were heard someone shouting about 'youth!' but they must be hearing things.
"Its up to you Gaki what you want to do. But you don't have to choose now, take some time to research the different areas of Shinobi and pick what you wanna specialize in. We can do some basic training to get you up to par while you figure out what you want to do."
Naruto nodded in agreement, that seemed like the best way to do it
Hashirama put his arm around Naruto's shoulder, bringing him in for a hug.
"Even though Madara and I normally use big techniques that tear apart the landscape, we have other skills that we can pass on to you, basic elemental Ninjutsu, some Taijutsu. I could also teach you Kenjutsu if your interested, I was quite good with a sword back in the day."
Madara scoffed. "That thing was a sword? I thought it was something else, with the size of that thing are you sure you weren't overcompensating for something?"
"Oi! At least I didn't go about waving that weird ass looking fan!" Hashirama responded.
"Its a Gunbai idiot."
"Agh who cares anyway?"
"I do."
"Break it up ladies, we have a gaki to tort-uh train." Anko interjected.
The two stopped arguing and turned to the violet haired Kunochi with excited looks... Well Madara wasn't visibly excited but you could see a little excitement in his eyes.
"OK! Before we go onto all that gaki needs basic foundations to build upon so..."
She pulled out a kunai.
"DODGE!"
A little shorter than I wanted but I thought this was a good place to cut off.
I wanted to post this a little earlier but I got caught up in school with homework and revision. I've only been back, what? A week and they want us to do assessments. I have exams this year I know, but gah! I hate school
Thank you all! For your reviews, your ideas were great and I might pick them up for a new story if they don't get used. I'll credit you of course.
I might disappoint you but I wanna go with Uchiha for now, that doesn't mean all the ideas are forfeit. He is at most half Uchiha and Naruto will not let his Uzumaki heritage go to waste.
I want to ask however, how far into the sharingan you want him to go? I got a good review by roxas199 that went like this
'Direct relative to Madara would be a good way to go, it will help the story along, plus it will give some options for the plot, like for example Madara discovers that Naruto is his great grandson or just a regular grandson and he starts bonding heavily to him, or Naruto being his grandnephew. and you should make it so its almost impossible to awaken the Sharingan for Naruto so that Madara shows Naruto the bonds and gives him his original eyes which don't have the Rinnegan I believe and has him lock away the magnekyo state for them.'
I liked this so I will build on this idea.
All your reviews are appreciated so keep them coming.
I had a review saying about my grammar and I'm sorry if its bad, I'm only 14 and this is my second story. Ever. I try however and reviewing to tell me what's wrong me, so do that if you wish I don't care if its insulting tell me so I can improve!
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Ja ne ;3
