I lied, I said that the next story that I would update would be another one, but I just don't feel motivated enough to work on them. However I am going through a phase were I am fixated on Bleach, so therefore on with the show (Story).
/Memorial Stone, Konoha/
It took the team of genin a total of five minutes to reach the clearing of the forest inside the walls of Konoha. When they arrived at the stone however they could not find any evidence of their sensei being in the area. Unbeknowest to them however was that their sensei was studying them from beneath the cover of a rather high level genjutsu.
As Kurenai studied them she noticed slight similarities about them. They all seemed to be rather cold and distant. However after that fact they all appeared to be different. The Aburame had dark brown bushy hair, pale skin and was rather tall. He was wearing dark sun glasses and a dark grey jacket that obscured the bottom of his face. If one was standing close enough you could hear the faint buzzing of his bugs. She had read the file on his skills. It said that he appeared to be a prodigy in his clans techniques but other wise his skills seemed to be rather limited.
The Hyuga had dark blue shoulder length hair, the signiture lavender eyes of the Byakugan, and was on the short side. She was wearing the standard white robes of the Hyuga clan. However the robes were rather tight around the area of her chest. Kurenai noted that the rest of her body was rather developed as well. The academies file on the Hyuga heiress also stated that she was a prodigy in her clans techniques, also she appeared to be skilled when it came to the application of water related techniques.
The Uzumaki was an interesting one. He had shoulder length straight blonde hair, steel gray eyes and had dignified features. He was wearing a white shitagi, a black kosode, a black hakama, a white hakama-himo, white tabi, and waraji Basic Shinigami clothing. He also was wearing white scarf that he had wrapped around his neck. She was also surprised to note that he was carrying a katana strapped to his waist. When she had read his file, it never stated that he knew kenjutsu. It did say that he was rather intelligent, had decent chakra control and was fairly decent when it came to taijutsu. She would have to get to the bottom of this.
"Hello, you three…" Kurenai began, in a calm tone as she dropped the genjutsu. "I would like to spend this morning getting to know each other. I want you to tell me your name, some of your likes, dislikes and your dream, " When no one began, she smiled, and decided she would start it. "Like this: My name is Kurenai Yuuhi. My likes include reading, spending time with my friend Anko, and singing karaoke. My dislikes are loud drunks and arrogant people who think women can't make decent ninjas. My goal is to make sure you all become well rounded, respectable ninjas." She finished.
When nobody wanted to go next, Hinata took charge. "My name is Hinata Hyuuga. My likes include learning my clans style, learning the business of running the clan and flower dislikes are people who do not give me the proper respect that I deserve because of my status in society. My dream is to become the leader of my clan," said Hinata in an dispassionate voice.
Kurenai had to keep herself from grimacing at the lack of emotion that her young student displayed. 'I need to bring her out of that shell,' thought Kurenai as she pointed to the nest one in line, who happened to be Shino.
Shino stopped staring at Kurenai, and cleared his throat. "My name is Shino Aburame. My likes are training and collecting insects. My dislikes are people who intentionally harm insects and people who underistimate my clan. My goal is to become the greatest insect technique user that Konoha has ever seen." He finished in a dead-pan voice.
Kurenai grimaced once again, as she sat up against the old tree standing in the middle of the park. 'Another cold individual, what did I do to deserve this challenge.' Kurenai pointed to the last member of the team.
The stoic Jinchuuriki was slow to respond as he seemed to weighing up the facts that he would reveal about himself. "My name is Naruto Uzumaki. My likes include Caligraphy and takin g long walks through the forests that are within Konoha's walls. My dislikes include people who interrupt my peace and those who break the law. My goal is to become a respected ninja," finished Naruto in a indifferent tone.
'Kami-sama please tell me how I have offended you, when you decided to give me this team. They all appear to be dispassionate to life itself,' thought Kurenai with a dark mood. "Okay, now that the introductions are out of the way I believe that it is time that we have a test to determine whether or not you have what it takes to be genin," said Kurenai with a smile.
"Sensei, have we not already proven that we are more then capable of being nnja," asked Shino. At this Kurenai explained that they had passed the test that allowed them the opportunity of being able to become genin. To actuallt become genin they had to pass their jonin instructers exam.
"What you will be doing today is that each of you have to find and score a direct light hit on my body. You have till the sun sets. The parameters of the mission are that there is to be no heavy blows nor is anyone to leave in a two kilometre radius of the memorial stone. The test begins now," with that Kurenai quickly vanished from view.
Each of the genin decided that there was more to this test then meets the eye. They all knew that none of them individually standard a chance of scoring a direct hit against her on their own, there was a reason why she was a jonin after all. So logically speaking, the only way that they stood a chance was if they worked together. Now the only thing that they each had to do was convince the other team members that they had to work together.
They each stood there studying each other with frosty glances when Shino decided to speak. "None of us stand a chance individually, so I propose that we work together in regards to passing this exam," said Shino.
Naruto and Hinata both glanced at each other before turning back to look at Shino and said "I agree".
"But the question is how are we going to go about doing this. I understand that both I and Shino can help locate her with my Byakugan and his Insects respectivly, but what about when we do find her. I believe that I will be the only one who stands a chance of gaining a hit with my Gentle Fist style," said Hinata in a arrogant voice.
"I do not believe that you should put both I and Shino down so quicly Hyuga-san, we both have our strengths," responded Naruto. He was a bit worried but he quashed it down as it would not do him well to dwell on the subject. In anycase he could always fall back on using the sealed form of Senbonzakura, while his style was rudimentory, he was capible of using kenjutsu on an instinctual level.
"Very well it is agreed, we shall work together," and with that Shino released a cloud of insects and spread them out to search for Kurenais while Hinata activated her Byakugan and scanned the area carefuly. While they both did that, Naruto was conversing with Byakuya on the basis of this teams set up.
"Child this appears to be a reconisence team," said Byakuya over the mind link that the two now shared. Naruto had to agree with that fact and questioned his membershipon this team.
"I do believe that you were placed here for heavy assualt, in Soul Society the stealth teams were good but when they were caught and had to fight they were out of their element, never the less, I can help you fit in more to this team. All Shinigami have the ability to sense the presence of spiritual energy, I shall teach you to utilize this gift at a later date, all you have to do is match the frequency of chakra and you will be able to sense it," said Byakuya. Naruto was then jolted out of his conversation when Shino stated that he had foundKurenai's location. They then planned what they would do once the got there.
/Kurenai's Point of View/
It had been ten minutes now and as far as Kurenai could tell none of her potential students had left the clearing. She was starting to wonder what they were up to when she noticed thst they were on the move. She noted that they were heading right towards her.
With that thought in mind she got herself ready for what should be a rather short fight. She was taken by surprise however when three different sets of hr students erupted from different directions. The Shino triplets were the first to react as they send a wave of insects right towards her. When she went to jump out of the way she found herself having to duck from a palm strike from Hinata which forced her back. Right into the direction of the Naruto triplets who took a swing at her with his katana. She easily dodged that and jumped up into the air. However she was not ready for another wave of insects to appear which latched onto her body holding her in place.
With her immoblie, all of the genin lightly tapped places tha would cause if not fatal atleast debilitating injuries. She was pleased to note that they also appeared to have worked together. After she was released from the insect prison she congradulated her new genin team.
"Well done, you all managed to land a hit upon my body. However that was not the true goal of the test, you all were supposed to work together which I am proud to say that you did. I also want to congradulate you all for fighting me when I had my capapbilties sealed down to a mid-chunin rank level. I want all of you to meet me at the Hokage's office tomorrow morning as we shall be doing a mission. Dismissed," said Kurenai who then disappeared in a small explosion of smoke.
The genin all bid one another goodbye and went their separate ways. When Naruto arrived back at his apartment h went straight to bed as he was tired. When he fell asleep he arrived inside of his mindscape where Byakuya informed him that while he slept he would be learning the basic abilities that the Shinigami utilize.
Another chapter done.
