Chapter 4: Meeting Sensei
A week later, Mimi, Shen and Naruto were summoned back to the Academy. They'd been assigned into their team already. It made sense to put them all together since they already worked well together and Sarutobi didn't want to mess up with the team dynamic.
At the meeting, the council had tried to break the three apart. One even suggested for Naruto to be teamed with Sasuke Uchiha and Sakura Haruno. They expected Naruto to teach Sasuke GekiJyuKen but Sarutobi forbade it. The three GekiJyuKen genin would be on the same team and that was final.
Shen was just reading a book as Mimi hugged Bae like a doll. Naruto was nearly close to falling asleep. Last night they'd done some training until very late at night so they hadn't gotten much sleep. Strangely, Shen still looked fresh and alert.
"Wonder who's gonna be our new instructor?" said Mimi.
"I don't know and don't care," said Shen. "I don't care who we get as long as he or she can help us improve."
"Yeah," Naruto nodded. "But I sure hope we don't get someone who hates me."
"That would be counterproductive," commented Shen.
"Too bad we can't get Iruka-sensei," frowned Mimi. "He's nice."
"Yes, but we need a jounin, and he's a chuunin," said Bae.
Soon enough all the new genin were seated at their desks. At the front of the room were several jounin. They looked like an odd group of people, but they were definitely good at what they did. Iruka was in front of them with a clipboard. No doubt it was for who was assigned to which team.
"Okay everybody! Today you begin your career as genin. Remember that you are now shinobi of Konoha. Make sure that all of your actions are a credit to us." Iruka announced. Seeing he was getting no resistance, he decided to get to the main situation. "Okay. Now we begin team assignments. Team 1…"
Each student paid close attention to who was being called. All of them were hoping that they would be with some friends. Others were just hoping that they would be paired up with crushes (Ino, Sakura).
"Team 7," Iruka spoke up. "We have Sasuke Uchiha, Sakura Haruno…"
"YES!" Sakura suddenly cried out in her victory over her rival, Ino. Iruka promptly ignored her as he continued.
"And Jin Shirune. Your jounin sensei is Kakashi Hatake," Iruka continued. Team 8 will be Hinata Hyuuga, Shino Aburame, and Kiba Inuzuka. Your jounin sensei will be Kurenai Yuhi."
Hinata fidgeted slightly and looked to both her new male teammates before she smiled shyly. Shino nodded as Kiba grinned wildly.
"Team 9 will be Naruto Uzumaki, Shen Long, and Mimi Fujitaka," Iruka announced before he saw who their teacher would be. He flinched as he read the name. "Your jounin sensei will be Anko Mitirashi."
Shen sighed at the revelation of his last name. The reason he didn't like it was because it was the same name as the Dragon-ken user who tried to destroy the world. Pushing aside the issue for later, he and his team looked to the grinning jounin who was looking at them. She was a woman who was wearing a tan trenchcoat and a fishnet shirt with a short skirt. Her hair was short with some of it tied up at the back. She also had a dango stick in her mouth.
"Creepy," Naruto muttered.
"She seems like fun," Mimi commented.
"She'd better be good," Shen muttered.
After team assignments had been given, Anko took the three GekiJyuKen users to her favorite spot for introductions. It was outside her favorite dango stand where she would usually get her snacks.
"OK, this is just a formality, but let's just go with the flow," said Anko, "Now, introduce yourselves, tell us your likes, dislikes and your dreams." She pointed at Mimi, "Let's start with you."
"Sensei, could you give us an example, first?" asked Mimi.
Anko sighed, "Fine, I'll start. My name's Anko Mitirashi and I like dango and good long fights. What I dislike are traitors and people who slack off. My dreams are none of your business. Good enough?"
"Hai!" Mimi smiled. "My name's Mimi Fujitaka and I like sweets and Shen-sama. What I dislike are perverts and people who don't take things seriously. My dream is to show people that women are as good as warriors as men are. Oh, that and marry Shen-sama."
"Cute," Anko snickered. "Okay, emo boy next."
"My name's Shen Long," Shen answered. "I like training and learning new things. I dislike people who don't earn what they get and being teased because of my name. My dream is to surpass my teacher and show him I am worthy of what he taught me."
"Not bad," Anko nodded as she chomped some dango. "Okay, blondie."
"Name's Naruto Uzumaki!" Naruto grinned. "I like my friends and ramen. I dislike people who betray others and the three minutes it takes to cook ramen. My dream is to become Hokage!"
'Sounds like I got a real mixer of a team,' Anko thought to herself. Well, she could have done worse anyway. "Okay, the Hokage assigned me to you brats so I hope you can make it worth my time. We meet tomorrow at Training Ground 9."
"Is it our first mission?" asked Naruto excitedly.
"No, but you'd better treat it like one. This is going to be a test!" Anko grinned. "And you better hope you pass or else you're going to be sent back to the academy if you don't!"
"WHAT?" the three GekiJyuKen students cried out.
"And you better put some backbone into it too," Anko continued to snicker. "'Cause the failure rate for this test is sixty-six percent."
"You've gotta be kidding me!" Naruto cried out loudly.
"Nope," Anko smirked sinisterly. "Better prepare. For your sakes I hope you make it interesting."
With that, she tossed some money to the vendor before she vanished in a swirl of dust and leaves. It left the three GekiJyuKen users to try and recover from their shock and develop a plan to pass the upcoming test.
Later, the Rangers were walking back to Naruto's place. Many of the villagers glanced at the three.
"Do you think she was serious about sending us back to the academy if we failed?" asked Mimi.
"I don't know what to think but we better prepare for anything," said Shen.
"Oh, it can't be that hard!" laughed Naruto.
"Naruto, be serious," Shen frowned. "I can't believe you're so easygoing."
"Hey, as long as we work together, we can do anything," said Naruto. "So, who's up for more training? I think I can get the Rai Rai Jyu right this time."
The next day, the Rangers met up at the designated area with their instructor, Anko. She had a dango stick between her teeth and looking at them all. She grinned, "I sure hope you didn't have a huge breakfast, kids, because you're gonna be seeing it again once this test is done."
Mimi and Shen both seemed ready for anything. Naruto on the other hand just snorted and crossed his arms. He obviously wasn't too concerned about the test that Anko was about to administer. He probably forgot about the sixty-six percent failure rate.
"This is going to be a simple test even for you rookies," Anko smirked as she idly tossed a kunai in her hand. Where she got it was anyone's guess, but Naruto figured it was how Mimi was able to pull out a hammer to hit perverts with when she got really mad.
"So what's the test?" Naruto asked.
"Why? Eager to fail?" Anko grinned, making the blonde snort. "Okay, your test is simple. You three have to start here and then reach the Hokage Monument before the sun goes down."
"What kind of test is that?" Naruto cried out.
"My kind of test," Anko smirked. "You see, I'm going to be attacking you at random moments during the test. You'll have to fend me off if you want to get there on time."
The Rangers exchanged looks and Shen spoke up, "So, this is basically a survival test."
"That's right," Anko grinned. "And, you all gotta reach the finish line. If one of you fails, all of you fail."
"Sounds fair," Shen shrugged. "We're teammates. We win together and lose together."
"And we'll definitely win!" Naruto exclaimed with great determination.
"That's the spirit, Naruto-kun!" encouraged Bae. Mimi nodded in agreement.
Anko smiled. This team definitely got the whole teamwork thing down. Still, she wanted to put it to the test. "OK, let's start the test!" She then vanished in a puff of smoke.
"Good luck, everyone!" cheered Bae as he watched the three Rangers go on the run.
Shen was in the lead with both Naruto and Mimi behind him. It'd been agreed a long time ago that Shen was their field leader. Naruto did complain at the beginning but when told of the difference between him and Shen, they finally agreed on it. Still, Naruto was made his wing-man and the duo, along with Mimi, worked together well.
"Keep ALL your senses opened," Shen advised. "Mimi, use your eyes to scan the area. With your skill you got a 360 degree of vision. Naruto, listen and sniff her out."
"OK, Shen-sama!"
"You got it, Shen!"
This was a test between a jounin and three students of the GekiJyuKen Beast Arts. For the honor of their school, they will not fail!
"AGH! SNAKES! SNAKES!" Naruto cried as he and his friends dashed down the streets of Konoha. The reason for their distress? Several dog-sized snakes were chasing them with loud hisses.
"This is getting annoying," Shen growled.
From the moment they had exited the training grounds, Anko had assaulted the trio with kunai, shuriken, and other such implements. However, Mimi's vision and Naruto's senses managed to pinpoint where the weapons were coming from and they managed to avoid them.
This went on until they actually managed to get into the city. However, Anko apparently got bored with kunai and shuriken. When they got into the town, Anko began shooting snakes at them. Naruto took the brunt of the snakes for his team since the Kyuubi rendered their poisons useless. However, after a bit of that, Anko began summoning larger snakes to try and deter the team from reaching their goal.
"Tsk!" Shen frowned as he reverse kicked a snake in the face, making it vanish in a plume of smoke. "Naruto, calm down! Anko-sensei's trying to keep us off track!"
"Huh?" Naruto blinked as he glanced at his friend.
"Yah!" Mimi cried, knocking another large snake into its fellows, making them get tangled together. "Shen-sama's right! Anko-sensei's trying to keep us away from the monument, remember?"
"Oh! Right!" Naruto gasped, remembering the stipulation of the test now that the snakes were dealt with. "These snakes were chasing us away!"
"Right," Shen nodded. "We have to keep moving towards the monument. We can't be reckless either or else we'll get caught up in traps like these. We only have a little bit of time before sunset so we have to keep moving!"
"Right!" Naruto and Mimi nodded.
"Naruto," began Shen as he looked to his blonde teammate. "Mimi," he added, looking to the green clad girl. "If we're gonna pass Anko-sensei's test, we're going to have to use what we've got."
"Our Gekiwaza!" Mimi realized. They hadn't been using any of their special techniques.
"Naruto can cause confusion if he uses his clones," Shen said. "Mimi, you can disguise yourself and conceal your presence completely. I, on the other hand, have good hunting instincts."
"So, divide and conquer," Naruto concluded.
"We split up, and try to confuse and take down Anko-sensei before she can take us down. Then, we reach the goal together." Shen extended his hand. "You with me?" Naruto slapped his hand on top of Shen's.
"Count me in!" Naruto grinned. Mimi slapped her hand atop Naruto's.
"Me too," Mimi beamed.
"Alright. Let's start Operation: Divide and Conquer," Shen said.
Shen ran down back alleys as he tried to keep the snakes from attacking him. Their size had increased to just under the size of cars and they were more than capable of swallowing him. Dashing past one determined cobra, Shen turned past a corner and stopped at a dead end.
"Teammates ditched ya, didn't they?"
Shen turned around and saw Anko sitting on the back of a horse-sized snake like a queen reclining on her throne. She seemed completely at ease with the snakes around her as she chewed at the end of a dango stick while cleaning under her nails with a kunai.
"Kind of a disappointment," the special jounin shrugged with a sinister snicker. "Well, at least I get to have some fun for a while." Flipping the kunai into the air, she and the snakes began to advance on the cornered Shen.
"Gekiwaza! Kitsune Bunshin!"
Suddenly, all of the little stones and rocks which littered the ground exploded into clones of Naruto. The snakes were besieged by the numerous copies as they were tackled and attacked. Anko narrowly missed getting kicked in the head by one clone as it dived at her. Snorting, she stabbed it in the back, making it explode into smoke before a pebble dropped to the ground.
"You cheeky little brat," Anko snorted. She tried to sound upset, but she was honestly impressed with the sneak attack. "So where's the girl?"
"Hiyaaaa!"
Anko suddenly felt something hit her back, making her body suddenly feel heavier. Sheer reflex got her to stumble away from the attacker and onto a higher vantage point. She felt like several large rocks had been tied to her back, but she was still able to move. She knew that was a female voice, but where was the little brat?
"Take her down!" Shen ordered.
"OK, Shen-sama!" Mimi's voice was heard.
'So, the girl can become invisible and mask her chakra signature,' thought Anko. 'Interesting. Might make a good assassin one day too.'
"DOG PILE!" the Naruto clones shouted as they rained down on Anko.
"That trick won't work!" Anko crowed as she went into a flurry of moves, striking at the clones like a serpent aiming for its prey. She lashed out, rendering them back into pebbles. She grinned. These kids were definitely an interesting bunch. "Got anymore tricks?"
"Tsui Tsui Zen!" A pair of arms shot out from under Anko and grabbed her legs before pulling her down to the ground.
"What the hell?" Anko cried as she felt herself sink into the dirt. 'Dammit! He pulled one of Kakashi's tricks!"
Anko felt herself pulled down until only her head was sticking out of the dirt. As she was secured by the ground, the clones poofed out of existence. Meanwhile, Shen walked over to the downed jounin while Naruto rose from the dirt and Mimi faded into view. All three had smug grins on their faces.
"Ha! We got you Anko-sensei!" Naruto grinned.
"Sorry," Mimi apologized, "But you left us no choice."
"We'll see you at the Hokage Monument," said Shen. "Ja ne."
The trio then rushed off towards their goal, leaving Anko where she is.
Anko couldn't help but grin. "Those three are gonna make quite the team here." She then heard footsteps. "How long have you been there, Iruka?"
"Long enough," the chuunin answered.
"Mind helping a lady in need?" she asked sweetly.
"If I can find one," he joked.
"Ha, ha," she laughed sarcastically. "Just get me out of here!" she snapped impatiently.
"OK, OK," he nodded.
By the time the Rangers reach the top of the monument, the sun was about to go down. This allowed them to enjoy the sunset. Mimi had an arm hooked around Shen's as she leaned against him as Naruto grinned widely.
"We made it," said Naruto.
"You sure did, kids," said Anko as she walked up behind them.
"So, you managed to get out," said Shen.
"Hey, I'm not a jounin for nothing," said Anko. "Well, you got her before sunset so I guess that means you three pass and are now officially genin!"
"YES!" Naruto cheered.
Mimi beamed and pecked Shen on the cheek, making him blush, but he had a smile of his own as well.
Anko's grin turned evil, "Of course that means that from this day onwards I own your asses!"
Naruto, Mimi and Shen sweatdropped.
"So? Who's hungry? Dinner's on me!" said Anko sweetly before leading the way.
"Shen?" Naruto began.
"Yes, Naruto?" Shen answered.
"Do you think we made a mistake in passing?" Naruto asked uncertainly.
Shen looked to Anko's retreating form and sighed. "I'm not so sure anymore…"
"Hey, guys! Don't be so glum! We passed and officially a team now here in Konoha!" said Mimi encouragingly. "And I'm starving so let's go!" She grabbed their hands and dragged them along.
At Ichiraku's, the team had ramen. Naruto had finished his 5th bowl already. Bae was flying about, congratulating them.
"Oh…I'm sorry I missed it!" said Bae.
"We'll give you the play-by-play later, Bae-chan," said Mimi.
"So, this little guy is like your mascot, huh?" asked Anko.
"Sure is," said Naruto. "And our eye in the sky."
Bae nodded and landed upon Mimi's shoulder. He'd nearly gotten himself swatted by people when they saw him so he was safer near Mimi. "Well, congrats on being a new genin team!"
"Yeah!" Naruto threw a fist in the air. "Team Geki rules!"
"Team Geki, huh? Nice name," grinned Anko. "So, want to tell me about those fancy jutsus you did?"
"In time, sensei," said Shen. "In time."
"So, what will tomorrow bring?" Bae asked Anko.
"Oh, D-Rank missions and maybe some lessons from me," said Anko, grinning wide and making the trio sweat nervously. "So, you better rest up, kids! I'm gonna make you three the toughest genin team in Konoha!"
Kamen Rider Chrome: A pretty short chap, but it introduces Anko as the new sensei of Team Geki. Well, next chap we'll have a time skip of a few weeks.