Hello everyone, and may I give my heartfelt apologies at not putting out chapters like I used to. I hope to be spiting out more chapters soon. My muse is being a little testy right now, so please, bear with me. Other than that, I hope you enjoy this short chapter, it was the best I could get out right now.

Disclaimer: I do not, or have I ever, owned Naruto.

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-The Next Day-

Naruto, Anko, and the Hokage were at a ninja clothing shop looking for outfits for the young Genin. Anko had joined the group when she heard that it was just going to be two guys going, well her exact words were, "There is no way I'm letting Naruto-kun get a wardrobe change without a woman's approval, because if I let you pick it out, Old Man, he'll be wearing a dress, just like you!" Which caused a certain Genin to fall over laughing and a certain Hokage to scream, "IT IS NOT A DRESS!" much to the amusement of every ninja in the vicinity.

Naruto had just tried out the sixth outfit Sarutobi picked out, and was getting a little frustrated. He just couldn't find anything that suited him. Anko didn't seem to be helping much either, because every outfit she picked had most of his body in see-through fishnets. ("But Naruto-kun, don't you want all the girls to see your sexy body?")

He was about to give up when he spotted some items that caught his eye. He gathered them all and went into the changing room to try them on. After a few minutes, he exited and both Anko and Sarutobi were stunned. Here was Naruto, but he was now wearing a tight black t-shirt under a black Chuunin-style vest with orange outlines. He also sported a pair of plain black ninja pants that had built-in pouches and a belt around the waist made out of chains. His feet were housed in black combat boots with orange shoestrings and they had steel armor on the ends of them that protected the toes.

"Hey! What do you guys think?" Naruto yelled, snapping the adults out of their stupor.

"That's great Naruto-kun, you look like a real ninja now." the Hokage said with pride.

"Wow, you look hot Naruto-kun!" Anko blurted out, after which she blushed and slapped her hand over her mouth.

Naruto just smirked and said, "Why thank you Anko-chan, and may I say that you look as beautiful and sexy as ever." Which caused said woman to blush even more.

The Hokage just sweatdropped at the two ninjas' actions and shook his head, "Alright, let's get that outfit and a few more copies of it and let's go get some ramen, shall we?"

"Actually, Old Man, let's get some ramen and dango, I'm sure that Anko-chan would love that, wouldn't you, my dear?" Naruto said while smiling his sweetest smile at the blushing Jounin.

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-Three Hours Later-

Naruto and his group had just left Anko's favorite dango shop, their bellies full, and in the case of one Old Man, wallets empty.

"Well, that certainly hit the spot!" Naruto exclaimed while he patted his stuffed stomach, "Thanks Gramps!"

"I...I just don't understand, how can two people as in shape as they are, eat $300 worth of ramen and dango..." a crying Hokage muttered to himself and he shook his empty wallet. The weird thing was, when he did so, a few cobwebs fell out and a small puff of dust.

"Well, I'm gonna go hit the hay," Naruto said after a few minutes of them walking around, "Care to join me, Anko-chan?" he added with a wink and a smirk.

A blush formed on the older woman's face while a smirk formed on the older man's.

"Well, that does sound like a marvelous idea, Naruto-kun, how about you two get right on that while I retire to my office and finish my work." the Hokage said, as he patted both the younger ninjas on their backs, thereby thrusting them toward each other. He then disappeared in a poof of smoke.

Naruto just chuckled at the blush on Anko's face, which caused her blush to turn into a smirk as she disappeared from view for half a second and reappeared hugging Naruto to her chest.

"Actually, let's do that, shall we Naruto-kun?" she said flirtatiously and they both disappeared from the street.

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The Next Morning

Naruto was stumbling around the forest, trying to regain the feeling in his legs. The night before, Anko had Shunshin'd them back to the tower in the Forest of Death, and proceeded to fall asleep on his chest.

Now, normally, this wouldn't have effected the young man too much, as he had done much more than that before, but the fact that she had him pinned with no less than 10 snakes, 10 very large and very venomous, snakes that made escape and sleep impossible due to them staring at him all night like a piece of steak.

He normally wasn't afraid of animals when he was in the Forest, but these were summons, and therefore, not a part of the Forest... and they scared the living shit out of him.

He had only been joking when he asked her to sleep with him, and somehow he knew that his joke was going to come back to haunt him sooner or later...

He shook his head of his thoughts as he looked at his watch, and found out that he only had 10 minutes to get to the academy. He then hightailed it through the trees as fast as he could.

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Iruka was sitting at his desk as his now former students started filling in the seats in front of him. He was waiting for Naruto to show up before beginning, but it looked like he would be late as the second began its climb to the top of the clock.

He stood up and was about to address the class when they all heard a weird sound coming from the direction of the window. Whatever it was, it was coming closer, but Iruka just shrugged it off as it probably wasn't that important.

He was just about to speak, and the second hand was just 5 ticks from the starting time, when the window burst and an object came crashing into the classroom. Everyone turned to the object, a few of them actually getting ready for a fight when they saw that it was a weird, brown ball. It unfolded itself open and to their surprise Naruto came bounding out of it.

"Did I make it?" he asked as he looked at the clock, which at the moment just clicked to the very top, and a bell rang out.

"YES!" said blonde yelled as the bell rang.

"Naruto! Yes, you made it by the skin of your teeth, now please find a seat!" Iruka shouted, irritated at his pseudo little brother.

"Yes, Iruka-sensei." Naruto said as his puppet burst into smoke as he sealed it into his tattoo again and then took a seat beside Sasuke.

"Geez Naruto, could you have been cut it any closer?" his brother asked him as he took a seat.

"Well, I probably could have shaved off a few seconds, but I didn't want to come bounding in here before the bell and look like a dumbass."

"Yeah, right, because what you did didn't look like that at all, did it?"

"Exactly!"

Iruka cleared his throat to get the boys' attention, and after he had it he said, "Well, now that everyone is here, let me begin by saying congratulations to everyone who passed the exams. I'm proud of all of you."

Ino raised her hand at this, and after Iruka nodded at her, she said, "But, I didn't think that Naruto passed yesterday?"

"Yes, well, due to certain circumstances, Naruto's test has been reevaluated and he did pass. That's all I have to say about that, and if there are no other questions, let's begin the team sorting, shall we?"

Iruka then began going through the teams, Teams 1-6 were all minor characters who no one really gives a damn about and who are never mentioned again...

"Team 7 shall be Sakura Haruno, Sasuke Uchiha, and Naruto Uzumaki."

At this, both boys smirked at each other and gave each other a fist pound.

(The teams are canon, and the author shall not waste his time typing the rest of them out, and it has nothing to due with the fact that he couldn't really remember how to spell their last names...)

"Now, you will be waiting here for your Jonin instructors to show up and collect you. Once again, congratulations, and good luck with your ninja careers." Iruka said and then he left

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After Iruka left, the students began talking amongst themselves again.

Sasuke turned to his brother, "So, what was that thing that you were wrapped up in Naruto?"

"Oh that? That was my puppet, Centa."

"Oh... wait, did you just say puppet? Since when can you use puppets? Isn't that supposed to be extremely hard, since you need a huge amount of chakra control?"

"Yes, since I went to Suna, and yes it is hard."

Sasuke just looked stunned, he had had no idea that Naruto was skilled enough to use puppets, let alone that he even knew about them. He just shook his head, his brother was just full of surprises.

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It had been over an hour since Iruka left and Team 7 was the only ones left waiting in the room, and they were all showing signs of irritation.

"Where the hell is this guy?" Naruto asked, anger in his voice.

"I have no idea, but I thought that Jonin were supposed to be on time?!" Sasuke half-shouted.

The two boys caught each others eye and their faces broke into mischievous grins. They both stood up and began running around the room, gathering up items as they went.

After a few minutes of work, they stood back to see their masterpiece. Sakura was torn between her love of Sasuke and her irritation that they were going to prank their new teacher as soon as they saw him.

They didn't have to wait long as the door opened to reveal a man with a mask covering half of his face.

"Yo." he said as he waved at them lamely.

Then the trap sprung. Glue dropped from a bucket above the Jonin, which covered him, followed by a huge box of feathers, and then crushed chalk fell on him, completely covering him from head to toe with dust.

The two boys burst out in laughter as Sakura was shocked that their prank actually worked.

They then heard a growl from the Jonin as he said, "Well, I've decided that I hate you all already, so good job. Come to the roof, now!"

Then he disappeared in a poof of smoke.

"Damn, it was only a shadow clone, and not the real him." Naruto said, a little depressed.

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After they made it to the roof, they found the man sitting on a bench. He motioned them to sit in front of him, which they did.

"Well, how about we start with introductions?"

"What do you mean sensei? How about you go first?" Sakura asked.

"Well, start with your name, your likes, dislikes, and your dreams. My name is Kakashi Hatake, my friends call me Kakashi, you three may call me Kakashi-sensei. I like some things, and I dislike you three and some other things. I have lots of dreams..."

'All he told us was his name and that he hates us...' went through the minds of all three of them as they sweatdropped.

"Alright Pinky, you start."

"My name is Sakura Haruno. I like..." at this she blushed and glanced at Sasuke and giggled, "I dislike Naruto-baka!" she said with a growl, "My dreams..." she blushed and glanced at Sasuke again.

"Well, you're useless... Alright, Duckbutt, you next."

Sasuke growled at this while Naruto let out a laugh.

"My name is Sasuke Uchiha, I like my brother and ramen. I dislike people who treat others badly for things that they can't control, and my dream is to get stronger and revive my clan."

At this, Kakashi was a little shocked, for he had thought that this boy was just going to be a revenge-seeking brooder, but he his his surprise well as he turned to Naruto.

"Alright Blondey, now you."

"My name is Naruto Uzumaki. I also like my brother and ramen. I dislike people who only see the scroll for the kunai sealed inside of it. My dream is to prove those people wrong, and to meet a certain person again..."

Kakashi actually showed his shock when Naruto said the "sealed kunai" part, but quickly recovered from it.

"Alright, now that that is taken care of, you're all free to go. But meet at Training Ground 8 tomorrow and 7 a.m. sharp for your test. Oh, and I suggest that you don't eat anything, or else you'll just throw up..."

"But, Kakashi-sensei, I thought that we already passed the test?" Sakura asked.

"Oh, that? That was just to weed out the weaklings and the minor characters. This will be the real test."

After that, he disappeared in a swirl of leaves, leaving the kids on their own.

"Well, I guess I'll see you tomorrow, Sakura-chan." Naruto said, "Hey Sasuke, wanna go get some ramen?"

"Hell yeah!" his brother said as they started walking off.

"Hey, wait, can I come too?" Sakura called after them.

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Well, here is the new chapter. I apologize at its shortness, but I'm having a bad case of writer's block, mainly in the form of college classes. But I will be working on another chapter.

I promise that the next one will be way longer, Believe It!

Also, to everyone who is still following the story, I thank you from the bottom of my heart.

And to those who are new to the story, welcome, and I promise that there will be more chapters soon.

Until next time, this is LordDimir, saying Good Night and Good Luck!