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A/N: I realized I was seriously off when I said that this story could run at least seventy chapters. Based on what I think it will likely be at this time, it might run longer than a hundred chapters. It's still way to soon to tell, but it's a safe bet that length will very likely here.

Now, for the poll results. The winner of the who will be the Jonin sensei for Team Rave is Kurenai at 19 votes. Anko got 11 votes. Yamato got 8 votes. Guy got 2 votes. And poor Asuma got none.

And now, lets begin chapter four of this story.

Rave Master Naruto

Rave 4: The Birth of Team Rave

Naruto was suppose to arrive at the Kage tower around noon to get his picture taken for his shinobi ID card, but he didn't arrive till around three in the afternoon, and he looked very tired to boot. As he entered with a still asleep Plue resting on his head, Sarutobi noticed Naruto's fatigue and wondered how he managed to walk all the way here in such a state.

"Naruto, you do realize that your nearly three hours late" said Sarutobi, though he was more worried about Naruto's current condition than him actually being late. Naruto brought a hand up to his face and covered his mouth as he gave a big yawn before smacking his lips and bringing his hand up to rub the sleep from his eyes.

"Yeah, sorry about that. I was up late last night, as I'm sure you remember. I didn't get into bed till eight this morning and I had trouble falling asleep." He yawned again as he patted his cheeks with his hands in an effort to wake up. Sarutobi nodded and said "Yes, I remember your valiant effort in stopping Mizuki. But, do you think you can keep awake long enough for this?"

Naruto nodded as he finally did start to become more awake, though he felt that he was definitely going to be sleeping like a stone when he got home. Sarutobi motioned for Naruto to go and stand by the giant Leaf symbol while he went and got the camera man. After a few minutes, he returned saying "OK Naruto, are you ready to...?"

His words stopped dead as he saw Naruto, asleep while standing in the same spot as he had left Naruto at. A rather well sized snot bubble was coming from both Naruto's and Plue's noses as they snored up a storm. The camera man looked at him and said "You know, I could take the picture tomorrow, ya know."

Sarutobi shook his head and said "Then there wouldn't be enough time to get his ID ready to be given to his Jonin sensei so it can then be given to him. And unless he has his card, he won't be allowed to take on missions seeing as those cards are more than just for identification. Don't worry though, I have an idea that will wake him up."

Sarutobi grinned at his idea as he walked over to Naruto and got close to his right ear, took a deep breath, and then shouted at the top of his lungs "TODAY AT ICHIRAKU'S, ALL YOU CAN EAT FOR FREE!" Naruto's first response was to shriek at the top of his lungs as he awoke violently and jumped away from a laughing Sarutobi. "Hey old man, what the hell was that...? Wait a minute, did you say something about a free ramen day at Ichiraku's?"

Sarutobi felt bad for using that lie now, seeing and hearing the hope coming from Naruto. "First things first, your picture." Naruto nodded, now fully awake as he said "Oh yeah, right. Well, what are we waiting for? Lets get this over with." As Naruto got into position again, the camera man asked "Hey, what about your....gerbil? Shouldn't you wake it up or at least lay him off to the side or something?"

Naruto shook his head as he said "He's no gerbil, he's a carrot nosed dog and my partner. He's going to be in the picture too, though I doubt he will wake up. He's even harder to awaken than me, and that's saying something." The man looked at Naruto, then at Plue, then at Naruto again and said "A carrot nose dog, huh? Sure, if you say so kid. You ready?"

Naruto nodded as the man brought his camera up and just as he took the picture, Plue woke up and struck a pose on Naruto's head that resembled an "Onward to victory" pose by sticking an arm out and pointing directly ahead of himself. With the picture taken, the man said "Boy, I have seen some weird stuff in my life, but this takes the cake and then some."

With his job complete, he leaves to go get the pictures turned into IDs so as to have them back here by morning. Once he had left, Naruto turned to Sarutobi and said "Now, what was this about free ramen?" Sarutobi sighed and said "Sorry Naruto, there isn't any free ramen. I just said that to get you to wake up."

"What, you actually did that to me? Man, I can't believe you, old man. That has got to be the lowest thing to have ever been done to a person" shouted Naruto as he seethed with anger. Plue shook his head and laid back down on Naruto's head and went back to sleep. "Sorry Naruto, but the life of a ninja is about deception and trickery after all to get what you want and needed done."

Naruto was about to yell some more when a good idea came to him. "OK, fine. Your right, a ninja is about deception and trickery. Now, here's a little justu I made for just such an occasion; transform." Naruto and Plue were enveloped by smoke as Sarutobi sat there and wondered what Naruto was going to do.

The smoke suddenly evaporated, leaving behind a completely naked blond girl with small amounts of smoke cover her private areas just barely. The girl smiled and winked at Sarutobi and said "Well, what do you think of the Sexy Jutsu, old man?" The girl then blew a kiss at Sarutobi who immediately suffered a major loss of blood through his nose as he was sent flying back in his chair and hit the ground hard.

"Aw snap, I hope I didn' t kill him" shouted Naruto as he returned to normal. he knew that blowing a kiss was a bad idea, but he couldn't help it as it seemed like a funny idea at the time. He ran over and saw Sarutobi twitching badly on the ground saying something about "not a pervert". Little did Naruto know that some one had seen the whole thing from the door.

A few minutes later, Sarutobi was back into a sitting position again as he said "Naruto, where did you learn that...um, interesting jutsu?" Naruto smiled proudly and said "I came up with the idea after finding one of Kakashi-sensei's pervy books when he was training me and reading it a little. I thought that if nothing else, the Sexy Jutsu would make a good distraction based move while on missions seeing as almost any guy would be effected by it unless they were, you know, more interested in guys than in girls."

Sarutobi nodded at the explanation and even silently agreed with the usefulness of the move, but then said "That's fine then Naruto, but promise me you won't use it on me or any other Leaf shinobi ever again. If you do, I'll give you a coupon for some free Miso Pork Ramen at Ichiraku's."

Naruto quickly nodded and got the coupon. He then ran from the room as his need for ramen was starting to over power his common sense. Sarutobi smiled and said "So much like his father. Minato was normally the most shy and quiet boy I have ever known till some one mentioned ramen, then he would become excited and energetic for the stuff and would run off to eat some."

As Naruto ran down the street, he failed to notice a trip wire having been set up till his feet came into contact with it and he was sent crashing into the ground hard and Plue went rolling onto the ground a few feet aways from him. As Naruto pulled himself up, he said to himself "Damn, what was that? How the heck did I end up falling on my face? I'm sure I didn't trip over myself."

Just as he got back to his feet, he felt something brush by him, hitting him in the process. "What the..." he started till he caught sight of a seven year old boy wearing a yellow shirt, white shorts, and a weird looking white helmet with a hole on top that allowed a portion of his hair to stick out.

"Hey, who are you and are you the one who caused me to fall and bumped into me afterwards?" shouted an annoyed Naruto. The kid huffed and said "Funny, you don't seem so special to me. And the answer to both your question's is yes." Naruto was getting annoyed already and said "OK, tell me why you did it and for that matter, who the heck are you?"

"My name is Konohamoru Sarutobi, the honored grandson of the Third Hokage of our village. And as for why I did what I did, I wanted to test you abilities and I must say I'm not impressed. Still, you did get a grandpa really good back there, so I have a request for you."

Naruto looked dumbfounded as he said "YOUR the old man's grandson?" Konohamoru nodded proudly as he thought 'NOW, he will have no choice but to help me seeing as nobody ever refuses me.' "OK, what I want from you is for you to teach me that jutsu you used against my grandpa. I think you called it Sexy Jutsu or something."

He had expected Naruto to agree right away, seeing as everybody usually did when he asked for something, but instead... "NO WAY, YOU LITTLE BRAT. WHY SHOULD I HAVE TO WASTE MY TIME TEACHING YOU ANYTHING?" shouted Naruto angrily. 'What, he actually refused me? Nobody had ever done that before' thought a surprised Konohamoru.

Naruto started to look around and said "Now, where did Plue go? We need to get to Ichiraku's quickly." "Hold it, don't you know who I am? I'm the grandson of the third..." started Konohamoru, till Naruto interrupted and said "I don't care who you are. I don't have time to be teaching runts like you how to do anything. Now where did Plue dissapear to?"

Konohamoru was about to demand Naruto's help again when he stopped and asked "Hey, who's Plue?" Before Naruto can answer, Konohamoru feels a tug on his shorts. He lookes down and see Plue looking up at him while presenting him with a gift of a giant beetle. Konohamoru's eyes go wide as he yells at the top of his lungs "WWWWAAAAHHHHH, giant mutant hamster."

Naruto turned around and, seeing Plue, said "He ain't no hamster, he's Plue and he just so happens to be a carrot nosed dog." "Puun" said Plue in agreement. "What, that things a dog? No way" shouts Konohamoru in disbelief. Naruto sighed and said "Look, I really don't have time for this now. Maybe I'll teach it to you another day. Right now, me and Plue have a date with a ramen bowl. Lets go Plue."

Plue runs over to Naruto and they go to leave, till Konohamoru yells out "No, I want you to train me now." Naruto turns around again and ask "And if I say no?" Konohamoru smiles evilly as he says "Then this free ramen meal ticket dies a quick and torn up death." He then presents Naruto's free ramen ticket for him to see.

"What the? When did you..." starts Naruto till he realizes that he must have taken it when Konohamoru had ran into him. Getting angry, Naruto says "You wouldn't dare?" Konohamoru's response is to tear it ever so slightly and then says "Wouldn't I? Just try me and see what I dare and what I don't dare to do." Naruto sighs in defeat and says "Fine, you win. Lets go to a training ground and get this over with."

RMN

Ebisu was standing before the Hokage with a worried look on his face. Sarutobi managed to hold back his laugh at seeing the Special Jonin all nervous as he said "So, you can't seem to find my grandson anywhere, is that right?" Ebisu nodded and said "Yes, lord Hokage. I was taking him to do some endurance training when he managed to sneak away from me again."

Sarutobi shook his head and said "How many times has he been able to do that to you now? I must say Ebisu, I'm beginning to wonder if you have what it takes to train him, let alone having what it takes to be a Special Jonin. I mean, being outsmarted by a seven year old on a daily basis is a rather bad sign of your own abilities."

Ebisu hung his head down in shame as he said "Your right, lord Hokage. I am a failure and a disgrace to my title and duty. I'll understand if you wish to demote me and find another to train Konhamoru." Sarutobi finally gave him an amused chuckle as he said "Now now Ebisu, there will be no need for that. The fact little Kono can do what he does to a ninja of your level says a lot about his abilities. We just need to make him understand that there can be no short cuts to achieving his goals in life."

Ebisu looked up and sighed in relief as he said "Thank you, lord Hokage. With your permission, I shall go and find him right now and get him to focus on his studies." Sarutobi nodded and said "Why don't you try looking over at training ground four. I'm sure he's there right now being trained by Naruto since he was watching Naruto earlier and was impressed with the jutsu he used, though I doubt my grandson knew that I knew he was watching."

Ebisu nodds and goes to leave while saying "Understood lord Hokage. I shall go and pick him up from....wait, did you say he was with Naruto? Naruto as in Naruto Uzumaki; the container of the nine tailed fox?" Sarutobi nodded and asked "That isn't a problem now is it?" "No sir, I guess not" lied Ebisu as he quickly turned to leave. "Excuse me, I must be going and getting my young charge as soon as possible seeing as he's wasted enough time already with his studies."

(training ground #4)

Konohamoru was breathing heavily as he returned to normal. Naruto walked up smiling and said "Good work shorty, you all most got it down perfectly. Just a few minor corrections are still needed and you will be getting plenty of laughs at seeing grown guys pass out from sever blood loss via their noses."

Konohmaoru smiled as he walked over to a nearby log and sat down. "Thanks Naruto, for taking the time to train me in this. I really appreciate it." Naruto nodded and said "Well, you did threaten to destroy my free ramen ticket, so what else was I to do." Konohamoru looked down sadly and said "Oh yeah, I forgot about that. Here, you can have it back now."

Naruto takes the ticket and then says "And besides I've had a lot of fun training you too. It's helped me learn a lot about how to improve my own training in the future." Konohamoru looks at him, now with a happy expression, as he ask "You mean it? You're actually glad you agreed to train me today?"

Naruto nods again and says "That's what I just said, right? It was fun and a great way to work up an appetite for dinner tonight." Konohamoru silently agrees to that, then he notices the Key Rave hanging from Naruto's neck. "Hey Naruto, what is that thing your wearing? And for that matter, where the heck did you find that strange creature you call Plue at?"

Taking Rave into his hand, Naruto smiles and says "I can't tell you where I found them at, but I can tell you this. This sword shaped crystal is called Rave and the one who can call forth its power is the Rave Master. He has the ability to fight and destroy these evil stones called Dark Bring and it is the duty of the Rave Master to seek out and destroy all Dark Bring before they can be used to destroy the world."

"I see, and I guessing your the Rave Master?" asked Konohamoru. "That's right, Rave has chosen me to be its weilder so I must answe the call and do my duty as the Rave Master, just like Shib and Haru did when they were each the Rave Master long ago. And I have the honor of being the third in the line and will remain so till either I destroy all Dark Bring, or I die and a fourth Master is called on to finish the job."

"Do you think I could be the Rave Master someday?" asked Konohamoru. Naruto shrugs and says "Can't say seeing as Rave chooses who will wield it and not the Rave Master himself. And Rave will only choose a worthy person to call forth its power." Konohamoru nods, then ask "And what about Plue? How does he fit into all this?"

They both look over and see Plue chasing a butterfly around, getting a laugh from the sight of it, as Naruto says "Plue is the Rave Bearer. He's the partner to the Rave Master who can destroy the Dark Bring as well as sense out the location of the four Rave Stones that are scattered around once he's close enough to the location of each stone."

"And what do these stones do?" asked Konohamoru. "They're a part of Rave and I will need all five together to have the power need to destroy the mother Dark Bring. If I can find and destroy that, then all Dark Bring will be destroyed as well since they can't exist with out the master Bring around. I also have this cool sword that draws on Raves power to change into multiple shapes. I'll show it to you someday."

Konohamoru gets excited and says "Alright, I can't wait to see that. It must be really cool." Naruto nods and says "Trust me, it is. Though I have only gained two of its ten possible forms at the moment. Now I have a question for you." Konohamoru looks at him and asked "What is it?" "Why did you want me to teach you the Sexy Jutsu?"

Konohmaoru smiles as he says "Because, I want to use it to beat my grandfather and become the Hokage." Naruto looks at him with surprise written all over his face and says "Why do you want to be Hokage?" Konohamoru looks down sadly and says "Apart from my family, everyone else in the village has always called me honorable grandson and other such titles. All they have ever seen me as is the grandson the the Third Hokage, and not as me, Konohamoru the person. I just want people to see me the way anyone else would be seen and not as how they choose to see me now."

'We're so much alike, I never would have guessed it' thought Naruto as he looked at the kid with new respect and admiration. "Well, almost everyone. Since we first met, you have been the only person outside my family to treat me as a person and not as the grandson of the Third, even after learning that I was. Thank you, Naruto."

"Believe it or not, I can relate to your problem" said Naruto as he turned to look at the sky. "You can, how?" asked Konohamoru who wasn't expecting to hear that from Naruto. "Well, as far back as I can remember, I have been hated and looked down upon by most of the village. They hate and despise me for something that wasn't my fault and they have treated me like a monster with out ever getting to know the real me first. There are very few people who actually care about me, an I do mean a VERY FEW PEOPLE."

"What? But why?" shouted Konohamoru who couldn't believe that. He had known Naruto for only a short period of time, but he saw nothing wrong with him. "Ah, it doesn't matter. I know one day, I shall earn acceptance from everyone in the village. Till then, I shall continue to train and hope to one day fulfill my dream of becoming Hokage and earn their respect and admiration in the process."

Now it was Konohamoru who was looking at Naruto in a new way as he said "Then why haven't you yet? I mean, with that Sexy Jutsu, you could beat grandpa and become Hokage this very day." Naruto shakes his head and says "No, I couldn't. You see, being Hokage is more than just beating the current one. You need to be strong, smart, brave, and have the support of the village to be Hokage. The Hoakge is charged with protecting the whole village and everyone in it from all dangers and I know my heart that I'm just not ready for that quite yet."

Konohamoru was amazed as he said "Wow, I never thought about it that way. Your right, I guess neither of us are ready for that title yet." Naruto looks at him and says "Now you got it. There can be no short cuts in life for obtaining any of the goals you might have. It might be annoying to have your dreams seem so far away, but that just makes the realization of thous dreams all the better when they finally come true, because you know you worked hard and have earned them in the end."

"Yeah, I guess your right. Still, how do you keep going and wanting to protect this village if most everyone in it hates you?" Naruto laughs as he looks again to the sky and says "Aw, that ones easy to answer. Don't think about the past, live in the present, and dream of a great future. It's that thinking that has allowed me to keep going as I walk down the road called life while gazing upon that clear blue sky."

Konohamoru sits there speechless as a light breeze blows through Naruto's hair. 'Wow, he's so cool. I want to be like him when I grow up.' "Hey Naruto, can we be honorary brothers?" Naruto nods and says "Sure thing, little bro." Konohmaoru smiles, then he decides to ask "Hey bro, what does..." "So, I finally found you, honorable grandson."

Konohamoru freezes up as he recognizes the voice. 'Oh no, not him. How did he find me here?' He turns to see Ebisu looking down on him with an annoyed expression while he's adjusting his sun glasses. "Lord Konohamoru, its bad enough when you skip out on your lessons, but to find you here with this...person, I wonder how you can have such a poor ability in your choice of friends."

Naruto scowls at Ebisu and says "Watch it, ya geek. I don't think the old man would like you talking to me like that." Ebisu snorts and says "Watch your tongue, delinquent. You should know better than to refer to the Hokage as an old man. Didn't your parents teach you any manners?" Naruto looks down sadly and says "How can they when they both died they day I was born."

Ebisu realizes his error and says "Your right. My apologies on saying that. Now young lord, we must be going." Konohmaoru jumps away and says "No, not until you apologize to Naruto for insulting him." Ebisu frowns and says "We don't have time for this. We're already late in beginning your lessons so come along now."

"Oh, you want a lesson, huh? Then how about this one" shouts Konohamoru as he makes a handsign and transforms into a brown haired naked female. Ebsiu quickly gasped in shock as a small nose bleed begins and he yells "OH MY GOD, WHAT HAS THIS DELINQUENT BEING TEACHING YOU? THAT'S IT, YOUR GETTING EXTRA SPECIAL TRAINING THAT WILL ERASE THIS FILTH FROM YOUR MIND AT ONCE."

Konohamoru returns to normal and says "Darn it, it almost worked. But I guess Ebisu-sensei's stronger than I thought." Watching all this and seeing Ebisu try to drag Konohamoru away gives Naruto an idea to save him. "Hey Konohamoru, here's how you deal with a stubborn goat like this guy. Shadow Clone Jutsu."

Ebisu lets Konohamoru go as he sees fifty Naruto's appear all around him. Plue walks over and watches along side Konohmaoru as Ebisu says "Hm, I see you learned how to perform that jutsu. Well then, show me what you can do." All the Naruto's smile as they say "With pleasure, transform."

What appears before Ebisu is more than he can handle as fifty naked blond females all appear before him, then rush him and start giving him hugs as they say sweet nothings to him. "Whoa, that's amazing" shouts Konohamoru as he watches Ebisu suffer a massive nose bleed that send him flying back fifty yards before hitting the ground unconscious.

Naruto smiles and says "And that was is the unstoppable Ninja Harem Jutsu." Konohamoru rushes over and checks Ebisu before looking back at Naruto with a pale face and a worried expression. "Um, brother Naruto, I think he's dead?" "What! Aw snap, the old man's gonna kill me for this one, I just know it" shouts Naruto as he realizes he went WAY to far."

RMN

When Ebisu regained consciousness an hour later, he saw Konohamoru doing push ups near by as he hears Naruto's voice from right next to him. "Hey, you OK?" Ebisu nods and says "Sure, little woozzy but that's to be expected after losing that much blood all at once." Naruto grins and says "Yeah, sorry about that. Didn't think the Harem Jutsu would effect you that much."

"Just don't do it again" says Ebisu as he gets up and says "Well Konohamoru, its time to go. If you want to become Hokage quickly, then you'll need to train as hard as possible and I can help you there." Konohamoru gets up and nods as he says "Your right about the training, but I'm giving up on becoming Hokage quickly. I'll do it the slowly and take my time till I'm truly worthy of the title."

Ebisu looks at him with astonishment as he says "Well, that's a rather adult choice to make, wanting to do it the long way. I guess my teaching's have finally payed off, huh?" Konohamoru shakes his head and says "Not so much that as I got great advice from Naruto. He says that nothing worth doing is worth doing quickly. I should take my time and wait till I'm truly ready to become the leader of the village and that's many years away."

"I see" says Ebisu as he looks at Naruto, who's helping Plue onto his head. 'I guess I was wrong about him. Maybe Naruto can be a good influence after all.' As they walk away, Konohamoru stops and looks back at Naruto and shouts "Hey Naruto, I meant to ask you; what does a clear blue sky represent to you? Mean to you?"

Naruto smiles as he looks to the sky and says "It means HOPE, little brother. A clear blue sky is hope for the future. No matter how bad our past is or how uncertain the present is, there is and always will be a hope for tomorrow. A hope for the future." Konohamoru nods as he returns to walking and thinks 'A hope for the future, a clear blue sky. That's really cool, Naruto.'

"Well Plue, lets go get us some ramen" shouts Naruto. "Puun" shouts out Plue in agreement.

(the next day at the academy)

Naruto and Plue entered and took a look around. He looked around and saw Hinata talking with Tenten at the top most row of seats. Smiling, he walked up and asked "So lovely ladies, is this seat taken while pointing to the spot next to Hinata. Said girl "eeped" at hearing her crushes voice as she spins around and says "Naruto. how long have you been here?"

"Just got here, actually. Hey Hinata, is something wrong? Your face is all red. Are you feeling OK?" Hinata nodded and said "I'm fine, Naruto. I guess I'm just a little nervous about today." Naruto smiled at her which only made her already red cheeks darken as he said "Don't be, What ever team you end up on, I'm sure you will do great."

"Thank you, Naruto" she said shyly as she looked away. Tenten was watching this with a big grin on her face. 'Ah man, this is just to good. Between Naruto's cluelessness and Hinata's shyness, they make one heck of a comedy pair as they can always make me want to laugh. To bad Naruto didn't get here a little sooner or he would have heard me giving Hinata advice on how to get him to notice her' thought Tenten as she watch them converse.

"Puun" says Plue as he jumps from Naruto's head into Hinata's embrace. Hinata hugs him and says "Good morning, Plue. Are you doing OK?" Plue nodded as he snuggled into Hinata's embrace, which made her giggle. Unable to resist, Tenten says "Better be careful Naruto, or else Plue might steal Hinata from you."

She laughed as Hinata's whole face went red as she looked down in embarrassment as Naruto looked at her with a confused expression as he asked "What do you mean, Tenten?" She waved him off and said "Oh, it's nothing for you to be worrying about right now, right Hinata?" Hinata's response was to only blush more, unable to bring herself to make eye contact with Naruto.

Meanwhile, Chouji looks up at them, then over to Shikamaru as he ask "Hey Shika, isn't that girl up there with Naruto and Hinata a graduate from last year?" Shikamaru sits up and turns around and looks at Tenten before saying "Don't know, though I know she's not from our class." He returns to laying his head down on the desk again.

Chouji looks back and says "I think she is, but why is she in here with us?" Shikamaru yawns and says "Who knows? Man, all this is such a drag. How much longer must we wait to find out our teams." Just then, Ino and Sakura come running in as they argue over who will be teamed with Sasuke and thus, get a chance to become his girlfriend.

After another fifteen minutes, Iruka finally arrives as he says "OK people, take a seat. Now, for the moment you've all been waiting for, you shall all finally find out which teams you'll be placed on. Now, lets begin." He begins running down the list untill "Alright, next is Team 7. Naruto Uzumaki, Tenten Musica, and..." Hinata crosses her fingers as she hopes to hear her name while Sakura and Ino hope for the exact opposite.

"...Hinata Hyuga. And your Jonin sensei is Kurenai Yuhi" says Iruka. Naruto and Tenten look to Hinata and both so together "Welcome to the team, partner." A tear of joy escapes Hinata as she smiles happily at them and says "Thank you, both of you." Plue reminds her of something, which leads her to smile and say "Of course you too, Plue."

"Team 8; Kiba Inazuka, Shino Aburame, and Sakura Haruno. And your Joinin sensei will be Genma Aoba." Sakura's heart sunk at hearing that as she's about to complain when Ino laughs and says "Hah hah Sakura, it looks like I'll be winning the fair Sasuke's heart. To bad, but I hear Kiba is quite the catch if your willing to give him the chance."

Meanwhile, Kiba groans and says 'Rats, why did we have to get stuck with Sakura? Ah well, at least me and Akamaru will have Shino to work with, so I can deal.' Sakura finds her inner self screaming at her to scream at Iruka about this, but before she can open her mouth, Iruka continues his listings.

"And Team 10; Shikamaru Nara, Chouji Akamichi, and Ino Yaminaka. And your Jonin Sensei will be Asuma Sarutobi." Ino's jubilant feelings quickly take a nose dive as she stares at Iruka in disbelief. 'What? But, I'm suppose to be with my Sasuke. Why did I get stuck with lazy and fatty?'

Sakura now laughs and says "You were saying, Ino-pig? Wait, Iruka-sensei, what about Sasuke? He's the only one left who hasn't been assigned to a team." Sasuke was actually wondering that himself as Iruka says "And there's a very good reason as to why that is. Sasuke, you will be under going exclusive training with Kakashi Hatake. The village council believes you'll do better with a sensei who only has to worry about you than an actual team. Is this OK?"

Sasuke smiles and says "Perfect." 'Of course it's perfect. Having only myself being trained means I'll get my sensei's full attention and I won't have to pick up the slack for any of those other losers in this class.' With all that settled, Iruka then says "Alright, you may all break for lunch and get to know your teammates better. But be back here by 1 as that is when your Jonin sensei's will be coming to get you."

Team 7 spent there lunch period talking about what skills they currently had and how they could best work off each other. Tenten also showed Naruto, Hinata, and Plue all the different things she could make with her Silver. Soon, it was time to return to class and await the arrival of Kurenai.

It didn't take long for the Jonin sensei's to start arriving. Kurenai and Asuma both arrived at the same time with Genma only a minute after. Asuma looked over at Sasuke and said "You better get comfortable. Kakashi is known for constantly being late." Sasuke huffed as he began to wonder if what he had heard about Kakashi being an excellent shinobi was true or not.

Soon, Team 7 and Kurenai exited the academy building and began to walk towards the village gate which confused the three Genin. "Hey Kurenai-sensei, are we already getting our first mission?" asked Naruto. Tenten didn't mind the idea seeing as she had done two C-ranked missions with Guy-sensei and his team over the last year while Hinata was a little worried about them not being ready yet.

Kurenai shook her head as she said "No, I'm taking us to a special location. I'll explain the rest there. Till then, I want you three to keep focused and memorize the route to the location since I expect you three to remember it. They nodded as they continued on. About an hour later and a good eight miles away from the village, they arrived at their destination.

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"Now, tell me what is different about this place?" asked Kurenai as she turned back to look at her students. They all immediately noticed what she was referring to. "Hey sensei, why are some of the trees here a reddish color?" asked Naruto. Hinata also observed that as she said "And it appears the red trees have been placed with in a line formation too."

Tenten looked at them and said "Well, that's because these tress happen to be Red Wood Trees. And if I'm guessing right, then this is Training Ground Zero." Kurenai nodded and said "Very good Tenten, you are correct. Now Naruto and Hinata, I'll tell you about this place if you want?"

Hinata nodded as Naruto asked "Why is this training ground outside the village?" "Simple, this is a special training ground for some of the more extreme training exercises that the village conducts. As such, it is located outside the village as a just in case something goes wrong, which will insure that nobody in the village injured or the village itself is damaged. As for the Red Wood trees, they form a circular line around the whole of TG#0 in order to help know were the boundary line is located" explained Kurenai.

"Oh, I see. That's pretty cool and smart too" said Naruto as he gave the area beyond the trees a good look over. Kurenai motion for them to follow her. They soon reached a several logs that were laying on the ground like a bench and they all sat down. Plue had fallen asleep along the way, so Naruto gently laid him in the grass by his feet.

"OK, now lets get the proper introductions taken care of. Pretend you don't know each other and tell us about you likes, or dislikes, hobbies, and dreams for the future." Tenten nodded and said "I'll go first seeing as I have done this before on Guy-sensei's team. Plus, it will help Naruto and Hinata understand how to do this."

Kureani nodded and said "OK, lead us off, Tenten." Tenten stood up and faced everyone as she said "Hello, I'm Tenten Musica. My likes are weapons training, my dislikes are when people think girls are weaker than guys for any reason what so ever. My hobbies are improving my skills with weapons, training to be a blacksmith, and Silver Claiming. And my dream for the future is to one day be as strong as the legendary Sanin; Tsunade Senju."

Tenten sat down and Naruto stood up and said "I'm Naruto Uzumaki, the villages no.1 prankster and Rave Master. My likes are ramen, training, my friends, and watching Plue devour all forms of candy in just seconds. My dislikes are people judging others with out taking the time to actually get to know them. My hobbies are gardening, exploring, and training with my sword to improve my skills. And my dream is to become Hoakge and earn everyone's respect as well as destroy the Dark Bring just like the previous Rave Master's have done."

As Naruto sat down, both Tenten and Kurenai saw Hinata beaming with pride and admiration towards Naruto as they thought 'She is really crushing on him, big time.' Hinata then stood up and said "My name is Hinata Hyuga. My likes are my friends and training myself to be stronger. My dislikes are people who look down on others just because they seem weaker and useless. My hobbies are flower pressing and arrangement, making medical cream's and....And my dreams for the future is to be finally recognized by my family as a worthy member of the Hyuga's and telling a certain boy that I like him."

Hinata blushed as she said that last part and took a quick glance at Naruto, before looking away in embarrassment. Naruto thought 'Hey, I wonder who she likes? Maybe its Kiba? No, Kiba smells to much like a dog for a girl like Hinata to be interested. Maybe its Sasuke? Yeah right, Hinata isn't crazy enough to fall for him like Sakura and Ino. I mean, you'd have to be insane to want to date that self righteous jerk.'

As Naruto continued his thinking on possible crushes Hinata may have, Tenten wondered 'What was it Hinata was going to say before she jumped to talking about her dreams for the future? Is there something she does that she doesn't talk about?' Kurenai stood up and gave them a warm smile.

"OK, here's what I want you three to do. For the next hour, I want you guys to give this training ground a total look over and take note of every single detail, then meet me back here. We'll then return to the village and call it a day. Then, I want you three here again by ten in the morning tomorrow and I will give you your final test."

"What final test?" asked Naruto. "It's simple guys, the three test you took back in class was just to see if you were ready to become Genin. This final test is to see if we have what it takes to be a good team" said Tenten. "And what if we fail the test, Kurenai-sensei?" asked Hinata.

"It's simple Hinata. If you three fail the test, then Team 7 will be disbanded and all of you will have to return to the academy for another year of training and when teams are formed again, you three won't be placed on the same team a second time. So what I'm saying is this; unless you want to break apart and start over, then don't screw up the test, got it?"

The three Genin nodded as Kurenai felt something touching her leg. She looked down and saw Plue looking up at her. "Aw, aren't you a cute one" said Kurenai as she picked Plue up. "Puun" said Plue happily as he snuggled into her embrace. "Naruto, can I keep a hold of Plue while you guys do your look and learn? I'd like to get to know him better."

Naruto nodded and said "Sure, be back in an hour, Plue." And with that, the three Genin took off to begin their look around Training Ground #0.

(Kage Tower)

Tenzen and Hiashi stood before Sarutobi who had just finished his explanation of what he wanted to do. "So, do I have your permission to do this?" he asked the two men before him. Tenzen nodded and said "I think its a good idea, seeing as they are a team now and it will help them become closer and improve their ability to work together greatly." Hiashi nodded and said "And I agree as well, Though the elders won't approve at first, I'll make sure they don't cause any trouble. When should we start?"

Sarutobi smiled as he had expecting this to be a harder sell. "Tomorrow while their under going Kurenai's test. She'll be informing them of this arrangement this afternoon." The two men nodded as they turned to leave. They had some things to do if this plan was going to be successful in the limited time that they had to them.

(Training Ground #0; next day)

The three Genin and Plue were standing right next to the logs they had used the day before when they had done their formal introductions as they awaited Kurenai's arrival. "Man, what time is it?" wondered Naruto aloud as he looked around. Tenten pulled out her pocket watch and said "It's a quarter after ten. Is she just late today or is she as bad as that Kakashi?"

Hinata shook her head and said "She gave me some personal training over the last three years and she was never late once. Maybe something came up to distract her." Just then, Plue looked up and started to shake just a little. "Hey, what's up with Plue? asked Tenten.

Naruto looked at Plue, then to Tenten and said "I'm not sure. I haven't seen him act like this before." "Everyone, the sky. Something is happening in the sky" shouted Hinata suddenly. They all looked up and saw what it was she was referring to immediately. At first, the sky had been sunny and clear, but now dark storm clouds had appeared and filled the sky instantly.

"What's going..." Tenten started to say till a powerful blast of wind hit them from out of nowhere and sent the four of them flying back and bringing them to hit the ground hard. "Ow. Man, what the heck is going on?" shouted Naruto as he reached out and grabbed Plue who was holding onto a tree root and trying not to be blown away.

Just then, a hole opened in the sky and a ball of fire appeared falling towards the ground. "I don't think that's a good thing" shouted Tenten as they got to their feet and began to run. "I wish Kurenai-sensei was here. Maybe she would know what was going aaahhhh"shouted Hinata as she tripped on a rock.

Naruto stopped and ran back to her and picked her up in his arms as he returned to running after Tenten. Though she was scared over what was happening, Hinata still had enough reason in her head to allow herself to enjoy being held by Naruto. "Look, there's the Red Wood tree ground limits" shout Naruto as they made a bee line towards it.

But before they could pass them, all the Red Woods burst into flames, creating a wall of fire that surrounded the whole area. "Great, we're trapped in here. How can things possibly get any worse" said Tenten. She then wished that she hadn't said that when they heard a loud roar coming from behind them.

They turned and could see the ball of fire in the distance still moving towards the ground, and then it banished. "Hey, what's going on?" asked Hinata as Naruto placed her back on the ground. Plue looked down and Naruto and realized that he was shaking and patted him on the head to try and get his attention.

A shiver ran up Naruto's spine as he thought 'What is this? This feeling I'm having? It feels so familiar. Kind of like a deja vu kinda thing. But what is it?' "Maybe we should go and check it out" suggested Tenten. But before either Naruto or Hinata could respond, a shadow quickly came over them. "Incoming" screamed Hinata as she saw a large object heading right at them.

They barely managed to dodge the giant object in time as it smashed into the ground, leaving a large crater in its wake. "What the..." said Tenten till she looked up and froze in total terror. "Guys......we...we....we need....to run" she said weakly. Hinata looked to where Tenten was looking and screamed at the top of her lungs as absolute fear washed over her.

Naruto looked as well and saw the beast before and above them. His face paled as he said "Aw snap, we are so dead now." Before them was the legendary Nine Tailed Fox, it's tails swing wildly around the area as it looked down onto them, a desire to kill written on its face as it roared at them before raising a paw up and sending it right down to crush them.

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next time on RMN: Trapped with in Training Ground Zero with the Nine Tailed Fox before them and no sign of Kurenai, can Team Rave possibly survive? And if they do make it out alive, what will become of them and their mission to save the world from the Dark Bring?

find out next time on Rave Master Naruto:Eisen Meteor's Secret Power

RAVE OMAKE

Sasuke vs the Sexy Jutsu

Sasuke had just finished his talk with Kakashi about his training regiment and was on his way home. He was so lost in thought that he failed to notice Naruto and Konohamoru looking at him from a nearby corner. "So boss, is that him?" asked Konohamoru. Naruto nodded and said "Yep, there's the emo with the bad attitude. You ready for this, little bro?"

Konohamoru nodded and said "Yeah, let Operation: Emo Crusher begin." Konohamoru ran out from the corner and jumped in front of Sasuke as he yelled "OK Uchiha, today's the day you get taken down a notch." Sasuke looked at Konhamoru and asked himself "Who in the hell is this kid? I don't know why, but he reminds me of the idiot Naruto."

Hearing Sasuke, Konohamoru got angry and yelled Naruto's no idiot. Now, I'm going to make you pay for insulting him like that. Transform." Konohamoru used the Sexy Jutsu to turn into his female self and gave a wink to Sasuke as he said in a feminine voice "So, what do you think of me now?"

Sasuke scoffed and said "That's a lame move. You really need to find a hobby kid." Off to the side, Naruto was shocked. 'I don't get it. Konohamoru did it perfectly that time and Sasuke didn't even bat an eye. Alright, desperate times call for desperate measures.' Naruto then jumped out before Sasuke and yelled "Shadow Clone Justu"

Twenty five Naruto's appeared around Sasuke, who simply sighed and said "What are you up to, idiot?" The Naruto's shouted out "Transform" as they to used the Sexy Jutsu. Once they had finished the change, one of the Naruto's said "Well is this more to you liking?"

Again, Sasuke was unaffected as he said "Hey kid, stop hanging around with Naruto. You'll never become anything worth while if you try to emulate him." And with that, Sasuke took off, still showing no signs of being effected by the jutsu. Naruto dispersed his clones as he and Konohamoru returned to normal.

"Hey boss, what happened? Why didn't work on him?" asked Konhamoru. Naruto scratch his head and said "I'm not really sure. It should have unless....wait, I know why it didn't work. From the way he acts and reacts to all his fan girls, the answer is so obvious now." "What? What is it?" asked Konohamoru. Naruto smiled broadly as he proclaimed aloud....

"Sasuke Uchiha is........really boring!"

Rave Data no.1:

The Ten Powers pt.1

1. Eisen Meteor; the Iron Metal Sword:A regular metal sword. It's a bit big, but it's suitable for cutting through things. It's pretty heavy, so it takes some getting used to. In this normal form, this sword can be used by anyone, not just Naruto.

Though it was just a normal sword for the last two Rave Master's when used, Tenzen decided to add something special to it to make it stand out more and be useful in ways other than hacking and slashing. What's new about it? Find out next month.

2. Explosion; the Detonation Sword: Just like it's name implies, this sword is capable of dealing explosion based attacks. It's a strange sword - even though it looks like a sword, it can't cut anything. It'd really more of a blunt-force weapon. So it's not hard at all to inflict enough damage to knock out an opponent with just one attack.

But when the sword releases its explosions, it also inflicts a certain amount of shock to the person using it. So it can't be used to much or you can become exhausted from using it, or even die as a result of using it to much within short period of time. If you swing the blade through the air, you can release mini-explosion disc at an opponent that does roughly a quarter of the damage that would be done if hit by the sword directly, thus giving the user a long range attack option.

Go onto my profile and look under Rave Master Naruto comparison links if you wish to see what the swords look like from the Rave Master manga.