Wow, I wrote this chapter really fast! (In four hours) That's kinda strange... Hope you like! ^::^
"Yo, Kakashi!"
Naruto waved flippantly as he and his team came to the meeting place by the small red bridge. Kakashi looked up from his book, annoyed.
"You should've been here half an hour ago."
"Well, we decided to give ya some of your own medicine."
"Be thankful we didn't wait several hours."
"Now, what was it we had a meeting about?"
Kakashi grunted irritably. "I talked with Anko, and decided to enter you three in the chunin exams. Write your names on these and deliver them tomorrow. Now we train. Sakura, Naruto, you should train on chakra control. Sasuke, come." He gestured to himself.
All three genin narrowed their eyes. "You aren't ditching us." Sakura said slowly, as if speaking to a child, while cracking her knuckles. Kakashi twitched slightly. "I'm not ditching you, but you two need to work on chakra control." He explained.
"Sakura has the best chakra control. I come second, and Naruto comes just behind me because he has much more chakra." Sasuke said flatly. Kakashi blinked.
"And besides that, we always train together. If you teach something to one of us, we'll teach it to the others." The dark-haired boy continued.
"Aye." Sakura nodded. "We are a team to the core." She said.
"If you don't want an actual team, get someone else, and give us to Anko." Naruto finished with a sneer.
"Hey, brats!" All four ninja turned at the gruff voice, and Kakashi's eyes widened at seeing Zabuza Momochi wearing a Konoha headband. "Zabuza! How are you doing? We haven't seen you or Haku in a week!" Sakura questioned.
"Tch, everything's fine. We've been looking around. I finally got Haku to do some exploring on his own." The tall and muscled man shrugged. "Hn, not very surprising." Sasuke smirked.
"Yeah, but blondie brat, I just wanted to ask if I could use your training grounds. They're kinda fancy." Zabuza grinned. Naruto snorted. "Sure. All the damage that you do will only disappear once you've finished. Seals are my specialty, ya know." He gave a thumbs-up, and Zabuza grinned before disappearing in a spiral of water.
"Your training grounds?" Kakashi asked dumbfounded. Naruto raised an eyebrow. "Yeah, my training grounds. The Uzumaki Namikaze compound has lots of them." He wiggled his fingers.
"…N-Namikaze…?"
"Didn't you know? Naruto's dad is the 4th Hokage."
"They look alike, though Naruto has his mother's face and attitude."
"How would you know what my mother acted like?"
"Time 3."
"Oh."
"Yeah."
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"Why didn't you tell me?"
"Kakashi?"
The Sandaime Hokage raised one eyebrow curiously at Kakashi's behavior. "Why didn't you tell me that Naruto was Sensei's son?" The silver-haired man demanded.
"I was honestly thinking you would figure it out yourself." The old man said dryly.
"Well, it's Kakashi. He only sees what he wants to see."
"Not a good trait for ninja."
"You better whip him into shape again, old Hokage-sama."
Both grown-ups turned to the window to see team 7 sitting on the windowsill. "Ah, team Awesome." Kakashi blinked at the title. "We were just talking about you." The Sandaime said.
"Yeah, we heard. We just came up to tell that we're going to hang out with Haku, since Kakashi ain't giving us any training." Naruto grinned, and vaulted backwards out of the window. Sasuke smirked and followed, while Sakura gave a small wave before doing the same.
"…What?" Kakashi was more or less speechless. The Hokage chuckled. "Team Awesome aren't quite as you thought they were." He offered as an explanation.
"Why do you call them that?"
"Team Awesome? It's what they are called. Or rather, Team We're-awesomer-than-you'll-ever-be."
"…"
"It's one of their quirks."
"…"
XXX
"Haku!" Said boy blinked, as he was glomped by a pink-haired girl. "Oh, Sakura… Good morning." He smiled.
"Haku, you have to loosen up! Hi, by the way."
"Hn."
"Hello to you as well."
Both boys rolled their eyes at Haku's politeness. "What are you doing anyway?" Naruto wondered. Haku gestured to a weapons shop he stood in front of.
"I need more senbon." He explained. The three nodded, and Sakura let go of the feminine boy. He blinked as he looked at Sakura. "You changed your hairstyle?" He wondered.
The pink-haired girl nodded with a grin. "I changed my entire style!" She gestured.
Her hair was in a pixie cut, and made to stand out messily. She was wearing an off-white tube top, black shorts, and black and white bandages on her forearms and calves. Also, she had black sunglasses like Naruto, though she had them on her head.
"What do you think?" The pink-haired girl asked. Haku blinked. "It's certainly different. I think it suits you." He replied.
"Yay!"
"Shouldn't we go into the shop?"
"Might help with finding anything."
"Then let's go!"
"…"
XXX
Tenten was grumbling irritated as she looked through the weapons in her family shop to check for any damage or other that might ruin the quality. The reason she was pissed? Neji. The extremely haughty Hyuuga boy on her team.
"Claiming me useless, feh, stuck-up…"
"Ooh, so cool!"
"The scythe? You can't use a scythe."
"Can too! I used one at time 5, remember?"
"Oh, right. But this one's different."
"Not very."
"Sasuke, leave it alone, Sakura doesn't have any big weapon anyway. You got enough money for it? It's expensive."
"Aww, I don't."
"Eh, I'll borrow you some of mine then. I've got lots of money anyway."
"Perhaps you should be a bit more… silent?"
"Nah, calm down, Haku. We are loud."
Tenten blinked at the conversation she heard and turned the corner to see four teens, whereas one of them was looking adoringly at a black and white scythe.
"Err, excuse me, I couldn't help but overhear your conversation. Are you sure you can handle that? I helped making it, and it's damn heavy." The bun-haired girl warned.
"Oh, I'm pretty sure." The pink-haired girl nodded enthusiastically. Tenten raised one eyebrow, and the girl pouted. "Look!" She said, and grabbed the scythe, hefting it easily from it's place and twirling it elegantly, mindful of all the other tools in the shop.
Tenten gaped.
"Ne, you're Tenten, right? You're on team with asshole Neji." Naruto mused. Tenten snorted. "Yeah, that's right. What about it?" She wondered. Naruto shrugged. "We'll surely meet in the chunin exams." He grinned foxily.
"You in the chunin exams? That's dangerous you know! You're one of the rookie teams too!" The Chinese-clad girl said.
"Ah, but team Awesome will triumph! We're just confusing enough to do that." Naruto laughed.
"Hn. Captain's right."
"Yup!"
"I think you better watch out, Tenten. They are indeed quite confusing."
"Uh…"
XXX
"Hey Kakashi? You look tired?" Asuma Sarutobi looked at the silver-haired ninja with a raised eyebrow.
"Have you seen my team? They disappeared again."
"…I saw them at the weapon shop." Asuma said slowly. Kakashi nodded irritably and headed towards said shop.
"What's gotten into him…?"
XXX
"Naruto! Sasuke! Sakura!" Kakashi called sternly, and all three blinked as they looked at their silver-haired teacher. "…Whaaaat?" Sakura dragged it out, hefting a large scythe on her shoulder.
"Meeting. Now." Kakashi said firmly, his steely gaze challenging anyone to oppose him.
"…Where?"
"Uchiha Compound."
"Why my place?"
"Because. Now move."
"Hn."
"Let's go!"
"Aye, Captain!"
XXX
"First, tell me EXACTLY your names, likes, dislikes, hobbies and dreams."
"…Okay! I'm Sakura Haruno, I like too much stuff to list, though they include having fun, building ships, stealing candy from kids and giving it back. I dislike less stuff, but still too much to list, though it includes purple clouds-"
"Yeah, that one was awful…"
"- And stupid stuff. My hobbies are hanging out with Sasuke and Naruto, freaking out people, building ships and other crazy stuff. My dream… eh, I forgot. I've had too many of them."
Kakashi looked incredulously at the cheerful pixie-like girl, and sighed.
"My turn! I'm Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze, and I like lots! Including poker, fun, and craziness, being a pirate, Kyuubi, Sasuke and Sakura. I dislike lots too, like flying pigs-"
"But that was awesome!"
"-And evil masterminds of eternal doom. My hobbies include hanging out with my team, training, having fun, and playing poker. My dream is to be even more amazing than I already am! ... I think. It might change."
Kakashi face-palmed.
"Hn. Sasuke Uchiha, I like tomatoes, those two, Itachi, hypnotic stuff, and butterflies. I dislike spicy stuff, walls, fangirls, and stuffy stuff. My hobbies are mostly the same as those two… and my dream is to become the head of the new world, after destroying it with Madara-"
"You did that the 8th time!"
"-Uchiha… Fine then, I dream to follow those two."
Kakashi rubbed the sides of his forehead. "What the hell happened to you three? You weren't like this when we first met." He pointed out. Sakura patted his head, to her teammates amusement.
"We came back a little late. The world had just been ruined, so I think we might've done something wrong in our grief." She explained.
"Are you saying you've traveled in time?" Kakashi demanded incredulously.
"Oh yes, frequently!"
"It's quite fun."
"Once, we were the villains!"
"Twice. Only the second time we hid ourselves a bit better."
"Oh yeah."
"…That reminds me, Kakashi-sensei followed us the two last times! …Something must've gone wrong since you're not crazy."
Kakashi twitched. "You're not making any sense."
"Sure we are!"
"No you're not."
"Are too!"
"Are not!"
"Are too!"
"Why are we arguing like children?"
Kakashi and Sakura looked at Naruto who had one eyebrow raised. Sasuke snickered. "We usually act like that before we're completely sent back. Maybe Kakashi did follow after all!" He cheered, completely out of character.
"I'm ceasing to be myself to become another myself?"
"…More or less."
"…What the hell's with this tingly feeling?"
"…What you first said."
"…Well damn."
"Nice choice of words, sensei."
XXX
Sasuke poked the downed Kakashi carefully with a stick.
"Don't do that!"
"Oh, you're awake."
"…Oh, I'm awake!"
The three genin gave him a dry look. "That's our sensei alright."
"Yup! How long have you been back?"
"Over a month."
"Whaaat? No fair. Bet old Kakashi didn't understand much?"
"Yeah, you were exactly as usual. Good thing we've dragged you back the last two times though, so we didn't have to endure it long."
"…I feel loved."
"Good for you."
Anyone that would have come upon the party of four would have been confused out of their minds, but luckily, none were there to hear the conversation between the confusing team Awesome.
"So…if you've been here a month, at what point in time are we now?"
"Chunin exams tomorrow."
"I see. I got to be extremely confusing then, to make up for the time I was gone."
"Sure. Ya want some sunglasses?"
"Yes please."
"Here ya go."
XXX
"Shikamaru! Now their sensei has gone mad too!"
Shikamaru lifted his head and blinked blearily at Ino. "What? Which sensei?" He questioned with a yawn. "Kakashi! He's having a sleeping contest with Naruto on the power line!"
Shikamaru ignored the frantic girl to go back to sleep.
XXX
"So, who do you think is going to win?"
"Kakashi for sure. He's too lazy not to."
"I'm betting Naruto."
"Hm…"
"Let's up the difficulty. Sakura, do your thing."
"Aye, First mate!"
All the chunin, jonin and foreign nin looked on as Naruto and Kakashi slept on the power line, Naruto hanging as if he lied on a branch, Kakashi lying on his back with his arms behind his head. Sakura leapt up and begun trying to disturb the two back to life, but they didn't move a muscle.
"This village… is strange." A redheaded genin from Suna declared in his monotone voice. His two teammates, his elder siblings nodded mutely, while their sensei was over with the Konoha ninja, betting.
"Oh, it's not the village that is strange, it's just us. The village is a normal, hypocritical, and plain stupid place." The three turned to see Naruto speaking to them, and blinked, looking up to where he was still sleeping.
"That's just a clone. No wait; I'm the clone… Or…am I? Damn, I forgot! Sasuke, am I a clone or the real one?"
"A clone."
"Okay! Anyway, as I was saying, it's just we that are strange. I'm Naruto, by the way."
"…My name is Sabaku no Gaara." The redhead said, somewhat unnerved by the strange blonde. The Naruto clone blinked. "…Oh! I think this is the first time I haven't run into Kankuro when we first met!" He exclaimed.
"Run into me? I haven't ever seen you, brat." Kankuro said, confused. Naruto clone nodded. "Not yet." He agreed. The oldest blonde waved her hand. "Wait just a minute! How did you know his name anyway?" She demanded.
"…Just as I know yours, Temari! I did know Gaara's name too, but I love hearing him say 'my name is Sabaku no Gaara.' It sounds awesome."
Gaara blinked. He was rarely complimented, and never for such a strange reason. "…You are strange… but I think I won't kill you." He decided.
"That practically means you see me as a friend! Great! Please don't kill my friends either." Naruto clone said in all seriousness. Gaara nodded slowly. "Perhaps I won't." He allowed.
A chorus of cheers and disappointed groans rang as Kakashi awoke on the power line. "Damn, I lost. Oh well." He shrugged, and leapt down to the ground. Sakura grinned and finger flicked Naruto, causing him to fall on the ground. "…That wasn't really nice." He muttered as he rose and brushed some dust of his clothes and put his sunglasses back in place.
"Naruto! I found the Sand sibs!" Naruto clone grinned, pointing at the team of siblings. Naruto grinned too, walking over to them. A poke in the eye made the clone disappear.
"Sakura, don't do that! It hurts!" Naruto whined with a pout. Sakura poked him with her new scythe. "I could use this one instead." She suggested brightly.
"Please don't, or he'll use me for his kawarimi. Again." Sasuke interfered, crossing his arms.
Naruto quickly lit a cigarette, and allowed his smoke to smash his two teammates into the ground, without needing to do it himself. "Okay, let's do a reintroduction. I'm Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze, the Kyuubi jinchuuriki. That's Sasuke Uchiha, and that's Sakura Haruno."
The Sand sibs blinked. "Namikaze?" "Jinchuuriki?" "Kyuubi?"
"Yup."
Both of Gaara's siblings grabbed Naruto's teammates and hauled them off, leaving the two jinchuurikis alone. "You are the Kyuubi jinchuuriki…? Why don't they hate you?" Gaara questioned silently. Naruto shrugged. "The village hates me. But some people don't. Sakura and Sasuke used to hate me too, but we grew to become siblings after a while. Now, we simply can't be apart from each others, or we'll cause havoc." He explained.
Gaara was silent as he mused over the blonde's words.
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If he's the container of the beast that almost destroyed Konoha, how come you don't hate him?" Temari demanded. Sakura blinked.
"Konoha's a stupid place. Though fun… Couldn't really care less about it. I used to hate him, but we became siblings after a while. I dunno how to explain it, really. Why?" The pink-haired girl questioned.
Temari frowned. "…Everyone hates Gaara, because he is the Ichibi jinchuuriki." She revealed. Sakura shrugged. "I know that. That's why Naruto wants to be friends with him. I want to, too. All that hate can wear a person down." She mused.
"…"
XXX
"Why don't you hate blondie?" Kankuro wondered. Sasuke snorted. "I can't explain that. We're like siblings, but that's a bond forged through many troubles and times." He shrugged.
"Hm. Gaara hates everyone, and everyone hates him. Why isn't blondie like that?" The black-clad boy asked. Sasuke shrugged again. "Because he has people there for him. Naruto almost broke, but then he gained friends, and things looked up." He explained.
"I see…"
"Hn."
XXX
"So, do you three have a place to stay yet?" Naruto questioned, breathing out a cloud of smoke. Gaara shook his head silently.
"Then stay at my place! My compound's pretty big, though only I, two friends of ours, and sometimes Sasuke and Sakura live there."
"…We are grateful for the offer…" Gaara said.
"I think that's an agreement."
"Yeah, I think so too."
"Come, and I'll show you guys around! … Tell your sensei you'll be gone for a while."
"Eh, we usually disappear a lot, he won't worry."
"Okay, then let's go; to the next adventure!"
"Sakura, you've been reading too much fantasy again."
"…Have not."
"Have too."
"Have not!"
"Have too!"
"Have not!"
"Have too!"
"Shut up, the both of you!"
XXX
And so the sand siblings appear, Kakashi's gone crazy as well, and Shikamaru's ignoring Ino. I dunno where I get the inspiration for all this craziness. And I do wonder where Fuzzy, Scimitar and Coricopat went. Also, I have no explanation for Sakura's random style change.
...xD Please review. XD
