Sui: Yo. Sorry for the wait, real life is catching up with me and I had to spend some time running faster to get away. Thank you for your support, I actually got the inspiration to write this by reading through some old reviews for this story.
Disclaimer: If I owned Naruto Sasuke and Sakura would be dead and Naruto would be the most badass character ever. If I owned Ookami I would be bathing in money.
Nearly a year had passed since Naruto had returned to the village, it was only a week before graduation, and his regard for humans had only dropped in his time around them. The foolish villagers had decided to attack him shortly after he had returned, something he quickly ended when everyone who went to attack him mysteriously "disappeared". His time spent in the academy had only served to further lower his opinion of humans.
There were several people of note, and almost none of them would survive their first real mission at their current level. Inuzuka Kiba was an arrogant hot head that would most likely rush into battle and be cut down by a superior opponent.
Yamanaka Ino was too focused on her looks to properly train, conveniently ignoring the fact that proper training would help her figure more than dieting would, and, like many of the clan member students, relied far too heavily on her clan jutsu.
Haruno Sakura was a pink haired, bitchier, and weaker version of Ino, she would probably die on her first C-rank.
Uchiha Sasuke had gotten used to having everything handed to him on a silver platter after his clan was destroyed and was arrogant and self centered.
Akamichi Chouji was probably the first decent human in the class, he spent too much time eating and not enough training, but at least he had a better mindset than most of the others.
Nara Shikamaru was lazy as hell, but was a devastating genius, with a little training he would be a powerful shinobi.
Aburame Shino was almost as good at concealing his emotions as Naruto, but that was to be expected from an Aburame. He had the proper mindset for a shinobi and had a good grasp of what would be needed of him and was as prepared as one could get for the future he had chosen.
Hyuuga Hinata was by far the most paradoxical human he had ever met. She showed absolutely no trace of the evil that he can usually see tainting humans auras, even in the best of humans there is a trace of evil, and seemed more suited to a quiet life style rather than that of a shinobi. He could sense that she would sometimes follow him, though she had no malice in her actions as most in the village would, but let her do so, only losing her when he needed to do real training.
Of the remains of the class, no one had the proper skill or mindset to potentially become a shinobi. As for the teachers, Mizuki fairly radiated an aura of hatred and evil, most of it directed at Naruto, and Iruka, while he was wary at first, seemed to at least tolerate him. The classes were pathetic, teaching things he had learned long ago, having learned numerous things from both the Kyuubi and from the occasional wandering, or perhaps they were missing, nin. Over all, none of what they were teaching would really help in the shinobi world, except perhaps the kawamari
Fastforward to the genin exams
"OK class, today you will be taking the genin exam. The exams consist of several parts, including a written test, which you will take first, a taijutsu spar against either Mizuki or myself, a genjutsu test, and a ninjutsu test." Iruka explained once the class had quieted down, "Mizuki will hand out the written test and you will have an hour to complete it beginning once all the tests are handed out."
After the exam
The tests they had given were pathetic. The written test could have been passed by a squirrel, the taijutsu portion was a farce, the genjutsu they had used was so weak that the natural flow of his chakra had swept it away, and the ninjutsu they tested was completely useless. Seriously, most shinobi can't even use the standard bushin unless they are running pathetically low on chakra once they reach mid-chunin level.
"Naruto." Mizuki said in an unnaturally friendly tone.
"What." Naruto nearly snapped in response.
"Due to how well you did in the exams, you are being offered a rare opportunity. You will be given an additional test and if you pass, you will automatically be given chunin rank."
Naruto could tell the man was lying, but decided to go along with it for now. If worse comes to worse, he could just sic the Sandaime on Mizuki and it would be over and done with.
"Really now. What sort of test is this?" Naruto said, faking curiosity.
Where ever that falling over shack in the forest is
Naruto was copying the contents of the scroll to a spare scroll as quickly as he could, he wasn't worried about the Sandaime finding out as the Kyubi had said it would use an illusion that would make the Sandaime see him simply waiting in the clearing. After Mizuki had been stupid enough to ask him to steal the forbidden scroll, he had gone to the Sandaime and told him of Mizuki's treachery. From there, it was easy to manipulate the old man into letting him take the scroll and catch Mizuki in the act, then capture him and send him to be Ibiki's new playmate.
Naruto rolled up the scroll as he sensed Mizuki approaching.
"Good job Naruto. Now give me the scroll and show me the technique you learned and you'll be promoted."
"I really wonder how people can be so stupid some times." Naruto said off handedly, "I am not stupid enough to believe that the academy would have fresh genin steal a scroll from the Hokage's office, especially one called the forbiden scroll, and learn a jutsu from it. Now all I have to do is beat the shit out of you and you get to go to Ibiki, I assure you that you will be well taken care of."
"Ha, as if you could beat me demon!" Mizuki said, dropping the act.
"If I really was the Kyubi, yes that's right I know about it, then I would simply unleash my chakra and you would be nothing more than ash. As is, your fate isn't going to be much better."
With that, Naruto once again called upon his celestial powers, not wanting to play with the chunin so he could go home and get some sleep. The world appeared as no more than a scroll with a zoom in on where he and Mizuki were. Picking up the brush that always had ink on it, despite the lack of an ink well, Naruto began drawing. With a single, horizontal line through Mizuki's mid thighs, Naruto let go of the power. As time resumed, Mizuki swore that it was deja-vu, at least before he began to scream in agony at the fact that his legs, from mid thigh down, had been separated from the rest of his body.
The team assignments
The students continued to make fools of themselves. Kiba trying to challenge everyone, Ino and Sakura arguing over who go to sit next to Sasuke, who was simply sitting there brooding, and so on and so forth.
The class quieted down as Iruka entered the room.
"Today you become shinobi of the village..."(insert the speech that you have read through a thousand times about what it means to be a shinobi, I'm not going to waste my time with it).
"Now on to team assignments.(I'm only going to do the teams that matter). Team seven consists of Uchiha Sasuke, Hyuga Hinata, and Uzumaki Naruto." There was a collective screech from the fangirls of the class as to why they weren't on a team with their "precious" Sasuke.
"Team eight will be Inuzuka Kiba, Aburame Shino, and Haruno Sakura. Team ten will be Nara Shikamaru, Akamichi Chouji, and Yamanaka Ino." Iruka rattled off, getting a simultaneous screech from Ino and Sakura about their teams.
"Your sensei's will be here shortly."
With that, Iruka escap- I mean left the class before he could be attacked by the numerous fangirls that were seething at not being put on the same team as Sasuke.
Shortly after Iruka left, a tall man wearing the standard jonin attire, with the addition of a loin cloth style piece of clothing, and a woman who appeared to be wearing clothing made of giant strips of medical gauze, entered the room.
The man spoke first, "Team ten with me."
After they left the woman spoke up, "Team eight with me."
Fastforward three hours
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Naruto was sitting quietly, reviewing the techniques he could use that would maim, but not kill, his sensei. Sasuke was still brooding in his dark corner of broodyness. And Hinata was poking her index fingers together while sneaking glances at Naruto, who would occasionally look back at her just for the look on her face.
'Jeez, if Sasuke doesn't lighten up he may get lost in his own aura of darkness, and the little Hyuga girl is likely to suffer a heart attack if I look at her while she's looking at me a few more times.'
Just as Naruto finished his train of thought, the door opened and a tall man with gravity defying silver hair stepped in.
"Damn, did your hair not get the message? Gravity pulls you down, not up."(Three guesses as to who said that)
"My first impression of you... I don't like you. Meet me on top of the roof in five minutes." The silver haired jonin said before disappearing.
'That bastard.' (You'll get it in a few moments)
On top of a roof several blocks from the academy.
"You know I hate you, right?" Naruto said as he arrived, "You show up three hours late, and you don't even come to get us yourself, you send a damn kage bushin to do it for you."
Before Kakashi could reply, Sasuke and Hinata araived. Sending a look at Naruto, Kakashi began to speak.
"OK, now that you're all here, let's begin with some introductions."
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"OK... How about I start then. My name is Hatake Kakashi, I am a jonin, what I like... I don't really have any dislikes. As for my dream for the future... I have lots of hobbbies. Now, how about you go, blondie."
"My name is Uzumaki Naruto, I like very few things, I dislike many things. Dreams for the future... (Naruto grins maliciously here) I have lots of hobbies." Naruto finnished, mocking Kakashi's introduction.
"... OK, on to mister sunshine!" Kakashi said.
"My name is Uchiha Sasuke. I have no likes and many dislikes. My dream is not a dream, but an ambition... There is someone I must kill..."
"OK, now for miss mouse-y."
"A-a-ano... My n-name is Hyuuga H-hinata. I l-like pressing flowers a-a-and... I d-d-dislike a-arrogant people w-who judge people t-they don't know. M-my d-d-ream is to b-b-become a s-s-strong leader for the H-hyuuga." (I really hate that stutter... It's going away soon.)
'Great. I got the worlds most enigmatic and sarcastic jinchuriki, the worlds most emo Uchiha, and the worlds only shy Hyuuga... Just great, one more team failed.'
"Well then, I think now is a good time to tell you something. None of you are actually genin yet, I will be administering a survival exorscise that will determine if you really have what it takes to be a shinobi. Meet me at training ground seven tomorrow at six A.M. Oh, and I don't suggest that you eat breakfast, if you don't want to throw up that is." With that Kakashi disappeared in the signature poof of smoke for shushin.
Sui: Uh... Sorry for taking so long on such a short chapter, but such is the time consuming act of job searching. Hope you like and sorry for it seeming so rushed and having so little action, this should be the last chapter before the action starts.
