[A/N: Wow..Sarted writing this at 3 AM guess that proves that this is pretty much all I can think about most of the time. Also, I learned how to make Dango today, Anko would love me. In this chapter you'll finally know who the final member of the team is gonna be, unless you're on my skype, then you already know. Enjoy the chappter.]

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Chapter 3

The Traitor, The Teams, and The Redhead

Naruto flopped onto his back in accomplished glee, his eyes closing, skin wet with perspiration from his practice, he'd finally done it, he'd finally been able to do a bunshin, and this one was solid! He gave himself a mental pat on the back, though that didn't last long when he head footsteps, sitting up he looked over his shoulder, noticing Iruka glaring at him "What do you think you're doing Naruto?"

Naruto rubbed the back of his head bashfully with his metal arm, his eyes closing, giving his favorite teacher a big grin. "Damn, you found me quicker than I thought, I only had the chance to learn one Jutsu Iruka-sensei!" The boy actually pouted, the teacher raising an eyebrow at the boy, didn't he know he had committed quite a terrible crime?

Naruto was on his feet a moment later, staring up at the chuunin. "Does that mean I pass if I show you Iruka-sensei?" He was excited, he could finally pull of a bunshin without a problem, he'd found this version much easier. His teacher however placed a hand on the orange clad boys shoulder.

"Who told you that Naruto?.." He had worry and fear in his eyes, someone had used his favorite student to steal the scroll..He needed to know who it was and possibly get Naruto off the hook for his crime.

The blonde and silver haired boy had opened his mouth to speak but stopped a second later, his eyes becoming cold, He gave his sensei a rough shove, sending him into a tree just as a giant shuriken would have pierced into his back, however Naruto was now in the line of fire. "NARUTO!" Iruka screamed thinking the boy would be killed by the huge ninja tool.

The boy however just raised his metal arm and slapped the shuriken out of the air like he was batting at a fly, the shuriken, burying itself soundly into a tree on the opposite side of the clearing. Mizuki came from around the trunk of a tree, standing on the thick branch there. "Do you know why you're hated Naruto?.." His voice was cold yet he seemed to have an amused edge in his tone, his eyes gazing hatefully down at the boy.

Naruto looked down, his bangs obscuring his eyes slightly as he growled. "Because I contain the Kyuubi no Yoko.." Both men were astonished that he had this knowledge, Iruka was stunned however Mizuki just sputtered and laughed.

"Of course the demon would know exactly what he is!" Mizuki unclasped the last giant shuriken from his back and began spinning it on one of his fingers, aiming for the boy who stood there.

"I am not a demon..." Naruto's voice was cold, he looked slowly up at Mizuki, his eyes hard and cold. "But I will become one to protect what's precious to me..You tried to hurt Iruka-sensei...I'll NEVER FORGIVE YOU!" The boys seal on his right arm glowed as he drug his fingers through the air, the space warping around them until he grabbed the air and pulled, a sword materializing out of nothing, The sword looked like a cleaver, an instrument of death that he would unleash upon his enemies, He growled, his singular red eye glowing slightly, energy flowing around him, that dark mysterious force swirling around his feet.

Mizuki was almost pissing his pants by this point, the killing intent the boy was oozing enough to do that alone, but the sword he held felt malicious somehow in its own way, and that energy..That energy just felt evil. "Y-you really are a DEMON!" He screamed and let the shuriken loose, firing it at the boy.

Mizuki was afraid when the boy simply turned his body to the side and let the blade whiz right past his body, he kept his hateful glare on the silver haired Chuunin, Iruka watched this in awe, the boy he had taught barely showing at all in the face of hatred he saw, that sword alone was enough to make him question..

The Hokage stared into his crystal ball, chewing on the end of his pipe, gnawing on it almost..He had seen the boy do this once before..When someone had attacked Makoto during the Kyuubi festival..H knew someone was going to die..Probably Mizuki..

Naruto kicked off the ground, sending his body straight at Mizuki in a second, readying his blade to sever the mans head from his shoulders. However sensing the danger the man had managed to barely duck the slice meant for his neck, the blade catching his bandanna instead, creating a slash right through his Konoha symbol, He sent a kick towards Naruto's abdomen, his initial fear dissipating seeing the boys lack of skill with a blade.

Mizuki Laughed and jumped from the tree, biting his thumb and unfurling a scroll, wiping his blood along the seal a katana poofed into existence, catching it he unsheathed it, charging the boy that had just landed.

Iruka could barely follow the flurry of blows the chuunin sent towards his favorite student, the boy now on the defensive blocking and parrying, not able to get in a counter attack due to the large size of his sword. He started to rise, about to interfere when Naruto gave him a look, telling him to stay out of it..He stood there stunned as suddenly Naruto twisted away from a downward slash and flipped the cleaver so he was holding it backwards, the red stripe going up the handle seeming to glow slightly as energy was channeled through it. He had been hit as he twisted, seething in pain as he felt his fresh blood spill upon the grassy ground. "Hehe..If it bleeds It dies!" Mizuki said, maniacally.

Naruto swung his blade upwards, Mizuki only backing up enough to get out of the range of the blade, however he wasn't expecting the head made of that foul energy to surface from the ground and bite down on his leg, the bones snapping under the force within a second, tearing that singular leg to shreds, damn near pulling it off of his pelvis. Iruka stared as Mizuki screamed, dropping his katana and staring at his ruined leg, the beast head dissipated and turned into orbs of energy that flowed into his wound, healing it instantly. The silver haired man glared hatefully up at the 'Demon'.

Naruto dropped to his knees a second later, his blade shattering into energy that absorbed back into his seal, before falling face first into the grass, having used his sword for too long..Just as he was about to pass out he heard someone else land in the clearing, and then he knew nothing..

Anko had followed Naruto after seeing that he'd failed his exam..she'd wanted to go to him and hug him bu knew she couldn't as soon as that silver haired bastard had started talking to him. She had been wary of Mizuki for quite a long time, since he too had been close to Orochimaru before his defection. And now here she was, having watched Naruto train for an hour to do the Kage Bunshin, how determined the boy had been, she had missed him stealing the true scroll by about 10 seconds, But she stood between him and the traitor now, glaring hatefully down at the man who now had only one good leg. She pulled one leg back and gave the silver haired man a swift, hard kick to the side of his head, knocking him out cold before turning to Naruto, laying on the grass and carrying him over to Iruka.

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Naruto awoke to the white ceiling of the hospital with a groan and grumble, He'd overdone it in his fight with Mizuki..He knew he couldn't keep his sword materialized for long, it drained too much of his energy just to use the damn thing. He tried to move, only to feel a warm weight on his chest, looking down he saw Makoto, her head laying on him as she sat next to the hospital bed, a small smile found itself on his face.

The Sandaime laughed from his seat on the other side of the bed, an amused expression on his face, he looked a tad smug but Naruto was just glad to see him, "Hey Ojji-san..I guess you know what happened then if I'm here huh?" The Hokage nodded and smiled.

"Yes Naruto and I am here to clear up a few matters regarding it.." He reached into his robes and pulled out a single black headband, with the Konoha metal plate on it, it didn't look new, in fact it looked slightly scuffed, a few nicks and scratches here and there, and the fabric was frayed. "First, you are receiving a field promotion, congratulations Genin Naruto." Naruto took a few seconds to finally understand those words but when he did he took the headband offered with reverence. "Second, Congratulations on your first A-Rank mission." The old man held up an orange scroll and grinned, handing the scroll to Naruto, along with a check for an A rank pay, which was quite a bit.

Naruto stared at the scroll, taking a second to open it up and his eyes widened, reading the text. "Jiji..This scroll says I came to you and told you Mizuki wanted me to steal the scroll.." The wrinkled man nodded and patted the boys head, before getting up and walking to the window, the sun was just coming up over the mountains.

"That's exactly how I remember it Naruto-kun.." He grinned and nodded to the boy. "Be sure to be at the academy in a few hours for your team assignment." And then the old man was gone, leaving the hospital, and the two kids alone in the room..

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Makoto let out a big jaw cracking yawn as they walked down the streets of Konoha, She had been ecstatic when she saw the headband in Naruto's hand when she awoke and had hugged him and told him as much, before realizing they had an hour to get to the academy for their team assignments. It was then that she had all but dragged Naruto out of the hospital, stopping at their home for them to get dressed in fresh clothing. Now dressed, her headband being used as a belt that hung loosely off of her hips, She was walking side by side with Naruto, who had tied the forehead protector around the bicep of his metal arm, the scruffy metal glinting in the sun.

Both of the hyperactive genin wondered who exactly would be on their team, they were hoping beyond hope that it wasn't that stuck up prick Neji, the so called 'Rookie Of The Year'. Naruto scoffed, as he thought about that, Makoto gave him a knowing look and smirked a bit. "Hehe..I hope he isn't on our team either Ruto-kun!" They had been together so long it was almost like they could speak without speaking, something that made them deadly when pulling pranks.

As Naruto entered the room he was met with both, confused, and hateful glares. The hateful glares came from Neji and a couple of other Genin that had sticks up their asses, Tenten was just confused and Lee Well..Lee was Lee.. "Iruka-sensei..What is Naruto doing here?.." They heard a particularly pretty, yet annoyed voice ask from the front row, Naruto froze for a moment, staring at the girl ho had spoken, her dark red hair flowing behind her underneath her hat, that had the Konoha plate attached to it now. She had bright green eyes as she stared right back at the blonde and silver haired boy. "I thought he failed the exam abysmally.." She sniffed at the boy li9ke he was an affront to her senses.

"Aw come on Tsubaki-chan!~ Don't be so mean to Ruto-kun!" Makoto pouted from by his side, and Tsubaki seemed to deflate a bit, having not noticed her there. The red head grumbled but didn't say anything else and pulled her nose from out of the air.

"Naruto is here because he completed a much more difficult exam than the one we assigned to all of you." Iruka nodded at his student and the boy smiled and silently thanked the older man. "Well now that everyone else is here I will now announce the teams." Iruka picked a scroll off of his desk and rolled it open starting to name the teams. "Team 9: Izayoi Tsubaki, Nanaya Makoto, and Uzumaki Naruto. Your Jounin sensei will be-" He was disrupted by the window of the classroom exploding inwards, a ball of cloth flying inside, once it reached the center of the room it seemed to almost explode, the kunai tied to the corners of the fabric flew out and stuck firmly into the ceiling and floor, revealing a very sexy Special Jounin, standing with her jacket unbuttoned, her mesh shirt barely hiding anything, She had a bamboo skewer from a dango in her mouth and the fabric said. "Mitarashi Anko, Sexy, Single, Sensei of Team 9!"

As soon as Makoto heard she was on the same team as Naruto she breathed a sigh of relief, while most of their classmates had tolerated her, Naruto and Tsubaki were the only ones to really embrace her as a friend, though Tsubaki had started it mainly trying to get her away from her hyperactive roommate more than anything else. When Anko broke into the room however both her and Naruto had grinned at the woman, they hadn't seen her in a month or so and had started to worry..but now they knew she would be with them for awhile longer.

"Come on brats! We got some things to talk about!" She had a wicked grin on her face, the bamboo skewer in her mouth cracking and splintering from the force of her teeth on it. The two troublemakers stood up and jumped over the desks to get to her quicker while Tsubaki gulped and followed, going around the desks. Once they were out of the room Iruka sighed, the rest of the class gaping like fish while Iruka took the banner down, stuffing it under his desk a second later. "So Team 10!"

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Anko sat on one of the training stumps at training ground 45, a new box of dango resting on top of the stump next to her as she stared down at her brats. "OK so I already know plenty about you from your files, and I'm sure you guys know each other from being in class together for a couple years, So I'm gonna skip that boring introduction crap and get straight to the good stuff." She nibbled one of her dumpling and almost purred at the taste of the pan fried delight, the red bean paste smeared on them making them that much better. "In one week we're going to have another test to see if you can really hack it as Genin.." Seeing their faces she growled and gave them a silencing glare. "The academy exams are just to see if you qualify for the real test, Now this test is going to test everything you ever learned, but mostly it's going to stress survival."

"I already got permission from the Hokage to do this test..It's a lot more in depth than what the other Jounin will put their genin through, well..except maybe Gai.." She had a bit of a shiver at the thought..She also pitied all of the students the man got. She saw Naruto raise his hand his face completely serious, She pointed to him with her now half eaten stick of dango. "Blondie."

Naruto let his hand fall to his lap and he breathed out of his nostrils like he was calming himself for something. "Anko-neechan-Sensei, What are the parameters of this test?" Tsubaki took a look at Naruto, at first because of what he called their Sensei, but then amazed at how he tried to get information from their teacher like a true ninja.

Anko grinned and opened the box of dango, taking one out and tossing the steaming dumpling to the boy, letting him munch. "Good, The parameters are Evasion and Survival, You will be in a hostile environment for 2 weeks evading me while surviving the environment.." The three genin nodded, Naruto munching away at his dango, he had come to love the snack almost as much as ramen.

Anko hummed and looked over her three students, seeing no more questions she grabbed her box of Dango and grinned at them. "Meet me here in 1 week brats!" And then she shunshined away in a swirl of leaves.

Tsubaki huffed a bit and stood, looking over at her new teammates, Makoto she adored like a little sister, a rather hyper little sister but damn she couldn't do a thing against those puppy dog eyes the beast-kin was capable of. Then there was Naruto, someone she considered a terrible influence on Makoto, they were always pulling pranks together and Iruka had fallen prey to their traps more than once, even though he was a good trap maker himself. But now he was an enigma, failing the normal genin exam only to pass a much harder one that same night, she watched him finish his dango, staring at him.

"Ne...Tsubaki-chan why are you staring at Ruto-kun like that? Could it be?!" The beast-kin gasped and pointed at her best female friend. "YOU LIKE RUTO-KUN!" She had an astonished look on her face, even as Naruto choked on one of the final bites of his sweet snack, blushing and staring at the two females.

Tsubaki's face turned as crimson as her hair, her pale complexion making it much more visible as she shook her head like a woman possessed. "NO NO NO HELL NO!" Naruto looked a bit hurt at the vehement denial but he knew she didn't like him much...especially after he pranked her that one valentines day making her think Neji liked her..What she didn't know was that Makoto had planned that prank..

Makoto grinned and hugged the redhead. "I know..I'm just messin with ya!" The squirrel girl grinned and waved her bushy tail around a bit, looking a tad bored now that there was nothing to focus her limited attention span on.

Naruto stood a moment later and flicked the bamboo skewer into the training log their sensei had been sitting on, the sharp end sinking a couple of centimeters into the wood of the log. "Ok we need a plan for this test.." He turned to Tsubaki and Makoto, smiling at the girls. "I'm no good at planning though, at least not yet.." He locked his mismatched sapphire and ruby orbs on Tsubaki's emerald ones. "That's why I'm glad you're on our team Yayoi-san, if we had gotten someone else we wouldn't stand a chance.."

Tsubaki knew this to be true, Makoto was a brawler, and had excellent taijutsu skills, her massive strength giving her an edge over their classmates. Naruto was an excellent trap smith and thought well on his feet, he was also a chakra monster for lack of a better term. Tsubaki had excelled at the academics of it all, she loved tactics and thinking above all other parts of being a ninja, though she could be quite stealthy when she wanted. The redhead took a deep breath, flattered that her team was relying on her for this. "Alright we're gonna need-.."

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Naruto hummed from his seat at his desk, the scroll of forbidden seals was open on his desk as he studied it, the first 2 or 3 yards of scroll were nothing but different seals and such, mainly storage seals he was afraid to crack open, He didn't want to unleash some sort of Eldritch abomination after all, he wasn't a total moron. He passed by a certain seal that had a label under it, 'The Fourths Legacy' was all it said, he gave himself a bit of a shrug and bit his only live thumb and smeared a tiny bit across the seal, the thick fluid absorbed into the seal and out poofed another scroll, this one wasn't quite as bulky but it still held a fair bit of weight.

He was excited as he smeared the last bit of remaining blood on his healed thumb onto the seal holding the scroll closed, it wasn't every day after all that you come across a scroll left behind by your greatest hero after all. The blood seal released, the scroll falling open to his eyes. He began to read, his heart pounding in his chest.

'Step 1: Basic Sealing Techniques' His heart soared, he was going to learn from a scroll written by the Yondaime himself! He went to work, pouring over every word, trying his best to learn what his hero wanted to teach him from beyond the grave.

[A/N: Blah..This took me longer to write than I wanna say..Mainly because my mental train derailed and turned into a big ball of fire, afterward it was more like I was using one of those lever carts to get his done..Had to force a lot of it there near the end but I came up with some good later chapter ideas. I hope you guys enjoy the Jounin test idea I had, it seemed better than bells and less used than Stealing Icha Icha from Kakashi..As always Please read and Review it helps get my creative juices flowing and it feels good to write again after so long. Any-who..Please let me know what you think everyone, even if its just to tell me any flaws or the like. (Also, I'm gonna take Omakes if you wanna write them and PM them to me, the ones that I enjoy most will show up at the end of a chapter :3)]