Wolf: Hey everyone. Welcome to the fifth installment of ShadowSnake. Also, shout out to everyone who has followed and favorited this story. Alright this chapter will show ShadowSnake fighting team 7 one-on-one and telling them their weakness and how he could fix it. Now on to the story.

Disclaimer: All rights belong to Kishimoto

Chapter 4

Training Ground 7

"Alright, I'm sure Kakashi told you what was gonna happen, but before any training begins, I'll be fighting each of you one-on-one so I know where to start with your training.

Now, let's get started. Uchiha, you're first. Remember, come at as if you're gonna kill me." he says as he has an evil smirk under his mask.

'Let's see how far the Uchiha has come.'

Sasuke gets into his family's Taijutsu stance and waits for Shadowsnake to prepare. As he watches he notices his future sensei take up an unusual stance. Shadowsnake is standing with his body facing the right. He has his left arm out with a slight bend in his elbow with his hand open but also has his fingers bending inward towards his palm. His right arm is elevated and bent so that his hand is close to his face while his hand is in a similar position to his left hand.

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"What stance is that?" asks Sasuke. 'That's not a stance I've seen before.'

"Like it? I call it Snake's fist. It focuses more on quick, precise strikes, with added modifications for defensive capabilities." 'Technically it's a modification of a style I learned when I was taught by Orochimaru, but none of them need to know that.'

"Come on Uchiha. Fight me as if you plan to kill me."

With that Sasuke, drops his stance and pulls out four kunai and throws them at Snake. Snake unsheathes his sword and deflects all kunai with speed that only the Sharingan can detect. Sasuke soon notices that all kunai are on the ground while Snake is standing over them with his sword unsheathed. Snake then sheathes his sword and gets back into his Taijutsu stance. Sasuke then rushes towards him and plans to deliver a flurry of attacks only for Snake to block all of his attacks while receiving punches to his pressure points and then falls to the ground. Despite all of the pain he feels from taking a barrage of attacks to his pressure points, he manages to get up and tries to rush Snake again. Snake sighs when he notices he gets up and with speeds that rival Gai's, he positions himself behind Sasuke and brings his sword and places at Sasuke's neck and tells him, "Dead."

With that, he re-sheathes his sword and pushes Sasuke telling him to turn around.

"Uchiha…"

"The name is Sasuke." 'This power I must learn it so I can kill Itachi.'

"What makes you think I care? Uchiha, you're too brash and you attacked me without knowing at least a little of what I could do. You're too reckless. You're also too caught up on wanting to bring your clan's murderer to justice. Uchiha...go back with the others.

Haruno, you're up."

Sakura steps up and gets into a basic academy Taijutsu stance. Snake notices her stance and realizes that her stance as too many openings in her defense.

'How did she graduate with a poor Taijutsu stance? That's the first thing Kakashi will have to fix during her training.'

Snake then enters his Taijutsu stance and waits for Sakura to make a move. Sakura then rushes Snake and delivers fast attacks with no power behind them. He doesn't bother counter-attacking and only blocks and redirects the attack.

'Aside from the strength of her attacks, which is quite powerful for someone her age, that's all she has in terms of basic fighting. (groans) She is gonna be the hardest to train.'

To get this over with, Snake gets behind her and places a kunai at her neck and another over where her heart is.

"Haruno…"

"The name is Sakura." she spits out.

"Don't care. Haruno, your Taijutsu is lackluster at best. You leave too many openings when you go to attack your opponent that if this were a real battle you would've been dead after your first attack. And from watching your test with Kakashi, you care too much about the Uchiha that you'd rather focus on him instead of your teammate, Naruto, who was in front you for most of the test. Haruno...as of right now you're a disgrace to kunoichi everywhere. My guess is you rather focus on your looks and finding love instead of spending time to train. Go back to your team.

Uzumaki, your turn."

"Hai Hebi-nii."

'He still thinks of me as his brother, doesn't he?'

Flashback to when Riku was 14 and Naruto was 8

Snake and Dog were at Naruto's home making sure no civilian would show and try to harm Naruto. Snake knocked on his door and waited for Naruto to answer. Naruto looked at the door wondering if it was the ANBU who protected him whenever a civilian would try harm him. Naruto remembers when he was six that the Hokage asked the two to be his protection detail until he was able to protect himself. He doesn't remember when but started to see the two ANBU soldiers as brothers who would always protect him. He was shaken from his thoughts when he heard a knock again. He went to open the door and saw Snake and Dog resting on the railing behind Snake.

"Hebi-nii-chan!" Naruto shouts in joy and tackles him in a hug.

"It's good to see you, otouto." Snake replies as he returns the hug.

Flashback Ends

Naruto steps up and gets into the basic academy Taijutsu stance. Snake analyzes the stance and realizes that his defenses aren't as open as Sakura's and that he seems calmer than Sasuke.

Naruto then pulls out kunais and shurikens and throws them at Snake. Snake unsheathes his sword and blocks each of them. He then notices Naruto is speeding towards him with a kunai in his hand.

'So, it was a distraction? You've gotten smarter otouto.'

He then blocks and redirects Naruto's attacks with his sword. He then notices an opening in his stance when he goes to slash. He waits for Naruto to slash and then grabs his arm with his free hand and maneuvers the hand with the kunai over his heart while positioning his sword at his neck.

"Dead." Snake states.

"Uzumaki, you happen to be the more well-rounded of the group, but charged without having a backup plan if something went wrong. Like the two before you, you charged at me without knowing much of what I could do. In battle that could get you killed. Get back with your team, otouto."

Naruto walks back to his team and turns around to look at Snake. Snake looks at each of the Genin before he decides to speak.

"As far as Genin teams go, you are one of the worst I have seen. Your teamwork is lackluster. Sakura, you couldn't even dispel a simple D-rank Genjutsu. Sasuke, you let you honor and pride get the better of you and refused to work as a team. Naruto was the only one who understood the point of the test. Before we start training you with Ninjutsu, Genjutsu, and Taijutsu we'll be working on trying to get you guys to work as a team. Kakashi will work on that before I start to train you."

"Snake's right. I'll be working on your teamwork before we undergo traditional training. So, to work on your teamwork, we'll be taking D-rank missions until I believe you can work as a team.

Now, Naruto. Come with me and Snake to the Hokage. We have something we want to tell you. Sasuke and Sakura, you can leave. Meet here tomorrow so we can go to the Hokage and grab a mission."

"Hai Kakashi-sensei."

The two Jonin grab Naruto's shoulders and shunshin to outside the Hokage's office. Snake knocks on the door and hears an 'Enter' from inside. The three walk inside and are greeted by the Hokage and the other Jonin sensei tasked with training a Genin team.

"Ah, Kakashi you came in just in time. We were about to discuss which teams had passed your tests. Naruto, could you wait outside for now."

Naruto then walks out the doors and waits for the Jonin to finish their discussion.

"Now, starting with Team 1, how'd they do?" said Hiruzen.

"Team 1 failed by thinking this was a game."

"Team 2 failed to understand that this was meant to test their teamwork."

"Team 3...utterly failed."

"Team 4...should be removed from the academy."

"Team 5 thought this was a game and could try again later."

"Team 6 fought each other over which Genin should be sent back to the academy. I recommend removal from academy."

"Team 7 passed the test...although only slightly."

"Team 8 passed within a couple of hours"

"Team 10 passed"

"So, I'll be training Team 7, 8, and 10. I'll be training the Clan Heirs, the Uzumaki, and the Haruno." Shadowsnake then smirks as he removes his mask. As he does all Jonin look at Snake questioningly.

"What?" he then realizes that they're looking at his mask. "Oh, come on. Everyone in this room knows who I am without the mask. Just let me take it off."

They all look at the Hokage wondering what his response was going to be.

"I'll allow it. And yes, Riku. You'll be training those three teams. Also, I want you to train Gai's team as well."

"I'll do it if you'll also let me choose select Genin for future ANBU training."

All the Jonin sensei and ANBU operatives in the room begin to argue stating that they are too young to begin training for ANBU.

"May I remind you, I joined when I was twelve, Itachi joined when he was eleven, and Kakashi joined when he was thirteen. If the Hokage agrees, I will train them to be my future ANBU team."

The Hokage closes his eyes and thinks it over.

"Alright. You can train select Genin for ANBU, but you'll have to tell me and the Clan Heads which Genin you'll be selecting. Neko, gather the Clan Heads and bring them to the Council room."

"Hai Hokage-sama." with that Neko leaves and goes to gather the Clan Heads for the meeting.

"Kurenai, Asuma. Can you gather your team tomorrow so I can do a one-on-one fight to check for weaknesses? Can you also find Gai and let him know that I'll also be training his team? Also let him know that I wish to fight his team one-on-one to find any weaknesses they have."

Kurenai and Asuma nod in reply.

"Now, everyone except Kakashi and Riku can leave. And on your way out, send Naruto back in."

Riku puts his mask back on as the other Jonin walk out of the room and tell Naruto that the Hokage told him to back in.

"You asked for me, jiji"

"Yes, Naruto. We have something we want to tell you about your parents."

"My parents? But you said you didn't know my parents?"

"We know what we said otuto. But that was to protect you from your father's enemies in Kumogakure and Iwagakure. You see, your father was a powerful shinobi that played an important role during the Third Shinobi War."

"My father was a war hero?"

"He was more important to Konoha than just being a war hero."

"Who was my father?"

"You're a smart kid otouto. Look around the room and figure it out."

Naruto then looks around the room and stops at the portraits. He looks at each of the Hokage before stopping at the portrait of the Fourth. He looks at it and analyzes his facial structure and hair color. After a couple of minutes of looking, he realizes what his nii-chan meant by "look around the room."

"I'm the son of the Fourth Hokage, aren't I?

"Yes, Naruto you are the son of Minato Namikaze, the Fourth Hokage."

"Namikaze? My last name is Uzumaki."

"Yeah, we gave you your mother's last name for the same reason we didn't tell you about your parents. Your father had many enemies, so to protect you we gave you your mother's name."

"My mother?"

"Her name is Kushina Uzumaki. She was a beautiful woman with fiery red hair. She also had anger issues when someone made fun of her hair. She would beat them up which in turn earned her the nickname 'Red Hot Habanero'." states Kakashi.

"My mother sounds so cool." Naruto says, clearly awestruck at his mother.

"Yeah. Now onto other matters. Since you now know your heritage, the Hokage can now let you live in the Uzumaki compound and give you the scrolls your parents left for you."

"The Uzumaki compound? I've been around all of Konoha and I've never seen it before."

"Yeah about that. We had to put a Genjutsu around it so it would be protected from the Civilian Council. If they found it, they would have it torn down and replaced with more shops." Snake spits out.

"The compound is close to the training grounds and we placed a blood seal on it when you were a kid in case the Civilian Council had found it. You can go to the Uzumaki Compound if you like, but Snake, Kakashi and I have a meeting with the Shinobi Council. Or you can come with us. The choice is up to you."

"I would like to go to the Uzumaki Compound."

"Alright," Hiruzen then grabs a small box from his shelf and hands it to Naruto. "This box contains the scrolls that your parents left for you. It also contains a kunai that belonged to your father. Now, the three of us have to go, we'll meet up with at the compound when we're done."

With that all three shinobi and the Hokage make their way out of the Hokage's office. The group walks together until Hiruzen, Snake, and Kakashi stop at a door which leads to the Council Room. The group enters and are greeted by the Clan Heads.

"Hokage-sama, why did you request to meet us?" asks Hiashi Hyuga.

"I have some news regarding each of your children."

"Has something happened with them?" asks Shikaku Nara.

"All of them passed their sensei's test and are now full-fledged shinobi. And they will also be receiving training from Shadowsnake to bring out their full potential."

All Clan Heads turn to Snake, "You'll be training them along with the sensei?" asks Tsume Inuzuka.

"Yes I will assist in their training on whichever day I'm meeting them."

"I also have another announcement." all heads turn back to Hiruzen, "Shadowsnake has also requested that he be able to train select Genin to become future ANBU soldiers."

At this all Clan Heads except Shikaku, who claims this is troublesome, argue saying that their children are too young to become ANBU soldiers.

"Silence!" everyone in the room quiets down, "We will not be making them ANBU soldiers now, he will be training them until they are 18 if they accept his training."

"Who are the Genin you want to train for the ANBU?" Choza asks Snake.

"I would like to train Neji Hyuga and Tenten from Team 9. Shikamaru Nara from Team 10. Kiba Inuzuka, Shino Aburame, and Hinata Hyuga from Team 8. And Sasuke Uchiha and Naruto Uzumaki from Team 7."

"You want to train the demon reincarnate? With your training, he'll end up destroying the village!" says a random ANBU in the room. Kakashi and Snake pull out two kunai each and throw them at the shinobi who made the remark. The kunai land at his head and neck killing him instantly.

The clan heads unfazed by this talk amongst themselves deciding whether or not to accept the Genin he chose for training. After, three minutes of debate, the clan heads came to a conclusion.

"You can train the Genin you chose, but you must not stray from your original duty of training all the Genin in Teams 7, 8, 9 and 10."

At this Riku nods in agreement.

"Alright, now that we're done. You are all dismissed. Snake, Kakashi come with me. We're meeting up with Naruto." Hiruzen states.

Wolf: Alright. There's chapter 4 of ShadowSnake. This chapter was fun to write. I promise I'll get better at writing fight scenes.

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