Sasuke and Keta's expressions were similar; it seemed as if they both longed for this fight. Keta made the first move rushing in. Throwing a couple of punches he found that Sasuke was indeed fast. Sasuke decided to turn the tables when he countered on of Keta's attacks and brought his leg around for a roundhouse kick. The crowd gasped as Keta blocked the near shot to his head. Half of the crowd was cheering for Keta and they were led by Naruto while Sakura led the other half of the crowd in cheering for Sasuke.
How can someone who has been in a coma for two entire years be so strong? This is perplexing. Although Sasuke did not see Keta or recognized he existed someone did. The question is who?
"Go go go!" Naruto punched his fist in the air with a smile on his face. At that instant Keta scored a blow to Sasuke's gut. Taking a couple steps backwards Sasuke jumped back in fighting furiously.
"So, how many passed this year?" The Hokage turned to the speaker. His forehead protector was at a slant covering his left eye. His silvery hair shot upwards and his mask covered the majority of his face covered leaving only his eyes visible.
"I believe all but one passed." Kakashi sighed at the Hokage's reply. Kakashi no doubt knew it was Naruto who had failed the exam and was destined to another year in the academy.
"Who are the prospects of this year?" Kakashi looked at the other Jounins to see if they knew anything about it. He eyed two Jounins in particular. He knew them as Yuuhi Kurenai and Sarutobi Asuma.
"Well Iruka just sent his report saying that there is actually a tie for the #1 spot." The statement startled the three Jounin. Kakashi was particularly startled seeing as how he did not think anyone would match up to Sasuke this year. "They are the two Uchihas…" The three Jounin were blown aback by the remark.
How could he? He wasn't supposed to become a Genin this year! He was supposed to wait until next year when he had a better command of his abilities. How could he possibly be so skilled when he still has no information greater than an 11 year old academy student?
The door to the Hokage's office popped open and a female walked in. The Jounins turned to eye the newcomer. "Yo, did I miss something important?" She eyed all of the Jounin one after another and simply assumed that she did.
"You're even later than Kakashi, now that's pretty hard to accomplish. You have to tell me your secret Yumi." The Hokage smiled at Asuma's remark.
"I won't lose to you…" Keta was breathing just as heavily as Sasuke. The fight had been dead even with occasional hits for either contender. Sakura and Ino looked on in disbelief as Keta seemed to be holding his own against their Sasuke-kun. Naruto had a look of delight as he watched someone really beating up Sasuke for a change instead of Sasuke just lording over everyone.
Sasuke's smirk reappeared "You are a good rival for me, as one should expect from an Uchiha." Keta and Sasuke rushed towards each other and cocked back for a grand punch. The two Uchiha's launched their punches and as they rocketed towards their targets time seemed to freeze for a second. Everyone's breathing stopped for that moment in time.
"What the hell?" Naruto looked out into the arena to see another person no in-between the two relatives. "Iruka-sensei, what are you doing here?" Most of the crowd was thinking the same. Iruka had stopped the fight and he had a serious look on his face.
"You two are in no position to be fighting each other. We don't need a fight to settle who the better of you two is. Plus I am not about to allow someone to get hurt on school." Sasuke snarled for a moment and put both his hands in his pockets. Keta's eyes were fixed on Sasuke as he came out of his fighting stance. Sasuke turned and began walking away. "You receive your forehead protectors tomorrow as I assign your squads." Keta sighed and began walking away without even giving second thought to his cloak which was caught up in a tree nearby. Ino had the courtesy to grab it down and she began walking after Keta.
"Even after Uchiha Keta has been out for two years he still manages to come back and pass the Genin exam with flying colors. Does that mean our exam is too easy?" Kakashi looked at Yumi and sighed.
I guess I'll never get credit for visiting that kid every blessed day and tuning out his muscles. Then again, I didn't really ask for any credit. It is the least I could do.
"All right you four that are here draw numbers for squad command." Each Jounin looked at Sarutobi and the hollow box he now held. Each took turns drawing a slip from the black box. Kakashi received number seven, number eight went to Asuma, and number nine went to Kurenai. Yumi was reluctant to draw but eventually did. Yumi received the slip.
Naruto found his way in-between Sasuke and Sakura when seated in their classroom. A very anxious Naruto awaited Iruka to hand out the forehead protectors and name them all official ninja. Sasuke had the same serious expression on his face while Sakura couldn't keep from looking at Sasuke for more than five seconds.
"Naruto, when did you pass the Genin exam?" Naruto looked at Shikamaru and snarled. Shikamaru already knew that he hit Naruto's sensitive spot and he laughed a bit. From time to time Shikamaru would simply get Naruto all riled up just for the fun of it.
"Okay, okay, class I will now proceed to call out the squads. When you hear your squad called out the three of you come down to receive your forehead protector. Is that understood?" The class nodded in agreement and Iruka proceeded to call out the squad names. "Squad one: Minako Rei, Kinsawa Kyoji, and Keta Uchiha." Keta sighed and got up moving slowly down the flight of stairs. Keta grasped his forehead protector and looked to his left. There staring back at him was Kyoji then to Keta's right his eyes were met by the fiery eyes of his other subordinate Rei.
I was hoping for a team of people I knew a little better, or even Sasuke. I guess they at least have something unique about them so it won't be a total loss.
Ino sighed as she realized that she had lost her chance to be in the team with one of the Uchihas. Now she began hoping to team with Sasuke. Sakura's thoughts were similar and Naruto wanted to team up with Sakura. Ino crossed her fingers as she looked left then right. Ino sighed as some of the worse candidates were thrown off the list of possible teammates.
"Team seven, Haruno Sakura, Uzumaki Naruto," At that moment Naruto leapt out of his seat in celebration as Sakura slumped down further into her wooden chair. "Finally, Uchiha Sasuke will be on team seven." Keta laughed as the positions Sakura and Naruto switched; now Naruto slumped in his seat while Sakura celebrated. On the other side of the room Ino pouted now that she wasn't going to be teamed up with anyone she wanted to be teamed up with. "Team eight will consist of: Yamanaka Ino, Akimichi Chouji, and Nara Shikamaru." Ino almost fell out of her seat after Iruka called out the names. In the next moment she was standing up eyes burning as she looked at Sakura.
Why do I have to be stuck with a fat ass and a guy who can't get off his ass? Damn you Sakura! Putting aside Naruto you have the best luck!
Ino soon went down to get her forehead protector as soon as she finished ranting about her terrible luck. Keta looked at his team and shrugged his shoulders again while on the other side of the room Sakura was thinking of ways Sasuke and her would become close. Naruto was busy mumbling to himself about nothing while the other Genin waited to be called. "Team Nine will be comprised of Hyuuga Hinata, Arubame Shino, and Inuzuka Kiba." The three calm down quietly and retrieved their forehead protectors without much fuss. The entire class was seated with their teammates and ready for Iruka's next bit of advice. Iruka finished his name calling and stood up "you all are now officially Genin, you will each be designated a Jounin, that Jounin will teach you as a Genin and will supervise all of your missions. You will meet your designated Jounin sometime tomorrow. I suppose he or she will contact you before then. I congratulate you on your success!" Keta couldn't help but smile at those words. The smile wasn't as wide brimmed as before it was more of a sly smile than anything.
"We've been waiting for a half hour. The note the Jounin gave us said to be here at eleven. Jeez the nerve of some people!" Keta could hardly stand listening to the incessant rants of his squad member Rei. It turned out that Keta was the only one amongst them to use hand to hand Taijutsu. Rei used special braces that when activated turned into deadly daggers and Kyoji used a simple wooden Katana. Keta stretched out relaxing himself on the soft grass as he stared up into the sky. The three Genin were startled as a cloud of smoke suddenly appeared before them.
"Sorry I'm late, don't worry it's not habit." The Jounin sensei appeared with a smile on her face. "The name is Rukiman Yumi and I'm going to be "your Jounin"." The smile that Yumi had on her face was slightly creepy as if someone could be too energetic.