1 Naruto: Ninja Design

Ch. 7 Genin Test and Arriving in Suna

Umino Iruka sighed as he stepped into the classroom of that year's graduating class and almost smiled when he caught sight of the three 'transfer' students that were graduating with the class as well. The instructor of that class had been arrested for taking bribes from the council to let the students get away from their bullying of the other lower ranked class, but they made it seem like he was sick while he was currently in interrogation. He frowned when he noticed the Lee kid being picked on and threw an eraser at the culprit.

"Enough! You are all genin now so I suggest you start acting like it and that means treating each other as your equals!" he told them sternly and the shocked student sat down, wondering why he berated him when the other sensei didn't.

'This Academy needs a lot of reformation' he thought scowling inwardly as he listed off the names to make sure everyone was there before he began reading off the list for the teams.

"Team 3 Suoh Hoshi, Suoh Kyoko, and Kuni Yuma," he said before noticing that Hyuuga Neji, the Rookie of the Year had his hand up.

"Yes Hyuuga-san?" he asked

"Why are there 3 civilians here to become genins?" asked Neji almost snidely before dodging a kunai that would've gone into his shoulder hadn't he dodged.

"I suggest you get your facts straight before you form opinions about anyone," said Kyoko (Keiyu remember?) said coldly appearing right behind him.

"That's enough Suoh-san, Hyuuga," Iruka dropped the san to show his displeasure, "These three were trained under a teacher who died and they decided to join a village for more training and haven't slacked in their training as well and if you want to get anywhere I suggest you start treating your comrades with more respect or you won't go nowhere in the ninja world," he said and Neji looked away with a scoff and Iruka sighed before continuing on.

"Team 9 Hyuuga Neji, Higurashi TenTen, and Rock Lee,"at the moment a green blur sailed through the window and landed in front of the class.

"TEAM 9 COME WITH ME AND I'LL SHOW YOU THE POWER OF YOUTH!" the blur was revealed to be a man with green tights and orange leg warmers and looked like an older version of Lee with bushier eyebrows and a bowlcut instead of the ponytail Lee had.

A cricket was heard as the whole class stared blankly at the man though Lee seemed to recognize him and his face was lit up like a Christmas tree.

"*Sigh* Gai-san can you please enter through the door, Team 9 go ahead and follow him," said Iruka feeling sorry only for TenTen as Lee liked Gai as a father figure and he didn't like Neji much so didn't feel sorry for him at all. After Team 9 left a knock sounded on the door and opened to reveal a man with brown hair and brown eyes and had a headband similar to the ones that the 2ND Hokage wore.

"I'm Yamato and I'm here for Team 3," he said in a monotone and led them out to the rooftop where he turned to face them.

"Ano-," Kyoko narrowed her eyes and put her fingers together muttering Kai and Yamato faded away and a note floated down. Yuma (Hinata) picked it up and read it,

"Dear Team, your genin test begins now, come find me and prove you can be both a tracking and stealth unit, but you'll have to bring me something first, get me-," Yuma paused as she gazed in disbelief as did the other two when they saw the request.

"You have got to be kidding me, that's suicidal," exclaimed Hoshi (Naruto).

"But we have to do it if we want to pass, come on," said Kyoko and they jumped off the roof to begin their test.

Kakashi Hatake so far was having a bad day, first he was briefed on a mission from the Hokage that would take awhile and he would have to babysit not only Kimmimaro but 3 other non-genin. Next he had to help this lady carry her bags to her house which was on a very tall hill. Then he had to help two kids get their rabid cat down from a lamp post and ended up getting scratched on the process.

'Ah well, I can finally read my boo-' his hand paused in his pocket and his one visible eye widened as he felt nothing there and searched the other pockets.

"But I had it when I helped th-," he paused again as realization came and killing intent poured out of him as he ran back to where he saw them.

"Do you have it?" Hoshi asked as they ran across the rooftops.

"Hai, it took a lot of concentration but the genjutsu was able to conceal my presence and I got it," she said taking out an orange book, "Good job with the distraction guys," she said before her eyes widened, "More speed he's realized it's gone and is tracking us right now!" she said and they all forced chakra to their feet bursting forward and used shadow clones to spread their scent and chakra signature, switching their position with their clones to lead them further away.

"We still have to track Yamato-sensei," said Kyoko biting her lip, they couldn't do more shadow clones as Hatake would get suspicious and Yuma couldn't use her bloodline as it would reveal who she was.

"Neechan, why don't you us your chakra sonar," suggested Hoshi.

"I'll try, Yuma you can use chakra pulse but send a message to your clones first to do the same and Hoshi you know what to do," said Kyoko with a smirk in his direction and he smiled mischievously before the forest animals seemed to have doubled and scattered about. They finally tracked their new sensei to a clearing with a large waterfall and arrived just as Kyoko sensed Hatake and quickly gave Yamato the orange book before all 3 plopped down onto the grass just as Hatake appeared dogs surrounding him. His eye took in the scene and he sighed before dismissing his dog summons.

"This was a test huh Yamato?" he asked in amusement.

"Sorry Sempai, but I thought it would be good practice for them and I didn't really expect for them to actually get it from you and lead you away like that," he said and Kyoko's eyes widened when a clone appeared but that's not what surprised her, what did surprise her was when the clone turned into wood and merged with her sensei. Noticing his squad's astonished eyes he gave a small smile.

"Yes I have the Wood Release Bloodline and I heard that one of you is learning Earth and the other Water," Yuma and Kyoko raised their hands, "That will make it easier, now you might not like this but we'll be doing D-rank missions the 1st 3 months in the morning with training in the afternoon and weekends off. Hoshi I may not know any fire jutsu but I'll try and teach you anything else you might want to know," said Yamato giving the orange book to Kakashi who pocketed it with a eye smile.

"Thank-you, but that doesn't mean that I'll let you get away with it," at that moment Hatake disappeared and reappeared behind Yamato his hands in the Tiger sign, "Secret Leaf Style: Thousand Years of Pain!" he said and- poked their sensei in the butt sending him into the air.

"There's actually a move like that," muttered Kyoko bewildered shaking her head and sweatdropped when she saw Hoshi's wide eyes filled with awe and a hint of mischief.

'If he uses that move in a fight I'm suing Hatake' she thought, Yuma just giggled at that after getting out of her shock.

"Alright, we're going to meet our escort in 2 hours, Naru, do you have everything you need?" Keiyu asked as Hinata sealed away the last of the food and stood next to her.

"Yep!" said blonde said cheerfully as he joined them.

"Really? Scrolls," he nodded, "Ink," again he nodded, "Pens, Pencils, Seeds, Clothes, Toothbrush, Shampoo, Ram-" Naruto gasped and disappeared before reappearing with a small scroll marked 'Ramen: God of Foods' and pocketed it, "O-K, kunai and shuriken, senbon, alright," said Keiyu with a smile before they faced the other way and did the handsigns and bit their thumbs.

"Blood Clone jutsu," they said slamming their palms into the ground and focusing half of their energy into the seals on the ground. Instantly 3 doubles of themselves stood before them and transformed into Team 3 at the same time that the 3 originals felt the energy drain and shook their heads.

"That's strange, we shouldn't be this weak at half power," Hoshi said a little confused before they decided to wait and see if it would return and went out the door. Hinata shushined to behind a tree by the gates of the village and they 'met' together to wait for their escort, ignoring the glares from one of the gate guards that was directed at Naruto.

"O-ow! Kimmimaro you can stop OW!" a familiar voice exclaimed and they turned to see Hatake being dragged by Kimmimaro who was pulling his leg.

"Didn't want to be late," the albino boy said before bowing to Keiyu, "Keiyu-hime," he greeted before bowing to the other two while Keiyu wondered when he was going to stop calling her that.

"Ohayo Kimmimaro, you look much healthier, is Hatake treating you alright," asked Keiyu giving him a brief hug making him tense a little before she let go.

"Alright," he replied.

"So it's you three I'm escorting huh? At least it isn't the Uchiha," Hatake muttered and Keiyu hid a grin, she remembered when Iruka announced it to the class about the Treaty escort to Suna.

Flashback

"Settle down I've got some news," the class continued talking and a tick mark appeared on Iruka's face, "I said, SETTLE DOWN!" he roared using the Bighead jutsu he himself had created. The class quieted and he smiled,

"Good, now I've got some news, this year 3 students will be going to Suna on a treaty alliance, the following students will report in a week at the gates, Hyuuga Hinata," Hinata looked up shyly with a shocked look before looking back down and stutterin a 'Hai'. "Mumichi Keiyu," at this some girls grumbled while Ino hid her please look that Keiyu would get to go, "And Uzumaki Naruto," said Iruka preparing for the coming storm, he wasn't disappointed.

"Iruka-sensei," asked Sakura sweetly and some students pretended to gag, "Why isn't SASUKE-KUN ALLOWED TO GO? NARUTO-BAKA AND THAT WENCH DON'T DESERVE TO GO TO SUNA," she screeched making the whole class fall to the ground holding their ears while Inuzuka Kiba fainted from having sensitive ears, the trio had their ears plugged though they still winced a bit.

"Because Sakura, it's not a training mission, all the 3 will be doing is getting to know some of the kids in the other village and possibly learn their customs, they're won't be any real training at all," said Iruka knowing that this would disinterest the Uchiha who grunted and looked out the window.

End Flashback

"Let's go, it'll take awhile to travel there as we'll be going by your speed," said Kakashi with an eye smile. The 4 nodded and they took off towards Suna.

4 days later

"Woah," said Naruto seeing the walls of Suna a second after Kakashi did but it was Hinata who noticed the 3 figures in the distance and pointed them out to Keiyu who nodded slightly. When they arrived they saw that the 3 were kids/teenagers with the oldest being a girl with blonde hair in four poneytails and a large fan on her back to the youngest who had red hair, a large gourd on his back, and sea-green eyes surrounded by a black lines that made him look like a raccoon along with a sign of 'Love' on his forehead in Kanji. The middle one had on a black suit with kabuki make-up and something on his back as well though they couldn't tell what.

"Hello, welcome to Suna, I'm Temari of the Sand and these are my brothers, Kankuro and Gaara, our father told us to lead you to our home and show you around after you unpack. Hatake-san, he wants you to deliver the papers from the Hokage," the blonde girl said and Hatake nodded before disappearing in a shushin to the Kazekage's office. The 7 stared at each other before Temari stiffly turned around and led them through the village. Keiyu noticed that Naruto was eyeing Gaara curiously and she noticed that the sand around the red head seemed to bend around him. They arrived at a 3 story house where Temari led Keiyu and Hinata to a room across from hers that had two beds but not much color while Naruto and Kimmimaro were put in a room next to Kankuro.

"So I guess we'll give you a tour of the village and we'll eat at one of the local restaurants afterwards," said Temari and by her tone Keiyu realized that this was going to be a long 6 months.

Great.