Naruto: Warrior of the Blade
Chapter 8
Knucklehead's Will
"Let's get your test underway shall we?" Asuma asked as he pulled out two bells.
"Sensei, what test? We already passed our academy tests." Shino stated.
"They didn't tell you did they? Figures, every jonin has the right to test the possible genin squad to see if they are worth taking or to send them back to the academy for another year." he said before holding up the two bells. "Your goal is to grab a bell, as you can tell there are only two which means."
"No matter what, one of us is going back to the academy." Naruto finished.
"Correct, come at me with the intent to kill, otherwise, you wont get a single bell." Asuma said as he exploded into a puff of smoke.
"Shadow clone. Not bad Asuma-sensei not bad at all." Naruto commented as a smile worked across his face.
Hinata knew that smile of his, the smile of anticipation, no matter who it was Naruto always gave his all in a fight. Always confident that he could pull out a win from any situation. She was certain that he could win against a tailed beast.
"Okay look, we need to work together here if we are going to succeed. Asuma is a jonin, he wont be beaten by genin easily. Hinata and me are more suited to close range combat, Shino what are you best suited at." Naruto asked. They needed a plan to catch Asuma off guard and careless if they had any chance at grabbing those bells.
"My specialties lay in long range combat and crippling my opponent by using my bugs to drain their chakra as well as the psychological torture the can induce." He said.
"What do you mean psychological torture?" Naruto asked.
"Most people have a instinctual reaction of fear when bugs start to swarm over them, causing their priority to shift to the insects instead of the people attacking them. If Asuma-sensei suffers this fear it may work to our advantage."
"Okay that would be very good but lets not count on it affecting him." Naruto said as he started making a plan.
"Naruto-kun, uhm why not have Shino-kun use his bugs and your sword to push him back into a spot that allows m-me to uhm render him unable to fight then we take the bells?" She proposed.
As he thought about her plan the more of the obvious choice it came to be. "Good idea Hinata-chan, Shino you okay with this idea?"
"Yes, the plan Hinata-san proposed seems to be effective in obtaining our goal." He stated in his monotone voice.
"Now the only problem is finding our sensei." Naruto said as he looked around the clearing.
"Uhm, Naruto-kun, I found him." Hinata said with her Byakugan active.
"Oh, well, uhm alright Hinata head there staying in the bushes, Shino follow me and remember the plan you two." He said.
'It's been a while are these kids even trying to find me? Or have they figured out the meaning of this test? Dad if they pass I'm going to have to think up a new test.' Asuma thought. Suddenly the sky darkened causing the jonin to look up. 'No way, that's not possible.' Asuma thought as he saw at least 30 Naruto clones falling from the sky, with fists pulled back ready to land a hit.
Jumping from the rock he was on, Asuma just barely got out of range from Naruto's initial attack. The real Naruto ran out from the tree-line with his sword out and ready to use it. Asuma wasted no time and charged at the blond swordsman quickly pulling out his trench knives and bringing them against the steel of Naruto's sword. Sparks danced as metal met metal each one trying to cut through the other. The natural desire of blades just itching to prove the other inferior. Asuma was holding back of course, he didn't want to hurt the boy after all.
Then, for no apparent reason the blond boy jumped back a few times. That's when Asuma heard it, a loud buzzing sound. Quickly the jonin jumped back dodging a ball of insects. Behind Naruto stood Shino, with both hands clasped together and launching balls of insects like artillery. Only thing was the artillery's threat didn't end when it hit the ground, it was made of living creatures after all. Each insect attempted to latch on to the new food source like sharks in a feeding frenzy. Like any human the buzzing and constant feeling of legs on his skin drove him crazy swinging his knives away at the insects while backing away. He was nearly at the trees he knew of a lake nearby he could easily get rid of the bugs then.
If only Hinata didn't jump out and nail him with the gentle fist strikes. He got careless, he didn't see Hinata anywhere the whole time and he just thought she had been betrayed by the two boys. Naruto grabbed the bells and handed one to Hinata and tossed the other to Shino.
"Have fun you two, have fun on missions and be sure to tell me all of the stories you get okay?" he said in a depressed tone and a sad smile on his face.
"And just where do you think your going Naruto?" Asuma asked.
"Home, I failed the test after all. Hinata and Shino both have parents that want the best for them."
"The test wasn't for the bells, it was to see if you could work as a team and reach a common goal, in this case get the bells. Even with the threat of going back to the academy you still put your team ahead of yourself. All three of you pass, but keep in mind like I said before, this won't be easy."
"Please, my life has never been easy. I have been an orphan my entire life, never knowing the love of parents. I had to scrape for food out of trash bins on the street, I even had to kill a man on my seventh birthday. Just think how horrible I felt, seven years old and my hands took away a life. I ruined a family, took away a girl's father. That day haunted my dreams for a year." Naruto ranted. "What's next Sensei?" he asked clearly trying to get off of his past.
"For now, you can all go home and get some rest. Tomorrow we start missions and training." Asuma said. "Go on go have fun with the rest of your day, genin." he said with a smile spread wide across his face.
Team 7, a team of legends had just been born.
Sorry this took so long everyone, my computer has died so I had to get another one. As you can tell it wasn't easy and it was a lot harder to get the will flowing to write again but I promised I wouldn't abandon my stories and I meant it.
