The Colors of Nothing and Everything-Chapter 7-Team Ten

Sorry about waiting for so long to start typing! I got sidetracked with my aunt visiting, my cousins visiting, and other Christmas-y stuff. I'll just give you the story now.

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Disclaimer- I do not own Naruto, Naruto's storyline, Naruto's characters, or anything affiliated with Naruto. I'm just using them without profit or gain to write a fictional story.

Claimer- I own this storyline, and any OCs(Original Characters) that I invent.

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"Cool, Christmas is four days away!"- Normal Speech

'I wonder what I'll get for Christmas…'- Thoughts

"Even my container could probably beat his! Honestly, why is he even a tailed demon?"- Kyuubi Speech

"How did people learn to summon us anyways? Also, where's my copy of Ultimate Ninja?!? It gets really boring when I'm not being summoned!"- Summon/ Human-ized Kyuubi Speech

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'Genma is my teacher… cool!' Naruto pumped his fist in the air while sitting in his desk. Just fifteen minutes ago, Team 10 was created. It consisted of Shiranui Genma, the extremely sleepy-looking sensei; Yamanaka Ino, the loud-mouthed, annoying ninja; Ryuusei Naruto, the newest student in their class, and apparently weak ninja; Nara Shikamaru, the obviously lazy and deceptively average ninja; and Akamichi Chouji, the chubby, muscular, and hungry ninja. Their team was the only five-man Konoha Genin team in action.

"I can't believe I got stuck with the lazy boy! But no, they even had to add the fat boy and the weirdo! This is stupid!" Naruto knew that Ino wasn't happy on their team, but she was lucky that Chouji didn't hear the comment about his weight. He wasn't exactly happy that he was the 'weirdo', but Chouji would have gotten into a fight with her probably. He saw Shikamaru in a heated debate with the mentioned boy. Genma finally stepped out of the stairwell and met them, so they all turned heir attention to him

"Well, hello. I guess that we could make our introductions now, even though I know all of you already. I don't think that a refresher course could do any harm." The group looked at each other, then turned as one back to Genma.

"Could you go first, Genma-sensei?" Ino spoke up. He sighed and moved his toothpick to the side of his mouth.

"My name's Shiranui Genma. I'm the Jounin captain of Ninja Team 10. I used to work at the academy, and was promoted to Jounin about a year ago. Now you go Ino. You can just start with likes, dislikes, and other stuff like that." Naruto sweatdropped. All that they had found out was information that they already knew, plus when he was made a Jounin.

"My name is Yamanaka Ino. I love Sasuke-kun and my family. I hate anyone who wants to steal Sasuke-kun from me. I would like to marry Sasuke-kun when I get older, and my only hobby is working on my make-up." Genma had to sigh on the inside. He knew that the kunoichi of today were getting weaker, but this was just awful. Nothing about being a ninja or training, just the Uchiha survivor. He sighed out loud, then turned to Shikamaru.

"Your turn." Shikamaru said something under his breath, then began to speak.

"My name is Nara Shikamaru. I like my friends and watching clouds. Taking a nap is fine too. I don't like my mom getting angry and yelling at me, or being woken up. I hope to become a Chuunin, settle down with a wife, have two kids, and spend the rest of my life playing shogi and watching clouds as an old man. Playing shogi, watching clouds, and training are my hobbies." Genma was actually surprised. This lazy boy trained? He couldn't help but wonder what motivated him. Now his head moved to Chouji.

"Ok, start talking." Chouji nodded and put the bag of chips that he was eating away.

"My name is Akamichi Chouji. I like my friends, eating, and lunchtime. I hate people taking the last bite of a tasty meal, and burning my cooking. I want to become a great ninja along with my team, and live in old age as a chef. My hobbies are cooking, training, and just hanging out with my friends." Genma was surprised again! This boy liked training too, and seemed to be able to bond with his team nicely. He would make a great addition to their team. Lastly he turned and looked directly into the eyes of Naruto.

Ryuusei Naruto. He remembered meeting him more than a year ago. Almost two years now. He had noticed him while teaching. He was holding back, that he knew. The real question was, why hasn't he taken the advanced graduation exam? Maybe for an advantage? Perhaps he wanted to gain a reputation with the weak genin? The Chuunin-strength ninja's motives might be revealed now, he thought. But he wished that Naruto would end his eye contact. It was really making his eyes water.

"Now you can have your turn." He said to Naruto.

"My name is Ryuusei Naruto. I like my friends, training, Chouji's cooking, watching clouds with Shikamaru, looking for bugs with Shino, and learning new stuff. I don't like people who threaten Konoha, being completely idle, and homework. I want to become a great ninja, then be the Godaime Hokage! My hobbies are training, reading, learning new jutsu, and hanging out with my friends." Genma's eyes shone with happiness. That was his reason… to stay with his friends, his precious people. He held them, along with Konoha, high above himself. He would rather die than let them be harmed, and surely to protect his new home. Genma realized that this boy would make a great Hokage, if he could be strong enough.

'This team will become great…' Genma thought as he looked at Team 10.

"Okay, team, let's meet at training area number… twenty-three tomorrow at 7:00 A.M. We can start with some basic training exercises, for your real Genin exam. Just bring a lunch and you'll be fine. Don't eat much breakfast either. Once you get there, I'll explain more."

"What do you mean Genin exam? Didn't we already take that?" Genma looked at Ino.

"Yes, but I'll explain more tomorrow. I'll see you then, so bye." Genma quickly turned and jumped off the roof, onto another, then onto the street. Naruto looked at his friends and shrugged.

"I'm going to go train now. I'll see you tomorrow." Naruto left by the stairs, and walked to his training grounds, eager to finally become a genin.

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Genma sat on one of the many boulders of training area twenty-three. He was familiar with the area, as he trained there nearly every day he wasn't on a mission. He knew all of the nooks and crannies, along with great ambush spots. He decided to give a hard test since the Genin team looked so promising. He sat for another fifteen minutes, until Naruto came into view. This came as a slight surprise since it was only 6:30 P.M.

"What are you doing here? You're about twelve hours early." Naruto just shrugged and continued walking.

"I train here sometimes. It's one of my favorite spots because it reminds me of the time I spent in Iwa." Naruto continued on until he disappeared from Genma's line of sight. Genma leaned back until he was lying on his back and contemplated the words.

'He's trained in Iwa… that's pretty strange. I wonder who trained him. Was he an Iwa ninja?' Eventually, Genma fell asleep while looking at the sun-shaded clouds.

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Genma was jolted out of his sleep by an explosion. He sat up quickly and pulled out a kunai. He stealthily ran in the general direction the explosion came from, and peered over a large boulder. Over it he saw his student, Naruto, standing in a crater that must have been eight feet wide. His eyes widened in shock: there should be no genin with a jutsu that could do that. He put his kunai away and watched with wide eyes as Naruto performed the same jutsu over and over again, each time making an explosion. The jutsu rotated raw chakra in a circle around him. It seemed similar to the Hyuuga's Kaiten(Whirl) jutsu, but flat instead of spherical. Each time Naruto performed the technique, the rings of chakra went farther, until he was at a fifteen foot diameter. Genma knew that there was no normal Genin who could do a jutsu of that power. He observed him until he saw him pull out a piece of notebook paper. He could hardly see the title from where he was at, but he could make out the word forbidden pretty easily. He was still surprised, as it was written in a Jounin ninja code.

'Who is this boy? How could I have let him into Konoha so easily? Why does he have a piece of paper with the jutsu from the scroll that he stole?' Genma saw him check off the last item on the list with a pencil, then jumped off of the boulder. He approached Naruto and gave him an angry stare.

"What are you doing? Where did you get that paper? Who are you?!" Naruto looked up from the paper with large eyes.

"Genma-sensei?" Genma was happy that the boy was surprised. Now it would be easier to get the information out of him.

"Answer me Naruto." Naruto sighed and began to tell him the unedited version of his encounter with Mizuki.

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"I always thought that Iruka had gotten Mizuki. He never really spoke about it… So, time for the next question. Who are you? I want the truth." Naruto was really sweating now.

"My name really is Ryuusei Naruto. I come from Iwa, and was brought up by my sensei. He taught me for most of my life, and we moved to Snow Country a few years ago. About two years ago, I came here because my sensei died, and that's where I met you." Genma sensed no lies, but…

"Tell me the whole story. I don't want to know where you lived, or where you were when. I want to know important facts." Naruto stopped sweating. He didn't move for a minute, the raised his eyes. He looked directly into Genma's eyes and blinked. When his eyes opened, the iris was purple and the pupil was bright red. Genma was mesmerized. They were the most captivating, brilliant, beautiful eyes he had ever seen. He stared at them, and felt himself falling into their depths. He struggled to look away, but succumbed to the pull. He collapsed, and was caught by Naruto. He carried him to the boulder that he was lying on earlier and left him there. He looked at his face with sorrowful eyes and began speaking to himself.

"Sorry Genma-sensei. Tomorrow morning, you'll have forgotten all about this, and my secret will be safe. Good night." Naruto turned and ran as fast as he could to his home, where he promptly fell asleep.

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Woohoo! Sorry this took so long. Wow, that's like an excuse every chapter. Merry Christmas to everyone who celebrates it! I'm really excited about it! I hope that you get almost everything that you ask for, but not all of it, or else you could ask for everything on earth, and I don't want to have everything owned by whoever you are. I haven't done any cool Naruto quotes since I started doing them, so I'll say a few now:

Shiranui Genma: "When captured birds grow wiser, they try to open the cage with their beaks. They don't give up, because they want to fly again."

Nara Shikamaru: "The clouds are nice. They're so free."

Uchiha Sasuke: "My dreams aren't in the future, they are in my past."

Maito Gai: "Now run, run into the sunset and suffer. But don't mess up your hair!"

Hatake Kakashi: "A cute girl stopped me on the way, so I danced; Hello students, today I got lost on the road of life; Sorry, a black cat crossed my path so I had to go the long way; I was helping an old lady cross the street; Sorry I'm late. You wouldn't believe the traffic." (A montage of excuses)

So, there are your quotes. I hope that everyone has a great Christmas!

-Alexander Abeo