Chapter 9
AN: So, this chapter was supposed to be up a couple of days ago, but my brother got himself an Xbox and one thing led to another… A little bit of cursing in this one, not enough to be anything serious but just a heads up in case that offends you. And there's more Author Notes at the end. Anyway now that I'm (mostly) recovered from my Xbox hype here's the chapter, Please enjoy!
It was a long year for Naruto at the academy.
While he liked a lot the lessons in tactics and taijutsu he got bored really easily in the history and ninjutsu lessons. He liked hearing about things like how a katon jutsu mixed with a futon jutsu to make it stronger but other things like the handseals and chakra control lessons were all but useless to him. At least this year he had finally undergone the Ritual of the Sun Guardians and was given his Solarite armor, the ritual involved a clearing in the woods at midday and a lot of bloody runes painted in his body. At the end he had recited the Guardians oath and a blinding light shone upon him, at his feet appeared a golden armor, shield and hammer very much like the ones Ragnell uses. As a gift for becoming a Guardian Ragnell gave him a mantle to use with his armor. It was made of odd leather and had a burnt orange color. Right now he was in class wearing his armor in "Casual Mode" as Ragnell called it. So he had the golden armor that covered half of his torso and the cape on his back. Under his armor he was wearing an orange t-shirt and black pants. He had also black combat boots and brown leather gloves. His arms could be seen and showed an impressing amount of muscle for someone his age. Over the year something like a fanclub had formed around him because he treated the girls politely, had a good sense of humor and for his strength. That most of the girls thought he was cute was just a bonus. Kiba while not necessarily hated was not the best dating material in the girls' opinion. While all of them, except Satsuki, loved to play with Akamaru, Kiba liked to flirt with the girls a little too strongly and made them uncomfortable. More than once he got bopped in the head by Itsuko for this reason.
"Naruto-kun why do you use a hammer instead of, I don't know, a sword or some other weapon? It's just that that hammer looks so… bulky and heavy" –asked Ino who was eating lunch with Shimako and Chiho
"That's the same question I asked Ragnell-sensei once, he told me that the hammer isn't only the weapon of choice of the Guardians, it's also a symbol. The Hammer is either a tool to build or a weapon to destroy, the difference it's only a matter of what we choose to do with it. The same applies with our powers, we must remember to use them to serve and protect our loved ones"
"That's a very noble way of thinking Naruto-kun" –said Chiho making Naruto smile at her
"So the graduation is soon, how are you feeling girls?" –asked Naruto to them
"We only need to perform the Bunshin Jutsu, the Kawarimi Jutsu and the Henge Jutsu. I like it, it's nothing too troublesome" –said Shimako making the other girls giggle a little bit at their friend
"You are lucky you don't have to do the test Naruto-kun" –said Ino to the boy
"Hey! I still had to do all the written tests that you did, even the ones that had to do with Chakra! So don't complain at me" –said Naruto pouting a little making the girls laugh at him
"I'm only wondering who our teammates are going to be…" –said Ino and everyone started to think
"I know half of the classroom wants to get in a team with you, or in your pants" –said Shimako in a teasing tone making the boy blush and the girls just giggled at him
Meanwhile in the Hokage's office Ragnell was standing looking at the jounin who were going to take on a team this year
First he looked at a woman that looked familiar. She was wearing a dress that looked like it was made of bandages. When he looked at her faced he remembered her. She had long black hair and red eyes. Her name was Kurenai if he recalled correctly. Next to her stood a woman with short black hair and was wearing the standard Jounin outfit, on her mouth a cigarette.
After a few minute and a swirl of leaves another ninja entered the office. This woman was also wearing a standard jounin outfit but what called Ragnell's attention was her face. Half of it was hidden by a mask that covered from her chin to her nose and the forehead protector that all the Konoha ninjas used covered one of her eyes. The only feature that he could make about her was her silver hair that reached her shoulders
"Hey! Am I late?" –asked the woman in a cheerful tone
"Only by 5 minutes which is a fucking miracle in your case Kasumi" –said the woman with the cigarette to Kasumi who just shrugged
"Asuka! Language!" –said Kurenai to the other woman who just tsk'ed but said nothing else
"Well I asked her to be here earlier to compensate and it seems like it worked" –said the Hokage to Kasumi and she just closed her eye giving the impression that she was smiling –"Now that we are all here you may be wondering why is Ragnell-san here too. Most of you know that this year Naruto-kun and Kiba-kun are joining the rooster and will be placed in a squad, Ragnell-san is here to tell you a little about them"
"Thank you Lady Hokage" –said Ragnell calling the attention of the women in the room –"Now Kiba-san is pretty much like a ninja, he has high stealth and good close combat abilities. His gadgets, as he likes calling them, allows him to track people and neutralize area genjutsus, he also has skills that let him demolish and create diversions. On the other hand Naruto-kun is resilient to most form of physical attacks, his skills let him protect his whole team while being able to disable the enemy. Also he's pretty much immune to targeted genjutsus and we have worked out a way for him to detect area genjutsus" –said Ragnell to the jounin present
Back in the day when Ragnell had fought against Kurenai and they discovered him being unaffected by her genjutsus they investigated more. They discovered that when they used genjutsus on males the kunoichis used the chakra to modify the brainwaves themselves, since there was no chakra to manipulate it was very easy. However since Ragnell had a strong Mana current circulating through him it protected him from genjutsus like that. However when a genjutsu was casted in a location instead of directly at him, like when using a Bunshin Jutsu, his Beholder Eyes protected him. However since Naruto didn't have that advantage Ragnell taught him the Detect Tech. Basically Naruto sent a wave of Mana around him that told him where things where located and if the wave was strong enough he could disrupt area genjutsus.
"So I recommend that Naruto-kun joins an Assault team while Kiba-kun joins an Infiltration team"-said Ragnell ending his little speech
"I agree that Naruto-kun should be placed in an Assault squad, however Ragnell-san due to the difficulty of the missions that the Infiltration teams have to take we don't assign ninjas to that kind of squad until they reach chunin, so I think we should place Kiba in a tracking squad. What do you think Ragnell-san?" –Asked the Hokage to Ragnell who nodded at her –"So now that you have an idea about the skills of the boys we shall discuss how the teams are going to be arranged"
Naruto and Kiba were now seated in the academy in the middle of the classroom waiting for Itsuko to end her speech. Some days ago the girls had passed their test and received their forehead protectors with the symbol of Konoha. Most of the girls were gossiping about who was going to be in a team with either Naruto or Kiba. The boys had made a good impression on the girls and Naruto was happy that he could say that he was friends with everyone, except for Satsuki. Whenever anyone talked to the girl she just grunted, nodded or completely ignored the person, unless it was Naruto, she snapped at him or responded rudely. Ino and Sakura had tried, and still were trying, to befriend the girl in hopes that she would eventually warm up and be friendly but they were treated in the same way. Kiba hadn't even tried after seeing how the girl treated Naruto. After some more attempts made by Naruto he managed to get a grunt or nod in response like everyone else which was a victory in his book.
"Excited about this?" –asked Kiba in a whisper not wanting to be scolded by Itsuko
"I just want to know who are going to be my teammates" –responded Naruto also whispering
"You think we are going to be in the same team?"
"I don't think so, you know I'm a frontline class and you are more for stealth and stuff like that"
"I just don't want to be in a team with Satsuki, if we end up on the same team she will probably kick me in the balls after a couple of hours" –said Kiba causing both of the boys to put a hand on their mouths to stifle their laughs.
After a while Itsuko finished her speech and started announcing the teams. A few moments later Naruto heard a team with his name on it
"Team Seven it's composed by Satsuki Uchiha, Sakura Haruno and Naruto Namikaze" –said Itsuko while Naruto looked a little surprised at this, he looked at where Satsuki was seated a few rows in front of him. The girl looked like she was constipated but other than a dark aura around her said nothing
"Team Eight shall be Hinata Hyuga, Shiina Aburame and Kiba Inuzuka"
"Great Hinata is 100% team Naruto and Shiina has the personality of a rock" –thought Kiba to himself –"at least I'm not with Satsuki, Kami have mercy on Naruto's soul… they could at least have put me with Ayumi-chan" –he looked at a girl a few rows in front of him, the girl looked at him and he winked at her. The girl just blushed and waved at him.
"Team 9 is still circulating so Team 10 is composed by Ino Yamanaka, Shimako Nara and Chiho Akimichi. Your jounin senseis will be here soon so once again good luck and good bye" –said Itsuko while she and some girls exchanged good byes and she left the classroom leaving all the girls and the two boys to wait for their senseis.
"I expected you to put Satsuki-san with two girls on her team Hokage-sama. You know better than no one else her position towards men in general" –said Kasumi surprised by the team she had to teach.
"Yes Kasumi-san I know of her condition and that's exactly why I'm putting her in a team with Naruto. As for now she only wants to get revenge against her brother, however Naruto has this ability to make friends with anyone so I'm hoping that making them work together will make Satsuki-san see that not all the men are like her brother and will open her up. However if time proves that the team is unstable we shall rearrange them in different squads" –explained the Hokage while Kasumi only nodded.
"So you're in the same team as Satsuki, I can't say I envy you man" –said Kiba to Naruto putting a hand on his shoulder. Naruto just looked at him with blank eyes clearly not excited about that.
"Well if I'm going to work with her the least I can do is try to start with the right feet" –said Naruto while standing and went to the seat in front of where Satsuki was. The girl was still glaring at nothing in general as if trying to make a hole in the chalkboard in front of the class with her eyes
"What do you want?" –asked Satsuki in a cold tone to the boy in front of her glaring and making Naruto flinch a little under her gaze
"Satsuki-san I'm not sure what I made for you to be so angry at me, but if you tell me we could clear this misunderstanding and be friends. We are going to be teammates after all" –said Naruto while the girl just looked angrier and stood from her seat to and got on Naruto's eye level.
"My problem is that boys like you should not be here trying to get on our level, they should be in a house learning how to cook and how to be a good husband. Not coming in here like if you had any right to get the power that we have"
"I assure you Satsuki-san that my only intention is to help you all protect this village like my parents did and as you have seen many times during my time on this academy I'm more than capable of holding my own even if I'm a man as you say"
"I hope for your own good that you don't hold me back" –said Satsuki almost growling at Naruto who just stood in front of her looking into her eyes not backing from her
It was at that moment that one of the girls choose to walk behind Satsuki unknowingly pushing her making her trip forward
Right into Naruto's face…
Most of the people in the class that were listening to the conversation saw the "accidental kiss" and could only watch in silent shock as this happened
Except Kiba, he had both of his hands on his mouth trying to cover his laughter and failing miserably
For a moment Naruto just went wide eyed and stiffed, unable to do anything because of the shock
Satsuki on the other hand was flailing, desperately trying to regain her balance, then she put both hands on Naruto's chest trying to push him away, she didn't move him but managed to move herself away from him and she just sat on her chair where she was blushing as red as a tomato and her eyes were watering a little. After what felt like hours in Naruto's mind he manage to regain control of his body
"Satsuki-san… I"
"Not a word Namikaze or I will murder you" –said the girl looking to the floor in a tone that promised death to the boy should he open his mouth again. Naruto said nothing as he stiffly turned around and returned to his seat next to Kiba, who was still was giggling a bit at his friend misfortune
"Man Naruto I didn't know you had it in you" –said Kiba smirking at Naruto who looked like he was given a death sentence
"I'm so fucking dead aren't i?" –asked the Naruto making Kiba laugh once again
About ten minutes later the classroom was still silent. The tension in the air so thick that you could cut it with a knife. Satsuki was still looking at the ground emitting a murderous aura, the jounins started arriving and taking some of the girls with them. After a while the only ones left in the room where Naruto, Sakura and Satsuki. Kiba's sensei, a woman with balck hair and red eyes that was very beautiful in Naruto's opinion, had already arrived and took them out of the classroom, making Sakura go and sit besides Naruto, refusing to sit near Satsuki while she was in that mood. Some time has passed since the last jounin came and they were getting impatient.
"Is our sensei still coming?" –asked Naruto to Sakura in a whisper not wanting to angry Satsuki any more
"I don't know, she was supposed to be here like an hour ago" –responded the girl and Naruto could only sigh at her answer. In other circumstances Naruto would have prepared a prank to their sensei but that involved passing in front of the seat where Satsuki was and that wasn't an option at the moment. He liked being alive thank you very much.
"Hi! Are you guys Team Seven?" –asked a lazy voice from the door catching the attention of the trio in the classroom
"Kasumi-san are you our jounin-sensei?" –asked Naruto to the woman who just nodded at them
"Well please follow me to the rooftop where we will introduce ourselves" –said the woman who just disappeared in a swirl of leaves
"Do you know her Naruto-kun" –asked Sakura to the boy who nodded
"Yeah we've met a couple of times before, she was in a team under my mother and knew my parents and she has told me a lot of things about them" –said Naruto to Sakura who just nodded
"So now that we're here we should start with an introduction. My name is Kasumi Hatake, I like many thing and dislike others. You're too young to know my hobbies and I have a couple of dreams for my future. Now please go ahead… you with the pink hair" –said the woman while the trio just sweatdropped
"All we learned was her name" –was the thought on the minds of the three
"All right. My name is Sakura Haruno I like reading and learning new things, I dislike food that can make me fat and perverts. I can't say I have a dream for my future right now…"
"Ok, smiles you're next" –said Kasumi while pointing at Satsuki, the girl just glared at her
"I'm Satsuki Uchiha, I like nothing and dislike a lot of things mainly men and especially Naruto" –said the girl sending a glare in the direction of said boy who flinched and looked away –"my only ambition is to get revenge for my clan"
"Last but not least" –said Kasumi while pointing at Naruto
"My name is Studmeister, I like the feminine shape and all the fine ladies, I dislike when a woman rejects me and my dream for the future is to have my own harem with women that I can have smexy love with" –said Naruto with a completely straight face. Hearing this Sakura covered her face blushing, scandalized of what she heard
"YOU FILTHY PIG! WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE SAYING" –said Satsuki while repeatedly slapping Naruto's face. After a while they calmed down and Naruto had his face just a little red because of the hits
"Even I can see I deserved that one…" –said the boy and both of the girls just sent a dirty glare at him –"Hey it was just a little joke…" –cue more glaring
"Now Naruto if you could please introduce yourself properly" –said Kasumi sighing at the boy's antics
"My name is Naruto Namikaze, I like training and spending time with my friends, I dislike when the people judges others without knowing them. My dream of the future is to become a strong warrior to protect this village as my parents did before me" –said the boy at which Kasumi and Sakura could only smile. Satsuki huffed but said nothing otherwise.
"Ok now that we have introduced ourselves properly" –said Kasumi while sending a look in Naruto's direction while he scratched the back of his head –"the only thing left is for you to prepare for your test tomorrow"
"But sensei we already had our test" –said Sakura to the woman who did her eye-smile thing
"Yes you took the academy test, that one was to see if you had the necessary skills to become a kunoichi, however this other test is assigned by each jounin to their team to see if their worth their time. So I'll see you tomorrow at training ground three at 7am. Also I advise against eating. You might puke it all after it. See ya!" –said the woman and disappeared in a swirl of leaves leaving the trio wide eyed wondering what the woman was going to do with them the next day.
AN: Now before some of you start concluding things I'm NOT pairing Satsuki and Naruto. Is just that the canon-verse had that completely out of nowhere kiss and well I figured it might work for this fic purposes. At this moment I don't have a pairing for any of the characters, I had thought about pairing Naruto with two girls but I don't even have clear one let alone two. Well anyway I will start writing the next chapter as soon as possible so, hopefully, it will be here soon. Bye!
