Yes my comp finally got fixed after three long weeks. I tell you it was murder, but I'm back and as promised I wasted no time in getting the chapter out. It's a good thing I had at least some of this chapter written out on paper because my comp had to be wiped clean. So I lost all my old chapters and what I had started out on a couple of my other stories. It sucks oh well what can you do? Anyway please enjoy the real chapter twelve!

Chapter 12: Cruel Intentions

Naruto raced through the virtually empty streets of Konoha. He had decided alerting anyone of his findings would only waste valuable time. Leaping onto the rooftops to increase his speed he headed in the direction of the forest.

Meanwhile Mizuki was hopping from tree to tree with a huge grin plastered on his face. He had succeeded in stealing the forbidden scroll, along with something extra. "That was almost too easy" he mused. "Lord Orochimaru will reward me handsomely when I deliver him these most precious gifts."

After a good thirty minutes Mizuki decided he had put enough distance between himself and the village to take a break. Landing with a thump he dropped his cargo, and slouched against a tree. Pulling out a canteen he drank the contents, like a savage.

Tossing away the empty canteen, Mizuki stood up to leave. "I'd assume those foolish leaf ninja are on full alert by now. No matter I'll be long gone before they catch on to my trail." Grabbing the scroll he slang it over his shoulder. Mizuki then eyed his second prize and reached down to pick it up. He then became momentarily distracted when he heard a feint buzzing in his left ear. Not thinking much of it he swatted away the annoying insect.

After successfully riding himself of the bug, he tried a second time to grab his cargo. But he soon found himself being pestered by a couple dozen more insects. Mizuki began swatting angrily at the pest. "Damn bugs!"

"You know some insects respond to aggression." A voice calls from a short distance away.

Mizuki whirled around at the sound of the voice. He had a look of confusion as he watched Naruto emerge from behind a tree. 'What the hell, why is he of all people out here? Surely it's a coincidence.'

Mizuki decided his best bet would be to play it cool. "So Naruto what are you doing out so late? Shouldn't you be in bed, after all you have a big day tomorrow."

Naruto only shrugged. "I couldn't sleep, so I decided to go out for a walk. But what brings you to this neck of the woods Mizuki-sensei?"

Mizuki eyed Naruto suspiciously. "I was given a mission; needless to say it's classified." Mizuki replied calmly.

Naruto adjusted his glasses and stared at the bundle on the ground next to Mizuki. "I didn't realize the Hokage assigned missions to kidnap fellow leaf ninja."

Scowling Mizuki leapt backwards to put some distance between Naruto and himself. "So you caught on to me, but how?"

Naruto outstretched his hand to reveal two beetles. "I keep two of these on Hinata at all times. One female so that I may track her down if need be. And one male to report to me any distress she might be in." Naruto answered.

"That's clever; I didn't know you were so protective of the girl."

"Enough tell me why you're trying to kidnap Hinata, and release the genjutsu already." Naruto demanded.

Mizuki chuckled. "My my you are perceptive." Mizuki says while releasing the genjutsu. The bundle on the ground became shrouded in smoke. Once it cleared an unconscious, bound and gagged Hinata lied before them.

Naruto scowled and gritted his teeth in anger.

Mizuki only grinned "what's wrong Naruto, you look upset. And if you have to know I planned on delivering your little friend to lord Orochimaru, as a show of loyalty."

"So you planned on turning traitor to join the snake man. On top of that you tried to make off with my best friend, and use her as a bargaining chip?"

Mizuki had a sinister smirk. "Yeah that about sums up my plan."

"Then you're a fool. Even without my interference you would have been caught before you made it to the border. But now that you have dragged one of my precious people into this scheme of yours, I'll see to it myself that you don't make it out of this forest."

Mizuki erupted into laughter. "Never in my life would I have expected such sentimental rubbish coming from someone like you."

Naruto instantly caught the hidden message behind Mizuki's words. "Someone like me?" Naruto says in a sullen tone.

Mizuki knew it was time to play his trump card. "That's right Naruto haven't you ever wondered why the village scorns and rejects you? And it's not because of that freak show of clan you come from. It's because the demon that attacked our village twelve years ago is in fact sealed away inside you. That's right mommy and daddy have been keeping secrets along with the rest of the village. Now tell me how does it feel to know you are the demon incarnate of the nine-tailed fox that destroyed so many lives?"

Naruto's face portrayed a look of utter defeat. He cast his vision towards the ground and away from Mizuki.

Seizing the opportunity Mizuki unlatched the giant shuriken from his back and threw it full force at Naruto. He grinned like a mad man as he watched the shuriken plunge into Naruto's chest, and pinned him against a tree.

Satisfied with his work after observing the carnage, Mizuki wrenched the shuriken out of Naruto and watched his lifeless body fall limp to the ground. "Hn I expected the great kyubi to have been more of a challenge."

Mizuki's eyes then became wide as he watched Naruto's body dissolve into tiny beetles. "What the hel…" Before he could finish his sentence Mizuki was hit hard from behind.

Mizuki was sent tumbling until his face met with a nearby tree. Mizuki pulled his aching face from the splintered wood, and turned around to the sight of three Naruto's. One had the scroll in his hands, while another was holding the unconscious Hinata. And the last was crouched down with his staff pointed towards Mizuki.

Mizuki was confused he was more then sure revealing such heavy information on Naruto would surely leave him vulnerable. Mizuki wiped away the blood from his lip and stared at Naruto with contempt. 'Damn can this green genin really be a match for me?' Mizuki shakily lifted himself to his feet. "I acknowledge your strength Naruto, but you're still just a genin who's in over his head."

"It's true I may be just a genin, but you should know not to ever underestimate me." Naruto replied calmly. "By the way I have to admit telling me about the nine tailed fox would have been a good idea for defeating me, if you would have tried it about a week ago."

"I see, you found out prior to this battle. Never the less don't underestimate my abilities either!" Mizuki roared as he charged the trio of Naruto's.

Naruto's clones leapt into the trees to stay clear of the fight while Naruto himself remained where he stood.

Mizuki performed a quick set of hand signs, and created five clones of himself. Each pulled out a kunai as they raced towards Naruto.

"A cheap parlor trick like this won't work on me." Naruto says while charging head on to meet Mizuki. Mizuki eyes went wide as Naruto bypassed his clones and headed straight for him.

Naruto leapt into the air and brought his staff down on Mizuki. Mizuki managed to block the blow with his kunai, but lost his footing do to the force of the blow. Naruto seized the opportunity to deliver a kick to Mizuki's gut. Naruto then followed his attack with a vicious swipe with his staff to Mizuki's face.

Mizuki was sent spiraling into the ground, tearing up the dirt in his wake. Coughing up blood and a couple of teeth Mizuki tried to lift himself back to his feet, but collapsed do to the pain.

Naruto placed his staff back into his sheath and walked leisurely over to Mizuki. "It's over Mizuki; you haven't the strength left to beat me. So I'll give you the option of letting you return to the village with me with only a damaged ego. Or I'll drain you completely of your chakra and drag you back to the village. Either way you will have to pay for your crimes."

Mizuki's eyes were blood shot with rage. "How dare you patronize me!? You speak as if this is over!" Mizuki pulled out a kunai and tossed it at Naruto whom merely dodged it without much effort.

Naruto sighed "I guess I have my answer then." Naruto says while extending his arms and releasing a massive swarm of beetles that engulfed the now screaming Mizuki in seconds.

After a minute or so Mizuki's screams died out and Naruto recalled his beetles back into his body. Revealing an unconscious Mizuki lying before him.

Naruto walked over to a tree and leaned against it. His two clones soon joined him. "Well guys looks like operation rescue Hinata was a success. I guess all that's left would be to head back to the village." Naruto's clones simply nodded their agreement.

"But before we go I want to take a look at that scroll."

Naruto's clone holding the scroll raised his eyebrow. "Is that a good idea it could be highly classified or something, I mean why else would Mizuki want to get his hands on it so bad?"

"Exactly I want to know why he tried to pilferage it."

"I agree with the boss" says the clone holding Hinata. "I mean we might as well at least have a look at the thing. After all it was boss who stopped Mizuki from stealing it in the first place surely we deserve an answer as to why Mizuki wanted to steal it."

"Two to one it's settled then" Naruto says gesturing for the clone to open up the scroll.

The clone holding the scroll reluctantly opened up the huge scroll and gave a quick scan over its contents. Before his face lit up like a Christmas tree. "I think you're going to like this boss." The clone says handing over the scroll to Naruto.

Naruto took the scroll from his hand and read over the contents himself. "I see it's a jutsu scroll. Not just that but so far all the jutsu in this scroll are rated from B to A rank. Well no wonder Mizuki wanted to take this with him, a ninja could learn a lot from this scroll. In fact Naruto says getting a mischievous grin on his face as he spotted a jutsu that instantly caught his attention. I think I might be able to learn something from this as well."

Little did Naruto know someone else had been thinking the same thing. "That boy" Sarutobi chuckled watching the scene from his crystal ball. 'Not even an official genin and yet he's already completed an A rank mission and now a B rank. He's setting quite an impressive track record.'

Sarutobi then hit his intercom to speak with his assistant. "Akiko please call off the search for Miss Hyuga, and the scroll of sealing. For both have been recovered and will be returned soon."

"Yes Hokage-sama it shall be done" Akiko says from over the intercom.

After relaying his message Sarutobi slouched back into his chair and massaged his temples. 'I guess it won't hurt to let Naruto learn at least one jutsu from that scroll he's deserved it after all.'

Yawning tiredly Sarutobi picked up the stacks of paper with all the new Genin hopefuls bios and skill list. Luckily for him he managed to get most of the team assigning done early that day only nine students from Iruka's class remained.

But unfortunate for him Iruka's class would prove to be the most difficult class to sort out. Sarutobi began to think about the meeting he had with the Jonin early that day.


(Earlier that Day)

"Kakashi seeing that you are the senior Jonin here I'd like to hear who'd you like to have placed on your team this time around. But I can't promise you will be granted whom ever you request. This is merely to help me with my final decision."

Kakashi placed his little orange book into his pocket to give his full attention. Well Hokage-sama seeing that I wasn't given a choice in training Uchiha Sasuke, my other two picks would have to be Haruno Sakura, and Aburame Naruto."

"And you feel this would be a well balanced team?" Sarutobi asked eyeing Kakashi suspiciously."

"For the most part yes after all I was assigned a first strike team this year and Sasuke and Naruto are the cream of the crop when it comes to ninjutsu and taijutsu. Though I'm told Sasuke and Naruto may go at each others throats every now and then. But a friendly rivalry could prove beneficial for both of their training. And Sakura has a brilliant mind and the only one with any genjutsu capabilities she'd do well to help balance the team."

Iruka looked at Kakashi as if he had lost his mind. "I'm sorry Hokage-sama but I have to disagree with Kakashi's request."

"And why's that Iruka?"

"Well I've watched all three of them interact over the years. And I'll be the first to tell you Naruto and Sasuke are like oil and water, their so called rivalry isn't friendly in the slightest. In fact there's not much of a rivalry there, it's more of an obsession Sasuke has with surpassing Naruto. And Sakura would only aid to the dysfunction of the team. She's infatuated with Sasuke and all ways takes his side no matter the situation, may he be right or wrong. And Sasuke would surely use Sakura as means to get under Naruto's skin."

"I see" Sarutobi says while rubbing his chin. "Then tell me in your opinion who would Naruto best be suited to partner with?"

"To tell you the truth Hokage-sama I've been racking my brain over that question for a long time now. Naruto ability wise surely belongs on Kakashi's team but the ability to work together well is a big part of a ninja's career. And unfortunately I don't think that would be possible for Naruto if he were to be placed on the same team as Sakura and Sasuke.

"But if assigning the teams were only about who gets along well putting Naruto, Shino, and Hinata on the same team would be a no brainier. But skill wise it would make more sense to place Kiba, Hinata, and Shino on the same team. Their abilities are better suited for tracking while Naruto belongs on the front lines. Plus we're in need of a tracking team this year to meet our quota."

"That's right that brings me to you Kurenai considering you will be Sensei for this years tracking team have you decided on three candidates?"

"Yes Hokage-sama I have to agree with Iruka and request Hyuga Hinata, Aburame Shino, and Inuzuka Kiba be placed on my squad."

Sarutobi nodded. "I'll take your request into consideration, as for you Asuma have you decided on any Genin?"

Asuma took a drag of his cigarette. "Yeah I've decided to go with Yamanaka Ino, Akamichi Choji, and Nara Shikamaru. Hopefully under my tutelage these three will become as renowned as the original InoShikacho trio."

"I see, well I'd like to thank you all for your assistance. You've left me with a lot to think about. You're excused me and Iruka will make the final decisions and inform you first thing in the morning."

The three Jonin bowed before excusing themselves from the room.

Sarutobi took a heavy hit from his pipe once the Jonin left the room. "Ah Naruto it seems I don't have much of a choice, putting you on any team other then squad, seven eight, or ten would drastically lower your chances of passing the real Genin exam. But what team to place you on?"

Iruka stared at Sarutobi for a moment, before an idea came to him. "Hokage-sama I know this is rarely done but there's still an alternate solution to this dilemma."


(Present Time)

Sarutobi stared at the nine Genin papers for a moment before placing them together in groups of three's. "I hope I've made the right decision."

An hour later an ecstatic Naruto raced through the trees. With a still unconscious Hinata in his arms. A short distance behind him one of his clones had a bound Mizuki slung over his shoulder while the last clone had the forbidden scroll clutched in his arms.

Naruto couldn't help the grin splitting his face. He had succeeded in learning the desired jutsu for the most part. Though it was still incomplete he was sure that it was nothing a day of shadow clone training couldn't help fine tune.

His mood became even better when he noticed Hinata began to stir in his arms. Slowly opening her eyes she first noticed she was being carried by someone. After her eyes adjusted to the dark she could make out the golden spiky hair and whisker marks that could only belong to one person.

"N-Naruto-kun?" Hinata says in a startled voice.

Naruto grinned down at Hinata causing her to blush. "Hey it's about time you woke up you must have really been out of it."

"O-out of it but what's going on, where are we?"

"Mizuki tried to kidnap you and pawn you off. As for where we are, were on the outskirts of the village but we'll be back soon enough." Naruto answered.

Hinata's eyes went wide. "Mizuki-sensei tried to kidnap me?"

"Yeah he tried to take you along with that scroll." Naruto says pointing to the clone behind him holding the scroll. Hinata peeked over Naruto's shoulder and caught site of Naruto's two clones holding Mizuki and the scroll.

"You mean to tell me you can't remember anything, not even when you got captured?"

"It's all kind of a blur after the meeting with my father. He was scolding me for graduating with the rank of fourth in our class."

Naruto looked genuinely confused. "I can't believe he would scold you for something like that. What's wrong with graduating fourth out of our class? You only lost out to Sasuke, Shino, and Kiba."

"That's true but I would have graduated fifth if it weren't for your five month absence. And father said as a Hyuga and heir to the clan I should have been top of the class. After that I left the Hyuga manor to help clear my mind. And I can't remember anything after that."

"I see, Mizuki must have noticed you walking alone when he made his move. Damn snake."

After a moment of silence Hinata finally decided to ask a question that had been on her mind. "Um Naruto-kun not that I'm not thankful for you rescuing me, but how was it that you found me after I was kidnapped?"

Naruto looked like a dear caught in the headlights. He didn't know why but he felt weird telling Hinata that he keeps such close tabs on her. "Well uh you see the truth is well the truth is a ninja never reveals his secrets."

Hinata put on a smile for Naruto and accepted his answer without question. After all Naruto was willing to take on a Chunin without backup for her sake. Gratitude was all she could and should feel towards Naruto at the moment.

Noticing Hinata accepted his answer Naruto inwardly sighed. 'Dodged a bullet there, I mean how would she react if I told her I keep a couple of my friends on her at all times? Would she be angry that I invaded her privacy to such an extent, or she might think I'm some weird stalker? Yeah it's probably best not to tell her.'

Five minutes later Naruto along with his clones landed at the main entrance to Konoha. They were immediately greeted by two Anbu, and three Hyuga branch members one that Naruto recognized as Neji.

One Anbu wearing a bear mask stepped forward to Naruto. "Naruto Aburame your assistance has been most appreciated, but we will take care of things from here."

Naruto only nodded before dispelling his clones leaving Mizuki and the scroll to drop on the ground. "Sorry about the scroll" Naruto says ignoring the fact the unconscious Mizuki landed on his face.

The two Anbu members grabbed the scroll and Mizuki and disappeared in a swirl of leaves.

"Has lady Hinata been injured?" Neji ask noticing Naruto was carrying her.

"Actually she hasn't, I was carrying her because she was unconscious. And I guess it slipped my mind to put her down once she woke."

Hinata was fighting back a deep blush. She knew all along she could have easily made the trip back on her own two feet, but didn't want to miss out on the chance to be carried back by Naruto.

"If that's the case set her down we will escort lady Hinata back to the Hyuga manor." Neji says obviously annoyed with the whole situation.

Naruto gently set Hinata down on her feet. "You're good to walk right?" Naruto says still holding Hinata under the shoulder for support.

"Yes I'm fine thank you."

Naruto released Hinata from his hold. "Good I guess I'll see you tomorrow at orientation then."

Hinata merely nodded before she began poking her index fingers together, a habit Naruto hadn't seen Hinata do in two years.

"What's wrong Hinata-chan?" Naruto asked knowing Hinata only poked her fingers together when she was nervous about something.

"I-I just wanted to thank you for saving me." Hinata says with her blush growing deeper.

"Hey don't think anything of it after all yo…" Before Naruto could finish Hinata had already planted a kiss on his cheek, leaving Naruto completely speechless.

Naruto absentmindedly touched the spot Hinata kissed him with his hand. He stared blankly as Hinata briskly walked off with Neji and the two other branch members.

"That was unexpected." Shina says walking up to Naruto from behind. Caught in his stupor Naruto jumped at the sound of her voice. "Okaasan how long have you been here?" Naruto says trying to hide his embarrassment.

"Long enough, you just can't seem to stay out of trouble for more then five minutes." Shina says motioning for Naruto to follow her back towards the Aburame mansion.

"Yeah it seems trouble follows me around or I find it. It's getting annoying really."

Once Naruto and Shina returned back to the Aburame mansion, Naruto immediately went to his room. Naruto dropped himself on his bed like a pile of bricks. It was late and he was beyond tired. But no matter how hard he tried to fall asleep he couldn't quite get Hinata's kiss out of his mind.

The spot her lips had touched his skin burned with a comfortable feel. He didn't want to admit but he rather enjoyed it.

Naruto grabbed his hair in frustration. 'Oh come on Hinata's my best friend I can't think of her like that. After all it's not like she likes me in that way it was only a friendly gesture. Just her way of saying thank you nothing more!'

After twenty minutes of mentally arguing with himself Naruto was eventually able to fall asleep.


(The Following Day)

Sarutboi stared at the photo Naruto submitted for his Ninja registration. On the photo Naruto was crouched in a position with his staff extended into what Naruto believed to be a badass pose.

"Pretty sweet right?" Naruto says gleaming with pride.

"It shows character at least most Genin simply stand there for their photos. I see you don't believe in doing anything the traditional way."

"Well yeah where's the fun in that? Heck I even thought about throwing on a bit of war paint to make it even more memorable."

Sarutobi got a mental image of Naruto wearing war paint and was glad Naruto had enough sense not take it that overboard. "Well it's a good thing you decided against it. These registration forms are what we use when assigning missions and we need to be able to recognize all of our ninja on them."

Just then the door burst open, and a boy no older then eight ran in. "This is it old man today's the day I take you out and claim the title of fifth Hokage!"

The boy whipped out a shrunken and charged Sarutobi, hell bent on defeating the old man. Before he could reach him he stumbled over his own feet and slammed his face on the hardwood floor.

Naruto sweat dropped as he watched the boy writhe in pain on the floor. 'Wow is this kid serious.'

Sarutobi sighed. 'Konohamaru as if I don't have enough on my plate.'

Konohamaru shakily lifted himself to his feet wiping away the tears from his eyes. "You it was you that tripped me." Konohamaru says pointing an excusing finger towards Naruto.

"As if kid, you tripped do to your own lack of grace." Naruto says getting up from the chair he was sitting on. "If you don't mind Hokage-sama I should probably get going. The team assigning starts soon."

"Yes Naruto you maybe excused."

"Just wait a minute!" Konohamaru yells. "You're not getting away with tripping me!" Konohamru pulled out a concealed kunai and ran towards Naruto. In a blink of an eye Naruto had Konohamaru's arm bent behind his back with his Kunai pointed against the back of his neck.

Konohamaru winced in pain. "Hey you can't do this to me. I'm Konohamaru grandson of the third Hokage!"

"Is that so, then why don't you try acting like someone worthy of such an honor?" Naruto then released the fuming boy and walked out of the room.

Konohamaru massaged his throbbing arm before taking off after Naruto.

Sarutboi could only shake his head at the event that had just unfolded. 'Hm I hope Konohamaru doesn't cause too much trouble for Naruto.'

Naruto strolled down the streets of Konoha in the direction of the academy. He didn't have much on his mind so he pulled out a book on advanced arts of sealing.

Naruto then became aware of a small bundle following him. Already knowing who was in it he simply decided to ignore it. A few blocs later Naruto was becoming annoyed with the boy following him. "Alright Konohamaru you can come out now that disguise of yours is terrible."

Konohamaru pulled the blanket off. "So you saw through my disguise, I guess you're even better then I thought."

"No your disguise was just bad I couldn't tell if you were supposed to be a rock or laundry. So tell me why are you following me around?"

"Because I'm going to be your apprentice and you will be my new trainer."

"Pass" Naruto says while walking away.

Konohamaru quickly caught up with Naruto. "But I really need a new trainer, please boss."

Naruto stopped in his tracks. "Boss huh."

"Yeah you're the boss."

Naruto sighed. "Well I guess I really can't refuse one so eager. But tell me you say you need a new trainer what's wrong with your current one and why do you want to become Hokage?"

"You mean Ebisu-sensei he's okay I guess but he's not nearly as cool as you. I mean he treats me like I'm royalty. I want someone to train me who won't hold back because I'm the honorable grandson. That's why I want to become Hokage so people can see me for me and not just honorable grandson."

"I see" Naruto says observing Konohamaru. 'His intentions are nobler then I gave him credit for.'

"Alright Konohamaru you got your self a trainer well part time trainer at least. After all I have my own training I'll be undergoing and ninja missions as well."

"That's fine with me boss, so what are you going to teach me first?" Konohamaru says energetically.

Naruto put his hand up in a thinking pose. "Well I only have a little over an hour before orientation. So I'll teach you something that isn't too complicated. Let's see I got it I'll teach you a jutsu that will knock even the Hokage flat on his butt." Konohamaru's eyes gleamed with anticipation. "Tell me can you use the transformation jutsu?"

"Of course boss, what do you want me to transform into?"

Naruto surveyed his surroundings before spotting a girl about the age of sixteen. "You see that girl over there I want you to transform into her."

Konohamaru attempted to do what he was told and transformed into the girl. Only Konohamaru's version of the girl was obese and anything but pretty.

Naruto slapped his hand over his head. "Man I got my work cut out for me."

An hour later Naruto was sprinting to the academy. Trying to teach Konohamaru the sexy jutsu in just one hour went with many hitches. Luckily Konohamaru was able to pull it off after Ebisu showed up and tried to pry him away from Naruto. The jutsu didn't have the desired effect on Ebisu, but Naruto was able to reprimand Konoharmaru's failure with his harem version of the jutsu.

Once Naruto got to the academy he slowed his pace and calmly walked into the already bustling classroom. Iruka looked up from his desk as Naruto walked in. "Ah nice of you to join us Naruto."

"Sorry Iruka-sensei I got caught up in something."

"You mean the Mizuki incident last night?"

"So you heard about that?"

"Of course I did he was my assistant after all, and I have to say what you did was simply reckless. But never the less I'm proud of you." Iruka says with a genuine smile on his face.

"Thanks Iruka-sensei"

"Think nothing of it, just go and take your seat so we can get started."

Naruto did what he was told and made his way up to his usual seat next to Hinata and Shino. First thing he noticed was Hinata kept stealing quick glances at him as if she was afraid to make direct eye contact with him.

'Hinata-chan must still feel a bit embarrassed about kissing me on the cheek last night. But why, could it mean she really does…. no damn it. Stop thinking thoughts like that!'

Deciding to cast the thoughts aside Naruto took his seat between Hinata and Shino.

"Hey Hinata-chan, Shino" Naruto greets them happily. "You guys excited or what?"

"I'm actually more nervous then excited what if none of us are put on the same team?" Hinata says still averting her gaze from Naruto.

"I wouldn't worry too much about it. After all I have a strong suspicion you and Shino will be placed on the same team."

"But how could you know that?" Hinata says looking Naruto in the eyes for the first time that day.

"Well just think about it you two would be perfect for a tracking unit. With your Byakugan and Shino's use of our kikai, assigning you two to a tracking team just sounds right."

"But you can also use your insects for tracking as well, so there's still a chance that all three of us will be placed on the same team."

"As much as I would like that, I've never heard of two members from the same clan being placed on the same team."

"I believe Naruto maybe correct in his assumptions. But still we can't rule anything out until we hear the teams for ourselves." Shino says before returning to his silent demeanor.

Iruka stood up from his desk and cleared his throat loudly to gain the attention of the genin. "Alright class settle down, I'll be reading off your teams and Jonin instructors so listen carefully."

Iruka then began calling off the teams. Sasuke for the most part didn't care who was placed on his team, they would only be dead weight in his opinion. Shikamaru was bored with the whole situation and only hoped his teammates wouldn't prove troublesome. Sakura was praying to kami that she would be placed on Sasuke's team, while Ino was doing the same. Kiba only hoped he wouldn't get stuck with Sasuke or Naruto considering he wanted to be the strongest member on his team. And Choji was to busy stuffing his face with barbecue flavored chips to even notice what was going on.

Soon enough Iruka arrived at team seven.

"Team 7 will consist of our rookie of the year Sasuke Uchiha, Sakura Haruno, and your third member will be discussed with you once you meet with your Jonin instructor Kakashi Hatake."

Sasuke merely scoffed, while Sakura was practically cheering to the heavens.

Ino sprang from her seat after Iruka finished naming off team seven. "How'd I lose out to you billboard brow?"

Sakura gave Ino a peace sign. "Sorry Ino but true love conquers all."

Naruto could only shake his head at the two girls. 'It's hard to believe the two of them became Genin the way they behave.'

"Quiet down" Iruka yelled. "Now as I was saying Team 8 will be Shino Aburame, Hinata Hyuga, and Kiba Inuzuka. Your Jonin-sensei will be Kurenai Yuhi."

Hinata slumped her head, while Shino remained stock, and Kiba grinned knowing that the position as team leader was as good as his.

'I figured as much.' Naruto thought. 'It still sucks though knowing I won't be teamed with Hinata or Shino.' Naruto could see the dejected look on Hinata's face. "Hey Hinata-chan it's alright who knows maybe we will get to work with each other in the future. Hinata perked up a little after Naruto tried to cheer her up.

"Team 9 is still an active cell, so moving on to Team 10 Ino Yamanaka, Shikamaru Nara, and Choji Akimichi. Your Jonin-sensei will be Asuma Sarutobi."

Ino's slumped down in her chair completely defeated. "I get stuck with the laziest kid in the academy and the boy who'd eat his own hands if they weren't attached to him."

Shikamaru grumbled under his breath. "Just my luck I get teamed with the loudest and most troublesome girl in the academy."

"And finally that brings me to you Naruto." Naruto gave his full attention to Iruka. "It would seem that you won't be placed on a Genin team."

Naruto stood up so fast he knocked his chair over and startled half the class. "What the hell are you talking about Iruka-sensei just what do you mean I won't be placed on a Genin team!?"

The rest of the class stared on in silence. Even Sasuke was giving his full attention to the situation.

"Just calm down Naruto and let me explain. You see placing you on a suitable team proved harder then expected. So it was the Hokages decision to have you placed under an apprenticeship as opposed to a Genin squad."

Naruto was speechless, he didn't quit know what to think about being placed under an apprenticeship.

Sasuke was inwardly fuming at the news. "Damn that Naruto why does he get all the special training? Now he'll get to learn without any of these losers to slow him down. That apprenticeship should be mine.'

"And my Jonin-sensei who is it?" Naruto asked.

Iruka looked at the paper in his hand. "Your Jonin-sensei is…" Before Iruka could finish a bundle came crashing through the window the bundle unfolded and two kunai pinned it to the sealing leaving the tarp to hang.

Naruto stared on in horror as he took site of the woman standing in front of the tarp that read Anko Mitarashi Naruto Aburame's Jonin-sensei.

Well there you have it folks man that was a long one I guess I'm finally starting to build some writers stamina. I must have caught a lot of you off guard with my decision to make Anko Naruto's sensei. I have to admit I originally planned on just putting Naruto with Sasuke and Sakura. But people wanted a Shino Hinata Naruto team. And there were people that were against a Shino Hinata and Naruto team so I decided to just go with something that's rarely done. Besides I believe I can make the story a lot more interesting with this decision. If you hate me for it sorry but it's impossible to give everyone what they want.

On another note I'm sorry if the fight between Mizuki and Naruto blew, Mizuki is just so damn weak it's hard to make a good fight scene with him. And as for anyone reading my Filling the Void and A New Dream I'll have those chapters out by Friday. Anyway I hope you're excited for the next chapter and as always please review and all that other jazz. Shinonigga out.