Naruto
Honor of a Kitsune
Chapter 01
Sarutobi Hiruzen, Sandaime Hokage, Shinobi no Kami was sitting behind his desk smoking his pipe whilst battling the true nemesis of all Kage past, present, and future; paperwork. However today's paperwork was different than his usual paperwork today he was finalizing the teams for the graduating class of the Ninja Academy which was a breath of fresh air to the old man. Hiruzen knew most of the kids from the graduating class as they were mostly clan heirs as well as his surrogate grandson Uzumaki Naruto.
Naruto was good kid though he was disliked by the village because he was also the jinchuriki of the Kyuubi no Kitsune. Naruto tried to keep a happy go lucky demeanor but Hiruzen knew that all the hate and negative treatment of the boy had its toll. However it wasn't all bad Naruto had made some friends in his class consisting of Yamanaka Ino, Akimichi Choji, and Nara Shikamaru though Ino was his closest friend.
Naruto also had another friend in his sensei Umino Iruka as well as his other more secretive sensei Mitarashi Anko. Anko had met Naruto when he was younger and she was able to relate to him due to how she herself was treated because of her former sensei Orochimaru. Anko had taken Naruto under her wing and began to train him beyond what the academy was teaching him.
Hiruzen turned in his seat to face the Hokage Monument and looked at the fourth head on the monument. "You would be proud of how he is turning out Minato."
There was no answer of course as Minato had been dead for fourteen years ever since the day of the Kyuubi attack. Minato had given his life to save the village and seal the kyuubi into Naruto who had just been born. Minato chose Naruto because Naruto was Minato's own son and he believed Naruto would be seen as a hero, oh how wrong Minato was.
Hiruzen was pulled out of his thoughts by a knock on the door.
"Enter." Hiruzen called.
The door opened to reveal Mitarashi Anko who had been summoned by Hiruzen.
"What can I do for you old man." Anko asked.
Hiruzen smiled he liked when people were informal with him. "Hello Anko-chan yes I want your assessment of Naruto's skills I know you've been training him and I know for a fact you didn't train him as an academy student."
"Well you got that right the academy only teaches him history and basic ninja skills I trained him as if he were a genin. But you didn't ask how trained him you asked for my assessment of his skills, well he has good taijutsu, his Ninjutsu is pretty good though his bunshin needs work but he has so much chakra he'll never be able to properly use the bunshin so I taught him the Kage Bunshin, he has no skill for genjutsu but that's an unfortunate side effect of his tenant but he can identify and break genjutsu, he is perfect for infiltration and assassination which I helped perfect." Anko explained her assessment of Naruto's skills.
"Good he will be a big help on his team if how you trained him is true then he was holding back in the academy and I can put him on a team and not have to worry about him not getting trained properly. I assume you plan to keep training despite him being on a team?" Hiruzen asked
"Naturally he can be the best assassin in Konoha and I plan to ensure that he is. The kid has the perfect mindset for infiltration I mean all his pranks could have been way worse if he were an enemy shinobi. I mean he snuck into all the clan's compounds and pranked them had he wanted to he could have killed people." Anko explained.
"Indeed." Hiruzen agreed he knew about all of Naruto's pranks as he had heard about each one from the people Naruto had pranked.
"So who's team are you putting Naruto on?" Anko asked.
"Kakashi's." Hiruzen replied.
"Is that really wise i mean Kakashi is a good ninja and all and well respected as well as a former Anbu, but is he the best person to trust with a team?" Anko asked.
"While it's true that he has never passed a team I do think he will make a good jonin sensei. He might even actually pass a team this year. I have a good feeling about his team this year providing they can work together." Hiruzen explained.
"Who all is on the team?" Anko asked.
Hiruzen smirked taking a drag of his pipe.
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Uzumaki Naruto was sitting in his seat, wearing a black form fitting bodysuit with a burnt orange jacket with the sleeves pushed up showing the sleeves of the body suit and he was wearing ninja shoes rather than sandals. Beside him sat Yamanaka Ino his best friend the two were talking discussing who they wanted on their teams they hoped to be on a team together but they both seriously doubted it. As they were talking Iruka walked in with a clipboard in his hand and called everyone to attention.
"Alright everyone this may very well be the last time we see each other in this classroom I want you all to remember what you've learned. Now please listen for your Name to see what team you're on." Iruka said "Team one will be…"
Naruto was listening for his name and team hoping he would get a team he could work with.
"... Team Seven will be Uzumaki Naruto, Haruno Sakura, and Uchiha Sasuke." Iruka said.
"Yes true love prevails." a girl with pink hair yelled.
"Fuck me." Naruto mumbled as his head his the surface on his desk.
"Alright settle down." Iruka said before continuing the list. "Team Eight will be Hyuga Hinata, Inuzuka Kiba, and Aburame Shino. Team Nine is still in rotation from last year. Lastly Team Ten will be Yamanaka Ino, Nara Shikamaru, and Akimichi Choji. You are all dismissed for lunch be back at one to meet your jonin sensei."
Naruto rose from his seat and left the academy he had roughly an hour and a half before he had to be back to meet his new sensei. Naruto was also thinking of how to work with his team he knew that Sakura was a fangirl who ignored her training only doing what the academy made her do, and he also knew that Sasuke was a loner and had some kind of superiority complex. Naruto knew he had to work with them for the foreseeable future which meant he had to find common ground with his teammates. However, he didn't know how to get Sakura to quit being a fangirl.
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Meanwhile while the students were at lunch the jonin sensei were in the Hokage's office in a meeting with the Hokage. The meeting was to determine which jonin would teach which team so far they had gone through six of the nine teams with only three left.
"Kakashi you will be in charge of Team Seven this was decided by myself with the backing of the Council. The reason for this is because you are the only person who can teach Sasuke how to use the Sharingan should he awaken it." Hiruzen spoke clearly.
"Hai Hokage-sama." Kakashi said.
Kakashi was a tall man with silver gravity defying hair wearing the standard konoha infantry uniform with a face mask concealing the lower half of his face and his hitai-ate cocked to one side covering his left eye.
"Kurenai you will have Team Eight. They are primarily a tracking team with two taijutsu users." Hiruzen said.
"Hai Hokage-sama." Kurenai replied
Kurenai was a shorter woman with untamed black hair and red eyes.
"Asuma you will be in charge of Team Ten this generation's Ino-Shika-Cho trio." the Hokage told his son.
"Hai Tou-san." Asuma replied.
Sarutobi Asuma was another tall man with spiky balck hair and a beard wearing the standard shinobi uniform.
"You all have your teams now head out it's almost time for the students to return from lunch, and Kakashi i wouldn't make your team wait too long." Hiruzen said to the Jonin Sensei.
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Three hours, three fucking hours that's how long Team Seven had been waiting to meet their new Jonin Sensei. Naruto was annoyed by this stunt and caused him to lose respect for his new sensei who ever it may be. Naruto took out some ninja wire and a blunted kunai and moved over to the door to set up a simple trap as a prank for the next person to walk through the door.
"Naruto what are you doing?" Sakura asked.
Sakura was a girl with pink hair wearing a short red dress with black shorts.
"I'm setting a trap for our sensei." Naruto replied.
Naruto was a teenage boy with golden blonde wearing a form fitting black bodysuit a burnt orange jacket white socks and black ninja shoes.
"That's not going to work." Sakura said condescendingly.
Just as Sakura spoke the door opened setting off the trap causing the person who opened the door to pull out kunai of their own and deflect the blunted one.
"Hm how do I say this? My First impression of you all is, you're a bunch of idiots." the man said. "Meet me on the roof in five minutes."
Five minutes later the members of Team Seven were on the roof and sitting on a bench before the man they assumed was their new sensei.
"Alright first we're going to do some introductions." the man said.
"What do you want us to say?" Sakura asked.
"Your name, likes and dislikes, dreams for the future, and hobbies." the man said. " Here I'll go first. My name is Hatake Kakashi, I don't feel like telling you my likes and dislikes, as for my dreams for the future never really thought about it, and for hobbies I have lots of hobbies."
Sakura looked to her teammates though only Naruto looked back at her. "All we learned was his name." she said.
"Pinkie you're first."
"My name is Haruno Sakura. As for my likes..." She looks to Sasuke. "My Hobbies are…" Another look to Sasuke. " And my dreams for the future…" Another look to Sasuke with a squeal added this time.
'Girls her age are probably more interested in love than being a ninja.' Kakashi thought. "Anything you dislike?"
"Ino-buta and Naruto." Sakura replied to her sensei's question.
'Fuck me if she keeps up this fangirl fantasy either me or Sasuke will get killed trying to save her and it will most likely be me.' Naruto thought.
"Blondie you're next." Kakashi said pulling Naruto from his thoughts.
"Right my name is Uzumaki Naruto I like ramen especially from Ichiraku's, Iruka-sensei, and Hokage-jiji. I dislike rapists, those who judge others without getting to know them, and the three minutes it takes to cook instant ramen. As for my hobbies well I like gardening, training, and hanging out with my friends. As for my dream for the future I wish to surpass the Hokage especially the Fourth Hokage he was the greatest Hokage." Naruto said as he introduced himself.
'That was a lot more detailed than I was expecting.' Kakashi thought. "Alright Broody you're last."
"My name is Uchiha Sasuke, I dislike a great many things and I don't particularly like anything. What I have is not a dream for I will make it a reality, I will restore my clan and kill a certain person." Sasuke said.
'Sasuke-kun is so cool." Sakura thought to herself.
'I thought as much seems he is still resents Itachi for killing their clan.' Kakashi thought.
'I'm screwed. I thought being with Sakura was bad enough but add the Teme's attitude and this team is doomed.' Naruto thought to himself.
"Alright tomorrow we have our first exercise it will be a survival exercise." Kakashi told his team.
"We did plenty of survival exercises in the academy why do we need to do another one?" Sakura asked.
"Well I need to see what you know for myself. I can read a report all day long but until I see it for myself that report does me nothing. Besides your opponent for this exercise is me." Kakashi explained to his team. "Meet at training ground seven at six in the morning, and I would advise against eating breakfast as you'll only throw it back up."
With that said Kakashi left in a swirl of leaves leaving his team behind.
Naruto got up to leave but as he was walking away, he turned to look at his new teammates. "If I were you I'd still eat breakfast even if we puke it's still fuel for our bodies."
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The next morning three silhouettes could be seen walking toward training ground seven two were groggy barely awake while one looked full of energy and completely awake.
"Ohayō." Saakura said tiredly.
"Ohayō Sakura, Teme." Naruto said to his two teammates.
"Don't call Sasuke-kun that." Sakura said angrily yet still tired.
"You two didn't eat breakfast did you?" Naruto asked.
"Kakashi-sensei told us not to." Sakura replied.
"No, he advised us not to he didn't flat out tell us not to eat." Naruto corrected his female teammate.
"Whatever Baka." Sakura said as she walked over to Sasuke. "Ohayō Sasuke-kun."
"Hn." was all the brooding Uchiha said to the pinkette.
Sakura slumped her shoulders a bit as Naruto let out a scoff that went unnoticed by both Sakura and Sasuke.
After a short while the members of team seven were beginning to wonder where their wayward sensei was. When it was apparent that he would be late Sakura sat down and fell asleep as did Sasuke leaving only Naruto still awake. Naruto sighed and walked to a training dummy and began a mock spar with it to pass the time and keep his skills sharp, granted an actual sparring partner would be better but his only two choices were fast asleep.
Three hours later Hatake Kakashi walked into the clearing after Sasuke and Sakura had woken back up.
"YOU'RE LATE." Sakura yelled.
"Sorry I crossed paths with a black cat so i have to take the long way around Konoha to get here." Kakashi said.
Naruto actually stopped his spar and blinked at his sensei. "Really that's the best you got?"
"THAT'S A LIE AND YOU KNOW IT." Sakura yelled talking over Naruto.
"Maa Maa I'm here now thats all that matters." Kakashi said. "Alright now that everyone is here it's time for your exercise. Your task is to get these two bells off me before noon, the one who fails to get a bell gets sent back to the academy."
"WHAT THAT'S RIDICULOUS IF THAT'S THE CASE WHAT WAS THE GENIN EXAM FOR?" Sakura yelled.
"To weed out those who didn't have what it takes to be shinobi." Kakashi replied. "This is your true test this is what decides if you remain genin. This test is also a chance to showcase what you know so that your sensei can get a better understanding of your skills."
Sakura paled slightly she didn't know what skills she actually possessed sure she was smart and knew everything the books taught her, but as far as actual skills she didn't know what to do.
Naruto on the other hand knew he had the skills to show off and was confident in his abilities so long as he had a team to back him up.
Sasuke was also confident in his skills he had been training relentlessly to get stronger so that he could kill his brother. However he wasn't exactly known for working with a group as he felt he didn't need anyone to achieve his goals.
Kakashi saw the different reactions to his test and smirked under his mask he wondered how many would understand what he was truly testing them on while also displaying their different skill sets.
"Well if everyone is ready be sure to come at me with the intent to kill me otherwise you will never get a bell." Kakashi told his new charges. "Your test starts now."
When Kakashi finished speaking the three genin hopefuls all vanished into the tree line leaving Kakashi alone in the clearing.
"Well they understand how to hide." Kakashi said to himself.
Kakashi looked around the clearing he saw Sakura almost immediately thanks to her pink hair. He then saw Sasuke in a bush and took note of his location. Kakashi then tried to look for Naruto only to realize he couldn't see any sign of the young blonde.
"Well that makes things interesting Naruto seems to be the best at hiding." Kakashi noted.
Naruto moved silently appearing behind Sasuke.
"We need to team up we can't beat a Jonin on our own even if he holds back he has a lot more experience than all of us combined." Naruto told Sasuke.
"Leave me alone Dobe I don't need your help." Sasuke replied.
"We don't have time to argue Teme none of us can beat him on our own." Naruto said firmly.
"Watch me Dobe." Sasuke said as he charged out from his hiding spot drawing a kunai.
Kakashi saw Sasuke coming with a kunai drawn and pulled out a kunai of his own to block the incoming attack. As Sasuke slashed at Kakashi the older man blocked the kunai with his own then used his hand to block an incoming kick that Sasuke had attempted. Sasuke used the chance to reach for a bell but was only able to touch a bell before he was thrown away from Kakashi.
Sasuke twisted while in the air and landed on his feet then began to run through hand signs which alerted Kakashi.
Kakashi saw Sasuke running through hand signs and recognized the signs, ' What genin are supposed to be able to use elemental chakra.'
"Katon: Gōkakyū no Jutsu!" Sasuke called out as he unleashed a fireball from his mouth heading for Kakashi.
Kakashi cursed in his mind and used a doton jutsu to vanish underground.
When the fire died down Sasuke looked for Kakashi but the jonin was nowhere to be found. Sasuke looked all around him but he couldn't find Kakashi anywhere.
"Where did he go?" Sasuke asked out loud.
"If I'm not around or above you try below." Kakashi said as his hands burst from underground and pulls Sasuke down until he was neck deep in the ground.
Naruto had watched the whole fight and face palmed when Sasuke was defeated. Sakura on the other rushed out of her hiding spot throwing three shuriken at Kakashi the only thing on her mind was saving Sasuke. Kakashi made a single hand sign and cast a genjutsu on Sakura. Sakura's glazed over as the jutsu took hold causing Naruto to face palm again.
"I swear my teammates who were supposed to be the best in our class were defeated so easily." Naruto muttered to himself.
"That's two down now I have to find Naruto." Kakashi said looking around the clearing for any sign of the young blonde.
Naruto remained in his hiding spot for a bit thinking he then withdrew deeper into the woods further out of sight. Naruto then created two shadow clones a gift from sensei Mitarashi Anko who had taught him the jutsu when it was clear he'd never be able to perform the basic clone jutsu for having too much chakra.
"Alright you two use the henge and turn into thugs." Naruto ordered his clones.
Once the clones had turned into thugs Naruto used the henge himself and turned into a woman with black hair done up into three long braids wearing a loose fitting kimono with a fox plushie tied to her belt.
"Alright now I'm going to run I want you two to chase me and act like I'm your target for a mugging." Naruto said her voice much softer and sultry in this form.
The two thugs gave a mock salute to their create and got into character. Naruto began to run with a panicked look on her face as her two clones began their chase.
Back with Kakashi the seasoned jonin was still in the clearing having tied up Sakura to make sure she wasn't going anywhere when she woke up. Sasuke was still neck deep in the ground so he wasn't going anywhere any time soon.
Just then a woman with black hair done up in three braids broke through the treeline and rushed over to Kakashi shortly there after two thugs came into view as the woman reached Kakashi.
"Please help me shinobi-san these men are trying to hurt me." the woman said crying into Kakashi's chest..
Kakashi was surprised but his instincts were telling him to protect this woman. "It's alright Miss get behind me and I'll take care of them." Kakashi said as he ushered the woman past him right past the bells on his belt which the woman stole deftly.
"Stand aside all we want is the woman." one thug said firmly.
"Not an option." Kakashi said as he drew a kunai.
The two thugs drew their swords ready to fight. The woman still behind Kakashi moved over to untie Sakura and began to dig out Sasuke.
"Who are you and why are you helping me?" Sasuke asked the woman.
"Because a good teammate helps out their team." the woman said.
"I don't need your help Dobe." Sasuke said realizing the woman was Naruto.
"I think you do seeing as you are the one burried." Naruto told her teammate.
Kakashi made quick work of the clones and realized something was wrong he turned to see the woman he was protecting and saw she was digging out Sasuke.
"So you tricked me so you could get to your teammates huh Naruto?" Kakashi asked the woman.
"Not just my team Kakashi -sensei but also the bells." Naruto said as she held up the bells.
Kaklashi looked to his belt to find the bells were indeed gone. "Well played Naruto. So who gets the bells?" Kakashi asked.
"Well it would be selfish of me to keep them for myself, especially when you're testing us on our ability to work as a team." Naruto said cancelling his henge.
"So you figured it out good at least one of you did. Well since Naruto understood the test and helped both of you, I only have one this to say. Congratulations you thee pass the test we are officially Team Seven." Kakashi said.