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Author's notes: Awe!!! You're all so kind! Thank you my dear reviewers!!! Bwahahaha!!! Anyway, here are the replies to the reviews.

weirdnezz279: Really? Arigato! I'm glad that you like the second version. Actually, I want to speed this up to the chuunin exams but that will look like I'm trying to spoil the story. Well... I'm glad you like it!

GreatMarta: Hro's older for three years? Sorry. But I'm glad that it's okay for you if I made her younger. Thank you!

izumi-17: I'm glad that you like it! Here's the next chapter then!

l-laze: Kaze? Nope. He's not their brother. He's their cousin from the mother's side. Let's just say that Sakura has a sister and married. But then, Kaze ran away since he was sick of being pampered all the time. He decided to change his last name to Uchiha Kaze but his real name is Haruno Kaze. And he can't use the sharingan too since he's not really of the Uchiha blood. He just changed his last name and decided to keep it that way. There! I hope that explains things. I'm sorry for the confusion.

Amasaki Reyoko: Thank you very much! I'm updating now, as you can see!

Ramen Fox Boy: Hokage? I don't really know. This is more of normal life style with the action for later chapters. I'm glad that you like the story!

Usagi-mun: Thank you! I hope that you read version one as well.

Wormkaizer: Thank you a lot! You'll see then how this will differ from the first version in time though! (winks)

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Author: I'm done! Bwahahahaha!!!

Inner jk: She's insane.

Author: Am not! Anyway, don't worry! I'm may update Ninjas of the Night version one soon. I also got a sort of liking for this version so... here I go.

Chapter 2: Getting to Know

=Rooftop=

"You three are five seconds late!" Naruto exclaimed as he glared at his insane... ehem... crazy team. The three sweatdropped.

"Naruto-sensei, we're only five seconds late so shut the crap out of it." Lan said as he crossed his arms and took a seat on the steps.

'At least this kid refers to me as his sensei.' "Alright. Why don't you introduce yourselves so we may get to know one another?" Naruto asked.

"Uhh sir? Won't it be better if you tell things about yourself first?" Ruriko asked as she sat down childishly on the steps and arranged her now messy hair. Naruto nodded.

"Alright. I'm Uzumaki Naruto. I like ramen. I dislike... hmm... let's not talk about that. My dream is... no... what I WILL be in the future is... I will be the future Hokage and all the people will acknowledge me." Naruto said.

"Hn. As if. Dobes like you won't be able to achieve that." Lan said smirking.

"Why you... hmp! But you're still a genin in which I can take out anytime. Oh... your turn to introduce, you Sasuke-brat." Naruto countered.

'Sasuke-brat? What does he mean by that?' "Hn. I'm Uchiha Lan. I like training and reading. I hate... none of your business. My dreams for the future? I want to be stronger that my father." He answered.

'Typical of a Sasuke-brat.' "The bug-kid."

Tanaka stared at him for a while before answering. "I am Aburame Tanaka. I like bugs. I dislike... noise. My dream for the future? None." He answered.

Naruto raised an eyebrow. 'Obviously related to Shino... this kid.' His eyes then went to the girl. "How about you?"

Ruriko stared at him. "Me?"

"Yes you."

"Me?"

"Yes you."

"ME?"

This time, Naruto's eyebrows twitched. "YES YOU. Are you just playing deaf? Cause if you are, just say it and I'll make you deaf permanently." He said.

The girl made a fake sniff. "Awe... Naruto-sensei don't like me... too bad..."

"Just introduce yourself... just great. This is one heck of a team." Naruto said as he stared at the girl again. "Go."

"Psh! Fine. I'm Ukiya Ruriko. People call me Ruri. I like genjustu. I hate ninjutsu and taijutsu. They're so hard to master. My dream is to be a good kunonichi (sp?) since there are a few good kunonichis in this world. I want to be good so that men won't underestimate us girls." She said.

"That's the longest introduction so far, kids. The girl's pretty interesting though. Anyway, for our fist mission..."

=Sasuke's Place/The Red Bridge=

As the three rookies took a step at the bridge, all that they can hear is silence and the silent chirping of the birds and the water below. Keiki placed a hand on his chin in thought.

"Hmm... that's strange." Keiki mumbled.

The other two took a peep from behind. "What's strange, Keiki-kun?" Ayumi asked. Keiki looked at them.

"You should know it by now."

"Yeah." Ruchi said. "Come to think of it. Keiki's right." He said.

Ayumi tilted her head. "What's strange, guys?" She asked. Ruchi sighed.

"Ayumi-chan, look around." He said. Ayumi nodded and scanned the area. She finally nodded as she realized what was going on.

"It's too quiet." She said. The other two nodded.

"That's right." Keiki said. "Dad must have something up on his sleeves."

Just then, as if a cue, kunais started attacking them from the trees. The three genins quickly jumped away from the rain of kunais, but the kunais just kept on coming.

"Dad! This isn't funny anymore!" Keiki exclaimed. That's when the kunais stopped. The three sighed with relief as they panted slightly.

Just then, with a poof, Sasuke appeared with his arms crossed. "Introduce." He instructed.

"Your dad's pretty the bossy type, ne?" Ruchi whispered. Keiki nodded. "That's why we musn't mess up with my dad."

"Uhh... excuse me. But isn't it better if you introduce yourself first so that we may know you?" Ayumi asked timidly.

Sasuke nodded. "I am Uchiha Sasuke. I like a few things and I dislike a lot of things. I don't plan to tell you of my goals."

'As if I don't know my own dad's goals.' Keiki thought. "Alright. I'm Uchiha Keiki. I like..." He then smiled. "I like spending time with my mom, my dad, and my older twin for they are very precious to me." He then frowned. "I hate people who disrespects other people. And I hate being weak. My dream for the future is to make my family..." He then looked at his father straight in the eyes. "... my father... proud of me."

Sasuke nodded as he inwardly smiled at his son's introduction. "Next."

"Yoshi! I am the great Inuzuka Ruchi! The heir of the Inuzuka clan! I like spending time with my friends and playing with my puppy at home. I hate cooking. I dream to become the strongest Inuzuka ever!" Ruchi introduced loudly.

"Ruchi-kun, you have a puppy?" Ayumi asked. Ruchi nodded proudly.

"Yes! Though dad doesn't want me to bring Maru at the academy so I don't have him now." Ruchi said. Ayumi titled her head.

"Who's Maru?"

"My puppy."

The other two genins sweatdropped. "The last one." Sasuke said.

Ayumi nodded. "Yes sensei. My name is Nara Ayumi. I like books and talking to my friends. I hate... I don't know. My dream? Uhh... I don't know too." She said timidly.

Sasuke nodded. "Alright then. Now for our first mission..."

=Neji's Place=

"Hyuuga-san, are we there yet?" Yuumei asked for the hundredth time. Reika's eyebrows were starting to twitch.

"Hyuuga-san?"

Reika ignored her. "Hyuuuuuuuugaaaaaaa-saaaaaaaaaaan???????????"

"We're almost there, Akizuki-san! Shut the heck up!" The Hyuuga exclaimed. Kaze smirked.

"I was beginning to be irritated by her whinning already. Nice one, Hyuuga." He said. Reika raised an eyebrow at him as they continued to walk.

=Five Minutes later=

"Are we there ye-"

"We're here." Reika announced. Yuumei's eyes became round as saucers as they faced a tall white tower.

"Hyuuga-san, don't tell me we need to climb..." Yuumei said. Reika nodded as she opened the door and entered, followed by Kaze. Yuumei sighed in defeat as she trotted after the other two.

=On top of the tower=

"'Tousan, we're here." She said as she stared at her father's own white eyes. Neji nodded as he nodded and pointed at the seats by the wall. The three genins nodded and took a seat.

"I congratulate the three of you for passing the graduation exams. Now that you are ninjas, I want you to train while your youth still remains and..." Reika cutted Neji off.

"Umm... 'tousan, are you sure Gai-san isn't rubbing off on you?" She asked.

"Ehem. Okay. Forget my last statement. Well... I want you to introduce yourselves. The three of you know me well enough. I don't need to introduce myself." Neji said as if knowing that the three would tell him to introduce first.

Neji stared at the still whining girl beside his daughter. "You with the blue hair. Introduce first." He instructed.

"Hai! My name is Akizuki Yuumei. I like taijutsu! It's my favorite! I hate genjutsu." She said.

"Dream for the future is...?" Neji said.

Yuumei nodded. "My dream to be a genjutsu and taijutsu specialist someday since I believe that genjutsu is my weakest point and so I want to improve them and taijutsu, I believe, is my strong point." She said.

Neji nodded. "Next."

Reika nodded as she closed her eyes. "I am Hyuuga Reika. I like training, books, scrolls, and worthy opponents. I hate cowards who run away in a fight and people who disgrace the name of the Hyuuga. My dream for the future eh? Hn. I don't need to answer that. You, otousan, should know what my dream is better than everyone." She said.

Neji sighed. 'She got my some of my attitude alright. Typical of my own daughter.' He thought. "The last one."

Kaze nodded. "My name is Uchiha Kaze. I don't plan to tell you what my likes, dislikes, and dreams for the future are." He said.

Neji nodded. "Alright. I now declare that our fist mission is..."

=Gaara's Place/By the Konoha Gates=

The three genins followed Gaara silently without any complains. The three of them with a little exception of Ring though. She was skipping happily while the other two were walking silently.

Just the Gaara halted to a stop and turned around. The genins stopped as well.

"Introduce." Gaara commanded.

The two leaf-genins froze. "Hai!"

However, the Ten Ten look-alike merely smiled cheerfully. "HAIIIIIIII!!!!!!!! My name is Ring-Rang! I came from hidden sand, but now I'm an official hidden leaf shinobi. I like... training, cookies, and Gaara-sensei! I hate... hmm... bullies and hurting others, but I still do my job, don't worry. My dream for the future? Uhh..." She closed her eyes and tapped her foot in a childish manner. "I don't know."

'Ring-san doesn't seem to be... uhh... shy to say what she likes and dislikes. I wonder on how she manages to stay with Gaara-sensei.' Hro thought to herself.

Shino sweatdropped. 'Ring-san may be more experienced than us, but why is it she acts so childishly. Oh well... people have their own personalities. Other than that, why do we have to be stuck with a freaky sensei?' He thought.

"Next."

"Uhh... hai!" Hro said. "My name is Hyuuga Hro. My dream for the future is to be strong as to prove that I can be one of the best Hyuugas around as well so that my uncle and cousin will be proud and happy of me, and also so that I can protect the people close to me. I like to train with my family and friends. I hate... I don't really know." 'But what I'm sure is that I don't really like freaky teachers like him.' She added silently in her mind.

"I am Amazuku Shiro. I like sweets and training. I hate... bugs. My dream for the future huh? Well... I want to be a strong shinobi that many will respect." He introduced.

Gaara closed his eyes and nodded.

"Maa, maa, why won't you introduce yourself now?" Shiro asked as he referred to Gaara. Gaara glared at him.

"I don't need to answer that."

Ring raised her hand. "I'll introduce you for them Gaara-sensei!" She then stood up and faced her new teammates. "He is Gaara-sensei. He is the strongest shinobi of the sand and I have been his personal genin for about a year now. Gaara-sensei is very cool! He's the BEST sensei ANYONE can have! You are all lucky to be a part of his team! You will learn a lot from him! I guarantee it!" She said cheerfully.

"That's enough, Ring. Sit down." Gaara instructed coldly.

Ring smiled again and sat down. "Hai!"

The other two genins sweatdropped. 'How can Ring-san stay cheerful even after Gaara-sensei's cold tone? Cool sensei? I don't really know about that.' Hro thought.

'What is this girl made of? Still being cheerful and everything... Girls are really unpredictable.' Shiro thought.

"I won't want to waste any more time. Our first mission will be..."

=Temari's Place/In the middle of the forest=

Temari faced her three students that silently walked behind her. She held her large fan and held it by her hand as the smaller end is stuck to the soil. Her other arm is on her hips. (a/n: Err...remember Temari's post when she defeated Ten Ten in the chuunin preliminaries? Sorry I can't describe it that well)

"Since you three now know each other, no introductions are needed. I'm going straight to the point. Your fist mission would be..."

Note: These scenes are done at the same time. It means that it is performed on the same time but in a different place.

Naruto, Sasuke, Neji, Gaara, and Temari: ...survival training.

=Naruto's Place=

"Matte Naruto-sensei! Survival training? Haven't we done that at the academy already?" Ruriko asked.

"Yes. But this is different, kids. Do you want to know the reason behind this?" Naruto asked. The genins nodded.

"Alright. But promise me you won't freak out."

The genins nodded.

=Sasuke's Place=

"Tell us, otousan. Why do we need the survival training?" Keiki asked as he uncrossed his arms and stared at his father in confusion.

"It is to see on who are really capable to be a genin." Sasuke replied.

The three genins were confused. "What do you mean, sensei?" Ayumi asked.

=Neji's Place=

"Listen. Out of all the graduates, only fifteen will become genins. All of the others will be sent back to the academy." Neji said as the three went wide-eyed.

Reika was silent with narrowed eyes, Kaze had a face that says 'Darn it!', while Yuumei was having a 'what-the-heck' expression.

=Gaara's Place=

"But Gaara-sensei, what was the graduation for?!" Hro asked as her eyes started twitching in annoyance.

Gaara closed his eyes and crossed his arms. "That is to see who has the talent of becoming a real genin." He said coldly.

=Temari's Place=

"So you mean that if we fail this training, all our hard works will be just put to trash?!" Mika exclaimed.

Temari nodded. "Exactly."

=Naruto's Place=

Naruto grinned. "See? I knew you three would freak out." He said.

"Naruto-sensei," Ruriko started. "Please say that you're just kidding." She said. Naruto's grin widened.

"Nope. Meet me in the forest at five a.m sharp. Oh. And don't eat. You'll throw up. Bye!" Naruto said before he disappeared with a puff of smoke.

The other jounins all disappeared as well, leaving the new genins staring into space as they tried to contemplate what their senseis just said.

=Sasuke's Team=

"Drats! We got to pass this test!" Ruchi exclaimed. Ayumi and Keiki nodded.

"Yes. That we must. Though I must warn you two though. I know my father. He has plenty of tricks up on his sleeves." Keiki said.

The other two nodded. "Hey you guys. Wanna train?" He asked.

Ruchi grinned as Ayumi smiled.

"Bring it on!"

=Neji's Team=

"Hyuuga, you know how Neji-sensei thinks the best since you're his daughter. What do you think his plan is?" Yuumei asked.

Reika shook her head. "He may be my father, but I know not how he does his tests. All I know about his training is ever since I was a child, he always trained me with my taijutsu. He rarely taught me any ninjutsu or taijutsu. All of the ninjutsu and the genjutsu I know are all from books and scrolls." She said.

Kaze placed his hands on a thinking position. "At least we now have an idea on how Neji-sensei would do his test. However, this is survival training. There is still a lot that we don't know." He said.

"What we need to do is to be prepared. My suggestion is that let us try to build up our stamina even just a little bit. One of survival's important aspect is stamina, right?" Yuumei said.

The two smirked. "And that's what YOU need to develop Akizuki-san." Kaze said. Yuumei pouted.

=Gaara's Team=

The two leaf-nins sighed as their sensei had gone. "This is bad. What if we don't pass." Shiro mumbled.

Ring just bounced cheerfully in front of them. "Listen up! We'll take sensei's test and we WILL succeed! Why don't we go to the library to go and look for new tips for survival?" Ring suggested.

Hro looked up. "Good idea. Hey Amazuku-san, Ring-san's right. Nothing will happen if we just stay here sulking. We got to do something that may help us in this test." She said. Shiro smiled.

"Alright. Hey, Gaara-sensei told us to meet at the forest at five a.m, right? Then we better hurry. We have limited time." He said as the two girls nodded and pulled him towards the library.

Note (again): All of the tests will occur at the same forest at the same time, okay? They will just be in different areas of the forest so if there are any confusions, just tell me.

=Temari's Team=

The three genins just stood there quietly. "Well... what are we going to do now?" Mika asked bluntly.

Koishiro 'hmped'. "Do what we have to do."

Ame then smirked and turned her back. "I'm going to buy more equipments for tomorrow's training then." She said as she disappeared.

Mika sighed as turned her back and fiddled with her twin kodachis for a while before talking. "I'll be in the western area of the forest if you need me." She said.

"What are you going to do there?" Koishiro asked.

Mika smirked. "Train." With that, she disappeared. Koishiro sighed to himself as he himself decided to make his leave. He turned his back and quietly left the forest. 'Maybe I should buy more stocks of exploding notes later on.'

The genins of the different teams then left in order to prepare for the survival training tomorrow since their being genins are at stake at this training. If they fail, the academy is their stop, and of course, no one would want that. Would you want that?

Author's notes: Well... there you go! The second chapter! Well how is it? I'm sorry if it's all about the introduction of the genins. The survival training will occur at the next chapter though. If there is any confusion, feel free to ask me. What do you think? Please review!