A/N: I happen to personally suck at Japanese, I know enough to understand what most people are saying when they write the suffixes but I don't feel I have a good enough grasp of them to use them efficiently.
A Change of Roles
Part One: Graduation
At the head of the class stood Iruka and Mizuki, the head instructors.
"Congratulations to all those who passed. You are now Genin. Today you will be divided into your teams. Each team will contain three Genin and one Jounin Intructor."
At this point most of the kids tuned out the instructors just enough so they could still here their names if they were called. At the top row two boys stared aimlessly out the window. One was a dark haired boy known as Nara Shikamaru, and the other was a little harder to recognize.
His hair was the same dark red, but instead of being cropped short in was long, very long, as if it had never been cut, and it was tied back. His eyes were the same vibrant blue color but no darks circles outlined them. He was wearing a white T-shirt and a pair of blue baggy pants. Along with this he wore a blue coat with tight sleeves that ended at his wrists, where a set of bracers rested which also served as Kunai holsters. A set of blue gloves also rested snugly under the bracers. Also laying next to his seat was a long staff that was taller than he was, but instead of wood or metal it seemed to be made of stone.
"Team 8, Nara Shikamaru, Akimichi Chouji, and Yamanaka Ino."
Yamanaka Gaara looked up at the instructor upon hearing his sisters name called.
'Darn,' he though 'I hoped I would be teamed with sis.'
Team nine was no one he knew well but when it came to team ten Gaara was listening.
"Team 10 Iburame Shino, Yamanaka Gaara, and Hyuuga Hinata."
"Alright, your instructors will be here shortly until then you should get to know your knew teammates."
And with that the two instructors left new Genin to their own devices.
Gaara before going to talk to his sisters team.
"Hey sis, sorry I didn't make it on the same team as you."
"Don't worry little brother, I won't hold it against you."
Gaara then turned to her two teammates. "And as for you two. If anything should happen to my sister, you guys have to deal with me. And then you have to deal with dad."
"Don't worry Gaara. Nothing will happen to your precious sister."
"Your damn right, Shika."
The two boys grinned at each other. The conversation might have continued had the door not opened to reveal a large well built guy with dark hair, a beard and an unlit cigarette in his mouth.
"Team 8, your with me."
Gaara turned back to his sister.
"Good Luck Sis."
With that he turned to his new teammates. He knew both of them, as did most shinobi children. Shino he had met once before, and he knew that he came from a family who would make a pact with a hive of insects. Hinata on the other hand he had actually known for quite some time. He and his sister had taken the timid girl under their wing when they had found her watching their training. And it was because of them that she had become better person. For they helped her deal with one of her biggest problems. Her stutter was not due to her nervousness but actually due to a tiny bit of brain damage that had occurred when she was born. When this was discovered by the elder Yamanaka he had set out to repair it.
With her stutter repaired and two great friends in the form of Ino and Gaara she had evolved into a much stronger person. Her newfound strength was also quite apparent with her change in image. Gone were the baggy clothes that hid her body. Ino had dragged the girl out to a clothing store on only the third day they had known her. Today she was wearing a green sleeveless shirt, black pants and bracers around her wrists that were just like Gaara's except these were green instead of blue. But also like Gaara, she possessed a weapon, a sheathed kodachi was strapped across her back.
"Good morning Hinata."
"Good morning Gaara. I was happy to hear we would be on the same team."
"Yes it's good have a friend with you when you start something new."
Gaara then turned to speak to Shino but was again interrupted by the door opening. This time a dark haired woman with striking red eyes and a vary unusual outfit entered.
"Team 10. Meet me on the roof in ten minutes."
Gaara looked to his team. "Guess it's time to go."
On their way out the door Gaara stopped to talk to his last friend in the room.
"So Kiba, what do you think of your team?"
"Man why did I have to get stuck with Pinky and the Psycho. I mean Uchiha was bad enough, but then his brother's death is confirmed, and he snapped. Then there is the girl. And of course they had to leave him with the one girl he listens too. They have been together for like a year now, and it is just creepy. He does anything she tells him to. Not to mention those eyes of his just scare me"
"Well, as long as she tells him to do whatever is necessary for the missions you should be fine."
"I hope so."
"I guess I will start with the introductions. My name is Yuuhi Kurenai. I enjoy reading. I hate the Icha Icha book series. And my current dream is to figure out how to get Hatake Kakashi to take his mask off. Okay you first."
"My name is Aburame Shino. I don't really have hobbies, and my only dream is to be a good shinobi like my father."
Kurenai then pointed to the next one, Hinata.
"My Name is Hyuuga Hinata. I enjoy helping others, and I hate those who treat people like trash. And my dream is to find a way to break the seal that binds the branch house and end it."
'Interesting.' Thought Kurenai.
"My name is Yamanaka Gaara. I like my friends, and my sister Ino, I hate people who harm others for no reason. My dream is to be the greatest ninja in the village."
'Pretty standard.'
"Alright, meet me tomorrow on training field 13. Be there early."
8:00 am found the three new ninjas prepared for anything. Field thirteen seemed to be some kind of obstacle course. After they had been there for only a few minutes. Kurenai arrived.
"Welcome to training course thirteen. Better known as the course from hell. The objective of the course is for you to get the flags at the center and bring them back to me. You see only 3 teams actually pass to remain Genin. The rest of you get sent back to the academy."
Gaara turned to the course.
"We just have to bring you the flags. Right?"
"Yes."
"How long do we have?"
"Two hours."
Gaara looked to the others then looked to the flag.
"Okay." He turned to his teammates. "Huddle up."
Kurenai watched as the three gathered together. She then started her stopwatch. She looked up to find them still standing there but Gaara seemed to be staring towards the center of the course. Kurenai turned to see what he was looking at and saw what appeared to be a haze appearing around the flags. Suddenly the ground underneath the flags erupted. When the haze cleared the flags were gone.
She turned back to Gaara, and saw him staring up in the air she looked up and saw there seemed to be three objects falling from the sky. They slowly became clear as what looked like three falling stones. These three stones were falling straight for her students. But just before she could move to stop them they landed in the waiting hands of said students. Then the stones exploded into powder and there in their hands, were the flags. It took her a few seconds, but she was able to stop her stopwatch. She looked at it, looked up at the kids, and looked back at the watch.
"Well it seems you pass. Missions Begin tomorrow. Meet me outside the Hokage Tower at 8:00 AM tomorrow."