Legacy

by Jasmine Starlight

Full Summary: Before the Yondaime met his untimely death, what if his hopes came to pass? Naruto, his legacy, would be treated as a hero. In line to become the next Hokage, but where does that leave Uchiha Sasuke? A look into a future that could have been. Sasu/Hina

A/N: This is my first Naruto fanfiction. Deal with it.

Should I change Orochimaru and Jiraiya's places too?

EPISODE 3:ENTER THE PERVERT AND THE FLOWER

"Che! Look what you did. Had to scare her off didn't you!" Sasuke said.

"Me? What about you Mr. Happy?" Naruto said, whining.

"Don't call me that!"

"Make me!"

"I will!"

"Do it!"

"I am!"

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Ever since Hatake Kakashi had vowed to protect Uzumaki Naruto at the Yondaime's funeral, his life had been much noisier and ramen filled.

But Kakashi didn't mind the noise or the ramen or the expenses that came with the ramen, it was refreshing to have someone to hold dear.

But really, beating up his teammate before their official meeting?

Naruto really had taken the cake with this one.

Really, the vandalizing of Mount Hokage Kakashi could sort of forgive, especially because of the look on Sarutobi-sama's face was priceless when he noticed the Naruto's alterations to his own carving on the mountainside

Or that time he had tricked Ebisu-sensei into nose-bleeding off a cliff and then into a waste treatment plant with his Oiroke No Jutsu, or the time he had hidden all of Kakashi's masks and replaced them with transparent silk scarves. Pink silk scarves, so Kakashi had not only looked like a moron but also a wannabe belly-dancer.

Kakashi really hoped he had destroyed all photographic evidence of that.

But bludgeoning Uchiha Sasuke into a pulp had to top them all.

He had only been trekking up that hill to pay his respects to Obito, it was by chance that he had glimpsed at their catastrophic showdown, the boys did have skill.

But they also needed a lot of work, but they had a lot of potential, even if they did fight like bar room brawlers. Bar-room brawlers that had to be shinobi in disguise. Kakashi wondered if the third member would be this good.

He briefly flirted with the thought of introducing himself, and then nixed it because of the amount of explaining it entailed and Kakashi hadn't decided to teach brats for the wholesome joy one received from the beauteous accomplishments of children.

Jeez, Gai was rubbing off on him.

Kakashi made a mental note to avoid any and all showdowns and or competitions of manliness with Gai until this passed.

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"Why don't you start by introducing yourselves?" Kakashi said blandly.

"Before that Sensei you should talk about yourself." Naruto said.

"Me? My name is Hatake Kakashi. I'm not going to tell you my likes and dislikes. Dreams for the future…my interests are this and that. You start, Naruto."

Naruto grinned, "I am Uzumaki Naruto! My likes are: cup ramen and pretty girls, I like the restaurant style ramen even better," here he paused to look at Sakura, who blushed coyly, Sasuke mimed gagging. "My dislikes are: the three minute wait for the ramen to cook and the Dobe." At that he turned around to send Sasuke a vicious glare, Sasuke replied in kind. "My dream for the future is to surpass the Hokage."

Sakura went next, "My likes are…that is whom I like and that is my interest and my dream for the future." She said as she started blushing.

"What about your dislikes?" Kakashi asked boredly.

"Sasuke." Naruto sniggered, and Sasuke made a sound of disgust.

And last but not least, Sasuke, "I don't really like anything, onigiris are okay, I dislike: Temee and a lot of other things. I don't have anything like a dream. But I do have an ambition, my goal is to kill a certain person." Kakashi winced.

He can't be talking about me can he?

"That's enough talk from you three, tomorrow we start our ninja duties."

Naruto grinned excitedly, "What? What? What are they?"

"First we're going to do something that only the four of us can do."

"Nani? Nani? Nani? Nani!"

"Survival training."

Kakashi began to chuckle (A/N: He's crazy!) "What is it Sensei?" Sakura asked.

"No…well it's just that if I tell you this you guys will definitely flip. Of the 27 graduates only 9 will be chosen as Genin. The remaining 18 will be sent back to the academy which means this is an extremely difficult exam with a failure rate of 66."

"That's impossible! After working so hard! Then…then what was the reason for the graduation exam?" Naruto asked indignantly.

"That? That was only to filter out those with the best chances of becoming genin.

"NANI!"

"In any event, tomorrow's training will decide your passing or not passing. Bring your ninja tools and be present in the morning!"

I can't allow myself to lose now.

If I lose I'll be separated from Naruto-kun!

………Hn

"Later. Dismissed. Oh, and skip breakfast, else you'll throw up."

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Sasuke would have snarled, if he wasn't tied to a log, and Kakashi-sensei wasn't standing in front of him and pinning Naruto to the ground.

"Don't hurt Naruto-kun!" Sakura wailed.

Sure, I'm the one tied to a tree stump and yet still she's freaking obsessing over him! WTF is wrong with these people?

"Why do you think we're training as teams?" Kakashi asked somberly.

"What do you mean?" Sakura asked.

"Meaning…you guys haven't grasped the answer to this test."

"The answer?" Naruto asked through a face full of dirt.

"The answer that lets you pass the test."

"Well, I've been wanting to ask that." Sakura said abashedly.

"Jeez are your heads empty? Don't you understand the meaning of the three-man teams?" Kakashi asked annoyedly.

"Argh! What about the teams!" Naruto exclaimed his voice muffled.

"It's about teamwork."

"You mean to help each other?" Sakura asked shockedly.

"Exactly, but it's too late now." Kakashi said seriously. "If you had come at me together, you might have gotten the bells. Well, too bad."

"Wait, there are still only two bells, instead of teamwork that would cause bickering!" Sakura exclaimed in realization.

"Of course, this test is designed to cause bickering." Kakashi said "The goal was to see who under these circumstances, would sacrifice their interests and work as a team."

The three cursed their own idiocy.

Kakashi went on: "Sakura! Instead of Sasuke, who was right by you, you were only concerned with Naruto, even though you didn't know where he was. Sasuke! You were just running around on your own. And you assumed the others would just get in your way and acted alone." Kakashi said to Naruto as he pushed his foot down on his head.

"Missions are completed with teams. It's true that advanced individual talents are important to a ninja, but what's valued more is teamwork. Selfish actions that destroy teamwork, bring danger to your teammates, and can get them killed. For example," he said as he withdrew a kunai.

"Sakura! Kill Sasuke or Naruto dies!" pressing the kunai into the soft skin of Naruto's neck.

Sakura let out an involuntary yelp, "That's what can happen." Kakashi said gravely as he released Naruto.

"Oh, that scared me." Sakura sighed in relief.

Likewise Sasuke let out a breath he didn't know he had been holding. "Not only is a hostage taken but you are forced to make impossible choices before you die." He continued twirling the kunai.

"The missions are all life risking jobs." Kakashi spoke as he turned his back and walked toward the Hero's Stone. "Look at this. All the names carved in this stone, these are all ninjas of the village that are called heroes."

"That, that, that, that's great!" Naruto exclaimed joyously. "I've decided to get my name carved there too! Hero! Hero! I'm not dying a loser!"

Kakashi turned to look at Naruto, "They aren't normal heroes,"

"Then what kind of heroes are they?"

"Baka temee, that's the Hero's Stone, everyone on it died in the line of duty." Sasuke spat.

"This is a memorial and my best friend's name is also carved here." Kakashi said quietly.

Obito-niisan.

He turned to look at the three of them again, "I'll give you one final chance. But after lunch it will be an even tougher battle for the bells. Those who want to challenge can eat lunch, but don't feed Sasuke. It's punishment for trying to eat by himself. If you feed him you will be failed immediately.

Sasuke snorted, "Che!"

"What I say goes. Got that?" Then there was a poof of smoke and he disappeared.

Naruto and Sakura began eating, Sasuke's lip curled into a sneer as he willed his stomach not to growl.

Naruto checked for Kakashi's chakra signature before shoving his bento in Sasuke's face, "We're a three man team, so eat Dobe and then we can get the bells."

Sakura blinked and then said "I'm on a diet, so here. Well…I'm not as hungry as Naruto-kun!" She clenched her eyes shut and shoved the bento toward him,

"And exactly how am I supposed to eat that?" Sasuke asked irritatedly.

Naruto's smirk grew even wider, "Go ahead Sakura-chan! Feed him, we need to get those bells."

Sasuke rolled his eyes.

"Nani! I'm not feeding him!"

"Hayaku! Kakashi-sensei could come back at any moment! Don't you want to pass?"

Sakura grimaced and grudgingly held out the chopsticks to Sasuke, who rolled his eyes again and ate the rice.

At which point Kakashi appeared again, "Not following the rules, eh? You must be prepared to pay then." and the sky darkened to an ominous gray-purple and lightening split the horizon.

"Anything you have to say for yourselves?"

"But! Sensei, you said it!" Naruto exclaimed.

"We are a three-man team right?" Sasuke asked.

"Yeah! The three of us are one!" Sakura declared with more confidence than she felt.

"Yeah, Yeah, Yeah!" Naruto shouted.

"Three are one…eh?" Kakashi repeated as he walked closer to his team. Then his one visible eye curved into a smile, "You pass!"

"You pass." He said again.

"Pass? Why?" Sakura inquired faintly as the skies cleared.

"You guys are the first. The others up till now were idiots who did whatever I said. A ninja must read underneath the underneath. In the ninja world those who do not follow the rules are called trash. But, you know…those who do not take care of their friends are worse than trash!"

"The test is over. All of you pass! Team 7 starts its missions tomorrow!" giving them a thumbs up.

"Yes!" Sakura said as she grinned widely.

Naruto turned and followed Kakashi as he left, Sakura did the same, and Sasuke was left to tied to the tree, how original.

His face was stony as he blindly groped for his kunai, making a clean cut down the middle he walked slowly back to the village.

Teamwork was overrated, stifling and hypocritical.

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"And they left you tied to the stump?" Iruka asked disbelievingly.

Sasuke nodded.

"Why?"

"I don't know and I don't really care either."

"Sasuke." Iruka said sadly.

"What?"

"Nothing."

"You wanted to say something Iruka-sensei, I know that tone, "Sasuke why can't you stop traumatizing the little bunnies and kitties around the village? Why can't you have a better personality? Why do you always pick at your scabs? You know it'll only make them scar! You should learn to eat more vegetables! Cucumbers are good for you! Blah…I hate zucchinis they are a poor substitute for cucumbers! Blah…blah…nag…" So start wailing on me." Sasuke said forcefully.

"I never said that whole spiel about the zucchinis." Iruka said.

"But you wanted to, didn't you?"

Iruka rolled his eyes and ruffled Sasuke's spikes, "Hey! Watch the merchandise!"

END

Should I switch Orochimaru and Jiraiya's places too?

It would make more sense that way…give me some feedback…please…

CrimsonNoble- yea.,..

Lun- me too…

xxMizukixx-…

SGL- It's going somewhere…if I could only figure out where.

Gai-sama- Thanks…do you think I should switch Oro with Jiraiya?

Momo-sama-…yeah that's Number 1 Rookie for you

Fractured wings 01- he's mean to everyone…except maybe Iruka-sensei and that's because they get each other…

shikaruTo- thank you, when I write angst it turns to this…whatever the fuck this…since Naruto and Sasuke have switched. The Sharingan is his Kyuubi…it's his curse.

NanamiYastumaki- it is…but with one-sided NaruSasu!

Lost ninja #1- I am thinking of writing a SasuNaru fic…any suggestions?

Frontier of Darkness- Not this fic I'm afraid…wait for This Is How A Heart Breaks a high school fic…angst abound.

The Gandhara- I'll keep that in mind.