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"Speaking"

"Thoughts"

"Jutsu"

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"So where did you guys go last night?" Choji asked looking between Kalis and Ino who were walking alongside Choji and Shikamaru heading towards the classroom, "You just kinda disappeared halfway though the thing?" he continued.

Miraculously Kalis was moving pretty well for his injuries the previous night which did surprise Ino as it helped avoid a few questions that would have been asked, as she made a mental note to ask him about it later she turned to Choji, "We went for a walk, the party was a bit too crowded, we were going to invite you two, but you seemed to be enjoying the buffet".

The plump boy let out a chuckle as he rubbed the back of his head as the entered the classroom immediately walking away to the back of the classroom chuckling from embarrassment all the while.

Shikamaru sighed glancing at the two, "Yeah I don't believe that" he muttered, they immediately started trying to think of something to deter the lazy boy, "But I don't really care enough" he added with sigh before following Choji to the back of the class presumably for a nap.

"Wow Ino, you're not gossiping about what happened last night…" Kalis whispered to her with a small laugh earning a small slap to the shoulder where he was still bruised up slightly but it made him wince a little still.

Ino crossed her arms, "I'll have you know, I can be very discreet when I need to be, besides look at you, how are you even walking in a straight line right now, I'd thought you'd be out at least a week to heal up fully" she questioned.

In truth, Ino was only not gossiping as she was still processing all she had learned that night, the main fact Naruto contained the Nine-tailed Fox. Really she would have freaked out even more the second she learned but when she saw him breaking down in tears she just couldn't help but comfort him and not think about what she learned.

Sure she now understood Naruto more now but she also knew the danger he could possibly unleash and was slightly afraid of him, so was right now using her great skills at pretending to be okay till her mind fully wrapped around the news.

Kalis shrugged, "It was mostly bruises aside from my one cut on the side, I've just gotta not do anything too strenuous to keep the stiches in but apparently it wasn't too deep" he faced her, "Besides Kochi heal naturally heal quickly, Soruki told me, so it's not weird for me to be up and about already".

Ino rolled her eyes at him before looking around as they walked up to the desks "Hey, where's Naruto?" noticing a lack of noise of fellow blonde hair in the room.

Kalis sighed, "He said he was going to make his own way in today and be on time… something about he's a Shinobi now" he muttered "Though I've no idea where he is, but he's gotta turn up soon".

Ino placed a hand on her friends shoulder, "Relax, after what happened last night he's probably having a lay in, he'll be bolting into the class room any minute now, screaming his head off about something or other" she said to calm her friend but in a vein attempt to soothe her own mind that Naruto was still Naruto, before taking off to join Shikamaru and Choji at the back.

As she left, Iruka entered the room with a clipboard and a smile. Kalis took a seat and sighed as he sensed the man enter knowing that Naruto was going to be late, he rubbed his bandages with his hands as he realized that no matter what, Naruto would never change but it still made him chuckle.

Iruka cleared his throat to get the class's attention, they all turned to him as he opened his mouth to speak, "WAIT!" a familiar voice exclaimed, they all turned to the door as Naruto burst through the door immediately keeling over with his hands to his knees and panting hard, "P…Please tell me…. I'm n…not late…" he panted out taking in deep breaths.

Iruka looked at the clock above the class and smiled, "You'll be happy to know Naruto that you are exactly on time".

Naruto exclaimed in joy as he pointed to Kalis, "T…told you… I'd be… on time!" he exclaimed still catching his breath but he still got a smile from Kalis and a hidden one from Ino that he didn't see though she was happy to see him being normal.

"Yo, Naruto. You flunked out remember idiot, this room is for those who passed" Kiba mocked though also wondering why no one else had called Naruto out on it.

Naruto said nothing but tapped the plate of his new Leaf Headband making Kiba go wide eyed as he somehow didn't notice the obvious difference though the rest of the class did. Naruto walked off past Kiba and up to his seat next to Kalis, "Hey Kiba, I can't see but I still saw that a mile away" the bandaged boy commented making the class laugh at the Inuzuka making him pout. Grumbling under his breath.

Once the class settled Iruka addressed them again, "Now, as you know everyone here has passed their graduation exam and are now Genin, first of all I want to say how proud I am off you all, you've earned this…" he smiled at the class, "Now the main reason you're here today, I will call out your names in teams of three, you will move and sit with the people I have called out… these will be your teams going forward"

This held that classes attention as the all listened to Iruka's next words carefully.

"Team 8… Kiba Inuzuka…. Hinata Hyuga…. Shino Aburame"

The three all moved to an empty set of seats, Kalis chuckled slightly as he sensed the bugs in Shino become agitated signifying Shino was upset with something… and everyone could figure out why after all; Kiba was that annoying.

"Team 10… Choji Akimichi… Shikamaru Nara… Ino Yamanaka"

No one in that class was even surprised as everyone knew they were going to be together as it had become tradition at this point. Ino sat back, glad in knowing she wouldn't have to move as there was no way they wanted to break the legend of the Ino-Shika-Cho formation as it was a main staple of the Hidden Leaf and one of the strongest known team formations out there.

Iruka continued reading off more teams till only a select few remained.

"Team 7… Sakura Haruno…" everyone audibly groaned covering their ears as they looked at the remaining students knowing who she'd be with, "…Naruto Uzumaki…" Sakura pouted crossing her arms, as Naruto jumped into the seat next to her a bright smile on his face though mixed with worry.

Naruto knew that it was unlikely but he did want to be in a team with Kalis, after all he was his only friend though he wasn't sure if he could count Ino as one yet. But Kalis did understand him better than most and could be patient with him unlike anyone else.

Kalis clutched his fists together slightly, he had spoken to himself already that he should accept the team he's put in as the Hokage and many others had spent hours accessing his skill to find out where he'd fit best, but part of him still wished to be with a friend. He knew that he definitely not be with any of the Ino-Shika-Cho for obvious reasons; but he'd hoped to at least be with his close friend, especially after the events of the previous night, he just knew Naruto would need him around.

"…Sasuke Uchiha…" Kalis heart dropped, he didn't even care about Sakura's annoying banshee like yells of joy combined with inaudible words. Kalis would be alone, everyone else he knew in the class were together in teams, he would be in a team with people he didn't even know the name of and he hated it already.

"Oh come on, why do I have to be stuck with him of all people… there a ton of better options!" Naruto exclaimed pointing a finger towards the broody Uchiha who only grunted in response as the blonde cast a small glace towards Kalis.

"Because that's how it worked out Naruto, they wanted to even the teams so the lowest ranked student was placed with the highest" Iruka responded with a slight irritated tone to his voice now.

"But…"

"No but's Naruto!" Iruka snapped looking back to the clipboard as a small smile came across his lips as he looked at the next name.

"and Kalis Kochi"

"WHAT!" Kalis and Sasuke exclaimed at the same time rising from their seats with hands on the table. Kalis because he needed a double take; Sasuke because, "I will not be on a Team with a Kochi!" he snapped using the most words he'd ever used in one sentence the whole time he'd been at the academy.

Kalis recovered from his shock to hear what Sasuke had said to him, "Do you think I'd want to be in a team with an Uchiha!" he snapped back to defend himself making the boy glare at him.

"Your clan are nothing but thief's and cowards, you'd only get in the way!" the Uchiha snapped first.

"That's a lie, we stole nothing from you, and you'd be the one getting in the way cause you don't know what team means all you can do is brood!"

"CUT IT!" Iruka snapped getting both boys attention, "You are both members of Team 7, a four person team, whether you like it or not. Now take your seats… and no more talking I've had it with that already!" both did as instructed though begrudgingly.

Iruka cleared his throat as he continued. Ino looked down at the now Team 7 wondering just how they are going to work together, the only two that made sense were Kalis and Naruto but the rest of their combination was a mystery to her, she lazily rolled her eyes as she could see Sakura stick her tongue because she was on a team with Sasuke, though Ino didn't really care, after all she needed to focus on being a better Kunoichi then try to chase after a selfish and entitled boy.

Iruka looked back to his old class, "Now, you are to remain here, your new Jonin instructor will be by shortly to collect you, remember to treat them with respect" he smiled before exiting the class, taking one quick glance at his now old class before heading off.

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Team's 7, 8 and 10 were still sitting in the class an hour later with all the others being taken by their new Sensei's; Team 10 had stayed at the back, with Shikamaru fast asleep and Ino talking with Choji though still looking over everyone. Team 8 was now sitting at the desks by the door but with Kiba occasionally getting up and pacing in frustration. Team 7 had mostly split apart, Sakura had remained to try and praise Sasuke more with the boy still next to her at the end of the desk with his hands linked together over his mouth though he was thinking of moving soon, Kalis had moved to a window seat with his head 'looking' out of it, and Naruto was behind them all glaring at Sasuke, "What makes him so special, and why do I have to be on a team with him of all people, we don't need such a stuck up jerk with us" the blonde thought not breaking his glare on the Uchiha.

In a spur of the moment action, Naruto jumped from his desk landing in front of Sasuke making his glance up to him uncaring about his actions though one person did, "NARUTO! Get the hell away from my Sasuke!" Sakura screamed much to everyone's annoyance.

"He's not yours forehead!" Ino snapped fed up with Sakura already.

"Well he's sure as hell not yours Ino-pig!" she screeched looking back to the blonde.

"For the hundredth time I don't care about fan Girling over Sasuke anymore!"

"Then why are you getting mad at me over it!"

"Because you are still annoying!"

"As if, you are just jealous that he loves me more!"

"I don't care about that, I just want you to SHUT UP!"

"Just admit it, you want Sasuke for yourself!"

"I don't! With the way he acts, I'd rather date Naruto than Sasuke!" Ino caught her voice as she realized what she had said but quickly pushed those thoughts aside, she was not gonna lose this argument so would stay by whatever the hell came out her mouth.

"Naruto! He's terrible at everything and a loser, Sasuke is way better!"

"At least Naruto would have an emotion other that broody!"

"Brooding just makes Sasuke that much cooler and dreamy!"

Kalis had walked up to the desks at the back as he could no longer drown out the argument, "So, how long do you reckon they'll go for today" he questioned Choji and a now forced awake Shikamaru.

"No clue, I'm gonna guess 10" Choji said as he threw another crisp into his mouth before offering one to the other two boys watching who both accepted.

"10 minutes! That's being optimistic, their shortest one so far is 20" Kalis commented throwing the crisp into his mouth, "I'm gonna bet 25 today… or till a Sensei comes into break it up".

Shikamaru lazily rolled his eyes and tried to drown out the two girls argument and the tension between Naruto and Sasuke in front of them, "This is such a drag. Our Sensei better get here soon to take us away from all this noise" he grumbled leaning back, his hands behind his head.

"Just admit you're jealous that I get to spend everyday with Sasuke now and you don't!" Sakura exclaimed throwing her arms out but accidentally knocking Naruto off his delicate balance on the desk.

The blonde fell forwards but was unable to stop himself, he had leaned too close to Sasuke and left no room to move, Sasuke looked up at him shocked him mouth slightly agape but that was the worse mistake he could have made as Naruto's lips landed directly onto his. The shock lasted for about two seconds before the broke apart spluttering and everyone who could be wide eyed and mouthed as the two boys rose glaring at each other; Sasuke shoved passed Naruto mumbling something along the lines of 'idiot' taking a seat at the front of the class away from everyone.

"NARUTO! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING!" Sakura screeched hitting Naruto on the head making him fall over but as he did, Sakura herself was pulled away.

"Hey leave Naruto alone!" Kalis snapped quickly getting between the two.

"Yeah Sakura, just buzz of would ya" Ino added standing not far off.

"That idiot just took Sasuke's first kiss from me!" she snapped rising up.

"What's going on here?" a gruff voice asked.

They all turned to the door way where a tall man, with brown eyes, olive skin, short black spiky hair, and a beard stood. His clothing consisted of the standard Konoha ninja uniform with the sleeves rolled up half way, flak jacket, regular shinobi sandals and forehead protector. He also wore a sash that had the kanji for "Fire" marked on it around his waist, a pair of black bangles, and bandages wrapped around the arms of his sleeves.

He looked at the situation the Genin were in with a confused expression before he pulled out a piece of paper knowing he wouldn't get an answer any time soon, "Team 10, come with me" he said making Shikamaru and Choji stand walking over to him, Ino soon followed them out the class not breaking her glare on Sakura till she walked out leaving Kalis and Sakura to stand off.

Eventually Sakura succumbed to the unreadable boy taking a seat at the back off the class but still glaring while pouting and Kalis sat next to a sore headed Naruto.

Just outside, Team 10 walked down the corridor behind the man as Choji turned to Ino, "Soo… you'd rather date Naruto huh?" he questioned making Ino turn red as she placed a hand to her forehead.

"Please don't. He was just the first name to come to mind" Ino hastily defended trying to hide her rosy cheeks.

"So his name was in the front of your mind?" Shikamaru added a smile breaking on his lips as he secretly enjoyed teasing Ino, "You did quite quickly jump to his defence when Sakura hit him you know".

"Just… ugh" Ino knew it was a losing battle and hung her arms in defeat, knowing the teasing would go on for quite a while yet so instead went to her thoughts trying to figure out herself just why she did say Naruto's name instead of literally anyone else she knew better.

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Team 7 and 8 were still in the class 20 minutes later; Sasuke had stayed at the front desk furthest from the door staring at the wall ahead while Kalis and Naruto were still in the centre but were now joined by Shino. Sakura had moved from her seat at the back and was now speaking to Hinata though the quiet girl couldn't get a word in edgewise and Kiba has taken to snooping around the room trying to occupy his thoughts while talking to his puppy companion.

Kalis threw another balled up piece of paper at the bin by the teachers desk which was surrounded by a few other small bits of balled paper, and smiled as it landed inside, "Yes! Another one" he cheered slightly to himself gaining the attention of Shino.

"You've made 6 of your 15 shots, hardly an amount to celebrate" he said in his usual calm and monotone voice making Kalis turn to him.

"Oh come on Shino, it's just a bit of harmless fun, lighten up a bit, plus what can you expect from a blind guy" Kalis said adding a smile knowing that fun was a thing Shino was incapable of doing.

"It's not a matter of fun, a shinobi should be able to hit a target a majority of the time, you've hit below half of your shots" he commented noting towards Kalis's number of misses making the boy sit back.

"It's not like I'm trying, as I said harmless fun. Plus it's not like there is someone who gets Ten out of Ten shots every time in any situation" the bandaged boy remarked turning to Naruto, "Back me up here Naruto".

Naruto was not focused but was furiously wiping his lips trying to get any essence of Sasuke off of him, he turned to see the two boys looking at him confused, "What?" he asked oblivious to what had been going on.

"Rough first kiss?" Kalis joked making Naruto go red faced crossing his arms glaring but only succeeded in making the blind boy laugh.

"It's not that funny… if Sakura hadn't knocked me into his stupid face he would've been scared off by my stare" Naruto flimsily defended but only succeeding in making Kalis laugh harder and start clutching his chest making Naruto pout.

Shino watched their interaction with an unreadable expression but he did decide to change the subject, "Speaking of Sasuke, I wonder why you have been put together in Team 7, not only that, why is it a four person team" he raised getting both boys attention.

"Well it's probably because someone had to have a fourth member, as we had one extra, couldn't leave one behind I suppose" Kalis commented "As for being on a team with Sasuke, I've no idea what they are thinking" though the question was still bouncing around his head waiting for a proper answer.

Naruto murmured in response giving a glare towards the lone Uchiha before turning to Shino, "How about you Shino, you're stuck with Kiba" he said indicating to the boy down front looking around bored.

Shino looked towards the hound user, "I understand what you mean, but Kiba is a great tracker, our unit will likely be focused around that so he would be the perfect addition but his ego often is his downfall" he answered maintaining his plain voice throughout never showing any readable expressions.

"I think I can understand what you mean" Naruto commented looking between Shino and Kiba who was talking to his puppy companion about who's Sensei would arrive next, "I can't take this waiting any longer, where is our Sensei" the blonde moaned his head falling into his hands.

As if waiting for the que, the door creaked open and in walked a woman who two members of the class were all to familiar with. "Soruki!?" Kalis exclaimed sensing his sister standing in the doorway who gave him a smile.

Naruto livened up upon seeing her, "Wait, Soruki could be out new Sensei. That'd be so awesome" he exclaimed a wide smile appearing on his face as Soruki turned to him returning the smile.

"You could Naruto, if you're Team 8" she said waiting for the members of the team to present themselves and upon hearing Naruto wine she let out a small chuckle at the boys antics. Shino stood after saying farewell to Kalis and Naruto, he was soon followed by Hinata fairly quickly to escape from Sakura's ranting and Kiba bounded up to the female Kochi. She turned her head to each of them as if checking them out, then she got to Kiba "Oh come on, why did I have to be stuck with an Inuzuka" she wined putting her hands to her hips.

Kiba grumbled upon her reaction, "How do you even know who I am, you can't see me?" he said back quite angry.

"I can smell you" she muttered calmly making Kiba go red faced.

"Now, now Soruki. Let's keep it civil here" a woman said walking in, she was a fair-skinned woman of slender build. She has long black untamed hair reaching her upper back, and very unique eyes that are red in colour, with an additional ring in them. She wore make-up consisting of red lipstick and purple eye shadow. Her outfit consists of a red mesh armour blouse with only the right sleeve visible. Overall, a very broad material which resembles bandages with a pattern on it similar to those of rose thorns. Her hands and upper thighs are also wrapped in bandages and she wears the Konoha forehead protector and regular shinobi sandals.

Soruki rolled her head in a exaggerated fashion, "Fine Kurenai, taking all my fun away" she pouted crossing her arms turning to the Genjutsu Mistress, "Here's your team anyway".

"W…wait you're n…not our S…Sensei?" Hinata stammered out confused by everything Soruki was doing.

The bandaged women turned to the shorter girl and let out a chuckle "Well, technically yes and no. I was going to have a Genin team but there were none available so instead my duty is to assist the Jonin Sensei's or stand in for them if they are unavailable" she said smiling and getting down to Hinata's level "But in basic terms, I was just fucking with you all. Got that short stuff" she said ruffling the shy girls hair before flicking Kiba's forehead and petting Akamaru who gave a light bark.

Kurenai slapped Soruki's arm for antics, "Language!" she warned before turning to Team 8 and looking them over "Alright come with me" she instructed leading them out the class room with Soruki staying behind.

"You heard that Naruto. You could have me teaching you at one point, you're so screwed" she said laughing as she leaned against the wall.

"As if Soruki, I could take whatever training you throw at me, believe it!" he exclaimed raising his fist in the air through excitement and making Soruki laugh harder at his everyday attitude.

"Soruki, do you know where out Sensei is, or who it is?" Kalis asked his older sister who turned to him with a pondering expression before lightly scratching her chin in thought as she didn't even know who their Sensei would be.

"Not sure little bro" she said sensing around their team then trying to guess who would be best suited to lead them, "If I could pick anyone, maybe Genma but that wouldn't happen as he's busy guarding the Hokage 24/7" she narrowed it down some more till she could only think of possible person who could lead them "I guess we'll have to see who turns up".

"Soruki Sensei? Do you know just how much longer we will be waiting though" Sakura asked deciding to chip in to the conversation going on.

Soruki grimaced for a second as she was called Sensei before turning to Sakura, "I've no idea, but my guess maybe another hour maybe two" she smiled to herself "Possibly three, I may have to speed him up a bit".

Sakura looked downtrodden as she put her head into her hands, Kalis sighed quite loudly and Naruto screamed in frustration while Sasuke barley moved though if someone looked closely you could see his eye twitch slightly.

Soruki smiled as she sensed the weirdly formed teams attitudes to the situation, "I think he's gonna have quite a handful with you four this year round" she thought to herself "I'll go see if I can find someone and speed it up for you lot".

Naruto beamed, "Thank you Soruki" and Kalis smiled as well giving his own thanks to her only to sense Sakura hit Naruto on the back of the head.

"Address her properly Naruto!" she screamed clenching her fists.

"Hey there was no need for that, are you trying to give me a concussion!" Naruto snapped back.

"Easy you two" Soruki got in before Kalis did, "Sakura is it? I prefer to not be called Sensei, makes me feel old so just Soruki is fine" she smiled adding a little chuckle at this teams antics.

Sakura blushed in embarrassment and gave a quiet and quick apology to Naruto before returning to her seat, Soruki slowly walked out the classroom but not before turning back briefly to Team 7, "A Kochi, an Uzumaki and a Uchiha. That's either the start to something interesting or an awful joke… let's see what those three do with it".

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At the local Barbeque restaurant, Team 10 had just received their food and Choji was already gulping most of it down much to their Sensei's amazement but not to Ino's or Shikamaru's; "So, why don't you tell me a bit about yourselves" he asked tearing his eyes away from Choji's ability to eat such large portions at a time.

"What should we say?" Ino asked not a fan of introductions and knowing the only person here who didn't know her was their Sensei.

He thought for a moment before answering, "How about your name, likes and dislikes. Keep it simple, for example. I'm Asuma Sarutobi, I like Shogi but I dislike people who give up easily" he answered bluntly then looked to Shikamaru.

The pineapple haired boy sighed before reluctantly going along with Asuma's request, "I'm Shikamaru Nara, I like Shogi as well as cloud watching but I dislike being made to stuff" he sighed again as Asuma chuckled before looking to Ino.

Ino looked at him with a quizzical expression before relenting, "I'm Ino Yamanaka, I like flowers and…"

"Naruto" Choji chimed in though mouthfuls of food making Ino go red faced in anger as Shikamaru laughed silently to himself.

"I SAID TO DROP THIS CHOJI!" she exclaimed getting in his face before retreating back and pouting, "And I dislike slugs, especially the ones that harm flowers, that's all!" she added in a huff.

Asuma chuckled at her outburst but decided against asking further questions about why they brough the blond boy up, it only seemed to bring trouble. Finally Asuma turned to Choji, "So how about you?"

Choji swallowed a piece of meat before smiling, "I'm Choji Akimichi, I like Barbeque, Ramen, actually all foods in general, I dislike people who hurt my friends though" he said before returning to his food.

Asuma sighed, "You know Choji, it's good to have a appetite but if you keep eating like that you're going to become f-" he was cut off by Shikamaru placing a hand over his mouth with Ino ready to pounce over the table to do the same, he saw Choji was glaring at him waiting for him to finish what he was going to say.

"He didn't mention it, but he hate's people calling him the 'f' word" Shikamaru whispered into his ear putting heavy emphasis on the word hate and Asuma nodded in understanding.

"What were you going to say Sensei?" Choji hissed through his teeth still glaring at Asuma.

"Nothing, he meant to say is if you have such an appetite why don't you order the full deluxe meal for yourself, he'll pay" Asuma turned a shocked glare to Shikamaru.

Choji immediately lightened up, "Wow really, thanks Sensei!" he exclaimed before ordering the said meal. Asuma sighed as he looked to his wallet knowing he would suffer for this as he glared at the sweetly innocent smiling Ino and Shikamaru.

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Team 7 were still in the classroom waiting for their Sensei to arrive, Sakura had taken to doing some aimless work on some paper. Naruto was at the front doodling on the chalk board.

Sasuke was still in the same position as before while Kalis was sensing around trying to figure out if Sasuke had died on them as he had not moved an inch in a while.

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Team 8 had been taken out to the forest and were currently sitting around on the grass facing Kurenai who sat on a log in front of them, "Well then, I suppose we should get introductions out of the way. I'm Kurenai Yuhi, now tell me your names and something about yourself?" she said looking to her new squad.

Kiba huffed in response, "What the hell are we supposed to say then?" he snapped at her only succeeding in making Kurenai scowl at him not liking his continuous snappy attitude in any situation.

She took a breath while remembering what Asuma had told her to do "Okay then, tell me your name, then a like and dislike?" she said confidently keeping her red eyes focused on Kiba.

The hound user looked into her eyes and eventually relented, "Fine. I'm Kiba Inuzuka, I like taking care of our hounds, especially Akamaru but I dislike Kochi clan members and people who harm animals" he said crossing his arms.

Kurenai sighed, "So a normal Inuzuka" she though to herself before looking to the next person, "How about you Hinata?" she asked the shy girl.

She looked up shocked before tapping her fingers together nervously, "I-I'm Hinata Hyuga. I l-like my hobby of pressing flowers, and I d-dislike… some of my clan's t-traditions…" she muttered the last part but Kurenai was barely able to hear her, understanding completely.

Kurenai looked to the final member who had been deathly silent with only a slight buzzing noise coming from his direction every now and again, "Your turn" she said simply.

He took a while to respond, she opened her mouth to repeat the question thinking he hadn't heard her, "I'm Shino Aburame, I like insects, I dislike things that harm insects" he said simply and disturbingly calmly.

Kurenai sighed as she looked over her team and though about their answers knowing this would almost certainly be an uphill battle but she knew it could definitely be worse, "I just hope I don't regret taking students this year" she mused to herself.

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Back at the academy, Team 7 were still sitting around the class room. Sakura was now sitting on the teachers desk lazily swinging her legs back and forth, Naruto was pacing uncontrollably around the class room furiously rubbing his hair as if going crazy.

Kalis had laid down on the seats and was aimlessly throwing a paper ball in the air and catching in over and over again, while Sasuke had yet to move from his position though his eyes had closed a while ago but no one had noticed.

"What is taking so long, we've been here hours!" Naruto exclaimed throwing his hands into the air and making Sasuke shoot his eyes open in shock waking him up abruptly.

"Naruto! We all want to know that, we've spent the last four hours here with you y'know" Sakura snapped making Naruto turn to her, and Kalis rise up from laying down and sighed not enjoying the constant arguing.

"I know Sakura! I was just venting my frustration" Naruto snapped back being pent up from being stuck in a seemingly shrinking room.

"Both of you don't start, I'm sure Soruki will be back soon with our Sensei… just wait a bit longer" Kalis snapped at the both of them, trying to restrain his voice as much as he could but in truth he was also fed up with having sat around for hours, "And I'm sure they'll have a good reason for being late" he added.

Naruto gained a mischievous smirk as he walked to the board and grabbed the large chalk eraser sitting on it, "Well if they want to be late, I think it's only fair they also get some sort of punishment" he chuckled grabbing a chair so he could wedge the eraser in between the door so whoever next walked in it would land on, "It's no bucket of water but it'll do" he said with his signature foxy grin.

"You really are an idiot if you think a Jonin level ninja will fall for something like that" Sasuke said his first words in hours with a non caring look towards Naruto but not moving from his position.

"Yeah Naruto, if you do that they'll be really angry" Sakura added, "You've got to agree with us here Kalis?" she said looking up to him.

Kalis sighed as he rested his head on his hand, not really caring "It doesn't really matter, even if they fall for it it's not like it'll hurt" he muttered.

"Good point, if it's a punishment it has to hurt. I wonder if there is anything heavier around here" Naruto exclaimed hastily looking around.

"No I didn't…"

"Naruto! Would you stop being an idiot for once!"

"Oh come on Sakura, they deserve it!"

"Why did I have to be stuck on a team with you!"

"Hey! Why don't you say that to my face Sasuke!"

"I just did Idiot!"

"Oh sorry Mr Broody!"

"Naruto! Leave my Sasuke alone!"

"QUIET!" Kalis exclaimed making them all turn to him, "Just stop arguing for five damn minutes!" he snapped before suddenly turning his head to the right hand wall where the corridor was behind, "Someone coming" he said sense a moving chakra behind the wall.

Everyone including Sasuke, turned to face the door eagerly waiting to see who would be their new Sensei. Naruto clenched his fists and bit his bottom lip waiting for the prank to happen, Sakura nervously wringed her hands scared at their Sensei's reaction, Sasuke simple watched the door curious to see if they'll have a decent teacher and Kalis moved his head following the movements of the person approaching their door till they were just outside.

The door slowly slid open, the eraser fell onto the hair of a man then bouncing off harmlessly leaving a greyish mark on his hair though it didn't really matter as his hair was silver anyway so it was practically invisible. He was wearing the standard leaf shinobi attire but with slightly folded sleeves and was wearing fingerless gloves with metal plates on the back. His face was a different story as in there wasn't one, a mask covered the lower half of his face and his forehead protector was at a slight angle covering his left eye completely from view leaving only his right eye showing which was a dark grey colour.

He looked at Team 7 with his eye half open seeming bored, he noted the whiskered one was laughing hard, the pink haired one was hastily apologizing, the broody one seemed to be inspecting him and the blind one was unreadable but judging from his slightly agape mouth was shocked he had been hit by a silly prank.

"This is Team 7 correct" he said calmly and they nodded, "I'm your Sensei, meet me on the roof in five minutes" he instructed before vanishing in a poof of smoke leaving them all confused.

"He's four hours late and doesn't even apologise!" Sakura snapped with her inside voice clenching her fists.

"Five minutes, may as well give it thirty" Naruto muttered walking out the room with his hands behind his head and a grumpy expression present on his face.

Soon they were all on the roof, walking towards their Sensei who was casually leaning against the railing in front of some steps, he indicated for them to sit which they did, "Well as I said I am your new Sensei. First off, let me have you guys introduce yourselves and tell me some of your likes and dislikes" he said in his laid back tone.

At this Naruto immediately snapped, "What the hell, no explanation as to why you were four hours late and making us wait that long!" he exclaimed point an accusing finger towards the silver haired Jonin.

The Jonin only give an eye smile when Sasuke decided to speak, "Who even are you anyway?" he asked.

He ponded the question for a brief moment, "Me? Well my name is Kakashi Hatake, there are somethings I like and some thinks I don't like; but I don't really feel like sharing them" he answered slightly smugly before pointing to Naruto at the end "Your turn".

Naruto huffed before answering, "I'm Naruto Uzumaki, I like Ramen especially Ichiraku Ramen as it's the best oh and Soruki's breakfasts that she makes for me sometime and hanging out with Kalis, and I dislike waiting for ramen to cook, people who mock an accident and all the people who look at me funny for no good reason" he answered making Kakashi hum in response.

"Is this really his son?"

He looked to Sasuke who grunted, "I'm Sasuke Uchiha, there's not a lot of things I like, and there's a lot of things I dislike" he said casting a glare towards Kalis who didn't acknowledge it, "But there's one person I hate above all, and I'm going to do everything in my power to kill him" Kakashi only hummed again.

"He must be talking about Itachi, and with that look towards the Kochi I'm worried how those two will fair"

Without needing a prompt Kalis started speaking as he knew he was next sense he sat next to Sasuke, "I'm Kalis Kochi, I like sushi, hanging out with Naruto and helping others and I dislike people who talk about destiny or call me blindy" he answered easily as Kakashi hummed again.

"Definitely Soruki's little brother then but he seems to have a strong bond with Naruto at least, but is that a good thing"

Finally it was Sakura who shifted uncontrollably, and her answer was practically ineligible with a mix of murmurs and stutters while occasionally looking over to Sasuke making Kakashi sigh rubbing his eye.

"And finally, one who's more focused with boys than anything else, this team is interesting to say the least"

Kakashi sighed as he processed all the information he had received before looking over them once again, "Well that wasn't so hard was it, now the real test can begin" he said becoming serious.

"Wait the real test?" Naruto questioned.

"I knew there had to be more to graduation than a easy test" Sasuke thought listening in to Kakashi's next words.

"Yes, the real one. Tomorrow morning, 6am to be precise, you are to meet me at the third training ground, where your test will begin; a word of advise, skip breakfast cause you'll only be throwing it up later" the Jonin answered before giving a two fingered salute "See ya!" and in a poof of smoke he was gone.

Team 7 looked around confused, "So what do we do now?" Sakura asked unsure whether or not they could leave yet but got her answer when Sasuke stood up and immediately walked away from them.

"Hey Sasuke, where are you going?!" Naruto shouted after the Uchiha who stopped only for a moment to consider his reply.

"To train, where do you think?" he answered before leaving.

Sakura chased after him, "W-wait Sasuke, since we're on the same team we can train together!" she exclaimed excitedly only earning a scoff from Sasuke.

"I train alone" he murmured before taking to the rooftops to get away from Sakura annoying him who became downtrodden with him abandoning her as Kalis and Naruto quietly discussed behind her.

"H-hey Sakura… if you wanted to train you can come with us?" Kalis offered with an outstretched hand, though he wasn't a fan of the idea, he knew that she was now his teammate and should probably try and be some kind of friends with her.

Sakura looked to his hand before slapping it away, "No I don't want to train with you two… you're no where near as good as Sasuke!" she snapped making them both angry.

"What's up with you, we're just trying to be nice and good teammates" Naruto snapped clenching his fists at her actions.

Sakura only hmphed before storming away with her arms crossed as if they were the ones in the wrong, "Wow, our teams off to a great start" Kalis muttered, "Can't believe you're still attracted to her".

Naruto chuckled, "Ehhh, I guess I am a little bit still, not as hardcore as I used to be though" he wiggling his hand in a so-so fashion with a small laugh making Kalis shrug with a small laugh of his own.

"Well at least you don't go chasing after her crazily" he chuckled.

"Ramen?"

"Ramen".

Both boys continued sharing a laugh walking off to head to share one of their favourite meals together, unbeknownst to either what the afternoon would bring.

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Ino stood in the Hokage's office, in front of her was Lord Third himself, Iruka, her own father and finally Asuma. She could probably guess why she was here and had been expecting in since last night, she knew the truth about Naruto. His dark secret.

After they'd finished their food and Asuma had apologised a thousand times over, Shikamaru and Choji had been free to go for the rest of the day but Asuma had kept her behind, telling her she needed to come with him for a meeting at the Hokage's office and she immediately knew what was going on, the thing she'd been trying to process all day was now coming around.

The office was dark, not unseeable dark but dimmed. The Third sat behind his desk with a sprawl of papers covering it's wooden frame, he took a breath of his pipe and breathed it out filling the room with stronger smells of smoke, "Ino… I assume you know why we've brought you here" he said calmly maintaining his kind eyes that he always gave to everyone.

She shook her head nervously, in truth she was terrified. A million thoughts raced through her mind, she didn't want to be in trouble but she couldn't work out if they were angry or not, Ino had always prided herself on being able to read people very well but in this situation no one person was giving anything away.

"Ino… I know that look, don't worry we're not angry" her father reassured "It was an accident you learned what you did, you are not to blame in any way, in fact I'm very proud of what you did" he smiled at her making her relax slightly and release that massive breath she had been holding unbeknownst to herself.

"T-then why am I here?" she questioned the group.

They all looked at each other as if in silent conversation of which they probably were considering her father was present, finally Iruka spoke breaking the silence, "Ino, we need to discuss with you what you learnt that night, so please tell us… what exactly did you hear?" he asked keeping a kind smile on his face.

She took a few breaths, scared a panic attack might suddenly kick in but she managed to calm her nervous somewhat knowing that they were not angry at her, "W-well, I guess quite a bit, I mainly learned that Naruto is the…" she caught herself as she was about to say the thing that scared her most of all, but knew they needed to know the truth and it was pointless to hide it, "He is the Nine-Tailed Fox".

The silent conversation began again and this irked Ino to some level but she didn't want to snap at any of them, for once she just wanted to keep her own mouth shut still afraid of any possible consequences, "You can relax sweetie, as I said we're not angry with you" Inoichi reassured again, she cursed herself slightly as she knew her father could read body language better than anybody.

"If anything, we should be thanking you… you had no reason to go chasing after either of them but you did and pulled Naruto to safety" Iruka said to her walking over and placing a re-assuring hand on her shoulder and giving his favourite kind smile.

"But there is still something we need to discuss with you" Asuma said making his presence know since the talk started, "I'm sure you know this, but Naruto containing the Nine-Tails is a closely guarded secret; the only people who know are most of the adults of the village but they are forbidden from sharing it with any outsiders or younger generations" he said calmly though turning serious.

Ino looked to her Sensei, while she hadn't known him for long he did have a strange presence about him one that made you feel relaxed around him, that you didn't have to worry, she nodded at him as her father decided to speak next, "Ino, you can tell no one about this not even your closest friends" he said immediately knowing his own daughters reputation of being a gossiper.

She nodded again but then a tic mark appeared on her head, "Wait, are you saying that I'm a gossiper who can't keep her mouth shut!" she snapped at her father making him sweatdrop and hastily wave his hands in front of him.

"N-no, not at all but you just need to know that if it's on your mind, there are only a few people you can talk to about it, I'm one of them" he hastily said successfully calming his daughter down.

Ino took another breath as she processed everything that was dropped on her when she realised an important detail which she'd also had on her mind, "So, how long has Kalis known about it?" asked looking to them remembering the way he addressed the situation, he'd obviously known for at least a while.

They again went into a silent conversation as Ino crossed her arms and tapped her foot getting fed up with their constant need to talk without her hearing, a voice cleared, she looked up at the Hokage who had woven his fingers together and was looking straight at her, "Kalis has known Naruto was the Nine-Tails since the day he met him. As you know the beast wiped out his entire clan save for three including himself so you shouldn't be angry that he knew while not one other of your peers did".

Ino had to take a minute, Kalis had known for years! For years he'd known that Naruto was the monster that killed so many of his people, his mother and brother and yet still became friends with him even after all that happened he still saw past the Nine-Tails, "I… I don't understand… If Kalis knew Naruto is the Nine Tails, why doesn't he hate him!" she exclaimed shocked at the news.

It was Iruka's turn to speak, "Ino! Naruto is Naruto not the Nine-Tails, it is simply sealed inside of him, it's this thought process that made so many hate Naruto and treat him as they have his entire life… have you ever wondered why he does all those pranks, he just wants people to notice him, to be acknowledged. No one cared about him and treated him horribly for something he didn't do, but sense he contains the Nine-Tails people don't see the difference" he explained raising his voice ever so slightly but only to get his point across, he clearly wasn't angry at her but she just needed it hammered home that Naruto and the Nine-Tails were separate beings.

Ino's eyes widened, those were virtually the same words Kalis had said the pervious night but only now was she realising the actual meaning of them, to him Naruto was just the prison with the Nine Tails his only prisoner, Kalis the guy who couldn't see could somehow see that better than anyone else, and now so could she.

Though while back in thought of that night she remembered another thing she had heard and decided to ask those in front of her for answers, "I need to ask another thing, it's about something Mizuki said… that the Kochi clan became a disgrace because of the Nine-Tails attack, why?" he questioned making the men look to each other,

The Third sighed, "Since you know about Naruto… it may be worth it for you to also know some of what happened that night to the Kochi clan and how they are now silently mocked for what happened" he revealed getting Ino's full attention as he began the tale.

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Thank you for reading this chapter, first off I wanna say that I will be trying to update on a monthly basis and I'll be trying to stick to that with the best of my ability I promise :).

Now for the fun part:

Tidrio: Thank you for the review. I would like to thank you for offering to help with honorifics but I'll probably stick without them for now as I just feel it's weird using a Japanese style through an English written story, but still thank you.

For everyone who's given their view on the chapter length I thank you and I've decided I'll probably spilt the difference between chapter length with some being longer and others being shorter depending on what's happening, for example each part of the Chunin exams will probably be longer chapters with each chapter having a section of the exams but some in between parts like this will be shorter if that makes sense it's mostly for my sake so I stop spending to many late nights.

And for those others who wanted more I'm glad to give you this chapter.

See you in the next one :)