Destiny of a Shinobi
By: Lord Myst
Chapter 3
Training, Genin and Survival
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto; I only own any original characters
A/N: Do note that I am changing the main pairing of this story. It is no longer going to be Naruto/Kin. It is going to be Naruto/Tenten. This may annoy a few readers because they wanted Kin. I am sorry but if I write Naruto/Kin right now, it would feel forced. Naruto/Tenten fits better.
Check out my author page for updates on my progress with this fic. Now I hope you guys like this chapter, it is even longer than the last one! Have fun reading.
The Sandaime was an old man. He just wishes he could relax right now but he cannot. He just has way too much paper work to complete. Tax reports, ANBU reports, economy reports, mission reports, laws and contracts, it just never ends.
He was also worried about Naruto. The boy left only just a few days ago and he had no clue of where he went. He knew better than to send anyone after him though, ANBU and hunter-nins would just kill him outright, rather than bring him back. Where ever he was, he hoped that the boy was safe and in peace.
What he did not expect however was for something to come crashing through his window, or rather someone. He quickly looked over at the figure that cruised through his window. He noticed the long gray hair and immediately said, "Jiraiya, what brings you to Konoha? A new Icha Icha Paradise book finished? I can't wait for the next one. I just love reading about the nurse and doctor having fun," wheezed out the Sandaime in a perverted laugh.
Jiraiya looked up at his old sensei and replied back, "Err, Sensei. You're becoming worse than I am when it comes to being a pervert. That's not a good thing. For I am the super pervert! I must be surpassed by no one!" Both Jiraiya and the Sandaime shared a short laugh at this. Once the laughing ceased, Jiraiya began to speak.
"Anyways, no, unfortunately I am not here about the Icha Icha series. It is about news of the shinobi world, and odd news at that," answered Jiraiya. "Oh?" asked the Sandaime. "What news is this, Jiraiya? What does it pertain to?" "It pertains to a certain friend of ours, the Kyuubi container."
The Sandaime widen his eyes at this. "You have news of Naruto? Tell me. Now! I want to know where he is!" Jiraiya looked at him kinda funny and asked, "You know he left, yet you sent nobody to look for him? Why?"
"Because the ANBU and Hunter-nins would kill him outright in hate and loathing instead of bringing him back. Most people are happy he is gone, which is a sad thing. Nobody seems to miss him, and I mean nobody." Jiraiya looked pretty sad at this news, but knew that he better deliver the good news to the Sandaime before he delivers the extravagantly bad news.
"The boy is in Sunagakure, and he seems to have befriended the other demon container there. I fixed his friend's seal though, since they saved me from a ravage stampede of women." The Sandaime was relieved that Naruto was safe, but Sunagakure? That place was hard-core when it came to training ninja he thought. Luckily it wasn't as bad as Bloody Mist though. 'Someone actually saved him from pissed off girls; I wish I had that luxury.'
"I guess he is doing well then huh? We will surely see him again, maybe for the Chuunin Exam or some other event. I have no doubt that he will grow strong," answered the Sandaime in a bit of a happy voice. Jiraiya thought for a moment and got a sudden flashback about those two talking to him. "Sarutobi-sensei, Naruto knows about the Kyuubi. He wouldn't have befriended Gaara otherwise, plus I sensed the Kyuubi's power briefly in the figure of Naruto."
"That is troubling news Jiraiya. Hopefully the Kyuubi mellowed out a bit in the last 6 years," answered the Sandaime. Jiraiya looked thoughtful and very doubtful about the mellowing of the Kyuubi for a moment and asked an important question, "Will you be sending ANBU or other ninja to retrieve Naruto?" "No, there is no need. He is probably happier where he is today. The sand-nins do not know about the Kyuubi, thus he is probably treated well. Leave him where he is," replied Sarutobi in an order-like voice.
"Alright sensei. We have some other major problems though. A new organization has been created. They are called the Akatsuki. They are made up of S-class missing-nins." The Sandaime looked thoughtful and asked, "Who are the members and what is their goal?"
"There are as of right now 10 members, not including the Leader. I know Orochimaru is in this group. I also spotted the village secret S-class missing-nin, Hyuuga Hiro. I only know of one other member and that is Hoshigaki Kisame, one of the legendary seven swordsmen of Kirigakure." The Sandaime was a tad scared, that was a lot of strong people in one place. Jiraiya only knew 3 members as well. This is not good he thought.
"That is bad news Jiraiya, very bad news. I shudder to think of who the other eight members are." 'Now tell me their goal Jiraiya, what are they up to?" Jiraiya looked grim and answered, "They are making plans to catch all the tailed biju and eliminate certain weak villages."
The Sandaime paled at this news. This is definitely not a good thing. Having an evil organization controlling all the tailed demons is not something the ninja villages of the shinobi continent could handle. Even Konoha would fall in such an onslaught.
"I hope there is no more bad news Jiraiya." "No, there is no more news to report; I will be leaving soon to keep tabs on this organization. Are you going to get Naruto back now that there is a major threat?"
The Sandaime thought for a second and replied, "No, I am not. I still feel he is safer there then here. Plus Akatsuki probably has no idea that Naruto is in Suna right now. Let's keep it that way for now." Jiraiya nodded and left the building.
The Sandaime looked down at his paper work, frowned and thought, 'I hope Naruto is happy. He should be protected well there with the Kazekage Yondaime. He's an old friend of mine'
Gaara was just waking up from a very long night and much needed sleep. 'Wait a second, I was sleeping? No, not good, I hope Naruto is okay.' Gaara opened his eyes and found himself on his bed, with no destruction around him. He saw his father looking at him with a smile. His father began to speak, "Jiraiya-dono fixed your seal Gaara-kun. You can now sleep and be awake without the insane urges of the Shukaku. This pleases me greatly."
Gaara smiled, a true smile, for the first time ever. He started to play with the sand and noticed something. He looked over at his father and asked, "I can still control the sand. Can you train me?" Kazekage replied, "Sure, I can train you. You will be strong my son. It is needed that you are to be strong. You are Suna's pride."
Gaara smiled and followed his father to his office. "Now Gaara-kun, I'm the Kazekage and I can not possibly train you all day. I will assign a sensei for you. His name is Nuroshi Kotestu. He is a jounin and will teach you how to fight using your sand and a defensive form of taijutsu as well."
Gaara watched the brown haired man walking in. He greeted his sensei and followed him to the Training District. 'This is going to be so much fun.' 'This is gonna be fun but I prefer to make sand castles' Gaara was surprised that he heard a voice in his head, a demon voice at that. 'Who are you?' 'I'm Shukaku! I love making sand castles! Do you love sand castles?' Gaara twitched at the giddy voice inside his head. 'I thought the Shukaku was insane though? You don't sound insane just childish.' 'I am not childish! I just have an absolute love and fetish for sand castles. I still love killing and destroying stuff to. It is almost as fun as making sand castles, but not quite.'
Gaara just produced a mental stare and was a bit annoying with the giddy voice in his head. 'We can talk now because that old pervert fixed your seal. Doing this got rid of that annoying ass priest. I really hated him, he hated sand castles. I'm glad that old guy exorcist him out.' Gaara smiled a bit and was a bit happier knowing that he would always have someone to talk to, no matter how odd his fetishes are.
Naruto had just woken up. Today was the day he was going to ask Kazekage-sama about a taijutsu trainer. He got dressed and ate his daily muffin. Locking the door on his way out, he started to hop the roofs to get to the Kazekage tower. While doing this, he also practicing his hand sealing speed as well as chatting with the Kyuubi.
'Oi fuzz ball, what kinda of taijutsu do you think I would be good at?' 'Damn it brat, I don't have fists to use taijutsu, so I have no idea. I hope your teacher is not as odd as the last one.' 'You and I both… wait, you can't use taijutsu? Hahaha that totally freakin sucks for you!' 'Shut up monkey.'
Arriving at the Kazekage tower, Naruto walked in the doors and went up the stairs. He asked the secretary if he could see the Kazekage. Once permission was granted he walked into the doors and said, "Kazekage-sama, I am in dire need of a taijutsu trainer. Could you perhaps recommend me one? Better yet assign one to me?"
The Kazekage looked up from his paper work, happy to get a break from doing that. He looked down at Naruto and replied, "Sure, I will get you someone to train you in taijutsu. We only have a handful of taijutsu trainers in the village, but you are special, and like anything special, you get treated like royalty."
Naruto frowned at the blatant favoritism but quickly hid it. He then proceeded to ask, "What is this ninja's name?" "His name is Byrou Emori. He is a master of nearly 20 different taijutsu styles. He specializes in only taijutsu. I will assign him to instruct you for a year. After that you are on your own."
Naruto smiled and waited for the man to come in, as the Kazekage sent someone after him. After around 10 minutes a very tall man walked in, almost lazily and asked, "Where's the gaki that I have to train?" He looked down and noticed the blonde brat.
"Ah, so this is the brat I'm going to train. What is your name kid?" "Uzumaki Naruto," Naruto answered in a fake pleasant voice. "So you have manners eh? That's good. Let's head out to the training fields. It's time to have fun," said Emori-sensei with a pleasant smile on his face.
Jumping across rooftops they finally landed in the Training District. Emori began to speak, "Let us see now, you don't seem like the defensive type, so those styles are out. You are going to get tall it seems, so taijutsus based on short arm length are out." Naruto kept looking at his sensei quizzically, wondering what he was doing.
"Ah, here is the style I will teach you. I am going to teach you a style called Repken. This style is based on speed and strength. It is meant for people with high stamina." Naruto looked giddy at this, and could not wait to get started.
"I do not expect you to master this fast, but this is going to be fun okay? Now do you have weights and do you run laps?" Naruto thought for a moment and replied, "Yes I have weights, around 45 pounds, which is twice my weight. I run around 20 laps a day."
Emori-sensei smiled and said, "Alrighty then, you are going to find this fun. I want you to punch this log 1000 times and then kick it 1000 times, switching between arms and legs. I also want you to run 40 laps after this. Once this is complete, come see me. Go have fun"
Naruto paled and said, "You call that fun?" Emori simply said, "Yes." Naruto fell down from the simplicity of the statement with a sweat drop. He got back up and began to do the fun tasks set at hand for him. So Naruto began to punch and kick the log 1000 times, each with each leg or arm. This took him nearly all day, and once complete he was dead tired. While doing this, he played chess with the Kyuubi in his mind, consistently losing to him.
After the 40 laps were complete, he collapsed in front of Emori-sensei. Emori looked up from his bird watching and asked, "You are done? Good. Now it is time to learn the katas for this taijutsu style." Naruto sighed and got up, ready to learn the katas. Emori-sensei went through each kata and explained to him how they worked, and showed him how they worked as well.
Most katas were based off large animals like the bear stance, the tiger stance and the wolf stance. Naruto soaked up this information like a sponge in a pond. At the end of the day, his sensei sent him home, to begin the next day.
The next day Naruto would do the same exercises with Emori-sensei. He would try and spar with him using only taijutsu and lose every time. Even thought he was going easy on the fighting on Naruto. After the training, Emori-sensei would leave to go home calling it a day. Naruto on the other hand would start training ninjutsu with Kyuubi.
'Alright fuzzy, what ninjutsu am I going to learn today?' 'You will not be learning a new one every day, but luckily today is a new jutsu day. I am going to teach you a Suiton jutsu called Suiton: Mizu Tama (Water Style: Water Bullet). This jutsu is basically like the Katon jutsu you know, only its water. Now go ahead and try it out.'
Naruto got the hand seals flashed to his mind and he walked over to the pond. He knew he was definitely not good enough to get water out of the air. Perform the correct hand seals, he called out, "Suiton: Mizu Tama."
Nothing came out. Naruto was flabbergasted. 'Why the hell did it not work?' 'That's odd; you should be good at water jutsus since I am in here. Try it again kit.'
Naruto tried again and got the same results. No water came out or feeling of chakra. 'This is getting ridiculous. Why can't I do this simple Suiton jutsu?' 'Let me think kit.' The Kyuubi pondered for a bit. He did some researching of Naruto's soul and noticed something. 'Naruto, your natural element is fire. You will be unable to perform water jutsus, while you will be able to perform with ease Katon jutsus. Instead of trying to learn this jutsu, I will teach you a wind jutsu. It is called Fuuton: Hitofuki Tama (Wind Element: Gust Bullet). This jutsu will fire a compressed air bullet at the enemy, much like the Katon jutsu you already know. Try it out.'
Naruto grumbled at not being able to do the Suiton jutsu. He got the hand seals flashed for this jutsu and began sealing. Pulling compressed air into his lungs he blew out using chakra, while aiming at the tree. The ball of wind pushed out of him and caused the tree to lose its bark as well as dig a hole. 'Aaaah man, I want to blast the tree in half.' 'Do not worry kit, when you get as strong as the other flesh bags, you will be able to blast through 10 sets of trees with it. Keep practicing with it as much as you can.'
Naruto nodded and began practicing it while running. At the end of the day he went home exhausted and happy.
Over the year, Naruto had gotten proficient in his taijutsu style, Repken. He was by no means a master, but he could hold his own. He practiced this every day as much as he could. He also got a nice little growth spurt. This caused him to be able to hold a katana now. Emori-sensei was quite proud of him, though he hated to call insane taijutsu fun like his sensei had.
He and Gaara had become quite good friends. They would be seen sparing with each other as well as talking and chatting. Naruto had learned a few jutsu over the year, bringing his arsenal of jutsus up to 9.
Both Gaara and Naruto joined the Academy this year. Gaara was at the top of class right now, with Naruto playing the sneaky one and going for the middle. He had only put on the act of an average student, when in reality he was as strong as Gaara, if not stronger. Naruto noticed that many clans had their children going to the Academy this year, like the Hyrojuga clan.
Right now our 7 year old boy was heading to the Kazekage tower. He was going to demand a Kenjutsu trainer while he was in the Academy.
On his way to the Kazekage tower, he over heard some interesting rumors. "Did you hear that some clan got eliminated in Konoha?" asked a villager. "Yea, Uchiha's I believe. Killed by one of their own. Left one alive to, poor kid must feel lonely."
Naruto heard that as he was passing by. 'Some rumors, I sure am glad I was not in Konoha during that. Would have been hectic.' Naruto finally made it to the Kazekage tower. Feeling a bit of deja-vu, he climbed the stairs again to reach the office. This time around he set up an appointment early, so he did not have to wait for the Kazekage to not be busy.
Walking in the doors, he saw the Kazekage sitting in his chair, waiting for him to come. "Hey Kazekage-sama, I am in need of a kenjutsu trainer. Do you have one that I could use during the academy? Please, I could really use this. After that year of taijutsu training, I've been getting a bit bored."
The Kazekage looked down at Naruto and began to speak, "Yes, I know exactly someone that could help you just fine. He is one of our top ANBU kenjutsu masters. You will refer to him as Silent. Obviously, that is his code name." the second the name was said a tall wolf masked ANBU entered the room. He had two swords on his side, each within easy drawing speeds. He was wearing a completely black cloak. 'Must be hot in there, would hate to have to wear that.'
The man looked down and Naruto and replied, "Naruto-san, I will be your kenjutsu sensei. You may call me sensei or Silent." Silent threw a wooden sword at Naruto. "We are going to practice using this first. We will be training after your classes at the academy everyday. Follow me."
Naruto followed the man and could not wait to get started. Using a katana is something he has always dreamed of. Mastering the use of it is something that would be well treasured in the shinobi world. Jumping of the wall that separated the districts he finally arrived at the correct training area as his sensei was already there.
"You are going to do 1000 slashes, dabs and strikes at this log." Naruto groaned at having a repeat from taijutsu training. He gripped the sword and began to strike. He was interrupted though when his sensei stopped him and said, "You are holding the sword wrong. Please this is how it is done." Silent showed him the correct grip my readjusting his hands. Naruto was glad that his grip was corrected and began the assignment again. After awhile he eventually completed it. "That is good Naruto. Now it is time to have a duel." "Nani! I don't know any styles yet!" his sensei looked down at Naruto while radiating a bit of killer intent and barked out, "There is no correct style. You will learn your own, create your own!" He seemed to clam down somewhat after he noticed Naruto with a wide eyed scared look on his face. "We will duel until you are able to land a hit on me. Once you are able to land a hit on me, I will reward you greatly," said Silent calmly.
The two shinobi began the duel at very fast speeds. Naruto was glad that he had speed training from taijutsu. Silent grabbed a wooden sword from his belt and began to assault Naruto. In a quick session Naruto was already hit a dozen times and was on the ground in pain.
"That was pathetic Naruto. Get up and do it again!" Naruto complied and got up with his sword and began to assault his sensei. With rapid slashes and strikes he tried to hit his sensei to no avail. He blocked a few hits from his sensei, but was taken down shortly after.
"Again that was pathetic. We will be doing this until you are 20 if you keep up this rate." Naruto grumbled and got back up, deciding to keep his cool. 'Getting angry will not help me here.' He thought about waiting for him to attack. When he saw the attack coming he quickly blocked the attack, slid off the block and nearly got his sensei. He forgot that his sensei knew how to dodge though. Naruto went into the assault switching between high and low attacks. His sensei blocked them all, and hit him once in the head, knocking him to the ground.
Naruto determinately got back up and readied his sword. Silent began to swift into an attack with amazing agility. With a sickening strike, he slashed at Naruto only to find it blocked by the wooden blade.
Naruto had turned his blade backwards, along his arm with the sharp edge out to block the blow. Quickly switching it back he caused his sensei to stumble backwards a few steps. This caused for a quick dab into his sensei's gut. Unfortunately he missed as his sensei quickly recovered and back slashed him in the neck effectively knocking him to the ground.
"That is enough for today. We will continue this type of training tomorrow." Naruto nodded and watched as his sensei just simply disappeared from view. Naruto widen his eyes at the lack of smoke and questioned the Kyuubi, 'Am I ever gonna be able to do that?' 'You will be able to do that once your chakra control is at top notch.' 'Hey, is today jutsu day? I would like to learn a jutsu!' 'Hum… let me think on it. Yea I guess today can be jutsu day.'
'Yatta! I can't wait. What jutsu am I gonna learn?' 'I am going to teach you an important doton jutsu that actually works in the sand' Naruto listened intently to the lecture. 'It is called Doton: Shinjuu Zanshu no Jutsu. This jutsu causes the ninja to be buried underground using his chakra. You can then move freely inside the ground, as if you were outside. Be warned that it takes chakra to travel underground.'
Naruto walked over to the sandy part of the training area, since the training area is actually an oasis it has grass. He got flashed the seals in his band and performed them while calling out, "Doton: Shinjuu Zanshu no Jutsu!" He felt himself being sucked underground. He opened his eyes and saw just sand with some dirt, lots of it. After getting used to the feeling of being underground, he ran about 30 feet and came back up using the ram seal.
'Wow Kyuubi that was awesome. This jutsu is useful sneaking. I will find many uses for this jutsu that is for sure.' 'Well kit, since you learned anther flesh bag jutsu, it is time to go home.' Naruto nodded and went home. After arriving home he went inside and locked the door. After a quick shower he got into his pajamas and crawled into bed, falling into a nice sleep.
Naruto was sitting in the class room, waiting for the genin teams to be called out. It had been 5 years since he started his kenjutsu training and his sensei had stopped training him since he was 10. He got his first real katana as a gift from Silent. The katana was a black blade with a dark red hilt. It was sheathed in a black sheath, which was connected to his waist for fast drawing.
He and Gaara had many spars over the years. They would practice new ninjutsu on each other and Naruto would have taijutsu fights against Gaara's shield. Usually losing, Naruto would attempt to break through his shield to actually harm him. Gaara rarely got harmed thanks to the shield.
Naruto had also become quite the battle strategist when he was in fights. He would actually think out plans, carry them out and create counter-attacks when needed. He did not just blindly rush in there or have the Kyuubi help him out in battle.
The Kyuubi had finally taught him to harness his chakra. While using it he would turn into a half-demon like form with red eyes, claws and darkened whisker marks. Naruto had long thrown away the masks, opting to wear just blue cargo pants with a black long sleeve shirt and a dark red vest. His hi-ate was tied to his right arm, proudly showing the Suna symbol. He had a few interesting jutsus he could use while in the Kyuubi form. It was more like a bloodline, as he did not need to call out a jutsu name to use them.
He also learned a variety of jutsus from the Kyuubi. He grew a major liking for using Katon jutsus but he also loved the destruction of Doton jutsus. Genjutsu was a subject that he tried to convince the Kyuubi to learn but once he attempted one, it failed spectacularly. One time, he was trying to cast a genjutsu that would cause people to see their worst nightmare. Unfortunately it ended up backfiring and he saw his own nightmare. After that debacle, he never tried to use genjutsu again.
Naruto brought back his attention on the sensei of this class, Ikasu. "Alright class, you are all no full fledged genin. I am going to announce the teams and your jounin sensei. Please be patient"
"Team 1 consists of Ikasoru Ami…" Ikasu droned on and Naruto decided to tune him out until he heard his name and the names of other important clan members. Eventually he caught a clan member name being called out.
"Team 5 consists of Hyrojuga Kouya, Haryuko Mina and Mitshuro Riku. Your jounin sensei is Taru Hayate. Please go to room 211 to await your sensei after the teams are all picked," said Ikasu in a boorish voice. Naruto glanced at the people of who's names where called. Kouya was from the Hyrojuga clan which uses the Fuikygun taijutsu style. He was a small boy with grey eyes and brown hair that tied back into a pony-tail. His face was fairly roundish, adding to the cuteness that his fan club have adored. Sadly the boy had a very large group of fan girls. He was completely dressed in a beige outfit making him look unnoticed and boring.
Mina was from the Haryuko clan which uses glass jutsus. She had dull white hair that was in a fairly short style. Like everyone from that clan, she had green eyes. She wore the typical Haryuko outfit which was a dark blue mesh shirt over a light yellow short sleeved shirt with black pants. She was a fairly social person and quite good using her family's jutsus.
Riku was a tall boy that came from a non shinobi clan. He had black hair that was short and spiky with brown eyes. This boy was considered to be talented and finished 3rd in the class despite being from a non shinobi family. He wore a deep green top with a dark green cargo pants. Everyone knew that his favorite color was green. He was quite the insane person, loving to train as much as Emori-sensei did.
"Team 6 consists of Jago Kami…" Naruto again tuned out the voice of his sensei.
Eventually he caught the name of his friend Gaara. "Team 8 consists of Soriyu Gaara, Uzumaki Naruto and Namika Yasumi." Naruto flashed his eyes at Gaara happy that he was on his team. He flashed his eyes at the girl he knew to be Yasumi. She was the first ninja coming from her family and was considered dead-last in the ninja academy. Gaara was rookie of the year for this group. He knew that this girl may be a liability if they did not receive a good teacher. Her face was quite oval and a bit shapely, bringing out some cuteness. Sadly she had a small mouth and was teased for it. She had purple hair that was straight going down her face with dark blue eyes. Currently she was wearing a white top with black cargo pants.
"Your jounin sensei is Soraru Genma. Please go to room 215 to meet with your sensei after all the teams are picked." "Team 9…" Naruto again tuned this out but he quickly had to retune his hears back to his sensei.
"Team 10 consists of Kikorusi Taku, Raizuka Neko and Shikyrou Meji. Your jounin sensei is Baruni Susume. Please go to room 216 to meet with your sensei after all the teams are picked."
Taku was a medium built boy from the temperature control clan. He had light brown hair that spiked up in literally all directions with a medium length. He had hazel eyes, which curved into an oval, rather than a circle. He was a master with his family's jutsus and was quite good with using wind ninjutsu, as far as Naruto knew. Taku was the silent type, only talking when needed.
Neko was a short girl from the Raizuka clan. She had dark red hair that seemed to go everywhere with blue eyes shaped like a cat. Her ears were slightly pointy to show that her hearing was superb. She wore a very dark purple hooded sweatshirt with black pants. She had a very rambunctious personality and was easily the most social able of them all. She was also a bit mean though as well as cocky.
Meji was from the mirage jutsu clan. He had long black hair with piercing black eyes. He was very proficient with using his family's jutsus as well as other jutsus. He wore a black mesh shirt with white shorts. He had his clan symbol which was a hazy tree on the back of his green over shirt. He was also considered the genius of the class but was physically weak. He was very lazy when it came to physical work.
"Well class, those are all the teams. Please go to your rooms now and wait for your team," said Ikasu-sensei.
Naruto and Gaara both grinned at each other and walked out the door with a Yasumi straggling behind. All three of them entered room 215 and only had to wait 2 minutes before their sensei arrived. Soraru Genma was dressed in the traditional jounin vest with dark red cargo pants. He had a black shirt under the vest. His hair was a dull grey color that seemed to spike up in literally every direction. His hi-ate was tied to his forehead worn in the traditional way.
"Yo. I am your sensei Soraru Genma. You may call me Genma-sensei. Please follow me to the roof of the academy so we can introduce each other." The three genin followed their sensei to the top of the academy and waited for him to speak.
"Alright kids, I would like to hear your name, hobbies, likes and dislikes as well as your dream. I am going to start with you blondie," He said while pointing at Naruto, nearly touching him.
Naruto grinned and said, "My name is not blondie, it is Uzumaki Naruto. My hobby is to train and spar with my friend Gaara. I like to practice my kenjutsu style and watch the sunset in the middle of the desert. My dislikes are people that hate others for no reason and arrogant assholes. My dream is to eventually lead this village in all its glory."
Genma nodded and thought to himself, 'Good goal he has. He also seems to be motivated and not as dumb as the academy says so.'
"Alrighty then, you're up next panda boy," Genma said while pointing at Gaara. Gaara glared at his sensei and said, "My name is Soriyu Gaara. My hobbies are none of your business and my likes are training and sparing with my friend Naruto as well as this village. My dislikes are just people who act like assholes. My dream is also none of your business
Genma stared at the kid as if he was insane for having that goal and thought to him self, 'Wish he told me his goal, glad he doesn't hate his village either. After his uncle tried to kill him I thought he was going to become insane.'
"Now then, you are next, the one with the purple hair," Genma-sensei said while pointing to Yasumi. Yasumi looked at him with a small smile and said, "My name is Namika Yasumi. My hobbies include gardening and training. I like to gossip with my friends and train as well. My dislikes are boys who think they are all that and I hate my rival, Riku! My dream is to become a good ninja so my family can get out of poverty."
Naruto looked at the girl for having a nice dream, but Genma looked at her for a different reason. 'I know the reasons behind her goal. Her mother is all she has left and she is sick. I wouldn't be surprised if she wants to become a medic-nin once she realizes they exist. Wonder why she hates that kid though.'
Genma smiled and said "All of you are unique individuals. Now that we know each other, I am going to tell you about the survival training that you need to well survive to become my genin team. Let me tell you that I have never passed a genin team in my life."
All three genin started at him with shocked looks on their faces. Yasumi then asked, "Ano, sensei? What is this survival training going to be made up of?"
Genma smiled at her and said, "Report to Training Area 8 at 6 in the morning. Better eat breakfast, otherwise you will starve. I will explain your exam then. Later for now." Genma puffed away and left three shocked genin. One by one the three genin left to their respective homes, thinking about what tomorrow may bring.
Naruto woke up at 5 in the morning. He decided to start packing his bag. Walking over to his bag he struck up a conversation with the Kyuubi. 'Hey fuzzy, what should I bring with me to this survival exam. Should I bring food? Water? Clothing?' The Kyuubi thought for a moment and replied back, 'Well kid, I suggest you start sealing up some food, water and clothing. You never know what a survival exam may entail.'
Naruto agreed and grabbed some scrolls. Walking into the kitchen, he took a muffin and started to munch on it. While doing this he crated some muffins, instant ramen, fruits and vegetables into a single crate. He labeled that scroll food.
Taking a jug from the cupboard, he filled it with water and sealed into the scroll labeled water. He walked back into his bedroom and packed about two outfits into another crate and sealed that into the scroll that was labeled clothing.
Naruto took a shower after packing and got dressed. He walked out the door and locked it. Hopping onto the roofs and he asked the Kyuubi to increase his weight some and back to jump as fast as he could to Training Area 8.
In another part of town, Gaara had woken up in his family's home. His father was already at work while his brother and sister were still sleeping. Gaara packing only light, basic shinobi gear, some food and a canteen of water. He took a quick shower and got dress.
Deciding to chat with the Shukaku, Gaara began to speak, 'Hey Shukaku, What do you think this survival exam is going to be made up of?' 'It won't have sand castles sadly. I love sand castles. They are the best things ever. Hopefully we are in the desert; you can help me make sand castles then!'
Gaara abruptly blocked his thoughts from the Shukaku but realized he had a point. 'We may be stuck into the desert. I will pack a little more water. I am starting to hate sand castles though, damn demon talks about them nonstop.'
Yasumi had gotten home to her mother already asleep. When Yasumi woke up she noticed that her mother was awake and decided to tell her the good news.
"Mother look, I have become a shinobi," she said pointing to her hi-ate on her head. "I have finally graduated. I will make you proud mother. I will find a way to help you get better and bring our family out of poverty." Her mother looked up at her and told her in a weak voice, "That's good Yasumi. You do your mother proud. There's no reason to worry over me. Go get ready for your cough exam."
Yasumi looked on sadly at her mother and did what she was told. She muttered under her breath, I will not stop worrying over you mama. I will find a cure for your disease."
Yasumi toke a quick shower and got dressed. She took only shinobi gear and left to go beat with her sensei via walking. She was thinking about her two teammates, Gaara and Naruto. She knew that they were friends and Gaara was rookie of the year, considered a prodigy.
Naruto on the other hand was enigma to her. He seemed so mysterious every year because he did average on everything. Literally everything. It confused her because she had seen him spar with Gaara and was actually able to hit him! The spar stopped suddenly though and they left, while looking directly at her. She shuddered when she remembered that.
She also thought about the survival exam that her sensei had talked about. She put on one big grin thinking about her sensei; it was nice to have one finally. 'I hope this exam is easy. I hope I don't fail. I don't wanna go back to the academy. I need to help my mother and become strong.'
She started to run as fast as she could to training area 8. She was pretty fast to as she had taken to running recently in the last year to help training.
At training Area 8, Genma was waiting for his students to show up. He knew that his team was talented this year and hope they would pass his hella hard exam. The first person to show up was Naruto. Gaara showed up only minute later and 10 minutes later Yasumi finally showed up. He checked his watch and noticed all three were on time.
"Alright kids, I want you tie yourselves together with each other with this rope. I also want you blind fold yourself." He handed them the ropes and blind folds and watched them put them on. Naruto began to ask, "Sensei why do we need to do this? What are we going to do?"
"Well Naruto, I will hold the end of the rope. I want you guys to follow me when you feel a tug." Genma began to run at a slow pace for a jounin so that his genin could keep up. He led them out of the village and into the desert, and off the path.
Naruto felt the wind wheeze by him and felt the sand under his feet. He knew that they were going out into the desert and was thankful that he brought water and other things. Gaara felt the desert under his feet and felt the Shukaku get happy at the feel of the desert, that and he kept screaming sand castles in his mind. He was thankful that he brought some food and water. He hopped that his teammates had thought of the same thing.
Yasumi on the other hand felt scared. She could feel the desert under her feet and was panting slightly. She was astonished at the speed Naruto, Gaara and her sensei could travel at. She really wished she had brought food and water with her. She only hoped that her teammates had done what she did not.
He picked up the pace and made sure he wasn't dragging his genin. He ran up to a canyon in the desert and ran up a mesa using chakra.
He was going up so fast that the genins did not even feel the tug from going up. Once up he took off the blind folds and unbounded them from the ropes. The 3 genin looked around and looked at their sensei with bewildered looks.
Yasumi asked her sensei in a panicky voice saying, "Why are we in the middle of no where sensei!" Genma chuckled and answered, "This is your test. You are to get back to Sunagakure in 7 seven days. I wish you luck, bye bye now." The 3 genin watched as their sensei puffed away. Sweat dropping at the sudden disappearance of their sensei, they set down on the mesa and Naruto asked his team, "What now?"
Gaara answered, as he was considered the smartest of their age, "Well first we get down from this big hunk of rock. We have no idea which way to go either so we will have to figure this out. Now we must walk down this mesa so we can get to the sandy desert." Both Naruto and Gaara walked over to the ledge but they noticed that their team-mate did not walk with them.
Naruto then asked, "Uh, Yasumi, why are you not coming?" Yasumi looked embarrassed and said, "I don't know how to walk down walls. Can you teach me?" Naruto and Gaara just stared at her until Gaara said, "Sure. Now you need force chakra to your feet, while balancing it out so you don't smash the rock. To little you fall off, to much and you smash the rock and fall off."
Yasumi nodded and turned around to walk up the rock. She made it about half way up before she fell and landed on her feet. She got determined again and ran at the rock running all the way up to the top on her second try. "Hey guys! I did it! Yay!"
Both Naruto and Gaara were a bit shocked that she was able to do it so fast. Naruto thought to himself that she may have had little chakra or something. They would know after a while. "Good job Yasumi. Come on down so that we can get off this hunk of rock," yelled Naruto.
Yasumi ran back down joined her teammates. All three of them went to the ledge and ran down the cliff using chakra. Once at the bottom the three genin set around a little circle and began to discuss on how to proceed. Naruto had noticed that Yasumi was panting somewhat and came to the conclusion that she had low chakra reserves.
"Does anyone know which direction the sea is from here?" asked Naruto. Yasumi answered no to the question but Gaara gave it some thought. "When I was training I came out to this spot before to work on sand control. I know for a fact that the sea is to the west of us. Let's head that direction."
Both Naruto and Yasumi agreed and all three of them spirited to the west. Around the evening sun the 3 of them managed to reach the sea. "Thank god we found the sea. I would have really hated to be lost in the freakin desert," sighed out Yasumi. Both Naruto and Gaara agreed with her.
They followed the cost line for a while until around sunset. Deciding to set up camp the three of them built a small fire and began to cook the instant ramen that Naruto had brought. Yasumi was very glad that her teammate had the forethought to bring food with him. While munching on their food, the three of them began to talk about guard duty.
"Alright Yasumi you will take the first round. At 11 wake up Gaara and have him watch the camp. At 2 am please wake me up Gaara and I will finish up the round and wake all you up at 6 to get a move on. Agreed?" asked Naruto. Both Gaara and Yasumi agreed with him. Naruto and Gaara got into their sleeping bags to avoid the cold desert night and left Yasumi to guard.
While they were sleeping, Yasumi was thinking about the fact that she seemed useless to her team. She didn't even know wall walking yet. She vowed to herself to learn some jutsus from her teammates and even her sensei. She would vow to herself to get the library. 'I won't be useless anymore I hate being useless.'
She watched a little scorpion go by and she pierced it with her kunai. After a while playing with the little scorpions she noticed it was 11 pm and woke up Gaara. Once Gaara was awake she went into her own purple sleeping bag and fell asleep.
Gaara just sat there for the 3 hours and stared watching carefully. He was also being annoyed in his head by Shukaku about making sand castles to pass the time. He learned to block this out luckily enough. Soon enough it was time to wake up Naruto and get back to sleep.
Naruto on guard duty was exciting for him. He would practice his taijutsu katas while watching out for things. After around an hour he started to notice a good number of little scorpions running by. Within 20 minutes he understood why.
About a mile in front of him and moving at high speeds, 3 giant scorpions were moving in towards them. Naruto widen his eyes and screamed, "Get your asses up, we have company!"
Both Yasumi and Gaara jumped up out of their sleeping bags with kunai in hands. They stared at what Naruto saw and Gaara shivered a bit at the size of those monster scorpions. Yasumi just yelled out, "Holy shit, those things are huge!" Gaara and Naruto rolled their eyes at the obvious that she had pointed out.
Gaara began to get prepared by getting sand under his control, read to defend and strike at will. Yasumi was visibly scared. She had no jutsus and she knew it. She pulled out a kunai and hopped that it would be enough.
In what seemed like minutes the scorpions were upon them. Naruto ran to the side attracted one scorpion while running he formed some hand seals and turned around calling out, "Katon: Housenka no Jutsu!" Around a dozen fireballs were spitted at the scorpion. The scorpion dodged like a pro and began to arm its stinger.
Within a flash Naruto used Shunshin no jutsu and drew his sword chopping off the tail of the scorpion. The scorpion let out a wild wail and charged at Naruto with its stingers in place. Quickly jetting to the side, Naruto formed the seals for a high power jutsu and called out, 'Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu!" A giant fireball was hurled at the scorpion. It had no time because as soon it turned around, it got roosted by Narutos big fireball.
Gaara had an easier time with his scorpion. He ran to the north at high speeds and started to clamp his hands at the scorpion while saying, "Sabaku SouSou." Every time he clamped his hands down sand would rush at the enemy and cling to it. Eventually he caught the scorpion in his sand.
With a sadistic grin he watched in glee as he clamped his hand down as the scorpion screamed in agony as it was squeezed from the jutsu. Blood and scorpion parts shattered everywhere as the scorpion was crushed.
Yasumi on the other hand was have a hard time. She was trying to throw kunai at the eyes while dodging and was having a hard time doing so. She was already nipped in the leg by the claw of the scorpion and was bleeding badly at the leg. Luckily for her, Naruto had come over to assist her.
"Yasumi, I want you to throw as many kunai as you can at its face. While doing this I will go in for the kill." Yasumi nodded and started doing what she said. She hurled kunai at the scorpion with all her might. She actually managed to lodge one in its eye and watched as the blood gushed out.
Yasumi widen her eyes though as she saw a flash of someone and Naruto was in front of her with a grin on his face and his katana was out. When she looked back at the scorpion, she watched in amazement as the scorpion fell apart in two pieces. "You did that? Wow amazing? How?" Naruto grinned and said, 'Well I just cut it in half with my katana going as fast as I could."
Yasumi squealed in delight and quickly hugged Naruto as fast as she could. This caused him to blush and when she noticed him blush, she blushed as well. Naruto looked at her bloody leg and said, "Here let me rap your leg up." He proceeded to apply tape to her scratched up leg but she blushed while he did it. 'Why am I blushing? I do not like him!' Gaara walked over to the two blushing and shook his head at the stupid displays of romantic affection.
Once they were done, Naruto said, "Let's head back to Sunagakure and pass this test." Naruto and Yasumi nodded and ran as fast as they could with Gaara. After around tow hours of running they finally met with the wall of the village. Running along side they met up with the gate in 10 minutes.
Walking in the gate, all three we're glad that they made it. They heard a clapping sound behind them and turned around. Standing there was their sensei clapping with a grin on his face.
"Yo. I was watching you guys out there, you did a good job and performed good teamwork to survive this exam. Congratulations. You all pass!"
Naruto got a big grin on his face and gave Genma-sensei the thumbs up. Gaara got a small smirk on his face and looked up at the sky. Yasumi got teary eyes from being so happy and screamed, "Yatta!"
"Now, report to Training Area 8 tomorrow for some training and your first D ranked mission. I hope you guys get a good nights' sleep. Dismissed!"
A/N: Well that was chapter 3. I hope you guys enjoyed it, I had fun writing it. I decided to change the main pairing to Naruto/Tenten. I am sorry for doing this but if I tried to write Kin with Naruto, it would feel forced. Also the pairing for Gaara is going to be Gaara/OC. The plot is just getting interesting and it will start to evolve more soon. Never fear about this major OC that I have introduced, she won't be Naruto's love interest. That is reserved for Tenten.
Until the next chapter, ja ne!
Naruto knows these Jutsus:
The 3 Academy Jutsus
Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu
Ninpou: Kajou Chouin (Item Sealing)
Katon: Housenka no Jutsu
Doton: Shinjuu Zanshu no Jutsu
Fuuton: Hitofuki Tama (Gust Bullet)
9 Unknown Jutsus, yet to be revealed
