On the Rooftop just moments after the teachers left to report to the Hokage.

"Did Naruto just leave in a body flicker?" Sasuke blinked twice, rubbing his eyes,

"So, I'm not the only one who saw that? Thank you." Satsuki repeated her actions, wondering if she had something in her eyes,

"Yeah..." Mito looks on, seeing Naruto knowing something they didn't.

Memna scowled as he crossed his arms, his mind spinning with various thoughts about his supposedly inferior sibling.

Sasuke stuffed his hands in his pockets and made to leave with his sister trailing behind him only for Sakura to stop him,

"Sasuke, do you want to go on a date? We can go to your favourite restaurant to celebrate?" Sakura tries to get a date, He gave her a cold look,

"No," then he made his way around her.

"When will you take the damn hint, he doesn't like you. Leave him alone already. He doesn't like fangirls." Satsuki glared at her.

She gave her one more glare before following after Sasuke as Sai simply left with a strange smile on his face while Sakura dragged herself home.

As Sasuke made his way through the halls, he bumped into Iruka.

"Oh, Sasuke, is something the matter?"

It took a moment before he decided to ask instead of allowing his thoughts to haunt him during the night,

"Is it true that Naruto can perform the body flicker?"

"You guys must have finished introductions on the rooftops, yeah, although I just found out when he finished his own exam with me." Iruka recalled, His words only made him grit his teeth as Satsuki called out from behind him,

"Did you teach him Iruka?" Satsuki asked, never seeing Naruto talk to anyone else beside Iruka, if not rarely.

"Me, no I didn't teach him that. I can only wonder what else he can do. Is there anything else you need help with?" Iruka asked them.

"Nope. Thank you, sensei."Satsuki thanks, before she dragged Sasuke away,

"Have a good day."

He waved them goodbye and left, passing Mito and Memna who were listening in from the shadows.

"How does he know the body flicker yet we don't? '' Mito asked in confusion but was cut off by Memna growl.

"But his killing intent, Mito. What he showed off in class, all of this means, he must have either trained himself or got someone else to train him."Memna said, figuring out the obvious.

"Who would train him?" She said, to Memna growl.

"Someone who isn't from here or doesn't care that he's a blight on our family in the first place. Come on, I'm hungry."

She nodded and followed after him, removing the thought of Naruto from their minds for the moment.

LINE

The warm scent of food welcomed her as Naruto entered the building of the Ban's Buffet to find a short old man with his red top and flower top, him cooking up a storm while having a mean look in his eye. This is Banban, one of the few people outside the village that doesn't care about any rumours or whatnot, only that you have money.

(Banban from One piece)

"Hey old man." Naruto raised a hand towards him,

"Ah, Naruto. Welcome! Ready for a feast or are you going to wait until dinner time?"

"Dinner time, old man. I ate before I got here and I got my headband." Naruto sat down on the table, Banban made his way over to Naruto and smiled seeing the headband on his neck, and gave him a hit on the shoulder.

"What did I say about punching, old timer?" Naruto looks annoyed at him but it doesn't stop a smile.

"Well, you're a man now. Instead of hugs you get a punch on the shoulder!" He grinned,

"Very well, only for today." Naruto sighed, as Banban hugged him, as Naruto slowly returned the gesture.

"I'll be making all your favourites, especially the giant roasted pig." Banban said and Naruto grinned at the thought of that massive pig.

"All for me?" Naruto smiled, but Banban snorted as he made his way around the counter,

"If you can afford it, which I know you can when you cleared out my entire buffet some time ago after a harsh training session and bandit hunt." Banban growl at Naruto eating everything

"I was hungry." He simply stated,

"Well, I'm glad I can fill that massive stomach of yours. Now go rest up or burn some energy. I don't want all my food to go to waste." Banban said as he went back to him cooking.

"Will do!" Naruto went to leave before Banban called out.

"And bring a girl next time, you need to get laid boy," Banban said with a lecher's smile, as Naruto blushed.

"Shut it old lecher," Naruto said behind him as Banban laughed.

Naruto then vanished as he shook his head laughing as he continued on cooking throughout the day as some people came to sit down and eat before paying and leaving.

As the sun disappeared over the horizon, Naruto return hungry and ready to demolish his hard work, he laid out everything on the table, starting with the giant roasted pig and various servings sausages, fried chicken, white rice, steak, Asian-style rice cakes, and for his drink, he gave him a green tea.

He grinned, thanking him for the meal before digging in, as he made to savour everything. Soon enough, he finished everything, leaving nothing but bones and scrapped clean plates as Naruto patted his stomach and belched,

"Pardon me." Naruto said,

"You're excused. I'm glad you still enjoy my cooking even after all these years." Banban said, holding his hand as Naruto went to get his money.

"I'll always enjoy it, old man. Let me walk you home," Naruto said, giving him money and having several shadow clones deal with the dishes and set up everything before he locked up and he walked him back home.

After that, he waved him a good night and entered his home as he made his way back to the Uzumaki-Namikaze Household to sleep.

LINE

At the Uzumaki-Namikaze Household, Kushina was resting her head against her husband's shoulder as he held her hand, rubbing a thumb over her knuckles. Minato is comforting his wife after the word Naruto said this morning.

"How could I have starved him?" Kushina is horrified as she starves her own child.

"You didn't starve him, he just didn't eat with us, we can fix this" Minato said, trying to calm her down.

"but" Was cut off with the door opening.

"Mom, Dad! "her two children call out, Kushina hugged them,

"What are you two doing back home, I thought you were going to hang out with your friends after your introductions?" Kushina asked them.

"We are going to go later, but we wanted to ask you guys..." Mito trailed off, trying to find the correct words.

"Ask us what?" Minato stated

"When did Naruto learn the body flicker jutsu?" Menma said it,

"He knows that jutsu?" Kushina softly asked

"Yeah, he disappeared and Iruka said he performed another one on his text. We were wondering if you guys taught him anything?" Mito asked, thinking it was her parents that taught all shook their heads,

"We didn't teach him kids," Minato stated

"Well someone must have taught him, or he learned on his own time." Memna scoffed

"But who would teach him? Unless they are an outsider and don't know about Naruto. Killing intent like that doesn't pop out of nowhere." Mito asked, unsure.

"We will ask him later. Why don't you go relax and then meet back here for dinner." Kushina said,

"Okay."

"Alright."

Mito kissed Kushina's cheek and Memna hugged her before doing the same with Minato before waving everyone else goodbye.

The rest of the day went by too quickly for her liking as Nutsumi came later after being dropped off by Shuzine as she ran around playing with her two siblings.

When the time for dinner drew nearer, Kushina made to prepare an extra-large serving for dinner as she hoped Naruto would join them, but he never did, even when they waited a bit longer than usual, Kushina kept her gaze at the door only for it to remain closed.

When dinner came and went with Naruto still not appearing made her weep with disappointment as she felt her eyes burn with tears as Minato hugged her along with Nutsumi, dismissing Mito and Memna who swore to make him explain himself and make him pay for making Kushina cry.

"He'll come home soon, maybe he just wanted to spend some time by himself." Minato told her,

"It's not healthy to be alone, Minato. Maybe, maybe there was something else we could have done. We could have included him, had him stick with us and he wouldn't have gotten in so much trouble." Kushina doesn't know what to do.

"We can only try and mend the gap between separating him from the rest of us." Minato said,

Before Kushina could reply, the door opened and Naruto came inside, kicking off his shoes before carrying them as she made a beeline for his bedroom.

"Naruto, wait!" Minato stated, standing up with Kushina. Naruto froze before he slowly turned to look at them.

"What is it?" Naruto asked them, facing them. It took Kushina a moment to get out the words she wanted to say,

"Where were you? You missed dinner." Kushina tried to sound cross but her wateing eye wasn't helping.

"I ate outside and what do you mean I missed dinner? I haven't had dinner with you guys for years." Naruto looks at them with a raised eyebrow.

"That's not true!" Minato said.

"It isn't? No I believe I remember, after all, weren't your exact words that 'disappointments don't deserve to eat with family? The shame you bring to the family doesn't deserve to eat and you can eat with us when you learn how to behave? It didn't help when it tried to get food you'd kick me out or lock me in my room without any food what so ever, I stopped bothering you after starving for 4 days I thinks" Naruto stated

Kushina started to tremble as Minato held her, she felt weak, Naruto's eyes were like Minato's but in a different way, instead of a source of comfort and strength, it stripped her of her will to stand with harsh and blunt truth, she could feel her knees buckling underneath her dress as she started to sweat.

Kushina swallowed her nervousness and said, firmly,

"Then starting from tomorrow you will be eating with your family." Kushina said but without strength to it. Naruto just rolled his eyes.

"Listen, I don't know nor do I care why you decided now to include me in your little family. But you already cut me off years ago and now you want to act like parents of the year? You burned that bridge years ago and I have no desire to pander your feelings of guilt. You only have three children, Mito, Memna, and Nutsumi, you and Konoha had made that statement abundantly clear. Soon enough, I will be out of your hair and your sights so please go back to pretending I was just a fleeting thought from the back of your mind. It shouldn't be that hard, you've been doing it for years." Naruto said

Minato said, "Naruto-"

Naruto quickly directed his head away from Minato and quickly made his way up the stairs, away from both of them as Minato's calls went unanswered until nothing but the firm slam of his bedroom door filled the air with a crushing sense of finality.

Kushina sniffled before she just started to cry, as Minato could only sigh, carrying his wife into their shared bedroom and cuddling with her until she fell into a fitful sleep. Minato allowed himself to shed a tear over the cold words his son said. The words weren't just cold, they were laced with resignation; her icy tone couldn't hide as if even the thought of him being a part of their family was some unattainable dream he realised was the truth years ago.

'Naruto, I'm so sorry. We will make it up to you.'

With Naruto, she slammed the door shut and locked it and sighed as he slumped down to the floor. I do not need that bullshit before bed.' Naruto said, stripping his clothes and getting into bed, letting the land of sleep take him.

LINE

Naruto slowly woke up, shaking off the grip of sleep as he sat up, scratching his head before jumping out of bed with a yawn. A jumpsuit to be placed underneath a scarlet long-sleeved battle vest with a pair of dark biker shorts to be hidden underneath with a pair of fitted boots.

After he placed them on his bed, he entered his bathroom to take a shower, after having a shower he got dressed before he left his bedroom and house entirely, avoiding the pranks Mito set outside his bedroom with a body flicker.

Naruto quickly made his way towards the wide-open area of Training Ground 25, finding the signature three training logs, walked up a sturdy tree, and made himself comfortable. Then he took out a scroll, after unravelling it, what appeared was a large bento box filled with food and made to savour his meal in peace.

'Whether I pass or fail this test, I'm moving out. They have a lot of nerve, thinking they can just invite me to join them after years of shooing me away. Now, that I got my headband and they have taken their first real glimpse at me, they feel bad. Doesn't matter, once I reach it I can leave here sooner than later" Naruto thinks as he bites his food.

He continued to eat, dropping the empty bento boxes on the ground underneath him, as he ate with vigour as he waited for his team to arrive. Soon enough, he felt a presence off to his right, about twenty metres to the side, hidden by the shadows of the area and shadows was Yugou.

'She probably knows that I'm already here.' Naruto thinks, have sensed her coming.

Soon enough, she appeared on the branch he was resting on.

"Good morning, Naruto." She gave her a smile,

"Good morning, Yugou." He swallowed before returning the gesture,

"Didn't Lady Kushina order you and everyone else on the rooftop not to eat? Why did you disobey a direct order?" Yugou asked him, but Naruto continues eating

"It was not an order and even if it was, I wouldn't follow it."

"And why is that?" She crossed his arms,

"Because she phrased it as a recommendation that we do not eat, they were not ordered. Even if she did order it, I wouldn't follow it. People are not mindless tools who follow whatever order was given to them to the letter outside of certain circumstances. If anything it was a test to see if any genin hopefuls are willing to disobey what appeared to be a direct order under a harsh threat of a jounin, even if it was a half-baked attempt at a threat. Basically, don't take everything you see and hear at face value, sort of lesson, am I right so far?" Naruto said to her.

Yugou stared at him for a moment before she smiled, 'Look underneath the underneath. Well done. It seems Iruka was right about him being sharp as a whip. Let's see if his physical prowess matches what he says.'

"Well done Naruto. It seems the rumours about you being a dead last are dead wrong." Yugou said as Naruto rolled his eyes before turning his attention to his meal, and continued to eat.

After a while, she noticed that he was still eating,

"Um, Naruto?"

"Hm?"

"How many bento boxes have you eaten?" Yugao asked him, and he pointed a finger to the ground, finding at least five.

Yuguo raised an eyebrow at the amount of food eating

"I know uzumaki eat a lot but this is ridiculous" Yuguo thinks as she got down and hid, waiting for Satsuki and Yakumo to show up as they still had thirty minutes left.

After ten minutes Satsuki showed up, her stomach growling and the irritation clearly visible on her face.

Yuguo shook her head, 'Just like Mikoto, she always loathed being hungry as it made her irritatingly angry. Especially during her cravings. Her sons are no different from Sasuke and his love of tomatoes and Itachi and his love for pocky sticks.'

Yakumo came three minutes later, her stomach growling as she flushed, hoping nobody heard.

She took a seat next to Satsuki,

"You didn't eat either?" Satsuki asked her, she shook her head,

"I hope we can get the test over and done with. I'm starving," she then looked around, finding no one but themselves,

"Where's Naruto?" Yakumo asked,

Satsuki snorted as she leaned against the pillar she was propped up against,

"He's probably gonna be late or skip out just like in our classes, but if he ruins this for me, I'll never forgive him." Satsuki growls, Naruto rolled his eyes but didn't bother to do anything more as he ate his meals with a bit more vindictive relish than before.

'I have a lot of work to do, hopefully, I can fix this. They need to work as a team and I need to find out where this disdain for Naruto blossomed; it didn't just crop up out of nowhere. After I figure that out, I can break this loner streak and bridge the gap between him and the rest of his age group." Yuguo sighed at the scene before him,

When it was time, she appeared in front of them,

"Good morning, everyone!" Yuguo said,

"Good morning." Yakumo gave a bitter half-smile with a half-hearted,

"Hn." Satsuki didn't bother with a smile,

"Yugou-sensei, Naruto isn't here yet." Yakumo said

"Actually, he beat you both by forty-five minutes, he's been resting in the tree across from you."

Then the sound of a bento box hitting another bento box rang out as Naruto jumped down from the tree as he sealed up her empty bento boxes and made his way forward.

"You idiot, don't you remember that you are not supposed to eat?!" Satsuki snapped

"The only idiots are you two for falling for a pitiful threat that wasn't a threat at all. What Kushina said was not an order but a recommendation." Naruto explained

"And if it was an actual order?" Satsuki growled,

"I still wouldn't follow it. Stupid orders should not be followed. You already proved my point when you said 'order'. You are tired, irritated, and hungry, which only strengthens the disadvantage between us and her. And here I thought you were smart," Naruto said to her.

"You fucking-" Satsuki gritted her teeth as she spat,

"Alright, enough. Naruto, Satsuki, cool it. And, what Naruto said, was the truth. What you need to remember is the phrase, 'Look underneath the underneath' as Naruto did. After all, going on the battlefield with an empty stomach is practically suicide. You need all the energy you can get." Yuguo said to them.

Yakumo and Satsuki looked at Naruto who didn't bother to return the gesture as he kept his gaze on Yuguo.

She pulled out two silver bells on red strings, showing them to the trio, "Now, today we are going to do the classic bell test. I have two, only two of you can pass, the other will either be sent back to the Academy or dropped from the ninja program entirely."

Satsuki and Yakumo stiffened before Satsuki stared at Naruto who remained unbothered as if he knew something they didn't.

"What the hell is he hiding? Is this another test?' Both Satsuki and Yukumo thought seeing Naruto unbother.

"Now, you get to hide. From the count of three. One. Two. Three!"

All three of them hid among the greenery, Yugou tied the bells to the side of her jounin vest and made to search for her first target. As she walked into the forest, she soon found Yakumo not that far away from her, her entire body hidden by the brush.

'Not bad, but you still need more practice, my dear genin.' Yugou thinks she pulled out a length of rope and set up a rabbit trap and made to spook Yakumo, forcing her to leave her hiding place only to get caught in the snare, showing her flushed face staring at a Yuguo who smiled at her attempt.

Yakumo froze at being caught so quickly.

"Not a bad attempt at hiding, but you forgot about hiding your chakra, it practically led me straight to you. I'll make sure to work on that if you make it past today." Yuguo criticised, she released her, making Yakumo fall on her butt, to which she helped her up only to whisper, "This is a lesson in your element, genjutsu."

Yukomo wrenched herself out of Yugou's grip, making her smile as Yuguo braced herself, only to already be caught,

"Try to escape the flames, Yakumo. Genjutsu technique: Shiranui."

Everything in Yakumo's world became dark, then she was surrounded by a wall of flames that shifted from various colours.

Yugou watched as Yakumo collapsed before her, then she left her and made to find Satsuki only for her to confront and attack her with the fireball jutsu.

After letting the flames disappear, she waved away the smoke and heat from her face.

"Not bad, Satsuki. Still, a long way to go through." Yugou commented, seeing potential there.

"Don't remind me." Satsuki rolled her eyes,

"Weren't you supposed to work with your teammates?" Yugou asked her, trying to prompt her to figure out the test.

"I don't need my teammates to beat you, even if I did, Yakumo is more than enough. The dead last will just hold me back." Satsuki said, believing she can win with only Yakumo help and without Naruto, despite his strength and skill Satsuki is still having the same mindset by those of the academy and fellow villagers.

"That arrogance will get you in deep shit, Satsuki." Yugo chuckled, seeing how much work she would need to do for this one.

"Confidence is not arrogance, Yugo-sensei." Satsuki said in confidence.

"Prove me wrong," Yugou challenged,

Satsuki grinned and charged with the intent to attack, flipping through hand signs,

"Fire Style: Phoenix Sage Fire jutsu!"

Yugou kept her defences up as she avoided the flames as Satsuki kept up a barrage of attacks to keep her on the defensive in a flurry of flips, kicks, and several punches mixed in.

She avoided each strike with a smile as she could only watch Satsuki get more exhausted, which soon happened when Satsuki hunger got the best of her as she made an attempt for her bells only for Yugou to jump back as her fingers lightly brushed against them to which she collapsed on the ground with a curse, "Dammit!"

She quickly got up and looked around, not seeing Yugou anywhere only to feel something screaming in the back of her mind to jump but she was three seconds too late.

"Shit!"

Then she was buried up to her neck with Yugou looking down at her.

"the Headhunter jutsu, best for capturing angry little Uchiha" Yugou said,

Satsuki flushed an ugly red in mortification as Yugou patted her head,

"Try to get out, Satsuki. Let's see if your other teammate can do what you and Yakumo failed to do."

She then left, leaving Satsuki slowly cursing as she made to escape the trap she was in.

Yugou searched the area, trying to find Naruto's chakra signature, but it was really difficult, either he erased his chakra or he had such a tight grip on it she couldn't feel it. He had to give him props for that, especially with the amount of chakra he had inherited from his bloodline. That was until she found him leaning against a tree, dead asleep.

Yugou sweat drops at seeing Naruto having a nap, Yugou slaps her forehead as she makes her way to him, only to stop to see him looking at her, no longer asleep.

"Did you have a good nap?" Yugou asked him,

"Not really, too much noise." Naruto shrugs his shoulders, getting up and stretching.

"You know you are supposed to help your teammates." Yugou said, A deep snort spilled out of him,

"They would never accept my help even if I did offer it. They would either ignore or jeer at me, besides I already know the test anyway" Naruto said, moving his arms as Yugou raised an eyebrow.

"Really, due tell" Yugou asked, wanting to see if he figured it out.

"You prompted me to help the others pretty much say that we need to show you that we can work together, although I doubt they would get it, since the academy always teaches us to focus on personal achievement over teamwork and competitiveness to cooperation. It's like the academy wants us to fail if every Jonin test is like this" Naruto said as he got ready.

Yugou wince at the fact, she was vaguely aware of the Ninja academy drop in standard, but now that was brought up it is starting to make sense why so many students never become ninjas. It's sad actually.

"Enough talk. While I don't care much for the test, I would say challenging a former ANBU is rather exciting" Naruto said, getting ready to fight.

He disappeared, placing Yugou on her guard only for her to block a kick, Naruto attacked her viciously, not allowing Yugou her to fight back as she stuck in her guard as Naruto kicked her arms, legs and body.

She gritted her teeth at each hit,

'He's a heavy hitter, no wonder no genin lasted against him.' Yugou thinks as she tried to grab him but he avoided them by either twisting out of the way or using her body as a springboard to create distance between them.

However, during one attack where she aimed a kick at her head, he managed to tank the blow and grab his leg. She brought him down on the ground but Naruto grabbed some dirt and threw it in her eyes. Causing her to hold her eyes in pain as Naruto kicks her head. As he rolled away and got back up.

"Naruto!" Yugou said in pain as she got the dirt out of her eyes as Naruto raised an eye at her. Yugou get pissed and get into her fighting style, taking it seriously.

"Now the real fight begins, sensei." Naruto said as he stepped on the ground and vanished in speed.

Yugou also fights seriously as both Yugou and Naruto fight at blinding speed, punching and kicking each other as Yugou tries to knock Naruto out but Naruto is keeping up with her.

Naruto gets some distance and Yugou gets back.

"Not bad Naruto, I didn't expect this" Yugou let out a breath she didn't know she had to let out.

"I'm just getting started," Naruto said, as he got his leg back kicked across, as a blade of wind shot at her.

"Rankyaku" Naruto called out, Yugou jumped up to avoid the attack.

"What was that, a jutsu, but there were no hand signs, was that pure taijutsu?" Yugou thinks as she avoids the blade of wind, the blade cuts through the trees. Yugou didn't notice Naruto appear before her and side kicked her stomach while she was in the air.

Yugou was sent flying as she landed on her legs with a grunt, but held her stomach in pain. Naruto gets ready to fight as Yugou gets ready to continue.

They would have conutain to fight but the timer went off. Naruto and Yugou stopped fighting as they turned to the timer.

LINE

Naruto, Satsuki and Yakumo sit down as Yugou stands facing them.

"Well I'm sorry to say how disappointed I'm in you all" Yugou said crossing her arms, looking at each of them.

"Yakumo, you started off well but you failed to break out of a genjutsu" Yugou said as Yakumo looked down in shame, her specialist is genjutsu yet she failed at that.

"Satsuki, you rush in with no plan and got caught" Yugou explained as Satsuki glare at Yugou before look down,

"Naruto, you didn't even try until it was too late" Yugou said, Naruto shrugs, not replying caring.

"Out of all of you only Naruto figured out the test and still didn't try to pass. '' Yugou stares at Naruto, who doesn't care as Satsuki and Yakumo look at him in surprise.

"What? How did the dead-last figure the test out?" Satsuki scowled as Yakumo looked confused.

"What was the test?" Yakumo asks as Naruto rolls his eyes and Yugou signs.

"It Teamwork, you all had to show me you can work together, none of you were even close to the bells" Yugou pats the bells, only to stop and can feel nothing but her waist.

"What the?" Yugou looked down to see the bells were gone. Satsuki and Yakumo look surprised as well.

Ring Ring

Everyone turned to see Naruto holding the two bells, they looked at him in surprise.

"How?" Yugou asked, never seeing him once try and go for the bells, the others were surprised to see.

"When I threw dirt in your eye, I grabbed them," Naruto explained to their shock.

"How? I never saw him reach for it but his speed, strength and taijutsu alone, if he put up against his classmates together at once, he could beat them all, I need to talk to Hokage-sama and sensei" Yugou thinks as Naruto toss the bells to Satsuki and Yukumo.

Satsuki was fuming before she calmed herself as so many things didn't add up; she wanted to pull out her hair from frustration.

"So you got the bells and gave them to your teammates?" Yugou said to see Naruto pass the test, he got the bells and gave them to his team mates that are as close as you get to teamwork which she counts as a pass.

"Sure, whether you accept them as your students or not, doesn't matter to me. Let them pass, I don't mind waiting another year or if not, I can do something else. After all, aren't I the dead-last that should be blessed to even be considered a ninja?" Naruto quipped, remembering the same words the teachers and other villagers said.

Yugou wanted to scream, both at Naruto making up bullshit on his skill and the villagers and everyone's words against him, but she takes a deep breath to calm herself.

" Naruto, you shouldn't speak like that and you actually got the bells and put up a better fight than both of your teammates, you should be proud." Yugou calmly said, as she feels very frustrated.

"Hmph." Naruto looks around, looking a little worried for some reason.

"So, sensei, do we pass?" Yakumo decided to ask,

"Yes, you all pass." Yugou closed her eyes,

Yakumo cheered while Satsuki accepted the pass with a semi-resentful smile that she didn't manage to pass under her skills and only through the help of Naruto.

"Remember this phrase and engrain it into your minds, Those who break the rules are scum, but those who abandon their comrades are worse than scum. Remember that phrase, you three. I don't care what beef you three have with each other, but you three are now teammates, you don't have to like each other, but you have to protect each other on the field. If you can't swallow your disdain for each other, Satsuki, Naruto, you may turn in your headbands now. The same goes for you too, Yakumo." Yugou got it straight with them; all three were silent as the words sunk in.

"No problems? Good. Now let's get out of here, for the teams who have passed their exams, they are having a meet-up at Yakiniku Q's but I need to go make my report so enjoy." Yugou said as she led them out of the forest before leaving to write her report.

Yugou left, as all that remained were just her and her other two teammates.

He then cracked his neck and rolled his shoulders as he made to leave before Yakumo stopped him, "Naruto, wait! Don't you want to celebrate with us?" Yakumo asked, but Naruto shook his head, looking concerned.

"No thanks." Naruto said, looking around. Satsuki make her way towards him,

"Come on, we are teammates now, and Yugou-sensei wants us to be at the restaurant. I'm not going to have you jeopardise my chances of being a ninja." Satsuki said, Naruto gave her a sharp glare, stopping her in her tracks,

"I won't, but your lack of skill speaks for itself. Besides, missing a dinner won't affect you being a ninja but I really need to go, go on without me" He then body-flickered out, leaving just the two of them.

Satsuki scoffed, "Come on."

Yakumo nodded and trailed after her, although her gaze was on the spot Naruto disappeared from as they left the area for the restaurant to celebrate.

LINE

The pair walked in to find the newly minted Team 7, 8, 10, and 12 waiting for more people at Yakiniku Q as Kushina stood up to greet them, "Team 13 made it! Congrats!" Then she didn't see Yugou nor Naruto.

"Where's Yugou and Naruto?"Kushina asked, Satsuki dropped herself in a seat, not really willing to talk as Yakumo took a seat next to her,

"Um, Kushina-sensei, Yugou-sensei had to report something and Naruto said he had something important to do." Yakumo said, unsure of it.

"What important thing?" Kushina asked,

"He didn't tell us. I swear, I'm gonna find out what makes him tick, I still don't know how he did it." Satsuki wanted to spit, Kushina took a seat as

"What did she do?" Memna asked, wanting to know.

"He fought Yugou and beat her and got the bells." Yakumo said, to their surprise, none of the other teams got the bells.

"What?!" Kurenai exclaimed, "There's no way that's possible."

"Well it did happen. I had to dig myself out of that damned headhunter jutsu she put on me with Yakumo's help after she had to break his multi-layered genjutsu she placed her in. We found them sitting down. When I demanded answers, he refused to speak until Sensei talked where he somehow got the bells and she said we all passed then to come here." Satsuki growled,

"And you didn't force him to come?" Mito asked, wanting to know more about Naruto after hearing this,

"He body-flickered out." Yakumo sighed

"Regardless, we will talk to him later on."Kushina said

"What was the jutsu he used on him?"

"He refused to say anything. But it must have been a nasty one, as the 5 trees around them are all cut down." Satsuki spat,

Kushina was completely interested but only sighs over the distance between her and her own child.

'What kind of jutsu did he perform? Hmph, no matter. When I return home, we will work on getting closer.' Kushina thought as she looks around to see

Kurenai focused on her meal. Kiba was focused on his food along with Chouji and Shino.

Shikamaru found the matter troublesome and poked around his food, but Naruto popped up in his thoughts every now and again with the thought of him becoming guilty. The guilt of doing nothing, he bit his tongue to force the thought away,

'It's too troublesome to think about so stop thinking about it, dammit!' Shika thought,

"Shika?" Chouji asked, giving him a worried look before he gave him a reassuring smile and waved off his worry as he chewed on a piece of a barbeque.

Ino and Sakura were gossiping about Sasuke while he was poking fun at his sister and asking her for more details about how her test went. Yakumo made to eat silently with Sai as she made soft conversation with Hinata. Mito and Memna were eating and comforting Kushina who was in a bad mood from the lost opportunity.

Kakashi was eating and using a fake book cover over his Icha Icha book to read as he ate, Asuma was comforting Kurenai's ruffled feathers.

The rest of the meetup continued as usual before all the genin were dismissed as the jounin made to report to the Hokage about the genin who had succeeded.