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A Temporary Team:
A day after Kakashi and Naru graduated from the academy they were summoned to the Hokage Tower to be given their temporary team assignment.
To celebrate her early graduation, she had gotten a new outfit, one she was rather proud of. Naru's new outfit consisted of a black sleeveless top, black arm warmers that cut off at her shoulder blades with white metal arm protectors, white ninja shorts with black knee-high socks, and the standard ninja sandals. She wore her hair down and her forehead protector across her forehead, all in all, she looked good.
Naru's new outfit wasn't just for show; however, although she wore the standard kunai holster around her left leg, she had modified her outfit by equipping it with seals so she could hide weapons in her uniform. It was a feature she was rather proud of, and she had done the same to Kakashi's outfit per his request.
Her outfit gained her a few glances from civilians and shinobi alike as she made her way towards the Hokage Tower. Kakashi who was walking beside her took notice of this, although, he tried to pretend he didn't, and for reasons he didn't understand, it bothered him that his friend was getting so much attention from older males.
The two friends walked into the tower and informed the Hokage's secretary that they had a meeting planned with Lord Third; the secretary told them they could go in, so that's what they did. When the two walked into his office, they were surprised to find a Jonin standing in front of the Hokage's desk along with another young shinobi.
The Jonin was tall and had his hair pulled up in a long ponytail, and he wore the standard Jonin outfit; Naru immediately recognized him as Ino's dad Inoichi Yamanaka. Naru wasn't surprised to see since she knew he was the same age as her dad in her previous life who she wasn't expecting to see was Tenzo.
"Holy Crap! What is Tenzo doing here? I thought he was a few years younger than Kakashi in our previous life," she thought.
It wasn't that Naru wasn't happy to see the wood user, it was just that she wasn't expecting to meet him again so soon; never the less though, she was excited to work with him.
Sarutobi Hiruzen smiled at the two newly instated Genins as they entered his office, "Ah, Naru Chan and Kakashi Kun, you're right on time," he said.
The two bowed at him showing their respect for the village leader, which pleased Inoichi because he gave them an approving look.
"Naru chan and Kakashi Kun, I'd like you to meet Inoichi Yamanaka your new sensei, and Tenzo, your new teammate," Hiruzen continued.
The two children bowed to their new sensei and teammate, "Nice to meet you, Inoichi Sensei, Tenzo Kun," they said, although, they were tempted to add chan to the end of Tenzo's name because he looked like a girl with his long hair.
Tenzo smiled shyly at them, "Nice to meet the both of you," he said.
Naru and Kakashi returned the smile.
Inoichi cleared his throat, "Let's save the introductions when we get to the training field," he said.
The new team turned to the Hokage and bowed farewell, and then they followed Inoichi out the door, leaving the aged Hokage to smile after them.
" I think those three will make a pretty good team it's most unfortunate that it's only a temporary arrangement," he thought to himself.
Team Yamanaka headed towards training ground twelve after leaving the Hokage's tower; it was a training field Naru had never seen in her previous lifetime. The field was gorgeous being full of wildflowers with a large lake in the center of the field, and of course, it was surrounded by trees.
"Wow, this field is amazing. I wonder why I never saw it in my previous life," she thought.
"That was probably due to me kit, sorry," Kurama said through their mental link.
Naru mentally nodded, "It's not your fault Kurama if anything it's Obito's," she said mentally.
The kitsune was about to respond, but before he could Inoichi, signaled everyone to pay attention. "Alright, everyone, let's get started. Just so we're clear this is a temporary team, but until the time comes to disband us we will function as an ordinary team. Do I make myself clear," he said.
"HAI," the three children said.
Inoichi smiled at them then, "Ok, now that that's out of the way why don't we introduce ourselves. I'll go first," he said.
"I'm Inoichi Yamanaka; my likes included my friends and family, and I dislike war. Your turn Tenzo Kun," he said.
The young boy gave a bow, "I'm Tenzo, my likes are training and wood carving, my only dislike at the moment is snakes, I absolutely hate them," he said.
Inoichi pointed to Kakashi to go next.
Kakashi gave a short bow, "I'm Kakashi Hatake, I like my family and friends, I dislike war. My goal in life is to be a splendid shinobi," he said.
Naru smiled at him, "You will Kakashi," she thought.
Inoichi smiled at him before turning to Naru.
Naru smiled, "I'm Naru Namikaze, I like my family and friends, I dislike war. My goal is to become strong enough to protect my comrades," she said.
Inoichi nodded pleased with their answers, "Ok now that the introductions are out of the way it's time for a little test," he said. The three younger shinobi stood in attention waiting to hear what the test would be.
Inoichi grinned at them, " The goal of the test is to see how well you can evade capture, you three have an hour to successfully try and avoid me, understand" he said.
Hai," the three genins said.
Inoichi smirked, "Good your time starts now," he said. The three genins then dispersed like leaves into the trees.
Author's note: Next up The Test. I hope that this chapter and the coming chapters do a better job of giving details. And as always, reviews are appreciated.