1Disclaimer: of course I don't own Naruto...wish I did though.

Claimer: I do own my OC. Hotuharu, Eikichi. So don't mess with him.

I haven't updated in a helluva long time...and so my c2 leader got mad at me and criticized me seeing as I'm on his staff. So, to continue the legacy of the seven swordsmen, I must update...for those who read the story...as a recap. Naruto realizes who he is and what he is. Now, the Genin cells have been formed and Naruto gets paired with Eikichi and Sasuke. What will happen next? Keep reading.

As Naruto walked down a hallway half an hour later, he felt dazed. Was he really a failure? And not only that...was he such a failure that he had to be paired with Sasuke and Eikichi? Both were his eternal rivals...and therefore, he would have to surpass them. Naruto was so caught up in his own thoughts that he didn't notice Sakura standing in the hallway and staring blankly at the wall before her. Naruto cautiously approached her.

"Sakura?" he asked softly.

Apparently, she couldn't hear him...Naruto walked directly up to her and saw that she had a dead look on her face, almost zombie-like. Naruto waited until he was standing next to her before he spoke again.

"Sakura." he muttered.

There was still no response. He slowly reached out to touch her. However, before his hand could even make contact with her skin, Sakura's hand flew out to catch his. Moments later, he was flipped into the wall. As he crashed through it, Sakura seemed to awaken from a deep sleep.

"N-Naruto?" she asked, sounding dazed and slightly surprised.

"Dammit..."Naruto swore, slowly standing.

Sakura stared at him for a few moments before turning back to the wall again.

"What's wrong?" Naruto asked sympathetically.

"Apparently, I'm not qualified to be in a squad of three...so to balance the last cell out, a cell of four was created..." Sakura moaned. Naruto paused...squads of four were unheard of...

"Who's in you cell?" he asked as politely as possible. However, Sakura seemed to distressed to care much anyway.

"Shikamaru, Chouji, and Ino." was her short solemn answer. Naruto paused. That had to be the crappiest squad around...

"Well, it could be worse...at least you're not stuck with Uchiha Sasuke and Hotuharu Eikichi."

Sakura sighed. Naruto failed to realize the beauty of the two men he had just named...she would've gladly taken his place. Naruto was about to continue the conversation when a head poked out of a door a few feet up the hallway and on the left side.

"Hurry up dobe...you don't want to be late on the first day." Sasuke muttered in his calm drawl.

Naruto began to shake with anger.

"How dare you look down on me!" he roared while jabbing his finger at Sasuke. Sasuke frowned slightly. Naruto was too much of an idiot...he would not degrade himself to such low standards. Therefore, Sasuke merely shrugged and walked back into the classroom. If anything, this made Naruto even madder.

"How dare he brush me off like that!" Naruto muttered. Unfortunately, he was talking of Sasuke in such low standards next to the creator of the "I love Sasuke club". There was no way he would get away with such insults...moments later, Naruto was quite alone in the hallway with blood steadily dripping out of both nostrils.

As Naruto stood, he cursed Sasuke. Although the incident was indirectly related, Sasuke bred this hatred towards him...as these thoughts of hatred ravaged Naruto's mind, his eyes began to turn a blood red color. The bleeding in his nostrils ceased immediately and his bruises healed themselves within moments. As Naruto stepped towards the classroom, he saw Hinata approaching him from a classroom further down the hallway.

Hinata had a bad habit of looking down as she walked, meeting noone's eyes. She wore loose pants and a tannish colored coat. As she neared Naruto, she saw his feet first. She stopped suddenly and slowly looked up. By this time, Naruto had returned to normal.

"N-Naruto K-kun..." she whispered shyly while turning slightly red. Naruto smiled.

"Oh, Hinata! How're you?" he asked. Her blush deepened as she began to twiddle her thumbs and nervously look anywhere but at Naruto. Her lips trembled horribly as she struggled to find her voice. Moments later, she was tearing down the hallway and out of sight. As Naruto stood there looking puzzled, his watch's alarm went off...signaling the hour that he was supposed to meet his Jounin sensei. He shrugged, stifled a yawn, and proceeded into the classroom to face his destiny.

As Naruto entered the classroom, both Sasuke and Eikichi perked up for a moment before realizing that it was Naruto. As Naruto glanced at both of them sitting three seats apart, he detected a slight resemblance between the two...they both had the same dark, piercing eyes...As Naruto took a seat, he wondered what their Jounin would be like. Three hours later, he was still wondering. Just as he began to fall asleep, the door slid open. Instantly, the three Genin locked their eyes on the door.

As Naruto continued to stare at the door, he spotted no one...Suddenly, he was able to detect everything in the room with a higher perceptibility. His nose detected a scent that matched no one's in the room. In fact, the scent belonged to a new person altogether. Naruto spun around and with his sharp blood red eyes, was able to see a figure stalking around the room. As Naruto sensed the chakra resonating off of the man across the room, one thought entered his mind. "Kill..."

Naruto rushed forward with Kyuubi's lust for blood just as Sasuke and Eikichi moved as well. Moments later, Naruto lay on the floor, his head under a firmly placed foot. Sasuke and Eikichi also lay on either side of him. As Naruto struggled to see who had stopped all of them, he was surprised to see a full grown man squatting on top of his head...the man's arms were firmly locked and holding both Sasuke and Eikichi's heads in the ground. As he looked at the three Genin under his feet, he chuckled.

"I like you guys already..."

Naruto beamed with pride...the one thing he desired most was now counted...acceptance.

Alrite folks, that's chapter two! Give me some reviews so I can know what I should improve upon and whatnot...