Naruto was running. He couldn't have been much more than 8 years old. His hair wasn't the usual sunshine blonde, no it was a muddy blackish-red. His shirt, normally white, was cut to ribbons. His pants weren't in a much better situation, as they showed that they were covered in holes as well. All in all, everyone and their mama could tell that Naruto was clearly wasn't having a good day. No, Naruto was having a very shitty day, a poor week, a sorry month, really the entire year had been bad.
Naruto was running, no limping in a hurried manner, through the streets of his homeland, Konoha. A slight buzz in the air behind him, made him jump up onto a rooftop from the street. It didn't matter though, because Naruto still felt the red-hot pain of being cut into all over his left side. All on his left side, his shoulder, right above his elbow, his ribs, his thigh, his knee and his calf. Everything mentioned was covered in slash marks from Shuriken and Kunai that had been tossed at him from behind.
Naruto dropped to one knee, gasping for air. His lungs burned, and his blood was leaking from his body. The wounds that usually hissed and closed within moments of being inflicted, had remaining open. Naruto wasn't sure what was causing this unusual development, but he knew that if he didn't manage to close the wounds quickly, he wouldn't last much longer.
A ninja dropped down in front of Naruto, a standard run of the mill Jonin.
"Naruto, who are the people who did this to you?"
Naruto smirked and said "Well Hurigi-Sensei (Huer-Ge), you know that the civilians always try to attack me. Although, this hasn't really happened since I became a ninja over a year ago."
Hurigi smirked and pulled out a Kunai and slashed at Naruto, causing him to flinch.
Naruto awoke, covered in sweat and trying to shake off the effects of the night terror that had plagued his dreams. He hadn't remembered much, a series of sharp pains that had been all over his body, a spike in anger, and a flash of red. He looked at his bedside clock, it was 5:37 in the morning, he didn't need to be anywhere until 7 am.
Naruto got up showered and made himself breakfast, because who gave a shit what Kakashi said, a man got to eat. Slipping on his training gear, a black skin tight shirt with a set of black pants, Naruto was ready to leave at 6:45 AM.
Training Ground 7 was one of the more normal and standard training grounds, it had a large forest perimeter, a river that passed by on one side, solid earth bedrock, had a large open area. That meant that it was suitable for Fire, Wind, Earth, Lightning, and Water techniques.
The only thing off about the training grounds that wasn't standard, was the 3 stumps in the middle of grounds, but Naruto heard they were for a special test that Hokages of the past used on their Genin teams.
Naruto was the first to arrive, followed by Sakura, and the Sasuke. The trio of Genin had all arrived by 6:55, 5 minutes earlier than 7 AM. They kind of just sat there in silence, something that Naruto and Sasuke were more than comfortable with. After a minute or two, Sakura decided to break that silence.
"So, Naruto is there a reason that you never got promoted? I mean if you don't mind" she had rushed in that last part at the glance that Naruto gave her.
Flashback:
Naruto sat inside of the classroom, ready for his team to be assigned to him. In the week since Naruto managed to pass, he had kind of turned his entire life around. He stopped pranking people, he brought clothes that weren't orange. He actually ate an orange for the first time, as he started using the Ninja Handbook Dietary guide to buy and eat healthier.
All in all, Naruto was pulling around a losing franchise. Because, sometimes all that it takes for you to better yourself, is one small victory. A random generic Chunin entered the room and said
"I want to congratulate the group of you, what you've achieved is nothing to laugh at. Not everyone manages to make the cut, some drop out and others lack the ability to make it to this point. I look forward to with each and every single one of you at some point in the future.
Now, let's assign the teams …. Team 10, your Sensei is Asuma Sarutobi."
Naruto looked puzzled as did some of the other kids, as none of them heard his name called when he had graduated like the rest of them.
Hana, one of the better and closer friends that Naruto had, raised her arm and said, "You didn't call Naruto's name. He wasn't assigned to a team, but he graduated like the rest of us"
Naruto turned a bright red as this was brought up and was thankful that nobody laughed.
The Chunin looked over the paper in his hands, reading through it, and finally must have read the answer. "Genin Uzumaki, Naruto is to report to the Hokage's office to enter the Shinobi Reserves Program due to the uneven amount of Genin in this graduating class."
"Wait, what does that mean?" blurted out Naruto before he could stop himself.\
"What it means Naruto, is that you're guaranteed to become a Genin, you are a full shinobi in terms of rank and career, but you will not have a Jonin Sensei for the moment. This is the spring class, so you might be getting one when the Summer Class ends in 8 weeks, or you might have to wait until the next Fall class ends in August."
Flashback end:
Naruto shook himself free of his little space out and realized that both of his younger teammates were looking at him, waiting for him to blow up on Sakura or just answer her question. He chose to do the later of the two options.
"Well, as I told you before, I was the odd one out in my class. 31 students, 10 teams and a left over, for whatever reason, they decided that meant that the left over was me. However, I think that it worked out for best, because I got to train non-stop for almost 8 months before I even got my first mission."
Sasuke seemed interested in this and asked, "How exactly does one go about getting put on the reserves list?"
"You can't choose to be on the list, you are put on the list. If you suffer a long term injury like losing a couple of fingers or your leg, you can get put on the list, the injured reserve list. But you don't want to be on that list because they usually are the first to kill themselves from the stress of the lifestyle."
"Naruto, you didn't answer my question, why haven't you been promoted in 5 years?" asked again Sakura
"Umm, I haven't done anything worth being promoted for. I haven't had some life changing mission that was vital to the village, I didn't save a princess or anything. I haven't taken the Chunin exams yet either, mostly because I haven't had a team. Now, that I am put on this team, I expect that we will be nominated for the Chunin exams in 6 months."
"Why do you say that Naruto?" asked Sakura
"Because of me. I am 17 years old, the only living known member of the Uzumaki Clan, I honestly should have been a Chunin about 3 years ago. Plus, I will be putting the pressure on Kakashi to enter us, I don't get my heritage until I make Chunin."
"You're a clan heir? To the Uzumaki Clan? I've never heard of them" asked and then stated Sakura
"They're cousins to the Senju clan, but they weren't part of Konoha. They are from the Land and Village Hidden in the Whirlpools. They played the mediator between the Senju and the Uchiha when Konoha was in the process of being formed." Cut in Sasuke.
'Oh my god, Sasuke is so smart and cool' thought Sakura
"Sasuke is right, we're related to the Senju, my Great Aunt was the wife of the first Hokage, Mito Uzumaki. She was said to be on the same level of strength as Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju. She was even part of the fight between the two at the Valley." Said Naruto.
Suddenly, Naruto sensed Kakashi chilling in one of the trees not too far away but didn't want to say anything that might alert the other two Genin to their Sensei being so close to them. So, he waited, waited for Kakashi to reveal himself to the group. But what Naruto thought was going to be a minute or so, stretched into 10, then 30, and finally into an hour. The time had been spent being filled with small talk and
Naruto had patience, but he wasn't willing to wait an hour for a person who was literally 3 feet away.
"Kakashi, you can come out now!" called out Naruto
In a burst of smoke, Kakashi was standing in front of the trio of Genin.
"YOU'RE LATE!" screeched Sakura, causing the males of the group to cover their eyes in pain.
"Kakashi was sitting in that tree, right there for a little over an hour. I assume this was a test of your ability to detect enemy shinobi" Naruto said, being the most experienced of the trio
"Naruto is correct, so far, only Naruto is worth anything on this team. He noticed me almost immediately, but the two of you, Sakura and Sasuke, I would have killed you before you even realized it."
Pulling an alarm clock out of nowhere, Kakashi set it down on one of the 3 stumps in the middle of the training ground.
"That alarm is set to go off at exactly 9:15 AM. The goal of this exercise is to take one of these bells from me" Kakashi said, holding up a twin set of bells on a piece of string.
"But Sensei, there are only 2 bells and 3 of us. What happens if we don't manage to get one of the bells." Asked Sakura
"I was getting to that, so the person who does not get a bell will be tied to this stump, watch the people who do get bells and myself, enjoy a packed lunch from the nicest restaurant in Konoha. Then, since the people who got the bells are clearly taking their shinobi careers seriously, they will not have to return to the Academy for an extra year."
"WHAT!" shouted all three Genin.
"But you said yesterday that none of us had to take a secondary test, that we were all official Genin because of Naruto" whined Sakura
"I am a Shinobi Sakura, we lie. I've lied to people and waited for them to turn their backs, only to stab them through the heart. As a shinobi, you are expected to look underneath the underneath. No prepare yourselves, the time is 8:05. In 10 minutes, the exam will begin, and you will have an hour to take the bell, failure to do so, will result in … well you already know." Kakashi said, and with a wave of his hand, the Genin went into hiding, as they prepared to try and take a bell off of Kakashi.
Naruto was hidden just on the other side of the river, knowing that Kakashi as a trained shinobi would be able to smell him if he didn't mask his scent.
But at the moment, he was thinking about the weird situation that he and his team were in.
'There are no 2 Genin and 1 Jonin squads in Konoha, at least none that are fresh out of the academy. There is more to this story, something isn't right about this. What did Kakashi day we were supposed to do as Shinobi? Look underneath the underneath? Hmm, let's see if I can find out what that means.' Thought Naruto.
Kakashi hadn't moved, as he used his senses to see if he could locate any of the 3 Genin. Sakura was on the ground, about 15 meters behind him, hidden in a berry bush. Now, that normally would have worked, but her Cinnamon Peach shampoo didn't exactly blend with the smell of berries. Sasuke was hidden in the trees to his left, 12 meters to the tree and 4 meters up in the air. He didn't know it, but that Blue shirt and cream pants combo, didn't blend all that well with green leaves. Naruto was on the other side of the river, but there were multiple copies of his scent running around.
Suddenly Sasuke jumped down and stood off to the side of him.
"You know, you can't hide and attack from the shadows if you are standing out in the open. You do know that, right?"
Sasuke scoffed at the words of Kakashi and said, "I don't need to hide and attack from the shadows, as an Uchiha elite, I am better than the rest."
"Is that so?"
"Hn, you'll see for yourself"
"Well, let's get to it. I will not be defeated because you a quote on quote "Uchiha Elite" speaks at me."
Sasuke grit his teeth and slid into a classic Uchiha Taijustu stance.
"Okay, Taijustu is where we will begin then. Shinobi lesson 1, Taijustu" said Kakashi, as he reached into his pouch on his hip.
'If he said Taijustu, then why is he reaching for a weapon' thought Sasuke, as he directed his own hand towards his weapons' pouch, ready to draw a kunai, himself.
To his surprise, Kakashi didn't pull out a weapon, but rather an orange book that said "Make Out Paradise" as the title. Kakashi noted that Sasuke was taken back at the sight of the book.
"What are you doing with that book?" asked Sasuke
"Well 'Uchiha Elite', I don't know what you do with books, but I am reading this one."
"But why?"
"To find out what happens of course"
"But I thought we were about to fight with Taijustu?"
"We are, don't mind the book. I mean, you can come at me with everything you have. It doesn't matter if I am doing this or whatever, the result will be the same."
Sasuke grit his teeth, and launched himself at Kakashi, who ducked under his punch. Sasuke twisted his body and used the momentum of the punch to launch a powerful kick. Kakashi's free hand zipped into the perfect place to block the kick and pushed Sasuke away.
Sasuke landed on his back but jumped back to his feet and started throwing punches at Kakashi, who simply weaved in and out of the strikes that Sasuke was throwing, never taking his eyes off of his book. Finally, Sasuke spun around, and landed in on a hand stand, and used his arms to throw himself at Kakashi, feet first. Kakashi dodged, but Sasuke managed to touch the bell on the man's waist.
"Oh, look at that. The 'Uchiha Elite' managed to actually touch one of the bells. You truly are the cream of the crop." Said Kakashi, as he prepared to end this little bout with Sasuke, disappearing from view with pure speed, Kakashi was in the middle bring his chop down on Sasuke's neck when a hand gripped his wrist, stopping is progress.
"Oh, Naruto, I was wondering when you would enter the fight, took you long enough." Said Kakashi, despite his thoughts being completely different.
'When did he get so close? Better yet, how did he get so close without me being able to sense him? He is certainly more skilled than anyone gave him credit for'
Kakashi slipped his book back into his pouch and used his now free hand to jab Naruto in the arm. The jab was filled with Lightning chakra, and thus Naruto's arm spasmed as he was forced to let go of Kakashi's arm.
Both of the more experienced ninja jumped back and Sasuke turned to look at the two older Shinobi preparing to fight. Naruto rushed forward with speed Sasuke could barely follow, and that Sakura couldn't follow, and threw a punch at Kakashi.
Kakashi stepped through the punch, using his forearm to push the punch away, forcing Naruto to overextend his positioning. Kakashi aimed his next elbow at Naruto's stomach, but Naruto twisted, and lashed out with his feet.
Kakashi jumped above Naruto and twisted to send a kick at the blond haired ninja. Naruto crossed his arms above his head and blocked the kick, which Kakashi used to twist back the other way and slam his fist into the stomach of the blocking boy. Kakashi's fist slammed into a slab of wood as Naruto substituted away.
Kakashi landed and turned to see Naruto finishing some hand signs.
Lightning Style: Rushing Wolves
Kakashi's eye widen at the sight of a borderline Jonin level Justu, one that he was more than familiar with using. Channeling some wind chakra into his hand, Kakashi didn't move as the beasts of lightning came at him. Placing both of his hands in front of him, Kakashi released a pulse of wind chakra that destabilized the lightning Justu.
Kakashi looked up and saw that Naruto and Sasuke were both gone. Looking around, trying to see if he could sense any of the Genin, Kakashi let out a sign of relief, they were all gone from the immediate area.
'I am way out of shape, especially if some reserve Genin is able to go toe to toe with me for any period of time. He is really skilled though, he had the strength to do damage if I got hit. He also had the chakra to throw around a high level Justu. Okay, maybe I am a little rusty, but he's way above the level of a Genin.' Thought Kakashi as he started his search for his victims, um … I mean Genin.
With Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura
"As much as I appreciate the help back there, I didn't need it, nor do I want any more of it in the future. I am an Uchiha Elite, we work alone" said Sasuke
"Wasn't your clan famous for working together in their Uchiha Police Units?" asked Naruto
Sasuke just huffed and Sakura spoke up
"I get why you grabbed Sasuke, Naruto. But why did you grab me as well?"
"Oh yeah, so this test isn't really about getting the bells." Answered Naruto
Sasuke and Sakura both looked shocked to hear this, so Naruto asked both of them, "Have either of you seen a team with only 2 Genin and 1 Jonin?"
Getting negative shaking of the heads from both, Naruto continued on speaking.
"That's because it's always 3 of us, Genin and 1 Jonin. Konoha is legendary for the teamwork that us, Shinobi show on the battlefield and missions. That is what the test is about."
"But what about the bells? And the threat to send us back to the Academy?" asked Sasuke
"Those are threats to try and drive a wedge between us, forcing us to view each other as threats rather than help. It is so that we can all fail rather than pass."
"So, what do we do?" asked Sakura
"I have a plan" said Naruto as he began to tell him what he thought would work.
With Kakashi
He had been walking for about 10 minutes, looking for his Genin, although he wasn't trying all that hard. His face was buried into his book and he had only taken about 25 steps from his original positon, but he was making progress.
That all changed when Naruto jumped down in front of him, with Sasuke following right behind him.
"Hmm, what is this? My cute little Genin are teaming up to take on little old me?"
Kakashi didn't get an answer as Naruto rushed at him, pocketing his book, Kakashi engaged Naruto once again in hand to hand combat. However, this time Kakashi was more than prepared for the skill, strength, and speed of the Blond. However, as he finally broke through the guard of Naruto's, landing a punch to the chest, Kakashi learned that he was facing a shadow clone, as Naruto burst into smoke.
Turning to where he remembered Sasuke was, he was met with the sight of Naruto and Sasuke both finishing hand signs.
Fire Style: Great Fireball Justu
Wind Style: Great Windbreak
The fireball was launched first, but when the wind Justu was launched after it, the flames turned white and raced at Kakashi with a speed that gave him few options. Those options were cut down when Kunai rained all around him, forcing him to remain in that one location as he didn't have a substitution prepared. (A/N: Have no idea how subbing really works, so roll with it)
Kakashi channeled his chakra into his feet, this time, of the earth nature. Slamming his foot down, a solid earth wall rose up and blocked the massive flames that threatened to spill over. Kakashi had his eye closed and his clothes fluttered with the force of the flames slamming into his walls.
The flames came and passed with Kakashi's wall holding up for the most part. It was thinned as the first layers of the wall had been destroyed, but was still standing, if just barely. Naruto punched right through the wall, and Kakashi prepared himself for another exchange with the blond ninja.
However, that was put on hold, as Naruto held up a set of bells, causing Kakashi to check his waist to find that, Naruto was indeed holding the bells that Kakashi had on his waist at the beginning of the session.
Sasuke and Sakura moved to join Naruto's side and Kakashi felt a bit of pride at the three of them sticking together, but he still needed the final push from them. They needed to earn this all the way, and they really needed to get a dose of reality.
"So, congrats Naruto. You have the bells, so you get to decide which of the other 2 get lunch and gets to continue their shinobi career and which one repeats another year at the academy"
Naruto didn't say a word or do anything, as he just stared at Kakashi.
"Hmm, are you going to let them both fail then? That would certainly be interesting, as that would make you my only student. With your level of skill, we could probably get you a field promotion to Chunin within a month. Why let yourself be held back by the 2 runts, you've waited long enough, right?" Kakashi hoped that his bait would get some reaction out of Naruto, but the blond before him continued to show no emotion.
Finally, Naruto made his first move, raising the bells by the string and slicing through the string with a kunai from his pouch. Kakashi thought that Naruto was going to give the other bell to Sasuke, as he had helped the most. He was surprised that Naruto gave away both of the bells, one to Sakura and one to Sasuke.
"Do you realize what you are doing Naruto? You are risking your chance to further your career, is that something you can live with?" Kakashi tried to bait Naruto one last time, hoping for the hail may fail.
"Kakashi, you know as well as I do, that sometimes you have to sacrifice things that are important to you for the betterment of others. My career means nothing, if it comes at the cost of others. Plus, I haven't been to the academy in almost 6 years, I doubt they are going to make me do another year."
Kakashi frowned and the weather darkened around the training ground, "I guess I have no choice but to … pass all of you."
He turned away from the trio of happy Genin and said in a somber tone "Do you know why I choose Training Ground 7 for our test? It is because of this stone right here?"
"Kakashi-Sensei, what does that stone mean?" asked Sakura
"This stone is a list of the greatest heroes that the Leaf Village has ever seen Sakura."
"So, you brought us here to inspire us?" she asked
"No Sakura, these aren't just normal heroes. They are all KIA, each and every single one of them is confirmed."
Kakashi's answer brought a dark tone to the group, and it got a little worse as Kakashi continued
"The ninja names engraved on this stone, gave their lives for the Village, they paid the ultimate price for the safety of the village. The names of some of my closest friends are on here, some I watched fall and others that I was too late to save.
They say in the Shinobi world, a Shinobi who breaks the rules, written or unwritten, are trash. However, be as that may be, those who would disregard their comrades, so easily are even worse than trash. And those who don't have the decency to respect the memories of their comrades are the worst.
I hope what you take away from this day, as you begin your Shinobi lives, is that the mission is important. But it is never as important as the person to your left and right on the mission. We will meet again here tomorrow at 8 AM."
And just like that Kakashi disappeared in a burst of leaves and left the newly minted Genin alone.
Naruto turned to the other 2 and said "How about we celebrate officially becoming active roster Ninja. " Sasuke shrugged and Sakura nodded, and Naruto smiled.
'Today is the day that I've been waiting for' thought Naruto
The Hokage's Office
The Third Hokage was waiting, as was the other 9 Jonin in his office. They were of course, waiting for one Kakashi Hatake, who was of course, about 2 hours late to the meeting. The door opened and in walked the one eyed S.O.B.
"Now that Kakashi is here, we can begin. Team 1, pass or fail. I want to know why and how" said the Third Hokage
Teams 1-6 all failed, for being unable to complete a simple task or being unable to work together.
"Kakashi, how did Team 7 do? Pass or Fail?"
All of the other Jonin were borderline laughing, as they all knew that nobody could ever pass Kakashi's tests. He failed every single team that he ever took, as with his impossible expectations, nobody ever came close to passing. Nobody expected the next words that left Kakashi's mouth.
"Team 7 passed, Lord Hokage. I gave them the stand Bell Tests, and at first Sasuke engaged me alone, something about being an 'Uchiha Elite'. I was able to handle him pretty easily, while reading my book in fact." That got some sighs from the females in the room, but Kakashi didn't stop for them.
"I was about to knock out Sasuke when Naruto gripped my hand, stopping me from doing so. I was forced to use chakra to break his grip and we engaged in a Taijustu bout that ended in a stalemate. He jumped back and fired a lightning Justu at me, which he used to escape with Sasuke.
Apparently, he managed to rally the other two as he and Sasuke came back out and Naruto again engaged me in hand to hand. However, it was a shadow clone and he and Sasuke used a combination Justu, with Sasuke using fire and Naruto using Wind. I was prepared to leave the path of the flames, but Sakura used a series of Kunai based traps to pin me down to the area. I raised an earth wall to stop the flames, and although I'm not sure how they got the bells, but they did.
Naruto choose to give the bells to the other 2 and I knew that there was nothing I could do to fail them. So, Team 7 passed."
The rest of the meeting when quickly as Team 8 and 10 were highly skilled in working together.
As everyone was dismissed, Hiruzen asked Kakashi to hang back
"So Kakashi, what did you think of him?"
"Naruto is NOT a Genin level ninja. He's easily Chunin and approaching Jonin levels, if he's not already there."
"It seems that all of his training has taken hold pretty well."
"What do you mean Lord Hokage?"
"You really think that I would allow someone like Naruto to just run around untrained and inexperienced, while I didn't train every second of every day, I did train him about once a month. He is a blade that I dare not let go dull."
"He received part time training from you? That might explain why he's clearly so powerful despite the lack of formal training."
"Yes, well it was the least that this old man could do for him. Doesn't he remind you of his father?"
"Yes, he is a lot like Sensei. Does he know who his parents are?"
"No, I have remained firm on that he is not to know until he reaches Chunin status, and you are not to tell him anything that will allow him to put the pieces together. Naruto is smart, he wouldn't need much to put it all together. All that I have told him is that he is the last known Uzumaki, and that is all he will get out of either of us on the family matter"
"Okay, Lord Hokage, is there anything else that you wanted to talk about before I take my leave?"
"Yes, I know that you are late and all, but I need you to get the other 2 up to Chunin Exam level within 6 months. The exam will be held in Konoha this time and I will not allow a chance for our ninja to not be seen as overwhelming powerful. Naruto will be in the exam and he will win the entire damn thing. After he becomes a Chunin, he will be removed from your squad and either I or Jiraiya will get him up to Jonin level within in another 6 months."
"Yes, Lord Hokage. Consider it done."
A/N: Okay, we have started to progress the story. The plot is thickening, the water needs to be drained, never salt your soup before you taste it.
Okay, now to be a little more serious, we are setting to uncover some of the more interesting Naruto stories that my AU features. My Naruto is older, smarter, stronger, and all around better than Canon Naruto, was at his point in the story.
So we did the bell test, Naruto figured it out and saved the day. We got a little background on Naruto, who had some training at the hands of Hiruzen Sarutobi AKA The Third Hokage. Now, I am not sure if he will know Jiraiya, so either comment or PM what you think about that.
We also saw a bit of the push for Naruto to be in the Chunin exams, as he would be a great story for the Village to exploit, as the village is a business and Shinobi are products. In the next chapter, we will see some training, some missions, will be leading up to the mission to Wave. Oh, and of course some more Kurenai/Naruto interactions.
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