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Team Testing
Naruto arrived at the Hokage Tower about fifteen minutes after leaving his new teammates. He walked into the tower and headed strait for the Hokage's office. When he got there he walked in and saw the Choji and Hinata were already there along with the Hokage, his Jonin-sensei, and two other people.
The first was a man wearing a chunin jacket, ANBU pants, a bandana with the kanji for fire around his waist, smoking a cigarette, black hair, and a black beard. The second one was a woman with shoulder length black hair, red eyes, an outfit that looked like it was made out of bandages with only a sleeve on her right arm.
"Sorry I'm late Jiji, but someone with silver hair didn't show up on time" Naruto said with a slight glare at Kakashi.
"It's all right Naruto. I expected this to happen when I assigned Kakashi as your sensei" the Hokage replied with a slight chuckle.
"My I ask who the other two are?" Naruto questioned him.
"Of course, though I think I'll let them introduce themselves" the Hokage said as he motioned for the other two to introduce themselves.
The man stepped forward first and bowed "I'm Asuma Sarutobi. The Jonin-sensei of Team Ten, which includes Choji."
The woman stepped forward next "I'm Kurenai Yuuhi. The Jonin-sensei of Team Eight, which Hinata is apart of."
Naruto looked from them to the Hokage with confusion "Why are they here?"
"So that they can learn about the weapons you three have received and what to expect of you three" the Hokage told him with a smile. "Before I can tell them though we have two others that are running late" he said as he looked to the door behind Naruto.
At that moment two men walked in. One was a large man wearing some armor over top of his clothes and very long red hair down to about his mid back. The other one was wearing a formal looking black kimono, long black hair, and had the same eyes as Hinata.
"Ah, Chouza, Hiashi, I'm glad you could make it" the Hokage said with a smile.
"Now that we're here I would like to know why you've summoned us" the man with the same eyes as Hinata asked a bit demanding.
"Of course Hiashi. The reason you were all called here is because I wish to inform you of an event that took place last night and what came from it" the Hokage said with a serious voice.
"Last night due to a traitor we almost lost the Forbidden Scroll," he said with a sigh.
Everyone in the room but Naruto gasped.
"Fortunately Naruto here was able to stop them and in the process found some powerful scrolls. Those scrolls contain items for certain specially selected people. Now before I go any further I would like to know if any of you have heard of the Mystic Knights," the Hokage asked of the adults in the room.
"I believe that there's a myth about them," Kurenai said quickly.
The others nodded.
"You're right. Though they weren't a myth," the Hokage told her.
"What do you mean they weren't a myth?" Kakashi asked a little surprised.
"They were alive thousands of years ago and defeated that great evil from the stories. There was just one problem, that evil left behind two seeds that were meant to carry out its plan centuries later" the Hokage informed them.
"As fascinating as this sounds. What does it have to do with Naruto finding some scrolls and us being called here?" Hiashi asked with slightly annoyed.
"The scrolls that Naruto found were meant for the next generation of Mystic Knights to find and open. Your daughter along with Choji and Naruto have each opened one of the scrolls. They are now members of the Mystic Knights. The reason you're here is so that I could inform you all of this as well as let you know that these three will have to work together at some point to stop the evil I told you about. I also have to inform you that everything I've told you is a S-class secret," the Hokage told them all.
Chouza smiled and slapped Choji on the back "I'm very proud of you son."
Hiashi on the other hand scowled "I'm afraid that Hinata will have to give up on being a Mystic Knight. As a Hyuga she isn't allowed to learn anything outside of our clan techniques." He then walked over and grabbed Hinata by the arm before starting to leave the room dragging her behind him.
As Hinata's father grabbed her arm she silently whispered "Deirdre."
When she did this both her and her father stopped in their tracks as their eyes glazed over.
The others in the room stared at them in shock as the two stood there without moving.
Kurenai quickly walked over to them to see if they were all right. After she was done she turned to the others with a confused look on her face "They seem to be fine. I'm not really sure what's wrong with them."
"I think Hinata took them into her mind to have a talk with whoever the previous Mystic Knight of Air is" Naruto told them as he stared at the two Hyuga's.
The Hokage chuckled "While we wait for them to rejoin us, I would like to know if there is anything the rest of you wish to discuss?"
"I was wondering if I could get transferred to another team?" Naruto asked him.
"Why would you want that?" the Hokage replied.
"My teammates right now aren't the best for me to be around. Sasuke is obsessed with revenge and wants to take the Mystic Knight weapons away from me and the others, while Sakura will do whatever Sasuke asks her to do as long as it gives her a chance to be with him" Naruto told him with a sigh.
"I see. Unfortunately there is nothing I can do for you until after the team tests tomorrow. Then if one of the other teams passes and they have a Genin that doesn't work out on their team then I might be able to transfer you," the Hokage told him with a sad smile.
"I think I might be able to help with that. One of my Genin's might not fit well with the other two. If my team passes and Kakashi's passes as well we might be able to switch team members" Kurenai told them.
"That sound like a good idea. Though we'll have to wait until after the team tests tomorrow to do it," Kakashi replied with an eye smile.
(Inside Hinata's Mind)
Hiashi was slightly disorientated after grabbing his daughters' arm when everything went black. When he looked around he saw that he was in a huge field of flowers. He also noticed that his daughter was standing next to a dark haired women in a long flowing white dress.
"Who are you and how did we get here?" he asked the women in a condescending tone.
"I'm Queen Deirdre, former Mystic Knight of Air," she told him as she started to approach him.
"How can that be? You've been dead for thousands of years" he responded with a little shock in his voice.
She nodded as she continued to walk towards him.
"So we've been killed somehow and we're now in the afterlife. Though that doesn't explain why you're here instead of my wife and the rest of our family that has passed on," Hiashi replied in a somber tone.
Deirdre stopped in front of him "You're not dead. You're inside of your daughters mind. In fact she brought you here so that we could have a chat."
"Why would she do that? I don't see why I would have to talk to you," he said to her with a little haughtiness in his voice.
"She did it so that I could explain to you why she was chosen to be a Mystic Knight. Also, your wife Hiori and I had a small chat before I came down to help Hinata with her destiny. She's not happy" Deirdre told him as she leaned in towards him.
He paled when he heard about his wife's displeasure.
"I thought that would get your attention. She said to become the man that she married or you'll have to face her punishment when you pass on. The Shinigami even okayed it for her to punish you" she told him with a smirk.
Hiashi realized at that moment that he needed to do what his dead wife wanted or he would be in a lot of trouble when he passed on. "All right, I will allow Hinata to be a Mystic Knight. I will also treat the rest of my family better as per her dying wishes," he told her with a slightly scared look on his face.
"Good. Now both you and Hinata can go back," Deirdre told him before everything went dark for the two of them.
(Back in the real world)
Hiashi blinked his eyes to readjust them to the light of the room before he cleared his throat.
The others in the room turned to him.
"I've just had a change of heart. Hinata will be allowed to remain a Mystic Knight," he told them with a slightly pale face.
"I'm glad to hear that" the Hokage said with a smile. "Now that that's been resolved I think this meeting is over for now. Kakashi I want you to escort Naruto and Scorch back to their apartment. The rest of you can head home. I hope our three Genin's pass their team tests tomorrow," he told them before they left.
"You don't have to come with me Kakashi-sensei" Naruto said to him as they walked down the street.
Kakashi chuckled "Actually I do Naruto, the Hokage ordered me to. Besides I'm you teams sensei at the moment, which means I have to look after you."
Scorch turned his head to look at Kakashi "I was wondering if you could give us any hints about the test tomorrow, Kakashi-sensei."
"Unfortunately I can't give you any. If I did, your teammates would be at a disadvantage during the test. I need the three of you on even footing. It's the only way for me to do the team test," he told him with what could only be call an eye smile.
Naruto shrugged "Well I just hope that I can pass the test tomorrow. That way I can get transferred to Kurenai-sensei's team."
"I was hoping to keep you on my team, but after what you told us in the Hokage's office I don't blame you" he replied with a sigh.
Just then they arrived at Naruto's apartment.
"Guess this is where we go our separate way. Remember we're meeting at Training Ground Seven tomorrow at eight and don't forget to skip breakfast." Kakashi said as he watched Naruto enter his apartment with Scorch.
After they got inside Naruto picked Scorch up off of his shoulder "Do you think I should talk to Rohan before I go to bed?"
"Yeah, he might be able to give you some advice about tomorrow" Scorch told him with a yawn.
"All right, while I do that why don't you get some rest" Naruto said as he walked into his bedroom.
Scorch nodded slightly as his eyelids started to droop.
When Naruto got to his bed he sat Scorch down, who preceded to curl up like a kitten, and got changed into his pajama's. He then sat down on his bed and put the sword on his lap, as he got ready to talk to Rohan.
As Naruto appeared in his mind he was meet by the sight of Rohan using his sword against what looked like a wooden sparing dummy. He stood there and watched as Rohan reduced the dummy down to a pile of splinters in few attacks from the sword. When Rohan was done Naruto started to clap "That was awesome! When are you going to teach me to do that?"
Rohan turned to him "I'm glad to see you liked that, but I'm afraid I wont be able to teach you any of that."
"Huh? Why not?" Naruto asked him in confusion.
"I can't teach you any of the physical aspects of being a Mystic Knight, because it wont transfer to your physical body from here. I will be able to teach you the rest of what you need to know to be a Mystic Knight" Rohan told him.
"Like what?" Naruto asked as he crossed his arms.
"Well first is that only you will be able to use 'The Sword of Rohan' in combat. Also, while you hold the sword you are immune to almost all fire" he told him as he dismissed the sword from his hands.
"That sounds good, but why is the sword called 'The Sword of Rohan'?" Naruto asked him even more confused than before.
Rohan shrugged his shoulders "I really don't know. It was called that before I was even born. Now is there anything new that's happened?"
Naruto nodded as he told him everything that happened that day.
Rohan smiled "I'm glad to hear that you've found two of the other Mystic Knights. Though I think you might have a problem during your team test tomorrow. I suggest you keep an eye on both Sasuke and Sakura. No telling what those two might try."
"Yeah, I just hope that I can pass the test so that I can be transferred to Kurenai's team" Naruto replied.
"I wish you good luck on the test. Also, I recommend that you do a little exercising if your sensei is late for the test tomorrow. If there is nothing else I think you should go, so that you can get a good night's rest," he told him while patting him on the back.
Naruto shook his head before his vision went black and he was back in his bedroom. He then leaned his sword against his nightstand and then went to sleep.
The next day at Training Ground Seven found Naruto and Scorch arriving at exactly eight o'clock. When they got there they saw both Sasuke and Sakura sitting down next to a few logs sticking out of the ground. He then looked around and saw that their sensei was nowhere to be seen. He then shrugged before he walked about twenty feet away from his two teammates. Where he took his sword off of his back and sat it down, while letting Scorch climb off his shoulder to sit next to it. Next he sat down next to his sword and started to do some sit-ups.
Sasuke glared at Naruto "He doesn't deserve that sword. It should be mine. I will find someway to take it form him, even if I have to kill him to get it."
Sakura was looking between both Sasuke and Naruto, before she got up and walked over to Naruto "What are you doing?"
"He's getting some exercise in before your sensei gets here," Scorch told her as he let out a small jet of flame.
Sakura took a step back when Scorch let out the jet of fire "Why would he want to do that?"
"Maybe so he can be well stretched for whatever your sensei wants to do as a test" Scorch replied with another spurt of fire.
Sakura backed up further shaking her head. She then turned and walked over to where Sasuke was sitting. "Can you believe him? He's just going to tire himself out before Kakashi-sensei gets here and fail the test."
All Sasuke did was grunt in response to her question.
Sakura turned back to watch Naruto while shaking her head "Sasuke's so cool with his 'I don't care attitude', but Naruto has just been so weird since he got that sword."
After that Sasuke and Sakura continued to watch as Naruto kept exercising. When he got done with his sit-ups he started doing push-up, and then jogged around the area, finally ended with a quick swim in the nearby river.
As Naruto got done drying himself off Kakashi appeared with an eye smile. "Good morning students" he said with a wave.
"YOU'RE LATE!" Sakura yelled as she crossed her arms over her chest.
"Calm down Sakura" he told her while thinking "If they only knew that I've been watching them since Naruto got here."
"So what's our test going to be Kakashi-sensei?" Naruto asked as he walked over to him.
Kakashi walked over to one of the logs. When he got there he pulled out an alarm clock and sat it down on the log. He then turned back to them and pulled out two bells on strings "Your test is to try and get these two bells from me before the alarm goes off at noon. If you fail to get the bells before it goes off you'll get tied to one of the logs while I eat lunch. Also, if you fail to get a bell you'll get sent back to the Academy. One last thing, no one has ever passed my test."
"That's not fair! There's two bell's and three of us" Sakura whined.
"That just mean's that two of you pass while one fails and gets sent back to the Academy" he replied with a chuckle. "When I give the signal I want you to come at me with everything you have. Come at me with the intent to kill, otherwise you wont get one of the bells. Any questions?"
All three of the Genins shook their heads.
"Good. Now, GO!" Kakashi yelled.
Sasuke and Sakura immediately jumped away and disappeared into the nearby foliage.
Naruto on the other hand stood there for a few seconds before he sat down on the ground with his arms crossed.
Kakashi stared at him for a few seconds before he walked over to him and crouched down in front of him. "Why aren't you trying to attack me or hiding like your teammates?" he asked him with a hint of confusion in his voice.
"Because every time you or Jiji talked about this test you always emphasized the fact that it was a 'Team' test. And with being teamed with Sasuke and Sakura I know I have no chance of trying to get those bells from you without their help. So I'm just going to sit here and wait for you to either pass us or fail us," Naruto told him with a huge frown on his face.
Kakashi was about to give Naruto an answer when Sasuke jumped out of the foliage and quickly went through hand signs before taking a deep breath and yelling "Katon: Endan no Jutsu!" When he exhaled his breath he unleashed a fireball about the same height as him that sped towards Kakashi and Naruto were sitting.
When Kakashi heard Sasuke he turned to look at him and as he saw the fireball coming at him and Naruto he jumped out of the way and yelled "Naruto Move!"
Naruto saw the fireball coming at him and remembered what Rohan had told him the night before about his sword's ability to protect him from fire. He stood up and pulled his sword off of his back before putting it in front of himself just before the fireball hit him.
At the same time Sasuke used the fireball against Kakashi and Naruto, Sakura watched from her hiding place and screamed when it hit Naruto.
"What is he doing? He's going to get killed if he doesn't move" Kakashi thought as he watched the fireball hit Naruto and sit there for a few seconds before it turned to smoke and started to dissipate. As the smoke was starting to clear Kakashi appeared behind Sasuke and quickly shoved him to the ground asking "What have you done Sasuke?"
"I've just gotten rid of a weakling ninja and claimed what should have been mine," he told him with a smirk as his face was pressed into the dirt.
They then heard coughing coming from inside the smoke before they watched Naruto walk out of it putting his sword back on his back. "I'm so glad that that worked. Though I'm going to have to remember to close my mouth next time" he said as he started to pet Scorch on his head.
Kakashi stared at him wide-eyed "Y-You're alive! How?!"
Naruto turned to look at him "It's easy. I was told that my sword could protect me from almost all fires. So I used it to protect me from Sasuke's attack."
"NOOO! You were supposed to die so I could get the sword! Something that powerful should be mine so I could kill Itachi and bring back my clan!" Sasuke yelled from the ground.
Kakashi looked down at Sasuke "What is wrong with you? Are you insane, trying to kill a fellow Konoha ninja!"
"I'm an Uchiha! I deserve anything that will make me more powerful. Especially if it will help me kill Itachi" Sasuke continued to rant.
At that moment Naruto walked up to Kakashi and Sasuke. After he got in front of them he kicked Sasuke in the mouth as Scorch ran down his leg.
"What are you doing Naruto?!" Kakashi yelled at him.
"Paying him back for what he tried to do to me" he told him with a grunt.
"I've got the bells" Scorch said as he ran back up Naruto's leg to his shoulder.
Kakashi quickly looked down to his belt where he had put the bells and saw that they were gone. He then looked at Scorch and saw that he had them dangling from one of his claws.
Naruto reached up and took the bells from Scorch "I guess the test is over Kakashi-sensei."
"What do you mean?" he asked slightly confused.
"I'm going to give these bells to Sasuke and Sakura so that we pass this test" he told him as he threw them down in front of him.
Kakashi sighed before he yelled "Sakura, get out here!"
It took a few seconds for her to come out of hiding. When she did she landed next to Naruto and glared at him.
"All right, I'm going to pass this team. But, as of right now Naruto is going to be transferred to Team Eight. After I take Sasuke to the hospital I'm going to report to the Hokage everything that happened here. Now I want you two to go home" Kakashi told them as he got up and threw Sasuke over his shoulder.
They both nodded before he disappeared in a swirl of smoke and leaves.
Sakura turned to Naruto and Scorch "I'm sorry that Sasuke tried to kill you with that fireball, but if you would've just given him that sword and those other weapons he wouldn't have done that."
Naruto shook his head "You don't get it do you Sakura. I can't give this sword up even if I wanted to, which I don't. The only ones who can even pick up these weapons are the ones wielding them right now. Besides, Sasuke needs to learn that he can't get everything he wants. I hope you two can get along with your new teammate. I'll see you around town" he told her as he walked away to head back to his apartment.
Sakura just stood there staring at him as he walked away.
A/N: Well that's it for this chapter. I'm sorry it's taking me so long to put these out, but I'm having some trouble getting motivated enough to write them. I'm going to try and start putting these out faster.
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