"Normal speech"

'Normal thoughts'

"Demon/Summon speech"

'Demon/Summon thoughts'

Jutsu name

flashback/memory

~locations and transitions~

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto

Chapter 11: Team introductions

~Hokage's office~

Naruto was standing in front of the Hokage in his new attire, as the old man checked the photo for his registration.

Hiruzen was impressed at the new outfit that Anko had gotten for the boy and although he never said it outloud he hated the Orange jumpsuit the boy used to wear. "Well Naruto, I have to say that I am impressed on the picture you have taken. I was afraid you would have done it with some makeup or a mask as a prank or to be funny".

Naruto chuckled nervously as he kept looking anywhere except the Hokage's eyes 'Anko-neechan told me that if I did something like that, she would use me as a practice dummy for her snakes'. "Well I didn't want to do something that might look bad in my new outfit". Naruto would have continued but he heard very quick footsteps coming from the hallway and believed that someone was running "I think someone has something important to say to you. Someone is running towards us"

Hiruzen was confused, since he wasn't expecting anyone today and he began to wonder what was the urgency from the one coming. His confusion became slight annoyance when he saw his grandson Konohamaru burst through the doors.

Naruto had turned his head to the door just to see a little kid wearing a cap over his head with some of his hair spilling out of the top showing that his hair color was brown. He was wear a yellow shirt with the Leaf villages symbol in read on the front, gray shorts with dark patches on the knees, blue sandals and a scarf that looked more than twice his size around his neck. He was also holding a shuriken in his hand with his fingers in between the blades like he was going to hit the old man in the head with a rock

Naruto gave a somewhat deadpan expression when he heard the kid start talking "time for you to meet your end old man!". As Naruto saw this little boy make his way to the Hokage, he noticed that the scarf was dragging on the floor and started to get tangled in the boys feet so he just stood there and watch as what he expected happened: the boy tripped on his scarf halfway and in front of Naruto. Naruto was trying hard not to laugh out loud and it was starting to hurt his stomach.

The boy had gotten up from the ground and looked around for what tripped and then saw the laughing blonde "you tripped me!"

Naruto could handle a lot of things but one thing he really didn't like was being blamed for something he didn't do, even though a lot of the things he was blamed for were his pranks and he didn't mind the blame then since he was guilty but it's not like they ever had proof. Grabbing the scarf he lifted the kid to his face "Hey, you tripped on the scarf your wearing! So don't go blaming me for something so stupid!"

As this was going on another person had came through the door "Honorable grandson, you shouldn't ha….release the Honorable Grandson!

Naruto turned his head to see who it was and his angered face became an annoyed one. He saw that the other person was Ebisu. Ebisu was a tall skinny man with black hair that was covered in a bandana, wearing black round rimless sunglasses and a standard jonin flak jacket. Naruto had met the tokubetsu jounin before and he gave the same look as the villagers including the hate in his voice "release the Honorable grandson you fiend. How dare you put your filthy hands on the Hokage's grandson". Hearing this Naruto looked towards the old man and saw the old man nod "yes Naruto, this is my grandson Konohamaru."

After that Naruto turned back to the kid to see a smug look on his face "yeah, so go ahead and do something". With no hesitation Naruto slammed his fist on the kids head "I don't care if you were the Daimyo himself. Your nothing but a brat". After that Naruto dropped the kid and turned to the Hokage "anyway Jiji, I am going to relax a bit since I have been training my jutsu for the last few days and I want to be ready for team assignments tomorrow". Naruto began to walk out of the room leaving an awed Konohamaru, an infuriated jonin, and an amused hokage.

Without any warning Konohamaru got on his feet and ran after Naruto. Ebisu was a little taken aback and stood there until he heard Konohamaru scream "AAaahhh".

Running out in the hall Ebisu saw Konohamaru hanging upside down, tied from his feet. Running to the Honorable grandson, Ebisu was going to see if he was alright before he untied him but after a few steps he found himself in the same position. Looking down the hall a bit he saw Naruto standing there with a foxy grin and would have yelled at the demon brat until Naruto spoke to Konohamaru "That was for being a brat" he then turned to Ebisu with a scowl on his face "and for you it was because you are just as bad as the Villagers. Ignorant and arrogant" and with that the blonde left.

Konohamaru was still in aw at that "he's so cool!"

~Iruka's classroom day of team assignments~

Every one of the graduates were back in their own seat talking to their friends trying to figure out who was going to be on their team. However there were a few that were thinking of their blonde classmate that they haven't seen since the graduation day.

Ino was resting her head in her hand as she just looked a out the window to her left, sitting in the second row, center column right behind Sakura who won the race to see who sat next to Sasuke. She wasn't so enthusiastic this day as she remembered the day of the graduation exam and how depressed Naruto looked. 'I hope Naruto is ok, like I know that he is still around since daddy told me that he picked up his order when I was delivering an order but he wouldn't tell me how Naruto was doing' she thought before she sighed and tried to get her mind off it

Ino wasn't the only one that had similar thoughts as Hinata who was sitting in the back also felt low for listening to her father about not going near Naruto and the look she saw on his face the day of graduation hurt her heart more than anything 'Naruto, I am sorry for helping you, when you needed it'. Hinata just wanted to be there for her lost friend if he needed someone to help but she knew that she didn't have the courage to help and seeing her pillar of strength hurt like that made her feel even more useless.

Both of their thoughts were interrupted when Iruka came in with a small limp and bandage on her face "Ok everyone settle down so we can get the teams set up!"

One of the civilian graduates asked what was on everyone's mind "Hey sensei what happened to you and where is Mizuki sensei?"

Iruka looked up to al the students to answer "unfortunately, Mizuki has been found guilty of giving village secrets to an enemy of the village and has been taken into custody" 'not to mention that he is also barely alive and Anko is prying everything out of him before the wound Naruto gave hive causes it. Speaking of which?' he thought as he looked around 'I know Hokage-sama must have given him the Hitai-ai'. Hey has anyone seen…"

At that moment Naruto walked into the classroom looking a little sheepish "sorry I'm late Iruka-sensei. I had to get something before I got here"

Everyone looked at Naruto but what grabbed their attention was what he was wearing. No longer wearing the neon orange jumpsuit. He was now wearing a black sleeveless muscle shirt, an open short sleeve orange jacket with white seams, that cuts off at the bottom of his ribs and white rimmed mid colar (Colar like the one on Anko's jacket), the uzumaki swirl at the center of his back, dark blue anbu style pants, black Anbu sandals that go halfway up his calf, and a sash being used as a belt that falls to his left calf that's the same color as his jacket. He also had his weapons pouch attached to his back left pocket and kunai pouch tied over some bandages that wrapped around his right thigh, and Hitai-ai being worn proudly on his forehead.

Naruto made his way to the only seat that was available right next to Sakura as he ignored the stares aim at him. Everyone had their own thoughts on the blonde walking to the seat

'Oh my god! Is that Naruto? He looks so handsome in that new outfit' Ino thought as she looked over Naruto's new look and happy when she saw his Hitai-ai

'N-n-naruto-kun!' Hinata thought as her face became red trying her hardest not to faint

'Troublesome blonde' Shikamaru thought with a small smile seeing his friend here

'Che! Dobe is still a loser' scowled Sasuke

'He is still nowhere near as cool as Sasuke-kun! CHA' thought Sakura and inner Sakura at the same time

Kiba although had something else on his mind "hey Naruto didn't you fail the exam? What are you doing here?" he said

Before Naruto could say anything, Iruka answered "due to his help on a mission, he was given a field promotion to genin, so he is here for team assignments". Iruka looked at Naruto with a smile and Naruto just nodded as he sat down

As Naruto sat down, Sakura began to rant to him "Naruto-baka, don't think you can upstage Sasuke-kun with those cloths!". Naruto had to cover his ears not only because of the volume of the rant but also because she was right next to him 'why did I forget my earplugs! Why did I forget to put a pair in my pocket! Ow'

Iruka was growing tired of being interrupted and wanted to get the teams set, so he used his Big Head Jutsu "ALRIGHT SAKURA THAT'S ENOUGH" and thankfully for both him and Naruto, she stopped and sat back down.

Naruto gave a thankful nod to Iruka as his sensei began his speech on how proud he was for all of the ones that graduated.

After Iruka had finished his speech, he began "Ok everyone it's time for me to announce the teams and their sensei, so please pay attention for your name and teammates"

Naruto started to think to himself as the teams were being announced 'at least once I get my team, I won't have to deal with high pitched screaming anymore. Wonder who will be on my team, maybe Shino, he's cool to be around. Quiet yeah, but his insect jutsu are cool or maybe Shikamaru, watching the clouds is always peaceful and good way to remove stress. Kiba would be fun, he still has the lead in our competitions and Akamaru is cool too. Choji is fine, we still haven't had our eating contest rematch hehe. Ino would be nice, I could ask her about some new flowers that I found in the forest. Hinata…...I would like to know why she ignored me for so long, so maybe this would give me a chance'

Naruto kept thinking to himself as Iruka got to team 7 "Team 7 will be a frontal assault team. It's members will be Sasuke Uchiha, Sakura Haruno" at this Sakura jump to her feet screaming "YES LOVE CONQUERS ALL, TAKE THAT INO-PIG!". Naruto couldn't bring his hands to his ears fast enough and was now in immense pain, slamming his head on the desk as his ears were ringing nonstop.

Iruka seeing this couldn't help but think 'Naruto is really not going to like this' and with a deep sigh he finished "and ….Naruto Uzumaki….."

As everyone heard this, Naruto's friends looked at Naruto in great pity as Naruto turned his head up while still on the desk "Iruka-sensei…...I hate you right now"

Iruka expected something like that but kept his composure "Sorry Naruto but it isn't my decision on who is on what team"

Naruto had pulled his hands away from his ears as he tried to get them to stop ringing with his pinkie "than at least tell me why I have to be on a team with them" he said while pointing at Sakura and Sasuke "anyone else would have been better than these 2"

Iruka looked at Naruto, wishing he could help but he couldn't "well Naruto because of you being made a genin through a field promotion, you are set at the bottom since field promotions somewhat bypass the official exams or trails for rank promotion, so your skill isn't really put into consideration. So since Sasuke is ranked rookie of the year and Sakura is ranked as the top Kunoichi, as common practice the dead last is set with the best for an even balance"

Naruto was not happy. He began to think of making someone suffer his pranks…..anyone and whoever it was, was going to have a really bad week….or month.

Sasuke just gave a smug look "hn! Stay out of my way and don't hold me back Dobe"

Naruto was really tempted to just make him a target but knew that it wouldn't be enough, he needed a big group of people.

Iruka for some reason felt like if he didn't get out soon he may suffer great humiliation so he continued "anyway your team Sensei will be Kakashi Hatake. Team 8 will be a tracking team, the members will be: Kiba Inuzuka, Shino Aburame and Hinata Hyuga, your team Sensei will be Kurenai Yuhi. Team 9 is still in circulation and team 10 will be a capture and infiltration team with it's members being Ino Yamanaka, Shikamaru Nara and Choji Akimichi, your team sensei will be Asuma Sarutobi. Congratulations everyone! You are now proud ninja of the leaf, serve the village to the best of your abilities" he ended it with a bow "you have a 30 minute break, after that please return here as your sensei will arrive after that" and with that Iruka walked quickly out the door but as he left he swore he could hear Naruto whisper "watch your back Iruka-sensei". Closing the door he bolted away, with sweat coming down his neck

~Iruka's class after break~

Naruto spent the break thinking of who to release his pent up frustration and anger, and now he sat in the same seat with his teammates as they waited for their sensei.

Everyone had already left with their sensei's while his friends kept saying "good luck" and "sorry man". That was 2 hours ago. 2 hours of listening to Sakura asking Sasuke out on a date and he kept giving his usual responses 'where is this guy! He should have been here hours ago. And Sakura should take a friggin hint! How many no's until she gets it!'. He got up from his seat and began to pace back and forth. He had the thought of pranking the sensei when he gets here but he didn't want to make a bad first impression….he will do it after they meet.

On the 3 hour mark every single one of them were frustrated with Sakura being the most vocal "WHERE THE HELL IS HE! IT'S BEEN 3 HOURS!"

The yelling wasn't helping her teammates with Sasuke getting even more annoyed and Naruto thinking of a way to shut her up 'is it possible to create a jutsu that can mute a person for a while or maybe forever'

Naruto stopped his thinking when he heard footsteps coming from the hallway "finally he's here!"

Both Sakura and Sasuke looked to the door and kept it there for 2 minutes "Naruto-baka! Stop making stuff up". She was about to hit him in the head but to here surprise she hit a silver haired man with his Hitai-ai covering his left eye.

Kakashi was extremely confused. One moment he was making his way to the class to pick up his genin team and the next moment he was on the ground with a massive headache and a head welt '...ow'

For a few seconds Sakura just stood there with her fist in the air looking down on the man until she heard the door open, and she was going to yell at the sensei but was confused to see Naruto at the door walking into the class "well done Sakura. You just punched our sensei"

Sasuke sat there looking between the man on the ground and Naruto. He couldn't believe that his sensei that was suppose to make him stronger was this man on the ground "what makes you think that this is suppose to be our sensei, Dobe?"

Naruto just shrugged his shoulders "it has to be him. He is the only other person in the building anyway right now". Naruto looked at the man as he was getting up, and for some reason he felt something really uncomfortable about him. He knew he never met the man before but it was a gut feeling telling him that something about the man felt really bad.

Kakashi finally got up rubbing his hand on the welt and looked at the 3 students around him "My first impression of you 3 is…..I hate you all. Meet me on the roof in 4 minutes" and with that he disappeared in a poof of smoke. At this all 3 ran out of the room and to the stairs

After they all arrived, they saw Kakashi leaning against the railing "well, it's about time you got here"

Naruto just made his way to the steps in front of the man and sat there, followed by his teammates

Kakashi looked at all 3 analyzing them from their posture to where their eyes were focused 'it looks like there is a lot of animosity between Naruto and the other 2, I'll have to work on that. If they pass that is'. "Ok why don't the 3 of you introduce yourselves, tell me a bit of yourselves like your name, likes, dislikes, hobbies, and dreams of the future. Why don't we start with you blondie" he said as he pointed to Naruto

With a tick mark, Naruto began to picture the man with bright green hair but would save that for later. So with some enthusiasm he started "My Name is Naruto Uzumaki! I like chicken Ramen, and the people close to me" he started 'as well as foxes' he thought to keep it a secret. "I dislike traitors, rapists, mobs, arrogant people and loud noises" he said as he looked towards his teammates on the last bit

Kakashi was starting to realize that he was going to have a tough time with this group already

"My hobbies are gardening, racing through the forest, sunbathing, training and pranks" he said the last bit with and evil mischievous glint in his eyes.

Sakura just looked confused hearing his hobbies, thinking that someone like Naruto wouldn't be able to grow anything without messing up

Kakashi was a bit surprised from hearing this, not knowing the boy had such hobbies

And with more energy and standing up Naruto finished "My dream for the future is to be the greatest Hokage ever Dattebayo!"

Kakashi just kept looking at the blonde 'at least that was expected'. Nodding his head he turned to the other 2 "well that was informative wasn't it?"

Sakura had tuned out the last of what Naruto said and just stared at Sasuke with her hands on her chin and Sasuke just gave his usual "hn"

Hearing this Naruto remembered what he picked up from his apartment "oh sensei" he said getting Kakashi's attention and reached into his jacket inner pocket, pulling out a small handmade booklet and giving it to his sensei "this should help you understand the Uchiha a bit more".

Taking the booklet Kakashi read the cover "Uchiha words and their meaning". Kakashi just raised his only visible eyebrow and opened it to the first page "The Uchiha or Brooder duckbutt, has many 1 syllable sounds and words but after much observation they have multiple meanings"

"Hn = whatever"

"'Hn' while turning the head = fine whatever"

"Hm = I'm right deal with it"

"Hm while smirking = in your face or I'm better than you"

"No = no, never, stop talking, leave me alone, go away, shut up. Further meanings yet to be discovered"

The rest of the page kept going for a few more until it had a bit more info at the bottom "there might be more meanings yet to be found but study on the Uchiha will not continue" and with small print in the corner "Written by Naruto Uzumaki and really wish I didn't"

Sasuke glared at Naruto looking like he wanted to kill the blonde "DOBE! Why the hell did you make something like that?!"

Naruto just crossed his arms and gave a growl "because Ino asked me to make it and said she would pay for 3 of my lunches at Ichiraku and the fangirls kept nagging me to do it when they found out and I DIDN'T want to deal with the fangirls!"

Sasuke just scowled harder as Sakura ranted "Naruto-baka don't do rude things to Sasuke-kun" 'CHA! How dare that Ino-pig have that when I don't'

Putting the booklet away Kakashi just moved on "ok your turn Pinkie" pointing at Sakura

Sakura not liking the nickname but not wanting to drag it on started "My name is Sakura Haruno, my likes are ….or the person I like is" looking at Sasuke, she squealed like a fangirl "my hobbies are….." look and squeal "and my dreams for the future are…." look, squeal and swoon

Kakashi sweatdropped at this "and anything you hate?"

"NARUTO-BAKA"

Kakashi turned his head to Naruto just to see the boy rolling back and forth clutching his ears

Naruto had stopped rolling around still clutching his ears hoping that his hearing would come back 'DAMN IT! Why did she have to squeal! I think she made me deaf!'. Finally sitting up straight, he removed his hands when he realized that the pink haired banshee was finished and just waited for his hearing to come back.

After a few seconds he started hearing Sasuke talk but seemed like he was almost done "...and kill a certain person"

Naruto heard this and just ignored it as he didn't care who the Uchiha wanted to kill, as long as it wasn't someone Naruto cared about it doesn't concern him

Kakashi just sighed. He didn't know what to think of this group and wondered how they would do tomorrow for the genin test "ok now that we all know each other, I should let you know that you aren't genin yet". Kakashi just waited for a reaction and got one but not one he expected

Sakura was about to scream but on sheer instinct for his well being Naruto jumped behind her and covered her mouth to stop her from screaming. Holding the struggling pink hair girl Naruto asked the question they all wanted to ask "what do you mean sensei?"

Kakashi was somewhat thankful to Naruto "well to put it simply you have not become shinobi yet. The academy tests are to weed out those who don't have the potential to be Shinobi and the genin test is to test if you can become a team" he said putting a little bit more emphasis on the word "team" "any I want you all to meet me at training ground 7 at 6 AM sharp…...oh a don't eat anything because this test will make you throw up. Ja ne" and with a wave he disappeared in a puff of smoke

After their sensei left Naruto let go of Sakura and jumped away to avoid the fist aimed at his head "well since we are free for the rest of the day….I'm off" and with that Naruto leapt off the roof to land on the street below and ignore the shocked looks from his teammates and then ran off

~Konoha streets~

Naruto was just minding his own business trying to think about what he should do for the rest of the day 'hmm maybe I should go home and practice more on the Kage Bunshin? I still can't do it like the Kawarimi and the Henge, so I might as well'

He was pulled out of his thoughts when he overheard something "...ear that Hinata-sama was put on a team with the Inuzuka and Aburame heirs?". Looking towards the sound he saw that it was 2 hyugas a good ways down the street, and with his curiosity peaking he jumped to the rooftop before they saw him and listened in on what they were saying about his former friend. "Yes I heard. I believe it's a good thing that she wasn't placed with the demon brat on her team and maybe now she will start to become more useful, instead of the meek girl that she is"

The first hyuga nodded his head "indead, it will make the order Hiashi-sama and the elders gave her to avoid the boy a moot point since they won't be around each other anymore. We don't need her to disgrace the hyuga clan anymore. Her little sister Hanabi-sama would make a better clan heir. Even if Hitomi-sama keeps insisting that her elder daughter is the rightful heir"

Naruto was stunned hearing what they said 'so the reason Hinata-chan ignored me for so long was because of her father and clan elders told her to do so?'. He began to feel sad for her and couldn't believe they could do such a thing. After the talking Hyugas left, he jumped down to the street and stared in their direction 'if they thought they could do something like this and get away with it, they are wrong!' and with that final thought he began to plan his clan wide prank. This was perfect for him as he had the need to take out the frustration he got from team assignments. He knew that it would take a lot of time and planning before he could do it but it would be worth the wait and with that he was off to get supplies for it.

Chapter end

Finally on a team and poor Naruto and his ears

More things to bring up

It was intentional that in the hokage office that Naruto's look wasn't said yet

The Uchiha words booklet bit was something I wanted to add since most of the time all Sasuke says is hn or hm

For the introductions I watched the episode with them and I gotta say it hurt to watch Sakura and Sasuke, in fact it hurt just to write it and I was tempted to just say "skip" but chose not to but got away with it a but with the loss of hearing

I wanted to add the Apartment visits here but I chose to move it to next chapter

I made it so Hinata's mother is alive and will meet naruto later. "I think there is another fic that has her name as Hitomi but for me the name kinda popped in my head so I going with it

Also I feel the Kawarimi doesn't get use that often

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