Sasuke had always despised people, contrary to popular belief. His anti-social loner persona did not suddenly immerge after his entire clan was murdered. Teachers, classmates, random civilians, they were all too willing to worship the cool brooding avenger. Dark hair, darker eyes, and a pale complexion most girls would kill for, the sole heir to the Uchiha clan. Everyone seemed so eager to befriend him now that he was someone. Everyone seemed so eager to forget his family, to forget that he was not the 'Last Uchiha'. No one questioned the massacre that had taken place in the village. A week past and it was practically old news.

Sasuke, the creep pale kid, the one that was a little too quiet, the kid with eyes so dark they seemed to draw in souls, was forgotten, brushed aside. The Last Uchiha, the handsome, brooding avenger, was whisked up and praised for the tiniest accomplishments. The lunches he made himself were always the most delicious (Itachi had been a much better cook), he received the highest score of his class (Itachi was smarter), he was the cold avenger who didn't need friends or connections (Itachi had been alone and look where that got him). The praised him from sundown to sunup and yet no one ever asked if he was okay.

He was just a boy, one that had just lost everything. No more embarrassing aunts or uncles, no more idiotic cousins, no more mom, no more dad… no more brother. Sasuke had never known pain until he awoke to find those devious red eyes, so similar to his brothers, staring back at him from the mirror. Of all the people in his family, he had never expected Itachi to go insane. His father, yes, definitely, he had been acting strange for a while now. Shisui was already insane for being able to steal his elder brothers dango and live to tell the tale. Yes, Itachi murdered the entire clan, women, children, men… everyone. Itachi… The one who could do nothing but blush every time Izumi's name was thrown haphazardly from Shisui's lips. The one who Sasuke had loved more than anything.

It was an almost ridiculous notion that Itachi would murder his family and betray Konoha. Sasuke knew his brother and that just didn't make sense. Itachi had loved Konoha almost as much as Sasuke, well, there was still a large gap, Sasuke was quite lovable. The Uchiha massacre was one of those peculiar circumstances where the more one thought about it the less it made sense. Why kill off the entire clan only to leave your brother alive? If Itachi had truly gone insane wouldn't Sasuke have been the first to die? Why wish for him to gain hatred, gain power, and come after him? Would there not have been more maniacal laughter? Would his brother have acted as though he enjoyed the pain stuck on the face of those he had harmed? These thoughts had nearly overwhelmed him.

The eventual conclusion came in the form of one Uzumaki Naruto.

"Sooo…Let me get this straight" Naruto stated with a thoughtful expression, "Your brother…"

Sasuke nodded.

"The supposed insane x-captain of the ANBU turned nuke-nin..."

Sasuke sighed and nodded.

"Want's you to hate him so you become more powerful and fight him?"

Sasuke nodded irately.

"And you just going to do that?"

He growled at Naruto's nonchalant questioning.

"That seems stupid."

Sasuke almost fell out of his seat at that statement. As he regained his dignity Naruto continued.

"I mean, why do what the crazy guy wants? Giving in to anger and hate will just make him win, right? Drag him back to Konoha and make him pay for his actions. Better yet! Next time you see Itachi pretend like you don't know who he is! That would be hilarious, dattebayo!"

Ridiculous as it was, it was a revelation Sasuke had not known he needed. Naruto was an idiot and yet he seemed to have more brains than the supposed class prodigy. As the months dragged on and he began to purposely scare the more obsessive Last Uchiha fanatics. His new Sharingan seemed to be remarkably compatible with the Genjutsu Naruto had slipped him one class. The blonde demon seemed to have a thing for causing chaos in the best of ways. Sasuke was anti-social and incredibly picky when it came to the people, he called friends. Sakura and Naruto had cemented themselves at his side and refused to leave. Sasuke would not be so willing to just allow a random half-assed rude and tardy Jonin, former ANBU or no, lead THIS trio of demons unless he proved himself. Better yet…

"I am going to kill him…" Sasuke muttered as an aura of darkness radiated around him.

Sakura glanced up from her book, irate green eyes flashing.

"Uchiha Sasuke… If you so much as make one more death threat this book is going to find itself suddenly stuck in your skull…" She growled.

Sasuke glared at her with an equally irritable expression. Naruto looked up from the seals he had been messing with, green goggles covering his eyes. Glancing between the two he sighed before continuing whatever he had been doing.

"It's your own fault for leaving my unresolved issues unresolved." He growled.

Sakura tossed the book, Sasuke dodged, one thing lead to another and every loose item in Naruto's house was flying. Of course, being the skilled Shinobi they are, nearly every projectile was evaded. The blonde in question sighed. At least everything of importance was safe– nope… and there went Mr. Ukki. Attempting to rescue the rather unlucky plant only ended with Naruto getting smashed in the back of the head with one of Sakura's weighty medical textbooks. The blonde tumbled to the floor, dazed by the sudden and unexpected concussion.

"Damnit Sasuke!" Sakura hissed, "You killed an innocent."

Placing another one of Naruto's plants back on the windowsill, Sasuke smirked. Dramatically he raised a shaking hand.

"I have claimed a life! My hands are now tainted with sodium-filled blood!" Sasuke cackled evilly, "Hn, the rest of Konoha shall soon fall by my power!"

Sakura soon joined in the mad laughter while Naruto slowly recovered. Grumbling about his sadistic and uncaring teammates, he made his way towards where Mr. Ukki had fallen. The poor plant's pot was shatter but otherwise, he seemed fine. Jumping up he turned to his teammates.

"What have I told you about throwing my plants, DATTEBAYO!" Naruto yelled whilst shaking his fist.

Sasuke and Sakura just shrugged.

"Hn."

"Collateral damage…"

Naruto just glared as he settled down at the kitchen table, the two troublemakers following his lead. Picking up one of the seals he had been doodling with earlier, he handed them each a stack.

"Why did you even want me to make so many of these?" Naruto muttered, massaging his aching wrist.

Sakura straighter, going into what Naruto had often described as her 'game mode'. While not the greatest strategist in their village preferring a more head-on type of attack, the pink-haired girl was fairly decent at strategy. Naruto was honestly the best of all of them when it came to traps and escaping stronger enemies, while Sasuke was better at a frontal assault and using enemies' emotions against them. That wasn't to say they each were horrible at everything else, but they used teamwork to emphasize their strengths while backing their weaknesses.

"According to Kakashi-sensei, we aren't Genin yet. We have to pass whatever test he has planned for us. We're facing a Jonin, a special Jonin. The fact is that we made a bad impression and he's not going to go easy on us..." Sakura explained before waving one of the seals, "Traps and impeccable teamwork may be the only things that will get us through this. We are going to booby trap our way to victory."

All three of them smiled.

Kakashi watched, hidden amongst the foliage, as his cute little Genin marched around the wide-open field that was training ground thirty-six. He could only grin as they set trap after trap. Shinobi wire was spread throughout the trees, explosive seals set in strategic places, even one extremely well-hidden pit was dug. Kakashi could hardly wait to get revenge on these sweet little Genin…

Omake #1 – How Naruto Became a Genin

Sarutobi sighed as he unlocked the front door of his house. The day had been long and tedious, filled with more paperwork than usual. A particular pissing merchant had been livid after falling victim to one of the Demon Trios' latest pranks. The elder man had raved for hours about how he was an inadequate Hokage for not having better control over his Shinobi forces. Sarutobi doubted that he would even be able to control the trio at this point. Trouble seemed to fallow them everywhere and nowhere at the same damn time. The entire ANBU headquarters is mysterious turned pink?

Apparently, Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura had airtight alibies, eating lunch at a ramen stand at the same time the unknown attackers struck. Sarutobi was quite positive that they did do it, he just didn't understand how. That alone worried him. If the demon trio did not shape up with the firm hand of their sensei, well, he was scared. At least he could take solace in knowing that since Naruto had not passed the academy test the three would be separated. Perhaps they would even be reformed into fine Shinobi. Walking into his house, Sarutobi jumped as he spotted Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura standing in his house, demonic smiles on each of their face.

"Hello~ Hokage-sama!" Sakura chirped, bouncing on her heels, "I heard you had a lot of paperwork today!"

The aged Hokage flinched.

Sasuke nodded, "Hn, such a shame…"

Naruto smirked.

"Perhaps, if I was a Genin the paperwork would remain manageable!" Naruto suggested.

A malicious aura began to surround the three, as Sarutobi coward in the doorway.

"Maybe if Naruto isn't made a Genin the village might hear about how you love to read porn?"

"Or maybe about your kinship with a certain Jiraiya?"

"Oh! Potentially embarrassing information may be leaked about home three Academy students allegedly stealing one cloning Jutsu from your office without your knowledge?"

Sarutobi was so screwed.

Author Notes/Questions Answered

Poop. I meant to write more, but I got tired. Visiting relatives will do that… especially with stupid family drama… *sigh* Nothing extraordinary… just exhausting. Anyway, do with this what you must. Feel free to ask questions or suggest ideas for future tiny omakes like the one above! Also Naruto has blood filled with sodium because of all the ramen he eats.

Crimson Shikyo: Hahaha! I am glad you like the new and improved Sakura! I honest hate how she is portrayed in the show, but I guess I can respect her growth and character development. I really dislike self-inserted OCs in the main plot. I am fine with some of them being like a librarian or the hokage's secretary though. Glad you like my paragraph spacing! I have actually worked really hard on that so thanks for noticing!