(A/N) Heyo! So, I'm wondering if you want to see anything in particular for the Christmas one-shot, cause I can do it in one of my story universes. Probably wouldn't be canon, but still. Also, *squeals* over 200 follower people, and that's like, a lot. On another hand, you guys picked Why Suna Hates Team 7 pretty much unanimously, so, that was up yesterday. I did not know you could only have one poll up on your profile, so hehe, the three-week rotation question is up now. That one ends on December 28th, the Saturday after Christmas, and if it is the more favored option, I'll implement the changes for the new year.
Understandably, the gate guards were very surprised when Shunshin no Shisui and Sharingan no Kakashi strolled up to the gate surrounded by four kids and asked to see the Hokage. They let them in any way and escorted them to the Hokage's office.
"Ah, Shisui, Kakashi, I was wondering when I'd see you two," the Hokage said, smiling. "I see you have a couple of extra children."
Shisui chuckled, a bit nervously. "Well, we might have picked up a couple of strays."
"My name's Fuu!" Fuu chirped, the small Chomei perched on her head and nestled in her hair.
"My name is Gaara," Gaara said. Shukaku was out as well, but he was busy arguing with Kurama from his spot on Kakashi's head. Kurama was on Shisui's head again.
Sarutobi picked up a piece of paper. "And why are you here?"
"Oh we're here so we can officially become Mis-" Fuu started but became muffled as Shisui slapped a hand over her mouth.
"Remember what I've told you," he scolded gently.
"We're here to become proper ninja!" Naruto said loudly, grinning widely.
Sarutobi raised an eyebrow. "Alright, the genin exam is today, why don't you three give this paper to Iruka Umino. He'll let you take the exam, and we'll get you sorted into teams. Shisui, Kakashi, stay here please."
The kids nodded and Naruto took the paper the Hokage offered. Shukaku and Kurama jumped down from their respective rides' heads, and ran out of the door alongside the teens.
Naruto and Sasuke led Fuu and Gaara through the streets of Konoha, heading towards the academy.
"Why are they glaring at us?" Gaara asked quietly, sand coming from his gourd to pool around his feet as they walked.
"They know my older brother killed the clan," Sasuke offered.
"They know I have Kurama," Naruto said, shrugging. "I'm used to it, I've been getting those looks since I can remember."
Fuu shuddered and moved closer to Gaara, his sand moving to pool around her feet as well. "It reminds me of the looks I always got in Taki."
"Hence why Itachi-nii and Kakashi-nii picked you up," Naruto whispered to her. "And why the Akatsuki is collecting the tailed beasts, or rather, their containers."
"Ah look, we're here," Sasuke said, stopping in front of the academy for a moment.
"Do you think we moved classrooms?" Naruto wondered, glancing at the paper in his hands.
"Probably, kit," Kurama said. "Would you keep one class in one classroom all of the years?"
Gaara shook his head. "Probably not. We can just ask the front desk people, right?"
"Oh, hey, look over there, d'ya think that's the class we need? I think I recognize a couple of them," Naruto said, pointing to a class that was watching a boy fight one of the teachers.
"Isn't that Kiba?" Sasuke asked, squinting at the figure.
"We could just move so they aren't backlit," Gaara said dryly. "Then you don't have to squint and hurt your eyes."
Fuu giggled.
Sasuke frowned at Gaara but led the way over to the class.
"Hello, who are you?" A brown-haired chuunin asked.
"Naruto Uzumaki," Naruto introduced himself, holding out the paper. "We're here to take the genin exams."
"I'm Iruka Umino," the chuunin said after he'd scanned the paper. He smiled at them. "We're doing the taijutsu segment now, we have the shurikenjutsu, written, and jutsu segments afterward. What are the rest of your names?"
"Sasuke Uchiha."
"Gaara, no last name."
"Fuu!"
"Fuu doesn't have a last name either," Sasuke added.
Iruka nodded, smiled firmly in place. "It's nice to meet you all. Are your pets trained?"
Shukaku squawked. "I am not a pet!"
Iruka blinked. "My bad, what are you then?"
"Summons, we're summons," Chomei said quickly, stopping whatever Shukaku was about to say."
"Ah, and who are your summoners?"
Kurama flicked his tail at Naruto. "He's mine."
Shukaku sighed, and flicked his tail at Gaara. "He's mine."
Chomei just nestled further into Fuu's hair. "This one's mine."
Iruka nodded, smiling. "Of course. I do request you do not participate in the Taijutsu section. Am I correct in assuming you all have ninja training?"
"We wouldn't be here if we didn't," Gaara pointed out.
Iruka nodded. "I suppose you are correct. Join the crowd, we're almost done with the students, then we can do you."
The teens nodded, and went to stand in the crowd.
Naruto blinked at the person fighting the other teacher. "Uh, Pakkun fights better than that and he's a dog."
A pink-haired girl turned to him and brandished her fist. "Don't say that about Kiba-kun!"
"Kiba Inuzuka," Sasuke muttered. "Wasn't he the one who challenged me for top dog spot on the first day of school?"
"Yeah," Kurama agreed.
"Didn't he lose that spar?" Naruto asked, tilting his head.
"Yeah," Sasuke agreed.
Kiba finished fighting the other teacher, being thrown out of the ring.
"Longest time yet," the silver-haired teacher said approvingly. "Oh, who are you?"
"They're new transfers, Mizuki," Iruka said, handing Mizuki the paper. He scanned it, then handed it back to Iruka.
"Alright, no problem. Who wants to go first?"
"I'll do it," Sasuke said, raising his hand. Out of the corner of his mouth, he hissed to Gaara, "get your sand in that gourd and hand it over to one of the others. No special sand blocks."
Gaara nodded, the sand that had been pooling around his and Fuu's feet flowed back into the gourd, a cork forming. He slung it off of his back, handing it to Fuu, who slung it across her own shoulders.
Sasuke nodded and got into the drawn ring. "So, what do I have to do?"
"Throw me out of the ring, which is nearly impossible, or last two minutes. Lasting longer increases your points," Mizuki instructed.
Sasuke traded glances with his friends. Mizuki was quite a bit smaller than Kisame, who was the one making them practice taijutsu most of the time. If they could throw Kisame, they could throw Mizuki. Kisame, of course, hadn't been going all out, and had said he'd been going high chuunin last they spared. Perks of being raised/trained by a bunch of S-class missing-nin. (Kakashi was definitely S-class after some training and some improving. And a couple more stolen jutsu.)
"Begin!" Iruka called.
Sasuke and Mizuki watched each other, both waiting for the other to make a move.
"You can make the first move, Sasuke!" Naruto cheered.
Sasuke sized up Mizuki, who was a good few inches taller than him. "Alright, might as well." He rushed forward, throwing a punch at Mizuki's stomach. Mizuki dodged neatly, and Sasuke's fist hit the ground, Sasuke placing his other hand down as well, using both legs to lash out at Mizuki. Mizuki, caught off guard by the odd tactic, got nicked on the side by one of Sasuke's feet. Sasuke rotated enough so he could backflip onto his feet and not be out of the circle, and backflipped onto his feet.
Mizuki made the first move this time, the two engaging in a deadly dance of punches, kicks, and blocks.
Mizuki landed a single hit to Sasuke's lower leg when he spun into a kick, and Sasuke scored two more hits on Mizuki due to odd moves and weird contortions.
After a couple of minutes, Sasuke stopped holding back quite so much, and in under a second, threw Mizuki bodily out of the ring.
Every just sort of gaped at him.
Sasuke shrugged. "What? He's nowhere as heavy as our normal taijutsu trainer. Or as fast. Or as used to my tricks."
"You have the weirdest taijutsu style I have ever seen." Kiba decided.
"People keep saying that," Sasuke muttered.
"Cause it's true," Kurama pointed out.
Sasuke frowned at the fox. "You helped me develop it, you don't get to say anything."
Now everyone was really looking at him weird.
"Have none of you heard that summons have taijutsu styles?" Naruto asked rhetorically. "I know for a fact that the toads do, Jiraya uses it."
More gaping expressions.
(A/N) Like academy students would know that. Still, it is fairly reasonable that even now, Sasuke, Naruto, Gaara, and Fuu could fairly easily defeat a Chuunin, especially one like Mizuki, who's been a teacher for a good while. After all, Kakashi was a freaking jounin at their age.