(A/N) Hello! Please go see my profile and the poll there, I need people to actually vote on it.
"Uhm, well, Naruto, why don't you go next," Iruka said, marking something down on a clipboard.
Needless to say, the other three went very much like Sasuke's did, although Mizuki cracked a rib and let Iruka handle Gaara and Fuu. They took more care to gently throw Iruka onto nearby grass. Didn't need both of their teachers in the hospital. That would be bad.
Again, Iruka let the actual class go first, throwing kunai and shuriken into stationary targets.
Kurama wrinkled his nose. "Those kids'll die with that kind of accuracy."
"We haven't used stationary targets since we were six," Gaara muttered, matching Kurama's expression.
"I have," Sasuke admitted. "During the sleight of hand lessons."
"That's different, that's sleight of hand, not straight throwing," Kurama pointed out.
"And all of us have done that," Naruto added.
"I thought it was fun," Fuu offered.
"Sasuke, are you going to go first again?" Iruka interrupted them.
Without bothering to look over, Sasuke pulled out ten kunai and ten shuriken, and threw them at the targets, nailing all of the targets in vital areas that would kill a human.
Iruka blinked, surprised. "Uhh, well, why don't the rest of you go?"
Three hands snapped out, thirty kunai and thirty shuriken flew, and the targets resembled pincushions, but only in the vital spots.
Iruka blinked owlishly at the targets, then at the kids. "Well, uhm, inside everyone, we need to take the written test."
It was laughably easy. Naruto wondered if the Konoha standards were dropping, or if it was just that they were trained by S-class missing-nin. Kyu thought it was both, and Kurama thought it was just the dropping standards.
So, they had to sit around waiting for each person to go into the next room and either receive a headband or come out without one.
"Naruto Uzumaki," was finally called.
Naruto got up and went inside the classroom.
"Please perform the Henge and Kawarmi, and make two clones," one of the instructors said.
Naruto nodded, henging into Shisui, switching with a nicely placed log, then switching back, and creating two shadow clones, being careful not to summon Kurama, who was napping, or summon Kyu, who was also napping.
Iruka nodded. "Thank you. You passed with flying colors." He handed over a headband, and Naruto happily tied it around his head.
"Thanks, Iruka-sensei!" Naruto cheered, walking back out of the door.
Fuu walked in next, receiving the same instructions. She created a pair of scale clones, like sand clones, but made of the stuff she could do her scale flash attacks with.
Gaara made a pair of sand clones, and Sasuke managed proper clones, the illusion ones that the teachers had originally meant.
"Alright, team placements are as follows:" Iruka announced, looking at his clipboard.
Naruto listened idly for his name, and finally, it came up. "Team 7, Naruto Uzumaki, Gaara, and Shino Aburame. Team 8, Sasuke Uchiha, Hinata Hyuuga, and Fuu."
Naruto gave a huge grin to Gaara, who merely gave a slight smile in return. Fuu and Sasuke swapped grins, Sasuke giving a discreet fist pump. Hinata hadn't been cheering for Kiba during the matches a few days ago, and as such, Sasuke didn't think she was a Kiba fangirl. As such, he was perfectly fine to be on a team with her.
Naruto tilted his head at the Aburame sitting in the back. "Hey, Gaara, didn't we go over the Aburame? Were they the mind-reading clan, or the bug clan?"
"Bugs," Gaara replied. "The mind-reading clan, the Yamanaka, are always paired with the Nara and Akimichi clans when possible, forming the Ino-Shika-Cho trio."
Naruto nodded, glancing at the three squabbling in the middle row. "Cool. He's like Fuu! He's got a bug in him!"
"He has a lot of bugs in him." Gaara corrected.
Naruto waved a hand. "A bug, a lot of bugs, what's the difference?"
Gaara shook his head, deciding to drop it. Nothing good would come of arguing with Naruto.
"Team 10, with me," a bearded jounin came in, then exited, followed by the Ino-Shika-Cho trio.
The other teams disappeared quickly, until it was just the four Akatsuki kids, and their two Konoha teammates.
"Hello!" Shisui shouted cheerfully, shunshining into the classroom, closely followed by Kakashi.
"Shisui-nii, Kakashi-nii!" Naruto said, equally cheerfully, and launched himself at Shisui, hugging the jounin tightly.
"Alright, Naruto, I have your team, so let's get a move on!" Shisui turned and started walking out of the door, Naruto detaching, then quickly walking after him. Gaara sighed, and walked out after them, Shino walking after them silently.
Kakashi eye smiled at the remaining genin. "Hello."
"Hey Kakashi-nii," Sasuke said, smiling back.
"That's Kakashi-sensei to you now," Kakashi corrected, shaking his head at Sasuke.
"Kakashi-nii-sensei!" Fuu cheered.
Kakashi gestured to the door. "C'mon, I'm supposed to ask you questions about you lot, so let's get a move on, and we can all go home for dinner."
The genin filed out of the door, Fuu chattering on about something or other.
"Alright!" Shisui said. "I already know you, but humor me. Naruto, introduce yourself."
Naruto grinned. "My name's Naruto, I like Ramen and my older brothers and assorted uncles, I dislike certain idiots, and I like gardening!"
"Gaara, you go next!"
"My name is Gaara, I like puppetry, my Sensei in the art, and my assorted extended family. I intend to become the best puppeteer in the Elemental Nations, hopefully surpassing even my mentor."
Shisui beamed proudly. His kids were so cute. "Alright, Shino, why don't you introduce yourself?"
"My name is Shino Aburame. I like bugs and dislike people who kill them needlessly. I want to show everyone why the Aburame clan is part of the four noble clans of Konoha, and also discover a new species of bug."
"Nice," Shisui decided, grinning. "Alright, I'm Shisui Uchiha, I like my kits, all adopted, none of them mine, my comrades, my cousin, and a lot of other people. I don't like people who hurt children on purpose when not in actual training, and I enjoy cooking and playing with my kits!"
Kakashi slouched against a tree. "Alright, humor me and tell me about yourselves."
"I'm Fuu! I like my friends, my brothers, and Chomei! I don't like big jerks, and I like flying!"
Hinata gave her a slightly odd look, and Sasuke didn't even bother.
"I'm Sasuke Uchiha, I like my comrades, my assorted big brothers, and tomatoes. I dislike lazy people who don't work at getting better, and I enjoy training and sparring with Shisui-nii, or Itachi-nii."
"Enlightening," Kakashi drawled. "Hinata, go."
"I-I'm Hinata H-Hyuuga, I like cinnamon rolls and L-L-Lee-kun. I dislike my clan's cast system and p-pompous jerks. I enjoy pressing flowers."
"Is the stutter a verbal tic?" Sasuke asked.
Hinata turned the color of a tomato and nodded.
Kakashi sighed slightly. "Well, I'm Kakashi Hatake, I'm an S-ranked ninja, and have been called Copy-cat Kakashi."
"Kakashi-nii-sensei!" Fuu chirped.
"I have also been called that," Kakashi deadpanned. "Alright, meet me at training ground eight tomorrow. 8:00!"
They nodded, and Sasuke leaned over to Hinata. "Don't worry, we'll get him out of the house in time."
Hinata nodded, face reddening.
Fuu grinned. "Yep! He'll be on time if we have to drag him!"
"You can't drag me anywhere," Kakashi drawled. "I'm an S-class ninja, you're just genin."
"That may be, but we have threats and bribery on our side!" Fuu exclaimed, an orange book suddenly in her hands.
Kakashi made a half-hearted grab for it, and it disappeared again. Fuu smiled innocently at him. Kakashi made a deadpan expression, pulling an identical book out of his hip pouch.
Sasuke snickered and Hinata looked confused.
"He's usually three hours late to everything," Sasuke explained. "And Fuu used a mild genjutsu. Something that really only she can do."
"I'm the only one with the chakra control for genjutsu!" Fuu agreed. "In our group anyway, and not counting 'tachi-nii."
"Or Shisui-nii, or Sasori-nii, so make that just of the children, and you're fine," Sasuke said.
Hinata was very clearly confused, so Kakashi took pity on her, and dismissed them.
(A/N) Just for you, cause it's Christmas tomorrow, here's an Omake that didn't make it into the Akatsuki chapters (cause I hadn't thought of it then)
"I'm dying!" Shisui declared, not for the first time as he draped himself over Itachi's lap. Itachi merely moved his book around Shisui and kept reading.
"No you aren't," Kurama drawled, jumping up to sit on Shisui's stomach. "It's a freaking cold. You are a S-class ninja. You are not dying."
"I am too," Shisui complained.
Itachi closed his book and stood up abruptly, dumping Shisui and Kurama on the floor. "Shisui, you are 18, an S-class ninja, and have been self sufficient since you were 12. You are not dying, you have a cold. Just because you have a fever, does not mean you're going to die. When your temperature reaches 105, we will worry. Otherwise, there is a magical thing called Tylenol. It's in the medicinal cupboard, and clearly labeled. I'm sure you can manage."
Sasori, who'd just walked in, commented, "on the plus side, if you die, I'll turn you into a puppet with Gaara's help and he can use you as a puppet."
Shisui blinked at Sasori, who smirked and continued walking, walking out one of the other doors.
"Oi, Shisui," Kisame said, poking his head into the room. "Remora fish is asking if you've recovered from your dying. He's hungry."
Shisui hopped up from the floor, miraculously recovered. "Alright! It is around dinner time!"
Itachi rolled his eyes in sync with Kurama, who hopped back up onto the couch and settled down for a nap.
(A/N) Oh, poor Hinata and Shino have no idea what they're getting into with this. Do you wanna see the two teams do some D-ranks, or go straight to wave? By the way, I posted a really cute oneshot about Obito not dying that first time, so go see it. Also, remember the poll about the updating schedule. It'll end this Saturday. On a completely unrelated note, it's Madara's birthday today!(December 24th) So happy birthday to him! Have a Merry Christmas!
*Conspiratorial whisper* I've never pulled an all nighter before, and I'm doing that tonight, wish me luck!