Thank you for your reviews and follow ups.
Okay, I said I will explain the name 'Fuyou Menba' at the start of this chapter but I will let you guess through this chapter and tell you at the end Author's Notes.
Also, I had frankly and totally forgotten about Akamaru in the previous chapter, I'm sorry for that. I did introduce him in the 6th chapter. So I will try my best not to do it again.
Now, to answer some reviews,
Dudemil : Thank you very much. And I'm sorry for the Omakes but that is just how it is. You can skip the Omake on this one too.
GunBlade2018 : 'Blinkers' is a nice nickname, but it sounds like something Anko would give. Sai's nicknames are more derogatory or they are opposite to what he thinks of them. Good one though. May try and use it if such character came up.
Sonicprophet : I actually researched it first before adding that part. According to Wikipedia™ ( wiki/Twin under Genetic and epigenetic similarity) "Monozygotic twins are genetically nearly identical and they are always the same sex unless there has been a mutation during development." So it is not entirely impossible. And even if it was, what use is writing a fiction, if it has play by the rules of the real world? I mean how did an entire race consisting of women reproduce? (Wonder Woman *Not mine either by the way, just in case someone decides to sue me*)
Now lets start the chapter,
"Speaking/YELLING"
"Bijuu/Summon speaking/ YELLING"
'Thinking'
'Bijuu/Summon Thinking'
And no I have still not become rich enough to buy it, so Naruto is still not mine.
Chapter 11: Failed!? How?
Training Ground 11
At early 7 in the morning, three genin hopefuls were standing in attendance, not together though. The lone female of squad 11 was sitting on a log nervously twiddling her fingers and looking at her teammates. One of the said teammates sat cross-legged on the ground a few distance away from the girl, drawing something on a scroll. The last was also the only one who looked like he could drop asleep anytime, where the other two looked quite fresh. Hyuugas had a strict training schedule as well as morning routine, even the heiress was not exempt from that. The ROOT as well as regular ANBU were required to wake up at early hours and start their duties, so neither was Sai sleepy. Menba, coming from a civilian family, was much more relaxed in that sense and was not used to wake up this early in the morning.
It had already been sometime everyone, except for their sensei, had arrived at the training ground. Hinata wanted to form some kind of plan for their test, so she had approached both her teammates for it. But while Sai agreed to do so, Menba outright refused to take any help from a person belonging to any ninja clans, especially the heiress and refused to work with someone he considered a puppet. So now she was waiting for her sensei to arrive.
Arrive she did, surprisingly in a normal leaf Shunshin. She ordered immediately, "Alright! Line up maggots!" The 'maggots' immediately did what they were told. Obviously no one was happy on being called maggots, even Sai. Also obviously Anko didn't care, "Okay, here's the deal. There are three clones of me in the forest behind me. Two of them have scrolls on them with a clue for you to pass this test. You have to get at least one scroll to pass. You have till afternoon to get a scroll. Now scram!" She explained before exploding in tons of small snakes. Snakes that exploded towards the genin who frantically dodged them. After getting free of the snakes, all three of them jumped into the forest, unfortunately separately.
Hinata landed on a tree branch after entering the forest. She knew she had the best chance of locating her sensei. Her Byakugan was a great asset for that. But she was not confident that she could subdue her. She had done some research on her sensei on the previous day. Apparently she used to be an apprentice of the now missing snake Sannin, Orochimaru, before she was discarded by him. She was adept in using snake based ninjutsu, like she just demonstrated. Even her Taijutsu revolved around the flexibility of snakes. So Hinata knew she would be very difficult to take down. This was not counting the fact that she was a Jounin with years of experience.
The fact that there were only two scrolls was not lost on the Hyuuga either. But that would mean only two of them would pass. That deviated from what Iruka-sensei had told them. Genins were supposed to be placed in a team of three led by a Jounin. She was planning on asking one of her teammates for help, but first thought of engaging her sensei and maybe try and figure out what the test's true purpose was.
She whispered a small 'Byakugan'. Veins bulged around her temple, a tell-tale sign of an activated Byakugan. She looked around a bit, zoomed in and out of her vision trying to locate one of her sensei's clones. She found one perched on the tree branched similar to herself and leapt towards her.
She stopped at a branch away from the clone, looking for a way to ambush her and get her to even ground. Gentle fist was a Taijutsu style more efficient when done on even ground. She was careful enough not to draw any attention to her.
Anko's clone, or maybe Anko herself, was already aware of the surveillance being done on her. She pretended to not notice it. She had snakes everywhere in the forest to watch her genin's movements. The Hyuuga was doing a fairly good job in hiding herself, for a genin. So she was not surprised on the entry of the young Hyuuga and successfully dodged the two finger jab to her mid-section and landed on the ground below.
Hinata, her job done, landed on the ground in front of the clone and immediately dropped into a basic Gentle fist stance, while her sensei simply stood with one of her hands on her hip.
Anko grinned at the battle ready Hyuuga, "I am surprised. Given your nature, I thought you would definitely follow one of your teammates instead of attacking alone. Well, lets see what you can do then." She said but did not change her stance, mocking the Hyuuga.
Hinata was not someone who could be mocked like that though. While she came from a clan filled with proud, borderline arrogant people, she was different. Instead of automatically believing that the Gentle fist was enough to take on any opponent, she was logical enough to assess her enemy's strength first. But to do so she had to attack. So she did.
She sped towards her sensei, at a speed that frankly surprised Anko, and aimed to close a Chakra Point in her leg to disable her. Anko recovered from her surprise just fast enough to bend her leg back to avoid the jab. Hinata though surprised her again, when she lashed out at the other leg with a kick. Her kick just grazed Anko's leg before the clone leapt back to make some space. Hinata didn't follow her this time and moved back into her initial stance.
Anko was very much surprised when she found her right leg almost numb and leaning more on her left one. 'She kicked! And she actually numbed my leg by it. But how? Gentle fist does not have kicks. Moreover her demeanour seemed to have done a complete 180. There is no nervousness on her face or in her stance at all.'
Anko didn't let her surprise show though. She just grinned at the Hyuuga, "Hinata Hyuuga, the strongest Hyuuga of current generation. So that's why you are called that. You actually incorporated kicks into Gentle fist and somehow are able to close chakra points with it. You effectively increased your range at the same time you have a surprise element for people who know about traditional Gentle Fist. You are also quite confident now, unlike before." She grinned wider, "Training with your boyfriend really helped you, I guess."
That statement did its work. Hinata blushed upon being called on her crush. While it was true she got stronger by training with Naruto and Namiko, she was still not experienced enough to avoid reacting to such dirty distractive tactics. Anko was, so she used it. Used it well. She quickly closed the distance between them and leg swept low to trip Hinata. Hinata, in a show of amazing reflexes, jumped up to avoid it, but Anko's experienced trumped here. As soon as Hinata jumped to avoid the leg sweep, Anko came up with an uppercut, successfully hitting Hinata on her chin to send her flying. Hinata back-flipped mid-air and righted herself before landing directly in her stance, but by that time Anko was already out of her telescopic sight.
Hinata was unable to locate that clone anywhere. Either it Shunshined far outside of the visual range of her Byakugan or it had dispelled itself. But that would mean that it did not have a scroll. She berated herself for not checking that before. She wanted to curse but even in her thoughts she was embarrassed to do so. She searched for a bit more before locating Sai, who was apparently fighting his own clone, or maybe it was the original. Even for Byakugan, it was difficult to tell apart Shadow Clones from the original. She would know, it was one the favourite justus of her favourite pair of twins after all. Even so, she started to move towards Sai, to either assist in his fight or to tell him that his clone also didn't have any scroll on it.
In another part of the forest, the pale former ROOT was fighting against his previous Interrogator. Unlike other Shinobi who were harsh against former ROOT members, Anko, opposite to her personality, was kind to them. Mainly because she knew the pain of being distrusted by your comrades only because you were previously affiliated with a traitor. And Danzo, no matter what he did, loved the village and did everything for the good of Konoha, unlike her sensei. But that also didn't mean she went easy on the interrogations, she was unaware of her sensei's doing but the ROOT members weren't. They willingly went against the Hokage and sided with Danzo, and that was just not acceptable.
But Sai didn't let that kindness affect his fight. In ROOT as well as ANBU, it was taught to never underestimate your opponent. And Anko being one of the strongest Kunoichis of the village was definitely not to be underestimated. He was currently dodging some snakes Anko had summoned, slicing a few with his Tanto (Short Sword). Once the last snake was dealt with, he took out a scroll from his backpack. It had a detachable drawing brush in it. He drew something on the scroll then made a hand sign and said, "Ninja art: Super Beat Scroll". The drawings on the scroll came alive. There were some snakes similar to the ones Anko summoned. The snakes went towards Anko, probably in order to subdue her, while Sai started drawing on the scroll again.
Anko was watching Sai do all this. She was obviously not fighting seriously. It was not the main part of the test after all. She watched as small snakes looking like drawings came out of the scroll. Few of them directly came at her while a few hung back. She was fighting of some of the snakes when she saw Sai hop on what looked like a bird made of ink. It flew higher in the air. 'So he realised I'm more of a close range fighter and is trying to keep some distance. Clever.' She thought.
Sai was indeed making some distance between him and Anko. He was a long range fighter and though he was fairly good with his Tanto, Anko's snakes made it really difficult to fight her, especially the ones that came out of her sleeves. He also needed time to draw the characters on the scroll. Time that the distance provided. He again started scribbling on the scroll and this time summoned two tigers to fight against Anko.
Anko was just finished with the ink snakes when she was pounced by an ink tiger. He was trying to keep her occupied then find a way to subdue her. And his ink beasts were doing a good job at it, Anko had to agree. She could have easily broke through those and moved in on Sai, but he being airborne would allow him to get out of reach easily.
Anko tried to do so anyway. She ducked through another prancing tiger and threw a punch at Sai, "Striking Shadow Snake" she yelled. Many snakes emerged from her coat sleeve and sped towards Sai. Predictably Sai's ink bird flew higher to avoid the snakes, but Anko wasn't a Jounin for nothing. All of the snake's mouths opened and launched kunais at him. Sai showed his ANBU training by hitting the kunais away with his Tanto, but one went through the ink bird, dispelling it. Sai fortunately jumped away and landed safely on the ground.
Anko not wanting to give him time to recover tried to attack him but had to dodge a Gentle fist strike. Anko was truly surprised as well as glad at Hinata's arrival. At least someone had gotten the idea to work together in a test that was rigged to make them work against each other. At least she hoped so.
Hinata stood in her Gentle fist stance in front of Sai. He also had his sword in his hand ready to confront Anko at short range. Hinata though had other plans, "Sai-kun, there is no meaning in fighting her, she doesn't have a scroll. We should retreat and form a plan." She suggested. Sai nodded his head. His ANBU training dictated 'The only way to defeat an opponent stronger than you is to work together with your teammates.' This was true for ROOT as well as regular ANBU.
Even though Sai was standing behind her, Hinata's Byakugan allowed her to see him nod. Now she just had to plan a way to retreat. She had seen Sai using those ink creatures with her Byakugan. They seemed to be the only way to distract Anko long enough for them to retreat.
Hinata was going to tell this to Sai but was interrupted by Anko, "Don't blurt out your plans in front of your enemy like that. There is no way they will allow you to execute them if they know what your plan is." She grinned before adding, "Just like me." She launched herself at them as soon as she finished.
Hinata knowing Sai was weaker at close range, engaged Anko herself. Anko limited herself to match Hinata while fighting against her Gentle Fist. She had to constantly up her level though. The Hyuuga clan's Taijutsu was formidable to begin with, adding kicks to them made it harder to fight her. Hinata's reaction time as well as speed was also nothing to scoff at. While she was forced to stay on the defensive, she also didn't let Anko strike her at all. Anko naturally had an upper hand in the fight because of her experience as well as her size. But she was still unprepared for another Hinata that attacked her legs, this time properly numbing them making her fall to the ground.
Both the Hinatas jumped back as soon as her work was done. Both of them were surprised though when snakes made of ink crawled up to Anko's fallen form and tied themselves up around her legs. Hinata, both of them, looked towards Sai who nodded at her. They jumped away from the Anko clone, into the thick of the forest.
Anko was definitely surprised by the Hyuuga's use of Shadow Clone Jutsu. She didn't know how such a young girl could use such a chakra taxing jutsu. She did have an idea from where she could have learned it from though. She was friends with people known for notorious use of that jutsu. But using it was a completely different story. She grinned after she came to her senses. 'At least they are working together. Now just the third one remains.' She thought before disappearing in a cloud of smoke.
Menba was panting heavily, supporting himself with his sword. He had gone through great trouble to find one Anko clone, who was leisurely chewing on some dangos. He didn't wait for her to finish though. A smart choice. He ran straight at her while unsheathing his sword. Not a smart choice. He was actually surprised when Anko stopped his sword swing with a mere dango skewer. In Menba's defence, the skewer was actually a senbon. The fight just went downhill from there and stopped at Menba left panting and exhausted.
Anko huffed at his appearance. She had expected more from his swordsmanship when he said he was good with sword. She was using a kunai for god's sake! "C'mon, that's it? You said you were good with the sword. I only saw you swinging it blindly. I'm only using a kunai you know. Why don't you go ask for help?" Anko said trying to make him work with his teammates. She had been telling him things like that during the whole fight but he just, "Shut up! I don't need help from a clan princess. And definitely not from a puppet." said that.
Anko sighed. She had already gotten the memories from her clones. She really wanted to lead the Hyuuga heiress. She saw a rebel in her when she displayed the changes she had made to the Gentle Fist, obviously against the Hyuuga Elders' wishes. Sai was not much of an interesting person with his lack of expression expect for that fake smile. But Anko saw a kin in him because of their previous affiliation to traitors. But to pass a team, it had to show teamwork or at least a desire to work together. Menba seemed to hate both of his teammate with passion though. Anko already knew about many people who hated the ninja clans. But she couldn't figure out why he hated Sai so much. Sure he was a former ROOT, but what did Menba had to hate him for it.
Anko had to ask, "You know, I understand you hate ninja clans and people from them. Many people do. But why do you hate Sai so much? Other than being from ROOT, I don't think he has done anything to you. 'Except for calling you dickless, that is'" She added the last part in her thoughts.
Menba clenched his sword's handle harder, "Nothing to hate you say. I HAVE EVERY REASON TO HATE ROOT! It took my elder brother from me. That damn Danzo came to my house when I was young. He promised he would train my brother to become stronger than those people from the ninja clan. My father agreed. But we never saw him again. Until Danzo was declared traitor that is. I saw him, fighting the ANBU. But he was defeated. I don't know what happened then. My parents were called during his interrogation, but he refused to accept that he was related to them. He even denied his real name. He said he was an orphan found by Danzo-sama and will only serve him. He was sent to Houzuki Castle afterwards. So you see, I hate ROOT because they made a puppet out of my brother."
Anko was confused. Since many of the former ROOT operatives' families were called to persuade them to join the regular forces, it was difficult to keep track of everyone. And just like he said, those people didn't even know their real name anymore, it was hard for her to remember who his brother was. But it was no use in remembering him anyway, once anyone entered the 'Blood Prison', they almost never got out. But what Anko was confused about however was why did he hate Sai? She understood his hate for ROOT, but what did Sai have anything to do with it?
"I get it that you hate ROOT. But Sai had nothing to do with it. Why hate him?" She asked.
Menba scowled, "How did he get to stay in the village? Why was my brother sent to the prison and not him? He is as much of a puppet as my brother had become. So why he did remain?"
Anko sweatdropped. Another illogical hater. She was really cursed with such people. He hated Sai just because he remained and his brother was imprisoned? Really? She didn't explain this to him though. She had experience with people like him. No matter how much you explain them, they refused to see reason whatsoever.
Anko moved towards him intending to knock him out but was stopped by a flying kunai courtesy of Sai. Both Sai and Hinata landed beside Menba to help him. Menba though didn't want any of it, "What the hell are you doing? Don't come in my way. That is my scroll. I won't let you take it." He lashed out with his sword at Sai. Sai blocked it with his Tanto.
Hinata tried to talk to him, "Please Menba-kun. We are here to help you. That clone doesn't have-" She was cut off by him, "Shut up! I know how you clan people work. You are here to steal my scroll. That's what you do, you steal others credits." Hinata was taken aback by it. She didn't know he hated her this much. His words turned off whatever switch was turned on to make her confident. She stepped back, pressing her index fingers she mumbled a quiet 'Sorry'.
Sai came to Hinata's defence, "We have to work together. Defeating a foe like Anko-sensei is not possible without it."
Menba turned at him, "Shut up, you damn puppet! What? Your strings are in the Hyuuga's hands now?"
Anko was watching the scene patiently. She was hoping they would be able to convince him to work together. This team was her only way to be recognised as a full jounin. And like she said before she wanted to teach at least two of them. She could probably change Menba a bit too, but only if he agreed to work together today. It didn't look like it though. With Hinata back in her shy self and Sai's no real social skills, it was impossible to sway him.
Anko stopped them before Menba stopped with words and started using his hands or worse sword, "Okay enough. I am giving you a last chance. I have a scroll with me." She took out a scroll from apparently nowhere. Hinata was shocked on seeing it. She had checked her with her Byakugan, there was no scroll on her body. "Take it from me and you pass." She added.
Menba not wanting to fail, again charged straight at her. Sai followed him to assist. Menba slashed at Anko's arm, which was holding the scroll. But because of his exhaustion he not only missed but overreached himself, which Anko took advantage of. She side-stepped his swing and grabbed his wrist with her other another hand and threw him over her.
Sai used this distraction to go for the scroll but was kicked by Anko with an amazing show of flexibility.
Hinata stood by helplessly watching her teammates being picked apart by her may-not-be-for-longer sensei. She had figured out the true purpose of this test. Her sensei had hinted on it a few times. She wanted them to work together as a team. But with Menba hating both her and Sai, it was nearly impossible. He was also already exhausted. Using him in a plan would be difficult. The only thing he would now be capable of was to be a decoy, which Hinata knew wouldn't sit well with him.
Anko watched as Hinata stood there looking at her teammates. She knew she had figured out what the test was. Sai probably had too. She was waiting for her to do something. Anything that may convince her to pass this team. But after some time she sighed. Menba didn't have any energy left. He would not be able to fight anymore anyway.
"Stop. This test is over." She announced. "Gather up front."
Menba supported himself with his sword and limped forward. He stood away from both of his teammate.
Anko looked at her would-have-been students angrily. This was a chance to prove herself. This was a chance to pass her techniques to someone. To at last teach someone. And one guy blew it. So she was definitely angry.
"Hinata and Sai, I'm sorry but you have to attend the academy again. You fail." She said, a bit sadly.
Menba suddenly got some hope in him. Maybe he had lasted long enough to impress his sensei and passed the test. He looked smugly at this 'teammates'.
Anko wiped that look off his face though, "Menba Fuyou, you don't have to bother with the academy anymore. I will report the Hokage to drop you from the Shinobi program all together. You fail terribly."
Menba was shocked, but he was more furious, "What? Why?" He thought that the clan heiress and her puppet were being shown favouritism, "Is it because I'm not from a clan? Or I'm not trained to be an emotionless doll?"
Anko was tired of this, "Listen you piece of shit! I'm tired of you crying all the time on how you are not from a clan and all. News flash! I'm not from a clan either, but I am a Jounin now, aren't I? You failed because you refused to work together with your teammates. Did you think you could work alone all throughout your ninja career? Or were you hoping to refuse to work with any former ROOT or clan ninja whenever you were supposed to? It doesn't work like that chummy. We work to protect the Leaf village and its people. People like you and your parents. And we do it by working together, not working alone." She said unintentionally leaking her killing intent, making Menba nervous. Even Sai was sweating, with his smile still on his face.
Menba was gritting his teeth. Who was she to lecture him? He knew she was trained by Orochimaru. No one else in the village had snake based ninjutsu. But he didn't say it. No matter who she was, she was strong and she was a jounin. There was nothing he could say to her. So he turned and limped towards his home.
Anko and Sai watched him go. Hinata though didn't. Her mind was stuck on two words 'You fail'. She was on the verge of tears. She had worked very hard to become as strong as she was now. If not for Naruto and Namiko, she would have stopped trying a long time ago and would have been sealed in favour of her sister. Anko-sensei said to go back to the academy. But the Hyuuga elders would not allow it. They barely allowed the 'bastardization' of their pure and mighty Gentle fist. If they were told that she failed, they would seal her and probably marry her off to some noble.
After Menba was out of sight, Anko turned her attention on the remaining two and immediately cursed him again. Hinata was barely holding herself together. She already lost a lot of her composure when she was separated from the Senju twins and now failing because of some unreasonable guy was getting to her. Anko also knew how strict the Hyuuga clan was. That was why she was surprised when she saw Hinata use kicks in her Gentle fist. She probably had to go through a lot for that alone. A failure like this could cause her to be sealed and how Anko hated seals like that. She was tainted by one after all.
She didn't want to let go of the team. So she said, "Listen, you both did very well. Frankly I want to pass you two but protocol does not allow it. But I will try to talk to the Hokage and see if we have any reserve Genin that we can form a team with. So Hinata," Hinata raised her head on being addressed, after which Anko continued, "I advise you to not inform the Hyuuga council. I know they would give you more than hell if you told them you failed." She smirked before continuing again, "Why don't you crash at your boyfriend's today?"
That brought a blush as well as a smile on Hinata's face. She bowed to her sensei, "Thank you very much, Sensei. But I would be Oka-" Anko cut her off, "No you won't. Believe me, I will do something about this. Sai, you will be in the team too, but since you are not a genin just now, you are still an ANBU trainee. So I give you a mission. Stay with Hinata till she meets up with her boyf- with Naruto. You can go home after that." Sai nodded. He was habituated in taking orders from his superiors.
Hinata wanted to argue but was stopped by Anko's glare, so she nodded. Anko nodded back before leaving to report to the Hokage. This report was going to be interesting.
Hokage's Office
The jounin senseis were again standing in front their leader in order to report the status of each of their teams, even Kakashi. The jounin who was assigned Team 6 was currently reporting about how his team failed, similar to the jounin senseis of teams 1 to 5.
"And that's why Team 6 fails." The jounin of former Team 6 concluded.
The Hokage nodded. Truth be told he never expects more than two teams from a graduating class to pass. It was no surprise the first six teams failed. He motioned Kakashi to step forward to give his report.
Kakashi did so, "Team 7 Passed." His statement brought surprise to many. He had a track record of failing every team he was assigned. But the Hokage was not surprised. This time his team was different. This time it had a girl who he considered as a sister in it. But the Hokage didn't want to see favouritism in the team, so he urged Kakashi to continue.
"Just like every time, I conducted the bell test to test their teamwork. They were supposed to take one of the two bells each to pass the test. Surprisingly it was Sasuke who urged everyone to work together. Considering the loner attitude he used to have, it was an improvement. Namiko also looked like she already had an idea about the true purpose of the test, so she went along with Sasuke's plan and convinced Shino to do so as well. Seeing as how logical those from Aburame clan are, it probably didn't take much for him to agree. They worked together to try and get a bell from me. They actually managed to take one. Sasuke and Namiko went on offensive to distract me with a clone of Shino, a bug clone. That clone dispersed and was able to plant a bug or two on me, who chewed off a bell from my belt. Seeing as they had achieved half of their mission as well as were working together, I passed them." Kakashi elaborated.
Hiruzen nodded. While Namiko already knowing the true purpose of the test may have been a deciding factor in their passing it, Sasuke working with his teammates was a good development. He just hoped the imminent meeting with Itachi goes well enough for him to keep developing like that. He then motioned Kurenai to report.
Kurenai smiled, "Team 8 Passed." No one was surprised this time, so she continued, "Since there were two medics in my team and Kiba had Akamaru, I tested them on co-ordination and teamwork instead of Genjutsu." Well that surprised a few. Since Kurenai was a Genjutsu specialist, they thought she would test them on that. "I tasked them to find two sealing tags I hid in the forest. Naruto showed impressive leadership skills along with planning. He quickly asked Kiba to go with Sakura and a Shadow Clone of his, to look for one tag, while he himself went with Akamaru to find another. The tags were hidden by a Genjutsu which was easily dispelled by Naruto and Sakura. The trick was to take of the tags at the same time. Naruto though showed his genius by using Shadow Clone's ability to transfer memories and used it to time it correctly. So they passed." Everyone sweatdropped. 'She used Genjutsu anyway.' was what they thought.
Hiruzen coughed to bring attention back to him, "I'm glad to hear both teams passed. Now lets move on. Asuma you are next."
Asuma nodded, "Team 10 Passed." Again no surprise there. The Ino-Shika-Cho's teamwork was very well known and they continued this tradition through generations. The only problem would be the lethargic Nara clan attitude, "My test was for them to simply defeat and immobilise me. Shikamaru didn't seem much motivated and Chouji was afraid to hurt me, but Ino's bossy attitude got them working anyway and they were able to stop me from moving. While I was only able to see Shikamaru's and Chouji's skills since Ino was just bossing them around, at least she emerged as a good motivator for them." Nara clan's avoidance to anything that was 'Troublesome' was no less prominent in the heir it seemed.
Hiruzen nodded at his son and turned his attention to Anko, who was now sweating nervously. The old Hokage sensed Anko's nervousness. It didn't sit well with him, "Now for the last team, Anko?"
Anko was looking for some words to present the news mildly, but resigned to her fate, "Team 11…Failed."
If it was not for his receding hairline, the Hokage's eyebrows could have hid themselves in his hair. Similar shock was going through the rest of them, especially Kurenai.
The Hokage composed himself to ask, "How?"
Anko couldn't take it anymore, "It was that Civilian brat. He wouldn't work with any of them. He hates both the ninja clans and the ROOT, by extension the princess and Sai. And…." She continued ranting about how one guy messed up the whole team.
Sadly her rant didn't exactly answer the Hokage's question, so he asked again, "Stop Anko. Tell me from the beginning what happened." Anko stopped her rant, took a deep breath and did as asked.
After she was done explaining, the Hokage sat back taking everything in. He straightened before saying, "This is bad. Hiashi won't take it nicely that his daughter failed to be a genin even after showing such prowess just because of a clan-hater. Hinata probably was on a knife's edge with the Hyuuga Elders after she changed the Gentle Fist style as you mentioned. And the Hyuugas aside, I do not want to let this kind of talent waste six more months in the academy for no reason."
Anko brightened at that. She rubbed the back of her head and said, "Actually, I kinda told them I would get a replacement genin to complete the team. So…can I?" She used an S-rank Jutsu with that question to put more weight to it. The Puppy Dog Eyes Jutsu.
The Hokage was not affected by it though, "I want to do just that." He said making Anko grin. But it was wiped off, "But we do not have any free genin to put on the team."
Anko was dejected. She really wanted to lead the team. She along with everyone else was given hope by Jiraiya, who barged in through the window and said, "I think I can help you with that problem."
OMAKE 6
Sasuke Uchiha, Namiko Senju and Shino Aburame were all standing in front of their Jounin Sensei, Kakashi Hatake, who had just arrived, 3 hours late. They were waiting on Kakashi to explain the test they were supposed to take.
Kakashi took out two bells from his kunai pouch and told them, "You have to take these bells from me before afternoon." He then took out an alarm clock and set it on one of the wooden stumps beside him. "Whoever takes a bell passes." He added.
"But sensei there are only two bells and there are three of us." Namiko pointed out.
"Correct. So obviously only tw- " Kakashi was cut off by Sasuke, "Don't bother I'm going to get both of them. You two should give up now, I'm the only one who deserves to pass."
Namiko glared at him while Shino didn't give any outward expression except for a raised eyebrow. He seemed to be limited to that single gesture. Kakashi was already seeing how his test would go.
"Well you heard him. I advise you stop him before he does or I would have no choice to fail you. Before you start I should tell you to come at me with intent to kill otherwise you will never get a bell." Kakashi warned before continuing, "Okay, Start!"
Namiko and Shino knew fighting him head on who be suicide, so they immediately scattered. Sasuke though stood there, arms crossed looking smug.
Kakashi sweatdropped, "You know, for a supposed prodigy, you are light in head."
Sasuke did not lose his smug expression though, "You should stop with the act now and give me the bells. You know you can't fail me, right?"
"Hmmm…and why is that?" Kakashi asked.
"Obviously I am the last Uchiha. This village is desperate to have me." Sasuke managed to say that even more smugly.
Kakashi didn't change his expression though, "Is that so? Well I am not giving you the bells. You can try and take it."
Sasuke scowled. He walked up to Kakashi and tried to take the bells. His hand was immediately caught. He was flunked far over Kakashi's head.
Sasuke righted himself mid-air and glared at Kakashi. Kakashi reached into his kunai pouch making Sasuke tense. He was shocked though on seeing Kakashi take out a book. His shock turned into anger, 'He is mocking me. An Uchiha'.
He took Kakashi's words to heart and made the required handseals for his signature jutsu. He yelled, "Fire Style: Great Fireball Jutsu". A fireball was spat out of his mouth. It hit Kakashi dead on. Sasuke smirked, "Hnn…No one is stronger than an Uchiha" He said.
A voice from behind him startled him, "Hmm…Is that so?"
Sasuke jumped away and turned back to see Kakashi standing there seemingly unharmed. Even his book was okay. Sasuke got angrier and repeated the Jutsu. And the same thing happened. He did it a few more times. On his fourth try Kakashi didn't reappear.
Sasuke was already panting from using the Jutsu for so many times but still smirked, "Hah…See…I said so."
The voice that came this time though terrified him instead of startling him, "Hnn…Foolish little brother. Such level of Jutsu cannot kill me."
Sasuke turned back to come face to face with his brother, Itachi Uchiha. His fear turned into a look of hatred, "Itachi how did you get here? Doesn't matter, I will kill you this time."
He took out a kunai and ran at his brother to kill him. He stabbed him successfully. Instead of blood coming out of Itachi's wound though, his whole body turned black before it burst into a several crows which flew a bit away and merged back into Itachi. Itachi repeated, "Foolish little brother. You can't kill me like that."
Sasuke attempted to kill him again but ended up with the same result. He was never able to figure out he was in a Genjutsu.
Kakashi was standing over Sasuke's now and then twitching form, reading from his book. He had already went and fought both Namiko and Shino individually before leaving, for them to form a plan. He was surprised to see Sasuke still stuck in the Genjutsu. He was surprised though when Sasuke's still unconscious body somehow took out a kunai.
In the Genjutsu, Sasuke was panting in front Itachi who kept on repeating the same words. Even an idiot would have realised he was in a Genjutsu by now, but Sasuke was too much blinded by his hate.
The Genjutsu Itachi looked at Sasuke and said something else for the first time, "Pitiful little brother…you still did not realise the true power of my Genjutsu. Let me put you in another one." His Sharingan started spinning while forming into a pinwheel.
Everything in front of Sasuke turned black and white. He was re-experiencing the Tsukuyomi Itachi had casted on him four years ago. Intending to dispel the Genjutsu and believing his form in the Genjutsu was not real, he took his kunai and stabbed it through his throat.
In the real world, Sasuke's body mimicked his Genjutsu self before Kakashi could stop him. The pain immediately woke him up. Before he could realise he had stabbed himself in real, the pain became overwhelming and he started to thrash around.
Kakashi was shocked. How the heck did this happen? Sasuke stabbed himself so abruptly that he couldn't stop him. And now he was close to dying. He decided to rush him to the hospital but stopped himself, 'He will die before I reach there. Wait a minute there is a medic in the team'.
"Namiko, Shino the test is over. Namiko there is a medical emergency, come here immediately." Kakashi yelled out.
Namiko had already heard Sasuke yell. She rushed to where Kakashi was to see Sasuke thrashing around holding his bleeding throat. She immediately went to work after telling Kakashi to keep Sasuke from thrashing anymore.
After sometime, during which Shino had arrived, Sasuke stopped squirming and was put unconscious. Namiko wanted an explanation but put it for after her mother had checked Sasuke up, which she advised.
Tsunade came out of Sasuke's operating room to meet the waiting Kakashi.
"Kakashi, how did something like this happen on a simple Genin test?" She asked.
After Kakashi was done explaining, Tsunade along with Namiko and Shino sweatdropped. Yeah even Shino. "He stabbed himself in the throat to dispel a Genjutsu? Why would he stab himself there of all places? Why did he stab himself in the first place? A simple nick could have dispelled a Genjutsu." Namiko said.
Kakashi just shrugged, "I don't know. I just put him in the 'Hell Viewing Technique'. He was okay for a long time, just squirming a bit. Then before I knew it, he took out a kunai and stabbed himself. Anyway how is he Tsunade-sama?"
Tsunade sighed, "Well he will live. But his voice box is completely damaged, so he will not be able to talk anymore. Same with the wind pipe. He has to wear a breather for the rest of his life and any strenuous activity is banned from now. So yeah, he has to be taken out of the shinobi program."
After reporting to the Hokage, it came out that all the teams except team 10 failed. Sasuke could not be a ninja anymore, Sakura refused to be in a team without Sasuke in it, and Menba did not want to work with his team at all.
So he rearranged the genins to make two teams. Hinata was put with Kiba and Shino to make the tracker team like it was supposed to and Namiko, Naruto and Sai were put together for Kakashi to lead.
AN:
Sasuke lived in this Omake, because killing him was becoming boring. So I had him suffer instead.
Now for Fuyou Menba. His name can mean 'Bamboo Grass', 'Dependent Member' or 'Unnecessary Member' depending on how you write it in Japanese. I meant the third one, as is clear from the chapter. He was added there just to make the team, so that I could bring in a canon character afterwards and finalize the team instead. I have already said that I do not like to use OC's. That's why Menba only lived for three chapters.
Aren't bad things happening to Hinata more and more? Well that is how life goes, don't you think? Four things go bad before only one good thing happen? So Hinata's team failed, but Jiraiya has an idea to pass her team. Many of you probably already know who I'm going to place on the team.
And Hinata the strongest Hyuuga of the current generation? How? What happened to Neji? Well he is there. I didn't kill him off or something. His entry is near.
This is the first time I've written a full fight scene, even though it was not that long. I hope its good enough.
Like in the tenth chapter, I will now try and answer your questions in the reviews itself unless there is some suggestion which I think everybody should know about. Well till the next time.