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Team Test

Naruto had awakened early this specific day, just as he had the last several. He knew today was the beginning of his career. Today was team placement.

Naruto had dressed in his jumpsuit, the only difference was this one was completely black instead of orange. And people think orange is all I wear. He thought sarcastically. You don't sneak around in a ninja village in the dead of night to prank people in orange.

Let's see if I got this down. He though to himself.

With a deep breath, he preformed a Body Flicker. The technique took him straight towards the entrance of the academy.

Old man said I couldn't tell my heritage or live in my home. Naruto thought He never said I couldn't learn.

The best part was they weren't clan Jutsu, so the Hokage couldn't call it heritage. They were Jutsu his parents had learned over the years of all elements, from the different confrontations and uses. He wouldn't just learn the Jutsu's, he mastered them, that was why he had only a few under his belt.

He even found out he had all five elemental affinities. They were something to be proud of, he just needed to learn to use them.

It helped that he was being trained by Danzo, something they kept secret from the Hokage. The man was able to quickly teach Naruto how and when to activate his eyes. He also taught Naruto some gruesome uses for them, such as the now visible fatal spots on a person.

Naruto also learned he could cast up to C-Rank Genjutsu.

Danzo had taught Naruto more than how to use his eyes. After he told Naruto the secret to the Shadow clones, he had the train. Hard! The clones trained from basic Fuinjutsu to Kenjutsu. Naruto himself would work on chakra control and Ninjutsu.

If you thought that was impressive, he taught the clones the stuff he should have learned in the academy. It's hard enough to teach one Naruto history for more than five minutes, try eight dozen.

To make sure that he kept improving, Naruto kept his clones training. Even now.

Here we go. He thought.

Naruto looked and saw that he was the first to arrive. He made his way to the swing set he had found comfort in. I've planned a lot of pranks on this thing. He thought fondly of those times.

Taking a seat, he took out one of his mother's book on Seals and began reading. Naruto had taken to Fuin like a bird to the sky, he had passed basic and was now an intermediate.

When he finally raised his head he could only ask, What the hell? The area was full of people rushing toward the academy. I'm late! He had become lost in his book again.

He made his way towards his class, no reason to rush.

Naruto made his way into the class as quietly as possible. A ninja doesn't draw attention to himself. He learned.

As he entered he saw the hopeful candidates of being a Shinobi. There were the girls who seemed to be focused on the Uchiha and boys boasting about the future.

As Naruto eyed them a frown formed on his face. They're...childish! It'll get them killed! Was he truly like that less than a week ago?

As he contemplated this, someone noticed him.

"What are you doing here Naruto?" A loud voice asked "This is only for people who actually graduated."

Naruto stared at the speaker, Kiba Inuzuka, a brash person.

Naruto simply tapped his head in reply and made his way to an open seat. But as he took out his book the door burst open. Through them flew a blond and pink haired pair.

"I WIN PIGGY!"

"IN YOUR DREAMS FOREHEAD!"

Naruto would have tried to ignore him, but they were heading straight for him. What the hell?! He looked around and realized his mistake. He had sat next to the ever-brooding Uchiha! Damn! There was no seats left, only the one he was in.

They finally noticed the seat was occupied.

"Hey idiot!" Sakura shouted "Get out of that seat, I want to sit next to Sasuke-Kun!"

Naruto gave her a single look before turning back to his book. This shocked the entire room since Naruto had always been a fan boy for Sakura.

Sakura seethed over being ignored by her love struck pet. I'll teach him! She raised her arm in a threatening manner and took a step forward. Naruto sent her a glare that made her stop.

Sakura had the feeling that if she hit him, he would hit her back! The entire class had the same feeling as well.

Ino was just as shocked by everything as much as the class. She however knew how to treat people differently than Sakura.

"Hey Naruto?" She spoke gaining his attention "Could I have that seat, please?"

Naruto stared at her for a second before standing to allow her the spot. Ino gratefully took the seat without hesitation.

Everyone was dumbstruck.

"Ha, looks like Naruto is moving up in the world." Kiba laughed. "Changing to blonds, eh Naruto?"

Naruto smiled back but gave no response. He made his way to an empty seat in the back.

"Hey Naruto." Ino called "You left your book."

She had been examining it ever since she sat down and had to admit, she understood none of it.

"Thanks Ino-Chan." Naruto replied adding the suffix making her blush.

Sakura snatched the book before Naruto could reach it. After flipping through a few pages she found she didn't understand a single thing of it. No way that idiot could read something this advanced. She thought.

"Where did you get something like this?" Sakura asked "You stole it didn't you, just like that headband."

"I didn't steal it." Naruto stated annoyed "It was left to me by my mother."

"Liar, we all know you're just an orphan." Sakura retorted "Besides, there's no way anyone related to a idiot like you could have something like this, right?" She asked the other classmates. "Probably died on their own kunai."

"Sakura!" Ino cried in disgust.

"Not cool." Kiba spoke.

"What, we all know it's true!" Sakura screeched "Everyone knows his parents were probably either failures or abandoned him knowing he would be one!"

No one said anything to Sakura's comment, they just backed away from her. No one made fun of Naruto's parents since a kid made the mistake in the beginning of the year, he never came back to class again.

Naruto was making his way towards Haruno in an threatening manner.

He quickly stretched his arm out towards Sakura, making her flinch, and snatched the book away. "My parents died protecting this village from the Kyuubi, what have yours done?" With nothing left to say he made his way toward the back of the class.

Everyone was at a loss, Naruto had insulted Sakura.

"Hey, you can't talk about my parents!" She screamed.

I've had enough of this. Naruto thought agitated.

He was reaching behind his back when he froze, more like when he was stopped.

"Release me Nara." Naruto ordered.

"Not if you're going to do something troublesome."

"Hold him right there Shikamaru!" Sakura ordered.

Unfortunately Shikamaru wasn't going to hold Naruto down for a beating, he released the Jutsu.

Naruto side stepped the punch and tapped Sakura on the back while never breaking stride. She lost her balance from the extra momentum a fell over.

Before she could get up a cold feeling washed over her. She looked at Naruto and paled at the sight. There was no blood lust, no killing intent, no hint of anger. There was nothing in the blond, no joy, no fear, no hope. He simply was. But one thing was obvious at the moment.

Naruto was going to kill Sakura.

Naruto raised a single finger and pointed it at Sakura.

What, does Naruto have loaded fingers? The entire class thought.

"That's enough!" A powerful voice spoke.

The entire class turned to see their village leader, the Hokage. Beside him was Danzo, expect to see a lot of him.

"Hokage-Sama!" The class exclaimed.

"Naruto." Danzo spoke "Return to you studies."

With a bow Naruto took a seat and began reading. This shocked the class even further, Naruto was never respectful.

"Class, I am here to assign you all your teams." The Third spoke.

"Isn't Iruka-Sensei supposed to do that?" Ino asked.

"I'm afraid the Iruka Umino died in the line of duty last night." He answered. "There was a traitor that tried to steal the Forbidden scroll, he was stopped."

The entire class was shocked at the news, minus one blond. Their Sensei was dead, not coming back.

"Hokage-Sama." Shikamaru spoke "Why does Naruto have Sensei's headband?"

The Third began cursing the Nara clan brains, he hadn't come up with an excuse for that.

"...Naruto helped apprehend the criminal as well." Danzo spoke, he was always prepared. "It's why he's here with you all."

"Yeah right, he just an clan-less weakling, there's no way he could do something like that!" Sakura spoke up "He's probably the reason Iruka Sensei died, isn't he?"

"SHUT YOUR MOUTH SAKURA!" Naruto shouted.

"Y-You can't talk to me like that." Sakura spoke "I'm your Sakura-Chan."

"I'm over you." Naruto snarled.

"Control yourself." Danzo spoke.

Naruto looked at the two old men, he obeyed. For now.

"I will be reading your team names." Hiruzen spoke "Team 1...Team 7." When Hiruzen got to Team 7, he winced. He had intended for Naruto to be on this team for his benefits. With Sakura, he would have the girl he had a crush on. With Sasuke, he would have his rival to help him get stronger. Damn, this boy is difficult.

When Naruto heard the names his face went blank. Sakura began to squeal about having Sasuke on her team. Sasuke looked as if he didn't care.

"Enjoy." Hiruzen spoke before leaving.

Team 7 was agitated, their entire class had left, but they were still there.

"Where is our Sensei!?" Sakura asked/screeched.

She got no reply, Naruto was busy reading and Sasuke was brooding. This irritated her.

This isn't right! She thought. He's supposed to follow me around like a lost puppy.

She looked at the blond, he was deep into the book. She noticed that he wasn't wearing orange and his headband looked worn out. It must really be Iruka's. She was curious as to what happened on the mission.

She wasn't the only one.

"Dead last." Sasuke spoke only to be ignored "Dead last."

"Idiot!" Sakura screeched "Answer Sasuke-Kun!"

Naruto continued to calmly read his book on Seals.

Grrr! An idea struck the kunoichi to be.

"Naruto-Kun." Sakura spoke sweetly.

This gained Naruto's attention, as well as the Uchiha's.

"Yes Sakura-San?"

"I was wondering." She leaned in on Naruto "If you could tell me how you got that headband."

"No." Naruto spoke "It's a mission secret."

Now Sakura was twice as angry. How could he ignore me?! It was an outrage in her mind.

The pink haired kunoichi raised her arm as if she were going to strike the blond. Naruto closed his book causing her to back off.

"He's here." Naruto stated.

The door opened to reveal a tall man with silver hair.

"Team 7?" He asked.

"Yes." Naruto answered.

"My first impression of you all is." He spoke making them lean in. "You're boring."

"What!?"

"Meet me on the roof in five minutes."

"Okay, tell me about yourselves." Kakashi spoke.

"What about you?" Naruto spoke "You're the stranger here, plus you must have read up on us."

"Fine, my name is Kakashi Hatake." He took a thinking pose "My likes, I don't feel like telling you. My dislikes...I never thought of dreams for the future."

All we learned was his name. Was the collective thoughts of the Genin.

"You first pinky." Kakashi spoke.

"My name is Sakura Haruno." She snapped. "My likes are..." She looked at the Uchiha and blushed. "My dreams for the future..." She looked at the Uchiha and squealed.

"And your dislikes?"

"NARUTO AND INO!" She screamed, making them deaf.

She looked at the blond to see how badly she hurt him. He was just continued through the book.

"Mr. gloomy."

"My name is Sasuke Uchiha." The avenger spoke "My don't really like anything, I hate a lot of things." He gained a dark look in his eyes "My dream-no ambition is to kill a certain man and rebuild my clan."

An avenger. Kakashi thought.

So cool! Sakura thought.

Hmm. Naruto thought.

"Blondie."

"My name is Naruto Uzumaki." Namikaze He added to himself. "I like..., my dislikes...many."

"Dreams for the future?"

"Not a dream." Naruto spoke "I plan to make my parents proud and rebuild both my clans."

Both, does he know? Kakashi asked.

"Stop being an idiot!" Sakura spoke "You're a clan-less weakling, there's no way your parents would be proud of you!"

Naruto sent Sakura a glare that made her freeze up, she was sure that his eyes were turning red.

"Sakura..." He growled.

"Okay!" Kakashi spoke in "Meet me tomorrow for the Genin survival test."

"Test?"

"To decide whether or not your worthy to be Genin." Kakashi spoke before giving an eye smile "There's a 66% failure rate and Oh, don't eat or you'll hurl."

With that, their Sensei vanished.

"Sasuke-Kun." Sakura spoke "Would you like to go on a date with-"

"No." Sasuke answered before leaving.

On instinct the pink haired girl turned to scream at her former admirer. "No I won't go out with..." Only to realize he was gone. "Naruto..."

Naruto was making his way toward the destination. He had prepared himself the best he could.

He had his black jumpsuit, really need to add to my wardrobe. A variety of Jutsu, some mastered, some still in progress. And a full stomach.

"YOUR LATE!" Sakura greeted.

"Hatake-San isn't hear yet." Naruto spoke "I am not late."

"That's Kakashi-Sensei idiot!" Sakura shouted.

"We have not passed the test." Naruto countered "Plus he hasn't taught us anything."

"He's right." A voice spoke.

"YOU'RE LATE!" Sakura greeted.

"I got lost on the road to life." He returned.

"So what is the test Kakashi-San?" Naruto asked.

"You have one hour to take these from me." He answered holding two bells.

"But there's only two." Sakura spoke "One won't pass."

"Exactly." Kakashi returned with another eye smile. "Come at me with the intent to kill."

Naruto ran forward with a kunai in hand. In the blink of an eye, he had his kunai aimed at the back of his skull.

He's fast! Naruto thought with a hint of fear.

"I haven't said begin." Kakashi spoke letting the blond go "Begin."

The Genin scattered.

Naruto had hidden himself, he knew that even against a Jonin he was invisible.

Need a plan. He thought. He knew the truth behind the test from the beginning, but that meant nothing on his own.

Wordlessly he formed a total of five clones.

Two ran into the woods to find his comrades, the other three had their jobs.

"Uchiha." Naruto spoke.

Sasuke froze when he realized he had been caught. How did the dead last find me? He was supposed to be a failure.

"We need to work together Sasuke." Naruto spoke "A Genin can't beat an Jonin on their own."

"Watch me." Sasuke spoke before leaving, his spot was compromised.

Worth a shot. He thought as he dispelled. Next.

Naruto had made his way to Sakura, he made sure to cover his mouth before making his presence known. He could feel the force of her scream nearly push his hand away. Damn, she has some lungs!

"Shut up Sakura." Naruto ordered.

"What do you want?" She hissed.

"We need to work together if we want to pass." Naruto spoke "A Genin can't beat a Jonin alone."

"Sasuke-Kun can." Sakura protested.

"Then how will you get a bell?" He asked with a roll of his eyes.

Before she could retort he went up in smoke. He did his part.

'Naruto' made his way to the open field were Kakashi stood.

"Let's begin." Naruto spoke.

"You think you can take me on by yourself?" Kakashi asked.

Naruto didn't answer, he just raised a single finger and took aim.

"What, do you have loaded fingers?" Kakashi asked in humor.

Water Gun Jutsu

He got his answer.

A single water bullet fired from Naruto's finger. It moved with such velocity that Kakashi didn't notice it. The Jutsu pierced through his left thigh forcing the Jonin to his undamaged knee.

"What the hell, you have loaded fingers!?" Kakashi shouted in pain.

That should slow him. Naruto thought.

Using the body flicker he appeared by Kakashi's side. He then fired two more of the bullets into Kakashi. One into his liver and another into his kidney.

He then grabbed his head and pulled the mask down. He stared at the Jonin but blocked the view of for his fellow Genin. With a hard yank heard an audible crack could be heard from Kakashi's neck.

Kakashi then dissolved into mud.

Mud clone! Naruto thought. Need to get away.

Kakashi stood hidden in the trees in shock. That kid is fucking brutal. He thought.

He decided to go mess with one of the others for now.

Sakura watched the display of brutality.

He was going to use that on me! She realized. B-but he loves me.

Didn't he?

"Hello Sakura." A voice whispered in her ear.

She turned and everything went blank.

Naruto looked at the unconscious kunoichi. Should I help her or leave her?

It was so hard to decide.

"Be lucky I need you to pass."

He sent a little chakra into her, just enough to brake the Genjutsu.

"Huh, Nar-Where's Sasuke-Kun?" She asked.

"Getting his ass handed to him by Kakashi." Naruto answered.

"You lie!" She shouted "He probably already has a bell." She sent the blond a glare "You're just jealous that he has one and is going to get the second for me!"

His finger twitched.

"You know what, I've had enough of this."

He turned and left her to deal with the test on her own.

Naruto laughed at the sight before him. Sasuke was nothing but a head in the dirt.

"Stop laughing!" Sasuke snapped. "Get me out of here!"

"So the mighty Uchiha does need help." Naruto mocked "I'll free you, if you help me get a bell."

"...Fine."

A minute later Sasuke was free.

"Okay, were do we begin with this plan of your?" Sasuke asked.

Sasuke watched as the air around the blond seemed to change. It was like when he was facing against Sakura, nothingness. But there was the unmistakable business like aura as well.

"First..." Naruto began.

Sakura was angry, Naruto had abandoned her.

"When I find that idiot." She growled to herself.

She did find him, under a tree. He seemed to be hiding, it was luck that she actually saw him. I'm staring directly at him and barely see him! She thought astonished. It only means Sasuke-Kun is better!

Then she saw the target of her affection. He was going against their soon to be Sensei. She was amazed at his skills, Go Sasuke-Kun!

Her attention turned back to Naruto, he was drawing a kunai.

Her mind instantly went to the negative. She thought he was going to attack her 'love' once he got the bell.

He's going to attack Sasuke-Kun! She thought frantically.

"Idiot!" She shouted as she pulled out a shuriken and threw it at the blond.

If she had stayed silent she may have had a chance of hitting the blond. That's ignoring the fact that the flight path of the weapon was off.

"What are you doing?!" He hissed.

"I'm protecting Sasuke-Kun!" Sakura shouted.

The wannabe kunoichi drew a kunai of her own and dashed toward the blond. He held her at bay with ease but she kept attacking.

"Enough." He growled.

With a powerful smack he knocked her back. He hit me. The blow alone stung, but not as much as the fact that it was Naruto who did it.

"Hey." An irritated Uchiha called "What happened to the plan?"

They turned to see a battered and bruised Sasuke.

Plan, what plan? She thought.

"Ask your precious fan girl." Naruto returned, equally irritated.

They turned their attention to the pink haired kunoichi. Before the question/shouting could begin the bell rung.

"Well, I have to say." Kakashi begun "You all are...quit the group." He pointed to Naruto "Here we have the merciless." To Sasuke "The loner." To Sakura "The useless."

"But-but..." Sakura stuttered.

"You should all give up." Kakashi spoke "Only one of you are fit to be a Shinobi."

"So Sasuke-Kun passed?" Sakura asked, happy for him.

"No." Kakashi answered "It's Naruto."

"What?" The Uchiha shouted. "If I don't pass then I can't get strong enough to kill him!"

"You never will at this rate." Kakashi lazily stated.

He charged the Jonin in rage, only to end up pinned under said Jonin.

"Hey, you leave Sasuke-Kun alone!" Sakura shouted, but did nothing.

"You think this is a game?" Kakashi asked in seriousness. "Sakura, kill Naruto or Sasuke dies."

Sakura didn't even take a moment to ponder it. She just drew a kunai and charged the blond.

She never made it within two feet before Naruto kicked her unto her back. He pinned her under himself and placed two fingers onto her neck.

Sakura wondered if he was going to fire into her.

"Did you know Sakura, that with enough pressure, two fingers to the throat you can kill a person." He spoke answering her question.

"Naruto?" She was once again shocked and terrified. "Naruto...-Kun."

Sakura looked into Naruto's eyes and froze. It was as if she were looking at a new person. This wasn't the same boy that pestered her for dates, it was a killer.

"That's enough." Kakashi spoke "This test has been over since it begun anyway."

"You knew?" Naruto asked.

"You didn't think I was a Jonin for nothing did you?" He asked with an eye smile.

The Jonin remove the two bells and held them out. In a puff of smoke they revealed themselves as nothing but stones wrapping in string.

Naruto held the real bells.

"Since when?" Sasuke asked.

"Since I attacked him a got placed in the hold." Naruto answered.

"Then why not say anything?" Sakura asked in outrage.

"I needed to see what kind of team I would be on." Naruto sneered.

"Well, who get's the second bell?" Kakashi asked.

Sakura smiled sure that he would give her a bell. Probably as an apology. She thought. Or to get us alone. Sasuke just frowned, he knew that they weren't on the best of terms.

You can do it Naruto. Kakashi watched on with interest. This is an important decision.

Naruto didn't hesitate to answer, he threw a bell to the Uchiha.

Now give the other to Sakura. Kakashi mentally begged.

"I'll keep this one." Naruto stated.

The Jonin gave a sigh. "You all fail."

"What, why?" Sasuke asked "The dea-Naruto got the bells."

"Yes, but the purpose of the test was..."

"Teamwork." Naruto cut in "I understand."

"Then why didn't you give a bell to Sakura?" He asked.

"The Uchiha has proven himself a capable...partner." Naruto spoke "The Haruno has shown her colors." Sakura could only put her head down in shame. "But we both know the team passed."

"What?"

"The council won't let you fail the 'Last Uchiha'." Naruto spoke. "Plus your debt to him."

"I could just take him as an apprentice." He stated earning a smirk from Sasuke.

"Then how would you payback my father?" Naruto asked confidently.

"Idiot, your clanless." Sakura spoke "Or your parents were failures."

"SHUT UP SAKURA!" This one came from Kakashi "You. Will. Not. Mock. His. Father." He spoke in a low growl "Is that understood?"

"Y-yes." She whimpered.

"You all pass." He spoke "Dismissed."

Naruto was happy, he was finally an actual Shinobi!

"Hello Naruto." His Sensei greeted.

"Hello Kakashi-Sensei." Naruto returned "Or should I say Dog."

When Naruto was younger Kakashi had been assigned as one his protectors. To keep him safe from civilians who couldn't see the jailer from the warden. He was one of the two ANBU that actually took the job seriously.

"When and how?" The Jonin asked.

"The hair." Naruto replied.

"I came to give you some bad news." Kakashi sighed "Because of the civilian council, I am to focus mainly on training Sasuke." He spoke solemnly. "This means little time for you or Sakura."

"I understand." Naruto replied.

Damn civilian council! Naruto mentally growled. They have no business in Shinobi affairs!

"But!" Kakashi added "That doesn't mean I'll leave you empty handed."

He pulled out a straight-bladed tanto with a small, circular hand guard.

"The White Light Blade." Naruto spoke in awe.

From what Naruto understood from history, this was a great weapon. It was capable of producing white chakra, a chakra sharper then even wind based chakra.

"It was my father's." Kakashi stated sadly "It holds too many sad memories."

"Why give it to me?" Naruto asked. No one gives a weapon like this away for nothing!

"It's my way of saying sorry for not doing enough." Kakashi spoke "And for what we'll have to face."

"I...understand." Naruto whispered. He feels like he owes me something.

"Well, you better go rest up." Kakashi eye smiled "Tomorrow you start the hell of D-Rank missions."

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Would have updated monday, but error. Anyone know what that was about?

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