Chapter 28 – New Teammate

"Talk"

'Think'

Disclaimer: Naruto belongs to Kishimoto sensei. So…yeah.

A/N: Thank you harbingerofchaos98, HawKitsune and Roran22 for your supports.

Today was the day for genin examination and Shisui was looking at a list of jōnin to be sensei for the soon-to-be academy graduates. Secretly, he wanted to check on Naruto and Noriko but the Hokage part of him reminded him to be impartial and waited for the results to be brought to him.

"What?! You passed? I knew you could do it Noriko!"

Moments later,

"YEAY NORIKO, I PASSED TOO, NOW WE ARE SHINOBI!"

Shisui chuckled. He no longer needs to wait to know their results. Now he's making a mental list to do a cook-out and invited Kosuke, Sandaime and his grandson, Konohamaru.

Genin Meeting

"Team 7. Noriko, Tenzō and Uzumaki Naruto. Your sensei will be Hatake Kakashi" said Iruka-sensei

"Yes! Noriko, we are on the same team" said Naruto happily.

Noriko smiled and looked at the third member of their team, Tenzō. He was a quiet boy with brown hair and always hangs with another of their classmate, Sai.

"Team 8. Aburame Shino, Hyūga Hinata and Sai. Your sensei will be Yūhi Kurenai"

Noriko smiled at Hinata while Tenzō and Sai exchanged a glance.

"Team 9. Haruno Sakura, Inuzuka Kiba and Uchiha Sasuke. Your sensei will be Mimura Hamaki"

"Yes! True love prevail!" yelled Sakura while Sasuke groaned. Naruto and Noriko gave Sasuke a sympathetic glance.

"Team 10. Akimichi Chōji, Nara Shikamaru and Yamanaka Ino. Your sensei will be Sarutobi Asuma"

"Your sensei will pick you up after lunch break" said Iruka "I wish you all the best in your future endeavours" he smiled at all of them and left the room.

"All the best Hinata! Remember, you are awesome! Kick Shino's and Sai's butt" said Noriko to her friend. Hinata blushed at Noriko's words but thanked her nonetheless and wished Noriko well.

"Well Sasuke, I'm gonna beat you and become a Hokage first" said Naruto while grinning.

"No way! I'm gonna beat you and become Leader of the Keimu Butai first" retorted Sasuke.

Noriko just rolled her eyes. Then she looked at Tenzō and moved towards him "You know, since we are a team now, how about a lunch and get to know each other?"

"Ok, but how about Naruto?" asked Tenzō while looking at Naruto and Sasuke bickering.

"Eh, he'll come around" said Noriko dismissively. She's seen plenty of Naruto-Sasuke bickering to know that it's better to let them on their own rather than to interfere.

"Come" said Noriko, followed by Tenzō. While he'd want to wait for Naruto, he decided that it's better to follow Noriko. Tenzō rarely saw Naruto and Noriko apart, so he figured, Naruto will come around like Noriko had said.

Ichiraku Ramen

"So, what can you us about yourself?" asked Noriko

"Why don't you tell me yours first?" replied Tenzō

"Well…you know our name"

"So do you"

Noriko's black eyes stared at Tenzō's.

'I cannot tell him about us being jinchūriki, yet' thought Noriko

'I cannot tell them about Orochimaru, yet' thought Tenzō

"There…are certain stuffs we cannot tell you, yet" said Noriko, hesitantly.

"Me too" replied Tenzō, a bit too quickly.

Noriko narrowed her eyes "Are you mocking me?"

"Huh? No, I'm telling the truth" said Tenzō earnestly.

"So…that's it? Our name?" said Noriko "

"Well-" Tenzō started

"NORIKO YOU MEANIE! YOU LEFT ME BEHIND!" yelled Naruto.

"Oh, finally" said Noriko indifferently "You better eat fast, lunch break is almost over"

Grumbling, Naruto placed his order, and sat down next to Noriko.

"What are you guys talking about?" asked Naruto

"Just names" replied Noriko.

"That's it?! Geez…"

"How are you two related?" blurted Tenzō. He knew Noriko and Naruto are not family due to different family names, but they claimed they are brother and sister, so it's puzzling him.

Noriko thought 'How am I going to tell him. Okaasan was kicked out because…Nah, too personal. His parents died and my mom adopted him…is adopted the right word? Took him? Took him from whom?-'

"I'm an orphan and Noriko's mom, Shizuka-obasan raised me caused she knew my parents" answered Naruto.

"I see" said Tenzo "So either one of you knew anything about our sensei?"

"He's weird/He's awesome!" said Noriko and Naruto simultaneously.

"Eh?" asked Tenzō while Naruto and Noriko looked at each other.

"He has this weird relationship with his book" said Noriko while Naruto explained about their trip to Sunagakure.

"He taught this disgusting Jutsu-" said Noriko while Naruto protested "It's not! If used properly, your enemy can fly off"

'What Jutsu is that?' thought Tenzō curiously.

"But he is awesome. We've seen him fight" said Noriko while Naruto nodded in agreement.

"What are you brats doing here?" their talk was interrupted by a beautiful lady with blonde hair tied into two and a marking on her forehead.

"Tsunade-sama!" said Noriko "This is my brother Naruto and my teammate Tenzō. We are all in the same team" she explained.

"Noriko, who's this lady" asked Naruto.

"She's the one who taught me how to evade" explained Noriko.

"Ohhh…" Naruto looked at Tsunade in awed.

"Tsunade…" pondered Tenzō "Aren't you one of the Sannin along with Orochimaru and Jiraiya-sama" he asked.

"You are?!" asked Naruto, scrutinizing Tsunade, then remembering Jiraiya "How come you look so young?"

Tsunade felt a tick on her forehead.

"Probably Genjutsu" speculated Noriko "Or Henge. But wow, you must be very good at focussing if you can keep that appearance all day long, Tsunade-sama" said Noriko in amazement.

"Eh? Maybe we could do it Noriko. I need to improve my focus anyway" said Naruto "But I wonder what she looks like underneath? Jiraiya-sama has wrinkles, wonder if she looks the same" Naruto wrinkled up his face, trying to picture Tsunade with wrinkles.

Tsunade's ticks multiplied on her forehead.

Noriko, sensing a déjà vu, grabbed both Naruto's and Tenzō's hand and screamed "RRRRUUUUUNNNNNNNNNNN!"

Academy

When Kakashi arrived at the classroom to greet his new team, he was met with a sheepish Iruka, informing him that his students were at the hospital as they ran into unexpected trouble and was subsequently injured.

Kakashi scratched his head 'What kind of trouble is that?'

End Chapter 28

A/N: Tenzō is Yamato. I changed his aged.

Omake

Teuchi looked at the running genins and at the Sannin who was chasing them. Then he looked at the toppled chairs, cracked table from Tsunade tried to control her anger, cracked bowls and cups from falling and called his daughter.

"Ayame, send this bills to the Hokage" said Teuchi, whistling while writing the bill for damaged properties. That's why he loved to do business with shinobi, his furniture is always almost brand new.