The morning after coming home from stopping Mizuki, Naruto was surprise to see a cake waiting for me. Kabuki already knew about what Naruto has done. Not only did Naruto pass his genin test, but he kicked Mizuki's ass. The hokage was even there to tell Naruto that he was gonna give Naruto a A rank mission for stopping Mizuki.
Naruto was beyond happy.
As a gift for passing and stopping Mizuki, Sarutobi gave Naruto a new set of ninja tools.
/
The next morning, he was looking at himself in the mirror. He wore his new ninja headband on his head. Naruto nodded to himself before going down stairs. Naruto looked about and say his father wasn't around. Until he heard Kabuki grunting outside.
Naruto came out into the backyard to see Kabuki in the middle of taiko training.
"Good morning, son. " Kabuki greeted stopping and turning to Naruto.
"Morning, tou-san," Naruto greeted back.
"Since we still have time," Kabuki grabbed his Onkaku and flipped into a tuning fork. "how about a morning training?"
Naruto smiled brightly and grabbed his Onkaku too. "Yeah!"
Naruto tapped his on his headband while Kabuki tapped his on his foot. Both of them brought their Onkaku forward in front of their head as vibrations from the forks causing through their bodies.
"Henshin!" both of the yelled as they began to change.
Naruto was engulfed in a blue flames while a spiral of sakura blossoms covered Kabuki. Unlike Naruto's oni form, Kabuki's was green with gold shoulder guards shaped like demon heads. With the one on the right having a red horn in it. Kabuki's belt turned gold with a red sash around his waist and became a green skirt with green boots. His oni mask was half green on the right and the red on the left.
Both of them took out their ongekibou as Naruto charged his ongekibou.
"KibÅjutsu: Rekkadan" Naruto yelled as Blue flames bursted on the tips as he then launched the flames at Kabuki. Kabuki took his ongekibou and struck each fireball. Both of them continued those as Naruto shot in a rythmic fashion.
"I say your fight with Mizuki last night, Naruto-kun. You still not there yet, Naruto-kun." Kabuki told Naruto.
"I just don't get it!" naruto yelled. "Why can't I turn into a full oni!"
"You not ready yet." Kabuki answered. "You still in your growing form."
"I know, but..." Naruto stopped shooting fireballs.
"Naruto-kun, you know how this works. Once an oni in training obtains his oni form, he or she will start off in a larva from. It's only after this, they ..." Kabuki explain as he gestured at Naruto's white form.
"...Can assume their full oni form and get their own oni name." Naruto interupted as he looked down disappointed.
Kabuki sighed and placed his hand on Naruto's shoulder. "Give it time, son. You'll get there one day."
Naruto looked at adopted dad and smiled. "Thanks, tou-san."
/
Naruto made his way to the academy after finishing up his morning training with his adopted father. As he walked, he saw several people look at him then started to whisper to themselves. He decided to ignore them, he had more important things to do then deal with the humans.
Once he got into class, He saw over half the class was missing. Most likely they did not pass. He look up and saw Hinata staring at him with a smile at him. Naruto smiled back at her and waved. Hinata's face turned completely red before she fainted. Naruto started at her shocked not completely sure what had just happened.
"Ahhh!" Naruto heard someone yell behind him. He turned around to see Sakura pointing at him. "What are you doing here!?"
"Same reason you're here," Naruto answered tapping at his headband.
"What!?" Sakura yelled loudly while Naruto covered his ears from her loud voice. "There's no way a dead last like you could ever pass."
"Well he did, Sakura-san," Both of them turned to see Iruka walk in with a small stack of papers.
"But Iruka-sensei..."
"Sakura-san, just go take your seat," Iruka interupped her.
Sakura nodded as she went to her seat. As she walked passed Naruto, she glared at him. Naruto walked to his seat and waiting for the rest of the genin to come. Once what was left of the class came in, Iruka started.
"Alright before we get started, I'd like to congradulate you all for all your hard work at becoming full flegded ninja." Iruka pulled out to paper "Sakura-san would you please come here."
Sakura looked surprised as she went down. She stood infront of her teacher as Iruka presented her with a paper.
"Congradulations, Sakura Haruno. You are the kounochi of the year."
Sakura smiled brightly as she took the paper and cheered. She could feel Ino glaring at her from behind. But that just made it all the sweeter.
In fact...
Sakura turned around and showed it off to Ino. She then yelled proudly, "Ha! take that Ino-pig!"
*Snap*
Everyone turned to see Ino clinching a pincil in her hand in anger. She had sqeezed it so hard the led bursted out and stabbed into the roof. Her eyes burning with fire as she growled, "Why you!"
"Ok ok, Sakura-san. please sit down." Iruka told her as she went back to her seat while showing Ino a smug look. "Now for the rookie of the year."
Sasuke smirked as he was about to stand up.
"Naruto Uzumaki. Please come here."
That shocked then entire class with the exeption of Naruto, who stood and walked to Iruka. Iruka handed him a paper similar to the one he gave Sakura. "Congradulation. you are the Rookie of the year."
"What a second!" Ino yelled. "How can someone like Naruto be Rookie of the Year?"
"Well according to these he is." Iruka reached in his desk and pulled out some papers. "Naruto made the best grades in ever aspect. He scored a perfect 100% on the written test, showed master over the basic ninja tool, exceptional hand to hand combat skills, and he could proformed all 3 jutsus flawlessly."
"But Sasuke-kun can do all that and more!" Sakura agured.
"Sasuke did good, but Naruto did even better. I haven't seen skills this amazing since Itachi himself."
Sasuke said nothng as he was too mad too. Not only did a clanless loser like Naruto did better then him, but he skills were close to his brother's when he graduated from the academy and set the record for it.
Sasuke glared at Naruto as he received his paper and went back to his seat.
"What could be the secret to his power!?" Sasuke thought to himself. "I must find out!"
"Now that we got that out of the away every will be divide into teams 3. First team 1...
/
Soon each of them was put into teams and their sensei came to pick them up. Naruto sat trying to read a book on taiko techniques while waited for his teacher. Speaking of which, he was put on team 7 along with Sakura and Sasuke under a man called Hatake Kakashi.
Sakura had ranted about being in the same team as Naruto, but also cheered about being on the same team as Sasuke. One more thing she ranted about was their sensei was an 2 HOUR LATE!
They were the last ones in that were left in the class as everyone else had already left. Each of them was passing the time in there own way. Naruto was reading, Sasuke was brooding, and Sakura was fawning over Sasuke.
Everyone turned once they hear footsets coming from outside the classroom. The door opened as a silver haired man started to walk in.
"I'm looking for team 7," the man with white hair and his head band over his left eye walked before an chalk eraser fell on his head. Innerly Naruto and Sakura were cheering while Sasuke was smirking. The man grabbed the eraser and said, "My first impression ... I hate you all. Meet me up on the roof in a few minute."
With that he disappeared using Shunshin.
/
Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura went to the roof and saw the man waiting for them. Once they took a seat, he started, "Let's see, why don't you all introduce yourselves?"
"Introduce ourselves?" Sakura asked. "What should we say?"
"What you like, hate, dreams, and hobbie," Kakashi answered. "Stuff like that."
"Why don't you introduce yourself first, sensei?" Naruto asked.
"Me?" Kakashi said before her started. "I'm Hatake Kakashi. I have no intentions of telling you my likes and dislikes" Naruto and Sakura looked at him confused. "As for my dream... I have a few hobbies
"So all we know is his name," Naruto and Sakura thought.
"Well now your turn," Kakashi geatured at Naruto. "You first."
"My name is Uzumaki Naruto," Naruto started. "I like my Tou-san, my family who took care of me on the road, taiko drumming, cup ramen, but I like the ramen at Ichirachu more. Oh! and I like my partner, Red Fox!"
Naruto snapped his fingers and the Red Fox disk animal flew off of his hip and unfolded into it's animal form on Naruto's lap. Everyone looked at it surprised. Kakashi had heard about some ninja being able to bring animated things to life, but this was something totally differant. Sakura squealled how cute it was while Sasuke wondered how such a thing was possible.
"I hate having to wait for my ramen to get done. I also hate when people talk bad about my Tou-san and family and I especially hate the Makamou. My hobby is spending time with my tou-san, learning more taiko techniques especially from him, and eating and comparing cup ramens!" Naruto looked over to Hokage Mountain. "My dream is to become the greatest of all the Hokage! So that all the villager will recognize me, just like my tou-san did when he found and raised me."
"He's certainly has grown up." Kakashi thought. "He's love for his adopted father is certainly high and being on the road would mean he has learned to survive in the wild."
"What an idiot!" Sakura thought. "Does he have some kind of father complex or something? No matter! He'll never be as cool as Sasuke!"
"His father?" Sasuke thought. "Is he the one who gave this dope all that power!? It should be mine!"
"Ok, Next," Kakashi said looking at
"I'm Haruno Sakura!" Sakura smiled. "I like... well, the person I like is..." She looks at Sasuke and blushes. "And my hobby is... Well, My dream is to..." She kept looking at Sasuke, blushing and squealled.
Naruto felt a sweat drop as he thought, "Can she be anymore of a fangirl?"
"Definatelly too much of a fangirl," Kakashi thought as he felt a sweat drop too "Ok, what do you hate?"
"Naruto!" She said with no hessitaion while Naruto felt slightly hurt from that.
"Girls at her age must be more interested in love then ninja training," Kakashi looked at Sasuke. "Lastly you,"
"My name is Uchiha Sasuke. I hate many things and there are not a lot of things I like." Sasuke said as he gave a far stare. In his eyes were the eyes of someone who is going down a dark path. " Also I have an ambition that I have no intention to leave as just a dream. The revival of my clan, and to kill a certain man.
"Those eyes! The remind me... of Her!" Naruto thought of a certain oni who betrayed everything the oni and Takashi stood for.
"Sasuke-kun is so cool!" Sakura blushed
"Just as I thought..." Kakashi looked at him disappointed. "Alright, you 3 all have unique personalities. I like that. We're going on a mission tomarrow.
"Huh?" Naruto looked confused, but excited. "What kind of mission is it?"
"We're gonna see what you 3 can do with some survival training."
"But why do we need to do training on a mission when we did all that at the academy?" Sakura complained. Though really she was one of the worst taijutsu users at the academy. Choosing to look her prettiest and diet instead of train.
"This in no ordinary training." Kakashi told her before laughing.
"What so funny, sensei?" She asked feeling slightly insulted.
"Well you in for a surprise," He told her before giving them a dark look. "Out of the 27 graduates, only 9 become Genin. The rest are sent back to the academy. Meaning that this training has a dropout rate of 66%. "
Naruto looked surprised, Sakura looked scared, and Sasuke looked determained to pass no matter what.
"See? You 3 are surprised" Kakashi smiled.
"But after all that work, why even take the grad test" Sakura complained "Why this test!?"
"That? It's just to see who is qualified to become Genin," Kakashi answered. "Tomarrow I'm gonna determine whether you pass or fail at the training grounds. Bring your equipment and be there at 5 am!"
Everyone was taking the news hard. Naruto held his whole body as it shook to calm himself, Sasuke tried to keep his composure but his hand kept shaking, Sakura looked at her hands as her body shook.
"If I fail then I'll be away from Sasuke-kun" Sakura thought trying to find her resolve. "This is a test of love."
"Meeting over," Kakashi said as was about to leave. "Oh right. And don't eat breakfest. You throw up if you do."
With he left via Shunshin.
Team 7 walked out of the academy and saw someone leaning against the gate waiting.
"Tou-san!" Naruto yelled as he ran to the man.
Kabuki turned to Naruto and smiled as his son came to him. "Naruto! What the big idea making me wait? You were supposed to be home hours ago."
Kabuki messed with Naruto's hair playfully as Naruto answered, "It's not my fault! Kakashi-sensei was late and made wait for 2 hours!"
"So this is the dope's adopted father?" Sasuke thought as he looked up at the man.
"Well no matter," Kabuki said as he then looked at Sasuke and Sakura. "So this is your team?"
"Oh I'm Haruno Sakura." Sakura introduced herself. "Nice to meet you sir!"
"Please! just call me Kabuki."
"Hai, Kabuki-san," Sakura bowed polity.
"Uchiha Sasuke," Sasuke said still looking at the man.
"Mmm So you're Sasuke Uchiha?" Kabuki looked up and down at Sasuke. "A bit of a chip on your shoulder. hopefully you'll grow out of that."
"Hey, Tou-san," Naruto started. "how was your day?"
"Well..." Kabuki though about his day so far.
/
Ealier that day
Kabuki was walking through the streets taking in the sites. Last time he was here, he didn't even get to enjoy the festival. But he didn't regret missing it. In doing so, he met young Naruto and grew to love him as he was his own.
Kabuki spotted what looked like a barbecue place and was about to check it out when he sensed someone was watching him. He turned away from the restaurant and walked to an alley. Once he was alone, he turned to see a male Anbu with and lizard mask looking at him.
"You have been summoned by the council." The Anbu said. "Please follow me."
"Lead the way," Kabuki said as the two leaped up and headed to the council room. Kabuki remembered it from his first visit when he met the civilian and shinobi council. Most likely now that he and Naruto are back, they were gonna try something.
Kabuki walked into the council to see the reactions on everyone's faces slit. On the civilian side, they were glaring at him. No doubt anger over the fact that he not only adopted, but took Naruto out of the village. The shinobi side were the opposite. They looked at Kabuki with respect and praise. He gave Naruto what they had been trying to for years only for the civilian council to stop them.
Love, a home, and a family.
"Ok, so, why have I been called here?" Kabuki asked the current Hokage, Sarutobi, who stood in front of him.
"Show some respect for the Hokage!" Council woman Haruno yelled.
Kabuki cleaned out his ears trying to get the ringing out. "I see somethings didn't change."
"You are here for going against the council and kidnapping our jinchuriki," Danzo explained.
"Heh" Kabuki shrugged. "At the time, I had no ties to this village. As for kidnapping, I did no such thing. All I did was take my new adopted son on a training trip."
"Don't play your word games with us!" Homura yelled at him. "The jinchuriki is property of the Konoha"
"Naruto-kun is not property, he's a boy" Kabuki claimed glaring at her. "My boy."
"You are to cut all ties with the boy and never return to this village at once," Danzo ordered him.
Kabuki glared at the man for thinking he would ever do such a thing. He was about to yelled at Danzo, but someone spoke first.
"I object to that!" Tsume yelled with the other clan heads agreeing.
"I agree with Tsume-san," Shibi nodded. "Kabuki-san, what has Naruto-kun learned from your trip?"
"I have taught Naruto-kun the fighting style from the taiko branch of my clan, the Takashi clan. I am from the Taiko branch which means I uses moves based on taiko drumming," Kabuki turned to the bug user.
Kabuki and the Hokage thought it best to consider the Onis and members of Takashi as a clan to protect Naruto while in the village. Using Takashi as the clan name so it would help them hide better in plain site. If word got out Naruto was and oni now, the village would be calling for his blood even more. Kabuki would protect Naruto no matter what.
"The Takashi clan?" Danzo asked intrigued.
"We are warriors who specialize in not only using sound as a weapon but use it to create an armor to help us fight."
"Sounds like bull to me" Councilor Haruno said waving it off. "Show us proof."
"As you wish." Kabuki grabbed his fork and tapped it on his foot. "Henshin!"
Everyone was shocked to see a spiral of sakura blossoms covered him. Once the sakura dispersed, Kabuki stood in his oni form. "This is whats called the 'oni form' in which we use in battle. The design of the form various from person to person."
Danzo smiled wrickedly. If he could possess an army of shinobi with such power, he could rule more then just Konoha, but the entire world.
In a faint glow, Kabuki returned to his human form. "I knew Naruto-kun would need to take a test at the academy so I also took Naruto to a retired Konoha ninja to teach Naruto-kun what I couldn't."
"And who is this ninja?" Koharu asked wanting to know who dares teach the demon brat.
"For the sake of his retirement and a promise I made, I cannot tell you that," Kabuki smirked.
"Why you...!" Haruno was about to yell.
"What would you say is Naruto's skill level?" Hashi Hyuga asked with his arms crossed.
"Naruto still has a few things left to learn from me, but I can safely say he can hold his own in a fight."
"He is making the demon too strong!" A rich council member. "If anything you should be teaching Sasuke Uchiha!"
"I am Naruto's father now!" Kabuki yelled back at the man. "I will give Naruto all the tools he needs to reach his dream."
"He dream?" Tsume asked with interest.
"I want what any parent would want. To help their child to reach his dream. And Naruto's dream..." Kabuki smiled and pointed at the Hokage or more specificlly, his hat. "...Is to become Hokage!"
Each member of the ninja council smirked and nodded. Each one gaining an even more high respect for the man. Hashi was the only one who looked down. For years, he always thought of his daughter, Hinata as a failure. She wasn't even able to defeat her younger sister, Hanabi. Looking back, He could not feel more ashamed of himself then he was now. Instead of being a clan leader, he should have been a father to his children. Maybe even reconnect with his nephew, Neji.
"That doesn't matter anymore now," Danzo said. "You are still a civilian of Konoha. As such, you are ordered to sever all ties you have with Naruto Uzumaki and begin teaching you clan arts to the Uchiha."
Sautobi smirked, "I'm afraid thats not something you can order him to do, Danzo-san."
Kabuki reached into his fur jacket. He pulled out a scroll and showed everyone it's contents. "I'm not a civilian. As of last night, I am jonin of Konoha! This document was sign and stamped by the Hokage himself!"
"What!?" Danzo yelled yelled as his eye looked over all of the writing on the scroll.
It was as Kabuki said, it was a formal form that allows someone to becomes a ninja. Sarutobi seeing his holding his hat slightly down to hide his smirking face. While he and Kabuki was celebrating Naruto becoming an genin, he was able to give Kabuki the form.
Danzo gritted his teeth in anger. Obviously Sarutobi knew the civilian council would try something to separate Kabuki and Naruto. So to make sure the council and Danzo wouldn't interfere, he made Kabuki a shinobi. Now Kabuki would fall under the shinobi councils rule and with the all of them on Kabuki's side, they could do nothing. Kabuki was already recognized as by all of the Shinobi council and the adopted father of Naruto, so if he went missing, someone would definatlly notice.
"Is that all?" Kabuki asked "I have to pick up Naruto from the accademy soon."
"Yes, Kabuki-san," Sarutobi waved him away. "You are dismissed."
"But Hokage-sama!" Councilwoman Haruno was about to complain.
"Kabuki-san has broken no laws and has done no wrong. Therefore he is free to go."
"Then if you'll excuse me," Kabuki said as he left the council room while the Civilian side glaring at him.
/
"It was pretty much uneventful," Kabuki shrugged as he and Team 7 walked. "You know just looking around the village and stuff."
"Found anything good?" Naruto asked looking up at him.
"Well there was this barbecue place I spotted. We'll have to check it out," Kabuki thought back to the place he was gonna go to before the Anbu came to get him. "Who about you?"
"Kakashi-sensei is giving us some special mission," Naruto told him.
"Well in that case you're gonna need a double helping of breakfast tomorrow," Kabuki smiled as he patted Naruto's head.
"But Kakashi-sensei said not to eat!" Sakura complained.
Kabuki chopped her on the head and shook his head. "Don't be a fool."
"Huh?" she looked at him confused holding her hurt head.
"If you don't eat, you don't have energy for missions, if you don't have energy, you cant fight, if you cant fight then not only do you die but so does your team" Kabuki explained giving her a deadly serious glare. Sakura was so stunned but not only his words but the glare as well. "Let's go, Naruto."
"Wait!" Sasuke yelled before Kabuki and Naruto could leave. Kabuki turned to look at him. "I want you to train me!"
"Mmm," Kabuki looked at him thinking. "How about this? I'll watch you training tomorrow. If you impress me enough, I'll think about training you you."
"Fine then I will!" Sasuke yelled and pointed at him. "And then, you will give me the power I need to avenge my clan!"
Kabuki and Naruto turned around and walled away. Sasuke turned as well and ran home to prepare for tomorrow. Sakura turned and simply walked home.
"Naruto?" Kabuki looked at his son as the walked home.
"Hai, Tou-san?" Naruto looked up at him.
"Doesn't his eye's remind you..."
"Of her?" Naruto knew who he was talking about. "Yeah, I think so too."
/ Next time/
"Sasuke!" Sakura yelled
/
"Don't get in my way, Dope!" Sasuke told Naruto
"You dont get in my way, Teme!" Naruto told him back.
/
Naruto backhanded Sakura in the face. Sasuke looked at him stunned while Sakura held her cheek in shock.