It's christmas and that means stories to read around a fire. If you still have one, otherwise it's read a story in bed while on your phone. i'm not going to judge. Anyway, let's go!
Super hero time!
Ex-aid: Game clear! you're onto the next stage!
Naruto: Yvoire seems a little antsy. I wonder what he wants...
Ex-aid: Isn't that sort of thing too extreme for a schoolyard!?
Naruto: Don't wory, she'll be up in the morning just fine.
E-a + N: Game start! Showtime!
"So everything went alright last night then?" Hinata asked as she alongside Naruto walked towards their final academy session. Naruto cheerfully nodded as he strolled alongside her, hands on the back of his head.
"Absolutely perfectly! Not a single hitch and I still ended up getting promoted for it!" He was rather proud of that because on his files, it would be recorded that the only reason he failed was due to tampering and he was promoted from on field mission results.
"After all, we can't have someone as promising as you fail out of the academy for something as trivial as not having the right clones learnt when you have a far better replacement. I'm sure that it will irk the council as well and I always could do with a little bit of entertainment, watching them flounder as I show them who's really boss."
"Wow, that's so cool Jiji! I bet I'm going to look awesome now! Do I get to use the red pirate as an alias now?"
"Well we could put that down, but typically titles are given by the other countries."
"Just jot it down now, because soon the whole world's either going to fear it or respect it, believe it!"
"Ha-ha, of course Naruto."
"Yo! Naruto, Hinata, did you do it? Are you proper genin now!?" A loud and energetic voice yelled from down the road, causing the two to look on in surprise until they saw who it was that was calling.
"Yo, Lee! We just need to sit through one final day and then we're good to go!" Naruto happily replied, sticking out thumbs up that was quickly returned. He was a strange looking boy, with a bowl cut and a dark green body suit that contrasted terribly with the orange legwarmers that he had, but no one had the guts to tell him it looked terrible, especially considering that his team leader and father figure was a renowned taijutsu master with similar tastes.
"That's amazing! The pirates will prove that they are the best in no time!" Hinata giggled at the boy's enthusiasm, a trait that was only matched by his eccentricity.
"Yes, but we need to get all the members together first. We only have three people right now." Hinata gently reminded Lee, causing the boy to lose some of his exuberance. When he had learnt that the group couldn't properly function without all 6 members, it had made him a little downhearted, but he used that to further motivate his search for potential teammates.
"Well I think Tenten is good to join, so we just need to give her the appropriate tools." HE informed them and Naruto nodded quickly.
"I'll introduce her to the Galleon at the same time." Naruto stated, before pausing for a slight moment. "You never really got to see the majority of the ship did you? I'll have to give the both of you a tour around then, but it will have to wait until we are done with our team introductions." Lee had already come to expect that, having been through it himself, but he still bounced in place with excitement that positively lit up his face.
"Well then I shall eagerly wait for that time, but for now I must go; my team is calling to me and we shall train! I shall come back to this spot with her when you call me." Holding up the phone in his hand for good measure, he saluted them before dashing off to begin whatever insane training regime they had managed to concoct this time. The two left behind merely shrugged and continued on with their walk. It wouldn't do to be late at such a pivotal moment after all.
Somewhere, a man sneezed upon his dead friends' names.
The class was buzzing with anticipation, every student having passed, which was a rarity that had only occurred once before (for it was the council's control over the curriculum that allowed it to degenerate to such a state. The talk seemed to slowly mute however as their gazes fell upon Naruto, who many had thought had failed the test and had to re-sit the year.
"Hey dead last! What do you think you're doing here?" Kiba called from across the classroom, his little furry partner Akamaru yipping in agreement. "Didn't you know that this is only for people who actually graduated!?"
"Look at the forehead protector and say I didn't fail Mutt!" He called straight back, holding up the band that was tied around his arm, a blue strip of material with a single slab of metal engraved with the Konoha leaf.
"How on earth did someone like you get a headband?" Ino, a self-centred girl more focused on her looks than her skills, having chosen the ninja lifestyle due to her family and to better for her Sasuke, asked him mockingly. "Did you fish it out of the bin?"
"I was there when he received the protector directly from the Hokage himself." Hinata declared, standing up for one of the few that she would consider as her friend. Ino looked at the girl with distain evident in her eyes, but she sat down. It would be better not to antagonise one of the clan heirs, even if it was one of the weaker ones. Her actions would reflect on her family (Or at least more than being one of the weaker ones in her class did) and being a clan heir herself, she was meant to hold her opinions when dealing with potential allies.
"Now, now, Naruto did get the title of genin fair and square by proving himself in the field by catching an unknown traitor with a fine demonstration of skill." Iruka interrupted as he entered the classroom, a board with the names of each team written down. HE had only been able to hear the last part of the talk, but it didn't inspire confidence in their abilities in the real world if they were willing to degrade those who they would be fighting alongside. Sure, they had believed that he wasn't a ninja, but that only served to make things worse. No ninja is higher than a civilian in rank, unless said ninja was the Hokage or given special permission to act as such. The endorsement from the teacher caused the room to erupt into conversation, which Iruka tried to silence to no avail until he yelled incredibly loudly,
"EVERYONE SHUT UP!" It served its purpose, the head enlarging jutsu only increasing the effects. To the silent room, he continued his speech.
"You may notice that Mizuki isn't here to greet you all right now. That is because, with the help of Naruto, it was revealed that he was planning on betraying the hidden leaf by stealing and running off with the great forbidden scroll, which if you have been listening to my lectures, is meant to hold hundreds of high level jutsu that even Hokages may even struggle to comprehend. That is why Naruto is here with you now, for his bravery and incredibly efficient plan that allowed the traitor to be lulled into a false sense of security before beating him, without need for any special techniques or any hindrance to Mizuki." He paused in order to allow the news to sink in before continuing without allowing them to stop him for questions.
"Right now, you all sit here having been classed as worthy of the title genin. You have all worked incredibly hard to reach this point and deserve what you have achieved in the entirety. You, as ninjas of Konoha, are tasked with ensuring the survival of the leaf's people and for establishing ourselves in the good graces of our daimyo so that we can keep a good supply of missions in order to keep our village thriving. You will be placed in teams, which you will have to fight with until you are fortunate enough, if ever, to achieve the title of Chunin. Team 1 is composed off…" Naruto drowned out the monotonous tone of Iruka calling out the teams until he heard his own.
"Team 7 shall be made of Naruto Uzumaki, Sakura Haruno and Sasuke Uchiha, under the jonin Kakashi Hatake." The pirate groaned as he heard who his team would be made of: an emo who wanted to kill his last remaining family member, a girl who paid far too much attention to said emo and a man who was known for being late constantly and consistently and was known for having a strong connection to the Uchiha. Basically, it was about to make his life living hell.
"What!? We have to work with that Idiot!?" Came the loud screeches of the pink haired girl, partially damaging the hearing of the majority of the class, including the teacher.
'I swear they train so that they do just enough damage to not get charged with assault.' He mused as he watched the small fight that occurred between the teacher and pupil, which ultimately resulted in Iruka beating the girl down verbally.
"Now, the teams that you are in will be the friends you have at your sides for a long time, so I expect you to treat each other with the respect they deserve. Your jonin leaders will be introducing themselves soon, so please remain seated until they come and collect you. I will honesty tell you that it has been an honour to teach your class and I wish you the best of luck in your futures." With the last of his spiel finished, much to the relief of his class, the jonins all began to drip in, calling for their teams and then immediately leaving. Hinata subtly signalled to Naruto that he should call her once they were finished, resulting in him giving her a subtle nod. Then began a sluggish wait for the last remaining three that belonged to team 7 as they waited for their own teacher to come along.
'I bet they don't know about the reputation Kakashi has.' He joked to himself with a small mental chuckle as he pulled out one of the manuals he had to assist in one of the later teams he found. It was done in a very strange way, using onomatopoeia such as 'woosh!' or 'Pow!' instead of actual actions in the instructions. Sakura gave a cursory glance, slightly surprised to see Naruto reading anything, but scoffed at the contents.
"I should've known you wouldn't read anything intellectual." she commented haughtily.
"I never expected you of all people to appreciate a jutsu manual for teaching Jutsu considering the amount of work you put into your hair compared to your dedication to training." He snarked back, causing her to grow ever more angry.
"Well I don't need to train to be better than you!" She declared.
"Are you willing to put that to the challenge?" Naruto challenged, gesturing to the door, a challenge she easily accepted.
"I'll beat your ass ten ways for trying to act so mighty and then I'll show Sasuke how much my skills have grown!" The boy mentioned simply huffed before making his own way to the training ground, closely followed by the two fighting. The training grounds were located close to the school for medical and legal reasons, so they would be able to know when their teacher eventually decided to appear.
"You're about to get pounded." Sakura said, punching her palm as if it made the statement anymore true. Naruto simply yawned to infuriate the girl even more.
"You know, you could keep blabbing or you could fight me Sakura." The taunt spurred her into action, the girl running rather slowly in contrast to what the pirate had come to expect of ninja and threw an averagely powered punch, which he easily avoided.
"Are you having fun there?" He teased, dodging each attack with ease while thinking how best to demonstrate his skills so that it sank in to the girl's thick head. Regardless, she continued in her fruitless assault, for is she continued, he would obviously get hit right?
"Stop dodging and take a hit like a man!" She ordered, to mocking laughter.
"Do you really expect that to work with any enemy nin you come across?" He asked incredulously, batting aside a fist for the first time. The girl was shocked at the movement and even more so when he summoned to shadow clones behind him, but knowing how clones functioned, she wasn't scared.
"What do you expect a clone to do? In case you didn't know, they aren't real." She informed him superiorly, but he ignored her as the three bold boys began to move with hypnotic gestures.
"Genjutsu: Ghost lock!" The three said in unison, the centre Naruto thrusting out his hand with a wave coming out. Too slow to dodge the technique, Sakura was shocked to find herself unable to move, as if some sort of ethereal grasp on the entirety of her body.
"Hey, what the hell did you do!?" she asked in anger, somehow expecting him to apologise and release her immediately as she had managed to do so before, but it ad et t settle in her mind that it was an act that he used, but no more.
"You aren't ready for this." Was all he said as the three separated before charging up chakra in their bodies, a blue aura forming around them as they charged forward towards the girl. Converging on her at a single point, the lines they produced as they ran began to glow with blue flames that when they connected with Sakura, caused the girl to be sent tumbling into the sky screaming. She was soon followed by the boy and his clones as she was surrounded by the blue fire, each pirate planting their feet on her body and with a strong kick, she was sent hurtling back towards the earth. It wasn't over though as the flames began to converge, forming a large winged steed to be formed.
"Tri-Pegasus!" The horse gave a large neigh before practically galloping through the air, colliding with Sakura as she was left in her crater with minor burns all around her. Naruto landed, his clones disappearing in puffs of smoke.
"That's not even a fraction of my true capabilities." He simply stated to the girl, not reacting even when the lone figure that had been spying on the revealed himself to be Kakashi.
"While I don't really recommend beating up your teammate in order to demonstrate the techniques, I can see that you have potential." He man said casually, as if he did not witness the brutally one sided combat scenario. "I suppose there is no need to hold the meeting up on the roof, so let's just begin here. Please introduce yourself; state your name, likes dislikes, hobbies and dreams.
"May," Sakura began, only to cough. "You give us an example?"
"Well, I'm Kakashi, I have quite a few likes, a couple of dislikes, my hobbies aren't really appropriate for your age and dreams? Well, perhaps you can find out one day." He happily stated as Naruto let a drop of sweat fall down his face.
'So, just his name? Okay then' The red coated boy mentally commented.
"Well then, Sakura, introduce yourself."
"Well, My name is Sakura Haruno, My likes are…" She looked towards Sasuke and gave a small giggle to Sasuke's displeasure. "MY DISLIKES ARE NARUTO AND INO! My hobbies are trying dresses and chatting with my friends and my dream is…" A second giggle with a glance at the blue Uchiha. Kakashi just motioned for Naruto to begin.
"My name is Naruto Uzumaki and my likes are my friends, new discoveries and learning about the history of this world. My dislikes are those who do not take their training seriously and people who aren't willing to change for the better. My hobbies are watering plants and training, while my Dream is to become the best at what I do." He thought it was fairly normal, if you discount the fact that he would be one of 6 that were doing what he did.
"That seems fair enough. How about the emo here?" Kakashi prompted with a smile from under the blue fabric mask he wore, causing the boy to scowl in anger.
"My name is Sasuke Uchiha. My likes are few and my dislikes, large. My dream… no, my ambition, for it will come one day, is to finally kill a certain someone and restore honour to my family's name." It was succinct and dripping with the sense you could only get when you know someone is brooding.
"My, what a rag-tag bunch we seem to have." Kakashi commented. "well, I guess I should explain what your test will be then."
"But we already took a test and me and Sasuke passed!" Sakura protested, but Kakashi simply waved the girl off.
"Yes, that was good for seeing who potentially had the skills to be a genin, but it is actually down to the leaders to devise a test that will show if they truly have what it takes." He explained to his team, who were all left on edge as they eyed each other suspiciously. Naruto, having been informed by Lee and Tenten about what he should expect, wasn't too scared about failing on his part, but he knew it was guaranteed to be a struggle to work with those two and potentially even dangerous if they chose to ignore one of his requests that were important.
"The test will be at 8 tomorrow, so please make sure to be on time. Oh, and I suggest that you make sure to not eat anything in the morning, otherwise you could throw it all back up." With that final warning left ringing in the air, he dismissed the team who returned to their homes intent on passing the test. Once Naruto knew he was alone, he pulled out the mobirate and rung Hinata up.
"We're good to go. Let's gather the crew.
Naruto's super sentai 'saiko!' pedia!
soccer sentai go-strikers - サッカー戦隊ゴーストライカー
A team of 5 football players that had their stadium, along with all the spectators within, taken by an evil force known only as their skills on the field to combat the enemy, with big shots and great techniques, they were able to defeat the evil group and bring football to the eight of popularity. brought about at time when football hit their lowest in order to bring back interest, their exploits were famous for bringing the revival of the sport and made way for new sprts based sentai to come.
Pause! The next part to me is pretty terrible, so bear with when it finally comes. I had a good idea and then broke it down to all hell. There's also a christmas special up alongside this that shows you what Go-strikers look like, so maybe go check that out? From the one guy called dimension:
Merry christmas!