The Hunter in the Leaves

by AmaterasuBlazing

When Naruto was 5 he received a severe beating that left him unconscious. This sent him into his mind where he met three hunters from a time long forgotten. They take him on as their apprentice, teaching him their arts. Naruto no longer only a ninja, and he has a second goal. He is also a hunter, and strives to be the greatest ever. OOC Amelia, Ludwig, Gehrman and Naruto

4. Chapter 4: Ninja registration & Team sel

The Hunter in the Leaves

Hey guys! Amaterasu_Blazing here with the next chapter of The Hunter. Sorry for the long break, I had exams then was shipped off to Navy camp and then to my Grandparents, so haven't been able to write till now.

Spark681, jablanco, zero fullbuster and eniox27, leviathen and Hunter13 thank you for commenting.

thialind1, Thank you for your comment, I appreciate it greatly and yes, I am a soulsborn fan, my first game in the franchise was actually Bloodborne and I have played most of the others due to this. Thanks for your comment on my character writing as I am always unsure how that comes off.

longbowchris50, Yes…

Okay, so on the voting said:

Bloodborne guns in Naruto: 4 yes, 1 no. Despite this, I am not going ahead with this, Guest I can see why you would think that guns wouldn't fit in with the Narutoverse, especially with how they are depicted in other stories, either firing real bullets or what are basically miniature rasengans' from the damage they do and I agree. I was going to make them so they work and are not OP, and would have described how they work in the story in more detail, but basically compare how they would have worked on a fundamental level to rubber bullets.

Fus' elemental affinity: Tri strong affinity of Fire, Earth and Wind release

Team situation: 3 cannon, 2 OC. They will still be in team 7.

Also eniox27, I can understand why you want for more Bloodborne skills but I am making them so they work in the Narutoverse. The Beast Roar became Narutos' Sound release techniques; Blood release came from the games over all theme. The Blacksky Eye, Old Hunter Bone, Augur of Ebrietas, and a Call Beyond will likely all became techniques in the future. The Madaras Whistle and Messengers' gift just wouldn't fit and I don't know how to make the Executioner's Glove make sense, although I want to.

So normal disclaimer. I own NOTHING! Enjoy the chapter.

Talking: "Hello."

Thinking: 'I wonder…'

Flashback: "Hello"

Jutsu/techniques: Transformation Jutsu/8 centred whirlpool

Bijuu: "Stupid human."

multiple personality (e.g. Inner Sakura): "Eliminate him."

Point of view/ location switch: Naruto point of view

Reading: (Zabuza Momochi)

Chapter 4: Ninja registration & Team selection

Naruto and Fu stood in front of the Hokage in the old mans' academy office, passing him their ninja registration photos. The Sarutobi glanced at the two photos, noting that both wore their current outfits, both covering their face. Fu wore her hood up, sending the important features of her face into shadow whilst Naruto wore his kitsune mask.

Hiruzen glanced back up at the leafs two young jinchurikis' before he began to speak. "These are fine and will be added to your profiles. Now, I want to…" Explained the old man, trailing off as the door to the room was thrown open, a small boy racing in shouting.

"Get ready old man! Today is the day I take that hat from you!" Exclaimed the boy, racing forward before he tripped over his blue scarf. He quickly tumbled over, falling face first into the wooden floor of the office. He quickly got up, turning around as he pointed at Fu. "You tripped me!" Shouted the boy, glaring angrily at the white clad hunter.

Naruto sighed as the greenet picked up the kid by the collar of his shirt, growling as she glared at the boy. "I didn't trip you, brat! You tripped over your own scarf!" Exclaimed, a tone of frustration and anger in her voice as she spoke. The door shot open behind the two, revealing a man wearing a pair of round sunglasses and a tight, black long sleeved shirt and pants.

He glared at the seven tail jinchuriki as she held up the boy, shouting out at the girl as he continued to walk into the room. "Unhand the honourable grandson!" Shouted the bandana wearing man. The boy smirked at the hooded genin in front of him, expecting her to just drop him and apologise now that she knew who he was, just like everyone else.

The boy was shocked when green strings suddenly burst forth from the huntress's hands, acting with a mind of their own as they wrapped around his limbs and restrained him before Fu dropped the boy, speaking in a harsh tone as she walked out of the room and barging past the jonin.

"I don't care if you were the daimyo himself, you don't blame me for something I didn't do." Growled the greenet as she walked out of the room. Naruto sighed as he walked up to the old Sarutobi's desk, muttering an apology as he grabbed the two ninja registration forms before racing out of the room, chasing after his friend.

Konohamaru stared after the duo in shock, completely surprised by the girls' actions. A smile crept onto his face as he began to smile, subtly disappearing to follow the duo as the tokubetsu jonin, named Ebisu, spoke with the young Sarutobi's grandfather.

Fu point of view

Fu walked down the street next to Naruto, studiously ignoring the oddly box shaped rock that had been following the string sovereign and the blood bender as they headed towards their favourite ramen bar. The greenet sighed, muttering to herself, "Okay, that's enough!" Exclaimed the girl as she wiped her wrist backwards, sending a half dozen razor strings forward, slashing the faulty disguise to pieces.

For a moment the tiny emerald threads seemed to just phase through the rock, like phantom strands. A slight breeze drifted over the seemingly solid 'Stone', causing it to fall to pieces, revealing a shocked Konohamaru staring up at the Hunting duo, flinching slightly at Fu's annoyed glare, unable to see an amused smile on Naruto's face due to his mask.

The young Sarutobi quickly pulled himself together, mustering his courage as he stood tall. This changed nothing though as he stood nearly a foot shorter than Fu, and over a foot if compared to Naruto's 5'2" cloaked form. "So, you noticed I was there! Unsurprising, what with you being my new master and all!" Exclaimed Konohamaru, a smirk on his face.

It took a moment for the Hunters to register what the young boy had said, and once they did, they both began to chuckle. The pre-pubescent Sarutobi again stared on in shock at the two as they calmed down, Fu being the one to respond. "No, brat" Exclaimed Fu, barely stopping herself from again breaking down into laughter at the boy's expression.

"Why not!" Exclaimed the youth as he stared up at the duo, a pleading undercurrent to both his surprised expression and tone of voice. Naruto, being the less blunt of the two stepped forward, crouching down to look the boy in the eye as he began to speak.

"What my friend meant to say was why are you wanting to learn from us? You already have a teacher. Ebisu, I think his name is, right?" Questioned the fox masked blond, sending a glance at his partner out of the corner of his eye, noticing that she was nodding her head in agreement.

"Because you treat me like a person and not just the Hokages' grandson!" Exclaimed the small boy as he glared up at the two, his short stature, young boyish face and oversized blue scarf. Fu glanced towards the masked jinchuriki by her side, a grin and a strange glint in her eye as she did.

Naruto sighed, barely resisting the urge to take off his mask and rub his eyes, or to simply just face palm, knowing exactly what his greenet companion was thinking. "Fine, you go mess around with the kid and meet me back at Ichiraku's later, I have some stuff to do." Sighed the fox masked genin.

Fu began to cackle like a mad-women before vanishing, a cloud of dust remaining in her place. The seven tails jinchuriki raced off, grabbing the young Sarutobi as she did.

1 week later

Naruto sighed as walked into the class, followed closely by Fu as they entered wearing their hunter uniforms instead of the clothes that their fake personas had. The students already their glanced at the pair in shock, having never seen them in the current outfits before. The only ones that seemed unsurprised were Shikamaru and Shino.

The Nara heir glanced up at them before lying back down, muttering tiredly as he did. "So you two have finally stopped hiding your ability, troublesome." Mumbled the pineapple haired genin as he put his head back down on the table. Shino nodded to Fu and Naruto, a small smile being hidden by his coat.

Kiba looked down at the two, a smirk decorating his face as he spoke. "It doesn't matter what you where! You'll always just be the dead last! Why do stay with him Fu? You should stay with a real alpha! Like me!" Exclaimed the Inuzuka heir, his tone dripping with self-absorbed arrogance.

No one could see the blondes' reaction to the feral boys' words due to the fox mask he wore. In contrast, you could see Fus' reaction perfectly. The greenet seemed to be consider something for a moment before deciding, a mischievous glint in her eye. The jinchuriki sauntered over to Kiba, swaying her hips enticingly as she strode forward.

Fu came up behind Kiba, draping herself over the arrogant Inuzuka as she began to whisper in his ear. "Is that so Mr alpha. Do you really think you could handle me?" Questioned the white-clad girl, a heavy tone of seduction in his voice. Kiba stuttered madly, his face lighting up like a Christmas tree as his head shot back from a heavy nosebleed.

Fu began to laugh uncontrollably as she detached herself from the perverted Kiba, walking back over to Naruto. Naruto himself was chuckling lowly, smirking beneath his mask as he walked over to a table at the back, sitting next to the window as Fu joined him. It didn't take long for the rest of the class to arrive, well… except for two.

A stampede could be heard from outside the classroom, the blond haired Yamanaka heiress and pink haired Haruno banshee burst through the door way, trying to push past each other as they raced over to the Uchia, arguing the whole time over who should be the one to sit next to their Sasuke-kun.

Soon after Iruka entered the class, causing the noise to, almost instantaneously vanish. The scarred chunin stood behind his desk, glancing up at the two hunters in the back with a thankful look in his eye as he nodded to them, receiving nods in return. The Umino turned to the class, beginning his speech as he did.

"As of today you are all ninjas. To get here you faced difficult trials and hardships, but that's nothing. What comes next will be far more difficult. Now you are only genin, first level ninjas. All the genin will be grouped into three man squads. Each squad will be led by a jonin, an elite ninja." Iruka explained, gaining varying reactions from the assembled students.

Sakura's point of view

"Well someone's got to be in Sasuke's group. I wonder who?" Ino asked mockingly from behind Sakura.

"I don't know" Responded the pinket as she internally seethed "Cha, I'm going to be the one with Sasuke, so stay away from him, you hag" screeched inner Sakura.

Sasuke's point of view

'Ahg, groups of three? That'll only slow me down.' Thought Sasuke arrogantly.

Naruto's point of view

The fox masked genin glanced through the window, beginning to think over this new piece of information. 'I have nothing against the process, but I do hope I don't end up with the Uchia bastard or Haruno banshee. The only person I would prefer to be with is Fu.' Thought Naruto, smiling as he glanced towards the girl in question.

Fu point of view

Fu glanced towards Naruto, blushing slightly as she looked at her Hoshoku. Yes, her Hoshoku. After her uncle had left her in the village Naruto had helped her adjust to the new surroundings, even protecting her at times when he knew he didn't need to. She glanced away, forcing her mind to change tracks for the problem at hand, team selections.

Iruka began to call out teams, seemingly calling the majority of the civilians first. "…Team 7! Naruto Uzumaki, Sakura Haruno, Sasuke Uchia and Fu! Your jonin sensei is Kakashi Hatake!" Instructed Iruka, gaining varying reactions from the four. Sasuke just grunted, mostly uncaring, although annoyed he was with the dead last.

Sakura cheered, jumping up and down in joy as she cried out. "Yeah! This just shows that true love concurs all! Am I right Sasuke-kun?" Exclaimed the pinket, a wide smile on her face as she glanced at the uncaring Uchia, receiving no reaction what so ever.

Naruto and Fu had similar reactions, both being marginally irritated and extremely enraged due to being with Sasuke and Sakura. They were also quite happy though that their respective crush. Fu though, was also minorly surprised that they were a team of four instead of the traditional three.

You see, Naruto would spend a lot of time with Hiruzen when not training with any of the three elder hunters and so he knew a lot about things such as strategy, mission classifications and basic village rules, such as the fact that a genin team was always made up of three students and one teacher with almost no exceptions.

Due to Naruto dragging her along on these meetings with the third, Fu also had a good knowledge of these things. She had even taken to calling the old Sarutobi patriarch Hokage-jiji, much like Naruto did. They also knew about the final genin test due to a small slip up on the old mans' part, so they both knew that they weren't true genin yet.

Fu turned to Naruto, glancing at him with a single question clear in her eyes. 'Do you want to go to Ichirakus' for lunch while we wait?' Was the greenets' enquiry. Naruto just nodded as they duo stood up, preparing to run before disappearing in a cloud of white dust, their teammates staring on in slight surprise at the supposed idiots' skills.

3 hours later

Naruto point of view

The black clad hunter sighed as their sensei finally arrived, a full hour after Fu and he had returned from Ichirakus' after lunch. The man stood about 5'9" and wore the standard leaf jonin uniform, with the headband slanted to cover his left eye. The majority of the mans' face was covered by a black face mask, leaving only one of his dark grey eyes visible.

The man also had long, spikey silver hair that fell to one side of his face, reminding the two jinchurikis' heavily of a dog masked anbu. The man glanced up lazily at the four annoyed genin, at least, he supposed they were annoyed as the only one he could tell for was the pink haired kunoichi.

The Uchia only looked similar to an emo, his face dark and brooding as he looked out of the window. Kakashi glanced towards the seven and nine tailed beast containers, checking their reaction. Fu seemed uncaring, the greenets' face a perfect poker mask as she stared down at the man in front of her.

The Hatake was unsure of the nine tailed jinchuriki own reaction due to the black anbu mask he wore as he spoke. "My first impression of you is… Your boring! Meet me up on the roof in five minutes." Instructed the jonin as he disappeared in a storm of leaves.

Naruto and Fu sighed as they both similarly disappeared in their own unique Body Flickers, Fu in a storm of dust and Naruto in a swirl of red mist, a screeching sound echoing as he did. They appeared next to their sensei on the roof, the man unsurprised at the arrival as he had watched them train, just continuing two read his book.

Sakura and Sasuke arrived three minutes later coming up via the stairs. The pink haired kunoichi was surprised that her two cloaked teammates had already arrived whilst Sasuke just glared at the duo. Without looking up Kakashi began to speak, "Now that we're all here let's introduce ourselves."

Sakura looked at her sensei in confusion before she began to speak. "Why don't you go first sensei, to show us how it's done." Questioned the pinket. Kakashi sighed at the girls' request before beginning to speak.

"My name is Kakashi Hatake, my likes and dislikes are unimportant, my hobbies… You're not old enough to know, my dreams, I don't have one." Exclaimed the jonin, eye smiling at the deadpanning or sweat dropping genin, all with the same thought, 'He only told us his name, which we already knew!' Kakashi pointed at Sakura first, "You next pinkie!" Instructed the cyclopean silveret.

The Haruno growled at the nickname, glaring at the jonin as she did. Kakashi, for his part didn't even seem to notice the pinkets actions, never looking up from his smut. "My name is Sakura Haruno, I like…" Here she trailed off for a moment, using that time to glance over at the brooding Uchia, gaining a faint blush.

Regaining her focus, she continued speaking. "My hobbies are… And My dream is…" Each time she trailed off to glance at the Uchia heir, the blush on her face steadily increasing until she was a similar shade to a cherry.

Kakashi signed as he looked up from his book, glancing at Sasuke as he began to speak. "Now you Mr emo." Stated the masked silveret, eye smiling at the young Uchia, ignoring the heated glare being sent his way by said genin as he returned to his book.

Whilst continuing to glare at the jonin, Sasuke began to speak. "My name is Sasuke Uchia. I have no likes and a lot of dislikes. My dream… No, my ambition, because I will accomplish it, is to revive my clan and kill a certain someone." Stated the Uchia, a dark look crossing over his face as he said the last part.

Kakashi sighed, although seemingly distracted and uninterested to Sakura and Sasuke, he was listening intently to what each of his students said. 'Great, so far I have got exactly what I expected. Sakura is completely obsessed with Sasuke, whilst he is completely obsessed with achieving revenge against his brother.'

Turning to the only hopes he had left for the team, he again began to speak. "Next up is Mrs Ivy." Proclaimed the cyclopean man, referencing the black designs adorning her coat. Fu rolled her eyes at the man, a light smile on her face at the Hatakes' actions so far.

"My name is Fu. I like my strings, ramen and my friends, especially my Hoshoku. I dislike people who make their opinion on what others say and those that can't tell the difference between the warden and the prisoner. My hobbies are training, and painting. My dream is to become the leafs jonin commander." Stated the greenet, her tone calm and steady, surprising two of the other three genin on the roof.

Sasuke and Sakura where surprised at the calmness in the amber eyed girls voice as they were used to her being loud, obnoxious and stubborn, with a penchant for chaos. Now that they actually thought about it, neither Naruto nor Fu were acting as they were used to. Seeing the confusion on the two genins' faces caused the other occupants of the roof to struggle stopping themselves from bursting out in laughter.

Kakashi finally turned towards the masked blond, a smile hidden beneath his mask as he spoke for the final time. "And finally the fox, go ahead." Stated the jonin finally putting his book away as he was truly interested in what the blond had to say.

Invisible to the others, the Uzumaki smirked beneath his mask as he began to speak. "As you all know; my name is Naruto Uzumaki. My likes are my weapons, ramen, learning new things and my friends, especially Fu. My dislikes are the same as Fus' with one addition, I hate things being easy. My hobbies are training, music and playing strategy games. My dream is to become the Hokage and the greatest hunter in history." Stated the blond, a steely tone of determination in his voice as he spoke.

Kakashi nodded at the blonde's words, mentally celebrating that he at least had two genin who could work together coherently. Kakashi got up to leave, getting to the edge of the roof before stopping, as if just remembering something. "Oh I almost forgot to tell you, you guys aren't genin yet." Stated the silveret, waiting for their reaction.

He was not disappointed as Sasuke tensed, a look of rage flashing across his face whilst Sakura shot out of her seat, screaming in confusion. "What do you mean were not genin yet! We passed the test, didn't we!" Exclaimed the pinket, causing the other members of the roof to clutch their ears in pain.

"Now I understand why you said you based Banshees Screamof Sakura, Naruto." Mumbled Fu, her face contorted into a visage of pain as she slowly took her hands away from her ears. Naruto just nodded, his ears still ringing from the girls' voice. 'Now I know what it's like to be on the other side of one of my sound release techniques' Remised the blond.

Kakashi just smiled at the aggravated pinket as he began to explain. "Yes, you did pass the test, but that was just to weed out the ones who had no chance whatsoever of being shinobi. Tomorrow you'll be going through the real test, so be at training ground 7 at 6 am sharp. Oh, and I suggest that you don't eat or you'll puke." Stated the jonin before he body flickered away.

The hunter duo disappeared shortly afterwards in their individual body flickers, leaving Sakura and Sasuke alone on the roof, which promptly lead to the pinket asking the Uchia out on a date.

3 hours later

Hiruzen point of view

Hiruzen sat at his desk, the room around him filled with 7 of the 9 new jonin sensei. As he was looking around the room his son, Asuma stepped forward and began to speak. "Dad, shouldn't we just start the meeting? Kakashi is never on time to anything below an A rank mission." Stated the younger Sarutobi.

Hiruzen smirked as he began to speak. "And that is why I told him this meeting was three hours earlier than it really was." Explained the old fire shadow as someone knocked on the door, opening to reveal Kakashi, eyes wide as he saw the calculating smirk on the thirds face.

"Let me guess, I'm on time, aren't I?" Questioned the silveret, getting nods from the other jonin in the room, who had shocked looks on their faces at the fact that the fabled copy nin was actually on time. Kakashi sighed as he mumbled to himself. "Why do I keep falling for this."

Ignoring the mutterings of the lazy cyclops, Hiruzen began to speak. "So we have a new set of genin hopefuls this year, so I would like to know how the introductions went." Stated the old man, glancing between the eight senior ninja in the room. "Now before you ask, Tenpura-san has already tested his team, and yes, all the members of team 3 are currently resting in the hospital, with 1 in the intensive care ward." Explained the old man.

The jonin in the room winced in sympathy for the genin, thinking about the mad mans' test, how he was still being forced to be a jonin sensei was beyond them. As the other jonin in the room stepped forward to comment on their teams. All of them seemed to follow the same theme though, the teams were made up of a strange mix of fangirls who had abhorrent skills, and boys with a tendency to show off their own subpar abilities.

Finally, he reached Kakashi with team 7, one of the teams he held the highest hopes for due to the members. "So Kakashi, what are your thoughts on team 7?" Questioned the kage, barely restrained interest spliced with desperation evident in his voice. As the silver haired pervert stepped forward the other occupants in the room were surprised that he did not have his book, instead holding four manila folders.

Handing the first of the folders to the Sarutobi clan head he began to speak. "Sakura was as expected, completely obsessed with Sasuke, much like the majority of the civilian girls in her class. Her obsession is borderline debilitating to her skills and other than her noted excellence in chakra control, she seems to be lacking. If I can change her mind she would be an effective medic or genjutsu user for the team."

Hiruzen nodded at the comments stated by the silveret, taking the next file as it was offered. "Sasuke was obviously separated and detached from the others, and is, understandably obsessed with killing Itachi. More so since he was never given psychological therapy after the massacre. He is already an effective mid to close combat fighter, his main problem pertains to him working in a squad." Continued Kakashi, giving the Hokage the last two files.

"Finally, the jinchuriki duo, Fu and Naruto. As we both know, they both have some unique abilities duo to their other sensei's or their own DNA. They are now openly acting as they did before entering the academy, so both are far more soft spoken and calmer, with Naruto losing all recorded eccentric attitudes and Fus' devil may care mind set calming to more realistic levels." Explained the silveret.

Hiruzen nodded before staring at the jonin dead in his singular visible eye. "Your assessment of their skills remain the same?" Questioned the old man. Kakashi nodded, a firm look in his eye as he again began to speak.

"Yes, with their individual abilities Fu remains an all range fighter, most effective at long and mid-range. And Naruto as a major close combat and mid-range fighter. My only worry concerning them is the hell that will be raised by the council when their abilities are finally officially reported." Stated the copy nin, a tone of dread in his voice.

And that is finished! I'm happy that all of you enjoy this story! Next chapter is the bell test. Again I apologise for the long wait for this chapter, whilst I hope it won't happen again, I have to say my update speed will only once a week from now on. Goodbye guys!