Yay! This story has gotten viewed and has joined two communities! And for those who are wondering why I haven't selected Hinata in the Character Selection since this will be NaruHina is because the romance probably won't come in until later chapters. Hell, I'm thinking their first kiss should be somewhere in Shippuden. Don't kill me about that; this Naruto is going slow. (Yawn) Now for the disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, only my OC, Tomitsu.
Chapter Two
The Hokage rubbed his aching temples and sighed. This Genin squad selection was going to be the death of him. Eighteen had graduated, lower than usual but not uncommon. He had already grouped most of the students with their respective senseis, and he had only six graduates left: Naruto, Neji, TenTen, Lee, Tomitsu, and Yakumo. The remaining senseis were Might Guy and Anko. The Hokage sighed again. He was really getting too old for this.
Naruto graduating had thrown a wrench into his original plan: to group Lee, Neji, and TenTen together and Tomitsu and Yakumo receiving an older Genin. Not that the old man was angry; he saw the blonde as a surrogate grandson and was quite proud of him. It's just sometimes he was too much to handle. The Hokage leaned back in his chair and laced his fingers together in a thoughtful gesture.
Lee would definitely benefit from having Guy as a sensei, but seeing that the two had a firm (if a bit creepy) relationship beforehand, it shouldn't be too much of a problem for him to be taught by another Jonin. He could simply train with Guy after he did so with his squad; the Hyuuga did exactly the same thing with their ninja. So this meant Lee could be put on a team with Anko.
Yakumo was probably the easiest to place; she wouldn't benefit from Guy since he had a poor amount experience with genjutsu. Also Guy would probably work her to death; even though the Snake Mistress was known for her sadism, the old man knew she could give people a break when absolutely needed. She also had plenty experience with genjutsu due to her being part of T&I with Ibiki. Yakumo was definitely on Anko's team.
Tomitsu was notorious for never using jutsu; he used only ken- and taijutsu. The Exams had been altered for him, the ninjutsu portion being replaced with kenjutsu. His father was a former samurai from the Land of Iron, and both followed the bushido, the code of the samurai. The Hokage had no intimation why Tomitsu's father had moved to the Leaf, a shinobi village of all places, and why he had enlisted his son in the Academy. He shrugged; some people were just mysterious. The teen had phenomenal fighting skills and would likely work best with either Lee or Neji, prodigies in their respective fighting styles. The Hokage debated for a while whom the young samurai should be paired with, and finally settled upon Lee. They both could relate to not using chakra and would be excellent frontline fighters to protect the long-range genjutsu user Yakumo. Tomitsu would also gain experience from the sadistic Anko who would serve as his sensei.
The Hokage exhaled and straightened in his chair. He scribbled down the team members and sensei, and quickly reviewed his idea. It would leave Neji, Naruto, and TenTen as a team with Guy as their mentor. Neji was a Hyuuga; he would most likely receive outside training. TenTen specialized in weapons and would provide the long-range aspect of the team. She could also teach herself without any aid. Naruto would be the only member to really gain anything from being under Guy; his taijutsu was a bit sloppy and unpredictable, even if he had beaten a Chunin. Teaching him a style would remarkably improve his skills.
'So then it is decided,' thought the Hokage. He called out to his secretary, "Gather the Jonin senseis in the main hall for team announcements, Miza."
"Hai, Hokage-sama."
In about an hour, ten Jonins were standing in the main hall of the Hokage Tower. They looked toward a table with the Hokage sitting in the middle of his two advisors, Koharu and Homura. "I am glad that you have all gathered here today-,"
"Kakashi still hasn't arrived, Hokage-sama," piped up Anko, scanning the room.
The old man sighed as a vein pulsed in his forehead. 'Why can't he be on time for anything?' brooded the Hokage. "Noted. I will inform him about team selections after he arrives." He picked a roster and began to read out the names. There was an accepting silence until he reached one team in particular. "Team 6: Rock Lee, Yakumo Kurama, and Tomitsu Gitsuuga. The sensei is Anko Mitarashi."
Anko, who had heard about the two non-charkra users of the class, argued, "What! I ain't got anything to teach those two little boys! Those two never use their own damn chakra, and, hell, I can't evernot use it! The only one that I can really teach is that princess brat Yakumo!"
The Hokage listened as she stated her argument and nodded understandably after she finished. "I can see why you are distraught. However, this is your team, and that is final. Teach them something that none have ever thought about. I know that you are an inventor; take their techniques and change them to make them deadlier. You're smarter than you know, Anko. You'll make it work." The Snake Mistress grumbled but didn't pursue the topic; it was damn impossible to argue with him. Maybe, just maybe, this would work. But then, she had never passed a team before, so maybe these brats were the same as the others.
"Any other objections?" asked the Hokage, scanning the crowd. There were none, and he resumed reading. When he reached the final team, there was another murmur in the crowd. "Team 9, Neji Hyuuga, TenTen Jinta, and Naruto Uzumaki."
"What!? That kid with the Kyuubi passed!?"
"Shut up!" The first man immediately quieted, looking fearfully at the Hokage, who glared at him.
"I will pretend that I did not hear that. Thank your friend beside you." The second man who told the other to shush threw a pointed look at the first, who looked down.
"Let me finish. Team 9's sensei will be Might Guy." Guy, who was standing in the back, frowned, disappointed that he couldn't have his star pupil on his squad. He shrugged; maybe he could teach another on the team he had been given. He could still train Lee after team practice. The old man once again looked out to the group, and asked, "Any objections?" There were none. "Alright. You know the procedure. Tomorrow at the Academy at eight."
Kakashi, who had just arrived to hear the last sentence, asked, "What happens at the Academy tomorrow at eight?" The Hokage sighed, and pressed his fingers to his forehead.
"KAKASHI! MY RIVAL!" bellowed Guy, appearing by the white-haired Jonin and clapping him on the back. Due to the force, Kakashi fell on his face with his rear stuck straight into the air. Guy frowned. "Kakashi, what happened?"
"YOU happened, Guy. Now let me get up," mumbled Kakashi dangerously. As he brushed himself off, he repeated, "So… what's happening at the Academy tomorrow at eight?"
The old man resisted choking the man. "Consider the date. What happened today?"
"Well, I had a really good lunch, and then a good read," mused Kakashi, and then he eye-smiled, "Hey, Hokage-sama, have you reached that part where Imuka played with-,"
"The Genin Exams were today!"
"Oh…OH! Tomorrow is when we get our students. Who's on my team?"
The Hokage was snorting heavily, and he slowly drew up a deep breath. "I didn't assign you a team this year."
"Oh. Well, I was just going to fail them anyway. Bye." He was off in a swirl of leaves.
"I am going to kill that man someday," muttered the Hokage lowly. In a louder voice, he said the remaining Jonins, "You are dismissed."
Naruto yawned. It was early morning, and the sun was slowly rising in the east. He smiled, and sat up in his bed. He looked over to his nightstand and the smile widened. There it was, his proof of being a ninja, flashing in the light. He stood and dressed quickly. He hadn't woken up as early as yesterday, and had about thirty minutes to arrive. It took about twenty to run there. After hastily grabbing a bite to eat, he rushed out the door.
At the Academy, Naruto was at a bit of a loss at where to go. He hadn't heard them say the room number and hoped he wouldn't be late. He ran into Iruka while searching, and asked hurriedly, "Iruka-sensei! Do you know where the new sensei are waiting for their senseis?"
The man smiled and answered, "Room 252, the same as yesterday."
"Thank you!" The blonde rushed off, leaving behind an amused Iruka. 'I guess some things never change,' he thought.
Once at the designated classroom door, the blonde paused and took a breath to collect himself. Opening the door, he looked to see who had passed. Lee had passed and wore his headband around his waist. He was sitting in a corner, chatting with Tomitsu whose headband was strapped to his right arm. Naruto raised an eyebrow at the fact the teen seemed to be talking freely; he didn't look the one to chat. Yakumo was beside the pair, drawing in a sketch book of hers. Her headband was around her neck.
"Hey, Naruto, right?" shouted a voice from across the room. Naruto glanced in the direction of it and saw TenTen waving energetically at him. There was an empty chair beside her, and she gestured toward it. He smiled and walked over.
"Yeah, it's Naruto," he said, sliding into the chair. She wore her headband around her forehead, as did the Neji guy who sat on the opposite side of her. She grinned at him.
"Finally, I got a name right! And I usually suck with names!"
The blonde smirked. "Then what's my last name?"
She faltered, her brow furrowing in concentration. After a minute, she exclaimed, "OH! Uzumaki! I remember that because they were known for fuinjutsu!" She paused and glanced at Naruto. "But you don't look like one. In all the pictures that I've seen of them they have red hair. Do you know any fuinjutsu, by any chance?"
Naruto snorted. "I don't even know what the word means, let alone know anything about it."
"Aw." She pouted. "Oh, well."
"You said you knew about my last name, Uzumaki? What do you mean 'they'?" asked Naruto curiously.
"Well, from what I've read about them," she began, racking her brain for information. "The Uzumaki were from the Land of the Whirlpools and were awesome at fuinjutsu. In the Wars, their village was rarely attacked." TenTen frowned. "There was something else. Something important, but I can't remember anything else."
"I wonder if I'm related," mused Naruto. "It'd be cool to be related to people who weren't messed with. Can you try to remember anything else?"
The facts finally came back, and TenTen awkwardly answered, "Well...the Uzumaki were all killed in an attack about twenty-five years ago. There isn't anything left but rubble."
Naruto deflated visibly. "Aw. I wanted to be related to 'em." He shrugged. "I probably wasn't. You said their hair was red. Mine's blonde."
"Their fate had been determined anyways. They could not have changed their destruction even if they had tried," stated Neji, scowling.
Naruto turned to him. "Well, aren't you a little ray of sunshine," he said sarcastically. "Looks like fate didn't treat you too well."
Neji narrowed his eyes hostilely. "Watch what you say, little boy, or I might just humiliate you."
"Why you-," At that moment, the Chunin in charge of the class walked in to see TenTen restraining Naruto.
He raised an eyebrow. "Is there a problem?"
At the sight of the man, Naruto calmed and scowled at the Hyuuga boy. They silently agreed to take their disagreement elsewhere.
"No? Good. I'm here to announce the teams. After that, you are no longer my responsibility. Alright, Team 5:…" The man drawled on and Naruto tuned him out until he heard familiar names. "Team 6: Rock Lee, Yakumo Kurama, and Tomitsu Gitsuuga. Your sensei is Anko Mitarashi." Lee and Tomitsu shook hands, and Yakumo glanced at Lee and blushed lightly. Lee grinned at her and gave her a thumb's up.
'I wanted to be on Tomitsu's team,' complained Naruto mentally. 'I wanna be paired up with TenTen, but please not Neji. Please not Neji.'
"Team 9: Neji Hyuuga, TenTen Jinta, and Naruto Uzumaki. Your sensei is Might Guy."
'Goddammit. Why does the world hate me?' swore Naruto. TenTen smiled at him and ruffled his hair. The blonde shook his head and playfully glared at her. She was okay. However…Neji scowled at him from the other side of TenTen, his white eyes boring straight into Naruto's. 'Too bad he isn't like Hinata. Me and him might actually work together then.'
After the Chunin finished, he said, "Your senseis will be here-,"
CRASH!
BOOM!
THUD!
"ALRIGHT TEAM 6, FOLLOW ME!" shouted a woman with light purple hair and a revealing outfit of mesh and a short skirt. Naruto wanted to laugh at Team 6's reactions, but he feared that Anko might turn on him and so hid a smile behind his hand. Yakumo looked positively terrified of the lady, and Lee had tilted his head to the side in confusion. Tomitsu had his head in his hands, and the blonde couldn't blame him. His sensei looked to be nuts or worse.
"Uh, Anko-san?" piped up the man. She turned toward him with an annoyed glare. He gulped. "You're early." Her face fell, and Naruto had to resist the urge to laugh.
"What? Again? Goddammit…" She trailed off, muttering curses as she walked out the door only to return seconds later with the rest of the Jonins in tow.
A man wearing a flak jacket over a green jumpsuit much like Lee's stepped up. "Team 9? Training Ground 23. Five minutes! And Lee, give me two hundred pushups, now!" The boy saluted him and began to follow his orders, but Yakumo, with Tomitsu's help, dragged him from the room. "After that, two hundred laps around the village!" shouted Guy after them. "The Power of Youth will fuel you!" He looked back at the classroom. "Alright, Team 9! Let me repeat myself: Training Ground 23, five minutes!" Guy vanished into a whirlwind.
'What!? The training grounds are a half-hour from here!' Naruto glanced at his teammates and saw that they had the same thought.
"Guess we better get moving and fast," said the blonde, and his team nodded in agreement.
Four minutes later, the three arrive at the training grounds, panting. TenTen fell forward on her stomach and groaned. "God…I've never run that fast in my life."
Neji was bent over with his hands on his knees. He said nothing, however, choosing to keep his stoic demeanor.
Naruto was in the same position as Neji, but he slowly straightened as his energy came back. This training area looked like all of the others, a clearing with a forest surrounding it, but through the trees, Naruto could see a lake. In the center of the clearing there was a rock about five feet in diameter on which their sensei was currently standing.
He jumped down and stood in front of his squad. He gave them a thumb's up to which they deadpanned. "Alright! Let's start with introductions! I'm Might Guy, the Mighty Green Beast of the Leaf and a 'nice guy'! I like training, taijutsu, and determination. What I don't like are arrogant people and people who don't try!" he said enthusiastically.
Naruto frowned. 'OK…this guy is a little off his rocker…not to mention a little too energetic. He makes me look lazy. I hope I can keep with him.'
His sensei turned towards the blonde. "You, young man! You're up next!"
Said person sighed and mumbled in a monotone, "I'm Naruto Uzumaki. I like ramen and training. I don't like arrogant people and the time it takes to make the ramen. It always seems to drag on." His obsession with ramen was as always strong.
TenTen was next. She was still lying on the ground, and she groaned as she rose. "God…Well, I'm TenTen Jinta, though I don't like my last name. I like any kind of weapon and Chinese food, and dislike pickled plums." She scrunched her nose at the words. "Blech…Can't stand to think about them."
Neji stepped up and deadpanned, "My name is Neji Hyuuga. I enjoy training with my fighting style and dislike fools who have no idea what they're talking about." He eyed Naruto pointedly, and the blonde glared back.
Guy nodded and gave the three of them a toothy grin. "Alright! Time for the actual Genin Exam!"
"What!? We just passed one!" argued TenTen. Naruto sighed. Another damned test? Great.
"Nope! That beginning test was to see if you were strong enough! Now I test you to see if you are worthy!" Neji inhaled and exhaled slowly through his nose, trying to contain his temper.
He looked at the Jonin. "Then tell us Guy-sensei: what is our final test?"
Guy lowered himself into a fighting stance. His back was straight, legs together, and body turned sideways toward them. His left hand was behind his back while his right hand was held out in front of him, fingers pointing up. "Your test…is to land a single blow on my person. Begin!"
Naruto made the clone handsign, and ten clones popped into existence. He nodded at the clones. "Take him in pairs!" TenTen pulled a scroll from her pants' pocket and unfurled it. Several kunai shot out of it in a cloud of smoke, all of which completely missed Guy as he leaped into the air. As he landed, he was rushed by Neji, who had a smirk a on his face and thought the man had no knowledge of Gentle Fist. However, he was proved wrong when Guy started to weave in and out of his strikes. Naruto's clones had now reached the fighting pair, and two separated from the group and tried to land a blow on the Jonin.
Guy, thinking they were intangible, ignored the clones, but then one managed to kick him in the ankle. Not painful or good enough to pass, but it let him know they were real, and he used the fact to his advantage. He gripped one of the clones by the neck and threw it into the Hyuuga boy. The two slid back about ten feet and fell over each other. Guy finished the other clone by dodging a sloppy left hook and punching it in the gut. TenTen launched senbon at him, and Guy simply sidestepped to avoid them. He charged the rest of Naruto's clones, which stood off slightly, waiting. He fought each one in an one-on-one battle, and the clones were no match for the taijutsu master.
The original stood back, the memories of each clone flooding back to him as they dispelled. He'd discovered this little nifty ability of the Shadow Clone Jutsu about a month ago. In an epiphany, he had realized that if ten clones fought one person, it would be like fighting that person ten times. Even he valued something like that. More memories came in, and all told the same story: he was getting his butt kicked. How the hell were they going to hit this guy?
Neji had charged the Jonin again, only to be kicked back into a tree. 'Looks like Guy-sensei is even beating this guy. Serves him right.' The flood of memories came in again, and Naruto looked at the battle between Guy and his clones and saw there were only about three left. He quickly created more, amazing Guy. Guy could only managed two or three without exhaustion setting in.
TenTen was sending barrage after barrage of senbon erupting from scrolls, but all were missing their mark. She was irritated; she never missed. Never. She had made her goal to always hit her target, but admittedly, she had never tried to hit a moving target. Another barrage missed, and her temple pulsed.
Amid the crowd of Naruto clones, Neji pushed his way through, wanting to try and land a strike on Guy yet again. He broke free of the crowd who protested and rushed toward Guy. He snaked his way past the two clones already entangled with the man and struck with an open palm laden with chakra. Guy knocked it aside and kicked him in the gut. Neji winced, and Guy shoved him into the crowd who pushed him back into the fight.
Naruto bit his lip. 'Man, this isn't going the way I want. Dammit, how do we hit him?' He shouted to the clones. "Back away from him! Only try to hit him when you see a chance!" The clones needed no more persuasion, their numbers already thin, but then Naruto reinforced them with more. Neji and TenTen were in the middle of the circle the clones made, fighting in their own way. Every once in a while, a clone would dart in, thinking it had seen an opening only to be punched or kicked into smoke.
'I've got to think of something,' thought Naruto, racking his brain. 'Something surprising. Something off-the-wall. Something that has Naruto Uzumaki written all over it.' Then, an idea popped into his head, and he grinned. 'Oh yeah, that just stinks of me.'
Guy was pleased with this group so far, but they really hadn't grasped at the concept of this test. He had taken the concept from his rival Kakashi, and it was a good concept. Guy didn't quite administer the test the same way, but he wanted to test taijutsu as well as the concept. He dodged another Gentle Fist strike and shoved Neji into the clones who pushed him back, and TenTen's senbon whizzed by his face. Guy expected another clone to come in at that moment, but instead Naruto yelled, "Yoo-hoo! Sensei, lookie here!"
Disobeying an essential rule, Guy looked out of curiosity to see a two clones holding onto another, and with a grin, they slingshotted him at Guy. "Woo-hoo! Look out, sensei!" Guy blinked and stepped lightly to the side, watching as Naruto flew by and crashed headfirst into a tree. He slid down with a groan, and Guy couldn't help but laugh. In that moment, he let down his guard, and TenTen and Neji unwittingly worked the way Naruto wanted them to.
TenTen throw two bolas, and they wrapped securely around Guy's legs and arms. Before he fell, however, Neji managed to land a single open-palm strike on his chest. Guy, completely immobilized, skidded backward and rolled to a stop. He caught his breath which Neji had knocked out of him, and Guy regarded them in amazement. TenTen and Neji exchanged looks, and then Guy started to laugh. Naruto joined him, sitting where he'd come to stop after his slingshot.
"Did you plan that at all?" asked Guy between laughs.
"N-no," replied TenTen, and Neji shook his head.
"I sorta did," said Naruto, wiping away tears from laughter. "I meant to hit you, but I kinda missed."
Guy laughed more. "It was completely obvious what you were doing! Even a Academy student could've seen it! Why'd you get my attention anyway?"
Naruto shrugged. "I dunno. It seemed to right to try to punch you in the face. At least it distracted you."
"Indeed it did." Guy struggled a bit in the tangle of bolas, and he looked proudly at TenTen. "Bolas. I never expected them. Could you cut me loose now?" TenTen nodded, smile on her face, and cut him loose with a kunai. Guy rubbed his wrists as he stood, the tips of his fingers purple. "Well, I have good news. You pass! You're part of the thirty-three percent that passed this test!"
"Thirty-three percent!" demanded TenTen. "You didn't tell us that!"
"Well, I didn't want to get your hopes down. And if you had failed, you would've been sent back to the Academy."
"What!" shouted TenTen and Naruto both this time.
"Training is at six a.m. Tomorrow! Bye!"
"Wait a minute-," began Naruto before his sensei disappeared.
"Six in the morning?" repeated TenTen disbelievingly. "Really?"
"Yeah," verified Naruto. He sighed. "Oh well. Maybe he'll show us something interesting."
She huffed. "Maybe. But it better be pretty damn interesting to wake me up at 5:30 in the morning."
Naruto shrugged. "None of us like it, even if one doesn't want to admit it." He glanced at Neji, who rolled his eyes but said nothing. "Anyway…you guys have any plans for the rest of the day?"
TenTen tilted her head to the side. "Why?"
"Well, I train usually after the Academy and although I could train now, I really don't want to, but you're do something fun, I'd like to come."
"Well, I was going to train my accuracy with moving targets. Guy-sensei really messed me up and I want to get better."
Naruto nodded, and a way he could help occurred to himm. "My clones will be good for that. They're quick enough to be hard for you."
She grinned. "You think so?"
He grinned back. "I know so."
Neji, who had been silent the entire time, said to TenTen, "You really think training will improve your chances of hitting Guy-sensei with a senbon? He's a Jonin, we are Genin. It's simply not possible at our skill level."
"Way to go to boost her confidence, Mr. Ray of Sunshine." TenTen laughed at Naruto's remark, and Neji narrowed his eyes. He snorted and walked off. "Such a charmer. Don't know what you see in him, TenTen."
She blushed. "Hey! I only said he was handsome!"
"Right. The stoic and sulky attitude has nothing with it. At least you're a strong kunoichi as female shinobi should be."
She nodded. "I believe that kunoichi can be as strong as any male ninja."
Naruto nodded. "Expect with muscles. Women can't beat men in arm or leg power."
In some bar, a blonde-haired, big-breasted woman felt as if she had been insulted and needed to prove something by punching something very, very hard. And that opportunity came when one drunken patron tried to grope her.
"SHANAROO!"
Back in the Leaf, Naruto shivered. 'Why do I feel that I was terribly, terribly wrong?' TenTen was shaking her head at his statement.
"Apparently, you've never heard of Lady Tsunade's Monster Strength," she said, and Naruto felt that wrong feeling suddenly had a place. "She would send full grown ninja flying with a poke from her finger. I wanna be like her, strong and independent."
"Great. Most other girls worry about make-up or their hair or their clothes." He made a gagging gesture. "Only one other girl is like you."
"Who's the other?"
Naruto blushed and stuttered, "A-anyway, shall we move on to training?"
TenTen noticed the change in the subject. "What? Is she your crush?"
"Shut up!"
"C'mon tell me."
"No."
"You know my crush, so now tell me yours."
"…Dammit…," He took a deep breath, and muttered, "Hinata Hyuuga."
TenTen was silent for a second, and then she threw her head back and laughed. "What's so funny?" demanded the blonde.
"It's just that-that we're both suckers for Hyuugas!"
Naruto slowly counted to ten before saying, "Training, shall we?" TenTen nodded and wiped her eyes. Naruto created ten clones and told them to follow the kunoichi's orders. He then created a clone for himself, and they engaged in a light spar. Naruto never hit hard enough to dispel it, but they went at a quick pace to keep him on guard.
"Got one!" shouted TenTen.
"I know." The blonde had felt the memories coming in.
"What? How?"
"When one of my clones is destroyed, I get its memories. It's really useful in looking for stuff and also in a fight. For each clone beat by the other guy, it's another I've basically fought him. I can fight him a hundred times before actually fighting him. But my clones need a lot of chakra. A lot."
"You can create twenty clones in a snap. How's that large?"
Naruto grinned, embarrassed. "I got a lot of chakra. I think I have as much as old man Hokage, and I'm just a kid!"
"Sheesh," said TenTen, impressed, "How many can you create at once without feeling it?"
"About five hundred." TenTen's jaw hit the ground. "Yeah, I know."
After she had recovered, TenTen said, "Well, I guess I don't need to worry about you. A chakra tank…," The blonde grinned and dispelled the sparring clone. He started to do pushups and situps, twenty of each, and then he ran ten laps around the clearing. Then he created a clone to spar with again. Every few minutes, TenTen needed him to make ten more clones, and this and the exercise eventually took its toll.
It was sunset when Naruto and TenTen agreed to stop. Naruto was gasping for air because of the number of clones he'd created and the sparring. TenTen was grinning ear-to-ear at her drastic improvement in accuracy. "Hell yeah! Out of ten moving targets, I can hit nine! Just a little more for perfection!" Naruto nodded, and she ruffled his hair again. "Thanks for the help." She left. Naruto straightened his hair and soon followed her, grinning. This was going to be a great team even with Neji. He could sense it.
At the Hokage Tower, the Jonins charged with the care of Genin squads were assembled in the main hall with the Hokage and his advisors sitting at a table in front of them. The Hokage stood and said, "Will the Jonin state whether or not your team has passed?"
"Team 5 failed."
"Team 6 passed," reported an irritated but somehow pleased-looking Anko.
"Team 7 failed."
Team 8 failed."
Team 9 passed," said Guy. "All of them show-,"
"Yes, Guy. We know. Go on, Hisu," interrupted the Hokage.
"Team 10 failed, Hokage-sama." The old man nodded. Six out of eighteen had passed. Thirty-three percent. He smiled slightly at that.
"That will be all. You are dismissed."
Probably not one of my best. (Sigh) Anyway, for those wondering about Mizuki, that incident will play an important role later. And Guy will be able to perform Jutsu, it's just he sucks at it. Hmm, next is a training chapter. Probably not long.
EDIT (1/6/15): I redid almost everything in this chapter. The fight was redone, Naruto'll get his weights later, TenTen and Naruto made to match their later selves. I'm satisfied with it. ^^
Hmm, anyway, toodles!