Grey Area
Chapter 3 Teams
"Person talking"
'Person thinking'
"Demon talking"
'Demon thinking'
Jutsu, Important names
*A/N Okay, so here it the other half to chapter I was writing running around in my head, but that one will have to wait. Well then on with the show!
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or any of its characters. If I did Kyuubi would be a woman and Naruto would be a badass.
*STORY START!
Chapter 3 Best of the best and Teams
*Time skip: 1 1/2 hours later, Konoha Shinobi Academy
It is here that we find our hero, alongside his best friend of many years. The downside to his lair is that it was on the far side of the village from the Hokage tower, and therefore the Academy. So to get here they had needed to cross the entire village and on the way here had been subjected to many looks, some of appreciation, some of fear, some of disgust, and even some of lust. Naruto had taken this all with a blank apathetic look on his face; he truly did not care about these people.
Contrary to popular belief, the opposite of love is not hatred. It is instead indifference. When you hate someone you are acknowledging that they are important enough to occupy your thoughts and that in and of itself gives them a measure of control over you. Indifference however, means that regardless of what they may do or believe, they are just not important enough for you to even acknowledge their existence.
Naruto was pulled from his thoughts by the sound of someone calling his name followed by a chorus of greetings.
"Hey, 'Ruto!"
"Good morning, Sensei!"
There, standing behind him was Naruto's best guy friend and the last of the four of the 21 girls he had turned from fangirls to kunoichi. The boy was none other than Mikoto's youngest son and the only person to know about his Kekkei Genkai, Uchiha Sasuke.
Sasuke is a fair-skinned ninja who has onyx eyes and black chin-length hair. His hair is spiky in the back with bangs framing his face; it often make people joke about it looking like a duck's rear end. He wears a black, one-pieced outfit with many small arm-belts adorning his left arm and similar bands around both legs. The Uchiha symbol is also emblazoned on his back, evidence of his passing of the Right of Passage of his clan, the Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu (Fire Release: Grand Fireball Technique). (A/N Yes, it's the outfit after the chuunin exams, I think its cooler.)
After the massacre of his clan, Sasuke had become a recluse, speaking to nobody and pretty much brooding all day. This had continued until Naruto got sick of it after about a week and went to find out what his deal was. This lead to a heated argument in which Sasuke had put his foot in his mouth saying that he didn't need anyone but his hatred, not him and not his stupid mother. What that had gotten him was a blank look from Naruto and an answer of, "Oh really, let's find out how true that is."
The following beating he received had been so vicious that it landed him in the hospital for five days and would forever be burned in his mind as the brutality of it had actually activated his Sharingan (Copy Wheel Eye). Naruto had beat Sasuke until he begged for mercy, he beat him until he screamed for help and then said, "Oh what's this, I thought you didn't need anyone, that your hatred was stronger than the bonds with the people willing to help you! Well c'mon, Big Boy, let's see how much it helps you!"
He continued to beat him until Mikoto pulled him of Sasuke. When he was being held back by Mikoto he proceeded to scream at him how much of an idiot he was, asking why the hell he would listen to anything the person who massacred his clan said to him. That he was acting as nothing more than a puppet and Itachi was pulling the strings.
During his time at the hospital, Sasuke thought about the things he was told and realized Naruto was 100% right. Why, in the blood soaked Buddhist hell, would he listen to anything Itachi told him? As he thought about it more he realized that if he did as he was told he would end up being just like Itachi! When that thought reared its head, Sasuke had grabbed the waste basket of his room and emptied his stomach into it at the mere thought of being anything like Itachi in anything aside from skill.
After that he had apologized to Naruto and everyone else, and made it his mission to be the antithesis of Itachi. He had gotten good friends he could count on. She showed open affection to his mother. He had even gotten a girlfriend! That last one had been how he had found out about Naruto's Jouton.
It was near the end of the second to last year of the Academy and Sasuke had been talking to Naruto about his progress being everything his brother was not. Naruto had half-jokingly suggested he get a girlfriend, to which he had responded saying that he would but there was a problem.
Sasuke wanted a girlfriend that would not care what clan he came from, how rich he was, his standing as the rookie of the year, which he knew was bullshit as he and all their friends knew that Naruto was the strongest out of their group, and wouldn't pity him for what happened to his clan. Naruto had thought long and hard about it and a few days later had approached Sasuke in private.
He told him he would point him in the direction the girl with the most sincere feelings for him. When asked how he would know that, Naruto made him swear on his clan crest and his mother that he would not tell anyone until Naruto had decided to reveal it.
The tone in Naruto's voice, along with the request made Sasuke pause for a second realizing this was serious and then proceeded to make the oath. Naruto had told him everything, from Kurami being sealed in him, his training, how he got his Kekkei Genkai, how he knew it worked, his relationship with Kurami, he told Sasuke everything. Sasuke had been amazed, and frankly a little scared, of the potential of the Kekkei Genkai, and proceeded to say something that actually got the blond a little worried.
*Flashback
"So you know about my mother?" said more then asked the ravennete.
"Uh, yeah" answered the blond a little scared at the reaction. He wasn't expecting Sasuke to know.
"Well, what are you gonna do about it?" questioned Sasuke in a strangely calm tone.
"Well I don't know, I mean I like her but, I didn't know how you wou-" started the normally calm blond felling nervous talking about this when Sasuke interrupted.
"I don't care, go for it." Sasuke said in a plain tone. Like he wasn't just telling his best friend it was okay to date his mother.
"…Huh?" was the blonde's intelligent reply.
Sasuke sighed, "Look Naruto, I don't care if you date my mom. If fact I encourage it, my mother told me recently how she never loved my father and only married him out of obligation and frankly I can't blame her, the man was a bastard. Did you know she has only had sex once? She had decided to give my dad a chance on their wedding night, and it was terrible. That jackass basically just rammed her with his 3 ½ in. pecker until he was done and then fell asleep.
After that she just put him in a really strong genjutsu when he wanted sex. Itachi and I were artificial inseminations, and she never cheated. You on the other hand make her happy, and that is what's most important to me. Though you might wanna wait till you're a genin so that she won't get arrested for statutory. Just one thing though,"
He activated his fully matured Sharingan and gave Naruto his best death glare, which was actually enough to make almost anyone under Chuunin shiver, "If you hurt her then I swear, Kyuubi or not, I will kill you, got it?"
Naruto could only nod dumbly.
He shut of his eyes and said, "Good, now who is this girl?"
*Flashback end
The girl had actually been one of Naruto's former fangirls, Yuzuriha Ami.
Ami has purple hair styled in an asymmetrical cut with one long bang on the left side that hung down to her chest and brown eyes. She wore a dark purple kunoichi vest that was slightly open, over a long sleeve, V-neck black shirt that showed the ninja mesh shirt under it and had a black skirt over black spandex biker shorts, knee high black kunoichi boots like Nanami and had a pink hairclip the right side hair. One of many small gifts her boyfriend had given her on their one year anniversary, 2 weeks ago.
She was a rather shapely girl, with noticeable curves, nice legs and a rather larger bust being in the low C-cup area and was full and perky.
She use to be a bully to cope with the fact that she herself had been made fun of due the fact she had higher than normal chakra reserves for her age and so had trouble with the 'Academy 3,' especially the Bushin no Jutsu ( Clone Technique).
While she had initially been a worthless fangirl, Naruto's training had changed her into a confident and worthwhile kunoichi, who was rather dangerous with her genjutsu and tonfa. The tonfa were rather dangerous as with a quick push of chakra the sides would shoot forward at high speed, revealing sharp blades hidden therein. Another gift, for her birthday, from the Uchiha armory.
"'Sup, Taka? He girls, ready to get a team and see what the world has to offer?" asked Naruto in is usual calm way, but I you knew him well enough, and everyone there did, you could hear the excitement.
The former fangirls replied "You know it sensei!"
"I can't wait."
"We'll do our best, sensei!"
Let it be known, every kunoichi Naruto trained had a great amount of respect for him. Anyone who badmouthed him in their presence would soon find themselves facing down a monsoon of righteous female fury! And he made them all at least low-chuunin level by the time they graduated.
"Naruto-sensei," Ami steeped forward leaving her boyfriends side momentarily, "I would just like to say, thank you Sensei. It was thanks to you that me and 20 other girls got our heads on straight and started to take out careers seriously. If not for your intervention, a lot of us would likely have ended up like that girl you showed us." At this even Naruto winced, remembering the wreck that poor girl had been.
"And for that Naruto-sensei, want to thank you, thank you for not just brushing us off, thank you for giving us a reason to be proud of ourselves, thank you Naruto-sensei for saving us from ourselves!" As she finished she bowed low at the waist, a move that was mimicked by the former fangirls.
Naruto, although apathetic on the outside, had been struck dumb on the inside. His empathy allowed him to feel their emotions, and he could feel the massive gratitude that was literally flooding out of them. Quite frankly it was a little overwhelming.
Inside the seal, Kurami had tears of pride coming down her face at what her blond love had accomplished and again could not help but see the faces of Minato and Kushina, looking down at their son, nothing but pride in their eyes. She said nothing and just smiled, basking in the moment.
Once he got a hold of himself, Naruto spoke "Raise your heads girls."
They did.
"I appreciate you gratitude, but it is not necessary, I chose to teach you because, while I don't give a fuck about most things, rape is something that if I can prevent I always will. Now, as you sensei, I am about to give you two final orders so listen up." They perked up and listened intently.
"First recite the 'Ten Golden Rules of a Shinobi.' Everyone present knew what he was talking about, the 'Golden Rules' where something that Naruto had taught to all his friends in the Kongou Da-su (Diamond dozen), the best twelve shinobi in this graduating class, not by class standing but by known skill, chose to live by.
What they didn't know was that they had been invented by his father and would've been part of the curriculum if he had lived.
All the kids in class knew Naruto held back and was actually the strongest of the group, though the teachers, except Umino Iruka, seemed blind to it. The Hokage and Jounin-sensei however, who Sarutobi made sure were at least Naruto-Neutral, if not Pro-Naruto, were not and were all interested to see how the leader of the most promising generation of ninja on the last 20 years would do in the field. This year, the Hokage had made all the teams and no requests were taken, you would take what you got and be happy with it.
The girls started reciting;
"Rule One: Deception is strength. Knowledge is Power.
Rule Two: A specialized ninja is a dead ninja.
Rule Three: Kekkai Genkai don't make a shinobi, the skills make a shinobi.
Rule Four: Turning your back on an enemy is bad judgment, turning your back on an ally is suicide.
Rule Five: Emotions are a great tool. Control your own, then learn to control your enemy's.
Rule Six: There is no such thing as a useless shinobi art. Every technique, if mastered, can kill.
Rule Seven: Don't presume someone as dead, check to make sure.
Rule Eight: Learn the strengths of your enemies, and the weaknesses of your allies.
Rule Nine: Be confident in your abilities, but arrogance leads only to death. Either of yourself or your friends.
Rule Ten: A shinobi sticks to the shadows and kills from the darkness. Do not show off your skills or explain them needlessly." (*)
He nodded approvingly, "Good now, this is my last order, after today you will embark on your path in the shinobi life. So when you're out there remember to follow those rules, stick to your guns and most importantly," at this Naruto's neutral face, twisted into a feral, yet proud grin, "kick some ass!"
The girls mimicked his smile and as one chorused, "HAI!"
And with that they entered the building.
*Same time, Hokage's office
What the kids didn't know was that they were being watched by the old wizened leader and the future jounin-sensei. As they watched the event unfold the Hokage could not keep the smile of his face, at what his blond grandson had done. Every kunoichi that had trained under Naruto had been promoted to chuunin in their first or second Chuunin Exam. The drive to improve that Naruto instilled in them only getting stronger with the passage of time. 'He truly is his parents' child' though the old leader.
"That kid's a natural leader and would've a great Hokage, if the villagers had given him a reason to give two shits about the village in general, freaking morons." Spoke bearded jounin. He was a tall man, with brown eyes, short, black spiky hair, and beard. His clothing consisted of the standard Konoha ninja uniform with the sleeves rolled up half way, flak jacket, regular shinobi sandals and forehead protector. He also wore the Twelve Guardian Ninja sash that had the kanji for "Fire" (火) marked on it around his waist, a pair of black bangles and bandages wrapped around the arms of his sleeves. This was Sarutobi Asuma, Hiruzen's son and Naruto's Asu-ji-san.
When Naruto was a baby, Asuma had loved taking care of him and treated him like he now treated his real nephew Konohamaru. He had been drafted by the Daimyo (Feudal Lord) for his 12 Guardian Ninja, four months before Hiruzen had been forced to give him up. He returned a week after Naruto had been found Naruto, and when he heard what had happened, to say he was pissed was an understatement so when his father had told him that he hadn't punished matrons he almost blew a gasket and venomously asked "Why not?!" The old Hokage just smiled an absolutely evil smile as he said "Well I knew you would be home soon and figured you would like to be there." Asuma froze, before he had the same smile as his father.
Ah, he still remembered the screams.
"I know what you mean. I have seen the girls he has tutored over the last 3 years, 17 of them are already chunnin and still improving, and the last four are graduating now. Considering the fact they were all fangirls that is no small feat. Not to mention what he did for my own student." Spoke a fairly tall and light-skinned woman of slender build. She has long, black, shoulder-length untamed hair, and very unique eyes that are red in colour, with an additional ring in them. She wears make-up consisting of red lipstick and purple eye shadow. Her regular outfit consists of a red mesh armour blouse with only the right sleeve visible. Over this is very broad material which resembles bandages with a pattern on it similar to those of rose thorns. Her hands and upper thighs are also wrapped in bandages and she wears the Konoha forehead protector and regular shinobi sandals.
This was Yuhi Kurenai, Konoha's Genjutsu Mistress and Asuma's not-so-secret girlfriend. She actually looked up to Naruto as he had done something that she had thought impossible; turned fangirls into respectable kunoichi. This is why she also attacked any who badmouthed him with extreme prejudice.
"Makes me wish we could have given request this year, I would've loved to teach him." spoke a fair-skinned, fit and relatively tall shinobi. He has spiky silver hair, and dark-colored eyes, though only one was visible, the other hidden by his headband, wearing standard jounin garb. This was Hatake Kakashi, former student of the Yondaime and unknown to any but Sarutobi, Naruto's would be big brother.
14 years ago, about 3 months before Naruto's birth, he had been approached by his parents in all but blood and name Minato and Kushina. They had planned to adopt him after Naruto's birth as the process for a Kage to adopt anyone was long and tiresome, and with Kushina pregnant there just wasn't the time. Then tragedy struck and his 'parents' died. He had wanted to take Naruto in, but he was a medically diagnosed mess both mentally and emotionally and being honest with himself had to ask 'How can I take care of a baby when I'm just a 15 year old brat myself?'
When he found Naruto bleeding to death all those years ago he saw red. He literally does not remember a thing, just that one second he's seeing Naruto get stabbed, the next the blond is in his arms and he is running full speed to the hospital, having sent a Kage Bushin to get the Hokage, and he was covered nearly head to toe in blood.
None of it was Naruto's.
He used to be late to everything, spending most of his time at them memorial stone, looking at his old teammates' names, along with his 'parents' until about 4 years ago. He had been at his usual spot when he heard what heard a voice call out to him.
*Flashback
"You spend a lot of time here don't you?"
"Yeah." He answered without looking
"Why?"
"I failed my parents, my friends, and my little brother." He replied in a lifeless tone.
"Did you love them?
"Yes!" he answered, a little agitated they would even asked that.
"Well if they loved you back, I don't think they would want you to waste you life here. You wouldn't, right?"
That caused Kakashi to pause. That was true. If he had died he would want them to move on. Maybe it was time to let the past go. To forgive himself and go on in their memory. He turned around, "Maybe your ri…"
No one was there.
*Flashback end
After that Kakashi had passed his first team. Being a teacher had done wonders for him. He had been the sensei for 2 teams over the last 4 years, both teams were chuunin and two of them were getting ready for the Jounin Exams.
"I know Kakashi but I set these teams up for a reason, though I do wonder if we will be having a repeat story with the 'Naruto girls'?" This got a round of laughter out of the jounin and a smile out of the one assigned Naruto.
*Back at the Academy
As they entered, the former cannon fodder left for their seats, the remaining four shinobi left toward the rest of the Kongou Da-su (Diamond Dozen). First to notice them was a fair skinned girl with dark eyes and light blue hair which she keeps in a spiky ponytail with long strands of hair framing her face. She wore a teal short kimono with a grey turtle neck and short sleeves with a jade-green rope belt around her waist, and red shorts, light purple wrist bands and navy blue sandals. Like all the other girls in the group she had a well developed figure, nice hips, large for her age breast, coming in at a low C-cup, and had shapely legs.
This was Uzuki Guren, last know holder of the Shouton (Crystal Release) bloodline limit and adopted sister of Uzuki Yugao.
Guren had been rescued by Yugao on a mission where she found Guren running with all her might while carrying a little boy in her arms named Yukimaru. When Yugao had appeared in front of her she had acted on instinct and summoned a crystal lance aimed right for her head.
Although amazed at the ability, it did not stop her from avoiding it and show she was not a threat. Once she calmed the girl down she had asked why she was running and who the boy was. Upon learning she was running from the Snake Sannin Orochimaru, one of Konoha's greatest traitors, and assuming he was in the area Yugao had wasted no more time in getting the kids out of there and to Konoha.
They learned that Guren had been taken by Orochimaru because of her unique bloodline limit, and something about being a fine vessel in the future. They learned, to Satutobi's shame, that Guren had been sent to kill Yukimaru's mother and take the boy back since he interested the Snake Sannin for some reason. Guren almost did it, but had stayed her blade since she remembered when she had passed out when the Sannin had asked her to destroy and town nearby as a test of her abilities and the woman had found and cared for her. She was about to leave when Orochimaru himself had shown and asked if she was done.
In an act of complete instinct of self-preservation, she had run back and killed the woman, not realizing what she had done till after the fact, and had regretted it ever since. Trying to redeem herself to the woman and knowing the kind of sick things Orochimaru would do to Yukimaru, she had escaped from the base she was suppose to guard Yukimaru in until his return and just run, not knowing where she was going, just trying to get away when she ran into Yugao.
By the end of the story, she was crying into the cat masked ANBU's chest, which had all but demanded custody of both children. The old Hokage agreed and though she had needed to give up her ANBU position, Yugao had not regretted it once. Guren had needed to enter the Academy a year late so she could catch up to everyone making her 14 like Nanami and Naruto.
"About time you got here, what, did Lard Ass slow you down?" questioned the blue haired girl in a playful tone.
"And just who are you calling Lard Ass, Crystal Bitch?" answered Nanami with and angry look but a tone just as playful showing they didn't mean a thing. As they continued to trading meaningless insults, their friends watched amused. Anybody who knew them would tell you these two were practically sisters and would willingly jump into a Katon jutsu if the other one needed it. It also helped that Guren was actually the third girl that had fellings for Naruto, though she was shy about admitting it.
They had meet about a month after she had arrived in Konoha. Her sister was on a mission with her boyfriend, Hayate, for two days and she was in the park, watching Yukimaru play with the other kids.
She had been rather lonely since she had no real friends her age. That is when she had been noticed by Nanami. The dark haired girl had recognized her from the Academy and noticed her expression. Before Naruto could stop her she was already dragging the blue haired girl over so get them to train together.
Naruto had been reluctant but in the end agreed, though only because he knew Nanami would pester him till he caved. After that they got together regularly, Naruto even giving her a few earth jutsu he had. Over time Guren was able to see who Naruto was behind the mask of indifference and before she noticed had fallen for the whiskered host.
"Must they do this every time?" questioned a girl with dark brown hair with long parted bangs with a single lock of hair falling into her face. She also has large, white eyes - a trait shared by all members of her clan with a hint of lilac in them wearing a sleeveless, blue v-neck shirt, with mesh armor underneath and blue shorts and sandals and the standard pouches. Her headband is tied around her forehead.
She had a more slender figure with high B-cup breast that seemed to suit her well. This was 13 year of Hyuuga Hanabi, younger fraternal twin sister of the current heir apparent, her sister Hyuuga Hinata.
Hinata was very different from her sister having bluish colored hair and softer features than Hanabi. She was dressed in a tight cream colored jacket, the top of which she left unzipped showing of her solid C-cup breast, she had long hair in a pony tail and wore black anbu pants with standard pouches and regular blue ninja sandals. Her headband was around her neck.
"They wouldn't be them if they didn't sister." said Hinata with a giggle at the end.
Hinata use to be a shy, stuttering mess. Her clan had made her unconfident, insecure and just all around broken. That is until Naruto got a hold of her. Nobody knew what happened but one summer, Naruto and Hinata would disappear every day, repapering only to go to home. By the end of the summer, what had once been a liability on the field, became a strong, determined and strong will young woman. She had a brother-sister relationship with Naruto and often called him Onii-sama.(**)
"Troublesome, at least its good entertainment" so a boy with a lazy drawl and smile. He has shoulder length dark brown hair tied in a spiky ponytail, narrow brown eyes with hoop earrings.
His clothing consisted of a green lined mesh shit and a short sleeve mesh jacket with green edges. He had brown pants and blue sandals. His hitai-ate was on his left arm.
This was Nara Shikamaru, the group's strategist. He used to be a complete lazy-ass, openly expressing his desire to be mediocre. Until one day he said that to Naruto.
*Flashback
"So you don't care about your parents then." That had stopped Shikamaru.
"No, why would you said that, of course I do!" he said a little agitated.
"Then why do you want them to suffer?" asked the
blond.
"What do you mean?"
"When I asked the Hokage to enroll me in the Academy, he said 'Very well Naruto, but you must promise me to always strive be the best you can be. Mediocre shinobi are doomed to die young.' So if you wanna be mediocre then you obviously don't care if you parents suffer for your death."
*Flashback end
After that, Shikamaru had changed his attitude. He had improved his physical training with the rest of the group and improved in his clan techniques. He also learned a nasty trick with his special chakra conductive kodachi (short sword) thathe carried on his waist.
"I know what you mean, right Ino?" spoke a rather large boy.
Had swirls on his cheeks and wore his hitai-ate like a bandana over is spiky brown hair. He had black pant, a white scarf and a short sleeve green haori and a white shirt with the kanji to food on it.
This was Akimichi Chouji. He was Shikamaru's best friend and had been there for his conversation with Naruto, also chosen to improve himself. He became much more adept at his clan arts but also branched out into ninjutsu with the help of Naruto.
"I know what you mean Cho. We all know those two are as close as can be." Said a platinum blond girl. She was a fair-skinned girl of average height with green eyes. Her most noticeable trait in her appearance is her long, blonde hair, which is always seen in a high-ponytail with bangs covering the right side of her face. She wore a short purple vest like blouse with a raised collar, a purple apron skirt that is cut off on the sides and bandages on her stomach and legs. She also wore purple and white elbow warmers with this, and her forehead protector around her waist as a belt. This was Yamanaka Ino.
Ino actually use to be a Sasuke fangirl, and was devastated when she learned that he was dating Ami, though not as much as her friend Sakura who dropped out of the Academy altogether. After that revelation and coming to terms with it, she followed her friends' example and kicked her training into overdrive. She was actually the weakest member of the dozen but was still stronger that the rest of the class.
The last two members of the group merely chuckled at the bickering duo. One is a boy with a wild appearance as while clearly human, he has several physical traits more akin to animals. Like most of his clan, he has messy brown hair, sharp black eyes with vertical slit-like pupils, pronounced canine teeth, and nails that he can change into claws. He also has the distinctive red fang markings on his cheeks.
His attire consisted of dark greyish pants reaching to his calves and a grey, hooded fur-lined coat, with the hood usually placed on his head, over an apparent plate of armour and fishnet undershirt with a blue forehead protector and blue sandals. There was also a white puppy in his hood. This was Inuzuka Kiba.
The other is a fair-skinned ninja and the second tallest member of the group. He has dark, bushy, brown hair. He is seen sporting the same style as the rest of his clan, consisting of dark sunglasses and a sea-green jacket with a high, upturned collar. This was Aburame Shino.
These were the Kongo-dasu, the strongest members of this graduating class.
It was here Naruto spoke, flanked by Guren, Nanami and Sasuke, or as they were nicknamed, the Shichuuseki (Four Pillars). "Well guys this is it, in a few minutes we are going to be assigned our teams. Remember, to follow the Rules and always watch your back and look out for your teammates. In the shinobi world anything can happen, so be careful, and also," here he gave one of his rare smiles, "It was great to graduate with you guys"
After that everyone left for their seats, with smiles of their faces. Just then a scar-faced chuunin with a spiky pony tailed appeared. This was Umino Iruka, the only teacher to see Naruto for who he was and a favorite with the Dozen.
"Alright kids, this is it. You are all official shinobi and kunoichi of the leaf and I am proud of all of you. I will now list of the teams. Team 1…"
As he read of names the gang's eyes got wider and wider as they realized they were the only ones left! Naruto idly noticed his students had been teamed together, until he heard his friends' names being called out. "Team 7 is Hyuuga Hanabi," the brown hair girl perked up, "Uchiha Sasuke," they smiled at each other, happy to be with their friend while Sasuke squeezed Ami's hand, "And Yuzuriha Ami, your sensei will be Hatake Kakashi." Ami said nothing but Naruto could feel the joy wafting off her.
"So an assault them with a tracker huh, not bad" was the general thought in the group.
"Team 8, Hyuuga Hinata, Aburame Shino and Inuzuka Kiba, your sensei will be Yuhi Kurenai"
'Obvious tracking team, a little over specialized though.' They weren't displeased though, they had all branched out enough to make up for it.
"Team 9 in still active, Team 10 Yamanaka Ino, Akimichi Chouji and Nara Shikamaru, your sensei will be Sarutobi Asuma."
Naruto thought, 'They let Asu-ji-san, have a capture and interrogation team. He probably thinks they will let him slack off. Won't he be in for a surprise?' Then he realized exactly who was left and his eyes widened ever so slightly.
"Finally, Team 11 will be, Uzuki Guren, Gekitou Nanami, and Uzumaki Naruto. Your jounin sensei will be…." Everyone was leaning forward wondering who would teach 3 of the 4 pillars. Naruto noticed the mirth that was coming from Sasuke as he looked at him but couldn't figure out why…until he heard the name of his sensei and his jaw dropped.
"…Uchiha Mikoto."
'SERIOUSLY!'
END
(*) The rules were written by Orpheus Kidwell in his story, Kyuudou Sennin.
(**) Sorry to all you NaruHina shippers but I just am not feeling it.
Okay that it. Next chapter will come when my muse returns, and will likely include a lemon, though that is not a sure thing. There will be a fight, but remember that this is my first story and I have never written a fight scene before so don't expect too much.
Anyway, I'm out. Stay cool, love your family and finally please Read and Review. Ja ne~