Emolette: My three-day weekend was fun. . .
Naruto: Why? What did you do?
Emolette: Virtually nothing except type my story^^
Sasuke: So, you spent your three-day weekend typing this story?
Emolette: Well, I sleep until ten o'clock in the morning, so after I eat breakfast I type, then I eat lunch and for the rest of the afternoon I type and then I eat a snack, then I type until dinner time, then after dinner I type again and then I go watch some late night tv until like, midnight or one, then I go to sleep.
Naruto: -sweatdrop- So, all you do is eat, sleep, and type?
Emolette: No. I go to the bathroom too and when I get bored or when I get writers block I go out of my sanctuary that is my room and play with my cousins.
Sasuke: You live with your cousins?
Emolette: No, they just visit alot 'cuz they're just little kids and we have to watch them sometimes. The oldest is only six.
Naruto: Wow. It's like you have a clan of your own.
Emolette: I guess you can say that. Anyway, let's get started with the chapter shall we?
Chapter Six
" A New Team, A New Beginning "
Sarutobi sat on his desk, getting some rest after a long morning of doing paperwork. His eyes were hurting, but it's nothing that a good nap won't cure. Sarutobi closed his eyes with a sigh and sat back in hs chair, giving his neck a rest also from bending over his desk. It was a peaceful Saturday morning, though that couldn't be said for last night. Mizuki, an academy instructor, had just tried to steal a forbidden scroll, but Iruka had managed to knock him out. Yet Sarutobi had a feeling that Iruka wasn't telling the truth. There was just something in his eyes that just pushed on the Hokage's suspiscious button.
Sarutobi open his eyes. He had felt a presense, no two, standing outside his office window. It was strange because he could sense their chakra, but couldn't measure it. Sarutobi looked at his windows and took a deep breath
"I know you're out there," he said. "If you need anything from me, just step inside the room."
There was a moment of silence that made Sarutobi think that he had just imagined those presenses, but he then sensed the presenses inside of his office. He swiveled his chair around and saw two figures, one wearing a red coat and a red fox mask and the other wearing a black coat and a black raven mask, standing just a few feet away from his desk.
"Hokage-sama," they said and they bowed simultaneously. Their voices were rather metallic, suggesting that they had a voice changer in their masks.
"May I ask for your names?" asked the aged Hokage.
"Fox," said the red one.
"Raven," said the black one.
"Okay," said Sarutobi, looking warily at them. "How may I help you. . . gentleman?"
"We are here to discuss to you about a certain boy that goes by the name of Uzumaki Naruto," said Fox and Sarutobi narrowed his eyes.
"And why must I discuss him with you?" he asked and Fox's head twitched towards Raven. Raven saw this and he looked at his companion.
"Maybe we should tell him," said Raven, his voice changer crackling a little but showing concern. "That is why we're here right? He'll keep the secret until we're fully ready to tell it to everyone."
Moment of silence, then Fox sighed and nodded.
"Fox and Raven are aliases, as you might've guessed," said Fox to Sarutobi, reaching up to take off his mask and Raven mimicked him. "Our real names are actually - " They had a second mask under their animal masks, one that covered half of their face, but they pulled this down and Sarutobi stared at them in shock when he saw their faces. " - Uzumaki Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke."
Sarutobi stared at the two, his mouth agape and not sure if his eyes were decieving him. Was he dreaming? Was he still asleep in his chair? Was he hallucinating because he was tired? He was an old man after all and can only handle so much. But it seemed real enough to him. These two who looked like older versions of Naruto and Sasuke really were Naruto and Sasuke. He just didn't know what to say.
"I hope he didn't have a heart attack," said Naruto with a little worry on his face.
"He didn't," said Sasuke. "He's just shocked, that's all."
Sarutobi gave himself a little shake, pinched himself and lightly slapped himself on the face before accepting that this wasn't a dream.
"This isn't a dream is it?" he asked the two, still having a hard time believing despite himself.
"Will you believe us if we said no?" asked Naruto and Sarutobi sighed.
"I'm getting too old for this," he mumered to himself before regaining his composure. "So, uh, Naruto. What is it that you wanted to discuss with me?"
"Glad you accepted this so quickly," said Naruto with a small smile.
"Like I've got a choice," mumbled Sarutobi to himself. Though both Naruto and Sasuke heard that, they let it go.
"Anyway, I'm here to ask you for a favor Hokage-sama," said Naruto, getting to the point.
"And what may that be?" asked Sarutobi. When did he start calling me Hokage-sama?
"I want to change my last name," said Naruto and Sarutobi raised an eyebrow at him.
"To what?"
"Namikaze."
Sarutobi gaped at Naruto again. "How do you know that name?" he asked.
Naruto smirked. "Yondaime Hokage's alias was Kazama Arashi, but his real name was Namikaze Minato. I know he is my father, so I think I have the right to inherit the Namikaze name, right?"
Sarutobi stared, shook his head, then held up his hands in defeat. "Okay, this is too much for me. Please explain to me how you knew who your father is before my head explodes."
"It's simple," said Naruto, smirking despite of himself. "Kyuubi told me."
"You know about Kyuubi?!" cried Sarutobi, his eyes nearly popping out of his head.
"I knew about him ever since I was five," explained Naruto. "He told me everything Hokage-sama and he taught me, and Sasuke, many things, things we could never learn at the academy. But I couldn't let anyone know about that because they'll either beat me or use me as a weapon, so you must understand why I kept this a secret."
"Yes, I understand," said Sarutobi with nod, calming down a bit.
"Hokage-sama, I'm just here to change my name from Uzumaki to Namikaze. It's a small step for me to show who I truly am because I'm sick of hiding behind my mask."
Sarutobi looked into Naruto's brilliant blue eyes that he inherited from his father. They were unlike the eyes from the Naruto he knew that just radiated happiness and innocence. These eyes, though still somewhat innocent and sincere, showed years of hardships and sadness, but still had some of the traits that Sarutobi recognized, like courage and determination. They were so much like Minato's, yet completely different. He knew that this was Naruto, just a different side of him that no one has ever seen.
"I see," said Sarutobi, shifting in his chair and coughing a little. "I'll arrange it myself immediately."
Naruto smiled. It wasn't a fox grin, just an ordinary, regular smile that was honest. "Thank you Hokage-sama," he said, pulling on both of his masks and Sasuke did the same.
"Just, one more thing before you leave," said Sarutobi. His eyes flickered onto Sasuke for moment. He wanted to know where he fit in here, but thought better of it. They'll tell him when they're ready. "Someone would've seen you without your masks." he said instead.
Naruto smirked under his masks. "We took care of that already," he said through his voice changer. "We were outside your window so we could put a genjutsu on it. The ANBU who're watching you are affected by the jutsu and anyone outside the door also. The jutsu will be dispelled once we leave."
"You certainly are stronger then you let on Naruto," said Sarutobi with awe.
"Of course," said Naruto as he and Sasuke jumped outside the window. "We all are Hokage-sama. And please, our secret is now yours, and we'd like to keep it that way." Then the two disappeared into thin air.
Sarutobi stared at the spot where the two disappeared, then sat back in his chair with a sigh. Great. How many more secrets must I keep until I die, was his last thought before he closed his eyes and fell asleep.
It was Monday, the day when the new genins would be sorted into teams. Naruto was nervous. He decided that he was going to make an effort to be himself and not wear his horrible orange jumpsuit, so he was having a hard time picking out what to wear for this special day, even with Kyuubi's help. He went through various outfits (he had more clothes then people realized) and it took him most of the morning to finally pick out what to wear.
"What do you think Kyuu?"asked Naruto as he looked himself in his full lengthed mirror.
Hmmm. . . I suppose this works. Maybe when you get older you'll wear the clothes I want you to wear.
"Maybe," said Naruto, tying his hitai-ate around his neck, therefore completing his look. Unless I wanna look like a Drag Queen, he added in his thoughts, making sure Kyuubi didn't hear it.
Naruto was wearing a red shirt with visible black stitches on the hem and a black spiral on the back, black shorts with hidden pockets and red pouches on the front of his thighs, bandages around his shins and arms, and black fingerless gloves. He made an effort of not looking like the idiot everyone knew, and the result made him look a bit more mature, but still looking young and cheerful.
Hm, I wonder what Sasuke's wearing.
"Don't go comparing his outfit with mine," said Naruto, putting on his shoes as he left his apartment.
I won't! At least, I won't let you hear me comparing your outfits.
Naruto rolled his eyes. Who would've known that the mighty and fearsome King of Bijuus was such a vain feminist? Naruto didn't and he was extremely surprised to find that out.
Naruto arrived at the academy in less then five minutes and he quickly made his way to the orientation room. Taking a deep breath, Naruto opened the door stepped into the room. It was noisy as usual and everyone was spread out, chattering with friends and laughing just like they were still in the academy. Naruto rolled his eyes and then scanned the room for Sasuke. He found the Uchiha sitting next to the window as usual, staring out of it, deep in thought. Naruto smiled to himself as he walked up the aisle to his friend.
"Naruto-kun!" said a timid voice and Naruto saw that it was Hinata.
"Ohayo Hinata-chan," said Naruto with a smile.
"Naruto-kun, you look so good in that outfit," said Hinata with a kind smile.
"Thanks," replied Naruto.
"I hope we can be in the same team," said Hinata, twiddling her fingers with a small blush on her cheeks.
"Aa, I hope so too," said Naruto before giving Hinata one last smile and walking away with a wave. Hinata breathed deeply, trying not to faint, then she sat down in the nearest empty seat and daydreamed about Naruto. Who knew she was that kind of girl?
"Hey there Uchiha," said Naruto, sitting down next to Sasuke. Sasuke looked up, eyed Naruto's new clothes with a raised eyebrow, and smiled.
"Hey there Uzumaki," he said. "Or should I say, Namikaze?"
Naruto chuckled. "We'll see if Hokage-sama did what he promised." he said and he eyed Sasuke's clothes.
Sasuke also changed his clothes. He was wearing a black, sleeveless version of the standard Uchiha shirt with the emblem on the back, black pants with a red waistband (and possibly hidden pockets), bandages around his left arm, a single red weight glove that extended to his elbow on his right arm, and his hitai-ate was tied around his head. Naruto also noticed that his hair was longer, so he assumed that Sasuke was also making an effort in showing his true self.
Hm, not bad, not bad at all. It really shows off his body while giving room to breath and move about. And the color scheme is good, inconspicuous and mysterious, yet sexy.
"So, now that we've graduated, I hope we can start on the potion soon," said Sasuke.
"Aa," said Naruto with a nod of his head.
Then, there was a loud commotion from outside the room and two girls, one with long pink hair and another with long beach blonde hair, charged into the room, completely out of breath.
"I was first Ino," said Sakura inbetween pants.
"Dream on Sakura," said Ino, panting also. "My foot was the first across the threshhold, so I won."
The two glared at each other and Naruto sweatdropped. No doubt trying to see who's going to sit next to Sasuke.
Sakura went up to the row where Naruto and Sasuke were sitting and she smiled fangirlishly.
"Ohayo Sasuke-kun!" she shrieked with her high-pitched voice and Naruto steeled himself to not cover his ears. "Ah, you look so good in your new clothes!" Naruto again steeled himself not to smirk when Sasuke just rolled his eyes and ignored her.
"Excuse me, may I sit next to Sasuke-kun?" asked Sakura, tapping Naruto on the shoulder. Naruto looked up at her with a glare.
"And what if I don't want to move Sakura?" he said and Sakura was taken aback.
"Naruto? Is that you?" she asked, looking shocked, and everyone looked around and stared at Naruto, seeing how much more mature he looked in his new clothes..
"Of course it's me," Naruto snapped. "No other guy in this class has blond hair, blue eyes and marks on his cheeks."
"Uh, I guess you're right," said Sakura, feeling a bit embarrassed. "Ano, Naruto, will you let me sit next to Sasuke-kun?"
"No," said Naruto, putting his chin in his hand and a tick appeared on Sakura's (large) forehead.
"Come on Naruto," she said, faking sweetness. "If you let me sit there, I'll go on a date with you. I know you've always wanted to go on a date with me."
"Tch," said Naruto with annoyance. "As if I'll ever go on a date with a banshee. You're not my type anyway."
Sakura felt like the earth opened up beneath her and swallowed her whole. "What did you say?" she said menacingly. By now, everyone was watching her and Naruto with their little fight. They were all awed that Naruto would come inbetween a fangirl and Sasuke. To the others, that was suicide.
"I said I'll never go on a date with a banshee," repeated Naruto, looking bored.
"But Naruto, I thought you liked Sakura," Ino intervened even though she was enjoying the show. No one but her had insulted Sakura like that.
"News flash, I never liked Sakura," said Naruto. "I just pretended because an assumed dobe like me would never have a chance with an assumed brainiac like her."
Sakura's killing intent went up a level but Naruto barely noticed it. He's been in worse situations before anyway. Fortunately, before Sakura could raise her fist and aim it at Naruto's head, Iruka came in and everyone took their seats. Sakura had no other choice but to sit next to Naruto.
Inner Sakura: I'M GOING TO KILL THAT DOBE!!! SHANNARO!!!
Iruka went on a long speech about being genin and going up a level and all that jazz. Naruto barely listened and he impatiently tapped his foot, waiting for Iruka to call out the teams. The list went on, until it got to. . .
". . . Team 7 . . . Haruno Sakura . . . Uchiha Sasuke. . ." Sakura yelled "Yatta!" and all the other fangirls groaned in disappiontment. ". . . and Namikaze Naruto."
Naruto didn't know if he was supposed to be happy or annoyed. He was happy that he was teamed up with his best friend, but he was annoyed to be teamed up with the banshee. He was also happy to find out that Sandaime did what he promised and changed his name into Namikaze.
"Ano, Iruka-sensei," said Sakura, looking confused. "Don't you mean Uzumaki Naruto?'
"No," said Iruka, looking up from his clipboard. "Naruto's last name is now Namikaze. There's no mistake about it."
"But isn't that the Fourth Hokage's last name?" asked another student.
"Yes it is," said Iruka with a nod. "Naruto, why don't you explain?"
Naruto sighed. "Namikaze is my last name because it has been found that my father is the Yondaime Hokage," he said, loud enough for everyone to hear. Gasps went everywhere and Naruto mentally smirked.
"Alright, settle down," said Iruka as the students began to chatter. Iruka did his big head jutsu and everyone shut up. "You can ask Naruto questions later. Let's move on with the list."
After Hyuga Hinata, Inuzuka Kiba, and Aburame Shino were put into Team 8 and Nara Shikamaru, Akimichi Chouji, and Yamanaka Ino was put in Team 10, Naruto stopped listening and joined Sasuke in staring out the window.
What to do now that I inherited my father's last name? I guess I'll just show off my skills to our teacher. I wonder who'll it be? I hope he or she's going to strong because there's no way I wanna show up a jounin.
Naruto slightly smiled to himself at the thought. Maybe showing up a jounin might be good for his new reputation.
After the listing of the new teams, everyone had to wait for their new jounin teacher to show up. But after two hours, all the other teams had already left and Team 7 was still waiting for their jounin sensei. All three were bored out of their skulls and pretty annoyed too. Sakura had tried to strike up a conversation with Sasuke (to no avail) and even Naruto (again, to no avail) and is now pacing the front of the room, glancing at the clock every few seconds. Naruto and Sasuke sat together, silent and deep in their own thoughts, but they both twirled a kunai in their hands adsentmindingly, or at least, that's what it seems.
"When is our sensei going to get here?" whined Sakura, leaning against the teacher's desk.
Nartuo's ears perked up when he heard footsteps coming towards the direction of the room. "In ten seconds," he said and Sakura looked at him skeptically. "Nine. . . eight. . . seven. . . six. . . five. . . four. . . three. . . two . . . one. . ."
At the count of one, the door slid open and the kunais in Naruto and Sasuke's hands flew across the room. The silver-haired person that walked inside ducked his head in time and the kunais flew right by him and lodged themselves in the wall across the hall.
"You're late," said the three genins simultaneously, but Naruto and Sasuke said it calmly with a hint of annoyance while Sakura screeched it being the banshee that she is.
"Hm, someone needs a nap," said the jounin, straightening up. He had a mask covering half of his face and his hitai-ate was lowered to cover his left eye, so all that could be seen is his right eye which was curved in an upside down U, suggesting that he was smiling under the mask. "That was my first impression on you guys. My second impression is that I hate you."
The genins sweatdropped and they had the same thought. Great. I'm stuck with a loony sensei.
"Anyway," said the jounin with a small cough. " Let's meet at the roof and we can talk there."
The jounin then disappeared in a cloud of smoke with a poof and Naruto and Sasuke glared at the spot where he was previously standing.
"He sure is something," said Sasuke sarcastically and quietly enough for only Naruto to hear.
"Aa," said Naruto, standing up and following a fuming Sakura out of the room with the Uchiha right beind him.
At the rooftop, the three genins sat on the steps while the silver-haired jounin leaned against the railing. Naruto leaned back on the steps, looking bored, Sasuke leaned forward, resting his arms on his thighs and resting his chin in his hands, staring at the jounin and Sakura hugged her knees, glancing at Sasuke every now and again and giggling.
"So," said the jounin, feeling a little awkward. "Why don't we all introduce ourselves first?"
"What should we say sensei?" asked Sakura and the guys rolled their eyes.
Do I need to tell you every detail, thought the jounin. "Your name, likes, dislikes, hobbies, and ambition, basically," he said, looking at his students.
"Shouldn't you go first sensei?" said Sakura and the jounin tried not to roll his eye.
"Fine," he said, staightening up. "My name is Hatake Kakashi. I like the Icha Icha book series. I dislike those who take their teammates for granted and who doesn't know how to work in a team. I have many hobbies and as for my ambitions, I don't have any because I never really thought of it."
The genins sweatdropped. "Well, that was elaborate," said Sakura sarcastically and the two boys couldn't help but agree with the pink-haired banshee.
"Yosh, now it's your turn," said Kakashi enthusiastically, his eye curving upwards. "You go first pinky."
Sakura glared at Kakashi before speaking. "My name is Haruno Sakura.," she said, straightening up. "My likes are - " At this, she glanced at Sasuke and giggled. "My hobbies are - " Again, she glanced at Sasuke and giggled even louder. "My ambition is - " She glanced at Sasuke once more and gave out an earsplitting squeal that made her sound like a pig.
"And your dislikes?" asked Kakashi, trying real hard not to roll his eye. Girls like her think that love is everything. With that thinking, they'll die once they step onto a battlefield. I'll have to find a way to stomp that fangirlism out of her with any grueling means neccessary. Yeah. . .
"Naruto," said Sakura menacingly and Naruto rolled his eyes.
"Pfft," said the blond. "As if I care fivehead."
"Okay, calm down," said Kakashi as Sasuke stifled a laugh and stopping Sakura before she could murder the blond. "Remember, we're a team, so no killing each other. That means you Sakura."
Sakura "hmph-ed", turning away with her arms crossed and Kakashi sighed.
"You're next emo boy," he said, pointing at Sasuke.
"My name is Uchiha Sasuke," said the brunet calmly and coolly. "I like a few things and dislike alot of things. My hobbies are training and reading. My ambition is to help a certain someone and to reveal a certain truth that has been kept a secret for years. Most people think that I am an avenger, wanting to take revenge for my clan, but to tell the truth, that's just a stupid rumor assumed true by stupid people."
Sasuke-kun's so cool, thought Sakura with a small giggle.
I knew you were going to say that, Naruto thought with a small smirk.
So, what Hokage-sama told me was true, thought Kakashi. He has changed and he doesn't look as angry as before. I'll have to keep an eye on him and see what's up.
"Okay," he said and he casually looked over at Naruto, who was staring of into space, looking bored. They locked eyes for a moment, then Kakashi almost jumped when the cerulean eyes turned crimson, the rounded pupils became slits and an enomous and nauseating wave of killing intent swept over him. Kakashi steeled himself not to move and he blinked his eye, still locked onto Naruto's eyes which turned back to bright blue. Kakashi had a wild notion that he had just imagined what he saw, but he knew it really happened when Naruto's lips curled upward in a knowing smirk.
"You're next blondie," said Kakashi curving his eye upward to mask his surprise.
Naruto slightly narrowed his eyes at the silver-haired jounin before sitting upright. "My name is Namikaze Naruto," he said, staring straight into the jounin's closed eye to watch for any sign of emotion. "My likes are few, and my dislikes are many. My hobbies are to train, read, and hang with my friends. My ambition is to become Hokage and earn the respect of the villagers because if it wasn't for me and my father. . ." he let the sentence hang and he smirked. "Well, I'll assume you know the reason Kakashi-sensei."
Kakashi opened his eye and looked at Naruto. He lookes just like Minato-sensei, he thought. But he's so different. He grew up without parents and was taught by a demon. He's not the cheerful boy everyone thought he was. He's sad, he's angry, he's lonely. . . and he's out for revenge, just not in the way that we all think. But still, under that mask is a veil. Someone might've seen what was under that mask, but have they looked behind the veil?
"Aa, Naruto," said Kakashi back in the real world and Naruto smirked.
"Ne, what're you guys talking about?" asked Sakura, looking confused. What a pink-haired, fiveheaded, flat-chested, banshee (a/n: BASHING!!! SAKURA BASHING!!!)
"Maybe you'll know in time," said Sasuke and Sakura looked up at him with stars as eyes.
"You talked to me Sasuke-kun!" she squealed and the guys sweatdropped.
Way to ruin the moment you pink-haired bitch, they thought (a/n: more bashing!!!).
"Yosh!" said Kakashi, standing up and clapping his hands together. "Now that we know each other a little bit more, we'll all meet at the third training ground at six am tomorrow. We'll be having a little drill."
"Why is that Kakashi-sensei?" asked Sakura.
"This will be your real test to see if you're worthy of becoming a ninja," said Kakashi. "If you fail this test, you will return to the academy for more studying."
"NANI?!" cried Sakura but Naruto and Sasuke were barely fazed by the news.
"Anyway, I'll see you three tomorrow," said Kakashi, with a wave of his hand. "Oh, and don't eat breakfast or you'll puke."
Then Kakashi disappeared in a puff of smoke. The three genins stared at the spot where he previously stood, then Naruto sighed and sat back again.
"I feel like doing something nice," he said with a smile. "You guys wanna go get some lunch? I'm buyin'."
Emolette: In that last part, I made Naru-kun be nice to Sakura since he was in the mood.
Naruto: Why'd you do that? I liked the Sakura bashing!
Emolette: The chapter isn't supposed to be about bashing. The title is "A New Team, A New Beginning", so that new beginning was for me to be nice to Sakura.
Sasuke: Your logic doesn't make any sense.
Emolette: To you! Anyway, the bell test is next and Sakura will barely be there because she's weak. I'll try my best in the fight scene, since I'm so nice, but I can't promise it'll be long 'cuz I suck at this. I'm just a beginner after all.
Naruto: When have you ever been nice?
Emolette: I was nice enough to let you comment here.
Sasuke: That's because you love us.
Emolette: Noooooo, it's because I wanted the readers to laugh at the funny conversations I have with you imaginary people. I was thinking of the readers, not myself.
Naruto & Sasuke: -rolls eyes- Chyah right!
Emolette: -eye twitch and angry vein- I now have the burning desire to wring your throats and squeeze your heads until it bursts and your brains smother my hands, but I will refrain from doing that because I love you guys no matter how much I hate you and Kami do I hate you!
Naruto & Sasuke: O.O
Emolette: ^^ See 'yah!