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The Legend of Hope Chapter 2: Ninja graduation
12 years have past. Everyone, including Naruto, knew of him being the demon carrier for Kyuubi, for the sake of protection. Everyone accepted it. And thus, Naruto grew up happily. It was also a known factor that Naruto was half Al Bhed. A race of humans hated by most, due to their free useage of Machina. But Konoha wasn't a racial village, so people could rest easier.
It was now the day of The Genin Exams. Naruto had been preparing for this for quite some time. As well as his older cousin, Rikku. She was a full fledged Al Bhed, and was a hyperactive girl. She lived both at her father's and at Arashi's. Both homes, being quite a distance away from each other. Rikku was also a master thief, on a pro level, for a 13 year old.
"Rikku. What if Yuna was to become a summoner. Would you be her guardian?" Naruto asked. Rikku sighed, as she looked up.
"I don't know. I don't want her to use the final aeon. At least with you, we don't have to worry about such a thing" Rikku said. Naruto nodded. Now Naruto and Rikku were on opposite ends when it came to ninja skills and grades. Naruto did fairly well, while Rikku, made dead last. Though with traveling a lot of the time, it wasn't much of a surprise.
First Test. Accuracy. Naruto and Rikku scored the absolute best. People were surprised by Rikku, but not so much by Naruto. Naruto whispered 'being a thief does help in accuracy. Good work, sis'. Naruto did thik of Rikku as an older sister.
Second test. Henge/Transform. They were to transform into their teacher, Iruka. Everyone passed this test. Once Naruto was done, he then decided to pick thing up, by creating a sexy henge jutsu, giving all the males massive bloody nose gushers.
Third test. A Bushinin/Clone test. Rikku could only make 2. Naruto knew he couldn't make bushinin, due to, too much chakra, despite his near perfect control. So instead, he went all out, with a mass army of Kage/Shadow Bushinins.
The two arrived home, to show off their newly earned Konoha headbands. They were ninja now. Arashi's friend, and former Student, Kakshi, was there, at their home. They talked about the day.
"It would be so cool, if you were to be our sensei, dad" Naruto said. Arashi agreed, but knew he couldn't.
"Sorry son. But I do have the next best thing. Kakashi volunteered to be your sensei" Arashi said. Naruto smiled at that. Rikku nodded, while sharpening her spin daggers. You could see that the masked Jounin was smiling through his cloth mask.
"We've already arranged the teams. Your cell number is #7, and despite you also wanting to team up with Hinata, it's not going to happen. The two of you, are to team up, with Sasuke Uchiha, and Sakura Haruno" Kakashi said. Naruto grumbled at that.
Next day, the five met on te roofs. Naruto dressed in his new ninja great, of black jeans, and a black muscle tank top shirt. He also wore biker gloves, and his headband, on his head. Rikku wore her normal yellow and green attire. They were discussing who they were. Kakashi went first, not revealing to much. Sakura clearly showed that she was in love with Sasuke. It was Naruto's turn
"I'm Naruto. Son of the Fourth Hokage. Likes...Ramen, family, the demon guardian Kyuubi, who's soul is sealed in me, to help me with life, and a certain person. Dislikes...The Final Aeon, and Sin. Dreams...To defeat Sin without any final Aeon, and to become Hokage afterwards" Naruto said. This earned a rare smirked frm Sasuke.
"I'm Sasuke Uchiha. Don't like a whole lot of things, and dislike a lot. Dreams...to revive my clan, and to get revenge on a certain man" Sasuke said. Kakashi sweatdropped. He knew that Naruto was a calm, somewhat hyper ninja, and Rikku was just plain hyper. But a lovesick puppy and an avenger were to much for him.
"Alright. Tomorrow, is the genin exam. This exam determines who stays Genin, and who goes back. Only 9 genin remain. But this case, might be 10. Be here at 7, and don't be late, and don't eat. You don't want to throw up" Kakashi said. The four nodded. Kakashi left. Naruto then got up, as well as Rikku, and left. Sasuke more or less, followed them.
"Hey guys" He said. He was friendly with Naruto and Rikku, as they didn't want Sasuke to be without friends. They knew that the scars of his clan being killed off still affected him, and they helped ease the tension for him.
"Don't forget to eat breakfast. The whole point of not eating, is to not be correctly focussed. But then again, it's th whole point. He wants you to go after him, like he was prey, to be eaten" Naruto said. Rikku shuddered at that thought.
"Good point. But I guess we can still do that. Just eat a very light breakfast. Besides, the hungrier we are to become Genin, the more likely we will" Sasuke said, before leaving.
"I'm going over to the Hyuuga's for a little while. I could use practice against Neji" Naruto said, and with that, he left. Rikku just simply headed, to the Hokage home.