Kitsune and Dragon
I don't own Naruto but I wish I do.
Chapter 3: Team Ten
During the one free hour that the new genin teams had before they met their jounin sensei one would find Sakura following Sasuke around like a lost puppy and trying to get his attention while Kiba and Akamaru followed them at a distance in case if Sasuke's fan girls would show up and start a fight. The Ino-Shiko-Chou team sat on a balcony that was part of the academy and complained about things being troublesome, not having enough to eat, and not being on Sasuke's team was what was heard the most. Team ten was much more cooperative from the very start, possibly because two thirds of the team was already a nearly seamless team to start. Now they just had to add Shino to their plans, they both knew very well that all of the Aburame clan were very logical in all of their decisions and had the ability to understand any bug that they met and used that to their full advantage when controlling the kikai colony that they housed in their own bodies, exchanging home and chakra for their services. It was also a widely known and respected fact that their back fists are very powerful and could easily send an unlucky opponent flying several meters through the air. Now team ten was simply enjoying a simple lunch under a tree outside of the shinobi academy, Naruto and Hinata shared an extra large bento and got to know Shino and his colony as they ate from their own bento.
From her place in a tree not too far away, a jounin kunoichi with red eyes and brown hair watched the team that she that she was to test, and so far they were doing exceptionally well, even if the Aburame boy rarely even talked the kitsune seemed to understand what he was saying just having them look at him. She already knew that the kitsune seemed to have some kind of telepathic link between the two of them where they could tell what the other was thinking, feeling, and where the other was. Those abilities were just what she was looking for in a team, unity, strength, willingness, and capable of silent communication. That is what she was exactly looking for because she specialized in reconnaissance missions but that didn't mean she couldn't do infiltration and assassinations, it was a special skill that came with being a genjutsu specialist. Hopefully she could get her team to excel in that areas, besides kitsune are legendary tricksters.
An hour later the genin teams are back in the classroom sitting with their respective teams as the jounin sensei came to take their teams away to get to know them. Team eights sensei turned out to be the chain smoking jounin, Sarutobi Asuma. Tem tens sensei revealed herself to be Yuuhi Kurenai. When they left team sevens sensei had yet to show up, Kurenai was quick to figure that their sensei was to be Hatake Kakashi, the Copy Nin who was always late for everything but life and death situations and during missions.
"So tell me who you are, your likes and dislikes, hobbies, and your dreams for the future." Kurenai says when they reached practice field fourteen.
"Ano, sensei, what do you mean? Shouldn't you go first?" Hinata asks voicing the teams' confusion whether they showed it or not.
"Alright I'll go first, my name is Yuuhi Kurenai, I like music and cooperation, and I don't like senseless killing, perverts, and those who think kunoichi are weak. My hobbies are reading and singing karaoke and my dream for the future is to make any team that I am part of successful. Ok blondie, you're next."
"I'm Uzumaki Naruto, I like Hinata-chan, ramen, and playing pranks. I hate the three minutes you have to wait for ramen and people who judge others by their appearance. My hobbies are snuggling with Hinata-chan, playing pranks, and training, and my dreams are to marry Hinata-chan and become Hokage!"
"Alright good, you're next vixen."
"Ano, I'm Hyuuga Hinata, I like Naruto-kun, making medical ointments, and pranking with Naruto-kun. I don't like people who think that they're better than others because they have a Kekkai Genkai. My hobbies are snuggling with Naruto-kun, making medical ointments, and playing pranks, and my dreams are to marry Naruto-kun and lead the Hyuuga clan with compassion."
'Good, hopefully she stays with that dream and doesn't grow too pompous like most of that clan.' "Alright bug boy, your turn."
"My name is Aburame Shino, I like my clans' colonies, and I don't like people who kill bugs thinking that they are pests. My hobbies are caring for my clans' colonies, studying rare species, and I dream to form a perfect unity with the colonies and myself."
'Figures, short, logical, and to the point.' "Now that the introductions are out of the way, we can start the real test to see if you deserve to b called genin." 'From what I saw earlier you three should pass within a few minutes.'
"What do you mean? We already took a test to become genin!" Naruto yells voicing the confusion for al three of them.
"That was just a simple test to see if you have the skills to be genin, this test is to see if you three know what it means to be a shinobi. Your test will be to locate and obtain the scroll that I have hidden here at this practice field. You may begin when I leave and you have two hours to complete the test. Oh, a word of caution for you, this test has a sixty-six point six-six percent failure rate. Good luck." As soon as Kurenai finished she disappeared in a puff of smoke.
"Sixty-six percent chance of failure? How are we supposed to pass with those odds?" Hinata asks more to herself than to the others.
"I believe that the point is to work as a team. Use your Byakugan to find the scroll and any traps that she may have set." Shino says from behind his high-collared trench coat.
"Oh right." Hinata says and quickly performs the necessary seals to activate her Kekkai Genkai. Meanwhile Naruto was scanning the practice field and taking in the terrain. The whole field was covered with training logs that were placed sporadically among the clumps of tall grasses and bamboo, there were a few scattered small trees, bushes, and large boulders. Evidently the field was capable of concealing a vast amount of traps and required stealth to sneak up on the target.
"I found it. It's on top of the log surrounded by thick bamboo. It'll be hard for any of us to slip in there unnoticed." Hinata explains. "There's also a few genjutsu of various levels all over the place."
"My bugs and I will obtain the scroll for us, you two distract her to weaken her concentration on the genjutsu. I have already planted a female on Kurenai-sensei so I will send a small swarm to weaken her even more." Shino says after a few seconds.
"Sounds good to me, lets go." Naruto says with a nod of agreement from Hinata.
Hidden among some tall grass and bamboo, Kurenai is listening to the young shinobi with a small listening devise she dropped there before she left and watching their actions with a simple sight enhancement jutsu. To her they already passed, but figured it would be more fun to see how they would do against her, and she knew what their plan was.
Nearby Naruto and Hinata are sneaking closer to Kurenai from different sides, Naruto kept to the bright, golden grass where his blonde fur blended well while Hinata kept to the shadows where her dark fur helped to hide her from immediate attention. Shino had sent two small swarms of his bugs to follow his teammates as he slowly slipped to where Hinata said the scroll was located as his kikai insects ate the chakra that molded the genjutsu around them.
"Hinata-chan, are you ready?" Naruto thought to Hinata.
"Hai, attack in three, two, one, GO!" Hinata thought back and both kitsune jumped from their hiding spots. Naruto dashed straight at Kurenai and launched three small balls of the legendary kitsune bi followed by an attempted leg sweep. Kurenai dodged the blue fireballs with ease and jumped over the leg sweep only to have her legs swept from under her as she landed by Naruto's tails. Rolling out of the fall Kurenai stood back up facing Hinata in a basic Jyuuken stance and already attacking. She knew that even a glancing blow from a Jyuuken strike could do serious damage, so Kurenai had to devote nearly all of her concentration to avoid the younger girls' dangerous attacks.
Meanwhile Shino and his bugs reached the location of the scroll and sent a few to check for any traps that may be hidden. He took notice of the genjutsu that surrounded the scroll that was at least of higher chuunin strength slowly diminishing to nothing and glanced over at the kitsune fighting very effectively as a pair and singly whenever Kurenai fund time to throw one of them only to find the other attacking her. He watched in awe at their teamwork when Hinata attempted a leg sweep while Naruto delivered a powerful roundhouse kick when they were in the air causing Kurenai to fly back several feet to where Hinata was waiting. Shino's bugs reported no signs of traps and led him through the easiest path to the scroll before he called them back into his body.
Kurenai however found that Hinata had her trapped between a tree that Naruto was sitting in, and a small hole in the bamboo thicket with Hinata at the entrance. Naruto looked out to see Shino locking eyes with him and he understood. "Hinata-chan! Shino got the scroll! Let's disappear!"
"Alright!" Hinata thinks back with a small smirk and jumped into the tree to race through the shadows back to where they started as Naruto ran on all fours through the tall grass. Shino slipped away with the scroll as quietly as he came and walked back to where the other two were waiting.
Kurenai was surprised to say the least, she as a jounin was beaten by two genin fresh out of the academy. They had done exactly what she wanted them to do and more, she hadn't counted on being beaten in a fight. She laughed to herself, they didn't even use their shuriken or kunai, simply taijutsu and dispelling of her minor genjutsu that she had all over the field, just thicker in some places. She didn't notice when the Shino's bugs had gotten on her until she felt her chakra being drained and only now did she notice that they had gone back to their master. With another small chuckle she disappeared in a puff of smoke and reappeared with her team.
"Congratulations, you pass. Go home and rest up tonight, we'll meet back here at nine am for training and missions. You're dismissed." Kurenai says with a smile before disappearing in a puff of smoke to report to the Sandaime Hokage about the teams' success and to see if any of the other teams have passed.
Back at the practice field Shino left for home and the kitsune hanyou pair walked back to the Hyuuga estate wrapped in the others' tails to tell their families the good news. Well Hinata actually had a family and Naruto only had his brother who shared a mother with him, but they lived with the Hyuuga's knowing their foster parents loved them like their own and reminded them at least once a week that they aren't part of the clan, yet; Naruto was already engaged to Hinata since the day he was born but they didn't know that yet..
When they passed through the gates they were greeted with the sight of Neji, Denko, and Lee having a three way spar while Tenten sat off to the side, who Hinata noticed was watching her cousin very closely with a slight blush on her cheeks.
"Are you having dirty thoughts about my cousin?" Hinata whispers in her ear causing the older girl to jump and squeak in surprise.
"I am not!" Tenten yelled gaining the boys attention who spotted the younger shinobi and came over to talk.
"So…." Denko says with a smirk.
"So what?" Naruto asks.
"Did you pass?" Denko elaborates.
"Yep."
"Who."
"Yuuhi Kurenai"
"Really? She's supposed to be really good with genjutsu and really hot"
"I don't hear them complaining about who their sensei was after the test." Hiashi says from behind Denko and effectively startling his whole team.
"You have a problem with Gai-sensei? How dare you! Gai-sensei is the best! No one can defeat Gai-sensei in anything in the world!" Lee shouts at his teammates.
"If he can't be beat in anything, then why did I finish five minutes faster than him when we had that race where we had to run twenty times around the village? I didn't even take of my training weights either." Denko says with a big smile on his face.
"That's because Lee and Gai-sensei spent a whole thirty minutes hugging each other and making us puke and question their sanity the whole time." Tenten says quickly.
"AAAHHH! BAD IMAGES! BAD MEMORIES! GET THEM OUT OF MY HEAD! IT'S BURNING MY EYES!" Neji and Denko screamed in unison clutching their heads, covering their eyes, and basically running around like chickens with their heads cut off while Hiashi and Hizashi laughed at Naruto and Hinata gagging, Tenten realizing her mistake of bringing back those memories and turning as green as Lee's spandex. Lee however was trying unsuccessfully to plead in his and their sensei's defense and that is how Hanabi found them when she came home from the academy and started muttering that she doesn't know any of them as she ran to her room.
To be continued….
AN- If anyone can give me a good site to get techniques translated into Japanese it would be greatly appreciated. I'm still looking and have only had one site found. Plus if anyone has any ideas that they feel would be great if added to the story then please send them in when you review, Lightning Bob can only come up with so many ideas and not have the story filled with crap separated by more crap (I hate those stories). As always please review and read my Ranma ½ story 'New Power'.
See ya!
Lightning Bob