Summary(up to this point): At a young age, Uzumaki Naruto was almost killed. After being left for dead, Naruto was saved by the most unlikely character, the Kyuubi sealed within his and the reason that the villagers hated him, named Daichi. After five years of training, Naruto returned to the village he was born in, to mixed reactions from the villagers. After two years of academy, Naruto made several friends and one /cough/Sasuke/cough/ enemy. When the Genin exams came around, unfortunately, he failed. But after a battle with Mizuki, Naruto became Genin. Later, he met his new team, team seven, and his new sensei, Kakashi.
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. I do not own any of the characters, teams, settings, or ideas within the fantasy world in which Naruto takes place, concocted by the brilliant mind of Masashi Kishimoto. All I own(to my knowledge) is my imagination, my love of writing, and the Otogakure Hitai ate that cost me quite a bit of money…
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Kyuubi's Legacy
Chapter Seven: Survival Test
Naruto was sitting on the ground, leaning against a tree. He was eating an apple, and petting the head of a particularly large four-tailed orange-furred fox summon, by the name of Ichigo, with his free hand. He was wearing the same clothing he had the day before, and currently kept up his henge, concealing his foxy appearance.
It was barely dawn and the sky was currently a marble of pinks and purples. The sun was still pretty low in the eastern sky.
To be exact, it was about 6 A.M., and no one was there.
"Naruto-kun?" asked a small voice.
Naruto looked up to see Hinata.
"Oh, Hello, Hinata-chan!" Naruto said cheerfully, waving at Hinata with the hand he had used to pet Ichigo.
Hinata looked down at Naruto.
"Anou… Naruto-kun… Kakashi-sensei s-said t-that we s-shouldn't eat b-breakfast…" Hinata said.
Naruto grinned.
"He said 'breakfast', he said nothing about food in general," Naruto said, "Plus, it's not smart charging into battle or doing any missions on a empty stomach, it'll do you more harm then good. Food gives you strength and energy."
Naruto held up a second, uneaten apple and offered it to Hinata.
"Here, take it, you'll need it," Naruto said.
Hinata shook he head.
"I-I couldn't… N-Naruto-kun…" Hinata stuttered.
"Sure 'ya could, Hinata-chan!" Naruto said, putting the apple in Hinata's hand, "Eat it!"
"T-thank you, N-Naruto-kun…" Hinata said, taking a seat on the other side of Ichigo.
Hinata took a bite of her apple. Naruto stared.
'Man, she's cute,' He thought, 'Wait a minute! Where did that thought come from?!?!'
'Heh heh…. Looks like little Kit has a little crush!' Daichi said through the little telepathic connection the two had.
'Your listening in on my thoughts again!? Out of my head Daichi-teme!' Naruto yelled mentally.
'Fine, fine, I'm going… Have fun with you girl friend!' Daichi called out mentally, his voice disappearing from Naruto's mind.
But this time, both Hinata and Naruto realized that Naruto was staring at Hinata. And both were blushing profusely.
"Err… Umm… Sorry…" Naruto said, looking down, attempting to hide his embarrassment.
Hinata almost mirrored his movement.
"Ahem… How 'ya doin', lovebirds?" asked Kiba, accompanied by a bark from the dog, Akamaru.
Kiba's statement made both Naruto and Hinata achieve a new shade of red.
"N-nothing…" Naruto said, slightly nervous.
"Heh… Funny… I asked how are you doing… Not what are you doing…" Kiba laughed.
If it was possible, both Hinata and Naruto turned an even deeper shade of crimson.
"Eh… Err…. Ummm…" Naruto choked on his words.
"Yo," said the ever-late silver-haired Jounin, as he appeared in a puff of smoke.
It was 10:00 A.M…
So much for 6:00 A.M.
'Whew! Thank Kami!' Naruto thought.
"What the hell took you so long, Kakashi-sensei!?" Both Kiba and Naruto yelled, followed up with an agreeing bark from the small puppy, Akamaru.
"I was lost on the road of life…" lied Kakashi.
Naruto shook his head.
"Liar," Naruto muttered under his breathe, in unison with Hinata, who had muttered the same, only with a small stutter.
And Kiba… He took a much louder approach to Kakashi's comment.
And as loud as he possibly could, Kiba yelled.
"LIAR!" "WOOF!"
"Erm… Let's just get started, Shall we?" Kakashi said.
"Ah… Ya? What are we doing anyway?" Naruto asked, staring at his teacher.
Kakashi looked at his three students and produced two small, silver bells.
"Your test… Is to take these bells from me. The thing is only two of you will get a bell and the third one will be tied to one of these logs," Kakashi looked toward three log posts. "If you get a bell, you get lunch, if you don't, you get to watch the others eat while you're tied up. Only TWO of you will graduate, the two who get the bells. You have till noon to get the bells from me, or you all fail. I've set the alarm"
'So that's why he told us not to eat…' the three thought in unison.
With those words out of the way, Kakashi left the three new Genin is a puff of smoke, leaving them to think up a plan, if they were smart enough to… that is.
The three stared at each other.
Each wondering what to do.
Kiba, arrogant as ever, ran off after Kakashi with Akamaru, not bothering to asked for help from his other two teammates.
Naruto sighed and shook his head.
He remembered what Daichi had told him about the bell test during their training.
Flashback
Naruto was nine years old, and in exactly one year, the unlikely duo(Naruto and the formerly nine-tailed fox, Daichi), would be returning to Konohagakure.
Daichi was instructing Naruto on Ninja ranks and tests and such, though Naruto wasn't paying much attention to the three-tail's lectures.
Daichi stood tall in his Chibi-three-tail form(as tall at a Chibi can stand), and continued his speech knowing, full well, that his half-fox pupil wasn't listening.
"Ahem… Tell me, Kit, do you think that after the Genin test, that you are a full fledged Ninja?" Daichi asked.
Naruto stared blankly at the three-tail.
"Erm… Yes?"
Daichi rolled his eyes and hurled a small rock at Naruto, hitting him on the head, with one of his three tails.
"NO! Jounin instructors tend to test their students. Test them to see if they are truly worthy of being Genin. My sensei, " Daichi then muttered something that sounded like 'Damn you, Keito-sensei', under his breath, before continuing, "tested us in our teamwork through a test she devised, which she had nicknamed 'Let's Kill Weakling Genin.'" Again, Daichi muttered something under his breath that sounded like 'damn you, Keito-sensei.'
Naruto blinked.
Daichi's sensei must have been harsh….!
Daichi continued.
"There is a Jounin instructor in the village that you will soon call home, he's an ANBU who became a Jounin instructor about two or three years ago… his name is Hatake Kakashi.. You better hope that he doesn't become your sensei… Anyway… He tests his Genin in their teamwork, much like my sensei did. He calls the test the 'Bell Test'. It's considered to be so hard, I've heard that not a single Genin has passed his test so far."
Naruto looked surprised and prayed to Kami that he wouldn't have this Hatake Kakashi as his Jounin Instructor…
End Flashback
Naruto sighed. He had never know how the three-tail had gotten his information, but he always seemed to have it, and nine times out of ten, the fox was right.
Naruto glanced back at Ichigo and then looked toward Hinata.
"I know what he wants us to do." Naruto stated.
Hinata looked at her crush questioningly.
"The test. It isn't to test one's strength over the other Genin's, it's to test the teamwork of the team as a whole," Naruto explained.
Hinata nodded.
"T-that makes s-sense," Hinata stuttered.
Naruto nodded and grinned.
He grabbed Hinata's hand and pulled her closer. He let out a whistle, signaling Ichigo to come.
The large four-tailed arrived at Naruto's side. Ichigo was big… Big enough for at least two people to ride.
Naruto quickly mounted the back of his fox summon and pulled Hinata up behind him.
"Hold on tight, " Naruto said, "When we get there, Hinata-chan, I'll distract him, and you get the bells, 'kay? Dog-boy will probably already be there, He'll unknowingly help us distract him, okay?"
Blushing as she held on tightly to Naruto's cloak, Hinata nodded.
With that, Ichigo took off like a bullet.
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Kiba kept lunging at Kakashi, but every time he attempted to attack, Kakashi dodged or jumped out of the way.
By this time, the bog-boy was beginning to tire.
And Kakashi was reading a little orange book, and seemed to be mocking the dog-boy.
Kiba growled and lunged at the silver-haired Jounin once more.
But the Jounin jumped out of the way once more.
At this time, a large creature burst through the bushes, between Kiba and Kakashi.
It was a large orange fox with four tails. Upon it's back sat two people, Hinata and Naruto.
Kakashi was stunned, is eye widened. The boy who was the Jinchuuriki of the nine-tailed fox had appeared, riding a four-tailed fox.
The two dismounted the overly large fox and Naruto leaned to Hinata and whispered something in her ear.
"Hinata-chan, I'll distract him, hurry and get the bells," Naruto whispered.
Hinata nodded.
Naruto turned to Kakashi.
"Fight me," Naruto stated, staring at the Jounin.
Naruto pulled out a kunai quickly flashed a few one-handed seals.
"Kitsune-Youshiki: Honoo Kirinuki Haku no Jutsu(Fox Style: Flame Cutting Blow Technique)!!"
The Kunai in Naruto's hands became engulfed in flame. Almost instantly, Naruto threw the kunai at his Jounin instructor, and as it flew toward Kakashi, it seemed to multiply into many flaming Kunai, from all directs.
Naruto laughed inwardly.
The Kitsune-Youshiki: Honoo Kirinuki Haku no Jutsu(Fox Style: Flame Cutting Blow Technique) was a favorite of Naruto's. It was a special fox Jutsu that combined a simple ninjutsu with a fox illusion, a genjutsu. First, a simple fire ninjutsu turned the kunai into a flaming kunai, and then, using the fox illusion, one kunai seemingly multiplied into millions. And the best thing about fox genjutsu: it was almost undetectable by humans unless they knew quite a bit about fox genjutsu techniques.
Kakashi didn't have time to react. He attempted to dodge, but to no avail. The flaming kunais were coming at him fast. The first, the real one, hit the ground a foot or so in front of Kakashi. The others, as they hit the Jounin, seemed to disappear. None of the others hit the ground, they just vanished.
'An illusion!? How was I not able to detect such a simple genjutsu!?' Kakashi asked himself, mentally.
Naruto was smirking and his four-tailed summon actually seemed to be laughing at the confused Kakashi.
Just then, the alarm clock went off.
Kakashi smiled.
"You tried… to bad…"
Naruto smirked.
"Actually…"
Kakashi looked down and noticed that both of the bells were missing.
"Huh!?"
Naruto, still smirking, looked over to Hinata.
Hinata was giggling, holding up both silver bells.
"You see, My job was to distract you… While Hinata-chan stole the bells. Since you were too caught up in my Genjutsu, she had an easy time sneaking in and stealing the bells, while you weren't paying attention. Kiba, though unknowingly, helped out in distracting you as well. And since I know the true meaning of these tests… I guess we pass!" Naruto explained, "Those who don't follow the rules are trash, but those who don't protect their comrades are lower then trash…"
Kakashi's eyes widened.
"Where did you hear that?"
Naruto smiled.
"A friend of a friend."
"Well… You guys… pass…"
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Hehe… Finally, I get this chapter done. I've been working on it for a while now. My stupid older brother keeps me from getting on the computer, constantly, and my mom kept giving my those 'get off the computer glares' at 1:00A.M. last night/this morning. Well, I FINALLY got it done! W00t!
Anyway, I really hope you like this chapter, 'cuz if you didn't, I might half to kill you!
Just kidding..
Anyway, please review, I would really like it if you did.
Meow.
Any questions that you may have, will be answered later(maybe) in the story.
If anyone wants to know who Keito is, then, you'll have to wait a few chapters, till after the Prelims of the Chuunin exams...
Anyway...
Next time:
Naruto: D Ranked Missions suck…
Daichi: damn you, Keito-sensei…
Risuko: See ya next time!