AN: I noticed from some of your reviews that some of you think that Naruto seems to be a little too smart in this story. What I have to say to that is that; yes, he is much smarter. It is only that he is smarter than he was in cannon. This may include being smarter then an academy student should be (never mind gennin or chuunin as well) but his intelligence when it comes to the ninja arts is about low-mid juunin. As for the advanced research on the Tattoo seals, anyone who bothered to research into that could have come up with the same thing. It is just that since Naruto has the complication that throws off the chakra balance while trying to make Bunshin, Naruto wound up researching hand seals and other possible ways that he could do it instead of fighting a lost battle against his furry little problem that he doesn't know about. I also stated that it took Naruto MONTHS to do this. It's not like he just picked a random book and made the tattoo in five minutes flat. Now that would be too smart. Naruto isn't overpowered in this either. Again, he is stronger then he should be, but that is because he started his self-research and training at the age of six and by going in the directions of what he realized his strengths are he as opposed to how a clan would try to force someone to grow just in one way (an example of this is Hinata, who is not all that great in the family taijutsu but has a lot of potential to become an excellent med-nin) trained in solely his strengths. This means that Naruto has excellent chakra control, a hell of a lot more chakra then he should (he did train in nearly purely Ninjutsu with a little Genjutsu thrown in there) and an understanding of chakra energies that very few have. He only has basic Taijutsu practice though so that is his one blaring weakness along with his lack of battle experience. He is quite physically fit though. Who wouldn't be from running away from chuunin and jounin all the time after pranks? That last part also encouraged Naruto to invent his Tenku Saraida technique. Anyways, that is enough blabbering from me. Now we move onto the story.
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Za Kaze Shokkou: A Naruto AU Fanfiction.
Written by: Cloud1239999
Disclaimer: Naruto does not belong to me. It is as simple as that. I'm only writing this story for both my personal and the enjoyment of others. I do not intend to make any form of money off of this story. If however you do see reason to sue you will find no money within my pockets. That's right; I'm a 21 year old with no money and still living with my parents. :P
Also, due to a review by 'Random Reader'; an anonymous reviewer who thought that the theorem for the origin of hand seals and Seal Tattoo's was mine, I will state this here as well. The theorem for the origin of Hand Seals was not my original idea. That idea came from one of my current favorite fanfics, 'Hyuuga Naruto' written by Halo2freak007. I got his permission to use the idea and I bent it around a little bit to fit my story. I do thank 'Random Reader' though for the compliment though it should be pointed elsewhere.
Rated: M (For Swearing, Gore, and any other mature thing that may show up including a possible future lemon ((Don't know this one for sure)). Reader Discretion is advised.)
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"Beep, beep, beep, beep, bee…. Ker-smash."
And alas arrived the death of yet another perfectly normal alarm clock this time by an unseen instrument, which seems to be held like a sword in the hands of an awakening Uzumaki Naruto. Grumbling to himself, Naruto got up from his bed and still in his half awake state swept the broken clock into the garbage can along with the remains of four other alarm clocks. He would repair them again later on.
With that out of the way, Naruto's day started like any other day for him. This includes the morning cold shower (God, he hated the owner of the building sometimes), eating his semi-healthy breakfast of rice and a few vegetables mixed into his cupped ramen while reviewing some of his scrolls on anything he was able to find over the years chakra related, putting on his ugly orange jumpsuit (the one he had to debate with himself about painting a bulls-eye on the back of for added effect but decided it would be a little too much), and refilling his water bottle that he kept in his kunai pouch for whenever he happened to need some for a water jutsu (or when he was just plain thirsty of course), and then finally starting to make his way to the academy while ignoring the glares and low murmurings about the young demon.
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Hyuuga Hinata was having a good day. She woke up on her own this morning an hour early, had a quiet breakfast, didn't get put down by her father (though this was due to not seeing him), and had a nice leisurely walk around Konoha before walking into the classroom at the academy twenty minutes early to discover that Naruto was already there talking to Shikamaru and Chouji about possible teams and how different skills and aspects would work in a battle and how certain ones might be used to counter specific skills that they knew about. It always seemed to her that Naruto and Shikamaru always got into those conversations whenever one of them learned something new or came up with a new idea. It was always fascinating to hear what they would talk about. Hinata giggled to herself when she suddenly realized that these conversations were the only things Shikamaru actually put effort into other then playing shougi, and cloud-watching even if it was in that lazy way that he did everything.
Iruka sat at the teacher's desk watching the two new ninjas talk adamantly with a small smile on his face. He was glad to see that it seemed that Naruto had two people who looked to him as something other then the prankster Naruto. Well that was until the discussion the other day before the test. It seemed that Naruto's classmates wound up seeing a slight glimpse into a deeper Naruto, and Iruka couldn't help but notice that more people were starting to listen when he said something. He even saw Sasuke trying to stealthily follow Naruto after school yesterday though that was ruined when a gaggle of fan girls came along and ruined his hard worked cover, which resulted in a Naruto who couldn't stop laughing while watching Sasuke run away. Sometimes Iruka could swear that those fan girls had bloodhound blood in them. They were always able to track Sasuke down no matter what he did.
When the sound of the door opening rang through the room, the five present turned and stopped all conversations as the volume in the class suddenly shot up from the chattering students who were starting to walk into the room.
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After five more minutes of waiting for the rest to show up while kicking out the three failed students who thought they belonged there Iruka started up the class.
"Good morning to all of you, and congratulations on making it to the Gennin rank." Iruka smiled to the twenty-seven children in the room before continuing. "Now I know that all of you must be excited to hear who your teams are, so I'll be cutting the chitchat short." A few chuckles and giggles went in here. "Since six teams from the last two years are still in active duty we will be skipping those team numbers. For Team Seven, we will have Aburame Shino, Haruno Sakura, and Inuzuka Kiba. Your Jounin Sensei will be Yuuhi Kurenai, and she will be here this afternoon. Team Eight will be Akimichi Chouji, Uchiha Sasuke, and Yamanaka Ino. Your Jounin Sensei will be Hatake Kakashi. He will also be here this afternoon. And Team Nine will be Hyuuga Hinata, Nara Shikamaru, and Uzumaki Naruto. Your Jounin Sensei is Sarutobi Asuma, who will be here this afternoon along with the other two sensei said so far." Iruka took a quick sip of water before continuing. "Now your three teams are dismissed until after lunch since your instructors won't be here until then. As soon as you're gone I will read off the six other teams since their instructors are already waiting outside of the classroom. You nine are now dismissed, and congratulations again."
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In the Hokage's office the three Jounin that were missing from outside the classroom were sitting in front of the Hokage watching along with the old man through the crystal ball at their new charges. They were also holding three folders each. Those were the files on each of the children.
Hatake Kakashi was the furthest in the back just reading his folders with a hard to see confused expression on his face. "Pardon me Hokage-same." He spoke up bringing everyone's attention to him. "I can understand for sure why you'd want the young Uchiha with me, but I don't understand how I would be able to turn this squad into an Assassination team as you've asked me to."
"Kakashi, as you've read the Uchiha has a natural talent for fire jutsu which nearly all of them are designed to specifically kill as you know. As for young Yamanaka, her families mind Jutsus should be perfect for causing confusion in many situations where distractions might be necessary or in order to make it look like another person did the kill. The fact that her records also show that she has the potential to become a genjutsu mistress and there is a person who has a higher potential then Sasuke in the assassination field. And for Chouji, if you read a little bit further into his records there you'll see that next to Shino and Hinata, he got the highest marks in the stealth part of the lessons. That along with his taijutsu skills they could very well make a very balanced team that through the teamwork I know you very well pride yourself with, they can become a top-notch assassination squad."
"While I'm on the subject: Kurenai, what I'd like to see you try and do with your squad is to create a tracking squad. I'm sure you can see Kiba and Shino fitting into the roll well, but Sakura was also put in there because of her very high chakra control, an almost natural talent for Genjutsu and the knowledge that she has on that subject as well as trapping I believe that she will fit right in though she doesn't have as high of a potential as a tracker as her team mates do through their bloodlines."
"And Asuma, I would like you to create an Assault squad out of your three pupils. At first glance it would appear that Ino and Sasuke would be better fit to go into this squad, but I decided on Hinata and Shikamaru to go into this squad due to the friendship that these three already have as well as their independent strengths and weaknesses."
"Despite her lack of confidence, Hinata is an excellent Taijutsu user. She also has the most potential out of the graduates this year as a medical ninja. I've even heard that she's been practicing making healing balms. Along with a high rating in chakra control for her age and her bloodline limit she would make an excellent frontlines ninja. You could probably teach her more ninjutsu though and maybe get her to expand on her Taijutsu by teaching her another style. Maybe even seek Gai's help for some advice there." Kakashi choked on a cough at that last statement. "If you're worried about what her clan will say, then don't. I've already talked to Hiashi, and he's told me in complete confidence in himself that he doesn't care what you do with her. In his eyes she's a failure in every way." Sarutobi chuckled to himself. "I guess we'll have to prove him wrong."
Nara Shikamaru is actually the worst case of the three. He has the highest I.Q. among his fellow graduates and a strong ability to learn. Unfortunately though, he doesn't seem to have any inspiration to become better. I'm hoping that by being with Naruto that'll change. I've noticed that Naruto seems to have a natural ability to change the people around him without anybody realizing it at first including himself. Along with his brain smarts, Shikamaru's only other strength seems to be in his family's shadow jutsu. I'm hoping that you'll be able to fill in those gaps and turn him into a more balanced ninja by getting him up to a descent skill level in Taijutsu and going through Jutsu that would be able to help. You could probably enlist Naruto's help in this since he has the highest knowledge of chakra from any academy student in the last twenty years." This statement of Naruto's knowledge shocked the three Jounin.
"Now since we're already talking about him, Uzumaki Naruto. What nearly nobody knows except Iruka and myself is that Naruto has been doing self-studying and training since I taught him how to read at the age of six. He spent the first year of that time just reading on chakra and how it is used. He also taught himself two of the three academy techniques and learned both the wall walking and water walking chakra control exercises. The third academy jutsu, he is still unable to do due to an irregularity in his chakra being the Kyuubi inside of him. At the beginning of his second year of studies Naruto came to me asking for one of these elemental trait papers. When he pumped some chakra into it right there we discovered he had an affinity to wind style jutsu. That is one of the reasons I want him with you Asuma. You two could compare notes and probably learn lots from each other." Asuma nodded to this. "A week later I got him a training battlefan as a birthday gift and in the next six months he learned several Jutsu involving the fan including Kazeitachi. At this point he got tired of carrying the fan all day and quit training with it while he learned how to seal items into scrolls. So don't be surprised if you see him carrying several scrolls. They're either things he has sealed or notes that he has made over the years. After that he started teaching himself to manipulate air with his chakra without using Jutsu. I was quite surprised when he learned that within the rest of that year. I personally thought it would've taken him at least four or five years. On his third year he started balancing other types of jutsu in his arsenal. So he has learned approximately three fire jutsu, two water, four earth, one lightning and a few genjutsu. During his third year he also actually created a chakra control exercise that he is using daily to this day. The last three years till now he spent furthering his seal-less control of wind and creating his own Jutsu. Even though he does have all of this at his disposal, he is sorely lacking in Taijutsu. He only knows what is needed of the academy though he has gained a high stamina and chakra stamina rating through his use of pranks and the resulting chases. I must say he is one fast little bugger though, considering that I'm one of only three people in this village who can catch him when he's going full speed." This last reason caused the three others in the room to blink. "The other two though they've never tried themselves I'd believe to be Kakashi and Gai. As for Naruto's Taijutsu I think you should do the same as with Hinata and possibly Shikamaru. Sic Gai on them." This caused Kakashi to chuckle to himself from just the mental image of it. "Naruto will also probably be a big part in fixing his two team mates major faults, them being Hinata's lack of confidence and Shikamaru's lack of inspiration. I believe that those three have the potential to become the strongest ninja squad Konoha has seen in a long time. They could possibly become the next Sannin." As Sarutobi said the last sentence he looked to the clock on the wall.
"Ah, I'm sorry for taking so much of your time. It is now time to head to the academy I believe." With bows, the three Jounin took their dismissal and walked out of the room. Asuma and Kurenai headed for the academy while Kakashi slipped away from the others and went to who knows where.
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After a quiet lunch, Hinata, Naruto and Shikamaru in the classroom with the other graduates chatting.
"So Naruto, how did you pass the test? Last time I checked you weren't able to do Bunshin-no-jutsu due to a slight problem with your chakra." Kiba spoke up silencing other conversations since they were also curious. Naruto put his hand on his chin and with a large grin on his face just said one thing.
"I just did a little bit of Reverse Engineering."
"So you still managed to do the Bunshin then?"
"Yep, it took me the last four months to discover how to do it, but now I know how I can actually perform any number of techniques without molding the chakra myself. I'm not going to explain it to you guys now; I think most of you can learn a lot though by researching the origin of hand seals. That is all I will say about it. After all, this is not something I can just explain to you how to do. After all it is something that must be learned for your self. I could give you the rundown on it, but that would spoil half of the fun of learning it. The only people I'm going to tell what to look for are my team mates." This got mixed reactions from the others, which caused Naruto to burst out laughing.
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Asuma and Kurenai stood leaning against the wall outside of the classroom listening in on what they were talking about. Asuma had a huge grin and was barely holding in his laughter while Kurenai was smiling and let out a small giggle when Naruto finished talking. After collecting himself, Asuma stood back up from the wall and turned to Kurenai.
"Well, shall we interrupt Naruto's bit of fun now?" Kurenai stood from the wall now as well turning to face Asuma.
"I don't see why not, you evil little man."
"So now I'm little, huh?" This brought a slight curve to Kurenai's lips as she turned and opened the door to walk in.
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"Alright." Asuma started with a clap of his hands to gain everyone's attention. "Team seven this is Yuuhi Kurenai, your new Jounin instructor and I am Sarutobi Asuma, team nine's new instructor. We are all going to be together for a long time, so I hope you get used to it." The last statement caused Hinata and Naruto to gulp while Shikamaru mumbled about troublesome people and their strict sounding introductions. "Now team nine, I'd like you to meet me by the lone swing in the field just outside of the academy in five minutes, pronto." With that he disappeared.
"Team seven; I want you to meet me at training field three in half an hour." Then she also disappeared.
The six members of the two teams briefly looked at each other before saying their goodbyes and heading their separate ways.
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Those five minutes found Hinata sitting on the swing, Naruto hanging upside down from a tree branch beside Hinata and Shikamaru lying about on the branch above them watching the clouds.
"So guys, what do you think of Asuma-sensei?" Naruto started off asking.
"Can't really tell yet. We did only hear him talk for about thirty seconds if you remember. Don't you?" Was Shikamaru's lazy reply.
"Hmph, I guess you're right." Naruto said this just before he went into his pouting position, which caused Hinata to giggle quietly to herself. This brought the attention of her teammates to her. "So what about you Hinata?"
She gulped a bit as she started to turn red due to the attention she was now getting from Naruto. This also caused Shikamaru to smirk a little as he noticed the blush. "What about me, Naruto-kun?" When she said this Naruto went into a contemplative pose making it so that Hinata had to hold back another giggle as Shikamaru turned from the sky to watch the two.
"I don't know. What do you think of Asuma-sensei? Can you tell us more about yourself and maybe your skills? You know, anything really. I'd just like to hear you participate in the conversation. You are one of our friends and our teammate after all." That caused the Hyuuga Heiress to go even redder in the face as she started stuttering to herself.
Fortunately for Hinata this was the time that their cigarette smoking sensei chose to show up in a puff of smoke. "Well, don't jump the gun already kids. I guess I should've told you that we'd be doing introductions as soon as I got here." Since he appeared right behind Naruto as he started talking, this caused Naruto to jump right to his feet spinning around to yell at their instructor.
"YOU'RE…"
"Right on time sensei, and I mean right down to the second." Finished Shikamaru, interrupting him. This caused Naruto to glare up into the tree while going into his pouting pose. (You know the one, arms crossed and sticking his lower lip out while squinting his eyes.) Hinata had to stop herself from yelling out 'Kawaii' to the world. After all, it wouldn't be proper of one of her family. Instead she settled for giggling again.
Asuma looked at each of his students in turn. Shikamaru, who was lying about on a tree branch, staring at Naruto with a slight smirk on his face, Naruto, who was still standing with his arms crossed, and glaring up at Shikamaru, and Hinata, who was watching the two while quietly giggling to herself about their reactions. Asuma smiled to himself before speaking again. "I think I'm going to like you three. Now come on, I want each one of you three to tell me a little about yourselves. I want you to tell me your Names, likes and dislikes, dreams for the future, and anything else you think might be important to your teamwork. Let's start off with the shy, giggling girl."
Hinata gulped and blushed in reaction. "Ano, My name is Hyuuga Hinata. I like kind people, and drinking tea. I dislike people who judge people from just their first impressions and hurting others. My dreams for the future are to become a respectful head of my clan, to become a medical ninja, and to earn the respect of a certain individual." She blushed again while glancing lightly away from Naruto. "As for my abilities, I have a little bit of skill in my family taijutsu, though it isn't enough to impress my father, and I also know the three academy Jutsu. I would like to learn more, but my clan is set in thinking that our family taijutsu style is all that we'll ever need so unless given express permission by the clan council, we are not allowed to learn other jutsu or taijutsu styles then what is needed to become gennin." She looked disappointed as she said the last sentence. "And also, I have pretty good chakra control." She added this last bit as an after thought.
"Alright, thank you very much for the little introduction Hinata. Now go ahead, lazy boy." Shikamaru gave a slight scoff while Naruto chuckled, finally giving up on the glare.
"My name is Nara Shikamaru. I like cloud watching, playing shogi, and being lazy." Insert a joking glare at Naruto here. "I dislike loud noises and annoying people. Though I can stand those things if they're a part of a really interesting conversation. My dreams for the future are to become an average ninja, get married, and to have a small family with well-behaved children that won't be too troublesome." Naruto laughed loudly at the last part earning another slight glare from Shikamaru. "I must say that my genjutsu and taijutsu absolutely suck, though my ninjutsu is average. The only ninja skills that I excel in are stealth, infiltration, information gathering, and my family's shadow jutsu, though they are often used for either infiltration, distraction, or assassination."
"Very good, it seems to me that you actually have a few more skills than what I read in your student profile. I look forward to seeing what you and Hinata can do. Now, on to our little prankster."
"Who's the little one?" Naruto looked back and forth between both Hinata and Shikamaru, realizing that he had to look up slightly to see either one in the eye. "HEY!"
"Just get on with your turn Naruto. Sheesh, so troublesome." Guess who.
"Oh shut it Shika." Suddenly Naruto was back up to his hyper self. "My name is Uzumaki Naruto. I like playing pranks, studying anything I can find on chakra and talking over what I learn with Shika here, and ramen. I dislike bullies, closed minded idiots who refuse to see past an image, and the three minutes it takes for ramen to cook in the boiling water. My dream for the future is to become Hokage. But, lo and behold, I actually have a set of more realistic goals to obtain, for you see a dream is only a dream until you've obtained it. Once you've obtained the dream then what is there left to do with you life, and you'll never live satisfied." The little about Naruto's views on dreams surprised the three around him. When Naruto saw the surprised looks he only grinned and continued. "My goals for the future are to become a respected Jounin, to get married to a nice girl, and to have a family that I can raise and make sure that they never have to grow up alone like I have had to so far." As Naruto finished this sentence he briefly had a far away look in his eyes, but he quickly shook it off and continued. "Now as for my skills, I'd have to say that I'm about as skilled in taijutsu as Shika here is. In other words, only as good as was necessary to pass. I chose to focus on other things. As I said before, I enjoy studying anything chakra related that I can get my hands on. What this means is that I have due to several chakra control exercises that I know and have been practicing for a long time I have, what according to a test that Iruka-sensei had me do in private, is mid to high chuunin chakra control, and I'm damn proud of that." One eyebrow per listener went up here. "I also have a small library of ninjutsu that I can perform as well as with the discovery of my elemental affinity I have created a few jutsu of my own as well as a highly advanced chakra control exercise that I do whenever I can. I gave that exercise a jutsu name though, so that people who see me performing it will get the wrong idea. I only have base type skills in genjutsu, it's just that with my knowledge of chakra and practice through pranks where I rely on shock value to disguise the weak genjutsu, I have practiced quite a bit. I also am somewhat well-versed in the usage of battle fans, and I also have knowledge of how to seal items and supplies into scrolls. I do so, so that I don't have to carry a huge ass fan on my back all day. Talking with Iruka, we've managed to classify the type of ninja I am. With which jutsu I do know, I have been officially classified as a wind elemental medium to long range combat specialist. I look forward to working with the three of you just fine." Naruto slapped his huge fox like grin on his face as he wrapped up and watched silently laughing as the other three finished digesting all of what Naruto said.
Asuma blinked a few times as he finished taking in Naruto's words, and decided to speak up once he noticed that Hinata and Shikamaru were finished as well.
"That was very informative Naruto. I do have one question for you though. Do you have your sealing scrolls with you now?" When Naruto nodded he continued. "Do you mind if we were to see your fan?"
"Um, both of them sensei?" Upon Asuma's raised eyebrow and nod, Naruto unzipped his orange jumpsuit a little bit and reached in pulling out a scroll with one hand while his other hand went down to his kunai pouch and pulled out a small handheld fan that was approximately six inches long. After handing the small fan over for Asuma and his teammates to look at Naruto bit his left thumb and did three quick hand seals around the scroll before slamming the scroll on the ground while mumbling something under his breath. When the cloud of smoke cleared Naruto stood there with a closed fan that was as long as he was tall. He then handed it to Asuma who got a surprised look on his face when he felt the weight.
"How much does this fan weigh Naruto?"
"It weighs about fifty pounds."
"And, can you carry this around for extended periods of time?"
"All day if necessary."
"Then why do you also have the smaller fan?" Shikamaru asked this time.
"It takes time to pull the large fan from the scroll. I figured that if I was ever in a bind, I can just start using the smaller fan after pulling it from my kunai pouch. I can still perform all of my jutsu that require a fan with that one, but it doesn't pack as much punch and it can't be used as a melee weapon like the large one which I use like a bludgeoning weapon when it is closed." Both Naruto's teammates and his sensei were impressed by the logic of what Naruto said.
"Well then," Asuma started. "I guess that now that introductions are done I am going to dismiss you three. I would like you all to meet me at this address though at 8am tomorrow morning." As he spoke he handed the three of them a piece of paper with an address written down on it. Upon reading the address Hinata blushed again.
"Ano, what are we going to do sensei?" The shy heiress asked after shaking off a realization she had about that particular address.
"Your real gennin exam." After Naruto's resulting yell of 'WHAT!' died down Asuma continued. "What you three did the other day in the academy was really just a test to see if you have the skills necessary to become gennin. Then it is up to the Jounin sensei of each team to test his or her students to see if they'll function properly on the team and if it is worth continuing on training the team, or whether they should be sent back to the academy to learn more. I wouldn't worry too much about it though. I have a feeling that you three aren't going to have that much trouble with it though I do think it'll be entertaining to watch."
During the second half of what Asuma was just saying Naruto had of fallen silent after reading the address on the paper.
"Ano, sensei?" Now it was Naruto's turn to speak quietly which quickly fixated both Hinata and Shikamaru's attention on him since they'd never heard Naruto speak this quietly unless he was mumbling incoherencies to himself. "Why is my address on this peace of paper?"
"Well, that's because the test will be taking place at your apartment Naruto." This earned him a confused look from Shikamaru and a blush from Hinata. "I already ran this by the Hokage Naruto and he said that it was a good idea. I guess I'll give you a heads up on what your test is then." Asuma coughed to clear his throat before continuing. "Your mission for this examination is to live together." This earned him loud 'WHAT!'s from two of his students while Hinata had to stop herself from fainting right there. "I will also be in the home making sure that rules are not broken. Since as a team we'll probably be out on the field a lot after the first few months you'll have to get used to living with and around each other. What is going to happen is that you three will actually be tied together by a rope of ten feet. It will be up to you three what the distances will be between each other. You will eat together, sleep together, you will even do your shopping or food gathering together. The only time you will be allowed to untie the rope is if one of you is going to take a bath, a shower, or if one of you needs to use the toilet. Bath's and showers will be limited to only ten minutes to clean yourself up. I will be there to mediate when it is an appropriate time to untie one of you and watch how you three interact. Depending on how things go, I will decide at midnight of the third night whether or not you three will become my team or not. Are there any questions?"
Both Naruto and Shikamaru shook their heads slightly to indicate that they didn't have any questions to ask, while Hinata looked deep in thought before turning the brightest red either Naruto and Shikamaru had seen her and fell back in a faint. Naruto was quick to catch her with a little mumble of 'What the hell?'. Asuma chuckled to himself a little.
"Well, that's all for today. I'll leave you two to deal with Hinata here, and I will see you at Naruto's apartment at 8am sharp." With that Asuma disappeared in a poof of smoke leaving Naruto who was trying to wake Hinata up, and Shikamaru who could only watch while murmering to himself about 'trouble sensei and their equally troublesome tests'.
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End AN: Alright, there we go. I finally got around to finishing this chapter. I have to say that I might have had it out sooner if it wasn't for the fact that I was having so much trouble writing this last little scene. I am so horrible at writing introductions. I hope I did a good job. I was originally going to put in the test here as well, but I decided to go against it and actually decided to do this as a little vote. Next chapter, shall I do it as the test? If this path is voted for then the next chapter will be a while yet, because I know as a diehard fact that I will have trouble writing specific parts. The second option is to continue onto afterwards and have the next chapter be the continuation of up to the point where they get their first C-rank mission. If the second option is the winner, then there will be a couple flashbacks somewhere along the line that highlight some of the funnier parts of the test. This way we'll be skipping over some of the more boring parts of the chapter, and I won't have to worry about writing out the whole plot for the test and save myself some trouble which will result in the next chapter coming out quicker.
So here is the poll in a more general POV.
The next chapter will either be A.) Asuma's test where the three gennin are living together for three days, and go through the troubles, frustrations, and bonding moments that the test will exhibit, or B.) Skip the test and go onto the time between the end of the test and the team's first C-rank mission.
The choice is up to all of you and the poll will only be on from today, Thursday Oct. 19th to Sunday Oct. 22nd. Place your votes in PM's please unless you're giving a proper review at the same time. This means I don't want to see a review appear that says something like this. 'I vote for option B.' I would like to keep the review page to just that, reviews. I don't mind if you throw in your vote as an additional comment though.
I thank you all for reading and hope you all enjoyed. Please review, and I look forward to seeing the results of the vote and what I'll be doing. Adios for now.
P.S. sorry for the reposts, I both times I'd of accidentally made typo's in the end AN as to what the poll is about. I meant to say that it's the test, not training. Sorry for any inconvenience.