Chapter 2. Take That Scarecrow

Gosani was a relatively small, peaceful village. It was on the outskirts of Fire Country. Far away from ninja villages. If you wanted to request help from a ninja village it would take a month just to get there by horse. Thats only the elapsed time, assuming of course that the messenger party didn't run into difficulties.

Lately there has been a strange disturbance in the forest that surrounded the village. Villagers would enter the forest, hoping to get medicinal herbs for the sick and then the next day the corpse was found hanging from the tree branches of the huge oak tree at the edge of the forest.

The elder of the village had forbidden anyone from going anywhere near the forest after the second corpse had been found . A few days had gone by without incident and the villagers had breathed a sigh of relief. Whatever had been terrorizing them from the forest ,they thought, had finally moved on. They had been wrong , very wrong. One or two villagers would wake up in the middle of the night and walk towards the forest as if in a trance, something pulling them to the forest like bees to honey.

The elder facing a desperate situation increasing by the day didn't have much choice. There was no time to go to a ninja village , wait for their request to go through , and then wait for the return trip. Who knew if the village would even be standing by then. So the village had no choice but to call in someone who was well known for disposing of problems like this quickly and effectively. Though she always requested a small fee.

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A red haired woman was currently leaping from tree to tree with practiced ease. She was wearing a red leather vest and red leather pants. She was also wearing a long red cloak with a sword strapped to her waist. Her unusually red dilated eyes were fixed on the path in front of her . She had a communicator strapped to her ear and seemed to be having a conversation with someone.

"So any clues on who or might be murdering those villagers in Gosani,Akio?"the girl inquired into her communicator.

" So far I haven't detected anything out of the ordinary in the area but based on the story the village sent me, I'm willing to bet that they don't have a normal out of control grizzly bear."the guy called Akio began . There was a pause and the red haired woman heard the sound of some fast typing . " But my scans are definitely picking out of the ordinary substances in the air. Substances that only come about from supernatural sources." he continued.

The unnamed women frowned in thought, making her appear to be a lot older than she was. " Are we talking demon supernatural or possible out of control vampire or werewolf supernatural?"

" Hard to say. It could be any of the three, all although I'm leaning more toward a demon slaying tonight. Vampires normally only take the blood they need from their victims. Not enough to kill them but enough to make a person lie in bed for a few days. They only need to drain all the blood from a human once a year and then they usually chose people who are probably going to die soon. So that it doesn't look suspicious. The rogue vampires may go on a killing spree if they let their desire for blood overwhelm them but I scanned the bodies of the victims and there were no teeth marks . Not to mention this village is on the outskirts of a country that has a ninja village. Even rogue magical creatures wouldn't travel within a fifty mile radius of any of the ninja countries."Akio said crossing vampire from their lists of suspects for the time being.

" I'd cross werewolves from our list of suspects as well. They're cannibals. When they get ready to feast they don't leave a hair uneaten, much less a corpse."she said . " It looks like its another demon thats made it passed the barrier and crossed over to the human world to wreck some havoc."

Akio groaned." Man and here I was hoping for some excitement tonight."

"Shut up . Excitement for you usually means a few days of hospitalization for me."she said testily.

" Your the Vixen. A huntress whose world renowned for slaying supernatural troublemakers . You get payed thousands for each job. I think you could stand a few trips to the hospital." the young genius told her, as if it would wipe away her extreme dislike of hospitals.

The Vixen grinned, revealing fangs that could probably crush rocks. " And I'll pretend that the fact that you get half of whatever I make has nothing to do with your need for excitement."

Akio feigned hurt . " Come on, we've been best friends since before the academy. We've been through thick and thin together. Plus I'm the only one in the entire world who trusted with your secret identity. Do you really think I'd care about money more than your well being?"

His red haired friend didn't answer his rhetorical question . Her target had made himself known by attacking her with tree roots. She dodged the attack and saw the tree roots rip through the tree as if it were a piece of paper. She landed in a clearing, a few feet away from her attacker. This demon looked like a regular eight or nine year old boy. Vixen narrowed her eyes at the demon in front of her . His presence wasn't like any other demon she'd fought in the past.

" Are you the guardian?" the demon asked , his voice a complete mask of innocence behind the childish voice.

" Guardian?" she repeated in puzzlement. A lot of the recent demons she had been slaying or sending back to demon world, had called her that too for some reason. She had been trying to figure out who this guardian person was but so far she had had no luck . Maybe she could find out what this guardian business was from this boy.

The boy took a couple of steps closer , bringing him within arms length of her. " That's right the guardian. Your supposed to keep the balance of the three worlds in harmony." he said smiling.

" You think I'm this guardian. Sorry demon brat but I could care less ,what the hell happens between the three worlds. You've got the wrong girl."

The boy shook his head. " I can smell it. The blood that flows within you is of the last guardian's blood. You are a guardian."

Vixen was for someone reason feeling drawn to the boy. She took a step closer to him and then she heard Akio shout.

" Get away from him .Quick!" he shouted , making her ears ring . Nevertheless, she separated from the boy by jumping back to the base of the tree she had originally jumped from.

" I've found out what he is. I couldn't trace him before because we've never fought him before, so he's not in my database. But I looked him up in that book you gave me . This guy's a soul eater. Soul eaters take the appearance of children to lure in human victims . When that doesn't work, they can choose victims and draw their souls to them . That would explain why some of the villagers would wake up like mindless zombies and go into the forest." Akio informed her. " Anyway, don't let him touch you. His powers are useless against demons . Since your only half demon you won't be drawn to him as easily as humans but the more time you spend in his presence the weaker your resistance ."

Vixen glanced at the boy who was watching her like a snake watches his pray. " I've heard of soul eaters. If this kid is really a soul eater then why would he leave corpses at the edge of the forest . As far as I know they just suck the souls out of peoples bodies, what reason was there to hang the villagers?"

" Well thats ... Look when you normally slay a soul eater the souls that haven't been digested yet go back to their body .But when there's no body the souls have no where to return to. So the souls just wander an eternity with no where to go. You won't have to worry about that though. He hasn't had a meal in a few days. All of the souls he ate have been digested already. All we can do now is prevent anyone else from suffering the same fate." Akio said gravely.

" Does it say anything in that book about to get rid of these soul suckers?"she asked

" No." he answered. "I think your just gonna have to do it the old fashion way. Preferably before you become a vegetable."

" Don't worry . I'll have this all wrapped up in ten minutes. You can even time me." she assured him, preparing her body to strike.

" Bet you half of my paycheck you can't do it in five." he challenged.

" Your on." she said before lunging forward at such a speed that the soul eater had no time to react. He received a punch right in his gut , that knocked him into a tree. The boy got up and wiped some blood from his mouth.

" Your no ordinary human." the demon murmured. " You must be a half demon of some sorts."

" It really doesn't matter what I am because your not going to live long enough to actually fathom that you got your ass kicked by a half demon."The Vixen pulled out the sword that was hanging on her waist from its sheath. The sword looked like an average sword .

The demon slayer began to concentrate on calling her magic out . She felt a prickling in her fingers and something rush through her veins giving her a sense of elevation. The sword in her hands began to glow a black color. She pointed it at the boy. The blackness enshrouding the sword was starting to form the shape of what looked like a fox with some huge fangs.

" Element darkness: Fangs of the Vixen." she cried, before slashing the sword downward releasing the blackness from the sword. It surrounded the boy and the head shape came to be in front of the boy . It stared into the horror filled eyes of the demon before it latched onto him and devoured him. The blackness surrounded the head . If you looked closely enough you could see a shape struggling inside. Slowly the blackness dissolved and the struggling ceased .

The Vixen resheathed her sword and smirked. " I'll take my money in cash , please." She could hear the repeated pounding of a head against a keyboard making her smirk widen further.

" Naruto ,remember one thing."Akio said revealing the identity of the Vixen.

" What?"

" I hate you."

Naruto's smirk turned into laughter to Akio's annoyance. After Naruto's laughter had subsided, she closed her eyes. The wind picked up around her and she disappeared.

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Naruto reappeared ina small apartment. It had a small bathroom. A tiny bed , that looked like it couldn't fit her. The room had no belongings or any furnishings that would indicate if some one was living here. The small refrigerator was empty. There were no silverware in the cabinets or the sink. The closet also was empty.

Naruto walked to her bed and collapsed on it. Slowly her fangs and her claws retracted. Her hair returned to its original blond color. Her red dilated eyes changed back to her ocean blue eyes. She also became a few inches shorter.The sword at her waist dissolved into a silver liquid and crawled down her arm and wrapped around her middle finger . It stilled and transformed into a silver band ring. Her red demon slaying outfit vanished to be replaced by light blue silk pajamas and a cute panda sleeping cap. Naruto snuggled into her pillow and pulled her blankets over her preparing to go to sleep.

"WAKE UP, WAKE UP, WAKE UP. Come on, Naruto its time to get up." hollered Obito, sounding like he was high on something. If it were even possible for ghosts to get high.

Naruto who had just been dozing off had a huge vein pulsing in her temple. Her fingers were twitching like they were about to strangle something or rather someone.

" Up and at em . Come on Naruto the suns already up." Then Obito did something ,that Naruto thought, warranted the beating she gave him after. He opened the curtains and let the rays of sun enter the apartment. Naruto blinked back a few tears trying to get her eyes adjusted to the light. Then she grabbed something from under her pillow and hurled it at Obito. It went straight through Obito, who gave a surprised yelp. A kunai embedded itself in the wall behind Obito.

Naruto grabbed the startled dead chunnin by the scruff of his shirt and flipped him onto his back. She sat on top of him pulling his arms back rather painfully. "Do you have a problem with letting people get a decent nights sleep?" she shouted at him.

" No but-"

" Waking me up and then blasting that stupid light into my face. If you weren't dead I'd kill you."

" But-"

"I was just dozing off, almost entering a blissful slumber and then BOOM. Just like that you come barging in and my dreams of being able to drift away peacefully fly straight out the window."

" NARUTO!!"

"What!?"

" You have to go to the academy today to find out who your team and jounin sensei are." cried Obito. " at this rate your going to be late."

" Academy?" Naruto repeated, a look of confusion maring her face. Then realization spread . Naruto remembered she had been told by Iruka to come to the academy tomorrow to receive her team and sensei. Naruto swore loudly leaping off Obito and heading into the bathroom.

" Obito could you make me some ramen?" Naruto asked , her voice carrying over the sound of the shower sprinkler.

Obito glared at the bathroom door , his left eyebrow twitching . She had yelled at him, threw a kunai at him, and sat on him! She didn't even apologize or thank him for coming and waking her up. There was no way and he meant no way, was he doing anything for her.

Naruto sensed Obito wasn't moving from the spot she had left him. She could also tell he was glaring at the bathroom door. Naruto sighed while she washed her waist length blond hair, she had been a real bitch to him when he was only trying to help her. The truth was Obito , from some reason ,was really ecstatic about her becoming a ninja. He'd been going on about the greatness of the life of a ninja since yesterday nonstop. She had let the fatigue get to her mind and let the anger she was feeling about the predicament she was in get to her head. Which wasn't like her . Then again she did really get crabby during that time of month. Thank god it was gone. No more mood swings. Now she could be a bitch to all the right people.

" Obito , I had a mission tonight." Naruto told him raising her voice so she could be heard over the water.

Obito glared at the door even harder. She wasn't supposed to go on any missions outside of Konoha. All four of them had agreed it would be best if Naruto retire from her job as the Vixen. If she came home with an injury before, she could just stay in bed and wait for it to heal. Now, though she couldn't just appear to her team and sensei with a critical wound and except them not to notice. Questions would be asked and then everyone might find out . Then Naruto would be in some real trouble. It would be impossible then for her to leave Konoha. The elders would never allow such a valuable weapon to escape their grasp , even if she was the vessel for the Kyuubi no Kitsune.

Naruto was mentally counting the seconds in her head before he would explode. ' three , two , one,and there Obito goes. Hey , you know that kinda rhymes'

" Naruto , you idiot. You said you would quit being the Vixen. You promised. Why would you do something so stupid when you knew you had to go meet your team and sensei today?" Obito demanded angrily.

" One, I didn't promise anything. Two, It was any easy mission. Not a scratch on me. Besides those people really needed some help. And I really need the money for her treatment. This was the only mission I'll be taking on for a while. So don't worry." Naruto said brightly , emerging from the bathroom with her regular clothes and cap on.

Obito turned his back to her , a sign he was still angry with her. He obviously wasn't letting her off that easy.

Naruto groaned miserably, she didn't want him to be angry with her. She hated it when they fought. Naruto draped her arms around the neck of her pouting friend and squeezed. " I'm really, really sorry Obito-chan. I'm a big meanie. I should be locked up for ghostly child abuse. I -"

" Alright, already . I forgive you . Now get off of me." he yelled . Pulling himself out of Narutos embrace. The young blond could of sworn that Obito's face had colored about. Naruto waved it off as some trick of light or something.

Then Obito brought his face closer to hers and yelled " Don't you ever call me Obito- chan again. And I'm not a child!" Naruto was sure that if he had been a live her face would have been covered in spit. As it was, the dead's corporal body didn't produce body fluids , like saliva saving Naruto the trouble of having to take another shower.

Naruto fanned Obito's face with her hand. " Relax. I won't add the suffix chan to your name ever again . Even though it makes you sound adorable."Naruto said pinching his cheeks like a demented grandmother would do. Obitos face colored a bit. Naruto couldn't tell if it was from anger or embarrassment .

" I'm not adorable . I'm a guy, were not supposed to be adorable." He shouted to the blond who was exiting the apartment on her way to the academy.

" Hurry up, Obito your going to make me late." Naruto told him, ignoring his last comment.

" I'm coming." he said floating to catch up to her . Naruto grinned giving herself a pat on the back. ' I win every time.'

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Naruto was currently glaring very hard at the chunnin below her , who was reading out the names for the different teams. Her name had been called. Narutos brain was still in a period of brain shock. It was when you heard something but your brain won't believe it. When an organ and a sense can't work together it causes a shock to enter the mind leaving you momentarily speechless. At least that would be Narutos explanation if someone asked her about the dumbstruck expression afterward.

Naruto slapped her hand on the table and rose from her seat. " I object Iruka-sensei!"she shouted, drawing the attention of Iruka-sensei and everyone else in the room.

" Idiot. This is a classroom not a courtroom." Naruto heard Shikamaru whisper to her from behind. Naruto made a mental note to kick him later.

" What is it, Naruto?" Iruka asked questioningly.

" I want a different genin team." Naruto answered.

" You.. Naruto you can't just decide that off the top of your head. The teams were organized by the Hokage himself. We are supposed to put the lowest ranking student with the highest ranking student. You, who were never here, got the lowest scores in the class and Sasuke got the highest scores in the class . Add Sakura in and you get a balanced team. " Iruka lectured his hand on his hips.

Naruto pointed a finger at Shikamaru . " Well , Shikamaru's grades were almost as bad as mine and he was here most of the time . Switch him and me ."

Shikamaru's head shot up. There was no way he was getting stuck with the shrew and the guy with a ten foot pole up his ass, as Naruto likes to call them. At least now he was on a team with Chouji they would have to stand Ino's bossy rude attitude but that was better than being stuck with the Uchiha and his personal stalker. Shikamaru was about to open his mouth to object but was saved as the chuunin instructor came to his rescue.

" No. Hokage-sama himself chose these teams. So if you have a problem go talk to him yourself." Iruka said with a tone of finality.

" Just don't slow me down, dobe." the Uchiha survivor told Naruto arrogantly , while Sakura just gushed at the coolness of her Sasuke-kun.

Naruto sniffed not impressed at all by the youngest Uchiha. He was a spoiled brat who thought that everything would be handed to him because he was an Uchiha and a supposed genius.

" It would be impossible to make you any slower than you already are , teme." Naruto replied, not caring that she had just insulted the class's precious Sasuke-kun and she was about to become number one on his fan clubs hit list.

Naruto sat back in her seat and sighed . It looked like she was stuck with the bubble gum haired shrew and the Uchiha bastard.

' HA, HA, HA. This is a classic.' Kyuubi had obviously awoken and was happy to start bothering Naruto again.

' Find something funny?'

Yeah. This poor little kits life is nothing but a huge amount of painful irony. I mean out of thrity kids you got paired with the two kids you hate most in the entire class. Your life is a terrific soap opera. One tragedy after a next and I have a front row seat. Now all thats missing is some popcorn and I'll be set for life. HA,HA,HA.'Kyuubi teased wickedly.

' This is coming from the overgrown rabbit who is supposed to be the " King of demons". Hmph, demons most be real sissy's if they're taking orders from an stupid, ugly red bunny who watches soap operas.'

'WHO ARE YOU CALLING A RABBIT , YOU DWARF?'

' Didn't you forget ugly and stupid? So it is true what they say. You only notice the things that your sensitive about. '

' Don't talk about yourself like that brat . Its not good for your self esteem. ' Kyuubi had regained some of his wits . He was not about to be outdone by this twerp.

Naruto ignored Kyuubi's taunt. Kyuubi has always been like an older annoying brother to her. And like any younger sister she enjoyed making him cry-I mean she enjoyed these talks that gave them a precious time to bond and understand each other.

' I really feel sorry for your mother . She was hoping for a strong , handsome baby fox. Instead she got an atrocious looking thing that looked half rabbit and half fox.'

WHAT DID YOU SAY , YOU HAIRLESS APE?I'LL HAVE YOU KNOW THAT MY MOTHER LOVED ME VERY MUCH. UNLIKE YOU. ARE YOU SURE THE LEPRECHAUNS DIDN'T ABANDON YOU BECAUSE YOU WERE TOO SHORT BE EVEN THEIR STANDARDS?'

' Yeah, yeah . Whatever helps you sleep at night. Hey, can you do me a favor? Just say ' What's up doc?' once -'

' THATS IT YOU LITTLE RODENT. I'M GONNA GIVE YOU INDIGESTION FOR THE NEXT MONTH!!'

' Indigestion? Hey, hold on a minute ----' Naruto never got a chance to beg for forgiveness from the greatest king of demons ever because a horrible cold feeling enveloped the genin. Naruto whipped around to stare at Obito and her favorite two dead hokages.

Naruto glared at Obito ,seeing his hand retreat from inside her chest. " You couldn't find some other way to get my attention ?"

" Sure but flying erasers would attract some attention." the Nidaime said cheerfully.

Naruto's hands flew to her mouth , her face molded into an expression of 'oh shit'. She whipped her head around the classroom , seeing that it was empty, her expression visibly relaxed. She turned her head to glare at the Nidaime. " You didn't have to scare me like that."

The Nidaime wagged a finger at Naruto and tutted. " A ninja must be aware of their surroundings at all times. They can't just stare into space. You didn't notice when everyone left the classroom and you didn't notice us until we gave you a jolt. If that had been an enemy----"

" I get it." Naruto broke in, not wanting to hear that lecture for the seventh billionth time. " So what brings you guys here?"

" We wanted to see whom you got paired with." the Shodaime told her.

" So , who's on your team?" Obito asked eagerly.

Naruto made a noise in her throat. " Obito's youngest living relative and this bit- I mean girl named Haruno, Sakura." Naruto said in an emotionless but Naruto's annoyed face was enough for them to know she was not happy with the Sandaime's selection.

" Haruno. They're just regular villagers, which means shes going to be a first generation ninja." the Nidaime said thoughtfully.

" If she lives that long." Naruto muttered under breath but Shodaime caught it anyway.

" You don't like your new teammates?" the First Hokage asked her.

" Haruno has no interest in becoming a ninja at all . Its always Sasuke-kun that and Sasuke-kun this. She probably only became a ninja so she can follow the guy around everywhere. Its girls like her that give serious kunoichi a bad name. And the Uchiha brat thinks hes better than everyone because the villagers have been bowing to his every whim. I swear his ego is as big as the Hokage mountain." Naruto said showing her obvious distaste for both of her newly appointed teammates.

Shodaime frowned, not liking the negative attitude Naruto had developed for her teammates . " Naruto in the shinobi world the number one thing is teamwork. When teams can't work together, it can result in a failed mission and possibly death for all members of that team ."

Naruto resisted the urge to roll her eyes. She knew that already from all the philosophy lessons he'd drilled in her head. Besides Obito had told her how he had died . His death would probably the perfect example of failed teamwork.

" They're just kids ." she whispered, reveling one of the main things that had been bothering her about her new comrades. " They have no idea what it's like to stare death in the eye or to take life because it has to be done. I do. You want me to entrust my life to two people who could care less what happens to me. You want me to protect two people whom i don't even like and put their life before mine when they probably won't do the same. How can I do something like that? Besides why the hell did the Sandaime put me with the two kids I hated the most when there were thrity other kids to chose from."

The three ghosts looked at each other . None of them wanted to be the ones to go up to Naruto and say ' hey Naruto the Sandaime stuck you with them because hes trying to put together the teams that have worked in the past. How does that have anything to do with you , you ask? Well the Yondaime , you know the one who locked the Kyuubi in you, was your father. And by the way your jounin-sensei is probably going to be your fathers only living student and Obito's teammate. Hes always late two hours and he reads this perverted book in public, all the time.' Yeah , not exactly the best speech you would give to a kid, who are trying to convince to be a good ninja.

" Look , Naruto they're are not going to put a fresh out of the academy team in life threatening missions . You'll start with simple missions , so that you can develop a deeper trust in your teammates. So why don't you take the time now and try to get to know your teammates better." the Nidaime suggested after a few moments of silence.

Naruto gave him a look that said ' I'd rather model for the cover of Icha Icha Paradise.' ' .

" Do it or else you won't be learning any new moves, anytime soon." the Shodaime threatened.

Naruto stood from her seat with a scowl on her face. " Fine but you guys are coming with me just so I can prove that those two are not interested in anything but themselves."

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Naruto walked outside sensing Sakura' weak chakra signature. She was sitting on a bench with a bento box next to her, looking dejected. Naruto guessed it was because she couldn't find Sasuke anywhere. Turning around to see her friends watching her she walked up to Sakura like she was about to walk the plank.

" Hey, Sakura whats up?" Naruto greeted, trying to be as friendly as she could.

" What do you want Naruto?" was the greeting that Naruto got in return .

" Well, I was just thinking that since were on the same team and stuff,maybe we---"

" Save it Naruto. I know why your doing this. Your trying to steal Sasuke-kun from me." Sakura broke in snidely.

" Trying to steal Sasuke from you?" Naruto echoed dumbstruck, not believing that out of all the things Sakura could have said, it had to be the stupidest thing she'd ever heard. She liked Sasuke as much as he loved Itachi.

" Thats right. I'm not going to fall for it and neither will Sasuke-kun. I mean what guy in his right mind would like you any way. You don't have any parents, so you just do whatever you want. Your just an annoying, spoiled brat." Sakura announced before grabbing her bento box and walking back to the academy.

Naruto who did not take that crap from anyone, reached into her kunai holster drew a kunai and aimed for the pink haired shrew. Just as she was about to kill the bitch she felt someone grab her hand that held the kunai and another pair of hands grabbed her waist and hauled her into the bushes.

" Naruto , calm down." Obito was struggling to keep his grip on the hand that was holding the kunai that wanted to have a nice reunion with Sakura's gigantic forehead.

" I'll calm down, I'll calm down right after I kill that bitch. Who the hell does she think she is? Just because I was nice and civil doesn't mean I'm not going to go over there and beat the shit of her right now.I'll rip her guts out and strangle her with them. Then I'm gonna pull out her tongue-" Naruto didn't look like she was going to calm down anytime soon.

Nidaime decided to take the initiative and whacked Naruto on the head. That seemed to put an end to her murderous rage.

" You guys were the ones who were going on about that bullshit called teamwork. Now what do you have to say for yourselves?" Or not.

The Nidaime scratched the back of his neck looking sheepish. " Okay maybe you were right about her having boys a little too much on the ball. But not all teammates are going to be best friends on the bat. Look at me and Aniki, we were on the same team . We didn't always get along back then and a century later that still hasn't changed."The Shodaime nodded in agreement with .

" That would be true for a normal team." Naruto leaned on the back of the tree that was beside her and looked up at the sky. " But thats not the case with me. Even if the Sandaime declared that law twelve years ago, that didn't stop the younger generation from picking up their parent's obvious distaste for me. Sakura and lots of the other kids had no idea why their parents hated me so much." Naruto's suddenly looked very tired. Her eyes clouded turning her ocean blue eyes into angry sapphires. Those eyes where ones of someone who had seen the horrors the world possessed in her short twelve years of existence.

" So they thought it was because I had no parents or anyone to discipline me that I always got into everyones way. That I got into their way because I liked to bring trouble upon everyone. Even if no one has seen me around the village that much the pass couple of years. Humans can bear grudges like no other creature I have ever seen." Naruto rose from the base of the tree and stretched her s shoulders out a bit. She placed her hands into her jacket pockets and headed into the opposite direction not wanting to see the looks of her comrades faces after her speech.

Each one of them had died in the village that had trampled her innocence. Sho-sensei and Ni- sensei had both been unable to rest in peace because they had not wanted to leave their village . Until Konoha became at peace they could never move on so they had remained in the living realm as ghosts to watch over their village.

" Where are you going?" the silver haired ghost called to her, seeing she was heading in a different direction then the academy.

" Someone owes me something and I'm going to collect." By the mischief in Narutos voice they couldn't help but feel very sorry for whoever it was that owed Naruto something.

Obito glanced at his two fellow ghosts before him. " What do we do now?"

" We do nothing. We've done all we can and I think we've only made things worst." the creator of Konohagure said, staring at Naruto's retreating figure solemnly.

Nidaime shrugged." Naruto will just have to realize the importance of teamwork on her own."

" Alright then." Obito exclaimed, holding out a deck of cards. " Let's play Go fish."

" Obito, that game is child's play. Why don't we play something a bit more challenging? Like shogi." Shodaime suggested.

At the word shogi the 2nd Hokage had whipped his head around so fast, that if he had been alive he would've snapped it. " I vote Go Fish."

Obito popped a fist in the air enthusiastically. " Majority rules. We're going to play Go Fish."

The 1st Hokage scowled at the two goofy idiots that stood before him. They were wasting time on silly childish games instead of playing games that would enrich and challenge the mind.

The younger brother saw the look his big brother was giving them and grinned. " Come on. Aniki the only reason you hate this game is because you lose everytime."

The Firsts scowl turned into a glare that was directed at the two that stood before him, while inwardly he cursed Naruto for leaving him with these two twits.

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" You've completely lost it ,haven't you?" the laziest genin asked his grinning companion.

" Hey , you owe me a favor and I've come to collect." Naruto said , leaning against the railing of the roof top they were currently on.

Shikamaru sighed. He had been eating his lunch with Chouji and Ino. Well it was more like him and Chouji were eating while Ino was giving them a speech about how they had better listen to her or else. Then Naruto had appeared and dragged him away. Compared to what Naruto was asking him to do , he'd rather go back to listening to Ino. But he had no choice . He owed Naruto a favor and now he had to pay up.

Shikamaru sighed again, looking up at the clouds longingly." Are you sure we won't be caught?"

Naruto waved a hand at him. " Don't worry, Shika-chan. Your mommy won't find out about this if you do everything exactly as I say."

Shikamaru sighed a third time, standing up. " Alright lets go."

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" Got any six's, Ni-nii-chan?" Obito asked.

" Nope, what about you Aniki?" Nidaime asked .

The Shodaime stared at the cards with a look that said ' I-hate-you-more-than-I-hate-paperwork' as he threw in two cards.

" What do you think Naruto went to do when she left us?" Nidaime demanded curiously.

" Who knows? As long as shes not doing anything too bad, just leave her to it .It might even put her in a better mood to meet her jounin-sensei." Shodaime quipped

Obito looked up from his cards and turned his head to look at the Hokage mountain. He blanched at the sight that meet him. Someone was on the Hokage mountain and that person was giving the Hokages a whole new makeover. ' Naruto , are you trying to get yourself killed?' Obito wondered.

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" STOP! OUR GOING TO PAY FOR WHAT YOU DID TO THE HOKAGE MOUNTAIN!!" a chunnin was yelling at the girl , he was chasing.

" HOW DARE YOU DO THAT TO THE HOKAGE'S FACES! YOU WON"T GET WAY WITH THIS!!!" another chunnin shouted , increasing his speed along with his partner.

They both stretched their hands, an inch from reaching the girl . Suddenly they both stumbled over something and they had an unpleasant meeting with mother earth.

As two chunnins looked up , they saw the girl enter the academy.

They quickly rose from the ground and continued their pursuit. They ran into the academy and saw the girl sitting in an empty classroom looking bored. The chunnin each grabbed an arm belonging to the girl and hauled her out of the classroom.

The girl that apparently been surprised by the two chunnin began to struggle, shouting obscenities at the chunnins.

The commotion brought a small crowd and roused Iruka from his office.

" What on earth is going n here?" the 24-year old chunnin demanded, hands propped on his hips facing the two chunnins who were holding one of his students.

" This girl vandalized the precious hokage monument." the first chunnin exclaimed, to Irukas extreme shock.

" Sakura?" Iruka said , in bafflement. The only one he knew who would attempt such a daring act would be Naruto but never in a millions years would he suspect Sakura of anything.

" We're taking her to clean up the monument and then we're going to have a nice chat with her parents." the second chunnin told Sakura.

" But I didn't do it." Sakura protested, her eyes beginning to fill with tears at the thought of what her parents were going to do when they heard of this.

" Sakura, I can't believe you would do something like this." Iruka reprimanded sternly.

" But Iruka-sensei-"

" No buts Sakura. You are going to go and clean up the Hokages mountain." Iruka said harshly." You had better do it quickly though , you have to meet your jounin-sensei in a couple of hours."

The two chunnin both resumed dragging Sakura , who was cursing at them both,through the throngs of people that had gathered, never noticed two people who were at the back of the crowd. One with a hat and was laughing so hard she was sure to bust her diaphragm. And the other one was just shaking his head at his laughing friend with a bored expression on his face.

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" That was cruel Naruto. She is going to get into a lot of trouble because of this." Shikamaru said to Naruto ,who's laughter had just subsided into chuckles instead of the full blown laughter it had been a few minutes ago.

" Thats not really my problem. She should have thought twice before pissing me off . Just because I didn't rip her tongue out and rap it around her neck doesn't mean I won't get even." Naruto snapped .

Shikamaru muttered some incorrigible things about how troublesome women were as he walked towards the academy.

' Why did you need that lazy brat anyway , brat?' inquired Kyuubi curiously.

' Because if we did get caught he would get in trouble instead of me. Besides when it comes to running away , no ones as good as Shikamaru.'

' I think I've been a bad influence on you.'

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Naruto yawned from her place on the window sill of the academy. Sasuke was sitting in one of the desks with his chin resting on his outstretched hands. If Naruto couldn't see the rise and fall of his chest she could've sworn he was a statue or something. Sakura wasn't there because she was currently getting paint off the Thirds face.

That had been three hours ago. Sakura had returned looking tired with paint all over her. Her strength had immediately returned though after she saw Sasuke sitting in the classroom and she began pestering the Uchiha about a date. All of the jounin-sensei's had already came and picked up there teams except for team seven.

Naruto assumed it was because their jounin-sensei had got caught up with an important mission of some kind.(How wrong she was). So she had opted for catching some shut eye while she waited for the jounin to appear.

Another hour past by while Naruto blissfully enjoyed her sleep and Sakura enjoyed being next to Sasuke. The Uchiha , however was not overjoyed. In fact he had developed an annoyed twitch in his left eye. Naruto glanced at him from her sleep hazed eyes. She wondered if Sasuke could get activate his bloodline to use as defense against the vomit-eyed banshee sitting next him. She had no lost love for any of the Uchihas except for Obito but still she felt extremely sorry for the young avenger.

Naruto turned her head to the door, feeling someone approaching. The door slid open to reveal a man wearing the normal jounin outfit. He had silver hair that appeared not to pay attention to the laws of gravity. He had a mask covering his lower face and his hidden leaf forehead protector was covering his left eye. He reminded Naruto of a scarecrow for some reason.

His right eye swept across the room looking at Sasuke , Sakura and Naruto. Then he put his hand under his chin ,in what Naruto thought was a thoughtful expression.

" My first impression of this team is ... I don't like you guys." He announced.

" Yeah, well who the hell said we liked you either, scarecrow!" Naruto retorted in annoyance. Who the hell did this guy think he was? He was two friggin hours late and then he has the nerve to go and say something like that. He's lucky that Naruto had just gotten some sleep otherwise she would have gotten up and slugged the moron. She was cranky when she didn't get some sleep.

" Meet me on the roof." the late jounin said before disappearing.

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"All right. Why don't you tell me your names, your likes and dislikes. Your hobbies and any dreams you have for the future?" their new sensei said as they took a seat on the roof.

" Why don't you go first sensei, so we can see how its done?" Sakura asked , being ever the teachers pet.

" All right then. My names Hakate, Kakashi" Naruto's eyes widened visibly at the name "My likes and dislikes are none of your business.My hobbies are few. As for my dreams of the future, well I haven't really thought about it much."

" That was pointless. All we learned are his name." Sakura muttered while Naruto frowned.

The name Hatake Kakashi was enough for her. Obito was always talking about the dude. In fact he was the reason Obito wouldn't move on in the first place. Obito had said that Kakshi had felt so much guilt after Obito died that he couldn't let go of him. He wanted Kakashi to let go and be happy again. Until that happened Obito would never move on. But Obito always went on about how cool the guy was and how he had given his Sharingan to him and now he was the famous Copy Cat ninja , Kakashi of the Sharingan eye. When Obito wasn't with her or Sho and Ni, he was watching Kakashi.

" You first pinky." Kakashi said pointing a finger at Sakura.

"My names Haruno Sakura. My likes are.." she turned to look at Sasuke and let out a squeal that left Naruto's ears ringing " My hobbies are..." She looked at Sasuke and let out another fan girl squeal that made Naruto want to get up and ring her neck. " My dreams for the future are.." She squealed again and Naruto swore no one but a pig had the vocal chords to squeal like that. " My dislikes are Ino-pig and Naruto." she finished with a glare at Naruto.

' I guess girls her age are more interested in boys then ninja training.' Kakashi thought with a sigh.

Naruto flipped Sakura the finger while she gazed at the clouds with a vacant look on her face.

" The boy with the hat on, you next." Kakashi's comment caused Sakura to laugh and even the corner's of Sasukes lips twitched slightly. Naruto glowered at Kakashi, who for the life of him couldn't figure out why his comment had spurred these reactions.

" Very funny , scarecrow." Naruto said her voice deadpanned while Kakashi just blinked down at her puzzled.

" Whats funny?" the clueless copy nin asked, causing a vein to from in her temple ,while Sakura laughed even harder and Sasuke tried to control the smirk that was forming on his face.

" I'm a girl, you twitless dick." the jinchuuriki stated angrily.

" Ah, my bad." Kakashi scratched the back of his neck looking sheepish.

" Don't apologize Kakashi-sensei. It's not your fault Naruto can't dress herself right." Sakura was just itching to get slapped today but for the time being Naruto ignored her comment. It was not a smart thing to commit murder with witnesses everywhere. Stick to the motto Kyu-nni had taught her. Never get mad ,get even.

" My names Uzumaki , Naruto. You guys can call me Uzumaki. If you call me by anything else I won't respond. My likes and dislikes are none of your business, since I doubt any of you care. My dream for the future is to leave Konoha when I turn sixteen and travel the world . So I suggest you don't get used to having me around beacuase this is only temporary." Naruto leaned back on the steps of the roof and looked back up to the sky.

' Well maybe not all girls have their heads in the clouds. But what exactly does she mean shes going to leave when she turns sixteen? I'll have to ask Hokage-sama about this later.' Kakashi turned his gaze to last member of team seven." The brooding one."

"My name is Uchiha,Sasuke.There are many things that I hate and there aren't a lot of things I like. Also I have one ambition that I have no intention of leaving as just a dream.The revival of my clan and to kill a certain man." Sasuke stated ominously.

' Just as I thought' Kakashi thought heavily.

' The boys an avenger. What a fool' Naruto's buji said waking up from his nap.

' What do you mean?' Naruto asked him.

' He wants to kill his older brother. The one who supposedly killed the Uchiha clan.'

' Uchiha Itachi.'

'Like I said hes a fool if he thinks he can beat someone like that so easily.'

'You sound like you know him.'

There was a strange silence where Naruto wondered if she had said something wrong to the fox.

'No, I wasn't the one who knew him.'

Kakashi's voice brought Naruto out of her conversation with the Ninetails fox before she could ask him what he meant.

" Alright, you three all have unique personalities.I like that."Kakashi told them. "We're going to begin a mission starting tomorrow."

"What kind of mission is it sensei?" Sakura asked curiously.

"Survival training." Kakashi answered simply.

" Why are we doing training if its a mission?" Sakura demanded. " We had plenty of training at the academy."

Kakashi began to laugh, a very creepy laugh. Sakura and Sasuke looked at him strangely not seeing what was so funny. Naruto didn't tear her gaze from the sky though. She knew what Kakashi was going to say. Obito had told her what had happened when he had graduated the academy.

The pink-haired kunoichi gave her sensei a strange look. " Whats so funny, sensei?"

" Well if I say this then I'm sure you three are going to be surprised." Kakashi informed them brightly. " Out of 27 graduates ,only nine are going to be genin.The other 18 will be sent back to the academy.In other words this training is going to be a very hard test with a dropout rate of 66."

Sakuras faced blanched . Sasukes hands tightened into fists. Naruto was picking the dirt out of her fingernails disinterestedly.

" Oi. Are you listening to me , Uzumaki?" Kakashi had enjoyed the faces of the other two but this girl didn't even bat an eyelash.

Naruto let out a long yawn which she tried to stifle by putting a hand over her mouth. She looked up and saw the scarecrow looking down at her. Oops, she must have missed something.

"Did you say something?"

A vein pulsed in Kakashi's temple hidden by his mask. The jounin didn't get a chance to yell at Naruto though because Sakura spoke again.

"Then what was the final exam for?"she yelled.

" That? It just picks out those who are qualified to become genin." Kakashi replied lazily.

" Anyway , I'm going to decide whether you pass or fail tomorrow at the training grounds.Bring you shinobi equipment and meet at 5 AM. Meeting over." he ordered preparing to leave.

Hatake turned his head back in their direction suddenly , remembering he had to tell them something. "Oh yeah. Don't eat breakfast. Your going to throw up if you do."

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Naruto stopped walking in her intial direction and started through another road that led into a forest where people usually didn't venture.When she was beyond the borders of the forest , far enough not to be overheard by passer byers Naruto stopped.

"What do you want?"she asked . If anyone had been passing by they would have thought that she was crazy because no one was there.

Naruto saw a shimmer in front of her . The shimmering started to make out the appearance of a man. He had brown hair and black opal eyes that flashed slightly as he gazed at Naruto. He had a dimpled chain that made him look old for his age. He wore a yukata with a fan engraved on the back. His face radiated no kindness or anything that could be preconceived as a heart felt emotion.

"Well?" demanded the girl of the ghost impatiently when he did not answer her question.

" I – well that is" the man began but was apparently unable to form the correct sentences .

Naruto gazed at the man who stood before her looking uncomfortable.She could only guess one reason he would come to visit her.

"You want me to look after Sasuke?" Naruto said it as more of a statement than a question.

Sasukes father glared at her for suggesting something like that,like anyone from his clan would need any protection from here.. " Sasuke is an Uchiha he doesn't need protection. Especially from you."

"Then you came here for...?"

"To warn you." Fugaku snarled.

Naruto laughed. " Oh I am so scared from the big bad Uchiha . What do you think you can do?"

"You attract trouble like flees to dogs. Sasuke signed up to be a ninja. He can't be held at fault for being placed on a team with someone who isn't even from this world. Shinobis handle shinobi problems , so you keep your freak friends and enemies away from my son." Fugaku stated , a warning hidden beneath those words.

Naruto snorted in disgust. " Your pampered little boy will get himself killed soon enough and I won't have anything to do with it. I fight my own battles. I could care less what you Uchihas do."

Fugaku gave Naruto the famous Uchiha glare she had become accustomed to from Obito. " I'm warning you Uzumaki, if even one hair is harmed on his head from an attack from one of those freaks, I'll-"

"You'll, what?" Naruto cut in humored slightly by the Uchihas threat . " While you may have developed some competence in your ghostly abilities since I last saw you, but I can still preform an exorcism and have you away from this plane with a snap of my fingers."

Fugaku's expression twisted into one of unadulterated hatred before it returned to his normal collected appearance. "You said that you didn't care at all about any Uchiha affairs didn't you?"

Naruto frowned not liking the tone the head of the Uchiha clan was using.

"Last I checked Obito was still an Uchiha ." Fugaku continued. " As a clan member then Obito answers to the head of the family, which in this case is me--"

Tanbark grabbed Fugaku by the neck and squeezed . Fugaku's eyes were bulging and he was trying desperately to remove Narutos hand from his throat. Technically ghosts shouldn't feel pain sense they didn't have bodies but their minds remembered the pain they experienced while they were alive so they could still feel pain. Although if your an experienced ghost like Sho and Ni you can block the pain out since it just comes from your mind. That wasn't the case with Fugaku though because he had only been dead for six years.

"Don't you dare threaten him . If you lay so much as one finger on him its a one way trip to hell for your entire family."Naruto hissed acidly, here eyes had turned red expressing her true fury She tossed Fugaku away from her and turned around.

"Like I said it'll be your entire family. That includes your two living sons. They'll join you in hell . The people of Konoha have no clue what I can do but the dead of this village should know fully well what I am capable of."Naruto spat before walking off.

Fugaku Uchiha. She hated that man the moment she had met him when she was seven. She had wondered into the Uchiha district by accident and Obito had come looking for her. When Obito had appeared , Fugaku had taken a look at the both of them and said 'The demon and the failure together. How fitting.' Some how seeing her first real friend looking so sad and worthless had struck a cord in Naruto. She had gotten mad at Fugaku and kneed him right in the groin. For a ninja and head of one of the most prominent clans in Konoha he sure did cry pretty easily. Obito had grabbed Naruto and fled before the rest of the clan got over the shock of seeing their leader be put down by a seven year old girl Needless to say the Uchihas and Naruto had never been close friends after that.

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Naruto made her way through the streets heading to her apartment where she would no doubt find Obito and Ni whipping Sho's ass in Go-Fish. A hilarious sight that would probably brighten Narutos soured mood.

"Tadaima." Naruto pushed open her apartment door to find the First Hokage flinging cards at Obito and his younger brother who were laughing on the floor hysterically . Not even noticing the seriously pissed off kage in front of them. Naruto smiled slightly at the sight. One day they would all disappear and she would be left completely alone. It was a thought that constantly gnawed at her heart so she shoved it from her mind while closing the door and enjoying the sight of the polite, eloquent and diplomatic First Hokage curse at Obito and the Second Hokage.

Obito glanced Narutos way and saw she had come home. " Who's your new sensei?"

"Hatake, Kakashi." Naruto pulled off her boots ,gloves,jacket,kunai holster and hat. She plopped down on the bed that could barely fit her and sighed. If she was going to be staying in Konoha on a regular basis then she would need to buy a new apartment with a made up alias. There was no reason to stay in this suffocating place that was as big as half the bathroom in the academy.

"What do you think of him?" Sho had forgotten his anger at the stupid game they had been playing when Naruto came in.

"The first thing he said when he entered two hours late was and I quote ' I don't like you guys.' unquote. I couldn't agree more with him." Naruto pulled the covers to her shoulders and rested her head on the pillow.

" Your going to have to learnt to work with them sooner or later you know." Nidaime said looking down at the fatigued blond who didn't even seem to be paying an ounce of attention to him.

" You keep saying that because of that stupid bell teamwork test he is going to give us tomorrow, right?" Naruto asked closing her eyes.

"How did you know-" Ni began before cutting his sentence off with a sharp glance at Obito.

Obito held up his hands in front of him in defense. " I only told her because she said she would never become a ninja. How was i supposed to know that she would change her mind?"

Shodaime shrugged. " Its one thing to know what the test is about but to actually fulfill the requirements of that test will be a very hard thing for you Naruto. I know you don't like depending on others but-" Obito tugged on the Firsts sleeve and pointed at Naruto who's chest was heaving at a steady pace.

Quietly the three ghosts dematerialized so the demon carrier could sleep. They could lecture her tomorrow with the two hours Kakashi would take to come.

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Naruto sat up in a tree on the training field Kakshi had instructed them to be on at five am. Naruto had just arrived five minutes ago at six thirty. She had snuck in into one of Konohas record halls and made a copy of Kakashi's file for herself. It had said that Kakashi was always two hours late so you had to tell him to come a couple of hours earlier than the mission time.

Naruto shook her head in disgust at Sakura, who had just finished yelling at her female teammate for being late.Now she was trying to get Sasuke to go on a date with her. Sasuke , as usual was ignoring her.

Kakashi walked into the clearing to be greeted by a " YOUR LATE!" courtesy of a pissed off Sakura.

" Well you see a black cat crossed my path and I had to--" Kakashi was cut off by the string of kunais that he just had to dodge.

" Do you know that it is rude to tell people to arrive meet you at a certain time and then not show up?" Naruto was never a patient person. A bad quality that Sho had tried to fixed by having her meditate for countless hours but to no avail.

Kakashi coughed nervously. He placed a clock on the tree stomp and held out two bells. " Todays mission is to get one of these two bells from me.Whoever can't will have no lunch." Kakashi pointed to the tree stump that the clock rested on. " I'm going to tie you there and eat lunch in front of you."

Naruto smirked. She had already had breakfast. Sakura and Sasuke looked like they had actually listened to Kakashi and were looking at him with a hint of dread.

"But wait, why are there only two bells?" Sakura asked.

"Since there only two , at least one of you will have to be tied the log." Kakashi replied smiling." That person will fail since he didn't complete the mission. That person will go back to the academy. It might just be one or all three of you.You can use your shuriken." He jingled the bells. " You won't be able to get these unless you have the will to kill me."

"But thats too dangerous sensei." Sakura objected.

"Oh please. Do you really think that a team of genins are going to be able to land a scratch against a jounin? This test of the scarecrows reeks of some hidden meaning." Naruto said , giving a hint to her teammates. It was useless though, Sakura just glared at her and Sasuke hadn't payed any attention to a word she'd said. Kakashi though was staring at her in slight surprise.

"Alright. Start as soon as I say go. Ready set go." Sasuke and Sakura quickly left looking for a hiding spot but Naruto remained where she was.

" Hey aren't you a little weird compared to the rest?" Kakashi asked when she didn't disappear .

"Hmph. Have you got a recent look of yourself in the mirror scarecrow.?" Naruto glared at the jounin. The only thing weird here was his hairstyle.

"Scarecrow, scarecrow. Its Kakashi sensei to you." Kakashi said.

"Whatever you say scarecrow sensei."Naruto said grinning cheekily.

Kakashi glared at her then reached into his pouch and pulled out a book. It wasn't just any book though ,it was Icha Icha Paradise , a book that every female despised with a fashion.

"Thats-Thats that perverted book that all the really desperate guys read because they can't score any dates." Naruto exclaimed pointing an accusing finger at Kakashi. " Your not just a scarecrow , your a perverted scarecrow."

"Desperate...?" Kakashi appeared to have been very insulted.

" I'm going to kick your ass and then I'm going to burn that book, you pervert." Naruto charged at him. She tried to sweep his legs from under him with a kick but the scarecrow dodged .She aimed a roundhouse kick at his head but he dodged. Naruto turned her head trying to figure out where he had gone when she heard a voice behind her.

"Never let your opponent get behind you. Konohagure's secret taijutsu master art. A thousand years of pain." Naruto felt a finger go up her ass before poof she exploded into a log with exploding tags all over it much to Kakashi's surprise. He quickly tried to distance himself from the explosion but two things happened at once. A black blur passed Kakashi and he heard his bells jingle and Naruto appeared above him her fist aiming for his face...

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"Do you think Naruto got what we were trying to teach her?"Ni asked his brother and subordinate.

"Doesn't look like she did."Sho observed from what he had watched so far. Naruto had just ran in recklessly without any apparent thinking .

"Hey come on she'll work with Sasuke and Sakura to get those bells." Obito said hopeful that Naruto wouldn't fail.

Ni and Sho glanced at each other doubtfully. Obito bowed his head dejectedly . " She's so screwed."

Naruto would have been delighted to know of the confidence her friends held in her.

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Kakashi sidestepped Narutos punch . Naruto retracted her fist and landed gracefully on the ground. She winked at Kakshi and jumped up into a tree. Kakashi swore and checked his belt. He breathed a sigh of relief, both bells were attached to his bells.

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Naruto grasped the two bells from the lack cat, that was actually a transformed kage bunshin.

"Oi ,catch." was Narutos only warnings as her second clone threw something her way. Naruto caught it with a grin. It was exactly what she had asked for.

"Good work, you two." Naruto made a hand sign and both of clones disappeared.

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"Damn you,you perverted scarecrow, why the hell am I the one tied to the long?"Naruto yelled swearing at the unperturbed sesnsei of hers.

"Because you tried to throw my lunch in the river and you keep calling me scarecrow when I've told you its Kakashi sensei or if thats too much ,then use Hatake-san."Kakashi replied .

"Kakashi translates to scarecrow . Its not an insult you know. Think of it as a type of an endearment."Naruto countered.

Kakashi looked thoughtful for a moment before he said " Then you won't mind me calling you fish cake or maybe dwarfy."

"Are you insinuating that I'm short?"

Kakashi nodded . "Yup."

"I'm GOING TO FUCKING KILL YOU,YOU DICK HEADED SCARECROW. I AM NOT SHORT , I JUST HAVEN'T HIT MY GROWTH SPURT YET.---" Naruto didn't seem to take being called short by anyone other than Kyuubi very well.

"You all failed to get any bells." Kakashi said as Sakura and Sasuke listened with dread . Naruto was too busy cursing Kakashi's parenting to care very much. " None of you need to return to the Academy though."

Sakura jumped up in excitement while Sasuke humphed at the news. Naruto glanced at Kakashi suspiciously though feeling a catch.

"You three should quit being ninjas at all."Kakashi declared. Sakura stopped jumping up in excitement. The smug look on Sasukes face was erased. Naruto's face didn't change.

"Quit being ninjas? What do you mean?"Sakura cried.

"Its because you three are justs kids who don't deserve to be ninjas."Kakashi responded.

Naruto had had enough by that point she wouldn't be called a kid by anyone. Especially not this guy." Who are you calling kids, dumbass?" Naruto jingled the bells she gotten under the ropes that tied her to the log. " I've got your bells right here."

Kakshi's eyes widened in shock as he looked to his belt . On his belt Naruto had switched the bells for a couple of pebbles. Sakura and Sasuke were also looking at Naruto in amazement.

"Well so you did get the bells from me. But you only need one . What are you going to do with the other one?" Kakshi inquired innocently enough but Naruto knew he was testing her for this teamwork crap. She might has well get this over.

Naruto tossed one bell to Sasuke and the other to Sakura. " You two can have them. Being a ninja means more to you two anyway. I've failed three times already , one more time won't matter."

Sakura squealed in joy. She was going to be able to stay with Sasuke-kun.

Sasuke looked at the bell and looked at Naruto who was staring at the sky with a bored look on her face. He put the bell back in her hand with Kakshi watching the three of them. " You got it, you keep it."

Sakura looked at Sasuke and then to the bell. She also gave her bell back to Naruto. " Sasuke-kun's right. You earned them , you should keep them."

Naruto gave Sakura an incredulous look. Sakura had sounded half way decent. Maybe Naruto had misjudged her . Sakura gave Sasuke a fleeting look. Naruto sweat dropped. Guess she hadn't misjudged her at all.

" Sakura, Sasuke. You two failed to get the bell." Kakashi looked at his new students. " So all three of you pass."

"What?" Sakura screeched. " But Naruto was the only one to get a bell."

" Thats true." Kakashi admitted. " But Naruto realized the true meaning of this test before either of you. She tried to help you before by giving you a hint to look underneath the underneath. You two didn't listen." Naruto was whistling softly looking up at the clouds.

Kakshi smiled at Naruto. " So Naruto why don't you enlighten you two teammates to the true meaning of this test."

"Teamwork." Naruto muttered not liking being put on the spot like this. She wasn't used to being complimented or praised for anything by anyone outside of Sho and Ni.

" Thats right teamwork. When Naruto gave up her bells for your sakes it menat she was willing to take the fall for you two. Since you two gave her back the bells I passed all three of you instead of just her." Kakashi informed them.

" Hold on a minute. You mean to tell me that you would have passed me if they hadn't given the bells back?" Naruto spluttered disbelievingly.

Kakashi nodded."Yes."

" But I thought ninjas only did missions in three cell teams. " Naruto said.

" Thats true but sometimes there are allowances. But it doesn't matter any more since you all passed." Kakashi smiled at his new offical team.

Naruto looked like an anval had just fallen her head. ' I could've been on my own team. So close. Why did they have to suddenly decide to be nice?'

Kakashi struck a pose. " The training ends here.Team 7 will start doing missions starting tommorrow."

Sakura and Sasuke followed Kakashi as they he left the training ground.

" Hey , hold on a minute . Untie me. Hello! Get your asses back here and untie me." Naruto yelled struggling with the bonds. ' Teamwork my ass. Kakashis going to pay for this.'

Naruto cut the rope and pulled something from her jacket. " Kakashi." The jounin looked back at Naruto and his eyes nearly popped out of his head.

She was waving his Icha Icha Paradise book with a lighter under it. Kakashi couldn't have moved faster if every kunoichi in Konoha were after his blood. Naruto held the book away from him.

" You didn't untie me from the log , you were late and worst of all you called me short."Naruto ticked off the things that Kakashi had done to her.

" Hold on a minute. There might just be a way we can resolve this peacefully." Kakashi stammered , fearful of what she would do to his poor book.

"Too late." Naruto put Kakashi's book under the lighter. It become smoddered in flames and Naruto dropped it to the ground. Kakashi dived after the book , trying to put out the flames.

Narutio laughed at Kakashi. He looked like she had just strung his puppy.

" Naruto, you idiot." Someone groaned behind her.She turned to find Obito surveying the damage she had caused with a look of horror on his face. " You better run cause hes gona kill you."

"Naruto." A voice said behind her. Naruto turned to look at Kakashi and paled. He looked like a lioness when someone had just messed with her cubs.Naruto decided to take Obitos advice and ran for it with Kakashi hot on her heels.

' Since your too busy running for your life. I'll make a mental note for you. Never touch a perverts Icha Icha Paradise. For it is scared and holy book. HAHAHAHAHAH! Your going to die brat' Kyuubi laughed.

'GO FUCK BUZ.'

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Next chapter:

Will Naruto escape Kakashi's wrath? Who is this mysterious she ,Naruto is usingher money for? Will Naruto be able to complete a mission without killing Sakura?

Tune in next time to find out.

AN: Thanks to all my reviewers and sorry for the long wait. I was wondering if anyone out there is good with rhyming for spells and stuff and with coming up for names for attacks? If so please tell me because I need a lot of help with that. Also to all the Sakura fans. She won't be like this the whol story. I mean her and Naruto will never be best friends but she will grow up just like in the manga.