Some of this chapter was pieced together from other times when I attempted to put something together. Hopefully this is a good read for you guys but I'm not going to measure this up to my last chapter, that one felt very good as if everything was coming together, this is one feels ok but I feel like I can do better.

However I've tried to do better many times over since the last chapter soooo I wanna get this one done with and move on :D

Please Enjoy

Chapter 4

Sakura scanned the room with her eyes looking at the mess and destruction that had happened. Books, with torn pages, littered the floor and clothes, full of blood, had been tossed around. The walls, once so white, had the stains of blood as though a murder had occurred here. She slowly made her way to the bathroom running her hand along the wall as if she was looking for something, but she could very well have been helping her balance, as she peered her head into the bathroom.

Sakura was too shocked to do anything, too hurt by the scene in front of her to have any real reaction other than a short gasp to which she covered her mouth with her hands anyway.

The bathtub was full of blood and the mirror was shattered with bloody pieces of glass lying across the floor.

As a medic she had seen blood before, but even Kakashi couldn't believe this wasn't affecting her deeper.

He pulled the letter out of his pocket and scanned it with his sharingan. His goal was the see if Naruto explained anything, even the slightest bit, about his condition and the reasoning behind his avoidance.

Kakashi furrowed his brow in frustration; there was nothing in the envelope but his ridiculous reasoning's and money.

Crushing the envelope in his fist he turned his attention back to Sakura who was still too shocked to have really any sort of reaction to the current situation.

He looked over at Shikamaru who was also watching Sakura out of concern for her well being and mental stability.

"Shikamaru you're dismissed"

He looked over at Kakashi and nodded slightly before disappearing in a puff of smoke.

Sakura turned around revealing tears streaming down her eyes and her hands clutching at her chest as though she was trying to stop her heart from racing.

"Isn't….this enough?.. Sensei?"

Kakashi stared at his former student unsure of what to say.

"Do you think I'm a fool sensei? You don't think I don't know what's going on?"

Kakashi just stared at his former student as she did her best to regain the composure that had stacked with her reputation as a top notch medical ninja.

"It doesn't take a fool to know why he's avoiding me; you're a fool to think you're helping me by helping him" Sakura narrowed her eyes and set her piercing gaze upon her old sensei.

Kakashi just stared back at her with those unreadable eyes remembering the last time she had given him such a serious look.

"I've got to go to him!"

"You're not going back out their Sakura, it's too dangerous"

"Somebody stop her!"

"Naruto! Please! Stop this madness!"

"Damnit where is he?!"

Kakashi looked at his fist with the crushed envelope. Ever since the beginning he had pushed Naruto to work with Sakura and explain the situation, but ever since that night when that happened he had become cold and harsh in the way he viewed situations and logic. He viewed his avoidance of Sakura the best way of protecting her from his darkness, a darkness he felt he no longer had control over. It was this stupid reasoning of his that caused Tsunade to meet with both himself and Shikamaru to come up with a plan to test Naruto's loyalty to Konoha and to force him to confront Sakura.

This little experiment played perfectly with the Sand's proposal of joining academy sensei and students. By accepting the ultimatum laid down by Tsunade, Naruto proved he could never abandon Konoha, even if he believed his absence was best for Sakura.

Kakashi turned his eye back to Sakura whose look didn't falter for even a second.

"You never were one to be fooled."

Sakura knelt down and picked up the first and only picture of team seven.

"Tell me everything Kakashi, please. He's been slowly changing ever since the grass/leaf war. Please tell me what I don't know"

Kakashi looked at his fist contemplating his next action. He knew Naruto wasn't threatened by his words of telling Tsunade about his 'condition'. Partially because as a former ANBU captain he should know that Tsunade probably already knew. He knew deep down that Naruto wasn't going to tell her anytime soon and if she was going to be working with him again she needed to know….everything.

"Ever since that battle his guilt has grown…."

Naruto stared at the Konoha leaf symbol that stood proudly above the academy door, a sign that reinforced the fact that the future of the village was in there studying, learning, and goofing off. He shut his eyes and smirked as he remembered the days when he didn't listen and he didn't care and how close he came to not being a ninja. Some were good memories and some were bad, but so goes the life of ninja.

"Daddy!"

Naruto shot open his eyes, looked down, and watched a young girl run by him and to what he presumed was her father, hence the name.

He turned around and watched the man open his arms and hug the girl tightly. He felt a small pain tug at the back of his head as he listened to the two conversed about their day and how happy they were to see each other.

Guilt began to wash over him as he looked at how happy the both of them were. Why would he feel guilty looking at them? Why would he even be bothered by such a nice warming sight? He knew why and so did most of the village.

Naruto snorted at the thoughts he was having, he had no time or no right to have such thoughts. After all, his decisions were beneficial for them he was confident that by avoiding Sakura he was doing the right thing….then why was he accepting his assignment to work with her….

"Kick your legs higher Mashiro! Let the power of your youth drive you to be the most splendid ninja you can be!"

Naruto looked towards the gate to see Rock Lee and his young students, of which all three looked tired and annoyed, jogging slowly with high leg kicks. Clearly Lee wanted to go faster, however since his students weren't as conditioned as he was and he recognized that they wouldn't be able to keep up. However….he had his alternative ways of getting them to condition.

"I am an old man compared to you all!!! Will you let my youth expose the weakness in you!"

"Sensei! We-we" *Cough* "Ne-Need a break!"

Lee stopped and turned around just in time to see his students collapse to the ground, lying on top of each other, looking tired and just plain exhausted.

"How do you all expect to feel the joy of youth?! If you can't push your body to the limits!!"

"Lee-sensei….we don't…have your…training"

"Training? It's not training that drives me! It's the power of YOUTH!" Lee stood proudly as he looked towards the sky as though something was smiling back.

"Bu-but sensei…."

"We've only done nine laps around the village! Much less than I had hoped. However, you have all improved since we first met! BUT WE MUST KEEP THE STANDARD HIGHER! Tomorrow we do fifteen laps without a break and that is only the minimum!!!"

The genin didn't have the strength to even look at their crazy sensei, all they managed to do was groan at his suggestion.

"As tired as you three are, you'll eventually thank your sensei for the conditioning he's putting you through as it will keep you from tiring too fast in battle"

Naruto walked up to the group of genin that was sending daggers through his heart. Clearly the last thing they wanted to hear was support for their sensei's youth speech.

Lee turned around and sported one of his nice guy smiles as he greeted his old friend. Lee had kept the closest contact with Naruto, outside of Shikamaru, in part of his believe that Naruto was one of his eternal rivals.

"Listen well young ones! Naruto-kun speaks the truth! He has great ambitions and talent that has led him to not only be one of the greatest ninja in this village! But he is my ETERNAL RIVAL and has not only beaten me in many things! But has also lost many things do to the power of my YOUTH"

Lee stood proudly laughing as the genin sighed in exasperation and Naruto chuckled nervously at his outburst.

"Se-se-sensei I tho-thought Neji-sensei was your eternal rival?"

"I have many my good Iva! Naruto is perhaps the greatest of my rivals!!! Come Naruto-kun we must duel for it has been many months since we last had at it!!"

"Really I can't right now Lee I-"

Lee held a hand up to Naruto's face and the look of excitement he'd had a second earlier had become a look of a cold and angry man. Lee had rarely ever sported a look unless he was serious and when he got serious it was truly a sight to avoid.

"So it is true Naruto…What everyone's been saying…"

"Lee this isn't a-"

Again he silenced the blonde ninja and motioned towards his students.

"Children you're dismissed for the day, in fact take tomorrow off."

The genin slowly got to their feet and gave a puzzled look at their sensei, he'd never given them a day off, sure he had allowed them light working days, but never a full day off.

"Sensei what's wrong?"

"Now is not the time to question me young ones, now go!"

Without a second thought the genin had disappeared and the only ones standing there was Naruto and one very angry Lee.

"How could you Naruto!"

Naruto stood his eyes wide open, showing his confusion, at Lee's tone of voice and dark look.

"What's this about?"

"I haven't seen you in months and didn't want to believe what I have been hearing for the better part of a year."

"What are you going on about, you're one of the few I've been able to keep in contact with since I joined the ANBU"

"Your manners and tone of voice, different ninja from the around the village had said you'd been taking up such an attitude, in addition they've said you had become reckless and strict in your travels. It's something I've not wanted to believe and I hope it isn't, I've defended you! Defending that the Naruto I know wouldn't do such things! Yet here you are….calling me Lee…."

Naruto looked just dumbfounded he was taken aback and caught completely off-guard by his words and actions.

"Just what is the problem with having a formal attitude and following the rule book?!"

"That's not it! Tell me the truth Naruto! Tell me the rest of what they've said isn't true! Tell me you haven't been avoiding Lady Sakura! And young Aika?!"

Naruto looked away from Lee seemingly ashamed, or perhaps annoyed? At the constant interference and constant badgering about the approach he was taking towards Sakura. None of them understood it! None of them knew what was happening!

In a split second Naruto found himself thrown hard against the fence of the schoolyard and pinned their tightly with a kunai at his neck, the angry look of Rock Lee staring straight to his soul.

"How dare you Naruto" Lee's voice was nothing more than a whisper filled with boiling rage. "How dare you leave her in that predicament!"

In an equally hushed tone he responded. "You don't understand Fuzzy Brows, none of you do. He lives in me and my resistance has weakened! That was proven two years ago. She was in front of me, I could see her! I could hear her and I could do nothing! I won't let it happen again! I no longer have control…This way I'm at least protecting them…"

"You're a fool Naruto, you are so willing to abandon them to protect them and yet all you're doing is hurting them more. I know about your little condition and that sounds more like quitters talk to me."

He quickly kneed Naruto in the gut as hard as he could and let him slide down the fence coughing and trying to catch his breath.

"You probably don't even know about Aika's illness earlier this year."

Naruto looked up quickly, ignoring the pain in his gut for a brief second, and looked hard into Lee's eyes.

"She apparently had some kind of chakra illness and nearly died. Sakura swore us to secrecy, she didn't want you to have to worry, and she just wanted you to run your course of stupidity."

Naruto coughed again and dropped his head to face the ground and pounded it hard.

"You are lucky to have such a faithful woman in Lady Sakura and such a beautiful daughter in little Aika, especially one who looks so much like her father."

"You don't under-understand!"

"No Naruto-kun I don't think you understand"

Lee was gone in a flash leaving Naruto pounding the ground in anger…and weeping.

"Ha-Ha-Ha"

"Damnit…they don't understand! No one understands!"

"You've become weak and you are fresh meat I cannot wait to feast upon!"

"Aika…"

"Muwha ha Ha HA HA HA HAHA!"

"You Bastard!"

"Aika…"

Naruto wept quietly as the courtyard remained quiet and silent.

The air in the room was still, pushed around only by a small breeze that permeated through the cracks in the walls and ceiling. The window, that would only open about a fourth of the way, provided the only fresh air that circulated in the room. The floor was kept dust free but overall the entire place was damp and in some places a bit moldy. It was a place that no one would desire to live in.

It was the only place Gina could call home.

The girl was sitting on the edge of her bed, her attention devoted to a single object in her hand. Watching her body language it was clear to the casual observer that she was definitely holding something very important to her. It was a token she held so dear that every morning she would wake up, reach for the top drawer on her nightstand, pull the object and sit stroking its fabric ever so lightly, doing her best, not to disturb its tightly wound material.

Her body twitched as the tears she was holding back finally found a way out. Gina's heart was torn every morning she woke. Her world was a living hell. For years she had provided for herself and lived by herself. She had lost everything she held dear and held close.

She pulled the item to her chest, hugging it tightly as though she was a mother protecting her child.

"Father…why…did you leave me?"

Her tears streamed down her cheeks and onto the blood-stained headband she held so dear. Her father's headband was the last physical thing she had to remind herself he was once a part of her life. She could only remember bits and pieces of the day he died, the day he made her promise to live on, no matter what happened…the day he promised he was right behind her.

Gina looked up and let all the emotion that had been building up come out as she screamed towards the heavens and she hoped….towards her father.

"Why did you lie to me!!! Why did you leave!!! Why! Why! Why!?

Her tears continued their onslaught as she clutched the headband as hard as she could and threw it across the room. With any luck, it would just disappear and the last of her father could disappear from her mind. She threw herself on the bed and cried tears of grief, despair, and anger into the softness of her pillow.

As she physically released the emotion she had built up inside, her mind pestered her conscience with questions. Why did she hate him? Why was there such a dependence on a piece of fabric stained with blood from eight years earlier? And why was she crying? Was she not a ninja now? Did ninja cry? Did they dwell on the past? No, to be a ninja she wasn't supposed to let simple feelings get to her.

Then why did she feel like throwing up every time she cursed the soul of her father?

'You're father wanted you to live Gina….'

'He saved many lives, he was a hero'

'Gina listen to me, I will be right behind you'

'Gina…if anything ever happens to me, promise me you'll live on. You may not understand what I mean right now, but as you grow into a beautiful kunoichi, you'll learn what I mean.'

'You're my little girl, of course I'd never stop loving you and neither will your mother. She's always watching you, protecting you when I'm not around. As will I when it comes my time.'

'Gina…I'm sorry'

The sound of bells awoke Gina from her dazed state causing her to look at her alarm clock. Ten-thirty…what happens at…?

"Oh no! I'm late!"

She tied her headband firmly across her forehead and ran to the door. As she opened the door a gust of wind nearly blew her off her feat. A gust of wind that came from….

"Behind?"

Gina turned around to face the window on the far side of her room. It was closed…like always, after all it was broken, never opened much higher than maybe two inches.

"Weird….."

She felt something touch her foot and looked down. Strewn across her foot was her father's headband, metal plate up, waiting to be picked up.

She bent down and picked up the token, taking a long look into its dull and faded surface. For a split second she swore she could see her younger self wrapped in her father's arms, smiling as if there wasn't a care in the world.

She clutched the headband in her hand and shut her eyes in prayer.

"Are you there?"

A small breeze flew across the room and gently graced her face for not more than a second before it faded away,

She opened her eyes and lifted her shirt exposing her stomach and tied his headband firmly around her waist.

"Protect me…..daddy"

She readjusted her shirt and stepped out the door. She shut the door and took off.

She may have been late but she had one more stop to make.

Gina stared at the stone, her face covered with fresh and dried tears. This had become a small sanctuary for her and though she was already late, she couldn't help but stop here. It was almost as if she was drawn to this place every day.

It had been eight years since everything had happened, eight years to the day of the Sand/Sound invasion.

She was knelt before the vast memorial stone that bore the villages greatest heroes…the fallen.

She was there for one reason and one reason only; to prove to her father that she had become something! To prove to the man who died that she was not going to let him down.

Yasashiku Yamigata had given his life to protect his young daughter and the rest of the young children who had escaped to the safety of the stone Hokage, from two spies who had identified Konoha's evacuation facility. He proudly defended the village and its people to his dying breath…At least that's what her Aunt Tanaka had told her and she herself had gone MIA shortly after.

Gina untied and set her father's dried bloody headband at the base of the monument and shut her eyes. She struggled through her tears and started praying to her father, asking for his wisdom and guidance to protect her.

She couldn't remember too much about him, but he had been an important part of her life and had always had a witty saying or some form of educational speech for her. She could remember them as though he'd told her this morning.

"If you ever need a boost before a big mission or even a big step in your life young one, then pray to your ancestors and the other spirits that protect us and give us our will of fire."

"Will of fire daddy?"

Yasashiku smiled and patted his young daughters head. "Yes Gina the will of fire is what makes our village strong and helps us survive the most excruciating tasks and most tragic moments. When one of the Hokage dies he entrusts his will of fire to the village and his successor, all Hokage have died protecting our village and they did so to protect the dreams and hopes of the young ones like you"

The man sighed happily and looked towards the sky.

"Though I'm still saddened your mother died in birth, she entrusted her will of fire to you and entrusted me with the job of making sure it shines brightly with your own."

Gina gave her father a confused and sat there staring…not understanding a word he was say.

He laughed. "One day you'll understand and you'll protect your friends and those of your family, with your will fire."

"My will of fire…what is the will of fire, let alone my own"

She opened her eyes and stared at the name on the monument, "I don't understand father, what did you mean?"

"It took me many years to understand the will of fire myself"

Gina turned around sharply, clearly started by the voice that had just spoken. Behind her was a man shed never met let alone ever seen, and here he was just standing there. When did he show up? How long had he been there?

"Who are you?" Gina was slightly scared, after all this man might have had an agenda that involved kidnapping her or something…she always expected the worse.

The man handed her a notepad and smiled. "My name is Sai"

"I've got it!!!! I HAVE FIGURED IT OUT!"

Raidon banged his head on the desk several times as he let out the anguish of having to listen to the loud and unfounded conclusions of Leiko Fukushima.

"Why me? Why me? Why me?"

Hiroshi continued to stare out the window wishing he was a simple kid again, a kid just entering the academy and not having a care in the world. Man he missed those easy days.

"Just what have you figured out Leiko?"

She smiled in a triumphant manner and walked to where Hiroshi was sitting.

"I'm soo glad you asked Hiroshi, I wouldn't have felt right saying anything if you hadn't given me the ok"

Raidon stopped banging his head on the desk and slowly turned his head to Hiroshi, eyes bulging and brow furrowed, he stared down his childhood friend in hopes he would melt into the ground.

Hiroshi too had a similar look, his right eye twitching violently before shutting his eyes, crossing his arms and turning his attention out the window again.

"Then I retract my previous statement"

Too late.

"Alright since you have found it important to hear my conclusion I will be more than happy to explain it."

Raidon went back to banging his head on the desk in hopes he could be knocked unconscious and sent to the hospital for a week. After all anything was better than listening to Leiko Fukushima and her nonsense.

"Gina has not shown up because she is purposely attempting to make a bad first impression of me on our sensei and therefore wants me to fail!"

Leiko squeezed her fist tightly and took a pose in the front of the room. Hiroshi looked on with a bored a look as the girl seemed to have fire coming from her eyes as though she had come across a great revelation.

"Well I won't be stopped by her back stabbing actions, I will succeed I tell you! Her blatant disregard of my feelings will not stop me from being a great ninja!"

She reached for her Kunai and pulled it out in almost heavenly manner, or at least she saw a heavenly like manner. Raidon saw her as a devil with horns and blood red eyes and Hiroshi just didn't give a damn.

Leiko shut her eyes and held her kunai with both hands in a prayer like manner in front of herself.

"With this kunai I pledge that Gina will not foil me and my ambitions to become the greatest of Kunoichi!"

With a scream of what Raidon would describe as stupidly annoying and ridiculously dumb, or just plain loud and obnoxious, she threw the Kunai hard towards the door. Why would she do that? The others didn't really know.

Unfortunately for her the door to the classroom had just opened and their sensei was now standing there with a kunai in his gut and a look of confusion on his face.

Leiko stood there frozen her hands covering the whole of her face save for her eyes. She had just injured their sensei…before they even knew his name!!

Hiroshi had turned his head in time to see their sensei hit in the stomach and was now just staring, a dumfounded look on his face, trying to go over in his head what had just happened.

Raidon…Raidon couldn't decide whether to laugh at Leiko or show concern for their sensei, after all she had this stupid incident coming with all her spouting and proclamations.

"Well your aim with a kunai is dead, I'm impressed" Naruto grabbed the kunai and pulled it out of his gut, he then tossed it back to Leiko and pulled a cloth out of a pocket from his vest and started wiping away some of the blood that was staining his jacket. "However, recklessly throwing a weapon without thinking of the consequences does not earn brownie points"

All three students looked at their sensei with confusion; he had just been stabbed with a sharp object and had brushed it off like nothing had happened.

"Sorry I'm late, I had to help an old lady cross the street then she asked me to carry her things for her, after all they were heavy"

The three students didn't say anything; in fact they didn't even hear what their sensei had said. They just kept staring in shock at the wound in his stomach, or rather the place where the wound had been.

Naruto raised his eyebrow and looked down at his stomach, sure enough the wound had healed and sure enough his students were giving him strange looks.

"Ah yes I have special healing powers, it certainly helps when I'm in battle"

Naruto sighed and continued.

"Anyway it's time we started to know each other, I want all four of you to meet me at training ground three…wait a minute…who's missing?"

Gina pulled her kunai and crossed her arms in a defensive position in front of her face leaving only her eyes visible.

"Wh-who are you?"

Sai took a deep breath silently cursed himself. "I apologize if I have frightened you, I haven't had many years of experience in the art of conversation"

"Art of conversation? What is he talking about?"

Sai pulled out his weapons and tossed them in front of her.

"I'm not here to hurt you or any such thing, in fact I came here to honor a fallen comrade much as you seem to have been doing. Though you don't look old enough to have seen the sights of war, are you remembering someone important to you?"

Gina remained wary of the man and little by little she let her guard slip, she still didn't trust his motives and her aunt had taught her not to trust anyone she didn't know.

"My father, he-he died when I was younger and only have vivid memories of him"

Sai took a step towards her and smiled. "It hurts to lose someone close to you, I could say I'm lucky that I too don't have any memories of my parents, but then I don't have too many important memories like that to really be sad about."

Gina dropped her arms and stood there watching him with a suspicious look.

"What is your name by the way?"

"Gina-Gina Yamagata"

He smiled and patted her gently on the head. "I have a gift for you, something you can keep and hopefully bring a smile to your sad face." He handed her a thick scroll and bent down to pick up his weapons. "I hope you like it"

Gina looked at the scroll and opened it up. Drawn across it was a beautiful sketch of her, kneeling at the stone, her hands folded in prayer and her father's headband at the feet. That wasn't the amazing part, above the stone was a young looking man smiling down at her and stroking her hair.

"Daddy…"

She looked up to thank the man only to see he was gone. He said his name was Sai…who was he exactly though? And where did he get this? How did he know what her father looked like?

"Gina! Where the Hell have you been!!"

She rolled up the scroll and tucked it in her bag and looked towards the grounds entrance.

There was Leiko obviously angry, Hiroshi had a small smirk on his face and Raidon who was running towards her a large smile across his face.

Behind them was a man with blonde hair and a orange and black cape…in fact he was wearing a lot of orange and black…in addition he seemed to have blood stains coming from his headband and his jounin vest…kind of disgusting.

Raidon stopped in front of her and put his hands on her shoulders.

"Gina where have you been we were supposed to meet at the academy an hour and fifteen minutes ago…"

"I uh…"

Naruto recognized the girl was a bit uncomfortable for the situation at hand and stepped in.

"That doesn't matter, all that matters is you're alright and we're already at the training ground, now I want you all to gather around this stone."

The students dropped their gear and sat down in a half-circle around their sensei. Naruto noted this motley crew of genin had some strange relationships with one another, and he was determined to find out if they could work together.

He looked into each of their eyes, looking for subtle hints of fear, confusion, among other things. He saw some confidence, he saw some sadness, he saw determination and he saw, in Raidon's eyes someone who didn't even want to be there.

Naruto shut his eyes and smirked, this was going to be easy as hell to cast these students back to the academy. They hadn't an ounce of what it meant to be a ninja in there eyes.

"My name is Naruto Uzumaki and I am one of your two sensei's"

Oh yea, he was going to be rid of these ridiculous genin as soon as they failed his air tight test.

"And I'm your other sensei, Sakura Haruno"

Ok maybe it wouldn't be that easy, Naruto turned around and faced Sakura, he knew he had to do it at some point. It had been months since he last laid his eyes on her and he was ready…or so he thought.

The students turned to look at Sakura walking towards them a smile gracing her face. Gina loved the way her sensei looked she had such a beautiful figure and a graceful face. Her pink hair and emerald colored eyes made her a unique person.

"You'll have to forgive me for being late"

Hiroshi scoffed "Well Gina and Naruto-sensei was late so it doesn't really matter"

Sakura stared at Naruto, whose arms were crossed and his eyes were staring at her intently. "That's not like you Naruto, you and I were the only ones who always arrived on time when we younger."

The students looked back and forth between their sensei's, something felt odd like there was a tension building between them. Clearly from Sakura-sensei's speech the two knew each other very well.

"Well I'm sure you had your reasons Naruto" Her voice got darker for a split second as she continued "You've always had your stupid reasons." She perked up again and smiled. "I arrived back from a mission this morning and hadn't had a chance to stop and see my daughter, so I wanted to stop by and see her for a little bit"

Leiko's eyes went all watery and bold as she thought of the child. She had always held a soft spot in her heart for babies. "You have a daughter! Oh! Can we see her sometime!?"

Sakura lightly chuckled "Of course but first we should get to know each other, I don't want a complete stranger seeing my daughter"

"Right as I was saying my name is Naruto Uzumaki, I want you to introduce yourself and tell me a little about yourself"

He pointed to Raidon first. "How about you."

Raidon, who had lay down on the grass and tried to go to sleep, sat up and rubbed his eyes. Clearly he just wanted to get this endeavor over with.

"My name is Raidon Akita"

There was a slight pause as they waited for him to continue. "Tell me a little about yourself Raidon."

"I like silence, and I like things that aren't Loud and Annoying!...like Leiko"

The girl stuck her tongue at the boy and crossed her arms in an angry huff. The girl pointed to herself and smiled. "My name is Leiko Fukushima! I am the best student to graduate from the academy since the Fourth himself! I have massive amounts of talent and intend to not be held back by any of these losers! I also expect that you'll teach me things that will actually be beneficial unlike that stupid Shikamaru-sensei!"

Sakura shut her eyes as a giant drop of sweat fell from her head. This girl…was a mixture of all the bad things that had been team seven when they were her age.

Naruto smirked and pointed at Hiroshi.

Hiroshi yawned and looked irritated at the outbursts of Leiko and Raidon. "My name is Hiroshi Ibariki and I like to read."

"That's it?"

"That's it"

At last he pointed to the soft spoken Gina who was struggling to figure what she'd say. "My name is Gina Yamagata and I like to watch the birds and draw them"

"I see"

Naruto paused for a second as he watched the expressions of his students reacting to one another. After giving them a second he clapped his hands together and smiled.

"Alright so who's ready for their test?"

The genin froze and looked at their sensei before Leiko started to burst out laughing. "Good one sensei! You really had me fooled for a second, test we already took one and now were ninja"

Naruto chuckled back at the girl and flashed a fox like grin. "Oh I'm not fooling anybody. None of you are actually genin you're all academy students with a headband. Of the thirty of you who graduated only about ten of you can pass and become genin, the test you took in the academy only made sure you had a basic grasp of your jutsu. The test with me is to see if you can apply your skills to the battlefield."

Leiko's jaw dropped while the other three looked upset at what had just been said. "YOU CAN'T DO THAT!"

"Oh but that's what I'm supposed to do, you will go through my test just as Sakura-sensei and myself went through our sensei's test."

Naruto formed a hand sign as four clones popped up behind him.

"I suggest you all grab your gear and get ready to fight my clones. You'll have full use of the training area. Your objective is to defeat my four clones, as long as you kill one you will pass my test."

"How are we supposed to fight normal clones?"

"Oh these aren't normal clones. No these are full fledged shadow clones, they have all my abilities and anything that happens to them is returned to me, you're to attempt to kill them and use any means necessary to do so. Now when I give the sign-"

"Wait a minute Naruto why the hell is my stomach hurting!"

Naruto groaned and looked at clone one with a dirty look. "And why the hell is my heading bleeding and hurting?"

"All of you shut up! There is nothing to worry about!"

The clones scoffed at the original and awaiting instructions.

"Alright I want all of you to hide when I give the command my clones will then follow a couple minutes later and the battle will began. You will have three hours to kill a clone, if you don't, you fail. Is that clear?"

"Yes sensei"

Naruto nodded and pulled a timer from his pocket and wound it up. After he set it to the exact time, he put it on the stone and raised his hand.

"GO!"

He dropped his hand and the genin disappeared in a flash. Naruto smirked and laughed aloud.

"This is going to be fun!"

The clones nodded and took off.

It's finally done, though it's not of the best quality I am happy to have finally finished it and I can now move into the test and the missions the group will be taking. It has a much broader range of ideas and plot than this chapter but at least I finished it!

Thank you for all your patience and please review!