Title: Technicalities
Rating: T
Character(s): Naruto Uzumaki
Summary: The technology had to come from somewhere, even it was the very distant past. Because they weren't the ones who created it, they obviously couldn't be familiar with everything. How disastrous could it be if Naruto was raised by someone who was?
Disclaimer: I own no one but my OC. You'll know her when you see her.
Warnings: A bit of slash mentioning. Don't like? Go ahead and rant. I gave you full warning and it isn't even bad or anything. And maybe spoilers. I have no idea how far the anime and manga are. I stopped a while ago. It does have mentions of the Uchiha massacre if that means anything to you.
xXx Chapter Three: Delete Former Precognitions xXx
Tarisha hummed to herself as she picked up her home. It was very early, but she was wide awake. Why not clean a little? Especially after a small party thrown for Naruto's graduation to Genin candidate, seeing as she hadn't quite gotten around to finish before going to bed last night. She decided to throw it after coming up to Naruto and Iruka eating at Ichiraku's Ramen stand a day or so after Naruto's 'alternate test'. She invited the ramen owners, Iruka, and Konohamaru, a friend Naruto made shortly after graduating. It took a little convincing to have the group swear to secrecy on her home, but she knew they wouldn't tell.
She made sure of it. Ah, nanobiobots. They were her favorite.
She glanced to the clock, sunlight being an issue as her home was under the sewers, and cursed. Naruto should have woken up thirty minutes ago.
"Naruto! Wake up! You're late! You're going to miss your team placements!" After a second, Naruto could be heard crashing to the floor as he scrambled to wake up and get ready, not in that order. "Now, that wouldn't have worked if he had a clock in his room." She said to herself. Pressing a few buttons on the wall, she linked up to the satellites and determined the weather for the day.
"Tari-chan! Tari-chan! Where's Iruka-sensei's hitaiate! I can't find it!"
"Ask the house, Naruto." Naruto poked his head into the room, his hair looking more messy than usual.
"Er, how?" Tari gave him a small smile. She always did when she taught him something.
"Just like computers, Naruto. House Ome Tarisha, locate the hitaiate of Uzumaki Naruto." The ceiling glowed with blinking blocks before an arrow leading out the door stabilized. Naruto ran after it.
"Found it!"
"House Ome Tarisha, cancel order." The blocks faded out of sight. Naruto ran back in.
"Thank you for the party, Tari-chan!"
"You're very welcome, Naruto-kun. Come on, let's go eat breakfast."
"I'm late!"
"You have another hour." Naruto looked at the clock on the wall and blinked.
"Oh."
"Yes, 'Oh.' I do believe you made a new record in getting ready. Come on." It was a good thing it took a lot for Naruto to feel aggravated at the things Tarisha did to him.
"Thank you!"
X
Naruto was the first in the classroom. It wasn't a proud feeling.
"Er, am I in the wrong place?" Naruto wondered as looked out the hall. Iruka-sensei had a final check-up on his injuries at the hospital this morning, so he wasn't as early as he normally was. Fidgeting in his new clothes, Naruto took a seat near the front, closest to the window.
Gone was his favorite outfit. Tari-chan said that a ninja was someone who could blend in, and with being blond, wearing bright orange was asking to be noticed and remembered. Now his hair was covered in a dark grey headband. Only small tuffs of blond hair stuck out in the back. His hitaiate was tied loosely around his neck. His shoes were a brand from Tari-chan's time. Light, thin, but very durable and flexible. The dark blue sandals looked more civilian than the standard regulation sandals, but his allowed his feet to be unusually quiet – and they weren't going to give him blisters or stinky feet, guaranteed! His shirt was dark green, a small red swirl on his right shoulder. His light tan pants were tight, but he had loose pockets on the side. His belt was black, more for storage than to help hold his pants up. It had small pocket compartments in it, and he had his tessen clipped along the back, hidden by Tolerance.
Tolerance itself had a new upgrade as well. Last night, before the party, Tari-chan had been digging through the Odd Hole. That was nothing new, but what was new was that she found a Flip Book such as her old one. It was one that ran on the human body's energy. With her help, Naruto managed to transfer all of the data he had into this new Flip Book. It was better, they both agreed, that his source of information wasn't dependant on sunlight. He even got a white and orange wrist band like her Religion. He named it Revenge, though Tari-chan hadn't told him everything the small computer watches did. He only knew how to use Flip Books thus far, as Tari-chan didn't use her own watch often after she got herself a Flip Book.
Taking out red tinted sunglasses, Naruto put them on and leaned on the desk. He felt tired already, after an exciting morning. He closed his eyes...
Naruto woke up to the buzz of a full classroom. It was then he remembered that he didn't have to come to class so early, since it wasn't a class anymore. He only had to arrive by 1130, not 0700. Oh well.
"-really."
"I don't recognize him either."
"He's just been sleeping since you get here, right?"
"Maybe he's confused."
"Well, he does have a headband."
"Where?"
"On his neck. You can see the knot."
"Oh, yeah. Should we wake him?"
"I dunno. He looks ready to attack, even if he is asleep."
"Creepy." Naruto mentally rolled his eyes.
He wondered if it was possible to command his wrist band mentally and see everything in his head. It was connected to him for energy, why not information? He'd have to ask Tari-chan. If it could, then he'd definitely be looking at the classroom without even opening his eyes. That would be so cool!
"I got here first!" Naruto sighed as he heard the familiar voices of Haruno Sakura and Yamanaka Ino. They were so annoying. As they bickered with each other, Naruto tried to listen for more of his classmates. He could hear Kiba, nothing new, so he must be talking with Chouji. If Chouji was here, no doubt Shikamaru was as well. Naruto wondered if they were going to be a team like their parents. Most of the other kids he knew fairly well were all quiet, but they were smart so they could be here as well.
"Hey, new guy! You better wake up! Iruka-sensei doesn't let anyone sleep in his classroom." A boy said next to his ear.
"If I didn't know you were my classmate, I would have sliced your throat." Naruto said promptly, startling everyone who was watching. He didn't flinch, but he was obviously awake. The boy who warned him stepped away unsurely.
"Er, sorry."
"Yeah. Don't do that again please." Naruto didn't really want to apologize, since that was a fairly morbid warning. "I appreciate the warning." The boy backed away.
The door opened one more time.
"Okay, class, settle down. Take your seats." Iruka cleared his throat. "As of today, you are all ninjas. To get here you have faced difficult hardships and trials. But that is nothing. What comes next is far more difficult. Now you are only genin, first level ninjas. All the genin will be placed in a three man squad. Each squad will be led by a single jounin, an elite ninja. We want each squad to have a balanced strength of abilities, so that's how we set them up. I will now announce the squads."
Naruto listened carefully, trying to determine what types of squads are being formed. Tari-chan said some squads are specialized for certain missions, such as tracking, infiltration, front line hard hitters and likewise. He knew some of his classmates from last year were specialized in stamina and variety, a generalization, but each had their own side specialization, such as weaponry, martial arts, and spying. He wondered what his class was set up for.
After a few minutes, Naruto heard his name.
"Uzumaki Naruto." The class looked around itself for Naruto. He didn't bother saying anything and only smiled to himself. Even Iruka looked worried until he spied Naruto's smile. He gave a small smile back before continuing. "Team Seven, your Jounin instructor will be Hatake Kakashi."
Naruto felt his eyebrow twitch.
Not that guy! As Naruto groaned and moaned in his head, Iruka continued.
"You will all meet your squads after lunch. Congratulations again. Dismissed." Iruka said just as the bell rang. "Kyuumaru Nojin, please follow me." With a smirk at his favorite sensei's guts, who stared right at him as he spoke, Naruto stood up and followed his sensei to the side room of the classroom.
He was placed in a friendly headlock as soon as he strode in.
"Iruka-sensei!" He laughed.
"Naruto, where did you get that outfit? I was almost worried you weren't here. After all we went through to promote you!" Iruka gave him a noogie, rubbing the bandana off. He held it in his hand as he appraised the blond. "It's a very good outfit. Though, the shoes..."
"Tari-chan said they were better than ninja sandals. They're more quiet, no matter what." To prove his point, Naruto stomped his feet. Not even smacking was heard, only faint rustling, as it the wind or leaves. It was most likely his pants rather than his shoes anyway. Iruka was impressed. "She said we were lucky we found these in my size."
"Where did you get them?"
"At the Odd Hole."
"The Odd Hole? I didn't know Odd Holes did clothes too."
"Well, Tari-chan knows what to look for. Ne, Ne, Iruka-sensei, why did I get Hatake Kakashi as my jounin instructor?"
"He chose you. That's how it goes. The teams are created, and the jounin take their pick. I assume he sees the potential to pass along a lot of ninjutsu." Naruto frowned openly. "What's wrong?"
"I wanted to do infiltration and espionage." Naruto had his sights on Anbu. Or even Oinin. Iruka raised a brow.
"Really? I can't honestly see it, Naruto." Naruto grinned.
"I wish you were my sensei my entire schooling. See if you can find Mira-sensei. She can tell you all about last year." Naruto smiled before snagging his headband back and tying it more securely over his hair. He stepped out and grabbed his lunch. Not feeling like going outside, he ate in his seat. Tolerance was propped in front of him as he studied the information he had on his sensei.
Then he got sidetracked about the fact that he had the Kyuubi no Kitsune in his stomach and started looking at seals and what history says about jinchuuriki.
Tari-chan warned him about this; branching off from one topic to others with his Flip Book. Oh well.
X
Naruto stood nervously at the door of the living room. Tari was typing on two keyboards as she continued to program the house AI. She had found the place, a veritable mansion, under the sewers, much farther underground than the home she had first found. Naruto knew about it, naturally, and used it as his sanctuary or when he was bored and wanted to spend time with Tari. Now, though, he wasn't sure if he wanted to talk. Except he was curious, and very very scared because of it.
"What is it, Naruto-kun?" Naruto licked his dried lips and walked closer. His academy year started yesterday, and he had been gone most of the afternoon when it let out.
"I heard something during lunch. And, I wanted to ask you about it." He eventually said. Tari glanced at him as she typed before spinning her chair to face him. She held out her arms. He stayed where he was. She lowered them as she studied the boy.
"What did you hear?"
"Tari-chan, how..." He gulped and looked at his feet. "How do I know if I'm gay?" Tari raised an eyebrow.
"What did you hear, Naruto-kun? And what did you think?" Sometimes Naruto didn't like how logically Tari-chan approached her questions.
"Some girls who were starting their first year in the academy were talking about a boy. They called him cute. I... I saw him and I think he's really cute too." Naruto mumbled, blushing but completely tense.
"Well, that doesn't necessarily mean you're gay, Naruto-kun." Tari said gently. He glanced at her and as she spread her arms again, he hugged her. "That could just mean he's really pretty. Is he? What's his name?"
"Uchiha Sasuke."
"Computer, pull up image of villager Uchiha Sasuke." Naruto blushed when Sasuke's class picture was shown. "That him?"
"Yeah."
"Ah. He is very cute." She agreed lightly, trying to get Naruto to relax. She felt how his heart jumped at the sight of the other boy, and knew Naruto held his breath for a moment. Naruto said nothing, choosing to stare at his hands. She pulled him into her lap and he curled into her. "So, we know he's cute. What about this one? Computer, pull up image of a random male classmate of Uzumaki Naruto." Another black haired boy was shown, his eyes a bright green.
"Well, he's not ugly." Naruto said shyly. He was more relaxed though. Of course, it could be that Naruto joined the academy three years earlier than his age group. His classmates were all older than him.
"Computer, show random female classmate of Uchiha Sasuke." A girl with pink hair and green eyes was shown smiling adorably.
"She's cute." Naruto said easily. Then he realized what he said and promptly blushed.
"Okay, see? You're not gay. You just like girls and can appreciate the good looking males around you." Naruto frowned.
"But Sasuke..." Naruto swallowed. "He makes my heart feel fluttery."
"Uh-oh. I think someone's got a crush..." Naruto looked up at Tari-chan's smiling expression. He scowled.
"Don't make fun of me! And stop speaking funny!"
"It's called English, Naruto. I just haven't started you on it. And I'm not making fun of you. I think you're adorable. Computer, pull up a few pictures of Uchiha Sasuke and Uzumaki Naruto." The computer found a shot of Naruto looking at Sasuke near the water. "Aww!"
"Tari-chan stop!"
"Okay okay!" Naruto pulled out of her arms and stepped away, then nibbled his lip and looked at her with a lack of confidence he didn't normally show. "So I'm not a freak?"
"Of course not, Naruto! Anyone who says so is wrong. I can even tell you that I like a lot of men, but I can easily say that Ayame-chan is very cute."
"Would you think about kissing Ayame-chan?" Naruto asked curiously.
"Sure. In fact, I have a few times now that I think about it." Tari-chan look contemplative with a little smile. It was only a few pecks on the cheek between friends, but she wanted to let Naruto know he could relax. He was too young to be thinking about this anyway, much less actually worrying.
"Oh... Okay. Thank you Tari-chan."
"Sure thing, Naruto. Don't worry so much about this, okay? Chances are, you'll outgrow it. I did when I had my first crush. Almost everyone does."
"Okay."Naruto smiled, extremely relieved.
"Now scram, brat." With a playful swat, Tari shooed Naruto away. He paused at the door, prepared to get the last word when the woman continued talking to herself. "Oh gods, he's too young for that shit. What is wrong with this time? Kids aren't supposed to even think about sex and love until they're at least twenty! Wasn't there that unspoken law about this? Like you can't breathe water, don't teach kids about sex! Shhesh, millennia ago they used to have sex ed for elementary kids, and look where that got them! Computer, lock onto restrictions of information controls for Uzumaki Naruto."
Locking... Information control restriction accessed.
Naruto peaked back into the room, curious to know what Tari was doing about him. And what she was freaking about this time. She said it was okay for him to like Sasuke. What was wrong then?
"Computer, secure and lock all data with keywords: intercourse and sex."
Information restricted.
"Good. Restriction code 40AlphaZeta5-" Naruto snuck away. What was an intercourse? And what was a sex? If Tari-chan wouldn't tell him, or let him find out, he'd just have to beat the system. He grinned. That was what he did best, having learned from the best. Now, what's another word for intercourse or sex...
He never would have guessed sour fruit could be synonymous with such an intimate act.
But hey! He got a few brand new jutsu out of it! He was going to call it Oiroke no Jutsu!
X
'And now, the bastard is in my squad.' Naruto scowled. From what he could see, Sasuke had been a very shy child, but outgoing if he had encouragement from his family. After the Uchiha massacure, though, the boy was less shy and more recluse. And angry. He snapped at people and ignored others. If he glared at you, you could tell he was thinking insults. He became unstable.
And Naruto still crushed on him.
'Damn him!' Naruto wished lunch would never end, just so he didn't have to be on a squad with the Uchiha. Though, he did want to be a ninja, and that will only start when he meets his jounin sensei and pass the introductory test. He still had thirty minutes though...
"Tolerance, reveal all information about the Uchiha Massacre."
Opening files pertaining to the Massacre of the Uchiha Clan.
A small red triangle glowed even as written files were found and revealed.
"Tolerance, open corresponding notes to program."
Duly noted: connect to satellite feed for visual data recommended. Connect to main computer of the city for audio data recommended.
"Tolerance, connect to satellite and main city computer for visual and audio supplements for data of previous command."
Connecting… connecting… connected to satellite. Connecting… connected to main computer of city.
Naruto watched as even more files poured through into his Flip Book. He almost whistled in amazement. After four more seconds, ten seconds total, Tolerance was done.
"Tolerance, save all files into folder named: Uchiha Massacre."
Files saved into folder: Uchiha Massacre.
Hearing footsteps, Naruto closed Tolerance and set it down. He took a few more bites of his lunch before feeling safe enough to continue. He had a few more minutes before the early students started coming. Placing his Flip Book on its side, he tapped the bottom corner to automatically have the computer actually look like a computer. He typed up his search and quickly opened his new file.
"Only text documents for now. No need for anyone else to hear, or see, what this is. Alright, what's this about? Time was 1532... 6,678 suspects... ...what? Order of the... Hokage-jiji ordered this? The hell? ...Uchiha Itachi, Anbu... family... he's the older brother of Sasuke... Uchiha Madara... red moon... Whoa." Hearing footsteps, Naruto closed Tolerance and slipped it closed. He scarfed his food down and made to throw it away just as students started coming in. He sat down quietly. One by one, squads left with their jounin. Naruto prepared for a long wait, trying not to let Sasuke's presence, and hidden past, bother him too much. He'd go ditto with his other teammate.
"Arg! Where are they! First Naruto and Now our sensei! You! Why are you here anyway?" Sakura demanded eventually.
'I liked you better when you were little.'Naruto thought as he glared behind his red shades. Of course, that was also before Sakura proclaimed her love of Sasuke and thus made herself an enemy of Uzumaki Naruto thereof. "I'm in your squad." He said instead.
"No, Uzumaki is. Who are you? You haven't been with us throughout the year."
"Uzumaki joined your year this year, why can't I have joined for the graduation?" Naruto asked instead.
"We know he was a classmate. You-"
"Just trust Iruka-sensei. And if you've gotta piss do it now. Kakashi is going to be late at least another ten minutes."
"How do you know?"
"I know everything about this village."
"Do you know how Naruto passed, then? We all saw him fail the test, and there's no such thing as a makeup test."
'Why does everyone but me know that?' Naruto moved a desk away from Sasuke and Sakura. "He stopped, defeated, and captured an enemy ninja – a traitor of the village – from escaping with the village's secret list of strongest jutsus available. In fact, he managed to learn a move from the scroll before turning it back in."
The two stared at him.
"You liar." Sakura said.
"That dobe can't even do a normal third year Bushin no Jutsu. How can he learn a strong move?"
"He has poor control for small chakra required jutsu, but he has a ridiculous abundance of chakra for the stronger, less finesse required jutsu. Believe what you want. You have to learn to rely on him since we're all a team now."
"You all will only slow me down."
"Keep that attitude and I'm making sure you can't move at all without help. A squad is a team, asshole!" Naruto said before Sasuke could say anything. "That's what makes Konoha strong. If you don't believe in that, what are you becoming a ninja for? We make each other strong as a team. Iruka-sensei said we were put together to be as strong as possible, not to become a liability to each other. Duh." Sasuke glared, and Naruto ignored it.
"Who do you think you are! Don't talk to Sasuke-kun like that!"
"And what about you yourself? What can you do, Haruno-san? What are you good at? Book smarts? You know what they say; those who are book smart have no street smarts. After this, we'll be in the real world. The deadly one. Books aren't going to help you, so shove your high and mighty princess attitude in your ass and twist! Wake up! If you have the gall to badmouth people you better have the guts to back yourself out of that trap corner! Arg! Why me? Why did I have to get you two and him for my team!" Frustrated and cranky, Naruto stormed to the door.
"Hey, you said we were a team! You can't leave! You get us all in trouble!"
"I'm going to the roof!" Naruto slammed the door.
He really didn't want this team.
"Why can't genin get solo missions?" He complained with a growl as he made his way to the roof. He passed his sensei, who decided to stop spying from the next room over, and said nothing. The man probably didn't recognize him. Kakashi said nothing either, opting to lumber lazily to the classroom Naruto just walked out of. Sakura's ranting could still be heard.
Naruto had just sat down as his sensei shushined onto the rail. He didn't dare flinch, half expecting it anyway.
"Yo." Kakashi said cheerfully, obviously trying not to be intimidating,
"Yo." Naruto replied in a less jovial tone.
"Sorry to interrupt whatever it was you were doing, but I'm meeting my team here. Could you give us some privacy for a few minutes?"
"You must not have gotten the memo. I'm a part of that team." Naruto replied evenly. Kakashi's expression didn't change, though Naruto could imagine that he was wondering where that memo was. Considering it didn't exist.
"Ah, and you are?"
"You'll find out with everyone else." Kakashi dropped his lax expression and looked at Naruto more seriously.
"Hm, so you're the one who gave such an inspiring pep talk to two of my genin. You wouldn't happen to know where Uzumaki Naruto is?"
"Around. I wouldn't worry. It's not like he was late or anything." Kakashi made no change in his facial expressions as Naruto made the jab. Though, he did swear the man seemed to lighten up as if amused. After a few moments of waiting, Sasuke and Sakura arrived. Naruto looked away from them pointedly.
"Right, I suppose you can fill our missing student in when you find him, yes?" Naruto rolled his eyes. "Great! Now, I am your jounin instructor for this squad. Let's start by saying a few things about each other so we can get to know each other better. You know, likes, dislikes, hobbies, whatever." Kakashi waited expectantly.
"Right!" Naruto said suddenly. "You are Hatake Kakashi! The famous Sharingan Kakashi and Copycat Ninja! You love literature and long walks in the park. Well, technically, you love porn and frequently visit the ever depressing Memorial Stone. But, hey, at least you are a stickler for the rules! No matter how you like bending them in terms of tardiness because of a certain mission with your first squad around teammates your own age. Your hair is naturally silver and no you are not an old man, your welcome."
"Enough." Kakashi commanded lowly. "I get the point, thank you. You can go next." Naruto grinned.
"Okay! This is Haruno Sakura! She's a first generation Kunoichi candidate, loves Uchiha Sasuke even though she's too young to really know what love it, hates her best friend which is an oxymoron in itself and hates her forehead even more, which really isn't even a disfigurement, so she's just a very cute and insecure girl." Sakura, who had been ready for a punch, suddenly blushed and backed off. "Her dream is to become an Uchiha, even though she has no idea what the heck she signed herself up for. Though, to be fair, she was barely a toddler when she made the decision. Ah, propaganda."
"You know what I meant." Kakashi said pointedly, though Naruto still didn't feel pressured to be serious. After all, he could still tell the jounin wasn't.
"I did, but I'm also waiting for that underscore of authority that you're supposed to show to prove your identity to me." Nonplussed, Kakashi took out his verification ID. Naruto blinked at it in surprise before Kakashi realized why ne never showed anyone his ID card.
He didn't have a mask on in it; protocol and everything.
Kakashi swiped his card back before his other two present students could see it.
"..." Naruto's brain failed to come up with anything to say as he stared at his hand. He was also trying not to blush.
"So, er, Haruno-chan, do you have anything else to say?" Unsure, Sakura shook her head. Kakashi pointed at Sasuke. "Your turn, now." He was hoping to prevent this strange boy from talking for them.
"I am Sasuke Uchiha. I have no likes, but plenty of dislikes. My main dislike revolves around the murderer of my clan. I aim to become stronger than him to avenge my family, and ensure my clan can come back without fear of destruction. I will be the strongest shinobi in the world."
"Perfect." Kakshi beamed, happy enough that his strange shell-shocked student hadn't recovered before Sasuke finished. "Now, before we continue anymore, we shall have to hunt down our last member then confirm your actual placement." Kakashi said with a pointed look to Naruto. "Come along team, let's look for Uzumaki Naruto." Naruto cleared his throat.
"Present and accounted for. Hello, my name is Uzumaki Naruto. I am twelve years old and everything else you knew about me before now was a lie. Congratulations." Naruto said just as everyone else stood up. They looked at him blankly before becoming suspicious.
"You're not Naruto." Rolling his eyes, Naruto lowered his shades and looked at the three with his bright blue eyes. He tugged his grey bandana away with his other hand.
"I'm pretty sure I am. Thank you for questioning me upon my own identity while I stand here perfectly sound in body and mind. I became a shinobi for the glory and challenge of infiltration and information espionage. You were all my first guinea pigs. Congratulations again."
"Who are you calling a guinea pig!" Sakura cracked her knuckles threateningly.
"Hn, loser. You're still a dead last." Sasuke was unimpressed. He completely disregarded everything that made him slightly interested in the other boy during the past three hours.
Kakashi said nothing, thoroughly impressed. While sarcastic and witty, the information presented about himself had been accurate to an uncanny degree. Not only that, but he managed to blend in with his teammates and still not be recognized. Kakashi could even admit that he didn't suspect Naruto of being this mysterious boy upon first impression.
"Well, now that we are all here after all, I suppose I can reveal the details of the test you are all going to be taking tomorrow. Unless Naruto would like to reveal what he dug up about that too?" Kakashi asked, curious.
"Well, chances of failure are pretty high and if we do fail, we're being put either in the reserves or back to the academy. Of course, jounin have the ability to call whether a student should be banned from becoming ninja at all. All tests are different, but if you're a traditionalist, I'm pretty confidant I can figure out the objective by tomorrow."
"You're welcome to try." Kakashi eye-smiled encouragingly. He knew for a fact that details of his tests were only in records through memory and verbal stories. There was no paper trail for this boy to read like his personal information and past missions.
"Ano, what kind of test is this going to be, sensei?" Sakura asked.
"Survival training, of course."
"But we did a lot of survival training in the academy. Why do it again?"
"Because that was all kiddie stuff. If you don't come at me with the intent to kill, you'll never pass." Two of his genin paled, making Kakashi very proud of himself. If Naruto really was a part of the Mizuki scandal a few nights ago, he supposed the boy had proven potential. "So! Let's meet at training ground, oh, fourteen tomorrow at five in the morning. Oh, I wouldn't advise eating anything either, so don't pack any food. You'll just throw it all up..." Kakashi tried not to worry about Naruto victorious grin which slowly grew after revealing the training ground. "You're all dismissed. See you tomorrow bright and early at 0500!"
xXx TBC… xXx
HK: Okay, first and foremost! I have no idea how far I'm pushing FFNet's boundaries with the flashback scene. If you think I passed the rating, please let me know so I can edit this crap. Thank you everyone!
And I apologize if it seems like I'm bashing Sakura and Sasuke. Naruto's upset. He's bound to complain, right? I'll try to ease off. He's got to cool off sometime, after all.
Can anyone double check my spelling? I think I need a beta. Any volunteers?
Lastly, I just realized that in the previous chapter, the nifty little formatting that I did for Naruto's hacking event was all messed up by FFNet. I might try to fix it later, but I'm just letting you know now that I didn't plan for it to look so odd to read.
P.S. A big thank you to all my wonderful reviewers, awesome followers, and coolest alert listers ever! I promise to speed up the story line soon!
Posted: 31Dec10