A Promise Kept
Misashi Kishimoto still owns Naruto, and I still own nothing.
Key: "Speaking"
'Thinking'
"Shouting/demonic speaking"
'Kyubi speaking with Naruto in mindscape'
"Kyubi speaking to Naruto in his mind"
"JUTSU"
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Chapter 5: Teams and Making the Cut
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It has been three hours since lunch and team seven still has not seen hide or hair of their sensei. Naruto was taking the time to meditate and sharpen his precarious control. Sasuke was brooding and trying to figure out how Naruto got so strong. Sakura was fawning over Sasuke and annoying him by asking for dates. At least until she said,
"Hey Sasuke kun do you think Naruto baka will drag us down".
"Hn" was his only reply.
"I mean he is so inferior to you, I'll bet he doesn't have your godlike physique" she continued.
"Hn" was again his reply but he was thinking 'She has no idea what she's talking about he puts every guy in the class to shame. I mean he looks like a Greek god in every fucking way. Thank Kami for communal showers'.
(AN: For those of you who didn't get it Sasuke is the uke (The submissive one in a gay relationship) in this fic.)
Naruto on the other hand while meditating was reflecting on his friends' jonin sensei.
FLASHBACK
Hinata, Naruto, Ai, and Ken'o were waiting for their sensei to take them away for their first team meeting. They were sad to be put on separate teams but knew it would be required. First it was Ai and Ken'o that were taken away.
"Team nine; come with me I am your sensei, Genma Shiranui. Follow me and we'll get this over with" said a man about 29 years old chewing a senbon needle. He wore the traditional jonin attire, with his hitaite tied like a bandana with the knot in the front. He had a bored look in his eyes and would occasionally bite firmly on the senbon.
"Well I guess this is good bye for now" said Ken'o standing up.
"We'll see you guys some time" said Ai giving both Naruto and Hinata a hug.
"I guess that just leaves us for now" said Naruto.
"Yup" was Hinatas only reply.
A few minutes later a jonin with red eyes and a strange shirt that looked as if it was made of layers of ripped medical wrappings. She had long black hair that looked like it has never seen a brush in the entirety of its life. She wore her hitaite in the traditional way around her forehead with the leaf crest centered.
"Team eight, I will be your sensei, my name is Kurenai Yuhi" said Kurenai.
"Wow that's our sensei, look at the hooters on her Akamaru, jackpot" (I hope you can guess who this is).
"Hello kaa san, I think this will be very interesting having you as a sensei" said Hinata getting off Narutos' lap much to both of their disappointments.
"I'll see you tonight Hina chan" said Naruto.
"Tonight then" said Hinata giving him a quick kiss.
FLASHBACK ENDS
That had been a little over three hours ago. It was all Sasuke and Sakura could do to not kill their sensei the instant he walked in the door.
Than the door opened and a man with hair that defies gravity stuck his head in.
"Meet me on the roof in five minutes" was all he said before poofing away.
"Come on let's wake the dobe up and get up there" says Sasuke.
"There's only one problem Sasuke kun, he's not there" replied Sakura.
"Fine than let the dobe miss our first team meeting I don't care" said Sasuke.
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(Four minutes fifty-five seconds later on the roof)
"We made it" was all Sasuke could get out panting.
"Good now go and sit next to Naruto and we can begin" said the man.
"You mean the dobe's actually here" asked Sasuke.
"He was here before me" replied the man while thinking 'he looks like Minato sensei'.
"I decided to leave because I couldn't stand hearing being put down by my peers, my being here was just a fluke" said Naruto calmly.
"Ok now that we're all here how about we introduce ourselves, you know likes, dislikes, hobbies, dreams for the future that kind of stuff" said the man.
"Why don't you go first sensei" said Sakura.
"Alright, my name is Kakashi Hatake I like many things and dislike many things. My dreams for the future are… well I have hobbies" said Kakashi.
Needless to say all three genin thought the same thing 'All we learned was his name.'
"Ok pinky you next" he said gesturing to Sakura.
While she was not happy about her nickname, she replied none the less.
"My name is Sakura Haruno. I like (looks at Sasuke), my hobbies include (looks at Sasuke again), my dreams for the future are (looks at Sasuke and squeals quietly)" Said Sakura.
"And your dislikes" asked Kakashi while thinking 'oh great a fan girl'
"NARUTO" she replied in an angry voice.
"I don't know if I can live without the approval of my teammates" replied said blond sarcastically.
"ENOUGH, from now on we will not say such things about each other, you go next emo boy" said Kakashi angrily.
"Call me emo again and I'll kill you. My name is Sasuke Uchiha I have only one like which I will not tell you. I dislike everything else. I have no hobbies" 'except for Naruto stalking.' He thought "and my dream is more of an ambition, to kill a certain man" said Sasuke in his usual stoic mask.
"Ok you next Minato wannabe" said Kakashi while thinking 'great so far I have an emo, a fan girl, and a mini me of my sensei'.
"My name is Naruto Uzumaki-Namikaze son of Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki. My likes are my godfather Jiraiya of the Gama, Hinata chan, Ai chan, Ken'o chan, Icha Icha Paradise, gama and kitsune, and ramen. My hobbies include reading Icha Icha Paradise, spending time with Hinata chan, Ai chan, and Ken'o chan, training with them and Shugo my kitsune partner, and peeping on them with their permission (Everyone has those huge pure white eyes with a dumbfounded look on their faces). My dislikes are arrogant bastards, rapists, child molesters, child abusers, those who make judgments about someone before they actually get to know them, and disrespecting women. My dream is to become hokage and restore my clan to its former glory with the help of Hinata chan, Ai chan, and Ken'o chan, as well as any other women that I like and they approve of" said Naruto.
Kakashi had only one thing to say to Naruto after that.
"What the fuck, you are like a conglomeration of Minato and Jiraiya. You respectfully peep on women, hate people who abuse others sexually and physically, and you are a perverted gentleman"
"That about covers the gist of it" said Naruto.
At this point in time Kakashi fainted from shock dropping his little orange book in the process.
"Oh Kami, he reads the same book I do" said Naruto happily.
"You mean to tell me we have a pervert for a sensei, I swear Kami hates me" said Sasuke.
"You got that right emo boy" said Naruto.
At that time Kakashi woke up and explained to them about the true genin test. He told them to meet him at training ground seven at four o'clock am and to not eat breakfast.
"Kakashi sensei, if we have to be there at that time than you better be there too. If you're not, prepare for the worst day of your life" said Naruto warning him to ensure they didn't waste time.
Kakashi shuddered knowing that it was no bluff. Everyone in Konoha except for the hokage, Jiraiya, Hinata, Ai, Ken'o, Teuchi (the Ichiraku ramen stand owner), and Ayame (Teuchis' daughter) have been subjected to the pranks of the blond. He had never been caught once fooling even ANBU with his fox like wit. The only ones capable of catching the blond were Hinata, Ai, Ken'o, and Iruka. The reasons for Iruka were unknown but the others everybody knew. The entire village knew about Naruto's engagement to the three kunoichi. It wasn't as if they even tried to hide it, but people still wondered how those four manage to catch the blond after a prank. They never actually took him to the hokage and were never ordered to, so it never counted as a capture.
"See you tomorrow" said Kakashi before poofing away to read his book.
"What he said" said Naruto before doing the same.
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(At the Gama house)
"Hey I'm home" yelled Naruto as he entered the living room.
"Welcome home squirt" replied Jiraiya.
"Naruto kun" was all Hinata said before she tackle glomped him.
"Hey Hina chan I missed you too" said Naruto merrily.
"So what did you think of your sensei" she asked excitedly.
"I think he's a lazy pervert who will favor the Uchiha over me and my other teammate" responded Naruto solemnly.
"You really can't judge him on being a pervert Naruto kun" said Hinata scolding.
"I'm not, but that's not to say I'm wrong about the other traits I mentioned" he responded.
"I know" she said.
"So how was meeting your team Hina Chan" asked Naruto.
"Well enough but Kiba kept hitting on me and kaa san so that got really annoying" she said.
"That bastard, I knew I should have neutered him when you caught him masturbating while peeping on you last year" fumed Naruto angrily.
"You were peeping to you know" she said with a raised eyebrow.
"Yah, but I wasn't jacking off to it, you know I'm better than that" he replied.
"True you are much more of a gentleman, and you at least ask me. That reminds me are we still on for tonight" she asked excitedly.
"You read my mind Hina chan, I'll be by the eastern window tonight" he said with a perverted giggle.
"Maybe tonight I'll give you a bit more of a show than usual" she said with a wink walking away.
This caused Naruto to get a minor nosebleed. The last time Hinata said that to him he got to see more of hers', Ais', and Ken'os' cleavage at the same time. He passed out for three days from lack of blood and got a nose bleed from even looking at them.
"So what will the extra show be tonight Hina chan" he asked excitedly.
"You'll see Naru kun. I don't want to spoil the surprise" she responded giggling.
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(About 5 hours later by the eastern window)
Naruto was getting situated with his binoculars on a tree branch just as Hinata was entering the room. She started by unzipping her jacked and throwing it in a corner. Than she removed her shirt leaving only her bra. She wiggled her hips as she slid down her pants slowly yet seductively for her viewer. Than careful so as to not let him see more than she wants she removed her panties and let him see her perfect peach shaped ass.
The instant Naruto saw this he had a massive nosebleed that launched him from the branch he was sitting on right into the street below. Hearing his crash Hinata put all of her cloths back on and went outside to bring him in. As she passed Jiraiya he asked
"So what did he get to see tonight?"
"I just let him see my bare ass, I think he liked it" she replied.
"Use this on him so he can clean himself up" said Jiraiya tossing her a vial of smelling salts.
"Thanks good night" she said as she drug him upstairs. After she woke him up and they both cleaned up they went to bed.
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(Training ground 7, 4:00 AM)
"Sasuke kun, let's go out on a date to celebrate after we pass today" said Sakura as soon as she saw him.
"NO" was his only reply.
"Good morning emo, banshee" said Naruto in his normal boisterous manner, receiving a death glare from both Sasuke and Sakura at the same time.
"YOU TAKE THAT BACK NARUTO BAKA, SASUKE KUN ISN'T EMO AND I'M NOT A BANSHEE" yelled Sakura.
"Yesh, you do realize that you just proved me right by yelling that don't you, and Sasuke proved me right by just brooding and not saying anything" said Naruto. This left Sakura speechless and Sasukes' eyes widened at the logic.
"Well you're still a baka and a dobe" said Sasuke thinking he was winning by insulting Naruto.
"You know being the dobe is really better than the rookie of the year" said Naruto stunning his teammates yet again.
"How so, being rookie of the year is proof that I am better than you" said Sasuke smugly.
"Sakura what are the jutsu Sasuke knows" asked Naruto.
"Gokakyuu, and the academy jutsu, oh and the phoenix flower jutsu" she said proudly.
"And what do I know" asked Naruto.
"Kamikaze, Kazeryuudan, Kuchiyose, and Kagebunshin" said Sakura with disdain.
"But I know many more than just that. While I could ask any one of Sasukes' fan girls to learn all of his techniques, you all still have no idea to my true power. Deception is a shinobis' best friend and that goes doubly so for kunoichi" said Naruto in a lecturing tone.
This stunned both Sasuke and Sakura into silence again because logically it made sense. They now knew why Shino hardly tried and got a fairly low position in class, and why Ai, Ken'o, and Hinata were just above him on the roster tying for second worst in the class. As they were contemplating this they heard a poof of smoke about two hours later. When it cleared they saw Kakashi standing there with his classic eye smile.
"Yo" was his only greeting.
"Hey sensei, listen could we get this done soon tou san has training scheduled in about three hours and I really don't want to be late" said Naruto anxiously.
"And why is that Naruto, why do you seem so awake at this time for that matter. I told all of you to be here by 4 AM and yet you seem like it's nothing to you" said Kakashi starting to sweat a little.
"As to your first question if I'm late to training tou san pushes me so hard I can't even move for three days" said Naruto with a shiver. At hearing this Kakashi really started to sweat.
"How many times have you been late to training before" he asked.
"Hold on now for your second question we usually get to training at that time anyways so it's no change in schedule for me and tou san has already started me on sleep depravation training, now for your final question I've been late approx 1/10 of the time" said Naruto.
Kakashi was practically shitting himself, only ANBU really start on sleep depravation training, and to miss one out of every ten practices to be pushed so hard must have made him into a monster of a fighter.
"Naruto what level would you place you're skills at" asked Kakashi wanting to know what he was getting himself into.
"Roughly low to mid jonin" responded Naruto nonchalantly.
"Let's just get this test over with" said Sasuke pissed that he was being overlooked.
"Ok I set the timer on this alarm to go off in two and a half hours, that's how long you have to get these bells from me" started Kakashi.
"But sensei there are only two bells" said Sakura confused.
"Very good you can count" taunted Kakashi to a pissed Sakura, "that means that one of you will defiantly fail and get sent back to the academy" he finished scaring the crap out of Sasuke and Sakura.
"So I assume the real test is teamwork, just like I told Iruka sensei this team will never pass" said Naruto stunning Kakashi into dropping the bells. No student had ever found out the true meaning of his test or called him out on it in all his time of being a jonin sensei.
"How did you figure it out so quickly" asked Kakashi before he could stop himself.
"Logic, there has never been a two man cell in the history of Konoha. After realizing this it became obvious why you brought two bells, you intended to split us up from the beginning to see if we could put the team before ourselves" stated Naruto stunning Kakashi with his logic.
"And why do you say this team will never pass" he asked deadpanning because Naruto failed to realize that they passed when he called him out.
"Emo boy refuses to work with anyone thinking he can take on the world and win, and the pink banshee refuses to work period" said Naruto repeating what he said to Iruka.
"Well, all I can say to that is… You all pass" said Kakashi happily.
"What" was Sasukes' brilliant reply?
"Regardless of what I just learned you passed the instant Naruto called me out. There's no point to testing your teamwork if you know that's what I'm looking for" said Kakashi with a shrug.
"Well works for me see ya" said Kakashi hoping to poof away before Naruto remembered his threat from yesterday.
"Kakashi sensei, aren't you forgetting something" asked Naruto with a grin that scared Kakashi into paralysis.
"No, not t-t-that I c-c-c-c-can think o-of" he said stuttering.
"Looks like you're in for the worst day of your life" said Naruto. For the next few hours the entire Village was woken up to the sounds of extremely high pitched screams of both pain and terror.
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(Noon the Hokages' office)
"All right I guess Kakashi failed his team again so we'll start without him" said the aged hokage disappointed.
"It is a shame the last Uchiha had to fail because of that demon brat" said Ebisu before chocking and falling to his knees from the killing intent coming off of the hokage.
"I warned everyone not to refer to Naruto in that manner ever, this is your only warning Ebisu" said the Hokage. Just as he was about to speak again a poof of smoke in Kakashis' place stunned everyone into silence. Kakashi arrived at 12:00 on the dot.
"It's the end of the world, Kakashi was actually on time" yelled an unnamed Jonin.
"Silence" was all the hokage said before order was restored. "Now let's begin with the passing teams" he said in a much kinder voice.
"Team one failed" said the unnamed Jonin.
"Team two failed" said another.
"Team three failed" said Hayate Gekko.
"Team four failed" said Ebisu.
"Team five failed" said another unnamed jonin.
"Team six failed" said the last unnamed jonin.
"Kakashis' team failed so let's move on" said Ebisu.
"Fuck off Ebisu, for your information my team passed before the test even truly started" said Kakashi stunning all of the jonin there. Not only did his team pass but they did it before the test even started, and his was the hardest test of them all.
"I guess Uchiha sama proved his worth yet again" said Ebisu.
"I reiterate, fuck off. It was Naruto who let his team pass by calling me out as I was explaining the test to them. No point in a test like that if they know the answer off the bat" said Kakashi casting a glare towards Ebisu.
"Enough lets continue, by the way Kakashi congratulations on your first team" said Sarutobi smiling at him.
"Team eight passed, if a little roughly" said Kurenai with an eye twitch while thinking 'Must not kill the Inuzuka heir' repeating itself like a mantra in her head.
"Team nine passed" said Genma lazily.
"Team ten passed" said Asuma Sarutobi.
"Well this is indeed a gift for once in a long time we have four passing teams. Things are going to be very hectic for a long time. I'm glad Naruto suggested I use Kagebunshin for the paperwork" said Sarutobi remembering the day well.
FLASHBACK
"Hey Saru jiji, would you help train me today" asked a five year old Naruto.
"I'm sorry, I'd love to but I can't not with all this paperwork" said Sarutobi sadly.
"Hey Saru jiji do you know how to use the Kagebunshin" asked Naruto.
"Yes, why" responded Sarutobi confused.
"Why not just make a couple of clones to help you, I mean you learn everything they learn and they have all of your knowledge beforehand" asked Naruto. The second those words left his mouth the pipe dropped from Sarutobis' mouth and his eyes got as big as saucers. The only thought going through his head were 'Kami he's right why didn't I think of that before, I mean I'm called the god of shinobi for Kamis' sake. WAIT JUST A MINUTE, DID I JUST GET SCHOOLED BY A FIVE YEAR OLD'. After this thought ran through his head his brain overheated and shut down. Meanwhile Naruto had already left to go train with Jiraiya and Hinata.
FLASHBACK ENDS
"Well we best get back to our duties good bye" said Sarutobi dismissing them all.
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Hey guys its Thymistacles again. Sorry for the late update but I've had major writers block, and the times I did have good ideas I had no computer to type them up. I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I intend to fix the little problem in the last chapter as soon as I can. Well hope you enjoy and keep reading. By the way what did you think of Narutos' little preview. Please review or flame your choice. Ja ne.