AN: I am so sosoosooooo sorry for the late update. I had Finals both on Friday and Monday that I had to prepare for. I ended up posting a chapter of a Yu Yu Hakusho Inuyasha crossover I had written before so as to have at least something up. It's called Epithymy and it's a KagomeXYusuke fic. Anyways once again I'm SO sorry.
Disclaimer: I don't own the series Naruto, however plot ideas and possibly certain jutsu's are mine. There will be mentions of F/F, M/M, and F/M relationships in later chapters, if this bothers you well, get over it or get out ;) .
"Speaking"
'Thoughts'
'Kyuubi/Demon Speaking'
-Flashback-
Halfpace- n. A platform of a staircase where the stair turns back in exactly the reverse direction of the lower flight.
-Naruto P.o.V.-
It was a sort of unspoken decision between Sasuke, Shikamaru, and I that we would sit together; when we came back from lunch. Moving to the middle seat at the table where Sasuke normally sits next to the window, I fell asleep waiting for the room to refill with my former classmates.
When I awoke the classroom was refilled, Sasuke was only my left towards the window, and Shikamaru was on my right towards the rest of the classroom. A few teams could be seen filing out behind their Jonin senseis. Setting my head back down to go back to sleep, like my new pineapple shaped teammate had already done; I was surprised when a hand slammed down in front of me, making me jerk back into an upright position.
"Hmm… so this is team seven then?" The female Jonin had dark purple hair a few shades darker then Anko-nee and wore the standard Jonin issued clothing. She had pale skin, dark brown eyes, and a forgettable face; if not for the bright red lipstick she wore.
Suddenly smiling the woman said, "Alright then meet me at the tree swing outside!"
-Outside, Under the Tree, Near the Swing-
When the three of us arrived to our designated location we plopped down forming a half circle around our new sensei who had been sitting in the swing. The woman smiled again and opened her mouth, "So then why don't you tell me a bit about yourselves?"
Shikamaru, who was obviously still half asleep as evidenced by his drooping eyes, immediately countered. "Man this is troublesome, but what do you want us to say? Give us an example." He finished with a mumble that sounded like he was saying troublesome woman.
Seeing that both Sasuke and I had nodded our heads in agreement she started. "Okay, then. My Name is Uzuki, Yugao. Hmmm… I like eating dango with my girlfriend and I don't like lazy people," she said with a look directed at both Shikamaru and I, who were slowly starting to doze off. "My dream for the future is to raise my child to the best of my ability." Her hand moved over her stomach. "My hobbies include painting and training. Your turn, you with the bored expression who was asking questions!"
Not bothering to correct the fact that he only asked one question Shikamaru slouched his shoulders, into their usual lazing position, and spared Uzuki-sensei a brief look before he sighed. "Nara, Shikamaru. Sigh. I like playing shōgi. I dislike waking up early and troublesome women who nag at me all the time. My dream for the future is to get married and have two kids, then retire after they advance in their lives. Hobbies that I enjoy are cloud watching and hanging out with my friends."
Uzuki-sensei smiled and turned her gaze from Shikamaru to me. "Okay, sleepy red-head, your turn!"
Tilting my chin up, I appeared to run my eyes over the leaves above us when I was actually glancing at my two new teammates, and began speaking in the most monotone voice I could muster. "My name is Uzumaki, Naruto. I like eating sweets, especially dango. I don't like being forced into positions that I can't maneuver myself out of. In the future, when I've grown stronger I wish to join the Intelligence Division and work under Ibiki-san. Some of my hobbies include training and reading about different jutsu in the library."
-Walking out of the classroom I pulled Shikamaru and Sasuke aside and into an abandoned class room. Putting my fingers to the stone floor I felt around for any foreign chakra sources. After finding none, I pushed myself up, and walk towards the two boys that were eyeing me with suspicion.
"We need to decide what to do now. Anko-nee informed me of a secondary test and if we give away to much information about ourselves when we go outside, to introduce ourselves to our sensei, we may as well just hand back in our headbands now."
Both boys glanced at each other and then back at me. Sasuke spoke first, "What do recommend then?"
Sighing and running my hand through my hair I said, "I guess our best bet would be to repeat the information we gave out on our first day. This way at least she can't find any new weaknesses in our defenses."
"If there's some kind of secondary test, why don't we set a trap for her? We could easily slip in some false information that could later be used to our advantage, if that is the case, a false crack in our armor." My eyes widened as I looked over to the normally lax boy in our academy class. 'That's actually a good plan. I didn't even think of something like that.'
Looking at the two boys I asked, "What kind of information would we leak then?"
Surprisingly it was Shikamaru who answered again. "It was probably pretty well known that the three of us eat lunch together and hung out, at the academy. We should lead her into believing that we're each other's weakness. Naruto, as the girl in our group you'll be seen as an automatic weak point," he said with a look in my direction which I nodded at.
"We're going to exploit that belief. I'll say make a remark leading Uzuki-sensei to believe that my friendship with the both of you is important to me and that I have feelings for an above average girl that I know. She will most likely assume that it's you."
Eyes alight at the idea of a challenge I continued our plan, "So when it's my turn to speak I'll speak more blatantly, as to make it seem more innocent and unrehearsed, about a fear of being stuck in an undesirable position. If or rather when we have our test against Uzuki-sensei she'll attempt to trap me in such a way."
Our two pairs of eyes turn towards our final member before I glance at Shikamaru and nod my head for him to continue. "Sasuke it'll be your job to create the conflict. While it's an unlikely circumstance we're going to be posing as rivals. You can make a comment about returning your clan to its former glory and glace at Naruto from the corner of your eye. This will be the hole in our group. She will think that if she attacks Naruto she will cause discord in our group.'-
"Mhmm… Interesting, well, it' your turn at the end, with the broody expression." Uzuki-sensei said pointing her finger at Sasuke.
"My names… Uchiha, Sasuke. I have lots of things that I don't like and I don't really like most things," he said while glancing towards me at the end. 'Man, Oh man is he laying on the emo/avenger role thick.' I thought amusedly to myself with a glace at Shikamaru, seeing him also containing his mirth. "And I don't feel like summing up my ambition as just a dream, but I do have an ambition. The ambition to restore my clan with out fail-" Insert another glance in my direction here. "-And to kill a certain man!"
Chuckles and giggles fill the area. 'Has-has Uzuki-sensei gone mad' I wonder glancing at my teammates. "Pffftt..! You-you guys are great! You all pass.!"
'What?' Now fully turning my head to the two boys beside me I can see that they are in similar states of confusion.
After calming down Uzuki started to explain what she was talking about to us, "Yesterday before my girlfriend Anko left for her long term mission I had her casually mention the second test to Naruto." My eyes widen as she glances slyly at me. " Hoping that someone who's goal was to be in the Intelligence Division would be able to plan ahead for such a situation where you could neither lie nor give away completely false information, with limited time, I asked you to come and introduce yourselves outside which would give you just enough time to organize your plans. Not only did none of you lie to me you all directed my focus to a perceived weak spot and gave me a fake opening. All of this was organized in under six minutes because you all were still out here in time to make everything seem unsuspicious." She counted off on her fingers.
"Your acting was believable enough and you managed to gather more information from me then I from you. I hand picked all three of you to form this team. The Uchiha prodigy, who can learn anything he sees. The Nara heir who forms advanced battle tactics from the shadows. And the misunderstood Uzumaki who absorbs information and evolves for each situation she's put in." Grinning like a crazy person she continued, "You three are going to be the best infiltration team that any of the Hidden Villages have ever seen!"
AN: Wooo… Its done! Only 3 ½ pages, but it's still something after the week I've had! We learn that Yugao is preggers (who's that daddy O-O?) and dating the woman that Naruto considers an older sister/mother figure. That's why she's not in Anbu anymore. We also learn that team seven is going to specialize in infiltration! Something else new is that I think that none of the rookie knew before this point, except perhaps Choji and maybe Ino, that Shikamaru is really smart! Rmm.. Oh and that Naruto doesn't like being cornered, be it physical, emotional, or mental. Hope you enjoyed it and seeya next time!