The next day, Naruto woke up early. After a small cup of ramen, he raced to his closet to get his clothes, staff, and wristbands. "Whew, I don't think I'm going to be late this time around." he said, happy. He may seem aloof and carefree, but he really hates how late he always is.
Naruto left his apartment and began jumping from rooftop to rooftop until he reached the Academy. As he got there, he heard the bell ring. "Crap, I've only got three minutes to get to class!" he thought. "Hahaha." he heard. "Shut it furball, or I'm going to put you in the dark corner again." Naruto scolded. The fox fell silent.
Naruto pounded his feet against the floor, and he finally made it to the room as the final bell rang and threw the door open. "Oh, you're actually on time today." Ryuto said as he saw Naruto and the rest of the class chuckled. "So today we will be assigning squads for you newly graduated genin. Naruto yawned. There were only one or two people who could keep up with him; and he knew Ryuto knew that.
Naruto dozed off, until Ryuto reached the end of the normal squads and moved into the specialty teams. "Team 18 will be a tracking, assault, and assassination squad." Ryuto said. Naruto picked his head up. "Here we go…" he thought to himself. He listened for the names.
"First, Karui." Ryuto said. "Hai!" the redhead responded forcefully. "That's one, now next must be…" Naruto thought. "Next is Yugito." Ryuto called the blonde girl down "Hai, sensei!" Yugito answered quietly. "And the only other option is…" "Naruto is third." Ryuto said with a knowing look.
"Your jonin sensei will be Atsui, he may seem a little, well, off, but he is one of Kumo's most respected kenjutsu masters and I hope you will treat him as such." Ryuto intoned.
With that a tall, light skinned man with straight, shoulder-length blonde hair appeared in a flash of fire. "Hey there, I just came to tell my new team of hotshots to meet me on the roof in two minutes." with that, Atsui was gone.
Yugito and Karui were shocked. Their classroom was on the ground floor, and there were twenty-five floors to the building. They had to get to the roof in two minutes? That was impossible! Naruto just smirked and shunshin'd away. Karui's jaw dropped. "How did he do that?" she thought to herself. "One second he's here and the next he's gone." She turned around, but Yugito was already running towards the stairs. Not wanting to be left behind, Karui bolted after Yugito.
On the roof, the two girls found their new teammate and sensei casually chatting. Sensing their approach, Naruto turned around. "What took you guys so long?" he asked casually. Karui smacked the back of his head. "Ow!" Naruto yelled. "What was that for?!" he shouted at Karui, who got a tick mark the size of the Raikage's fist. "Baka, we can't do that super-disappearing-jump thing like you can! We had to run up the stairs!" she shouted. Her head seemed to grow in anger. " That super-disappearing-jump thing? Does she mean the shunshin?" Naruto thought with a chuckle. Karui hit him again. "What's so funny?!" she screamed at him.
"That's enough, redhead. Normally I enjoy having hotheads on my team, but you're a little too intense. Lighten up, would ya?" Atsui asked with a smile. Karui stuttered. "Alrighty now, let's warm up with a few introductions. I'm Atsui, I like performing missions with my sister Samui, I dislike how my sister keeps her cool at all times, and my dream is to pass on my secret fire-style techniques(1) to a worthy student." the blonde man said. "Okay, hothead. You're next up." he said, pointing at Karui. "Okay, um, my name is Karui, I like practicing with my katana, I dislike when people annoy me, and my dream is to become the most powerful kunoichi this village has ever seen." The red-haired girl said.
"Alright blondie, you're up." Atsui said. Yugito stood up. "Hello, my name is Yugito. I like developing my secret kunai technique, Flame Claw Arrow. I dislike people who can't see me for me, and my dream is to become the right hand to the Raikage." she said.
"Last up, my fellow hotshot, tell us who you are!" Atsui shouted. Naruto rose. "Hai. My name is Naruto Uzumaki. I like playing pranks, instant ramen, and developing my secret ninjutsu. I dislike people who judge me before they know me, and my dream is to become the Godaime Raikage." The blonde boy said.
"Alright, meet me on the far side of the mountain tomorrow for your test." he said. They all knew that this was coming; they knew that the Academy exam was a preliminary, and the real test would be whatever Atsui-sensei wanted.
The next morning, everyone met up at a practice field set into the mountainside. "Alright people, your test is to disarm me." Atsui said, drawing his katana. Naruto called Yugito and Karui over. "Alright, here's the plan. I'm going to attack with my fire jutsu, and then I need you two to cover me while I rush in to finish him. Got it?" he asked. "Sure." Karui said plainly. Yugito nodded. "HAJIME!" Atsui's voice rang out from across the field. The three young ninja scattered, and Naruto appeared behind Atsui, and quickly flashed through hand signs before yelling; "Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!" a massive ball of flame rushed towards Atsui, and he barely got out. "Ya-hoo!" he heard the shout from behind him. He managed to turn in time to block Karui's sword stroke, and then turned back to Naruto, swinging his sword, yelling "Kumo Style: Flame Beheading!" before Atsui could finish Naruto summoned his jutte from his storage seal and caught Atsui's sword between the blade and the prong.
Atsui managed to pull away, but Naruto drew his staff and began to spin it in his hand. Atsui went to slash the staff in two, but it started to glow, and soon a fiery tornado shot out of the now-rapidly spinning pole. "Kumo Style: Flame Tornado!" Naruto's voice rang out as Atsui had no choice but to fight fire with fire. Launching his sword technique again, Naruto again caught the blade with his jutte, but this time he flicked his wrist and the chakra metal blade snapped in two. Atsui was stunned. In that moment, Yugito kicked their sensei's hand, making him drop his broken katana. This all happened in under five minutes.
When Atsui recovered, he turned to Naruto. "How'd you do that with your staff?" he asked. Naruto grinned. "Soon after I arrived in Kumo, I filled the etching with chakra metal, allowing for more durability in addition to being able to be used in chakra-based techniques." he said with a grin.
"Oi, you're a little too much of a hotshot." Atsui said. Naruto just grinned wider.
I know some of you are going to ask why I made Atsui their sensei. If you think about it, Darui, Bee, Cee, they would all be too busy with their obligations to the Raikage to train a genin team. Atsui is a minor enough character that it would be reasonable for him to have the time. Also, about the "secret fire-style techniques", I had to give him something so he wouldn't be boring.
Alright guys please review, tell me what you think, and please keep reading, chapter 6 will be up as soon as I finish it.
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