A Bond by a Legacy
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Team-bonding exercises
Naruto yawned.
Kakashi was a slave driver when it came to training. More exactly training after you ripped his precious in tiny little pieces because that dammed book got more attention than the team. But Naruto smiled. It was totally worth it to run up a tree all day long. Kakashi called it a chakra control exercise but both Sasuke and Naruto already knew how to walk on several surfaces.
"I don't give a shit. You run up and down that damm tree or Pakkun will bite your sorry ass." The jonin said annoyed. To make it worse Kakashi's 'Icha Icha' book was a limited edition and the jonin trained their ass into the ground.
It was a good decision to destroy that porn book.
The only one who couldn't handle the training was Sakura. She had no endurance and her chakra pool was below a normal genin. It was really sad. The boys often had to do her part in a D-ranked mission to end the cores quickly and go back to training. After two weeks Naruto and Sasuke decided to pay Sakura's brother Umeko Haruno a visit. The chunin lived in the chunin barracks due of a disagreement with his parents.
The young genins knocked at the door and waited. Several minutes later a tall man opened the door. Said man had dark purple hairs thanks to his family's exotic hair and the same green eyes as Sakura.
"Sup brats? Nothing to do?"
"Are you Sakuras brother?" Naruto asked.
"Well yes. What's up with my lil' sis?" Umeko asked and scratched his neck. He was really not in the mod to deal with kids after he came back from a day of guard duty.
"To say it straight out, please can you say her that the shinobi life is not some piece of cake? So only wanted become a kunoichi to impress me but I really give a shit. We both don't want her to get killed at the first mission outside the village." Sasuke said and the chunin understood their concern about his sister. He sighed.
"I have a good friend. I'll take Sakura to her tomorrow who can help her to get out of her stupor. But don't blame me if she becomes a sadistic lil' girl. Anko has her ways with women." The chunin chuckled and the boys paled. The raven and the fox knew Anko.
"Eh thank you?" Naruto said unsure and got a grin from Sakuras brother.
"Everything for my lil' princess. You are good teammates. But now if you excuse me, there is a bed calling my name." the chunin said and slammed the door.
Sasuke and Naruto blinked and blinked again before they looked to each other. With a shrug they left the place.
Next day was a bit chaotic. Kakashi was totally paranoid because of Anko who suddenly appeared out of nowhere and grasped Sakura only to vanish with her. A shiver ran down the male's spine.
"That's Anko for ya." Kakashi explained. He hoped that the crazy snake lady wouldn't break his student. To explain that to the hokage would be a pain in the neck.
"I hope not. That would be more than a pain in the neck. We would be responsible for that." Sasuke mumbled.
"What have you done?" Kakashi screeched like a girl.
"We went to her brother and explained the whole situation. He said Anko would do this job and slammed the door closed." Naruto said.
"Well now Sakura is away, how about you tell me your little secrets? Like how Sasuke already achieved his sharingan and Naruto can use the Mokuton?"
"Shit." Both boys groaned. There you go trump card.
"How?"
"Well I watched you train. You know Naruto, I know sensei's old place really well and last week I came to ask how you know about your parentage, and found you two in a sort of bitch fight." Kakashi said and eye-smiled. Now they were trapped.
"Well I have a sort of bloodline there. I actually have 4 elements. Wind, lightning, water and earth. And I sorta combined the weaker two and got Mokuton. Happy now?" Naruto grunted and got a nod. Now Kakashi wanted an explanation from Sasuke and bored his single eye in his head.
"Itachi." Was all Sasuke said and the scarecrow understood.
"You should have told me boys. Now my trainings plan is total crap and I need to talk to the hokage and a friend of mine to help to train especially you, Naruto."
"How about you, Kaka-sensei? I can sense a sharingan in your left eye." Naruto responded with bit anger in his voice. It wasn't necessary to scream out that he had the Mokuton. Sasuke got a hard look in his eyes. Now he wanted to hear the story.
"You remembered what I told about the friend of mine back then when I was under my sensei? Well his name was Obito Uchiha. He died after he was crushed by a massive rock. His last gift was his sharingan after I lost my eye to an Iwa-shinobi. Now enough with badmouthing each other. You'll do the warm up then I am going to show Sasuke the first moves of the Interceptor Fist which goes with your sharingan." Kakashi explained his plan.
"I already know the Interceptor Fist sensei." Sasuke said and a small raincloud formed over the silver haired jonin's head.
"Naruto? The Hummingbird Style?"
"Don't ya need the Hirashin for that style?" Naruto asked irritated. He read about his father's Taijutsu style but if he wasn't mistaken it required the three-pronged kunai with the special space-time seal. His father was a hypocrite with these seals and he had not a single of these kunais to study the seal.
Meanwhile Kakashi cried anime tears about how his students already knew everything.
"Element manipulation?" he asked.
"Isn't it too advanced for rookie genins?" Naruto responded but got s shrug from his best friend.
"I give a shit about too advanced. You were trained by crow." Sasuke growled.
"Teme he only taught me the basics. I DO NOT know any type of element manipulation beside the Mokuton." Naruto snapped back.
The jonin sighed.
"Boys!" he yelled at them but Sasuke bitchslapped Naruto who punched the Uchiha right back in his pretty face.
Why did he pass the team again?
Kakashi sighed and grasped the boys by their shirts.
"What kind of fight was that? Stop bitching around and take your stances. I want see how good you are in a spar." The silver haired man said.
The genins smirked and walked the traditional distance away from each other. Sasuke took the Interceptor stance and Naruto took Hashiramas old stance from his unnamed style.
"Ready?" the teacher asked and got two nods.
'I am excited.' Hashirama squealed like a fangirl.
'Stop talking to me when not necessary in a fight. After that you can talk as much as you wish.' Naruto muttered.
'You are so mean! Why isn't Tobirama your partner? You could be his twin.' Hashirama cried.
The blond only sighed and closed his connection to his mind-guests.
Kakashi watched the fight really close. He even watched with his sharingan to find flaws in their way of fighting. Sasuke got the Interceptor Fist down but Narutos style wasn't that good for him. Naruto's style was all about strength and with his sharingan he could see that the boy used chakra in his fists. But the silver haired jonin was sure that the missing element in this style was speed. Naruto's parents both had styles which needed a lot of speed and the way the blond jinchuuriki carried himself said speed.
But at the end of the fight both they got a draw. After half an hour the genins panted heavenly and glared at each other before Naruto fell on his ass and started to laugh.
"Did you break him?" Kakashi asked Sasuke who shrugged.
"Nah, he is only excited. Damm idiot and his chakra enhanced fists. Next time I show him the true Uchiha fighting style when I roast him in a katon jutsu." Sasuke sneered and helped his friend up.
"Your usage of Interceptor Fist is good Sasuke. More training and you can master it. Naruto, I don't think your Taijutsu style suits you completely. It is for people who are only built for strength but both your parents were speed fighter rather than strength. The Hummingbird Style wouldn't suit you either. It should be a combination between your actual style and your father's style." Kakashi informed his genins.
"Still, I may be good with seals Kaka-sensei but I don't know the Hirashin seals. I need one of his kunais to study it." Naruto pouted.
He agreed that his body was built for more speed and he had his flaws with the Senju style but he already reached the limit for weights he carries with him to train his muscles and speed without stunning his growth. The jinchuuriki was faster than Sasuke without the weights but the Uchiha was fast by himself, thanks to his sharingan and constant training to keep up with his best friend.
"I think I have one, somewhere back home. Sensei gave me one when I became jonin." Kakashi said.
The silver haired jonin could see the sparks in Narutos eyes and smiled.
"But before I do anything, we should go to the hokage. It's his decision if my friend can show you a few things."
The boys groaned unison but followed their sensei to the hokage tower. Naruto ignored the glares on their way but Sasuke became annoyed.
"Stop gloating like he is the shinigami in person, assholes!" the Uchiha shouted. The surprised villagers vanished really quickly after Kakashi released some KI (killer intent). Naruto only sighed but nodded thankfully to his sensei and friend.
"Why didn't you say something about that, Naruto?" Kakashi asked irritated.
"I will show them during the Chunin exam that I am not some monster neither the Kyuubi is. I don't need my dad's good name to prove that I am just a kid with a bijuu sealed inside me. And snapping isn't my way. I prefer to win them with my charm." Naruto half-joked and the others decided to let that subject be.
The hokage was surprised with the early visit from team 7. Normally teams started to go to him after 4 or 5 weeks not two.
"Kakashi what can I do for you? And where is your third genin?"
"Maybe lost forever in Ankos grasps." The man shivered.
"So you aren't here for a personal mission request on a higher mission or something like that?" the hokage asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Meh, not really. I think Naruto has something to tell you, Hokage-sama, and Sasuke too." Kakashi said with an eye-smile and both boys grunted.
"Have you some plants somewhere? I don't want destroy the inventory." Naruto asked the Hokage who shook his head.
"Why do you need a plant?"
"I am right back." Kakashi said and vanished before he reappeared with a neglected bonsai.
"What have you done with that poor thing?" Naruto asked as he looked at the poor leafless mini-tree.
"I am a jonin. I have no time for plants." Kakashi sweatdropped at his student's antics. Naruto sent him a short glare and took the bonsai.
"Jiji, watch!" Naruto commanded and the hokage watched closely. Then his eyes widened. The tree looked healthier and soon some leafs showed themselves. The bonsai grew a bit and was healthy like the day Kakashi bought it.
"Kami… Naruto did you get a shot or did someone took you with him when you were younger?" the hokage asked.
"No not that I remember… Why do you ask?" Naruto asked out of curiosity.
"I have to. So your skill came naturally? When did you discover that you are able to grow plants?" the old kage asked.
"Uh… some weeks before I met crow? I dunno." Naruto shrugged.
"Crow know about that?" Naruto shook his head.
"Boar!" the hokage shouted and an ANBU shout out of his hidden place.
"Get me Tora ASAP!" The boys looked puzzled as the ANBU vanished but Kakashi patted them on the shoulders. "Tora is a friend of mine. So Naruto is allowed to train with him?"
"Yes. Now Sasuke-kun, what do you need to show me and please do not say that you are also able to grow trees." The hokage pleaded.
Sasuke shook his head and closed his eyes. When he opened them again a full matured sharingan showed in his eyes. "Boys you wish me a heart attack?" the old man grunted.
"Do you know how to use its full potential?" Sarutobi asked the young Uchiha and Sasuke nodded.
Then a rather sleepy ANBU came into the roam and groaned as he saw his old partner Kakashi.
"Sorry Tora, I know you just came back but we need your skills here. Please take of your mask."
The masked ANBU hesitated due the presence of Naruto and Sasuke but shrugged it off and took of his mask.
"Can I ask hokage-sama?" the ANBU with short brownish-black hair asked for permission.
"Go on."
"Why do you need my skills, and what's up with these kids?" the ANBU asked.
"Well Tenzo. You are going to be a sensei for one of these kids because he possesses the Mokuton naturally." The hokage explained and Tenzo blinked a few times.
"WHAT?" he shouted in surprise and Naruto winced due his enhanced hearing thanks to an overgrown furball.
'That only means he somehow also possesses my Mokuton. How is that possible?' Hashirama asked Naruto.
'I dunno but jiji kept me asking how it is possible that I have it.' Naruto said.
'That's really dangerous. You need the right balance in your chakra system so the nature chakra don't go rampage in yourself. You are only able to wield it because of you good connection with nature thanks to Kyuubi and you being an Uzumaki.' Hashirama gritted and Naruto nodded mentally.
"You heard me Tenzo. You are going to be the co-sensei of team 7 until I decide otherwise. Outside this room you are Yamato and officially Kakashi asked to help him out with his team. And Naruto's new skill is to keep as an S-class secret. It is not the right time to show-off. Iwagakure and Kumogakure already breathe in our neck. And rookie genins are not to fight against some kage!" the hokage said and sighed. He already saw the paperwork these two would coast him.
"As you wish hokage-sama." The loyal ANBU bowed and turned around to see Kakashis innocent face.
"I'll wipe your ass someday, senpai." The ANBU growled and grasped Naruto. He vanished with the bewildered boy.
"Hungry?" Kakashi asked Sasuke who shrugged.
"Could eat. I hope he doesn't break the dope. Naruto is the better cook." The raven haired boy said and followed Kakashi out of the hokage office.
"Tenzo? Meh, he is not the type to break some kids. He can give you the creeps but that's all." Kakashi snickered and the hokage was once again left alone.
The old man looked at the paperwork in front of him and started to cry in frustration because there was more paperwork than he could remember.
Naruto studied Tenzo's behavior when the man let him go. The ex-ANBU shunshin'ed them to a private trainings ground full of trees. But there was now sun so how could trees grow in this cave?
"Where are we?" Naruto asked annoyed. He didn't remember this place and he knew every place in Konohagakure.
"This was once the trainings field of the first and second hokage, Naruto-san. When we train in Mokuton then we train here so nobody can see or feel it."
'I remember this place. Tobi punched me because I created these trees in his favorite cave the first time he brought me with him. He loved it because in the middle of this cave is a bottomless lake or something where he trained his suiton jutsu.' Hashirama told him and got depressed. I missed his brother, his wife and his clan.
"So why do you have Mokuton sensei? Jiji kept me asking how I got it so I think you didn't have it before something happened." The blond asked curiously.
Tenzo, aka Yamato sighed but said "I have it thanks to Orochimaru. He kidnapped me when I was like 2 or 3 years old and implanted the shodaime's cells in me. He experimented on over 30 of us and I was the only one who got away alive. So I am curious. Hokage-sama said you got it too."
"You remember the like 7 weeks or so ago? The time I came back? Well during my 'out-time' I took thanks to me being a jinchuuriki I discovered that ill plants got back there strength when I stood near them. Later on I pumped chakra in dead plants and look, now I am here." The Blond explained to his co-sensei.
It wasn't a lie. Hashirama was curious when they left Konoha 6 years ago. He knew Ashura took him in Narutos mindscape because of the Mokuton but he didn't think Naruto would be able to wield it without his help.
But then flowers seemed to bloom every time the blond jinchuuriki got near them and small seedling grew overnight when the blond slept in the forest.
So Hashirama let Naruto try it out without his help and they were surprised by the result.
Later that day and some experiments for Naruto the team met again at their usual trainings ground. Sakura twitched every time when someone moved and glared at the boys. Anko showed her the worst scenario of a kunoichi's life with a simple mind trick and pushed it in her skull. That was some wake-up call she got there and now Sakura needed time to swallow it.
Naruto looked like someone chewed on him and spitted him out again. Tenzo let him do some light training to evaluate Naruto's skills. Light training his ass. His clothes were completely wet, mud stuck to him and every fiber in his body screamed in pain.
Last but not least there was Sasuke. He grinned like mad and for that he got some asking looks from his teammates. Sasuke looked like he was high or something like that because the always stoic Uchiha blushed from time to time.
"What's up with you teme?" Naruto asked frighten due his best friends facial expression.
"I saw his face…" the Uchiha trailed off and Naruto raised an eyebrow.
"The face of whom?"
"I think I just became gay." Sasuke babbled and grinned again.
"Snap out of it Sasuke! Please! Sakura help me!" the blond cried and shook the raven haired boy violently. Sakura snapped out of her thoughts and watched the scene.
"What are you doing with Sasuke-kun?" she asked angry. She might never fawn about the Uchiha again but she still held an inner fangirl.
"He just said he became gay thanks to someone!" Naruto cried and Sakura looked afraid.
"Wasn't Kakashi-sensei with him?" Naruto asked himself and Sakura got some evil look. Even the great kitsune was afraid of the young kunoichi.
Their senseis came half an hour later and Kakashi was surprised when Sakura tried to punch him.
"Sup?" he asked Naruto who looked depressed.
"You!" the blond jumped and shouted. "You broke him! What have you done?!" Naruto yelled at him and Kakashi looked to his other genin who still grinned like mad.
"He said he became gay, sensei! That isn't Sasuke!" the blond jinchuuriki cried. Tenzo and Kakashi sweatdropped at their antics. Then Kakashi snapped his fingers and Sasuke shook his head.
"What the hell happened?" The Uchiha grunted and blinked a few times. Sakura was headlocked by Tenzo to avoid more punching for Kakashi and Naruto was furious and yelled at Kakashi.
"You recently said you became gay." Yamato informed the young Uchiha who facepalmed.
"Naruto, Sakura, I am NOT gay! What the hell?" Sasuke shouted and his teammates stopped.
"You just became a victim to the Hatake-genjutsu, Sasuke-chan." Kakashi teased with an eye-smile.
"WHAT?!" the genins shouted and glared at their silver haired sensei.
"Another time. Naruto, why are you covered in in mud?" the jonin asked.
"Yamato." The blond grunted and fell down on the spot.
Kakashi chuckled and remembered the time with his friend back in ANBU. Tenzo could be really harsh in his training-methods.
"Sakura, since you don't know, this is Yamato. He is going to be your co-sensei. Yamato will show you some taijutsu-moves which will suit you and take Naruto as a part-time appearance because of certain conditions. You need to build up strength and endurance before we can go to jutsus." Kakashi informed the pink haired genin.
"Naruto you know what to do." The jonin said and the blond nodded. He would work with Yamato on Mokuton and with Kakashi on his taijutsu until he became good enough to work on another part of the shinobi arts.
"Sasuke, we will start with light combat training since you are better in taijutsu and you know some Ninjutsu and later on train tactics. For the moment, you are the team's brain. With Yamato you study your teammates until you can say me which position suits them in a formation.
Later on you will switch with Naruto or Sakura and they do the same training. At the end of the next 6 months I will evaluate if you are ready to do the chunin exam but it might be better to train a whole year. So don't become depressed because of it." Kakashi explained the plan he and Yamato made.
"And when will we do cores or real missions, sensei?" Naruto asked and got an eye-smile.
"Every day at 9am until we get a long-term mission." Kakashi eye-smiled and the genins deadpanned.
"We don't need sleep." Sasuke said sarcastic and got nods from his comrades.
"Welcome to the ninja-life!" the scarecrow laughed and dismissed the genin.
Time Skip – 2 weeks
Two weeks later you could find team 7 in the forest of Konoha. Their target… a stupid cat that ran away. Why stupid you might ask? Well that dammed cat scratched Naruto and his other teammates all over the face every time they got it. They hunted the gray cat 4 hours and it coasted them more time than every other chore… aka D-rank.
And it didn't help that Hashirama and Madara snickered all time about Tora the hell spawn. Both legends knew Tora's forefathers and every generation had its own Tora.
"Here raven. I see the subject." Sasuke informed his teammates via larynx microphone.
"Here sunshine. I am in position."
"Cherry Blossom here. Me too."
"Scarecrow here. Confirm target, please."
"Red ribbon and grey fur." Raven confirmed.
"Ew… it's eating a mouse." Cherry blossom whined.
"Tree-hugger here, what a stupid codename, stop whining. Ready sunshine?" Yamato grunted.
"Why me? Raven can go and get scratched again."
"Now, go fetch the cat, sunshine!" Raven commanded.
"I am NOT a fucking dog!" Naruto shouted and jumped at the cat. Tora hissed at the blond who got a good hold at her neck. The blond held it as far as possible away from his face. He didn't need more whisker marks. He already got 6.
Tora calmed down when the blond started to pet her and now he was able to carry the cat back to the mission office. The genins and their senseis where happy that they got this mission down and go back to their training. They gave Tora back to the daimyo's wife who crushed the poor thing to death. Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura deadpanned at that and shuddered. That was some death-grip the woman had to the poor cat…
"Hokage-sama. Team 7 reports back from mission 'Catch Tora'. Mission success. I would like another one." Kakashi said and the three genins were displeased.
"Well, Team 7. You have done 54 D-Ranks. Now we have cleaning the Inuzuka's kennels, water the plants at Yamanaka's, go to the market for Miss Norio and…"
"Tora-chan! Come back!"
"And catch Tora… again." The hokage said and smiled at the groaning trio behind their sensei.
"NO chores please!" Naruto pleaded. "I am sick of cleaning the kennels or catching some stupid cats! Please jiji!"
"Naruto! Don't be rude to the hokage!" Sakura yelled at him and punched his head.
"Please, give us some C-rank!" the blond continued to whine.
Iruka, who did office duty during summer vacations, was about to yell at the blond but the hokage interrupted him.
"Well… we have a C-rank here you could do. It's a guarding mission to wave." The Sandaime informed them and Kakashi nodded.
"We do it." The jonin-sensei said and the hokage sent Iruka to get the client.
Naruto smelled the client before he saw him. A strong smell of sake came from the drunken old man who hiccupped some times.
"What's that? Some brats? I paid for real ninja not some brats!" the man said annoyed.
Sasuke and Sakura held Naruto down who was about to punch the drunk right in his face.
"And look at that, the midget looks so stupid." The old man offended and Kakashi had to grasp Naruto by his shirt collar.
"Tazuna-san, I am sure my genin and jonin can handle anything you throw at them. Please stop to offend them. You might be the client but I am not going to tolerate it when you offend my hardworking shinobis. Besides be happy you got this team. They have two jonins on them." Sarutobi said and got some approval nods from team 7. Tazuna mumbled something.
"Ok. I am the super-bridge builder Tazuna from Nami no Kuni and you are going to guard me!"
"Team 7, pack for a month worth supplies. Meet us tomorrow at sunrise at the north gate!" Yamato commanded and the genin vanished.
They didn't know what came up to them…