Authors note: SORRY! SORRY! SORRY! SORRY! SORRY! SORRY! SORRY! Between research papers (NO NOT THE…JIRAIYA KIND) studying for the finals, helping my family because somehow…ALMOST ALL of them got sick and…having family issues (not mine but, hey) I just haven't had time to type ANYTHING…well anything GOOD anyway. Damn that was a rather long run-on but whatever. Anyway I apologies but…I guess I'm going to take one of Kakashi's saying and say…"I got lost on the road to life."
Disclaimers: I SO DO…NOT OWN NARUTO!...BUT I OWN THE VIDEO GAME Naruto: Gekitou Ninja Taisen! 4 That's (Naruto: Clash of Ninja 4 in English) Small recap: …Naruto owns Mizuki…Naruto meets Jiraiya and Kakashi…Kakashi trains Sasuke AND ONLY Sasuke (Well he's supposed to anyway)…Jiraiya trains Team 7 (which consists of Sakura, Ino and Naruto) …and OH!...yea Naruto has a Bloodline limit that he used to get out of a…sticky situation.--------------------------------------------Ninja Academy---------------------------------------------
Everyone in the class room was giving Naruto a look of confusion with the exception of Jiraiya and Kakashi. Ino was looking at him with wide eyes and mouth slightly opened 'What? Naruto has a bloodline? But, but awww man! And it sounds so cool too. Wait did I just say Naruto and cool in the same sentence! NOOOOOOO the world as we know it is ending!' Ino thought frantically. Sakura had one eyebrow raised with her eyes as big as a cow but still had that pondering look 'What? But in order for Naruto to have a bloodline he'd have to have come from a family of shinobi and as far as I know he's the only Uzumaki to ever become a ninja?' On queue as if Naruto heard what she was thinking voiced out the same comment to his new sensei "HEY HOW CAN I HAVE A BLOODLINE WHEN I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO MY PARENTS ARE!...AND AREN'T YOU THAT ANBU BAST- I MEAN ANBU GUY FROM LAST NIGHT?" Naruto said this as he pointed his index finger with a big headed funny look on his face towards his sensei and the young ex-ANBU captain. He fell face first to the floor in embarrassment when he found out not only was he screaming and pointing at an empty space, for his new sensei and ex-ANBU had left to greet the rest of the lot but that in there place was a frog doll with a cute expression on his features and a wooden log with a happy face painted on it, apparently they used a Kawarimi.
Naruto standing up from his folly was annoyed and looked to the right side to see his sensei kiss the hands of both Ino and Sakura in a gentlemen way making both girls give Jiraiya a confused yet blushed look. Kakashi just sighed heavily and looked at Sasuke who was sitting in his chair looking annoyed in some way. Sasuke over heard Naruto scream at Kakashi that he was an ANBU and was rather curious about this man; however he was more intrigued with Naruto. Something about the blond shinobi just didn't seem to add up, normally he wouldn't let such a thing eat at him but he just felt like Naruto wasn't who he showed himself to be. Ever since that bout between him and Naruto he felt the blond was hiding his true abilities from everyone. Kakashi noticing the demeanor that Sasuke stared at Naruto and spoke lazily "So, Uchiha Sasuke shall we get to know each other?"
Sasuke looked at Kakashi with a brooding look before nodding a yes. Jiraiya heard this and in a desperate attempt to change the subject from Naruto's bloodline and more importantly the identity of his parents spoke before Naruto did, who was opening his mouth with yet another comical (Teen Titans funny) look about to speak. "That's a great idea Kakashi why don't we join you on the roof?" Jiraiya finished rather hastily. Both girls jumped out of their thoughts and instantly smiled a big smile, for they were going to be near their Sasuke-kun after all. Kakashi simply nodded once before disappearing in a puff of smoke. Jiraiya did the same thing only five seconds after, leaving everyone in the room alone.
By this time Naruto's right eye was twitching like if it was a health disorder. Radiating with anger and annoyance that he was ignored, he stood there with his arms crossed and eyes closed as he walked out of the room leaving Ino, Sakura and Sasuke to themselves. Sakura nearly pounced on Sasuke while Ino was desperately trying to tear her off of him. "Sasuke-kun wana go on a date with me!" Sakura all but screamed. "NO HE CAN'T FORHEAD GIRL BECAUSE HE'S GOING WITH ME!" Ino declared. As both girls started a low level taijutsu match Sasuke took this opportunity to get up from his spot and make a break for the roof. He walked nonchalantly past the door of the classroom, hands in his pockets and eyes closed all the while thinking 'Why me?' Sakura and Ino were covered in a cloud of dust as they finished there bout with neither advancing. Both girls heaved in a heavy breath before they looked at the last spot the Uchiha had been and realized he wasn't there anymore.
"GAAAAA!!!! LOOK WHAT CHA DID HE'S GONE YOU STUPID INO-PIG!" Sakura shrieked. "ME! YOU WERE THE ONE THAT SOILED YOUR SELF LIKE A SLUT IN HEAT FORHEAD GIRL! IF YOU HADN'T DONE THAT HE PROBABLY WOULD STILL BE HERE!" Ino protested. Both girls simply crossed their arms and looked the other way as they made their way towards the roof of the school. Ino had a saddened look on her face but was not showing it too Sakura, Ino was regretting her statement earlier thinking it was a bit too harsh and didn't mean to let it go that far, even if Sakura was her rival she didn't want to completely end her friendship with her over a boy. Sakura also sported a sad look as she was rather hurt from Ino's comment but discovered it to be true in a very sad way. She was too eager towards Sasuke and that made Sakura worry a bit, still she shrugged it off as she came upon a funny picture on the roof of the school.
Both Sakura and Ino started to laugh uncontrollably at the sight before them, they gripped their sides and hunched over crying out of laughter from the sight of their sensei running around in circles chasing Naruto for defiling the Hokage faces who STILL has not cleaned them. What made them laugh really hard was the actual defilement of the faces. The first was painted to look like a clown with a bright red nose and orange swirls for eyes while the second was made to look like a mime. The thirds face looked like an impersonation of Scarface. Curious enough the fourth's face was painted exactly like his portrait, sunshine blonde hair and ocean blue eyes illustrating his masculine face very well.
After a few minutes of laughter on the girls' part and a futile chase from Naruto and Jiraiya, team 7 as well as Kakashi and Sasuke settled down. Sakura who noticed that the Yondaime's face was not painted like the others asked Naruto why it wasn't as…colorful as the others. Naruto smiled at her as he figured she'd be the first to notice the Yondaime's color scheme and answered happily "Well Sakura-chan Unlike the other Hokage's the Yondaime died saving the village from a monster fox that can't-" Naruto stopped and started to sweat as he was about to shell out a small hint of the foxes immortality but made a quick recover though it was noticed by both Kakashi and Jiraiya that Naruto knew more about the fox than meets the eye "I mean that was supposedly un-killable."
Ino decided to step in to the conversation with her two cents on the matter "Yea but the other Hokage's still died for Konoha just like the Yondaime so why honor him and not the others?" Naruto scratched the back of his head sheepishly then crossed his arms and leaned against the railing as he spoke with his eyes closed apparently deep in thought "Because Ino-chan he did something that was rumored to be impossible, he single handedly saved the village from a demon that was destroying the town left n' right but at the ultimate price, death" Naruto stated flatly. "We already know that Naruto, what we don't know is why out of all the Hokage's did you choose him?" Sakura declared with annoyance in her tone and left eye in a twitch attack. Naruto rose his head to meet Sakura's vibrant forest green eyes and for a moment got lost in them before he realized he was staring and looked to his left with a faint blush before continuing. "Sakura-chan I thought it was obvious to you by know. The reason why I honor the Yondaime is because not only was he the greatest shinobi Konoha has ever produced, but from the little bit Oji-san tells me about him he was a true shinobi among men and wisdom beyond his years. He also did something that was supposedly impossible and it makes me wonder what ells do the powers of honor, compassion, justice and loyalty do" he finished eyes still shut remembering and image of the Yondaime.
Jiraiya had a smile on his face after Naruto finished his little speech and Kakashi simply grind behind his mask. Sakura and Ino where sitting down on the floor eyes once again enlarged to the size of elephants and were flabbergasted that Naruto managed to speak with such…reverence for the Yondaime it seems Naruto keeps on surprising them almost everyday. Sasuke looked confused sitting down on the floor along with the girls, hands clasped together in front of his mouth and eyebrow raised at the words Naruto spoke and found this piece of information rather interesting and yet another part of the puzzle arose one with even more questions than the last. Naruto opened his eyes and looked on at the members of his team along with his rival before giving his infamous trademark fox grin and scratching the back of his head with his right hand as he leaned on the railing.
"Well, after a story like that I think it be best to actually introduce ourselves don't you think Kakashi?" Jiraiya stated to which Kakashi nodded lazily. "Alright let's see, hmm, tell us your likes, dislikes hobbies and dreams, I think that would be a great way to start things off no?" Kakashi said with a smile. Sakura spoke softly "Um, Kakashi-san I think it be best if you led by example." Kakashi looked at her then nodded with a happy go lucky face before he complied with her request "Very well, My name is Hatake Kakashi, my likes…are none of your business my dislikes…I have lots of hobbies…and my dreams…'To get all of the Icha Icha Paradise novels ever created and ever will be created and autographed personally by Jiraiya-sama'…are also none of your business. Kakashi stated with a happy go lucky attitude.
Team 7 and Sasuke looked at him with annoyance "All we got was his name!" Sakura pouted low enough for Ino, Naruto and Sasuke to hear. Kakashi spoke again "Anyways its your turn pinky" he stated pointing towards Sakura who sported a vain in anger and was clearly annoyed at the nickname. Sakura was about to speak when Jiraiya spoke in a loud voice clear and proud for all to hear "I think its best if I introduced my self before any of the students" he finished not leaving any room for objections. He bit his left thumb and did some hands seals before yelling out "Kuchiyose no Jutsu!" (Summoning Jutsu)
In an instant he was hidden in a cloud of smoke from the others, as the smoke began to clear Naruto was excited 'MAN this is gona be awesome!' was the only thing running through his mind. Sakura was not so impressed 'Great what is he gona do? Smoke us to death?' Ino was eyeing the smoke rather suspiciously 'Is this guy really a shinobi?' Sasuke was with the same brooding expression, however if you look closely in to his eyes you could see he was thinking '…o…k?' Everyone stood in shock and confuses (save Kakashi) as a rather large orange toad was summoned out of no were. Jiraiya had an eerie looking smirk and continued on to his introduction "I am the greatest most wanted man by all the female population in Konoha" he said this as he and the toad started spinning there bodies clockwise on one foot before stopping instantly legs spread wide apart right slightly in front of the left with their left hand stretched to the back and right hand stretched out in front of them twirling and shaking in all directions "author of an art greater than that of the shinobis, the man that puts fear in to those who are vile and one of the legendary Sanin! the one the only JIRAIYA-SAMA! The toad hermit!" he concluded with a rather embarrassing pose and his frog doing the same.
Everyone on the roof simply had sweat drop to their side as Jiraiya finished his introduction. He himself sported one out of embarrassment for the fact that only one person on the roof knew his name and he was an instructor. Naruto simply shook his head in disapproval. Sakura on the other hand was in deep thought arms crossed and eyes closed and no matter how hard she tried she just couldn't help but feel like she heard the name before or rather the title. Ino simply went back to idolize Sasuke with the very disturbing heart shaped eyes all the girls seem to get when around him. Kakashi acted like he had never even heard of him and read his precious orange book. Jiraiya sighed heavily and simply pointed to Sakura with a downcast expression on his face "Ok, go tell us about your self" he finished with a small amount of his pride broken and a crying yet comical face…well to both Naruto and Kakashi anyway.
Sakura perked up a bit and then closed her eyes and smiled before starting "My name is Haruno Sakura, I like…well I like" It was here she blushed a bit before looking at Sasuke. Ino noticed this and narrowed her eyes and decided to get between Sakura's gaze of Sasuke, this got both girls flustered as they both turned the other way from each other. Sakura continued with her eyes closed facing her sensei "I like a certain someone and I hate stupid blond girls with no fashion sense" she finished with a smirk.
Ino got an irritated look with a vain pulsing just above her right eye and teeth clenched shut hands to her side now turned to fists as she radiated a vengeful aura. Sakura didn't stop there and continued with her introduction "My dream…is to be the best medical Kunoichi and to…" Sakura got a blush on her cheeks and later tried to look at Sasuke but again was cut off by an enraged Ino. Sakura simply turned the other way and nodded her head in completion. Jiraiya simply had one of those "Oh! Boy" looks as he rolled his eyes while Kakashi had his fateful orange book reading as he lost interest in the girl's introduction at "My name is". Naruto on the other hand seemed more interested in looking at the clouds as he laid down on his back. Sasuke simply sat quietly hands together at his mouth brooding as always. Jiraiya simply pointed at Ino with his index finger motioning her to go next "Ok, your turn Blondie" Jiraiya instructed.
Ino stood up with a smirk on her face and started her introduction "Names Yamanaka Ino, I like flowers, training with my dad and…a certain boy" at this Ino turned to Sasuke and started blushing. Sakura got a twitch attack on her left eye and got between Ino's gaze of Sasuke. "I hate the color pink because its too girly and I hate stupid girls with big foreheads" she stated looking at Sakura, who was getting ready to start another all out taijutsu bout as she brought her fist backwards but was stopped by none other than Naruto who seemed to vanish from his spot and appeared next to Sakura holding back her fist nodding a no to her.
Everyone glanced at Naruto who simply lied back down next to Sakura as he started looking at the clouds again and after a while of scrutiny from Ino and the others Naruto made his brilliance be known "What?" he simply stated. Ino and Sakura where both a little shocked and annoyed that Naruto somehow managed to slip by them while they were on their 'War of Love'. Jiraiya and Kakashi knew the boy was hiding something more to his abilities and power but how much? That was the question. Jiraiya needed to know and had a very good idea of how to do it but he'd save that for later. Sasuke was further reinforced of his suspicions on Naruto and was getting rather annoyed at it as he NEEDED to know just how strong Naruto is and how he got that way.
Ino decided to finish after a few minutes of awkward silence "My dream is…to become the greatest Kunoichi and excel in Interrogation techniques" she stated flatly with her arms crossed and a smile plastered on her face. Jiraiya nodded to her 'At least this one ain't THAT bad, I can work with her the other one I'm not too sure. She has potential I can feel it, but she needs to get her head out of the clouds' Kakashi closed his book having a similar chain of though about both young girls. Kakashi pointed to Sasuke whose stoic as always. There was a long pause and Jiraiya who was getting rather annoyed at the Uchiha's behavior was about to move on to Naruto but stopped as he realized Sasuke spoke. "Uchiha Sasuke is my name I have very few likes and many dislikes…what I have is not a dream but an ambition to resurrect my clan…and kill a certain someone. I also would like to test my skills before I kill that person against another" He finished with an icy tone as anger and hatred could be heard in his voice as he spoke the last few words with distaste in his mouth.
Kakashi took quick note of this 'Shit…he might just turn out like Itachi if he stays on the road his going down. I hope for your sake Sasuke that our time together will change that for the better' he thought with worry only visible to the other sensei on the roof. Jiraiya simply shook his head in disapproval of the young Uchiha's introduction and simply turned to Naruto who was now sitting shaking his head apparently at the Uchiha as well. Jiraiya pointed to Naruto and spoke "And you shrimp, what about you?" he smirked as he looked at Naruto.
Naruto simply crossed his legs and had a cheerful smile on his face before introducing himself "My name's Uzumaki Naruto, I like…HEY! WHO YOU CALLING SHRIMP!" Naruto pointed to Jiraiya with his big head white eyes expression. Jiraiya simply waved him off "Just hurry up and finish squirt!" "...pff whatever ya old coot" Naruto retorted before continuing though Jiraiya was peeved at him as one could see the red and steam coming from his face "As I was saying I like ramen, Iruka-sensei, Oji-san and people who treat other people kindly, I dislike people who think their better than everyone else and people who try to hurt other people." Naruto stood up and looked at Jiraiya then at Kakashi then turned his gaze to Sakura and moved to Ino and finally landed on Sasuke. He turned facing his sensei and made his way to the railing next to him and leaned forward with a smile on his face. He looked over the village with his smile growing even bigger and watched the sun setting slowly making the village seem almost spiritual with all the people moving about. He spoke "My dream…is to become the greatest Hokage this world has ever seen, to protect everyone in this village and gain their trust so that…" Naruto stopped for a minute to think this last part over. Kakashi, Jiraiya Sakura, Ino and even Sasuke had one eyebrow raised in interest as to Naruto's conclusion. Naruto had a faraway look in his eyes for a second before a grin crept its way to his face as he turned around and leaned back on the railing elbows up on it with his eyes closed and a smirk on the face before continuing "So that the village can feel safe from any and all threats and truly call this place home" Naruto chuckled a bit more to him self than to anyone ells "After all home is were you feel the most safest isn't it?" he smiled brightly for all to see on the roof.
Jiraiya smiled a bit at him and nodded in approval 'Arashi, jeesh he's just like you, which means he's gona be a pain in my ass' Jiraiya chuckled a bit at his thoughts. Kakashi simply stood there with his visible eye in a shocked expression and then smiled behind his mask 'This kid, he really is Arashi-sensei's. This'll be interesting' he thought rather intrigued as to how Naruto grew up to be like he is. Sakura was for the most part stunned with Naruto's declaration and found it rather heart warming for someone to care for their village so much, she couldn't help but smile at him. Ino felt she needed to smile at him so she did all the while thinking 'Wow, Naruto...' Sasuke sported a very small almost invisible smile, but it was indeed there, however he needed to find out more about Naruto. 'Why? Why are you so…so…why are you so determined to risk your life for people you don't even know?' Sasuke was beginning to get annoyed because he seemed to have more questions than answers. Why did Naruto seemed blessed with power? Sasuke knew Naruto was hiding his true skills ever since he faced him in that taijutsu bout. What he didn't understand was way was Naruto hiding? Why not show the people you so boldly claim to want to protect what you can do? He NEEDED to figure it out now more than ever. Then once he did he needed to see if he could do the same and get stronger.
Jiraiya spoke softly to Kakashi while the others were lost in their chain of thought. "Kakashi have your student meet mine at 6:00 AM at the Konoha gates…and don't be late." Jiraiya finished in all seriousness. Kakashi looked at him and blinked twice before closing his eye and smiling, he waved his right hand as he was leaning on the railing reading his book. Everyone was a little confused as to what their instructors were discussing and got their answer once Jiraiya spoke. "Ok listen up ALL of you that means you too Uchiha" he pointed at Sasuke with his index finger. Sasuke simply raised an eyebrow before Jiraiya continued with his explanation. "All of you will meet me and Kakashi at training ground…" he took out a piece of paper and squinted his eyes before reading what the paper said "…no, no, no this isn't big enough we need a bigger training ground…ok listen just meet me at the Konoha gates at 6:00 AM from there we'll go to a good waterfall spot for your final test…and don't eat breakfast or you'll see it on the ground next to your disoriented body." He spoke with conviction in his voice and a sinister look on his face.
Kakashi as well as the students all had raised eyebrows as to the toad hermits' words. Kakashi was confused as to how the training ground was not big enough while Naruto, Sasuke, Ino and Sakura all had that WHAT TEST look in there face. Kakashi seemed to realize the students reaction and clarified "You need to take the REAL genin test, the test you took was only on who has the 'potential' to become genin". Sakura lowered her head and pushed her arms closer to her sides and bit her lip. Ino looked to her right and had a distant look in her face while Sasuke simply nodded in understanding. It was Naruto who spoke first he simply had on his fox like grin along with his eyes closed and hands behind his head as he leaned against the railing still "Ha! So what! We'll pass your test so don't try and break us because we WILL become ninjas and you can bet on that. Trust me when I say this Sakura-chan has the brains of the group Ino-chan has the stealth and information gathering skills and Sasuke-teme and I are the power houses." Naruto finished analyzing like it was no big deal. To Ino, Sakura and Sasuke it was a huge eye opener, the blond had never demonstrated any interest in class the times he DID go and the other times he DID participate he simply either never answered or answered wrongly because he just woke up from a nap.
Jiraiya and Kakashi simply looked at him with analytical eyes and it was Jiraiya who spoke first his face contorted in a vile grin and his brow furrowed deeply "Oh! You think you got it figured out eh? Well how bout we put that to the test tomorrow huh?" Naruto smirked lightly and a hint of mischief could be seen in his eyes as he spoke calm and reassuring "Bring it on…Ero-Sanin!" At this everyone raised eyebrows. Ino, Sakura and Sasuke raised their eyebrows because of what Naruto was implying and Kakashi raised and eyebrow because he was confused as to how Naruto could have know Jiraiya was a pervert. Jiraiya fell flat on his face as he heard his student call him that and just as fast as he hit the ground he was up screaming at the blond "DON'T CALL ME THAT!"
Naruto's smirked ever deepened as he spoke "Jiraiya, one of the legendary three Sanin and author of one of the worlds leading series of adult books, that IS you isn't it. Oji-san told me all about you Tsunade and Orochimaru. On a side note you should know that your novel's very popular with Oji-san." Naruto stated plainly. The rest of team 7 and Sasuke were shocked to hear that THIS man was a Sanin. Ino had the face of a guppy and Sakura had her head in a thinking position as to why she didn't realize it sooner. Sasuke was annoyed that THEY get to have a 'SANIN' train them while he gets stuck with some nobody gutter faced ex-ANBU. Jiraiya was a bit interested at this 'Oji-san' Character and voiced his curiosity "Hey, mind telling me just who this 'Oji-san' of yours is. I might consider giving him an autographed copy of my book." Jiraiya stated not hiding the fact that he really does publish such a book.
Naruto spoke with a bored tone in his voice as his face gave way to his tone "It's Sarutobi Oji-san…the Hokage." He stated as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. Sakura and Ino almost rushed at him trying to cover his mouth from saying anything else that might earn them a good week of punishment for lack of respect but were stopped by Jiraiya's loud booming laughter. Both girls raised an eyebrow in confusion, Sakura was interested in two things one why was her sensei laughing like there was no tomorrow and two how could Naruto be so disrespectful to the Hokage. 'And this is coming from a guy who not two minutes ago claimed he wanted to become Hokage.' Sakura thought with her hands at her hips and her face shaking a slow 'no' with her eyes closed giving a small smile as she sighed. Ino was more interested at how Naruto could get away with such things and make everyone laugh 'I have to admit, it is kinda funny.' She thought giggling just a little, loud enough only for one other person to catch it and she was still a little perplexed at the situation. Sasuke was getting more bored by the second and wanted nothing more than to simply take out a piece of wire and strangle the 'Supposed' Sanin, but IF this person really WAS a Sanin then he figured he wouldn't make it past taking out the wire from his gear pouch.
After the laughter died down and Jiraiya was more calmed he spoke wiping a tear of laughter from his right eye "Now that that's out of my system we can get back to serious business." But before he could begin his new sentence Sakura voice a question that he had in her head as well as everyone on the roof "Sensei…why were you laughing just now?" "Well it's just that that old fart's still has someone calling him the same name I called him when I was younger…and well…Looks like I win a bet with an old friend of mine…too bad she's still sucks at gambling." Jiraiya spoke a smile creeping on to his lips as he finished. With that he decided to call it a day and told his team as well as the duo of Sasuke and Kakashi not to be late for their test. Jiraiya disappeared in a puff of smoke and so did Kakashi.
Ino and Sakura turned to Sasuke and almost pounced on him had it not been for the fact he was already gone. Both girls had a look of disappointment on their faces and noticed that Naruto walked passed them with his hands behind his head as he made his way across the roof, for his apartment was located on the crappier side of the town. Both girls looked at him and then at each other before they stood up and walked beside him before he could leap from roof top to roof top. Naruto noticing them raised an eyebrow to which Sakura responded "Naruto before you go…can we ask you something?" Naruto was even more curious and nodded motioning her to continue. "Did you really defeat Mizuki-sensei?" Ino upped and blurted with her hands at her waist sporting a skeptical look. Naruto moved from a curious look to a grin and before nodding. "Yup I sure did, why?" he asked curiosity still lingering in his thoughts. Sakura spoke trying to cover her own curiosity "It's just that we needed to hear it from the horses' mouth is all." Sakura was still unsure about this but decided that IF Naruto really did defeat Mizuki then that means that Sasuke could too and that meant they were advanced genins. Ino was still skeptical and was thinking along the same line as Sakura.
Naruto closed his eyes and gave an open smiled before simply waving at them and disappearing in a swirl of leaves leaving behind two very shocked kunoichis'. "DID HE JUST!...BUT THAT'S A…CHUNIN LEVEL JUTSU" Ino yelled loud enough to be heard clear across all the shinobi nations almost leaving her lungs empty of much needed oxygen. Sakura simply blinked a few times before speaking "Ino…I think there's more to Naruto than meets the eye." Ino looked at her with a 'NO YA THINK' look. Sakura voiced out her thoughts as she went into analyzer mode "Think about it, he can do KAGE BUNSHIN (Shadow Clone) which is a jonin level jutsu as well as the Shunshin no Jutsu (Body Flicker) which is a Chunin level jutsu and on top of that I heard that Mizuki-Sensei was hit with a strong wind jutsu. It couldn't have been Iruka-sensei because he told us that his strongest alignments were earth and water jutsus when we did our study on the five elements used for Jutsus. And from what I heard Naruto, Iruka-sensei and Mizuki-sensei were the only people present at the time when Mizuki-sensei confronted both Naruto and Iruka-sensei." Ino only had one question on her mind and voiced it "Just who the hell is this 'source' of yours anyway!" Sakura looked at her like she was stupid and answered her "Iruka-sensei, I figured I'd get the answer straight from the source, no?" Ino realized something this day, one Sakura was right there really was something off about Naruto and two Naruto was right…Sakura really did have the best analytical skill in the group.
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Sakura was the first to arrive feeling slightly drowsy from the lack of sleep; she had stayed up almost all night packing for her 'mission' and devising ways to get Sasuke to notice her and tried to come up with a solution as to why Naruto is…different when he's fighting that she had forgotten to look at her clock and lost a good 5 hours.
'AAAAAHHH Damn it NOW I'll definitely NOT pass this STUPID EXAM!' Sakura screamed in the inner most part of her mind. 'That's for sure, we are so DEAD!' Inner Sakura added with a sadden and crying face.
Ino was walking down towards the gates of Konoha well rested and prepared, whoever she was not as confident as she made her self out to be. Ino who was just arriving noticed her rivals sleepy face and moved to make a comment, but as she was about to, Sakura looked straight in to her eyes and Ino saw the same low confidence she has her self and instead opted for a greeting…well as a good a greeting as a rival gives another rival.
"Hey forehead girl, you look like someone took a hammer to your head?" Ino said a little worried for her rivals' health. Sakura just looked at Ino with slipping confidence before speaking "I just had a rough night, between boys, packing and making sure I was ready I lost a few hours of sleep."
"Tell me about it! It's like all the preparation was for this very moment. The moment we get tested to be REAL ninja's, but are we REALLY ready?" Ino spoke getting to the same mind set as Sakura. Ino looked over to Sakura as she realized Sakura was mute for a good minute or two.
"Don't stress it. You two I'll do fine you'll see" a tender yet masculine voice seemed to creep out of the very shadows. Sakura was on high alert whilst Ino pulled out a kunai instinctively, sweat trickled down there faces waiting for the voice to give away its position. She swore she heard it from there far left near the passport office, but then it spoke again this time it was above them.
"You know you two should just relax a bit that's all. Once you get your bearings it'll come naturally to you. That's what happened to me" the girls froze and then Sakura started realizing what it was saying and turned to look at the figure laying on top of the gate (Snoopy style) with his hands behind his head. Ino couldn't get a clear view of the figure because the sun was in her eyes. "Who?...are you" Ino whispered. The figure jumped down from the top of the gates and landed in font of both girls with a fox like grin hands still back of his head. Naruto smirked before speaking "Why Ino-chan, forgotten me already? I must not have made the impression stick." It was Sakura's turn to retort "Naruto! If I wasn't half asleep I'd kill you!" Ino nodded in response before putting her kunai away in her gear pouch.
Naruto chuckled as he thought 'Thank God you did lose sleep then otherwise I might not have lived through the comment I was gona say.' "Anyways, just sit back and relax because were gona be here for a while." Naruto stated plainly hands in his pockets and eyes closed.
Ino observed Naruto from a distance studying him with her eyes squinted just a little for a few minutes and found nothing interesting. She turned her gaze to her rival and found that Sakura was doing the same thing she had been doing only seconds ago; however Sakura's gaze was more intense than her own. Ino made her way towards Sakura who had not detected Ino's movements even though she wasn't masking them was still fixated on Naruto.
"Like what cha see forehead girl?" Ino said with a smirk, brows furrowed and arms crossed in a know it all pose.
Sakura broke her gaze from Naruto who was apparently sleeping on top of the gates with his arms crossed. She turned towards Ino and for some reason Sakura could not explain she was…blushing? Yes, yes she was blushing, but the oddest thing was she had no comeback to which she could defend her self with.
If Ino's smirk could have gotten any deeper Kami himself would have had to realign the cheek bones back to their proper place. "OH! SO YOU DO LIKE WHAT CHA SEE!" Ino shrieked at the top of her lungs pointing a finger at Sakura her eyes in a mischief glint and her legs far apart for dramatic effect.
Just as Sakura was about to retort with a 'decent' comeback she heard the sound of metal hitting the wind coming from a direction unknown to her Ino also picked it up and both girls were looking in all direction.
Naruto merely jumped from his spot before 12 or so kunai and shuriken embedded themselves on the spot he was on just now. He landed about 10ft from the girls before catching a kunai by the handles ring and spinning it in his hand before griping it.
Naruto was annoyed to say the least with an angry frown and furrowed brows with angered eyes he spoke "Sasuke-teme! What's the big idea? When a person's resting usually the team members helps them or stands guard…and NOT THROW KUNAI AND SHURIKENS AT THEM!"
The girls were lost in translation and both raised questioning eyebrows at who exactly Naruto was accusing. Sasuke who was hidden in the glint of the sun on a tall building jumped down in front of Naruto and smirked. Sasuke put his hands in his pockets before opening his eyes and narrowing them with a smirk facing Naruto "Naruto…I want to fight you!" he stated plainly.
Naruto raised a questioning eyebrow at Sasuke's request and then stared in to his eyes and caught the glint of determination he himself has when faced with a challenge. Naruto closed his eyes and smirked 'Well…this is interesting. I'd like to test my self against you too, Sasuke-teme! Seeing as YOU are the rookie of the year. But no, it's not just that. You have true skill, truth be told if we WERE going all out, I have no clue who would have won that taijutsu match." He finished thinking.
Naruto opened his eyes demonstrating the same determination that Sasuke had. Both Ino and Sakura were drowning in the thickness of the tension in the air between both boys.
Ino spoke up eyes closed and an open weary smile and a bead of sweat trickling down her left cheek "Now, now boys why don't we wait till Jiraiya-sensei or Kakashi-sensei show up and finish the exam before we tire ourselves out from all our excitement." Sakura looked at Ino with thanking eyes as Ino saved her the trouble of saying the same thing.
Naruto looked at Ino with a pouting face, lower lip sticking out a little, standing at attention and hands to his side with his wrists curved up to the side. He spoke in a pouting tone to illustrate his disappointment and the fact that she was right "Aaahh, c'mon Ino-chan! Why'd ya have to go and ruin the fun!"
Sasuke simply shook his head as he knew she was right and figured he'd test himself against Naruto some other time.
Just then Jiraiya happened to pop in to the scene out of no where in particular (the reality of it was Jiraiya was there since Naruto had arrived) "ALRIGHT KIDS LETS SAY WE GO HUH?" Jiraiya spoke in a cheerful tone with his left hand holding his backpack on his back and eyes closed in a smile, all the wile he himself bore an open smile.
Everyone from team 7 and Sasuke had a heart attack from the man's sudden appearance and apparently loud greeting. Clutching her heart trying to stabilize the beats Sakura spoke in confusion to her sensei "Aren't we gona wait for Kakashi-sensei?" Jiraiya snorted heavily before replaying "HE, will meet us there so don't worry about it!" making a strong emphasis on the word 'HE'.
With that team 7 and Sasuke nodded as the gates opened for them to leave. Jiraiya motioned for them to take to the trees and with that they all vanished deep with in the forest of Konoha.
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"SHIT! SHIT! SHIT! SHIT! Where'd I put that FUCKING MASK!" screamed an annoyed, troubled and distressed Hatake Kakashi.
'DAMN IT! Not only haven't I found my mask I haven't visited Obito's and Sensei's grave yet!' thought a still frantic Kakashi.
The young jonin grappled his hair before looking up and screaming at the top of his lungs as loud as he could "FFFFFUUUUUUCCCCCKKKKKKKKK!"
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Jiraiya looked in the direction of Konoha swearing to Kami he had just heard Kakashi curse? There was only one time he had heard Kakashi curse in all the time that he has known him and that was when Arashi took his mask and hid it from him. Coincidently that was also the time Rin took a look at Kakashi's unmasked face…she has forever imprinted it in her mind. Kakashi had to resort to tying his headband around his face to cover the lower portion of it.
Jiraiya looked at Naruto and then at Sasuke as the both had a glaring contest going on between them. Jiraiya sighed heavily before speaking "Ok listen up the test will not start until Kakashi gets here so until then just try not to…do anything stupid…ok?" everyone nodded before splitting up. Ino and Sakura stood by the falls admiring its beauty, Sasuke leaned on a boulder and Naruto somehow fell asleep instantly on the branch of a tree.
One hour passed…
Two hours passed…
Three hours passed…
Four hours passed…
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A loud explosion was heard coming from directly behind all the members of Team 7 and Sasuke. Smoke covered a large portion of the area they were situated in. Sakura and Ino ran towards Jiraiya and looked on as two ominous figures hid with in the smoke their shapes clearly visible. Sasuke walked passed the girls and stood side by side Jiraiya. Naruto leaped from his sleeping tree spot and stood on the opposite side of Jiraiya.
As the smoke was lifting up one could tell that one of the figures was significantly taller than the other. Once the smoke gave way two men stood standing tall wearing a black cloak with red clouds on it. They each sported a Ronin Gasa (That's the hats they ware the first time you see them) effectively covering their faces from team 7 and Sasuke.
The larger one of the two spoke in a raspy voice while grinning with his unusually sharp teeth "You think the Sanin will pose a big threat?" "Yes, but we only need a few minutes to do our chore. Then we leave" answered the smaller one of the two, though he sounded more stoic and emotionless than the taller one.
Sasuke widened his eyes to the point of them falling right out of their sockets as he grinded his teeth shut.
'THAT VOICE! IT CAN'T BE?' He franticly thought.
The smaller one removed his hat revealing a man who looked identical to Sasuke in every way save for the hair, it was in a long ponytail and his eyes were blood red with three coma like marks surrounding the iris.
The man looked at Sasuke and spoke in a surprised tone yet his face betrayed his tone of voice "kinshou nii-chan?..." (Little Brother)