All chapters revised thanks to review…. But if someone wants to beta read, just PM me or something.
Chapter 3- Council and Teams.
Naruto was walking Kasumi to her first day as a genin to the academy. Naruto had added the Senju symbol to his right shoulder, since now, he was in fact a Senju. He still wore his black flak jacket, which really stood out from the regular green jonin one. His ski mask was down and, to just make people stare, he had his cleaver sword attached to his back.
Kasumi was jumping up and down as she walked alongside Naruto heading to the academy. She wore sleeveless red Uzumaki shirt with an orange swirl on the back. She wore a black band around her right arm, with the Senju symbol on it, and around her neck she had her forehead protector, tied with a blood red headband. She also had very short black shinobi pants which were skin tight and tied down at the knees with white bandages. Mei had gotten her a pair of arm and leg guards, which were covered up by black cloth on the arms.
"Hey Aniki?" Kasumi asked Naruto.
Naruto looked at his little sister and smiled "what is it?"
"Do you know whose going to be on my first genin team?"
Naruto shrugged, since he wasn't sure who would be on her, and his genin team. He suspected maybe Masaki, but other than that, he didn't know. However, he did hear that this year's genin had a large amount of clan heirs, which included the Nara, Hyuga, Yamanaka, Aburame, Akimich and Inuzuka, not to mention two Uchihas and Kasumi.
"I can't say I do"
Kasumi pouted slightly "but I know tou-san would tell you"
Naruto just ruffled his little sister's hair "Kasumi, the teams are still being discussed but for now it's a secret"
Kasumi grinned at her brother "secrets are no fun unless you tell everyone" she rhymed.
Naruto nodded "yah, I don't like secrets"
When the two of them reached the academy, Naruto was quick to examine all of the genin arriving for the briefing. Kasumi had run over to her friend Masaki, who looked exactly the same as yesterday, and was with her mother.
From the genin that were entering, Naruto could already tell that only 25% of them would get through the genin exam. Naruto himself knew that the academy only taught the bare minimum, and to really pass as a genin, you had to train outside of the academy. By activating his seishingan, which like a naturally born sharingan used almost no chakra, he was able to see the amount reserves that the genin had.
Almost all had almost no chakra reserves, but enough to get through the three basic jutsus without feeling to tired. He noticed that both Kasumi and Masaki had way over the average, which was very common for clan genins, as they trained at very early age and relentlessly.
Naruto sighed, as when he was their age, most genins were hardened veterans by their 10th mission. 'It seems that peace brings a false sense of security' Naruto thought to himself.
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At the council chambers, Minato sat at the head of the long table that took up most of the space. He was flanked by Tsunade, who took charge as the Senju clan head, and Mikoto, who was the Uchiha clan head.
It wasn't that they were better than any of the other clans; it was just that both the Uchiha and the Senju were the founding clans of Konoha, and thus, they sat next to the Hokage.
Next to Tsunade was Kushina, who wore her Uzumaki flak jacket, with the Senju symbol on the right shoulder.
Next to Kushina was Asuma Sarutobi, who after his father's death became the new clan head. Asuma had short spiky black hair and beard, which went well with his usually lit cigarette, as both he and his father were known to like smoking. He wore the regular jonin attire, and although, he was going to be a jonin sensei, he was still going to run the clan as normal. He also had a white sash tied to his waist with the kanji for fire on it, symbolizing his status as a member of the twelve guardian ninja.
Next to Asuma was Shikaku Nara, who was most defiantly the most analytical and ingenious out of anyone on the council. He had dark hair tied into a pony tail behind his head and sported a goatee. On the right side of his face he had two scars as well as pierced ears. He wore the normal jonin attire, and was infamously known for his downright laziness.
Next to Shikaku, was one of his partners and clan heads, Choza Akimichi. Choza is a rather large man with long red hair and markings on his cheeks, which is a common trait for those in the Akimichi clan. He also wears a samurai life outfit, over a black suit, which is then complete with armor with the kanji for food on it. He also wears a rope belt, hand guards, and a piece of cloth around his head, which replaced his forehead protector.
On the other side of the table next to Mikoto, was Hiashi Hyuga. He had long black hair and featureless white eyes of the Hyuga clan. He wore a traditional white robes and a dark cloak over his shoulders.
Next to Hiashi was Shibi Aburame. Shibi wore a high collared grey outfit, and on his back, he carries a gourd, most likely filled with insects. He also wore dark glasses to hide his eyes, and had spiky short black hair.
Next to Shibi Aburame was Inoichi Yamanaka. Inoichi has long blonde hair tied behind his head in a ponytail, but in the front his very spiky. He wore the traditional jonin attire, except for the red coat he wears over it.
After Inoichi was Tsume Inuzuka. She had very animalistic features, including her spiky brown hair and her vertical slit pupils. Underneath her eyes she had red fang markings, symbolizing her belonging to the Inuzuka clan. She wore the standard Konoha jonin attire.
Next to Tsume was Murakumo Kurama. He had dark brown hair that went behind his head, and reached his shoulders, and also had a short brown mustache. He wore grey robes, and on the back was the Kurama clan symbol.
On the other end of the table sat the civilian council, which only had 5 members not including the two village elders, Homura Mitokado and Koharu Utantane.
"Alright then" Minato said as he went through all of his genin registrations. "Now that we got through those teams it's now time for the discussion for team 11"
"Who exactly will be heading the new team 11, as I was only aware of us having 10 jonin sensei?" Asuma asked, as he was aware of their only being 10 jonin, including himself.
"My son, Naruto will be" Minato announced, which got a couple of gasped from the civilian council, as the shinobi were already informed of his arrival.
Koharu looked at Minato with calculating eyes, trying to figure out what he was thinking. "Hokage-sama" Koharu said, "Why would you waste his talents as a jonin instructor? He would be much better used in the ANBU, as we all know his skills rival yours, or by now surpassed them"
Minato just smiled at her, even though he absolutely loathed the old woman. "Well, Naruto asked me if he could"
"It's not his decision to make Hokage-sama" Koharu said, as she did not like hearing that someone younger than her could ask the hokage to do something, while she just watched him do his thing.
Kushina glared at the old council member, as she did not like her, and unlike her husband, she would show it "I think it's fine if he does"
"And may I ask who would be his genin?" Homura asked.
"I decided that I would put my daughter Kasumi and Masaki Uchiha on his team. As for the thir-" but before Minato could finished, the council erupted into a yelling contest, or let's say, the civilians, Hiashi, and the two elders.
"Hokage sama, you are showing favoritism to your youngest daughter!" yelled one Haruka Haruno, who would rather have her daughter be on his team then on Kakashi's, since Naruto was clearly a better ninja. And also, Kakashi was known to be very hard during the evaluation exam, where no one as currently been able to pass.
Hiashi just glared at the hokage. His eldest daughter, who he honestly didn't really care about, was in this year's genin, and maybe if Naruto was her sensei, she would be stronger.
Minato just sighed, since he knew that this would most likely happen "Will you people shut up" Minato said in a dangerous low tone, which everyone could easily hear. He then went back to his normal smile as like nothing happened "you see, it is necessary for Naruto to be on Kasumi's team since she needs someone who has the ability to subdue a bijuu"
"Well Hokage-sama" Homura said "we'll just have that ANBU Tenzo do it, as he does posse the wood release, and put Naruto in the ANBU"
"While that does work, Naruto did ask to be her sensei" Kushina said.
Koharu just glared at the Uzumaki clan head "he doesn't ask to do something; he does what he told Kushina-san"
Kushina just glared back with as much intensity as Koharu "I'll tell you something Koharu-san. Like me, Naruto-kun doesn't take too kindly to being told to do something"
"It's not his place, he does what he is told and that's that" Koharu retorted.
"Do you want to fight him to decide what he does?" Tsunade butted in, as she was getting annoyed with this meeting since they started talking about team 1.
Koharu just glared at the Senju, but remained quiet, since she knew she wouldn't be able to beat him.
Minato, grateful that she had finally stopped complaining, said "all right then, now for the third member, I have taken on of Danzo's old ROOT members and put her on the team as well"
About 7 years ago, Minato had done a major investigation on Danzo, because he did not like having the old war hawk in his council. Through his investigation, his ANBU, which included Kushina, found his underground ROOT base. After discovering the ROOT, Minato had Danzo arrested and he studied what Danzo was doing down there.
He had found many children, most likely orphans from the third shinobi war, being trained as emotionless weapons because of their kekkei genkais or other traits. After he found this, Minato had to start sending the subjected kids through a training course to regain those emotions, which took them until they were around 9-12.
Those same kids then could choose whether to use the skills that Danzo had taught them, since by age 6 they had already reached chunin level, or to go into normal civilian life. All of them chose to become shinobi.
They were then integrated into genin squads when they reached age 12, where they would start a normal life.
"Now who would be the chosen member?" Koharu asked, as she was in favor of Danzo's ROOT.
"That would be Ayaka" Minato said, which made everyone in the council look at him.
"Hokage-sama out of all the ex-ROOT members, she has changed the least" Tsume said.
"Wouldn't it be better to put her on another squad, or keep her back a year?" Mikoto asked.
Minato shook his head "We all know that Ayaka is by far the most skilled out of that group, even if she lacks emotion. However she does posse some, and over time she will gain them back."
"I must agree with the Hokage on this one" Shikaku said, which caught the attention of everyone on the council, since Shikaku is almost always right. "We shouldn't stunt her growth as a shinobi just for the lack of emotion that others posse. We know she isn't normal like all of us, but she does posse enough where she can still maintain her humanity. And by being around others, she will most likely develop other emotions, most of them good"
"That if we want her to get her emotions back, as it is always better for a ninja to not have any" Hiashi said, which got a glare from Minato, as he was not a fan of the whole cage bird thing that Hiashi supported.
"Very well Hokage-sama" Homura said "if that is going to be your decision, then I guess we have little more to talk about"
"Agreed, council dismissed"
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Naruto was walking towards the hokage tower to get the names of his genin team. He could have easily sunshined or use his space-time ninjutsu to teleport there, but he just wanted to walk. After just teleporting places, you get a nice feeling from just walking.
As he walked, he noticed a very familiar white haired jonin, who like him, was just enjoying the good weather outside.
Naruto swiftly made his way over to him, and started walking next to the said jonin.
The white haired jonin was reading an Icha Icha book, and seemed to be highly embarrassed in its contents.
"So Kakashi, still reading that smut I see" Naruto said, getting the attention of the white haired jonin.
Kakashi looked up from his book and saw Naruto walking next to him. Kakashi wore a ski mask over his face, and his headband was slung over his left eye so you couldn't see what was underneath it. Other than that, he wore the normal jonin outfit.
"Well, look who we have here" Kakashi mused.
Naruto smirked at Kakashi's comment "yes look, we have one totally bad ass ninja and a porn addict like yourself"
Not taking the comment to his liking, Kakashi used his most signature move "hmm, did you say something"
However Naruto was ready for this, as unlike Gai, he learned from his past mistakes "must be the wind"
Kakashi groaned, but remained silent, as he would not embarrass himself any further.
"So Kakashi, going to get your genin squad list?" Naruto asked.
"Why yes, but I saw a black cat so I had to go the long way to the hokage tower" Kakashi said, putting on his most innocent smile.
Naruto grinned "I had the same problem. You see, I was just enjoying a nice walk when I lost track of the time"
"So, I'm guessing you're a jonin sensei now aren't you?" Kakashi asked which Naruto nodded too. Kakashi in turn sighed "ah well, it would have been nice to teach your little sister like I did with you, but you can't get everything you want"
The two of them just walked casually to the Hokage office, and entered, where they both looked at the face of a very annoyed Minato.
"Hey tou-san, sorry I'm late, but you see me and Kakashi were just talking when we remembered we had to come here" Naruto explained, which made Minato sigh, as Naruto could either be always punctual, or he could be as lazy and late as Kakashi.
"It's okay Naruto, by enough of that" Minato said, as he took out two folders, one with the number 7 and the other with the number 11 on it. Kakashi took the folder titled 7 and went through his contents in a matter of seconds.
"Alright I get one Sakura Haruno, one Sasuke Uchiha and one Sai" Kakashi mused as he went through the file.
Naruto in turn took the folder with team 11 on it and went through its contents. "Well I get Kasumi Namikaze, Masaki Uchiha, and Ayaka" Naruto then looked at his father "you gave me three girls"
At this Kakashi looked at Naruto's file and gave him one of his signature smiles "well, aren't you the lucky one" which made Naruto grimace, as he knew that what Kakashi was implying, and he didn't like it one bit.
Minato grinned slightly, "Yes, well on to a different matter" and his face suddenly became serious, which Kakashi took notice and stopped messing around with his porno book. "You both have ex-ROOT on your teams. Kakashi, I gave you Sai, who has almost completely regained emotion." Mianto then turned to Naruto "however, I gave you one that only just started to get back her feelings. Her skills are very high, but I need you to get her to open up"
At this Naruto nodded "I will tou-san"
Minato smiled at his son "yes well there is a small thing I forgot to mention" but before he could mention that small thing, two people entered the room.
The first was a light skinned boy with shirt dark hair, and a very weird smile on his face. He wore a black long-sleeved shirt which only covered everything above his abs and wore dark fingerless gloves. He also had normal dark shinobi pants and on his back he had a backpack and a katana strapped to it.
The other person was a girl with long blue hair tied behind her head in a ponytail. She wore a high colored black shirt that was opened up so you could see her face and the ski mask which was currently off. However, the shirt did not cover her mid-section, which was instead covered by mesh armor. On her right arm, she had a black sleeve that reached up to her elbow, which was wrapped in white bandages, and then continued, to her wrist. On the other arm, she had a long grey sleeve with a blue stripe that ran down the side. She wore short skin tight pants that only reached above her knees, and the rest of the legs were covered by more mesh, until it got down to the dark greaves she wore. She had a katana strapped to her back, and on her right side, she had a shorter one strapped.
"Kakashi the boy is Sai, so please bring him to the academy where he can meet up with his two other teammates" Minato said.
Kakashi nodded, and a few seconds later, he and Sai left the room.
"Ayaka, this is going to be your sensei Naruto Namikaze" Minato said, and before anyone could react, Ayaka was on her knees bowing down to Naruto like he was a god.
Minato just sighed while Naruto didn't know what to think of the situation.
"It is an honor to serve under you Naruto-sama" Ayaka said, in an almost emotionless tone.
"Um… Tou-san, what was that small thing you mentioned earlier?"
"Ah yes that…"Minato then looked worryingly at Ayaka, "Ayaka-chan, please may you wait outside so that Naruto-kun and I could have couple of words before he takes you to meet you genin team"
Ayaka stood up and bowed slightly to both Minato and Naruto "yes Hokage-sama, Naruto-sama, I will wait outside for you" and a couple seconds later, she stepped out of the room.
"Naruto, Ayaka was once part of Danzo's ROOT division, which I don't believe you were ever told about" Minato said.
Naruto was very confused by the whole thing "you said regained emotion, are you telling me that Danzo had somehow made them lose it?"
Minato nodded "yes, he took orphans with potential and tried to bring them up as emotionless weapons, until Kushina and I found out and put a stop to it"
Naruto at hearing this gritted his teeth in anger, as he didn't like it when kids were forcibly put through training to become nothing more than tools "where is Danzo? I need to show him a piece of my mind"
"He is locked away Naruto, but the thing I must tell you is that, each one of these ex-ROOT members followed in your footsteps, and to them, you are like kami"
Naruto now was totally lost "what do you mean that I'm like kami to them?"
"Well you see" Minato began "from what we can gather; Danzo had used you, the age 8 ANBU, now on par with the Hokage as the role model for all ROOT members, where by age 7, you were already a skilled killer. Now we have been able to break this trend in almost all of them, but Ayaka still remains completely fixed on you." Minato then grinned slightly "it's like having a completely obsessed fan girl"
"More like slave" Naruto said coldly "I'm going to have to break that trend"
"Just don't break her Naruto" Minato said seriously "just show her that she can act like a kid sometimes. It's a shame she was forced to grow up too fast"
Naruto nodded "considered it done tou-san"
Minato smiled "alright Naruto, you are dismissed"
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Naruto walked out of the Hokage office and headed towards the academy with a following Ayaka. At first, Naruto thought that maybe Ayaka had learned that she shouldn't think he was all that, but he was quickly proven wrong.
"So Ayaka-chan, what do you like to do?" Naruto asked.
Ayaka at hearing her name being used in such a way, blushed slightly, which then disappeared almost instantaneously "I don't really like much Naruto-sama, only what you tell me too" she said like a soldier at attention.
Naruto sighed "Ayaka-chan, call me Naruto-sensei, Naruto-sama makes me sound… old"
Naruto then continued walking, but then realized that Ayaka wasn't behind him and looked back, where of course, she was on the ground bowing to him… again.
"I'm sorry Naruto-sensei, it will not happen again"
Naruto sighed "Ayaka-chan, you don't have to bow all the time, now common, we are already late to the academy"
And again, Ayaka bowed to Naruto "yes Naruto-sensei, I am sorry for causing so much trouble"
Naruto in turn just smacked his head and continued walking, and Ayaka quickly went right back to his side.
'This is going to be rough' Naruto thought to himself, as he and Ayaka neared the academy.
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Kasumi was jumping off the walls of the academy in pure frustration. When she heard that Naruto was going to be her sensei and Maski was going on her team she was quite excited. But 2 hours later, and Naruto still hadn't shown up, and she was getting very mad. Even the infamous Kakashi, known for his tardiness was here before him.
"Damn, where is aniki?" Kasumi mumbled while Masaki sighed. Masaki had brought along her reading material, but she was now out, because she didn't expect that their sensei was going to be this late, so she didn't bring that much.
"Where ever he is, he better have a good excuse or at these something cool to give us" Masaki said, since she too was getting annoyed.
The door opened to the classroom, and Naruto stepped in being followed by a blue haired girl.
"Hey there Imouto, Masaki-chan" Naruto waved, as he looked at the classroom "damn I'm late"
Kasumi was about to say 'yah you are' but the blue haired girl spoke first "I am sorry Naruto-sama for making us late" she said, which got two questioning looks from Masaki and Kasumi.
Naruto groaned "Ayaka-chan its sensei, not sama, and you better not tell me you sorry for that too." As of now Naruto's patience was wearing thin, as the girl was more than just a fan girl. It wasn't like she was fawning over how he looked, she literally thought everything about him was the right thing.
Ayaka just looked down in shame, as she could not apologize to Naruto without disobeying him.
"Umm, Aniki, who's that?" Kasumi asked pointing at Ayaka.
Naruto looked at Kasumi and smiled "oh this is our third team mate, Ayaka-chan; I would like you to meet my Imouto Kasumi Namikaze and Maski Uchiha"
Ayaka looked at Masaki, but then she switched all of her attention to Kasumi and Kasumi was getting a strange feeling from the look that Ayaka was giving her.
"It is nice to meet you Masaki-san, Kasumi-sempai. It is a-" but before Ayaka could finish what she was saying Kasumi spoke up.
"I aint no sempai, call me Kasumi-chan or something" Kasumi said, and Naruto was sighing in his head. Of course Ayaka would act like Kasumi was her better, since she was his sister.
"I am sorry Kasumi-chan, i meant no disrespect" Ayaka said
Kasumi looked at her brother, and Naruto gave her that 'well talk later look' and she sighed.
"Well it's nice to meet you Ayaka-chan" Kasumi said.
"Well with that out of the way" Naruto said, taking a seat on top of one of the desks, "let's begin shall we"
The three girls then crowded around Naruto, sitting on the ground waiting to hear what he was going to say.
"Now my name is Naruto Namikaze, and for the purposes of being formal, you'll call me Naruto-sensei during missions and training, but outside you can call me Naruto-kun." After the three girls nodded, he continued "now, I would like each of you to give each other your name, age, and anything else you want to mention"
"Naruto-sensei" Masaki asked "could you show us how it is done?"
Naruto smiled at her "Well I guess I can. My name is Naruto Uzumaki-Senju-Namikaze and I 24 years old. I have a fiancé, who you guys will meet soon, and I like ramen." Naruto then grinned wickedly "everything else is a SS rank secret"
"Ok, my name is Kasumi Uzumaki-Senju- Namikaze and I'm 12, but I'm only a month away from turning 13. Like my aniki I like ramen and doing things considered to be un lady like. I hate preppy little fan girls and enjoy showing people up or pranking"
"My name is Masaki Uchiha, and I'm 12. I like reading and hanging with my friend. I don't like loud noises and especially people who screech or just have to yell everything they say."
"I am Ayaka and I'm 12. I don't know what I like, or what I don't. As for what I like to do… I don't know, I guess being a shinobi."
Naruto nodded "alright then, now on to the main point." Naruto then pointed to all three of the genin "you three are a squad, a unit. You're like one person, and you never leave yourself behind, don't forget that"
All three of the girls looked puzzled at what Naruto said, which made him snicker. "Now tomorrow, we will be having our own little genin test, where i decide whether you pass or fail"
"Wait, Naruto-sensei, we already had our genin test" Kasumi said, and Naruto just grinned wider.
"Oh I know, but you need to pass this one, and it's all or nothing" Naruto said.
"Can you tell us what the test is?" Masaki asked, as she didn't want to fail after one day of becoming a genin.
Naruto smiled evilly at the three of them "no I can't, so tomorrow meet at training ground 11 at 6 am. Dismissed" and in a second Naruto disappeared in a swirl of leaves leaving the three genin awestruck.
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That's chapter 3- I decided against doing the Mizuki thing, it's just so boring…. You know what I mean… Mizuki tricks someone; they get the scroll blah blah blah
As for Danzo, he will come later, but he won't like Konoha, or will he?
I hope you like Ayaka, and I have some pictures of stuff on profile, it's the first thing, you can't miss it.
Well, next chapter will be the exam, and that will have some action in it, so until next time