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Walking through the desolate corridor Naruto thought upon his situation. 'This is ridiculous. There is no way the council would approve of me doing this mission. Maybe they haven't heard about it? Better go tell them so they make me turn over the mission to someone better suited to it.'

"Naruto-san. You were almost late. You better not be trying to take after Kakashi-san."

"Shino!" 'Damn, to late to turn back. Taking after Kakashi sounds like a good idea though. Yeah I'll be like Kakashi as a form of protest over this mission!' "How long until the meeting?"

"About five minutes. You aren't going to be like Kakashi-san on purpose now are you?"

Seeing insects begin to fill the way out Naruto hastily replied with, "Of course not Shino, but uh if I did what would be the problem with it?"

"A Hokage cannot be late to important meetings Naruto-san. If you start being late to meetings now what will prevent the habit from continuing once you are Hokage?"

'Trapped by my own ambition.' "Ahh well that is..."

"Aburame Shino!"

Shino glances at Naruto before saying, "You better not be late, Hokage-sama would be most displeased if you were." Then walking into the room.

'Time to go!' Before he could escape from the intimidating halls Naruto heard the words he was dreading.

"Uzumaki Naruto!"

'Too late! Damn you Baa-chan I will get you for sending me on this mission.' Clearing his head of somewhat treasonous thoughts Naruto stepped into the room to begin his mission.

After his announcement the Chuunin thought, 'Naruto! Why did Hokage-sama assign him to this position. Poor guys they are doomed. He better at least be on time.' Looking at the door intently he was grateful when Naruto walked through it. 'What is Shino doing back here?'

'I know I'm going to regret this, but hopefully she won't assign me with something worse if I do it right. At least it will improve my chances at becoming Hokage if I'm successful.' Looking at the room Naruto was about to speak when the Chuunin that called him in spoke up.

"Shino-san didn't you just leave?"

'Am I really that hard to recognize now? Whatever I'll just continue on.' "Actually I'm not Shino. My name is Uzumaki Naruto Jounin-sensei for team two. Now whoever is in team two meet me on the Hokage monument in..." 'What would be a near impossible time for fresh out of the academy shrimps?' "half an hour." Giving his trademark grin behind his masks Naruto said, "See ya Iruka-sensei!" before vanishing into smoke.

'Was that a clone or the real one?' Giving a mental shrug he too vanished into a cloud of smoke since only two teams passed the final this year.

Looking at the panting and exhausted Genin hopefuls before him Naruto thought, 'forty minutes. Not too bad, but if they pass speed and endurance are the first things I'm training them in. Now should I go with the sadistic or the kind approach? Whatever that can wait until introductions are over.' "Okay now that we are all here why don't you tell me something about yourselves?"

Two of them started in confusion while the third cried out in rage, "WHAT THE HELL IS THE POINT OF MAKING US RUN ALL THE WAY HERE JUST FOR INTRODUCTIONS?!?! COULDN'T WE HAVE JUST DID THIS AT THE ACADEMY?!?!"

"Hm? I'm sorry but all this clothing I'm wearing muffles sound. Did you say Let's run back to the academy in twenty minutes and do introductions there?"

Paling the boy the shouted quickly said, "No nope right here is a great place for introductions."

"That's what I thought you said. Now why don't you go first since you are so eager."

One of the somewhat confused would-be-genin spoke up and said, "Sensei why don't you go first to show us how it's done?"

"Well alright. My name is Uzumaki Naruto. I am the future Hokage. I like ramen, training, and well the rest doesn't concern you. I dislike the three minutes it takes to make instant ramen, those who try to harm those who are precious to me, people who judge others without knowing them, and I think that is all. My hobbies are training, pranks, and matters that you are too young to know about. Now why don't we let our overeager associate go next."

"My name is Gekkou Nobori. I will become a master of kenjutsu and join ANBU. I like training and anything which increases my skill. I dislike anything which takes away from my training time. I have no hobbies."

'Interesting, he could go far if he doesn't turn on the village.' "Alright now why don't we let our silent kunoichi go next."

"Me? Well my name is Kaimei Imei. I will be forgotten in the mists of time. I like being unnoticed. I dislike attention. My hobbies are sneaking past ANBU."

'Well she is a bit creepy. Not really sure what to do with her.' "Anyways. Next!"

"My turn?! I go by the name Hamen Hakaiteki. I will be a ninja of unparalleled power. I like explosions, fire, and high-powered ninjutsu. I dislike sneaking around, people who believe that force doesn't solve everything, and genjutsu. My hobbies are the invention of new destructive ninjutsu and making more powerful explosive notes."

'Sounds like Deidara, but without the art fixation. This is going to be a long and painful mission if they pass.' "Well now that we know each other I have some important information for all of you. You all not Genin. In order to become Genin you must pass one more test. This test will be administered by me, and it normally only has a thirty-three percent rate passing average. This year there are only two teams which means I have no idea what your chances are. So are there any questions?"

Nobori was the first to react and he did so by shouting, "What the hell is this test?!"

"I didn't explain what the test is yet? Guess I'll fix that. The test is you have to find me, and retrieve two bells that I have attached to my belt here. In this test I will only use jutsu taught in the academy or kenjutsu. I will fight you while wearing all these clothes which reduces my fighting ability to high-chuunin or low-jounin. You have until nightfall to get the bells. The test begins now."

The three didn't have time to react as Naruto burst into a cloud of smoke, and left behind nothing more than a note which read, "Good Luck."

Standing on the roof of the academy Naruto thought to himself, 'I wonder how long before they decide to search here, and whether they figure out the teamwork part or not?'

'They are human children. I give it two hours.'

'They are genin in training. I give them four.'

'Five hours, twenty-six minutes, and four seconds. They are either thorough or stupid.' Opening his eyes and looking around Naruto saw his three potential students surrounding him. 'Well at least they seem to be working together, but they have no traps set up, they didn't put a genjutsu on me, and they all have a kunai held in each hand in a position for close range combat not throwing. They can't honestly think they can beat me in a straight up fight even if it is three on one.' Standing up he withdrew a scroll from somewhere and opened it up before summoning his weapon from it. "This is my blade Hie. If you three wish to fight me like warriors I will use this and fight like a shinobi. If you do not come at me with intent to kill then you will not live through this." As the three wannabe-ninja rushed forward Naruto moved within Hakaiteki's guard, disarmed him, pinned him, and held his blade at the boy's throat. "Nobori kill Imei or Hakaiteki dies." Seeing the usually confident boy pale and begin stuttering while the kunoichi backed away slowly Naruto spoke up again, "You three came at me directly and honorably. That is foolish. We are ninja not samurai. Attacking your enemy from the front and without deception is occasionally the best way to resolve a situation however as ninja it is far more frequently deception and stealth that is necessary to achieve our goals as shinobi. In a mission it is entirely possible that you will face a choice much like this one. This is why you should always look underneath the underneath and try to hide what you are truly doing even deeper than that. You still have some time before sunset, the next time you three find me I expect you to try and obtain the bells in a manner befitting shinobi of Konoha." Leaping through the open window at his back Naruto vanished once more.

"I told you that he we wouldn't be able to get the bells without tricking him in some manner."

"Shut it Imei."

"You just don't like the fact that sensei beat you so badly."

"What the hell Nobori! I thought you were on my side?"

"I just wanted to test out our sensei's combat abilities before trying to get the bells in earnest."

"Fine, what is the plan Imei?"

"It is simple all we nee to do is..."

'It would seem your future pupils are even dumber than you were at that age.'

'I was never anywhere near that dense.'

'Oh? This coming from the one who took years to notice that an attractive vixen was madly in love with you and simple was afraid of you rejecting her? Or maybe a better example is how you let a murderous traitor go on multiple occasions where you had ample opportunity to kill him, and thus let your enemy gain a powerful advantage that made him even more difficult to defeat in the end? Or how about...'

'Alright, alright I get the idea. I have been quite dense at times, but I never attacked an enemy like those three did unless I was enraged. Besides it wouldn't have taken me over five hours to decide to check the academy for my sensei if that had been my genin test.' Hearing the fox's derisive snort Naruto was about to continue arguing with the voice in his head when he sensed a genjutsu being cast on him. 'So either Imei struck out on her own or they are using a strategy this time.' Breaking out of the weak genjutsu Naruto searched the forest for any sign of his potential students.

"I have you now sensei!" Hakaiteki jumped out in front of Naruto and threw two kunai which impacted the ground before he preformed some handseals and called out, "Katon : Goukakyuu no Jutsu!"

Disdaining to evade since he didn't know if the other two had a trap waiting for him to do that Naruto simply raised his nodachi in preparation to cut the fireball in half. As it approached however he noticed some smoke coming from the kunai at his feet. 'Exploding notes! Looks like I'll have to risk moving, but where would they least expect?'

Watching from the trees Imei and Nobori saw the fireball engulf their sensei, and saw the exploding notes go off right after that. Looking at each other the two had the same thing go through their heads, 'We killed him!'

While his teammates where distracted however Hakaiteki saw Naruto slice through the fireball while charging at him. Before Hakaiteki could react Naruto knocked him out, hid him in the trees nearby, and transformed into him. Naruto then called out, "We got him!"

Whispering to Nobori before he could respond to Hakaiteki's call Imei said, "Go out and talk with him, I'll stay hidden in case sensei is just trying to trick us into thinking we've won so we come out of hiding."

"How could he have survived that without dodging?"

"He wouldn't become a Jounin if he wasn't good enough to escape danger without fresh genin noticing."

Nobori nodded then revealed himself to the disguised Naruto. "You know we I'm pretty sure we don't pass if we kill the Jounin-sensei. Also if the bells were destroyed we don't pass anyway."

'Good it seems they didn't notice the switch.' "Uh oops?"

"Lets just check out if sensei was really defeated by that or if he went into hiding again."

"Okay, but do you think Imei will be okay on her own if sensei is hiding?"

"He hasn't gone on the offensive yet why would he start now?"

"Well he might have decided that he should take one of us out while the others were distracted. After all it is almost sundown so he has no reason to let us go after this."

"Good point. Alright lets go to Imei before the smoke clears incase he is just waiting there."

"No way! My exploding notes can take anyone out!"

'Hakaiteki's notes are that powerful, but those notes were mine. If he doesn't know those weren't his own notes than he must not be Hakaiteki. So that is were sensei went, but how to alert Imei. And where is the real Hakaiteki?' "Hey Hakaiteki. Do you think sensei will be able to get out of the trap he is in right now?"

"No way."

"Oh and why don't you think he get out of Imei's genjutsu disguised trap?"

"So you figured it out?"

"Yes. Where is the real Hakaiteki?"

"Taking a nap. Shouldn't you be setting off the trap you lead me into, and stealing the bells right about now?"

"I would, but Imei is in charge of the traps here, and I'm in one myself."

"Do you two surrender?"

"No, but you should sensei."

The words coming from above him were Naruto's only warning as kunai began flying out of the treetops, and the ground began to explode. "Isn't this a bit of overkill?"

Nobori leaped at Naruto with a tanto drawn. "Those bells will be ours sensei."

Landing on one of the few safe branches in the area Naruto said, "That might be a bit difficult."

Pressing his assault Nobori asked, "Why?"

Evading Nobori's strikes Naruto answered with, "Well because the only one of you three that is able to leave here is Imei right now, and the bells are back in your classroom at the academy."

Stumbling mid strike Nobori shouted, "WHAT!"

Overly serious Naruto said, "Like I said. Look underneath the underneath. None of you even checked to see if I had the bells when you found me at the academy, and you haven't checked yet in this fight either."

Resuming his attack Nobori said, "Imei! Hurry back to the academy for the bells I will stall sensei."

Landing on the opposite side of Naruto from Nobori she said, "Not a chance. Besides if I run he'll beat you easily then go and catch me." She then began attacking Naruto with rather poor taijutsu.

'Damn they've showed sufficient teamwork and skill to pass.' "Stop! The test is over." Watching his students leap back Naruto began grinning like a madman.

"What?!"

"The sun is still up!"

Happily Naruto replied with, "This wasn't a test more like an evaluation. True getting the bells would've helped your evaluation, but it would not guarantee passing. However I have sufficiently evaluated all of you, and my decision is that you all pass. So before you leave one of you be sure to inform Hakaiteki of this. Bye." Naruto vanished in a puff of smoke before his students realized what he said.

Katon : Goukakyuu no Jutsu - Fire Element : Great Fireball Technique