Hey everyone, sorry for the wait I've been busy. Anyways here is chapter four, it's the longest chapter by far. From now I plan on all my chapters being this long.
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto!
Key:
"Talking"
'Thinking'
"Tailed Beasts/Inner-Sakura Talking"
'Tailed Beasts/Inner-Sakura Thinking'
Flashbacks
Enjoy!
Introduction Arc: Chapter 4 - Team 7
"Sasuke-kun! Can I sit next to you?" asked a pink haired girl.
"Shut up forehead! Sasuke-kun wants to sit next to me right?" screeched a blonde hair girl.
"Hn" grunted a brooding Sasuke. 'Why do I have to be cursed with two annoyances...'
At that moment Naruto walked through the door and spoke up. "Is this the classroom for team selection?" Everybody turned their heads toward the new voice.
"Yeah, who are you?" responded Kiba.
"Just because I was in the academy for only two years doesn't give you the right to forget me." Naruto said while sweatdropping.
"Dobe?" asked an astonished Uchiha.
"What's up Sasuke?" Naruto responded, ignoring the name.
"Hn"
"How troublesome" (guess who).
"W-welcome bb-back N-Naruto-kun." stuttered Hinata.
"Why are you here? I thought you dropped out Baka," Sakura said coldly.
"Haha no I graduated 4 years ago. I just decided to wait to be put on a team until my generation graduated." he responded smiling sheepishly.
"So you did NOTHING for 4 years? You really are dumb..." Sakura criticized.
"And that's where you're wrong Sakura-chan. I went on a training trip for four years." Naruto happily replied, ignoring the side comments.
"The person must have been pretty weak to take in someone of your standards." Scoffed Sasuke. Just as he finished Jiraiya walked in with Iruka and the class grew quiet.
"Alright everyone before we begin we have a new addition to the graduates as you may have learned. Also Lord Jiraiya of the sannin has a few words to say," spoke Iruka. There was a small rumble of gasps.
"Though you may be graduating, your lives are only going to get harder. You will often face challenges that you have never encountered before and opponents who are much strong than you. You must remember to never give up and that you also must be able to accept death in this field of duty. The future of our village lies in all of your hands and I know you'll do more than your best to take care of it." spoke Jiraiya.
"You bet Jiraiya-sensei, Dattebayo!" yelled Naruto. The other students looked to one other in a mix of confusion and disbelief.
"Naruto I expect the most from you. You can no longer be the loudmouthed brat that I took in 4 years ago to train. After all you're the student of a sannin so your ranting about becoming Hokage better be more than talk." lectured Jiraiya.
"Alright sensei!" Naruto replied. 'Why is he acting so serious, what did Hokage-Sama do to scare you?' Jiraiya waived to them all and shunshined out of the classroom.
"Alright everyone let's begin team assignment. Team 7, Sakura Haruno, Sasuke Uchiha and Naruto Uzamaki. Your jonin sensei is Kakashi Hatake. Team 8..."(A/N: The teams didn't change from Canon)
(Lunch break)
After Iruka had finished everyone was dismissed. As Naruto was about to leave the academy, Jiraiya appeared in front of him.
"Naruto, I need to talk to you for a minute," he spoke in a serious tone. "I don't want you goofing off as much as you usually do when you train. If you wanna become Hokage you really need to work as hard as you can. That means taking training and missions seriously, learning better manners and you have to start reading some books, you're IQ is still questionable. Lastly, cut back on the ramen. You know why you're so short? You don't even have close to a relatively healthy diet."
"Naruto, although I'm not always very attentive and dedicated, I want you to know I expect more out of you than anyone else. Anyways I have to leave to go back to my spy network so promise me that you'll do as I ask?"
Naruto just smirked and made the nice guy pose, "Jiraiya-sensei, by the time you get back I'll be the best damn ninja you've ever laid eyes on, dattebayo!"
Jiraiya in turn ruffled his hair and once more spoke up, "Good, now I must go, I'll see you later Naruto." He then puffed into smoke.
Naruto then made his way to the market; after all he did need to healthier even if his stomach was demanding ramen.
As he was walking through the park on his way back to the academy, Naruto spotted Sakura sitting on a bench with a depressed expression.
"Oi, Sakura," he said as he approached her. She looked up, dazed at his serious demeanor. "Could you use some company?" no response, "Sakura, if there is something wrong I'm all ears. I'm also not leaving until I see that bright smile light up your face again."
At that she tried to fake a smile but the attempt was pitiful. Knowing he saw right through it she exasperated, "Why do you care, you idiot? It's none of you're business"
"Because I see you as a friend and I'm not going to just let one of my friends sit there and suffer from something if I can do anything about it." he replied. "So tell me, what's going on?
She sighed in defeat,"It's Sasuke-kun, he won't even talk to me." Naruto's expression twitched in annoyance before softening.
Even though it pained him to do it, Naruto spoke up, "Hehe, maybe you're trying too hard. Ease up on him and focus on other things more while taking the slightest interest in him. I think he doesn't like the amount of attention you give him. He seems to find it rather annoying, like how you usually find me annoying when I bother you too much. Once he notices you've backed a little he may consider becoming friends with you."
"Umm, thanks Naruto," she said before a smile finally dawned on her face causing Naruto to also smile.
"No need to thank me, that's what friends are for!" he said. "Anyways lunch break is over and we're probably going to be late even if we run."
Sakura paled slightly at this. 'Crap, what if our sensei arrives and only sees one of us there, surely they'll be consequences.'
Naruto placed a hand on her shoulder and smiled reassuringly at her as she looked up at him. "Sakura-chan, don't worry, we'll be on time." Before she could say anything he made a handseal and they disappeared in the wind.
Naruto and Sakura appeared just outside the academy. Sakura was dizzy and confused and Naruto could only help but laugh which in return got him a good knot on the head. "Baka! The least you could do was warn me about what you were going to do before you go and do that!"
Naruto smiled sheepishly while rubbing the back of his neck, "Hehe, sorry, I didn't think you'd agree to that anyways."
She sighed, "Couldn't you have at least made sure we were inside the classroom? And another thing, what was th..."
Naruto quickly cut her off, "Sakura-chan I hate to end the conversation but we do need to get to the classroom."
"Fine, but we'll get back to this" she said as they began walking.
"WHERE IS HE?!" screamed Sakura, whose patience had been shaven down to nothing.
"Hn" grunted the ever brooding Uchiha.
"Sakura, be patient he'll be here soon. Besides why don't use this time to be productive and do something like read, or brood because you wake up on the wrong side of the bed every day," Naruto said pointing the last words towards the other male in the room.
"Tsk, whatever Dobe. I could and will always be able to take you on no matter how much training you have done or will do." Sasuke replied.
As Naruto was about to reply the door opened and a jonin with gravity defying hair walked in.
"Your late!" screamed Sakura.
"Neh, Sakura-chan give Kakashi-sensei a break. He probably had to help an old woman or maybe a black cat crossed his path," Naruto said nonchalantly while leaning back in his chair with his eyes closed.
At this Kakashi sweat dropped, 'He knew my excuses before I said them. I guess the evaluation from both the Hokage and Jiraiya were right, he is a smart-ass...' Kakashi sighed, "My first impression of you, I hate you. Meet me up on the roof."
As they finally assembled Kakshi again spoke up. "Alright now that we're all here we'll start with introductions. Say your name, likes, dislikes and future goals. I'll go first. My name is Kakashi Hatake, I have many likes and few dislikes and I don't have any interest in telling you my future goals."
Naruto sighed while Sakura sweat dropped, 'All we learned is his name...'
"Alright you're turn blondie."
"My name is Naruto Uzamaki, I enjoy ramen, training, hanging out with friends and Jiraiya-sensei, my dislikes are the time it takes ramen to cook, brooding cocky bastards and Jiraiya's 'research.' My future goals are to find out who my parents were and to become Hokage."
"Alright emo-kun your next."
Sasuke's eyes twitched for just a second before he darkly began, "I am Sasuke Uchiha, I have no likes and many dislikes. I don't have a future goal but an ambition to kill a certain man."
'As I thought, you're still caught up in revenge.' Kakashi thought. "And finally you pinkie."
Sakura glared daggers at him before proceeding, "My name is Sakura Haruno, I like" she paused for a second and remembered what Naruto said, "I like anko dumplings, reading and my friends, I dislike bullies and those who are late and my goal is to be a strong medical-nin so I can support my team."
"Alright well that wraps that up, I'll see you tomorrow morning at 7:00 in the morning for the real test. Oh and don't eat anything." said Kakashi before disappearing in a puff of smoke.
"What?! Why do we have to take another test?! We just graduated didn't we?!" Sakura looked towards Sasuke and Naruto in confusion.
"Hn" Sasuke grunted before walking away.
"Sakura-chan, if there is another test the academy exam must have been to filter out those who have potential from those who don't. And also ignore what sensei said about not eating. You NEVER go on a mission without being well nourished, it decreases your performance drastically." Naruto said.
Sakura took in all the information before speaking, "Alright thanks Naruto!" she smiled at him.
"Don't mention it Sakura-chan" he replied happily.
"WHERE IS HE?! IF THIS BECOMES AN EVERYDAY OCCURRENCE I'M GOING TO FIND HIM AND CASTRATE HIM!" screamed a pissed off Sakura. The resulting thoughts caused by her screaming was plenty to send chills down both Naruto's and Sasuke's spines.
"Um... Sakura-c..." Sakura began glaring holes into Naruto. He sweatdropped before putting his hands up, backing away all the while sputtering, "N-nothing."
Sakura huffed before sitting down against one of the wooden training logs sticking out of the ground.
After a couple of minutes their sensei finally decided to poof into existence right in front of them.
"YOU'RE LATE!" screamed Sakura.
He rubbed the back of his head before opening his mouth to speak... Only to get cut off instantly by Naruto. "Kakashi-sensei, we don't care about your 'excuse', can we just get to the exam so we can get it over with."
Kakashi sighed, 'Straight to the point, no fun.' "Alright then," he then pulled out two bells, "Whoever can grab these two bells passes, the one who can't, fails and gets sent back to the academy." Kakashi was surprised when he earned no reaction from this. "Alright then, ready.., GO!" With that everyone jumped away into trees to observe their opponent. Except Naruto of course...
Kakashi sighed, "Even though Jiraiya-sama and Hokage-sama speak well of you, you still must be pretty dumb to think you can match a veteran Jonin such as myself..."
Naruto then used his pinky to act as if he was cleaning out his ear, "Huh? Did you say something?"Kakashi's eye proceeded to twitch as Naruto continued, "Oh! Hehe you must have said start. Oops! Well it doesn't matter sensei, I know every moment we don't put you on the defensive you're just going to read that stupid book of Jiraiya-teme." Kakashi started to grow aggravated at the insult of such of 'fantastic' literature from a mere child. Naruto knew all too well and decided to make one more push, "Well I'm glad to say that when I was on the trip with ero-sennin he gave me the signed first edition of his newest book which hasn't even reached the stores yet." Naruto then pulled out the book to show him. "Let me show you what I think of it." Naruto then attached an explosive to it and tossed it behind him.
As Kakashi slowly watched it fly backwards and explode into millions of pieces he could only think of one thing. Revenge. He immediately charged forward at Naruto who proceeded to get into a defensive stance. As he was closing in on Naruto several puffs of smoke appeared around him. 'Shit! He was hiding shadow clones as rocks! And all he to do was bait me...' Kakashi then stopped and went on the defensive as the four new clones lunged at him. The closest clone began barraging him with an assortment of brawler like punches and kicks at an intimidating speed. Still dodging the first clone, he barely had time to jump up to avoid the clone behind him attempting to sweep his legs out from under him.
A third clone then burst forth from the ground foot first, rocketing a kick at him. "Uzamaki!" He blocked the kick by crossing his arms but still got launched further up in the air. 'Not good, I severely underestimated him.'
-Meanwhile with Sasuke-
"Hn." he grunted. 'The dobe is much more talented than I anticipated, but no worries, he can't match up to the might of the Uchiha.'
-With Sakura-
'Wow! Naruto is almost as good as Sasuke-kun!' she thought.
'Pfft, whatever he is still no match for my Sasuke-kun!' screamed Inner-Sakura with hearts in her eyes. Sakura just sighed and continued to observe.
-Back with Naruto and Kakashi-
As Kakashi continued to fly further off the ground he heard "Naruto!" come from behind him before taking a chakra-filled kick in the back that only sent him further up into the air, his eyes shut in pain. "Rasengan Barrage!" He heard from in front of him now as his eyes burst open to see a Naruto flying down towards him holding two Rasengans in each hand. He knew he had to think quick and performed a few handsigns.
"Rasengan!" Naruto screamed as he slammed them into Kakashi who then rocketed down into the ground stirring debris from his impact. The clones disappeared and Naruto landed to find a log in his sensei's spot. 'Damn he got away, I need to find the others quickly!' he thought before sprinting off.
Kakashi watched Naruto from a distance as he sprinted of into the forest. He then sighed in relief, 'Damn that was close, I might to just need to activate my sharingan to fight him next time.' He considered waiting around for them to show up before deciding otherwise and went off to find the other genin.
Kakashi was dashing through the trees, closing in on an unsuspecting Sasuke. 'These kids definitely aren't very good sensory types, I'm not even trying to sneak up on him right now.' He then jumped on the next branch landing on wire, and ducked as a few shuriken flew over his head. As he recovered and stood up, a kunai with an explosive tag landed at his feet on the branch he was on. He quickly did a back flip off the branch onto the one behind him as the other branch exploded.
Sasuke then moved out from behind a tree in front of him. "I'm not like the others, I'm different. I'm much stronger!" he said as charged at Kakashi and swung a kick at his head. Kakashi calmly squatted down to avoid it. Sasuke followed up with an uppercut which Kakashi blocked and stood back up. In attempt to free his fist, Sasuke then tried sweeping Kakashi's legs out from underneath them but again his sensei easily avoided it.
'Gah! Why can't I hit him! Jonin can't really be this good can they?!' Sasuke managed to jump away from Kakashi and in mid-flight he tossed two kunai with wire attached to them at each side of Kakashi. He then quickly went through a few hand seals, "Fire Release: Dragon Fire Technique!" and emitted fire from his mouth up onto the wires the kunai were attached to. Kakashi's eyes widened at this but before he could do anything he was caught on fire by the attack.
Sasuke smirked triumphantly and jumped to the ground as where his sensei now was rolling around in an attempt to extinguish the flames. As he went to reach for the bells that were now beside his sensei, both the bells and his sensei vanished in a puff of smoke. 'Shit!' he jumped back up onto a branch and pulled a kunai out in preparation.
Naruto was jumping through the forest, in an attempt to find Sakura. While in the midst of it he started to sense the engagement between Kakashi and Sasuke. He contemplated going in for a surprise attack but immediately threw out the idea and opted for finding Sakura and forming a plan.
Eventually he did indeed find her hiding in a bush, and jumped down behind her although she didn't seem to notice. "Sakura-chan" he spoke up. She jumped and got a kunai out and swung at the person behind her only for him to catch her arm before the kunai could hit anything.
"Dammit Naruto! You scared the hell out of me! What do you want?!" she said relatively pissed.
"I know the objective of this test." he said and that got her to calm down and listen in. "Alright the point of it is to test our teamwork. Think about it, a genin should never be able to take on a Jonin on there own, that's just insanity. So instead he's trying to separate us to see if we're a smart enough of a team to help each other out and capture the objective together. Besides have you ever seen a three person squad?"
She pondered his reasoning for a second. "Well what about there only being two bells?" she asked.
"If your worried about that and can't trust me when I say that they don't matter then you and Sasuke can have them." he replied.
"So your willing to take the chance of getting sent back to the academy?" she said with concern.
"Of course, if I'm right though then that won't happen. It's a risk I'm willing to take. Anyways I've got a plan, and the only way it will work is if we catch Kakashi while he's still fighting Sasuke so listen up." Naruto then whispers into her ear the plan before he takes off with her following him. After a minute they find Sasuke defending against Kakashi, he was throwing punches and kicks at him which he knew Sasuke could barely block.
Naruto turned to Sakura and nodded before she jumped out and threw a shuriken at Kakashi who noticed it and jumped back. On his flight back she then threw a kunai with an explosive tag at the branch he was about to land on. Quickly thinking Kakashi threw a kunai with a wire attached to it at a branch above and to avoid the impending explosion. While this happened Naruto landed beside Sasuke and looked at him. "Sasuke can you use some sort of fire jutsu on sensei?"
Sasuke, although irritated by the request, decided not to argue and went through the hand seals, "Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!" creating a large fireball about four times the size of himself. Naruto wasting no time went through a few hand seals of his own and spoke, "Wind Release: Air Burst" shooting a large volley of air that collided with the fireball, increasing it's size greatly while also boosting the speed at which it approached Kakashi who was now standing on the branch he had been hanging from.
Seeing that he could not dodge the fireball, Kakashi quickly decided to counter with a technique of his own and created a shadow clone. They both went through hand seals and spoke, "Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!" "Wind Release: Great Breakthrough" and shot their own buffed fireball countering the other fireball in a large explosion.
Before Sasuke, Naruto and Sakura could do anything else Kakashi raised his hand for them to stop. "Time is up" he spoke, painting slightly. "Meet me back at the middle of the training ground." he then Body Flickered away.
Naruto sighed and turned to the other two, "Well let's go see what's going to happen." He half believed that they were actually going to fail.
As they arrived at the meeting place they all stood in front of their sensei who was looking at them in disappointment. "You guys failed to get the bells from me..." he said darkly. "You... Pass." He said with an eye smile. Sakura looked up in confusion while Sasuke hid his and Naruto just smirked. "Although you started off a little shaky, you managed to work as a team in the end and nearly had me. Remember this, in the ninja world, those who break the rules are trash, but those who abandon their comrades are worse than trash. Now if you'll excuse me I have to report to Hokage-sama, you guys have the rest of the day off. Report here first thing tomorrow morning." he said before leaving.
"Sooo... You guys want to go get some lunch?" asked Sakura.
Sasuke only grunted and began to walk away. "Come on Sasuke! Just this once, hell I'll pay for all of us if you come along." Naruto said in attempt to tempt him.
Sasuke grunted again but this time he stopped and looked at them. "Fine, but no ramen." He continued to walk away before the other two joined him. Naruto with a victorious smile plastered on his face while Sakura was nearly squealing because Sasuke was finally opening up to them a little.
-The Next Day-
Naruto was walking towards the Hokage's tower having just finished their first day of training. Of course that wasn't what is mind was thinking about. No he was thinking about how this might finally be it. He may just finally get to learn about his parents. He walked in and up the stairs to the Hokage's office. He stopped at the doors, took a deep breath and knocked on it.
"Enter!" spoke a voice from inside.
The Hokage looked up and saw Naruto enter the room, he had been waiting on him to come back. "Ah, Naruto I see your back. I'm just going to cut to the chase and assume your here to see if I'll tell you about your parents." Naruto just nodded in response. "Well I observed you and must admit you did exceptionally well, although I know you could have done better from what the report Jiraiya gave me said."
"I had to hold back so that my team could work together and pass, after all that was the objective of the training. If I defeated him on my own then that really wouldn't be much teamwork would it?" he replied.
The Hokage sighed, "Alright I'll make you one last deal. I'll tell you everything about your parents, just promise me you'll try to keep a secret until you grow stronger. Your not at the level I wanted you to be but this is really starting to age me more than I want it to."
Naruto, although a little frustrated, just nodded in agreement. "Good" the Hokage said. "Now don't say anything until I've finished please, I need to get everything out before you start assuming things, alright?" Naruto again nodded. "Alright, your mother's name was Kushina Uzumaki. As you know she was the previous jinchuuriki of the Kyubi until your birth where she was killed during the Kyubi's attack. Along with that, she was also a member of the Uzumaki clan, which were from the Uzushiokagure and where she was born. At a young age she was enrolled into the academy and would eventually take the burden of jinchuuriki from Mito Uzumaki, the Shodaime's wife." Naruto had a look of disgust from this.
"Naruto, before the Kyubi attacked, no one really cared about anyone being a jinchuuriki here. Besides that, few people were actually even aware of your mother's status as such. Now, moving on... Your father..." Naruto looked up once more, awaiting the answer with pure curiosity. Hiruzen sighed. "Naruto, your father was one of the most important men to this village during his time. He was feared by many other villages and was in the bingo book with a "Flee on Sight" order stamped in it." Naruto looked on amazed. He couldn't wait to finally here his name so he inched forwards in anticipation.
Seeing this Hiruzen sighed once, 'Here it goes...' "Your father was known as Konoha's Yellow Flash," he saw Naruto beginning to understand who it was, "or more commonly referred to as the Yondaime Hokage, Minato Namikaze."
Naruto just sat there stunned, he didn't know how to respond. Naruto then stared down at the floor, looking for an answer in the cracks and crevices. He felt as if his heart had just been dealt a devastating blow and tears began to fall from his eyes. "Why..." he said with a pained and unsteady voice. Hiruzen remained silent, carefully considering his next words. "WHY!?" Naruto screamed at him this time, still crying deeply in pain.
The old and tired Hokage just gazed into his surrogate grandsons pain filled eyes, he knew he couldn't lie. "He did it to protect the village Naruto, he felt as though he didn't want to put the burden on someone else's child. Think about how people always treated you. Would you want someone to have to suffer that same fate as you have had to?" Naruto remained quiet. "Naruto he not only sealed the Kyubi inside you for that reason. He believed like any good parent would, that you had the potential to surpass him and gain control of the Kyubi's powers!"
Naruto looked up in shock. "R-really?" he said in almost disbelief. "Did they... Did they love me?" he asked hesitantly.
"More than the whole world. You should have seen how excited Minato was when he discovered Kushina was pregnant with you. I swear he was hopping around the office as much as you do when I offer to take you out for ramen." he said smiling warmly.
Naruto smiled back. "Thank you, Hokage-sama." He couldn't believe it, his parents didn't abandon him nor did they hate him! No in fact, his parents were his heroes, and not only that they believed in him.
He then looked up at Hiruzen but didn't know what else to say. Seeing this, the man spoke up, "How about we go to Ichiraku's, my treat?" he offered.
"Sure thing, old man." Naruto replied happily.
Aaand that's the end of the Introduction Arc! Hope you guys enjoyed this chapter, it was about 5000 words and I had to plan and correct so many things to make it worthy enough to be published. As always please give me feedback if you will as it helps me! Anyways I've got a lot planned for the next arc of this story and it's going to be brand new, non-canon material.
New Jutsu:
Rasengan - A-Rank: A short-ranged technique where the user rotates a large amount of chakra in their hand using perfect chakra shape transformation.
Wind Release: Air Burst - C-Rank: A jutsu where the user shoots a large volley of air from his mouth. On contact with it's target, it can knock them several hundred feet if unprepared. It also can do substantial damage depending on the distance they are launched.
Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique - C-Rank: A large amount of fire that is shot from the mouth and can either form a massive org or large continuous flame.
Fire Release: Dragon Fire Technique - C-Rank: The user breathes fire along ninja wire, which caries the fire across it at lightning fast speeds. It catches those who make contact with on fire and typically targets the upper body.
Ninja Stats: 16 Point Scale
Naruto Uzamaki: Genin.
Age: 12
Speed: 8.5
Stealth: 8
Stamina: 13.5
Strength: 8.5
Chakra Reserves: 13.5
Chakra Control: 5.5
Intelligence: 7.5
Taijutsu: 8
Ninjutsu: 10.5
Genjutsu: 1
Fuinjutsu: 3
Kenjutsu: 4.5
Sakura Haruno: Genin.
Age: 12
Speed: 4.5
Stealth: 4
Stamina: 6
Strength: 6.5
Chakra Reserves: 6.5
Chakra Control: 12.5
Intelligence: 8.5
Taijutsu: 5.5
Ninjutsu: 3.5
Genjutsu: 6.5
Sasuke Uchiha: Genin.
Age: 12
Speed: 7
Stealth: 6.5
Stamina: 9.5
Strength: 8.5
Chakra Reserves: 9
Chakra Control: 8.5
Intelligence: 8.5
Taijutsu: 7.5
Ninjutsu: 9.5
Genjutsu: 2.5
-A/N: Remember Sasuke hasn't unlocked his Sharingan yet!
Kakashi Hatake: Jonin.
Age: 26
Speed: 11
Stealth: 10
Stamina: 9
Strength: 11.5
Chakra Reserves: 8
Chakra Control: 13.5
Intelligence: 14.5
Taijutsu: 10
Ninjutsu: 12
Genjutsu: 8
Fuinjutsu: 4.5
Kenjutsu: 6
Anyways I will hopefully have the next chapter out in the next couple days! Until then!