Hey guys, DDCD here again. I'm so deeply sorry for the wait and length of this short chapter. My computer deleted all my notes and ideas for the chapter including what I already had written. *sigh* However I still put this together for you guys. So enjoy!
Chapter 4
Team seven walked towards Ichiraku's with smiles on their faces. "So how do you Kurenai-sensei will be like?" Ino asked looking around to her teammates as they sat down.
Hinata was the first to answer. "I-I've met Kurenai before. She's very cold towards men, so I don't know h-how she'll treat N-Naruto-kun. Can I have a m-miso ramen Teuchi-san Naruto sheepishly rubbed his head.
"She'll have to at least give me a chance because I'm on the team. Hopefully I can get form a bond with her," Naruto said after ordering a large a large miso ramen. Ino simply nodded her head in agreement while ordering a seafood ramen.
"Well, at least you have some good friends on team Naruto. Here's your food. Ayame! Our favorite blonde is back with friends!" Teuchi yelled out to his daughter who was in the back of the shop restocking.
The sounds of pots and pans clinking together resounded from the small shop as ayame rushed out to greet the genin. "Hello Naruto-kun. This is your team I assume," ayame turned towards the two younger women with a hint of jealousy in her eyes.
"Yeah Ayame-chan these are my teammates Ino Yamanaka and Hinata Hyuga. We need to get back to the academy before 2 o'clock so we can meet our jonin sensei!" The hyper active blonde explained introducing his companions, never noticing the look in the cook's eyes.
"Oh you have such cute girls on you team, how ever will you keep your hands to yourself Naru-kun?" Ayame teased making the three genin blush."He doesn't have to keep his hands of me," Ino said in a low whisper not paying attention to Naruto's ear twitching at the words with his blush deepening.
'Oh what do you know naru-kun you have five women after you.' Kyu said from inside Naruto's head as he recovered from the embarrassment. 'What are the other three? I only Know about Hinata and Ino.' Naruto questioned himself before noticing the time.
"Well girls we should hurry and head back it's almost 2. Thanks for the food Ayame-chan! You too old man!" The blonde shouted as he walked away with his team in step. "Come back soon Naruto-kun," the chefs yelled back.
Taking to the rooftops Naruto lead his companions to the academy, unaware of the conversation the two girls were having.
"You saw the look too right Hinata?" Ino asked the blue-haired teen. "Y-yes, there was j-jealousy in her eyes." Hinata replied. Landing in front of the academy the trio quickly made their way to class and sat down as other genin filed into the room.
Kiba upon spotting the blonde sitting next to hinata growled before stomping over to the group. "Just because hinata's on your team doesn't mean anything dead-last. Hinata is mine," Kiba growled out glaring at Naruto.
Nothing was said for a few seconds before the room's temperature dropped several degrees and filled with killer intent. Multiple of genin paled and shook from the pressure however the one genin that was not affected was Naruto as he was the source.
"Care to repeat that mutt? I almost sounded like you tried to say Hinata was your's as if you had a claim to her." Naruto spoke with a edge to his voice as he challenged Kiba.
"T-That's right. Hinata is my mate, and she's only around you because she feels bad for you. After all who would want to be your friend? You're an orphan i bet your dad was a traitor and your mother was a common whor-" Kiba didn't get to finish his sentence curtesy of Naruto's fist connecting with his jaw.
"Say what you will of me, but you will not insult my mother or my father. You have no claim on Hinata whatsoever. She doesn't appreciate your advances, and next time you try to come for her it won't be a fist that hits you." Naruto placed his hand on his tanto with a relaxed grip.
The class was in shock of what had transpired. "Come on Naruto-kun Kurenai-sensei is here." Ino whispered to him snapping him from his trance. "Hai Ino-chan. Let's go Hinata-chan." Naruto spun on his heels and walked to the door and waited for his friends to exit before leaving the room.
Once all three genin were in the hallway they turned to their new team leader. Kurenai had black hair, deep red eyes, an hourglass figure with a modest bust. She wore a dress made of bandages with black skintight shorts underneath.
"So you all must be Ino, Hinata and Naruto. I must say that was a impressive display in there Naruto. I hope it wasn't a one time thing, and you aren't a pig like every man. That's asking a bit much though," Kurenai glared into the boy's eyes.
"Um, excuse me?" Naruto asked unsure on what to do. Sighing Kurenai shook her head 'He's just as clueless as any other male. Why couldn't I get a full kunoichi team? At least the kunoichi I was assigned look promising, and I have Hinata-chan so that's a plus.' Kurenai thought looking at the teens in front of her.
"Alright follow me. We're going to training ground eight." With that said the red-eyed female began to walk away with her team in tow. Training ground eight looked like almost any other training area. A small stream running along the edge with a sandy shore, low cut grass, and three wooden training posts in the lined up near the far side. The entire area was surrounded by chain link fence.
"First, let's get introduction out of the way then we'll do your genin test," Kurenai started as the three teens stood before her. "Eh, but sensei didn't we already take the genin test?" Ino asked tilting her head.
"Ino what we took was a way of weeding out the genin hopefuls from the ones who would never make the cut. The jonin leaders will administer the real test to see if we really become genin," Naruto answered before looking back towards Kurenai trying to assess her skills.
"So you know the secret of the genin test I see. Anyways, let's get onto the introductions. State your name, likes, dislikes, hobbies, and goals. I'll start," the older woman paused to make sure the teens understood.
"My name is Kurenai Yuhi. I like my friends Anko, Hana, and Yaugo. I dislike males especially rapists, people who look down on women, and people who doubt genjutsu can be a valuable skill. I enjoy being with my friends, making new genjutsu, and training. My goal is to be the greatest genjutsu specialist I can be," she finished with a glare directed at Naruto he didn't miss.
"Hinata why don't you go next Hinata-chan?" Blushing because of the sudden shift in attention towards her Hinata stumbled over her words. "M-My name is Hinata H-Hyuga. I l-like N-Naruto-kun, Ino, a-and cinnamon buns. I-I dislike people w-who hate people for things t-they can't control, and think being k-kind is a weakness. I-I enjoy being around I-Ino, and Naruto-kun, flower pressing, and e-eating cinnamon buns. My g-goals are to become a strong k-kunoichi, make my f-father proud, and marry the m-man I l-love." Hinata finished poking her index fingers together nervously.
"Good job Hinata, next up is you." kurenai smiled at Ino. The blonde female beamed before starting her introduction, "My name is Ino Yamanaka. I like pork ramen, training, and Hinata. I love flower arranging and Naruto-kun. I dislike people who think women are weak, and hate others for what they cannot control. My dream is to marry the person i love and have a wonderful family, and become a exceptional kunoichi." Ino throws a smile in Naruto's direction and turns back to the black-haired woman.
"Well since I'm sure its my turn my name is Naruto Uzumaki! I like ramen, training, and learning new jutsu. I dislike the three minutes it takes to make ramen, people who judge others, and hate others for what is out of their control. I enjoy training in fuinjutsu, kenjutsu, and being around Hinata and Ino. My dream is to be the hokage, and to have a big family with a lot of friends." Naruto smiles brightly and turns is head to the sky thinking to himself. 'Though I'm not sure how long being hokage will be my goal. Would i really want to lead such ignorant people?'
Turning his attention to his leader Naruto listens closely to thegenjutsu mistress. "Well now that introductions are out of the way lets get on to business. All you have to do to passis land ten solid hits on me. You have five hours. do you understand," the question was met with determined eyes and affirmative nods.
"Begin NOW!" as the words left kurenai's mouth all three of the genin disappeared into the trees. Naruto thought on how to plan his attack. He knew he'd need help in order to even get a few hits to land. Kurenai was a jonin for a reason after the way she talked about genjutsu he assumed it was her primary form of combat, and something he couldn't directly defend against.
Hinata was hidden in a bush a few meters away from Naruto byakugan blazing as she studied her teacher and watched her teammates movements. she could see Naruto in the tree to her left, and Ino behind a fallen tree to her right. Not really confident in her abilities she waited for her teammates to take charge so she could provide support.
Ino was thinking to herself how she could get to the older woman who was just casually standing in the same spot. 'No way she's too relaxed. she has something planned.' The platinum blonde almost jumped out of her skin when a hand touched her shoulder. turning quickly she came face to face with Naruto, their lips a few inches from each other.
Blushing deeply Ino asked " W-What are you doing Naruto? Do you have a p-plan?" nodding Naruto pointed in behind him farther into the forest to a vantage point where Hinata stood waiting. Both genin went to join their third member and quickly went over Naruto's plan while he made twenty cloned who hanged into shuriken and kunai.
In the clearing Kurenai was standing patiently. It had been half an hour since her team disappeared and she was impressed with how well they hid themselves. The sound of a object cutting through the air reached he jonin's ears prompting her to jump backwards to the training posts.
Three a shadow appeared behind the woman causing her to turn to the sight of Hinata flying towards her posed to strike. Dodging to the right kurenai flashed through handsets.
"Magen: Narakumi no jutsu!" Hinata's body dropped to the ground but disappeared in a poof of smoke. "Nice try Kurenai-sensei! Now try this!" Thirty blonde clones ran from the trees towards the lone jonin attempting to over power the woman.
The Genjutsu mistress made short work of the clones while keeping he eyes peeled for any sneak attacks from the forest. 'I have to admit if this was Naruto's idea then he is smart. Trying to assess my skill and patterns with clones. Well Let's see how this pans out'
Seeing an opening Naruto began going through handsigns. "Now girls!" At the command Hinata and Ino both threw an array of shuriken shortly before Naruto relased his technique. "Futon: Daitoppa!"
Sending a large gust of wind to speed the shuriken along hoping to catch Kurenai off guard the genin smiled.
After watching the red-eyed woman dodge the shuriken transformed to reveal copies of Naruto who after interlacing themselves angled to attack the jonin.
The clones were distracting and quickly annoying Kurenai as she had her back turned to the real team seven.
Sensing the moment of victory within reach the three genin rushed from cover and working in tandem with one another and the clones quickly began to wear down on the jonin.
Kurenai didn't have time to escape, as various thrown and discarded shuriken and kunai from around the field popped to show themselves to be clones of a certain blonde.
Slowly one by one Kurenai felt herself taking blows in between each of her counters, dodges, and blocks.
"Ten!" the genin exclaimed together as they counted the hits connected just before the timer went off. Breathing just slightly heavier than usual Kurenai smiled at the teenagers sprawled on the ground.
"We... did it. Good job... girls." Naruto panted. Looking Kurenai in the eyes after sitting up Naruto flashed his foxy grin not noticing the smile on her face.
'Maybe this boy is different from the rest..' Kurenai thought to herself. "Congratulations team seven you passed the test with outstanding teamwork. Meet back here tomorrow morning at 8 o'clock sharp for training well begin missions at noon."
Kurenai walked away heading to the Hokage tower to give her team's report. As she walked Kurenai was deep in thought.
'What is it about that boy that makes him so... charming?' Kurenai asked herself with a slight blush before shaking her head and schooling her features. She did have an appearance to keep up after all.
That wraps up this chapter. See you next time, hopefully without the extended wait. DDCD out.