Chapter 2: Team Seven

Naruto had arrived at Room 201, in the Ninja Academy, to be put into a squad with two other students that had graduated from the academy. Twenty-seven students were there. Naruto looked over at Iruka, who smiled and shook his head. This confirmed that the two students that were "going to fail if Naruto hadn't graduated were no longer going to be sent back to the academy. Naruto sighed in relief. A member of the Nara Clan, Shikamaru, and a member of the Akimichi Clan, Choji, both walked up to Naruto.

"What're you doing here, Naruto?" Shikamaru asked. "You failed the Ninjutsu Test."

Naruto smiled and replied, "Mizuki was planning to destroy the village, and I defeated him with a special jutsu I learnt recently, so Iruka-sensei let me pass. If you don't believe me, go ask him."

"Let's go ask him, Shikamaru," Choji decided. "Let's see if he really defeated Mizuki-sensei, or if he was plotting to destroy the village at all.

The two walked over to Iruka, who spoke to them for a minute and nodded. Naruto laughed manically when he saw Shikamaru and Choji's eyes widen in his direction. A girl with black hair and white eyes noticed this and shyly walked over to Naruto.

"Um... Naruto?" she asked.

Naruto looked at her, "Hmm? Oh, hey Hinata, what's up?"

"Um... I just wondered... the thing with Mizuki-sensei... is it... is it true?"

Naruto nodded and grinned, "You bet it is! And it was a piece of cake!"

Hinata smiled, "That's... good... I guess. Well done, Naruto."

Naruto chuckled, "Hehehe, thanks Hinata!"

Naruto looked to his left and saw him. The stinking cool, annoying douchebag Sasuke Uchiha.

Sasuke looked at Naruto and sighed, "You passed, huh? Too bad... I was hoping you would leave me alone for good now that I'm a Genin, but apparently not. You have to keep tagging along."
Naruto was angry, "Shut up, Sasuke! You're just jealous that I'm gonna be Hokage one day, and you aren't!"
"Whatever... loser."

There was a bang from the doorway. Naruto spun around to see the result of a race between Sakura Haruno and Ino Yamanaka.
"Yeah, Sakura wins that one too. Sorry, Ino," Naruto smiled a stupid smile when he saw them.

"Shut up, Naruto, what do you know?" Ino asked him.

"I know that Sakura won the race."

"YOU ARE SO ANNOYING!"

Sakura stood up and smiled at Naruto, "Thanks again, Naruto. You might not be that bad after all," She spotted Sasuke. "KYAAAAH! Sasuke! Did you miss me?"

She pushed Naruto aside and sat down next to Sasuke. This made Naruto angry. He leapt onto the table in front of Sasuke and punched him in the face.

"I WAS WRONG, YOU ARE HORRIBLE, NARUTO!" Sakura shouted when Naruto did this.
Naruto looked at her and shrugged, "What? He was annoying me."
"AND YOU ARE ANNOYING ME!" Sakura replied.

"That's enough!" shouted Iruka. "Lord Third Hokage will arrive any minute now, so behave. Naruto! Sit down next to Sakura! Ino, Sakura! Stop pushing! Ino, you sit behind Sakura, between Shikamaru and Choji! Shikamaru, this is not a drag, this is your briefing!"
"Thank you Iruka," a voice was heard from the doorway.

The students spun around to see the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, standing there. The old man walked down the gangway between the two columns of benches, where the thirty new Rookie Genin sat. He sat down at Iruka's desk and put some papers there.

"Right, let's start with Team One, shall we?" he named the first six teams. "Team Seven will consist of: the best student out of the thirty here today, Sasuke Uchiha; the worst student out of the thirty here today, Naruto Uzumaki; and finally, the student precisely in the middle, Sakura Haruno."

All three of them had their heads on the desk.

'Why on earth do I have to be in the same team as Sasuke?' Naruto thought.

'Dammit, I have to be in the same team as Naruto, don't I? Damn you old man...' thought Sakura.

'Both of them are annoying... this is going to be a long and hard career...' Sasuke thought to himself.

"Team Eight shall consist of: the number two student here, Shino Aburame; the number two WORST student here, Kiba Inuzuka; and the student directly below the middle-student, Hinata Hyuga," Hiruzen then named Team Nine. "The final team is Team Ten, consisting of: the number four student here, Shikamaru Nara; the fourth worst student here, Choji Akimichi; and the student two ranks above the middle-student, Ino Yamanaka. That will be all, please wait here until your Jonin supervisor arrives."

After a while, only Teams Seven, Eight and Ten were left, waiting for their new Sensei. The door opened to reveal a man with black hair walk into the room. He nodded a greeting to Sasuke, showing that they know each other.

"Shikamaru Nara, Choji Akimichi, Ino Yamanaka," the man called out. "I will be your Jonin Sensei. The name's Obito. Obito Uchiha. Please follow me to the Uchiha Clan District, where I will assess your abilities."

Team Ten stood up and followed their new Sensei, Obito, out of Room 201. Then, a brown haired woman entered the room. Naruto hoped she would be his Sensei, because he didn't want to wait much longer.

"Shino Aburame, Kiba Inuzuka, Hinata Hyuga," she called out to Naruto's displeasure. "I am Rin Nohara, your new Jonin Sensei. Please, follow me."

Team Eight walked out of the room, following Rin. Naruto was getting angry. Very angry.

"WHERE THE HELL IS THIS IDIOT?!" He yelled at the top of his voice.

Five hours passed and Team Seven's Jonin Sensei hadn't arrived yet. Naruto had had enough. He grabbed a stool and a board rubber and opened the door halfway. He then placed the board rubber in the corner of the doorway and pulled the door in so that the rubber would stay. Then, he oiled the floor to make it slippery.

"Naruto, what are you doing, you idiot?" Sakura asked him.

"This guy is a Jonin, an elite shinobi, he won't fall for that like Iruka did," Sasuke added.

They heard footsteps coming down from the other end of the hallway. The door opened and a grey-haired man stepped through it, getting hit by the rubber and slipping on the oil.

Naruto burst out laughing, "You even fell for the rubber, the most obvious decoy in the world! BWAHAHAHAHA!"

Sasuke and Sakura were both surprised. They didn't know if this guy was really a Jonin.

"Sasuke Uchiha, Naruto Uzumaki, Sakura Haruno," he said as he stood up. "My name is Kakashi Hatake and I will be your Jonin Sensei. Please follow me to Training Ground Seven, where I will assess your abilities."

"Kakashi... Hatake...?" Naruto asked, speechless. "You're the Kakashi Hatake that is a candidate to become the Fifth Hokage? You're Mizuki's older brother?"

Kakashi nodded, "I'm ashamed to hear of what my brother was up to. Naruto, do you still have my map of the Nara Clan District?"

Naruto nodded and got it out of his pocket, "Here."

Kakashi took it and nodded a thanks, "Now, let's get going."