Apprentice of the trickster– Chapter six: An Agreement, and Chronic Tardiness
Summary: After the year of training and periodic tests curtacy of Sheikka, Naruto is better suited to facing the Ninja world for the first time, and Kakashi has a suprise awaiting him, not that he would know that.
Author: Adameia Kirantro
Rated k+: no cussing, or innuendos or pairings, has minor violence
Disclaimer: I did not create, and do not own the characters from Naruto, They are owned by Masashi Kishimoto, and I may borrow them for your possible and hopeful enjoyment. But I DO own Sheikka, she is mine so do not steal (note: I also own any other OC's I may post, you will know them as they will all have something to do with Sheikka).
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Chapter six: An Agreement, and Chronic Tardiness
"I know you're curious about many things that happened here today, but I am only going to answer a few of them. Hokage-san I will not tell you much about my relationship with Naruto besides the fact that he considers me an older sister and I return the sentiment, even if that makes me a little over protective at times, but anything beyond that you will have to earn my trust for, because I was the one who found the fox after he was abandoned my the Matron at the orphanage and took care of him." The Hokage flinched at that but nodded solemnly, "and I am also the reason why you haven't heard about any more 'incidents' because a mob can't hurt what it can't find or catch… ain't that right?" I questioned, giving a dark, sadistic grin as I said the last part making them both shiver slightly. I snickered and continued, "I respect you Umino-san, you have done well with trying to take care of my little Otouto, even if he is a stubborn brat at times, and you have earned his TRUE trust which is hard to do. So sometime you might find a silver fox that will lead you to where we are living, that is if you make a promise to not reveal any of our secrets…" I trailed off a little, giving him a questioning look, to which he nodded and smiled gratefully, a smile which I returned in full. "great, Naruto could use with a friend, and an older brother figure, the other thing I want to cover will be his ninja placement, I know he isn't ready by your standards quite yet, so I ask that instead of putting him through this year which would uneven the team count anyway, that you let him join next years graduates, which would be his own age group." I could see slight shock for a little bit before both the ageing Hokage and the Chunnin gained considering looks on their faces.
After confirming that they agreed with my idea so far, I put my plan into motion, "I don't want him going through the academy for another year though, and before you comment on that let me finish," I hastily added at seeing them about to refute that, "I will Personally over see his training to make sure he is more than ready to claim his rank. If you are hesitant to believe me, I would be willing to stop by the academy twice a week, once at the beginning of the week to pick up any tests you wish him to take, and once later in the week to drop off said paperwork and I will have Naruto physically come in for any Nin/Tai tests you wish to test him with once a month… Deal? And to solidify your trust in my methods let me say this: I pity the poor fool who gets assigned Naruto as a student and underestimates him when giving the team their test…" I said, grinning my sadistic grin with an evil glint in my eye that shows that I really don't plan to pity said teacher for long, making Iruka Shiver noticeably.
The Sandaime gave me a weary look,- he still doesn't trust me I see, I know he won't argue, but it be better if I get at least some trust or respect from him..- I thought and sighed as I said, "look, I know I seem sort of manipulative right now, but I already knew I was going to train Naruto at some point when I took him in. From one Kage to another… I know I am more than qualified to teach a Shinobi, despite the fact that I ain't one." I said, giving off my trademark foxy grin that Naruto seemed to have 'inherited' so to speak. My grin turned to a pride filled smirk as their faces grew looks of shock as what I said finally was processed by their brains. –Humans are too easy to predict- I thought, laughing internally at the current situation, -everything seems to be going my way, so look out Ninja world, The Trickster's Apprentice is on the rise!- I declared in my head, laughing at it, the title did sort of fit, but I doubt he'll ever gain it.
`~, Time skip`~,
Today is the day of the team assignments for this years graduates who were all gathering in one of the classrooms of the academy, while at the Hokage Tower, a very special meeting was drawing to a close. "So, if the team sets are clear, then you are dismissed." The Third Hokage said in conclusion, the variety of Jounin left the room in a variety of ways as a certain chunnin gathered up the folders on the table in front of him before heading off to the academy to deal with the graduated students, knowing that despite the fact that they graduated he was still going to end up seeing some of them the following school year.
-Academy, 15 minutes later-
"Hi Class! This is a great Day for all of you. The life of a Shinobi is a hard one, and is not a career that should be chosen lightly, today is the day you officially go out into the world under the direction of your new Sensei/Squad Leader, so without further delay, I shall list off the team assignments. Team one shall be…" and Iruka continued to list off the team assignments, the only ones that caught my interest as I skillfully hid my presence from the rest of the newly made Gennin, were "Team7: Sasuke Uchiha, Hinata Hyuuga, and Naruto Uzumaki." Because it was his team and it had two conflicting clan heirs, as well as the fact that there were a few murmurs of, "who is Naruto?", "Team 8: Shino Aburame, Ino Yamanaka, and Kiba Inuzuka." And lastly, "Shikamaru Nara, Choji Akimichi, And Sakura Haruno." All containing major clan heirs, the rest of the teams he tuned out, only catching the random name listed of a less well-known clan here and there –looks like this year is full of clan heirs… typical that this is the one I get thrust into, me being heir of two clans…– I thought, making sure to note that the Heir of the Ryuume(Dragon-eye) Clan, Raitora Ryuume was in team 3, and the heiress of the Musoumeimu(Dream-illusion) Clan, Awaiyuri Musoumeimu, was in team 9.
After all the teams had been called, we were dismissed for lunch, after which our new 'Sensei" were going to come 'pick us up'. –it's like they treat us like we are still children, hmph I am not going to just accept a stranger as my Sensei so quickly, he'll have to earn that title, until then only Sheikka Nee-chan gets that title…- I thought as I sat on the roof of the building, leaning on the rail. I had a feeling like this is the place I need to be. I looked over to my left to find a familiar Silver-Furred fox with light sprinkles of red on her front paws standing on the rail next to me like she does this sort of thing all day, –knowing Sheikka she probably does…– I thought, internally sweat dropping, as I admired the fact that she managed to keep her fur glisteningly clean, despite her active… social life.
After waiting a few hours (still on the roof), and enjoying the breeze, a poof of smoke drew my attention to the railing on my right, where not sat a cycloptic silver haired Nin, dressed in the most mysterious, yet actually ninja like outfit I had ever seen outside of Anbu. –though that hair looks irritatingly familiar... but I can't put my finger on where I could have seen such an oblivious pervert before…– I thought, bemused by the fact that he appeared sitting against the rail like he had been sitting here the whole time like I had been.
"So, I am taking a blind leap here and guessing you're the chronically late Jounin who should have paid more attention in the academy when they talked about the Shinobi code of punctuality that is assigned to my unfortunate teammates and I… am I right?" I drawled out, emphasizing a bored tone as I took a page out of Sheikka's book and rolled my head over my shoulder as I gave him a lazy raised eyebrow, and a calculating gaze. I could feel Sheikka giving the back of my head one of her 'I am so proud of you' looks that she overdramatically does whenever I do something like she would have.
I got no answer as the silver-teen wannabe just kept his nose in his little orange book that I instinctually felt like burning for some reason.
After a few more minutes of listening to random perverted giggles coming from my new squad leader, a pair of out of breath kids, came out the door to the roof, –I'll just take a wild guess and say they are my teammates…– I thought, sweat dropping by the fact that one's hair looked like it was a duck-but was stuck to the poor kids head instead of actual hair. –poor kid, he probably got teased badly because of that – I thought, in slight pity, only slight because said kid also gave off the vibe that totally nailed him as the overly-arrogant Uchiha type, the other looked like she must be the Hyuuga, but she gave off a timid-insecure vibe which didn't fit with your typical Hyuuga which was what I was expecting considering she's the Heiress–just great, the only way this set up could be worse if she is a Rabid-Fan-girl that puts Rabid-Fan-girls to shame(a certain bubblegum haired Kunoichi sneezed) and the Uchiha is the object of her devotion… which is scarily probable– I thought, worried over the sanity of whoever put together this team together if that was true.
The Scarecrow gave an eye smile as he asked us to introduce ourselves, and Hinata Managed to smartly ask him to go first without making herself sound stupid in the process. "My name is Kakashi Hatake, my age is none of your business, and so are my dreams, I don't really have any hobbies and my likes... Well maybe I'll tell you when you're older… I have too many dislikes… and I don't currently have an ambition. So you next brooding one." Kakashi stated, only giving us basically his name. Sasuke's introduction only revealed that he was indeed a brooding avenger type, with an obsession with tomatoes. "You next white-eyes" Kakashi said, pointing to Hinata.
"w-well, My Name I-is Hinata H-Hyuuga, I like flow-er pressing and Tea, I a certain seal used by m-my C-Clan. My D-dream is t-to Re-re-unite the branches in my clan, and to banish that seal." Hinata stuttered softly, to the point that it could barely be considered audible, with a slight embarrassed blush and poking her pointer fingers together the whole time.
Kakashi nodded, eye-smiling that annoying smile and then pointed to me while saying, "And finally the blonde Gaki" Oooh he is getting it for that... –How about I give him a piece of his own medicine…– I thought, giving him a feral grin, then saying, " my name is Naruto Uzumaki, and this is my Vixen Partner, Shi-Chan(that part said with a look of 'you harm her and your dead') I am a normal Gennin age, and have normal likes. My dream is not of any importance to you as I don't know any of you, and my hates are too many to list. And like a certain chronically tardy Jounin I don't have any ambitions…" I said, keeping a straight face as I thought, –my only ambition is to actually land a prank on Sheikka– to my amusement I could see the Jounin's only visible eye twitch slightly in irritation as I revealed just as little as he did, and blatant irritation from the Uchiha and only a slightly darker blush from the Hyuuga who still had her head lowered so her bangs blocked the majority of her face from view In her embarrassment.
"Soo, moving on" Kakashi said, breaking our momentary staring war, "now that we know each other, meet me tomorrow at six o' clock in the morning for your true Gennin exam, since the one you already took was only to weed out the unworthy… and I probably shouldn't tell you this…" Kakashi tailed off, and I knew his game, he was going to try and shock us since he already knew we wouldn't know about the secondary test.
"But the secondary test has a drastically low success rate that is supposed to scare us because people that weren't us failed your supposedly highly difficult personal test?" I said, cutting off his fun and earned a little killing intent sent by way courtesy of the silver-haired Nin. –ha-ha, great job kiddo- Sheikka told me telepathically, while she made fox equivalent of snickers as she perched on my shoulder.
After a little bit of continued annoyance on Kakashi's part, he dismissed us and disappeared in a poof of smoke, I simply turned to where my teammates were and noticed Sasuke was already heading for the door, so I decided to talk to Hinata a little bit. "hi, Hinata right?" she nodded, "as I said before, I am Naruto, and I was wondering if you'd like to go grab a bite to eat so we can get to know each other better? I wasn't exactly in your class so I thought I might try to get to know my teammates... I would have invited Sasuke but he left, so what do you say?" I asked giving her my trademark smile.
She nodded mutely, her face still red so I grabbed her hand and led her off to my favorite ramen stand, Sheikka in her fox form following behind me with a smirk that she will definitely tease me later about this. But at the moment, I didn't really care, I get to know one of my teammates, and have a Suedo-date with a cute girl.