Sapphire09: I'm reposting the original version of Scattered Fragments since I remembered someone requested me to, but I did not edit anything. So, I'm terribly sorry for the grammar.
"Human talks"
'Human thinking'/ flashback/memories/ dreams
'Telepathic conversation between humans'
Letters/ notes
"Demon/other inhuman things talks"
'Demon/another inhuman things thought'
'Telepathic conversation between demons/other inhuman things'
CHAPTER III
Meet Your Teammates!
"That's good for you, Minami! Iruka is acknowledging you for who you are! That's good thing to hear," Hinata said after Minami's done with her story she tells her everything that happened, to every detail.
"I'm also glad. He's acknowledging me. Maybe, maybe I'll tell him about the real me, eventually. Or I'll just let him finds it out himself" Minami said. Her plan to destroy the village is gone, even though it may only temporarily.
"So, how's the forbidden scroll? Did you find any interesting technique?" Hinata asked, changing the topic. Minami then showed her the copy of the forbidden scroll. Of course, Minami doesn't copy all of it. She's just copying the one that she is sure neither she nor Hinata learned yet.
"Well, this is interesting. Let's practice," Hinata said. She and Minami then prepared to train. Just in one night, they both learn more than half of the scroll, although not mastering it yet. What is matter for them is to learn it first. Mastering can be later. They can learn it fast because most of it is just another kind of what they already learned, so they just need to change some, and tada! New jutsu is learned. Then, they saw the moon is rising up, signed that it already midnight. Both of them then go back to their specific house, sleep, and get ready for their team announcement.
(Morning, at Konoha Ninja Academy, at team announcement) (A/n: Naruto, he, his, yada, yada...)
(Skip)"...Team 7, Haruno Sakura, Uzumaki Naruto, and Uchiha Sasuke. Your jounin instructor will be Hatake Kakashi," Iruka announced. When he hears that, Naruto's eyes widened. 'What the hell?! Is it some kind of a sick joke? I'm going to team up with a frigid fangirl and a sick avenger?! Ooh, I'm doomed,' Naruto thinks. While Naruto seemed like going to smack his head to a nearest wall, Hinata that sits beside him chuckle silently.
'Wow, talk about hell, Naruto. What a teammate you've got. A super noisy frigid fangirl and a sick power-crazy avenger,' she telepath to Naruto. 'I know. Oh, Lord Kami, why did you do this to me? Even the jounin instructor is a pervert!!' Naruto replied, and sarcastically.
"...Team 8, Aburame Shino, Hyuuga Hinata and Inuzuka Kiba. Your jounin instructor will be Yuuhi Kurenai," Iruka continue. Hinata is quite relieved, knowing that her teammate is not so bad.
'You're getting a nice team, Hinata. Congratulations. I'll tell you something, Kiba is secretly having a crush on you. Don't make 'him' kill one of your teammate, ok?' Naruto telepath again, teasing her. If only they're not in a room that has so many people here, Hinata might be already putting up an extreme spar with Naruto.
'Shut up, Naruto...-kun,' Hinata replied, purposely adding the suffix. Naruto hate it when someone calls him that. It sounded so... fangirl-like, kind of reminds him/her to the way Sakura call Sasuke.
"...last one, Team 10, Yamanaka Ino, Nara Shikamaru, and Akimichi Chouji. Your jounin instructor is Sarutobi Asuma. Now, wait for your instructor to come and pick you up,'' Iruka said while he's going out of the class. Few minutes later, the jounin instructors are coming and pick up their specific pupils. Hinata, also with Shino and Kiba also left when Kurenai comes and pick them up. All of the teams are already left with their on instructor, leaving Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura.
After waiting for 2 hours, Naruto felt their jounin instructor presence, much for Naruto displeasure. 'Okay, calm down girl. Calm down. Breathe in...breath out, breath in...breath out. Okay, he have to explains something or I'm going to explode,' Naruto thinks, as he trying to calm himself.
When Naruto done calming himself, their jounin instructor appeared in a puff of smoke. He then eyed them critically. "My first impression on you guys, I don't like you," he said, which makes Naruto pissed off inside.
"Meet me at the rooftops," he said and disappears in the same way he came. 'Okay, I'm calm, totally calm. All I have to do is walk to the rooftop by those 2000 pain in the ass steps stairs, so calm and be Naruto,' he thinks inwardly. On outside, he's just stay hyperactive and curious, as usual.
On the rooftop, they see their Instructor already there, sitting. They then took their seat, with Sasuke in the middle, Sakura at Sasuke's right and Naruto at his left.
"Now that you're here, I want you to introduce yourself. Tell us your names, likes, dislikes, hobbies and your dreams," he said. "Why don't you do it first?" Sakura said.
"Alright then. My name is Hatake Kakashi, that's all you should know," he said, making the others sweat dropped. 'So, all we learn is your name?' they thought. "Okay, let's start from you, pink haired one," Kakashi speak up again.
"Ah, right. My name is Haruno Sakura. I likes pink, red, white lily, and..." she looks at Sasuke and then squeals. "My hobby is... uhm," she looks at Sasuke and squeals again. "My dreams are... uhh..." She looks at Sasuke, again, and squeals louder. "And your dislikes are...?" Kakashi asked, getting annoyed. "Naruto," she said as she glares at Naruto. "Hey! What did I do?!" Naruto said, but inwardly, he said something like 'that's good. I also hate you, pink haired bitch!' he thinks. 'Kunoichi these days are more interested in love than ninjutsu,' think Kakashi.
"Next is you, raven haired boy," Kakashi continue. "My name is Uchiha Sasuke. I don't have many likes and I have many dislikes. I don't have any hobbies. My dream is... more like an ambition. My ambition is to revive my clan and kill a certain man," he said as he leaned both of his hands under his chin and his eyes are looking sharp, since he started to talk. 'Itachi, you have to be kidding me. What did you do to him to make him such a stuck up bastard? I miss the old Sasuke...' Naruto thinks inwardly, while on the outside, he doesn't seem care. 'So cool,' guess who thinks that, as Kakashi thinks, 'I thought so'.
"Next is you, blondy," Kakashi said. "Yeah! My name is Uzumaki Naruto. I love to train and eat ramen! I hate to wait 3 minutes for ramen!" The three others are begun to think that is even his brain are made of ramen.
"My dreams are to be number 1 ninja in Konohagakure and be the Hokage! Believe it!" Naruto said, or yelled to be exact. 'Yeah, like I'm not already,' Naruto thinks inside. 'Ahahahaha!! Ramen? Out from any food, why ramen?' the Kyuubi asked as he keeps laughing his ass off. 'Hey! I do like ramen. Besides, the name Naruto is identical with ramen, isn't it?' Naruto replied. The Kyuubi is still laughing. The other genins, just thinking a similar sentence for his loud explanation, it have the word 'idiot' or 'moron' in their sentence, while Kakashi thought, 'that was unexpected.'
Kakashi then stood up and gained the genin's attentions. "Okay, your first training will start tomorrow. Meet me in the training ground 21, at 08.00 a.m. And don't be late," he exclaimed. 'Say that for yourself,' Naruto rolled his eyes inwardly. Then before he leave, he added, "Oh, yeah. Don't eat breakfast. You'll throw up," he said and left.
The three then exchange glances, then Naruto yelled, "Oh, well. See you tomorrow!" He jumped to the ground, and he ran towards his house. Not actually, though. He seems going to his house, but actually he's making a kage bunshin and the real him teleported to the Forest of Death. After he left, Sasuke left for his house, and being a loyal fangirl, Sakura also tailing him.
In the Forest of Death, Naruto release her jutsu and back to Minami (A/n: Okay, now on forward I'm using Minami, she, her, yadda...yadda...). She practiced with the jutsu she just learned yesterday. In five hours, she managed to master half of it. Now, she was going to practice the other one that she's learned, and in another hour, she mastered all. Around 08.00 p.m. Hinata came and joined to practice.
"So, Hinata, how's your teammates?" Minami asked. Now, they're started to spar, without bloodline activated, and only taijutsu used. "Well, Kiba is nice, although he is annoying sometimes. He really is having a crush on me, too bad I'm already taken," Hinata sighed as she dodges Minami's kick.
"Well, I hope you're not interested in him. He'll kill Kiba if he knew that he's taking his girlfriend," Minami said as she tried to punch Hinata on her stomach, but missed. "I'm not his girlfriend! He... he never said it officially," Hinata said as she tried to kick Minami on the face, but blocked by Minami with her right hand.
"Come on! You like him, and he is obviously likes you. He's great at hiding his emotion, but bad at hiding love emotion, you know?! Don't tell me that you've fall for that dog breath!" Minami said as she grabbed her left leg with her right hand, trying to throw her, but she turns into log and appeared right behind Minami, "But, I'm not sure he feels the same way as I do. He does showing his affection to me, but he never said that he love me or anything, you know?" she tried to kick her on the back, but Minami soon vanished, and send her an uppercut punch from down,
"Hinata, he's not the type of guy that easily gives affection! It really does obvious that he likes you!" Hinata dodge and send her punch to her stomach, but Minami dodge it. "But, how I can be sure about it? I can't use my Byakuugan to him, unless he betrayed us," she said, as they stopped sparing.
"You didn't need your Byakuugan to see his true love; I also didn't need my Eyes of Space. Look him into his eye, feel the warmness that he gives you, and you'll see how much he loves you, Hina-chan," Minami said, giving Hinata a concern look.
"But, unless you really are fall for Kiba," she chuckled. "No, I'm not! He may nice, but he does only can be a good friend, nothing more! That also goes the same for Shino. He may not talk much, but he is care for his teammates a lot. They're nice as a friend, and they're in the 'White List', also with Kurenai-sensei. She's nice and concerned about me," she said. Both of them then walked and sit near the spring. Minami started the conversation.
"You know, those in my 'White List' are now only Iruka-sensei, Sarutobi-jiisan, Teuchi-jiisan, and Ayame-neechan. My teammates are still in the 'Gray List', even my sensei," she said. Hinata knew why, so she didn't ask. But, she is curious about one thing, so she asked, "Is there any chance that your teammates will be moved to the 'Black List', like the other villager?"
"I think so, seeing that they all didn't care about me. But, Kakashi is still blank. I will not judge him until I know his training method," she replied. "Is Sasuke too?" Hinata asked, giving her a concerned look. Minami then stare at the spring.
"I... don't know. He's been a bastard recently. He's not the same Sasuke that I like 6 years ago. Now... he just... a stranger. He even forgot the promise he made to me," she then smiled sadly. "And he was the one that decline that 'promises are meant to be broken' word." She looked at the moon. It's full today. There's silent until suddenly Hinata broke it.
"Pretty, isn't it?" Hinata suddenly asked. They both still look at the full moon. "Yeah. I've never had time to admiring moon like this when I was smaller. My night is just spent by running around and sneaking through sewer, just to get home safely. Even in my dreams, I'm always dreamed to be chased around, that's why I never thought that the moon is this beautiful," she said, still looking at the moon.
"Hey, hey. I'm just asking that this moon is pretty, not asking about your personal memory. Even so, I'm agree with you," Hinata said. Minami now look at Hinata.
"I've never told you my memories about moon, yes? In every of my memory, there's always moon as the background, either crescent, half, or full. My mom said that I born in the night of full moon, and the stars is also decorated the limitless sky. Even when my mom died, there's also a full moon. But, that night was different. The moon is full, yes, but there are no stars, not even one. That night, the moon shines alone.
Ever since then, it seems my day getting worse and worse, and I've begun to hate the moon. My father is ignored me, and turned his hope to Hanabi, and see me as a priceless useless piece of waste. Neji as also acting the same, he's just seemed respecting me just because I'm in the main house. If not, maybe he already ignored me completely, and pretends that I do not exist. My world seems to crumble and torn apart. The only thing that can make me forget the pain I feel in my heart, is just this pearl," she said as she showed and pointed to the pearl on her sword, to the magatama that planted on.
"But, thanks to you, Minami, I've got the colors of my world back. In that night, when I first meet you, you're the first person that acknowledges me. I'm glad and relieved, that there is someone that likes me for who I am. I'm very happy when I've got my first real friend. I don't care you have the Kyuubi or any demon, because someone that helped somebody else from the endless labyrinth of loneliness, can't be a demon," Hinata smiled, also with Minami. She's glad that Hinata is her real friend. Minami and Hinata are have been stuck in the darkness labyrinth of loneliness, but they help each other, and now they've gone out from that labyrinth, and arrived in a place called 'freedom' and 'hope'
"You're welcome, Hinata," she said, still smiling gladly. The stars that been hiding in the darkness of sky, now showing themselves. Millions of stars coming out, and decorated the blank dark sky with their millions little sparkle. Now, the moon is not shines alone, but the stars decided to accompany it.
(Morning, 06.00 a.m.)(A/n: Okay, now is Naruto time!)
Naruto wakes up in 05.58 a.m. He and Hinata always wake up in around 6 o'clock or earlier, for morning training. They meet up in their newfound training ground, behind the Hokage Mountain. It was much hidden, and very refreshing. The forest there is thick, almost as thick as the Forest of Death, but its greener. In the Forest of Death, the trees are not as green as there. It's much thicker, but also darker. They called their newfound training ground 'Jade' because when they saw it from up, it looks like a giant green jewel that is dropped from the sky to the ground.
They also found a spot where there's streams flowing. It's very clean, pretty, and fishes that swimming there is plenty. No one seems ever found it yet, and they suggest that they're the first one that found it.
They're trying to find another hideout because they heard a hunch that the Forest of Death is going to be used as place for second task for the Chuunin exams. Thankfully, their hideout there is very much hidden and they're already put a powerful genjutsu to barrage the place, also if someone managed to break the genjutsu, they have dozen of mutated plant and mutated gigantic meat-eating animals to preventing any outsider to come. However, they're still can't use their hideout there, since the guards are added up and closed up their way in. Well, they actually can come in, but they didn't want to raise any suspicions, if they may not manage to past them unknowingly. Better safe than sorry.
They practice in Jade until 08.00 a.m. knowing that his sensei probably would late again; he came home and eats breakfast. He knows that he'd not supposed to, but hey, he already knew what kind of 'training' it's going to be, and he knew he'll need energy.
When he's still in academy, he did some research on every jounin instructor. So, he knows what is the 'training' will be. It's not a usual training, its survival training. More like a training test. From what he got, out from 27 graduates, only nine that will be chosen as genin and the rest will be sent back to academy. The failing rate is above 66, which is quite high. But, the importance in the test is to gained teamwork, which he doubted that the Uchiha will want to do work together as a team. 'Aw, man. If he didn't want to work on teamwork, we will be very much failed,' Naruto cursed inwardly.
At 08.20 am, he came to the training ground, and sees Sakura is clinging to Sasuke and sees Sasuke annoyed face. 'Sigh, we're going to be failed,' he thinks. He then walked up to them.
When Sakura sees him, she then yelled, "Naruto, you're late!"
"Yeah, I know. Sorry, I woke up late," he grinned sheepishly. But, inwardly he cursed, 'Why do I have to team up with a borderline emo and a loud fangirl?' he then take an instant glance at Sasuke, only for an instant before he look at something else again. 'Looks like there are no way you'll remember it, huh?'
After ten minutes wait, he began to think, 'should I tell them or not? Maybe I should,' he decides to tell them the purpose of the 'training', but then again, he wanted to look at their faces.
Twenty minutes passes by, and Naruto is really getting annoyed. "Where the hell that damned sensei!!" he yelled out of frustration. "Oh, shut up, Naruto. It's not like you're on time," Sakura smacked him on the head. If only they're not supposed to know him, he could easily break Sakura's arm. He's getting sick of Sakura hitting his head.
Knowing that Kakashi probably come two hours late, he's going inside the forest. This is not going unnoticed by Sasuke and Sakura. Seeing that Naruto began to walk on deeper to the training ground's forest, Sasuke speak up for the first time. "Hey, baka. Where are you going?"
"Kakashi-sensei will probably two hours late, so I want to stretch up a little bit, teme," he said as he walks deeper to the forest. He was in no mood for arguing. He then stopped and says, "Call me if he arrives!" and began to run deeper.
(With Kakashi...)
He stood there, in front of the monumental. He finds the name he was looking for, Uchiha Obito. A sad look appears on his visible eye. He stood there for two and a half hours, like a statue. After that, he left for his new pupil; he didn't know that someone has been watching him. When the figures sure that Kakashi is gone and nowhere in sight, had they leaped off from their hiding place. The figures wearing a black cloak, with red clouds, and one of them are Itachi. The other one beside him is someone with orange mask, with a hole where his right eye should've been.
"Tobi, we have to report now. She wouldn't like it if we're late," Itachi said to the masked man. "I know. But he really is changed, even not much. I never thought he missed me so much. Rin-chan might like to hear it," Tobi said. They're then disappearing in a swirl of leaves.
(Back with Naruto...)
"So, what they said," Naruto said while he's still concentrating on his training. Two figures appear in swirls of leaves.
"They said they're agreeing with you. They'll wait for your instruction. In their free time, they'll do their current task," Itachi replied. Naruto is now fully turning to them.
"I have missions for you all. I've heard that all of the Tailed Beasts are already been long sealed, but the news is just arrived in Konoha two days ago, from Bird Country and from Flower Country. I already ripped the news before it arrived in the Hokage's hands. I already write fake news for the Hokage. I'll just tell the old man personally.
Tell Konan and Pein to find the vessel of Seven-tailed Lion, Hidan and Kakuzu to find the vessel of Two-tailed Cat, Deidara to find the vessel of Three-tailed Turtle, Zetsu to find the vessel of Four-tailed Panther, Kisame to find the vessel of Five-tailed Rabbit, Sasori to find the vessel of One-tailed Shukaku, and Rhein and Tobi to find the vessel of Six-tailed Ox. You, Itachi, still have to find the Eight-tail. Tell them to find them before 'they' managed to get them. Don't force them; I want them to be willingly joining us. I'll do the talking, if needed. Kill any of 'them' that you met before 'they' managed to get the Jinchuuriki. Oh, yeah, one more thing, tell uncle that I'll come over. I'll leave from here this afternoon," Naruto said in such an orderly tone.
"Hai, Minami-sama," both of them give him a short bow. Before they leave, Tobi asked something.
"Minami-san, is Kakashi your jounin instructor?" he ask. "Yes, Obito. Don't worry about him. Now you two may go before anyone feels your chakra presence. Our organization has to keep in secret, you know?" Naruto said, smiling.
"Hai, Minami-san," both of them gone in swirls of leaves. 10 minutes later, his teammates calling, signing that Kakashi has just arrived.
'If they're here longer, Kakashi would've feels their chakra presence. Thank god they leave just in time,' he thinks as he walked towards his teammates.
"What taking you so long!" Sakura yelled. 'I don't really have time for this...'
"Gomen, Sakura-chan. I'm so concentrated in training, so I barely heard your calls. He-he," Naruto said and smiled sheepishly.
"Naruto, good you're here. Now I'll tell you about the mission. It will be survival training," Kakashi said.
"But, we've done enough survival trainings in the academy!" Sakura cut off.
"I'm not done yet. It's not just a training. It's also an exam, and I'm going to be your opponent," he said. "But, we're already passed the graduation exam!" Naruto yelled. 'I really don't have time for this kind of crap... Just tell us already!'
"That is an exam to proof that you're capable of doing the basics, while this exam is to proof your worthiness of being a true shinobi," he explained.
"What if we failed?" Sakura asked. "If you failed, you're going to be sent back to the academy," he explained.
"What?! What kind of exam is this?!" Naruto yelled. 'Sigh. It's so troublesome. I have to stop this. I'm begun to think like Shikamaru!'
"Of the twenty-seven graduates, only nine will be chosen as Genin. The rest will be sent back to the academy. This training is a super difficult exam with a failure rate of over 66." Sakura's jaw dropped, and Sasuke seems tensed, Naruto's jaw practically down. 'Wow, I'm sooo surprised.'
"So, what are we going to do?" Sasuke asked. Kakashi letting out two bells and show it to them.
"See these bells?" he asked. The genins just nodded.
"Your task to take these bells, one for each one of you, however, the one that is not getting the bells is failed. The one that is failed to get her or his hand on one of the bell is will tied up to the log over there and not getting any lunch," he said as he pointed on the logs.
"But, there's only two," Sakura said. "Yes, I know there are only two bells. Do you see another one that I hold?" he asked sarcastically. "But, that means... one of us will be failed and sent back to the academy!" Sakura said in realization.
"Yes, that's why I want you to come at me for killing. You wouldn't get these bells without wills to kill me," he answers simply. Kakashi then hang the bells near his pocket.
'Okay, I'll try this one,' Naruto thinks as he charged over to Kakashi. However, he failed and his kunai ended up behind his neck.
'Hmm... His chakra is quite. Tobi is right. He really is strong. He'll love to face him someday,' he thinks as Kakashi letting out his grip.
"You're very impatient. I didn't say begin, yet," Kakashi said. He then pulling out something behind his pocket opened it and began to read.
'Icha Icha Paradise?! Man, he really is a pervert. I'll beat him into pulp later,' Naruto think. "BEGIN," Kakashi says. Three of them then leapt off different direction and began to hide.
'Sigh. Man, I'm doing a lot of sighing today. Oh, well. I'd better find Sasuke and tells him about 'my plan' now. After Sasuke agree, Sakura will be easy,' he thinks. He hides very carefully and hide is chakra carefully.
'Eyes of Space!' then his sight is changing. He can see through everything. In seconds, he finds Sasuke and Sakura. He then deactivates it and sneak up to Sasuke.
"What are you doing, dobe," Sasuke asked without looking at his back. "You're no fun. I'm just want to surprise you," Naruto pouting and leapt beside him. "Go find your own hiding place," he said.
"I'm here not to hide. I'm here to tell you something. You want to work together or no?" Naruto asked. "Huh?" Sasuke asked, confused.
"Listen. I have a plan, but you and Sakura have to work together with me. You agree or no?'' Naruto asked again. "What do you got in mind?" he asked in curiosity.
"Well, it's like this..."
(With Kakashi...)
"Hmm... It's so quiet. Are they giving up? Maybe they wait for anyone of them to strike first. If so, then they really don't understand the true purpose of this test," Kakashi thinks inwardly, never let go his so-precious Icha Icha Paradise book. He then felt a chakra presence coming towards him.
"KAGE BUNSHIN NO JUTSU!!" Then, around fifty of Naruto's bunshins appeared and rush towards Kakashi. 'What?! That kid can do Kage bunshin already?' he thinks inwardly. Kakashi is having a little difficult time, however, Naruto is still failed to take the bells, and Kakashi giving him a '1000 Years of Pain'.
'Ouch, that's hurt. Thank god it's only another kage bunshin,' the real Naruto thinks inwardly. He's using a special version of kage bunshin that only disappear when he dispel it, or when stabbed right to death. While Kakashi was distracted, Sasuke and Sakura leapt off from their hiding place and take it as a chance to take the bells, however, they failed. They almost got the bells, anyway, if Kakashi doesn't tell them to take a rest, and they'll be resuming it after lunch. However, Naruto was tied up to a log, burning and hungry, while he sees all his teammates eat. Well, not actually, because he is already taking breakfast, but all his that he did before Kakashi comes drains his energy, so he really hungry now.
Kakashi told them to not fed Naruto, or they'll fail automatically. After he said that, Kakashi then gone in swirl of leaves.
"Humph! I'm not hungry, anyway. Eat all the way you want!" Naruto said. 'Sigh. Kyu, do you have any apples?' Naruto asked the Kyuubi in his mindscape. "Sorry, kit. All the apples here are not yours to eat. It's all just your imagination food, which is for me to eat, remember?" she said, while eating a very fresh-looking red apple. Naruto that watch that is getting hungrier. His stomach then grumbled.
"Here," Sasuke leaned over his food. "Huh?"
"Eat," he said simply. "But, you'll fail if you lean me your food," Naruto try to make sure.
"Well, we'll gonna failed anyway if you're holding us back just because you're hungry," he said again. 'Well, he's seemed nice. Hmm...,' Naruto thinks inwardly.
"I'll let you eat mine, too. If Sasuke-kun lend his, then I'll lend mine too," Sakura cut in. 'Hmm... They're not so bad, I guess,'
"But... How am I going to eat? I'm tied, in case you forget?" he said. Sasuke then take a pile of rice with chopsticks and point it to Naruto's mouth. "Open your mouth. I'm going to fed you," he said, making Naruto a little bit shocked. 'Kyu... What should I do?' "You're hungry, and he's giving his food, what would you do?" Naruto then opened his mouth and Sasuke push the rice to Naruto's mouth. Naruto then began to chew it. 'Well, it tastes good, and it kind of tastes like Mikoto's cook. When Itachi bring up some that day,' Naruto thinks, while chewing. After he swallows it, he gives Sasuke his compliment.
"Hey, this is good. Who made this? You made it yourself or someone made this for you?"
"Hn," Before Naruto can continue, Kakashi suddenly appeared.
"Did you just fed Naruto?" he asked, nonchalantly. "Well, yes. Besides, aren't in three man team there supposed to be teamwork? We couldn't work together properly if one of us is hungry," Sasuke replied. Sakura's just agreeing, like usual.
"Well, Then you all... passed," Kakashi said. At this, all the genin eyes were widened. "What? Whaddaya mean we passed?" Naruto asked, still tied. 'Yeah, yeah. Just lemme outta here, please.'
"Well, the true purpose of this test is to work on your teamwork. You see, a close friend of mine have said 'those who break the rules are trash, but those who abandoned their friend are worst than trash'," Kakashi said. The genin just stand there seemed still in shock. 'Well... he must've been taking Obito's death quite much. Let's see if he really is putting Obito's famous words to realizations.'
"Oh, well. Now because you passed, let's get some celebration," he said as he turned away. Sasuke and Sakura are right behind him "HEY, WHAT ABOUT ME? UNTIE ME!" Naruto yelled, but it looks like it falls on deaf ears.
"Shouldn't we let him go?" Sakura asked. "Nah, he'll be a noisy ass again. I want to have lunch in silent," Sasuke answered. Being a loyal fangirl, she always thinks that her Sasuke-kun always right, and Kakashi doesn't give a damn.
"Shit. Oh, well, I just have to wait until I'm sure they're not in range," Naruto muttered under his breath. When he felt their chakra presence was gone, and they're nowhere in Naruto's range of sight, he's taking a deep breath. "Hmmph. Breath of Ice!" as he breath out, his breath are icy chill, and frosting the rope that around him. When the rope is frozen, he easily breaks it.
"You know, you should clean those ices, you know?" Hinata said, appeared right behind Naruto.
"I know, but they'll melt anyway. About the report, meet me in Jade. I'll tell you there," ha said. Hinata just rolled her eyes and left. "Don't forget to tell me about your team. I'll help you out if you need to go out again," Hinata said and disappeared in swirl of white feathers.
"They're all a complete bullshits," Naruto mutter. He then wants to make anyone that might comeback to untie him, a little unsuspected gift. He then uses the 'Breath of Eternal Ice' to make the frozen rope aren't going to melt, to leave a kind of sign.
"Tee hee... This way, they'll start asks and wonders," he mutter. He then left to Green Jewel in swirls of ice, which melted soon as he gone.
(With the rest of team 7...)
"You guys eat ahead. I'll go check on Naruto. I think it's quite a long time," Kakashi said as he left the restaurant. The rest just give a short nod and return to eat.
In the training ground, he doesn't see Naruto anywhere. ''Where is that kid?'' he mutters. He then walked to the log where Naruto supposed to be. Something sparkle near the log make Kakashi check it.
'This...is... ice? And... it's covering... this is the rope I use to tie Naruto this morning! H-how? Why is this rope even frozen?' Kakashi thinks inwardly. He then look around, and find the other pieces of frozen rope. 'What's the meaning of this?' he thinks. He then collects the pieces of frozen rope, and put it inside his pocket. He then rushed towards the Hokage tower.
(With Naruto)
"Well... that's the report. I believe now they'll be doing those tasks," Naruto said as he leaned back under the tree.
"Hmm... so that means, you're going to be out, right?" Hinata asked. Naruto just nodded. "Yeah. I'll make five kage bunshin, so check out on them. I'll make two of the special version of kage bunshin. I'm going for a week. With my speed, I can be there in half a day," Naruto said. He then performs a seal and makes five kage bunshin. He then performs another two seal to make the special version of kage bunshin.
"Because I'm still a genin, I believe my team is just going to get stupid D-rank missions. Anyhow, take care of my kage bunshin, and don't let anyone know it's a kage bunshin. I'm going this afternoon," Naruto said, as he turned back to Minami.
(A/n: Minami, she, her, yadda, yadda...)"Well, Minami, keep on touch, okay? Send me one of your foxes of wolves to inform me, at least once in two days," Hinata said, as Minami change her clothes behind the bushes.
"Don't worry. With the world know me as Red Sun Star Killer, whoever that in my way have to be a lunatic," she said, as she walk out from the bushes.
She's now wears a black mask, which is similar to what Kakashi wears, which hides her birthmark, a black fishnet shirt, similar to what Itachi wears underneath his Akatsuki cloak, pair of black fingerless gloves with metal plate on it, which ended up 5 cm above her elbow, pair of black long boots, and red kimono top with black sash with black shorts. Her almost knee-length golden blonde hair is tied up into two high ponytails. She's also wears a black long kimono robe that made from light leather, with red cloud pattern.
"You ready to leave, Minami-san?" a figure said. He appeared in swirl of leaves. He wears an orange mask. "Tobi, I thought you already left with Itachi," Minami asked. "Well, Itachi-sempai and I think that I should stay here, and accompany you to the lair, because Tobi is a good boy! Besides, I wanted to hear 'bout Kakashi more," Tobi asked. "Wait a moment, the Kyuubi said she want to be out," Minami said. The Kyuubi then appeared in front of Minami on the patch of grass. There she was, the Kyuubi in her fox form, and she was looking up at Minami.
"Hello, Kyuubi-san," Tobi greeted the Kyuubi, followed by Hinata, "Hi, Yoko-sensei." "Hello. It's nice to meet both of you again, especially you, Hinata-chan," Yoko replied. Minami then gestured to the little fox, "Hop on." Yoko climbed up to Minami's shoulder and made herself comfortable. It was pretty nice having a chauffeur carrying you from place to place.
"Ha-ha, I see you like the size that we agreed on," Minami said when Yoko hop on to her shoulder "Well, kit, in my largest form I do not think I would get the benefit of being carried around by you." she replied. "May we go now, Minami-san?" Tobi asked. Minami nodded. "See you in a week, Hinata. Watch my kage bunshin, will you?"
"No problems there, Minami-chan," she reply, as she watch them gone, Tobi by swirls of leaves, and Minami in swirl of ice. She then walks to see the Naruto's kage bunshin that Minami left, she's then teleported them all to Naruto's apartment.
"Sigh. Here we go again. Oh, well, I'm just doing it usual way," she mutters and does a summoning technique. "Kuchiyose no Jutsu: Mai Rin," she said, silently. Then, Mai Rin came into view.
"You called, Hinata-san?" she said, in her own language, which only her kind, Hinata, and of course Minami can understand.
"Yes. Mai, I want you to keep an eye on these kage bunshin," Hinata said. "Is Minami-san away, again?" Mai Rin asked in boring tone. "Ahaha... Uhm... yes?" Hinata replied. "Can you ask the other, for once?" Mai Rin asked. She is getting boring.
"Uhm... but you're the one that already familiar with this kind of task. Please, you're the only one I can trust for this," Hinata asked with pleading voice. Mai Rin just growled, but accepts it anyway. Hinata knew that Mai Rin is a very responsible one, so a little pleading and the right word, she'll be do it responsibly.
"Thanks, Mai. Inform me like usual, okay?" Hinata said. Her sound of purring is the only reply she got, and she left.
(Kakashi, in the Hokage tower...)
"Sir Hokage, I've found something... weird," Kakashi said when he met the Sandaime Hokage. "What it is?" he asked. Kakashi then showed him the frozen pieces of rope. The Hokage's eyebrows are rising slightly by that, but down again in no time.
"Sir Hokage, do you know who is might be able to froze this rope?" Kakashi asked. The Sandaime is just nodded. "Who?" Kakashi asked. "You're asking to the wrong man. You should be asking to the one that you tied up on the log," he said. "You mean, Naruto?"
"Ooh, Naruto is the one that tied up? I should have been predicting that," he said as he puffed out smoke from his pipe. "Oh, well. If Naruto the one that tied up, you'll just waste your time if you ask him," the Sandaime said again.
"So, you know who did this, right?" Kakashi asked again.
"Well, yes. But I can't tell anyone, yet. You can ask Naruto, but I doubt he will give that information for free. You have to treat him fifteen to twenty bowls of ramen to make him spill out, but even that sometimes won't work. If he knew you definitely curious, he'll ask more before he spill it out," Sandaime said. This make Kakashi hold on the urge to ask the certain blonde. Knowing that he wouldn't get any answers from the Hokage, he gives a short bow to the Hokage and leave. He decides to finds out himself.
After Kakashi was gone, Sandaime mutters something. "Sigh. Why is she leaving something as troublesome as that? If she can do that, why can't she help me to freeze these damned paperwork."