From ANBU to Sensei

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Normal writing.

"Character speaking."

Flashback -Start / Flashback -End

"Dramatic speaking" (used for strong emotion, or a Bijuu/Summon talking.)

POV (point of view change notice, followed by the character's name.)

I've been sitting here in this clearing for who knows how long. The seal on the blindfold prevents me from taking it off, because of that I don't even know the time of day. My only hope for passing this test is to gain some sort of leverage over Ryuuji. Getting leverage on any jounin wouldn't be easy, not to mention without my eyes my combat ability is cut in half at best. That's why I set up a series of traps before he activated the sealing jutsu. I dodged to the right just as a breeze went past me.

"Nice move Sasuke. Think you can block this one?"

This time I jumped up into a tree I knew was directly behind me. That's when I took out a shuriken and threw it directly infront of me, it cut one of the wires I set and a salvo of shuriken were launched in the direction I assumed Ryuuji to be. I listened for the sound of metal making contact and I leaped from my tree and aimed a downwards kick at where I estimated Ryuui's head to be. I felt an arm block my kick, and I used the momentum to flip and land in a crouch.

"Using traps to pinpoint my location without the use of you're eyesight, I can honestly say I'm impressed. It still won't be enough to get a bell though."

I scowled at Ryuuji's words, he was right though. If I didn't find someway to locate the bells without seeing, there isn't a chance I was going to pass this test.

(Pop) I heard a small explosion of some kind. Even though I couldn't see, I still looked around for whatever caused it. That's when the bandage over my eyes fell away and I could see again. I looked over and saw Hinata panting. She still had the sealed tape over her mouth. I wondered how she made Ryuuji go away. "Hinata did you defeat Ryuuji?"

Instead of answering, Hinata formed the hand seals for the clone jutsu. A second Hinata appeared in front of her, then Hinata struck her clone in the back with a palm strike causing it to fade away.

"So You dispelled a clone of some kind. Whatever clone it was it wasn't normal. Whatever you did to the clone canceled the seal on the blindfold." As much as I hate to admit it, Hinata's intervention probably saved me from failing this test. While I would rather pass this test on my own, that simply isn't going to happen. Training with the Konoha Millitary Police has taught me that teamwork has it's uses sometimes. Good luck getting me to admit it though. "Were you able to help the dobe?"

Hunata shook her head 'no'.

That's when it hit me. "Hinata I think we both fell for a trap. The Dobe is out there by himself and unable to hear Ryuuji coming. He wanted to separate us."

Hinata pointed to her eyes, signaling that she would lead the way with her Byakugan before leaping into the trees. I followed after her wondering why she is taking initiative now, rather than when she was back at the academy. The only explanation I could come up with is the possibility that she has something to prove to somebody.

POV - (Naruto)

Where could Ryuuji- sensei be? I thought my trick would work. I guess Ryuuji- sensei is tricky too. If only I knew some sign language then I could understand what my clone is trying to yell at me about. That's when a small object hit me on the back of my head.

"Ow." I turned around and felt my eyebrow twitching as I saw a peanut on the ground. Ryuuji- sensei is going to pay for that one.

POV - (Hinata)

I kept my Byakugan active searching for any trace of Naruto-kun. I eventually found him yelling at a clone in a clearing. Ryuuji-sensei was in a tree above him quietly giggling to himself, the bells were on his waist swaying back and forth. I signaled to Sasuke to stop.

"Did you find the dobe?" He asked impatiently.

I nodded to him and pointed in the direction of the underbrush where Naruto-kun was located.

"Were going to need a plan if were going to get the Dobe out of there. So listen closely."

POV - (Ryuuji)

I continued to pester Naruto with my peanut flicker jutsu. It was only a matter of time until..., I craned my head to the left and a shuriken embedded itself next to my face in the tree I was 'sniping' from. If I wasn't expecting it, that shuriken would probably be embedded in my carotid artery. I have to admit that Sasuke has real talent with throwing weapons. So I leaped out of the tree and returned fire with my own shuriken, it met another shuriken mid flight and ricocheted off to the side.

"So Sasuke what do you say to a little one on one?" I said tauntingly looking around in the general direction of the thrown weapon.

Sasuke stepped out from behind a tree with a detached look on his face. "Hn."

Naruto started glaring at him. "Teme! I don't need your help."

The 'teme' ignored Naruto and charged straight at me and leaped into a spin kick.

I blocked the kick with my left arm and angled a punch towards his right shoulder joint. He caught my wrist and used it as leverage to aim another kick at my head. I caught his leg with my other hand and flung him in the air behind me, he landed in a crouch. Then I noticed a weird gleaming object extending from his clenched fist. The object was thin and...Great! he wrapped me up in ninja wire. I chanelled a little wind chakra into my hand and sliced the wire, it promptly fell off of me. If it weren't for the fact that I specifically trained myself to use my chakra to a pinpoint degree I would have severed my own hand off.

"Holy crap!" I blurted out as I ducked backwards and to the right as a small feminine palm passed by where my head was. I kept my eyes on Hinata as she landed in the undergrowth of a large tree off to Sasuke's left. That was friggin close. I might have to start taking these genin more seriously. I looked back over to Sasuke and saw him taking a deep breath while his hands were forming the Tiger seal. Hah! a genin having enough chakra for a C-rank Katon Jutsu is just ridi... I stared in shock as a hippopotamus sized fireball soared through the air and collided into me...

POV - (Ryuuji - Original)

I shivered as I recalled my clone's last few moments. I'm glad I'm not stupid enough to underestimate these genin, oh and knowing how to do kage bunshin no jutsu. Even though my clones aren't fighting them their hardest or using any jutsu, I still created them to be low chuunin in physical ability. The fact that these genin are fighting back is quite impressive.

"That settles it. I'm going in myself." I said before leaping out of the tree I was in and heading for my future student's location.

POV - (Naruto)

"Haha. I can finally hear again." I shouted as I pulled the earplugs out.

"Now that the Dobe can hear again we should come up with a new plan." Sasuke said uncaringly.

I was tempted to clobber the Teme but he had a point. "Should I let my clones in on this or just get rid of em?"

Sasuke gave me a curious look. "When did you learn Bunshin- no jutsu?"

"Not Bunshin, 'Kage Bunshin.' I learned it not too long ago. My clones are solid." I corrected him smugly.

Sasuke scoffed. "Dispel them for now. It would be bad if Ryuuji could track them back to us somehow. Hinata if you have any ideas write them in the ground."

POV - (Ryuuji)

I leaped out of a tree and into a small clearing where I knew my future students previously occupied. There wasn't even a single woodland animal within fifty feet of me, and the small patch of dirt infront of me had been disturbed and leveled over. I wonder what kind of trap they have set for me? My question was about to be answered.

"Hooah!" Several copies of Naruto leaped out of various hiding places and charged right at me.

"You have a Jounin level jutsu at your disposal and 'this' is what you do with it." I goaded the Naruto's as they attempted to punch, kick, and shout out obscenities. I caught one and threw it at another causing them to dispel each other. "It's like I'm a bug-zapper and your clones are the poor bugs dumb enough to get close."

"Oh YEAH, WHOSE DUMB NOW?" An enraged Naruto leaped out of a bush and landed in a 'heroic' pose before throwing shuriken at me.

I merely craned my neck to avoid both projectiles, then I noticed the wires around them. "Not this again."

The two 'shuriken' exploded into smoke and two grinning Naruto's proceeded to bind me in the wire. The 'Naruto' who threw the wire exploded into smoke and a smirking Sasuke took it's place. Sasuke formed a recognizable set of handseals while biting down on the other end of the wire. "What are the academy Instructor's teaching kids these days?"

Instead of answering, Sasuke took a deep breath. I knew what was coming next, which is why I smirked when I noticed my last clone leap out of it's hiding place and slice the wire with a wind charged kunai. This kid is something else, I thought to myself as I watched my clone intercept an elephant-sized gout of fire shaped like a dragon's mouth. I quickly shunshin'ed into a tree just outside the blast radius. To think that an academy student knew 'katon ryuuka - no jutsu.'

"Sasuke don't you think your'e going a LITTLE TOO FAR." Said an incensed Naruto who jumped into the clearing, pointing at the scorch marks where his clones were previously holding me.

I leaped out of the tree and landed next to Naruto, startling him into falling on his rump. "How do you think I feel? I'm the one he wanted to 'saute' with his fiery breath!"

Sasuke stepped back and pulled out a kunai, readying himself. "Don't act stupid Ryuuji. We knew you would dodge that jutsu. And don't think we're going to fall for whatever trap you're preparing."

I closed my eyes and began channeling chakra into my forehead, activating my 'Kagura Shingan'. My 'eye sight' changed into a panoramic, black and white version of my normal vision. I saw Hinata perched in a tree opposite of where I emerged from my shunshin, more accurately I saw her chakra outline, along with the dominant blue, her chakra had an unsurprisingly lavender tint to it. Chakra color's aside I'd have to say that their little plan was a clever one, simply put they were counting on me to use 'Kawarimi' and had Hinata prepared to take me out with her 'Jyuuken'. I smirked as I deactivated my 'Kagura Shingan' and opened my eyes again (Ps. Sunglasses come in handy when you don't want people to see what you're doing with your eyes closed.)

"Why are you smirking?" Sasuke asked cautiously.

"Hinata you can come out of that tree now. The test is over." I yelled looking directly at the tree she was perched in and deactivated the seal on her mouth, and the tape fell off of her face. Hinata immediately leaped out and landed next to Sasuke.

"What do you mean the test is over, we don't have any bells. I can still see them on your waist." Sasuke asked narrowing his eyes.

"Yeah the Teme is right." Naruto added.

I cleared my throat. "Getting the bells was merely a distraction. The real test was getting you three to work together. However, before I pass you three and truly take you on as my students, I want you to answer one question..."

"What question?" Naruto asked eagerly.

I flicked a peanut at him, causing him to glare at me. "I'll just ask you guys the question before Naruto can ruin my mysterious atmosphere again. The question is, 'What is the golden rule of being a shinobi'?"

POV - (Hinata)

I thought about the preparations Ryuuji-sensei made before the test. Everything he did to take away our senses 'appeared' as though it were to prevent us from getting a bell. I looked over to Naruto-kun who's face was scrunched up in concentration. Seeing him like made me nearly giggle, so I looked over to Sasuke who had his eyes closed again as he was leaning up against a tree. Even out here in the woods, after hours of running around after bells it's like we are still in the academy. This reminds me of the time Iruka sensei had us running stealth and tracking exercises. He told us the most important thing a shinobi needs to learn is to look under neath the...

"Man, maybe I should have paid more attention in class...HMM." Naruto-kun groaned.

"You'd still be a dobe, dobe." Sasuke said dismissively.

Ryuuji-sensei bristled his hair with his left hand. "You guys should really spend less time chiding each other, and more time figuring out the meaning of my question."

"S sensei, I know the a answer to your question." I said raising my hand to get his attention.

Ryuuji-sensei turned his head in my direction. "Very well Hinata, what is the answer?"

"The g golden rule of being a shinobi. I is to look underneath the underneath."

Ryuuji-sensei smiled. "Correct answer. Naruto, Sasuke you two should thank Hinata. As of now we are officially team Seven."

Sasuke nodded in my direction. I guess that's his way of 'saying' thank you without actually thanking me.

"HINATA-CHAN YOU"RE THE GREATEST." Naruto-kun practically bellowed as he pulled me into a tight embrace.

"N Naruto-kun." I whimpered out. Okay don't faint, don't faint, don't...

POV- (Ryuuji)

I sighed as I watched Hinata pass out, red faced in Naruto's arms.

"Sensei is Hinata okay?Did I do something?Will she wake up?"

Any other questions Naruto asked were too incoherent to understand. "Slow down. She's going to be fine, she ugh 'overworked' herself during the exam." I figure that if he didn't know why Hinata fainted then he's better off clueless for now.

"Dobe, you really are an idiot." Sasuke said with his eyes closed, still leaning against the same tree.

I wonder how Sasuke knew what was going on if his eyes were closed the whole time. "Sasuke, you mind teaching me that cool pose of yours?"

Sasuke merely raised an eyebrow before 'hn'ing again. Figures.

Hinata slowly regained consciousness and promptly began blushing. "S sorry."

I coughed loudly to keep the attention on me. "Before we call it quits for today, I want to treat you guys to lunch."

"Here we are, The Famous Akimichi Barbeque." I stated while my mouth began watering.

"Do they serve ramen?" Naruto asked petulantly.

I raised an eyebrow. "No. This is a barbecue restaurant. You can eat ramen on your own time. Anyway lets go in and find a table."

I looked around to see if the booth I usually share with Kurenai and Asuma was occupied, it wasn't. "Over here minions." I sat down in the seat with my back facing the wall. Sasuke sat opposite me in the other corner. Hinata sat next to Sasuke while Naruto sat next to me. "It'll be a little while until a waitress comes to take our orders. I want to discuss where you guys could use some improvement in your skills, and what we will be doing in future training sessions. Sasuke your overall abilities are far beyond rookie genin level, quite frankly I'm impressed. While it din't take much convincing for you to work with the others as a team, you were still hesitant about it. I could tell from your overall demeanor and your body language. Even though you have trained with the Konoha Millitary Police Force, you are still used to gloing solo, and you waste too much chakra when you fight."

Sasuke scoffed. "I nearly caught you with my fire techniques twice."

I smirked. "And what happened both times you used those techniques. You winded up wasting large amounts of chakra on my 'clones'. I wasn't lying when I said that your abilities are impressive, but you could have used your jutsu more effectively. You didn't even bother trying to figure out if the person you were facing was really me. Having powerful jutsu can be a real asset, but remember that subterfuge will 'always' be a shinobi's most potent weapon."

Even through his 'tough' exterior I could see that Sasuke was pondering on my words. "Naruto, out of everybody at this table you have the most chakra. The fact that you can use 'kage bunshin no jutsu' the way you do is proof of that. This also means that you are wasting the most chakra out of anybody here." I reached for my peanut jar, promptly causing Naruto to squash the remains of what would have been a loud outburst. "You have a lot of potential, Iruka graduated you for that very reason, don't squander your potential by protesting every little thing around you. I'm not asking you to radically change anything about yourself or to become a super genius, but if you paid just a little more attention to what your 'kage bunshin' are capable of then you could have taken advantage of the memory transfer ability."

"What memory transfer ability?" Naruto asked with a confused expression.

I rubbed my temples before looking back at him. How the hell could the kid 'not' know...oh nevermind. "Whenever a 'kage bunshin' is dispelled manually or otherwise it transfers it's memories to the other clones and the original. You could have sent them out in scouting formations and had them dispel themselves as soon as they found me, then you and your clones would have found me based on the information from the dispersed clones. The 'kage bunshin' was originally a reconnaissance technique for that very reason."

"Will I be able to learn 'kage bunshin no jutsu?" Sasuke asked with a determined glint in his eyes, Hinata nodded, agreeing with Sasuke's question.

I smirked. "When you two become chunnin I will personally teach it to you, by then you will have the chakra reserves for it. Speaking of reserves I'm going to have to keep Naruto from going overboard with that jutsu." I ignored Naruto's sulking and looked over to Hinata. "Hinata you accomplished the most out of the three of you. You were the only one to figure out the meaning behind the test, you didn't hesitate in the slightest to assist your teammates. Your bigest concern right now should be to work on your resolve and assertiveness. You were the only one to get any real footing in that test, you also initated the plans you and your teammates came up with. What you didn't do was point out the flaws behind the plans. If you had spoken up you guys might have actually captured me and retrieved the bells. In any scenario where you pitch an idea to a group or appoint yourself as the leader there is a give and take relationship. You have to be assertive enough to ensure cooperation, yet receptive enough to your teammates suggestions to come up with the most effective plan and hold your team together."

I decided to wait a little bit for them to reflect on what I've said. It wasn't until Naruto started balancing chopsticks on his nose that I felt the need to regain their attention. "Now that we have the critiquing session out of the way I'm going to tell you three what to expect from future training sessions when were not on missions. Everyday we train together I will start off the morning with various calesthetic exercises as a warm up. Then while we are resting we can work on strategy sessions or chakra control exercises while we recover. After that we will have a series of taijutsu only sparring sessions, opponents will vary depending on how the day goes. At the end of the day I will assign you guys a mock mission. Any questions?"

"What about learning jutsu." Naruto asked with an excited expression. Sasuke and Hinata both looked equally as curious.

"If you two want to learn jutsu from me we can discuss it with your clans or gaurdians first after our first training session." "As for you Naruto we will talk it over with Iruka."

"Ohaiyo Minasan. My name is Makina may I take your orders now?" Asked a young woman in her early twenties wearing a simple black uniform with a white apron. She had dark brown hair and a pleasant smile.

I returned her smile as soon as she stopped blushing in my general direction, then I turned my attention abck to my genin. "Order up guys." I tuned out the sounds of my genin placing their orders in favor of wondering how Hizashi-sensei felt whenever he treated our team to lunch.

"Um Sir."

I turned my attention back to our waitress. "Oh sorry,.. I'll have an order of beef with a side of fried rice please." I could contemplate on the past later, for now I will enjoy a nice lunch with my new students.

Author's note:

1.) Next chapter will be focused on the genin's training and interactions with clan's/gaurdians.

2.) The action packed chapters will be on the way.

3.) Sorry if this update took forever. Having a night job is harsh around christmas time.

4.) One of the pairings will be Naru/Hina. I will try to make this one different from the others though. As for the other pairings you will have to wait and read.