If you see this, it means I'm back...(duh) My dad was able to fix up my desktop early...So...Enjoy.
If I owned Naruto, I'd be Japanese. If I owned Kingdom Hearts, I'd be rich. And consequently, I'm neither.
Iruka told them they had an hour before they had to meet their Jounin Instructor. He suggested that the teams should eat lunch together to get acquainted. He then dismissed the young ninjas off to their business. Naruto got off his chair and walked over top his female teammate. "So what did you think of my gift?"
Hinata looked confused, then it seemed to dawn on her, "Y-you set up our team?"
"Yup. Well, half of it. I didn't know Sas-lame was part of the deal."
"Well, that's the past, it can't be changed, we might as well get used to him."
"Spoken as wise woman." Naruto said. They walked over to the brooding Uchiha, who completely ignored him. "Oi, teme! We're going to eat and you're coming with us."
"Forget it, dobe. I'm not going to eat with a bunch of losers like you." He said. Little did he know he had spoken the wrong words.
"I said you're coming with us. I didn't say you had a say in the matter. Stopga!"
Sasuke suddenly found himself in a clearing in the seemingly never-ending forest.
"Oh, good." Naruto said eating out of an instant Ramen cup, "It's worn off. Hinata ordered you some sushi. Hope you like it."
Sasuke was to bewildered to even sit down. One second he was in the class now he was in the forest. A thought went through his mind "Kai!" He said. Nothing happened.
"Are you going to eat your lunch? We only have thirty minutes 'till we have to get back to the class."
"Kai!"
"Oi, teme."
"Kai!"
"Maybe he's g-going through shock." Hinata suggested.
"Kai!"
"It would seem so." Naruto said.
"Kai!"
They tried to ignore him.
"Kai!"
They tried harder.
"KAI!"
"Okay. That's getting annoying." Naruto said
"KAI!"
Hinata nodded in agreement.
"KAI! KAI! KAI! KAI! KAI! KAI! KAI! KAI!"
"OI! TEME! THIS IS REAL! GET THAT THROUGH YOUR THICK SKULL! NOW eat your sushi!" Naruto yelled.
Sasuke stopped his 'kai' raid, and began to eat. The entire time he was thinking How did he do that? This thought stuck with him for the rest of the day and would not be answered until tomorrow.
They got back to the class as soon as Sasuke was done eating. And they waited. And waited. And waited some more.
Two hours went by. "Okay this is getting ridiculous." Naruto said. He got out of his chair and walked to Iruka's chalkboard. From it, he selected the largest eraser and placed in space of the door.
"Naruto...What are you doing?" Hinata asked.
"Teaching our instructor the importance of punctuality." Naruto said as he sat back down, acting very innocent.
"That's stupid dobe. He's a Jounin, he'd be able to dodge that eraser easily."
Naruto turned to rebuke the Uchiha when he suddenly heard a thunk. Naruto turned just in time to see a chalk dust covered Jounin whose left eye was hidden by his headband. "Score." Naruto said.
The Jounin picked up the eraser. He looked at it then eyed the robed Genin. This Naruto was defiantly going to be a handful. He threw the eraser at Naruto. Instead of the expected bull's-eye, Kakashi saw, disbelievingly, Naruto grab the eraser in mid-air, and throw it back Kakashi was dumbstruck. The last person to catch anything he threw was his sensei... He was brought out of his thoughts by the eraser hitting his face.
"Bull's-eye!" Naruto yelled.
"Naruto!" Hinata half yelled, "You shouldn't do that to our instructor."
Kakashi got back up. "Ok, my first impression of you, is that I hate you, I really hate you, and I kinda like you." He said, pointing to Sasuke, Naruto and Hinata respectively.
"Well get used to it Cyclops, Because I'm Naruto Uzumaki, Keyblade Master!"
As soon as the words left his mouth, Kakshi's visible eye opened wide.
-Flashback-
A young Kakashi sat at his desk in the Ninja Academy, his teacher was teaching them about myths of an ancient civilization, Tome, named after the large book their leader carried.
"The last emperor of Tome, Tomanius, opened the book of Tome and read an article about a weapon called the Keyblade. Keyblades, it said, were the ultimate weapons. The problem was they were carried by only the most powerful creatures of the earth, the Biju. Tomanius, however was hotheaded, and began a campaign against the Biju. The Biju, finding it humorous, let them attack, but soon the grew weary of the attacks, and destroyed the civilization of Tome with a single blow.
"The book of Tome, is said to be hidden somewhere deep in the recesses of the tunnels that once belonged to the Capitol building. But those buildings have not yet been found."
-End Flashback-
How did he know about the Keyblades? The Material on Tome had been taken from the curriculum years ago. No, no. He was talking gibberish. He wasn't a Keyblade Master. He was a Genin that was too small for his ego. He probably got it from Kyuubi, or sneaking around the Hokage tower too often "Nice scare tactic," Kakashi said, visibly relaxing, "You had me going for a second there." That second didn't end. "Everybody to the roof."
"Okay," Kakashi began once they got to the roof, "introduce yourself, tell us your likes, dislikes, hobbies, dreams of the future, etc. Who'd like to go first?"
"I think you should go first, Cyclopes. Show it's how it's done." Naruto smirked. Hinata quietly scolded him.
"Okay, My name is Kakashi Hatake, I like a lot of things, and I hate a lot of things, one of them is you, Blondie. My hobbies aren't really interesting, and my dreams are none of your business."
"Well that was informative..." Naruto mumbled.
"Okay, sulk-boy, you're next." Kakashi said, pointing to Sasuke.
"My name is Sasuke Uchiha. My likes and dislikes are unimportant, my hobbies are non-existent. I don't have any dreams, but I do have an ambition. I must kill someone."
Silence. It lasted a second before it was interrupted by a robed Genin. "Somehow, I'm not surprised."
"Okay Blondie, since you just have to talk, you're next."
"'Bout time, Cyclopes." Naruto stood up, cleared his throat and then yelled at the top of his lungs "I AM NARUTO UZUMAKI, KEYBLADE MASTER!" Then he went back to his normal, however still loud voice. "I like Ramen, any and all types, I like to train, especially with my Keyblade, I hate the three minutes it takes to cook 'instant' Ramen. My hobbies are studying the magic abilities to chakra theory, and mixing spells. And my dream is to become Hokage."
Kakshi doubt everything thing he said except his name, his dream, and the Ramen part. "Okay, the quiet girl, you're next."
Hinata looked up, and in a still, quiet, yet melodious voice she said, "My name is Hinata Hyuuga, I like cinnamon rolls, I hate eels, alive or cooked. My h-hobby is flower-pressing. My dream is to ch-change many of my clan's traditions."
"Okay I guess that'll do, tomorrow is your Genin test, meet me in trainning ground seven at seven o' clock, oh, and don't eat breakfast, unless you like throwing up."
After the not-too-informative introducing meeting, Naruto walked to his secret clearing. He then began working on more of his spells and he tested his strength on a nearby tree. He found his strength sightly unsatisfactory, but it would do.
Hinata went to her home, and after collecting the necessary equipment, began to train like crazy. She couldn't let Naruto fail because of her. Sasuke she could care less about, but Naruto, he was another matter. She beagan to pound on the tree in front of her. One, two, three, duck, one, two, three, dodge, one, two, three...
Sasuke prepared by executing the "Katon: Gokakyu no Jutsu!". After a long time of practice, Sasuke went to his empty room, in his empty house, and contemplated on how Naruto had made time jump for him. Finally, after hours of thought, he went to sleep.
"Sasuke...Sasuke..."
The raven-haired Uchiha searched the horizon. He stood on a hill in the middle of a grassy field. The field stretched on for what seemed like forever.
"Sasuke...Sasuke..."
Again Sasuke searched for the speaker, but found nothing.
"Sasuke..."
Sasuke whirled around and found an old man. He wore the same robe that Naruto wore. He had silver white hair. In his hand was a black sword-like object that Sasuke could not identify.
"This Keyblade has a bad name..." He paused and his mouth moved but no sound came from it. Then it came back "...will you give it a better one?"
Sasuke sat up in his bed. That was a weird dream.
Naruto woke bright and early, he wasn't going to miss this test. He quickly grabbed a instant ramen cup, when "Cyclops'" words echoed through his mind. "Oh, and don't eat breakfast. If you do, you'll throw up." Hesitantly, he set the cup down. He grumbled to himself, if Cyclops's training didn't deliver, he was going to make sure he got pounded. He checked the time, he had a minute to get there. Perfect, he could make an awesome entry and rub it in the teme's face. So he began the teleportation.
Instantly, Naruto appeared at the field. Smoke rolled of his figure to the ground making him look as if the smoke had spawned him. The Keyblade shimmered in his right hand. In the other he held a kunai. Naruto was about to rub that in Sasuke's face, when he noticed Sasuke wasn't there. Hinata was, Sasuke wasn't.
"Hello, Naruto-kun." Hinata said.
"Hey, Hinata-chan is the teme here yet?"
"No. He hasn't come yet."
"Who hasn't come yet?" The boy in question said as he rounded the corner.
Naruto gave him a glare. "One of my best entrances, wasted." He complained to himself.
"If it makes any differance, I thought it was cool..." Hinata said quietly.
There was silence for a brief moment. "Thank you, Hinata."
Silence killed any chance at conversation that could ever have been made. So everyone was left to their thoughts, except Naruto who mentally conversed with Kyuubi, his second master. "So do you think he'll be tough?"
"Yes, however there is a chance you could take him. Sora was only a Keyblade Master for a year, and he was able to take on Ansem, you've had yours for years now."
"Thank you for your opinion, Kyuubi-sama."
Sasuke, meanwhile was brooding, as was his custom. As he sulked, he thought of many things, his brother, his need to be stronger, his let-down teammates. He could understand Hinata, as the Hyuuga heiress, she had potential, but Naruto was a complete loser, what on earth was going through the Hokage's mind when he paired Naruto with himself? Had he gone senile? That would indeed explain the situation but to say he had gone senile was probably a big assumption.
Hinata's thoughts mostly hovered around the boy she looked up to. The boy she admired, thought of as a hero, the boy she had a crush on, and no small crush, mind you. Namely this boy was a certain Naruto Uzumaki. She thought of her future, a future filled with her and Naruto. They were rather lovely thoughts, about marriage, honeymoon, kids, grandkids, and every other thing she could possibly think of that would put them together.
Luckily, these thoughts kept her from noticing the time it took for their sensei to get there. When said sensei did arrive, it was two hours after the time he had set.
"YOU'RE LATE!" shouted a annoyed robed Genin.
"Sorry, an eagle died on my way over so I had to pay my respects."
"Shut up, Cyclops, and bring on your test."
Kakashi sighed and told his students to meet by the three post. They followed him and there he showed them three binto boxes. "That is your lunch. But to get it you have to pass my test."
It suddenly dawned on Naruto on why he had told them not to eat breakfast. "You evil little..."
"Why, thank you." Kakashi said as if it were a complement, "To pass you need to get one of these." He held up two bells.
"You are evil."
"I know. So whoever doesn't get a bell fails. Also come at me with th intention to kill."
There was a brief silence. Then Naruto, ever annoying, asked "Is that all?"
"Yes, that's all. The test begins now and ends at lunch."
As soon as he finished, Hinata and Sasuke made themselves scarce. Naruto, however stood tall, he lowered his hood and decided to quote his favorite character from Sora's memories. "My name is Naruto, got it memorized?"
Kakashi looked at him confused. "...yeah."
"Well then Kakashi, now that were on a first name basis," His hand flew to his side and the Kingdom Key shimmered into existence. "Don't go dying on me!"
Kakashi's blood went cold when the reality crashed down upon him. Naruto was a Keyblade Master. "Run, hide, get away, do anything but fight him!" His instincts yelled. "No, he couldn't possibly have mastered it yet, he just uses the title." He thought, or rather hoped. Naruto charged Kakashi and Kakashi responded by taking out a kunai and blocking. Naruto's strikes came from above, to the side, from below. It seemed like they came from everywhere at once.
Naruto took a swipe for Kakashi's head. Kakashi made a lock against the blade. Naruto took this opportunity to use the key chain to wrap Kakashi's other hand. The Sensei's eye went wide as Naruto's free hand went for the bells. Kakashi quickly kicked the boy away form in. Making him lose his grip on his blade.
"Oof!" the boy said as he landed on his side. Kakashi looked at the blade that hung on his wrist, when a thought came to him, if he could keep Naruto seperated from it long enough, he just might be able to defeat him! His hope was crushed when the Keyblade disappeared in a brilliant light, and reappeared in Naruto's hand. "Your good, Cyclopes, I was hoping I wouldn't have to use magic on you, but I guess your not a Jounin for nothing." Naruto pointed the blade tip to his sensei, "Fira!" Suddenly a large fireball came at Kakashi.
To say that Kakashi was caught off guard would have been a gross understatement. This was a Genin and here he made a fireball that had a diamiter of his arm. What was more, if Kakashi had his headband off his other eye, he would have seen that Naruto had used no chakra what so ever.
Kakashi jumped over the fireball, and Naruto began his assault anew. The Jounin just dogged the Keybalde and blocked when he had to. He began to relax slightly, Despite holding the worlds greatest weapon, he was still a Genin and a twelve year old boy.
"Not bad, Cycolpes, but try this one on fro size. Thunder!"A bolt of lightning came down upon the un-expecting Kakashi.
"Ah!" He cried as the lightning bolt ripped through him. Then Naruot again charged him.
Sasuke watched with amazement as Naruto continued to keep Kakashi on his toes. Suddenly, Naruto as a partner didn't seem like such a bad idea, he was proving to be very powerful. Maybe as powerful as himself.
"Doton: Shinju Zanshu no Jutsu!" Kakashi yelled. Suddenly Naruot found himself pulled into the ground by a Kakashi shadow clone. Now Naruto looked like he was just a head in the ground. Just as Kakashi expected, burying several shadow clones in the ground would have been profitable. Then Naruto said something Kakashi never expected.
"Cool!" Naruto yelled. "Aw, man you've got to teach me this one!" The Kakashis looked at each other had the boy gone mad?
The clone spoke out, "You have noticed that you're buried up to your neck in dirt right?"
Naruto smiled, "Yeah, have you noticed that I'm not the least bit worried?"
"...Yeah..." Kakashi answered.
"Well, it's like I told you, and I quote 'My hobbies are studying the magic abilities to chakra theory, and mixing spells.' Well one of those mixed spells of mine causes me to be the epicenter of a large explosion."
The Kakashis' visible eyes went wide and they began to run, Just in time to hear. "Explodaga!"
BOOM! The ground shook underneath the gathered ninjas, and the air was filled with fire and smoke. Kakashi's shadow clone puffed into smoke and was saved from it, the original was not so lucky. "AAAAAHHHHH!!" He slammed into a tree and hit the ground with a thud. He had gotten back up just in time to see the smoke blow away to reveal an unscathed, un-singed, and free Naruto, and the crater that was the cause of his freedom.
"Are you ready for me, Cyclopes?" Kakashi forced himself back up.
"'Bout as ready as I'll ever be."
"Good." Naruto jumped back at Kakashi and began to unleash a fury of blows upon him. Kakashi ducked, blocked, dodged, the entire match seemed to be neck-and neck.
Suddenly Kakashi started dancing around in the strangest matter. "Ooh, Aah, Eeh Aah!" He dropped his Kunai and began to beat on himself. Suddenly a red lizard jumped off Kakashi and landed in Naruto's open palm.
"Your bell, Master Naruto." He said, handing the boy one of Kakashi's silver bells.
"Thanks, Mushu."
Kakashi was shocked. Actually, he was more than shocked, However due to lack of a better word, we'll use shocked. "So you have a lizard summoning contract?" Kakashi asked.
"Lizard!?" The reptile cried indignantly, "Lizard!? Did I hear him right?" Without waiting for answer, the reptile puffed out his chest and said, "I'll have you know, I am a Dragon, say it with me, Dra-Gon."
"Okay Mushu, relax, just leave him to me."
Mushu snorted and tiny flames rose from his nostrils. "Fine, but teach him the difference between a dragon and a lizard." The Mushu disappeared in a ball of light.
"Whew, we could have had a problem there, Cyclopes." Naruto the turned, "Oi! Hinata-chan!"
Suddenly, the realization hit Kakashi, the boy still had one of his bells. Kakashi charged him.
"Look out, Naruto!" Hinata yelled.
Naruto looked behind him and found one angry Jounin charging him. He instantly reacted. "Stopra!"
Sasuke blinked. Then again. Kakashi was frozen in the air. Suddenly the time jump he had experienced the other day made sense.
Naruto reached out, and grabbed the other bell. He walked to Hinata and handed her one of the bells. He then walked to the forest where Sasuke was hiding, and placed the bell at his feet. Then he turned and walked away. That was it, no exchange, nothing.
Kakashi suddenly fell to the floor. He looked around and found Naruto. The bell rang. The test was over and the only one who didn't have a bell was Naruto.
The three sat in front of a silent Jounin. This was, by far the hardest decision he had to make. Would they make great ninjas? Naruto was a definite, Sasuke and Hinata, maybe. But he couldn't make any judgements on the other two's skill, or their willingness to work as a team. But by far the most troubling thing was Naruto's sacrifice. It was either the second most selfless thing he had ever seen, or the greatest lack of judgement he had ever seen.
This boy wanted to become the Hokage, and hi was willing to fail his Genin test? It just didn't make sense.
Finally, Kakashi spoke. "The only one here who should pass is Naruto." This got everyone's attention.
"But the dobe doesn't have one of these." Sasuke said, ringing the little bell.
Kakashi stared at him, "If it weren't for the so-called dobe, you wouldn't have the bell either."
Sasuke looked down at his feet.
"Besides, it wasn't about the bells." Again everyone looked at him, "It was about teamwork. Normally, no Genin can take a Jounin. So you were supposed to work together to achieve the goal. I purposely set you against each other, hoping you'd forget about it and simply try to achieve the goal."
"So how w-would Naruto qualify to passing then?" Hinata asked curious.
"He did all the work, but gave up his chance of passing by giving the bells away. Selflessness is a major key to teamwork." Kakashi said. "So now it's your turn. Which two of you should pass?"
"Naruto c-could have my bell..." Hinata's quiet voice said.
"What? No." Naruto said. "You two go ahead and pass, I can wait another year."
"Are you sure Naruto?"
"Of course. Another year of studying wouldn't hurt."
Sasuke sat with the bell in his hand. What would his father say? Probably something along the lines of "You didn't do anything, you passed because of someone elses charity. Itachi could have taken that Jounin with his teammates and passed the test with ease."
He sighed. "Here dobe, take mine."
That was all Kakashi needed to hear. "Congratulations, you pass!"
"Who?" Naruto asked.
"All of you."
"Huh?" the Genin asked in unison.
Kakashi twited his eyelid into a figure that can only be described as an eye smile. "I needed to know how willing you were to work as a team, and since you both were willing to give up your bells, that means that you were both acting as selfless as you possibly could. And since Naruto was willing to be selfless at the very beginning, that could only mean that you are willing to work as a team. Meet me here tomorrow for your first day as official Genin, same time." Then he disappeared in a puff of smoke.
Silence for a second or two. Then Naruto broke it asking "Does he weird out either of you, or is it just me?"
Well there you go, chapter three. I'm thinking maybe it a little too compressed here. What do you think?
