A Set of Broken Blades

By

Ragnorokrising

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Chapter Three: Test Time

Naruto was the first to arrive at the academy. Next was Sasuke, Shino, Ino, Sakura, and he ignored every one after that. Iruka and Mizuki came out after that. Naruto pulled out a kunai and started to sharpen it as Iruka read off the 'Congrats on being a ninja, try not to get your brains splattered' speech. "Now, for team assignments. Team One…"Naruto finished sharpening the kunai when he caught Iruka saying his name. "Originally, Naruto was going to be with Kiba and Hinata on Kurenai Yuhi's team," Naruto caught sight of Hinata smile at his and her names, "But after careful consideration, he will be on Asuma Sarutobi's team with Sasuke and Shikamaru."

Naruto caught a new look on Hinata's face, pain, disappointment, resentment, he couldn't tell. "Hinata, Kiba and Shino will be on Kurenai's team, and Sakura, Ino and Choji will be trained by Hayate Gekkou." on cue, the door opened and three adults stepped in. One had a cigarette in his mouth, wore a Standard Jounin outfit and had two trench knives at his side, brass knuckles with blades on the end that could channel elemental chakra.

Then there was a woman with red eyes in some kind of red and white dress. The final man was a sickly looking Jounin with a sword on his back. "I'm Asuma, if you're mine follow me." said the first man as he left. Sasuke, Naruto and Shikamaru got up and followed him out the door. They followed him to a rooftop where he plopped down and started making smoke rings. "Now do some sort of introduction."

"I'll go first, as the leader of the team." said Naruto, interrupting Sasuke while making him mad at the same time. "My name is Naruto Namikaze, a.k.a. Naruto of the Ash, son of the Fourth Hokage. I enjoy Ninjutsu and reading up on legendary ninja. My dislikes include Sasuke, Jiraiya pervert, and fan girls. My dream is to destroy this village by burying it in a tidal wave of youki enhanced flames and ash."

'Shit, his father was right! He wants to destroy the village and every one in it!'

"I'll go next I guess. So troublesome. My name is Shikamaru Nara, a.k.a. Lazy. I like cloud watching and sleeping, I dislike not being lazy, and my dream is to marry an average looking girl, have two children, one girl then one boy, and retire when my son becomes a Chuunin."

'Okay, I'll have to work on his motivation.'

"My name is Sasuke Uchiha, a.k.a. the last sane member of the Uchiha clan. Hobbies are useless; I have few likes and many dislikes. My dream, no, my ambition is to kill a certain man and revive my clan." Naruto snorted, drawing Sasuke's attention. "What?"

"You won't be able to kill Itachi." Sasuke flinched at the name while his anger smirked. "By your age he was an ANBU captain and had a fully developed Sharingan. In your clan, you wouldn't even be considered an average ninja, let alone a prodigy. And even if you did fight him and kill him, you would be mortally wounded and your clan would end. If I was you, I would revive your clan and go after Itachi when you had back up to help you so even if you did die you would still have your clan survive."

"I'll surpass him one day and then I'll kill you!" swore Sasuke. Naruto spread his fingers toward Sasuke and made him flitch. Closing his fist, he slipped into a relaxed state.

"Well, tomorrow, meet me at training ground seventy-four for survival training."

"Survival training?" questioned Shikamaru.

"Yeah, the Genin test was to see if you had the basic skills while it's the Jounin who decide which teams move on. There's only a thirty three point three percentile to pass if I remember. That means only three teams will move on." having delivered the message, Asuma stood up and Shunshinned away. Naruto followed with an Ash Shunshin and Shikamaru walked away from Sasuke, leaving the somber Uchiha alone on the rooftop.

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Naruto was the second to arrive right behind Asuma himself. "Asuma-sensei, may I ask you something?"

"Yeah, sure, go ahead." he said, picking his teeth with a senbon.

"Can you teach me how to use my Wind affinity?" Asuma shrugged, since the Fourth had warned him before hand. "Well, yes or no?"

"I guess, but how did you know you're a Wind affinity?" now Naruto shrugged.

"I just get this feeling." eying him critically, Asuma pulled out a seal.

"Put some chakra into this." grasping the slip of paper, Naruto let his chakra go. In a flash of black, the slip was sliced in half and turned into black grains of sand, or compacted balls of ash. "Huh, Wind and Ash, what'd ya know."

"So will you train me?"

"If you pass the test, then yes, I'll teach you." Naruto nodded and jumped backwards, landing on a tree branch.

After a half hour of waiting, Sasuke and Shikamaru arrived.

"Alright boys, here's how it's gonna work. I have two bells," he raised two golden bells on a red string "and who ever gets one passes." he tossed them in the air and grabbed them again. "GO!"

The three kids shot in different direction whiel Asuma pulled out a new cigar. He leaned back as Naruto shot over his head and ripped his belt off. He sealed it up and pulled out a match. "Give em back my ash." Naruto said.

"Sorry, afraid I can't do that. If I give you the ash, I can't beat you without wasting lots of chakra. I remove your ash, and I have a better chance of winning." He struck the match and lit the cigar.

"But who says I don't have any ash." he held up his right hand and pushed. Asuma looked confuse for a second before he spit the cigar into the air. It exploded into small particles that then formed into needles. Asuma pulled his trench knives out and slashed the needles to pieces. He put them back at his waist and danced quickly through hand seals. A bullet of wind flew towards Naruto, who jumped over.

As Naruto retreated, Shikamaru calculated. The Nara soon realized he would have no chance alone and found Naruto. "I saw the fight. And I've been thinking. He's a Jounin, and a Genin wouldn't have a chance against him. So we should use team work to defeat him."

"I see your point Shikamaru. But he has my belt. I have no ash to fight with."

"Don't you know any Fire Style jutsu?"

"I do, but I need Sasuke help to get enough ash to fight with." Shikamaru sighed.

"It's a drag but we should go find Sasuke."

At that same moment, Sasuke came flying through the bushes. He glared at Naruto.

"Sasuke, we need your help." Shikamaru said. Sasuke glared at Naruto but nodded for Shikamaru to continue. "A Genin obviously has no chance against a Jounin, so that means we need to use teamwork."

Sasuke was silent for a moment. "I'm listening."

"Asuma has Naruto's ash, so we need to make more. You and he will jump over the forest and use a Fireball Jutsu to burn some trees. This will give Naruto ash to fight with and allow me to extend my shadow to capture him."

"I'll send my shadow out and you two get in the air. Then we just see what happens and play to the others advantages." Naruto and Sasuke nodded and jumped up into the trees. Shikamaru made a hand sign and a tentacle of darkness shot towards Asuma, who skipped backwards.

Naruto put his hands together and Sasuke put his feet their. Naruto shot him into the air with all his strength. Sasuke pulled on Naruto's hand and brought him with him. Sasuke hurled Naruto upward and Naruto did the same.

Together they formed the hand seals. "Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!" two huge boulders of fire spilled forth into the forest and exploded. Asuma looked up to see Naruto and Sasuke. He flashed through hand seals and water started to pour onto the flames. However, the smoke gave Shikamaru the extension on his shadow and he caught Asuma.

Naruto pulled the ash up and formed spears, as well as a sword for Sasuke. Shikamaru held the hand sign, while Naruto held the spears and Sasuke placed the sword at Asuma's neck.

Asuma smiled widely. "Congratulation, you all pass."

A/N: Sorry it took so long to update. Review please!