The Legend of Naruto
A/N: Sorry that I haven't updated, but since I'm working on 8 stories, I decided to only concentrate on one story per week and this is the seventh story, so for those who are reading Sonic and the Jinchuriki, you can expect a new chapter next week.
"Triforce." Normal speech
'Triforce.' Normal thought
"Triforce." Biju and God speech
'Triforce.' Biju and God thought
Disclaimer: Naruto is owned by Kishimoto Masashi-san and Zelda is owned by Miyamoto Shigeru-san.
Chapter 1: Bell test
12 year old Uzumaki Naruto got up from his bed, ate breakfast, put on his usual attire, an orange jumpsuit with a white t-shirt underneath and matching orange pants and blue shinobi sandals just like any other day. He then put on his new Hitai-ate because this wasn't any other day, today he would finally become a genin of Konohagakure no sato, the biggest and strongest of the hidden villages.
Ninja academy, room 203
Naruto was sitting at his desk at the academy, waiting for Iruka-sensei to come and assign him to a squad, the other graduates were surprised to see Naruto there of course since he was supposed to have been the only one to have flunked the test.
"What are you doing here Naruto? Class today is only for those who didn't fail!" Nara Shikamaru – one of Naruto's only three friends at the academy – asked.
"What? Can't you see the Hitai-ate?" Naruto asked as he pointed at said headband.
"Excuse me, may I pass?" The two turned to see Haruno Sakura.
'Sa-Sakura-chan! No way… she wants to sit next to me?' Naruto thought, but his hopes were crushed by the pinkette's next words.
"Naruto, move it! I'm trying to get around you!" Sakura yelled and Naruto looked to his left and saw the so-called rookie of the year, Uchiha Sasuke of the supposedly strong Uchiha clan.
'There he is… the class heart-throb!' Naruto thought before Sasuke looked towards him.
"You want something?" Sasuke asked.
"What's that supposed to mean? Are you talking to me?" Naruto yelled.
"Good morning, Sasuke-kun. Is this seat taken…?" Sakura exclaimed as she trampled over Naruto and sat down in between the blond and the raven-head.
Soon after had their sensei Umino Iruka-sensei finally showed up to assign them to different teams.
"From this day forward, you are no longer mere students of Ninjutsu, but full-fledged shinobi. But, among the ranks of the shinobi, you are mere novices, lowest of the low. Your greatest challenges all lie ahead. The next step is the assignment of official duties to you all on behalf of our village. We will begin by dividing you into three-man teams. Each of which will be mentored by a jonin, who will guide and coach you as you become familiar with your various assignments." Iruka said.
'Three-man teams? Sounds like two too many…' Sasuke thought.
'It's perfect! I know they'll team me up with Sasuke-kun!' Sakura thought.
'So long as I'm partnered with Sakura-chan… I'll take anybody else… except Sasuke!' Naruto thought.
"I made the selections so that each team's abilities would be approximately equal." Iruka said.
"WHAT!" Almost everyone in the room yelled and Iruka went through the selections, starting with team 1.
"Next, team 7. Haruno Sakura, Uzumaki Naruto…" At that Naruto immediately cheered in triumph while Sakura slumped "…and Uchiha Sasuke!" Now their reactions were the complete opposite.
"Next, team 8. Inuzuka Kiba, Aburame Shino and Hyuga Hinata!" Iruka said before telling who the members of team 9 would be before he finally reached team 10, which was the last team "Finally, team 10. Nara Shikamaru, Akimichi Choji and Yamanaka Ino!"
"I'll be introducing your jonin senseis this afternoon. Until then, you're dismissed!" Iruka finished and everyone left the room.
Konoha, academy grounds
Naruto walked out of the academy, not realizing the mark on his hand that was beginning to glow.
"…aruto… hear me…" Naruto started to look around, that voice was here again, he'd never told anyone about it, but he's been hearing voices for as long as he could remember, first when he learned that the Kyubi was sealed in him, he thought that it was him, but the voice didn't sound like a demon at all, in fact it sounded more like a young girl.
'Oh, great there it is again…' Naruto thought as he looked around, still not noticing the mark on his right hand.
"Naruto-kun, hear me…" The voice said, getting more clearer.
"W-where are you?" Naruto asked as he looked around, normally it sounded like the voice was far away, but this time it sounded closer… a lot closer and as if on instinct Naruto looked towards the gym "…the gym!" And he ran towards it, but once inside there was nothing there.
"Naruto-kun, hear me, there's a great evil approaching…" Naruto looked around trying to find out where the voice came from, but as the mark on his hand stopped glowing and disappeared as though it was never there, so did the voice.
Ninja academy, room 203
Naruto was sitting at a desk in the classroom, thinking over what the voice had said, normally it only said random letters, but this time it was a sentence, even if it was incomplete.
"Naruto-kun, hear me, there's a great evil approaching…"
"What was that all about?" Naruto said quietly to himself so that no one would hear him.
Nearly on the other side of the room were Sasuke sitting, similar thoughts going through his head.
Flashback
Sasuke walked down an empty street in Konoha, but on his way he suddenly heard that voice which had been popping up in his head every now and then.
"Sa… ke-kun… beware…" The voice said before vanishing again as Sasuke looked around, trying to find its source.
Flashback end
'Beware… beware of what…?' Sasuke wondered as the door finally opened and their jonin sensei walked in.
"Finally! We've been waiting for hours!" Sakura yelled, knocking her two teammates out of their thoughts.
Ninja academy, roof
Now, I'd like you all to tell us a little about yourselves." The jonin said as he was sitting on the fence in front of the three genin.
"Like what?" Sakura asked.
"You know, the usual. You're likes, dislikes, dreams, hobbies. Things like that." The jonin said.
"Help us out here, coach. You go first. Show us how it's done." Naruto said.
"That's right… after all, you're a complete stranger to us… a mystery." Sakura said.
"Oh… me? My name is Hatake Kakashi. I'm the kind of person who doesn't feel like talking about his likes and dislikes! My dreams for the future are none of your business… but anyway, I have lots of hobbies…" Kakashi said.
"Hey… he said a lot, but all we really learned was his name." Sakura whispered to her two teammates.
"Now, it's your turn. Starting with you on the right." Kakashi said.
"Me, right? My name is Uzumaki Naruto! What I like is instant cup ramen! What I like even better is when Iruka-sensei treats me to ramen at the Ichiraku ramen stand! What I hate is the three minute wait after I pour the boiling water." Naruto said.
'He appears to have nothing more on his mind than ramen…' Kakashi thought before he noticed a triangular shaped mark on Naruto's right hand that started glowing.
"My dream is to one day become Hokage. And then all the villagers will have to acknowledge my existence at last!" Naruto said as the mark glowed before said glow faded away and no one but Kakashi had noticed it.
'Well, hasn't he turned out interesting… but what was that glow? Could it be that…? No, that's just an old myth, but either way I'll have to check it out later!' Kakashi thought.
"My hobbies are pranks and practical jokes, I guess." Naruto finished.
"Next!" Kakashi said.
"My name is Uchiha Sasuke. There are plenty of things I hate, but I don't see that it matters, considering there is almost nothing I do like. It seems pointless to talk about "dreams"… that's just a word…" Sasuke said and a mark that was similar to Naruto's started glowing on his right hand, but once again only Kakashi noticed it "… but what I do have is determination. I plan to restore my clan. And there's someone I have sworn to kill."
'He is so cool!' Sakura thought.
'Sure hope it's not me…' Naruto thought.
'…I suspected as much…' Kakashi thought before saying "And finally, the young lady…"
"I am Haruno Sakura. My favorite thing is… well it's not a thing, it's a person. A boy… and that boy is…" Sakura said while blushing as she looked towards Sasuke "Uh… let's move on to my dream." Now she started blushing even more "I hate NARUTO!"
"WHAT?" Naruto said.
"My hobbies are…" Sakura said as she looked towards Sasuke.
'It sounds as though young girls are more interested in love than Ninjutsu…' Kakashi thought before saying "Enough. I believe we all understand one-another. Formal training begins tomorrow."
"Yes, sir! What will our duties be?" Naruto said as he gave a salute while thinking 'Our first real shinobi mission!'
"Our first project involves only the members of this team." Kakashi said.
"WHAT? What is it?" Naruto asked.
"Survival exercises." Kakashi said.
"Survival exercises?" Naruto asked.
"But why would that be a mission? Our school days were full of survival training!" Sakura said.
"But you'll have to survive… against me. it won't be your typical practice." Kakashi said.
"Well, then, what kind of practice will it be?" Naruto asked and Kakashi chuckled.
"What are you laughing about, Kakashi-sensei?" Sakura asked.
"Oh, nothing. It's just that if I told you, you'd chicken out." Kakashi said.
"Chicken out…? Why?" Naruto asked.
"Of the 27 members of your graduation class, only 9 will actually be accepted as genin. The other 18 must go back for more training. The test we are about to perform has a 66% rate of failure." Kakashi explained and all three genin gulped.
"Ha, ha, ha! See? You're chickening out already!" Kakashi said.
"That sucks! We have been through hell! What about our graduation test?" Naruto yelled.
"Oh! We wanted to eliminate all the hopeless cases from your ranks. The ones who are left are the only students who show true potential." Kakashi said.
"Say what?" Naruto yelled.
"In any event, we'll meet tomorrow morning on training field 3 so that I can evaluate each of your skills and weaknesses. Bring all of your ninja tools and weapons. And don't have breakfast beforehand… unless you enjoy throwing up." Kakashi said.
'No way will I let this set me back. I'll kick Kakashi-sensei's ass! Then I'll get some respect! Yeah!' Naruto thought as Kakashi walked towards them and gave each of them a paper form.
"The details of your assignment are in this handout. Memorize it and don't be late!" Kakashi said.
"Throw up? How hard is this exercise going to be?" Sakura yelled.
Training field 3 a.k.a memorial stone training field, the next day
"Good morning, class!" Kakashi said as he entered the training field.
"YOU'RE LATE!" Naruto and Sakura yelled.
Kakashi then put an alarm clock down on the middle one of the three tree stumps that was in the clearing.
"I've set this alarm to go off at noon." He said before taking two bells out of his weapons pouch "I have here two small bells. Your challenge is to steal these from me before the timer sounds. Anyone who fails doesn't get any lunch." He then pointed at the tree stump as he continued "Instead, you will be tied to that tree stump, so I can eat your lunch in front of you."
"So that's why you wanted us to go without breakfast!" Naruto said as his, Sasuke's and Sakura's stomachs growled.
"All you need is just one bell… apiece. But since there aren't enough to go around, one of you is definitely headed for the stump. And whoever that is will be the first of you to fail. One of you is on your way back to school… and disgrace. You may, if you choose, use shuriken. Attack as though you mean to kill or you'll never stand a chance." Kakashi said before tying the bells to his jonin vest.
"Bu-but that's so dangerous!" Sakura said.
"Ready, steady, GO!" Kakashi said and all three genin shunshined away.
"The basis of all shinobi arts is to become invisible, eradicate yourself." Kakashi said as he looked around before thinking 'All three of them are well hidden…'
With Naruto
Naruto was hiding behind a tree, trying to figure out what to do when that voice suddenly returned.
"Naruto-kun, hear me, there's a great evil approaching and the world…" Naruto looked around, not noticing the fading glow that came from the mark on his right hand before said mark vanished.
'There's that voice again, but what's it talking about? What evil, and what does it have to do with me?' Naruto thought.
With Sasuke
Sasuke was hiding on a branch near the top of a tree where he had a pretty good view of the training field, but then that voice appeared again.
"Sasuke-kun… ware… kness…" The voice said and the raven-head looked around, trying to find its source, even though he knew that there weren't anyone there.
'However that is, what the hell is she trying to tell me?' Sasuke thought, he had already figured out that however it was, she was always saying the same sentence and each time it became a little clearer.
With Kakashi
The jonin was trying to figure out where the three genin were, but he didn't have to wonder about it for too long because Naruto suddenly just jumped from his hiding place to face his sensei head-on.
"It's time for the match to begin! Let's make it a real match, worthy of the greatest warriors!" The blond genin yelled.
"You may be thinking of the wrong kind of match." Kakashi said.
Unknown location
In a bright room where three women – or to be more precise two women and one girl that didn't seem to be any older than Naruto – looking into a small pond that showed what was currently happening at the training field.
"What an idiot, attacking him head-on like that! And he calls himself a shinobi?" The one with red hair said.
"But you must admit, he does have courage!" The one with blue hair said.
"Why'd you think I chose him?" The one with green hair said as she sat down and looked down at the blond.
"Have you been able to contact your chosen yet?" The one with red hair asked as she looked at her blue-haired sister.
"No, there's something that's always on her mind, clouding out all else… something about a boy." The one with blue her said.
"Heh, typical fangirls, you should've chosen someone else." The one with red hair said before noticing the dreamy look that was in the green-haired girl's eyes "What? Have you fallen for your chosen?"
"What makes you think that?" The green-haired girl yelled as she stood up with a blush on her face that would give Hinata a run for her money.
"The way you were looking at him was a BIG giveaway!" The one with red hair said with her arms crossed and her eyes closed while shrugging.
"Well, at least I don't go around, picking up random people just to satisfy my own personal needs!" The green-haired girl yelled at her older sister.
"You'd need to get laid a little more often, it might do you some good." The red-head said.
"Just keep up arguing, you two. I'm heading over to Taki for a while!" The one with blue hair said as she walked out of the room.
"Taki? Why there?" The green-haired girl asked.
"Isn't it obvious? She's going to have a little talk with that overgrown fish of a God!" The red-head said.
"She's going to meet Jabu-kun? I haven't seen him since the Year of Juubi!" The green-haired girl said. (A/N: In case you're wondering, the Year of Juubi is what the Gods call the year when Juubi destroyed the kingdom of Hyrule.)
Memorial stone training field
"All right! That's it!" Naruto yelled as he charged at the jonin, preparing to punch him. But when he punched, Kakashi was suddenly behind him with his book in between his hands and apparently forming the tora hand sign.
"Showing your back so many times is very poor Ninjutsu… dobe." Kakashi said.
'He's using his hands to make the tora sign! But he couldn't be! It's too advanced Ninjutsu to use against Naruto!' Sakura thought from where she was hiding.
'Impossible… now he's making the sign of flames. That damned teacher wasn't fooling around.' Sasuke thought.
"Naruto! Get out of there! You'll be killed!" Sakura yelled, giving up her hiding place.
"What?" Naruto asked as he looked towards where Sakura was.
"Too late." Kakashi said before preparing for the technique "Konohagakure no sato's most secret and most sacred technique! Sennen Goroshi!" And he thrusted his fingers up Naruto's butt and sent the blond genin flying away, holding his rear end.
Unknown location
"Ouch, that looks like it must've hurt!" The green-haired girl said as she rubbed her rear end.
"Okay. I didn't expect him to do that…!" The red-head said, making a mental note of copying that move for future conveniences.
Memorial stone training field
"That's supposed to be Ninjutsu? What kind of "sacred technique" is that? Looks more like he just showed something right up Naruto's butt!" Sakura whispered to herself.
"Huh! They're both buffoons!" Sasuke said just before Naruto landed in a nearby river.
'That kind of strength isn't fair play! How are we supposed to beat him? There's no way a genin can beat a jonin on his own!' Sakura thought.
'Crap! Not like this. This isn't how this is gonna go!' Naruto thought as he got two shuriken and threw them out of the water and towards Kakashi-sensei, but said jonin easily caught them while reading his book.
'I will not back down!' Naruto thought as he made a hand sign and the mark on his right hand became visible and started glowing.
Naruto suddenly came out of the water, coughing. The mark didn't go unnoticed by Kakashi though.
"Well? What's the hold-up? Get one of these bells by lunch, or you'll have no lunch!" Kakashi said, still reading his book.
"Duh! I know that!" Naruto yelled as he looked up.
"You claim to want to become Hokage, but you've already run out of steam." Kakashi said.
"Crap! Crap! Crap! I can fight no matter how hungry I am! I just wasn't ready, that's all!" Naruto yelled.
"So learn to get ready. Don't they say first chance favors the prepared mind?" Kakashi said while walking away, but suddenly came several Naruto's up from the water and they went straight for the jonin.
"My specialty! Kage Bunshin no jutsu! Get ready! Now you face a lot more than just one of me!" Naruto yelled.
Unknown location
"YEAH! Naruto-kun, you show him who's best!" The green-haired girl cheered.
"You do know that Kakashi knows the Kage Bunshin too, don't you?" The red-head said while she sweatdropping.
"So? He still won't beat my Naruto-kun!" The green-haired girl said.
'I swear, she and Naruto-kun seem to have the exact same personality. No wonder she loves him.' The red-head thought as she looked down at the pond, though she was a little more interested in what Sasuke-kun was doing, or rather not doing, considering that he was just sitting there.
Memorial stone training field
'One, two, three… eight distinct bodies! What technique is he using?' Sasuke thought.
'They're not illusions! Every one is solid!' Sakura thought.
"Not illusions, but actual multiple flesh-and-blood bodies! But at your level you couldn't be strong enough to keep this up for more than a minute! You talk a good game, but you're still only Naruto! You're a one-trick pony who hasn't got what it takes to win!" Kakashi said before he suddenly felt something coming from behind, and Naruto jumped onto the jonin's back.
"Heh-heh-heh. Nice to see your back, sensei." Naruto said as two of his clones grabbed Kakashi's legs to hold the jonin in place and another clone jumped into the air, preparing to punch Kakashi as he came down "I isolated one of my Bunshins, sent it out of the water posing as me. While I circled around, behind you!"
"Here's payback for what you did to me! This must be hard for you, so I'll go easy. One good hit is all I want." The Naruto that was preparing to punch the jonin said.
'Wow! Naruto's good!' Sakura thought.
"He used the art of misdirection, feinting to distract the enemy before he struck somewhere else!" Sasuke said.
"Relax! I told you, I'm only gonna hit you once!" Naruto yelled just before he punched… Naruto? Apparently Kakashi had used Kawarimi to switch places with one of Naruto's clones.
Naruto then – thinking that Kakashi-sensei had used Henge no jutsu to transform into one of the clones – dispelled the clones to see that there was no one there other than him.
As Naruto looked around, he noticed a bell lying by a tree and the blond genin ran towards the tree.
"Hee-hee-hee-hee. He must have been pretty flustered to drop one." Naruto said.
Unknown location
"No, Naruto-kun don't. It's a trap." The green haired girl yelled as she hit the pond, making the water splash.
Memorial stone training field
As Naruto approached the bell, something that no one had expected happened. The ground around the bell, suddenly blew up, sending dirt in all directions and Naruto fell down on his back.
"W-what…?" Was all he could say.
Unknown location
"Oops, I didn't mean to do that." The girl said.
'You need to get your powers more under control, girl…!' The red-head thought with a deadpanned expression on her face.
Memorial stone training field
"What the hell just happened?" Naruto yelled.
'Okay, I didn't expect that to happen.' Kakashi thought from his hiding place.
'Of course it's a trap, but even more troubling, Kakashi didn't drop his guard even once during the fight with Naruto.' Sasuke thought.
'There has to be some way to beat him, but how? There's no way genin like us can take him on unless we work together…!' Sakura thought and unknown to her, a small triangular mark appeared on her right hand.
Unknown location
The woman with blue hair walked down a staircase that seemed to go on forever when she suddenly stopped as she sensed something.
'She's finally brushed aside the thoughts of that boy. Now I can contact her at last.' She thought.
Memorial stone training field
"Sakura-chan… wisdom…" Sakura looked around, trying to find out where the voice had come from, but she didn't see anyone.
'What was that voice…? I don't have time to worry about that now.' Sakura thought as she tried to come up with a plan 'How can a genin beat a jonin? The answer's easy, they can't. So how are we gonna beat Kakashi-sensei… hmmm. The best way would be to work together, but since there's only two bells, that means that one of us will have to sacrifice himself for the others.'
Sakura then looked around to see if she could see any of the others from where she was 'The only one that I can see from here is Naruto, but if I go and get him, Kakashi-sensei'll spot me for sure.' She then looked in her weapons pouch to see if she found anything that could be of use and she pulled out… two smoke bombs 'Of course. I can go out there to get Naruto, then use these smoke bombs to get away!'
Naruto got up on his feet and looked down where the bell was still lying and was about to go and get it when Sakura suddenly came, threw a couple of smoke bombs down on the ground, grabbed Naruto and used the smoke as cover as they ran into the bushes.
'Hmmm, impressive. It's seems that at least one of them is starting to understand what this drill is all about, but do they have enough time?' Kakashi thought as he looked towards the alarm clock to see that there was only half-an-hour left.
With Naruto and Sakura
"What's the big idea Sakura-chan? I almost had a bell." Naruto yelled.
"That was a trap Naruto, and you almost fell for it!" Sakura yelled.
"A trap?" Naruto said.
"Yes, now be quiet, we need to find Sasuke-kun before Kakashi-sensei." Sakura said.
"Huh? What do we need him for?" Naruto asked.
"We need to work together if we want to get any of the bells." Sakura said.
"Work together? But there are only two bells." Naruto said.
"Exactly, and that's why you're gonna sacrifice your chance of becoming a genin, this year, so that I can become one." Sakura said seductively while winking at him.
"Okay, whatever you say Sakura-chan." Naruto said.
Unknown location
"Wow, that blond idiot really can't refuse what that girl tells him, no matter what it is." The red-head said before she suddenly felt a wave of killing-intent and she looked down on her younger sister, who seemed to be getting quite mad.
"Hey, calm down there. No need to get jealous." She tried to calm the girl down, but it didn't work and the girl lifted her right hand into the air as a green flame appeared in it.
"Die, bitch!" She said in a poisonous tone before throwing the flame down into the pond.
Memorial stone training field
"Hey, do you hear that?" Naruto asked before he and Sakura looked up to see what appeared to be a meteorite fall down towards them and they jumped out of the way just in time and the meteorite hit the ground where Sakura had just been standing.
"Okay, that was unexpected." Sakura said.
"I guess there must be a God that doesn't like you or something!" Naruto said, having no idea of how right he was.
"What, I can't think of any reason why there would be a God that doesn't like me." Sakura said.
Unknown location
'I can think of a lot of reasons, sweetie…' The red-head thought, having heard what Sakura had said.
Memorial stone training field
'What the hell was that?' Sasuke thought as he looked in the direction that the meteorite had crashed before shunshining to check it out.
When he reached it, he was surprised to see Naruto and Sakura standing there and Sakura was holding a stone in her hands.
"What happened?" Sasuke asked.
"A meteorite came down and almost killed us." Sakura said before said meteorite was suddenly enshrouded by green flames and she dropped the space-rock. As it landed on the ground however, the flames vanished and the rock rolled over to Naruto who picked it up.
"Careful Naruto, it might start burning again." Sakura said.
"Hey, you're the one that however God dropped this on us doesn't like, so I doubt that." Naruto said before green flames appeared on the rock and seemed to engrave something before vanishing.
"F-A-R-O-R-E." Naruto read.
"What?" Sakura asked.
"It's written here. See?" Naruto said as he showed the other two genins, but just then, the alarm sounded.
A short while later, Naruto was tied to the middle tree stump while Sasuke was sitting to his right and Sakura was sitting to his left as their stomachs growled.
"Oh, my. Listen to all the little stomachs growl. By the way you three, I have an announcement about this exercise. None of you need to worry any more about being sent back to the ninja academy." Kakashi said and Naruto and Sakura started hopping in joy, well Naruto would have been hopping if he weren't tied to the tree stump.
"This rocks! It means all three of us…" Naruto yelled but he was cut off by Kakashi-sensei.
"…are hopeless. More schooling would be pointless. None of you will ever be shinobi!" Kakashi said.
"Huh? What do you mean?" Naruto asked.
"Give it up. Not one of the three of you will ever be a ninja!" Kakashi said.
"What do you mean "give up"? Give me a break! Okay, so maybe none of us got our hands on one of your stupid bells, but why the hell should we quit over that?" Naruto yelled.
"Because not one of you has what it takes! Oh, and I'll be taking this too!" Kakashi said as he held up the meteorite.
"Hey, you give that back!" Naruto yelled.
"Alright then, I'll give you one more chance to succeed and if you'll do I'll give it back, but if you don't, you'll never see this rock again and you'll never have a shot at ever becoming a shinobi." Kakashi said.
"WHAT?" Naruto yelled.
"But this time it'll be a lot more difficult than our last little game with the bells. If you're prepared to continue, you may eat one of the bento boxes. But no sharing with Naruto. He goes hungry." Kakashi said.
"Why?" Naruto asked.
"If either of you feeds him, you fail the test right there. My word is law. Do you understand?" Kakashi said, ignoring the blond's question before he shunshined away.
"Hey, this'll be a breeze. I can go without lunch, no problem." Naruto yelled as his stomach rumbled.
Unknown location
"Watching this is making me hungry." The green-haired girl said as she rubbed her rumbling stomach before snapping her fingers and a bowl of ramen appeared in her lap "Now, that's what I call "instant ramen"."
"Itadakemasu." She said before picking up the chop-sticks and started eating the ramen, or to be more precise, devouring it, proving that even Gods need food.
Memorial stone training field
"Here." Sasuke said as he held his bento box up in front of Naruto, surprising both of his teammates.
"But Sasuke-kun, Kakashi-sensei told us…" Sakura said, but the Uchiha cut her off.
"I'm not worried. He's probably miles away by now. And we'll all need our strength if we're going to work together to get those bells. You're no good to me if you're just going to be a liability." Sasuke said and after thinking a little, Sakura offered the blond her own lunch.
'Sakura-chan…' Naruto thought before grinning. What none of them were aware of though was that Kakashi was hiding behind a nearby tree.
"Thanks." Naruto said just before a large puff of smoke appeared in front of them.
"What the heck?" Sakura yelled just before Kakashi came out of the smoke.
"YOU... pass!" He said as he stopped in front of them, giving them an eye-smile.
"We pass? But why?" Sakura asked.
"You three have just taken a giant step forward." Kakashi said.
"Ummm… how?" Sakura asked.
"Up until now almost all any of you have done is listen unquestionably to everything I say like mindless little drones. A true shinobi looks underneath the underneath. In a ninja's world, those who violate the rules and fail to follow orders are lower than garbage. However, those who do not care for and support their fellows are even lower than that!" Kakashi said.
'That's kind of cool.' Naruto thought.
"This exercise is now concluded. You all pass!" Kakashi said while giving a thumb up.
"Now we go home, I have a little story to tell you three." Kakashi said.
"A story?" Naruto asked.
"Well, it's more of a legend, really." Kakashi said and the three genin listened intently to what their sensei said.
"Long ago, the three Goddesses Din, Nayru and Farore created the world and all the creatures that live in it. And after they were done, they left, however they also left something behind. A sacred triangle called the "Triforce" and afterwards there was a time of piece, but one day there was an evil man that tried to seize the Triforce for himself, but he didn't get all of it." Kakashi said before he was interrupted by Naruto.
"What do you mean, Kakashi-sensei?" He asked.
"Well, it is said that if you touch the Triforce then you're greatest desire will come to pass. But when that man touched it, it split into three pieces, the Triforce of Courage, the Triforce of Wisdom and the Triforce of Power." Kakashi said.
"Cool, what happened next?" Naruto yelled with anticipation.
"The Triforce of Power went into the man and a mark of the Triforce appeared on his right hand. The Triforce of Wisdom came to a noble Princess and the same mark appeared on her hand. And finally the Triforce of Courage came to a boy that lived in a forest and he got the same mark on his hand. However, not satisfied with just one piece, the evil man kidnapped the Princess, in order to get her piece as well. But then the boy showed up, wielding a sacred blade, and he cut the man down and saved the kingdom." Kakashi said.
"Sounds more like a fairy-tail to me." Sakura said.
"Perhaps, but there's a good chance that it's true."
"And how's that?" Naruto asked.
"I'm sure you'll find out someday." Kakashi said before continuing "But I'm not done with the story quite yet. The Triforce pieces seemed to be passed on from generation to generation much like a Kekkei Genkai, and each century the cycle of good vs evil continued with the descendants of the hero, Princess and villain. But something about 2.000 years ago happened and the cycle was apparently broken."
"You think that that story's real, Kakashi-sensei?" Naruto asked.
"Well, I didn't think it was real when I first heard it, but something happened a while ago that made me change my mind." Kakashi said.
"Like what?" Naruto asked.
"I don't feel like telling you." Kakashi said before untying Naruto and giving him the space-rock "That's all for today, team 7. Your duties will commence tomorrow!"
The three genin then started walking away, but Naruto was stopped as Kakashi suddenly appeared in front of him.
"Can I see your hand?" The jonin asked and Naruto held up his right hand and Kakashi looked at it.
'Hmmm, strange, there's no sign of that mark I saw earlier.' Kakashi thought.
"What is it, Kakashi-sensei?" Naruto asked.
"What, oh, it's nothing. Just keep on going now." Kakashi said before he shunshined away.
Unknown location
The green-haired girl was currently on her 100th bowl of ramen and she was still showing no signs of stopping.
"Do you have to eat it like that? You're making me sick." The red-head said.
"I can't help it. Ramen's the best. Truly a food made by the Gods. I am the one who invented it after all." The green-haired girl said and the red-head just sweatdropped.
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Naruto "No, no, no. I want something more challenging, where I can test my skills."
Kakashi "Well, well. If it isn't Momochi Zabuza, the kid who ran off and left Kirigakure no sato!"
Zabuza "Sharingan no Kakashi, I presume? If it wouldn't be much trouble, could you surrender the old man?"
Farore "Naruto-kun, hear me, There's a great evil approaching and the world needs a hero…"
Zabuza "Next time on The Legend of Naruto: The Demon of Kiri, Momochi Zabuza."
Character status
Naruto: Level: 2
Techniques: Henge, Kawarimi, Kage Bunshin.
Weapons: kunai, shuriken.
Triforce: Courage.
Sasuke: Level: 4
Techniques: Bunshin, Henge, Kawarimi, Katon: Goukakyo.
Weapons: kunai, shuriken.
Kekkei Genkai: Sharingan. (Not unlocked yet)
Triforce: Power.
Sakura: Level: 1
Techniques: Bunshin, Henge, Kawarimi.
Weapons: kunai, shuriken.
Triforce: Wisdom.
Kakashi: Level: 45
Techniques: Raikiri, Magen: Narakumi, Doton: Shinju zanshu, Doton: Doryuheki, Doton: Moguragakure, Fuja hoin, Katon: Goukakyo, Genjutsu: Sharingan, Raiton: Kage Bunshin, Taju Kage Bunshin, Sennen Goroshi, Kage Bunshin, Kuchiyose, Kuchiyose: Doton: Tsuiga.
Weapons: kunai, shuriken.
Kekkei Genkai: Sharingan.
A/N: Before you ask, yes Goddess Farore's in love with her chosen, why'd you think she chose such a young body? Also if you're wondering what Farore meant when she said "Well, at least I don't go around, picking up random people just to satisfy my own personal needs!" in this story Din's pretty much the female version of Zeus in the sense that she is a mass rapist just like Zeus.