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oh and I'm still new at pOvs so youll have to forgive me mainly thought its going to be third person.
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Team seven chapter three
Sarutobi was sitting in his office attacking the bane of all kages, paperwork. As he started on a new document, something landed on his window sill not even turning his head Sarutobi said a pleasant tone, "Jiraiya how good to see you."
Jiraiya said in a serious tone, "why is Naruto being attacked? By a teacher no less !"
"Jiraiya you have to understand that I have tried to keep him safe but the people don't see a little boy but a demon . But there's a reason I called you here early. Tell me did Kushina ever mention her family to you?"
" no... Minato tried to ask her about it a couple times but each time he did she would freak out. Why?"
"I need you to expand your spy network to include the Leaf Village and more specifically I need you to look into the civilian council. I want to know everything in the village that affects the village's operation. I need to know who is clean and who needs to be dealt with. This is a dictatorship it is about time I remind the civilian council of this fact," said a serious Sarutobi.
Nodding Jiraiya said, "Consider it done, it is about time you took control of the village and I would love to be the one responsible for putting some of the civilians behind bars. Question...who lit the fire under your butt?"
"Danzo came and shed a little ...light on the subject."
Flashback
" what brings you here my friend?" Sarutobi began.
" something has been brought to my attention Hiruzen. Something that concerns and to put it frankly angers me."
Snapping to attention Sarutobi sat straight and looked to his friend. Concerned because Danzo,never gets angry. He gets even. A well known and dangerous fact. Sensing this would take sometime he told his secretary to dismiss his schedule for the day.
" what is it my friend,That has you so upset?"
"Naruto uzumaki. According to reports from my ANBU the teachers in the academy, taught Taijutsu in the wrong forms, no chakra training, no physical training, they purposefully hinder him in every aspect! With his blood his education should be top priority. This can not go on Hiruzen! I will not stand for it."
" if your talking about the incident a a week ago, my reports.."
" They are LIYING HIRUZEN!" Danzo stomped his cane in anger. Sarutobi was startled at this action. He Never raised his voice before. Knowing that his own people were responsible for the child's misgivings, Sarutobi Lowered his head in shame.
" this can not go on my friend. You were forced out of retirement after your successor fell. You are aging and they see you going soft. Because of the council there is too much chaos, everything is going to the civilians. The money, the equipment. This is a SHINOBI village my friend,we have lost power and they have gained it. They even put civilian standards at the academy. I know it's peaceful times , but they do not last forever. According to my findings it is them who are paying the teachers to hinder him. Only the teachers would gladly do it even without the incentive!
Now, there's a reason for this. Why? because discrimination, poverty, and ignorance restrict growth, When you stifle human potential, when you don't invest in new ideas, it doesn't just cut off the people who are affected; it hurts us all. You and i both know that while investments in education, and infrastructure research increase growth, creating more for both Civillians and Shinobi, however the civilian have restricted our access to narutos and shinobi childrens education, while they bury you in inconsequential paperwork. So what happens to all the rest of us?we go extinct!
Now, there's something I've noticed lately. You probably have too. And it's this. Maybe just because We grew up in a different time, but Though I often disagree with Civillians, I actually never learned to hate them the way that i do right now . You and I came together when you first took mantel and talked about national education goals. And we in turn did the same with Minato.I am actually grateful to as you should be, for the second Great War, they showed us that even in times of " peace" there can be war. We have grown soft and they know it! It is time to become a true Hokage! No more civilians in Shinobi affairs, no more kids like naruto being denied what should be given freely! We are Shinobi! We have A strength that has been passed on since the beginning of time! We must rise from the ashes and give our strength , our will onto the next generation! We must make the council remember that we are STILL HERE! We must protect our children! Give them the tools to survive! Not send them to slaughter? Look at uzumaki, unrivaled potential, squandered away like toilet paper. I will not loose anymore potential soldiers to death. Show them what it truly means to be a member of the VILLAGE HIDDEN IN THE LEAVES! Look at your predecessors, they built this village and protected it with soldiers an the First Lady was a jinchuuriki, she was worshipped! She had a Strength like no other and the skills that have faded into time now look at our current jinchuuriki, treated like shit! All that power and potential WASTED! Mito sama would have this entire village suffer like no other if she saw what was happening to her grandson!" Sarutobi flinched as he remembered mito sama. Oh he remembered her temper very well . she rarely showed it but don't let that fool you,she had a temper just as deadly and devastating as a volcano.
" Hiruzen I know you love this village but I am asking you, as a comrade and as..your friend, to not let this moment of peace blind you to how weak your soldiers are becoming. We are not the strongest anymore. Most of our strongest don't have anyone to pass there skills to. And every. Generation they are getting weaker because of the civilians interference. Can you look at this village and look sensei in the eyes and definitely say that the village is strong and unified!? He looks upon this village with anger and sorrow! Not pride! You as why I made root In the first place? I made it so your soft soldiers do not die!"
By the end of his speech Danzo was standing his cane pointed in the air towards the Hokage mountain, the air saturated with his belief, his passion,his fire.
Sarutobi could taste it.
Only once before has he seen his friend this passionate. When he was a general in the first and second Shinobi wars. No one had died in his platoon. He was not called the war hawk for nothing. Sarutobi was crying and yet he felt something in his soul he had not felt in a long time. Hope, strength and passion.
Noticing that danzo was waiting,Sarutobi stood up walked over to his window and stared at his predecessors carved into the mountain.
" I am sorry my friend, I have let is village down, I have seen it crumble by enemies, and it hurts me to know at my own people is causing its distruction.." Taking a deep breath his voice faltering because of the tears, " I will need your help my friend. Will you stand by my side and help me bring the leave back to its former glory? To cut the dark roots off the great tree?Help me make our sensei's proud to oversee the village" His voice like that of cold steel.
Turning, Sarutobi looked at Danzo with pleading eyes yet you could clearly see the fire burning in his old eyes, a flame that Danzo had not seen in years.
" I have been waiting to hear those words for quite sometime my friend..."
Flashback end
" haha yea Danzo always did give me the Hebee jeebees." Jiraya said staring at the mountain.
"Alright now, Kushina, she came from uzugakure , she and just a few others are of the Uzumaki clan are the only ones left. She told me that she was the last of the royal family of the Land Of Whirlpools. Before the rock invaded , it was known for its sealing and chakra strength. Kushina was smuggled out by a couple of maids, after the invasion began. She was only 8 and she had watch her family and clan get butchered by the mass army of Iwa. There is a secret she did reveal to me that she did not reveal to Minato. she had a bloodline. Here read this. Naruto activated the final one. you are dismissed," said Sarutobi after he handed Jiraya a smaller version of the forbidden scroll. After reading it Jiraya looked up shocked before he shun-shined away leaving the Hokage alone once again.
Kyuubi in the seal(dream)
"I love you, Naruto. SHIKI FUUJIN!"
With that shout, Minato summoned the Shinigami to the mortal realm; a dangerous feat that would cost the noble man his soul. If possible, the creature was more gruesome than the Kyuubi. It was definitely larger. Time stopped for all but the Hokage, the Kyuubi and the Shinigami.
"Kyuubi!" rasped out the voice of death. The sound of his name sparked something in the beast and his eyes changed. It was as if he had come out of a trance. Then he saw the Shinigami.
"Shinigami-sama, why are you here? Where am I?"
The Hokage looked on in shock. The creature had no idea it had done so much damage. Unbelievable.
"My servant, you have been weak. You allowed Uchiha Madara to enslave you. He made you his tool to exact his petty revenge. The only reason you have stopped is that this mortal summoned me to bind you to his son. The price for this, as you know, is his soul. For better or worse, you will be bound to his son. You are now charged with his protection. When he needs it, you will grant him your chakra and knowledge and when he is ready you will grant him his bloodline ."
The great red beast bowed his head as he answered.
"I understand, Shinigami-sama. ."
And then the Shinigami went silent. He grabbed the Kyuubi and pushed him into the boy. The ghostly hands glowed brightly and it was done. As the Death god went towards Minato, the Hokage smiled. His village was safe and his son was being protected by a demon. He could live (or die as the case may be) with that. His son would be a hero, or so he thought.
end dream
Waking up the fox muttered " kami I hate that dream"
Night before test
Naruto lay in his bed tossing and turning , from what it appears a good dream. However;looks can be deceiving.
Dream
A 5 year old naruto was walking throughout an alley garbage can scavenging for food. He stomach hurt a lot lately. Normally he can go a couple of days without food but he's gone almost a week without something. People have been seeing that he eats out of the trash cans so they lock them up at night.
It didn't help also that the entire village hated him. He keeps questioning jiji why but he never gets an answer. Looking to his right he sees a door ajar, and when he gets close enough he notices its a bakery loft. And seeing a sweet bread hot from the oven sitting there. He couldn't help but dive for it. He didn't notice however, the ninja behind him until it was too late.
Bruises and burnt skin started to turn a dark violet color as a young blonde pulled his jacket off then his white tank top his sore feet resting in the cold stream. The young boy had been running for hours now in order to escape the people in his village who now began to punish him "….. I didn't ask to be different…." He whispered out under his breath as he wrapped his arms around his chest as he glared into the water with his crystal blue orbs.
In his musings he didn't notice a pair of curious red eyes watching him...very carefully.
Naruto's ears twitched as he heard a bit of shifting from behind unable to really pin point where the source truly was. "... I'm not going to put up a fight... I'm to tired of running..." He spoke out as he kept his blue orbs forward.
Itachi blinked, Surely Naruto was not unaware of the consequences of being captured, surely he knew what fate awaited him . Still though... Using a finger to push a stray lock of black hair behind his ear, Itachi observed the slump of the other's form, took in the bruises and charred skin adorning the exposed used to be , tan skin. Naruto had been through the wringer from the looks of it and though the Uchiha did not spare any pity for the kitsune, he did feel a quick flash of emotion stir inside him, there and gone as if it had never been.
Naruto stood and even when was watched closely. it was easy to see how frail he was as he stumbled and slipped back down to his knees, but not on the solid ground, his struggle to keep on his feet landed him in the cold water. A puddle of crimson formed beneath him as the water hit his open cuts causing him to close his eyes tightly from the pain of the open cuts and the new ones that had just opened in the stream from the jagged rocks. "Aren't you going to take me !?" He sobbed out , tears staining his cheeks, his his new fangs now visible as he let out a growl of sorrow , he was in a weak state and was unable to defend or protect himself and he new this. He didn't dare try to run any longer... He was tired.
Itachi leapt down gracefully, his cloak fluttering around him with the movement, creating the momentary illusion of wings. Still half expecting a trap, not necessarily from the blonde but anyone else .
" calm yourself little one. I Am not going to harm you."
" " w-what do you want? Are you gonna try and hurt me to?" Naruto stammered trying to appear brave, but he knew his fear and sadness ran through his voice.
Eyes softening at the sight itachi knelt down on his knees and slowly moved his hands to remove his mask making sure not to make any sudden movements lest he startle the boy.
Naruto moved closer unconsciously, curiosity momentarily overriding his fear.
Black gloved hands removed the weasel mask revealing soft pale skin, plump pink lips, and dark black lips tilted into a small smile and eyes softening just a Hair. To anyone else they wouldn't have noticed. But to naruto, who had been starved of affection, noticed the minute change immediately. Naruto noticed the strange age lines going from his eyes to his cheeks, and also wearily noticed that the man was an ANBU.
Placing the mask beside him itachi , didn't really know what to do. Or what he did for that matter. He just revealed himself to a child. A clear break of the code. However at the moment he couldn't bring himself to care.
" my name is Itachi, so...tell me naruto.. How did you get hurt?"he said softly.
Stiffening at the mention of his attack naruto scuffled his feet in embarrassment.
" naruto... Please tell me how you got hurt.."
" why do you care!?" Naruto hissed with a surprising a outs of venom in it. Not even acknowledging the attitude, he did understand that it was natural for someone like naruto.
Itachi showed no visible sign that he was shocked by narutos harsh question. He wasn't shocked. He understood.
" I'm sure those wounds hurt. Do you want me to heal them for you?"
" what's the point? What's the point if ill end up just like this or worse tomarrow?"
Naruto looked at him, his eyes never changed. Although, he's always been suspicious of everyone, he felt something different with the teenager before him.
"Maybe there is no point in life, maybe it's all just a illusion , maybe we are pretending that what we do is important when it's actually meaningless. But maybe there is a point to life and we just have to find it, "
"So what do you want?"
The response that came next was entirely unexpected: the man just laughed.
"Wh... what's so funny?"
It stopped, a grin plastered itself on his face this time. "It's not exactly what I want, really, but rather... what you want."
Naruto's interest was definitely piqued as he pulled himself up from the ground, meeting the man's gaze with that of his own. "Something that I want? How would you know what I want?" The boy's brow narrowed in suspicion.
"All it takes is one look at you to know what you want," he chuckled, but his tone became serious. " It's simple. You desire others to acknowledge your existence, even if you don't care in what form it comes from, be it through acceptance or rejection. But you very well know how much it hurts to be rejected, don't you?" Naruto's eyes widened at the words; they were true, even if it was half of what he truly wanted. But regardless, he was no stranger to the hurt and pain of rejection.
"...because deep down within your heart, you just want a place... to call home." The boy's gaze lowered, covered by his golden bangs. From what his face told the man, it obviously struck a chord. "It is that that I wish to offer you, because you and I know very well that you will not find it here; i can help you find a purpose, I can help you on your path to find home."
If Itachi's observation was correct, this child had been attacked before and incredibly lonely. If someone saved him, they could easily earn his trust. "You're safe here, Naruto-kun." And for added bonus, he ruffled the child's soft, spiky hair. This was the moment of truth. If a shunned Jinchuuriki was touched, they would either lash out or welcome the affection as a sign of trust.
As expected the child looked at him admiringly. "Thank you, Itachi- San." He said meekly , offering his back shakily to itachi.
Itachi smiled at the hesitance and trust, before raising his hands and utilizing his ijutsu to slowly heel the little boys back.
Naruto sighed as they pain slowly ebbed away, relishing in the calm soft touch of another person.
When the cool touch went away naruto reached Behind him and felt his now smooth skin.
" it'll be sensitive for a while but the pain and infection should be gone." Itachi said softly ..
"Thank you Itachi-Nii."
"Your welcome"
Naruto stood still as he tried to absorb all of this. Itachi finally spoke, "Naruto, I will teach you how to be a great ninja. With my guidance, you may even have a chance to become the hokage." Naruto looked up in disbelief. "Do you really mean that?" Itachi responded, "You might be able to, but I won't know until I have had a chance to train you." Naruto thought about it for a minute.
"Why would you want to train me? I'm a freak."
"Because, I see what no one else wants to see. I see your potential, your determination, you fears, your happiness, I see who you are. Who your are meant to be. But I can only help you part of the way. You need to put in some hard work of your own, and then you can do anything you put your mind to. But in order for you to train with me. You have to promise me something."
"Sure!"
Itachi kneeled down taking narutos hands in his own and stared the boy directly into his eyes.
" promise me that you will never lose sight of what's truly important."
" promise Itachi nii!"
"Tell me naruto...do you have someone to protect?"
-
Naruto woke up the next morning, feeling slightly sore, but otherwise ok. Kyuubi had put him throughout the ringer the day before, so naruto felt lucky it wasn't worse.
He looked out the window to find that the sun hadn't even risen yet.
He yawned as he sat up on his bed and looked around before noticing that something was off.
He looked down at himself and found that he hadn't changed out of his clothes the night before or even taken his weights off.
"Better get a shower and change before breakfast…" Naruto mumbled just before he yawned.
He stretched out, feeling his joints pop slightly, before rising to his feet, noticing that his sandals were still on as well, but also that his balance was off. Looking down he noticed his pants were now at his knees instead of his ankles. ' hmm guess kyuubi fixed my malnutrition problem.'
"What happened to me last night?" he asked himself. Then he remembered his dream..."Itachi? Isn't that sasukes brother? Holy shit , WEASEL is itachi! But why would someone erase my memories of him?"
Naruto took his jacket off followed by his clothes and his weights as he headed for the shower.
The hot water was broken, again, but it helped wake him up at least, so he pushed the memory of itachi to the side until after team meetings.
He quickly dried himself off and put on some boxers before sitting down and pouring him a bowl of cereal and grabbing a green apple.
'Wait… Kakashi said not to eat…'
" fuck it."
He dug into his breakfast with gusto. Once finished, he grabbed another one of his new outfits from the closet and threw it on.
'Alright, let's see here. What do I need?'
He decided to bring what he normally would. Kunai, shuriken, wire, a few scrolls with a couple things sealed inside.
He then strapped on his weights and looked out his window again.
The sun was finally starting to rise, signaling that morning was approaching quickly.
"Better get there early!"
Naruto ran out of his apartment and took to the building.
'Man… My weights are feeling light again… I guess I'll increase the weight when I get to the training grounds…'
Naruto felt the cool morning air whipping his face as he increased his speed when he reached the trees.
Finally, he reached the training grounds that his team had been told to meet at.
When Naruto landed on the ground, it slightly buckled under his weight.
'Whoa…I gotta be careful about doing that…'
-
He arrived at the training grounds at six on the dot and saw that Sasuke was already there sitting beneath the tree.
The Uchiha wasn't used to Naruto's new look and almost didn't recognize the blonde Genin.
"Hey there Sasuke" Naruto greeted politely.
Sasuke nodded his head, not saying anything.
'He's different… Not as loud or obnoxious. Is he...taller? I wonder what happened in the past few weeks…'
" new clothes dobe?"
" hmm oh yea, ky- um I mean I wanted to be taken seriously"
"Hmm you look good."
' shit did I really just say that!'
Naruto blushed at the compliment and looked down to inspect his new outfit.
Black ANBU pants with mesh underneath, the pants ended at his mid calfs and the mesh continued to his black sandals , longsleeved blood red shirt that was tight as spandex, fingerless gloves with metal plates on the back, black headband with long tails , and his holsters, one one his thigh that was black, and two on his hip which were also black.
' kyuubi has a thing for fashion then.'
Sasuke didn't mind though, far from it. He preferred this new persona of Naruto's. One less problem for him, although he was sure that the dobe hadn't gotten much better since the academy. After all, what could change within two weeks?
Sasuke stood a slight distance from his blonde teammate with his hands in his pockets, waiting for the last two members of squad seven to arrive.
Not much later, Sakura skipped onto the field, but halted when she saw Naruto, his words still fresh in her mind.
She focused her attention on her crush, deciding that it didn't matter what Naruto thought anyway.
"Hi Sasuke-kun!" Sakura squealed as she ran up to the brooding boy.
Sasuke ignored the Kunoichi, already irritated by her presence.
"Isn't today a great day! I mean, this is the first day of our team!"
Sasuke nearly shivered. 'the banshee… Kami must hate me or something…'
Then Sasuke noticed that something was off. He glanced at the other male Genin in wonder. 'Why didn't he greet Sakura like normal? He isn't even looking at her! Did I miss something?'
He glanced at the pink haired Kunoichi, making her blush in the process before returning his gaze to Naruto.
'It's none of my business I guess…'
Sasuke closed his eyes and began going over different battle tactics in his mind.
'This must be a test to find out what we are capable of in the field, why else would we be meeting at a training ground? Strengths and weakness... Sakura...strengths : semi good chakra control, textbook smart,...weaknesses:genjutsu,Taijutsu,ninjutsu although can do academy three.
Naruto: strengths are currently unknown however he has high chakra capacity, ninjutsu will probably be his specialty,Taijutsus not that bad, genjutsu he told me he's pants at it, his overall talents are unknown because of the training he's gone through the past weeks.'
Sakura noticed that Sasuke had glanced at not only her, but Naruto as well.
'Great… Sasuke must have been comparing me to the dobe…'
'How could he compare us? I'm so much better than that Baka!' inner Sakura exclaimed.
Sakura sighed as she sat down on the grass next to Sasuke.
'At least Sasuke is here to keep my mind off of things.'
That was when Sasuke had decided to go and lean against one of the three training posts in the middle of the grounds next to naruto who was trying to make his kunai balance on his hand by its point.
For the next two hours, the three Genin sat in an awkward silence. But that was also when Sakura and Sasuke noticed something strange.
Naruto sat in the lotus position, meditating.
'Since when did the dobe meditate? I remember back in the academy he couldn't even sit still for more than five minutes unless he was asleep… I know he isn't asleep; his breathing is too light… He's aware of his surroundings.'
Sakura however just took it as he was trying to show Sasuke up.
'That Baka! I should give him a piece of my mind!' Sakura screamed mentally .
Naruto was aware of what Sasuke and Sakura were up to at the moment, standing there staring at him.
One was confused, while the other was… angry.
Finally, Naruto sensed him…
"It's about damn time!" Naruto yelled as he opened his eyes.
Sasuke noticed Kakashi's presence at the same time as Naruto and was slightly surprised that the dobe had gotten it just as fast as he had.
Sakura however was slightly confused.
"What the hell are you talking about you Baka!?" she screamed at him as she stood up, starting towards him until she heard Kakashi speak.
"Sorry for my being late, but there was this old lady that needed help getting her cat out of a tree " their sensei explained.
Sasuke glared at the silver haired Jonin for his lame excuse.
"So you had to help out some old lady's Pussy? Sounds like a personal thing sensei."
Kakashi sputtered in indignation while sakura and sasuke blushed.
Kakashi cleared his throught then ignored them as he set down the backpack he was wearing and pulled out an alarm clock.
"Well, I think it's time we started, don't you agree?"
The three Genin nodded in agreement; ready to face whatever Kakashi had planned.
"Your objective is to get these bells from me before the timer goes off. Whoever doesn't receive a bell, shall be tied to one of the posts right behind you, and have their lunch eaten in front of them by me!" Kakashi declared with a smile on his face.
Sakura and Sasuke both felt their stomachs growl in hunger, loud enough for both Kakashi and Naruto to hear.
Kakashi narrowed an eye at Naruto. 'It seems as if Naruto didn't take the bait like the others… Strange… He's really surprising me since I met him.'
Kakashi cleared his throat. "Sounds like somebody didn't take my advice… Care to tell us why you ate breakfast Naruto?"
Sasuke and Sakura both glared at the blonde.
"Naruto you Baka! That's not fair !" Sakura yelled, ready to pound Naruto into the ground.
Naruto aimed a glare at the pink haired Kunoichi, making her stop in her tracks. This didn't go unnoticed by Kakashi and Sasuke. Kakashi wasn't surprised at this.
Sasuke was however and felt his jaw slacken slightly as his eyebrows shot up.
'What the hell is up with Naruto? I've never seen him glare at anybody like that before, much less Sakura! Something must have happened between them, something big. He wouldn't act like this otherwise. I mean, he's always taking her abuse, what the hell did she do to piss him off?'
"Well Kakashi-sensei, I remember reading in several books that skipping breakfast is ill advised. It can handicap you for the rest of the day as you won't have too much energy and you never know what might happen as a Shinobi. "
" we'll your right. Whenever a Shinobi gets a chance to eat they should. It gives you energy and helps you replenish chakra at a faster you won't always be able to eat on a mission. Thankfully we have soldier pills for those types of missions. You could have eaten breakfast as I only suggested that you shouldn't, it wasn't an actual order."
"Anyways, get the rules straightened out. You three will have to try and get these bells from me" he said as he held out two silver bells. "Attack to kill. No holding back at all."
"But sensei" Sakura said. "There are three of us and only two bells!"
Kakashi nodded. "Meaning one of you will lose no matter what."
"WHAT!? That's bullshit! I've never heard of two man teams!" Shouted naruto
Completely ignoring naruto kakashi continued,"Oh! I forgot to mention that whoever doesn't receive a bell, shall be sent back to the academy!"
"You will have until noon… So about ninety minutes… Plenty of time, don't you think?"
Nobody said anything. "Alright then, on my mark, set…" before he could finish, Naruto was already in action, six shuriken flying at the masked Jonin. And while he was distracted all three Genin used this chance to run And hide.
Suddenly two Narutos flew out of the trees at Kakashi faster than usual.
Kakashi jumped out of the way as Naruto impacted on the spot where Kakashi had just been a split second before, creating a small crater covered in dust blown up from the impact.
Kakashi narrowed his eyes. 'He's increased his weights quite a bit… He must be training himself into the ground to make that kind of progress.'
" your not the brightest book in the library you know that?"
" ya?! Well you hair looks like someone electrocuted you , you idiot !"
Kakashi's fist made contact with Naruto's stomach, knocking the wind out of the blonde and simultaneously kicked the clone behind his back Making it disperse.
'He hit's just as hard as kyuubi…' he thought to himself.
Kakashi then grabbed Naruto's collar with his other hand and spun him around and throwing him at a tree.
Naruto twisted in the air and used the tree as a springboard to launch himself back at Kakashi who was now visible as the smoke had cleared from his botched shadow clone.
Kakashi was starting to descend towards the ground when he saw Naruto hurtling at him yet again. Kakashi pulled out a few kunai and threw them at Naruto, expecting him to use a Kawarimi.
Naruto quickly made the one hand seal for the Kage Bunshin.
Without a word, a clone appeared next to him and grabbed his sleeve, tossing him just under the kunai, towards the spot that Kakashi was going to land.
'Impressive usage of Kage Bunshin…' Kakashi thought with mild surprise.
Naruto landed first, thanks to his bunshin throwing him, and pulled out a kunai, ready to throw it up at his sensei only to find that he wasn't there.
"You know" a voice said behind Naruto. "That was a clever idea, using your shadow clone to do that."
Naruto felt a kunai on his throat.
"It's a shame that I know that jutsu and felt like trying out your idea."
Naruto smiled to himself. "Gotcha." Naruto exploded into smoke.
"Another Bunshin!" Kakashi exclaimed.
"That's right!" Naruto said as he stood in the ready stance of the dragon fist style.
" hmm never seen that style before..."
" my sensei taught me this style, it hasn't been used for about 300 years."
" oh and who's this sensei of yours.. Iruka ?" Kakashi raised an eyebrow.
"Not quite" Naruto said as he disappeared.
Kakashi knew this move already; Naruto was going to attack from behind.
The Jonin spun around to find not one, but four Naruto's.
'This is different!'
Kakashi intercepted their punches before quickly kneeing one, and elbowing the other. However, they both exploded into smoke.
'Decoys!' Kakashi berated himself mentally.
" Fuuton: great breakthrough!"
Unprepared for the blow, Kakashi flew across the training grounds and crashed just short of the river.
Sakura and Sasuke stared; jaws open at the fight before them. They had never seen Naruto fight like this ever! He seemed to have improved quickly within the past two weeks.
Kakashi picked himself up and looked at the blonde Genin.
" your not at all what people claim you to be ..are you?"
Still in the dragon stance, legs always in a pivot position , one hand in a flat palm covering his midsection , the other hand was palm down tucked in near his shoulder.
" never judge a book by its cover Kakashi- San."
" true, Interesting style you have there" Kakashi said as he brushed the dirt off of his clothes.
Naruto grinned. "It's unique to me only. sensei is helping me develop it."
Kakashi raised an eyebrow at the new information. 'Unique huh… I'll have to agree to that… Incorporating Kage Bunshin with that style is a risky maneuver, but Naruto may have the chakra reserves for it.'
"Here I thought I could get a few chapters of my book read… My bad…" Kakashi mumbled to himself.
" you're much better than I had anticipated. I may have to stop holding back as much."
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Kakashi suddenly disappeared , and faster than naruto could blink he heard.
" ninja style : thousand years of pain!" he declared as he preformed the technique.
At first Naruto didn't know what to think until he was propelled forward through the air, his butt feeling as if it were on fire.
"AAAAAAAAAHHHHH!"
Naruto landed in the river, holding on to his butt in pain.
Sasuke and Sakura both blushed, wondering the exact same thing. 'Is our sensei an idiot?'
Kakashi stood up, watching the river in anticipation.
"What could he be up to now?" Kakashi wondered.
Meanwhile, in the water, Naruto was struggling with his weights .
'FUCK! That hurt! I feel violated'
Sasuke hid amongst the smaller bushes and his hand clasped tightly on a kunai waiting for at least one of his team mates to show up and engage the guy so he may gain some intel. Sakura also hid in the lower bushes but unlike the males she had no plans what so ever. Their waiting came to an end as a kunai was launched from the tree on Kakashi's blind side.
Kakashi waited mildly impressed at the judgment these children were showing then he heard the sound of a kunai rushing through air got him to alert but his amazement grew when he heard Naruto call out, "kage kunai jutsu". Kakashi quickly performed a seal less body replacement as the log got skewered by approximately fifteen kunai. He didn't even have the chance to survey the area as he had to duck as powerful kick went through the place where his head Was And Three Naruto's attacked him in taijutsu at once.
Kakashi dodged the numerous strikes three Naruto's sent at him with ease. His practiced eye could see the power and agility behind the attacks but also the holes the blonde's defense presented. Back flipping to gain some distance between him and the attackers Kakashi stood in the centre of what seemed to be a classic half circle formation. Kakashi was impressed at the use of shadow clones, to think that the boy learnt the technique less than a month ago this progress was amazing to say the least.
The three Naruto's quickly dropped in to the offensive stance and as one charged at the silver haired jounin. Kakashi didn't bother dropping into a stance as he announced, "Lesson one taijutsu". He barely moved his head to the left as a punch flew from there leaving an over extended Naruto who was taken out by a powerful punch in the chest.
The left one attacked with a low kick aiming to misbalance the opponent while the right one lashed out with an open palm strike at the abdomen. Kakashi deftly blocked the low kick with his right hand as he bent his body to dodge the attack another kick from him took out the left one leaving only one Naruto.
Naruto cursed loudly as his open palm strike was dodged but he had to concentrate as Kakashi decided to go offensive. Naruto barely dodged the fist that headed at his head but he groaned as a powerful kick from the opposite feet knocked him a few feet away. And with that they engaged in a taijutsu bout.
Naruto was doing all he could to block or dodge the attacks the jounin sent at his way. Naruto knew Kakashi was holding back a lot but that didn't help him much, he created a couple of hundred shadow clones as he retreated back. To his amazement Kakashi took out the clones in a matter of minutes by simply diverting his attacks to hit others. He would just block or in case dodge the most powerful attacks Naruto sent at him.
Once again taking refuge in a tree Naruto tried to regain his breath. His anger was making it harder for him to fight with a cool head. He tried to remember the lessons both Iruka sensei and old man hokage taught him for he was sure none of them was beating that guy alone. He just remembered what kyuubi said to him first day of training."' emotions are good in battle they give you motivation, however; to much emotion can overwhelm you and cause you to make fatal mistakes.'
Daring a look at the jounin he saw Sasuke getting his ass handed over by Kakashi but what surprised him was when a furious Sasuke let out a big ball of fire from his mouth. Naruto was amazed at the strength the black haired boy was showing but he had to stifle his laughter when Kakashi dragged the boy underground up to his neck.
Naruto knew he had to find sakura now cause Kakashi was about to go after her and he had finally a plan that just might work. Quickly creating a clone he ordered in to shape shift into sakura as he himself dashed out to find her.
Kakashi was whistling a jaunty tune as he watched sakura trying maneuver her way to the still trapped Sasuke he waited until she was close to clearing before dropping in front of her. Sakura, shocked hastened back and tried drop into the academy stance. Kakashi's visible brow furrowed as a smile made its way under the mask. He decided to give the girl a taste of genjutsu so a few hand signs later and one genjutsu later sakura exploded into smoke.
The plan was going perfectly till now. He sighed in relief as he saw the seven shurikens flying out of the forest. They wrapped themselves around Kakashi who seemed shocked, his shock grew more when he heard the feminine shout of replacement jutsu and a huge fireball coming toward he just burst into smoke. He didn't have time to rest though because six Kage Bunshin were coming at him with fierce Taijutsu through wing one over his shoulder he mad sure it collided with the two coming at him with kunai,punching another in the gut , and kicking the one at his front did almost didn't notice the subtle genjutsu being woven to distract him from the giant fireball coming at him. Almost. He had just enough time to do a quick substitution before the area was engulfed in flames.
The three Genin were stunned because no sooner were they fighting the jounin, were they trapped to three posts and a stern looking man infront of them.
" now since the bell has rung and you have no bells, your all going back to the academy. Unless you tell me why you worked together?"
The three Genin looked confused at first but then sasuke spoke up.
" naruto knew that we wouldn't be able to beat you by ourselves, we lacked experience and skill to fight someone at your level. So he and sakura came up with a plan to try and get the bells from you with out too much risk to ourselves."
Kakashi quirked and eyebrow and seemingly made a decision when he saw naruto and sakura nodding in comment to what sasuke said.
Swelling with slight pride he walked forward and cut them of the posts.
" I am proud to call you team seven Genin cell and active Shinobi."
" but why's you pass us sensei?"
" because you guys fought as team. Something no other team in the past with me has done . Four man squads are made for protecting, teamwork and unity in all things. Without teamwork, nothing will or could be accomplished. The first Hokage for example couldn't have founded this village without the help of the Uzumaki and Uchiha . Everyone needs help whether they know it or not. Now tomarrow I want you to meet me here at 7 am and be on time cause I will be. Yesterday was to test your patience, something every Shinobi requires. Tomarrow I will test your skills and make an evaluation as to which field you should be specialized in. As well as find out where you stand on the team. Now have a good night and congratulations team seven."
Kakashi was definitely impressed as he let out a eye smile the tense atmosphere dispersing with his smile as the two boys high fived and the pinkeye had a smile gracing her lips. 'Obito, Rin, Minato sensei, please watch over us this team is your legacy.'
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HOKAGES OFFICE
"Hokage sama, team ten consisting of Yamanka, Akimichi, and Nara have passed. It will take a month but I believe during that time ill be able to tell what they're capable of."
" thank you Asuma. I expect a full report on skills, lack there of and talents. Yuhhi ?"
"Hai, team eight of ,Inuzuka , Hyuuga And Aburame have passed and I shall also need time, their ...well I can't really get a grasp on there skills ."
" understandable, you and Asuma shall receive a months time to evaluate."
" thank you Hokage-sama."
Dismissing the two sensei's with a wave of his hand, he reached toward his pipe, and sat waiting for the last to enter his office , this team he was looking forward to. His pseudo grandson is hopefully going to pass, and Hiruzen had a plan for him. He had the perfect co-teacher for Narutos skills.
He was brought out of his musings by kakashis arrival.
" report"
" hai Hokage sama, team seven passes."
" thank you, what of there skills?"
"Naruto was the perfect front line warrior, he has chakra capacity of a monster, and he has stamina and a lot of endurance everything that a frontline fighter should have. And I know exactly how to mold him but for that I will need to learn the boy's elemental affinity. While learning to manipulate the elements is considered high level tech, he could simply learn a jutsu of that element at least twice faster than any average shinobi. however I have a feeling I have not seen even half of what he can do,he was holding back substantially .
Sasuke was just what a true Uchiha should be, he had above average chakra capacity and control but above all he had skills rarely seen. A perfect assassin, smooth and fast Sasuke was the key on which team seven's success depended. However he will probably need naruto by him to anchor him to the village. I have a feeling whatever itachi did on the night of his defection messed with the workings in his brain. The last time I saw a look like his in someone's eyes it was Orochimaru."
The Hokage couldn't withould the flinch at the mention of his students name and the fear of having another in creation because of his mistake.
" and the female?"
" sakura Haruno from what I gathered is smart, textbook but not street so well have to fix that. She has edict meamory, near perfect chakra control , and more powerful legs than arms so well need to find a Taijutsu that doesn't rely on hands. Ill definitely need to watch them a little longer to give you a better report on their skills so we can find there fields."
The Hokage smoked from his pipe for a moment before leaning forward and slowly exhaling the vanilla smoke.
" I'll give you one month for an evaluation, just like teams 8 and 10, and I mean a full evaluation kakashi. "
" full?! But that-"
" yes I know , however reconsidering who is on this years roster, these teams have the most potential. And we need them ready, something's on the wind kakashi, and I fear what is on its way."
Stiffing kakashi nodded in agreement, knowing that first and foremost, that these children were solders, no longer considered children, they couldn't be babied and they must know there limits.
Kakashi feared what would be revealed during the evalutaion.
"Of course Hokage sama."
Seeing as kakashi was still there, the third new something was needing to be asked.
" Is that all kakashi?"
" Um well I was just wondering..."
" Yes? Wondering what?"
" Who is going to preform the full evaluation?"
"Ah...you must understand kakashi, these are soldiers, and the past ten years more soldiers have died from being to weak and getting out of shape during this time of peace. We must do what is best for the village."
" You didn't answer my question hokage sama ."
"... Himura Danzo."
"..."
Heaving a sigh the third pressed a button on his desk.
" Yes Hokage sama"
Pinching his nose he spoke" Iruka , Hatake just fainted in my office."
" Sigh yes Hokage sama ."