Naruto went home and warmed up some instant ramen and quickly ate his dinner. Then he started his new training routine. He did 100 pushups, sit ups, pull ups, beating up of a dummy with tai jutsu, 1000 hand sign practice, half an hour of chakra control, and jutsus. After, he meditated for a little while before heading to bed.
The next day Naruto he changed into his red shirt and black jacket. He didn't bother to zip up his jacket. He tied his leaf headband around his head and left to meet his team and sensei at the training ground.
Naruto arrived 5 minutes early to the training ground. Shikamaru was already there sitting down on the bench. He was muttering something about waking up early being so troublesome.
Then, Kiba arrived with Akamaru. "Hey guys. What's up?"
"Nothing." Naruto said without any excitement unlike Kiba
"Uhh… Kiba why do you have to be so loud and troublesome?" Shikamaru said
At exactly 8:00 Kurenai poofed up in front of the three new genin, "Good morning guys. I hope you're ready because today you have to take your genin test. This test is to see if you really are ready to be a genin. If you fail then you have to go back to the academy. No matter what, one of you will be sent back."
"What?" Kiba shouted as Akamaru barked
"Troublesome." Shikamaru sighed, "My mom is going to be all over me if I fail. Troublesome woman"
"So what is the test?" Naruto asked knowing no matter what that he will pass.
"Well, I'm going to run away from you guys and you have to catch me." Kurenai explained
"So basically it is a giant game of tag." Shikamaru clarified.
"Yeah I guess it is." Their sensei answered
"Troublesome" Shikamaru sighed
"All right, we are going to start. You will have in till noon to catch me. When you do I will tell you to go wait in a certain area and will meet you there afterwards. So, BEGIN!" Kurenai disappeared into a cloud of smoke.
Kiba was about to run off but Naruto called out, "Kiba wait!"
He whipped his head around, "What?"
"This test, it's testing our teamwork. We have to find Kurenai sensei together." The blond explained
"What? But she said that only two of us will pass and the other will have to go back to the stupid academy."
"She might have said that, but what makes you think it is true? Tell me, have you ever heard of a two man genin team?" asked Naruto
"No." Kiba said realizing what was happening.
Shikamaru nodded understanding too. "Exactly so we have to work together."
"Yes so we have till 12:00 to find Kurenai sensei so let's get started." Naruto said
The three headed out to the forest to look for Kurenai. They searched for three and a half hours, but couldn't find Kurenai. Two time they found shadow clones and one time it was a genjutsu.
"Urg! Why can't we find her?" Kiba shouted
"Bark! Bark!" Akamaru yelped
Shikamaru sighed, "Troublesome"
"We have to keep trying. We are going to find her." Naruto said showing signs of frustration in his voice.
They went to look again and searched for almost 15 minutes. "I think I see her." Shikamaru said
The other two ran after him. They all spotted Kurenai.
'So they are working as a team. I guess if they beat me I'll pass them.' Kurenai thought
Kiba and Shikamaru split off Naruto's side and surrounded their sensei.
"Found you sensei." Kiba said
"I guess you did. I see you figured out that the point of the test was teamwork. So now if you guys want to pass you will have to beat me." Kurenai said
"No problem." Naruto smiled
"Huh… troublesome." Shikamaru sighed
Naruto unsheathed his sword. He stood in the shadow fox stance. This stance was one Kyuubi thought him and was the strongest one the learned. It was a cross between a human and demon stance.
"Spinning fang," Kiba called out. Akamaru jumped off his head and ran to the side because this jutsu Kiba did alone. (He is doing the tunneling fang jutsu but by himself because he didn't master it with akamaru yet) Kiba spun out at Kurenai who easily dodged it.
"Shadow Possession jutsu," A shadow shot out from Shikamaru and went toward Kurenai. She jumped back to avoid the shadow.
Spinning Fang, "Kiba called out again. This time Kiba turned and moved behind their sensei. He ended the jutsu and threw a couple of kunai and shurikens at her. She was about to jump up, but saw Naruto diving at her from right above her. She jumped back as Naruto slammed into the ground and crouched so the kunai and shurikens Kiba threw zoomed past him.
Kurenai, to dodge the weapons coming at her, ran to the left. The weapons missed her, but Naruto shot at kurenai and slashed at her so she jumped back. Naruto ran up to her again and held his sword up to her neck. She tried to move, but couldn't.
Behind her, she heard Shikamaru say, "Shadow Possession jutsu, success."
"Good job, you guys." Kurenai sensei
Shikamaru released his jutsu. "It was Naruto's plan. It was also his idea to work together."
"Well good job. You all pass." Kurenai said
"Yes!" The three genin chorused
"You guys figured out the teamwork was the point of the test. Remember, teamwork is very important and is one of the main things you will learn while being a genin. You will learn to work together and to trust each other."
Naruto cringed at her works. 'Trust, Trust, Trust, Trust, Trust, Trust' ran through his mind. He had a flashback of to the day when he became a genin.
Flashback
"Trust will bring you pain and that is something I don't want you to feel. You can love someone, care about them, protect them, but don't trust them." Those were the words Iruka said to him.
End Flashback
"Naruto! Naruto!" kurenai called out.
"Huh… What?"
"Are you okay? You zoned out for a second there." she asked the blonde
Naruto shook his head, "Yeah I'm fine."
Kurenai wasn't satisfied, but let it go thinking it's probably something personal. "Okay, well, tomorrow I want all of you to meet me here at 8:00 to get our first mission."
"Yes! Did you hear that Akamaru?" Kiba asked
"Woof woof."
Sigh, "Troublesome." (Do I really need to say who said that?)
"Alright, I have to go." Naruto said as he headed off to go home.
"Okay, remember tomorrow at 8:00."
"Yeah I know." The blonde said
"I'm going to go too. I have to tell the hokage that you guys passed." Kurenai left after saying good bye.
"Huh… Troublesome. We have to wake up early to do work." Said the most lazy ninja, scratch that, the laziest person in the village and possibly in the world.
Kiba and his dog left after saying good bye to Shikamaru, leaving the boy to watch clouds.
With the Hokage-
"Team 8 consisting of Naruto Uzumaki, Shikamaru Nara, and Kiba Inuzuka have passed." Kurenai said
Kakashi went next and stated that Sasuke, Sakura, and Ino had all passed. It shocked everyone that he finally passed a team.
Asuma also pass Team 10, Hinata, Shino, and Choji.
Those nine were the only ones that passed. They were the nine rookies.
The hokage dismissed the jonin, "Kurenai wait, I want you to stay for a moment."
The others had left, "Yes lord hokage."
"Um, I wanted to know how Naruto was doing. I know that you know what happened between Naruto and Iruka. The fact that they were so close affected him more."
"The boy is definitely not the same as in the stories of him in the academy. He is not the happy, goofy kid you remember. He is stronger then I remember thought. I don't understand how he graduated in last place."
"How strong is he?" the third hokage asked
"Well, he used this sword stance I never scene and is at least as fast as Gai." The red eyed jonin said
"As fast as Gai! Are you sure?" Sarutobi asked surprised
"Yeah I'm sure. He moved very fast. I look away to dodge some kunai and the next thing I know, he is slashing a sword at me."
"How was he acting? Any emotion?"
"No, I didn't see the kid smile or laugh. His voice was emotionless and so were his eyes. There were a couple of times he showed signs of frustration, but that's it." Said Kurenai
"Hum… I want you to make sure he opens up so make sure he becomes friends with his teammates. And try to get to know him yourself. The kid isn't the same and I don't like it. He deserves some happiness." The hokage said
"I know a kid his age should have fun. The moment I told them the test was over and that I'll see them tomorrow he went home while the other two hung out for a while." Kurenai said
"Alright you are free to go." He said
With Naruto-
(Kyuubi talking is going to be bold now.)
"So Naruto you ready to learn about your bloodline?" The demon asked
"Yeah" Naruto answered
So Kyuubi started to train Naruto in how to use the Kyuubigan.