Hey all viewers. It is a really tough decision of what team to put Naruto on. But I finally decided so you will just have to read to find out. Thanks for all of the reviews. Before a battle I will list my suggested music for the battle with X's. My goal is to finish up to chapter ten by the 20th of March 2011. And after this chapter my story will be listed as more than 10000 words, so I will have many more readers. Anyway, onto the story.

Uchiha Hideout

Naruto was vigorously trying to figure out who his teammates where going to be. *How do they arrange the teams? Are they based on skill? Do I get to choose my teammates? Who will be on my team?* Naruto was literally pulling his hair while trying to figure it all out.

"Naruto, stop worrying." Naruto looked up at Itachi. "How can you say that Itachi-sensei? I have so many questions that I want answered." Itachi grinned and sat down, once again assuming a meditative stance. "Just calm down and think about it logically," said Itachi, "what is your main concern?"

Naruto finally calmed down and sat down opposite of Itachi cross-legged. "Well," started Naruto, "I want to know how they divide up the teams." Itachi closed his eyes and started explaining. "The teams are divided into groups of three with one sensei leading them. They genin are usually assigned to a team to make it as diverse as possible. For example they would couple a heavy jutsu user with a taijutsu user and a weapons specialist, or, possibly a genjutsu user with a taijutsu user and a medium-ranged ninjutsu user."

Naruto grew calmer as Itachi spoke. "So what teammates do you think that I would get matched up with Itachi-sensei?" Itachi thought for a moment, and then replied, "I can only guess, but since it is not known that you are adept at fuuinjutsu, then they would use the next best thing which is your ability to use the shadow clones effectively."

Naruto still looked confused. "Ok, so what does that mean?' Itachi sighed. "It means that you will be paired with a taijutsu user for sure, and maybe a long-ranged ninjutsu user." Naruto thought to himself, *Hmmm, taijutsu and long-ranged ninjutsu… I wonder who they could be?*

Naruto shook out of his thoughts and stood up. "Thanks Itachi-sensei. I should go meet my team. I'll be back." Naruto turned around and started walking towards the exit of the hideout. Itachi called after him, "Naruto," Naruto turned around and Itachi continued, "play nicely." Naruto grinned and exited the hideout.

Hokage Mansion

Naruto walked up the spiral stairs around the Hokage Mansion. He was filled with anticipation to meet his team. As he reached the top of the stairs, he looked ahead at his new sensei. His jounin 'watchdog' as Itachi once called them. His sensei was wearing a red shirt that was half-covered in bandages. His sensei had long, brown, wavy hair that went just past the shoulders and crimson eyes.

"Ah, you're early, Naruto." Naruto stared in awe at his FEMALE sensei. Naruto said, "Hello sensei, I just thought that the others would be just as early." The female jounin showed a friendly smile. "Well, I guess you get to meet me first. My name is Kurenai Yuuhi." Naruto smiled and said, "Nice to meet you Kurenai-sensei."

Naruto and Kurenai waited for a few more minutes for the other two members to show up. The first to arrive was trench coat man, otherwise known as Shino Aburame. Naruto looked slightly curious at his team so far. Last to arrive but still on time, was someone that made Naruto's heart stop. It was Hinata Hyuuga.

Kurenai was the first to speak. "Now that we are all here we can get to introductions. I want you to say your full name and what you feel your strength is. For example, my name is Kurenai Yuuhi and I specialize is genjutsu." Naruto looked intrigued that he had a genjutsu master for a sensei. "My name is Naruto Uzumaki and I specialize in close to mid-ranged combat using shadow clone jutsu." After he said that he turned his head and smiled at Hinata waiting for her to go next.

Hinata blushed and said lightly, "My name is H-hinata Hyuuga a-and I am talented in close-range t-taijutsu." She sighed when she finally could stop talking and both Naruto and Hinata looked at Shino. Shino sighed and started talking. "My name is Shino Aburame. I specialize in long-ranged combat using my insects….and I like bugs." Naruto cringed at that and Hinata became noticably nervous.

Kurenai smiled again. "Well, now that introductions are over I can brief you about this team. We are called Team 8. I requested you three because I thought that it would make Team 8 very balanced. We are skilled in close combat, mid-ranged combat, and long-ranged combat. We will be able to handle any situation. The most important thing on this squad is teamwork. You must know when to help and when to stay out of the way. This may sound harsh but you all will understand after a few missions together."

Naruto looked excited and spoke up. "When do we start training Kurenai-sensei?" Kurenai looked at Naruto and said, "Excited are we? Actually you read my mind. We are going to meet at Training Ground 4 in two hours. So after you are dismissed you should prepare to do some sparring."

Hinata spoke next. "What kind of sparring Kurenai-sensei?" Kurenai replied, "I will test each of your abilities and your natural teamwork compatibility." Hinata looked satisfied with that answer and let Kurenai continue. "Now if there are no more questions, you are dismissed. Meet in two hours." Kurenai vanished in a puff of smoke which caught all three genin off guard.

Naruto stretched and said, "Well, I guess I'll see you two at the training grounds." Shino said his goodbye and walked away. Naruto started to walk away when Hinata interrupted him. "Um, Naruto?" Naruto turned around and gave a friendly smile to Hinata. "What is it Hinata?"

She blushed and said as clearly as she could, "Would you like to um, take a walk until we have to train? We could get to know each other a little better so that it won't be so awkward when we fight together?" Hinata was surprised at how good her own reasoning was and at his answer. "Sure Hinata, let's go." They walked off together even though Hinata was a little closer to him than Naruto was comfortable with.

Training Ground 1

Two hours had passed and Naruto was still walking side by side with Hinata. They had to go through training grounds one, two, and three before they arrived at their specific training area. While passing through Training Ground 3, Sasuke saw them and came over to Naruto.

"HEY, Naruto! We've got a score to settle." Naruto looked at Sasuke with a confused look. "What do you mean? I haven't done anything." Sasuke became pissed and shouted, "Bullshit, you always had to be better than me in the academy. Even with basic exercises you always had to out shine me. If you're so FUCKING tough, then prove it!"

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Sasuke dropped into a fighting stance and charged at Naruto. He thrust his fist forward to try to hit Naruto in the stomach, but Naruto swerved out of the way and grabbed Sasuke's wrist. He flipped Sasuke over and slammed him into the ground. Sasuke spun around on the ground and swept Naruto's legs. Naruto fell to the ground and Sasuke quickly got to his feet and jumped at Naruto while he was down. Just before Sasuke landed a strike on Naruto, Naruto rolled on the ground and jumped up. He formed a hand sign and proclaimed, "Shadow Clone Jutsu!" Ten clones of Naruto appeared in a cloud of smoke and charged at Sasuke. As each clone approached Sasuke, Sasuke barely dodged each hit, making sure do dispose of the clone by countering with a punch or a kick. Naruto quickly remembered that the weakness of a shadow clone is that it is easily destroyed. After disposing of all of the clones, Sasuke attacked. "Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!" A giant flame blazed towards Naruto. Naruto dodged to the left but was burned on his right foot.

Sasuke took this opportunity to gain speed by activating his family trait. "Sharingan!" Sasuke's eyes turned crimson and two tomoe appeared in each eye. Sasuke ran at Naruto with unmatched speed and kicked Naruto in the jaw which sent him straight up. Naruto cringed in pain as Sasuke jumped up after him. Sasuke tried to land another punch but Naruto did a barrel roll in mid-air and backhanded Sasuke in the face. Sasuke fell to the ground and Naruto haphazardly landed on his feet. Before Sasuke could get up, Naruto jumped on top of him. Naruto made five hand signs and his first finger glowed blue. He touched Sasuke's forehead, and said, "Single Pronged Seal Jutsu!" Sasuke's eyes widened as his Sharingan faded away. Naruto did a back flip off of Sasuke, pushing the arrogant asshole into the ground. When Sasuke stood up, he realized that his Sharingan had been deactivated by Naruto.

"What? What the fuck? What happened to my Sharingan?" Naruto smirked and replied, "Apparently you don't have very good chakra control if a single seal interrupted your chakra flow." Sasuke took that as an insult and charged at Naruto, but he was a lot slower than he remembered. Naruto laughed and said, "Too slow," as he jumped into the air. Sasuke looked up at Naruto and tried to jump, but his feet would not let him. "What the hell did you do to me Naruto?" Naruto didn't answer but instead formed the same five hand signs as earlier. "Reverse Seal: Single Prong!" A seal mark was revealed on Naruto's head and appeared to become three dimensional as it shattered. Naruto dove down at Sasuke at an alarming rate of speed and crashed his heel onto Sasuke's head. A small crater formed on the ground where Sasuke impacted. Naruto put a kunai to Sasuke's throat, but stopped short of contact. Sasuke screamed, "DO IT!" Before Naruto could act, a hand grabbed his wrist. "I think that is enough."

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Naruto and Sasuke both looked to see a white haired ninja. Sasuke said, "Kakashi-sensei?" The ninja called Kakashi said, "Stop this meaningless fighting. You both just became genin and you want to end it already?" Naruto looked disappointed and said, "But he started it!" Kakashi sighed and said, "That doesn't matter. Sasuke, get up."

Sasuke did as he was told and walked over to Kakashi. Next to Kakashi appeared Kurenai. "What happened here?" Kakashi turned to her and said, "Naruto and Sasuke got into a fight, that's all." Kurenai sighed and looked at Naruto. "Come on Naruto, you can explain on the way. You too Hinata." Both Hinata and Naruto followed Kurenai-sensei as Kakashi turned to lecture Sasuke.

Training Ground 4

As they arrived at Training Ground 4, Naruto finished explaining to Kurenai-sensei what had happened. Hinata always backed up what Naruto said to reassure Kurenai that he was telling the truth. "I see, so Sasuke attacked you first?" Naruto nodded and said, "That is right." Kurenai shook her head. "Kakashi is going to have fun dealing with him. Naruto, why didn't you tell me that you knew how to use fuuinjutsu?"

Naruto looked stunned at the question and replied, "Well, you asked what type of fighting we are good at, and I'm not very skilled at sealing jutsu yet." Kurenai laughed and said, "That's not what it looked like to me. It looked like you had received training." Naruto hesitated and said, "I did." Kurenai looked interested. "Who taught you?"

Naruto thought about it for a minute. *I probably shouldn't tell her. Itachi-sensei is still labeled as a rogue ninja.* "No one special, just some wanderer I found while in the woods." Kurenai looked worried at that explanation, but decided to let it go as she saw Shino waiting for them up ahead.

When they met up with Shino, Kurenai started briefing them on their training. "Now that we are all here, I want each of you to go up against me one-on-one so I can test your strengths and weaknesses. This is not a battle to the death. We are just sparring. You first Naruto." Naruto grinned and said, "Ok Kurenai-sensei, here I come!"

Thanks for reading. I hope you took my suggestion about the battle music. My brother is writing a story parallel to this one and he is writing out Sasuke's path. His story starts right after this chapter and his first chapter is already out. It is called "Fate's Repayment". Please read it and leave reviews for both of us. Don't forget to vote in my pole. You can find it on the top of my profile page. Thank you!