Disclaimer: Naruto does not own me, I do not own him, and we are perfectly happy in our relationship and want to take it slow.
Naruto: New Game New Challenges
Chapter 3: Party up!
The sun shone over Konoha in the morning and out into a clearing that looked like it had been through hell, there where scorch marks everywhere, trees had been felled by some unstoppable force. There where kunai and shuriken scattered around the clearing truly giving the clearing the look of a battlefield. The area had been decimated that was all it could be described as but there lying in the centre of the clearing was a young man looking like it was the most comfortable night sleep he had ever had.
The rays of sunshine of sunshine hit the boy's face, as the light rested on him the boy's eyes began to flutter open and he grumbled and stirred on the ground before slowly waking up. Naruto suddenly bolted upright not knowing where he was, he looked around at the battered clearing. "Whooo I really did make a mess last night." The boy whistled though he quickly looked around. 'Where the hell is that lizard at, I know I killed it but where did it go?'
Noticing a small blue light pulsing in the corner of his vision Naruto reached out to tap the light figuring it was something to do with the windows.
PING
1 T-Rexaur defeated 400 ExP gained
Loot remaining: 2 Dino Bone, 1500 Ryo
Having completely forgotten about this was going to happen. 'Huh okay then guess I'll take that then, not sure what they are but can't hurt to take them.' The window disappeared leaving behind a dull grey light and a golden one again, tapping the grey light it tuned into a pair of foot long dark brown bones, while the golden light again flew into Gama-chan making it expand slightly. Naruto quickly scanned the bones revealing them to be something called a crafting material. 'I wonder if I take these to Ryu-jisan he can do something with them.'
Looking to the sky Naruto figured the time to be near eight am. 'Okay so I've got around two hours to get to the academy. Guess I'll head home and change then grab some food at Ichiraku's.' Naruto stood up and immediately felt his limbs groan from the new weight attached to them. 'Looks like the weights gone up then.' Grabbing the bones and turning back in the direction of the main part of the village Naruto sped off towards his apartment licking his lips at the idea of his beloved ramen.
In the hokage's tower Kurenai Yuhi arrived to question the hokage on his concerns over choice of team. "hokage-sama you said I could come to talk to you about your concerns." The jounin looked annoyed but still retained a look of respect for the leader of her village.
Sarutobi looked up at seeing the brunette walk through the doors to his office. "Ah yes Kurenai-san please sit down." She quickly took a seat opposite the hokage's desk, she had no idea what the hokage's reasons could have been. "Now I know that you felt I was being cruel towards you yesterday, it may have seemed like I was mistrusting of your skills, but in all honesty Kurenai-san can you honestly say that training and protecting the lives of three of the future leaders of some of our more prominent clans, including the hyuuga heiress." Seeing the scowl that crossed Kurenai's face for the briefest of moments the hokage knew he had insulted her. "Now Kurenai as I said yesterday I do not doubt your skills or prowess, but I don't believe your first team should be this important to the village's future." Kurenai had to agree it made sense but she felt she was good enough to lead them and she truly wanted to be there for Hinata.
The hokage knowing this wouldn't be enough to appease the jounin so he continued. "The final reason I have for this is regarding your relationship with the Hyuuga girl, I know you care for the girl and I have noticed the treatment given to her by her family and honestly if I could I would put an end to the way she is treated but unfortunately the clan laws prevent me from interfering with the way they act."
Kurenai sighed she hated the way they treated Hinata, and hoped to look after the girl as her teacher. "I don't understand why this is an issue regarding my team selection hokage-sama."
"You are too close to the girl to be an effective sensei and team leader." The statement was simple but it shocked her she didn't expect the hokage be so blunt, she went to argue but he raised his hand cutting her off. "I know you see her as something of a surrogate daughter, this is why I believe you may not push her as hard as the rest of the team, and you may also have trouble giving her orders that could place her in danger even if that is what needs to be done. While my concerns could prove to be false as Hokage I cannot take that risk." Sarutobi sat and watched while Kurenai mulled over the reasons behind his decision.
Kurenai raised her head and looked the sandaime dead in the eye. "I accept hokage-sama, I do not agree but I must accept."
"Good, now Kurenai-san the other jounin should be hear shortly to be informed of their team assignments." Kurenai stood and waited for the other jounin to arrive, it didn't take long with the only exception of punctuality being kakashi who was fifteen minutes late. "Welcome everyone now that kakashi is here we can begin the team assignments."
Naruto stepped out of the shower shivering from the freezing cold water quickly drying his hair and wrapping a towel around him. Looking himself over in the mirror Naruto realised he seemed thinner than before, not weaker though. His muscled looked actually existent and slightly defined with some of the baby fat that normally laced his features having disappeared, not entirely he still looked very much the thirteen year old boy he was but he had to admit he looked healthier.
Entering his room Naruto dried his hair enough for it not to drip everywhere, he quickly dressed himself in his new outfit, and even with the complete lack of orange in the outfit he had to admit the new clothes were certainly comfortable. 'Hopefully sakura-chan will like the new me.' Naruto couldn't help but smile picturing the pinkette; he truly believed she was the most beautiful girl in the world. 'Too bad she's such an annoying fan-girl of the teme's.'
Quickly grabbing the chakra blades and placing them into the holsters that lined his torso, feeling more comfortable (and infinitely more badass) with them on. He took his keys from the bowl near the door and left his apartment locking it behind him and strolling off towards Ichiraku's.
Having finished a solid eight bowls of breakfast ramen and feeling sufficiently fuelled for the day Naruto was quickly closing in on the academy. 'I wonder whose team I've been put on; hopefully it won't be anyone to annoying, heck I could even make some more friends.'
Walking through the hallways of the academy Naruto could hear his classmate's squabbles. "Get away from Sasuke-kun Ino-pig you know he's uncomfortable being near you." Naruto simply sighed knowing he was going to be walking into a battleground of insults and piss poor wrestling.
Sliding the door to the classroom open he was greeted by Ino and sakura rolling around on the floor in what looked like a giant dust cloud with the only visible sign of the girls being the odd limb that would fly out of the cloud. Ignoring the scuffle Naruto went to sit next to Shikamaru who somehow had managed to sleep through the chaos. Choji was too the Nara's right hand side eating his way through yet another bag of chips, the Akimichi just nodded towards Naruto having a look over his new outfit and being surprised, though he didn't show it as he just kept eating his chips and turning back to watch the dust cloud. Shikamaru merely lifted his head and grumbled a greeting before dropping his head back into the crook of his arm.
Iruka walked into the class and sweat dropped at the sight of the two would be kunoichi wrestling in the middle of the class. "SHUT UP!" the two girls immediately separated both looking like they had just been caught in a storm. They sat down to the closest open seats with sakura sitting next to Sasuke and Ino sitting to Naruto's left. "Good now that you're all seated I will begin to call out the team assignments along with your jounin sensei. But first I would like you all to know that I'm proud of every single one of you, you have all worked very hard and I'm glad to welcome you all to the shinobi ranks of Konoha. I hope you all prove yourselves to be strong and powerful shinobi." Naruto listened closely to iruka's words slightly saddened by the fact the man wouldn't be his sensei anymore.
Iruka listed out all of the teams from one to six they were all full of students Naruto had never bothered to learn the names of. "Team 7, Kiba Inuzuka, Ino Yamanaka and Sasuke Uchiha."
Ino jumped up onto her chair pumping her fist into the air before turning to sakura and flipping her off. "Eat it forehead." Sakura looked ready to explode at the colour her face had turned. Sasuke just grunted a response having already been told by Obito that he would be his sensei. Kiba seemed to be talking to the dog sat on his head.
"Sit down Ino, now as I was saying team 7 your jounin sensei is Obito Uchiha. Okay next, team 8 Choji Akimichi, Shino Aburame and Sakura Haruno. Your jounin sensei is Kurenai Yuhi" Choji and shino turned and nodded at each other.
"This is bullshit, why does Ino get Sasuke-kun while I get stuck with the creepy bug boy and lard-ass over here." The temperature in the room suddenly dropped with a dead silence the only noise being a slight buzzing emanating from shino, while Naruto and Shikamaru had to hold Choji back from yelling or worse at the girl who had just insulted him.
"Sakura the team designation are decided by the hokage, now I want you to apologise to your teammates for insulting them." The pinkette grumbled an apology before glaring at Ino who seemed to have stars in her eyes. "Okay now team 9 is still in circulation so we will move straight onto team 10 Shikamaru Nara, Hinata Hyuuga and Naruto Uzumaki."
At the announcement Naruto and Shikamaru shared a smile and a nod before Naruto turned to Hinata who looked like she was about to burst, then Naruto smiled at her and she promptly passed out. "Iruka sensei Naruto isn't here though!?" Ino Questioned not realising the blonde was sat next to her with his hood up hiding his neon locks.
"Try looking to your looking to your right Ino." Ino turned to her right not recognising the boy in the black hoodie, though once he removed his hood and smiled at her she nearly jumped out of her seat. "Naruto! When the hell did you get here?" 'I didn't notice him without that orange monstrosity. Is it just me or does he look thinner, stronger, almost good-looking.' Shaking those thoughts away she barely heard Naruto's response.
"Jeez Ino you really don't pay that much attention do you, I was sat here before you." Naruto ignoring the platinum blonde turned back to Iruka. "Iruka-sensei who is our jounin sensei then?"
"Ah yes that would be Kakashi Hatake. The sensei for each team should be here soon." Naruto's smile seemed to split his face in two at the news.
'Yes! I can't believe my luck, Shika and Hinata on my team as well as Inu-san as my sensei, this couldn't get better.'
PING
New Sensei acquired:
Raiton affinity 1.1X ExP gained, new skills available to unlock
Naruto still not used to the alert window popping up was startled by it. Not wanting to seem insane he stopped himself from reacting outwardly, still looking over the information he didn't really know what it meant. He knew about elemental affinities thanks to the hokage's scroll. He was still slightly confused by it all though he figured he could just get kakashi to explain it all to him later on.
Slowly the jounin sensei began to arrive; the rest of the graduating class had disappeared leaving behind teams seven and ten. Naruto and Shikamaru had moved to sit with Hinata with the two boys talking about what their sensei would be like. "I hope he gets here soon I don't think I can handle the hassle much longer." Shikamaru said this while glancing to the other end of the classroom where Ino was currently pestering Sasuke for a date who had taken to staring out of the window completely ignoring the blonde.
Kiba walking towards the three with Akamaru still sat atop his head as per usual called over to them. "So looks like someone got lucky with their team." The dog-boy was looking straight at Naruto as he said this eliciting a low growl from the blonde that could have given any of Kiba's family a run for their money.
"You're right Kiba we did get lucky with our team; though I gotta admit I do feel sorry for you. It would be far too troublesome having to deal with those two every day." Shikamaru cut Naruto off from starting an argument. Kiba though paled knowing this was going to drive him mad for the foreseeable future.
The group of teens sat in the classroom for another hour or so before Kiba and Naruto had enough and began planning a prank for their respective sensei.
"Naruto please don't tell me you're planning to prank our sensei on the first day." Shikamaru really didn't want to deal with this right now.
"Yep you know it; it serves the bastards right for making us wait so long." The rest of the genin just stared at Naruto's overly casual response.
"You BAKA's, you better not get our sensei pissed at me and Sasuke-kun!" Ino yelled at the two though inside she wanted to get even with their sensei for making them wait. Sasuke just grunted again, not really interested either way towards the prank.
Kiba had started setting up a trip wire while Naruto had somehow procured some oil, and had spread it across the floor in front of the trip wire. At the end of the slick Naruto had placed some sandbags and feathers. Sasuke looking at the trap just smirked "Dobe there is no way Obito and kakashi will fall for such a simple trap, they're jounin for a reason."
Before anyone could respond the door opened up revealing Obito, who promptly tripped on the wire. Performing a graceful flip in mid-air Obito landed perfectly, though his momentum caused him to slip on the oil and fly into the sand and feathers. Kakashi rounded the corner seeing the end of Obito's adventure. The genin just burst into laughter with even Sasuke chuckling at his 'uncle's' misfortune. Kakashi just stepped over the wire and walked over to his fallen comrade. "Get up you blithering idiot, how you could fall for such a simple trap I don't know." Kakashi pulled up the clumsy uchiha and turned to the group of genin still trying to contain there chuckles. "Now you lot know there will be severe consequences for whoever did this." Kakashi released a small amount of killing intent to prove his threat.
Naruto and Kiba immediately paled at the killing intent while the rest of the genin just turned to look at the two. "Bah teme shut up and leave the kids alone; I did the same thing to Minato-sensei back in the day so it doesn't really bother me." Obito began to blow the sand and feathers off before realising they were stuck to him. With a sigh and a single hand seal his entire body pulsed red for a second, when it dissipated the feathers had turned to ash and the sand had fallen loose. "Now Sasuke grab your team and meet me at gates to the compound." With that he disappeared in a flame shunshin." Sasuke merely stood and walked out of the classroom by himself, with Ino and Kiba following after him quickly.
Kakashi turned to his team, Shikamaru was actually awake and paying attention with Hinata sat next him fidgeting nervously. Naruto on the other hand was beaming at the silver-haired man. "Just meet me on the roof okay." Like his teammate he disappeared in a leaf shunshin.
The three stood to walk to the roof, admittedly Naruto had to kind of man handle the lazy Nara into moving, the entire time muttering troublesome Hinata shuffled nervously behind the two of them.
In front of the uchiha compound team seven had just arrived with Obito leaning against the main gate. "Why hello there, took you long enough to get here." Obito smiled at the look of his team though he got the feeling things would take some time to mould them into an actual team.
Sasuke just scowled at his cousin. "Well what do you expect; you refuse to teach me the shunshin so we had to walk."
Obito just sighed and waved Sasuke's scowl away. "How would you knowing the shunshin help your team get here faster smart-ass?" Sasuke just continued to scowl. "Anyway now that we are here how about we have a little introduction, my name is Obito Uchiha." Before he could continue Sasuke just scoffed at the man. "Ignoring my twerp of a cousin allow me to continue, I have served as a jounin since the end of the third shinobi war. My likes are training, fire and sushi; my dislikes are Kiri and water. My dream for the future is to become hokage and that's about it." The three genin simply sweat-dropped at the simple introduction given.
'Great we have a grown up Naruto as a sensei and he really shouldn't to talk to Sasuke-kun that way.'
'He sounds like Naruto but he smells stronger than anyone I've ever met. This should be fun.' Kiba thought petting akamaru as he did.
"Okay then go ahead and introduce yourselves, Inuzuka you're up."
"My name is Kiba Inuzuka; my likes are my pack, akamaru and steak. My dislikes are pretty boys and fan-girls. My dream is to be a great clan-head and lead my family in the future." Sasuke and Ino scowled knowing that his dislikes were directed towards themselves.
'Okay this isn't too bad he seems like he could be a good shinobi, gotta make sure he doesn't just dive in to fights though, the whole fan-girl thing could be annoying gotta agree with the pretty boy comment though.' Scratching his headband where his left eye would be "Right Blondie it's your turn."
Stepping forward Ino flipped her hair back in what she assumed to be a seductive manner; Sasuke didn't pay attention though Kiba's eyes did glaze over for a second. "My name is Ino Yamanaka; my likes are flowers cherry tomatoes and shopping. My dislikes are sakura and rainy days. My dream is to become a great kunoichi, get married and raise a family." Blushing and glancing towards Sasuke with the last comment.
Sighing at having to deal with a fan-girl on his team obito again scratched his face. 'Well this is gonna be awkward' "At that last statement Blondie I have to let you all know that anything beyond friendship is not allowed between team-mates while on missions, so until you are all chunin try and keep your hands to yourself." Smirking at Sasuke's look of relief and Ino who was crying anime-tears at this point, he turned and looked to Sasuke. "Sasuke hurry it up."
Rolling his eyes and huffing Sasuke turned to his teammates. "Sasuke Uchiha, my likes are training and rice balls. My dislikes are fan-girls and Obito. My dream, no my ambition is to kill a certain man." Kiba just nodded through his introduction though was curious about this man. Ino just looked beaten down for the most part.
"Well done you moody brat you managed to string a few sentences together. Anyway tomorrow I will be conducting a test of sorts with you three, if fail you will be sent back to the academy and forced to repeat the year."
"What!? But we passed we're genin now." Both Kiba and Ino screamed at their new sensei. Sasuke merely scowled at his cousin.
"Oh calm down brats, each jounin sensei is to give their own test to their genin teams to see if they're capable of being genin. Know this though the average pass rate of the teams is one in three. And know you must all pass in order to continue, if one fails you all fail." Obito let that information sink in, he turned to leave before continuing. "Meet up at eight am at training ground seven tomorrow. Don't be late." With that he again vanished in a flame shunshin.
Naruto dragged Shikamaru to the top of the academy and proceeded to dump him on the floor Shikamaru grumbled slightly but couldn't really argue as Naruto just stared at him daring him to say troublesome again. Hinata arrived as well though she had to supress a giggle at the boy's interaction.
Kakashi appeared from behind them motioning them to sit on the bench opposite the railing he had taken to lean against. "Well I guess we should start with introductions."
Shikamaru glanced at the two other genin who didn't look like they were about to say anything. "Troublesome, what do you want to know?" Naruto had to resist the urge to bonk Shikamaru on the head for saying troublesome again.
Kakashi just shrugged. "How about your likes, dislikes, dreams for the future and whatever else you feel your teammates should know?" looking at the three genin he decided to pick out Shikamaru first. "Alright pineapple head you're up first."
"Fine, my name is Shikamaru Nara. My likes are sleeping, cloud watching and playing shogi. My dislikes are training, nagging and taijutsu. My dream is to settle down with a nice wife and live a life of mediocrity." Everyone just sweat-dropped at this and Naruto again had to resist the urge to hit his new friend and teammate.
Kakashi regained his composure. 'Okay so he is just as lazy as his father if not more so, guess I can just break him out of that.' Shikamaru shuffled uncomfortably at the sparkle in Kakashi's eye. "Okay the little hyuuga is up next." Hinata had to cover her mouth to muffle the eep.
"My name is Hinata… Hyuuga. My likes are flower pressing, cinnamon rolls and …" Hinata merely blushed while making eye contact with Naruto. Shikamaru merely rolled his eyes and Naruto of course was oblivious.
Trying to regain control of herself Hinata continued. "My dislikes are the colour pink and the uses of seals to control others." Kakashi had an idea about what she was referring to though Naruto and Shikamaru just went with it, everyone had their own issues and who was he to judge. "My dream is to become a strong kunoichi worthy of my father's respect, and to one day unite my family."
Kakashi was pleasantly surprised the girl seemed to have a backbone hidden underneath all that shyness and the bulk of clothing. "Okay whiskers you're up." Naruto just growled at the new nickname, this did not have the desired effect as kakashi just chuckled, Shikamaru rolled his eyes and Hinata just blushed again.
Naruto just huffed and pulled down the hood from his head revealing his blonde hair. "My name is Naruto Uzumaki; my likes are ramen, training, video games and the colour orange. My dislikes are the civilian side of the village and the time it takes to cook ramen. My dream is to be a ninja strong enough to protect those precious to me, whether through respect or fear; I'm not really bothered as to which one."
Shikamaru had to raise an eyebrow at the last part for as long as he had known Naruto he had ranted constantly about how he would be hokage to change his dream was surprised the Nara. Kakashi was slightly concerned about the fear part though over the years he had seen the effectiveness of that method and couldn't argue with it.
"Alright then I suppose it's my turn. My name is Hatake kakashi, former ANBU. My likes are reading my books and training my lightning jutsu. My dislikes are Kiri and water. My dream…. Well let's just say I go by the moment." Kakashi looked at the reactions of his group Shikamaru seemed impressed with his ANBU status, Hinata just nodded at everything though was slightly disturbed by the casual way that he mentioned his hatred of kiri; Naruto on the other hand knew most of this already bar the kiri thing.
"Now tomorrow we will be going through a survival training exercise, now I can see the looks of confusion on your faces so shut up and let me finish, you have all passed the genin exam and you will are qualified to become genin, Now while you are qualified I as your jounin instructor am tasked with testing your metal so to speak, if you do not pass my test you will be sent back to the academy." The three genin paled, surely he couldn't be serious.
'Troublesome, Kaa-san will nag me into lowest depths of hell if I don't pass this one.'
'Tou-san and the elders will be upset if I have to return to the academy.'
"Oh hell no kakashi-sensei, if you're sending me back to the academy I'll kick your ass." Naruto practically screamed at kakashi only for him to disappear and reappear behind Naruto, Naruto could hear and feel the lightning crackling mere inches from his skin. He looked down to see his sensei's hand covered in electricity in a spear hand. "Uh okay so I won't kick your ass, but I will bitch up a storm." Everyone just deadpanned at Naruto's retraction, though kakashi just chuckled.
"Anyway as I was saying the pass rate for this test is only 33.3%, at least that's with most of the jounin sensei, I myself have never passed a team." Kakashi's mask did well to hide the face splitting grin he had at their faces. "Hopefully you will all prove me wrong. Okay meet tomorrow at training ground 10. Make sure you are there for nine am. I wouldn't eat breakfast either you'll probably just throw it up." With that said he disappeared in a leaf shunshin.
The three genin were shocked by the bombshell their sensei had just dropped on them. Surprisingly the first to move was Shikamaru he stood up and turned to the other two. "Honestly this isn't the team I expected though I am happy with it, Naruto with your chakra you would be valuable to any team and Hinata I never really got to know you but from what I've seen you have a decent grasp on your family's taijutsu and your byakugan." The two looked at him and then each other and smiled.
"Haha who would have guessed the lazy ass would be the one giving the heroic speech to his soldiers." Naruto grinned at Shikamaru whose shoulders seemed to slump at Naruto's words. "but I agree Shika, Hinata you didn't talk much so I don't know much about you but you weren't an annoying fan girl and the puts you ahead of any other girl in class by a country mile." Hinata blushed wildly making her look more like a strawberry than a person. She was happy; she had been terrified all night that her team would reject just like her family.
"Hai, I'm sure we will get along well Shika-san, Naruto-kun." Realising the suffix she had added to Naruto's name she bolted for the door and disappeared.
"What an odd/troublesome girl." The remaining genin spoke simultaneously. "Anyway see ya tomorrow Shikamaru, I gotta go train to make sure we don't fail."
Naruto just jumped off the roof dashing from building to building. "Jeez he really is a hyperactive idiot." With that he just put his hands in his pockets and decided to go home and have a nap.
Naruto arrived at training ground ten to find a clear field with a small lake at the side and a few training posts at the other; the clearing was surrounded by trees. As Naruto walked around he decided to start training and took out the scrolls on chakra control the hokage had given him. They were numbered from one to five; He decided to open the first. 'Tree climbing, Da fuck?'
Tree climbing:
This exercise is designed to increase the user's ability to control chakra circulation through their body. The user must gather chakra at the bottom of their feet. This is hardest place to designate chakra and control effectively in the body. Once the chakra is applied to the feet the user should walk up a tree as if it were the ground. If you apply too much chakra you will break the tree and be thrown in the opposite direction, too little and you will merely slip off the surface of the tree. The correct amount of chakra will allow the user to stick to the tree. Once you have adhered yourself to the tree the aim is to then run up the tree. In order to claim mastery over the exercise the user should be able to spar and perform jutsu while stuck to the tree.
"Huh okay doesn't sound too complicated." Naruto walked towards the nearest tree forming a half ram seal he guided the
chakra to his feet and took the first step onto the tree. He had the urge to merely sprint up the tree but decided not to, figuring that he would just cannon off due to his poor control.
Naruto planted his foot against the tree and applied some chakra the bark began to crack and Naruto felt a bit too much resistance and it felt like the tree was pushing him away. He pulled his foot back and looked at the point where his foot had been.
PING
Training exercise unlocked: Tree climbing
Progress: 1%
'Okay so this is starting to get ridiculous, will I ever be able to do anything like a normal person.' He tried closing the window but realised he couldn't. Instead of the close button there was a small line. He tapped the button and the window disappeared to be replaced by a small light that rested at the bottom left corner of his vision he turned to look at the light but found wherever he turned the light remained in the same position. "Oh whatever may as well keep training?"
Naruto kept practising the tree walking exercise for a few hours trying to regulate the chakra to his feet and found that more often than not he applied far too much chakra to the his feet and broke the bark. Not to say he hadn't made progress he could currently walk to about ten feet up the tree when walking though he seemed to have reached his limit at the moment not being able to get any higher. Getting frustrated he focussed as much chakra into his foot and stomped on the tree, the bark of the tree shattered and splintered with his foot driving into the tree leaving a small crater in the tree about a foot deep and three feet wide. "AHHHGGG Why the fuck doesn't this work!? Apparently I can break the fucker but I can't walk on it?" Naruto continued to rant and rave about the stupidity of the damn thing for a few minutes before calming down. He reached out and tapped the small blue light at the corner of his vision.
Training exercise active: Tree climbing
Progress: 25%
Exercise in Cooldown time remaining until exercise can be restarted 2 hours 43 minutes
Naruto's eyebrows began to twitch violently before he again started ranting and raving about the stupidity of the whole thing, this carried on for about five minutes before he felt a presence appear behind him, he turned quickly retrieving the chakra blades from their holsters and found the sensei for team seven staring at him from atop one of the training posts.
"Yo gaki come over here for a minute." The older ninja called over to Naruto waving his arm around like an idiot doing so. Naruto didn't know why the weirdo wanted to talk to him but figured he had time to kill.
"Aren't you the sensei for the teme, what do you want with me?" Obito couldn't help but laugh at the way Naruto referred to his cousin and promptly fell off of the training post.
"Haha gaki I'm glad you recognise the bastardry that is my cousin." Climbing back onto the training post Obito looked down at a rather pissed off blonde. "As to why I'm here I was doing some training down the way and heard some rather loud and vulgar noises coming from over here and decided to check it out." Obito hopped off of the training post and walked over to the tree for Naruto's training. Obito just whistled. "So what exactly what where you doing here, because it looks like you were trying to kick through it."
Naruto just grumbled about stupid chakra control exercises. "The hokage gave me some scrolls on chakra control so I started to learn tree climbing." Pausing to point at the tree. "Obviously I need to limit the chakra I'm using."
Obito just dead-panned at Naruto 'this kid nearly puts his foot through a tree just be trying to do the tree climbing exercise.'
"Though the big hole is because I got pissed off." Naruto sat on the floor and looked up at the scarred uchiha. "Honestly though I was surprised I could kick that hard."
Obito turned his back to Naruto and looked over the hole his eye flashing red for a second. 'It looks like he released enough chakra here for a fireball jutsu, to think he released that much through his foot his control must at least be decent but it doesn't explain why is releasing so much chakra.'
Obito walked over to Naruto and sat down on the ground next to him. "Kid from what I can see your control should be good enough to perform the exercise, explain to me what you try to do when you're walking up the tree."
Naruto was confused why this guy was helping him, for god's sake he was an uchiha and they were all bastards. Pushing those thoughts away Naruto decided not judge a book by its cover. "Well the scroll said if I used too much chakra I would break the tree and if I use too little then I slip off, so I'm just focusing my chakra into the tree on a trial and error basis."
Obito just scratched at his eye. "Aww poor little gaki, you misunderstood the scroll, when you're doing this you don't try to put you're chakra into the tree you have to try and picture the chakra as a second skin that you use to grip the tree so you can walk up it." Naruto looked like he wanted to rip his own stupid head off his shoulders. "Honestly I'm surprised you got as high as you did."
"So what the hell was I doing?" Obito at this point was doing his best to contain his laughter knowing it would just piss the genin off.
"Naruto what you were doing was a chakra exercise that is used in various martial arts to cause internal damage to the target, though with the amount of chakra you were blasting off I doubt it would be effective in that way, you'd more than likely just knock them back with the force generated." Obito stood and held his hand out to Naruto.
"You know for an uchiha you aren't that bad." Naruto just grinned his foxy grin at Obito.
"Well I'm not exactly an uchiha, but that's a story for another day. Anyway I gotta get back to my own training. It was nice meeting you Naruto." With that the jounin disappeared in his trademark flame shunshin.
As soon as Obito left something just seemed to click in Naruto's brain. He immediately re-opened the training window.
Training exercise active: Tree climbing
Progress: 75%
Exercise in Cooldown time remaining until exercise can be restarted 2 hours 33 minutes.
Naruto just stared at the damn thing. 'I need to get my mind off of this before it kills me or I kill something.' An image of Sasuke appeared but he quickly brushed it aside. 'Guess while this is on 'cooldown' I can work on my taijutsu again.' With that he walked towards the training post that obito had been sat on and began to go through the kata's and forms of Kazenokami no nagare.
After two hours or so Naruto felt the movements becoming more natural, he felt like he could flow through the style with less resistant and his blows felt stronger. Feeling the sweat from his brow he decided to take a break. He promptly fell backwards into a sitting position. He half expected another alert to appear about his strength and speed.
He reached out and opened the training window; apparently he had another twenty to go before he could train the tree walking exercise anymore. Not wanting to waste any of his time he got up and walked towards the lake deciding to grab some water to rehydrate himself. Looking into the lake the still water reflected his face, his face really did looker thinner than before though his shoulders seemed broader though that could just be his change of clothing.
Leaning forwards to take a drink he had to resist the urge to just dunk his head under the water to cool himself off. Coming back up after taking a sizeable drink he looked back at the water as it slowly settled. Feeling curious he tried something he doubted would work. 'Scan'
Naruto Uzumaki: level 3
Age: 13
Strength: 13, Speed: 13, Defence: 6, Stamina: 12, Chakra: 24 (+255), Chakra control: 8, Endurance: 7, Intelligence: 10, Charisma: 9, Vitality: 10, Stealth: 10
Naruto Uzumaki, Last known Uzumaki, Third jinchuuriki of the Kyuubi no Yoko.
Agility based taijutsu fighter, Primary affinity (?) Secondary Affinity (?)
"… What the hell is going on how come I don't have any affinities? And what the hell is this jinchuuriki thing? This thing just keeps giving me more questions than answers." Naruto figured it would be best to make a trip to the library at some point to try and make some sense from everything.
Trying his best to ignore the confusion Naruto stood up stretched out his back, legs and arms walking back over to the near eviscerated tree. Naruto opened the training window to see that the cooldown period was over. "Finally let's get this show on the road."
Forming a single seal Naruto focussed inwards, he quickly found his chakra the whirling raging storm that was his life essence he siphoned off the amount he would have fallen off with normally before he began trying to form a layer of skin-like chakra around his feet. Stepping onto the tree he could immediately feel his chakra acting as a sort of glue. 'Good this feels a lot more natural.' Placing a second foot onto the tree he tested the feeling again and once he felt secure went to take another step up the tree but as he did he ripped the bark off it still being attached to his foot.
"Okay so I'm obviously still using too much chakra if I'm ripping the tree apart, though at least I'm not just being blown off anymore." Lowering the chakra output to his feet he tried taking another step but as he did his feet began to slide down the tree slightly. He quickly added a bit more and stopped. Once he was no longer ripping bark off or sliding down he began to walk up the tree finding no difficulty in doing so he broke into a light jog and eventually he was full on sprinting in circles up, down and around the tree. "Ha Ha this is awesome. I feel like a spider on steroids like this."
PING
Not expecting the alert Naruto quickly lost concentration and fell off of the tree before making an oh so graceful landing on the ground. "Uugghhh that's going to get me killed one day." He grumbled retrieving his head from the face like dent he had left in the floor.
Training exercise complete: Tree climbing
Progress: 100%
Exercise completed: +2 chakra control, New Exercises unlocked.
Tree walking exercise locked.
"Yes finally the damn thing is finished, and my control got better and if I remember right it's better than everyone else in class except the girls." Naruto wondered for a while what it meant by exercise locked and was slightly worried he may not be able to walk on the tree again, applying chakra to his feet he jumped to the tree again and immediately stuck to it and moved around a bit. "Okay so I can do this so easily now it's unreal."
Disregarding the locked exercise he looked up to the sun to see it was close to setting. Figuring he didn't have much time left in the day he headed home.
Hinata walked through the Hyuuga compound happier than she had been in a long time, she was on a team with Naruto, and nothing else mattered. These thought were immediately quashed by the appearance of her father though.
"Hinata you have been assigned to your jounin sensei today yes." Hiashi stated the fact it wasn't a question. "Who is your sensei, I would also like the name of your teammates." Hiashi demanded.
Hinata lowered her face to the ground she could never look her father in the eye for too long. "Hai Tou-sama, my sensei is Hatake kakashi and my teammates are Shikamaru Nara and….." Hinata hated that she had to pause but the hyuuga clan had long made their intentions and feelings towards Naruto clear.
Hiashi frowned, he disliked kakashi the man was far too laid back for his taste, not to mention the fact he had no qualms using a stolen dojutsu, it didn't matter to Hiashi the eye was given freely. The Nara on the other hand was good; he had a healthy respect for the general intelligence of the Nara clan. "Hinata why do you pause who is your other teammate, it best not be the cursed uchiha brat."
Hinata had to repress another eep for the umpteenth time that day. "No Tou-sama, the Uchiha is being trained by his cousin I believe."
Hiashi's frown lessened slightly though still remained. "Then who is your other teammate Hinata?"
Hinata began to poke her fingers together again turning her head to the side this time. "Na… Naruto Uzu... Uzumaki." If looks could kill and the general population of Konoha were sure the hyuuga believed they could, then Hinata would be dead on the floor.
'This is unacceptable; I will not have my daughter teammates with the demon child. Sarutobi will pay for this insult.' Without any words or even notice of his daughter Hiashi turned and left for his office.
Naruto finished his cup ramen while stood in the kitchen; he was waiting for the second to finish absorbing the water. Walking back into the main room he looked at the two large bones he had left on the table. Looking them over again he remembered the scan had revealed them to be crafting materials, he figured that meant equipment or tools could be made from them though he had no idea how.
Picking them up they were surprisingly light for what they were, he figured giant dinosaur bones would weigh a ton. 'Well, I've got time to kill and Ryu-jisan did say I was welcome anytime.' Naruto went into his room and found a storage scroll that Ryu had told him to buy. Placing the bones over it and applying some chakra Naruto was surprised to see the bones disappear as if by magic. 'Well that's awesome; I could probably store enough cup ramen in these to last more than a month.' Putting his hoodie back on and pulling the hood up to cover his hair Naruto jumped out of the window scroll in hand. Wondering if anything awesome could be made from the bones.
The hokage sat in his office looking over the village, the monstrous pile of paperwork having been defeated for the day, he would soon head home but he had a feeling he wasn't done for the day. Just as he thought his secretary buzzed over the intercom that one Hiashi hyuuga would like an audience with the sandaime.
"Let him in please, also could you please call kakashi for me." Hiruzen laid back into the chair feeling the comfortable pillows squash and reform around his aging body.
Hiashi strode into the hokage's office like a man possessed; he would not stand for the demon to be on the same team as his daughter. "Hokage-sama what is the meaning of having the Uzumaki boy on the same team as my daughter!?"
The sandaime just stared at Hiashi for a while before motioning for him to sit. "is there a problem with Naruto being on this team, Hiashi-san?" the hokage would be civil for the time being, he didn't like people questioning his authority but Hiashi was a clan head and thus had some leeway. But this was the case of give a man an inch and he will take a mile apparently.
"Why on earth is that boy on the same team as my daughter, never to mind you allow the thief of a jounin to be their sensei?"
Said jounin appeared in a leaf shunshin behind Hiashi. "Do you have a problem with my leadership skills hyuuga-san?" Hiashi turned to glare at the man; kakashi merely rolled his visible eye at the fool.
Hiashi stood to face kakashi. "You're damn right I have a problem, I will not allow my daughters eyes to be taken just to increase the strength of yourself or other shinobi. What Obito allowed you to do is an abomination!" Kakashi didn't seem to pay attention to the man merely tilting his head to look at the hokage, who just seemed to shrug his shoulders.
"First off hyuuga-san as the one of only two jounin with dojutsu currently looking for a genin squad I am the only one truly qualified to teach Hinata, secondly you know the specifics of what happened between myself and Obito and I would prefer you stick to the facts not run away in your own delusions, I dealt with the uchiha for long enough and I will not deal with you also." Kakashi had taken to staring directly into the pale white eyes of the hyuuga head.
The sandaime did not want a full blown brawl escalating in his office so stood to his feet. "Both of you sit down now." His voice was firm and left no room for questioning. "Hiashi-san, Hinata will not be removed from said team let us get that straight from the beginning, also do not question the motives of shinobi under my command. Finally Naruto has been placed on this team by personal request of kakashi, I also feel this is the best team make up possible with the genin available."
Hiashi looked positively murderous, not only was the hokage being stubborn as per usual but he was giving him a dress down in front of some lowly jounin. "Then what would you have me do hokage-sama. I do not rust this man and I certainly do not trust the Uzumaki." Hiashi's fists were balled and the whites of his knuckles looked like they could crack at any moment.
The sandaime merely looked at the man no emotion apparent on his face. "You do nothing, this was never up for discussion, you are a retired jounin and while yes you are a clan head which gives you some privileges, but control over shinobi under my command is not one of them." Sarutobi stood much slower this time and gestured to the door, he knew it would piss the hyuuga off but at this point he just wanted to go home and would not sit and allow for one of his strongest and most loyal jounin to be insulted, never mind the slights to the boy he viewed like a grandson.
Hiashi was furious the hokage had never dismissed him so casually before, he would not let this stand there would be consequences for this. No one insults the Hyuuga. He stood and left with no other words for the other men in the room.
"He certainly is a bratty one isn't he Hokage-sama." Kakashi eye smiled at one of the most powerful men in the world.
"Yes though if anything were to happen to his daughter it would be much more than a mere temper tantrum. And I do not want to have to deal with that. Is that clear Hatake?" kakashi just gulped and nodded at the man, sarutobi may have been old but there was a reason he was called the 'kami of shinobi'. "Good now you may leave, I wish to go home and drink some tea."
The bell above the door rang alerting Ryu that he had a customer though he didn't really seem to react, his 'reading' material was far more interesting than whatever else could be going on in the store right no.
"Cough, Cough!" huffing to himself he placed his little orange book down onto the counter looking up to find the black-clad form of one Naruto Uzumaki, now there was a surprise the boy really did look much better in his new clothes, well what could you expect with such quality merchandise. "Jeez Ryu-jisan I didn't think you were pervert as well."
Shrugging his shoulders Ryu removed his feet from the counter and raised an eyebrow at the blonde. "I don't want to know why you know what this book is, anyway is there any way I can help you Naruto I doubt you need any more equipment?"
Naruto just grinned at the retired ninja retrieving the sealing scroll from his pocket and opening it on the counter. "Actually Ryu-jisan I was hoping you could tell me about these." Channelling some chakra to the scroll caused a poof of smoke and revealed the two large bones.
At this Ryu's eyes looked like a child in a candy store. "Na…Naruto where did you get these, these bones are made from pure T-carbon?"
Rubbing the back of his head and displaying his foxiest of grin Naruto just chuckled lightly to himself. "I found them while I was training and they looked kind of cool, plus they're so strong and light I figured you might be able to work some magic with them."
Ryu was stunned, Naruto just found one of the more expensive crafting materials in the world by accident, and what kind of luck did this boy have. "Naruto these bones are more than just light and strong. Like I said they're made from T-carbon, give a good smith these and in a few days he could make some of the strongest armour you could ask for."
This time it was Naruto's turn for his eyes to widen. "So what do you think you could make from these Ryu-jisan and how much would it cost me?"
The old smith just picked the bones up and gave them a once over. "Naruto if you let me keep one of these bones for myself I can make you some leg and arm guards for free."
Naruto just beamed at this he had no idea he would be getting free stuff, he loved free stuff though he did feel slightly guilty again for the old man's generosity. "Are you sure? I mean you've already done so much for me."
"Trust me Naruto; one of these bones is more than enough payment for me. Come back in a couple of days and I'll have them ready for you." Ryu just picked up the bones and turned to leave for the forge.
"Thank you so much Ryu-jisan you're the best!" with that Naruto left the store and bounced to the top of the nearest rooftop yawning and picturing a goodnight sleep in his bed and looking forward to the test tomorrow, there was no way he could fail, he was Uzumaki Naruto.
Chameleon jumped from tree top to tree top no leaves where disturbed no branches snapped, it would take a miracle to even know he had been there. The Masked ANBU had left the village the day before to begin his search for the toad Sannin and currently the most powerful shinobi registered to Konoha.
Landing atop the tallest tree for miles his mask searched the surrounding landscape, it was lit up by the moonlight and fire country truly looked beautiful like this. Honestly he only had a vague idea were Jiraiya could be, though he had a month to find him. He was thankful for that at least it was plenty of time.
Chameleon was uncomfortable leaving Naruto alone and unguarded for such a long period of time but he would never question his orders, he never had and he never would. With those thoughts pushed aside he dashed off through the trees once again.
Naruto woke up faster than he ever had before, he would never have called himself a morning person, the countless number of broken alarm clocks that littered the garbage would attest to that, but today was different, today he had a team he had a sensei and most importantly he had a goal, he would be the one who defends this village and he needed to be strong enough to do so, moaning and stumbling in the morning wouldn't get him any stronger.
He jumped in the shower uncaring that it was cold, it was always cold. He washed himself and jumped out. He walked back into the main room still drying his hair and started making his breakfast. He'd decided to invest in actual ingredients on his way back from the sharpened leaf, it only took a simple Henge and he hated himself for having never thought of it before. still having ingredients and knowing how to cook were two entirely different things, he wanted so badly to just run to Ichiraku's and order twelve bowls of ramen but he knew he would need to eat more to grow stronger and taller, he would never admit it to anyone but he hated that he was the shortest in the class, he saw being small as an insult to his greatness.
He decided to cook something simple, he fried some eggs and cooked some toast and had grilled some bacon. Well at les he had tried, the toast was burnt the eggs were under cooked, the only thing that actually worked was the bacon, god he loved bacon the few times he had eaten it before he felt like his life was complete, if Ichirakus could make bacon ramen he would never leave. He scooped all the food onto a plate and went to sit down at the small table next to the window.
PING
A skill has been created through a specific action.
It's just cooking dumbass, 'Cooking' has been created.
Cooking [active] Lv1 ExP: 0.0
Naruto just face palmed, "Cooking, COOKING! Really I mean come on what does this….how…. oh forget it…..DID THIS THING JUST CALL ME A DUMBASS!?" punching the close button Naruto ate his food, got dressed and left for training ground ten for today's test.
Shikamaru woke up in a slightly different way from Naruto. Grumbling and rolling around in his bed waiting for the alarm clock to stop he was suddenly yanked foot first from his bed by his mother.
"Get your lazy ass up, breakfast is in five minutes. Now go get a shower." Shikamaru didn't get a chance to utter troublesome as he was literally flung into the shower the water already running. Walking away his mother began to grumble herself. "That's what the lazy ass gets for not telling me about the graduation exam."
Back with Shikamaru he had lazily washed his hair, this involved leaving it tied up squirting a tiny amount of shampoo on it and just standing under the water, that was all he did he didn't feel anymore was necessary he never did enough exercise to build any layer of dirt on his person.
Having dried himself off, barely, he sat down at the dinner table and tucked into the meal his mother had prepared. "Shika you better pass this second test or I swear to god I will take over tour training personally." His mother may have been a civilian but Shikamaru and his recently sat down father both shivered at the implication.
Shikaku turned to his son. "Regardless I will be upping your training in the clan techniques now that you're a genin." Seeing the look on his son's face and trying to save him from his mother's wrath he continued. "Now, now Shika you know as well as I do that in any real mission you will need to be able to offer more than just the Kagemane no Jutsu to help your team survive." He may have been manipulating his son but he knew he needed it. Plus he knew Shikamaru knew he was being manipulated. Who proceeded to roll his eyes, nod and utter troublesome before standing to leave for training, he managed to avoid the frying pan from his mother as well.
"Damn Nara's and there troublesome this troublesome that. I swear if I wasn't around you lazy asses would get yourselves killed, provided it wasn't too much effort."
Hinata's morning was much more ordinary she simple woke up, had a short shower, got dressed and ate a simple breakfast that was brought to her by a branch family member. She had tried to argue that kakashi-sensei said she shouldn't eat but the branch member would have none of it. Having eaten her father paid her room a visit and she was informed by her father not to embarrass the clan. Holding back nervous tears at the thought of her father being disappointed even more so she gathered her equipment and left. No emotion between family no good luck no nothing.
Naruto was the first to arrive at the training ground having utilised his free running ability to jump from building to building and later in conjunction with the tree climbing principle to hop through trees in order to get there at a much faster rate than Hinata's walking pace never mind Shikamaru's lazy shuffle that could put most sloths to shame.
When he got there he leant up against the tree he had eviscerated the day before and was looking through his status window wondering which stat to raise when Hinata arrived. He was too distracted too notice the shy girl's presence til she was a few feet in front of him, though to her it looked like he had been staring at her approach the entire time. "Hey Hinata-chan, you ready to kick this test's ass today?"
Hinata again blushed at the suffix he had attached to her name but quickly repressed the eep it would have normally accompanied. "Hai, Naruto-kun. Is Shikamaru-san not here yet?" she looked around trying to find the lazy boy.
"Nah. He won't get here til dead on nine, so we probably have another ten or twenty minutes to ourselves." He had to resist the urge to wink at the girl, damn pervy book he had found in the hokage's office filling his head with crap.
Hinata though did catch onto the suggested line of conversation and couldn't hide the strawberry like blush that filled her cheeks so she just turned and hid herself from the boy. 'Huh, Hinata mustn't be feeling very well today.' "Are you feeling okay Hinata-chan? You aren't sick are you?"
Hinata didn't have time to react as Shikamaru had appeared. "I see you two are getting along." He drawled almost smirking at the look on Hinata's face and the confusion on Naruto's. "anyway I'm guessing our sensei is going to be late seeing as he was yesterday as well, plus according to my dad he is notoriously late for anything lower than an A-rank mission." Naruto just sweat-dropped at the antics of his once protector, Hinata didn't seem to react other than looking at Naruto, she seemed to open her mouth bu8t decided against saying anything.
They sat there talking amongst themselves for half an hour when Naruto got bored and decided to start on some training not wanting to waste any time. "Well I'm gonna get some training in before kakashi-sensei gets here. You guys are welcome to join in though." Shikamaru just grumbled and went to take a nap.
'Naruto-kun wants train with me… no he's just being nice. Still it's Naruto-kun.' "Hai I can train with you Naruto-kun." Naruto just beamed at the young hyuuga before opening a small scroll with the number two written onto it.
Water walking:
This training method is used to allow the user to better control their chakra with a constant flow and varying degree of output. To do this the user must emit a constant stream of chakra from the bottom of their feet the user must use the repulsion given by the water to walk across the water's surface. The theory involved in the exercise is to project your chakra into the water as a sort of anchor that will hold you above the water; you must constantly emit a stream of chakra evenly across your foot and into the water. To have truly mastered the exercise you should be able to stand and run across the water without leaving so much as a ripple.
"So what training do you want to do Naruto?" Hinata was curious as to what was in the scroll but decided not to ask.
"Huh? Oh sorry Hinata I got kind of lost in this." He rolled the scroll back up before turning to the young blue haired girl. "Your family makes you do a bunch of training and stuff right?"
"Hai, I have been trained in the use of my family's taijutsu and dojutsu since I entered the academy." Hinata felt awkward she knew that other clan families trained their children but Naruto was an orphan and thus had the disadvantage here.
Naruto looked to be deep in thought for a moment. "What's a dojutsu Hinata-chan?"
"Uh Naruto dojutsu and Kekkai genkai were covered in the academy thoroughly." Naruto just chuckled and rubbed the back of his neck. "Dojutsu is a form of kekkai genkai that manifests in the users eyes like my family's byakugan or the uchiha sharingan."
"I don't think I've ever heard you speak so much before Hinata-chan, you're really smart. Can you show me what it looks like at least?" feeling embarrassed at such a blunt question.
"… okay let me just concentrate." Hinata formed a seal with both her hands before channelling chakra to her eyes. She had to gasp at the sheer amount of chakra flowing through Naruto's system. 'That has to be more chakra than anyone our age; he has more than twice as much as Tou-san." Studying his chakra a little more she began to see small flickers of red originating from his stomach, before quickly being dispersed through his coils. 'W-what was that I've never seen a different coloured chakra before how is that not hurting him?'
Naruto on the other hand had something entirely different on his mind, focussing on Hinata's eyes. 'Scan' he needed to know about the skills of his teammates and why would he not use his new abilities to find out as much as he could.
PING
Byakugan, 'White Eye' dojutsu
Famed dojutsu of the hyuuga clan, grants near 360o vision and telescopic sight. Ability to see through objects and most importantly allows user to see chakra including the chakra flow and network of others.
'What the fuck? How come an entire family gets a pair of x-ray specs built into their DNA? I'm calling hacks on this. Though I guess it's a good thing she is on my team and not the enemies.' Hinata stood watching Naruto's emotions pass over his face. Rage, annoyance, sarcasm? And finally acceptance.
"Are you okay Naruto-kun?" Hinata was worried she didn't want her near lifelong crush to hate her for her eyes.
"I'm fine Hinata I was just shocked I didn't expect something like that to happen. Those eyes seem pretty awesome though. I'll bet they come with all kinds of cool tricks and stuff." He really did hate lying to others about his abilities but he knew certain people in the village would just try to have him killed or what he believed to be a lot more likely at this point, put in an institution.
Hinata was happy and didn't try to repress the smile on her face. She was glad Naruto didn't outright reject and though he seemed to be hiding something he did seem to have a genuine smile on his face.
"Anyway Hinata have you been taught anything on chakra control by your family?" he was trying to steer the conversation back to training and she knew it but let it go.
"Not really my father and the elders teach us to rely on our clan techniques only and so do not need overly precise chakra control, though our control is naturally higher than others thanks to our eyes." Hinata was slightly ashamed of her clan's ignorance of other techniques but there was a reason the hyuuga clan was recognised as the strongest clan in Konoha and it wasn't just their numbers.
"So I'm guessing you don't know the tree climbing technique?" Naruto just stared without emotion at Hinata and it almost caused her to flinch though it did bring back the stutter that she had tried to get rid of for years.
"T-t-tree climbing technique what do y-y-you mean Naruto-k-k-kun?" the stone wall of emotion that was Naruto broke at this.
"Hahaha calm down Hinata it's just a technique the old man gave me so I could practice my chakra control, apparently I've got way too much and it affects my jutsu." Hinata was glad Naruto wasn't mad at her and always found it funny the way he referred to the hokage, so it wasn't a surprise to her when she unintentionally let out a small giggle.
Knowing why the girl laughed Naruto just carried on. Though a smile did cross his face, he had always enjoyed making people laugh and was the main reason he had become a prankster it wasn't to hurt people, well not normally sometimes the civilians jut deserved it, hell they were lucky he didn't make some of his traps deadly. But no his ranks in the most cases were designed make people happy.
"Hinata the tree climbing exercise is a chakra control exercise where you use chakra to walk up trees." Seeing the look of confusion on Hinata's face he decided an example was in order. "You do it like this see." He slowly walked up to the nearest tree and proceeded to go straight upwards before walking under a branch and sitting down. "See you apply the chakra to your feet like a second skin and use it like a suction cup to keep you from falling."
Hinata was shocked sure she knew Naruto was stronger than he appeared but to be able to do this without having anyone seriously try to teach him in his life was impressive. "Hai Naruto-kun I think I understand." The young hyuuga applied some chakra to her feet before placing a foot onto the tree then with some trepidation and nervousness she began to walk up the tree, she got about level with Naruto though lost concentration at his smile and fell. Spinning quickly in the air she went to right her landing. This was unnecessary though as Naruto had already launched himself from the branch and had caught her bridal style.
Looking up into his sapphire eyes and seeing his toothy grin Hinata felt like she was in heaven. 'Naruto-kun is holding me, he saved me. Oh gods look at those beautiful eyes of his.' Hinata couldn't hold on any longer and promptly passed out.
Kakashi had been watching the whole thing from a nearby tree-top. 'Well I must say I'm impressed that Naruto understands the tree climbing technique so well and in such a short period of time is truly of note.'
Assessing each of his team and how they reacted to each other he knew there wouldn't be too many problems in training their teamwork though that didn't mean he would just pass them for the just that. He needed to test their skills individually and together first.
Disappearing in a cloud of smoke he made his way to the genin.
"Shikamaru do you know what is wrong with Hinata?" Naruto was panicked and had no idea why the young hyuuga had fainted.
Shikamaru just waved his concerns off. "Troublesome, Just place her down on the ground she will wake up soon." 'I swear Naruto can be so insightful about people yet so dense when it comes to reading their feelings for him.' Sensing someone appears Shikamaru slowly stood up and turned to their newly arrived sensei.
Kakashi waved a quick hello with an accompanying eye-smile. "Good morning brats… why is the blue one asleep?" Kakashi knew why but didn't want his team to know that he had been observing them for a while now.
Shikamaru just shrugged not wanting to go through the effort of explaining. "I don't know sensei I caught Hinata when she fell but she seems to have passed out." Kakashi just crouched down by the girl before removing a small vial from his jacket and waking the girl up with it. "Uh what is that sensei?"
"Smelling salts Iruka told me I might be in need of them with Hinata on my team, I'm glad I listened to him." Hinata began to stir before she bolted upright and promptly head-butted Naruto straight in the nose using a small cracking noise to fill the clearing.
"Ah I'm so sorry Naruto-kun are you okay?"
Naruto had tears in his eyes as he cradled his damaged snout. "Don't worry about it Hinata this is nothing." He then cracked his nose back into place. "See all fixed." Hinata felt horrible but it was impossible to be sad with Naruto's giant smile raining down on her the way it was.
"Okay now you're all up an at'em it's time to get this test started. I trust you all prepared well." Receiving three nods he continued. "Good, now the aim of my test will be this." Pulling out two small bells he jingled them in front of his face. "You are tasked to retrieve a ball from me by noon, which by the looks of it gives you just under two hours remaining. Those who don't get a bell will be tied to the training posts and will not be given food." Hearing no stomachs rumble at this he lifted an eyebrow. "You all ate breakfast didn't you, care to tell me why?"
Hinata was the first to answer though rather timidly. "Sorry sensei but one of the branch family wouldn't let me leave until I had eaten my breakfast." Expecting a similar reason Kakashi just shrugged it off.
Shikamaru was up next though he didn't seem to be bothered by the whole thing. "You didn't order us not to and I need some energy to keep me going. This is all too troublesome to go through on an empty stomach." Kakashi was glad someone realised to look underneath the underneath, though the irony in his statement caused the rest to sweat-drop at this.
Naruto was up last and was just sheepishly rubbing the back of his neck. "Uh I just forgot and wanted some food." If they had sweat-dropped at Shikamaru's response at this they just deadpanned. It was to be expected of Naruto to not pay attention to small things like that.
"Anyway like I said you all need to get a bell to pass this test, and before you make a wise ass comment Shikamaru I do realise that there are only two bells. But know that the person doesn't take a bell fails so at least one of you will be going back to the academy"
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A quest has been created: Trash talk
Pass Kakashi's test and complete Team 10
Reward: 500 ExP
Do you accept: Yes or No
'Uugghhh I can't be dealing with this right now. YES!'
The Nara just narrowed his eyes at this he had never heard of a two man genin squad, what was kakashi playing at here, there had to be some gimmick or trick to this test, no genin could possible go up a jounin one on one and win. Then it hit him like a lightning bolt 'teamwork, that's the test he's trying to turn us against each other but his aim is for us to work past it and work together. I just hope the other two figured this out.'
Over with Hinata she was currently in panic mode. 'No this isn't fair, I finally get to spend time with Naruto-kun and now we might be sent back to the academy.'
It didn't take Naruto long to figure out it was about teamwork either, he turned to Shikamaru both sharing a silent nod to the other.
"Okay kids when this timer hits noon you better have a bell, good? GO!"
Kakashi saw Shikamaru running through hand signs and prepared for him to launch his shadow forward before all this though Naruto had dropped a smoke bomb to hide the genin, Shikamaru quickly connected his shadow to Hinata's forcing her to jump away in the same direction that he and Naruto had done.
'Huh? So Shikamaru and Naruto figured it out did they? Well I suppose this should make it interesting. I'm surprised Naruto figured it out though I guess it's to be expected of a Nara.'
Taking out his little orange book Kakashi started to take a stroll through the training ground.
Shikamaru landed on a tree branch at the same time as a very confused Hinata and a fully focussed Naruto landing behind them. Seeing the hyuuga girl's confusion Naruto turned to face her. "Hinata calm down. The test is designed to drive us apart but it's meant to test our teamwork no genin could hope to go up against a jounin solo and win."
Hinata listened closely following every word of her long-time crush and wanted to slap herself in the face for not realising this sooner. "I understand Naruto-kun, so what is the plan?" Naruto didn't answer he just turned, Hinata following his gaze found Shikamaru looking back and forth between the two with a raised eyebrow.
"Troublesome, in order to get a plan I will need an idea about his abilities so I will need to someone to go and test the waters so to speak." Both Hinata and Shikamaru just turned to look at their blonde teammate.
"Fine, fine I'll go get my ass kicked for a while then shall I. I swear Shikamaru you better come up with something good and fast or I swear you will never hear the end of this. Hinata can you use your byakugan to find where he headed off to?" Hinata nodded and with a quick seal activated her eyes and pointed in the direction of Kakashi. With that Naruto jumped out of the tree and sped off in the direction Kakashi went in.
"Well it certainly makes things easier having such a willing workhorse on the team doesn't it?" Hinata though annoyed by Shikamaru's wording couldn't help but agree and nodded along.
'How did Naruto know I could do that with my eyes? He didn't even know what a dojutsu was earlier.' Shrugging she kept her eyes activated and decided to watch the proceeding scuffle between teacher and student.
Sensing Naruto approach Kakashi ducked a swipe from Naruto's chakra blades before sidestepping an upwards slash form the blade in his reverse grip. "Aww the little ninja that would decided to come out and keep his sensei company." This earned a small growl from Naruto who merely continued his assault on the masked man.
Naruto decided that a straight kenjutsu assault on the man would bring no dividends so let himself fall quickly into the Kazenokami no nagare and slowed his breathing. Kakashi couldn't help but raise an eyebrow at this. 'Now that's a strange stance. I wonder what he has planned.' Naruto had dropped both of his shoulders letting his arms hang loosely, his back was slightly hunched over with one foot extended towards Kakashi and the other slightly behind him and pointing at a ninety degree angle to the first. Both knees were bent to allow quick movement. It closely resembled an unguarded brawler style but Kakashi's years of active duty told him otherwise, there was something about this style and he wasn't going to like it. It was then that he looked into Naruto's eyes and saw something in the normally sapphire blue but couldn't make it out in time before the young blonde had dashed towards him.
Naruto let the two blades drag on the floor as he approached Kakashi, using the tension created he quickly snapped a slash upwards at Kakashi who merely leant backwards to avoid the slash before sending a simple jab back at the genin. Naruto feeling the airwaves of the jab coming span around them surprising Kakashi again, while he span Naruto used the blade in the reverse grip to deliver a quick puncture to Kakashi's ribs or would have had the jounin not blocked the stab with simple backhand to the outside of his elbow. Naruto just continued his spin and utilised the momentum to attempt a sweep kick to Kakashi's shin which the jounin merely jumped back from.
"Impressive speed and strategy Naruto, I must admit I haven't seen that style before but if you want me to actually pay attention to you you're going to have try much harder than that." Naruto fumed he had tried hard yet Kakashi hadn't even put his damn book away yet.
'I need more speed to even hope to get past his defences.' Wondering how he could increase his speed he realised he still had two stat points to allocate, never mind his weights to remove. 'Status screen' while leaning down and pulsing chakra to his weights to turn them off he added to quick taps to increase his speed to fifteen before confirming. He felt his muscles pulse and his reflexes quicken. "I know I can't beat a jounin but I will not be ignored!" with that Naruto bolted at Kakashi once again this time though Kakashi had to move a lot quicker to avoid the genin.
As Kakashi kept hopping away from the accelerating blonde he couldn't resist getting in a few pot-shots. "Ah temper, temper Naruto you wouldn't want to lose control in anger would you." Naruto knew he was right and controlled his emotions he wouldn't be able to utilise the Kazenokami no nagare fully if he just rushed his opponent.
Drawing two kunai for each hand he launched them at the jounin before pumping chakra into his legs and kicking off towards the fight.
"Wow I didn't know Naruto-kun was so fast." Hinata was in awe of her blonde crush he had never displayed skills like this in the academy, heck no one had the closest in speed would be Sasuke but even he would struggle to keep up with Naruto now.
"That's because he didn't have these skills in the academy, that or he has kept them hidden for a long time." Shikamaru and Hinata were sat in a tree watching the battle progress, Hinata had her byakugan activated and was watching every movement of the battle. Shikamaru on the other hand having seen enough formed his familiar almost hand seal and was mulling over a plan of action.
Back with the action Naruto had forced Kakashi to holster his precious book after brushing up against a bell after feinting to slash at his chest before hooking the blunt side of the chakra blade around Kakashi's blocking appendage and pulling said jounin into a powerful knee. This was quickly blocked though Naruto had only used it as a distraction in order to swipe at the bells unfortunately he only managed to jingle the bells.
"Well Naruto I admit I'm impressed you are certainly a lot faster than I expected and though your taijutsu has holes in it you're certainly making progress 'almost as the fight progress really.' I think it's about time I end this little spar of ours. With that the jounin disappeared in a blur of speed and reappeared behind the genin and crouched fairly low with his hands forming some sort of seal.
'Nope, nope not dealing with this I quit, Shikamaru better have plan by now.' Naruto having sensed mortal danger performed a quick Kawarimi with a log.
Kakashi stood looking at his fingers being embedded around three inches deep into the log. He was disappointed he never got to use the jutsu his sensei had taught him and Obito during their own genin exam.
Naruto landed next to Shikamaru and Hinata lightly now that he had his weights off his movements were a lot more fluid and graceful. "Okay I've been your guinea pig for long enough don't you think? Please tell me you have plan started by now." Naruto looked pleadingly at Shikamaru and Hinata.
"Yeah we do, though we need you to be the front man again, you cool with that?" Seeing Naruto nod Shikamaru went through his plan with Hinata and Naruto.
Kakashi was again taking a stroll through the training ground reading his book. 'If these kids don't hurry it up they are gonna fail.' Almost as soon as he had finished thinking this way Naruto dove out of the tree line to his right before plummeting towards Kakashi. 'Only Naruto again, they better have something better than this.' The jounin raised a kunai to block the overhead strike from Naruto though he was surprised to see the small chakra coating along the blades this time. 'Huh he must have been holding this little trick back before, though it appears to only be regular chakra so it's not too threatening.' Delivering a quick side kick to Naruto's waist he watched the blonde bounce away before he turned to block a palm thrust from Hinata. "Ah I was wondering when you would show up Hinata." The young hyuuga went on a quick offensive and Kakashi had to say he was mildly impressed with the girls skills, she wasn't as fast as Naruto overall but her hands moved at a much higher rate, though he was well versed with the hyuuga fighting style and made sure to not have any of his tenketsu closed by the girls gentle fist style.
Naruto had quickly recovered from the blindsiding kick from his sensei and dashed towards the ongoing battle. Trying to move in tandem with Hinata's attacks proved to be easier than he thought it would be. Kakashi after delivering a quick hook to Hinata's ribs quickly span and delivered a thrust kick to Naruto's gut sending him crashing into Hinata leaving them bundled on the floor. The two quickly stood before sharing a glance and going through a few hand seals each.
Suddenly the training field was filled with illusionary Naruto's. 'Well this is interesting, I mean it's no shadow clone technique but this could still have its uses.'
Hinata had activated her byakugan and transformed into a Henge of Naruto. Naruto still stood beside her yelled for all of his clones to charge, Kakashi just stood knowing the first wave of Naruto's would be fakes, as a shinobi of any quality he knew to watch the shadows of clones in order to discern the real ones from the fakes, seeing two Naruto's moving in from behind both with shadows he quickly span and began blocking quick palm thrust. 'clearly Hinata, though she must have impressive control to be able to utilise her taijutsu and byakugan while keeping a Henge active, guess I'll file that titbit away for later.' He quickly knocked the girl away dispelling the Henge before turning to face the Naruto with a shadow, or should he say Naruto's with shadows. 'Okay this is interesting. Must be Shikamaru'
The two Naruto's charged the jounin with the first flaring his chakra blades and going for a few quick jabs; blocking them Kakashi grabbed the boys sleeve preventing him from utilising the flowing nature of his taijutsu. Noticing the other Naruto mere inches away from making contact he went to throw the original into it.
Naruto flew through the air before going straight through what was revealed to be a clone. 'What the, oh shit I'm dealing with a Nara.' Kakashi instantly froze looking down he saw the clones shadow connected to his own and also leading back into the now revealed Shikamaru's. 'Hah the brat's managed to get the drop on me.' He could easily overpower the jutsu but decided not to as most opponents they would face would not be able to. Hinata quickly dashed in and took the bells from his waist.
"Alright Shikamaru let me go you have the bells now." Shikamaru released his hold over the jounin and nodded to the eye smiling jounin. "Well you all performed very well. Naruto I'm surprised how proficient you are, the reports from the academy are clearly incorrect. I was also surprised you knew how to channel chakra into the blades though clearly in need of work is still an accomplished feat. Hinata your taijutsu was very good for your age and should be commended. Though most impressive was your ability to coordinate with Naruto's attacks. Finally Shikamaru your planning clearly shows you're intellect, though I guess that's to be expected from you and your lazy kin. Not too take anything away from your skills though, the usage of Naruto's clones and taking advantage of the known weakness of the jutsu and capitalising with your clan techniques was excellent."
Looking at the smiling faces of his three genin Kakashi had to supress a smile, it was time for the final part of the test. "Okay then now it's time for the awkward bit. Hinata you have to choose who to give a bell to, bear in mind the person who you don't will have to go back to the academy."
Hinata was terrified she really didn't want to have to choose, sure she had a crush on Naruto for the longest time, but it was Shikamaru's plan that got them the bells. "Kakashi sensei I would like to give them both a bell each, they both contributed much more than me." She then proceeded to toss each boy a bell.
"Hinata its fine I can go back to the academy you don't have to worry." Naruto tried to protest but the girl looked like she wasn't going to be listening.
"Mah, mah you two calm down I'm clearly the one who should go back I only performed one jutsu you two did all the work." Shikamaru had discovered Kakashi's plan but didn't want to oust him just yet.
"Shut up you lazy ass I'm not letting you go back to the academy and mooch around for another year." Naruto was mad madder than he had been in a long time, how dare Kakashi try to break up his team, they'd just proven they could work extremely well together, and who ever heard of a two man team, no-one everyone was in a three man team. Then it hit him like a ton of bricks. "Oh you son of a bitch INU! This is just another part of your test isn't it?"
Kakashi face-palmed at Naruto's slip of the tongue but let it go. "Yes, yes well done Naruto, and calm down Hinata you don't have to choose. I get the feeling you already knew Shikamaru." Looking confused Hinata turned from left to right seeing her teammates smiling at her then to her sensei. "Congratulations team 10 pass."
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'NOT NOW!'
Author's note:
Hi sorry about the two week wait but I had to go visit family last weekend and that put a major hitch in my writing time so I decided to catch up and try to make this chapter a little longer.
Naruto Uzumaki: level 3
Age: 13
Strength: 13
Speed: 5
Defence: 6
Stamina: 12
Chakra: 24 (+255)
Chakra control: 10
Endurance: 7
Intelligence: 10
Charisma: 9
Vitality: 10
Stealth: 10
Bijuu control: 0%
Skill list:
Scan: lv 3
Free running; lv 2
God wind flow: lv 2
Chakra formation: lv 1
I know I have this categorised as an adventure/romance genre and there will be romance in it but not for a long time. There will be a few girls interested in Naruto, though I must stress that it will not be a harem.
There will be a few OC's with some crossing over from some games but not so many that it changes the canon overall.
I don't feel like elaborating on the whole Obito thing just yet either, give it time and it will make sense.
Until next time Smogged Troll