I have to say that I dont own the rights of the story:
The original author of the Naruto serie is Masashi Kishimoto
I have to mention something else: English is not my first language and its also my first try making a english fanfic …
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Waving goodbye, Naruto left Konohamaru to his games and set off for the Academy. He just couldn't stop grinning all the time and couldn't wait to get to know his futures teammates. He really hoped to be with Sakura. The other one could be anybody, he didn't really care…
… or so he thought. However, when Sakura entered the room and pushed him over to talk to Sasuke, he really got steamed up. He stood up on the desk, two inches from Sasuke's face, letting him feel his anger and jealousy toward him. But the next thing he knew, someone bumped into him from behind and end up… KISSING SASUKE !
He didn't know what worse… the kissing itself or the beating he received from Sasuke's fan club.
Finally, Iruka entered and begin the explications. Naruto didnt listen until he reached the team assignation part.
"...I won't be your teacher anymore," Iruka continued, "but feel free to come see me during your free time. Now, let's get to the assignment of the teams. Once named, you can go to the cafeteria to your assigned table or go outside for lunch. Just don't forget to get back to this class after the break to meet with your sensei."
Naruto crossed his fingers.
"Alright, now, team Seven : Kiba Inuzuka… Sakura Haruno… Uchiha Sasuke."
Naruto sunk down onto his desk. Not only he did not team up with Sakura, but seeing her so obviously happy about the match-up hurted even more. At that moment, he heard his name and listened back to Iruka:
"Team 8… Naruto Uzumaki, Shino Uburame, Hinata Hyuga. "
Naruto couldn't help but frown. He knew a little bit about those two, but didn't speak or play with them much. However, his thoughts were distracted as he watched Team 7 walking outside the room. He sighed as he got up… might as well get something to eat and meet his new teammates. As he made his way to the cafeteria, two things suddenly asked for his attention in the same time:
The first thing was his name, said by the voice of a girl behind him. He was about to meet her lavender eyes but the second thing that wanted his attention was way more insisting...
He had to go to the bathroom… AND FAST!
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Hinata was eating her bento near Shino on a bench near the school. They both ate in silence but Hinata looked sad. She couldn't help but thinking it was her fault.
"Did I do something wrong ?" she asked herself. "Naruto fled as soon as I tried talking to him. I hope he doesn't hate me… "
… and so on. After he finished his bento, Shino coughed to draw her attention.
"With such an expression Hinata, I'm beginning to worry you don't want to eat with me."
Hinata blushed. " No, not at all ! I was glad to eat with you! I was just... I was worrying about why Naruto-kun ran off like that."
"Hinata, if you had thinking more logically about this, you would probably see that his body language was telling quite a lot. Why do you ask? Because Naruto was holding his stomach with both hands and runing off in the direction of the closest bathroom. We could safely assume that he's sick."
Surprised, Hinata looked at Shino. " Oh!," she said, turning a bit red, " Thank you Shino! You are right, maybe I was worrying too much."
From now on, we will have lots of time together, she thought.
She finally had a faint smile. Even if Shino didn't show it, he was glad to see his teammate looking more cheerful.
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The day was over and except for Naruto, Team 8 meet their sensei. She didn't do much expect introduce herself and tell them to meet up with her at two o'clock in the afternoon. Kurenai also went to check with the Hokage at Naruto's house but he wasn't there. She didn't like what she saw… The boy didn't have much in his fridge, didn't have a lot of medicine in the medicine cabinet in his bathroom and the room was a mess. And from what she heard from his teammates, he was probably sick.
No wonder, she thought, the milk he left on the table was expired a long time ago.
She left him a note on his bed as well as medicine she bought for him. She also went as far as buying him some fresh milk and a few fresh fruit that she putted in his fridge as well as some healthy cereals on his table.
I will have to lecture him about taking care of his own health...
Kurenai smile faintly to this idea. On that topic, Kurenai wasnt better then Naruto she she had his age...
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Naruto had come back to his room at the end of the afternoon. When he saw the cereal boxes on his table, he frozen. He looked around to see if there was something else that wasnt supposed to be there and saw there was something on his bed. He slowly turned around his table, looking at the cereal boxes like if it was a explosive tag ready to explose and reached the memo...
To Naruto,
Because your teammates told me you were sick, I went to your home to present myself to you but you weren't there either. I decided to give you a few things so you can have a healthy breakfast tomorrow morning. In exchange for the gifts, please be at the team 8 rendezvous point at the Training ground #12. Don't be late...
And don't forget to take the medicine, it will help you feel better.
Your sensei, Kurenai
Naruto read the letter twice to be sure and looked around. "The gifts, huh?" Trusting his instincts, he went slowly to the fridge again and saw the fruits and fresh milk given by his teacher. He finally realized there was nothing to be worried about. "Whoa, I do have a nice sensei ! I will have to thank her tommorow."
His stomach grumping, he decided to take the medecine quickly. He went to bed early that night and had a pleasant dream about Sasuke becoming blind because of his overexposition to his pure awesomeness...
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Naruto arrived last at the meeting point. He was glad to see his sensei looked so pretty and nice. Grinning, he run and sat between Shino and Hinata. "Hey everyone!" he began, "Thanks again for the food and medicine yesterday, I feel a lot better now!"
"I'm glad to hear it Naruto. Now let us begin," answered Kurenai.
She crossed her arms before continuing:
"I want each of you to say hello to your fellow teammates and tell us about yourself. You can tell us about things you like, things you dislike, yourdreams for your future or other things you want to share with us. Now, Hinata, please begin. "
That made Hinata look at the ground. "I... Im Hinata Hyuga. I like pressing flowers and cooking. And.. I would like to become better so that my father could be proud of me. I want to be acknowledged by him... and... by somebody else"
Naruto listened Hinata and couldn't help but smile when she finished. Then he put in hand in the air vigorously, proclaiming, " My turn, my turn ! I'm Naruto Uzumaki. I like ramen, especially those of Ichiraku shop. I don't like to wait the five minutes before a ramen cup is ready to eat and I want to be acknowledged ! Someday, I will become Hokage and everyone will have to acknowledged my existence and respect me."
Kurenai chuckled. As her attention went back to Shino, he began to talk. "I am Shino, from the Abarume clan. I like entomology and I don't like when people kill insects just because they don't like them. I want to make my clan proud of me and to become a great ninja."
So the three of them want to be acknowledged... It's as I have suspected, thought Kurenai. Before she could say a word, Naruto begin to speak.
"Euh, Shino, what is... en-to-mo-lo-gy... Does it taste good? "
Shino turned his head to look at Naruto. "It's the study of insects."
"WHAT!" Naruto shouted. "You mean you eat INSECTS? That's awful! I wouldn't eat bugs even if my life was depending on it!"
Hinata didn't want them to fight so she tried to explain, "Na- Naruto... it means he like to collect insects so he can study them-"
"Huh? You mean if a spider was to drop by, he would try to catch it?
"Naruto, I will explain it to you," said Shino, "so listen. Even if entomology include the collecting and the study of the insect, it's not only resumed to that. Entomology is a branch of zoology that include the observation, examination, study, and sometimes dissection of the insects-"
Naruto tried to listen but that guy speech was A LOT more complicated then what he bargained for:
"-and finally, spiders are not insects, Naruto. They are arachnids, which is completely different. Would you like me to explain to you the difference between insects and arachnids?
"NO!" Naruto shouted, not wanting to be here forever. Then he thought better and added, "Huh, I mean, thanks Shino for explaining but I... I think I get it," with an obviously forced smile.
Kurenai slapped her hand together to catch their attention:
"Well I think it's about time I do the same, don't you think? My name is Kurenai Yūhi but you can call me Kurenai-sensei. I like picnicking when the sakura trees are in bloom and I don't like when someone doubt my skills as a ninja. Now, let's get on with the main reason you are all here today... Tomorrow morning, we will have our first mission so I want you to all presentyourself at seven o'clock at the Hokage tower. For this afternoon however, I planned a special training. Now, Naruto, could you please show us the new jutsu you have learned and make two clones of yourself that will brawl with Hinata and Shino?"
Shino and Hinata, who knew about Naruto difficulty to produce clones in class, were surprise to see Naruto use Kage Bushin to make two perfect copies of himself. And most of all, they were independent of Naruto!
"Ok now, the four of you go train together while I speak with Naruto of something"
As the copies of Naruto and the two other genins were brawling, Kurenai took him aside and sat on the ground and asked Naruto to do the same. Once he did, the lesson began.
"Now Naruto, I heard you learned the Kage Bushin technique from a scroll. Do you know what that technique was use for in origin?"
Naruto looked completely clueless so she continued:
"For reconnaissance and spying. I suspected you didn't know that much so I'm gonna teach you today how to use your clones effectively. When you use your clone, all experience and knowledge the clones gained are transferred to the original owner. Do you get what I mean?"
"Not really," answered Naruto.
Kurenai sighed. "Ok then Naruto, wait here and don't move from that spot, I will make a good example for you."
Kurenai rose up and when to her other genins. "Everyone, so how it is? Who won the most matches so far?
"I believe it was me, teacher," Shino said, "As the score is 3 to 1 in my favor."
"And for you Hinata?" asked Kurenai.
"Humm... It's a draw. We both made 2 points."
The two clones weren't really happy about this. The one facing Shino was particularly upset.
"Ok, I have something to say to both Narutos. It's a secret so come here you two."
Kurenai then whispered to their ears that if one of them manage to have a higher score then either Hinata of Shino when she come back, she's was going to treat them to Ichiraky Ramen. The clones began to smirk to this idea and she could saw they were getting primed.
"Now, Shino, Hinata, I also have a secret to tell you, come here". She also whispered something to them before going back to the original Naruto. As she left, the Naruto Clones were fighting with even more spirit then before.
Naruto was looking the whole time and wondered what happened. When Kurenai came back, she just asked Naruto to not look at the brawling no matter what. Once he turned around, she shouted, "NOW!"
And then, from Shino sleeves, a cloud of kekkai bugs rushed on the clone in front of him while Hinata Jyukken pierced through the other clone. Both of them disappeared with a puff of white smoke.
Naruto yelled and couldn't help turning around, "Hey it's not fair, they cheated!
"How could you know if you were not facing them?"
Naruto suddenly realized she was right! He could remember all the brawling and how the bugs and Jyukken pierced right through his clones.
"Hinata, Shino, come here."
When the three of them were together, she explained herself. "Now, I'm going to teach you why you three were chosen to be teamed together. We wanted to make a team who would be good on reconnaissance and spying. The Abarume Clan always been famous in both and Hinata's Byakugan will be obviously useful for this. As for Naruto, his Shadow Clones can give their experience and knowledge to their original owner and are often used as scout and spy by their users for that matter. I wanted you three to learn what each other's skills and abilities so you can work better as a team when the time come. That was the true purpose of this training.
Then she looked directly at Naruto, "So Naruto, were one of your clone able to beat your opponent's scores?"
Naruto realized then the clones didn't beat them. With a grumpy look, he shook his head.
Kurenai chuckled and said. "Well it's ok... Once the training is over, I will treat you all to Ichiraku ramen shop if you want."
Naruto changed attitude completely and looked overjoyed. She noticed Hinata began to smile again when she watched Naruto looking so happy. Shino then asked a question. "What will be the rest of the training, Sensei?
"It will be mostly stamina training. As a matter of fact, all of you will follow me to the track field. Once we are done, we will all go to the hot spring to refresh ourselves and after that, we will go to Ichiraku ramen shop."
The three genin were really happy to have such a teacher...
Author's notes:
With a different teachers, I wanted Naruto to at least learn he can use his clones to spy. That will make him slightly more effective... You will see what I mean later ;)
SPOILERS: With a teacher like Kurenai, you better expect a slightly different
Naruto in the future... And with him on the team, nothing will be the same for
his teammates either... "smiking"
Can someone find the movie reference I made in this chapter? ;)
I know there wasn't any real fight but I do want to write a BIG one for next chapter so look forward to it.
I appreciated your comments and reviews, it really motivate me.