The Sandaime Hokage observed the three people in front of him with barely suppressed irritation. The irritation could be attributed to two of them being complete outcasts, and the third being an unemotional bastard. It could even be because none of them looked the slightesy bit repentant for being a day late. It could even be because they were currently hiding their demon status underneath cloaks of Varying colors. Red for Sasuke, Blue for Naruto, and Violet for Yugito.
But the real reason that Sarutobi Sasuke was irritated at Uchiha Sasuke, Nii Yugito, and Namikaze Uzamaki Naruto was because Miterashi Anko, Hyuugas Hinata and Neji, Subaku no Gaara and Temari, Uchiha Mikoto, and Imino Iruka had been in his office all day yesterday fretting about the three missing children and forcing him to do his paperwork.
"Do you know what time it is?" He asked testily.
"19 hundred hours military time." Yugito replied smartly.
"Four in the Afternoon." Naruto added.
"Roughly twenty-five hours after the Genin exams were complete." Sasuke finished.
"All three." The Sandaime huffed.
"Ojii-san.." Naruto began.
"Don't you 'Ojii-san' me! I had six worried people in my office all day yesterday, and they wouldn't leave me alone!" The Professor snapped, "And to top it off, three children I had sent off years ago were late, and the only indication I had of your whereabouts was the late report I got saying you were on your way. And you missed the Genin Exam."
"You could have had ANBU escort the worried people off." Yugito said, disconcerting the Sandaime by staring off behind his shoulder.
"We said we'd be here in a week, and it's been exactly a week since we sent the report." Sasuke protested.
"And you can administer the Genin exam right here and now." Naruto grinned cheekily.
The God of Shinobi blinked at the straightforward answers. "...Did you rehearse this?" he asked suspiciously.
"Nope." Were the simultaneous replies, causing the suspicious village leader to stare at them narrowly.
"...The Genin Exam Old Man?" Yugito asked hopefully, still staring past his shoulder.
"...Fine, Dispel the Genjutsu." Sarutobi sighed, placing a basic Genjutsu on them, the effect of which would hold the appearance of all light disappearing from the world.
Sasuke and Naruto made a sign and said, in unison, "Kai!"
The Sandaime looked expectantly at Yugito, who gave a small laugh, "Sight based Genjutsu don't work on me Old Man."
Sarutobi blinked, then slowly nodded as comprehension dawned on his, "Okay... Yugito-chan, dispel this Gnejutsu." He placed a genjutsu on her that would make her believe she was in a hot, smelly room.
"Kai." She murmured, making the same sign as the boys and smiling at the Hokage as the chakra that surrounded her was dispelled with the illusion.
He cleared his throat, "Please preform Kawarimi."
They all made the handsign and three of the ANBU that had hidden through various means around the room were suddenly in front of him and The three troublemakers were snickering from the shadows.
Sarutobi gave a small cough and the ANBU disappeared and Yugito, Naruto, and Sasuke walked back to their former places.
"Now, please make three Clones." He said.
Instead of making the hand sign that would summon the Academy Illusion based clones, each of the Three made hand signs that Sarutobi had never seen before.
"Light Style:Clone Jutsu!" Naruto said and beside him a clone appeared, the only noticeable difference being that the clones grin was shining, quite literally.
" Lava Style:Clone Jutsu!" Sasuke whispered and beside him a doppelganger appeared, giving off a noticeable heat.
" Darkness Style:Clone Jutsu!" Yugito murmured and the Shadows in the room swarmed towards her before taking on a humanoid form, and then wrapped themselves in Yugito's appearance.
"...I see you were not exaggerating when you said that your elemental affinities were odd." The professor remarked coolly, while inside his mind a Chibi Sandaime had a heart attack.
After a deep breathe he looked at them slowly, "Do I even want a taijutsu demonstration?"
"NO!" Naruto cried, eyes wide and hands waving.
Sarutobi stared and him and Sasuke snickede while Yugito looked sheepish.
"Trust me." Naruto nodded sagely.
"Alright." The oldest Hokage in history reached into his desk and pulled out three Headbands, "You are now Genin of Konohagakure."
"What about our teams?" Asked Yugito curiously as they took the proffered headbands.
"I'd assumed you'd want to be together." Sarutobi raised an eyebrow.
"We do." Sasuke nodded.
"We just wanted to make sure that you knew that." Naruto finished.
"I figured you came as a ready made team." Sarutobi told them.
"Who's our sensei?" They asked together and the Sandaime felt a little weirded out as the perfectly matching tones and expressions.
Just then the door opened and a grey haired ninja poked his head in, "Sandaime-sama, my team failed so-"
"He's your sensei. Take them." The God of Shinobi said, pushing the silver haired man and the three newly-instated Genin out of his office before any of them could think of anything to say.
The masked man twitched before looking at his new students, "..."
"..."
"...Meet me at training grounds seven." He grumbled disappearing via shushin.
-At Training Grounds Seven-
Hatake Kakashi appeared in the forested area with a sigh, Damn that old man and the fact that Kakashi himself had decided to show up early to report the loss of his Genin so he could spend a little more time with his precious...
Before his thoughts could continue three Chakra signatures made themselves known fast approaching. Looking around the silver haired Jounin saw no one, but the owners of the signatures soon appeared in their own odd ways.
A spot in the center of the Meadow that Kakashi had chosen began growing brighter until, with a flash, Naruto appeared with a bemused look on his face, Right next to him a small puddle of magma bubbled up, and Sasuke steeped out with a small sigh. Yugito was the only one not present, but when Kakashi looked around he found her sitting in his shadow looking confused.
"Wrong shadow, Hime." Sasuke called.
"Damn." Yugito muttered, standing up and plopping down by her comrades.
"Uh...huh..." Kakashi said, eyeing the three, "...Well, why don't we introduce ourselves. Tell me your name, your likes, your dislikes, your hobbies, your dreams for the future, and..." He hesitated, but their way of entering had made him too curious, "Your chakra type, if you know it."
There was silence.
"Why don't I go first." Kakashi sighed, losing the chance to look really cool. "My name is Hatake Kakashi, My likes...are none of your business, I have dislikes, my dreams for the future? Hm, haven't really thought about… My chakra type is Lightening."
"We didn't learn anything but his name!" Sasuke grumped.
"Naruto." Yugito pouted.
Naruto sighed, "Second level should do.." He whispered to himself, intriguing Kakashi.
"Mugengan!" Naruto hissed, his eyes bled silver, his pupil disappeared and black chain's circled his iris.
"Hatake Kakashi, Likes: Icha Icha Paradise, His old team, Teamwork. Dislikes: Traitors, Iwa nin," Yugito scowled, "And people who treat their comrades like trash. Dreams for the future...are non-existant. Chakra type is Lightning, will a lesser atunement to fire." Naruto nodded and his eyes faded back to blue.
Kakashi stared in disbelief, "You-how?"
Naruto grinned, "I'm Namikaze Uzamaki Naruto. My likes are my friends, Mizu-sensei, Hyouton-chan, Yugito-hime, Hone-kun, Sasuke-chan," Sasuke scowled at the honorific, "Neji, Hinata, Iruka-sensei, Gaara, Temari, Mikoto, and Anko. I also Like Ramen...a lot...My dislikes are People who are cruel without reason for it," Kakashi was suprised when all three of the Genin seemed to wilt, "My dreams for the future are to Bbe Hokage and protect my friends and have a family. My chakra type is Light."
Sasuke started without a prompt, "I'm Uchiha Sasuke. My likes are all the people Naruto mentioned, plus the dobe himself. I hate people who are dumb, and... people in General. My dreams for the future are mostly none of your business, but I want to rebuild my clan. My chakra type is Magma."
Kakashi nodded and looked at Yugito, who was staring right through him.
"Uh...Blonde girl?" He prompted.
"Huh? Oh, sorry. I'm Nii Yugito. My likes are the same as Naruto and Sasuke's...and my religion. My dislikes are people who think that Jinchuuriki are the demon they contain," Sasuke and Naruto smirked at eachother, "I also hate people who underestimate me."
Kakashi nodded, "Because you're a girl?"
Yugito shook her head, "No, because I'm Blind. My dreams for the future are to help my Aniki and my Mummy. My Chakra type is darkness."
Kakashi was imitating a fish quite nicely, "You're blind?"
Yugito grimaced and Sasuke and Naruto patted her on the back, "A side effect of my religion and my chakra type."
Kakashi slowly nodded, "I...see. I can't help but notice you mentioned Jinchuuriki..."
Naruto smiled, "You'll have to earn our trust to learn about that Kakashi-sensei."
Kakashi nodded, "Alright, meet me tomorrow at six AM sharp for your real Genin exam, which has a 66 percent failure rate. Oh, and, don't eat any breakfast, you'll just throw it up." The Jounin disappeared.
"...I'm gonna walk around." Sasuke said.
"I think I'll go reacquaint myself with Ichiraku's Ramen." Naruto grinned, rubbing his hands together.
"I'll wander." Yugito told her teammates.
They all nodded and walked away from eachother.
-Yugito-
Yugito heard a sound coming from her left, it was faint but her enhanced senses caught it easily.
"Hello?" She said, going towards the sound of someone crying.
"H-hello?" Came a small sniffle.
Yugito startled when she realized she was right in front of the crying girl, so she plopped herself down.
"Hi. I'm Yugito." She introduced herself, looking in the direction of the sound of crying.
"I'm S-sakura." The girl hiccuped.
"Why are you crying Sakura-san?" Yugito asked without preamble.
Sakura was silent for a while, but Yugito could hear the sound of a tissue being crumpled and un-crumpled and figured that she was cleaning off her face.
"Well...My..My best, er, ex-best friend and I used to have a crush on this boy." Sakura began hesitantly, "But one day he just disappeared..."
"And then?"
"Then I thought we'd be friends again." Sakura said. "But neither of us said anything, then one day she just said that we would still be rivals, and she would win him over when he returned..." Sakura was crying again, So Yugito hesitantly maneuvered herself so she had an arm wrapped around her shoulders.
"And we started fighting...all the time...It just got worse and worse...Then we became Genin and I realized that, other than fighting with Ino, I hadn't trained to be a shinobi at all and today…" Sakura was shaking really hard.
"What happened Today?"
"Today My team had a test and I held everyone back...I almost got them killed..." Sakura whispered brokenly.
"So train." Yugito said simply.
Sakura's head dropped, "I'm...not sure how...I come from an all civilian family"
"That's not true." Yugito admonished, "The Haruno's have a bloodline that has had Uchiha's cowering in fear."
Sakura's eyes opened wide as she looked at Yugito in disbelief, "Really?"
"Yes really."
"But..." Sakura drooped again, "There are no active shinobi in my clan at the moment and haven't been in generations."
"Then," Yugito hesistated for a moment, then sighed, "I'll just have to train you"
Sakura's jaw dropped, "But, you...You're my age!"
"And I've been training to be a shinobi since I was five." Yugito said, almost chuckling as she realized she'd been training much longer if you could count living with Anko as training...and you most definitely could.
"Oh...Okay...then what do you want me to do?"
Yugito thought for a second, and then reached for Sakura's chakra with her senses.
'Wow...I've felt Civilians with more chakra than her'
"First we'll begin with a Chakra building exercise, then You'll run...three laps...Then I'll help you umm...Learn a Taijutsu stance...then we'll try and unlock your bloodline."
Sakura nodded, "What is the chakra exercise"
"It's called Tree Climbing."
Sakura was about to ask for an elaboration, when something else occurred to her, "Ne, Yugito-sensei," Yugito started, "Three laps around...what"
Yugito thought for a moment, "Hmmm...Konoha"
Sakura began sweating profusely as Yugito began explaining and demonstrating the tree walking exercise.
-Sasuke-
Sasuke was following a thunk sound deeper and deeper into training grounds fourteen.
'Now who could be practicing with that many weapons?' He mused.
Right in front of him a clearing opened up and Sasuke stepped in before leaning against a tree.
The girl in front of him was panting profusely as she accurately threw kunai after kunai into a log.
"You're really good with those." Sasuke remarked offhandedly, just barely catching the kunai that she had thrown at his face with a startle reaction.
"Very good." He added.
"What are you doing here?" She asked, reaching her hands up to fix her brown hair which were falling out of their tidy buns.
"I heard you training." Sasuke said, shrugging.
"So?" She glared.
"Can you use a Katana?" Sasuke asked out of the blue, a hungry look entering his eyes.
"Yes." The girl replied, a look matching Sasuke's entering her eyes as she realized the potential of a sparring partner.
"My name is Uchiha Sasuke." He said, biting his thumb and running it over a seal on his arm. A polished Katana appeared in his hand.
"Higurashi Tenten." She replied, opening a sealing scroll and unsealing a katana.
And with the clash of blades a friendship was formed.