Hello everyone. I am back with another chapter of SOSP Reborn. In the last chapter, Naruto and his team met with Kakashi Hatake and begun with introductions. In this chapter, they will be taking their REAL Genin test. If you watched the anime or read the manga, you pretty much know how it goes. But in this story, it's going to be a whole lot different. Don't forget to follow, fave, and review. I do not own Naruto.
Chapter 4
When Naruto awoke in the next morning, he was pleased with the results with the Swift Release. Naruto up and did his morning routine. He took his time getting to the training grounds, since he knew that Kakashi would be late. When he got there, Sasuke and Sakura were there waiting for him. "What took you so long?" screeched Sakura as she saw him approaching. "Relax, Kakashi – sensei isn't even here yet" Naruto replied as he simply sat down and started to read his book. Three hours later, Naruto sensed another chakra signature nearby, closed his book and stood up. Kakashi appeared at the same time Naruto stood up. "YOURE LATE!" screamed Sakura, which caused Naruto to cover his ears.
Kakashi merely waved it off and reached into his pocket and grabbed two bells. "Your test will be to take these two bells from me" Kakashi explained. "But sensei, there are three of us and only one of you. Won't you get hurt?" Sakura asked. Naruto chuckled and replied, "Us beat a Jonin like him? I don't about you Sakura, but I know that you don't become a Jonin for nothing. "He's right. Come at me with the intent to kill, or else you're never getting these bells from me" Kakashi said as he was setting an alarm clock. "You have until noon to get the bells. And…BEGIN!" Kakashi yelled as he vanished.
Sakura and Sasuke jumped into the forest to hide, while Naruto just stood in the same spot. 'What is he doing?" Kakashi wondered. 'Why is he just standing there?' Kakashi got his answer almost immediately when a kick to his back sent him sprawling to the ground. Kakashi's visible eye widened. 'What?! I didn't even sense him!' Kakashi thought as he got up and went into a fighting stance. "You're pretty good. Being able to suppress you're chakra so well that I couldn't even sense you coming until it was too late" Kakashi said, complementing the blonde. In reality, Naruto hadn't made an attempt to suppress his chakra at all. That was pure speed. 'I knew the Swift Release would come in handy' Naruto thought, smirking mentally. A split second later, Kakashi was struggling to block the onslaught from the blonde.
Meanwhile with Sasuke and Sakura, Naruto's shadow clone was heading to Sasuke's position to inform him of the purpose of the test. Once one of Naruto's clones reached Sasuke, he tapped the raven- haired boy on the shoulder. Sasuke turned around and took a double take. He turned around again seeing Naruto still fighting their sensei. "Don't worry, I'm a shadow clone. Sasuke nodded in understanding. "What are you doing here?" Sasuke asked. "The point of the test is for us to work as a team" Naruto explained. "I'm pretty sure if we don't team up, we will fail" Naruto said. Sasuke thought about what Naruto had said. It did make sense. Surely their sensei could take them all down without even trying. "Fine. I'll work with you" Sasuke answered. Naruto gave him a small grin. "Alright then, let's go find Sakura" Naruto said. With that, they jumped through the trees, searching for their remaining team member.
They both saw Sakura lying flat on her face, passed out. "Looks like Kakashi got to her" Naruto thought out loud. Naruto threw a couple kunai with tags at the end. The tags on the ground glowed faintly, and Naruto jumped down towards Sakura. "What were those?" Sasuke asked looking at the kunai. "Detection seals. They're designed to uncover anyone in the area" Naruto replied. Once they woke Sakura, Naruto informed them if their plan. "So do you guys understand the plan?" Naruto asked. They both nodded with determined faces. "Alright, I'll provide a distraction" Naruto said before leaping into the trees.
Meanwhile, Kakashi was sitting in a tree reading his orange book. He let out a perverse giggle. Naruto was in the tree across from Kakashi's. Naruto decided that this was the time to strike. With the speed of a cheetah, he sprinted towards Kakashi and swung a right hook. Kakashi only had a second to react to the attack. Kakashi raised an arm to block the boy's fist and countered with his own. Kakashi, not knowing that Naruto was pushing him to the clearing, was struggling to block the boy's blows.
Suddenly, several kunai came from all around him. Kakashi had to work double time to dodge the blonde's punches and the incoming kunai. When they reached the other side of the clearing, a giant fireball came flying towards Kakashi. 'Shit, Nature Manipulation?! Genin aren't supposed to know how to do that yet!' Kakashi screamed mentally. Kakashi jumped up to avoid the incoming fireball and then he leaped into the trees, trying to distance himself from the Genin. 'This team was better than I thought' thought Kakashi as he scanned the area for a place to hide. 'Those kunai must have come from Sakura, considering that Sasuke was preparing his jutsu' Kakashi deduced. 'Looks like they got the point of the test down'
"Alright, I have his location, grab the bells when I give the signal" Naruto informed the rest of his team. Sasuke and Sakura both nodded and returned to the trees. Naruto dashed right in front of Kakashi, weaving hand seals in the process. "Storm Release: Laser Circus!" Naruto cried as bursts of electricity made their way towards Kakashi. Reflexes taking over, Kakashi quickly weaved hand signs and shouted, "Earth Release: Mud Wall!" then a wall made mud erected itself in front of Kakashi to protect him. Naruto smirked. "That won't help you sensei!" Naruto cried as the electricity seemingly went around the wall, forcing Kakashi to leap back in surprise. Big mistake. Once Kakashi leaped back, Naruto shouted, "NOW!" Then Sasuke and Sakura came from behind Kakashi, reaching out to the bells. Naruto threw a smoke bomb, and the area was enveloped with smoke.
Kakashi opened his eye, and looked around. His students were in front of him, holding the two bells. A moment of silence passed, until Kakashi gave them an eye-smile. "Congratulations, you pass!" Kakashi informed the Genin. "You successfully completed the assignment and figured out the true purpose of the test" Kakashi said. "We are now officially Team 7!" Kakashi explained with an eye-smile. "We start with missions' tomorrow morning" Kakashi informed them. "Be at the Hokage Tower by 9:00 AM" Kakashi said before vanishing.
When Team 7 was about to leave the training grounds, Naruto called out to his teammates. "Hey Sakura, Sasuke!" The two Genin turned towards their blonde teammate, wondering what he wanted."What is it, Naruto?" Sasuke asked. "Just a second Naruto replied before going into one of his holsters and pulling out four scrolls. He gave two to each. "What are these" Sakura asked. "These are some jutsu scrolls that I think will help you out in the long run. His gaze went to Sasuke. "There are some Fire jutsu and some Taijutsu techniques in there. The other one has something special that you might want to read" Naruto informed Sasuke. "Where did you get it?" Sasuke asked with his eyes narrowed. "Let's just say that I borrowed it from a special someone" Naruto replied before turning to Sakura. "These scrolls contain some basic Medical Ninjutsu, which I think you can specialize in, due to your rather small chakra reserves, which means that you'll have an easier time with chakra control.
With that, Team 7 went their separate ways. Naruto felt pretty hopeful in giving them those scrolls. Unknown to Sasuke, Naruto had received the second scroll from a certain Uchiha while he was running from the village.
Flashback:
Naruto was currently learning the tree exercise, which would help him have better chakra control. Naruto had been at it since very early in the morning, and was determined to get to the top by midnight. Naruto took several steps away from the tree that he was trying to climb. Just when he was about to run towards the tree to gain momentum, he heard rustling in the bushes nearby. Naruto, being the curious boy that he was, called out to the person in the bushes. "Hey I know you're there! You can come out! Suddenly, a man that looked to be in his teens with raven-colored shoulder length hair and onyx eyes with stepped out from behind the bushes. "Who are you?" Naruto asked. The man replied, "My name is Itachi Uchiha. I have just committed a serious crime and I am now running from the Hidden Leaf Village. "Uchiha? You mean you're one of those people that have the red and white fan on the back of your shirts?" Naruto asked. Itachi nodded, "The very same. Sadly, I was ordered to kill my entire clan because they were planning a coup d'état to overthrow the Hokage. Itachi realized that he was talking to a child about him killing his entire clan. "Do you want a place to stay? You can stay with me if you want. Naruto gestured for Itachi to follow and soon they were in a clearing. "Am I supposed to be seeing something?" Itachi asked the blonde. Naruto shook his head, "I sure hope not. Or else I'll have to fix the transparency seal. With that said Naruto did a hand sign and released the seal covering the temple. Itachi stood wide-eyed at the temple.
After Itachi was settled in, Naruto asked him questions about his past. Itachi told Naruto about his younger brother, Sasuke, who he couldn't bear to kill the person most important to him. Itachi stayed for two weeks until he had to leave. Before leaving, Itachi asked if Naruto was going to the village. When he answered yes, Itachi gave him a letter to give to Sasuke, explaining his purpose of killing the clan.
That's chapter 4. Team 7 has passed their Genin Test and are now officially Genin. Naruto also gave Sasuke a letter from Itachi. Don't forget to Review, Follow, and Favorite! See you next time.