Rika-chan24- Here is chapter 5. I hope you guy's like it. You can finally find out who the third person is, well to those of you who haven't figure it out yet. Let me know if you see a typo or grammar error, I might have missed them.
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The group of genin had been training for over two hours. Everyone was improving at a fast rate too. Naruto wondered why no one realized how much potential the Konoha 12 really had.
"If someone had tried this the first time, all of us would have been even stronger than we were the first time." Naruto thought as he watched everyone train together.
Both Shikamaru and Shino kept glancing in his direction several times throughout the two hours. It was now getting late, the sun had already begun to set and if you looked close enough you could see a few stars.
Naruto was just about to tell everyone that it was getting late, when Neji came walking into the training grounds.
"Hinata-sama, your father sent me to find you. He expected you to be home an hour ago." Neji explained when he came to a stop.
"I am sorry…Neji-nii-san" Hinata replied as she gathered her things so she could leave.
"What are you all doing here?" Neji asked a few seconds later.
"Were training together, what does it look like we are doing?" Naruto replied as he stepped in front of Neji. Naruto watched him carefully, besides Team Gai was supposed to be added to the group soon. He had to get Neji to agree somehow.
"I don't think I have ever heard of a bunch of genin training together, at least not all nine of you." Neji said, looking over Naruto.
Naruto grinned; this was perfect timing to do a little test. This would narrow down his list.
"So Neji, I heard around the village, that your team consists of the strongest genin in Konoha. Do you think your team could maybe have a little spar with me and my team?" Naruto asked the Hyuga.
"My team is pretty strong, what makes you believe that your team could match up against mine?" Neji replied, keeping his eyes on Naruto. There was something going on.
"I know what my team can do." Naruto began. "Ah, I see now, your one of those Hyuga that believes in fate. Where you think that destiny controls us, right? You don't think Team 7 can handle it. We must appear like a bunch of losers to you." Naruto added.
The way Neji replied would either prove he was right, or prove that he was wrong. Neji smirked as if he knew the game Naruto was playing.
"I don't believe in fate, an old friend of mine once told me that you could make your own path. People can choose their own destiny by their own actions."
Naruto heard a collected gasp from behind him. So the others are finally catching on. Naruto grinned, just like he thought.
"That's some friend you have, he seems like a really smart guy. I would love to meet him someday." Naruto replied with a foxy grin.
Neji chuckled, "I think you two would get along well. Your personality is very similar."
Before Naruto could reply Kiba interrupted. "I need to head home; my mom will kill me, if I stay out too long. This conversation also confuses me. So I think it's a good idea if I just go." Kiba said. Akumaru barked in agreement, the small dog wanted to go home too.
"Yeah, I better get home too; my dad will be worried if I am out too late." Ino explained. "Come on Choji you can walk me there." Ino told the chubby boy.
"Uh…sure Ino, but what about Shikamaru? Shouldn't he come with us too?" Choji asked.
"Don't worry about it Choji, I have to ask Naruto something." Shikamaru replied to his best friend.
Ino and Choji said goodbye, before leaving the training grounds to head home.
"Hinata-sama, why don't you go on ahead, I don't want your father to be angry with you." Neji told his cousin.
"Okay" Hinata replied. She knew something was going on, but at the moment the rest of them weren't allowed to know.
Once Hinata had left the training grounds, Sakura turned to Naruto. "Ok, I need to know what the hell is going on, Naruto?!"
Naruto rubbed the back of his head nervously. This part of the conversation was going to be troublesome.
"Well you see…. It all started when Kurama told me that he felt other chakra signatures attach to ours when we left from the future. I didn't tell you because, I thought it would have stressed you out.
I have thought about it since I found out. There was only one group that came to my mind. One that I knew could have possibly gotten there at the last second." Naruto explained. "Isn't that right?" Naruto turned to Shikamaru, Shino and Neji. "So tell me what happened."
Shikamaru sighed, "Yes it was us. We were trapped in that base for two months. Sadly, Sai died the day we broke out. He tried to hold the last remaining ninja off so we could get away." "After we escaped, the three of us went searching for you. Since the three of us were injured it took a while to travel." Shikamaru explained.
"When we finally found you it was in a war-torn battlefield. I was about to call out to you, but all of a sudden we felt a large buildup of chakra. We didn't know what you were doing, but we had to find out. So we walked up to the three of you. Your eyes were closed but the chakra was getting stronger. I don't think you could hear anything.
The three of us were holding each other up by the time we got there, we weren't at our full strength. I had a broken leg, and Shino had a few broken ribs. Shikamaru went to shake Sasuke's shoulder to get your guy's attention.
As soon as Shikamaru's hand-made contact, all of our chakra began to get sucked out. I remember blacking out after that. When I woke up I found myself in the Hyuga compound." Neji clarified.
"I also woke up in my home at the Aburame compound. I was confused at first. Until I started to think about what happened before we left. Only you Naruto could have somehow figure out a way for us to be sent back to the past." Shino said, as told his part of the story.
"At first I wasn't sure if you were actually you." Shikamaru said. "I started suspecting it was you from the future, when you invited us to the very first picnic get together." "You were also way too nice to Sasuke."
"Wow, I wasn't expecting this at all. Being back is a lot to soak in, isn't it?" Sakura finally replied.
"It was at first, but then again I am not a like Naruto, who can express his feelings easily" Shikamaru chuckled. Everyone else but Naruto nodded in agreement.
"Hey, I don't think there is anything wrong about missing everyone! I mean they all died." Naruto replied, with a serious look. His blue eyes dimmed a bit.
"We all know, Dobe. That's part of the reason we are all here in the first place." Sasuke commented. "So Hyuga, are you going to be bringing your team along next Sunday?"
"Yeah Neji, you guys should come. Since you are you from the future, it makes my job a lot easier. I don't have to knock some sense into you this time." Naruto added.
"I guess we could come, you know how Lee is. He loves to spar with anyone." Neji replied. "What has everyone been working on?"
"Well the first two times we got together, we only did a few spars. Though we did do element training today and that went really well." Naruto explained. "I figured you would probably join these three, in Shogi." Naruto pointed to Sasuke, Shikamaru and Shino. "Who I like to call the supposed 'geniuses'," Naruto said as he made air quotes around geniuses.
"Supposed geniuses?" Sasuke, Shino and Neji asked in unison.
"Yeah, you know the three of you are the quiet/genius/cool one of the each team." Naruto replied. "That's what everyone else called you in the first timeline."
"Really Naruto, that's how you explain it." Sakura said. "What are the rest of us suppose to be then?"
"Oh I know" Sasuke began. "Kiba, Ino, Lee and you, Naruto, are the loud/obnoxious/hyper one of the teams."
"Yeah, and Hinata, Choji, Tenten and Sakura are the peacekeeper/nice/ not good if angered." Shikamaru added.
"That all sounds about right, it match's each one of their personality's almost perfectly." Shino commented.
"Sure they do, but I think all of you need us loud ones." Naruto replied. "Who else would be able to deal with your guy's silent nature? Only us of course, we all balance each other out."
"You are doing it again; you really must not realize that you do it." Sakura said.
"What do you mean? Do what?"
"She is talking about how you make everything sound positive. You also start going on a rant that for some reason, it causes others to pay attention to. It's only in moments like these that you don't sound stupid." "You also didn't say anything negative about anyone. You have always accepted the way you are, and how everyone else is."Sasuke answered.
"Oh, well it just happens." Naruto grinned sheepishly, as he rubbed the back of his head. It was a minute later that Naruto added, "Hey I am not stupid Sasuke-Teme!"
"Troublesome, I think we should call it a night. We can go over plans another time. I really don't want to deal with anything else right now." Shikamaru stated, before Sasuke could reply to Naruto.
"Good idea, Hinata might be a little worried if I stay out to long, after sending her ahead." Neji replied.
"Oh yeah, we meet every Sunday at One pm. In less your team is on a long-term mission." Sakura explained.
"I will see all of you at the next gathering then." Shino said before walking out of the training grounds.
Shikamaru and Neji soon followed suit a few minutes later. Once the two of them were gone, Sakura turned to Naruto.
"I can't believe you didn't tell us sooner. What if it wasn't them that had come with us? What if it was an enemy? Naruto you can't always place everything on your shoulders. We are here to help too."
"I know that, and I am sorry for not telling you guys." "I thought it would be easier not to tell you." Naruto replied.
"Its fine Dobe, don't worry about it. Let's all just go home. I don't want to deal with anything else tonight either." Sasuke said as he hid a yawn behind his hand.
The three bid each other goodbye, before leaving the training grounds just like the others had.
(One week later)
"Where are we going Neji? You didn't tell us anything, beside to meet up with you." Tenten asked, as Lee and Tenten followed Neji.
"Last week, our team was invited to train with this year's graduate genin. I couldn't say no, they have great potential." Neji replied.
"OH HOW YOUTHFUL THEY SOUND! I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THEIR FLAMES OF YOUTH!" Lee shouted for everyone in Konoha to hear.
"Lee you need to calm down. What if they think your shouting is un-youthful?" Neji asked. Neji didn't know why he didn't try this before. It definitely made Lee calm down.
"Right, I am sorry. Where are we meeting them?" Lee replied.
"Training ground 7, they meet there every Sunday." Neji explained.
Team Gai, walked into training ground 7 a few minutes later. Everyone else was already there. Like Naruto said, Shikamaru, Shino and Sasuke were playing Shogi. Well two of them were, the other was watching.
Hinata, Sakura and Ino were talking not far away under the shade of a tree.
Naruto was sitting in the middle of the training grounds, both Kiba and Choji standing around him. They were probably trying to figure out what he was doing.
"Hey Neji! I was wondering when your team would show up." Naruto called to him, as he opened his eyes and stood up.
"Yeah, sorry we are a little late. These are my teammates Lee, and Tenten." Neji introduced. "So Naruto, do you still want out teams to spar against each other?" Neji asked.
"Sure! I am sure Sasuke and Sakura are up for it. Hey, why don't we have a team tournament? All four teams can participate." Naruto replied.
"That sounds like fun. We should do it." Kiba agreed.
"I guess, it doesn't sound too bad." Choji added.
"Hey guys do you want to do a team tournament?" Kiba asked the others.
"A team tournament? Who started this? Naruto?" Sasuke replied.
"Come on Teme, it will be fun. We can see who the strongest team is." Naruto said.
"That isn't a bad idea." Shino commented.
"Troublesome, I have a feeling this might become a big argument." Shikamaru stated.
"I think it is a YOUTHFUL idea!" Lee suddenly cried out.
"Naruto, I don't want to spar today. We had a three-for-all yesterday during training." Sakura said.
"I don't really want to either. I wanted to work on element training." Ino added.
"I…don't know…" Hinata mumbled.
"Hmmm, well if it's ok with you Tenten. Do you think you could sit out with the rest of the girls? We can do just guys from each team. Otherwise if you joined, the teams would be uneven." Naruto explained.
"I guess I could." Tenten replied as she walked over to the other girls to introduce herself.
Naruto turned back to the guy's. "Alright, how do you guys want to do the tournament?"
"Naruto, I didn't say anything about agreeing." Shikamaru replied. "I can just see the mass destruction the training ground will have when we are all done."
"Shikamaru, it is a training grounds." Neji stated.
"Troublesome, fine I will go along with this tournament thing." Shikamaru finally agreed.
"Why don't we do, Neji and lee versus Kiba and Shino as the first match? Then the second match can be Choji and Shikamaru versus Naruto and I." Sasuke suggested.
"That sounds like a good idea! Then the winners of those matches can fight each other. If they are able to continue anyways." Naruto replied.
"Troublesome, I guess this is uneatable."
"We can do it Shikamaru, don't worry." Choji said.
"I know, but it is going to be tough. Naruto and Sasuke are really strong" Shikamaru replied.
"Let's get started then, I am ready for this!" Kiba cried.
"Arff." Akumaru barked in agreement.
"YOSH! I CANNOT WAIT. OUR FLAMES OF YOUTH BURNS BRIGHTLY!" Lee shouted.
Naruto laughed, "This is going to be a day to remember!"
"Kiba quit shouting. We are fighting first, and I don't want you to get cocky about it. Lee and Neji have a year of training over us." Shino told his loud teammate.
"Sorry" Kiba grumbled, he didn't know why Shino had to be so serious all the time.
"Can you guy's start the tournament already! Were getting old over here!" Ino yelled at them.
Naruto, Sasuke, Shikamaru and Choji walked over to the tree line not to far from the girls. So that the sparring tournament could start.
"So, no bets?" Naruto asked turning to the others.
"No way, I learned the hard way last time. You have too good of luck. I always lose." Shikamaru replied.
"I am not betting with you either Dobe. I know how you are, and Choji I would advise you to not bet against Naruto. He is overly lucky on anything." Sasuke said.
"You guys are just jealous." Naruto replied as he turned to watch the fight.
The spar's will be next chapter.
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