I do not own Naruto

So I have an idea where I am going with this; however, updates will be periodical

Chapter 2

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"Alright class settle down. We are going to be announcing the rookie and Kunoichi of the year, and then we will be giving out team placements so pay attention to where your team is."

The dark haired chunin said in a stern but bored manner. "The rookie of the year is Uchiha Ren, keep training and become a fine shinobi. The top Kunoichi of the year is Shiori, the same applies to you, do the best for your villiage and pass on the will of fire."

What. WHAT.

Clearing his throat he raised his hand.

"Ah… Sensei? I'm a boy."

Everyone in the room recoiled in shock; one Inuzuka even dropped her ninken partner off the desk.

"No Way! Your short and your voice is totally girlie! Not to mention your name!" Uchiha Obito yelled out; breaking the instructors out of their stupor.

"Mah, that is… unfortunate. All the teams are already set so we can't change them until the 6 month review. I will make a note for your jounin instructor; it looks like someone filled out your application wrong." Sensei looked uncomfortable with the situation so he just glossed over it and went on to team placements.

"… and Team Seven will be Shiori and Uchiha Obito under Minato Namikaze, this team is already in rotation with another member. Your jounin wants you to meet him at training ground seven for further instructions."

As he jumped out of the window and flit from roof to roof towards the training ground Shiori wondered what he had done in a past life to deserve this. First, he finds out everyone he had spent the last 4 years with thought he was a girl, then he got stuck on a team with the Uchiha that's very presence in the area made him angry.

Today was not turning out as he had hoped. When he reached ground seven he noticed that he was the only person there, aside from Kakashi, who was hiding in the trees a few feet away obviously ignoring him.

Giving an internal sigh he sat on a dry patch of grass and pulled out his new scrolls, going over the basics of how to balance his chakra a couple more times he put the scroll down and ran through hand signs; A soft green glow edged in yellow surrounded his hands after flickering for a few moments.

Blinking in surprise Shiori studied his hands closer; he had never gotten a jutsu on the first try before, it usually took him a week or two depending on what it was; although he had great chakra control he was not that good at ninjutsu, his henge in particular was complete shit.

He was good at flowing the chakra through his body and augmenting it, once it left him though it tended to be rather destructive, often catching things on fire which he blamed on learning from the Satsuki scrolls. Feeling Obito approaching after 20 minutes of practicing the technique he rolled up his things and put them back into the pouch along his lower back.

The dark haired Uchiha sprinted into the clearing, dropping to his knees and heaving for breath when he reached Shiori. Rolling his eyes at the over exaggerated movements (the other boy wasn't red or sweating at all) Shiori waited for Kakashi to make his appearance.

The other two boys had never gotten along so he knew Kakashi wouldn't pass up a moment like this.

There.

Gold eyes easily kept up with the silver haired missile known as Kakashi as he leapt from the trees and appeared next to Obito.

"Late again dead-last. You should just go back to the academy; you'll never make it as a real Shinobi." The youngest boy's voice was bland like he was giving his opinion on the weather instead of spewing hateful things to his teammate.

The black haired 10 year old looked like he was going to cry and try to punch the younger at the same time. Sigh.

"Ah… that was rude Kakashi-Sempai. You don't see Uchiha-San making jokes about your age or old man hair, you should be nicer to him, and we're on the same team and all." Shiori kept his tone even throughout his entire speech, not allowing any emotion to color his voice.

Kakashi's ears were pink as he huffed and turned his back to them; Obito had his mouth dropped open and stars in his eyes.

"Ah! Someone stood up for me! Ne- Shiori, I am sorry for thinking you were a girl for so long I promise I won't bring up your girlish figure or voice again!"

Narrowing gold eyes pinned the boy in place.

"My… What?"

Shiori's voice was deceptively peaceful even if his aura was giving off the image of a roaring blue dragon surrounded by yellow flames.

"Ah-ha-ha-ha, I meant that you totally weren't girl-like in any way; in fact I feel inadequate next to your manliness." Obito was sweating now and rubbing the back of his head in nervousness.

"I thought so." He responded mildly and turned his still hidden face to where he felt an approaching chakra signature. It was moving so fast, faster than any shunshin he had ever felt and coming from the Hokage tower.

About 3 seconds later a yellow flash appeared out of the corner of his eye, the man finishing whatever technique he was using and coming to a stop where Shiori had been staring. The man was tall, thin and blond.

He wore a jounin flak jacket over blue pants and a matching shirt, he had a calm smile on his face.

"Hey, I'm Namikaze Minato, you can call me Minato-Sensei, why don't we all go ahead and introduce ourselves, and I'll go first okay?" Getting nods from Obito and himself he began.

"Well like I said my name's Namikaze Minato, I like red hair and my precious people, I dislike the war and prejudice, and I have reached my dream because I have been named the Yondaime Hokage and my hobbies are creating new fuinjutsu and ninjutsu. Now why don't you go Kakashi?"

Minato-Sensei had a soothing voice I noticed, it was soft and calm like his chakra.

"Hmph. Hatake Kakashi. I don't want to tell you my likes or dislikes, I do not have any dreams or hobbies, I am simply a shinobi to be used by my village." Minato frowned at the bowed silver head in what looked like exasperation.

"Ah, sempai likes eggplant food and dislikes slackers, he has a stalking hobby. He follows me around at least twice a week for the last 3 years, he also plays with his ninken Pakkun at the park near my apartment on Sundays." Shiori sold him out getting a vicious glare from him and a laugh from the other two.

"Okay since you feel like sharing why don't you go next Shiori-chan."

Closing his eyes briefly he took a fortifying breath.

"My name is Shiori, I am a boy. I like learning new things and birds, I dislike the war and the red light district. My dream… hmm. My hobby is to learn new techniques from old scrolls and to watch the sunset." Shiori intoned blandly ignoring the sheepish look from Minato-Sensei.

"Alright! My turn! I am Uchiha Obito! I like orange and the old ladies from my clan cuz they always give me treats when I help them out, I don't like my clan hear or people who look down on me, my dream is to unlock the sharingan and become the strongest Hokage ever! My hobbies are helping people and training!"

This was all said loudly and quickly, almost running together into word vomit. Sensei just blinked before smiling again.

"Alright, now that we're all acquainted we're going to be doing the genin test you have to pass to keep from going back to the academy. I have two bells here, whomever can get a bell away from me passes and can remain on the team, the person who doesn't get a bell will be sent back to the academy."

Outraged shouts came from Obito and Kakashi frowned hard under his mask. Shiori just raised his hand in question.

"Yes, Shiori-Kun?" The blond man asked as he tied the bells to his hip.

"Konoha genin teams always have 3 man cells under a jounin instructor; you cannot only send one of us back to the academy. You could send all of us back if Kakashi-Sempai was still a genin, but since he is a chunin apprentice that can't happen either. Logically, you are trying to make us compete to see if we will work together to get the bells from you as some kind of test. Teamwork maybe? Konoha values their teams like Kiri values their swordsmen. If you are trying to see if we will work well together, I would recommend a trust exercise or an obstacle we must work together to get through."

Obito had glazed eyes by the end of his comment; Kakashi and Minato were just staring at him blankly.

"Ah- you figured it out fast…"

Sweat-dropping as sensei grew all depressed and pushed his fingers through the dirt in a corner of the field. Shiori actually felt bad for a second, the feeling soon passed as sensei hopped up.

"I know a great trust exercise!"

The smile on his face was angelic and it was giving Shiori hives… nothing good would come of this.