Sasuke had found it rather easy to get the Elemental Affinity Test Papers. He'd just had to ask the owner of a store that sold them about them, and the man had happily handed him several "free samples", trembling slightly and gesturing for his children to hide as he did so as some villagers had been wont to do after That Man had... Never mind the manner in which they had been handed over, he was glad that the man had given him the papers for no charge, because he'd checked the price and the damn things were rather expensive. Only one of them cost about as much as a C-ranked mission, which was why most ninja usually waited until they were Chunin and therefore approaching financial security before acquiring one in order to test their affinity.

The reason he'd wanted the affinity testing papers was because Chakra affinities tended to run in families. He had looked up the Fourth Hokage's, it was Wind. If Naruto had any affinity other than Wind, it would prove that he wasn't the son of the Fourth Hokage.

After he'd left the shop and its relieved keeper behind, he decided to test Naruto the next day while they waited for their habitually tardy sensei to arrive. The waiting had been the hardest. He had stayed up most of the night watching the papers in case they vanished when he wasn't looking, and had almost run to the bridge in a most undignified manner as soon as the sun peeked over the horizon. The sooner he could prove to himself that the Idiot wasn't the son of the Yondaime, the sooner things would return to normal.

After arriving for training that day, Sakura found herself staring at Naruto. She wanted to believe Sasuke when he said that there was absolutely no chance that Naruto was the Fourth Hokage's son, but the longer she looked at him the more similarities she could see to the pictures of the Yondaime that she'd found in the Historical Archives. There was something about the jawline, and Naruto's hair when it wasn't being held back by either his hitai-ate or his goggles that made her wonder why the hell nobody had seen it before.

While she gleefully imagined the stunned look that would be on Ino's face when she found out that her rival lucked out enough to be placed on a team that not only had Sasuke-kun but had the son of the Fourth Hokage as well, she knew she couldn't tell a soul. She remembered how Kakashi had said that Naruto's father had made many enemies who wouldn't hesitate to kill him for who he was related to, and she didn't want that on her conscience. Naruto was an annoyance, but she didn't want him dead.

As she stood there studying her blond teammate who became more of an enigma with each passing second, she didn't even notice when her precious Sasuke-kun had arrived. It wasn't until Sasuke had walked up to Naruto and started speaking to him that she realized he was there.

Naruto looked down at the piece of paper in confusion, but did as the arrogant bastard asked after several false starts. The paper promptly tore itself in half.

"Was it supposed to rip like that?" he asked looking at the piece of paper that had been diagonally torn down the middle.

The Uchiha looked stunned for about half a second after seeing the result, but quickly recovered, pulling a book out of his pocket and swiftly leafing through it until he reached the desired page. As he read it, he looked a bit put out by the information it contained.

"Try it again." Sasuke said as he pulled another small piece of paper out of his pocket and handed it to him.

This piece of paper tore in half as well.

"I guess it was supposed to do that." he said as he looked at the two halves of the sheet of paper in his hand.

"Again." Sasuke said as he handed Naruto a piece of paper just as Kakashi arrived.

Standing on the railing of the bridge that was the team's usual meeting spot, he watched as Naruto grabbed the paper and concentrated for a moment. The paper split in two. Despite having Kushina's looks and exuberant personality, Naruto truly was his sensei's son.

"Hi everyone. Sorry I'm late. I just got lost down memory lane." he said, alerting his students to his presence.

Edited 4/2/13