Author's Note

Alright, I think I will stick to a chapter per week schedule. Any quicker would be very hard for me to do. This chapter took this long to finish writing because I was not happy with what I wrote and had to rewrite the whole thing. And I don't think I could write any faster cause I will be having a few busy weeks.

So, let's get on with the chapter.

Disclaimer: I am just a humble fan and do not own Naruto or High School DxD.

Chapter 4: Team Selection

"Hello." talking

'Hello.' thinking

"Hello." Kyuubi talking

'Hello.' Kyuubi thinking

*Knock* Sound effects

"Bunshin no Jutsu" Jutsu

Naruto was currently sitting at the waiting area of the Hokage office. He had been called to meet the old Hokage immediately after the stunt he just pulled regarding Mizuki. Now he was waiting for Sarutobi to finish with a meeting.

'Damn… I suppose I shouldn't have said it out loud.' pondered Naruto.

"You think?" grumbled the Kyuubi. "What's with you and messing up an extremely good situation?"

'I don't know. Maybe it's just my luck. I mean I did get stuck with you.' countered Naruto.

"Cheeky brat." responded Kyuubi.

"The Hokage will now see you." the assistant called at Naruto.

Naruto went inside the office, to find Sarutobi Hiruzen smoking on his pipe. He quietly motioned at an empty chair, and Naruto walked up to it before sitting down. Sarutobi inhaled a large amount of smoke, before slowly exhaling.

"Naruto," he began, "I must commend you for helping us capture Mizuki. But I must say that blurting out that it were orders from me right in the middle of a fight was not a good thing to do. When you are a shinobi, there will be times when secrecy becomes extremely important. We can't have shinobi who reveal secrets like that."

"I will keep that in mind, jiji." promised Naruto. "I won't disappoint you."

"Good. Now I believe you have managed to pass the genin exam." Sarutobi said, a small smile finding its way to his lips.

"Of course. Nothing can stop me from becoming the next Hokage dattebayo." replied Naruto excitedly.

"That's good and all, but I hear that you managed to get yourself the title of 'dead last'." Sarutobi mused. "Sasuke got the 'shinobi of the year' title."

"Really? What about the 'kunoichi of the year'?" asked Naruto.

"That was gotten by another Uchiha, Uchiha Misaki." answered Sarutobi.

"So Misaki-chan really did it huh. Good for her." said Naruto smiling.

"You are quite fond of her, aren't you?" asked Sarutobi.

"Yeah. She is the first friend I had." responded Naruto. Sarutobi looked at Naruto fondly, before speaking again.

"I must ask you to do something." Sarutobi was serious. "I want you to not hold back when you get yourself a team. If your team does not know what you are capable of, it could get both you and your team to be killed. The same goes for your little friend."

"What do you mean, not holding back?" Naruto asked suspiciously.

"Don't try to hide anything Naruto. I know that you and your friend are far stronger than you showed during the exam, and I want you to show that strength. At least to your team."

"Fine, old man." Naruto said begrudgingly, "If that's what you want, you'll get it, but don't blame me when the jounin is shocked." With that Naruto got up from the chair and left the room.

'I really hope Kakashi can handle him, or else we might have a problem.' thought Sarutobi.

Next Day

Naruto was walking towards the Konoha Academy for his team selection. He had a very difficult time trying to get some sleep, so right now he was pretty groggy. Add to the fact that he had somehow ran out of ramen (which is impossible to begin with), so he was right now on an empty stomach. He soon reached the Academy, only to be deafened by a loud squeal.

"Ugh… don't those fangirls need some sleep or anything." grumbled Naruto.

Yep. It was the Sasuke fangirls, who seem to be having a fight on who gets to sit by the said Uchiha. Sasuke, on the other hand, was currently sitting at a window seat near the back of the class. He seemed to be completely oblivious to the squealing, but a closer look revealed that he was grimacing. Naruto noticed, however, that he wasn't exactly alone. Misaki was seated beside him, a fact that the fangirls never even notice in their battle for that seat. He approached Misaki, who seemed to be bursting from annoyance.

"Hey, Misaki-chan. What's got you so worked up early this morning?" asked Naruto.

"Oh, nothing much. Just a group of fangirls whom a certain cousin of mine can't seem to handle." muttered Misaki through her teeth.

"Hn." grunted Sasuke.

"Is that supposed to be a yes or a no?" wondered Naruto.

"Shut up, dobe." said Sasuke.

"I'll take that as a no." decided Naruto.

"Oh shut up you two. The fangirls were bad enough, if you two start bickering now; I am going to kill both of you." threatened Misaki.

"Yes/Hn." was the reply of Naruto and Sasuke.

Iruka picked that moment to enter the classroom. He got all the fangirls to take their seats, who finally noticed Misaki and Naruto sitting near Sasuke, and began shooting death glares at them. If only looks could kill…

"I must say that I am extremely proud of all of you that passed the genin exam…" Iruka began giving one of his famous lectures that could knock out even a serious student. Most of the people blocked out his speech, only paying half a mind to it so that they don't miss anything important. Naruto was one of those people.

"Psht, Misaki-chan." whispered Naruto. "Do you know how they select the teams?"

"Not really," Misaki whispered back. "I only know that there is some sort of pattern."

"Oh." said Naruto, clearly disappointed. He then remembered the conversation he had with the Hokage the night before. "By the way, Jiji says that we should stop holding back."

This seemed to get even Sasuke's attention, as he leaned forward to try and listen in.

"What? But how did he find out?" asked Misaki, completely shell shocked.

"Well… he is the Hokage. He has means and motive to find out." explained Naruto.

"What do you mean holding back?" Sasuke asked suddenly.

"Just that we haven't been using our full power yet." replied Misaki nonchalantly.

"…." Sasuke was rendered speechless.

"…I am going to call the teams and their jounin sensei now." Iruka said, and suddenly everyone's attention switched to him.

"Oh, he will begin now." Naruto said, literally jumping in excitement.

Ok, Team 1 …, Team 7 will be Uzumaki Naruto, Uchiha Misaki and Uchiha Sasuke. Your sensei will be Hatake Kakashi."

This caused the entire room to become completely silent, before several outbursts followed, mostly from Sasuke's loyal fan base.

"Why the hell am I in his team?" shouted Sasuke uncharacteristically.

"Yeah, why does Naruto get to be on his team? He is the 'dead last'." shouted a fan girl.

"I deserve to be on Sasuke-kun's team." shouted fan girl #2.

"Yeah... and why is she in his team?"

"SILENCE!" bellowed Iruka, and the entire class room fell silent.

"Naruto is in Sasuke's team because he is the 'dead last' and Sasuke is the 'rookie of the year'. And Misaki is in the team because she is the 'kunoichi of the year'. Now shut up and sit down before I decide to hold all of you back." This got everyone to fall back to their seats, grumbling under their breath.

Naruto, on the other hand, had a similar yet completely different kind of thought. 'What hell was the old man thinking? After what he said to me, I hope he is going to send a good enough Jounin.'

"Alright, now that the teams are done, we are going to have a lunch break. Get back here at 12 noon sharp. Your sensei will pick you up from here." announced Iruka, before leaving the room. He was soon followed by the rest of the teams, leaving only Team 7 inside the classroom. No one said anything, until a loud rumbling disrupted the silence.

"Ehehehe..." Naruto chuckled nervously. "So ... who's up for some ramen?" He asked.

A little later, Ichiraku's

Team 7 walked into Naruto's favourite ramen stand. It was pretty empty, considering it wasn't exactly the 'business hours of ramen'. The owner of the shop, and old man named Teuchi, was standing behind the counter. Teuchi looked up, hearing the footsteps, and visibly livened.

"Oh... here comes my best customer." said Teuchi, "And you have brought your friends with you, I see."

"That's right." piped Naruto, "You already know Misaki-chan, and the grumpy kid is her cousin, Sasuke." Misaki waved at Teuchi, while Sasuke just grunted. They all grabbed a seat for themselves, before ordering.

"So, what do you want to talk about?" asked Sasuke, while waiting for their orders to arrive.

"What do you mean?" asked Naruto, a look of complete ignorance on his face. Beside him, Misaki had the exact same look on her face.

"Do you take me for an idiot?" asked Sasuke, his voice leaking some of his irritation. "I know for a fact that I refused to come here. If you guys hadn't dragged me, I wouldn't even be here. So, tell me, what do you want?"

"Can't get by you, huh Sasuke?" Naruto chuckled sheepishly. "Fine, I'll get right down to business. Since we are already in the same team, we will have to tolerate each other for a really long time. It will also seem to be a hindrance towards each of our respective goals. You, for instance, are already thinking that we will hinder you from killing Itachi."

Sasuke was now suspicious. How did the dead last manage to read his thoughts that well? What was he trying to achieve?

"Anyway..." Naruto continued, "What I'm trying to say is that we are not going to be a hindrance to you. Misaki-chan here is actually on the same boat here you know. And I believe that Itachi had it coming. So, neither of us is going to stop you. Hell, I might even want to help you if I have nothing else to do..."

Sasuke was now beyond apprehension. The idiot was trying to achieve something. He just didn't know what. "There is a 'but' somewhere around there, right?" asked Sasuke.

"Not really, no. Just a request." said Naruto. "We hope that just like we would help you in your goal... you will help us with ours."

"And what is your goal?" Sasuke asked, not really liking it one bit.

"Mine is to be the Hokage." piped Naruto. Misaki face palmed, shaking her head at Naruto's relapse into idiocy. "I haven't exactly decided on a goal yet." said Misaki.

Sasuke considered the options he had in front of him. He didn't want the help of these two on his quest for revenge. And yet, he wasn't quite sure whether he could do it without them. For one thing, Misaki was his cousin, thus also an Uchiha. She had every right to want to have revenge, though she didn't have to go through the same torture he did. She was also strong, he knew that. She could give him a run for his money when she stopped playing around. And Naruto was a wildcard. He had the worst scores in class, sure. But he also happened to have those instances when he surprised everyone. And he could outrun even ANBU when he was running away from them in a prank. He could become pretty useful. So, weighing his options, he realized he'd have a much better chance with the two of them helping him.

"Fine." Sasuke replied curtly.

"Order up." Teuchi said, placing their respective bowls of ramen in front of them.

Later, at the Academy

It had been over three hours since Team 7 had come back from their lunch. They saw all the rest of the teams leave with their respective sensei, but their own sensei had not shown up. Naruto was already pacing about the room, fuming about a ridiculously late sensei and that their sensei was going to regret it. Sasuke was sitting down on one of the chairs, with his hands brought together in front of him. He seemed unperturbed, but if you happen to know him well enough, which Misaki did, he was pretty annoyed too.

Misaki was following Naruto with her eyes, but her mind was elsewhere. She was reminiscing. Naruto was one of the few people who didn't cast her out after the Uchiha Massacre. He was her first friend, and the reason she didn't spiral into depression like her cousin Sasuke. Now, Misaki could say that Naruto was her best friend.

She could remember clearly how they met...

Flashback

Misaki was walking home after a long day at the Academy. She had a gruelling day, and was hoping to take a long shower before going straight to bed. What she didn't notice while daydreaming were the people that were following her. As she got closer to the Uchiha compound, the streets began to get empty. No one usually came near the Uchiha compound; it wasn't a 'normal' thing to do.

She was brought out of her daydream however, to find herself surrounded by three seniors from the Academy.

"Look what we have here boys." said the shortest of the kids, "A beautiful lady going home alone."

"Yeah, boss. I can't believe she decided to walk home alone, with all the stuff that's going on." said one of his lackeys, a big grin splattered over his face.

"Maybe she wants to get abducted by the rumoured kidnappers who only take good looking girls." offered the other lackey.

"Or maybe she is just strong enough to protect herself." said an annoyed Misaki.

"Well let's find out." said the leader, "Get her." he commanded.

The trio circled Misaki, and began to slowly box her in. Before they could do anything however, there was an orange blur, before one of the three flew out of the formation and hit a wall.

"What the hell..." began the other kid, but he never finished, since he found Misaki's fist planted into his face. Misaki then moved quickly, kneeing the leader in the family jewels, causing him to fall to the ground in a crumpled heap.

When she turned around, she saw a blonde haired kid staring at her appreciatively with his blue eyes.

"Like I said, I am strong enough to protect myself."

Flashback end

A smile crept onto Misaki's face as she reminisced about her first meeting with Naruto. It was then that she heard footsteps coming towards their classroom, and realized that their sensei might have showed up after all. Then she noticed Naruto sitting down at a desk with a really creepy grin across his face, and decided that she was going to pity her sensei, whoever he or she was.

Oh how wrong she was going to be...

Hatake Kakashi walked down the corridor in order to reach the room where his team was now waiting for him for the past three hours, trying to decide which excuse he was going to use for his lateness. He soon reached the classroom, and was about to go in, when he had a chill run up his spine. He looked around, and when he saw nothing opened the door and stepped inside. He immediately sensed an object falling on him from above. However, having seen that his team was the only people present, he decided that it must be a prank and no need to give it much heed. That is, until it actually landed on him...

*Splat*

Kakashi found himself covered in multi-coloured paint. He stood frozen at his spot, trying to wrap his mind around the fact that someone just painted him in all the colours from the rainbow. He was brought out of his stupor by the roaring laughter of a blonde haired kid, whom he soon recognized as the village's most notorious prankster, Uzumaki Naruto.

Hindsight is always a bitch.

He looked around, and saw that a black haired girl was giggling quietly. He recalled her to be Uchiha Misaki, the girl in his team. He soon found the other Uchiha in his team. Sasuke was trying to hide a smirk that seemed to disrupt his emotionless demeanour.

"Hmm... my first thoughts about you guys," Kakashi said, keeping to his lazy, disinterested persona, "I hate you. Meet me at the rooftop." with that he shunshined out of the room, leaving a dazed group of students behind.

Kakashi was currently at the rooftop of the Academy with his team. He had managed to get rid of the paint, and grabbed a change of clothes in the time it took the brats to climb to the roof. He was observing the trio he was supposed to be training. Naruto was a bundle of energy, who wouldn't stop bouncing in his place if his life dependent on it. But there was something wrong with this. He couldn't quite put his finger on it, but somehow it seemed natural. Too natural. The brat might be hiding something. He would have to keep an eye on him.

Sasuke, on the other hand, was completely opposite of Naruto. He was completely stoic, ignoring most of what was happening around him. That didn't mean he wasn't aware of his surroundings. Oh he was aware alright, he just was better at hiding it. He also seemed relaxed, even lethargic, but a closer look could tell all the muscles were tensed in anticipation of the unexpected.

Misaki seemed to be just the right balance between the two of them. She seemed bubbly enough to at least keep up with Naruto, and she was tensed at the same time, waiting for something to happen exactly like Sasuke. Kakashi was in a dilemma. His team seemed to be one of those gambles, one where if it came off right it would be the best result ever. If it was lost, however, it would be disastrous.

"Alright, how about we get introduced?" Kakashi said cheerfully. "Tell me your likes, dislikes, hobbies and dreams."

"How is that supposed to work?" asked a puzzled Naruto.

"Fine, I'll go first to show you how it's done." said Kakashi, a bit irritated that the boy couldn't even do that. "My name is Hatake Kakashi. I like... and I dislike... I have lots of hobbies. My dreams... is none of your business." 'There, that shouldn't give them any information about me at all.' Kakashi saw a glint in Naruto's eyes before he took up an expression of annoyance.

"Alright, blondie, you go first." said Kakashi, pointing at Naruto.

"Alright! My name is Uzumaki Naruto. I like ramen. I dislike the three minutes that takes to cook ramen. My hobby is gardening. My dream is to become greater than the previous Hokage's." exclaimed Naruto, moving animatedly with each sentence.

'Hmm. He seemed to block out any personal information quite effectively, even though it seemed that he said a lot. He might have some talent after all. Though if you read between the lines, you can see the surface of what makes up Uzumaki Naruto. His gardening hobby tells me that he likes to have control over his life. His proclamation about being Hokage however, shows that he hasn't managed to get that control, and is still striving for it.'

"Your turn." Kakashi pointed at Sasuke.

"My name is Uchiha Sasuke. I don't like much, and I dislike a lot of things. I don't have a hobby. My dream, no my ambition is to kill a certain man and to revive my clan."

'Ok... the Uchiha is and avenger. That can't end well. He is also pretty antisocial from what I see. He has also managed to block out any personal information that I could use, and he even lets me know that he is doing it. I suppose he needs to work on his personality and subtlety.'

"Wrap it up girl." said Kakashi, looking at Misaki.

"My name is Misaki Uchiha. I like my family and friends. I dislike people who threaten my family and friends. My hobby is training, and my dream is to help Naruto and Sasuke achieve their goals."

'That was... unexpected. She might be what keeps this team together. With her dream, as well as her bonds with them, she can motivate and influence them. However, she was the one who let the most out. She wants to protect her precious people, and that is obvious considering what happened to the Uchiha. Except for that though, there was nothing else, except that she has the drive to do what she sets out to do.'

"Now that we are all acquainted and all that, let's get down to business." said Kakashi in an aloof tone. "Tomorrow you are going to have a survival test at Training ground 3. Be there by 0600 hours; don't be late." He got up to leave. "Oh, and a suggestion. Don't eat breakfast. You will throw up." and with that Hatake Kakashi left the rooftop in a swirl of leaves.

Ok, done.

Wow, another over 3000 chapter. It took a really long while to write, so maybe it's actually quite small? Whatever, I did what I could in the midst of my busy life.

So we have Naruto, Sasuke and Misaki in the same team with Kakashi their sensei. The rest of the teams are actually undecided, and I'll leave it like that for now. And about people asking about Rias or Akeno, or even the fact that people read DxD for ecchi; I don't care. Simple as that. I won't put Rias or Akeno in the harem, but they might have some role in the story. Keyword 'might'. Truth is even I can't tell where this story is gonna go. So deal with it by reading, just as I am dealing with it by writing. I mainly borrowed some things from the story; it is not the main base. Main base is Naruto, so it will have more universe ideas from there.

Anyway, before I go off on a tangent again, sorry for being late with the chapter. I hope I'll finish the next chapter sooner.

Next Time on Blonde Haired Devil:

Team 7 takes on Kakashi in their survival test. Will they be able to pass it? Or will they fail it? And who is this Azuka person anyway? Find out on the next instalment of Blonde Haired Devil.