Kakashi looked over his new genin squad curiously as they sat on the roof, soaking up the sunshine. To say they were not what he expected upon reading their files would be something of an understatement.
First they were all dressed exactly the same, and had the exact same haircut that would forever be scarred into his nightmares. He wasn't about to look low enough to be certain, but he was going to put Pink down as the girl, Sakura was her name if he remembered the profile right. She was supposed to have a thing for the Uchiha, whom he was assigning as Black. That meant that Blonde would be Naruto.
Staring blankly at the trio, he sighed and cleared his through, "Alright, let's start with intros..." he started casually, before Pink leaped up and struck nice guy pose #13 with smile #2. An interesting look on a girl to say the least, especially with Blonde and Black doing jazz hands to her from behind. "YOSH! I am the youthful Sakura Haruno! I like genjutsu and taijutsu! My youthful goals are to become a genjutsu specialist and someday branch into medical nin training. I do not have many dislikes. And I hope that you will be a constant source of youth and inspiration as the eternal rival of youthful Gai-sensei!"
Before he could quip something back at her, Black surged forth and gave Kakashi what he could only hope was a salute. "YOSH! I am the youthful Sasuke Uchiha! I like taijutsu and ninjutsu! My youthful goals are to restore my clan, gain the use of my Sharingan, and marry the man I love, Rock Lee! I do not have many dislikes, save my unyouthful older brother Itachi, but I understand that he was misled down the wrong road of life. I hope to return to him the flaming spirit of Youth that Gai-sensei has instilled in me!"
Next up was Naruto, who sprang forth with a huge grin on his face, one that Kakashi had always dreaded during his prankster days, with the ping no jutsu of Gai's it was downright disturbing. "YOSH! I am the youthful Naruto Uzumaki! I like ninjutsu and taijutsu! My youthful goal is to become the next Hokage so that I may protect all of Konoha! I have a few dislikes, making me regretfully unyouthful, but Gai-sensei is helping me to overcome these. I hope to one day be a shining example of the power of Youth to all of Konoha!"
As silence returned to the rooftop, Kakashi stared blankly at the trio of expectant faces, beaming up at him full of life and energy that Gai had no doubt instilled in them from the beginning. He could feel some part deep inside of him dying as he realized that these three might just pass the bell test.
"I'm Kakashi Hatake, as you seem to know..." Kakashi began suspiciously, edging back from the trio. "And I have to go talk to the Hokage... meet me at training grounds 42 at seven tomorrow... oh and one last thing... you might want to skip breakfast, you'll only throw it up."
Without waiting for their replies, he broke and ran like the nine-tailed fox had ripped out of Naruto's gut and said hi. Unfortunately, he didn't hear the trio breaking down in peals of laughter, and Naruto's voice proclaiming, "I told you that'd be a great prank!"
Instead he was heading back for a long talk, and reassignment to deep infiltration in Iwa, where he was unlikely to ever see another Genin team again.
