I don't own Naruto, Kishimoto does, but you already know that, don't you ;)

Chapter One

"Team 7: Uzumaki Naruto, Haruna Sakura, and Uchiha Satsuki," announced Umino Iruka, the sensei of this year's graduating shinobi class.

"Iruka-sensei! Why do I, a great shinobi, have to be on a team with somebody like her?!" yelled the boy named Naruto. He had messy, spiky red hair and vibrant, ocean blue eyes. He stood atop of his desk, pointing to a girl down the row from him with long, midnight-blue hair funnily shaped like a duck's butt as well as two long bangs framing her face.

Iruka sighed. Naruto, although being his favorite student and even being like a little brother to him, always got on his nerves. He crossed his arms and reprimanded him, "Because Naruto, the teams were made to balance each other out. Your team has the highest scoring shinobi of the year, Satsuki and Sakura, paired up with the lowest scoring shinobi of the year, you." he said sternly.

"YA NARUTO! Don't go around yelling at Satsuki-san when everyone knows you're the weakest here!" screamed the pink-haired girl sitting in between the two boys. When she finished screaming she cocked her fist back, and sent it flying straight down onto the redhead's head.

"Geez, Sakura-chan, you don't have to hit so hard…" muttered Naruto.

"Well YOU don't have to be so STUPID!" she screeched, before turning back to Satsuki, looking for approval, getting none.

Iruka pinched his nose, this team was going to fail. As his thoughts finished, he heard the class to his door open, and in walked two jounin. One was a man with the standard Konoha outfit with the Jounin vest and dark blue shirt and pants. But he also wore a sash around his waist, signifying he was once a part of the 12 guardian ninja. The woman was not in typical jounin wear at all, and wore a dress that looked like bandages wrapping around her, only having one long red sleeve.

"Sarutobi Asuma, Team 10," said the man. Three kids got up, and round one, a pineapple, and a blonde. Guess who. As they reached the sensei, they bowed and followed him out of the room.

"Yuhi Kurenai, Team 8," said the woman. Again, three kids got up, a boy with a dog, a girl, who to Naruto looked blind, and a boy with a trench coat. Like the three before them, they all bowed and followed her out of the room.

Over the next 30 minutes the next 6 teams had been picked up by their sensei, emptying the classroom until it just left Team 7. Naruto turned to Sakura and smiled with a blush on his face, "Hey, Sakura-chan, do you maybe want to go on a date after this?" he asked.

Sakura, annoyed that she was interrupted from trying to make conversation with Satsuki, turned to Naruto with a dark look on her face.

"Naruto, how many times do I have to say NO!" she yelled, hitting him on the head, leaving him with a large, pulsing bump.

Naruto sighed, 'As many times as it takes, Sakura-chan…' he thought to himself.

3 hours later…

Having done nothing for the past three hours, the team, meaning Naruto, was very bored. Iruka had left only 30 minutes after the last team had gotten picked up, only having to finish up some paperwork. So, Naruto got up from his chair, and went up to the whiteboard, grabbing an eraser from it. He grabbed a chair from a nearby desk and closed the door only until the eraser could fit into the gap. Using the chair to help himself reach, he struggled, grunting, and gained the other two's attention.

"What're you doing Naruto?!" asked Sakura.

Naruto snickered, "Teaching our sensei a lesson for being so late," he said with a cheeky smile on his face. Getting off the chair he dragged it back to the desk and sat down.

Satsuki sighed, "That's not going to work Tomatohead, our sensei's a jounin, an elite. He's not just going to fall for some childish prank like that."

Sakura nodded frantically, "YA! Satsuki-san's right, our sensei's super strong so your stupid prank won't work!"

Just as she finished talking, they all heard the door open. Though the other two doubted the prank, they all sat there in anticipation awaiting the results of the prank. The eraser fell from the crevice, seemingly in slow motion. Naruto's breath hitched in his throat, it was going to hit his sensei's head. Sakura and Satsuki's eyes widened. No way was this idiotic prank going to work. Then, time began to speed up again. With a bonk the eraser hit the silver haired man with one eye and a mask, bouncing off and hitting the floor. The room was quiet. He looked up and closed his eye, putting down the book he was reading. Was he smiling?

"Hello," he said, apparently ignoring the fact a childish prank was just pulled on him.

Naruto launched up into the air, laughing, "HAHA! I got you!" he said, hopping up and down. Meanwhile, his two other teammates weren't faring so well. Satsuki's eye was twitching rapidly. The dumbass had just shown her up. Sakura's mouth was agape.

'No way. No way! That childish prank actually worked?!' she thought.

Meanwhile the jounin stood there and waved his hand, "My name is Hatake Kakashi! I'll be your jounin sensei. Please meet me up at the roof in 5 minutes, he said, before disappearing in a blur of movement. Naruto's eyes widened, 'SO COOL!' he thought.

The three kids made it out of the classroom and into the hallway where they were met with tons of wires and tags across the hall, leading to the roof access. Naruto smirked, traps, well pranks, were his specialty. Satsuki smirked, a few obstacles weren't going to get in her way. He was an Uchiha, the elite of the elite. Sakura sighed, this was going to be a long day.

Naruto weaved himself in and out of the wires and tags, making sure not a single fiber of his traffic cone of a jumpsuit the the wires or tags. For some reason, he was very flexible, like a fox, but he shook his head. But he got that animal out of his mind in the time being by shaking his head. Satsuki and Sakura watched in awe, before they realized what they were doing and took off after him. Sakura didn't get 10 feet before tripping a wire and being tangled up in a web, holding each of her limbs, suspending her in the air.

Satsuki shook her head, 'Useless,' she thought, but this momentary loss of focus caused her to step on a tag, unleashing a blaze on him, burning him comically.

The last thing they both saw before setting off their own traps was Naruto making it out of the course and reaching the roof access door and heading up.

'Dammit,' they both thought.

Roof

Kakashi looked up from his book, hearing the door to the roof open. He eye-smiled as he saw his first student come out unscathed. Honestly, he wasn't surprised. Naruto was always setting traps and outrunning ANBU so it was expected of him. He heard the door open again and out walked his other two students. Satsuki was charred and bruised, while Sakura had cuts across her arms and legs, and marks from where the wires had trapped her. They both sat down, sending jealous glares and Naruto, who didn't seem to notice, and if he did, didn't seem to care, only infuriating them more.

Kakashi, attempting to diffuse the situation, closed his book with a snap, gaining all three of his student's attention.

"As I was saying before, my name is Hatake Kakashi, and I will be your sensei. Now, I want you to all introduce yourselves."

Sakura raised her hand, and Kakashi nodded to her, signaling her to ask. "Could you please provide an example, sensei?" she asked.

Kakashi sighed, wasn't she the smart one? However, he nodded, "I've already told you my name, My hobbies are… my dislikes are… and my dreams, well I don't think you're old enough for that," he said with a little giggle at the end, rubbing his book to his cheek.

All three genin sweatdropped, 'We learned nothing.'

Kakashi pointed to Sakura, "You first pinky."

Other than clenching her fists, Sakura didn't do anything to her sensei for calling her that name.

"My name is Haruna Sakura, the things that I like are dango and makeup, and Satsuki-san. My dream is to befriend Satsuki-san and become a great kunoichi just like her."

Kakashi sighed, "and your dislikes?"

"NARUTO-BAKA!" she screamed.

Naruto face-faulted, 'Aw man…'

Kakashi nodded. "You next emo," he said, pointing to Satsuki.

"Hn," grunted Satsuki, "My name is Uchiha Satsuki, I don't like a lot of things, besides maybe tomatoes, I hate a lot of things, and my dream, no, my ambition is to kill a man and restore my clan to its former glory.

Kakashi looked at Satsuki and sighed, 'Just what I thought.'

Meanwhile, Sakura and Naruto were giving him looks of their own. Sakura looked at Satsuki with a disappointed look, 'What?! Satsuki-san's dream is so much better than mine. I sound like a loser!' she thought.

Naruto looked at Satsuki, creeped out, 'What the hell is wrong with this chick?!' he screamed internally, 'I thought she was just a jackass!'

Finally, Kakashi pointed to Naruto, "Alright Tomato, you're up."

Naruto growled at the nickname. "My name is Uzumaki Naruto, I like ramen, pranks, and super cool jutsus. I don't like traitors or people who look down on others, not knowing what they've been through, as well as people who make fun of my hair. My dream is to become Hokage, and have everyone look up to me!"

At some point he had stood up during his speech. Noticing this, he quickly and embarrassingly sat down, rubbing the back of his head. Kakashi eye-smiled. He's just like them, he thought somberly.

'I've got a love-sick idiot who is also a fangirl, an emo-bruder-avenger, who likes the only food that is bipolar, and an overly extroverted jinchuuriki, who might have mental instability. Hopefully this works out,' he thought. He stood up, "Meet me tomorrow at training ground 7 at 9am sharp. Tomorrow you take the true genin exam."

"HUH?! T-True genin exam?" asked Sakura.

Kakashi nodded, "The exam you took yesterday was to weed out the kids who had no chance to become genins. You three do. Don't fail, or you will be forced into remedial classes for another year. Don't be late, oh, and don't eat breakfast, I don't want my training ground to be covered in it." he said before vanishing.

Sakura turned to Satsuki, pushing her pointer fingers together, "S-Satsuki-san, do you maybe want to go out and eat or train?" she asked hopefully. Maybe now that it was only her, she would finally give her the time of day and they could become friends

"No." said the Uchiha before walking away.

Or maybe not.

"I'll go on a date with you, Sakura-chan!" exclaimed Naruto.

"NO!" screamed Sakura, before hitting him and chasing after Satsuki.

Naruto laid there, "Goddammit."

…

BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEE- CRASH!

Naruto slammed his fist down on his alarm clock as hard as he could, because it had woken him up. He was tired, it was 8am and he didn't want to be up. Forcing himself out of bed, he stumbled his way to his bathroom. Bumping into the wall several times on the way, he knocked down several pots that had been glued back together before. As he made his way into the bathroom, he stripped out of his pajamas and turned on the cold shower water. A slight shiver to the water hitting his body was the only reaction that Naruto gave, as he had been used to the cold water for years now. He poured the shampoo over his head, and furiously scrubbed his hair until it had been washed out. He covered his body in his soap, and eager to get out, he rinsed himself once more and got out. Quickly drying himself, he made his way back to his room and grabbed his orange tracksuit from the closet. Looking at it, he frowned, 'You know, maybe now that I'm a ninja, I should get clothes more suited for it. I think I'll go shopping later,' he thought to himself. He quickly dressed and made his way out of his apartment, heeding Kakashi's warning to not eat or he would throw up. Unfortunately for the young redhead, he would come to regret this decision.

Training Ground 7

When Naruto arrived, the two other girls were already there, with Sakura pestering Satsuki about her favorite foods, color, makeup brand, and other girlish stuff Naruto didn't pay attention to. Naruto yawned, which attracted the two girls' attention, however, Satsuki quickly became uninterested, only making Sakura think it was Naruto's fault she was no longer "talking" to her.

"Naruto! Look what you did! Now Satsuki-san isn't talking with me anymore!" She roared.

Naruto flinched, "But, Sakura-chan, I didn't even do anything?!" he questioned, "All i did was yawn."

"Exactly!" Sakura said, standing up, "Nobody likes the sound of your voice so shut it!" She slapped Naruto across the face, and turned away snobbily before beginning to talk to Satsuki again.

Naruto just stood there and sighed, why did he put up with her again, oh ya! Because she was the love of his life.

3 hours later…

It had been three hours. The three genin at this point were hot, angry, and hungry. With a poof of smoke, Kakashi appeared, the very same book in his hands that he had yesterday.

"YOU'RE LATE!" screamed Naruto and Sakura simultaneously.

Kakashi just eye-smiled, "Am I?"

Naruto had enough. Cocking his fist back, he ran at Kakashi, intending to teach the bastard a lesson. Suddenly, he found himself in a headlock, with his sensei's kunai at his throat.

"Now, now, Naruto, did I say you could start fighting me yet?" he asked cheerfully.

Naruto struggled in his grasp before he was pushed away by Kakashi, and stumbled to the ground in a heap.

"As I said yesterday, today is your true genin test," said Kakashi. He took out two bells, "You will attempt to take these two bells from me, and the person who doesn't have one by the end of an hour, will be sent back to the academy," he explained. Tying the bells to his waist, he threw up a rock. "You may begin," he said, as it thumped on the ground.

Satsuki and Sakura rushed to the trees and hid themselves. Kakashi, looking around, nodded, 'They can hide themselves well' he thought. His eyes turned to his lone student who hadn't moved.

"Now what about you, Naruto?" he asked.

Naruto stood there, a defiant look on his face with his arms crossed, "C'mon Kakashi-sensei. Me and you, right here, right now!" he said.

Kakashi sighed, "Very well, come at me with the intent to kill, or you won't even touch me."

Naruto smirked. He dashed at his sensei, and taking out a kunai, he held it in a reverse grip, and threw a punch at Kakashi. Kakashi only pivoted a bit, and Naruto stumbled past him. Growling, Naruto took another kunai and held it the same way in the opposite hand. Throwing his arms back, he let the two kunai loose and they flew through the air at the silver-haired jonin. Unfortunately, Kakashi simply swatted them like a couple of flies.

"HUH?!" screamed Naruto. He growled once more, before putting his hands in a cross formation, "Kage-Bunshin no Jutsu!" he screamed, and 10 identical copies of him appeared.

Kakashi, for his part, was surprised. No genin should be able to make Kage-Bunshins. Your average chunin could maybe make 2. And here his redheaded student was making 10 without a sign of being winded. He smirked, this might be fun.

The 11 Narutos rushed the jonin at the same time, pushing past each other, trying to get to him first. Kakashi easily evaded and kicked away all the offending genin, all while reading his book. One by one, all Naruto's were dispatched, only leaving the real redhead glaring at his sensei.

Huffing loudly, he said to his sensei, "That's it, I'm going all out on you on this attack!"

Kakashi gave him a bored look in return.

In the tree line, Satsuki stared at the battle. She had expected the idiot to be brash and fight, but she really hadn't expected him to last this long. For the past few minutes she had been thinking over the rules. Kakashi had two bells and had said that whoever had no bells by the end of the hour would be sent back to the academy, however, she had never heard of a team with only two genin. Obviously, he was up to something. This would just make them want to compete with each other more, and it would cause infighting within this team. With that final thought, her eyes widened.

Naruto drew one more kunai and rushed at Kakashi.

"You know, you've already tried this once, what makes you think it'll work again?" asked Kakashi.

Naruto smirked, "Don't worry, it will."

Kakashi's eyes narrowed at that.

Naruto crossed his fingers, and with the familiar motion, a single Kage Bunshin appeared behind him. Jumping up, Naruto got into a squat formation mid-air, while his clone put it's back to the ground, ready to propel itself with its hands behind its head and its feet in the air. As the two Naruto's feet touched, the clone launched itself off the ground, throwing the original headfirst at Kakashi. Naruto, however, knew he would not reach the jonin. Throwing his kunai, Kakashi had prepared to dodge until the kunai turned into smoke. Through the smoke appeared one more Naruto. Kakashi, having lost his focus at this startling move, forgot to dodge. The second clone kneed Kakashi in the chin, sending him stumbling back.

Naruto smirked, "Told you it would work."

Satsuki and Sakura sat in their hiding places stunned. Naruto's plan was brilliant. However one thing lingered in the two girls' minds, 'since when could you transform into solid objects?'

As Kakashi stumbled back, he popped into a cloud of smoke, replaced by a log. Naruto's smirk dropped and his eyes widened, 'Shit! Where?!' he questioned but it was too late. He heard the footsteps behind him and could only turn his head, his eyes widened. Kakashi was running at him, hands together with his pointer and middle finger extended. The next words were words that never again Naruto would want to hear from his sensei's mouth again.

"Konohagakure Secret Finger Jutsu: ONE THOUSAND YEARS OF DEATH!" exclaimed Kakashi as he gathered chakra into his fingers and rammed them up Naruto's ass.

Naruto went flying across the training field, skidding across the nearby lake and sunk.

Satsuki had an embarrassed look on her face, 'Leave it up to the idiot to lose like that. And how did he make solid clones?!' she thought.

Seeing Kakashi had stopped moving and continued with his reading, she made her move. Throwing shuriken, she guided them using ninja wire around her sensei. If she didn't go all out, they would never pass. She had to get to Naruto as well, but the silver-haired was in her way. Holding the ninja wire with her teeth, she sped through hand signs. She leaned back, gathering hot air in her lungs, releasing it in a fireball of fury.

"Katon: Gokakyu no Jutsu," she screamed as the torrent of flames flew down the ninja wire and engulfed Kakashi. However, Satsuki sensed something was wrong. He hadn't moved. Not since she had tied him up, had he ever moved. As the fire died down. She rushed over to the charred body of a scarecrow.

'Shit!' She thought. Hearing a cracking of the ground, she turned to see Kakashi, with his hand to the ground, and a splitting mound of earth in her wake. Using her nimbleness to her advantage, she ran at the spikes and jumped off the first to protrude from the ground. Flipping mid air, she ran through hand signs and released several mini fireballs from her mouth.

"Katon: Housenka no Jutsu," she exclaimed, as the mini fireballs aimed for her sensei.

Just before the impact, her sensei blurred away, disappearing from her sight. She growled, 'Dammit, not again. Where is he?' She thought, "Left, right? Above me, behind me-" "Under." came a voice. Two hands cracked through the ground, grabbing her by the ankles. Her eyes widened as she felt herself pulled into the earth below, only leaving her head exposed. Her sensei appeared to her in a blur again, eye-smiling.

"You know," he started, "I found that Uzumaki Naruto did far better than you. He was able to come up with a plan and actually land a hit on me."

Satsuki growled, "Don't compare me to that dobe."

He only smiled harder in response, "whatever you say," he replied before giving her a two finger salute and shunshining away.

…

It had been 30 minutes. Kakashi had been waiting in the clearing for 30 minutes, and his new genin hadn't come out. He had already dealt with Sakura, but she was so pitiful the author didn't feel like writing about it. However, he wouldn't have to wait long.

Out of the bushes came 10 burning shuriken, each heading straight towards him with the help of ninja wire.

He sighed. When they learn, it almost never works twice. However, his eyes widened when the shuriken transformed. They had been clones of Naruto. Naruto clones with fire fists. Kakashi's eyes narrowed. Naruto didn't seem like the type to be able to use ninja wire. Kakashi had to dodge the first two clones, or he definitely would've ended up burned. He took out a kunai, and deflected several of the clones, popping as he slashed them. One final took out a kunai, and rushed at him. Kakashi slashed upward, unhanding the clone, sending the kunai into the air. Before the clone dispersed he smirked, "NOW SATSUKI!" he announced.

20 minutes ago…

Satsuki sulked as she tried to move. She couldn't help it, she was stuck. She was being careless. She heard wet footsteps coming toward her and turned her head. She saw Naruto, his orange jacket ripped at his body drenched. Naruto saw Satsuki. He laughed. He fell to the ground and laughed. Satsuki's eyes were twitching.

"HEY DOBE! How about you come and help me out so we can pass this test!" she said.

Naruto stopped, "We? Uchiha Satsuki, brooding queen of Konoha, wants to work together with someone," he said, still chuckling.

She growled, "Listen, usuratonkachi, the only way to pass is for us to work together. It's obvious. Kakashi tried to put us up against each other, and make us not work like a team when working like one is the point. Understand?"

Naruto scrunched his face, "Ya, I guess that makes sense," he said. Pulling her up from the ground he turned to her, "What's the plan?" he asked.

…

Kakashi looked around, wondering where the kunoichi would come from. He heard a pop from above. His eyes widened. He couldn't move his feet. Looking down, he saw that he had been maneuvered into the ninja wire by Naruto's clones. As he looked up again he saw that Satsuki had replaced her with the kunai and was going to latch onto him. Quickly replacing it with a log, he sighed, 'Too close,' he thought.

As he found his students again, he saw that they were out of breath. Clapping, he eye-smiled, "So close," he said, "Maybe next time. Magen: Narakumi no Jutsu," he finished, placing them under a genjutsu. He cursed as Satsuki broke it. He didn't know what he expected, she was an Uchiha after all. However, he wanted to see how Naruto would handle it. Satsuki seemed to be trying to get his attention but it wasn't working.

Inside Naruto's head, he felt like he was dying. It felt like he was reliving his worst nightmare. And he was. He was tied to a stake, chains digging into his skin and burning him as they got heated by the fire below him. He couldn't see anything, he was blindfolded. He could only feel the pain of the fire and the beatings the villagers were giving him. He screamed. One person had gone across his left cheek, cutting three lines into it.

"There, doesn't that suit you, demon?" he asked. Naruto could hear the sneer on his face. He screamed again, the same happening on his right cheek. What did he do to deserve this.

He could hear the villagers chanting, "DEMON! DEMON! DEMON! DEMUTO! DEMUTO!"

"NARUTO!" screamed Satsuki. His eyes widened.

Satsuki was holding his shoulder, shaking him. He saw Kakashi, a contemplative look on his face ahead. He saw red, "YOU! HOW COULD YOU SHOW ME THAT?!" he screamed in rage.

Kakashi started sweating. He had started to feel worried, only a few seconds after applying the genjutsu, knowing what had happened to his redheaded student when he was younger. Naruto sprung forward, he cocked his fist back, getting ready to pummel his teacher to the ground. However, he felt a strange sensation wrap around from his back all the way to his fist. Kakashi's eyes widened. Spiked golden chains protruded from Naruto's back, wrapping around his arms, and around his fists, similar to Asuma's knuckle blades. He couldn't let those hit him. He had made a mistake by showing him that genjutsu, and he would work to rectify it, but for now he needed to calm Naruto down. Satsuki's eyes widened, 'What the fuck?! Does the dobe have a bloodline?!' she screamed internally.

BRRRIIIIIINNNNGGG!

The bell had rung. Everything happened so fast. Naruto punched the jonin. Kakashi dodged and appeared behind the genin, and with a swift chop to his neck, he was out. Kakashi sighed.

…

Kakashi stood in front of his three genin. He had his arms crossed. Satsuki and Naruto glared at him, the redhead with far more anger, while Sakura stood tied to a post, exhausted.

He sighed, "You three… fail."

Immediately, they started yelling.

"What do you mean we fail?!" Satsuki yelled.

"You didn't get any bells," responded Kakashi.

"That wasn't the point," said Naruto, "Why have two bells when a team needs three genin? You tried to make us compete."

Kakashi nodded, "True, but even still, you failed to include Sakura into your plan.

Satsuki muttered. Kakashi raised his eyebrow, "What was that, Ms. Uchiha?" he asked.

Satsuki repeated, "That's only because she didn't want to team up."

"Correction," said Naruto, "You didn't want to team up with her, and she didn't want to team up with me, but she wanted to team up with you, and I was going to team up with both of you," he said.

Kakashi sweat dropped and sighed, "Very well, I will give you three one more chance. Satsuki, Naruto, you may eat lunch, however, you are not allowed to give it to Sakura, and if you do, I will have you three be banned from being shinobi entirely," he said, before disappearing.

Naruto thrust his food towards Sakura, "Here, Sakura-chan take some, you'll need some."

Sakura's eyes widened, "But, Naruto, didn't you hear what Kakashi said?" she asked.

"He's right," said Satsuki, "Plus, he's probably gone for the moment. Eat," she said, holding out her chopsticks. Sakura gladly ate, however she only ate from Satsuki's, and while it left Satsuki with very miniscule amounts, Naruto had ended up giving her half of his.

As the redhead passed Satsuki his food, the skies darkened and Kakashi appeared in a flash of lightning, overwhelming the genin with killing intent (KI). The raven-haired Uchiha drew a kunai while Naruto started choking on his own saliva in fear.

"YOU THREE… pass!" said Kakashi happily, instantly switching moods.

"HUUUUUUHHHH?!"

FIN

Author's Notes

Hey there, been a while. Just had an idea and wanted to write about it. That's how most stories start though, right ;). I hope I can finish this one.