Chapter 2. Meeting the Teams
The next morning Naru got dressed slowly and sighed. She found her hairbrush and fixed her hair the way she did before she lost her sight. "Moru, how do I look?" she asked her summon.
"Perfect." He purred. She nodded with a smile and grabbed her hatai-ate that she had gotten from Iruka. It had his scent all over it. She pulled it on her forehead and tied it under her bangs, feeling the metal making sure that it was on correct. She walked out of her room and found her small bag and grabbed a breakfast bar from the kitchen. She pulled her shoes on which were specially made just for her. They were designed so that she could feel the vibrations in the ground better.
"Ready." She said pulling her bag on. Mamoru moved forward and slid between her legs and lifted her up onto his back. She slid below his shoulders and held onto him. She reached out and opened the door. Mamoru walked out and turned around so she could shut and lock the door behind them before they left for the academy. After Naru put the key back around her neck Mamoru took off leaping across the rooftops towards the academy. Once they arrived he leapt down and landed softly and sighed.
"I'll be waiting." He said. She nodded and slid off his back. He gave her a nudge forward towards the doorway and she started to walk, counting each step in her head. She opened the door and headed in.
"Naru." Hinata's voice sounded from her left side. She smiled towards her only female friend. Hinata walked up and grabbed her arm, wrapping hers around it, and secretly led Naru to class. "I'm glad that you passed." She said to Naru, who gave a soft smile in return.
"Yeah me too, I was pretty nervous." She said and chuckled.
"Yeah, well maybe we'll be on the-"Hinata started to say.
"We won't." Naru said dejectedly.
"What?! How do you know that?!" Hinata said giving a small whine.
"I asked Sandiame-sama last night…. I'm with Uchiha and Haruno." She said causing Hinata to cringe.
"I'm sorry." She said sadly. Naru gave a little chuckle.
"Meh…" she said shrugging. "I'm not looking forward to any of it."
Both girls walked to the top row and sat down together like normal. Shortly after they sat down Shikamaru walked up with a smirk and plopped down in the open seat on the other side of Naru, who blinked hearing the noise of a car moving next to her.
"Hey Naru." He said, she smiled at him and nodded. The three began to talk quietly about the teams as everyone else began to file in slowly.
The bell range finally and Iruka came in a minute later, giving everyone a big smile. "Well everyone, I have to say that I am so proud of each and every one of you for graduating." He said with a smile. He looked at Naru and cleared his throat. "Today is your last day in the academy and the last day that I will be your sensei." He said causing many of the students to erupt in cheers to finally be free from the academy, which caused him to develop a small tick mark above his left eye. "You're all going out into the world to become the amazing ninja's that I know you will be! I wish you all the best of luck out there in the world!" he said with a smile while the students were all grinning happily. "For today I will be giving you your teams and after lunch you will meet your new Sensei's" he said and opened the folder he had received from the Hokage. "Okay! Team 1" he said and began to list off students as well as their respective Sensei's. Naru sighed and waited for her team to be called.
"Team 7, Haruno Sakura, Uchiha Sasuke, and Uzumaki Naru." He said causing Naru to sigh and put her head on the desk. Sakura meanwhile was jumping in the air cheering that she was with Sasuke while taunting Ino. Sasuke rolled his eyes not happy that he had to be placed with a team, he was an Uchiha. He was an elite! He shouldn't have to be paired up with these, amateurs!
"Team 8, Aburame Shino, Hyuga Hinata, and Inuzuka Kiba." He said. Hinata leaned back in her seat and looked over at Naru who gave her a small smile.
"Team 9 is still operational from last year. Team 10 will be Akimichi Choji, Nara Shikamaru, and Yamanaka Ino." He finished.
"You are all free to go to lunch now, I suggest spending the time getting to know your new teammates, but that is entirely up to you." He said noticing that his former students had already decided that they were done listening to him since he was no longer their Sensei.
Naru, Hinata, and Shikamaru headed out together and went to the small field behind the school and sat under a tree to eat their lunches. Mamoru jumped down next to Naru, who smiled while petting his head. She began to eat her lunch and shared it with him as well.
"So, what are you going to do Naru?" Hinata asked. "I mean, will you tell them?"
"Nope." She replied. "I don't plan on telling anyone." She stated.
"Troublesome woman, then what will you do?" Shikamaru asked while sighing.
"I have Moru with me. " She said grinning while he purred. They nodded and continued to talk about their plans for a while.
"I wonder what kind of Sensei we will have." Hinata pondered aloud.
"Yeah. I hope I don't get one who's too troublesome." Shikamaru said yawning.
"Do you know your Sensei Naru? I mean you did find out your team from Sandiame-sama…" Hinata asked.
"Hatake Kakashi." Naru replied.
"I've heard of him before." Shikamaru said, Naru just shrugged.
The bell was about to ring so they made their way back into the classroom, however this time Mamoru walked in with her and hid in the back of the room behind her, Shikamaru, and Hinata.
As time rolled on Jonin entered the room and called out their students names. Students filed out one by one until only Naru, Mamoru, Sakura, and Sasuke were left there.
Mamoru jumped up to Naru who now sat in the front row, startling Sakura causing her to scream. He growled at her and laid next to Naru, who smiled and pet his head.
"WHAT AS THAT ANIMAL DOING HERE!?" Sakura shrieked.
"First of all he's not an animal." Naru snapped.
"Well WHAT is he then!?" Sakura demanded while slowly switching to another seat more than a little scared of the large animal.
"He is my summon, Mamoru." She said and sighed.
"Why do you-"Sakura started to ask.
"Because I do!" she barked with an eye roll. Mamoru nudged her hand. She sighed and continued to pet him. Sakura watched the two warily from a few seats over while Sasuke glared angrily at her wondering why he, The Last Uchiha, didn't have a summon and she did.
It wasn't until the third hour passed before the door finally slid open and a Jonin stepped in. He had silver hair that stuck up defying all the laws of gravity, a leaf hatai-ate slanted across his head covering his left eye, and a skin tight mask over the lower part of his face that matched the Jonin uniform that he wore.
"Hmm." He said looking them over. "You all seem boring. Meet me on the roof in 5 minutes." He said and left the room.
"Well that was rude." Sakura said sighing and stood up chasing after Sasuke who had hurriedly left the room to head to the roof. Naru got up from her seat and got onto Mamoru's back who then proceeded to make his way to the stairs that headed to the roof.
Kakashi watched carefully as he saw his final student come up to the roof riding on the back of a snow leopard with an eyebrow raised in curiosity. She carefully got off of his back and started to sit down as he curled up behind her so that she would be leaning against him.
Sakura and Sasuke who had been standing the whole time since coming up to the roof decided to sit down, albeit with a little more space between them and the large leopard. Kakashi sighed at seeing this knowing that his job was going to be that much harder.
"Alright, I want you all to introduce yourselves one at a time." He said.
"What are we supposed to say Sensei?" Sakura inquired.
"Your likes, dislikes, hobbies, dreams for the future. Those kind of things." He said with a small shrug and cross his arms over his chest.
"Maybe you should go first, just to show us what you want exactly." Naru said. He looked at her then sighed.
"Alright, my name is Hatake Kakashi. Things I like and things I hate… I don't feel like telling you that." He said. "My dreams for the future, never really thought about it. And as for my hobbies, well. I have some hobbies." He said with a half shrug.
"Well that was pointless, all we got was his name." Sakura muttered to herself.
"Alright, you're first pinky." Kakashi said earning a glare from Sakura.
Naru's face briefly flashed with confusion before it went back to normal as she thought 'Pinky… OH. Sakura right.' This wasn't missed by Kakashi who merely put it into the back of his mind figuring that she just wasn't paying attention.
"I'm Haruno Sakura, what I like is uh… I mean the person I like is…" she glanced at Sasuke and bit her lip with a light blush. "My hobby is uh…" she erupted in giggles, which caused Naru to blink in confusion. "My dreams for the future are…" she stopped and squealed into her hands, causing Sasuke to shift a little further away from her.
Kakashi hung his head in defeat. A fangirl. Why did He have to get stuck with a fangirl, on HIS team. Girls like her are more into boys than actually training to be a ninja.
"Next." Kakashi said looking over at the only boy on his team.
"My name is Uchiha Sasuke. I hate a lot of things, and I don't particularly like anything." He said causing Sakura to deflate a little. "My dream, no it's not a dream. My goal is to revive my clan and kill a certain man." He said glaring out. Sakura blushed staring at him in awe, Naru blinked in shock.
'He's so cool.' Sakura swooned.
'Whoa.' Naru thought.
'Just as I thought. Hung up on revenge.' Kakashi thought. He sighed and shifted his attention to Naru.
"And finally you." He said pointedly at Naru. Mamoru nipped her gently to she knew that he was talking to her.
"Um, my name is Uzumaki Naru. I like learning new jutsu's, being outside, and spending time with my true friends and Mamoru." She said smiling a little. "I don't like being babied, getting in trouble, or cruel and ignorant people. My hobbies are training and relaxing." She said.
"And my dream, I guess is to one day be a top ninja and be accepted." She said shrugging while petting Mamoru's head again.
'Hmm. Well at least one of my Genin has a realistic dream.' Kakashi mused to himself.
"Alright, you're all different in your own way. Tomorrow we will meet and have our first mission." He said.
"Oh! What is it?" Sakura asked.
"A survival test." He said causing Sakura to whine and Sasuke to scoff.
"We did those in the academy all the time!" Sakura whined.
"This one is different. This one will determine whether you pass and become permanent genin." He said with a smirk forming under his mask.
"WHAT?!" Sakura screeched, causing Naru to flinch and instinctively grab her ears and Mamoru to snarl at Sakura.
"Yes. You see, out of the 27 graduating students, only 9 of you will become genin permanently." He said. "And that is what this test will determine."
"So this exam we just had was useless." Sasuke said.
"No, it taught you what you needed and it helped sort out all the hopeless cases. The better way to say this is, I am the only one who determines if you pass or fail tomorrow." He said with a chuckle. "So tomorrow morning I want all three of you to meet me at the 3rd training ground at 5am." He said while standing up from the railing he was leaning on. "Bring your ninja gear with you as well. Oh, and don't eat breakfast." He said with a small smile.
"Why?"
"It's simply really, it's because you will puke." He said with a smile earning him three sets of eyes blinking in shock. He waved his hand.
"You are all dismissed." He said. Sasuke got up quickly and left with Sakura hot on his heels trying to ask him out on a date. Naru stood up and wobbled a little causing Mamoru to bite her clothing to stabilize her. He slowly leaned down so Naru could climb onto his back.
Kakashi watched this interaction with curiosity as Mamoru made his way towards the railing he had just been leaning against.
"Hold on." He purred to Naru, who gripped his collar tightly as he jumped off of the roof and took of quickly towards her apartment.
Kakashi watched his final student depart as he pondered some thoughts to himself.