Well, here is chapter 3, sorry for the long delay, I've been doing a lot of things, I've been writing other things, and I wasn't sure how to do this chapter, it might not be very good, and it might not be very long, but I'll try to publish the next ones faster.
Teams 1 and 7 were gathered on the terrace of the ninja academy, with the genins sitting next to each other, and Kakashi and Kushina were leaning against a railing that prevented a 5 meter fall.
"Great, now we're all together" said Kushina smiling.
She had come up with this idea, so she could talk a little with Naruto and also learn more about him and his teammates.
(Why are we with another team?) thought Sakura confused.
"Very well, why don't you introduce yourselves one at a time?" said Kakashi
"Introduce us? What do you mean?" said Sakura confused.
(Wasn't she the smart one of the team?) thought Menma, Mito and Natsumi.
Kakashi sighed "Tell us what you like and what you don't like, your dreams for the future, hobbies and things like that"
"Sensei, why don't you introduce yourself first?" Naruto suggested.
"I agree. The only thing we know about you is that you copied Gojo," Sakura said.
Kakashi's visible eye twitched a little at Sakura's comment, but he decided to ignore it.
Kakashi sighed again "I'm Kakashi Hatake, what I like and what I don't like... I don't want to tell you, my dreams for the future? I've never thought about it, and as for my hobbies, I have many hobbies." Everyone was silent for a few seconds as they looked at Kakashi. "In the end... I only said his name..." Sakura said. (Wasn't there a better sensei?) Naruto thought. (Damn it, Kakashi...) Kushina thought with her hand on her face. Kushina then composed herself and smiled. "Now it's my turn, I'm Kushina Uzumaki Namikaze, the things I like include, my husband, my children, ramen and my friends, I don't like those who hurt or insult my family, I don't like being called a tomato head, I don't like perverts, my hobbies are cooking for my children, ramen, beating up perverts, spending time with Minato-kun... in the bedroom... in bed" she said. Kushina blushed.
"Mom!" Natsumi cried, blushing.
"Oh, sorry... my dream... is for my family to be more united..." Kushina said, a little sad.
(okaa-san...) Mito thought.
"Well, now you're in orange," Kakashi said, pointing at Naruto
Naruto smiled when it was his turn "My name is Naruto Uzumaki, I like instant ramen, I like ramen so much that Iruka-sensei takes me to the Ichiraku ramen restaurant, I don't like the 3 minutes you have to wait to eat, my hobby is eating different types of ramen, and my dream for the future is to become the greatest hokage, dattebayo!"
(Hmm... interesting, even with his problems he grew up without resentment or hatred... and he really likes ramen) Kakashi thought
"Now you're in pink hair," Kushina said, pointing at Sakura.
"My name is Sakura Haruno, I like... the person I like is... hehehehe... my dream for the future is... hehehehehe oh my god!" Sakura shouted blushing.
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(Girls her age think more about boys than about being ninjas) Kakashi thought.
"And what don't you like?" Kushina asked.
"Menma" Sakura answered immediately.
"What?!" Menma shouted.
"Now you, who look emo" Kushina said pointing at Sasuke.
"... my name... is Sasuke Uchiha, there are many things I don't like and I like few, and what I have is not a dream because I will make it come true" Sasuke said seriously while maintaining a pose.
(So it's still a dream) Naruto thought.
"I will restore my clan... and destroy a certain someone" Sasuke said.
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(I hope it's not me) Menma thought nervously.
(That's Mikoto's son... that must have affected him a lot...) Kushina thought.
"Okay, now let's go to team 1, now it's your turn" said Kakashi pointing at Menma.
"My name is Menma Uzumaki Namikaze, I like training, my parents, the ero-sennin, and I like ramen, and I also... like a specific person..." he said blushing looking down.
"Hinata, but she doesn't even care about your existence" said Mito smiling.
"SHUT UP!" Menma shouted furiously.
"Calm down you two, Menma continue" said Kushina.
"Well, there are TWO people I don't like at all!" said Menma looking at Naruto and Mito.
"Oh, who could it be my dear onii-chan?" asked Mito sarcastically.
"I don't like show-offs either," Menma said, looking at Sasuke. "I don't like weaklings who think they're strong."
(Then he must hate himself,) Sasuke thought.
"My hobbies are training, hanging out with my friends, drawing, and painting, and my dream for the future is to become the strongest ninja" Menma said determinedly.
[Naruto: The Strongest Ninja]
(and I'm the bustiest, but I don't think either of those will come true) Sakura thought.
"and now you" Kushina said as she pointed at Mito.
"me? Alright, my name is Mito Uzumaki Namikaze, I like ramen, hanging out with friends, helping my mom with chores, practicing kenjutsu with my onee-chan, music, I don't like arrogant people, perverts, or those who talk bad about my family, my hobbies are talking to Ino, singing, and reading manga, my dreams for the future are to honor the Uzumaki clan, making them be recognized again, and finding any remaining members" Mito said.
"oh, that's good, and you" she said pointing at Natsumi.
"My name is Natsumi Uzumaki Namikaze, I like ramen, dancing and training, I hate anyone who hurts my family, I hate perverts, arrogant people, and people who abuse their power... and stalker girls" Natsumi said angrily.
(Was that a hint to me, or...) Sakura thought confused.
Meanwhile...
"achooo!" Hinata sneezed.
"cheers" said Shino.
"thanks" said Hinata.
"catch a cold?" asked Kiba.
"kids, can you concentrate here?" asked Kurenai who was sitting on a park bench.
Back with Naruto and the others...
"My hobbies include dancing, reading books, and training. My dream for the future is to become a powerful kunoichi capable of protecting Konoha and everyone I care about," Natsumi said seriously.
(Interesting... she really is someone very focused and protective), Kakashi thought.
(I'm proud), Kushina thought, smiling.
"Okay, starting tomorrow we'll have our missions," Kakashi said.
"What missions?" Naruto asked curiously.
"First, we'll do something just between the four of us," Kakashi said.
"So Team 1 won't do it with us..." Sakura said.
"Yes, it's something individual," Kushina said, a little sad.
"And what are we going to do, Kakashi-sensei?" Naruto asked.
"Survival training," Kakashi replied.
"Survival training?" Naruto said confused, because it wasn't what he expected.
The others also looked confused, Sasuke looked more serious, and Natsumi seemed to know what was going on.
"Why are we going to turn training into a mission? We did a lot of training at the ninja academy," said Sakura, who didn't understand what was going on.
"I'll be your opponent, and this training will be just any training," said Kakashi seriously.
This confused the genins even more, but it increased the tension.
"So what kind of training will it be?" asked Naruto.
And then suddenly Kakashi started laughing, Sasuke and Natsumi remained serious.
"Hehehehehe..." Kakashi laughed.
"Wait, what's so funny, sensei?" asked Sakura, getting nervous.
"Yes, he just asked you a normal question," said Mito, confused.
"Nothing, it's just... well, when I tell you, you won't like it," said Kakashi.
"We won't like it? What do you mean?" Naruto asked, confused and irritated by the mystery.
"Of the 33 graduates, it is certain that only 12 will be chosen, the rest will be sent back to the academy, this training is a high-level test, with a 66% chance of failure," Kakashi revealed.
The gennins fell silent at the revelation, Naruto, Menma, Mito and Sakura couldn't believe it, Sasuke seemed to get more tense, Natsumi closed her eyes and crossed her arms.
"I told you that you wouldn't like it," Kakashi said, smiling behind his mask.
"That's absurd! There's no way it can be true!" Menma exclaimed.
"That's true, Menma," Kushina said.
And then the attention turned to Kushina, who had a serious expression.
"You guys have to do it too, all gennins will go through tests," Kushina said.
"Hey, wait, if that's how it is, then what was the point of the graduation exam?" Naruto asked.
"Oh, that? It was just to choose those who had a chance of becoming genins," Kushina replied smiling.
"What!?" Menma exclaimed.
"Anyway, tomorrow we'll see the results at the training camp, bring all your ninja tools, and I recommend that you don't eat breakfast, or you'll throw up," Kakashi said.
"Throw up?!! Is it going to be that intense?!" Menma asked worriedly, looking at his mother, who just nodded.
Kakashi and Kushina approached their genins and handed them leaflets.
"The details are on this leaflet, don't be late tomorrow," Kakashi said, handing them the leaflets.
(If I fail, I will be separated from Sasuke-kun, this is a test of love) thought Sakura determinedly, as she looked at the pamphlet.
Sasuke crumpled the pamphlet, with a serious expression, Natsumi stared at her pamphlet with a serious expression, Mito looked a little nervous and Menma looked worried.
"It has more than 20 kanji..." said Naruto reading the pamphlet.
Time passed and night came, Naruto was in his room, wearing his pajamas, lying on his bed, while looking at his headband.
(I just need to pass tomorrow and I'll become a ninja, then it seems I have to become a chunin, then comes the jounin, and then I can become a hokage...) Naruto thought while looking at the headband Iruka had given him.
And then Naruto heard someone knocking on the door three times.
"Are you okay?"
"... I am" Naruto said, with a raised eyebrow.
Natsumi came in wearing her pajamas which were an orange shirt and black pants.
"What do you want?" Naruto asked.
"I wanted to see how you are" Natsumi said.
"I'm fine" Naruto said.
"You... you can give up at any time" Natsumi said.
"I'm not giving up" Naruto said.
Natsumi still remembered what she had seen, the strength Naruto had demonstrated, but part of her still didn't like the idea of him risking so much, he didn't have that duty, he could have a normal life.
"Okay... good night," Natsumi said before leaving the room.
As she closed the door behind her, Natsumi sighed and sat on the floor in the hallway, until she heard the sounds of footsteps and blows from Menma's room, who was training for the next day.
"Take that! And that! And my double kick!"
"Menma, if you don't stop that noise, I'm going to double kick you in the balls!"
Natsumi sighed, being an older sister wasn't easy...
The next day...
At training camp 7, before the sun even rose, Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura arrived at the same time, looking sleepy.
"Good morning..." Sakura greeted, barely staying awake.
"Good morning..." Naruto said.
Sasuke didn't say anything and just walked over, so the three of them stood still waiting for Kakashi.
It was dawn and Kakashi still hadn't arrived.
Another hour passed and Kakashi hadn't arrived.
"Good everyone, ready for the first day?" Kakashi asked.
"IT'S LATE!" Naruto and Sakura shouted irritably.
"A black cat crossed my path, so I had to change my route," Kakashi said.
Naruto and Sakura just stared at him, irritated and obviously not believing it. Sasuke had his arms crossed without looking at him, but he was obviously angry.
"Well, shall we begin?" Kakashi said, walking away and going to a post.
The genins watched in confusion and curiosity as Kakashi placed a clock on top of the middle post.
"Alright, let's set it for noon," Kakashi said, fiddling with the clock.
Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura watched curiously as Kakashi picked up two bells.
"I have two bells, the task is to steal them from me by noon. If anyone fails to steal the bells from me by then, that person will go without lunch, and besides tying them to one of those logs, I will eat lunch in front of them," Kakashi explained.
Sasuke and Sakura's stomachs growled.
(So that's why... he wanted us to come without eating breakfast?) Sakura thought with her hand on her stomach.
However, everyone noticed that Naruto's stomach didn't growl, and that was because of Natsumi.
A few hours earlier...
"Onee-san, they told us not to eat anything before the test!" Mito said, looking at Natsumi.
On the table was the breakfast that Natsumi had prepared, it looked good, but the others still remembered what they had said.
"First of all, it was a recommendation, secondly, if you don't eat anything you'll be weak, so you just have to be careful not to eat too much!" Natsumi exclaimed.
(I'll bring some bananas...) Naruto thought.
Now...
"Well, you just need to get one of these bells, since there are only two, one of you will definitely be tied to the tree trunk, and whoever that person is, they will fail the mission, or whoever is the worst among you will have to go back to the academy..." Kakashi explained seriously.
Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura looked at him seriously and a little nervously.
"You can use kunai and shuriken if you want, if you don't come with the intention of killing, you won't get them" said Kakashi.
"But... those weapons are very dangerous, sensei!" exclaimed Sakura.
"That's right, that's right, you don't even have a weapon to defend yourself, you'll definitely get killed" Naruto said smiling.
"In this world, the talentless are the ones who talk the most, and end up dead, ignore the loser and start when I give the signal" said Kaakashi.
Naruto glared at Kakashi, irritated by the comment, grabbed a kunai and threw it, the kunai went at high speed through the tree, and for Sasuke and Sakura the kunai had pierced Kakashi, but to their surprise, he disappeared.
"Don't be so hasty, I haven't told you to start yet."
Sasuke and Sakura turned around and realized that Kakashi was in front of Naruto.
(I couldn't even see it...) Sakura thought in amazement.
(He's impressive, as strong as that guy from yesterday...) Sasuke thought.
"But well, you came with the intention of killing me, if that thing had hit me, I would have definitely died... I wonder if you've started to respect me? Hehehe... It seems like I'm starting to like you guys... So let's start... Get ready... START!" Kakashi exclaimed.
And then the 4 separated, jumping away.
"START!"
Menma advanced towards Kushina and tried to hit her with a kick towards her face, but Kushina quickly dodged, grabbed Menma by the ankle and threw him at Mito, who kicked her brother back to their mother.
"Why?!" Menma exclaimed with tears on her face.
Kushina hit Menma with a punch in the face, making him collide with the ground hard, Natsumi sighed, she had told Menma not to attack without thinking, the test was to capture Kushina, they could use ropes, chains, or whatever, just immobilizing her for 5 seconds, Natsumi and Mito knew it wouldn't be easy, after all they knew their mother, and they knew that this time she wouldn't treat them like she does in normal training, but Menma attacked her without thinking, and as they could see, it wasn't going well.
"Idiot..." said Mito looking at her brother on the ground.
"I thought I told you before, this isn't family training, don't see me as your mother, see me as an enemy" said Kushina.
Natsumi advanced towards Menma, to get him away from Kushina, Kushina sees this and tries to hit her with a kick, but Natsumi jumps to avoid being hit, grabs Menma and moves away, throwing a smoke bomb to distract Kushina, when the smoke disappears, Kushina sees that the three have fled.
"Well, it seems that Natsumi already has what it takes to be a chunin" said Kushina with a smile.
Menma woke up when he received a strong slap, courtesy of Mito.
"Hey, why is that!?" exclaimed Menma, confused, angry and hurt.
"Because you're an idiot, did you really think you could beat her? This time she'll fight more seriously, she won't treat us like her children!" Mito exclaimed, her arms crossed.
"We should think of a way to restrain her. We could use Mito's chains, but she must be ready for that by now, and anyway it would be difficult to restrain her with the chains. We need to distract her..." Natsumi said as she thought about what to do.
"Onee-san, I think I thought of a way," Mito said with a smile.
Kushina was standing still, waiting for her children's next move, when suddenly she heard several footsteps and saw several clones of Natsumi, Menma and Mito, 75 clones, attacking her from all directions. Kushina attacked with her chains, destroying most of the clones, but she felt something: her feet were trapped by the ground, and then she was caught by Mito's chains.
"Haha, it looks like we won, Mom!" Menma said, smiling confidently.
"Heh, I'm impressed," Kushina said, smiling before breaking apart.
"A clone!" Mito exclaimed.
Suddenly all the clones were undone and in front of Natsumi, Menma and Mito was Kushina sheathing her katana.
"But that's not enough," Kushina said before hitting Menma with a kick.
"Not again!" Menma shouted as he was sent flying.
"Ugh!" Sasuke grunted as he was hit by a kick from Kakashi.
Sasuke was caught by Naruto.
"And Sasuke got another beating, we should call you Invincible" said Naruto.
The test had started not long ago, but things weren't going very well. Naruto was the first to challenge Kakashi, who didn't take it very seriously. Naruto then attacked with a punch. Kakashi barely managed to dodge the punch, causing a large crater and raising dust. Naruto looked around and didn't see Kakashi. Then he felt a hand grab his ankle and pull him down, leaving only his head out of the ground. Then Kakashi appeared, having done that with a jutsu. To the jounin's surprise, Naruto easily got out of the Earth, but Sasuke took the opportunity to attack, throwing kunai and shurikens, but Kakashi had avoided it and used the replacement jutsu.
(kunai and shuriken are useless anyway...) thought Sakura.
And then Kakashi and Sasuke started a confrontation, where Naruto stood still and watched, but the Uchiha wasn't getting good results.
(he's really strong, more than I imagined he would be, he's even awakened his sharingan, even though it's not complete... he seems to have trained hard...) thought Kakashi looking at Sasuke.
"he hit me... I'm going to finish him!" said Sasuke tired and in pain.
"look at your state, take it easy" said Naruto.
Sasuke made hand signs.
Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu
Sasuke spits a large fireball towards Kakashi, but Kakashi, who was in front of a small lake, makes his hand seals.
Suiton: Suikon no Jutsu
A column of water rises behind Kakashi and takes the form of a tiger, and goes towards the fireball; the collision results in a cloud of steam.
"Sasuke, are you okay?" Naruto asked worriedly when the cloud of steam disappeared.
"Yes... I am..." said Sasuke, with frizzy hair.
"No, you're not! Look at your hair!" Naruto exclaimed.
"Remember, a ninja never lets his guard down."
Naruto turns and sees Kakashi about to attack, but before he can do anything, a kunai is thrown and Kakashi catches it.
"Kunai serves as a distraction!" Sakura exclaimed smiling.
Kakashi looks down and sees that Naruto and Sasuke are no longer there, but he feels something approaching, when he looks back, he realizes that it was Naruto coming towards him preparing a punch.
Menma was punched in the stomach and fell to the ground. Natsumi and Mito were injured and tired. They tried several ways to immobilize her, but she always managed to avoid it or break free, and time was running out.
"Is this the level you have after so many years of training? Is this the level you thought you could become ninjas at? Do you really think you can protect this village with this strength?" asked Kushina, who was almost unharmed and showed no signs of fatigue.
Natsumi sighed. She still had her last card up her sleeve, something she had prepared for this mission in case it was too difficult. If this didn't work, nothing would work. She reached into her pocket and took something out, then took a deep breath.
Flash Step
Natsumi moved at high speed towards her mother, Kushina was surprised, but she could only dodge it-
Kushina's thoughts were interrupted when Konoha suddenly shook, making her lose her balance and get distracted, Natsumi didn't waste the chance and hit a paper, with a movement seal.
Triiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiim!!!!
"I hate that noise," Naruto said, his fist on the ground.
Kakashi dodged it at the last moment, jumping back, and let out a sigh of relief.
(That was close...) Kakashi said.
Later that day, the jounins were reporting the results to Minato, but the most surprising thing of all was when Kakashi Hatake said.
"Team 7, approved," Kakashi said.
Everyone was surprised that Kakashi had approved a team. Kushina smiled a little because Naruto had approved, and Minato did too, despite trying to hide it, but someone in that room was more interested.
(Naruto...)