Naruto is getting ready for his academy. Suddenly he faced a new problem. His yellow and red-colored hybrid hair is longer than usual. He tied his hair in a ponytail and he liked it. After finishing his breakfast he left for the academy. He took out his magical headphones, put them around his neck, and left for the academy.
He reached the academy. Today neither he nor Shikamaru arrived as the first person, but it was Shino.
Naruto greeted, "Hi Shino."
Shino replied, "Hii Naruto."
Naruto said, "How come you are so early? I always saw you on time. Neither too early nor late."
Shino replied, "I was so excited that I could not hold back myself and came early to class."
At the same time, Shikamaru enters and looks at Shino and Naruto.
Shikamaru guessed it correctly and said, "We both arrived after someone else for the first time this year. This is interesting."
Naruto said, "Hey Shikha. Shino is very excited about his team that he came early."
Shikamaru replied, "I hope we don't have a girl on our team otherwise it will become troublesome."
Naruto said, "Are you talking about Ino?"
Shikamaru replied, "It's not about Ino, but I don't want to hear about Sasuke all the time. It's troublesome for my ears. Anyway, she is going to end up in my team." He thought, 'They are gonna make another Ino-Shika-Cho team. I am damn sure about it.'
All the graduates came and took their seats. At last Ino and Sakura came charging like a bull. After a series of curses, both of them settle down. At last, Iruka came with a sheet of paper.
Iruka said, "All of you settle down you are graduates, not some small kid now. I am going to announce the team and after some time their Jonin teacher will come and take them for the team introductions." He thought, 'They are not ready for the nasty surprise which their Jonin teacher will throw, the real Genin test. If they pass that, then a series of D-rank missions, and then they have to face Tora the cat. hehehehe.'
Iruka said, "Team 1.....
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Team 7
Naruto Uzumaki, Sakura Haruno, Sasuke Uchiha. Your jonin sensei will be Kakashi Hatake"
Sakura said, "Ino take that."
Ino replied, "Why is she so lucky today?"
Iruka called, "Team 8,
Kiba Inuzuka, Hinata Hyuga, Shino Aburame. Your jonin sensei will be Kurenai Yuhi.
Team 10,
Ino Yamanaka, Shikamaru Nara, Chouji Akimichi.
Your jonin sensei will be Asuma Sarutobi. That's all for the team."
Kurenai Yuhi and Asuma Sarutobi take their respective team and leaves. Jonin sensei came and started picking their respective students. Till only Team 7 remained.
Iruka said with a sly smile, "Good luck Team 7. Your Jonin sensei is going to be late."
After that Iruka left. Naruto put his headset on and started to listen to the music. Whereas Sakura was looking at Sasuke with the star in her eyes. After waiting for 2 hours her patience runs out.
Sakura said with an irritated voice, "Where is our Jonin sensei?"
Naruto replied with a touch of sarcasm, "Maybe he is in on a date. Looking at his lover's eye. May be forgotten about the time while drowning in her eyes."
Sakura got angry and said, "Do you find it funny?"
Kakashi enters the classroom.
Kakashi said only half a sentence, "My first impression of you is ...."
Naruto interrupted him while saying, "Kakashi-sensei you are still alive after drowning in your lover's eye on that epic date."
Kakashi ignored his remark and said, "Meet me on the roof." And he disappears in a cloud of smoke.
Team 7 walks to the roof to meet their new Jonin sensei. Kakashi is waiting for them.
Kakashi said, "Let's introduce ourselves."
Sakura replied, "You should start sensei."
Kakashi with a calm voice said, "We meet again. I am Kakashi Hatake, your Jonin instructor. My likes and dislikes are something which I will not tell you. My hobbies and dreams never thought about it."
Sakura thought, 'He only told his name.'
Kakashi suddenly said, 'Pinky you introduce yourself first."
Sakura said, "My name is Sakura Haruno, My likes are," she giggled after thinking about Sasuke. "Well my hobbies are," she giggles and thinks about Sasuke and herself in the future. "My dream is," She blushed while looking at Sasuke.
kakashi sighed and said, "Any dislike?"
Sakura replied immediately, "Ino pig."
Kakashi looked at Naruto and said, "Next, redhead blondie."
Naruto said, "My name is Naruto Uzumaki. My likes are something which I like. My dislikes are something that I dislike. My hobbies are something which I have yet to make. My dreams are something which you can't even think of, but it's the reality of this world's future."
Kakashi knew that Naruto would not say anything just like him. So he said, "Last one blackie."
Sasuke replied in a serious tone, "My name is Sasuke Uchiha, my likes are none. I have a lot of dislikes. I don't have a hobby. My dream, it is not merely a dream but I am going to make it a reality and kill a certain someone and restore my clan."
Kakashi thought, "Sasuke is talking about Itachi, which is clear as a day. He wanted to kill him, a path of revenge."
Sakura is surprised by Sasuke's proclamation but thinks that it is a charm of Sasuke and lets it slide from her mind. Naruto didn't even react to his proclamation.
Kakashi said, "So the introduction is over, meet me tomorrow in training ground 3 for the survival test."
Sakura suddenly replied, "But we already did the survival test in the academy."
Naruto interrupted her immediately, " You are talking about that child's play as a survival test. He is talking about the real survival test."
Kakashi nodded his head and said, "The real survival test is tomorrow. It will decide whether you pass as a Genin or go back to the academy."
Sakura in a shocked expression said, "But we already passed the academy."
Kakashi replied calmly, "They passed you, so that jonin like us, can test you for the future. It is on me whether to pass you or send you back to the academy. Out of 27 academy graduates only 9 can become the real genin. It means your failure chance is 66%."
Sakura in anxiety asked again, "Then what about that test we took yesterday."
Kakashi with a mock expression said, "It is to decide who is going to take this test. Meet me at seven in the morning for the survival test. Try not to eat anything for breakfast otherwise, you will puke. Goodbye." He disappears in shunshin from their vision.
Sasuke with a serious look said to both Sakura and Naruto. "Try not to drag me down with both of you." He left after saying his words. Sakura follows behind him.
Sakura said, "Sasuke kun, can we go on a date."
Naruto thought, 'My teamwork will be quite difficult with both of them being in my team. I would have a better chance if I am with Shikamaru and Chouji or with Hinata and Shino.'
Naruto left for his house.
Next day...
Naruto finished his 30th lap and went to his house. He made his breakfast, and after eating that he took out his mother's sword which is black in colour and red on the cutting edge. He polished it. He sheathed his mother's sword and put it inside his Inventory. He walks towards the training ground 3.
Sasuke and Sakura are waiting for their Jonin sensei and Naruto for more than one and a half hours.
Sakura said with mock anger in her voice, "What's with both of them? Both of them are late. We are waiting for more than one and a half hours." But she thought, 'I am alone with Sasuke kun, Ino pig will get jealous if she comes to know about it.'
Sasuke with irritation said, "They are coming today or we have to wait till tomorrow."
Sakura said, "Let's wait a bit more."
Naruto arrives after some time.
Sakura said to him, "What were you doing till now?"
Naruto replied with a sly expression, "Eating a nice and healthy breakfast."
Sakura said, "But Kakashi sensei told us not to eat breakfast."
Naruto replied with a thoughtful expression, "He told me to try. I tried for hours but at last, I ate the breakfast. Anyway, who goes to a survival test without a full stomach."
Sakura with an ugly expression said, "But I came with an empty stomach."
Sasuke thought, 'Even I missed my breakfast.'
Naruto said, "It's certainly a teamwork-based survival test. All jonin focuses on that. In the entire elemental nations, Konoha ninjas are known for their best teamwork. That's why they make a team in the first place."
Sasuke replied, "You telling us like you know everything."
Sakura questioned, "How do you know it?"
Naruto said, "Kakashi sensei has never passed a team. He failed everyone who goes only for individual performance and neglected teamwork. I heard it from an upperclassman who came back to the academy after failing his test."
Sakura questioned him again, "What he told to you?"
Naruto answered her, "Not to me, they were talking among themselves. They tried to attack him separately in that test. He was not satisfied with them and tied one of them to poles. And told them they lacked teamwork and gave another chance after lunch but warned them not to feed the one who was tied to the pole. They didn't feed him. After lunch, he appeared and told them they failed."
Sasuke guessed something and said, "So we have to attack him in a synchronized way."
Naruto replied, "If you are not deceived by him before the exam. Like how he told all of us yesterday to try not to eat. But never said we shouldn't eat."
Sakura seriously said, "So this test is a tricky one."
Naruto replied, "All the jonin tests are tricky ones. There is an arch-rival of kakashi sensei, who told his student to attack him. They attacked him separately and he destroyed them. But they didn't give up on the test at last when they attacked him together like a team, he passed them." He thought, 'Sorry gai sensei, I have to use your name.'
Sasuke said, "So, you are saying we can only pass if we work together."
Naruto replied, "We can pass only through teamwork otherwise who put a survival test with a Jonin against his untrained Genin? How can a fresh new genin take on an experienced Jonin in a match? It's an overkill. The only way out or answer of the solution is teamwork."
Sakura said, "Where is he?"
Naruto replied, "He should be arriving soon. It's his trademark to come late for 2 hours. Some time 1 hour. No one is sure about his timing."
Kakashi arrives through shunshin and gives them his famous eye smile.
Sakura angrily said," You are late kakshi sensei."
Kakashi replied," I got lost in the path of life."
Naruto added, "Even I am lost there sometimes."
Sakura angrily said to Naruto, "What the hell you are babbling about? You are also late, no need to join Kakashi sensei in his poor excuses."
Kakashi said, "O. k it's time for the test."
Kakashi takes out a big alarm clock puts it on a pole and sets the timer.
Kakashi said, "Now listen up, it's 9 'o'clock and you have till 12 'o'clock to take this bell from me."
Sakura replied, "But sensei there are only two bells in your hand."
Kakashi said in a calm tone, "At the end of the test, those two who acquire the bell will pass. The remaining one will fail and go back to the academy."
Sakura thought, 'I am not falling for that.'
Sasuke thought, 'I will not be fooled this time.'
Naruto thought, 'Game is already over Kakashi sensei.'
Naruto looks at Sakura and Sasuke. They looked at each other and nodded.
Kakashi looked at their behavior and thought, 'Something is not right.'
Naruto said, "We are ready sensei. You haven't been told to start."
Kakashi replied, "Come to me with the intent to kill, that is your only chance to pass the test. Start."
He expected them to hide. As they have only three hours. They stood there waiting for Kakashi to make a move. Sasuke was the first to attack him with shurikens. And it hit him and he turns into a wooden log. They started to search for him in a group.
Naruto said to both of them, "I just sensed him there."
Kakashi said from an unknown place, "Shinobi lesson no. 1 Taijutsu."
Kakashi appears and he goes after Naruto. Naruto attacks him with a punch which is grabbed, followed by a kick which is blocked. Naruto backed off. Sasuke comes ahead from the backside of Naruto.
Sasuke already finished his hand signs and said, "Fireball jutsu."
Kakashi easily evaded it. But there comes the barrage of kunai sent by Sakura on his side.
Kakashi turned into a smoke of dust.
Kakashi's hand comes out from the ground and grabs the Naruto's legs. With force, Naruto is pulled into the ground. And now only his head is seen.
Kakashi said, "Head hunter jutsu. Shinobi lesson 2 ninjutsu."
Sasuke engages with Kakashi in close combat. He comes with a punch, side kicks, and then a roundhouse kick, which was all blocked by Kakashi. Sasuke hands have almost reached the bell. And it jiggled a bit. Kakashi makes a distance between them. But again comes a kunai from sideways, sent by Sakura. Naruto frees himself from the ground and rushes to the other side of Kakashi not to give him room for an easy battle. Sasuke comes from the other side. Sakura is still hidden in bushes. Throwing shuriken and kunai whenever she gets a chance. Suddenly Kakashi disappears from their sight. The world around Sakura starting to get distorted.
Kakashi said, "Shinobi lesson no. 3 Genjutsu."
Before she could collapse Sasuke and Naruto rushed forward and Sasuke dispelled the genjutsu from her. He has to do it because he is faster in dispelling genjutsu than Naruto. He just doesn't want to fail.
Sakura said, "Thanks sasuke-kun"
Sasuke seriously said, "We have to finish it together."
Naruto replied, "I agree with you this time. I can feel kakashi is on that tree."
Kakashi was amazed by the accuracy of Naruto telling about his location. Although the battle is easy for him it still exhausts him to fight without a break. Sasuke sends a few shuriken in his direction. Kakashi avoids them easily. This time Sakura comes for a physical confrontation with both of them. Sasuke is on the right side of Kakashi and Naruto is on his left side while Sakura is on his back. Sasuke tries to hit him with punches and kicks, if he tries to block it, Naruto attacks from the other side. When Kakashi started to block both of their kicks and punches. Sakura attacks him with kunai. Now Kakashi has to block all three of them. It is almost irritating for him.
Suddenly a hand comes out of the ground and grabs both of the bells from his waist. It is the real Naruto who is hidden, from the very beginning and watching the match between Sakura, Sasuke, and his shadow clone versus Kakashi sensei.
Kakashi said, "Didn't expect that you would know shadow clone jutsu, Naruto."
Naruto replied, "Nobody asked me about it. A grandfather figure of mine taught me this jutsu after he lost a bet."
Sakura happily said, "Yeah we won."
Sasuke looked at Naruto and said, "I have never seen that jutsu."
Kakashi replied, "Actually it was never meant to be taught to a genin. It takes a large amount of chakra and mental exhaustion after the usage. So only Chunin and Jonin use this jutsu. But looks like Naruto has a great affinity for this jutsu."
Naruto said, "It fits perfectly with me without any backlash. But I don't use it quite often."
Kakashi asked with a sly expression, "Now you have two bells, whom you will give the other bell."
Even if they knew the answer to the test they were still nervous. Naruto tosses both bells to Sakura and Sasuke.
Kakashi said to Naruto, "You want to fail yourself."
Naruto replied, "No, quite the opposite. I forgot to give your book back. If you fail me you can say goodbye to your beloved book."
Kakashi searched for his book inside his pocket but didn't find it. Kakashi saw that Naruto was serious and not to endanger his book he said the word, he never told any other genin team before them.
Kakashi reluctantly said, "Fine, all of you passed. Now hand over my book."
Naruto's clone gives the book back to Kakashi. Now he understood when he used head hunter jutsu on Naruto's clone. The clone took it from him. Naruto never had the book in the first place but his clone had.
Kakashi suddenly remembered his alarm clock and said, "What happened to the alarm clock? It was supposed to ring 15 minutes earlier."
Naruto replied, "About that. Here is your alarm clock." He gives back the Alarm clock to Kakashi.
Kakashi asked with a surprise tone, "When did you take the alarm?"
Naruto replied, "After the match started."
Kakashi calmed himself down and said, "Meet me tomorrow at 8 'o'clock in this place, for our first mission. But before that let me treat all of you for lunch."
Kakashi took them for lunch as a tradition set by Jonins for the students after they passed the test. He lost half of his money from his wallet because Naruto ate way more than he could have thought.
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Hokage said, "So except Kakashi all are here. Let's start with the report of your team."
Jonin 1 said, "Team 1 failed."
Jonin 2 said, "Team 2 failed."
Jonin 3 said, "Team 3 failed."
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Kurenai said, "Team 8 passed. Kiba Inuzuka, Shino Aburame, and Hinata Hyuga did a great job, so I passed them. They can become a fine tracking team."
Asuma said, "Team 10 passed. Shikamaru Nara, Ino Yamanaka, and Chouji Akimichi are fine gems. They can improve greatly in the future like their fathers." He suddenly thought, "Why I am saying this in front of my father?"
Kakashi enters the Hokage office.
Hokage asked him, "Ohh kakashi, Team 8 and 10 passed this year. What about your Team 7 I am curious."
Kakashi replied, "Team 7 passed."
The room was silent. This was the first time Kakashi passed a team. Even Iruka who was silent was shocked.
Hokage said, "They passed. I can expect that after all a Uchiha is in the team." He thought, 'Because of the orders I can't praise too much about my master in front of others.'
Kakashi asked, "Lord Hokage, did you teach Naruto the shadow clone jutsu?"
Hokage replied, "He learned it after he mastered water clone and earth clone. As I promised him I taught him the shadow clone jutsu after he mastered the other two. He was 11 years old at that time. It slipped my mind."
Kakashi said, "It was Naruto who cracked the test easily. They worked together well during the test. Naruto placed a shadow clone from the beginning to distract me. Sasuke also shows some great promise. He also knows fireball jutsu. Sakura is a fan girl but she did well with both of them. Naruto even took both the bells while I was fighting the clones, Sasuke and Sakura. He waited till the last moment to appear. His clone took my Icha Icha book. Then Naruto blackmailed me to pass him after giving the bells to Sakura and Sasuke. That is not the worst, he even took the alarm clock after the match started. I fought them for an extra 15 minutes. He even gave back my alarm clock with a smile. Let me tell you it's not the worst. When I took them for lunch Naruto's food bill alone made a dent in my pocket. I saved the money for the next series of Icha Icha books."
Kurenai replied, "I am quite happy that someone can keep you away from icha icha." She thought, 'Damn that book I hate it.'
Hokage consoled Kakashi, "Don't worry Kakashi. You aren't alone whose pocket gets hit by Naruto's stomach. You can see Iruka and Anko got into the same disaster."
Iruka replied with a little embarrassed expression, "It was old news Hokage sama about 8 months have already passed."
Asuma added, "It happened to my father too. His wallet suffered the same crisis."
Hokage said, "There is no need to tell them that. All right if your reports are finished all of you are dismissed."
All the Jonin sensei left the Hokage office.