A lone figure could be seen standing in front of the famous memorial stone of Konoha. It was early in the morning and the sun had just started rising up marking the beginning of a new day.
However it was just another day for the famous Kakashi Hatake.
Kakashi was one of the most skilled shinobi of the leaf village. He was genin by 6, chunin by 8 and a jounin by the age of 13. He was the youngest Anbu captain in the blackops forces of Konoha after Itachi Uchiha. He was famous in the entire world as the Hero of the Sharingan and the man who mastered a 1000 jutsu. He was said to be invincible.
Many would give everything they have to achieve such honorable feats, but for Kakashi this meant nothing.
He considered his life nothing but a failure and always blamed himself for the mistakes he made in the past. He blamed himself for the death of his father, he blamed himself for his best friend Obito's untimely death, he never forgave himself for letting his other best friend Rin die and finally he felt guilty for not being able to save his sensei Minato Namikaze.
He always considered himself trash for being unable to save those precious to him. What good were his skills and intelligence when the people he loved died in front of his eyes and he could do nothing.
The only thing Kakashi considered he had done good in his life was adopting Naruto and raising him. The boy was the closest thing Kakashi had as a family. Naruto was the best brother he could have wished for, no matter what happened and how lazy or boring Kakashi was, Naruto always stood by his side. He brought joy to Kakashi's life.
The boy did everything which Kakashi had asked him to do, he was a true prodigy even greater than his own father the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze. Kakashi doubted that even Minato was so powerful at Naruto's age.
Naruto was a master in Ninjutsu, he had learned and perfected every jutsu which Kakashi had taught him. The speed at which he learned was astonishing, the boy had even learned Kakashi's prized technique, the Chidori in two days.
Kakashi could still remember that day.
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Kakashi and Naruto were standing in the forest of death. Naruto had matured greatly and Kakashi felt it was time for him to give Naruto a gift. He had thought about teaching Naruto the Rasengan, as it was Naruto's birth right but had dismissed that idea because he wanted Jiraya to teach him that jutsu as his godfather.
Thinking of Jiraya, Kakashi felt his anger escalate a little. The man was supposed to be Naruto's godfather, yet the man had never even visited Naruto even once in his life, nor had he even written a letter to Naruto saying that he was alive and was his godfather. That would have atleast made the boy happy that he had someone there for him.
"So Nisan, what are you going to teach me today?" asked Naruto curiously
"I am going to teach you my Chidori." said Kakashi with a smile
"About damn time." said Naruto a little happily. Kakashi had been delaying teaching him the chidori for months saying that he was not mature enough. Naruto had kept his promise and had tried to teach Kakashi his Yami No Sekai No jutsu( World of Darkness), but Kakashi was unsuccessful in learning it.
The reason was first of all it required a lot of stamina, which only someone of the Uchiha clan could have. And Kakashi's sharingan was not his own as a result it was already taking a lot of chakra to keep the sharingan active and any more strain on his eyes could be harmful. So Kakashi did not learn that genjutsu but he was indeed thankful to Naruto for trying to teach him.
"Naruto, this is a very dangerous assassination technique, if you make a single mistake you could damage your hand badly. You may even lose the ability to mold chakra if you do it carelessly." warned Kakashi strictly. He needed to make sure Naruto understood the dangers.
The response he got was quite surprising, Naruto activated his three tomoe sharingan and gave Kakashi a determined look.
"I'll master it in two days." said Naruto confidently
"What makes you so sure of it? It took me 1 full year to master it, I'm not doubting your abilities, but don't you think you are being too hasty." suggested Kakashi
"I can do it." said Naruto firmly
"We'll see. Now tell me what do you know about the tree and water walking exercises?" asked Kakashi seriously.
"Well with the tree walking you learn how to focus chakra in specific amounts to a certain chakra points in your body and with water walking you dispel chakra at the same time in proper amounts. Why do you ask this? I have already mastered those exercises." said Naruto confusedly
"Precisely you have mastered those exercises, that is why you can learn this technique. You have to channel lightning chakra into your hands, too much and it will burn you hands, too less and the jutsu won't occur. When you gather such chakra it will become visible like this." said Kakashi and activated his chidori
Naruto's sharingan could clearly see the steady flow of lightning chakra into Kakashi's right hand. It was flowing there with great speed and in specific quantity.
"Also Naruto this is just the beginning of this Jutsu. It can be made into an S-ranked Jutsu called the Raikiri. But before I teach you that you must first learn the Chidori, start practicing it." instructed Kakashi
Naruto was fascinated by the concept of learning and S-ranked ninjutsu. They were one of the most deadliest and effective ninjutsu which only a few shinobi could master. Now Naruto's resolve increased more than before to learn the Chidori.
"Kage Bunshin No Jutsu (Shadow Clone Technique)"
Immediately 300 shadow clones appeared in the field, all the clones had a determined look on their faces. Kakashi smacked his forehead, how could he forget?
"He has ten times more chakra than me and with his shadow clones he can master almost any jutsu in a very short time."thought Kakashi with a little pride. He was very pleased to have such a magnificent student like Naruto.
"Sensei if he accomplishes this jutsu in two days, then I think he will surpass you."thought Kakashi happily
Naruto and all his own clones started channeling lightning chakra into their hands. Many of them clones perished when they couldn't concentrate the right amount of chakra and blew themselves up.
However Naruto did not lose hope, he continued his concentration and focused on the flow of chakra in his hands with his sharingan.
A small amount of lightning started forming in Naruto and some of his clones hands. Naruto could feel a lot of his chakra drain, maintaining these many number of clones with his sharingan active was extremely taxing.
"If I keep this up for more than a few hours I'll drain myself."thought Naruto with a little sweat dropping from his forehead.
Kakashi was impressed that Naruto had started to get the hand of the Jutsu so early, he was far from even performing it satisfactorily but with the training Naruto was doing, kakashi was amazed by the stamina Naruto had.
"The Uzumaki clan was truly something else and so were the Uchiha. And if he is a true Namikaze like sensei then his speed would be unparalleled which is required for this jutsu."thought Kakashi analytically
Naruto continued his training for a two hours continuously. He could now gather his lightning chakra in some amount in his palm. He could feel the power of the Jutsu. Almost 100 of his clones had perished in the effort while many of the remaining were drained of chakra and had started to dispel.
The overload hit Naruto pretty hard and he fell on one knee. Kakashi immediately steeped forward and grabbed Naruto's hand.
"That's enough, you'll tire yourself out. You have performed far better than I expected, I doubt even the fourth Hokage could do such thing in such short time." complimented Kakashi with an eye smile
Kakashi expected Naruto to smile but was shocked when he saw hatred in Naruto's eyes and it was a lot of hatred. Naruto's KI escalated highly and he glared at Kakashi firmly.
"Naruto...what's wrong?" asked Kakashi hesitantly
"I WILL SURPASS HIM." said Naruto fiercely
He then gathered a large amount of lightning chakra in his hands, many of clones dispelled in an instant, but Naruto didn't care, he had forgiven his father he had never forgotten what he had done to him, he had sealed a biju in him and condemned him to a fate worse than death.
Naruto did not want revenge but he felt bitter when someone talked about how skilled his father was, it made him feel weak, maybe he was being naive but he wanted to surpass his father and show it to everyone that he was better than the fourth Hokage.
Meanwhile Kakashi was shocked to see Naruto's reaction, it was as if his fatigue had vanished, the fierce look of determination in Naruto's eyes and all that hatred he had scared him a little. Hiruzen had explained it to him that the Uchiha's power came from feelings of anger, bitterness, despair and worst of all hatred. Their power of love was as equally strong as their hatred.
Kakashi knew how Naruto felt, it was the same as it was with his father The White fang Sakumo Hatake. Kakashi always felt that he was weak in comparison to his father and he always tried to surpass him. He even created the Chidori on his own. He could understand what Naruto felt he was trying to surpass the fourth who was said to be the greatest hero of the village and he could also understand Naruto's hatred.
"He is still an Uchiha, these feelings will always be within him. I just hope he doesn't get lost in his hatred."prayed Kakashi
Kakashi's eyes widened on seeing what was front of his eyes. Naruto had a perfect chidori in his hand and speedily charged towards a nearby tree, his speed was good and with the force with which his Jutsu made contact was astonishing. There was a large hole in the tree and Naruto's hand had passed right through it.
Naruto was panting heavily, all of his chakra had drained and his vision started to get blurry, and before passing out he gave a little thumbs up to Kakashi.
"He...learned my...Chidori..and what power. I think he will master it, he wasn't bluffing at all. Naruto, what are you?"thought a shocked Kakashi.
The boy was a powerhouse who could become the greatest shinobi or the worst disaster.
(Flashback end)
True to his word, Naruto learned the Chidori in two days. For the next three weeks Kakashi had worked to increase Naruto's speed and the boy proved him right once again. His speed was far greater than Kakashi's own speed, as expected from the son of the fourth Hokage and the heir of the Namikaze clan.
Naruto was now able to perform the chidori without any hand signs, one of the reasons Kakashi had teached this jutsu to Naruto was because Naruto had great speed and power. True this jutsu was lethal but without speed it was useless. But Naruto had mastered the Chidori and was now constantly practicing the Raikiri to master it.
Kakashi knew that when he would die he would at least be satisfied that he made Naruto a strong shinobi of Konoha and did his duty towards his sensei.
"Thought I'd find you here." said a very familiar voice
"Speak of the devil." thought Kakashi with a chuckle
"What brings you here Naruto?" asked Kakashi still looking at the stone.
"Why do you always come here?" asked Naruto curiously
Kakashi looked at Naruto, the boy had grown up in mind as well as in body. Kakashi decided that it was finally time for Naruto to learn the truth.
"I have done many mistakes in my life Naruto, some of them had very bad results and I lost my best friends." said Kakashi sadly
"Would you like to talk about it?" asked Naruto softly and put a hand on Kakashi's shoulder.
Kakashi gave a grateful nod in return and decided to let Naruto know about his pain.
"Because of my mistake my best friend died." said Kakashi shocking Naruto to the core.
He just stared at Kakashi patiently, he knew he had to let kakashi adjust his feelings, it was also painful for him to talk about Shin.
"From my childhood I always looked up to my father. He was a great shinobi, far stronger than the Sannin, but an incident happened that changed our lives." said Kakashi sadly
"What happened?" asked Naruto hesitantly
"He and his team were sent to a top secret mission behind enemy lines. I still don't know what mission it was, but it was very important for our village and the fire country. But things didn't go as planned and my father was faced with two choices: either complete the mission and let his comrades die, or save his comrades and fail the mission. He did the latter." explained Kakashi
Naruto's eyes widened on hearing this, he knew what blackops missions were, he himself had performed a few covert operations behind enemy lines. He dreaded on thinking on what would have happened to Sakumo.
"Things didn't go well, didn't they?" asked Naruto silently already estimating the answer would not be good.
"They didn't, he rescued his comrades but the mission failed. As a result the village had to suffer few losses, all the shinobi and the villagers blamed my father and ostracized him. Even those comrades which he had saved tured their backs against him. My father suffered depression and ultimately took his own life." finished Kakashi
"I'm sorry for your loss Nisan." said Naruto sadly. He couldn't imagine how badly it would have affected Kakashi
''What do you think of his actions Naruto?" asked Kakashi curiously
"As a shinobi I think he made a tough call but before being shinobi, we are human, we should always follow what our heart tells us, what others say doesn't matter as long as you believe you are doing the right thing, nothing matters. Your father cherished his comrades and saved their lives, for me he is a hero because betraying your comrades is betraying yourself." said Naruto firmly
Kakashi stared at Naruto, he could see in Naruto's eyes that he believed in what he had said.
"Thank you Naruto. After that I dedicated my life to rules and regulations, I did all things necessary for the mission and killed my emotions. I was an ass at that time and it took my best friend's life to make me realize that I was wrong." said Kakashi sadly
"What happened with your friend? What was his name?" asked Naruto curiously
"His name was Obito Uchiha. He was very different from his clan, he was more like Konohamaru. He bragged on and on about how he would become Hokage and always made excuses for arriving late." said Kakashi with a chuckle
"He must have been a good person." said Naruto with a smile
"I always taunted him for being weak, he had not awakened his sharingan but he really cared about the team. My sensei and my other teammate Rin always tried to be peacemaker in the team." said Kakashi with a warm smile as he remembered old times.
"What happened to Obito?" asked Naruto cautiously
"We were on a mission behind enemy lines, I was the team captain, our mission was to destroy a bridge which the enemy was using. But somehow the enemy captured Rin. I wanted to continue the mission instead of rescuing Rin." said Kakashi with shame evident in his voice
"Let me guess Obito had other plans." suggested Naruto
"Yes he wanted to rescue Rin, and we had a little fight over that matter. In the end Obito went to save Rin while I decided to continue the mission." explained kakashi
"Did you go after Rin?" asked Naruto with a frown. He did not like that behavior of Kakashi
"Yes, I realized my mistake and I teamed up with Obito. We faced a Jounin from Iwa in battle and my left eye was destroyed in the battle." said Kakashi
"What happened next?" asked a shocked Naruto
"Obito somehow awakened the sharingan and killed the Jounin. We then went and faced another Jounin and were able to subdue him and rescue Rin, but somehow the Jounin regained consciousness and he brought the cave down crashing, we rushed towards the cave but with my defective sense of vision I was about to get hit..." said Kakashi but stopped after that.
"He saved you didn't he." said Naruto sadly
"Yes but he got hit by the rock in my place. I was devastated by this, I never considered Obito my friend but he sacrificed himself for me. He also gave me his sharingan." explained Kakashi
"He gave you his sharingan?" asked a shocked Naruto. He could now understand why the sharingan was so important for Kakashi, it was a memento of his best friend.
"I cannot forgive myself for his death. If I could have gone with him from the start things might have been different. I wasn't even able to protect Rin and she died too." said Kakashi sadly with a tear dropping from his right eye.
"Nisan, I know it must be painful but you have to move on. You cannot stay like this, Obito and Rin wouldn't want you to live like this. By doing this you are not only punishing yourself but also making their sacrifices useless." said Naruto firmly
"What should I do? I have nothing left in my life. I have failed everyone." said Kakashi sadly
"NO, you have not failed anyone. Your father would be proud of you for the man you have become, one who values his comrades. Obito gave his life to save you because he considered you a friend and any good friend would do that, his death was not your fault and Rin's death was unfortunate. Besides you have me. If not for you I would have been left to Rot in this village, you saved me, gave me a better future, made me a strong shinobi. Kakashi Hatake you are good man and a hero of this village." said Naruto proudly and gave Kakashi a wide smile
"You believe that?" asked a shocked Kakashi
"Yes and there is one more person who loves you and believes in you more than me." said Naruto shocking Kakashi again.
"Who is it?'' asked Kakashi innocently
"Cut the crap, you and I both know that you love Anko. And don't try to deny that I know you better." warned Naruto
"(sigh) Yes I do love her." said Kakashi tiredly
"Then why are you not telling her?" asked Naruto irritatingly
"I don't want to lose her. Every close person in my life has died, I don't want her to be cursed by being with him." said Kakashi sadly
"That's a lame excuse, you cannot control your future. We are shinobi, we may die today but you should follow your heart. I am close to you and I am not dead yet and neither is Anko or your other friends, besides she loves you too." said Naruto with a true smile
"She does?" asked a shocked Kakashi
"Yeah, I think you should propose to her. Here take it." said Naruto and took out a ring from his pocket. It was a platinum ring with a little diamond on it.
"Naruto I cannot take this, where did you get the money for this?" asked a curious Kakashi
"I and Jiji have it covered, its the least I can do for what you have done for me. Besides Anko is the only women in this village who will allow you to read your Icha Icha." said Naruto with a smirk. In truth he had made good money from his missions in Root and with a little advice from Hiruzen had bought this ring.
"Really?" asked Kakashi with stars in his eyes.
"I think so." said Naruto with a shrug.
"MY PRECIOUS WE WILL FOREVER BE TOGETHER!" yelled Kakashi and hugged his book with anime tears dropping from his eyes.
"Is he really an adult?" thought Naruto with a sweatdrop
"Well take it and propose her, or I'll burn down every single one of your Icha Icha, make you read its Yaoi version in my genjutsu and will have Anko's snakes kick your ass." threatened Naruto playfully
"I'll do it but don't harm my precious" begged Kakashi
"Just do it already." said Naruto tiredly, He then wished Kakashi good luck and went towards the academy for his graduation day.
If he had looked carefully he could have seen the biggest smile on Kakashi's face.
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Only two words could describe Naruto's mood right now: fucking boring.
He was sitting in the academy, and was listening to Iruka's boring speech for the past few minutes. Many of the students were excited as they were finally becoming a genin and starting their path of shinobi. Naruto could understand their feelings, but he was already an Anbu captain and such knew that how harsh the shinobi world was, but for now these students should enjoy this moment.
"Alright now I'll announce the Top 10 students of this year and in which teams they shall be placed." announced Iruka loudly
Everyone paid attention, even Naruto was curious. Sasuke and Sakura were sitting beside him, in a way these two were his best friends in the academy. Sure he was friends with the rest, the only ones with whom he was close were Shikamaru, Ino and Kiba. Shino was his friend but didn't talk much and Hinata was a weirdo, she tried to talk but always remained silent. Chouji was always busy eating.
"The tenth place goes to Ichigo"
"The ninth place goes to Shikamaru"
"The eight place goes to Chouji"
"The seventh place goes to Kiba"
"The Sixth place goes to Hinata"
"The fifth place goes to Ino"
"The fourth place goes to Shino"
"The third place goes to Sakura"
"The second place goes to Sasuke"
"And the Rookie of the year is Naruto Hatake" announced Iruka
All of the students had different reactions Shikamaru muttered troublesome and went of to sleep. Naruto knew Shikamaru could be in the top 3 but he was too lazy like all the Nara's.
Chouji was just happy that he had passed.
Kiba mumbled something which went unheard by the rest of students but seemed a little happy.
Hinata had a short smile on her face. Naruto observed carefully and saw there was a hint of sadness in her eyes. He could understand why she was feeling like this. She was the heiress of the Hyuga clan and many people expected her to be Top Kunoichi but Sakura and Ino had really changed in the past years. Hinata was formidable in Taijutsu but in the rest of the skills she was average, this was where she got beaten by Ino and Sakura who were skilled in Genjutsu and academics, they also were good at ninjutsu.
Ino was yelling loudly that she would beat Sakura but was also happy at the same time. Naruto had advised her and Sakura that it was not a bad thing that they liked Sasuke or any other boy, but if they were just focused on their crush and do not develop their shinobi skills then they may die. They both realized their mistakes and had started improving, and as a result were now strong Kunoichi.
Shino just gave a respectful nod and remained impassive, as expected from the Aburame's.
Sakura did the unexpected, she just gave a smile to her friends and accepted Ino's demand for a match.
"Congratulations" said Sasuke shocking both Naruto and Sakura.
"Sasuke-kun..." said both Sakura and Ino in shock.
"That's all you're gonna get from that teme." joked Naruto
"Hn" muttered Sasuke with a smirk.
"So Mr. Rookie of the year, how does it feel to be on the top?" asked Ino putting her hand around Naruto's neck playfully
"Naruto you are really strong, You showed me and Ino what it means to be a shinobi." said Sakura and gave a warm hug to Naruto.
Naruto just gave a small smile in return, he was truly thankful for having such good friends.
"I don't know, names and titles mean nothing in the shinobi world. Even the strongest shinobi could be defeated by a single mistake." explained Naruto earning nods from everyone.
"Well said Naruto, so Naruto is the Rookie of the year and Sakura is the top Kunoichi of the class. Now we will announce the teams." said Iruka loudly
All the students now paid attention, they were curious to see who their teammates and sensei would be.
Iruka statred announcing the teams until only 9 students were left in the class. The rest had left with their Jounin sensei.
"Team 7: Sakura Haruno, Sasuke Uchiha and Naruto Hatake. You have been summoned to the Hokage's office." said Iruka
"Oh, that's not fair why does forehead get to be with Naruto-kun and Sasuke-kun." whined Ino
"I.." said Hinata but stopped as a few tears came in her eyes. She really wanted to be with Naruto, to show him how much she loved him, she then quickly wiped away her tears and made the best poker face.
"Why is she so obsessed with me. She should know I only see her as a good friend. I don't want to break her heart, if she finds out I love Kurenai I don't know what she would do?" thought Naruto with a frown.
"Team 8: Kiba Inuzuka, Hinata Hyuga and Shino Aburame. Your Jounin sensei will be Kakashi Hatake." announced Iruka.
Naruto saw Kiba's excited face when his team was announced, Shino just remained stoic while Hinata seemed neutral but was very sad. Naruto understood why Kakashi was made their sensei, he had already trained both Naruto and Sasuke in their sharingan, also Kakashi was a good tracker and with his dog summons he was the best choice for these three.
"Team 10 : Ino Yamanaka, Chouji Akimichi and Shikamaru Nara. Your jounin sensei will be Asuma Sarutobi" said Iruka
"Troublesome " said Shikamaru with a yawn.
"Why I have to be with this lazy bum?" whined Ino with anime tears dropping from her eyes. Everyone chuckled a little and they could understand why Ino was feeling like this because Shikamaru was really very lazy.
Chouji just had a big smile on his face as he was in a team with his best friend Shikamaru.
"Sasuke, Sakura-chan, we should go." said Naruto
"Right" said Sasuke and Sakura just nodded.
The trio then exited from the room and went towards the Hokage tower.
"I wonder who their sensei would be?" thought Shikamaru analytically
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The three genin entered the Hokage's office wondering about the reason, of why they had been summoned here.
They saw the Hokage sitting in his chair, there were two more person in the room beside the squad of Anbu that was hidden in the shadows. These person were none other than Anko and Kurenai. Naruto could perceive that the Anbu were feeling quite curious and a little excited. He was a very adapt sensor whose skills had grown over the years.
Kurenai gave a wide smile to Naruto and Anko gave him a little wink playfully. Naruto just chuckled on seeing their reactions.
The trio stood in front of the Hokage and gave him a deep bow.
"No need to be so formal, now you may be wondering why you have been summoned here?" suggested Hiruzen
"Hai" said Sakura curtly
"First of all I would like to congratulate you for your performance over these years. You three are the best of the academy and as a result you have been summoned here. But before we go further Naruto step forward." commanded Hiruzen
"I am yours to command Hokage-sama'' said Naruto with a bow.
Sasuke's eyebrows twitched a bit, he was always a little wary of Naruto, Naruto was his best friend but he cared about the village more than what Sasuke expected. Naruto was also too devoted to the Hokage.
Sakura and Anko just sighed on seeing Naruto's actions. They both knew he was a very loyal shinobi and no matter what he would always be too devoted for their tastes.
Kurenai felt a little proud on seeing Naruto's loyalty. He was his student, best friend and maybe a lover. He was a prodigy, graduated at the top of the class and most of all she liked people who were loyal to the village and cared about their precious people. And Naruto was one such person.
"Naruto, I hereby promote you to Chunin." said Hiruzen shocking everyone present in the room.
"WHAT?" asked all of them in unison
"May I know the reason for this promotion Hokage-sama?" asked Naruto seriously
"There are a few reasons for this. First of all your skills are far too advanced for a genin, your teachers have recommended you be moved up further in the ranks." said Hiruzen
"But Hokage-sama he just became a genin, also you have to participate in the chunin exams for promotion." argued Anko. She didn't doubt Naruto's skills but wanted him to have some experience before getting the promotion.
"You do present a good point Anko, but a shinobi can be promoted to chunin if the Kage deems him fit for the duty." said Hiruzen calmly.
"But Hokage-sama such a promotion hasn't been done since..." said Kurenai but then she glanced towards Sasuke and did not speak further. Itachi was the only person who was directly promoted to chunin after becoming a genin. Kurenai knew from Naruto that Itachi was a sensitive topic for Sasuke and as such did not speak further.
"Yes, that is true, however the major reason for Naruto's promotion is because of the Anbu commander of our village." said Hiruzen seriously
"What does the Anbu commander has to do with Naruto?" asked Sakura curiously
"He wants Naruto to join the Anbu blackops." explained Hiruzen shocking everyone in the room.
"No" said Sasuke bringing everyone's attention to him.
"Speak freely Sasuke" said Naruto knowing Sasuke wanted to say something.
"Hokage-sama, I know Naruto is stronger than all of us, but he is a little young for this, its the same as with him." explained Sasuke. Everyone in the room agreed with him, Naruto was happy that Sasuke cared about his well being, but he would follow whatever orders the hokage gave him.
"That is why the Anbu commander wants to test his skills as a chunin. Due to the Kyubi attack we lost many skilled shinobi, over these years we have restored our military strength but we need skilled ninja like Naruto in our special forces. Right now tension is rising between the villages as a result you all have been summoned here." explained Hiruzen
"What is it Hokage-sama?" asked Kurenai warily. She was worried for Naruto's safety, Anbu blackops performed the most dangerous missions for the village, and many missions were such where they didn't come back alive, she did not want to lose Naruto. As a result she was trying to find a way to get him out of this mess, but she also knew that the Hokage's word was final but that didn't mean she wouldn't try.
"In this hour the village needs a special group of shinobi for various missions. Our Anbu forces are already stretched thin, and the Jounin are also working as best of their ability. I am forming a team of shinobi with special skills, this team will directly report to me. You all have been selected for this team with Naruto acting as the leader." explained Hiruzen. He knew Naruto was more than capable of leading a team and was just trying to make the others understand it as well.
"You said this team has been selected for its special skills. Can you tell us why we have been selected?" asked Kurenai curiously
"Certainly, Anko is trained in infiltration, assasination and interrogation. Kurenai you are the best at genjutsu, Sakura is also good in genjutsu and perhaps medical ninjutsu if she is trained properly. Sasuke is skilled in ninjutsu and Taijutsu. As for Naruto he shall explain about his skills himself." said Hiruzen
"Care to explain Naruto?" asked Kurenai skeptically. She didn't like to be kept in the dark and it seemed that the Hokage and Naruto were hiding something.
"I will explain, but Jiji do you really think I'm capable of leading this team? Surely Anko and Kurenai are Jounin and are more experienced than me." lied Naruto
"That may be true, but this will serve as a test to ascertain your leadership abilities and your skills. Anko and Kurenai will surely guide you when necessary. To be honest Naruto I wanted to promote you quickly through the ranks but I wanted you to have some friends so I delayed your promotion but I cannot do that any longer. I need your skills to serve the village as best you can and I know you can do it." explained Hiruzen with a warm smile
"I will get the job done Hokage-sama, I will try my best." promised Naruto.
Anko was a little suspicuos about all of this but decided to keep quite.
"Sasuke and Sakura you two also show great promise and I intend to promote you too after seeing your performance in a few missions." said Hiruzen
"Thank you Hokage-sama" said Sakura with a warm smile while Sasuke nodded.
"Now all of you get to know each other and practice your teamwork. I will be assigning you your missions soon. You will not be performing D-ranks so don't be worried." said Hiruzen with a chuckle
All the three genin sighed in relief on hearing this. D-ranks were a major pain in the ass for all genin.
Hiruzen then handed over Naruto his chunin uniform which he accepted respectfully. Kurenai was really happy on seeing this and she silently gave Naruto her congratulations which Naruto noticed and gave her a small smile.
"Let's meet at training ground 20 in a few minutes." suggested Naruto
Everyone nodded and the genin exited from the office while Anko and Kurenai stayed as they had some questions.
"Hokage-sama are you sure about this?" asked Anko doubtfully
"I am Anko, I want you and Kurenai to guide this team, Naruto has a lot of potential and I don't want it to be wasted. This team can become one of the best teams in the history of our village." said Hiruzen
"Hokage-sama there must have been some reason for you to have so much faith in Naruto's ability, how strong is he?" asked Kurenai curiously
"All of your answers will be answered by him. The only thing I ask from you is be patient and hear him out first." requested Hiruzen
Both the Kunoichi nodded hesitantly not sure what they were going to find out.
Only if they knew what a big secret they were going to hear.
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All the members of team 7 arrived at training ground 20. Anko and Kurenai were in their Jounin vest, while Sasuke was wearing a black tshirt with the Uchiha crest on its back and was wearing black shorts. Sakura was wearing a grey tshirt and black shorts, she was also wearing fingerless gloves.
They all saw Naruto standing on top of the lake of the training ground and he looked quite different.
He was wearing his green chunin flak jacket and had a blue tshirt underneath it. He was wearing black Anbu pants and fingerless gloves in his hands. His face was covered by his facemask while his headband was on his left hand allowing two locks of blonde hair two fall on his face. He was also wearing black combat boots.
But the most interesting thing was he had a sword strapped on his back.
"Why do you have a sword strapped on your back Naruto?" asked Kurenai curiously. She didn't know Naruto was skilled in Kenjutsu.
"That is because I am a little skilled with sword." said Naruto with a light chuckle
''Don't try to play tricks Gaki, Kakashi had agreed to teach you Kenjutsu but has not taught you yet. Please don't try to be a hero on the first day of our team." advised Anko seriously. Anko loved Naruto like her younger brother and as such she considered it her job to guide him.
"We live in a world of lies and deception Anko, there are many things which you don't know about me." said Naruto carefully, Sasuke gave Naruto a knowing look saying he understood what Naruto might say and he had his support in this. Naruto gave a thankful nod to Sasuke.
"Naruto-kun please don't talk in riddles. Get to the point." said Sakura curtly. She was a little doubtful of all of this but she had faith in Naruto.
"I know all of you have doubts about me being a chunin and more as a leader of this team. I can understand and I can think of only one way to remove your doubts. Fight with me, all of you against me, if you find my skills or my tactics unworthy I will resign as the leader of this team." said Naruto honestly.
"Naruto, I know you are strong but you want to fight all of us? There are two jounin here and two of the best genin of this academy. Plus Sasuke has his sharingan and Sakura is adept with genjutsu. I don't think this is right." said Kurenai worriedly
"Do what he says." said Sasuke seriously
"What? Sasuke you cannot be serious?" asked Sakura a little angrily
"When fighting an opponent with superior strength, make sure you have the numbers, you taught me that, didn't you Naruto!" said Sasuke with a smirk
"You mean he can take all of us?" scoffed Anko
"Yes" said Sasuk stoically and activated his sharingan.
"Alright Naruto, but please surrender if you get injured." said Kurenai softly
"I can say the same for you." said Naruto in a challenging voice
"Alright, let's go" announced Anko
Anko then rushed towards Naruto and procedded with a couple of hand signs, she finished with the tiger sign.
"Katon: Ryuuka no Jutsu: Fire Release: Dragon Fire Technique"
A large stream of fire was released from Anko's mouth which headed straight for Naruto at tremendous speed and engulfed everything in its path.
Naruto immediately took out a sealing tag and threw it in the air. He then quickly performed a couple of hand signs in order to perform his technique against the fire attack of Anko.
"Fuinjutsu Fuuka Houin: Fire Sealing Method"
The tag then dropped in front of the stream of fire and much to everyone's amazement it absorbed the entire attack and then disappeared with a puff of smoke. Leaving only ash and a little smoke in the area.
Before Anko could counterattack she saw a figure cut through the smoke. Her eyes widened when she saw Naruto heading towards her with his sword which was glowing.
But the most shocking thing was she saw Naruto's eyes had a three tomoe SHARINGAN!
Naruto made a horizontal swing at Anko's chest with his sword, Anko stepped out of her stupor and back flipped a few meters away avoiding the attack.
Or so she thought.
A large cut appeared on her jounin vest, Anko was shocked to see this.
"But I avoided the attack. Most of all why the fuck does he have the sharingan?" thought Anko angrily
Naruto just remained there with his sword in his hand and looking at Anko with his Sharingan eyes.
(With the others)
"Is that..." said Sakura in shock
"A sharingan?" asked Kurenai in shock. She felt hurt on seeing this, Naruto had betrayed her trust.
"Yes it is, we need to move now, this is a fight our questions can be answered later." said Sasuke hurriedly as his sharingan picked up Naruto finishing a lot of hand signs rapidly.
(With Naruto)
"Suiton: Suiryūdan no Jutsu (Water Release : Water Dragon Bullet Technique)"
A large dragon of water was formed from the lake and it rushed towards Anko with great speed. Anko had started performing her own handsigns but was already late.
To her surprise Sakura and Sasuke jumped in front of her and started performing their own hand signs.
"Doton: Doryūheki (Earth Release: Earth-Style Wall)"
They both used a lot of chakra and a large wall of mud rose from the ground and covered the trio. The water dragon collided with the mud wall with great speed and shattered it to pieces but they had jumped away from the position.
The entire area was covered in water droplets as the water dragon exploded on coming in contact with the mud wall.
The rest of the members of Team 7 were shocked when they saw Naruto high in the air and released a kunai towards them followed by a couple of another quick handsigns.
"Kage Kunai no Jutsu: Shadow Kunai Technique"
That one kunai now multiplied into hundreds of identical Kunai which struck the rest of the members of Team 7 with great speed.
"Genjutsu huh, pretty smart Kurenai." thought Naruto as they members of team 7 that were hit with the kunai attack disapperead in leaves.
Naruto sensed Sasuke's chakra behind him and immediately swung his sword backwards and blocked the kunai that Sasuke was holding making a loud noise.
He then attempted to hit his left elbow straight into Sasuke's face but Sasuke blocked it with his remaining hand, but was shocked when Naruto used that distraction to flip over Sasuke's head and gave a strong kick on his head and sent him stumbling few feet away.
Naruto then saw Anko appear in front of him with a mad grin on her face followed by a couple of hand signs.
"Sen'ei Tajashu (Many Hidden Shadow Snake Hands)"
Three dozen snakes were launched from Anko's sleeves and were rushing at Naruto with great speed and flipping their tongues venomously
"Where does she hide all of them?" thought Naruto in amusement.
He then surged wind chakra through his swords and used a shunshin and teleported away.
Anko was confident that her snakes would subdue Naruto but was shocked when Naruto appeared in front of her and gave a harsh kick to her chest sending her crashing in a nearby tree. She felt a few of her ribs crack from the attack.
When she opened her eyes she saw Naruto had already cleaved her snakes in half.
"Damn his shunshin is way too fast." thought Anko but before she could do anything three Naruto's appeared in front of her and attempted to decapacitate her from different angles.
But all of the Naruto's movement was stopped when their bodies started getting caught in branches of trees which suddenly appeared out of nowhere.
Kurenai stepped out of one of the trees branches with her kunai pressed on one of the Naruto's throat whom she thought was the main Naruto and not his shadow clones.
"Its over Naruto." said Kurenai with barely restrained anger, she was very upset that Naruto had hidden such big truth from her about him being an Uchiha and as such wanted to finish the fight and have a talk with him.
"Is it?" asked Naruto impassively and looked at Kurenai with his sharingan.
Suddenly to Kurenai's shock instead of Naruto being bound in her genjutsu she found herself trapped in her own jutsu binded by her own trees.
All three Naruto pointed a sword at her and took a swing but she bit her tongue and the genjutsu disappeared and she ducked at the last moment.
She back flipped a few meters away and looked at the three impassive Naruto's seriously.
"Which is the real one?" she thought frustratingly
She was relieved to see Sasuke and Sakura in their positions and Anko had cleared herself from the field in order to prevent her from being used as a hostage.
"Why do you have the sharingan NARUTO!" yelled Kurenai angrily. She just wished her plan would work.
But what she didn't know that Naruto had already sensed and located Sasuke and Sakura in the trees behind him waiting to stirke him from behind. He was not a sensor for nothing. He also felt Anko's signature behind him but it looked she was hurt badly.
She was surprised when two Naruto's immediately performed a quick substitution and she couldn't believe what they had substituted themselves with.
They were none other than Sasuke and Sakura both of whom had a sword and a kunai placed on their necks ready to cut them instantly.
Naruto looked at Kurenai seriously and said in a very cold tone.
"Your teammates are captured and are at my mercy. Anko is now at my clones mercy, yield now. That is the only option you have." said Naruto imapssively and pressed the kunai and sword closer to Sasuke and Sakura's throat.
Kurenai gritted her teeth in anger, her entire strategy failed, she had planned to distract Naruto while Sasuke and Sakura would attack him from the back with their fire and earth jutsu. Naruto would have to dogde and that was when she and Anko would strike unitedly and subdue Naruto.
But now her entire plan had failed, two of her comrades were captured and the third was nowhere visible. She had only one choice.
"DAMMIT!" thought Kurenai angrily
"You win, let them go." said Kurenai defeatedly
"Thought you'd never say that." said Naruto with a smirk
Kurenai was again surprised when the Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura in front of her disappread in a flock of crows. She found herself standing in the field. She looked around and saw all of her comrades were also standing beside her.
"What happened?" asked Sakura curiosuly
"We were caught in his genjutsu." explained Kurenai. She was feeling a lot of emotions, proud of Naruto's mastery in genjutsu, angry at him for hiding the truth and also at herself for getting caught in his genjutsu so easily
"But when did he get us?" asked Anko confusedly
"We must have looked him in the eyes." explained Sasuke.
"How can we get caught in a genjutsu by just looking in his eyes?" asked Sakura curiously. She didn't know how powerful a sharingan could be.
"Sharingan can easily cast a genjutsu by just looking in the eyes, we must have looked at him sometime." said Sasuke frustratingly. He too had an two tomoe sharingan but from his training with Kakashi he knew Naruto's eyes were far more powerful than any Uchiha he knew. His eyes were even more stronger than Itachi. Also Sasuke was not as skilled in Sharingan genjutsu as Naruto yet.
Suddenly all of them felt something cold touch their necks, they looked behind and saw four Naruto's holding a sword at their throats and were looking at them coldly without any emotion on their face.
"Your assumptions are right." said Naruto seriously
"What are you-" asked Sakura but was cut off when Naruto pressed the sword more closely to their throats.
"Do you accept your defeat?" asked Naruto seriously with his sharingan eyes looking coldly at all of them.
All the members of Team 7 were shocked on seeing this new Naruto. He was cold, calculative, and was insanely stronger, faster and smarter than all of them.
All of them looked at each other and considered their options, they knew if they even tried to move their throats would be cut immediately and most of all they wanted answers about his sharingan and that was more important than this fight. The only one who knew about Naruto's sharingan was Sasuke.
But he was also quite shocked by Naruto's skills. Naruto had showed great skill in Ninjutsu, Taijutsu, Genjutsu, Fuinjutsu and Kenjutsu. Plus his speed was far too great for them. He wondered how far stronger was Naruto.
Sakura couldn't believe what had just happened. She liked Naruto, he had helped her change from a crazy fangirl to a smart kunoichi. She received the title of top kunoichi due to her strength in genjutsu, academics and her strength with her earth style jutsu. But when she compared herself to Naruto, she found herself outclassed.
Anko was in a state of shock, she couldn't believe that the boy she considered her brother was so skilled and had hidden such a big truth from her all these years. She wondered how far had Naruto held back during their training spars.
But the one who was upset the most was none other than Kurenai. She felt cheated, Naruto had lied to her for all these years, he had not told her about his identity and his powers honestly. She loved Naruto and to find out that he had hidden such a big truth from her broke her heart a little.
"We forfeit." said Anko seriously giving Naruto a firm look saying this was not over.
Naruto removed the sword from their throats and dispersed his three shadow clones quickly, but as soon as he sheathed his sword he felt someone grab the collar of his chunin vest roughly and being pulled closer to this person.
He looked up and saw this person was none other than Kurenai.
And one look in her eyes made Naruto realize what she was feeling. It was pure ANGER.
"I. NEED. ANSWERS. NOW!" hissed Kurenai angrily with righteous feminine fury in her voice