A year has passed since Naruto entered the academy and since he didn't care for attention he settled for being average in the class. It was quickly forgotten that he was the strongest student in the academy, but he didn't care. He never made an attempt to find friends since everyone hung out with Menma and Narumi. Speaking of Menma and Narumi, they both quickly made it known they were the popular kids in school and had lots of fangirls and fanboys.
Narumi became the leader of her group of friends consisting of Ino Yamanaka, heiress to the Yamanaka clan. Sakura Haruno, a pink hair girl from one of the wealthiest civilian families in the leaf village. Last but not least, Hinata Hyuga, heiress of the Hyuga clan. He noticed the peeks and glances Hinata gave him and even noticed her following him around the village on multiple occasions. He was able to avoid her all the time and even her Byakugan couldn't find him.
Menma had his own little group of friends that he hung out with and was apparently the leader. Kiba Inuzuka, the self-proclaimed alpha male of the Inuzuka clan. Shikamaru Nara, the heir to the Nara clan and laziest person in the class. Last but not least, Choji Akimichi, Heir to the Akimichi clan and Shikamaru's best friend. Wherever Shikamaru went, Choji went. Naruto was in a group all by himself and isolated from everybody else even the teachers, who he learned were not the biggest fan of him.
He only had problems with one person, Sasuke Uchiha. After the first day of school when Naruto beat Sasuke in a spar, Sasuke has been trying to fight him every single day and Naruto would just walk away from him. Naruto knew he was too strong for them right now and the only people that could even push him for now were Menma and Narumi and that's only because of them being able to use a small dosage of the nine tails chakra.
His training for the past year went good. He didn't bother to learn more ninjutsu as he wanted to master the ones he already knew. He wanted every jutsu to be down to 1 hand sign and right now he got all of them down to 3. His taijutsu was about low chunin and would have been higher if he wasn't constantly interrupted due to Itachi and Shisui having to go away for an anbu mission, which he knew was them spying on the Uchiha clan.
His sharingan genjutsu was strong and both Itachi and Shisui pointed out that he'd be better than them as he was already better than them at his age with his sharingan. They started to make him wear leg weights while he trained and without the weights he was mid chunin level in speed. His sealing was going good as he was already onto the fifth level of sealing. He figured being an Uzumaki that the sealing would come easy to him.
The relationship with his family hasn't gotten any better. In fact if you asked him, he'd say that it's gotten worse. Menma and Narumi became even more bratty and spoiled if that was even possible and he didn't bother to interact with them. They always managed to bother him and the same reaction kept happening. They would mess with him and he would simply bash their heads together and walk away leaving them crying. Of course everyone came to their side and coddled them like they were newborn babies.
He and shizune were still close and she even tried to teach him some medical ninjutsu, but due to the density of his chakra he couldn't learn much so all she really taught him was the Mystic Palm Jutsu and showed him how to properly bandage a wound and set a broken bone before putting on the cast or wrapping it up. He was grateful for that because he never knew when it would be needed and it's best to have that on hand.
Right now he was currently finishing up his own training since Shisui and Itachi were called away for a mission today. He worked on his taijutsu and sealing all day and was sore. He was thankful for the healing ability the nine tails had given him before going back to its chakra. He felt Shisui nearby and he was with anbu level ninja and one more chakra that didn't feel regular. He felt Shisui's chakra spike and rushed over to help as best as he could.
When he made it to the area, he noticed an old man with a cane known as Danzo go for his eyes. He knew all about Shisui's Mangekyou and the ultimate genjutsu he had, so it was pretty obvious what Danzo wanted from him. Naruto did the only thing he could think of. He overloaded a wind jutsu that he knew and gave a little assistance to Shisui.
Wind style: great breakthrough
The jutsu had so much chakra in it, that it destroyed the ground as well and it blew danzo away as his fingers were centimeters away from grabbing Shisui's eye. Naruto quickly hid and gave Shisui some time to take out some of the anbu surrounding him.
"Take him out! I want that eye! Find whoever did this and kill whoever it is!" Danzo said before quickly fleeing the area
Shisui knew it was Naruto who saved him, but knew this would be his last night. He activated his sharingan and then started to fight all of the anbu while being extra cautious of them reaching for his eyes. Naruto would help out where he could by throwing random kunai and shuriken to distract the anbu. The fight lasted for almost 30 minutes and before Naruto could help he was out of kunai and shuriken. He looked up and Shisui was being surrounded by the remaining 10 anbu.
Before Naruto could leave his hiding spot, Shisui activated his Mangekyou sharingan and then he was surrounded by a large green ethereal warrior. Naruto was amazed by this and then witnessed Shisui take out the remaining anbu. The warrior he was surrounded by started shooting off some kind of needles and the rest of the anbu were taken out. Shisui deactivated his Mangekyou Sharingan and his SusanoĊ went away. Naruto was about to jump out of his hiding spot and go towards Shisui, but Shisui vanished in a shunshin. Naruto decided to go home and talk to Shisui the next day.
Naruto woke up the next day and when he looked out his window, he saw a crow staring right at him. The stare down lasted for about 10 seconds before the crow flew away. Naruto went to the academy and he noticed all of the ninja seemed to be on edge in the entire village so he kept his guard up. After the academy was over he went to where he usually trained and stayed there until he couldn't move anymore.
He worked on his ninjutsu and fuinjutsu until he perfected all of them. As he was training he noticed a vortex start to appear in a tree to his left. He quickly made a shadow clone, substituted with it and transformed into a leaf. When the vortex was gone a man stood there in a black cloak with an orange mask.
"Can I help you?" The clone asked still not looking at the man
"Yes, you can come with me. I have plans for the nine tails in your gut." The man said appearing in front of him
"Sorry, but I don't contain the nine tails. You'd have to go get the fourth hokage's children for that. Of course you'd have to fight him, again. Yeah I know all about how he kicked your ass when you attacked the village 7 years ago with the nine tails." The clone said
"I can easily handle the fourth hokage." The man said and activated his sharingan in his right eye
"So you are an Uchiha. Let me guess you used a genjutsu to control the nine tails after you ripped it out of my mother. Now, who are you?" The clone asked
"I am Madara Uchiha." The man said
"No you're not. Madara wouldn't get beaten so easily by the fourth hokage. From what I've read about him, he wouldn't walk around with a mask on hiding who he is. Besides, your chakra levels are too low to be someone like Madara Uchiha. Plus your like 20 something, Madara would be an old man by now if he even was still alive. I'm smarter than I look, now unless you want to fight an entire squad of anbu and Kakashi Hatake, I suggest you leave." The clone said
The man in the mask stabbed him with a kunai, but was shocked that the clone went up in smoke. That's when he realized Naruto must've felt him coming and quickly made a clone and left the area. He gritted his teeth and left. He was royally pissed off since he was just outsmarted by a 7 year old. Kakashi and the squad of anbu showed up and after 30 minutes of searching, Naruto transformed back to his normal self and continued training.
When he was finally done he went back home and avoided everyone in the house. Late in the night, he felt someone in his room and jumped out of the bed with his sharingan activated and was looking around. He didn't find anybody and when he went back to bed he found a scroll on his bed with the feather of a crow on it. He opened it up and it was from Itachi detailing how he had just killed off the entire Uchiha clan. Naruto couldn't believe it, Itachi single handedly wiped out the Uchiha clan except for his brother.
He told Naruto how Shisui was dead and he committed suicide after sustaining life threatening injuries from his fight with Danzo's anbu. Shisui left his eyes for Naruto and gave him a list of ninjutsu to learn ranked from C to S. He also left behind some of his personal sharingan genjutsu and instructions on how to use the dance of the teleporter jutsu. After reading the letter, Naruto sealed everything back into the scroll and then sealed the scroll in a storage seal he placed on his hand earlier in the day that was barely noticeable. He laid down to get some sleep and this would be the first time he's cried since he was baby. His tears weren't the usual tears, he was shedding tears of blood.
6 years later
It's been 6 years since the Uchiha massacre and 6 years since Naruto lost the two people he considered big brothers. Naruto, who is now 13, was finally about to graduate from the shinobi academy. In terms of strength, Naruto was as strong as a low or mid anbu level shinobi due to him constantly training over the years and fighting Danzo's anbu that he kept sending after him. Danzo wanted the nine tails power under his control and since Menma and Narumi were constantly being watched by Minato, Kushina or Kakashi, it was a no go on getting them. So he figured he'd go after Naruto, but everytime he sent a pair of anbu after him, they never returned.
Naruto's relationship with his family got so bad that Minato forgot he even existed. Kushina over the years tried to get close to him and she even helped him with sealing a few times. Naruto cared for his mother but he still didn't like everyone else. Menma and Narumi were the golden heroes of the village so they thought they were better than everybody. They were strong for their age, but they would need two or three tails of nine tails chakra in order to match Naruto's strength. They constantly messed with him, but he would ignore them and keep going on with whatever he was doing. Right now, he was waiting for his turn to get his headband and officially become a ninja.
The door opened revealing the instructor that they have had since they started the academy 6 years ago. He was a chunin named Iruka Umino. He wore his hair in a ponytail, wore the standard chunin uniform and had a scar over his nose. At first he didn't like Naruto, but then had a change of heart last year and even tried to befriend Naruto, but in Naruto's eye, it was too late to try and become friends with him.
"Naruto, you're up." Iruka said
Naruto followed him to the exam room and came face to face with Minato, Jiraiya and the other chunin instructor, Mizuki. The looks on Minato and Jiraiya's faces was priceless. They looked like they had seen a ghost when Naruto walked into the room. Minato had a look of regret on his face when Naruto looked at him and Jiraiya quickly got over his shock and tried to stare at Naruto with a blank yet cold look to try and intimidate him. Naruto, however, trained with Itachi so he managed to keep a stoic look on his face and was completely unbothered.
"If this little staring contest is over, can we get this over with?" Naruto asked calmly
"Uh, yeah. You have to perform the basic 3 academy jutsus and then 2 other jutsus you've learned on your own. I can pass you on the 2 extra jutsus if you'd like." Minato said
"I don't need special treatment to pass." Naruto said
"Then perform the jutsus. Your brother and sister are next kid. We don't have all day." Jiraiya said
"Shut up. Lonely old man." Naruto said
He went on to do the Substitution jutsu, shadow clone jutsu and transformation jutsu. For his final two jutsus, he decided to do a couple of B rank fire jutsus.
Fire style: Dragon flame bomb
He breathed fire from his mouth and manipulated the flames into the shape of a dragon and divided them to strike the target from the left, right, and front all at once. He stopped the jutsu before it could cause any damage and then went to his next jutsu.
Fire style: Majestic Destroyer Flame
He expelled flames from his mouth and shaped it into a literal sea of flames and covered a wide range as well. He canceled that jutsu and just looked at them.
"Where did you learn those?" Minato asked
"None of your business. Give me my headband." Naruto said
"Answer your father." Jiraiya said
"Shut up, you're annoying. No wonder Tsunade left the village a few years ago." Naruto said
He walked up to Iruka and took the headband out of his hand and left the room. He had an hour before teams were selected since he was the last person to get chosen for the exam. He was laying with his head down when somebody jumped on the desk in front of him. He looked up and saw Kiba staring him down.
"Can I help you?" Naruto asked
"You think you're so tough. I bet I can beat you." Kiba said
"Do not come at me with such a lie that would make you look even more foolish than you already do. Get out of my face." Naruto said
"Let him be Kiba. We still have team assignments and I've heard that most genin teams spar often. We can just kick his ass during one of those." Narumi said
"Besides, it's clear he isn't that strong. He always chickens out during the spars at the academy. He's probably the weakest genin this year." Menma said
"Foolish little boy. Do not speak on what you do not know or understand." Naruto said and Sasuke's eyes went wide hearing those words and before he could say anything Iruka came back in
"Alright everyone settle down! I have the list of teams for you now pay attention." Iruka said
He went through the first 6 teams and they were mainly civilian kids who didn't really pay attention. Naruto zoned out because of him not getting his name called. He was hoping to be on one of those teams, but he figured that now he would be with a bunch of people he doesn't like. He really didn't want to be in this village anymore, but had no place to go.
"Alright, team 7 is a bit odd and will consist of Sakura Haruno, Narumi Uzumaki-Namikaze, Sasuke Uchiha, Menma Uzumaki-Namikaze and Naruto Uzumaki. Your team will have two leaders, Kakashi Hatake and Kushina Uzumaki-Namikaze." Iruka said
Naruto took off his headband and everyone just looked at him. He took out a kunai and made a slash through the leaf symbol before putting it back on. Everyone was shocked at this because only rogue shinobi did that and that put everyone on guard.
"Naruto, why did you do that?" Iruka asked
"Because I hate this village and I'm letting it be known that this is how I feel about it. Don't worry I'm not betraying the village or anything, yet." Naruto said
"You'll become a rogue shinobi if you leave." Kakashi said as he and Kushina came into the room
"I can care less about any of that. This village sucks and I have no ties keeping me here. The first time I have a chance to leave I'm doing it." Naruto said
"You'll be hunted down." Kushina said
"Mom, I really don't care. Besides, if I'm hunted down, it would take a borderline sannin level shinobi to beat me. Once I leave I'm never coming back. Plus, where I plan on going you'll never be able to reach me." Naruto said
"Please, you're weak. I'm the strongest in this class because I'm an Uchiha. Menma would be the 2nd strongest and you're at the bottom." Sasuke said
"TELL HIM SASUKE." Sakura yelled
"You're barely an Uchiha. You don't even have your sharingan unlocked. You're nothing more than a glorified civilian from the Uchiha clan. If I'm so weak, why haven't my mother and Kakashi noticed that I'm standing behind them and you're all looking at an after image." Naruto said and both Kushina and Kakashi turned around and Naruto was indeed behind them
"I'll be on the roof for the stupid ass team meeting." Naruto said and walked out
"Let's go team 7." Kushina said
Rooftop
"Alright tell us your names, likes, dislikes and dreams for the future." Kushina said
"Umm can you go first so we know how it's done." Sakura said
"You just give your damn name likes, dislikes and dreams. There's nothing difficult about that. You'd think someone who became kunoichi of the year would know that." Naruto said
"NARUTO SHUT UP." Sakura yelled
She took a swing at him and missed. His finger twitched and then all of a sudden Sakura was frozen still and her eyes became cloudy. Nobody knew what happened and it took Kushina and Kakashi some time to realize she was under a genjutsu. They released the genjutsu and Sakura started to scream and sank to the ground holding her knees to her chest.
"He put her in a genjutsu with just the twitch of his fingers." Kakashi thought as he stared down Naruto
"What was that?" Narumi asked
"Genjutsu." Kushina replied
"But he didn't use any hand signs." Narumi said
"Alright, let's just get back on track. I'm Kakashi Hatake. My likes and dislikes, I don't feel like telling you. My dreams for the future, never really thought about it." Kakashi said
"Well, I'm Kushina Uzumaki-Namkike. My likes are my family and ramen. I dislike perverts and liars. My dream for the future is to see all of my children happy and make my family whole again." Kushina said and glanced at Naruto
"Sakura, you go next." Kakashi said
"I'm Sakura Haruno. What I like, I mean the person I like..*squeal* my dream for the future *squeal*." Sakura said
"What do you dislike?" Kakashi asked
"NARUTO." Sakura yelled
"Sasuke, you're next." Kushina said
"My name is Sasuke Uchiha. I hate a lot of things and I don't particularly like anything. What I have is not a dream because I will make it a reality. I'm going to restore my clan and destroy a certain someone." Sasuke said
"Ok. Narumi you're up next." Kushina said
"I'm Narumi Uzumaki-Namikaze. I like ramen and training and sometimes gossip. My dislikes, well you can say there's one person in particular that I don't like and rapists and perverts. My dream is to become the strongest kunoichi in history." Narumi said
"I'm Menma Uzumaki-Namikaze. I like ramen and training. My dislikes are the loser Naruto and anybody who tries to mess with me. My dream is to become hokage and be the strongest ninja ever." Menma said
"Ok then. Last but not least, Naruto." Kakashi said
"I'm Naruto Uzumaki." Naruto said
"No likes, dislikes or dreams?" Kushina asked
"I like being left alone. I dislike this village and everyone in it and my dream is to leave this shit hole of a village." Naruto said
"No friends?" Kushina asked
"No. My only friend doesn't live here and the people I consider my brothers, one of them is dead and the other is a rogue ninja since he killed his own clan." Naruto said
"You knew Itachi?!" Sasuke asked
"He trained me for two years with Shisui Uchiha before everything went down." Naruto said
"I demand you teach me everything you know!" Sasuke said
"No." Naruto said
"Meet us at training ground 7 at 5am. You have a test to see if you'll become an actual genin or be sent back to the academy." Kakashi said, not wanting a fight to break out
"What do you mean go back to the academy?" Sakura asked
"Out of the 29 graduates who just came here only 9 will be accepted. However since we have an odd amount, 11 will be accepted as genin. The other 18 will be weeded out and sent back to the academy. In other words, this is a make it or break it pass-fail test. The chance that you fail is at least 66 percent." Kakashi said
"That's crazy, we worked hard to get here. What was that graduation test for anyway?" Menma asked
"That was just to select candidates who might become genin or not." Kushina said
"What?!" Narumi asked
"That's how it is. We decide whether you pass or fail." Kushina said
"Just be at the training area by 5am." Kakashi said and vanished
"You heard him, 5am." Kushina said and vanished
Next day
Everyone was at the training ground waiting except for Kakashi. Kushina looked around as they sat around and talked. Menma and Narumi were talking together and Sakura was talking to Sasuke trying to get him to go on a date with her. Kushina just shook her head at that. She looked around for Naruto but couldn't see him or sense his chakra signature. She wasn't the best sensor, but she should be able to feel Naruto's chakra. What she didn't know was that Naruto was up in the trees taking a nap.
"Hello everyone." Kakashi said as he appeared
"You're actually on time!" Menma and Narumi said
"Well, I didn't get lost on the road of life and that cat wasn't around today. Plus your mother has my book. Now, let's begin." Kakashi said
"We can't start without Naruto." Sakura said
"He's already here." Kakashi said pointing to a tree and they all saw him sleeping
"NARUTO UZUMAKI WAKE UP THIS INSTANT." Kushina yelled and Naruto burped in his sleep before waking up
"Huh? What's up?" He asked rubbing his eyes
"It's time for the test. Me and Kushina have 3 bells between us. You have until noon to get them from us. Whoever does not get a bell, will be dropped from the ninja program." Kakashi said holding up two bells and Kushina held up the other bell
"What?! You can't do that!" Narumi said
"Yeah! Only the hokage can drop someone from the ninja program!" Menma said
"My test. My rules. Now begin." Kakashi said as all the genin disappeared except Naruto who was laying under the tree now
"Naruto, sweetheart, you're supposed to try and get the bells." Kushina said
"Why? We both know I'm no match for either of you." Naruto said
"Why do I have a hard time believing that?" Kakashi asked
"I don't know. It would be a shame if the famous copy ninja was defeated by a lonely genin. If you want me to try I will. Can I have a bell?" He asked
"Uhh no." Kakashi said
"Oh well I tried. Plus I already know the real reason behind this test. You should be more original in testing. This thing has been around for generations." Naruto said
"How do you know that?" Kushina asked
"I found some journals belonging to the third hokage and read them. Interesting stuff. I couldn't believe the old man was such a pervert, but hey apparently every hokage had odd quirks." Naruto said
Naruto sat back and watched as his team helplessly failed to get the bells one by one. Menma got poked in the ass by kakashi and Naruto got a chuckle out of that one. Narumi kept falling for the simplest traps and did nothing but spam shadow clones. Sakura was caught in a D rank genjutsu, something that she should easily be able to get out of. Sasuke showed some promise. He used tactics and only struck at kakashi or Kushina when he thought he had an opening. He failed in the end when kakashi trapped him in the ground and then the bell rang.
"Oh well, looks like nobody passed. I guess you all will be dropped from the ninja program." Kakashi said
"Drop us from the program? That means we'll have to start all over again. You said that if we didn't take the bells that we'd be sent back to the academy. You can't just change your mind and kick us out!" Menma said
"Yeah! Why would you do that?!" Narumi asked
"Because you don't think like a ninja. You think like little kids, like brats." Kakashi said
Sasuke got angry and attacked him with a kunai but he wound up on the ground with Kakashi sitting on his back with a foot on the back of his head and his arm being held behind his back.
"You think it's all about you." Kakashi told Sasuke
"LET GO OF SASUKE! YOU CAN'T STEP ON HIM LIKE HE'S A BUG!" Sakura yelled
"You don't know what it means to be a ninja. You think it's a game, huh? Why do you think we put you on squads? Did you consider that question for one moment?" Kakashi asked
"Uh, I don't know what you mean." Sakura said
"I mean, you never realized what this exercise is all about. Not even close." Kakashi said
"What it's about?" Menma asked
"Yes, that's what determines whether you pass or fail." Kakashi said
"But that's. I mean, I wanted to ask you about that from the beginning." Sakura said
"Use your head. Three people on a squad. Why do you think we would do that?" Kakashi asked
"How are we supposed to know why you picked three people?! We didn't make the rules!" Menma exclaimed
"Yeah, you stupid scarecrow! Just tell us the answer already!" Narumi exclaimed
"It's so basic and obvious. It's teamwork. That's the foundation of Konoha's ninja program. Why do you think we're the best ninja village when it comes to mission completion rate? Some ninjas aren't that strong, but they make up for it working together. You all have failed miserably." Kushina said
"Well what about that loser?! He didn't even try!" Menma said pointing at Naruto
"I didn't try because I already figured out the test long before we even graduated." Naruto said
"You could have told us!" Narumi said
"It's the basic rule in our ninja program. You've been paired up in groups for every activity these past 7 years in the academy and it's never dawned on you that teamwork is essential." Kushina said
"Just working together is that what you mean?" Sakura asked
"That's what teamwork is, Sakura." Naruto said
"SHUT UP." Sakura yelled and Naruto placed her in another genjutsu that she couldn't get out of
"Naruto, stop putting Sakura under advanced genjutsu." Kushina said
"That was an E ranked genjutsu I put her under." Naruto said and Kushina frowned at that revelation
"How the hell did she graduate if she can't get out of a basic E ranked genjutsu?" Kushina asked
"Simple, her mother has been sleeping with all of the academy teachers." Naruto said
"Why are me and Menma tied to these wooden poles?" Narumi asked
"Because you two didn't even try to help any of your teammates. It's too late now. But if all of you had come at me and Kushina as a team, you might have been able to take the bells from us. Well, anyway, it's over." Kakashi said
"Wait a minute. You set it up with 5 people, but only 3 bells. If we worked together and got the bells, only 3 of us Could keep them. That would lead to group conflict and the squad would break up." Sakura said
"Exactly. We purposely pitted you against each other. We wanted to see if you could overcome that and put the squad ahead of yourselves. A genin should have a natural feel for teamwork. But it never even crossed any of your minds except for Naruto. Sakura, you obsessed about Sasuke who was gone, while Menma was right in front of you and you wouldn't lift a finger to help him." Kakashi said
"Menma and Narumi, you both thought just because you're the hokages children that you didn't need any help. You both have been rushing into everything falling for the simplest tricks and traps. You did everything on your own and didn't even consider helping none of your teammates." Kushina said
"And you, Sasuke, thought the others were so far beneath you, they were worthless. Arrogance." Kakashi said
"Naruto didn't do anything either!" Narumi said
"He did, you just couldn't see him. He's been using his wind manipulation skills to throw us off and give you all an opening that you never saw because you were all too quick to rush into a fight instead of coming up with a plan of attack and analyzing the situation." Kushina said
"Ninja missions are carried out in squads. Of course, you need individual skills, but teamwork is the most essential element. Every shinobi understands this. When individuals put themselves above the squad, this can lead to failure and death. For example, Sakura, kill Menma now or Sasuke dies." Kakashi said and put a kunai to Sasuke's neck and everyone but Naruto and Kushina were freaking out
"That's what happens on a mission." Kakashi said and removed the kunai from Sasuke's neck
"Oh boy, that was really scary." Sakura said
"The enemy takes a hostage and you've got an impossible choice and someone ends up dead." Kakashi said
"On every mission, your life's on the line. We don't have time for silly little games or people who aren't serious about becoming a ninja." Kushina said
"Did you look at this stone, the names engraved on it? They're all ninja who are honored as heroes in our village." Kakashi sajd
"That's it, that's it, that's it! Now, I know! I've decided I'm going to have my name engraved on that stone. I'm not going to live and die for nothing like a dog. On top of becoming hokage, I'm going to be a hero. A hero!" Menma exclaimed
"They're a special kind of hero." Kakashi said
"Huh? What kind of heroes are they? Come on tell us." Narumi said
"Well? Well?" Menma asked
"They're all K.I.A." Kakashi said
"Ooh that sounds real cool." Menma said and Narumi nodded with him
"It means killed in action, dumbass. This stone has the names of all ninja that have died in combat protecting this village or on a mission. You two were trained by 5 of the greatest ninjas from this village, yet you don't even know what this stone is about." Naruto said
"Shut up loser!" Menma said
"Yeah, shut up!" Narumi said
"This is a memorial stone. Naruto is right. The names of my closest friends are engraved here. All right, I'm going to give you one more chance. But I'm going to make it much harder on you. You'll have three hours to get a bell. Eat lunch now to build up strength. But. Menma and Narumi don't get any. It's your punishment for being tied to the tree stump. If anyone tries to feed them, that person will fail immediately. I make the rules. You follow them. Got it? Here are some bento boxes we had prepared, now eat up." Kakashi said and walked away
Sakura and Sasuke grabbed a bento box and began eating. Naruto simply looked at his bento box and didn't want it. He heard Menma and Narumi's stomach growling and decided to have a little fun with them for all the stuff they put him through growing up. He simply walked up to them and city the bento in half placing one side on the ground in front of them.
"Naruto! What are you doing?! We can't feed them, Kakashi said so." Sakura said
"I'm not feeding them. Their stomach is growling and they seem hungry. If they want to eat, they can have mine. Of course they'll have to feed themselves since I'm not a babysitter. Now, eat up. You'll need your strength." Naruto said with a smirk and walked away to where Kushina and Kakashi were hiding
"Is that necessary?" Kushina asked
"Think of it as payback for everything they put me through growing up." Naruto said and they saw Sakura offer to help feed them the food
"Looks like they pass." Kushina said and Kakashi disappeared and then a huge cloud of smoke appeared in front of of them
"You! You broke the rules. I hope you're ready for the punishment. Any last words?" Kakashi asked and went through hand signs creating a dark cloud
"But you said." Menma said as he was shaking
"Yes?" Kakashi asked
"You said that there were five of us. That's what you said and that's why Sakura." Menma stopped talking
"We're all on this squad as we're all in it together." Sasuke said
"Yeah, that's right. Naruto gave his lunch to them and we helped feed them because the five of us are one!" Sakura said
"Yeah! What they said. You one eyed scarecrow!" Narumi said
"The five of you are one. That's your excuse? Hm. You pass." Kakashi said with an eye smile
"Huh?" Sakura and Menma asked
"What?!" Narumi asked
"You pass." Kakashi said
"What do you mean? How did we pass?" Sakura asked
"You're the first squad that ever succeeded. The others did exactly what I said and fell into every trap. They couldn't think for themselves. A ninja must see through deception. In the ninja world, those who break the rules are scum. That's true. But, those who abandon their friends are worse than scum." Kakashi said
"Nice speech. Too bad you missed one important thing." Naruto said
"What's that?" Kakashi asked
"This team is filled with nothing but scum. Sasuke will do anything to get power because he thinks he'll one day become strong enough to beat Itachi. Sakura will betray the team and put us in danger if anything happens to Sasuke. Menma and Narumi are arrogant spoiled brats who hate my guts and I've already told you all that I'm a flight risk and want out of this village. This team is designed to fail and you both know it." Naruto said
"That's not true." Kakashi said
"Please, the only reason you wanted this team is because my mom can use her chakra chains to stop Menma and Narumi when they lose control of the nine tails chakra. You only wanted to train Sasuke because you see a lot of your younger self in him. Which I might add, isn't a good thing considering your past that I read up on." Naruto said
"I think that's enough Naruto." Kushina said
"Sakura was basically a throw in because the kunoichi of the year and rookie of the year must be on the same team. I'm only on this team because it's some pathetic attempt by your hokage to try and get close to me again. The person who should really be on this team is Kiba since he's the dead last. I guarantee Menma, Narumi and Sakura freeze up on our first mission outside of the village." Naruto said
"I won't freeze up!" Narumi said
"Yeah, we were trained by the best for 8 years. Unlike you, we're ready for anything loser." Menma said
"You were trained by the best for 8 years, yet you only possess genin level skills. You should be able to challenge Kakashi right now, but you can't. All you have is Shadow clones and two of the basic academy 3. Your trump card is the nine tails chakra which can be suppressed. You two are almost as pathetic as Sakura." Naruto said and walked away
"I'LL SHOW YOU PATHETIC." Menma yelled
He tapped into some of the nine tails chakra and rushed at Naruto so fast that the other genin couldn't see him. Kushina got her chains ready but before she could act, Menma had Naruto's fist buried in his gut. Naruto grabbed Menma by the throat and slammed him to the ground before giving him a chakra enhanced kick sensing him flying through one of the surrounding trees.
"Naruto! That was unnecessary!" Kakashi said
"Oh, but it was ok for him to attack me while using the nine tails chakra? You're a disgrace and will be horrible as a team leader." Naruto said and left the training grounds
Kushina looked at Naruto as he walked away. She sighed and had to face the facts, there was no way her family would be whole like she wanted. She tried over the years, but Menma, Narumi and Minato, were all too full of themselves to even have a family dinner. She made up her mind, if Naruto wanted to leave the village, she wouldn't stop him. She'd rather him be happy somewhere else, than have him stay in the leaf village and be angry and miserable.
"I tried, Mito. I really tried." Kushina thought and vanished.