Kurenai was the first to speak "Hokage, I have a problem with my assigned team as it is extremely unbalanced. Both Kiba Inuzuka and Hinata Hyuga are close combat fighters heavily relying on taijutsu and close combat ninjutsu while only Shino Aburame is a mid-range combat specialist. Moreover, I am a person that specializes in Genjutsu which none of these people focus in hence I am not sure as to how I could better grow such a team."
"Oh? And what would you recommend your team be?"
"I would recommend that Kiba Inuzuka be replaced with Ino Yamanaka who is a long-range fighter and possesses good chakra control suitable for Genjutsu which when partnered with her mind transfer Jutsu will make both her and the team stronger."
Hiruzen lit a pipe and smoked it "It is a reasonable argument however Ino Yamanaka is have already been placed the usual Ino-Shika-Cho formation under Asuma. The three children are already good friends and have excellent synergy with one another hence it wouldn't be reasonable to pull apart such a team even if it is to make a new one. Besides your team was formed on the basis of being a tracking and reconnaissance team containing a Hyuga, Aburame and Inuzuka clan members known for their tracking and surveillance abilities and with you, a seasoned sensor, as their teacher I am sure they will grow to be a powerful team in the future."
Kurenai nodded in understanding and took a step back. The Hokage then proceeded to explain the logic behind each team which left the Jonins shaking their heads in amazement at his wisdom and reasoning.
'As expected of the Hokage' they thought.
"With my reasoning having been established, is there anyone who has a problem with the team arrangements."
To everyone's surprise, Kakashi Hatake took a step forward.
"Hokage I would like to suggest a change in my team."
"Go on."
"Based on your explanation of various teams it would seem mine is a team focused on ninjutsu and high attack power. If that is the case, I would understand having Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha however I fail to understand why Sakura Haruno is on my team as well. Yes, she has good chakra control for her age however that is only a small part needed to make a good ninjutsu specialist as compared to the other two who possess great Chakra reserves for their age, hers is pitifully low making her chakra control in some sense not of much use to the team. Instead, I would like to suggest someone else in her stead capable of keeping up with Naruto and Sasuke and capable of even surpassing them in ninjutsu."
"Oh?" Hiruzen and the rest of the Jonin were intrigued "And who would you suggest?"
Kakashi paused before speaking once more "Yuu Sakamoto."
The jonin in the room reeled in shock and surprise as Kakashi uttered the name of someone they would never have thought to be suggested by Kakashi. After all they had all seen the character sheet of Yuu Sakamoto and while he was 3rd in ninjutsu attainment in his class. That was all there was to him as all his grades in other sections such as taijutsu, shuriken Jutsu and examinations were all pitifully low and nothing to write home about hence they were curious as to why Kakashi recommended Yuu Sakamoto who had originally been designated to join the Genin Corps.
"The reason I am recommending Yuu is because I have noticed that he is actually much stronger than his current level yet chooses not to show it."
"Oh?" Everyone in the room was curious as to why Kakashi made such an assumption.
"I too was shocked at first when I came to this conclusion as it was quite easy to miss his concealment of his true strength however luckily during the testing day I had decided to use my Sharingan in order to spot if there were any talents that were being missed and that's when I spotted his abnormality. As I watched his fight against the Chunin tester with my sharingan, I first noticed that his muscles were well formed and developed even more than Sasuke Uchiha and every time he moved, my Sharingan could see that he was exert less strength into his body than usual in order to move slowly when in fact I hypothesize, judging by the way his body was well formed, that he could be able to move as fast if not faster than the Chunin instructor."
"What??" Everyone's mind reeled in shock at Kakashi's analysis. They didn't doubt him as everyone knew that his Sharingan was one of the greatest perception Dojutsu in the world which made them think how they could have missed such a talent capable of hiding his true strength in front of veteran Jonin. They would have missed him had Kakashi not been very observant that day. Even the Hokage hadn't noticed anything unusual about Yuu and hence he was equally curious about the genius Kakashi had managed to pull from under their noses.
"What else did you see Kakashi?" asked Hiruzen with a bit of excitement.
"After noticing the fact that Yuu had been concealing his taijutsu skills which likely surpassed even Sasuke, I paid even closer attention to his every move with my Sharingan and that's when I noticed something else. When Yuu had jumped in the air, I noticed his eye spot the movement of the Chunin tester and for a milli-second his hands' fingers twitched and instinctively moved to form hand signs much faster than even possible by Chunin level shinobi however he quickly stopped forming his new Jutsu and instead proceeded to slowly form the Jutsu hand seals for the spinning wind shield which enabled the Chunin tester to launch her Jutsu much faster than his newly forming Jutsu shattering it and ending his exam in failure. Taking all these things into calculation I was able to deduce that Yuu Sakamoto was a powerful Chunin level shinobi capable of defeating the Chunin tester had he really tried to do so."
The Jonin and Hokage in the room were shocked by what they heard. They couldn't believe that they had been fooled by a child who made himself appear much weaker than he actually was almost causing him to be sent to the Genin corps if it hadn't been for Kakashi. If that had happened, then Konoha would have lost a genius capable of becoming an elite Jonin in the future if not a Kage level individual. Just thinking about it made Hiruzen feel nauseous at such a loss. It would have been a crime of the highest level for him to do such a thing.
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