Looking at his teammates Yuusha sighed before shaking his head 'At Least it's not civilians. Sai though… if Danzo sent him them he's gonna be a problem, so I have to make sure to not use Mangekyo around him.' He thought discreetly looking at Sai out of the corner of his eye.
'And Yakumo… for her to not hold us back we're gonna have to fix her physical conditions. Although it's not a bad Idea to put all three of us on the same team. Yakumo being the support using her Genjutsu, Sai's Super Beast Imitating Drawing. And if I remember Yakumo's Genjutsu is stronger when she paints it.
She can learn a few things from Sai, in which I can learn from her with my Sharingan…unless her Genjutsu is different… Wait, why would her Genjutsu be different? Am I dumb?' Yuusha's thoughts were stopped when he and his team arrived at our training grounds.
Team 9 sat with Ebisu-sensei (something Yuusha still struggled to come to terms with) standing in front of him.
"Alright, let's start with introducing ourselves, I'll go first to give you all a demonstration. My name is Ebisu, but you three will be addressing me as Ebisu-sensei. My likes…" Ebisu paused and a faint blush spread across his face. Coughing into his fist he continued.
"My dislikes are people who don't take being ninja serious! My dream for the future is to make the three of you worthy ninjas of Konoha."
The three students sweatdropped at this they all noticed Ebisu's blush and the way he completely avoided telling them his likes, Sai was clueless as to why his sensei suddenly blushed and was determined to figure out why after introductions were over. Yakumo however, while not knowing what it was, knew it had to be something perverted.
Yuusha could make a 'hard' guess as to what his likes were.
A rather loud "Ahem" cut them out of their thoughts, Ebisu gestured with his hand indicating one of them to start off introducing themselves. They were silent for a while with none of the three not wanting to go first. Yuusha, wanting to get this over with, decided to go first.
"My name is Yuusha Uchiha, my likes…are training and ramen, my dislikes… I don't have a lot of dislikes, and my dream for the future… is to become a strong shinobi."
He had to stop himself from automatically saying his true goal which is to kill Itachi Uchiha. Which is Original Yuusha's goal but since Yuusha is a small part of my soul it's really my…? dream. But still he didn't want to take the chance of being looked at as a flight risk who would do anything for revenge and be watched 24/7 by ANBU and ROOT.
Ebisu nodded his head before turning to the one in the middle, which is Yakumo Kurama.
"A-Ah, M-My name is Yakumo Kurama, my likes are painting and Genjutsu, my dislikes are a certain someone, my hobbies are painting, and my dream is to become a genjutsu master." Yakumo introduced herself however when she talked about her dislikes her eyes darkened.
'Oh, yeah! I remember that in canon she had her chakra or something sealed by Hinata-chans sensei. But has her chakra not been sealed yet? Or rather has it been unsealed?' Yuusha thought, looking at Yakumo…
Maybe he was looking at her a bit too long because her face started to flush and she started to fidget while occasionally glancing at me 'Wait how long have I been staring at her? ANIME LIED TO ME INNER MONOLOGUE DOESN'T SLOW DOWN TIME! NOW I'M GONNA LOOK LIKE A CREEP!'
However Ebisu saved him as he asked Sai to introduce himself. "My name is Sai..." that was all…that was all he said with the same emotionless smile he had in the anime. It was weird to witness in person…really weird.
Ebisu stared at Sai for a few seconds thinking that he would continue before he sighed, deciding to give up on getting more information.
"Ahem! I'm going to be honest with you all. Of the 27 graduates only 12 will be chosen to become genin. The rest will be sent back to the academy. So I'm going to give you three a test, to see if you're worthy of becoming genin."
Standing up, Ebisu beckoned them to the middle of the field where a white flag with Konoha symbol on it, "Now I've already set up the test, now all you need to do is get the other flag that's deep in the forest and bring it back here. However, be wary of traps and 'enemy ninja'. You have 5 minutes to strategize starting now."
As he said that he disappeared in a puff of smoke.
It was quiet for a few seconds before Yuusha stepped up, gaining the attention of his teammates. "Ahem! I think we should come up with a strategy, but to do that we need to know at least some things that we're capable of.
Yakumo you said that you specialize in Genjutsu, is there anything else you specialize in or is it just Genjutsu, and if so how powerful is it?"
Yakumo, not used to being around people due to isolation by her clan, stumbled over her words a little but answered nonetheless "I-I…I don't specialize in anything else other than Genjutsu…im sorry. U-Uhm i-in terms of how powerful… I don't know…" bowing her head in shame.
'She reminds me of Hinata just a little less stuttery, and while cute we're gonna have to fix that.' Yuusha thought before giving the girl a small reassuring smile. "It's fine, that just means you're more for support right now than you are for frontline, we can fix that in the future. What about you Sai? What are you good at?" He asked, looking at the boy who had the same emotionless smile etched onto his face.
"Well, I know a bit of Kenjutsu but not much as I am still learning. I'm able to use Fire, and Water release, but I don't know much Jutsu for them. Then there's my specialty, Ink Jutsu, which makes me good for reconnaissance and stealth. And what about you Yuusha, what are your specialties?" The young Root member asked, looking at Yuusha, his expression not changing one bit.
"I'm an all rounder. I'm good at Kenjutsu, Taijutsu, and Ninjutus, with my affinity being fire." A half truth seeing as while he does have all elemental affinities he only knows Fire Style Jutsu, and while he would reveal he has a fully mature Sharingan he had to be careful around Sai.
Not wanting to divulge any more than he has to, Yuusha quickly announced came up with a strategy.
"Alright, I'll be the main attack force, with Yakumo backing me up trying to see if she can hit Sensei with one of her Genjutsu. While Sai, you use your Ink Jutsu to scout the forest for the flag, while occasionally sending Jutsu towards sensei so it doesn't seem like me and Yakumo aren't the only ones fighting him."
Yakumo immediately nodded, not having a better plan while Sai thought about the plan for a while before agreeing to it. As soon as they agreed to the plan an alarm went off signifying that the time for strategizing was over.
The three nodded towards each other before they hopped onto the trees and into the forest.
~Yuusha Uchiha (Artorias Pendragon) POV~
Jumping from one tree to the next I looked back to see that while Sai could keep up just fine, Yakumo seemed to be struggling. I'll bring this up with sensei after we're done with this test.
Looking back at Sai who looked at me I nodded towards him to which he nodded back before splitting off from us. Slowing down so that Yakumo doesn't strain herself, I can see her sighing in relief as she doesn't need to struggle to keep up anymore.
"So I heard the Yakumo clan's Genjutsu is Unmatched even by the Uchiha…I was wondering, if we pass this test by sensei, do you think you can teach me some Genjutsu? I never practiced Genjutsu before, because I don't know where to start." Shooting my shot I asked the Kurama clan Heiress
She looked shocked so much that she lost her footing and would've fallen had I not caught her. However, just as she was about, I put her in my arms in a princess carry and jumped off the branch we were standing at as multiple Kunai and Shuriken embedded itself right where we were standing.
Quickly putting Yakumo down, I activated my Sharingan and unsheathed my Ninjato. I quickly looked around trying to see if I could find the one who threw those kunai and shuriken.
"Yakumo stay close to me for now." I said not looking at the girl as she slowly approached raising a Kunai to strike.
Opening my eyes wide I quickly jumped from the tree to see 'Yakumo' with a kunai raised poised to strike 'Shit he got to Yakumo! When?! How?! I didn't sense anything! Was it during when I let her down? Or was it in the beginning when she was struggling to catch up with us?'
I was thinking of when Yakumo was replaced when the 'Yakumo' in front of me opened her mouth to say "I have to say your instincts are sharp…however, you were too late to save your teammate."
With my Sharingan I could see who the attacker was "Sensei, since when did you take Yakumo's place? And where is she?' I say but I quickly signaled Sai to also search for Yakumo.
"Hmm… why don't you come and get the answers from me." Ebisu had already dropped his transformation and took a relaxed pose, yet I could see that even in this pose he was ready to strike or defend in an instant.
"Gladly." Stabbing my Ninjato in the tree I went through hands, "Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu", spewing out an enormous white hot fireball, I saw Sensei's face turn into shock for an instant before it hardened.
"Water Style: Water Wall" Sensei responded by spitting out a large amount of water before it took the shape of a sphere around him. The fire ball hit, causing piping hot steam to envelop the area, but with my Sharingan I could see Sensei just perfectly.
Taking the Ninjato out of the tree I stabbed it in, I held up a half ram seal before disappearing in a flicker appearing behind Sensei slicing him in half.
Eyes widening When the apparition of sensei was replaced with a log 'Body Replacement Jutsu!' However, that's not what had my eyes wide, what had my eyes wide was the seal that was on the sliced log, making a hissing sound.
Quickly channeling Channeling Chakra to my legs I jumped as high as I could just as the explosive tag went off making the steam clear out, I looked around for Sensei but couldn't find him until a shadow formed over me.
Looking up I see Ebisu-Sensei ready to take my head off with a Tsunade special.
Quickly using the Body Replacement Jutsu, I quickly froze up as the log I replaced myself with splattered on the ground next to me. How the fuck does wood splatter?!
'That would've killed me!' I thought with sweat dripping down my neck. Looking up at sensei who was standing on a branch I was quickly met with reality, 'so this is the power of an elite Jonin…'
I thought of Ebisu sensei as a joke because of how his character was in the anime, however that could be the furthest from the truth. 'He's strong…really strong.'
As I was about to charge at sensei I felt something enter my chakra and the surroundings change and notice that Sensei noticed it too. 'Yakumo! Sai managed to find her.'
With my Sharingan I could easily see through the Genjutsu, so I rushed at Sensei and went for an overhead slash. It was blocked by Sensei at the last moment by pulling out a kunai.
Jumping back to get some space I rushed back in, engaging in battle with sensei and with my Sharingan I could just barely keep up, however due to Yakumo's Genjutsu she's sending at sensei and Sai's Ink beast he was pretty preoccupied.
I was kicked in the chest by sensei sending me skidding back, but before I could rush in to engage with Ebisu-sensei again There was an green explosion from Sai, signaling that he had found and got the flag, now all we had to was bring it back to where we started.
So, jumping back high in the air I went through hand signs for another jutsu "Fire Style: Phoenix Sage Fire" spitting out a volley of small fireballs around sensei to block his field of vision.
After the jutsu was done I retreated with my teammates who were some ways away ahead of me. Looking back I could see Ebisu-sensei gaining on me quickly so Going through hand signs again I waited until he was behind me before jumping up causing me to face Sensei upside down while i'm in the air.
"Fire style: Fireball Jutsu!"
And fired a point blank Fireball in his face, while also propelling myself away since I was in the air.
Not even looking back I shunshined to where my teammates were. However there was something on my mind 'Why did Ebisu-sensei let Sai search for the Flag? It couldn't be because he was preoccupied with me, no. Is it something else?'
We touchdowned at the training ground where we were supposed to bring the flag, where we saw Ebisu-sensei leaning against a tree, his clothes have visible burn marks, signifying that he had escaped but at the last second.
~ NARRATOR POV ~
Ebisu clapped genuinely impressed by the teamwork they had despite only meeting each other today. "I have to say I'm impressed by the 3 of you, despite meeting each other today you had good teamwork, however each of you have problems you need to work on. But we'll touch up on those tomorrow during training, I can see some of you are very tired."
Looking at the three students Ebisu could see that they were all tired, some more tired than others with Sai being the least tired, and Yakumo being the most tired not being used to running for so long.
"S-So does that mean we pass?" The quiet voice of Yakumo was heard to which Ebisu nodded with a smile on his face.
"Yes, you pass. From now on the three of you will be the new team 9!"
~
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