[ Previously ]
For the first time this year, Hiruzen Sarutobi had had a very boring morning, since Naruto hadn't come to him for diplomatic meetings due to his team's test.
He sighed at all the paperwork and intrusive thoughts that came to him when he had to constantly stay in his office. Without the blond around, everything became monotonous without the spontaneity of the Uzumaki around, making the Sandaime Hokage focus only on his Crystal Ball Jutsu, which kept the entire village wall under surveillance, keeping him alert when those wild creatures got too close to the walls.
He had cared little for his advisors sitting on a sofa there, in the last decade what had been his best friends had changed with the constant danger that had fallen upon the world at the time the Kyuubi no Youko had torn through the veil of reality, not only causing a catastrophe in the village, but also the opening of what was considered the mystical astral plane that divided the world of the dead with the world of the living, thus giving rise to hordes of savage creatures devouring human flesh that were always drawn in excess to his village.
It was for this reason that he had created the walls of Konohagakure, just as the other four great nations had created their forts against a common enemy and put an end to the wars... of course, far from being allies, but the constant war they were engaged in had simply been interrupted, making it a waste of time when the walking creatures attacked all sides without distinction of civilian or ninja.
They were all just meat, rotten meat that walked around the world causing its destruction, and the Draugr seemed like nature's answer to put an end to all this corruption. A change of eras, a reason for his best friends to force the position of Sandaime Hokage back on him for the second time, and a reason for him to be diagnosed with depression for not even having the benefit of the mourning period for his wife murdered by the Nine-tailed Fox, having to take the reins in the face of the Yondaime Hokage's murder, general and constant supervision of the village so that no creature could affect his people who had suffered an attack, having to become just that, a shell of what he once was, stuck in a dull office in which he couldn't even live his life, because if he did, the rest would suffer at the putrid hands of the Draugr.
Of course, his potential as Nidaime Kami Shinobi was not for nothing, and his presence with the Yamanaka troops allowed for a quick extermination of the beasts, where every now and then something interesting would happen inside the village, and it seemed that today was the day when Hiruzen had left his supervision, with the Yamanaka troops focusing on his place in supervising the Walls of Salvation.
He felt a great load of Chakra being used up, where he smashed his window without even caring about the shock of the counselors, and promptly jumped out of the office while using his flickering body to speed off to training ground seven.
[ ... ]
Based on his intrusion into a large tree in the area, Hiruzen was finally able to count how much Chakra had been overspent since morning, all coming from Naruto's unique signature, who carried two blades, one in each hand, and showed no sign of exhaustion.
Not a drop of sweat when from the beginning of this test he counted that the Uzumaki had spent more than 125,000 of his Chakra, and if that was going to mean anything, it would mean that any Chunnin would already be dead due to the drainage of the Chakra core, because a skillful and capable Jounnin like Kakashi, who was considered an Elite among ninjas, his Chakra reserve measured 250.000, and even with the constant and exorbitant drain that that eye was dramatically causing on the Hatake, that amount of Chakra was no small matter, an act proven by the presence of three Jounnins watching in surprise at the clash between Naruto and Kakashi, with their students situated just below the tree.
On one side an Uzumaki using two blades, and on the other a Kakashi with an exposed Sharingan and a Kunai bathed in lightning, preventing the mere Kunai from breaking before the legendary blades that Uzumaki Kushina had used in the past.
It looked like the fight was going to turn into an epic battle of skills, but it wasn't to be, not when Naruto had only just learned how to wield those blades without hurting himself, and despite having forced Kakashi to use Raiton to protect himself, he was still an Elite Jounnin against a Gennin who had just graduated from the Ninja Academy.
It was only a matter of one cut that the Uzumaki had forced to break Kakashi's Kunai. A measly cut from a very powerful blade that had destroyed the lightning blade and when it crashed into the Hatake's chest, it had simply become pure electricity and so everything had turned against the Uzumaki's body, brutally electrocuting him in what was a Raiton: Kage Bunshin.
[ ... ]
- I won the battle... well done Naruto, you surprised me. - The gray-haired man said, emerging from a Kakuremino no Jutsu, picking up the Uzumaki on his lap and taking him to the central area of the training ground, which at that moment already had the presence of the Uchiha and Haruno already awake and tied up, along with the timer on the clock beeping that it was noon. - You failed the rattle-catching test.
Kurenai wanted to run from the tree and help her husband, just as Hinata, Ino and Naruto's best friends were hiding at the base of the tree.
With a touch to the Uzumaki's face, his consciousness was awakened by the chakra being inserted into his head, causing him to gasp in shock as he sat up abruptly, seeing his two colleagues tied up, staring at him with single eyes, and a serious Kakashi with his arms crossed.
- What happened? - Naruto asked as he stood up, his blades falling to the ground, simply disappearing in bursts of smoke.
- You suffered an extreme discharge of electricity, I call it Raiton: Kage Bunshin, congratulations, you forced me to use something I usually only use against Jounnin-level ninjas. - Kakashi said with a certain cheerfulness in his voice, making Hiruzen smile slightly at how the son of the White Fang was already firmly attached to the Uzumaki, even if he didn't express it much because of the mask. - But tell me, why did you hug those two when you rescued them from those logs? Weren't they the ones who gave you the bills, imagining passing the test with you being demoted back to the Ninja Academy?
- Ah, well... - Naruto, still a little bewildered, sighed deeply as he looked at his two colleagues, seeing the surprise in their eyes at the idea of Naruto rescuing them, because when they woke up they were trapped here, giving no indication of having been released. - When I use Shunshin no Jutsu, my speed is multiplied by 5 times, I don't know exactly how much that equates to, because it's not like I have any method of calculating my base speed, but I do know that if I just grabbed them by the arm and ran off with Instantaneous Displacement, I would at the very least tear their arms to shreds or break their bodies with the whip effect. - Naruto said of his logical reasoning when faced with such a basic ninja technique, but one that was also so dangerous. - They may have made their choice, but I wouldn't be so petty as to hurt them trying to keep them safe from capture, I don't need that weight on my conscience... and also, it's not like I have some kind of Acceleration Force that vibrates everything I touch to the same tune as my speed, imagine the scene, trying to save them and them dying if I didn't take care of how I carried them, it would be a spectacle, horrible, disgusting and brutal, but still a spectacle.
- So you calculated all this for the safety of your colleagues, even though you knew they would hand you over to me in exchange for the rattles? - Kakashi asked at last, finding it brilliant how Naruto changed his personality as he began to explain something he knew how to do and was also seeking his own conclusions as he answered.
- Look... if they want to be a bunch of little shits, that's their problem. If the case here were out there, I'd bring them in the same way and let them both bear the consequences of their choices. - Naruto said in conclusion. - If we're going to fail this test, at least let us have another chance in a year's time, but I'm not going back to the Ninja Academy with a reputation as a murderer, the village already has its personal reasons for me to feel comfortable earning another murderer's title in front of the daughter of one of the civilian councilors whose wife practically hates me, and for the last of the Uchihas who would only serve for these shitty people to want to put my head on a stake. - Naruto walked towards the lunchboxes, starving after training so hard and with so many clones since 5am, wanting very much to replenish his energy with food. - It's true! They've been trying that ever since I was expelled from the orphanage. - Naruto laughed sarcastically. - So... get over yourself, Uchiha, dead or alive you have no weight on my conscience.
Naruto had started to eat when he sat down on the grass, only now noticing the astonished looks on all three of their faces:
- Sorry about that. - Naruto said with a mouthful of rice and chicken. - I've been starving since morning, it's kind of weird on an empty stomach... so go on, Kakashi-san, fail us soon, but I'm going to eat those lunchboxes anyway. - He said, looking at his small lunchbox, where a clone soon appeared and stole the lunchbox from where Sakura and Sasuke were tied up. - I'm going to eat both of yours too, because you're fucking virgin eunuchs, dumb enough not to be able to use the logical reasoning that geniuses like you like to boast about, but who can't even interpret what sensei's fucking test wanted to put us through. - Naruto opened the lunch boxes as his clone disappeared. - Damn, Anko-chan's been corrupting me a lot with these new words. - He murmured, soon becoming quiet and voraciously eating all the lunchboxes. - Hm... fucking delicious.
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[ First Arc: The Awakening ]
== Konohagakure no Sato ==
Kakashi, who was watching Naruto devour the three lunchboxes, felt his plan to make them stay there until someone fed the other being thrown down the drain, nothing beats a hungry Uzumaki, and with the look on Naruto's face as he finished his lunchbox, Kakashi laughed as he handed him his lunchbox and gave the boy a short caress on the hair, seeing there how even though there had been such drastic changes in the awakening of these bloodlines, he was still the boy he had been protecting whenever he wasn't working at ANBU.
Well, the normal test would be to give them a general shock, and then force a sense of companionship on them, but apparently Naruto did this when he saw how silent the other two prisoners were in the face of everything they had heard. Naruto's way of speaking was a little drastic, showing that Anko's presence as his wife was really corrupting him, but he acted like a ninja by rescuing his companions and aiming for their safety, when he could force an escape too quickly, hurting them in the process, and if that meant anything, it was positive in view of the short round of applause coming from a little way away, attracting everyone's attention.
- Well done! I had to come here to check out what all this massive amount of Chakra was being spent one after the other... - Hiruzen said laughing as he approached them. - Let's face it, Kakashi-kun, you were taken aback to see a Gennin use half the amount of his Chakra without even breaking a sweat.
- Hnpf... - Kakashi snorted when he saw Gai, Kurenai and Asuma coming down from the trees, with their teams further away, clearly showing how he already had his best friend's team formed and probably the team that his other two friends had just promoted in their tests. - After arriving late from my last mission, to finally retire from ANBU last night, I arrived here at dawn to form some traps, and look... this guy has spent a lot more Chakra than half of what I have. - Kakashi said to the surprise of Naruto who was eating his lunch, not knowing that his sensei had been there since that hour when he had arrived late to take the test.
- Sandaime-sama! - Kurenai said with a curtsey, only for him to calmly wave his hand in a sign that she didn't need to pay so much attention to him as to her husband, who was already getting up and looking for more food. - Take care of Naruto... we'll give everything an hour to calm down, because I know that both your team is hungry and Lord Uzumaki is almost starving after training so hard and spending so much of his Chakra - The village leader explained as he rummaged around the Uzumaki's body and liked how the tailored cloak he had ordered fit the new clan leader of the hidden village of the leaf.
- Idiot has more chakra than me, impossible? - Sasuke cursed, trying to get loose.
- That's right, Sasuke-kun. - Sakura laughed passionately.
- Yeah, Naruto, fuck... not Lord Uzumaki - Naruto cursed as dizziness hit him from hunger, and he almost fell, being held by Kakashi, who carefully supported him. - And you little shits... you'd better think properly about how to talk to me, I've had enough of having to beat the crap out of villagers. - Naruto came face to face with the Uchiha. - I don't need any more bullshit with the daughter of the civilian who hates me the most in this village, for no apparent logical reason... anyway, goodbye, I hope I never see you again, or you can know that I'm going to use Anko-chan's ropes and whip you just for being a bunch of little shit children. - Naruto laughed as Kurenai pulled him by the ear towards her students, with a shy Hyuuga with an active Byakugan staring at Naruto.
- What do you say? - Hiruzen asked excitedly, like a Gennin on his first real mission. - Any variation from what we know of his Kekkei Genkai to what he was able to do?
- Although the Onigan barely uses any chakra to stay active, and causes an incredible multiplication of his physical base, Naruto hasn't explored this Doujutsu. I think he's still getting used to perfecting Tenshi no Karada, because his Shunshin is great, but he drags a bit when it comes to stopping, suggesting that he doesn't risk using it with the Onigan active, which could cause more damage than good. - Kakashi mentioned everything he saw of the Uzumaki's training this morning. - Naruto is more interested in the Nidaime Hokage's Kinjutsu. - He continued, ignoring the surprise of both Gennin still tied up. - He used the art of cloning proficiently, and not only that, he quickly realized or had already been theorizing that shadow cloning acquires the experiences back into the body.
- Why do you say that? I am capable of performing Nidaime-sama's Kage Bunshin and I know from experience that abusing it with too many clones is a curse that can completely deplete your Chakra.
- Yeah... and I copied that Kinjutsu with my Sharingan too. - Kakashi said smiling. - And I can tell you that given everything I've copied and analyzed, the idea of creating several clones to sleep while others train hadn't crossed my mind... but Naruto thought, Naruto didn't just use clones to train, he used clones to sleep and replenish that massive physical exhaustion, he also used another clone to meditate and be dispersed in an alarm clock method to the original, all from 05:00 until 07:45, obtaining mastery of four Jutsus.
- The Shuriken Kage Bunshin - (Shuriken Shadow Clone), I saw a squad of clones debating how they need to learn and master this, because the villagers never allowed him to buy ninja tools, so he would physically clone all the ones he got from the Ninjas he beat up when they attacked him in the past, stealing their ninja tools as booty for historical reparations against him. - Kakashi laughed at that. - Trust me, he's a lot more sadistic than he looks in that playful little grin.
- The Henge no Jutsu - (Transformation Jutsu), I overheard another squad of clones discussing how they need to learn to master the Henge no Jutsu, which uses a minimal amount of chakra, of which even though he had developed his erotic transformation which uses more chakra and is physical, he saw how trying to control little chakra makes it a great chakra control skill... - Kakashi said, releasing Sasuke from the log he was tied to. - He created his own path of chakra control before he even knew that water walking or wall climbing jutsu existed.
- The Kawarimi no Jutsu - (Substitution Jutsu), I saw with my own eyes Naruto all elated earlier when he discovered how he was able to substitute his position for any object within 50 m². - Kakashi said, releasing Sakura from the log she was tied to. - And in a short period of time he developed a ninja tactic of learning my fighting style by using substitution in support of instantaneous displacement that was massively able to pressure me into using a variant of the Shadow Clones, he called it Multi Shadow Clones, managing to exceed the Nidaime Hokage's established limit of creating 1,000 clones. - Kakashi said, retrieving the test timing clock and putting it away. - If before I was surprised that he was able to overcome the exhaustion of using the clones, he also used the experience of killing the clones to learn my fighting style massively, get used to the blows and thus avoid ending up like his clones did. I avoided as much as possible causing any blows that could cause trauma through feelings of murder, but he didn't know that, and he knew how to handle himself.
- The Kage Shuriken no Jutsu - (Shadow Shuriken Jutsu), if he allows me to call it that, of course, was something I saw him develop using two Fuuma-Shuriken, in fact, just one... but the second one was him using the Henge, in a final attempt to hit me, and hit me he did. - Kakashi showed the sleeve of his clothes torn, with a thin cut there.
- The blades that brought so much fame to the bloodthirsty Scarlet Habanero, are still not as effective as shown due to his lack of Bukijutsu technique, but it was incredible to see that for the first time he picked up heavy swords, knew how to manage it when he used Kage Bunshin to get used to the weight and balance of using them, thus managing to even break my Raikiri no Kunai - (Lightning Cutting Kunai) in the sheer brute force and mystical aspects of those blades.
- His elemental arts without hand seals make him even more unpredictable, but I didn't see him very adept at using them, he only used his Onigan once to cause explosions with that Taiyõ no Tama - (Solar Spheres), but that was a strategy to distract me while I tried to copy his Ninjutsu with the Sharingan, of which I barely noticed two clones of him disappearing in an extremely fast Shunshin of the active Onigan, heading straight for Sakura and Sasuke. - Kakashi said in response to the two watching the report. - I was only able to notice the clones' Shunshin going at such a high speed, due to the fact that he had no control over that speed with Onigan multiplying his base state, so it caused a loud thrusting and dragging noise in the midst of the explosions.
- In my opinion, with my retirement from ANBU, I would have liked to have him as part of my team right away because he hadn't fought with me all this time to prove himself special, but rather to try to distract me while I went to the two of them there, looking for teamwork, that even though they denied the idea of Naruto-kun having unraveled the prank, he still tried to rescue them, and especially took care to gently look after them so that they wouldn't get hurt in that whip effect of the Shunshin... - Hatake finished in front of the silence of the two younger men, who could see how everything gradually connected with what Naruto was saying. - It wasn't perfect and Anko's presence has really influenced the sadistic side of him to gradually predominate in this maturity of a teenage repeater older than his classmates, finally fitting in with a sarcastic and even perverted personality, the intention served to please me... as for these two, I don't know what to really exemplify.
- Why do you say that about these two? - Hiruzen asked looking at them, making both Gennin freeze at the powerful presence the Sandaime exuded.
- Haruno Sakura: Perfect control of Chakra with a medium reserve, great potential in Genjutsus and perfect for supporting a team. - Kakashi mentioned what he saw in the girl. - She has great potential, but she lets her blind passion for the Uchiha overwhelm her thoughts and strategies in favor of showing off for him, thus cutting off her strategies and critical thinking in battle.
- Uchiha Sasuke: Remaining member of the Uchiha clan with average Chakra reserves, advanced martial Taijutsu from his clan, good mastery of Fire Release. - Kakashi quoted recalling the confrontation. - His breath of fire was ineffective when he was dizzy from not concentrating on the Jutsu, losing his breath in the process, unable to follow the logic of his critical thinking when confronted with arguments from someone he considers inferior, even though the facts prove otherwise, and his inflated ego in the face of his dying lineage, faithfully believing himself to be a Konoha Elite when he hasn't even awakened his Sharingan yet.
- Both of them have potential that can be worked on and could be trained as Gennins with any other instructor, but with me, it's a different matter, without teamwork they'll end up dead when they leave the Walls of Salvation, neither of them agreed to listen to someone they considered inferior, belittling him until the end, where they were captured and held hostage, having to be rescued by the ordinary dead weight who should be demoted back to the Ninja Academy.
- In my opinion, only Naruto and I would make a much better team, and we could even be the most powerful team in the village, but these two... I don't see any hope of them becoming a formidable team alongside Naruto, not as long as they continue to belittle him and brand him as a scum due to the politics of hatred that the villagers have preached against Naruto since he was born.
- I see... - Hiruzen murmured thoughtfully. - So you really only want Naruto on your team, I'm not saying I agree, but there's nothing I can do about a sensei's test decision.
- Hey! What about us? - Sasuke asked in a highly disrespectful manner to the village's highest authority, who only laughed at this.
- I've thought it over, and I've decided that I'm not going to send them back to the academy - Kakashi said, seeing Sasuke and Sakura's relieved expressions, and then added. - I'm going to recommend that they be eliminated from the shinobi program permanently.
- IT´S NOT POSSIBLE! - Sakura shouted in astonishment. Sasuke, on the other hand, drawing strength from who knows where, broke the rope and went after Kakashi, who easily immobilized him. - But why do you approve of Naruto who didn't beat you, and not us?
- The answer is simple. Naruto was able to see between the lines that you didn't. You, Sakura, were told that the objective was teamwork, but you only cared about Sasuke and left Naruto aside.
- You, Sasuke, think the world revolves around you, and you ignored both your partners. Naruto, on the other hand, understood the objective immediately, and even warned you about it, but you brushed him aside because you thought you were better than him.
- But the aim of the test was teamwork, so Naruto took the rattles himself and handed them to us. - Sakura argued to everyone's surprise. - I mean, we may have our differences, but in the end the look he gave us made it clear that if this was a mission, he would be the distraction and we would hide the object, look here... it's right in my pocket.
- What? - Kakashi asked, not understanding a damn thing, touching his waist and widening his eyes when he didn't feel the presence of the rope with the rattles.
Hiruzen, who had approached and taken the protruding object from her pockets, turned around when Kakashi was surprised and looked at the Uchiha who had also been shown to have a rattle on the ground.
- The idiot distracted you by pretending to almost faint, stole the rattles when you supported him and hid them in our hands when he pretended to threaten us. - Sasuke said begrudgingly. - He's repeated it three times at the Ninja Academy and doesn't seem to care much about the consequences, but he made it clear that if we at least had a chance, we should graduate and never go near him again.
- "A Ninja breaks the rules, he's like garbage..., but it's much worse if he abandons his friends." - Kakashi thought as he remembered his tragic past.
- What a son of a bitch, I've been tricked! - Kakashi cursed under Hiruzen's laughter, when even he fell for the Uzumaki being bewildered, but damn... he's an Uzumaki, it's quite possible he'll keep training and spending chakra for another whole day, before finally feeling exhausted or unable to stand.
- Look, hypothetically, in the case that happened here, on a mission, if that happened! Naruto would be dead or at the very least captured, you would have returned to the village with the object of the mission, but at the expense of a colleague? - Kakashi explained the obvious. - And Naruto tried at all times to warn you, to work as a team, to take care of you so that you wouldn't get hurt and still have a chance of being promoted... a Gennin promotion requires a team made up of one Jounnin and three Gennin, Naruto showed the ability to pass my tests and even paved the way for the two of you to be accepted...
- Consider yourselves lucky, because in my entire ninja career, I've only ever seen one person go against the rules to try to help a colleague... and that was the White Fang of Konoha, may Kami have him, he was one of the most brilliant shinobi I've ever seen growing up in the same generation as the Legendary Sannins and our village didn't know how to value his kindness and intellect. - Hiruzen said, watching Kakashi clench his fists slightly.
- You'd better improve your teamwork from now on, you're the first team I've ever approved of. - Kakashi said, sighing as he saw the glowing looks on both of their faces, having to remind himself that even though they were graduates, they were still children, even if one of them had suffered a serious trauma, it still wasn't the end of the world, because there would be someone left to take care of him. - Go home and get some rest, because team seven starts its first mission tomorrow... and come to your senses as Naruto said, now that you're Gennin you'll have to distinguish why the villagers hate Naruto as if he were a plague and the ninjas adore him as if his existence were a true blessing.
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== Hokage Cabinet ==
Hours after separating from his first admitted team, Kakashi found himself in the Hokage's office, with Kurenai, Asuma, a few other Jounnin extras, and Gai, who had already had a team for about a year, but had watched from the sidelines the best Jounnin Vs Gennin confrontation in a long time.
Kakashi, on the other hand, kept his eyes on his Icha-Icha, a way of deflecting his boredom, but every now and then, he still felt the tremendous effects of just using his Sharingan vision, while hidden, this eye didn't drain him at all, but when exposed, it's as if the abilities remain active automatically, always seeking to copy what he looks at and never giving the Hatake a rest period.
Asuma was frowning, glancing at Kurenai, who was indifferent to him and paying attention to the other Jounnins, who were reporting on the tests carried out with the new teams of Gennins. So far, only failures had been reported, making it clear that most of the Ninja Academy's results were very different from the field tests.
- Your turn, Asuma. - The Sandaime asked, after the end of the report by one of the Jounnins who had made clear his dissatisfaction with how the civilian instructors being inserted into the Ninja Academy hadn't been working, the only ones who had been actively teaching well were Mizuki and Iruka, and look where things got to when they discovered that Mizuki had become an accomplice of the Snake Sannin, being an intermediary exposing information about the new generation of ninjas, but compared to the small number of villagers that the civilian council sought to integrate into the academy, that was already too much for their incompetence.
- I will be in charge of team ten, a strategic team based on the famous Ino-Shika-Cho team, made up of the former leaders of the Yamanaka Clan, Nara and Akimichi, whose heirs now carry the weight of their legacy.
- Yamanaka Ino: she's lively and outgoing, and to a certain extent, frivolous in terms of her physical beauty and grooming, which somewhat interferes with her aptitude as a ninja... but she knows when to take things seriously. She has excellent control over her clan's Jutsus and great chakra control, which makes her a potential Iryo-nin. - Asuma said something to the effect that he noticed she was adept, but without proper instruction he didn't see much of a future in it. - She also has a vast knowledge of plants, from the common ones to the medicinal ones. Her Taijutsu is quite limited, which is one of the areas to be worked on with her, but it makes up for the fact that she is a natural Kanchi Taipu, an act demonstrated in today's test, when all morning during the test she remained tense, only calming down when we arrived at Training Camp 7, discovering that all morning she had felt the exorbitant expenditure of Chakra by Uzumaki Naruto, leaving her relieved that this wasn't putting him at risk, but that it was all intentional on his part in his own test as a Gennin.
- Nara Shikamaru: he's lazy, unmotivated and a bit sloppy. But he has a high IQ, being able to calculate up to two hundred moves ahead of his enemies. His variety of his clan's Jutsus is excellent, but his stamina is weak to the point where he can't keep it up for more than five minutes, and his chakra is considerably low, which can be detrimental in long battles. - Asuma said this both because the boy's laziness keeps him sedentary and unable to do anything more than walk. - My focus with him is to instruct him in a variety of ninja arts, so that he becomes unpredictable in the act of not just focusing on controlling shadows, thus exploiting manipulations of Chakra control to expand his reserves.
- Akimichi Chouji: a compulsive glutton addicted to snacks, he doesn't share his best friend's laziness. He is determined and proactive, and possesses a lot of brute strength, especially when annoyed at being called fat, showing physical strength equal to blows weighing 100 kg. - He explained this to the surprise of the other Jounnins, who had never thought that the boy had muscles under his lard. - He has excellent control of his clan's Jutsus, a regular chakra control of average size and a clumsy Taijutsu that becomes effective only through strength. His gentle personality is what hides his potential, which can lead the enemy to underestimate him.
- These three have excellent teamwork due to the fact that two of them are best friends and the girl has a friendly relationship through her parents, and they passed my test for promotion as the new Gennins of the Hidden Leaf Village in the year 1618.
- Great, really great... I'm counting on Team 10 to bring the potential of Ino-Shika-Cho to yet another generation of our village. - The Sandaime spoke, making some notes without even looking at the sheet. - Now you, my dear. - Sarutobi continued to the red-eyed brunette.
- I'm in charge of team eight, a tracking and tracing team. In short, they have no connection to past trends like Asuma's Ino-Shika-Cho team, but the trio's personalities allow them to work well together when it comes to tracking and improvising when it comes to dictation.
- Inuzuka Kiba: is impulsive and a bit of a jerk because his best friend is none other than his dog Akamaru, who has an absurd synchrony of man and dog, making them both excellent trackers based on having a sense of my hiding place for the duration of the test. - Kurenai said as she remembered how his dog always barked where she moved, as if the boy himself could understand it from some hidden method of his clan. - Her Taijutsu is excellent and her knowledge of her clan's Jutsus is formidable. If he learns to be calm, whether through meditation or similar functions that provide him with the ability to remain centered in his duties, he will be able to become a great shinobi and even a great source of power in his clan.
- Aburame Shino: is withdrawn and reserved, but works well in a team and has a high sense of leadership. He masters his insects very well and has good control over his clan's Jutsus. He will make a formidable leader, as he has shown in his ambition to explore every stage of the Ninja Rank promotions, until the day he proves capable of taking on the mantle of Lord Aburame. - Kurenai said she liked how intelligent the boy is and how he's a great communicator when he can open up to people. - The only thing he needs to focus on and learn well in the short term is the art of Taijutsu, in which, even though he is a ranged combatant, he will need good training in physical self-defense in order not to be caught off guard when facing a superior opponent.
- Hyuuga Hinata: has a clear repulsion to violence, and her gentle personality and low esteem undermine her ability to use the Gentle Fist. However, it is possible to observe that she has a high potential when she activates her Byakugan, making her more confident and spontaneous. I don't know if this reflects some hidden ability, or the fact that it is remarkable that her physical strength and endurance multiply when she activates her clan's Doujutsu. - Kurenai said, remembering how the girl didn't deactivate the Doujutsu until she felt the test was really over, showing exhaustion next to her fiancé in the restaurant. - With the right stimulus and adaptation of training in that stamina and habit to keep the Doujutsu active over long periods, she could become one of the most powerful Kunoichis in the village of the leaf in this generation. There are many issues that need to be addressed among her, be it Taijutsu which could be addressed in foreign techniques compared to those of the Hyuugas, Genjutsu in a case of not being caught off guard, and above all, Ninjutsu and elemental arts, which are her most important affinities to be taught, which unfortunately her clan avoids in favor of keeping her tendencies pure and within Hyuuga limits, which I'm going to take the liberty of exploring with her now that she's in the process of changing her clan, and it's possible that in a decade we'll have a Hyuuga who is fully trained and adept at Multi functions and skills, perhaps even an evolution of her Doujutsu, which unlike the Sharingan, has always shown itself to have only a single phase, leaving the question of whether the Byakugan really is that level, or whether it needs a suitable external boost.
Kurenai paused to take a breath, then continued:
- Their teamwork is great, they managed to finish my test in such a short time and with such mastery that I even suspected that the trio had interacted before, but that wasn't the case, they just got on really well... and that's why Team 8 passed my test for promotion as the new Gennins of the Hidden Village of the Leaf in the year 1618.
- Well done! - The Sandaime went back to taking notes with a smile on his face. - Now for the icing on the cake. Go ahead, Kakashi. - He asked, watching the Jounnin close the book and put it in his shuriken pouch.
Many Jounnins who hadn't attended the test wanted to know about the remaining Uchiha, little did they know that things were changing, and with a smile that was imperceptible to the others, the gray-haired man finally began:
- I'm in charge of team seven, direct combat and escort.
- At the outset, I can't say that I consider them to be a team, nor that I'm satisfied with instructing the trio. In my opinion, it would be much more proactive to train just one of them and send the remaining two back to the academy so that they could receive a readable instruction on teamwork and the mistakes of arrogance and individuality in the shinobi art.
Many of the villagers who worked at the Ninja Academy and were watching their students graduate, smiled excitedly at all this, truly believing that the gray-haired man was referring to the Uchiha as the team's only point of hope, but little did they know that they were very wrong, with the bombshell coming right away:
- Uchiha Sasuke: is overbearing and arrogant, but has adequate skills. His Taijutsu is considerably good in the martial art of the Uchihas, although it was created to be used with the Sharingan, there were still good blows presented. - Kakashi said remembering the exchange of blows, and indeed if he went to the Ninja Academy, the boy would be a standout. - His Chakra control is average, he has good Ninjutsu and is capable of using the Fire Style, but his high ego both prevents him from exploiting the potential of Jutsus of this element, by losing his breath and even risking choking on the flames, and also from working as part of a team, as he considers everyone inferior to the Uchiha Elite.
- In the midst of a moment of decision, in which he could choose to work as a team knowing that he would have no chance against a Jounnin, he let his ego speak louder and acted impulsively, being easily captured and weakened in combat.
- Although his anger was the key to awakening his Sharingan in childhood, according to doctors and the boy's mother, it is not the key to controlling it, as he has no idea how to activate the Doujutsu.
- Haruno Sakura: I didn't even get to evaluate her shinobi skills, since all she did was faint. Despite her high intellect, chakra control and excellent perception and proactivity in the field of Genjutsu, she can't even recognize one while she aims to be lost in her obsessive passion for Sasuke, which prevents her from working with the rest of the team.
- She went through the same situation as Uchiha Sasuke, in which she could work as a team with her partner, but let her futile thoughts and prejudice from her family cloud her thoughts. When the right thing to do was to know how to divide her personal side with her professional side.
Kakashi, who was about to continue, was promptly stopped by a villager who was indignant at everything he had said:
- Wait a minute, Kakashi-san... you're not going to tell me that the dead weight we failed three times was your choice for sole member of a team?
- That's right! He's the one who carries the damn demon fox inside him... Wouldn't it be better to train the Uchiha boy so that his Sharingan can control the uncontrolled fox when it finally turns against us? - Another villager said in agreement with the rest, with only Iruka sighing at this.
Listening to everything, Hiruzen had to suppress his murderous intent in which he had aimed for the walls of the office to crack and the glass to shatter.
- Hokage-sama, am I reporting to you, or should I now start sucking the balls of pathetic fucking villagers just to please Danzõ and his advisors who are only where they are because they are your best friends? - Kakashi said to the laughter of Kurenai, Asuma and Gai. - With all due respect, of course..., but if that's why I retired from ANBU, then I'll tear up my pension myself and get back to doing something good.
- Go on, Kakashi-san... - Hiruzen feigned a cough to cover the smile on his face, amid the indignation of the villagers, that Hiruzen might not be the most present in situations due to his responsibility against the Draugr, but it seemed that something was wrong there, only heirs of clans were being fit as Ninja, and an Academy class had many students.
- Uzumaki Naruto: definitely the greatest proof that the results of the academy and those in the field are completely different. His Taijutsu has no defined style. In fact, it's just a sequence of random punches and kicks, but combined with his synchronicity with the Nidaime Hokage's Kinjutsu in cloning shadows, along with a proficiency in Shunshin, Kawarini and Kakuremino, he presented me with an incredible ability to continuously assimilate and adapt to combat.
- His chakra control is something I haven't been able to get a clear picture of whether it's minimal, medium or advanced, but the immensity of his reserves makes up for it when he's spent about half of what I have in chakra, barely breaking a sweat in combat.
- He was able to perform an elementary technique without hand seals due to his Kekkei Genkai, along with the fact that he understood the trick that is the Gennin promotion test of working as a team, seeking the support of his colleagues, and even though he was denied as a pariah, he still rescued them from my hands, taking the greatest care in the world not to hurt them in the process of escaping.
- Of the three, Naruto is the one most inclined to teamwork, the other two having denied his request and understanding that the rattle test was for teamwork, rather than individualism with everyone getting their own rattle and discarding the last member.
- I can say that I had the idea for Naruto and me to form a rare team of just two members, while Sasuke and Sakura repeated themselves in order to improve their individuality and petty selfishness. In the end, however, Naruto managed to trick me into handing over the two rattles I had obtained. A clear action that even on a mission, he would choose the lives of his companions to fulfill the mission, while he himself serves as a distraction in combat. - Kakashi was thoughtful for a moment. - I still don't understand whether this was a noble and good decision that will make the team a better one, or a humiliation of the ego of those two who may come to resent it even more, believing that Naruto did it all out of pity, due to the fact that he really does have a sharp tongue and is starting to be very sarcastic, showing his real age rather than everyone thinking that he is only 13, but of course he is already 16 as he is a triple repeater from the last year of the Ninja Academy, having met the last three waves of shinobi and kunoichis who have graduated and who already fit into the Chunnin to Jounnin formations.
- Anyway, I'm the current retired ANBU and in charge of Team 7, with Haruno Sakura, Uchiha Sasuke and Uzumaki Naruto as Gennin entities of the Hidden Leaf Village ninja formation in the year 1618.
- Hmm, interesting. - Hiruzen puffed on his pipe, with the latest revelation finally serving to seal the trio's promotion. - Kakashi, Kurenai, Asuma and Gai... you stay, the others can go. - Ordered the Hokage, with the consent of all the others. - You, dear advisors... can also leave. I said everyone and that's that. - Hiruzen finished seriously with them leaving begrudgingly, but he already knew that his old friends would soon return with some crude topic in mind, as they had always been nosy.
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In Konoha Square, teams eight and ten were gathered together, talking about their tests. Hinata and Ino were talking separately, further away, Naruto, who hadn't talked to them, was laughing with a boy in green overalls and another Hyuuga with a bored face, probably some old classmate from when Naruto started at the Ninja Academy before them, Shino, Shikamaru and Chouji were listening bored to Kiba talk and could only see how this one never really changed:
- Dude, Kurenai-sensei is the hottest. Wow, those eyes of hers, man, her eyes are like strawberries so red. And that mouth, imagine kissing that delicious mouth - While Kiba was drooling over Kurenai, his three listeners saw something. They immediately started gesturing to Inuzuka to stop talking, but the excited boy continued. - And those breasts, they're not that big, but I bet they'd fit in my hand just fine - He was surprised when the three of them stopped gesturing and looked at him with pity.
- Hey, why did you stop, just when I was going to talk about the best part, no, because that ass of hers is out of this world, and... - At that moment, he felt a tight touch on his shoulder. He swallowed, and asked. - Naruto's right behind me, isn't he?
- Yes, he is... how did you guess, cutie? - The blond said while holding both of the Uzumaki's shoulders in a sign of massage, although it looked more like torture from Inuzuka's reaction. He then placed his right hand on Inuzuka's shoulder and lightly petted the dog on Kiba's head. - You know, Akamaru, you should tell your master to respect my wife, who is also his sensei... or he might need another master soon. - The blond said as an icy vapor appeared over the area where he was touching Kiba, seeming to freeze as he saw the boy shiver and the puppy bark, agreeing with him. - You don't want me to start talking about your hot sister, do you?
- Naruto-kun! - It was Ino and Hinata, who finally approached when they saw their fiancé saying goodbye to the team of two guys in green overalls.
- Hey! - He hugged them both, as if they hadn't done that for a long time. - How were your tests?
- It wasn't even that difficult. We just had to trap the sensei, and with lazy Shikamaru coming up with a plan, we did it in no time. - Ino replied, snuggling into his embrace.
- Even though he's lazy, Shikamaru is quite intelligent, he was the one who cheated on me in the theory exams at the Ninja Academy - Naruto said almost in reverence, with Nara snorting ungraciously, going over to Chouji who was already eating all the meat. - And your Hinata-chan? Tell me you've managed to keep your Byakugan active for a while.
- J-just over four hours. - Hinata said cuddling up to him too, who had been looking after her since New Year's Eve. - We had to locate some scrolls containing some important messages. And since the whole team has tracking skills, we located it in no time. - The brunette with a slightly mature body for her age, which was hidden by her thick jackets, forced herself to talk to him by looking him straight in the eye, something that was helping her a lot with her shyness.
- Congratulations, I still can't control my speed when I activate Onigan... and it seems that each test was designed to test teamwork, only based on the specific type of team they're trying to form... - The blond commented, receiving questioning looks from everyone there.
- Your team, Ino-chan, is a strategic team. In other words, your skills are used to create battle plans, traps and ambushes.
- Your team, Hinata-chan, is a search and reconnaissance team, which can be used to locate something or someone somewhere, as well as scouring the battlefield, identifying the number and types of enemies we will face.
- And mine would be classified as combat and escort, and we would be sent on missions to escort important people and missions where there is direct combat with the target. - Naruto said thoughtfully. - Each test served not only to assess teamwork, but also the individual skills that each Jounnin would have to focus on.
- Not bad, Naruto - Shikamaru said with a short smile. - Looks like you're finally starting to use your head.
- Only it all went to shit... I won't have you to pass me glue when I get back to the Ninja Academy. - The blond grumbled to himself, watching as his friends became slightly discouraged, because his team really hadn't worked out at all. Just then, he felt two delicate hands cover his eyes.
- If you don't guess who it is, you'll be chopped up. - He couldn't help but recognize the voice, especially since he'd just been talking to her team and himself for a few minutes.
- Well, with a motivation like that I'd even like to make fun and call another woman's name. - Naruto paused dramatically. - But maybe it could be a brunette girl with slightly sadistic tendencies, with chocolate-colored hair, eyes that look like two chocolates and the name Tenten. Am I right?
- Very nice. - She said, uncovering his eyes and giving him a brief kiss. - Our team got the day off after training today.
- Who the fuck is that, Naruto? - The most active blonde in the relationship asked a little jealously in a funny way.
- Really? You haven't met yet. Well, Ino-chan, Hinata-chan, this is Mitsashi Tenten, she's also my fiancée. Ten-chan, this is Yamanaka Ino and Hyuuga Hinata. Like you, they are also my fiancées. - Naruto said, only now noticing how at last all three brides were together, unlike the wives who had come together because of the connection they already had with Kurenai. - These are Nara Shikamaru and Akimichi Chouji, two of my best friends and partners with Ino-chan, and those are Inuzuka Kiba and Aburame Shino, also my best friends and partners with Hinata-chan.
- It's a pleasure to meet you all. - The girl bowed slightly, greeting all those who were younger than her.
- It's our pleasure, Tenten-chan. - Ino smiled, speaking for everyone, and then remembered something. - By the way, how was your test, Naruto-kun? We only got the part where you were using those swords and then fell over being electrocuted.
- It was more or less. Our test was to get some rattles from Kakashi-sensei... but nothing much to comment on. - Naruto explained as he stole a piece of meat from Chouji's plate, under his gaze. - Let's eat, people.
- No need to hide it, Naruto. - It was Sakura, who was approaching with Sasuke. - I know I was completely useless during the test. - She said to the Uchiha leaning against the wall.
- What do you mean, Sakura-san? - Hinata asked, because she had only just reached the end of the test, and her fiancé was a little stressed by all that hunger, not that it was any different now when he ate and accepted the meat Tenten offered him in his mouth.
- Only Naruto realized the true purpose of the test. He tried to warn me, but I ignored him because of Sasuke-kun, and all I did during the test was faint and get tied to a post.
- So you mean that only Sasuke-kun and Naruto-kun tried to fight together? - Ino tried to investigate what seemed a long way from what they had seen when they arrived.
- No. - Sasuke said this time. - I was completely useless too. Naruto also warned me, but I ignored both him and Sakura. - With every word he spoke, he felt his pride being crushed, clearly he wasn't going to let the blond get away with it, but his mother had always taught him to own up to his mistakes and all he could think about was the bloodthirsty look on her face when she found out about the test. - I faced the sensei alone, but ended up with dirt up to my neck before the sensei wiped me out.
- But if Sasuke-theme, who was top of his class, couldn't beat that Kakashi guy, how could Naruto's baka, who was the worst student, beat him? - Kiba asked, smiling sarcastically under the Uzumaki's indignant gaze, which only made them both laugh after staring at each other for a few seconds. - I mean, what was that all about? Are you learning Bukijutsu now from that other wonder of a wife of yours? Go on, tell me. - Kiba said all elated, only to take a bite out of Akamaru. - Damn, you traitor.
- Look, first of all, go fuck yourself, or I'll kick your ass - Naruto loved the sound of the swear word that Anko had been teaching him every night. - And it was teamwork that I focused on presenting in the test, to no avail since I was a Jounnin, but still.
- Teamwork!? - General asked in disbelief, whereupon they looked at Haruno and the Uchiha, only to return their gaze to the Uzumaki who was already making a strange hand seal.
Kage Bunshin no Jutsu! - (Shadow Clone Jutsu!)
The Uzumaki created two clones, who immediately pulled Ino and Hinata out of their seats so that they could sit down and put them on his lap, seeming to pamper them just as the original did with Tenten.
- I created a battalion of these to help me with the test, I learned a lot about how Kakashi-san fights, but in the end it was no use, I tried to distract him, force him to back off, ask the two over there for help and in the end rescue them from the logs... in the end it was no use, that guy is very strong and he electrocuted me, it hurt like hell. - Said the clone who was caressing Ino, laughing at how she wasn't shy with her clownish manner.
- Anyway, we're here! - Said the clone who was caressing Hinata, in the face of his fiancée's feverish shyness.
- I escaped from the hospital and I'm starving. - Naruto, who was cuddling Tenten, gave her a desolate, pouty look. - Now that you've gotten the promotion and I'm going back to the Ninja Academy... you'd pay, wouldn't you?
- How is that possible? They're all real! - Chouji shouted in amazement as he pinched one of the clones.
- Are you crazy, featherweight? - The clone grumbled, only for them all to disappear, surprising their fiancées.
- See? Pretty cool, huh?
- Where did you learn that? As far as I remember, you couldn't even make Henge properly. And now you're creating these solids. - Shino spoke for the first time, even too interested in the Jutsu
- That's for me to know and you to find out... I won't expose my trump card that will allow me to be stronger than a Hokage even without being a Gennin. - He finished with a laugh, until he was interrupted by an ANBU agent appearing in a Shunshin right behind him.
- Uzumaki Naruto, imagine my surprise to discover that you've escaped from the hospital for the hundredth time? - The tall agent with the long gray hair said sarcastically under the general gaze. - Hokage-sama summons you to his office immediately.
- Hokage-sama might as well fuck off. - Naruto said to everyone's shock. - I spent a lot of chakra earlier today and I'm starving.
- Naruto... as clan leader has to be more responsible.
- Fuck, no. - Naruto stood up grumbling, placing Tenten gently on the bench. - I'm going, sweetheart, I'll meet you tonight to train... I want to show you the swords I got from Mom. - The Uzumaki planted a kiss on her head, to the laughter of the girl, who loved to see him always changing his personality.
- Hinata-chan, don't faint. - Naruto also said, planting a kiss on her head, which turned red.
- Ino-chan... - Naruto was about to say something, but the girl pulled him in for a kiss on the lips, surprising everyone, and driving Kiba almost mad with euphoria.
- There you go, Seph. - Naruto stood with his back to everyone, giving them no chance to see what he was carrying. - Another race? - He asked as they both left the establishment.
- If he wants to lose, of course. - Seph, the Uzumaki's personal security ANBU agent, responded excitedly when he activated the Shunshin on his legs, taking advantage when he vanished in sheer speed.
This act was repeated by the Uzumaki, who had already made the hand seals, and so disappeared quickly, trying to recover his disadvantage.
His friends, still dumbstruck, were even going to comment on this, but Chouji noticed the most important thing.
- The bastard stole the meat when he kissed you. - Chouji looked on in pure fury as the food in front of them contained nothing but salad.
- Leave Chouji alone, he deserves it after the disappointment of failing... we're his friends, remember? - Shikamaru said, with Shino nodding.
- I even tried to cheer him up like we used to, but I don't think it worked. - Kiba said slightly discouraged.
- That's what we came to do, Kakashi-sensei asked us to tell Naruto that we passed the test, we're team 7 now. - Sakura said, to the shock of the Uzumaki's best friends, who immediately broke into excited smiles, especially Chouji for the new round of meat rotation.
And with that we end the fifth chapter of the Wind Chronicles.
I look forward to seeing you all in the comments section. XD
-- Characters Introduced --
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Hatake Kakashi:
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Uzumaki Naruto:
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Haruno Sakura:
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Uchiha Sasuke:
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Might Guy:
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Rock Lee:
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Hyuuga Neji:
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Mitsashi Tenten:
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Sarutobi Asuma:
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Nara Shikamaru:
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Yamanaka Ino:
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Akimichi Chouji:
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Uzumaki Kurenai:
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Hyuuga Hinata:
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Aburame Shino:
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Inuzuka Kiba & Akamaru:
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Seph - ANBU Uzumaki Security Agent:
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