Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ The Clone ❯ Chapter 2 ( Chapter 2 )
[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]
Author Notes
Back again, this is the next segment of The Clone. Not much to say in this authors note however please read and enjoy. This chapter contains my very first fight scene and you get to find out Naruto's team.
“ Human speech”
“ Demon or summon speech”
“Human thoughts”
“Demon or summon thoughts”
Disclaimer: Naruto is not mine, second chapter and am already tired of saying it.
Chapter 2: Rivals of the Frog
Naruto woke up drowsy once again. Events after the genin exam had been uneventful to say the least. He had gotten his ninja registration card and headed back home where he trained his rasengan for a couple hours. He had reached the point where he could get his chakra to move on 2 different directions with ease. However ero-sennin had said it would take at least 6 directions before the balloon popped. Padding over to his bathroom with the lithe grace of a predator he started to brush his teeth reflecting on the people he had met yesterday. The dark haired pair had seemed to be the strongest in the class based on the way their peers treated them. Banishing them from his thoughts Naruto stepped into the shower.
After he had dressed he headed over to Jiraiya's dining room to have breakfast with the old man. They had company it seemed, Jiraiya sat flanked by two… disreputable looking women. Glad he had chosen a room far from Jiraiya's Naruto sat down to breakfast.
The two ladies were shocked that someone as coarse as Jiraiya could have raised a kid as… charming as Naruto. Naruto didn't realize it but he had unconsciously modeled his behavior towards the opposite sex as the mirror opposite of Jiraiya's. Charmed by his wit the ladies found themselves whishing he was 5 years older. After breakfast Naruto managed to extract a promise of training later on from Jiraiya before he headed out to the academy. “Ohayo ojiisan” Naruto called out, he was still reasonably early for team selection and he was curious about the man. The man in question looked up and squinted towards Naruto a slight frown on his face.
“What do you want?”
“Oh nothing, am Ero-Sennin's student and we just moved back two days ago. What type of flowers are those?”
after a few minutes of discussion the old man warmed up to Naruto, it seemed that all the flowers in the garden were hybrids of other natural occurring flowers elsewhere.
“How did you manage to create them though?”
“trade secret” the man had a slight smile on his face
Naruto had his suspicions but let the man's answer stand. Bidding him farewell and once again leaping the gate, he headed for the academy. Upon arrival he saw several students seated in the room. The boy from yesterday smirked at him while the girl seemed to stare straight through him. Following a whim he decided to sit next to her. As he slid into the seat much to her, and the classes shock two girls came scrambling into the room running straight for the dark haired boy. Turning away from the distraction he attempted to start a conversation with the girl by his side.
“Hi there Hinata-san” his smile slipped slightly at her lack of any type of reaction.
Finally after an uncomfortable 10 minutes of silence she turned to him “what is your clan?”
“Ahh I have none, am the first Uzumaki”
“The Hyuuga are the royalty of Konoha. You would do well to respect your place and not associate with me.” with this pompous statement she moved over to the next seat slowly and deliberately turning her back on him.
It seemed the whole class had heard the confrontation. It also looked like it wasn't something new. Naruto felt his anger rising as he stared at the spot where the Hyuuga had been sitting. If there was one thing he hated it was being put down. Rising slowly he walked over to her new seat standing directly in front of her. The whole class watched the confrontation with baited breath. Even Iruka who was about to enter the class paused at the threshold unnoticed.
“Hyuuga-san one question.” She raised her head to look at him with those pale eyes, as if surprised one as insignificant as he was still addressing her.”
Naruto was smiling slightly now “Did the Hyuuga clan descend from the gods fully formed?” he asked innocently.
There was a silence, then someone giggled, soon enough the whole class were roaring with laughter. At the stupid joke and the carefree expression plastered on Naruto's face.
Hinata felt her face begin to redden, who was this boy to sully the name of the Hyuuga? Her anger taking over she activated her byakugan without thought and struck out at the boy with her palm. The boy moved faster than she had anticipated slipping to the left and jumping on to a desk. She quickly followed suit and was about to deliver a follow up strike. No one could stand up to the Hyuuga!
Iruka knew there was going to be trouble once he saw Naruto dodge the strike and start to form a half seal, he had to stop them before someone got hurt. Mustering considerable chakra in his voice box he shouted. “STOP!” all activity in the class room ceased at the sheer volume of the yell. Hinata slowly lowered her palm and Naruto released the seal. Both of them eyed each other as if they could start up again at any second. “That is enough, Naruto, Hinata-san please sit down. After the class had settled down Iruka started to read off the teams.
Team 8: Aburame Shino, Haruno Sakura, Inuzuka Kiba, The Pink haired girl looked depressed as if she had wanted to be on a team with someone else, seeing her glance at the blue shirt boy, The now calm Naruto guessed that was the target of her affections.
Team 10: Akamachi Chouji, Nara Shikamaru, Yamanaka Ino, Again the kunoichi seemed to be disappointed with her team. However from the glare she sent at the two boys on her team it didn't take a genius to know she would rule her team with an iron fist.
Team 7: Hyuuga Hinata, Uchiha Sasuke, Uzumaki Naruto. Iruka himself seemed to be shaken at this development. Hinata couldn't believe her bad luck. She was stuck in a genin team with the newcomer! She risked a glance at the boy and saw him smirking at her. Her anger towards him doubled in that instant.
Sasuke was in seventh heaven. He had assumed at first that he would be stuck with two hapless genin that would do nothing but drag him down, however he couldn't have hoped for a better team. Hyuuga Hinata was not only the only girl that did not fawn over him, she was also the sole challenge in the whole class. Her taijutsu was on par with his and she trailed him closely in ninjutsu and surpassed him in genjutsu thanks to her byakugan. The new kid also promised to be a challenge, Sasuke had been the only one, Iruka aside who had spotted the boy forming a hand seal during his fight with Hinata. “ A teammate with the feared Byakugan and another that can use half seals” Konoha suddenly seemed a whole lot more interesting.
Naruto looked around bored, the other teachers had since come to collect their students and team 7 was the only team left. The Hyuuga kept throwing baleful glances in his direction and whenever he turned to the Uchiha he received a self confident smirk. Sighing to himself Naruto settled down once again to sleep.
Hatake Kakashi walked into the classroom to find three students seemingly asleep or on the brink of sleep. He had to call three times before they responded. “Hn my first impression, I don't like you all.”
Sometime later on the roof Kakashi attempted to find out more about his new students. “tell me your likes, dislikes hobbies and dreams for the future” you first he pointed at the blond.
“My name is Uzumaki Naruto, I like ramen, learning new things and coming up with new ways to use my jutsu. I dislike my perverted sensei Jiraiya, and people who underestimate others. I have no real hobbies and my dream is to become the world's most powerful shinobi.
Sasuke had found a new reason to look forward to challenging the enigma that was Naruto. Trained by a Sannin? The boy had to be powerful.” My name is Uchiha Sasuke, I have no real likes dislikes or hobbies. My dream or rather my ambition is to kill a certain man.”
Hinata had to admit that though her teammates were below her as they were non Hyuuga. They were both skilled, Sasuke was a descendant of the spin-off Uchiha clan and Naruto had been trained by a Sannin, that redeemed him slightly in her lavender eyes. “ You can refer to me as Hyuuga Hinata. I do not see the need to share anything else with this group.”
Kakashi nodded his head amicably enough, everyone knew how difficult it was dealing with the Hyuuga, self proclaimed royalty of Konoha. This team was something else though, an ice queen, an avenger and a laid back kid who was trained by an elite Hokage level ninja.
“ Meet me at 9 o'clock tomorrow at the training ground by the monument stone. There we're going to have a test to see if you are qualified enough to be genin. I won't lie to you, I've never passed a team before and I have no intention on going easy on you. If you make it you will be Konoha's first heavy combat specialist team. The idea is in itself experimental so I WILL ride you hard. I won't have any future deaths on my conscience because I passed an experimental team easily. That said don't eat before coming. You'll throw up.
The three students regarded the swirling leaves symbolizing their jonin-sensei's departure with varying degrees of shock, confusion and unease. “Experimental team?” Finally Sasuke stood up, brushing his shorts off lightly he leaped to the next roof and headed for the Uchiha complex. Naruto and Hinata were left on the roof in surprisingly amicable silence. Finally without a glance at him Hinata also stood and jumped down to the street walking away dignified, as if being seen to hurry was beneath her.
Sighing Naruto stayed on the roof staring at the clouds for a few more moments, before finally standing up and heading towards home.
Hinata had not been this confused in a long time though it didn't show on her face. As she walked towards the Hyuuga mansion she thought about her new team mates. Naruto was obviously powerful, though she was yet to see him in real action the fact that he had been assigned to an experimental heavy combat team spoke for itself. How would father take it though? As was usual whenever her thoughts drifted to her father her posture changed. She hunched her shoulders and looked over her shoulder as if searching for a threat. She hated her weakness... ever since that incident she had resolved to become stronger. Indeed she had become stronger, but she could had never displayed her skill in front of her father. Whenever she saw him she clammed up, and she continued to lose to Hanabi though she had since surpassed her. She hated her weak compassionate self, and no matter how much she managed to purge it outside of the Hyuuga compound it always manifested at home. With a heavy heart and a head full of dark thoughts Hinata walked in through the Hyuuga gates, once again the timid shy girl she detested so much.
Sasuke slipped through the gate and entered the old complex. Whenever he saw the deserted place he invariably remembered his brother... Walking into his house he didn't bother to turn on any lights. Darkness was the only thing that suited the place. Going into his father's room he lay down to embrace his nightmares.
Blissfully unaware of his teammates angst, Naruto focused on trying to land a hit on Jiraiya. It was unfair that a man as large as the hermit could move so fast or with such grace. Naruto struck out with a clawed right hand hook and watched as Jiraiya casually swayed backwards dodging the powerful strike. Keeping his momentum Naruto swiveled on his right leg and brought his left up and around for a powerful roundhouse kick. Ever calm Jiraiya simply crouched and then punched Naruto in his exposed gut, hard. Exploiting the barest window of an opening. Naruto fell to the ground wheezing. Even though the hermit was holding back significantly he still hit like a motherfucker.
Jiraiya examined his floored student with some interest. “You say you're on Kakashi's team?”
Naruto replied as he slowly got back up to his feet. “Yeah that was his name”
“Ok we'll stop your taijutsu for today then, I don't want to wear you out before your test. Lets work on your kage bunshin coordination.” Naruto and Jiraiya worked long into the night, Jiraiya wondering all the while what had given his student this new found determination.
The next morning at 7 Naruto woke up aching all over, after half an hour of morning stretches he headed to the bathroom and a long soak. Today was going to be a big day, Kakashi-sensei was going to give them some kind of test and based on their performance decide whether or not to pass them. “What kind of test could the man possibly give them?” Thoughts still on his sensei Naruto finished dressing up and then headed out of the compound.
He was the first to arrive, followed by the Uchiha and finally Hinata at exactly 9 o'clock. They ended up waiting another hour before their sensei decided to put in an appearance. No one uttered a complaint except Naruto who scowled in recognition when he saw the book in his sensei's hand. He had escaped Jiraiya only to run into a fan of the man, he had rotten luck.
Kakashi noticed the baleful look the boy seemed to be giving his precious orange book. It was only natural he supposed, since the boy had been exposed to Jiraiya from an early age. Slightly saddened at the uninterested looks his two other students sported he proceeded to explain the bell test.
Naruto watched his two teammates dash off into opposite sections of the surrounding forest while Naruto stood frowning in thought, stroking one of his prominent whisker marks absently. Kakashi's explanation had made no sense, there were two bells and three teammates. If one person was definitely going to fail then how could they be a combat specialized team? Something about the test didn't add up...
Kakashi saw the genin in front of him deep in thought, “ would he be the one to figure it out?” deciding to interrupt the boy's thoughts he decided to initiate a conversation.
“Standing there isn't really a good idea you know, am a jonin.”
Naruto looked up at the man addressing him “ There is a trick to this test isn't there?”
“Trick? What exactly are you on about? It seemed quite straightforward to me.”
“I figured you wouldn't tell me without a fight, I guess I'll just beat it out of you”
Kakashi watched in mild interest as the gaki settled into the opening stance for the tiger-crane. “Interesting, that style is quite advanced but I wonder if you are any good with it? Lesson one genjutsu.”
“genjutsu?” Naruto expected the man to form some hand seals, or for his surroundings to suddenly change, instead the jonin simply slipped a hand into his weapons pouch. Naruto leaped back quickly, expecting the worst. Instead the man had the gumption to bring out a porn book and calmly start reading. Naruto wasn't joking when he said he hated being underestimated. He had worked hard for his level of skill, and for someone to simply disregard all of his effort was extremely irritating. Without realizing what he was doing he found himself speeding towards the offending jonin.
Author notes
Ahh i know am evil to stop it here but i couldn't resist. The conclusion to the test and some basic filler will be in the next chapter. Please RXR and most of all enjoy.