Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ The Druid, The Shinobi, and The Container ❯ Genin Exam! Six Years Have Passed ( Chapter 1 )

The Druid, the Shinobi, and the Container

 

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Part One: Genin Exam! Six Years Have Passed.

 

Umino Iruka scratched his nose scar, warily eyeing one Uzumaki Naruto. He loved the boy, really he adored him, but he couldn't wait until Naruto left the academy. The boy's pranks rivaled his own and his little guardian, McGregor Lillias, didn't care what pranks he pulled as long as he did his training as well. Iruka also knew that Naruto had been holding back somehow and making his bushins and henge suck horribly. He was a chunnin after all and noticed these things. Of course none of the other academy teachers had ever called Naruto on it in the past three years before Iruka got him in his class. Then there was the whole Mizuki thing with the Forbidden Scroll and Naruto's new talent in the Kage Bushin no Jutsu, causing Naruto to finally pass the academy Genin exam. Now here he was, Umino Iruka, putting this year's graduating class into genin teams. He sighed and continued.

 

“Team Seven,” Iruka paused and hated himself for what he was about to do. “Uzumaki Naruto, Haruno Sakura, and….” The academy sensei twitched, “Uchiha Sasuke.” And his ears were assaulted by Sakura's squeals of delight while Naruto glared at Iruka for putting Sasuke on his team. Iruka smiled apologetically at the kitsune container, who huffed and crossed his arms. “Team Eight…..”

 

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“Iruka-sensei, how could you?!” Naruto cried as he and Iruka ate at Ichiraku's.

 

“Naruto, I had to put the teams together whose average test scores balanced one another and if someone,” Iruka glared pointedly at Naruto who had the sense to look abashed, “had actually used his real intelligence and abilities I wouldn't have had to put him with the `top' student, Uchiha Sasuke.”

 

“Still…” The blonde twelve-year-old whined softly. Iruka slurped up some noodles then sighed.

 

“I'm sorry Naruto, can't change the teams now.”

 

“Aw, man, Lillias-neechan's gonna flip!”

 

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“WHAT?!” Lillias McGregor was going to kill Umino Iruka. Slowly and painfully and she was going to invite Morino Ibiki to join in.

 

“Ano, it's my fault for holding back in the academy…” Naruto rubbed the back of his head. At his statement, Lillias calmed down and rubbed her face.

 

“No, that's my fault and Kakashi's since we told you not to reveal your talents. That it was good for people to severely underestimate you.” The two stood in front of each other in the living room of their apartment. “How long until your sensei shows up?”

 

“Let's see, spent fifteen minutes at Ichiraku's for lunch with Iruka-sensei and ten talking to you…. OH SHIT!! I have five minutes to get to the academy!!” Naruto exclaimed in panic and Lillias sighed and grabbed his arm. She snapped her fingers and they ended up in the alley two minutes behind the academy. Naruto blinked dazedly and grinned. “I didn't know you could do that. Are you gonna teach me it? Huh?”

 

“When you're a chunnin.”

 

“Aw man!”

 

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“He's three hours late!!” And Naruto had a bad feeling that he knew exactly who was coming.

 

“Shut up Naruto!!” Sakura screeched. Naruto only thought one thing.

 

`I had a crush on this harpy when I was six?!'

 

`This harpy has a crush on me?!' Sasuke thought.

 

`Kyah! I'm on the same team as Sasuke-kun!' Sakura thought.

 

~Hell yeah!~ Inner Sakura cheered.

 

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`Hell no!' One Hatake Kakashi thought as he heard Naruto lament about their sensei being late and some girl, a harpy by the sound of her screech, yell at Naruto. Wasn't it enough that he had taught Naruto for the past six years? Apparently not. He was going to kill the academy teacher for putting Naruto on his team. And he'll bring in Lillias and Ibiki for the torture…err… fun. Aw well, there was time for that later, had to greet Team Seven after all. And Kakashi grinned sadistically under his mask.

 

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“YO!” Kakashi said cheerfully as he slid open the door. Sasuke glared at the elite jounin. Naruto closed his eyes as if in pain and let his head slip and thump on the desk.

 

“Hello Kakashi-sensei.” Naruto deadpanned.

 

“YOU'RE LATE!!” Sakura screeched, hurting Naruto's and Kakashi's sensitive ears. Sasuke, used to the screeching of various fangirls, managed to ignore Sakura.

 

Meet me on the roof. Later!” And Kakashi poofed away, leaving Naruto with two glaring teammates.

 

“Naruto, how do you know our sensei?”

 

“Err…ehehe. See you on the roof, bye!” And Naruto ran out of the classroom.

 

“NARUTO!!” Sakura screamed, chasing after him.

 

`Dobe.' And Sasuke snorted, following at a more reasonable pace.

 

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“So, let's start with introductions. Your name, likes, dislikes, and hobbies, whatever.” Kakashi said, regarding the genin before him. Naruto was sitting on the left of Sasuke, obviously avoiding Sakura, while Sakura sat on the right of Sasuke. And Sasuke, well, he didn't look too happy being in the middle. Then again, he never looks happy anyway. `Yippee, I get Angst-Boy, Harpy-Girl, and Naruto-kun. Oh wondrous joy….' The jounin thought.

 

Err, how do we do that, Sensei?” Sakura asked, attempting miserably to be demure. Kakashi mentally cackled, knowing that Lillias would have loved to have kicked this little girl's ass. She was a feminist, not an extreme one but one nonetheless. Lillias and `demure' did not get along. She could be polite but not demure. “Could you show us?”

 

“Oh me? Hmm…” Kakashi pretended to ponder the question though in actuality he just liked making his genin sweat. Of course, considering that Naruto had been trained by him as well as Lillias, who had a sadistic streak only rivaled by Anko and Ibiki, the blonde container wouldn't be affected. The little gaki wasn't fun to tease anymore; he just threatened to sic Lillias on him if he didn't actually teach.

 

“My name in Hatake Kakashi. I have no likes or dislikes and my hobbies are none of your concern.” He beamed a mask covered smile at them and he took great joy in seeing the girl twitch in annoyance. “Ah, and my goal in life is to drive McGregor Lillias insane.” Here Naruto snorted something that sounded like, `but she's already insane' but Kakashi couldn't tell. “How about the boy in the middle?”

 

“My name is Uchiha Sasuke. I too have no likes or dislikes. No hobbies. My ambition is to kill a certain someone.” Kakashi resisted the urge to roll his eye at Sasuke's last statement. Sasuke was going to have to wait in line to kill Itachi, even if he did deserve first dibs on his brother's life. Kakashi was definitely in line before Sasuke.

 

“Right then, the pink haired one.” `Oh god, I sense fangirl and it gives me a rash just by being near her.' Kakashi thought sullenly. Then he perked up. `At least Naruto won't be hard to work with. I'll just have him work on his chakra control….hmm.. .'

 

“Um…my name is Haruno Sakura,” Kakashi managed not to snort, “I like…..er….. a person….he….,” Naruto barely contained himself from groaning out loud. “My hobbies are…um… sewing,” This statement made Sasuke raise an eyebrow, “and drawing….. I HATE ramen.” Naruto couldn't help his horrified gasp of pain. Sakura glared at Naruto to shut him up. “My life goal is to earn….er….the person's love that I like…..” That particular statement made no sense to Kakashi and made Sasuke suppress a horrified shiver. “And yeah….” Kakashi resisted bravely to not slap his forehead in anguish. He briefly noted that Naruto and Sasuke moved as one unit to scoot a little bit further from Sakura.

 

“Ok then, Naruto-kun. Introduce yourself.” Kakashi delighted, though he shouldn't really, in Naruto's glare. The poor boy couldn't avoid the curious stares of his teammates, both wondering how he knew their jounin sensei. Naruto sighed.

 

“Fine, ero-sensei.” Ok, not so funny anymore since Kakashi scowled and Naruto grinned as he continued his introduction. “Right then, my name is Uzumaki Naruto. WOOHOO, GO ME!!” He thrust his arms in the air, nearly smacking Sasuke up the head. But Sasuke didn't scoot away in fear of, no, annoyance of being closer than necessary to Sakura. “Anyway, I LOVE RAMEN.” Sakura made a face and tried to latch herself onto Sasuke who in turn held out a hand, catching her face and leaving her to wave her arms futilely to dislodge herself from Sasuke's grip. Naruto ignored them.

 

“I ADORE LILLIAS-NEECHAN! She's way cooler than Kakashi-sensei will ever be.” That statement said by Naruto made Kakashi twitch for no one could be cooler than he was, dammit! “I hate having to wait three minutes for my instant ramen to finish cooking but I usually don't eat instant ramen a lot because Lillias-neechan makes homemade ramen and it's super yummy!!! HELL YEAH!!” Even Kakashi grinned because if there was one thing that Lillias did extremely well, to the point of godliness, it was cooking. Hmm, maybe he could go with Naruto to have dinner with them tonight. “And no Kakashi-sensei, you may not come to dinner tonight, Lillias-nee is making a special graduation dinner just for me. Nyah!” And Kakashi reminded himself that it was not a good thing to kill one's students.

 

“And my life's dream….” Naruto paused for a moment. Kakashi himself was curious for he had never heard this sort of thing from Naruto or from Lillias about their life dreams. Even Sasuke and Sakura paused in their chase to listen. Naruto smiled a soft smile that Kakashi has rarely seen. Gone was the blonde fool and ramen obsessed child and in its place a light in the darkness shone in Naruto's cerulean blue eyes. And behind that was the steel blade of a sword eager to be used. Shinobi.

 

“I want to become Hokage and be acknowledged for who I am and not what people perceive me to be.” This was the true influence that Lillias had on Naruto. “As Hokage I vow to uphold the truths and take down those who would destroy the Leaf and those within. As Hokage I would stand up before the world and shout out that we are strong and we won't go down without a fight.” Naruto stood and lifted his chin, the very picture of the Yondaime's legacy. And Kakashi's breath caught in his throat. It was like his own sensei was alive again and he never felt prouder because he had also helped to shape this boy to what he was now and he would continue to help Naruto grow. And suddenly Kakashi mentally thanked the chunnin teacher who put him on Team Seven.

 

“As a genin this is my first step to the ultimate goal. I'll show this village what I'm made of, I'll show them my mettle and prove that I am worthy of the title of both shinobi and Hokage.” Naruto held out an open hand, palm up, and then made a tight fist. “This I swear by the sweat, blood, and tears that I will soon shed as I walk down my path as shinobi. I will run down the path of no regrets; that is my ninja way.”

 

`Well said, Naruto-kun. Well said.' Two people thought, one being Kakashi and the other Lillias who teleported away soon after, missing Kakashi's first assignment for Team Seven.

 

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