About a minute went by, before Sasuke and Sakura finally showed up. It probably took so long because they were shocked into a stupor at Naruto walking up the sheer side of the building.
"Now that all of you are here, I want each of you to give an introduction to your self. We'll start with you pinky."
"What? Can you give us an example of what you want us to introduce about ourselves?"
Kakashi gave a lazy eye smile like he was listening ti a toddler babble.
"Sure. Stuff like your dreams, hobbies, what you like, and dislike. My name is Kakashi Hatake. I like a lot of things, I dislike a few things. My hobbies none of your buisness, and my dreams… meh, don't have any. No, your turn~."
What followed was exactly as canon went, until it was Naruto's turn.
"My name is Naruto Uzumaki. I like training, getting stronger, and ramen. I dislike cheaters, liars, and people who bully others for no reason. My hobby I just recently got into is fūinjutsu, though I want to become a grandmaster at it within 3 years, and my dream… well, actually it's a goal, that I will accomplish, is to restore my clan, make my parents proud, and become the strongest Shinobi the world has ever seen."
Here Kakashi froze, completely. It sounded like Naruto… somehow has come to know who he is. The damning part, was the bit about fūinjutsu. Naruto hates any studying, with a passion. He'd have to pull Naruto aside and talk to him one on one soon, incredibly soon. First he'd report this to the Hokage's and see what he thinks.
"Well, that's nice for you isn't it blondie? Anyway. You're dismissed for the rest of today. Get some rest because tomorrow you have a test. You'll meet me at training ground 7- oh, and I'd recommend not eating, you'll probably throw up. Ja ne~."
With a lazy wave, the shadow clone popped out of existence.
"Huh, what a weirdo. Do you guys want to go get anything to eat? I'm hungry and he was a jerk showing up two hours late."
Sasuke turned around with his signature uchiha- 'hn,' and walked off.
"Yeah, nobody wants to eat with you Naru-!"
POOF
And the clone popped before Sakura could annoy him any further.
Sakura paused for a second, and felt a little hurt. Naruto always try's to ask her out in a date to ramen or something… always…
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The real Naruto was on his way up to the window of the Hokage's tower. He was more than sure everyone in the room knew he was there, and coming up that way, so it was fine.
As he hopped up onto the ledge, he then opened said window and climbed in.
A few chuckles filled with mirth at Naruto's shinanagins echoed through the office.
"What can I do for you Naruto?"
"Hey, Jiji, could we talk for a second… in private?"
At that the old Hokage's eyes seemed to slowly harden, while also somehow showing great concern.
A twitch of his fingers, and a rat seal later, with seal markings crawling up the walls, the room was dead quiet besides Naruto shuffling into a seat.
"What's wrong Naruto?"
Great concern filled the old man's voice, which was what helped steel Naruto's resolve.
"I know who my parents are."
Hiruzen's eyes widened marketedly, and much to Naruto's surprise, he just sat there and did nothing.
"I understand why you didn't tell me, I really do, Jiji, but I won't lie to you and say it doesn't hurt that hid it from. You've hid so much from me infact. I also know Jiraiya of the Sannin is my god father. I know Kakashi is supposed to have been like an older brother to me. I know I'm a clan Prince, and Hokage's son, which means I'm royalty twice over."
He let his words sink in before continuing.
"I don't hate you, I first need you to know that. Jiraiya, maybe a little. Kakashi, even more so. I simply am telling you, because now that I am Genin and seen as an adult by our laws, I want my inheritance. I want all of it. I know how rich my dad was, and more so my mom. But more specifically, I want all my family jutsu, to be given to me. I want to go to our house or compound if we have one, I want everything… anything. Please, Jiji. I want to be like them. I won't tell anyone until I'm strong enough, I won't run away, I don't resent the village, I don't-"
He was silenced by the old, worn, and tired man, walking around the desk and hugging him fiercely.
"Naruto… I am sorry. I won't ever be able to atone for what I've done, better yet, what I never did for you. I can never atone. You deserved so much better, from everyone. It doesn't matter the excuse I have. It was wrong. So unbelievably wrong, and I'm truly, utterly sorry Naruto."
The hard part about fusing with Naruto was just how much of the blonde came through. He was just that much of a willful person.
His desire to make his parents proud, punch his dad one good time, see his moms bright smiling face, become Hokage, all of it was slowly becoming his too.
Honestly, he didn't mind. It's the least he could do, after taking over the originals body.
"You don't have to be sorry… seriously, I forgive you. But can I ask for one thing at the least, for any form of just- getting something to make it right?"
Naruto's muffled question being voiced into the robe of the Hokage made Hiruzen pull apart and hold Naruto by his shoulders.
"Tell me my boy, what do you need?"
The calmness and genuine gratitude in the old monkeys eyes made Naruto not even hesitate for a second. He trusted Hiruzen completely.
"Please help me make them proud. I'd like scrolls in fūinjutsu, chakra control for the rasengan, and jutsu theory. If I remember correctly, mom used a katana right? Can you give me one of those and some scrolls for learning how to use it?"
Slowly a grin spread across the veteran Shinobi's mouth, one who not only survived three world wars, but absolutely thrived in them.
"Naruto, we can do much more than that. Let's finally show the world, who you really are."
Here the fire in Naruto's chest burned brighter, it seemed all this fanfics were wrong and Hiruzen wasn't some scheming bastard, just a man made weak by time and indecision.
"Though," Hiruzen continued, "as much as you might not like hearing it, you are too weak to protect your legacy at the moment. So I need you to promise me, promise me you won't reveal any of the things we teach you until you're strong enough to do so, okay?"
Naruto stared at Hiruzen solmnely.
"That, I can do, Jiji. I'll show everyone one I'm the strongest when the time is right, dattabeyo!"
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It had been weeks since his discussion with Hiruzen. Although the freaking old monkey said he'd help Naruto, he did absolutely nothing to alleviate the D-rank missions.
Naruto knew they were coming, and watching Sasuke's and Sakura's faces made him burst into laughter so hard he cried.
Now, he was pretty sure he knew what was going to happen today… because he'd seen Tazuna arrive though the gate yesterday morning when the team came back from painting a fence.
Speaking of things happening, the bells test. It most certainly was a bell test.
The only thing different, was-
Kakashi had three bells instead of two when he arrived.
Three.
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-flashback-
The Hokage had listened to Kakashi's report and worry, with a stone faced expression.
"Well, Kakashi, you are right to be worried about one thing- just how much we neglected Naruto. I assure you, he isn't full of hate for any of us, he himself told me so, but I know for a fact, he's still mad- also confirmed by him. Most of all, at you, the one who was supposed to have been his older brother figure."
It was silent and cold, dreary, dark and twisting, the feeling that lurched through his heart, and the knot that started to form in his throat.
"I won't tell you how you should approach him Kakashi, but if you ever want to have such a relationship with him, I dare say we have a lot to make up for. So train them, harder than anyone else. Have them grow inseparable all the while making sure they're potential is completely drawn out. That'll be a good start I think, in you having a chance with him. Also…"
Hiruzen paused for a second in see thought.
"You should think about training him one on one with a clone. When you have then training, have Naruto use a clone to take his place, and a clone to take yours, while you give him what he needs, a brother who wants to see him succeed."
That horrid feeling jerked here. The fire that had been left in his stomach hearing Naruto's dream earlier, came back. Blazingly so this time.
"Hai, Lord Hokage… and thank you."
Hiruzen smiled as the darkness that Kakashi was normally so lost in, was pushed back by a will of fire relit once more. One that used to be blinding. Truly Naruto only brought good to those around him.
"Then, you're dismissed Kakashi, let's make right by them, and by him."
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"First and foremost, you aren't in a Genin team yet. You graduating the academy only meant you had potential to be a ninja. This test will determine whether you'll be something great, if something to be blown away in the winds of change."
This Kakashi was completely different than canon. What the fuck was going on here?!
This wasn't the Kakashi that was so self absorbed in his pain he could even train three kids properly!
Why the fuck was the S-rank ANBU black ops badass coming out to play?!… though even at his shock, Naruto was exponentially more excited, THE Kakashi no sharingan, the copy cat ninja, was training him, THE fucking guy!
"Secondly, in order to pass this test, every bell needs to taken from me. That means you need to work together. If you don't, you WILL fail this test. Normally I'd try to subvert you into fighting with each other by only giving you two bells, but you have enormous potential. I will not let you squander it."
He then took a regular old alarm clock out of the pouch on his waist. He wound it up, and set it on a stump.
"You have thirty second to go and hide. I recommend going with each other. You cannot get more than one bell per person, and if one of you fails, all of you fail. Thirty seconds- go."
-Flashback end-
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It had been an utter mess, at first. Sasuke simply refused to work together, and simply worked around Naruto and Sakura, until Naruto grabbed a bell from Kakashi first.
He had simply had clone swarmed Kakashi.
Which had been another surprise- he'd made over a hundred clones at a quick glance.
-and every time they went down past fifty, he'd make another fifty to take their places.
Kakashi had started to mow down the blonde clones at first, until somehow, they started to predict Kakashi's movements, like they'd fought him over and over again.
Then Kakashi switched taijutsu styles, started mowing down the blondes again, then started to get predicted… again.
Then Naruto had started to use moves he saw Kakashi do!
Kakashi never went above high chunin capabilities. Naruto then started adjusting to Kakashi's speed. It wasn't quick like with the taijutsu techniques- but it was still insane.
Of course, once Kakashi got put in a predicament, a Naruto clone from below grabbed his feet, and they made a cage around him, even a dome made of Naruto's on shoulders, Naruto came away with a bell.
Everything else devolved quickly from there. He went to sakura and had given her a soft dressing down, about how she had no chance, unless they worked together, pointing out how many of his clones it took together to get a bell.
Then when Sasuke attacked on his own, he got absolutely creamed. You see in canon, Kakashi was expecting only Sasuke to be a problem, but now with Naruto showing things that didn't make sense, he didn't let his guard down against Sasuke.
As such, Sasuke got smeared on the floor.
The blonde and pinkette rushed in with a clone swarm and smoke pellets to rescue him.
Naruto and Sasuke argued, sakura fan girled, then Naruto socked Sasuke in the face.
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-Flashback-
WHAM!
"Naruto what the hell is wrong with you?!"
Sakura screamed as she rushed to the downed Sasuke.
"Listen here you childish fucking uchiha prick. All I have is this. All I HAVE is becoming someone great, by being a Shinobi. Your prideful ego and bitching complaints about your past will not stop me. It can't. I have too much to earn, too far to go, too much to uphold and achieve for your fucking pissant attitude, to stop us from working together and causing us to fail."
Sasuke glared at the blonde with fire in his eyes, hate so potent it felt tangeable.
"If you can't do it for your friends, you stupid bastard, then do it for your parents. Do it for your cousins. Aunts, uncles. Make THEM proud, by showing you can grow the fuck up, take your dick in your hand, and get it the fuck done. Once we hit chunin we won't have to be on teams anymore. But you won't slow me down teme, I've done nothing but tried to help you. Nothing but try to get us all to pass, so we can be the next greats of our village, so why are you so insistent on throwing away our potential?!"
All three sat there in stunned silence. Sakura wasn't even breathing.
"I have never had a family Sasuke. They died the night I was born in fact. You have memories of that love, use it to grow strong. The uchiha isn't a clan of hate, but love you jackass, because you can't hate, unless you love first. Please, Sasuke, don't take away all that you and I have left, this is it for us, man. Nothing else. Nothing."
This time, Sasuke reacted. He got up, and shoved his face into Naruto's.
"You know nothing about me, nothing at all! You have no clue what pain really is! So don't you dare, ever, try to compare us again. You don't have that right-
"I have every right Sasuke uchiha. Because while I dislike you to my very core, down to my souls whisps, I'd rather see you become something greater than anyone else your clan could have ever become. It's our job, help me, you dumb fuck, to show the world, we did it our selves. We didn't need hand outs. Show them that while the world spit in our faces, kicked us down never letting us up, we broke it over our knees and became the greatest there'll ever be."
Sasuke's jaw clenched. His fists balled and shaking.
"I don't owe you anything, loser. Just don't get in my way."
Sasuke stepped back.
"Heh, if I recall correctly, I'm the only one that has a bell, teme. So don't get in my way!"
At that, Naruto grinned.
Sasuke had a barely perceptible twitch in his lips, trying to hide the hype he was feeling and the fire burning in his chest.
"Hn."
Such a fuckin' uchiha.
-Flashback end-
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Everyone Naruto remembered the cringe ass talk no jutsu that just fucking happened on the spot, he shivered in internal death.
He sounded so fucking stupid, and yet it had fucking worked, who the fuck hears that shit and somehow feels better?!
Wha the fuck T.T!
At least they had gotten the bells. Kakashi stayed at chunin level, which allowed them to corner him and snatch the bells without a horribly hard fight.
He even took them out to eat after they successfully passed.
Naruto was snapped out of his musings by his name getting called.
"Naruto, are you gonna help us out here, or just stand there like a dunce with his head up his ass?"
Sasuke yapped like a toddler sometimes man.
"Yeah, yeah, you sourpuss. What they said gramps, we all know that we are far ahead of the other squads from our class this year. We have masted tree climbing, and water walking. We know formations so well we could do them in our sleep! Give us a real mission dattabeyo!@
The old man chuckled at the blondes verbal tick. He also knew how right Naruto was. They were very far ahead of their peers. Kakashi took training them seriously.
Even sakura had taken it more seriously, ditching her "dieting," once Naruto had gotten Sasuke to say out loud when they were "bickering" he hated chicks who dieted because it made them weak.
It successfully broke her of her biggest weakness, so, they were shaping up to be something amazing already.
Especially Naruto-
"Jiji! Let's go, give us a missionnnn~!"
He broke from his musings.
"Alright, alright, I think I've got the perfect one for you."
Naruto rubbed his hands in anticipation, waiting for the mission he'd been preparing for since he graduated.
"It's a C-rank mission. Escort and asset protection."
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Huh?