The next day...
Naruto was remembering the aid that he had given Hinata just yesterday, which allowed him to practise his shadow clone jutsu while improving his searching skills at the same time. It hadn't taken long before one of the clones had come up with the herbs that Hinata was looking for, and the two of them reached the spot where the wild plant grew. Naruto took that as a victory of his new knowledge of ninjutsu, before he dismissed his other clones.
"I don't know why it was that Hinata wanted to leave so quickly, it was nice to have someone with me that didn't give me... the look that everyone else does." The fox boy shivered at the knowledge of the look that he had been given, the one that seemed to go through him like he was nothing. Nothing, like he shouldn't exist. Nothing, like he didn't deserve to exist. The loneliness of nothing that had caused him to seek out any attention, even if it was just the anger and annoyance of pulling a prank. But now he had a kekkei genkai, he was going to be a ninja and finally get to be a somebody. Or at least he would be once his sensei showed up after all of this time waiting.
He also remember getting the special outfit that the Hokage had created for him, and outfit if black that was highlighted by orange collar around the neck, a thin orange belt and orange boots. There was still much of his favourite colour, but at the same time it wasn't screaming out kill me like his old track suit. The Hokage had told him that it wouldn't be prone to embarrassing phasing as any other outfit, so that it was a bonus. When he had arrived with top meet his team, the two of them seemed to like the change. With Sakura saying that he finally looked like a ninja, a strange ninja but a ninja. Sasuke just mumbled that at least Naruto would be less likely to get himself killed. The fox boy took this as a compliment.
Finally Kakashi appeared before his students, looking like he didn't have a care in the world. That caused a surge of anger to flow up through the fox boy, that was duplicated in his teammate as they spoke in the same voice, "You're Late! " The one eyed man just smiled in a sly way before he spoke to them.
"Sorry, I was just on my way when I ran into a black cat that was crossing my path. So I had to take another way to the training area, but the cat seemed to be following me..." He explained giving an excuses that was so unbelievable that no one could be expected to take it seriously.
"Liar!" Sakura accused as she showed that she didn't buy a word of it. Naruto could only agree as he waited for his sensei to move on to the test that would prove that they could be genin. Naruto turned and looked at Sasuke who was looked annoyed but uncaring, unlike their female teammate.
"The test is one of combat survival. You are to come after me with everything you have, in order to get one of two bells. The student who can take a bell, passes." Kakashi held up a couple of little silver bells that jingled for a moment. The jonin continued, "You will have to get these bells within the next couple of hours, before noon. At noon, those who do not get a bell will be tied to a post and have to watch as those who pass as well as myself eat all of the lunches in front of them." Naruto could not help be feel like an idiot as he realized the reason that his sensei told him not to eat, cursing that he would find a way to prank his new sensei back once he had passed the test.
"But sensei, there is only two bells. There are three of us, so what does that mean?" Sakura asked, causing the fox boy to notice that fact as well. He wondered if this was another trick of the jonin, one that he would have to overcome to become a true genin.
"Well, that is simple. Only two thirds of the students pass this test, so that means that at least one of you will be sent back to the academy for retraining. Of course, it is possible that only one will pass or that all three of you will fail. So you are going to have to come at me with everything that you got, which include shurikens or any other weapons that you have. You will have to come after me with pure killing intent, or you will fail to pass.
"You can't be much of a threat if you fell for my eraser trap. This should be a piece of cake." Naruto said while giving a little laugh at his ability to make his so-called sensei look foolish. But when the blond open his eyes he saw his sensei shaking his head before speaking.
"Class clowns often are the weakest links and not really a threat to anyone who knows better. It looks like we might have already found the team member that is going back to the academy already," spoke the scarecrow like man, before he reacted to the attack of the blue eyed blond. Knocking the punch aside he smiled for a moment before he continued, "I guess that the test has started." Within seconds, Sasuke and Sakura had disappeared into the shrubbery. That left Naruto and Kakashi all alone with each other facing each other with a deadly stare.
Deciding that if his sensei want his full power, he would give it to him. Yelling out a single word, "Reichi! ", Naruto was surrounded by a ring of white energy. His hair turned it new dark violet coloured and his eyes glowed with their green light, as he rose up in the air to use that as an advantage. He moved into a fighting stance, while at the same time holding a secret back that could help them win this battle. Naruto's new overshadow jutsu, the one that had allowed him to take over Hinata's body and make it his own.
'But first, I'm going to kick his butt before I make him give me the bells. Believe it! ' Naruto thought to himself as he moved in to attack the sensei that was the only thing holding him back from being a true ninja and going back as a failure again. Something that he would not be doing again after all of the work and stress that he had been through, he had to win!
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