"Team 7. Jonin Kakashi Hatake. Sasuke Uchiha. Sakura Haruno. Naruto Uzumaki."
Some things remained MOSTLY the same.
"You'll be my rival from now on, Naruto! So swears Konohamaru! Believe it!"
"Uhm. Don't bother with the 'believe it' - future Hokage have to have a catch phrase that sounds a bit more dignified."
Some things were altered a bit more.
SPLUT!
Kakashi blinked once as the pie fell away from his face. "What's this?"
"Banana creme pie," said Naruto, scratching his head. "Ya know, I really expected you to duck or something. Maybe demonstrate some incredible pie-trap-dodging jutsu."
"Where did you GET such a thing?" asked Kakashi, accepting a towel from the genin.
"I've got all sorts of stuff sealed into scrolls, I'm pretty good at fuuinjutsu ya know," said Naruto.
"Hmmm, how can I say this?" said Kakashi, wiping pie off his face. "I don't like you guys."
"Hey, it ain't MY fault you didn't take the cue to show off how awesome your ninja skills are," complained Naruto.
"Roof, now. We'll go over it as soon as I finish getting this pie off," said Kakashi.
"Well, let's begin with introducing yourselves," said Kakashi, fresh mask now in place, though he was still getting the smell of bananas.
"What do you want to know?" asked Sakura.
"How about your likes, dislikes, dreams for the future, things like that. I think that's the expected response," said Kakashi, checking his seat for traps before sitting down.
"Why not introduce yourself first?" asked Naruto. "Ain't that the way it usually goes?"
"Yeah, you're kind of suspicious," chimed in Sakura.
"I'm Kakashi Hatake," said Kakashi. "I'd tell you more, but then I'd have to kill you."
Naruto snorted. Sasuke rolled his eyes. Sakura frowned.
"Your turn," said Kakashi. "You first, blondie."
"Naruto Uzumaki, I like spells that go boom," said the blond kid. "I like ramen. I like learning new jutsu and spells. I dislike... something that's an S-class secret that I kinda wish I didn't know myself. My dream is to be the greatest sorcerer in existence and have people acknowledge me."
"'sorcerer'?" asked Sakura, looking as if she was about to belt Naruto on general principles.
"'Sorcerer' 'Jutsu master' - whatever you want to call it," said Naruto. "I gave a full description of my clan's 'hijutsu' to the Hokage, I think he was putting it in the private ANBU files. You ought to check it out, sensei."
"Uh huh," said Kakashi. "Next, you, broodie."
Sasuke mouthed the word 'broodie' for a moment. "My name is Sasuke Uchiha. There are lots of things I dislike, and I don't really like anything."
"What about that melon bread they sell over near the East Gate?" asked Naruto.
"Okay, there's one thing I sort of like," amended Sasuke, before pulling his air of brooding loner around himself again. "I can't really call it a dream, but I have the ambition of killing a certain someone and then reviving my clan."
"And lastly, the pinky," said Kakashi.
"Uh yeah," said Sakura. "Sakura Haruno. The thing, I mean, the person I like is... and my uhm dream for the future is... my hobby is... What I dislike is NARUTO!"
"Yeah yeah, fine," said Naruto.
"Okay," said Kakashi. "Now that we've gotten the introductions out of the way, we can start duties tomorrow."
"Okay, what kind of duties?" asked Naruto, standing up and flicking his cloak straight. "Some sort of team building exercise or something?"
Kakashi blinked, not having expected that response. "Something with just the four of us. Survival training."
"Training? Haven't we trained enough at the Academy?" asked Sakura.
"This isn't normal training," said Kakashi. "This time I'm your opponent. Heh heh. This is going to really freak you out."
"This is revenge for the pie isn't it?" asked Naruto. "Dang it, I knew I should have used the blueberry!"
"No, this has nothing to do with pie," said Kakashi. "All the new graduates are getting another test. This one will fail two-thirds of the graduates who will end up sent back to the Academy or banned from being ninja altogether."
"WHAT?!" screeched Sakura.
"Pfeh," said Sasuke.
"Oh," said Naruto. "Well, maybe I can become a wandering sorcerer or something if we fail. Hey, Sasuke, you want to be my brooding tragic sidekick?"
"Pfeh," repeated Sasuke.
"It'd get you away from your fangirls," said Naruto.
"Hmmmm," hmmmed Sasuke, suddenly seeing a certain attractiveness in the idea.
Kakashi sighed. This just was NOT working out how he had thought it would. "Anyway, tomorrow bring your ninja tools. Prepare your best techniques. And don't bother eating breakfast as you'll probably just throw it up anyway."
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