Arc1: Introduction Arc
Chapter1: Introduction and team placements

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. If I did, NaruSaku would be canon.

Naruto Uzumaki was happy. Scratch that, he was very happy. Why you ask? It's because he had passed the Genin exam and was now officially a goddamned Genin of Konoha. The very thought of it made Naruto giddy with excitement, especially considering what he had to go through to become Genin.

You see, Naruto had initially failed the Genin exam. Quite terribly, in fact. While he was able to barely pass the written portion ( a 32 percent which isn't exactly passing but Iruka decided to pity him) and the shuriken portion (a 3/10 which means he just passed), he had failed the Ninjutsu portion. He was able to pull off a Henge no Jutsu and the Kawarimi no Jutsu perfectly. As to be expected from someone who made his living by pranking everyone in the village, from civilians to ANBU, he had jotted down the two jutsus perfectly. The problem was the last of the three academy jutsus, namely- the Bunshin no Jutsu. He didn't know why but no amount of practice helped him. He tried and tried and tried but he couldn't seem to get the damned technique down.

Additionally, it's not like the teachers helped him. I mean, the only one who would even give a damn about him is- well was, Iruka. The other teachers ignored him, randomly through him out of class (Okay, maybe not randomly- he did prank them. . . hard but hey, it was their fault for ignoring him). While Iruka did help him, he was also very professional and well impartial, well like how teachers should be. But for young Naruto, that was both a blessing and a problem. Iruka was a single person and he needed to pay attention to the entire class, so he could only do so much. Besides, Iruka loved theories and all that complex history and physics crap.

And Naruto hated those. He liked fighting, throwing shuriken, learning kickass ninjutsu- you know, the badass stuff. Besides, he had the attention span of a baby when he was bored.

So, he slacked off a lot at Iruka's class. (Again- not his fault that the lessons were boring. I mean, who cares about physics or maths? Like, come on. )

Naruto tried asking for classmates for help. Nobody did. Well, it's more appropriate to say, Everyone in class hated him. Well, maybe not outright hate him, but he was bullied a lot, called names like- blonde idiot, loudmouth, knucklehead, failure etc. etc. Naruto didn't actually mind getting called those nicknames- they were partially true after all but hey, if that's all it took to have them not ignore him or even better, befriend him- he'll take the bullying anyday.

Sadly, for young Naruto, it didn't work. Nobody in the class gave him the time of the day. He didn't have friends.
You know, how classes have different social strata? Like the jocks, the popular kids, the nerds, the lame-os? Well, Naruto was himself a social stratum and the lowest of them all.

Basically, Naruto was pretty much lonely all his life- no friends, no family (He was an orphan), nobody who cared for him. Well, it wasn't that he was completely alone.

The Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, was like a grandfather to Naruto. He would visit Naruto occasionally, buy him toys or clothes or books, and go and have ramen with him. Suffice to say, Hiruzen loved Naruto like a grandson and Naruto felt the same. He loved the old man, even if he was perverted and scrawny.

God knows, how such a scrawny man was Hokage.

But that was the problem. He was the Hokage. Therefore, he was a very busy man. The fact that he spent time with Naruto even though he had a super busy schedule made Naruto respect the man even more. He went all out just so Naruto doesn't feel lonely, despite having lots of things to worry about. Naruto appreciated this.

In this entire village, where nobody recognized his existence, there was this one old man who loved him like a grandson (a powerful old man who was the village's strongest ninja), Naruto promised himself that he would protect Hiruzen in his older years.

And also, take his Hokage hat from him when he kicks the bucket.

Yes, you've guessed it. Naruto's dream is to be the Hokage, one day- to become the strongest Shinobi ever so that the people would love him, respect him and acknowledge his existence. He wanted to prove to the villagers that Naruto Uzumaki isn't the abomination they thought him to be.

Well, let's continue with yesterdays story. So, Naruto had failed and was well sulking alone, as per the usual. That's when this soon-to-be-bastard called Mizuki came to him. Mizuku was one of Naruto's teacher in the academy who well didn't give two shits about him but Naruto was a kind soul so he accepted everyone.

It didn't matter whether he ignored him during the academy. If he wanted to talk to Naruto, Naruto will talk to him with a smile.

Well, a heartbroken smile this time.

So, soon-to-be-bastard Mizuku had approached him with a supposedly "secret way to pass the Genin exam". He told Naruto he'd pass him if he just stole a scroll from the Hokage's room and meet him in the forest near the village borders.

Naruto, as stupidly lovable he is, is still stupid. When the fact that he could still become Genin registered in his head, he was ecstatic and did as he was told, not even suspecting the shadiness of the very exam. He did as he was told- he went to the Hokage's monument and took the scroll from the Hokage's monument and went to the forest.

As for how he was able to do that, well let's say, it involved Henge no Jutsu and a lot of Naked girls.

Naruto didn't understand how the Hokage could be such a pervert.
Anyway, after reaching the forest, like the curious kitten, he is Naruto decided to open the scroll and glossed over it when he encountered a jutsu called the Kage Bunshin no Jutsu. Naruto decided he might as well learn something and tried copying the hand signs. After a few attempts, he managed to learn the jutsu.

He was surprised though. It looks like a variant of the academy's Bunshin no Jutsu but he seemed to have no problem learning it.

How so?

Suffice to say, little Naruto neglected to read the description and just copied the handsign.

Oh, Naruto how your cute antics could end up killing you one day.
As he finished learning his new Jutsu, he discovered Iruka, a fuming Iruka. After a brief verbal lashing and the appearance of the already-a-bastard Mizuki, Naruto learned two things.

One, the supplementary Genin test was just fraudery. Mizuku had tricked him into stealing the Scroll of Sealing (the First Hokage's scroll that contained Forbidden Jutsus) so that he could have it for himself after killing Naruto.

Secondly, the reason why everyone ignores him and hates him, well, at least the adults, is because there is a Massive, Larger than Mountain Nine-Tailed Demon Fox who happens to be the "embodiment of hatred and natural disasters" and a motherfucker who attacked their village 12 years ago.

The younger generation was taught that the Fourth Hokage had killed the fox but the reality of the matter wasn't so simple. Apparently, the Nine-Tails couldn't be killed so the Fourth decided to seal him in a newborn baby. Guess who that baby was?

It sucked to know everyone hated you because you were a demon container, but it sucked, even more, when the person you idolized the most ( in Naruto's case, the Fourth Hokage) was the one who had him shoulder such a heavy burden and was indirectly responsible for all the untold sufferings he had t endure all his life.

Naruto was miffed. Also, scared. Scared of himself.

But Iruka convinced him that he wasn't a demon and that he was just its container. He was a hero, a savior and a citizen of Konoha. Those words were enough for Naruto as he engaged Mizuku in a duel to the death and beat the crap out of him.

Seriously, a not-even Genin beating a veteran Chunnin? How is that possible?

Was Naruto so goddamned badass that even Chunnins couldn't match him?

Or, was Mizuki just a terrible ninja?

Naruto, begrudgingly admitted to himself, it was the latter.

But hey, he was still badass, dattebayo!

Apparently, Iruka had been impressed with Naruto's use of Shadow clones and his fight against Mizuki so he decided to let him pass the exam.

Yes, Naruto passed the Genin exam.

Now, he was officially a Genin.

Here we are now, a week later, as Naruto enters the classroom with a smile in his face and his chest puffed out. As he walked down the aisle, a lazy pineapple headed boy, who looked like he was about to die any moment, noticed the orange jumpsuit wearing, loud-mouthed blonde in the classroom.

"Hey, Naruto. Why are you here? This is for those who passed the entrance exam. "

Naruto narrowed his eyes at him.

"Can't you see Shikamaru? I have a Forehead Protector here? That means I passed, dattebayo!" Naruto replied, slightly irritated.

" Are you sure you didn't steal it, dead-last? I doubt you'd pass. Right, Akamaru?" A young boy in a grey parka, with brown hair, animalistic eyes and teeth and feral markings on his cheeks told down Naruto in a mocking manner. This was Kiba Inazuka, heir to the Inazuka clan.
His trusted partner, a white-haired puppy by the name of Akamaru, barked in support.

Naruto glared at Kiba.

"Shut up, Kiba! I'm ten times the better ninja, you'll ever be!" Naruto yelled at Kiba as the two butted heads.

"What did you say dead-last?"
"You heard me, dog-breath!"

The two growled rather heatedly.

"Troublesome, " muttered the pine-apple headed boy, now known as Shikamaru Nara. He stared at them for one more second and dozed off to sleep.

It's surprising how fast somebody could actually fall asleep.

Deciding that a fight wasn't worth it, both Naruto and Kiba just huffed and went their separate ways. Today, was a big day.

It was their team placements and they'd rather not have their mood ruined.

Stupid dog-breath. Always underestimating me. You'll see. You'll all see.

Naruto thought. Now that he was a ninja, he'll prove to everyone, especially that idiot Kiba that he'll be the best ninja ever and be a future Hokage.

Naruto sat on a bench in the last column. He turned to his side to see a raven-haired good looking boy, dressed in navy blue and black, resting his head on his hands with a glare on his face.

This was Sasuke Uchiha, the only surviving member of the nearly extinct Uchiha clan and the rookie of the year.

Also, resident heartthrob.

Naruto didn't like Sasuke. He always acted like he was better than everyone – never talking to anyone, never accepting peoples' friendship.

But Naruto knew Sasuke had a harsh past that made him shut off to everyone around him.

He understood that.

But he still didn't like his attitude.

The amount of love, praises, and offers of friendship Sasuke received was something Naruto wanted but never had. Yet, Sasuke rejected them willingly, choosing to be alone.

Here, he was always alone-wanting companionship yet there was this jerk who just wanted to be alone.

To Naruto, Sasuke was someone who denied his ideals and values.

He didn't like it.

"HERE!"

The buzzing classroom came to a halt as a pink haired girl with very long hair and a beautiful pony-tailed platinum blonde entered the classroom glaring at each other.

The pinky was Sakura Haruno, the Kunoichi of the year and the blondie was Ino Yamanaka, the most popular girl in school and the second raking Kunoichi of their class.

Both of them stopped bickering as they turned their head towards, a certain bench.

Naruto blushed as he thought Sakura was looking at him.

You see, Naruto had a massive, massive crush on Sakura. He really, really liked the Pink haired girl. Therefore, when he felt her eyes on her he couldn't tone down his blush.

Is Sakura-chan looking at me?

Naruto had a goofy smile on his face.

He decided to wave at her.

"Sakura-chan!"

"Get lost, Naruto!" Ino and Sakura yelled as they pushed Naruto right of his seat and onto the floor as they began fawning over Sasuke.

Apparently, Ino and Sakura were a part of the Sasuke fan club just like most of the kunoichis in their class. But, Sakura and Ino were elite tier fangirls.

Basically, they were the most annoying ones.

Dammit. Not a moment of peace.

Sasuke thought as his glare hardened. He glared at the blackboard so heard that you'd think that there would be a hole in the blackboard.

He ignored Sakura and Ino. The two weren't worth his time. They were annoying.

But, the blackboard was more annoying.

So, he continued to glare at it.

Sasuke was a weirdo, in his own right.

Ouch. . . that hurt.
Naruto rubbed his aching bump.

Sigh. I guess it was too good to be true.

Naruto sighed. Sakura liked Sasuke- Naruto understood that pretty well but he just hoped he'd at least be friends or respond to him.

But, nope. He wasn't getting any of it. Maybe, a beatdown?

Sakura and Ino did beat him down when he did stupid stuff.

But Naruto was a nice guy. He never held them to it. Yes. Forgiveness is a virtue. That's what Old man Third told him.

And maybe, if he tries harder next time, they'll become his friends.
Just like every other day in his 12-year-old life, Naruto hoped that one day he could make friends.

He looked towards the two girls fawning over Sasuke, who was ignoring them.

Naruto glared at him.

Again, he was denying companionship.
Something he was craving for, something he hoped he'd get one day.

Naruto didn't like Sasuke. Not at all.

When he saw him, he felt like his hopes were useless.

But Naruto reeled his anger in. He didn't like Sasuke but he knew if he got into a scuffle with him now, Sakura and Ino would pulverize him.

They weren't super strong at Taijutsu but when Sasuke was involved they were stronger than those Grizzlies in Konoha's forests.

Naruto shuddered a bit.

Besides, what if he ended on the same team with Sakura-chan? A fight now might make here hate being on a team with him.

He'll suck it up for now.

Naruto attention shifted as he saw the door to the classroom open as Iruka stepped in along with Suzume, another teacher at their school.

"QUIET DOWN!" Iruka yelled as the clattering stopped.

He coughed a little and began.

"As you know, from today you are genin of Konoha and have the responsibility. . . "

Blah Blah Blah. Iruka-sensei really loves to lecture us. Sheesh. Come on give the teams already.

Naruto was dying to know who he's going to have as teammates. He hoped it was Sakura-chan and he definitely hoped it wasn't Kiba or Sasuke.

After Iruka finished, his "lecture" on the responsibilities of Genin and Shinobi, Suzume stepped forth and began speaking.

" As you all know, we usually have three man Genin cells under a Jonin commander. However, while the goal is to build teamwork we've seen that these Genin cells failed to work as a collaborative unit with other larger number of Shinobi which results in failures in completing the mission. That's why the council and Lord Hokage has decided that this time around we will have Five Man cells under two Jonin instructors. "

The sudden announcement of a newly formed Five man cells was a shock to the entire class. The class began buzzing amongst themselves about the newly formed system.

"Quiet!" Suzume yelled to make the class stop.

"Now, we've decided to make 4 teams out of the 21 graduating genins. The teams will be Team 7, Team 8, Team 9 and Team 10. The process, unlike previous years where the best-worst were paired up, will be absolutely randomized. This is for you to get the feel of working with anyone and everyone because your partners will not always be compatible with you yet you have to get the mission done. Now with that said, We are going to draw your names from this box. "

Suzume finished. Iruka took that as a cue and put his hands in his box and picked up five names.

"Okay, so the first team. Team 7- Kiba Inazuka, Shina Aburame, Shikamaru Nara, Chouji Akimichi, Sasuke Uchiha. "
Multiple groans could be heard all over the class. Most of them were the Kunoichis, who were hoping to pair up with their beloved Sasuke-Kun.

Dammit! No! Me and Sasuke are supposed to be together!
Sakura cried out in rage in her mind.

Shannaro! How can they separate me and Sasuke-Kun! NOOOO!
Inner Sakura soon followed.

No, no, no, no. Dammit. I was supposed to be with Sasuke-Kun.
Ino started banging her head on the desks.

NOOOOOOO SASUKE-KUN!
Ami was howling in pain at the thought of being separated from the raven-haired Uchiha.

The boys of team 7 (other than Sasuke) could feel the glare directed towards them from the fangirls.

Troublesome. . . A drowsy Shikamaru thought as he went to sleep just as quickly as he woke up.

Girls. . . are scary. A chubby boy, with reddish brown hair and spiral markings on his cheeks- Chouji thought. It seemed the pace at which he was eating his chips got faster. But at least, I am with Shikamaru. That's a plus.

Chouji had mixed feelings about the team.

Damn it. I'm with lazyass, fatass, mute and worst of all friggin pompous, arrogant Sasuke! Damn it. Even Naruto might've been better.

Kiba thought angrily. He didn't like this team. Not at all. This team had no drive, no blood pumping passion. He didn't like Naruto but at least he wasn't as stale and boring as these lads.

Akamaru probably thought the same as he barked in a disappointed manner.

. . .

A stoic Shino Aburame stood in the corner of the class just observing the proceedings.

It doesn't matter who my teammates are. As long as they don't get in my way. . .

Sasuke continued to glare at the blackboard. It didn't matter to him who he got in his team, he wanted them to be as uninvolved with him as possible and if possible, never to get in his way.

For he had much greater ambitions and far too little time.

It seemed the only person who was truly happy with the teams was Naruto. Not only did he not get teamed up with duck-butt Sasuke and Dog-Breath Kiba, but he also had a chance to get paired up with Sakura-chan.

" Your Jonin instructors will be Kakashi Hatake and Asuma Sarutobi. "
Iruka finished,

Suzume put her hands in the box and began announcing the rest of the names of the team.

"Team 8 will be Sakura Haruno, Hinata Hyuuga, Ami Kurama, Ino Yamanaka and lastly Naruto Uzumaki. Your Jonin sensei will be Kurenai Yuuhi and Anko Mitarashi. "

"YATTA! I'm in a team with Sakura-Chan! "

An exuberant Naruto shouted in joy. He was so so happy. He was in a team with Sakura-chan, his crush, his beautiful, gorgeous Sakura-chan.

Yayayyayaya.

Three consecutive loud hits to the desk followed Naruto's shouts of joy.

"NO WAY! I can't get teamed up with Naruto-Baka, Ami-Whore, and Ino-Pig. "

An enraged Sakura yelled.

" Yea, I agree with forehead for once! No way am I getting teamed with Naruto-Baka, Ami whore and Forehead. "
Ino yelled equally enraged.

"Hah? Who wants to be teamed up with Billboard Brows, Piggy and stupid Naruto? AND I AM NOT A WHORE!" Ami shouted.

"Yes, you are!" Ino and Sakura shouted at her with equal intensity.

The three Kunoichi glared daggers at each other, ready to be maul each other.

At the end of the room, in one corner, a shy Hinata Hyuuga, a raven-haired girl with lavender eyes wearing an overcoat bigger than her body twiddle her fingers and blushed.

I'm going to get teamed up with Naruto-Kun. . .

It seems in the battle of getting teamed up with their crushes Naruto and Hinata had won.

Just that it wasn't mutual.

Sigh. The complexities of life.

Naruto, however, had now become silent. It really saddened him that nobody wanted to team up with him. I mean, sure he was the dead-last and he might've pulled a prank or two but he knew he could be an awesome ninja, way more awesome than Sasuke or even the third! They could at least give him a chance.

Besides, Naruto may have the thickest of skin but he was still human.

The fact that nobody wanted to team up with him and they were so vocal about it made him really depressed.

But hey, this is Naruto we are talking about. The Ultimate optimist- he dispersed all the sad thoughts and foggy feelings and gave the biggest grin he could muster.

"Hey, hey break it off! I'm not that bad. Like, I'm gonna be the greatest Hokage so you'll get to team up with someone super important so let's all be happy. . . " As Naruto tried to diffuse the situation, the three girls glared at him.

"SHUT UP DEAD LAST, " all of the three yelled at him.

Naruto cringed at the sheer volume of the shout.

"Okay quiet!" Iruka yelled to calm the class down.
"This method was set up by Lord Hokage and if you have any complaints, go to him. "

This subtle nuanced threat was enough to have the class quiet down. Thought they weren't happy, but they'd rather not get the Hokage pissed.

" Anyways, now is lunch time. Be back here by 4. Your instructors will be here by then. "

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Naruto knew things didn't have a good start with the girls not liking the idea about teaming up with him so he decided to make things work by inviting them to lunch. He had saved up recently by cutting down his ramen ration, so Gama-chan (his cute little wallet) had enough money to splurge. It'd be cutting it close since he had the entire month left but hey, he might get new friends.

And Sakura-chan might like him.

New friends and Sakura-chan are worth the splurge.

But, surprisingly ( to Naruto), he had been vehemently rejected, yelled at and ignored. The three girls- Sakura, Ino and Ami swooned over Sasuke and tried to ask him out for lunch.

Sasuke told them to screw off and went to get his own lunch.

This followed a scuffle between the three girls as each blamed the other for Sasuke's apparent lack of interest in them. They huffed and went alone to get their own lunch.

Naruto was dejected. He thought at least one of them will go have lunch with him.

He had hoped Hinata will.
She was such a shy, dark, quiet girl but she seemed nice enough.

But unfortunately, even Hinata ran away when he asked her to accompany him for lunch (she was breathing hard and was red as a tomato for reasons Naruto didn't know).

So, now he sat alone in the classroom eating some instant ramen he brought with him.

Sigh.

He thought things would change when he got a team.

But he was alone again.

As time went by, everyone started to arrive in class to meet their genin sensei.

It seemed Sakura, Ino, Ami, and Hinata had also arrived but the members of team 8 didn't sit together.

Specifically speaking, not a single soul sat with Naruto.

Again.

MEH! They'll come around after we go on missions!

Naruto re-bathed himself in his toxic optimism. Seriously, nobody will ever know how someone could be so optimistic. Grinning like a mad man, Naruto eagerly waited for their instructors.

The door to the classroom opened as a beautiful brunette with red ruby eyes, a beautiful heart-shaped face and purple eye shadow. She wore a unique mesh armor which was similar to bandages with a rose-like pattern.

Hot.

That's what went through all the boys' heads as they saw Kurenai Yuuhi. Even Shino and Shikamaru.

Well, everyone, except Naruto.

He was wondering if she were their sensei. She looked pretty cool so she must know pretty cool Jutsus.

Oh Naruto, how come the creator of the Sexy Jutsu was so innocent is something we'd never know.

She's so beautiful!

Even the girls were head over heels for her beauty. To them, she seemed like the epitome of Kunoichi.

"Team 8. To classroom 3B. I'll be there with your other sensei. Don't be late. "
Kurenai spoke as she disappeared in a trail of leaves.

WOWWW! SO COOL!

Excited, Naruto ran after the leaves. He couldn't wait to get to learn that vanishing Jutsu from her.

The girls followed suit.

"Man, that Naruto sucks at Taijutsu but he sure is fast! " Ami commented.

"He looks like some idiotic 5-year-old chasing butterflies. " Ino added her own opinion.

Sakura agreed with the two. Naruto was more of an annoying child than a proper Shinobi.

Hinata frowned but she didn't let it show. She disliked it when people badmouthed Naruto like that. But her own shy nature did not let her speak out.

She knew Naruto was amazing. And one day, they will too.

"We might as well get going. We don't want sensei to get angry at us on the first day, " Sakura said, as the four Kunoichi of team 8 went out of the door.

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As they entered the classroom, they saw Naruto already sitting in front of Kurenai. Their eyes traveled to the other sensei of theirs.

She looked as old as Kurenai with purple hair, arranged in a fanned pony-tail and very spiky. She wore a mesh undershirt and a tan overcoat. All in all, she was very pretty if not as pretty as their previous sensei.

Just very very lewd. Her outfit was very exposing and the Kunoichi found their cheeks reddened at her outfit.

It seems Anko noticed this. She smirked at them and cackled.
"Like what you see girlies?" She teased them.

The girls became a blushing mess at Anko's blunt teasing. Anko laughed like a mad man as Kurenai could only sigh.

Naruto was only grinning through the entire process.

Yes, he was thinking of that vanishing jutsu.

So cool.

Goddamned Jutsu Fetishist. Can't even appreciate sexy stuff.

Anko wiped a tear from her eyes as her laughter died down.

"Man, ya kids are so innocent! Haha, that was funny. But man, you are one tough nut to crack aren't ya?" She directed her question at Naruto.

Naruto tilted his head to the side.

"Whaddya mean?" He asked, confused.

Anko laughed harder at the blonde's denseness. This Kid was super dense. Well, at least seduction won't work on him during missions.

Although he might also play for the other team. You never know.

Sakura, Ami, Ino, and Hinata were flabbergasted at Naruto's denseness. How could a pre-pubescent boy on the verge of puberty not get flustered at Anko's seductive provocations?

They were girls and even they were flustered.

Idiot.

That's what they all thought.

Well, except Hinata.

N-Naruto-Kun i-is just a gentleman.

Admit it Hinata. Even you realize he is an idiot.

Kurenai sighed at Anko's tactics."Anko, stop teasing the genin, " She chastised her.

Anko rubbed the back of her head sheepishly.
"Sorry, Sorry. "

Kurenai motioned the girls to sit in front of her.

They all sat down. Ino, however, sat down begrudgingly as she ended up being the one sitting beside Naruto. She wanted to complain but she'd rather not make her sense mad on the first day.

"So, " Kurenai started. "Let's start by knowing each other better. Tell me about yourselves- your names, likes, dislikes, hobbies and your dreams for the future. "

"Umm. . . why don't you start sensei?" Sakura spoke.

"Hmm. . . fine. Well, my name is Kurenai Yuuhi. I like Genjutsu, Shuriken Jutsu, books and disklike Perverts, Misogynists, and people who think women can't be proper Shinobi. My hobbies include reading books and gardening. My dream is, however, is to surpass Tsunade, the Slug Princess. "

The girls were at awe when Kurenai spoke. More like starry-eyed, Kurenai was so bright and so cool.

Well, it seemed Naruto was more starry-eyed than the girls.

I want to be a cool kunoichi like her too!
I think you mean Shinobi Naruto.

Kurenai turned to Anko who took it as her cue to start. Anko smirked at the 5 and began her introductions.

"Name's Anko Mitarshi. Likes. . . well, I like a lot of things- like torturing people, dango, impaling people, dango, breaking people, dango. I hate a lot of things too like a particular Snake-bastard, misogynists, perverts, fangirls. . . " Anko smirked at Ino, Sakura, and Ami when she said the last part.

Scary.
The three gulped.

" Well, hobbies- I guess torturing people. My dream for the teacher. . . finding and finishing a snake bastard. "
She finished with a dark, sadistic grin.

She's a nutjob!Ino, Sakura, Naruto, and Ami thought.

Hinata, however, was too scared to even think.

Poor Hinata.

Ank pointed to Sakura.
"You go Pinkie. "

Sakura frowned at her nickname but complied nonetheless.

"My name is Sakura Haruno. I like (Sasuke's image popped in her mind as she let out a perverse giggle). . . My hobbies (Another of Sasuke's shirtless montages and perverse giggles). . . My goals for the future (at this point I won't even say anything). And I HATE NARUTO-BAKA, AMI-WHORE, and INO-PIG! "

She yelled out the latter bit of her intro.

Sakura-chan!
Naruto cried internally, a cloud of depression over his head.

Ino and Ami just glared at her. Hinata just stared at Naruto sadly.

Don't worry Naruto-Kun. I don't hate you.

If only she could tell this to him out loud.

Kurenai pinched the bridge of her nose.
Great. Fangirls.

Anko, however, was in all smiles but if you could pay close attention you could see her eyes twitching.

Don't skewer newbie genin. Don't skewer newbie genin. Don't skewer newbie genin. Self-control was a hard thing.

Kurenai motion towards Ami.

"My name is Ami Kurama. I like (Sasuke's image popped in her mind as she let out a perverse giggle). . . My hobbies (Another of Sasuke's shirtless montages and perverse giggles). . . My goals for the future (at this point I won't even say anything). And I HATE NARUTO-BAKA, BILLBOARDBROW, and INO-PIG! "

Great. Kurenai and Anko simultaneously sighed.

"Your turn purple girl. "

"My name is Ino Yamanaka. I like (Guess), flowering and gardening. . . My hobbies (Guess) and gardening. . . My goals for the future (Guess). And I HATE NARUTO-BAKA, FOREHEAD, and AMI-WHORE! "

Aww, come on! Anko couldn't believe her luck. Three goddamned fangirls in one team.

Her team.

Kurenai was getting angrier by the second.
Unexpected considering how calm she is.

But, Kurenai is very upbeat about being a Kunoichi. Hence, she gets pretty serious when people treat it lightly.

Naruto, however, was pretty dejected. He knew nobody liked him but being told that 3 of his 4 teammates hated him so blatantly kinda hurt.

A lot.
sigh.

"Your turn. " Kurenai pointed to Hinata

.
"Um-hmm m-my name is H-Hinata H-Hyuuga. I l-like. . . (she looks shyly at Naruto and gets a massive blush) a-and taijutsu. I-I dislike the c-cage bird seal. I-I d-don't have hobbies and m-my d-dream f-for the f-future is t-to m-make m-my father p-proud. " Hinata finished her introduction nervously.

Admirable but her self-confidence issues will be a problem. Kurenai analyzed.

Anko grinned. Nervousness aside, finally someone serious.

Wow! I never knew Hinata was so COOL! Naruto seemed very excited at having Hinata as a teammate now, forgetting his previous depression.

T-that's a-actually kinda amazing.

Sakura, Ino, and Ami looked down and felt a bit embarrassed that they never told anything about being a Kunoichi and just fawned over Sasuke even in their introduction.

Granted he was hot and they'd marry him but still.

Both Anko and Kurenai turned to their final Genin.
"What are ya waiting for?"

Naruto grinned and jumped on the bench as he stood up. This caught everyone by surprise.

"Well! Well!" Naruto started excitedly.

"My name is Naruto Uzumaki. I like Ramen, Ichiraku's Ramen, Iruka- Sensei's Ramen, the ramen the old man Hokage bought me on my 6th birthday and gardening. I hate the three minutes it takes to cook ramen, and also Duckbutt-Sasuke and Dog Breath Kiba! (Ino, Sakura, and Ami glared at Naruto venomously but kept quiet lest their sensei should get angry). And. . . "

Naruto fixed his forehead protector and pointed at the Hokage monument through the classroom window.

"I'm going to be the BEST HOKAGE EVER, DATTEBAYO!" Naruto finished with a smirk.

N-Naruto-kun. . . Hinata blushed. Her crush was so cool and admirable.

Pfft. Hokage, he says. Sure. Sakura laughed inside her head.

Yea right. The day the dobe's going to be Hokage is the day I don't marry Sasuke-Kun. Ami chuckled to herself.

Gardening? Naruto? Unexpected. Ino had an out of character line of thought.

Oh. Kurenai smirked. This boy seems a bit different than the others. This will be interesting.

This kid is going to be good! Anko thought to herself.

"Well, with the introductions over. . . I'll give you your first mission. " Kurenai started.

"We're getting a mission already? " Ino inquired.

"Well. . . it is more of a survival test more than a mission. With a 66% percent of failure, if you fail you get sent back to the academy! " Anko gave a hearty smile at the genin as she took pleasure in their surprised expressions.

"Before you ask, the Academy's genin test is just for selecting students who have the potential to be Genin. This is the real test. " Kurenai told them.

" Meet us tomorrow at training ground 8 at 8 a.m sharp. And don't eat breakfast. Or else, you'll puke. "

With that, the two Jonins teleported away using Shunshin no Jutsu leaving five slack-jawed Genin who had only 1 thing going through their minds.

Shit.

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And cut.

That's a wrap to the first chapter. Well, as you can probably guess by now this will be harem fic. I've always wanted to write one of these but never got the chance so here I am now. Harem Members will be:

Sakura
Ino
Hinata
Ami
Anko
Kurenai (probably)
Yakumo (probably)
Karin (probably)
Tayuya (probably)
Samui (probably)
Fuu (probably)

About Kurenai, I really want to put her in the harem but I feel guilty about Asuma so I'm leaving it as a probability. Anyway, important things to get straightened out. In this fic, Naruto will get way stronger than Canon since he has Kurenai and Anko as teachers who I'm very sure won't slack off like Kakashi. I'm also going to be Anko and Kurenai stronger because they were pretty pathetic for Jonins in the main series. Kishimoto is bad at writing female characters, like really bad. I think these two deserved a lot more exposure in the main series which they didn't get.

Also, I plan on making Sasuke, Kiba, Shino stronger than Canon because I feel Kishimoto didn't do justice to either Kiba or Shino who could've been great characters. Such a waste. Another important thing, I'll be making Kakashi very very strong. Strength deserving of his reputation. I mean, come on, the guy pretty much wrecked Kiri apart as a 12-year-old. A friggin 12-year-old. That's got to count for something. I like Kakashi a lot too so any fight scenes involving him- you'll find him stronger than Canon.

About Naruto- I'll make him access Kyuubi Chakra training, Natural Chakra training, and Nature Manipulation training a bit earlier. Not overpower him but make him stronger bit by bit. I might also give him something special, an original idea, that popped out of my head last night. But it's a "Might".

About the genin test for team 8, what do you suggest? I don't want to recreate the bell test cause it's too clichéd. So I'm all up for ideas. PM me if you have any good ideas.

Finally, read and review. Constructive criticism is always accepted but let's just be civil in the review section.

Cya~