LLS: Well, I guess I can say this is my first real story. I have high hopes for this one, so hopefully you all tell me what you think. Any suggestions, criticisms, tips, or (yes) even flames are welcome.
The New Generation
Summary: Naruto and Sasuke are well-known Jounin throughout the Shinobi world. They have completed countless missions and have an incredible record. But, missions are not the only thing Jounins must worry about. At one point or another, all Jounins must raise a team of Genin of their own. Naruto and Sasuke are about to do just that.
Chapter 1
"Morning, Hokage-Sama."
Tsunade looked up from stamping some paperwork.
"Konohamaru! What are you doing here? Don't you have class to teach?"
Konohamaru nodded, but he quickly said, "But I have a good reason to be here. And I got Sakura to cover for me."
Tsunade balled her hand into a fist, and for a moment Konohamaru regretted his decision to leave the class, but he pushed his fear aside and raised his arms, "I have an explanation," he said trying to sound calm.
Tsunade prompted him to continue, though every second the vein in her forehead appeared more distinct. Konohamaru quickly pulled out a clipboard, "I have the teams the Chuunins at the academy set up. Or more specifically, I have the teams that have been arranged for Sasuke Uchiha and Naruto Uzumaki.
Tsunade lowered her fist, her curiosity taking over. She quickly grabbed the sheet from him, and searched for Naruto and Sasuke's names. When she located them, this is what she read.
Team Seven) Naruto Uzumaki – Jounin Instructor
Jin Uchiha
Saizo Ryouichi
Ayame Mikamura
Team Eight) Sasuke Uchiha – Jounin Instructor
Kosuke Uzumaki
Keto Yura
Natsuki Hoshi
Tsunade's mouth dropped open. "They put their sons on each other's teams?"
Konohamaru sweat dropped, "Weird, I know. I tried to tell them it was going to cause some problems…"
"Of course it will! Both Sasuke and Naruto are going to go crazy…and then you know what they will do?"
Konohamaru involuntary took a step backward, seeing as Tsunade had just risen, and appeared furious. He didn't know how to answer the last question and grumbled a "no."
"They'll come straight to me," yelled Tsunade, moving in front of her desk. "And you know exactly how much I hate complaining, don't you Konohamaru?" Konohamaru turned and ran, but how could Tsunade miss a target like that. "AHHHH," shouted Konohamaru as he was kicked straight out of the Hokage building and into the streets below.
The Academy
Sakura sighed. She should be training. She wanted to be training. She could be training. But no…instead she was watching over twelve year olds. Twelve year olds who shouted and ran around screaming their heads off. Worse, they were all excited that soon they would become Genin. In the corners, girls whispered excitedly to each other, while the boys lounged around in their seats pretending to be bored, but obviously anxious.
And everywhere in between, kids shouted and ran and shouted. All of it was driving her insane.
'My god, I'm a Jounin…A JOUNIN! What did I do to deserve getting put in here? Oh wait,' she thought, 'I volunteered. Damn that sweet-talking Konohamaru. Should've just said no right away.'
Shaking her head, Sakura turned to see if she could recognize any of the students. Glancing at the clipboard she was given by Konohamaru, Sakura compared the students with their picture and name on the list.
'Let's see now.'
She recognized the names of the sons or daughters of the Konoha Rookie Nine, and Gai's teams' sons and daughters. The last two belonged to Uchiha and Uzumaki. With glee, she looked around the room until she found them. Both sat together, though it was clear they seemed to have some rivalry going on.
The first was Sasuke's son. He was dark-haired just like his father, and had the trademark Uchiha symbol on his blue shirt. 'Well, he certainly looks well built,' thought Sakura, 'I wonder what kind of student he is. Oh well, not my business. Let's see...Keto, you must be Naruto's son.' Keto was blonde, and his eyes were as blue as Naruto's. He also wore a symbol on his back, which Sakura recognized as Naruto's own personal sign. 'That sign,' thought Sakura, shaking her head, 'Naruto always uses it when he shows up for something. It's so stupid and yet…it's just like him. Trying to show off.'
Sakura shook her thoughts away, and turned to observe the two boys. She smiled. They reminded her just of Sasuke and Naruto back in their academy days, though with a few differences. They both periodically glared at one another, and both tried to keep their back to the other.
This would have been easy, Sakura noticed, if many of the girls weren't trying to get their attentions, which Naruto never really experienced. 'Well, at least his son is enjoying himself.' And like all boys, they craved attention, and therefore, competed for the most.
Sakura turned away, and, coincidentally, the door opened.
'It's Konohamaru.' And so it was. The young teacher walked up to a chair next to her and promptly dropped down. A large bulge on his head showed he had been hit. Sakura laughed, "Let me guess. Hokage-Sama wasn't too happy with those teams."
Konohamaru paled, as if recalling a nightmare. "Yeah, she got really mad. Here look at Naruto and Sasuke's teams. Then you'll see." Sakura took the list and glanced at it. Her eyes paused for a second before they shot wide open. "This…this is…"
Konohamaru nodded, "I know, they placed Sasuke's kid on Naruto's team and Naruto's kid on Sasuke's team." Sakura's mouth dropped open, "That's so dumb. Do they know yet?" Konohamaru shook his head, "No, I haven't told anybody yet."
Sakura blinked, "Wow…that's…" She started to chuckle. "That's pretty funny." Konohamaru rolled his eyes, "Anyway, you're free to go; I need to call out the teams."
Sakura nodded, "Alright, see you around, Konohamaru."
"Yeah."
As soon as Sakura left, Konohamaru stepped up to his lectern, "LISTEN UP!" Surprised, the students stopped whatever they were doing to look up. Many kids suddenly looked excited, realizing just exactly what Konohamaru was about to do.
Konohamaru cleared his throat, "Well, all of you here today…first…Congratulations. You are now all officially Genin ninja. I'm glad to see so many of you have come so far, and also, I'm glad that you are able to move on now, though, it is sad you will be leaving me."
Many of the kids inwardly cheered. Training with Konohamaru was NOT a fun task.
"Now, with that aside, I wanted to warn you before you I assign you to your teams."
Konohamaru did not get a chance to continue as many kids stood up. "What?!," shouted one. "Huh, teams?!" Keto threw his hands up in frustration, "We're put on teams? Why can't we choose." Konohamaru sighed, before, "QUIET!"
The kids all sat back down, feeling slightly embarrassed. "Now," continued Konohamaru, "yes, you will all be put on teams. In fact, I already have the teams to be on this sheet right here. Your team will be like your family. You will train with them. You will complete missions with them. They WILL be a part of your life whether you like it or not. So, if you don't like them, too bad."
Many of the students groaned.
"Anyway, before I was rudely interrupted," said Konohamaru, "as Genin, you are the lowest of the low in the world of ninjas. Therefore, you will each be assigned to a Jounin instructor who will temporarily take over your training. You will listen to them, learn from them, and grow as a result of their training. Also, while you are with them, you are expected to act like a ninja should, and I had better not hear of any complaints from any of the Jounins about MY students' behaviors. Besides the punishment they will give you, you will also suffer my wrath."
Many of the students gulped. Everyone had experienced that. No one wanted to experience it again.
"So," said Konohamaru, putting on a smile, "the teams. We will start with team one and go through team eight."
And so, Konohamaru began calling out names, and slowly the students separated into groups of three. Finally, Team Seven was reached.
'Here I go,' thought Konohamaru. "Team Seven! Jin Uchiha!" Jin slowly stood, and, after shooting a glance Kosuke, walked to his designated seat. "Saizo Ryouichi!" A dark haired boy stood up from the back row and trudged over to sit next to Jin. He quickly buried his head in his arms, while Jin looked depressed and annoyed. "And, Ayame Mikamura!" One of the giggling blonds from the corner, and literally ran over to sit next to Jin. She shoved aside Saizo, who was looking pissed and sat down as close to her crush as she dared. Jin turned green.
"Team Eight! Kosuke Uzumaki!" Kosuke remained where he sat, though he was now attentive. "Keto Yura!" Kosuke visibly sighed. Keto wasn't the dead-last of the class, but he sure was close. The dead-last was definitely reserved for Saizo. "And, Natsuki Hoshi!" The last of the giggling girls from the corner stood and promptly sat next to Kosuke.
She proceeded to glare at Ayame who sat just beside her. The other girl glared back. "I got Jin," whispered Ayame. "So, I got Kosuke," countered Natsuki. The former stuck her tongue out, while the latter rolled her eyes and gave her the lame sign. Next to them, Kosuke and Jin tried to hide pleased looks. Because, although they would never admit it, Natsuki and Ayame were the two best looking girls in the school.
"Ahem," interrupted Konohamaru, giving them a look, "anyway, you will all wait here for your Jounin instructors, "until they arrive, which should be around noon today…" Konohamaru glanced at the clock, "which is about two hours from now, you may do whatever you wish. Class dismissed."
Ayame and Natsuki stood up from their seats and got together. "So," whispered Ayame, "want to ask Jin and Kosuke out to lunch?" Natsuki turned red, "No way! You do it!"
Before Ayame could reply, Saizo and Keto had walked up. "What do you want, Keto," demanded Natsuki, "Can't you see we're busy. Oh my god, look what you did? Now Kosuke and Jin are walking away. They were about to sweep us off our feet and now you scared them."
Keto sweat dropped, "Right…anyway, since we're on the same team Natsuki, Saizo and I were wondering if you wanted to eat lunch…ugh…together." Natsuki blinked, and for a moment she looked like she very well may just smack him. Then, she turned to Kosuke and Jin's retreating back and she sighed, "Alright whatever. You're buying though."
With nothing better to do Ayame and Natsuki led the way outside, while Saizo and Keto tagged behind. 'Why'd I have to get stuck with these two losers,' thought Ayame. 'How boring,' thought Natsuki. 'Why can't I be like Kosuke or Jin,' thought Saizo. 'I hope Natsuki looks my way,' thought Keto.
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"We've been waiting so long," shouted Saizo in frustration, "everyone else's been gone for like an hour."
"Just shut up, Saizo," snapped Ayame, "can't you see we're irritated enough without you jumping around."
"He has a point thought," said Kosuke, "we've been sitting around. The Jounins were supposed to arrive by noon. It's nearly 1:30."
"Oh really," said Natsuki, "I hadn't noticed; it seems like no time at all has passed…just sitting next to you. "Yeah," said Ayame, following suit, "has it really been that long, Jin?"
Jin and Kosuke shared a glance before promptly burying their heads in their arms. Meanwhile, Saizo and Keto cursed the fact they were stuck on a team that probably didn't even realize they existed.
SLIDE
"Ah, here we are. I knew the room was around here somewhere."
The members of team seven and team eight looked up as a blonde haired man walked into the room. He was well-built, had blue eyes, and wore a symbol just like the one on the back of Kosuke's shirt.
Kosuke's mouth dropped open, but before he could say anything, a second man walked in, "Hey, wait up…oh, is this the room?" The second man was a little taller than the first, and he wore the Uchiha symbol on the back of his shirt.
"DAD," shouted Jin and Kosuke at the same time. The two men, seemingly noticing Kosuke and Jin for the first time blinked, exchanged a glance, and then laughed. Meanwhile, the rest of the students, awestruck that these were the parents of the two best students in the class, couldn't help but stare.
"Wow, Kosuke, I didn't realize you'd be on one of our teams," said the blonde. "Pretty surprising," said the Uchiha, looking at Jin.
The blonde laughed, before turning to the other inhabitants, "Well, I'm sure you all know this, but I am Naruto Uzumaki. I'll be your Jounin Instructor. Well, for three of you anyway." Ayame gulped, "which three, Na…err…sir?" Naruto laughed, "You can just call me Naruto. And, let's see. We're supposed to pick up some scrolls in here…they…AHA! Here we are. So, let's see…I bet I get Kosuke."
Naruto picked up a scroll lying on the lectern and opened it. His smile quickly dropped. "Wow…this…this can't be right. Sasuke, check this out." Sasuke walked over and looked over Naruto's shoulder at his scroll. For a moment he stood motionless, before he nearly ripped his own scroll apart. He was motionless again for a moment, before he tossed the scroll into the trash, "I think there's a mistake."
He was about to leave when Naruto grabbed his arm, "Whoa, hey…this might be cool. Me training your son and you training mine," he whispered, "Let's just see how this turns out?"
Sasuke was green, but he slowly nodded. Naruto did likewise, and then turned to the six, who were watching them anxiously. "Okay," said Naruto, "Jin Uchiha…Ayame Mikamura…and Saizo Ryouichi. You're all with me. We'll meet up on the roof for our first team meeting. Try not to take too long. I'll be waiting." And with that he vanished without a trace.
Jin glanced at Sasuke, though the latter just shrugged. 'Go,' he mouthed. And so, Jin, Ayame, and Saizo walked out, hurrying after their eccentric teacher.
Meanwhile, Sasuke turned back to the remaining three. Is eyes briefly lingered on Kosuke who appeared confused. "Well, looks like the three of you are with me." His lips curled into a smile…one that made even Kosuke shiver, "follow me then." And with that said, he walked out of the room.