Team Naruto

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto nor do I make any sort of money off this. They are owned by Masashi Kishimoto. The Naruto-ized version of Adeleine and Metaknight is owned by Masahiro Sakurai from the Kirby series. Also, any other characters mentioned in this story are recognized as not mine, and are only there because of the skill of Live Art jutsu; in which those mention will be copyrighted towards the creator of that character. I do however own this entire plot.

Author's Note: If I had owned the series, first of all Naruto would not still be a Genin, Haku and Zubuza would still be alive (not to mention Haku falling in love with Naruto despite whatever gender he/she is... hey, Haku looks good as a boy or a girl o_o), Sasuke wouldn't be god-modding his skills (even in the time-skip), and Orochimaru would be struck by lightning constantly for being a hebi-teme, pale-skinned shotacon lover. The title above would be better viewed in Ninja Naruto font, color shade red-orange to orange-yellow going left to right.

Summary: A story where instead of a lazy one-eyed Hatake, a monkey screeching Haruno, and a moody Uchiha, Naruto was placed on Team Five with two other Genin who were Naruto's only childhood friends, and a teenaged Jounin who can manipulate shadows similar to the Nara Clan. This is Team Naruto.

[o.o] Chapter One [o.o]

Uzumaki Naruto had entered the classroom of the graduating Genin, with his new hitai-ate, personally given to him by Iruka late last night after a mishap had occurred with the traitor Mizuki.

"Hey Naruto!" yelled a girl.

"Oh... hey Adeleine-chan," the blonde greeted the nicknamed "Paint Kunoichi." Adeleine was a kunoichi who had a passion for artwork. And of course, it's still unknown how she is able to bring all of her artwork to life, but Naruto liked her about that. She was one of his only friends during his otherwise rough childhood. And of course, one of her pet peeves is being mistaken as a boy, due to her tomboyish nature. He made that mistake before and got a sore ass kicking for it.

She wore indigo khaki shorts two centimeters past the knees with a zipper pocket on the right legging, a gray t-shirt underneath a teal green and black turtleneck vest. The vest is lined with expansion-sealed pockets on both sides, and on the right breast which contained four loops holding four brushes; two paint brushes and two ink brushes. She wore rainbow fishnet stocking on her arms from the wrists up to four centimeters past the elbow, and her shorts are strapped with a belt with two metal pouch-styled pockets which had kanji for "expansion"; the left side holds black ink and the right side holds a special type of white paint she can infuse her chakra into.

Her eyes were a shade of sapphire, and her somewhat unruly, tomboyish black hair was topped with a large red beret with small bill. Because she had received her Hitai-ate a week ago, the metal was taken off the fabric and stitched to her favorite beret cap. She also wore leather mud brown boots mid-calf length, short dark blue socks up to her knees, and had a carry-ready storage scroll filled with her colored paints, extra brushes, hand-held paint board, a 300 coloring pencil set, and an extra large clean drawing pad with three hundred pages. It was encased in a custom-made dark blue backpack strapped to her with a silver buckle clasp; the larger items placed in their own seal pockets.

"Hello Naruto," a boy greeted, giving him a lazy salute as he reclined back in his seat.

"Hey Daisuke," Naruto greeted the cape wearer, his second childhood friend other than Adeleine. He wore a pair of black leather pants with large crisscross metal-plated belts with his hitai-ate as the belt buckle, ANBU-grade dark blue and purple boots, and a purple fishnet tank top. The pant leg had a custom-sewn zipper pocket over the right thigh, filled with about three dozen three-prong shuriken, also laced with an expansion seal. Worn around his neck was a two-color mantle (though people tend to confuse it for a cape) which was royal blue with his back turned, and the inner color was a lavender color. His eyes were a cobalt blue much like the fingerless gloves he wore on his hands and his dark hair was similar in length and style to Adeleine but were neat dreadlocks instead of unruly.

The sword which he carried was crafted in his own style, sheathed in a metal loop over the left hip, while there was a pouch hooked over the right side of the belt laced with an expansion seal filled with cloths and a cleaning solution for the sword. The blade's most accurate description was that it appeared to be made out of gold, due to the blade's color. Plus, there was a set of hook-shaped prongs jutting out from the base of the blade's hilt. The base of the sword hilt had a small oval ruby set on each side. The handle was a blue-gray, brown wrapping grip, with a silver ring on the bottom also embedded with a jewel, only it was a bit larger than the ruby, round, and was sapphire. He also carrried with him a white decorative ANBU-styled mask (though he always had to stress it was not an ANBU mask).

"So, I see you've finally decided to wear the new outfit Adeleine and I got you?"

"Yeah, and these clothes are better," Naruto said with a foxy grin, "much better than the full orange jumpsuit."

The new outfit of Uzumaki Naruto consisted of coal black cargo shorts with a leather brown belt with the belt buckle shaped after what is depicted as a sneaking fox (Solid Snake reference). Also, attached to the back of the belt was a sealing scroll, with the kanji spelling Kaitouken (Phantom Blade). The zipped up pockets on the pant legs had expansion seals so they were filled with a good supply of kunai, and shuriken. His orange jumpsuit top was replaced with a sleeveless version, with black running down the sides, with a dark gray triangular gauntlet hanging off to the left shoulder. He also wore black gloves with the thumb piece missing, the back of the gloves stitched with metal plate guards. Also, fishnet stocking is worn on his right forearm with attached orange bands that ended just a few inches past the elbow, with a pair of black boots with plate guards around the ankles and toes.

As more Genin walked in, more noticed Naruto and wondered what he was doing there. "Of course, this is more stylish. I enjoy having a new outfit to wear." With the jumpsuit vest taken off, he was now in just a black tee. The front had a symbol of a circle with a swirl. Also, the shirt cuts off so it revealed a portion of his toned stomach.

"Look like some sort of bad-ass protagonist in an anime," Daisuke chuckled, "with sex appeal."

Adeleine blushed a bit staring at Naruto's toned body that looked like it came from a shoujo manga. "Oh yeah..." Daisuke noticed Adeleine staring at the blonde, and chuckled to himself.

"That or someone could mistake your metrosexual lean appearance as yaoi-fangirl bait," Daisuke laughed softly.

Naruto taking notice of a few lusting looks from the girls, decided to tease them, but turning to face the group of Genin, and brushing back strands of hair slowly, gave them the bishonen gaze. The girls sighed heavenly, and he smiled ever so sweetly, and a boy with pineapple-styled hair muttered his catch phrase mendokuse.

Suddenly the door burst open, and two girls tried to get in, but they were of course stuck. The blonde girl got smashed back with an elbow and the girl with pink hair ran in cheering, until she noticed Naruto. "Naruto?"

Naruto turned to face the girl, Haruno Sakura.

"What are you doing here, this is for graduates, baka," Sakura shouted.

"You wanna know what I'm doing here?" Naruto asked Sakura. He tapped the hitai-ate worn around his forehead, "ask Iruka-sensei when he gets here..." He ignored the now raving girl he so foolishly had a crush on, and moved away from the screaming banshee. That is, she stopped screeching at him when Ino sat down next to Sasuke, thus continuing the bitchfest.

/FLASHBACK – Last Night/

"What should we do?" Iruka asked the Hokage, Sarutobi Sasuke.

"It will be kept a secret, and Naruto said he trusts Adeleine and Daisuke... I think I have a perfect team leader for the three." He drew a long drag from his pipe, and then looked at the man who considered himself almost a father figure to Naruto, "if anyone asks... tell them that Mizuki tried to murder Naruto last night because of unforeseen circumstances, and that he passed because I had found out he has been sabotaging all of Naruto's hard work, including the final Genin test earlier today."

"Most of them would probably believe it, but Nara Shikamaru... it's no secret he's smarter than anybody of his age group, despite being a sloth..."

Sarutobi chuckled softly. "If only I could do the same and forget all this damn paperwork." Iruka sweatdropped, but Sarutobi continued speaking, "just incase, tell them Naruto had just recently been discovered with a type of medical condition that with his huge chakra reserves, regular Bunshin cannot be used, and therefore had learned a different type of Bunshin that works off large quantities of chakra at once. I'll also allow you in telling them what had happened, but keep the true details to yourself Iruka."

"Right, right..."

/END FLASHBACK/

The door opened stirring Naruto out of his thoughts, as he instead sat between Adeleine and Daisuke. Iruka stepped in, and close the door. "Iruka-sensei, what is Naruto-baka doing here? He failed his exams yesterday!" Sakura screeched, causing many to wince at her voice, "And he stole someone's hitai-ate!"

Iruka sighed, rubbing his head due to the headache that already formed. "It was discovered that Naruto had a medical condition with his chakra. You see children; he has the largest reserves in the village, and ranks close to Uchiha Itachi (snarls from Sasuke), Hatake Kakashi (who?), Jiraiya the Toad Sannin (gasp), Tsunade the Slug Sannin (another gasp), and the Hokage himself Sarutobi Sasuke (Iruka got tired of the gasping). However, his control, sorry for the word Naruto, sucks. His Bunshin cannot even be completed into a functional clone so the Hokage was able to teach him a different type of Bunshin that works off large chakra reserves."

Shikamaru yawned. "That doesn't explain why he's here..."

Sweatdrop. "I was getting to that... anyway, it was also discovered that my former college, Touji Mizuki, was sabotaging all of Naruto's work, changing whatever high scores he's received into low or failing grades, this preventing him to ever pass, and has been happening for three years when we give Final Genin exams. That, and last night he tried to betray the village to enemy ninja, bumped into Naruto after he cleaned my wallet at Ichiraku's..."

Naruto chuckled a bit, sweatdropping. No secret Naruto could pack in at least one hundred bowls of ramen on his best day.

"Basically, he tried to kill Naruto..." Many couldn't believe their ears, but it was only half truth; Iruka was told to give them a story that was very believable and his years as a ninja helps him at that. Keep the true details in secret, "Naruto was able to prevent the man from escaping while preserving his own life until ANBU arrived and arrested Mizuki, and the Hokage after learning what had happened, deemed Naruto worthy to pass. That also was his first mission by himself, A-Rank at best." Uchiha Sasuke heard this and scowled yet again, "And as for his hitai-ate, I gave him mine and replaced it with another."

Iruka had in his storytelling, forgotten about one important detail... Mango Adeleine.

"Naruto-kun! How dare you keep that from me?" Adeleine glared, already unraveling a scroll that had the art image of a man with long black hair, golden clawed left arm, wearing a trench coat-styled red cape and black and gray leather clothing and belts. As for the footwear, they were dark brown, with steel armor plating the foot and lining the front, the toes at a point.

"W-w-wait, Adeleine! I'm sorry but I didn't want to worry you!"

A slam of a glowing chakra-enflared fist, and Vincent Valentine (Square Enix character, Final Fantasy VII: everything there is about him exists, just no Cerberus weapon or Limit Breaks, even if Chaos is bad-ass looking...) stood in front of Naruto over the desk.

"Kick his ass for me Vinnie!" Vincent's right eye twitched at the nickname, but exposed his golden clawed left arm, which gleamed menacingly in the light. Naruto shoved out of his chair and out the door, and Vincent calmly and quietly gave chase. Iruka sighed face palming as Vincent closed the door behind him.

"Was that a bit overkill? Vincent is one of your most experienced Live Portraits," Daisuke spoke up against the reigning silence, "not to mention Vincent can possibly compete against Hatake Kakashi in the realm of stamina via hand-to-hand."

"Serves the baka right for keeping this from me... I'm one of his best friends who never keep secrets from," she whimpered, pulling off the dreaded Puppy Dog Eyes. Every guy in the room had immediately looked away, even Iruka. It was one of a girl's most dangerous skills in her arsenal against a male. Daisuke stared at Adeleine, not effect by the E-Class jutsu. He has been Adeleine's friend long enough to become immune to the look. Only those who've built immunity to the jutsu can easily look away or stare at the user's face without any ill effects, that or if you're a cold hearted bastard like Uchiha Sasuke. If you're not, looking away as fast as you cna can help you repel the ability.

"Adeleine?" Iruka sighed.

"Fine..."

Five minutes later, Naruto came back, looking all scuffed up, and he had a kunai sticking out of his back. Adeleine had rolled Vincent's portrait back up and stuffed it into her backpack.

"How'd you get that kunai in your back Naruto?"

"That crazy Dango-loving bitch-" The door slammed off its hinges and crashed on top of Naruto. There standing on top of the broken door was Mitarashi Anko. The kunai got dug deeper into his back. Ouch.

"Hi Iruka-kun!" Anko cooed too sweetly, running over and glomping the now blushing man. This morning was just too weird now to the graduates but Adeleine and Daisuke. The two plus Naruto have known Anko because Adeleine's parents were a close friend with the young woman.

"Get the door off Naruto and please leave, I still have to talk to my class before I release them..."

"Fine, but we'll talk later." As she walked towards the door, Naruto was just lifting the door off him. She stomped on the wood smashing the blonde's face to the wooden floor once more.

"Bye, Naruto-kun." She left the room. Naruto let out a painful pitiful moan from under the door.

"Who was that, Iruka-sensei?" Ino questioned meekly.

"My girlfriend," he deadpanned, and glared at Adeleine and Daisuke who shared a small laugh.

Twenty-five minutes later, a quick visit from Adeleine's mother who worked at the hospital (and was the boy's personal physician appointed by Sarutobi), he started listing off the teams, staring from one to four. Naruto was healed up again, rather quickly since his tenant granted Naruto faster healing capabilities, not that anyone in the younger generation but Adeleine and Daisuke know. For all they - everyone else - know, Naruto just heals better than others.

"Team Five: Uzumaki Naruto, Mango Adeleine, and Durian Daisuke. Your Jounin Sensei is Ishtal Sekai."

Passing thirty seconds... "Team Seven: Uchiha Sasuke, Haruno Sakura..."

"Ha! Take that Ino-buta!" Sakura cheered, while the blonde Yamanaka glared, gritting her teeth.

"And Tao Natsu..." Tao Natsu was in ways similar to Naruto, just more collected, enjoys small-time pranks, and was able to befriend anybody, except Sasuke the moody prick. His hair was black and the top portion of his hair was white, the appearance that it looks like a cracked eggshell top, and he had cobalt colored eyes. The pants were woodland camouflage with four pockets on each leg. The belt has thee small hand-held scrolls attached, and he wore black sandals, a black tank with a blood red vest, and fishnet cloth up just a few centimeters from the high bicep, down to the hands which covered the middle and ring fingers. He looked like a punk rocker instead of a ninja, but Tao made his looks work in the ninja community. "Your Jounin Sensei is Hatake Kakashi."

"Oh boy... I feel sorry for them," Naruto muttered to his two friends, and they shared a smirk with each other. Kakashi was known to be always two or three hours late to everything. A chance encounter with the porno-reading man was when Anko dragged Naruto off on his eleventh birthday for Dango. Kakashi was also there in the shadows during his days as ANBU Black-ops. Until the Mango and Durian family have arrived to Konoha when Naruto was five years old, Kakashi was one of the only few Jounins beside Anko, Gai, Kurenai, and Asuma who have accepted Naruto as the hero the Fourth wished him to be. Once the Mango and Durian family came, Naruto found two friends in a long time, and then two families who he could feel safe around, the Durians unofficially taking Naruto in as a son. When they found out, they didn't see him any differently; especially when the Hokage personally told the two families who Naruto's father was and made them swear to never tell Naruto until he was eighteen years old.

"Team Eight: Yamanaka Ino, Nara Shikamaru, and Akimichi Chouji. Your Jounin Sensei is Sarutobi Asuma."

Ino groaned, hitting her head against the table desk. Great, a lazy sloth and a food disposal...

"Team Nine is still in circulation. Team Ten: Hyuuga Hinata, Inuzuka Kiba, and Aburame Shino. Your Jounin Sensei is Yuuhi Kurenai."

After the last teams were listened off, Iruka dismissed them for two hours for lunch, and left the room. The class all left as well, going off doing whatever they went, while two ever constant fangirls chased after Sasuke. The only three who remained back in the room was Team Five.

A knock on the door made Naruto get up, and open it. There was a deliver to them from the local Chinese Restaurant, which he paid for, and close the door. Half an hour later Shikamaru returned, with Chouji and Ino who couldn't find Sasuke anywhere. They walked in the room only to get hit by a smell of a delicious lunch from the local Buffet King restaurant. Also, there was music playing Ultramarine Meditation - Blessed Pop off Daisuke's Nin-pod.

"Orange chicken and fried rice... I can never get enough of this, other than Teuchi-ojiisan's ramen," Naruto sighed with bliss.

"Don't eat all of the egg and ham fried rice," Daisuke said, snacking on a Spring Roll.

"Yeah, save some for me Naruto-kun," Adeleine spoke up, as she drank some of her Pipisi.

"Hey, mind if I join you?" asked Chouji.

"Go on ahead," Adeleine replied, as she took out some extra paper plates and some plastic spoons and forks, "we ordered a lot of food here, so we don't mind sharing." Chouji smiled and sat down with Team Five, and got himself a plate of fried rice, some of the chicken, five regular-made eggrolls, and claimed a can of Pipisi Naruto tossed to the large boy.

"Chouji, you just ate already," Ino complained.

"Mendokuse (troublesome)," Shikamaru muttered, as he laid his head down on the desk sleepily.

"They offered to share," Chouji complained right back, and Ino just groaned and sat down next to Shikamaru... before asking if she could have one Spring Roll.

"Ahh, am I too late?" Iruka came back.

"Nope, got you an extra plate too; glad I packed extra incase we attracted people over." Iruka smiled, dug in some food, and sat down next to Naruto. Like Naruto, he was enjoying some dango on a stick with his fried rice, orange chicken, and an all-meats eggroll; minced bacon, pork, ground beef and turkey (don't knock it 'til you try it).

"So, Adeleine, what's in your collection so far?"

She took out her portraits, which what she had so far drawn up and kept collected. One was Vincent, the oldest and most experienced portrait. The second was a green cartoony-looking salamander with white pupilless eyes, and a red forked serpent-like tongue where its nonexistent mouth was. And the third was a large plushie-styled ice blue dragon with three spikes made of ice on the tail's tip, and a row of triangular spines lining the back.

"So far, I have Vincent, Salamander, and Ice Dragon. I already have plans on making a bishonen fox boy, a type of bodiless warrior, and a stone warrior I already dubbed Konoha no Golem (Golem of the Leaf)."

She showed the portrait she was working on to Iruka, who chuckled. "Why do I have a feeling this is styled after Maito Gai?"

The stone warrior she sketched up was large and oval shaped. It had a pair of spiked ring pauldrons on the shoulders, with two spikes over the knuckles of the fists. The forearms are oval shaped, like that of a muscled man's arm, plus instead of a normal human hand, the three fingers and thumb are claw shaped. Around its wide waist was a belt with the Konoha Leaf symbol displayed on the oval metal plate. The sketch of the Konoha no Golem was in the Nice Guy pose, with two hollowed black eyes and a hollow black mouth curved into the Nice Guy smile.

(Konoha no Golem is based off the Golem enemy in Kirby and The Amazing Mirror, creator Masahiro Sakurai. The same goes for the Ice Dragon encountered in Dreamland 2. As for Salamander: original creation.)

"Somewhat yes, but it's after his prized student Rock Lee of Team Nine. He's a nice guy once you get past the loud boastful voice. Still need to color it in... I'm either going to give the main body a sand rock tint, shades of gray, or a red-brown earth tint."

=0=0=

"Okay, Teams One through Four, your senseis are here." The Genin of those teams left the classroom, following the Jounins.

After three minutes, the repaired door opened again. In walked a tan skinned young man. "Team Five?" He called out.

He had shaggy unruly sand blonde hair in untamed locks, with several locks in front of his forehead a fiery red tint. The rest of his hair was pulled into a thick braided ponytail that reached past his buttocks, tightly reinforced with tape wrappings. He had a large scar on his face, shaped like an X, as the central point of the scar rested above his nose. His eyes were an unnatural shade of violet, and his left ear had a small gold ring earring.

He wore a pair of cargo pants, strapped heavy-duty boots with a black tank top, and carried an O-Katana weapon clipped to the waist of the custom sword clasp holder, with the usual shinobi weaponry of kunai and some shuriken throwing stars. He had good bit of muscle on him, but the leather trench coat he wore was tied around him like a billowing cape, with the Konoha's Leaf symbol proudly displayed on the back, with the hitai-ate tied to his right bicep.

Also, much to the shock of everyone there but the brooding Sasuke, he was only eighteen years old. "I'll admit I am only eighteen, but I am experienced enough to have the position of Jounin. Follow me please."

Naruto, Daisuke, and Naruto got off their seats, waved at Iruka and left following after Sekai. Bringing up the rear was Vincent carrying the leftovers but the ones Iruka kept for himself, and the green sketching of the salamander. When Sasuke made a comment about useless animated ink, the Salamander hissed menacingly at the arrogant Uchiha, and swatted its tail upside the boy's head sending the duck ass-haired boy right out of his seat as it exited the classroom.

=0=0=

"This is my father, Malik. And my twin sister Rin," Sekai greeted the team to his family.

"Ohayo, Malik-sama, Rin-san," the team greeted, bowing to them. Malik laughed heartedly, as he waved the greeting.

"No need for formal introductions children. Sekai, I am heading off for shopping for dinner tonight."

"Hai, father." The man who looked similar to his son, but with more hair, no ponytail, and wore gold accessories on his wrists, earrings, and clan necklace with a weird-shaped gold eye left the house (Just guess where he's from, folks, and I don't own him too).

Rin's hair fell into long curly locks of sand blonde, a few tucked behind her ears, and her eyes were a shade lighter like Sekai's. Unlike her brother her skin complexion was three shades lighter. The outfit she wore was a one-piece straight jacket suit-like outfit, all white, and had fitted her womanly curves well. The ends of her leggings and the sleeves however were floral-bloomed and a size larger, with five slits buttoned with rectangular deep purple clasps in the wrists of the sleeves, along with three purple leather straps wrapped around her thighs, and her biceps. The jacket teeth that kept the suit zipped lined starting from her left hip curving up and around the front of her left breast to the front of the deep purple-colored turtleneck collar, with two purple snaps over the left chest holding them in place. There were buttons placed around the shoulders, over the sternum, and there were three more on the back between the shoulder blades, and near the neck area.

There was a custom-made crest of a round circle between two scrolls was displayed over both shoulders, stitched to the fabric. The plate held Konoha's symbol over the right shoulder, and the left shoulder held the Ishtal clan icon which was the gold strangely-shaped eye. As for the footwear, it was white, thigh-length shinobi boots. Her purple hitai-ate belt which was stitched into the suit contained three expand-sealed pouches holding kunai and shuriken. Her weapon she carried on her back was a specialty-made fit for shinobi use; as for the third pouch, it was an arrow case, situated sideways like a scroll to the back area of the belt also written with expansion seals. Finishing the state of dress was the image of folded wings on the back of her suit.

"Rin-chan is a Jounin like me and is recognized as one, but unless she's on a mission, she'll attach the top piece of the Jounin vest to her outfit, hence the snap buttons. For some reason she dislikes wearing vests."

Rin smiled sweetly at Sekai, and gave him a one-arm hug, causing him to chuckle a bit. The three sweatdropped at the sibling antics; the three are only child in their families officially, but Daisuke saw Naruto as a brother.

"I'll leave you be with your team Sekai-kun," Rin said, as she went up the stairs. Sekai led them into the large backyard, where there was a man-made pool in the size of a large Koi pond that rivaled the size of the ponds in the Hyuuga Estates. Spaced around were impressive bonsai trees, sakura trees, and of course in the middle of the large yard was a willow tree. It could be seen from the Hyuuga and Uchiha estates, and the river ran through a portion of the yard (simply place the lot over Naruto's Hidden Training Area).

"Now everyone..." The three sat down against and under the shade of the large willow tree, "my name is Ishtal Sekai. My likes are my family, Rin-chan especially, gardening, improving and increasing how I can control the shadows around me." He held out his hand, and smiled as Adeleine screamed feeling something brush up against her, which she soon saw was a hand made out of complete shadow before it sunk back into her shadow, "my dislikes are those who try to harm my father and dear sister, when the market runs out of the white grapes shipped and imported from Garden Country's Grape Gardens Supermarket..."

White grapes... were the thought running through Naruto and Adeleine.

"When our comrades do not take their duty seriously and those who harm others for no apparent reason... My hobbies are tending to the Konoha Lily Flowers of Rin's garden in the back past the small river. My dream is to continue living out my life to its fullest. Now, introduce yourself, your likes, dislikes, hobbies, and dreams."

"I'm Durian Daisuke. My likes are improvements into my swordsmanship and utilizing ninjutsu with my abilities, protecting those who cannot protect themselves, and those who know of honor when carrying a sword. My dislikes are those who use a sword to only harm others, criminal Ronins, fangirls because they do not fully grasp the situation of the shinobi life they enter, and those who manipulate others for their own benefits."

"Sound's good..."

"My hobbies include kenjutsu, working on kenjutsu-styled ninjutsu, and protecting my two best friends. My dream is to one day revolutionize the name Ronin into that of honor, and clear out the Ronin who use a sword to slay innocent life. I may never complete it, but as long as I try, I will never give up."

"Now you young man," Sekai spoke, looking at Naruto.

"I'm Uzumaki Naruto. My likes are ramen on certain days I feel like pigging out at Ichiraku's, sweet strawberry tarts, Adeleine-chan, her emo painting friend Vincent Valentine, my brother-in-arms Daisuke, and my adoptive family." Sekai smiled, knowing that the Durian family has taken Naruto into their family home, despite the council's knowledge.

"My dislikes are those who do not understand the things in life that is too much for mere human beings to understand completely, emos (Sasuke sneezed) but Vincent; he's cool in his own way, fangirls (Sakura sneezed), shrilling voices that make my ears bleed," Adeleine giggled briefly as elsewhere, a pink-haired girl sneezed once more, "power hungry teme's, those who are mean to my friends and would try to bring harm to my precious people. My hobbies are enjoying art alongside Adeleine on a daily basis, enjoying conversations with Ayame and Teuchi when I'm at Ichiraku's, training, music, cooking, Hokage-ojiisan, my adoptive family, and my small garden I take care of at home. My dream is to be the next Hokage of the village, and make my family and my deceased biological parents so proud of me."

Sekai was impressed. "Okay, your turn, young lady."

"I'm Mango Adeleine. My likes are enjoying the exotic passion of art, Naruto-kun, painting, drawing on my free time, and creating new Live Portraits with my ink and/or chakra paint, like Vinnie!"

Sekai chuckled, as did Daisuke and Naruto.

"My dislikes are similar to Naruto-kun, people who hate Naruto for no reason whatsoever or assume he's worthless WHICH HE ISN'T HARUNO SAKURA," she yelled that last part out, making the girl who still was with her teammates waiting for their sensei shiver, "and when Naruto-kun pigs out on more than thirty bowls of Ramen." Naruto scratched the back of his head, "my dream is to help Naruto with his... and to give him the strength he'll need to reach that goal of his in life."

Naruto smiled warmly, and she leaned over and wiped away that tear that left his eye. "I promise you Naruto... I'll be here for you, and help you in reaching your goals." In the Hokage Tower, on his Crystal Ball, Sarutobi was eavesdropping after he had gotten bored with spying on Team Seven. He smiled to himself, knowing that the girl was a good asset in Naruto's young life.

"Now I just hope you'll realize your feelings Naruto... your father was the same with Kushina..." He sighed softly, as he looked over at the portrait of Minato.

Back at the Ishtal Estate, Sekai grinned as he sent out a platoon of Hijutsu: Senei Soushu (Hidden Shadow Hands). If they were tapped five times they would fail, and would avoid getting tagged for an hour. It was a way to work on their speed, and ability to utilize the environment to hide from him as he stood in the same spot under the old willow. Also, if he sent out a shadow to grapple them, it also helped din their teamwork to save their trapped comrade.

So far, Naruto was tagged twice, Daisuke once, and Adeleine twice. He chuckled, as the timer went off, signaling the test was done. He called back his shadow control and beckoned the trio over. "Okay... can you tell me the portion of this test?"

"Teamwork?" Adeleine answered.

"Dedication?" was Naruto's answer.

"Working on our skills and utilize them in harmony with one another?" was Daisuke's response.

"Almost right, but you are correct on the test of this exercise. You will never know if enemy ninja can surround you, but also, you were tagged five times... Naruto and Adeleine twice make four, and you Daisuke once, which makes five. However, I kept the test going knowing that you three will never abandon one another. Kakashi-san once told me that to abandon your teammate's makes you trash... I didn't understand the second portion, but to forgo your duties as a shinobi makes you a coward. Cowards never win, but bravery brings success."

He smiled to all three. "Now, the three of you are dismissed. In two days, we'll begin our first official mission together as Team Five."

The three smiled and left the Ishtal compound, and headed home. Ironically enough, the Mango and Durian families lived next door to one another. Sekai felt a pair of arms wrap around him, and he smiled softly.

"So, taking on a Genin team, huh brother?"

"Of course, my dear sister... I believe we'll be the best team in this lifetime."

He lifted Rin into his arms as she squealed. "Don't scare me, dear brother," she yelled, swatting his chest. He laughed loudly, carrying his cutely pouting sister into the house.

In the classroom, a door opened, and Kakashi peeked in. "My first impression... you're all boring. Meet me on the roof in five minutes."

Kakashi can be funny if you look for it. I just had to end it there with that. So, this is Team Naruto, an AU story where things don't always follow canon. As for Anko, her character is at times misunderstood. In my mind, she and Naruto relate because both feel like outcasts in the village they swore ot protect. Naruto was always alone because of the Kyuubi sealed within him, and Anko was alone because of the betrayal of Orochimaru, and how she was once respected now neglected and hated just as much as Naruto by the village and even half the shinobi community of Konoha. Thus, in this story, I've paired her with Iruka... the dolphin and the snake...