Chapter 9: Rivalry

< Time Skip >

^Present time^

Konoha Ninja School

Sasuke is now sitting with both of his hands on his chin. Although he didn't express his grumbling, he is getting annoyed now. The reason is because he graduated from the Ninja Academy a few days ago, and today he got his teammates. But his teammates were annoying.

The blonde guy, Naruto, always becomes jealous at everything he does, and the girl named Sakura is always so loud that it irritates him. He hoped that at least his Jonin sensei would be normal. But to his disappointment, he's also one weird case. He came late on his first day to accept his students. And now he has to bear them for, who knows, how many years?

At this moment, he woke up from his thoughts as he heard his jonin sensei introduce himself.

"My name is Hatake Kakashi. There are plenty of things I dislike, but I don't really feel like telling you what they are. As for my dreams... I have a few hobbies and dreams. But I am very committed to those I do have."

Kakashi leaned on the railing lazily.

As soon as these words came out, Naruto and Sakura, sitting on the steps opposite, rolled their eyes and were speechless.

What the hell kind of self-introduction is this?

But with great enthusiasm, Naruto jumped up and said,

"I... I'll go first... My name is Uzumaki Naruto. My favorite food is ramen. What I hate is waiting for three minutes for the ramen to be ready. My dream is to become the Hokage! and let the whole village recognize my existence."

After hearing that, Sasuke and Kakashi deeply looked at Naruto but didn't say anything. Then Kakashi looked at Sakura.

"My name is Haruno Sakura. The things I like, uh, let's say, the people I like..." Sakura, with long pink hair, spoke with a girlish look on her face. With slightly red cheeks and beautiful eyes, she looked shy and nervously looked at Sasuke, who was next to her.

This made Naruto on the other side burn with jealousy; his eyes looked like they would spit fire at any moment! Sakura is the girl he likes!

"Then, the last one..." Looking at the infatuated girl, Sakura, Kakashi sighed and turned his eyes.

 Seeing that it's his turn, Sasuke didn't feel nervous and said,

"My name is Uchiha Sasuke. It doesn't matter what I hate, like, or am interested in! What I have is not a dream, because I will make it a reality. I am going to restore my clan and find the answer that I want to know. Maybe after that I will try to become the Hokage."

As he finished speaking, a breeze caressed his face, and his black hair swayed in the wind, revealing his incomparably handsome face. 

"So handsome!!" Sakura, who already had a crush on him, was filled with excitement as she looked at that handsome face. She whispered with a silly smile on her face.

"Become the Hokage!" The pupil on Kakashi's exposed right eye suddenly shrank, and his breathing stiffened. In an instant, he seemed to see the familiar boy shouting at him.

"Damn you, Sasuke. Your dream is to become Hokage, too. Why? Why do you even have the same dream as me? Anyway, I will never recognize you as Hokage." Upon hearing this, Naruto immediately jumped up and shouted angrily, his eyes extremely aggrieved and resentful.

Sakura's behavior has already made him sad, and now Sasuke wants to take away his dream too. How could he, Uzumaki Naruto, accept this?

"Haha, why can't I become Hokage? Dreams are something that everyone can have! Besides, Naruto, we should be rivals, or are you afraid that you can't beat me to become Hokage?" Sasuke said with a little curl on his lips.

"In that case, I advise you to change your dream as soon as possible." Sasuke looked up at Naruto and said, Seriously, his eyes looked sharp and determined.

"Hmph, I'm not afraid of you! Becoming Hokage is my dream, and I won't give up, no matter what. Me and Sasuke, from today on, we will be rivals!"

His blue pupils flashed with excitement. Because finally, besides Iruka-sensei, someone else has recognized him! Sasuke did not ignore his existence. Instead, he has seen him as a rival. This is even more motivating for Naruto!

"Me too, Naruto." Sasuke looked at Naruto seriously.

"Sasuke-Kun is so handsome! He can definitely defeat Naruto and become Hokage." Sakura looked at Sasuke with a shy face.

"Sakura-Chan, don't ignore me. I will definitely surpass Sasuke and become Hokage." Hearing what Sakura had said, Naruto turned his head and clenched his fists in anger.

While the three were bickering among themselves, their Jonin sensei chimed in and said,

"Oh, I see you three are quite motivated! But becoming Hokage is not that simple. Then, meet me at the third training ground at seven o'clock tomorrow morning."

"Remember to bring your ninja tools. Don't clamor to be Hokage if, in the end, you can't even pass the Genin test. Well, don't eat breakfast; you'll vomit."

Looking at Sasuke and Naruto, Kakashi teased them with a deep look. Before the three of them could react, he turned into white smoke and disappeared.

Naruto saw this and shouted angrily, "What was that?"

On the other side, the Hokage's office.

"Become Hokage! Sasuke, this child, has a very healthy mentality. It seems that my previous worries were unnecessary." The third Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen, looked at Sasuke on the crystal ball and breathed a sigh of relief. In this way, he will feel less guilty towards Itachi.

"Those three guys... Well, I'm suddenly looking forward to tomorrow's test!" Kakashi, next to the Hokage looked at Sasuke and his team.

"Kakashi, I asked you to be the Jonin sensei of Team 7. You should know why, right? Whether it's Sasuke's Sharingan or the nine-tailed fox inside Naruto, They are all precious to Konoha, and only you have the ability to guide Sasuke's Sharingan training. At the same time, you can protect Naruto from accidents with seals. So, I hope you will be a little less strict in tomorrow's test."

"Well, it depends on their performance tomorrow." Kakashi said it vaguely with a gleam in his eyes but did not give a clear answer.

This made Sarutobi Hiruzen twitch the corners of his mouth, and two black lines rose up on his forehead. Does Kakashi still need to be so strict? However, Kakashi's strictness is not a bad thing for Naruto and Sasuke!

[A/N: I am directly going to start the main plot now.]