Naruto : Chapter 10

Genin Teams

Four hours after the test the Hokage and the nine jonins that would take a team this year, even Kakashi had come on time after the Hokage had threatened his Icha Icha books.

"Good, now that we are all here, we will go over the teams that will be announced to the new genin next Monday." The Hokage then proceeded to read the teams to the jonin.

"I would like for Genma to take team one, Aoba, you get team two, Inoichi, you get team three, Choma, you have team four. Isuna, team five, Makiko, you have team six. Now, Kakashi gets team seven, Kurenai, you have team eight and Asuma gets team ten." The Hokage informed them.

They nodded.

"If you have any questions about your team, ask Iruka Umino, he taught the class over the last two years. All except Kakashi are dismissed." The Hokage said.

The jonin left the office after bowing.

"What did you want to talk about with me, Hokage Sama?" Kakashi asked.

"You have the most important team of the whole year this time, Kakashi. I know that the council will force you to pass the team for Sasuke Uchiha, but I don't want you to play favourites. This is a matter of village security."

The Hokage said while activating the privacy seals in the room. "ANBU, please wait outside while I brief Kakashi." He ordered.

The four hidden ANBU left the room.

"This seems to be really important, Hokage Sama." Kakashi analysed.

"It is. Do you know who Naruto Uzumaki really is?" The Hokage asked.

"Yes, he is Naruto Namikaze, Minato sensei's son." Kakashi answered nodding, his eye looking dead serious now.

"Correct. I suspected you knew. Two days ago I found out that Naruto knows about his parents and the fox. He is no genin; he should have normally already been jonin by now.

But with the sabotage and hatred the civilian council shows him, he hid it. I had Asuma test Naruto today in a disguise. The boy is a prodigy. He is jonin level in ninjutsu, fuinjutsu, weapons and taijutsu.

We don't really know his level in genjutsu as he is immune to lower level ones because he is a sensor and has his body covered in a chakra layer that blocks invading chakra.

A medic informed me that that sometimes happens with self-taught sensors. Obviously Tsunade found out about that phenomenon. He knows basics of poisons and is really smart.

"The problem is that thanks to the idiots on the council Naruto has next to no real connection with the village. He sees me as trustworthy and likes me, but I think the only other ones that could be said about are the Ichirakus.

Nobody else in the entire village. Naruto confessed that he would have run away long ago if he had had a chance. Now I know I am old. If I die and Naruto doesn't get new bonds, he will run. I give him a year at most to be able to not be caught by the ANBU anymore if they were sent to get him back.

He won't let the council screw him anymore. And Naruto has inherited both his parents' talent. He is the heir of the Uzumaki, Namikaze and Senju clans. And he is more talented than even Itachi was. I don't have to tell you that we can't let him go somewhere else.

I want you to train your team properly Kakashi. No being late more than half an hour. Naruto hates his team-mates, but will accept them until he can take the chunin exams in six months.

So the only person he would willingly connect to, if he is treated properly, are you, his jonin sensei.

"Naruto is important for the future of the village. If he leaves, the most probable destination he could go to is Kumo. They treat their jinchuriki properly now.

I don't have to tell you that it would be a catastrophe for Konoha if Kumo got Naruto in their ranks.

He knows both Rasengan and the Flying Thundergod jutsu of his father. He is probably a fuinjutsu master and his ninjutsu is impressive.

He has a wind affinity with a secondary water affinity and a developed lightning affinity from him developing a chakra converter seal that turned his wind chakra in lighting chakra and then training lightning jutsus.

Both his normal affinities are trained. I don't know how he managed to hide his training; he was only willing to tell me he found a secret place where he lives now and trains. He also found scrolls and other things there.

"You have the next six months to get Naruto a new bond to the village. If you can, more than that. Make sure nobody screws him over on missions in the village and get the other two ready for C-rank missions ASAP.

Sasuke shouldn't be a problem. The boy wants to get stronger and you should be able to break him out of his superiority ideas. I think the bigger problem will be Sakura. The girl didn't get good marks on her physical exams.

The reason she became top kunoichi is that the written test was a big part of the exams and that she has perfect chakra control due to her small reserves. If you have to, break her, but team seven has to get strong soon." The Hokage impressed the importance on Kakashi.

Kakashi was really surprised. He hadn't known that Naruto was that strong, but he could understand that he had a strong dislike for the villagers. He had saved him more than once from mobs when Naruto was younger.

"I understand Hokage Sama. I will think of something to teach Naruto to keep him interested. I can also tell him more about his parents if he wants to. Do you know if he can use Kyubi's chakra?" Kakashi asked.

"No, he can't. But he can suppress it really well so far. He thinks that if he is strong enough on his own he doesn't have to rely on the dangerous chakra of the fox. He knows that he can't trust the fox.

He had met it after he found out that he was the jinchuriki for Kyubi, but other than trying to get Naruto to let him out he didn't try anything so far. And Naruto is too smart to not know that if he lets the fox out, he will lose himself." The Hokage explained.

"Good. Because I wouldn't know how to teach him that. I will make sure Naruto will start to be better connected with some of his peers. I think I could get at least Asuma to arrange team sparring sessions if his team passes, which I think they will.

I haven't seen any version of an Ino-Shika-Cho team that failed the genin exams. Perhaps Kurenai would also do it. Her team looks like they could pass too." Kakashi said.

"I trust you, Kakashi. We have six months until Naruto makes chunin. By the way, get back to your old level in ANBU and if possible surpass it. At the moment you are my only real option as a successor.

The only others would be Jiraiya and Tsunade and I can't imagine that Tsunade would come back to the village and I fear what Jiraiya would do as Hokage. And if neither of you take the hat it will probably go to Danzo."

"I understand, Hokage Sama." Kakashi said.

"Good, you are dismissed, Kakashi." The Hokage said.

Kakashi left the office.

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