Sorcery

3- Graduation exam?!



"Team 1 to 6,don't need to be called because you won't make it. Team 7 under Hatake Kakashi: Aburame Shino, Akimichi Chouji and Uzumaki Naruto. Team 8 under Yuhi Kurenai will be Hyuga hinata, Nara Shikamaru and Yamanaka Ino. Team 10: Haruno Sakura, Inuzuka Kiba and Uchi (cue the banshee squeal) SHUT UP SAKURA! And Uchiha Sasuke. Your jounin-sensei will be Sarutobi Asuma."



The Hokage had done it: a first response team, an infiltration one and a hunting one. It was genius. They had a chance to have three teams this year. Last year, only team 9 was passed.



Three hours later Kakashi entered the classroom to see his genin reading little orange books. "What the heck are you reading?!"He was answered with a stoic "Bingo book", a cheerful "1001 uses for herbs and fungus", and a blushing Chouji...nevermind. "My first impression...you're boring. Meet me on the roof." He poofed from existence.



They looked at Chouji with questinning eyes and glasses, then the three of them departed.



"So we'll talk a bit about ourself, I'm Hatake Kakashi, my like and dislike are none of your business, your too young to know about my hobby and my dream is not for children."



"He only told us his name, and the fact he's a pervert" thought the teens.



"From right to left, your up Shades"



"Aburame Shino, I like my friends and bugs. I hate insecticide. My hobby is breeding bugs. I want to be a good clan head."



"...ok...the girl"



"My name is Uzumaki Naruto, I love my family and my friends. I hate bigots. My hobbies are training, cooking and trying every ramen flavors. I'll be Hokage one day."



"and then..."



"I'm Akimichi Chouji, I like my friends and barbecue. I hate the F-word. I enjoy to try many dishes and I want to be the best ninja I can be."



"Now, we'll meet tomorrow at 6 A.M., training ground 7, to have a little test, the four of us. A kind of survival training. Don't eat breakfast or you'll puke."









"Naru-chan, wake up kitty. You have to meet your team. Breakfast is ready"



"Good morning oba-chan. Sensei said to skip breakfast today." said the yawning teen.



"Not on my watch missy. No child of mine will leave the house hungry. Go freshen yourself, while I take out your clothes. Ten minutes later, she was dressing up as Yoshino did her hairs. She gave her a thankful hug and a peck.



Her teammates were waiting for her outside. The trio made their way to the training ground.



"We'll probably coöperate more if we know each other skills. Please don't leave anything out", said Shino. "I'll start. I use my family bloodline ability, the kikaichu that eat chakra. I'm a mid to long-range fighter, able to box in my opponents. I can use them to form clones, or barriers as they drain the target. They are good for tracking and offer distraction on a run. I'm good at information gathering because I can use the surrounding bugs. I've recently upgraded my hive with a caterpillars colony that are used for capture, protection and area targeting effect. My taijutsu is unrefined and I don't have genjutsu even if I'm immune. Chouji?"



"As you know, I'm a melee fighter, able to use my clan taijutsu and body mass control. I'm physically strong and tough. I'm slow without using the Nikudan Sensha. If forced at long-range, I can throw kunai or rocks equiped with exploding tags. I can use teamwork with nearly any shinobi type. Your turn Naru-chan."



"Well, at close range, my Goken and my blade are quite efficient. I can also use a staff. I know some kinjutsu, but only the Kage bunshin and his variants can be used quick enough. Shikaku-ojisan taught me the Kage shibari. I'm not able to learn the other Nara jutsu. I'm good with trap, stealth, ranged weapons and I'm a seal mistress. I can do genjutsu and iryôjutsu. I recently got to try and create poisons, antidote and all kind of concoction."



"Now, we need to plan some strategies to be a functional unit" said the Aburame.

 

 

At 10 A.M. Kakashi poofed before the twitching teens. "Sorry, I run out of fresh towels so I had to wash and dry them before taking a shower. Now that we are all here. Let's begin the test." He took off two silver bells. "You have until 12 A.M. to steal one of this. The one that won't be able to, will be tied to a post as we eat lunch and will go back to the academy for remedial training. Come to me with the intent to kill or you won't be able to touch them. Ready? Go!" The 3 looked at each others. Shino's eyebrow went up, Choji finished his bag of chips, Naruto shrugged then put a hand on the ground. A seal array came to life under the four members of team 7 and tightened around the Jounin.



"Uzumaki fuinjutsu: Miwaku en" said the girl as Choji used Bubun Baika no Jutsu on is hand to secure a stupefied Kakashi while Kikaichu drained his chakra.



"I got it, you all pass." He was released. "I still have to test your others skills, so we'll spar. Choji, you're first".









Later, in the Hokage office.

"Now that Kakashi is here, report" commanded Sarutobi.

"Team 7 made of Aburabe Shino, Akimichi Choji and Uzumaki Naruto, passed my test" said the white-haired jounin, glaring when a man called for a re-try. "Shino is an Aburame prodigy, Choji is a fighting power house and Naruto is a fuinjutsu miracle and all-rounded kunoishi. I'm surprised Kurenai didn't ask for her."



"I did" challenged the red-eyed beauty "but I'm still happy with my team: Hinata is a good tracker and an even better sentry, Shikamaru is a genius strategist and Ino will become quite the information gatherer."



"Asuma?" asked the sandaime



The jounin sighed deeply. "They barely passed. Sasuke is skilled but is a brooding and self-centered bastard. The little shit had the nerve to order me to teach him a jutsu! He's nursing a black eye now. Who the fuck wrote in the records that Sakura would be good at genjutsu? She's got perfect chakra control, right, but Konohamaru got twenty times more chakra than her! She doesn't want to train to keep her so-called feminine figure and is Sasuke lap dog. She's also nursing a black eye because of her banshee-like screech. I'm passing the team because of Kiba: he's short-tempered and impulsive but loyal to a fault. If the two idiots try to work with him, it would be a good team. I want team 10 to be on probation".



 

The day was hot as Team 7 was walking the Inuzuka's dogs. The teens were tasked to run for half an hour then come back walking so the dogs could do a bathroom break. It was their third mission today and their thirtieth since graduation, two weeks ago. Naruto was very fond of the cheerful dogs, but her favorite D-ranked mission was gardening, as she could keep a lot of useful herbs that didn't have their place among the flowers. She made extensive use of the Nara library to brew poisons, perfumes, strengthening mixture, healing balms, makeup, household care products or even liquors that her ojisan praised her for and seasoning much prized by the Akimichi clan. A personal brewery was even built on the clan's ground for her uses and a shop was managed by Nara women (the men would probably sleep on the job). She nearly fainted when Yoshino showed her how much they made as fifty percent were fed to her new bank account. When she asked the Hokage about the one she used, he told her that it was her godfather's who wanted her to be cared for as he couldn't do it. He told her about Jiraya and his spy network, how he went ballistic and menaced to erase the Leaf if the sandaime didn't put his shit together as he said it and that he would finally be able to set foot in Konoha for the first time in the last ten years. He would be here in four month.



"Now team," said Kakashi as he closed his book, "you have the rest of the day off. Tomorrow we'll take on a C-ranked mission. Meet me at the gates at dawn. Pack for two days. Dimissed"













Jutsu list



Kage shibari (Shadow paralysis)

Uzumaki fuinjutsu: Miwaku en (Uzumaki sealing technique: Spellbinding circle). A big paralyzing circle that shrink around the target.