So I went back and fixed up the last snippet- I made some things clearer and elucidated on the team number issue a bit more.
So, the team finally meets Naruto! ^.^
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Team Seven slowed uncertainly as they walked onto training ground 7, the training ground permanently assigned to the current members of Team 7. Off to the side were three training posts, supposedly put in by the Sandaime for his team to use. Past that was the Memorial Stone- also put in by the Sandaime, though the position was in honor of the sensei of that time's team seven- the Yondaime.
There was no one at the training ground except some civilian sleeping facedown on the ground, head on his jacket, features indistinguishable.
They each looked at each, unsure what to do.
"Well..." Inari started.
"I think we should wake him up. A training ground is not the place for a civilian." Ashi interrupted.
Uzume nodded determinedly. "He's right. We should get him out of here, then find sensei."
A baritone voice rang out. "I'm not a civilian. Get over here."
The kids all blinked, confused, as they walked over. He wearing, they noted, civilian clothing. It was clearly expensive- well made, western formal wear was not something you could just go out and buy.
Why, exactly, there was a not-civilian in a white buttondown with rolled up sleeves and dark pants on their training ground in dress shoes was a mystery.
They finally stopped next to him. "Sir, even if you aren't a civilian, this training ground is off limits to everyone except Team Seven."
The man on the ground sighed, pulling himself up. "I'm supposed to be here. Sit down."
He flung his jacket over his knee as he sat back against the trunk of a training post.
They began inspecting him closer as they sat down, now noting that the dress shoes were well shined boots, and the Konoha headband tied around his bicep.
He had shaggy blond that was tied back in a spiky semblance of a ponytail and hung almost in his eyes, which were a bright electric blue. Upon his cheeks were six thin, curving slashes that accentuated his high cheekbones.
Inari gasped.
"You're our sensei!"
Uzume whipped her head back to look at him again- he was dressed nothing like the tiny picture the book had, but the face looked similar.
Why wasn't he wearing his famous coat or his scroll?
"No, but I am Uzumaki Naruto."
They all blinked at each other- just what did that mean?
"Alright, so introduce yourselves. Names, likes, dislikes, a hobby and... eh, something interesting about you."
Inari looked at the man uncertainly. "Are you gonna introduce yourself?"
It was rather rude of the man to demand that of them when they didn't even know anything about him. Or, well, they wouldn't, had that section not been so huge.
The man- Uzumaki Naruto, apparently, seemed to actually freeze a little bit at that, before his eyes, so dull before, lit up and he chuckled once under his breath.
"I'm Uzumaki Naruto. I have many hobbies, I like a lot of stuff, and I dislike few things. Something interesting...? Well, I have a section in the academy history book."
They all stared at him. That was it? That was all they got? They already knew every little bit of that!
A faint grin tugged at his lips as he watched them. He was clearly finding something about this amusing. "You, red hair, go."
Uzume glared at him. "I'm Akatoki Uzume. I like my family and the Ageshio clan. I dislike hypocrites. My hobby is painting, and a fact is that I've known Ashi since we were born."
The man nodded once at her, then pointed at Ashi, who tensed.
"My name is Ageshio Ashi. I favor my family and the Akatoki family. I am wary of samurai. My hobby would be archery, and my fact is that I wish to revive the former glory of my clan."
Uzume pinched him and whispered under her breath, "Priissy~!"
Naruto nodded at Ashi, ignoring Uzume, and finally pointed at Inari.
"Heya! I'm Higure Inari. I like cool books and trying to figure out how they go. I hate people who don't learn from the past. My hobby is reading, and my interesting fact is that I like to mess with people's heads."
Naruto nodded once. "Alright. So, I'll be honest. You are not genin yet, you are just potentials. You have to pass a test from me now, one that is required to have at least a 66% failure rate according to the scroll I was given. If you fail, you're sent to remedial. If you pass, we're a team."
The three kids hissed under their breath. This was bad. "What is your test, sensei?"
"Not your sensei."
They all stared at him.
"...You have to impress me. Get me interested in actually having a team. Because I don't want one, and I don't want to be back here."
Their eyes widened dramatically. Scratch that,
this was bad! They had to impress Uzumaki Naruto?! The guy was called Godbreaker for his defeat of Pein! He had saved kingdoms, multiple times! He was a national hero in three countries! Hell, he had saved entire countries, even won a war singlehandedly!
He slowly stood up. The kids belatedly realized that he was very, very large. He towered over them, and likely everyone else, and was built like a brick wall.
"So, let's spar. Keep it interesting, kids."
Their stomachs finished dropping at those words. They had to
spar him?!
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I'll be working on more soon, I promise! ^.^
I just figured you guys might like this since it's at a nice stopping point, and I still have to figure out the ending of his test.
I hope this is better than the last snippet. Unfortunately, not much interaction yet, and the Inari thing isn't there yet. This is really only half the next snippet I was planning.
I tried to show the different things they might learn in the academy, especially about Naruto- there is a team seven chapter, and they each have a section.
Tell me what you think, please?
