new Team 7

Chapter 6

The kids followed the Jounin ranked ninja to the highest place in the Academy building. They didn't understand the reason for moving from the class; however, it seemed that their new and mysterious instructor liked to be out in the open with fresh air on his face rather than in a dark room. Sasuke put his hands inside his pockets and followed while Hinata just continued to look at the ground in front of her as she walked behind him. Naruto pranced in front of them as he kept pace with their jounin teacher, hopping from one foot to the other as he excitedly asked him all sorts of questions about the missions they would have, what their training would be like and what they were going to do from that day forward, one right after the other without giving the older ninja a chance to respond.

Once they had reached the roof top, the man told them to take a seat. The three of them obeyed but they were all asking themselves what this was all about.

Hinata kneeled, as if she was at a tea ceremony while Naruto plopped down beside her; crossing his legs in an attempt to seem calm but his knee kept bouncing up and down giving away his excitement as he impatiently waited to receive his instructions. Sasuke sat on the stair steps behind Naruto and Hinata and quietly stared off the side of the roof calculating how much longer he would have to deal with these idiots. Hopefully not for the rest of his life. But could he even survive them until they were promoted to chunnin rank?

"Let's see..."The man started off with as he absentmindedly scratched his chin, which he kept covered with a ninja mask. His arms were crossed over his chest as he leaned against the railing around the roof. He sounded so bored, so uninterested that it began to worry the young ninjas. "Why don't you start by introducing yourselves? Start with your names, obviously. Then say what you like, what you don't like, what your hobbies and dreams are or...something like that."

"Hey! Hey! Why don't you start by introducing yourself sensei?" Naruto asked seeming a bit confused. They didn't know a thing about this man, but it seemed that his first impression of the three of them wasn't complimentary; in fact he seemed to hate them already.

"Me?" The jounin instructor asked pointing himself with his thumb. "I'm Hatake Kakashi. I have no intentions of telling you my likes and dislikes." Naruto was disappointed, but Hinata was still staring at the floor and Sasuke wasn't paying attention at all. "About my dreams..." His voice trailed off as he stood quietly staring off into the sky for a moment before seeming to shake himself. "And I don't have many hobbies..." Then there was nothing but complete silence. It seemed as if that was all Kakashi was going to say. Naruto scratched his head feeling that he had been cheated in some way. "Now it's your turn. You go first." Kakashi said staring at Naruto.

"Right! Right! My name is Naruto Uzumaki!" He eagerly said. He really wanted to make a good first impression on his new instructor, Kakashi-sensei. "I really like cup ramen. But I like the ramen sold at Ichiraku's even more! Iruka-sensei invited me to eat there the other day!" Sasuke rolled his eyes as he listened to Naruto. Hinata was glancing over him with a shy smile, hanging on every word as if his idiotic ramblings were the most profound statements in the world. "I really hate those three minutes you have to wait after you add the boiling water to cup ramen." Hinata giggled softly, quickly covering her mouth in a cute girlish gesture. "And my hobby is to buy all the different types, flavors and brands of cup ramen, and compare them to each other." Naruto raised both of his fists to the air with a smile and ended his presentation with the most profound statement he could think of. "My dream is to become the best Hokage the Leaf Village has ever seen and make every single person that lives here acknowledge me."

"Ok. Next." Kakashi said.

He was still leaning against the railing with his arms crossed; he looked as if he was indifferent towards his students but he was actually paying close attention to everything they were saying. He could clearly see how much energy Naruto had, but the other two were much quieter, keeping their thoughts to themselves.