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Chapter 10: Strength of the New Generation

Naruto grinned as he looked at the horrified expressions of his students, but the silence was broken as Suzuka burst into laughter. Suzuka laughed so hard she rolled off her spot on the lounge clutching her stomach as she lay on the floor. The laughter seemed to break the tension, putting Naruto on the receiving end of three glares.

The sage turned and gave his eldest student a playful glare, "You had to ruin it Suzu-chan" he seemed to pout before he began to chuckle. He turned to face his new students, out of the three Yamato was glaring the hardest not amused, Odin seemed to be trying not to laugh, while Shiina was looking at the ground unsure of how to react.

is it me or does every generation share similarities, asked tsunade.

what do you mean asked her teacher?

well look at they way they have always been set up you get a prodigy, a class clown then someone in between, stated tsunade,

think for a bit, I think your right all five generation of team seven shared these qualities and it seems team 7 of the 6th generation also shares that quality, stated the old hokage.

"Alright my adorable little students follow me!" Beckoned Naruto as he marched off it was time to see their strength. Odin seemed mildly annoyed at having been called cute; Yamato just kept glaring while Shiina gained a small blush.

oh no he's picking up bad habits from kakashi sensei said sakura 

hey 

Naruto escorted his three students through his compound and out into a large open training field. The training field was surrounded by numerous cherry blossom trees, while the terrain itself was an open field with thick growing grass. Off to the side was a reasonably large pond filled with Koi. Overall the training field was roughly one hundred and eighty feet wide and two hundred feet long.

Naruto made his way to the centre of the training field and turned to address his three students "It's time to see exactly what each of you is capable of. My old Sensei once performed the bell test to see how well we could work as a team, thinking back it was a floored test. You can't expect people who have never worked together to immediately put aside their differences and work in tandem. You each have different abilities and personalities. Only through experiences and growing together as a team can you develop proper team work, find out how you best augment one another. So to test your abilities to the limit, I will fight you one at a time. I want to gauge your strength and your flaws before we start focusing on teamwork."

hmmm, many of the original team seven captains started to think that maybe naruto was right in choosing a different approach to the test.

The sage looked over the three who had begun murmuring amongst themselves.

Odin couldn't help but grin as he began to bounce on the heels of his feet. He lifted a hand waving it about, "Ooh oh pick me, pick me. I want to go first! I want to fight!" shouted the excited ten-year-old. He was ecstatic at the thought of being able to clash blades with his sensei.

that young boy has got a bright future, stated hashirama 

Naruto couldn't help but smirk as he pointed to Odin, "Let's see what you've got!"

Odin smirked as he bounded forward coming to a halt in the middle of the training field. He looked back at his fellow students Shiina and Yamato who had opted to stand off to the side. The blonde haired boy turned back to his sensei a fire burning inside; he would show them his strength. He would unveil the skills he had cultivated in the last year.

Naruto brought his hands together in a familiar cross shaped seal. In a puff of smoke, a lone Kage Bunshin appeared beside him. Instead of splitting his chakra in half he focused just enough for the clone to have reserves to rival a High Kage. The clone was also made with only a fraction of his power. Regarding physical strength, the clone was only as strong an A rank Jounin from his time line, around the strength of say Sarutobi, Asuma or Momochi, Zabuza.