The Blind Prodigy - A Naruto Fan Fiction

Chapter 7: It Begins

(A/N): Sorry for such the long wait, I made this chapter longer for you. Also, I would like to thank everyone who has read, voted and commented on both of my stories!! I never believed that I would ever get this far so thank you so much!

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"Naruto!"-speech

'Naruto! '-thought

"Naruto!"-bijuu talking

'Naruto!'-talking to bijuu

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{Previously}

His eyes were red and puffy, and his cheeks were stained with tear tracks. Kakashi carried Naruto home to his small apartment and after leaving a note saying that he was the one who had brought him home, Kakashi shunshined to his own apartment and practically collapsed on his bed.

As for Sakura, she just walked home to her parents with a moody expression on her face. She was in a foul mood and decided to lock herself in her room, she also missed dinner so she would have a slim figure to impress 'her Sasuke-kun'.

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Chapter 7: It Begins

It had been almost two weeks since Naruto's breakdown, and the members of Team 7 seemed to pretend as if it had never happened. During the two weeks following the incident, Kakashi had made his team complete simple D-rank missions, and although they were tedious, they were a form of team bonding exercises.

Currently, his team were helping to babysit a pair of children known as the terror twins. Kakashi, however, was sat in a tree observing his students through a nearby window. He held a small orange book in his hands but was actually thinking about how the leaders of the other genin teams reacted when he told the Hokage that Team 7 had passed.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Flashback *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

The day after the teams had been tested, the Hokage requested the presence of the jounin leaders of teams 7, 8 and 10 along with several other chunin.

"Squad leaders, come forward." He requested, "Report."

Asuma Sarutobi stepped forward and spoke,

"Team 10 of Shikamaru Nara, Choji Akimichi and Ino Yamanaka, passed," he stepped back as he finished talking. Kurenai Yuhi stepped forward before she also spoke,

"Team 8 of Kiba Inuzuka, Hinata Hyuuga and Shino Aburame, passed," the Hokage just nodded in response as Kurenai stood back. Last but not least, it was Kakashi Hatake's turn. He stepped forward with a familiar orange book in hand.

"Team 7 of Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha and Sakura Haruno... passed," he said with his signature single eye smile. There were shocked gasps from the other sensei and some surprised murmurs from the chunin in the background.

"Well Kakashi..." the Hokage said unfazed, "This is the first team you've passed, but considering 'he' is on your team, I was expecting them to pass." He said knowingly.

Kakashi closed his book and replied, "I also have the civilian council breathing down my neck, so that's another reason why."

Even though the chunin were confused by their conversation, the other two jonin Sensei understood. Due to the last (loyal) Uchiha being on his team, the council practically blackmailed Kakashi into passing him.

On the other hand, the pariah of the village, the Kyuubi jinchuuriki Naruto Uzumaki, was the only genin that the council didn't want to graduate. They had wanted him to be taken by Danzo and trained as an emotionless killing machine. However, when they had approached the Hokage with their ideas, they were immediately denied.