Chapter 8

Hinata was the first to recover from the intimidation and managed to speak up. "My name is Hyuuga Hinata, I enjoy training, I dislike weak main house Hyuuga's that abuse branch members." She said, thinking of certain old rotting bastards that were on the Hyuuga council that could barely lift themselves even as they flaunted the feeling of power they held over the branch house slavery.

If it was one thing her father had not been able to beat out of her it was her utter hatred for the cage bird seal. Her dream was to defeat her father, gain the title of clan head and immediately remove the caged bird seal from all branch members, repercussions be damned

Kakashi nodded,

"My name is Uchiha Sasuke. I don't like many things and I hate a lot of things. My dream, is more of an ambition. To kill a certain man."

Kakashi's single eye narrowed. 'Should've expected that.' He thought, not saying anything.

Naruto however had different thoughts to his mission as the old mans words passed through his mind again. 'You are to go undercover as a Gennin in order to guard Uchiha Sasuke and Hyuuga Hinata. The council and I have decreed that you are the best one to protect them.'

Sarutobi's orders were to protect them, if Sasuke went after Itachi, it would prove to be quite counter productive to that goal. Therefore he had to eliminate such delusions here and now.

"You do not have the experience, the power, or the skill to even have a hope of matching Itachi. You would be destroyed in an instant."

Sasuke snapped his head around and glared at Naruto standing up from his seat on the steps and staring up at the taller blond. "What did you say?" He hissed with such venom most would have cringed in fear.

Naruto however was unfazed, sounding quite bored as he stated simple facts.

"You do not have the power to stand against someone such as he. Your ambition such as it is, is merely a delusion, born from your hate and fueled by foolish pride."

Kakashi winced, Naruto was about as subtle as a hammer to the face.

Sasuke's eyes flashed and his rage was almost a palpable thing as he was about to move forward Kakashi appeared between the two. "That's enough." He said looking at both of them.

Sasuke silently seethed while Naruto remained apathetic. Hinata looked at the exchange with a critical eye before silently shrugging. If Sasuke wanted to fight him she sure as hell wasn't about to say anything.

Kakashi while still remaining between the two turned to Naruto. "Your introduction please." He said.

'My name is Uzumaki Naruto, that is all you need to know.' He said simply.

Kakashi's eye twitched again. 'I got the two of the biggest ego's in Konoha, and Konoha's living weapon as my gennin squad. I hate my life.' He let none of his displeasure show in his face and merely sighed. "Tomorrow, you are all going to have the real gennin test. There is a 66 percent chance of failure, if you fail you'll be going straight back into the academy."

Hinata and Sasuke looked shocked, yet Naruto still looked apathetic. Before the other two could speak Kakashi hurriedly spoke, not wanting to deal with the normally amusing faces the gennin made when he said that, today. "Remember its training area seven. Don't eat breakfast tomorrow ore you'll puke." He said before vanishing in a puff of smoke.

The three youths' stood for a few moments before Sasuke 'hmphed' and left, his two teammates. Hinata, watched the raven haired boy's retreat before turning her pale lavender eyes onto the last, masked member of the team.

He was already walking away, she eyed him for a moment or two before he vanished in a puff of smoke.

Sarutobi calmly puffed his pipe and sat in his chair as the roars of the outraged council members washed over his ears. Specifically the older generation of council members that had yet to retire...or die.

"What were you thinking Sarutobi, placing that monstrosity with both heirs of the greatest clans of Konoha? Why would you even place him in a gennin cell to begin with, that monster needs to do what it was meant to do, complete suicide missions until it dies." One female member spoke up her opinion.

Sarutobi took a deep puff of his pipe in order to calm his raging emotions. Sometimes he just wanted to take a kunai and pull an Itachi. God knows he could do it. Naruto on his own was just as strong, if not stronger than him was and two Kage level nins were more than enough to kill off a few crippled and decrepit council members.

He showed nothing of this however and spoke in a calm simple way. "Lady Arito, I suggest you hold your tongue. I may be old, but I am still the Hokage of this village. I have placed Uzumaki Naruto in the gennin team consisting of Uchiha Sasuke, Hyuuga Hinata and Hatake Kakashi because recent information has come to me indicating that attempts may be made on the lives of Uchiha Sasuke and/or Hyuuga Hinata. Naruto is the best one to guard them, since he is one of our top Anbu and it is very likely that the attempts will be made outside of the village when they are on missions.

The council were reduced to simply muttering to themselves since they were willing to do anything to protect the clan heirs of the two most important bloodlines in Konoha. Finally, one Homura stood. "Very well Sarutobi, however once Uchiha Sasuke, and Hyuuga Hinata reach the rank of chuunin Uzumaki Naruto should be returned directly to the front lines."

Sarutobi's features tightened and he nodded. Standing up and walking out of the room. 'That is what you think Homura. I let this injustice pass once, I swear it will not happen again.'

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