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"On this stone the names of those we call heroes in Konoha are engraved. All those ninja died in the line of duty. They are never forgotten because their comrades keep their memories alive. Right, we are done for today. Tomorrow we will start our training. Be at this training ground at six in the morning for physical training." Kakashi ordered.
Naruto nodded and walked away after hitting Sakura's binds with a shuriken to free her.
In the Hokage's office the jonin were assembling to report the results of their genin tests. Even Kakashi was only fifteen minutes late, which wondered the others.
After the first six teams had been reported to have failed, it was Kakashi's term.
"Team seven passed." He said.
The others stared at him unbelievingly. It was well-known that Kakashi never passed a team.
Kurenai then got out of her shock and reported.
"Team eight passed." She said.
Asuma was last.
"Team ten passed." He said.
"Okay, that means we have three new teams under Kakashi, Kurenai and Asuma. Very good. The ones who failed their teams can go, the other three stay." The Hokage said.
When the others left the room, the Hokage turned to the new senseis.
"I would like a short overview over the things you think you need to work on with your teams." He told the three.
"Ladies first." Kakashi said to Kurenai who rolled her eyes.
"Okay, Kiba Inuzuka has a good base in his clan's techniques, but he is very brash. I will have to work with him to not just rush into a fight but assess his opponents' strengths and weaknesses. He could also use training in chakra control and genjutsu detection. Shino Aburame needs to increase his chakra reserves to better assess his combination attacks with his bugs and to work on his taijutsu as he can't use many ninjutsu without his bugs like all Aburame. But he has a very firm grip on strategy and knows how to work on a team. It was his planning that got my team to pass my test. Hinata Hyuga needs to overcome the belief that she will always fail that has been instilled into her by her clan. If she could do that she would be a lot stronger than she already is. She can use her byakugan at an acceptable level for somebody her age, but I have the feeling something is off with her taijutsu. It just doesn't seem to suit her fully. She has a good grasp on dispelling genjutsu and tries to get along with her team-mates." Kurenai said.
"I see. I want you to not only concentrate on training them as a tracking team, get them to be flexible. You have a team that consists of three clan heirs who all have had additional training in their clans' techniques. Be creative in how you train them. If possible, get them ready for the chunin exams in six months. It would look good for Konoha if we could present some clan heirs in the exams. Next." The Hokage said.
"Okay, I guess Kakashi wants to go last as he had the most difficult team of us." Asuma said. "Shikamaru Nara is your typical lazy Nara. He worked well together with Ino and Choji, but that was to be expected of an Ino-Shika-Cho trio. Shikamaru needs to get motivated. His techniques are okay; he used one of his clan's special jutsu to capture me. I didn't see any taijutsu from him, but considering his built he needs more physical training. Choji was following Shikamaru's plan to get the mission done with the least possible amount of work. He was in a supportive role. He needs to work on ninjutsu, genjutsu and speed. His power is above average, like you normally expect from an Akimichi. Ino is a problem. While she worked with her team-mates she was complaining that she wasn't on a team with Sasuke Uchiha all the time and about the lack of motivation in her team-mates. She is physically weak and has no stamina. The only way she could help with the test was that Shikamaru caught me and she could take over my body with a mind control jutsu. She didn't seem to have abilities above the academy jutsu, which she didn't really utilize as well." Asuma reported.
"Okay. Asuma, get your team in gear. You have the same directions as Kurenai, which also holds true for Kakashi. The chunin exams. Don't let your team slack in their training. If necessary put them through the grinder. Get their individual skills up. You have worked with Naras and Akimichis in the past, so you know how to handle them. I want both of your teams to be the face for the new genin teams in the village. You will take at least one D-rank mission a day from next week on. Train your teams to be coherent units. This generation we have a lot of strong individuals and we will need them in the future. Okay, Kakashi, your report." The Hokage said leaving the two jonin who had already reported wondering what was going to happen that they were given such orders. Something was up.
"I will start with Sakura. It seems like only Kurenai didn't get a fangirl in her team. But your fangirl, Asuma, does at least seem to accept her team-mates somewhat. Sakura is weak. There is no other way to say it. She doesn't have any individual skills above what the academy teaches and she didn't show anything impressive during the test. She only ran after Sasuke like a sick puppy, completely disregarding stealth. The only thing she did in the test was throwing some weapons to help with Naruto's plan on Sasuke's orders. I will have to put her through harsh physical training. The reports of the academy told she was skilled in genjutsu yet she fell for a simple D-rank one and fainted."
"Which one?" Kurenai interrupted.
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