Class Assignments

Name: Uzumaki Naruto

Bloodline: Asura's bloodline

Cultivation technique: Triple Inversion

Dojutsu: Three-Tomoe Sharingan

Skills: Fire Style, Twin Palms, Adamantine Sealing Chains, Mind's Eye of the Kagura, Flying Thunder God, Sealing Jutsu, Dan Devour, Reverse Eight Directions

Chakra: 1 Nine-Tails' worth

Restriction: Cinnabar Mark

Lottery draws: 8

Seeing that the experiment had gone so smoothly, Naruto stopped waiting and gave himself a pair of Three-Tomoe Sharingan.

He hadn't transplanted these eyes; they had awakened on their own within his eye sockets.

With the bloodline, all it took was a little stimulation to awaken the Sharingan.

The so-called awakening occurred when emotions produced a special kind of chakra in the brain, which then stimulated the eyes.

That, in turn, generated a special ocular power.

With Twin Palms, Naruto could synthesize it himself.

His ocular power was abundant and his strength formidable, so his eyes had awakened directly to the Three-Tomoe Sharingan.

" So this is the Three-Tomoe Sharingan."

Naruto looked around. Everything seemed a little clearer, but otherwise he didn't feel anything special.

To be honest, he was a little disappointed. The Byakugan seemed more useful.

"I need to speed up my research into the Byakugan, too."

It would be even better if he could capture an Ōtsutsuki Clan member to study.

Every member of the Ōtsutsuki Clan had more than one kind of eye. They seemed to have some ability that let them switch between eyes.

Naruto deactivated the Sharingan, and his eyes returned to normal.

He glanced at the time. It was already morning.

He activated Flying Thunder God and returned home. After washing up, he went downstairs.

He hadn't gone far when he ran into Hinata.

"Morning."

"You haven't eaten breakfast, have you?"

Hinata looked at Naruto.

"How did you know?"

Naruto was surprised.

"I brought you some."

Hinata took a breakfast from behind her back.

Naruto was a little surprised. He hadn't noticed it just then.

But he didn't think much of it. Though Naruto knew how to cook, his constitution meant he barely needed food to replenish his energy and simply didn't get hungry.

So unless he was in the mood, Naruto didn't like cooking.

As for eating out, he had gotten used to staying home and rarely went out.

Seeing Naruto eat, Hinata felt pleased. She had made the breakfast early that morning.

When the two arrived at the classroom, many people were already there.

Everyone was excited about the team assignments.

They all had their hopes for who they'd be teamed up with.

The room buzzed with conversation.

It'd be great if I could be on the same team as Sasuke.

That was Sakura's thought.

I really want to be on the same team as Naruto.

That was Hinata's.

I wonder what my brother's thinking. Why would he put me with that dead last?

That was Sasuke. The day before, his brother had told him who would be on his team.

What Itachi Uchiha hadn't mentioned was that he'd specifically gone to ask Lord Hokage for this assignment.

Sasuke didn't understand, but he didn't react. He wasn't bitter yet, just a little tsundere.

As for his father's death, Sasuke knew little about it, and no one ever talked to him about it.

By now, the Uchiha Clan had long since been scattered. No one had awakened the Sharingan in recent years, either.

Without the clan members' support, no one had raised their voice in opposition again.

That suited both the Hokage and the council of elders just fine.

Iruka walked into the classroom that morning with a list in his hand.

"I'll divide you into teams as I call your names. Afterward, your jōnin instructors will come and find you."

"Team One: Okada Takeshi, Xiao Wuchun, Tian Yeleng."

"Team Two..."

"Team Three."

"Team Seven: Uzumaki Naruto, Sasuke Uchiha, Hyuga Hinata."

Naruto, who hadn't been paying much attention, perked up as soon as he heard Team Seven.

When he heard his name called first, he wasn't too surprised. But when he heard Sasuke's name, his brows furrowed.

He couldn't figure out why they'd been placed on the same team when he and Sasuke hardly had anything to do with each other.

When he heard Hinata's name, he felt a quiet sense of relief.

He'd expected it, but now that it was official, he was still very pleased.

As expected, Big Sis Tsunade gets me.

A smile crept onto Naruto's face.

He'd decided: he would go see Big Sis Tsunade today.

"What the hell, how could this happen?"

Sakura and the other girls were disappointed when they heard Sasuke had been assigned to Team Seven.

Hinata, meanwhile, was thrilled.

She really was on the same team as Naruto. This was wonderful.

Once the teams had been assigned, some people were delighted while others were dejected.

Naruto was very satisfied.

Iruka didn't interrupt everyone's excitement. He quietly left the room.

Soon, a jōnin walked in. She was a beautiful red-haired woman with long legs and a mature, husky voice.

Naruto's eyes lit up. There was a big difference between two-dimensional and three-dimensional worlds; she looked even more beautiful in person.

Kurenai Yuhi was Team 8's jōnin instructor. That much hadn't changed.

The members of Team 8 left the classroom, too.

Sakura had been assigned to Team 8.

Fate has changed. I wonder if that's good or bad.

In the original story, Kakashi had said Sakura Haruno had a talent for genjutsu. But back then, Kakashi had kept his attention on the two protagonists and hadn't had time to teach her.

As everyone knew, if you stayed close to the protagonist and survived, you were bound to benefit from it.

But without Naruto and Sasuke around, there was no way Tsunade would take Sakura on as her apprentice.

The gap between them would only grow wider.

Almost all of the Twelve Rookie Genin were shinobi from clans.

One after another, jōnin came by, and soon most of the students had left the classroom.

Naruto frowned as he checked the time, feeling a little irritated.

"Naruto, who do you think our jōnin instructor will be?"

Hinata asked curiously.

"I don't know, but I can't stand the guy."

Naruto gave a cold snort.

[Mind's Eye of the Kagura]

He instantly expanded his perception to its full range.

He sensed a jōnin's chakra outside.

He's watching us.

Naruto understood at once.

He was a little annoyed.

But he already knew who it was.

Sasuke was getting impatient, too.

Suddenly, Naruto stood up.

"Naruto, what are you doing?"

"Giving him a little lesson."

Naruto gave a cold snort and, just like in the original story, placed an eraser above the classroom door.

"Come on, how could a jōnin fall for such a stupid trick?"

"Who knows?"

"Naruto, isn't that a little mean?"

"Don't worry."

Naruto knew Kakashi would set up this little trick on purpose to see how the three of them reacted.

So he wasn't worried at all.

Naruto sensed Kakashi starting to move.

But Kakashi knew enough about Naruto's strength now that he didn't want to go along with these stupid tricks.

So the moment he pushed the door open, his body instinctively took a step forward to dodge the eraser above his head.

Plop!

"How could a jōnin fall for such a stupid trick?"

Sasuke's mouth hung open in surprise.

"Naruto, I think you've gotten us into trouble."

"Heh. You thought you could dodge it?"

What happened? I should have dodged it.

Kakashi narrowed his eyes and glanced over the three of them, his gaze finally settling on Naruto's face.

So it was this brat. What a nasty little prank.