Team Han
The rest of the genins moved towards their respective team members. Naruto approached his new teammates, who were both at the back of the classroom. The redhead named Gaara is glaring at an empty spot on the wall, sitting away from everyone else in his own secluded area. The other one, Fuu, had mint-colored hair and was wandering around the room, touching and examining everything in wonder.
"Yo!" The green-haired genin jumped in front of Naruto as he approached. "I'm Fuu. Heard what you said earlier. Nice to meet you, Uzumaki Naruto!"
"Yeah, nice to meet you too, Fuu," Naruto grinned. At least this one was friendly. "So, you're from Taki, right?"
"Yup, ssu!" Fuu replied happily.
The two genin were so happy and excited that they immediately hit it off. It helped that they seemed to have similar personalities.
Then the two of them glanced at their quiet redhead teammate. "So... should we talk to him?" Fuu asked.
"I dunno. He looks like he wants to kill us, dattebayo," Naruto muttered.
"Oh hush! He's our teammate! Let's go talk to him!" Fuu said happily.
"Huh? What? Wait!" Naruto called as Fuu rushed toward the redhead. Gaara turned his head towards the approaching genin.
"Helloooooooooo! Name's Fuu from Taki." Fuu waved her hand in front of him in a sing-song voice, ignoring the glare the redhead was giving her.
"And I'm Uzumaki Naruto!" Naruto greeted from behind.
"Hey, do you want to kill us?" Fuu asked, earning a glare from the redhead. Naruto looked at Fuu in shock. "What happened to your eyebrows, by the way? Also, what's up with the tattoo?"
Maki, the other Suna genin, who was in another row of desks near them, almost panicked. Do not tempt him! she yelled in her head.
Gaara almost growled at the Taki-nin.
"Oi, oi, oi. You can't be like that. We are your teammates!" Naruto pouted. "He wasn't being offensive or anything. You're acting very antisocial right now. As a team, we should get along!"
"Yeah, we just wanna be friends – wait, he?" Fuu turned towards Naruto. "Why'd you say he, ssu?"
"Huh, are you not?" Naruto asked, confused. "Aren't you a guy? I mean, I know it's weird you're wearing a skirt and everything, but I figured it's how guys dressed in Taki, you know. Or are you into cross-dressing or something? I'm fine with guys dressing like that. To each their own, right?"
Naruto didn't even notice the growing darkening aura from the Taki genin. "I appreciate your open-mindedness, Naruto," she patted the blonde on his shoulder with a large tick on her forehead. "Except... I'M A GIRL, SSU!"
There was a scream and a deafening boom erupted from the wall beside Gaara. Gaara didn't even bat an eye as chunks of wood sprayed around him. His sand automatically protected him from the debris. The redhead glanced at the blonde with a swelling on his head and the large hole in the wall. Fuu, currently with her fist raised and glaring at the orange-clad genin, had a face full of rage. For the first time, Gaara found the whole ordeal amusing.
"OWW!!!!" Naruto cried as he grabbed his head in pain. "Why did you do that, dattebayo?!"
"Did you not hear me?! I am a girl, baka!!!!!" Fuu screamed angrily.
"What? You are? You don't look like one!"
"What makes you think I'm not a girl?!" Fuu yelled at Naruto.
"Because your chest is flat," Gaara said with a straight face. The entire room went silent.
Gaara-sama, Maki wanted to cry. You can't say that!
There were more shocked faces from the girls in the room than the boys. The girls were mostly shocked that Gaara was brave enough to say that, while the rest were just surprised that this weird-ass mint-haired genin is a girl.
Fuu turned her head towards the redhead. Her eyes were murderous, and her teeth gnashed in anger. "I'LL KILL YOU!!!!" She lunged towards Gaara. Sand immediately erupted from Gaara's gourd. Maki, who was the only one in the room aware of what Gaara was capable of, hid under the desk.
But nothing happened.
Gaara's sand immediately stopped.
"LET ME GO! I'M GOING TO PUNCH THE TATTOO OFF HIS FACE!!!!" Fuu yelled at whoever was holding her back.
"I have idiots for a team," a strong, cold, and commanding voice said. Everyone turned to the person holding Fuu. Even Fuu, who had stopped, looked up and gasped.
This man was huge! Tall and big, his hat almost reached the ceiling. He was heavily armored as if prepared for war, with light brown eyes, no eyebrows, and a mask covering the bottom half of his face. His presence was so strong that even Gaara was shocked to not have noticed him until now.
This man isn't ordinary, Gaara thought. But Gaara was not happy either. His father sent him here so that he couldn't just run around on his own with his newfound freedom away from his godforsaken village.
This man here was enough to subdue him. Why would he intervene unless he is their sensei? He bore the Iwagakure head protector, and there was only one Iwa jounin. Gaara was strong, but even he knew he was not a match for this person.
"Who-who are you?" Naruto, still on the floor, asked.
"I'm your sensei, gaki," Han answered.
"Eh?"
"My first impression of the three of you?" There was a pause. "You're all idiots." The three genin frowned. "Meet me on the rooftop now." And he flickered out of the room.
The three genin looked at each other before starting to move out of the classroom, oblivious to the stares of the other teams. They were not happy that their sensei had just jumped to conclusions like that.
*****
Han sat on one of the stairs on the rooftop. It annoyed him that he is now facing the Hokage stone faces, but he can't change anything about that. He can't sit on the railing. He is too tall and too heavy.
When his three students arrived, Naruto rushed towards the ledge and sat in front of Han with his legs crossed. Fuu took the spot to his left, while Gaara sat on the right. Judging by the tension from the earlier fight and the aura each of them projected, it was clear they were in for a rough start.
Once they settled, Han began. "As you may know, my name is Han. I'm from Iwagakure. I was assigned by this program to be your sensei." He sighed loudly, indicating his lack of enthusiasm for the assignment. "Why don't you introduce yourselves?"
"Ah, how, ssu?" asked the green-haired girl.
"How?" Han crossed his arms. "Your name, where you're from, what you like or hate, hobbies, dreams probably..."
"Hey, Han-sensei?" Naruto, the blonde-haired, orange-clad genin, started. "Why don't you start first so we know, you know, what to say, dattebayo?"
Han stared at his student, still unable to believe the boy was dressed in bright orange. What kind of shinobi would dress like a walking target? He already read about the boy from the report, but he just thought Konoha was making a joke.
Han sighed and crossed his arms. "Fine. My name is Han. I'm from Iwagakure. Most people know me as the nephew of the Tsuchikage (and the Gobi Jinchuuriki, but they don't need to know that - yet). What I like? Hmm...hot tea, hot springs, and a good book. I hate judgmental idiots. Hobbies? I have lots of hobbies. My dream? Never really thought about it. You...mint hair, go."
"Hai. My name is Fuu, ssu! I'm from Takigakure. I like tree houses, bugs, rice, and flying, ssu! I hate being confined to one place and everyone who thinks I'm a boy!" She glared at both her teammates. Naruto subtly moved away from her while Gaara continued to ignore her. "My dream is to become the first Takikage and to have a hundred friends, ssu!"
"You can fly?" Han asked, surprised. That wasn't in the girl's information. It was mostly basics about their life and some preferences but barely anything about their skills and jutsus. Not many shinobi could fly. So far, the only one he knew is the current Tsuchikage. Also, why a hundred friends?
"Yup, ssu! I have wings!" She said excitedly.
"You do?" Han looked at her in disbelief. Even Gaara, who had been ignoring the situation, looked at her with interest.
"I wanna see!" Naruto said excitedly.
"Not now, whiskers!" Han said, earning an "awwww" from the boy. "You next!"
Naruto frowned while rubbing his cheeks. They are not whiskers...are they? Naruto had never really thought about it. "My name is Uzumaki Naruto!" he started. "I'm from Konoha. I like Iruka-sensei, Teuchi-jiji, Hokage-jiji, and ramen!!!! My favorite is the ramen served at Ichiraku. I like all kinds of ramen. I eat it almost every day! I hate the three minutes it takes to cook ramen! My hobbies are training, comparing, and eating cup ramen."
Han felt his eye twitch. Does this kid really like ramen that much? How is he not fat? How did he not die of a heart attack? No wonder he looks so small. Ramen isn't enough nourishment for any shinobi. It's a miracle he's still alive.
"...And my dream is to become the greatest Hokage that ever lived so everyone will acknowledge me, dattebayo!"
"Okay...." Han sighed. So, he has two students who want to be Kage. It's not like Taki has its own Kage. They're too small to even have the capacity to compete with any of them, and it will take a lot of effort just for them to be recognized as Kage. He turned to the redhead. "You next."
"My name is Sabaku no Gaara. I like nothing. I dislike many things. Dreaming is meaningless."
Fuu and Naruto sweat-dropped at their teammate. Well, isn't he a regular ray of sunshine? Fuu thought.
Oh, boy, Han thought. I got the worst of us. Dammit to hell. I thought the reports were just an exaggeration, but I was wrong. He's going to be the one who takes a lot of work. Why do I have a sudden urge to march to Suna and slap the Kazekage? Of course, if I do that, it will cause an international political incident between Suna and Iwa.
Anyway, it's time for the next phase of the assignment.
"You are not exactly a genin team yet," Han said.
That earned everyone's attention.
"Huh, why?" Naruto asked.
"Technically, you have to pass another test to see if you are genin material. If you don't, well, you get sent home, or in the case of our resident genin, he goes back to the academy. All the international teams go through this. Hell, it is even expected that only one team will probably pass out of the four. Sucks, right?"
What a ridiculous bluff, Gaara thought. What was the point of this stupid program if they were just going to eliminate most if not all the teams? No one would fall for... Gaara turned towards his teammates.
"WHAT?!" Naruto screamed. "I don't want to go back, dattebayo!"
"You can't be serious!" Fuu yelled. "Just when I managed to get out of the village for once!"
Of course, Gaara wanted to roll his eyes and sigh. I should have stayed in Suna.
"We'll meet at training ground forty-four at 6 am sharp. Don't eat breakfast because you will puke if you do." And he flickered away.
*****
