(A/N) So, if I kill you somehow, I'm sorry. If you die of shock, my bad, but I thought this dynamic would be hilarious. No, this is not a Naruto/Sasuke pairing, I'm not planning any pairings currently. If I do have any, it'll probably be canon pairings.

"BOYS! What did I say about fireballs and explosions?" Sakura snapped, stalking up to the two boys.

"Um, not to do them?" Naruto said sheepishly, rubbing the back of his head.

Sakura took the opportunity to whack both boys on the head. "Not together, you baka!"

"But," Sasuke began, rubbing the bump on his head.

"NO BUTS!" Sakura snapped. "Come on, we'll be late for school if we don't hurry. Again!" She dashed off, forcibly yanking the two boys after her. They exchanged looks, running after their friend.

"Ah, there you three are," Iruka commented, marking something on the sheet he was holding. "Made it on time, but barely."

"Yes!" Sakura said, punching the air. "On time!"

Sasuke shook his head, sitting down at an empty desk, Naruto and Sakura quickly sliding in next to him, Sakura in between the two boys.

"All right, does anyone here know what an explosive seal is?" Iruka asked.

Naruto and Sasuke both put their hands up excitedly, Sakura a moment behind, a resigned look on her face.

"Does anyone other then the explosive trio know what an explosive seal is?" Iruka asked, amusement in his voice. "This will be on the test to graduate to Genin, as explosive seals are a part of a ninja's arsenal, some more than others," as he spoke, he sent a significant look to the explosive trio. "Now, Naruto, do you have any explosive seals on you?"

"Of course! Believe it!" Naruto barked, going up to the front and handing Iruka one of his personal tags.

Iruka held it up for the class to see. "Naruto is a fan of making his own seals, and this is one of them. It uses a burst of chakra to activate, destabilizing the chakra to make it explode."

"Mine make really big explosions! Believe it!"

"And I make sure he doesn't blow up the city," Sakura sighed, getting up and dragging Naruto back to his seat.

Iruka sighed, pitying the poor Jonin stuck with any of those three. Let alone Sasuke and Naruto together. He barely managed and he wasn't training them or letting them spar with anything other than Taijutsu. He continued his lesson, keeping an eye on both the explosive tag Naruto had given him and the boy himself.

He finished his lesson, releasing the kids for lunch.

"You coming, Naruto?" Sasuke asked, glancing at Naruto, who hadn't moved.

"Yeah. Hey guys, I think I've decided what I want to be my specialty."

"Other then explosive seals?" Sasuke asked dryly.

"Explosive seals do not count as a specialty," Sakura scolded him.

"Do too!" Sasuke protested.

"I want to do fuinjutsu!" Naruto announced, standing up. "Believe it!"

"So, explosions," Sasuke replied, smirking at Sakura.

"Explosions are not the only seals used in fuinjutsu," Sakura replied. "Seals like storage seals and paralyzing seals are also common."

"No more lectures!" Naruto shouted, grabbing Sakura and Sasuke's wrists and dragging them after him. "Lunch!"

Sasuke and Sakura retrieved their lunches, Sakura's mom having made hers, and Sasuke having made his own.

"Here you go," Sasuke said, pulling out a second lunch box and handing it to Naruto. "You need lunch too, and don't give me that look."

"You really didn't have to," Naruto said, attempting to wipe away the tears before the other two noticed them.

"Yes, he did," Sakura said firmly. "It's my turn tomorrow, we've decided to take turns making your lunch!"

"Tomorrow's the graduation exam," Naruto pointed out as they sat down. "The exam can't possibly take that long, can it?"

"And we're going to be studying over at the Uchiha compound. We really need to get you to make a perfect clone. You have the other basic jutsu down." Sakura added, biting into a rice ball. "Just not that one."

"And it could cause me to fail!" Naruto cried over dramatically, draping himself over Sasuke and Sakura's laps. They both set their lunches down on top of him and continued eating, used to his antics by now.

"That's why we're going to work on it," Sakura said, swallowing her bite. "After school. My parents already know I'm staying over at the compound but said to stop and come over for dinner. Then we can finish up there."

"Why are we starting at the Uchiha compound then?" Naruto asked, sitting back up.

"Cause the Uchiha compound has a training yard," Sasuke replied. "And there's no one there."

"Less of an audience to witness my failure!" Naruto decided, inhaling the lunch Sasuke had given him.

"It cannot be healthy how fast you can inhale food," Sakura decided.

"Lunch is almost over, we need to be heading back in," Sasuke said, standing up with a huff.

Naruto pulled out a slip of paper, scribbling on it for a moment, then handing it to Sasuke. "For later," he said, smirking.

Sakura snatched it from Sasuke, stuffing it in one of her many pockets. "No. No explosive seal trading!"

"But Sakura-chan," Naruto whined.

Sakura promptly whacked him over the head. "No buts!"

Sasuke rolled his eyes, walking away from the pair. "Come on, we're gonna be late."

Naruto walked into the classroom, feeling quite proud of himself. He'd passed! Even if it wasn't exactly… Conventional.

"Naruto!" Sakura said loudly. "You passed!"

Naruto blushed slightly, nodding. "Yep!"

"Did you blow anything up?" Sasuke asked, as a way of greeting.

Naruto shook his head sadly. "No, just paralyzing seals."

"Aww, darn," Sasuke said, drooping slightly.

"Aww, good!" Sakura corrected, hands on her hips as she scolded Sasuke. She wasn't going to hit him, she was a bit too in love with him to do that, but she could scold him like he was a disobedient child.

"Alright, settle down." Iruka walked into the room, causing all the students to rush to their seats and close their mouths. "The teams are as follows."

"You think we'll be on a team together?" Naruto asked Sasuke and Sakura.

"No offense meant to you Naruto, but yeah. You passed in a weird way, making you the dead last. Sasuke-kun and I are the top students."

Naruto nodded wisely at Sakura's words. She was probably correct.

"Team 7 is Naruto Uzumaki, Sakura Haruno, and Sasuke Uchiha," Iruka said, paling slightly as he realized the explosive trio was on a team together. "I send my condolences to your Sensei," he muttered under his breath.

"Why does he send condolences to our sensei?" Naruto whispered to Sakura.

"It means he's sorry our sensei got us," Sakura whispered back.

"And finally, Team 13, Rumi Aburame, Shinta Nara-Yamanaka, and Katana," Iruka finished, placing the scroll on his desk. "You are released for lunch, your sensei will pick you up after lunch."

Sakura pulled out her lunch, then pulled out a second one, setting it in front of Naruto. "Come on, let's go find somewhere to eat lunch."

Naruto grinned, grabbing the lunch and following Sasuke and Sakura out of the classroom.

They found a spot on a bench, the same one they'd eaten on yesterday, and sat down. Naruto, of course, inhaled his lunch in thirty seconds flat, then, while Sasuke and Sakura ate their lunches like normal people, he pulled out a scroll, and started drawing explosives. Y'know, like a normal kid would do when they're bored.

"Don't draw explosives," Sakura said immediately. "We don't want to blow up the school."

"Aww, c'mon," Naruto whined.

Sakura sighed, finishing her lunch. "Come on, let's go back inside."

Sasuke finished up his lunch too, throwing away the inedible bits. With Sakura in the lead, the three walked back into the academy.

They walked in the door and noted the Jonin that were already there. One of them, a woman with long dark hair pulled into a high ponytail with bangs covering her forehead, waved at them cheerfully, then went back to talking to one of the other female jonin.

"You think she's our Jonin sensei?" Sasuke asked Sakura and Naruto as they sat down.

"Nah, to happy to see us," Sakura decided. "Huh, there is one less jonin then there are teams. Someone seems to have not shown up yet. Wonder who's sensei it is."

"Probably ours," Naruto said, frowning. "They probably just didn't want to show up."

Sakura hit Naruto.

"OW! What was that for?" Naruto complained.

"The jonin is probably just late and was probably held up," Sakura said firmly. "And I'm sure it would be an honor to teach us."

"I'm not so sure about that," Naruto muttered darkly. For that, he got another hard bop on the head.

"Bad Naruto. No more self-deprecating stuff." Sakura continued to scold him, not noticing the rest of the kids had filed in.

"Alright. Team 10, you're with me," A male jonin said, a cigarette sticking out of his mouth.

The explosive trio watched as all but one of the other jonin led their teams out of the room.

The female Jonin was looking around, an irate look on her face. "If Kakashi isn't here in the next four seconds, I'm taking his genin and making a team of 7." She said it loud enough that Kakashi, who was in the hall, heard her. He frantically appeared in the doorway. "Ah, there you are, you closet pervert."

"I hate you," Kakashi grumbled.

The six genin still seated stared at the two jonin.

"So, which one of you is our teacher?" Naruto asked bluntly.

"The silver-haired idiot is your teacher, I'm afraid," the female jonin said, whacking Kakashi on the back of the head. "My name's Akiko, nice to meet you."

Sakura smiled politely, while Sasuke looked out a window and grunted, and Naruto waved enthusiastically.

"Don't kill Kakashi, would'cha? That's my job." Akiko smirked, grinning at Kakashi. "Now, Kakashi, be a good dog summoner, take the children off somewhere, and get to know them. Oh, and you will come to dinner with Asuma and Kurenai if I have to threaten you with a windmill shuriken."

Kakashi laughed nervously. "Alright, my cute little genin, meet me on the roof!" He disappeared in a swirl of leaves, probably out the open window of the classroom.

Akiko smirked. "Alright, Rumi, Shinta, Katana, if you don't mind, I'm gonna play with my ex for a moment. Explosive trio, come over here and hold on. We're gonna shunshin to the roof. It's what Kakashi did, by the way."

The explosive trio exchanged glances but obeyed the crazy woman. She took hold of them, and the four shunshined to the roof. She disappeared right afterward, probably to get her own Genin.

"Of course she did," Kakashi muttered, despondent. "I have no peace and quiet with her around."

(A/N) Yeah, I'm really sorry for Kakashi… He's so dead with these three, the two damage, and the one damage control. Yes, the Uchiha massacre still happened, but Naruto helped Sasuke recover, and Sakura joined the two after she played damage control a few times. HCR, the story going up tomorrow, is in the same universe as this one. As such, I'm not going to be including most of those Jonin talks present in Half Clans and Rejects (HCR, for short). Akiko's there, so it's not necessary to put it twice. I'm assuming you people (or lack thereof) don't need the same conversation twice. As I'm trying to sync up with HCR, this jumps all the way to them receiving their team assignments. Other stuff happened the same, but Naruto told Sasuke and Sakura about his promotion as soon as he got it. Standard Naruto stuff. Oh, one note on Sakura's appearance, she keeps her pretty hair both shorter and tied into a braid so it's out of the way. She's had her hair singed a few too many times to care. Everyone else looks about the same though. As for Sakura's personality, she's a lot more willing to stand up to Sasuke, mostly out of necessity. She still has her silly crush, but it's buried underneath the irritation of him blowing stuff up. The other fangirls are still fangirls, but they're more subdued in favor of not incurring Naruto's wrath cause they hurt Sakura. He has her crush on her still, but again, annoyance with not being able to blow stuff up trumps that. Basically, romance is kinda there, but varying degrees of annoyance cover it up.