Chapter-18 ( Team 3!!!!!)

The day after Naruto graduated, he woke up as usual in the morning. This time, he didn't go to training because he had trained enough; with his current abilities, he could take on Kage-level shinobi. After getting ready, Naruto decided to go to the academy in person instead of sending a clone. For the past six years, he had sent one of his clones to attend the ninja academy while he trained, but now he was going himself. Even though his clone attended the classes, Naruto retained all the memories of his academy lessons.

With his head protector proudly displayed, Naruto headed to the academy. As he entered the classroom, he saw Sasuke sitting there. Naruto thought to himself, "Where should I sit? Which place is suitable for me?" After considering for a moment, Naruto chose to sit beside Shikamaru, who was sleeping.

"Hey, Shikamaru, when are you going to stop sleeping in class?" Naruto asked.

Shikamaru, barely opening his eyes, responded, "Hey, Naruto... what are you doing here? Did you graduate?"

"Yeah, I just graduated yesterday," Naruto replied.

"Whatever, just don't disturb me. I want to sleep," Shikamaru muttered before dozing off again.

Naruto sighed, "What? Sigh..."

Meanwhile, Sakura and Ino were having their usual argument about who would sit next to Sasuke. Naruto noticed and thought, "Look at that Sasuke. Even though two girls are fighting over him, he doesn't care and keeps his poker face."

(there is no kissing scene)

At that moment, Iruka-sensei entered the classroom, and everyone fell silent. Iruka-sensei began announcing the teams and their members. This time, everything was different.

Iruka-sensei addressed the class, "Beginning today, all of you are real ninjas. However, you are still merely rookie 'genin.' The hard part has just started. You will soon be assigned duties by the village. Today, we will be creating three-man teams, and each team will have a 'jounin' sensei. You will follow that sensei's instructions as you complete your assigned duties."

Everyone started murmuring and groaning. Naruto thought to himself, "I know what's going to happen," and smiled.

Iruka-sensei continued, "We tried to balance each team's strength." This statement shocked everyone. As Iruka-sensei began announcing the teams, Naruto was taken aback. "What was that for? How did it change?" he wondered, as he was assigned to Team 3 with Rock Lee and Tenten. Team 7 had also changed, consisting of Neji Hyuga, Sasuke Uchiha, and Sakura Haruno.

Naruto thought, "How did the future change? Why am I in Team 3 while Sasuke and Neji are in Team 7? What's going on? I'm so confused."

After some time, Naruto reflected, "This might actually be good for me. Being assigned to Might Guy's team means I can learn taijutsu from him and become even stronger."

Except for Naruto and Neji, everyone else was assigned to the same teams as usual.

Iruka-sensei announced to everyone, "This afternoon, we'll introduce the jounin senseis."

Later that day, Team 7 was introduced to Kakashi-sensei, while Team 3 was introduced to Might Guy.

Naruto Uzumaki, Rock Lee, and Tenten went to meet Might Guy. Rock Lee, looking worried, said, "I'm not good at ninjutsu. What am I going to do?"

Naruto replied, "Don't worry. With only taijutsu, you can overpower your opponent."

Rock Lee wondered, "Really? But I can't even use chakra."

"Don't worry about that. Just focus on training. We're going to meet our new sensei," Naruto reassured him.

A little later, Might Guy appeared. "Hey everyone, I'm Might Guy, an elite shinobi of the Leaf Village, and most importantly, the strongest person here."

Rock Lee and Tenten stayed silent. Naruto stepped forward, "Sensei, I'm Naruto Uzumaki."

"Hey, Naruto. Now, tell me about yourselves, both of you," Might Guy asked Rock Lee and Tenten.

Rock Lee replied, "I'm Rock Lee."

Tenten added, "I'm Tenten."

"Good to see everyone. Shall we start our test?" Might Guy asked.

The three of them responded, "Yes!"

"Well, the three of you are going to attack me at the same time. I'm going to face all of you. Get ready and attack me," Might Guy instructed.

Rock Lee and Tenten attacked first, but Might Guy handled them effortlessly, almost like they were children. Naruto smiled as he watched. Rock Lee and Tenten were quickly defeated.

Might Guy turned to Naruto, "When are you going to attack me?"

Naruto smiled back.

In the next chapter, we will see how Naruto gives a tough competition to Might Guy. Stay tuned!