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"Oh, Guy, when did you get here?" Kakashi said with disinterest and his nose deep in a bright orange book.

"Damn!" Guy shouted throwing his hands in the air "I can't stand that hip attitude of yours! It drives me insane! If it were not three in the morning I would challenge you to youthful combat! Alas, even I need to recharge my battery at night!" Several thoughts came to Iruka at once. The first pondered on if there was a volume switch for this man. Seriously, did the man ever stop shouting? Another thought was much more horrifying. If this was what the man was like on low energy, he never wanted to see him fully charged. Third but definitely not a thought to disregard was the spandex clad man's purpose in being here. Surely it was some form of divine punishment. Which led him to wonder what he did to deserve it. As this train of wonder kept on going, so did Guy's voice.

However, Guy paused his rant as he took note of the paper Iruka had dropped to the floor, in the blink of an eye he snatched it up and was reading through it's contents. "Hmm…taking on a genin team, aye Kakashi? Might as well fail them now, none of them could compete with my Lee!" Kakashi continued to ignore him and read his book. Undeterred, Guy continued "Although I've heard of this Uzumaki Naruto. He sounds most youthful, it is a shame it is channeled into things such as pranks. Under the proper guidance he could light a flame of youth so bright even the sun would seem just a flicker!"

"Then how about a trade. You take Naruto and I'll take that Hyuuga genius off your hands." Iruka's head suddenly snapped up, staring wide eyed at Kakashi, the comment clearly breaking him of his depressed train of thoughts. Guy himself rubbed his chin thoughtfully. The Hokage sat in his chair, his expression had yet to change since Kakashi entered. The one-eyed Jonin hadn't even pulled his face out of the book as he spoke. He took the silence as a chance to add more. "If you are afraid of not being able to study more about the Jyuuken style than I have a solution. There was also a Hyuuga in this graduating class. The Heiress, in fact. Give me the female on your team and you can have her too."

Guy's shiny smile seemed to make the room even brighter. It was true. He had been worried about losing insight on the Jyuuken, but he would never admit it. The Gentle Fist fascinated him and he would be damned if he lost a way to study it. Guy was also no fool. He knew that even though she was the heiress, she was the black sheep of the clan. While most Hyuuga stood tall and arrogant she walked hunched and meekly. But that in itself was a plus. Between him, Lee, and maybe even this Naruto, they could bring her out of that and make her much more youthful than her older cousin. It was decided.

Geniuses of Hard Work, Chapter 1