Chapter Thirteen: Apprentice

Disclaimer: I do not and will not ever own Naruto!

-Konoha-

The sun rose as usual into clear skies over Konoha and the Yamanaka Flower Shop in the early morning. Yamanaka Ino had been given the early shift by her mother. "What a way to start my last free day before I begin my team training". She grumbled aloud. "And after tomorrow I have to spend most of my time with lazy-ass Shikamaru and Choji the gluten. I can't even go track down Forehead Girl and get her to tell what happened in her team exam, although I know they passed, as she with Sasuke and Naruto-kun, the two best Ninja's from our class!"

Ever since her little stumble with Naruto, Ino could not help but think about Naruto, and his dreamy clear Blue sapphire eyes, when she stared into them when she had landed on-top of him in class. At first Ino tried to brush the images off but every time she did, she would subconsciously think about them and Naruto's face and the feeling of being on top of him, which made her blush each time. What more when she went to bed she had several dreams of her and Naruto being together, one where Naruto was her prince charming and swept her off her feet, another was her and walking down the wedding aisle with Naruto waiting for her at then end. The third was her Naruto together with three blond little children (two girls and one boy) standing in front of them, while she held and blond baby girl in her hands.

After the dream, Ino had brushed it off again; thinking her mind was playing tricks on her, as she loved Sasuke-kun. But the next day after Shikiamaru, Choji and she had passed their team test and had finished celebrating at the barbeque restaurant, (where Choji gorged himself on the pork). Ino decided to see how Sasuke was doing and if he wanted to celebrate with her on passing their team exams by going out on a date. But as she headed toward the Uchiha compound, she noticed several kids soaked to the skin from top to bottom, running as fast as they could out of an ally. Along with hearing Naruto voice shouting "…and if I ever see you picking this pup or any other animal again I do more than wet you".

When she looked in she saw Naruto helping a scared hurt pup, where he then healed it and fed it, upon healing the hurt pup. He came out of the alley saying something about bringing the pup home, after hiding and then following Naruto (while staying hidden) she saw him bring the pup to the Inuzuka Kennels, which Ino guessed was were he came from. After talking to Kiba (more like argue) along with an older girl and women, (who Ino had guessed were Kiba's mother and sister), for a few minutes Naruto left. But not before the pup started biting onto his Shinobi pants to get him to stay, where Naruto promised to comeback and visit.

After that Ino continued to follow Naruto while staying hidden, where she then saw him make solid clones of himself (much to her surprise) and the trained with himself by either Tajutsu or using his sword or practicing his throwing and aiming with his Kunai, Shurikens and Senbon needles. She also watched him eat some sandwiches and giving his leftovers to some hungry birds and animals that were staring at him nearby. After which he went back to training, as Ino watched him, she could not help but see that Naruto was a very kind person, she of course quickly tried to tell herself that Sasuke was just as nice. But of course she couldn't lie to herself, as in all the different times she had followed and watched Sasuke, she had never seen him once do anything remotely nice to anyone or anything like Naruto had done.

Later on when she got hungry and her stomach started to growl, as she eaten anything at the barbeque, as she was dieting. But when she had tired to hush her stomach's growls she had noticed two ham sandwiches on a small red cloth on the ground next to her. Naturally she had been surprised and wondered where they had come from, but she quickly figured out that somehow Naruto knew she was watching him, and had sent a clone to sneak up to her and lay the sandwiches next to her. At first Ino tried to ignore her hunger as she was dieting, but her resolve had ended soon and she ate the sandwiches, upon which she decided to go home, knowing she had been caught.

When she went home she met her father, who had just arrived home from a special Council meeting. When she asked what it was about he told her it was about Naruto, but other than that he refused to say, which Ino hated as being the daughter of a Shinobi interrogator made her natural curious. When she had went to bed she had several more dream about her and Naruto, after which she decided to follow Naruto the next day and find out why her subconscious found him so appealing. For most of the second day she followed Naruto around, where he went to do some shopping, Naruto greeted respectfully to anyone who greeted him first, unlike Sasuke who would normally ignore people's greetings. Later on she also watched Naruto being chatted up by several girls from her class, where upon seeing this Ino actually became jealous and was actually tempted to go over and beat the crap out of the girls.

She also noticed that unlike Sasuke, Naruto did not simply ignore the girls and walk pass them, instead he spoke the them kindly and respectfully, where when each of the girls tired to ask him out on a date. He politely refused, saying that he was busy training or doing something at the time and saying things like "Perhaps another time, but thank you" and "I very sorry but I can't".

The more Ino watched Naruto the more she saw how better he seemed to be that Uchiha survivor, though she had been less than pleased at those thoughts. As despite common belief she is by no means, a shallow, frivolous girl. Yet no matter what she used to try and convince herself of Uchiha Sasuke's superiority, it failed time and again whenever she tried to compare the Uchiha pretty boy to Senju.

Naruto carried himself in a nobler, regal manner, yet with none of the overlaying dark shadow that seemed to be cast over the Uchiha survivor, and the fact that he acutely smiled and spoke more and was more polite than the young Uchiha.

As she had thought these things, she couldn't understand at first why she was letting Naruto get to her like this? As she knew the boy for barely a few days, and he had already invaded her every thought. Each time she tried to remember the face of her beloved Uchiha, somehow, inexplicably, the sun kissed blonde's kind, gentle and happy visage would surface eventually, replacing the scowling image of the raven haired prodigy. But the worst thing about this whole ordeal was that, Naruto did absolutely nothing to her to cause this… at all.

It wasn't until much later on in the day that Ino finally realised she was somehow falling for the young Senju heir, after which she decided to find out more about Naruto, before she would make her move on him. Hence why she was itching to find Sakura, and hopefully find out as much as she could from her.

As luck would have it, the fates weren't completely against her that morning. No sooner than she'd wished she could go find Sakura, than the girl walked into the shop causing the little bell over the doorway to jingle merrily in greeting. "Good morning, Ino-Pig! Mom sent me to get her weekly flower order."

"Your mom's got a weekly order now, Forehead Girl?" Ino opened up the box containing little cards with the shop's orders written on them, and flipped through to the 'H' section for 'Haruno'.

"Yeah, she's into this Feng Shui thing now, and convinced that fresh flowers improve the 'energy' of the house."

"Cool. I'll go get them; Dad did the order this morning before he left to go training." Her dad was one of those weird 'morning people' freaks.

"I'd better come and help; there'll be a lot of them."

The two girls headed into the back room. Ino flipped her long blond hair over her shoulder and then started gathering the things listed on the card, "I'm actually pretty glad you came in here this morning, Billboard. I wanted to officially let you know that I'm withdrawing from the Uchiha Sasuke fan club."

Sakura was so shocked that she dropped the lilies she was holding, "What?"

"Well, he's so yesterday, you know? Now that Naruto-kun is around there's no reason to drool over such a boring and cold boy like Sasuke".

"Blasphemy!" cried the Pinked haired girl.

"Come on Sakura you saw how well he did at the Academy exam, as he passed the tests without even attending a class even ONCE. On top of that, he's Tsunade-sama's son and the last descendant from Senju Clan, the founding clan of the village, AND both the Shodaime and Nidaime Hokage!"

"Sasuke-kun is also the last descendant of the Uchiha Clan and they helped found the village, and Sasuke was named the Rookie of the Year, while Senju was made dead-last not to mention Sasuke-kun is dark, handsome, and mysterious".

"You know as well as I do, that was because Naruto only did the test and didn't do the four year class terms, besides the tall, dark, handsome thing is way out of style now. You're always so behind the times, Sakura! Also everyone knows that it was the Senju Clan's idea to found the village first, and it was the Shodaime whole built most of the village with his Mokuton powers along with the forest. As for mysterious, this Naruto-kun's got it in spades! His mom's raised him outside of Konoha for his own protection, and they say his father was such an awesomely powerful ninja with so many enemies that there's a law or something about saying his name!"

"That's stupid!" Sakura planted her hands on her hips and glared at her rival.

"Hey, I'm just telling you what I heard! The Senju founded this village, you know, that makes him as close to a prince as we're ever going to get here! Besides, he's definitely handsome looking as well as cool looking as he wears a chain earring on his ear, meaning he a rebel as well, also he has bright blond hair and impossibly blue eyes!" she sighed dreamily.

"Well, okay…you can join his fan club if you want to", said Sakura as he had heard of a fan club for Naruto was being formed. "But we're definitely not letting you back into Sasuke-kun's if you change your mind! There's no room for the fickle minded in the race for Sasuke-kun's heart!" Sakura tossed her hair and nodded decisively.

"That's fine with me, as long as you promise not to change YOUR mind and go after Naruto-kun later!" replied Ino.

"Deal!" replied Sakura while thinking, "Cha I've won, and I've bet Ino-pig!" Inner Sakura response of this was of course, "Cha, Now with Ino-pig out of the way Sasuke-kun is all ours! Cha!"

"Ok now I want you to tell me what happened in your exam, as I want to know everything that happened in it, don't spare any of the details as my dad told me there was a council meeting about it", said Ino as she wanted out her how well her Naruto-kun did.

"I can't" said Sakura

"Why Not?" said an annoyed Ino, as she placed her hand on her hips.

"Kakashi-sensei came to my house later on after the exam and told me, I was forbidden to tell anyone what Senju could do until it official declared. If I or Sasuke-kun tells anyone we'll have our Ninja licence's revoked, our Chakra sealed and charged with endangering village security and spend twenty years in a Maximum security Cell", said Sakura as it kind of scared her at how serious Kakashi was when he said this.

"Your Kidding?" asked Ino in shock, where Sakura on response was shaking her head indicating she wasn't.

At this Ino knew that Naruto was even more mysterious and special than she thought, if the Hokage would go to all this trouble to keep his abilities hidden from everyone, making him all the more desirable to her.

"Can you a least tell me how strong he is?" asked the blond hair girl.

"Not exactly, other than he is amazingly strong, stronger than Sasuke-kun", said Sakura grudgingly as there was no point in denying it.

At this a triumphant smirk appeared on the young Yamanaka heiress face, "Hah! In your face Forehead, That proves that my Naruto-kun is better than the broody Uchiha".

"In your dreams Ino-pig, Senju may be strong now but Sasuke-kun will surpass him in no time flat", countered Sakura.

"Oh Yea!" replied Ino.

"Yea!" said Sakura.

"Oh Yea!"

"Yea!"

"Oh Yea!"

"Yea!"

This of course continued for several minutes, until eventually the two girls stopped and smiled at one another, where Sakura then asked a question.

"…so does this mean we can be friends again?"

"Sure, why not? Oh! You should come over to my house tonight! We can do each other's hair and discuss the relative merits of broody dark ninja boys and kind, mysterious blond ones!"

"Awesome! I'll bring low-fat ice-cream!"

-The Next Day with Naruto-

Currently running through the streets for his life was everyone's favourite blonde haired Senju, the reason as to why he was running was rather simple, for not far behind him, was up to fifty girls from the newly formed Naruto fan club, who were shouting things like.

"Marry me Naruto-kun!"

"I what to be yours, Naruto-kun!"

"I want to have your babies!"

Originally Naruto was on his way to meet up with his team, at their training ground, but as he was heading there he was confronted by a large group of girls from his fan club who then, started to chase after him.

Upon hearing the things that the girls were shouting, Naruto became further freaked out, "Kaa-chan was right! Fan girls are crazy as hell!" As he didn't even know half of these girls, as many weren't even from his class or from the Academy.

"Damn it, this is all Kaa-chan's fault, she had to drill things like being polite to people and not to be rude….why the hell do I have to be a nice guy. Why couldn't I be a jerk like the Uchiha-teme, all he has to do is look the other way and they faint" thought Naruto as he slightly blamed his mother for his good nature. Ever since going to the Daimyo Country estate, his mother had pounded proper manners into him, and to be polite as possible to people. Hence when his "fan girls" came up to him he polity spoke to them and denied their request for a date politely so not to hurt their feelings. Unfortunately this made Naruto even more desirable to the girls, as they saw Naruto as a perfect gentleman, hence why they were going berserk over him.

As Naruto turned into an alley he found himself in a dead end, and before he could turn around the entrance way was blocked his "fan club" and he knew he was trapped.

Fortunately though before they could pounce on the helpless Senju heir, a red blur suddenly appeared, upon which Naruto disappeared, right before the girl's eyes.

"Where did he go?" asked one girl.

"I don't know?" said another girl

"Did he Shunshin away?"

"I don't think so"

"Come on he can't have gone far"

After which the Naruto fan club preceded to search for their missing "love".

But unknown to the group of girls on the rooftop of a building not far from them, Naruto stood watching them, and sighed with relief before he turned to his rescuer, "Thanks I own you one".

The person in question was none other than Uzumaki Kushina, who was on her way to met with team seven when she saw Naruto being chased by his "fan club", and then being cornered by them. Seeing this, Kushina decided to help Naruto out a bit and save him before the girls ripping him to shreds, as it was her job to protect him and keep a eye on him.

"Sure Kid no problem" replied Kushina as she got a better look at Naruto from the last time she saw him, and could not help but be amazed at how much he looked like Minato.

Seeing Kushina looking at him with a strange look, Naruto decided to speak, "Is there something wrong miss?"

Realising what she was doing, Kushina quickly regained herself, "Eh, no sorry… I was just thinking of something that's all and call me Kushina".

At this Naruto nodded and held out his hand, which Kushina took, "Nice to meet you Kushina-san".

When Kushina shook his hand, Naruto could not help but have a strange feeling that he had met Kushina before.

"Excuse me, I hope you don't mind me asking this, but have we met before? As I have a strange feeling that we have" asked Naruto, which caused Kushina to smile.

"Actually we have, we met when you took care of that snake Mizuki", replied Kushina.

As Naruto thought back to that night, it suddenly hit him, "You were that ANBU woman wearing the Fox mask, as he remembered that the woman had long red hair like Kushina and he recognised the sound of her voice".

Kushina just nodded her head in affirmation, telling Naruto that he was correct. "Although I'm no longer a ANBU as I'm a Jonin now" she replied

"Oh! then I guess congratulations"

"Thanks, so are you heading to meet with the rest of your team?"

"Yes I' am but how did you know?" asked a curious Naruto at how she knew that.

At this Kushina smile and said, "Well if you follow me there you find out", before she then jump over to the next building and started to head towards the third training ground. Not wanting to be left behind Naruto quickly followed after her.

-At Third Training Ground-

At the third training ground Sakura and Sasuke, waited for their other team-mates, although Sasuke had only arrived a few minutes ago, while Sakura had been there since nine and waited for the rest of her team for the past two hours. It was only upon arriving that she remembered about Kakashi's habit of being tardy, where she decided just to wait.

When Sasuke arrived she had tried talking to him, hoping to win Sasuke over, now that her biggest rival Ino had finally "realised" that Sasuke was "hers" and was now after Senju.

But when she tried to talk to Sasuke he just ignored her attempts, where he just closed his eyes and waited for Naruto and Kakashi to show up so that they could start training and doing missions, where he can finally start getting stronger.

Upon Sakura's fifth attempted at trying to talk to Sasuke, Naruto and Kushina appeared together.

"Senju your late!" cried an angry Sakura at Naruto for arriving right when she was about to make her move on Sasuke (again). But upon shouting this she quickly noticed Kushina, "Uh! Sorry, but who are you?"

Before Kushina could answer Sakura, Kakashi, Yamato and another young boy appeared.

"Ah! Good everyone is here so we c-" spoke Kakashi but was interrupted by Sakura shouting "Sensei your late!"

"Ah sorry about that I got lost on the road of life" replied Kakashi, with one of his lousy excuses, which made Kushina and Naruto smirk, Yamato to roll his eyes, Sasuke to scoff, Sakura to fume and the boy with Kakashi to simply look at him curiously.

"Now then as I was about to say, now that everyone is here I can tell you that there going to be a some changes in our team",

"Changes? What Changes Kakashi-sensei?" asked Sakuru, while Sasuke raised eye eyebrow in curiosity as well.

"Well to put it simply Naruto will no longer be on our team, although he will work with us from time to time in joint assignments and missions", spoke Kakashi.

At here this Sakura was cheering inside hear head along with her inner self at finally having Sasuke all to themselves and being rid of Naruto. But then Sakura decided to ask something, "Sensei, why exactly is Naruto leaving our team and who are these people?"

"Well you see these people here are Yamato and Kushina, they use to work with me when I was in ANBU", replied Kakashi, which surprised Sasuke and Sakura at hearing that their Sensei use to be part Konoha's elite Shinobi division. "Naruto will become Yamato's apprentice, while Kushina will be assisting him in Naruto's training".

Upon hearing this Sasuke stood up angrily, "Why is Senju getting an apprenticeship with two sensei's, who are both former ANBU ninja's, while I'm stuck on a team, I just as special as him and My Clan is just as noble as his!"

Sakura, who would normally have backed up Sasuke on such matters, but had remained silent as she could not help but be hurt at the fact that Sasuke didn't like the fact that he was on a team with her.

Naruto also remained silent as he knew it was best that he say nothing as it would only make things worse, not to mention he was still a bit surprised had hearing this.

"The reason being Sasuke, is because Naruto is a special case and there are certain things I cannot teach him, such as his Mokuton, which I cannot help him with, although Yamato and Kushina can", replied Kakashi.

"Not to mention the fact that the kid kicked your sorry ass in your bell test" spoke Kushina with a smirk, where Kakashi groaned and slapped his head to his forehead in shame and embarrassment, while Naruto justy smirked. As upon hearing of his defeat, none of Kakashi's former ANBU colleagues or his fellow Jonin-sensei's had let him forget about it, where they teased him relentlessly. It only got worse as when they asked how Naruto beat him, where Kakashi couldn't answer, due to the Hokage forbidden in mentioning Naruto's abilities to anyone, until they were official revealed.

Natural when he refused to answers the other believed it was because he was too ashamed and embarrassed by how Naruto defeated him to mention it to anyone, hence they just teased him more. It got even worse for Kakashi when Gai heard of his defeated to Naruto, where the eccentric Shinobi, started to shout out about how the "Flames of Youth" burned brightly in Naruto for defeating his "Eternal Rival". After which Gai took it upon himself to help Kakashi regain his lost "Flames of Youth" from his defeated to the "Youthful" Naruto, where Gai then dragged Kakashi on several of his exercise regimes and doubled his challenges to Kakashi. The last three days had been utter hell for the one-eyed Ninja, whether it was from endless a mount of teasing from Kushina and his other fellow Shinobi's or Gai relentless attempts to "help" him.

Upon hearing Kakashi's answer Sasuke just glared angrily at Kakashi, as he was not happy to hear this and saw this as just an excuse to give Naruto special treatment and allow him to gain even more power, while leaving him (Sasuke) behind. Not to mention he didn't like being reminded of how powerful Naruto was and how weak he was incomprehension to Naruto.

"Then who is he?" asked Sakura, as she pointed to the boy next to Kakashi, the boy in question had short ink-black hair, ink black eyes, and extremely pale skin. He carried a small backpack and wore a short black jacket. He also carried a tipless tantō on his back, while his outfit consisted of a high collared midriff shirt, black pants, Shinobi sandals and gloves with his index and thumb fingers exposed. Sakura, also noticed there was a slight physically resembles between him and Sasuke despite the boy's short hair and pale skin.

"Ah allow me to introduce you to your new team-mate Sai", spoke Kakashi introducing his students to Sai, who stepped forward.

"Hmph! Looks like another loser to me" muttered Sasuke, as he looked away from Sai.

"Oh? That's funny coming from a useless, dickless pantywaist", said Sai, while having a smiled on his.

"What was that?" spoke Sasuke as he glared a Sai angrily, who just had his smile on his face.

"Hey don't call Sasuke-kun that!" cried Sakura angrily, as she was angry at the Sai had called "her" Sasuke-kun useless and dickless, "That's no way to talk to someone, we're on the same team now, and if you call everyone that everyone will hate you".

"Oh really?" said Sai with the same smile one his face "And I really like ugly bitch's like you".

"WWWHHHAATTTT?" cried Sakura angrily, were she was about to attack, Sai and beat him to a pulp, only to be held back from behind by Kakashi. Who could only wonder if this was the correct decision after all, at seeing how Sai got on even worse with Sasuke and Sakura than Naruto did with them.

As this was happening Naruto was laughing his head off at what Sai had said, "Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha …Brilliant!" said Naruto, "I think I might actually like this guy" he thought.

"Good one man… names Naruto nice to you" said Naruto as he held out his hand and offered to shake Sai hand, which he took.

"Nice to meet you too…dickless", replied Sai, where as soon as he said this, Naruto's grip on his hand suddenly tightened, but still had a friendly smile on his face, where he then asked, "What did you just say?"

"I said you're dickless, are you deaf as well" answered Sai still smiling, where as soon as he did an evil smirk suddenly appeared on Naruto face along with a dangerous look in his eyes that Kakashi seen only a few days ago knew well.

Before anyone could react, Naruto sent Sai flying away, through three nearby tree's with a punch to the face, after which he started to crack his knuckles in an all too familiar way to what his mother would do.

Both Sakura and Sasuke, as they were both surprised by Naruto sudden punch, but quickly regained himself, where Sasuke smirked and gave a nod of approval to Naruto at what he had done. Sakura also smirked as well, pleased at what Naruto did to Sai, only wishing she had done it herself, "Cha! Serves the bastard right, how dare he, call our Sasuke-kun dickless and useless, Cha!" thought inner Sakura.

Naruto would have course gone after Sai to beat him up some more, had Kushina not appeared next to him and said, "Easy there kid, I think he's got the message, no need to go overboard" said Kushina, calming Naruto down. While thinking, "The kid may look like Minato-kun, but he acts more like his mother". While at the same time Yamato was beginning to wonder what he had gotten himself into.

Once Naruto had calmed down, Kushina turned to Kakashi, suggesting that they take off now with Naruto, and leave him with his team. Kakashi nodded in agreement, believing it might be best, where he could then see if Sai was alright and then "try" and get his reformed team to work together.

As this was happening Sai was currently slumped against a tree, with a broken bleeding nose, and a slight concussion. "Perhaps pissing him off was not the wisest course of action, especially with him having monstrous strength like that…I beginning to see why Danzo-sama is so interest in him" he thought.

Originally Sai was to be the third person on team seven, as his orders were to monitor Sasuke and see if at any point he would wish the village harm or turn traitor. While at the same time watch his progress as see if he might be a worthy candidate for ROOT at some point in the near further.

Where if he was, Danzo would then use Sasuke drive for revenge against his brother and offer him training to become stronger. Thereby mold Sasuke into a perfect loyal Shinobi for Konoha and him, where he then would use Sasuke to rebuild the Uchiha Clan into a perfect loyal Clan to Konoha and him (Danzo). As well as perhaps use Sasuke to kill Itachi thereby eliminating the threat that Itachi posed to him as well to help him further his goal to become Hokage and reform Konoha into his image.

But if Sasuke, showed the chance that he would betray the village and join and enemy of Konoha, or simply go rogue then Sai was to kill Sasuke on the spot.

But upon Naruto arriving in the village, Sai orders had changed, where Danzo had ordered Sai to monitor not only Sasuke, but to monitor Naruto as well and to study him carefully and report anything of interest or noteworthy to Danzo. As Danzo knew that although Naruto would an apprentice to Yamato, he would still work with team seven on joint missions and training along with other teams. Thereby allowing Sai the chance, to watch Naruto, so that he could learn as much about Naruto as possible, as well as monitor his growing skill level, so that at some point Danzo could use what he learned to get close to Naruto and manipulate him or better yet have him join him.

-With Naruto, Yamato and Kushina-

After the little event at the third training ground, Naruto, Yamato and Kushina Shunshin'd into an isolated clearing in the forest, so that they could have a little privacy. Kushina made double sure of it by placing several seals on some of the trees around the clearing, and created a four corner privacy zone, where no-one would be able to enter it nor would they be able to hear what they were saying.

"Now then, now with that little episode is behind us perhaps we should try and get to know one another better", spoke Yamato taking a page from Kakashi's book, hoping to forget what had happened.

"Fine then, how would you like to start it then Yamato?" asked Kushina.

"Perhaps, by telling each other, our likes, our dislikes, hobbies and dreams" said Yamato taking another page from Kakashi's book.

"How both you guys go first, as I know nothing about either of you other than your names and that you be my new Sensei's, while your guys probably know a lot about me from the jiji", spoke Naruto.

At hearing Naruto calling the Hokage gramps, Kushina smiled, as when off duty she just called the Hokage old man, which eared many frowns from people. Yamato on the other hand raised one of his eyebrows, but decided to let it go, as it was common knowledge how close the Sandaime had been with his students. Hence it would be only natural that Tsunade son would see the Sandaime as a grandfather, many of the children in the village today looked to the Sandaime as a grandfatherly like figure as well.

Soon though, both Kushina and Yamato nodded their heads in agreement in talking about themselves first, as it was only fair, as they did know a good bit about Naruto already.

"Very well then, my name is Yamato, my likes are Walnuts and growing things, my dislikes are any food that is oily and those who put their comrades in danger because of their reckless behaviour. My hobbies are reading books about architecture and as for dreams I don't particular have any dreams to be honest", said Yamato.

After Yamato finished Kushina then spoke, "My name is Uzumaki Kushina, my likes are Ramen particularly salt ramen and playing pranks on people, my dislikes are perverts, people who make fun of my hair, coffee and anything bitter. My hobbies are pulling pranks and chatting to my friends, as for my dreams, my dreams are to have my own family …and to be the first female Hokage!" said Kushina as she cried out the last part and punch her fist into the air.

At this Yamato had a large sweat drop on the back on his head and shook his head in embarrassment at Kushina's antics, while Naruto just grinned, as he was already starting to like Kushina. As she liked Raman, pulling pranks, hated perverts and wanted to be Hokage just like him.

"Hah! Well you better get line lady because I telling you I going to be the next Hokage and that's a fact" stated Naruto as he stood up to Kushina.

"Hah! Like a brat like you will become Hokage, you may think your hot stuff because of your mom, dad and the rest of your family, but it takes a lot more to be Hokage than just being born from a family of Hokage's. So don't think for one minute that you be handed the title because you're the descendant of the Shodaime and the Nidaime" stated Kushina.

"If they did, then I would refuse it, as being Hokage is meaningless to me if I haven't earned it and if it's given to me because of my ancestor's" retorted Naruto.

At hearing this Kushina smirked, as she was starting to like Naruto, as he definitely got the drive and the determination to being Hokage.

It was at this point then that Naruto remembered what Kushina said a minute ago, "Wait you said not to think I'm hot stuff because of my mom and my dad. Do you guys know about my dad?" asked Naruto, this of course caused Yamato to smack his forehead and cover his eyes and shake his head. As Kushina the blabbermouth had done it again, as they were told not to tell Naruto that they knew his full heritage unless it necessary. Kushina of course could only scratched the back of her head in embarrassment and blushed slightly and have a cheesy grin on her countenance.

Deciding to answer Naruto question Yamato spoke up "Yes we are aware of your full heritage, Naruto-san".

"Did Jiji tell you?" asked Naruto, thinking that old Hokage told them, since they were going to be his Sensei's.

"No Jiraiya-sama informed us" replied Yamato.

"Ero-sennin told you!" stated Naruto in slight surprise.

"Ero-sennin?" asked Kushina with slight confusion.

"That what I call Jiraiya, as he the biggest pervert you can find around and he is a sage after all", answered Naruto.

Upon hearing this Kushina burst out laughing, saying that was a perfect nickname for Jiraiya as it suited his perfectly and wondering why she never thought of that herself.

After a few minutes Kushina calmed herself down, where Naruto then asked why they were told. As his mother and Jiraiya made it perfectly clear that the fewer people knew about his dad the better.

Kushina then went on to explain how they found, after which Naruto then smacked his palm to his face and the shook his head.

"Damn Ero-sennin, trust him to open his big mouth…Kaa-cahn is going to kill him when she finds out". But as he was thinking what his mother was going to do to his big mouth godfather for saying something he shouldn't in front of people, Naruto then remembered something else that Kushina said.

"Wait Kushina-sensei you said that your family name is Uzumaki, as in the Uzumaki Clan from, Uzushiogakure no Sato (Village Hidden among the Whirling Tides)?" asked Naruto, where Kushian just nodded.

"Then that means we're related in away, as our clans were distant relatives and my Great Grandmother Uzumaki Mito was from your clan", stated Naruto. As he knew all about his Clan relation to the Uzumaki Clan and how both the Uzumaki Clan and his Clan shared a common ancestor and were distantly related to one another and had close ties. She had even told them that those ties continued on when his Clan formed Konoha and the Uzumaki formed Uzushiogakure, where both villages's had equally strong ties, which were only strengthen when his Great Grandfather married his Great Grandmother Uzumaki Mito. When the village was destroyed at the end of the Second Great Shinobi World War, as a sign of respect and as a sign of the strong friendship between the two villages, Countries and Clans, all Konoha Shinobi vests bear the crest of Uzushiogakure.

"I guess you could say that" said Kushina, as in away Naruto was right.

"That's pretty cool, as in away we're kind of like distant cousins something" said Naruto with a smile.

"Yea I guess we are" replied Kushin with her own smile.

Yamato who was watching this could not help but smile, and silently remark at how much alike the two were and was glad that they were getting on so well, as it made things a lot easier when he and Kushina started teaching Naruto. As despite his great skill and talent, Naruto still had a lot to learn.

"Hey! Now that I think about it, I also remember hearing your name from Ero-sennin and something about you", spoke Naruto.

At this Kushina became slightly worried, as she was hopping it wasn't about her past relationship with his father, as if he did know that then it could make things very awkward from them, especially when she was training him.

"Now I remember! You use to be in my dad's class when he was in the academy, there was also some nickname that they use to call you…" said Naruto as he was trying to remember. "Eh…what was it now…er…mmmm….apple…tomboy…promato…ah, yea now I remember it was tomato, because of your round face and red hair that was shaped like a tomato" said Naruto.

But in the moment after Naruto said Tomato, he began to wish he hadn't has when he said it he suddenly came face to face with something, that even made his father the legendaryKonoha no Kiiroi Senkō (Konoha's Yellow Flash) cower in fear, …as he came face to face with a furious Kushina. For the moment that Naruto said the word Tamato, a dark terrifying aura surrounded Kushina along with glowing eerily red eyes, while her bright red hair began to rise and move around like roaring flames.

Yamato who saw this, slowly yet silently moved away a bit and behind a nearby tree as he didn't want to be near what he knew what was going to happen next. As Kushina temper was legendary in ANBU, where if they valued their lives no-one not even the Hokage would dare piss the women off. He also hope Kushina wouldn't kill Naruto, as if she did chances were the Hokage may pin the blame on him, when Tsunade returned and found our her son was killed, so that he wouldn't have the face Tsunade wrath himself.

In that moment when he saw Kushina in her terrify form, that Naruto also remembered another name that Kushina was know as…the Akai Chishio no Habanero (Red Hot-Blooded Habanero), where according to his Godfather. Back when she was a kid a group of kids tease her openly over her hair-style and at being new, having enough of their teasing she had attacked all of them and beating them into a bloody pummel and did so to anyone else who ever teased her. This of course earned her the nickname Akai Chishio no Habanero, it was when Naruto came face to face to the furious looking Kushina, that he finally learned what it was like to be his perverted Godfather when he was facing his mother's fury. For according to Jiraiya, Kushina's fury was said to rival even his mother's fury, where it could make the likes of his father, Jiraiya and the Sandaime, cower like frighten rabbits in the face of it.

"Crap!" thought Naruto when he saw Kushina, where he could of swore he saw devil like horns sporting out of her head. After which he then did the only thing a man could done in his position he ran like the wind, with Kushina the Akai Chishio no Habanero hot on his heels.

For the next hour or so people from around Konoha could hear loud explosions, angry and frighten cries coming from the forest, as well as seeing several large mushroom shapes clouds from large explosions.

After about an hour or so Yamato was finally able to calm his captain down, although it had not been easy, luckily though Naruto was quite good a evading all of Kushina's attacks thanks the many years of his mother's bombardment training. Hence other than a few scratches that were quickly healed thanks to the Kyubi, Naruto was relatively unharmed.

Once Kushina had calmed down, Naruto made a mental note never to piss off Kushina or get on her bad side again, although another part of him (The prankster part of him) made a mental note to get his godfather in trouble wither her and see what she would do them him.

"So if you guys know about my dad then I guess your also know about you know what?" asked Naruto referring to the Kyubi.

"Yes we are also aware of that, which was another reason why Kushina-senpai and I were selected by the Sandaime Hokage to train you. So that in the event that you might accidentally unleash the Kyuubi's powers in battle and you lose control of yourself, Kunshina-senpai or I can stop you and contain you until you revert to your normal state", replied Yamato.

"But I have never used the Kyubi power before, nor do I know how to beside, according Ero-sennin my Mokuton powers help suppress it powers and most of its effect on me", retorted Naruto.

"That is most likely true, but eventually at some point you will be called upon to use it or accidently access its power during battle, and regardless of you Mokuton powers. The Kyubi Chakra and influence can overcome you, as like all jinchūriki's, your emotions are linked to your biju. So if you feel a tremendous rage or anger it highly likely that you will inadvertently access the Kyubi's power and go out of control", spoke Yamato.

"Ok I get that, but what can you guys do to stop me, if I do go out of control when I'm using the Kyubi power?" asked Naruto.

"Well like you Naruto-san I possess the power of Mokuton, while Kushina-senpai has particularly strong Chakra that is well suited for restraining jinchūriki's or more precise biju if they go out of control. Also Kushina-senpei is extremely skilled and Knowledgeable in fūinjutsu, where she shared some of her Knowledge with the Yondaime Hokage", spoke Yamato.

At this revelation Naruto was of course surprise, "You taught my dad fūinjutsu? But Ero sennin always said he taught my dad everything he knew in fūinjutsu" said Naruto in surprise.

"Jiraiya likes to think he did, but I thought your dad few tricks here or there as my Clan were famed throughout the world as fūinjutsu masters", replied Kushina.

"So could you teach me some things?" asked Naruto eagerly.

"That what I'm here for", replied Kushin a with a smile, where Naruto then started to jump up and down saying how he couldn't wait to get started, before he then stopped, as there was something else he wanted to know.

"Wait! How are you able to do Mokuton, the only other person alive other than me that can use Mokuton is a guy name Tenzo, as he had my Great Granddad's DNA placed in him by that snake-teme Orochimaru when he was a baby", spoke Naruto.

Naruto knew all this thanks to Jiraiya who told him, upon telling him, how Naruto was going to be trained in using his Mokuton bloodline. When Naruto learned what Orochimaru did, it made him sick, where he swore if he ever saw the Snake bastard he punch him so hard that he splatter all over the continent.

"That is I, as Yamato is my code name, which is what I would like you to refer to me if you please, although my real name in Tenzo (1)" spoke Yamato/Tenzo.

"Ok then Ten- I mean Yamato-sensei", spoke Naruto until he realise something, "Hey I just realised, if you got my Grandfather's DNA in you then that means, you and I are related too".

At this Yamato raised an eyebrow in surprise, and thought about if or a moment and realised that Technically Narutop was correct as he did indeed have the Shodaime Hokage's DNA meaning that technically he was in away related to Naruto.

"I believe one could see it that way, but if you would Naruto-san I would like you to keep that revelation hidden for now at least, as it would cause unneeded confusion and questions among the populace of Konoha. So I would think it best that we keep this to ourselves", spoke Yamato, where Naruto just nodded in understanding.

"Ok kid, I think its time for your introduction as we have both done ours while you have yet to do yours", spoke Kushina.

"Ok then", spoke Naruto, "My name is Senju Naruto my likes include Raman, my Ka-chan, Shizune onee-chan, our pet pig TonTon, Ero-sennin, playing pranks, my friends, training and reading. I dislike, bullies, traitors, the three minutes that take to cook my Ramen and Perverts, my hobbies are Training, reading and Gardening and making perverts suffer, my dreams for the future are to be a Great Medic-nin like my Ka-chan. To restore my Clan and to bethe greatest Hokage! That way, people will stop always comparing me to the rest of my family and acknowledge me as myself and not someone related to great ninja's. So you better but your dream of being Hokage on hold for a while Sensei, because I going to be Hokage!" said Naruto with confidence.

At this Kushina just smirked and said, "We'll we see about that soon enough kid".

"Ok then now that introductions are all done Naruto-san I would like to know exactly how many Jutsu's you know and how skilled you are in your Mokuton Bloodline, so that I will know where to start", said Yamato.

"Also I want to know how skilled you're in using your Katana and what kind of seals that Ero-sennin has taught you" said Kushina, using Naruto nickname form Jiraiya, as she just loved the sound of it as if fitted so well with Jiraiya. Not to mention she couldn't wait to see him again and see his reaction when she starts calling him that.

"Well in Water Ninjutsu I know Suiton: Mizurappa (Water Style: Violent Water Wave), Mizu Bunshin no Jutsu (Water Clone Technique), Suiton: Teppōdama (Water Style: Gunshot), Suiton: Suiryūdan no Jutsu (Water Style: Water Dragon Bullet Technique) and Mizu-fū, Konbo Rakurai: Saikō no Suiryūden Denaki (Water, Wind, Lightning Combo: Supreme Electric Water Dragon). In Earth Ninjutsu I know Doton: Shinjū Zanshu no Jutsu (Earth Style: Double Suicide Decapitation Technique), Doton: Moguragakure no Jutsu (Earth Style: Hiding Like a Mole Technique), Doton: Dochū Eigyo no Jutsu (Earth Style: Underground Projection Fish Technique), Doton: Doroku Gaeshi (Earth Style: Earth Shore Return), Doton: Retsudo Tenshō (Earth Style: Tearing Earth Turning Palm) and Tsuchi Bunshin no Jutsu (Earth Clone Technique). I don't really know any Lightning Techniques other than how to channel it into my Katana to increase my Katana's cutting and stabbing power. With the exception of Surasshu-fū (Wind Slash) I don't really know any Wind Techniques, other than how to channel it into my Katana to increase its range and cutting power. As for Mokuton I know Moku Bunshin no Jutsu (Wood Clone Technique), Mokuton: Henge (Wood Release: Transformation) and two technique I created myself Mokuton: Mōkushōku (Wood Release: Wooden Tentacles) and Mokuton: Ne no Sashi (Wood Release: Impaling Roots). In Genjutsu I know Magen: Kokoni Arazu no Jutsu (Demonic Illusion: False Surroundings Technique), Kori Shinchū no Jutsu (Sly Mind Affect Technique), Magen: Narakumi no Jutsu (Demonic Illusion: Hell Viewing Technique), Magen: Jubaku Satsu (Demonic Illusion: Tree Binding Death), Magen: Nijū Kokoni Arazu no Jutsu (Demonic Illusion: Double False Surroundings Technique). As for sealing well I know how to do a Chakra suppressing seal, although it not that strong, I know Shikoku Fūin (Finger Engraving Seal), Kekkai Kotei Fūin (Four Corner Immobilization Seal), Fūinjutsu: Shishi Omomizuke Shīru (Sealing Technique: Four Limbs Weighting Seal), Infūin: Kai (Yin Seal: Release) and Generic Sealing. I also know regular Henge (Transformation), Bunshin no Jutsu (Clone Technique), Kage Bushin no Jutsu (Shadow Clone Technique), Tajū Kage Bunshin no Jutsu (Multiple Shadow Clone Technique), Shunshin no Jutsu (Body Flicker Technique), Kawarimi no Jutsu (Body Replacement Technique) and using Shōsen Jutsu (Mystical Palm Technique), Chakura no Mesu (Chakra Scalpel). My Taijutsu is ok especially when I use my superhuman strength, although I can't really rate it as I created my own style myself. I'm pretty good when it comes to healing injuries, illnesses and poisons and using poisons, although I'm nowhere near Kaa-chan's and Shizune-onee-chan's levels. My Kenjutsu is also ok as I had some decent teachers and I'm also pretty good, when it comes to using and throwing Kunai's, Senbons needles and Shurikens", said Naruto.

Upon hearing all this both Kushina and Yamato were naturally wide eyed with surprised, as they never expected Naruto to know so many different jutsu's, as it was exceedingly rare for anyone Naruto's age to know so many different technique let alone a Genin.

"Wow that an impressive arsenal you got there kid", commented Kushina.

"Indeed" replied Yamato, as he was also impressed that Naruto was able to use any Mokuton Techniques with no real help, not to mention create his own Mokuton Jutsu. As when he first started to use is Mokuton powers, Yamato had to relay heavily on the Mokuton scrolls he was given by the Sanadime Hokage from the Senju Clan's secret Library. Also he noticed that with the exception of Shōsen Jutsu, Chakura no Mesu, Magen: Jubaku Satsu, Infūin: Kai, Suiton: Suiryūdan no Jutsu, Mizu-fū, Konbo Rakurai: Saikō no Suiryūden Denaki, Surasshu-fū, Kage Bushin no Jutsu and the Tajū Kage Bunshin no Jutsu, most of Naruto other Jutsu's were C, D and E rank Jutsu's

"But I'm not familiar with the Infūin: Kai Jutsu that you mentioned" stated Kushina.

"Ah, that's because it's an Fūinjutsu that Kaa-chan created herself and she placed on me and taught me how to use,", replied Naruto as he then took off his Konoha head-band and lift his fringe to show a blue diamond on his forehead much like his mother was know to have.

"What does it do?" asked Kushina, generally curious.

"The seal involves me focusing and building up a large amount of Chakra and storing it into the diamond shaped seal on my forehead over a period of time. When I release the seal the Chakra that I have stored in the seal is to pump back into my body. This then allows me to perform another Technique that Kaa-chan created and taught to me called the Sōzō Saisei (Creation Rebirth), which uses the Chakra I dispersed to stimulate the proteins of my body, so to increase the speed of cell division and reconstruction of cells for as long as I have Chakra. This allows me to recreate any organs and tissues that I may lose or is damaged, thus it is the absolute pinnacle of medical ninjutsu. Although the technique itself does not regenerate the old cells, rather it hastens the creation of new ones through division, so in away for the duration of the Technique the user gains a form of immortality as they cannot be killed easily", stated Naruto.

Upon hearing this Yamato and Kushina were left gapping at hearing of Tsunade creating such a Technique, as well as Naruto being able to use such a Technique. Although it proved without the shadow of a doubt, that Tsunade was indeed the greatest Medic in the entire world, as to be able to create such amazing Technique.

"Although like all great Ninjutsu this one has a serious side effect", continued Naruto, causing Kushina and Yamato to refocus their attention on him again. "For you see a body's cells can only split a certain number of times in a lifetime, and by speeding up this process, the user lifespan will shorten, depending on the level of injuries they suffer. For example if the user suffers not very serious injuries then the user will lose very little of their life span, although if they're on the verge of dying or suffer a mortal would they will lose a large part of their life span. This is why Kaa-chan has made both Sōzō Saisei and Infūin: Kai S rank Techniques and declared the Sōzō Saisei Kinjutsu", said Naruto.

After hearing all this both Yamato and Kushina, were once again stunned to hear of the side-effect of the Technique, for as amazing as the Technique was it had a serious double edge to it.

"Why would Tsunade teach you such a Technique if it so dangerous?" asked Kushina as she found it hard to believe that Tsunade would teach her own son such a dangerous technique.

"Kaa-chan would rather have me shorten my life span by a bit, rather than lose my life entirely" answered Naruto simply.

Hearing Naruto's answer, Kushina could only reluctantly agree with what Tsuande did, as if she was in Tsunade position she rather have her child live with a slightly sorter lifespan than not at all.

"Very then Naruto-san now that we know where you stand in Jutsu, we will test you on your Taijutsu and Kenjustu skill" spoke Yamato.

For the next hour or so Yamato spared with Naruto in Taijutsu (without Naruto using his superhuman strength), where he was then able to gauge Naruto Taijutsu skill level. When finished, Yamato had to admit that Naruto Taijutsu skill was quite impressive and was equally impressed that he created it himself. Although there was several faults with his Taijutsu, such as his stances could be too rigid at times, where he could not react was well as he should, and often enough he left himself unbalance at times, where an opponent could easily make him fall. But despite these defects along with several others, Naruto fighting style could one day prove to be a powerful fighting style one day, once he had perfected it, which he could with enough practice and the right training.

After Yamato had finished sparing with Naruto, Kushina then began her spar with him in Kenjutsu, where the spared for another hour. When finished Kushina was greatly impressed with Naruto's skill, as unlike with his Taijutsu, Kushina could tell that he had some training from a skilled swordsman. Since Naruto's skill with a Katana, was too high for it not to be, as he had prove he could hold his own for while in a serious sword fight, before being defeated. When she had finished sparing with him, she asked who had trained him, where Naruto had told her about the incident at the Fire Daimyo's Country estate and how as a reward for saving his Granddaughter. The Fire Daimyo had summoned Kensai, the strongest Samurai and Swordsman in Hi no Kuni, to train Naruto in using Kenjutsu. Although Naruto did not mention Killer Bee has also trained him in Kenjutsu, as he feared Kushina and Yamato would tell the Hokage and causing many unwanted questions for him to answer, especially ones from his mother when she found out.

Upon hearing Naruto saving the Fire Daimyo Granddaughter, Kushina could not help but smile, as she could tell that Naruto had inherited his father's habit of going off to rescue people in danger and putting himself in harms way.

"Well brat, you sure know some powerful people, as having saved the Fire Daimyo's Granddaughter probably earned you a lot of brownie points with him, as having someone like the Fire Daimyo as a friend and owe you one, can certainly come in handy. Who knows he might even later on try and arrange for you and his Granddaughter to be hitched" teased Kushina, knowing it probably annoy Naruto, which it did.

"It's not like that, Rurichiyo-chan and I are friends and that's it!" stated an annoyed Naruto.

"OOOOhhhhh! Rurichiyo-chan is it, you sure move fast kid, are you trying to become the next Fire Daimyo already", teased Kushina further as she was really enjoying teasing Naruto.

Hearing this caused Naruto the turn bright red, with anger and embarrassment at Kushina's, teasing, "She's as bad as Onee-chan!" thought anger Naruto.

Seeing how anger Naruto was getting a Kushina's teasing and not wanting to have to chase after Naruto when he loses his temper and goes after Kushina. Yamato decided to nip it in the bud, suggesting that they all go out to dinner to celebrate their team's formation. This of course got the desired result, where the subject was changed from Naruto's relationship with the Fire Daimyo's Granddaughter. As both Kushina and Naruto agreed, when asked where they would eat both Kushina and Naruto shouted out "Ichiraku Ramen Bar!" which caused Yamato to sweat drop, at the two Ramen fanatics.

Soon enough Naruto and his two new sensei's, walked out of the forest and headed for Ichiraku as the walked through the crowed streets, where many people, would stop to stare at Naruto and his sensei's, or they would simply greet him, which Naruto would do in return.

As they walked on through the streets both Kushina and Yamato, felt as if they were being watched by someone, but when they looked around they saw and felt nothing. After failing to see or feel anything, both former ANBU members believed it was just them acting paranoid, as often enough when in the crowed streets of Konoha. The Shinobi's would sometimes feel as they're being watched when they weren't, due to always being on guard on missions.

As Yamato, Kushina and Naruto walked on a figure hiding behind the Water tower on the roof of a building came out and continued to watch Naruto and his Sensei's, although did not try to follow anymore.

"My, My that was close, I can't forget I dealing with the Buraddi Shinku no Ikari (Bloody Crimson Fury) and clearly the other person with her is a high level ANBU like her, since he was just able to sense me. I can't afford to follow them like this, as chances are I might not be so lucky if I continue to try and follow them", thought the person following them, where when he stepped out from behind the Water tower and he revealed himself to be Kabuto.

Kabuto had been secretly following Naruto, since they left the forest, but as he tired to get closer Kushina and Tenzo sensed him for a moment, forcing him to hide. He had tried to follow Naruto earlier, but had been forced to stop when Kushina appeared, he also could not afford to follow them to the Third training ground, as he doubted he could avoid detection with two former ANBU captains there.

Kabuto of course knew a great deal about Kushina, as she was a person of noteworthy interest, being a highly skilled and powerful Shinobi as well as ANBU much like Kakashi. As if he went by her reputation alone, Kabuto knew she would a person that he would like to avoid fighting.

Unfortunately Kabuto did not know anything about Yamato other than he was a former ANBU like Kushina. Deciding to leave his surveillance of Naruto for now, Kabuto then decided to send a report to his master Orochimaru that Naruto had left his former team and was under the apprenticeship of Uzumaki Kushina and another former ANBU named Yamato.

He knew that his master wouldn't be too pleased of him gathering so little about Naruto skill level, abilities and anything more about him, but there was little he could do without jeopardising his cover, as he needed to stay in Konoha for just a little longer. But he planned on continuing his surveillance of Naruto another time, when things settled down a bit and hopeful Naruto and his teacher would have let their guard down a bit. He also made a mental note to try and find what out he could on Naruto's other teacher Yamato, as Kabuto was a Perfectionist and didn't like to miss anything, as when it came to world of Espionage. Nothing could be left to chance or unknown, as even the small detail could decide the out come of a mission's success or failure.

Soon enough Kabuto left his spot at the Water tower and returned home and prepare his report toe Orochimaru.

-With Naruto, Kushina and Yamato-

Soon after Kushina, Naruto and Yamato arrived at Ichiraku, where Kushina and Naruto preceded to have a "Who could eat the most Ramen contest", where the loser would have to pay, at this Yamato could only watch, as the counter became full of large towers of empty Ramen bowls.

Teuchi of course was overjoyed at the sight as this would be a boom to his business, as naturally when he and his daughter first heard the Sandaime's announcement about Naruto being Tsunade's son and the Senju Clan's heir they had both been shocked. When they asked Naruto why he didn't tell them, he explained that he didn't want to be treated any differently than anyone else, where all he wanted was to be treated like a regular person. Upon hearing this they began to see where Naruto was coming from, as they could tell that he didn't like all the fame an attention he got, simply because he was the heir of the Shodaime, the Nidaime and Tsunade of the Sannin. After which both Tenchi and Ayame treated Naruto like he wanted, as a regular person and did not call him, Senju-sama or Naruto-sama.

As both Kushina and Naruto continued their Ramen eating contest, Kushina notice Naruto blushing a bit when Ayame handed him another large bowl of Ramen, seeing that Naruto had a little schoolboy crush on the Ramen chief's daughter Kushina decided to tease Naruto a bit. Where she whispered "Naurto and Ayame, sitting in a tree…" as well as saying what would Princess Rurichiyo and Shion think if they saw this. As Naruto had told them about what had happened in Oni no kuni (Demon Country) with Shion, when they were walking to Ichiraku's.

At this Naruto turned bright red and glared angrily at the red headed women next to him.

Once Yamato had finished his bowl of Raman and seeing that Naruto and Kushina had not finished their little eating contest, he decided to go to the bathroom behind the Ramen bar. Soon after Yamato had left to go to the bathroom, Naruto and Kushina contest ended in a draw, as Tenchi and Ayame had run out of Ramen to give to the two.

It was upon hearing this that Naruto decided on another little contest they could have, "Hey Kushina-sensei, since our contest ended in a draw. How about we have another contest, but this time instead of Ramen we see who can prank the most people", said Naruto, knowing that his Sensei like to play pranks as much as he did.

At this Kushina grew an evil little smile that would make a certain Snake sannin proud, as she already liked Naruto's idea, "You're on Naruto".

"Ok then, lets start off by pranking Yamato-sensei", said Naruto, where he then whispered his idea into Kushina's ear, which caused the red headed women to grin evilly.

Soon after Yamato came out of the bathroom, to find the stools that Naruto and Kushina had been sitting on empty.

"Where did those two go?" asked Yamato out loud, where Teuchi answered.

"Ah they left together just a few minutes ago…also here, this is for your" said Teuchi, as head handed Yamato a small slip of paper.

"What is it?" asked Yamato

"The total bill, as they said you would be paying", replied the Ramen chief as he rubbed his hands together eagerly, knowing the amount due.

Upon hearing this Yamto looked to the grand total of the bill, where his eyes suddenly widened to the size of saucers at the amount due, upon which an anger roar to be heard around Konoha.

"NNNNAAARRRUUUTTTOOOO! KKKUUUSSSSSHHHIINNAA!" Which was followed by a loud wailing sound, as the former ANBU member cried over his now empty wallet.

This of course was not an isolated incident, as for the remainder of the day was followed many similar cries of anger, surprise and explosions along with much cackling and laughter coming from a red headed Uzumaki and blonde haired Senju. As they unleashed total chaos on the unsuspecting village, where they competed against one another to find out, who the better prankster was.

-The Next day in the Hokage's office-

Currently sitting at his desk and fighting the never ending battle against the arch-nemesis of all Kages and ruling leaders of nations…paper work.

As he had just about finished half of his paperwork, the Sandaime, was certain that he could get the rest done in a few hours time, where he could then spend the remainder of the day catching up on his reading ofIcha Icha Violence. But upon thinking this the Hokage's secretary came in with his four ANBU guards, where all five of them were carrying massive towers of paper and laid them all on the Hokage's desk.

"W-W-W-Wh-What is all this?" asked the surprised Elder Sarutobi.

"These are reports that need your signature overview and stamp of approval on", replied the secretary.

"WHAT?" cried the old Hokage as he stood up and slammed his hands on his desk in surprise, which caused the large towers of paperwork, along with the paperwork he originally had on his desk to fall and collapsed on top of his and bury him under it.

Soon after the four ANBU guards dug their Hokage out of the mountain of paperwork, where the old Hokage started to weep as he now not only had to do even, more paperwork. But he would also have to short out the paperwork he had already done, from the paperwork he hadn't done.

Soon after he noticed that notice that all his new paperwork, were incident reports, damage reports and complaints about a large number of pranks that were played yesterday.

Upon seeing this, the Sandaime Hokage, knew exactly who were responsible for this new mountain of paperwork, where he then let out a large angry cry that could be heard all around Konoha, "NNNNAAARRRUUUTTTOOOO! KKKUUUSSSSSHHHIINNAA!" After which loud sorrowful cries could be heard coming from the Hokage's office, as he wept at the fact he now had even more paperwork and work be working well into the late of night. Not to mention, more importantly, he wouldn't get to read Icha Icha Violence (again).