Hello Readers and thank you for taking the time to read my story Firstly before I begin I will give you all a brief summary. This story begins in the academy days while the Rookie 9 are all 11 however Naruto is a year older than them being 12. Naruto was 'adopted by a mysterious man at the age of 2 and was raised in the woods along with this man's daughter a year before the beginning of this story Naruto was betrayed by his adopted father who killed his daughter and nearly killed Naruto leaving him significantly scared both mentally and physically.

I warn you now my grammar SUCKS! So don't remind me in comments because believe me I already know.

Hello: Narrator

"Hello": character speaking

'Hello': thoughts

"Hello": letters or anything written down

'Hello': any summoning or large beast

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto!

Chapter 1: Convincing

Iruka Umino, an instructor at the ninja academy, was waiting outside the office of the Hokage. He had requested a meeting with the Hokage to discuss a problem with the kunoichi in the academy, since the future of the village depended on them. The Hokage believed that Iruka may have a good reason to speak with her. After thinking through what he was going to say Iruka was broken from his thoughts.

"Enter" came the soft voice of the Hokage, though Iruka knew that she could become very strict and fearsome.

Iruka entered and immediately sat in front of the Hokage's desk with what he hoped to be a serious look on his face. He took a deep breath hoping that what he was about to say would get through the Hokage. "Lady Hokage, I'm here to discuss a growing problem with the kunoichi of this village," Iruka said calmly.

Being a kunoichi herself, Tsunade was immediately curious. "Well, you have my attention."

"I'm not sure if you have noticed, but the kunoichi I have taught over the years have steadily become less and less interested in their duty as kunoichi and more interested on less important things like relationships and such. While the things they are interested in are okay to pursue, they should come second to their training and future duties as kunoichi," Iruka explained.

Tsunade took a moment to think about what Iruka said. He brought up a very important point. "I can see what you mean, Iruka."

Iruka nodded. "If I'm correct, back when you were in the academy the course was stricter, especially towards the kunoichi. I know it may be extreme, but do you think we might need to revert back to those teachings?"

"You are correct. However times have changed and I wouldn't suggest going back to those times. Experiencing it first hand, it wasn't the correct way to teach students and I knew many kunoichi that had mental breakdowns because of it," Tsunade explained.

"If you say so Lady Hokage. What do you suggest would be our best course of action concerning this problem?" Iruka asked curious as to what the Hokage would think of.

Tsunade sighed and leaned back obviously giving this a lot of thought. Since it concerned the future of the village, this was one of her top priorities. "Tell me Iruka, of the kunoichi you are teaching, are there any that are in desperate need of changing themselves?"

Iruka was surprised at the question, but considered the female students he had. After a few minutes of thinking he decided. "Well, all of them could benefit with changing, however there are only three that desperately need to change."

"And they would be?" Tsunade asked

"Firstly Sakura Haruno, while being a very smart girl and easily the best in the class in terms of mental strength, is the weakest in all other areas of ninja work. She also has an unhealthy obsession with Sasuke Uchiha. I believe that should she pass the exam and become a kunoichi, she would die on any C ranked mission or higher." Iruka paused. "Secondly, Ino Yamanaka. She is the daughter of Inoichi Yamanaka and as such is the next in line to become the head of the clan. She is similar to Sakura in that she has an unhealthy obsession with Sasuke Uchiha. Her skills are a little more rounded but still dangerously under the needed requirement." Iruka paused again. "Finally, Hinata Hyuga a name I'm sure you have head since she is the heiress of the Hyuga clan. She is, in my opinion, the most skilled kunoichi in my class and she does not seem to have any real obsession with any boy, which is a plus. The reason I believe that she is in need of real assistance is that she has a serious confidence issue, which makes her believe that she isn't as good as she actually is, which could result in a problem in any mission that she receives," Iruka said finishing his analysis.

Tsunade smiled. Iruka had obviously thought this through and it was good that he was so concerned with the next generation of shinobi. "I will see what I can do Iruka. For now continue teaching them to the best you can and do not tell them about this meeting." Iruka nodded and bowed leaving Tsunade alone.

'This could be a problem I need to show these girls that being a kunoichi isn't all fun and games but how?' Tsunade thought deeply 'I could take the three that Iruka mentioned and have them study under a real shinobi but I can't be sure that it would work I need someone that the girls can relate to but at the same time can be strict' Tsunade sighed she was getting annoyed that the old man had convinced her to take this job 'who meets those requirements?' after what seemed like hours of thinking it finally dawned on Tsunade 'that's it him! He would be perfect not only would it solve this problem it would make him experience real human contact with people his own age' Tsunade got a messenger hawk and sent it towards her desired destination deep within the forest.

[Forest outside of Konoha]

Naruto Uzumaki was relaxing while waiting for a cup of instant ramen to cook. While living in the forest meant that he usually found and cooked his own food, he occasionally sent a henged clone into the village to buy some groceries. Naruto closed his eyes and hummed a tune in his head, content with everything at the moment. Then he noticed a shadow pass over his head. Opening one eye, he noticed that the shadow was a bird. "Great. That can't be good news." Naruto held out an arm and allowed the hawk to land on it. Taking the note he sighed and motioned to the bird to wait on a branch nearby for his response. Quickly opening the letter, Naruto read it.

"Naruto I am in need of your assistance as per the deal we made several months ago that you would give me one favour every 6 months in exchange for not pestering you to become an official shinobi of Konoha. I need you to be at my office by 10:00 tomorrow morning." Naruto finished reading and sighed. As much as he hated it, he made the deal with the old bag.

"Great this isn't going to be fun. What in the world does Tsunade-Baachan want?" Naruto quickly responded to the letter with a simple okay. Satisfied, Naruto enjoyed the rest of his day eating instant ramen and doing a little bit of training.

[Next day 10:00]

Naruto was standing in front of the Hokage's office with an annoyed look on his face. He knocked on the door, a little rudely if it was possible to do so. He waited, and after receiving no response, he knocked again. Finally, after a few more sets of knocking, Tsunade finally yelled at him to enter.

Naruto smirked, loving pissing the old bag off. "Hey Tsunade-Baachan. What do you need me for?"

Tsunade twitched at Naruto's informality, but ignored it. "I want you to train a few students."

"You're kidding right? I'm not exactly a people person and you want me to train some runny nose brats?" Naruto grunted out.

"Come on Naruto this is serious. I need you to train three girls to become true kunoichi. You know how to do that. After all you grew up with one. I'm sure if I offered this to Hibana..." Tsunade would have continued, however Naruto slammed his hands onto the desk in front of her.

"Don't you dare mention her. You have no right to speak her name," Naruto growled out.

"Fine, but I'm just saying that she would probably be grateful if you trained them," Tsunade responded.

Naruto growled, annoyed that the old bag would pull that card, but he sighed knowing, as much as he hated it, that she was right. "Fine. I'll train them, but since this is going to be long term you don't get any more favors from me for another year and a half." Tsunade nodded, agreeing to his terms. Naruto grabbed a piece of paper, wrote down some things and slammed it back down. "These are the requirements I have and the things that these girls need to bring. They will live with me for 6 months. During that time, I will make them into decent kunoichi. Send them to my home in two days. I will be waiting," Naruto finished and walked out of the office. However, just before he was out, he felt a sudden pain run up his left leg. 'Damn it! Why now?' Naruto winced in pain, holding his leg.

Tsunade knew what was going on. "You know, Naruto, I could heal that and you wouldn't have to worry about it again. It's actually a very simple thing to do. Even a novice Medic-nin could heal it."

"No. It's a reminder of my past and I will not get it removed until I am satisfied that I have cleansed myself of said past," Naruto said limping from the office.

Tsunade sighed. Naruto was to stubborn for his own good. She then smiled a little, knowing that she won this little battle, even if she had to use less then wanted means to do so. Tsunade picked the paper up and read it. Overall it was rather simple in what Naruto wanted the girls take with them. Summoning three ANBU, Tsunade sent them to inform the three girls' fathers of the events. They all nodded and jumped out of the window, quickly spreading out in three different directions. "Naruto, I know you will benefit from this just as much as the girls will," Tsunade said before returning to the mountain of paperwork before her.

[Haruno Residence]

Sakura Haruno's father was reading a newspaper when he heard the ringing of his door bell. He sighed and stood opening the door, surprised at seeing an ANBU standing there. "Can I help you, ANBU-san?"

"I have been told to inform you of a development involving your daughter," the bird masked ANBU replied.

"Did something happen to Sakura?" the man asked looking slightly worried

"No. Would you let me in? This may take a while to explain," The ANBU said and entered the house.

It took an hour of explaining how Sakura was under achieving and needed serious change or her life could be on the line. After explaining that she was to be apprenticed under a Jonin level shinobi, Sakura's father seemed to have a mix of emotions: happy that the village was concerned that Sakura was in danger but also sad that he wouldn't be able to see his daughter for six months. However he knew that he would have to accept this even if he didn't like it. It was, after all, an order from the Hokage. After all the explanations, he nodded and was told not to tell his daughter anything until she was to be moved in two days.

[Yamanaka District]

Inoichi Yamanaka was just told everything about how his daughter was going to be away for 6 months. He cried a little, since he was an extremely over protective father, but accepted that he would have to let Ino go eventually, and that this would also benefit her. Inoichi had often considered giving the clan head position to someone else in the family, since Ino was so unfocused. Perhaps this would be the motivation that Ino needed.

"Yes ANBU-san, I understand everything and accept all the terms you have told me. I will not tell my daughter until she is about to leave." The ANBU nodded and left to inform the Hokage.

[Hyuga Compound]

Hiashi Hyuga was a very focused and strict man, and as one of the most important men in the entire hidden leaf village, he had high expectations of his clan, especially when it came to his daughters. When he was told that Hinata was to be trained by someone due to her shyness and lack of confidence, it was both a blessing and a curse. It was good that Hinata would be trained day and night and possibly overcome her shyness, however it was bad since Hinata actually needed these precautions, and as a result it was a disgrace to the clan., and by extension Hiashi himself.

"ANBU-san, I accept that these are the Hokage's orders, and as such I cannot disobey them. However, is it at all possible that no one else in the village know about this? The Hyuga clan would become the laughing stock of the village if this came out," Hiashi explained.

"Understood, Hyuga-sama. Lady Hokage indeed wants this information to be available only to the people involved." The ANBU bowed and vanished seconds later, leaving a quite irate Hiashi to ponder.

[Forest]

Naruto sighed knowing that most of his free time would soon be gone. "God damn it! I just had to agree, didn't I?" Naruto flopped onto his bed and looked at a photo on his bedside table of three people. One was a younger Naruto, smiling, another a young girl standing next to him, and the last was a man, however his head was ripped from the image. "Would you have done the same thing in my position, Hibana?" Naruto sighed as the photo simply stood there. He huffed, a little angry at himself for actually thinking that the image would actually do anything.

ANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNND done one chapter down hopefully many more to go now please feel free to comment

Thank you to Kazeryu Hioshi for rewriting the chapter with all the updates!