... Are these? These are actual words on paper? I am actually writing again?

YES I AM! I am sorry for how long it has taken for me to get back to this... Life, work and college all got in the way of my writing. But I am back...

I actually did not want to post this yet. Not until I had finished 3 chapters of this story off so I have something to fall back on. As it stands I have another 1 and 3/4 of the next chapters done. I have not forgotten my other storys, but it is very easy for me to lose intrest and not put as much effort into them. So for now, here is my brain child that I have been cultivating bit by bit for the last 2 years... Yeah, thats how busy I have been!

Falling through a myriad of colours, Twilight Sparkle's mind, body and soul were assaulted by the incomprehensible power that was the Multiverse. She had long since sealed her eyes closed in pain, as her mind was not powerful enough to comprehend its power or its existence. She was inwardly cursing both her friends, her mentor, her family and herself at their stupidity.

She had foolishly confronted the imposter of Cadence at the wedding rehearsal, making herself out as an over paranoid mad-pony. Her friends, brother, tutor and even Spike had abandoned her without even bothering to confront her about her actions and suspicions. After breaking down into tears she was alone with Candace and then apologized to her. That was when all her suspicions were proven correct, as the imposter banished her here.

Her equine form had long since shifted through multiple shapes and forms as she tried to think of a possible way back to her own reality, she was one of the few ponies who believed in the concept of multiple dimensions' parallel to their own and could see a sort of irony from her current situation.

She screamed in agony as her she felt her magic core rip and tear apart. Forcing her eyes open, only to be blinded by the bright colours…

However, her purple eyes locked onto a single spot of shadows, the darkness easing her burning eyes as she unconsciously moved to it. So, entrapped within the darkness and pain, she never noticed as her magic core slowly repaired itself and a new core was made next to it.

The longer she stared into the darkness, the quicker her mind became blank before she fell into a slumber.

Konoha hospital – Land of Fire – Element Nations

Inoichi Yamanaka, head of the Yamanaka clan was currently pacing up and down the halls of the Villages main hospital as he tried to cope with what all men fear; the birth of their child. His wife had gone into labour suddenly this mourning and he had rushed Sumiye, his wife, straight to the hospital.

His worries surrounded his wife, the child and the child's potential future. The clan heir would be forced to become a Ninja for the village; there was no denying that as much as he wanted it not to happen. He was also worrying if he was going to be a good father. Chōza had already briefed him on all the basics as his son, Choji, had been born several months prior.

He was brought from his thoughts when a nurse stuck her head out of the door and beckoned him in. Eagerly following he was greeted to the sight of his panting wife lying on a hospital bed, gently cradling a small bundle of blankets.

He slowly approached his wife and smiled when she moved the bundle to show a small, sleeping baby with platinum blond hair. He was a father; it only just started to sink in. He is a dad, he has a beautiful baby girl and he knew exactly the kind of dad he was going to be.

"We have a girl, our very own daughter." His wife said as she gently stroked the child's head. This caused the child to stir, opening groggy, bright purple, pupil-less eyes to the world. The girl looked at the two people in something akin to confusion before her eyes closed again as sleep claimed her.

A doctor walked over holding a clipboard and pen. "Yamanaka-Sama, what is the name of the child?" He asked without looking up from his board.

Sharing a look with his wife, Inoichi and Sumiye nodded to one another, having already decided on names beforehand.

"Ino, Ino Yamanaka." They said in unison.

Yamanaka Compound – Land of Fire – Element Nations – Five Years Later

Ino Yamanaka was annoyed, at five years old there should be very little that could annoy a child. Her annoyance stemmed from the fact she kept seeing things that should not be there. Like when she often played with the shy boy, Choji, she sometimes saw a yellow Pegasus. Alternatively, when she sometimes saw the village pariah, Naruto, she sometimes saw a bright pink horse with a cotton candy like mane.

She had always been a smart child, learning to walk quickly, fluently speaking by two years old and using charka subconsciously to help her movements… Ok, so she was considered a genius who had already had down the basic Yamanaka technique at the age of four… Though that did nothing for her apparent lack of emotion.

She could absorb information at an accelerated rate; this allowed her to learn quicker than normally possible. She preferred to spend a lot of time in library's learning all she could, her bedroom was spotless and she was never told off for being messy thus never drawing her parents anger for little things. She knew she was not normal by any means of the word, she sometimes found herself in different locations without any known means of transportation when scared and she could move objects without needing to touch them.

She would also see flashes of strange images. She had originally put these flashing images off as her imagination getting away from her, but they had become more and more common – Hell there were even damn songs playing in her dreams.

Sighing in frustration she went to bed annoyed.

Half way through the night, as she tossed and turned in her sleep, memories her soul had long since forgotten and repressed burst through her mind. She woke up panting as her life as Twilight Sparkle flashed through her mind, overlapping with her life as Ino Yamanaka.

She had to thank her Yamanaka heritage as her mind began to sort the memories.

Three Months Later

It had taken three painstaking months for her mind to adjust to the new memories. Using a basic Yamanaka clan technique, she could access her mindscape where she began sorting her memories from her time as Twilight to her current ones as Ino to accelerate the process. She also hid her memories as Twilight to keep it a secret from the rest of her new clan.

Her personality had long since become been changed from the assault it suffered within the multiverse, as one's personality was directly tied in with one's soul. This had changed her personality greatly, making her colder and indifferent to a lot of things, she still found joy in research and spending time doing certain things, but her idea of joy and happiness had changed greatly since her time as a pony, leaving a hole inside her for where some of her emotions once laid.

After waiting for her mind to settle she began reading through everything in the Clan library, memorising every book and scroll possible. Twilight's thirst for knowledge being stronger than ever before with her access to new information and a completely new energy source.

Her current goal, aside from trying to return to her own dimension, was to learn everything she could about chakra.

Twilight had been very happy to learn her magic still worked in this world without having her horn. She was fascinated with the energy Chakra, which had torn her magic core in two to make a new core to house the energy. Originally, this had meant that she was at half her original capacity for her mana, however she found that due to the damage she was passively absorbing mana out of the atmosphere to accelerate its restoration. This had the side effect of forcing it to also grow to accommodate her magic, allowing it to rapidly reach its original amount and continue to grow.

After researching the aspects of chakra and learning that it's comprised of physical and spiritual energy's she began wondering what her magic was classed as due to the fact her magic was separate from her chakra and there was in fact magic in this world.

She had been practicing her magic in private as much as possible, trying to think of a way to get back to her own world.

But for now, she would train as much as possible to make her new father happy, scared of the possibility of him finding out about her true nature. This also helped in proving her worth to her new clan, as they had access to more content in the village archives, where they stored any new and recorded Jutsu.

Ninja Academy – Land of Fire – Element Nations – Ino is 8 years' old

Twilight was cursing at this embarrassment of an academy with everything she could think of. She was being forced to go through everything at a kindergartener level, and she was not impressed at all with the curriculum after subtly using the Shintenshin no Jutsu (Ninja Art: Mind Transfer Technique) on one of the tutors she caught sleeping earlier and looked through the following few years planned lessons.

The most they would be taught would be the academy's Taijutsu style, the very basic of chakra control and three E-Rank techniques; Bunshin no Jutsu (Clone Technique), Henge no Jutsu (Transformation Technique) and the Kawarimi no Jutsu (Substitution Technique).

She had already managed to master the clone and transformation techniques by using her illusion spells as bases to help her control her chakra to perform the techniques with the minimal need for hand seals, while she used her custom teleportation as a guide to help learn the Substitution Technique.

After she learnt about the Fourth Hokage's Hiraishin no Jutsu (Flying Thunder God Technique) and its similarities to her teleportation, she knew she would need to begin acting like an actual Kunoichi (Female Ninja) and hide her magic as she could teleport without the need of a Marker.

She had been reading up on the laws of Konoha, and by the council's standards, she would be eligible for the CCA (Clan Creation Act).

She would become a baby factory.

She was drawn from her thoughts as a man of average height and build walked in. He had black hair that was kept in a ponytail, dark eyes and a scar that ran across the bridge of his nose. He was wearing the standard Konoha Shinobi uniform. Following him was another man with white, shoulder-length hair that had a slight hint of blue and green eyes. He too wore the standard attire of the Konoha-Nin but his forehead protector was stylized like a bandanna.

She knew they were coming; it was something else she gained from this new body. Apparently, Yamanakas were normally natural Sensory Type ninjas, meaning that they could detect Chakra fluctuations and be able to discern the direction it was being used from in a limited range.

However, Twilight was a bit different, it might have been a side effect of her magic on her human body but she could sense chakra no matter what. It did not matter if it be a Kage or a civilian, she could sense them.

She could tell where someone was and what their current chakra levels were and if she focused it on a single person; she could perceive her targets movements by examining the way their chakra flow through their body. She had a working theory that she would be able to tell if someone was lying by checking on his or her chakra flow and can tell when someone is under a Genjutsu.

Slowly the other children calmed down and watched the two Ninja with something akin to awe. Inwardly making Twilight both wince and gag. Was this how I acted around Celestia? She thought bitterly and with self-disgust.

The first man walked up with a smile on his face. "Hello, my name is Iruka Umino and this is my assistant Mizuki." He said as he motioned to the white haired man who smiled at them but Twilight could tell it was forced, being the daughter to an interrogator allowed her access to analyzation techniques and how to spot when people are lying, and while she was not an expert, Mizuki's demeanour betrayed him.

He did not want to be here.

"We will be your tutors for the next four years; we are here to help turn you into fine Shinobi." Iruka continued while still smiling. "Now we are going to take attendance. Call out when you hear your name."

She ignored most of the names as she could tell some of them acted like children while talking about saving Princesses.

"Aburame, Shino?"

"Here." Called a boy wearing a large coat with a high collar, and a pair of sunglasses. 'An Aburame huh? Fluttershy would love their clan.' Twilight silently mused to herself.

"Akimichi, Chōji?"

"Here!" Said a slightly plump child sitting next to her. 'You shouldn't be so timid.' Which was true, it felt like trying to get Fluttershy out of her shell again, very annoying.

"Haruno, Sakura!"

"Here." Said a small voice coming from a small pink haired girl a few seats ahead of her. 'A civilian-born with larger than average chakra reserves, I wonder what she's doing here?' Which was a good question, not many ninjas originated from civilian families as most came from merchant or clans.

"Hyūga, Hinata?"

"H-here sir!" Called a very tiny voice from the corner of the classroom where a small girl with pale, pupil-less lavender eyes sat with dark blue hair. 'A Hyūga who isn't as stuck up as Blueblood? Now there's something you don't see every day.'

"Inuzuka, Kiba?"

"Here!" Called a loud voice from a boy with feral fang markings and messy brown hair. 'He had better not become a hormonally driven boy when he is older, that is why Tsume-Sama killed her husband when he became a little too grabby with another girl and selling secrets to Iwa.' Twilight thought with an amused smirk.

"Nara, Shikamaru?"

"Here." Drawled out a lazy voice coming from the other side of Chōji, leaning over she found a black-haired boy with pineapple ponytail sleeping on the desk. 'Good to see you never change Shika'. Your brain must use so much energy that you're always tired.' She thought with a smirk.

"Uchiha, Sasuke?"

"Hmn." Grunted out a black haired boy whose hair was reminiscent of a duck's butt? Twilight groaned as every girl apart from her and Hinata swooned at the brooding emo.

Now while she had no love for the Uchiha, she would admit to having jealously towards the clan's Sharingan (Copy Wheel Eye) eye's. The ability to imitate any technique they see and then improve upon them should they practice was something that Twilight would love to have, the thought of the amount of spells and techniques she could learn was salivating to her inner scientist.

"Uzumaki, Naruto?"

"HERE!" Shouted a blond boy with goggles on his head. 'Strange… he has two Chakra sources; one is his normal core while there is another in his stomach, the both of them are gigantic in size, his main is at least Chūnin and the second one is even larger – it's like an ocean of malicious energy.' She analysed with a frown marring her face.

"Yamanaka, Ino?"

"Here Iruka-Sensei." She called out with more respect than her fellow students did as she adopted an indifferent look on her face and pulled out a book from her weapons pouch, something every clan heir already wore.

Since she researched the other Hokages, she had been researching the only active member of the Senju clan: Tsunade Senju. After learning of the woman's great prowess in both the battlefield and in a hospital room, Twilight began to emulate her.

She wanted to be similar to Tsunade in the aspect that she could heal as well as destroy. She had asked her father, being the 'Daddy's-Girl' she is, for harder chakra control techniques so she could eventually qualify to become a Medic Nin.

She felt little for manipulating Inoichi, he wasn't her actual father, just the father to her body. She knew that she should feel bad but she just couldn't bring herself to be.

In addition, while she already had excellent control due to having to learn extensive control for her immense magical power which she would gage herself at Low-Jōnin amounts with High-Jōnin control, that only allowed her to have Low-Chūnin levels of control with her Chakra being at High-Genin amounts.

So, using these techniques and reaching the same level of control as Tsunade would not only turn her into a powerhouse in Chakra control, but also send her control over magic to untold levels.

Currently, she was reading a book on the biology of the human body, silently swearing to get more medical books at her library in Ponyville. She needed to have a great understanding in the medical field and would need low Jonin levels of control to qualify to learn Medical Ninjutsu, never mind wanting to work in the Hospital.

Her 'father' had said something that stuck with her when she said she wanted to be a Medic-Nin.

"When you have one hundred ways to heal a person, you have a thousand ways to kill them."

While she inwardly frowned every time, she thought of killing, she realized just how versatile being a medic would be for her. She could pose as a normal doctor and silently remove a target when they place their complete trust in her to heal them. She could target specific areas on the body to disable a target, cause great pain or straight kill them.

Twilight ignored everything going on around her as she read her book, while getting annoyed at how quickly she was processing it. She would run out of useful information without any other books while in this farce of an academy, and if that happened then she would become very difficult to live with.

Two hours later

Twilight was munching on a stick of Dango while sitting in the shade of a tree as she was reading a scroll on advanced Chakra control that she had copied from her clan library. She had managed to amuse herself after finishing her biology book in class by sticking random things to her body with Chakra, increasing her control while subtly telling the tutors she was ahead of the class.

To her annoyance, the entire lesson was about the history of Konoha, it was nothing more than preaching and gloating at how their village was the best with plenty of censored areas that was basically brainwashing.

She was looking forward to next lesson as they would begin the physical training and she would be able to decide how to develop her own fighting style. She only took the basics of Pony-Fu and she could not use that here as a human.

She was drawn from her thoughts as Iruka called her over to the training field, where a selection of weapons was laid out on a table.

She walked over while rolling her scroll up and depositing it back in her weapon pouch. Joining her classmates, she watched as Mizuki set up several realistic looking dummies' down the field by a few meters with a target painted on the chests.

"Ok class." Iruka called getting their attention. "We are going to test your physical abilities with Kunai, we are not expecting you to actually hit the target as some of you will probably have no training in this so don't feel bad if you fail." He said as he walked over to the table of Kunai, picking one up he twirled it in his fingers before casually flicking it into the centre of the target. Drawing awed sounds from some of the children but just making Twilight stare blandly at the target.

These Chūnin were here to teach them to kill yet the fool wants them to hit the dummy in the chest, more specifically the sternum. A normal Kunai or Shuriken would possible fracture or break the bone but it's an injury that could be recovered from or even ignored while in a fight due to the chakra that could be enhancing an enemy Nin's body or the standard chainmail that most Ninjas wear.

Aiming a little to either side would give the assailant more chance of striking one of the lungs through the ribcage with a bit of luck, and with a bit more force it could possible scratch or pierce the heart on the left side.

It no longer disturbed Twilight that she thought of killing in such a professional and detached manor, the void in her emotions certainly helped with that. While she could still feel joy and other positive emotions, she couldn't really feel that bad about the idea of taking a life. She in no way liked the thought, but it didn't bother her in the way she knew it should do.

She knew that when the situation arises that she would probably feel bad about taking a life.

She had already resigned herself to the fact that she would probably take a life in this world before she would be able to escape back to her world. That was why she wanted to be a Medic-Nin, to save instead of take.

Twilight watched dully as the other children walked up one by one and threw five Kunai each, some of them hitting close to the centre while others flew past the target or the odd one that flew behind them. The clan heirs all did noticeably better than the others did.

Walking up to the table, Twilight took one of the Kunai and began running simulations and equations in her head as she analysed the Kunai's weight, the distance between her and the target, and speed and direction of the wind. While this was impractical in the field, it would be useful for ingraining it into muscle memory and instinct, allowing her body to perform the calculations on instinct.

She already had some Kunai skills, as her Dad did not want his precious daughter to be harassed by boys coming after for her beauty. Taking aim, she threw the small blade and purposely made it cut through the left External Carotid Artery, slicing into the side of the neck and lodging it there.

Picking up the next blade she ran through the calculations again as she spun the knife by the ring at the end of the handle, giving it more momentum. Before launching the blade, and embedded it into the dummy's right eye, burying it half way up the blade.

Picking up the last three Kunai, she spun and began throwing them in rapid succession, hitting the right shoulder, right kidney and the left knee in a slightly sloppy fashion. Twilight panted as she walked back to crowd of children, all who looked at her in something akin to bewilderment.

"Well done Ino-Kun, you're the only one who hit all five times." Iruka exclaimed in slight happiness, it was true as the best was Sasuke with four out of five. "Next time can you aim for the target tho-" he trailed off as he pulled out the Kunai, slowly comprehending what she had done.

Twilight looked at him with a raised eyebrow as her dull purple eyes met his. "If that is what you want Sensei, but I did specifically target one kill spot, one potentially disabling and extremely damaging spot, one permanent disabling and two limb disabling areas." She said coldly as stared at the man who was looking at her in shock.

"The center of the chest is a bad spot to aim at as the chest cavity provides some protection and most ninja wear chain-mesh Armour and would need more force to break through with a standard Kunai. It would either need extra force behind it or the blade being enhanced with Chakra." She said as she stood next to Chōji who was eating a bag of chips and Shikamaru who was napping in the shade of a tree.

Iruka looked at her in mute horror as the rest of the civilian students looked at her in something akin to terror while the Clan heirs were nodding to her choices.

Iruka stared at her in horror, a child knew and had the skill to both disable and kill an opponent. Shaking his head, he could not help but ask. "Ino, how did you know to target these areas?"

Twilight's eyebrow twitched, before she pulled out the Human Biology book she read earlier. "I'm studying to be a Medical Ninja. I finished reading this earlier and I have been memorizing the human body over the last few days."

"My first Kunai was aimed for the External Carotid Artery on the left side of the neck: a major artery that carries blood to the brain. The second Kunai I aimed at the eye and Optical nerve that connects directly to the brain, if the blade goes far enough it could damage the frontal lobe, while not fatal can cause permanent brain damage. The kidney injury is survivable but could stop the organ from filtering waste from the blood stream, managing a person's blood pressure and stimulates the bone marrow to produce blood for the body, all are vital for the body in the long run. My final two kunai were positioned to limit movement and remove the use of an arm, limiting their weapon capabilities and Jutsu usage." She explained as she placed the book back in her pouch while some of the clan heirs looked at her with bobbing heads while the civilians looked at her in horror.

Looking back over the other students, Twilight could not help but scoff at them. With a sneer on her pretty face, she addressed them. "Most of you are in this academy of your own free will, most of you had the choice to go to a civilian school. We are going to be trained as Ninja; we will be killers, thieves and mercenaries. We will be taught to fight, to kill and to steal so to any of you with delusions that the Shinobi life is luxurious and you will be off saving princesses then you need a reality check." She lectured as everyone; even Shikamaru was looking at her in a form of wonder and fascination.

"What we learn to do will not be pretty, life never is. I suggest you begin to mature quickly as at this very moment there are children in other villages who are receiving similar if not more intense training than this. You may very well be clashing blades with these people in a few years, remove your fantasy's and accept reality." She continued as she leaned next to Shikamaru in the shade of a tree, and closed her eyes. Following Shikamaru's previous example and take a nap, ignoring the awed looks she was receiving.

Her speech was more directed at herself towards the end, she had realised that no matter what happens there is always suffering, fantasies will only get you so far and Twilights main fantasy was to be able to rely on her friends no matter what…

That fantasy had long since been shattered.

Jonin Meeting – Hokage Tower – Same Time

The village's Jonin and the Hokage stared into his crystal ball in awe as they listened to a child provide a detailed description as to disable and potentially kill an opponent. The all paid close attention to how she effectively shattered the other children's dreams and ideals about what a Shinobi does.

"Well." Kakashi Hatake spoke, breaking the stunned silence. "That is going to shatter a few dreams." He continued with an upbeat tone in his voice.

Asuma Sarutobi shook his head at the man's comment. "While that may be true Kakashi, do you need reminding just how you used to act at that age?" He asked with a slight edge to his voice as he smoked his cigarette. Ino was likely going to be on his Genin team and he could already see potential in her, hell, everyone could. The last person who made such a statement in the academy was Itachi Uchiha who completed the entire academy curriculum in a single year.

"I know." He drawled out. "But that was a time of war, we are in a state of relative peace and here is an eight-year-old who has – according to her, the working knowledge of potential the entirety of a human body." He added as his one eye narrowed on the sleeping image of the blonde-haired person in question. "She must be more of a prodigy than I was at that age. Hokage-Sama, what Jutsu does she know at the moment?" He asked; referring to the fact a student has to reveal what they knew for educational purposes.

Taking a puff of his pipe, Hiruzen began leafing through the academy admission forums until he found the one belonging to Ino Yamanaka. "Let's see, she already knows the Bunshin no Jutsu, Henge no Jutsu and the Kawarimi no Jutsu. She already has the basics of her clan techniques, as well already accomplishing their Shintenshin no Jutsu. Her Chakra control is Low-Chunin while she is High-Genin in reserves, quite odd for an eight-year-old – never mind her being a girl with lower reserves, they also seem to be growing rather quickly. She has some skills in Shurikenjutsu but if any of you were paying attention, she paused in her first two throws for more accuracy." He listed off with a very impressed tone.

"According to her father she has been asking for books on biology for about a month, she must have read that book cover to cover and memorised it completely as she only got it about a week ago. In addition, she has already proven that she can apply this knowledge to the field as proven with the dummy." He continued with a very impressed look on his face.

"She hasn't had any physical training other than basic fitness exercises. Her speed in hand seals are at a mid Genin level and she managed to figure out the Wall Walking exercise herself after seeing a member of her clan perform it. She was tested and found to be a sensor type… Academically, she aced every entrance exam with perfect scores – her father, Inoichi, mentioned she has something of a Photographic memory, bordering on that of an Eidetic Memory…" He trailed off with contemplative look.

"With a few months of physical training and more advanced control techniques she could very well be ready to pass the academy early and be able to qualify for an apprenticeship with the hospital." He evaluated as he thought back to his lone female student, Ino was everything that Tsunade wanted in a medic.

All the Jōnin shared shocked looks. It was very rare to find a Shinobi with that much potential.

Asuma stared in shock at his father. "You're not seriously considering letting her do that are you?" He asked incredulously, a fresh Genin should not be able to do that, never mind finishing the academy three years early.

Sarutobi's glaring eyes locked with his sons; while he loved him to bits; it was annoying when he forgot his place while on duty. "I am very well tempted to ask if that is what she wants, and what right do you have, Jōnin, to question mine or her decision?" He hated having to remind his son of his place.

Asuma reeled back slightly, embarrassed at his mistake.

The elderly Kage sighed and rubbed the bridge of his nose. "We will wait one month, if she appears to be held back by the class's level then she can perform an escalation exam if she wishes." He decided as he worked through his options.

An escalation exam had not happened since Itachi was in the academy; even then, he only remained in the higher class for two months before taking the exam again and moving up another year group. He followed that pattern and completed all of the required exams in a single year.

Hospital – Land of Fire – Element Nations – Ino is 10 years' old

Twilight was happy, very happy. She had passed the final escalation exam and been accepted into an apprenticeship under a Medic Nin in the hospital. She had also passed the Genin exam, meaning she could take D-Rank Ninja missions within the village.

While it had annoyed her that it had taken a year more than expected to pass, she was glad that she would begin learning something useful. The only reason she finished a year later than originally predicted was due to her inexperience and her body's lack of physical training, most of the time spent was physically training her body and refining her chakra control to new levels.

She had proven herself leaps and bounds above the rest of the class, after a month Iruka approached who told her of the Escalation Exam which she was all too eager to take it. She had made a few new acquaintances in her first class and they were annoyed when she moved up in her class but understood once she explained as to why she was moving up.

She had spent the next year with the older students; she decided that accelerating too quickly would only lead to problems so she spent time with these students as she was learning basic Genjutsu during that year to help refine her chakra control outside her body.

She became relatively close to two people in that group: Tenten and Rock Lee. She got along with Tenten and held a friendly rivalry with her when they both shared their desires to become great like Tsunade. She got on with Lee; as she was one of the few who actively encouraged him instead of bully him.

They also helped each other while training. Tenten would teach her about different weapons, and help her learn to wield them effectively. While Twilight would help her with her Chakra control and becoming her sparring partner.

While she would train along with Lee in Taijutsu and she helped him learn to dispel Genjutsu and use the minimal Chakra he could use to Wall Walk to help compensate for his inability with Nin and Genjutsu.

Twilight decided that she would focus in on Acrobatics for her Taijutsu due to her simply not having the body to perform the hard-hitting moves that Lee focused on. She would train her body to become as flexible as possible every day with a two-hour work out to help train her body.

That year Twilight learned she could truly hate someone other than her old… friends. Neji Hyūga was someone you did not want to cross, and she did so by simply being younger and considered a greater genius than he was. He made himself clear that he did not believe her to be ready to be in the same class as him, this lead to her testing a basic sound based Genjutsu of her own creation on him. Using whistling as a medium to get him to leave her alone, also proving her theory that he relied on his clan's precious Kekkei Genkai too much.

After her year was up with them, she entered the final year group but never got even relatively close to anyone there, as she focused all her time and energy into refining her skills and knowledge for the final Genin exam.

She was not happy that she had to take the Seduction classes, though she did find them fun and found it very funny when the other girls acted in disgust when learning about sex and how they might need to seduce a target when they join the Ninja ranks. It was during these classes that she found more differences between her original world and this one.

While she already knew that this world was a warring world; her previous world she considered to be 'Child Friendly'. Sex was only ever used for reproduction in Equestria, not for pleasure with their partner… or by themselves.

Upon completing the academy, her chakra reserves had reached Low-Chunin while her control had reached Low-Jonin. Her strength had reached High-Genin levels thanks to training alongside Lee. She had become much more experienced in Shurikenjutsu and gained basic experience with most Ninja tools and weapons and even trained with a bow and arrow in her spare time for fun and became quite adept with them.

She had studied with her father to create stronger mental barriers as well as improve her skills with her clan's mind based Ninjutsu. She had also memorised literally everything she could find about the human body, and had already begun her training in actual Medical Techniques, and already revived a dead fish with the Shōsen no Jutsu (Mystical Palm Technique) in private.

She completely fried two dozen dead fish, which she would admit tasted good even if she did use to be an herbivore.

She became competent in casting Genjutsu, making it a point to learn both area of effect illusions and targeted ones to help her when healing patients in the field.

After passing the final exam, she had expected to be in Genin squad under a Jonin Sensei. To her shock, she was first in line for an apprenticeship. This was due her registered Jonin Sensei set to teach the next Ino–Shika–Chō squad, which she would be in alongside Shikamaru Nara and Chōji Akimichi.

She had woken up and went straight to the hospital at seven o'clock in the morning, mainly to arrive on time but to avoid her father who had been dotting around her praising her to the moon and back about her genius.

Walking into the Hospital, greeting her was the sight of a single doctor waiting, leaning against the main counter. Walking up the man, she tried portraying herself as a professional… well as professional as a ten-year-old could be.

"Hello Doctor-San, I was told to report here first thing this morning." She said as she subtly tightened the Leaf headband around her waist, causing the metal plate to shine a little.

The doctor looked at her and the headband several times before sighing. "So, you're the new apprentice, hope you're happy with your choice kid. The Hokage has placed a lot of faith and pulled more than a few strings to get you here." He said as he turned and picked up a clipboard from the counter. His eyes focused on her with a slight glare. "You better be worth the trouble he went through."

Twilight just stared at the man with a blank look while internally she was shouting at him in rage.

'How dare he? I worked my flank off to get here and I will not squander this opportunity! I'll show you!' She thought with an incredible amount of anger while she began to follow the man through the hospital.

She was lead to a room, where she was promptly abandoned by the man and told to go in as he left with a barely concealed sneer. Ignoring the insufferable medic, she knocked on the door and waited for a muffled "Enter." from one of the two-chakra signatures within.

Entering the room, she laid her eyes on two medics: one was a brown haired, blue-eyed nurse wearing a pink nurse gown with low Chūnin chakra reserves looking in her mid-twenties.

The other was a man looking to be in his late teens. A pair of black rimmed circular glasses protected his onyx eyes; his ash-grey hair was styled into a ponytail with his bangs covering little parts of his headband. He wore a dark purple sleeveless-shirt with a high collar with a white undershirt and dark purple trousers, held up by a white waistcloth and standard Shinobi sandals.

The thing that intrigued her the most was his Mid-Jōnin reserves of dark Chakra, very dark. She had to suppress a shudder when examining the energy; it was twisted and stemmed from the man's nature. However, the strangest part was that the energy – while twisted it was not twisted of its own free will, and felt lost in nature. Meaning he had been though a very traumatic experience, and was never treated.

"Hello, my name is Ino Yamanaka and I am here to start my apprenticeship." Twilight said with a small bow.

The nurse smiled at her and bowed too "A pleasure Ino-San, my name is Arisa Shirane and this is Kabuto Yakushi." She said while motioning to the man who bowed as well. "We will be testing you today to see what you know and what you need to know before you begin your course." She said as she motioned to the table where Twilight found something she had become very acquainted with in the last few weeks.

A dead fish with a barrel of fish off to the side with a bowl of water to the other side.

Kabuto smiled to her. "We will begin with the Shōsen no Jutsu. You have the needed level of Chakra control to achieve it and the signs are a Modified Ox." He said as he showed the sign. "Followed by the Tiger, normally there might be seals that follow but for now we don't need to go into that. Now what you are going to do is attempt to revive a dead fish." He explained as he pulled out another dead fish from the barrel and showed the technique in action with a green glow enveloping his hands and the fish, causing the fish to begin flopping about after the green glow left it.

He turned back to her with a kind smile on his face after he placed the fish in the bowl of water. "Don't worry if you can't get it right the first time, I never did." He reassured her as she moved over to the dead animal. The nurse picked up a clipboard and pen, waiting to evaluate her probably.

Twilight calmly went through the hand-seals while carefully channelling her chakra through her hands, causing a green glow to envelope them. She gently raised her hands over the fish and began pumping the animal's heart while restarting the electrical signals within the fish and repairing any of the damaged tissue. A few moments later the fish began to twitch then flop around in panic and dehydration. Twilight stopped the technique and gently placed the fish into the bowl.

She turned back to the two medics who were staring at her in shock. "I might be a little too prepared." She admitted, which was true as she wanted to be as prepared as possible for any probability and being able to skip learning one the harder Medical Ninjutsu seemed like a good idea.

"When did you learn to do that?" Kabuto breathed out in shock. Medical Ninjutsu takes months to get to a decent level, the test was only to see how good her control was and her possible potential in the medical arts.

Twilight crossed her arms as she internally hid her worry. "I spent the last month learning this myself in private; my father gave me a scroll containing it for my last birthday." She said as she silently began dreading the worst.

Kabuto's face split into a large smile, she learned at a similar rate to him. It had taken him a month to learn the same technique but that was during a time of war so he had to learn quickly. She was also like him in the way they both seemed to crave knowledge, he'd seen Ino's records from the academy she read through books faster than an Akimichi through a bag of chips.

Oh yes, this girl has potential.

"Well done, marvellous work!" Kabuto congratulated as he examined the revived fish. Twilight already knowing the Shōsen no Jutsu would help decrease the needed time to train her.

Twilight's let a small smile grace her face. "Thank you, Kabuto-Sempai." She said in genuine gratitude.

"Now." Arisa spoke up after finding her voice. "You can skip the normally needed training for new Medic-Nin but you will still need to take the standard exam. It's just so we know if you need to go through any of the theory." She said as she led the Twilight to a desk with a rather large exam paper. "You will have two hours to complete the exam, we are ahead of schedule so you can have a half hour break if you want to ask Kabuto any questions that don't pertain to the exam." She explained as she sat behind a desk opposite the exam table.

Twilight blinked for a second before speaking. "How long have you been a Medic-Nin?" She asked.

"I have been able to do Medical Ninjutsu for longer than I have been an actual medical ninja, but around… six years now. My adoptive mother was the Captain of the Medic Corps and adopted me after I lost my memory during the last war." Kabuto answered as he leaned against the wall.

Twilight hummed in response. "If I do pass this exam then what will be expected of me and how would the apprenticeship progress?" She asked, wanting to know how she could prepare for the future.

Kabuto held his chin for a second before responding. "Well, you will be expected to work at least three days a week to gain experience while one day will be dedicated to advancing your knowledge and abilities. Another day will be free for you to do a few D-Rank missions and the weekend will normally be your own, but we do recommend you train a bit during your free time as you might be called in for an emergency." He explained before he pushed himself off the wall.

"While your apprenticeship will be under me and your lessons will depend on how well you do in the exam. We already know that you are good at the practical aspect but we do not know how you are on the theoretical side of things. If you need more experience, there then we will focus on that and only do a few hours of practical training." He finished, as he looked her with ominously glinting glasses.

Twilight nodded to that, it seemed to be a good system that balanced her time between learning on the job, learning in an educational environment and earning a little extra on the side and still having time for training and possible socializing.

They continued to talk for next half hour, learning little things about each other and what could be happening in the future of her apprenticeship.

"Ino-San." Arisa said, catching the two's attention. "Your breaks over now, you will have two hours to complete the test." She said as she sat at a desk opposite from her exam.

Twilight nodded as she sat down and began the exam.

Academy – Land of Fire – Element Nations – Ino is 12 years' old

Twilight smirked as she walked through the Ninja Academy's doors again after two years.

Her exam to become a Medic-Nin had gone well with only failing a few questions she did not think would be in the test. She started learning the basics of the hospital with Kabuto after the paper had been marked, becoming acquainted with the other hospital staff that either treated her like a child or regarded her with annoyance and made it a point to give her the cold shoulder.

During her time off from working with Kabuto, she spent either: with Shikamaru and Chōji, or training with her father. She had learnt more of her clan's Mind arts and she began learning about Nature Transformation and discovered she had a dual nature for Suiton (Water Style) and Doton (Earth Style). She trained mercilessly in her elements until she could pull water from large bodies with only minor resistance and could manipulate the Earth in moderate quantities.

She had learned several new medical techniques from Kabuto and gained a new insight into the way a person's body functions. A year into her Apprenticeship, Kabuto had shown her what he called his 'pride and joy': The bone from a member of the Kaguya Clan of the Hidden Mist Village.

While she was initially quite disturbed about him owning a random person's bone, she too developed a similar fascination with the remains as Kabuto did. When chakra was introduced into the bone its density increased dramatically and when removed, it returned to normal levels.

Twilight had so many questions about the Shikotsumyaku (Dead Bone Pulse) such as how it worked, how does the bloodline create the mass for the user to create the excess bones and how was it controlled?

Kabuto too seemed to be trying to solve the same questions; he had apparently been trying to decipher it using genetics but wasn't making much progress.

Twilight on the other hand had already begun to make progress in dissecting the bone's true nature.

Chakra itself was made of two initial energies: Yin (Spiritual) and Yang (Physical). These two energies combined created chakra, which was then moulded for the user's needs and separately they could make techniques such as the Shadow or Expansion Jutsu from the Nara and Akimichi clans.

Genjutsu (Illusionary Techniques) primarily use Yin to create a form within its energy that is then imprinted into the targets chakra network, normally within their eyes to make them see things that the caster wants them to see.

What many people don't realize is that there is more to combining the two than just creating offensive Ninjutsu and Genjutsu.

By using Yin to create a form, then by mixing Yang into the form you give it life. Someone could create something from nothing; this is what she found to happen when she channelled chakra into the bone. Her chakra was converted to the chakra of the original bone's owner and then used create calcium and collagen, which is then absorbed by the bone and compacted into its mass to make it stronger and denser. The chakra would control and direct the growth of collagen and then add the calcium to strengthen the bones. If controlled then the user would be able to use their chakra to create new bones and make them breach the skin, giving the user the ability to create weapons from their bones.

The bone created more bone from nothing.

Using this knowledge, Twilight was in theory able to recreate the Shikotsumyaku within her own body. The main reason she had not actually tried it was because she had no actual experience in controlling it, this meant that if she tried it she might turn herself into a tree of bones and destroy most if not all her internal organs.

However, this also opened a completely new array of opportunities for her. If she could recreate the ability to grow bones from nothing, then she could eventually recreate any bloodline that centred on chakra manipulation and the concept of the Yin-Yang Release.

She never shared her findings with Kabuto. While she felt bad about not sharing what should technically be his research, her inner scientist demanding she should, she still did not trust him.

After all, how on Earth was he able to get his hands on the DNA from a supposedly extinct clan?

However, apparently, he did not see their relationship in the same light. After all, he taught her the theory of his In'yu Shōmetsu (Yin Healing Wound Destruction) when she saw him heal a cut across his hand in seconds after an incident in the hospital.

While she didn't know all the science behind his version, she had observed the technique a few times over the first year and re-created a slightly slower version by recreating the functions.

Utterly astounding Kabuto when she showed him that she had achieved a much slower version of it by using an unrefined version of the Yin-Release which she was slowly mastering and making quicker.

While Kabuto's created new cells around the area where a wound would be using his muscles and blood vessels to help it along by converting small quantities of the plasma in his blood into the new cells, while hers relies on her training in the forgotten arts of Sage of the Six Paths: The Yin-Yang Release. Creating the new cells from her Chakra.

After that, he seemed to view her in a new light and was all too eager to try to befriend her past the relationship they had as Teacher and Student.

Which Twilight found very suspicious, she called him out on his sudden interest in her and he froze. His chakra went haywire for a second, fluctuating rapidly before settling. To Twilight this indicated that he was either nervous, or he had realised that he had made a mistake and calmed himself down rapidly.

Since then he still tried to befriend her more but was less obvious about it. She could sense that his chakra was becoming less twisted very slowly as she got to know him and as she interacted with him more and more, so while she was still suspicious she wanted to help him as a doctor.

She had spent a ridiculous amount of time in private training to increase her chakra capacity and even more to elevate her control to new heights. Her capacity had reached High-Chunin and her control to Mid-Jōnin bordering High-Jōnin.

She had been forced to learn how to perform the Chakura no Mesu (Chakra Scalpel) during an emergency in her second year. After spending more time with the technique, she could master it and remove the need for Hand-Seals, forming the blades in an instant at the cost of slightly more chakra.

Kabuto had mentioned that it was possible to use the Scalpel while in combat but refused to teach her how, saying that it would take too long to learn.

She had also come to terms with the fact that people die; she had seen several people, Ninja and Civilian alike die. Be it in their sleep or screaming and writhing in agony as she tried to save their lives with their blood covering her hands.

Handling her first death was very strange, she was unable to save a Ninja from a grievous wound, he died as she was trying to close the wound, leaving her hands stained with his blood.

She had stared at her hands in silent horror, while she was glad that she could feel that emotion, she rapidly and roughly stomped down on it as she had to rush to help someone else.

She had seen more death since her first, none as unsettling as the first, slowly she became use to it and she reached the point where she barely reacted, she did still fear the day when she would be the one who takes a life. But she was also becoming worried about her mental health, slowly becoming used to death was not something she had planned to happen.

She had learned Water Walking from her father, as she needed more control for her clan's Ninjutsu.

She was also astounded when she practiced her magic. Its potency had become astronomical and her control was ridiculous, she could cast the Butterfly Wing Spell she used on Rarity when they went to the Best Young Flyer competition in Cloudsdale on herself without the needed preparation or the immense original mana cost on herself. The cost was reduced to a speck in her mana pool that had reached what she could only assume was Ichibi (One tail) levels in mana.

She had found something interesting about her Magic though. Unlike when she was a unicorn, she could now infuse her body with magic, when she did this her strength reached Low-Jonin in power and her speed reached similar levels. Her Ninjutsu became at least three time stronger but their difficulty to control also increased by similar amounts. Her sensor abilities had also gone from their already impressive state to insane levels as she could feel the very emotions of people and creatures around, that had overloaded her and she had fallen unconscious after only a few minutes.

After regaining consciousness, she was very upset to find her entire body raked with pain and her muscles torn and her ligaments shattered in her arms and legs. It had taken three weeks of constantly channelling her version of the In'yu Shōmetsu to repair her body.

While that experience did hurt her tremendously, it had its advantages and opened a completely new series of questions. It had also led her muscles to become stronger when they were repaired, but she wanted to know exactly what it was she performed and why did it enhance her so much?

She giggled at remembering how her father reacted to her condition. Looking into a window, she could not help but look at her own reflection. She stood at 4 foot 9 with her long platinum blond hair held in a ponytail that reached her waist with a long bang hiding the right side of her face; her light purple eyes glimmered in her reflection.

Her attire consisted of a purple high-collared blouse with a matching apron skirt; bandages covered her abdomen and legs. Her forehead protector was around her waist as a makeshift belt, her ears pierced with small hoop-earrings and her arms were covered in purple and white elbow warmers that hid mesh like armour beneath. She had black legwarmers that hid very heavy training weights she had bought from Lee.

Still smirking, Twilight continued her way until she could hear some muffled noises and smiled at the door of her old class. Opening the door, the noise grew silent as the occupants of the room turned to the door.

"Hey guys." She called out as she walked in and almost fell in shock. There were only eight people, she had learnt to limit her natural Chakra sensing ability's to only a few feet around her body to avoid an information overload. "Where is everyone?" She asked in confusion with a frown on her face.

Shikamaru raised his head from the desk, showing disinterested eyes to the world. "They began quitting a couple of months after your great speech four years ago. That was the time when they began to see Shinobi for what they really were." He drawled out before his head hit the table again.

Twilight raised an amused brow, she had not thought of that day for a long time. "Right… Well, it's good to see everyone again and see you all passed the stupidly easy exam." She said as she joined Chōji and Shikamaru, already knowing whom she would be with team wise.

"So, Ino-Chan?" Chōji spoke up, getting her attention. "How has the Hospital been recently? The older medics still giving you hassle?" He asked as he munched on a bag of chips.

"The Hospitals been fine, no major emergencies have happened recently so it's been rather quiet." She said evenly before she sighed. "And yeah, they still think that I shouldn't be there despite the fact it's usually Sensei and I who do most of the work outside of the operation theatre."

She sighed again as she sunk into her seat. "I really wish Tsunade-Sama would come back to take over, the hospital has gone to hell since she left."

"From what my Kaa-San told me, Tsunade hasn't even set a foot in the village in the last sixteen years and refuses to even look at the Konoha leaf symbol." Kiba said turning around.

"The chance of her returning is as much as Kiba not lifting his leg to pee." Shikamaru joked without lifting his head, drawing a glare from the dog like boy.

"So… Fifty/Fifty?" Twilight joked with a straight face getting laughs from the others in the room.

"Hey Ino-Chan!" Naruto called from his position in his neon orange jumpsuit, getting her attention. "Is being a Ninja awesome? What kind of things do fresh Genin do?" He asked with undiluted energy.

"Well as I said four years ago: it isn't pretty; you will have a quota to meet every month in the number of missions which changes depending on the level of missions you take as a single D-Rank would be a single mission whilst a C-Rank could be equivalent to three D-Ranks." She explained before she looked around and noticed she had everyone's attention. "As for what fresh Genin do?" She asked Naruto who nodded enthusiastically.

"Well… We do D-Ranks that are basically glorified chores such as painting fences, walking dogs or getting someone's groceries for a few months." She explained to everyone's disappointment. "They are there for Genin teams to become used to each other, give the Jōnin Sensei time to organise the training for the students and encourage team exercises." She further explained to get them to understand how it worked, even if she too disagreed and didn't believe in it.

She refused to put her trust completely in others to help her, the other wielders of the Elements of Harmony had proven just how fickle such a relationship could be.

"Aww." Naruto moaned in complaint before grinning. "That's fine; I'll just do all the D-Ranks possible!" He proclaimed as he jumped on the desk, earning an amused look from Twilight as almost everyone else face palmed.

"Now, now everyone." A voice called out. "It's time for the team placements, and it's nice to see you again Ino-Kun." Turning to the door, they found the familiar site of Iruka walking through the doorway.

"It's been a long time Iruka-Sensei, where is Mizuki-Sensei?" She asked as she expanded her chakra sense to encompass the academy and several blocks of houses in their entirety, examining every chakra signature she could find to find Mizuki's signature.

Iruka had no outward reaction but his chakra did as it fluctuated at the question, and so did Naruto's strangely. "Mizuki is currently away due to personal matters, now I will read out the teams for this year." He answered simply and quickly changed the subject… something big happened.

"Teams 1 through 6 are still active."

"Team 7 is Naruto Uzumaki, Sakura Haruno and Sasuke Uchiha." Iruka ignored the two shouts of joy and the two heads hitting the desks and continued.

"Team 8 is Shino Aburame, Kiba Inuzuka and Hinata Hyūga." The three looked at each other and nodded to one another.

"Team 9 is still in circulation from last year."

"And Team 10 is Shikamaru Nara, Chōji Akimichi and Ino Yamanaka." Twilight smirked, the only two issues she had with this would be trying to get Chōji to fight and ignore his immeasurable kindness while on the battlefield and getting Shikamaru active.

"Your sensei's will be here soon; I know you will all become splendid Ninja." Iruka said with a smile before leaving.

Five minutes of random chatter followed while Twilight reigned in her sense to only the academy. Therefore, she alerted the rest when she felt two new chakra signatures enter the building. One with High-Jōnin capacity and one with Mid-Jōnin.

Everyone looked towards to door when it opened revealing two figures. The first was a tall man, with brown eyes, olive skin, short black spiky hair, and a beard. His clothing consisted of the standard Konoha ninja uniform with his sleeves rolled up half way, the flak jacket, the regular shinobi sandals and the forehead protector on his head. He also had a sash that had the kanji "火" (Fire) marked on it around his waist, a pair of black bangles, and bandages wrapped around the arms of his sleeves.

The second was a fair-skinned woman of slender build. She had long black untamed hair reaching her upper back, with unique red eyes. She had make-up consisting of red lipstick and purple eye shadow. Her outfit consisted of a red mesh armour blouse with only the right sleeve visible as the rest was covered in a broad material, which resembled bandages with a pattern on it like that of rose thorns. Her hands and upper thighs were wrapped in bandages, her forehead protector rested on her head, and regular shinobi sandals hid her feet.

"Ok." The man spoke up. "Team 10 is with me; Team 8 goes with the lovely lad – Oof!" He exclaimed as the woman jabbed the man's ribs with her elbow.

"I've said no once, NO twice and NO three times… When will you learn that I am not interested in you Asuma-no-Baka." The woman said with a very annoyed sigh, her chakra was going erratic and slightly volatile at the mention of him, she did not like the man.

"My name is Kurenai Yūhi, Team 8 is with me." She said with a smile as her chakra calmed down to a smooth flow.

The members of said team nodded and followed her out. Leaving the remaining members of the room staring at a very embarrassed Jonin.

"Well," He spoke up. "I'm Asuma Sarutobi, and as I said before, I am the Sensei to Team 10 so follow me." He drawled out as he took out a cigarette and lit it before taking a long drag, drawing a frown from Twilight as she and her teammates followed the smoking man.

Yakiniku Q – Konoha – Twenty Minutes Later

Twilight grinned as she watched her new Sensei cry at the sight of Chōji ordering almost everything from the menu. The man had doomed his wallet… and possibly bank account, when he said, 'My treat' when he led them here.

Shikamaru was lazily watching his Sensei with a slightly interested and amused gaze. Asuma brought an Akimichi to their home territory, willingly… very foolish.

A few minutes later their orders were taken and Asuma finished wiping away his tears.

"Ok, since you already know my name and we are waiting for our food, we can introduce ourselves to each other. Just say your likes, dislikes, hobbies, strengths and weaknesses and life goals." He said as he pulled out another cigarette, drawing a glare from Twilight in annoyance.

"I'll go first; my name is Asuma Sarutobi, my likes are my cigarettes, the village and Kurenai-Chan." He said with a smile that turned slightly dreamy with a glint of lust in his eye, making Twilight narrow her eyes.

She had learnt to recognise that look from patients that got a little too comfortable with their Nurses in the hospital. In addition, like any self-respecting woman she hated it, she might only be in the body of a twelve-year-old but mentally she was close too twenty-two.

Asuma continued, oblivious to Twilights glare as he continued. "I dislike arrogant people. My hobby is playing Shogi and my strengths would be Ninjutsu and Taijutsu while my weakness would be Genjutsu and my dream for the future is not appropriate for your ears." He finished as he took a long drag of his cigarette before he pointed to Shikamaru.

"Troublesome, my name is Shikamaru Nara, I like watching the clouds and napping. I dislike work… or moving in general. I enjoy playing Shogi and I specialize in my clan's Ninjutsu and my weakness is the plague that haunts all Nara men…" He trailed off as his eyes closed and he began to lightly snore, until Twilight kicked his shin, jolting him awake as his eyes lazily regarded her. "My point is proven. My dream would be to have an average wife, two average children, and retire at 40."

Asuma blinked owlishly before he looked to Chōji. "My name is Chōji Akimichi; I like eating and being with my friends. I dislike it when people call me fat, and those who misjudge my clan. I enjoy eating and spending time with Ino-Chan and Shikamaru-Kun, and I specialize in my clan's Ninjutsu and my weakness would probably be my speed and Genjutsu. My goal would be to make my clan proud and find someone who appreciates me for me." He said as his eyes locked to the food the waiter brought over and set in front of him.

Asuma nodded before he turned to Twilight. "My name is Ino Yamanaka." She said, inwardly curious at how she could easily answer to both 'Ino Yamanaka' and 'Twilight Sparke'. "I like working at the hospital, training and learning new Medical Ninjutsu. I dislike perverts, rapists, arrogant people, people who pretend to be someone they're not and those who abandon their friends in their time of need." She listed with a frown while Asuma stared at her with wide eyes.

'That is a long list of dislikes and they all revolve around people.' He thought with slight confusion.

"My hobbies include training, researching new medical techniques and gardening. My goal is to apprentice under Tsunade-Sama and find the answer to some questions that have plagued me for a long time." She finished as she began chewing on a slice of steak in front of her, no longer disturbed about not being an herbivore.

Asuma nodded at the first part of her goal, it was a very good goal but would be very hard to achieve, especially since Tsunade never wants to see the village again. However, the last part intrigued him, what were the questions that she had that earned the position as a life goal?

"Well, now we got the introductions out of the way, I need to tell you that you're not actually Genin yet." He said, dropping the proverbial bombshell on them. Shikamaru jumped from his leaning position with wide eyes, Chōji dropped his chopsticks in shock and Twilight straight glared at him with a small amount of anger.

"That is pure bullshit, sensei." Twilight growled out, having long gotten over her censored tongue, surprising the three males. "I have been classified as a Genin by Law for the past two years; I have been taking Ninja missions within the village for the same period and you tell me I'm not a Genin." She listed as she monitored his chakra flow.

Asuma coughed into his hand. "Well you do know that you were only acting as a provisional Genin, right? It was written in the contract you signed." He said with a stern look.

She refused to be fazed by the look she was getting from the Jōnin, she had long since stopped trusting anyone of a higher position to tell his or her subordinates everything after reviewing her memories of her interactions with Celestia.

What she focused on was his chakra flow, more specifically the way it fluctuated with his response.

He was lying – and she read that contract she signed cover to cover and it in no way said that… She had it changed to make sure there were loop holes that only she could exploit.

What was he trying to pull?

"Say I believe you." She began, drawing the attention back to her. "How would we become actual Genin? I would imagine that you would be the one giving us some kind of test where you then decide if we are ready, if not you would probably drop us from the Ninja course." She theorised while watching Asuma's face and body language. She could see the small beads of sweat that was forming in-between his eyebrows.

"Which you can't do as you would be the one who drops three clan heirs, which wouldn't look good on the Ninja system or the Sarutobi clan. The worst you could do is threaten us with being sent back to the academy, which you can't do to me as I already completed the academy two years ago." She continued as Asuma's eyes widened a fraction.

Shikamaru's brows furrowed. That did sound suspicious; there must be a deeper meaning behind all this. He did not get the chance to continue his train of thought as Ino eyes widened as something akin to realization appeared on her face.

"There is one thing that is constantly preached about in Konoha: teamwork. Yet that is never touched upon in the academy." It made sense to her, the one thing she remembered lacking in the academy was any team training exercise… and then they are placed into a random team where they may or may not function properly. She held her chin in deep thought, all the while examining Asuma's chakra fluctuations.

"The Jōnin sensei would test the Genin and see if they could work together in a stressed environment… A fight against the Jōnin, I mean a single academy student would be decimated by an Elite-Jōnin. However, putting three Genin against a single Jōnin, they stand, if only a miniscule chance of beating him or her in combat. Your goal during said test would be to try and pit the Genin against one another, making the true purpose all the trickier to achieve or even see... possibly saying that one or two of us could stay on the team while the third is sent back to the academy, making us competitive of each other." She continued, while silently enjoying the way Asuma's expression became one of disbelief and shock.

Asuma groaned, why did she have to figure it out so easily? He had an entire test planned and she goes and demolishes all his hard work. "I am both incredibly impressed and annoyed now. You just broke down the purpose of this meeting in just a few moments… With you figuring out the test before I even mentioned one you all technically pass." He said with a sigh as he puffed on his stick-of-death more.

Twilight smirked, glad that she had saved herself from having to listen to Shikamaru complain about having to do another test. "Can you please tell us where you want us to meet up and when please? I have a few things I need to talk about with a few people." She asked slightly impatiently, annoyed at the meetings original purpose.

Asuma sighed. "Yeah, head to training ground 42 in two days at 8 AM for team training." He said as he finished his food with a disappointed look on his face.

Twilight just grinned as she finished her food and left after saying her goodbyes, leaving Asuma to wait for Chōji to finish his food before he could pay.

Twilight quickly navigated her way back to the academy, slightly surprised to sense Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura were still there and a new High-Jōnin level Chakra signature was on the roof. Ignoring the new signature, she made her way back up to the classroom and opened the door to see a sulking Naruto, brooding Sasuke and fawning Sakura.

All three occupants of the room turned to the door in some form of desperate hope, only to have it washed away when they saw who it was. Sakura was the first to greet Twilight.

"What are you doing here Ino-Baka? Your sensei already decided it would be a waste of time to try and train you because you're that much of a failure?" She asked as if she were better than she was. That was one of the things she hated about Sakura, she had somehow deluded herself that she was perfect in every way and that Twilight was somehow after her 'Sasuke-Kun'.

Honestly, Twilight found it sickening that the girl had become this shell in front of her. She remembered when Sakura had potential, but that was washed away the moment she became a fan-girl.

Twilight gasped in mock shock. "How did you know? It's not as if I spent the last two years as an actual ninja while you were still here, learning how to make a single Bunshin." Twilight mocked back, knowing what would follow from prior experiences.

Sakura huffed before turning back to Sasuke with stars in her eyes. "Well you'll never be as good as Sasuke-Kun!" She praised while easily forgetting the fact that Sasuke never even qualified a single time to perform the Escalation Exam, much to his ire.

Twilight just rolled her eyes before turning to the one she was originally here to speak too. "Hey Naruto, can I talk to for a moment?" She asked, shocking all three.

"Why?" He asked unsurely.

"I just need to talk to you for a moment, nothing bad will happen." She replied in her most comforting voice as she subtly cast a sound based Genjutsu with her voice as a medium, making him more receptive to the idea.

"Sure." He replied as Twilight walked out the room with Naruto in tow.

After walking down a few corridors, she turned back to the orange clad boy. "I wanted to ask what happened to Mizuki-Sensei." She said as she watched the boy flinch.

"I d-don't know what you're talking about." He stuttered out with slightly widened eyes.

Twilight sighed. "Ok, then can you tell me what the second chakra source in your stomach is please?" She asked already having a theory to what it was.

Naruto's eyes widened further as he leaned his back against a wall. "Why do you want to know?" he asked with a slight edge to his voice.

"I already have a theory as to what it is, I just need confirmation. As to the circumstances surrounding Mizuki-Sensei, both yours and Iruka-Sensei's chakra flows fluctuated when I asked this earlier, this means that he was lying and you hold a connection to his cause of absence." She explained as she pressed for more information.

"I-I…" Naruto stuttered out as he failed to find an appropriate response. He stopped stuttering when Twilight laid a comforting hand on his shoulder.

"If you are what I think you are, then I won't hate you. If anything, I think you are doing a great job that was forced upon you." She said in a soothing tone to the disbelief of the boy. While she didn't consider the boy a friend, she could understand that he had a tough life with what was forced upon him.

"I hold the Kyūbi no Yōko." He sighed out as he closed his eyes, expecting her to lash out at him as so many adults had done in the past. Instead, he was shocked to find that Twilight had engulfed him in a gentle hug.

"It's ok Naruto; I know you're not the fox you keep at bay." She said smoothly as she held him. Naruto stared at the wall behind her in shock and disbelief before he slowly raised her arms and embraced the hug with vigour as tears leaked from his eyes.

"Are you feeling better now?" she asked as she pulled away but held his shoulders.

Naruto smiled while rubbing the tears from his eyes. In just two days, he had found two people who accept him for him. "Yeah, thank you Ino-Chan. It is good to know that not everyone is close-minded." He said with a blinding smile.

Twilight smiled at him as she let go of him and lent against the wall. "Can you please tell me what happened to Mizuki now?" She asked again.

Naruto nervously shuffled back and forth. "I failed the Graduation exam again because I couldn't make a single Bunshin, and Mizuki told me about a secret test that would let me pass." He said before he hung his head in shame. "I stole the Scroll of Seals from the Hokage Mansion in belief that I would be able to pass and become a Genin. Iruka confronted me and we ended up fighting Mizuki." He said before a smirk broke out in his face. "I managed to beat him when I used my new Super-Awesome Clone Jutsu that I learnt from the scroll. After that, Iruka-Sensei passed me and Mizuki is in Jail." He continued with a positively giddy voice.

"What clone technique was it?" Twilight asked, not bothered about the fate of Mizuki, she never liked him. What she was interested in was the technique Naruto used. If Naruto could overpower a Chunin by himself with the use of a clone technique it had to be strong, along with the fact the Jutsu came from Scroll of Sealing which were all B-Rank techniques and higher. And then there was the fact someone who wasn't even a Genin had snuck in and stolen from the Hokage Mansion without being seen.

"The Kage Bunshin no Jutsu (Shadow Clone Technique)! I can make physical copies of myself now, no need for the stupid illusion ones." He said as he made a cross sign with his fingers and a cloud of smoke erupted to his left as a perfect replica of Naruto emerged from within.

Twilight's eyes were as wide as saucers as she felt the boy's chakra almost cut in two and one half move to the clone.

"How long did it take you to master this Jutsu?" She asked in slight shock, the boy did not even look winded.

A clueless look appeared on his face as his eyes closed and his nose scrunched together. "Hmm, I think it took me about an hour to get it working, I wasn't keeping track though." He said slightly sheepishly.

Twilight just stared at him in disbelief. She shook her head; she would have to think on this later when they both had time. "Naruto." She said, getting his attention. "I want you to come and find me at training ground 42 in two days. I want to see just how much you have been held back by; also, I wish to trade a technique for you to teach me that Jutsu. If things go well, we could help each other in the future." She said as she thought about what she missed in her original class over the years.

Naruto stared at her for a second before he smiled a thousand-mile grin. "Sure Ino-Chan, I'll be there and I'll master the technique you give me!" he shouted as he did a good-guy pose.

Twilight couldn't help but smile a little at the act; while she still harboured anger and a slight hatred for her friends in Equestria that had grown over the years, she was happy that she could still make someone happy, even if she didn't think of him as a friend.

She couldn't afford to make any permanent bonds anyway, her goal was to find a way out of her current dimension and return to Equestria, abandoning all those left behind.

"I'm sure you will." She said with little doubt.

"Well I better get back and wait for my Sensei." He said in a slightly annoyed voice, obviously not happy about having to wait.

Twilight blinked before she expanded her sixth sense again and found the Jōnin chakra signature still on the roof, focusing on the way the chakra flowed through the person's coils she found the subject to be male, and he seemed to be lying on the roof with something in his hand if the position of his arm meant anything.

"I think I know where your sensei is." She said, getting the blue-eyed boys attention. "Since I came back from my meeting, I intended to talk to you, so I sensed for your Chakra and found you, Sasuke and Sakura still here. But I found another signature on the roof of the school, its high Jōnin in capacity and upon farther examination I found it to be a man lying on the roof, probably reading a book." She said as she watched as a mix of anger and disbelief made its way onto his face before he took off running.

Quickly following the orange blur, she followed him up the various staircases and eventually out onto the top of the building where they found a man with gravity defying silver hair with the standard Konoha Nin flak jacket and blue pants. Standard shinobi sandals covered his feet and fingerless gloves covered his hands with a metal plate on the back of each. The most noticeable feature was the fact the man had more than three quarters of his face covered; the lower half of his face was covered in a facemask that went all the way down into his shirt while his left eye was covered by his headband. He was lying on the railing while holding an orange book close to his face.

"Well, I was wondering when someone would find me. Are you two part of my Genin team?" The man drawled out, not even looking from his book.

Twilight shook her head. "I'm not, but you are late in picking up your students Jōnin-san. Considering that I have already been and had my meeting with Asuma-Sensei, I would say you are doing this on purpose." Twilight said as she focused in on the chakra flow behind the man's headband, his chakra changed to someone else's the moment it entered for some strange reason.

The man closed his book and looked over at the two in slight intrigue. "Oh? And why would you think I am doing that on purpose?" He asked as he sat up and rested his head in the palm of his hand.

"I have been here, talking to Naruto for about ten to twenty minutes and you have been here the whole time. The simple fact you asked if we were a part of your team proves that you are here to lead one and considering the only other chakra signatures here are Sasuke Uchiha's, Naruto Uzumaki's and Sakura Haruno's. The three members for Team 7, and considering that your Flak Jacket means you are Chūnin or above means that you are their sensei." She replied as Naruto stared at her in something akin to awe and Kakashi looked at her with an impressed look.

"Very good, I'm impressed." The man praised as he stood and popped several bones while stretching. "I guess I better introduce myself. I am Kakashi Hatake, Jōnin to Team 7." He said lazily as he regarded the two.

Twilight nodded before she turned back to Naruto. "I will see you in a couple of days Naruto." She said before she glanced at the waiting Jōnin as she expanded her chakra sense once more to ensure there was not anyone else nearby.

"Remember that the Konoha Ninja's strength is found in more than themselves." She said - not believing the statement herself, before jumping off the opposite side of the building and quickly Teleporting away before Kakashi or Naruto could see the purplish-pink flash accompanying the spell after falling out of view. Leaving a confused Naruto and shocked, but impressed Kakashi.

Training Ground 42 – Konoha – Two days later: Evening

Twilight hummed as she looked over her research notes while she waited for Naruto to arrive.

She had already finished her Team Training with Asuma, Chōji and Shikamaru. The meeting consisted of simply learning each other's strengths and weaknesses in detail, and then they participated in endurance training… that they found Twilight excelling in due to having an extra two years in active service while working at the hospital and the fact she hadn't removed her training weights since she put them, she didn't even know how fast or truly strong she was yet.

They finished at 4pm; the three male members went to partake in a few D-Rank missions. Luckily, she would not need to worry about D-Rank missions as she had received a week's break from them.

Currently, she was looking over her notes from her research of the Kaguya bone. She had discovered that she could completely remove the need to convert her chakra into the Kaguya's chakra; instead, she found that she could change her chakra in a similar way to elemental chakra. The main difference was that she used the Yin and Yang energies separately and then use them together after they have been moulded to create the Yin-Yang Release, then it would be ready for her to channel it to create new bones.

Slowly, she channelled a tiny amount In'yōton (Yin-Yang Release) chakra into the bones in her left hand, laced with her intent and watched in fascination, intrigue and joy as she felt her bones shift slowly before a pure white bone breached the palm of her hand and sharpened into a 20cm long spear head.

She was surprised to find that she felt no pain from the obvious damage dealt to her skin and muscles. Nevertheless, she was very happy that it worked; she had just proven that you did not need to have the specific DNA to use a Kekkei Genkai. Having the specific Genes just made it possible for the user to use the ability instinctively and with greater efficiency.

In her elation at the discovery, she lost her concentration and the bone dissolved into dust, and the wound slowly closed thanks to her passive and constantly improving In'yu Shōmetsu, leaving nothing behind. Twilight watched in fascination before she lunged at her research notes and began rapidly recording the results of her experiment in Equestrian with great vigour.

She was glad that she still practiced writing in her original language, as literally, no one in the Element Nations had the ability to understand the strange symbols and if they believed it to be a form of encryption then they were going to be severely disappointed.

She recorded all her research in Equestrian; it simply ensured that she would be the only one who would be able to read them.

Sensing a familiar presence, she quickly rolled up her scrolls and sealed them into a storage seal under her right arm warmer. Turning around, she waved to a familiar orange blur.

"Hello Naruto." She greeted as she walked up to him.

"Hey Ino-Chan!" He called back as he came to a stop in front of her.

"How did your test go with your team?" She asked.

Naruto made an annoyed face before he covered it with a grin. "It went great, we passed Kakashi-Sensei's test and I am now officially a Genin with Sasuke-Teme and Sakura-Chan." He bragged as he made several exaggerated poses as he then explained what happened during the test and how they passed after Sasuke and Sakura were forced, FORCED, to share their food with him.

"Wait a minute." She said as she rubbed the bridge of her nose with her thumb and for-finger. "They left you tied to the post and you only got out of it after you chewed, you chewed… your way out several hours later, is that correct?" She asked as Naruto sheepishly scratched the back of his head.

Twilight shuck her head; she would not question it any further for the sake of her sanity.

"Ok, if you recall I asked you to come here so we could trade techniques." She said receiving a nod from the blond boy. "We will do that but I also want to see how much you have been neglected due to the people's dislike of your Tennent." She said making him nervously nod.

"First, I want to know what you currently know in terms of Chakra control and Taijutsu." She said as she moved over to one of the many trees surrounding them, the young Jinchuriki following her example.

"Well I know the Leaf-Balancing exercise for my chakra control and I know the basic academy Taijutsu." He said in a serious tone.

Twilight blinked, that was it? That was all he knew in those two categories.

"We have a lot of work to do." She mumbled as she began to inwardly curse at the academy. "Ok, Naruto I want you to try and perform a single Bunshin. Not a Kage Bunshin, I need to know how well your chakra flows through your coils when you are moulding it."

Naruto looked confused but nodded and tried the technique, only for a dead looking clone to appear on the ground. Naruto held his head in shame while Twilight just nodded her head as she analysed his chakra.

"Naruto, what did the tutors at the academy say when you tried this?" She asked, already having an idea.

Naruto looked at her in confusion. "They said I had too much Chakra Ino-Chan." He said but flinched back when Twilight launched a Kunai at his feet.

"You don't have too much Chakra; you have too little control." She said with a frown as the boy wearily looked from her to the Kunai multiple times. "What I am going to teach you is an advanced version of the Leaf-Balancing technique." She explained before she began to walk up the tree next to her, utterly amazing the boy.

"Wall-Walking." She said simply as she looked back to him when she hung upside-down from a branch, completely forgetting that she was only wearing a pair of purple panties that showed between her leg bandages.

Releasing the Chakra holding her in place, she fell and flipped mid-air and landed in front of the slack-jawed and brightly blushing boy.

"You start by channelling Chakra into the souls of your feet; this is the hardest place to channel Chakra and then to begin using it, you use it to stick to the wood. This will allow you to climb vertical surfaces with just your feet, take note that you will need to use your own body strength to stay standing vertically. This will also help you increase your body's natural strength." She explained to the excited boy before she pointed to the Kunai she launched at him. "Use the Kunai to mark the height you reach so you can track your progress."

Naruto wasted no time in picking up the blade and rushing straight at the tree, while only channelling a small amount of Chakra into his feet. He only got a couple of steps before he slipped and fell of the tree, crashing into the ground with a yell of pain.

"Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that if you channel too little Chakra then you will slip off." She said lamely before he got up and tried again, this time channelling way more than needed, sending him flying in the other direction as the bark shattered.

"Too much and you will be sent flying with the bark breaking." She added, barely suppressing a smirk at the boy's misfortune.

"Tell me about these things before I begin!" He shouted as he ran back at the tree.

Twilight shrugged. "Well you were very eager and didn't give me time to finish explaining." She said as she watched him make it five steps before falling again. "Also, it might help if you lay on the ground and slowly walk up the tree while adjusting your output." She said as she pulled a scroll from her weapons pouch and walked away from the boy cussing obscenities at her, easily ignoring it as she had heard worse from her patients.

She sat against a tree and unravelled the scroll. "Keep going for the next half hour, then you can have a break." She instructed to the falling orange figure in the corner of her vision.

While Naruto continued with his exercise, Twilight was reading about the different types of Chakra.

She had been wondering for years what happened when she infused her magic into her body, essentially mixing her Chakra and Magic together.

So far, she had learnt that the effects were like that of Senjutsu (Nature/ Sage) Chakra. Both energies seem to provide the same bonuses: strengthened body, stronger techniques and access to special benefits. However, both seemed to have similar cons as well: Senjutsu Chakra could turn a person to stone, and her magic tore her body apart.

After a bit of searching she found that her Magic acted as her own type of Senjutsu chakra, which was mutated and worked in a different way to the normal type.

Her theory as to why it did not turn her to stone was that it was natural for it to be stored in her body but not infused in her body; this would mean that her body would accept it naturally. The reason that it caused her so much harm though was because she had no prior training in controlling it in that state and that her body hadn't matured enough to support that type of power yet.

After thirty minutes, she rolled up the scroll and walked back to Naruto, finding him crouched while glaring at the tree. He was covered in dirt and bruises and was visibly exhausted. Looking towards the tree, she was impressed with the amount of progress he had made.

The tree was roughly 70-foot-tall, and Naruto had reached at least half way up.

"Impressive Naruto." She said, making him jump. "You are doing well for someone with your level of chakra capacity." She complimented as she ran a hand over the markings on the tree.

Naruto's brow furrowed in confusion. "What do you mean?" He asked.

"What I mean is that someone with a low Chakra capacity has an easier time controlling their Chakra as there is less there to mould." She explained as she turned to look at him. "While people with large supplies have a harder time as they need to wrestle with it to get it to do what they want."

"You are a different case though. You are a Jinchūriki, and Jinchūriki are well known for having very large Chakra pools due to them having a Bijū's chakra flowing through them. This could also influence the types of Chakra the Jinchūriki can utilize." She explained to the amazement of Naruto.

"Now, while you rest can you teach me the Kage Bunshin?" She asked as she sat against the tree.

Naruto nodded and explained how to perform the seal.

Twilight paid rapt attention as she memorised his instructions.

"Ok then, let's give it a shot." Twilight said as she stood up and locked her hands into the cross seal demonstrated by Naruto. "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu." She whispered out as a noticeable drop in her reserves appeared. A perfect copy of Twilight appeared next to her, Twilight slowly walked around the clone inspecting every aspect she could find until she stepped away with a smile.

"Ok this is cool." Twilight said, happy to have a better clone technique then the standard illusion ones. "From my reserves, I could probably make ten to twelve clones at a time before feeling the main stress of fatigue." She analysed before having an idea.

"Clone." She said, getting the clone's attention. "Can you please heal Naruto?" She asked to the confusion of Naruto.

"Hai." The clone replied before moving over and crouching next to Naruto and began using the Shōsen no Jutsu on him. A few minutes later the clone finished, and moved back from a rejuvenated Naruto.

Twilight smirked as she examined the clone's Chakra levels, only an eighth of its reserves were gone from using the technique.

"Ok, you can dispel now." She said to the clone that bowed before vanishing in a puff of smoke. Twilight held her head in pain as sudden memories flashed through her mind of her healing Naruto, but she never did?

Her clone did though.

Naruto just looked on in confusion as Twilight held her head in pain before she began dancing as if she just won the lottery, won a mansion and gained eternal youth all at once.

Twilight's inner scientist was very happy now; this was huge, a way to learn multiple things at once! She had dreamt about having something like this for years when she was the student of Celestia, and now she finally had it!

Quicker than Naruto could track she launched at him and engulfed him in a hug and began spinning him around.

"Thank you, Naruto, you don't know how much I appreciate this." She said in gratitude as she placed the boy down.

"Thanks... I think?" he responded rather confused.

Twilight was not listening as she imagined all the possible uses the technique. She began quietly giggling with an evil grin as she thought of the possible looks her patients would make when they realize that their most serious, mini-medic could now multiply.

Clearing her mind free of such thoughts, she turned back to the slightly sweating Naruto.

"Ok Naruto, you have had your rest now get back to work!" She ordered, making the boy grumble complaints but ran to the task when Twilight glared at him while fingering the ring of another Kunai.

Half an hour later, the boy was done with the exercise, having reached the top of the tree.

"Ok Naruto." She said to the panting boy. "Now, I you to test yourself and make three Bunshins." She ordered and was pleased when five complete clones popped into existence.

He stared in shock at the five illusionary doppelgangers, while it was two more than he originally intended. It was a dramatic improvement upon what he could do before.

Ino was amazing; she saw his main problem and gave him a way to fix it in a single hour of training.

"Ok, this was good Naruto. Nevertheless, I want you to keep practicing this later as it will help your control if you reach the point where you can stay attached for more than five hours in a single sitting." She said making the boys eyes widen before he deflated slightly.

Twilight giggled at his look. "Don't complain. This is only the second level of chakra control exercises, the first was the leaf balancing and the next is… something you will wait for, you will not jump the gun and damage your coils." She said with her best 'Try me' look, one that had quelled the annoyances of rowdy patients with ease.

Naruto gulped as he nodded his head. Eager to be away for the medical demon before him.

"Now, I believe we are almost done." Twilight said as she packed her Kunai away before she turned back to the orange clad boy. "Actually, how well can you cast the Henge Technique?" The transformation Jutsu worked in a similar fashion to the clone technique in that they both create illusions; the main difference was that one created an illusion around the casters body while the other created them away from them.

Naruto smirked before he made the Ram sign and he was replaced with an exact copy of Twilight.

Twilight frowned at the transformation. While the transformation itself was perfect, the way he went about it was so strange. For one he did not do two of the three signs needed for the Jutsu, and the way his chakra moved throughout his body was different to normal.

Curious, Twilight approached and pinched Naruto's left cheek and was shocked as the boy turned girl yelped and held her cheek in pain, the illusion not wavering at all.

"What was that for Ino?" Naruto called out in Twilight's voice before he cancelled the Jutsu and rubbed his red cheek.

"Naruto… Do you realize what you've done?" Twilight asked in disbelief.

"Ughh… No." He replied with a clueless look on his face.

Twilight pinched the bridge of her nose. "Naruto, you actually changed into me." Seeing the still confused look on his face, she sighed. "Naruto, the Henge no Jutsu, creates an illusion on the caster. You created a technique that seems to allow you to change into what you create!" She almost yelled, annoyed by his uncomprehending look.

"Naruto." She said, her voice getting a sharp edge. "You have made a technique that uses the basic principles of In'yōton, you gave an idea form and then you breathed life into it. You yourself have rediscovered the same teachings that I have rediscovered and have been teaching myself." She almost franticly to the dumbfounded Naruto.

"Umm…" Was the boy's intelligent reply. "You lost me at principles Ino-Chan…" He said with a dazed look.

Twilight dropped her head in disbelief. At least she memorised the way he cast the Jutsu, she should be able to cast it, re-work it and then refine it later.

"Ugh, that's enough for now Naruto, keep practicing the Tree Walking and you will see a greater improvement on your control." She said as she began walking away. "I'll see you later Naruto, thank you for the Jutsu, they will be most helpful." She said before she began jumping through the trees back to the village.

Naruto blinked before something clicked in his mind. "I only taught her one Jutsu… what was the other one?" he asked himself in confusion

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