Summary: Having been raised and trained by the Third Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen, the boy, Uzumaki Naruto, has finally graduated from the academy. However before team assignments could be performed him, along with Yamanaka Ino, were selected to undergo training from the one and only Tsunade of the Sannin in a play by Sarutobi to get his student out of her depression. Now strapped with the Bossiest girl in the academy, a sweat young woman with a pig companion, and the angriest legendary sucker of a drunk, Uzumaki Naruto has only one question, "What the hell Jijii!?"

Chapter One: Enter Team Legendary

The air was a cooling treat, Naruto decided, as the mid summer's heat bore down upon him from his spot on the roof of Wolf Stop Inn and Suits. The blue skies were welcoming with light pillow like clouds slowly drifting by. It was hard for the twelve year old to think of anything short of simply relaxing if not for his above average desire to make Sarutobi, The third Hokage, proud of him.

He was garbed in a pair of orange and black running shoes, a pair of tan sweat pants, and a black t-shirt with a metal plate over his heart. On the plate was inscribed the Konoha Symbol in place of having a head band. In his hands was a small rust orange ipod, something Tsunade had given him to help him with his studies, with matching fox tipped headphones.

Taking a deep breath the five foot four inches tall boy gave a mighty stretch before closing his sapphire blue eyes. A moment later seventeen consecutive funnels of smoke popped into existence to reveal the boy's shadow clones, "Ok, Baa-chan said that we will never be able to use medical Ninjutsu. That's not good; however, she did say that we could try mastering our Chakra Element as well as Shape Manipulation."

The clones nodded as they patiently waited for him to continue, "This is something Jijii had started us off on three years ago. Beings as we have already mastered the wind element, I want us to start learning one of the others. The floor is now open for suggestions."

At that the first of seventeen clones stepped forward, "I would like put forward Earth control due to its defensive capacity. If we can master the raw element then preexisting techniques would be easy to master at worst."

The clone took a breath before smiling, "I also think this is the right choice in response to our wind nature due to the fact that wind is considered the Ultimate offensive element."

The other clones nodded in agreement before another stepped forward, "Perhaps we should follow the example of the Raikage and master the lightning element," it held up a hand to stop several of the other clones from interrupting him, "I say this because it will be the hardest for us to master beings as it is winds counterpart. However the pure offensive capacity of combining wind with lightning is like fire to toad oil."

A few of the clones shook their head in agreement while some, with slightly wide blue eyes, were simply dumbfounded by the possibility. Seeing that no more were going to offer a suggestion the blonde nodded, "Right, those are both extremely invaluable choices, now to put it to a vote. All in favor of earth being out element say ay, those in favor of lightning please say nay."

Counting the ay and nays that sounded off he found himself surprised to find that earth manipulation had won the day. Beaming a smile at his clones he nodded his head, "Right then, I will begin studying the element of earth and the many ways people have come to master it. Thank you for your time gentleman I will see you all again when we start the physical portion of our training."

With that the clones ceased to exist with a loud pop. Letting out a small yawn he chuckled as he turned to head down stairs.

"There you are brat, didn't I tell you to take the day off?" the sound of his sensei's voice ringing in his ear made him shout as she was only a few inches away from him. If he didn't know better he would have said she was doing things like that on purpose.

Giving a small, scared, chuckle in response to her question he scratched the back of his neck in a bashful attempt to hide how nervous he was around her, "Umm… well you see…"

Tsunade let out a small sigh though the glare of her sharp green eyes continued to pin him to his spot, "well, I guess it doesn't matter now. Did I hear you say you already mastered both shape manipulation and your wind element?"

Laughing sheepishly as he scratched the back of his neck the blond took in his sensei's weathered expression as she made her way over to the edge of the building before sitting down. She was dressed in her usual white smocks with her green over coat, the symbol for 'gamble' written on the back, and she had her hair up in pig tails as she normally did. As she patted the spot next to her Naruto let out a sigh of relief before taking a seat as requested.

"Yes, through the use of shadow clones, I mastered shape manipulation at an early age and my wind chakra a year after that. You can say it is what jiji focused on after he found my taijutsu to be top notch for his standards." He wasn't just talking to his sensei, he decided, as she seemed far too relaxed at the moment. No Tsunade looked far too distracted for him to be talking to just his sensei, "Is there something on your mind Baa-chan?"

She had a far off look in her eyes as she glanced down at the alcohol bottle in her hand that gave the boy the distinct impression that she was thinking about some bad memories. He was just about to get up and leave before she threw the bottle over the edge of the building and let out a sigh, "Damn that old man."

It came out as a whisper and sounded, to him, as if it wasn't meant to be heard. He had heard it and so he wondered, what could the old man have done to make her this way? It was more a question of what had happened, and he doubted very much that it was the old man's fault, or anyone's fault for that matter, so he stared at her.

Tsunade's gaze fell on him as if expecting a question and when none came she raised an eyebrow, "What are you looking at brat?"

Naruto, mirroring his sensei, raised an eyebrow of his own, "It is not a matter of what but whom, and I am looking at you. You're obviously upset about something and I am waiting for you to talk to me about it. After all, why else would you have come up here to sit with me?"

Her eye's narrowed for a moment as he gave her a concerned and weary smile, "You were definitely raised by that old monkey that's for sure." She mumbled before standing up, "You said your dream was to be Hokage."

It was a statement, not a question, as she looked out over the small fishing village, "My brother wanted to be Hokage and so did my late fiancé, now there both dead. Think about that." She then turned on her heels and walked back into the building.

'So that's why she drinks so much.' Naruto thought as he turned his attention back to the village, 'I remind her of her brother! Jijii, assigning me to her, was that your plan the whole time?'

Naruto sat up on the roof the rest of the day pondering that thought. Had his sensei assigned him to his wayward student for the sake of steering up old troubles? Was it his way of telling her it was time to move on? At the end of the day was he as much a lesson to her as the studies she passes on to Ino and himself? His final question rested with his team mate as he wondered if she was to be a reminder of someone Tsunade had once been. 'Damn it Jijii, What the hell did you do this time?'

These questions haunted the young blonde as he made his way down the stairwell and into the shared suit. He noticed the absence of his sensei and picked up on the sweat scent of honey glazed salmon that was undoubtedly being cooked by the raven haired Shizune. Ino, a twelve year old blonde like himself, was seated at her desk where she continued to poor over the medical scrolls she had been given to study.

As he closed the door with a soft 'click' the girl span in her chair allowing her long ponytail to swish around her lithe frame with a smile. Seeing that it was Naruto however allowed it to drop into a frown, "Where have you been all day baka? Do you know that Tsunade-Sama left to go gamble again? Shizune and I could have used a hand in trying to…"

Raising a hand with a friendly smile the boy chuckled, "I get it, but it takes her mind of things and we're not the easiest of students. Let her have fun."

The girl looked god smacked for all of a few seconds before she scowled at him, "Gambling is not 'fun' Na-ru-to! It's a nasty habit like perverts to their porn!"

"INO!" Shizune squeaked in embarrassment, her cheeks turning a healthy shade of red, "Y-you shouldn't make comments like that, it is not appropriate for a young lady."

Said girl blushed as she nodded, "Sorry Shizune-chan, but I'm right aren't I? Gambling IS a bad addiction!"

Shizune nodded in agreement forcing a sigh from Naruto's lips, "She hasn't gambled more than three times since she took us on as her gennin. That means she has only gambled once a month in the three months that she has been with us making it not a habit but a stress reliever. Am I right Shizune-chan?"

She paused in her cooking before looking back at him. Her skin was a milky, her brown eyes were almost honey colored, and she wore a black kimono with matching sandals, "Um… Well yes, that is also true."

Smiling triumphantly at his blonde counterpart Naruto flashed a raspberry at the girl before walking to his bed in the right hand corner of the room. Pulling his bag from under it he could only smile as Ino huffed and continued to yell at him about what he knew she thought of as 'the issue at hand.'

'Yeah, I bet she is just the same as Tsunade-sama was in the past…'

Pulling out the sealed scroll on elemental manipulation he let a content sigh slip passed his lips before leaning back on his bed and opening it up to the earth manipulation section. Feeling the shift of weight on the bed he noted the curious gaze of his team mate as she read over his shoulder, "Elemental Manipulation? Ha! You're not good enough for medical Ninjutsu are you baka?" She teased.

Flashing another raspberry at the girl he took pleasure in the indignant gasp before saying, "It's not that I am not good enough Ino. It is that I am incapable of performing them due to an overwhelmingly large chakra network. This is what I am best suited for."

Her expression relaxed as she gave a curious 'oh?' before turning back to the scroll, "Must be tough. It says that most people don't get passed the first stage of Elemental manipulation."

He nodded, not at all concerned with her being there, before turning his attention back to the scroll, "That's true, and the ones that normally master an element have spent years doing so. I can attest to this because it took me one year to master the wind element with the assistance of my shadow clones."

Ino gave a disbelieving grunt before asking, "How can your clones help you master an element that takes others, what's that say, almost their entire lives to do?"

Naruto gave a knowing chuckle that threatened to spill into full laughter before saying "My shadow clones, the whole one thousand three hundred of them, can pass on knowledge and experience to the caster making them ideal for recon, information gathering, and general training. However they do not pass on anything physical."

He paused to see that even Shizune, who had already finished dinner and was plating them, was paying rapt attention to what he was saying, "This is accomplished by the unique way the clones are created. The user splits his chakra evenly between all of the clones. This allows me to focus on small amounts of chakra and converting it into elemental chakra one thousand three hundred and one times. Essentially they have their own chakra networks and as such the neural pathways that make up the brain are mirrored in the clones. Hence the knowledge transfers ability. I spend eight hours a day practicing with my clones on anything chakra based and so you can imagine the effect this has."

Taking a breath he smiled as he looked into the green eyes of Ino Yamanaka, "To spell out the math, I am spending ten thousand four hundred and eight hours a day learning one thing or another. That is four hundred and thirty three days and roughly seven hours give or take an hour. That's roughly a year and two months in one day of focused training. With that said it took me one year of this method to master the wind element and another two years to master shape manipulation. I estimate a year and a half and I should be able to master earth. That's only because I am practically spending six hundred and forty five years learning this one element through the use of my shadow clones."

Seeing the disbelief and utter shock on his team mate's faces he smiled, "It's that kind of mental aging that keeps me from using it to study book work subjects. That's six hundred and forty five years of chakra memory, could you imagine how crazy I would be if I had used it to study book work? I would be even more batty the Orochimaru of the Sannin."

Ino nodded dumbly, "You already are…" it was barely a whisper but it managed to bubble up a laugh out of the blonde boy and shizune who was now carrying plates of food over to them.

As Shizune handed them there plates and moved to get her own Naruto turned to Ino, "By the way Ino, how has your studies been going for you? After the first aid and anatomy lessons I haven't really thought to ask you."

He gave a week laugh of embarrassment as the girl beamed at him, "I am already learning how to convert my chakra into healing chakra. Shizune says that by the end of tomorrow I should be learning how to use the basic healing technique called the Mystical palm. She tells me that it is the only technique of a medical ninja and is used for analysis, mending bones, and what have you. The problem is the chakra control required to learn the technique. I am fortunate because we have been covering chakra control for the last three months!"

Excited and clearly happy that he had asked she gave a soft laugh before turning back to her meal. 'How interesting that Jiji would send two people so similar to Baa-chan to study under her.' Naruto couldn't erase the thought that his jiji had set him up to be some mind doctor, or that he sent a mind doctor in training along with him… 'Damn it! This explains why we get checks at the end of each month!'

Authors Note:

By god I hate doing math on the fly! If any one does the math and double checks themselves as well let me know if I am right. I used a calculator off my phone and had first come up with two thousand years per one year of study. That was obviously WAY wrong and had to double and triple check the math haha!

So! I came up with this idea on the fly as a kind of 'what if' statement towards a Sarutobi raised, chakra focus trained Naruto as well as a sub/main plot idea of Sarutobi using Naruto & Ino to get his student back before the Chunin exams kind of thing. What do you guys think?