Chapter 2: Reunion, Wind Style: Rasen Shuriken and the Test is about to begin

Naruko's P.O.V:

I woke up early, so I wouldn't be late meeting everyone for breakfast, I wonder if I'd recognise everyone, after I had a shower and got dressed I went downstairs only to see Dad making his breakfast "Good morning Dad" he turned and said with a smile on his face "Good Morning Naruko, you're up awfully early" I went into the kitchen to make some tea for us both "Yeah, yesterday before they left the office I arranged with Sasuke and Sakura to get all our friends to meet up for breakfast, so I'll be leaving in about 15 minutes to meet them" he smiled at me "That's great sweetheart, where are you meeting them?" "Well Sasuke said he'd meet me and Sakura at Ichiraku's then we're meeting everyone at the Akimichi's Restaurant" once the tea was ready I poured two cups and took them to the table just as I set them down, Dad came over with his breakfast "Well sounds like you have a busy morning ahead of you, but after you've had breakfast with your friends I need you, Sasuke and Sakura to come to my office, more specifically I need you there at 9:30am, you're all going to be tested today so that I can see how strong you've all become, alright" I was shocked by this a little so I said "Ok, but before the test begins I want to show you my completed Rasengan, would that be ok" "You can show me during your test Naruko" that was when I realised Pervy-Sage hadn't told him "Actually I can't, Pervy-Sage has classed it as a SSS-Rank Jutsu, because it can only be safely used in Sage Mode or when I'm in the Nine-Tails Cloak Mode, the first time I used it before I learnt Sage Jutsu and how to control the Nine-Tails Chakra, I almost completely severed the Chakra Network in my right arm." this had him staring at me with his mouth gaping like a fish finally he said "It's that powerful and dangerous?" I just nodded, Dad cleared his throat and then said "Alright you can show me before the test, looks like I need to have little chat with Jiraiya-Sensei now anyway" that had me chuckling, I looked at the time and saw it was time for me to leave "Ok Dad I've got to go, I'll pass on your message to Sasuke and Sakura, see you later" I got up and put my cup in the sink, gave Dad a kiss on the cheek and headed to the door to put my shoes on "See you later Naruko, enjoy your breakfast and catching up with your friends" "I will bye" and with that I left.

Minato's P.O.V:

I would never have imagined that the Rasengan, would be that powerful and dangerous to use once a Shinobi's Elemental Chakra Nature was added to it, Jiraiya-Sensei has a lot of explaining to do this morning, 'Especially as he never sent me any kind of note or letter telling me about Naruko almost severing the Chakra Network in one of her arms!'.

Naruko's P.O.V:

A few minutes later I arrived at Ichiraku's to see Sakura already there "Morning Sakura, hope I didn't keep you waiting long?" she turned to me and said "Morning Naruko and no you didn't I just got here myself" we were only waiting a couple of minutes before Sasuke turned up and we both said "Morning Sasuke" "Morning Naruko, Morning Sakura shall we get going" we both nodded and then we started heading for the Akimichi's Restaurant then I remembered my dad's message "Oh I almost forgot, my Dad wants the three of us to go to his office after we've had breakfast, he said he wants us there at 9:30am, he wants to give us a test to see how strong we've become. He didn't say what the test involved though, I imagine he'll tell us when we get there" Sasuke and Sakura looked curious at this, but both nodded and we kept going. Along the way we talked about our experiences training with the Sannin, until a few minutes later the Akimichi's Restaurant came into view "Man I'm nervous now" they just chuckled and Sakura told me everything would be fine, Sasuke spoke up at this point "We didn't actually tell them why we wanted to meet for breakfast so if you hide behind me and Sakura we'll tell them we have a surprise for them, and move aside to reveal you ok?" I nodded, that sounded like a great idea but then I thought of something, "Hold on, if Kiba's there, Akamaru will be as well, he might smell me before you do the big reveal" Sakura replied to this "No he won't, Akamaru, when food is involved is exactly like you used to be with Ramen, he'll be so focused on eating he won't notice your scent, or that you're there until you speak" I nodded my head that made perfect sense, Sasuke then asked me "You ready to do this?" I nodded and said "Let's do it, but I bet Mr. Akimichi will stop dead in his tracks when he sees me".

Inside the Akimichi's Restaurant:

As soon as we walked in I could hear Shikamaru, Choji, Ino, Lee, Tenten, Neji, Hinata, Shino, Kiba and Akamaru and from the smell of things they were already eating, Sakura turned to me "You ready Naruko?" I just nodded my head and Sasuke said "Here we go" and they walked forward with me behind them, Sakura called out "Good Morning guys sorry if we're late" to which Ino replied "You're not that late Sakura, just by a few minutes" then Shikamaru said "What a drag, you arranged for all of us to meet up for breakfast and wouldn't even tell us why" and then Lee said "Yes that was very un-youthful of you both" Sasuke and Sakura looked at each other, smiled and winked at me with the eyes I could see because of their heads being turned "Well we can reveal the reason why now" Neji just sounded bored when he said "Oh yes, and what is this special reason for having us all meet for breakfast?" to which both Sasuke and Sakura both said while stepping aside to reveal me "Naruko that's who". Once I was revealed there was complete silence, well except for Akamaru still eating, "Hi guys, I'm home" at this point I noticed that after I had spoken, Akamaru's ears had perked up, he looked up, turned to me and barked before bounding over to me and knocking me flat on my back before licking my face, causing me to laugh out loud "Oh come on, knock it off Akamaru, quit licking me, that tickles!" (just had to use this from ohshcã) it was at this point that everyone snapped out of their shock, Kiba was the first to react as he came and pulled Akamaru off of me before helping me up and… sniffing me? "Yep there's no mistaking that scent, it's Naruko alright" he said with a big grin on his face "You had to smell me first? What's that all about?" I asked, he looked a little sheepish at that, then he said "Well looks like you finally grew and got taller, huh Naruko?" he was measuring our heights when he said that, I just responded with "That's nothing Kiba. Compared to Akamaru I hardly grew at all. It's hard to believe he got so big in just 2 and a half years." he looked a little shocked and said "Did he really? We're always together so I don't really notice it that much" I scoffed and said "Trust me, Kiba, he's bigger. It wasn't that long ago, that you could carry him around on top of your head" Akamaru barked at this, the next thing I knew everyone else yelled out "NARUKO!" and I was caught in a group hug, "Naruko, it's great to have you back" that was Ino but I was finding it hard to breathe so I had to yell "Guys it's great to see you all too but…I CAN'T BREATHE!" at that everyone let me go and we all sat down after I got some air back in my lungs. Choji was about to ask me a question when his Dad walked through to get our orders, and just like I predicted he stopped dead in his tracks at the sight of me as he hadn't been able to attend the meeting yesterday along with Ino and Shikamaru's Dads as they had been on a mission at the time "Dad are you ok?" just like Choji always worrying about others before himself, but the question shook his Dad out of his shock, "Yes I'm fine, I was just a little shocked to see Naruko that's all. Good to see you Naruko, when did you get back to the village?" "Yesterday, my Dad can fill you, Mr. Yamanaka and Mr. Nara in on the details later" he nodded and asked what we would be having after he left with our orders, Ino spoke up "You know, I thought for sure with you being back Naruko, that you would have arranged for us to go for Ramen instead" I chuckled and said "No more Ramen everyday for me Ino, I haven't touched a bowl of Ramen since I left with Jiraiya" that made everyone go silent, until Lee spoke up "My, Naruko you certainly look like you have gotten stronger, tell us, what happened during your training with Lord Jiraiya" and I told them everything including the parts about The Akatsuki and now being able to control the power of The Nine-Tailed Fox, when I was talking about that Mr. Akimichi walked in with our food whilst saying "I'd heard about that from my wife as she was at the meeting yesterday, I'm proud of you Naruko, it takes a lot of strength to be able to control a Tailed-Beast" I was shocked the only people to ever tell me they were proud of me were, Dad, Iruka-Sensei, Kakashi-Sensei, Pervy-Sage, Yugito and Bee "Thanks Mr. Akimichi" he smiled and began to set our food down "So how have you and all your Sensei's been doing since I left? Oh and by the way Hinata did you manage to perfect your Protective 8 Trigrams: 64 Palms Technique?" she looked shocked that I remembered about that, but smiled and nodded "Yes actually I did, with some help from Kiba and Shino, I managed to perfect it 2 weeks ago" Choji's dad had left at this point and I said to her "That's great Hinata! Oh before I forget, here Shino, whilst on my trip with Jiraiya, I collected some bugs for you and the rest of the Aburame Clan to study, here's the scroll they're sealed into" and I handed it over "You actually recognised me?" he sounded shocked "Yeah why wouldn't I?" he just shook his head and sad to forget about it and took the scroll from me, and with that we gave our thanks for the food and started to eat, whilst catching up at the same time "I have to admit Naruko, I'm curious about this test that your Dad has planned for the three of us" Sasuke said after a while to which Sakura agreed with him "Well there's no point in asking me about it, he didn't tell me what the test was just that we'd be taking one" then about 10 minutes later I glanced at the clock, and almost choked on my food "Naruko, what's wrong" "Sorry guys but me, Sasuke and Sakura have to go we need to be in my Dads office in 5 minutes!" "WHAT!" they both yelled after I said this "No way the time went by that fast" I just nodded, we said goodbye to everyone and headed towards the Hokage's Office as fast as we could

Minato's P.O.V:

It was almost 9:30am, Squad 7 should be here soon. Jiraiya-Sensei, Tsunade and Orochimaru were already in my office, I'd told the other two Sannin about what Naruko was going to show me before the test with Kakashi began, of course I hadn't told Naruko that the test was with Kakashi, and both were shocked that the Jutsu she was going to perform was so powerful, and they had both turned to Jiraiya-Sensei for confirmation of what I had said, and he did confirm it for them. Orochimaru was about to speak, when the door to my office burst open, and three people fell onto the floor in a heap, upon closer inspection once the shock from the door bursting open had worn off, I saw it was Squad 7. Naruko was on the bottom of the heap, then Sakura and then Sasuke, "Guys get off! Your squashing me!" and with that the other two scrambled off of Naruko and helped her up, it was great to see that even after being separated for so long, they were still a team. "Sorry Naruko, are you alright?" "Yeah I'm fine, just a bit bruised" I decided to speak at this point "Well, so nice of you all to drop in on us, and with 1 minute to spare." all three of them turned and gave me a small glare at that, "Would you have preferred us crashing through the window Dad? If you want us to, we can leave and enter that way instead?!" "No Naruko, coming through the door was fine" the last thing I needed was her to break something. "Now down to the reason why I called you three here this morning, your training has made you much stronger, so to see exactly how strong you've become and determine your ranking and future as Shinobi, you're all going to be taking a test, more specifically you'll be fighting someone" this had their attention now "Ok Dad, so who are we fighting" I chuckled, 'She's almost exactly like me when I was her age' "Calm down Naruko. Your opponent will be…" then there was a knock on the door "Come in" in walked Shikamaru Nara and Temari of The Sand Village, "Sorry to disturb you Lord Hokage, but I just thought you'd like to know that the Shinobi The Sand Village was sending to help oversee the arrangements of this years Chunnin Exams has arrived" Naruko must of thought that Temari was their opponent "Naruko before you say anything, Temari isn't your opponent, he's out there." and I pointed to the window on my right, she went up to it whilst her team-mates engaged Temari in conversation, opened the window looked out and a very familiar voice said "So Naruko, you went and got all grown-up" she gasped and a smile appeared on her face as she cried "Kakashi-Sensei!"

Naruko's P.O.V:

"It's great to see you Sensei. You haven't changed a bit" and I jumped out of the window, "Well you've certainly changed Naruko, you're taller now" he chuckled after he said this, then I remembered about his little gift "Oh that's right before I forget, I've got something for you Sensei, a little present wait 'til you see it, you're gonna love it" I told him with a little laugh in my voice as I rummaged around in my weapons pouch for it "Ah-Ha here it is" and I held it out to him "NO WAY! Is that, is that really" he said once he saw it "The first publication of the Make Out Series in three years, it's pretty boring to me but I know you like them so" I said handing it to him, and somehow I new Pervy-Sage was angry. Kakashi-Sensei opened the book with an excited laugh then Dad spoke up "Calm down, there's a reason I summoned you here Kakashi, remember" he closed the book and stood up "Huh, so does that mean you're my opponent?" "Well you're a quarter right" I stood up and entered dads office again but Kakashi-Sensei stayed outside, Sakura spoke up "It's good to see you Kakashi-Sensei" "You too Sakura, hello to you as well Sasuke" Sasuke nodded his head "Kakashi-Sensei" Dad spoke up at this point which made all three of us turn towards him "So, as I was saying before we were interrupted, your strength will be tested in a fight, and your opponent will be Kakashi" I'll admit I was a little confused so I said "Ok so who's fighting him first?" to which Dad shook his head with a smile on his face and Kakashi-Sensei chuckled and said whilst moving so he was crouched on the windowsill "Well as to who my opponent will be, it's Naruko, Sasuke and Sakura. All three of you".

Kakashi's P.O.V:

All three of them looked shocked after I had said this, "Three on one?" Sakura commented "Just like when we had our first test with him" that was Sasuke, but Naruko hadn't said anything, that was odd for her "Naruko, is everything alright?" that was just like Minato-Sensei, whenever his Daughter was silent for a while, he began to worry, and it was for reasons like this, that he is such a good Father, and role model. "Yeah everything's fine, I was just remembering the last time we all had a test with Kakashi-Sensei that's all" I smiled at this, but what she said next wiped the smile off my face "That reminds me, I owe you for jabbing me in the butt that day, now it's payback time!" to which Sasuke and Sakura agreed "Yeah you do, and if Naruko's really as strong as she looks, you're in trouble Sensei" 'I think I am already. Judging by the looks I'm getting from Lady Tsunade and Minato-Sensei' and my thought was proved right as Minato-Sensei stood from his chair and walked around his desk so he was leaning against it and facing me 'Now I'm dead' his facial expression was blank, then he said in a calm voice "Kakashi, please tell me that when my Daughter was first tested by you with the rest of Squad 7, that you didn't use that ridiculous technique Leaf Village Hidden Finger Jutsu: A Thousand Years of Death, on her?" I was about to answer but Naruko spoke up "Hold on Dad, before you kill Kakashi-Sensei I have a question about the test" he looked at her and said "Go on then Naruko, what's your question?" and she asked it, and it shocked everyone "Am I right in assuming that this test is also to see if we can still work together as a team, after being apart for so long because of our training?" the room was silent, when did Naruko get so smart? 'She's still the Leafs most unpredictable knucklehead Ninja' Minato-Sensei answered her question after I finished my thought "Yes Naruko, you're right this is also a test of teamwork, as well as your strength" I spoke up then "Now the test will take place at the training grounds, more specifically the one where your first training lesson as Shinobi took place, training ground 3, I'll meet you there this afternoon, I'm sure Naruko is still a little tired from her journey home" "Huh what are you talking about I feel fine, I'm ready to get started" "No, no I'm sure you're still tired, I have some errands to run anyway, later" and with that I left

Sasuke's P.O.V:

"Well, he sure left in a hurry" Sakura then said "Hmm I wonder why he left so quickly" Naruko gasped "That's it, the book I gave him, he must of left so quickly so he could read it" Sakura and I gasped and said together "Of course. That explains it, that gleam in his eye!" and then the Hokage spoke up "And to avoid answering my question as well apparently" and Naruko told him what he wanted to know "I can answer it for you Dad, he did" and he exploded "KAKASHI HATAKE, WHEN I GET MY HANDS ON YOU YOU'RE DEAD!" and he threw his chair out of the window, and then we heard a scream of pain. We all rushed to the window, looked out and there was the Hokage's chair, on top of Kotetsu, "Oops, sorry Kotetsu!" well I was right everything was back to normal now that Naruko was back home.

Naruko's P.O.V:

Well since Kakashi-Sensei didn't want us at the training grounds until this afternoon, I decided now would be the perfect time to visit Mom's grave and pay my respects to the past Hokage's as well, "I'll see you all at the training grounds later, I have a couple of things I need to do before the test" everyone looked curious at that but it was Dad who asked me "And what are those Naruko?" I sighed and answered him "I wanted to visit Mom, and pay my respects to the past Hokage's now that I'm home" and he went silent then nodded and told us we were dismissed but that he'd like to see me at home before I left for the test, so I left Dads office with everyone else and headed for the Yamanaka Flower shop.

Ino's P.O.V:

It had been a quiet day in the shop so far, I was just about to close for my break when the bell on the shop door rang, and in walked Naruko. "Hey Naruko, what can I do for you?" she looked at me and gave me a solemn smile "Hi Ino, I'd like to get two bouquets of flowers please" I knew then that she must be going to the Cemetery, people only come in here with solemn smiles when their visiting loved ones that have passed, "Sure thing. What kinds would you like?" she looked around then said "Can I get one with white and pink lilies and another with white carnations please" I nodded and got the flowers she asked for and started making the bouquets whilst engaging her in conversation "Your going to visit the graves of your Mother and the past Hokage's aren't you?" she just nodded, and as I started on her second bouquet of flowers she said "Yeah, I wanted to visit my Mom when I came home anyway, but paying my respects to the past Hokage's just seemed like the right thing to do, while I was there" I just smiled and nodded at her, once the flowers were ready I handed them to her, she paid for them after I told her the cost, thanked me and left, after she had I closed the shop for my break.

Naruko's P.O.V:

A few minutes after leaving the Yamanaka's Shop, I was walking towards the cemetery, and I found my thoughts wandering towards Gaara, 'I wonder how he's doing these days. I'll have to ask Temari if I see her again today' as I walked through the village, many of the villagers smiled and welcomed me back. About 5 minutes later I was walking through the gates of the Cemetery, I went towards the monument that symbolised The Will of Fire, and was also the grave of the past Hokage's, as I laid the bouquet of white carnations on the grave I read the quote of The Third Hokage, that was engraved on the monument "When the tree leaves dance, one shall find flames. The fires shadow will illuminate the village, and once again, tree leaves shall bud anew - Hiruzen Sarutobi, The Third Hokage" and then paid my respects to them, after that I headed towards my Mother's grave, laid her bouquet down and paid my respects, and told her all about my journey with Pervy-Sage. Once I had finished I headed home to get ready for the test with Kakashi-Sensei. On the way I bumped into Shikamaru and Temari, it was then that I found out Gaara was now Kazekage and that everyone in our year was a Chunnin except me, well apart from Neji who was a Jounin now.

Kakashi's P.O.V:

I was on the hospital roof reading Master Jiraiya's new book Make Out Tactics when his voice came from in front of me "So what do you think, not bad huh?" I looked up at him "If you ask me it's the best one I've ever written" and he laughed a few moments later we were walking through the village "I'm delivering Naruko into yours hands as promised" I couldn't help but ask "I can see she's grown all right. But has she grown-up?" he looked at me a little offended "Huh, you implying I haven't done my job. Go ahead underestimate her you'll be sorry" I smiled at that "Well that sounds encouraging" then he turned extremely serious "The ones we've been watching are about to make their move" a few minutes later we were in the Dango Shop "I see so they're finally coming out of the woodwork" Jiraiya nodded and said "It's no surprise bound to happen sooner or later" I frowned "The Akatsuki. So why do you think they're finally showing their hand? What're they after" Master Jiraiya turned very serious then told me "Their ultimate objective is still unclear but I know one thing...they want the Fox Spirit that Naruko carries within herself. As to why, well you can be sure they have some evil purpose in mind. That's why I've been going around, spreading the word to all our allies, something's coming so they better boost their security and keep on their toes" and with that he finished his Dango, and we began heading towards the training grounds.

Minato's P.O.V:

After everyone had left the office I summoned Shizune, and asked her to take the S-Rank Mission's to Anbu headquarters, I then began to think about Naruko, and how much she'd changed, she wasn't the village prankster anymore, that's for sure. She had blossomed into a beautiful young woman 'Now I'm going to have to beat the men away from her with the Rasengan and Shuriken Shadow Clone Jutsu' I looked at the time and decided to head home for the day, and spend some time with my Daughter before her teams test, but more than anything I couldn't wait to see her completed version of the Rasengan.

Naruko's P.O.V:

I was just finishing adding my weapons to my pouch for the test when the front door opened, and Dad called out "Naruko are you home?" I smiled and yelled down to him "I'll be down in a second Dad, I'm just finishing getting everything ready for the test!" he yelled back to me "Ok!" and I heard him moving around in the kitchen. Then I looked at the special item that I'd asked to be made for me whilst on my journey with Pervy-Sage, and I couldn't resist, so I put it on and went downstairs.

Minato's P.O.V:

I had just sat down at the table with a cup of tea when Naruko came down the stairs, and what she was wearing caused me to spit out my drink in surprise. She was wearing a cloak identical to mine, except hers didn't have any writing on the back, "Naruko where did you get that?" she just smiled at me and said "I had it made whilst I was on my journey with Pervy-Sage, I missed you so much while I was away I just wanted something that would make me feel like you were there with me" I got up after the last bit left her mouth and gave her a hug and kissed her on her forehead, then tilted her face up so she was looking at me and said "Naruko, you only have to look into your heart and I'll be there, always, no matter where you are. Even when I join the other Hokage's and your Mother in death, I will always be there in your heart and in your memories, because my Will of Fire, will be passed onto you" she just looked at me and nodded with an understanding smile on her face. "Dad if it's ok, can I show you my complete Rasengan now please" I smiled at her and said "Of course you can but first let me get, The Sannin, your team-mates and Kakashi as you told the last three that you would also show them if you managed to complete it before you left, didn't you" she nodded and said she'd meet us at the training grounds and with that she left, and I summoned everyone.

Naruko's P.O.V:

I couldn't decide whether to perform the Rasen Shuriken in Sage Mode or in the Nine-Tails Cloak Mode, I'll ask Pervy-Sage when he gets here to see what he thinks. Just as I thought that, Sasuke, Sakura and Kakashi-Sensei arrived and I noticed Sasuke had his Sharingan active, it was then that I decided to use Sage Mode to perform the Rasen Shuriken, I think Sasuke might have been curious to see how Nature Energy works. A few minutes later Dad, Lord Orochimaru and Lady Tsunade turned up and Pervy-Sage was behind them, he came straight over to me and asked if I was going to use Sage Mode, when I nodded he told me to start gathering Nature Energy, I gave a slight nod and did just that.

Sasuke's P.O.V:

Naruko sat cross legged on the ground, and her hands were in a strange hand-sign that I've never seen before, I was starting to walk towards her so I could tap her on the shoulder and ask what she was doing, but I was stopped by Lord Jiraiya, "You mustn't touch her Sasuke, or any of you either. In order to gather an equal amount of Nature Energy, to her own Chakra and the Chakra of the Nine-Tails to enter Sage Mode, requires Naruko to stay completely still. If you disturb her or move her in any way she'll begin to turn into a toad" that shocked me, Naruko told us that she had mastered Sage Jutsu, and for Naruko to stay completely still was impossible when we were younger, I looked at her and noticed Chakra entering her body from the outside, "This is incredible" everyone looked at me "I can see Chakra that's not her own, entering her body" Lord Jiraiya then explained it was the Nature Energy being drawn in by the sign she was making with her hands, and that the energy being drawn in allowed her to enter Sage Mode and use Sage Jutsu. The Hokage spoke up at this point, "How will we know when she's in Sage Mode Jiraiya-Sensei?" he chuckled slightly and said "When Naruko achieves Sage Mode, her eyelids turn orange, and when she opens her eyes, they will look like a toads" it was then I noticed her eyelids were changing colour so I spoke up "I think she's entering it now," and everyone looked at me "look at her eyelids" and everyone did, and sure enough just like Lord Jiraiya had said her eyelids turned orange, and then she opened her eyes and sure enough, just like he said they looked like the eyes of a toad.

Minato's P.O.V:

My baby girl had mastered Sage Jutsu, the most difficult of all Jutsu to master, I'm so proud of her right now and I know Kushina would be too.

Naruko's P.O.V:

I opened my eyes after feeling the Nature Energy, reach an equal amount to my Chakra and the Chakra of the Nine-Tails, what I saw once I opened them was six shocked faces well, in Dads case shocked and proud and Kakashi-Sensei had revealed his Sharingan eye. I stood up and said to everyone "You may want to step back quite a bit, the backlash from the Jutsu is very powerful." they all nodded and stepped back, then Dad said "Try not to use too much Chakra Naruko, your test with Kakashi is taking place after this" I just nodded and said "Are you all ready, to see my completed Rasengan?" they all nodded and I noticed that Dad, Sasuke and Sakura had excited grins on their faces, I took a deep breath and turned so they could see me from the side, and also see how the Jutsu formed "Ok here we go. Shadow Clone Jutsu!" and two Shadow Clones appeared beside me "You guys know what to do" they both nodded, and I held out my right hand, the Clone on my right formed the Rasengan, and the Clone on my left added the Elemental Chakra, and I held the two forms together as one. As it took shape I heard Dad say "What the? That sound, so much Chakra" then Sakura said "I knew she always had a huge amount of Chakra, but this is unbelievable" and then Sasuke said "Look at it's shape, it looks like a giant shuriken", Once it was ready I dispelled the Clones, took a running start and cried whilst throwing the Rasen Shuriken at the farthest tree "Now, Wind Style: Rasen Shuriken!" and with that I let it go, and it was bang on target.

Sasuke's P.O.V:

'Incredible!'

Kakashi's P.O.V:

'The number of separate attacks was almost infinite. Even my Sharingan couldn't follow them all. What a magnificent Jutsu' Incredible she managed to do what Minato-Sensei couldn't, she successfully altered the Rasengan's Chakra Form and Nature 'I never would've imagined, that clumsy little Naruko, would ever achieve a change in Chakra form, as well as a change in Chakra Nature, she really has surpassed her Father, in more ways than one'

Sakura, Tsunade and Orochimaru's P.O.V:

'Naruko has gotten strong enough to create a Jutsu that powerful!'

Minato's P.O.V:

'Unbelievable! The Jutsu I created can be made into something as powerful as that! And it can be thrown too. It's going to take ages to restore the training ground after this'

Jiraiya's P.O.V:

'Good job kid, you showed them some of what you can do now, and showed your Dad that adding Elemental Chakra to the Rasengan wasn't impossible like he thought'

Naruko's P.O.V:

Everyone was silent, no one was saying anything, I turned around to look at everyone and they were all standing there with their mouths gaping, well everyone except Pervy-Sage, he just had a grin on his face. Dad spoke up then "Ok Naruko, you can leave Sage Mode now, you, Kakashi, Sasuke and Sakura need to head over to training ground 3 for your test" I sighed and said to him "Dad, I can't just end Sage Mode like a Jutsu, in order to leave Sage Mode I have to use up all the Nature Energy I collected" then there was a sharp smack to the back of my head "OW! What the hell Pervy-Sage!" he just grinned and said "Lord Fukasaku, told me to hit you on the back of your head when we needed you out of Sage Mode, because that disrupts your balance with the Nature Energy" I growled and muttered to myself "I'm going to get that Geezer Toad, for telling you that, I like being in Sage Mode" to which Sasuke asked me why that was "Because Sasuke, when I'm in Sage Mode I feel calmer" he just nodded. Kakashi-Sensei spoke then and when we looked in his direction, he was standing by the crater left by my Jutsu, "Well then, shall we head over to training ground 3 for your test?" we all nodded and he started walking…and then he disappeared…then we heard him yell "Can someone please get me out of the crater left by Naruko's Jutsu?!" we all ran up to the crater, looked down and sure enough there he was at the bottom of it, "Kakashi-Sensei, you're a Jonin and an ex-Anbu, get out yourself" me, Sakura and Sasuke said at the same time, before heading to our old training ground, with everyone else following, except him. Then I remembered that I had a question for Lady Tsunade so I slowed down so I could end up next to her and luckily she was at the back of the group "Excuse me Lady Tsunade, can I ask you something?" she looked at me and said whilst nodding "Of course you can Naruko, what is it?" "I was just wondering did you teach Sakura your strength technique?" she smiled and said "No I didn't, she tried to learn it but she couldn't hold the Chakra long enough to perform it, she's more suited for Medical Ninjutsu and Genjutsu anyway" I just nodded and looked behind us to see Kakashi-Sensei jumping out of the crater and running to catch up to us.

Kakashi's P.O.V:

A few minutes later we all arrived at training ground 3, "Well, doesn't this bring back memories?" my three students just nodded with reminiscent smiles on their faces, Sakura then said "Squad 7" followed by Naruko "Our very first training lesson as Shinobi" and I couldn't help but add "That's right, you didn't get on as well as you do now back then" to which Sasuke said "No we didn't" then Naruko sighed and I looked up from my book, only to see all three of them on the ground moping and saying "We failed at first" 'Oops! I guess mentioning their lack of teamwork during the first training lesson they had with me is, taboo to these guys'. I reached into my pocket and pulled out the bells, as they rang Naruko, Sasuke and Sakura looked up.

Naruko's P.O.V:

I heard the jingling of some very familiar bells, so I looked up and sure enough Kakashi-Sensei was holding the bells from the first training lesson we had with him, I looked at my team-mates and they were looking at him as well. "Alright show me how far you've come, after all, you haven't given up on your dreams have you?" and we all stood up Sasuke said "No way", Sakura said "Not a chance" and I said "What the heck do you think I put myself through all that training for?" Kakashi-Sensei chuckled, attached the bells to his belt and said "The rules are the same as they were that first day. I don't care how you do it, just get these bells away from me. And remember…" and the three of us said together "If we're not prepared to kill you, we won't get the bells. We know".

Flashback:

'You can use any weapons, including shuriken. If you're not prepared to kill me, you won't be able to take the bells.'

Flashback end.

He chuckled and said "Exactly. Show no mercy if you ever hope to get these bells, you've got until sunrise tomorrow" Then Kakashi-Sensei closed his book, "Ok shall we get started" I reached up to tighten my Headband "Heh, are you going to be reading that stupid book the whole time, Kakashi-Sensei?" and Sakura said "No he won't. I bet he already finished reading it" and Sasuke added "He probably started reading it, when he left the Hokage's office after you gave it to him, Naruko". He put the book into His weapons pouch whilst saying to us "Not quite, but I'm going to save that little pleasure for later. Besides I've got a feeling I'd better keep on my toes," and he reached up to move his Headband away from his Sharingan eye "it's a whole new ball game," he revealed the Sharingan "this time it's serious" the wind blew around us causing the bells to jingle.

Unknown P.O.V:

Two men in black cloaks emblazoned with red clouds made their way across the desert towards The Village Hidden in the Sand, the first man spoke "The Sand Village is just up ahead. Remember, we need to capture the Jinchuriki alive Deidara" the other just laughed and said "Relax Sasori, my man. I know we need him alive, hm." then the Sand Village appeared on the horizon.

Naruko's P.O.V:

The wind was blowing but no one was moving, we were all just staring at Kakashi-Sensei and he back at us, finally my impatience got the best of me and I ran forward yelling "What are we waiting for!"

TO BE CONTINUED…