'I'll make a man out of you' Mulan

I own nothing /Holds back tears/

Bold are Naruto's thoughts, he is watching Yugito, even when we don't see him

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"Alright my Adorable students, it's test time!" Kakashi chirped as he came walking up, three hours after he had told them to meet him.

"Any fives?" Sasuke asked Yugito, ignoring his tardy sensei.

"Nope."

"How do you know?"

"I put a bit of chakra into each of the cards of them deck to identify them."

"Oh…Hey wait! That means you know what's in our hands!" Naruto protested.

"Yep, and if you ever think of another way for me to play 'Go Fish' I'll even stop." Yugito nodded.

"So unfair." Sasuke grumbled into his hand.

"Ahem, it's time to start the test now children." Kakashi interrupted further discussion. He noted that today they had put their headbands on, Sasuke and Naruto positioned it in the usual way, strapped over their forehead, but Yugito had put it across her eyes hiding the unfocused grey orbs behind the symbol of Konoha

"Fine." Naruto sighed, standing and stretching, "Yugito was going to win anyway."

Yugito collected the cards from her teammates and tucked them into a pocket and the three Genin faced Kakashi.

"You're late Sensei." Sasuke intoned before Kakashi could continue.

"Like we weren't?" Naruto snorted.

Kakashi raised his visible eyebrow and Yugito elaborated, "We were late getting into the village, and the various people we live with were… slightly displeased with us last night."

"We never should have left Hinata-chan with Anko." Naruto shivered.

"I don't know, I kind of liked it." Yugito said, her mask crinkling to show she was smirking. Sasuke and Naruto looked at her startled.

"Yes, well…" Kakashi shook his head at the insanity of his students and reached into his pocket to pull out two bells, "Your test is this, you must retrieve these two bells from me, and whomever doesn't get a bell will be sent back to the Academy."

"Uh, Sensei, is this a combat test?" Sasuke asked, nervously glancing at Yugito.

"Sort of." Kakashi acknowledged.

"Damn." Yugito grumbled and slumped against a tree.

"What?" Kakashi asked curiously.

"Do to the particulars of Yugito's religion, if she engages in combat with someone, she has to kill them." Naruto explained, "With one exception."

"What's the exception?" Kakashi asked, expertly hiding his curiosity at Yugito's 'religion'.

"My brother." Yugito sighed. "Of course, he's not really an exception, it's just impossible to kill him."

Kakashi stared blankly at the girl, "Alright…I suppose I can live with that. Naruto, Sasuke, you're fighting for the bells, and if you wish I suppose you could take both bells and give one to Yugito."

Naruto and Sasuke looked at each other and nodded before simultaneously launching themselves at Kakashi.

Kakashi fended them off without any effort for a while, watching their strange taijutsu stances with interest and not allowing them to get any hits on him.

"Huh, you two are good. I guess it's time to move onto some lessons." Kakashi decided.

Naruto and Sasuke stopped attacking immediately and then jumped back. Sasuke looked behind Kakashi and smirked while Naruto snickered.

Remembering Yugito Kakashi whirled around, prepared to defend himself, only to be met by his blind student holding the two bells in the hand that was running across the pages of Icha Icha.

"What…How…" Kakashi looked at the three Genin.

"You forgot about me as soon as you registered me as a noncombatant." Yugito explained.

"We've done things like this before." Naruto acknowledged.

"Yugito really can't get in a fight unless she plans on killing her opponent, so he explains herself and makes to sit out." Sasuke added.

"But I'm not fighting if I slip in once your guard is down and steal whatever we need from the shadows." Yugito finished cheerfully.

Kakashi sighed and nodded, accepting his mistake, "Alright Yugito, which of your teammates pass?"

"Both." Yugito tossed the bells to both boys with surprising accuracy considering her blindness. Naruto and Sasuke caught the bells and shrugged.

"If you don't pass Yugito we'll just quit, too, sensei. We are a Team, regardless of how this test goes." Naruto said quite seriously, Sasuke nodding his agreement.

Kakashi raised his eyebrow and looked at Yugito, "Do you feel this way as well?"

"Always." Yugito nodded.

"Very well then…You pass!" Kakashi smiled at his new team.

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Yugito smiled to herself as Sakura helped her friend Ino figure out the tree walking exercise

"Yugito-sensei, Ino hasn't been training either...I was wondering if She could come with me tomorrow?"

"Will it distract you?"

"No."

"Will it challenge you?"

"Yes."

"Bring her."

Let's get down to business... To defeat the Sound.

"Alright, bring it in you two." Yugito called when she sensed Ino's dwindling chakra move successfully up and down the tree several times.

"I want you running five laps around Konoha." Yugito instructed.

"That's insane!" Ino protested.

"I only did three yesterday!"

Did they send me children, when I asked for nin?

"I'm not gonna lie, you're the saddest nin I've ever met, but you can bet before we're through," Yugito disappeared and wrapped an arm around them both, smiling through her mask, "Ladies, I'll make a nin out of you."

Ino and Sakura finally began running and Yugito followed, "Girls, you are Konoha. Tranquil as a forest, but on fire within. Once you find your center, you are sure to win."

Ino sent her a look questioning her sanity.

"Don't give me that look child, you're spineless, pale, pathetic Kuniochi, and you haven't got a clue but somehow I'll make a nin out of you."

Ino and Sakura's thoughts varied as they got more tired while running. After a bit Yugito began throwing kunai at them to keep them going.

'I'm never gonna catch my breath!' Ino thought in fear.

'I should say good-bye to those who knew me.' Sakura decided, her sides aching as she panted.

'Boy was I a fool in school for cutting gym.' They both decided, pushing on to avoide Yugito's kunai, despite their protesting muscles.

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"Explain to me again the purpose of chasing this stupid cat-"

"Hey!"

"-Babysitting, gardening, and painting as missions?" Sasuke demanded as Yugito cuddled Tora gently as they walked back to the Hokage's tower, sending minor amounts of killing intent at Sasuke.

"Catching Tora is both easier and harder than catching a missing nin." Kakashi lectured them, "Gardening can teach you which plants are edible, and which ones are inedible for long missions where you have to find your own food and a lot of nobles are no better than the children we babysit."

"And the Painting?" Naruto enquired.

"Kohaku-san threw his back out last week and couldn't do it himself." Kakashi told the Genin lightly.

They fumed in silence, shooting death glares at their grey haired sensei.

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Sarutobi Asuma peered out from behind a tree, watching Yugito train his blonde student and her friend, 'This chicks got them scared to death!'

Kurenai watched Asuma, wincing as he glanced back at her, motioning to the blind ninja incredulously 'Hope he doesn't see right through me...'

When Ino and Sakura finished Yugito made them begin water walking.

'Now I really wish that I knew how to swim.' Ino thought glumly, climbing out of the freezing river for what felt like the millionth time.

Yugito began lecturing again, "You are nin, you must be swift as the coursing rain with all the force of a great typhoon, with all the strength of a raging fire, and mysterious as the dark side of the moon."

Time is racing towards us tills the Sound arrives.

"Heed my every order, and you might survive."

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"This is enough Old Man!" Naruto snapped, "Our team is more than qualified for a C-rank at the very least!"

"Naruto." Iruka chastised, "It's up to Hokage-sama and your sensei to decide-"

"I agree." Kakashi sighed, shutting his Icha Icha, "Naruto, Yugito, and Sasuke are more than capable of a C-rank mission, especially with me along to help them."

"Hmm" Sarutobi perused the scrolls in front of him, "Well, it just so happens I do have a C-rank mission here."

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"Yugito-sensei." Sakura complained, "This doesn't seem like real ninja training...why are we doing this?"

Yugito looked at her, blind eyes piercing, "You're unsuited for the rage of war, so if you can't handle the training pack up, go home, you're through. You can't take this training? Then how could I make a nin out of you?"

Sakura and Ino's eyes hardened and they went back to their training with vigor.

'We must be swift as the coursing rain.' Ino thought, running across a river as she nimbly avoided the kunai Yugito started throwing at her.

'With all the force of a great typhoon.' Ino kicked at Sakura, who blocked with her forearm, the loud sound reverberating the only indication of how hard the petite kunoichi had hit.

'With all the strength of a raging fire.' Sakura twisted her fingers and blew a fireball she would have been totally incapable of weeks ago, before she had begun training under Yugito,

'Mysterious as the dark side of the moon!' The two girls knelt in front of Yugito, wearing darker, more well protected versions of the outfits they had come before in weeks earlier. Despite being unable to see them Yugito could sense that their chakra, much larger now than it had been, was cloaked and they had a much more serious aura about them.

With much bravado Yugito placed her hands on the girls' shoulders. "You'll do." She told them proudly.

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"Tazuna-san, why don't you come in and meet the team that's going to escort you back to Wave and protect you while you build your bridge?" The Hokage called.

An old man walked in, taking a deep draught from a bottle of Sake, eyeing them, "You're kidding me right? The short one looks like he couldn't hurt a fly, the emo looks like he'd rather brood than even think of protecting me, and… is she… is she blind?"

"I assure you Tazuna-san, we are more than capable of keeping you safe from even the most skilled bandit." Kakashi reassured him, "And, ah, yes, she is blind, but she's a little sensitive and may kill you if you bring it up as a negative trait."

Tazuna glanced at the girl who did indeed have a murderous surrounding her.

"Great." He sighed, taking another long drink from his Sake.

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I really am so sorry for leaving this story for so long! I'm on break right now, so I will do everything I can to get This and TR:R up to level and on a steady update schedule!

Next Chapter we'll see Hinata, Neji, Temari, and Gaara more.

Again, so Sorry for letting this just sit for so long!