Title: Reforging The Past

Chapter3 – Butterfly Effect

Ship: Naruto/Hina, Naru/Harem, Naru/Hina/Ino/FemHaku/FemKyuu, Anko/Kurenai

Author: Paladeus

Key: "Speech", "Demonic Speech", 'Thought', 'Demonic Thought'

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A/N: Butterfly Effect – It has been said something as small as the flutter of a butterfly's wing can ultimately cause a typhoon halfway around the world. – Chaos Theory

An aside – Anko and Kurenai will not be in the harem. They are in a relationship together, but will not be a part of anything else. If I get some weird outcry for them to include themselves in something with Naruto and his girls at some point, then I may consider it, but only for a scene or two, not for the whole story. I've got more than enough women in this story with him and do not want to add any more. As such, those of you who have requested Yugito Nii to be included in Naruto's harem, she will not be. She will be in a relationship, however. Just wait and see. I have exactly looked for it, but it is a pairing I have yet to see.

Challenges: On my profile is a link to my FF (DOT) Net Forums. On those forums are challenge requests by me to you in the Naruto and Harry Potter universes. I'd greatly appreciate any views on those challenges or anyone who would like to accept them, feel free to let me know. I'd personally like to know if anyone finds them as decent plot devices or not. If you do accept a challenge, feel free to reply to the forum and let others know, preferably after you've posted the first chapter so they have something to visit and you can link to it.

Recommended Story of the Chapter: "Birth of a Legend: The Fox Druid" by DarkHeroOrion

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Naruto and Hinata followed the Sandaime Hokage into his office while the ANBU secured the outside and took Iruka to the hospital for treatment. Naruto dragged two of the chairs from the wall to the front of the Sandaime's desk and sat with Hinata while Sarutobi settled himself in his plush chair.

"Alright you two. I'd like to know why you decided to take this event on your own rather than alerting the-"

"Jiji," Naruto interrupted, "there's a lot more to this than Mizuki and the Forbidden Scroll." Naruto and Hinata had decided and agreed upon how much they were going to tell the aging Hokage during their second week back in time and the best way to go about getting their needs met. It was all hinging on getting him to believe them, however.

"Such as what, Naruto?" Naruto and Hinata looked at each other and silently gained a quick burst of assurance from each other before Naruto turned back to Sarutobi and began speaking.

"Alright Jiji. You're going to have to hear me out before you ask any questions. We've got a long story to tell you and I don't want to lose my momentum when I get going." The Sandaime nodded his head and waited for Naruto's tale. He always had a doozy when he got going.

"Well first, how secure is this room?" The Hokage raised an eyebrow at Naruto's opener but activated a soundproofing jutsu while Hinata checked with her Byakugan to make sure no one was around and that there were no listening devices, giving Naruto a nod of approval and then deactivated her doujutsu.

"No one can hear anything being spoken within the room now, Naruto. We can speak freely." Naruto nodded and then leaned back into the couch.

"What do you know about time-travel?" Shocked senseless for a few moments, Sarutobi finally spluttered a reply.

"They are impossible. There have been attempts in the past, yes, but none have ever successfully been used as far as anyone knows." Naruto nodded quickly.

"For obvious reasons, we can't say too much of what we know. However, Hinata-chan and I came back seven years from the future with the Kyuubi's help because things were getting dicey for us and for Konoha."

"You mean to tell me," Sarutobi said disbelievingly before Naruto could continue, "that you and Hinata-san are from the future?" Naruto and Hinata both nodded. "Why?"

"We were at war and things were about to get very, very bad. I had a jutsu that I planned to use that would take out enough of their numbers to leave them only outnumbering us three-to-one instead of about seven-to-one," Naruto said as the Hokage seemed to pale at the implications. Just for the possibility that this wasn't some sick joke. "However, using it would have killed off Kyuubi almost immediately by using all of her power and I would have followed after not much longer. She didn't want to die, so she offered us this."

"Who were we at war with?"

"Orochimaru." Sarutobi sighed and pulled out his pipe and began smoke, hoping to get a slightly stronger hold on the situation.

"I don't suppose either of you can offer me any proof of this?"

"Well, only our memories came back. No chakra, nothing physical came back and no physical changes happened because of the time traveling. So we could only really think of a couple of things that would work," Hinata said. This was a topic she made very sure to overrule anything Naruto thought to offer to tell Sarutobi when it would be too much. Something about what she said seemed off to the aged Hokage, but couldn't catch it right away and didn't want to dwell on it.

"What things were those, Hinata-san?" Hinata gave a pointed look to Naruto, knowing that he knew what she wanted to show the old man. Naruto, always willing to entertain, held his right hand out causing a swirling mass of blue chakra to form in the palm of his hand. His increased chakra control making it nearly as easy as breathing. He looked up to see the Sandaime with a gobsmacked expression plastered across his face.

"Naruto, where did you learn that?" Sarutobi felt a severe case of deja vu as he watched Naruto form the Rasengan in his hand. Only two men had known that technique. One was an old pervert and the other was the Yondaime himself. Naruto simply let the technique die out as he smiled brightly.

"Ero-sensei taught me about six years ago," suddenly seeing where he was going wrong, he amended himself. "Er, make that in about seven months." Hinata smiled and looked to the Hokage.

"We're also aware of who Naruto-kun's parents truly were. Namikaze Minato, Yondaime Hokage of Konoha and Uzumaki Kushina, Jounin of what was formerly Whirlpool before Iwa's destruction of it." Sarutobi slouched in his chair as he realized that the two of them were either very sure of their information and created this elaborate story for confirmation, or they really were from the future. Only seven people know of Naruto's lineage, and none of them would have said anything.

"So, it would seem you truly did come back," he said gravely. "What are your plans now that you've returned?"

"Well," Hinata began, "the last time through, only my team had any actual specialization as trackers. Naruto-kun's team was generalized-"

"And Kakashi-teme only taught me tree-climbing in the year I was with him," Naruto interrupted her, getting a firm whack on the back of his head for his trouble.

"Anyway," Hinata continued, "we would like you to put at least myself and Naruto on the same team. I was with Aburame Shino and Inuzuka Kiba under Yuuhi Kurenai and she taught us quite a bit, so we can work well under her. Kakashi-san did very little with his team, leaving us with quite a bit of time to work on things on our own if we should be placed with him and," she blushed lightly and couldn't look the Sandaime in the eye, "Sarutobi Asuma did as little as possible aside from playing shogi with Shikamaru during his team's training periods. We think he relied on the synergy of a Nara-Aka-Yama group like their parents."

Sarutobi's cheeks pinked lightly at hearing of his son's lackluster performances, but couldn't deny the likelihood that it was exactly what he may have done. However, he couldn't give them to a teacher who would teach them nothing. It would be a waste of resources and abilities.

"So you would like to gain a sensei for a more specialized purpose, then. What do you feel your objectives will be for the next several years?"

"Well, we will need to to gain skills to get information on Orochimaru, his people, Akatsuki and any other potential enemies. Kumo and Iwa took any chances they could to align against us, but we never figured out exactly when they joined up with Orochimaru. We know it was after the Chuunin exams, but are unsure exactly when."

"Why are you sure it was after the Chuunin exams," he asked, hoping there was a specific event that he could use to make Konoha shine where they may have failed previously. Naruto frowned and scrunched his forehead in thought.

"Well, Sound and Sand attacked us during the final stages of the Chuunin Selection exams when it was hosted in Konoha, so they would have attacked during that if they were going to. We were almost wiped out as it was. But, I don't actually know why they didn't attack afterwards."

"Actually, Tsunade mentioned that one night after she had been drinking a bit," Hinata offered. Had Sarutobi not believed them before, that would have clinched it for him. "Word spread through Suna and Oto about how you handled Gaara single-handedly, and they were worried that we had another Yondaime on our hands," she giggled at Naruto's surprised expression.

"Well, think about it. Gaara is well-known as a jinchuuriki of Shukaku and survived, unscathed from over a hundred assassination attempts and all of his missions and you defeated him. They were worried about what you could have done in an invasion situation without having to face a jinchuuriki who released his demon." Naruto smiled brightly, scratching the back of his head in amusement while Sarutobi looked back and forth between the two of them.

"What are you talking about?" He knew about Subaku no Gaara. Any major leader knew about him since Suna never bothered to keep the status of their jinchuuriki a secret. It was widely known that his seal was the weakest available and they had hired Jiraiya to look at it in the past. If he joined in the fighting, then they had to have lost the majority of their numbers.

"Well, at the time of the invasion, Gaara was still pretty homicidal and killed pretty much anyone. I fought him and won, even after he let Shukaku take full control and possess him." Sarutobi leaned back and took in what he had heard for a few moments before deciding he'd have to think things over before making any real decisions. Until then, he could help the two out in any way possible.

"Is there anything you feel you can tell me that I should be wary of in the coming months and years?"

"During the finals at the Chuunin Exams, Orochimaru, who will be under the guise of the Kazekage after killing him, will have you trapped in a barrier of some kind and summon the first two Hokages. You end up using the Shiki Fuuin to kill those two and take Orochimaru's arms, which forces him into taking a new body to survive," Naruto said.

"It is that very action, as the jutsu to do so can only be used every three years at minimum, that gives us three years to wait for him after Uchiha Sasuke defects from us to gain power to kill Itachi. After your death, Ero-sensei and I go to bring back Tsunade and her assistant, Shizune, to be the Godaime Hokage. During the next three years, I go on a training trip with Ero-sensei to learn to control the Kyuubi's power, seals and better taijutsu while Sakura learns from Tsunade. During this time, we lose forces in thanks to hit and run ambush tactics by Orochimaru and Akatsuki devises and implements their plans to gather all of the jinchuuriki for their ultimate weapon, though we have no clue what it is or what their motivations are." Naruto held up his hands in a helpless gesture. "As much as I hate to admit it, your using that technique on Orochimaru to force him to change bodies so quickly is what gave us those three years reprieve from most of Orochimaru's plans. He had put everything on hold to train up Sasuke so he could steal his body and not have as much work to do on it, so we'll have to try and figure out a safer way to take his arms from him," Naruto finished, leaning back.

"I'm afraid that's all we can tell you without going into details of pretty much everything, or things that won't matter." Sarutobi sighed and rubbed the bridge of his nose.

"Very well, then. I will think over what you have told me and form the teams accordingly." He looked almost desperately at the two in front of him as an idea struck. "What about Sasuke? Do you know of any ways we may be able to keep him in Konoha?" Both shook their heads.

"From what I understand, Sakura wormed her way into his heart during our times together, but not enough to keep him from turning on us. I learned a while after returning from my training trip with Ero-sensei about that." Sarutobi nodded in grim acceptance.

"Very well. And you, Hinata-san," he asked turning to her. "I've heard much about Naruto's involvement, but you haven't spoken much. Can you add anything?" Hinata shrugged and looked apologetic.

"Naruto-kun was in the middle of everything that happened. The Chuunin exams, the invasion, Orochimaru, Sasuke and the Akatsuki. In my case, my team worked together as trackers until Naruto returned. After that, and after Sakura-san's death at the hands of Sasuke, Tsunade took me on as an apprentice for two years before we came back, with the occasional mission with Naruto-kun to try and retrieve Sasuke from Orochimaru's hold. I wasn't a part of much that had happened until the war started. I haven't even managed to learn her super-strength technique yet, though I understand the theory for the temporary version." The Sandaime steepled his fingers and nodded.

"I understand. I will think about your needs in the future and attempt to think of how best to use your talents for what is to come. Have you both participated in the skirmishes in the war," he asked, getting nods.

"If you're trying to find a delicate way of asking if we've killed, then yes. If you mean planning anything or being in on the intelligence, then only partially," Naruto said. "The council forbid me from participating with anything I knew, regardless of its use since they feared I may work against them, and most of what I learned came from Hinata-chan, since she was allowed to be in there with the Hokage during their strategy meetings."

"Alright. I think I have everything I need. If you feel you need to give me any new information, please don't hesitate to offer it. I understand you do not want to change too much of the future to make your knowledge obsolete, but it is also not a good idea to rely on it so much that you lose focus of where things change." Both Naruto and Hinata's eyes widened. They hadn't really considered that they could rely too strongly on their knowledge, but they suddenly realized that they were changing things incredibly by simply changing the teams, no matter how necessary it would be.

"I will create the teams and see what I can do about finding you a compatible third member. While I think it may be a good idea to put you with Sasuke to keep an eye on him, I'm worried about keeping you active with two members and a third who is unfamiliar with your methods." Sarutobi shook his head to clear it and grew stern-faced.

"I will place you both on classified S-class missions to find and eliminate Orochimaru and the members of Akatsuki as you can. This will be an ongoing mission, so you will be paid accordingly. I will also count this event tonight as an SS-class mission by labeling Mizuki as a traitor who knew a lot more than we thought he would to begin with and give them to you as seperate missions since you both did something different," he told them, making their eyes go wide. An SS-class mission would keep Naruto paid and in comfort for a few months, not counting the ongoing one where he would be paid continuously. "This will also allow me to classify the missions so only myself and those I tell will have any information on this. I can think of no safer way to protect it than the Hokage's personal mission vaults. Aside from the rank in your Genin files, no specifics aside from your return status can be obtained."

"I am doing this in part for the information you've been able to provide, but also, so you can buy any equipment you may need so you can buy whatever you need to outfit yourself and get yourselves back up to speed. Do you have any questions?" Both shook their heads and Sarutobi deactivated the soundproofing seal in the room.

"Thank you for your information. I'm sure Mizuki can fill in the rest." Realizing they were being dismissed, both Naruto and Hinata bowed and turned to leave before Naruto turned back to him.

"Oh, Old Man. In about three and a half months, you'll get an escort mission from an old drunk called Tazuna to the land of Wave. He's a bridge builder. I need my team on that mission." Quirking an eyebrow, Sarutobi asked the follow-up question.

"Why is that, Naruto?"

"Well, when I went there with Team Seven, there were two missing nin. They were killed during the fight at the bridge where Sasuke activated his Sharingan and they learned that they were betrayed by their employer, but I think I may be able to get them on our side. One has a powerful bloodline and the other is a member of the Seven Swordsmen from Mist."

"I'll see what I can do, Naruto." With a smile, Naruto left with Hinata, who was waiting at the door for him. Once he was alone, the Sandaime looked around suspiciously before stomping his right leg onto the ground with a pulse of chakra, causing a hidden latch to pop open and a large bottle of sake was pulled out with a grunt and heavy sigh.

"I need a bigger bottle."

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Naruto and Hinata worked the rest of the weekend on testing most of the ninjutsu they knew and adapt themselves to using them with their current chakra control and reserves. Naruto in particular was thrilled that the rasengan itself was so much easier for him to use. Even adding in his wind element into it was a simple thing for him to do. He just had to limit himself from using it since Genin didn't work with nature manipulation.

Hinata, however, was thrilled with her own personal skills. All techniques aside from the techniques she knew that were traditionally non-Hyuuga, she was able to use as freely as she wanted. The only things she had to limit herself from using were some of the more advanced medical jutsu she had learned from Tsunade. She kept most secret like Naruto, but was more than pleased to show them off later.

"So, why haven't you tried to summon any toads?" Hinata was currently leaning against a tree as she sat and relaxed after their latest sparring session. Naruto was hanging upside down from the branch above her by his feet with chakra and batting her hair back and forth like a cat with string.

"Well, Kyuubi mentioned that we would be able to summon her before we came back, right?" He paused only a moment to watch her nod. "She's been asleep since we changed the seal, so I haven't been able to ask her about that. I'm worried about trying to summon a toad before I sign the contract again. I may try to summon a toad, but might accidentally summon her instead, especially since I haven't technically signed the toad contract in this time line. And she said she could control her size, but she would be big the first time, so I didn't want to risk it anywhere near Konoha."

"Ah. Good point," she said, leaning back comfortably.

"Who do you think the old man is going to put with us?"

"I'm not sure," she said. "I suppose it depends on what he does with the information we gave him. He could put us with Sasuke to keep an eye on him and possibly take him out if it comes to it, or Shikamaru for his mental aptitude or Shino for his kikai bugs and what they can do." She shrugged, showing she wasn't really overly concerned while Naruto nodded in agreement.

"Unless he decides to put us with someone totally new or leave us as our own two person squad!" Hinata giggled as Naruto began to bounce in place, but laughed outrageously when he bounced too hard and jumped into the ground.

"We'll just have to see when we get there, Naruto-kun. Now come on, I'm being forced into dinner tonight at home, but you can buy me lunch," she said, grinning as she helped him up. "And no ramen!"

"Cheeky little minx, aren't you?"

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Naruto had been so excited that he'd actually tricked the two leotard-clad men his mornings had been reserved for to run around the village as fast as they could, giving him the opportunity to leave early. When he arrived back at his apartment, Hinata was already there and laying on his couch, waiting for him to show up so they could go to the Academy.

As was their new custom, Naruto and Hinata walked into the classroom that Monday, both sitting in the back of the the classroom where they had been for the last whole month.

"I'm so glad you don't plan on trying to kiss Sasuke this time around, Naruto-kun," Hinata said, her expression anything but innocent.

"You know very well that wasn't a kiss! And I didn't want to do it!" Hinata snickered and hugged Naruto's arm to herself.

"Of course, Naruto-kun. I believe you," she said, sounding anything but sincere, causing Naruto to grumble good-naturedly as Sakura and Ino came in and took a seat two rows away from them, three rows from where they knew the Uchiha to sit.

"I wonder why they aren't fighting over Sasuke like last time," Naruto murmured to himself. He looked where he knew Sasuke was supposed to be but found him not there yet. "Oh, they showed up earlier than they did last time. They even seem more civil towards one another and aren't fighting over him yet." Beside him, Hinata blushed, thinking Ino may very well have taken her advice.

"Sasuke-kun!" Both Sakura and Ino rushed to surround both of Sasuke's sides as he sat in his seat, latching onto his arms like squealing, giggling leeches.

'Maybe she didn't,' Hinata thought.

"Alright you lot! Sit down and shut up," Iruka commanded as he walked through the door with a clipboard in his hands. "Congratulations each of you. You're Genin and-" he was cut off as the most of the students cheered for themselves and their accomplishment before getting them back under control. Then, he explained how the life of a ninja was to take their missions and protect their village until they were unable to do so any longer. At this point, Naruto laid his head on the desk and toned everything out until Hinata's elbow in his side brought his attention back in the middle of team placements.

"Team Seven: Haruno Sakura, Inuzuka Kiba and Uchiha Sasuke-"

"YES! TAKE THAT, INO-PIG! Sasuke is all mine and-"

"Sit down and shut up, Sakura!" Iruka yelled, already in a bad mood thanks to the Sandaime changing the teams to his own placements.

"Your sensei is Hatake Kakashi. Team Eight: Hyuuga Hinata, Uzumaki Naruto and Yamanaka Ino. You actually have two teachers; Yuuhi Kurenai and Mitarashi Anko." Suddenly, Naruto screamed bloody murder and flew back out of his chair onto his butt.

"YOU MEAN YOU'RE STICKING US WITH THAT PSYCHO SNAKE CHICK!" His eyes moved back and forth as if expecting her to pop up out of nowhere. The entire class at this point was looking at him with wide eyes.

"Is there a problem, Naruto?" Iruka asked, rather surprised at the boy's actions. While the adults held a tendency to look down on her for her past, he honestly wouldn't have thought Naruto would be one to follow suite considering his own unique history.

"Er ... she hasn't exactly liked me since a few years ago when I pranked her by lacing her dango with laxatives," he mumbled, currently looking under his desk.

"THAT WAS YOU!?" An enraged shout from above the ceiling tiles in the corner of the room brought everyone's attention back again as the tile in the corner broke and an enraged Anko dropped down, fury in her eyes. "I WAS ON MY WAY TO A MONTH-LONG BORDER PATROL MISSION YOU LITTLE SHIT!" Kurenai poked her head down from the hole in the ceiling, pinching the bridge of her nose.

"Anko, we weren't supposed to be seen observing the new Genin!" Anko seemed to ignore her as she drew a kunai in each hand.

"YOU'RE MINE, RAMEN BOY!" Naruto let out a squeak as he dodged each of the kunai she sent his way. Meanwhile, the rest of the class ignored them aside from Hinata, who tried to tell him he was only getting what he deserved. "BEND OVER AND TAKE IT LIKE A MAN!"

"Iruka-sensei," Ino asked while ignoring the girlish squeal from Naruto who was now clutching his butt, "why are Hinata and I on the same team? Isn't it normally two guys and a girl?" Sasuke snorted and finally decided to open his mouth.

"Isn't it obvious? Why else would you have two different teachers instead of the usual one? With the dead last on your team, you're obviously the team that was put together because you're all useless." Suddenly, the kunai stopped flying as both Anko and Naruto turned to the last Uchiha.

"Wanna say that again, teme?" Naruto asked as he cracked his knuckles.

"I think the Uchiha needs to be taught a lesson," Anko said, two black mamba's slithered from within the sleeves of her trenchcoat.

"All of you! Sit down!" Iruka's voice, a standard tone used for students who were bad, immediately caused all of those who were standing to sit wherever they were. In the case of Naruto and Anko, that was in the middle of the aisle.

"Now, Ino, the Sandaime-sama created the teams himself this time around. Naruto, Hinata and yourself are going to be a special assignment squad based on all of your unique talents. Anko and Kurenai should be able to tell you more about it. Now no more questions!" He straightened his vest before going back to his clipboard.

"Team Ten is going to be Akamichi Chouji, Nara Shikamaru and Aburame Shino. Your sensei is Sarutobi Asuma. You will all enjoy an hour long lunch and then come back to meet," he looked askance at Anko who was inching a kunai towards Naruto, "or rather, officially meet, your instructors from here on out. I recommend taking this time to get to know your teammates. Good luck, everyone." Almost immediately, Naruto took off like a rocket, followed by Anko as the other students congregated towards their new teammates. The exception being Haruno Sakura, who was suddenly stuck to Sasuke like a squealing leech before being pried off and Sasuke left quickly.

Ino made her way over to Hinata and they walked together to a large tree and began to eat from their bentos. "So. Kinda weird how they decided to set up our team, eh?" Hinata nodded her head as she swallowed a bite of rice.

"Yes. We certainly hadn't expected that, but I suppose it makes sense." Ino frowned at Hinata in confusion.

"Weren't expecting what?" Hinata barely repressed a cringe as she realized her mistake. Academy students weren't supposed to know or be able to influence the teams.

"Well-" She was cut off as an orange blob landed on the ground next to her.

"Lost her!" He said, accepting the food Hinata was handing him. "Thanks, Tenshi-chan."

"You know she'll just be here in an hour and get you then, right? She knows exactly where you'll be," Ino said, smirking as his face paled.

"Damnit." Both girls laughed lightly as they continued to eat.

"You know, I honestly expected for myself and Shikamaru and Chouji to end up on a team together. Our parents thought it would happen, too. They've even had us playing together since we were born for probably that very reason." Ino shook her head in wonderment of how she could have expected something as almost ironclad and then be thrown for the proverbial loop.

"Well, we'll see what they have to tell us later," Hinata said, pilfering a piece of tuna from Naruto's plate while he looked around quickly for any sign of Anko.

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"Team Eight, with us!" Kurenai and Anko led the three kids, Naruto being sure to keep both girls in front of him and behind Anko, out and to the pond behind the Academy. They settled themselves by the beginners' swimming section in a small circle.

"Don't worry, kid," Anko said to Naruto with a casual smirk. "If I'm going to get you back, it's going to be when I can make it far more humiliating." Naruto shivered. He knew that smirk. That was the smirk she had when she faced off against Orochimaru and sacrificed her life just to take an arm with her to the afterlife. That was a smirk that said he was doomed.

"Be nice, Anko-sensei. I don't want to have to kill you for harming my Naruto-kun." The matter of fact way Hinata chastised Anko surprised each of them, though the smile on her own face is what really creeped Anko out. She couldn't tell if the girl was playing with her or serious.

"Hinata, are you okay?" Kurenai asked. Hinata was never one to threaten anyone before. She was always a gentle and loving girl who had the most obvious crush on the most idiotic boy in the village. It seemed he finally figured it out after five years, but really!

"Yes, Kurenai-sensei. But if anyone gets to punish Naruto-kun, I'd rather it be me," she finished with a wink that had the elder woman spluttering while Ino and Anko laughed uproariously and Naruto blushed. He liked his punishments so far...

"O-Okay. Let's get this shindig rolling," Anko said from the ground. "Likes, dislikes, dreams for the future; that sort of thing. Ramen Brat, you first." Naruto glared, but did as ordered.

"Uzumaki Namikaze Naruto. I like ramen, trying to eat new types of ramen and Hinata-chan, even though she won't let me eat it more than once a day, training and developing new jutsu. I hate temes and the three minutes it takes for ramen to finish cooking, and I really hate how long it takes for Hinata's homemade ramen to cook, but it is so worth it!" He said, wiggling his fingers and taking on a dreamy expression. Meanwhile, as Hinata and Ino giggled, Anko leaned over to Kurenai.

"This kid has a one-track mind," she whispered, causing Kurenai to nod.

"My dreams for the future are to be the best kage ever and have a big family," he finished, looking at a brightly blushing Hinata who was smiling brightly, causing Kurenai's cackles to rise.

"Any 'family making' happening within the next five years, and I'll personally take my whole kunai set to your baby-making regions, understand me?" Kurenai was leaning over the terrified blonde with a kunai between each finger in her fists.

"Yes ma'am," he squeaked. After another second-turned-eternity, Kurenai let up on her glare and motioned to Hinata to go next.

"Hyuuga Hinata. I like cooking and teriyaki yakatori, Naruto-kun, even if he does eat too much ramen, medical jutsu and training. I dislike those who are conceited or treat others poorly without first getting to know them. And my dream is to be part of Naruto-kun's very large family," she finished with a grin towards Kurenai that was unmistakable in its meaning: 'His baby-making regions are all mine!' that caused Anko to burst into laughter again while Ino blushed and snickered.

"Don't worry, Kurenai-sensei. We don't plan to do anything that far any time soon," Hinata assured the sputtering woman, bringing her out of her shock. Sighing, she motioned for Ino to continue.

"Erm, I'm Yamanaka Ino. I like flowers, boys and doing better than Sakura. I dislike people who think girls can't be good kunoichi and people who think I'm an idiot simply because I'm blonde," She said, each person around her noting that she didn't mention Sasuke as of yet when she was a known founder of the boy's fanclub. "As for dreams for the future, I'm not really sure. I know I want to prove that women can be powerful kunoichi and kick ass when we need to while maintaining beauty and grace," she smiled brightly before going back to a thinking pose, "but don't know other than that."

It was true, too. She used to think her largest goal was to beat the only girl she really thought of as a real rival, Haruno Sakura, to Uchiha Sasuke's heart. However, after spending a short time during the day with Naruto and Hinata nearly a month previously, she tried figuring out why Hinata, heiress to the largest clan in Konoha, wouldn't want to try and snag the hottest guy in all of Konoha. After looking at it objectively, she realized one really big thing: Uchiha Sasuke was a complete ass. He was a diva who used the fate of his family to get what he wanted from adults and ignored any woman who came his way.

"Well," Kurenai said, looking at each of them, glaring at Naruto, "you have each got admirable goals, for the most part. We'll see what we can do to help you achieve your realistic dreams," her glare towards Naruto increasing while Anko offered a thumbs up to Hinata before picking up where Kurenai left off to pick on her latest victim.

"Now, normally we would offer you a test of some form or another to see if you would actually become Genin or go back to the Academy-"

"What do you mean, Anko-sensei?" Ino asked.

"Well, out of all of the Genin that graduate the Academy, only nine actually become Genin on average. The rest are usually sent to the Academy to retrain and try again at a later time. However, by special order of the Sandaime Hokage, the three of you will be specially trained, which is why Kurenai and myself are here to train you instead of the usual one sensei like your other classmates."

"So, why are we being specially trained? What are we going to be doing?" Both Kurenai and Anko frowned slightly as they glanced at each other. While Naruto and Hinata knew what was going on, they didn't, and Ino knew that look between her parents enough to know that the two of them weren't totally pleased with whatever situation they were in.

"We aren't sure what he expects you to do, but we know that he wants us to train you with everything we know; assassination, espionage, trapping, tracking, infiltration and anything else we can think of that you may need to know," Anko said, noting Naruto and Hinata looking calm and collected while Ino's eyes were about to fall out of her head.

"What the hell do they expect us to do! Take on an army all on our own!" She shrieked, causing Kurenai to raise her hands in a warding off gesture as Anko snorted.

"You won't be going after an army on your own, Ino," Kurenai said smiling gently before Anko picked up again.

"Yea. And besides, you and the other girls in your class spent so much time fawning over the Uchiha prick that you're way behind in strength, speed and ability compared to any kunoichi who could handle a real-time battle," she said before noticing a fierce killer intent coming from Hinata. Wide-eyed, she looked at her before wincing. "Well, out of his fangirls, that is." Hinata nodded in a 'damn straight' manner before leaning back.

"Anyway, you three won't be tested to see if you make Genin. The Sandaime told us that you were to pass no matter what, but that we could test you to see where you stand in a real-time environment." Each of the new Genin raised an eyebrow as Kurenai finished and Anko's predatory smirk hinted at the glimmer of happiness in her eyes.

"Alright you three," Anko said, rubbing her hands together. "Test time!"

xXxXxXx

Naruto dodged left and leapt off the side wall of the hallway and over the hail of kunai and poisoned senbon as they thudded into the space he'd just escaped from as Hinata ducked and rolled past an ice jutsu that launched from a seal in the wall behind him.

"What the hell is wrong with that bastard!" Naruto used a quick kunai swipe to break a spear head that came from the carpeted floor that had nearly taken out his 'baby-making' region while Ino dodged more poisoned senbon in the room behind him.

"What kind of a perverted bastard goes to these kinds of lengths to protect a fucking Icha Icha collection!" Ino took refuge behind a couch that thudded lightly as the senbon ripped into its cushions.

"Remind me," Hinata said, sending a blast of chakra into the wall to disable a strong paralysis jutsu before it launched, "to look into mail-order wives for Kakashi-baka!" Over their radio headsets, Anko and Kurenai laughed uproariously. Kakashi's traps and jutsu seals were in place to protect him and his home from rogue ninja who hoped to win the bounty on his head from multiple countries, usually nuke-nin. It was for that reason that all of the senbon were poisoned with extremely powerful sedative poisons, so he could capture and turn them in himself, which was just enough to keep him from going broke for his pornographic fetishes. Just barely.

"Duly noted," Naruto said as he finally broke the hallway and into the large study with a large bookshelf against the far wall where the pervert kept his stash of erotica. He rolled to his feet and looked about suspiciously, noting the lack of hurling projectiles covered in, he hoped beyond hope, wasn't an aphrodisiac-sedative cocktail. That would lead to issues he'd really hope to avoid. "I'm in!"

Hinata landed on the ground next to him, he Byakugan active and her eyes looking about warily. "I see chakra-sensitive seals between each Icha Icha book. Affects unknown. Several deadly seals around the broken weapon over the fireplace mantle. No guards, seals or traps around his jutsu library," she finished, looking pointedly at Naruto who nodded in acknowledgment. 'A new trove of stolen jutsu...' Just to keep himself from making a scene, he cackled madly within his own mind.

"What do you think, Naruto-kun? Our mission is to get as much of his collection as we can." Naruto looked about for a moment before smiling evilly.

"We go the way of Ero-sannin." Over the headset, both Anko and Kurenai looked at each other in confusion as they mouthed 'Ero-sannin' at each other. Naruto continued to explain to Hinata as he moved over to the bookshelf against the wall, making sure to stay to the side with jutsu scrolls. "Anko-sensei said the old man authorized this mission as a test because he 'knew Kakashi's habits', even if she did fail to mention he was a paranoid bastard," he mumbled more to himself. "Anyway, the mission was to succeed in getting Kakashi's books, which means we should be excused for, er," he looked about sheepishly, "unorthodox means of getting them." He pulled a scroll out of his pocket and drew a few quick designs on it before everyone over the comm-link heard a cry of 'Fuuin!'

"Smart move, Naruto-kun," Hinata said with a smile. "Why deal with the traps when we can just take them with us to deal with later?" Naruto smiled brightly at her.

"Thanks!" Naruto quickly wrote out a ransom note for the trove of purloined smut and left it stuck to the wall where Kakashi would be sure to notice it.

"Guys! I've got something in here, also!" Ino called from another room where she was checking for any additional targets. Naruto palmed his face and groaned into his hand.

"How much damned porn has this pervert got!" Hinata patted him on the shoulder comfortingly.

"You knew he was a pervert, Naruto-kun. It really was expected, after all." Naruto was not very sure if he was glad that he had never seen such horrors in his last time around, when he was a more impressionable youth, or if he wished he had so he would have been more prepared for the spear that had been aimed for his crotch. 'All bloody four of them!'

"I know, but I never knew he was this bad!" Ignoring him, Hinata used her Byakugan and looked down the hall.

"Most of the traps were tripped at once when you reached the middle of the hallway. If we run through from this side, we should make it out just before we get attacked again." Naruto nodded and they rushed through, making their way over to Ino who was in Kakashi's bedroom, just at the doorway.

"What is it," Naruto asked, looking about the room only to be disgusted. "That is just wrong." He noticed a large, plastic doll that was blown up and tucked into the bed on one side with a stack of erotic magazines at the side of the bed with crumpled tissues all over the room and a small television against the wall at the foot of the bed, covered in loose videotapes. Beside him, Hinata dry-heaved.

"There is no way in hell I'm going into that room, Naruto-kun." Ino nodded mutely in agreement.

"Are there any traps or anything we need to worry about," he asked, ignoring her remark. Shuddering in disgust, she activated her Byakugan and looked about.

"The window is heavily trapped, especially on the outside, but there's nothing in the room itself aside from..." She trailed off with a cringe, "aside from evidence of his lonely lifestyle."

Naruto entered the room slowly as both girls took either side of the doorway and worked their way outwards. As he got to the television, he noticed a tape half way into the VCR unit. Looking at the title, he saw 'Anko torturing Kurenai – 1hr, 27 min'. Not remembering anything about this from his 'past', and knowing that both women considered each other close friends, he snatched the tape out and looked at another tape next to the TV, seeing 'Anko and Kurenai – Dirty Esc – 2hr, 12 min'. Frowning, Naruto put all of the tapes into a box on the floor filled with many others, but some on the top with different names and sealed it into the scroll next to the bookshelf.

'This could be serious. Hinata-chan and I are going to have to go over these and make sure he hasn't been using his Sharingan to make them hurt each other.' He looked over to see both girls were unaware of his activities. Hinata knew him well enough to ask questions later, but Ino would cause trouble where the two women in question may be brought into it and there was no telling what they would do if it was found out. At leas this way, they could make a case and bring it to the Hokage if needed.

"Either of you two ladies find anything else?" Ino held a hand over her mouth and nose and used a kunai to move a crusty pair of boxers from over a magazine on the nightstand.

"Nothing I want to remember," she said as Hinata tip-toed away from a stack of crumpled and used tissues in the corner furthest away from the door.

"There's a waste basket under all those used tissues, Naruto-kun, and an old scroll," she brushed imaginary dirt from her clothes frantically for a moment before looking at him with pleading eyes. "There is nothing of use in the rest of here that I can see. Can we get out of here now? I feel dirty." Naruto nodded.

"Alright. We've got everything we can get and Kakashi should be meeting up with his team at any moment and he never stays at meetings longer than he needs to."

"Oh thank Kami!" Ino said, throwing her hands into the air. "This guy is more pathetic than," she paused with a blank look on her face before she threw her hands back up again, "well, there are too many people to say, but ... everyone I suppose." Hinata giggled as Naruto smiled brightly at her.

"Ino-chan, you are going to be perfect for this team!" Ino struck a pose and smiled beautifully at him.

"Naturally!" Following Hinata's directions to step as she stepped, they made their way out of Kakashi's home, the path much easier since the traps and dangers were mostly already tripped before they even knew they were there and forced to use Hinata's Byakugan.

"Alright you guys," Kurenai said, amused, as they all met at the rendezvous point. "You seem to all be in one piece. Did you complete your mission?" Ino bounced up in her seat and flashed the victory sign.

"You bet, sensei!" She changed her expression from happy to furious as she placed her balled up fists on her hips. "But you should be ashamed of yourselves for sending us into that pervert's house! It was horrible in there!" Kurenai had the grace to look sheepish while Anko outright laughed at Ino.

"Girl, it's time you learned that all men are perverts! I mean, look at Naruto," she said, gesturing to the blonde who was simply sitting and watching the proceedings. "The first day we met and he was talking about makin' babies with his little girlfriend, there!"

"Hey!" Everyone ignored Naruto's squawk of indignation.

"Now, I'll freely admit that Kakashi is one of the worst, but you have have to suspect that every man's intention," she ignored, but noted, Naruto's killer intent, "is to get into your pants. Or rather, get you out of them." Deciding that was enough of a potentially dangerous conversation, Kurenai interrupted Ino's retort.

"Anyway, Naruto, it sounded like you used a sealing jutsu over the headset and we don't see any books on you guys, so why don't you guys debrief and tell us what happened?" Naruto nodded and did as he was ordered, slipping easily into debriefing mode and standing at attention.

"Mission objective was to gather any and all Icha Icha Paradise volumes found within the residence of Hatake Kakashi. After breaking into Hatake's home, we found a massive amount of mostly offensive traps set strategically and defensively. All volumes were found within a study on a single bookshelf that also held a multitude of jutsu scrolls and other miscellaneous things. Each volume was protected with an offensive seal. I used a simple storage seal to take the entire bookshelf, with the intention of copying all jutsu and to give ourselves as much time as needed after we were away from the scene to deal with the frightening amount of defensive measures the lonely and obviously depressed pervert took to keep his erotica safe." Hinata palmed her face as Naruto added in his own unique spin to his debriefing.

"I also left a ransom note stuck to the wall in case you wanted to do anything with this later or if you want to leave a few extra notes and make him run through some hoops," he said shrugging. "Either way, it wasn't signed and cannot link to us in any way. And since we'll either never give them back, or give them back later, we may as well make the pervert pay for them." Kurenai blinked owlishly as Anko burst into laughter and clapped Naruto on the back.

"Ha! We'll make a ninja out of you yet, kid!"

"What did the note say, exactly?" Kurenai asked.

"I didn't want a lot of words, so I wrote 'Your protections were not enough, Copycat. If you desire your collection back, eat at Moriki Barbecue on Sunday for lunch and you will receive your instructions'," Naruto shrugged. "I figured that, if you wanted anything done, we have five days to plan and one to execute while doing what we can to take on the role of his waiter or waitress." Wide-eyed, both Anko and Kurenai looked at each other and smiled. The kid just set up a perfect assignment for what they were supposed to be learning from them.

"Well, it looks like we have a team." The three Genin smiled proudly at each other, pleased with their accomplishments that day. "Since Naruto gave us a golden opportunity, we'll work on what we want to happen next Sunday. We'll meet tomorrow morning at seven right here, alright?" Several nods met Kurenai's question and the two adults took off to report to the Hokage while the other three split up, Ino heading to her home above the flower shop her parents owned and Hinata following Naruto at his request.

xXxXxXx

Hinata fell backwards into Naruto's couch as he walked over to the television in the corner and unsealed a large, cardboard box. "What is that, Naruto-kun?"

"This is why I had you come over," he said, taking out the tape on top and tossing it to her. Her eyes widened as she saw the title. "There are a couple with their names on them, so I thought we should see what they are in case he's been using his Sharingan to force either of them into hurting the other. They were best friends in the past," he scrunched up his face before backtracking, "well, our past, anyway. And we never heard about this, so I thought we should look through the tapes and see if we can build a case to take to Jiji if we have to." He took the tape back from her as she got up to look at the titles in the box.

"How could we have not known about this the first time through?" Hinata asked, furious at Kakashi's actions. Kurenai was all but a mother to her the first time through in her life and Anko, while not nearly as close, was around quite often when Hinata would stay at Kurenai's an extra day or two after long missions or after late training nights until Kurenai had started to see Asuma romantically just because Kurenai didn't want Hinata at the Hyuuga residence any more than Hinata wanted to be there.

"What channel does this damned VCR have to be on to make it work!" Naruto whacked the top of the black box in frustration as Hinata noticed a new title on one of the tapes; 'Women's Bathhouse – Anko, Kure, Yuu'.

"Erm ... Naruto-kun? I don't think these are what we think they-" She was cut off by a sudden scream of pain from the now-working television and the sound of Anko's commanding voice.

"Moan for me, my pet!" There was a smack as Anko used a flat leather stick against the bare bottom of Yuuhi Kurenai, already a bright pink from abuse. Kurenai, who was on her knees and tied to the center of a room by a rope and collar around her neck, did as she was told and moaned through a red, rubber ball gag in her mouth.

"Oh sweet Kami," Naruto said lifelessly, his eyes glued to the screen. Hinata, her mouth wide open moved over closer to where he was standing and stared blankly at what she was seeing.

"I had no idea they were ... That they did ..." her voice trailed off as they saw what happened next, their eyes widening.

"Very good, Pet," Anko said, actually petting Kurenai on the head before removing the gag and standing in front of the still-kneeling woman. "Now then, be a good girl and please your master."

The two Genin stood in morbid fascination for the next half hour as they watched one of their sensei's torture and force the other into pleasing her before the two women eventually stopped, kissed and made up, and then left the room, both giggling like Sasuke's fangirls. They watched the empty room on screen for several minutes before they saw Kakashi enter through a window with a canvas sack over his shoulder and take down the camera, watching the door suspiciously the entire time.

"Hinata-chan," Naruto began, his voice wavering slightly from shock. "W-was that...?"

"I ... I'm not sure, Naruto-kun." Both of them sat heavily into his couch as they tried to process exactly what they had witnessed for several minutes before Hinata broke the silence. "I think that, because of all of the titles I saw, that Kakashi has hidden cameras around Konoha." Naruto's eyed widened.

"What!" Hinata nodded as she walked over to the box and grabbed several titles she'd last been looking at and handed them to him.

"Each of these list different locations and people. The majority of them are labeled as either a bath house or as being a part of the red light district." She looked sadly at the large box and what had to be several hundred hours of broken privacy and stolen moments. Naruto looked to be about ready to pass out.

"But ... Kakashi was always a pervert but, this is ... I mean he's ... He's a bloody pervert! Why the hell doesn't he get a girlfriend, for the love of Kami!" Naruto was truly beginning to wonder about his involvement with Maito Gai. There was an awful lot of enthusiasm and large number of challenges between the two.

"I don't know," Hinata said, shaking her head, "but I think we should mention these to Kurenai-sensei and Anko-sensei, along with why you thought to hide it from them earlier to be safe, and see what they think we should do about it." Naruto nodded before suddenly jerking back.

"Uh, Hinata-chan, we just watched as both of our sensei got it on and you want us to tell them about it!" He asked incredulously. Hinata simply nodded.

"We don't have to tell them how much we saw, just what we saw. If they were being controlled, they will realize that and then we can get this taken care of. If not," she shrugged, "they will probably just kill him." Naruto snorted and agreed.

"Fine. But I still feel like this is going to end badly." Hinata pulled him up from the couch with a groan and pushed him towards the box.

"Just pack those up again and let's go ask Kurenai-sensei. I won't feel right if we don't get it done sooner rather than later."

"You know," he said as they exited his apartment, "if he did just put up hidden cameras, they are probably going to ask for a king's ransom for his books back." Hinata just giggled.

xXxXxXx

Hinata knocked on the door to her favorite sensei's home while making sure to keep a good hold on the rather fidgety Naruto. It was only a few moments later before Mitarashi Anko opened the door with a raised eyebrow. "Is there something we can help you with?"

"Yes, Anko-sensei. We would like to speak to both yourself and Kurenai-sensei if we could. Please and thank you." Anko stepped back and motioned them in, which she was mildly amused that Hinata had to practically drag the shaking Naruto in. She led them to the sitting room where Kurenai was sipping at her tea before looking up worriedly.

"Is there something wrong, Hinata?" Kurenai watched as Hinata forced Naruto to sit down on the couch and then sat next to him, holding him in place, and apparently using a lot of force to do it.

"Possibly, Kurenai-sensei. This is actually about something Naruto-kun found within Kakashi's home." She turned to Naruto and gave his arm a squeeze. "Naruto-kun?" He sighed in defeat as Anko took her seat next to Kurenai.

"While we were in Kakashi's bedroom, I noticed a cardboard box next to his television and a video tape sticking out of his VCR," he looked around as if checking for quick escape routes before continuing since Hinata had a firm grip on his arm. "Anyway. I read the tag on it and it said 'Anko Torturing Kurenai' and a time-frame. Worried he may have used his Sharingan to make you do something and then forget it," he rushed, not noticing the wide eyes and pale faces of the two women in front of him, "I took the tape and the box and sealed them as well so we would have the evidence if needed." He squirmed in his seat, watching the floor and scratched the back of his head.

"Anyway, Hinata-chan and I popped it into the VCR to see if it was as bad as we thought and... well..." he trailed off, not wanting to say the rest.

"We saw the two of you playing a bondage game," Hinata supplemented for him. "We then saw you leave and Kakashi enter through a window and take down the camera." Hinata saw both women pale when Naruto mentioned the title to the tape and felt that, while Kakashi had certainly done something wrong, both women knew exactly what was on the tape and felt assured that it was nothing more than a hidden camera after knowing what the two women did together. After a few moments of tense silence, Kurenai decided to speak.

"I ... suppose you would like an explanation of what you saw then." Kurenai and Anko both shifted uncomfortably, not really thrilled to have such a conversation with two thirteen-year olds.

"Actually," Hinata said, knowing Naruto was all but useless in his embarrassed state, "we just wanted to be sure it wasn't something that Kakashi was forcing either of you in to without your knowledge or consent. While it seems you did this on your own, he must still be held accountable for his part in it." Kurenai looked at Hinata, her expression somewhere between shock and confusion.

"You ... You don't want to know why we ...," she trailed off as she gestured between herself and Anko, who was looking at the pair in front of her critically. Hinata shook her head and raised a hand in a stalling motion.

"I thought you may have had feelings for Sarutobi Asuma, but I can understand if you and Anko-sensei have feelings towards one another, be they love or lust, and want to act on them. That isn't a problem for me, and it wouldn't be for Naruto-kun, either, if he didn't think you were going to try to kill him for having seen you both naked," she finished, obviously using her own weight to keep Naruto from escaping at this point.

Both Kurenai and Anko looked from the children in front of them to each other and back again, surprised as hell that they weren't threatening to out them for their activities or blackmailing them into doing something for them. Homosexual activity, while not exactly against the law, was highly frowned upon within Konoha, even with their pacifist and peaceful views.

"So, you aren't going to tell us that what we are doing is bad or try to blackmail us into giving you money or extra training or anything?" Anko asked, not truly believing her own or Kurenai's luck would hit at this point. They had always believed and accepted that they wouldn't be able to continue their relationship after Kurenai became a Genin instructor, but this gave them hope that blossomed in their chests as both children looked affronted at the idea and vehemently shook their heads in denial.

"No way!" Naruto shouted. "You're both great people! We'd never hurt you like that!" Hinata nearly winced when she realized that Naruto shouldn't know anything about Kurenai yet, and neither should know Anko but as a name in passing, but passed it off as Naruto and attaching to people immediately as he used to when he was this age if they showed the slightest bit of friendship to him.

"Naruto-kun is correct. You have both been wonderful so far and as our sensei, you will already be training us, so there is nothing to fear about that, and I certainly have more than enough money while Naruto-kun will be receiving his father's inheritance soon. Money is not something either of us need." She suddenly smiled dangerously at them and held up a finger. "However, this means that we won't stop you from doing anything, if you don't stop us." All three people in the room who heard Hinata dropped their jaws in shock.

"WHAT!" All three cried out, causing Hinata to giggle and roll her eyes.

"We don't be doing anything very bad for a while, but this means you have to try and be understanding of Naruto and myself enjoying a nice cuddle or kiss every now and then. Do so, and we won't begrudge you of the same thing." Anko and Kurenai both realized that she wasn't asking for much, and felt it a fair compromise and nodded.

"But," Kurenai said, glaring at Naruto who shrank back in fear, "I draw the line at pants coming off for the two of you. Do you understand?" The two teens nodded. Kurenai really wanted to say something about Hinata's bra remaining on as well, but felt that would be pushing her luck. She didn't believe either of them would truly tell anyone about her and Anko, but that wasn't to say that they couldn't change their minds and ask for something else.

"So," Anko began, beginning to believe the two for the first time, "what exactly has Kakashi got in that box of yours?"

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A/N - This bit with Kakashi is a one-time thing. I will not bash him this badly again. That isn't to say that I won't bring up his depressing and rather creepy porn addiction, but the voyeuristic tendencies will end after this. He will be strictly Icha Icha and naughty magazines. ... And maybe a few visits to the red light district. Thank Kami for intervention, eh? Intervention called "Maito Gai"... (Shifty eyes.)