A/N wow I'm a part of a community thank you adamwild1. I only own my ideas.

Edit 7/18


Hiruzen was an early riser. He had to be as Hokage of the Leaf village. He sent the two Chūnin night guards home, so they could get some sleep, then walked through the doors to his office. He stopped when he saw someone sitting on his desk reading a file.

"Well it is good to see you, Mai, how have you been?"

The woman looked up and smiled. He always liked that smile, it was so warm and friendly. It always amazed him that she could have that smile despite everything she had been through.

'Morning Hokage-sama, sleep well?'

"About as well as any Hokage can with Chief around,"

She nodded as she knew that meant 'not even close to good'.

'He is here to help...and fix the mistakes'

The Hokage just nodded as he went to sit in his seat. Once he had settled into his chair she handed him the file she was reading. Going over it thoroughly, his eyes widened, and he looked up at her.

"Why did no one ever think of that?"

'Cause people got lazy,' was her reply.

Hokage again nodded as he continued to read through the file and made some notes. When he finished he looked up at her again? She had not moved as she waited.

"This war...do we know who?"

Shake of the head.

"Where?"

Another shake.

"When?"

"No... we know only that it is coming.'

"It will be hard to mobilize the village and get them ready. As it is now we would have to be attacked with heavy losses before the village finally realized..." he spoke before she interrupted with another smile.

'Did you forget...Chief is here, he take care of that,'

And with that, she hopped off the desk and kissed his forehead before slipping out the window.


Yoshino Nara, the mother of Shikamaru, was headed to her son's room to start the chore of trying to wake him up. If she was lucky she would complete that chore sometime in the next five hours. As she opened the door and was about to start her well-established rant she stopped. The room was empty. She knew Choji had stayed over last night and she'd expected to find both boys passed out in positions that could only be achieved by two boys trying to stay up far later than they should.

But they weren't, they were not in the room...then she noticed said room had been cleaned. Once her shock ended she quickly turned and headed for the kitchen where she found her husband reading some early reports and drinking his tea. The fact that HE was up and moving this early had her worrying greatly.

"Shikaku, our son is..." she started to speak when her husband just lifted a finger and pointed at the fridge.

On the fridge, a note was pinned,

'Went out training with Choji, back by dinner, no need to make us lunch' Shika.

"Ok," she tried to understand. "What is going on, why...who...how?"

"Chief is back in the village," was all her husband said.


Shino Aburame went about his morning like normal. Because of his personal colony and his clan's general colony, his duties and chores often had him up at six in the morning. As he finished and put his long coat on, his mother called,

"Shino, your friends Shikamaru and Choji have arrived."

"Coming mother," he replied. He went to the kitchen where he spotted his father reading a paper.

His father briefly lifted his head and despite his glasses, Shino knew the man was watching him out the corner of his eye. His mother smiled at him. She was a kind, friendly, and open woman that his father had met on a mission out of fire country.

In a rare act of emotion, one neither Choji nor Shikamaru would ever mention, Shino pulled the collar of his coat down to kiss his mother on the forehead (she was, in fact, shorter than her twelve-year-old son) before replacing his coat and nodding to the two boys and following them out.

The three boys walked in silence through the early dawn. Shino and Shika were having a silent conversation with each other, silent as in no words used at all yet they knew what was being said. Choji knew something was up but had long ago resigned himself to never understanding how his friends' minds worked.

As they walked into the Inuzuka compound they noticed they were watched by several people and many, many dogs. Hana, Kiba's older sister was in front of one house tending to her triplets. She hesitated slightly, which told Shikamaru and Shino all they needed to know.

"Morning boys," she smiled.

"Morning senpai," Choji replied politely. "Kiba up?"

"Doubtful, it is too early for him," his sister replied.

"This cannot wait, can we collect him?" Shino spoke calmly.

"Sure..." she replied with a grin then hesitated. "wait here."

Hana quickly went into the house and into the living area. Tsume was laying on the floor, almost completely naked, with two or three empty bottles around her using Kuromaru as a pillow.

'Really mother, this does not help us dispel that rumor' Hana thought as she grabbed a blanket and covered her mother.

The massive dog just opened his eye.

"Kiba's pack have arrived and are looking to collect him," She told the ninken.

"Worried about that rumor?" he asked giving a doggy grin.

"It is getting out of hand. Even her closest friends are starting to believe it...or at least consider it."

"We know the truth, that is all that matters," he replied and closed his eye to sleep.

Returning to the door, Hana called the boys in. None of them turned a head or batted an eye as they walked to Kiba's room. They had all seen Tsume passed out on the floor, her head on the large dog and a thin couch blanket covering her. Several pieces of clothing were spread over the room.

'This does not help the rumor, best not say anything,' all three boys thought at once.

Entering Kiba's room they found it in just as big a mess, the boy out cold and snoring loud. Akamaru woke up as he sensed the boys enter. Shino went to find Kiba's clothes. Shikamaru collected the puppy while Choji grabbed the sleeping boy and lifted him up on his shoulder. Said boy didn't even budge as he slept.

"Good morning boys," was their greeting as they walked back into the living room/kitchen.

Sitting at the table in a simple bathrobe was Tsume, drinking her tea as if nothing was wrong. It seemed hangovers didn't bother her.

"Greetings Inuzuka-sama," Shino replied in a greeting to the clan head.

She smiled and sipped her tea, "You know where the training grounds shower is, yes?"

Shikamaru and Shino just nodded and Choji shifted to get a better grip on the boy who still did not wake. The woman returned to her tea as a dismissal.

The shower was cubical with just enough wall to cover the basics (the Inuzuka were known to be more 'nature based' than most so nudity was not taboo here.) Putting Kiba's sleeping form in the floor of said shower was easy, Choji just dropped him on his butt, still, he slept.

Shino reached in and turned on the water, cold first.

"WHAT THE HELL, COLD...KNOCK IT OFF...WHAT THE HELL MOT..." Kiba stopped as he finally woke up and found not his mother but his friends.

"You could have just shaken my foot," he said. Akamaru whined as Kiba finally noticed he was not in the house shower, but way outside at the training ground one.

Choji tossed the boy the body wash. Kiba took it and stripped off his pajamas leaving him in just his shorts (they were standard shinobi utility shorts, designed to dry quickly for quick swims bathing just about anything, a standard in shinobi gear.)

"You carried my sleeping butt all the way out here?" Kiba asked as he washed. When the others nodded. "Damn, I really need to sleep lighter, this heavy sleeping will get me...someone killed out on a mission."

"Agreed," Shino replied.

"Any news?" Kiba asked as he finished and started to dry. "Mom was pretty drunk when she got home last night. I ran like hell when she challenged the older clansmen to strip poker."

"Our parents know," Shikamaru replied.

Kiba's head shot up as he finished getting his vest on.

"My father was awake when Choji and I woke and tried to sneak out. He didn't say anything, but he was dressed in his training gear."

"If Shikamaru's dad knows my dad knows," Choji added.

"Your sister gave only a brief look at us when we arrived and had no problem letting us collect you," Shikamaru added.

"My father outright told me," Shino spoke up. "He said he knew about our group and was impressed with how well we played the façade. He was also impressed at our skills."

"He tell you about this Chief?" Shikamaru asked.

"Only that it would be best not to mess around during his training. Braggarts, lay-abouts and wannabes will not enjoy the time."

Choji nodded and Kiba thought.

"How bad is it?" Shikamaru asked.

"We're talking about war. The Chief made it clear we are headed into a war within the next five years, and there is no way to stop it," Shino finished.

"So, no more 'slow, fat, and stupid?" Choji asked.

"Or stupid, boastful and arrogant?" Kiba asked.

"Or lazy and weak," Shikamaru finished.

"The good news is Chief is running the training camp, which means we can 'grow and become stronger' without having to show the village just how much we played them. Our cover is secure except in the eyes of our fathers and your mother." Shino spoke as the boys slowly made their way back to the entrance of the compound.

"I am not sure I want my mother to know yet," Kiba spoke and stopped as a chill went down his spine. "She is behind me, isn't she?"

"Naturally," Shikamaru replied.

Kiba was embraced in a massive hug from his mother from behind, "I am so proud of you! You were able to hide your true self, even from me. That is an important skill for a Shinobi to have, you boys did well."

"Thanks mom...OUCH," he cried as she smacked the top of his head.

"That's for lying to your mother and making me think you were stupid. Be back for lunch," The woman called out as she turned to return to her house.

"If the number of bruises she leaves is how you determine how much a mother loves you, then my mother loves me more than any." Kiba whined as he rubbed his head.


"So, what did they say?"

Kakashi stopped and looked around. Kuzai was sitting in a tree... Kakashi had just left a 'secret' meeting with the council.

"They told me who my team would be," Kakashi started.

"Uchiha, Haruno, and Naruto, but let me guess, train and push the Uchiha, give no training to Naruto, and they couldn't care about the girl?" Chief asked.

"Correct. What are my orders?"

Chief attacked. He used pure Taijutsu, no chakra, "Fight me with everything you have."

And he did. Kakashi used every trick in his book except his Sharingan eye, the thing was useless against the Chief. Within twenty minutes he realized just how over-reliant he had become on the eye and how far his other skills had fallen.

"You grew lazy with that thing, what did I tell you BOTH about that?"

Kakashi was panting as he tried to lift himself up off the ground and just nodded.

"Pass them. Fuck the test if they pass my camp pass them, and then train both, the prince and the girl, train them both."

The copy-ninja's head shot up.

"Fuck the council," and with that, he vanished.


Naruto woke up when his alarm went off at six. He walked to the bathroom in a sleepy daze. He knew there was something he forgot but couldn't remember no matter how he tried. He walked out of the shower wrapped in nothing but his towel and went to his room for clothes. As he dropped the towel it came back all at once. He stood there in his birthday suit for an eternity (or maybe just a minute. Both seemed possible.)

Slowly he turned his head to look at the bed...it was empty. Now he started to panic, Naruto knew just being his friend would put her in danger, so he dressed very quickly and left his room.

There was Hinata sitting at his kitchen table eating as she tried to read something...her blush spoke volumes about him walking around in a towel. Naruto didn't care, he was just glad to see she was ok. He kicked himself for forgetting he had a guest.

"M-morning Naruto." She spoke with a stutter trying to get over the situation.

"Morning Hinata, what you reading?" He replied as he joined her for some food.

"A letter from someone called Chief, here is one for you."

"Chief is the guy I was training with yesterday. He will be leading a training camp for all the graduates tomorrow. What did he write?"

"He wrote about those shadow clones you use, gave me the math..." here she stopped as she heard a thump and something that sounded like a hiss.

She found Naruto on top of the fridge, glaring and baring his teeth like a pissed off or scared cat. For a moment she was confused when she noticed his eyes were locked on the paper she held and remember how much he...lacked in math class, she could not stop it she started giggling at his antics...then she openly laughed. A sound not heard in that village in a long time.

Hearing her laugh was like music to his ears and calmed him down as he slowly started to climb down from the fridge, one eye on her and one eye watching the evil numbers.

"That's a good Naruto, come sit, the evil math won't hurt you, it's for me anyway." she chuckled as she coaxed him back to the table like a, well a cat...or any other small scared animal.

"What is the...math for?" Naruto asked.

"Just how much chakra I would need to make a clone that could last five minutes and a trick to make it last longer without draining me," she replied as she continued reading.

"Oh, that's cool, well um...can you?"

After doing some work on a scrap of paper she smiled. "I can make two, what does your note say?"

Naruto had forgotten and quickly looked, then his eyes widened,

"It simply says 'Bring her," he replied then looked at the clock. "Shit we are going to be late,"

Naruto grabbed his shoes and made to clones, "You two work on that seals book, don't go out, the knowledge of me using clones will get out...but I wanna keep it secret for now...I came up with a prank I wanna pull."

And with that, he took Hinata's hand and was running out the door.

"See," Anko spoke as she was half asleep as she clung to Kurenai's back resting her chin on the woman's shoulder. "Perfect Gentleman."

Kurenai was perched on the roof of the building staring into Naruto's apartment she had been there all night,

"He forgot about her and walked passed her almost naked." The red-eyed woman replied looking for a reason to be mad.

"You're pretty absent-minded that early in a morning," Anko replied. "Now take me to bed, don't care what you do with me after we get there but take me to bed yours or mine I don't care..." Anko mumbles and starts snoring.

Kurenai just scowled as she turned to take her friend home as she realized how tired she was herself.

(hours later Yugao had walked into Kurenai's apartment to find both women asleep on the couch, a sight that was so common that the ANBU did not bat a lash as she knew more than once that she too had woken up in the same state.)

Hinata just had to hang on for dear life as he basically took her across the village. Arriving Naruto noticed he was one minute early, but Chief and three of his clones were already there waiting.

"Make your clones," Chief spoke as he waited.

Naruto did again making more clones then the ten needed, this time it was 15. He turned to Hinata and she made her clones, two more Hinata's popped up and quickly all three took a pill. Once taken the three Hinata's looked much better as the soldier pill refilled their chakra reserves. Chief looked at the girl and simply asked.

"Tree and water?"

"She looked up as she thought,

"I have mastered tree but not water," She replied feeling self-conscious. Her clan's elders had told her all children had passed this by now.

"Good, very good better than most your class," Chief replied shocking the girl. "You five, Kata's take a Hinata. you five the tree, you five take the other Hinata and work on water. Remember clones can take the soldier pills without damaging the body so there is no rush."

Hinata and Naruto watched as the clones left with the Chief's before looking back at the man.

"I am sure you both remember your standard academy stretching yes, good, begin." and the Chief once again sat to meditate.

Naruto did not say much as he and Hinata started to limber up, he did notice that she was very nimble and as she sat with her legs forward she could bend and reach past her toes, something the 'fastest ninja in the village' could not.

"Stand," Chief said without moving. he looked at Hinata, "I am the teacher and ranking Shinobi yes Hyuga?"

"Yes, sens...Chief," she replied.

"When I give an order trust that I do so for a reason,"

"Yes Chief," she replied as neither she nor Naruto understood yet.

"Take...off...the...coat."

Hinata looked down at her baggy coat that she always wore. for a moment she wanted to argue,

"Chief doesn't give an order for no reason, I may not understand why he does things yet, but I do you he always has a reason," Naruto whispered.

Hinata just nodded as she removed her coat, under she wore a sleeveless training shirt over a white tee, simple and perfect for training.

"Good, full counts begin,"

Naruto groaned and started, a full count was a mix of many exercises combined into one, jumping jacks to squats to leg thrusts, push-ups, and back. Designed to train you up and wear your ass out.

About half an hour in Hinata panting, "How...many...do...we..."

"Till...chief...is...tired," Naruto panted back. "Slow...down...find the pace for you."

"What...why?" she asked.

"This...hell...is...not...about...speed...or...the...total...number...you can do," Naruto growled. "It is about how long you can last...and if you need to vomit just do it...no one will say anything...and if they do...I bet...he will...make...them...join us."

The full counts lasted, who knew how long and both kids were getting slower, though neither lost their breakfast yet.

The 'ding' was a welcome sound as Naruto collapsed followed by Hinata,

"Stretch out so you don't cramp," Chief spoke for the first time as he stood.

"How...long?" Naruto asked as he worked his hamstring.

"About six hours," Chief smiled. "Not bad, I believe the only other kid that can do that around your age is named Lee,"

"I heard of him, he is on my cousin's team," Hinata replied.

"So, I have heard, get ready first group dispelling," Chief replied and soon Naruto got a rush, he was better at walking trees.

"Now for the water," Naruto smiled as he looked at Hinata.

Her rush was not as strong as she only had one clone where Naruto had five.

"Woohoo, we did it Hinata-chan... we can walk on water," Hinata smiled as Naruto did his victory sign, then his grabbed his head as the final team dispelled.

"Good both of you," Chief spoke as he saw Hinata look at him. "Now follow."

He started walking at a relaxed space taking them deep into the woods, they walked in silence, Naruto, because he knew now was not the time to talk Hinata because she did not know what to make of the man.

He led them to another clearing, in the center was a stone block thirty meters tall and seven wide. it had a coarse texture, but it was smooth in fact there was not a single seem as if it had been carved from a single piece of stone.

"Walk, do not run or jump walk up the side to that halfway line," Chief spoke pointing to an orange line painted half way up. "Take all the time you need."

And with that he started walking slow and steady, Hinata and Naruto both looked at it with hesitation one slip and it would but he a fun landing. Then they both started to walk, not even halfway to their destination they realized, walking was harder. It took more concentration and focus. Naruto was already sweating and swearing under his breath. though she was not known for using that kind of language Hinata was agreeing with every curse Naruto said.

Both made it to the Line sweating and panting and grateful Chief took his time walking to the stone, and they realized he did that to give them time to recover. Chief stood there as if this was nothing as he stared (sideways) out over the treetops.

"Begin your Katas', take your time as soon as you complete them three full sets you are dismissed," Chief spoke and then he started doing his personal Kata.

Naruto started his style that the Chief was having him learn, the sweat started to pour from him, he looked over and saw that Hinata was no better as they both went very slow through each move.

Hiruzen was impressed as he watched with his crystal ball, he had been a Genin for almost a year before he could begin the training on the stone. It was almost two years out of the Academy before Minato first went up the 'Stone From Hell' as he called it. To see Naruto there on just his second day of training with Chief showed him that the faith that he and Minato placed in the young blonde was justified.

The civilian villager may not understand it but as soon as this information gets out there will not be a single ANBU that will disrespect the boy. the next thing that shocked was the Hyuga girl. The Hokage knew why Chief was pushing the girl and what interest he had in her was, but to see her on the side of that wall first training day with the Chief...'wait till Hiashi learns this'

"Is that Naruto and... THAT'S Hinata, Hiashi's girl," Kakashi asked. he had slipped in the window behind the Hokage. "Are they...are they ALREADY on the wall?"

At the mention of the wall, the ANBU that were always stationed around him actually broke their cover (Chief would chew them out later) and came to crowd around the orb shocked as they watched.

"Naruto," Hiruzen started. "Only need a little motivation..."

"To raise a lot of hell," One of the ANBU whispered in reply.

The Hokage looked around at the stunned faces. And smiled at the ANBU's slip.

"Why so shocked? Naruto has been slipping into the tower past all your defenses and stealing my hat since he was eight, I warned you all not to underestimate him.

The walk back down was even worse and when Naruto and Hinata finally reach the bottom they both hit their knees, Naruto even kissed the dirt Hinata just all but passed out.

"Take her to the springs, she needs to soak cause her body will be sorer then yours and she runs a risk of harming herself more," Chief spoke calmly as he reached the ground, he had gone from stone wall to ground in one step without breaking stride. "I am sure there will be someone to take her into the bath waiting for her." (Hiruzen actually blushed as he knew he had been caught watching the training)

Naruto's head shot up confused.

"Most people don't heal or recover like you Naruto, you have your clans healing factor add the Fox (The Hokage stiffened) to that and you recover in a fraction of the time of a normal person, you will simply walk or sleep off things that can and have killed older better trained Shinobi.

"I never...really?" Naruto asked.

"Most take days or weeks to recover from a broken arm, you were healed after a night's sleep remember?" Chief smiled.

"How did you know about..."

"Boy, I take my job very seriously, and such I learn all I can about my students. Now take her to the Hot Springs." and with that Chief vanished.

She wasn't fully asleep, but she was almost there as he somehow got her on his back in a piggyback, then he noticed her heavy coat was hanging on a tree branch, 'I thought we left that at the other clearing...oh yeah Chief'

So, he grabbed it and carried her out of training ground 93 and through the village, some villagers scowled at him but most just ignored him. He did notice some ANBU (he had a knack for spotting them) but was kind of shocked when a couple actually nodded their heads in a respectful manner. He did not know how fast some news traveled.

Waiting at the springs was Kurenai, Yugao had told her that Hinata would be coming and would need some help soaking. Anko had come along and was actually standing by her friend (instead of hanging on her back like normal). Close by the red-eyed woman noticed the Nara, Aburame, and Akimichi heirs along with Kiba, Tsume's son waiting seems she was not the only one notified.

"Greeting Jōnin Yūhi," Naruto started noticing who was waiting for them. "I apologize for last night. I was not expecting Hinata to stay all night and planned for you to come and collect her when my clone found you. I swear I was very respectful of Hinata.

The first words out of his mouth shocked the Yūhi,

"Don't worry brat," Anko spoke "Kurenai knows she camped out on a rooftop and watched you all night through your apartment window." and she laughed as Kurenai spun and glared at her 'friend'.

"Thank you, Mr. Uzumaki," Kurenai spoke after a minute, I will take her from here, I am told she had some strenuous training?"

"Ma'am," Naruto started. "If I wasn't one hundred percent sure of him I would swear he is trying to kill us with how tough our training was today."

No one spoke as he slides the now sleeping Hinata (with a smile and a light blush on her face) off his back and into the arms of a concerned woman.

Anko (the scary looking woman in Naruto's mind) just smiled as she followed her Friend into the woman's bath. Naruto moved over to where his friends were and led them into the men's bath.

"Peeper on the wall," Naruto called out as he walked into the men's side and spotted a man trying to force a hole open in the bamboo. "Want us to deal with him."

The man spun around with a scowl, he was short skinny with drunk eyes, Naruto and the boys had heard of the super pervert called Jiraiya and this was not him.

Just then the tail of a massive sized snake came over the fence wrapped around the man and throw him out of the hot springs followed by a very shrill shriek from the peeper.

"We got it, thank you," Naruto recognized the crazy ladies voice.

Once all the boys were in the water Naruto gave a massive sigh as his aching body found relief. The boys watched him closely,

"Really that bad, I have never seen you that wore out," Choji asked as he snacked on a few treats.

"Be ready tomorrow," Naruto replied. "I think this guy will re-define the word workout. " Closing his eyes, "Find anything?"

"No," Shikamaru replied. "Your tips about sneaking into the records room really helped, but it was hard I have no idea how you can get in that tower so easy."

"Seems I have a skill," Naruto smiled.

"Yes," Shino replied. "But to the point, Chief Kuzai's file was not there, I am thinking an Elite Shinobi like him his file will be hidden in the Hokage's personal files, which means breaking into his office, something only you seem to be able to do."

"Guess it will have to wait till after the camp then," Naruto spoke. "No time tonight as we will all need all the rest we can get."


A/N

Thanks to the reviewers, will mention 1 here Nate couldn't send you a pm. grammar is always my problem I spell a word I think is right if that little red line doesn't show up I have no idea it needs to be fixed. and there is a lot of words with different meaning that are spelled close. If you or anyone see grammar problems just let me know ill fix it.

Rat killing:

1: Choji will get a lot of love that he did not get before...why? HE BEAT THE SOUND GUY jumbo or whatever he beat him by himself, yes Neji did too but Neji was pushed as a badass unbeatable fighter (till the blonde moron came along) but nobody NOBODY would bet on Choji, for those only watching anime that was a shock. same for those that read the manga. And when Choji went full curry mode, a few fan girls squealed. You know it happened hell I witnessed it. Choji did not get a lot of love and if he did in shippo then it happened after I gave up on it and don't remember seeing it.

2: writing a Kakashi fight is hard, even in the anime or manga it was tough cause he fights fast and I will find that sometimes your imagination is better than anything I come up with. so there.

3: has no one noticed that the Primary problem of Naruto's stupid has already been dealt with in the first chapter? no? well, 2 meaningless points to the first one to either review or pm the answer to 'what I do?'

4: Kiba realizes he has flaws, doesn't mean he will be able to fix them quickly.

5: Full counts, if you read have ever been to boot camp, full counts are 8 counts and you know just how grueling those get to be especially when having to do them for hours...if you haven't yet had to do an 8 count...its hell plain and simple.