Hey Guys! I'm back with a new chapter for youz.

I's very sorry on how long you guys have had to wait, and im also very, very sorry on the fact that this chapter isn't as long as the others. So, to make it up to you, I'll be working on more chapters to this in the quickest time possible to make up for how much I've missed.

Disclaimer – I don't Own Naruto, however, I do own this Laptop and everything being wrote down at present.

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It was an early morning in Konoha. The residents were just starting to rise as the early morning due from the sun started to fade. The crisp winds swam through the barren streets like water flows through cracks.

It was about 7 O'clock in the morning and our four favourite heroes were stood in a lusciously green training ground, staring down their sensei like a piece of meat left for savaging.

As Hiruzen had promised, Naruto had gotten his apartment after his Ramen trip with Kushina. Which in fact, he discovered his abnormally large love for Ramen. Much like Kushina's in a way as they both devoured their food in less than thirty seconds.

It was really an amusing sight for the passers-by. What looked like a romantic date between a boyfriend and girlfriend, turned into a horror show as both teenagers demolished their food like they hadn't been fed for weeks.

Now though, they were placed in front of their sensei. All of the children were standing attentively as the cold morning winds found its way into their hairs and softly fluttered all the extra strands into the breeze as if the hair had a mind of its own.

"I'm sure you are all wondering why you are all up quite early?" asked Natsumi in the eerie quite training ground. The response she got was a grunt in response from her most eccentric genin; Kushina.

It was one of the things Naruto discovered about Kushina when they went to the Ramen shop. Kushina - like him - had an irrational hatred for mornings. It was one of the traits he found the most cute about her. How she passionately described her hatred for mornings because they steal her sleeping time.

In all honesty, Naruto thought Kushina was quite cute. She had an amazing personality; she was abnormally attractive for a twelve year old, well, to Naruto anyway. She also knew the best way to cheer him up when his depressing thoughts about not having his memory plagued his mind. It originally started with her poking him in the side, but what she didn't expect was for him to start laughing. It was obvious a maniacal plan came to her mind when her eyes gained that glint. She ruthlessly attacked Naruto's sides in the Ramen shop. It even went as far as making Naruto roll around on the floor in hysterics. However, he couldn't, because Kushina had sat on his waist and tickled his sides without stopping until she noticed their position and blushed a deep scarlet.

That was one of the best memory's Naruto had, and in all honesty; he promised himself to cherish it so he wouldn't ever forget the memory of gaining his first true friend.

"Come on Kushina-chan, the mornings aren't THAT bad now, are they?" asked Naruto with a slight giggle at the red haired friend pouting at him.

During their talk yesterday in the Ramen Café, the two children even went as far as saying affectionate suffixes at the end of their names. It was for them both to know that they had made a new friend and would cherish the friendship they had gained above all else.

Natsumi raised an eyebrow to her Genin's new behaviour. It seemed that Naruto had gotten close to Kushina in that short amount of time, and from what Natsumi read from the Academy, Kushina NEVER warmed up to people that quickly. She didn't even warm up that quickly to Mikoto and she was the girl's best friend.

Mikoto and Nawaki's eyes slightly bulged out of their sockets when they say Kushina and Naruto acting like they had been best friends all their life. It was slightly nerving for Mikoto to see the two of them warm up to each other so quickly after probably one encounter. Hell, it had taken Mikoto four Months to get Kushina to be her friend.

'Well, it seems Naruto has a strange effect on people. He got Kushina to open up to him in a day. That's defiantly got to be a world record.' Natsumi Mused to herself before making an overly dramatic cough to get all her Genin's attention.

However, it seemed to just make Naruto and Kushina blush in embarrassment at being caught in one of their chats where they were oblivious to the world.

Natsumi just sighed, 'today is going to be a long day at this rate' she thought before clapping her hands together.

"Okay now Team 3! The point of this is that after you leave the Academy, you have to do a test made by your Jonin to see if you are genin Material or need to attend the Academy again." Natsumi said with her best poker face on to not show her internal amusement at the perplexed looks of astonishment of her teams face.

Mikoto and Nawaki looked shocked; they had managed to pass the test with amazing results. So they thought that was all it took to become a genin. They didn't realise that there was a test after the induction test to see if they could successfully be genin.

Kushina knew what was coming. She had been told by her Baa-chan, Mito, what would happen after the genin induction test. She just didn't find it very necessary to tell everyone.

Naruto was just passive at it all. He didn't have a clue what was going on but tried to put the best fake shocked face he could.

"Now then, the rules for this exercise are as follows; you will each take part in one on one match with whoever I say your opponent is. You can only use the style I say you can for the whole match, whether it is Tai, Nin or Genjutsu." Natsumi finished while eyeing each of her Genin. She was mentally working out matches to get the best out of her four students.

"Yeah I'm 'gunna show sensei how good I am!" shouted Nawaki in an obnoxious tone. It seemed he still had the Academy mentality of what happens in fights.

Mikoto and Kushina rolled their eyes at him. He was always like that in the academy, granted, he was talented in Taijutsu, probably a benefit of being Tsunade's little brother and a Senju heir, but his arrogance really need to be toned down.

Naruto, however, gave Nawaki a slight smile at his enthusiasm. He knew Nawaki had the same mentality to fights as him, well, similar. Naruto knew it wasn't about proving yourself, but completing the mission, working with your teammates and protecting the ones you love.

"Now then," Natsumi started, "We'll have Naruto vs. Nawaki first for only Taijutsu. Then Mikoto vs. Kushina in Genjutsu and the final fight will be all of you against each other in Ninjutsu." She finished while ushering the boys to the middle of the clearing so that she could review them.

Mikoto and Kushina followed their sensei's lead and stood to the side of the clearing to watch the boys' performance.

Naruto and Nawaki walked, side by side, straight to the middle of the clearing. Bowing to each other in a sign of respect, they started walking backwards until there was a 10 foot gap between them.

"I'm sorry Naruto, but you won't beat me in a Taijutsu fight," Nawaki started saying, "I was taught a little by my Sister." He said, trying to goad Naruto to wither give up or get angry. He got neither as Naruto – unconsciously – slipped into a fighting style with his right foot slightly behind his left. His arms didn't move at all, just stayed stationary.

Nawaki, having been taught by his sister in Taijutsu, started to analyse Naruto's stance for holes he could exploit.

'Poor Naruto, His stance has that many holes that it isn't funny.' Nawaki mused to himself, never realising it was exactly what Naruto wanted him to think.

"Begin!" Natsumi's naturally angelic voice echoed through the clearing brining Nawaki out of his internal musing.

The young boy launched himself at Naruto with impressive speed for an, just-up and at them academy student, while Naruto stood there. Motionless only his eyes narrowing slightly made everyone in the clearing know he was paying attention.

Nawaki was on Naruto in a matter of seconds, throwing fists and kicks at all the places Naruto had left gapes. Little did Nawaki know that Naruto was in the perfect stance to counter all the fists and kicks that he sent to the white haired enigma.

That was how the match carried on for 5 minutes with Naruto countering all the punches and kicks. Nawaki couldn't comprehend how Naruto was doing it; just like the rest of the clearing were finding it hard to comprehend. Everyone was completely dumfounded, even Naruto himself was slightly confused, he didn't know why but his body was reacting on his own. Nawaki's relentless attack started wearing down and Naruto's closed fist went in for the kill.

As soon as he countered Nawaki's kick, Naruto sprung the brunette haired boy back a step, successfully knocking him of balance and causing him to stumble slightly. When the boy got his footing back, Naruto's fist was an a few inches from Nawaki's face. Closer and closer the clenched hand got, until it was only five centimetres from making contact with the worried brunette, when Naruto saw something fuzzy extend over his eyes.

"Hn… Dobe, your ninja skills are less than mediocre, you don't possible deserve a place on this team. Maybe you could do us all a favour and quit!" sneered a black haired boy in a blue turtle neck jumper and white shorts. He had coal black eyes that screamed arrogance and radiated anger.

"YEAH NARUTO! YOU'LL NEVER BE AS COOL AS SASUKE!" Screamed a pink haired girl in a long pink dress that fell just past her knees. She was stood next to newly named Sasuke with hearts in her eyes. To her, he was the epitome of 'cool' and 'sexy', despite their young age, she, like most other girls at the academy, had already professed their love to the arrogant boy.

"Haven't you noticed Naruto? No-one in the village wants you here. Just do everyone a favour and disappear, just like that girl did. She left you and she'll never come back!" The pinkette shouted but in a silently more manageable pitch to the boy.

Naruto didn't know who those people were but it hurt that they were shouting at him for no reason. He didn't know who they are or why they were shouting at him but he felt like he should, like he was missing something. But nevertheless, it still hurt… a lot.

Naruto woke from his memory when he noticed Nawaki on the floor, Naruto's arm out stretched but trembling just in front of the boy's face. One silent tear fell from Naruto's right eye as he thought about the feeling those two random people gave him. He didn't know why he cared so much, whether it was because they were moaning at him or the fact that he should have known them… he didn't know, but, that girl she mentioned… who was she and what was she to him?

"NARUTO!" shouted the mellow voice he had come to love from Kushina. He didn't know how her voice could still sound so sweet even when she was shouting bloody murder at children for taking the piss out of her hair.

The white haired boy looked to his left slightly, only to be brought into soft hug from the girl that had been worming her way into his heart. Naruto relented, opting to shoving his head into the side of her neck and wrapping his shuddering arms around her lithe, but slightly chubby, form while Kushina was whispering compassionate words into his ear.

Mikoto, Nawaki and Natsumi let them have their moment, while Nawaki went to talk to their sensei.

"Natsumi-sensei, where did Naruto learn to counter like that? His stance was rigged with holes, yet, they were all feints wanting to lure me in. He could have finished but, but I don't think he knew how to." Assumed Nawaki. He had first-hand experience fighting Naruto now and he could tell the white haired boy didn't have a clue what he was really doing. His stance was perfect in correspondence to how well his body must have been balanced to counter all types of attacks, but during the fight, it seemed his body was on auto pilot.

Thinking silently, Natsumi guessed the same as Nawaki. She was about to comment to Naruto about his stance when the match started, but after seeing what happened, she was glad she didn't. As her Father had said, 'Naruto was a prodigy by every meaning of the word.' She just assumed he was good at theory, judging by his high written test score, but now, now she knew he was probably the most capable one on the team.

Then it clicked, she knew what she could help Naruto with. The boy seemed to be relying on instinct, and while good, wouldn't do much against an experienced foe. So, she concocted the perfect plan, use Naruto's instincts to see where he stood and expand from there on helping him reacquire his memories and help him using what he already knows to turning him into a well refined Konoha Shinobi.

"Alright team, we'll have the rest of the day off, start missions tomorrow, but for now, let's get something to eat." Natsumi said, trying to lift Naruto's sombre mood. She would have a word with him later about why he started shuddering, and to why he didn't finish Nawaki, but that could wait, he seemed to be in some sort of inner turmoil.

All the kids nodded while Nawaki zoomed off to pick the Restaurant while no one else was watching.

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The Wonder Dragon, one of the most established food cuisines in the whole of Konoha. It was rumoured that 'The Wonder Dragon' was so well established that it had a restaurant in every hidden village in the Elemental Nations. Of course, Rumours are just talk, not proven until it is confirmed by a source that is directly linked to the rumour, but it never stopped people from questioning.

This restaurant happened to be the most expensive in the village as well. Not that Nawaki knew that obviously, but he still decided to go. He had heard from his 22 year old sister that it was one of the best places to go in the village; the young boy had asked her if she went with a date only to be on the receiving end of a light flick to the ear.

'That flick still hurts to think about' the boy thought to himself. He was currently seated at a small booth near the back of the establishment with the rest of his team, Naruto and Kushina on one side, the latter seemed adamant to be on that side and because of that Nawaki couldn't get any 'male' bonding time with Naruto, and him, Mikoto and Natsumi on the other.

The Restaurant itself was very fancy looking, there was expensive paintings littering nearly all the walls, the tables were made from mahogany wood with a shiny polish coat over it, and the place was packed with important looking people. The only reason Naruto and the team got on was because of Natsumi's looks that she 'used' ever so subtly on the waiter to allow them to enter, that, and the fact that she is the daughter of the current Hokage.

But, no one on the team could deny it, not even the girls; their sensei was extremely good looking. And being only 18 was an amazing accomplishment for anyone.

In front of the kids were four different dishes. The dish in front of Nawaki and Mikoto was two pieces of rare steak only found in certain places in the elemental nations. The dent the two steaks alone would cause a massive hole in their sensei's funds. The dish in front of Naruto and Kushina was more cost effective and probably just as nice, Miso Ramen. It still amazed Natsumi as too how many bowls Kushina had eaten, 7 in total, while Naruto was more reserved but still had 4.

"So, Naruto," Natsumi started, gaining the attention of everyone at the table, "What happened just before the end of your match with Nawaki." She happened to notice Nawaki subconsciously rub his arse from when he fell when Naruto stopped the punch aimed for his face.

Naruto's some-what happy mood fell slightly, everyone seemed to have noticed but only Kushina was close enough to do anything about it. She slowly moved her hand to rest on top his slightly bigger hand as an act of comfort for the white haired genin.

Naruto smiled at her action and nodded his thanks the red-haired girl before raising his head ever so slightly to meet the gaze of the rest of his team, "I remembered something."

Now, usually, that doesn't mean anything for normal people. But, then again, Naruto isn't a 'Normal' person. He is suffering from Amnesia, and that little statement alone managed to show Natsumi that he was indeed able to regain his memory. The team sensei saw this as two different chances and positives. One, It could help them find out who Naruto actually is, because the white haired enigma was still as confusing as when he was found, and it will also help with their team's teamwork and dynamics. It was a win-win for her, and she would be damned if she didn't help the young prodigy try to regain his memory.

"I see." The woman replied. It was a start for the young boy anyway…

Kushina seemed really pleased that he was remembering anything about his past life. If her face was anything to go on that is. Her eyes shot wide open, excitement within her amethyst coloured eyes. She didn't know why, but she had this warm feeling in the pit of her stomach whenever she touched or had one if 'their' moments with Naruto. It was something she always strived for, and she doubted Naruto minded. He never told her to not touch him, or when she sometimes assaulted him by tickling his side. Still, that warm in her stomach was so nice and lively that she always wanted to feel it.

Nawaki was about to congratulate Naruto on his accomplishment at finally being able to remember something, when Tsunade walked through the door of the restaurant and straight to the table they were sat at.

"Hello there Tsunade-san." Natsumi greeted accordingly, she was never one to show disrespect to higher ups.

"Please, Natsumi, we have known each other since the academy, in no way am I higher than you. Tsunade-Chan would be fine… 'sumi-chan." Tsunade said with a bit of mirth in her voice. That was what everyone used to call Natsumi in the Academy and she hated it. Quite clearly shown by the tick that grew on her forehead that started to throb uncontrollably, the slight of the bulging vein had slightly sacred the kids into thinking it was alive and about to take off at any moment.

"Well Tsu-chan, how about we tell Naruto-kun here about you wanting Information about him? Hm? I didn't take you for someone that likes younger boys." Natsumi countered, she remembered when Tsunade asked her about Naruto. She knew she was only being overprotective of Nawaki, but she was always someone to retaliate when she was being teased.

Tsunade's cheeks adopted a red hue on them, she had to admit, Naruto surprisingly good-looking for his age, not that she would tell anyone that, but, that wasn't what she wanted information on. The blond wanted to make sure this 'Naruto' wasn't a shifty character and potentially bring harm to her little brother.

"T-That wasn't what I did 'sumi-chan and you know it." Shouted the blond, clearly embarrassed by the predicament, stuttering slightly in a non-Sennin way, despite her moniker as an 'Ice Bitch'.

After hearing the tad bit of information, Kushina's eyes narrowed ever so slightly in Tsunade's direction. Something that both Natsumi and Tsunade both caught. Nawaki didn't know how to react; he just sat their wide eyed that his sister could possibly have feelings for his white haired teammate, and Mikoto just …. Sat there, eating her steak… casually.

"Did one of the Sennin just stutter? I wouldn't have guessed Tsunade-hime would stutter over a 13 year old boy." Natsumi chuckled at the smoke clouds coming out of Tsunade's ears, if Natsumi was completely honest, she would say that Naruto was also good-looking, the same as Tsunade, but she wouldn't tell anyone that.

Grabbing Nawaki by his arm roughly, Tsunade proceeded to drag Nawaki straight out of the shop with his piece of steak in his mouth and the knife and fork still in his hands. The now four team sweat-dropped slightly at Tsunade's actions before Natsumi decided it was time to leave and paid for all the meals.

"See you guys," Mikoto said once they got out the restaurant, "Thanks for paying sensei," she nodded to her sensei and waved to the two kids before head to the Uchiha district.

Natsumi, nodding towards Mikoto, also decided it was time to go, "See you two tomorrow, remember, we still have to do the testing so be at the training ground at the same time as today. I'll let the other two know later." She said while walking off home.

Naruto, being a gentleman, relied on his instincts on asking to walk Kushina home. She was flattered by his gesture for her to loop her arm through his. Doing as he wanted, they walked arm in arm to their apartments or, clan house in Kushina's case, and promised to have breakfast with each other.

Even though, when they both unlocked their arms, the certain warmth in their stomach was put out like water on a fire, slowly causing a frown to form on both of their faces as they walked into their respective houses.

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Sounds of panting were echoing through the forest where Naruto and co were situated. Everyone had woken up early in order to get to the training ground and participate in the awaiting matches.

They started with a Taijutsu match between Kushina and Mikoto, with Mikoto coming out on top of Kushina in under 2 minutes. It was safe to say, Kushina had the fighting style of a brawler, it was just swing and miss for the girl, something their sensei sought to change.

Naruto and Mikoto sparred in a Taijutsu match as well, with Mikoto winning due to having more experience in her Taijutsu style as well as the sharingan with one tome in each eye. Something that shocked her however was that she couldn't, even if she didn't want to, copy Naruto's Taijutsu style, his stances and counters were so perfectly timed, that she sharingan couldn't memorise the whole sequence.

Next was Nawaki vs. Kushina in Taijutsu. That match lasted under a minute due to Nawaki's prowess in Taijutsu; the young boy swore not to underestimate his opponent again after he lost to Naruto. He could remember thinking Naruto would be a walk in the park, next minute he is on his back-end on the floor with Naruto's fist in his face.

The Genjutsu was a pointless battle, Mikoto won easily because of her Sharingan. It was a completely unfair fight, like bringing a gun to a knife fight. But nevertheless, it didn't stop Naruto from trying; he managed to catch Kushina in a Genjutsu that took her a little bit of time to break out of.

And then finally, they were up to this point now, all of them on their backs waiting for the next match, the most anticipated one of them all. The ninjutsu match would show their sensei who was the Ninjutsu specialist on the team. She had already guessed it was Mikoto, because of her clan, but then again Naruto, Kushina and Nawaki had all surprised her today.

So far, Naruto, Nawaki and Mikoto were good at Taijutsu, but, only Mikoto and Kushina were good at Genjutsu.

"All right my little genin, everyone on their feet and meet in the centre of the training field for the next and last exam." She shouted to the four early teens. She had a lot of hope for the Ninjutsu part of the test; it would give Natsumi a good review of what her team needed to improve.

The four teens begrudgingly hoofed their feet through the dirt and into the centre of the clearing. Mikoto thought she would breeze through this part, but was unsure on what Naruto might have known in regards to Ninjutsu.

Nawaki chose not to underestimate Naruto again and decided to go for Naruto first to see where the white haired boy stood in Ninjutsu.

But, Kushina's thoughts were completely different compared to the other two. She wanted to prove to her whole team that she wouldn't be the weak link on the team and that she was a competent kunoichi.

"Alright you four, you may… BEGIN!" And it started, Mikoto reacted first by jumping back a two feet and went through hand seals quickly for a genin and launched a fire ball from her mouth.

"Fire Release: Fire ball Jutsu!" The fire ball was at a size to be expected for a green genin, but it was still slightly impressive that she could do elemental techniques.

The other three reacted just as fast; all substituting themselves with logs in puffs of smoke. All puffs of smoke, but Naruto though.

Mikoto looked to her left, then up, and finally right before the sound of ground breaking beneath her. A hand shot through the floor, making the ground part for its presence and grabbed Mikoto's foot that she couldn't get out of the way quick enough, before devouring her whole body into the floor with just her head showing. Naruto emerged from the floor not a second later with a small smirk on his face. Surprisingly, he had another breakthrough. He actually remembered how to use that jutsu, Earth Release: Hiding like a Mole Technique, successfully and the most effective way to use it.

Quickly getting over her shock, Mikoto glared at Naruto. It seemed he excelled in Ninjutsu, more so than the other fields.

However, she had to smile when she saw a kunai heading straight for Naruto from the shrubbery surrounding the clearing. She knew it would land a few inches from Naruto's feet, but that's what Nawaki wanted.

As soon as the sharp knife landed, Nawaki had substituted himself with the kunai and swung his fist straight at the back of Naruto's head. The latter only managing to just duck out of the way before sending his foot careening behind him and straight into Nawaki's solar plexus.

Nawaki flew backwards but managed to correct himself in mid-air and landed gracefully on the hard floor from the hard kick Naruto had caught him with.

Kushina had chosen the exact moment Nawaki landed to use a small water jutsu she knew from studying scrolls her great grandmother had given her before passing away. The small lake in the corner of the clearing, a small whip of water rose from the depths of the aqua puddle. The small whip-like body of water sped across the clearing and caught Naruto, unprepared, in the back of his head sending him face first to the floor. The young boy had managed to catch himself in a hand stand before shooting off his arms and a few feet into the air.

Mikoto, who had managed to recover from the earth jutsu, used another one of her fire balls to hit Naruto. She had barely used any Chakra in the jutsu so it wouldn't hurt if hit, just singe the skin and burn the clothes. 'Ultimate Humiliation' she chuckled madly at her thought, secretly wanting to see what Naruto looked like under his white shirt.

Naruto, seeing the fire jutsu coming at him, couldn't get out of the way in time, so he put his arms in a cross formation over his face to take the brunt of the attack while some of the fireballs harmlessly flew to the side of his body.

After Nawaki had landed, he saw Kushina use her water whip attack on Naruto and decided to attack her. He used another Kunai Substitution getting close to her, sweeping at her unsuspected legs and then punching her in the gut sending her a few feet into the clearing.

Mikoto had wanted to see what Naruto looked like under his shirt, she never expected to see such a well-toned, wiry body. She was really, really, really, regretting that decision, there was no way she could fight him now. His shirt had gone, left was his impressive upper body and she had chosen that moment to sport a rather large blush.

Checking himself over quickly and noticing that he wasn't burnt or singed, Naruto made a mad dash straight to the stock still Uchiha.

The girl in question was still unable to comprehend how sexy Naruto was without a shirt on. 'He shouldn't have a body like that! We're only 13 for crying out loud!' She thought to herself in a trance like state. She didn't even realise Naruto was running towards her at high speeds before he seemingly vanished in front of her.

Checking her surroundings again, she noted vaguely that Naruto wasn't above, to the left or right, so that only left the grou-

-BANG—

The floor erupted in a flurry of debris and rocks underneath the unsuspecting Uchiha. A well placed explosive note under her from Naruto's Earth Release: Hiding like a Mole Technique left her gliding horizontally in the air bracing from the impact that was surely to come.

Quickly turning around, Nawaki saw Mikoto shoot into the air from the explosion under her. Imagine his surprise when he sees Naruto appear from behind a tree quite close the explosion, throwing a Kunai just above Mikoto and substituting himself with it just like Nawaki did at the start of the match.

"HEY THAT'S MY MOVE YOU JERK!" Nawaki shouted angrily at the still airborne Naruto. Well how was he meant to feel? Happy, that Naruto took his move! Hell no!

Noticing Nawaki's attention not on her, Kushina as quickly as she could, did the required hand seals for Water Release: Water Bullet Jutsu. Her cheeks swelling up with an unusual bulge, veins pricking up with the force her cheeks were under.

Kushina still hadn't perfectly mastered the jutsu, as seen by how long it took to build up, but, when you're an Uzumaki, You don't seem to have much of an end with the chakra department.

Releasing the built up water ball, 2 perfectly spherical balls flew at the back of Nawaki's head. The first capturing him perfectly in the back send him of his feet slightly while the second caught the right side of his body sending him spinning of course and straight to the feet of their sensei, Natsumi.

"Looks like you're out, Nawaki." Natsumi chuckled slightly; the utter look of disbelief on Nawaki's face was slightly funny. It wasn't a surprise that he was confused of where he was hit from, but nevertheless, he was out now.

Kushina worriedly looked at Nawaki for a second, before she averted her eyes to the airborne Naruto and Mikoto. Naruto was directly above her as they both sailed in the air. But, Kushina was slightly shocked to see Naruto use Mikoto's back as a spring board that sent her propelling to the ground.

Mikoto was in a state of shock, caught so easily because the opponent had a good body. Mentally berating herself about her stupidity, she never noticed Naruto substitute himself with a kunai that he sent above her.

She was only vaguely aware that Naruto had moved when he felt his feet plant firmly on her back causing her to panic before she was sent careening straight to the unforgiving floor. Closing her eyes and bracing her body for impact, she awaited the cold feeling of the rocky terrain.

Nothing. She didn't feel anything but a slight beat coming from somewhere. Opening her eyes timidly, she got a face full of slightly muscular body. Shifting her gaze upwards slightly, she was confronted with the most amazing smile she had seen. Naruto, in all his glory, was holding her protectively to his chest and saved her from crashing into the floor.

Enjoying her predicament slightly, she allowed Naruto to carry her to where Nawaki and Natsumi were stood so that Naruto and Kushina could finish the fight.

Dropping her off, only the slightest of blushes could be seen on Mikoto's face, but the other two thought it was from the fight so they paid it no mind. All the while Mikoto watched Naruto's shirtless form travel back into the centre of the clearing to finish the fight with Kushina.

Acquiring the same thought process, Kushina carried herself steadily to the centre while eyeing Naruto's upper body appreciatively, hey, it wasn't every day an enigma with an amazing bod just loses his shirt in a spar, and she was going to abuse the sight…. Hard!

"Lets finish this fight Kushina; loser has to pay for Ramen tonight!" Naruto jested to her. Watching her blow up over something so petty was oddly amusing for him, just, the way she reacted sent tingles down his spine that he loved.

The shocked face on Kushina's face was picture perfect, mouth open and a dangerous glint in her eyes, 'oh he is soo in for it now.' She internally mused. "Fine," she replied back, a slightly mischievous and determined look in her eyes, "Just don't get crying to me when you lose like a babba!" She shouted to him while bobbing her tongue at him in a playful manner.

The Goosebumps, oh those Goosebumps. He would never get use to them, they only occurred when it was Kushina that did something. It was like he felt something familiar with, that it was almost like they were related or Very close friends.

Starting things off, Naruto ran forward, pulling out two shuriken, he threw one with pinpoint accuracy so that Kushina would land directly above the second one he threw. So, like magic, his plan worked, and the White Haired boy substituted with the downed shuriken, appearing in front of Kushina with a Kunai poised at her neck.

"Looks like I win, eh, Kushina." Naruto said teasingly before doing something daring. He kissed Kushina's forehead before backing off and leaving a blush heavy girl who looked like her knees were about to give way.

"Well, if you love birds have finished," Natsumi started, getting a surprised look from Naruto and an Angry one from Kushina, "I think I've got all the information in need on this team. So, with the power invested in me, I now pronounce you, Team 3! But, be aware, we start missions at 7 o'clock sharp and I will drag you in your pyjamas if you are late." She finished with an evil smirk on her face; the concept severely frightened the Children of team 3, before their sensei just vanished in a plume of smoke.

Silence rang through the clearing, Naruto, well, he didn't know how to react, Mikoto and Nawaki were thinking of something to saw and Kushina was still lost on Naruto kissing her. Did it mean he liked her? She'd just have to find out herself.

Mouth opening to voice her thoughts to Naruto, she was abruptly interrupted by Nawaki shouting at the top of his lungs, "THIS CALLS FOR A CELEBRATORY DINNER!"

Now of course, she didn't mind that, it was what Naruto said after, "Yeah Nawaki and Kushina's gunna' pay for all of it!" H motioned back with mirth in his voice and a smug smirk on his face.

Kushina, being well… Kushina did the only thing she could think of at the moment, curse Naruto's very existence.

"WHEN I GET MY HANDS ON YOU, NARUTO, I SWEAR I'LL RING YOUR NECK!" She screamed with all her might, red crazy hair flailing behind her that made all three kids disappear back into town with their tails between their legs.

'Servers them right,' Kushina thought smugly before realisation set in, 'They ditched me, they actually ditched me…

YOU DICKS!'

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Again, sorry, but blame society for making me social.

Also, sorry about the ending, I thought it was rather rushed, but eh, what ya gunna' do.

Peace out till next time !

EDIT: I edited Chapter two slightly because I named Natsumi, Kiyoko for some reason, so that's changed.