Moriko shot out of bed and towards her closet to immediately begin dressing. She put on her customary dark blue shirt and shorts, and her green skirt. Moriko wrapped her arms with bandages and did the same with her legs before she wrapped her weights around. Finally, the blonde Senju pulled on her gloves and her shoes.

The young Senju quickly pulled her hair into a messy pony-tail before she went down the stairs and into the kitchen. "Kaa-chan, are you going to pick me up from the academy today?" She asked her mother who was sitting at the table already. Tsunade looked up at her daughter. "Of course I will be there." She replied and Moriko nodded. Yesterday everyone had been talking about the celebrations their parents were going to hold if they passed their academy exams.

'I probably won't get a celebration.' She thought with a shrug. 'Though I really should, so should Hatake-san, we are three years younger than everyone in our graduation class.' She thought with an amused smile before her face turned sombre. "Kaa-chan, could Hatake-san and his father come over after the graduation ceremony?" She asked and her mother's eyebrows raised. 'Well, his father is having a hard time after the mission failure…' She thought. Instead of answering, Tsunade simply nodded.

Moriko wolfed down her breakfast and got up, rocketing out of the house and towards the academy. 'After today I am going to be a real ninja!' She thought as she hopped from roof top to roof top. The platinum blonde almost ran past the academy because she was caught up in her thoughts. The youngest Senju jumped down from the roof and landed in front of Genma. Her best friend yelped and jumped back, immediately pulling a kunai from his pouch and holding it.

The familiar sound of Moriko's laughter caused Genma to blush lightly and put the kunai away. "Sorry Moriko-chan." He said with pink cheeks. Moriko gave him a wide smile before scanning the field. Her eyes landed on Kakashi. "I will be right back Genma-kun." She said before she spun around and walked towards the gray haired boy. Kakashi looked up at the smiling blonde in front of him. "Hey Hatake-san, I was wondering if you and your father wanted to come to the Senju compound after the ceremony to celebrate being the two youngest graduates?" She asked the small masked boy.

Kakashi's eyes widened fractionally but he jerked his head in a quick nod. Moriko's smile widened significantly. "Awesome! Well, I have to go before Genma-kun and Raido-kun hurt themselves, I will see you later Hatake-san!" She said before she turned away, her long blonde pony-tail swinging behind her. Kakashi watched her walk back to the two boys who were constantly by her side. The gray haired boy watched as she ran the last leg of the distance and tackled her two best friends to the ground.

"Alright class! Everyone head over to room 104 and wait for your name to be called, then you will perform the exam and if you pass you will be rewarded your hitai-ate along with your ninja license." Biwako said and watched as her classes eyes widened before they rushed to get to room 104. The class sat nervously as they waited for their names to be called. The very first person to be called was a short boy named Tokara. The boy had short brown hair and carried a heavy gourd on his back.

One by one the aspiring genin were called in alphabetically, so when Asuma was called, Moriko knew her turn was coming up. The platinum blonde looked over at Raido who had already tied his hitai-ate over his forehead and smiled. 'I don't even have to worry about this exam, I will pass' she thought to herself. When Asuma came out of the room after fifteen moments Moriko walked passed him and gave him a high-five as she entered the room.

"Ok Moriko, I want you to replace yourself with anything in the room." One of the chunin proctors said and Moriko grinned devilishly. The young Senju focused her chakra and made the hand sign. The next thing everyone knew, Moriko was sitting in the chair and the chunin who had spoken was looking around confused. When he finally figured it out his eyes swivelled to Moriko and he glared before stomping back to write down her grade on the jutsu.

"Next is the henge. I would like you to henge into one of your classmates." Were the instructions. 'I know Genma the best…' she thought as she henged herself into one of her best friends. She got every detail right, down to the slight tan line he had on his neck from where he wore his choker. All the chunin in the room nodded and wrote down her grade. "Finally, we would like you to make as many clones as you can." Biwako said with a smile at her student.

Moriko smiled back and concentrated her chakra. "Clone Jutsu!" She said and there were instantly twelve exact copies of the small Senju in the room. All the proctors' eyes widened as they looked around. "Congratulations Senju Moriko, you are now an official genin of Konoha." One of the chunin said as he handed Moriko her hitai-ate with a smile. "You are also the second youngest person to graduate the academy this year." He announce and Moriko nodded before rushing out of the room.

When she saw her two best friends she hugged them tightly. "Eh, Moriko-chan, not that I don't like your hugs… but it is my turn for the exam…" Genma stated and Moriko flushed in embarrassment before she released them. Genma rushed into the room and left Moriko with Raido. "I'm sorry Raido-kun, I have to go, come by tomorrow or later this week if you can. If not, I will see you next Monday!" She said before she rushed over to where her mother was standing with Kakashi and his father.

Moriko ran towards her mother and tackled her in a hug. If Tsunade was anyone else she would have went flying from the force her daughter slammed into her with. "Congratulations Moriko-chan." The medic nin told her daughter with a smile. Moriko smiled back before she turned to Kakashi. "Congratulations Hatake-san, I'm sure you made rookie of the year." Moriko said with her usual smile.

Kakashi's cheeks heated underneath his mask. "Thank you Senju-san, I have no doubt you made First Kunoichi." The young Hatake said politely. Moriko frowned. "Eh, Senju-san doesn't really suit me… call me Moriko." She told him and he nodded. "Kakashi, then." Was his reply. Above them Sakumo and Tsunade were laughing lightly at how formal their children sounded. Tsunade put her hand on top of Moriko's head. "How about we head back to the compound?" The older Senju suggested.

The group of shinobi walked the distance to the Senju compound while exchanging polite conversation. "Moriko, how is you medical training coming?" Sakumo asked the young genin. Moriko sighed and looked down. Tsunade smiled soft at her. "Moriko is great at taijutsu and ninjutsu, and despite her amazing chakra control, she isn't taking to medical-ninjutsu the way I thought she might." The Sannin said and Sakumo nodded.

"In the jounin community there is a lot of talk about having a medic in each team. Can she at least provide basic care or trauma care?" Konoha's white fang asked and Tsunade nodded quickly. "She knows how to use it. She just isn't made to be a medic-nin, she has the chakra control but not the temperament. However there are several of her classmates that may have futures in the field." Tsunade said. Sakumo smiled weakly down at the young Senju. "Don't worry about it Moriko, not many people are made to be medical ninjas." He told Moriko and the platinum blonde laughed softly.

"I didn't want to be a medical ninja, I want to break the stereotype." She said plainly and Sakumo raised his eyebrow in question. Moriko sighed. "Think about it, every prodigy we have ever heard about has been male, except Kaa-chan but she is the best medic in the world the only other ninja skill that she is recognised for is her taijutsu. There aren't many male medic nins, just like there aren't many female prodigies. So, instead of going into medical ninjutsu, I am going to become the best kunoichi in the world, even stronger than the Sannin!" She stated with a wide smile. Sakumo laughed politely.

"I have never believed in anyone else's dream as much as I believe in yours. I hope you and Kakashi can help each other get stronger." The white fang said and Moriko nodded with a smile at the older Hatake. "Kaa-chan, will Oji-chan and Nee-chan be there tonight?" Moriko asked her mother and Tsunade nodded, at the questioning look she was getting from the two Hatake's she simply replied with "Jiraiya and Shizune."

Moriko looked over at her former classmate and now comrade. She just didn't understand Kakashi. No matter how many times she tried to talk to him he only ever gave her short responses or ignored her completely. He was the rookie of the year yet he didn't gloat. He was the youngest person to ever graduate from the academy, at the age of five. The boy was humble but had a cool to the point of cold exterior. "Kakashi-san, would you like to spar with me for a bit before dinner?" She asked her fellow genin.

Kakashi looked up at being addressed and quickly nodded. Moriko smiled, 'he is similar to me, training is the best bonding experience.' She though triumphantly. When they got to the gates of the Senju compound Moriko grabbed Kakashi's hand and pulled him towards the private training field. "Ok, are we including ninjutsu or is it just a taijutsu and kenjutsu battle?" The young Senju asked.

"I don't see a problem with using ninjutsu." Kakashi replied which made Moriko smile. Shizune and Jiraiya came out of the house when they heard her voice, and along with Sakumo and Tsunade gathered to watch the two top students spar. Kakashi and Moriko backed up from each other so that there was a significant distance between them. "You were really strong at the beginning of the year, and you have probably gotten stronger, so don't think I will let one of your hits land." Kakashi called across the field making Moriko giggle slightly.

Just like all of their earlier spars, the two genin stood waiting for the other to make a move. 'He is probably expecting me to attack with taijutsu first… so if I start off with a ninjutsu it might throw him off…'Moriko thought to herself then she thought of which jutsu to do. Moriko grabbed a few shuriken and threw them towards Kakashi before jumping high in the air.

'Tiger, Ox, Tiger, Rat' Moriko thought as she made the hand signs. "Water style: Water bullet jutsu!" She called as she sent fast bullets towards Kakashi. The gray haired genin dodge quickly and responded by speeding through his own seals. "Fire style: Fireball jutsu!" The younger genin made a huge ball of fire that was heading towards Moriko. The blonde genin made a tiger seal before placing her hand in front of her mouth. "Water Style: Water trumpet jutsu!" The flames were doused by the large jet of water that Moriko had created.

The two genin landed on the ground across from each other. Moriko drew her katana from her back and rushed towards Kakashi who immediately drew his tantō. The clashing of metal resounded through the field. Moriko jumped back and stabbed her katana into the ground. "Water style: Gunshot Jutsu!" She called and Kakashi had to dodge to the right to avoid the fast traveling water. Moriko drew her katana and rushed towards the off balance genin.

Kakashi managed to block her attack, but both the katana and tantō went flying. Moriko pursed her lips but clenched her fist and went in for a punch. True to his word, Kakashi did not get hit in Moriko's advance, but he also couldn't fight back, he had to keep dodging. On the side lines, Tsunade grinned at Sakumo. "Moriko will be able to keep this up longer than Kakashi." She told him and Sakumo nodded. "I have no doubt, but Kakashi's brain rivals a Nara's, he will find a way out." He replied and Tsunade grinned more. "Moriko isn't just physically strong, she is a great tactician also." She stated and Sakumo smiled. "I don't doubt it."

On the training field Kakashi was starting to get weary of dodging, and each time Moriko's hand got closer to him. 'It's a close distance so I shouldn't use a fire technique… what should I do?' he thought to himself. The next time Moriko's fist came flying toward him he dodge sideways but quickly got close to her. The gray haired genin delivered a solid kick to Moriko's chest that sent her back a bit, but most of all gave him time to retreat.

Moriko stood up and brushed the dirt off herself. Looking around the clearing she couldn't see Kakashi. This would have scared anyone but her. Moriko squatted and laid her hand on the ground. 'So he is underground? The head-hunter technique?' she thought to herself. Moriko looked over at her mother and grinned before pumping chakra into her fist. Moriko punched the ground while releasing the chakra and the ground split and broke. Kakashi was forced out of his place underground and back onto the training field. Both Sakumo and Kakashi's eyes widened fractionally. "Wow…" Both the gray haired shinobi as they looked upon the younger Senju.

On the sidelines Sakumo turned to Tsunade. "Do you know who they are making her Sensei?" He asked the female Sannin. Tsunade shook her head. "I know who the Sensei's are this year, but not who hers will be." Tsunade said with a frown and Sakumo' lips turned upwards a bit. "They are going to put her on a squad with Shiranui Genma and Namiashi Raido under Kushina Uzumaki." He told her. Tsunade furrowed her eyebrows. "But aren't the First Kunoichi and Rookie of the year normally on the same squad as the dead last?" Tsunade asked and Sakumo nodded. "Normally, but this year is different. They are trying to keep civilians off of squads with shinobi born from clans. It's because of the situation with Iwa, the number of skirmished have increased. They are trying to make well balanced squads with clan born shinobi versus civilian born shinobi. The reason they are doing it is so that the clan born shinobi can excel faster, and the Sensei's of the civilian born teams can be more focused on the basics. The Sandaime might think there won't be a war, but no one else is fooled" Sakumo explained.

"Who is Kakashi going to have on his team?" Jiraiya asked and Sakumo smiled. "He is going to have Nohara Rin and Uchiha Obito, under Namikaze Minato." He said and Tsunade and Jiraiya's eyes widened. "Both the rookie of the year and the most promising medic of her age bracket… under Jiraiya's prized pupil." Tsunade said and Sakumo nodded. "So many prominent shinobi are Sensei's this year, Inuzuka Tsume, Might Dai, Haruno Mebuki, Uzumaki Kushina, Namikaze Minato, Uchiha Mikoto, Nara Yoshino, and Orochimaru are the Sensei's of the clan born shinobi this year." Sakumo said which caused Jiraiya and Shizune's eyes to widen.

"Does the Sandaime think it will get that bad? He is almost insuring that is will be the strongest age group so far." Jiraiya stated and the others could only nod. On the training field things were quite literally heating up. Kakashi had just finished a series of seals. "Fire style: Phoenix flower Jutsu!" He called, sending a volley of small fire balls towards Moriko. "Water Style: Water wall!" She called and created a wall of chakra imbued water protected her from the jutsu.

"What is Moriko's natural affinity?" Sakumo asked and Jiraiya smiled. "She has two and both are very strong. When she was tested half the paper crumbled right to dust, and the other half was literally liquefied." He told the jounin. Sakumo's eyes widened. "She really is like a second coming of Tobirama." He muttered to himself, unfortunately Tsunade heard him. She began questioning him on what he had just said. Sakumo watched the sparring season instead of answering her questions.

At the same time both Kakashi and Moriko made a tiger seal. Both genin were about to drop the weights they wore and they would have if Jiraiya hadn't interrupted them. "Ok kids, how about we stop for now?" he called and both genin looked over at him before nodding.

"Good match Kakashi-san!" Moriko said with a smile towards the rookie of the year. Kakashi nodded in agreement, though by the slight crease at the side of his eyes, Moriko could tell he was smiling. The two genin walked towards their audience. Moriko looked at her mother who was smiling at her. "Good job Moriko-chan, now, since it is your graduation day Shizune has been cooking all day to make sure it is great." Tsunade said and Moriko smiled. "Great because after that spar I feel like I could eat an Akimichi sized feast." Moriko stated and Kakashi agreed with her.

Tsunade looked at Sakumo. "They are either going to be best friends or the ultimate rivals." She told him and he laughed but nodded in agreement. The five shinobi entered the main house and walked towards the dining room. On the table were many different kinds of food. From Onigiri to Udon and everything in between. Moriko smiled as she sat in front of the table. "Itadakimasu!" She said before she began helping herself to some of the foods that were on the table. The rest of the shinobi smiled at her and began helping themselves to food.

Moriko looked over curiously at the younger of the two Hatake's at the table. "Eh, Kakashi-kun, how are you going to eat with your mask on?" She asked and Sakumo smiled. "It's a technique all Hatake's learn, he casts a partial henge on his face so that it appears like he is still wearing his mask." He explained and Moriko nodded in understanding. "Why does Kakashi-san wear the mask?" She asked Sakumo. The older Hatake laughed a little. "It's an old clan tradition, you wear the mask until certain circumstances are met." He explained vaguely, this time Moriko didn't nod in understanding.

The meal was mostly silent, the occasional small talk was exchanged. "Kakashi-san, what are you planning on doing until next week when we find out our teams?" The platinum blonde asked the younger Hatake. Kakashi thought about it for a minute. "I am probably going to train, try and perfect some jutsu that I am working on, maybe go replace some of my kunai and shuriken." He said calmly. Moriko nodded in agreement. "That is a good idea." She said before continuing to eat.

Dinner came and passed quickly and when it was done the two Hatake men left the Senju residence to make their way home. Once they left Tsunade called her daughter into the library. Moriko walked in to see her mother and Shizune there. "Now Moriko-chan, since you are starting your genin life I am going to put a seal on you, this is my Byakugō no in seal. This seal will store bits of chakra over time and if you ever have a life threatening injury, you simply release the seal and it will heal you." Tsunade told her. Moriko nodded and walked over to her mother.

Tsunade made a complicated series of hand seals. Then placed her finger on Moriko's forehead before channeling in some of her own chakra. Where her fingers were there was now a purple diamond. Moriko smiled at her mother when she was pulled into a tight hug. "Kaa-chan, why doesn't Nee-chan have one?" She asked her mother and Tsunade smiled. To the left of the duo Shizune pulled back her bangs to reveal a purple diamond.

Tsunade let go of her daughter and handed her a scroll. "This is a scroll on the art of sealing, also known as fuinjutsu. I have studied it and so has Jiraiya, since you didn't take to medical ninjutsu, I thought maybe I could pass on this skill." Tsunade said. 'It also helps that your sensei will be one of Konoha's fuinjutsu masters.' She thought to herself.

Moriko's eyes widened and she hugged her mother. "Thank you so much!" She said excitedly before running upstairs to start reading. Moriko's bedroom was swiftly beginning to look like a library. Every week the platinum blonde would by a new scroll or a new book to add to her collection. One wall was covered by a book case that was quickly beginning to fill. Moriko sat down on her bed and opened the scroll she had just gotten. In it were instructions on how to start. The first was chakra control which Moriko had down.

The next exercise was calligraphy, and to practice neat writing, so Moriko fetched a blank scroll and began practicing her calligraphy.

The next week:

After a week of perfecting her calligraphy and learning how to create basic sealing scrolls. Moriko was eager to improve in the art of sealing, but first she had to get to the academy. Moriko dressed like she normally would, except today she wore her hair more similar to how Tsunade wore it. Moriko pulled her hair into two low pigtails and brushed her fringe the same way her mother did, next Moriko braided the two pigtails. Lastly, Moriko tied her Hitai-ate around her waist and she was ready to go. Moriko ran down stairs and ate a quick breakfast. "Bye Kaa-chan!" She called after she had eaten and Moriko set out on her way to the academy.

Barely able to contain her excitement, Moriko ran most of the way to the academy, only stopping briefly to say hello to the owner of the weapons store. Moriko arrived in the yard in front of the academy to see that neither of her best friends were here but Kakashi was. Smirking to herself Moriko sneaked around and silently approached the gray haired genin. "Boo!" She whispered in his ear and smiled when he tensed and spun around, drawing his tantō at the same time.

Moriko giggled at the expression on his face. "Sorry, Kakashi-san, I had to!" She said through laughter. Kakashi relaxed slightly as he looked over at her. "What have you been up to for the past week?" He asked the Senju. Moriko smiled. "Oh you know, training, getting stronger, practicing fuinjutsu." She said nonchalantly. Kakashi rolled his eyes. Moriko turned and walked towards the academy. "I want to wait in the class room." She said and was soon joined by Kakashi.

The two sat next to each other and Moriko pulled out a blank scroll. "Ok, so this is the most basic thing fuinjutsu technique, but it's the only one I can do." She said as she wrote different symbols on the scroll. Next she pulled her katana off her back and placed it on the scroll. Finally, she laid her hands on the scroll. "Seal!" She said and the katana disappeared in a puff of smoke. She quickly unsealed her katana and attached it to her back once again.

Instead of putting the scroll away she rolled it up and handed it to Kakashi. "A gift from me to you!" She said with a smile. Kakashi took the scroll and put it in his holster. "Thank you…" He mumbled embarrassedly. The two sat in silence and were soon joined by Genma and Raido, who struck up conversation. Finally, Biwako came into the room.

"First of all, congratulations to Kakashi who is our rookie of the year and to Moriko who is our first Kunoichi." Moriko and Kakashi turned and high fived each other. "Ok, all of you who are here have graduated the academy and will now be put under the command of a jounin sensei who will train you and take you on missions. Eventually you will have the option to take the chunin exams and progress, after that you will no longer need your sensei, but until then you are to respect them and follow all of their orders." The Hokage's wife said, before taking out a scroll.

"Team 1: Gai, Ebisu and Aoba. You will be under the command of Might Dai. Team 2: Yugao, Kotetsu and Izumo. You will be under the command of Mebuki Haruno. Team 3: Hana, Yamato and Iwashi. You will be under the command of Tsume Inuzuka. Team 4: Rin, Kakashi and Obito. You will be under to command of Minato Namikaze." Biwako had to pause because of the outbreak of whispers how the rookie of the year was under the command of one of Konoha's best ninja. After the whispers stopped, Biwako was able to continue.

"Team 5: Asuma, Kurenai and Iruka. You are now under the command of Mikoto Uchiha. Team 6: Moriko, Genma and Raido. You are under the command of Kushina Uzumaki. Team 7: Tokara, Ibiki and Hayate. You are under the command of Yoshino Nara. Team 8: Anko, Teijiro and Goro. You are now under the command of Orochimaru." Another outbreak happened. Moriko looked over at her best friends and smiled, she was happy she was on the same team as them.

Biwako continued listing names and their new sensei's. "Wait here and your jounin will come collect you." She said once she had finished listing the names. The minute she had finished saying it, the door opened and in came four of the jounin sensei's. Minato, Kushina, Mikoto and Orochimaru were all there to collect their teams. Moriko quickly hopped up and ran up to her sensei.

"Ok I am the jounin in charge of team six, let's go to training ground 6." The leader of team six said. Moriko followed behind her new sensei. Kushina had long red hair that was tied up in a pony-tail, with two pieced framing her face. She wore her hitai-ate over her hair and across her forehead. She was wearing a short sleeved dark blue shirt with matching pants and a dark green jounin jacket. Moriko smiled at her sensei and looked back at her team.

Her two best friends were whispering between each other, occasionally looking up at Moriko and Kushina. The platinum blonde furrowed her eyebrows but kept following behind Kushina. When the group got too the training ground, Moriko jumped onto the ground and laid her hand down. She then turned and nodded to Genma and Raido who jumped down on either side of her.

From across the field Kushina was observing her new team. 'They already act like a team.' The redhead thought to herself. "Ok team, so first we are going to get to know each other, then we are going to do another test." Kushina told him. The three genin looked at each other before walking closer to their new sensei. "Well, my name is Uzumaki Kushina. I love ramen, training and my husband Minato. I dislike traitors and people who slack. One day I hope to be the greatest kunoichi in the hidden leaf!" The redhead stated passionately. Moriko perked up at her Sensei's goal. "You next." Kushina said as she pointed to Genma.

"My name is Shiranui Genma. I like training, senbon, my family, and my two best friends, Moriko and Raido. I dislike sour food and genjutsu. My dream is to become a strong ninja so that I can protect my friends and my village." The senbon chewing shinobi said. Kushina's eyes widened. 'They are best friends? They are going to need minimal teamwork training, so the bell test is out.' The jounin thought to herself. She nodded at Raido, gesturing for him to go.

"My name is Namiashi Raido. I like training in taijutsu and kenjutsu, I also like my friends. I dislike people who give up without trying. My dream is also to become a strong ninja so that I can protect my loved ones." Raido said, rubbing his hand along the bandage that ran across his face. Finally Kushina turned to Moriko and gestured her to begin.

"My name is Senju Moriko. I love my friend, family, training and dango! I dislike lazy people and spicy food. My dream…no, my goal is to become the strongest kunoichi in the world!" She stated fiercly which made Kushina smile. 'She reminds me of myself…' The jounin thought to herself.

"Ok, normally a genin team is given a second test to see if they are capable of becoming a team. You guys scraped my idea for the test, so now we are going to spar. I will only use part of my strength but if you can keep up with me for an hour, you pass." Kushina explained. Raido looked weary but Moriko and Genma nodded enthusiastically. Kushina nodded at her team. "Ok, come at me with the intention to kill or you will get nothing done." She stated as she dropped into the Uzumaki taijutsu stance. The Uzumaki stance looked vaguely like the Hyuuga stance, but a more solid version, that focused on exterior damage.

Moriko looked at her teammates. Genma had taken the senbon out of his mouth and was now holding it in his hand. Raido had un-sheathed his blade. Moriko smiled as they looked at her. Genma and Raido's eyes were both telling her to make the first move. Moriko thought for a minute before raising her hand into a ram seal. 'Ram, bird, boar, monkey, ram!' She thought as she made the seals. "Water Style: Water Gun jutsu!" She called before blasting a high speed jet of water from her mouth. Kushina quickly jumped out of the way but as she landed Genma came rushing at her.

Genma threw a volley of senbon at her which she quickly dodged. The senbon wielding genin looked over and nodded at Raido who was now behind Kushina. Raido slashed with his sword, Kushina blocked with her own kunai but quickly had to jump away when Genma continued his senbon assault. Raido pulled away and tried cutting at her legs. The red haired jounin jumped into the air.

Moriko jumped high into the air and made a tiger seal. "Water style: Gunshot!" She called and spat out a fast, hard ball of water. Kushina quickly used the substitution jutsu and replaced herself with a log. The redheaded sensei looked at her team. Moriko looked at her teammates and when they nodded she smirked. 'Good thing Oji-chan mainly trained us with ninjutsu.' She thought. Moriko laid her and on the ground and felt for Kushina. When she realised her sensei was close her smirk widened.

Moriko made a tiger seal and slammed her hand onto the ground. "Earth style: Earth waves!" She called as the ground began making violent waves. Genma and Raido who were standing behind her were unaffected, but Kushina was having a hard time standing up. When the waves stopped, the Uzumaki barely had time to adjust before her team was rushing at her again. 'They have teamwork that would make the Ino-Shika-Cho trio proud.(5)' Kushina thought to herself.

Kushina avoided their attacks, and retaliated with her own, mostly focusing on taijutsu. The red haired jounin was halfway through the seals for a jutsu when the timer went off, signalling the end of the hour. Kushina dropped her hands and smiled. "Good job team, as of today, you will be under my command. I have two rules in the field. Don't get killed and don't let your friends get killed. I hope we will work well together. Now, we can continue sparring or we could go on a mission." She told her team. 'Please say spar, I hate D-rank's' the redhead though to herself. The team thankfully replied with sparring and dropped into their respective stances.

Moriko was about to form the seals for another jutsu when she felt another presence approaching. Moriko touched her hand to the ground and instantly recognised the four signatures coming toward her. Kushina had obviously noticed them too because she told her team to stop. Moriko looked over to see Minato and his team approaching. "Hey Minato-Sensei! Kakashi!" She called from her spot on the tree. Minato smiled up at Moriko and his smile only widened when he saw his wife, who was putting away her kunai.

"We sensed some pretty amazing chakra coming from this area and thought we would check it out." The leader of team four said with a boyish grin. "Oh, I was just giving them their secondary test." Kushina replied and Minato laughed. "Not the bell test?" He asked, noting the lack of bells attached to his wife. Kushina shook her head. "My team are already best friends with each other." She said and Minato's eyes widened. "Lucky! My team doesn't work to well together… but I will change that!" He said with a thumbs up pose that looked similar to Might Dai's.

Minato turned to Moriko. "How are your sensor abilities coming along?" He asked the platinum blonde. Moriko's brown eyes sparkled. "Amazing! I can now tell how strong someone is by feeling their chakra with my ability and I can feel chakra that's too close to me without touching the ground!" She said excitedly. Minato walked closer and ruffled her hair. "Maybe we will play tag again soon." He said and Moriko smiled brightly. "Anyway, it's getting late, but I was wondering if maybe our teams could train together a little before we all go get something to eat." Minato suggested. Kushina nodded immediately. "Moriko, you and Kakashi can probably learn a lot from each other." Kushina said but Moriko shook her head.

"I am feeling a little exhausted, I might just work on chakra exercises with Rin, even though I don't want to be a medic, I am still the one with medical training on our team." She stated and Kushina smiled brightly at her. "Well said!" The redhead said with a grin. Moriko moved and sat on the ground, soon being joined by both Minato and Rin. Kushina moved to help the boys with the more physical training. Minato smiled at the two girls. "I have a new chakra exercise that I am pretty sure neither of you have learned yet, it's a variation of the leaf training." He stated with a smile.

As always, Moriko perked up at the thought of learning something new and Rin looked excited at the prospect of gaining better control over her chakra. Minato reached into his pouch and pulled out two thin metal objects, Moriko instantly recognised them as senbon. "Ok, so in my hand are senbon that are always near me, they have been coated in my chakra. Your job is to first make the senbon float, by only using your chakra, then to make them spin." He instructed. Moriko smiled and instantly grabbed a senbon. Rin also reached forward, albeit a little more hesitantly.

Moriko folded her legs and straightened her back. The platinum blonde closed her eyes and focused on pushing her chakra into her hand. Moriko tried to send the chakra to coat the senbon, but Minato's chakra was resisting. The young Senju added more chakra and was surprised when the senbon flew up in the air. Instantly Moriko's eyes snapped open and she grabbed the senbon out of the air.

The platinum blond looked over at Minato who was smirking. "It's not as easy, the amount of chakra has to be exact, or that will happen." He told her. Moriko nodded and closed her eyes once more. Moriko was focused on the senbon, slowly adding more chakra. The platinum blonde believed she was making progress until a large shout of, "Ow! Those senbon better not be poisoned!" broke her concentration. Moriko growled and pulled a kunai out of her pouch and tossed it.

The blonde's aim was true and the Kunai embedded itself in Genma's thigh. The genin gave a shout of pain as he fell. Moriko stood up and stalked over. "Why did you do that?!" Genma yelled at his best friend. Moriko smirked. "You broke both mine and Rin's concentration, now what if that had happened when someone was in desperate need of healing. Then, either Rin or I could have potentially had someone's death on our hands." She growled. Genma trembled in front of the irate genin. "I-I'm sorry Moriko-chan, Rin-san." Genma stuttered.

Moriko's eyes softened and she knelt down, pulling the kunai out of her friend's thigh and quickly healing him. When Moriko stood up there was a soft smile on her face. "I'm sorry for throwing a kunai at you." She stated sheepishly. Genma grinned and pushed himself off the ground. "Don't worry about it, I deserved it." He stated as he ruffled the shorter girl's hair. Moriko pouted up at him and fixed her hair.

"On that note, how about dinner? Kushina and I are paying." Minato suggested. Moriko readily agreed and ran over to Minato. Genma stared after her before shaking his head a bit and following. The group of eight made their way over to Ichiraku's upon Kushina's request. When they got there, all of them put in their orders. Kushina had ordered almost as much as all of the genin combined. "I wonder how team kenjutsu is coming along." Raido said out of nowhere. Moriko smirked. "Probably great, though it's surprising that you weren't put on that squad." She said. Minato looked confused.

"Who is team Kenjutsu?" He asked and all the genin laughed. "Izumo, Kotetsu and Yūgao." Rin said with a smile. "Ok, why are you wondering though?" He asked and Obito smiled. "Yūgao is kind of hot headed and Izumo and Kotetsu are frankly ridiculous." The young Uchiha said. Minato nodded in understanding.

"How about Anko's team, they are under the command of one of the Sannin, which must be cool!" Rin said with a smile, though it wasn't shared by Moriko or either of the jounin. Moriko actually shivered slightly. "Yeah and he is supposed to be the strongest of the Sannin." Obito said, the moment he said it he felt a very angry presence beside him. Obito looked over and realized a little too late that he was sitting beside Senju Moriko, daughter of Tsunade, who had been tutored by Jiraiya all her life. Obito shivered. "I mean, he is supposed to be , but the others are probably a lot stronger than him…" He stuttered.

Rin leaned over to Minato. "I feel a little bad for Team Moriko, she is very scary…" The brunette told her sensei. Minato nodded in agreement. "Kushina isn't much better." He told his student. Rin looked at team six with fearful eyes. Minato then remembered something. "Moriko, Kakashi showed me the scroll you made! I didn't know you were studying fuinjutsu!" He exclaimed, this of course caught Kushina's attention and the two jounin were now looking at Moriko. "Eh, yes I am, I just started though." She said sheepishly.

"You did really well on that scroll. Lucky for you Kushina and I are both level ten seal masters, and can start you on the official training." The Namikaze said with a goofy grin. Moriko's eyes lit up and she smiled. "Really?! I find it really interesting and would like to do it!" She said excitedly. Genma and Raido smiled at their best friend who was eager to get stronger. 'We better get stronger so we can keep up with her.' They thought at the same time. Moriko was discussing her training with Minato and Kushina.

"Well, I will take you on as my official apprentice once you make chunin, but until then I can still train you. So can Jiraiya and Tsunade, they are both level eight." Kushina said with a grin at the younger Senju. Moriko nodded enthusiastically. Kushina turned to her two other two team members. "Raido, you are really strong in taijutsu and we will keep working on that, but you are weak in genjutsu and chakra control, so we will have to work on that. Genma, you are decent around the board, with strong taijutsu skills. How about we do all around training, with a strong focus on ninjutsu?" She suggested. Both male genin nodded eagerly.

"Ok, so every day I want to meet at training ground six at eight o'clock in the morning. We will train until one o'clock, then we will go to the mission's assignment office and get a mission." She told her team and smiled when they nodded in unison. Kushina turned and smirked at Minato who was looking at her with jealous eyes over how easy her team was.

After the meal was finished, Kushina and Minato paid for the bill before leaving the genin to themselves. Moriko looked up at the darkening sky. "I better get home, I still have to practice with my Kaa-chan. Good night." She said before jumping onto the roof and running back home.

Every graduation year there is the rookie of the year which from what I've observed is the top male academy graduate, and then there is the First Kunoichi which is the best female graduate.

Might Dai is supposed to be the 'eternal genin' but this is fanfiction so he won't be, he will be one of the jounin Sensei's

Ok, so Kishimoto said that Kakashi likes wearing the mask because some ninja want to be mysterious, but I saw a headcanon like four or five years back about how the Hatake's wear their masks until they fall in love, so if they never fall in love they die with no one who isn't their parents having seen their face, and I personally loved it so that's where it came from and the idea is not mine.

Byakugō no In is the strength of a hundred seal

Here I am obviously referencing Inoichi, Shikaku and Choza