Okay now...Third Chapter is now open and ready for business! I have more action in this chapter and to those who don't see all of the Angels yet, this is only the third chapter! There's still more to go! Now, the Angels number grows a bit more and they meet Team 7! Uh oh...

ICHIRAKU RAMEN

Tsunade and her party appeared in a flurry of leaves in front of the ramen stand, surprizing many of the people around them that the Hokage herself and three unknown yet cute girls were with the Kyuubi child, with Tsunade placing her hand on his shoulder as they walked into the stand.

As he lifted the curtain, Teuchi Ichiraku and his daughter Ayame turned around to greet their customers when she saw two familiar heads of blond hair.

"Hey there, Naruto-kun, Tsunade-sama! Strange weather lately, huh?" She greeted and referred to the rain that seemed to come out of nowhere the previous day and how today it looked like it never rained.

"Yeah...Tell me about it. I got caught out in it while training." Naruto grumbled.

Ayame was about to take their orders when she noticed that they weren't alone.

"Oh? Who are your new friends, Naruto-kun? Girlfriends, maybe?" Ayame teased her pseudo-little brother.

"WHAT? AYAME-ONECHAN!" Naruto yelled in embarrassment, much to the amusement of Tsunade and the girls, who took it upon themselves to make their own introductions.

"I am Ran. Pleased to meet you, Ayame-san." Ran said pleasantly.

"Hey there! I'm Tsubasa!" The aqua-green haired girl greeted happily.

"I'm Kurumi! Where's that wonderful smell coming from, nano?" The hamster-like girl chirped, sniffing the air intently.

Ayame chuckled lightly. "I'm Ayame Ichiraku and that's my dad in the back. We run and own this stand and Naruto-kun here has been our best customer for years! So, what'll your orders be?" She asked.

"Tonkatsu Ramen for me." Tsunade ordered.

"Miso Pork!" Naruto chirped.

"Umm...Same as Naruto-kun, actually." Ran replied.

"Same here!" Tsubasa seconded.

"Ditto, nano! Biggest one you've got!" Kurumi called out in a chipper voice.

"Alrightly then...Dad! One Tonkatsu and four Miso Pork!" Ayame yelled into the kitchen.

Soon the orders were ready and the ramen was brought out by Teuchi, who introduced himself to Naruto's new friends.

"So, these pretty young ladies are friends of yours, Naruto? I knew you had potential, kiddo!" Teuchi barked with laughter, clapping the boy he considered a nephew on the back. Naruto blushed heavily at the thought of anyone of them being his girlfriend and identical blush on the girls showed that they weren't averse to the idea, either. His normal, active personality fit Tsubasa like a glove, his appetite could match Kurumi's, and he was prone to bashful moments, similar to Ran.

The rest of the meal passed with more conversation and Tsunade explaining the situation in the village since much had changed since they had transmigrated. They were sad to hear that the kind old man that was the Hokage had passed away, but Tsunade was proving to be very accomidating. Ever since old Sarutobi died and since she found that he was her Godson, she had been holding on to his inheiritance, or what was left of it after the council taxed the heart and soul out of it. The house, a sizeable fortune, Minato's and Kushina's libraries, and some information on the Uzumaki remained. Most of the furniture from within the home had been taken as memorabilia, as had the pictures of the former occupants. All that remained was sealed within a large scroll that sat next to the Forbidden Scroll with a bloodseal upon it so that only the current Hokage and Naruto himself could open it. It was the ony way to safeguard what litte he had left. The time had come to give him the house.

'No better time like the present...' Tsunade mused.

"Say, Naru-chan...Since these girls are here to stay, where will they stay? Your small apartment can barely house you alone, let alone three more people." She asked him.

Naruto paused at the mention of living conditions. He truly hadn't thought about that.

'Damn...Baa-chan has a good point. That little shack is barely big enough for me as it is and I can't make the girls cram themselves in there. (Sigh) I'll just have to pull in more D-Ranks using my clones to raise more money for a bigger apartment.' The diminuitive blond shinobi thought to himself.

Tsunade, who prided herself on being one of the only people that was able to tell what Naruto was really thinking, could tell what he was worried about. He felt that he would need to work at least four times harder than he already does.

'He practically carries his team and nearly trains himself into a coma daily. The poor kid would work himself to death if I let him, not that his team or sensei would really care. I don't know where he thinks he'd find the energy to pull in more missions to finance a new apartment, but I won't let him do this alone. It's time he got another part of his inheiritance. He's more than earned it.' Tsunade mused.

He really did deserve more than what he got in life thus far, especially since the council, in all of their infinite wisdom, decided to cut off his stipend in the interest of drawing funds to 'rebuild' the village. She checked the register on a hunch and discovered that his stipend was the only one cut off.

"I already know what you're thinking, Naru-chan. I already found you a good place next to my own and before you worry about the payment for it, you'll just do some extra work for me in the office from time to time, I'll pay the rent, and we'll consider it an even exchange. That way, we'll both hold our heads up and you can think of it as extra training to become Hokage." She proposed. She knew he wouldn't accept it willy nilly. His work ethic wouldn't allow him to without earning it somehow. The Sandaime had him doing errands for him to earn his stipend and he knew more about that office than she even would.

"Thanks...Tsunade-kaasan." He thanked her, whispering the final part so that only she could hear him. She was happy to hear him refer to her as "Momma Tsunade". It beat the hell out of Grandma, even though it was a front.

The group then paid for their tabs, or tried. Teuchi wouldn't hear of it, explaining that since he brought in some new customers, their meal was on the house tonight. Tsunade then took Naruto by the place that she told him about. The boy was in awe of the sheer size of the place, since the place he'd been iving in was so small and cramped. He was so excited that he began to jump and dance around like he used to, making Tsunade smile.

"THANK YOU, TSUNADE-KAACHAN!" He cheered as he wrapped her in a tight hug that left her gasping for breath as he bolted off for home.

"Kushina-chan...I really love your little boy, like he was my very own...I don't mean to take him from you, but I promise that from here on out, I'll do everything in my power to help him and protect him from his enemies here in this village." Tsunade vowed as she locked up and left for home for the night.

NARUTO'S APARTMENT COMPLEX

Naruto bolted into the apartment to tell the girls the good news to find ANOTHER girl there. She had auburn hair that as done in a manner that reminded him of a cat's ears, and she had Teal eyes that hid behind glasses. She was arguing with the other three girls over something when she noticed him walk through the door. Almost as if she teleported, she tackled him with a loving embrace.

"MASTER NARUTO! I MISSED YOU!" She cried as she nuzzled her cheek against his, again strangely similar to a cat.

"Wha...Who...When?" Was all the surprized blond could get out until Tsubasa answered him.

"Well...The Goddess decided that we weren't enough, so she sent Tamami here to "Assist" us." The bird girl said sourly, folding her arms akimbo with a slight scowl. Ran and Kurumi didn't look too happy, either, with how affectionate Tamami was being...

'Wait...Tamami? She's back!' Naruto caught her name and remembered her.

"I missed you too, Tamami-chan." He told the cat girl as he embraced her back.

"So...What did Miss Tsunade want to talk to you about?" Ran asked, garnering a smile from him.

"She wanted to show me an actual HOUSE near where she and Shizune-neechan live! In exchange for doing some extra work in her office, she'll give us the house fair and square!" He yelled in excitement, the other girls gasping in surprize.

"You mean...A bigger house? That's wonderful!" Tsubasa cheered.

"Yeah! She's so nice, nano!" Kurumi chimed in.

"This will solve our lodging problem in one go! I really need to meet her and say thank you!" Tamami added.

"So, when do we move in?" Ran asked.

"Next week! Let's get packing!" He cheered until a knock at the door.

"Coming!" He yelled as he ran to the door and opened it to reveal his "Sensei" Kakashi.

"Naruto...I just came by to wonder why you weren't at team training this morning." He demanded with a scowl visible underneath his mask.

"I was with Tsunade-baachan this morning! She had something she wanted to talk to me about..." He answered, his hand over his seal.

Kakashi got the hint. "Next time, tell me first." He ordered but before disappearing, he noticed that he wasn't alone.

"Who's in there with you?" He asked suspiciously.

"Why does it matter? Is it so strange to you that I might ACTUALLY have company?" Naruto shot back. He couldn't have Kakashi OR his teammates finding out about the girls, not yet.

"Don't disrespect me, young man. As your sensei, I need to know about anyone you might associate with, like that troublemaker Anko. I told you not to hang around her." Kakashi scolded.

"So freaking what? I hang around with Anko-nee because she's actually nice to me, treats me like a person, and she'll explain things to me that you won't! Also, since when were YOU so concerned for MY wellbeing?" Naruto countered.

"I can see I won't get anywhere with you...just be at training on time next time." The Copy-nin ordered as he vanished in a puff of smoke.

"Who was THAT?" Tsubasa asked, eyebrow raised.

"That was my "Sensei" Kakashi Hatake." Naruto told them, airquoting the sensei part. They could tell that this person wasn't really in his good graces.

"I take it he's kind of a jerk, huh?" Tamami asked.

"That's an understatement..." He muttered before getting back to the subject they were on before, the new house.

A FEW DAYS LATER...

The girls woke up in the morning to find that Naruto had already left for training with his team.

"But, master didn't even have breakfast yet!" Tamami exclaimed.

"I know, so let's take him some to where ever he is, nano!" Kurumi suggested.

The girls quickly cooked up a small breakfast (Much to Kurumi's disappointment) and were out the door with a full bento box for their beloved master. The girls realised that they didn't know where Training Ground #7 was, so they asked the first person they saw, a girl with a blond ponytail that was walking out of a flower shop.

"Training Ground #7? It's down that way." Ino told the group of girl as they thanked her as they ran off. As they left, she noticed that they had a large bento box with them and she was adding two and two together, but somehow got five instead.

"Wait a minute...They're carrying a bento to Sasuke-kun's training ground...They CAN'T be going there for that baka Naruto, so they're more fangirls? This can't be good. A couple of them are older and prettier than me!" She yelled as she tore off out of the shop after them.

TRAINING GROUND #7

Naruto was locked in a sparring match against Sasuke, who was using his Sharingan to read his every move and intercept him. The match was set up for Taijutsu only, so that meant that Naruto couldn't use his Kage Bunshin to make up for what he was lacking in. It was true that he was training himself into the ground when not with his team and that Jiraiya showed him a trick or tip every time he was in town, but he just didn't get the constant instruction Sasuke got and Jiraiya made Naruto figure things out for himself, saying that he would be better for it if he did. His weight training was going along nicely and even though he wasn't nearly as fast as Lee, he was still plenty quick and he could make stuff up on the fly.

Not having a real style to use made him hard to predict, even for the Sharingan, not to mention that he had so much chakra and it was so dense, he made Sasuke's vision hazy. Kakashi noticed that and wouldn't have his favorite losing due to something like that. He ordered Naruto to put on chakra suppressing bracers to keep his chakra from messing up the Sharingan. Once he did that, Sasuke had no trouble tracking him and beat him soundly.

"Che...You're such a loser..." Sasuke drawled as he spun on his heel and strutted off to sit down and brood some more, his little cheerleader right on his heels while Kakashi gave a disgusted sigh.

"What on earth was that, Naruto? Are you even trying?" He scolded.

"You try fighting the Teme's Sharingan with YOUR chakra sealed and see how you do..." Naruto muttered.

"Don't talk back to me. I don't think your punsihment was heavy enough if you still have the energy to have such a smart mouth. Go do more laps around the training area. I have actual students to teach." Kakashi told him callously as he turned to go pamper the Emo more.

"Stupid asshole..." Naruto growled as he got started on his laps. Things have been going from bad to worse since they returned from the mission in Tea Country. Sasuke was even more of a unbearable shit head, Sakura was more of a bitch than ever before while Kakashi snubbed and punished him at any given opportunity. The idea of making Chuunin and leaving this god-forsaken team sound like paradise to him.

Soon, a quartet of girls arrived in the clearing and approached the rest of Team 7. Sakura eyed them nastily, thinking them to be more fangirls.

"Girls, you'll have to wait until we're done here to give Sasuke-kun his gifts." Kakashi said negligently without even looking up from his book.

"Yeah! You skanks get lost! Sasuke-kun is MINE!" Sakura, the rabid pink pitbull, snarled, earning a frown from Tsubasa.

"Who said we were here for that guy? We want to see Naruto-kun!" The aquamarine haired girl shot back.

"Yes, may we please speak with him? We want to give him this bento since he didn't eat breakfast this morning." Ran added in, trying to calm tempers. This Sakura girl was making it really hard to remain calm. Something about her just rubbed her the wrong way.

"Psh...Who would want anything to do with THAT loser?" Sasuke scoffed.

"A loser, huh? Would a loser have saved your butt countless times?" Tamami retorted. The other girls told her of Naruto's latest missions and of his feats and bravery. She loved her master before, but now he was like a hero in a fairytale.

"WHO TOLD YOU THAT? WHO? NO ONE WAS SUPPOSED TO KNOW!" Sasuke snarled as he glared death at the girl, his dirty secret out in the open.

Tsubasa pulled Tamami behind her to protect her from anything Sasuke may try. She was a rarity among Guardian Angels in the fact that she was trained to fight to a high degree and had access to her kinds own form of power, Reiki or Spiritual energy, to augment her performance. The Goddess wanted to make sure that the girls wouldn't be helpless down there, so all of them were at least proficient at fighting hand to hand in addition to their own spells, but a few actually specialized in it and she was one of them.

Sasuke snarled at the girl who bocked her path. "MOVE!"

"No. She is my sister, so I won't let you touch her! Besides, she's right! Naruto-kun is more than you could ever hope to be." Tsubasa shot back as she assumed her unarmed combat form which was Crane Style Kung Fu.

"HOW DARE YOU INSULT SASUKE-KUN!" Sakura screeched as she threw herself at Tsubasa.

She swooped in low and swept the pink haired, horribly offensive joke of a kunoichi off of her feet and finished her with a palm strike to her solar plexsus, knocking the wind from her and incapacitating her easily all in one solid and fluid movement.

'She took Sakura out with ease...This girl is more than she seems...On top of that, she knows Naruto and addresses him in a familiar manner.' Kakashi thought as he continued to watch.

Sasuke took the opportunity to launch a sneak attack and nailed her in the back with a roundhouse kick, knocking her unconscious with a bleeding head injury as he advanced on her. He picked her up by the collar and cocked his fist back to finish her off, but an orange blur sent him flying back into a tree.

"Teme...I knew you were a coward...but this is going too far." Naruto snarled as wisps of crimson were beginning to be seen around him. The bracers that Kakashi had slapped on him were actually burning away to nothing as a wave of maelvolent anger swept over the offending party. Naruto was now setting the downed girl down gently while Ran worked on her injuries.

"Take care of her..." Naruto asked of Ran.

"I'll do whatever I can, Naruto-kun." Ran answered. Ran was another type of Angel. She was a medic and healer more than a combatant.

"Naruto. What do you think you're doing?" Kakashi demanded harshly.

"Protecting a friend. Something YOU and these two jerks wouldn't understand." Naruto shot back at him.

"Stand down and stop using that...Thing's power right now." He ordered.

"Shut up, Hatake. I was trained to use this power by my REAL sensei. He was the one that taught me the Rasengan." Naruto growled at him as he turn to the girls.

Kakashi took a moment to process that information. 'Only one person could have taught him that...Jiraiya.' He thought.

"He is not your sensei, I am. Stop wasting Jiraiya-sama's time and I will not have you tarnishing the memory of the Yondaime with you using his jutsu. I forbid you from ever using it again." He ordered again.

"Piss off, Teme." He retorted as he loaded Tsubasa on his back, made a squad of clones to do the same with the other girls, and took off, glad that Tsubasa was unconscious for this or she would freak out.

Kakashi would have gone after him, but went to check on his favored student and only student in his mind. 'Naruto is becoming too powerful. I didn't even see him move when he took out Sasuke and due to those seals I put on him, I couldn't sense him. I need to do something.' He thought as he made a clone to carry Sakura and picked up Sasuke, taking them to the hospital.

In the bushes nearby, Ino had seen the whole thing and was just wierded out by it. She couldn't wrap her mind around anyone actually admitting to talking to Naruto, let alone wanting to be around him. She left the training ground comforted by the fact that they didn't seem to be competition.

HOKAGE'S OFFICE

Tsunade had just finished with another huge stack of paperwork and now she was reach for her sake stash so she could take a quick tug while Shizune wasn't around. She was busy enjoying the peace and was planning on helping Naruto move, or at least hiring a Genin team to help him and be there for a small party when the door flew open unceremoniuosly.

"What the hell?" She yelled, ready to dispense some pain when she saw who it was. It was Naruto and the girls but what worried her was the fact that Tsubasa was unconscious on Naruto's back and said boy was both worried and pissed.

"What happened?" She nearly demanded. If someone found out about them and tried to attack them, she'd show no mercy.

Naruto explained what had happened at the training ground earlier with the girls filling in the rest as Naruto wasn't there for all of it. By the end of the explaination, Tsunade was ready to strangle Team 7, but kept her priorities in sight.

"Give her to me. I'll take over." Tsuande commanded, pointing to her couch. Without hesitating, Naruto set her down carefully on the couch and kept the girls back. Tsunade noticed that her head wound from when she hit the tree was already healed and she was just suffering from the concussion.

"Who healed this? This is excellent work..." Tsunade murmured in appreciation.

"That would be me, Lady Tsunade." Ran answered calmly as she stepped forward.

"Tell me, what other kinds of specialties do you Angels have besides healing and fighters?" Tsunade asked of the eldest Angel.

"Well, as you now know, Tsubasa-chan is a fighter and I am a healer. Kurumi-chan is a tracker and Tamami-chan is a caster and all three are of the Intermediate rank and I am of the Senior rank. Angels climb in rank according to ability and their age, however, it is possible for a young Angel to advance to the Senior rank early if she the Goddess believes she is ready." Ran replied.

"This Goddess...She's your leader, right?" Naruto asked.

"Yes, she is the Goddess of the Animal Spirits and the Guardian Angels, nano! She was the one that gave us the chance to return to you, Naruto-kun. She told us that she had been watching your life since the day you were born and decided that you earned the right to have us returned to him since you cared for us more than life itself!" Kurumi said fielding the response this time.

Tsunade processed this new information as they awaited the fiesty bird girl's re-awakening. 'They aren't so helpless after all...That's very good for Naruto. I actually kind of proud of this girl for taking that Haruno girl to the cleaners like she did. I sounds like she might be at least high Genin with her fighting if she took pinky apart so easily and doesn't play around if she did it so quickly. This girl, Ran, sounds like the kind of girl I could take as my apprentice. She has the talent, a kind and nuturing nature, and the drive to learn. However...can they use Chakra?' She wondered.

"For the healing that you used...Did you use chakra to heal her?" Tsunade requested again.

"No. We Angels come from a spiritual realm and as such, we use Spiritual energies, or Reiki. We use it the same way that you use chakra, I believe." Ran answered.

"That would make sense...Then I CAN teach you, after all." Tsunade smirked at the crimson haired girl.

"Teach me? Why and what?" Ran asked, puzzled.

"My girl...I'm not only the Hokage because I'm strong but I'm also a Medic, possibly the best in the world and I've been looking for another apprentice for sometime now. My assistant, Shizune, was my first student, but she can hold her own now and she's nearly as good as me. If you all like, I could teach you how to defend yourselves better." Tsunade offered.

The girls were all stunned. From what they learned of the woman before them, she was a legendary kunoichi and healer, and she was offering to help teach them the skills they needed to survive in this harsh, unforgiving world and to better help their master. However, they felt that they needed to defer to their master for permission.

"I don't mind at all! That'll be kinda cool! Baa-chan's really tough and she cleaned my clock with only a flick of her fingers!" Naruto told them with a wide grin, unashamed that she beat him so easily.

"Good. Now, when Naruto helps me around the office, you all can come and we'll do the training then, okay?" The blond Hokage instructed.

"Hai, Tsunade-sensei!" The three conscious girls chimed enthusiastically, rousing their sister from her concussion.

"Uugghh...What hit me?" Tsubasa asked groggily.

"A cowardly Teme, that's who." Naruto fumed as he remembered Sasuke's little sneak attack.

"That jerk...Just wait till I see him again..." Tsubasa growled, nursing a small goose egg on her head while she visualized the various ways she could educate said jerk on why attacking her was a bad idea. She was looking around at everyone else and got curious.

"What'd I miss?" She asked, to which the rest of the girls filled her in on what Tsuande asked. Tsubasa knew that the woman was strong, but wanted to see for herself what she could do. She was always more of a "Put your money where your mouth is" type of person. Tsunade just chuckled and picked up a small bar of solid steel and bent it like it was made of wax. Next, she dragged them all outside of the tower and punched the ground, making them ALL fall on their asses in the crater she made herself.

"Wow...I believe you now..." Tsubasa said in a vacant tone, much to Tsunade's amusement.

'I kind of like this girl...' She thought as she stretched her back again, showing off her impressive...figure unintentionally, making the girls eye their own chests with a sigh.

"Ha ha! Don't worry, you girls still have time to grow!" She chuckled good naturedly, easing their embarrassment. Naruto was a little lost in what they were talking about and asked what was so funny. The response he got from his psuedo-mother figure made him blush from his toes to the very tips of his wild blond hair.

"Oh my...I didn't know you were such a pervert, Naru-chan. Maybe Jiraiya's beginning to rub off on you..." She teased the boy, who vehemetly denied it in a heartbeat.

"N-NO! I am NOT like that raging pervert!" Naruto defended, jutting out his chin in defiance, casuing the Lady Hokage to let out a big belly laugh and the girls to giggle.

Tsunade enjoyed moments like this, when she could just forget about having to be the Hokage and just be herself. She loved sharing it with the very people who knew the real her and still loved her for it, like Jiraiya, Naruto, and Shizune. They were her family, and now these girls were being inducted into their small family.

It all wound down as they found themselves back inside her office and were preparing to go home when Kakashi and the rest of Team 7 entered the office.

"What do you want?" Tsunade asked in annoyance.

"Lady Tsuande, I am tired of Naruto constantly and openly disrespecting my authority. He went out and sought training from Jiraiya WITHOUT my permission and learned a dangerous jutsu from him that I feel he is too immature to wield. Now, he brought his little friends over to team practice today and that one (Pointing at Tsubasa) maliciously beat up Sakura Haruno without provocation." Kakashi informed the Hokage, who was unmoved by his little speech.

"Yeah! That green haired freak insulted Sasuke-kun and sucker punched me! I don't know WHY anyone would like that annoying baka or even stick up for him when Sasuke-kun is around!" Sakura screeched.

"Really? Is that so, Haruno?" Tsunade asked in a dangerously calm tone as her eyes narrowed. She was REALLY looking forward to dropping the bad news that her bid for apprenticeship died a horrible, fiery death.

"Yeah! Tell her, Sasuke-kun!" The rabid mongoose of a female human yelled to her crush.

"Hn...That annoying chick got what was coming to her, but the dobe hit me from behind like a coward. Hmph...He knows that he could never beat me and he'll always be a loser." Sasuke sneered.

The girls were ready to pound them into paste, but Tsuande held them back with a glance...and a wink?

"So...If I refer to the footage from the security camera at the training site, it will jive with what you're telling me?" Tsunade asked, knowing that she had them on the ropes. She was counting on them being arrogant enough to try and prove her wrong.

They foolishly agreed and the footage played from where Naruto first showed up at the training ground and the events that went on from there, ending at where Naruto left with the girls in tow. Tsunade was not just pissed, but Uber pissed, Somebody-Drank-All-Of-My-Sake and Wrath of God type of pissed off.

"So Hatake...You saw fit to not only blatantly lie to me, but also to hinder the development of one of your Genin? Just because he was starting to pose a challange to your favorite and getting training from my pervert of a teammate? Might I remind you that Jiraiya outranks you by far and he has the right to train whomever he sees fit and he can teach his apprentice whatever he desires! He saved MY life with that jutsu and just because you have a little conniption about Naruto being the one chosen and not the Uchiha doesn't give you the right to do this to him! Furthermore, he was with ME yesterday and we had some important things to discuss, like his future!" She drilled into the smug Copy-nin.

"Why is it that a mere Genin, the Dead Last of all Genin, is so important?" He questioned.

"He has been the ward of the Hokage since birth, passed down from Sarutobi-sensei to ME and I take it VERY seriously! He was the one that brought me back here to heal yours and the Uchiha brat's sorry asses in the first place and take over this place as the Hokage!" She snarled in response. No way was she going to let this little one eyed pissant belly her around.

"So? He's STILL a little loser and why haven't you made me your apprentice yet? I need to impress Sasuke-kun!" Saukra butted in rudely.

'Oh ho...I'm gonna enjoy this!' Tsunade thought wickedly.

"You? As MY apprentice? This HAS to be some kind of really bad, tasteless joke. Why would I want a pathetic, sniviling fangirl associated with MY teachings or with me in any way? I already found a worthy apprentice and it's not you! Just the sight of you makes me want to vomit!" Tsunade bellowed at the disrespectful girl, making her face scrunch up in fury.

"WHO IS SHE? I'LL CAVE HER FACE IN!" The she-beast shrieked in fury.

"I am, Miss Haruno." Ran answered in calm defiance.

"RRRAAGGGHHH!" Sakura screamed as she attempted to go Lou Ferrigno on Ran, but she was intercepted by Tsunade herself.

"That does it...Team 7 has pissed me off for the final time! You are hereby disbanded! Haruno, you and the Uchiha will be going back to the Academy to have you attitudes re-adjusted and YOU Hatake, are suspended for six months! Turn in your headbands before your leave and don't let that door hit your ass on the way out!" She ordered them with finality flaring her Ki at them for added effect.

"B-But what about the dobe? Why isn't HE being punished?" Sakura stammered out.

"Why should I go back to the Academy when I need to kill my brother and avenge my clan? How dare-" Sasuke ranted before Tsunade had him in a vice like grip.

"You listen and you'd better listen good because I'm only telling you this ONCE. I make the decsions around here and as to why you are going back and he is not is because he actually TRIED working with you, but the two of you are just too arrogant for your own good. As for your vengence, little boy...It'll have to wait. You had responsibilities as an active duty shinobi to serve the village, not yourself. Maybe your time in the Academy will help you remember your place, BOY." Tsunade snarled at them while tossing the Uchiha out the door like a sack of garbage, the other two scurrying behind him.

"THE COUNCIL WILL HEAR OF THIS!" Sasuke threatened.

"GOOD! I'LL CHOP THEM DOWN A PEG OR TWO WHEN THEY CRAWL IN HERE, TOO!" Tsunade responded.

The rest of the room's occupants looked on in sheer awe for the woman's commanding presense. She turned her attention back to them.

"What?" She asked.

"That was highly impressive, Lady Tsunade! Such a commanding presense!" Ran told her with a smile.

"Yeah! You really put those guys away!" Tsubasa added.

"Hey...I'm...free of them now?" Naruto asked quietly.

"Yeah...This pretty much sets you free. For missions, I'll just tack you onto existing teams for now and you'll be abe to work here without any troubles from Hatake or your teammates. When the time comes for the Chuunin exams again, I'll find you a team that needs a person and you'll take it with them, but remember to keep up on your training. Understood?" She told the young genin, who nodded his head quickly.

Naruto could breath easier now that the weight around his neck called Team 7 was gone. Ever since the girls came about, his luck had changed for the better and he couldn't wait to see what happened next.

AT NARUTO'S APARTMENT, GETTING READY TO MOVE

Naruto was on cloud nine an understandibly so. His former Team...If you could call them that, had just been disbanded with Sasuke and Sakura being shunted back to the Academy and Kakashi being suspended, pending a demotion for his blatant favortism and malicious sabotage of a career. Tsunade really came through for him this time, yet another reason why he loved the woman so much. Now, he was moving out of his crappy old apartment and into the house that Tsunade had picked out for him. The packing process went quickly, as Naruto didn't really have very much to begin with. Within an hour, they were already packed and ready to go, Naruto leaving a full crew of Kage Bunshin behind to clean the apartment from top to bottom and make it inspection ready.

Across town, Naruto had just opened the door to the house and he and the girls were in utter awe of how much space there was inside. The house had a total of seven bedrooms, 4 restrooms, two of them with baths in them. The girls were two to a room each while Naruto picked one for himself. They would have to go find furnishings, a LOT of them, to make the house more comfortable.

'Maybe since the extra work I'll be doing will pay for the rent, there'll be extra money to make this feel more like home.' He thought as he felt his clones disperese, letting him know that the old apartment was as clean as it could possibly get. Hell, it probably looked ten times better than most of the other unit in that rinky dink, podunk complex.

'That bastard Landlord will STILL find something to bitch about...' Naruto grumbled as he unpacked all of his clothes and looked around his room more. He noticed that his room alone was almost the size of his apartment. The same held true for the other rooms in the house, since the house itself was more like a mansion!

"Man...I must have done SOMETHING right in a past life..." He muttered, referring to his change in luck recently.

He went to check on the girls and called them all together so that they could all go out to Ichiraku's together for dinner.

"In the next day or so, let's all go by the dump to search for furniture! That's where I got most of my stuff!" Naruto told the girls, who agreed.

"That makes good financial sense, Master. If it's still serviceable and free, then we'll have found soem really good bargains." Tamami noted, being financially minded and savvy.

"But what abot day to day expenses?" Ran asked.

"Well, I bet we could find jobs to help out master! Those ninja missions are hard and some of them sound dangerous! We can't let Master shoulder all of that strain alone!" Tsubasa replied, receiving nods in return.

ELSEWHERE...

On a mountaintop not terribly far from Konoha, three figures were gathered around a hole that held an egg-like stone inside of it. This stone had the emblem of a dragon on it and it seemed to be bursting with power. The three figures around it were looking down at it with all seriousness. The first had on black robes with the kanji for Genbu, glasses, and his long, black hair tied up. The second was tallest by at least a head, had long silver hair that fell over one of his eyes, and was robed in red with the kanji for Suzaku. The last was by far the shortest and had wild platnum blond hair that was tipped with black, robed in white with the kanji for Byakko. Storm clouds were brewing all around them as the wind whipped at their robes, lightning crashing down nearby.

"Finally, we found it." The tallest one said.

"Yes...Now we can get our revenge on all of the humans for what they did to us animals! They had the nerve to seal the Great Spirits away inside of themselves to gain power!" The shortest snarled.

"Patience, brothers. We must awaken our big brother at the right time. For right now we must find this Naruto Uzumaki, and free the Kyuubi no Kitsune which has been sealed within him. Then, we can look for the other Great Animal spirits, kill their containers, and use them to restore our full powers." The middle told the others, who complied with his orders. In a flash of light, the three of them vanished as they looked for their target.

A/N: Whew...Number three up and loaded...Maybe now I'll be able to write more chapters for my other stories. Anyway, Team 7 is now kaput, Kakashi's jobless for six months and facing a demotion upon return to active duty. Naruto's luck is really changing for the better, ain't it? However...now the Saint Beasts have been introduced and are actively after the Jinchuuriki, including our Blond Bomber. Maybe they'll clash with the Akatsuki, who are after the same things?

Also...I've just been in a rut, lately. I mean, The Westboro crazies actually GAINING the right to spread their poison like the KKK? Just because something is legal, doesn't mean you should do it, like bashing Homosexuals and picketing at Military funerals. If your read my profile, I AM a Navy veteran with ten years of loyal service to all of you, not just my government as well as having two VERY good friends that are gay and I went to High School with, Frank Pelayo and Mitchell Ralston. These Westboro Nazis need to be stopped! They're a menace to society and that they merely spreading their hate around while using the bible as a shield...Cowards.

If ANYONE has a problem with the military being laid to rest with the honor and dignity that they DIED earning...Read my profile and look me up. I'll be WAITING for you. Flaming me on the site will see you blocked, since you are too cowardly to face me.