Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, all rights belong to Kishimoto

AN: Wow wasn't expecting such a good response to the story. Thanks for the reviews guys. Just to point out I know I have made it appear that the three will be overpowered. They will be far more capable obviously and they will have access to only the jutsu they have witnessed and the D rank jutsu the library has. What I'll do at some point in the story I'll create a separate chapter that has the Jutsu by element, rank and description that I'll add too as the story progresses.

For those worried about Sasuke redemption, he became like a brother to Naruto when said boy was weaker than him, when Naruto suddenly became strong what happened? Not to worry Sasuke haters, depending on the reviews I get we'll see if he ends up during the retrieval arc dead, humiliated and brought home or maybe somehow get away to join like maybe Madara. Sorry about the delay, you got to love life's distractions sometimes. Anyway hope you like the next chapter in Ninja Reborn.

Hyuuga Compound

A month had gone by since the three lost shinobi had risked everything for a second chance to do everything over. Neji had aided Hinata to the point she had recreated a weaker variant of the form she knew before coming back, it was more than enough to make the Hyuuga elder's impressed with the formally weak girl. He himself had become some of his Doton training that had many Hyuuga raising their eyebrows at the boy. Many shocked just how skilled the young branch member was. Studying elemental composition usually wasn't undertaken until at least the person reached the rank of Chunin.

Neji had taught himself some minor D rank Doton Jutsu from the Shinobi Library & 1 C rank that he discovered inside the Hyuuga library. Now today he smirked after he finally came up with a clever attack where he performs the C-rank Doton: Rock dome, and then does a rotation within it to launch pieces of rock into multiple directions. It gave him another long distance attack that not only protects him but acts offensively as well. Hinata witnessed it and asked her cousin "Neji, just how strong are you, maybe you should show the elders and Hokage to get a promotion" Neji looked over at his cousin and shook his head.

"No Lady Hinata, I will rise the ranks with my teammates, if they approach me that's the answer they will receive. I know there may be even more skilled Genin out there so this isn't strange." HInata sighed but nodded none the less. She had started her Suiton training but it was proving very slow and difficult, looking down every time she failed words from Neji always came back to her however 'No Lady Hinata, you are possibly the strongest person I know' bringing her back to her feet to continue training. She was fully aware that what she was attempting was at least Chunin training but she wanted to make her cousin proud and clan proud.

Neji had been on quite a few missions with his team. As expected Lee soon was looking like a Gai sensei clone once again. Neji had changed to an outfit similar to his Jonin attire, a traditional Hyuuga battle kimono all white. Tenten had improved greatly thanks to Neji's encouragement and aid, she was now able to do attacks she wasn't able to do until close to the Chunin exams the following year. Her stamina was also much higher as well as her long distance weapon throwing speed and accuracy at longer distances.

Gai Sensei was extremely impressed with the results of his team but didn't nominate them for the Chunin exams and stated "Alright my youthful students, I wanted to talk to you about the Chunin exams" Neji looked up in shock, he didn't think Gai sensei would nominate them this year. "But even though I believe you could potentially pass with the skills you have, I want you to train for another year." Neji let out a sigh of relief making Tenten look over at him curiously.

"Neji how come you are relieved to not be in the exams, I thought you of all people would want to do it" Neji mind raced for a solution as the other 2 members turned to him as well. He couldn't exactly say he wanted to be in the exams where the invasion happened, a smirk formed when he thought of a good reason. "Well it's just if we entered this year then I'm confident we would pass, that would mean we may be separated and put onto separate teams. I'm glad that there isn't a chance of that happening yet"

Gai and Lee both beamed at Neji for thinking that way and Tenten blushed at both the praise of her skills and the fact he basically stated he wants to stay around her more. They had become closer since they started dating, spending quite a large amount of time together when not with their team either training together or just hanging around together. Neji thought about what had happened a few days before, he and Tenten had been going slow they had their first kiss that same day.

Flashback

"Hey Neji, what kind of attack do you think I should make, I've seen you do some Doton training. Should I find out my affinity and train in that first?" Neji looked over at his girlfriend and stated "Tenten that's up to you, it is hard to learn your affinity, especially if it's not Doton so I won't be able to help you. Plus that Rising Twin Dragons technique you made is impressive." Tenten beamed and acting on impulse kissed him on the lips, his eyes widened in shock before he returned the kiss. After what felt like an eternity for the two they finally broke it after a minute.

"Uh, Neji, umm sorry about that" Tenten blushed not looking at his face, she felt his hand cusp her cheek and slowly turn her to face him. "There's nothing to apologize for, you did something I've wanted to do for quite some time but didn't know how to approach the subject." He blushed during the statement. They both sat there staring into each other's eyes for a few minutes before he finally broke the silence "Let's find out your element affinity Tenten, you have chakra paper in your Dad's shop right?"

Shaking her head slightly Tenten grinned "Yeah I do Neji, hold on I'll go get one." She raced inside and Neji let loose the goofy grin that had been threatening to escape since Tenten kissed him but his self control had stopped it from appearing. Tenten saw this look when she came back out and slammed the door loudly. She giggled when Neji immediately returned to his stoic look upon hearing the door, running over to him.

"Alright Neji, now I just channel chakra into it right?" He nodded his head acknowledging what she just stated and she did so. The chakra split in half and Neji's eyes widened "Well that's interesting, you're a Futon user, there aren't many wind users in Konoha." Tenten looked upset that she got a practically useless affinity, she was confused however when Neji chuckled a bit "And it's the perfect affinity for you though considering what you specialize in." Seeing the girl's unspoken question in her eyes he continued.

"Simply put Tenten, you could apply Futon chakra to your weapons before you throw them. By making the chakra razor sharp and thin you could essentially make your weapons much more dangerous." Tenten confusion then turned feral and she looked hungry "Really Neji, how do I learn to do that?" Neji thought for a moment before stating "Hmm I think I might know someone, I'll have to think on it." Tenten was not going to give up that easily though and she kissed him again before breaking it off.

"Tell me now and you'll get another longer one, don't and you won't get another one for at least a day." Neji was struck speechless at his girlfriend's sudden manipulation skills, letting out a sigh knowing he had lost he stated "The Hokage's son, Asuma Sarutobi, I believe he uses trench knives during fights and applies wind chakra to them. We can ask Gai sensei if he can get him to come meet us." Tenten beamed before giving what she promised, capturing his lips for a small make out session.

Flashback end

Looking at his sensei Neji stated "Gai sensei, Tenten just discovered she has Futon affinity. I heard the Hokage's son uses Futon chakra on his blades when he fights. Could you get him to meet with us?" Gai looked over at the young Hyuuga and then at the hopeful looking Tenten "YOSH, wait here I'll go drag him here now" Neji and Tenten blinked when Gai sensei suddenly vanished. A few minutes went by with the three Genin making small talk, Lee thankfully seemed to act somewhat less Gai like when said man wasn't present.

Gai meanwhile was running full speed towards the Jonin lounge. Not finding him there he shot off towards the BBQ restaurant he knew Asuma enjoyed. Once there he looked around the room and spotted Asuma talking with Kurenai special Jonin "YOSH, there you are Asuma, my youthful students wish to speak with you." Before he grabbed Asuma and sped away. Kurenai blinked at the spot the two just were before sighing, she thought Asuma might have finally asked her out then.

Gai than reappeared before his Genin holding a struggling Asuma in a bear grip hold "YOSH, I got him Neji" Asuma kept struggling "Gai, what the hell are you doing, I was busy if you couldn't tell" Gai blinked innocently "You were finished with your meal and neither of you were talking" Asuma just glared at Gai, he could tell Gai was subtly teasing him since he had been trying to ask out Kurenai for at least 2 years before he sighed "Alright what do you need Gai"

Gai screamed something about youth, released Asuma who had immediately put a cigarette in his mouth and lighting it before stating "One of my youthful students specializes in weapons and just discovered they have Futon affinity." Asuma looked at the Genin curiously taking them all in, the Hyuuga was likely Doton since he heard the kid was a prodigy and like the Uchiha nearly all Hyuuga were Doton. He remembered the other talking about one of Gai's students only having use of Taijutsu which he immediately realized was the mini Gai clone. He finally met eyes with the hopeful looking girl, letting out a sigh knowing he couldn't say no to a young lady.

"Hmmm so you have Futon miss-" Tenten beamed "Higarashi sir, but you can just call me Tenten" Letting out a puff of smoke Asuma asked "So what did you need to know Tenten?" She looked over to her boyfriend before asking "Neji here said you can add wind chakra to weapons to increase their sharpness, I was wondering if you could show me what he meant" Asuma turned back to the Hyuuga and raised an eyebrow, the young man was well informed, few wind users used their affinity in such a way.

"Then he would be right Tenten, I'm going to launch this Kunai at the tree alright" Seeing her nod he lazily threw a Kunai that hit the tree and lodged itself in it. Seeing her look at him oddly before he pulled out another Kunai "Now I'll throw one with Futon chakra" Before he again lazily threw the Kunai, the three Genins eyes widened when not only did the Kunai go through the tree he targeted but they saw it go through another 3 trees before lodging itself halfway through the fourth tree.

Asuma turned back around and chuckled at the awed looks on the Genin's faces. "H-how did it do that Asuma-sensei?" Asuma smirked a bit when the girl asked the innocent question, he might have to ask his father to give him a team next year. He pulled out another Kunai and channelled chakra into it "Now what can you see surrounding the blade Tenten" Said girl got up close to the weapon and gasped "It's like there's a layer of constantly shifting blades"

Asuma smirked again at how quick she was "Yes, you see Futon chakra is quite versatile but most users just go for big attacks and miss the real point of it. Wind under enough pressure can become sharp blades. If you narrow the blades to such a degree that it is extremely small it would make the weapon go through solid objects like water." Tenten's eyes were wide at the possibilities, if she could learn this and be able to do it in microseconds her attacks would be much greater. Looking up to Asuma she asked the big question.

"Asuma-sensei, what do I have to do to learn how to use wind chakra." Another puff of smoke later got a response of "Easiest way to start would be to try and cut a leaf in half with your chakra, track me down once you do that." The girl nodded before grabbing a leaf and trying causing Asuma to chuckle "You won't get it straight away. making your chakra sharp isn't easy." Tenten just looked more determined causing the middle aged man to smirk once more "Alright until next time young lady, Gai a warning next time would be nice" Before he shunshined away in search of Kurenai.

Naruto's apartment

The young couple had progressed well over the last month, Naruto's control had reached close to what it was at before they left, he tried to do a few Futon attacks that he recalled Temari had done while he was present but realized he couldn't control wind to the extent she did. He had figured out how to make his blades sharper and longer like Asuma. But on the Jutsu front he didn't have much Futon wise, the library only held D rank Jutsu and when he snuck in there wasn't any D rank Futon Jutsu there was only a training method to learn how to apply it.

After getting some chakra paper he discovered he had two secondary affinities, Katon and Suiton which he was currently in the process of learning to use, he knew with his chakra reserves he could potentially use all 5 elements by pumping way more chakra into simple Jutsu but he needed to adapt to ones he was actually attuned to first and he knew it would be stupid to use one Raiton Jutsu that sucks up so much chakra when he could blast many of the other 3 elements. He couldn't help but wonder if he got fire somehow from the Kyuubi though.

He had wanted to use shadow clones to speed up the process but Ino quickly shot that idea down by saying how a Genin could possibly know that technique, he wasn't too worried though since he still had 6 months to learn them and some Jutsu. He had gotten Ino to loan out some books on Fuinjutsu from the library and every day they went to train he would leave a shadow clone behind to read it. Naruto couldn't believe he neglected the subtle art for so long when he knew the fourth and Ero-sennin were seal masters.

Physically he was getting much stronger and faster, he had learnt through Fuinjutsu a specific array that acts just like chakra weights but instead of weighing down an item that you would attach to your torso, arms or legs. This seal will do the entire body as one and like chakra weights it relies on the chakra of the user. The big difference is this array draws on chakra to what you want but when you remove them it adds that stored chakra into your reserves temporarily. Naruto liked to think of it as Lee activating the gate, it makes you faster, stronger and gives you more chakra but no self damage, he had placed it on himself and Ino the week before.

Izumi Yamanaka had also made Naruto eat at their house every night he carried a tired Ino home. She had truly come to love the boy's company and truth be told the way she saw the young couple interact she was certain they would be married and give her grandchildren when they were older. When she voiced this to them Inoichi choked on the food he was eating, Ino got a predatory grin and leered at Naruto who paled at the thought of having kids of his own. It was never something the couple had discussed knowing they were trying to return to the past for 3 years after all.

Another big change was Izumi and Ino dragging Naruto to get a new outfit much to the young man's outrage who believed his orange jumpsuit was the greatest invention ever. After a few subtle threats from Ino Naruto reluctantly accepted he would lose his jumpsuit and let his girlfriend and her mother pick out something for him. He ended up getting standard black shinobi pants, a tight navy blue mesh shirt with an orange jacket with the Uzumaki spiral on the back with black sleeves that had pockets similar to a chunin/jonin vest. Basically it looked much like an upgrade to the one he got from Ero-sennin during their training trip. Ino refused to allow him to zip it up all the way and had to adjust the jacket after so he couldn't zip it up to his neck like he used to.

Now today was the day before their return to the academy, Naruto couldn't help but smirk at the thought of all the rookie nine seeing the new Naruto and Ino plus their reactions when they hear that they are now a couple. The blonde jinchuuriki actually flinched when he mentally pictured the screech from Sakura that would appear when she saw them together and then the inevitable argument when she insults him and Ino defending. But started laughing when he pictured his girlfriends retort to whatever Sakura had to say.

With that thought he got changed and left his apartment to go pick up Ino from the Yamanaka's, it had taken quite some getting used to not waking up next to Ino but he didn't want to freak out her parents by staying over or inviting her over to stay yet. At least until they were Genin and legally accepted according to Konoha laws to be doing such things, pretty much it's defined 'If you're old enough to kill, you're old enough to drink and you're old enough to fuck' Kami knows Ino has been practically begging him all month but he's been holding her off...somewhat. With a sigh he opened the door, locked it once outside and walked over to the Yamanaka flower shop.

Yamanaka Household

Ino awoke alone was again, it was quite annoying that her boyfriend wasn't there next to her. Like Naruto she too had improved drastically, she wouldn't be surprised if she was on par with her future self in terms of control, stronger and faster physically. Her Chakra level was that of a low Chunin at the moment, something that annoyed her a bit but she always felt better thinking she probably had more than the Uchiha. She had tested her affinities and discovered she had Suiton and Doton. Two common affinities found in Konoha.

It would be too suspicious for pre-genin asking Chunin or higher about affinity manipulation and neither she nor Naruto were willing to risk it. Two weeks before Naruto had snuck into the Library to take some training methods and they had begun some Suiton training. Manipulating water proved harder than they expected and the most she was able to do even with her medic level chakra control was make a pillar of water rise from the lake where they trained around 30cm high. Naruto barely made 20cm and he struggled to maintain the form they were trying to hold.

Much to her delight her Mother had been making Naruto stay for dinner every time he brought her home from training. On top of that she managed to get rid of that orange nightmare but had to deal with a more appropriate but still completely Naruto outfit. A week ago her distress returned when Naruto had kept his promise when she could finally keep up with the training he stated they would apply chakra weights now. She smirked when she thought back to what happened though.

Flashback

The young couple were currently in a light taijutsu match on top of the water, Naruto was holding back that just angered Ino more so she was pushing herself even harder trying to get a hit in. When Naruto dodged a dropkick from his girlfriend he looked at her shocked when her kick cursed a massive gorge to temporarily appear forcing them to jump away.

"What the hell Ino, you trying to kill me?" Said girl just scoffed at him "Please Naruto I've seen you take 10 times worse than that from Sakura and Lady Tsunade. Don't even start me" Naruto just frowned "Point taken, try to refrain though, I still haven't spoken to furball, for all we know somehow his mind could have come back too, which means he's even more pissed at me than the first time round." She just sighed "But honey I can just heal you if you get hurt"

Naruto shook his head at her before looking at the sun "Hey Ino looks like we're making good time and you don't even look tired after that training and using some enhanced hits. Maybe we should step it up a notch and apply the chakra weights" Ino let out a loud groan "Naruto, why do we need the weights, we can get strong like we are" As always Naruto retorted "Aww come on Ino, the extra speed and power will do you good in more than one way." The effect however had the exact opposite effect to what he was planning, the glare she sent at him made him nervous.

"Don't you even start with me Naruto Uzumaki, it has been 3 weeks and we haven't gone beyond a kiss why" Naruto tried to reign in his current fear to respond to his girlfriend "Ino you're only 11, at least wait until we become Genin, we've discussed this" She merely scoffed at him "No, what we discussed was not having sex until we're Genin, nothing about other activities we can do" Naruto blinked a few times, honestly the thought had never occurred to him, deciding to just ignore it for now and think it over he stated "Alright let's get the weights on now-"

Ino sent him a harder glare and began to speak over him "No, we will discuss this now, I'm hor-" She stopped her rant when she registered one word during his talk "-so I'll need you to get naked so I can draw the seals on you" Blinking a few times she said "What did you just say Naruto?" Naruto looked around and nodded "Right sorry Ino, let's go back to my apartment, can't have me drawing on you naked where anyone could walk in." Ino just let him grab her hand and pull her along as she was she processing hearing naked again.

Arriving at the apartment she looked around not having actually been there before, temporarily forgetting about what they came there for. "Hey Naruto how come you haven't brought me here yet?" Naruto shrugged "Few reasons love, for one we may be tempted to do more then we should, two I feared your reaction to the place." She cocked her head to the side as if in thought

"So why do you need me naked to put chakra weights on?" Naruto smirked at that "Well it's not exactly chakra weights, I'm going to draw a seal array on you and I'll need you to do the same to me. Basically it will affect our whole body and not just specific areas plus having a few benefits." Looking at him curiously she asked "Like what?"

Laying down on the couch she immediately got into a comfortable position on him and he explained. "Basically it serves two purposes, as a weight and as a chakra storage seal. Say in battle you have the weights on, you used most of your chakra in the fight and the enemy thinks you're theirs. You release the seal and the weights remove, it also tops up your chakra reserves with the amount in the seal. It's basically similar to the 8 gates but it won't break down the system unless you placed an extremely large amount of chakra in the seal and released it all at once. But then with the extra speed and strength you would gain from the weights being removed it shouldn't affect you as much."

Ino stared at him in shock before her face turned serious "You have to be careful with this seal Naruto, it could be dangerous if it gets in the wrong hands" Naruto laughed at that getting a confused look from her "It's already in Fuinjutsu books, maybe not the exact array I'm going to use but all the information and separate areas of the seal is there. Anyone could make it but no one besides a few shinobi actually bother with learning Fuinjutsu." Ino nodded in understanding before she stood up and began stripping off her clothes.

Naruto blinked when she took of her underwear as well "Ino you know I didn't mean you need to get completely naked, why did you-" He froze when she took his hand and placed it at her entrance "Do you see how wet I am honey, we can still satisfy our urges without actual intercourse. Now be a good boyfriend and help your girlfriend release some of her pent up frustration" She whispered huskily into his ear causing him to gulp before slowly sliding his hand back across her entrance and started to rub her clit. She gasped at the contact her body wasn't used to at that age but went with the feelings she knew so well.

20 minutes later had a blissful looking Ino and a freaked out Naruto staring at his pants in complete shock. She looked at her boyfriend's face curiously from where she was laying against his chest and followed his eyesight. What she saw made her twitch her lips, that turned into a grin, a small giggle before full blown laughter. Naruto looked at her like it was all her fault before picked her up placing her back on the couch and racing to the bathroom. Her laughs just got louder when she heard a distinct shout of "What the hell"

Flashback end

The thought brought another bright smile to Ino's face, she mentioned it every time she was alone with Naruto now and he would always scowl at her that caused her to go into a laughing fit. She got changed quickly, she now wore the same outfit she wore when Naruto returned to Konoha much to Inoichi's obvious distress at how seductive it looked. Walking down the stairs she heard Naruto talking to her mother "Hey Naruto, didn't think you'd come so soon" She said with a smirk that got a light blush and scowl from Naruto.

"And yet you came as soon as you heard my name Ino" Causing her to blush and Izumi to look between the two with narrowed eyes with a slight twinkle behind them and she wisely said nothing about it. "Alright you two behave, oh we will be having Skikaku and his family as well as Chōza and his family over tonight for dinner so don't be later than 6 alright. Of course as always you're welcome too dear" Izumi said to the now grinning Naruto. "Thanks Izumi, we'll try to make it back by then" Before he took Ino's hand and walked out of the house.

That evening at 6pm Yamanaka Household

Izumi was busy gossiping with Yoshino Nara and Zara Akimichi about the sweet young man that Ino was now seeing. Inoichi was having a similar conversation with his two old teammates but only Shikaku saw in between the lines. He realized that Inoichi was speaking of Naruto Uzumaki and that he must have discovered his heritage. Shikamaru overheard some of both parents conversations and figured out it must be Naruto, he couldn't figure out how or why Ino would stop liking the Uchiha and suddenly begin dating Naruto though. Izumi noticed the time and said "Inoichi could you go check on the kids please, they said they would be back by now." Sighing Inoichi nodded his head before asking his teammates to follow.