(Elemental Nations)

Kimiko sighed as she looked around the area she destroyed.

'Damn brat, he knows nothing of suffering!' She growled slamming her fist in a tree putting a hole in the tree as she turned and slumped against it in the field she was in.

'Stupid Kakashi-sensei, always taking the Uchiha for private lessons. Rei and the others are already miles ahead of me. Stupid sensei.' She growled laying down against the tree as her eyes became heavy.

"Damn Uchiha." She sighed as her world went dark.

The next morning a woman made her way through the field when she saw a girl sleeping in the grass next leaning against a tree.

'It's that girl.' She thought with narrowed eyes pulling out a kunai about to let it fly before spotting the tears going down the girls face.

She put her kunai away when one flew past her face drawing blood over her cheek as her eyes went wide.

"I see. So you're the hunter nin from before. I can smell Zabuza on you, I take it you're gathering herbs to heal him?" Kimiko asked as she got to her feet.

"I suppose that it can't be helped." She growled flashing through hand seals along with Kimiko.

"HIDDEN JUTSU- A THOUSAND NEEDLES OF DEATH!"

"WIND STYLE- SUPREME GREAT BREAKTHROUGH!"

The glared at each other as the attacks canceled each other out.

"You're pretty good for a kid." She smirked.

"All self taught." She smiled at the shocked look.

"What does the Hidden Leaf no longer care for it's ninja?" She asked as Kimiko sighed.

"No just me." She stated getting into a fighter's stance.

"Tell me something. Why were you crying earlier." She asked as Kimiko stopped.

"Why should I tell a enemy nin that's tried to kill my friends?" She growled.

"You're friends? You mean the boy and girl along with the copy nin?" She asked holding a kunai.

"They are my comrades, I have my own friends back home."

"You have someone precious?" She asked as the girl smiled while her friends images flashed in her mind.

"I do, they mean everything to me. They are the reason I fight! I will defeat you!" She yelled as the woman scoffed.

"What is your name?"

"I believe it's rude to ask someone's name without giving yours first." Kimiko growled.

"My name is Haku, nothing more." She said.

"I am Kimiko Mori, the next ANBU Commander and right hand of the hokage." She boasted.

"Well then, you better hope that you survive this!" Haku cried charging.

"Now, now."

BOOM!

"Kimiko! Are you ok?" Sakura yelled coming behind her.

"Idiot! Why would you fight alone!?" Sasuke growled jumped in front of her as the dust cleared showing Kakashi with his orange book.

"You know, Kimiko. It's a sensei's job to keep his students alive. I can't do that if you go off and pick fights with enemy nins." Kakashi sighed as Kimiko looked at them shocked.

"You came?"

"Of course we did Kimiko. Why wouldn't we? You're our comrade!" Sakura cried grabbing some soldier pills and blood pills.

"Are you hurt?" She asked.

"No." She smiled as they all squared off against Haku.

"I cannot fight you with such numbers." She said before vanishing.

Kakashi sighed and turned back to Kimiko as Sakura looked her over.

"What were you thinking going off on your own!?" Sasuke growled as Kimiko looked shocked.

"I WAS TRAINING THAT'S WHAT BAKA!" She yelled as he got in her face.

"WELL WHY OUT HERE WHERE NO ONE IS AROUND!?"

"WHAT DO YOU CARE!?"

"Tch." He turned and headed back to the old drunks house.

"Sasuke! WAIT!" Sakura yelled chasing after Sasuke.

"Stupid jerk." She growled as she was popped in the head.

"You can't just run off and blow off steam. You had your team very worried." Kakashi said as she rubbed her head.

"That really hurt Kakashi-sensei." She whimpered.

"Come on Kimi-chan." He eye smiled as she huffed.

"Don't call me that." She groaned following the man.

(Back at the house, next day)

Kimiko was moving slowly through the katas that Kushina-sensei taught her a few months back keep her pace and breathing right as she moved.

"Mind if I join you?" She stopped and looked up to see Sasuke coming towards her.

"Sure, it would be nice." She smiled a little as he came by her side. With that the two began their own katas moving slowly and keeping their breathing even.

"You know you're the only girl that doesn't try to maul me, even before the academy and That Night." He said as they continued to move through their katas.

"So? Where are you going with this?" She asked as he sighed a little.

"I guess, I just want to thank you Kimiko-san." He said as she froze.

'The Uchiha is thanking me?' She thought and looked over at him to see a small blush on his face.

"You're welcome. I can't stand fangirls, they're stupid and in the end will only get their team killed or themselves." She growled.

"I agree, so what do you want to do about her?" Sasuke asked as she sighed.

"Well she won't listen to me, so why don't you tell her that you only like girls that train and work hard to be a ninja?" She suggested as he thought for a bit before nodding.

"Sounds like a plan. I'll tell her after we survive this mission." He smirked as she held out her fist.

"Hell yeah!" She smiled as he fist bumped with her.

"Now why don't we work hard ourselves, I want to make my dream come true. I'll even do everything I can to help you with your dream about your brother. But you can't be some brooder about it duck head." She smiled as he blushed.

"D-DUCK HEAD!?"

(Bridge)

Kimiko growled as she left a few Shadow Clones back at the house after they were attacked by some of Gato's thugs. She couldn't believe that Sasuke and the others didn't wake her up.

As she made it to the bridge she saw a huge ice dome along with Kakashi-sensei fighting Zabuza while Sakura was defending the client.

'Damn it Sasuke!' She growled and shot towards the ice dome while got through hand seals.

"BURN STYLE- LAND OF ASHES!" She screamed slamming her hands into the dome as the fire spread over the dome evaporating it as it went.

"That's impossible!" Haku roared only for a fist to slam in her face sending her crashing into one of the ice mirrors.

"Sasuke! Are you ok?" She looked over her pincushion of a team mate as his eyes fluttered trying to stay open. He smiled when he saw her.

"You idiot. She's to powerful, you can't fight her." He groaned as Kimiko began to pull the senbons out of him.

"You stupid duck head, why didn't you come and get me for some help? You can't do everything on your own." Kimiko growled as the ice dome began to reseal.

"Sorry Kimiko, looks like I messed up." He sighed as a needle went into his neck making him slump and her eyes fly open.

"Sasuke?"

"I'm sorry, but this is the fate of a ninja. Was he a lover?" She asked watching the girl gently lay her teammate down.

"You BITCH!" She screamed a red chakra exploded around her.

Everyone felt the blood lust and evil chakra for miles sending shivers down everyone's backs as Kakashi's eyes went wide.

'NO!' He screamed in his head and turned to see the masked nin fly out of the ice dome followed by an enraged Kimiko.

"What is she Kakashi?" Zabuza asked before growling when the girl appeared above Haku delivering a wicked haymaker to the girls face slamming her into the ground before hundreds of Shadow Clones appeared.

"That's my student, Kimiko." Kakashi smirked.

"SASUKE!" Kakashi turned to see Sakura running towards the body of her team mate while Kakashi growled looking at the last Uchiha.

'I'm sorry Obito, I couldn't help him. At least he is with his family.' Kakashi sighed before glaring at the missing ninja in front of him.

"This ends now." Kakashi said charging up his signature jutsu.

"Bring it Cyclops!"

Kimiko sighed as she looked down at the beaten body of Haku as the girl spit on the body.

"Ninja are not tools just to throw away to mindless fool, they have their own lives and only die when we have no choice. Ninja don't just throw their lives away for the highest bidder." Kimiko growled as she watched Kakashi shove a ball of lightning through Zabuza's chest making her sigh.

"Well, well, well. Seems the Demon of the Mist couldn't even take on a couple of brats and their teacher." They all turned to see a short fat man with dozens of goons in front of him.

"Kill them." He smirked as they all charged.

"Kimiko, how much chakra do you have left?" Kakashi asked the feral girl who gave him a fanged smirk.

"More than enough." She said as he nodded.

"We can't complete our mission until Gato is dead, you know what to do." He said getting a nod from the girl as a clone burst into existence as they both started to go through hand seals.

"COMBINATION JUTSU - WINDS OF THE APOCALYPSE!" They yelled as the real one used the Land of Ashes jutsu while the clone used Supreme Great Breakthrough creating a ocean of fire as waves of it engulfed them all.

Kimiko glared at the screaming masses as the chakra rush died as she started to fall back only to be caught by Kakashi.

"Come on Kimiko, lets go rest." He eye smiled before her world went dark.

(Clients house)

Kimiko's eyes fluttered open and groaned as the light from outside blinded her.

"Hey be careful idiot. You don't want to over work yourself." Her eyes snapped open and turned to see Sasuke looking down at her with that cocky smirk of his.

"Sasuke." She gasped.

"Did you expect- HEY!" He cried as he was pulled down.

"You're ok. I thought I lost you." She whimpered as tears ran down her face while he blushed.

"Well, I'm just fine as you can see." He said patting her back before she let him go.

"Sorry, after I saw you go down I just lost it thinking she just killed you." She sniffed and smiled up at him while he pulled back.

"Kakashi-sensei said that you took out all of Gato's men and Gato himself in one jutsu. That true?" He asked as his sharingan came to life making her beam.

"Hey you got your Sharingan! When did that happen?" She cried as he looked away sheepishly.

"During my fight with that fake hunter nin I unlocked it. But it wasn't enough." He growled before he felt a punch on his shoulder making him wince.

"Hey don't go all broody duck head. I told you I would help you and all we have to do is train. But no short cuts with that eye of yours! If you want to get powerful enough to stop your brother then you have to work hard for it." She lectured as he huffed.

"Whatever." He said but was smiling looking away.

"Well glad to see you two getting along so well." The two turned to see Kakashi eye smiling at them while Sakura was glaring at Kimiko.

"Kimiko-Baka! What are you doing to Sasuke-kun?!" She yelled as the two sighed.

"Sakura, shut up." The two sighed.

(Two days later, village gates)

"Oh man, I so happy to be home. I wonder what Kushina-sensei has for me." Kimiko wondered out loud as the others looked at her surprised.

"Kimiko!" They all looked up to see a blur slam into the girl.

"WHAAAA! Santi! Get off me!"

"I was so worried! Are you ok?" He asked as she slammed a fist in his face.

"You damn perv! Don't rub your face in my chest idiot!"

"I was just worried about you." He whimpered as an ANBU landed in front of them and walked up to them.

"Hey Draco." She smiled as he pulled her into a hug making her smile and wrap her arms around him.

"Are you ok?" He asked as she nodded against his armor.

"Yeah, I'm ok now." She said squeezing him while her team watched her curiously.

"Kakashi-sensei, who is that guy?" Sakura asked as the man sighed.

"He is one of Kimiko's guards since she was a baby. Over the years he see's Kimiko as something of a daughter to him." He said as Sasuke looked over at the two as Kimiko told him about their mission.

"Why would she need a guard?" Sasuke asked as Kakashi looked back at him and eye smiled.

"That's a secret." He said getting a growl from his other students.

"Sasuke, meet me at training ground 7 in a few hours for some of your studies. I'm going to give our report to the hokage." He said before disappearing in a puff of smoke.

"Hey Kimiko!" Sasuke called making the girl turn to him.

"You want to train later before our next mission?" He asked as she smiled and nodded.

"Sure! I'll meet you at our training ground tomorrow at eight in the morning. Don't be late" She as he nodded and headed towards the gates when Naruto came around the corner.

"Uzumaki."

"Uchiha." The two nodded before Naruto smiled waved to Kimiko.

"Hey Kimi!"

"Hey Naru-chan!"

"DON'T CALL ME THAT!" He roared as she laughed.

"Well I told you a hundred times not to call me that unless I said you could." She replyed as he sighed.

"Ok, so how was your first C rank?" He asked as she looked over at Sasuke who was looking at them.

"It was upgraded to a A rank." She said waving to her team giving a smile to Sasuke making him smirk and give a small wave back loving the look on Naruto's face before Sakura jumped on his back screaming about dates making him groan.

Kimiko laughed watching her friend round the corner and disappear from sight.

"Hey what's up between you and the Uchiha?" Naruto growled as she looked at him confused.

"Nothing really, he's just my friend. I'm helping him with a few things that's been on his mind is all and we came up with a way for Sakura to not be totally useless." She smirked as he growled.

"Hey! Sakura-Chan is not useless!" He snarled as she glared at him.

"Are you kidding me? Sakura could only do the tree exorcise once before she was tired out. She's weak Naruto, we're just trying to get her stronger so we don't have to rescue her all the time in the future." Kimiko stated calmly as he huffed.

"Look why don't you go and ask her out already Naruto, I'm sure once Sasuke does the plan we talked about she will be looking for help. Ask her if she needs help to training. It'll be perfect chance for your to be with her and get her out of her fangirl stage for Sasuke." She said as he thought about it for a second before a big grin went across his face and pulled Kimiko into a hug.

"THANKS KIMI!" He yelled before taking off to find the girl he liked leaving at smiling girl.

"Go get her Naruto." She smiled and looked back at the closest thing she's had to father and beamed at him as he nodded.

"I need to get going, I have a mission out of the village. Will you stay with Kushina-san?" He asked getting a nod from Kimiko.

"I'm heading over there now to start on some training." She said as Ryu and Rai landed in front of them.

"Hey Kimiko-Chan, how was your mission." Rai asked as she smiled.

"Complete with only a few hiccups." She said getting a nod from them as they looked at Santi.

"Come on Santi, sensei was looking for you." Ryu said as the boy nodded.

"Ok, I'll see you later Kimiko." He said before they all jumped away along with Draco.

"Well better go see what Kushina-sensei wants me to do."

(Uzumaki-Namikaze clan house)

Kimiko panted as she fell to her knees, over the last six hours she and Kushina had been training in controlling the Kyuubi chakra and her own control of her regular chakra.

"Take a minute to rest and let your reserves fill back up. You're a great student Kimi, I couldn't ask for a better one." Kushina smiled down at the girl who gave a tired one in return.

"Ok sensei."

"What a youthful student you have Kushina-chan!" Kimiko nearly jumped out of her skin by the shout and turned to see a green abomination smiling at her.

"I am Might Gai, also known as the Beautiful Green Beast!" He shouted taking the good guy pose as his teeth sparkled.

"Hey Gai. It's been a while, this Kimiko Muki, my son's friend." Kushina smiled at her friend.

"I am sorry Kushina, I've been very busy with my youthful students along with back to back missions from the Hokage. I wish I could have visited you more." He sighed as she threw a arm around his waist.

"Hey don't worry about it, I know how it can be. By the way you owe me a few spars green man." She laughed as he beamed.

"Name when and where my friend, I have some free time coming up this weekend and on Thursday next week." He said as she nodded.

"I'll take you up Sunday since that's the day I let them have a day off from training. By the way Kimiko where is my son?" Kushina asked making the girl blink and tear her eyes away from the green monster.

"Um, he went to go help Sakura train." She said getting a groan from the woman.

"I was hoping that you could get him away from that fangirl Kimiko." She sighed while the girl stood up.

"If he really likes her then I'm not going to stand in his way, why don't you like her? Beside the fangirl part." She said dusting herself off.

"I know her mother and she has been trying to get her daughter to hook up with one of the noble clans in the village so they can bring their own small clan up in the social chain." Kushina said while Gai nodded.

"I see, so she's a gold digger huh." Kimiko said while the two adults nodded.

"Indeed, it is most unyouthful." He growled.

"Hey Gai-kun, since you're one of the best taijutsu specialist in the village. Do you mind doing me a favor?" She asked as the man smiled at her.

"Sure, what do you need Kushina-chan?"

"Kimiko here needs a good sparring partner along with a good style that matches her. You mind helping me out with that? I'll be your challenge buddy for a weeeeeek." She grinned as his eyes flashed.

"OH WHAT A GLORIOUS DAY! Do not worry my little youthful student, I will have a style that will fit you in two days! Or I'll do 1000 laps around Konoha!" He yelled before taking off carving a path through the trees while Kushina giggled.

"He's too funny."

"What was that?"

"A very dear friend to me and my husband." She said getting a smile from Kushina.

"You like him don't you."

"And now we spar."

"Wait what!?"

(Next morning)

"Ohh Kushina-sensei is mean." Kimiko groaned as she stumbled down the street heading to meet with Sasuke.

After the spare Kimiko couldn't move after the beating she took from the blushing woman.

"Hey Kimiko." The girl looked up to see Sasuke looking down at her from a rooftop.

"Hey Sasuke." She mumbled as he jumped down beside her.

"You ok?" He asked while they started to walk to the training field.

"Kushina-sensei, decided to have a all out spar last night after her friend came by and I'm still a little sore." She groaned.

"You sure you're up for another spar?" He asked getting a nod from her.

"Yeah, I should be able to once we get there. I'm a fast healer." She smiled getting a nod from him while a smile started to spread over his face.

"Race you there." He grinned as she went wide eyed watching him take off.

"Sasuke! You jerk!" She called after him before taking to the roof tops.

(Five hours later)

"LIGHTNING STYLE-EARTH FLASH!"

"Shit!" Sasuke jumped away and looked back to see her going through hand seals.

'Damn it, I knew I shouldn't have teased her about that.' He swore.

"FIRE STYLE- RUNNING FIRE! DIE!" She screamed with a blush on her face.

"Fuck my life."

BOOOM!

(20 minutes ago)

"So Kimiko."

"Hm?"

"Are you trying to create a harem?"

"W-What!?"

"I'm just asking because of all the guys that hang around you is all. I'm not calling you a whore or anything but if you are trying to start one, I want to be the main man in it." He chuckled blushing a little and turned to see a red faced Kimiko with a little bit of blood running from her nose.

"Oh, someone has a dirty mind." He smirked wagging his eyebrows.

"AHHHHH! PERVERT!" She screamed slamming a fist in his gut launching him into the woods.

"FIRE STYLE- GREAT FIREBALL JUTSU!" She screamed launching the massive ball at where she saw Sasuke crash.

(Present)

Sasuke coughed out a puff of smoke as Kimiko landed next to him worried.

"I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY!" She yelled pulling out a first aid kit as he started to laugh and looked at the frightened face of Kimiko.

"I'm sorry Kimiko, I shouldn't have teased you like that." He smiled as she sighed.

"You stupid jerk." She smiled beginning to bandage him up as Kakashi along with a few other sensei's landed behind them.

"What happened here and what happened to Sasuke!?" Kakashi roared.

"Um well you see I um-"

"Sorry it was my fault pushing myself to much and wasn't able to get out of the blast zone in time while Kimiko and I were sparing. Kimiko was able to divert it enough so I wasn't killed at the last second." Sasuke said giving Kimiko a look to keep her mouth shut.

"I see. Well next time be sure to be more careful, both of you." Kakashi said before leaving along with the others.

"Hey thanks Sasuke, they wouldn't have believed me." She sighed while he started to get up.

"Ugh, it's no problem Kimiko. So what do you want to do now?" He asked as she smiled.

"Well, are you hungry? My treat." She said getting a small blush from him.

"I could go for some dango." He suggested.

"Ok, Naruto always wants to go to Ichiraku. Ramen's ok every once in a while but not after every time we train, I think his mom is a addict to." She whispered making him smirk as the two cleaned up around the field before heading to go eat.

"So did you ever tell the banshee to train?" Kimiko asked getting a sideways smirk.

"Maybe."

"What do you mean maybe? Oh come on Sasuke, what did she say?"

"She said things." He grinned looking at her from the side as her cheeks puffed out.

"I know she said things! But what were they?"

"Stuff about love and training or something like that." He said looking away for a second.

"Fine then, I won't help you with a new lightning jutsu I learned." She huffed as he froze.

"You would really do that?"

"Tell me what Sakura said and I'll teach you." She smirked as he sighed but smiled.

"Fine. Like I said she spouted on and on about how she would win my love through hard work. After that she took off to find Kakashi-sensei." He huffed getting a smile from Kimiko.

"See, was that so bad?" She asked.

"Hn."

"Well once we're done eating I'll help you with the jutsu." She smiled walking in front of him smiling.

"You're evil you know that?"

"Hm, maybe. But would you have me any other way? After all I am putting a harem together with all the boys I know. But if you think I'm evil then I'll ask Rai if he wants to be my head mate." She said sticking her tongue out at him as his eyes widen and a bit of blood came from his nose.

"You really are evil." He blushed looking away as she laughed.

"Your the one who brought it up." She smiled turned back around and leading the way to the dango shop.

'Heh, I wonder what the future holds for us all Kimiko.' Sasuke mused watching the girl in front of him.

(Dango Shop)

The sat in a booth facing each other after they were finished with their meal.

"Hey Kimiko."

"Hm?"

"What is it like to have always been alone?" He asked as she stared out the window.

"I guess, I was never truly alone. I've always had someone there for me. Rai, Ryu, Santi, Draco and now you, Naruto, the banshee, Kakashi, Kushina, and Iruka-senseis." She smiled at him making him blush.

"But far as a family goes? I don't know, I never had a mom or dad before so I never really knew what it was like to held or loved like that. Was that what you wanted to know?" She asked as he looked at her face and could tell she was hurting even with the smile on her face.

"Yes."

"Now I have a personal question for you." She said as he gulped.

"What's it like to have parents?" She asked as he stiffened but sighed. If she could talk about it even when she didn't want to he could show the same courtesy.

"Warm. It's hard to describe the feeling of a mothers love and a father's smile since my father never did smile for me. My brother was the only one in my father's eyes. Safe and warm I guess you can say, like nothing could ever harm you as long as your mother held you." He smiled as a few tears budded in the corner of his eyes as he looked away.

He felt arms wrap around him making him turn to see Kimiko laying her head on his shoulder.

"My hugs might not be as warm as your moms but just know that I'll never leave you Sasuke-kun." She said burying her face into his shoulder to hide her blush when he pulled her closer.

"Thanks Kimiko-chan." He smiled and looked out the window.