Authors Note: Guest reviews are, to quote Shikamaru, becoming troublesome. Why, you might ask?

Because I have to respond to them via my chapters, rather than a PM. I will ask that you review while logged in, so I can respond by PM rather than waste time and page space responding this way.

The guest review in question was of chapter two and calls the council 'an overdone fanon concept'. This is incorrect.

During peacetime, the Honoured Advisory Council (Danzō, Koharu Utatane and Homura Mitokado) serve as a council to advise the Hokage.

If the Hokage dies without clearly naming a successor, a council formed of the Fire Daimyo, the Advisory Council, the Head of ANBU, The Jonin Commander (Shikaku Nara) as well as the Fire Daimyo's own Council will appoint one.

Both councils are on the Naruto Wikia. For the first, type in 'advisory council', for the second merely look at the Fire Daimyo's page.

I merely altered the idea to include the other clan heads and a scattering of civilians.

Enough from me for now. On to the fic!

Disclaimer: Naruto is Masashi Kishimoto's creation, not mine.

"Dattebayo!" -normal speech

'Dobe' -Thoughts

'{Shannaro!}' -Inner Sakura

"Ningen"-Boss Summon/Tailed Beast Speech

'Brat' -Boss Summon/Tailed Beast Thoughts

"Kage Bunshin!" -Ninjutsu/Genjutsu/Taijutsu move.

Chapter 7: More D-Ranks, Training and the Flames of Youth!

08.00am, 1 Week Later

New Uzumaki Clan Compound, Clan Residential District

Naruko walked into the kitchen, yawning tiredly. She was wearing panties and a shirt, her usual sleepwear. She waved a hello to Ino, who was already at the table eating a very spartan meal, which was a very small salad.

"Is Hinata-chan up yet?" Naruko asked as she grabbed a cup Ramen from the cupboard.

"Yeah, I think she's doing her morning warm-ups in the training room." Ino replied after she swallowed her mouthful of greens before her eyes zeroed in on the cup Ramen Naruko was filling with hot water.

"Urgh, you need to eat something other than Ramen, Naruko." the Yamanaka Heiress said, wrinkling her nose in disgust at the instant meal.

"Just as soon as you start eating more than an anorexic sparrow, Ino-chan." Naruko retorted as she waited impatiently for her breakfast to cook.

"You both have a point brats." a voice said from behind them. Turning around, Ino and Naruko immediately blushed red at the sight before them.

Leaning on the doorframe with her hands crossed underneath her breasts was Anko, wearing a wide grin and nothing else. Literally.

"Anko-sensei!" Ino yelped and swung around to face away from the naked kunoichi, "Put on some clothes!"

"Meh. We're all girls here." Anko pointed out, "Why so shy, Flower Girl?"

Ino growled at the nickname. Anko had given it to her after discovering that Ino was not only knowledgeable about flowers, but also almost obsessed with them. She never missed the chance to tease Ino about it.

"Because it's not decent to walk around naked!" Ino retorted, face still red as a rising sun.

"Do tell who's going to see me other than you three gakis?" Anko challenged, "And even if they do, so what? I'm damn proud of my body, so as they say: If you've got it, flaunt it!" and posed sexily as she spoke.

Naruko, who had been staring at Anko with an enraptured expression, shook her head and blurted out, "How the hell are your boobs that big?"

Anko cupped the aforementioned boobs. "Ah, these girls? Plenty of varied foods, milk and exercise." She said with a smirk.

Naruko looked at her own cleavage. She had the second biggest breasts in her graduating class, second to Hinata's small D-cups. She was currently a mid-C cup. Ino was a large B-cup.

"Well, I suppose I could eat other things…" Naruko mused aloud, causing Ino to gape at her.

"You'll listen to what she says but not me?!" Ino squeaked in fury.

Naruko shrugged. "She has bigger boobs than you, so I think she knows what she's talking about." she replied.

"And...it doesn't bother you that she's naked?" Ino pressed for clarification.

Naruko just looked at her for a moment. "One, She's right; we're all girls here, Two, It's her body, she can do with it as she pleases and Three, we are kunoichi. Using our bodies as weapons is part and parcel of what we do, a prime example being seduction missions." the Uzumaki Heiress said slowly, as if she were lecturing a child.

"Exactly!" Anko said approvingly, "Now that at least one of you has learned your lesson, I'll go and get dressed."

With that, the Tokujo turned and walked back towards her room, her swaying hips catching Naruko's attention and making her blush again.

Ino meanwhile, was irritated. "You mean she did that deliberately?!" she said in disbelief.

"Uh…Yes, I do believe she implied as much a moment ago." Naruko said with a shake of her head.

"WHY?" Ino sounded incredulous.

"I think she was making a point, Ino-chan." Naruko said thoughtfully, "I mean, did you see her body? Curves in all the right places and nicely muscled to boot. All that from eating a normal amount of various different foods in addition to regular ninja work."

Ino looked sceptical, making Naruko sigh. "Look, Ino-chan. Who is the more experienced kunoichi, you or Anko-sensei?"

"Anko-sensei of course, but what has that to do with anything?" Ino asked.

"Everything, Ino-chan." Naruko said, "I never listened to you or Sakura-chan about Ramen, because I didn't think you knew what you were talking about. You and her are my age, inexperienced and barely ate anything because of your 'diet'. Anko-sensei, on the other hand, is a mature, experienced kunoichi who eats normal portions of food. Well, she does eat a lot of Dango, but that must be her Ramen."

"O…kay. So?" Ino said bewildered.

"It boils down to this: ask any experienced kunoichi you like whether or not they have ever needed to diet since becoming kunoichi. I bet you a hundred ryo that every single one will say no." Naruko replied, "Personally, if it means getting a body like Anko-sensei's, I'm happy to eat different foods. You need to ask yourself a question, Ino-chan: are you a kunoichi or just playing ninja?"

With that question, Naruko grabbed her chopsticks, cup Ramen, and walked out the door, leaving a confused and irritated Ino behind her.

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Timeskip - 3 Hours Later

Hokage's Office, Hokage Tower

Yūhi Kurenai was very smug. Her team, thanks in part to Naruko's Shadow Clones, had completed more than twice the number of D-Rank missions than the rest of the new teams had.

The missions had always been boring chores for the most part. Weeding gardens, mending fences, delivering packages, finding lost pets, helping people move house, walking dogs and buying groceries were just some of the missions D-Ranks included.

Out of the last week, only two missions stood out in Kurenai's mind. The first was the time they had gone to the Inuzuka's to walk their dogs. Kiba had been the one to greet them at the door and had shouted to his mother that 'Five bitches were at the door.'

Tsume had arrived at the door to see Kiba wrapped in snakes by an irate Snake Mistress. After Anko had reluctantly released the boy, Tsume explained that -this time- Kiba had merely been using Inuzuka terminology. The Inuzuka were very close to their Ninken partners, to the point that some of their pack-behaviour and mannerisms rubbed off on them, meaning that when Kiba called them bitches, he meant females, rather than using the word as an insult.

Things had gone more smoothly after that, but Kiba had made a point to stay as far away from Anko as was possible when they returned the dogs to the Inuzuka Compound.

The second had been more problematic. They had accepted a mission to clear a field of cleared forest of tree stumps. Unfortunately, when they had arrived, the man who had sent in the mission request had refused to let the 'Snake Whore' or 'The Demon Bitch' into his field and had tried to hit Naruko.

After the man had been sent to the hospital after being beaten unconscious by Ino and Hinata, the Hokage had merely fined them a D-Rank missions pay. The man, once he was out of the hospital, had been blacklisted from putting forth mission requests…ever, for attempting to attack a Konoha Shinobi.

The mission they had just completed, the infamous 'Catching Tora' mission, was one for the books. Hinata had just called out to Tora, and the cat had zoomed into her arms. Evidently, Hinata was good with animals. This had put Team 8 at the top of the Tora Retrieval Leaderboard with the fastest time ever, barely half an hour.

As the client, Madame Shijimi, the wife of the Daimyo of Hi no Kuni, left, Tora being squashed to death in her vice-like grip, Team 8 felt rather sorry for the poor thing.

"Very well done, Team 8." Sarutobi told them, "That mission is usually the bane of the genin. Tora escapes far too frequently, so it's sort of a right of passage to do the mission at least once-"

"TORA-CHWAN, NOOOOO! GET BACK HERE!" was heard from the corridor.

"-I don't suppose you'd be willing to grab Tora again?" Sarutobi changed what he had been about to say, with a slight amount of hope in his voice.

"Regrettably Hokage-sama, we have a training session this afternoon, so I'm afraid we must decline." Kurenai said smoothly, "Might I suggest Team 7?"

Behind her, Team 8 giggled at the thought of Team 7 being scratched to pieces by the cat, as she usually did to genin attempting to catch her.

Sarutobi eyed Kurenai with suspicion. "You really want to embarrass them that much?"

"They need a wake up call." Kurenai replied, "I've seen their so called 'training sessions', and it is pathetic. Hatake doesn't teach them anything, he just makes them spar all the time, with some teambuilding exercises thrown in here and there."

Sarutobi sighed. Just as he had suspected. "Very well. I shall also have a word with Kakashi." he said with a resigned look on his face.

Kurenai nodded. Kakashi was about to get one hell of a wakeup call.

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Timeskip - Half an hour later

Training Ground 8

"Waaaaagggh!" Ino yelped as she landed on her back yet again. She had been thrown there by Naruko and this made the sixth time in a row that Naruko had sent her flying, which was a complete reversal from how it had been in the Academy.

'It's not fair! Her Ushio-ken is far more advanced than the Hakage style that I use!' Ino thought pathetically as she got up once again. Thankfully, before Naruko could bruise her any further, Anko stopped the sparring session.

"Alright brats, that's enough warming up!" the Snake Mistress called gleefully from where she stood. Naruko immediately dropped from the ready stance of Ushio-ken and grinned mischievously at Ino, who stuck her tongue out in return.

Hinata had been sparring against Kurenai and had been doing a credible job of it when the three genin lined up and waited for their teachers to address them.

"Right then." Kurenai said looking at each of her genin in turn, "Over the last week, Anko and I have been observing your various skills and come to some conclusions.

Naruko, you have, I am sorry to say, abysmal chakra control due to your Clan's heritage. I am going to start you on the Tree-Climbing Exercise, followed by Water-Walking. Your Taijutsu is growing steadily better with every passing day, although I think it needs some work with someone of more equal skill to fully work out the kinks."

Naruko nodded.

Kurenai turned to the other blond in the Training Ground. "Ino, you have excellent Chakra control, although that is mostly due to you having such small reserves. You will also be starting on the Tree-Climbing Exercise."

"But why?" Ino asked, "Doesn't the Tree-Climbing Exercise just improve your control?"

"It also builds up your chakra reserves, Ino." Kurenai explained, "Exactly the same as exhausting your available reserves does, except more reliably and at a slower, steadier pace."

Kurenai frown slightly as she spoke the next part, "Your taijutsu is…substandard. While it is adequate for sparring purposes against other users of the Hakage style, against someone trying to kill you it is insufficient. I will be attempting to find you a style that might be a better fit for you than Hakage, but keep practicing it until I do, ok?"

Ino nodded sadly. She hated being bad at something. Naruko reached over and put a comforting hand on Ino's shoulder.

"I'll look through the Uzu Archive and see if there's one that'll fit you to the bone Ino-chan." she said with a smile.

Ino was floored by this offer. The Uzu Archive was what Naruko had taken to calling the scrolls left to her by her mother, so Ino recognised that Naruko had just offered her a piece of her Clan's legacy, her birthright.

"Naruko…I couldn't…" Ino protested weakly.

"Look at it from my point of view Ino-chan." Naruko said seriously, "I am the last of my clan and I am the next best thing to sterile thanks to the Uchiha who attacked me when I was seven. When I die, I want the legacy of the Uzumaki to live on, not be buried in some dusty storeroom. The best way I can accomplish that is by ensuring that my will give the contents to those who will use them and by helping my friends with their ninja skills."

The rest of Team 8 had been listening to her as she spoke. Anko and Kurenai looked concerned at Naruko's tale.

"What do you mean by 'next best thing to sterile'?" Kurenai asked gently.

"I was stabbed in the womb with a hollow, poison-loaded, tantō." Naruko replied softly, her hand automatically pressing against where the blade had pierced her body, "The med-nin were able to stop the spread of the poison, but -through either malicious intent or idiotic mistake- the poison is still in my womb. I was told that any foetus would die within the first month."

"Isn't there anything that can be done?" asked Ino, tears running down her cheeks at such a thing befalling her friend.

"My cousin, Tsunade of the Sannin, could purge the poison safely. Anyone else would risk sterilising me for good." Naruko replied sadly, "And the chance that cousin Tsunade will ever return to Konoha is slim to none."

There was silence in the field, broken only by Ino's sniffling until Kurenai cleared her throat and turned to Hinata.

"Hinata, like Ino you have good chakra control, but small reserves. Tree Climbing for you as well. I cannot help you with your Taijutsu unfortunately, but I will say that it does not seem to suit you." she said without rancour.

"Hai." Hinata said softly, her concerned lavender eyes focussed on Naruko even as she replied to Kurenai.

"OK Gaki's, my turn." Anko said with a wicked smile, "Take one of these papers each." She held out three pieces of square white paper to the three genin, who took a piece each.

"Alright, now channel some chakra -as small an amount as you can- into the paper." Anko directed as she withdrew another piece from her equipment pouch and held it up. "It will do one of five things: burn, crumble, get wet, get cut or crumple. This will tell us if any of you have an Elemental Affinity."

Hinata's eyes widened. "Ano…B-But that's at least chunin-level t-training." she pointed out quietly.

"If we were actually working on mastering which element you get, I'd agree." Anko said with a grin, "This is just so we know which elements are easiest for you three to learn."

Naruko cheered up at this and channelled some chakra into the paper. It immediately split in half and both sides got very wet.

"Wow." Anko said with a raised eyebrow, "A strong Wind affinity AND a strong Water affinity. Unusual for a fresh genin."

"It's another Uzumaki trait." Naruko replied, "Our chakra is so dense and powerful that we often have multiple affinities and our affinities manifest at a young age. I would have tested my affinities myself, but there wasn't any of this paper in the Archive."

"So why'd you choose water and wind to learn the day before your genin test?" Kurenai asked curiously.

"Quite a few of the jutsu in the archive are Suiton and Futon ninjutsu." Naruko replied, "Uzu is an island, so a lot of the jutsu used and developed there focussed on using and reinforcing the natural defences of the Isle of Uzu to its defender's advantage."

"Makes sense." Kurenai said with a nod, "After Futon and Suiton, what is the most common jutsu in the Archive?"

"Doton, followed by Katon. Almost no Raiton other than the more widely available ones." Naruko said automatically.

"There has to be hundreds of jutsu in the Archive, so how could you say that as if it was rote-learned?" Anko asked, curiously.

"Shadow Clones." Naruko replied simply, making Anko facepalm at not seeing the obvious answer.

"Ino, your turn." Kurenai said. Ino channelled chakra into the paper and it got soaked, with a small corner burning slightly.

"A strong Water affinity AND a weak Fire affinity?" Anko gaped, "One person almost never has opposing elemental affinities, unless they have a Kekkei Genkai!"

"Well, it can't be a Kekkei Genkai, because then the affinities would be of exactly equal strength." Kurenai pointed out, "Even Naruko's strong Water affinity was slightly weaker than her Wind affinity, so I doubt that's it."

"Drat. I was hoping it was a Kekkei Genkai." pouted Anko, prompting sweatdrops to emerge on the rest of Team 8 at her attitude.

"Hinata?" Kurenai said, delicately moving the conversation away from Anko for the moment.

Hinata hesitated then channelled chakra into the paper. It very quickly became drenched by water, with a small cut going about a third of the way up the paper.

"Another strong Water affinity, with a middling Wind affinity." Anko noted, "Huh, looks like Hokage-sama knew what he was doing."

"What do you mean by that?" Ino asked pointedly.

"Some people believe that elemental affinities can be used similar to personality match ups." Kurenai said disdainfully, "For example, in your case, people with Primary Wind affinities supposedly match up best with people with Primary Water affinities, and worst with those with Primary Fire affinities."

"This explains why Sasuke-teme grates on my nerves like nails on a blackboard!" Naruko said with a grin, before she saw Hinata looking at the paper in horror.

"Hinata-chan, what's wrong?" Naruko asked gently.

"T-This e-explains why I-I can't use J-Juken very w-well." Hinata stuttered shakily, "Juken is an Earth-based T-Taijutsu style. I'm both W-Water and Wind, which a-are the exact o-opposite of E-Earth!"

Anko and Kurenai's jaws dropped. "And your father never thought to check your affinity before this?" the red-eyed jonin asked incredulously.

"Almost all H-Hyuuga have a Primary Earth affinity." Hinata replied, "It p-probably never occurred to him to check. Besides, Clan Tradition is that affinities are not t-to be tested for until a Hyuuga achieves genin rank o-or turns sixteen."

"Idiocy!" Anko hissed in disgust. Naruko and Ino looked angry as well.

"Hinata, tell your father of this discovery after training today. There may be some assistance he can offer you." Kurenai directed her surrogate daughter, who nodded nervously.

"Alright then." Anko jumped in eagerly, "Now, Naruko, you already know two jutsu, one for each element. Demonstrate them please."

Naruko shrugged and made a Shadow Clone who ran opposite her and Henge'd into a chunin with silver hair and a permanent sneer on his face.

"Mizuki!" Ino muttered with a glare.

Naruko formed the Tiger Handsign and, a few second later, said, "Suiton: Teppōdama no Jutsu!" before launching five water bullets at the Mizuki-clone, dispelling it.

"Ah, the Teppōdama." Anko nodded, "A C-Rank Jutsu. Requires only one handsign to use and doesn't require the use of a large body of water in order to use it either. Basic, but useful, as last week proved."

Kurenai pursed her lips in thought. "I think that they need to build up their chakra reserves a bit before they use that one." she said after a moment.

Anko motioned to Naruko, who made another Mizuki-clone. She then focused for a moment before clapping her hands and saying, "Futon: Reppūshō!", causing a gale of wind to blast past her and strike the clone, sending it flying, but not dispelling it.

"Reppūshō. Another C-Rank Jutsu." Anko said, "Again, only requires on handsign -of a sort- to use. Not really all that powerful, but it is useful in speeding up thrown weaponry, as Naruko did last week."

"Again, the other two need to build up their chakra reserves before they can use this jutsu." Kurenai said firmly.

"Okay then, now I'll demonstrate a jutsu then." Anko said. The Mizuki-clone stood up again to act as a target. The Snake Mistress then flipped through six handsigns, then said, "Katon: Endan! (Fire Style: Flame Bomb!)"

A small fireball was launched from her mouth that incinerated the clone in moments.

"The Endan is another C-Rank Jutsu. While it does use quite a few more handsigns than Reppūshō and Teppōdama, it can also be used in multiple ways. The first is, as you saw a basic fireball. The second is a series of smaller fireballs. The last type is a continuous stream of flames."

"Again, no." Kurenai said firmly. Anko narrowed her eyes at her friend.

"Nai-chan…" Anko said slowly, "You wouldn't happen to be wanting to limit their initial lessons to your personal favourite art, would you?"

Kurenai flushed at being read so easily. Naruko frowned.

"Kurenai-sensei, I can't use genjutsu because of my…'medical condition', remember?" she pointed out.

"I know, but you can dispel genjutsu. You dispelled two of my genjutsu simultaneously last week." Kurenai pointed out.

"Only up to C-Rank." Naruko replied, "Anything higher is impossible for me. My limits are very well defined when it comes to genjutsu, Kurenai-sensei."

Kurenai sighed in defeat. "Very well. We will leave genjutsu for now, but we will discuss this in the future. I refuse to believe that you cannot use genjutsu if you can dispel it."

The Jinchuruki nodded reluctantly, although her eyes showed that she didn't believe that she could use genjutsu at all, regardless of Kurenai's assertions to the contrary.

The rest of the training session focussed on teaching Ino and Hinata the Teppōdama. Ino struggled with it slightly, but managed a single small water bullet by the end of the training session. Hinata, with her excellent chakra control due to her Juken training, achieved a similar result slightly before Ino. Both girls were exhausted by the end of the session.

Naruko, meanwhile, had been running through her katas until she was satisfied that she did indeed have the basic Ushio-ken kata committed to muscle memory.

When Kurenai called the session to a halt, Naruko made a pair of Shadow Clones to carry a bleary Ino and Hinata back to the Uzumaki Compound.

"Hey Gaki!" Anko called as the clones gently picked up the other two genin and trotted off, "Whatcha doing now?"

"I have remedial Taijutsu training with Gai-sensei and remedial calligraphy with Iruka-sensei." Naruko replied as she made a small army of clones and sent them off to the academy.

"So, your clones do calligraphy and you do Taijutsu?" Anko smirked, "You really are uniquely suited for that jutsu, aren't you?"

Naruko blushed at the compliment, then looked around. Kurenai had followed Ino and Hinata home and there were no clones around.

"Umm…Anko-sensei…I need your help as well." Naruko said, blushing a bit.

"Eh? What with?" Anko asked curiously.

"At the Academy, I skipped a few of the more…boring…kunoichi-only classes." Naruko said frankly, "You know, Ikebana, local clothing and dialects, that kind of thing."

"Not a surprise." The Snake Mistress snorted, "Half of that stuff is never used, with the rest being a load of crap until you have time to blend into the area."

"Yeah…" Naruko said, her blush intensifying, "The thing is, the instructors barred me from the more...serious…classes."

"Such as?" Anko asked, very quietly as her eyes focussed on Naruko.

"Ummm…Shibari, Seduction, Sex Education, Basic Field Interrogation, Body Language Reading, how to dress to distract…" Naruko listed, wincing as the fury mounted in Anko's eyes.

"So basically, you've been trained as a ninja rather than a kunoichi." Anko said angrily. She just could not believe that the instructors at the Academy had been able to get away with so much sabotage on a student's career -any student- without being spotted!

"That sums things up well, yes." Naruko replied.

"And why ask me?" Anko asked.

"Kurenai-sensei, judging from her behaviour this week, is a prude and would refuse." Naruko said flatly, "And I don't know any other seasoned kunoichi. Besides…you know how to flaunt your body well. I see all the guys, and more than a few girls, follow you with their eyes when we walk around on our missions, so I guess that you could say you're the best woman for the job."

The Snake Mistress of Konoha's mind was in a whirl. The girl was asking her because she considered her the best for the job? Not because she was considered the biggest slut in Konoha, just because of her former sensei?

'Then again, the kid doesn't know about that bastard Orochimaru now does she?' Anko thought.

"Okay." Anko said with a shrug, "I'll give you a hand. But Nai-chan and your friends can't know about it, otherwise Nai-chan'll accuse me of taking advantage of you."

Naruko sighed. "Tell Ji-chan and ask him to make it a mission. Then, when Kurenai-sensei eventually finds out, you can wave it at her and tell her to take it up with him."

Anko grinned. "Sneaky, aren't you gaki? I'll go see the old man now. If he says yes, our first lesson will be in two days time, when both the Hyuuga and the Yamanaka are at clan affairs."

"Hai, Anko-sensei!" Naruko said with a small salute before she ran off, leaving Anko feeling confused.

She wasn't used to being respected, after all.

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Timeskip - 15 Minutes.

Training Ground 9

When Naruko reached the training ground she had been told to go to for her lessons, she found it occupied by two other ninja.

One was a Hyuuga. He had long brown hair as seemed to be the fashion for male Hyuuga and it was tied in a loose ponytail. He wore his hitai-ate on his forehead, telling Naruko that he was a member of the Branch House. He wore a khaki shirt, bandages wrapped around his right arm and leg and brown shorts. He had the normal 'Hyuuga Face' as the rest of Konoha called it: arrogant, cold and utterly indifferent.

The other person was a kunoichi. She had light brown hair done up in a pair of buns and warm brown eyes. She wore a pink sleeveless blouse with red hems and green trousers. She looked much more approachable than the Hyuuga.

They were sparring when Naruko turned up. Seemingly on instinct, the girl drew and hurled a kunai at Naruko in less time than it took to blink. Naruko quickly dodged to one side and grabbed the kunai out of the air as it passed before glaring at the girl irately.

"OI! Watch yourself will you!" she yelled at the startled girl, "That almost hit me!"

"Sorry." the girl apologised, "My other teammate is around here somewhere and I though you were him."

"Would your teammate be approaching you at a walk in the middle of a spar?" Naruko asked pointedly, making the girl blush at her rebuke.

"This is our training field. Who are you and why are you here?" the Hyuuga demanded.

"When last I checked, it was polite to introduce oneself before asking the name of another." Naruko retorted, making the Hyuuga scowl.

"Very well. I am Hyuuga Neji and this is Higurashi Tenten. Now answer my questions."

"I am Uzumaki Naruko, Clan Heiress of the Uzumaki Clan and I am here to meet with Maito Gai for extra taijutsu lessons at his request." Naruko replied formally.

"At his request? Why?" Neji asked curiously.

Naruko shrugged. "My taijutsu sensei back in the Academy was Toji Mizuki." she replied.

"The silver haired guy?" asked Tenten with a frown, "I heard he's in jail right now, though not what for."

"Attempting to steal the Forbidden Scroll of Seals, Assault on a fellow Konoha Shinobi and breaking an S-Rank law." Naruko replied.

"How do you know that?" Neji asked, suspicious.

"The Hokage announced it to my entire graduating class last week." Naruko replied, deciding they didn't need to know she had actually been the one to steal the stupid scroll, "Ask Hinata-chan if you want confirmation."

One of Neji's eyebrows twitched. "My cousin?" he said blandly.

Naruko cocked her head to one side. "Hinata-chan is your cousin? You two look nothing alike. Not even your Byakugan look similar." Naruko said bluntly.

Neji's eyebrow twitched again. "So I have been told before." he said blandly, "I shall ask Hinata-sama when next I see her. What does Mizuki's imprisonment have to do with your extra lessons?"

"Hm? Oh, he sabotaged my taijutsu. Left me full of weak stances and openings." Naruko replied, "Gai-sensei helped my team out when two jonin and a chunin tried to attack us last week and offered his assistance to remedy that."

"Why'd they attack you?" asked Tenten curiously.

"S-Rank secret." Naruko replied, "But I hear one of the attackers was a Main Family Hyuuga."

Neji frowned. "Hyuuga Arashi has not been seen around the compound since last week."

The Uzumaki Heiress nodded. "Gai-sensei was the one who beat him. According to Anko-sensei, the man's stomach was covered in huge bruises and had almost his entire ribcage smashed."

The two other genin said in unison, "That's Gai-sensei's work."

"So…where is Gai-sensei?" Naruko asked.

"He lost a bet with his 'Eternal Rival' Hatake Kakashi and has to run 500 times around Konoha…on one leg." Tenten replied, her face completely deadpan.

Naruko's jaw dropped. "What…the…hell?!"

"Welcome to our world." Neji muttered.

Tenten spotted the sword on Naruko's back. "Nice sword. Do you know how to use it?"

"Not yet. I have it on me because it's the symbol of rank for the Heir of the Uzumaki Clan." Naruko explained, "Besides, once the sword is sealed to me, anyone who tries to wield it other than me gets a massive electric shock to the chakra system through the tenketsu in the hands."

"That would cause irreparable damage!" Neji exclaimed in shock.

"I think that's kinda the point." Naruko remarked dryly, "Benihime is a lady of sophisticated tastes."

Tenten froze. "Did…did you say 'Benihime'?" she asked hesitantly, "As in the sword of The Red Hot-Blooded Habanero?"

"My mum? Yep." Naruko replied.

"Your…mum?!" Tenten exclaimed, hyperventilating slightly, "Are you saying you're her daughter?!"

Naruko blinked. "Uh…That is what I just said. The real name of the Red Hot-Blooded Habanero was Uzumaki Kushina, an S-Rank Jonin who died fighting against the Kyuubi."

The bun-haired girl looked like she was about to faint. Naruko looked to Neji for an explanation.

"Tenten is quite adamant that kunoichi can be just as good at being shinobi as ninja." Neji explained shortly, "She aspires to be as great a kunoichi as Tsunade of the Sannin, but she also admires other powerful kunoichi such as…your mother."

Naruko raised an eyebrow. "Wow. She admires my mum and my cousin."

Tenten snapped out of her daze when she heard that. "Wait…your cousin? Who is she?"

"Tsunade of the Sannin." Naruko said as if she just said an apple was red.

Tenten's eyes rolled back in her head and she fainted, Naruko catching her before she hit the ground. Neji hadn't bothered moving, earning him a sour look from Naruko.

It took a few moments to revive Tenten, but once she did come around, she grasped on to Naruko's arm and stared her in the eyes.

"You're really related to Tsunade-sama?" she asked in an intense tone that spooked Naruko.

"Y-Yeah…My Great-Great Aunt Mito married Senju Hashirama, and my clan was already distantly related to the Senju anyway, so I'm related to her by both blood and marriage. I've never met her though." Naruko said nervously.

The older girl slumped slightly and let go of Naruko, who felt a bit sorry for her. "If I ever meet her though, I'll get her autograph for you, OK?"

This earned Naruko a smile and a nod of thanks.

"I can't say I've heard of an Uzumaki Clan." Neji said abruptly.

"It wasn't covered in your Academy classes?" Naruko asked with a frown. Seeing both genin shake their heads only made the frown become deeper.

"Right, so this proves that someone has been trying to erase the history of my clan." Naruko said, anger evident in her voice, "The Sandaime Hokage told me himself that he put the history of the Uzumaki Clan and Uzushiogakure into the curriculum himself after Iwa, Kiri and Kumo almost wiped us out!"

"Why would anyone do that?" asked Tenten.

"I…can't say. S-Rank secret." Naruko said absently.

Just then, a loud (not to mention familiar) shout shocked the three genin into watchfulness.

"HOWL, MY YOUTH! LEE, LET US PROVE THAT OUR FLAMES SHALL NEVER BURN OUT!"

"HAI, GAI-SENSEI! IF I CANNOT DO THAT, I SHALL CLIMB THE HOKAGE MOUNTAIN WITH MY TEETH ALONE!"

The second voice was unfamiliar to Naruko, but it seemed to be known to the other two, judging by the deadpan looks on their faces.

"DOUBLE DYNAMIC ENTRY!"

Having seen what the original Dynamic Entry could do, Naruko took no chances and immediately hit the ground, barely dodging the pair of green blurs that zoomed over her head. Tenten and Neji had dodged successfully as well, no doubt from experience.

Naruko looked up to see a horrifying sight. Maito Gai stood proudly in his green spandex next to what looked like…a younger, identical clone of him. The same bowl cut hair, the same shaggy eyebrows, the same spandex leotard and the same orange legwarmers. The only difference between Gai and his clone was that the clone was barely a year older than Naruko was by her estimate.

"Neji! Tenten! I trust that you have not allowed your youthful flames to flicker and fade?!" Gai bellowed exuberantly, making Naruko wince slightly. In instances like this, having sensitive hearing really sucked.

"Gai-sensei, you have a visitor." Neji said, ignoring the question.

Gai whirled around and caught sight of Naruko, making him simile.

"Ah, Naruko-chan! It is good to see you here! I take it Neji and Tenten have give you their most youthful greetings?" he said loudly.

"They introduced themselves, yes." Naruko replied with a wince at the volume the man was using, "Tenten-san seems to admirable reflexes; she threw a kunai at me when I entered the training field proper in the blink of an eye."

Tenten blushed at the reminder, while Gai-sensei beamed with pride.

"Ah, where are my manners? This is my other student, the ever youthful Rock Lee!" Gai proudly introduced his other student, who then posed in a variation of the infamous 'nice guy' pose.

"Yosh! I am known as Konoha's Handsome Devil! I cannot use Nin- or Genjutsu due to a medical condition, but I still aspire to be a great ninja nonetheless!"

"Uh…that's cool. I have a similar condition, only mine is just genjutsu." Naruko replied warily.

Lee's eyes widened at this revelation. He couldn't believe it, someone who shared one of his difficulties! Incredible.

"Indeed, she is full of the flames of youth my pupils!" Gai boomed, "Unfortunately, the most unyouthful Toji Mizuki sabotaged her taijutsu, which I find abhorrently unyouthful to the extreme. Therefore, I offered my services to aid her in bringing her burning flames to their peak, which she accepted!"

"Gai-sensei!"

"Lee!"

"Gai-sensei!"

"Lee!"

"Gai-sensei!"

"Lee!"

"Gai-sensei!"

"Lee!"

"Turn away!" Tenten shouted at Naruko, who looked puzzled at her. Movement caught her eye, and she looked back around just in time to see the two spandex-clad men exchange a manly hug, with a backdrop of a setting sun on a beach, the waves crashing dramatically in the background.

Naruko's brain shut down temporarily at the sight. Tenten and Neji had looked away just in time so they were fine, which allowed the bun-haired girl to drag Naruko away from the still hugging men and turned her around so her mind could recover.

After a couple of seconds, Naruko rebooted her brain and massaged her temples. "What, in the name of the Rikudō Sennin, was that?!" she asked as one of her eyes twitched.

"That was Gai and Lee's collaboration genjutsu that we call the 'Warenai Yūhi no Jutsu (Unbreakable Sunset Jutsu)' because nothing can see through it or break it, not even my Byakugan." Neji said sourly, "Gai-sensei and Lee refer to it as the 'Seishun no Yūhi no Jutsu (Sunset of Youth Jutsu)' however."

"Figures." muttered Naruko, "How long do they do this for?"

"Depends." Tenten replied, "If they feel particularly…youthful…up to half an hour. If not, about a quarter of an hour."

Naruko stared at her for a second in disbelief before forming a handsign and said, "Tajū Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!", calling forth over five hundred clones.

"What the-" Tenten gasped in shock.

Neji activated his dōjutsu and scanned the small army before him. "Impossible…they're all solid clones with their own chakra networks…none of them are basic Bunshin." he said, disbelief etching itself across his face.

"A most youthful effort." Gai said with a smile. He and Lee had stopped their 'Youthful Moment' when Naruko summoned her clones. "Is this the maximum amount you can create?"

"I have fifty at the Academy getting remedial calligraphy lessons from Iruka-sensei, ten doing archival work at my Compound, with another hundred practicing the intermediate katas of my villages basic Taijutsu style, the Ushio-ken." Naruko said with a shrug, "Oh, and ten on guard duty at my Compound as well."

"Six-hundred and seventy at the same time?!" Neji exclaimed.

"But I really have no clue what my limit on the jutsu is. The first time I used the jutsu, I summoned over a thousand." Naruko finished.

"A thousand!?" Poor Neji looked as if he was about to pass out from incredulity.

"Why have your clones work on kata though?" Tenten asked, "I mean, solid or not, they are just clones."

"Shadow Clones are unique among the clone jutsu in that when they dispel, the original receives the memories from the clones." Naruko explained, "So even a single clone doubles the amount of training you can do. Well everything but physical training, but ninjutsu, genjutsu and chakra control? Hell yeah."

"That is incredible." Neji breathed, "Why do more ninja not use this technique?"

Gai replied for Naruko. "Because the Kage Bunshin no Jutsu requires jonin level chakra reserves to use. In addition, Naruko here is the only person I have ever heard of to create more than thirty clones without collapsing from chakra exhaustion or worse, Negative Chakra."

"Negative Chakra?" Tenten looked confused.

"If you try to force out more chakra than you have when you are already in a state of chakra exhaustion, you can draw chakra from your own life force by mistake, which causes immense, and almost always fatal, damage to your body." Gai explained seriously.

"How is it that a rookie genin can use such a dangerous jutsu? It is, I assume, a Kinjutsu?" Neji asked pointedly.

"I am an Uzumaki." Naruko said, "More than that, I am of the Main Family of the Clan. While all Uzumaki have immense chakra reserves, those of the Main Family also have exceptionally dense chakra as well."

"I see. Your chakra is powerful and dense, meaning you can use a considerable amount on Shadow Clones without risk of harm." Neji said as he gave Naruko a piercing look. "Yet I am still surprised you graduated. Your chakra control must be appalling."

"I hate the Bunshin no Jutsu." Naruko said sourly, "It uses such an insignificant amount of chakra that I can't…what's the word…compress, fits I think, compress my chakra to make a single ordinary clone or even three. The fewest I can make is thirty."

She pulled a face. "I mean, why bother learning such a stupid jutsu anyway? Any ninja worth their hitai-ate can spot its lack of shadow, so an elemental clone would make far more sense to teach."

"Hey boss! Why'd you summon us?" one of the nearby clones called out, breaking Naruko from her grumbling.

"Oh. Sorry." Naruko said apologetically, "Alright ladies, form up and start running through the basic set of the Ushio-ken for Gai-sensei to examine!"

"Right, Boss!" they chorused and ran to obey.

Tenten raised an eyebrow. "Are clones supposed to have that much free will?"

"It depends on the chakra put into creating them, my youthful student." Gai replied, "Only with Shadow Clones though. Elemental Clones have a fixed maximum amount of chakra that can be place into each one before it becomes overloaded and dissolves."

The next half hour passed by as Gai inspected every clone performing a kata and made minor corrections after comparing the kata to diagrams in the scroll Naruko gave him.

"Naruko-chan, your clones show you have an excellent understanding of Ushio-ken." Gai-sensei told her with a broad grin, "Now, dispel your clones and absorb the knowledge of the minor corrections I gave them."

"Ladies! Dispel in groups of three!" Naruko ordered her army.

As the clones started disappearing in puffs of smoke, Neji looked quizzically at Naruko.

"Why in small groups? Why not all at once?" he queried.

"Because that would knock me out." Naruko replied with an exaggerated wince, "Receiving the memories of five hundred clones at once? Ow. I'd wake up with the worst headache ever as well."

"It must be hard to use Shadow Clones in combat with that facet of the jutsu." Neji observed.

"Not really." Naruko replied, "Despite how useful they are in combat, they only take one hit before they are destroyed, which means that quite a few can be destroyed at a rapid pace with a wide-area jutsu. That keeps the memories from overloading me, especially if they are only a few minutes worth each."

"A most youthful explanation." Gai said approvingly as the last few Shadow Clones vanished, "Now, I would ask that you have a spar with my most youthful student Lee!"

"Hai, Gai-sensei! I shall show Naruko-san how brightly my youthful flames can burn!" Lee declared, his eyes burning with determination.

"Don't hold back on me Lee-kun." Naruko warned as she assumed the ready stance of Ushio-ken, called the Araumi (Riptide) Stance, with her right arm slightly extended forward and her left arm held back slightly and her feet set in a firm, but fluid position, "I won't be able to get a good feel for my progress without a good challenge of my skill."

"Yosh! Such a youthful request! I shall gladly honour it, Naruko-san!" Lee declared as he assumed the ready stance of the Gōken, one hand tucked behind his back and the other held diagonally in front of him.

"Just call me '-chan' Lee-kun." Naruko admonished, "Formality isn't my thing."

"Very well Naruko-chan." Lee said with a smile.

Gai looked on approvingly, Neji kept his face blank and Tenten smiled at how well her more…exuberant teammate was getting on with the girl, who Tenten had to admit was intriguing.

"Ready?" Gai said as he raised his hand. Seeing both genin nod quickly, their eyes locked on each other, the spandex clad jonin brought his hand down as he said, "Hajime!"

"Ikimasho!" yelled Lee as he charged forward so fast Naruko almost couldn't read his attack, a swift uppercut. She quickly dodged it and responded with a elbow strike at the arm itself.

The strike hit, but seemed to barely phase the other genin, who spun on one foot while aiming a low kick at Naruko's legs.

"Konoha Reppū! (Leaf Gale!)" Lee declared as he knocked Naruko's feet out from under her. Naruko quickly shot out one of her hands and pushed herself higher into the air. She flipped over in mid-air and landed lightly on one foot before launching herself at Lee again.

"That initial stance she used…it was defensive." Neji muttered as he watched the two genin exchange blows, "She used her arm like a measuring stick, so she could react to any attack from the front with due alacrity."

"She also recovered very well from Lee's Reppū." Tenten said thoughtfully, "Most fresh genin would be knocked flat when that's used on them. I guess that she's been training herself into the ground since she graduated."

"Hmm. Truly a most youthful student. Kurenai is lucky to have her under her command." Gai said with a nod.

"The Genjutsu Mistress?" Neji asked in surprise, "Why would Naruko be assigned to her if she is incapable of genjutsu?"

"I suspect there are a lot of factors." Gai replied as he observed Naruko being gradually overwhelmed by the more experienced genin, "Chief among them I suspect are the control exercises that Kurenai can teach Naruko in order to fully harness her reserves to her fullest."

Neji nodded thoughtfully. That made sense. Beyond Tree Climbing and Water Walking, there were numerous chakra control exercises that the foremost genjutsu expert of Konoha could teach Naruko, especially with her Shadow Clones to help her speed the process along.

"Oooff!" Naruko was on the ground with Lee's fist an inch from her nose. The bushy-browed genin grinned at the kunoichi he had just defeated.

"It seems that the victor today is me, Naruko-chan." Lee said happily as he backed off and offered her a hand up.

"Nicely done, Lee-kun." Naruko grinned ruefully as she grabbed Lee's hand and hauled herself up, "I couldn't even see that last kick. You're fast."

"Indeed." Gai said as he stride across to the two genin, "Naruko-chan, I am impressed that, despite facing an opponent of superior skill and more experienced than yourself, you managed to hold your own for a decent length of time before being defeated. I am curious though; why did you not use ninjutsu?"

Naruko raised her eyebrows slightly. "I thought it was a taijutsu spar, Gai-sensei?"

"It was." Gai confirmed, "However most people would use ninjutsu if they are being pushed into a corner like you were."

"What would be the point of using ninjutsu in a taijutsu spar?" Naruko said as she rolled her eyes, "The entire point is to improve my taijutsu. Using ninjutsu would be cheating and not gain me any improvement."

"Hmm. Well said." Gai nodded approvingly, "Now, this is what I learned from watching you. You lack physical strength and speed but have plenty of youthful stamina, which is good."

"So basically, I'm weak and slow, but I can fight for a long time. Great." Naruko said dryly.

"Ah, have no fear, Naruko-chan!" Gai assured her, "I have a most youthful solution that I can give you tomorrow. For today however, I would like you to perform 500 punches, 500 kicks and run around Konoha ten times."

Naruko stared at him in disbelief. 'I am so going to be sore tomorrow.' she thought as she began the first punch.

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Around the same time

Hokage's Office Hokage Tower

Sarutobi Hiruzen had been forced to endure numerous awkward conversations in his long life as a shinobi. Having to give his son Asuma 'the Talk', explaining to Naruko about periods and cramps, having to explain the consequences of the Uchiha stabbing Naruko to her and explaining why most men had nosebleeds when confronted by naked females to her were just a few examples.

Sitting in his comfortable chair behind his desk, he was staring at Tokubetsu Jonin Mitarashi Anko in mild horror at what she had just suggested he do, which topped the list at the moment.

"Anko…let me try and understand what you are asking of me here…you want me to write up a mission, requested by Naruko, for you about teaching her all the important facets about being a kunoichi that were deliberately not taught to her in the Academy, including Shibari, Seduction and Sexual Education among other things." Sarutobi said slowly, "Is that about it?"

"Yep!" Anko grinned.

Sarutobi pinched the bridge of his nose firmly. "I just so happen to know what the Academy classes cover in those classes. You, Anko, will no doubt take one look at the lesson plan, scoff at it, throw it out, then proceed to…well, I really do not want to think of my surrogate granddaughter doing those kind of things, thank you very much. Suffice to say you will no doubt go far beyond the Academy's syllabus."

Anko's face became serious. "Hokage-sama, Genin Uzumaki has a lot of potential, both in combat and infiltration. Those…fools at the Academy have earned the punishment for treason several times over for the amount of sabotage they have done to her training." she said formally, "But this latest offence is unconscionable. They denied her gender, denied her a fundamental part of who and what she is as a human being. I am honestly surprised she is as stable a person as she is."

"Naruko…is a strong girl." Sarutobi said absently, "You really believe that this is a necessary step for her?"

"Hokage-sama, the girl is a natural." Anko said frankly, "No ordinary kunoichi could come up with the Orioke no Jutsu. It is a classic case of using feminine wiles against those vulnerable to it, both straight males and lesbian/bisexual females. Hell, she got me with it once. I was out like a light. Doubt she remembers me though."

"And there is no possibility that Kurenai-kun will not find out?" He asked.

"Nai-chan is a very good kunoichi, not that she'll have to be." Anko replied, "What I'm going to do initially is give her The Talk, followed by tips to improve her visual-psychological tactics."

An eyebrow went up on Sarutobi's face. "Her what?"

"Her sex appeal of course." Anko said bluntly, making the Hokage choke on his spit.

"After that, seduction, counter-seduction, Shibari, advanced rope escape techniques…" Anko listed calmly, "Anyway, the point is Nai-chan will be able to pick up on Naruko's change in attitude to me. A teacher of Injutsu (Sexual Arts) and her student have to trust and bond with one another and this is very easy to catch on to. If Nai-chan doesn't catch on to us, she will either have a concussion or not be Nai-chan."

Sarutobi was silent for a moment before sighing. "Very well. I will write the mission scroll up momentarily." he said, "But before I do so…"

He leaned forward and looked a now nervous Anko in the eyes. "I will warn you: Naruko is a family member to me in all but blood. She has trust issues and this request of hers shows she is willing to extend that trust to you. If you break her trust and hurt her, you will not enjoy the consequences. Am I clear, Tokujo Mitarashi?" he stated in a soft but deadly voice that made Anko tremble slightly.

"Hai, Hokage-sama." Anko whispered in reply, "I wouldn't anyway, I swear. I would never hurt someone like my bastard of a sensei did to me."

"I know." Sarutobi said as he leaned back and grabbed a blank scroll to begin writing up the mission, "I just had to make my feelings on the matter clear. Besides, technically, you could count as Naruko's first girlfriend."

Anko blushed at the comparison. "Hokage-sama, I'm twice her age!" she protested.

Sarutobi chuckled. "And yet, you only look as if you are in your late teens." His brush danced across the scroll in well practiced strokes as he spoke, "I think, on reflection, that this is an excellent idea. You and Naruko are similar in many ways, so becoming closer to each other will be good for both of you."

Anko instinctively grabbed her shoulder where the Ten no Juin (Curse Seal of Heaven) had been branded on to her by her sick and twisted former master.

"There. Done." Sarutobi said as he finished writing. He waited a few moments for the ink to dry before he rolled the scroll up and gave it to Anko.

"Thank you, Hokage-sama." Anko said as she turned to leave, "I promise you, this is a mission you will not regret issuing."

After she left, the old man brought out some sake. After a meeting like that, he really needed some. Purely for medicinal purposes of course.

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Next Chapter: The Seduction of Naruko

Authors Note: Sorry for the rant up at the top. I've been stressed the last couple of weeks, what with a relative going into hospital.

Anyway, the poll. The winner is…FemHaku with a whopping 50+% lead. Poor Isarabi never got above twenty. Kin got thirty-odd percent.

To answer any queries, No, Naruko will not be absorbing Kubikiribōchō (Zabuza's sword).

The next chapter will be deserving the M-Rating, so don't read if you aren't old enough. Later.

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Jutsu Lexicon

Any Jutsu with its name in Bold is my creation.

Any Jutsu with its name in Italic is a Game or Anime Jutsu that has no rank and I gave it one.

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Katon: Endan - Fire Style: Flame Bomb

Rank: C

Type: Offensive

Effect: A basic, but versatile, Katon ninjutsu that gathers oil in the user's mouth and, upon launching it at the foe, ignites it into a fireball. By partitioning the oil, multiple smaller fireballs are possible. A constant stream of fire is also possible with this jutsu.

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DOUBLE DYNAMIC ENTRY

Rank: C

Type: Offensive, Collaboration, Taijutsu

Effect: A simple technique performed by Maito Gai and Rock Lee. The two users perform the Dynamic Entry at the same time, creating a near mirror image of each other as they do so.

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Warenai Yūhi no Jutsu - Unbreakable Sunset Jutsu

Rank: Undetermined

Type: Genjutsu, Supplementary, Collaboration

Effect: A disturbing genjutsu utilised by Maito Gai and Rock Lee seemingly unwittingly. It creates an image of a setting sun at a seaside beach. This happens whenever Gai and Lee exchange 'Manly Hugs' and the entire picture causes severe mental trauma to anyone who sees it. Known by the alternative name of 'Seishun no Yūhi no Jutsu (Sunset of Youth Jutsu)'by both Gai and Lee. As the name suggests, this genjutsu has never been broken and cannot be seen through by two of the Three Great Dōjutsu.

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Ushio-ken - Tide Fist Style

Rank: N/A

Type: Taijutsu Style, Offensive

Effect: The Basic Taijutsu style taught to fresh genin at the now-destroyed Uzushiogakure. This style focuses on offensive and passive defensive techniques. Most advanced taijutsu styles from Uzu require this style to be learned first.

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Konoha Reppū - Leaf Gale

Rank: D

Type: Taijutsu, Offensive

Effect: A relatively simple technique, being no more complicated than a rear-spinning low kick. With enough force behind it, this technique can send a grown man flying.

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