Another chapter in the bag, grammar might be worse on this one, but I'll admit, really am too lazy to do more on this one, I'm dead tired. It's over 13,800 long. So not really much in the way of review replies, or pms really, which kinda sucks, I would like fayth to have more actiivty, but wishng dragon seems to be stealing the show. Hopefully this chapter will help. Got some fluff, little bit of drama, funny and hopefully other stuff in here for you. Yes I didn't drag out the ring implication because it couldn't make sense, in fact the only reason it lasted as long as it did because both were so mentally and emotionally drained due to recent events that they literally didn't have the mind to see it until they were told flat out to their face. Another day and they would have realized it on their own.

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With the combined shunshin, the three of them made short order getting to the training grounds, with Kakashi acting more as the guide, deciding their direction and destination, while rikku and naruto were doing more of the leg work with their enhanced shunshin.

"Damn, that's some distance to cover in one go. Mind teaching me the variant you use?" Kakashi asked.

"Sure, just so long as you follow through with teaching us in return, we'll share what we know and developed, some of it anyway." Naruto said, not fully willing to give up everything they learned or developed, like their kaihen, that was staying their's for as long as possible.

"Good. Now for starters, let's-" He was about to continue when he saw a girl in a pink shirt, blue pants, brown twin bun hair approach.

"Ya'll got here fast." Tenten spoke, giving a smile.

"Oh yeah. Kakashi sensei, we sort of invited her for traiing too. Her jonin sensei is-" Rikku started, but a held hand and a sigh from kakashi as enough to stop it there.

"I know, a taijutsu tunnel vision'd master and instructor. I brought this up with Gai before on your develpment tenten, that their was only so much you could learn underhim, despite his skillset being more than just taijutsu, his focus on it is damning, and isn't really helping you, a weapons mistress. So this isn't unexpected. If these two invited you, then welcome. However this first part of their training may not interest you, but may offer a different perspective." He stated, and she nodded, taking a seat off to the side to watch and listen.

"Anyway, we'll start with the core of any standard ninja's skills, Taijutsu. A light spar to refresh my memory and give tenten now an idea o what we'll be going over and your skills. Begin." He stated, and like saturday, the two came in with pure taijutsu, using their teamwork to try and overwhelm kakashi. Despite seeing a master and two veritable experts fight so much in the same team, seeing the teamwork of these two was like watching a dance where there was no beginning nor end of any one movement between the two, honestly it reminded her of swishing water around a bowl, the rising wave on one side and the low dip in the other, before the ater would flow to do the reverse on the other ends of the bowl.

"Enough." He called, this time having been pepared and much more aware of their fighting method, was able to take them with beter display compared to the first time. "Now you two are pretty much perfect to be on a genin team already. You're only problem is the reliance on teamwork between you two in lieu of being able to stand on your own when you have to against strong opponents. I was watching your spars at the academy and you both have studied grappling and ground tactics for individual skill sets, though I can see the difference. By the way, good job for both of you on that, rikku for taking on a jyuuken user and winning, and naruto for fighting sasuke and trouncing him. Both Hinata and sasuke are strong for their age and class with unique taijutsu styles, so taking them down, showing the weakness in their forms and displaying skills not normally used, a good show." He stated.

"But already I can see some of your differences, so we'll work on individual craft. Now, is there anything youtwo can think of for individual work before we get started?" He asked, and received a somewhat surprising answer, their weapon orders and thoughts on how to move forward. Thinking of that, what their orders meant for their developing styles, and all, gave him further ideas. "I see. That helps clear up some trial and error then. Wen we meet tomorrow I'll have several books and scrolls on taijutsu practices, combatives an a style or two that I think would fit you, we'll start from there to develop your indvidual styles into something unique to you. But with that out of the way." He said, waving tenten over.

"We'll work on other things. Tell me, what chakra control exercises do you know?" He asked.

"Well, we know the various Leaf methods, Leaf sticking, spinning, balancing, tree walking, water walking, combinations there in and even a few of our own. Like water skating and water missile." Rikku started, getting a confused look from tenten and even kakashi. "Well water skating is what it sounds like, using chaka control to skate on the water's surface, but what about underwater. Basically same concept as skating but applied to th whole body to accelerate and move by chakra alone while under water. Harder to do, but involves full body chakra control from all of the tenketsu working together to make it work. That's why despite naruto's massive reserves, he has pretty good chakra control." She stated, getting nods from the other two non-spirans.

"Interesting, another thing to learn. Well, at any rate, Seeing with Tenten here, I think a new exercise would sit you three well. Chakra strings." He stated, motioning with a hand, where just visibly, light blue chakra threaded out from his finger tips, connecting to a small rock, which was suddenly thrown from the ground to kakashi's hand. "It's mainly used by puppeteers, mostly from suna, who use it to control puppets from a distance. However, it has other uses, such as with the rock just now, or..." Throwing a kunai wide of any target, he twitched his finger and the kunai suddenly changed direction, stabbing into one of the three half buried standing logs. "Directing the movement of thrown weapons in flight, and I'm sure a menagerie of other uses you can find out for yourself. Skilled users can apply it to quick escapes, such as pulling a comrade or themselves from harms way if a kawarimi isn't prepared, or pulling an enemy into an attack. Things of that nature. It difficult, but teaches precise, articulate control of your chakra from fewer tenketsu points on the body. So here's how it's formed." He started, explaing how to create the chakra stings and cutting them loose for a half hour t practice to get the basic concept an feel down, successes or not.

"Alright, enough of that. Next we'll be working on ninjutsu. I already know you three well enough, from the spar and from gai. respectively. You know the basic elemental jutsu and even developed your control to mae them a bit more free form, consider this, taking your control up higher, to apply the elemental chakra to say, taijutsu strikes, thrown weapons, or even to already existing jutsu to alter it's effect. Here are scrolls for each of you, though since you two live together you can made due with the one now, so here tenten. The scrolls teach higher level molding of elemental chakra, how to better mold it into the elements you want them to be, this will take time, so don't rush it. best to start with primary affinities first and branch out from there. I won't be teaching any higher elemental ninjutsu until those exercises are completed as the scrolls dictate." He stated.

"Genjutsu obviously rikku and tenten will benefit from, while you naruto, your chakra is a handicap in this area, but that pulse you did can be expanded to encompass an area, how big is up to your reserves, so we'll work on that and your ability to identify stronger or more subtle genjutsu used on you, and how quickly your can mold chakra to form the release pulse to dispel genjutsu, the faster the better. You two for now practice the genjutsu you do know, release methods and better ways to incorperate them into how you fight, while I work with naruto for a moment until you need me." He stated, and they got to work. Today was the overview of everything, so as the afternoon wore on, their genjutsu practice moved steadily. Between rikku and tenten, their genjutsu was moving swiftly, while naruto was constantly practicing speed and range of the pulse forming and the pulse itself.

"Weapons you all craly have figured out, so until your orders come in we'll skip that. Now you three are unique from most of the genin, as you thre are the only ones in your age range that have skills in fuinjutsu." He stated, tenten shooting looks to the two blondes, shocked, and the same in return to her. "Yes this is an interesting point, so while I hadn't counted tenten, she lucked out with you two. Here, like before with the elemtal scrolls. These books are the basics from ground zero, but more comprehensive, and informative, that covers everything in the lowest tier of Fuinjutsu practice and prepares for the next tier of learning. This is different from the fuinjutsu training in the academy, or the ones in your training scrolls you two had. These were meant for the sealing corps konoha was preparing to make 13-14 year ago, overseen by the fourth hokage, a seal master compared only to very few, not even his master jiraiya could match his prowess in the field." He stated, getting their attention in immediate order with that knowledge. "My sensei wanted the sealing corps to be the best among the elemental nations so their training was comprehensive in heavy detail, unlike our more cut and dry unit we have today. Show me progress with these, and I'll see about getting the books from the next tier for you. Agreed?" He spoke, getting eager nods from Naruto and tenten, though rikku sighed, this wasn't her ideal subject, but she did know some things.

"With that out of the way, I believe we can use the rest of the day for learning some of those modified or new techniques you'r willing to let go, ne?" He stated with a eye smile. Rikku and naruto smiled, before gettingt hem started, first with a promise not to teach it to anyone themselves, getting them first with the modified, sealless kawarimi. The jutsu was faster to use and faster in action, and didn't require as large an replacement and at it's extreme as demonstrated by naruto, nothing to replace with at all, becoming a highspeed movement to avoid injury. This received no shortage of praise, but it could use work if he intended to use it as a movement technique. Once they got that down, tenten had to be taught the basic shunshin before she could learn their seal-less and cloudless or non-leaf variant, as you just disappeared and again, faster to use, faster in action, and could be used for greater distances, less chakra and leave no traces of direction of travel. This made for an impressive improvement over the former techniques, kakashi making a comment on shisui before they moved on.

They quickly grasped water skating, easily, before long the four of them were moving on top of the water of the river at speed, both with and against the flow. However water missile was another thing all together. "Might want to do this one tomorrow, and bring swimming clothes and gear, otherwise you may have to lear to hold your breath for a bit longer than two minutes to get this one down. It's useful because aside from the full body tenketsu point and chakra control should you be dragged under water, it can allow for high speed water movement where the enemy who drags you under won't expect you to be able to." Naruto stated, stretching a bit along with rikku.

"Fair enough. But what are you two doing?" Tenten asked.

"Well getting ready for a swim. We were trained and practically raised on the water if you want to look at it that way. So we're always ready to swim." Rikku said, and with they started tripping down wthout a second thought. Tenten's eyes bulged comically while kakashi just blinked owlishly. Naruto and rikku down to swim clothes and mesh, immediately jumped into the river. "Now watch, we'll demonstrate." She finished and they nodded, taking a breath before diving. They stayed shallow, but then started to move against how their bodies were moving, able to make sharp turns, fast dashes and spins, even attacks and a bit of sparring under the water. What really surprised them though was the count. They stayed under the water's surface, going on 6 minutes and counting, doing all sorts of intense physical activity, until around 8 minutes, the came up for air. "And that's how it's done." She finished, shaking her hair of water, smiling.

"Damn, didn't know a person could do that or hold their breath that long." Tenten went on, getting a smile in return.

"we trained hard for that. among the group who taught us how, we hold the record at 8 minutes and 17 seconds. We're shooting to increase it to 9 minutes, but that's a pain in the ass to get to, current lung capacity and all." Naruto said, floating in the water but using the water missile exercise to stay in the same spot in the river, even against the current. Tenten was blushing a bit at the abs and all under tight tanned flesh she was getting an unhindered eyefull of, but turned away once she remembered that ring on his finger, a little ashamed to ogle another's man.

"See something you like tenten?" Rikku asked suggestively, thoroughly intent on teasing her as she knew exactly where she was looking, though not concerned since the fact she turned away told her what she wanted to know. Tenten just blushed harder, hoping she hadn't been caught was gone now. "It's okay to look so long as you don't touch. Well, so long as you don't touch when I'm not there to say otherwise." She teased again and this time, tenten's blush was so harder, she could swear her exposed shoulder wre blushing too, revealing some subtle freckles. Naruto had to blush at that one, looking incredulously at rikku...oh she was going to get hers for that, but he had to admit this was fun. Kakashi meanwhile was restraining all perverted giggles while he enjoyed the back and forth.

"a-a-anyway... is there anything else we could work on today?" Tenten asked, now more thoroughly embarrassed and just wanting to change the subject. Rikku and naruto shrugged, getting out of the water, and getting dressed.

"Well we could go on and leave and work on fuinjutsu together over some dinner or just food ad then home. It's getting later in the day now soo.." He went on, looking to Kakashi who nodded.

"I'll see you three tomorrow then. Tenten I'll try o have a few things prepared for you too. Nothing against Gai, but his focus on lee who he feels for so strongly, and Neji's own focus on taijutsu is leaving you too little to develop with. So I won't tell."

"If I don't tell. Got it. All Gai needs to know I made some friends who I'm training with on my own time." She said with a chesire grin and got kakashi's eye smile in return. "Gai's a good sensei, he's help me improve a lot, but only in fields he's strong with and I need to expand beyond those, so Im grateful for the chance kakashi. I'm not sure I'd like the result of fighting someone on just those skills alone of they had one or two solid methods for countering my weapons alone." She said, getting a nod of understanding.

"Right then. Well, catch you three tomorrow. Work on the materials I gave you today. Tomorrow we'll be working on your two's taijutsu and getting some tips for better buki-tai techniques for tenten with ninjutsu. Plus I'll be training you three as a team to help you two to learn to work with more than each other and hopefully help tenten learn to adapt to other teams or people she might have to work with in the future. See you then." The cyclops eyesmiled before he shunshin'd, already using the advanced shunshin he picked up from the two.

"Right, well shall we go too? I know of a cafe that serves some nice-" Tenten stopped, looking to the two as they noticed some apprehension in their faces. "Whats wrong, did I say something?" She asked, concerned over that she might have insulted or hurt her two new friends who were helping her.

"No! not at all it's just... well I used to be a prankster, you might remember, hell I still am. But the people seem to hate me, even after 5 years of being gone, I come back and a lot of the villagers hate me, deny me services, things like that. That's how we came to your shop yesterday, w tried several other stores but were denied service and kicked out. So I'm not sure if a cafe would let me in, or if they would continue to serve you if they saw you with me even if I'm not there." Naruto spke, honestly, though his eyes practically screamed for her to not ask why.

Tenten, getting the look and hearing those words, grew angry for her friend. To deny services out right, for ay reason, just on principal of something was ludicrous. She ground her teeth and calmed. thinking a moment, he thought of something else. "Well then how about I go pick up some take out and we can eat elsewhere then. Maybe find a park or something." She suggested, and the relaxed expression was answer enough. "Alright, meet up at the wolf claw in about an hour, I'll have us plenty of food and drink and we can find somewhere to eat. Sound good?" There was a series of nods, before they all shunshin'd away.

An hour later saw them at the shop, tenten waiting with hands full of cloth sacks filled with delightful aromas. "Good you're here. Got a place in mind?" She asked, and a quick nod with a combined shunshin between them all got them to the top of the hokage monument, where they enjoy a hearty but relaxing dinner together, just talking of the day's training, swapping stories, though it eventually led to talking about the gender specific classes. "Yeah those were not pleasant. The tool they use is cold and just feels wrong going in and-" She stopped, slapping her hand to her mouth and looking to naruto.

"It's alright, he can listen. Besides not like he's foreign to female anatomy." She said with a smirk at naruto with the inside joke, making Tenten gasp.

"You two have done that already!?" She gasped out, disbelieving what she just heard. Now it was the blondes turn to blush so dark that even tenten in her cool'd shawl felt hot.

"what!? n-n-no! I'm still a virgin and..." Rikku stopped herself from stuttering into a rambling fit over her embarrassment.

"Wait, they didn't take it from you yet? But I mean that's...if you get captured." Her tone turned serious, and concerned.

"I know...and as I hear from naruto, it isn't any easier from what the guys would have to endure if he wasn't already tied." Rikku said, holding up the ring'd hand for her to see, while naruto paled a bit with shudder.

"What could they possibly do to a guy I mean it's...it's...oh." She spoke, realization set in, at least partial.

"Oh is right. It's a psychological weakness that most men assume it won't happen to them, so it's doubly mind shattering when it does happen to those that are captured, as any good interrogator will knwo f this weakness and prey upon it like a wolf at a free meal when starved." He stated "The tool is ribbed." He commented, making both girl's flinch. "But the other side of that is they prepare you for seduction as well, same for you I guess. But someone doesn't view the unaltered male organ as prper for such, and so if it wasn't done at the hospital when you were a babe, it will be done during the training and allowed a week's rest to proper heal." He said, partial shudder and confusion from both girls.

"What do you mean altered?" Rikku asked, and while tenten had an idea, she remembered when the boys were gne for the week from school.

"Circumcision. They cut and remove skin from that area." He spoke, drawing his legs in and both girls paled, hard. The girls looked to one another, now understanding in detail o that tidbit and why it could be considered quite equal to what the girls went through.

"Damn...they really being through on this aren't they?" Rikku asked.

"Part of the hokage's reforms. Dad said the hokage reviews every failed mission and why, and more than likely enforced these reforms and new practices, even for the guys, to limit physical and mental damage to as minimal as possible with as much preparation as possible. No one talks about what the specific tortures they use in interrogation, only what was given up information wise. So a lot fo the times, according to dad, those that do get rescued from capture or enemy interrogation don't talk to a shrink or anyone to help them and eventually they just...break." She spoke, not really enjoying this line of thought. "So thinking on it like that, it's not hard to see why he put all of these things in place. Unpleasant now, even a bit painful and intrusive, but ultimately I'll admit I'm better apt to dealing with the possibility of it if it happens to me." She stated, though her face was stoney, not happy, but not depressed about it either.

Rikku was look around uncomfortably, as was Naruto, as tenten brought up some god points that really made them question a number of things about their future in this world. Tenten, seeing their discomfort, changes up the conversation back to soeone she asked already. "So if you two haven't done it," She started, fully intent on getting her revenge for earlier "then how does Naruto know the female anatomy so well hmm? Or that you have an idea of what he was talking about?" She asked, smiling as she saw them blush again. "What do you sleep naked together? Morning showers to save on time and hot water?" She asked, milking this for all it was worth.

Both were spluttering their guts out, riled up and embarrassed, but thy calmed and nodded to one another. A few seals and both transformed into basically gender swapped versions of themselves. Riku and Naruko. "We managed to develop a transformation that is real, down to the last minute detail. Even bodily functions and reactions to outside stimulai." Riku explained, taking, his now, hand and deftly grabbing naruto's chest, pinching, getting a yelp and embarrassed moan from the, now girl, who blushed and bowed her head to avoid looking at either of them. Before she shot a withering glare at the new boy and smacked him in the testicles, dropping him to the ground.

Tenten was gaping at the two, not believing what she was witnessing. Then when she processed what they did to demonstrate, she laughed, hard. She laughed so damn hard she fell back clutching her sides and rolling on the ground. She laughed for a good few minutes before she calmed and looked the two over, before suddenly invading naruto's space and with deftly skilled hands, invaded her clothes and felt around.

"I'll be damn, it is real." She said, pulling her hands away from the now crimson faced girl.

"Yep, it doesn't dispel, can't be detected, and aside from the initial cost at transformation, uses about the same as a henge to sustain itself, without having to keep a constant focus on a mental image, because once you transform, it's the new you until you end the jutsu. Hell even shuriken and other things are possible. This is how we both know the other gender's anatomy so well." She said, and they ended the jutsu. "Of course, there are downsides.. Like if naruto starts going through a cycle, he can't change back. That's was a fun two weeks. Turns out dear little naruko is an underworld type, not a golden girl." She aid cheekily, dodging a thrown kunai from naruto, while tenten looked over to naruto who was blushing.

"How about when you got a hard on the first time and couldn't even focus on a single damn thing, much less dispeling the jutsu, and had to hide out in my room to avoid all females before you could calm down to transform back to normal." Naruto countered, making rikku freeze, and a quirked eyebrow from tenten said all that was needed about that.

"A little hormone trouble for the both of you eh?" She asked with a smirk. "Still it's impressive really. This jutsu has a lot of potential and more than just a few uses outside of the job. Plus you understand each other better with it." She spoke, honestly thoroughly impressed with rikku to experience sme of the problems a man faces, and now realizing they weren't just hot air since according to naruto's recollection, that really wasn't much control. But her real rise in respect, not just or them both, butfor naruto as a man, to experience a woman's cycle and so...harshly as well. Not a golden girl herself, but she certainly wasn't an underworld type either. She didn't even want to consider meeting naruko during that time frame, she was likely to be a straight up evil bitch during such time.

The a thought struck here. "So wait, does that mean you've experimented with your gender swaps?" She asked, and the frozen stunned silence spoke volumes. "Not to say I blame you, I would to if I knew that jutsu. I mean who gets a chance to try that of all things, or how it could be used for your love life, not just the job." She said, with a knowing grin as the two were pooling more blood in their faces by the word.

"Then why not learn it. Right now." Naruto said, putting tenten on the spot to see how she liked it.

"Sure." She said confidently, smirking at their expressions. Oh how she loved this, subject aside she was having a blast. "Maybe then I can join you two when you do decide to have some fun with the jutsu together." She went on, and had to restrain her laughing at the dumbfounded looks in their faces. However they followed through and taught her the jutsu, which she immediately took to a gender swap of her own self. "Not bad, the ass could use some work." She said, thinking on her transformation before ending it.

"However I would like to get serious again...you two because you're married skipped over the preparation. I know that scares you both all to hell. But consider the chances of capture and torture when out on your missions outside of the village. I Know it bothers you to think about it, but this is the reality, and it's not unheard of for it to happen o the first mission outside of the village, as fresh genins are a good pick for enemy shinobi to work on thinning the herd of the next generation or future prospective ninja of a village." She stated, getting them both t listen intently. "You might not have nown before, but you know now, an you've got about a got 8 or so months before you'll likely have your first mission outside of the village. Make peace with it before then and do it on your time. If you have any questions rikku I'll help you out best as I can, even you naruto if you decide to use that jutsu for anything...actually it might be a good idea to teach each other, even me what you learn in those classes, got it?" She stated, and got nod from them both. "God, remember, it might be awkward now, but better it be like this than forced." she stated, backing off now.

The two blondes had a lot to think about, as tenten bid them farewell, leaving them to their thoughts and her words. And remembering a few of their experiences alone with the jutsu and so on. They were quiet as they thought alone for a while, before looking to one another.

"She's right yeah?" naruto spoke and rikku nodded. They shared a sigh. "I ugh... would have liked to take our time with this." He said, trying to start off this weird conversation.

"Yeah..me too. But it seems like we won't get to." She said, thinking on where this was leading. "Remember...back in spira, before Bahamut came for us. We were alone on the S.S. Liki. We just left besaid after having breakfast with yunie and the others. They were teasing us on everything, but eve as they were teasing us...it didn't feel wrong." She spoke, leading into this. "Just like it never felt wrong with Haiduke teased, or the others from Home and Home port. Even the psychopath went on about it, it never felt wrong...it all actually felt..right." She spoke, casting a small glance to naruto and aw his eyes turn away from her just as she saw him, and smiled slightly at catching him like that. "If bahamut hadn't of found us...I wouldn't have minded what would have happened. I think...I would have enjoyed it." she stated, nervous at admitting to all this, but she'd rather do this on her time and in her way, and if that meant using up the next 6 of what odd months working up to that point, it'd be done their way, no one elses. "Still would, actually." She stated, getting a look from naruto.

"I was..looking forward to it when it was happening." he picked up, thinking to the moment they had almost shared on the boat. While their lie kept them safe from someone being forced on them, it didn't have to stay a lie truthfully, something he was quite aware of, and in the future, not opposed to. and if there was ayone with who he wanted, it'd be the blonde to his right. "Still am, really." He spoke aloud. He not so subtly scooted closer to rikku, and she did the same. "So If I were given the chance to try again, without interruptions. I think it'd be something memorable." He voiced out.

"Yeah...that'd be nice. Specially on a night like this. All alone, bright full moon, not a cloud in the sky, and plenty of stars." She motioned with her hands, laying it back down on top of naruto's, who took it into his. "Just the two of us." She stated. turning more to naruto. There was a tense silence, before yet again for the second time, they started to lean in. Inching closer, eyes closing, they could feel the other's breath, and their heat. And then they could feel the other's lips. Different sensations sparked between the two of them as they shared a kiss, their first kiss together after this entire mess, even with all their worries for the future and consequences for things to happen, they didn't care as they melted into the kiss and pulled the other in closer.

A way out, tenten was smilin as she watched from her vantage, all too knwoing of hat was to happen since she had similar thoughts when she'd been warning of everything to happen at the academy. Unfortunately she didn't have anyone she loved then or was married to someone already. Otherwise she might have done the same as they were now, watching as naruto fell to his back holding rikku and holding the kiss at the same time. Deciding that was enough spying on her part, she returned home and let them have their privacy. It was enough that tenten could tell that with their feelings, they hadn't gone too far with the, being married so young, for whatever reasons they were, likely made things weird for a time, so they didn't get much chance to develop romantically, sos he was happy she could get the ball rolling with the impending threat of a very real risk of the job. Hopefully they could be happy together.

next morning

Naruto awoke with Rikku in their bed, smiling to the blonde girl. Last night had been awesome, though they hadn't done much besides the make out session, some of the awkwardness and tension between them had vanished. Pulling her in, she snuggled into his chest, whre he held her fast to him. Lookig to the clock, they ahd a few hours before they absolutely ahd to be up, so he took the time to just lay there and enjoy it. Rikku who was awake herself and refused to open her eyes, was enjoying this immensely. Even with an assured time when they had to...commit, hanging over their heads, for right now she couldn't be happier she finally opened up to naruto like she had and ben accepted by him, and the same in return.

The two enjoyed a quiet morning together before they had to get up. "You can take the shower first naruto," She said, yawning as she got out of bed and naruto sat up.

"Could just follow up on what tenten said, shower with me to save time and hot water." He said with a smirk as he hear rikku trip in the hall before eh saw her shooting him a blushing glare when she stuck her head into the door. Naruto was just grinning cheekily, enjoying that blush she said. She shook her head and went ot eh kitchen to get breakfast started while naruto showered first.

After showers and breakfast, they headed for the academy, hand in hand, as they felt a bit better about their now developing relationship to one another. They were as close as could be, but having finally taking that step towards romantic feelings, it was a new experience that carried a weight behind everything they did now. The glares and whispers didn't stop, but narut really couldn't care, despite having a sin sized threat and danger in his gut, for that moment right now, he was happy. After arriving at the Academy, the ay went over similar to before, though lunch was a loud affair as the girls came back, though kiba was there this time, talking about their apparent marriage while kiba just listened to his new friends talk about it.

"So where did you two get the rings. I mean, that is a big rock just to have for one ring, not to mention two, and of identical cut, even with simple bands that's impressive." Ami said, looking at the ring when offered to see it up close. No surprise, her parents were civilian merchants and so she learned a thing or two about quality.

"They were given to us by some friends we made in our travels. They've helped us a great dal already, so the rings was...something else. We were embarrassed all to hell about it, hell even angry when they gave them to us. But, well, as yu can see, they've grown on us." He said with a snicker at the inside joke he and rkku shared.

"Damn good friends then. Not sure I've seen a rock that size on another ring outside of wealthier clients." Ami commented, letting rikku's hand go.

"So what did you two do for a honeymon, I mean, you had to do something special right?" Sakura asked, really wanting all the juicy details. How often is it that your classmates get married so young and seem genuinely happy together?

"Well... we had been planning to travel. Alone. Just the two of us, even started out real nice on this little tropical island, where we met the locals, explored the island, even bought a few bolts of their local textile they made. However when got a message on the boat to the next island we were to visit that we had to come back, so it got cut short before we could actually enjoy it." Rikku stated, weaving a half truth, half lie to be bought.

"Wow, that sucks. well, do you plan on trying again after you become genin or your anniversary? I mean to have your honeymoon cut off like that just sounds cruel!" Ino cried, not at all caring for the fact that the possible romantic trip had been halted before it could even really start.

"Maybe, but for now, I'm just glad I get to spend my time with naruto. The training abroad was nice and all, but spending my time with him knowing what we feel is even better." Rikku said, leaning into naruto while getting awes from the girls. KIba was just leaning back int the tree, eyes closed with a smile. While certainly not one for the lovey dovey mush, he could appreciate a good relationship, weren't they all looking for that anyway.

Returning to the classroom, before they could start, Naruto pulled Iruka aside for a moment. "What is it you need naruto?" The teacher asked.

"This afternoon is devoted to Genjutsu right, like tomorrow afternoon is devoted entirely to practicals?" He asked, getting a nod from the teacher. "Then there might be a problem. I can't cast genjutsu, My chakra reserves are too large to have the control needed for casting. Best I can do is detect them and dispel them. So what do I do?" He asked Iruka, who was now thinking. If Naruto did indeed have this handicap, then teaching him anything more than detection and dispelling would be useless, utterly so. half the class was dedicated to that task anyway, since not many had affinities for the illusionary arts, but needed to know how to deal with those that do.

"Alright naruto, I'll call you up with Rikku then and test you both, pass the detection and dispel and you'll be freed for the rest of the day to for self training, deal?" He asked, getting a nod from naruto. Heading back to class, they started the lesson and when calling for rikku and naruto, it rose a few heads who asked about it. "Naruto has alerted me of his chakra reserves and control, he has difficulty utilizing genjutsu and is having the matter seen to with another source. So all we're having to test him on is detection and dispelling, since he honestly at this time cannot utilize genjutsu, unlike the rest of you. Once he finishes that part of the test, which can be done quickly, he can have the rest of the day to develop in other areas he can advance in." He stated, calling forth Rikku and naruto again.

"That is so not fair! They're just gonna spend the time with their tongue's down each others' throat for the rest of the day!" Someone hollered out. naruto and rikku looked at one another, they were going to leave for their self training since they were allowed to once they finished the lesson but... They smiled, turning to the class, if that's how they were going to be seen, why not play on it. Rikku leaned back onto naruto, bring her arms up and back around naruto's neck, discretely maing handseals behind naruto's head.

"And even if we did, what's the problem, it's not like we're stealing your love interests after all." She said, finishing the last handseal, turning and planting a kiss on naruto, but the students would start to see something very different. A number f the girls would start to see Sasuke getting into the mix, others would see the female of teir desires, or any number of other people they were crushing on. Iruka, Mizuki, Naruto and rikku were standing off to the side of the room, watching the entire clas lose their minds at where the desk was and thought the two, plus their love interest, doing whatever their imagination dictated the genjutsu they were under to do.

"You do have a way to record this right?" Naruto asked Iruka and Mizuki, who both smiled and nodded, already holding a camera. "Awesome, Now if you'll excuse us, I believe you have a...lesson to oversee, while we have self training." naruto said, smiling as he and rikku left the class. The two teachers, despite prior opinions of the whiskered blonde, were enjoying this way too much to question it, so left it alone as they continued to watch and record.

"How long you think they'll be stuck in the genjutsu?" Naruto asked, smiling at the prank they just pulled.

"Maybe an hour, if they don't lose their mind and try to stop it sooner." Rikku said, snickering as she walked out with naruto. Oh yeah, perfect prank, a little cruel maybe, but their own will to not let it continue or how easy they are to fool would say when they stop it. "So, what do we do now?" She said, thinking of what to do.

"Well you could check in on your handiwork." A male voice said. They looked back to see Kiba with a big grin. "Which by the way. Harems are as hot as they are unrealistic." He said, a perverse smirk crossing his lips, as he caught up with them "Iruka ecided to use your genjutsu as toay's test material, those to break it can have their free day. SO far, none of sasuke's fangirls haven't broken it yet." He said, pointing to some of them that were leaving the class too. There was some already leaving, havng the common sense enough to actually notice it was a genjutsu. Iruka was outside with them, smiling to see the group that was noticing and able to break it.

"Mizuki is still inside recording, snickering the whole way. Your cooperation in the distraction and casting of the genjutsu was perfect, exactly what is expected for subtlety in the field. The subject matter of said genjutsu though..." He trailed off a bit.

"Is what makes it the perfect prank, since it's their own imagination running wild that fuels what they see. Like kiba's harem apparently." Naruto said smirking as he jabbed a thumb at kiba, who just whistled innocently when many eyes turned on him. Among them were some of the girls, but mostly guys, all of whom had...convincing, visuals of those they wanted in that genjutsu. Surprisingly a few of the fangirls actually weren't caught in it, namely Sakura, Ino and Ami. Hinata broke free easily, but that as to be expected, though from the deep maroon blush n her face, just where had her imagination taken her... "While on top of that, exposing that no matter who you are, no one is free of perversion, only difference is who shows there off to the world and those that keep it private." He finished, that was a life lesson he learned a long time ago.

"Indeed. Well, some of them are still enjoying their perverse vision, so we'll leave i there. Work on your individual techniques then, once the bell rings you're free to leave." Iruka spoke, letting them go on with the others.

"Hey sensei, actually I have a question?" Rikku spoke up, surprising naruto actually.

"Yes?" The man asked, looking to the girl and naruto.

"Well I was wondering is there any techniques you can teach us that's not part of the curriculum? On the training trip we've mastered all the techniques in our learning scroll of the curriculum the hokage gave naruto and I, though we might be lacking in other areas. So we're actually looking for new things to learn an apply together." She asked, making naruto smile. He hadn't thought of asking their actual academy teacher since they're working with kakashi already.

Iruka was honestly surprised, it was a first one of his students asked for additional teaching, for more than just the standards of the curriculum that wasn't, "an awesome powerful jutsu" and what he'd seen of the two already, they were very effective already and understood all techniques had a place and use, such as their use of that ground based taijutsu techniques to dominate in taijutsu. He could understand their problem, while their academics can alway be improved, if they did learn all of the techniques, then the next six months could be quite boring to them. He and mizuki did have non standard skills not taught in the curriculum... Smiling, he nodded.

"I think we can do that. I have skill in the barrier and some fuinjutsu capability, as well as a sensor jutsu I developed myself. Mizuki and I both practice Taijutsu regularly, though he has more practice in weapons such as great shuriken, some puppetry technique, silent killing and night vision adjusted eyesight. I can talk to mizuki later abut what he can teach if he agree's to it, what do you want to learn?" He asked, directing them to follow him to the indoor practice gym, away from prying eyes.

"Well we've got a handle on fuinjutsu, We're learning the first tier stuff now, from the yondaime training manuals he meant for his sealing corps. Kakashi is helping us pick up the slack on that, though if you got anything to add to that that'd be awesome. Um, we have no barrier techniques, but that sounds perfect, being able to better defend ourselves would be great." Naruto started, though he thought a moment, "What about that sensor technique though?" He asked.

"Working on fuinjutsu already and from those manuals. That's impressive, though how in the hell did you get kakashi to help you?" He asked, surprised the man was helping anyone seeing as he never took a genin team. "The barrier arts I use start from the basics, moving up to a few better defense, though my best is binding type barriers, using plain barriers, fuinjutsu arrays made by the marking technique, or sealing tags already on hand. I can teach you these better if you're already learning seals. as for my sensor technique, it's based on the echolocation technique of dolphins, I mold my chakra to a cetain way, and then pulse it outwards from me. Due to how it's molded, the chakra will roll over anything and everything, telling me the layout of a room, where people are around me, everything, according to how I mold the chakra and the quality of the molding. So I can effectively see all around me." He said, smiling at their gaping faces.

That... that was perfect for them, if a dolphin uses that, then for them it was ideal, being able to operate underwater would be perfect. Not only that, naruto was already skilled in pulsing his chakra using the genjutsu release method of chakra pulsing. "We'd like to learn your sensor technique first. Naruto is already practiced with the genjutsu pulse method for dispelling genjutsu, so this will be perfect, and he can help me pick it up. If mizuki is willing, we're learn what he's got too. After all, we're ninja, so silent killing will be useful." Rikku spoke, seeing the applications for it already.

Iruka nodded, happy he could pass on his own developed technique to the next generation, so they got started training immediately, teaching them the molding and receiving methods to make the sensor jutsu work. Since it was still a pulse, it allowed them to dispel genjutsu at the same time, so this was a multi-use technique. They continued to train for the rest of the academy day, by the end, naruto could do a weak echolocating pulse, while rikku was still having trouble doing the pulse, but they were making progress. By that time the clones tey left at home to work on fuinutsu dispelled and learned what they did, making the stumble a bit, but a smile on both their faces. The manuals were tough, but comprehensive and made for learning not just stating the facts, s rikku was doing better in her learning. When the acaemy let out, they found kakashi waiting for them again, a simple affair to shunshin to the training ground once more, tenten waiting for them this time.

"Hey guys." She said, wearing a grin of the cat tat ate the canary. "so, what are we working on today?" She asked, a little too quickly at the glances rikku and naruto were sending her. Shrugging, they listen to kakashi.

"Well yesterday I promise we'd work on your bread and butter as ninja, taijutsu and even weapons, but since we're waiting on your weapons, taikutsu for now. Here we are." He said, sitting down a pack, pulling out several scrolls, books and a notebook. "These scrolls contain martial arts styles that I believe suit each of you, plus one extra to help bridge the gap between your current skills and learning the new styles I selected. Rikku, you are more of a speed fighter, using your evasion and agility to out maneuver foes, and your chakra control is ideal for medical jutsu as is, so this scroll contains the Medic nin taijutsu, The Fleeting Form, with it and it's training, you should be able to dodge, evade most foes with ease, you're previous style and the bridge will give you the means to attack and once you get your weapons I'll you work with someone who uses similar weapons." He states, turning to naruto.

"With your weapon, better taijutsu is a given for you, as such I see the goken may not be completely ideal for yu, so we'll start with the bridge style 'll expand on what you already know and we can work on consolidating it with the style I picked, Lua, an islander based martial art actually. It's actually surprising, it's a bone, joint and pressure point - manipulating, dislocating and breaking type martial art with plenty of grappling, locking, binds, punches and kicks using the entire body. You may learn more after that, but this style will be ideal for you considering the ground work you did before." He stated, getting a nod as he handed his scrolls to him.

"And tenten, you were a challenge if I'm being honest, but these scrolls contain some eclectic and esoteric techniques that while, not a true style, should compliment one another well and fit in with what you already know. This notebook contains my notes and development, as well as thoughts, opinions and concepts for a future style you may develop from the resources here, as well as the bridge style I mentioned in this scroll. The style I imagined, though subject to change, is The One Mind Infinite Weapon. As a weapons mistress, you should be able to grasp all weapons, but what of using weapon techniques without weapons but on your body alone, along with what I have here for you. I'm sorry I can't give you mre, but I hope this helps." He stated, handing her what he had.

Tenten though for her part, didn't seem so down, as she was tearful. "Tenten?" Rikku asked, though the girl only shook her head, giving her a smile.

"It's the first time someone's gone out of their way to actually research a way for me to better progress in my dream and get stronger as a weapons mistress rather than trying to steer me to something else. I'm just happy." She said, smiling as a few tears fell, but quickly dried them.

"Yeah kakashi, not to be rude, but why are you so intent on helping her, I mean me I can understand because of our connection. I'm just wanting to understand better is all." Naruto asked.

Kakashi sighed, not exactly proud of his reasoning, but he wasn't going to lie. "Because naruto...I'm a screw up, as a person a shinobi, student even a...whatever we are." He said, getting a shrug from the boy but a nod. "I've...made far more mistakes than I ever want to admit to but recall all too well. It may be unfair, but doing my best for those that are here now, I hope I can maybe redeem myself...to myself. I should have been around more for you naruto when you were younger before you left, but wasn't." He said, holding up a hand to stop naruto. "As for my any other reasons, while gai can get on my nerves, I know his tunnel vision regarding lee and taijutsu, not his own fault thanks to his father, can and will stunt tenten, and as the village reforms, she needs more than what gai can current offer with his tunnel vision for her to grow stronger. And while it may not be good, I will admit that hopefully helping your friend, it may ease my own conscious a bit." He stated, eye crestfallen.

The three pre-teens just stared at the man, who's shoulders and head hung with deep regret and weight that honestly...looked like the weight of the world bearing down on him. "Kakashi...it's okay, I don't hold that against you...but I do want to thank you for helping and hope you keep doing it. It may not matter to most, but to us this matters more than you imagine." He said, getting nods from the other two. "So come on, tell us about this bridge style already." He said, smirking.

"Right...thank you." He started, but cleared his throat. "Okay, this style is small in skill set and practice, but the body control it gives is effective, and paired with what you already know, it should work to great effect. It's called one mind style" he started, smiling at tenten. "Essentially it's a system of stances, form, general use techniques that may not be common in other styles, but mostly heralds a training form and mindset that optimizes your skill set. It's often learned by anbu before acceptance into the anbu to prepare them for the work and duty. Now, let's get started." He stated, feeling a bit lighter from all of that. He had promised that when naruto came back, he'd be honest with him after he met him officially, and now he was happier he had made that promise now.

They worked on their training for the day, and after working up a hard sweat from the training, like they told them, they all dressed down to swim wear, getting in the water and started training in the water missile exercise, which the two were finding to be quite hard. Kakashi, like naruto, wore simple trunks though with his mask and headband always in place, while tenten sheepishly wore a slim but tasteful one piece rather than the bikini rikku had no shame in wearing, but she let her hair down which looked quite nice, earning a blush when naruto told her as much.

Their training in the water exercises were going well, seeming to enjoy the water training after the hard physical work out. They'd get out and spar, before going back tot he water, using it to keep the body cool whilst working on chakra and getting out for taijutsu spars. But eventually the day drew to a close and they had to pack it up for the night, each going their separate ways. And this was how it went for their time as academy students, but the weekend challenge had been amusing, sure they lost to gai and lee, but not before stunning both of the taijutsu masters and even neji and the rest who attended, kiba was there, with their underwater training menu, fully encumbered with weights, heavy clothes, and other handicap and then into the water. and staying there for their 8 minutes, the water shallow enough they were able to see the intense spar underwater. Though it was to note they lost by sheer reps of workouts rather than intensity, something that amazed everyone, since gai and lee were the most intense of trainers known in the leaf.

Training with Kiba on Sunday was interesting,as he took to the ground fighting like a natural, they were betting it was a carry over from wrestling with dogs growing up and using more primal instincts, and they continue to train, even directing kiba to scrolls of the one mind style and a few ideas they saw for his own improvement. Kiba was a style similar to naruto, so what's to say he won't benefit from claw gauntlets and boots himself, or simple short swords similar to rikku for his tsuuga techniques. Though when He described the signature techniques of his clan with their partners, the spiraling drill like moves or buzz saws, they convinced kiba to learn as many variations of them as possible, and dropped clues and hints for other things they thought helpful. A few spiked chains in the mix of a buzz saw or drill movement would surely be quite destructive.

And this is how it would go for the next 6 months, sure they would make more friends, but kiba quickly became Naruto's more or less de facto guy friend and buddy, while rikku got tenten, and both helped the couple out a good bit. Kakashi would train them hard, getting them stronger, building up their individual talent to make them stronger separate, so they could stand on their own when needed. Kiba and some of the others in the class that they were on good terms with they helped get stronger as well, though obviously not to the extent of Kiba or tenten, just subtle things. The training with their instructors carried over well, as they picked up on the extra things they had to offer to teach, getting quite good, it was obvious the two blondes weren't overachievers academically, but strived to get stronger and learn more.

Six months practically flew by, letting naruto and rikku in the end know that they were about to become official shinobi of the village, confident in their training. While training alone didn't let their grids grow much, they wre able to use up all of their luck spheres to fill empty nodes and activate them, and the effects were noticeable with their success. When they got their official class grids, they'd have to invest in luck spheres, no question, maybe find another sphere crab. Though one extra thing they did outside of training was learnig science, mechanics and engineering that konoha had to offer, working from th ground up to compare with their own learning in the areas. Picking up more tools and advancing their skills with machines and machina. This would be incredibly useful, and they sealed up copies of all the books for when they returned home.

The day of graduation - Academy

Six months gone by and everyone was ready to say goodbye to the academy. Today they had already done their exam assessment that morning, now it was the general talking and once results came back from the hokage tower, team assignments. However there was a little...hitch. Of those that graduated the assessment exam, standing with them now, there was an uneven number of teams, by two in fact. "Alright, we've received advance notice of a team assignment that one of the jonin has been pushing for. Naruto Uzumaki and Rkku Aburedo, you two will be teamed with-" He started, but was cut off by shouting form one of the guys.

"WHAT!? that's bullshit why do they get to be a two man team?" The boy hollered, he'd been one of the not so friendly ones among the group.

"I have to agree." Sasuke stated, looking up from his chin he'd been resting on. "What makes these two so special to be a two man team rather than a full three man squad. They're not that strong." He stated, casting a subtle glare to the two blondes. Eversince that first fight, he'd been training himself into the dirt to outwit that ground tactics of theres, and gotten to where he was winning fights against the whiskered blonde now.

"Well, it's not exactly about strength sasuke, these two were selected because-" Again, iruka was cut off by a sound at the dor this time. Looking, he saw Kakashi standing there, giving a wave.

5 minutes prior

"These are the genin who passed the morning examination, a number of those who were predicted to did pas, along with an extra or two. I've already set two teams. I'm sorry Kakashi, but for now the Uchiha will require your focus, he's becoming a flight risk so hopefully training with another sharingan user will help keep him grounded. Although f you see instability, do not feel burdened, order a psyche eval immediately with Inoichi. as for his team mates, you'll be receiving two who should be easy to mold into fine ninja and hopefully support the boy as well. Be sure to mold them properly." He stated, giving the silver haired jonin a apologtic nod. Hiruzen knew he'd been pulling to have Naruto and Rikku, unfortunately he couldn't justify it, not with sasuke as a risk and kakashi being the only one left in the village who can train him properly.

"I understand, but I'm gussing the second team is a two man team?" He asked, raising a question with the other gathered jonin who were going to be sensei for this years crop.

"Yes. Naruto Uzumaki, and Rikku Aburedo." He stated, earning a few confused looks.

"Uzumaki? The hell is the demon brat doing back?" one of the Jonin asked, who suddenly found himself sweating his entire water supply as he stared down the hokage and copycat ninja who were releasing directed killing intent at the man.

"You'll not refer to him in that Manner. You're a shinobi, you know the difference in seals, you know damn well he's the container, not the demon itself, unlike the ignorant civilians. That is unless you wuld like to become a civilian again to match your opinion to theirs." Hiruzen stated, letting the man wither to a cowering bow before their hokage. "Now then, these two will be a two man squad, they have superior teamwork with each other, zero hesitation to let the other have control of their life in the heat of battle, defend one another without a single word, use each other to set up attacks and rescue each other from risky maneuvers, and this was what we observed when they first returned from their training trip, not saying what they can do now, with six months of additional training." Hiruzen finished.

"How does two 13 year olds get that kind of teamwork?" Another jonin asked, clearly intrigued with what was being said.

"Well it's to be expected when you train from the very beginning with each other from the ground up, working to overcome the other constantly, no outside distractions in the same training as them, and they just so happen to be married." He said, dropping a bomb like dropping a memo. There was a silence, and then chaos for a few seconds before they calmed, their right minds remembering where they were. "Yes the two are married, have been since before they got back, should see their wedding bands, the diamond is as big as my fingernail." Hiruzen remarked, watching as the female jonin of the room turned envious. He snickered slightly at his own little bit of fun before turning serious.

"Now we need to decide the rest of the teams and who will be taking who. Let's-" He started,

"Hokage-sama, a moment. Would it be possible to check in n the students, we mentioned the teamwork of those tw and I have an idea if you'll permit it." Kakashi explained.

"Sure, though what is your idea?" He asked, pulling out his cruystal ball and showing the scene from the classroom.

"Well most of the teams we will be getting will no doubt fail our teamwork tests, but we can hedge our chances by showing the students what teamwork can accomplish. I'd suggest the two have a full contact spar, with as many of the students of the class that are willing to participate." Kakashi voiced, and the same reaction as before erupted. "Those two were able to pressure me, hard, in our first meeting when we had a spar to determine their abilities, and have only increased since I've been training them to raise their individual skills since their teamwork is already perfect." Kakshi spoke, and then silence.

To hear from the man himself that two kids had pressured him like that was amazing, looking back to the crystal ball, they had to wonder.

"I agree to this kakshi, go to the academy, tell iruka of this decision. Hopefully by such a display of what proper teamwork can do, they'll learn to apply the same to their tests tomorrow." He stated, getting a nod from the man and an eyesmile that his plan was approved before he used his modified shunshin to simply vanish, no smoke or leaves, much to others surprise.

"Hokage-sama. If you don't mind, I'll take the two gaki's for my team." Spoke a nw voice from the back, earning a smile from Hiruzen.

Academy

"I have a request from the hokage, a last test if you would." He stated, walking in.

"Kakshi, what a suriprise, but what kind of test does he want to do?" He asked, confused.

"Well this one won't affect their result from this morning that's assured whatever th results of this test are." he said, giving a subtle hint to know the tests tomorrow are still on. "This one is to enforce the ideals konoha embraces. Teamwork. It's a sparring matching." he stated, getting a number of surprised looks.

"Sparing match? But how, you cant test the entire class with a single match." He stated, wondering what the jonin as up to.

"Actually, I believe I walked in at just the right time as some of your students were questioning the two man team, and the value of their strength. Well I say why not let them see for themselves hwo strong they are, and what teamwork can do. The hokage is watching right now, and has approved it, Naruto Uzumaki and Rikku Aburedo, two man team, against the entire, willing, class in a full contact spar." He stated, dropping that bomb casually.

The entire classroom erupted into whispers and talk, looking tot he two, floored, blonds, but when they looked to kakashi, they made a few gestures, before getting a nod in return, and smles from the two blondes. "We accept." They both stated, getting up.

"Hn, this'll be a good test to see how ell you do and put you in your place." The uchiha stated with his usual collected arrogance. He was looking forward to rectifying all of his loses against the male blonde. Others were getting up, following them outside, while some looked to one another.

"I'm not fighting." Kiba stated, rubbing his arm and getting a bark from akamaru in agreement. they had followed their advice, both were geared in strike armor of their own, claws, shaped, bladed or just simple spikes that could be controlled by flexing muscles, though kiba had duel shortswords on his belt, and unseen, rolls of chains in his parka.

"Us neither, we know better." Shikamaru said, getting a nod from chouji and Ino. They had some similar changes, additions of weapons and alterations to their outfits, but otherwise not as extreme as kibas.

however they were all followng now and once outside, those that weren't fighting were sitting to the sidelines with the instructors, Iruka and mizuki with kakshi, and to their surprise, the other jonin and even the hokage. The genin were all floundering, some realizing this may be their chance for better team selection. Gai had showed up with his team as well, sitting with the other newly minted genin to witness what gai said would be a true test of youthful teamwork.

Tenten, along with kiba, had changed significantly, she wore a belt filled with small scroll holsters, that had ear webbing stretching up her torso, over her shoulders like suspenders with material bridging under her underarms, across from each shoulder strap across her chest and back, though held by buckles, and webbing extending down her legs, wrapping around her tighs with extra gear holsters, and several other holsters on her gear webbing, to hold everything close and tight to her body. She wore armor on his forearms and shins, and instead of her standard buns it was easy to tell her hair had grown and her buns were tightly wound braids.

Chouji pulled off his old headband, replaced with his forehead protector, and on it he revealed a storage seal, unsealing a large amount of snack foods and drinks, which were passed around. "Food and entertainment."The akimichi said plainly, before he sat to watch.

"Already, this will be a full contact spar. Use of all skills are allowed, but no kill shots, you're skilled enough to know what that counts as. Begin at the drop." the copycat stated, pulling a coin and tossing it up into the air. The two were taking their stances, side by side, mirroring the other, while the class that was fighting took their own stances. Sasuke, sakura, Shino, Hinata, Ami and various others were all in their, ready to, as they saw it, lay down some hurt. The coin started coming down, and everyone seemed ready.

When the coin hit the ground, all hell erupted as the mass of genin rushed the two blondes. Their first action was to back up, retreating without turning, and as the others closed in, suddenly they were overcrowding each other as each of them were fighting over who got to the blondes first. However the choice was ripped from them, as only a few didn't try for the direct charge, such as shino who used his bugs from a distance, but a chakra pulse from them both when tey felt the drain, dissuaded the bugs from touching them. Hinata had come from the other side in for rikku, though unlike before, she wasn't staring daggers at rikku, only serious determination.

On the other hand, sasuke rushed in for naruto from the other side, wantng the whiskered blonde to feel cnsiderable pain. What followed was from rikku a graceful display of ducking, dodgng and weaving around the hyuuge's strikes, whilst staying in close quarters it was like she was dancing, and with the shawl billowing out and flowing through the air, it ertainly gave the impression of dancing. Naruto was less graceful and in fact, seemed far more rough, but his efficiency was brutal in how he handled the uchiha's offense. However before either could deal further, the others were rushing in. Naruto adjusted his position and after getting sasuke where he wanted, shield kicked him back into the charging students and fangirls who were bowled over by the uchiha landing on them. Rikku dealt with hinata who was rushing her, yet never able to land a blow, but rikku in turn was deal her own solid but lashing blows to hinata's elbows, shoulders, knees and ankles, attacking her joints, before a grab and throw sent her tot he ground a good few feet away, the impact rattling her entire body and making all her joints quiver in pain.

Hinata dealt with, though sparred any actually injury since she was a taijutsu specialist, tey worked on the next ones who charged, this time, putting more emphasis to their teamwork, as they ducked and weaved through the students, who sent weapons at them, using the confusion of staying within their numbers to utilize crossfire to disrupt the attacks of others, and well placed strikes from them both sent a few down. Rikku jumped back to avoid a sweep, only for naruto to come up under her with a swinging arm, which rikku landed on and then jumped from, using naruto's swing to heighten her jump, as she sailed up. They looked up, distracted a moment, before naruto grabbed the boy who tried to sweep rikku by the wrist, and then with surprising strength, threw him by one arm into those under rikku's landing position.

Rikku landed on the boys roughly, speakinga thanks,but had to tuck and roll to the left to avoid kunai and shuriken. Rikku stretched a hand, invisible chakra strings form and catching a few of the thrown weapons to curve in mid air before being thrown at one who was coming up on naruto's back, who had to jump away. Naruto looked to rikku with a nod, and they regrouped, seeing the genin getting up. Sasuke was first to get back on the offensive, charging the blonde again, angry obviously from the earlier kick. Looking to rikku, she nodded and stepped back.

Naruto went through the same pattern of active defense, but when he guard another time, sasuke suddenly noticed he couldn't pull back his arm, literally stuck to the blondes own arm, who was smiling at him as he jerked on the arm connection roughly, throwing his shoulder into the uchiha who was forced to take it, before being sweeped and hip tossed. Released from the sticking, he had no time to contemplate how, but was back on the offensive as he rose and came in from the side. Naruto started retreating back with back steps, just enough to stay out of striking range, as the others were now up and closing in.

Naruto stepped in forward rather than back, now taking the offense himself, taking a few strikes, to deal heavy solid blows to the uchiha's midsection, earning grunts and escapes of air from his lungs. He followed this slow, hard combo with more of the same blows, to soften him up, before grabbing his wrist, using the same sticking he had done before, to throw him by the arm, but not release into the ground, and then again from the ground, over his head and on the other side, like he were some kind of rag doll, this time with a release to send him bouncing. Hopefully he'd stay down this time.

The rest of the class while nervous, felt numbers on their side. Hinata was sitting with those not fighting now, having apparently settled something by the look on her face. The two blondes looked to each other and started weaving hand seals, before releasing a jet of water and wind at them, dousing them and cooling it down, sapping them of their strength by lowering the temperature significantly by raining their heat. Others were already weaving their ow handsigns now with the unofficial start of ninjutsu, but they hadn't really moved, instead they were still standing in the water from earlier, who with a smile, both blondes held up lightning encased hands, sticking it to the water on the ground, sending shocks through the group who didn't get away in time. The cold had made it hard for them to weave hand seals properly or quickly, enough to delay them from getting a shot off before they could use the shock hands with the water as a conductor to shock them.

With a larger number now dealt with, they focused on those left, who had finished weaving seals and several streams of fire flew at them. Rikku and naruto weaved their own, and taking advantage of the water on the ground, formed a water wall reinforced with an earth wall. Water dealt with the heat, earth with the force, so chakra didn't have t be wasted on reinforcing a single wall to take both. Pulsing chakra, they could tell they were gathering those still conscious to continue the fight and regroup. Loing to rikku, she produced a large sphere from her puch and smiled, throwing it over the wall. The sphere exploded into smoke that quickly filled the area and they rushed in. Soon after, cries of pain could be heard until they started getting quiet, and when the smoke cleared a minute later, they could see the other genin now down.

Fr a moment, it seemed as if they were honestly done, until a roar and crackling of flames could be heard. Turning they saw a massive fireball, launched at the uchiha, hurtling straight at them regardless of the unconscious genin. Panicked Naruto stepped through, a few hand seals, before pushing his hands forward. Wind rushed from his hands. "Fool! Wind feeds fire!" Sasuke shouted, happy to finally get one up on the blonde.

"Sometimes, but when it does, fire goes where the wind carries it." said blonde stated, before pulling his hands apart, and a sucking of air could be heard, then pushing his hands forward again, the air intensified as a crater formed in the center of the front of the fireball, before blasting through it, the fire looking like it emploded on itself through the whole, before following the gale palms, direction as a jet of fire, right at sasuke, who panicked with a look of disbelief, just barely rolling out of the way. However before he could recover, naruto was already on him with a kick to the face.

Sasuke landed on his feet, but the blonde was again on him, delivering a number of fast strikes now, using fists, feet, elbows and knees, taking him to the ground in brutal heavy assault. Sasuke had trained for this and was putting up a good fight, managing to get up, but a leap from naruto put his but right into sasuke's face, and to his horror, it stuck. naruto was smirking evilly as he flipped in the leap, dragging the uchiha by his face stuck to his but, through the flip, before landing to the ground in a meditation pose, using sasuke's face as a seat, who effectively wasn't moving.

Nw all was silent, and everyone had been up now to see the grappling between the two, only for roaring laughing to be heard at the result fro many of those watching. Sasuke's fangirls were screaming at naruto to get off, but not before a little flatulence on the uchiha's face, ensured no one would be getting close to him. Rejoining rikku who was dying of laughter with the other spectators, he shrugged and took a seat beside his 'wife' who was now hanging onto him for an anchor to keep her from flailing with laughter. The jonin, instructors, even the hokage, were all amused to their own varying degrees. Again Mizuki had his camera out and recording everything. It was odd, he could have sword mizuki hated him that first day, but over the last six months, he seemed to have warmed up and really enjoyed what the blonde did, course it helped that mizuki gave a copy of all the recordings to the blondes which kept him safe from pranks.

Once everyone calmed and stopped laughing, the hokage stepped up, regardless of whether the uchiha was awake or not. "And that, is what perfect teamwork can accomplish. they used your superior numbers against you, to bind up your ability to deal with them when you all charged from the front, with a simple retreat back. They utiized friendly fire tactics to wittle down your strength, collaborated simple justu to hinder you and knock you out, or neautralize what you brought against them, and not to mention their taijutsu skills, and the...finisher, we watched." He stated with a smile, but sethis face in stone. "17 of you fought two, if this had ben real, 17 would be dead at the hands of two, all because of teamwork. Do you see the importance of working together now?" He asked, getting numb and shameful nods from those that did fight. "Good, remember this lesson, now I believe we have team assignments." He stated.

Iruk ndded,s teping forward. "Right well we have.." he started, running through the pack of the class who was now leaving with their sensei. "..Tam 7 will be Ami, Sakura haruno, and uchiha sasuke under hatake kakashi." He stated, looking for the jonin...only to not be found. He sighed, shaking his head before continuing. "Team 8 shall be Hinata Hyuuga, Kiba Inuzuka, and Shino aburame under Kurenai Yuhei." He went, and the woman stepped forward, instantly kiba was at the front of the group, standing at attention, getting laughs from rikku and naruto.

"Oh settle down you horn dog, I swear your worse than rabbits!" Naruto shouted, getting a wilting, blushing glare from the inuzuka, but a betrayed look when akamaru barked happily, before slumping in depression, they just continued to laugh as his team gathered to a very amused kurenai who left.

"Team 9, under Gai over there, is still in circulation, say hi." Iruka prompted, might as well introduce a team from last year. "Team 10 as I'm sure you've guessed, is our own Ino-Shika-Cho. Under Asume Sarutobi- Put that damn cigarette out!" Iruka shouted at the jonin, getting a sheepsh grin, gathering his team and quickly leaving. Iruke grumbled but sighed. "Team 11 will be our two man team of Naruto Uzumaki and Rikku aburedo, Under Anko Mitarashi." He called out, palng at the name he just called...

"An-?"

"-Ko?"

Both blondes spoke together, who suddenly seemed very pale, and panicky, with visible shakes.

"Why hello kiddies, ready for some torture!?" The female with purpose spiked upward ponytail shouted as she stepped forward, wearing her standard mesh, tench coat and skirt, with a sadistic grin. The two blondes were pale as can before, a feat considering their heavy tan.

"BY THE SANDS, SHE HAS A TWIN! NOOOOO!"

Spira - Bikanel home port

"Hey anko, what was that?" A man asked, swearing he could hear something.

"That was the sound of hope and joy being crushed ruthlessly." Said woman, with purple hair in a fanned out spiky ponytail, laying out in a beach chair under the sun by the water's edge wearing sunglasses and a biki said with a sadistic grin.

"I thought that was tomorrow when we get our new arrivals to run the dearth march for breath training?" The man said, in a similar position wearing just trunks as he enjoyed a bit of alchohol whilst he sat.

"Oh it is, I'm just happy someone is enforcing my work elsewhere."

"May the sands have mercy on them the." The man raised his glass t whichever poor sod got that raw deal.

How'd you like them dango? Ha! For those who were expecting anko to be their sensei, I applaude you, but I know damn well none of you though I'd dopple-ganger anko between worlds like that. and now spira's al bhed psychopath, has a name and decription. Hahahaha. This next chapter will be fun.