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Well… It's been awhile, hasn't it? I apologize for not making an author's note or something, but… college really kicked my ass, in the sense of not knowing what I was diving into.
Nonetheless, with having re-adjusted myself and listening to the smooth beats of Nujabes, I decided to get back on schedule and type up a chapter. We'll see where this takes us for the time being.
And I'm NOT abandoning any of my stories, note note. I will probably be doing a few one-shots in the future, because plot bunnies are rampant D:
Happy Late Christmas and Late New Years!
EDIT: It seems that this site is having problems with reviews showing up after December the 21st or something like that, so keep in mind that if you review any story, it might not show up.
It's been three weeks since Team Kushina's induction into the Shinobi Forces at proper Genin and not fresh-out-of-the-academy ones. Being placed on the Active Shinobi list, Kushina had left to report to her husband and dismissed the three a few days after their exam.
The three decided to make use of their newly found opportunities and went to a Weapon Shop, ran by an older genin named Higurashi Tenten, alongside with her father Taysuke and mother Hinako.
Purchasing some tools like kunai, shuriken and ninja wire, the three then set off to have a treat at Ichiraku Ramen.
As per usual, Hinata was given a wide berth as she moved through the town. Not because she was the heiress of the Hyuuga clan, but rather because of her title, the "Blood Princess". It was interesting to see from Naomi's standpoint, as she never really took the time to get to know Hinata.
Speaking of Naomi, Naruto had took it as a mission to sit and have a talk with Naomi the day after the exam, in order to speak of her regarding her… feelings.
Needless to say, it was an interesting, soul-searching experience for the two… or make that four.
[Flashback]
Naomi, Minato and Kushina were seated at home, enjoying their family dinner of some Miso Ramen - Whirlpool Style, the recipe made by Naruto as an olive branch to his family in an effort to reconcile.
In Kushina's book, it was immediately put into the book of her Family Classics cookbook, which she treasured as it was a gift from her late father.
As the three were having a "gay ol' time", a set of consecutive knocks came from the front door. Naomi decided to get up and answer the door, opening the door as she spoke.
"Who is it?" She asked, before she identified who was at the door. It was Naruto, scratching his nose idly with his attention distracted at the rose bush next to the front door. He didn't expect Naomi to launch herself onto Naruto, toppling the blonde over as she let out a yelp of delight.
"Onii-sama! You came to visit!" She said as she gave Naruto a bear hug. Naruto swore he felt some ribs break under his sister's petite yet strong arms.
Hearing her wayward son's name, Kushina also launched herself from her chair, over the couch and out the door, slamming on top of Naomi as she wrapped her arms around her children.
"Naru-chan! My adorable little baby boy! Did you come to move back in with Kaa-chan!? Say yes, please say yes!" Kushina whined as she brought the two back into the house, slamming the door with her foot.
Naruto could only squirm, looking at his dad with a look of help.
"Now now, Kushina, you should let go of our son before he suffocates from two little girls, ne?" Minato remarked. Kushina threw a glare at Minato for calling her a little girl before she looked down at Naruto.
Unknown to her, Naomi's face was out of her field of view, hidden by Naruto's head so she couldn't see Naomi licking the back of his neck and nibbling on his earlobe, as his hair was long enough to cover that part.
Unceremoniously releasing her arms, the two dropped on the floor like a sack of potatoes and just as quickly the two stood up, brushing the dirt off of their bodies.
Naruto made to open his mouth to speak, but his vision was filled with a faceful of Kushina's own, as she kissed his forehead and put her hands to his cheeks.
"Have you been eating alright, Naruto? How's training, are you training well? Do you have a plan for training? How about ramen, do you have enough ramen? Socks? Any T-shirts? You look like you need some new clothes as well, or maybe a hat! Ooh! I saw this one hat in the market and I couldn't help but think of you wearing it, so I bought it and hear it is!" Kushina said, pulling a small sleeping cap from Kami-knows-where and placed it securely on his head.
All the meanwhile, she ran her fingers over his whisker marks unknowingly, making him seize up and shake, before he couldn't hold it and let out a loud purr.
Kushina instantly stopped her movements as she heard Naruto's guttural purrs that followed afterwards, and couldn't help but squee.
"Minato! He purrs! Our adorabubble baby boy purrs!" She said in excitement as she ran her thumbs over his cheeks again.
This went on for about 10 more minutes before Naruto, with Kaguya's intervention (she was nibbling on a carrot and was thus indisposed for the time being until now) managed to break out of it and lightly slapped Kushina's hands away.
"Mom! Stop it!" He said loudly, making Kushina rub her head sheepishly.
"Mou~ Naru-chan, I'm your kaa-chan. Let me spoil you a little bit of a lot." She said cheekily as she grabbed him and lifted him from the floor, before sitting back down onto a chair with Naruto in her lap. She gently rested her head on top of his sleeping cap and gave him a firm hug.
Much to his inner protests, Naruto couldn't help but feel some tears threaten to sting his eyes as he was surrounded by Kushina's warmth. He missed the feeling of his mother enveloping in her warmth, which radiated a sense of security and protectiveness. After all, there's no stronger love than a mother's love.
One that he had to break through to his own mother for her to realize that she was missing a piece of her heart.
"Mum, I need to talk to Naomi… in private." Naruto said as he looked up Kushina's face. She pouted but relented, releasing Naruto from her clutches. He smiled as he grabbed Naomi's hand (to her immense, sexual delight)
Dragging her up the stairs, her mind was racing a million miles a second, and it didn't help that Kyuubi was prodding her love center in her brain with a large stick, giggling all together.
As soon as Naruto decided to enter his room, he locked the door behind him and turned around, seeing Naomi try to strike a sexy pose.
"Well, onii-sama. I'm ready for your… seed." She said hungrily, licking her lips for added effect.
Naruto deadpanned, before clapping his hands that was channeled with Futon chakra, as a strong gale wind released into the room and kicked up the dust around him, before directing it to an open window.
"Naomi, I need you to be serious here for a minute, ok?" Naruto said seriously, his eyes stern as Naomi got the hint and dropped the pose. Naruto made his way to his bed, sitting at the foot with Naomi sitting near him.
"Give me your hand." With a hand outstretched, Naomi unhesitantly placed her own slender hand on top of his, and the two promptly fell limp, falling on top of the bed.
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[Naomi's Mindscape]
There was water everywhere as Naruto and Naomi awakened. It reached as high as their ankles and in front of them was a large, imposing red gate, shaped like a sort of prison cell.
Naomi was stunned, having never been here before as Naruto stood up. From his shirt, a small, white rabbit popped out, its ears and nose twitching cutely.
"Where… is this place, Naruto-nii?" Naomi said, surprising herself as she wasn't thinking about sexually ravishing her older brother.
"We're in your mindscape, Naomi. And I believe that we have something to take care of." Naruto said, straightening his back as the small rabbit climbed on top of his hair, nestling into it.
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The three made their way to the imposing cage, before Naruto rapped his hand against the metal pole, a resounding clang echoing across the abyss of Naomi's mind. From behind the cage, they could hear water splashing quietly as it moved towards them.
It took a second, but there she was in all its glory.
Naruto narrowed his eyes.
"Kyuubi no Kitsune… or should I say, Tatsuki-chan?" Naruto teased before the large fox lunged at the cage, her claws an inch away from his eyes.
"Puny mortal! How dare you utter my name in the presence of meatbags!" The large fox threatened, its tails waving around threateningly. Naruto looked unfazed while Naomi was washed over by a large wave of killing intent. Or feminine fury, whichever floats your boat.
"I dare, especially when you decided to… sexually corrupt my imouto into a pervert, you damn ero-kitsune!" Naruto yelled back, making the fox growl.
"Who told you my name!? No one but my father knows and I'm sure as hell you're not my father!" The Kyuubi roared in fury.
"I did, Tatsuki-chan. And you better watch your tone, young lady!" A feminine voice spoke from around the mindscape. Naomi and the Kyuubi looked around frantically, trying to locate the source of the voice.
"Show yourself, so I can tear you limb from limb! No one calls me a young lady and gets away with it!" The Kyuubi roared.
"I'm already here." The voice said, before the rabbit hopped off of Naruto's head and glowed brightly. The mindscape was filled with a bright light before in place of the rabbit, a slender, beautiful woman with horns took its place.
"K-k-kaguya-kaa-san!?" The Kyuubi said, panicky before she too glowed, as a slender, busty fox woman took its place. With orange ears with black tips and 9 similarly colored tails adorned her behind, the now identified Tatsuki looked on with shock.
"You're damn right it's kaa-san! Do I need to spank you again!?" To emphasize her threat, Kaguya lifted her arms and put her hands together, knuckle-to-knuckle with her fingers bent, before she violently threw them apart.
As a result, the seal that protected the gate was ripped off and the gate was violently thrown apart as well, a large bang resounding from the far corners of the mindscape. Kaguya stomped her way towards the cowering Tatsuki, who had fell on her behind and tried to crawl backwards, away from her mother.
"No, stay back! Momma, I didn't mean it!" Tatsuki wailed, before Kaguya was basically towering over her. With glowing eyes, Kaguya's eyes shifted from their normal pupiless eyes to a veiny RinneSharingan and leaned forward, the two's faces barely having any space.
"Stop. Whatever you're doing to your friend, just stop it." Kaguya threatened and Tatsuki nodded quickly, dispersing the… "date-rapey" feelings that the outer Naomi had.
"There, it's done! Please forgive me…" Tatsuki whimpered, before Kaguya stared at her for a while, releasing her gaze on the frightened nine-tails. Sighing, she ran her hand across Tatsuki's scalp, crouching to meet her on eye level.
"It's alright, Tatsuki. I'm not mad at you anymore. But you can't be using Naomi as your puppet." Kaguya spoke gently, running her hand across Tatsuki's head. Tatsuki, in a surprising act of childishness made grabby motions at Kaguya, which she returned and gave her a hug.
"You always were the clingiest of my children, Tatsuki." Kaguya remarked, teasing Tatsuki who blushed.
"I was lonely, kaa-san. I wanted to see the others but I kept getting sealed into other people." Tatsuki murmured, which Kaguya nodded. Naomi and Naruto watched a distance away, as Naruto idly gazed and Naomi watched with rapt attention.
While the bijuu and rabbit goddess were talking, Naomi decided to confront Naruto on the whole matter.
"Onii-chan… what's going on?" Naomi said intelligently. It's not everyday you realize that the strongest of the bijuu and the mother of said strongest bijuu were talking like family.
"Change is happening, Imouto." Naruto said seriously. His eyes were fixated at the scene before him as Tatsuki placed her face onto Kaguya's robe, her ears twitching occasionally as Kaguya rubbed her back.
Turning to face his sister, Naruto patted the top of her head.
"This is the Kyuubi no Kitsune, Tatsuki. I'm sure you know what that means." Naruto said. Naomi nodded.
"I'm the… jinchuuriki of the Kyuubi?" Naomi said, questioningly. Naruto nodded in response.
"Yes, and as such, you are her responsibility. Just as she is yours, you two will have many of battles to face in the near future, because of what you hold." Naruto said, making eye contact with Naomi. She could only stare at the maturity of her brother for a few seconds before slowly nodding.
"She's looking for a friend, Naomi. You've probably heard that she hasn't had any human interaction from her other holders besides harsh words from the villagers and hate to say it, but kaa-chan might have as well." Naomi nodded slowly.
"So go on. It's time to meet the greatest companion and friend in your life." Naruto said, giving Naomi a little nudge forward.
She took a few steps, careful to not lift her feet out of the water in fear of making any sounds to disturb the moment and kneeled next to Tatsuki.
Kaguya nodded, as Naomi slowly wrapped her arms around Tatsuki and gave her a gentle squeeze. Tatsuki latched onto Naomi and hugged her as well when Kaguya relinquished her hold on her daughter, and made her way back to Naruto.
"I've had a few words with Tatsuki, Naru-chan. Your sister won't try to rape you on sight from now on." Kaguya teased, making Naruto grumble.
"That's good. She was getting a bit overbearing for me." Naruto said, rubbing the back of his neck.
"Well, because of the large amount of interference that Tatsuki had caused to the nerve endings in the area of the brain that reacts to emotions, she'll be in love with you at the extent of a devoted housewife instead. Even I couldn't purge all of the chakra that Tatsuki had sunk into Naomi's brain, unfortunately." Kaguya apologized, which Naruto waved away.
"It's fine, kaa-chan. I'll just have to live with it and adapt." Naruto said confidently, before blushing a bit.
"Ho-oh? Adapt? So you won't turn her away when she makes advances on you, Naru-chan?" Kaguya teased, making Naruto blush some more.
"I… have no comment." Naruto said wisely, making Kaguya giggle as she rubbed Naruto's head.
"No comment indeed."
It took a while to gather his bearings as Naruto opened his eyes. His hand was still clasped over Naomi's as he slowly lifted himself up, propping himself against the wall of the room, Naomi waking up a few minutes later.
"Urgh… I'm so tired." Naomi muttered, bringing her hands to her face. She brought her hands away to look at Naruto, who was looking a little drowsy himself as he tried to stay awake.
Kaguya could feel Naruto try to stay awake but her internal clock was reading that it was close to 10:30 PM. Seeing no harm, she released some spores and made Naruto feel even more drowsy.
Naruto's eyelids were truly flickering now, and soon he fell into a slump on the bed, on top of an unsuspecting Naomi.
With a squeak, Naomi was trapped underneath the frame of Naruto's, their heads inches away as Naomi tried to struggle, but soon relenting.
Naomi sighed, her thoughts still in a mess as she tried to sort herself out. It's not everyday you realize you tried to rape your twin, only to find out that a mischevious fox was the cause of the problem because she was lonely and now you're best buddies!
Needless to say, Naomi needed a drink, and decided to give up, and sleep under her onii-chan. With great strength, she managed to shift Naruto to the side of the bed and off of her, before pulling the blankets up.
She looked wary, but she inched closer to Naruto's chest and laid her head into the crook oh his neck, her arms wrapping around his waist.
Naruto unknowingly had did the same and their feet became slightly tangled, as Naruto got a whiff of Naomi's hair.
In a rare family moment, the awkwardness between the two twins were patched and the two slept together.
From outside the door, Kushina and Minato watched lovingly as their children bonded and slept together, Kushina having unprofessionally cried crocodile tears into Minato's shirt, making it sopping wet.
"We should leave and go to bed, we don't want to wake them up now." Minato said quietly and practically dragged an emotional Kushina away from the door, who was squeezing the doorknob like a lifeline. Shaking his head, he used his Hiraishin and teleported the two back to their room.
[End]
With Naomi back in the "right" state of mind, things were much easier to do around for Naruto whenever she was involved. As a result of her mind reverting, her hair took on a change, as what was once a pure orange curtain became a pale orange at the top, before slowly transitioning to a red as the hair went further down.
The new look suited her (according to Kushina, who pouted that she didn't have that kind of hair and ran to the hair salon) and gave her a more womanly appeal… well, as much appeal as a 12 year old could get.
Back to the scene, the three made their way to Ichiraku Ramen, and placed their orders. Hinata had used her "shy girl persona" inside the ramen hut, and when asked about why she put on a mask, she had said something along the lines of…
"Stupid shitty elders are trying to get their claws into my little sister and I'll be the last fucking person they'd want to cross. Neji-nii-san is also an ass so I intend to fix that soon. If I put on a mask, they won't suspect a thing of me being strong and just glance over me, and when the time is ripe, I'll rip our their fucking spines!"
So yeah. Family's important, afterall.
The three chatted animatedly to each other, unknowingly being watched by a person with long white hair, who then vanished in a puff of smoke.
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Naruto stretched languidly as he entered his penthouse, carefully avoiding the door so it wouldn't bop him on the head again. As it closed, he was instantly on guard as he heard the shower running. Taking out a kunai, he half crouched, slowly making his way to the bathroom.
He tensed when the water stopped with a squeak and a rustle of movement. He narrowed his eyes, ready to launch a kunai at the intruder if things got out of hand when he noticed a gleam on the kitchen table.
It was a shiny metal forehead protector, with the kanji for "Oil" inscribed on it.
Realizing who it was, and a little too late, he froze and dropped his kunai when the bathroom door swung open.
A slender, buxom women made herself known as long and unkempt white hair reached her waist. Busty and having child bearing hips, the woman was wrapped in a towel, with steam coming from the bathroom door adding to the allure. If one was ignorant of who she was, one would instantly associate the beautiful woman to a Goddess, not to mention the red markings under her eyes.
"Ero-sennin!" Naruto choked out, getting the attention of one of the Densetsu no Sannin, the Toad Sage, Junko.
"It's my favorite gaki!" Junko exclaimed, making her way to Naruto as she completely disregarded her towel threatening to fall off of her impressive bust, showing her shapely legs and thighs.
Try as he might, Naruto was too shell shocked at the near-nakedness of his Godparent and froze when she picked him up. For someone in their late 40s, early 50s, she looked like she was 20. If Naruto had to guess, She and Tsunade probably had Orika conjure something up to retain their looks as they age.
Naruto's mind briefly drifted into thought, wondering if Orika hadn't already made something to increase one's longevity, something outlandish like immortality or something like that.
The three sannin sneezed at the same time, before the three simultaneously rubbed their noses, all the while being large distances apart.
After rubbing her nose, Junko smiled widely as she suffocated Naruto into her large bust.
"Ooh, Naruto~ You sure know where all the right places are~" Junko moaned as Naruto tried to pry his face away from her breasts, his struggling seemingly made her stimulated.
"Naughty boy, what would Tsunade say if she saw this?" She teased, as Naruto froze and with a mighty heave, unwedged himself from Junko's breasts.
"She'd probably beat you into oblivion, you perverted frog."
"Oi! They're toads, toads! And I'm not a pervert, I'm-" Junko said in offense, before being cut off.
"A super pervert. I got it… and the other thousand times before also." Naruto remarked. Junko grunted with a pout as Naruto was released from his soft prison. Naruto then eyed her with a long gaze.
"...what, can't get enough of this sexy body, Naruto?" She posed with the towel, making many mighty men blush. This had no effect on Naruto, as he had seen this millions upon millions of times and pointed a finger at the bathroom.
"Make yourself presentable first, Ero-sennin." He said curtly.
"Oh phoo~ you're no fun, 'Ruto." Junko said, adding her nickname for him. Doing as she was told, she went into the bathroom to redress herself.
As soon as she came back out, dressed in her green kabuki clothes with the top portion being undone to show large amounts of cleavage, Naruto was found sitting on a chair.
"What do you want this time, Ero-sennin?" Naruto asked as Junko smiled with mirth.
"Why my little friend, I just came to take your virginity!" Junko said with her arms thrown up to the air. Naruto had to bite his lip in order to not blush.
"In all seriousness, I just came to visit and check on the seal. Afterwards, I have to leave to meet with Isaki." Junko said, making Naruto nodded.
Junko was very forthcoming of information when it came around to Naruto, seeing as he had the ability to make bonds with just about anyone. So when it came to his surprise when evening in the past to see a letter from Isaki Uchiha stating where she went after cutting down the other Uchiha, he was sort of in a position to know these things.
That being said, Junko's secondary reason was to get the latest piece on the state-of-affairs in Konoha, with Naruto acting as her most trusted informant in Konoha, Minato being ranked second.
Reasons being that although Minato was the Hokage, more sinister plots could only be found in the dark corners of Konoha, which Naruto was keen to. No thug would just walk up to the very few surviving Uchiha Police Force and tell them that they were selling drugs and prostituting women without being held in handcuffs first.
This also had the effect of making Naruto much more respected in the Female Black Ops cells around the world, as he was effective in his findings of crime in the Underworld.
"Well, I'm fine. Naomi's fine. I had a chat with the Kyuubi, ripped off the seal, and we're rekindling, so that's nice." Naruto said offhandedly, which Junko nodded.
Before throwing the chair over.
"You did what!?" Junko shouted, filling his field of view with her beautiful face. In response, Naruto kissed her on the nose with a small smile.
"Try as you might, the last time since you visited, which was two months ago, things took a radical change. Naomi was a fangirl the few days before our graduation…" Naruto trailed off, earning a stern yet curious look from Junko.
"A fangirl? To whom?" Junko asked, interested as Naomi wasn't the type of character to get invested in love.
Naruto was silent for a while, before raising his hand.
"To me…" He said quietly, only to meet dead silence. Junko looked Naruto dead in the eye.
"You… you're joking… right?" Junko asked, warily. Naruto shook his head.
"Nope. She was my fangirl. My own sister." Naruto said quietly. It took a second for Junko to break as she laughed loudly, clutching her sides.
"Wow! Your own… Naomi! Haha!" Junko continued to laugh, much to Naruto's irritation.
In response, Naruto channeled a bit of his Dark affinity into his fingertips and a blast of darkness shot into Junko's side, making her yelp.
"Oi! Cut that out!" Junko barked, only to meet another one in the face. Just as Junko got back up, Naruto channeled more into his hand in a threatening manner, making Junko pause before she backed away, hands up.
"Alright alright, lay off, will ya?" She said, much to her pleasure as Naruto stopped channeling his Dark affinity.
Taking a breath, Junko sat back down.
"So, how did that come about?" Junko asked as Naruto idly scratched his cheek.
"The Kyuubi was apparently responsible, having pumped its chakra into certain sections of her brain to become more amorous." Naruto said, making Junko tense. Seeing her reaction, Naruto raised a hand.
"It's fine, I took care of it. Yesterday, in fact. I traveled to her mindscape with a certain little bunny and got it sorted out. They're now friends." Naruto said, closing his eyes.
Junko furrowed her eyebrows at Naruto, finding it hard to take that a 12 year old has the guts to wrestle the Kyuubi into brokering some kind of deal.
"Well, is she still a fangirl? No, right?" Junko asked, making Naruto give a sheepish grin.
"Bunny-chan did make the Kyuubi release its hold on Naomi, but the chakra that had infiltrated her brain couldn't be purged completely. So while she's not a fangirl, she still has some feelings for me. The bunny said that it was now more to a housewife than a fangirl, but I think Naomi's trying to limit her feelings to that of a crush. Which is nice." Naruto said, nodding.
Junko hummed in thought, before scratching the side of her head.
"I trust you, Naruto. But I'll still check the seal for anything that might've escaped your notice, ok?" Junko asked, which Naruto nodded.
"It's fine, go ahead." He said, before remembering. "Oh, just don't tell kaa-chan and tou-san about me doing so… I don't think they'll take an air of understanding of a 12 year old doing that. Just put a spin on it." Naruto said, as Junko nodded.
As she got up and made her way to the door, she felt a small pair of hands hug her waist.
Junko looked down and saw Naruto hug her, which made her heart melt a little. Crouching down to be on eye level, she returned the hug, making her smile.
It was times like this that made Junko feel like she had a son to take care of, despite having never gave birth (or had sex either, surprise surprise! I mean sure, she experimented with Tsunade and Orika back when they were younger but that didn't count. The boys in her class back then also were kind of spineless and didn't meet her expectations, and still didn't to this day. Minato had at one point, but he was crazy for Kushina and she knew better than to cross the red-haired Uzumaki.).
With a tight hug, she kissed his forehead and gave him a firm smile.
"Stay safe, ok Naruto?" She said warmly as Naruto nodded.
"I always will, obaa-chan." Naruto replied, making her smile widen.
Finally releasing the hug, Junko jumped out the window, making her way to meet her other favorite gaki, leaving Naruto alone in his apartment.
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It was the day after Junko came to visit, as Naruto got to work on his latest task - planting crops in a field. Having been assigned a D-rank mission, Naruto figured he would excel and maybe learn a lot from the farmer who needed help.
Having wanted to learn more, Naruto made three shadow clones to ask the farmer for any tips and lessons he could impart, while the original and his team got to work on the field. Kushina was sitting next to the farmer's wife, having a laugh and drinking some lemonade.
Garbed in some overalls, some dirty gloves and a rice paddy hat, Naruto gripped his hoe tightly as he brought it down onto the earth.
With a mighty heave, he overturned the soil, letting Hinata, who was in a similar outfit, drop the seeds in.
Squish Squish, pat pat pat. Naruto went as he let the fertile soil reach the surface. Naomi from the side planted a wooden stake with a crude drawing of a potato on it, acting as a marker for what mound of soil was what plant.
The sun was really beating down on them, as the three had no doubt developed some aching backs while they did this. The task took about 2 or 3 hours in total, and would've went by faster if Kushina allowed Shadow Clones.
Having said something about building character and bonds with your team is crucial in any shinobi operation, Kushina had a point that there was no point in a team exercise if you alone could make up the team with clones.
That and having different people was always nice, having different opinions and company was a nice change of pace from the various "Yes-Men" that clones often were, unless they were given a brain.
Conceding, the genin cell toiled with the soil and eventually got the task completed. At the same time, the three clones had finished learning a lot from the farmer and vanished afterwards, giving Naruto loads of knowledge on crops and as a byproduct, gardening as well.
"Oof, I'm going to need some painkillers for tomorrow, my back is killing me!" Naruto complained, as he was soon met with a nice, hard Jyuken strike to the spine. The intruding chakra sent a wave across the bones, making them straighten as Naruto shot up. The pain he was suffering from before subsided as he thanked Hinata for not making him a paraplegic in the process.
The same was done for Naomi, before Hinata had opened some tenketsu points near the aching parts of the spine to allow her chakra reinforce it, and at the same time mend the muscle damage around it.
Being a secret Jyuken Master, Hinata had managed to get so good at chakra control and navigation that she can reinforce specific sections of her bones, like her pinky toe or a section of her skull to absorb and briefly deflect damage.
Kushina, having seen the three finish their task, whistled loudly and called them over. Having thanked the farmer's wife for a wonderful chat, she got up and waved goodbye, her genin cell following her as they made their way to the Hokage Tower.
Now dressed back in their regular clothes, the three were standing before Minato as Kushina gave her report.
Try as she might, Kushina could never be professional around people she considered friends and family, so her reports were brief and without the air of professionalism, which Minato was thankful for.
Dealing with a lot of kiss-asses everyday was annoying.
"... and that's all for today, Minato-kun." Kushina said, giving a cheeky smile which Minato appreciated.
"Umino-san, what is Team 8's current track record?" Minato asked as Iruka looked through a filing cabinet for the manilla folder on Team 8. Manami, always the faithful girlfriend, yanked a folder out and placed it in front of the Hokage, before kissing Iruka on the cheek.
Browsing the folder, Minato read off what he saw.
"Team 8, having completed their requirement of 25 D-Rank missions and reached a Teamwork Evaluation Grade from Kushina Uzumaki-Namikaze of a 95%." Minato paused, looking at Team 8 smile brightly.
"Well, Kushina-chan, your team is granted an extra 5% pay boost from Konoha for an outstanding grade on teamwork as per usual, so long as it stays above 80%. Seeing as you currently have the highest grade, I'll have to pencil in the change from 5% to 10%, and you're now eligible to take C-Rank missions." Minato said, taking a pen and scribbling something on their file.
Naruto smiled. Having extra money always helped with groceries and the such. Hitomi always had an appetite for all things sweet, and the same could be said for Setsuna, who always wanted some premium cut beef.
"We'll take one tomorrow. For now, you are dismissed." The genin cell nodded as Hinata vanished, Naomi having latched onto Naruto as he decided to go back to the Namikaze Compound for resupplies.