As Naruto stood in front of Tazuna house Zabuza walked out and said "Well, I plan to travel hard and fast. If you can't keep up then find your own way." as he took of running and Naruto followed as well

As they left Team 7 who had returned saw them leave and Sasuke shook his head and said "I swear, the dobe is crazy."

Sakura looked at him and then looked at Kakashi and asked "Sensei, is what he said true. About the promotions."

Kakashi said "Yes Sakura. It has been tried to cancel the test and promote woman normally. 47 woman were promoted without taking the test over 5 years. Of that 47 all of them were sent on higher missions. 20 were captured by villages they were to spy on because they lacked the appropraite skills needed that the test gave them and.... only 2 were returned alive but were never able to be ninja again."

Sakura asked "What about the others that passed."

Kakashi sighed and said "11 disappeared on missions and were never seen again. 5 were married for political allianaces and we lost the alliances because the men they married felt cheated because they wanted refined woman, not fangirls. Of the other 11, only 3 made it to jounin. 5 married and retired and and the other 3 all went into other fields such as clerical or hospital nursing."

Sakura bit her lip and asked "Is it really that dangerous for a woman Kakashi-sensei."

Kakashi said "The danger between woman and men on the same mission is 20 to 1 against woman. Men are generally stronger, faster, and can take more damage where most woman are smarter, have better chakra control, agility but when outnumbered they usually wind up being taken hostage to be sold as slaves, used for thier captors enjoyment or killed."

Ami asked "Why is it we don't hear about this."

Kakashi said "Simple Ami, in konoha for every 100 children born, 76 will sign up for the accademy. By the time you graduate from the accademy only around 40 is all that is left. Now of that 40, 25 usually become a gennin, 15 chunnin and 7 jounin. Now what happens to the 15 who don't become gennin."

Ami said "They wait to be reassigned to a new team like I was or they quit."

Kakashi said "Partially correct. Usually of those 15, 4 will be placed on a team later, now of the other 11, 6 usually quit and the other 5 get tired of waiting and are offered a position in other fields. Some go into medical and become aids who take care of patients who can't take care of them selves by giving baths or cooking meals or things like that. They free up the doctors and nurses who could be used elsewhere to save our fighting ninja. Durring war thier are never enough doctors and nurses and civilians don't have the physical conditioning or stamina to deal with these low risk task but accademy students do."

Sakura said "So, they become support staff."

Kakashi said "Correct and that is just those who graduate but don't become gennin. The ones who become gennin and don't advance help keep the village running with D-rank missions, in case of an attack on the village, evacuation and protection of the civilian and injured while the chunnin and higher ranked ninja try and defend the village or are used for missions outside of the village."

Sasuke said "And so to keep the support staff of the village going the general knowledge about the dangers to woman and how hard the life of a ninja can be is kept secret so the next class of accademy students will be full at the beginning and keeping the line going."

Kakashi smiled and said "Very good, all of you. That is exactly why it is illegal to talk about these things. Anyone who does without approval will be put in jail to silence them."

Sakura asked "If Naruto hadn't of brought this up would you have told ami and me about this test."

Kakashi said "Nope. You Sakura fixate on Sasuke to much and don't pay enough attention to your own training when you could become a real good ninja and Ami is to hot headed and not strong enough to pass the actual chunnin exams. Also she has demonstrated that she breaks my cardinal rule. Those who follow the rules are trash but those who abandon their comrads are worse then trash. To me Ami is worse then trash because she would abandon a fellow comrad if she had a chance to, Naruto. I know Naruto is Naruto and Kyuubi is Kyuubi. I had actually requested Naruto on my team, even with the council demanding I train Sasuke. It hurt me to see him have to be removed but now I am glad that he was because he is without a doubt the strongest gennin in Konoha right now followed by Team Gai with Sasuke mixed in there."

Sasuke frowned and said "Gai team is that strong."

Kakashi said "Lee is the only gennin right now who might be able to defeat Naruto. You and Neji are both prodigies in your own right and I don't know which of you 2 are stronger. Tenten would be right after you 3 because she is a true konuichi who would have taken the chunnin exams last year had there actually been a Firekami to give her, her test. Because there wasn't Gai held his entire team back until this year where either she would have taken the exam and not been premoted or they would have tried to find a firekami which they now have."

Sakura crossed her arms and said "I don't like it. Naruto is a pervert."

Kakashi snickered at this and said "Actually, Naruto is one of the biggest pervert Bashers in Konoha. In fact nearly every woman in ANBU has an open contract out saying they castrate anyone who tries to get revenge on Naruto for getting them busted when they were peaking on woman. It really is amazing if people actually knew how much of the ninja population likes Naruto. I mean every clan but the Uchiha, with the exception of Itachi, have helped protect him over the years when they could."

Sasuke asked "If Naruto is so liked by the ninja population then why is it he was attacked so much and treated so wrongly."

Kakashi sighed and said "The council was a major problem. The Hokage has control over the ninja forces however the civilian population fall under the council control. The clans were outnumbered by the civilians so they were blocked from doing to much. The ninja of the village are for the most part neutral to Naruto. They are either to busy to get to know him or are to afraid of the backlash they would suffer to support him."

Lee asked "What kind of backlash." making everyone but Kakashi to look at Team 9 who were all sitting on a tree limb.

Sasuke frowned and asked "How long have you all been here."

Tenten said "Since before Naruto and Zabuza left. They have to let the cement supports harden for the day so Tazuna cancelled work for the rest of the day."

Sakura asked "Did you know about the..."

Tenten said "Firekami, yes. I went to the brothel already to sign up to take it with a female jounin who sponsored me but learned thier wasn't one at the moment."

Ami frowned and said "Well guess what, they have one now, Naruto." as she crossed her arms."

Tenten shrugged and asked "And....whats wrong with that. Hes not ugly so taking the test with him as the host won't be that hard and hes doing a mission for the village just like any of us could be called to do some day. Remember when we took our oath to the village we promised to protect the village with our minds, bodies, spirit, and lives."

Sakura said "And your ok losing your virginity to him."

Tenten said "Answer me this Sakura, would you rather lose your virginity to someone you at least know under your terms or to some stranger on a mission you may never see again."

Sakura said "For love of coarse."

Tenten said "Then quit. Do you know how many woman are actually virgins when they marry thier husbands. I would say less then 10 percent if I were to guess. For konuichi it is even less. We live short lives Sakura. The average life of a konichi is 25 years. Sure a few live to be older but when you figure in all those who never even make it that far then it balances out. We usually don't have to worry about wrinkles and things like that because were already dead which is why civilians have to wait until they are 18 to marry. We can marry the day we graduate from the accademy."

Lee asked "Whats a firekami."

Tenten said "A youthful trainer for Konoichi only in physical excersice."

Lee eyes became covered with flames and he screamed "Yosh, I shall become a firekami."

Tenten, Sakura, and Ami all pailed and Tenten said "It could be worse then Naruto." as she looked at Lee who was hugging Gai as the sunset appeared.

Sakura said "I...have a lot to think about." as she went inside.

Ami said "I won't do it. If this is what it takes to be a konuichi then I am going to resign when I get back to Konoha." As she stormed into the house slaming the door.

Kakashi sighed and said "To answer your earlier question Lee, all stores have a universal rule, they have the right to refuse service to anyone. Those who have actually gotten to know Naruto and accept him as him often are banned from businesses in Konoha and that is just one example of the backlash they would recieve. The council also would look for any excuse to have them removed from duty. I have seen where a ninja broke a civilian nose when 10 of them jumped Naruto as a child and the ninja was accused of being the aggresor and had his ninja license suspended for 6 months. Since he was a full time ninja he had no other soarce of income and he lost his home and had to retire so he could leave to start a new life. If he had defended anyone else but Naruto then he would have been claimed a hero."

Tenten said "Its so unfair the bull he has to deal with."

Kakashi nods and Lee asked "But why doesn't the Hokage fix this problem."

Gai said "He would if he could but our village requires the civilians to prosper or it will fall. He may be the village leader but he can't just remove the council and cease power or it could result in a civil war. He has to do what is best for the entire village, not just Naruto."

Neji said "He is fated to a life of pain and suffering just like I am all because of a seal."

Sasuke said "For once Hyuuga, I agree."

In Konoha Ino was sitting at the counter of her flower shop when Hinata walked in.

Ino said "Hello Hinata, what are you doing here today."

Hinata stuttered out "I want you to stay away from Naruto-kun."

Ino blinked and said "No."

Hinata said "He is mine, we have already been.....intimate."

Ino glared and said "What the hell does that mean."

Hinata smirked and pulled out a photo of her giving Naruto a blowjob and Ino eyes went wide and she said "Get out."

Hinata said "Keep it, Naruto-kuns mine." in a stutter and walked away.

Ino waited until she left and burst into tears as he pulled her knees togethter and thought "why did you do this Naruto-kun, I thought you loved me."

Hinata walked down the road with a smirk and thought "naruto-kun is mine."

Kurenai frowned as she saw Hinata smirk as she walked away from Ino shop and thought "Lets see what you did Hinata." as she walked toward the store and saw Ino crying.

She walked in and Ino looked up and turned around and Kurenai walked over and saw a photo on the ground behind the counter and said "Hmm, I think she missed his good side."

Ino asked "What." in a tear stained voice.

Kurenai said "let me guess, Hinata showed you this to try and break you and Naruto up. Asuma-kun told me about you 2."

Ino said "Well that bitch can have him."

Kurenai shook her head and said "You are a fool Ino. The only reason he is like that is because of you."

Ino glared and said "How dare you say it was my fault he slept with that tramp."

Kurenai said "Correction, I said he did it for you, not that it was your fault. You see, Naruto took a mission."

Ino said "So your telling me that this is a mission." as she shoved the picture in Kurenai face.

Kurenai said "Yes, let me explain it to you...." as she explained the test.

After she was done Ino had her fist clenched and said "I am going to kill that bitch. How dare she trick me like that."

Kurenai sighed and said "I was afraid something like this might happen after I told her about you and Naruto being together. I figured it would crush her so I gave her a shot to be with naruto to see if I could get her out of her shell as well as completing her requirement to advance. Now I know why she went back into her room before I took her for the test. If a friend of mine hadn't of developed that picture and called me about it then I wouldn't have tracked her down to here."

Ino asked "But, but, why Naruto."

Kurenai said "Naruto a favorite down at Reds. Hes never lost at gambling and there are a few girls who I guess you could say took him under thier wings. In fact I heard naruto was given the birds and the bees talk by someone there. I know theres more to it then that but what I don't know."

Ino thought "it could be part of his training to be Miko but...."

Kurenai said "Look, I know your probably upset with Naruto but your not suppose to learn about it unless your instructor thinks your ready to become a chunnin and then you have to have a female jounin sponsor you. If you want I can promise you that no other girl will be with him until you have a chance to take that test and I will sponsor you for it as my way of saying sorry for what Hinata did."

Ino bit her lip and said "But I don't really know what to do."

Kurenai smiled and said "You got a pen and paper."

Ino quickly got one and handed it to Kurenai who wrote on it and folded the paper and said "You can't tell anyone I am doing this or I could get in serious trouble. You also can't tell anyone about the test. Inside this is a note to the head of the brothel. Her names Rose. Shes one of the ones who took Naruto under her wings and she can teach you what you need to know. Just ask for rose and give her this note. If they say shes not there or busy go back later."

Ino looked at the note and slowly took it and asked "What about Hinata."

Kurenai said "I am going to punish her."

Ino bit her lip and said "No don't. I want to do it myself for making me doubt Naruto."

Kurenai said "No offense Ino but you can't beat her as you are now. Asumas told me about his team and I told him about mine so I know what you can and can't do and Hinata is currently better. If you want to beat her then you are going to have to train hard."

Ino frowned and said "I will...I....I know someone who can help me, I will have to ask dad to let me off for a while though."

Kurenai said "Well, how about getting stronger between now and the chunnin exams and then beat her then."

Ino thought about it a moment and said "Sure, that sounds good."

Kurenai said "Your going to be one lucky girl though. I was the one who certified Naruto for this job." as she left in a swirl of leaves

Ino screamed "BITCH."

Kurenai appeared in front of Hinata and said "Good job Hinata, she took it hook, line and sinker."

Hinata stuttered "But it was wrong sensei and naruto-kuns going to be mad at me."

Kurenai said "No he won't, trust me, now you have to increase your training for when you fight Ino."

Hinata said "Hai sensei." as they went to train.

Naruto and Zabuza were both running along the water and Naruto thought "damn, where the hell are we going."

Zabuza chuckled and said "You still haven't figured it out have you kid. Were in a genjutsu right now."

Naruto asked "What." as he started to dispell it but Zabuza chuckled and said "Don't try and dispell it kid. Remember when I knocked you out for security reason. The truth is after I knocked you out I used a summoning scroll to take us both to an island and we are running laps around the island as we speak to try and impress Mirai to actually see us. Hes the only one who can dispell the genjutsu."

Naruto frowned as he kept running as Zabuza chuckled even more as Naruto grumbled under his breath."