Who's as hyped as I am for chapter 30?

I'm seriously hyped, 30 chapters is a huge deal for me, it means I've been doing something right and haven't screwed up, and on my first story ever no less!

Now let's get started, I know you've been looking forward to this since the last chapter

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or anything related to the anime or manga

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A day had passed since Ryuko had brought back the village of Uzushio, and during the process of bringing back the village Ryuko used up nearly every last ounce of chakra she had in her body. Once Ryuko had been checked over by the medics in the group and had woken up the next morning she was told they wouldn't be going anywhere until the next day, so she was currently walking around the forest by herself for some fresh air. Ryuko smiles brightly as she walked through the trees, the amount of nature chakra that could be drawn from this forest could have her in True Sage Mode for weeks and still have some to spare.

Her happiness was soon replaced by mild anger though, as she could feel someone behind her up in a tree. "Whoever you are, state your business and get off of this island before I rip your limbs from your body and feed them to you." A sinister chuckle comes from the person as they step out of the shadows, revealing a person in a patched up cloak with a straw hat on. "You're quite a good ninja to know I was there, perhaps you'll be of use to me."

Ryuko turns around and crosses her arms, growling cautiously as her nails turn into claws. "I don't know who you are, but get the hell off of my island. Your voice alone tells me you're the type to manipulate people into doing what you want." The man chuckles even louder than before, the smirk visible in his cloak growing unnaturally wide. "Yes, you'd be perfect! Forget Nagato, I can use you to bring mother back instead!" He then lunges at Ryuko, who suddenly disappears from view much to his shock. Next thing he knows he's impaled on a wooden spear that came from the ground. "I told you to leave, now I will tell you again. Leave before I kill you."

The man growls in anger and pulls himself off of the spear, before slowly phasing into the ground. "I'll be back Ryuko Nakamura, and you will help me one way or another." Ryuko simply gives him the middle finger as he finally disappears from view, before turning to make her way back to the others. "I need to fix Uzu's defenses, it seems the Whirlpools alone aren't enough." As she walks through the forest Ryuko continues to grumble to herself until she gets back to the village, and is shortly after tackled to the ground by a small person. "Ryuko! Ryuko! You're back!"

"Ow... Maki, let's go easy on your exhausted Kage, please?" Maki giggles and nods, but then decides to hug Ryuko tightly. "I asked my parents if I could come with you back to Konoha and they said yes, I wanna become a ninja!" Ryuko hears a cough behind Maki and looks around her, surprised to see her sister Suki there as well. "I was told to accompany her, so I guess I'll be becoming a ninja as well." This makes Ryuko smile and nod. "I'll give you some training personally to make sure you're at least at high Genin level, from that point on it's all up to you."

Suki nods and smiles, before walking away to pack up her stuff. "And don't get hurt, Kasumi and Shiro would kill me!" Suki just waves her off over her shoulder, making Ryuko pout. "Such disrespect for her Kage, you respect me, right Maki?" Maki giggles and nods, flicking Ryuko's nose gently. "You're weird, but funny." Ryuko chuckles and stands up holding Maki, smiling brightly and putting the girl onto her shoulders. "Come on, the others are probably ready to go, let's say goodbye to your parents and be off."

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Timeskip: 5 days later

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After saying goodbye to Shiro and Kasumi, Ryuko and her friends, as well as Maki and Suki, return to Konoha to enjoy the rest of the time the ninja from other villages would spend here in Konoha. When Maki and Suki were brought to Tsunade, she immediately grabbed a bottle of sake and groaned. "Ryuko, I haven't even been Hokage for a month, spare me for the love of Kami.." Ryuko smirks and crosses her arms. "Oh come on now Tsunade, where's the warrior that threw me across a town? A Kage should be prepared for anything."

Tsunade's eye twitches, before she smirks in a way that genuinely scares Ryuko. "Fine, if you want to play it like that, then you should be ready for anything as well, Uzukage." Ryuko freezes in place, having a feeling she wouldn't like what came next. "You can enjoy a month teaching at the Academy with Iruka, she's been teaching by herself since the Mizuki issue and I doubt she'd mind some help." Ryuko sighs and slumps her shoulders, but nods. "Yeah, I walked right into that didn't I? Fine, I'm guessing I start tomorrow?"

Tsunade's smirk goes from mischievous to downright evil. "Actually, the class starts in thirty seconds, have fun~" Ryuko's face goes through a myriad of changes in about three seconds, and it was clear she really wanted to either yell at or punch Tsunade, but she had no time and decided to disappear in a fox fire shunshin.

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Location: The Academy

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Iruka was getting ready to call attendance, when suddenly a pillar of blue flame appears next to her, revealing none other than Ryuko. "One of these days Tsunade is gonna pay. Sorry Iruka, Tsunade decided to assign me this job at literally the last possible minute.. Half minute actually." Iruka chuckles and crosses her arms. "That's fine, from what I hear you're a rather effective teacher, though your methods are a bit brutal." She gestures to Konohamaru and his friends, who were sitting in the front row and waving at Ryuko.

This causes Ryuko to smile a bit. "Yeah, classroom work really isn't my thing, hands on training is what really counts. The enemy won't be fighting you with tests on paper after all, they'll be trying to kill you." Ryuko quickly scans the room to see who else was there, smiling brightly when she saw Hinata's little sister. "Hanabi, I didn't know you were in a class with Konohamaru, nice to see I'll be teaching my team and a member of the Hyuuga clan."

Everyone looks at her in curiosity when she mentions 'her team.' "Big sis, what do you mean by your team? Have you already been assigned a Genin team?" Ryuko shakes her head and smiles. "I suppose I use the word team loosely, Konohamaru, Moegi, and Udon have been receiving training from me." She then smirks and unseals the armor she had been wearing when she had sparred with them, putting down the charred and busted armor on the table. "They did this, their teamwork is amazing and there determination is even more so."

Iruka stares at the armor in shock, along with the rest of the class. 'Why? I thought I was done with this crazy girl and now she's back to cause me even more stress!' "T-that's quite impressive Ryuko, but you can't go showing favoritism as a teacher now, you can train them outside of school though." Ryuko nods and smiles brightly. "Oh don't worry, everyone will be getting an equally hellish treatment, how about we start with some history and go outside to teach them Tree Walking?"

Iruka was about to protest, but Ryuko held up her hand. "I'm tired of the Civilian Council ruining the Academy, they've lowered expectations so civilians have a chance to get into the shinobi forces. While I'm all good with civilian children in the force, I will not be gentle nor give them training wheels, nor will I give them to kids from Shinobi families." Ryuko turns to the classroom with a determined and hard look. "The true Genin test only has a pass rate of 33%, this year there will be a 100% pass rate, am I understood?"

The kids just sit there shocked, causing Ryuko to release a small shockwave of chakra that makes everyone's hair blow back violently. "Am I understood?!" The students quickly nod. "Yes ma'am!" Ryuko then goes back to her usual cheery attitude. "Good, now, let's teach you some much needed history that the council decided to cut out of the program; the history of Uzushio."

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Timeskip: 6 hours later

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Ryuko, Iruka, Hanabi, and Team Ryuko were all eating ramen at Ichiraku's, enjoying some time with friends after school. "You've been through some seriously intense combat since you graduated, I kinda feel bad for you Ryuko." Ryuko couldn't help but chuckle a bit at that, smiling softly. "Yeah, fighting Orochimaru and getting stabbed wasn't fun, but Hiruzen would be dead if I didn't do that so it wasn't for nothing." Iruka sighs and nods, resting her head on her palm. "You stress me out so much Ryuko, you really have no idea."

The young Chunin grins and gives Iruka a one arm hug, before turning back to her ramen. "Let's just eat, we'll probably have some company in a bit, the visitors from the Chunin Exams seem to love the ramen here as much as Naruko and I do." Just as she says this Yugito and Killer B enter the restaurant, and B was about to start rapping, but Ryuko held up her hand. "B, not this time, save some of that for back home." Yugito sighs in relief while B slumps his shoulders and sits down on a stool, ordering some ramen for himself and eating silently. "Thank you, I was gonna hit him if he started again."

Ryuko smiles and gestures to the seat next to her, prompting Yugito to sit down. "So why did you come here? I have a feeling it wasn't just for the ramen." Yugito nods and sits down next to Ryuko. "We'd like to teach you how to properly use Kurama's chakra, and we had hoped that since Naruko got along with her half just fine that you wouldn't have too much trouble with yours."

They look at her cautiously when she chuckles nervously. "Yeah, um.. We're not on as good terms as Naruko and her half of Kurama.." "Understatement of the century." 'Shut up Kurama, I've kept my promise so far.' Yugito stares at Ryuko with a dull look, almost as if she's aware of Ryuko's little internal argument. "Yeah, I can tell. It would explain why you only used her power that one time, but it doesn't explain what happened in the Forest of Death when you thought Naruko had died."

"Yugito, the Nine Tails is the co boss summon of the Fox Summoning Contract, and while she's been sealed in Naruko and Minako I've received training from the other boss summon Himiko, who's basically Kurama's equal." Yugito and B's eyes widen when they hear this, thinking back to the nine tailed fox back in Whirlpool. "That fox that you summoned when Orochimaru showed up.." "Was her, yes."

Ryuko chuckles a bit as their eyes lose focus, retreating into their minds to process this for a few seconds. "I think I'll go about befriending Kurama in my own way, Naruko's Kurama seemed nicer. It would make sense after all, Naruko's got her Yang side, I've got the Yin." She then smiles and finishes her ramen. "I think I'm gonna walk around the village for a bit, I've been eating here almost every day since the invasion."

With that, she gives Yugito and B a hug before leaving money on the counter for her meal and walking down the street. "Hmm, interesting, she wants to go down her own path." Yugito simply nods and watches Ryuko, with Matatabi voicing her opinion. "You should have taken her right then and there kitten, she'd leave you in heat wanting more." 'Oh please be quiet Tabi, I'm already out of batteries, don't make it worse.'

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I'm sorry this took so long to type, I was having a bit of writer's block with this chapter

Anyway, I hope everyone has a good Christmas, see ya later everyone!