I want to thank PraetorXyn for being the Beta for this chapter.
Hello. Here I am with another chapter.
First, I want to clear up some things that people have been asking me about my last chapter.
The two ideas that I shared with you in my last chapter — the one about using Tsunade's clone to add her to Naruto's harem, and the idea of the crossover between Naruto and Fairly Tail — are ideas is that I WILL NOT WRITE.
I just wanted to share the ideas in case anyone else could use them. If you choose to use these ideas, please tell me so I can follow the story.
About the little poll that I did on my last chapter. I will use the idea number two. The candidates that were suggested to use for the girls as their past lives were limited and only focused on one or two girls, leaving the others with no real option. Therefore, I will use the second option, because that will allow me to have a standard for all the girls.
Now the chapter begins.
It was late at night in the Hyūga compound, and Hinata was sleeping in her room. It had been a couple of days since she received Naruto's mark, and so far, everything seemed normal. The only difference from her ordinary routine was that Naruto told her that Kurama told them to rest for a couple of days in order to fully adapt to the new marks.
That was something to be expected, and in the first few days nothing happened, but that changed last night. She had a dream that she couldn't remember; she had those kind of dreams in the past, but for some reason she felt that this one was different, special.
Tonight, she was having the same dream, but unlike the last time, she could see it as clear as day.
She saw a small compound in the middle of a valley; the habitants seemed to be celebrating something. She didn't know why they were so happy, but she could see that all those celebrating seemed relieved, as if a great weight had just been lifted from their shoulders.
Nevertheless, more than anything she could see how a young woman seemed to be happy, and somehow, she knew why she was happy. The man that she loved, Ashura, had finally been acknowledged; all his hard work and determination had finally show its results.
For Hinata, this was strange, because for some reason she knew what she was thinking and feeling, she even knew her name was Kanna. Anyway, she felt happy for her.
Everything seemed to be perfect, but there was a big explosion in front of the compound, and everyone went to see what was happening.
It was a man, but not just any man; it was Ashura's older brother. Ashura and his father saw him and walked over to talk with him.
From her position she couldn't hear what they were saying, but she could tell by their body language that something very bad was about to happen.
Her fears become a reality when the older brother attacked his father and Ashura.
At first Ashura seemed to have the advantage, but then his brother created that terrible giant made of chakra and the battle become more intense. Things seemed to be turning for the worse when that giant sent Ashura flying backwards with one of its attacks.
NO! She had to help him. Looking around she saw that she wasn't the only one who thought that way, as the other people in the compound seemed to be ready to take action.
At that moment she and the others attacked that giant made of chakra, calling its attention. Ashura was safe at least for now, but now she and the others were in trouble as the attention of the first brother was now on them, and it seemed that he would not give them the chance to help Ashura a second time; he was getting ready to kill them all.
Ashura stopped his attack using the power he received from his father, but even that was not enough.
She and the others joined forces with Ashura's father and sent their charka to Ashura.
What happened next would be a scene that she remembered for the rest of her life as Ashura created his own giant, but this one was made of wood.
Facing his brother Ashura charged with all his power.
"INDRA!"
"ASHURA!"
Hinata woke up at the same moment that they crash against each other.
She was breathing hard, with the images still present in her mind.
"This dream, it is like the one that Naruto-kun told us about, but how this is possible?" Hinata asked herself.
The dream felt so real that she could still remember every detail.
"I wonder if this is what Naruto-kun feels each time that he has one of these dreams." Hinata said aloud. Then she began to remember something in particular. "Kanna," she saw how that woman was willing to face that monster in order to help her beloved.
That kind of love and dedication. That was the kind of woman she wanted to be.
What Hinata didn't know in that moment is that she wasn't the only one who had that dream, as Hanabi, Yakumo and Ino just had the same dream, feeling the same things that she felt and having arriveing at the same conclusions.
"I want to be as strong as Kanna," said Hinata, Hanabi, Ino and Yakumo at the same time, even if they were in different locations.
The next morning.
Today was the day that the teams would be assigned and there was a lot of tension between Hinata, Ino, Hanabi and Yakumo. Only two of them would be on the same team as Naruto, because they know that the teams were always made up of three members.
However, more importantly they knew that the girls who ended up on the same team as Naruto would have a big advantage, as they would spend more time with him.
Even with that knowledge, they had a fire inside them telling them keep moving forward, to never give up, and to fight for what they wanted.
They wanted to believe in these dreams they'd had in the last few days, and with a little help from the chakra that they received from Kyūbi, a small part of their instincts were waking up.
"I wonder what team we will end up on?" asked Hanabi.
"To be honest I have no idea about which team we will end up on," said Yakumo.
"I am worried that I will end up on the same team with Shikamaru and Chōji. Don't get me wrong, they are my friends and are good boys in their own way, but I don't feel as close with them as I feel with any of you," said Ino. The fact that she also looked at Naruto wasn't missed by any of the other girls.
"I am afraid that they will have sisters on the same team," said Hinata as she sat closer to Naruto.
Naruto for his part still believed they were talking about the teams, ignorant of the small competition that had just begun.
Before they could say anything else, a person that none of them liked interrupted.
"Maybe this time one of you will get lucky and be on my team," said Sasuke.
"I'll pass," said all the girls at the same time.
Ever since Sasuke began to train with that 'ANBU,' his attitude had taken a turn for the worse, something that some teachers could see, and for that reason they no longer made him spar with Naruto because they could see how that would make him even worse.
Nevertheless, with him being the new heir of the Uchiha clan and with his brother being the next Hokage, they didn´t dare report him for psychological evaluation.
They just hoped that time would fix his attitude.
However, they girls only needed one reason to stay away from him. They just didn't like the idiot.
Behind him, Ino could see Sakura. However, there was something off about her; she was no longer the same girl who at one point Ino had considered a friend. That day, when Ino tried to warn her about the real intentions of Sasuke, she failed. No that wasn't correct; she did warn her, but Sakura refused to listen to her, her image of her perfect love with Sasuke was too strong and in the end she refused to see the truth.
Now she seemed strange; she couldn't explain it, but there was something in her eyes that told Ino that something was wrong.
Sakura POV.
"Why is he doing it again? Am I not enough for him?" thought Sakura as he saw how Sasuke was once again trying to convince those girls to join him. "They do not deserve you; they are too stupid, wanting to be with Naruto," Sakura thought.
"Even with all the hard work and sacrifice I put in to show you that I am your perfect girl, you still don't love me."
Flashback
"Where are we going Sasuke-kun?" asked Sakura as she followed him to an abandoned part of the forest.
"To meet someone who can help us," was Sasuke's only reply.
After a few more minutes. They managed to arrive at a clearing in the forest, but they were not alone as someone else was already there.
It was a cloaked figure who had a strange mask that gave her the impression that he was an ANBU. There was something off about his mask, but she didn't pay too much attention; after all, Sasuke was the brother of the future Hokage, so it was only natural that the ANBU paid him special attention.
"You are late and that is not funny; I am the one who is supposed to be late," the ANBU said.
"You also believe you are funny, something that you aren't, Tobi," was Sasuke's reply.
"Whatever, and who is she? Your lover?" asked the masked man.
For a moment that question made her happy because she genuinely believed that Sasuke would confirm that, showing that he had finally accepted her.
"No, she is just my follower," said Sasuke, breaking Sakura's hope.
"Whatever, if you bring her here that means that you want me to train her as well," Tobi said.
"I will show that loser that I will get the best followers," was Sasuke's only reply.
"What about the others?" Tobi said.
"The clan is still celebrating Itachi's announcement as the next Hokage; their families will keep them busy there, but they will come to the next session," Sasuke said.
"What about you?" Tobi said.
"I am not needed there," was Sasuke's only reply.
Tobi for his part smiled under his mask before he turned toward Sakura.
"Why are you here?" Tobi said.
"I just want to help Sasuke in any way I can," said Sakura, who was a little intimated by that mask.
"With your current level that will be impossible, maybe you should leave now before you get hurt," Tobi said.
"NO! I want to prove that I can help Sasuke-kun no matter what!" Sakura said.
"If that is your wish, but don't say I didn't give you the chance to leave, because I will not hold back," Tobi said.
That was how it began, and just as that Tobi man promised her, he didn't hold back, but she kept trying, all for the sake of showing Sasuke-kun that she deserved to be by his side.
In the next session, another boy also joined them with the training; he was a clansman from the Uchiha clan who also attend the academy with them.
Moreover, in every session Tobi showed them how brutal his training could be, but that didn't matter because this was just a test to show Sasuke that she was his ideal girl.
After some time, she realized that Sasuke began to talk less and less with her in each training session. In the end, he just gave an order and she and the other boy obeyed.
The only interesting thing that happened was Tobi telling her that she should also learn iryō ninjutsu so she could be more useful to Sasuke, something that she did, but one again, nothing changed between she and Sasuke.
"Why can't see you me? I am right here, Sasuke-kun," Sakura thought.
End of POV
Sasuke didn't like how these girls kept rejecting him; it wasn't that he was interested in them, but they were strong, and they could be useful tools to help him show this village that he was the most powerful shinobi of his generation, even better that his brother. However, more importantly, he just wanted to take them away from Naruto.
Before he had the chance to say anything else, Iruka entered and called the class to attention.
"Today is the day that you will know on which team you will be assigned. This marks the beginning of a new chapter in you ninja careers, however I hope that you will never forget the bonds that you made here with all your classmates, because even if you are not on the same team, you are all from this moment Konoha shinobi and never forget that as long as you all follow the Will of Fire your paths will cross again. Now the teams will as follow, team 1…" Iruka said.
One by one the teams were called and leaft with their new sensei, leaving less students with each call, until...
"Team Seven will be formed by Uchiha Sasuke, Haruno Sakura, and Sai. Your new sensei will be Hatake Kakashi, he will be waiting for you on the roof," Iruka continued.
After Iruka called their names, Sasuke turned to see Naruto and his friends to give them one final glare before he left.
Naruto and the girls were waiting to be called in order to finally know how their teams would be formed when they saw how Iruka closed the notebook with the list of the new teams.
"HEY! Wait a minute, why didn't you call us?" asked Naruto.
"We are also missing one person to make two teams with the people left in this room," Hanabi said.
"That is because there will not be two new teams," said a voice from outside the window.
When they all turned to see who it was, they were surprised.
"Mikoto-sama?" asked Hinata.
"Hello Hinata-chan, everyone, but I believe that from this moment you will need to call me as team leader."
The surprise was evident on their faces as they remained silent. Finally after a few moments, it was Ino who asked the question that was on everyone's mind.
"What is happening? I've never heard of genin teams of five people."
"That is correct, the genin teams are formed by three genin and their jounin instructor, but the ANBU teams on the other hand…" answered Mikoto.
"ANBU? But we just graduated?" asked Yakumo.
"Normally you would be correct, but on occasions when a genin shows special talents they are selected to begin a special training that will allow them to become special operatives in the future. Considering what happened with the Mizuki incident I believe that it is safe to admit that all of you meet for this requirement," Mikoto said.
"Even if we are five people?" asked Naruto.
"Normally we only select a couple of promising talents, but in this case we will make an exception. Now you need to go home and get some rest, because believe me you are going to need it, and present yourselves tomorrow at 08:00 in the training ground 43." with that said, Mikoto jumped out of the window.
"Do you know what this means?" said a happy Hanabi.
"Yes, we managed to remain together," answered Ino with a big smile, with Yakumo and Hinata doing the same.
However, they saw that Naruto had a serious face.
"What happened Naruto? Could it be that you are not happy to be with us on the same team?" asked Ino, pretending to look hurt.
"Oh no I am really happy, it is just that I get the feeling that we do not know the full story behind this arrangement," said Naruto as he looked to where Mikoto had just left.
Later that night
Mikoto was sitting in a private room of an exclusive restaurant; she was looking at the window as if she was waiting for someone, when that someone arrived.
"Thank you for coming," said Akane as she sat in front of Mikoto.
"There is no problem; in fact, I was expecting this meeting," said Mikoto.
"This situation has become too unreal," Akane said.
"I know, but under these circumstances we have no other choice," Mikoto said.
"I am surprised by Itachi's idea; I know it must be hard for him to suggest that a group of children get admitted to the ANBU, just like him,"Akane said.
"There is no other choice; with Danzō still out there and Orochimaru now learning the truth behind Naruto and the special talents of the girls, the only way to keep them safe without destroying their dreams for the future is to make sure that they are always close to some of a group of Konoha's elite," Mikoto said.
"But I want to know why you offered yourself for this?" Akane said.
"Because it is my turn. Back when Itachi joined the ANBU I knew what would happen, what he would have to face while still being a kid, but at that moment I did nothing. The situation with the clan was very hard; now all I want is to not only protect them as I should have done with Itachi and make sure that they can survive to meet their full potential. Besides, I owe you for always protecting my son, now I will protect your daughters," Mikoto said.
"I wonder what Kushina will say when she learns that you are her son's sensei?" asked Akane.
"The old Kushina that we knew woul be worried to no end," laughed Mikoto.
"But the old Kushina that we knew would never have left her son behind," said Akane.
"I just can't get rid of this feeling that there is something more about that story," Mikoto said.
"Any idea what could be?" Akane asked.
"No, and that is what worries me," Mikoto said.
"Do you think that we will see her again?" Akane asked.
"I am sure of that, but when that happens the only thing I can think about is what will happen with her son?" after Mikoto asked that the two friends remained in silence.
Somewhere far away
A red-haired woman was looking outside the window.
"Kushina-sensei?" asked a young girl, pulling her out of her thoughts.
"Sorry, did you say something?" asked Kushina.
"No, it is that you seem very distracted in the last few days," said a girl with red hair.
"It's nothing, I am just a little tired and I really want to complete this little mission so we can focus on your training. Now go to your room and do not wake the others, they need to rest and be ready for anything tomorrow," said Kushina.
Her student looked at her one more time before she did as she was told.
However, Kushina for her part kept looking outside the window, in a certain direction, toward where Konoha was located as a big pressure increased in her heart.
"By Kami, what have I done?" she thought.
Hello. Here is the chapter 9.
I know that it is a small chapter compared to my other chapters, but this one was a transition so I can move to the others part of the fic.
Now before the people begin to question, I will explain some things about this chapter.
About the girls remembering the same memories of Naruto.
The reason for that is that I only got suggestions for one or two girls and none for the others; that made it hard for me to plan the plotline with all the focus on only two of the girls. About the girls remembering the same memories as Naruto, there is a little surprise in that part, but you will have to wait and see.
The ANBU part. I got this idea from the last episodes of Naruto Shippuden, in the wedding saga. When Shikamaru had to look out for Sai, he made a team with two new characters; the girl said that she was recruited at the end of the academy because she had special skills.
About Mikoto being their team leader, can you imagine what would happen in the mind of a Sasuke that is been training by Tobi when he learns that his mom is now training Naruto?
About Kushina, you will have to wait and see.
If anyone wants to make his or her own version of this fic, feel free to do it.