DISCLAIMER: I do not claim to be the creator of the Naruto manga or anime series. I had absolutely no part in any creation of the series, and I'm just a dedicated fan of this series who has taken my time to create this fanfiction.

Author Notes: Author Notes: This is a semi-self-insert fiction of what I think would happen if Minato had two teammates who would not only challenge him to do better but could keep up. I hope you enjoy it. This is rated M, because of possible language, and violence. At no time will there be a pairing between any of the three teammates. Not that there won't be pairings outside their team, just not inside it.

I am trying to pull most of my resources on timeline from the manga, but I am only human so if any of my readers have any insight that I have missed on the timeline do drop me a message.

"Speech"

-Sign Language-

"Technique Casting"

"YELLING"

"Inner thoughts and speech"

"INNER YELLING"

I will add more if/when they become needed

Chapter 8 - Firsts

Monday early morning, I stood there in front of the mirror in my room studying myself. I love this tight dark blue shirt; it is a bit long on the torso but who cares. Seriously though, Mom, why a skirt? At least you allowed me to have full leg mesh tights. Wait, when did I start to care about my looks? I shook my head and discarded that line of thought. So now I'm a real ninja. Sure, we'll probably be stuck on milk runs and busy work for a while, but still, we'll be taking actual missions. That means I'll...eventually have to kill someone. Will I freeze up when I'm faced with that?

That brought me up short. I'd like to think I'll be able to go through with it; my life or my teammates' lives may depend on it. Firming my resolve, I nodded to my reflection. If it's to save Iroha, no doubt! Minato...is a pretty okay guy. I care more about him than some random enemy ninja, anyway.

Looking down, I studied my profile in more detail. Sadly, the puberty fairy had mostly skipped over me. Squishing my almost non-existent chest, I frowned. I really wish my body would start to fill out some already. Being one of the shortest and flattest in my graduating class sure isn't doing me any favors in the Kunoichi department. I dismissed that line of thought with an eye-roll. Meh, forget that honeypot nonsense. I'm an Uchiha, we're all combat specialists! Being the strongest girl in my year has to count for something, right? I caught myself and chuckled a bit. Well, except for Kushina, anyway. She's got to be cheating though, no way can a girl that skinny put out that kind of power with just muscles.

"I wonder what our new sensei will have us doing for our first team meeting? Okay, double check you have everything, he said full mission equipment." Suiting actions to words, I went over my mental checklist as I verified that, yes, everything was present and accounted for.

Shouldering my small pack, I put a half-dozen or so throwing kunai in my hip pouch as I walked out of my room. Casually braiding my hair to one side thinking thankfully I left with plenty of time to get there, I rounded a corner and saw the fruit stand was being opened for the morning. "Good morning, Grandma Matsu, can I get three apples please? I am on my way to meet my new genin team."

"But of course dear; who is your sensei?" Matsu asked politely as she one by one tossed me the apples and I quickly shoved them into my pack.

"Jiraiya is my sensei, and I am teamed up with Hyūga Iroha and Namikaze Minato," I answered quickly as I zipped up my pack. "Hopefully my first team meeting goes well; I have heard the horror stories of the Genin Corps and I really don't want to be placed there."

"You will do fine dear." she smiled with a small twinkle in her eyes as she waved me off.

"Well I am off; hopefully by the end of the day I will have good news," I shouted back to her as she went back to setting up her little fruit stall.

I wasn't a bit surprised to see Iroha standing in the middle of the training ground. She was doing some "basic" Hyūga kata. Wow I never noticed that Iroha's movements are so beautiful; it's almost like a dance. I wish my clan's taijutsu was that fluid. Its evasive, yes, but it never has felt right. Anywho. Clearing my throat as she finished that set, I called out to her. "G'morning Iroha, hungry?" I asked as I tossed one of the apples to her as I took a bite out of another.

About a minute later Minato showed up and I quickly pulled out the last apple and tossed it to him as I said, "Hope you like apples."

"Mmm," Minato said with a mouthful of apple.

"Sooo, I am Kamiko and this is Iroha. We haven't really interacted much in class but looks like we will be on the same team." I said trying to break the ice some as I extended my hand out. God, why does he have to be so quiet?

After a painful few seconds of silence Minato said, "Yes I know who you two are. You're friends with Kushina and Uchiha Jetti. Also you four were some of the top in our class." Turning towards me, "Uchiha Kamiko, you're good at ninjutsu and bookwork." Then towards Iroha, "Hyūga Iroha, you're good at taijutsu and also the bookwork."

We both stared at him blankly. Did he just categorized us both correctly and concisely, like he's been assembling profiles on us? I'm not sure if I should be impressed or concerned. Well, either way, this will be an interesting team. I shifted gears mentally as my brain latched onto a new observation: Wait, he called the two of us by our full names, but didn't use Kushina's family name. Interesting. "True enough, now what would you consider you are good at?"

"I am like you, Kamiko, good at Ninjutsu and bookwork," he said after finishing off the apple and tossing it to the side. "Well, we are a bit early, do you want to do some sparring?"

"Sure, but light contact only. We don't know what our new sensei will be having us do." Iroha said getting up and stretching her arms.

"So, free-for-all?" I proffered standing up. "Boundaries being a little into the wood and that river over there."

"Sounds good." Iroha responded. Minato nodded his agreement.

We settled into our own combat stances. The next few minutes were rough but it definately got my blood pumping. When we called it we were all breathing heavily, but thankfully the worst injuries were a small scorch on Iroha's leg and a ripped sleeve on my shirt caused by one of Minato's kunai. Surprisingly Minato didn't get that injured probably. Buuuut then again I did mainly focus on Iroha and her me.

"Good fight you three, you will work well together, but ninja don't only fight they must be aware of everything that happens around them at all time." Jiraiya stated as he walked out from behind a tree. "And because of that, you will have one last test before I accept you three brats as my students." smirking broadly. "If you fail this test you will be going back to the academy or be regulated into the genin core."

I raised and eyebrow at this and hazard a glance at Iroha and Minato they both had this look of stunned disbelief. "So we complete this ~ test and we remain a team under you, but if we fail we go back to the academy and have to wait for a new sensei or join the genin core and will probably stay there for most of our career?"

"Yip, you got that right brat. So you wish to continue or do you wanna give up here and now and save me the trouble?" Jiraiya jested with a smirk that was more of a taunt than anything.

"Like I would give up." Both Iroha and I said about the same time and Minato nodded as he said, "Let's do this."

"Okay then, well I will be hiding in various places throughout Konoha but I will say that I will always be in plain sight ~ but I will be utilizing Henge no Jutsu. To make this fair I will give you til sunset to find me and you can use anything and everything at your disposal to find." He said, "Good luck. Oh and here are three tags that you need to slap on me when you find me, bye!" then with a poof he was gone as three odd looking tags floated to the ground.

"Well that was unexpected." I said.

"So how should we go about this?" Minato asked.

"Good question, grid pattern? Circular?" Iroha wondered aloud.

"I think a circular pattern would be smarter. I also feel that while splitting up might make it faster to find him; it would be unwise as I doubt he will let us just tag him with one of these tags." I said as I held up the three tags. I then looked at them carefully, yeah I have never seen tags like these. They are clearly not explosive tags. I wonder what he gave us. Fuinjutsu was not something I thought about studying in the academy, I know Dad knows the basics enough to recognize standard tags but these are clearly not standard.

"So staying together and circular pattern, but I feel that we should spread out some or this will take a lot longer than a day. How about a street apart?" Minato said. "So that we have a wider search area but close enough that if we find him we can group up quickly. Also, we each should carry a tag so that we can each try to catch him."

"That was probably why he gave us three tags." Iroha stated with her typical straight face.

"Okay then, so I think Iroha and I should be on the edges and you Minato in the middle. Iroha's Byakugan and my Sharingan will give us wider area in our sweep. Also Minato I feel that either Iroha or myself should play distraction while you try to tag him." I said as I handed them a tag each then quickly added, "Not that I think we can't tag him,but I feel we are more apt to be able to play distraction."

"Okay then, I think that is everything let's get going time is running out." Iroha said activating her Byakugan as we stood up and I quickly followed suit activating my Sharingan.

Wow, I knew that Konoha was big but damn. How can finding one person be so hard. I doubt he would have used Henge to drastically change his appearance, wasn't it Nara-sensei that said subtle Henge is changing one or two major appearances not full body. It is well past midday and we haven't even spotted a single person who stood out of place. "Hey guys, wanna take a small break and eat another apple? I got 6 more in my pack."

"We should keep looking but a small break might do us good. Also you two need to give your eyes a break, it has to be taxing to keep those active for so long." Minato said stopping on a roof.

"When fighting it can be but for some reason if I am only using it to scout it isn't too bad." Iroha answered back. "Yeah, a small break would be welcome though. Toss me an apple."

Deactivating my eyes I toss one apple to each of them in turn then taking a bite of mine. "Who knew trying to find one person would be so hard? We got another three or four hours til we fail. We have maybe covered a third of the village. We need to either speed this up or spread out more."

"What do we know of our Sensei? Maybe that could give us a clue as to where we might find him." Minato asked looking between us.

"Well, he is one of the Sanin, so he is a powerful ninja. He seemed a bit eccentric but I doubt that will help any." Iroha stated mouth slightly full.

"I hate to bring this up as he is a well respected ninja. I have ran across him before, right after finals. He seemed to be a little pervy when he eyed me in the halls so maybe check the hot spring district or the red-light district?" I proffered up as I finished of the apple. Getting up I reactivated my eyes and tossed on my pack again.

"Wouldn't hurt, the red-light district is close by and the hot spring district isn't too far either." Minato said blushing slightly then quickly added looking a bit terrified as he glanced at us. "Not that I have been to the red-light district nor peeked in on the women's side of the hot springs."

I chuckled, "It's okay Minato, I believe you. But ~ I wouldn't doubt that Jiraiya frequents those two areas."

We then sped to the next district keep a keen eye out for anything that seemed out of place. Minato was actually the first to stop and give us the signal that he spotted something. We rushed over quickly but as stealthily as possible.

-What is it you see?- I signed to him.

-I thought I saw a yellow haired guy, he had a build that was similar. He entered that building over there.- Minato signed pointing to a club that was about a dozen or so yards away. He then added, -His hair was off though.-

-Well I can see through buildings, so let's stake the building out while I inspect this guy- Iroha signed as we snuck closer. After less than a minute she signed to us that the guy Minato spotted was indeed under a Henge and might be him and now the only thing to do was wait for the guy to come out.

-So, Minato and I will take the front entrance, Iroha you able to handle the back exit?- I signed quickly and they both nodded in agreement. Something is off. What is it? Am I or are we forgetting something? I know it took all day to track him down but still this is too easy, he is a Jonin for crying out loud.

A while later the guy came out of the club by himself with what looked like a bit of swagger in his steps. Yeah he is about the right build for Jiraiya. I hope we are right about this. At this I gave Minato the signal and I put up the seal for Shunshin and reappeared in a crouched position with the tag in my left hand as my right hand reached to grab his clothes.

Minato charged in after I reappeared with the tag in hand also trying to slap the man with it. I may have this technique to move fast but damn Minato you are nearly as fast and that is without a technique.

The man deftly dodged both my attempt to grab him and at the same time redirected Minato's hand that was holding the tag right at me. So I had to roll back to avoid being hit by it. Damn. That. Was. Close. I kept my eye on the man and we locked eyes for a second. There was recognition in his eyes but his smile was the dead giveaway. "We found you, Sensei."

"Yes you have or have you?" the man said as he dodged Iroha's attack that came from behind. Damn she almost hand him there.

"Minato, Iroha you good?" I asked quickly not moving my head at all and keeping Jiraiya in the center of my vision.

"Yeah, I am good" they both responded getting up.

"Well, now that you have found me what are you going to do?" He taunted with a smirk.

I decided that a verbal response was not the best choice; so I charged at him and at the same time so did Iroha with Minato just like we planned coming up behind us. I threw the first punch in a pincer attack with Iroha while both of us attempted to slap the tag on his sides.

Minato rushed right up the center and attempted to also hit him again with the tag. Right before any of us were going to land our blows Jiraiya almost magically either dodged our blows or parried them. This is so frustrating, I know we are out of our league here but seriously.

Jiraiya jumped back a little giving maybe a yard or two between us. I noticed that he was smiling way too much to be healthy. "You brats are good, but I don't like this place for us to fight so you will have to find me again, good luck." and with that he vanished.

"DAMN IT!" I shouted out. "We almost had him several times, he is just way too good."

"We will get him next time. That pincer attack worked well" Minato said taking some deep breaths, "Maybe if we can next time we do that but make it a tri-point attack."

"That should work, I clipped him with my first attack. Did you notice his left arm was a bit sluggish?" Iroha asked.

"Yeah I noticed, so his left side will be a bit weaker. Good to know." I said looking up at the sun. "Fuck, the sun is setting we got maybe an hour maybe a little more until we fail."

"So we better get moving then." Minato said getting up and jumped to the roofs.

We followed suit and joined him. This sucks so much, but I gotta keep faith that we will find him again in the time. This was probably his plan, keeping us looking all day. We kept scouting and searching for him through the rest of the red light district and into the very open hot spring district. About forty-ish minutes later Minato suddenly halts.

Pointing down at a long red strand of hair he says, "Is that who I think that belongs to?"

I walked over and picked up the long strand taking a close look with my eyes. "I would hate to say no but yeah I really think this is Kushina's" I then look around and so does both my teammates. After a few seconds all of us found more strands almost all of them in a semi-straight line. "I don't like what this is leading to. I really hope this is a misunderstanding."

Minato and Iroha nod in total agreement. Iroha then states, "So we got two choices and frankly only one that makes sense but I am going to say them anyway. Keep looking for Jiraiya-sensei or track down Kushina following these strands of hair."

Minato doesn't even wait to hear our responses and goes charging in the general direction that the hair leads. I let out a long sigh and follow suit with Iroha right behind me. This sucks but we can't let Minato go all by himself nor leave Kushina to whatever or whoever has got her. I really doubt that her hair would just fall off especially in these numbers in such a short space.

After being in a dead run for a good fifteen minutes or so we entered some woods. Shortly after that we started to hear what sounded like four people ahead of us. Three of them were clearly adults by the gravely notes in their voices and one was much higher pitched. We all stopped in our tracks and looked at each other. In a whisper I said, "Okay, we need to scout this as stealthily as possible. Minato you go after whoever has Kushina and leave the others for Iroha and myself to handle. Come back and help out one she is secured."

At this Minato jumps up into the trees and disappears. I look to Iroha and I saw the same nervousness I was feeling. We can do this we only need to catch them by surprise and hopefully get them in one hit. I signed, -Summon Sensei no Jutsu?-

Iroha nods and I could see the confidence return. We snuck up quietly until we were as close as we dared, I looked over to Iroha and activated my eyes as I nodded.

Three

Two

One

Fūton: Reppūshō (wind: Gale Palm) and Katon: Gōkakyū no Jutsu (Fire: Great fireball)

The combination flew straight and quick right at the two in the back and then exploded. I saw the two of them fly forward and they rolled sloppily forward and up into a standing position before turning to face us pulling out very large kunai. Okay we are actually doing this, no turning back now! I fell into my combat stance and out of the corner of my vision Iroha did as well.

I saw Minato engage his target as well starting with a nice stab to the guy's arm, Stop that I need to focus on what's in front of me and have faith that he can handle himself.

Looking at the two ninja I could see some real bad burns and their hair was definitely scorched. They also wore Cloud headbands, not that it guaranteed that they belonged to that village but I really doubt that they expected to caught this quickly.

I charged forward and engaged the guy on the left as Iroha the one on the right. It was a blur of fists and kicks exchange. This ninja was good, clearly not a beginner and probably three to four years older than me and it showed in the power behind his blows. After a few exchanged blows I could feel one of my ribs fracture. If this continues we will win but not by much.

Iroha was actually holding her own quite well and her opponent was suffering a lot. Her clan's attacks are brutal, I need to step this up.

I dropped into a much lower attack stance falling below his defense and mentally went through the hand seals for Katon: Endan (Fire: Flame Bullet) as it was even easier than Gōkakyū and point blank blasted the hulking ninja right in the chest then followed it up with an uppercut to his crotch. Damn, they both landed. He lept back to be just outside of reach. DAMN IT, that didn't finish him off. What can I do now? SHIT! I tried to dodge as a boulder of stone streaked right at me and it clipped my shoulder but that was all that was needed. I could feel my right shoulder crunch. Damn it that hurts, I need to finish this now. Something in the back of my mind was reminding me of a few years back when I did the test for my nature affinities what was it, Water and Fire. Hmmm if you superheat water it can cause tremendous burns. Wonder if that can help if only I had worked harder on learning water release.

I looked over briefly at how Iroha was doing. It looked like she was doing well, but her opponent went quickly through a series of hand seals. I could tell this was no normal jutsu thanks to my eyes and Iroha could tell as well but what is it? I could feel something click in my mind nanoseconds before the jutsu finished, "DODGE!"

Iroha responded and tried to dodge but the ninja had her dead in sights. Raiton: Jibashi (Lightning: Electromagnetic Murder) he said as he finished the seals and a huge spiderweb of lightning shot from his hand out towards Iroha tearing up the ground as it went. She tried to dodge but it clipped one of her legs and I saw it gouge out a chunk of muscle. Thankfully this jutsu looks to be more about destruction then shock. I can't focus on her opponent right now I got my own.

As I looked back, my opponent grinned as he also just finished a series of hand seals which I missed as I was worried about Iroha. Fuck I was stupid to look away now I don't know what he is doing. I thought as earth started to collect around him forming a barrier of stone and earth around him like armor. I am so screwed now, Taijutsu will be useless and my Katon jutsu will be absorbed. Well might as well try to focus on collecting water while I dodge. I know they 'say' that water can't beat earth jutsu but I know science says otherwise. Grinning as the Kumo-nin charged at me and the first thing I noticed was he was much slower but good luck knocking him down as it looked like his legs were attached to the ground. He threw a right hook at my side and I deftly cartwheeled over it.

After what felt like forever, I could feel that I had gathered a good amount of water for at least one attempt. I got one shot at this I don't think I can gather any more water. The air feels real dry. Okay condense, tighten, put a slight spin to it and what the hell might as well add some heat it. As I poured Fire release into this makeshift Water release jutsu I was doing as he charged at me again. I had gotten some good distance thankfully. As he got maybe a foot in front of me I felt something click in my head, as I threw my left hand out in a semi-slicing motion with four fingers extended aimed directly at his head. A stream of superheated water shot out of my fingers drilling straight through the earth he had around his head and out the back. The ninja stopped dead and fell to his knees then collapsed in front of me dead. As he fell the earth around him crumbled and I could see the slice halfway through his head. I felt relieved but I couldn't let down my guard there were two more ninja and so I tried to move to help out Iroha when I felt my legs collapsed under me. Shit, I used too much chakra with that technique. I felt my vision slip, there goes my Sharingan, as I tried looked toward where Iroha was fighting I fell forward and blacked out.

When I came too, I was draped over Iroha's back as she was hobbling through the forest. I could tell my shirt and skirt were very well ruined but at least I was alive. I looked to my right and Kushina was being supported by Minato who looked as bad as I felt. I had no energy but I wanted to find out what happened so I cleared my throat, "Umm, we won? What happened?"

"Well, after I ambushed the lead ninja with a kunai through the arm that held a rope tied to Kushina. That freed Kushina so he engaged me thinking Kushina was not the threat." Minato said with a little bit of pride.

"That was his biggest mistake, Dattebene!" Kushina said throwing a fist into the air. " I kicked him so hard in the small of his back that I felt a crunch." At that, she shuddered.

"Ouch, so you two teamed up to take him out. How tough was he?" I asked hoping that they didn't get too injured.

"Not too bad, as we had crippled him hard before he could react much but I could tell he was leagues ahead of us." Minato stated with a hint of fear. "Thanks to quick crippling blows, right?"

"Bah, he was a tough fight. He knew a ton of jutsu so even if he couldn't fight at full strength taijutsu wise he was still deadly, I got clipped by a shock jutsu and that hurt a ton but it distracted him enough for Minato to finish him off." Kushina coughed out.

"Well my fight could have gone better, he shot some sort of high end lightning jutsu that tore a chunk of my leg out but thankfully my clan's style had done its work on him enough for us to win especially when you two came back to reinforce." Iroha said then added, "Kami, what the hell was that jutsu you used to slice through that stone armor jutsu your guy used?"

"To be honest not sure, something just clicked in my head. I saw the thick armor around him and knew that neither taijutsu nor katon would work on him so I gathered up as much water as I could then condensed it as much as I could then added a drilling spin to it and then added some heat to it and somehow it blended." I stated lamely then plopped my head back onto Iroha's back, "But I blew all my remaining chakra on that one. Not the smartest of ideas, thankfully it worked or I would have been screwed."

"Well, whatever that was it worked brilliantly." Iroha praised with nod.

About that time we were reaching the edge of the woods and we saw several ninja including Jiraiya running towards the woods but they halted when they saw us.

"What the blazes happened to you four?! You look like you were… nevermind." Jiraiya asked as a ninja wearing a mask picked me up off Iroha's back. "Quick debrief, NOW!"

Iroha and Minato with the help of Kushina explained what happened as I was really too exhausted to add much. When they got to the point of finishing off the three Kumo-nin, a small number of the ninja quickly asked for directions to their location, and then disappeared in a flash of smoke. After that, Jiraiya said, "Okay, let's get you all back to the hospital and get you checked up. Once you are all good enough, we will sit down and write your first team report. Oh, by the way congratulations, you pass. Even though you failed my test, you passed a more important one. Not leaving a fellow Konoha ninja behind."

The next day Jiraiya showed up in our hospital room as we were getting discharged, thankfully I had packed a backup pair of clothes in my small pack as my clothes from the previous day were completely ruined. He took us to the Hokage Tower and swiftly guided us to a small room grabbing some paperwork on his way in. "Okay brats, plus Uzumaki Kushina, we are going to write up a full report on what happened. Each from your own perspective, NO copying. Then I am going to read over them and then turn them in directly to the Hokage, understand?"

"Yes!" we answered quickly and then started to write up the events. It didn't take long but when I got the part of my killing blow to the ninja I was fighting I paused putting the end of the pen in against my forehead thinking. Okay what am I going to call this jutsu or explain how I took him down. "Umm Sensei, I got a question. How thorough does this need to be? If I used a jutsu do I need to say what I used?"

"Normally no, if the fight was not well above you but in this case you need to say if you used anything that isn't a clan secret of course." he said with a command in his voice.

"Thanks." and I went back to writing. So what am I going to call this new jutsu I haphazardly created? Then an idea struck me, I wrote out Futton: Ha Kanketsusen (Boil: Geyser Blade) as the jutsu I used. Adding in a quick explanation of the damage to the ninja it did. Then I handed it to Jiraiya and he looked over it slowly. When he reached the end I saw an eyebrow raise then he looked at me for a second and this time his glare was piercing and calculating.

"Good job, Uchiha Kamiko, very concise."

After a few more minutes everyone had finished their report. Minato handed his in last, after taking a second piece of paper and filling that out completely too. Jiraiya read over them and then ushered us up to the Hokage's office waiting room. God, every time I am here I feel like I am about to be put in front of a firing squad.

We didn't have to wait long, when we entered the Hokage had his hat on the desk and was filling out some paperwork. After he finished he looked up and said, "Report."

Jiraiya went into explaining the events of the day from both the reports and from things we didn't know. Wow the Kumo-nin did an excellent job infiltrating us. If it wasn't for Kushina's hair no one would have noticed until they were long gone. I was a bit surprised when Jiraiya paused looking at Kushina then us and then back to the Hokage.

"Kushina, do you want to fill in your friends as to why this event is so important? I feel that they should know, but I will leave it up to you" Sarutobi Hiruzen asked gently with a slight pause then added. "But before you do, I must express that this is a S-Class secret, and if you three tell anyone without permission, you will be charged with treason. Not that I expect you to."

Kushina looked very nervous at that point but then gathered herself and straightened up after a few seconds. "About a week ago with the passing of the First's wife, Mito Uzumaki, I became the host for the Kyūbi." She then locked eyes with each of us with a hint of fear in her eyes, "I hope this won't affect our friendship."

"Of course not, but now the Anbu and why you got kidnapped makes more sense. Thank you for trusting us." I say then turn to the Hokage, "You have it on the blood of my ancestors that I will not reveal this to anyone without your direct permission."

Both Iroha and Minato nod and say, "You have my word."

Iroha smiled and then added directed towards Kushina, "This would not change my opinion of you. I know the difference between a kunai and a scroll that holds it."

"Well then, you have had an eventful day yesterday, go home and rest. I trust Jiraiya to inform you of your next team meeting. Now you're dismissed, Jiraiya stay I have something to discuss with you." the Hokage said in a commanding voice.

As we departed the Hokage's Tower toward our respective homes I waved goodbye to them, "See you all tomorrow? If we don't have a meeting my place?"

"Sounds good but umm, where is your place?" Minato asked making me stop in my tracks.

"Doh," I said smacking my forehead, "I will meet you at the entrance to the Uchiha district around nine."

"That is if we don't have a meeting tomorrow," Iroha added, "Though I doubt it."

"Of course, and Kushina you going to be there right?" I said looking hopeful at her.

"Of course I will be, dattebane!" she responded as she waved goodbye.

Wow, I am still tired even after speeding it out at the hospital, then again the doctors said I would be a little drained for a day or so because I nearly put myself into chakra exhaustion. I got to be more careful next time, I won't always be that lucky.

It was mid-afternoon when I was walking through my clan's area. I made it a point to stop by Grandma Matsu's fruit shop. "Good afternoon, Grandma. We passed." I said smiling brightly.

She responded, "I knew you would little one. You grow up so fast, I remember when your father had his test by his Jounin sensei. He came back with no shirt on and you don't look too bad. Getting back a bit late, though. What did your sensei have you doing?"

"Well, it started as a search to find him somewhere in Konoha and 'capture' him, but we prevented a kidnapping of my friend by some Kumo-nin and he passed us because we prevented that. I did get a fracture in my right shoulder and some chakra exhaustion but besides that ,I got lucky." I answered. "Do you know if Dad is at the office or out on patrol?"

"I think he is out on patrol today. I saw him earlier walking around. I am glad you made it home safely for your first day as a true genin." she said waving me goodbye.

I wandered for a little trying to spot Dad, and after a little while I saw him near the end of the street. I was about to use a jutsu to close the distance quicker, but then remember I was told no jutsu for at least a day. So I ran over waving to get his attention. "Daddy, I passed!"

"Congratulations, but why didn't you come home last night?" Dad asked with a slight hint of worry as he visually inspected me seeing a wrapped up shoulder and probably baggy eyes.

"Umm, well, I can't tell you here." I whispered with a bit of hesitance looking from him to the two Uchiha police that was flanking behind him.

"Okay, my little Firecracker, I will see you at home soon." he said smiling then leaned down and gave me a big hug.

As I walked back home I had a lot on my mind I really didn't notice where I was walking. Okay, so tell him you had your test to be a fully fledged Genin team and it was interrupted by a kidnapping and that you along with your teammates rescued Kushina from a few Kumo-nin… yeah that work. At that point I ran into someone just a shy taller than me. "Oof."
I look up and I see Fugaku turn to face me as he said. "Hey, look where you're… Oh it is you. How are you?"

"I am good a bit tired and shoulder hurts a bit but I am good…" I then grin. "Just-Fugaku, how have you been?"

He groaned then looked at my shoulder seeing it all bandaged. A hint of concern flashed in his passive face before it disappeared. He then answered, "I am Fugaku, not Just-Fugaku. I have been well and I wish you a speedy recovery. So I take it your Genin test went well. I must go, my father sent for me. I wish I could stay and talk but it will not do to keep him waiting. Bye."

As he walked off I had to fight one of the hardest blushes I have ever had. Damn it why am I blushing. There. Is. Nothing. Going. On. Between. Us. Well I gotta get home too. I thought as I rushed back home and quickly kicked off my shoes. "Mom, Obito I am home!"

I heard a patter of small feet and then my baby brother tackled my legs with a huge hug. "Weeecome homs sis." He sputtered out with his face planted in my leg. Wow he is learning to talk as fast as I did and I was somewhat cheating. He then looked up at me. "Why dids you nots come lasts night? I misseded yous."

About that point mom came into view and paused at the cuteness happening and giggled. "Welcome home, how was your Genin test?"

"It went bad, and then good, or maybe good and then bad. Well, once Dad is home I will tell the whole story, but suffice to say we passed. I need to take a bath." I said as I ruffled Obito's hair and he humph back at me. I then made my way to the bathroom with a quick stop by my room to throw my pack onto my bed.

These series event has been more exhausting than I have ever had. I know normally you can't combine elemental natures so what did I do? Two jutsu at the same time or did I truly combine them? Well I will think about that later. It's time for a nice long hot soak. I thought as I slipped into the bath and let all my worries and thoughts disappear. "I hope Dad takes a little while to get home."

Hope everyone enjoyed reading this as much as I enjoyed writing it. This was my first time writing a true fight scene, hope it was good. I also wish to continue to give thanks to Halbyrd on co-writing without them this story wouldn't read as well. I will put this in here, due to school and my co-writer getting a new job this was massively delayed. I hope to be more consistent in my future chapters. Thanks again.