Valiavarayan: I know, but who's to say I won't let Sasuke use a different affinity other than lightning in his blade. Besides, in my story Naruto's more about speed, Sasuke's more about power. Also, what did you mean on your other comment?

Travis9000: Should I feel happy or insulted?

Kalomin: Kakashi's bounty will not increase. And I didn't notice that...I'll fix that. Zabuza isn't cool enough for that (yes he is, but I'm still not doing it.)

biofan09: Oh yeah, now it's like twice his size. However, I plan on making him taller so he won't look as awkward wielding it after time-skip.

Chewie Cookies: I know. I just know people, specifically grandparents, that call their grandchildren son, that's all. And technically he did kill his son-in-law.

Foxfan88: You will see. And it's from Konoha. However, I won't tell what happens specifically in the Iwa Chunin Exams only that it's not easy.

Guest: I'm keeping Minato's parents un-revealed, mainly because in my story other than him, Kushina, and Naruto, no one in his family matters...in my story at least.

Dark Serpent Cat: But the Mokuton was a bloodline, and Naruto doesn't have Hashirama's blood. Plus, the only reason Yamato/Tenzo can use it is because he was implanted with Hashirama's cells by Orochimaru. No one else in the Senju had it. Plus, it's a heavily debated topic that Madara is Sasuke's great-grandfather/great-great-grandfather, but whatever. However, blood and reincarnations are different. So hence, yes, as you could say Sakura was a reincarnation of Madara Uchiha, however she isn't blood related, so she doesn't have the Sharingan. About Minato read above. Also, the thugs wouldn't have allowed her to kill herself. Don't get me wrong she would have tried, but the thugs wouldn't let her. Plus, Inari tried to defend his mother, admirable and I salute him for that, however he couldn't take on two grown thugs. For Sasuke's blade read first review. However, Naruto will not be getting any weapon in this story. Also, the Konohamaru idea is not bad...interesting actually...never even thought of that.

I was happy to see that the majority of Inari's death reviews were actually pretty okay with it. That's good. I hope you keep that attitude when someone else dies. No I don't enjoy killing people, by the way, it's just people are going to die.

Margaret Holloway! A Spar!

Naruto woke up in a cold sweat. He had had a nightmare. He had relived Inari's death over and over. It was saddening to him, knowing that he could have protected him, and he hoped, in some alternate universe, that he had. However, deep in his subconscious he knew that the blame didn't only fall on his shoulders. That didn't mean he felt like it didn't though. Naruto sighed. There was only one thing to do then. Get stronger so no one else had to die because of his mistakes…no…so no one else had to die ever again.

He brought scrolls with him as he prepared to leave the house. He then shot from his house and headed towards training ground seven.

XxX

Naruto landed on the training ground before he yawned. He was still slightly tired, but the beautiful thing called adrenaline would help him get rid of that. However, his eyes widened as he saw the three people there already, two of them extremely surprising.

"Sasuke, Sakura, Kakashi-sensei?"

The members turned, looking at him with wide eyes. "Naruto," the asked.

"Why are you guys here," he asked as he sat down his scrolls and looked at them intently. They smiled. "Sakura came to me yesterday and asked for advice, so we're here training. Sasuke was here when we got here," Kakashi said.

Sakura smiled. "Kakashi-sensei was actually on time." Naruto's eyes widened before he narrowed them at his sensei. "How come whenever I asked for advice you were late huh!" he shouted.

Kakashi sweatdropped. "You do know you had Anko too right?" Naruto narrowed his eyes even more, if that was possible. "Stop making excuses." Kakashi rolled his eyes. "Anyways, I invited Anko and a friend over to help you guys train." Kakashi said, getting back to working with Sakura. Sasuke continued to try and master water walking as Sakura read through some scrolls, practicing something on Kakashi every couple of scrolls.

Naruto rolled his eyes and opened his scroll, his eyes widening at the concept. It was something he had never heard of before.

"Resistance Seals huh," he mumbled.

XxX

Sasuke smirked as he sprinted across the lake multiple times, per orders of Kakashi. He felt it. He was growing more powerful. Even though his legs burnt, his reserves were lowering, and he was exhausted he just felt himself getting stronger.

Kakashi walked over to Naruto, smirking as he disabled another one of Sakura's genjutsu. "Try again, Sakura," he called. Naruto heard Sakura curse before she went back to the scroll. Kakashi looked at Naruto with wide eyes.

"Resistance Seals…that's some pretty high-level fuinjutsu you're trying to learn there kid." Kakashi said.

"Yeah. They're pretty amazing. They're like weights, but better. They actually improve the gravity on you, slowing you down. There are twenty levels to it, each one getting progressively harder. You keep them on until it feels normal. It's cool. There's even a seal to remove it when necessary. I like them."

Naruto took the brush he had ran back to his house to get and dabbed it in the ink. He continued to meticulously write strange patterns on his body, even going as far as to take off his shirt and pants, although he did make sure Sakura didn't see him when he did such. She would hit him, ruining the process.

When he finished putting his clothes back on he made the seal of Confrontation. He channeled chakra through his body and into the seals before he felt the weight come crashing down on him. He groaned as his body became instantly harder to move. Kakashi looked at him with mirth visible in his eyes.

"I'm assuming it works."

Naruto tried to open his mouth but found he couldn't. The gravity that was bearing down on him was so intense that he feared it would snap shut. He slowly and shakily nodded his head. Kakashi laughed.

"Run around the training field. That might help."

Naruto nodded shakily again and started something akin to a slow version of fast-walking, but not walking either. Kakashi then turned to Sasuke. "Sasuke it's time for your strength building exercises. Sakura, chakra building." Sakura nodded and ran towards a tree immediately, sprinting its length over and over again. Sasuke walked over, noticing Naruto's predicament as he did so. He raised an eyebrow but did nothing.

Kakashi handed him some weights, each one separately weighing ten pounds. "Start with those, I'll work you on up as this becomes easier for you."

Sasuke nodded and began to lift, but Kakashi smiled. "Who said I was done. No, I want these ankle weights around your, well, ankles. And I want you running this training field like Naruto." Sasuke's eyes narrowed before he put the ankle weights on, and slowly ran off, determined to beat Naruto. Naruto saw this and pushed harder.

Kakashi smiled as he saw all of his students working hard, growing as genin.

"Well Kakashi you're actually working them hard for once. I'm surprised you slacker."

"Couldn't agree more Anko. I'm surprised, and very impressed, Kakashi-kun."

Kakashi groaned as his genin looked behind him to see the two ladies standing behind him. Of course he knew who they were, but they did love to ruin his 'cool' moments.

"Anko-sensei," Naruto called out, waving. Anko smiled and walked up to Naruto. "How are you doing gaki? Getting into trouble I'd bet."

Naruto rolled his eyes. "I don't get into trouble; trouble just seems to get me. I'm just awesome enough to fight It off with style." He said. Anko rolled her eyes as Sasuke looked at the duo strangely. However, all eyes turned to the other woman he was looking at Kakashi, who looked back.

"Who is that," Sakura asked, walking over.

Anko smiled. "Margaret Holloway. Jonin of Konohagakure and one of Kakashi's few friends."

She wore a full mesh body suit, under a purple maroon kimono style dress with high splits that reached to her waist and a black corset, along with thigh high heeled boots. She had mocha-colored skin and stood at 5'9" with long, wavy, hair that was in a half braid. She had a very athletic build, yet she didn't seem to be overly muscular. She had a 38DD bust and wide hips, with very long legs. She had golden colored eyes with red eye shadow. She had berry colored lipstick.

The four walked up to the duo who were having a stared down. Margaret then walked up to Kakashi, shaking her hips in an over-exaggerated manner. She poked Kakashi on the chest and smiled at him. "What's up, Kakashi-kun?" Naruto couldn't see his cheeks, but he knew he just knew that Kakashi was blushing. He sighed. "Margaret-san, please stop teasing Kakashi-sensei."

Margaret pouted but looked at him. "Oh. So you're the one I've heard about huh? Naruto. The one Anko always brags about."

Naruto nodded, albeit with obvious pain. "Yeah, and these are my teammates, Sasuke Uchiha and Sakura Haruno." He said, pointing at each of them respectively. Sakura waved with a smile but Sasuke did his typical "Hn." Naruto sighed. "Sorry about him," he said as Sasuke began to walk off. Naruto rolled his eyes. "Wait up Sasuke, I'm still gonna kick your ass when it comes to that race!" Sasuke began to slowly run again, and Naruto again pushed harder in his slightly-faster walking version. Anko smiled.

"Oi, gaki! Kuchiyose no Jutsu (Summoning Technique)!" Two snakes, two large snakes, appeared from where Anko had slammed her hand, causing Sakura to jump and Naruto's eyes to widen. "Run Sasuke! She will let those eat you!" Sasuke paled before he went as fast as he possibly could, as did Naruto. Anko smiled sadistically as she hoped onto one of the snakes. "Sick 'em!"

Sakura looked over to Kakashi. "Kakashi-sensei we have to do something." Kakashi shook his head. "Fear is a good motivator Sakura." He said as he pointed to the tree. She sighed and began to run up the tree. Margaret laughed and decided to join her for some girl talk. Kakashi's eyes widened as he realized he was the only one not doing something. He smirked and began to train.

XxX

Naruto panted heavily as he lay down on the ground, exhausted. It was the evening and he could hardly move a muscle. Sasuke was next to him, equally exhausted. Sakura was standing, as she had had a slightly training session than the two of them, but she was still exhausted. However, the three jonin smiled at the genin, seeing the potential all of them contained.

"You pushed hard today gaki's. I'm impressed. Consider Anko willing to train you brats," Anko said.

Margaret smiled and walked up to Sakura. "You did a great job today. Tomorrow we can work on water walking. After that, let's get down with genjutsu."

Kakashi smiled before he pulled out the three sheets of paper in his kunai pouch. He frowned at then. Of course he wouldn't let his students actually start to practice them severely, but getting some brief training couldn't be bad right? Besides, the Chunin Exams were two weeks away, plenty of time for them to work on their basics along with get in some extra edge on the competition. Then again, this was usually introduced at chunin. He didn't know if they were prepared for it. Anko looked at Kakashi with a smile on her face as did Margaret.

"Kakashi…they are ready. Just don't let them do anything to strenuous and they should be fine. Besides, the two boys don't seem to like only being chased around. And the girl wants to catch up. Let them."

Margaret nodded her head, with the genin looking at the jonin with confused looks. "What are you guys talking about? What is Kakashi-sensei debating? And why doesn't he want us to master it?" Sakura asked.

Kakashi sighed and nodded. "Nature manipulation." He said. "It's a chunin skill, but I don't know if you guys are ready for it yet. I don't know if I should give you a hint now. It's extremely hard to master. I wouldn't let you get deep into it, like with wind chakra's cutting a waterfall, but he basics could be done. And, I wanted you guys to have an edge in the Chunin Exams."

Sasuke's eyes widened with surprised. "What are those?" he asked. Before Kakashi could respond Sakura decided to. "The Chunin Selection Exams are a type of test to test the abilities of genin. If the competing genin perform well, they will be considered for a promotion to chunin."

Sasuke's eyes widened with amazement before he smirked. Of course he wanted to learn it now, he needed an edge. 'I need to get stronger to defeat Itachi, and to show my strength. I'm an Uchiha!'

Naruto smiled. 'Elemental affinities? We were told about that in the Academy…I can't believe I actually remember that…'

Sakura smiled. 'I wonder what they are?' she thought.

"If I let you do this I will give each of you two jutsu scrolls to master by the Chunin Exams, which is in two weeks time. However, you don't know enough about it. Sakura you did well but you only scratched the surface. For one thing people can die in these exams, and no village can get mad at another village for doing so, as the ninja must sign a lease or be disqualified. It's a state of peace across all the nations. Breaking it involves a heavy drop in clientele. Now, this is a wide-scale examination, and people from any village, even ronin, can compete. Hell, samurai are welcome too, although if you come in alone it's noticeably harder for you. If you are from any village you are required to be in a three-man cell. These members of the cell do not have to be you teammates assigned to you as genin. However, if one person doesn't want to do it the team cannot participate. Luckily enough for you guy's the Exams are in Konoha this year. Do you still want to go ahead with this?"

Naruto smiled. "Of course we do. Getting whatever edge we can get over the competition helps." Sasuke nodded in agreement. Sakura had to concede the point to the blonde too. Kakashi nodded and handed them each one slip of paper.

"Okay then. Channel chakra into the paper. If you have a fire nature the paper will ignite and turn to ash. Wind it will split in two. Lightning, it will wrinkle. Earth, it will turn to dust and crumble away. Water, it will become wet."

Naruto looked at Kakashi. "What are your affinities?" His genin seemed interested in that. Kakashi sighed and withdrew three more papers, passing out two of them to Anko and Margaret respectively.

"I had a feeling you would ask that. I'll go first," Kakashi said. The paper wrinkled.

"Lightning," said Sakura. Kakashi nodded. Anko smiled and went next. The paper burst into flames as she smiled.

"Fire." Sasuke said. "My turn." Margaret said. The paper split in two, one half become extremely damp, and one half wrinkled.

"What does that mean?" Naruto asked. Kakashi smiled. "This is why I asked Margaret to come, so I could explain this. People can have more than one chakra nature, or, more than one affinity. Of course it's possible to use any type of jutsu, but the ones you have an affinity for take less chakra and are easier to perform. Margaret has three affinities, lightning, water, and wind. Naruto looked at her with wide eyes. "Amazing."

Margaret smiled and shrugged it off. Sakura however, wasn't patient and channeled chakra into her paper. It burst into flames.

"Fire, like me," Anko said, particularly enjoying that. Sakura paled. Anko smiled. "Don't worry kid I don't bite." Sakura seemed relieved.

Kakashi looked at her intensely. "Fire. A very common nature in Konoha. By no means a bad nature though Sakura." Sakura seemed depressed she was considered common, but accepted it nonetheless.

Sasuke smirked and channeled chakra into his paper next. It wrinkled and burst into flames. "Fire and Lightning." Kakashi said, looking at Sasuke with intensity. 'I thought so.' Kakashi thought.

All eyes turned to Naruto as he smiled. "All eyes on me." He channeled chakra into the paper, an anxious look on his face. It split and became wet. "Wind and Water," Margaret said. Naruto smiled. "Yeah!" Sakura then looked confused.

"Kakashi-sensei, what's the difference between the elements," she asked. Kakashi nodded. "I was hoping you would ask that question. Well for one thing, the ordinary five, fire, water, earth, air, and lightning, are what the five greats are named after. However, the elements do have match-ups." Kakashi said, grabbing a stick. He began to draw a circle on the ground, with arrows, and the symbols at specific points. "The arrows represent what beats what."

Sakura read it aloud. "So fire beats wind, wind beats lightning, lightning beats earth, earth beats water, and water beats fire." she said. Kakashi nodded.

Sasuke and Naruto smirked before glaring at the other, intensity in their eyes. Sakura looked at them strangely. "What did I miss?" Kakashi looked at them strangely too, before his eyes widened. "Naruto and Sasuke are paired up almost perfectly. Almost each of their elements cancel the others out. Sasuke's fire against Naruto's wind. Naruto's wind against Sasuke's lightning. Naruto's water against Sasuke's fire. If Sasuke had an earth affinity they would be matched up perfectly." Sasuke however smirked.

"But, my Sharingan makes up for that."

Kakashi's eyes widened again. "He's right."

Naruto smiled. "Bring it, teme."

"Don't come crying to me when you lag behind me, dobe."

Hey guys it's Kuma Akuma. Sorry if this chapter is bad/horrid/doesn't really connect well, I just wasn't feeling it. I forced this one out. It's trash I know. But you got introduced to Margaret, an OC, who was made by OfficerShadowcat. And learned their elements. Yes I gave Naruto suiton, because I felt like he deserved more of Kushina's supposed memory, and the Uzumaki's in general, as it's supposed that they were good at suiton jutsu and kenjutsu, along with fuinjutsu, so he'll get two out of the four, you know red hair. Next chapter should be better. In six days I'm leaving on another trip, where again I can't work on my stories, but this time it's not because I chose to so that's that. My energy is low right now. See you guys later and avoid the Earl.