(1 year and 6 months later.)
It's been some time since Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura started attending the academy. They've hated it ever since the first day. Everything was literally so easy to them. Not only that but the pace the instructors were moving through the material was really slow.
It was dead set from the beginning who was the top of the class. Sakura, Sasuke and Naruto always aced every test they were given. And when it came to taijutsu Naruto and Sasuke were neck and neck for the top spot on the boy's side. Sakura earned the nickname Pink Destroyer. She was known for brutally beating any girl who stepped in the circle with her. The young pinkette was a taijutsu prodigy. She was admired for that but feared for how brutal she could be when fighting. It's been a few times where some girls pissed themselves when they heard they had to go up against Sakura. She was outclassing they girls so much that the teacher decided to let her fight the boys. The only problem with that is she demolished them as well. Out of the whole class, the only two who could keep up with her and sometimes beat her is Naruto and Sasuke. Sakura still won against them 65% of the time.
The thing is that their mother told them they have to hold back on showing their true skills. While she wanted them to wipe the floor with the competition. Mikoto didn't their actual skill level until they graduate.
Unsurprisingly they were all really popular in the academy. You would have to be a fool not to know about them at this point. On their first day, Naruto and Sasuke instantly had fan clubs. A lot of girls were talking about Sakura because she was sitting in between her brothers. The pinkette has just ignored that at first. But at some point during the week, some girls tried to bully her around. She would be damned if her, the daughter of Mikoto Uchiha was bullied by some little ass girls who can't even throw a shuriken properly. So she easily put them in their place by releasing just a little killing intent to scare them. It did the job and she wasn't bothered again. She still got glares from some girls though.
That wasn't to say that Sakura didn't have her own fan club. A lot of boys tried to talk to her but Naruto and Sasuke were not having it. Sasuke inherited his mother's intense glare when she gets pissed. So he normally flicks on his sharingan to scare the guys away. Guys nearly shit themselves when they see Naruto glaring at him. Since he had the same cerulean eyes as his father's. He was able to strike fear in the boys hearts with a cold glare just like his father. Had so many times to his enemies. Mikoto often told him she could see his Kushina's glare in his eyes sometimes as well. According to Mikoto, Kushina's glare was almost as bad as hers. Next in line was Tsunade.
Naruto often wondered how scared would the boys be if he showed them his eyes while using Kurama's chakra. He figured it would be a good laugh but may cause some minor issues with some people if they find out what he did. People who still have it out against him because of Kurama.
They all had grown a few inches. Also Sakura and Sasuke were both 10 years old. Naruto still has a couple of months to go before it's his birthday again. Sasuke was standing at 5'1. Same with Naruto, he was no longer the shortest of the group. Thanks to his mother making him eat properly. Sakura was 5' even. They were still pretty short but they were taller than everyone else in their class.
Outside of the academy, they little group has been training their tails off. Ever since the massacre, they pushed themselves harder. Now when Mikoto sparred against them. She often had to use her sharingan. If she really had to she could still beat them without it. But sometimes it may her job a lot easier. Because her kids were improving at an astonishing rate.
Naruto now could make his own seals. Nothing extremely complex. But still his own. His first seal he even invented was distress signal seal. Basically when you send chakra through the seal. It gives off multiple chakra spikes for someone who has the same seal but is too far away to feel the spike with their own senses. His second seal was a communication seal. It allows a person to talk to whoever has the same seal no matter how far they are. You could be in Kumo and still talk to someone from Konoha as long as your seals are linked together. This seal has to be placed on the body for it to work. Since it's works telepathically. To activate it all you do is channel chakra through it and link it to whoever you are trying to talk to. So far only Naruto, Sakura, Sasuke and Mikoto use it. When he created it Mikoto praised Naruto. She was happy about it since she would be able to communicate with them on a mission even if they were separated. She still didn't tell them about her being their future jounin sensei yet. Mikoto wanted it to be a surprise.
Sasuke and Sakura started working at the hospital a year and 4 months ago. They've been soaking up all the information they can learn from different doctors. Staff members raved about how they were prodigies in the medical field. At the rate they were going, it was anticipated that they earn their medic licenses a year before they graduate from the academy. It was truly extraordinary to the head of the hospital. He was actually one of the only ones who believed they would thrive despite their young age. He saw something in them the first day he met Sakura and Sasuke. The head doctor couldn't really blame most of the staff members for their initial opinion. Anyone would think kids their age wouldn't succeed in the medical field until they were older. He had no doubt that they would become better healers than him within the next couple years.
Sometimes when they were at the hospital. If Naruto wasn't working on his fuinjutsu. He worked on training with Kurama's chakra. So far his max that he could control was one tail. Which was good on Kurama's opinion. Naruto didn't need to stress himself over mastering his chakra. He needed to train a lot more before he got to that point. Plus his body would not be able to handle the strain. It took a few months just for him to get used to fighting in the one tailed state. The first several times Mikoto watched him personally in case he started to lose control over himself.
When it came to taijutsu, Sakura still stayed on top. Naruto and Sasuke were neck in neck. A good amount of their fights end in draws. It was fun for them when they fought against each other. Especially when they did three way battles. A few times the idea of having Gai train Sakura came into Mikoto's mind. Until the idea of Gai potentially making Sakura wear that hideous green jumpsuit came into the picture. Mikoto would rather not even attempt to ask Gai.
Genjustu was something Sasuke and Sakura were even in. Both of them were really good at it with Mikoto's instruction. Naruto only knew basic genjutsus.
When it came to their weapons. They trained with them whenever they could. Mikoto did not let them slack off with their training. She pushed them hard.
When it came to speed, Naruto was the fastest following Sasuke than Sakura. Physical strength is where Sakura won surprisingly. Naruto was second and Sasuke was last.
Sasuke and Sakura also practiced with their bloodlines as well. Sakura had much better control over her warrior mode. She also learned a few heightened abilities it gives her. Sasuke had pretty much mastered the regular sharingan. Mikoto wanted him to wait a bit longer before she taught him how to utilize his mangekyo. Although when he was alone, Sasuke did mess with it to see what he could do.
Right now Naruto was at a flower shop. He wanted to start his own garden since recently he's taken an interest in gardening. Sakura was at home with their mother. Sasuke had a shift at the hospital he had to work.
The exact flower shop Naruto was in was the Yamanaka flower shop. He was looking at certain flowers to see which ones he wanted to start planting. Figuring he should start off simple. He picked seeds for sunflowers, aquilegias, pansies and sweet peas.
When he went to the cashier. He saw none other than Ino Yamanaka at the register which isn't all that surprising considering how much she talks about this place during class.
"Oh Naruto-kun!" She squealed.
Naruto rolled his eyes. "Hi Ino, I wanted to purchase these seeds for the garden I'm growing."
Ino looked surprised. "You like to garden? Wait you have a garden? You don't seem like to type to like it."
"Yes I like to garden but I don't have a garden yet. These will be the first plants I grow. And I recently got an interest for it." Naruto shrugged.
"Ohh wow." Ino tried to hide her blush. "How come you aren't with Sasuke-kun or Sakura?"
"Sakura is at home with our mom and Sasuke is busy at the hospital. He should be home in a couple hours." Naruto answered.
Naruto paid for the flower seeds. "Well if you ever need any advice for gardening. You can always come here and ask me Naruto-kun." Ino smiled.
"Thank you Ino, I'll see you in class." Naruto eaves before walking out of the store.
Naruto did like Ino as a friend. But he didn't like her fan girl attitude. It's very annoying sometimes. Sasuke and Sakura shared the same feeling as he did.
Walking down the roads, he still got glares here and there. But nothing compared to before. Oh no Sasuke, Sakura and Mikoto made sure of that. They threatened anyone who dared looked at Naruto that way. Because of that, Naruto was allowed to shop in most stores now. Without being overcharged either.
On his way home, he sensed that he was being followed. He groaned inwardly because he knew exactly who is was. Hinata had developed a habit of following him around when she didn't think he noticed. It's been plenty of times he wanted to call her out for it. But Sakura convinced him to wait it out to see if she will develop enough confidence to talk to him. He didn't want to be mean so he had little options. Whenever he tried to talk to her in class. She would blush profusely then pass out right after. It's kinda hard to make friends with someone who does that every time you try to talk to them.
Sasuke pointed out how Hinata had a crush on him. But Naruto knew he couldn't focus on a relationship right now. Plus he didn't feel that way about Hinata. The young blond had many other things on his plate. Rather than worrying about dating. Plus according to his mom, he was too young to date anyways.
He arrived at the Uchiha District. You couldn't even tell that a massacre took place here. Granted it did happen almost 2 years ago. Mikoto actually suggested that they move to a different and bigger house in the district. This way they won't be reminded so much of what happened in their old home.
Now they lived closer to the training grounds in the district. The house was bigger but it was easily handled since Naruto, Sakura and Sasuke made sure to help Mikoto around the house all the time. They all also had their own room now.
Naruto arrived at home. He opened the door and walked inside. "I'm home!" He called out.
A second later he heard his mother's voice. "We're in the living room Naruto-kun."
He took off his shoes and walked into the living room. He was greeted with the sight of Mikoto and Sakura sorting through photos. Kurama was resting his head on Mikoto's leg while she gently rubs her hand through his fur.
During this last year and a half. Kurama was able to put his conscience inside a shadow clone. See when Mikoto taught them the shadow clone jutsu. Kurama did some experimenting and was able to transfer his consciousness into a clone while leaving most of his power behind inside of Naruto. Although he would instantly appear as a mini nine tailed fox instead of a Naruto clone. Apparently he can transform the clone to look like him before the clone actually appears on the outside. Since Naruto uses Kurama's own chakra to make the clone. Kurama's body is more durable than a standard shadow clone. He can stay outside of the seal for as long as he wants as long as the clone has enough chakra to stabilize itself. It was really confusing at first. But everyone got used to it. Naruto is sure Kurama hasn't been back inside the seal for almost a week now. Not that he could blame him.
"Pictures?" He said.
"Yeah kaa-san decided she wanted to make a photo album of all of us." Sakura replied.
"I started one of me, Sasuke, Itachi and Fugaku. But Itachi and Fugaku never liked taking pictures. And they weren't around that often. So I gave up on making an album. But now I can start one with our new family since I have plenty of pictures of you three. Like this one right here is when you killed your first animal Naruto-kun." Mikoto pointed to a picture.
Naruto looked at the picture she was pointing to. It definitely was a picture of that day. He killed a rabbit at that time. That was the day that Mikoto showed them how to skin an animal. Then she showed them how to cook the rabbit. While Naruto did feel bad for killing the rabbit. The overall day was one he would never forget.
"Here goes one of when you and Sasuke smashed Sakura's face in her birthday cake on her birthday. She really let you two have it that day." Mikoto showed him another picture.
Naruto shuddered at that memory. Another day he would never forget. It was the one time he thought that Sakura was going to actually kill him and Sasuke. The beating she gave them was next level.
"Here goes one of when Sasuke and kaa-chan at the festival we went to a couple months ago. We had to fight against those bandits on our way back." Sakura pointed to a picture.
During that little event. They were coming back from a small neighboring village. It was the day Naruto and Sasuke made their real first kill. Neither one had any violent reactions to it. They were well prepared for when they had to cross that bridge. Although Mikoto and Sakura did talk to them about it to see how they were handling it.
"Time really has flown by." Naruto said out loud.
"It really has, you three are growing up so fast right before my eyes. I want you to stay my babies forever." Mikoto sighed.
"Hey we'll still be around Kaa-chan. I don't know about Naruto or Sasuke. But I'm not moving out until I'm like 25. Honestly, I may just live with you for the rest of my life." Sakura said.
"Yeah I don't see myself leaving you either kaa-chan." Naruto agreed.
"You kids will understand when you're older. Young adults tend to want independence and not live under their parents." Mikoto told them.
Naruto and Sakura looked at each other before shrugging.
"Now since you are here Naru-chan. You can help me and Saku-chan with the photo album." Mikoto smiled.
(Another year later)
Sasuke was walking through the village. He was now 11 years old. His hair had grown longer. Now he was in his third year at the academy along with his siblings. The raven haired boy had just finished his shift. Sakura still had 2 hours of her shift left. Within the next few months, they would get to take the test that will decide if they will get their medical licenses. While he was confident that they would pass. Sakura made him study with her so she could make sure that they weren't forgetting anything. She was a bookworm so it wasn't surprising to him in the least. He was actually appreciative towards her for it.
Their training has been coming along well. With his mother's teachings, Sasuke was able to get far in his lightning manipulation. So much so that he accidentally taught himself the chidori. All he was doing was experimenting and end up creating it. When he showed it to his family. Mikoto was surprised and told him that he learned the signature technique of Kakashi Hatake. Sasuke freaked out thinking he was going to get in trouble for using someone else's originally jutsu without their permission. But Mikoto took care of that by introducing him to Kakashi. When he showed Kakashi his version of the chidori. The copy nin was shocked that someone as young as Sasuke had such control over their element. Kakashi had given him the ok considering how many techniques he's stolen with his one eyed sharingan. His nickname is literally the man with a thousand jutsus.
Mikoto did warn Sasuke to be careful with that technique. It's not meant to be used by an academy student. Sasuke took her words to heart. Although he did experiment some more with his lightning. He developed a few techniques based off of his chidori.
Naruto was similar with his wind affinity. While he didn't have an assassination technique like Sasuke. He learned and came up with a few devastating wind jutsus. One of them being called Wind Style: Roar of the Dragon. Naruto gathers up a massive amount of chakra in her stomach and released a massive blast of wind that sounds like a dragon's roar. The damage is causes is very extensive. Depending on how much chakra is put into it. The jutsu can range from A-rank to S-rank. That's how destructive it is. Recently Naruto has started working on his second affinity that he developed. Which is earth. That didn't mean that Sakura, Sasuke or Naruto didn't know more jutsus of other elements. Oh no Mikoto would be damned if that were the case.
Sakura over the last 2 in a half years has figured out a way to fully utilize her unnatural physical strength. She tried using chakra to do more than just enhance her strength just a bit. Sakura had tried storing chakra in her hands and releasing it on impact to see what would happen. What happened was her discovering the key to maximizing her strength. When she showed this to Mikoto. Said woman nearly flipped out of her shoes. She explained to Sakura that the pinkette recreated Tsunade's strength technique. Mikoto had a feeling that Sakura may be able to do because of her precise chakra control. But she didn't expect that to happen until years from now. So Mikoto helped her daughter get used to fighting while using the super strength technique at the same time. It was quite a task for Sakura that was going to take time for her to master.
Another thing for Naruto is that he can use the Uzumaki Adamantine Chains. He happened during a spar when the young blond had a battle royale with his clones. One of his clones caught him off guard and delivered a right hook. That led to his clone tag teaming against him. Somehow a chakra chain shot out of Naruto's back. When another one of his clones tried to sneak attack him. So he was no longer the only one without a bloodline.
Sasuke advanced well with his mangekyo sharingan. He was good enough with medical ninjutsu that he could heal any damage done to his eyes. Luckily Sasuke has yet to have any glimpses of blindness in his vision. So far Mikoto showed him how to use Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi and he could partial summon Susanoo. Another thing about Sasuke's mangekyo. He fights with greater fluidity in his movements. Mikoto is the same way. Neither of them knew that Madara Uchiha also had similar fluidity. Although using those techniques more than twice puts a great strain on Sasuke's chakra. When he first started, he couldn't even use Amaterasu more than once before exhausting himself. Mikoto said it was because his reserves aren't that huge yet. For his age they are but using mangekyo techniques are very chakra consuming for jounin level reserves too. Still to this day he can only hold his partial Susanoo for no more than 2 minutes before he uses up his chakra. It was really frustrating for the young Uchiha.
His mastery with his gauntlet blades were coming along. Fighting against his mother and siblings really helped him get used to fighting with them.
When Sasuke got home. He noticed that only his mother was here. He could sense that Naruto was at one of the training grounds. Normally Sasuke would talk to him through their communication seal. But he was way too tired from his shift. So he went straight into his room and fell asleep on his bed.
Mikoto had came to tuck him in.
(6 months later)
Now it was time for Sakura and Sasuke to take the test to see if they will become full fledged medics.
It was so nerve wracking that neither one of them could sleep at all because of how nervous they were. Everyone else seemed to have complete confidence in them.
Mikoto and Naruto were waiting for them in a separate waiting area.
"Oh god Sasuke, I'm so not ready for this." Sakura said to her brother.
"You think I'm doing any better? My hands are sweating like crazy here!" Sasuke showed his sister his sweaty hands.
Sakura scoffed. "Ok that's just weird. How can hands even sweat that much?"
"Like I'm supposed to know. This is the first time I can remember this ever happening." Sasuke sighed. "I just want to get this over with so they can tell me that I failed already."
"You and me both bro." Sakura patted his shoulder.
It was another five minutes before the head doctor came into the room. "Alright you two, follow me I'm going to lead you to the room's you'll be taking your test in."
They did as they were told. The head doctor's name was actually Satoshi Yukashi. Sasuke and Sakura have gotten to know him pretty well over the years. He was the one who they did their first surgeries with. Satoshi was also a great mentor to them as well.
Obviously they had to be in separate rooms so no one can accuse them of cheating. Satoshi left them after he wished both of them good luck. Now imagine their surprise when their test is actually a lot easier than they assumed it would be.
It took Sakura 20 minutes to finish her test. Sasuke took 30 minutes. They were able to get their results pretty quick.
"Well Sasuke, Sakura I'm proud to announce that you two are now the youngest full fledged medics that Konoha has ever produced. Congratulations you two, you've definitely earned it." Satoshi said to them.
Being numb to the fact that they passed Sakura did ask. "Was it just me or was that test way easier than I thought?"
"You may think that since you two put in a lot of time into your medical studies. Not only that but you two are prodigies in the medical field. I've taught you pretty much everything I know. The only one I know who outclasses me is Tsunade-sama and her apprentice Shizune. I'm sure you two will reach their level at some point." Satoshi answered.
The new young medics got their license certificates and made a beeline to where their mother and younger brother were waiting for them. When they walked into the room. Mikoto had looked at them.
"So did you guys pass?" She asked.
When she saw them nod. She brought her two kids into a tight group hug. "Oh I knew you two could do it! I'm so freaking proud of you guys! Man I can't wait to brag about you guys to everybody else. Saying that my kids are the youngest medics in Konoha history!"
"Way to go you two. I never doubted you for a second!" Naruto congratulated them. He was happy that the achieved this part of their goal. Now it was time for him to become a seals master. Naruto knew that he would become one before graduation. He had one more year to do so. And he was already so close to the goal line.
To celebrate Sasuke and Sakura's achievement. Mikoto took them out to a bbq restaurant. Which led to having more pictures for her photo album.
(Another Year Later, Graduation Exams)
Finally, it was the day Sakura, Naruto and Sasuke have been looking forward to the most. Getting out of the fucking academy. Seriously the last 4 years they've spent here. They learned absolutely nothing that they didn't know before they started attending.
Once again they have all grown even more. Sasuke was standing at 5'5 he wore a black long sleeve shirt with the Uchiha crest on the back. Standard black shinobi pants with black sandals. Sakura was 5'4, she now wore black shorts with a pink skirt. Along with a red sleeveless top and high heeled boots. Her hair was shorter as well. Just a bit past shoulder length instead of it being to her mid back. Naruto was wearing a mesh shirt with a black vest. He wore black pants with an orange stripe on each leg. Black shinobi sandals with his katana at his hip. Sakura and Sasuke had their weapons sealed in a different space. Naruto had created a seal that will store items like a storage scroll except you don't need a scroll. All he has to do is draw the seal on you. And from their the functions are pretty simple to understand. All they had to do was tap the kanji symbol and their weapons instantly release. He also uses the same seal. Oh and he was now standing at 5'6. Being the tallest out of his siblings with their mother still having 2 inches over him.
During their time at the academy. They always stayed on top. Teachers nicknamed them the 'Golden Trio' much to their annoyance. What was really disappointing is that no one in their class seemed to take their career seriously. They did know not to underestimate Shikamaru. His intelligence was on another level. If only he applied himself more.
Ino was still an annoying fangirl who wanted both Naruto and Sasuke. Shino was pretty quiet. Choji just liked eating. Kiba was still flat out annoying. Always tying to prove he's the alpha over Naruto and Sasuke. And Hinata was still a stalker after all this time.
Sometimes it was hard to believe that their peers can be so behind. Did they not work on their skills during the last four years? Granted none of them had an S-ranked kunoichi as their mother to train them. But still it's like they didn't even try to reach genin level.
Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura had reached jounin level. Elite jounin level according to their mother. So one could understand why it was so frustrating being around peers who had no idea what the shinobi world is truly like. Then again they had to realize that none of their peers went through as much as they did at a young age.
Since they have already taken the exam and passed. Now they were waiting to hear the team announcements.
"Team 1…" Iruka started off.
The 'golden trio' were tuning him out. It was discussed on who would potentially be their sensei. The best guess they could come up with is Kakashi.
"Alright so now team 7. Naruto Uzumaki, Sakura Haruno, Sasuke Uchiha you're instructor will be...Mikoto Uchiha?!" Iruka said the last part in shock.
He wasn't the only one shocked. The entire class was shocked that then legendary Mikoto Uchiha was coming out of retirement.
"Wait say what?!" Naruto yelled.
Iruka just continued naming off the other teams. "Team 8 will be Hinata Hyūga, Kiba Inuzuka and Shino Aburame. Your instructor is Kurenai Yuhi. Team 9 is still a active team. Team 10 will be Shikamaru Nara, Choji Akimichi and Ino Yamanaka."
Ino was groaning for not being put on a team with Sasuke or Naruto. Hinata was sad that she didn't get placed on a team with Naruto.
Meanwhile Sakura, Sasuke and Naruto were trying to wrap their heads around what they had heard.
"Why the hell didn't she tell us that she was coming out of retirement?" Sasuke wondered.
Sakura sighed. "Knowing kaa-san, she wanted it to be a surprise."
"Well she definitely surprised us alright." Naruto chuckled.
All the other teams had left. Leaving them the only ones still here. It's only been 10 mins since the last team had left. As they were talking amongst each other. The door randomly slammed open.
"Team 7 your jounin instructor Mikoto Uchiha is here!" Mikoto stood proudly in her jounin uniform. Her headband tied across her forehead. She was smirking at her children who seemed to be looking at her like she wasn't real.
"Uhh are we sure this isn't a genjutsu?" Naruto asked his siblings.
"Oh no baby boy, I'm the real deal. Your mother is here in the flesh and out of retirement!" Mikoto grinned.