Hey ya'll! I adopted this fic from a good pal, RamenLoverNaruto. They told me they killed the fic, and I stepped in. Vola~ My new fic.

Pairing:
NaruHina
SasuSaku
ShikaIno
? (Surprise Pairing later! x2)

Chapter Eight: Sage Training and Affinities Discovered!

Arriving at Mount Myōboku, Naruto eagerly summoned his clones he used for learning the Rasengan. "Alright, Yakusaku, lemme know what I have to do!"

Yakusaku chuckled. "You are just like Jiraya-boy. Eager to start training. Alright. What you need to do is harmonize with nature."

"Harmonize?" Naruto asked. As Yakusaku began explaining the concept, he wondered what his friends and.. What would he called Hinata now? Perhaps lover? He mentally shook his head at the implied idea before moving on. Maybe it's a girlfriend? He pursed his lip and seemed to mull it over before nodding to himself. Yes. Hinata was his girlfriend now... At least, he thought that's what she is.

"Naruto-boy? Hey, you listening?" Yakusaku asked, waving his hand in front of the blonde's face.

"Huh? Yeah. My clones heard it.. I'll give it a shot." Naruto said, even though he had no idea what the toad was talking about.

While Fukasaku retold Naruto what he just finished explaining, the Konoha 11 (with Naruto off training) kept up their promise to Naruto to train even harder. Kakashi and the other three joined to test their improvements, Kakashi noting how much stronger everyone has gotten in such a short amount of time.

Sasuke had finally awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan, shocking Kakashi at how he managed to awaken it without trauma experienced from the death of a person very close to him, Lee improved his taijutsu to create Leaf's Combo Attack, Ino showing her power as well as knowledge of flowers, Hinata developing a stronger version of her Gentle Step: Twin Lion Fists, Tenten showing off her increased weaponry, Sakura both adding more power to her taijutsu as well as going away with Kurenai and Asuma to do something, Choji growing more confident, Shikamaru improving his Shadow Possesions, Shino using his insects to dodge quicker, Kiba and Akamaru creating multiple jutsu from their Fang Over Fang.

Asuma came back, completely stunned, which made everyone wonder what happened with Kurenai and Sakura. Seeing their looks, Asuma blinked. "You would not believe me... But me and Kurenai went to see what affinity Sakura had and... well, it appears she has many affinities..."

Kurenai nodded in agreement. "Take a look at these, Kakashi." She showed him two different sheets of paper, one wrinkled and the other was in the palm of her hand, ashes.

"Wow... I should've gave her this test as a genin..." Kakashi said, bemused as he faced Sakura.

"What? Did I do something wrong? I held the paper like you showed, Kakashi-sensei." Sakura explained.

"Hmm.. I think you've seen me use Lightning Blade enough times, right?" Kakashi asked to which Sakura blinked and nodded. He got an idea and grinned. "Everyone resume training... Sasuke, come here a sec." When Sasuke came over, Kakashi, Sakura and Sasuke took off, leaving Asuma, Guy and Kurenai to watch over the others.

"Kurenai-sensei... What happened?" Hinata asked.

"Well, it appears Sakura has two nature affinities. That's what me and Asuma went to test, to see what else she could learn due to her high chakra control." Kurenai explained. "And the first paper I had her choose burnt to ashes. The paper Asuma chose wrinkled. That means Sakura has a affinity for both Fire Release and Lightning Release."

"Seriously?" Lee asked, shocked. [Now, I know Sakura has no affinity in the Anime, but I found it a little unfair that everyone had an affinity... /rant]

"So that's why Kakashi-sensei left.. But why bring Sasuke?" Shikamaru asked.

"Because he's mastered both of the types." Asuma noted as they went back to training.

Naruto slowly harmonized with nature, after nearly turning into a frog a few times. Soon, he did master Sage Mode, though he realized he could only maintain it for as long as he focused on the positives of nature. He wondered if going into Chakra Mode would disrupt it and asked Fukasaku and his wife, Shima.

"Well, Naruto-boy, if you go into Chakra Mode while using Sage Mode, it indeed will disrupt it. Remember, the Nine-Tails' chakra is completely different from the nature chakra you collect.

Naruto seemed bummed about this before resuming his training with his clones, eager to show his friends how strong he had gotten. He couldn't wait to impress Hinata, too. He felt like she was a great influence for him to keep giving it his all.

Kakashi haulted them were there were little trees and faced two of his students. "Alright. Here's the thing. Sakura here has been shown to have the Lightning and Fire affinity, like you and me, Sasuke. And because she has the chakra control needed to learn the basics, I figured I'd teach her a few of the Lightning styles while-"

"I show her the Fire style. Got it." Sasuke guessed, shrugging.

"Right. Now, Sakura... You have seen my Lightning Blade right?"

"Yes."

"I'll show you the signs and we'll see how well you learn it." Kakashi said, jumping to give him some room, Sasuke jumping the opposite way, just in case. "The quick way is to do Ox-Rabbit-Monkey." He did each hand sign as he said it, putting his hand between his legs, the chirping that Sakura has heard before beginning to show as lightning gathered around Kakashi's hand. Lifting it, he spoke. "This is how it should look, but remember the sound, too."

Sakura took a breath and nodded, repeating the hand signs and letting her arm mirror what her teacher did, focusing her chakra to her hand, a tiny chirping slowly coming from her own hand right before she saw that it looked a little bigger than Kakashi's as she held it up like he did, twitching at the occasional spark. "Why does mine look bigger?" She asked, confused.

"Well, it appears you have more chakra than anyone expected. Even I can't get it bigger." Kakashi said, shaking his head. "If I had known that, I would've told Lady Hokage. While you have it that way, try using it on this tree." He pointed to the tree to the left of him.

She nodded and recalled seeing how Sasuke used it during the first Chunnin exams, bending her knees as if using her Cherry Blossom Impact before tapping into the increased speed she had gained training with Tsunade, charging right at the tree. However, before her hand could make it, the Chidori cut out, only having her hand break it instead. "Drat." She mumbled before getting her master's determination, flipping back to where she had room to reach her top speed, she tried again.

Kakashi chuckled as he went to Sasuke. "I believe she gained Lady Hokage's fierce determination. I have to go check on the others real quick, so once she masters the Chidori, give her the rest needed then try teaching her the Fire Ball jutsu." He saw the Uchiha nod and lean against another tree before taking off back to the group.

Neji notified everyone Kakashi was returning, so they resumed their training, taking a break a few moments after he had left. When Kakashi showed up, everyone stopped and pretty much herded around him, asking questions about Sakura and what not.

"Relax. She's currently learning the Chidori under Sasuke's watch. She has the control and everything needed, minus the speed that is required." Kakashi explained the rest of what exactly happened when the three had left.

Hinata was the only one who wasn't asking questions about Sakura, focusing on her dodging more with Neji. 'Naruto-kun's relying on me to get stronger while he's away. He has faith in me. So, I have to have faith in myself!' She swiftly dodged every palm from her cousin and forced him to backstep with each of her counters, stopping when he was backed into a tree. "Was that better, Neji?" She asked.

"Much better, Lady Hinata. You truly have a new-found confidence in yourself. You may have what it takes to face the Clan Leader." Neji said, meaning her father.

"Really?"

"Yes. He gave up on you way to quickly. If he saw what Naruto has turned you into, he'd be shocked into accepting that he was wrong." He smirked at the idea of his uncle being wrong. "Even you stance has grown confident, even though it is still the Gentle Step, not to mention the foot movement is as good as mine when I use the Rotation."

"Thank you, Neji!" She hugged her cousin before the two joined the group. 'Wait till you see me, Naruto. I'll prove to you that I'm not the same Hinata you knew when we were children.' She swore to him while they listened to Kakashi's explination before she quickly activated her Byakugan and slightly moved Ino and Shikamaru right before Naruto reappeared, wearing a red cloak and carrying a large scroll. "N-N-Naruto-kun!" She said.

"Yo. Seems like everyone trained really hard while I was gone... Where are teme and Sakura?" He asked, looking around.

Just as he asked, Sasuke and Sakura returned, Sakura sporting bandages around her forearms, with only her fingers sticking out and a bandage on her cheek, smiling. Sasuke had that known success-grin on his face, with a tiny hint of a blush.

"There's your answer. So? How'd it go?" Kakashi asked, raising his eyebrow.

"It actually went well. She still has a little trouble with Chidori, but is learning. I listened and showed her the Fire Ball jutsu and she mastered that after about four or five tries." Sasuke explained.

"It wasn't five. Quit being modest, Sasuke-kun. It was actually seven tries." Sakura corrected as she lifted her hand. "I got the form down, it's just the relay stings afterwards."

Naruto looked like a lost puppy. "Alright, what're you talking about?" He asked.

"While you were training, Kurenai-sensei and Asuma-sensei were curious to what my nature affinity was. You do remember what they are, right?" Getting a nod, Sakura continued. "Well, I was found to have two: Fire and Lightning."

"So... You're like teme and Kakashi-sensei? All of Team 7 is Fire and Lightning except me?!" Naruto noticed, exiting Sage mode and uncrossing his arms. "So not fair. Oh well, I like my Wind, thank you very much. Say. Think Granny will let us eat? I'm starving." He said right before his stomach growled, getting everyone to laugh.

Well, that'll be it for now. I've published the past three chapters without sleeping and now I'm tired. Nini~ *takes Dei-senpai with*

Sasuke *unamused*: Well, that leaves me to say this: Masashi Kishimoto owns Naruto. Otherwise, the author here would have married Deidara, have me and Sakura make babies *slight nose bleed at this*, make Naruto not dense, etcetera... Arigato and Sayonara.