AN: So sorry for the very late update. Been busy with school and other things, my brain must have fried from solving problems and reading those technical books. I do wonder if anyone reads the authors notes. I hope someone does. Here it is! The sixth chapter. I hope you enjoy it! Not that long I guess, but it's to move the story along. ENJOY MY DEAR READERS! I LOVE YOU GUYS!

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or the series, but I do own Iruna-chan.

POV: Kakashi

"Brat! You should leave if you know what's good for you." One of the chuunins shouted

A cold laugh came from her "Thank you for worrying for me, but there is no need to."

One of them laughed hysterically "Little girl, just because you're a shinobi doesn't mean you can handle two chuunins. Notice the difference in rank? You're only a genin now scram if you don't want to become a lump of meat."

Before they could turn away, Iruna had made her move and idiotically used only taijutsu. She did focus on hitting vital areas, but they weren't fighting to kill anyone. Reluctantly I helped her stop them and made them run away with their tails between their legs.

I turned to Iruna and saw she had a cut on her cheek but no blood. She had her eyes on the person lying on the ground beaten up like a pulp; this guy had a bowl cut hairstyle, a brown scarf wrapped around his neck and wore a green jumpsuit with orange leg warmers.

"Kakashi, I leave him in your care." She said before running up on one of the wall and left the alley.

"Right" I said to no one, when I heard a groan coming from him.

POV: Iruna

I had thought on heading to my senseis' house but after that encounter with Maito Guy and Kakashi, I didn't feel like going anymore. I stood on the roofs near the center of the village. I looked down at the civilians and shinobi walking in the streets either to get some shopping done or some other plans. Night was already nearing, I didn't want to go home yet, but it seemed like I was going to be forced to until I saw Nohara Rin come out of the bookstore. I followed her on the rooftops and once she had paused. I jumped down in front of her and startled her.

"Good evening, Rin-san." I said smiling

"Iruna-chan!" she said almost dropping the bag she held in her hands "Don't do that!"

"Sorry" I said "Are you headed home?"

"Yes" she nodded and walked by me.

I followed her and walked in step with her. I didn't say anything but I did notice her giving me glances every now and then. Probably in wonder of why I'm walking with her.

"Did you need something from me?"

"Nothing, really" I answered

"Is something troubling you?" I didn't answer her query "You're not going back to your home?"

"I don't want to be there right now"

She hummed in answer and when she stopped in front of an apartment complex she said,

"This is where I live."

"I guess, I should get going then" I say to her, but that wasn't what I wanted to say.

"Where will you go?"

"No where?" I shrugged and was about to turn away but she caught my wrist.

"Come on. You can stay with me for a while" she said "but you have to go home before eight, understand?"

"Yes" I answer.

Entering her apartment, she went further inside maybe to her room. It looked like a two room apartment; the kitchen is in the same area as the living area and just before the room she entered was two doors, one of them must be the bathroom and the other is second room. I looked at the photos hanging above the couch. I saw their team photo, the photo of my congratulatory party and a photo of a younger Rin-san with a man that has the same features as her. Is this her dad? When I heard her come out of her room I said,

"Is this your dad?"

"No" she said smiling sadly

"Then who is it?"

"That's my uncle."

"You have an uncle!?" I shouted I honestly had no clue and thought she was an orphan. "Uh, sorry. I didn't know you had a relative."

"It's okay" she answered chuckling at my reaction "His name was Katazu."

"Was?"

"He died during a B-rank mission."

"Oh, I shouldn't have asked."

"Don't worry about it, so what do you want to eat? We can have curry. I just bought some ingredients for it a while ago."

"Curry!" I say excited "Can I help too?"

"This is so good!" I say happily eating.

"Slow down, Iruna-chan. You might choke on your food. Somehow you're just like Obito."

"Does he come here too?"

"Sometimes" she smiles "He comes here once a week to eat with me, before when my uncle was still alive he comes here every day to eat my uncles' cooking."

"Your uncle must be really good at cooking." I say nodding "How long have you know Obito-nii?"

"Since I was five"

After that silence fell upon us and it was driving me nuts!

"I…"

"So…"

We both start and stop before she smiles at me "Go ahead"

"Thank you for letting me stay here for a while."

She nodded "Where did you get that cut?"

"Cut?"

"Yes, the one on your left cheek."

"Uh…" It must have been a while ago "Some kid broke a window where I was walking by and some of the glass that flew towards me must have cut my cheek."

"You should be careful where you go" Rin-san said as she placed her hand on my left cheek and it glowed green. She withdrew her hand and smiled at me "There now it's gone. You should take care of yourself Iruna. You shouldn't get that many scars or no one might like you."

"Do you like someone right now, Rin-san?" My question made her froze then stare at me.

Her eyes didn't meet mine as she looked away, she did try to hide the red tint of her face. "I'm not sure."

It was time for me to leave when I saw her wall clock read quarter to eight. I took off to the roofs to get home and find Father standing at the compound entrance. Like usual he had a stoic look on him.

"Where did you go?" he asked me

"I was at my friends' house" I answer.

He didn't say anything else and turned to head inside and I followed a step behind him. Once we were inside the house, I was about to pass Father when he said,

"Did you have dinner already?"

"Yes" I replied and continued to head to my room.

POV: Kakashi

The whole week Minato-sensei wasn't around we had Fugaku-san act as out temporary team leader. It didn't sit well for Obito, he had been early once. Now, he's back to his habit of being tardy, a habit Fugaku-san has scrutinized of him. I don't even know if he is even telling the truth with the excuses he says or he just makes it up. He still earns a glare from Fugaku-san. If only he can get into the habit of being early than me and Rin. Obito is competent, but he is clumsy.

We met up at our usual training ground hoping to see sensei, but that is an understatement. Instead of sensei, Kushina-san, Fugaku-san and Iruna came.

"Team Seven" Fugaku-san addressed us "Your sensei, Namikaze Minato has yet to return for another week."

"Did something happen during his mission?" Obito asked frowning

"Nothing to worry about" Kushina-san answered chuckling "His partner just gets sidetracked and is giving him delays in coming back."

"Then, what are we supposed to do for now?" Obito stated, didn't he have anything to do? I take back that I thought he is competent. I was wrong.

"Your sensei didn't mention anything in his letter; you can do what you want." Fugaku-san said

"Or you can spar with my apprentice" Kushina-san suggested with a smirk.

I looked over at Iruna and she appeared to be a little disheveled.

Obito had been the first one to spar with Iruna. I expected her to get the upper hand on my team mate.

At the start of their spar, Iruna didn't activate her sharingan and was more on defense. She made some hits, but her movements were slower than normal and she could barely avoid Obitos' strikes. That ended with her losing. Rin then followed, again, Iruna did make some hits and contact, but Rin seemed to get more hits than her. When it was my turn,

"Don't hold back on me" I said to her as I got into stance

"I ain't holding back, but there are reasons for why I'm losing" She bit out "Don't expect too much, I've been bumped to level zero."

"What are you saying?"

"Hey! No talking!" Kushina-san shouted

And just as she said 'don't expect too much', I didn't. She would have been able to defend herself properly if she wasn't slow. Her speed is her problem, but I knew she wasn't this slow before. The spar ended with the three of us winning against her. Our sparring sessions with Iruna continued for a week without Minato-sensei. Ever since I helped Guy to the hospital he had been trying to get on friendlier terms with me. Iruna should be the one Guy was becoming friends with not me!

During a short break, I approached Iruna.

"Hey, the guy you helped from those chuunins."

"Yeah?"

"Tell him it was you who helped him."

"Nah, I don't want to." She huffed in annoyance

"Why not?"

"Because she already knows him." Kushina-san said cheerfully standing beside Iruna.

"How?"

"That would be my senseis' fault" and she earned a raised eyebrow at her words and she immediately took her words back "I mean with my senseis' help. She had me run around Konoha at seven in the morning until ten after my morning training with my Father. I've been doing that for two weeks already."

"So?"

"She had a run in with Guys' Father, Duy-san, one morning and he introduced his son to her. Now, she meets up with them every morning for endurance training." Rin added giggling at the end. How did she know that?

"Must be tough, huh?" Obito smirked at Iruna.

"You should join her Obito" Kushina-san stated "You too Rin!"

"Maybe some other time?" Obito said warily

"I'm not sure." Rin said

"You both need it!" Kushina-san snapped at them and then smiled "They meet up at seven in the morning at the main gates of Konoha and don't worry you won't be late on my watch."

"What about Kakashi?!" Obito complained "You didn't mention him joining us."

Rin agreed nodding her head fervently.

"He has his own training regimen" Iruna piped "Right, Kaka-nii?"

"I do, but..."

"Does that mean you want to join us?" she asked enthusiastically and her eyes I think even had stars in them "You get to see Guy-san a lot!"

"Uh, thanks, but I think I'll skip on your training."

"If you say so" Iruna shrugged then she turned to my team mates "Isn't this great Obito-nii, Rin-san?! You get to meet Guy-san and Duy-san!"

My two team mates glanced at each other. They had just been roped into endurance training in the morning.

When Minato-sensei finally returned to the village, my team mates told him about their morning runs with Iruna, Guy and his father, Duy-san, he was glad that they were doing some self-training while he was away. Not even knowing that Kushina-san had been the one to suggest it. Though I think even if he did know that his girlfriend suggested it, he would still agree. Our spars too continued against Iruna, though not as often as when Minato-sensei was away. She was steadily becoming faster after a month or two, and then she would become slow again. What kind of training was she under with Kushina-san?

POV: Obito

I was surprised, when I had knocked on Rins' door, instead of Rin answering the door it was Iruna-chan. I stared at her for while before I got my bearings back.

"Hey, Obito-nii!" she greeted and opened the door further to let me enter. "I wondered when we would be able to see you here."

"Eh?" Left my mouth, I'm confused, why is Iruna here and what did she mean by that?

"Obito-kun!" I heard Rin standing by the stove "You came!"

"Of course, I came, I did say I would." I said noticing two persons seated by the dining table, Itachi and Shisui. Why are they here?!

Iruna chuckled as she stood beside me "Did we disturb your visiting day?"

"What?"

"Rin-san mentioned you sometimes come here to eat with her."

"Yeah"

"Is it alright if we join you?" the now genin asked

"You were here before me, so why would I throw you guys out? This is Rins' house; she has more authority to do that than me."

When we started to eat, I stared at the Shisui, sitting on Rins' lap. I looked at the seat beside her, it was vacant and the brat is already old enough to occupy the chair.

"Uh, Shisui-kun?" I said and he looked at me "Don't you want to sit on the chair beside Rin?"

"No."

"I think she's having difficulty eating with you there."

The brat, I mean, Shisui turned his small head towards Rin and I think asked with his eyes.

"You're not troubling me Shisui" Rin answered which made me open my mouth in shock, what?!

"Are you sure, Rin?" I asked just to be sure she wasn't just being kind to the kid

"Yes" She answered with a smile.

I looked at the kid, and he was smirking at me! It wasn't a smile it was a freaking smirk! I decided to leave the kid alone, he was only a kid. He must have a childish crush with Rin.

After that meeting, the twins' birthday came, and to say I was irritated by their cousin is an understatement. I was beyond that, I was definitely ticked off with the brat. He kept sticking to Rin, he held her hand, and even had her feed him during the party. Sometimes I would see a smirk on the brat and he even had his tongue sticking out at me. If he wasn't younger than me, he was definitely going to get it. Once the party was over, and we were leaving, Iruna-chan had me drop on my knees to let her whisper into my ear.

"Sorry about Shisui. I'm sure he's no competition." My ears felt warm as she giggled then hugged me "Don't worry Obito-nii. I'll be rooting for you and Rin-san."

I blinked a few times as Iruna-chan withdrew from me with a wide smile. Something I noticed she had taken from Kushina-san. Minato-sensei's girlfriend must be rubbing off on her.

POV: Iruna

One morning I was in the middle of my run and if I remember correctly Guy would be coming back with his team mates. When Obito-nii and Rin-san heard Guy mention he wouldn't be around for a month they were more than happy, since that meant a cut on our meeting time. From the usual seven in the morning, they would meet me by the gate at eight thirty, like now. I can see them at the main gates waiting for me. As I approach them I see Guy-san along with his team mates and sensei by the gate watchers signing in from a mission. I stopped in my tracks to look at them, I noticed they were all grimacing and beat up.

When Guy-san turned in my direction I tried to smile, but when I saw the hollow look in his eyes I just knew something happened. Their group went off in the direction of the Hokage tower after signing in with the watchers.

I wonder what happened. Guy usually had a loud persona and would shout greetings once he sees you. All of them came back alive, did they fail their mission?

Once I met up with Kushina-sensei that afternoon, did I find out why Guy-sans' group look grim.

"Maito Duy is dead" she said to me

I blinked and stared at my sensei. I felt my heart squeeze and weigh heavier than usual. Could I have done something to save Guy-san's father?

"The funeral will be in two days."

"How… how did he die? What happened?" I asked

"Guy and his team had the worst of chances to encounter one of the seven mist swordsmen. Their sensei had requested back-up; Duy apparently had overheard of it and rushed off without a thought. He left the village to rescue his son."

I looked down at the ground, like any parent would they would protect their child. Like Minato-san and Kushina-sensei would do for Naruto.

"Iruna?" I heard Kushina-sense's worried voice.

I shook my head to get rid of those heavy thoughts and told myself that saving everyone wasn't possible, but I would definitely save Obito-nii and maybe even Minato-san and Kushina-sensei, if I… no, Obito-nii won't be manipulated by Madara.

The funeral of genin Maito Duy came and went. Right after the funeral, late in the afternoon I see Maito Guy making laps around Konoha. How did I know that? I followed him while I was on the rooftops and fences. I couldn't help but smile, just like what I know of him watching this show, now my reality, ever the optimist and never giving up. I turned to leave, Guy to do his laps maybe in a way this is his way to release his sadness and frustration of his loss, but he'll back up, that's who Maito Guy is, but I was amused to find a head of gray when I was about to head home.

Giggling, I dropped down beside the owner of the head of gray, Kakashi.

"He's pretty optimistic, isn't he?" I said

"Who?" Kakashi said

I shook my head on his outright display of ignorance, as if he didn't know who I meant, and patted him on the shoulder.

"I'll see you around, Kaka-nii. Don't we have better things to do than worry?"

I made my way back to the Uchiha compound in thought of how I can save Obito-nii and Kaka-nii from getting flattened by a huge boulder. I know seals are my answer, but what kind exactly?

POV: Obito

It had been seven months since Kushina-san had become Iruna-chan's sensei. I don't get the kid, she's already mastering her sharingan with Fugaku, she's a genin and apprenticed to the known Red Hot-Blooded Habanero. The runt is still alive from all that training! Training aside she even makes seal traps! She's monster!? In a good way. I even heard from Itachi that Iruna would faint sometimes when coming back from training and sometimes come back with a bandage around her arm. She doesn't even complain about the load of it. I know she wants to become strong but this is just insane. She's pushing herself too much.

Iruna-chan took a leap when she defeated me and Rin in just seconds. She didn't even pull out any weapons she had hidden in one of her wristbands. It was a shock really in the past months we've been having this spars but she was either too slow to get any good hits on us. When it was her against Kakashi, they were neck to neck. Iruna was even using her sharingan and the two of them had their kunais out.

"Okay, that's enough." said Minato-sensei who was leaning against one of the tree stumps nearby.

Iruna-chan and Kakashi jumped away from each other and hid their weapons.

"That was good Iruna-chan!" said Kushina-san as she jumped down from the top of the stump. "You had a few stances wrong, but overall it was good enough. Now, reactivate your seals."

Iruna-chan visibly frowned on the last part and formed half of the tiger hand seal. I didn't notice anything changing about her, but she now had her arms crossed and she was clearly irritated.

"Front and center now!" Kushina-san ordered and Iruna-chan was then standing before her sensei. "I just didn't mean her, Rin and Obito, you too."

"Err... Minato-sensei?" I looked at our blond sensei, who merely shrugged towards me.

"Just do what she says"

Rin and me stood beside Iruna-chan in front of Kushina-san. Kushina-san then pulled out three pieces of paper and were handing it at us. Iruna-chan took one and we took a piece as well.

"Really?!" shouted Iruna-chan.

I haven't even looked at the paper yet, then Rin gasped.

I also looked at the piece of paper, is sensei serious? Kushina-san even gave one to Iruna-chan and she was excited about it. I looked at the two beside me, Iruna-chan was too thrilled about this progress and she had just become genin months ago and Rin wasn't so sure. I can understand what Rin felt, anxiety.

"The three of you are good enough to enter the upcoming Chuunin exams, since Kakashi is already a Chuunin and is working to be a Jonin, he won't be joining you, instead Iruna-chan will be taking his place." said Minato-sensei "The exam will be two weeks from now, I want all of you to think hard on it and go to the room stated on the paper. All of you are dismissed."

Our team left the clearing, but Iruna-chan remained there to speak with her sensei.

AN: What do you guys think? I hope you liked this chapter, if not then I hope you like the next one! Please don't tell me that I mixing all the events up and that this should happen before or should be happening after. Please don't ask the time or year, because there is no year in their world, if there is I haven't seen it in any of my researchers. So it can be confusing, but the time for the bridge mission is nearing and I can't wait for that one! I'm as excited as you guys are. Thank you very very much for the review!