Part 2

There will be some jutsu that I make up myself, however as I don't speak Japanese I'm relying on Google Translate. If you see a technique name that makes no sense please tell me, and what to rename it to. Thanks for reading, hope you enjoy. Reviews are 100% welcome but please be kind. Naruko pairing will be yuri but I haven't decided with who. There may be some other pairings in the background as well, let me know if you'd like to see anything in particular and I'll consider it. There may also be lemons later, at least limes, we'll see.

"Naruko!?"

The girl in question turned to find a familiar pink haired girl jogging over to her. "Sakura? Hey, how are ya!?"

"I'm uh..." she trailed off as she finally got a good look at Naruko's new appearance. "...good. You're looking... different."

Naruko smirked and cocked her hip and placed a hand on it. "Mm hm. You like?"

"I... uh yeah. It's certainly an improvement."

"Thanks." She replied with a wink and a smile. "You aren't looking half bad yourself. Wanna join me for a bowl at Ichiraku?"

Smiling and rolling her eyes good-naturedly, Sakura answered "Sure. Let's go."

"So, you know who I'm fighting?" Naruko asked Sakura. After they'd met in the street and caught up Naruko had spent the rest of the day organising her apartment and restocking on gear, clothes and food. Now Sakura was heading to Training Ground 7 with Naruko to see her test.

"I'm not sure. I know that it'll be a jonin." Sakura answered.

"Hm. Guess we'll see." Naruko replied as they entered the training field.

Entering the field they found Jiraiya, Tsunade, Shizune, Kakashi and a woman Naruko vaguely recalled as being called Yugao who wore standard jonin gear and a ninjato on her back.

"Hey you two." Jiraiya greeted.

"Yo." Kakashi said with an eye smile and a wave.

"Ok, Naruko you ready?" After the blonde nodded she continued. "Alright, based on what I've heard I'm going to have you spar with Kakashi and Yugao here at the same time. You up for it?"

Naruko smirked confidently. "Do you really have to ask, Baa-chan?"

"Alright then. Get ready."

Naruko slid into a basic taijutsu stance, ready to draw her sword or cast a ninjutsu. Surprisingly, Kakashi put away his book and stood at the ready as did Yugao.

"Hajime!" Tsunade called.

With a familiar handsign two clones appeared beside Naruko. One ran at Kakashi and the other at Yugao. Kakashi and the clone met with taijutsu, Kakashi dodging her sword rather than countering and Yugao and the other clone began a kenjutsu duel. The real Naruko stood back and watched before putting her hand in her weapon pouch but didn't draw anything. Both clones popped at the same time and both jonin ran straight for Naruko who dodged both by a hair and threw down a smoke bomb. Before either jonin could locate her they heard her shout.

"Doton: Tajū Doryūheki!" Four walls of stone rose up to trap them. They then noticed that the walls were covered in sealing tags. They barely managed to jump out before an explosion rocked the field.

"Just so you know, if this was real, there would've been a roof too." Naruko said with her hand on her hip, hips cocked.

"Thanks for being so considerate then." Yugao said with a slight deadpan.

"No problem." Suddenly Naruko launched herself at them, forming a Rasengan in each hand. The jonin jumped to either side as another explosion rocked the field.

"Katon: Gōkakyū no jutsu!" Kakashi called.

Naruko turned to see a large fireball flying at her. Swiftly pulling out a scroll and unravelled it, it showed an intricate seal. The fireball then abruptly began streaming into the seal until it had disappeared completely. The seal then glowed blue and the fireball reappeared, heading straight back at Kakashi, taking the Cyclopes by surprise, though he managed to dodge it.

As Naruko threw the scroll aside, she barely dodged a sword attack from Yugao. Quickly unsheathing her katana, Naruko counter-attacked. They exchanged blows, with a number of close calls, when Kakashi joined wielding two kunai. Naruko reacted by ducking underneath Yugao's sword and kicking Kakashi centre mass, creating a window in which she placed a tag on Yugao and then spun and did the same to Kakashi before jumping away. Before they had a chance to react the seals activated and a huge rope appeared, coming out of each seal which rapidly retracted, pulling the jonin together. They slammed into each other and heard; "Futon: Shinkūken! (Wind Style: Vacuum Sword)". A horizontal twister was sent at the jonin, sending them spiralling toward the trees and giving them shallow cuts, she'd put only just enough chakra into it to cut them, a bit more and they'd be seriously injured maybe dead. Both of them used a Kawarimi to escape just before the rope smashed into the trees.

They both came at Naruko again, Kakashi using one kunai and taijutsu and Yugao using kenjutsu. Before Naruko could do anything in particular, Kakashi got a kick onto her leg and Yugao disarmed her, sending her katana flying away. Using a quick shunshin, she created a few metres of space which allowed her to react to their next attack. "Ranjishigami no Jutsu!" Each strand of hair became hard as steel wire and grew incredibly fast. It separated into two locks, one blocked a sword strike and the other slammed into Kakashi's stomach. Each massive lock of hair broke apart into many tendrils, tying up both jonin, making a point of tying up their fingers so they couldn't form seals.

"Shakuton: Shūkai suru taiyō!" (Scorch Release: Orbiting Suns!) Four glowing yellow balls of flame that resembled miniature suns began to lazily circle around Naruko who's arms were spread as far as they'd go. She gave a cocky smile. "Give up?"

Kakashi eye smiled. "Yes. I forfeit."

"As do I." Yugao stated.

"Winner Naruko!" Tsunade exclaimed.

There was some clapping and Naruko turned to find her audience applauding, however some people had joined said audience. Namely, Iruka and Team 10. She gave a shit-eating grin as her hair returned to its normal form and receded, and the miniature suns dissipated, the air becoming noticeably warmer but it would cool in a few minutes. Naruko turned to give a bow and sent a clone to get her sword as she walked back to the others, Kakashi and Yugao following. "Hey guys!" She said cheerfully as she walked over to them. "So when did you guys show up?"

Iruka answered first. "I was a bit late unfortunately, but I got here just as the earth wall exploded. Quite spectacularly I might add." He finished with a warm smile.

"We stumbled across the fight just when the rope tags pulled those two together. Very good combo." Asuma answered as his team nodded.

"Naruko! Come over here." Tsunade called.

"Be right back." Naruko said before she made her way over to Jiraiya, Tsunade and Shizune and the two jonin she'd just fought. "So, what's up, Baa-chan?"

"You did very well in the spar, gaki. Based off of that, as well as my review of your performance back in the Oto Invasion and your performance on missions with Jiraiya, I'm promoting you to Chuunin. Congratulations." Tsunade finished with a smile as she threw a scroll to Naruko, who caught it. "In there is your Chuunin vest as well as a list of all of your new privileges. For now you're off duty."

Naruko smiled brightly as she clutched the scroll to her chest. "Thanks, Baa-chan!"

"Don't worry about it, gaki. You've earned it." Naruko began to turn to leave, Tsunade stopped her and said. "Come around to my office later tonight, about nine. Jiraiya and I need to talk to you about something." Naruko gave her a questioning look but just nodded, she'd find out later that night.

"So, you're going to tell her?" Kakashi asked with what they knew was a forced monotone.

"She's made chuunin. It's time." Jiraiya answered somewhat solemnly. Kakashi just nodded and Yugao allowed a small questioning expression onto her face but a few years in ANBU taught her when to keep quiet.

Naruko headed back over to Team 10, who were talking to Iruka. They turned to her as she walked back over to them with a smile on her face.

End Part 2