Man it's been a while. I'm extremely sorry that It took so long to come out with a new chapter. I'm in the process of moving, so that's been really difficult, but no excuse! Nothing sucks more than an inconsistent author. However, I won't be able to promise consistency and I apologize for that, but things are getting very busy. Anyway this chapter includes Kakashi x Fem Naruto (Teacher student moment). I liked writing it, and hope to bring team 7 together as a whole. Don't worry, romantically it will still be strictly Sasuke X Fem Naruto. Please review, comment, tell me what you think! I love all the messages, and I'm thankful that many of you care so much about this story. It really brings me joy to write each chapter!

Disclaimer: I Don't Own Naruto :(

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"Oi! Naruko!" A distinctly annoyed yell echoed through the hallways of the Uchiha mansion.

Naruko's eyes widened as she quickly shot up out of her bed, her startled reaction causing her body to flip onto the ground, landing with a loud grunt. She groaned and sat up while rubbing her head, hidden behind disheveled blonde hair. She cursed under her breath before getting up and heading towards the bathroom.

"Naruko!" The voice called once again.

Said blonde was becoming increasingly annoyed at the voice and decided to yell back.

"I'm up!" She screamed.

Changing out of her blue pajamas and into her orange and blue tracksuit, Naruko quickly ran out of the Uchiha guest room and past into the kitchen. There she saw Sasuke in a cooking apron, preparing an eggs and toast.

The black haired Uchiha gazed at his roommate with an annoyed expression and when his coal black eyes connected with Naruko's blue ones, Naruko immediately looked away, a blush adorning her face.

She didn't understand why she was so flustered around Sasuke ever since the night that they kissed two days ago. Whenever Naruko saw him, she felt like she had to say something, but nothing came to mind.

"G-good morning." She whispered, holding her sleeve to her mouth, trying to hide from any sort of judgement she may receive. Sasuke gave her a small smile while nodding his head, his own way of greeting her.

She sat the kitchen table while Sasuke walked over and placed the breakfast he had made onto her plate. She nodded in thanks before scarfing down the meal. Sasuke sighed as he watched her eat like a maniac, hunching over her food as if she were in a rush. Honestly, her training session wasn't happening for at least another hour and a half.

"Slow down, there's no need to rush." He scolded.

Naruko stopped midway of putting another bite of eggs into her mouth before blushing and gently placing the food in her mouth, chewing slowly. She couldn't believe how weird she was around Sasuke. She needed to talk to him about what happened a couple nights ago. Were they a couple? Were they dating? Naruko had no idea about those sorts of things.

"Sasuke…" she spoke hesitantly.

The young Uchiha locked his eyes with her own. "Hm?"

"W-well, I was wondering….ya know…"Naruko stuttered, finding it harder and harder to talk to her rival.

Sasuke mentally sighed as he figured that she was wondering about the night they kissed. He had to admit, even he was confused as to where their relationship should go from there. He was just thankful that he could hide his conflicted thoughts much better than Naruko. His focus went back to Naruko as she spoke again.

"Are we…um…are we a c-couple?" She asked.

Sasuke sat still in his chair, pondering about what she said. Were they a couple?

Clearing his throat, Sasuke said, "Did you want to be?"

Naruko averted her eyes to the floor and covered her face with her sleeve. "I don't know, I'm not very good with this kinda stuff. It's embarrassing. Ya know." She spoke in mumbles

'Cute' Sasuke suddenly thought, before blushing at what he had just thought. He was at least thankful that his blonde teammate wasn't looking at him so she wouldn't be able to tell.

"Then let's just be ourselves." Sasuke proposed. "If we become closer then so be it."

Naruko pulled down her sleeve, eyeing the black haired teen, before nodding her head in agreement. "I like that, but you at least need to stop acting like a jerk all the time."

Sasuke felt his eye twitch slightly. "What's that supposed to mean?" He growled as he stood up aggressively gripping the table, with a pout on his face.

Naruko too, stood up and slammed her hands onto the table, glaring at the boy only mere inches from her face, her temper blinding her from his proximity. "You know, you always tell me to do things!" She said.

"That's because you're a baka sometimes!" He replied.

Minutes past as they glared into each other's eyes, lightning shooting between them. Neither person was backing down from their stance until Naruko sent out a quick jab to Sasuke's stomach. The Uchiha doubled over and began coughing.

Naruko pointed and laughed at the boy, however, Sasuke used that opportunity to tackle the blonde girl to the ground. The two gennin rolled around on the wooden floors, trying to fight each other in a small wrestling match.

Sasuke ended up overpowering the much smaller girl and straddled over her, pinning her arms with his own. Sasuke and Naruko were both breathing heavily and Naruko felt her defeat when she tried to struggle but ultimately failed.

They stayed on the ground for a couple minutes before a small laugh made its way out of Sasuke's mouth. Naruko's blue eyes widened as she witnessed the dark haired emo laugh for the first time in her life.

"Look at that, at least you aren't nervous anymore." Sasuke chuckled. He found it funny that only moments past him recommending that they act like themselves, the two instantly start fighting.

Naruko, realizing the truth in Sasuke's words, began to chuckle as well. Sasuke was right, she didn't feel awkward or weird, she felt like herself.

Sasuke, noticing that he hadn't laughed like that in a long time, began spacing out, trying to remember a time long ago when he had been able to laugh, until Naruko spoke.

"Um Sasuke? Could you get off?" Naruko said, slightly blushing.

Sasuke, realizing that he was still laying on his teammate shot directly upward, mumbling a small apology. Naruko sat upwards as well and began to get up, only for Sasuke to grab her forearm and tug her back down.

"Wha?" She said before Sasuke's lips were upon her own. Her crystal blue eyes widening before fluttering closed. She liked the feeling of Sasuke's lips, they weren't rough like she had thought they were, but instead they were gentle and soft.

When they parted, Sasuke rested his forehead against her own. "I promise I'll try to be less of a jerk, okay?" He whispered.

Naruko, feeling calmed and content nodded her head before whispering, "Thank you, Sasuke."

The two stood up and Sasuke walked Naruko to his front door. "See ya Sasuke!" Naruko cheerfully yelled as she walked out of the house and towards the training field.

"Hn, Have fun with Kakashi." He replied before shutting the door.

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Within the Hokage's office, three elderly people sat in complete silence. The morning sun was beaming through the windows, however the atmosphere of the room itself felt dark and cold. Two of the elders shifted uncomfortably in their seats, while the third one continued to glare harshly.

"Homura, Koharu, I think you both need to think more clearly on the issue at hand." Spoke the disgruntled elder in a gruff and aggressive tone.

The two elders, Koharu Utatane a widely respected former kunoichi, and Homura Mitokado another respected ninja, met the third elder's gaze with their own. They both sighed softly.

"Danzo, we have discussed this many times. Hiruzen did not leave you as a candidate for the Hokage position. We can't elect you if the other candidates that he listed are still alive and well." Homura spoke in an aged tone.

Danzo, gripped his chair tightly. "Jiraiya had rejected your proposal, He denied the Hokage position."

Koharu spoke up, "Yes, he did. However, there is another candidate. Tsunade."

Danzo's eyes widened in anger. "The slug princess? That drunken pathetic woman? She hasn't stepped foot in this village for decades? She wasn't here to protect the village when it came under attack weeks ago, and she won't protect it now!" He said outraged.

"While that may be true, Hiruzen listed her as his possible candidate. We can't let the position be handed to you without confirmation that she has denied the opportunity to be the next Hokage." Homura said.

"Danzo, we've been friends for a long time. Jiraiya is out of the village and tracking Tsunade down, he shouldn't take much longer to find her. If she says no, we'll consider you as a candidate. We both know you are more than capable, but you just need to be patient." Koharu spoke.

Danzo quickly stood up from his chair, and turned his back to the two elders sitting at the desk. His face contorted to one of anger, but he wouldn't let his friends see emotion from him. He quietly walked towards the door, and opened it. Before exiting the room, he looked backwards.

"Please inform me on Tsunade's decision as soon as possible." He ground out, before slamming the door shut.

The two elders let out a deep breath that they were holding.

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"That's good Naruko!" Kakashi yelled as he felt his fist being blocked by the blonde girl's forearm.

Naruko was panting with sweat dripping down the side of her face, her breathing was irregular and labored. A clear sign that she was reaching her limit. Kakashi, noticing her condition, decided that it would be a good time to take a break.

"Let's take a break shall we?" He said.

Naruko felt her entire body give out to exhaustion and fell forward. Kakashi's eyes widened and he sprinted over to catch the girl before she face planted into the gravel below. The grey haired sensei picked her up and carried her over to a tree with plenty of shade to cool the young girl off.

Naruko, after being placed down on the ground, leaned backwards on the tree and sighed with content. "Thanks Kakashi-sensei." She said in a tired tone.

"No problem, you did well with the taijutsu training." Kakashi said while smiling.

"Hehe I did, didn't I?" Naruko said. She had to agree with the man. His idea of individual training was really a blessing in disguise. It allowed him the chance to go back and help Naruko with all the basics, something that would have embarrassed her if Sasuke and Sakura were present. She was extremely grateful.

Kakashi placed a hand on her shoulder, causing Naruko to look up. "You know, now that we've done some taijutsu, we can transition over to ninjutsu, would you be up for that?"

Naruko jumped to her feet, seemingly completely recovered from her exhaustion, which puzzled Kakashi greatly, but he found it to be normal for the unpredictable ninja.

"Of course! I'm ready to learn some awesome new jutsu!" She exclaimed with happiness.

Kakashi held his hands up. "Ma ma, Naruko. We aren't exactly going to be learning a new jutsu, but rather your elemental ninjutsu."

Naruko looked at the older man with a clear confusion in her bright blue eyes. "What do you mean elemental?"

He responded by placing a small slip of almost see through paper in her hands. She looked at it oddly, before glancing to her sensei for an explanation.

"You see Naruko, all ninja's chuunin and above use elemental jutsu. It's a high level form of ninjutsu, and today we are going to be learning your affinity, or your element for a better term."

Naruko's eyes widened with excitement with her sensei's words. This would be a new lesson that she would whole-heartedly listen to.

"You see, everyone has an elemental affinity laced with their chakra, when you channel the chakra into the small slip of paper I gave you, the paper reacts based on your specific element." Kakashi explained.

"So, I will find out if I can do water, earth, fire, wind, or lightning jutsu?" She asked.

Kakashi nodded. "Yes, take Sasuke for example. He can perform the Fireball jutsu, a high ranking form of ninjutsu, which suggests that he has a high affinity for fire."

'Wow, Sasuke must be so cool if he can already to that technique. I had no idea' Naruko thought, before realizing that she was praising the black haired Uchiha. 'I sound like Sakura!' She hauntingly realized.

Kakashi demonstrated how to channel her chakra into the paper, and Naruko went ahead and did it to her own slip of paper. The small paper in her hands immediately reacted to her chakra and shriveled up into a ball.

Kakashi's eyes widened as he observed her paper. 'I never would have guessed that she had an affinity for lightning! I thought she would have had wind like her parents, or fire because of the Kyuubi. She really is unpredictable.' He thought.

"Kakashi-sensei, what does this mean?" She asked, lifting her hand upward, showing the man her paper more clearly.

Kakashi scratched the back of his head. "Well, the paper shriveling into a ball means that you have an affinity for lightning."

Naruko's eyes sparkled with excitement and joy. "What!? That's so cool, now I can do super awesome lightning jutsu like your chidori!"

"Not exactly, sure you can perform the chidori given your affinity, however the jutsu creates a 'tunnel-vison problem' so to speak. The only way around that would be to have the sharingan. I'm sorry Naruko, but you won't be able to use that jutsu efficiently. Come to think of it, I don't know many lightning jutsu that would be at your level."

Naruko lowered her head in sadness at the point that Kakashi had made. She now found one more thing that she lacked in her ninja skills. At first it was her taijutsu, now it was her ninjutsu. She was too weak to learn more skilled jutsu, and Kakashi wouldn't be able to teach her.

Noticing her depressed mood, Kakashi placed his hand on the small girl's head.

"What's with that look? Just because I don't know lower level lightning jutsu, doesn't mean I won't help you." Kakashi said.

"But how can you help me?" She asked.

"You and I will get some lightning scrolls from the ninja library and we'll learn them together!" He said.

"Really?!" Naruko asked with lots of hope in her voice.

"Of course." Kakashi smiled. "It's my job to teach you as your sensei after all."

Naruko repeated his words in her head. They felt sincere and honest, something foreign to the girl. She felt her eyes water as she realized that Kakashi would be a precious person in her life, someone she would want to protect.

Kakashi's eyes widened as he felt the younger girl wrap him in a tight hug. Naruko gripped the man hard, happy that he was so willing to help her. She had met many teachers in the academy and they had all refused to teach her when things got difficult. Hearing Kakashi say those words, it brought her immense joy.

"Thank you K-kakashi-sensei, I p-promise to try my hardest!" She exclaimed, getting slightly choked up.

Kakashi nodded his head, and wrapped the girl in his arms. He forgot what it felt like to be hugged.

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Elsewhere within the village, as the wind blew gently through the air, the sound of tinkling bells could be faintly heard in the breeze.

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