Author's note: Yo it's your boy here with the next chapter. So I read some of the reviews I got and all I have to say is sometimes things aren't what they seem... Anyways, ON WITH THE STORY!


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By now everyone was quiet and shocked. They never thought that Anko would turn on a teammate, especially one whose parents were who they were.

"What do you think you're doing Anko?!"

Anko was pissed.

Itachi was pissed.

But so was Naruto.

Anko who had yet to recompose herself had a savage grin plastered on her face. "What does it look like genius?"

Immediately she threw another shuriken. This time it was Naruto who took the initiative and had dashed in a straight line towards her at a speed so quick that she had no hope of tracking, let alone reacting to it. She could have sworn that she got punched in the stomach, she also could've sworn that the momentum he had should've thrown her backwards, which is why she was very confused when she didn't feel the pain that she should have felt but instead felt a pressure on her left side that sent her rolling with said pressure still on her.

Soon her vision cleared up and when she looked up she was Naruto leaning on her. She also noticed that the furious expression on his face wasn't there. She looked around and noticed that Itachi wasn't even where he was just a few seconds ago. She spotted 2 shuriken that were lying all by themselves and quickly put everything else she had noticed together and realized that it all had been an illusion.

"Are you ok Anko?"

"What happened? I want to know, now!"

"Well, You went after Kurenai and I'm not too sure why but you screamed my name in fury and soon enough you started throwing shuriken in a random direction."

"Hmm, that's cool and all but why are you on me?" Asked Anko whose anger was still rising.

Naruto pointed to a spot and when Anko looked she saw that a shuriken stuck the ground. "Well I noticed that you weren't moving and that you seemed to be spouting insults at who I assumed was me so I quickly deduced that you were under a genjutsu. I quickly ran towards you to break the genjutsu and when I was close I saw that Kurenai had thrown a shuriken in your direction so I quickly tackled you to the side and broke the genjustsu and here we are now."

At the end of his explanation Anko's anger had started to dull. She was in deep thought when she noticed that he shifted her into his arms and started running. She was about to scream at him but then noticed that more shuriken had landed in the spot they were just a few seconds ago.

"It seems that there's a problem here, I'm not exactly sure what started it but I'd like to get it fixed. But at a future date."

In response, Anko looked away and puffed her cheeks. At this many fangirls were screaming in outrage. No matter how much they'd hate to say it, Naruto and Anko did look cute in their current position.

Soon Naruto put her down and took his fighting stance once more. He was going for a quick finish, and that's exactly what he did. He had attacked Hana with great speeds that really didnt leave her open, that added with Anko lurking made for quite an easy victory.

Naruto to be frank, was perplexed. One minute Anko is being rude, another minute she is glaring at him, then after that pretty much tries to attack him, and then she is willingly working with him?

Women, am I right?

Itachi noticing, his teams intentions quickly finished the fight by sending casting a mild genjutsu that made it seem as if he jumped into the air and made the sun emit a brighter light than normal, so when Yugao looked up she was blinded and as a result Itachi had taken her out with a chop to the back of the neck.

Kurenai seeing her current situation had no other choice than to yield.

"Congratulations to Naruto, Itachi and Anko. Job well done students." Said a smiling Suji.

Suji more or less had an idea of why Anko had thrown the shuriken at air, although he may have reitired from the active shinobi roster he had an idea as to what had happened. He had noticed that Kurenai had casted a subtle genjutsu on Anko and quickly moved. He had expected Kurenai to attack, what he didn't expect was for Anko to scream Naruto's name in anger and attack air. He was very sure that where she shot was where Naruto was located in the genjutsu. He also had seen Anko's eyes and had noticed her eyes following something or someone else. He assumed that it was most likely Itachi.

He would have to report this development to the Hokage.


"Suji-san, Hokage-sama will now see you."

"Thank you Akane-san."

*knock knock*

"Suji, how can I help you?" Asked Minato as he looked up from his paper work.

"Hokage-sama I have some troubling news for you." Said a serious Suji.

"Continue."

Suji explained everything to Minato who had mixed feelings about the situation. On one hand he was proud that his son and his best friend performed so adequately in the drill, he was also proud that his son had acted professionally with Anko even after everything went down. He understood why Anko seemed to dislike the boys at first but was in pure shock and anger after he found out how she attacked one of her teammates in an illusion and seemed to be ready to fight them both in a mock mission. If that would have been a real life situation then surely someone could've been killed. Only one thing came to mind, he didn't want to do it but he has a responsibility, as a leader and as a father.

"Thank you Suji, I will resolve this problem in due time, if that is all then you are dismissed." said Minato.

Bowing deeply Suji said, "Hai, thank you for your time Hokage-sama." And without another word exited the Hokage's office.

"Anbu..." 4 presences appeared right in front of him. "...find and bring me Orochimaru."

"Hai, Hokage-sama."


Orochimaru had been present during the drill and he had been satisfied with the performance of Anko, Itachi and Naruto up until Anko let her anger take the better of her. He however didn't worry much, many teams start shaky. Reltionships are built over time, so it was no surprise to him when he noticed Anko's dislike of the two young prodigies. He was surprised when she attacked though but oh well, they'll manage, or so he hoped.

He had a feeling that Suji was going to report this development to the Hokage and he was going to trail him and tell him to not worry about it, that he'll take care of it but at that exact time Jiraiya had spotted him and a conversation near the academy soon turned into a conversation in a bar.

Soon he noticed the time and dismissed himself. Upon exiting the bar he was approached by Anbu.

"Hokage-sama would like and audience with you Lord Orochimaru." Said an Anbu with a dog mask.

Nodding Orochimaru disappeared in a sealess shunshin.

"You called Hokage-sama."

Ignoring the fact that Orochimaru had just appeared in his office without knocking Minato continued, "It appears

that your desired team might not be possible anymore."

"I know, I was there myself when it happened." Replied a smirking Orochimaru. "But still don't you think it's too early to decide? I mean not every team starts with members who are in perfect synergy and willing to cooperate. Just look at Tsunade, Jiraiya and I. Jiraiya was on my ass, Tsunade ignored Jiraiya and I thought he was a complete idiot and useless, however through missions we built an bond and became renowned around the elemental nations for our perfect teamwork."

At this Minato didn't give an immediate response, what Orochimaru said did have some merit. He was instantly reminded of his former team. Kakashi didn't get along with Obito and the two argued for everything. Their final mission together had started a more positive relationship together although it didn't last due to Obito's untimely death.

"Minato, I know you're worried for your son but you can't protect him forever. This is a cruel world and individuals who are kept in a bubble will suffer the most when that bubble is popped."

Minato was so focused on the second part of that sentence that he didn't even care that Orochimaru hadn't given him the proper respect. He normally wasn't a man that cared much about honorifics as long as it pertained to those that he respected, he did not hold respect for Orochimaru so he was normally adamant with Orochimaru on using honorifics when referring or speaking to him.

"Like I said before Minato, those three have a very great potential that not many are currently capable of unleashing to the max. Jiraiya's spy network is too valuable to the village, Tsunade is traveling the elemental nations, you're the Hokage and can't really go outside of the village unless it's on diplomatic meetings and your wife is currently taking care of your kids. There are some young up and coming shinobi but they are too inexperienced to be teaching a team, let alone a one with as much potential as this one."

Finally making up his mind Minato decided to give his response to Orochimaru, " Although I wish that you were wrong, I can't deny the fact that you're right in this situation. So as of today I give you my word that those 3 will be placed in a team together with you as their sensei."

Orochimaru couldn't help but let a victorious smirk overtake his face. He was about to walk out but Minato's voice stopped him.

"Orochimaru, I am putting great faith in you, DON'T disappoint. If that is all you are dismissed."

"Hai, thank you Hokage-sama."


(Later that evening)"Kushi-chan, I'm home."

Peeking her head from the corner Kushina responded, "Well you came earlier than usual."

"Well you did say that you had a surprise for the family, my interest was piqued seeing as you never word anything like that. So when are you going to reveal the surprise?"

"When Naruto arrives. He should be arriving soon. He probably spent the afternoon sparring with Itachi."

At that exact moment Naruto walked through the door, he had burn and wet clothes and had light cuts on his body.

"Itachi must have gotten you good." Said an amused Minato.

"Oh yeah well you should see what I did to him Tou-chan, let's just say dirt has made it's way into all his intestines." Said Naruto as he started cracking up.

"By the way Naruto I heard about the situation you had with Anko."

"It's nothing really, I'll be fine."

Curios, Kushina decides to add herself to the conversation, "What situation?"

Minato quickly explained the situation in detail. By the end of the explanation Kushina was horrified and angered. She would have confronted Anko but it would not be good in the public eye if the Hokage's wife went around and insulted and/or threatened Genin wannabes so she had to show some restraint.

"Naru-chan are you alright? Were you scared or nervous? Do you need protection from you Kaa-chan?" Said Kushina trying to smother Naruto with motherly affection.

"Kaa-san I'm fine. Itachi and I have been playing pranks on each other for a long time. I'm always ready for the unexpected."

Kushina strained to not frown as she once again heard him refer to her ask "Kaa-san" instead of "Kaa-chan".

Minato seeing the uncomfortable look on his eldest's face decided to intervene. "Well now that Naruto's here why not call the twins?" Said Minato giving his wife a look that said we'll continue this later.

Kushina catching on responded by saying, " Great idea Minato-kun. Arashi-chan, Naruko-chan come here please."

Soon enough the two twins appeared in the living room and tackled their older brother.

"Oni-san where were you, Ara-chan and I were waiting for you all afternoon to show up and you never came?" Said the youngest female of the Namikaze-Uzumaki household.

"Yeah Ruko-chan and I got lonely and sad." Replied the youngest male of the Namikaze-Uzumaki household.

"I'm sorry guys, I was a at Itachi's house training with him. I'll make it up to you guys tomorrow,promise."

"Pinky promise?" Asked the twins simultaneously.

"Pinky promise, cross my heart." Replied Naruto.

Kushina couldn't help but let a wholesome smile appear on her face. Even if the relationship between her and her eldest had worsened over the years right under her nose, it was good to see that he still got along well with his younger siblings.

"Ok everyone please make your way to the kitchen I have prepared special ramen for all of you to eat." Said Kushina with a content smile.

At the mention of ramen, the mouth's everyone in the household immediately started salivating. Ramen was one weakness of the Namikaze-Uzumaki family but they didn't really care that it was.

Quickly making their way to the kitchen they all sat down in their designated chairs and either served or were served ramen.

"Now before you dig in there's something I have to tell you all. There is a sealing formula in the bottom of the bowl and if you channel chakra into the bottom of the bowl something will be revealed. Now since Ara-chan and Ruko-chan can't channel chakra someone else will have to do it for them."

Naruto quickly made 2 clones and said clones went towards the twins. Soon everyone except Kushina lifted their bowls off the table just enough so that they could place their hands on the bottom of the bowl.

"Ok three, two, one, now."

Quickly channeling chakra everyone waited with baited breath. Only to see the broth turning pink? And were the noodles changing? Wait a minute did that one noodle just read girl?

"Surprise! I'm pregnant, and the gender is a girl." Said Kushina as she pulled up her loose blouse up until her lower breast to show her slightly bulging stomach.

There was a prolonged silence right before cheers brought life to the Namikaze-Uzumaki household. Minato had hugged Kushina, the twins had ran up to their mother and she had hugged them each with one arm as they softly rubbed her stomach, Naruto had... disappeared.

Minato and Kushina shared a glance. Minato noticed that Kushina was starting to tear up and so he quickly gave her a look that told her "I'll take care of it" and went to find their eldest.

"Naruto-kun, Naruto-kun where are you? Your mom is worried, you left without a word."

Seeing the light on in Naruto's room he made his way and entered only to see his son in applying medicine on his cuts.

"Sorry Tou-chan, the cuts on by body started hurting more and I left quickly to apply medicine before the pain got worse. I'm honestly not feeling too good, Itachi and I exhausted ourselves more than usual. I think I'm going to shower and go rest immediately."

Minato knew Naruto was lying, he was a terrible liar much like himself, but rather than call him on his bluff, he let it slide.

"Ok rest well Naruto-kun, goodnight."

"Thank you, goodnight to you too as well Tou-chan."

Walking back into the living room, Mianto have his wife a sad look as she noticed that he came back looking sad himself and with no Naruto present.

Hearing their mother sniff the twins looked up and noticed that Kushina's face was a bit red and she seemed to have watery eyes.

"Kaa-chan are you ok?" Asked Arashi.

"You're Kaa-chan is fine, it's just that..."

"She is pregnant and needs space or she might start to feel dizzy." Finished Mianto. "You two should start getting ready for bed, it's getting late."

"Hai Tou-chan."

After the twins had left Kushina resumed the conversation from earlier.

"Minato-kun, have you noticed that Naru-chan has been acting weird around me lately? He doesn't call me Kaa-chan anymore. He's uncomfortable with me holding him. He seems to be dodging me. He-"

"Kushi-chan, you're tired and pregnant it would be best if we were to continue this conversation at a later day. You're pregnant and it would be better if you were to remain as stress free as possible." Pleaded Minato desperately

Seeing how much her husband wanted to avoid the topic she decided to drop it for now.

"Shall we rest?" Asked Minato offering Kushina his arm.

"Please." Desperately said a tired Kushina. She had been feeling more tired ever since she discovered that she was pregnant and today she was definitely feeling it.

Soon enough all those present at the Namikaze-Uzumaki household were asleep, all but one young blonde who was thinking on the events of the evening.


Author's note: So this chapter and the next few chapters will have been written but uploaded on a different day than the day they were finished being written. Anyways enjoy, by the way did anyone see what I was doing with the pink broth?