Chapter 4

Revolving doors are tricky. Sometimes you think your on the right side but actually, you end up right were you started.

5/8/6 11:17

..Somewhere in the Borizo Clan Compound..

The courtyard was loud and boisterous with cheer and laughter. The Borizo clan was a fun peoples, they went where the wind took them. It took a lot to get someone from the Borizo clan upset. The open square shaped courtyard was surrounded on all sides by a high rising old Japanese style castle.

"Kyaaaaa!" a random clanswoman yelled as she saw a small black mouse whiz by the side of the outer wall and into a crack. "Fuuton: U~indokyan!" She yelled as she blew three giant compressed air balls decimating the side of the castle. "I thought I saw a mouse" she muttered, she then blushed and went to go get a broom and dustpan, while the rest of the clan went back to there business.

The mouse stood up with its back against a wooden beam, its chest quickly rising and falling. "I HATE being a Yamanaka." It thought to itself. It then proceeded to go deeper into the compound. The Hokage wasted no time investigating the clan compound. Seeing how the Yamanaka's made the best reconnaissance personnel he figured they would be the best choice for the B-Rank mission which happened to be inspecting the compound of an incredibly powerful clan. No biggie right? Definitely not deserving of an A-Rank. Nah, he was only risking his little mouse life, running amongst people who use A-Rank Jutsu for getting rid of little pests. The mouse sighed as it scurried up into a small hole into the main building. He ran along the walls and up the stairs staying just out of everyone's view. It took about 3 minutes to successfully get to the top floor of the Building of the North Wind, where a clan meeting was being held. He could see the shadows of the people talking from behind the almost see through sliding doors.

"…Takahashiyrou is finally a genin huh" One of the shades said.

"Yeah, suprising isn't it?"

"HEY THAT'S MY SON!" one of the shades yelled.

"Yeah yeah," another yawned out before scratching his head, "I'm more worried about what happened…"

"You don't really think that… he's here, do you?" Another one could be heard with a slight tinge of fear in his voice.

"Though its unlikely, its definitely not impossible." The leader said. "The worse of our fears have been realized, however, its not the end of the world now is it. So just relax, we'll deal with it when the time comes. Back to my boy Tak, I seriously doubt he'll fulfill his mission."

"Big surprise" one drawled sarcastically.

"Heh I know right."

"Nope, not a snowballs chance in hell."

"IM RIGHT HERE YOU KNOW. My son can do whatever he damn well pleases. He has great potential he's just so… damn… lazy." The looked as if he let his head drop in shame.

"He did manage to have somewhat of a mastery of the first school of our clan. However, Hamu Tori Ken, is incredibly hard to do without the completing the task."

"Well we could alw-ACHOO" the leader sneezed and a strong wind blew through the room.

The Yamanaka mouse was blown into the a wall as a giant decorational axe fell off the wall.

"CANCEL" He then opened his eyes to find himself in the hokages room connected to a certain contraption that projected what he saw.

"You get all that?" He said still gasping for air from his near death experience.

Naruto, Chouji, Shikamaru, and Hinata were gasping for air behind a bush.

"Ok. That didn't work," Naruto said wiping off his shirt, "Shikamaru your turn to decide."

"Troublesome," he sighed as he huddled them closer.

Uusuke was yawning as he walked through the trees at his own leisure. He lazily looked around for his charges. 'Where oh where could they be.' He thought to himself playfully. He was having fun, for the first time In a long time he was actually… excited. With the information he gathered, he realized that these 4 genin could be the strongest team in the village. With Chouji's and Hinata's latent ability, Shikamaru's incredible intelligence, and Naruto's… well he personally trained him, he knew that any team Naruto was on would be good. But there was something off about the kid. "Hmm, well whate-" he said to himself as he just dodged a kunai. He jumped back as he saw Naruto standing in front of him with his arms across his chest and a huge grin on his face.

"Finally you'll get what you deserve you DAMN PSYCHO!" He yelled as he dashed in to Usu's guard. He opened with a kick which Usu easily redirected, but the blonde used to momentum to spin and threw a punch full of chakra at the man. Rather than redirecting his attack he jumped back in order to avoid any real physical damage, that was the point of the test after all, to draw blood.

"Heh you know you cant beat me one on one you little prick." He said as he was moving to punch Naruto in the gut until he suddenly jumped back to avoid a Chouji flying head first in his direction. He chuckled as Chouji landed head first into a tree, "Close." His eyes went wide however as a bomb note slowly fluttered out of the tree due to Chouji's disruptance. He could only mutter a curse before it exploded in front of his face. As the smoke cleared a charred piece of wood could be seen where Usu was standing. He appeared a bit further away slightly impressed with the fluidity of his teams actions until he felt a sharp pain in his back. He turned to see the blue haired kunoichi rapidly, however clumsily, closing his chakra points around his torso. He tried to move but to no avail, he realized he was caught in Shikamaru's Shadow Bind. His tenketsu were closed, and his movements were sealed, this was sure death to a ninja, he was so proud. He then realized he was surrounded by all four of his students kunai at the ready. They worked with the utmost fluidity and seemed to never skip a beat. Shikamaru was the head, staying calm cool collected and finding the best course of action. Chouji was the arms, the power, the punch and the block, the dirty worker. Hinata was the legs, she could see where they needed to go and take them there. And Naruto, Naruto was the heart, none of the parts would move without him. However, it was if he was shaky, he couldn't tell which way his heart was actually turning to… good or evil. Maybe those weren't the right words, his right or wrong would be warped, but whether or not he'd turn against his village.

"Well, what do we have here. Oh-ho it would seem I've been trapped, whatever will I do?' Usu said in mock fear. Naruto gritted his teeth and punched him across the face smiling maniacally as he saw a trickle of blood roll down the tan mans face.

"FINALLY HAHA I HIT YOU I HIT YOU!" Naruto danced around like a child until Usu appeared behind him and chopped him in the back of the neck immediately knoxking him out.

Shikamaru was awed, it was as if the man was never in his shadow mind in the first place. Something was definitely off about him. Hinata was no less in awe, it was as if his tenketsu repaired themselves on sheer will power. She would have to ask her father if that was even possible.

"Chances are he'll forget by the time he wakes up," Usu said with a strained smile. "Anyway you guys passed with flying colors see you here tomorrow at 7" He then turned and walked away, it was time to go to the Akimichi household. There were questions to be asked.

"In other words… you mean a puppet right?" the Hokage said bafflement apparent on his face.

"Yes sir! We have examined and re-examined the body, and it would seem that it was nothing more than a puppet. The strange thing is theres absolutely no trace of a chakra signature on it. Its as if a ghost possessed it." The man with the boar mask reported.

"Great, in other words, we have no idea who or what is impersonating our 4th Hokage." The Hokage sighed and took a long puff of his cigar. "Call the Borizo's, its time we had a little chat."

"N-naruto-san wake up." Hinata poked him a few times, hiding her red face behind her bangs. Shikamaru and Chouji had gone off some where leaving her together with the blonde. She couldn't help but stare at the sleeping boy, she placed his head on her lap and leaned her back against a tree. Slowly getting over her initial blush she realized how cute the blonde actually was. She ran her finger over his whisker marks and giggled as she saw his cheek twitch. She instantly felt herself relax while petting him, she really could sit there forever. She leaned back and felt herself blissfully drift into sleep as the sun began its decent.

"FUCK!" Ino cried as she just barely dodged a giant fireball. "ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL ME?" She yelled at Sasuke from across the field.

"Hn. Your just in my way." He didn't even look at her before he charged into the silver haired man who continuously deflected each and every one of his blows with ease.

Ino gritted her teeth before she sat down Indian style and mumbled to herself. "What the hell does Sakura see in you."

"His face." Shino said appearing literally from nowhere. Ino turned and stared at him slack jawed, for some reason Shino was becoming more talkative lately. Shino returned her gaze behind his shades, "What, she said he's cute right?"

Ino just slumped her head and returned to her thoughts. 'I thought it'd suck if I was the one who didn't get any bells, but, maybe I could just deal with another year, and hopefully another team.

Kiba was sitting the day out, watching his two teammates train. He gave himself a sigh as he tried to remember exactly how he was attacked. He swore his attacker looked just like his dad, but his dad was gone. Off traveling the world, the village thought he was dead, but he sent a letter home every once in a while.

The attacker didn't exactly fight like an Inuzuka either, the lack of a dog made that apparent. He was slowly drifting into the confines of his mind when Kurenai plopped her self down next to him.

"Y'know, I see something in you Kiba." She said, startling hun straightforwardness she possessed. "If I had watched you while you were with your friends I wouldn't have seen this. But you actually think, I can see it on your face. I think Ill train you, along with Sakura alittle differently than I anticipated." She said nodding to herself before a small grin snuck its way onto her face, "Get ready, because starting next week, your ass is mine." She then got up and walked away leaving a seriously stunned and confused Kiba.

"What… just happened…?"

"H-Hinata?" He said looking up at her sleeping face, a slight blush crept across his cheeks. He never felt so comfortable before, and he liked it. The way her bangs shaped her face. The way her smile seemed like it was painted on by a world class artist with the utmost care. He felt wanted. Genuinely wanted. He mentally snapped himself out of it and got up slowly, careful not to disturb her. He then began to walk away to begin his real training. He looked back one more time, the tiniest bit of a blush still apparent on his cheeks. He then jumped off towards the forest of death trying to discover this new weird feeling in his gut.

Ino had been watching her love interest for a while now, laying so cozily in another girls lap. This was unacceptable, she had to find a way to get closer to Naruto. But where would she start. She decided to follow him for a bit to see exactly where he lived. "Maybe if I had a little more information on him…" She said to herself stalking the blonde as stealthily as she could.

If only she knew what was in store for her.

Hello my avid readers, so a few updates/questions.

Do you guys prefer shorter chapters closer together? Or longer chapters further apart. Because I can do either and I want you guys to be happy.

MagicFear brings up a good question, and though I don't want to give away anything, I can promise you what your thinking is not gonna happen.

As for Naruto's love life, its starting to pick up, I promise hell have a suitable harem by chapter 12… hehe.

I know your all wondering who the hell Usu is, just wait itll come.

I also want to thank Volos for his review. It fueled me to finish this chapter (though it iisss shorter than usual.)

Ok can we pleaaassseee TRRRRY to make it to 15-20 reviews. That's what itll take for the next chapter to release.

The next chapter is the beginning of Team 14's arc where a very fun back story will be explaining a few things. Got it? FANTASTIC.

Thanks for reading~ R&R as if your life depends on it.