Welcome to chapter 3 of Kumo's Third Jinchuuriki. This was originally part of chapter 2 but it was too long so I divided it into two.
Chapter 3: Kumo's Newest Genin Team
*Training Ground 17 at 7am
Naruto, Karui, and Omoi sat together, not a word was spoken, they would deny it profusely, but they were nervous.
From the tree above the genin, their new sensei sat, watching as they did…nothing.
"Well now, aren't you a boring bunch of individuals."
The voice rang through the clearing and each of their heads shot to the tree above them. Standing there was the woman many call the most beautiful kunoichi in Kumogakure.
She was Yugito Nii, she stood at 5'6" with long blond hair that reached her waist wrapped in bandages. She wore a black and purple blouse with black pants, each adorned with designs of clouds, her forehead protector situated on her forehead.
Naruto's eyes widened as he gulped slightly. 'Oh no, not her!'
"As you are well aware, you have to complete my test before I will become your jonin sensei. As you may or may not know, I am the strongest jonin in Kumogakure and henceforth have first choice of any potential teams I wish to take. I chose you, but you're not done yet. Each of the jonin will test their teams, if they fail, they will likely be given some weak, no-named jonin without the power to back up their title. Which will likely lead to the team's early demise. My test is simple..."
In a poof of smoke, another Yugito appeared.
"Kill my clone, before she kills you, and trust me, she won't be holding back."
'I put a bit of Matatabi's chakra into the clone, so without the Kyubi's chakra, their chances of success are about zero, but this should allow me to really see their abilities.'
To prove the point, fingernails of the clone shot out, lengthening to around 8 inches. Without any warning, the clone shot forward as all three of the genin's eyes widened.
'She's fast!'
(A.N. I'm referring to the clone as Yugito)
Yugito landed right in front of Naruto, her left hand shooting for Naruto's face but his wrist bracer intercepted them.
"Not bad kid, you're not as weak as you look…"
Naruto snarled at the woman.
"For a cat, you can be a real bitch, Yugito-chan."
Naruto didn't waste any time and grabbed her wrist before spinning and throwing her 10 yards away. He was rather annoyed when she gracefully flipped and landed on her feet.
She sent him a smirk.
"Cats always land on their feet… You'll have to do better than that… And it's Yugito-sensei, Naruto-kun."
Towards the end of her statement, her eyes glanced behind her, sensing the only kunoichi on the team.
"Cloud Style: Front Beheading!"
With grace that shouldn't be possible, Yugito jumped and landed on the swinging Katana. Omoi, who had been charging as a follow-up of Karui's opening attack but he was too busy with his jaw on the floor. He had never even heard of someone doing that…
"Don't lose focus."
Yugito used the momentum gained by her short ride on the blade and her foot planted itself into Omoi's face, sending him on his back, his sword several feet away from him.
"Come now, you three need to do better than that, I am only 1/5th as strong as the real Yugito…Even that's a stretch."
The three regrouped, ready to fight the superior ninja.
Naruto glared at the woman in front of him before bringing his hands up. "Black Lightning: Lightning Fist Jutsu!"
Black lightning began to spark from his hands as Naruto prepared to fight. Naruto shot his hand forward, revealing two smoke bombs in his hand, they exploded on contact with the ground at Yugito's feet.
The attack worked as there was enough smoke to mask their movement.
Naruto threw half a dozen of his strange kunai at the blonde in front of him before he prepared to fight with taijutsu.
Naruto watched through the shadows as Yugito easily danced around the six blades.
Still slightly concealed by the thinning smoke, Omoi shot to the far right and Karui shot to the far left, a lessor ninja would have had trouble tracking them both as they weaved in and out of various trees, creating basic clones to distract her. Even as she tracked the two swordsmen, her eyes never truly left him.
Suddenly, Naruto charged, he started with a right hook that Yugito merely tilted her head back and avoided, she hardly had enough time to jump back and avoid his foot though.
However, she couldn't dwell too long before he followed up with a left jab at the same time as his right hand tossed several kunai. She actually had to move to avoid that one, stepping to the right and brought her claws around, cutting deep into the genin's stomach, shredding his shirt. However, he only faltered for a second, anger and frustration covered his face as he brought his left hand around in wild haymaker. Yugito merely raised her forearm, taking the full force of the punch. However, if you looked close enough, you could see wisps of blue and black chakra, surrounding the point of impact, causing the lightning to go crazy.
"So close, but you and I both know that the chakra of a tailed beast is stronger than all but the most powerful chakra. Even your Black Lightning is not there yet." When she looked at Naruto's face, she expected annoyance, she expected frustration, what she didn't expect was a smirk. "Checkmate, Yugito!"
Her eyes widened when his hand wrapped around her forearm, the lightning on his hands started flaring. She was helpless as he yanked on her arm, pulling her forward, right into his right fist. Naruto's smirk widened as he felt the crunch of her jaw bones breaking under his right fist. However, the smirk didn't last long as the crunching continued until he punched clear through her head. When he looked back… "Fuck!"
A splintered log was all he saw before Yugito's foot smashed into the side of his head, sending him skidding. "So close, Naruto-kun. Raikage-sama's training really shows through…"
Her mocking voice stopped when she realized she had lost track of Omoi and Karui for just a second and that was all they needed. Yugito's eyes widened slightly when she heard two muffled shouts. "Cloud Style: Crescent Moon Strike!"
Two swords seemed phase into existence, appearing from the ground, Karui followed the blade in front of the jonin, while Omoi appeared, holding the sword behind her, both blades aiming to bifurcate her. Both genin's eyes widened when her claws met their swords, stopping them inches from the junction of the jonin's legs.
"Impressive, I was unaware you two knew the Underground Projection Fish Jutsu… This team is full of surprises." The sound of Naruto's feet shuffling as he turned got Yugito's attention and she looked up. The sound of lightning picked up as the lightning surrounding Naruto's left arm faded and the lightning around his right arm doubled.
With a determined look in his eyes, Naruto shot off, cracking the ground from the force.
Yugito ran through her options, she couldn't move enough to replace with anything without allowing Omoi and Karui to cut her, she couldn't dodge the blades below her as well as Naruto in front of her, but maybe… Yugito smirked as blue and black chakra covered her chest and stomach, it almost appeared to solidify.(Think a patch of V2 chakra but Yugito's is blue rather than red)
Naruto narrowed his eyes at her before he channeled more chakra into his legs at the last instant, giving him a huge speed boost. "Lariat!" Naruto's arm wrapped around Yugito's chakra covered stomach, right below her breasts as she buckled forward, coughing up a bit of blood.
"It's over!" With a twist of his hips, Naruto threw Yugito, right towards a tree, the impact would undoubtedly do the clone in.
However, Yugito recovered and flipped, preparing to spring off the large tree as Naruto's eyes widened in shock at her quick recovery. She was only a foot from the tree when she heard two shouts. "Cloud Style: Downward Thrust!" Omoi and Karui appeared from the tree, driving their swords through Yugito's torso, pinning her to the ground.
*In a tree overlooking the field
A thoughtful smirk found its way onto the real Yugito's face as she watched her clone go up in smoke. 'I never thought they would actually be able to do it… They showed just how well they can work together.'
"Congratulations, you are now Team Yugito!" The two sets of swordsmen high fived as the two that stabbed her melted into mud while Naruto jumped in the air, his fist raised.
"Fuck yeah! We rock!" Yugito smiled as she looked at her team.
'At least it won't be boring.' Yugito just shrugged as she dropped from the tree in front of her team.
"Well, I'm hungry, let's go grab a bite to eat since we finished earlier than I thought we would. My treat."
The genin shared a fist bump at the thought of free food.
They made it quickly to a restaurant of Yugito's choosing, it was a place called Grump's Sushi and was a small restaurant with maybe 15 tables. They wouldn't call it run down since it looked well cared for, but the building was far from new. The three genin noticed an old man in his 70s behind the counter while a little girl maybe 9 brought the only other customers their food.
Karui looked at Yugito in confusion. "Why is it called Grump's? Is that the owner's name?" Yugito laughed lightly. "Nah, about 10 years ago it still said Gramps', but the 'A' fell and broke. Gramps is real cheap and instead of replacing the 'A' he found a 'U' for half the price, it's been like that ever since."
"YUGITO-CHAN!"
The second the little girl saw the jonin, she ran over, jumping up as Yugito caught the little girl. She had black hair with a hit of green and her eyes were a shocking emerald color.
"Hello, Moriko-chan, is Grump making you work again?" The little girl giggled as she excitedly shook her head in the negative. "Nope, Gramps is just too cheap to hire a waitress and I know he'd just do it by himself if I didn't help!"
Then she leaned in real close and whispered to Yugito, but the whisper was more like a yell. "Plus, he's old… I don't want him to hurt himself."
The old man behind the counter started mumbling something about impudent grandchildren. Everyone chuckled at the little girl and the old man, causing Moriko to notice the three genin.
"Who're you?" Just as Karui was about to introduce herself, Yugito interrupted. "Let's grab a seat and we can do our proper introductions, we never did them earlier."
The four/five grabbed a table near the counter and Yugito went to the old man to place their order.
Moriko looked at the three genin with a pouty face as she studied them. "What are you three doing with my Yugito-chan!?" The three genin were surprised with the little girl. "We're her students…"
When Yugito got back, Moriko sat on her lap as Yugito started to speak. "Well, let's just do regular introductions, name, likes, dislikes, and dreams… Easy enough? Good."
Karui, always quick to talk, started speaking almost immediately. "My name is Karui Tenka, I like kenjutsu and hitting Omoi." Omoi sweat-dropped at that one. "I dislike listening to Omoi's overthinking and Naruto's obsession with training. My dreams… I want to show my clan that gender doesn't matter."
Yugito nodded in understanding. 'The Tenka-clan, they have always been against allowing females to be anything except servants, breeding stock, and seduction specialists… However, if what I saw earlier is any indication, Karui will definitely make her dream come true.'
Yugito looked at Omoi to go next as Moriko focused on him. "My name is Omoi Tenka, I like playing shogi and lollipops. I dislike getting hit…" Omoi sent a light glare at Karui at that one, but she just gave him the most innocent look her fierce appearance would allow. "I also dislike my clan's view of women. My dream… Honestly, I just want to find a good woman and settle down. Maybe raise a big family in our clan after changing it."
Yugito nodded to the boy. It was rare to meet a male at that age that openly admitted he wanted to get settled down. She wasted no time and looked at Naruto. "Ok, my name is Naruto, I like Old Man Ei..." Naruto started frantically looking around before sighing. "Don't tell him I said that. I also like the Ichiraku Ramen Bar. I dislike…" Naruto's eyes darkened slightly before he shook it away. "My dream… I want to make a particular friend, even if he doesn't want one."
Omoi and Karui were confused when they heard the last one, but before they could ask, Yugito nodded before she went. "My name is Yugito Nii, I like sushi, particularly sushi from here. I dislike arrogant people and people that think their money can buy them anything. My dream… To bring Kumo to the top of the 5 great ninja villages."
After Yugito was done, she looked down and was going to have Moriko introduce herself but the little girl was fast asleep, her head resting on the blonde's bosom.
The four smiled at the scene.
*One Hour Later: Raikage's Office
"How'd they do? They better have passed." Yugito looked at Ei, he looked more irritated than usual. "Yes, they passed, but what's wrong?" Ei leaned back in his chair as he sighed, attempting to calm down. "You were only able to be there for your team's test, so you missed the disaster that was the other tests. Outside of your team, that had to of been the worst batch of genin to ever leave the academy."
Yugito's eyes widened at that. 'How bad could it have been?' Yugito voiced her thoughts and the Raikage stood, pacing back and forth behind his desk as he began ranting. "First, we had some prissy little bitch that never even showed up, she had her damned mother, come down to tell us she had a cold…"
The Raikage was shaking at that point.
"Then, if that wasn't bad enough, the next team looked promising, they almost died! Within minutes one had a spear in his leg, another was knocked out when a bandit bashed him over the head with a rock, and the last one refused to get out of the tree he was hiding in!"
That was how Yugito's evening went, she spent two hours listening to the Raikage bitch about the academy. It turns out, the instructor was making up his own schedule, ignoring everything that the one set by Ei and the council had on it. Naruto, Karui and Omoi only did so well thanks to their outside training.
"Well, I feel better…" Yugito chuckled slightly, now that the Raikage calmed down. "So, how did your test go? I want details." Yugito went into detail on how her new team did. How their teamwork was excellent, how their abilities complement each other well, plus, the raw talent contained in each of them.
Ei nodded at that one. "Good, do you want to grab a mission for tomorrow while you're here, or do you want to pick it up in the morning?"
Yugito straightened her posture as she began. "Actually, Raikage-sama, I would like to get the mission now."
Ei nodded and pulled out several files, going through each of them. After a few minutes, he nodded as he looked at one. "Here, this should be perfect for your team."
Yugito nodded, she didn't even bother to read it, she would do all the research that was needed when she got back to her apartment anyways.
She stood before bowing to the Raikage, just as she was about to close the door, she heard his voice speak.
"And Yugito… Make sure Naruto knows not to use it unless it is a life or death emergency, it could result in war…" Yugito thought on it for a second before replying. "I'll make sure he understands the possible repercussions."
Within no time, the young jonin was back in her small, one bedroom apartment, laying on her bed with the mission scroll in front of her and a note pad.
She was wearing nothing but her dark purple panties and a large white t-shirt as she was ready for bed.
She smirked.
'This is a good one…'
*Sometime Next Morning: Yugito's apartment
KNOCKKNOCKKNOCK
Several seconds passed with no movement.
KNOCKKNOCKKNOCK
"Ugh, what? What time is it?"
With blurry vision, Yugito stared at her alarm clock, waiting for her eyesight to straighten.
5:45am
The numbers blinking back at her seemed to mock her very existence.
She shuffled her way the door as she slowly woke up. She opened the door with a glare on her face. "Who the hell are you and what do you want?"
Naruto stood there, staring at his sensei, he was feeling uneasy as his eyes drank in her sleepy appearance. "Naruto? What's wrong?"
Naruto had a light blush on his face as he shook his head. "Nothing sensei, I was just wondering if we were still going to have our daily training, now that I'm a genin."
Naruto's blush increased slightly when Yugito gave him a kind of sensual sleepy smile. However, he is positive it was supposed to be a smirk.
"You bet your ass we are. Remember, it is still a secret and we will only do it on days we're in the village." Naruto nodded as his stomach began growling.
Yugito gave a little giggle at his now, beet-red face. "I got an idea, I'm going to jump in the shower, why don't you make us breakfast? Sound good?"
Naruto nodded and gave her a smile as they walked towards her kitchen, his eyes kept trailing downwards to her panty-clad tush.
Yugito entered the kitchen as she began to speak. "I'll be done in a few minutes, the tea is in the cabinet next to the fridge…"
Naruto nodded as he got to work making the tea, once the tea was started, he started fishing out ingredients for breakfast. 'She doesn't have much, eggs and toast it is.'
Without a care, he began cooking. Just as he was frying up the last egg, a voice came from the hall. "You know, you're supposed to take the water off the burner once it's boiling…"
Naruto sheepishly rubbed the back of his head as he looked over, the once full teapot was now almost empty.
"Yeah, but… Uh… Well…"
Yugito just laughed as she refilled the pot.
"Well, maybe next time, I'll have to cook for you."
Naruto blushed as his mind ran through several scenarios that had Yugito cooking for him. The two sat down at her small table and began to eat breakfast. As the meal continued, Yugito looked towards her student. "Naruto, am… am I a good teacher?"
Naruto looked at the older woman in surprise. "Of course you are, without you, I'd probably have never even met Kyubi, let alone control some of his chakra. So yeah, I say you're a great teacher." Yugito seemed to let out a relieved breath as she drank down the last of her tea.
Yugito looked at the time and cursed slightly under her breath.
"We're late… I should have left 10 minutes ago, so we're gonna need to hurry." She sent the younger boy a challenging smirk. "Think you can keep up?"
Naruto smirks as he snapped his neck to both sides, a crack penetrating the air. "I train with the fastest man in the world. I think I can manage."
With that, they both shoot off. The race doesn't take long and Naruto managed to keep up, but Yugito did so with considerably less effort. They land in the training ground right on time.
"Hah! Told you I could keep up!"
Yugito rolled her eyes. "Yeah, and now you're sweating and panting."
And that is what Karui and Omoi enter the clearing to. Karui wasn't about to let this go.
"Wait a minute, why are you sweating and panting? We can come back if we're interrupting…"
Naruto's face went beet red at Karui's implication but he just flipped his friend the bird as she laughed.
Yugito cleared her throat to get her new teams attention. "Well, I got us our first mission. It' in Hayai-Ka-Do, a pretty small gambling town near the border of The Land of Hot Water. Apparently, a man has been skipping out on his debts and the owner of the casino wants his money…"
None of the genin looked overly impressed and Yugito gave an exasperated sigh. "Come on, after the D-ranks you did in the academy, I thought you'd be smart enough to realize missions get better as you progress…"
Each of the genin thought back to some of the shittier D-rank mission they had done while still being academy students and shuddered slightly, each sharing the same thought.
'Maybe this isn't so bad…'
That's it! Not a lot going on after test, but I didn't want to jump right into another mission… which is why this one is shorter than average…
Now, I'm doing an original mission and I think it will be pretty good. Probably not as dramatic as the Mission to Wave, but they still have plenty of time for some interesting ones.
I'm trying to portray that Naruto has a crush on Yugito, but she sees him as just a 12 year old boy. (She's 21)
Anyways, read and review!
The name of the town is Hayai-Ka-do(quickcards)
