A few months after being taken in by the older Uchiha, the Hokage reluctantly admitted that she could handle having two boys in her care. Naruto flourished under the attention of someone who actually cared and could handle giving him individual attention to his training. He honestly had no idea the boy was mildly dyslexic, and that the reason why he had trouble focusing was because his mind was quite literally going a hundred thoughts at any given time.

Yoruichi introduced him to fuinjutsu, seeing as how genjutsu or anything that required fine-tuned control like medical jutsu was simply out of the question. And the moment he got the hang of the shadow clone, his grades shot up from the lowest of the low to match that of Sasuke, who was at the top of the class.

Naruto could exploit the shadow clone in a way few could match. Especially when Yoruichi capitalized on the fact that they could transfer memories. Sure, he got his homework done in a fraction of the time, but he needed that sort of boost. If each clone only focused on one thing at a time, then he was able to absorb (and more importantly remember) it nine times out of ten.

Sasuke had initially been jealous of all the extra attention given to Naruto, until Yoruichi reminded him that once he got his Sharingan, she would teach him all the little tricks so that it was fully matured in half the time it normally took, and that no matter what he would always be her little brother.

That seemed to pacify him.

"The Chunin exam is coming up again," said the Hokage.

Yoruichi was having the monthly visit with the Hokage.

"And?"

"We're hosting it this time. We both know it's a formality more than anything, but you still need to compete at least once before you can properly transfer to the Konoha hospital as a combat iryonin."

People with a combat medic license almost always became chunin if they managed to make it to the third stage. And if Yoruichi made it that far (and she would, they both knew) then she could transfer to the hospital and become a full doctor.

She had excellent control, as she specialized in genjutsu and medical jutsu. She had already become good friends with Kurenai (and by extension Anko because she didn't give a damn about who her former teacher was), and had even shared a few genjutsu the Uchiha had collected with the woman.

Medic nin didn't have to leave the village like the ANBU did. They could stick around, and it was only the hospital hours that kept them from being stuck on patrol.

They were also few and far between, mostly because of the control one needed and the ability to stomach the worst injuries.

Yoruichi had originally volunteered at the hospital to avoid the Uchiha and piss off Fugaku. It was also one of the few places Itachi normally didn't go, which made it easier to maintain her cover.

Now she was doing it solely so she could stay in the village and watch over her two little brothers. Yes, she wouldn't be home most of the day...but she would also be on hand in case anything happened.

Besides, since she became a medic, Naruto had been receiving the care he should have gotten. Little things like vaccinations and actual treatment when he was hurt.

She looked like she was seriously considering it.

"You do realize I don't have a team, right?"

"There are times when we can forgo the team entry. And there is one team that is down one member because their third was already promoted. We both know you can handle most of what they could possibly throw at you," said the Hokage smirking.

"Let's see...go through that headache again and become chunin all over again, or do another Tora mission. To hell with it, I'm sick of Tora and those crappy D-ranks."

"I had a feeling you would say that. Here's the form."

Yoruichi signed it without hesitation. She just had to meet her temporary team on the date, and they would be in.

"I can't believe we're stuck with the damn Uchiha nut job," said the male on her temporary team.

"Suck it up you ass. At least we know she's competent, which is more than I can say about your lazy ass," snarled the kunoichi.

"She also has good hearing," said Yoru dryly, glaring at the male. She could tell this Inuzuka needed to know who the alpha was, or she'd have no end of trouble from him during the second part.

She took two quick steps towards the Inuzuka, who she didn't bother to learn the name of, grabbed him by his collar and looked him dead in the eye. She could see the girl's approving gaze.

"Listen and listen well punk. I don't give a damn if you're part of a clan, have been in more C-ranks than me, or believe that girls are weak because of their gender. If you try to pull any of that alpha dominance crap on me, I'll put you down so fast you'll think your precious clan head is a saint during that time of the month. Are we clear, dog," she said flatly.

The Inuzuka's eyes were wide, as were the eyes of his canine partner.

"I said. Are. We. Clear?" she repeated in a far too sweet tone.

"Yes..."

"Yes what?"

"Yes Ma'am."

"Good. If you try to pull that alpha crap on me, I'll kick your ass. Behave, and you'll find becoming chunin with me on your team is a guarantee, so long as you don't do anything particularly stupid. I take care of my team, even if it is temporary," said Yoru calmly.

The other kunoichi chuckled.

"Oh I like you. It's about damn time someone put this asshole in his place. If I had to hear one more pick up line from him..."

"Best way to deal with that is to establish dominance. Inuzuka follow a pack mentality, particularly in the males. If he believes you're a higher pack member, he won't be nearly as annoying."

When he saw the evil gleam in his teammate's eyes, he winced. There went his chances of being top dog in his team.

The Hokage couldn't help it. He knew he was seeding the exam, sending her in...but this was too funny.

She had established herself as an Alpha with the Inuzuka, managed to piss off Ibiki and ruin the whole first test by bringing a fiction that happened to be a well-known comedy and proceeding to laugh in the presence of the head interrogator, flirted outrageously with Anko outside the forest to the point she was able to steal the required scroll and beat the course time by such a wide margin that it was impossible for them to prove she cheated even if she did it before the actual test had started, and then to top it all off she won the tournament at the end in record time.

Perhaps he should have sent her to another village for the exam...it would have been hilarious to see what she would have done. Hard to believe she used to be the epitome of all things Uchiha before she decided that she would rather being a black-haired Kushina.

Still great fun to watch though.

Anko was toasting her new favorite chunin for the fifth time. She knew the girl would make it to chunin...the other morons didn't stand a chance against someone as devious as Yoru-chan!

The only one with enough damn sense to steal the opposite scroll before the second exam even started, earning her a butt load of cash with the bet Anko had made on her behalf that she would break all the records in terms of getting to the tower. They hadn't even taken an hour to do it!

Anko was very drunk with a small portion of what Yoru won her with that bet. Best of all, no one would be able to beat it! Ever!

Yoru wisely didn't drink as much. Just because she was a chunin now didn't mean she was allowed out of her rotation at the hospital. Healing people was hard enough without a hangover.

Well that and last time she made chunin, she had gotten so roaring drunk to deal with her bastard father's bragging that the resulting hangover had made her determined never to experience a similar one ever again.

By the time she got home, she found an unhappy Sasuke waiting.

"What?"

"Now that you're a chunin again, does this mean you'll be gone for a long time like before?"

Whatever tension she felt went away at that. Of course Sasuke would remember the endless stream of annoying missions their father forced her to take.

"Of course not. For one thing I'm registered as an iryonin at the hospital. I'm more likely to be exhausted from healing people all day than training. Because I work at the hospital, I don't have to take as many missions like before. Meaning I get to spend more time with you and Naruto," she told him.

Sasuke looked relieved. He liked this new version of his 'sister', because she actually spent more time with him and kept her promises. Even if she did keep that annoying habit of poking his head.

"Now, I do believe I promised you two stories tonight didn't I?"

Yoruichi was old enough to remember the Fourth Hokage, and his secret wife Kushina. It was her way of telling Naruto about his parents without actually telling them who they were. In additions, she also got stories from Kakashi about the Fourth and his wife...though she had to part with something that had been bothering him for months.

He was out of the ANBU on leave, primarily because the Hokage refused to let him work himself to death. She had to tell him who she actually was.

Needless to say she greatly enjoyed the look on Kakashi's face when he found out that 'Yoruichi' was really Itachi who chose to go female rather than be stuck as the Uchiha prodigy for the rest of his life. Finding out Itachi had been so desperate for an escape that he was willing to lose his bits and become completely female (and boy, was Yoruichi shocked to learn she could become pregnant after the first time her period started)...well, Kakashi had to look at his former subordinate in a new light after that.

Finding out that Itachi had based his female persona after one of the few people he knew very well that was as un-Uchiha as possible...well that actually didn't surprise him. Now that he knew the truth, he could see the pieces of Kushina's personality in Yoruichi.

Hell, she even looked like Kushina, only with Uchiha features being dominate.

Still, Yoruichi managed to rope Kakashi into telling the boys all sorts of stories about the Fourth Hokage and his wife Kushina. He never explicitly told them about the fact he was Naruto's father, but it was a rather clever way to tell the boy about his parents without actually telling him who they were.

The Hokage was actually quite impressed with the trick, once he found out. He only said Naruto wasn't allowed to know who his parents were until he was chunin. He never said that the friends of his parents couldn't tell him about two well known heroes.

It had the added effect of dragging up old memories of Kushina, which caused Yoruichi to adjust as necessary.

Danzo was sick. He knew someone had managed to poison him, but he had never found out how. He was so paranoid he double checked everything and found not even the barest wisp of a poison.

Even his own personal medic nin could find no reason for his sudden illness.

Then, on October tenth, exactly ten years after the Kyuubi attack, Danzo collapsed during a meeting of the Konoha council. He was declared dead an hour later, as there was no way to reverse the damage done by the poison.

It wasn't until the autopsy that the source of the deadly poison was found. A Sharingan eye, implanted in Danzo's own head, held traces of a rare and unknown poison. The same one that killed him.

The Hokage, when he discovered Danzo's grim secret, immediately called Yoruichi to his office and sealed it.

"Danzo collapsed in the middle of a Konoha Council meeting. His body revealed several implanted Sharingan, including one that had traces of an unknown poison that killed him."

"It's about damn time," was her immediate response. She promptly shut up, realizing she had revealed too much.

"Explain!" he barked.

"After the death of Shisui Uchiha, I injected a lost poison developed by the Hyuuga before they started that Caged Bird seal crap. It's primary purpose was to discourage line theft of doujutsu. The fact he died of it means he stole Shisui's eye in the hopes of using it's unique ability to place almost untraceable genjutsu on it's victims. Had he left the dead alone, he would still be alive," she stated flatly and without remorse.

The Hokage sagged in his chair.

"You killed Danzo?"

"No. I insured that my cousin's body would be left in peace and discouraged anyone trying to steal his eyes in a manner my former father would have approved of. I didn't force that fool to take the eyes and get the poison in his system," she stated.

The Hokage conceded her point. She only did what any clan of doujutsu users would have done. Booby trapped the body of a dead clansmen in an effort to prevent the secrets from being used against them. The fact Danzo fell prey to her trap was not of her doing, but his own damn fault.

The worst part was that he couldn't actually pin the blame on his death to her! It had been Itachi who killed Shisui, and Danzo took the eye of his own free will.

"Either way this is a mess and a half."

"Sorry."

He could tell she wasn't. But at least she pretended to be apologetic.