Greetings everyone! I didn't think I'd be returning to this story literally the next day but here I am! not only am I uploading this chapter but as I write this I am already working on the next chapter though that won't be done for a few more hours yet . . . let me tell you, things heat up in the next chapter. oh yeah, a guest asked me via review if this was a Minori x Naruto paring . . . clearly they haven't been paying attention to the story but in case it's not as obvious as I thought it was. No, Minori is not going to be paired with Naruto . . . not romantically anyway. as for who Naruto will be paired with? wait and see. is it Hinata? maybe Tenten? or someone we haven't met yet at all . . . maybe I've genderbent Gaara and Naruto will be paired with fem Gaara? actually . . . now that I think about it that's a great idea for another story *pulls out a notepad and writes it down* well I'll leave that for another time. anyway, hope you enjoy, see you at the bottom!

Part 4

Sasuke watched the blonde haired idiot as the class lined up for practice. Like any civilian born brat, Naruto had signed up to the academy at the age of eight, and was on his fourth year but in that time he hadn't even learnt to throw a Kunai straight.

"Dammit Naruto! You've been here four years and can't even throw your weapons!" Shouted out the instructor. "Look at this kids! This idiot had four years and still can't get his form right!" Sasuke couldn't be certain but when Naruto ducked his head and looked away, he thought he saw a smirk. Looking back at where the Kunai landed his eyes widened in shock. The weapon had hit the bullseye on the target two targets down from Naruto.

"Impossible" Sasuke said to himself quietly before shaking his head. He was imagining things, that's all there was too it. The idiot of the class could not be that could at throwing.

"Sasuke, why don't you and Naruto spar so we can see how a real shinobi in training does things" Called out the instructor. Just another faceless chunin was all the man was to Sasuke and Naruto was just his next victim right now as he got into the circle they used for sparring matches

Sasuke settled into his fighting stance while Naruto settled into the sloppiest stance he had ever seen. Naruto had grown into his kimono shirt over the last four years even if it was still a little big but Sasuke didn't pay much attention to the boy's clothes. At the single from the instructor, Sasuke dashed forward aiming to end this fight before it even began and prove without a shadow of a doubt that the boy was just the class idiot. Sasuke came in low, his leg coiled and launching a kick that would leave Naruto on his back side, when the boy jumped back and out of the way of the Naruto did this, Sasuke could have sworn he felt a light tap on his shoulder but there was no way Naruto could have done that so he pressed his advantage forward. The blonde's blocks were sloppy, every strike barely redirected in time to stop Sasuke from hitting him and even then Sasuke landed a hit, even if Naruto had managed to take all the power from the strike it was still a hit and soon, Naruto fell on his arse groaning.

"That will do!" Called out the instructor. "And here we see a real ninja in training everyone" Sasuke turned around and all bar one of the females had hearts in their eyes and were screaming loudly about how awesome he was. Sasuke noticed the one girl who wasn't, she was a Hyuga and her eyes held a degree of amusement. It was as if she found Naruto's humiliating defeat funny but didn't want to let anyone know that. Sasuke's eyes widened as he finally noticed that for all his attacks, the only hit he landed had all the power drawn out of it when Naruto twisted his body just enough. No, there was no way the idiot had beaten him in a taijutsu fight, he was imagining things, the boy fell over from his onslaught and yet . . . Sasuke never actually hit him. Sasuke growled as he stormed away, leaving the string of girls demanding dates to themselves.

After school, Sasuke decided to follow Naruto and see where he went and what he did. The boy left the academy and began walking down the street, seemingly oblivious to the tail he had picked up as he walked. For a second there it looked like he would meet up with the Hyuga girl as the two stopped and looked at each other for a second before going their separate ways. Sasuke followed Naruto of course and didn't pay any more attention to the Hyuga girl, there was nothing to worry about there.

Part of the way down one of the less used streets that Naruto was traveling down, three men came out and stood in front of him. They each pulled out small civilian knives that you'd commonly find in the kitchen, said a few things to the boy and began squaring off for attack. Sasuke snarled as he realised he was gonna have to step in and save the boy it seemed and took three steps towards the group when the first flashed his knife towards Naruto and everything went into slow motion. Naruto's hand redirected the blade until it passed his head just enough that it wasn't a threat before he grabbed the man's arm, latched the man into him, ran his elbow into the man's solar plexus and was swept off his feet when Naruto bent his knee next to the opponent, the force of the elbow strike and the displacement of his knee manoeuvre knocking the man flat on the back. This all happened in the time it took Sasuke to take a fourth step who stood there gaping at the boy who had moved so fast he could barely keep track. The other two men tried their luck but were met with similar results when their knives were pushed in front of Naruto before he kicked the left one in the side of the knee, bending the knee at unnatural angles with an audible snap echoing around the street while Naruto twisted around and slammed his fist into the man's gut, using the momentum and his own weight to make his fist travel upwards until it hit the man's jaw who crumpled without another sound. Naruto kicked the knife of the first guy away from him and gave the man an impassive look. A few seconds later an ANBU appeared out of nowhere, took one look at the scene and the knives still in the hands of the attackers and nodded to something Naruto said. The boy took off at a leisurely walk after that. Just before Naruto got out of sight, he tossed a look over at Sasuke who was still frozen on the spot, and grinned and then he was gone.

"What just happened?" Sasuke asked nobody in particular

"Nothing" said a quiet but calm voice right behind Sasuke who twirled around so fast he nearly broke his neck.

"How long have you been following me!?" Asked Sasuke angrily as the Hyuga girl gave him a small smile.

"About as long as you have been following Naruto-kun" She said, her eyes sparkling with amusement.

"How didn't I notice you at all?" Sasuke asked, taking a step back.

"I have the Byakugan remember? I can see through walls" The girl replied "Please don't mention what you have seen here today . . . it may cause problems" with that Hinata walked off, going in roughly the same direction as Naruto.

"So brat, you give your shadow a stern talking to?" Minori asked Naruto as he and Hinata sat on the green grass of the rolling grasslands that Minori had made the training fields today. Naruto was in a pair of skin tight shorts that stopped at his knees while Hinata was wearing a sports bra and a similar pair of shorts, Minori had decided that she needed a little more clothing as she came into development. Hinata had grown her hair out until it was just brushing the tips of her shoulders while Naruto had left his spiky so he could look more like his father, even if he didn't have Minato's bangs.

"I did, we agreed that I'd tail him and see what he was doing and then some civilians wanted a piece of Naruto so he was forced to demonstrate some of his moves and that required a conversation with Sasuke" Hinata reported as she stretched her hands behind her head before falling back onto the grass and relaxing comfortably.

"Excellent! It can't be helped when you have to blow your cover to save your life sometimes so it will be prudent to keep an eye on Sasuke in the future . . . now . . . Hinata, you and I are gonna do some flexibility training and flow work while you, Naruto, are doing stamina and strength training . . . start running brat" Minori said and both Naruto and Hinata got up while Naruto started running, the air resistance kicking in until it was like he was running through sludge.

"I've still been practising Juuken at home" Hinata stated calmly as she slipped into her modified Mizuken fighting stance. "Father is concerned that my improvement in it has been limited" the girl said as she began to move through the Mizuken katas at labouriously slow speeds.

"I'll have a chat with him . . . I have a few things I want to discuss with Hiashi anyway" Minori said before grabbing Hinata's hip and moving it into the correct position it should be. Minori was proud of the achievement of getting Hinata out of the blushing at every turn phase and now Hinata could even playfully tease Naruto . . . only Naruto and only if they are alone but improvements are improvements.

"So Naruto, when are you coming to visit?" Asked Tenten, sitting at the bar of Shota's restaurant, Naruto beside her. The pair had a plate of Teriyaki lamb in front of them and Naruto was blazing through it like he hadn't eaten in days.

"Errrm when I umm uhhhh soon!" Naruto managed out and Tenten gave him a look with fire appearing in her eyes.

"Exactly how soon?" She asked in a sickly sweet tone, causing Naruto to break out in a sweat.

"Tomorrow!" Naruto squeaked and suddenly the aura of impending doom was lifted and Tenten went back to her meal.

"Great! I know we can't see each other as much anymore since I have a genin squad and you will have one when you graduate but still" The girl said "Be a shame to lose my childhood friend" Naruto looked over at the girl as she looked off into space whimsically and wondered if she had a crush on him as well. He was kinda worried what HInata would think about Tenten since the two hadn't even met yet some how.

"I need to get my sword anyway" Naruto said and Tenten snapped her attention to him.

"Yeah . . . it took me forever to get the right alloy composition you know . . . but now that I have it, I've been making Kunai with it and kitting myself out with them . . . your sword is ready by the way, you just need to put the finishing touches on it with fuinjutsu . . . speaking of which how is your newest creation going?" Tenten said

"Actually it's done! It's great! Although, instead of granting invisibility like I had hoped, the seal does make me invisible to chakra sensors. In other words, as long as I stay out of direct line of sight, I should be fine" Naruto replied before shovelling some more lamb and rice into his mouth.

"We so need to try that!" Tenten said, looking excited by the prospect. "Do you have one on you right now? Can I see it?" Tenten asked excitedly as she turned to face Naruto. She only ever got more excited by weapons, the girl was an absolute weapons nut

"Of course! You never know when you need to disappear" Naruto said before taking out a tag the size of his hand with the seal array on it. Tenten studied the seal intently before grinning.

"This is genius! It's so simple it's brilliant!" Tenten exclaimed, Naruto noticed that most of the restaurant had turned their attention to them but Tenten wouldn't stop now so he may as well humor her. "All this does is stop the scent particles from spreading away from you, smooth the airwaves out when you make any vibrations and cast a form of chakra suppression that would require you to be right on top of a chakra sensor for them to sense you!" Tenten observed and behind them several of the shinobi that was dining there were widening their eyes as they realised the potential.

"Tenten . . . the details of this tag are going to be in Iwa by sunset" Naruto commented idly and Tenten stopped what she was doing to look around before giving a sheepish grin and rubbing the back of her head

"Sorry Naruto . . . I can make it up to you!" Tenten said as she looked at her childhood companion.

"That bathtub that messages you?" Naruto asked and Tenten grinned while nodding. Normally she reserved that invention of her for herself so allowing Naruto to use it was great recompense for possibly blowing the lid on his invention.

"I'll let you use it and even teach you how I did it" Tenten said arms folded across her chest.

"You didn't say there would be a full blown ceremony!" Naruto exclaimed as he stood just outside of Minori's secret training ground with the woman in question.

"No, I didn't, I wanted to see what would happen when we put Tenten and Hinata in a room together" Minori said before chuckling

"Well I'm his childhood friend! You just came into it when he entered the academy!" Came the voice of Tenten as she tried to defend her right to be there. "Besides! I made the sword!"

"Really nee-chan? Really?" Naruto asked and Minori giggled

"Really" she said before giggling at the display of Hinata and Tenten having such an fierce staring contest that you could swear you could see electricity sparking between them.

"Well Naruto-kun saved me from people who wanted to hurt me! What has he done for you!" Hinata said back. Naruto's eyes snapped open wide

"Oh dear god' Naruto said as he knew exactly what Tenten was going to say.

"Well, he gives such a wonderful message as I found out just yesterday! And we bath together . . . what do you do with him huh?" Tenten proudly announced while Hinata's face went bright red. Naruto was about to take a step back and flee until Minori pushed him into the clearing and both girls snapped their attention to Naruto.

"She was fully clothed, demanded I do it and she was only bathing with me because she was showing me how to make the seal array on the bathtub she made" Naruto said at hyper speed. "Also me and Hinata used to train together . . . without clothes" Hinata blushed again and was looking at the floor, twiddling her fingers while a pleased smile occupied her face.

"Heh! We should totally have a girls night out Hinata!" Tenten said, wrapping an arm around the girl's shoulder who looked back up at her. "And we can share stories" Hinata grinned mischievously

"Erm . . . I think I just remembered I needed to be in Kumo by yesterday" Naruto said

"Alright! That's enough fun and games! Time to get serious" Minori called out before standing in front of a circle. "Before we do this, Naruto . . . this will officially be your adoption into the Yadokawa clan . . . and as my official younger brother . . . you would no longer be Uzumaki Naruto and instead be Yadokawa Naruto" suddenly the gravity of the situation struck as Aki and Shota arrived with Higurashi in tow. "Naruto, do you accept?" Minori asked and Naruto was at a loss. Sure he loved Minori as his sister but did he want to give up his clan name?

"It's okay Naruto, there are others, the Uzumaki clan can and will be reborn in time" A voice said right beside Naruto and for some reason, Naruto knew it was his mother. "You would have been born Namikaze anyway" The voice said before fading away.

"Kaa-san" Naruto said softly and Minori widened her eyes just a little before nodding. "I accept" Naruto said with determination.

"Please step into the circle . . . without your clothes but leave your boxers on . . . we don't need the view" Minori said

"What view" Hinata said quietly and a round of laughs were heard as Naruto gave Hinata a look of betrayal.

"Kneel Uzumaki Naruto" Minori said to Naruto as he stepped gingerly into the circle. Naruto did as instructed. "The Kekkei Genkai of the Yadokawa clan was originally a powerful seal array that was so powerful, it burnt itself into our genetics" Minori said as she pulled out her bottle of ink and cut her hand, depositing the blood into the ink. Minori moved the bottle of ink over to Naruto and presented him with an ornate knife, stained already from Minori's blood. Taking the knife, Naruto cut his hand, letting the blood flow into the ink pot before removing his hand. Minori began drawing seals on Naruto. "We, the Yadokawa, have held our traditions since time before Ninja. We, the Yadokawa have recorded our history since before Ninjutsu. We the Yadokawa see you Uzumaki Naruto and will you to know the length of history you step into. "Our traditions bind us"

"Bound in our blood" Naruto chanted

"Or knowledge guides us" Minori continued

"Written in our blood" Naruto chanted

"Our strength provides for us"

"Protected by our blood"

"We are the Yadokawa" Naruto and Minori said simultaneously as Minori finished the seal array. Stepping back until she reached the edge of the circle, Minori placed her hands on the ground and pushed her chakra into the circle. The lines lit up, racing around until Naruto was surrounded by a soft blue light before the light traveled inwards and the seal started moving. Words and seals started moving around Naruto's body going from his ankles, up his legs, forming two lines on his back and chest, travelling down his arms, going up his cheeks and onto his forehead where a triangle form. Naruto's eyes changed from cerulean blue to pitch black with even the whites of his eyes blackening and Naruto let out a gasp as his eyes widened as he felt all the minute changes in the air around him, his new bloodline now being able to detect everything in a hundred metre radius simply by reading the air pressure. The seal disappeared from the circle and the dark blue lines on Naruto's body faded while his eyes returned to normal colour. Naruto blinked from the loss of sensation and looked up at the smirking Minori who was somewhat out of breath.

"Rise Yadokawa Naruto" Minori said as she got to her feet along with Naruto. "And take the sword of our clan that you may spill the blood of those whom dare harm us" she said as she handed the blade that Tenten had made to him. Naruto took it with a bow.

Naruto looked around and saw soft smiles from everyone except Tenten who was biting her lip and looking Naruto up and down.

"I think I'd best get my clothes on" Naruto said with a deadpan while Hinata hid a giggle behind her hand

"No rush!" Tenten called out and that elicited a few more laughs from everyone.

And here we are at the end of another chapter . . . actually I wasn't going to make this a ceremony like I had . . . but that's how it turned out and I quite like it. It's been pointed out to me that there are mistakes in this work . . . I honestly couldn't be bothered to fix them. next time will be the long awaited graduation (at least by me) and the first ever real fight scene. stay tuned.

anyways, let me know what you liked, disliked, what you thought could use improvement and what you'd like to see more of. Take care