Blonde Haired Warrior, Pink Haired Princess

by chaosthesith89

Naruto has lived, blissfully unaware that he was destined for a greater existence. Now, after a chance encounter, he'll slowly but surely remember what was forgotten. NaruXHarem, Powerful Naruto, Future Lemons

5. Disappointments and Acquaintances

Blonde-Haired Warrior, Pink-Haired Princess

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, To-LOVE-Ru, or any other series I plan to use in this story. They belong to their respective owners, and I am making no money from this whatsoever.

"Speech"

'Thought'

"Demon Speech"

"Technique/Jutsu"

"Peke Speech"

Chapter 4: Disappointments and Acquaintances

"Alright, Team 7, reporting in on the completion of our D-rank mission." Kakashi announced, as he stood in the mission briefing hall, while handing the mission scroll back to the Chuunin behind the desk.

"Okay, I've confirmed your return. Would you and your team like another mission?" The Chuunin asked, while glancing at the three Genin, whom he noticed two were shooting dirty looks at the third member, while the third member was ignoring this.

"No, we've done the necessary mission for the day, and they have their own training to work on." Kakashi responded, ignoring the Chuunin's surprised look. And it was well deserved, since most fresh Genin teams usually perform somewhere around four or five missions a day, instead of only one.

'Geez, ever since that test, Kakashi-san hasn't had us do hardly anything.' Naruto thought, his mind drifting back to the day they had officially become a Genin team, and his hopes for a good team had been pretty much obliterated.

(Flashback, One and a half months ago)

"Yo, glad to see you three decided to show up." Kakashi commented casually, while ignoring the glares from the three Genin.

"YOU ARE LATE!" Sakura screeched out, while pointing an accusing finger at Kakashi, her expression showing much more anger than it should. Though the fact that without Naruto hanging around her, her usual form of anger management had been removed from her daily activities.

"Yeah, sorry, but a black cat crossed my path, and I had to take the long way here." Kakashi responded, while his tone gave off the impression that he didn't honestly care that he had made them wait.

"LIAR!" Sakura screamed, while her face looked close to exploding from how red it was getting.

Ignoring Sakura's angered screams; Kakashi stepped away from the Genin, toward the three training posts were standing out of the ground. Pulling out an alarm clock from his back pouch, Kakashi placed it onto one of the training posts, and then pulled out a pair of silver bells.

"This alarm clock is set up to go off at noon, meaning this test will be over in three hours." Kakashi began, before holding the bells up for the three Genin to see. "And these bells are the object of this test. You must take one of these bells to pass this test and become an official Genin."

"But, with only two bells, that means one person will be sent back to the academy regardless." Sakura said, while Naruto and Kakashi eyed her for stating the obvious.

"That's correct. So, one of you will fail this no matter what." Seeing these words had a desired effect, Kakashi placed the two bells back onto his belt, and returned his gaze to the three Genin. "Also, I offer one more piece of advice to you: Come with the intent to kill, or you won't stand a chance."

"Eh, but Kakashi-sensei, what if we hurt you." Sakura asked, her tone showing actual concern at the chance of hurting their teacher.

"Let me be the one to worry about that." Kakashi responded, while raising his hand up. "And…begin."

Almost as soon as those words left his mouth, all three of the Genin vanished from in front of him. Stretching his senses, Kakashi searched out the nearby area, trying to find the general areas where the three were hiding, while leaning to a tree to his side.

'Hm, Sasuke has managed to hide himself rather well, considering his slightly higher chakra reserves. Sakura, on the other hand, has completely suppressed her chakra, but I'm guessing that's because of her smaller reserves.' Kakashi thought, but he soon noticed a missing point. 'Wait, where's-'

Any other thoughts were stopped, as Kakashi's war gained danger sense kicked in, telling him to duck quickly, which he did. And not a moment too soon, since a split-second after he dropped down, a fist sailed through the area where his head had been occupying a second ago. Twisting his body around, and putting some distance between himself and his attacker, Kakashi was surprised to see it was none other than Naruto, whose face was a mask of concentration.

"Hm, I missed." Naruto commented, while looking at his hand as he clenched and unclenched it into a fist, while Kakashi noticed that the tree he had been standing beside until just a second ago had been reduced to splinters, courtesy of Naruto.

'That punch, if it had hit, it would have actually killed me.' Kakashi thought, while his single visible eye was widened in shock. 'And that strength…it's almost like Tsunade-sama's super strength.' Any other thoughts that might have come up were stopped, since he noticed Naruto was facing him, while he took a fighting stance.

"Guess I'll have try a little harder then." Letting out an audible grunt, Naruto's muscles clenched tightly, before a swirling blue aura appeared around him, encasing his body like a fire, while causing the wind to pick up noticeably.

"What is this?" Kakashi asked, but he didn't get a verbal answer, just Naruto's foot buried into his stomach, causing Kakashi to launch backwards; smashing into yet another tree in the clearing.

Kakashi's pain filled cough filled the air, but he was forced to move again, this time avoiding yet another punch, which caused the same effect as the last one. But, before Kakashi could react, whether to distance himself from Naruto, or to attack the blonde, it was never known, since Naruto reacted before Kakashi did.

Spinning his body around, another leg caught Kakashi in the chest, pushing him backwards again, before a fist caught the silver-haired Jounin in the chin. Feeling his body lift off the ground, Kakashi found he had a momentary reprieve, if only for just a few seconds.

'This kid, he really is taking my advice seriously.' Kakashi thought, as he twisted his body to land in a crouch, before quickly scanning the area, seeing that Naruto had not moved from his last spot. 'I might have to end up taking this seriously.'

"I'm not impressed." Naruto said suddenly, while dropping his arms and stance, and standing in a relaxed pose. "I get that being a Jounin facing a Genin, you might be holding back, but this is ridiculous." At this, Kakashi's visible eye narrowed in anger.

"Funny talk, Genin, but you haven't seen what I'm capable of." Kakashi replied, as his left hand lifted to his headband, before pulling it upwards. 'I won't let some cocky little wannabe ninja make a fool of me, especially not this one.'

"Oh, so the infamous Sharingan no Kakashi graces me with his prized weapon." Naruto commented at seeing the blood-red eye with three black tomoe in Kakashi's left eye socket.

"Glad to see you know of this unbeatable doujutsu." Kakashi replied, while taking an actual fighting stance, while Naruto shook his head, almost like he was disappointed with something.

"Being the student of the Fourth Hokage, I'm actually shocked you'd claim a doujutsu was unbeatable." Naruto said, causing Kakashi's fist to clench.

"SHUT UP, YOU DAMN BRAT!" Kakashi yelled, while rushing toward Naruto faster than either of the spectators in the trees could track, a kunai in his right hand ready to pierce Naruto's body.

The attack missed, since Kakashi seeming fell through Naruto, who had remained in the same spot, not having even moved in the slightest. Quickly stopping his movement as well, Kakashi turned back to Naruto's still form, which had yet to even turn and face him.

'Was that a Bunshin no Jutsu?' Kakashi thought, as he tried to sense where Naruto was. He was surprised yet again, when the 'Naruto' in front of him seemingly phased out of his sight, before an excruciating pain shot through his side, the source of it being Naruto's elbow.

"The Sharingan, despite what many will claim, is far from invincible." Naruto said, as he pulled his elbow away from Kakashi, who collapsed to the ground, cradling his ribs which felt like they were broken. "You may be able to track fast moving opponents and movements, but there is a limit to what can be tracked, even to the Sharingan."

"What…(cough)…what are you talking about?" Kakashi said, while trying to regain his breath.

"What I'm saying is that not even the Sharingan can keep up with all movements." Naruto replied, before he turned his back to Kakashi. "Now, how about you go and test the other two members of Team 7?"

(Flashback End)

'Since that day, not once has Kakashi done a thing to prove he is the 'Best Jounin' in Konoha.' Naruto thought, while ignoring the glares and pinprick KI from Sakura and Sasuke.

'That baka, I still can't believe what he did to Kakashi.' Sakura thought. 'But what happened to me was so humiliating thanks to him, I'll make him pay for it somehow.' Her thoughts continued, remembering the outcome of her encounter with Kakashi during their test.

(Flashback)

Almost instantly after Naruto had said his last piece to Kakashi, multitudes of kunai and shuriken hailed down from the tree line, piercing into Kakashi's kneeling form. However, 'Kakashi' vanished in a poof of smoke, revealing a log which had been completely riddled with the ninja tools.

'I can't best that brat, not like this, and no doubt the Sandaime is keeping an eye on me. Best to test the other two on this team, before trying my luck again later.' Kakashi thought, while sensing the other two members of the potential Team 7 quickly darting through the trees to change position.

(With Sakura)

'Sasuke-kun, where are you?' Sakura thought, as she tried to move at her best speed through the trees, looking for the person on her mind. 'I need to find him and cheer him on during his fight with Kakashi-sensei.'

Sakura suddenly had to stop, and quickly duck behind the nearest tree to her, while taking a careful glance.

'I…think I wasn't spotted.' Sakura thought, letting out a soft sigh of relief, only to freeze up at the next thing to happen.

"Psst, Sakura, behind you." A familiar voice said from behind her, causing her to turn around and instantly panic at the sight of her Jounin teacher right behind her. Her scream of panic could be heard for miles around.

(Flashback End)

'I still can't believe I fell for the simplest Genjutsu out there.' Sakura mentally screamed, her mind automatically pinning the blame on the resident blonde. 'I swear, I'll make that baka pay for having Kakashi-sensei make a fool of me.'

'That loser thinks he's so cool.' Sasuke thought, while Naruto merely rolled his eyes at Kakashi's excuse to the Chuunin handing out the missions about their lack of mission activity. 'I may have lost to Kakashi during the test, but with the lessons I've been getting, he won't be so smudg when I take him down'

(Flashback)

Sasuke, for his part, was cursing his luck at not being able to hit Kakashi with his weapon assault, as well as the fact that Naruto, the supposed loser of their Genin class, had managed to actually hurt Kakashi.

"Hm, so, this is where you got to, Sasuke-kun." Kakashi said, as he leaned against a nearby tree, reading a small orange book, with his headband shifted back down to cover his eye.

"You'd best get ready, cause I will get a bell from you." Sasuke said, while lowering his body down into his families famous Intercepting Fist style, a cocky smirk on his face.

"Alright, let's see what you've got." Kakashi said, while motioning with the hand that wasn't holding his book.

Seeing that Kakashi was still reading his book, and not paying much attention to him, Sasuke felt his blood boil in anger, before launching himself wildly at Kakashi. Random kicks and punches filled the air, but each one was flawlessly dodged, by the silver-haired Jounin, all the while Kakashi's eyes never left the book.

'Hm, well, I was expecting better, but this I can work with.' Kakashi thought, only for his thoughts to stop when he saw Kakashi leap back and his hands began flying through a chain of seals. 'Wait, that jutsu, surely he can't have enough chakra for an attack like that.'

"Katon: Gokakyu no Jutsu!(1)" Sasuke called out, before launching a large fireball towards Kakashi, leaving behind a smoking crater. "Ha, I guess he should have taken me seriously."

"Or not." Kakashi's voice rang out, before Sasuke felt a pair of hands grab his legs and pull him into the ground until he was buried up to his neck. "Doton: Shinju Zanshu no Jutsu.(2)" Kakashi said simply, while Sasuke grunted in effort to pull himself from the ground. "I'll admit, you have some skill, but you still have a long way to go."

(Flashback End)

While the three Genin were remembering the formation day of their team, Kakashi had finally managed to subdue the argument of the mission designator. After this had been settled, Kakashi turned his gaze to the main wildcard on his team, the only blonde, that returned Kakashi's stony gaze with one of his own.

'I still say I should have failed this squad, since I don't want him on my team.' Kakashi thought, while he continued to hold his staring contest with Naruto. 'If it wasn't for a loophole that Naruto had found, I know he would have been sent back to the academy.'

(Flashback)

After leaving Sasuke buried up to his neck in the ground, Kakashi returned to the main clearing, where he saw that Naruto had yet to move from his spot. Trying to slowly approach the blonde, while suppressing his presence, Kakashi was fully intent on attacking Naruto from the back.

But, his sneak attempt was stopped when Naruto shifted his head slightly, and gave Kakashi a knowing look. Seeing his only chance of taking out Naruto silently gone, Kakashi raised his head to lift his hitai-ate once again, to show his Sharingan. His hand was stopped, however, by Naruto, who had blurred from Kakashi's line of sight, before reappearing beside the silver-haired Jounin, the blonde's hand holding his own in place a few inches from his hitai-ate.

"You wouldn't happen to be a one trick pony, would you?" Naruto commented, an amused tone in his voice.

Kakashi's eyes narrowed in anger, as he pulled another kunai from his pouch and swung it at Naruto, who caught the attacking limb by the wrist. Taking the opportunity that had presented itself, Naruto launched his knee upwards, driving into Kakashi's gut, causing the Jounin in question to lurch forward, while trying to resist the urge to vomit from the hit. As such, Kakashi was unprepared for the leg heading his way, which launched him clear across the training ground, causing him to smash into the training posts.

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'Saved by the bell.' Kakashi thought, as he tried to regain his breath from the outstanding beating that Naruto had just given him. After a few minutes of recuperating, Kakashi managed to stand up from the ground, and head off into the woods. Moments later, he reappeared with Sakura under one arm, still passed out from the Genjutsu, while Sasuke's entire outfit was covered with dirt. After managing to wake Sakura up, during which time Sasuke continued to remove random dirt clumps from his form, Kakashi stood before the three Genin.

"Well, I've got good news for you three." Kakashi began, while Sakura's eyes widened in anticipation. "You three won't be sent back to the academy." He continued, but before Sakura could whoop for joy, he kept on speaking. "Actually, you three should be dropped from the ninja program completely."

"WHAT, WHY SHOULD WE BE DROPPED?" Sakura screamed, while her face once again became as red as her dress.

"Because you three don't have the necessary skills to be Genin." Kakashi responded, causing Sasuke to react in anger, launching an attack at Kakashi, which the Jounin easily countered. The next thing Sasuke knew, he was on his stomach, his left arm pinned behind his back, while Kakashi had a foot placed on his head.

"LET SASUKE-KUN GO!" Sakura screamed again, only for Kakashi's glare to freeze her in place.

"You think this is just a game, but you don't seem to understand that one mistake can cost you your life." Kakashi said, his voice in a deadly soft tone. "You three didn't even come close to snatching one of the bells, let alone even graze on the true meaning of this test."

"Teamwork, right?" Naruto said, drawing the attention of the three other people in the clearing. "It's pretty simple when you think about it. Three Genin, against one Jounin. Normally, any Genin that tries to fight alone would be crushed, case in point." Naruto finished, while gesturing to Sakura and Sasuke, who both seethed at his words.

"And how did you figure that out?" Kakashi asked, suspicion lacing his tone thinking the blonde, who was supposed to be the dead-last of the academy, had somehow cheated in getting the answer.

"It's common sense, genius. Any person with half a brain could tell you that any normal Genin can't match a Jounin, so the three need to work together to even have a chance." Naruto shot back, causing Kakashi's visible eye to narrow dangerously. "But, the curveball was that even though there were only two bells, this was also to see if the three Genin could put aside the possibility of one of them being sent back to the academy."

After a moment of silence, during which, Kakashi finally stood up and let Sasuke go, while he continued to glare at Naruto, Kakashi finally spoke. "You…are correct about that. But, seeing as none of you managed to get even one bell, I'm failing all three of you."

"Well…I wouldn't say that." Naruto commented, while lifting his closed fist, before opening it to show two silver bells. Feeling his eyes widen, Kakashi's gaze darted to his hip, as did his hands, only to feel his shock increase when he couldn't find them. Returning his gaze to Naruto, his eyes narrowed in suspicion once again.

"And how did you get those?" Kakashi asked.

"During that last strike I made at you before you went to test Sakura and Sasuke, I managed to snatch these while you were trying to recuperate." Naruto replied, while smirking at Kakashi's angered expression.

"Well, what do you intend to do with those?" Kakashi questioned.

Answering it with an action instead of a verbal response, Naruto lazily tossed a bell to Sasuke and Sakura each, while the two of them gained surprised expression. "I don't like those two, but as far as I'm concerned, they might prove to be helpful in the future."

Sakura and Sasuke both glared heavily at Naruto, while managing to release a microscopic amount of KI at the blonde, but it was completely ignored.

"Fine, I guess Team 7 passes their Genin test, but know that you passed only by a technicality and nothing more." Kakashi spat out, while turning his back to the Genin.

"Says the Jounin who got his head handed to him by a fresh-out-of-the-academy Genin." Naruto responded, which caused Kakashi to stop in his tracks, but as the silver-haired Jounin turned back to reprimand Naruto, he found the blonde had vanished from his, Sakura's and Sasuke's sight.

(End Flashback)

'I've been doing my best to monitor that brat's training, but he's always keeping his skills under wraps during team meetings.' Kakashi thought, while noticing that the blonde he was still following from a distance had met up with his pink-haired fiancé. 'And that girl…she doesn't seem normal.' Kakashi thought, while wondering for the umpteenth time what that strange tail was. Initially, he had shirked it off as being some kind of fashion trend that the girl wore, since he thought her a little odd in the head, but his mind still kept lingering on it.

"Naruto-kun, are you free to have some fun?" Lala chirped happily, while happily smooshing Naruto's arm into her generous cleavage.

"Yeah, Kakashi decided to end the day with only having one D-rank mission." Naruto replied, while chuckling at Lala's happy expression, while she continued to hug his arm. "But I swear, two whole months on that team, and that silver-haired Jounin hasn't taught us a thing."

'Naturally, why would I want to teach anything to you, when you killed my sensei?' Kakashi thought, while failing to notice Naruto's gaze drift to his spot for a split second.

"Maybe he's just lazy." Lala offered, which caused Naruto to burst out laughing, while Kakashi's glare increased, and his KI spiked.

"No doubts there." Naruto responded, which caused another spike in their followers KI. Ignoring Kakashi's obvious anger, Naruto and Lala finally arrived at their destination, which turned out to be the Hokage's office. Realizing he couldn't follow Naruto any further without risking being found out, Kakashi turned away, instead planning to head out, meet up with Sasuke, and continue the Uchiha's lessons.

(Hokage's office)

"Yo, Oji-san, how are things going?" Naruto asked, instantly gaining the attention of the elderly Hokage, who was sitting in his chair smoking his pipe, while four Kage Bunshins were busy working on the stack of papers on his desk.

"Oh, Naruto, I'm surprised to see you here, I thought Kakashi said that your team was busy with your mission." Sarutobi responded, while putting out his pipe, and giving Naruto his full attention.

"We finished up early, and Kakashi decided that we should do our own training alone." Naruto replied, causing Sarutobi to frown. "But, I don't really mind it, since I'd rather spend time practicing with Lala-chan than with my 'teammates'." Naruto finished, while the last word was said in a sarcastic tone, as Lala smiled at Naruto's comment.

"Yes, well, even still, I'm sorry." Sarutobi said, while bowing his head slightly. "Kakashi was a student of the Yondaime, so I thought he would be able to teach you properly, but I failed to realize he might be bitter toward because of the Kyuubi."

"It's alright, oji-san, I don't blame you." Naruto replied. "You may have ordered Kakashi to teach Team 7, but even you can't order Kakashi to change his way of thinking."

"That may be, but I'll straighten him out." Sarutobi said, but Naruto shook his head at the elderly Hokage.

"It's not going to make a difference. Kakashi believes so blindly that I am the Kyuubi, and not just the container, that nothing will get through to him." Naruto said, while Sarutobi couldn't help but frown in disappointment.

"Eh, why are you two so gloomy?" Lala asked, after seeing both Naruto's and Sarutobi's expressions turn grim. "Even without Shippou-Kakashi(3) teaching Naruto-kun, he's still getting stronger with each day." She finished happily, causing Naruto to smile.

"She's right, I may not be getting any training from Kakashi, but I still have Lala-chan here helping me." Naruto said, causing Sarutobi to smile happily. However, unknown to the elderly Hokage, Naruto had left out the fact that at several times during his training with Lala, Naruto had actually caught Kakashi spying on them. Each time, Naruto had managed to end the fight by some way, either by suggesting lunch, or a small break, but it was getting tiresome to have Kakashi watching them as much as he did.

"Well, I'm happy that you're still making progress." Sarutobi said.

Their conversation was suddenly stopped by a new arrival appearing, this one from the window. Sarutobi had immediately thought it was one of his former students, but when he saw it was an unfamiliar face, he began to tense incase it was an assassin. But, his worries were soon put to rest very soundly.

"Zastin, what are you doing here?" Lala asked, while showing complete confusion on why the captain of her families guard had shown up in the Hokage's office.

"Lala-sama, I came to personally inform you of a new arrival on the ship." Zastin said, while kneeling before Lala in a deep bow.

"Eh? New arrival?" Lala questioned, but she never got a response from Zastin.

"Hey, where do you think you're going? The Hokage's in a meeting." Was heard from outside the office, only for the doors to fly open, revealing another new figure. This one was a male, about the same height as Lala, with snow white hair covering most of his head, while the back portion was pitch-black. Garbing the male's body was a regal set of clothing, but the material was something that didn't appear to have come from this world.

"Ah, Lala-chan, it's so good to see you again." The male said, as he had seemingly vanished, and reappeared before Lala, while holding one of her hands in both of his, while giving her a smile, his hot pink eyes seemingly shining in happiness. "Your radiant beauty shines out so brightly, even in a crowd of people, your magnificence can't be hidden."

"Um…who are you?" Lala asked, causing the unnamed male to facefault, while Naruto only just managed to suppress a chuckle at this.

"You…you don't remember?" The male asked, while his eyes began tearing up, before he wiped them away, while clenching his fist as if in some form of anger. "But, I won't let this get me down. Because…" At this, he raised his head, his slightly teary eyes returning to Lala. "I'm a man!" He finished confidently.

'And I thought my teammates were weird.' Naruto thought.

'Note to self: Keep this person away from Maito Gai.' Sarutobi mentally advised himself, since he had a feeling if Konoha's resident Taijutsu master ever met this young boy, all Hell would break loose.

"Well, maybe this will remind you of our intimate relationship." The male responded, while pulling out a photograph from a pocket on the inside of his shirt, before showing it to Lala, while Naruto and Sarutobi also got a look at it.

In the picture, it showed a much younger version of Lala, and the young male, somewhere in the neighborhood of maybe 6 or 7 years old. Both of them were wearing female clothes, Lala having a pink on black dress, with a strange head ornament shaped like batwings, while the male had a green dress with a frilly apron over the top, and green bow in his hair.

"Ah, now I remember. You're Cry-Baby Ren." Lala suddenly said, while recognition dawned on her about the person's identity.

"Ah…I'm glad you remembered me." Ren said, while brushing a bang of hair from his face.

"Yes, Lala-sama, I was on my way here to inform you of that, but I guess Ren-dono decided to take matters into his own hands." Zastin said, while Naruto gazed back at Zastin.

"Guess he's not exactly the patient type." Naruto commented, while Zastin nodded his head.

"Lala-chan, now that I've found you, I must confirm something." Ren said, once again drawing the attention of the other four people in the room to himself. "Is it true? That you intend to marry a person from this primitive planet?" Instead of waiting for any kind of an answer, Ren began speaking once again. "But Lala-chan, have you forgotten the promise we made?"

"Eh, promise?" Naruto asked, while turning to look at Zastin, who shrugged his shoulders showing he didn't know anything about it.

"Yes, she made a beautiful promise to me." Ren replied, while thinking back to the day.

(Flashback)

"Lala, if I become manly enough, will you marry me?" Ren asked Lala, who was working on a piece of machinery in front of her, and wasn't really paying much attention to who was speaking or what was being said.

"If it happens, sure." She replied, while never giving him a single glance.

(Flashback End)

"Lala-sama…is he telling the truth?" Peke asked, while Lala's expression was pensive.

"Hm…no clue." Lala responded.

"But, I can't forgive the person trying to steal your heart." Ren declared. "It's you, Naruto Uzumaki!"

"Ah, no, that's not me." Sarutobi responded, since he was the person Ren had pointed toward.

"Then it's you!" Ren said, while pointing toward Naruto, while the blonde gave an annoyed expression in response.

"One for two, nice odds." Naruto commented to himself.

"So, you are the one who has stolen Lala-chan's heart." Ren said, while staring at Naruto. "Well, I'll just have to prove to her…which of us is better for her!"

(Later, Naruto's Training Ground)

"So, same rules as always Lala-chan?" Naruto asked, as he finished his stretches, while Lala was just about done with hers.

"Okay." She chirped happily, before standing up and walking toward Naruto. "Give it your all, Naruto-kun."

"Right, I will." Naruto said, while taking a stance.

"HOLD IT!" Ren suddenly shouted, while rapidly running up and putting himself between Naruto and Lala. "And just what do you think you were going to do?" Ren asked, with his arms crossed, while Lala was staring at him in curiosity.

"Just a little sparring. Lala-chan's about the only one outside of Zastin that can give me a good match." Naruto responded, while noticing a confident smirk appeared on Ren's face.

"Well, I guess you won't mind if I try my luck at sparring with you." Ren said. 'If I can show Lala how easily I take him down, she'll see I'm so manly.' Ren thought, while his mind went over a scenario that showed Lala happily cheering on Ren as he beat Naruto, while she finally admitted he was manly.

"Um…I don't think that's such a good idea." Naruto said, while glancing at Lala, who had a happy smile on her face.

"Yay, Naruto-kun and Ren-chan are gonna spar!" Lala happily cried, while her eyes were sparkling in anticipation.

"Well, Naruto Uzumaki, shall we start?" Ren asked, while he clenched his hands into fist.

"I still think this is a bad idea." Naruto finally conceded, while resuming his previous stance.

"HERE I COME!" Ren cried, while rushing toward Naruto, fist raised, ready to drive into the blonde's head and show Lala just how good he was.

The attack sailed through open air as Naruto ducked under the punch, before launching a palm strike at Ren's unguarded stomach. Stopping the palm from landing an inch or so from Ren's body, the blow still had enough force to successfully launch Ren backwards a good five or six feet, while simultaneously causing the two-toned haired boy to drop to one knee.

"Wh…what?" Ren asked, while holding his stomach, which even though it had escaped the hit, had still felt quite a bit of pressure from it.

"That's why I said this was a bad idea. Lala, being a Devilukean, can withstand any physical attack I may land on her, but you aren't so lucky." Naruto said, while standing up and walking toward Ren. Holding out a hand, Naruto motioned for Ren to take it. "So, I think we should call it quits at that."

Naruto's hand was roughly pushed away, while Ren stood back to his feet, determination shining in his eyes. "Don't think I'm beaten yet, Naruto Uzumaki. I will win this spar and show Lala just how manly I am!" Ren called out, while throwing another punch to Naruto, but it was deflected by the person it had been aimed at.

'Damn, I used too much.' Naruto mentally cursed at the fact that when he had deflected Ren's attack, he had accidentally sent the other male flying across the clearing and into one of the surrounding trees.

"Ah, Naruto-kun, you're so strong." Lala cried happily. Suddenly, a new sound was heard across the clearing, which then resulted in a large cloud of smoke bursting from the scene where Ren had just been launched to.

"Was that a sneeze?" Naruto asked, but he didn't wait for an answer, instead quickly floating over to the area where Ren had landed. He stopped and stared in shock, since now in place of where Ren should be was a young woman with light green hair reaching down to about mid back, while she was wearing the exact same clothes that Ren had on, though since she was much smaller in frame, they showed off a lot of skin. "What the…?"

"Ah, Run-chan." Lala suddenly said, instantly gaining Naruto's attention.

(A few minutes later)

"Ah, so Ren was an alien from the planet Memorze?" Naruto asked, while Run's head was placed in his lap, as his hands, which were glowing with a soft white energy, were healing the damage that had been inflicted.

"Hai, and a special quality of their race is that they have the ability to switch forms when a specific condition is met. This change will then switch the person's body and mind, from a male to a female, or vice-versa." Peke explained, while Lala was sitting across from Naruto.

"Geez, if I had known that beforehand, I would have never agreed to that spar in the first place." Naruto commented, while noticing that the girl he was healing had begun to stir from her sleep.

"Ah, Run-chan, are you okay?" Lala asked, while getting close to Run.

"Ow, my head." The green-haired girl responded, while lifting a hand to rub her head, only for her hand to bump into another in its path. Opening her eyes, she soon found her own hot-pink ones looking back into a pair of soft sky-blue ones.

"Yeah, that one was my bad." Naruto said, while smiling at her, causing her cheeks to brighten with a red tinge.

"W-w-w-who are you?" Run managed to stutter out, while Naruto finished up his business and removed his hands from Run's head.

"Name's Naruto Uzumaki." Naruto responded, while Run sat up from her spot, and kept her gaze locked on Naruto.

"He's my fiancé!" Lala added in, while glomping herself onto Run, who regarded Lala with a surprised expression.

"Oh, Lala-chan, it's you." Run said, while happily smiling at Lala. While it had been a known fact that Lala had often used Ren and Run for some of her experiments when they were young, Run had also noticed that at some point, Lala had seemingly calmed down on that regard. But, the greenette had never actually managed to figure out what had caused this change in her pink-haired friend, but she was grateful for it all the same. "Wait, fiancé?"

"Yeah, that happened around 8 years ago, and it was mostly my fault." Naruto elaborated, while sheepishly scratching the back of his head.

"Oh…" Run responded, while lowering her head to try and hide the blush that was still on her face. 'He's…kinda cute.' Suddenly realizing her train of thought, Run turned her blushing face away from Naruto, while mentally berating. 'Wait, he's Lala-chan's fiancé, so…'

"Hey, you okay?" Naruto asked, while waving a hand in front of her face. Returning her gaze back to Naruto, while doing her best to keep the blush off of her face, Run regarded him with a smile.

"Yes, I'm feeling just fine." Run said, which caused Naruto to stand up and hold out a hand toward her and Lala.

"Well, at least that proves I've got that healing technique down." Naruto commented, while pulling first Lala to her feet, then doing the same for Run. But, the attempt was thwarted when he foot caught a piece of root that had been uprooted by Naruto and Lala's sparring match the other day. Knowing she was about to hit the ground again, Run braced for the impact, but it never came. Instead, she felt her body pressed up against another person's body, a very muscled body to be precise. Lifting her gaze, Run found herself gazing into Naruto's face again.

"You okay?" Naruto asked, which caused Run's face to blush heavily once again.

"H-hai." She said, while managing to steady herself on her own two feet. Hearing Lala make a suggestion for their actual training to start, Run excused herself and went to sit beside one of the trees in the area, while watching Naruto and Lala warm up. 'He's…so kind.'

However, Run's thoughts were instantly stopped from that pattern, when she saw Naruto and Lala begin sparring, their blows echoing through the surrounding area. Her eyes widen in shock when Naruto dodged over one of Lala's kicks, and continued to float in the air, while Lala's outfit grew black wings to take off after him.

'That's…unbelievable!' Run thought, while seeing their match was only getting more and more intense, as the speed and power behind the punches continued to pick up. However, after a while, Run seemingly realized that maybe Naruto wasn't as normal as she had initially thought, so she let it go from her worries.

(Some time later)

"Hah, good workout, Lala-chan." Naruto said, while landing back on the ground, Lala doing the same next to him. Suddenly, a towel was handed to him, and turning to see how, Naruto was surprised to see Run was the one holding it out, while her other arm had one for Lala as well.

"Here Naruto-kun, I thought you could use this." She said happily, while smiling at him.

"Ah, thanks, Run-chan." Naruto said, while graciously accepting the towel and wiping the sweat from his face.

'I know he's Lala-chan's fiancé, but…' Run thought, while seeing Naruto had begun speaking to Lala about their match, and also on ways to improve on any mistakes they made. 'I just can't shake the want to get to know him.' She finished.

"Ah, Naruto-kun." Run said suddenly.

"Eh?" Naruto asked, before he noticed that Run was poking her index fingers together slightly, while regarding her feet more than anything else. "Run-chan, you need something?"

"Well…I was hoping…if it's not too much trouble…" She said, while she began to fidget slightly. "Would you…let me practice with you and Lala-chan?"

For a moment, Naruto didn't respond, which caused Run to mentally berate herself for jumping the gun in asking. But, he soon shook of the surprise, and smiled back at her.

"I don't see any problem with that." Naruto responded, causing Run to instantly lift her head up and give Naruto a shocked look. "Granted, you'll have to start out slowly before you can spar against Lala or myself at full strength, but we'd be happy to have you join us.

"Really?" Run asked, while glancing toward Lala again.

"Yay, Run-chan can play with us too." Lala happily chirped, while pulling Run and Naruto into a hug, which both of them laughed at.

(Two weeks later)

"Alright, Team 7, reporting in for their daily mission." Kakashi said, while not once glancing up from his little orange book.

"Well, glad to see your team finally made it in, Kakashi." A different voice said, causing Kakashi to actually look away from his book for a moment, only to jump slightly in shock at seeing the Sandaime Hokage being the one to have spoken.

"Ah, S-S-Sandaime-sama, you honor us with your presence." Kakashi said, while saluting the Hokage, but mentally, he was cursing his luck at seeing the elderly Kage there.

"Yes, well, I was just on my way back from a nice lunch with Naruto's fiancé, Lala-chan, when I decided to drop by and check on the mission logs for the new teams. Imagine my surprise when I saw that your team has only done a total 60 D-rank missions, when the other three teams have done three, if not four, times that many." Sarutobi said, while regarding the silver-haired Jounin with a cold look, while Kakashi began to sweat under the Sandaime's gaze.

"Naruto-kun." Lala cried happily, appearing from behind the Sandaime, before tackling the blonde, while his two teammates glared at the girl angrily.

"Lala-chan." Naruto happily responded, as he managed to sit up and return her hug.

"Naruto, show some decency. We don't need you and your girlfriend hugging each other in front of the Sandaime." Kakashi tried to say, hoping that by reprimanding Naruto, the Sandaime would shift his attention to Naruto and forget about him.

"Actually, I would be more concerned if Naruto didn't respond to this situation. Besides, I'm still waiting for an explanation on why your Genin team has only done the bare minimums on missions." Sarutobi countered, while noticing Kakashi recoil.

"Well, Sandaime-sama, you see, it was my intent to try and get this team functioning as a proper squad, so we've been doing team coordination each day." Kakashi said, hoping that the Hokage would buy the excuse.

"And yet, their mission reports state that only one person ever works on the mission, and that is Naruto." Sarutobi said, while noticing Kakashi narrow his visible eye at the blonde in question. "Kakashi, I'm giving you one chance." Sarutobi began, instantly drawing the silver-haired Jounin's attention. "I'll give you one more mission. If after this mission is done, your team still hasn't met the requirements of the mission, your team will be disbanded, and you will be called into question about your teaching skills, as well as your competence as a Jounin of this village."

"H-Hai, Hokage-sama." Kakashi said, while moving forward to pick out a mission, preferably an easy one.

"But, I'm not letting you choose the mission." Sarutobi said, instantly halting Kakashi in his tracks. "Since the only person on this team that has shown any competence as a shinobi is Naruto, I'll be allowing him to choose a mission."

"But Hokage-sama-" Kakashi began, but his complaint was stopped dead in its tracks.

"That's an order, from your Hokage." Sarutobi said dangerously.

"Alright, let's see." Naruto said, before noticing a scroll on the table that caught his eye. "Oh, I think I've chosen." Naruto said, while reaching for the scroll.

"Wait, Naruto, that's a C-rank mission, I don't think you're ready for that." Iruka said, while holding up a hand to try and forestall Naruto.

"Oh, come on, oji-san, back me up here." Naruto said, while looking toward Sarutobi. Kakashi looked close to reprimanding Naruto again for his lack of respect to the Hokage, but a single look from Sarutobi stopped him.

"I don't know, Naruto. I have confidence in your skills, but I'm not sure your team is ready for a C-rank just yet." Sarutobi said, while Naruto's expression turned disheartened.

"Oh, can I come?" Lala popped in, scaring the few people who had forgotten about her, i.e. everyone.

"Lala-chan, you sure you want to come?" Naruto asked, which she happily nodded her head to. "Well, you think this could convince you, oji-san?"

"Well…" Sarutobi said, while mentally going over the options. 'If I don't agree to this, I'll more than likely have to dismantle team 7, which will then cause quite a few problems with the councils. But, if I do okay this mission, I'll get a slight reprieve from Kakashi's tardiness and lame excuses.' "Very well, I'll approve this mission. Also, I'm authorizing Lala-dono to accompany you, but Kakashi, know that she will not be under your command. In this case, she'll be a free agent, answering only to herself and Naruto."

"Hokage-sama, please, do you really trust this girl to be able to handle herself?" Kakashi tried to argue.

"Yeah, I bet she'll break a nail and come running back to the village crying." Sakura decided to chime in.

"Sakura, I suggest you remember how bad you were beaten by Lala-chan, before you go shooting your mouth off." Naruto replied coldly, causing Sakura's screeching laughter to stop, and her screeching yells to start. Or would have, had the Hokage not intervened again.

"That's enough; your team has been assigned this mission." Sarutobi said loudly, instantly stopping all arguments. "Bring in their client."

Several moments later, the doors to the conference room opened, revealing an elderly man wearing a sleeve-less V-neck shirt, with a towel draped along his shoulders, and a bottle of Saki in his hands.

"Eh, this is my protection? The silver-haired guy looks like a former masked wrestler, and the kids look like brats." He commented after taking a swig of his booze, before his eyes landed on Lala. "Oh, but this one looks like a real keeper." He said, while leering at her, only to freeze at the spiking KI aimed at him, by none other than Naruto.

"Unless you want to be walking to your destination with a few broken limbs, I suggest you keep your comments to yourself." Naruto stated coldly, which caused not only the elderly man, but also his teammates to shiver.

"A-A-Anyways, I'm the super bridge builder, Tazuna, and I expect you to give me super protection until I'm done with my bridge." Tazuna managed to stutter out.

"Now that you know about the mission, you can meet at the East gate in two hours." Sarutobi said, causing Kakashi, Sasuke, Sakura and Tazuna to leave the room, while Naruto turned his attention to Sarutobi.

"By the by, oji-san, do you think you could do me one other small favor?" Naruto asked, instantly gaining the elderly Hokage's attention.

AND CUT.

Alright, I'm done with this chapter, now for translations

(1) Katon: Gokakyu no Jutsu: Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique. Attack taught to most Uchiha as a coming of age rite, and used heavily by Sasuke in Part 1 of the anime and manga.

(2) Doton: Shinju Zanshu no Jutsu: Earth Release: Double Suicide Decapitation Technique. The user submerges into the ground, and after grabbing the opponents ankles, pull them under to the neck and can then either interrogate or execute the target.

(3) Shippou-Kakashi: Silver-Scarecrow. Even though Kakashi is his actual name, Lala means this as the term Scarecrow, not his given name. And, since she does have a habit of giving some people nicknames, this is her one for Kakashi.

And, that will wrap it up for the translations.

Also, to some of you who will complain about Lala changing after meeting Naruto, and not using Ren or Run for her experiments, I've got one thing to say. GET OVER IT! Meeting someone in the way Naruto and Lala met has a habit of changing a person, and in this case, it caused Lala to mellow out a lot in her pranking inventions. She still has the tendency to invent things, but they aren't used primarily for jokes in this way.

Also, yes, Run will be part of the harem, so now some of you can stop asking about her. Also, I'll be having some other interference from outer space in the coming chapters, so keep that in mind.

And, I'm throwing out that cookie I mentioned, to Omegaknight08, who was the first person to review and guess where the power came from. It's official announcement is coming up in a few chapter, so don't worry about that.

Until next time, Read and Review.