Two Scarred Souls Heal Each Other

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or Naruto. They belong to their respective authors and publishing/media companies.

Warning: Yaoi/Slash. Eventually Harry/Ibiki. Please don't read if its not your cup of tea.

Author's Note: This update has been due for quite some time. I apologize for the delay. As a Special Education teacher, there was quite a bit of paperwork to plow through as the school year came to a close. Lamentably, the urge to write was absent under the borage to complete IEP's, course requests, and conducting parent and committee meetings (Sorry, Yizuki!) Please rest assured that this story is not abandoned and I plan to complete it before the end of summer. Thank you for sticking with me and continuing to read my story!

Once again, a thousand thank you's to everybody who reads and review my story. It is sincerely appreciated. And yes, I do read every review!

This chapter is currently not beta. All mistakes and errors are mine.

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Chapter 10 – Confrontations and Confessions?

Morning, Potter Manor, 7 am in the morning

Dressed casually in dark trousers and a short blouse overlaid with an indigo vest, Hermione walked slowly towards the kitchen counter. Her warm hazel eyes were quickly reviewing the list of customized teas she had to prepare at the Café this morning. She stopped in front of the counter and thanked Dobby for the cup of tea that he had ready for her. Taking a sip, she looked up to give her morning greetings only to pause as she took in the unusual scene in front of her.

Sitting at the table, Naruto appeared to be ignoring his breakfast as he alternated between flailing his arms about, scowling fiercely, and puffing up his cheeks in affronted dignity. In stark contrast to the genin's energetic frenzy, Harry was calmly eating his omelet as he watched his ward in amusement with Hedwig perched on the back of his chair. The bizarreness of the situation was only compounded by Harry's and Hedwig's unison in tilting their heads sideways to the right as they listened to Naruto's ranting.

Shaking her head to clear her mind of several theories on the effects of familiar bonds, Hermione took her customary seat at the kitchen table. Catching Harry's eyes, she nodded in the direction of the blond genin who had yet to notice her arrival due to his impassionate speech of 'special places'.

Huffing a near inaudible chuckle under his breath, her brother quietly replied to her unspoken question by softly stating "Team Seven."

Hermione's eyebrows shot up in surprise. 'Huh,' she contemplated to herself, 'I thought the team dynamics would improve with the removal of the pinkette. I wonder what happened now?' She nodded her head in thanks towards Harry and both magicals resumed their rapt attention to the blonde genin.

"...perverts! That's what they all are! Why is Konoha full of perverted men? Why? Even Old Man Hokage was a pervert. You should have seen his reaction to my Sexy Jutsu! It was priceless! I bet that was why I was put on a team of perverts. It was revenge! Revenge!" Naruto emphasized his statement by pounding on the table with a closed fist.

"Naruto" Harry called out. The wizard was amused by Naruto's rabid rants about a teme, uchiha clone, and one eyed cyclop, but the blonde really should be eating breakfast. He knew shinobi used a lot of energy during the day and Naruto needed all the nutrients he could get to combat years of malnutrition. 'I wonder where those nicknames came from?' he thought.

"Kami-sama, even Sakura was a pervert. You should have seen the way she looked at Sasuke some days."

"Naruto"

"It was kind of creepy, you know? Like majorly creepy. I don't envy the Teme when it comes to those fangirls of his."

"Naruto"

"I don't even know why he has fangirls! He is such a cold blooded bastard."

"Naruto"

"Always with 'dobe' this and 'hnnn' that. What with the hnnns? What does hnnn even mean?"

"Naruto"

"Always just standing there with a stupid smirk on his stupid face. Can't even be bothered to help even when Sai had his hand down my pants! Perverted Teme!"

"Naru….What!"

Naruto stopped, shocked into silence from the sudden outburst from Harry and the loud screech from Hedwig. The blonde shrunk back a little into his chair as he was a little unnerved by the outraged expressions on his new family's faces.

"You were molested? By your own teammate? Where the hell was your sensei?" asked Harry, furious about the new abuse that his young ward had been subjected to.

"Uh, Kakashi-sensei was late like usual." replied Naruto sheepishly, running a hand through the back of his hair in a nervous gesture.

"Like usual?" questioned Hermione, her calm voice disguising her internal churning of anger. The witch had little forgiveness of sexual given her past.

"Yeah, Sensei is usually two to three hours late to every team meeting. Most of the time, we use that time to self train or sleep."

"Two or three hours late? That's awfully unprofessional of him. Did you tell him of Sai's unwanted attention towards yourself? I hope he received a proper punishment." Hermione asked as she stabbed her omelet with her fork.

"Oh no. Not really. Kakashi-sensei just giggled about it and mentioned something called skinship. I don't even now what that means." the genin mumbled around a bite of his breakfast. Surprisingly, he felt a lot better now that he had a chance to tell someone about the perverseness of Team Seven. Due to his renewed hunger and preoccupation with his breakfast, he failed to notice the dark looks of retribution that were exchanged between brother and sister, wizard and familiar.

"You know, Naruto, I never got a chance to apologize for the changes caused by Hedwig's actions towards your ex-teammate. Is it okay if I come to your team meeting this morning? That way I can apologize properly. I'll even pack some bentos for you all to enjoy for lunch later." Harry slyly asked.

"Bentos!" crowed Naruto happily. "Sure you can come to the team meeting! Everybody will be happily to see you! Especially since you're bringing yummy food!"

"Perfect! I look forward to meeting everybody!" smiled the green eyed wizard.

Naruto smiled back. He failed to notice the predatorily nature of Harry's smile but Hedwig and Hermione did not.

The snowy owl tugged sharply on a lock of her wizard's hair. Wincing slightly under his familiar's 'tender' administrations, he quickly amended his previous statement.

"Correction– Hedwig and I look forward to today's meeting. I have to go to the Café for an hour or so in order to prepare for the day. Hedwig will accompany you this morning. It will give her a chance to explore new hunting grounds as well." Harry waved his hand in the direction of his bossy owl, who hooted in agreement.

Her large amber eyes gleamed with intelligence and she clicked her beak sharply. Apparently, her hatchling had another teammate in need of chastisement.

Excellent

Training Ground Three, 8 am in the morning

Naruto cautiously entered training ground three, all his senses on guard for the perverted Uchihas. Rounding around a tree, he saw Sasuke sitting down and leaning against a tree trunk with his eyes closed. With Teme checked off, that left Pervert Clone unaccounted for. Swerving his head left and right, the blonde genin was unprepared for a hooting sound above his head. Looking upwards, he immediately noticed Hedwig perched elegantly on a branch.

Realizing she had her hatchling's attention, Hedwig fluttered down and gently landed on his shoulders. As her sharply curved beak attempted to groom his blonde spikes into owl submission, her large amber eyes stared menacingly in the direction of the vapid smiling youth who was attempting to sneak up behind her hatchling.

The flexing of her feet illustrated the sharpness of her claws. The clicking of her beak sounded sharply in the training ground like two kunai clashing together.

'Go ahead. I dare you!' was the message her entire body language portrayed.

Sai paused in his attempt of skinship to observe the obstacle in his road to friendship. Head tilted to the side, he debated the merits of continuing his pursuit of the blonde against the possible physical damage the owl could deliver. A quick scan of the owl revealed no hitai – ate so it wasn't a nin-animal. Nor did Sai believe the owl was a summon due to the existence of an owl summoning contract has never been validated. Therefore, he logically concluded the owl was just a pet of the Potter-Blacks and posed a low level threat. Besides as a highly trained Root shinobi, Sai believed himself to be more than capable of dodging an attack by a house pet. Nodding his head in determination, he decided to stay true to his course and continue his current path.

Poor Sai. He completely underestimated the power of a mothering owl. Especially if the mothering owl was Hedwig.

While the battle lines were being drawn, Naruto remained oblivious to the upcoming hostilities. He continued to gently pet Hedwig's feathers and rub behind her ears, re-affirming her desire to protect her poor victimized fledgling and heating up the deadly caveats in her amber stare.

Sasuke drew out of his meditative state at the sound of an owl hooting. Opening his eyes he noticed the owl that landed on Naruto's shoulders was the same owl from Apothecary Café that took exception to Sakura's loud and annoying voice. Observing the situation for a few seconds, Sasuke quickly concluded that his peaceful morning was going to be severely disrupted.

'Hnn,' he mentally decided, 'perhaps, I should move to a safer location.'

Obeying his survival instincts, Sasuke stood up and hastily walked up the tree. Settling onto a sturdy branch, he continued his observation of the increasing aggression over the affections of the blonde genin. How Naruto remained clueless to the raising tension was ridiculous to the last Uchiha.

'Dobe' he thought as he continued to watch Sai creep up on his preoccupied blonde teammate.

Naruto was happily petting Hedwig as his affection for the owl grew daily. He really wished to have his own companion like Hedwig or Crookshank but he didn't want to cause troubles in his new household. The blonde still had problems accepting the honest feelings of affection that Harry and Hermione held for him and didn't want his selfish desires to intrude upon his new family.

Lost in his thoughts of his new family, Naruto failed to notice Sai's slow approach on his left side. Predictably, he jumped in surprised when he suddenly found himself engulfed in a tight embrace and greeted with a "Good Morning, Dickless."

Before Naruto could scream at Sai for touching him or calling him Dickless, a ear piercing shriek of fury resounded from his right shoulder.

Hedwig was infuriated that smiley boy had the audacity to touch her hatchling right in front of her. Not even dog boy managed to make her this angry and he foolishly said a puppy was smarter than her. A puppy!

As always, retaliation was swift and brutal.

Quickly, she flew upwards and dived down directly on top of the grabby smiling boy. Her talons flashed as she viciously yanked on black locks of hair and ruthlessly pulled smiley boy away from her hatchling.

Sai was completely shocked by the swiftness of the owl's attack. As he flailed his arms and tried to free himself from the clutched claws that was yanking his hair out from his scalp, the Root shinobi acknowledge he made a grave miscalculation in the threat level of the white owl. He vowed to properly repent for his rookie mistake with intense training later.

Naruto pivoted around and stared opened mouth in fascination as Hedwig attacked the Perverted Uchiha Clone. A warm feeling settled in the genin as he watched the second time the owl had defended him. Naruto swore to cook some bacon or fish and present it as a token of appreciation to Hedwig later on that day. But right now, he settled on cheering Hedwig on as she continued her domination over an over confident genin.

For the next several minutes, training ground three rang with the cries of pain, screeches of fury, and cheers of encouragement. Nearby shinobi heard the ruckus, shook their heads, and continued on their way.

After all, it's just another day of Team Seven of Konoha.

Harry pulled the last rack of pastries from the oven and set them on the counter to cool. The wizard was extremely grateful for the help of magic and Dobby. The wizard knew he wouldn't be able to attend Team Seven's meeting without this additional help. After Naruto had left the table, the wizard and house elf quickly began creating the Café's signature morning pastries – Danishes, muffins, turnovers, tarts, miniature pies, petite cakes, croissants, and loaves of bread. Newly added to the menu were quiches – which were quickly becoming popular as a quick breakfast or snack. Upon arriving at the Café, Harry activated the array of runes in the ovens to transport trays of the prepared goods to bake from the Manor to the Café. .

Looking at the kitchen's clock, he calculated that he had about one more hour to prepare for today's lunch menu. Thankfully today's fare was going to be light and simple due to the warm weather of summer – sandwiches, pastas, quiches, and soups. Thirty minutes later, Harry smiled in satisfaction as he completed the last bit of prep for the lunch service. He grabbed a fresh loaf of bread to make chicken sandwiches for Team Seven's bentos. Along with the sandwiches, he had assembled Italian pasta salad, three cheese Hasselback potatoes, and strawberry tarts.

The wizard packed up the last bento and walked into the storage closet, which was runed for privacy along with a secrecy ward. This ensured all non-magicals won't notice anything suspicious or unusual if the Café was ever inspected, spied upon, or broken into. One quick point-me-not spell, and Harry was out the back doors of the Apothecary Café in the direction of an unsuspecting Kakashi Hatake.

~ At the Memorial Stone ~

Kakashi stood solemnly before the Memorial Stone of Konoha. Everyday, he stood before the stone in contemplation and repentance of his past actions. Everyday, he reminded himself why he continued to walk the path of a shinobi despite the emptiness of his heart. Konoha's famed Will of Fire had been missing from the last Hatake's life for quite some time. It had been gone since October 10, many years ago, when he lost his Sensei and his last fragile bond of family.

A quiet coughing sound snapped Kakashi out of his reminiscence of his Team Seven –Obito, Rin, and Minato-Sensei.

Turning around, Kakashi encountered the sober emerald gaze of Naruto's new guardian and the most talked about man in Konoha – Hadrian Potter Black.

"Good morning, Black-san." Kakashi politely greeted the man, slightly curious as to why the man desired to speak with him.

"Good morning, Hatake-san. I apologize for intruding upon your privacy. I was wondering if I can have a moment of your time." Harry gave a polite bow of his head as he waited for Kakashi's answer.

"Ahh." Hatake said as he walked a few feet away from the memorial stone, his hands still encased in his pockets. As a shinobi, it was always good to appear nonthreatening in front of civilians. Especially wealthy civilians with infamously sadistic boyfriends.

"Hatake-san, I would first like to apologize for Hedwig's actions towards the girl genin member of your team. It was uncouth of her to act so in a public place." explained the wizard.

'The owl or Sakura?' wondered Kakashi. It was a textbook example of looking underneath the underneath.

"Well, that incident was beneficial as it awakened Sakura's determination to be a medic-nin. So no harm there." Kakashi shrugged. "Truthfully, team dynamics have improved since her departure."

"Team dynamics, huh. Well, that brings me to my second point of discussion. Naruto has mentioned that he has been receiving unwanted attention from a perverted Uchiha clone. This is somewhat distressing for my sister and I to hear about. We simply abhor abuse of any kind." The green of Harry's eyes intensified as his legendary temper began to manifest itself.

Kakashi spotted the signs of anger being held at bay. The ex-ANBU reflected on the rumors of Black's show down with the Civilian Council. By no means was he eager to get a public verbal lashing. As if Kurenai and Anko could fool him with their nonchalant walk from 10 meters away. The dog summoner knew they were listening to every word intently.

He quickly held up his hands in surrender and tried to defuse the situation.

"Naruto and Sai have a complicated relationship that is somewhat similar to his and Sasuke's. In other words it is filled with insults and slurs. Naruto is more than capable of returning any insult."

"And the sexual groping like a hand down his pants?" Harry asked with a polite smile as his eyes flashed warnings to tread carefully.

"During which Naruto tried to stab Sai's eye out with a kunai. Honestly, Sai is a little…..incompetent when it comes to social interactions. I noticed he was reading a book on how to socialize last week. Unluckily, his book was on how to make friends by Jiraiya-Sensei. Sadily, social friends were not the type of friends that the book was written about, nor is the author the best authority to follow when it comes to making such friends."

Kakashi's emphasis on 'friends' and the knowledge of Jiraiya's normal works of literature (courtesy of Hermione's complaints about the orange covered novels that were everywhere) clued Harry in on the true nature of Sai's socializing book.

"Sex friends. Sai is trying to make friends using a book on how to make sex friends by a renowned, self-acclaimed super pervert?" asked the wizard in a strained voice.

"Yes."

"And you didn't stop him when you noticed him reading it because?"

"Genins are considered adults as soon as they don a hitai-ate. I thought he had a genuine interest in gaining such companions as sex is often used by shinobi to relieve stress and frustrations." Kakashi's version of propriety was slightly unbalanced from being a member of a shinobi family and serving as an ANBU.

Shinobi were encouraged to cultivate hobbies to avoid burnout and seek sexual liaisons to relieve the stress of being in the corps. Most choose fellow ninja as partners due to the civilians' unease around trained killers (the common view of civilians regarding their shinobi counterparts) and the slight possibility that their civilian partner could be a spy or assassin. That's part of the reason why Ibiki and Harry's romantic relationship was infamous in Konoha. That a civilian was so comfortable with the infamous torturer of the T&I Department mystified and captivated the attention of both the shinobi and civilians.

"Wait…so Sai's trying to woo Naruto to being a bed partner?" Harry's tone rose sharply at the end of his question, conveying his honest shock and unhappiness over such a prospect.

"Possibly. I haven't got a clue if his intentions are for a friend or a sex friend. Either way, I am going to let those two work out their own issues and only intervene if the situation becomes dire."

"Attempted molestation and maiming isn't considered a dire situation?" Harry was somewhat appalled by shinobi's blasé towards sex. Om the plus side, he now understands Ibiki's ability to take their relationship slowly. Being the Head of the T&I Department allows him to ease his 'stress' in more creative ways. On the negative side, it doesn't do a damn thing to help him.

'Damn!' thought the wizard in a fit of internal realization.

"We're shinobi. Its practically a confession." continued Kakashi. "Their fights will accelerate as they test each other's mettle. Their little spats will eventually resolve into sex, a strong friendship, or a mutual understanding."

Harry stared at the jounin in stunned disbelief. Bizarrely, he was reminded of all his past interactions with Draco Malfoy and had to repress a shudder of distaste over the thought of them being…NO! Absolutely not!

Harry wretched his mind from such horrifying hypothesizes and thought about Naruto again. Poor, innocent Naruto who was possibly being pursued without realizing it. Perverts, indeed!

Signing deeply, the green eyed wizard shook his head and made a mental note to talk to Naruto that evening. Mentally shivering in horror over having to give a lecture about sex to a teenager, Harry lifted the lunch basket to bring Kakashi's attention to it.

"I hope you don't mind. I brought lunch for Team Seven to share as part of my apology for Hedwig's actions. Shall we go?" he asked the jounin sensei.

Kakashi eye smiled at the man. He quite enjoyed the fare at Apothecary Café so he was now looking forward to lunch. His cute genins were bound to make it more interesting too!

"Ah. They are in a training field near by." he pointed west and gestured for Harry to follow him. As they walked away, both men ignored the sounds of Anko's cackling laughter.

"Sex friends! Little genin sex friends! Oh, Dango-sama! Wait til Biki hears about this!"

~At Training Ground Three ~

Harry and Kakashi traveled quietly to training ground three, both men were too busy with their own inner contemplations to make polite conversation. They walked into the middle of the training ground only to be confronted by a very incredulous sight.

Leaning against a tree was a vey battered and scratched Sai. Kakashi wasn't so much as shocked by his ragged appearance as he was by Sai's faintly scowling facial expression. For the first time, Sai was portraying an honest and real emotion on his face instead of his fake smile that didn't fool anybody. The fact that the scowl seemed to be directed at an owl only made the scene more unbelievable.

Said owl was fluffing her plumage in a very smug fashion. Hedwig continued to puff up her feathers as she preened her hatchling's hair and basked in her victory over grabby smiley boy. The short but epic battle lasted a mere twenty minutes until Sai finally came to the conclusion that being near the blonde genin was hazardous to his health. That epiphany had the Root ninja retreating and maintain a distance of 20 feet away from Naruto where he scowled and plotted his next move. Sai reassured himself that he only logically removed himself from the owl's range in order to avoid harming the pet of an influential citizen of Konoha. By no means did he run away because he was losing. Nope. Completely illogical. Denied.

Naruto seemed enraptured with petting and scratching Hedwig. His enthusiastic promises of bacon, fish, and ramen to the smug owl increased the jounin's and wizard's perplexity.

For both men, the defining moment of the sheer oddness of the genin's (and owl's) bizarre behavior was when they spotted Sasuke. The Uchiha appeared to be hiding…..in a tree.

Harry looked back and forth between his owl and the scratched genin. He sighed and looked at the highly amused jounin.

"I'll be back tomorrow with lunch too." he stated.

"Ah" Kakashi acknowledged with a gentle hum and eye smile.

Neither man mentioned their suspicions of what probably occurred in the training ground.

They just strengthened their inner resolve to speak with their respective genin and give him 'The Talk'.

~The T&I Department~

Anko bounced towards her office with a mad grin stretched across her face. Who knew Nai-chan's suggestion of tea and dango would cause them to come across such a delightful scene. Kakashi Hatake having to explain the shinobi's perceptions on sex to a naïve civilian was hilarious! The fact that the naïve civilian was also Biki's sexy man just made the scene that more delicious in amusement.

Her happy cackles of glee caused her co-workers to move quicker as they desperately tried to avoid Anko in her moment of sadistic happiness.

Ibiki could clearly hear his subordinate's sounds of glee as she came closer to their private offices. He signed deeply and fervently hoped there wouldn't be more vocalization of the Way of Dango and Dangology. The T&I Department Head really wasn't in the mood for Dango mantras or burnt offering of Dango to Dango-sama. The jounin lamented the lack of distance between her office and his.

"Good morning, Biki! How are you doing? You look happy! Did you finally get some from your sexy man?" she asked rapidly with a demented smile as she slammed the door open to his office.

Ibiki leveled a stern glare at Anko. "If you don't have anything important to say, leave! I don't have time to listen to the greatness of Dango." he growled at her.

"Ah ah ah, Biki-kun!" Anko wagged a finger at him. "No being grouchy at me this morning. Especially since I bring you such interesting news regard your Green Eyed Sexy Man!" she crowed.

Ibiki resisted the urge to run a hand over his face in exasperation. Any sign of weakness will be exploited by the remaining snake summoner in Konoha. Instead he raised an eyebrow and gave Anko a deadpanned look of non-amusement.

"Tch!" she pouted, disappointment that she failed to get a rise out of Ibiki. She decided to get to the point before she could be assigned to cleaning and scrubbing cells (again!).

Anko scowled at her superviser and risked one last jab in before revealing her information. "You're no fun! You better watch out or your little chef may caste his green eyes at someone else. Maybe Kakashi? They seemed rather comfortable together when Nai-chan and I was walking past the Memorial Stone. Kakashi even explained Shinobi Sex to him!" she announced with a flourish.

Ibiki felt one of his eyebrows twitch in anger. Not at the insult to him but at the implied innuendo that his Emerald could be unfaithful.

'Perhaps a little cleaning will help Anko learn some diplomatic skills?' he mused.

Pushing thoughts of retribution aside, he focused on the significant part of Anko's taunt.

"Shinobi sex? What the hell are you talking about?"

Anko cackled for a few seconds in inner victory that she succeeded in ruffling Ibiki's legendary composure. She now owned herself some more dango!

"You know, the reasons why shinobi are so casual about sex. Its how we unwind and de-stress ourselves. Very relaxing. That's why specific friends are essential to be a healthy ninja!" she explained happily to her suddenly horrified boss.

Quickly, Ibiki got the mental picture that Anko was painting and it wasn't a pretty one. Despite her public façade of insanity, Anko may exaggerate tales for personal amusement but she never lied to her fellow ninja. She harbored deep hatred for people who would prolifically lie to their friends and families. Not surprising given the betrayal of previous sensei, Orochimaru.

That meant Kakashi Hatake did talk to his koneko about sex.

Sex Talk. With. His. Emerald.

The small office abruptly filled with killing intent as Ibiki vowed to have a little 'chat' with Hatake about discretion and personal boundaries. If the chronically tardy jounin even implied to his koibito that Ibiki was casual in his affection, he would take perverse pleasure in illuminating how he cultivated his infamy as a legendary torturer and interrogation specialist.

Anko hastily retreated from the potent KI and quickly exited the office. In hindsight, teasing Ibiki was probably not her best ideal, she acknowledged to herself.

'Oh well! Its fitting punishment to the one eyed pervert for all the times he read his smutty orange books in public. Once I tell Kurenai, I won't have to hear her rants about the proper behavior of a jounin sensei for a while. I win!' she rationalized to herself, dashing back out of the T&I building to find her best friend.

~Back at Training Ground Three~

As he watched Black-san hand out the individual bentos to his team, Kakashi experienced a sudden chill down his spine. He quickly perused over the grounds and surrounding trees for hidden threats. Kakashi even discretely used his Sharingan to scan his surrounding. When he couldn't find anything, he went back to leaning against a tree and resumed his nonchalant attitude.

He had no idea of the little 'chat' that loomed in his future courtesy of his laziness to rein in the over zealousness of his genins.

It's a mistake he won't make again in the future.

Posted: 06/11/13 Word Count: Over 4,950 words.

Author's Note: Please read if interested.

Shinobi views of sex – I honestly believe they have a very relaxed views on sex due to the mortality rate of being a ninja and the consequences of being captured by enemy nins. It makes sense that they encourage genins to have their first time with partners they trust as opposed to what they could experience during captivity. Also, I do believe that hobbies and activities would be encourage to help the corps avoid burnout or insanity. Thus, Kakashi's reading of smut and Gai's over exuberance are accepted as eccentric hobbies of elite ninja. It makes sense that sex serves as a basic function for pleasure and relaxation. Thus, its another reason why Jiraiya's books are immensely popular though out the Elemental Countries. Plus, it illustrates why Ibiki is content to wait for Harry to be secured and confident in their relationship. Years of meaningless sexual gratification means Ibiki treasures their relationship and can wait.

Why isn't Kurenai training with her team? – Her team consists of two Clan Heirs and a potential Clan Heir. In my mind, this means she alternates mornings when they train as a team and ,mornings when they train individually with their respective clans. They will meet after lunch to work on missions and teamwork exercises.

Shout outs: Thank you Basill and Venus914 for spotting my errors!