I don't own naruto in any way shape or form or any thing that pops up in this fanfic

A/N: I hope yall enjoy this new and improved chapter of The Yamanaka Brats. Ino unfortunately doesn't make an appearance here, but she'll be back in the next chapter. So enjoy this Naruto focused chapter!


Naruto couldn't wait to find out who was on his genin team. He hoped it was his sister, but realistically he knew that his sister wouldn't be placed on his team because they had practically the same skill set. Getting out of his bed Naruto slipped into his sandals and decided to take a walk. He couldn't sleep, restless from the pent-up energy left from the day. Plus he needed to clear his mind and late night walks always seemed to help.

Walking through the village he noticed that there was a lot of ninja activity going on tonight. Why was that? he pondered as he observed several ninja hopping from roof to roof, almost as if they were searching for something. Thinking it would be best to head home, so he took a shortcut through the familiar Konoha woods.

A couple minutes had passed when Naruto walked by Mizuki-sensei who was resting by an uninhabited cabin. Walking over to him, he decided maybe he could get some information on what was going on tonight.

"Hey Mizuki-sensei whats with all the ninja on alert today?" Naruto said waving excitedly as he came to a full stop in front of him.

Standing up from the porch, Mizuki gave Naruto a cruel smirk "Well Naruto-kun they're looking for this" he said, pointing to the big scroll securely attached on the middle of his back.

"They're looking for little ole me." he chuckled. "You see I stole the forbidden scroll of sealing, and I'm going to give it to Orochimaru-sama to get into his good grace so to speak, but since you're here it seems I can bring Orochimaru-sama two gifts instead.

His eyes widening in surprise, Naruto took a leap backwards to put distance between himself and Mizuki. Taking out a kunai and holding it tight in his grip he dropped into a basic taijutsu stance, and readied himself as he spoke. "What are you talking about Mizuki-sensei? Why are you doing this?"

Mizuki didnt deign him with a response, instead he flung a kunai straight at Naruto rushing forward right behind it, trying to end the fight before it even began.

Naruto barely managed to deflect the kunai at the very last second, only to see Mizuki surging forward in attempt to blitz him with taijutsu. Quickly putting his kunai away he prepared himself for Mizuki. Waiting until Mizuki was within his range, Naruto immediately lashed out with a kick to the right side of the head, only for Mizuki to grab his leg before it landed and ripped him from his firm stance on the ground effectively flipping him into the air.

To regain his balance and to not lose any momentum, Naruto performed two flips mid-air landing several feet away from Mizuki. Pausing only to let the bottom of his feet touch the ground, Naruto surged forward with as much speed he could muster, throwing out a left hook at Mizuki's face.

Easily blocking the attempt, Mizuki responded with a swift kick to the stomach. Mizuki watched on, letting a smile grace his face, as Naruto went flying into the forest. "You can't beat me at a straight taijutsu Naruto, I taught taijutsu at the academy for a reason" letting the smugness of the situation creep into the situation. Mizuki arrogantly put his hands on his hips as he waited for Naruto to come back into the clearing.

Soaring through the air and landing in bush covered in twigs, Naruto cursed. Pulling himself out of the bush, he begrudgingly realized that Mizuki was right. He had nothing in his arsenal that could defeat Mizuki-sensei in a full out fight. That's when it hit him, he didnt need to beat him in an full-out fight he just needed to detain him long enough for help to come.

With an idea in mind, Naruto took to the shadows to find the perfect spot to end this fight.

Hearing rustling in the forest signifying that his prey was trying to hide or run away from hi. "You can't run away or hide from me Naruto, where ever you go I will find you."

Hiding in a bush, the Yamanaka looked at Mizuki from below his vantage point and helped his hands in a signature diamond shape and took aim. Waiting for the perfect moment Naruto sent a quick thank you to kami for his dad's torture lessons or he would've never been able to improve his precision and chakra control enough to make this shot. Properly securing himself on the tree so he wouldn't fall and injury his unconscious body, Naruto whispered Shintenshin no jutsu and pushed chakra his into the technique . Sending one last quick prayer before he felt the encroaching darkness completely engulf him.


Waking up in someone elses body was always a strange experience, and Naruto didn't think he would become accustomed to it any time soon. Pushing Mizuki's consciousness to the edges of the mind he was inhabited, Naruto quickly went to where his original body laidin a bush and picked his lifeless body up. Once his own body was safely in his hands, he was about to leap away when a booming voice called out.

"Halt Mizuki, where do you think you're going?!" The Third Hokage said as he and few dozen Anbu appeared in the forest's clearing positioned to strike.

Completely surrounded by elite ninjas who were seconds from striking, Naruto unceremoniously dropped his unconscious body on the hard floor while trying to scramble over his next words "E-eh don't attack me! I'm Naruto I swear I was able to take over his body using the Shintensen no Jutsu! You gotta believe me dattebayo!" To prove his point Naruto quickly took off the scroll secured to his back and threw it at the Hokage.

Adeptly catching the scroll, the Hokage quickly examined the scroll before throwing up a hand signal, telling his Anbu to disengage.

"Well, Naruto-kun looks like you were able to do what many of my very own ninjas twice your seniors were incapable of doing." Hiruzen said as he gave a pointed look to the Anbu hidden in the trees. As he sealed away the massive scroll he continued on, "Now why don't you release your jutsu so we can talk about how you can be properly rewarded?"

Naruto nodded and visibly preened under the high praise of the Hokage as he released his control over Mizuki-sensei's body. When his eyes opened again, he noticed that he was no longer in the middle of Konoha's forest, but sitting across from the Hokage in his office.

Noticing that Naruto had regained consciousness, he placed his pen down taking a break from his endless pile of paperwork.

"Now Naruto-kun why don't you tell me what happened?"

After hearing Naruto recount his experiences of the night Hiruzen sighed as he stood up as an average size scroll appeared in his hands with a flourish.

"Well since you did such an honorable deed for Konoha, before even sworn in officially as Ninja, I think its fitting that you get rewarded for your exemplary work."

Interrupting the Hokage Naruto decided to push his luck to the limit tonight.

"If I may Hokage-sama when I was inside of Mizuki's mind I saw a glimpse of the content within the inside of the forbidden scroll." Chuckling and rubbing the back of his head he continued seeing that the Hokage hadn't immediately shot down his idea. "Well um... you see I saw two interesting techniques in their the Shadow Clone Jutsu and an forbidden Yamanaka technique Mind Puppet Switch, I was uh...wondering if I could learn them."

Blinking the Hokage thought it over and laughed as he could see the traits of Kushina, Minato, Inoichi, and Shizuka in the boy's actions tonight and his attempt for a better reward.

Mulling it over he decided on an answer "Since you have exceeding my expectations tonight and based on the reports from the academy and your family, I will grant your request to learn these two jutsu's." he said as he copied the instructions from the forbidden the scrolls to the blank scroll he had summoned earlier.

Beaming up at the Hokage, Naruto hurried said "Thanks Ojii-san this means a lot to me" as he grabbed the slip of paper and ran out of the office to the nearest training ground to learn the two Jutsus, ready to spend the night learning them if he had too.

...

Only to scream in frustration when he unrolled the scroll and found out that he needed to have battle ready puppet to perform the Mind Puppet Switch.


Higurashi's Weapon's Shop.

Walking towards the only weapon shop open this late, Naruto read the words "Higurashi's Weapon's Shop" emblazoned on a sign.

Pushing the front doors open, a set of bells rang, as he found himself face to face with a pretty girl a few years older wearing pink ninja gear with her hair tied into two brown buns resting securely on top of her head.

Smiling at her as she looked up from the magazine that previously held her attention. Naruto started with a"Ah Hi I was wondering if you could help me find a puppet suitable for battle"

Giving the girl the description of how he wanted the puppet to be and the equipment he needed on it he asked "I also want a decoy puppet for other reasons" Getting a nod and a response telling him to come back in a week after she rang him up for his two purchases.

Satisfied with the encounter, Naruto left the shop and went back to the training grounds to get to work and didn't return home until he was confident in his abilities to perform each respective jutsu.


Author's Note: So please feel free to leave a review, comments, suggestions! I'm excited to have picked up this little piece back up from a few years ago. Hopefully I've improved in my writing since 2013 lol and I can make something that is enjoyable to both old and new readers! *tounge pop* thats all I have for this chapter, enjoy! - Luv, Xab