Hakureisaiga: I'm back and better than ever. Thanks to everyone that review or read my story. To Ultimate-Zelda-fan, damn straight Naruto is a charmer. Now things get more interesting

5 weeks later- Kurenai Yuhi aka the Genjutsu Mistress and self-proclaimed Ice Queen was puzzled at Anko Mitarashi's new antics ever since that night.

She was out more often and smiled a little bit more, even her tough mask was easier to slip off than usual.

"That man…Taka…is getting me more curious by the second, it took me two months to get Anko-chan to slip off that mask of her. But he managed it in one day." Kurenai thought to herself as she walked in the courtyard.

Then she spotted Anko at her favorite dango restaurant along with Kiba's older sister, Hana Inuzaka and the Neko ANBU Yugao Uzuki. Kurenai decided to walk up and ask about Taka, "Ohayo, Anko-chan, Hana-chan, Yugao-chan."

Anko smiled, "Hey, Kure-chan!"

Kurenai said, "You seem to be in a good mood." Anko nodded, "Yep, interrogation with new methods I learned…who would have thought sending low-level Raiton jutsu through pain nerve receptors could be so much fun."

Yugao asked, "That is an old method, who taught you that?" Kurenai answered for Anko, "I can bet that it was that Taka person."

Yugao raised an eyebrow, "The assassin that she's been dating."

Anko blushed and protested, "We are not dating, he just beat the shit out of those assholes and then he asked me for an outing. Since he beat them, I just rewarded him with his request."

Kurenai said in an amused tone, "Anko, you came back with a rose held tight to your chest and held your cheek like there was something missing there."

Anko shot back, her blush deepening, "So?"

"Don't go over your head like you did with Aoi, alright?" Hana said. Suddenly a voice whispered, "Don't worry, ladies. Like Anko-chan said, we're just good friends. I would not go past that stage unless she notifies me, of course."

All but Anko jumped and turned around to see Taka leaning against the wall.

"How…did you…"Yugao stuttered.

"I'm not called an assassin for nothing, Yugao-san, I am fairly good at masking my chakra signature." Taka said in a matter of fact tone.

He turned to Kurenai, "You must be the famous "Kure-chan" that Anko speaks so highly of, it is a honor to meet you, miss." The Ice Queen's eyes narrowed, "If you hurt her, then so help me Kami, I will hunt you down and castrate you!"

Taka said, "Kurenai-san, I know that you are friends with Anko-chan, but I assure you that I will not hurt you like this Aoi character in any way. You're welcome to be included in our meetings if you want."

Kurenai said, "I still don't trust you at all." Taka replied, "I know, but I will gain you trust somehow." Anko said, "He is a good friend, Kure-chan, really. He saved me from this guy who tried to stab me."

Taka held his chin, "Yes, I wonder what did happen to him though. Oh, yeah, I remember kicking him with a chakra infused kick. I think he landed in the hot springs and due to the girly screams, he landed in the ladies section."

Hana, Yugao, and Kurenai shouted, "That was you who did that?!?" Taka nodded, "Yeah, he tried to hurt her after getting fired for calling her a whore."

Hana huffed, "Now that I know that, I am glad that we kicked his ass hard now." Taka peered at the Inuzaka, "You look familiar, Hana-san. By any chance, are you related to a boy named Kiba?"

The girl answered, "You know my little brother?" Taka replied, "Yes, he was surprised that I asked Anko-chan for an outing in front of the class. He informed me that usually boys were attacked by snakes or cut by Anko."

Yugao rounded on the snake mistress, "And why didn't you tell us this, Anko?" Anko said, "I didn't wanna worry you guys with my problems." Kurenai said, "That is no excuse for keeping secrets from us, we're your friends and don't wanna see you hurt."

Anko was about to retort until Taka interrupted, "Anko-chan, they are right. Though I admit that they are smothering you, friends don't keep secrets from friends, right?"

Anko bowed her head dejectedly, "Hai."

Hana laughed, "Taka, did you know that my kaa-san squeezed him tight and start on this grand speech about showing his sensitive side." Taka shrugged, "He asked how I got Anko to go out with me, so I told him to ask his mom about. I just gave him the path to understanding women, now he must walk it. Now if you excuse me, I must go and hone my skills."

Yugao said, "Wait a minute, aren't you supposed to be in class with the other academy students." Taka simply said, "Kage Bunshin serves its uses in battle and in boring lectures."

Anko gave him a toothy grin, "You sneaky bastard!" They couldn't see it due to the mask, but all of the women knew that he was grinning from ear to ear before he left for the training grounds.

Academy- Iruka said, "Alright, it is time for our tournament for this year's rookie of the year. Each student will put a strip of paper with a number as usual." Every student took a number from the box that Mizuki carried and in a half hour, only the Rookie 8, Taka and some kid named Hiro.

"Alright!" Iruka called out, "Next match will be Shikamaru Nara vs. Shino Aburame."

The combatants came into the ring, Shikamaru lazily said, "I forfeit, this is too troublesome for me." Shino inwardly began to sulk for walking there for nothing. "Winner: Aburame Shino. Next match will be Choji Akimichi vs. Kiba Inuzaka." Iruka called out.

Choji handed his chips to his friend Shikamaru and Kiba gave Akamaru to Hinata to watch over. Kiba slipped into the Inuzaka family stance while Choji slipped into the Akimichi. "Fight!" Iruka shouted. Kiba instantly shot out and swiped at Choji's torso, knocking him back and out of the ring."

The dust cloud disappeared to reveal Choji sprawled out with swirls in his eyes. "Winner: Inuzaka Kiba!" Iruka called out. "Heh, too easy!" Kiba said, wiping his nose with his thumb.

Taka thought, "His speed, power, and agility are in top form…I expect nothing less from an Inuzaka, but his cockiness will destroy him if someone doesn't beat it out of him."

Iruka said, "Next match up is Sakura Haruno vs. Hinata Hyuga." Sakura said, "This should be easy, Hinata is too weak to hit anybody."

Hinata walked past Taka and Taka whispered, "Hinata, you need to drop that mask, that girl is going to get killed in the real world if she doesn't wake up from her fantasy world." Hinata nodded, "Trust me, I plan to. She has belittled me for the last time."

The kunoichis…well, kunoichi and pseudo-kunoichi stepped forward, facing each other. "Hajime!" Iruka shouted. Hinata slipped into her Jyuken stance while Sakura slipped into the Academy stance, then Sakura rushed in to attack the female Hyuga.

To everyone's surprise, Hinata blocked her punch and sent sprawling with a sweep kick. Sakura got up, shocked that she was actually knocked to the ground, "What the fuck just happened? When did Hinata get a backbone? It doesn't matter, I can't bear to lose in front of Sasuke-kun." The cherry blossom thought to herself.

She charged again this time around, she unleashed a flurry of punches and kicks. Hinata made little effort to block or evade her wild strikes. "Hmm… she is quite desperate for the Uchiha's approval. This is hardly worth my time now. Time to end this with a little can of whoop-ass."(A/N: I am kind of tired of Hinata's meek attitude, so I gonna switch it up) Hinata proceeded to attack poor Sakura with a series of Jyuken strikes, then she kicked her in her flat chest, and she uppercutted her into the air, leaving her to fall hard on the ground.

"W-Winner: Hyuuga Hinata." Everyone parted to let her past in silence. "Next: Ino Yamanaka vs. Ami Kumara." Ino and Ami shot glares, making lightning clash against each other as they both walked up into the arena. "Fight!" Iruka shouted.

Most of the time it was mostly a catfight induced with slaps, hair pulling, and yelps. But eventually Ino knocked Ami out with a mean right hook. "That…was odd of them, but Ino has a better chance of becoming a great kunoichi than Sakura though."

The scarred chunin shouted, "Okay, Sasuke Uchiha against Kazuma Homura." The Uchiha smirked as they both step forward. "Fight!" Iruka shouted. Sasuke speedily aimed a kick at Kazuma's ribs, but Kazuma dodged and threw a punch at Sasuke's head.

The Uchiha saw it and moved steadily to perform a sweep kick. Kazuma backflips to avoid the move and runs to recklessly charge at him. Sasuke waited until the last second to plant an elbow into his chest, knocking Kazuma out.

"Winner: Uchiha Sasuke." Iruka said. Sasuke said, "Hmph…naturally." His fangirls screamed at their heartthrob. "Tch…show-off, just get the job done, damn it."Taka thought.

"Now it is Taka versus Hiro, let's get started!" Iruka shouted. Taka appeared in front of a frowning Hiro. "What is your problem?" Taka asked.

"You are! You got my father fired and humiliated him in front of a third of the civilian population by kicking him in the hot springs." Hiro said with his fists clenched in anger. "It is not my fault that your father is such a closet perv." Taka said, crossing his arms.

"Why you…" Hiro said as he ran towards Taka. Taka waited until the last second to avoid Hiro's punch and tripped him with his left leg, then pivoted on his right foot to turn to face Hiro.

"Look…I have no grudge against you, only your father for his actions, this is a waste of my time." Taka said, walking away from him. Hiro grunted, "Ha…because of that snake bitch you were going out with that day. He was right to insult her because that is all she is…a whore."

Taka stopped walking and called out, "Hinata, do you have that portable first aid kit on you." Hinata answered, "Yeah, why?" Taka brought out his hands and began to crack his knuckles, "Because…Hiro is going to be experiencing some excruciating pain now."

Taka disappeared to appear in front of Hiro to place a punch into his gut. Hiro backed up dry heaving, but Taka sent a palm strike to his chin, then knocked him back down with a kick to the chest. Next, the assassin sent two quick punches to the head, then sent a haymaker to the jaw, breaking it.

Taka didn't stop there with the plummeting, he flipped over Hiro and turned to aim a kick to the back of the head. Hiro fell down to the ground in a heap.

The bleeding boy struggled to get up, but Taka didn't give him a chance to retaliate by kicking him high into the ground and sent him back down crashing to the floor, making the ground become a crater. Taka stepped on his arms and knees hard to break under the sudden pressure.

Hiro screamed in pain and Taka said in contempt, "Tell your father, Ichiro to never send a boy to do a man's job." Taka looked toward Iruka, "Well, are you going to call the match?" The sensei said, "Right…um, w-winner is Taka." Hinata nodded and rushed to heal his minor injuries and Mizuki sent Ami and Sakura to carry Hiro to the hospital.

"Damn, remind me to never get you mad, Taka." Kiba said. Taka said, "You can insult me, but if you insult my friends, you are bound to get vaporized." Mizuki said, "We will take a 15 minute break and then resume the match."

Taka moved along with Hinata, Kiba, and Shino to take shade under the tree, only to have Sasuke and his fangirls follow him towards the tree.

"May I help you, broody-san?" Taka asked. "I don't care who you are, Taka, but I am not like Hiro. I am an Uchiha, an elite." Taka retorted, "Well, I am part of the Brotherhood, the elite among assassins. Unlike you, I don't care if you are an elite, then you are just the same as everyone else just equipped with a copycat eye, which you have not unlocked at all."

Sasuke bristled, "You will fall to me." Taka retorted coolly, "We shall see." Sasuke glared at him and he with his loyal fangirls went off somewhere. "You are going to kick his ass, right?" Kiba asked.

Taka said, "Nah, I really don't feel like kicking broody's ass for that. He is just intimidated for that display with Hiro." Shino said, "A logical decision, Taka." Taka answered, "Thanks, Shino. I look forward to fighting each of you in the tournament."

Hinata said, "Guys, they are calling us back." Kiba shouted, "Let's go and kick some ass!"

Tournament- "Next: Hinata Hyuga vs. Shino Aburame. Will the contestants please come forward?" Mizuki said, taking over for Iruka. Hinata and Shino came to face each other. "May the best person win." Hinata said. Shino nodded as they slipped into their clan stances.

Hinata and Shino charged at each other. Shino threw punch after punch but Hinata used her flexibility to her advantage to dodge Shino's hits. Shino attempted a sweep kick only for Hinata to cartwheel to the side and hit Shino in the face with her palm.

Shino stumbled back in order for Hinata to place hits on his chest and abdomen. Next, Hinata sent a frontal kick to the chest, knocking him back. Shino held up his hand, "It appears that I need to work on my taijutsu, I have realized too much on my kikaichu and so I forfeit."

Hinata smiled at him as she took his hand, "You did well, Shino." Shino said, "As did you, Hinata-san." Mizuki said, "Now next up is Kiba Inuzaka vs. Sasuke Uchiha." Kiba rolled his arm, "Heh, looks I get first dibs on beating the shit out of Uchiha then, huh? You are next, Taka."

Taka smiled, "I will be looking forward to it." Mizuki said, "Contestants, ready? Fight!" Kiba ran at Sasuke with blinding speed, but Sasuke anticipated the move and dodged to the side. "The dog boy is fast, but like any other dog, he must be put in its place like a whipped puppy."Sasuke thought.

Sasuke moved in a zig-zag pattern to confuse Kiba and was able to pull off a punch to Kiba's face. "Hmph…you might as well give up, you can't win against the elite especially a whipped dog like you." Kiba growled, "Why you…."

Taka thought sagely, "Bad move, Kiba. If you get angry, you will lose this match." Kiba thought, "Calm down, Kiba, calm down! He is trying to make you mad." Kiba smirked, "Ha! Your trick will not work on me, asshole!" Kiba attacked Sasuke utilizing his speed and got a few hits on the Uchiha.

The Uchiha in turn got enraged and vicious, making Kiba slightly on the defensive…that is until Sasuke aimed a hit and cracked Kiba's leg, making the Inuzaka get a beating. The fangirls were torn against cheering for Sasuke or screaming for him to stop, but the boys called for Mizuki to stop, but the chunin looked as if he was enjoying Sasuke.

"This is cruel…why isn't Mizuki calling the match?" Taka muttered. "That's it, I am stepping in." Taka grabbed Sasuke's arm and said, "That's enough! Stop this madness!" Sasuke glared at him and jerked his arm back, "Hn…whatever."

Taka turned to Mizuki, "You are an asshole, Mizuki-sensei, instead of watching the fight, you deliberately let the Uchiha do as he desired." Mizuki smiled, "I didn't see anything, Taka-san. Winner: Uchiha Sasuke." Taka growled inwardly, "He is gonna pay for this." He thought.

"Next match is Taka vs. Ino Yamanaka." Mizuki called out. Ino walked up in the ring as Taka nodded to Shino, who took Kiba to the infirmary. "Fight!" Mizuki shouted. Taka moved quickly and knocked Ino out quickly, "Call the match, Mizuki-sensei."

Mizuki inwardly scowled, "Winner: Taka. Now we will draw to see who will be fighting and to see who will be exempted until the next fight. You have your numbers?" Taka, Sasuke, and Hinata nodded as Mizuki rolled a raffle wheel until a number popped out, "Number 3?"

Taka looked at his paper that had the kanji for 'three'. "That is me." Taka replied in monotone. "Then the match is between Hinata Hyuga versus Sasuke Uchiha." The white-haired shinobi said. Hinata clenched her fist, "I will defeat him for you, Kiba."

Taka thought as he walked past Hinata, "Be careful, Hinata-chan." Mizuki said, "Fight!" Hinata sprang forward and hit Sasuke in the stomach, then sent a palm strike to his chin,, making Sasuke slid back. The fangirls screamed out for Sasuke as he got up and moved against Hinata.

Hinata and Sasuke fought furiously, neither of them gaining the upper hand in the battle. Each of the two stepped back, panting hard in exertion. "Now I will destroy you!" Sasuke shouted. Hinata stood still until the last second and kicked him hard in the chest.

Sasuke clutched his stomach, but he recovered in a second as he did a cheap shot- he launched his attack on Hinata's chest, making her scream out in pain. Then Sasuke threw her out of the ring, instantly disqualifying her. "Cheap shot! If he were an assassin, he would be killed, but he is not." Mizuki smiled, "Winner: Sasuke Uchiha, now Taka, come up!" Taka walked up after he sent Hinata along with Shino to the infirmary for her injuries.

"Let's go, Sasuke!" the assassin said simply. Sasuke said, "You will not beat me!"

Taka replied, "Then let's raise the stakes a little higher, if I win…then you must apologize to Hinata and Kiba formally in front of their families. If you refuse to do so, then I will tie you with your own clothes, leaving you only in your boxers and lock you into a windowless room with your fangirls."

Sasuke shuddered at the thought and his fangirls secretly hoped that their crush loses the match and refuses Taka's demands.

"Fine…if I win, you will teach me everything you know and if you refuse to do so, you will show your face and reveal your true identity."

Taka tensed, "Agreed, we will sign this agreement in blood." Taka took out a knife and cut his palm while Sasuke did the same and clasped Taka's hand. "Now without further ado, fight!" Mizuki shouted. The boys sprang back and then leapt forward at each other.

Sasuke sent punch after punch at Taka, but Taka, heavily trained for speed and stealth, avoided each blow much to Sasuke's displeasure.

Sasuke dealt Taka a roundhouse punch, but Taka simply grabbed his arm and threw him on the floor. Taka let go of his arm and moved backwards, bouncing on the balls of his feet. Sasuke growled and ran at Taka, but Taka jumped and kicked the back of Sasuke's head, using it as a springboard.

Next, Taka sped toward Sasuke and sent a hook to Sasuke's stomach, lifting the Uchiha up and then Taka leapt up and dealt Sasuke a heavy roundhouse kick, launching poor little Sasuke out of the ring. "W-Winner: T-Taka." Mizuki stuttered.

Taka said, "Remember your promise, Sasuke, or you will face your lust fury of your fangirls. Plus I have heard that the Uchiha clan never breaks a promise sealed in blood." Sasuke gritted his teeth, "Damn him, damn him!" he thought.

Sasuke charged at Taka's back, but Taka turned and grabbed his fist, "Look, it is no use to fight against me. Admit it, you lost and if you want to beat me, lose your hatred. It will not be able to get me on my knees." Then Taka walked off, leaving seeing that class was over.