Hakureisaiga-I am back, bitches!! Now time to answer reviews

EDelta88- Why thank you, and Hinata will have changes in the story and Aoi will indeed burn

Landoffire- Well, you guess correct in as the previous chapter…as for the identity….damn you for guessing correctly. He will be doing some of the same missions like in the manga

ERX06001- You will not regret about the Naruto and Anko relationship

Silver Ice Bullet- Yep, always nice to see Sasuke getting bashed from time to time

Ultimate-Zelda-fan- Yes, yes, he does

Puffdadder- Glad that you like it

Fuyuriku- Naruto is not exactly super-powered, he will get beat up on missions from enemies.

Hakureisaiga- Now I don't own….well, you get the idea. On with the chapter then.

Taka woke up early to do his daily morning exercises- two hundred pushups, two hundred sit ups, and a twenty mile jog.

He made sure this time that he ran a later time since last time he had his favorite route, he happened to meet some guy with weird eyebrows, green spandex, and orange leg warmers tried to convert him to the weird side.

On the upside, Taka got a good workout from running away from him who just so happened to have a green spandex suit just in his size for some reason.

"Let's see…the test today with Kurenai-sensei will be difficult. Since she doesn't trust me at all, I don't know much about her only her reputation as a bachelorette nicknamed the Ice Queen of Konoha, she is a genjutsu specialist, and Anko told me about her past love life. So beside that, she is bound to resort to Genjutsu and that is my weakness in shinobi skills. I may have to ask Hinata or Shino to help me dispel or locate the genjutsu." Taka mused.

The assassin dressed in his Brotherhood uniform without the hood and put on his blank ANBU mask. "It begins…" Taka said quietly as he walked out the door toward Training Area 8.

Training Area 8- Hinata came first and since nobody was there at the moment, she began to practice a new technique that she had been secretly working on, "Dance of the Gentle Wind."She whispered.

She began to move in a circle as if she were surrounded and brushed her hand like she was trying to catch the wind. Hinata almost looked as if she was dancing an elegant form of ballet, just only it was deadly and could possibly kill you if you're not careful.

When she was finished, she heard clapping behind her. Hinata spun around to see Taka, "It's always the quiet ones that are the most dangerous. Although I saw the ending, you possess the grace of an assassin….can't wait to see that move in action when it is complete, Hinata-chan."

Hinata smirked, "Glad that you like it, Taka-kun. It's going to be my trump card when we spar sometime." Taka smirked under his mask, "Wow, all that work for little old me? You must want to fight me badly."

Hinata said, "I can sense that you're strong, Taka-kun….I don't know what it is…but I feel…a sudden…attraction to you."

Taka replied, "I guess that I have a magnetic personality…and they say opposites attract."

Hinata replied as she sat against a tree, "Indeed, something just compels me to fight against you for some reason and …something more." Taka said, "I see…don't worry, Hinata-chan, I will give you your fight soon, very soon."

He appeared over beside Hinata as he whispered in her ear, "I am sure it will be…exhilarating." The way he said it caused Hinata's voice to be caught up in her throat, her toes curled at the melody of his voice produced.

Soon Shino and Kurenai came in the picture, "Well, you two are early." Kurenai said. Taka greeted her by saying, "Well, like they say, the early bird catches the worm, ne?"

Shino looked over to Hinata, who had a light blush on her face, "Hinata, are you okay?" The Genjutsu Mistress looked at Taka, "Taka, what did you do?" Taka effectively lied, "I was telling Hinata about the little sneak peek of the book I promised to give you two, but apparently, she thought the scenes were too…graphic, which explains her blush. So I'm going to tone it down and show it to you two next time."

Luckily Taka's mask covered his mask, sparing Kurenai's and Shino's seemingly unconvinced stares. Then Kurenai shrugged, "That does seem the case of it…your novels are a little…expletive."

Taka said, "Like I said, I will try to tone it down some." Hinata thought, "Good thinking, Taka…I would die of embarrassment to say that I almost had an orgasm just by hearing you whisper in my ear with that sultry voice of yours."Kurenai said, "Now my test is simple…you will have to find me and take these scrolls from me."

Hinata said, "But…Kurenai-sensei, there are only two scrolls, shouldn't there be a third scroll with you?" Kurenai smirked, "Always the ever observant one, eh, Hinata? To answer your question, this is to see who the weakest link is. If you don't get a scroll, then you will be sent back to the Academy for further instruction."

Taka's mind instantly works up a storm as he thought, "Wait a minute…there has never been a two man squad. In history, there has only been an apprenticeship such as Orochimaru and Anko-chan and regular three-man squads. Is she trying to pit us against each other within the ranks, but there has been always a first for everything."

The Genjutsu Mistress continued, "You will have until ten o'clock to catch me and take the scrolls from my body. The rules….there are no rules here, so any questions?" The genin said nothing, "Now then you will give me fifteen minutes to hide…ready…go!"

Shino and Hinata did not move, but Taka dashed toward her, "Never trust an assassin, ne, sensei?" he said as he attacked her, but he went through her and got slashed across the back. Taka planted his hand on the ground and aimed a roundhouse kick at her, but she jumped back and disappeared into the shadows.

"Damn, genjutsu!" Taka cursed as he performed the seal, shouting, "Kai!" The genjutsu revealed Shino and Hinata a few feet away, but Kurenai was gone, so the assassin thought, "We are going to have to work together, she must have cast it on the field during the explanation."

The assassin called out to his teammates, "Hinata, Shino, I am going to need your help in getting Kurenai. If I get a scroll from her, I promise…that I will give you my scroll." Shino said, "Agreed…besides I don't think I would be able to catch her off guard with my kikaichu if I take her on by myself."

Hinata said, "The same for me with my Byakugan and my Gentle Fist."

Taka said, "Alright, then here is the plan I thought of if we needed to work together. Hinata, use your Byakugan to locate Kurenai-sensei, Shino, when I distract her with my assault, you will send some of the kikaichu to suck her chakra. Also place some of them…about a quarter of your colony on me…don't worry about it, I have a large chakra capacity and I won't be using ninjutsu or genjutsu."

Shino nodded and sent a quarter of his colony on Taka's body and to his surprise, he noticed that Taka was not even winded. "Okay, Operation Illusionbreaker is under way! Hinata, you are on!" Taka said.

Hinata shouted, "Byakugan!!" Instantly her vision turned from Technicolor to black and white. She looked around and caught a glimpse of a shimmer a few meters away. "She is due east of here…about ten meters."

Taka nodded and raced toward the area, with Shino behind and Hinata a few feet behind Shino. Kurenai hid behind a tree, "Seems they are beginning to mobilize…time to begin the test." Kurenai whispered as she put up a bi-layer genjutsu.

Hinata whispered to her teammates, "Guys, she just put up a bi-layer genjutsu." Both Taka and Shino nodded and released the genjutsu, then Taka jumped out to catch Kurenai, "Hey, Kure-chan, miss me?"

Kurenai retorted, "Not in the slightest and it's Kurenai-sensei on duty, Taka."

She was about to flip through hand signs until Taka grabbed her wrist, preventing her from doing so. "Ah, ah, ah….no genjutsu, you always know that I prefer the direct approach."

The assassin attacked Kurenai instantly making her go on the defensive. He had to put his speed to the maximum to match her agility.

Kurenai was hard pressed since taijutsu happened not be her forte. "Tch…I can't get away. Something told me to brush up on my taijutsu more…but…I hardly expend any chakra…so how is he that fast…or am I getting slower."She thought in panic.

Kurenai fell to one knee, panting hard. "Wow, that was only an eighth of Shino's colony. I am guessing that your chakra capacity is still about Chunin level, but I see why the Aburame are so feared…"

Kurenai gasped out, "W-What?!" She looked over her shoulder to see kikai bugs crawling on her back, "See, we had to work together to get to you and pass your genjutsu. Hinata used her Byakugan to pinpoint your location, then I had Shino give me a quarter of his colony on me…and it would not affect me much since I have a large chakra reserve. Then I would distract you, keeping you from utilizing genjutsu and occasionally have the kikaichu on my body transfer to you. If that didn't work and you happen to escape, Shino had his remaining colony surrounding the area, effectively trapping you."

He walked over and pinned Kurenai to take out here two scrolls, then he moved towards Hinata and Shino. "As I promised…I give one of you my own scroll." He said. The Aburame said, "That wouldn't be necessary to sacrifice yourself…Taka."

Taka questioned, "Why not?"

Shino pushed his glasses back up to the brim of his nose as he spoke, "You see, Taka, since you didn't live here, I will share some of Konoha's history. When Genin are assigned to a Jounin instructor, there has either been an apprenticeship or three-man teams. In other words, there has never been a two-man team in history."

Taka said, "I already know that, Shino…but are you saying Kurenai-sensei is not going to break the tradition."

Shino said, "Yes, exactly what I am saying." The assassin said, "Which means that I still pass and that there was another purpose of the test."

Shino nodded, "As you already proved, one can't defeat a Jonin instructor all by himself or herself, who is proficient in their art and experienced in combat."

Hinata said, "So…the trick was not to get the scrolls, but for all of us to work together as one to get the objective, ne, Kurenai-sensei." The Genjutsu Mistress gave out a small chuckle, "Correct, Hinata, you guys actually figured it out and got the test down in record time…only twenty minutes and forty-three seconds. You all indeed pass…Team 8 will start its first mission tomorrow."

Taka spoke up, "Before we go our separate ways for the afternoon…I need to reveal myself since in fact you are my teammates, we have to trust one another."

The assassin spoke as he slowly removed his mask, "Thirteen years ago, my life was in danger and the ones involved plotted to train me as a weapon, but I was saved by a ninja loyal to the Hokage and sent with a master from the Brotherhood. I trained with them, learning their secrets, their moves along with the shinobi arts and made a vow to never reveal them or die by my own hand. My true name…"

Kurenai and Hinata blushed as they both took in his handsome features.

"Is Naruto Uzumaki….also I have another secret to reveal to you. Do you know about the Kyuubi?" Kurenai said sharply, "Taka…I mean, Naruto, that information that you are releasing is classified."

Taka replied, "Correction, sensei, the law states that anyone that was living during the attack of the Kyuubi on that day couldn't tell the next generation, however myself or the Hokage himself have the power to do the exact opposite."

He turned to them, "The truth is that your Yondaime couldn't defeat the Kyuubi…so he was forced to seal it into a newborn, since a person with already born chakra coils couldn't handle the stress and pressure of the Kyuubi's chakra."

Taka lifted up his shirt and molded his chakra to reveal the seal, "The newborn that he happen to seal it in just so happens to be me and the reason why I was targeted for to be made into a weapon and sent away from my birthplace." Hinata said slowly, "So…you contain the Kyuubi no Kitsune…in reality…this village should thank you, but as always people tend to live in fear and overreact a lot, seeing what Suna did to their own."

Kurenai said, "How do you know about that, Hinata?"

The heiress explained, "I listened on my father's conservations, so he happens to have political sway…and tends to discuss such things with the council, including alliance affairs."

Taka said, "So I take it that you don't think of me differently, right?" Hinata said, "No, I do…" Taka stiffened, but Hinata continued, "The difference is that I think you are hot and see why you hide that face of yours." Taka smirked at her, "Well…I am glad that you approve…what about you, Shino?"

The Aburame replied, "I agree with Hinata with the exception of that comment with your features…from what I see, if you were Kyuubi, this village would not be in existence, I can see that you are the only one capable of keeping it at bay. Though we did lose some of the clan to the beast, it doesn't mean that you actually did it, so I do accept you, my friend."

Taka nodded and turned to Kurenai, she spoke up in a clear voice, "Even though I lost my brother to it…I accepted the fact that you hold it back and the murderer is serving time inside you, unable to hurt anyone, but you are you, Taka…I mean, Naruto, and Kyuubi is Kyuubi."

Taka smiled, "Thanks, everyone…now you will keep on referring to me as Taka still until I receive myself to the village and I must keep my mask on due to the plotter's forces might surround us."

His eyes flickered to the tree and a ROOT member thought, "I must notify Danzo-sama quickly…I have been here too long."Unfortunately that would be his last thought due to Taka's hidden blade, that slipped between his ribs. "Danzo will never get me, I will eventually kill him and all who stand in my way." The assassin whispered as the ANBU's life slipped away.

Then the clone dismissed himself. "And that is number thirteen…I see that I was right after all…Danzo must be curious about my identity, including the bastards called the elders." Taka thought,"Pretty soon I bet there will be an attempt to reveal myself."

Kurenai said, "If nothing else, then Shino, Hinata, Taka, you are dismissed." Shino and Hinata went home, leaving Naruto and Kurenai alone. "I guess this changes our relationship, huh, Kure-chan?"

Kurenai said, "Yeah, I guess it does." They both laughed a bit, but then silence overtook the laughter for a few moments. The woman said, "I am sorry that I didn't trust you…I went to Ichiro's house yesterday and saw the truth from myself." Taka said, "There is no need to apologize to me, Kurenai. It is all good now."

Kurenai said, "Naze?" Taka cocked his head to one side, "Nani?" Kurenai said, "Why do you forgive me so easily? Why did you pursue my friendship when I didn't trust you?"

Taka said, "You had a right…from what I understand Aoi Rokusho was your former boyfriend, correct?" Kurenai's eyes widened, but then she sighed, "Anko told you, huh?" Taka said, "Like I said, I told her everything and she did the same…you were both hurt by his actions and when you saw me with her, you saw Aoi, didn't you?"

Kurenai said, "I am sorry for…"

Taka shushed her by putting a finger to her lips, "Like I said, there is no need to apologize, you have been forgiven, Kure-chan. I promise you, Aoi will burn for his crimes by either your, Anko's, or my hand. I can't stand it when people like him desert others for power leaving the people that they cared about. He used you and left you all alone."

Kurenai said, "It seems that Anko-chan did not tell you all the facts about that incident." Taka said, "What do you mean, Kure-chan?"

Kurenai explained, "Before...Aoi…left the village, he…found Anko-chan, she tried…to subdue him, but he…had a weapon that knocked her unconscious…and then…he…he…he raped her."

Taka clenched his fist as Kurenai, who was reliving the images in her mind. He knelt down and wrapped his arms around her body. She leaned it and cried on his shoulder as Taka comforted her.

The assassin thought, "Aoi Rokusho…you better pray to every single God that you know in your head and hope that I don't meet you…because I am going to make you suffer….I am going to torture ever so slowly and make you beg for forgiveness."

Hakureisaiga-It seems that Taka has revealed his secrets to his teammates and Kure-chan. Danzo is making hidden moves in the shadows and Aoi Rokusho has a new pursuer on his heels. Next chapter is Team 8's First Blood

Taka- See you then and review

Kurenai-Or I will torture you just like Aoi-teme!