AN: Hiya! I am so happy to say that this story, after only being out for a couple of weeks, has made it to seven c2's. That truly impressed me and I would like to thank those who put my story up. Also I would like to thank my reviewers and hope more people will read this story.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. I do, however own Midoriko, Kyouka, Aki, Haru, and Gentou…and any villains I have yet to think of.

Chapter 3: Explanations, Teams, and Training

It was bright and sunny when Ino had woken up, though she wished that it was dark again. The brightness was killing her eyes. Her eyes twitched as she tried to block out the sun, but this action was useless as she quickly found out that she was not alone.

"Good Morning Ino-chan!!!!!!!!!!!!!" A loud and obnoxious yelled and she shot up out of bed terrified.

"What the hell!?" She looked around dazed and saw a head of unruly blonde hair on the left side of her vision.

"Narutooo!!!! What the hell is your problem!!??" Ino screamed back and punched him upside his head.

"Itai!!! Why did you hit me for?" The boy whined as he clutched his head. All he received from her was a 'serves you right' before she covered her head with the sheet. Before Naruto could make any move against Ino, he was interrupted by the slamming of the door and a fuming Kyouka standing with the Hokage and a man with spiky blue hair.

"Shut the hell up Naruto. We are in a hospital and your voice is loud enough to wake the dead." Kyouka grounded out.

"Shut up Kyouka, you're yelling too!"

"Why don't you both calm down. We have much to discuss." The Sandaime said as he closed the door.

"He started it!" Kyouka pointed at Naruto but her finger was pushed back down by the man with blue hair.

"Stop acting so childish, Kyouka-dono."

"But Gentou-kun…" She whined but he just shook his head and she pouted. Naruto took this time to examine the new guy. He had frigid pale blue eyes and pointy ears. He wore a silver stud with a sapphire imbedded in it. He wore white hakama pants and a light blue haori that opened up to show white bandages wrapped around his chest, and white ankle boots. (The same as Sesshoumaru)

"Now as the Hokage of this village stated, there is much to discuss. But first, I would like to meet my new Mistress."

A head popped out of the sheets red as a tomato. "Excuse me!?" Gentou stared at the girl and turned his head.

"Not like that Ino-sama. I mean Mistress as in our leader. Nice to meet you by the way, my name is Gentou."

"Um…my name is Yamanaka Ino and this..." She pointed to Naruto who was currently being held in a head lock by Kyouka "Is Uzumaki Naruto, my friend." As she said this, the Sandaime was shocked.

'So Naruto was able to gain a new friend, eh? And with the heir to the Yamanaka clan, too? Isn't he lucky?'

"I see… Nice to hear it. I heard all about you from Kyouka-dono and I find you to be quite strange." Gentou took a seat in one of the available seats and the Sandaime followed suit. Kyouka let go of Naruto and stood up straight. Suddenly the atmosphere became very serious as everyone looked at Ino.

"Now that she is awake, I would like to ask you two the reason why you came for Ino-chan." Sarutobi started out as he studied Kyouka and Gentou.

"Well actually, two more will be showing up soon; within a week." Kyouka told him calmly.

"The reason why we came for Ino-sama is because she was chosen to serve as our new Mistress." Gentou explained to the Hokage.

Naruto quickly got frustrated at the adults who weren't making anything clear to the new genins. "You keep on saying Mistress, but Mistress of what?"

"Why she's the Mistress of Seasons of course! She governs anything that deals with seasons and nature. There is also a council made up of four people—me and Gentou-kun are a part of that—who does the physical things for the Mistress. She is like our delicate little princess!" Kyouka smiled and gave Ino a big hug.

"And Ino-sama makes a good choice because we can already tell that she has great appreciation for not only the seasons, but nature as well." Gentou finished for her.

"So will you be taking Ino-chan away from her village?" Sarutobi questioned. The two council members looked at each other before one of them decided to answer. Gentou cleared his throat.

"Well….if our current Mistress wasn't close to dying, then this could be delayed as long as necessary in order for Ino-sama to be ready. But, our Mistress is going to die in five years and if the replacement isn't there, then the seasons will go out of control and many natural disasters would occur. So we will take her then."

"Wait! I have to leave my home in five years!? How would my parents feel? What about my friends and my job as a kunoichi?" Ino shouted. Sure the idea of becoming a princess was appealing, but living the place that she was born and raised scared her.

"It cannot be avoided. We usually wouldn't force you to come with us this early, but since Midoriko-sama is about to pass on, we would like to have someone there."

"…I understand." 'It really can't be helped then.'

"Trust me it won't be all that bad! We will train you so you can be the strongest! So, one of your goals will be accomplished anyway. Imagine, you are getting trained by five people; you are lucky than most people." Kyouka grinned. Ino couldn't help but grin with her.

"Okay, now since that is over, I have another question for you Sarutobi-dono. May I?" With a quick nod, Gentou continued.

"Why does this boy here exudes a demonic aura? He doesn't seem to be a demon or half-demon yet he is surrounded by demon's chakra. Is there a reason for that?" Naruto gulped and looked away from the man. He was wondering that too. Mizuki said that he was the Kyuubi, but he could've been lying.

"Thirteen years ago," Sarutobi began "The Kyuubi-no-kitsune had attacked this village. It had tremendous powers and caused mass devastation to the citizens. On October 10th, our Yondaime Hokage created a kinjutsu in order to seal the fox. But it couldn't be sealed in just anything. No object could contain it and a grown human's chakra coils are already set so it cannot reform to fit the demon's chakra. The best bet was to seal it within a newborn baby; ones' who chakra coils are undeveloped. Naruto was the only one who was born on that day, so he was the sacrifice."

"B-but it's not fair. Why do I have to suffer? It's not my fault that I was chosen! I didn't ask to be born on October 10th! Why do they treat me like shit!? If the Yondaime was alive I would kick his ass for making my life a living hell!!" Naruto screamed. His face was red and hot tears were pouring down his face. Kyouka went to comfort the boy by putting her arms around his shoulders but was pushed away.

"Naruto-kun, you have to understand. The Yondaime didn't want this to happen, but not even he could predict the future. His last wish was for you to be seen as a hero. He didn't know that people would ignore that."

"You humans are terrible. Their ignorance knows no bounds. Their hatred blinds them and they cannot see the truth in front of them. They use Naruto-kun as a scapegoat for their anger and sorrow. He doesn't deserve that. This village doesn't deserve someone like him. How can you people hurt the one who is protecting their home from the very thing that holds the power to kill them all if released? Your villagers should be called demons and should be punished for disrespecting Arashi-niichan's last wish—eep!" 'Shit!'

Everyone stared at Kyouka who covered her mouth after her outburst. The Sandaime slowly stood up and faced the woman.

"How do you know the name of the Yondaime? I never mentioned his name."

"Ano…h-he…I-I… wasn't always a councilmember. I was a human before and part of the…" She whispered the last word and turned her head down to the floor.

"Part of the what?"

"Kazama family…I'm his sister." Sarutobi eyes widened. Everyone else looked on with interest, except Gentou who already knew the story.

"But the only survivor of the massacre was Arashi…he was only five."

"I am his older sister and the year before the massacre I tuned twelve and was taken as an apprentice of the former Lady of Summer."

"I see. We can continue this talk later. I think it is about time that I return to the office. Paperwork isn't going to do itself…no matter how much you will it to." The Sandaime stood up and began to leave.

"Wait Sarutobi-dono. We would like to register to be ninjas so we could have free access in the village and don't have to worry about be suspicious." Gentou stood up as well and straightened out his clothes.

"That can be arranged. Come by the office now so we can get this over with." The Hokage left followed by Gentou. Kyouka hesitated and gave one last look at Naruto and Ino before leaving.

"Naruto… are you okay?" Ino sat up and was about to get out of bed but was pushed back and held still by Naruto.

"You just woke up. You shouldn't strain yourself."

"Don't worry about me. I'm fine. I'm worried about you. To find out the reason why you were hated must have put your mind in a lot of strain."

"It's true. I'm trying my best to sort through all of this. I mean, I really want to be angry at the Yondaime for making my life a living hell. But…I understand his reasons for doing it. It was his job as the Hokage. Their duty comes before what they want. He probably didn't want to do this anyway."

"I see…" She frowned as she thought back to the women's conversation yesterday. From what it sounds like, they tried to kill him on his birthday.

"Naruto-kun, how many times has the village tried to kill you?" Naruto eyes widened slightly as he quickly let go of Ino and went to the door.

"I should go home now. Go back to sleep our teams are going to be chosen tomorrow." As he turned the knob, he heard rustling and a strong grip on his hand.

"Don't avoid the question Naruto! How many times did they try?" At first, Naruto hesitated and looked back at Ino. He saw that she was really concerned so he sighed as he stared at the door.

"Countless…It was so much that I couldn't keep track. Are you happy now?"

"Do the Hokage know? How come he didn't do anything about this?"

"He can't. He was ordered not to interfere in my life." Ino tightened her grip on him and Naruto let go of the knob.

"Don't worry about it Ino-chan. It's not a big deal."

"What do you mean it's not a big deal? We're talking about your life here!" Ino shouted. Naruto didn't reply as he led her back to her bed.

"Naruto!"

"Please Ino-chan, don't worry about it. You have other things to worry about. I mean, you are the Mistress of Seasons. Soon you are going to be strong and be treated like a princess!" Naruto gave her a wide smile, but she noticed that it didn't reach his eyes.

"Naruto-kun…remember that you have friends to talk to. You can't keep telling people that everything is fine when you are suffering inside."

"Ino-chan…this is the safest way to live my life. If the villagers see me as the loud and obnoxious boy who always smiles, they'll realize that I cannot be broken and will eventually stop the attacks. Trust me, I was treated worse as a kid then I am now. It's an improvement." Ino was getting ready to retort but she saw his pleading eyes and pouted.

"…Fine. I'll leave the subject alone for now." The girl huffed as she sat on her bed and glared at the wall.

"Ino-chan…"

"I'm not talking about your treatment anymore. I want to go to sleep."

"Fine, go to sleep. I got training to do…Oh, Ino-chan?" The girl looked up at him and Naruto flashed a genuine smile. A light blush dusted her cheeks as she stared at his smile.

"What?"

"Thank you for becoming my friend and accepting me as who I am and not what I hold."

"No problem. I don't understand how hard it is to tell the difference between a fox and a human. Adults are stupid." They shared a laugh before Naruto walked out and left Ino alone.

"I actually won't mind leaving a village who can hate so easily. I actually thought this place was great. Instead it hides in a façade…stupid adults." A second later a blush appeared on her cheeks.

'He looks cute when he smiles.'


"What friends do I have to talk to? I only have one who is my age and everyone else is adults that probably sympathize with me. I don't want their pity." Naruto grumbled as he walked the streets of Konoha. He was heading to the forests that surrounded the village. It was his own secret spot away from Konoha when the hatred got too much for him.

"Naruto-kun, where are you going?" Said boy turned and came face to face with Kyouka.

"Training."

"Oh, so you finally decided to leave Ino-sama's side for more than a minute? You've been in that room since last night."

"It wasn't that long!" He blushed and rubbed his nose.

"Oh right…just that it is late in the afternoon today."

"What!?" Naruto looked up at the sky and saw the sun setting. "Dammit!"

"Still going to train?"

"What's it to you?"

"I can help you become stronger." Kyouka suddenly was dragged towards the forest while Naruto was cheering. Soon the building was replaced with trees and suddenly they stopped.

"Okay, start teaching Kyouka-sensei!" Naruto stared at her with big bright blue eyes that showed all his eagerness.

'How I miss looking at those type of eyes…why did you have to die little bro?'

"Kyouka-sensei! What are you going to teach me?"

"Chakra control." She smirked as she watched his grin disappear from his face. "Hey, chakra control is just as important as the jutsus you use. Without control, using jutsus would be useless because you wouldn't be able to control it. If you have good control, your move will be more effective. Not only that, but it is very helpful. Besides, your chakra control sucks ass."

"Hey that's not true!" Naruto yelled at her but she didn't seem effected by it.

"Oh yeah? Prove it. I'll take back what I said only if you can master this exercise by tomorrow. The exercise is tree climbing."

"Why would that help me with my chakra control? I already know how to climb a tree."

"Do you know how to climb a tree without your hands?" She sighed when she received a blank look.

"You can't do that."

"You can't; I can." Without another word she began to walk towards the tree. She glanced at it first then placed one foot one the tree. When she felt that the amount of chakra was placed at her feet, she began walking up the tree. She walked to the highest branch and sat on the underside. She gazed at Naruto and saw that he was amazed.

"This is nothing gaki. You can do this too. This isn't even the hardest chakra exercise out there. You lucky you don't train with Aki-chan. She is brutal…I feel bad for Ino-sama though. Aki-chan is the first one to train her. Anyway, you have a kunai on you?" with a quick nod, he took it out. "Good, to do this exercise you need to focus the right amount of chakra to your feet. Do you know how to gather chakra?"

"Duh, it's one of the first lessons taught at the academy."

"Okay, I'm just asking. You don't look like the type to pay attention and from what I heard; you are the worst in class."

Naruto's face lit up in anger and he began to growl. "I am not the dead last!!! I am going to be the greatest shinobi and be the best Hokage ever!!"

"You won't be the Hokage if you can't even do this exercise. As I was saying, you would be able to tell if you have the right amount of chakra if you stick. If you use too much, you will shoot yourself away from the tree. If you use to little, you will slide right off. If you use the right amount, you will stick. This will greatly increase your control because they say that your feet are the hardest place to concentrate chakra to. Not only that, but you will increase your already massive chakra capacity."

Kyouka stopped talking when she released that Naruto wasn't paying attention anymore and was already climbing up the tree.

"Don't forget to use the kunai as a marker. See you in the morning!" She gracefully jumped off the branch she was sitting on, landed, and walked out of the clearing.

"You're not gonna watch me!?"

"Nope! Gotta visit Ino-sama!"


"I'm bored Gentou-kun! When can I leave?" Gentou sighed as he watched his new mistress, who was currently moping on her hospital bed.

"You'll leave when the doctors say you can."

"But there is nothing wrong with me! And I wanna start training!"

"Ino-dono, you will start your training tomorrow, after you are put on a team."

"Gentou-kun, you became a shinobi of this village right?" When he nodded his head she grinned. "So what's your rank? Are you a chuunin? Or maybe a Jounin? Or a Hunter-nin?"

"I am part of the ANBU—the Hokage's personal guards. Kyouka-dono is one too. The other's when they arrive will most likely be apart of it too."

"Who are the other council members?" Gentou was about to respond but was interrupted by the arrival of Kyouka.

"One is cold and the other is the biggest pervert I ever had the pleasure of meeting."

"The names of the council members are Aki-dono and Haru-dono."

"You don't want to stay too long with Haru though. So when it is his turn to train you, one of us is most likely going to be with you to make sure that he doesn't do anything." Kyouka watched as Ino's mouth curled up in a snarl.

"I hate perverts."

"Don't we all?" Kyouka sat at the edge of Ino's bed and turned her red gaze at Gentou. "Aki-chan will be arriving tomorrow. I take it that you will be waiting for her?"

"Yes. What will you do tomorrow?"

Kyouka flashed him a huge smile. "I'll stay with Ino-sama!"

"You know, you guys don't have to keep on calling me lady or mistress. 'Ino-chan' is just fine."

"Okay, Ino-chan!"

"But that is very rude of me Ino-dono."

"'Ino-chan'."

"But—" Ino growled and Kyouka laughed as she saw the usually calm Lord of Winter flinch in fright.

"Already, she is a force to be reckoned. Good job Ino-chan!"

"I just don't like formalities." Ino said as she lay back down.

"I wonder who is going to be on my team tomorrow." She mumbled as she crossed her arms. "I hope I am not with Shikamaru and Chouji. I mean just because our fathers were the legendary Ino-Shika-Chou group doesn't mean that their children have to follow suit."

"Ino-chan just wants to be with her Naruto-kun!" Kyouka gushed.

"Yea—wait, NO!!!"

"Ino and Naruto sitting in a tree K-I-S-S-I-N-G!" Ino tackled Kyouka and they started to play fight on the bed.

"Shut up Kyouka!!"

"Make me!" Ino took a pillow and threw it at her face.

"Hey, you shouldn't be playing on the bed. You two are making too much noise. This is a hospital."

"Okay…" The girls grumbled as they calmed down. Kyouka then leaned to Ino and whispered: "We'll continue this tomorrow."

"You're on."

It was early the next day and Kyouka found herself staring at the unconscious form of Naruto.

'Maybe I should've told him about this exercise today. He might miss the team assignment.'

The woman walked to the fallen body and knelt beside it. She went through a couple of hand seals and green chakra surrounded her hands. She put it over his stomach where she knew the center of the chakra system was and she replenished his chakra. She stood up and looked at the tree he was climbing. She saw that he made it three-fourths of the way.

'Not bad for someone who has such crappy chakra.' She watched as Naruto stirred and woke up. He looked around dazedly before trying to stand up.

"Calm down, you just recovered from chakra exhaustion. You are going to feel dizzy if you don't rest."

"But I need to finish."

"You can finish later. Your teams are going to be announced in two hours and you need to shower and eat."

"Okay…" The boy got up shakily and began to trek slowly back home. Kyouka became annoyed and grabbed his shoulder before vanishing to his house.

"What the hell did you do!?" Naruto exclaimed as he saw that they were in front of his apartment.

"That my yellow haired urchin is called shunshin-no-Jutsu (Body Flicker). It is a teleportation Jutsu. I'll teach you that later. Now get showering and eating. I'll be at Ino-chan's house."

"When did she go home?"

"Last night, her father came and got her."

"Do they know about her position?"

"Nope."

"Okay, I'll see you at the academy." With that, Naruto ascended the stairs to his apartment. Kyouka made sure he got in before vanishing again.


"Kyouka-chan, where is Naruto-kun?" Ino asked as she sat at her desk. Currently she was petting Kyouka who was once again posing as a rabbit. The rabbit twitched her nose as an answer.

"You don't where he is right?" Kyouka nodded her head.

Ino sighed and looked around to survey the graduates. There was twenty-seven in all meaning that there would be nine teams of three. Most of the important clans were present in the class. There was Aburame Shino who never spoke a word. Akimichi Chouji who was forever eating and unlimited supply of chips. The there was the shy Hyuuga Hinata who belonged to the Hyuuga clan who were all a bunch of arrogant fools. Her former best friend and rival Haruno Sakura was fawning over the ever moody Uchiha Sasuke; lately she had been wondering what she ever saw in that boy. Inuzuka Kiba and his dog Akamaru was a loudmouth idiot just like Naruto and was currently trying to flirt with Hinata. And Nara Shikamaru was sleeping; the lazy bastard.

"I made it!!" The door slammed loudly and Ino smiled brightly as she saw Naruto panting at the door.

"Naruto! What the hell are you doing here!? This is for people who graduated!" Sakura yelled at him.

"But Sakura-chan!! I did graduate! She look at my hitai-ate!" He exclaimed as he showed off his forehead protector.

"Bullshit! I bet you stole that you baka!" She shouted.

"How would you know forehead girl!? He graduated so leave at that! And stop your horrible screeching! We wont be able to hear our teams if you bust all our eardrums." Ino yelled.

"When did you start defending Naruto-baka, Ino-pig?"

"Since I found out that he is a better person than you forehead!"

"You stupid pig!"

"You ugly pink haired slut!" Now the two girls were having a stare off. Ino had one foot on the table and was leaning on that and Sakura was standing in front of the table.

"Now, now calm down Ino-chan; Sakura-chan." Naruto tried to calm the girls down but was met with two sets of intense glares and he instantly backed off.

"What is the meaning of this? Calm down you two." Everyone quieted down when Iruka walked in and began to sit down. The girls threw one last glare at the other before sitting down. Iruka then went into a long speech about what to expect now that they are shinobi of Konoha. Then he started listing the teams.

"Team Seven will be Uchiha Sasuke…" All the girls held their breaths as they waited to hear who was on his team.

"Uzumaki Naruto…"

"Say what!!? Why the hell do I have to be with that teme!!?"

"Because Naruto, Sasuke is the Rookie of the year while you are the dead last. That's how it works. And the last member of your team is Yamanaka Ino. Your Jounin teacher is Hatake Kakashi."

"YES!! In your face forehead!!" Ino was also happy that she was with Naruto, but she wouldn't admit that in public.

"Yes!! I'm with Ino-chan!" Naruto cheered.

'Happy Birthday Naruto. I know you'll love your present.' Iruka thought as he smiled at Naruto who was currently talking vividly to Ino. 'I hope you enjoy your new friends.'

A/N: I hope that everyone enjoyed this chapter. Soon, like in two weeks, I'll be going to this academic program where I'll be living on campus. So, my updates will become very scarce. If I was to get a laptop (which I doubt) I would be able to continue writing. But that would never happen. Anyway, read and review and I'll get back to you soon!