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Konoha had never really had a problem with missing-nin before. In its century of existence, there had never been so much as one A-ranked ninja abandon the village, so there had never been a need for a hunter-nin division like Kiri, whose shinobi left the village in droves monthly.

Of course, that had swiftly changed. Once Orochimaru had been discovered experimenting on village civilians and had been declared a missing-nin, Konoha started facing a severe problem in ninjas leaving their village.

The Will of Fire was quickly sputtering, and something had needed to change. Homura had been the instigator behind the creation of Kawa, and Koharu had backed him fully. Homura believed that when the Sandaime had let Orochimaru go free, albeit reluctantly, other shinobi with dubious loyalty started to believe that they could also run away scot-free.

Kiri had their Hunter-nin division, while Suna, Kumo, and Iwa, as well as the rest of the minor villages, all paid outside mercenary groups to deal with their missing-nin. Konoha had never had to do either, as again, ninja just didn't abandon Konoha.

Koharu had quickly thrown away the idea of bounty hunters as they weren't as effective as Kiri's hunter-nin and much more expensive than owning a hunter-nin division.

While it was less expensive, it certainly required way more footwork. Koharu was currently sitting at the head desk in the brand new building that was to be Kawa's headquarters. The building was one building over from the Hokage Tower, and looked to be just a normal storefront.

However, in the back room there was a hidden set of stairs that lead to a three story building with its own Resurrection Room, dojo, and a training room that was reinforced to take up to A-rank jutsu.

The building had only taken 2 years to build and it was now time for Koharu to start selecting the teachers who would start the beginning of a new era in Hidden Leaf.

Hatake Kakashi was immediately flagged. While he was by no means a great sensei, he knew more foreign jutsu than the Sandaime which would be invaluable in forming a group of unpredictable ninja who did not use the standard Konoha jutsu that the missing-nin had already memorized and would come to expect.

Homura would also be a tutor. He was a sealing master who easily on the level of Jiraiya. He would teach the Kawa-nin how to seal a target's head into a scroll, and how to seal weapons and other supplies as well. The two techniques required two very different types of seals.

Besides that, Homura would teach the Kawa-nin the basics. Poison, ropes, stealth, tracking, the Academy Three, and weapons. Homura had always believed in the basics and the only thing he truly excelled in besides the basics was fuinjutsu.

Koharu had also started recruiting a Nara. Nara Shikato, to be exact. He was Nara Shikaku's uncle and was even older than herself. He was a genius, as were most in the Nara family, and would be teaching the young ninja strategy, tactics, survival, and creative uses in common shinobi gear.

Next on the list was Hyuuga Kaori, a very seasoned branch house medic who would be teaching chakra control, some relatively easy medical jutsu, and first aid. And she would of course teach them taijutsu. While Kaori would not be teaching them the juuken, Hyuugas were not known as deadly taijutsu masters for nothing and would give the students a solid grounding in taijutsu before letting them choose their own style.

Kohaku Yogi was the second-to-last tutor. He came from a very small clan, the Kohaku clan, who seemed to all have a talent for weapons. Yogi was practically a prodigy at weapons. If you didn't have to throw it or shoot it, he could use it, and use it better than most practitioners of that art. He was on his last year of service to the village before he could retire and then all he would have to do was train the Kawa-nin on how to use various weapons.

She would be the last tutor, although she barely considered the job she had assigned herself to be tutoring. She would be the planner, the one who helped the learning Kawa-nin to grow into something powerful and unique. She would tell Kakashi what types of control to teach the kids and tell Kaori what kinds of styles were suitable for the type of ninja she wanted the child to be. She would also meet monthly with each trainee to get their own insight and to give them advice to make unique styles.

After all, she couldn't have her division of shinobi becoming predictable like almost every other clan in Konoha. Once a shinobi learned a little about the fighting style, it was extremely easy to learn how to take them down. The Uchiha were always rush in, get some hits, throw a Katon jutsu around, use wires, then maybe a genjutsu or two to finish the job. The Nara were the exact same way. Flash bombs, careful maneuvering, and then a shadow possession. While both were incredibly powerful combinations, there was a reason no Uchiha or Nara had ever become Hokage. The ones who were creative and unique even in using their clan skills were the ones who became truly powerful. Everyone else just hit the A-rank glass ceiling.

It was the reason why she would start training the Kawa-nin at 6 years old. That way they would have no preconceived notions and she could truly form them into something great.

**************5 years later*******************

Naruto is now seven years old fyi. It took two years to create the Kawa headquarters. Just clearing things up.

Naruto collapsed onto the floor of the dojo, panting heavily. Besides him, his partner Aburame Sorana, mirrored his position exactly. Kaori-sensei had kicked their asses...again. They were both still currently memorizing the katas of the Academy style. The academy style was a must for all beginners. It was fluid enough for all body types and didn't work too heavily on one set of muscles so the student could easily learn a new style without undoing years of work on their muscles.

After exactly two minutes of rest, Kaori-sensei's voice appeared over the panting from her two students. "Okay, gakutos (students), your rest period is over. You must know perform the diagnostic jutsu that I showed you a month ago to count the number of bruises and torn muscles on your partner's body. I will also use the jutsu and you will report your findings to me. If you are correct, I will move on to teaching you an actual healing jutsu. If not, we will spend another week on this jutsu."

Once their sensei had stopped explaining, her pupils got to work. Naruto went work. He performed the set of four handseals perfectly and then ran his glowing hand over his partner's form. Sorana had 10 bruises and 2 torn muscles, and thankfully Naruto got it right. Naruto only had 7 bruises and 1 torn muscles and Sorana had also gotten it right.

Kaori smiled proudly. Her students were turning out quite well. They both could know do the leaf-sticking and leaf-spinning exercise, could perform the most basic diagnostic jutsu-which only told the user the placement and number of bruises, tears, and cuts-and had most of the katas on the academy style down.

The first two Kawa-nin had only been trained for a year and it was certainly phenomenal progress. In a little less than two weeks, the next Kawa partnership would start their training and Kaori would have two new students to be proud of. She was extremely glad that she had been asked to join this program. Training others was must more satisfying than cleaning the Main House bathrooms or going on escort missions.

Kaori estimated that Naruto and Sorana would have mastered the academy style in another year and she would then help them choose a new style to learn. She also hoped to have them master tree-walking in that time and to get the pair able to set and start healing a broken bone. That would be the most serious injury that Naruto would ever be able to deal with, as his chakra control would be just horrid. Sorana would of course be trained further, and it would also mark the first time that the two had not been trained in the same thing. That was still at least a year and a half out however.

"Good job you two. Tomorrow I will begin showing you how to heal a simple cut of bruise."

"Yatta!," screamed Naruto, his feet flying off the ground as he clicked his heels together in triumph. "Did you hear that Sorana-chan! We finally did it! Now we can move on to even cooler stuff."

"Yes, Naruto-kun, I clearly heard what she said," Sorana said. "Thank you for nearly bursting my eardrums however."

"Again, I must say how proud I am of the both of you. Now, it is time for you lesson with Homura."

"Yes sensei!," they both said. Naruto ran quickly out of the dojo and towards the practice ranges where Homura had all of his lessons. Sorana walked away quickly, but not at the blistering pace that Naruto did.

A minute after Naruto arrived, Sorana walked onto the practice ranges. Today would be a double lesson. Homura would call out a spot on the human body and the pair would have to hit it with their throwing weapons. Naruto preferred shruiken while Sorana was more partial to senbon. This tested both the pairs' accuracy and their knowledge of anatomy.

"Jugular." Thunk. Thunk.

"Temple." Thunk. Thunk.

"Femoral Artery." Thunk. Thunk.

The practice went on for around an hour. As usual Homura was slightly impressed. He had been trained by the Nidaime Hokage which meant he did not impress easily. Naruto was 74 for 100 throws although 6 of the targets he hadn't even thrown because he hadn't known the answer. Sorana was 83 for 100 and had only not known the answer for 3 of the areas.

It was quite impressive. He suspected it would only be another month of so before the both of them had memorized every kill spot and every place to hurt to disable an appoint. It would still be at least another year before the kids would be a hundred percent accurate with their weapon of choice however. He was not going to stop until he was done however.

"Good practice, gakis. Now your monthly meeting with Koharu is up so go and see her."

The practice ranges, along with the dojo and training room, were on the bottom floor of headquarters. Naruto and Sorana headed up to the top office where Koharu's office sat.

The two knocked softly and entered after they heard the soft "enter." Koharu sat in her soft leather chair, padded for her overworked and tired back, and looked at the first two participants in her little experiment.

Currently only Homura and Kaori were the only ones teaching the brats. Kakashi wouldn't enter the picture until the gakis entered their 4 year of training. Shikato and Yogi would begin training in the middle of year 2.

She looked over the progress reports and as usual could not help but to be impressed. Sorana's accuracy was very impressive, as was her knowledge of anatomy. Naruto was not too far behind. They were both capable of the Henge so far, and were starting to learn about the effects of poisons, how to create them, and how to counter them.

After waiting for ten minutes, Koharu was trying to improve Naruto's patience, she started talking. "Now, I have already gone over your progress reports with Kaori and Homura and we are all very impressed. I did not call you here to talk to you about that."

"I am simply informing you that two new recruits will be joining our small little division 16 days from today. I am telling you this so that not only can you prepare to meet new people but also to inform you of some changes in training."

"You will still have the same tutors, and they will still be building on the things they have taught you, but they will also start teaching the new recruits. This is where you come in. Once a week, you will teach them a lesson from what you were taught when you were there age. There is a saying that nothing helps you learn like teaching, and that saying is most definitely true. Now that I've said my piece you are dismissed."

Hopefully you like where this is going. Every chapter will be a timeskip. The next chapter will jump to Naruto being nine years old and Koharu and Homura telling Naruto about the Kyuubi. Also, I have made up a list of jutsu that Naruto and Sorana will be using. If you want to see any specific jutsu, just review. Also, I'm kind of stumped as to what Koharu's skill set should be. I'm leaning towards nintaijutsu, but let me know what you think. Thanks again.