Naruto was waiting for me when I came out of my apartment. I thanked my lucky stars that today was my scheduled off day. On such a high alert, no one would get a day off, but this one had been previously scheduled so, I had nothing to worry about.

"Hey, I found a really strong sensei the other day, but I'm not sure you want to meet him. He's a bit of a pervert," said Naruto as we walked down the street. "Well, actually, he's really a super pervert. You know those Icha Icha books?"

"You mean the porn books? Yes, unfortunately I have, some of my colleagues read them." Not that that I was going to mention any names. *cough*Kakashi*cough*

"He writes those," he said.

"Your teacher is Jiraiya-sama?" I cried.

"Yeah, that's him. Though I prefer to call him Ero-senin."

"Yeah, that fits him," I laughed. Naruto laughed with me. To meet one of the legendary Sanin, I was quite excited.

"I'm meeting him in here," said Naruto when we got to the bath houses. "Maybe I can convince him to come meet you."

"Just mention I'm a woman and he'll come running without you," I joked. I didn't think that was what would actually happen. Before I knew it, this older looking man was out of the building standing right in front of me. Naruto had been left in the dust.

"I hear you wanted to meet me," he said. "I'm the legendary toad sage, Jiraiya-sama."

"My name is Tsukiko, pleased to meet you," I responded politely with a bow. I thanked my lucky stars again that I decided to wear a short sleeved turtle neck. Judging my the way he was looking at me, I thanked the gods, the spirits, anyone who was listening to my little prayer.

"Hey! You could've waited for me to introduce you to her! Ero-senin!" shouted Naruto. I laughed at Naruto's nickname for the mighty Jiraiya-sama.

"I thought I told you not to call me that?" shouted Jiraiya.

"What's wrong with calling you what you are?!" Naruto shouted back. I laughed at their antics. It was obvious they already liked each other.

"What's so funny?" asked Naruto.

"Oh, nothing," I replied before motioning for Jiraiya to come closer.

"You do realize that having a kid around you like that would totally attract chicks?" I said.

"Eh?"

"If you know women as well as you say you do, women love guys with kids." He nodded. An evil grin plastered across his face. Naruto frowned.

"I don't know what you just told him, but Tsuki-chan, don't encourage him!" shouted Naruto. I laughed again.

"Well, since Naruto wants you to watch him train with me, looks like we'll have to go to a different location," said Jiraiya. I almost thought I saw an evil glimpse in his eye.

His next move confirmed my suspicions and I absolutely hated the fact that I couldn't tell them I was a ninja.

He picked me up—without asking—and took off with Naruto on his tail screaming about how they could just walk to the location.

When we got there, he put me down, and I had every right to punch right then and there, but I had never been treated like that before so it just kind of stunned me.

"Ero-senin! You didn't even bother to ask her first! You pervert!"

"Um... I'm going to go sit down over there and watch," I said as I found the log and sat on it. With that said, Naruto's training began.

After several hours of watching Naruto walk on water and create clones to fight with, I let out a yawn. Needless to say I was getting bored, and I was itching to do some real fighting.

I wonder if Jiraiya sensed this, because the question he asked me surprised me.

"You wouldn't happen to be a ninja would you?" My eyes widened.

"How did you know?" I asked.

"You're built for it," he said. Naruto had heard us.

"You're a ninja Tsuki-chan?"

"Well, yeah, but I'm not a very good one," I lied. I was only at ANBU level, after all.

"I want to fight Tsuki-chan," said Naruto. "Don't worry, I'll go easy on you!"

"It'll help with both your training," said Jiraiya. I stood up and nodded. Seeing that Naruto could pull off a Jounin level technique, maybe it could help with my control.

He made three clones who came at me at full speed. I dodged their kicks and their punches with ease. I landed a punch or two leaving me with just one who punched me in the right cheek. I quickly retaliated by using that momentum to spin around and knock him off his feet. Then I felt Naruto jump onto me. He had created more clones, and they were ready to fight.

Until I had turned into Naruto.

I watched them stare in confusion but they weren't fooled.

"Ha! Kakashi-sensei already pulled that one on me!" he shouted. Perhaps he wasn't as dumb as he let on.

I jumped down from the tree I was in.

"I thought you said you weren't a good ninja?" he said.

"I'm not," I said. "I just used the basics, don't tell me you don't know them." So much for my original thoughts.

"Hey!"

All of his clones came at me. I pretended to take a beating while managing to take out a few of his clones. After a few minutes, Jiraiya finally spoke up.

"All right that's enough," he said. "Naruto, let me go ahead and teach you that technique."

The month seemed to fly by for me. With the same old schedule of training, eating, and sleeping; the occasional chat with Naruto. Today was the day of the chuunin exams. I wasn't sure whether to be excited for Naruto's battle, or worried that something bad might happen. I was getting into my ANBU garb when one of my teammates came into my home.

"Hokage is worried," he said. I noticed his voice was different from before. "He's asked me to tell you to remain hidden among the civilians."

I wasn't sure what to do. It didn't sound like something the Hokage would say, but I decided to go a long with it.

"All right," I said. He disappeared in a puff of smoke. I took out a back pack and stuffed my mask into it and wore my armor under my clothes. I wasn't about to take any chances. I threw my bag over my shoulder and stepped out.

"Tsuki-chan!" cried a familiar voice as I locked the door to my room. Naruto came running toward me with that ever present grin plastered across his face.

"Hey Naruto!" I replied. "You excited?" His grin faded.

"Actually, I'm a little bit nervous," said Naruto. I smiled slightly. "I made a promise to beat Neji, but I hear how strong he is. I'm not sure I can win."

"You made a promise right?"

"Then as a Konoha nin, no matter how strong your opponent is, you have a duty to yourself to keep to that promise," I said.

"Yeah, but what if I lose?"

"As long as you have the will to stand up every time you fall down or get pushed down, you have the strength to take anyone down," I said.

"Okay, that sounded really corny."

"Yeah it did!"

"But it did make me feel better, thanks Tsuki-chan!" he said. His grin reappeared in all its glory. "So you going to watch me?"

"Of course! I wouldn't miss it for the world!" I said. We chatted all the way to the tournament where we had to go our separate ways. I found a seat pretty quickly and managed to blend in with the rest of the crowd.

Sitting right in front of me, almost as if by coincidence, Hiashi-sama of the Hyuuga clan, my uncle and his youngest daughter, Hanabi were waiting patiently for the first match to begin. The Hokage made his announcement, but out of the corner of my eye, I noticed something. My teammate was standing not too far away my cousin, Hyuuga Hinata. I kept a close watch on him, since he wasn't supposed to be there. I looked back down at the field to see Naruto and Neji facing each other ready to fight.

"Go Naruto!" I shouted. I knew that he was facing off with my cousin, but that didn't matter. I wanted Naruto to know that I was rooting for him.

I felt a shiver run down my spinal cord. Someone here was planning to kill me. It was well hidden but after five years of brutal training and deadly missions, I had learned to pick up even the most subtle of emotions.

Plus, I had a kekkei genkai that I had discovered three years ago. It came as a result from being half Uchiha and half Hyuuga.

It had nothing to do with eyes...

I didn't want to move from my seat, but I could feel someone's eyes baring down on me. I brushed it off as paranoia, and I watched Naruto's fight carefully. Neji surprised my too. He had been able to learn things that only the main house knew on his own. Naruto's strength to get up, though, was far more impressive then anything the Hyuuga had taught himself. It came as no real surprise to me, the Neji was able to do that, since he had already been labeled as a genius. Naruto was amazing, truly.

"When I become Hokage, I'll change the Hyuuga!"

Naruto's words were ringing in my ears. Maybe he could change the Hyuuga enough to get me accepted, even though I was only part of their clan. I took a deep breath and realized that those eyes, whoever they were, were not on me any longer. Naruto started to leave the arena, and I stood up to cheer.

"Way to go, Naruto!" I shouted. He must have heard my voice because he turned to me and waved. I looked over at my teammate. He hadn't moved, but Hinata had. I wondered if he had done something to her. Since it would be awhile till Naruto's next match, I left my seat to go to the restroom. I entered one of stalls and dawned on my face and uncovered my ANBU uniform.

I landed next to the Hokage. He looked at me, an angry look on his face. He had probably seen me among the civilians.

"Phoenix," he said.

"Hokage-sama, I need to speak with you in private. It's an important matter." My eyes were locked on the Kazekage. It was his eyes that had been on me this whole time, the intent so thick it was hard to breathe. This would turn out to be the ultimate test of my skills. I'm not going to lie; I was scared.

The Hokage nodded and followed me around the corner.

"There's a spy among the ANBU, I'm afraid one of my teammates is no longer with us."

"Hai, I understand," he said. "Stay near me, if my guess is correct I'm going to need you here."

"Understood!" He nodded and returned to his seat.

"Something wrong, Hokage-sama?" asked the Kazekage.

"No," said the Hokage.

I was born under a full moon. That's why my mother named me Tsukiko, meaning child of the moon. My mother died not long after my birth. She got to name me and that was it. She didn't want me to be a ninja, but when I turned fourteen, things got dangerous for the Uchiha.

Even now, as I watch one of the Kazekage's bodyguards pull out a grenade, life's still dangerous for an Uchiha. I jumped out of the way, just as the bomb went off, throwing dust and debris into the air. A team of fellow ANBU jumped out of their hiding places. The Captain cut both of the bodyguards in half, but as soon as the four halves hit the ground, four people jumped up and formed a rectangle around both of the Kages.

They quickly put up a barrier so that no one could enter. One of the ANBU didn't realize this and ran into it. I watched as his skin started to burn away. I was frozen to the spot. Even the slightest mistake could mean my life. I took a deep breath and forced myself to calm down. All I had to do was pretend that this was just another training drill, nothing more.

Within moments I was in battle mode, ready to fight.

It only took me a few moments to formulate a plan. I took a quick look at my surroundings, said a little prayer to any gods that were listening, and jumped as high as I possibly could.

"Phoenix no!" I heard the captain shout. It was too late to obey his orders now. The Hokage was practically a grandfather to me. I wasn't about to let him die like that, at the hands of his own student. I could hear all the other shinobi shout at me.

"What is she thinking?!"

"She's crazy!"

"She's going to get herself killed!"

I already knew all that. These two were at Kage level, but that wasn't about to deter me from what I was about to do. I was already half-way there anyway. When I felt myself hit the limit of my jump, I threw all my weight down towards the middle of the barrier. I could almost hear Orochimaru laughing at me. I gathered up just the right amount of chakra in my right hand as I performed the correct hand signs.

And...

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