Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto

Warnings: Violence , Gore and Lemons(Much Later)

Credits: If I may have used some Ideas that are not my own, I apologize. Some of the Jutsu's were taken from The Legend Of Kyuubi's Profile page so credit goes to him

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Chapter 11

"Hey, Yugao-sensei?" Naruto asked.

"Wanna spar?" Naruto asked smiling widely.

"Huh . . . ?" Yugao asked, looking up at Naruto with a confused expression on her face.

Naruto noticed the slightly misty look in her eyes and his face softened. He held out his hand to her. She smiled up at him, took his hand and lifted herself to her feet.

"You sure you want to do this now? You must be tired after today's test." Yugao said a little concerned for him.

"Nah . . . almost all the work was done by Mei-chan and Sakiko-chan. The only bit that I did was blow him out into the clearing and place him under the Genjutsu." Naruto said waving his hand dismissively, feeling quite proud of his girls.

They went up to the clearing and Yugao turned around facing Naruto and got into a ready position. She was confused to see that Naruto was just standing there, rubbing the back of his head, a sheepish expression on his face. She assumed the last part as most of his face was covered by his mask.

"Well I was kinda hoping that you would spar with me in a Kenjutsu fight." Naruto said.

"Are you interested in Kenjutsu Naruto-kun?" Yugao asked inwardly ecstatic, it was something that she could help him learn.

"Yeah, I have always wanted to learn it. I know that my mother was a Kenjutsu Master, and I will make her proud by becoming one as well." Naruto said his voice laced with determination.

"I'm sure you will be Naruto-kun, and I'll help you learn with everything that I have." Yugao said.

"Thank you Yugao-sensei." Naruto said thankfully.

"But, I don't see your sword with you Naruto-kun. Did you not bring it?" Yugao asked.

Naruto just grinned at her question and brought his hands forward and in a surge of Chakra Naruto was holding his sword, Tensa Zangetsu.

Yugao stared at the sword. It was the same class of sword as her's a Japanese long sword, but in appearance it was totally different and it looked utterly scary. So, of course, she loved it.

Naruto sweatdropped as he saw the hearts in the eyes of his sensei/fiancé. Truthfully, he didn't mind being her friend and he would then see if it would lead somewhere else. He wondered why his father hadn't mentioned it in his journal, he had recorded everything else. Shrugging, Naruto brought his attention back to his surroundings and saw that Yugao had materialized next to him and was looking at his sword from every conceivable angle, bending this way and that.

"Um, Yugao-sensei?"Naruto questioned, trying to get her attention.

Yugao kept on looking at the sword, muttering things under her breath, her hands twitching as if she wanted nothing more than to hold it in her hands.

"Sensei?" Naruto asked again.

"Oh. . . ah Naruto-kun your sword is magnificent, where did you get it? It doesn't look like an ordinary sword to me." Yugao said still looking at the sword in Naruto's hands.

"You are right Yugao-sensei, this sword isn't a normal sword and as to where I got it, it is a tale for another time." Naruto said cheekily.

Yugao pouted, she actually pouted after hearing Naruto's response to her questions. Naruto smiled at seeing the look on her face.

"How about this, I'll answer as many questions that you have and I am comfortable answering after the spar?" Naruto asked.

"Deal." Yugao answered and stepped away from him and took out her blade that was strapped to her back. It was a standard Daito, but was in pristine condition. Just looking at the blade Naruto could tell that it was well maintained and its sharpness was not to be questioned.

Naruto got into a loose stance, his sword held at his side. Yugao immediately noticed that he was somewhat stiff in his stance, noting it for future reference to help him correct it.

"How do you want to do this?" Naruto asked.

"First one to draw blood wins?" Yugao answered her statement posed as a question.

"Agreed." Naruto answered.

Yugao got into her stance and waited for Naruto to make the first move. They stood staring at each other, looking for the smallest hint of a twitch in the other's stance for a long time. Losing her patience, and silently grumbling at herself for it; Yugao dashed at Naruto with her sword's tip pointed at the ground preparing a swipe from down to up.

Naruto brought his sword up and blocked the strike, tiny sparks erupting from the point of contact of the blades. Yugao was surprised when he held steady even when she applied pressure to her sword and was pushed back when he swung his hand. As soon as he did that, he quickly dashed forward and then the two of them sparred like that for quite some time, both of them evading or blocking the other's strikes. Yugao was analysing his fighting style, he seemed to be quite competent with his blade but lacked proper instruction and experience, but he made up for it wonderfully with his strength and uncanny reflexes. Yugao, finished with her analysis, decided the spar had gone long enough and began pushing Naruto on the defensive and finished the battle after nicking his forearm.

At the end of the spar Yugao was breathing slightly laboured but Naruto appeared to be only a tad tired. They sat down and Naruto dispelled his blade, making it vanish the same way it had appeared. Yugao seeing this, sat up a little straighter.

"How did you do that?" she asked. It seemed as a very useful ability to have.

"I think we need to talk about our situation first." Naruto replied skirting around her question.

"I think that the first thing that we need to clear up is whether you want to honour the arranged marriage or not, I'm sure that our parents must have written it so that either party can back out if he/she wants to." Naruto said kindly.

"No! . . . I mean that I . . . um . . . If you would like to . . . I'm saying that . . . I would like to take this decision at a later date. I would first like to get to know you a little better before I make my decision, it would also allow you time to make yours as well. So let's not void this contract hastily." Yugao said, her face tinged a light pink.

"I think that would be a wonderful idea Sensei." Naruto said smiling.

"You should call me Yugao when we aren't on missions Naruto-kun." Yugao said smiling back at him.

"Erm . . . Right." Naruto said a bit flustered. Yugao giggled discreetly.

They spent some time talking to each other and had a nice time. As it approached 2 o'clock in the afternoon, Yugao got up to leave saying that she had to submit her report and register the team as official Konoha Ninja. She told them that they would begin missions later that week and told him to inform his teammates to be here same time tomorrow.

'That wasn't so bad. I think that I can get along with my team, maybe make some friends.' Yugao thought as she went on her way.

Naruto went to his house and was congratulated by Shizune and Tsunade. He and the girls along with Tsunade and Shizune had a late lunch and the newly formed Team 11 told the morning's activities from their point of view.

Just as Mei was about to bring up the topic of Yugao and the arranged marriage to Naruto, he, sitting next to her put his hand on her leg and subtly shook his head. Mei frowned for a moment before distracting the others by asking a question about a difficulty that she had in her training.

Sakiko looked at him and arched an eyebrow. Naruto motioned with his eyes that he would tell her later. Satisfied, she too joined in on the ongoing discussion.

After lunch, the three of them sat down on the couch and relaxed, watching the television. After casting the Genjutsu on Kakashi today, he was feeling the need to constantly reassure himself that the girls were indeed safe. He sat with his arms around their shoulders; the girls seemed to know what was bothering him and snuggled closer to him. After about an hour of relaxation, Mei suggested that they go down to train. She had a new Jutsu that she wanted to master, and had asked Naruto to help her with it.

Naruto went up to his workroom, the place where he kept his sealing supplies and books. As he entered the place he saw a group of 10 clones reading various books left by his father on sealing, while 5 other clones were drawing the same seal that was on the rings that he had given to the girls on a piece of paper. It didn't take long to create the seal on the paper as its size didn't need to be reduced. He had encountered a difficulty when he had been practicing Shunpo with his Shadow Clones. They simply didn't have enough Chakra to practice it for a length of time and having the clones dispel after every 10-12 tries wasn't a very effective training method.

Kyuubi had suggested using the seal to transfer Chakra to the clones after he made them. Since he had the same Chakra signature as the clones, he would be able to fill the seal with his Chakra and the Clones could use it to practice longer. But having more Chakra available to each clone didn't negate the fact that the clone would dispel after a solid hit, it just improved his training, allowing him to perfect his more Chakra draining techniques.

Picking up 20 seal tags that the clones had made since this morning, Naruto called out to the people sitting in the living room that he was going down to the training room. Mei and Sakiko immediately burst forth from the room and followed him to the training grounds. Naruto had promised to help them with their Ninjutsu and they loved learning new Jutsu's almost as much as Naruto did. Naruto created 20 clones and then walked up to them individually and channelled his Chakra into the seals in his hands and then applied them on the back of the clone's necks. He then instructed them to continue practicing Shunpo for the rest of the day. He then spent some time helping the girls with their problems in using their Ninjutsu and suggesting possible reasons for their mistakes.

After about an hour of helping the girls he walked away to a different clearing and activated his Sharingan. He had copied a Jutsu from Kakashi earlier today and the technique that he used appeared to be quite useful. Going through the handsigns slowly, getting a feel for using the technique, Naruto slammed his hands on the ground and whispered, Raiton:Kaminari sāji (Lightning Release: Lightning Surge). There were a few sparks of lightning that escaped the place where his hands were resting, but it soon frizzled out afterwards. Lightning Element still gave him a little trouble. His eyes glinting with determination he swore that he would be able to successfully use this Ninjutsu by the end of the week.

With Yugao

Yugao made her way to the Hokage's office after her spar with Naruto. She was surprised to learn that he had started using his blade only for a mere few days. He wasn't an amateur with the blade at all, sure he made mistakes but they were far less obvious to unskilled opponents.

'He would be fun to teach.' Yugao thought excitedly.

She reached the tower and the secretary of the Hokage nodded for her to enter the room. She entered and saw all the Jounin Sensei's for the current batch of Academy students standing before the Hokage. Kakashi saw her and nodded his head slightly. The Hokage ordered them to report their results of the tests. Only three other Jounins excluding herself had passed their team. Yuuhi Kurenai, Sarutobi Asuma and Hatake Kakashi were the only ones whose teams had passed their tests. She thought it interesting that between the three of them they had all the clan heirs in their teams, excluding Naruto of course, but she didn't think that others knew that fact as yet. The Hokage had told her in confidence that Naruto would be officially inducted into the Council after he had been a Ninja of Jounin rank for at least 5 years, in the meantime he would have a proxy that would handle the matters concerning his clan. That was all that she knew concerning that matter.

The Hokage then dismissed the other Jounins and informed them the rest of them of their duties and responsibilities.

As she was leaving, she was called by Kakashi. She went over to him and asked, "Did you want something Kakashi-san?"

"I was wondering if it would be possible to have both our teams engage in joint Training exercises?" Kakashi asked.

"I wouldn't get my hopes up Kakashi-san. Naruto-kun and Sasuke seem to have a history and with the way Sasuke treats Sakiko, it would be a disaster waiting to happen." Yugao said.

"Ah. . .I know that, but the council forced me to pass Sasuke, and with the way he is right now I was hoping that having a rival would be conductive to his growth. Whether I like it or not, he is a part of my assigned team. Please give my request further thought." Kakashi stated.

"Sure, but no promises." Yugao said noncommittally.

"That is all that I ask." Kakashi said.

Timeskip - One Month

Over the past one month Team 11 had grown together as a team wonderfully. On a typical day, Team 11 would meet at the training ground early in the morning, do some teamwork exercises, and would finish one of the endless and horrifying D-Rank missions before lunch. They did most of the missions that they didn't mind doing themselves and used Naruto's and Yugao's Kage Bunshin for the rest of them. They had completed the prerequisite number of D-Rank missions required of a Genin team before they were qualified for the C-Rank missions; they just had to wait for the required time i.e. a month before they could take up the C-Rank missions. She had asked Naruto and her team about Kakashi's proposal of joint training and had received a vehement and unanimous disagreement to the prospect. She hadn't really tried to convince them otherwise as she felt the same way. They had a few run-ins with Team 7 and Yugao had to admit that Sasuke coupled with his loyal fangirl Sakura and the last member of the team, Sai, a pale skinned boy who made unnecessary references to inappropriate body parts in his regular speech with an emotionless face, was something that they would actively avoid meeting unless absolutely necessary.

Yugao had found fast friends in Mei and Sakiko and was pretty certain that she was falling and falling hard for Naruto. They had gone out on a couple of dates, but she preferred to spend her free time with Naruto, regardless of whether she was on a date or not. And if she wasn't grossly misreading their time spent together, she knew that Naruto felt the same way. She couldn't say that she outright loved him with all her being, but he was definitely someone close to her heart.

It had been three days since Naruto had informed her about his bloodlines, all that she knew before that was that he just had a Bloodline and was thus qualified to start his own Clan; or as the case might be, revive it. She had been floored when Naruto had told her that he possessed the Sharingan but her interests lay more with his Soul Blade Bloodline. She had admitted to him that she was a little jealous after hearing the details of the Bloodline, any competent practitioner of Kenjutsu would kill for an ability such as that. Naruto had called her to his home today, skipping morning training saying that he had a surprise for the girls. She was currently walking towards Naruto's house with Mei and Sakiko after they had finished their morning training.

"Do you guys have any idea about what Naruto-kun's surprise is going to be?" Yugao asked her companions.

"Not a clue. You can never know with Naruto-kun, he's pretty sneaky." Mei said.

"I just hope he isn't planning one of his pranks." Sakiko said, gulping audibly. Naruto's pranks were hilarious, but she wouldn't ever want to be a victim.

They discussed some of their favourite pranks played by their favourite blonde as they walked closer to Naruto's house. Mei had the keys and they proceeded to go down to the training grounds. Looking around warily they began searching for Naruto, and spotted him sitting in a meditative position with Tensa Zangetsu lying flat in his lap. He exhaled once softly, and opened his eyes, his Sharingan deactivating as he did so.

"Hey there girls, excited about the surprise?" Naruto asked standing up.

The three of them looked at him with an incredulous expression on their faces, and answered together with a resounding and emphatic "YES!".

Naruto chuckled slightly at their expressions and told them to sit down. He then went over to stand on the rock edge looking down he could see a small ditch before it levelled out on the other side. He turned back towards the girls.

"How far do you think the other side of this ditch is?" Naruto asked.

The girls had confused expressions on their faces, but Yugao gave her estimate nonetheless.

"Might be approximately 200 meters Naruto-kun." Yugao answered the blonde's question.

"That's very accurate Yugao-chan. And how would you pass such a distance if this ditch was a ravine and you were being pursued?" Naruto asked.

The three girls thought of that for a moment.

"I could probably use my Earth Manipulation to build a path connecting the ravine." Mei mused.

Naruto nodded and smiled at her. She was almost as fanatical about Ninjutsu as he was. They would always bounce ideas for new Jutsu off each other before trying to create it. Breaking out of his thoughts he then turned his gaze to the other two.

"Sunshin." They replied simply.

Naruto nodded at their answer. Mei looked at them and shrugged her shoulders. Naruto laughed.

"Why the sudden question Naruto-kun?" Yugao asked.

"What would you say if I told you that I could cross it using Chakra alone?" Naruto stated.

"I would say that you are trying to prank us somehow." Sakiko said bluntly.

"Sakiko-chan." Naruto whined.

"Anyways . . . my new technique allows me to do just that." Naruto stated triumphantly.

"Sakiko-chan would you please go to the other side and throw a kunai in the ground?" Naruto asked sweetly.

Sakiko nodded and performed the required handseals and crossed the ditch and taking out a kunai threw it into the ground. She looked up at Naruto and gave him a challenging smirk.

Naruto smiled deviously at her, and loosened his arms and vanished from the sight of the three girls.

Of the three of them, Sakiko was the first that became aware of his presence first. But it might be due to the deep cerulean blue eyes were mere inches from her own. She immediately blushed at their proximity and tried looking away. But the pure love and mischievousness shining in them wouldn't let her. She sighed happily.

Naruto caressed her back as he crouched, picked up the thrown kunai and reappeared standing between Mei and Yugao.

"Amazing." Mei said.

"How did you do that? Can you teach me?" Yugao asked.

Sakiko was still silent, staring down at her feet, her face beet red.

"That was what Zangetsu-san told me is Shunpo" Naruto said and they spent the rest of the day there discussing the different ways this skill could be used in any situation. Changing their previous plans, incorporating new ideas and other related stuff.

Timeskip - The Next Day

Team 11 stood in front of the Hokage, requesting their first C-Rank mission.

Sarutobi nodded his head and motioned to the Chunin helper to pass him Team 11 progress reports. He read over their track record at a glance and put the reports away.

"You seem to have completed the required amount of D-Ranks, and you have been in the field for a month. Your request will be accepted if your sensei gives her approval. What do you say Yugao?" Sarutobi said puffing away on his pipe.

Yugao smiled at her team, stepped forward and said confidently, "Team 11 requesting for a C-Rank mission sir!"

Sarutobi smiled. 'Looks like Yugao is adapting to her new team rather well.'

He began shuffling through various C-Rank mission requests.

He selected something that they should have no problems with.

"There have been a few kidnappings near Iwate. Team 11 you are to investigate these disappearances and report your findings. It is an extended mission, pack supplies for a month." Sarutobi said authoritatively.

"Sir!" was team 11's response and then they walked out the office, their first C-Rank mission scroll with Yugao.

A/N: I would appreciate your ideas on how to deal with Zabusa. Please Review your thoughts.