AN: I do not own Guren. Like Naruto, she belongs to Kishimoto, not me. I just changed her appearance and story to my liking

Chapter 3

So, upholding Neji and Naruto's agreement, Team 5 went on mission after mission, after mission- each one successful- and nobody ever getting a scratch, no matter what predicament they were in. Along the way, the twins had picked up some… interesting techniques…

FLASHBACK

Kichiro threw the girl off of him with his forearms and lunged with his katana. "Hey kid, you're pretty good." Kichiro growled 'Who does she think she is, belittling me like that. He kept silent. "I'll make a deal with you, if you beat me here; I'll come back to Konoha with you and join the forces under your Hokage." 'She's not a kunoichi!?!? I'll find out.' "So, you've never had any real ninja training?" "Nope," she teased, "but I'm still kicking your ass." 'Wait if she's not allied with this village then why is she fighting me?' "Why are we battling right now if you're not fighting for this village?!?!?!" She laughed, "You attacked me first stupid! You're the one that assumed I was attacking." "Well pardon me miss for considering somebody wearing ninja clothing throwing kunai at me as an enemy!" Kichiro was exasperated. 'What the hell is this girl's problem?' "You seemed strong. I was testing you!" "You know what, stop. This 'training session' is over. We are heading to my sensei right now!" She shrugged, "Okay!"

Neji looked up to see Kichiro and a blonde with blue eyes wearing a sky blue shirt and purple pants '… well this should be interesting.' He heard a gasp followed by something breaking behind him. 'Now that Amaya's seen this get Mitsuo so we can know what the hell's going on.' Neji sighed, he didn't know what he would do if Amaya started crying. "HEY GUYS!" 'Well we don't have to find Mitsuo any more. He found us.' "HEY WHO'S THAT CHICK KICHIRO'S GOT WITH HIM? SHE'S HOT!" smack. "WHAT THE HELL WAS THA," Mitsuo stopped talking after seeing the look of hurt on Amaya's face. She hid it quickly, but he still saw it. 'Aniki, I'm gonna kill you.' Neji decided to sort this out before somebody, namely Kichiro or the girl with him, was killed. "Kichiro, who's that?" "I don't know! She freaking attacked me while I was training!" This time Mitsuo couldn't stay quiet, "Well why the hell did you bring her here! She's the enemy!" Amaya smiled at Mitsuo, as dumb as he could be, he was a good friend. The best. "Mitsuo, as right as you are about the girl Kichiro brought with him," Kichiro looked and saw a look of hurt and betrayal cross Amaya's eyes before she continued, "Give him the chance to explain what the hell he was thinking." Kichiro looked crestfallen 'What the hell have I done!'

So, Kichiro gave his team a recap of what happened, and they all looked like they forgave him. 'Thank kami sama!' Neji turned to the girl, as he had so fondly dubbed her, "So who are you anyway?" Embarrassed, the girl replied, "Guren sir, no last name that I know of. I'm an orphan, I've lived here all my life, but not been permitted to become a ninja because of reasons I don't know. I just wanted a spar." Neji sighed, seems like they had no choice, "Ok Guren, you can come to Konoha with us. We'll leave you to the Hokage's decision."

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'Taking Guren with us was probably the best decision I had ever made. Kichiro learned Shoton (crystal) jutsu from her. Not to mention that Mitsuo got a girlfriend…' It still cracks me up how Mitsuo learned his Futon Jutsu. Poor boy is scared of fans now.

FLASHBACK

The gang had just finished up rebuilding the Suna academy. One of the students accidentally set of an explosive tag. He'd set of a little example tag with too much chakra, surrounding the area holding bigger explosive tags with the excess. The boy was practicing the hand signs to set of a bigger one. Doing just that. The bigger explosive tag went off and blew up at least half of the academy. They had been sent to fix it since Suna's students hadn't graduated into genin yet, yet the genin were busy being tested to see if they qualified for the chunin exam. The only reason it was C rank for Team 5 was because it wasn't in Konoha.

Neji leading them, team 5 was walking to the Kazekage Tower to report that the work was finished. The genin were confronted by a Chunin after Neji went inside. He had strawberry blonde hair and green eyes, wearing a green shirt and tan pants. "You three will never further in your careers! Just because you're from prominent families in Konoha doesn't make you a good ninja. Perseverance and skill make you a good ninja."

Mitsuo, being Mitsuo, wouldn't tolerate somebody talking about his team like that. Unlike his teammates who just ignored the boy, Mitsuo went straight up to him with an intimidating look on his face. "You think that we're all just carbon copies of our parents huh?" The boy smirked, "Yea, that's right. The Uchiha there probably has nothing in her arsenal besides Hyuga moves and katon jutsu, your brother is carrying numerous scrolls and weapons showing that he takes after your bitch of a mother. And you- you have no talent what so ever." Amaya sighed 'One thing you never do is insult Uzumaki Tenten in front of her sons' she was pulled from her thoughts by Kichiro's Shoton jutsu Jade Crystal Labyrinth! 'Yep, he's screwed. That thing even confuses me; he'll be lost for sure.'

This is the sight that met Neji when he exited the tower. "What the hell happened here; that's your ally, you know that right?" Amaya walked up to Neji and whispered in his ear, "The boy called Tenten san a bitch." Neji was livid. Nobody talked about his teammate like that. He spun around and marched straight back into the Kazekage Tower and told this to Gaara who sighed. "I always knew Takeshi was troubled, but to lash out at people, let alone allies, who have a lineage is going too far." "Kazekage sama, who is that boy anyway?" Neji questioned. He wanted to know what kind of parent would let their child act that way. Gaara sighed, "That's Temari's son Takeshi." Neji blanched. 'I… I didn't know Temari had any kids, let alone that she was involved with somebody… Damn, I was kind of hoping to get to know her too.' Gaara saw the look on Neji's face and decided to explain, "Temari is still single Neji… she was raped while she was on a mission and became pregnant. She was too stubborn to have an abortion. No matter how much love and care Temari gives to Takeshi, he's still angry about not having a father. He would never wish for his biological father to return; he just wants a father figure in his life and is envious of those who do have one. Especially people in clans for having so many relatives when he only has Temari, Kankuro, and me." 'Well, that means that Temari is still available. *smack* don't think like that, this is a kid's mental stability here… hmm maybe I can help with that after the chunin exams…' "Alright, well what do you want to do with him, Kichiro has him trapped in a Crystal Labyrinth right now. He can let him go, or make it into a room for him to stay in. He's your shinobi Kazekage sama, so we'll follow whatever you decide." Gaara paused. 'Maybe Neji can help Takeshi… Yes, I'll send Neji and Temari to talk to him.' "Neji, have your student turn it into a room. I'll find Temari, and maybe you two can talk to him." 'Did Gaara read my mind?!?! Heh, stupid thought, he's not a mind reader.'

After that, Takeshi had offered to teach Mitsuo some Futon Jutsu as an apology; they fit into his arsenal quite nicely.

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Neji sighed. 'That was a good mission. Two of my students got time with each other, one learned new jutsu, I got to spend time with Temari, and help her kid. The best mission by far was our last one. The C turned A rank…'

FLASHBACK

"Give me princess over there and your team won't get hurt." Amaya was the only person in team 5 currently able to fight. The missing nin had Kichiro slung over a high up tree branch while Neji and Mitsuo were knocked out on the ground. Their mission had simply been to protect a merchant's daughter on her way home. The girl was not the daughter of a merchant, but the Daimyo of the land of Water! 'I just need to be hidden long enough to do the seals… I sure hope this works!' Amaya ran in zigzag patterns from tree to tree. Behind each tree she did a hand seal. At the tree that had Kichiro in it she slammed her hands on the ground Kuchiyose no Jutsu! A decent sized frog was summoned. 'I did it! It's not just a tadpole this time!' She had the frog rescue Kichiro while she distracted the nin. She rushed from the tree to get a position behind the enemy. Eight Trigrams Mountain Crusher! The nin was hit and knocked down, but to Amaya's surprise, he stood back up and laughed. "Spunky for an Uchiha brat, I'll give you that much. But that hurt a little so you'll die here!" 'Shit! What do I do now?!?! That was supposed to shatter him to pieces! Hmm, I read that in the scrolls, but I haven't tried it yet. It's my best shot though, so I have to try.' Amaya pointer a finger at her opponent and yelled.Ephemeral! Crows flew from her body at the nin. "Crows! You're going to peck me to death?!?! HA!" Said crows turned into kunai and various weapons, hitting their mark. The ninja screamed, frightened. Looking into her eyes only to hear her regretful voice. Demonic Illusions: Shackling Stakes! Screams echoes through the forest. The one screaming passed out. Although in his mind, he was being tortured in every way imaginable.

Just then a toad walked up to Amaya with Kichiro on his back. She then dismissed the frog and proceeded to summon three clones. One for each of her team mates while she herself carried the princess. She arrived at the gates of Kirigakure exhausted. Five shinobi were approaching fast. She handed the Princess to one and demanded to see the Mizukage. She was granted entrance so long as Anbu were in the room with them to which she agreed. She knocked on the door with her clones and the Anbu behind her. "Enter." Amaya did so to be greeted with the sight of a pretty, blonde woman. "Mizukage sama, my team and I are from Konoha and were sent on a mission to protect a merchant's daughter on her way back home, a C rank mission. We were ambushed on our way here and found out she wasn't the daughter of a merchant, but your Daimyo. This would have been an A rank mission if we'd had correct facts. Mizukage sama, I ask for a room for my team mates and myself along with the necessary medical care. I do not know how else to handle this situation and therefore need to wait for my sensei to wake up." "Granted. Your name please?" Amaya blushed as she had not thought to introduce herself, "I'm Amaya Uchiha. My team mates are Uzumaki Kichiro and Uzumaki Mitsuo. Our sensei Neji Hyuga." An Anbu made himself known before the Mizukage could respond, "Mizukage sama, should I send word to the Hokage to let him know that his sons and their team mates are alright?" "Yes, please do. Amaya san, you do know that your team has made a name for itself correct?" "Hai Mizukage sama, it would be hard not to know considering who my team mates are." The Mizukage sighed. The young Uchiha was oblivious to her point. "Amaya san. You yourself are also well known." Amaya turned the color of a tomato, "Umm thank you Mizukage sama." The Mizukage smiled, "Your team mates must be getting heavy, I'll have a genin show you to your rooms and tell a medic team to come by." "Thank you Mizukage sama." Amaya bowed low.

Neji woke up to see the twins sleeping on 2 cots with Amaya tending to them. "Amaya, what happened?" Said girl spun around with a huge smile, "SENSEI YOU'RE AWAKE!" she blushed at her outburst and continued, "Well You and Mitsuo were knocked out trying to get to Kichiro. The nin threw Kichiro on a tree branch as a hostage. I summoned a toad to get him out of the tree while I finished off the enemy. After, I brought you guys here." Neji stared, and stared, and stared. "You beat that missing nin all on your own?!" "Uhh… yes?" "Amaya, he was in the Bingo book." Amaya was surprised, "REALLY???" *sigh* "Yes, really."

END FLASHBACK

How time flies. 'She grew into a true kunoichi that day. Her first kill, first summons, first time addressing a foreign kage seriously… first time protecting her loved ones.' Neji was broken out of his thoughts by ironically enough, the very person he was thinking about. "Sensei, Hokage sama wanted to see us, remember. Come on!" 'I wonder what it'll be this time…'