Hey guys I have a few little announcements. First, I've decided to do this story in book form which basically means it will be easier for me to transition to different parts of Fugaku and Mikoto's lives. Secondly, as of now I think there will four to five books I'm not really sure on the length of each because I might want to work on one more than the others. Thirdly, I plan to write of their life together until Sasuke's birth or maybe a little after that. So hopefully you will not get bored with me. Lastly, this is the beginning of the Second book and it is an exciting time for everyone not much time has passed probably about a month or so. I hope you all love this chapter!

Book 2- Fall in Line

Chapter 8: Sensei!

It was a cool fall day in Konaha and the streets were full of festive lights and booths. Today was the day the students of the academy graduated. Many shop owners set up games and cook food to celebrate the new ninjas of the village. Though the festival didn't start until later that day Mikoto and Kushina liked looking at the different things they could do. The wind blew and causing the crisp golden leaves to float passed by them.

"I wonder what the Hokage wants with us." Mikoto said wondering if Kushina knew.

"Whatever it is, it better not keep us from the festival." Kushina replied causing Mikoto to burst out with giggles.

The two then noticed a huge group of girls screaming and closing in on someone. Mikoto knew it was Minato, girls seemed to cling to her teammate. Minato was smart, strong, handsome, and kind. He was virtually the perfect guy, Kushina was lucky. Mikoto turned to that her friend had walked away not bothering to greet her boyfriend.

Mikoto ran to catch up with her friend, "Hey wait up Kushina!" Minato popped his head from the group of girls looking for the redhead.

Kushina looked back at Mikoto, her once cheerful face now looked worn out and sad, "What's the matter Kushina? Didn't you want to say hi to Minato?"

Kushina's faced turned red and she shook her head vigorously, "He's been too busy ya know!"

Mikoto looked shocked then smiled gently at her friend, "You're saying 'ya know' again Kushina. What's got you nervous?"

Kushina shrunk under Mikoto's glare, "Nothing ya know! Can we just get to the Hokage's tower?"

Mikoto squinted her eyes at Kushina and pursed her lips together letting her friend know that she didn't fully believe her, "Alright but it's best not to keep things in. You should also try to stop say 'ya know' everyone especially Minato knows you only say that when you're nervous or excited."

Kushina smiled at her friend gratefully. Suddenly a figure appeared behind Kushina swooping her up into their arms, "You didn't stop to talk to me back there."

Kushina struggled out Minato's arms she looked him deep in the eyes, "We couldn't stop, the Hokage wants to see us so we have to get going or we'll be late!"

Kushina grabbed Mikoto's hand and pulled her forcing her to run. Minato put up his hand trying to grab hold of Kushina, "Hold on!" He jogged up to them catching up in no time, "I have to go see the Hokage too, so we can go together."

Mikoto smiled at her teammate, "Yes ok."

Kushina crossed her arms and pouted walking in silence and trailing ahead of both Minato and Mikoto. The teammates exchanged glances and Minato fell in line beside his girlfriend, "Hey Kushina, did I do something wrong?"

Kushina turned her head in the opposite direction turning red at the sound of Minato's voice, "No. What could you have possible done wrong?" She asked angrily.

Mikoto didn't know whether to walk faster or slower. They were close to the tower so if she walked faster she could get there on time. If she walked slower she would be late but her friends would have privacy.

"I don't know but you seem upset, if I did anything to you just let me know so I can fix it." Minato looked at Kushina through his big blue caring eyes. He didn't like her like this and he no matter how strong could not fix a problem he didn't know about.

Kushina clicked her tongue to her teeth, "How many women do you give that line to?"

Minato looked at her shocked and Mikoto who never made a decision looked at the ground and slowed her pace.

Minato shook his head stepping in front of her bringing her to a complete stop, "I don't understand what you mean."

Kushina balled up her fist and began to yell, "You know exactly what I'm talking about! Ughh never mind see if I care ya know!" Kushina pushed past Minato and ran up the stairs and into the Hokage's tower.

Mikoto walked up to her friend and place a hand on his shoulder, "We should head inside as well."

He nodded his agreement.

Once inside they noticed that all of the village jonin were gathered. There were a small buzz of talking and the Hokage sat quietly examining everyone. He then cleared his throat, "Looks like everyone is here. It is time for me to announce the chosen jonin to lead the genin squads."

Everyone began to talk and Mikoto's eyes widen.

"Surprised?" She heard a familiar voice say and she turned to see Kiyumo, Fugaku's teammate.

"Kiyumo. Yes a little I didn't realize everyone will be gathered for this. How do you apply for this position?" Mikoto asked carefully.

Kiyumo laughed, "You're pretty cute Mikoto thinking there was an option. If that was the case we'd have no teachers. No, the Hokage chooses the unlucky jonin."

Mikoto gulped and looked back to the old man with all the power, "No sense in wasting time, I'll get right to it. These jonin have showed tremendous strength and reliability it took months of weighing our option and after so much work we've selected a few of you."

Kushina laughed, "I bet you just put all of our names in your hat and picked it at random." The entire room exploded with laughter causing the Hokage to sigh deeply. He secretly wondered if Kushina had been spying on him when did exactly that early that morning.

"Kushina." He said after blowing out smoke from his pipe, "You'll be pleased to know your name was the first to be drawn."

The rooms once again busted into a thick laughter until the Third put his hands up calming the room.

Mikoto smiled at her friend, "Kushina will be a sensei, good for her."

"The remaining jonin who will become teachers are Kiyumo Inuzuka 2, Minato Namikaze 3, Ibati Oai 4, Tsume Inuzuka 5, Yuro Abarichi 6, Shibi Aburame 7, and Mikoto Yugurie 8. Kushina you will have the number 1."

Mikoto gasped in shock, she didn't expect to become a jonin teacher but she never opposed to it either and she did love children.

"You are to go to the academy right away to meet your new teams. The number you were given is your squad number. Dismissed!"

"Hmm I guess we both got stuck with job. That lucky bastard Fugaku he never was an option." Kiyumo said in a calm tone.

Mikoto smiled, she missed Fugaku he had been away on a mission for two weeks now. His position as head of the police force didn't keep him inside the village as she thought because his father still helped. She wondered what he was doing now, she wanted to tell him she was chosen to lead genin team. She looked at his teammate, "It won't be so bad." She began to walk away but stopped and gave Kiyumo another look, "Oi congratulations on your engagement to Tsume."

Kiyumo blushed and was lost for words, he decided it was best for him not to make another comment.

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Mikoto and her friends made their way to the academy. During the trip Minato tried to speak to Kushina but she wouldn't. Mikoto wished Fugaku was with her even if they were arguing, at least she knew he would be safe.

Mikoto eventually separated and took off with her new genin team. She took them to the eight training grounds and the sat in the shade.

Mikoto took a good look at her team, she was nervous and could tell they were too. She looked at the boy dressed in a green spandex suit with a bowl hair-cut and the bushiest eyebrows she ever seen. He was punching the air restlessly. Her eyes then wander to the young girl who sat with such poise. Her black hair stopped at her neck and she had a pink clip to keep her it from falling in her face. She had short black sandals and a plain long-sleeved dress black dress on. Lastly, she looked at the boy with spikey brown hair and chocolate brown eyes. He wore all black with the exception of his orange vest. This would be her team she would train them and make them the best shinobi possible.

She clasped her hands together, "Alright shall we introduce ourselves? Also tell me why you became a ninja, what you would be if you weren't a ninja, and your nindo." She smiled at her group, "Who wants to go first?"

The spandex boy put his hands up, "My name is Might Gai." He then started to flip around and started doing pushups, "I became a ninja so I can help protect the Hidden Leaf Village. If I weren't a ninja I'd probably own my own taijutsu dojo. I guess my nindo is to push myself with my training so I can protect the people I care about."

Mikoto nodded her acceptance to Gai's answer and turned to the girl wanting to hear her response next, "It's a pleasure to meet you my name is Shizune. I became a ninja so I can continue to grow stronger and help those around me. If I weren't a ninja I'd probably be a nurse at the village hospital that way I could still help people. My nindo is to never give up, no matter what."

Before Mikoto looked at him the last boy started to talk, "I'm Asuma Sarutobi." Mikoto knew that Asuma was the son of the Hokage but let him speak none the less, "I became a ninja so I could eventually become Hokage. If I weren't a ninja I'd probably be a regular civilian. I will fight for this village even if I die that is my nindo."

Mikoto giggled, "Why such seriousness?" she continued to laugh causing her team to calm down a little, "It's great you feel so strongly about the village, but death? You don't have to worry about it because from this day on I will protect you with my life." All three of team eight look at Mikoto in awe she simple smiled.

"What about you sensei?" Shizune asked.

Mikoto looked at them, "Right, I am Mikoto Yugurie. I became a ninja to uphold my family's name and become a respected shinobi. If I wasn't a ninja I'd probably work in a bakery because I really love fresh baked goods. Like I said before I will protect you with my life but I promise I will not die on a battle field but in the bed because of old age. I am determined to keep that promise because that is my nindo, my ninja way."

Mikoto stretched her arms, the cool breeze felt good on her hot skin, "I want to test your abilities. I want to know how you react under pressure, what type of fighting styles you have and what level each of you are on. I will test you a point breaking." The children froze in horror Mikoto however didn't notice, "But not today because it is a special day for you. On second thought we will find out what elemental sign you are today."

Mikoto slid out plain white paper and Gai pointed to her, "How are we supposed to know that, we never learned it in the academy.

Mikoto put a sheet of paper in her hand while holding the other pieces in her other, "It's simple really with this sheet of paper. It's a special chakra infused paper. The paper's chakra is in a neutral state so when you infuse your own chakra it reacts based of you elemental sign. Watch as I demonstrate."

Mikoto pumped chakra into the paper and threw it into the air. The paper became soaking wet then suddenly burst into flames turning the paper into ashes, "Right so you see, I am first a water sign then a fire sign which means I can use specialty jutsu with both elements pretty well." Mikoto placed another paper in her hand, "Who wants to go next?"

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The room was warm and filled with people dressed in formal kimonos. It was a special event for the land of tea and the Daimyo was nervous that his daughter was in danger. The young princes clung to the man at her side's arm, "Fugaku why don't you just stay here with me? You're a very strong ninja and my father would never object to you talking my hand."

Fugaku examined the ballroom he looked down at the princess, her soft green eyes were so innocent and her long black hair reminded him of Mikoto's. Mikoto, he'd hadn't seen her in three months he wondered if she was safe. Did she think of him like he thought of her? He turn to see if his team was in position, "Princess Tara I've told you before I'm engaged."

Fugaku gave the signal to move out it was time for his squad to make their move. He was weary that they were only chunin, but he respected the power the anbu were known to have. Everything was in place the sudden movement let Fugaku know the target was in position.

Tara pouted, "You being engaged means nothing to me especially since your clan arranged it for you. I can give you far more than she can all of my fortune will become yours and you would be made Daimyo of the Tea country."

Fugaku was getting rather irritated with the Princess, what part of engaged wasn't she getting? He didn't show his irritation because of who she was, "My answer is still no." He knew the princess was telling the truth about him having more in the sense of money but he want only Mikoto. After the event with Chiyo he would break every bone in his spine in order to give Mikoto the best life. Though the Uchiha clan had a fortune of their own it was small in comparison to the Princesses'. He always wanted a simple life, he pictured him and Mikoto throwing snowballs at one another with children hiding avoiding their attacks. He wanted to get home, he wanted Mikoto he want to kiss her lips that tasted of strawberries.

His mind began to wonder and he let himself fall deep into his fantasy. A sudden movement caused him to come back to his senses. A man with a knife was coming at him with an incredible speed. Fugaku was too late he if he moved the Princess the culprit would only change the angle and stab her. He couldn't use any heavy jutsu because there would be too many casualties. He had only one choice he moved to stand in front the Princess. The room stopped at the sight and the princess started to cry yelling, "Fugaku!"

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CRACK!

Mikoto looked in utter shock as the glass that held her tea cracked. Her eyes started to shake with worry, "That can't be good."

Kushina looked over at her friend and laughed, "You worry too much, here let me help you clean the mess."

Mikoto nodded and handed napkins to her friend. The bell to the tea shop rang as two young boys walked in and sat at the table. Mikoto looked up and seen that one of the two boys wore the Uchiha insignia on the back of his shirt.

"Fugaku." She said loudly she couldn't stop worrying and her body was starting to shut down. The two boys looked up Mikoto they both wondered if she was okay.

Mikoto felt weak and suddenly started to fall over and the young Uchiha boy caught her, "Are you okay?"

She opened her eyes and lowered her vision trying to catch a glimpse of him. He had short spikey black hair and he wore a shinobi headband which was covered by orange goggles. His big black eyes were wide and looking at Mikoto through worried eyes, "Are you okay lady?"

Kushina was by her friends side in an instant, "Of course she's okay idiot she strong ya know!"

Lighting sparks went off between Kushina and the boy as they stared each other down. Mikoto sat up and smiled gently at the young man, "Yes thank you."

"You called out Fugaku earlier by any chance were you talking about Fugaku Uchiha." The boy waited for Mikoto's answer and when she nodded yes and continued speaking, "He's my older cousin, how do you know him?"

Mikoto blushed and Kushina pointed at the boy, "You sure do ask a lot of questions."

The boy made a face at Kushina and she proceeded by doing the same. Mikoto sighed deeply, "What is your name?"

The boy looked at Mikoto and chuckled, "The names Obito Uchiha!"

"Well Obito I am Mikoto and this is Kushina. To answer your question from earlier I am to marry Fugaku."

Obito's face went red and he started smiling. Kushina squinted at the boy, "You little weirdo, what are you so excited about?

The boy ignore Kushina's insult and answered her question, "I just rescued the soon to be Lady Uchiha!"

Mikoto and Kushina dropped to the floor for a few moments before Kushina hopped up and punched Obito in the head, "You brat you hardly did anything anyone could have done what you did."

Obito went red with frustration but kept it in. Mikoto placed two hands on either side of his shoulders and kissed his cheek, "Thank you Obito."

The boy blushed and his smile was from ear to ear, "Cousin Fugaku is lucky to have someone like you." He then looked around to Kushina, "But I feel sorry for any man who falls victim to you beast."

Kushina erupted, "What you say you little jerk? I'm going to murder you!"

"Threating my student already Kushina?" The bell had rang and they didn't notice that Minato had walked in the tea shop.

Kushina visible calmed down and her face grew with sadness. She turned to Obito, "You know kid maybe you're on to something. See you later Mikoto."

Minato gasp as she left, "Kushina wait!" He yelled but it was too late she was gone.

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Minato and Mikoto were walking although in Mikoto's opinion he walked more as a zombie.

He broke his silence, "Why! What have I done to Kushina? Why won't she speak to me?!"

Mikoto looked up into the sky as a bird circled around her and her teammate, "Looks like were being summoned."

"Yeah." Minato said nodding and they quickly moved to the Hokage's tower.

Once in the room they noticed their other teammate and Mikoto embraced him, "Shibi, I'm glad to see you!"

Even though she couldn't see it Shibi blushed he had always love Mikoto deeply but sadly she never felt the same way.

"What mission do you have for us?" Minato said looking at the Third Hokage.

"Right, well it's an S-ranked intel mission possibly higher. We have been informed that Iwa has been making their way to our border. I had initially thought nothing of it until last night when several of our border patrol groups were killed. Your mission is to go to the border and aid in the battle for control over our borders. I want you to take note of every one you meet on the battle field and keep track of their abilities and jutsu. If you are attacked do what you must to protect yourself. I want you to leave in 2 hours. Go!"

Mikoto was worried about her mission, she could not believe a neighboring land would have taken such action against the Leaf. She rushed to the gates her team had agreed to leave earlier than expected. On her way she seen her red head friend step in her path. The two made their way to the gates where Minato and Shibi stood. Minato looked up in surprise but did not speak to Kushina, he knew her being there was enough.

He turned to his group, "We have to eliminate any problems and gain intel no matter what happens."

They all smiled at each other and Kushina smiled, "Good luck."

The three nodded and turned to walk out the gates, they were surprised however to see two men running carrying someone on their back. Minato and Shibi ran out to help aid the men and Minato's face went white.

Mikoto and Kushina watched intently and were confused by Minato's reaction. The men jogged up and when Mikoto finally seen what her teammate had seen she started to shake and tears threaten to spill out of her eyes.

A man was sickly pale and had blood wounds everywhere on his body, his jaw was shattered and bones were poking out. Kushina covered her mouth in horror and Mikoto had finally released her tears, "Fu-Fugaku!"

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Yes so I decided to kill of Fugaku. Just kidding I hope you enjoyed I posted a little later than usual because I had exams this week but I will try to keep up with this story. Thank you for all your sweet comments they honestly keep me going! Please keep telling me what you think! Until next time.