Uchiha Heiress Remix

by JGResidentEvil

They say that you can't expect everything, so what would happen when a crazy secret is revealed? You just have to wait and see! Pairings: Naruto x Hinata x FemSasuke, Neji x Tenten, Lee x Kin, more pairings coming along. Sakura and Civilian Council Bashing. Don't like, don't read.

8. Chapter 8

Chapter 8: Real Battles and True Friendships

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After the Demon Brothers had been tied up by Kakashi, he created a clone, it was to sent them back to Konoha the Demon Brothers for their rewards as they were in the Bingo books while the five continued heading to their destination.

Kakashi was still angry at the bridge builder, as he told them that he would explain everything as soon as they got on the boat the would get them to Land of Waves.

As they continued, a large amount of mist began to rolled in while the boat owner rowed them to their destination. As soon as the fog dimmed a bit, the three looked on at the unfinished bridge.

"That's a pretty damn impressive bridge old man." Naruto couldn't help but say with a impressed tone, Hinata and Sasuke nodding in agreement.

"It should be," Tazuna proudly started, ignoring the old man nickname. "We put everything into it." He then stated.

Kakashi stared at the client contemplatively. "I agree. . .Now then. . .Does this bridge have something to do with those rogue shinobi?" He questioned as he wanted to know what they are dealing with while he watched Tazuna as said older man nodded with a hesitate expression, showing his question was the correct one to ask. "I suggest you start talking so we can know what we are dealing with. If you refused we will turn back, understand?" He declared with absolute seriousness, this made Tazuna nod once more. "Good. Now the first being, who is after your life and why?" He then asked.

The look in Tazuna's eyes changed noticeably. "About a year ago, a fat and short shipping monger named Gatō took over the entire Land of Waves ports, this let him control everything that could be of use to us and control our livelihoods as a result." He started explaining his and his home's situation "However, if I complete the bridge, we will be connected to the mainland." He then stated.

"And what will this do?" Naruto asked as he didn't understand the meaning in that.

"It will ruin everything Gatō did to have complete and ultimate control us." Tazuna answered.

"Ok. . .How?" Naruto then asked again.

"Because Naruto, since Gatō has the honorship of the ports where all the valuables are usually get to the Land of Wave, he can choose whether or not to let the people have any help, this will as Tazuna-san said complete control of them." Kakashi answered in a serious tone.

"Oh. . ." Naruto got out as he both understood both the reason and the seriousness of the situation now.

Tazuna nodded in agreement to that. "This is why we must complete the bridge at all caused. with it we can get supplies from the mainland directly, if we do that we can established a trading route and as such gain protection from the mainland as well. But because of that, Gato would do anything to stop the bridge from being completed. He would hire missing ninja or something even worse that we couldn't dare oppose him." He then added.

Kakashi then looked intently at the client with a curious eye. "So why did you lie about this mission being a C-Rank?" He then questioned.

Hinata nodded in agreement to that. "Surely your land nobles watching over it and everything going on? This is obviously a B to A Rank mission." She asked the bridge builder.

The bridge builder could only shake his head in denial. "Our land is so dirt poor that even our nobles have little to no money and even less authority to even think to go against Gatō. That's why we choose a C rank opposed to a B Rank. The C rank was much cheaper, we had no choice." Tazuna explained before he looked at the group of ninjas. "But it's alright if you don't help, I can only imagine my only grandson mourning over my grave, while my poor widowed daughter will forever hate Konoha and never trust it again for letting me, her father, die." He added, trying to make them feel guilty, which thankfully was working.

Naruto had an angered look on his face as Hinata had a sad expression while Sasuke looked away with a mixture of his usual indifference and annoyed expression.

Kakashi started to rub his head trying to look at anywhere but the bridge builder at the current moment. "Well then. . ." He then turned to his team. "What do you guys think, should we continue on or should we head back to Konoha since this is a higher ranked mission, we do have the right to deny it entirely." He then asked his squad, though he somehow already expected the answer.

Immediately, Naruto started to crack his knuckles. "We're continuing, there's no way we're gonna let some fat short pig continue being a tyrant to a country that doesn't deserve it." He declared as his sense of justice would never let this injustice continued.

Hinata nodded in agreement, feeling bad for the people of Tazuna's village. "I don't want to see a country suffer under a person like Gatō." She admitted with determination.

Sasuke meanwhile sighed. "The dobe and his girlfriend are right. Who knows, Gatō could possibly become a threat to Konoha one day as well with all the power and wealth he is currently collecting." He then stated.

Kakashi then let out a sigh, but he was proud that his team, but more so Naruto for having his father's strong sense of justice as he then looked back at Tazuna. "Well, I guess you're in luck, we are continuing the mission. Although, I'm gonna send a message to the Hokage to get some kind of back up for us." He stated with an eye smile. "And you will still pay the B, possibly A rank mission as well when you manage to get the money." He then added. which made the old man dropped his head in despair as he knew how expensive those were.

They all nodded as they soon landed and Kakashi quickly bit his thumb and ran through some quick hand signs. "Summoning Jutsu!" Soon a little puff of smoke appeared and out came a little pug dog with a ninja headband.

"What is it you need Kakashi?" The little pug asked with a very slow tone, instantly startled the surrounding people since they didn't know animals could talk, not counting the Kyūbi stuck inside Naruto's stomach.

"A talking dog!?" They all exclaimed.

Completely unaffected by this, Kakashi continued. "Pakkun, since you're the fastest in the pack, I need you to send a message to the Hokage, tell him that this mission has been bumped to a B Rank, possibly an A rank. We could use some backup just in case we come across some high level ninja." He then ordered his summon.

The now identified Pakkun nodded. "Of course Kakashi. . ." He replied with the same slow tone before he turned to the three genin and lifting up his paw. "Before I go. . .Would you like to touch the pad?" He then offered. "It's really soft you know, go on touch it. You know you want to." He then stated with a hint of pride in his voice.

Kakashi then sighed as he looked at his pug. "Pakkun. . ." He got out.

Oddly enough, Sasuke against his better judgement, leaned down and gently patted the pad as he said nothing. "It is soft! It might just as soft as Naruto-kun's hair! Well. . .Almost. . .Nothing can beat Naruto-kun's hair. . .except maybe Naruko-oneechan's hair. . . . ." Satsuki thought as the only gesture Sasuke made on the outside was his eye twitching.

Naruto and Hinata look at this with a started expression, but soon enough, both of them just shrugged as they leaned down and touched the dog's pad before having the same unique look Sasuke did, shocked that a dog, especially a ninja dog, could have soft pads.

Kakashi's head lean to the side as he was baffled at this. "Um Pakkun . . .the mission?" He said while sweat dropping. "Him and wanting people to touch his paw. . .I think he sometimes has an obsession for that. . ." He thought to himself.

"Oh right. . .I'll make sure to come back with whoever the backup is Kakashi. . ." Pakkun stated as he slowly turned around. "Later. . ." He said before he ran off back towards the road leading to Konoha at speeds that surpassed a season chunin going at top speed.

This made Naruto mouth fall to the ground, Hinata gasped as she covered her mouth and Sasuke merely narrowed his eyes.

"Right then," Kakashi said as he looked at his startled students "We better get going, we still plenty of ground to cover before we get closer to Tazuna's house." He stated as this made his students get out of their startled as they all nodded to their sensei.

Then when Team Seven finally arrive to the edge of the lake, they began to followed the directions that Tazuna gave them to get to his house.

As they continued walking, the group was full of caution as they didn't wanted any unwanted surprises again. Naruto then casually walked over towards Hinata. "Hey Hinata-chan, could you activate your Byakugan to check the area." He whispered at her.

Hinata nodded as she silently activated it and scanned the area carefully, making sure she saw everything, even double-checking for good measure. "Nothing around at the moment Naruto-kun." She advised in a whisper.

Naruto in response nodded to that. "Hey kit, you should asked the Uchiha to use her eyes too. But make her keep a genjutsu over it to make it seem like her eyes are still normal. Just in case you need to read anyone's moves." The Kyūbi stated as he gave his advice to his container.

Naruto nodded as he thought that was a good idea as he turned to Sasuke. "Teme activate your Sharingan but have a genjutsu on it to keep it hidden." He told said Uchiha.

Sasuke nodded as he did what Naruto asked, thinking it was a smart move on their part with the genjutsu. "Thank Kami I was finally able to get it activated." He muttered to himself as Satsuki could only groan in annoyance. "Worse. . .day. . .ever. . ." She thought to herself as she thought back at the horrible training she went through when she unlocked it.

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Flashback no Jutsu!

Sasuke and Kakashi were doing his private evening training after Kakashi told Naruto and Hinata to go home and rest. It was their fifth night in a row training to unlock the famed Sharingan.

Sasuke was out of breath, tears running down his eyes as Kakashi looked over him. "I'm not done yet. I HAVE to do this! I HAVE to unlock it" Satsuki thought with resolve at unlocking her bloodline.

Kakashi then rubbed his head. "Still don't have it huh?" He asked.

Sasuke nodded his head negatively. "Nope, nothing yet. . . Another genjutsu please." He requested with both pain and frustration.

"You sure about this? You really shouldn't push yourself. You're parents wouldn't think any less of you if you don't activate your eyes right away. My teammate, Obito Uchiha, didn't activate his eyes until his death you know." Kakashi stated.

Sasuke frowned a bit as he looked down. "Before my brother left after massacring my clan, he told me that emotional stress was how an Uchiha can unlock their Sharingan. You've already made me relive it a few time now though so why. . ." He stated as he then thought of something. "Maybe. . ." He then dropped the transformation. "Maybe I was wasting too much chakra on the transformation that I wasn't able to concentrate solely on my eyes. . ." Satsuki said as she was still out of breath and feeling the fatigue of pushing herself in training.

Kakashi stroked his chin. "Possibly, but remember, this is the last time for today. You might actually strain not only your eyes, but your mental state if you continue doing this." He then advised his student as he warned her of the consequences.

Immediately, Satsuki nodded in response to this, knowing the risks behind the training if she was pushed too far. ". . .alright Kakashi-sensei." She replied with conviction.

Kakashi did a couple of hand signs for the same genjutsu he's been using. "Genjutsu: Hell Viewing Technique." He executed the genjutsu on the female Uchiha one last time.

Once again, but this time as Satsuki, the genin began to relived the murder of her entire clan at the hands of her brother. She openly cried out when she saw her parents, mainly her mother being decapitated fright in front of her. "Mother. . .why. . .y-you don't deserve this. . .why did you have to do this Itachi?!" She sobbed out from both the pain and the sorrow of losing her mother at the hands of her own brother.

The scene then changed as she saw an even worse gruesome sight, her love Naruto and her fellow teammate Hinata, all decapitated by Danzō, a man that Sarutobi had told her and Naruto to stay clear away from, and the village elders as they then turned and smirked at her, seemingly turning into gruesome demons as they relished on the girl's despair.

"Now then," Danzō started as he his voice sounded equally demonic as his appearance. "Onwards to revive the Uchiha clan. Once she's pregnant, we'll have to keep an eye on her and once the brat is born, it'll be trained to be the ultimate shinobi, an emotionless machine." He then started to approach her along with the elders, the males undoing their robes while the female elder watched, the three of them have lecherous looks on their faces that made them look like demons.

Satsuki backed away as far as she could until she was up against a wall, hyperventilating at what was about to happen to her. "No. . ." She started breathing slow at first. "No. . ." The breathing soon started becoming faster as the elders got closer, within reaching distance. "NOOOOOOO! STAY AWAY! STAY AWAY FROM ME YOU FUCKIN' MONSTERS!" She screamed out in sheer terror, not noticing the rush of power to her eyes.

Outside the genjutsu, Kakashi cringed slightly when he saw her screaming with tears running down her eyes after he quickly cut off the genjutsu. "Satsuki. . ." He got out with sad fill tone as he went and hugged her tightly leaning her body against his to keep her safe from her personal demons, she meanwhile was in a frozen state, face staring out in the darkness of the forest. That's when he noticed her eyes had changed. They were now red with a single black tomoe, the famous Sharingan. "Well. . .It worked. . ." He thought before glancing at Satsuki's ashen face. "Perhaps too well." He then added as he didn't feel happy in the slightest.

A few moments later, Satsuki finally started moving around, still believing she was surrounded before she slammed her fist against Kakashi's gut, causing him to let go as he let out a loud 'oph' from the impact. "Huh, what?" She got out in confusion while she sounded very tired, she looked around and saw her sensei face down with an arm around his midsection. "Sensei?" She asked the jonin.

Kakashi groaned before leaning up and taking out a bottle of water and handing it to Satsuki. "It's alright, just another genjutsu." He responded while rubbing his sore gut.

Satsuki wiped away the tears as she took the water and drank some of it, thankful for the cool liquid when she noticed just how thirsty she actually was. "Did it. . ." She got out as she saw Kakashi nod positively, causing her to give off a small weak smile. "Can we. . ." She barely got out as her voice was so tired, more so mentally than physically.

Kakashi simply nodded as he knew what his student wanted to ask. "Yes Satsuki, but training's over for today. Go home and rest, you need it." He stated.

Satsuki nodded before surprising Kakashi with a hug. "Thank you. . ." She whispered as she then placed her transformation back up and rushed home as fast as possible to desperate needed make-out with Naruto, wanting to forget the traumatizing scene she went through and her possible way of celebrating of her getting the Sharingan. . .that and she wanted to taste Naruto's ramen flavored lips again.

When Sasuke reached his place, he quickly unlocked the door after looking around, making sure no one was around before going in and quickly locking the door, startling Naruto who was laying on the couch in the main living room area as the Uchiha then dropped the transformation. "NARUTO-KUN!" She cried out, not caring if anyone heard at the moment when she jumped him, a mixture of happiness and sadness in her voice as she crashed into him with a thud, sending the two behind the couch.

"What?! What happened Satsuki-chan?!" Naruto asked in a panic as he looked over Satsuki, checking to see if anything was wrong. He was soon distracted when he felt tears dripping onto his face. "S-Satsuki-chan. . .?" He asked with a worried tone in his voice.

Satsuki let out a whimpering sob as she raised her face to look at the blond. "Oh Naruto-kun. . . .it was s-so terrible what I had to see. . ." She whispered in a raspy meek tone of voice while she gripped onto Naruto's shirt tightly, as if she was afraid he'll disappear in an instant.

Naruto's eyes widen as he held the girl close to him. "Eh? W-What did you see? What happened to you?" He then asked as he was worry now for his girlfriend.

Satsuki didn't release the blond's shirt as more tears came out of her eyes. "I-I was training with Kakashi-sensei to try and awaken my Sharingan, and. . .I suggested trying to traumatize myself to awaken it. . .it. . .it was horrible!" She whimpered out as she lowered her head onto Naruto's chest shaking violently as those images circled in her mind. "I-I saw you and Hinata-chan. . .decapitated and I was about to be raped by that bastard Danzō and those damn elders!" She wailed loudly as she began to cry just as loudly.

Naruto's eyes widen again to that as he looked at the girl. "Satsuki-chan. . ." He whispered with concern as he stroked Satsuki's hair ever so gently, then moving toward her back, this instantly made the girl relax as she slowly calm down, then he wrap his arms around her and holding her close. "It's alright. . .I'm here for you. . .I promised you that. . ." He whispered into her ear with a kind and reassuring tone

In response, Satsuki couldn't help but let out a small smile, before looking up at Naruto and briefly activated her Sharingan to show him, this surprised the blond before she kissed him on his lips softly. "Thank you Naruto-kun, I love you. . ." She whispered and then lean on his chest.

Naruto smiled happily as he nuzzled his chin against the girl's silky hair. "I love you too Satsuki-chan, my sexy raven haired beauty." He said in a soothing tone.

Satsuki's eyes began to slowly close her eye as sleep was calling for her. "My prince. . ." She muttered as she planted another kiss. "My handsome blond prince. . ." She got out as she then finally fell asleep in her prince's arms.

Kai!

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Sasuke let out a groan at remembering it. "Damn that sucked at the time with that genjutsu. . ." Satsuki thought as she shook her head, wanting to get rid of those thoughts before looking at the blond. "Naruto-kun. . ." She then thought with a blush while Sasuke kept the stoic expression on his face.

In the seal, the Kyūbi smirked as he noticed what the Uchiha was doing under the disguise. "She's getting all lovey dovey with you kit." He remarked.

Naruto in turn blushed at that, before he shook it off. "Says you! How would you even know that!?" He countered to what the Bijū remark.

The demonic fox then chuckle as he smirked. "I am immune to all genjutsus besides the ones used by the wretched clan. I can see her as if the transformation isn't there." He simply answered as his host could only sweatdrop at that.

Then after a moment, a buzzer went off in the blond's head as he instantly realized something. "YOU KNEW ABOUT SATSUKI-CHAN ALL ALONG DIDN'T YOU DATTEBAYO!" He screamed in his head.

"Pretty much." The Bijū simply replied with a shrug of his shoulders.

This caused Naruto to nearly face fault at the answer. "You know what. . .I don't care anymore dattebayo. . ." He declared with a deadpan tone as he continued walking, ignoring the chuckle from the demon fox.

Meanwhile, Hinata continued looking around with her Byakugan before she thought she saw something move. "Thirty degrees, to the left." She silently reported.

Naruto quickly threw a kunai, only for a squirrel to start running out from the bush. After a few moments, he sent some of his chakra to his nose, doing this as he thought he smelled something human, probably his or her sweat, so he threw another one for good measure, this time revealing a poor and traumatized white rabbit inside of the bush. "Just a rabbit." He stated as his brain finally registered what he did and dashed to the rabbit. "I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" He apologized repeatedly to it as he snuggled it against his cheek while crying.

This caused everyone but the Jonin to either face fault or chuckle awkwardly.

"Dumbass. . ." The Kyūbi meanwhile grumbled in annoyance.

"Shut up! He did nothing wrong!" The crying Naruto retorted as he continued rubbing the poor rabbit, this caused the Bijū to smack it's huge forehead.

Kakashi on the other hand noticed something strange with the rabbit as it hopped away from Naruto and into Hinata's hands as she couldn't help but start cuddling it while the blond begged for its forgiveness.

Kakashi couldn't help but to sweatdropped at the sight, but regardless his eyes returned to the rabbit. "White. . . That's a snow rabbit, but at this time its fur should be brown, so it must've been held where there would be no light." He thought before quickly realizing something as he continued staring at the rabbit.

Something was just wrong with that picture and Kakashi knew that. "That could only happen if it was kept. . .in doors. . ." He said out loud as he eyes widen in realization before he then heard something coming at them. "EVERYONE GET DOWN!" He yelled as Sasuke grabbed Tazuna and dragged him to the ground while everyone else did the same, just in time to see a giant sword flew over their head.

"Well well. . .I never thought I would see something like that here. . ." The Kyūbi hummed out as he scratched his chin with his paw.

The blade embedded itself into a tree and then a man almost as big as the sword stood on the hilt as his back was facing the team. He wore grey camo leg and arm warmers, striped pants, he didn't wore a shirt showing off his muscular pale skin upper body, and bandages that covered his mouth and neck. Finally the man had a Kiri headband with a slash through the symbol was wrapped around his head.

"Zabuza Momochi," Kakashi began as he instantly identified the man. "formerly a ninja of the Hidden Mist Village who had go rogue for quite some time now, also known as The Demon of the Mist." He then clarified as he got into his fighting stance.

Zabuza then turned his head slightly to looked at the group, he too instantly recognized Kakashi, this made the rogue ninja grin underneath his bandages. "Ah, The famous Kakashi of the Sharingan eye eh? No wonder the Demon Brothers lost." He started to chuckle lowly.

Then Zabuza glared at them from his spot on the tree branch. "I'm afraid you'll have to hand over the bridge builder." He all but ordered as he then saw the three kids with the bridge builder, with one of them being a girl who he could tell was a Hyuga because of her eyes, holding the rabbit. "I also need the little rabbit I'm afraid." He stated with an emotionless tone.

Hinata glared at the missing nin as she hugged the rabbit close to her chest, not wanting to let it go. "I saw it first. Go get your own." She firmly said.

"But I still need it's forgiveness!" Naruto stated while still crying.

"Naruto-kun. . ." Satsuki got out as Sasuke watched the antics.

Then rabbit to go up in a puff of smoke as it was switched with some cold water. "Kya!" Hinata let out a surprised cry, because of the water splashed her, getting the front of her body wet. "Hey!" She complained when she turn and saw Zabuza holding the rabbit as he sealing it inside of a scroll.

Naruto eyes widen as he looked back at Hinata, who was dripping wet and pouting, her cream colored shirt sticking to her as it formed around her breasts, and Sasuke signalled to them to get into formation. "Dammit. . .we'll worry about that later. . ." He tolde them. "Oh! It is so on!" Satsuki roared in her mind as she would never forgive someone doing that to a girl, especially to her teammate/friend.

They all understood what to do as the three quickly got out kunais and got into a triangular formation around the scared Tazuna. "Kakashi-sensei, you take care of this guy right?" Naruto asked as he quickly made some shadow clones to surround the open areas, putting them form into a circular formation.

"We'll watch the client." Sasuke said as he took out some kunai. "I would kick his balls for what he did!" Satsuki however roared.

Hinata re-activated her Byakugan while still pouting at the loss of the cute little white rabbit. "Take as long as you need to." She said as she got into the Hyuga stance. "I need to ask Naruto-kun for a soft and fluffy animal after all this is over." She thought to herself.

Inside of the seal, the Kyūbi suddenly let out a sneeze. "Weird. . ." He then grumbled out.

Kakashi eye smiled at his students, proud of them for both doing what needs to be done and for their faith in him as he looked back Zabuza, as he took out his own kunai. "Well then Zabuza, it's just you and me." He then advised in a sarcastic tone.

However this made Zabuza chuckle darkly. "I can tell that you'll be a challenge. . ." He stated with a tone of excitement in his voice. Suddenly, the mist around them began to thickened as the ex-Mist nin slowly began to be covered by the mist. "Let's make this a fight we can enjoy. . .Kakashi of the Sharingan Eye." He declared as he completely disappeared inside the mist.

Kakashi then looked around as he tighten his grip on his kunai and his battle stance took a much more firmer stance than usual. "Hidden Mist Jutsu. . .Team be on guard, use every knowledge of training I taught you and we'll get through this." He then ordered as he started gathering chakra, lessening the mist by a small bit for visibility.

The three genin were thankfully used to this level of chakra thanks to sparring matches the three had against Kakashi from time to time.

There was dead silent for a moment after that declaration, then the trio heard some dark laughter echoed inside of the mist. "Eight points." Zabuza's voice ranged throughout the mist.

"What the-?" A Naruto clone thought as he looked around, trying to pinpoint the voice but found it a bit difficult.

"Lerax, spine, lungs, liver, jugular, subclavian artery, kidneys, heart." Zabuza began to list off from within the mist. "So many vital, vulnerable places to strike, which will be my kill point?" He then questioned as his dark laugh gave everyone chills as they got their first real feel of something they will always feel later on. . .Killer intent.

Sasuke was the first to recovered as he turned to Hinata. "Anything!? It would be helpful at the moment!" He shouted as he tried to control his fear. "Shit shit shit shit. . ." Satsuki meanwhile kept repeating as she tried to calm herself down.

Hinata was also affect by the KI, but thanks to hearing her teammate's voice, she manage to recover, but she didn't get a chance to reply when all of a sudden, Zabuza appeared right in the middle of the surprised trio, as his blade ready to strike them down once he is close to.

Faster than anyone could even blink, Kakashi blurred towards them and blocked the blade of Zabuza's sword against a kunai and his free hand, causing some blood to splatter as a result. "I told you Zabuza. . .your opponent is me. . ." He then reminded.

Zabuza however only chuckled in response.

Naruto's clones quickly started to go after Zabuza, kunai in their hands as they tried to stab him, but when they did, he turned to water.

"Water clone. . ." Kakashi muttered as Zabuza appeared behind him. He was then slashed through Kakashi's midsection, this shocked the genins.

"Kakashi-sensei!" Naruto called out as Sasuke and Hinata's eyes widen in terror, but that quickly disappeared when the two halfs turn into water, revealing it to be a water clone as well.

"Impressive, you used that Sharingan of yours to copy my water clone even in the mist." Zabuza said, not noticing that Sasuke had his own Sharingan activated.

"Tch. . .Hate seeing those eyes. . .but at least they're used right, for once. . ." The demonic fox then admitted in a mutter.

"Not the only one that copied it asshole." Satsuki thought as Sasuke continued looking on after moving Tazuna. "Dobe, get some more clones to take our place, we're going in to help our sensei." He then decided.

Naruto nodded as he turned to Hinata. "You up for it Hinata-chan? It'll be tough." He asked his girlfriend. "If you do, wanna have the spotlight again?" He asked as he then winked at her

Hinata blushed at that, but she nodded in determination. "Yes Naruto-kun, I am." She replied. "I'm not weak anymore after all the training we went through." She added, wanting to prove her worth for the team.

"Got that right Hinata-chan!" Naruto said with a smirked as he made three more shadow clones as he turned towards them. "All of you take Tazuna somewhere safe and away from the battle. We'll meet up with you there after we're done here." He ordered the clones as they nodded while picked up Tazuna and carried him away.

"Oh no you don't!" Zabuza yelled as he tried to go after him, but was blocked by Kakashi.

"Your battle is with me!" Kakashi shouted, his blood splattering onto Zabuza from the back of his hand.

Naruto and Sasuke rushed in with Hinata waiting for her moment to strike in the background.

But just as quickly, Zabuza used his strength to pushed Kakashi back. "It's not going to be that easy Kakashi." He taunted as he returned to the mist.

Kakashi only eye smiled at that as he began to pull out a scroll from his jonin vest jacket. "You know what, your right it wouldn't be that easy." He agreed with his normal lazy tone.

"Huh?" Zabuza got out as he wasn't expect him to just agree.

Kakashi then open the scroll widely. "It wouldn't be easy because of this mist filled with chakra, this will make my Sharingan as well as my reaction time slow considerably which was a problem considering that you attack using the silent kill fighting style." He stated his disadvantage against the missing nin as he then slide the blood on his hand onto the open scroll. "This will make my eyes and my ears pretty much useless." He continued.

Zabuza let out another dark chuckle to that. "That's right, so you considered giving up?" He asked with a cocky tone as he smirked behind his mask.

Kakashi eye smiled once more to that. "Not really." He instantly replied as he roll the scroll back into place before he then he tossed it upwards into the air as he made a few hand seals. "That just means that I have to used my nose." He ended.

"Your nose?" Zabuza asked not understanding that the fellow jonin meant.

"I mean this." Kakashi simple replied as he caught the scroll in between his fingers. "Earth Style: Fanged Pursuit Jutsu!" He declared as he slammed the scroll on the ground.

This action caused the earth itself to crack and quake under the scroll with some smoke rising between the cracks.

After a moment Zabuza didn't felt anything as he let out another chuckle. "Was the supposed to intimidate me?" He taunted.

"Well. . .that wasn't but. . ." Kakashi began before trailing off..

No sooner he said that. . .

CHOMP! CHOMP! CHOMP! CHOMP! CHOMP! CHOMP! CHOMP! CHOMP!

The sound to a teeth chomping came out one of after the other and Zabuza just narrowly dodged the barrage of teeth wanting to take a bite of him. "What the hell!?" He roared in startlement as he dashed left and right to dodge the dogs that kept coming from below his land.

"Like I said, use my nose." Kakashi stated with an eye smile and a chuckle.

"MUTTS!?" Zabuza exclaimed before. . .

CHOMP!

One of them bit down hard on his leg.

"AH!" Zabuza roared as he tried to kick the small dog away.

Paku however landed perfectly fine. "That's for calling us mutts, we are pure breeds and mutts don't have soft paws like mine." He declared with the same slow tone.

"Now!" The trio declared in unison as they all rushed in.

Naruto quickly started going through hand signs. "Wind Style. . ." He bagan

"Fire Style. . ." Sasuke too began as he went through familiar hand signs as well.

"Air Bullet/Fireball Jutsu!" They thought in semi-unison.

A large compressed air came out Naruto's mouth, while a large fireball came out of Sasuke's. The two jutsu collided as they began to merge into an even larger fireball. Then it began to spin and form a twister shape. "FLARE TORNADO!" They then thought in unison.

"Fried Rogue Nin coming up!" The Kyūbi declared with a snicker of amusement.

Zabuza's eyes widen in pure terror at the sight of the roared fire tornado coming straight at him. "SHIT! A collaboration jutsu!" He yelled out in shock as he just barely manage to avoid the tornado as it skinned his left arm and leg, instantly giving him nasty second grade burns marks.

"Alright! It worked!" Naruto and Satsuki both thought in excitement and satisfaction as remembered the creation of the jutsu.

---

Flashback no Jutsu!

It's been a few days after Kakashi had become Team Seven's sensei, the jonin had been watching his students train in the used of the tree climbing and water walking jutsus, so after he was that they had more or less he decided to inspect in more indeep with their jutsus.

"Well you three, it seems that you are proceeding well with the jutsus." Kakashi stated. "Well aside from Hinata that is you'll still need more practicing. But remember, this is to help you three with your chakra control. . ." He then watched as Hinata made it to the top of the tree. "Though it seems Hinata's further in the chakra control aspect. Better hurry or else she'll surpass you two, Naruto, Sasuke." He then advised in a joking tone as well as an eye smile.

This caused the two genin in mention to grow annoyed, but only at their sensei, not at Hinata as they were proud of her, but to Kakashi as he was pestering them.

Kakashi only eye smiled at them, then he turned and saw that Hinata was breathing heavily. "Now then, I think that's enough practice Hinata, you should go and rest, it will serve no purpose it he faint from chakra exhaustion." He ordered the kunoichi.

Though Hinata wanted to train some more, she knew well enough that she has used to much of her chakra. "H-Hai sensei. . ." She panted out as she turn to her teammates. "I-I guess that's it for today. . ." She commented with a disappointed smile.

"Go and rest Hyuga, it wouldn't be helpful if you faint." Sasuke then advised.

Naruto nodded in agreement to that. "As much as I hate to say it, the teme's right Hinata-chan. I don't want you to get hurt from overworking yourself." He admitted as he placed his hands behind his head with a smile.

Hinata blushed as she felt more relief to that while she smiled a bit happier now. "A-Alright, I see you tomorrow then." She replied as gave a bow and left, though slightly wobbling from side to side.

Once Hinata had left, Kakashi then turned towards his remaining students. "Well now, this is as good time as any to see how good your elemental jutsus are at the moment, now that the two had gain a better chakra control than before." He thought to himself as he made a few hand seal and the area began to distort. "Ok now Satsuki, you can drop your disguise. The area is secure and no one will see us inside the area." He ordered to the last Uchiha.

Sasuke nodded to the sensei, then took a deep breath as he made a puff of smoke that covered him. As the smoke cleared, Satsuki was now herself. She stretched her arms out and her breast jiggle at the motion, which made Naruto turn around with a flushed face. "Moh. . .feels good being out of the disguise Naruto-kun." She happily said as she looked at her boyfriend and made her realised what she just did as she too blushed. "A-Anyways. . .what do we do now Kakashi-sensei?" She asked with a stutter.

Kakashi merely chuckled to the Uchiha's antic. "Right, I want to see how is your elemental jutsus of the two of you. Can't really ask Hinata when she's on the verge of collapsing, so I'll check on her on a later date." He stated to the female Uchiha.

Satsuki then nodded to that. "I can understand that. I don't want Hinata-chan fainting. . ." She stated her concern for her teammate. "Or finding out about me just yet. . ." She then admitted with another blush.

"So what do we do exactly Kakashi-sensei?" Naruto asked as he raised an eyebrow in confusion.

Kakashi let out a sigh to that. "Just perform all your elemental jutsus that you know and I'll see what improvements you two had made." He then explained to the blond.

"Oh! Why didn't you say so dattebayo!?" Said blond exclaimed with a grin while the Uchiha nodded in agreement.

This only made his sensei sweatdrop as he looked at the black haired girl. "Well it seems like you've been well influenced Satsuki." He joked with a deadpan tone.

"And what's wrong with that?" Satsuki then questioned with her arms crossed over her chest and a pout on her face.

This caused the jonin sweatdrop once more. "Anyways, start with the jutsus that are the easiest and then the more complex/powerful ones." Kakashi then ordered the two.

The two genin nodded as the looked at each other. "Mind if I go first Satsuki-chan?" Naruto requested.

"Sure, after all mine are a bit. . .hazardous for a place full of trees." Satsuki stated with a sweatdrop, as a forest fire was the last thing she wants to make. . .again. . .

"Thanks!" Naruto replied with a smile as he turn to the open clearing of the training grounds, he made a few hand seals and took a deep breath. "Wind Style: Air Bullet!" He declared and sent a compressed bullet.

Kakashi nodded as he touched his chin with his hand. "Not bad Naruto, it looks like that one was more compressed and it traveled a bit further than before." He analysed while giving the blond his praise, this made said boy to grin happily. "Now try it in multiple ones." He then ordered.

Naruto nodded as he did the same hand seals and took a deep breath. "Wind Style: Air Bullets!" He declared as he sent a small barrage of compressed bullets, unlike the single bullet, this travels much faster, but they had less power.

"Good, I see that you have also improved with this one as well." Kakashi praised his student. "Now you should use the first one at a recommended distance of close to mid range as it has a lot of power, but can't travel that far, while this one should be better used mid to long range as they travel farther, but don't have a lot of power." He then advised. "We see your strongest one after Satsuki, ok?" He added.

"Hai!" Naruto replied with a pride in his improvements.

Satsuki then smiled as she jump hugged the blond. "Nice work Naruto-kun!" She happily said as she pressed his head into her breasts while her head went to his ear. "Soft enough?" She then whispered in a seductive tone.

This caused Naruto to blush red at the question, but it was short lived as Kakashi coughed in his fist. "Now then. . .I believe it's your turn." He stated. "Or are you that attached to the blond." He then added in a more teasing tone.

This instantly caused Satsuki to release Naruto as she huffed at her sensei with a red blush on her face. "When we get home Naruto-kun." She then requested with her arms over her chest. She then took the area where the water was located and did her own set of hand seals. "Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!" She declared as she sent a regular size fireball on top of the water.

"Looks like you have a better control, last time it was double the size but that was because you only wasted more chakra because of its size, this time you have a better grasp on the size and control you choose to give it." Kakashi analysed as he gave her a thumbs up. "Good job." He added with an eye smile.

"YES!" Satsuki happily cheered as she pumped a fist into the air as she jump hugged the blond once again. "How did I do Naruto-kun?" She then asked.

"Awesome job! We're getting better and better!" Naruto declared with excitement while Satsuki went towards him as he let the girl hug him.

Kakashi chuckled at that. "Ok, still here." He teased at the two, who then blushed immediately. Once they separated again, he turned to Naruto. "Now do the most powerful elemental jutsu you got." He then ordered the blond.

Naruto grumbled but he did as he was told. He took his place on the plains as he did his hand seals and began to gather wind chakra into his hand after a few moments, Naruto gather enough wind chakra. "Wind Style: Beast Wave Palm!" He declared as he did a vertical swing and caused a slash of wind. The wind traveled at impressive speeds as it cut any leaf that may had crossed its path.

"Hmm. . .interesting. . ." Kakashi started. "It was the jutsu that revealed how you actually met Satsuki. . ." He admitted.

This instantly caused both genin blushed scarlet as they remembered the very revealing memory.

"All by accidentally stripping the top part of her body." Kakashi then clarified as he began to chuckle perversely. "It's like one of the scenes in my favorite books." He added as he took out said favorite book and began to read it.

That. . .was the last straw. . .

Naruto and Satsuki face began to glow in embarrassment as their face then began to turn red from anger. "Hey. . .Naruto-kun?" Satsuki got out.

"Yes. . .Satsuki-chan. . ." Naruto replied.

"I got an idea. . ." The Uchiha then stated as she began to smiled evilly.

Naruto nodded to that. "I think I know what your thinking. . .And I completely agree. . ." He replied as he too smiles evilly.

Then they turned at the distracted jonin and in unison began to make hand seals. "Wind Style/Fire Style!" They began.

"Eh?" Kakashi got out in confusion as he looked up from his book.

"Air Bullet/Fireball Jutsu!" They declared in unison as their jutsu were sent straight at the perverted sensei.

It was at this moment that both jutsus collided into one another and combine, this created a fire tornado.

"WHAT!?" Kakashi roared in fear as he had just enough time to make a substitute to replace himself.

The genins instantly recovered from their anger when they saw their jutsus combine. "What the heck!?" The two asked in shocked at the sight of the log being burn to ash. "WOW! THAT WAS AWESOME!" The two then exclaimed in excitement and stars in their eyes.

At a safe distance away, Kakashi could only sweatdropped at the over happy genin. "They just made a collaboration jutsu without even realizing it. . ." He thought with both pride and fear as he saw the ashes of the log he just used. "I should be careful with what I say to them from now on. . ." He thought for his own safety.

After that incident, Kakashi made the two genin practice it when the two were together, however it was much harder than they thought as they had to had the same amount of chakra, so they had to practice it a lot more.

Kai!

---

Zabuza had no choice but to make tens of seals in rapid fashion as he continued to jump back as he landed on the nearby water bed. "Water Style: Water Dragon Jutsu!" He summoned a massive dragon made of liquid came out of from the water he was standing in as it gave out a mighty roar as it then crashed into Naruto and Sasuke collaboration jutsu.

Both genin were showing signs of efforts as their jutsu was just barely pushing the water dragon, even if it was a collaboration jutsu, the water dragon was simply much more powerful, this forced the genin to use a lot of their chakra then normal just to keep the dragon at bay.

"Your not going to last long like this, the Rogue nin is more experience and way more powerful then the two of you put together." The Kyūbi stated as he clearly saw the difference in strength.

"I KNOW!" Naruto retorted as he struggle to keep the jutsu going. "Keep going Teme!" He then shouted at his partner as he continued to add his wind chakra to their jutsu.

"I know Dobe!" Sasuke retorted as he was doing the same.

"Not bad brats, but your way out of your lead to face me." Zabuza bragged as he didn't show any sign struggle unlike the genin, but he also didn't notice someone coming in.

Taking advantage of the collision of the jutsus, Hinata used the steam to quickly ran at Zabuza, still having her Byakugan active to look inside of the steam she continued running at fast as she could with a determined look on her face. "There!" She thought as she finally located Zabuza as she came out of the steam and took a stance right behind the rogue nin.

"What!?" Zabuza got out when he saw Hinata behind him. "How-?" He got out as the flame tornado increased its size. This made Zabuza realize what just happened. "THIS JUTSU! IT WAS A DISTRACTION!" He shouted in his mind.

Hinata instantly pumped chakra into her body to as she dashed forward. "Eight Trigrams: Thirty-Two Palms!" She revealed. "Two Palms! Four Palms! Eight Palms!" She began counting off.

"From shyness to determined, the Hyuga's growing. . .slowly, but surely." The demonic fox stated in a sage like tone.

No sooner Hinata declared that did the two stopped the jutsu and dodge the water dragon. Now free from being hold down, Zabuza turned to face Hinata, but it was to late as the Hyuga Heiress was delivering blows to the missing-nin's body, but it was thanks to his years of practice that manage to dodge having his major and vital chakra points blocked by jumping backwards.

"Sixteen Palms!" Hinata continued as she prepared for one last strike.

"What the hell is up with these genin!? What in Kami's name did Kakashi teach them?!" Zabuza thought as he got most of his left arm chakra points blocked.

The rogue nin couldn't think again as he landed on the nearest land, the other two were already in position with two giant size shuriken waiting for him. "WHAT!?" He roared out.

"Take this! Demon Wind Shuriken!" The two other genin declared as they sent the shurikens at the rogue nin.

Zabuza quickly bend backwards to dodge the shurikens. "I've had enough!" He roared again as he was about to take out his humongous sword with his remaining arm.

But before Zabuza could do anything, Hinata continued her attack. "Thirty-Two Palm!" She declared the last part of the attack.

"ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?" Zabuza roared as he tried to dodge again, but because of this, he left his right arm exposed. "AH!" He shouted in pain from having its chakra points blocked.

But before Hinata could deliver the final blow, a few senbon were suddenly embedded into his neck from a hidden area. "Huh!?" Hinata got out as she stopped her attack as she saw Zabuza falling to the ground.

"What the!?" Naruto got out as he and his team stood on the water, shocked at what just happened.

"Who?" Hinata muttered to herself as she looked around using her Byakugan. "There!" She pointed up to a tree where she spotted a person.

Naruto and Sasuke looked in the direction Hinata was looking at, there they saw a person with a white and red mask on, long black hair, part of it being in buns, pale skin, and a slender figure. He was wearing a green haori with white trimmings, and around his waist a brown sash with a fringed trail wrapped around his waist twice. On his feet were light-brown platoon sandals with straps in the same color as his kimono and nail polish on his fingernails and toenails in matching blue green color.

"Who are you?" Sasuke questioned, wanting to know who killed the rogue ninja. "He made it look easy. . ." Satsuki thought with disappointed tone as even with their teamwork they didn't beat the rogue nin.

Kakashi then landed next to his students as he slowly went over to Zabuza's body and checked for a pulse, his own blood dripping onto Zabuza's. "No pulse." He stated as he then turned to the masked person. "I see, a hunter-nin from Kiri." He figured.

Said hunter nodded as they jumped down from the tree and looked at Team Seven. "Sorry for interfering, but I have been on his trail for a while now and I wanted to end the Demon of the Mist myself." The person calmly said as they bowed to the team. "It was thanks to all of you for weakening him so I could deliver the final blow. I am grateful for your help." He then walked over to Zabuza.

". . ." The Kyūbi said nothing as he saw this happen.

"I will take the remains for disposal." The Hunter said and without another word they and the body disappeared.

Everyone was out of breath as they regrouped. "Well. . .that was refreshing. . ." Kakashi joked as he suddenly fell over and moaned in pain from hitting the ground face first. "I over did it again." He lightly chuckled.

Sasuke sweatdropped as he nodded. "Yes you did sensei." He simply stated.

Naruto soon got the memories of one of the shadow clones that went with Tazuna. "I'll take us to where they hid the old man." He then made some more shadow clones to carry Kakashi, although they did complain a bit that he was heavy.

"I would suggest getting a week's worth of rest from over using your Sharingan." Hinata advised, seeing that their sensei drained most of his chakra during the fight. "So you should take it easy for now sensei." She finished after she deactivated her Byakugan.

"No complaints from me." Kakashi simple stated as the team headed towards where the clones hid Tazuna.

---

The group soon regrouped with Tazuna at a small cave, once they got over the complaints from the elderly man, they continued their journey back to his house where they were greeted by the worried Tsunami, the bridge builder's daughter.

The three were quickly taken upstairs to their room with Tsunami looking over their sensei as he layed in bed and his hand bandaged up, unfortunately, the bridge-builder's daughter soon went overboard and completely wrapped up his body, making him look like a cocoon.

Naruto took one good look at his sensei and chuckled lightly. "You look like a mummy." He declared as he began to laugh out loud as the others soon started to chuckle at the comment as well when they saw Naruto was correct to an extent.

Kakashi then gave off a sarcastic laugh. "Very funny Naruto, but anyways, it's just like Hinata said though, I won't be moving a lot for at the very least a week. You already know what to do if I'm like this." He stated as he looked at his chuckling students.

At this statement, the trio had stopped laughing and nodded in response. "Train of course." They said in unison, used to the routine.

Kakashi nodded back. "Good," He began a his normal lazy tone, but that soon ended. "Because I don't know why, but a feeling that this isn't over." He then stated in a serious tone while narrowing his single eye.

"You mean about that?" Sasuke asked as he didn't understand.

"Yeah, Zabuza already kicked the bucket, what's to worry?" Naruto commented as he also didn't understood.

"That's exactly what I mean. . .It's just a feeling is all, but anyways, what do you think of that guy that killed him?" Kakashi asked the trio.

"The hunter-nin?" Sasuke asked as he began to think from what he briefly saw of said nin. He remembered that aside from easily beaten the rogue nin, their was something a bit off. "He did seem suspicious, like he was in a hurry or something." He then added. "Like really in a hurry. . ." Satsuki emphasised in her mind.

"Kakashi-sensei, what exactly is a hunter nin?" Hinata asked as she had very limited knowledge of this type of shinobis.

"You can think of Hunter Shinobi similar as our Anbu, but these shinobis are special breed of ninja who hunt down and kill any and all rogue shinobi's that betray their villages." Kakashi explained. "When they make a kill, they dismember the body so that the secrets of their villages will stay secrets." He then added.

This made Naruto felt a bit nauseous a his face turned a bit green at that description. "Damn. . ." He then got out.

"What do you mean sensei?" Hinata asked with a tilt of her head.

"Even a ninja's dead body can tell a lot about them." Kakashi he stated and he saw the still confused faces of his students he further elaborated. "What I mean is that a shinobi's body it a source of knowledge if you know how to look, you can find things such as the medical herbs, jutsus they might have known and much more." Kakashi stated, then he hesitated for a moment before finishing his statement. "The same thing will happen to us when we die and the enemy gets a hold of our bodies as well." He then added.

The trio in turn gulped at the thought someone taking their deceased body apart, soon after a moment of silence, the heard Kakashi was snoring lightly, when they turn they saw that their sensei had indeed fallen asleep.

"Sensei must really be tired." Hinata commented, while the trio continued discussing among themselves.

Naruto meanwhile had his eyes closed as he let out a sigh of boredom before he then laid on the floor of the room. "I guess so Hinata-chan." He admitted with a nod, since they had the intense battle with a rogue shinobi. That would leave anyone exhausted. Suddenly, his eyes sprang open as an idea entered his mind. The blond grinned widely at the thought, he got up and slowly began to crept to Kakashi's face.

Hinata cutely tilted her head as he was the blond creeping towards their sensei. "Naruto-kun, what're you doing?" She asked in whisper so to not wake up the tired sensei.

"Yeah, what the heck are you doing Dobe?" Sasuke asked as he raised an eyebrow.

Stopping his creeping towards the jonin for the moment, Naruto then went to Hinata's ear. "Don't you wanna see what's under Kakashi-sensei's mask?" He whispered.

Hinata blinked with both surprise and embarrassment by what she heard and by her boyfriend whispering in her ear as Sasuke looked a bit interested. After all during their entire time being with and training with Kakashi, not once had they seen under his mask, so they were all curious. Hinata had tried to look through the mask once or twice during training, but strangely, she couldn't see through it no matter how hard she tried.

"Hell, even I'm curious about seeing what's under the pervert's face." Kyūbi then admitted.

Naruto half closed his eyes at that. "You're one to talk, you're a massive pervert yourself!" He declared to Kyūbi via mindlink.

The Kyūbi only scuffed at the blond. "Shut it kit and get to the mask removing!" He then ordered his host.

Naruto then return his gaze at the sleeping sensei, the blond held his breath as he got closer and closer to him, Hinata and Sasuke lean in as they also had just as much interest in finding out how he looks like like the their teammate.

Naruto took a big gulp as his hand slowly began to reached his sensei's mask, this caused Naruto's face to tense with each and every inch his hand got closer, his teammates also had tense faces as they continued to lean in closer, just as his fingers were just one inch away. . .coal gray eyes sprang open.

"AH!" Naruto yelled in shock as the blond himself flipped back to the ground, accidently knocking Hinata and Sasuke down with him in the process.

"SON OF A BITCH!" Naruto and Sasuke cursed from failing on seeing their sensei's face.

"EEP!" Hinata got out from being knocked off her feet.

"FUCKIN' HELL!" The Kyūbi also cursed for the exact same reason as the other two.

Naruto started shouting at Kakashi for startling him as said masked man began muttering to himself before sharing his thoughts to his cute little students. "Zabuza isn't dead. . ." He suddenly declared with a dead serious tone.

At this stated, the trio instantly got quiet, then three pairs of eyes went wide.

"WHAT!?" Naruto shouted in startlement.

"N-No. . ." Hinata soon got out in shock. "But. . .how sensei?" She then asked.

Kakashi closed his single visible eye as he took a moment to gather his thoughts and then reopen it. "What was the weapon that hunter-nin used?" He quickly asked, expecting the answer instantly.

"Senbons, but wh. . .oh no. . ." Hinata said as she paled.

"What does using senbons have to do with it?" Sasuke then asked.

Naruto nodded in agreement. "Yeah, I mean a weapon is a weapon right?" He asked as he didn't understand.

Kakashi nodded to Hinata as he turn to the other two. "Using senbon needles are indeed a weapon and it could be used to kill someone, but they aren't well fit to killing unless they hit a vital organ and even then it would be a difficult to hit." He describe the the weapon. "However, if they were to hit the right pressure points on the human body say like the neck for example, it can cause a person to go into a momentary death and since that kid took the body away and not destroy it on the spot like any Hunter nin should, it's likely that he's an accomplice." He then explained.

"Seriously!?" Naruto shouted in disbelief.

"The one eyed scarecrow is right, I knew the moment I saw that gut appearing." The Kyūbi declared with a bore tone.

"WHAT!? THEY WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME!?" Naruto then roared.

"You didn't ask. . ." The Kyūbi then answered with a smirk.

Naruto eye began to twitch to that as he wanted so bad to strangle the Biju.

Sasuke slam his fist into his hand. "Damn. . .I can't believe we fell for a cheap trick like that!" He declared with an insulted tone, however he then smirked as he realized what this could mean. "Well then, I guess this means we can get a little rematch." He then added. "I say bring it on!" Satsuki thought in excitement.

Naruto smirked in agreement at the thought. "Hell yeah! I knew this mission would have more action dattebayo!" He exclaimed as he welcome the challenge.

Hinata shivered slightly at thought of facing Zabuza once more, but she then calmed herself down with a deep breath. "Confidence. . ." She thought to encourage herself as she nodded in agreement.

Kakashi eye smiled at the three. "I guess it does. Although I have to say that your teamwork was quite impressive there with that coordinated moves between the three and that collaboration attack. But what really impressed me the most was Hinata calculated attack near the end to deliver those last few moves that if the Hunter-nin didn't had intervened you would had severely injure him, not beat him, but immobilize him enough for me to finishing off. I have to say that I'm proud of you three so far and I am proud to be your sensei." He declared as he gave them a thumbs up.

Naruto scratched the backs of his head in embarrassment as Sasuke just smirked while Hinata blushed lightly with a small and cute smile.

Tazuna soon came in from the door and after Kakashi explained the current situation. "So, who's gonna protect me while me and my fellow builders work on the bridge? Which of you three will be protecting us?" He asked in a fear filled tone.

Kakashi then looked up at the ceiling as he sighed. "I was thinking my genin could alternate between themselves in watching you one at a time while the other two train to prepare for the oncoming fight." He then explained.

"Na! I got a better idea!" Naruto declared with a big grin on his face, this causing everyone to look at him.

"What do you have planned Naruto-kun?" Hinata asked with a tilt of her head.

Naruto's grin never left. "Easy! I can just create a bunch of Shadow clones to watch over the old man!" He declared.

"Like the ones that took me to the cave?" Tazuna asked, Naruto nodded to that, this caused the bridge builder to sigh with relief, knowing that he would be protected.

"Alright then, while the clones protect the client, we can start training again." Naruto said as Hinata and Sasuke agree with a nod when. . .

"Whatever you're doing, it's not gonna work." Said a kid in pale dark green overalls, an old bucket hat that cover most of his head, then the kid raised his head as he gave off the most depressing aura a person could imagine when he came into the room.

"Who's the kid?" Sasuke asked.

"Inari, where have you been?" Tazuna asked, holding her arms out to the boy.

"Welcome home," Inari said as he went to the bridge builder. "Grandpa." He came up and hugs Tazuna.

"The kid's this old man's grandson?" Naruto whispered to his teammates.

Sasuke simply shrugged his shoulders. "Looks like it." He replied.

Then Tsunami also came in through the door. "Inari, greet our guests properly." She scolded his son. "They are esteemed ninja who brought your grandfather home safely." She then reminded.

Inari looked at the four ninja, one of whom was lying in the bed. "But mama, they're all gonna die." He then said as if it was the most natural thing to say. "No one can beat Gatō and his men." He added with a depressed tone.

Sasuke looked annoyed at what the kid had said, Hinata looked a little surprised that the child doubts them, while Naruto and Kakashi saw a certain look in Inari's eyes that they could easily detect.

"Great. . .a depressed kid. . ." The demonic fox groaned out.

Naruto didn't react or say anything to what the Bijū just said as he continued looking at Inari. "Listen kid, we're here to protect you grandfather and be heroes that protect other." He declared.

Inari just glared at Naruto. "There's no such thing as a hero." He said with the coldest and depressed tone that a child shouldn't have. "If you don't want to die, go back home." He added as he began to leave.

"Where are you off to Inari?" Tazuna asked his grandson.

Said grandson stopped but didn't looked back. "I'm going to watch the ocean from my room." Inari said as he left, heading up the stairs.

"Sweet kid," Sasuke muttered sarcastically. "Brat. . ." Satsuki simply thought to herself.

Hinata then tilted her head in confusion. "What happened to him?" She thought.

Tazuna sighed to that as he knew his grandson would act the way he did. "Please forgive him." He then requested.

"We'll see." Naruto said. "So Kakashi-sensei, when's that back up gonna get here?" He then asked.

Kakashi sighed in response to the question. "Truth is Naruto, I really don't know. Might be here tomorrow or when I recover." He honestly stated as he then looked at three genin once more. "This means you three must give it your all when training, but do not push yourselves doing so as you three are the only ones that can protect Tazuna." He then advised in an ordering and serious tone.

"Right!" The three responded with a nod as they head out for training.

---

Over the course of the week, the trio would got into the forest near the bridge builders house, the three genin of Team Seven were doing some basic stretches to prepare themselves.

"Yosha! Time for some training dattebayo!" Naruto cheered as he pumped a fist into the air.

Sasuke shook his head to that. "Calm down dobe, we can't waste our energy with excitement." He reminded. "Alright! Time for training!" Satsuki however cheered.

Hinata nodded in agreement. "Yes, we must be calm and train our hardest." She stated.

This made Naruto lower his head in depression. "Yeah. . ." He got out.

"Dumbass. . ." The demonic fox grumbled.

"Shut it ero-kitsune. . ." Naruto then grumbled back before looking at his teammates. "So. . .what do you wanna do?" He then asked.

Sasuke then saw a nearby stream and smirked. "Water walking to help us with our chakra control." He decided as he then looked at Hinata. "Hyuga here has the best chakra control of the three of us, so we need to get to her level." He added. "Because Hinata-chan's just that awesome!" Satsuki however said.

Hinata meanwhile smiled happily with a slightly embarrassed blush to that, feeling happy that her teammate had that confidence in her. "Thank you Sasuke-san." She said with appreciated tone.

Sasuke merely scuffed to that. "Hmph. . ." He got out. "Kawaii!" Satsuki squealed in her mind

"Your still cute Hinata-chan!" Naruto then stated as he kissed her on the cheek, to which made said girl blush darker.

After that, the trio would practice tree climbing exercise to gain a better control of their chakra, then an hour later they reviewed the water walking exercise to practice keeping a steady control of it as they also increased their chakra capacity as well, but the most important training part was practicing their jutsus so that they would used less chakra and conserve more, finally near the end of the day, the three had a light sparring match to practice their skill.

Hinata and Naruto were impressed that Sasuke learned the Water Clone jutsu but he said it exhausted him since he isn't a water chakra type and took more chakra to use. Kakashi recommended to practice more on his waterwalking to help with that problem.

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Later, after they had finished their training, the trio headed back in for dinner as night fell, the meal that was served was meager but they ate was served, not wanting to be rude.

"You all better get to bed, you look exhausted." Tsunami said as a Naruto clone helped her wash the dishes.

Naruto was about the respond when he was interrupted by a yawn. "Yeah we better." He agreed with a tired tone.

Tsunami then lead the three to the guest rooms, the genin boys slept in one room while Hinata would sleep with Tsunami.

Once the two were inside their room, Satsuki undid her genjutsu that was on her head, she still had her Sasuke clothing on, but her hair was not on her lower back. "Jeez. . .this really gets annoying after a while. . ." She grumbled out in annoyance.

Naruto nodded in agreement as he looked at the heiress of the Uchiha clan. "I know, but it has to be done, even if it a pain." He admitted as he pecked the girl on the cheek. "Better?" He then jokingly asked.

This made Satsuki blush a bit in response. "A little. . ." She got out with a smile.

Naruto could only let out a chuckle at that. "But we should still sleep in separate beds, just in case." He then added.

This made Satsuki pout at not being able to sleep with her favorite pillow as she looked at the blond. "Yeah. . ." She then got out as she then unintentionally started to take off her shirt, revealing her bra covered breasts.

Naruto immediately blushed at the sight. "S-Satsuki-chan!" He got out with a high but whispered voice that only she would hear.

Satsuki instantly was reminded what she just did and placed her shirt back on. "R-Right. . .sorry. . ." She got out with a glowing red face. "You've been an influence on me Naruto-kun. . ." She then admitted.

"H-Huh?" The equally blushing Naruto got out. "W-What do you mean by that?" He then asked.

The blushing Uchiha then smiled as she placed her hands behind her back as she tilted her body cutely. "That's just how it feels really. . .and I like it." She admitted with honestly.

"Great. . .an Uchiha that might become like you or your mother. . ." The Kyūbi grumbled in annoyance at the thought.

"Just shut it already you erotic fox. . ." Naruto grumbled once more as he looked at the girl. "Well then. . .I guess we better get some sleep then." He suggested.

Satsuki nodded in agreement as she went to her futon. "Hai, we got work to do tomorrow Naruto-kun." She reminded with a smile before yawning. "Good night Naruto-kun." She then finalized as she closed her eyes.

Naruto smiled in response as he pecked the girl on the cheek. "Night Satsuki-chan." He responded as he went to his own futon.

With that the two began drifted off into sleep.

---

Meanwhile in a hidden hideout inside of the forest. . .

The hunter-nin took out some gauze while muttering to himself as he reached for the senbon that was lodged in Zabuza. "Soon I'll have to drain the blood and-" Was all he manage to say as he was cut off by a groan.

Zabuza's eyes opened and narrowed at the hunter-nin in annoyance. "I'll do it myself." He stated in a gruff tone as he pulled out the senbon from his neck in a very harsh way with small drops of blood came out as a result.

The hunter-nin shook their head to that. "Oh, you back to life I see." He responded in a teasing tone.

Zabuza only groaned once more in annoyance. "You were pretty ruthless Haku, sometimes I wonder if you're into that kind of stuff." He commented in a none so amuse tone as he looked at the hunter-nin with an annoyed and irritated expression while rubbing his neck.

The hunter-nin then took off his mask, revealing a feminine face with black hair. "If you keep that up, I'm pretty sure you'll be in that bed longer than a week Zabuza-sama. And I wouldn't want to scar that perfect body of yours now would I?" He replied still with a teasing tone.

Zabuza then turned to him as he had a pensive expression. "Those aren't ordinary genin, they actually kept me on my toes. . .I know for a fact that they were actually aiming to weaken me enough for Kakashi to take me out. . ." He then stated as he grabbed the gauze from Haku.

Haku then nodded in agreement to that. "Indeed they did Zabuza-sama." He agreed as he too came with the same conclusion. "You should be lucky I got to you before they did then." He soon added.

"I know. . ." Zabuza admitted with a sigh and narrow eyes. "WHAT THE FUCK DID KAKASHI HAD BEEN TEACH THEM!? I HEARD THAT KONOHA IS FULL OF GREEN HORNS THAT ARE BLOODLINE CRAZY! BUT THEY ARE ANYTHING BUT GREEN HORNS!" He then began ranting. But as he did so, he stopped as his body gain a shock of pain. "AH!" He shouted in extreme pain.

Haku sweat-dropped at the rant and the end result of said rant. "Zabuza-sama, please stop moving, I don't want to have to tie you up into a cocoon now do I?" He all but ordered the rogue nin.

Zabuza grumbled in annoyance. "Fine Haku. . ." He responded as to not receive more pain and sighed again. "Gatō better pay me us a lot for this. I need to the money for another attempt for a coup d'état." He grumbled out.

Haku simply nodded as he placed the jonins arm on his shoulder to help him get up. "I know Zabuza-sama. . .I know." He said as night shrouded them in darkness as they moved back to Gatō's base.

---

The next morning at the Tazuna residence. . .

The sunlight shined in Hinata's room as it woke the Hyuga up, immediately going to stretch her arms in the air. "That was a good sleep." She muttered as she got out of the futon before she did some morning stretches.

Once Hinata finished up the stretches, she took a deep breath and looked at the door. "I better wake up Naruto-kun and Sasuke-san to get ready for training." She decided in her head as she headed for their room right across the hall. Once she arrived, she then knocked on the door.

"Naruto-kun, Sasuke-san, it's time to wake up." Hinata called out to her teammates, but she only got the sound of snoring coming from the other side. "Huh, who would've thought Naruto-kun would snore in his sleep? It almost sounds like there's two of him." She admitted while the thought made her blushed at the thought of two Naruto's, she then quickly shook it away as she went and opened the door.

The moment she did and went inside, it left the Hyuga wide-eyed at the sight. "Eh?" Hinata got out in pure shock.

The reason for this was that in front of her, was a Naruto in his pajamas, which was normal and caused her to blush at the sight, but the real reason for her shock was the girl she clearly didn't recognize clinging on to his arm. . .and she was completely naked although she recognized Sasuke's clothes scattered around the room.

Hinata continued to look on at the sight as she watched with curiosity. "Who is that? And why is she cuddling up to Naruto-kun?" She then thought.

Instead of assuming the worse and yelling at Naruto, threatening to castrate him like a certain pink haired genin would've done. "No. . .Naruto-kun is not like that." She thought as she went by Naruto's side and poked him. "Naruto-kun. . .Naruto-kun. . ." She whispered to his ear.

In response, Naruto struggled to open his eyes only to see Hinata looking at him. "Morning Hinata-chan." He got out with a groggy tone, but when he noticed that she had a worried look on her face, he fully woke up. "Something wrong?" He asked as she then pointed towards the girl hugging him. "Eh?" He got out in confusion. Then when turned his head, he became wide-eyed to see Satsuki. ". . .Ooooooh crap." He thought as he started to shake her.

"Mmm. . .What the hell?" The demonic fox grumbled in annoyance. "I hate being woken up so damn early. . ." He then complained as he then looked and saw a panicked Naruto, a startled Hinata and a naked Satsuki cuddling said blond. "Oh. . .hehe. . .looks like your in for it now kit." The Kyūbi soon got out with a grin.

Meanwhile, Satsuki felt someone shaking her body and she thought that she was in her Sasuke disguise up. "Dobe. . ." She got out, trying to sound like Sasuke persona, but when she realized that her voice was female, her eyes shot open to see the startled Hinata and sweat dropping Naruto before she then looked down to see she was naked with her breasts exposed.

After a few seconds passed between the three. . .

---

In another room. . .

Kakashi was sleeping peacefully, knocked out from exhaustion from his still overused of his Sharingan. The jonin was having a peaceful sleep when. . .

"KYAAA!" A loud and feminine scream reached his room.

This made said Jonin fell from his resting place and since he still couldn't move, he landed on his face. "Well. . .that's one way to wake me up. . ." He got out as he let out a sweatdrop.

---

Back in the male genin's bedroom. . .

An incredibly embarrassed Satsuki was covering herself with a sheet like a cocoon as tears ran down her eye. "Moh. . .I did it again!" She exclaimed in her mind, embarrassed and ashamed of this happening.

Naruto meanwhile was looking away, blushing since she was naked. "Well we were gonna have to tell Hinata-chan eventually. . ." He thought, trying to make the situation better in his head.

"Yeah, but not after Lavender Eyes saw you with Uchiha in all her naked glory." The demonic fox remarked with a witty smirk and a nosebleed running.

"WILL YOU SHUT UP DATTEBAYO!" Naruto roared in his head at the remark while blushing red at being reminded about the Uchiha being naked.

Hinata however looked at the covered girl with concern, instantly knowing the the girl was full of fear and saw her shivering in her spot. "This is. . .she couldn't be. . ." She thought in confusion of the situation. "Are you. . .Sasuke-san?" She then asked in an innocent tone.

Satsuki was still sniffing under the covers but she still nodded. "S-Sort of. . ." She mumbled out.

This in turn confused the Hyuga Heiress. "What do you mean? It's alright you can tell me." Hinata said with a kind tone. "She seems like an innocent girl. . ." She thought to herself as she looked at her.

Satsuki slowly uncover her head as she shyly looked at the Hyuga. "M-My real name is. . .Satsuki Uchiha. . ." She shyly introduced herself.

Hinata cutely tilted her head to that. "Satsuki. . .Uchiha?" She repeated.

The gesture caused Satsuki to relax a bit and nodded. "Yes. . .Sasuke was just a cover to protect myself." She started to explain.

Hinata blinked to that piece of information. "Protect yourself?" She then repeated once more with a confused tone.

"Um. . .I'll explain it in a bit, but for right now, you should know that I was never a boy. . .I was always a girl. . ." Satsuki revealed with a blush on her face.

Hinata blinked once more as she tried to process this, then she turned to Naruto. "Did you already know about her?" She then asked in a calm tone.

"You're so boned now. . ." The Kyūbi got out with a smirk.

If it weren't for the fact that Naruto was so busy not directly looking at Hinata he would've retorted to the demonic fox, but he soon turn to her and nodded in response. "Y-Yeah, I found out the night before the team selections." He told her with an embarrassed tone.

Hinata nodded in response to that. "I see. . ." She responded as she felt a bit hurt that she was on the dark.

Naruto flinched as he looked at her. "Hinata-chan. . .what happened was that. . ." He tried to say, but he blushed red when he realized what he was about to say. "I can't just tell her that!" He thought with a panicked tone.

"Ok. . .Now your boned." The Kyūbi declared once more as he was now laughed his ass off.

"Please Naruto-kun. . .Don't hide things from me anymore. . ." Hinata then requested, still a sounding a bit hurt.

This made Naruto feel guilty but he really couldn't find how to say the truth without sounding bad or conflicting Hinata.

Satsuki meanwhile saw the conflicted expression on the blond's face and nodded to herself. "I-It's alright Naruto-kun. . ." She whimpered out so that the two could hear her. "You can explain what happened. Hinata-chan has the right to know now. . ." She then added.

Naruto then looked at the Uchiha Heiress and then to the Hyuga Heiress as he nodded in agreement. "Alright Hinata-chan, just know that what I say may sound stupid or even completely made up, but I swear it's the truth." He told her with a very serious expression.

Seeing that expression made Hinata blush a little, thinking that he looked handsome. "O-Ok Naruto-kun. . ." She got out as she tried to calm herself down as she had a blush on her face.

This made Naruto smile as he then took a deep breath. "Well like I said before, it was the night before the team selection, I had just finished a very intense training session and was heading home, when I was passing Satsuki-chan's apartment was when it all happen." He began to explain, he saw that Hinata was waiting patiently so he continued. "When I got near her place, I smelled a female scent, but this was when I still thought she was Sasuke, and well. . .I let my imagination wild, so I thought she was doing it with. . .Sakura. . ." He got out with a very embarrassed tone.

"Eh?" Hinata got out as she tilted her head in confusion, but she then realized what Naruto meant and blushed crimson red. "O-Oh. . ." She got out with much embarrassment as she knew that Naruto wasn't one to lie about such things.

Satsuki said nothing to that as she still found that funny, but she now also found it annoying that in some way she was being confused with Sakura.

Naruto could only nodded to that. "I was mainly because I smelled Satsuki with my enhanced sense of smell, not realizing that Sasuke was actually female at the time that's what I concluded." He then explained.

Hinata nodded, calming herself down now knowing that what happened was accidental. "Then what happen next Naruto-kun?" She asked.

This made Naruto let out a sigh of relief at that Hinata was believing what his saying, so he continued. "Well after that being the hot headed that I was when and try to. . .save Sakura. . .from Sasuke. . ." He admitted. "Remember, I was still a fanboy to her. . ." He then reminded.

Hinata simply nodded, but inwardly was annoyed at being reminded of that.

Naruto then scratched the back of his head from the place where Sakura had hit him on several occasions. "Well one stupid and heat up exchange from me later, I challenged Sasuke by threatening him by going to Jiji with this. Also at the time Satsuki didn't know that Jiji already knew about her being a girl, so she had no choice but to accept." He then told her.

Hinata nodded to that since she knew that Naruto and the Hokage were close. "Ok. . ." She got out.

"Well, then we had the fight, it was really intense that which concluded in. . ." Naruto stopped as he then realized what he had to say next, instantly blushing red as did Satsuki. "Just to tell you this Hinata-chan, what happened afterwards was a complete and total accident!" He then declared in a rapid tone of voice.

Hinata tilted her head in a cute manner not understanding what Naruto was so flustered about. "What do you mean?" She asked.

"N-Naruto-kun used the Beast Wave Palm attack on me and. . . it shredded by shirt. . .as well my bandages holding my breasts. . ." Satsuki then revealed with crimson blushed on her face.

Hinata blinked once and then twice as her brain was processing what Satsuki just said. Then her body was slowly turning red from her toes to the top of her head as steam what coming out of her head. "O-Oh. . ." She then got out in a meek tone.

Naruto also had a blushed face as he nodded. "It was a given that. . .I found out that Sasuke was. . .a girl. . ." He concluded. "I know it sound completely made up! But it's the truth Hinata-chan!" He declared rapidly with an embarrassed tone.

"It really is!" Satsuki then added, also in a rapid tone of voice as more tears began to leak out of her eyes.

Hinata said nothing for a moment. "Ok, I believe you Naruto-kun, Satsuki-san." She told the two, instantly made Naruto relief as the Hyuga then turned to the watery-eyed Uchiha. "But what did you mean by you trying to protect yourself?" She then asked in a more serious tone.

Shivering, Satsuki started to hold herself in a fear filled matter. "T-The CRA. . ." She revealed with a whimper.

At the mere mention of those three simple yet horrifying letters, it made the once comical atmosphere turn dark and depressing.

Hinata meanwhile went pale and became wide-eyed in an instant at the three letters. "N-No. . ." She got out in her own fear filled tone.

"Y-You know about that act?" The Uchiha Heiress then asked when she saw the Hyuga's reaction.

Hinata soon looked down to the floor and nodded. "Y-Yes. . .I know of it. . .its an act that would all but force complete imprisonment to a female. . .all for the sake of. . .rebuilding their clan. . ." She answered with disgust in her tone.

This made the female Uchiha shiver in terror. "That Act is basically the act that allows woman to be rape. . ." She mumbled out in a sad tone. "I know it was placed in effect after Hashirama-sama died to prevent the loss of more bloodline traits. . .but still. . ." She then added.

Naruto meanwhile grind his teeth and tighten his fist to that. "I still say it's fucked up dattebayo. . ." He grumbled in the low tone that sounded like growling.

"It's human nature. . .They just don't want to lose any form of power they gotten. . ." The demonic fox then stated in a serious tone with narrow eyes.

Naruto couldn't reply to that, but it still made the blond's blood boil.

Hinata then went and hugged the female Uchiha, slightly shocking her at the action. "I now completely understand why you would disguise yourself as a boy Satsuki. . .-chan." She started in a kind tone, this made said girl to relax a bit more, but also went wide eyed. "No girl should have to go through that at all." She then added as she turned her head and looked towards Naruto. "Is that why you kept it a secret too Naruto-kun?" She soon asked.

Naruto frowned in sadness but nodded all the same. "Yeah, I felt really bad for her and she seemed really afraid. She was crying into my shirt when she first told me. So I just. . ." He got out.

Hinata only smiled happily. "You couldn't help but help out someone in need. . ." She ended the blond's sentence as she then looked back at the Uchiha and smiled. "Don't worry Satsuki-chan, like Naruto-kun, I'll keep your secret safe and help you however I can, I promise." She reassured. "I can see it. . .she doesn't just need teammates. . .she needs friends too. . ." She thought, seeing the loneliness in the girl that was just like her own before being on Team Seven.

Satsuki eyes shot open in response to that. "R-Really?" She asked as she looked at the Hyuga. "Y-You mean that?" She then added to the question.

Hinata nodded with a kind and caring smile on her face. "Of course Satsuki-chan, I can tell already. . .you're just as lonely as I am. . .your someone that needs a friend." She answered in the same kind tone.

This was all Satsuki could take as she openly cried into the Hyuga's arms. "T-Thank you Hinata-chan! You have no idea how this means to me!" She got out in between sobs.

At that point, Kakashi, Tazuna and Tsunami came in and saw the sight. Kakashi then turned to Naruto. "I'm guessing Hinata found out?" He asked in a joking manner.

Naruto nodded as he stood up. "Yeah." He answered. "I'm gonna go out to train, you girls go take a bath." He then requested as he knew that Satsuki need some quality type with a true female and not just him acting like one.

"Alright Naruto-kun." Hinata and Satsuki said in semi-unison. Surprised by this, the two looked at each for a moment and started to giggle as Satsuki wiped away her tears.

Kakashi soon lead the dumbfounded Tazuna and Tsunami out as he took them downstairs to explain the situation with Satsuki. "Well those two are getting along well already." He muttered to himself with a sweat-drop. "But why do I get the feeling this will lead to more misery for me in the future. . ." He thought to himself as he let the two adults out of the room.

---

Outside the house. . .

Naruto started doing some stretches to start warming up, once he was done he began to do a few sit-ups. "I hope they are getting along, I don't want to come in and see one standing over the other in some kind of warrior pose." He thought with a sweat drop as he did his twentieth sit-up as the image of a defeated girl on the ground with the other had a foot on the other with a victorious look on her face.

"Oh please, I'm pretty sure they are getting along just fine. If not, I can always invest in a mud pit and skimpy under garments for those girls of yours kit." The Kyūbi then perversely suggested as he sent an image of the two girls wrestling in the mud with one having a headlock while the other pulling her hair.

Naruto instantly blushed to that image planted in his head as he stopped his sit-ups. "Hey! They are not here for your perverted amusement fox!" He soon shouted in his mind.

"Oh come on kit! Wouldn't you enjoy seeing them semi-nude or fully nude in a mud pit wrestling for your attention!? And who would be the first to get into your pants!?" Kyūbi stated while winking suggestively. "I can already tell that those two are gonna be some fiiiine beauties when they get older! The Hyuga along with the Uchiha as the two get double D sized breasts would be nice, along with sexy asses. . . ." He declared as he then trailed off in his thoughts as some blood dripped from his nose.

"SHUT UP YOU DUMB FURRY FOX!" Naruto all but screamed in his mind as he tried to suppress the images of the two girls like that. "Although. . .Either would do. . .I care for both of them. . .alot. . .and. . .I don't want to ruin our friendship because of it." He couldn't help but admit as he saw an image of the fox ignoring him.

The demonic fox however grinned with a witty smirk as he listened to his container's speech. "They say that denial is the first step before-" He began.

"SHUT UP ALREADY DATTEBAYO!" Naruto roared as he had enough and cut off the link.

---

In the bathroom. . .

Once alone, Hinata and Satsuki soon got into the warm bath sighing in relaxation. The two sat on each side of the bath as they enjoyed the water and were quiet in the beginning.

It was silent for a few moments, until Satsuki looked at the Hyuga Heiress with a guilt filled expression, worried that she might be mad at her. "Hinata-chan. . .I'm. . .I'm sorry. . ." She then suddenly said.

This got Hinata's attention as she turned towards the female Uchiha. "For what Satsuki-chan?" She then asked while tilting her head, curious to know why her teammate was suddenly apologizing to her.

Satsuki was quiet for a moment as she then sighed, knowing this was going to be hard to explain. "For a couple of things. . . The first being that I lied to you about my identity. I should have told you after the final test with Kakashi-sensei last month." She began to explain with a shameful tone.

Hinata smiled as she shook her head. "It's alright Satsuki-chan, it's like I said before, I understand that you were scared of telling anyone the truth." She responded with honesty in her tone.

Satsuki felt relief to that response for moment before she smiled sadly while looking at the water. "The second being well. . ." She began to say, before her face soon blushed.

To this, Hinata remain quiet as she didn't want to pressure the girl. "Hmm?" She got out.

At this point, Satsuki's blush became even more darker red. "I've. . .I've fallen in love with Naruto-kun as well. . ." She admitted as she then shut her eyes as she expected some kind of insult from Hinata, instantly thinking that Hinata hated her now for liking the same guy.

Hinata's eyes widen to what was admitted as she looked at the Uchiha Heiress. "She. . .She likes Naruto-kun too?" She thought she felt as if she was looking in a mirror, seeing herself in the Uchiha Heiress. "Oh. . .so that's it. . ." She then thought with a smile.

Satsuki continued to wait, but only for her to continue to wait as Hinata didn't said anything. "Does she hate me now?" She thought with fear. Then she heard the other girl stood up, this made her think that the Hyuga Heiress would leave, but instead, she felt a hug, a pair of breasts pressing against her own and a pair of arms wrapped around her neck. "Eh?" She got out with a startled voice. "H-Hinata-chan. . .you. . .don't hate me? Even after admitting that I have feelings for Naruto-kun?" She then asked, confused by this action,

Hinata shook her head negatively as she looked at the nervous Uchiha. "No. . .I don't hate you Satsuki-chan." She answered. "In fact, I can understand why you would fall for him as well." She started as she ended the hug and looked at her teammate with a kind and gentle smile.

Satsuki could only stay still with a baffled expression as she waited for Hinata to continue.

"He has a kind and caring personality, he has a heart of gold, he would always do whatever he can to help out those in need and finally he has this thing that makes you want to hold him tight and never let go." Hinata listed off as she gain a small flushed on her face as she continued to mention what she adores about the blond. "You get that kind of feeling, right?" She then asked.

Satsuki couldn't help but blush at that, but she still nodded, surprised that the Hyuga knew what she feels around Naruto. "Y-Yes, that's exactly what it is." She admitted with a shy tone. "We've. . .We've both confessed our love to him and he loves us both back equally, if not more than us combined. . ." She then revealed.

Hinata blushed to that, now feeling as if she was with an Uchiha version of herself.

Satsuki then lowered her head as a sad expression appeared on her face. "But. . .but now I feel guilty and a bit selfish thinking we can share him and-" She started but she was unable to continue as Hinata interrupt her with a finger on her lips.

"Satsuki-chan. . .you really are like me. . ." Hinata thought with both amazement and happiness. "I. .I would be. . ." She began to say as she whispered the rest while she began to blush and then removed her fingers from the Uchiha's lips.

"Eh?" Satsuki got out as she didn't quite heard what the Hyuga Heiress just said.

Hinata blushed to a darker red as she was forced to repeat it. "I-I would be willing to share him." She then revealed with a very embarrassed tone.

It took a few moments for the Uchiha Heiress to processed what was revealed before she blushed to the same shade of red as the Hyuga Heiress. "Hawawawa!?" She got out with wide eyes and in confusion.

Hinata then nodded in confirmation as well as embarrassment. "W-Well. . .It would be selfish of me to keep him all for myself wouldn't it?" She responded with even more embarrassment than ever before as she herself couldn't believe what she just suggested.

"R-Really!? You mean it!?" Satsuki asked with both flushed and excited tone.

At this point, Hinata was beginning to feel dizzy, either by the water or by the blood going to her head, probably both, but all the same, she nodded happily. "H-Hai!" She then finally answered.

Satsuki just looked at Hinata with her baffled expression for a few moments, while said girl was beginning to get worried that the suggestion was going to get rejected. However. . .

Satsuki jumped and hugged Hinata tightly, once again breast pressing against each other. "Thank you! thank you! thank you so much Hinata-chan! Oh you're the best friend, teammate and person in the entire world!" She declared as she continued to hug her tightly.

All the while this was happening, Hinata had a crimson red blush as she felt the Uchiha Heiress's breast onto her own. "W-Wow. . ." She barely thought with a steaming head.

After a while, they separated after Satsuki realized what she just did would had been ever boy/pervert's dream and the two continued bathing with flushed faces, sometimes helping each other bathe. "There's. . . one more thing I'm sorry for though. . ." She said feeling a little worried about how the Hyuga Heiress will react to this confession.

This made Hinata look at her with concern. "What is it?" She soon asked as she tilting her head to the side, wondering what the Uchiha Heiress was sorry for this time.

Satsuki then took a deep breath as she knew this would greatly affect the future for the three. "I. . .I was the who told Naruto-kun about your crush on him and convince him to stop going after Sakura." She quickly said, worried about how the other girl would feel about it.

To that, Hinata gasped as her eyes went wide. "W-What?" She got out.

"Well. . .it was at first my way to help you get closer to Naruto-kun and I know it wasn't my place to say, but I just couldn't stand the thought of Naruto-kun liking the wrong person anymore and ignoring the only girl that truly loved and cared for him." Satsuki explained with shame in her tone for ruining something that Hinata herself should have said on her own. "I'm so sorry Hinata-chan!" She then once more cried out.

However in response to this, Hinata held the Uchiha Heiress's hands as she gave her a grateful look. "Thank you. . .thank you so much Satsuki-chan. . ." She got out with a calm and caring tone.

To this, Satsuki was once again surprised at this reaction. "Y-You mean you not mad at me for spilling your secret to Naruto-kun?" She then asked in confusion.

Hinata then shook her head as she looked at the other girl with admiration. "How can I be?" She began as her smile never left. "It was thanks to you that Naruto-kun was finally able to have some sense and stopped going after Sakura. . ." She explained with a nod. "I can still remember all the times she's hit him for every little thing and her insults to him at the team selections, it always made my heart ache for him whenever I saw that happening. . ." She added with a hurt tone.

Satsuki then pouted as she remembered the team selections. "Yeah, that bitch had no right to call Naruto-kun all those insults. He never did anything to warrant her anger. . ." She ranted with an annoyed tone.

Hinata's jaw slightly dropped as she caught what the Uchiha ranted about. "No way. . . you call her a bitch too?" She then asked with a surprised tone.

Satsuki raised an eyebrow, intrigued by what the Hyuga Heiress asked. "You call her a bitch as well?" She then questioned

Hinata blushed in embarrassment at the question. "W-Well. . .I only ever thought it, only once though. . .but those still counts? Right?" She questioned in a meek tone.

Satsuki soon giggled at how the other female was. "Of course." She replied with a teasing tone.

This made Hinata blushed darker in embarrassment for even thinking something so unlady-like. "I-I guess Naruto-kun's been influencing me. . .even before we were on the same team together. . ." She then admitted.

Satsuki could only giggle once more to that. "That's definitely not a bad thing." She told her as Hinata only timidly nodded in agreement.

After that, the two girls continued chatting and enjoying themselves throughout the bath and soon finished up in the bath and they started drying off. "You know Hinata-chan, we have more in common than we thought. We're both clan heiresses." She began to say.

Hinata turned towards her and nodded. "Yes, as well as both of us like Naruto-kun." She added.

"We have a dislike for Sakura." Satsuki then declared with annoyance.

Hinata then lowered her head in slight depression. "We. . .both lost our mothers. . ." She then added with a sad tone.

The two were depressed for a moment before continuing, wanting to move on from the depressing moment.

"And finally, we actually work hard in training as kunoichi and can't stand fan girls." Satsuki finished with renewed spirits. They started to giggle again as the wrapped their towels around their breasts. "So can we be friends?" She then asked once more.

In response, Hinata gave the Uchiha Heiress a warm smile. "Of course Satsuki-chan, I'm glad to have a real female friend." She said with a very happy tone. "Especially who isn't a fangirl to talk to about things." She added as a new thought appeared in her head. She then shook off those unlady like thoughts away as a new thought came to mind. "Although I do wonder about one thing." She then admitted.

"Hmm? What's that?" Satsuki asked as she finished drying her hair.

Hinata then gave her a joking smile. "As Sasuke, why did you decide to make his hair look like a duck's butt?" She asked as she then started to giggle.

Satsuki nearly fell to the ground to that as she then started to flow anime tears and flail her arm as she used the other one to hold her towel. "HINATA-CHAAAAAN!" She whined out like a little kid as they headed for the bedroom to get dressed.

"Sorry Satsuki-chan, but I just couldn't help but ask. I was always curious." Hinata stated as she let out a giggle as she got her lavender bra and panties, putting them on.

Satsuki couldn't help but also let out a giggle herself at the response as she put her light blue bra and panties on. "It's alright Hinata-chan, I somewhat deserve it for making Sasuke have that kind of hair." She admitted. In her head, Satsuki was giggling to herself at the joke that was made as she then realized that she and Hinata were getting along very well, with her being her normal girl self, which in turn, made her happy. "Thank you. . . thank you so much Hinata-chan. . .for accepting me." She then got out.

In response, Hinata simply nodded as she instantly knew what that meant. "Anything for a friend Satsuki-chan, I'm pretty sure you would do the same if our roles were reversed." She responded as she smiled, feeling proud that she has a new friend to talk to.

"You're right about that Hinata-chan." Satsuki got out with a giggle as they both giggled in their bras and panties, taking their time to get the rest of their clothes on.