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Legacies and Lightning: Chapter 4

Dango stand: With Naruto, Anko, Kurenai and Yakumo

"Oh boy I needed this" Anko said as she ate another piece of dango from her plate "oh man I was getting hungry"; Naruto, Kurenai and Yakumo all looked at her with annoyed looks and Anko spoke. "What" Anko said with a mouth full of dango.

"We came here for an official meeting; not for you to stuff your face" Kurenai said before looking at Naruto; Naruto looked at Kurenai and Kurenai gave him a warm and welcoming smile. "Naruto, we are here to introduce ourselves ; since we'll be working and training together it'll be best to know each other better" Kurenai said; Naruto smiled and fidgeted a little bit "what is it".

"You're really pretty Kurenai sensei" Naruto said and Kurenai smiled.

"Why thank you Naruto" Kurenai said "now then; how about you introduce yourself to us". "Start with your name, age, the things you like and your dreams" Kurenai said and Naruto nodded.

"Ok then" Naruto said before sitting up straight "My name is Naruto Uzumaki, I'm nine years old and I have the nine tailed fox sealed inside me". Upon saying that everyone in the stand looked at him and the three women in front of him had differing reactions; Anko choked on a piece of food before swallowing it, Kurenai wend wide eyed and Yakumo spat out the sods she was drinking.

"Oh shit he knows" A man shouted while getting up in a panic "I gotta get out of here"; the man took off at a full sprint down the road and Naruto looked at him.

"Yeah, well screw you too dude" Naruto shouted.

"Kid are you stupid or something" Anko shouted as she leaned over and bonked him on the head "don't go saying that all Willy Nilly; that's a S-class secret damn it".

"Hey everyone knows already" Naruto said.

"I didn't know" Yakumo said raising her hand.

"And now you do; welcome to the club" Naruto said "can I continue now".

"Yes Naruto; just no more about…it" Kurenai said before Naruto revealed any more secrets.

"Ok… sorry" Naruto said sheepishly "anyway, I like ramen, my friend Yuui who I haven't seen in a long time, Uzui who's her mom and lightning jutsu because it looks cool". "My dream is to become Hokage so everyone respects me and to reunite with Yuui again and fight her to show her how strong I got" Naruto said.

Kurenai smiled and nodded at this 'so he wants to be Hokage for recognition and wishes for companionship; not what I expected' she thought.

'So the brat likes lightning jutsu eh…' Anko thought 'I think I can help with that along with the rest of his training; or at the very least get him some material'.

"That was very good Naruto" Kurenai said and Naruto smiled; Kurenai turned to Anko and spoke "Anko, now you".

Anko nodded and smirked "I'm Anko Mitarashi, I'm nineteen and a chunin hoping to get jonin". "I like dango, killing bad guys and snakes" Anko said before gaining a scowl on her face "my dream is to find my former sensei, kill him, cut his head off so I can use his skull it to eat my morning cereal and get this damn curse mark off my neck". Anko pulled her collar down showing it to Naruto and Naruto looked at it; it was a 3 tomoe pattern tattoo on the left side of her neck just behind her ear.

"Huh, cool design; sucks it's a curse though" Naruto said and Anko chuckled.

"Ok then, my turn" Kurenai said as she spoke up "I'm Kurenai Yuhi, I'm twenty one years old and I'm a chunin as well and going up for jonin". "The things I like are my friend Anko and Yugao, takowasa, vodka and shochu" Kurenai said.

"She's a bit of a drinker" Anko whispered loudly to Naruto who giggled and Kurenai blushed.

"I like to have a drink after work; I'm now an alcoholic Anko" Kurenai said slightly insulted "anyway, my dreams are to spar with a certain someone and hopefully…one day get married and have children".

"That sounds nice Kurenai sensei" Naruto said.

"Ok Yakumo, you're turn" Kurenai said and Yakumo nodded and looked at Naruto nervously.

"Ok umm, my name is Yakumo Kurama; I'm ten years old and I'm the heiress to the Kurama clan… even though there's less than ten remaining" Yakumo said sadly "my parents died in a fire when I was younger because of…". Yakumo stopped and began to look uneasy and Naruto spoke up.

"It's alright Yakumo, you don't have to talk about it if you don't want to" Naruto said and Yakumo nodded.

"O-ok" Yakumo said "I like sweets and other kinds of food except for spicy foods, Kurenai sensei and painting". "My dream is to become stronger, a genjutsu expert and head of my clan" Yakumo said; Kurenai looked at Yakumo with a smile but secretly had her doubts.

Yakumo had a weak body and frail immune system and neither Kurenai's training nor exercise was helping her; along with that her… other problem doesn't seem to be getting any better.

'Yakumo… I know those are your dreams but-' Kurenai thought but was snapped out of it.

"That sounds great Yakumo" Naruto said with a smile and enthusiasm "we can both work together and train together and reach both are goals". Yakumo looked at Naruto wide eyed and spoke.

"Really… you mean that" Yakumo said and Naruto nodded with a smile.

"Of course, friends help each other no matter what" Naruto said.

Yakumo smiled softly and spoke "thank you Naruto, that means a lot to me" she said; Kurenai seeing this felt a little happy but also slightly saddened. Naruto believes in Yakumo achieving her dream while she didn't; and this made her feel awful inside.

"Ok then; now that we are done with this whole introduction crap lets get down to the good stuff" Anko said pulling Kurenai and the others from their conversation "I want to see what you can do brat; so lets finish our food and head to the training grounds".

"Here you go Ms. Mitarashi; another order of dango and red bean soup" a waitress said and Anko beamed.

"Yay" Anko said giddily as she began to dig in and the others looked at her with a sweat drop.

"None of us other than you ordered anything" Naruto said.

1 hour later; Training ground 4: With Naruto and the others

Naruto was standing in front of Anko, Kurenai and Yakumo when Anko spoke up "ok kid, tell me what you know; jutsu, taijutsu, special skills, things like that".

"Well I know several basic lighting jutsu, how to throw shuriken, kunai and senbon and I'm good at sneaking around due to my pranking" Naruto said and Anko and Kurenai raised their eyebrows.

"Oh yeah, what pranks have you done" Kurenai asked and Naruto chuckled.

"Well there was this one guy sitting at this table; I bumped into him by accident and fell down and he turned around and said 'how did the floor taste kid' before turning around and laughing" Naruto said "so when he was distracted I replaced his cigarettes with exploding cigarettes that I keep on me". Naruto pulled out a pack of cigarettes from his back pocket and Kurenai went wide eyed.

'No way' Kurenai thought as she recognized the brand.

Flashback: 1 month ago

"Thank you for the coffee" Kurenai said as she grabbed 2 cups of coffee and turned around and began to walk back to the table she and her date Asuma were sitting "hey Asuma, I got your coffee".

Asuma Sarutobi looked at her chuckling and smiled "thanks Kurenai, man you just missed it" he said while reaching for his pack of cigarettes on the table and taking one out "some kid just bumped into me and ate shit; it was so funny".

"Asuma, that is nothing to laugh at" Kurenai scolded and Asuma took out a cigarette and put it in his mouth "that is mean and disrespectful".

"Oh come on; I'm sure he didn't take it seriously" Asuma said as he took out his lighter and lit his cigarette before taking a drag and keeping it in his mouth; Asuma reached out and grabbed his hot cup of coffee and brought it to him. "I mean it was funny and-" Asuma didn't get to finish as he was interrupted by a small explosion; Asuma's cigarette exploded in his mouth with a sound no bigger than a firecracker and doing no damage to him.

However the explosion made him jump and spill his hot coffee all over his lap making him jump up and yelp "OW HOT, HOT, HOT" Asuma shouted as the entire cafe including Kurenai began to laugh. "It's not funny" Asuma shouted in embarrassment.

Flashback end

"Ha, that's hilarious" Anko said breaking Kurenai out of her thoughts; Kurenai looked at Naruto and spoke.

"Naruto… good job" Kurenai said as she had a fiendish idea "tell me Naruto, where did you get those exploding cigarettes". Kurenai got an evil smile on her face as she finally found her solution 'looks like I might be able to get Asuma to quit smoking after all' she thought.

"I got them from a joke store near where I live; I'll take you there later" Naruto said "lets see… where was I; oh yeah". "I know three kinds of taijutsu boxing, wrestling and capoeira" Naruto said and Anko and Kurenai looked confused.

"Capo-wha" Anko asked and Naruto took a few steps back; Naruto loosened his body and began to sway from side to side. Naruto sent a wide kick with his right leg before using the momentum to spin around and jump in the air; Naruto twisted his body and sent a diagonal heel kick surprising everyone at how he was able to do that.

Naruto extended his left arm and used it to land using only his arm to hold himself doing a spin and bringing his left leg down onto the ground; Naruto keeping his left arm and leg on the ground sent a head level kick. Using the momentum Naruto spun around and got back to his feet.

"What do you think" Naruto asked; Kurenai and Anko were both at a loss for words while Yakumo was clapping.

"Wow that was so nice; it looked like a dance" Yakumo said and Naruto nodded.

"That's because it's suppose to look like a dance" Naruto said "it was invented by slaves back in the old days; and to hide it people in southern Kumo made it look like a dance". Naruto bento over and did a hand stand holding himself upright "this martial art requires a lot of agility, flexibility and coordination; but it lets me send some nasty kick though" he said before standing back up.

"Ok, I can help with the boxing and wrestling but that…" Anko said perplexed "I might need to consult Might Guy".

"You're guy" Naruto said confused.

"No not 'My guy', Might Guy" Anko said "he's a taijutsu expert so he might be able to help out". "Ok then kid; lets see what you got" Anko said as she made a hand sign "Shadow clone jutsu"; a puff of smoke appeared and Naruto went wide eyed.

"Woah you can make clones too" Naruto said wide eyed and the clone Anko made walked over.

"Not just that" the Anko clone said before poking him in the chest "I'm solid too".

"That's so cool" Naruto said and Anko and her clone laughed.

"Ok Naruto, here's your first test; you are going to fight my clone" Anko said "my clone won't use any jutsu or weapons against you; but you can use anything at your disposal to defeat it".

"Alright then" Naruto said with excitement "lets get started"; Naruto and Anko's clone went to the middle of the training ground and stood a few yards away from each other.

"Alright get ready" Anko said raising her hand "and… begin" she shouted bringing her hand down.

Anko's clone immediately took out several shuriken and threw them at Naruto; Naruto shouted in fear as he jumped out of the way before looking at Anko.

"You said no weapons" Naruto shouted and Anko shouted back.

"I lied" Anko shouted back "I'm no helicopter sensei; sink or swim motherfucker"; Naruto was about to shout back but before he could he heard Anko's clone.

"Fire Style: Majestic Flame Jutsu" Anko's clone shouted before firing a full powered stream of fire towards Naruto; Naruto in a panic jumped to the side and avoided the flames.

Naruto got back to his feet and made a went through hand signs "Lighting clone jutsu" Naruto shouted as ten lightning clones appeared "lets get her boys". Naruto and his clones all charged at Anko's clone as fast as they could; five of Naruto's clones took off the fuma shuriken off their back and threw them at Anko's clone.

Anko's clone jumped and flipped over the fuma shuriken as they went past her, a few seconds later the shuriken exploded into lighting; Anko's clone took out several kunai with explosive tags and threw them at Naruto.

Naruto went wide eyed and shouted "oh Kami, scatter" Naruto shouted as he and his clones all scattered at the kunai came in; the kunai exploded taking out half of Naruto's clones and throwing Naruto across the ground.

Naruto came to a stop smoking on the ground as his cloths were slightly burned "oh man… is she trying to kill me" Naruto thought before getting back up. As soon as he did Naruto realized Anko's clone was in front of him with her fist cocked back.

"Focus brat" Anko's clone shouted as she threw a punch; Anko's clone's punch connected with Naruto's jaw making him spit up blood. Anko's clone grabbed him by the jacket and pulled him in before kneeing him in the chest knocking the wind out of him; Anko's clone then heard Naruto's lighting clone's closing in and she gripped Naruto by the shirt and threw him at a clone.

Naruto hit his own clone and it exploded in lightning but didn't hurt him; Naruto hit the ground hard as his other clones went in to fight Anko's clone.

"Anko, stop this right now" Kurenai shouted in protest and Anko looked on in indifference "he's a nine year old genin fresh out of the academy; you cannot be doing this".

"Huh… why not" Anko said nonchalantly and Kurenai scoffed.

"He's not prepared to face a jonin, even if it's your clone; it's not fair and-" Kurenai began but Anko cut her off.

"The brat already killed a chunin, even if he was weak as shit" Anko said as she knew Mizuki was nothing special "and do you think that the enemy will be merciful to him because of his age; fuck no". "Academy students these days are weak as fuck; they think being a ninja is fun and games, well it's not" Anko said sternly "why do you think our genin casualty rate is so high compared to when we came out; because we were trained for war… not for fun". "Kid better nut up or shut up" Anko said "this is how I was trained and how I'm gonna train him".

Naruto got back up holding his ribs in pain as he looked up and saw Anko's clone was dodging strikes from Naruto's lighting clones 'crazy bitch' Naruto thought as he stood up and grabbed his Fuma shuriken.

Naruto charged forward gripping his weapon as he closed the distance; Anko's clone meanwhile was clearing out Naruto's clones. One of Naruto's clones sent a kick towards Anko's clone's head and Anko's clone ducked under and grabbed it's arm; Anko's clone threw the clone she was holding into another and dispelled both.

A third lighting clone came up from behind and tried to slash Anko's clone across the back with it's Fuma shuriken; but her clone dodged and grabbed the weapon and stripped it away and used it to destroy the clone. Anko tossed the fuma shuriken as it exploded into lightning and looked to the last clone.

The last clone made a hand sign to self destruct but Anko's clone was ready; the clone pumped herself full of wind chakra creating an outer layer of protection. As she did this the lightning clone exploded and Anko's clone was fine.

Anko's clone then realized that Naruto was charing towards her with his fuma shuriken in his hand "take this" Naruto shouted as he threw the weapon; Anko's clone merely moved to the side and smirked.

"Wow, that attack sucked; maybe you should-" Anko's clone began until she realized something was attached to the shuriken.

There were 4 strings of lighting connected to the fuma shuriken and they all originated from Naruto's finger tips; 'Lightning Style: Static Strings Jutsu' Naruto thought. This was an academy level lightning jutsu that had 2 useable functions; shock the opponent or be used in replacement for ninja wire if none is available.

Naruto pulled back on the fuma shuriken which was a foot behind Anko's clone and the clone was too slow to dodge; the shuriken cut the clone in half making it poof into a puff of smoke. The shuriken came back to Naruto and Naruto caught it by the hole in the middle and began to breath hard and hold his chest.

There was clapping as Anko, Kurenai and Yakumo began to walk over "nice job brat" Anko said surprised "I guess you're not so-"; Naruto spun around and threw the fuma shuriken at Anko who was caught off guard.

Anko ducked under the shuriken and the shuriken cut the top of her spiky pony tail; Kurenai and Yakumo looked on in shock as Naruto just attacked a jonin.

Anko got back up with a rage filled look on her face "WHAT THE FUCK YOU LITTLE SHIT" she roared and Naruto glared at her.

"Screw you lady, you just tried to kill me; using full powered jutsu and explosives on a nine year old" Naruto shouted back "I don't care who you are but I- *blegghh*". Naruto stopped halfway through as he vomited up a large glob of dark red blood and fell to the ground.

Anko's rage along with Kurenai's and Yakumo's shock were soon replaced with fear as Naruto fell down and began to gurgle as blood began to flow out of his mouth.

"Oh my god Naruto" Kurenai shouted as she ran over and put him on his left side as blood began to pour out of his mouth like a faucet; Kurenai took off his orange hoodie and blue shirt and saw what was the problem. On Naruto's right side there was a large purple bruise and a dent in his ribcage "one of his ribs is broken;I think he punctured lung" she said in fear "Anko; go and get a medical team".

"I-I didn't mean to" Anko said scared "I-I was just trying to-".

"ANKO, GO" Kurenai shouted and Anko snapped out of her daze.

"Ok, ok" Anko said as she ran out of the training ground.

"Yakumo, help me with Naruto" Kurenai barked and Yakumo ran over and kneeled beside Naruto "keep his mouth open; we don't want him drowning on his own blood".

"O-ok" Yakumo said as she opened Naruto's mouth and felt his warm blood soak her fingers 'I hope I don't get any diseases from this'.

1 hour later; Konoha hospital: With Naruto, Kurenai, Anko and Yakumo

Anko was sitting in a chair along with Kurenai and Yakumo as Naruto laid in a hospital bed; Naruto's punctured lung caused some damage and he lost some blood. However after they got him to the hospital the doctors saw that Naruto's rib was moving back into place and his lung was already healing itself; the only way to explain it was that the nine tails was healing him.

Naruto was unconscious and had a I.V and a machine pumping new blood into him; Anko had her head in her hands and spoke "I nearly killed my student… on the first day" she said "crap".

"Well what did you expect Anko; you went full force against a genin" Kurenai chastised "if he didn't have 'it' inside him he could've died". "And look at Yakumo; see how she is right now" Kurenai said; Yakumo was paler than usual and shaking like a leaf "now she might have PTSD".

"I get it; no need to rub it in" Anko said as she raised her head up "I fucked up; I fucked up big time".

Just then the door opened and the Third Hokage walked in "Sir I'm sorry; I didn't mean to-" Anko began but was stopped; in a rush of speed Hiruzen dashed towards her and grabbed her by the neck and raised her off the ground with one hand.

"Give me a reason, give me a goddamn reason Anko" Hiruzen snarled as Anko began to struggle for breath "you used full powered jutsu, explosives, reinforced attacks and real weapons on a genin". Hiruzen began to tighten his grip on her neck and Anko began to kick as she struggled for air "Naruto just survived an attack from his former instructor and now you almost kill him in a test" he said. "Maybe I made a mistake maybe I shouldn't have made you a sensei; maybe I should've killed you when Orochimaru betrayed the village" Hiruzen said darkly "should I do it Anko".

Kurenai was frozen in fear and Yakumo was clenching onto Kurenai's dress as the both of them looked at Hiruzen; the once kind and jolly old man now a rage fueled Hokage.

Anko's world was going dark as Hiruzen choked her; tears ran down he face and she tried to speak.

"N-n-no" came a voice that wasn't Anko; everyone looked over and saw Naruto was awake, the shouting from the room woke him up "d-don't… ji-ji don't… it's, not her fault… don't-". Naruto immediately passed out again and Hiruzen let go of Anko who began gasping and gagging on the ground and Hiruzen walked over to Naruto.

"Naruto… my boy" Hiruzen said but it was no use; Naruto fell unconscious again and Hiruzen sighed and took in a deep breath.

"Kurenai… you're Naruto's sensei now; I'll be sending 'Cat' over to co-sensei with you" Hiruzen said as he turned around and Kurenai nodded.

"Y-Yes lord Hokage" Kurenai said and Yakumo still frightened clung onto her; Hiruzen looked at the 2 frightened girls and spoke.

"I'm sorry you had to see that" Hiruzen said before turning to Anko who was still on the floor but now rubbing her throat "Anko… you're relived of your duty and I'm busting you down to genin". "Be grateful Naruto woke up when he did; because he just spared your life" Hiruzen said as he walked past Anko and out the door.

"Fuck" Anko said hoarsely.

The next day; Hokage tower: With Anko

Anko's throat was purple from what happened yesterday in the hospital; Anko felt like shit and for very good reason. Anko nearly killed Naruto the other day just to test him; Anko thought that she could just replicate how she was trained when she was under Orochimaru's tutelage.

But she missed something that should've been obvious, Orochimaru wouldn't have cared if she did die; Orochimaru would've just replaced her like all his others. She survived by the skin of her teeth; but Naruto wasn't her. He didn't have the same age, strength, experience or ability she had; but she realized it too late.

'Oh man, I wonder how the old man is going to rip me a knew one today' Anko thought as she reached the door; Anko opened the door and was surprised, she saw Hiruzen but also Kurenai, Yakumo and Naruto there as well.

Naruto was wearing blue shorts and a white muscle shirt instead of his other cloths; they were stained in blood and ruined so they had to be taken, along with that Naruto's ribs were wrapped in bandages.

"Ah, Anko, you made it" Hiruzen said "come on in; we have something to discuss"; Anko nodded and tried to avoid looking at Naruto. Naruto was looking at her but not in an angry or judgmental way.

"Yes Lord Hokage" Anko said and Hiruzen began.

"So after some deliberation and begging… Naruto convinced me to not demote you or take you away as his sensei" Hiruzen said shocking Anko who turned to Naruto who smiled at her "apparently, he forgives you".

"Really" Anko said surprised and Naruto nodded.

"Don't get me wrong; I was super pissed, I mean you almost killed me" Naruto said and Anko winced "but, Kurenai sensei here told me about you… and Orochimaru and the training you did under him".

"Kurenai, what the hell" Anko shouted as she looked at Kurenai.

"I just wanted to explain why you did what you did; nothing more" Kurenai said in her defense.

"I get it Anko sensei, you had it tough and you thought that was how to teach me" Naruto said "and now as we can see that it doesn't work that well". "But you didn't do it out of hate, just… uh… Kurenai sensei what was that big word you used earlier" Naruto asked and Kurenai spoke.

"Negligence" Kurenai said and Naruto nodded.

"Yeah that" Naruto said and Kurenai and Hiruzen chuckled "so, I asked Ji-Ji to give you another chance; and he said yes".

"Oh thanks you brat" Anko said in joy as she ran up and gave Naruto a hug "I promise I won't kill you again; I swear I'll-".

"Anko let go; his ribs are still damaged" Kurenai shouted and Anko went wide eyed; Anko let go of Naruto who was tearing up from the pain.

"I'm good, I'm good; honest mistake" Naruto said gritting his teeth; Naruto swallowed his pain and extended his hand "what do you say Anko sensei; want to start over".

Anko nodded and shook his hand "sure thing Naruto" she said.

"Ok good; now that that's out of the way" Hiruzen said "Kurenai, Yakumo, take Naruto shopping for new cloths and ninja tools; I'm going to talk to Anko real quick".

"Ok Lord Hokage" Kurenai said with a bow "Anko; we'll be at the same training ground as yesterday"; Kurenai led Naruto and Yakumo out of the room and Anko looked to Hiruzen.

"Lord Hokage I'm thankful that-" Anko began but Hiruzen cut her off.

"Stop" Hiruzen ordered "you're on thin ice Anko, you're only here because Naruto forgave you; I didn't"; Hiruzen began to fill the room with killing intent and he continued. "You are to train him, not torture him; he a ninja, our villages secret weapon and more importantly my grandson" he said with emphasis "if you put him in unnecessary danger or do anything that reckless again". Hiruzen snapped his fingers and 4 anbu wielding sword appeared and put their blades to Anko's vitals "I'll kill you without hesitation; even my patience has it's limits" he said "understood".

"Yes Lord Hokage" Anko said frightened and Hiruzen nodded and signaled for his anbu to leave.

"Now leave me" Hiruzen said and Anko bowed and ran out; Hiruzen sighed and rubbed his tired face "I'm too old for this shit".

Konoha streets: With Naruto, Kurenai and Yakumo

Kurenai was leading Naruto and Yakumo through the streets as they were looking for a store to buy Naruto some ninja gear; however they have been turned away at nearly all of them.

'How hard is it to find a store; I mean… do they all hate Naruto' Kurenai thought as she looked at Naruto 'I mean… this is ridiculous'.

Flashback

Kurenai, Naruto and Yakumo entered a store full of ninja gear and cloths; the man behind the counter looked over and saw Naruto.

"Hey, kid, you're not allowed in here" the man shouted to Naruto who looked at him "get the hell out and don't come back".

"Hey; you can't just-" Kurenai began but Naruto stopped her.

"Lets just go" Naruto said as he walked out; Kurenai looked at the man and spoke.

"You should be ashamed of yourself" Kurenai said as she led Yakumo out.

……

Kurenai, Naruto and Yakumo entered another store full of ninja gear and cloths and a woman behind the counter looked over and saw Naruto.

"Get the fuck out" she shouted and Naruto raised his arms up.

"Well fuck you too then" Naruto shouted back as he began walk out; Naruto proceeded to knock over some cloths making the woman angry. Kurenai was about to speak until she looked over to Yakumo.

Yakumo using her finger knocked a small glass bottle over and looked nervously at the lady "m-m-meanie" Yakumo said in a stutter before running out to Naruto.

"You're going to pay for that" the woman shouted at Kurenai who took out a kunai and threw it at past the ladies head and hit the wall behind her "never mind it's on the house" the woman said back tracking.

"It better be" Kurenai said even more angry now as she walked out.

……

Kurenai, Naruto and Yakumo entered a third store full of ninja gear and cloths and a man behind the counter looked over and saw Naruto.

"Why hello good people" the man said in a soft and polite tone and Naruto and the others all smiled in relief; the man reached under the counter and pulled out a book. "Before you buy anything; do you have a minute to talk about our lord and savior Jesus Christ" he said.

Kurenai groaned at this 'great… now we have this' she thought as Naruto and Yakumo walked over.

Flashback end

"Man I tell you guys what; that place may have had nothing we could use" Naruto said as he he read the small bible in his hand "but I have to say it wasn't a total loss; I got this book". "I'm telling you guys, you should've grabbed one; I think there's some kind of message in these stories" Naruto said.

"Naruto put that book away" Kurenai said in annoyance "is there not one store in Konoha that will sell you stuff.

"Hey look" Yakumo said pointing up ahead to a sign "'the rusty kunai: Ninja gear and Military surplus'; we can try there".

"Sure, why not" Naruto said as she marched ahead with Kurenai and Yakumo; Naruo reached the door "wonder who's it gonna be this time, old hag, old bastard, religious guy". Naruto opened the door and a bell rang and Naruto walked in; Naruto saw a girl around Yakumo's age with dark brown hair done into 2 buns that looked like panda ears and brown eyes behind the counter. "Hey what do you know; we have a cute girl behind the counter this time" Naruto said bluntly; the brown haired girl blushed at this and spoke.

"Stop it, you're making me blush" the girl said "my name is Tenten, welcome to 'the rusty kunai' a family owned business; how can I help you"; Tenten looked at the group, other than the blonde boy with spiky hair the other 2 were a pale girl and a beutiful older woman.

"We're here to find Naruto some cloths and ninja gear" Kurenai said patting Naruto on the head.

"Oh ok; well take a look around" Tenten said as she pointed to the cloths section "we have newer ninja cloths and military surplus; the surplus is cheaper and more diverse". "What about weapons; do you have anything in mind" Tenten asked and Naruto nodded.

"Yeah what about Fuma Shuriken" Naruto said as he took his shuriken off his back and put it on the counter.

"Oh ok let me see; this is a fixed blade model" Tenten said as she turned around and took a different one off the wall and put it on the counter. The one Tenten brought had all four blades stacked on top of each other "this is the retractable model; it might not be as durable as the fixed bladed ones, but you can carry one or two more".

"Cool; how do I use it" Naruto asked and Tenten picked it up; Tenten held the blades horizontally with her arm and put a little chakra in it. The blades sprang out and locked into it's four positions making Naruto and Yakumo jolt in surprise.

"So cool" Naruto said giddy with excitement; Kurenai, Yakumo and Tenten giggled at Naruto's reaction "I'll take two of those along with two dozen senbon, one dozen kunai and shuriken; and the cloths I'm going to pick out". Tenten nodded and Yakumo walked up to Naruto.

"Lets go and look at what they have" Yakumo said and Naruto nodded "I'll help you pick something out"; Naruto nodded and both he and Yakumo walked over to the cloths section.

Tenten looked at Naruto and Yakumo walk away and looked at Kurenai "oh my goodness he's so nice" Tenten whispered referring to Naruto "I saw his forehead protector, is he a ninja, like a real one".

Kurenai looked at Tenten and nodded "yes he is" she said and Tenten smiled.

"Maybe when I become a ninja we can hangout together" Tenten said; she then grabbed both Naruto's and the collapsible fuma shuriken and began to walk to the back "I'll sharpen these two and another one; should be done by the time they get cloths". Tenten walked away and Kurenai smiled.

'Looks like Naruto has another friend and a place to shop' Kurenai thought as she walked over to Naruto and Yakumo

30 minutes later

"Ok guys; that do you think" Naruto said presenting himself; Naruto decided to go the cheaper route and buy mostly military surplus. Naruto wore 'Tiger Stripe' camouflage combat pants rolled at the bottom covering black ankle high sandals; he wore a dark orange T-shirt under a black zip up jacket that was zipped halfway up his chest.

"I think it looks good" Kurenai said "the pants can blend in to jungles and forests, jacket as well; but the orange shirt is a little… obvious".

"It'll be a cold day in hell when I give up my orange" Naruto said "besides, I can just zip up my jacket all the way and hide it".

"I agree" Yakumo said making Naruto smile.

"It's surplus stuff from like two wars ago; so it's easy to repair and replace" Tenten said as she looked around and grabbed something "here, take these shorts as well; for hot and humid temperatures". She threw the shorts at Naruto who caught them; there were 'tiger striped as well and looked like they'll be just above his knee if he put them on.

"Not a big fan of shorts but I'll take it" Naruto said and Tenten smiled.

"Ok follow me to the counter" Tenten said and everyone followed her as she began to go through the list; as she did so a man walked in.

"Baby girl I'm; oh, customers" the man said as he looked at Naruto and the others "who are you fine folk".

"I'm Naruto Uzumaki sir" Naruto said.

"Kurenai Yuhi" Kurenai said weary of the man.

"Yakumo Kurama" Yakumo said.

"Wait, Naruto Uzumaki; do you know Teuchi Ichiraku" the man said and Naruto nodded.

"Yeah I eat there nearly everyday; why" Naruto asked and the man laughed.

"I've know Teuchi for years; he talks about you, like a son, or a stray cat that he adopted" the man said and Naruto chuckled "is it true that you just became a ninja".

"Yeah I did; I'm here to get cloths and ninja gear" Naruto said and the man nodded.

"Well son; you're always welcome here" the man said "Name's Hideki; former member of the Fire army when it existed, owner of this shop and Tenten's papa".

"Nice to meet you Mr. Tenten's dad" Naruto said making everyone chuckle.

"Ok then; the total will be, One million five hundred thirty two thousand and four hundred and eighty nine Ryo" Tenten said surprised it was so high "uhh… do you have this much".

"Yeah Ji-Ji or 'Lord Third' gave me this much" Naruto said as he pulled out two million Ryo "I'm trying to not spend it all so I can have some for later".

"Ok then" Tenten said as she took the money and began to give Naruto some change.

"Hey baby girl; start young Naruto here a membership card, so he can rack up some points" Hideki said and Tenten nodded "spend enough money here and you can get some free stuff and discounts; including a forever ten percent off".

"Heck yeah" Naruto said with a smile; as he said that Tenten finished counting the change and handed it to Naruto.

"Ok your change and…" Tenten said as she pulled out a piece of paper "this is your account; your card will come in about ten business days".

"Great; thanks you guys" Naruto said as he took the money and the piece of paper; Tenten sealed all of Naruto's stuff into a scroll and handed it to him "thanks; see you guys later".

Naruto and the others left and both Tenten and Hideki smiled "looks like you have a new friend and I have a new customer" Hideki said and Tenten nodded.

"I hope he comes back soon, he's really nice" Tenten said.

At the training ground: With Anko

Anko was waiting in the training grounds for Naruto, Kurenai and Yakumo to begin training again; Anko feeling the pressure on herself was trying to compose herself. Anko may have been forgiven by Naruto but the Hokage was a different story; so now Anko was going to have to reevaluate her training system and adjust.

"Ok Anko you can do this; Try. Not. To. Kill. Him" Anko said to herself "no explosives, no sharpened weapons and no full powered jutsu".

"Anko" Kurenai shouted and Anko turned to see Kurenai, Naruto and Yakumo walking over.

'Ok, show time' Anko said as she walked over; both she and Kurenai stood in front of Naruto and Yakumo "ok so yesterday, was a bad start on my part". "But today is a new day; so I'm going we are going to teach you both in a 'safe' and 'non life threatening manner'" Anko said with air quotes.

"Yes, we will be working on Ninjutsu, Taijutsu, Genjutsu and other essentials to become a successful shinobi" Kurenai said and both Naruto and Yakumo nodded.

"I'm ready" Naruto said with determination.

"So am I" Yakumo said and Anko nodded.

"Good, now we'll start with a light run" Anko said as she pulled out a scroll and opened it; a puff of smoke appeared and 2 large backpacks filled with rocks appeared "both of those bags weigh forty pounds; put them on and run around this clearing for an hour, and if you stop I'm going to hit you in the ass with a shuriken".

Naruto, Yakumo and Kurenai went wide eyed "Anko; what did Lord Hokage say" she said.

"They're not gonna kill them; just hurt… a lot" Anko said with a smile "now put them on and get running".

Naruto and Yakumo both put on the back packs and began running at a slow pace and Anko smiled while Kurenai groaned 'this is going to be difficult' she thought.

Ok another chapter done; I hope you all enjoyed it. The reason I put the whole 'Anko almost killing Naruto' thing in here is simple; people die in training as well as in war. But you shouldn't actively try and kill or cripple your fellow trainees as that is negligible; look at all the Marines who died in basic training, not only was that a waste of time and money but also a human life. So in this story the training will be hard but now abusive. Please like, comment and share with your friends; and until next time bye.