Kakashi knew he didn't want to leave Naruto alone long enough to plan, as it usually ended badly for him. But he was curious as to what they would come up with. SO he let them be for a while.

That, he soon learned, was a grave mistake.

"KAKASHIII!" Naruto screamed, flinging herself at him. She looked pissed.

"N-Naruto-chan?!" He stuttered. He dodged her kunai swipe, as well as the drop kick and the feint for his gut.

She just screamed wordlessly and attacked at random. She would vanish in a flash of red-gold and appear above his head or behind him. He was constantly on his toes, and nearly had to reveal his sharingan. She was only winning due to her Kekkei Genkai. She flashed about, and Kakashi was blinded by foul smelling smoke that burned his sensitive nose. He continued dodging and blocking attacks.

He blocked a kick to his face, and instead of flashing to attack, she shot him a grin and backflipped off of his arm, landing catlike in between to entirely smug  looking genin. 

Who each had a bell.

He looked at his waist.

Yep. The bells were gone.

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How did he not even sense the two genin? He was an elite jonin for Kami's sake! He had one last trick though.

"Okay. Since Sasuke and Sakura got the bells, Naruto, you have to go back to the academy." He said cheerfully.

Sakura immediately tossed Naruto her bell. "You came up with the plan, and distracted sensei. I can stand another year in the academy."

Sasuke tossed Sakura his bell. "If you hadn't made me help I wouldn't have.....been...able..to getthebells!" He looked like it physically pained him to say it, and looked away with a slight blush on his face.

Naruto tossed him her bell. "Sorry teme, but you helped. I won't allow my teammate to fail."

Kakashi quickly interrupted before it escalated. "Well then..... You Pass." He said with an eye smile.

Naruto raised an eyebrow at him. "Sensei..... you did do this to test us and not just for shts and giggles.....right?"

Kakashi shivered. Just like her mother. "I s-swear. Just to test you. I needed to make sure you all would work as a team. Now, meet at ten tomorrow for our first mission. Ja ne!" He poofed away.

Naruto sighed. She turned to her teammates, briefly glancing at the sun to determine time. Just after lunchtime. "Why don't we go visit some of the other teams?" She suggested

Sakura nodded thoughtfully. Sasuke scoffed. "Why?"

Naruto rolled her eyes. "I knew you were dumb teme but not that dumb. To get to know the other sensei. What if we have a chakra nature Kaka-ni doesn't have, or need help with something Kaka-ni can't help us with? If we know the sensei, we can ask for help later on without it being too awkward."

Sasuke grudgingly agreed and they set off for Team 8. 

Naruto transformed into her boy self as they left the training ground. They quickly went to the training ground where Team 8 was located. Kiba smelled them first.

"Hey Naruto, Bastard, Sakura! What are you doin' here?" He trotted over, Akamaru by his side.

"Hey Kiba." Naruto said, roughing up her voice like usual. "Sak'ra-chan said it would be good to know the other teams and their sensei! Right Sak'ra-chan?!"

Sakura nodded. Kiba took her in. "You look way nicer with that braid. More like a kunoichi. It fits." He sniffed the air. "Hey Naruto, why do you smell-"

"Dog-breath I'd watch you mouth if I were you." Sasuke snapped. Why was he so defensive.

"But he smells like a-"

"Normal genin who-"

"Sasuke." Naruto said. Sasuke snapped his mouth closed. She turned to Kiba. "You are right 'n what ya smell. Kinda surprised ya never noticed b'fore. Tell 'nyone and I'll castrate ya. That goes for you too Shino."

Shino stepped out from behind a tree. "I will not tell anyone. Why? Because there is no logical reason to do so. I shall keep my silence. I shall also prevent Kiba from speaking of it. Why? Because he has been logically proven to be unable to keep his mouth closed."

Naruto nodded. "Thank you Shino."

Kiba was looking at Naruto in a new light. "So how come you act like yer a boy?" he asked. Naruto sighed.

"I have..... reasons. I do not feel comfortable talking about it."

Hinata came over from the lake. She blushed when she saw Naruto.

"N-Naruto-kun." Ahhh.... Naruto didn't want to break her heart right now.... curse you author-chan.

"Hey Hinata-chan. I was wondrin' if ya'd like to get some ramen with me later?"

She blushed darker on the verge of fainting. "O-of c-c-course!" She squeaked.

"I'll swing by and pick you up later. Is your sensei here?"

"Yes, do you need me?" A ravenette leap down from a tree. Her eyes were crimson with concentric circles. She was very well endowed, and her outfit was mildly distracting even to Sasuke.

"I am Uzumaki Naruto. These are my teammates, Uchiha Sasuke and Haruno Sakura. We wanted to meet you, in case of a situation that called for us to be comfortable with one another. Also I hear you are good at genjutsu, which is not our sensei's specialization. Sakura here, has impeccable control, but needs someone to direct her. Genjutsu is a good starter to refine her control, and then if she would like, she could move on to being an Iryo-nin."

Kurenai seemed impressed, and seemed to think it over. "That would be beneficial. I can see the logic. I'll talk to Kakashi. Maybe he can help Kiba with his element when he is ready. I have a pretty good guess that Kiba is a lightning nature. Maybe an earth sub element... I am Kurenai Yuhi. A pleasure."

Naruto grinned, glancing up at the sun. They needed to get going. She bowed. "I apologize, but we must meet with Asuma-san before he dismisses his team."

Kurenai smiled, waving it off. "I understand. Go on. I will speak to Kakashi."

Naruto nodded and grabbed her teammates, dragging them off to Team 10.

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Naruto smiled as Shikamaru spotted her. That weird feeling fluttered in her chest and she smiled at him.

"Shika!"

"Hey Naru. What're you doing here?" Why aren't you with Hinari?  Went unasked.

"I wanted to meet your sensei. And I want to meet your mom."

"Oh. Okay. Asuma-sensei is over there." The Nara pointed to a tree where Asuma stared at a Shogi board. He had been completely defeated. Again

Naruto trotted over, pulling her teammates with her. "Asuma-san?"

He looked up. "You're Kakashi's kids." He commented. "Need something?"

"Yes and no. We wanted to meet our fellow genin's sensei. Plus it would be beneficial for us to already be comfortable with one another while on a mission that requires us to do so. Not to mention you could help me with my Wind element." She said absently. Kurama was doing fine with her elemental training so it wasn't completely necessary.

"You have Wind? That is rare for a Konohan.I am the only well known one still alive." Asuma pulled out a cigarette, only to meet two disapproving stares. One was of an Iryo-nin, the other, reminded him of Kurenai. He twitched before slipping the cigarette back in the pack.

"So I've heard. I know Fuuton: Daitoppa, but that's mainly it. Then there's my bloodline....but we don't talk about that."

Asuma snorted. "Just did."

"Can it smokey."

Asuma outright laughed. Kid had balls, that's for sure. 

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Shikamaru walked next to Naruto happily. She seemed so much happier after telling someone else about her gender. She was humming, and he was soothed by her voice. Their hands brushed, and Naruto entwined their hands.

They soon arrive at the Nara compound, where Yoshino was on the porch cooing at Hinari, who was crawling around. Naruto released her henge, and she looked as normal, long red-blond hair flying free.

Yoshino looked up. "Shikamaru. Where is Rin? She is usually here by now. Who is your friend?"

Naruto stepped forward, bowing. "I am Uzumaki Naruto. I am a friend of  Rin."

Yoshino raised an eyebrow. "Uzumaki Naruto? When did you grow out your hair?

"Dada!" Hinari crawled over. 

"Hey Hinari. How was your day with  Yoshino-san?" Naruto bent down and picked Hinari up.

"Fwower! Oba Fwower!"

"She let you play with her flowers?" Hinari nodded. She reached for Shikamaru, and Naruto laughed, handing her over carefully.

"Dada!" 

"Hey Hina! Was my mom nice to you while we were gone? She can be a drag sometimes."

"Dwag! Dada Dwag!" Hinari giggled. Naruto laughed again at Shikamaru's betrayed expression.

"Hinari." He whined. "I'm not a drag!"

Hinari just giggled. Naruto turned back to a gobsmacked Yoshino. Hinari called her son Dada??

"Why is Hinari calling Shikamaru 'Dada'?"

Naruto laughed as Shikamaru flushed. "It seems she sees him as her father. Her biological one is dead. Me and Shikamaru actually killed him a few nights ago. We both unlocked Kekkei Genkai, but tell no one M'kay?"

Yoshino nodded. Naruto grabbed Shikamaru and placed a seal on Hinari, before flashing to the apartment. She took the seal off and Hinari just blinked.

"So, so very glad I made that seal." Naruto said. It protected anyone from the side effects of her bloodline.

Shikamaru just sighed, a little dizzy.

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Only a month passed before Team 7and 10 were assigned a mission. A C-rank, to be precise. Naruto fretted about leaving Hinari with Yoshino the entire time, so she made Hiruzen promise to drop in, as well as Anko.

When the client walked in, she twitched. When he singled her out and basically called her useless she glared. When he pulled out a fucking sake bottle.... Shikamaru couldn't stop her.

She threw a kunai at the bottle, shattering it. In a flash she was in front of the old drunk, glaring as she hissed. "I am not WEAK. It is MY JOB to PROTECT your SORRY ass. DON'T piss me off or you WILL lose something important."

He gulped. Shinobi were scary. "Y-Yes S-sir."

They set out an hour later. Naruto walked by Shikamaru. They talked in low tones, both worried about leaving Hinari alone. The others watched curiously, sans Kakashi who was also the tiniest bit worried. They couldn't hear what was being said, but their expressions conveyed worry.

"Shikamaru. Naruto. Stop fretting about the pretty things. Nothing will happen to them." Kakashi said, still reading his book.

Naruto and Shikamaru looked at each other. They nodded.

And promptly slapped each other in the face.

At the same time.

What. The. Fuck.

Everyone stared. Naruto and Shikamaru just smiled, pushing aside their worry.

They soon came across a puddle. Shikamaru and Naruto found it strange. It was the middle of summer, and it hadn't rained in over a week. The kept their guards up, and easily saw through the two jonin's 'sliced and diced' bodies. 

They grinned at one another.

"Let's go Shika!"

AN// So, I hope it isn't too rushed.... tell me if it is. I'm going through some stuff but I'll be fine. I always am.