Hey all! Back with another chapter, going to make this opening short since the ending will ultimately be my schedule going forward, as well as anything else I might think of. That being said, enjoy!

"...You're right, Naruto. I'm very sorry to have hit that certain nerve." she said, bowing slightly to him. Naruto was taken aback, not used to having such sincere apologies given to him by anyone other than Hinata.

"Th-That's ok, sensei. I get what you're saying though, I'll try and be more aware." Naruto said, scratching the back of his head. "But...what's the signs of genjutsu again? I think that was one of the things I slept through before Hinata-chan started making me listen to those lectures..."

Said girl had stepped back and watched the interaction between the two, analyzing Kurenai's behavior closely.

'It seems that she has no intentions to hurt Naruto-kun or sabotage his training...her concern with his past seems genuine...she seems like...a good sensei.' Inner Hinata nodded, drawing on a sign before revealing a bright red '8' on it. She's not to be underestimated though, that was a weak illusion. I'll have to help Naruto-kun with genjutsu lessons...lessons...with N-Naruto-kun...' A bed suddenly appeared next to the chibi Inner Hinata, who was suddenly wearing something much more...revealing. 'Not like that Naruto-kun...no, like this...if you break the illusion, you get a r-reward...ehe...ehehee...'

Naruto nodded as Kurenai finished her lecture. 'Ok, so spot the lack of minute detail, or lack of familiar sounds. That'll make it much more difficult to spot genjutsu in enemy territory...I wonder how easy it is for Hinata to figure out that stuff...'

Naruto glanced over to see Hinata staring blankly into the forest with a weird grin on her face, as well as a steady trail of blood leaking from one of her nostrils. Naruto blinked.

'Genjutsu is weird...' He concluded, a sweatdrop forming on his head.

Naruto quickly wiped the sweat from his forehead, his eyes darting around the unfamiliar clearing he found himself in.

'Only two big trees….hole in that one…four clouds overhead…shit…squirrel? No, log…'

Suddenly, he had the realization that earlier in the day, he had not spotted a cloud in the sky. He remembered because Hinata had pointed it out while absently looking into his eyes, and had immediately blushed and looked away. It still vexed him why she did certain things that she did, but now that she was on his team he would have to look into his. He had to understand how she worked, or he wouldn't be able to pair with her well in fights. While many thought Naruto dense (which he was, to be fair), when it came to combat and training, he was practically a genius. He knew the key to victory was to remain unpredictable so that no enemy could prepare for you.

"It's the clouds, Kurenai-sensei!" he shouted to no one, and suddenly the clouds wavered from his vision, along with a bush he had been uncertain about.

"Good job Naruto-kun, you spotted that one much quicker than the others." Kurenai said, stepping up and giving him a proud smile. Naruto grinned bashfully, scratching the back of his head.

"Well, I remembered something Hinata-chan said earlier today so it wasn't completely me…"

Said bluenette blushed and ducked her head as she continued to do squats on the river that cut through the training ground. She glanced at the stoic Aburame at her side, hoping that he hadn't heard anything, and to her relief he seemed to be concentrating hard on simply balancing on the water.

It had been about 2 weeks since they had formed team 8, and Kurenai had quickly put them through various exercises to determine their strengths and weaknesses. While Naruto had godly stamina and chakra reserves, which would make him a ninjutsu powerhouse given he had a solid repertoire of different techniques, Kurenai refused to teach him a single new jutsu until he could at least dispel some minor illusions common to chunin in a fairly short amount of time. After all, Naruto's strength, while large, was easily countered by his weakness of genjutsu, which was a very large weakness in Kurenai's opinion. After all, she had demonstrated it the first day she met them; if an enemy skilled in genjutsu weaves you into their jutsu and you can't break free, all the strength you possess means nothing if you get a kunai jabbed into your skull. As such, she had been drilling him daily in breaking her genjutsu, and while progress was slow (unbearably slow), he was slowly moving forward. He had taken it upon himself to continue training himself after the team sessions so as to not fall behind, and Kurenai admired his dedication. That was why she had planned a little surprise for her team today.

"Ok you two, come over here!" Kurenai called out. Hinata and Shino obliged, lightly jogging across the surface of the water to join Naruto in front of their sensei. "Now, the three of you have really taken to the training I've given you with few complaints," she shot a withering look at Naruto, who rubbed the back of his head nervously, "…and despite those few hiccups, I feel a reward is in order for you guys."

"AW YEAH! I ALWAYS WANTED A…wait, what are we getting?" Naruto asked, looking sheepish. Kurenai's trained eyes saw the corner of Hinata's mouth twitch, as if she wanted to smile at the exclamation, but kept herself from doing so.

'I really need to crack that girl's shell…' Kurenai thought as she rummaged around in her pouch. 'The report said that she was subjected to Itachi's special genjutsu, Tsukuyomi…I should probably start with that…'

Pulling herself from her thoughts, Kurenai produced three slips of paper, looking expectantly at her genin team. The only emotion Shino and Hinata showed was surprise as their eyebrows raised, clearly not expecting this. Naruto, on the other hand…

"What the hell are those?" he asked, squinting at the small papers. "Is it, like, a tiny scroll with some awesome technique? Or are they super-deadly-stealth-paper-bombs?"

Kurenai gave Naruto a flat look. "No, Naruto, these are…none of those things. Although your first guess was a bit closer to the ultimate goal of this. Here, each of you take one." As her team reached out to grab a slip of paper, Kurenai got herself into lecture mode. "Now, these are chakra paper. They show you, after you channel chakra into them, your natural chakra affinity. The elements to be controlled are fire, earth, water, lightning, and wind. Most Konoha shinobi have an affinity to fire, so be prepared for that. Now, sometimes people have secondary affinities as well, although this is rare, so don't be disappointed if you don't."

"Having an affinity towards a certain element means that you will learn techniques of that type exponentially easier." she continued, "While it is possible to learn techniques from the other elements, it will take much more time, and be much more difficult. Once you learn how to mold that specific chakra, however, it becomes easier."

"Now," she gave them all an encouraging look, "channel chakra into your papers, and let's see what elements you got."

As they put their chakra into their paper, Kurenai could only gawk at the unexpected results. Shino's paper crumbled into dust rather quickly and thoroughly, practically disintegrating in his fingers. This marked an extremely strong affinity towards earth, and complimented the Aburame style of outsmarting their opponents quite well, since his defenses would be boosted tremendously with earth jutsu on his side. Hinata's quickly grew soggy, dripping water onto the ground at her feet, before weakly scrunching inwards. A very strong primary element of water, with a weak secondary of lightning. This girl wasn't only a taijutsu powerhouse, but she had two elements? She could become one of the strongest Kunoichi in Konoha, if given the opportunity. Despite Hinata having two elements, Naruto's paper still surprised her the most. As soon as he channeled chakra into it, it had split down the middle. Naruto had jumped and released the paper, watching the two halves float to the ground. He looked at her questioningly, which she returned with a large smile. Oh, this was the perfect gift for Asuma, he always went on and on about how he would never find another wind user to pass on his techniques to, and here was one placed on her squad!

"Really, really amazing." She said, drawing an excited smile from Naruto. "You all have extremely potent affinities towards your primaries, and you, Hinata, even had a secondary affinity! This is really a sensei's dream come true." She said, pride in her voice. Naruto puffed his chest out, grinning broadly.

"Yeah, all your teams after us aren't going to be able to stack up at all!" he exclaimed, laughing.

Kurenai froze. Oh god…he was right…she had used up all her luck getting this raw talent as her first team…

Looking depressed, to the confusion of Naruto, Kurenai reached into her pouch once again. "Now, I have scrolls with a few basic D-C rank jutsu for water, earth, and lightning." She said, passing the scrolls to Hinata and Shino. Naruto looked at her with devastated eyes. "Now now Naruto, you should feel lucky that I don't have any wind scrolls. Not only is it an incredibly rare affinity outside wind country, but you have to get special one-on-one training from a friend of mine, seeing as how he's the only other wind user in Konoha."

This put a smile on Naruto's face as he started to shake with excitement. He absolutely LOVED learning new techniques.

Hinata watched the unrestricted happiness playing on Naruto's face, and felt her heart swell. This, this was what she had wanted from the very beginning. His happiness.

OOOOOO *SEVERAL WEEKS LATER* OOOOOO

Kurenai sat in down heavily in the small booth, while Anko immediately sat opposite her. It had been a good while since they had time off in the same timeframe, and they were grateful for the chance to catch up.

"So so, Kurenai-chan, tell me, how's this whole sensei business treating you?" Anko said, grinning sadistically at her longtime friend.

Kurenai chuckled. "To be honest, a lot better than I would have hoped. All three of them are talented in some way, and they show potential even in the areas they're lacking. What's more, is that they train even when I'm not the one running the session!"

Anko gave a low whistle. "It's been awhile since I've seen rookies with motivation. What drives them?"

Kurenai smiled, shaking her head at some inner thought. "It's not what, it's who." Anko gave her a questioning look, and Kurenai gave a short laugh. "One of my students, Uzumaki Naruto."

Anko raised an eyebrow. "That brat? How?"

Kurenai's look sobered up a bit as she took in Anko's expression. "Anko…I know this question may seem odd but…what do you think, of Naruto?"

Anko's eyebrow shot up even higher than before as she pondered her question. "He's a little brat. I ran into him one time in the shopping district while he was on his way to Ichiraku, declaring that ramen was the best. Pft, I corrected him of course, nothing even comes close to dango. But that little twerp insulted dango, MY DANGO! I chased him for about an hour after that, before he somehow gave me the slip."

Kurenai nodded, allowing her smile to slip back onto her face. "So he's just a normal boy, right?"

Anko grunted, turning away and crossing her arms. "As normal as a boy who doesn't love dango can be, I suppose. Why do you ask?"

Kurenai glanced around, before speaking in a lower tone. "You know about his…guest, right?"

Anko nodded once, her eyes narrowing. "Yes, I do. And if you're suggesting to me that I would think differently of him because of something he had no part in controlling, I'm going to seriously reconsider our friendship." She hissed, clutching her neck absently.

Kurenai grimaced. "That's not what I meant by that…I just wanted…look, the majority of people treat Naruto like dirt, and I'm trying to find him allies. He deserves it, the way he inspires hard work in his team…and I'm told that he's been working with Shino, Shikamaru, Chouji, Sasuke, and Hinata for several years now…"

Anko gave her a guarded look before relaxing again. "…I see. Can't say I'm surprised though, considering…well, considering past events. Anyway, training with all those clan heirs for so long is a pretty extraordinary feat, he seems like an influencial kid."

Kurenai nodded, taking a drink of the water their waiter had just left them. "And that's just the start. The kid can create shadow clones."

Anko whistled again, her eyebrows raising to her hairline. "Shadow clones? At 12? That's pretty impressive. What's his limit, two, three?"

Kurenai smirked. "…..400."

Anko spit the water she had been sipping all over the table. "Wh-wh-what did you just say?!"

Kurenai giggled, feeling extremely proud. "Yep, he can create 400 clones. And that's at once, I would say he could create close to 1000 if he only summoned a few at a time throughout the day."

Anko blinked once. Then twice. It was only after their waiter came asking for their order did she snap out of her stupor, quickly ordering a few sticks of dango before shooing him away.

"How…how is that possible?"

Kurenai took another drink of her water, looking thoughtful. "Well, I discussed it with Hokage-sama, and we have a few theories. The first is his…guest. His chakra coils would have had to expanded tremendously at a baby to contain the thing, and they've probably only grown with time. The second is his heritage."

Anko's eyebrows furrowed at this. "His heritage? Does Hokage-sama know who his parents are?"

Kurenai nodded, looking irritated. "Yes, and he refused to share that with me, despite my position as his sensei. Says the information is still too sensitive, and that Naruto needs to grow stronger to be able to handle it. Still, he said that the Uzumaki were a clan that were renowned for both their fuinjutsu, and their abnormally high chakra reserves, as well as their hardiness and long life expectancy."

Anko nodded, her face growing somber. "Ah, yeah. They founded Uzushiogakure, didn't they? I remember now…they were-"

"Wiped out, yes." Kurenai said sadly. "Hokage-sama thinks that a few stragglers exist in the world, but have either hidden themselves completely, or have fallen by this point. He also insisted that the other side of his heritage holds no survivors either, leaving him completely alone."

Anko shook her head sadly. She knew firsthand just how terrible that fate really was. "Poor kid…and he still finds it in himself to inspire confidence in others, eh?"

Kurenai nodded, a smirk crawling onto her face. "He even pulled off the impossible, on two counts."

Anko raised an eyebrow for what felt like the thousandth time. How much surprises were in store for her today? "Oh? Do tell."

"Well, the first is to do with Kakashi…" she said, noticing how Anko was now paying rapt attention to her. She grinned inwardly; she would have to take advantage of that crush as some point. "…he was on time when Naruto requested him for training."

Kurenai watched as Anko took an entire five seconds to register her words before her mouth fell open in obvious disbelief. "There's…there's no way…"

"Yep." Kurenai said, a self-satisfied smile on her face. Her student was really special, after all. "He also refers to him as Nii-san, and I've never seen Kakashi smile that much around anyone."

If Anko's mind wasn't made up before about getting acquainted with the boy, it was now. After all, anyone that could get the infamous Copy Ninja to be on time to ANYTHING would be the stuff of legends later in their life.

"Not only that," Kurenai's voice sounded, pulling Anko from her musings, "But he made Asuma take his training seriously. Like, several hours of intense training, leaving you sweaty and collapsed on the ground serious."

Anko held her hand up, signaling Kurenai to stop talking. Kurenai looked confused at the unspoken request, but complied nonetheless.

"Kurenai…" Anko said, her eyes hidden by her bangs.

"Yes…?" Kurenai responded hestitanly, unnerved by her best friend's strange behavior.

Anko's eyes suddenly snapped to hers, and looked extremely thoughtful. "How old will I be when that gaki is legal…28? 16 is legal, right?" Kurenai watched in disbelief as she pondered the age gap between herself and the blonde.

"Anko..wha-what are you…NO!" she shouted, causing the tokubetsu jonin to look at her in mild annoyance. "What are you thinking? He's just a kid, sweet Kami."

Anko sniffed. "Well, from what you're saying, he's probably gonna be the best catch this village has seen since Kakashi himself. I got a knack for calling the lookers, and he'll grow up to be quite the hunk…"

"That's disgusting!" Kurenai said, horror evident in her voice.

"Hey, don't go assuming things!" Anko shouted back, now aware of the eyes trained on them from around the small restaurant. She snarled, turning to face them as she released a minor amount of killing intent. "What the fuck are you all looking at? Mind your own damn business!"

The civilians, which made up the majority of the populace in the establishment, quickly turned their heads down, muttering feeble apologies. The few shinobi knew of Anko's reputation, and turned back to their meals silently, shooting her furtive glances out of the corners of their eyes.

Anko sat back down, shooting a dirty look at Kurenai. "I never said I found him attractive right now, you asshole. I said that I can call the lookers, and that he'll grow up to be good looking. I'm not some fucking pedophile Kurenai-chan, kami."

Kurenai nodded, looking guilty. "You're right, sorry Anko-chan. Either way though, now or later, you're gonna have serious difficulty getting any part of him."

"And why's that?" Anko said, scoffing. "Does he have some higher sense of calling that he will ignore any physical needs of his own? Because I found someone like that once, and once I had my tits wrapping around his cock he-"

"No no no that's not it at all!" Kurenai shouted, waving her hands in front of her. "And what did I say about sharing details about your exploits!"

Anko huffed and sat back, the excitement draining from her face. "What fun is it if I can't brag about it…" she mumbled.

Kurenai took a few gulps of her water before setting her glass down, feeling back in control of herself.

"Anyway," she began, "I was saying you'll have a hard problem due to the female on my team."

"Oh." Anko said, waggling her eyebrows. "Do you have a couple on your team?"

"No," Kurenai said, chuckling. "But I bet Hinata wishes that part. Very, very much."

"It's one-sided?" Anko asked, surprised.

"More due to lack of knowledge than lack of reciprocation." Kurenai said, chuckling again. "I swear, as kindhearted and strong as Naruto is, he wouldn't know affection is it was staring him in the face…which it is, half the time. And it's blushing."

Anko rolled her eyes. Guys could be so unbelievably dense, often at the worst possible times. Unfortunately for this Hinata girl, her entire life seemed to be the worst possible time in this scenario.

"Why don't you just hurry it along?" Anko asked, a serious look coming onto her face. "Our life expectancies aren't very long as it is. Why not grant them that bit of happiness before the Shinigami comes to collect them?"

"Because." Kurenai retorted firmly. "It will happen soon enough without me. He has to notice how different she is around him, and he's figure it out. He's smart…kind of."

Anko gave her a mischievous grin. "Sounds like you need someone to interfere a little…I'd be more than happy to push her to reveal her feelings, maybe give the gaki a little kiss on the cheek, a little back rub…hah, I can see her face now!" she chuckled at the look of jealousy and anger on the unknown girl's face. She had seen it before, it was absolutely priceless.

But for some reason, Kurenai didn't laugh with her. Instead she looked…uncomfortable?

"I wouldn't, if I were you, Anko-chan." Kurenai said, with slight fear in her voice. Anko's eyes narrowed, demanding answers.

"She's…a special breed." Kurenai said, wincing slightly. "Not only is she a Hyuuga, which means that she possesses the gentle fist, but she is…very protective of Naruto. Scarily so. I have no doubt that you could take her if she attacked you, but…the intensity of it still frightens me a bit." She shivered, trying to dismiss the thoughts from her head. "She'll be one of the strongest Kunoichi this village has ever seen, I know it."

Anko shrugged. She didn't feel like trying to pick a fight with a possessive…future girlfriend? Unknown girlfriend? Either way, it wouldn't be the best way to get on the blondie's good side.

"Hmph. Sounds like you've had your hands full then." Anko commented dryly, idly cleaning her nails with a kunai she seemingly produced from thin air.

"More or less." Kurenai said, smiling at Anko. "You know, you can join us for training at any point in time…is that what you were waiting for?"

Anko's vicious smile answered her question, and she heaved a sigh. "You should have already known that…" she said, chuckling.

OOOOOO *THE FOLLOWING WEEK* OOOOOO

Anko stood with her genin team in front of the Hokage, as he went through their mission count.

"Let's see….30, 31, 32…well, Kurenai, it seems you and your team have completed 33 D-rank missions this past week." Sarutobi said appreciatively. "That's quite a track record you have going."

Kurenai began to thank him when Naruto interrupted, rubbing underneath his nose and grinning like an idiot. "Haha, well Ojii-san, with teamwork like ours, plus my shadow clones, all this cleaning and moving is a piece of cake!"

Sarutobi chuckled, seeing Kurenai round on her student. "Now now, Kurenai, having pride in ones team does not necessarily call for punishment." He said, diffusing the situation.

Naruto, seeing his sensei start to back off a bit, decided to use the chance to ask the question he had been itching to the entire week. "Hey hey, Ojii-san, how about a mission that isn't picking up garbage! We're super strong, I promise! We even learned some elemental jutsu and stuff, so it's gonna be a piece of cake, I promise!"

Sarutobi waited for Kurenai to turn to Naruto again, but she didn't. Instead, she gave him a look that plainly said, 'I think they're ready, it's your call.'.

"Hmm…I daresay that can be arranged, Naruto-kun." Sarutobi said, leaning forward to ruffle the blonde's hair. Naruto's grin grew exponentially wider as he leapt into the air, shouting his success. Kurenai smiled, seeing the other two members of her team show their own subtle signs at happiness. After all, they had all been incredibly bored the past week. With their training being as intensive as it was, having copious amounts of free time while Naruto's clones took care of menial tasks that held no training value to them at all was grating on their nerves. They hadn't wanted to speak up, knowing that each genin was expected to do their share of the D-ranks, but they were glad Naruto had the audacity to speak up.

Sarutobi cleared his throat, and team 8 stared intently at him. "Now, it appears there's a large group of bandits harassing a village on the eastern border of the land of fire. They appear to be nothing but mercenaries, but any low-level ninja that happens to be among their ranks should be taken care of by each team's respective sensei."

Team 8 adopted a curious look, but surprisingly enough it was Shino that spoke up. "Hokage-sama, you said 'each team's', which leads me to believe that there will be another team accompanying us."

Hiruzen nodded. "You are right, Shino. You will be accompanied by Team Gai."

Naruto glanced at Hinata, noticing how her eyes narrowed almost imperceptibly. Normally he wasn't one for noticing small details, or for looking into people's emotions, but Hinata was special to him; not only had he known her the longest, she always appeared to care the most about him. As such, she was his special friend, his first and best, and he would always be there when she was in distress. This was one of those times.

He shuffled closer to her, bumping his shoulder lightly into hers while Sarutobi explained some of the more menial parameters of the mission. It was more stuff for their sensei anyway. Hinata's face immediately flushed lightly as she noticed just how close Naruto had gotten to her. Said blush deepened as he took her hand, hiding the joined appendages behind their backs. Hinata was having a hard time maintaining her stoic façade as she felt his thumb rub comfortingly against the back of her hand, while giving her that intense, worried gaze…

"It'll be ok, Hinata-chan." He whispered, giving her a small smile. "That jerk won't come anywhere near you."

Hinata grimaced, realizing she was found out, before nodding tightly. As strong as her affection of Naruto was, the disdain and disappointment she felt towards her cousin, Neji, was almost as strong. Ever since his father died, he had become cold and resentful towards the main branch of the clan, often trying in earnest to hurt her during sparring sessions. Worse still was his fate mentality, that each and every person had a certain fate, and there was nothing to divert from it. That subject had been broached with her about Naruto and…well, needless to say, she had stopped pitying her cousin.

Naruto noticed how she didn't stop brooding and frowned. It wasn't often that Hinata got into these kinds of moods, but when she did it was often very hard to break her out of them. Luckily, he had decided to confide in Kurenai with the subject, and she had seemed more than happy to broach the subject with him. As such, he had a few ideas to help her out of her rut…

"…..so be on the lookout for that. You leave two days from now, so take the rest of the day, as well as tomorrow off. Make sure you have proper supplies for a two week mission, as well as proper rest. Dismissed."

As Naruto walked from the tower, Hinata's hand still in his (much to the girl's simultaneous embarrassment and pleasure), his mind whirred into overdrive, planning out the next day. He suddenly whirled on the spot, startling Hinata.

"Hinata-chan." He said, concern in his voice. Hinata felt her breathe hitch a bit at his intensity, but kept her mask up. "I'm gonna go get things ready for tomorrow, but be ready for me outside your compound at like noon, ok?"

Hinata blinked owlishly. "Wh…what?"

Naruto smiled. "I said be ready for me at noon tomorrow. We're gonna go out and do stuff together, ok?" he gave her a thumbs up, before remembering one of the special phrases Kurenai had said would do wonders for her. "Oh, and just so you know, it's just the two us!"

Hinata blinked again, her face quickly darkening to critical levels. Was this…a…date? With Naruto-kun? Them? Alone?

Noon?

She had to get ready. She would be perfect. She HAD TO BE PERFECT.

Naruto careened backwards as Hinata rocketed off, leaving only a cloud of dust curiously shaped like her in her wake.

"Holy crap, I've never seen her move that fast!" Naruto said, awe in his voice. Kurenai to herself, knowing that the wheels were set in motion by her…nudge.

'I know I said you couldn't help, Anko, but I'm their sensei.' She thought, watching Naruto bid them goodbye as he ran into the direction of the Yamanaka flower shop. 'It's my responsibility to ensure their happiness. Probably. I'm gonna think that it is, otherwise I'll just be a hypocrite.'

Shino was speechless. Not only had almost all of his lines and insight been ignored throughout the day, it seemed like the entirety of exciting things were happening to the rest of his team. While Naruto and Hinata supposedly were spending the day together tomorrow, his sensei had a knowing look about her, and he could have sworn he saw some woman with purple hair spying on them from rooftops.

'What does Shikamaru always say…? Oh, right. Troublesome.'

Sorry this one is a bit shorter than the others, I've been playing Pokemon Go pretty heavily, which hasn't left me much time to write. As such, this chapter is a bit shorter than the others, due to me wanting to put one out before I leave for two weeks. This brings me to my schedule. I'm leaving for two weeks, then Ill be back for two or three days, and then I'm gone for another week and a half. I'll have time to write during this absence, just no internet to upload. That being said, I'll either have a chapter up in two weeks, or a month. It's easier to have it on alerts, just because of my erratic schedule. Sorry for that.

Thanks to everyone who reviewed, it truly means a lot to me, and each one that I get and read through my email (and once again, I read each and every one) pushes me to continue this story. That being said, besides the two reviews I'm going to address right now, if anyone has had one unaddressed, please either put it up for this chapter with your questions, or pm me. I haven't had the chance to really reply to them given the short amount of time I have to actually write, but when I put up the next chapter, I promise that if the review contains a question, I will answer it. I ask that you don't ask stupid shit, but hey, if that's what you want, go for it I suppose.

To the Guest with the lengthy review, thank you very much for it, especially the part dealing with the Aburame clan's insects. After reading it, I went and did some research, and rewrote that section with something a bit more fitting. I also really enjoy your ideas for missions, and I think I'll go that route a little further down. I'd credit you if I could, so if you'd like you can pm me or something along those lines and I'll hand out proper props.

SilentSambo88 – Hello again, friend. Thanks for pointing out the above mentioned review, because I must have read it and placed it in the back of my mind, seeing as how I really noticed it thanks to you. Also, while his smell, plus his dog contract does allow for really good tracking, I always played it more to an anbu assassination standpoint. It was good for solo missions, but when it came to being on a team, he was more of the combat type, seeing as how he had so many jutsu copied. As such, plus Sharingan, he would have to teach Sasuke, who had no tracking ability whatsoever, meaning that he would take the combat team.

Thanks to you all for your unending patience with my terrible schedule, and I hope you enjoyed.

P.S. (man I love forgetting shit don't I) No time to edit this chapter since I'm already late for my friend's party, so if I fucked anything up, leave a review or pm so I can fix it when I get back later on down the road. Thanks for putting up with that too. Man, I really need a beta or something. I know some people before said they were interested, so if you are throw me a message and we can chat about it. Thanks everyone