Don't own Naruto, Boruto, or anything "uto". Back from underway and man did I type! just 20 short of 4,000 words! Well hope you all enjoy it, a lot happens in this chapter before the chunin final fights. So as always my dear readers enjoy!

On the last episode of Bad Romance…

"I'll take her to her apartment and put her to bed. Could you make sure she makes it here tomorrow for her training?"

"Sure thing Jiraiya-sama." With that Jiraiya vanished in a swirl of leaves.

"You'll become a great kunoichi under his training Naruko, I just know it. Now time for some dango!"

Now back to the show!

Naruko wasn't having a good time, sure the training was tough…scratch that, let's be real the training her now three sensei's were putting her through was Hell on Earth. Between summoning training with Jiraiya, jutsu and tactics training with Anko who she found out that while she was an amazing teacher was also a sadist of the highest order but now she had endurance, speed, and combat training along with learning a new technique with Gai who sometimes overlapped his training with Anko's with the exception of the special technique. The whole training seemed off for her, she couldn't summon anything bigger than a tadpole with Jiraiya, she was having trouble learning some of the jutsu Anko was teaching her, and while she was sure her speed would increase with the weights Gai had her wear, she was going to bed each night feeling like a herd of bulls had run her over and she had yet to land a hit on Gai in any of their sparring sessions. Naruko looked at her ceiling, in a few minutes she'd have to get up to go struggle with summoning. Her eyes drifted over to the picture of Team Seven, Sakura looking so happy that Sasuke is next to her, Naruko with her arms around bubblegum and her lackey's necks with a huge smile on her face while Kakashi had his hands on Sasuke and Sakura's heads and was smiling, his eye the only way you could tell.

'Sasuke...I wonder how you're doing; I haven't seen you since I started my training. Are you getting stronger? Are you…thinking about me?'

Naruko rolled out of bed and put on her beaten up jumpsuit, no need to get her new clothes damaged…at least not until it was time to show them off. She took one last glance over at the picture as she strapped her shuriken holster to her thigh, her eyes falling upon the dark haired boy.

'Can't wait to see you again asshole.' She thought with a smile.

Unbeknownst to Naruko the boy she was thinking of was indeed getting stronger and was definitely thinking about her.

Sasuke was panting, his body aching from the intense training Kakashi was putting him through. Near exhaustion and low on chakra, he couldn't even activate his sharingan as he looked down at his left hand.

'If I could just get the jutsu down right, I'd be one step closer to my goals.'

Sasuke still had his ultimate goal of killing Itachi, that had not changed, what had changed though was his motivation for it. While originally it was revenge, now it was so he could protect a certain blonde teammate who despite how much he said otherwise he was falling for slowly but surely.

'Naruko…I know you're training right now, getting stronger so you can win the chunin exams. I have to get stronger for both of us. I won't let Itachi harm you to get to me; I won't let someone else I care about be harmed by that man.'

The image of his smiling blonde teammate filled his mind and Sasuke smiled. Drawing newfound strength from his inspiration Sasuke set about going through the handseals for the jutsu all the while Kakashi stood by watching.

'He seems to have gotten a second wind, wonder what brought that about. Each day he amazes me with his progress, an A-rank jutsu and he's nearly got it down. He'll need it for what's to come, if that encounter we had with Gaara was any indicator, then the chidori will be Sasuke's trump card.'

"Hey Ero-asshole I'm back!" Naruko held in a chuckle as Jiraiya flinched at the name she had bestowed upon him. He hated it and that made her laugh. He even begged her one time to call him Ero-sennin or Ero-sensei but her mind was made up.

"Really wish you would call me something else…anyway I think I have a solution to your problem with summoning toads."

Naruko perked up at this. "Oh yeah? What would that be because we've tried everything to unlock that 'second chakra' you keep yammering about." Jiraiya stood and motioned for Naruko to walk with him.

"Well it's simple really; it's not simply a matter of you draining your normal chakra reserves in hopes of your second chakra just deciding to fill in, I feel like only strong emotions or a life-or-death situation will help activate that secondary chakra, so in advance Naruko I'd like to apologize…"

"For what Ero-ass—" Jiraiya pushed the blonde and watched as she stumbled past a group of bushes into a chasm that apparently had no end as the light of the midday sun didn't pierce to the bottom.

Forgive me Minato, Kushina, I hope the power you granted to her is a blessing and not a curse.

"YOU PERVERTED SON OF A BITCH! WHEN I GET MY HANDS ON YOU— YOU BETTER HOPE THIS FALL KILLS ME!" Jiraiya listened as his goddaughter rambled on about what she was going to do to him when she got out and his face paled, apparently she learned more from Anko than just jutsu and tactics if some of the more creative bodily harm threats were any indicator.

Naruko stopped her violent tirade and focused on the problem at hand.

"Damnit I got find a way to stop my falling." Channeling chakra to her hands and feet she tried to stick to the wall but continued falling.

"Shit!" Jiraiya watched his goddaughter as she tried in vain to stick to the wall.

'With her less than perfect chakra control she'll never stick to the glass smooth walls of the chasm. She'll need to use the fox's chakra if she wants to survive.'

Naruko meanwhile was freaking out.

"This is it, I'm gonna die, I'm gonna fucking die a virgin and it's all thanks to that perverted asshole!…Wait, that's it!" Focusing her chakra into the mark her mother tampered with Naruko summoned her chakra chains which shot out from her back and plunged into the wall but sadly the speed of Naruko's falling made the chains come lose and she continued plummeting. Jiraiya meanwhile was stunned.

'She has Kushina's chakra chains?! Why didn't she tell me that, well if she makes it out of this I can train her to use them and maybe see if she has the Uzumaki's natural aptitude for sealing jutsu…if she doesn't well Sarutobi-sensei will kill me and then Minato and his wife will drag me to hell and torture me there…please don't die Naruko.'

Naruko tried to get the chains to stick again but something happened as she plummeted into the blackness of the chasm.

Naruko awoke to find herself in the sewer of her mind.

"Great this place again." Naruko walked the short distance towards the fox's cage, its red slit eyes staring at her, watching her every move. Naruko showed no fear and walked towards his cage, head held high.

"You have some nerve girl strutting in here like you own the place. What do you want?" The fox's claws twitched, ready to spear his blonde container if she came too close.

"It's my mind so technically I do own it…anyway listen up Kyuubi-usagi! I'm sure you know what's going on outside of my body right now. Now I don't like you and you don't like me, so let's do each other a favor, you give me some of your chakra and I don't die, everyone wins." Naruko waited in silence for only a moment before the fox burst into a laughing fit.

"Ha ha ha, such impudence! Such nerve! …very well, it's true if you die, I die and I'd much prefer that doesn't happen. So fine, take some of my chakra, and teach that imbecilic sage not to toy with our lives again." Both Naruko and the fox had feral grins as the crimson chakra flowed to Naruko's body causing her eyes to turn red.

"Hmmph, deal foxy!" Naruko faded out of her mindscape.

Back in the real world, Naruko bit her thumb and using the fox's chakra, performed the summoning jutsu, unfortunately for her and Jiraiya she summoned one of the surliest toads in existence.

'Atta girl, you did it.'

"YES! I DID IT! I AM THE SUMMON MASTER! BOW TO THE FUCKING QUEEN!"

"JIRAIYA! WHY DID YOU SUMMON ME TO SUCH A SHITTY PLACE?!" Jiraiya began running, there was no way he was going to deal with this, normal toads he could handle. Gamabunta? To quote his foul-mouthed goddaughter…fuck that.

"Hey I'm the one who summoned you!" Naruko had to use chakra to hold on as the massive toad began laughing.

"HA! THAT'S A GOOD ONE! A LITTLE SHIT LIKE YOU COULDN'T SUMMON THE LIKES OF ME!" Naruko's eyes became slits. Just what she needed, another oversized animal that thought it was the most awesome being on the planet.

Naruko cleared her throat and cracked her neck.

…Time to put this oversized tadpole in its place.

"I DID SUMMON YOU ASSHOLE! NOW SINCE I SUMMONED YOU THAT MAKES ME YOUR MASTER RIGHT?" The toad just glared at her which she returned with equal fervor.

"…WHAT? YOU THINK…THAT A SNOT-NOSED LITTLE SHIT LIKE YOU WHO CAN'T EVEN DRINK SAKE WITH ME CALLS HERSELF MY MISTRESS?! ME THE GREAT TOAD BOSS GAMABUNTA! YOU LITTLE SHIT, LEARN YOUR DAMN PLACE AND SHOW SOME RESPECT!"

"FUCK THAT! I SUMMONED YOU! I PUT FORTH THE CHAKRA REQUIRED TO GET YOUR SORRY FAT ASS HERE SO YOU SHOW ME SOME RESPECT!" The toad boss stared at her, his eyes slits as he moved his pipe from one side of his mouth to the other; silence reigned between them when suddenly the toad erupted into laughter.

"HA HA HA YOU GOT SPUNK YOU LITTLE SHIT! TELL YOU WHAT, IF YOU CAN LAND A HIT ON MY FOREHEAD, I'LL LET YOU BE MY HENCHMAN!" It was Naruko's turn to laugh.

"AS IF! I'M NOT GONNA BE A HENCHMAN, YOU TREAT ME AS AN EQUAL PARTNER YOU GOT IT?! UZUMAKI NARUKO IS NO ONE'S HENCHMAN!" Gamabunta stayed quiet for a moment, then leaped out of the gorge, Naruko landing in front of him now noticing just how big the summon boss was. He towered over the trees and Naruko barely reached the top of his webbed fingers.

"ALRIGHT YOU LITTLE SHIT, IF YOU CAN LAND ONE GOOD PUNCH ON ME I'LL CALL YOU MY PARTNER INSTEAD OF A HENCHMAN, BUT IF YOU CAN'T THEN YOU'LL BE MY HENCHMAN!" Naruko, nodded and got ready.

"Bring it on big guy!" Gamabunta's cheeks bulged and Naruko prepared to dodge.

'What are you up to ya big toad?' Naruko soon got her answer as large globs of water flew from the toad boss' mouth towards her which she dodged with ease.

"You'll have to do better than that ya overgrown tadpole!" Naruko could see one of the toad boss' eyes twitch in annoyance.

"WHY YOU LITTLE…I'M GONNA SMACK YOU WITH THE FLAT OF MY SWORD!" The toad boss summon pulled out his tanto which while it was a knife to him it was like a falling building to Naruko.

"…you've gotta be shitting me." She deadpanned before the sword slammed into the ground kicking up a massive cloud of dust and leaving a large crater. From the dust and debris leapt Naruko, her surge of chakra granting her some air time.

"Kage bunshin no jutsu!" Over a dozen Naruko clones popped into existence and Naruko grabbed the closest one and flung it at the toad boss. A rain of Naruko clones came down upon Gamabunta who used a water bullet jutsu to destroy the remaining ones she created, the bullet blowing through them. Thinking quickly Naruko created a few more clones who each grabbed onto each other's feet, creating a sort of human ladder which Naruko ran up as fast as she could, picking up speed.

'Time to unleash the thunderbolt!' Naruko's body began to glow with chakra as she sped up, pumping more chakra into her legs.

Gamabunta decided not to give the small blonde a chance to do whatever she was planning and began going through handsigns.

"SUITON: TEPPODAMA!" A large ball of water fired out of the toad's mouth and Naruko summoned a gaggle of clones to take the hit for her as she leapt off the clone ladder. Summoning one last clone she felt it grab her arm and began spinning.

The smoke from all the destroyed clones blocked Gamabunta's vision and he squinted trying to spot Naruko through the smoke.

"WHAT ARE YOU UP TO YOU LITTLE SHIT?" The answer came when Naruko erupted from the smoke, fist extended, chakra wrapped around her form as she rocketed towards him like an angry comet.

"SHIT!" Gamabunta crossed his arms and was surprised when it felt like a building fell on his arms.

'THIS LITTLE SHIT HITS AS HARD AS MANDA!' His eyes widened as the Naruko who hit him smirked and exploded in a puff of smoke.

'A SHADOW CLONE? THEN WHERE—' The toad boss got his answer as several chains wrapped around his legs and were pulled out from under him making him collapse in a heap on the forest floor. He looked back and saw several Naruko's all with huge grins on their faces, each holding a chain.

'THOSE CHAINS…IT CAN'T BE, BUT SHE DID SAY SHE WAS AN UZUMA—' Gamabunta's thoughts were interrupted as Naruko launched out of the tree line, the telltale red chakra and eyes of the nine tailed fox shrouding her form as she slammed into the toad bosses' head, his eyes nearly rolling back from the sheer pain, while Bunta was a boss summon he found his new summoner could hit as hard as one with the foxes' chakra enhancing her already immense strength. The Naruko clones all vanished, the chains withdrawing back into the original Naruko as she stood on shaking legs, her eyes back to their normal cerulean.

"Ha…I…told…you." Naruko's breathing was heavy, each word was a chore for her with her exhausted she was. "Naruko…Uzumaki…is…no one's henchman!" And with that being said Naruko fell onto her back, a big grin etched on her face as she fell unconscious.

Gamabunta meanwhile tried to massage the massive knot that was forming on his forehead. For the first time since the Fourth Hokage, he had a partner again, and an interesting one at that. Carefully picking her up he placed her on his head and leapt towards the village.

"BE PROUD NARUKO, YOU'RE THE SECOND PERSON TO RIDE ON MY HEAD. NOW TO FIND THAT PERVERT JIRAIYA AND GIVE HIM A PIECE OF MY MIND."

Naruko didn't know what it was but after she summoned Gamabunta her "training block" as she called it seemed to be lifted. It was like everything clicked into place, and her training took off by leaps and bounds.

The jutsu Anko was teaching her made sense and she picked them up quickly, surprising both herself and her sadistic sensei, who moved on to teaching Naruko the finer points of how to be a kunoichi.

Jiraiya after profusely apologizing for throwing her down the chasm (and getting his teeth kicked in by an irate Naruko) began training her to understand the chakra chains potential uses as well as instructing her on basic sealing jutsu which she had to admit that sealing jutsu was boring as hell, but upon hearing that the Uzumaki Clan and the Fourth Hokage were famous for their mastery of it she tried her best to learn, if only to live up to her idol's greatness and make her mother proud of her. Her progress with sealing left much to be desired and both her and Jiraiya agreed she wouldn't be able to learn anything useable in combat in time for the exams and instead focused on mastering her chains.

Gai's training had gone to new (insane) levels as her weights were now as heavy as Lee's, she wondered how her best friend put up with this on a daily basis and questioned both his sanity for dealing with this and her own for agreeing to put up with it as well. The spandex wearing jonin had her doing more than simply jogging with them as now she had to climb trees and cliffs with them on, sometimes using only one arm and always without using chakra. Needless to say Naruko failed climbing many times but her sheer stubbornness and inability to surrender helped push her on and brought Gai to manly tears many a time at the youthfulness of his blonde student. It was the secret technique Gai was teaching her that she was most excited about as she was close to completing it. She was hellbent on getting it ready for the exams.

"Naruko-chan I have to ask, why do you push yourself so hard?" Gai knew of her dream to be the Hokage but had a feeling that this was only a small part of why she kept going when others would have stopped or been satisfied with their progress.

"Because I have something to prove Gai-sensei, and I also need to get back at those who hurt the ones most precious to me. Now I've almost got it down, let's go one more time!" Gai smiled and (manly) tears escaped his eyes. His students had made a great choice making this girl their friend. He wiped the (manly) tears from his eyes and got in his stance.

"VERY WELL NARUKO-CHAN! LET US EXPLODE WITH THE FIRES OF YOUTH!" Green chakra erupted from Gai's body, the sheer volume and power of it forming a crater around him.

"YOU GOT IT GAI-SENSEI! LET'S FUCKING DO THIS!" Naruko's own yellow chakra erupted from her body, while the amount was impressive for her age she wasn't on Gai's level where her chakra could affect the environment. Both readied their stances before rocketing towards each other.

The promised day had finally arrived. The chunin exams were ready to begin, everyone in the village was busy, vendors prepared their stalls for visiting dignitaries and tourists, said tourists were buying souvenirs and getting ready to head towards the stadium where several exceptional genin would pretty much beat the hell out of each other for not only the amusement of the audience but also for the chance to advance to the next rank of ninja. In various areas of the village the competitors were getting ready…except for one blonde haired foul-mouthed one, who at this moment was still asleep, filled with both dreams of grandeur and semi-erotic dreams of her Uchiha teammate.

"Mmm yes Sasuke right here, no baby the kids won't be home for another hour…mmm yes." The obnoxious ringing of the frog alarm clock rudely woke Naruko who was less than happy at being interrupted as evidenced by the now destroyed frog alarm clock.

Then she remembered just what exactly she had been dreaming about…

"…That's the last time I try spicy pork miso ramen with extra fishcake and wasabi before bed. God I need a shower…" Naruko could still remember in vivid detail the dream that had her body heated and quivering. A shudder ran through her body at the memory. "A cold as hell shower."

Naruko was in the middle of changing when a knock at her door interrupted her.

"Wonder who that could be?" The knocking became more annoying as she made her way to the door.

"Keep you damn panties I'm coming! Yes can I hel—Anko-sensei!" The toothy grin of her kunoichi mentor was a welcome sight.

"Hey girlie, I came to pick you up and take you to the exams! Also I got a present for you, so get dressed so I can give it to you." Naruko's cerulean eyes sparkled at the thought of a present.

"Sure thing Anko-sensei!"

Meanwhile in a small forest clearing Neji Hyuuga finished a technique he was sure would help secure victory from Naruko. All around him lay kunai and shuriken and his teammate Tenten was catching her breath.

"The technique seems perfect Neji." Neji harrumphed.

"It is perfect Tenten, and with it Naruko won't stand a chance. I'll help you collect your projectiles and then we can head to the stadium."

The stadium was near to bursting as everyone awaited the fighters. The only ones who had yet to arrive were Naruko, Sasuke, and Dosu who unknown to everyone was slain by Gaara a few nights before. The energy of the crowd was electric as bets were placed, rival fanclubs glared at each other, and dignitaries and shinobi guessed at who would come out on top.

Sakura sat in the stands looking down at the fighters, the fact both of her teammates were not present worried her.

'Sasuke-kun, Naruko, where are you guys?' Sakura was startled out of her thoughts by Ino plopping down in the seat next to her.

"Hey forehead! You okay?" Sakura glared at her longtime friend.

"You scared the shit out of me Ino-pig!" Ino laughed at how easy her friend was to scare.

"Oh eat me pig." Ino let out a low whistle.

"Look at the mouth on you, been hanging around Naruko too much forehead. Speaking of the blonde wrecking machine, you seen her?" Sakura shook her head.

"That blonde dummy is the first match and she's late, leave it to Naruko to be late to her own match…"

Silence reigned between them for moment.

"You go see Lee?" Sakura blushed a little, Lee really was a sweet guy.

"Yeah, nearly every day when I'm not busy. He's sad he can't see the match in person but I asked the nurses to bring him a tv so hopefully that'll help."

Before Ino could comment about Sakura's blush the proctor stepped on the stadium floor and stood before the contestants, chewing on a senbon needle.

"Hmm, thought there was more of you. Well first up we have Hyuuga Neji and Uzumaki Naruko, so step forward." Neji stepped forward and smirked when Naruko was nowhere in sight.

"Figures she wouldn't show, she knows it is her fate to lose to me." As if on cue an explosion of smoke appeared with both Anko and Naruko standing side by side, each sporting a devilish toothy grin, the only addition to Naruko's ensemble was an orange trenchcoat in the style of her mentor's.

"Hehe, sorry we're late Genma-kun, the trenchcoat I bought Naruko-chan didn't fit so we had to rush to get her a proper sized one." Genma merely chuckled.

"If it was anyone but you Anko I'd be surprised, well I'm glad you got her here on time since her fight is up." Anko kneeled down and hugged her apprentice.

"Kick some ass girlie ya hear me?" Naruko nodded not trusting her voice at that moment. With a grin Anko shunshined to the open spot next to Kurenai.

Genma cleared his throat and turned on the microphone attached to his collar.

"Welcome honored guests and spectators to the chunin exam finals! Will everyone but Hyuuga Neji and Uzumaki Naruko please vacate the exam area?" Genma switched off his mic for a moment.

"You two ready?" Neji and Naruko distanced themselves from each other and got into their respective stances and nodded.

Turning back on his mic Genma motioned towards the two. "The first match of the chunin exam finals is about to begin! Hyuuga Neji versus Uzumaki Naruko! Hajime!"