Teihaku's blue eyes darted around the streets of Konoha, they were large, yet compact, filled with hundreds of pedestrians, however people still seemed to move out of the way for him, as if they feared or respected him.

Everywhere he looked he found females staring at him adoringly, with blushes tinting the cheeks or chattering to their friends while looking at him, followed by a small giggle, it was something he chose to ignore, sighing in annoyance. He had no time for any of them, he continued walking down the streets of Konoha, trying to wrap his mind around this maze of streets that was Konoha.

'But where do I begin to look for the Jinchuuriki, I have no clue what the Kyuubi's Jinchuuriki or Ichibi's Jinchuuriki look like. Would asking a Konoha shinobi just make too much of a scene?' Teihaku wondered how to find the Jinchuuriki, he liked to know his targets faces as quickly as possible. He had already seen pictures of the Sandaime Hokage, and Orochimaru, well he certainly knew what he looked like.

'Wait a minute! That girl...' Teihaku's mind clicked, flickering back through his memory to the day he killed Zabuza, that girl he risked his life for, using Immortal Phoenix Rebirth Technique for the first time in years, she had a Konoha Headband tied around her neck. 'Perhaps if I can locate her, she may be a valuable source of information.'

Teihaku smiled deviously, carrying on walking down the streets, trying to find some incentive of where the Jinchuuriki or the girl could be. 'Yes, my best course of action is to track her down.'

"We're getting nowhere!" Naruto screamed in frustration at his younger sister. He hadn't bee touched once in the hours of training they had pulled off today, yet Mito was on her knees covered in scratches and dirt, panting weakly yet heavily.

Naruto growled in frustration. "Get up, Mito! You won't survive if you act like this against Gaara!" He charged towards his younger sister, his fist clenched and pulled back.

Mito looked in fear as her brother moved towards her with insane speeds, the look in his eyes shot sheer terror into her heart. She did the only thing she had become accustomed to when she was frightened, she screamed loudly.

It seemed to work, she never felt Naruto's fist connect to her, looking she found that Naruto stood above her, his hair blocking the light to his eyes, giving them the darkest appearance possible. "You scream?" Even his voice was darker. "You're weak, Mito, and that's all you'll ever be if you don't face your problems head on."

Naruto turned away sharply, quick enough to not see the tears begin to roll down his sister's face. He walked away quickly, as if storming off. "We're making no progress today. Come back when your stronger."

"You just don't get it!" Mito tearfully screamed at Naruto's departing back. "I'll never be as naturally strong as you! I'm just not as strong as you!" She cried loudly, choking out breaths whilst tears streamed down her face. Naruto gave no response, just continuing to walk away from her.

Mito didn't want to remain on the cold floor crying for too long, she wiped the tears from her eyes and stood up, sniffling the last few tears back before heading towards one of Konoha's parks, the one in the opposite direction of Naruto.

Mito rushed along the pavement in Konoha's park, stopping at the first available park bench. She slumped her body quickly on it, placing her elbows on her knees and her head in her palms.

She thought about the things that Naruto had said to her today, she had seen him lose his temper at Ino, but she never would have expected to have received the same treatment. The number of times he had called her weak hurt. And there was nothing she could do about it, if she argued back Naruto would have used it to prove his own point or to have more of a reason to keep attacking her.

'Naruto's just a big jerk!' Mito insulted her older brother in her mind, slightly afraid that if she said it out loud Naruto would somehow hear her.

"Hey, blondie. What's up?" Mito's eyes snapped wide at the voice, a familiar voice. Looking up, she found that same red spiky hair from a few weeks ago, the same dark deep eyes like the ocean. However there was something new about this face, his mouth held the smallest of smirks. His black cloak with red clouds had been removed. He stood in a black open torso shirt with long sleeves. He wore black pants with a dark, burnt orange cloth hanging from halfway up his stomach to his knees. Around his waist was a black rope, holding the cloth up. The position of his sword had changed as well, no longer up his sleeve the sword was now sheathed behind him, held to his body by the rope. Even his headband had disappeared, his red bangs hanging loosely to cover is forehead.

"T-Teihaku? What are you doing here?" Mito asked in surprise as she gazed at the older re head.

"I'm here to watch the Chunin exams. There's some very special to me who is participating." Teihaku's smile grew a little bigger. 'After all of his fights, Gaara will be open and exposed. I can pick him off easily whilst starting my other mission and accomplishing my own goals in the process.'

A blush grew on Mito's face, how Teihaku's smile had grew when he said someone special to him is participating. 'Was he... talking about me?' She smiled herself, looking away from the red head. "Thanks, but I'll probably lose right away."

'Why is she thanking me?' Teihaku looked down with confusion at the blond girl. "Why are you so sure you'll lose?"

"My first match in the second round of the Chunin Exam is against Gaara. There's no way I'll be able to defeat him." Mito moped again, sighing loudly as she placed her chin back into her hands.

"What's so special about him?" Teihaku asked quizzically, allowing himself to play the fool. But inwardly he was beaming. 'Perfect, she can practically do my job for me, and it will arouse less suspicion than me attacking Gaara.'

"He's a Jinchuuriki. So he's really strong." Mito replied, her confidence flattened by the conversation.

"Well what training are you doing to help improve yourself for the match?" Teihaku asked, delving even further. 'I may have to train her myself to make sure she can fight the Jinchuuriki.'

"I'm working with my brother, but he knows nothing about defeating a Jinchuuriki, he only thinks he does because of his own status." Mito replied, gritting her words in her teeth. Suddenly her head shot up, her eyes widening as her mind clicked. "Wait a minute, something Zabuza said!" She remembered the words of the fallen demon. She turned to the red head with wide fearful eyes. "H-He said that you assassinated the Fourth Mizukage, I did some research on him when I got back to Konoha and found that he was feared as a ruthless tyrant, but he was also a Jinchuuriki. Is it true? Did you kill him?"

"I did." Teihaku replied bluntly, unfazed by the question. Mito took a couple of steps away from him, relinquishing her park bench as she moved away from the red head.

"Then why are you walking around like nothing happened? Aren't you being hunted by Kirigakure or something?" She stuttered out, looking in absolute fear of the teenager in front of her, this guy, he could kill a Jinchuuriki.

Teihaku shook his head slowly. "My identity remains unconfirmed, I killed one of the five Kage leaders and got away freely. However it is imperative that my identity as his assassin REMAINS a secret, so I must ask that you keep it to yourself."

Mito's gaze hardened at his words, he wasn't begging, it even sounded more like an order, to be quite honest she knew that he probably wouldn't beg, he'd probably just kill her as well if she planned to tell anyone. But Mito wasn't stupid, Teihaku could kill a Kage-level Jinchuuriki, and she needed to survive against a Genin-level Jinchuuriki at the least. She would need more help than she was already getting. "Fine, I'll keep it a secret, but you've got to help me train for my match against Gaara." Mito's response was also like a command issued to the red head.

She wasn't surprised when Teihaku's eyebrow rose in amusement at her command. "I don't want to kill Gaara, at the very least I just want to survive against him. He kills without hesitation. I want to make sure I can stay alive when I fight him."

"Deal." Teihaku responded quickly to Mito's utmost surprise. "But we need somewhere, peaceful, quiet and private where we won't be interrupted."

"I know a place!" Mito spoke with excitement, to be trained by Teihaku, from what she had seen he had incredible speed, strength and stamina when he fought against Zabuza and then all of Gatō's bodyguards, but who knows what else he was hiding. "Just follow me!" She grabbed hold of his arm, pulling him along the pavement to his surprise, after regaining himself, Teihaku snatched his arm back off the girl. "What happened to that cool cloak and your headband anyway, Teihaku?"

"I took them off. It would bring too much attention to myself to be walking around a busy place like this in them." Teihaku responded dully, looking straight ahead down the path way.

"Yes, I understand," Mito nodded her head, remembering his earlier words about keeping his identity secret. "No one could walk around a large village like Konoha and not be detected."

Naruto sat atop the Hokage moment, one of of the spikes of hair of his father's face. He stared hard at the busy village below, among those ants was his sister, the current issue on his mind.

"Get up Mito and fight!"

"Gaara won't hold back, no shinobi will if you show a weakness!"

"You're weak, Mito, and that's all you'll ever be if you don't face your problems head on."

Naruto sighed loudly, attempting to expel his earlier words to his younger sister out of his memory. 'Perhaps I was too harsh, but I'm worried for her. Worried that she won't survive her match against Gaara. I saw how ruthless he was, she won't get any mercy from him.'

Naruto's head was pulled back, he stared up at the clouds over head. 'If I could only talk to him again, I could ask what has happened to him, I could attempt to change him back to how he was.'

Gaara was a Jinchuuriki just like himself, and the son of a Kage, just like himself. But he must have experienced something terrible in order to change him to what he has become, Gaara's sister mentioned an assassination attempt by his Uncle, the only person to look past his Jinchuuriki status. Perhaps that was what Gaara needed, someone to look past the monster he has become and see what he is truly like.

'Fū, what would you do?' Naruto's mind remembered the lime green haired girl. Although he wouldn't say it out loud, Fū had changed him, she had showed him genuine kindness, not kindness brought on by his family. She cared for him, and was the closest person to him for a long time. 'Fū, in complete honesty... I miss you, your company. With you here, you could probably help change Gaara...'

"Try again." Teihaku commanded, Mito nodded, although panting went through the same series of hand seals again.

"Earth Release: Earth And Stone Dragon!" Mito cried out again, but however, nothing happened again. Mito dropped her stance, placed her hands on her knees, she was exhausted and she hadn't made any progress through out both of the training sessions she had had today. 'Maybe I am weak, I have no aptitude for Ninjutsu.'

"I thought that we were fortunate when you said your primary nature was Earth, because my secondary nature is also Earth. But it appears we are getting nowhere fast. Perhaps we should pick this up another day, or at least start you off on a lower level technique." Teihaku approached her, standing above her with one hand resting on his hip, the other lazily dangling at his side.

'He's not scolding or shouting!' Mito thought with surprise, Teihaku was handling her failure a lot better than Naruto, instead of going off in a rage he was planning further ahead, to morph her training around her current abilities and planning to improve them.

"Perhaps there's something we need to unlock? Tell me, do you have a Kekkei Genkai of any kind?" Teihaku asked in interest.

"Yeah, my mom has one and she did some test to it showed that I had it as well, but I'm failing with my training for that as well." Mito replied downheartedly, she couldn't do anything right.

Her thoughts were stopped when Teihaku placed a hand on her head. "What are you doing?" She asked in confusion.

"My sensei was something of a scientist, he liked to play with the human body and it's functions, going right down to it's DNA and genes. He taught me a Jutsu to unlock any genes possessing potential Kekkei Genkai, even it has already begun to surface, this Jutsu will unlock it's full potential." Teihaku closed his eyes for concentration, he inhaled deeply. 'Automatic Gene Seal Release!'

Mito felt a wave of power flow through her, Teihaku took a few steps away from her moments before chains of chakra, a bright silver in colour burst in every direction of her body, some just barely missing Teihaku. 'Chakra Chains? She has the same technique as me? That's impossible...' Teihaku looked upon the blond girl with wonder, the Chains slowly began retracting into her body until they had completely dispersed, Mito looked at him with a new determination, smirking confidently, ready for more training.

"It would appear we are even more fortunate than before..." Teihaku responded to her display, holding up his hand, a chakra chain shot from his hand, this chain was a deep blood red. 'The colour must change depending on the colour of the user's chakra...' Teihaku thought, ignoring the girl's shocked look, he retracted the chakra chain back into his hand. "It appears we share the same technique. I can offer you the ability to control these chains. These Chains of Chakra are the most effective when dealing with Jinchuuriki and Tailed Beasts, they are impossible to break. But first you must have a body to use them correctly, so we will spend some time building up your speed and strength."

Mito beamed wildly, chuckling whilst doing so. "Wow, you're really into this training, huh Teihaku-nii?" He face suddenly fell, her eyes going wide. "I-I'm sorry!" She apologised, instantly, she didn't know why she called him Teihaku-nii, it was just something about the way he was acting, like an aloof, yet caring older brother.

Teihaku's eyes widened as well, pain rushed through his head. He dropped to his knees, clutching his head in agony.

He could see something, a blurry image in the back of his mind, like staring through a frosted window. It was him, yet much younger, in his arms was a blond baby, bundled in wrappings. He couldn't see his own facial expression.

Suddenly the image was gone, as was the pain. He breathed heavily, feeling a hand on his back he looked up, Mito was next to him, concern in her eyes. "Are you alright? You just suddenly fell to the floor in pain?"

"I'm fine..." Teihaku responded, he would ignore that experience for now, it wasn't important at this moment in time. Raising himself slowly back to his feet before he turned to Mito. "Rest for today, tomorrow we will pick up on a new regime."

"Okay!" Mito grinned madly. "Say Teihaku, you want to come over to my house for dinner? You're really helping me out a lot even though you don't really have to, it's the least I can do."

"I'll have to decline." Teihaku replied apathetically, gone was any stress or pain in his voice. "I doubt you're parents would appreciate me coming round with such short notice."

Mito shrugged her shoulders, her lip jutted out in a lack of interest. "Meh, my mom's pretty cheery when it comes to meeting new people, and my dad's the Hokage so I doubt they will really care, it's only my brother you might have a problem with."

'The Hokage?' Teihaku laughed inwardly at the amusing turn of events, he was helping the daughter of the man he plans to kill. 'It's best that I keep my distance from the Hokage for now.' Teihaku decided in his mind. "I'm sorry, but I'll have to decline, also I think it's best you not mention our meetings and training to anyone. Your new strength will come as a total surprise to everyone that way, you will be totally unpredictable, giving you a massive advantage. No one will realise your full strength at the end of the month." Teihaku explained, covering up all his tracks.

"That makes sense!" Mito grinned in anticipation, she couldn't wait until this month of training was over, then she would show the world who was really weak and who wasn't!

Teihaku smirked in return to her grin. "Excellent, then tomorrow we begin..."

A/N: Yo! Rinne here, after five months I've finally updated! Gotta honestly say I enjoyed a good amount of this chapter, even if the chapter is a little short in total. I had experienced a massive writer's block and this also came across as difficult to write due to the general lack of interest it seems to have with the readers, especially compared to my other fics.

I'm considering doing a one month time skip next chapter, heading straight for the matches instead of wasting a few chapters of Mito training and Naruto doing nothing. I hate training chapter and I can only assume a lot of you do as well.

However I am also considering discontinuing this, along with The Tools We Use and To Become A Master, TTWU because I don't like how I've set the story and TBAM because the most reviews I've had for a chapter was when I didn't update for four months, and I don't want to have to wait four months to upload a chapter in order to get a good number of reviews, and this fic, well it's never had a good review count being it's best for Chapter 16, and that was over five months, my favourite chapter in this fic hasn't even got one review, now I'm not usually to bothered about review counts, but it feels like it has become a chore to write this fic, and if no one is enjoying it enough to leave feedback, well then why the hell ami I continuing writing it?

Anyways, while I decide this fic's fate. I shall update Becoming The Legend and hopefully Fairy Tail Utopia:Embrace The Light as well as To Become A Master if I don't decide to discontinue it after I see the rview count for the latest chapter

If There Is A Next Time,

Rinne-Kami, Out!