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Chapter Ten

Revelations & Making Waves in the Land of Waves

While the Jonin sensei had a meeting with the Hokage, Kaguya had shown up at Naruto's apartment soon after he had arrived there himself.

"Eh, Kaguya?" the blond looked at her in surprise. "What are you doing here?"

"I came to talk with you, of course." Kaguya walked past him, letting herself in.

"Oh. About what?" Naruto tilted his head, looking a bit embarrassed by the mess that was his apartment.

"About you." Kaguya sighed as she leaned against the wall, motioning for Naruto to seat down. "What do you know about yourself, Naruto?"

"What do you mean?" Naruto frowned.

"About you skills, about having the Kyubi sealed in you, about your family, stuff like that." Kaguya explained.

"Well…" Naruto seemed uncomfortable "I'm an orphan, you know that, so I don't know anything about my parents. And all I know about the Kyubi is that the Yondaime sealed it in me."

"I thought as much." Kaguya sighed. "And your skills?"

"Well, I'm not good at Genjutsu." Naruto grumbled. "I'm pretty good at Taijutsu and Ninjutsu."

"So you say." Kaguya remarked dryly. "Here's the deal, Naruto: as a ninja, you suck something awful."

"Hey!" the blond protested.

"Shut up and listen." Kaguya cut him of darkly. "Your genjutsu skill does not exist, neither in casting or dispelling them. Your Ninjutsu is adequate, but nothing special. And your Taijutsu is brawling at most."

"So what?" Naruto scowled.

"It means that on the first mission we'll have that requires fighting against enemy ninja, you will die. Probably before you even notice you were attacked." Kaguya said in annoyance. "As you are now, you're a liability to Team 7."

"What do you want, Kaguya?" Naruto glared.

He had never been really close to the female Uchiha despite her helping him out every once in a while, though it was less about her and more about Sasuke being her brother. But right now she was seriously pissing him off.

"I want you to live past puberty, you bloody fool!" Kaguya exclaimed angrily. "And the way you're going, you're dead meat! The Sandaime is old, brat, he won't be around forever to baby-sit you. In other villages, some of your pranks could have gotten you imprisoned for years, if not killed on the spot. Hell, even in Konoha, if it wasn't for the Sandaime protecting you any of the clans you pranked would have had you executed on grounds of attempted theft of clan secrets! Fucking grow up, you brainless brat!"

Naruto was struck dumb, feeling more then a little ashamed and just as scared by what the Uchiha was telling him.

"B-But… why would the old man…" he paused, a thought appearing in his mind "The Kyubi."

"In part." Kaguya allowed. "After all, while your death would also kill the Kyubi, it would only be temporary. Biiju like the Kyubi are not killable, being made entirely of chakra. Depending on how much chakra they have, it can take between a year and ten for a Biiju to reform." She explained. "But mostly, it was due to him caring for you as much as he would for his grandson. He was close to your parents and likely saw them as family as well."

"Oh…" Naruto sighed in relief before noticing something "Wait, the old man knew my parents?"

"Yes. A Kage tends to know the ninja under his employ." Kaguya smirked.

"W-Who were they?" Naruto trembled.

"And that brings us to the real reason I came here." Kaguya nodded. "I will make a deal with you: I want you to move in the Uchiha Compound in a house near mine. In addition, you will agree to train under me. I mean this seriously: if I tell you to do something when it comes to training, you do it, no questions asked unless you don't understand how to do it." She glared at him. "And in exchange, I will tell you about your mother and stuff about having the Kyubi sealed in you."

"…And my father?" Naruto trembled.

"Not yet. Maybe when you're older." Kaguya shook her head. "As you are now, knowing about your father will do more harm then good."

"…Alright." Naruto nodded, deciding not to test his luck.

"Good. Here's a few containment scrolls, you know how to use them." Kaguya took out a small scroll and from it unsealed several larger scrolls. "Pack all your stuff into them. Food, furniture, tools, books, clothes, everything other then furniture that you own, put it in those scrolls. While you do that, I'll go have a chat with your landlord. Just leave the key on the kitchen table, don't bother locking the door when your leave. I'll be waiting for you at the Uchiha Compound." She instructed as she left.

Heading straight to the landlord's apartment on the ground floor, she knocked a couple times before waiting for an answer.

"What?" a middle aged man bearing a scowl answered as he opened the door, his words slightly slurred as he reeked of alcohol.

"I want to have a little chat with you regarding one of your tenants." Kaguya smiled dangerously as she calmly pushed him inside and closed the door behind her.

Ten minutes later, she left with a document pertaining to the end of lease of Naruto's apartment and a nice stack of ryo, both Naruto's deposit as well as money that Naruto should have received in the past, either for not receiving hot water at times or for all the repairs he had to do out of his own pocket when the landlord should have done so.

Soon enough, she reached her compound and not long after Naruto showed up with a backpack holding the scrolls that contained all his possessions.

"Here, these are yours, from your former landlord." Kaguya handed him the documents and money.

"T-This is more then my deposit!" Naruto's eyes bulged at the thick stack of ryo.

"Apparently, you did some maintenance and repairs that the landlord should have been responsible for. So I persuaded him to reimburse you for them." Kaguya smiled sweetly, making the blond shudder. "Come on, I'll show you your new house."

"About that… how much rent will you…" Naruto began.

"You won't be paying me any rent. Just keep the place clean and that's enough. You will only pay me for the utilities, like water and electricity, monthly, depending on how much you use up." Kaguya explained.

"Is that really alright?" Naruto asked nervously.

"Naruto, look around." Kaguya sighed. "You see this place? I own it all. If I say it's alright, then it's alright."

"…What about the rest of the Uchiha? Like your and Sasuke's parents." Naruto asked curiously.

"Sasuke and I are the only Uchiha left in Konoha. The rest died around five years ago." Kaguya replied.

"Oh." Naruto shut up, feeling embarrassed.

"It's alright, I got over it, mostly." Kaguya assured him. "Just try to avoid mentioning it around Sasuke, he's quite unpleasant when the subject comes up. He even moved out of the compound because of it."

"Wait, you live here alone?" Naruto looked at her in shock.

"No, I have a few people working for me living here as well." Kaguya smiled. "Sakura, for example lives here since her mother and aunt work for me. Three other people live here for the same reason. Actually, regarding that… you are now the only guy that lives here so you better watch it. If I hear about you perving on any of us girls, I will cut your balls off and stick them in your nostrils." She threatened.

"Yes ma'am!" a pale Naruto exclaimed.

"Good. Now here we are." she announced as they stopped in front of a single-story house. It was not extravagant or anything, but it was certainly at least twice as big as Naruto's old apartment. "Here's the keys. Go in and have your clones begin unpacking. I need to pick up something from my house to help with the explanations I promised you."

"Okay." A wide-eyed Naruto replied dumbly as he stared at the house.

Shaking her head in amusement, Kaguya headed home and quickly collected the huge scroll that held all the Uzumaki-related stuff she had, plus what else she had found of use in Uzhushiogakure ruins; of course, she had made copies of it all for her own use, but she felt it was right to Naruto to have the originals.

Returning to Naruto's new residence, she saw him sitting dumbly at the kotatsu while Kage Bunshin ran around setting things up.

"Yo, I got it." Kaguya placed the scroll on the table.

"W-What the hell is this thing! It's like twice as big as the Forbidden Scroll!" Naruto exclaimed.

"This, Naruto, is part of your inheritance." Kaguya said seriously.

"W-What?" Naruto stared in shock.

"Okay, it'll be best if I start at the beginning. I won't go into much details since I know that will bore you quickly, but you should know a bit about this." Kaguya mussed. "First of all, originally, humans didn't have chakra."

"W-What?" Naruto stared in shock.

"Don't interrupt me." Kaguya scowled. "As I was saying, humans did not have chakra. The only source of chakra in the whole world was a humongous tree that pierced the clouds. Legend says it got that big by feeding on the blood of the people that were killed during all the wars in the past." Kaguya paused and after a checking that Naruto was paying attention, she continued. "The tree made one single fruit every thousand years or so, but that fruit was forbidden to be eaten. But around a thousand years ago a woman named Kaguya broke the taboo and ate the fruit, becoming the first person to have chakra."

"Was she strong?" Naruto leaned forward in interest.

"The strongest ever." Kaguya chuckled darkly. "All the Kage in every nation ever put together would have been a nuisance at best to her. She was terrifying." She shook her head. "Anyway, at first she had good intentions, using her new powers to bring peace to the world. She was called the Rabbit Goddess because of that, and because she had two horns growing out of her head that looked like rabbit ears."

"Horns?" Naruto asked in shock.

"Kaguya was not exactly human." Kaguya shrugged. "She was close enough though. But regardless what she was, the world found out soon enough why it was forbidden to eat the Chakra Fruit." Kaguya said grimly. "Her power got to her head, turning her into a tyrant that ended up called the Demon. She used her powers to either enslave or outright kill those who opposed her." She paused. "Over time though, she gave birth to two baby boys, twins. Both inherited the power of chakra from her. Now, records got a bit vague here, but at some point the Shinju, that huge tree, reacted to other people having chakra and transformed into a huge monster with ten tails that ate Kaguya and began destroying all in its path. Eventually, Hagoromo and Hamura, Kaguya's sons, fought and defeated the monster, using a powerful sealing jutsu to rip all chakra from the monster and seal it into Hagoromo while the empty corpse was imprisoned into a humongous prison that we today call the moon."

"Seriously? They made the moon?" Naruto asked wide-eyed.

"Yep. Anyway, with the power he got from the monster sealed inside him, Hagoromo spread the teachings of chakra to humanity, giving them chakra, earning him the title Rikudo Sennin, the Sage of Six Paths. Eventually though, like his mother before him, he had children, two boys. The elder was Indra and the younger was Asura. As time passed, it became apparent that Indra was too solitary and arrogant, relying on his power only to do things, while Asura chose to cooperate with others, working with them to make up for his weaknesses. Because of this, the Sage entrusted his legacy to Asura when he died, which made Indra jealous, causing him to rebel against Asura and made them go their separate ways, with Indra founding the Uchiha Clan while Asura founded the Senju clan."

"Wow… so the Uchiha and the Senju… the clans that founded Konoha… are cousins?" Naruto asked in shock.

"Yep." Kaguya confirmed. "And it was Indra and Asura's disagreement that was the true cause of the conflict between the Uchiha and the Senju since then. But there is more to Hagoromo. You see, before he died, the Sage decided to split the chakra of the Juubi within him and split it into nine separate creatures, the Nine Biiju, from the One Tailed Raccoon to the Nine Tailed Fox."

"So… the Sage made the Biiju? Why?" Naruto asked in shock.

"Well, for one thing, when he died the Juubi would have been revived so he could not leave it as it was." Kaguya shrugged. "For another, the Biiju were not that bad at the beginning. They only got so malicious over the centuries, probably from all the wars they witnessed."

"I see…" Naruto said, though Kaguya could tell he did not understand yet.

"At any rate, after Konoka was founded Madara Uchiha disagreed with the Shodaime Hokage, Hashirama Senju, and left the village. He found the Kyubi and used his Sharingan to brainwash it into his puppet."

"Sharingan?" Naruto blinked, only to recoil when Kaguya's royal purple eyes turned crimson with three black tomoe spinning in them around the pupil.

"These eyes. It's a power passed through blood, from parent to child, in the Uchiha Clan, with Indra having it first." Kaguya explained. "It can do many things, cast Genjutsu through eye contact among them."

"Okay." Naruto nodded.

"Anyway, Madara used the Kyubi to fight the Shodaime Hokage, however the Shodaime got help from his wife, Mito Uzumaki." Kaguya smirked.

"Uzumaki?" Naruto's eyes widened.

"Yep. In truth, the Uzumaki clan was formed from a branch of the Senju clan that chose to no longer fight in the Clan Wars from the past and settled on the island of Uzushio, eventually forming Uzushiogakure and later helping the Senju and the Uchiha found Konoha." Kaguya smirked. "The members of the Uzumaki Clan were famous for their strong chakra and large reserves that allowed them to live longer lives them most people, leading to Uzushiogakure being called the Village of Immortality by some. They were also famous for their Fuinjutsu. And it was Fuinjutsu that Mito Uzumaki used, sealing the Kyubi within herself, becoming its Jinchuriki."

"So… I'm not the first one to have the Kyubi sealing in him?" Naruto asked in wonder.

"Nope. You're the third." Kaguya confirmed. "Mito-sama lived a long life, but eventually she grew old. So according to the treaty between Konoha and Uzushio, an Uzumaki with particularly strong chakra was sent to grow up in Konoha. She went through the Konoha Ninja Academy and when she nearly graduated and Mito was near death, the Kyubi was transferred from Mito to your mother, Kushina Uzumaki."

"Kushina Uzumaki." Naruto repeated slowly, tasting the words. "What… What was she like?" he asked timidly.

"Well, I obviously don't have first hand information…" Kaguya cleared her throat "But she was a lot like you. Chronic prankster, ramen addiction, touchy about her height…" she trailed off, opening the large scroll and unsealing a red album which she opened and showed Naruto. "She's the redhead." She added as Naruto looked at the class photo. "When she was younger, due to the shape of her face and her red hair, some kids called her Tomato." Kaguya paused for effect. "Then she kicked their asses so bad they were in the hospital for months. That got her called the Red Hot-Blooded Habanero from then on." She smirked. "She became a strong Kunoichi, specializing in Taijutsu and her specialized Ninjutsu that involved Chakra Chains made of her special chakra through which she could create powerful barriers and seals."

"Awesome." Naruto whispered as he went through a few more photos of Kushina.

"I have those photos from my mother." Kaguya nodded towards the album. "She was close to Kushina-san, she was actually my godmother, as my mother was yours."

"Your mom was my godmother?" Naruto asked in wonder.

"Yeah. From what I understand, she tried to adopt you when you were younger but the Hokage and the Council forbid it." Kaguya sighed. "You see, since the last person to control the Kyubi was Madara Uchiha, the Uchiha Clan fell under suspicion for causing the Kyubi attack."

"Hey… if the Kyubi was sealed in my mother… how…?" Naruto asked slowly.

"Unfortunately, there is a weakness in all seals of female Jinchuriki: they became weaker during childbirth." Kaguya narrowed her eyes. "Don't worry though, that was not how the Kyubi was released. You see, because of the danger of the seal failing, Kushina-san gave birth to you outside the village, with the Sandaime's wife, Biwako-san, and the ANBU Commander at the time helping with the delivery, while the Yondaime ensured that the Kyubi did not escape in the process. There were also two ANBU squads standing guard outside to make sure nobody interfered. Unfortunately, they failed." Kaguya sighed.

"What do you mean?" Naruto asked with wide eyes.

"We can't say much since everyone present besides yourself are dead, but the investigation that followed revealed that all the ANBU and Biwako-san were killed, a single fatal strike each. Also, the birthing chamber was still intact so the Kyubi was not released there. What we know for sure though is that the culprit soon summoned the Kyubi within Konoha just like Madara did when he fought the Shodaime. You heard about the battle in class, our ninja led by the Sandaime drove the Kyubi out of Konoha and then the Yondaime showed up, immobilized the Kyubi with his Boss Summon, the toad Gamabunta, and then teleported the Kyubi away to where you and your mother were. There, Kushina-san used her Chakra Chains to tie down the Kyubi and form a barrier so it won't escapee, and then the Yondaime fucked up." Kaguya scoffed.

"What do you mean?" Naruto frowned. Yes, he was rather upset with the Yondaime Hokage for condemning him to a lonely life, but he still respected the man for his achievements if nothing else.

"Naruto, you were practically born as a perfect Jinchuriki candidate." Kaguya said bluntly. "Not only did you inherit Kushina-san's special chakra, but you also had the Kyubi's chakra flowing through your body for nine months before you were born. That made you more resistant to the Kyubi's chakra then anyone in the village. The Yondaime did not consider that." She shook her head in disappointment. "Rather then seal the whole Kyubi in you, he used a forbidden jutsu at the cost of his life to summon the Shinigami and rip the Kyubi in half, sealing the Yin half in himself before using a powerful seal called the Hakke Fuin to seal the Yang half in you. He could have simply sealed it whole in you and survived, but made a mistake and killed himself pointlessly."

"Oh." Naruto blinked.

"Show me your abdomen a bit." Kaguya requested. "I want to see the seal."

"Eh?" Naruto looked at her curiously as he raised his jacket and T-shirt.

"Mold some chakra while watching your abdomen." Kaguya instructed.

Obeying, Naruto formed a Ran handsign and widened his eyes as the black markings phased into existence around his navel.

"This is the seal the holds the Kyubi." Kaguya nodded. "Right now, it's perfectly tight, only allowing a small filtered stream of the Kyubi's chakra to flow through you, increasing your reserves and healing rate further. In the future though, the seal will begin to weaken slightly, allowing you to draw on more of the Kyubi's chakra. Don't do that without proper supervision though, since unlike the bit that you're getting now that's filtered, large amounts of the Kyubi's chakra will hold its will as well, allowing it to influence you."

"The seal will weaken?" Naruto trembled.

"Don't worry, there is a Key to the seal using which the seal can be tightened back without much issue, though only the Hokage knows where it is." Kaguya assured him. "In other words, don't be afraid to take some chakra from the Kyubi for a quick boost, but don't drown in it, or you'll die."

"O-Okay." Naruto stuttered.

"At any rate, enough about the Kyubi for now." Kaguya sighed.

"Right! What happened to mom?" Naruto demanded.

"She died after the Kyubi was sealed in you." Kaguya sighed. "You see, when the Biiju is extracted, the container dies. Your mother only managed to hold on a little longer because her life force is naturally stronger as an Uzumaki. I'll take you to see her grave soon, if you want. Just… don't tell anyone about what you know, okay? Your mother had quite a few enemies, and they may target you to get revenge on her."

"Yeah, I got it." Naruto nodded dumbly, tears flowing from his eyes.

"Also, the Uzumaki clan… there's no easy way to say this, but they were wiped out." Kaguya sighed again. "Due to their powerful skills, they became feared and Iwa, Kiri and Kumo allied for a joint attack that completely destroyed Uzushiogakure. There were no survivors, though I'm certain there were a few Uzumaki outside the village like Kushina-san was. Also…" a feral smirk stretched her lips, scaring the blond "Iwa, Kiri and Kumo paid dearly. For every Uzumaki that fell, they took a dozen enemies with them. By the end, three thirds of the armies of Iwa, Kiri and Kumo were wiped out. In fact, it was that battle that triggered the Third Ninja World War. Konoha was furious. You don't realize how close Konoha and Uzushio were. The spiral that was the symbol of Uzushio had been part of Konoha's leaf symbol from the founding of the village, and after Uzushio fell, all Konoha Chunin and Jonin wore the red Uzushio spiral on their vests as a sign of respect for our fallen allies."

"You mean… the mark on the back of my jumpsuit…" Naruto remarked.

"It's your clan symbol." Kaguya nodded. "And speaking of what belongs to your clan… this belongs to you now." She placed the large scroll in his arms. "During my absence from the Academy, I traveled outside Konoha a bit and also passed through the ruins of Uzushio. I collected everything of worth, from jutsu scrolls to weapons, and sealed them in that scroll. Also, I went through the Uchiha archives for anything we have that we picked up from the Uzumaki clan, from Ninjutsu and Taijutsu to Fuinjutsu, even some history books, and made copies for you."

"Thank you." Naruto smiled.

"Also, I have it on good authority that the Sandaime has something from your mother for when you become Chunin, so train hard, alright?" Kaguya smirked.

"You bet!" Naruto grinned.

"And speaking of training." Kaguya nodded. "I want you up and ready tomorrow at 6. Kakashi is expecting us at 7, but as you've already noticed he tends to be three hours late all the time. So until 10 you'll be training under me. We'll send a Kage Bunshin to wait for Kakashi in case he arrives early, but otherwise we'll be training four hours each morning before team training unless something else happens."

"Right!" Naruto exclaimed.

"Oh, one last thing, since we'll be working together from now on." Kaguya added as she got up to leave "I think you're a nice guy, Naruto, if a little annoying. But I'm attracted to girls and girls only. So don't get your hopes up on anything regarding me, nothing will come of it."

"Uh… that's good to know?" Naruto blushed in embarrassment.

"Great. See you tomorrow." Kaguya nodded as she left.

Timeskip – next morning, 7 a.m.

"So, now that we're done with these light warming up exercises…" Kaguya cheerfully spoke, utterly ignoring Naruto's groans "We can move on to actual training. Taijutsu training, to be precise. Now, since we know that what you know of the Hakage, the Leaf Shadow style, that the Academy teaches… which is little to nothing… let's just give it up as a lost cause and teach you the Uzuken that Uzushiogakure taught in their Academy. You see, in order to learn the Uzumaki Clan Taijutsu style, it is required to have the Uzuken as a base."

"Uzuken?" Naruto asked curiously.

"Yep." Kaguya nodded. "Now, I'll have you look over the scrolls with the kata later for details, but for now I'll just show you."

"Wait, you know Uzuken? But you just said it was from Uzushiogakure." Naruto frowned.

"It was also recorded in the Uchiha archives, among dozens of other Taijutsu styles from all over the Elemental Nations." Kaguya shrugged. "Like I told you last night, the Uchiha and Senju are the oldest ninja clans in the world. Around a thousand years old. Add the fact that the Sharingan memorizes perfectly whatever it sees, and we've managed to gather a lot of jutsu over the years."

"That's… kinda unfair." Naruto scowled.

"And it's unfair that you have enough chakra to make hundreds of Kage Bunshin when almost anyone else your age can't make even one, but you don't see everyone whining about it, do you?" Kaguya shot back. "Life's not fair. Everyone needs to get by with what they have and what they can obtain. Whining about what you lack will only get you killed in the field. For example, you could become one of the greatest Ninjutsu masters in the world with enough training, but at the same time you will never become more then adequate at Genjutsu, the best you can do in that field is learn how to identify and dispel them, casting will be next to impossible for you."

"Okay… so, Uzuken?" Naruto reminded her.

"First of all, what do you know about Kage Bunshin?" Kaguya cut him off. "Do you know why it's a Kinjutsu?"

"Uh… it costs a lot of chakra?" Naruto shrugged.

"That's one of the reasons." Kaguya confirmed. "The other is the mental backlash. You probably didn't notice, but whenever a Kage Bunshin is dispelled the user receives its experiences. In other words, both memories and it's exhaustion. Using this, I want you to make ten Kage Bunshin and have them work through the Kata for Uzuken alongside you. That way, you'll learn ten times faster."

"Whoa! Then I could make a hundred Kage Bunshin and…" Naruto began excitedly.

"And drop dead with your brain leaking out your ears when they dispel." Kaguya coldly interrupted. "I just told you, idiot! The jutsu is forbidden because of the mental backlash. Until now, you've only had the Kage Bunshin stick around for a few minutes at most, so they didn't have much to sent back to you. But since you'll be training for three hours, with a hundred Kage Bunshin that will equal three hundred hours. That's over twelve days! All suddenly crammed in your head! You would die on the spot!"

"Okay! So no hundreds of Kage Bunshin training." Naruto palled.

"Another thing you should know is that no matter how much your Kage Bunshin train physically, your muscles won't get stronger. We're only training with them in Taijutsu so that you can get the Kata down, got it?"

"Yeah, got it." Naruto nodded with a frown.

"One more thing, remember not to have your Bunshin train in multiple things like this, otherwise it will get jumbled when you get the memories. So only Taijutsu, or only Ninjutsu, etc."

"Okay." Naruto agreed.

"Now make those ten Kage Bunshin and do what I do." Kaguya instructed, taking a stance.

Timeskip – two months later

Handing the spawn of evil – Tora – to the Fire Daimyo's wife, Kaguya fell back in line with the rest of Team 7 and waited for the Sandaime to assign them another mission.

After he had found out about Naruto moving into the Uchiha compound, the Sandaime demanded explanations from her and it ended up as an argument within the council chambers with a good number of both the Civilian and Ninja Councils protesting to this arrangement, the Elders merely giving her disapproving looks.

The bottom line, however, was that they could do nothing about it. Naruto was now legally an adult and as such could choose where to reside on his own without anyone having the authority to tell him otherwise, and for all that some of the Ninja Council suspected Kaguya of trying to influence the blond Jinchuriki, she was perfectly allowed to rent the houses within the Uchiha district to anyone she wanted and it was not that odd that she would want her teammate to live nearby.

In the end, the Council grudgingly accepted that and Sarutobi did so as well. He was even less pleased when she told him in private that Naruto now knew about his mother, his clan and their ties to the Kyubi, but he had to admit that the knowledge that other members of his clan, his mother no less, had managed to live relatively normal lives despite their burden would be a great boon to Naruto's mental stability, which was the greatest issue when concerning Jinchuriki. That did not mean he had to like it.

As such, he had gotten some petty revenge by assigning her team to do some of the most hated D-rank missions on a near daily basis… like catching Tora.

She was brought out of her thoughts as she registered what the Hokage had just said.

"A C-rank?" she raised an eyebrow at him, receiving a suggestive look as he motioned to her teammates. "Well, I suppose it's a good opportunity to test them." She shrugged but gave a discrete nod to the old man.

When the old drunk that styled himself as a 'super bridge builder', Tazuna came in and complained about the quality of the escorts, she remembered exactly what this mission would be like.

"The Demon Brothers, then Zabuza and Haku. All working for Gato to kill Tazuna, while the midget also has an army of bandits waiting to act." Kaguya mussed, absently grabbing Naruto by the collar to stop him from attacking Tazuna when the drunk insulted him and his height. "Got to check if Haku is sealed in this world as well. Is she is, I'll see what I can do. If not, then she'll be a good measuring stick to see how much Naruto has improved. Sasuke too, I suppose."

Next day – on the road to Wave

The day had begun with the surprise of Kakashi actually showing up at the appointed time which led to several attempts from Kaguya to dispel the obvious genjutsu, much to the Jonin's amusement.

She had gotten along nicely enough with Kakashi since they became a team. Sure, he hadn't actually taught them anything beyond teamwork exercises and their regular training consisted mostly of light spars before going to complete a few D-ranks, but she understood well enough his reasons despite not liking them entirely. On her end, she was obviously above Genin level and beyond her teammates, so teaching her something new – or trying to at least – would further imbalance the team. In Sasuke's case, the need to work with others needed to be pounded into his head along with some loyalty to Konoha. As for Naruto, he actually needed training but as he was currently still catching up with Kaguya's help, she could let it slide for a while longer.

And, seeing the small puddle in the middle of the road – when it had not rained in weeks – she realized that Naruto and Sasuke were about to receive their first real test of ninja ability.

As she expected, the two Kiri missing-nin first targeted Kakashi, seemingly ripping him apart with their shuriken chain before moving on to target Naruto.

The blond momentarily froze up in shock and this earned him a scratch when he managed to finally dodge while Sasuke engaged the other, all after pinning that chain that joined the two to a tree.

Kaguya herself had already positioned herself before Tazuna as soon as the two enemy nin had emerged from the puddle and was now prepared to repel any attacks that the approaching ninja could make.

Kakashi, however, decided that he had seen enough and seemingly took down the two enemies in an instant. As Kakashi was speaking with Tazuna about the truth behind the mission, what with Gato wanting him dead, Kaguya observed her teammates carefully. Sasuke was mostly alright, if a little irked about Kakashi interfering. Naruto however was shaken badly, though less about the danger and more about his own reaction to it. She could not stifle a chuckle when he stabbed his poisoned hand and made an oath to never back down – as expected from the knucklehead.

As the group argued whether they should continue the mission or not, she decided to add her two cents.

"Let's get this over with already." She said loudly, silencing the others as she began walking against towards Wave. "We deliver the old drunk, fend off a few more Chunin, maybe a Jonin, make sure he does not bite the dust while we're there, and then we can go home once he's done building his bridge. Of course, he will have to reimburse Konoha in the near future by paying for the full A-rank mission this is becoming, but other then that this seems rather clean cut to me. What are you waiting for?"

Sighing in exasperation, Kakashi nodded in agreement.

"Very well, we continue the mission." The Jonin agreed.

"And if things do get too dangerous, we can always change our minds and toss the lying old drunk to the sharks, right?" Kaguya remarked, giving Tazuna a rather unfriendly smile. "After all, since he deceived us, it's fully within out rights to terminate this mission however we see fit."

"I'll be good." Tazuna gulped.

"You do that." Kaguya snorted.

It was early next morning, however, after a friend of Tazuna's had taken them to Wave by boat, that the next encounter with the enemies occurred. It started simple, with Naruto almost killing a rabbit with a shuriken after he thought her saw something moving, but it took one look at the rabbit's white fur for her to realize it was a diversion.

"Get down!" she commanded while tackling Tazuna to the ground, her teammates ducking it turn, just in time too as a massive cleaver-like sword passed spinning through where their necks had been and stabbed into a tree, it's owner appearing on the handle in a Shunshin.

"Well, well…" Kakashi began lazily "If it isn't Kiri's missing-nin Zabuza Momochi." He narrowed his exposed eye. "Everyone get back. This one is on a whole other level."

"Zabuza?" Kaguya spoke up. "I think I heard of him. He as the Yondaime Mizukage's best friend before he took the hat. Then Zabuza tried to assassinate him."

"You appear to Sharingan Kakashi…" Zabuza mussed though he was staring at Kaguya "And you have a nosy brat with you as well… Sorry but the old man is mine."

"Surround and protect Tazuna." Kakashi ordered as he reached for his headband. "Do not enter the fight. That's the teamwork here." He instructed as he moved his forehead protector fully on his forehead, revealing his mature Sharingan eye. "First Zabuza… Fight me!" he demanded.

"Hoh, to already get to see the infamous Sharingan… I'm honored." Zabuza narrowed his eyes. "You know, when I was a member of Kiri's assassination squads, I remember reading about you in my Bingo Book. About the man who copied over a thousand jutsu: Copy Ninja Kakashi."

"Wow, Kakashi-sensei is really kind of awesome!" Naruto exclaimed.

"You'd never consider it, just by seeing how he always slacks off, right?" Kaguya agreed.

"You guys… I'm not that bad!" Kakashi sweatdropped.

"You… how do you have that eye?" Sasuke trembled between shock and furry.

"Not the time Sasuke." Kaguya said before Kakashi could. "For now, just know that it was willingly given to him by an Uchiha." She stated, receiving a grunt from the avenger.

"Now… let's end the talking. I have to kill that old man." Zabuza growled, making the three Genin tighten their positions. "But it seams I have to beat you first, Kakashi!" he declared before disappearing in a burst of speed long with the massive sword he was standing on before reappearing on the water a distance away. "Suiton: Kirigakure no jutsu!" he declared as he formed a half Ram handsign before a thick mist formed and obscured the surroundings, hiding him completely.

"He's gone!" Naruto exclaimed.

"Calm down, he'll go after Kakashi first." Kaguya silenced him.

"Zabuza Momochi… as a member of Kirigakure… he was an expert in Silent Killing." Kakashi added as he carefully looked around as he began channeling a bit of chakra to his ears to augment his hearing.

"That means he can kill you before you even notice him." Kaguya explained in response to Naruto's confused look.

"Either way, be careful you three. It's not like I can use the Sharingan perfectly." Kakashi warned.

"Rather then rely on the Sharingan, use your nose, Kakashi." Kaguya suggested as she began Scanning the surroundings, easily detecting the Kiri nin and his Mizu Bunshin.

"Hehehe…" Zabuza's malevolent chuckles echoed around them "Eight choices… liver, lungs, spine, clevical vein, neck vein, brain, kidneys, heart… which one should I go after?" he inquired as a respectable amount of killing intent began to press down on them.

Absently acknowledging the Mizu Bunshin that Kakashi made to take his place as he hid in the mist, Kaguya glanced at her other companions. Tazuna was scared shitless, as was expected from a civilian – she would not be surprised of the old drunk passed out soon. Naruto was doing rather well, no doubt due to the animosity he had received in Konoha most of his life. Sasuke though… other then that time when Itachi mindfucked him, everyone pretty much treated him nicely, even Naruto did not go too far against his rival – which explained why the brat was now aiming a kunai at his own throat to end his life to escape the terror.

"Sasuke!" Kakashi's Mizu Bunshin spoke up, snapping the avenger out of his daze "I'll protect you guys even if it kills me." He turned to give the group an eye-smile "I don't let my comrades die."

"Well, you heard him. Now stop embarrassing me, troublesome brother." Kaguya added.

"We'll see about that!" Zabuza hissed as he sudden appeared in their midst, causing Tazuna, Sasuke and Naruto to jump away in shock.

A moment later, Kakashi was impaling Zabuza's chest with a Kunai from the front while Kaguya was doing the same with a black bladed katana from the back.

"It's a Bunshin!" Kaguya warned, instantly noticing that it was water that was pouring from the wounds rather then blood.

"Sensei! Behind you!" Naruto screamed.

It appeared to be too late though as Zabuza bisected Kakashi horizontally at the waist… only for the corpse to disperse into water.

"What? He copied me in the mist?" Zabuza wondered before noticing the kunai at his neck.

"Don't move." Kakashi threatened. "It's over."

"Wow!" Naruto exclaimed.

"Hehehehe! It's over? You just don't get it. There's no way you could beat me with your monkey-like imitations!" Zabuza sneered.

"It's a Mizu Bunshin!" Kaguya warned the silver haired Jonin whose eyes widened in shock as he instantly slit the throat of the Bunshin, dispersing it into water, before turning around and using two kunai to block the swinging blade aiming to cut him in half.

Unfortunately, his footing was rather poor and Zabuza's blade had quite a bit of momentum. As such, while he avoided damage, he was still blasted off his feet and into the water.

"Sensei!" Naruto screamed in shock.

"Kakashi, move!" Kaguya warned.

"…this water is heavy…!" Kakashi noticed.

"Fool!" Zabuza laughed "Suiton: Suirō no jutsu!" he declared as water wrapped around Kakashi, trapping him in a sphere of rather solid water which the missing-nin held to the side with his right hand. "Haha, now I have you in an inescapable prison! Now, I can finish you later. First, to take care of your brats!" he decided as he formed a ram handsign, several Mizu Bunshin forming around him and advancing towards the Konoha group, one of them in the lead.

"Kakashi, you idiot!" Kaguya face-palmed. "Getting in the water when fighting a Suiton specialist is suicide!"

"Hehe, wearing those headbands and acting like ninja… a real ninja is someone who has survived numerous brushes with death." Zabuza's Mizu Bunshin lectured arrogantly. "Only when you're good enough to be listed in my Bingo Book can you start calling yourselves ninja. You are NOT ninja!" he declared and darted at Naruto who had carelessly distanced himself from the group, kicking him away and in the process making him drop his Konoha headband. "Just brats." He scoffed.

"Guh! Take Tazuna and run!" Kakashi ordered "You have no chance of beating him! As long as he's keeping me in this prison he can't move! And his Mizu Bunshin can't go far away from his real body! Just run away!"

Those words seemed to trigger something in Naruto, who had until that point been staring at Zabuza trembling. At Kakashi's words, his eyes moved to his still bandaged left hand and thought back to his recent oath. Getting on his feet, he dashed to Zabuza's nearest Mizu Bunshin with a roar.

This earned him another kick that sent him skidding and possibly cracked a few ribs, but his goal had been achieved: his headband was clutched tightly in his hand.

"Hey, you eyebrowless freak!" Naruto began and spat some blood "Put this into your little book: the man who will one day become Hokage: Konoha ninja, Naruto Uzumaki!" he declared as he tied the headband in place.

"Oi, oi, don't tie that too tightly. Your brain isn't working that well even when it gets enough oxygen." Kaguya chuckled.

"Kaguya, Sasuke, I have a plan!" Naruto declared.

"Teamwork from you?" Sasuke snorted but took a step forward to help.

"I'll worry about Tazuna." Kaguya informed them as he positioned herself directly in front of the old drunk.

"Quite arrogant of you." The lead Zabuza Mizu Bunshin spoke. "Do you think you stand a chance?"

"What are you doing?" Kakashi yelled at them in worry "This fight was over the moment I was caught! Our duty is…!"

"Oh, put a sock in it, Kakashi!" Kaguya snapped at him. "Talk about arrogant. Last I remember there are four members in Team 7, Mr. Teamwork. Besides…" she turned to glare at the real Zabuza "What's to stop no-brows over there from killing you and coming after Tazuna himself. Or if he has accomplices?"

"Hehe, she's right." Zabuza chuckled. "Still, you're still playing as ninja. When I was your age, these hands were already dyed with blood."

"Demon Zabuza…" Kakashi remarked.

"Oh, you've heard about that, huh?" Zabuza grinned.

"About what?" Sasuke demanded.

"Kirigakure is called the Bloody Mist because of an Academy Graduation exam they had." Kaguya began darkly. "In order to test if the students are either strong enough or willing enough to kill as ordered, they set up classmates in one on one death matches. Then, one day, a young Zabuza who was not even in the Academy dropped by to see his friend Yagura and saw the others teaming up on him. Zabuza went nuts and killed every other student in the whole place other then Yagura. After that, that Exam was discontinued."

"Y-You… how the hell do you know that, you brat?" Zabuza demanded in shock.

"Konoha has excellent spies." Kaguya replied sweetly "That, and I'm reading your thoughts, sucker. Thank you, Diarum Ejus!"

"Impossible! Other then me and Yagura, there were no witnesses!" Zabuza roared.

"You really think the Sandaime Mizukage would have allowed Yagura to wander around without a minder?" Kaguya snorted.

"That's…" Zabuza paused. "She has a point, there's no way they would leave the Jinchuriki within the village without supervision."

"Now!" Kaguya ordered.

Naruto instantly created a few dozen Kage Bunshin which charged at the Mizu Bunshin roaring in defiance. The Zabuza Mizu Bunshin lazily swung their swords and blasted away the clones, dispelling quite a few on the spot.

"Damn it!" a Naruto screamed in anger "It's not over yet!" he declared as he took of his backpack and took out something that he tossed at Sasuke. "Sasuke! Catch!"

"This is!" Sasuke's eyes widened before he smirked as he twisted on the spot unfolding the Fuma Shuriken and gaining momentum to send it spinning at Zabuza – the real one "Evil Wind Shuriken – Shadow Windmill!" he declared.

"I see… you're aiming at the real me." Zabuza observed… before he reached out with his free hand and plucked the Fuma Shuriken out of the air by the hollow middle. "Smart, but useless against me… What, another Shuriken in the shadow of the first?!" he widened his eyes… before he hopped up, pulling his knees to his chest, allowing the spinning shuriken to pass harmlessly underneath him "But still not good enough." Zabuza mocked as he returned to his previous position.

A moment later, the second shuriken was engulfed in smoke and turned into Naruto immediately threw a kunai straight at the back of Zabuza's neck. The missing-nin, however was a Jonin, a former ANBU at that, so he detected the intent and quickly moved to dodge, in the process releasing the Suiro no jutsu hat held Kakashi – he still got grazed in the shoulder by the Kunai.

Furiously, Zabuza spun the Shuriken in his hand and prepared to send it at the blond only for Kakashi to block the move with me metal plate on the back of his right hand, his glare momentarily freezing Zabuza in place.

"Great plan Naruto!" Kakashi praised only to blink and glance towards the group along with Zabuza when several splashes were heard.

"What? I did say I will take care of protecting Tazuna while you guys deal with Zabuza." Kaguya shot back at the looks she was getting from tearing appear within moments Zabuza's Mizu Bunshin with her black Hina Blade.

"Heh, you guys have really grown up." Kakashi praised.

"Hehe!" Naruto laughed. "The aim of the Kage Bunshin was…"

"Naruto, can you please NOT explain to the enemy how you tricked him?" Kaguya shouted at him in irritation. "You know… so you could do it again later if necessary?"

"Ah… right." the blond scratched the back of his head in embarrassment.

"Heh, I got distracted and released the jutsu." Zabuza scoffed.

"Wrong! You were forced to release it." Kakashi smirked.

"Not bad for brats playing ninja, huh?" Kaguya taunted from where she stood guard before Tazuna.

The rest of the battle as pretty much what she had expected from Kakashi, the Copy Nin imitated Zabuza by matching him with a Suiton: Suiryūdan before using his Sharingan Genjutsu to hypnotize Zabuza into beginning to use the Suiton: Daibakufu a step or two behind the copy nin while planting another mental suggestion that Kakashi was reading the future.

That was not Kaguya was really focused on though; what preoccupied her were the few Hyō Bunshin positioned to strike at Tazuna should she leave her post and Haku who was watching Zabuza carefully…

Just when Kakashi was about to deliver the killing blow, two senbon struck Zabuza in the neck killing him…or rather placing him in a death-like state. Seconds later, Haku appeared and talked Kakashi into surrendering Zabuza's 'corpse' to him before retreating with his master and thankfully with the Hyō Bunshin as well, mere seconds before Kakashi collapsed from chakra exhaustion.

As her male teammates hurried to assist their sensei, Kaguya remained at Tazuna's side. It was not the battle or the recent deception on her mind though…

"This world's Haku is a boy? How the hell can someone that pretty be male?"

Timeskip – an hour later, Tazuna's house

"Are you really alright, sensei?" Tsunami, Tazuna's beautiful daughter asked as she gazed doubtfully at Kakashi who was resting in a futon.

"Yeah, I just can't move a week or so." Kakashi assured her.

"That's because you foolishly overused your Sharingan." Kaguya chided. "Why did you keep it open while you were captured by Zabuza? You could have still had about a third of your chakra if you had the forethought to close it during that time."

"True, but then again something important might had happened and I could have missed it. It's better to waste a weapon the die without the chance to use it." Kakashi said sagely.

"So you weren't showing off in front of us, since it was out first time seeing you fight seriously? Could have fooled me." Kaguya prodded.

The silver haired Jonin had the decency to look a bit embarrassed, even if only Kaguya could recognized.

"Well, you defeated that strong ninja of a ninja this time. We should be safe for a while." Tazuna said with more then a little relief.

"But what was that masked guy?" Naruto scowled, having taken the idea of someone his age that much stronger then him quite badly.

"That kind of mask is worn by Kiri Hunter Nin, also known as body erasers." Kakashi began. "Their duty is to completely dispose of a body without a trace. A ninja's body has plenty of a village's secrets. For example, if I died then the secrets of the Sharingan could be revealed. I for you're not careful, the enemy could steal your jutsu."

"There are some countermeasures to it, of course." Kaguya added. "ANBU for example have a seal on their body that will completely incinerate their body rather the allow it to be captured while outside the village perimeter. Some clans also have seals or Ninjutsu that ensure their jutsu are not stolen."

"True. But the bottom line is that a ninja's body can reveal important information." Kakashi nodded. So, by disposing of missing-nin who had abandoned the village, Hunter Nin protect information from getting out. They are specialists who guard the village secrets."

"Yes, they are." Kaguya agreed before dropping the bomb. "Shame that this one was actually helping Zabuza rather then killing him."

"Wha?" Naruto looked at her weirdly.

"Hunter Nin dispose of the body on the spot, Kakashi." Kaguya lectured the stunned Jonin. "With someone like you who is infamous for stealing jutsu, that's obligatory. Also, how exactly did that masked guy kill Zabuza? What was the weapon?"

"…Senbons. Ugh!" Kakashi groaned in frustration. "God damn it."

"What's going on?" Naruto scowled.

"Zabuza is most likely alive." Kakashi declared.

"W-What the hell do you mean?" Tazuna screeched.

"Yeah, Kakashi-sensei! You checked and said he was dead." Naruto added.

"It was just a fake death state." Kaguya explained. "It can usually be achieved with special drugs, but piercing certain pressure points also works. And it was those pressure points that were struck on Zabuza with those senbon."

"She's right." Kakashi agreed while looking carefully at Kaguya. "This… you haven't figured it out just now, did you?"

"No, I knew it from the moment those senbon struck Zabuza' neck." Kaguya confirmed. "The fact that his body was taken away and the rather gentle way it was handled confirmed it."

"And you didn't say anything because…?" Kakashi glared.

"Because that fake Hunter Nin had almost a dozen solid Bunshin hidden around us who were taking aim at us all, especially you, Naruto and Tazuna." Kaguya grimaced. "And you saw how expertly he wielded those senbon. The best that I could do was prepare a long rage Ninjutsu and keep Zabuza's body hostage in response. That way, if he attacked, he would lose Zabuza and if I attacked I would lose you guys. Had you been in a better condition, I might have risked it, but I could tell you were almost out of chakra."

"…Good call." Kakashi said after a few seconds of consideration.

"Why wasn't he aiming for me and you as well then?" Sasuke demanded.

"Tazuna was their mission objective while Kakashi and Naruto actually wounded Zabuza, even if it was just as scratch in Naruto's case." Kaguya explained.

"Are you sure you're not just over-thinking things?" Tazuna asked desperately.

"Unlikely. And even if we are, Gato could just find other missing-nin to hire. With how rich and influential he is, I'm certain he had quite a few missing-nin in his employ, even if they're not necessary in Wave right now." Kakashi sighed.

"And with how long it will take for you to finish building your bridge, he will have plenty of time to call them if he become dissatisfied with Zabuza." Kaguya added.

"…True." Kakashi admitted. "We might have to call for backup."

"I think we can handle Zabuza and his partner well enough on our own. This time you were just careless." Kaguya denied. "However, I'm going to send a message to the Hokage and warn him to keep a better watch on the Fire-Wave border until we're done here. That way we can cut of Gato's reinforcements from that direction. We can't do anything about reinforcements coming from Water country, though I find it unlikely considering how busy they are with their Civil War."

"Yeah, that will be for the best." Kakashi agreed. "Still, we'll have to prepare."

"As in training?" Kaguya raised an eyebrow. "Great, more teamwork exercise." She said sarcastically.

"Come now, it was you working together that saved the day." Kakashi chided.

"Really? I thought it was Naruto's prankster deviousness and Sasuke's good aim that were to thank." Kaguya pointed out dryly.

"Don't worry, this time we will work on improving yourselves as individuals." Kakashi sighed. "Besides, you guys have been growing rapidly, especially Naruto." He praised.

"That, I can agree on." Kaguya nodded. "Though personally I've grown a little rusty from holding back so much. I can't believe I'm looking forward to the Suna-Oto Invasion so I can let loose." "Still, it will take both you and Zabuza about a week to fully recover. We don't have time to lose."

"Which is why we'll be starting early tomorrow morning." Kakashi agreed.

"You heard him, right?" Kaguya glanced between her teammates with an evil grin. "I believe we can take that statement as permission to drag him off his lazy ass if he tries to oversleep."

"Agreed." Sasuke smirked.

"Hehehehe!" Naruto laughed, a fox-like grin stretching his face.

Later that night, while her teammates were securing the perimeter around the house with a Kage Bunshin of hers, Kaguya was hovering Kakashi with her hands glowing green from medical jutsu.

"How is it?" Kakashi inquired quietly.

"About like I said it will take a week for a full recovery." Kaguya grunted. "Or it would have. I'll speed up you recovery a bit, shortening the required period to five days. However, you are to avoid doing anything strenuous in that time period. Still…" she glared at him "You've let yourself get quite rusty, Mr. Former ANBU Captain Inu. And it's only been two years since you left ANBU."

"True. But I wasn't expecting someone like Zabuza on your first C-rank." Kakashi sighed.

"Well, from now on expect the unexpected." Kaguya said bluntly.

"Still, earlier, for the praise that we gave Naruto, you're still the strongest amongst you three." Kakashi narrowed his eye. "It was a good call to stick close to Tazuna and keep your silence about Zabuza back there, but what impressed me the most was the speed with which you displaced those Mizu Bunshin. Tell me, if it comes down to it, could you take out that fake Hunter Nin?"

"Probably." Kaguya nodded. "And this time they'll likely ignore Tazuna until we're dealt with. However I would prefer if Sasuke and Naruto take him on. It will be a good test for them. If it looks too dangerous, I can jump in and take him out."

"Hm… permission granted. This might be what it takes to awaken Sasuke's Sharingan." Kakashi mused.

"Let's hope it is. I'm getting tired of his jealousy." Kaguya grunted and headed to Tsunami's room where she would sleep during their time in Wave since they were the only women in the house.

She also noticed a few things while doing a quick sweep with her Genshogan. One, Inari, Tsunami's brat, was dead and had been so even before she met Kaiza. Two, Kaiza was also dead, his small memorial shrine placed right next the Inari's. And three… Tsunami was currently masturbating in the room that they would be sharing, said room appearing to have some good sound isolation.

Walking into the room like she owned the place and shutting the door behind her, Kaguya met Tsunami's eyes before her eyes trailed over her body, from the blouse that had been pulled up so she can play with her breasts to the hand still working furiously between her legs from which she had removed the skirt and panties, before locking back onto Tsunami's eyes who were now inspecting Kaguya's own body.

Granted, she was not as developed as she had been during her time traveling the nations, but she certainly looked closer to 15 then the 13 she was supposed to be, with half a head more in height then Sasuke, as well as curves that made almost all the girls in class jealous of her – except Hinata, who already had a mid D-cup compared to her own high C-cup.

"Tsunami-san." Kaguya purred and the woman's blush intensified "Shall I give you a hand? Or something else?' she seductively licked her lips as she prowled.

"…Yes." The woman moaned under Kaguya's intense gaze.

A.N.: Another chapter out. In case you missed it, I updated three other stories today also so, if interested, do check them out.