New team Gai

Aroara: Hello to those who don't like my spelling. Sorry. I try to do my best.

Chapter 1: The Team up.

It was a month after the graduation exams and Maito Gai was thinking about his one and only student Rock Lee. The boy had been absolutely crushed on team assignment day by one Hyuuga; Neji. The young Hyuuga had been ruthless attacking his inability to use jutsu and saying that the only reason that he had a sensei to himself was 'cause he would just hold everyone back or get them killed. Though it was true, to an extent, it wasn't the only reason. The Hokage wanted the boy prepared.

You see the boy couldn't use chakra, so Genjutsu (illusions) or Ninjutsu (ninja arts) were absolutely useless to teach him. So Gai, being who he was, made it his personal mission to get Lee's youthfulness level back up. To do that he took Lee to meet his youthful rival Kakashi and their challenges. It worked as it inspired lee and made him determined.

To Gai's amazement, and everyone else horror, the boy started to mimic him. He cut his hair and took to wearing the green spandex making him look like a mini Gai. It filled Gai with pride at this thought. Lee went as far as to try to get Neji as his rival, but Neji would always degrade and belittle him.

It was a rollercoaster until Gai seat Lee down and had a talk with the boy. He explained to him that rivals don't belittle one another and why exactly the Hokage put him on Gai's team alone.

"So it was to protect me?" Lee asked near tears. He was not used to people caring for him as he was an orphan.

"Yes. Now Lee the Hokage is youthful and he cares about all his people. You wont be able to use Genjutsu or Ninjutsu, but he didn't pair you with a taijutsu master for nothing." He jumped up and gave a good guy pose. "Now my youthful student lets run around the village 500 times and if we can not do that. Then we will do 200 punches and kicks." Yeah we all know how Gai is.

They did nothing but work on muscle-building, muscle memory and katas for a solid month, before Gai allowed Lee to do any missions, both alone and with small teams. Nothing advanced but enough to help him in team work and taijutsu.

The year slowly past for the overly energetic Lee, but it was finally time for the next group of genin to graduate. Rumors were circulating about an incident the night before. Talk was that an academy student and their chuunin instructor took down a traitor that was masqurading as a teach and had used a student to steal the forbidden scroll. Lee wanted to meet his new teammate, but now he and his sensei where standing in front of the Hokage. He noticed that there were no Anbu in the room as the Hokage had dismissed them and the walls had a slight glow to them.

"Ah Gai-san and Lee-kun you made it I see." the aged Hokage chuckled.

"Ah youthful Hokage-sama, what is it you need of us on this youthful day?" as Gai spoke he barely kept his voice to a respectable inside level. Drawing Lee's attention. He lit his pipe and took a drag of the burning tobacco before leaning back in his chair.

"Gai you know young Naruto Uzumaki has been failing the graduation test for three years straight." He took a puff of his pipe as Gai nodded. "You see the reason is that it's mostly due to his inability to use genjutsu and he has so much chakra that it is impossible for him to make a simple Banshin." The Hokage sighed.

"Why would the inability to use genjutsu cause him to fail?" Gai was serious which was rare but it did happen.

"Mizuki was placing genjutsus on his test, causing him to fail most of them." Lee looked horrified that someone would deliberately sabotage a future leaf ninja like this. "To make it worse it seems as though it was all a set up. Mizuki used his statues as a teacher and the fact Naruto was sulking that he had failed again. To manipulate the boy into stealing the forbidden scroll last night by saying it was a makeup test. Thankfully Iruka got to Naruto before Mizuki could kill him and leave with the scroll. Both of them ended up taking Mizuki down. In doing so Naruto showed that he had what it takes to be a leaf Shinobi." The Hokage took another puff. "Now we are at a dilemma. You see the class is uneven. Leaving Naruto without a team. Unless you would like to take him?" Gai could hear the hope that colored his voice.

"It would be an honor to have another promising student." Gai said with his beaming smile of joy.

"Good Now Iruka will be taking, some much-needed, time off from teaching at the academy and will be helping you with the boy. As he has useful insight that you will need as he adopted the boy." The Hokage said with a sly smile.

"How exactly did Iruka adopt Naruto without the council's knowledge?" Gai asked curiosity burned in his eyes as was Lee's.

"Iruka told me that, two years ago he went over their heads, in a brilliant move, and wrote a letter to his uncle the Daimyou. Voicing everything about Naruto, even who his parents were. The Daimyou was so appalled by the news that he was going to take the boy as his own but decided against it and gave All parental rights to Iruka. They have been father and son since, but are very secretive and have developed an act." The Hokage said taken a deep drag from his pipe.

"Does anyone else know?"

"Yes there is you, Lee, the Daimyou, Kakashi, Iruka, Naruto, the Inuzuka's and me. That is all that know aside from the few that Iruka refused to tell me who." He sighed again. Than pilled all the seals off the desk deactivating them. "Iruka, come in here. Please. He'll tell you more about Naruto on your way to the academy." Iruka Limped in.

"What happened stay up all night with a Lover." The Anbu, who held the door open, sneered.

"No. Just got hurt doing your job. You know catching that traitor Mizuki. The one you couldn't stop from stealing the scroll." Iruka sneered back. The Anbu said something even more degrading to Iruka, the Hokage couldn't hear it, but he still thought the Anbu was dumb. "Oh-ok I will certainly have you assigned for the catching Tora mission for a month. Oh and the Inuzuka Kennel cleaning ones as well? Ok. You really don't want the new genin to suffer much in their first month." Iruka laughed at the paling Anbu.

"You wouldn't" the Anbu cried out.

"Oh I just did, Rat-san." Iruka chuckled. The door closed as the Anbu's friends laughed at the trouble he put himself in and rat swearing. "Ah Gai-san and you are Lee-san?" He bowed to both of them.

"Okay you're dismissed. Oh and Iruka I just approved you helping Gai with Naruto and if you could help Lee as well."

"Hai Hokage-sama." Iruka spun to the door and left. Gai and Lee was still frozen in shock. "Come on we have to go." They began their long walk to the Academy.

"Why can't we run?" Lee whined.

"Lee if you're always running you'll miss the important things in life. Like friends and romance. Even the small things are important like stopping to smell the flowers. Not to mention that you may run over a few people, right Gai-san" Gai looked a bit sheepish as he rubbed his head refusing to look at him as he chuckled nervously. "It is good to slow down from time to time. Now any questions about Naruto?"

"Yeah, why did you adopt him two years ago?"

"Well you see me and him are a lot alike than one would think. We were both orphans and love to pull pranks. So when he asked for help I jumped at the chance. Turns out he couldn't buy good food and every time he would be just about to win he would be distracted by a sharp pain to his neck. Come to find out he had two seals there. One destroyed his focus and the other was a seal that stunts growth. He wears a Henge now thou." Iruka chuckled a little. "Thanks for reminding me once everyone leaves. I need to use this seal I got form uncle to see if Naruto has any other seals, as well as the rest of us."

"How about his personality?" Gai asked.

"He is... well he's quiet shy and a bit skittish around new people." They stopped outside of the classroom.

"I'm telling you! I did pass and I will become Hokage! Believe It!" Naruto yelled.

"Shy?" Gai looked at a sweat dropping Iruka.

"You'll see!" Iruka walked in. "Ok class." No one listened causing Iruka's good mood to shatter and made a tick mark appeared on his forehead. So he used the Big-Head-no-jutsu. Gai and Lee were right behind Iruka, watching the students rush to their seats. Hands went up. Iruka sighed he couled feel that this was about to be a long day. "Naruto did Pass. How is between me, him and the Hokage, who approved that he graduated. Now for teams."(List Below.)

Team 7 under Hatake; Kakashi is Haruno; Sakura, Uchiha; Sasuke, and Sai.

Team 8 under Yuuhi; Kurenai is Hyuuga; Hinata, Inuzuka; Kiba, and Aburame; Shino.

Team 9: is still on active duty (Maito Gai: Rock Lee.)

Team 10 under Sarutobi; Asuma is Yamanaka; Ino, Nara; Shikamaru, and Akimichi; Chouji.

"What about Naruto?" Shino asked. 'I will NOT leave him in danger!'

"He will be safe Shino-kun don't worry. He will join team 9. Who has only one member. Meet Maito Gai sensei of team 9 and his mini-m.. I mean student Rock Lee. He graduated last year in an odd number like now." Iruka said. Shino slightly nodded. One by one each team left until it was Team 7, 8, and 9 left. Shino got up and walked to Lee. Gai noticed shy little glances from Naruto to Shino, and what was not so noticeable was the nervousness that Naruto had over what Shino would say.

"Lee you hurt my little Naruto and I will kill you. Leaf Shinobi or not!" That shocked Lee and Gai, who was the only one who heard him. He handed Iruka a piece of paper. Iruka nodded as Kurenai came in.

"Team 8, let's go." Kurenai called to her team and they left which did nothing but make Naruto's nervousness more noticeable.

"Now dobe, tell me. How did you pass?" Sasuke demanded.

"I can't tell. It is an S-rank secret until Jiji says other wise." Naruto answered while sticking his tongue out.

"Tell Sasuke-kun now Naruto-baka," Sakura screeched. The adults' and Lee's eyes narrowed.

"I can't!" Naruto stressed the word can't.

"Shino isn't Here to protect you." Sasuke threatened. Iruka's pencil snapped. Lee tensed for a fight. Gai in blur of movement was now in between Naruto and Sasuke.

"Wait for your sensei young Uchiha!" Gai snapped in aggravation.

"You're such a loser. No wonder they gave you a year old team. You need all the help you can get dobe." Sasuke sneered and Sakura giggled.

"You teme! You're lower than anyone I have ever met. You know most of the Hyuuga I've met have been nice to me and only two Uchiha's were nice to me because they had enough guts to do so. Mikoto and Itachi. Your mother and your brother and guess what? They both were better than YOU!" Naruto shouted at Sasuke. Sasuke was livid and so was Sakura. Sai just tuned them out with his humming and his art. Kakashi chose that time to pop his head in. In his emotional state Naruto tackled Kakashi "Kakashi-nii-san." Naruto cried out hiding his face in the crook of his neck.

"Naruto," he asked gently as he could tell the young blond was upset as his eyes were watery. "Gai-san, why are you here?" He began to rub the boy's back.

"Yosh! My youthful Rival, Naruto is my new youthful student."

"I see!" He let go of Naruto as he turned to the other three. "My first impression is that," he took a dramatic pause, "I really hate you" he finished with an eye smile causing his students to face fault and the others to chuckle. "Meet me on the roof in 5 minutes." He disappeared in a puff of white smoke. Team 7 left grumbling. When they were out of hearing distance Kakashi popped back in the classroom. "Will I be seeing you two tonight for dinner?"

"Kakashi-kun Naruto is going to Shino's tonight and I'm sure Gai and Lee have their own plans."

"Okay that's great we needed some alone time anyway." Kakashi whispered in Iruka's ear, causing the young man to bush like crazy. He swatted at him as Gai laughed. "Maybe some other time than?"

"That will be great my youthful rival." With that said and done Kakashi left to meet his teammates. Naruto had his head down.

"Naruto you know you can remove your mask now, right? These are your teammates. They won't hurt you." Iruka said. "You can trust them."

"Sorry 'Ruka but I," Naruto bit his lip as his eyes darted to Lee's and Gai's eyes. He didn't see any ill intention. Than out the window and taking a few deep calming breaths. "Okay but can I do it after ya'll guys' introduction your-selves?"

"Of course. Whatever you're comfortable with." Gai said calmly, impressing Iruka, as he rested his hand on Naruto's shoulder. "Now I'll go first. The name is Maito Gai. My likes are training, my students, spreading the flames of youth, my friends, my eternal rival Kakashi and the awesome color Green. My dislikes includes un-youthful people, Kakashi's hip and cool ways and getting my eyebrows plucked ergo I don't do it. Hobbies would be training till I drop, spreading youthfulness and challenging my rival Kakashi. My dream would be to help you reach yours and have a family of my own. Now Lee it's your time to shine."

"Yes Gai-sensei. I'm the 2nd green beast of konohagakure Rock Lee. My likes are taijutsu, the color green, my team, Gai-sensei and training. My dislikes are un-youthful people, stuck up people and those who belittle others. Hobbies would be training and SPREADING YOUTH. My dream is simple, to prove that hard work can beat a genius and be the best taijutsu master ever." Lee had a fire burning deep in his eyes.

"That it Lee feel the youthfulness flow through your veins, my youthful student!" Gai cried out happily "Now Iruka show us how bri.."

"Finish that sentence and I'll hurt you." Iruka glared at Gai, who gulped. "Names Umino; Iruka. My likes are my Scarecrow and my little Maelstrom, and teaching. My dislikes would be people who judge others before even knowing them, and those who hurt my precious people. Hobbies well I won't tell you. As for my dreams." He pause to really think it over. "I already have it." He ended by fuzzing up Naruto's hair.

"Aw what youthfulness!" Gai said. "Now you Naruto."

"Yosh. My name is Uzumaki; Naruto." Iruka frowned at the fake eagerness. "My likes are Iruka-sensei, old man, scarecrow," he was stopped by Iruka before he could finish.

"Naruto!" Iruka scowled, and Naruto gulped. "You said that you'll drop your mask. You wont be seen as an idiot, loud mouth any longer." Getting a shocked look from Naruto and confused ones from both, Lee and Gai.

"Oh right. Thanks Iruka-tou-san. Uzumaki genjutsu-kai." His hair got shaggier with strikes of sandy blonde. All of his baby fat melted away and got more feminine as his eyes were a clearer. On his head laid a black German shepherd puppy. The cloths he was wearing changed from the kill-me-orange to a black shirt with dark orange fishnet sleeves under a coal-black coat that reminded them of Kiba's and a pair of black cargo pants, that had 4 pockets on the front and 2 in the back and fell over his steel-toed, combat boots. Around his neck was a pair of orange goggles and a mask that was similar to Kakashi's but black. and his cheeks had the markings of the Inuzuka clan but they were lighter.

"My name is Uzumaki; Naruto. My likes includes my precious people, m-my boyfriend," Naruto blushed, "plants, Shadow, playing shogi with the Naras'. My dislikes includes anyone won't see me for me, those who have a holier-than-thou attitude and has a stick so far up their ass it's their neck, and fate speakers like Neji. My hobbies are training in my bloodline arts, training with Shadow here," he rubbed the puppy's ear, "gardening and cooking. Dream is to become the Hokage and protect my precious people to the best of my ability. Along with having a family of my own."

"Who else knows?"

"Old man Hokage, Shikamaru-kun, Hinata-chan, Chouji-kun, Shino-kun, Kiba-kun, and their Clans, you two, 'Ruka-san, scarecrow, and a few others that are inside our tight circle. Also the fire Daimyou" Said Naruto as he began to fidget. He calmly pulled his mask to rest on the bridge of his nose. He sighed as his nerves calmed slightly.

"I see." Gai said then smiled. 'He really is shy, but covers it well with that loud persona.' "Now you'll never wear that un-youthful Henge again." Gai yelled getting a yell in agreement from Lee and a sweat drop from Iruka and Naruto. "Me and Lee will help you anyway we can." He had put his hand on Naruto's shoulder and saw him flinched slightly. "Now please my youthful student, what's with mask and Goggles?"

"Um there are 2 reasons for the mask. 1.) It hides the whiskers and Inuzuka clan marks when I drop my mask so I can go shopping without the injustice, 2.) I placed several seals in to the seams so it can detect, destroy and filter any air based poisons and the ones in water that one may drink. The design is to keep poisons from getting in through the mouth and nose, but food type toxins are harder to filter. The goggles however have several seals as well that help me. Like the map seals. It allows me to know where we are always at, and some seals that I put on it make it so I can zoom in or out on certain things. Plus they are good for any terrain."

"I see. Can I have one of your youthful creations." Gai and Lee said the last part together. That caused Naruto to blush a bit.

"Sure I don't see why not, but you'll have to supply the masks. I made one for Iruka-tou-san and Kakashi-nii-san."

"Smart kid." Gai said to himself. Then almost out of thin air he pulled out two green masks. Naruto looked them over for any flaw and the durability. Then he pulled out two little pieces of white cloth. He sew the little pieces into the hem at the base of the neck. "What was that." Gai watched as when the white clothe attached to the larger one turn from white to match the green of the mask.

"Those are the seals. Gai they're weaved in such a way that they can never be undone and there is a place to add more if the need arises. Only Naruto will be able to spot them." Then Naruto gave a soft whimper as the needle pierced his fingers as his arm jerked suddenly. "Hey you ok?"

"No my motor skills are becoming harder to control. I fear a seal is doing this." Naruto said. Iruka drew a large seal on the black board and activated it. 4 bright glows appeared on Lee, 1 on Gai, 6 on Naruto, and 2 on Iruka. Both boys where dizzy.

"Huh? That's odd there should only be one on Lee. Our unbreakable genjutsu Sunset of Youth."

"And there should only be three on Naruto. Let's get them to the Hokage's office." Iruka instructed picking Naruto up. Gai nodded as he did the same. They Shunshin into the Hokage's office. "Hokage-sama we need your help please." The Hokage jumped into action getting them into the side room as it was hidden and private. As the door closed, he turned to them.

"What is going on?"

"These two have some imposter seals on them that we need to remove immediately." Iruka said slightly panicked and the Hokage nodded. As the two boys were laid on the floor and Shadow curled up in the corner to stay out-of-the-way.

"Lee first, Jiji-san." Naruto whispered before falling into the darkness. Lee fallows soon into la-la-land

"There are three seals that shouldn't be on them both." Iruka reported. The Hokage groaned but nodded. "On Lee the three are near his main chakra coil. On it, linked to the first in another and the last is on his back. Naruto has one is at the bass of his skull, one in the center of his back, the last one is on his chest near the gravity seal. All fade away so that they can't be seen."

"Someone put seals on my Ninjas without my or their consent." Sarutobi growled out. He took off, with the help of the other two, the two boys shirt. Gai took pictures of each seal before the Hokage and Iruka began the unsealing them. Iruka undid the seals on Naruto as the Hokage undid the ones on Lee. On Naruto there was one based on the caged bird seal but it was not set right, one designed to disrupted his chakra control and the last one short circuited his muscle control. Red and blue chakra surged thru the room from Naruto. Shadow started to bark at the two chakras.

On Lee there was a bloodline seal and 2 chakra sealers that left him no extra chakra. His chakra began surging into his body expanded the pathways and his chakra coils. There was so much chakra that it exploded from his pathways and into the room. It looked kind of like bluish silver. Kyuubi's chakra pushed its way into Lee's heavlily damaged pathways. All it did was heal and help stretch the coils and pathways to fit and store the chakra. Making them stronger and more durable in the process. It did the same with Naruto. The chakra in the room forced the adults on their knees. The Hokage's eyes widen at the Bluish silver, blue, and crimson red chakra's supporting each another.

"No way! Lee has the Iwa's bloodline, Jinton." The Hokage said. The chakras were slowly seeping back into their proper bodies. The Hokage began looking at the seals, each seal master or creator leaves distinctive marks in the seals. The one who did this showed that they learned how to write from Danzo and Council elders created the seals on Lee. "I'll get them for these traitorous acts. Gai, from now on, you are the legal Guardian of one Rock Lee. Iruka is the witness of this."

"Hai Hokage-Sama." Iruka and Gai said together. Gai was so excited. He wanted to get Lee as his son for a while now but the council forbidden it, the elders more so than anyone else. The Hokage paced the room in deep thought. Then he got an idea hit him. Picking up the brush and ink. He set off to work on the seal that would stop any one from placing a seal on the wearer without their knowledge. Shadow was now lazily curled into Naruto's side.

As he worked on the seal on Naruto's right shoulder-blade the Kyuubi started to rearrange the ink and changing its color until the complete seal was hidden in the shape of a cool tattoo. The tattoo was of Kyuubi and Shadow standing together as a team. Ice was forming under their paws and Kyuubi's tails weaved through the forest around them. Shadow was smaller in the tattoo, the tip of his ears were at Kyuubi's shoulder blades. The tattoo took up his whole back.

The Hokage repeated the seal on Lee's right shoulder-blade. Once again Kyuubi hijacked the ink and made another tattoo. This time it was of a white tiger, with lightning shaped strips, stalking through tall green grass as if it was ready to attack. On his left shoulder-blade was the kanji for Strength and on his right was the kanji for speed. Gai looked at the Hokage questioningly.

"Those will prevent seals from being placed on them without their knowledge. Iruka had one on him for four years now, but Kyuubi changed it two years ago." Iruka showed his back it was a black dolphin with a blue sheen. It in the ocean. "I'm getting to old for this."

"See. The Kyuubi has a strange sense of humor." Iruka pulled his shirt back down. Both boys were coming around. Naruto got up slowly while Lee jumped straight up. Then both spotted each others' new tattoo and both smile.

"Awesome." Both shouted.

"Lee, I've got to tell you something."

"Sure Hokage-sama" Lee bowed.

"We found out that you have a Bloodline. It had been locked away, along with all your chakra. Don't worry we unsealed them. So you can now use chakra and from the feel of it you may have as much as a high chuunin, already. I wouldn't use your chakra for about a week. Or there could be major damage done to your newly developed pathways okay?" Lee nodded. Excited that he can now use chakra, but he would always work on his taijutsu first.

"Hey Jiji-san what is his bloodline?" Naruto asked curious nature getting the better of him. Lee, in his excitement forgot about it.

"Sorry Naruto but I can only tell you if Lee wants you to know." Lee got an idea.

"I will allow you to stay in here as he tells me. If you tell us yours. It will be an act of trust toward one another. My new friend and rival." Naruto smiled at Lee's attempt at friendship and trust. He nodded.

"Okay. My mother was from whirlpool she was the daughter of the Daimyou/Uzukage and Lady Tsunade. She traveled and had lots of powerful enemies. So she left the baby for the dad to raise, but when the war hit Uzu. he did the only thing he could think of and send her to her mother, who was staying here in the leaf village, with everything of Uzugaku. It was here that she meet my father who was a prankster by blood. Well he was born the second child of his mother the head of the Inuzuka's then, but first and heir to his father's clan the Namikaze who moved here for refuge from Mist. So the Senju clan was strong in earth and water, giving them the sub-element wood, but Tsunade was strong in earth. The Uzumaki strong in water so the wood trait was stronger from that pairing. The Inuzuka's are earth and wind, but the Namikaze was strong in water and wind. So strong that they had the sub-element for ice. So I have strong earth, wind, and water so I got both Mokuton and Hyouton."

"That is. SO COOL." Lee screamed as Gai was in shock. "Now what is mine?" He asked doing a little happy dance.

"Okay the bloodline is one from Iwa. It's called Jinton, or swift release. It's a rare bloodline." The Hokage said.

"Cool." Lee yelled. The Hokage was thinking 'what have I gotten myself into.' As he looked at a happy Lee and Naruto.

"Cool Lee you can use chakra and it comes with a rare bloodline." Naruto was just as excited for his new friend. Lee smiled back at him. They both began talking about their life and comparing their experience. They had a lot in common than anyone thought.

'This is a really good start for team Gai.' Gai thought to himself.