Part II starts this round, and is, hopefully, AU from this moment on. I may accidentally add something Canon in, occassionally, but from now on, I want it all original, if there is such a thing.

It has been one week since reconstruction started, one week of hassling carpenters, drunk with their sake, and lost in their lust of the Geisha houses of the cities, to do any work other than travel. The genin, it seemed, had been recruited by the city for a permanent D-ranked mission to rebuild, and were being paid as such. It was different, he realized, as it was considered a B-rank for him, and the other Chuunin, who were constantly on guard, as if the sanctity of Konoha could be breached at any moment.

As he looks out his bedroom window, Naruto smiles, the first beams of sunlight had just hit the window, and now it was time for him to report for duty. His new Flak jacket, which had arrived just yesterday, was the symbol of an official Chuunin, and the pin on his left collar showed that he was a high ranked Chuunin, directly under the command of the Jounin, and comrades to the other high ranking Chuunin, such as Umino Iruka, and Mizuki no Sensei, who were his old instructors, almost a year and a half ago.

He sat up, his bones creaking, not wanting to leave the exhaustion of bed, and the sweet caress of the warmth protruding from the sheet covered mattress.

He rolled his neck and sighed. Kakashi left yesterday with the Uchiha, and the entire day the Haruno girl refused to work, crying about her 'poor Sasuke-kun'. At least the golden-haired Yamanaka girl worked while crying.

He'd already heard good reports about his team. Tsunade-baachan wouldn't let him cover his own team, but instead told Neji and he to watch over Asuma's and Kakashi's, the Nara was watching over Lee, Tenten, Nushi and Kimourii on his own.

"Come in" he called to Neji as the sun rose over the horizon completely for the first time today. It was becoming tradition already, Neji knocking at exactly five thirty in the morning, and them doing their morning training soon after. So far, using a combination of the Mokushioku and the Chioku that he'd finally gotten down in his "Kyuubi" state, Naruto was able to watch the Chakra in Neji, and at the same time slow the speed, and hasten his reactions. It wasn't the Byakugan by any means, but it did make countering the Hakke Rokujuu Yonshou better.

"Are you ready Naruto-sama?"

Naruto sighed. Since he'd moved in, Neji had taken to calling Naruto '-sama' because of the traditions instilled, like he was afraid Naruto would kick him out if he didn't. Naruto was sick of it, personally. But, what can he do?

"Baka, don't call me -sama!"

Neji sighed from the other side of the door and Naruto walked out, dressed in highly informal robes, training robes, on. The Kazama seal was on the back, a newly instilled sense of tradition that Naruto felt would be better now that people knew about the Kyuubi and he'd been seen using the Rasengan.

As he walked down the streets, he was the recipient of many glares from people in the village, and was always looking down. Neji, too, received these glares, because a member of the Hyuuga Clan would rather stay with a demon liar instead of his family. Neji was tired of it.

"Neji-niisan!" a voice called. Neji stopped and, noticing Naruto did the same, waited for the person behind them to catch up.

"Ohayo Neji-niisan!"

"Hello Hinata-sama." he said quietly. She smiled and said, "I.. I do not blame you, Neji-niisan. I would like for you to come back to the estate, and I will tell Otousan that."

He smiled and said, "Hiashi-sama is not the one mad at me, Hinata-sama. He asked me to move out until the hostility of the Main House calms down. Like it or not, they do not respect you, and would rather see me dead than hear what you have to say."

She sighed. "Baka!" Naruto said, hiting him upside the head. Naruto turned and said, "Hinata, Neji is staying at my house. If you would like to come visit him, I would allow it. However, if you dare use the Caged Bird... well Konoha may well hate me even more."

The girl paled when she saw Naruto beside her, as if she were fearing for her very life. She kept inching her eyes down where the seal rested, as if the rumors had circulated around the clan, and worsened every moment. Shaking her head, she blushed, and said, "arigatou Naruto-kun. I... I forgot myself for a moment, Otousan said it was alright to be friendly with you."

Naruto nodded, he didn't take it personally, Hinata, from what he knew of the girl, was an alright kind of person.

Suddenly, a messenger bird landed on Neji holding two pieces of paper. One for Naruto, the other Neji.

"Well, I've got South village today, Neji."

Neji nodded and said, "Gai-sensei has asked that the team be given a place to rebuild, and was agreed with. So I'm in North village today, and we'll be working on Ichiraku, Naruto."

Naruto smiled and said, "I'll come by for lunch and order a lot of Ramen then!"

The Chuunin Hyuuga smiled and said, "we will endeavor to get the place running smoothly for you, Naruto-sama."

Naruto sighed and went through a tora seal before disappearing and saying, "Konohagakure Hiden: Taijutsu no Ougi: Sennen Goroshi!"

Neji, least to say, was in massive pain.

"Well, it says I'm helping Team Kurenai today, Hinata. Accompany me?"

She smiled and, snickering at the misfortune of her niisan, nodded, before saying, "Naruto-kun, thank you for helping Neji-niisan."

They arrived at the bathhouses, the main area of renovation today, and Naruto sighed as he realized he was stuck with the Kunoichi genin working on that area, and also had a Jounin supervisor, if he had heard correctly. He arrived, and felt something wrong. It was sudden, the change in perception that had overrode his senses as he stepped over the triple layered trap that was set, and realized that it was actually a four layer trap, with a Genjutsu in the way.

He closed his eye, and said, "Bariagen no Jutsu!" before the thing disappeared, and his Kawaii neko-sama appeared, huffing loudly.

"Kyuubi senses" was all he explained as she ran over to ask how he was there.

"Anosa, I believe that I was given the wrong area to oversee, Kurenai-chan."

She smiled and said, "my Kawaii Kitsune-kun! No, this is the right place, I was just testing your genjutsu. Naruto-kun, I need your help protecting this area from... the super hentai."

Naruto smirked and said, "you mean Ero-S..." suddenly a clamp was over his mouth and she nodded, "yes, I am talking about him."

Naruto nodded and said, "hai!"

He went through a fast, single seal before crying, "Tajuu Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!"

The multitude of Naruto's appeared and with a single nod, each separated, each trying to find Jiraiya.

"Good, thank you. Now, Tsunade put me in charge in this area, so could you perhaps help the girls, Naruto-kun?"

He shrugged, she was a jounin after all, though she was his Kawaii Neko-sama.

"Neko-chan" he said, and she smiled. "What, Naruto-kun?"

"Well, isn't this the place you beat me up?"

She blushed and said, "yes, the kunoichi bathhouses. I thought you were peeping."

Naruto blushed. She smiled.

Soon after, Kurenai left to do her other duties, and Naruto stuck to surveiling the surrounding area. He sighed, Asuma really needed to open his eyes.

Soon, a shout of, "Hentai!" filled the area, and Naruto, following the voice, came upon the white-haired Sennen surrounded by a group of screaming kunoichi. Naruto laughed, until he said, "AH! NARUTO! Just the baka I wanted to see!"

The kunoichi turned at once and Naruto gulped before backing slowly into... "NA..."

He turned, it was Kurenai!

"RU..."

"Um... ano... it wasn't me?"

"TO!"

He gulped and said, "Hiraishin no Jutsu!"

As the pound came down, Naruto disappeared in the middle of a flash of light. He appeared in the middle of the Hokage's tower and gasping for air said, "ero-sennen... kunoichi... peeping... turned them... on me."

Tsunade, a crash of a bottle later, is on the floor laughing so hard Naruto, the poor Chuunin, was afraid she had broken a rib or three.

It had been six days until the 'peeping' incident, and Naruto was afraid. Kunoichi were all giving him an evil glare, especially the pink haired ikeike, Sakura, and her friend Ino. They had attacked him three times, even though Tsunade herself forbade it, apparently... even though he came running he wasn't supposed to see them like that.

He was assigned to help rebuild the academy today, and if all turned out, the village would be sufficiently prepared so he could take a mission again.

"Kuso, why do I have to help fix this place?" he sighed, and walked in to see Lee and Tenten, another of the Kunoichi out for blood.

Kimourii and Nushi were out for blood too, but they knew Naruto better than that, and as luck would have it, they were there too.

He walked in, with the blueprints in hand for the repairing of the academy, and noticed there was a lot to do. They had to tile the roof, rebuild the walls, paint, fix the training gym, the training yard, and do other D-Ranked mission details. As he stepped inside, Neji, who was on detail with him... again, stepped towards the Shinobi and said, "I will begin with the outside preparations, Naruto-san."

He nodded and Neji took Lee and Tenten outside, leaving him with his team. He smiled, and noticed they weren't happy.

"Hi" he smiled. Kimourii sighed. "Naruto-kun, did you peep on us?"

Naruto shook his head. "No, Tsunade-baachan said I was assigned there to... catch Ero-Sennen!"

Nushi sighed. "Naruto-kun, don't get caught there again, even if there's an order. You're wanted for... disrespecting the Kunoichi, and they'll hurt you if you're caught there again. Kurenai-chan forgot you were assigned that day, and told us to apologize, but what's done is done."

Naruto sighed and nodded. "Hai, I understand. Anyway, Not much to do today, just repairing the walls, repainting, and restructuring the inside practice room. When we do, we're finished and can take missions... well... I guess I can anyway."

The girls frowned but nodded. "We understand, Naruto-kun."

They worked for the next seven hours, stopped by a passing fire attack from outside. A genin was using the new practice training ground already. Naruto sighed and said, "ano, you need to quit that until the Shinobi say it is alright to practice."

The girl, whose pale lavender eyes glared when she was questioned, said, "well, it's not your place to tell me what to do, Chuunin! I'm a Hyuuga!"

Naruto sighed and said, "yes, I realize that little girl..." but was stopped by her "Hanabi-sama", "but you cannot practice here, and Hiashi-san will tell you the same thing!"

She glared and said, "You don't seem to realize who I am."

Naruto shrugged and said, "no, you don't seem to know who I am. I am Uzumaki Naruto, and you will leave while my team finishes repairing this school."

She glared and said, "I'll tell my Otousan, and you'll be sorry!"

As she disappeared, Neji sighed and said, "arigatou Naruto-san. She was most stubborn, and believes that she will inherit the clan, though Hinata-sama is in line before her."

Naruto shrugged and said, "well, she's distracting. If she comes back again, have Lee come get me. I know you can't do anything to the brat, but I will."

Neji smiled and nodded before going back to his group as Naruto walked back inside to see the Gym finished, and the walls painted.

The floor was polished too, though another group was too do that later, Naruto was glad it was finished.

"Alright, final inspection time then. Mokuchishi! Hiraishin no Jutsu!"

He disappeared in a burst of yellow light and was back within the minute, as he smiled. "Good, as far as I can tell, the classrooms are ready, and everything is as it should be. The rebuilding of Konoha is complete!"

The two cheered and ran outside where Lee was just finishing with the roof and Tenten had finished 'testing' the practice target while Neji used the Byakugan to check both the inside and the outside. He nodded to his team and Naruto said, "you reported yesterday, Neji-san. I'll report today."

The Chuunin sighed in relief and disappeared, presumably going back to the manor. Naruto smiled and said, "be grateful, Tsunade-baachan is mean."

Shaking his head, Naruto smiled and disappeared to the Hokage Tower.

"Uzumaki Naruto reporting," he said to the ANBU watching the tower. The cat-faced ANBU nodded and stepped aside, and Naruto bowed briefly.

The room was clear except for Tsunade, at her desk signing papers and Shizune, who was sitting beside her, trying to keep the Sake from spilling.

"Tsunade-baachan, Uzumaki Naruto reporting that we are finished with repairs!"

The woman jerked up, a vein throbbing on her head and she said, "don't call me that! And you're finished, already?"

Naruto nodded. "Hai, we are finished with repairs, Tsunade-baachan."

The woman sighed and said, "alright, good job Naruto! I'm proud of the work you've done. Your team will begin taking C-ranked missions tomorrow! Genma will escort you until you are ready to take command, Naruto, and then you'll take over. Dismissed... and don't call me baachan!"

Naruto chuckled as the Sake bottle, which Shizune had been holding as mightily was ripped from her hand and thrown at the door, a small indentation was purely visible where it hit. She grinned just a little, laughing at the irony of what had just occured, trust Naruto to do the job that she couldn't.

"Shiranui Genma, Uzumaki Naruto, Riyousha Kimourii and Inuzuka Nushi, you have been issued a C-rank mission to the Northern Fire Country border, on a protection mission that should last one month. An unknown number of Oto-nin have been attacking the city there, and the local police are dying by the multitude. We have been asked for protection, you are to leave by tonight.

Genma, you will be incharge for the duration of this mission, with Naruto as your second in command. If you feel he is improved, you may ask Naruto to take command over the course of the protection mission.

Do you both agree?"

They nodded. "Good, now dismissed!"

The four of them disappeared as another crash of a cup hit the door and Naruto smirked.

Two hours later they met at the northern Konoha gates, where two Jounin stood watch over the city and waved as they crossed out of Konohagakure and into Fire Country.

The pace was slow, and Genma was anxious to stop, Naruto could tell. He smiled as the man sat a bag down and said, "alright! Take a rest, Naruto. I need to talk to the three of you! This is our first mission in three months, and your first mission since the Chuunin Exams. Kimourii, Nushi, how are your summoning abilities coming?"

The two looked at each other, bit their thumb and said, "Kuchiyose no Jutsu!"

Suddenly, two summon appeared, a dog and a squirrel. Nushi smiled and said, "I summoned the dog Cur, and have successfully signed the scroll of summoning."

Kimourii smiled, "I have successfully summoned a squirell named Hitori, and signed the scroll of summoning also."

He smiled, "good, both of you. Now, we know Naruto's summoning abilities are up to scratch. So, I will teach you all something new. It's a Hyouton jutsu, and very dangerous to control. In order to become an ANBU, you must be able to control three elements, and be an elite Chuunin or Jounin, and know two hundred jutsu. This new jutsu will consist of two elements, Water and Wind.

Because of the complexity of the Water Element Manipulation, we will need to teach you how to manipulate Water if you have two primary already. It is within the abilitiy of every Shinobi to use all of them, more so for others than anyone.

For an example, Sandaime Hokage mastered all five elements, and could control many of them separately, or together, in any combination, except for Water and Fire, which won't work together.

The first thing you need to do is apply chakra into this paper, it is from a different tree in the same forest, called the Secondary tree, and will show me if you can use minor Water Manipulation.

They each took one and found they could.

"Water Manipulation is a hard task to perform. When you perform your primary manipulation, it flows from you, with a secondary manipulation, you have to force the chakra to work for you, and eventually that resistance will go down. It's like working a muscle, once the muscle sets into the routine, it does what you want, when you want."

The three nodded and he said, "okay, the first jutsu is the Ice Prison, Hyouton: Hyouro no Jutsu. You won't be able to perform this jutsu yet, and not for a while at least. Now, we've rested enough, let's go."

They stood up, and jumped along the trees, going towards the city in Northern Fire Country.

They arrived to their destination in the middle of the night and noticed a police looking out over the city as if waiting for stragglers. Genma held out his hand and motioned for them to stop before they entered into the city. The police on the inside stopped and walked over.

"Can I help you?" his snobbish voice asked the four Konoha-nin and he said, "it's late and the city isn't open."

Genma smiled, "I'm Shiranui Genma, and this is my team, we've come in responce to your Oto-nin problem. We are from Konohagakure."

"Do you have your passports?"

Genma pulled his out as his team did the same. The man nodded, "thank you. You must be tired, Konohagakure is so long from here!"

Genma shook his head, he had felt the slight genjutsu coming from the mans voice, and said, "No, we are fine. We will begin patrol tomorrow. Good security measures, using a genjutsu projected from your voice, if I weren't a Jounin it would have worked."

The man stared at the kids that weren't affected. "One of them is a Genjutsu specialist and have taught the others a way to protect the senses from them. Now, this city is a large one, and I believe that we will need to patrol in groups of two. Naruto, you will take Nushi tomorrow, and Kimourii you will be with me. We are looking for any information on Oto-nin and their plots to invade Konohagakure.

Let's find an inn and get rooms for the night! Hajime!"

"Hai!" the three genin said at once, and separated from the main team looking for a place to lay their head.

An hour later and they finally found the Inn. It was on the outskirts of the town, and one that looked like it saw frequent use of "Jiraiya-sama!", as Naruto found out when he asked if a perverted, white haired, old man had ever been here before.

Shaking his head at the girls' foolishness one last time, he fell asleep, drifting into a peaceful slumber.

"Naruto, wake up!"

Naruto looked at the clock on his side table and dropped his head too the pillow under him. Only two hours had passed since he had fallen asleep, and Kimourii was standing over him. He groaned at the Water Jutsu that hit his face and, jerking up wildly, said, "NANI!"

His concentration at being angry broke when he saw the look on her face. Just outside the door, a yell of, "Suiton: Suijinheki" permeated the atmosphere. He was on his feet a second later as a loud 'thump' hit the door and it burst open, and Genma fell out, unconscious. The two men, with Hitai-ate of Oto on their foreheads, said, "you are to come with us."

Naruto rolled backward as the men then ran forward and shot off three jutsu, one a piece. The first, a Katon, hit where he was just a second before, and the next, a Doton, was just after. He cursed, and rolled backward again, as the third, a Fuuton, finally released itself from his grasp and rushed forward.

"Suiton: Suijinheki!" the same voice called again, throwing four massive walls of water at his team, and trying to surround them. Naruto cursed and went though the seals, saying, "Katon: Karyuu Endan!"

Fire burst from him as Naruto directed it towards the wall, steam erupting from the impact. Naruto looked at Kimourii and said, "down," before going through another seal set, "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!"

The three Oto-nin jumped back as Naruto's appeared, and ran forward. Kimourii was up a second later, and going through seals, running and yelling, "Magen: Narakumi no Jutsu!"

The surroundings blurred, as Nushi ran into the room. She glared and said, "Juujin Bunshin! Gatsuuga!"

When Sutermaru appeared a second time, the Beast Clone jutsu working to it's full extent, one of the Oto-nin jumped backwards, missing the jutsu that rained down on its friend. THe second, caught under Kimourii's genjutsu, was falling fast, and was less prepared than the average, for a true master at Genjutsu.

The last ran forward and said, "Suiton: Suiryuudan!"

Naruto jumped out of the way, and said, "Kuso! Where is Genma-sensei!"

The man smirked, and said, "outside!"

Naruto glared and said, "Fine! Mokuchishi! Hiraishin no Jutsu!"

He threw his Kunai at the last second, and as a result, had time to do one more thing. He smirked, "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!"

Now, instead of one Naruto, three took place beside him, and strode toward the last Oto shinobi, as the Kunai lodged itself in his leg. Naruto smirked and said, "Now, tell me what you did to Genma-sensei, or see how well Morino Ibiki would like to hurt you!"

The man sneered, and was about to respond when a voice said, "Good job you three, it's good to know your teamwork hasn't suffered any. Naruto, let him down, I'm fine."

Naruto smiled, "Genma-sensei!"

The man nodded, "hai, it is me. I was asleep when he placed me in the Suijinheki, and had to burn my way through."

Naruto nodded. "You three did excellently. Obviously, these three were sent as a distraction. I am proud of each of you, individually and separately. You, Kimourii and Nushi, showed me that you could do anything you set your mind too, expecially learning to summon. I was, and am proud. Naruto, I am proud to have you on my team. Now, rest, tomorrow, we find the rest of the attack group."

The three smiled, and nodded, walking back into their room as a man in a Wolf's Mask appeared and said, "arigato team Genma, I shall take these three back to Konoha."

Genma nodded, "and to you, ANBU-sama, for showing up when you did. I have no doubt we would have been in need of eventual assistance had I simply placed them in the local jail.

The ANBU nodded, "tell your team, all of them, that the ANBU are watching them, defeating three Chuunin-ranked Shinobi as two genin and a new Chuunin is excellent. And, also, tell Uzumaki Naruto, that should he wish it, an ANBU place is open for him when he becomes a Jounin."

Genma smiled. "I will, of course tell him. Now, please tell Hokage-sama that we are alright."

The ANBU disappeared at that and Genma sighed.

The team was up a few hours later, a Suiton Suiryuudan no Jutsu having awoken the three from a restful sleep, and a smiling Genma. "Kimourii, Nushi, today we will be taking over the patroll of the city. As this is directly between Konohagakure and Kemurigakure, you may run into a Kemuri-nin patrolling the area just as we are. I have no doubt both villages would have sent out Shinobi to deal with the Otogakure threat.

If you run into a Kemuri shinobi, be on your best diplomatic behavior. As the lesser of the two Hidden Villages, Kemurigakure sees Konohagakure as a threat, and wants to become a part of the five element nations. It is, also, the village that plays host to the Feudal Lord of Fire Country, who oversees the running of that village.

Now, Naruto, you will be with Kimourii today, and you will take watch over the West Quandrant of the city. You are on duty, so I expect you to react as such, do not waste time on frivolous things, or waste your money on anything other than food. If you see an Oto-nin, please be on guard, if it seems like the Otogakure-nin is going to attack anyone, stop them immediately. Those are your orders.

Nushi, I will need your tracking skills today, so you will lead at a steady pace. Hajime!"

The four Konoha-nin nodded and as one separated, as a man with long, gray locks looked on with interest.

End Chapter

A/N: This chapter was a hard one to finish between the three reports I had to finish, and one speech, on HTML, that I had to write for Oral Communication class, the Art of Public Speaking.

Thank you for the patience.