What if Itachi uses his good heart to try to change the world with Sasuke? They are on the run after the massacre. They will be a good version of Madara and Izuna. Will Naruto and other main characters join? How will they shape their world with the Akatsuki and the hidden villages trying to stop them? Itachi x Mei
There will be three Konoha ninjas to join the Akatsuki, other than Orochimaru.
This story will have many shocking turns and twists. I will not just stick to Canon and not try to shake things up. This will be a completely different ninja villages.
Only one story at a time.
I will be updating one chapter at a time.
You will be amazed at how many of the main characters will power up.
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or any of the characters in Naruto.(I do own the amount of time it took to get exact jutsus for our favorite character.)
Original Characters list
Mindy- She is Mei's little sister and has been in this fanfiction since chapter 4
Yuuhi- She is a sensor-type ninja who is graduating from the ninja academy and will be placed on a genin team.
Shunske- He is a good taijutsu user and is raw ninjutsu-wise but has potential that is graduating from the ninja academy and will be placed on a genin team.
Akira- She is a Hoziki clan descendant who is graduating from the ninja academy and will be placed on a genin team.
Minato Hatake- Kakashi and Anko's 1-year-old baby boy.
Ch 18
(2-year year-time skip)
Hello Zabuza and Kisame, thank you for coming. Yes, Mizukage-sama. As you guys know, the 5 swordsmen of the mist and others have graduated from the academy, so we will be making the genin teams. The big reason why you guys are here is because you told me you guys wanted to be the 5 swordsmen, Jonin sensei. And I remember that you both think they should be on two different teams. Is that correct? Yes, Mizukage-sama, the 5 swordsmen of the mist need to be on the same teams so they can compete with each other. Yes, Zabuza is right; they need that competition. Itachi. Okay, I do remember that even though we usually put 3 Genin on a team, we will not do that for one team because of the competition needed. Yes, Itachi, and on top of that, if we add a non-5 ninja swordsman of the Mist genin to the teams, it would be completely unbalanced. When building genin teams for all of the genin that graduated, you want them to be equal in power and this thought process supports that.
Okay, KIsame. Well, obviously, one team will only have two genin and the other will have three. Kisame is stronger, so you should have a team of two. The strongest in the academy is Sasuke; he is already at kage level power-wise with his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan and his Susanoo. The next strongest is Naruto, but their rivalry is strong, so putting them on the same team will cause issues. I personally think Shino would make sense as Sasuke's teammate because they would have a tracker. Which means Zabuza, you would have Chojuro, Naruto, and Hinata on the same team. Hinata and Shino are our two trackers that are available for these teams so it makes sense to put them on two separate teams. Itachi I agree with you about everything except Chojuro. I have been teaching Chojuro my water ninjutsu for the past two years. I do not have any other water ninjutsu left to teach him. Putting him with Kisame makes more sense. And take Shino off that team and put him with mine. I agree with Zabuza that you should put Chojuro on my team, Itachi. On top of that, Chojoro is the only one in that group that is only able to reach his highest potential with me as his sensei. Yeah, I agree with both of you guys that Sasuke and Chojuro should be on your team, Kisame. And Zabuza, your team makes a lot of sense as well. You are raising Haku, so having the only girl in Hinata makes a lot of sense. On top of that, Shino and Naruto have very creative ways of fighting that I do think Zabuza's expertise as their teacher for the past 2 years will really need. Kisame and Zabuza, you are dismissed. Yes, Mizukage-sama. Also, Itachi, if that brat of a younger brother of yours makes a joke about me dating sharks, I will cut him into ribbons! Itachi grinned at his friend Kisame due to him never forgetting that Kisame dates sharks joke.
ANBU Get Might Guy over here. Yes, Mizukage-sama. Itachi saw the ever-youthful Might Guy run into the room and scream, Yes, Mizukage-sama, I am here! Hi Guy, thank you for coming. I want to talk with you about who will be on your Genin team. Yes, Itachi. So as you know, Guy Rock Lee has been a genin for the past year, training with only you and not going on any missions. We talked about how it would make sense for Haku and Lee to both be a part of a Genin team together. Which makes sense since you train them both in your Taijutsu style. So I have decided who will be the last member in your Genin team. Yuuhi is a sensor-type ninja, but she is last place in taijutsu with average test scores. She has very small chakra reserves due to her being from a normal non-Ninja parent home. She only, by luck, developed chakra sensing by being by the sea and wanting to imagine the fish. As you know, Haku was the first in taijutsu for her class and the top 5 in her class academically. Haku has very good chakra reserves due to her being a Kekkei Genkai clan member. So I had to balance her out with Yuuhi. Yuuhi gives you guys at least someone who can track, and it would be interesting if Haku could mix her long-distance attacks with a sensor giving her the positions of enemies from long range. Itachi, thank you for putting so much thought into my genin team. I will train my group to be the most youthful ninjas!
ANBU, get Kakashi and Anko over here. Yes, Mizukage-sama. Hello, Kakashi and Anko, thank you for coming. Yes, Mizukage-sama, alright, come and sit down. Kakashi and Anko, congratulations on getting married a year ago and your first kid, Minato Hatake. As you know, there are some genin graduating this year. For decades, the Nara, Yamanaka, and Akimichi clans have made some of the most balanced and strong teams for many years. This year, Ino, Shikamaru, and Choji are all representatives from their clans, and I want to put them all on the same team. Shikamaru already knows his clan's shadow possession technique. His test scores are low but he does not really try in class, but he is still very intelligent and is probably the most intelligent person in the class; he is just lazy. Kakashi had a small smirk; just like his father, that lazy genius gene is genetic. Itachi and Anko both grinned at that and then Itachi continued talking. Choji has the strength you would expect from an Akimichi member. And Ino already knows the mind transfer jutsu from her clan. The amount of Jonin-level ninjas we have from the leaf that understand how they need to work together is small. To be honest, one of you two is the person that I think would be a perfect fit as their Jonin Sensie. I wanted to ask first if you guys are in a place where one of you could pick up a Genin team. The reason why I am asking is because you guys have a 1-year-old kid. Worst-case scenario: You guys maybe don't want to do it and do not give 100% to teaching the Genin. So what do you think? Kakashi and Anko looked at each other and replied yes. Would you allow the other person to stay home more and do fewer missions, Itachi? I would be perfectly fine with having the person be at home more to take on this Genin team. Kakashi and Anko looked at each other in agreement that one of them would be able to take over a genin team under those conditions.
Alright, well, I was actually thinking that the right sensei for this group would be Anko. Anko You have good taijutsu skills and Shikamaru and Ino have terrible taijutsu. They could fail missions when ninjas realize that they need to attack the long-range specialist first. They need better taijutus for those situations. And your personality will not allow Shikamaru to be a slacker. On top of that, those 3 all have a lot of clan-specific jutsu they will have to learn long-term. And Shikamaru and Ino need to make hand signs to make their clan-specific jutsu work. Due to that, they do not have the same time a normal Shinobi would have to learn ninjutsu due to them usually working on their clan techniques after missions. Luckily, Choji does not have that issue but it's not like he will ever be a ninjutsu specialist due to the long-term training in his clan techniques, as previously mentioned. They do not have the potential to learn a lot of ninjutsu to the point where Kakashi would be needed. The biggest reason by far I want you to be their teacher, Anko, is your snake summons. With those, it would really diversify their attack capabilities and give Shikamaru more options to work with as the strategist. The reason why it is specifically a great fit for Ino and Shikamaru is that you do not use any hand signs while using your snake jutsu. Which is a perfect pair with Ino and Shikamaru due to them having to use hand signs for their clan-specific jutsu. Also Anko Your chakra nature is fire, so you can teach Choji fire Ninjutsu as well. Maybe after a while you could teach Shikamaru and Ino those jutsu as well. Anko What kind of female ninja do you hate most? Anko said with a snarl on her face, the boy-crazy female ninja who never takes being a ninja seriously. Ohh and those types of girls will scream about a bug coming across their face. Anko was shaking her head vigorously. Those girls are horrendous for missions. They are a real risk to bring out on a mission because their lack of not being able to do anything could get their teammates killed. We are ninjas, not little girls playing dress-up. Anko I would 100% agree with you and Ino is one of those. Now I know that she and your Hinata are best friends and I think because of that you are perfect to get her out of this phase. Itachi, I will gladly kill her boy-crazy temptations. Thank you, Anko. Honestly, these improvements would probably lead to the best Nara, Akimichi, and Yamanaka combination ever. Now I know that it would be an odd dynamic for the husband to stay at home more, so do you guys agree with this? Kakashi got a look from his wife Anko, who, by her facial expression, said, "I dare you to say no.". Yes, that makes sense, Itachi. I am fine with Anko taking on the Genin Team. Yes, I will whip those weak genin into shape, said Anko. Alright, sounds good. Anko, come here tomorrow to introduce yourself to your team. Sounds good, Itachi. Kakashi walked back home with Anko and was honestly happy to spend more time with Minato. He made a decision a long time ago to rebuild the Hatake clan, and he felt so fulfilled doing that now with his wife, Anko.
ANBU Go ahead and get Mei over here. Yes, Mizukage-sama. Hi, my handsome husband, what can I do for you? Hi Mei, I know we have been talking about you becoming your little sister's Jonin sensei when she is a genin.You want that because of all the training she still needs to learn your bloodline limit ninjutsu releases. Which is why I called for you, Mei. Your sister Mindy is in the top 3 in her class test scores. She is above average in Tiajutsu. She has extremely elite chakra reserves. Because of this, we cannot surround her with a ton of top-tier talent because it would make unbalanced teams. These are the other two people on her team. The first person on her team is Shunske. He does not come from a ninja clan. He is in the top 3 in the class in Taijutsu. He has poor chakra reserves, but his chakra nature is earth. He has average test scores.The last person on your team is Akira; she is from the Hoziki clan. She cannot turn her body into water like other Hoziki's, like Mangestu, could. Apparently, if you do not develop it before the age of 10, you will never develop it. She has above-average chakra reserves. She has the top 3 worst test scores in the academy. She has the top 3 worst Taijutsu scores. Water is her chakra nature. I am sure you can see what I have done here. Mei You have mastered fire, water, and earth, Ninjutsu. Mindy does have the same potential, but Shunske's chakra nature and Hoziki's chakra nature are both things you have mastered. You are in a unique position to bring out the ninjutsu potential of each member of your team. Sure, it would be nice to have someone who is a tracker, but that skill is rare. Wow, my husband is such a thoughtful man, building me a good team for me to be the Jonin sensei. Mei walked over and gave her Itachi a deep kiss and left the Mizukage office. Mei smirked as she was walking. out, I'll be sure to reward your thoughtfulness tonight. Itachi had an embarrassed look on his face because the ANBU had not left the room. Not a word; ANBU is not a word. Yes, Mizukage-sama, nobody will know.
At the separate academy, the 5 swordsmen in training were with Zabuza and Kisame. In the room. In the seats were Naruto, Sasuke, Shino, Hinata, and Chojuro. Congratulations on passing the Ninja Academy, you brats. You will be divided into two different Genin teams. On one team will be Sasuke and Chojuro, with Kisame as your jonin sensie. The next team will be Naruto, Hinata, and Shino, with me as your Jonin sensei. Sasuke You are not allowed to use your Mangekyo or eternal Mangekyo abilities outside of C-ranked missions or above. Sasuke and Chojuro go with Kisame. Sasuke and Chojuro followed Kisame to the beach area. Alright again, my name is Kisame Hoshigaki. If you do not follow what I say, I will feed you to my sharks. Tell me about yourself, and what are your goals? Sasuke Go first. I am Sasuke Uchiha, and I am Itachi's younger brother. My goal is to be as cool as Itachi is one day! I also want to help Itachi build the honest ninja village that he is dreaming of! Okay, Chojuro, your turn. I am Chojuro. I am going to become one of the strongest 7 swordsmen of the Mist ever. I want to be someone other people can look up to one day. Alright, well, I need to get a feel for what your fighting styles are like. On top of that, you guys need to get a feel for what it is like to work together. So we will have a sparring session right now.
Kisame took Chojuro and Sasuke to a training ground that did not have anyone nearby. Sasuke I will remind you that you cannot use anything stronger than your 3 tomoe sharigan in this battle. Yes, Kisame, Chojuro took out his Kabutowari blade, Sasuke took out his Kiba blade, and Kisame took out his Samehada blade. Kisame does hand seals and then says Hidden Mist jutsu. Chojuo took out a defensive stance with his Kabutowari blade since he learned the hidden must jutsu from Zabuza; his senses had gotten much better and he could follow where Kisame was. Sasuke turned on his Sharingan to his 3 tomoe so time would slow against whenever Kisame would attack. Kisame first swung his sword at Chojuo, who stopped the blow, but Kisame's strength pushed him back. Chojuro moved his sword where the blunt end was on Kisame's Samehada and then used the sharp end of his sword on the blunt end of his own sword. Chojuro's sword, the Kabutowari, is known as the sword that can break through any defense with the force of the sword when swung that way. By doing that, he was able to push back Kisame's attack and jump back. At the same time, Kisame swung at Sasuke, and with Sasuke's Sharingan, the speed of the attack slowed down enough for him to react, and after hitting Kisame, he dispelled into water. Sasuke said to Chojuro that he must be using water clones. Yes, Sasuke, he is. I can dispel this hidden mist just now. Chojuro did the hand seals for the hidden mist jutsu and dispelled it. Chojuro, we are not going to beat Kisame one-on-one or in taijutsu situations. The only chance we have is you using some of your water ninjutsu and me putting my lightning from my Kiba blades in it. Chojuro made hand signs and said Water Release Great Waterfall Technique. A very big waterfall started moving towards Kisame. Sasuke did hand signs and said Lightning release thunderbolt. A bolt of lightning went into Chojuro's big waterfall. Chojuro and Sasuke could see that the water was flowing with electricity like they hoped. Sasuke and Chojuro saw Kisame smirk and say, Water Release Great Waterfall Technique. Even though it was the same jutsu as Chojuro's, it was 3 times bigger than Chojuro's. It completely pushed the electrifying water back at Sasuke and Chojuro. The water completely shocked them, and they both were shocked by the attack from their own jutsu, making them pass out. After that, they floated below the water of Kisame's great waterfall technique. Kisame, knowing this sparring session was over, saved his genin from drowning and took them both into the wooded area.
Kisame saw Sasuke and Chojuro both wake up. Alright, Sasuke and Chojuro I will talk about the things that you guys need to work on while in this genin team. Firstly, Chojuro, I was told that Zabuza taught you all of his jutsu. Your development with your water ninjutsu is way more far ahead than most people coming out of the academy. I will teach you new jutsu that I know, but the most important thing is to develop your chakra reservers so you can put more power into them. You could have more chakra reserves than Zabuza one day. We will keep on trying to get you to master the element. Also, you need to keep on putting on muscle and keep on working out hard. Your sword, the Kabutowari, is best used in powerful sword strikes. Those are the main things we will work on. The good thing is that these two things that you need to be better at naturally grow with time. So do not start feeling sad about yourself because of your lack of chakra reserves and then develop a feeling of inferiority. Sasuke, you have very developed ninjutsu abilities for your age as well. With your fire and lightning chakra natures and your Sharingan, you are a very powerful fighter. Developing your chakra reserves is going to be huge for you as well. Learning more advanced lighting techniques will be important for you over the next year. I also want you to mix in genjutsu into your fighting style more. You could have had a better chance of hitting me with your combined attack with you and Chojuro if you had put me in a genjutsu beforehand. Your Kenjutsu abilities are not as good as Chojuro's, so sparing only with your swords each day is going to be important for the both of you. You want to be so good with your kenjutsu abilities that nobody would ever want to fight you at close range. Also, I heard that Itachi approved you to make a shadow clone to go practice your ninjutsu. Before each day you come meet us for training or missions, I want you to make a clone and send it away to practice your ninjusutu. Alright, you guys can go ahead and spar for now. Yes, Kisame Sensie, Chojuro, and Sasuke said back.
Zabuza brought Naruto, Shino, and Hinata with him to the field for their first meeting as a team. Alright, you brats. I have been your teacher for the past 2 years so we are not going to waste any time talking about what your guys goals are. We will go ahead and have a sparring session with you guys versus me. Zabuza took out his Kubikiribōchō sword, and Naruto took out his Hiramekarei sword; Hinata took out her Nuibari sword; and Shino took out his Shibuki sword. Alright, let's start the sparring session. Naruto made hand signs. Multi-shadow clone jutsu 10 Naruto shadow clones popped out and started attacking Zabuza. Zabuza was beating the shadow clones easily with his experience and strength difference. Zabuza made a hand sign and said, Water Clone. 2 water clones started attacking Hinata and Shino. Hinata was trying her best to defend from Zabuza's strikes, but the physical strength difference was giving her issues. Whenever the swords clashed, Hinata was pushed back. She immediately started using her Nuibari sword offensively; with her sword being longer, it made Zubuza's water clone start jumping back to defend. Zabuza started putting more weight into his defensive movements against Hinata's sword, which was thin. Zabuza pushed Hinata's attacking sword to the left. Hinata gracefully used that push to the left and spun her body in 360-degree motion and moved to her right, expecting Zabuza to be on the offensive in the opposite direction after pushing her sword in the opposite direction. Her gracefulness and speed were impressive, and with her sword, she stabbed the water clone, making it dispel. Shino saw the Zabuza clone coming his way, and immediately 40 explosive bombs came out of his sword, chasing Zabuza around since his bugs were carrying the paper bombs. This made the Zabuza water clones dispel. Zabuza's real body had just defeated the Naruto shadow clones, and he felt himself becoming weaker. Zabuza realized that Shino must already have used his chakra-draining bugs on him, which he had no way of stopping. Zabuza jumped back to try to end the fight with his ninjutsu before his chakra drained. Zabzua made hand signs. Water Release Great Waterfall Technique: A massive water wave started to move at Naruto, Hinata, and Shino at very high speeds. Naruto made hand signs. Wind Release: Swift Wind Wall: A swirling storm of wind forming a wall was put up between Zabuza's Great Waterfall Technique and Nauro, Hinata, and Shino; it was half the size of Zabuza's technique. Hinta and Shino both made hand signs and said, Earth Release: Earth Shore Return. 2 earth walls were put up behind Naruto's technique, which was half the size of Naruto's jutsu. This blocked Zabuza's jutsu enough that they did not get hit; the water just flowed outside of their defensive walls.
Hinata and Naruto listen to me. My bugs are draining Zabuzas Chakra, and he cannot stop it. We need to fight as a group so he cannot attack us individually. Naruto fight Zabuza in close range by accessing your 9-tails jinchuriki state. Hinata, stay a few feet behind Naruto the whole time. Try to use your longsword with your gentle fist technique to shut down Zabuza's chakra points. If he ever jumps back to use his Ninjutsu, I will use my paper bombs. I will stay at a distance and be behind both of you. Naruto and Hinata nodded to Shino. Naruto closed his eyes and focused and drew out two tails of his jinchuriki state; he took on a fox-like appearance and had an orange cloak with two tails coming out of it. Hinata turned on her Byakugan and encased her sword in lightning; they started their attack. Naruto, with much greater speed and power than before, was attacking Zabuza with his Hiramekarei sword. During training, he had figured out how to put his Biju chakra in the sword, so it was 5 times as big as its normal size, and it was pushing Zabuza back. The only reason why Zabuza was not defeated by Naruto was the experience difference in Kenjutsu. Hinata was able to see an opening, and using her longsword encased in lightning chakra, she was able to shut down one of Zabuza's chakra points by meshing her gentle fist style with her Nuibari sword. Zabuza Jumped back and made hand signs for Water Dragon bullet jutsu. Water bullets moved toward Naruto and Hinata at fast speed. Naruto used the Wind Release: Vacuum Sword, and he was able to swing his sword, and huge gusts of wind came out, cutting the water bullets Zabuza made. Hinata made hand signs. Earth Release: Tunneling Technique. She went underground and tunneled. With her byakugan, she saw Zabuza through the earth, and using her lighting-encased long sword, she threw the sword through the earth, completely piercing through Zabuza's left foot. Zabuza grunted in pain and said crap. Hinata must be underground. Zabuza moved at very fast speeds backwards to create space. While running away, 50 paper bombs were chasing him that he could not avoid. Due to Shino draining my chakra, I only have one more jutsu. Water Release Great Waterfall Technique: The paper bombs exploded when they touched the waterfall. Zabuza fell asleep due to chakra exahshtiion. Hinata worriedly said, I am out of chakra and I cannot make an earth wall to stop Zabuza's jutsu. Yeah, Naruto, I am out of chakra as well to stop that. Don't worry, you two, I got it! Believe it! Naruto made hand signs. Wind Release: Swift Wind Wall: A swirling storm of wind forming a wall was put up between Zabuza and the Great Waterfall. This jutsu was much stronger than his previous one due to him being in the 2 tails Biju state, and he was able to stop Zabuza's attack.
Naruto disabled his Jinchuriki state. Hinata! You were so graceful fighting Zabuza, and you were the only person that was able to wound him. You did such a good job! Hinata blushed and said back, Thank you, Naruto. Let's go check on Zabuza. Shino said, and they went over and saw him pass out. They took him to the hospital. Shino, Naruto, and Hinata were worried about their Jonin sensei, but they were relieved when the doctor said he would wake up in an hour and he just had a light case of chakra exhaustion. Zabuza woke up in the hospital to see his 3 genin looking at him worriedly. Are you okay, sensei? Naruto said. Yes, I am. You guys did a good job using what you learned in the two years you were training to become ninja swordsmen. You 3 make a very natural team. I will go ahead and explain to you what you guys will be training with for the next year while taking missions before becoming Chunin. Naruto When you are on missions, you can still make 1 shadow clone for your ninjutsu development. Make 2 shadow clones to still study the Hirashan. I know you still talk to your Biju every day; you will have to do that still before every mission. All 3 of you guys will spar every day on your Kenjutsu abilities; you all have a lot of growth to make in that area still. Yes, Zabuza-sensei. Hinata You will spend time after missions growing your Ninjutsu abilities with earth release and lightning release. Yes, Zabuza-sensei. Shino You have developed your earth chakra nature, but you have fire as your secondary chakra nature. Keep an open mind about not having to stick to just Earth. In the next year, adding another defensive jutsu makes sense because your biggest weapon is your bugs, and the better your defensive jutsu, the tougher fighting you will be. But there may be people out there that can counter your bugs, so make sure that you learn an offensive ninjutsu over the next year as well. Yes, Zabuza-sensei. Zabuza got out of the hospital bed, taking out the needles. You guys are dismissed. You guys can go home. Don't you need to stay in bed? Hinata said worriedly. No, I am fine. I am always sparing with that chakra freak, Kisame. I have dealt with way worse than this in spars. Zabuza walked away, and Naruto, Hinata, and Shino body-flickered to their houses.
Rock Lee Come with me to the Ninja Academy; we are going to pick up your genin teammates! Yes, Guy Sensie! Might Guy and Rock Lee ran to the academy at extremely fast speed. Alright, Lee. Wait here; I will go pick up your teammates. Might Guy walked in and went to the room to pick up his genin team. Hi, I am Might Guy! I am here to pick up my genin team! I am here to pick up Haku and Yuuhi! Haku he recognized with all of the years of training her. But Yuuhi was a girl with brown hair and blue eyes. She has a thin nose and a pretty smile. She is very tan. She was wearing a very light blue cotton shirt and tan cotton pants with blue sandals and a seashell necklace. She has hair going down her midback. She shuffled her feet when she walked and moved very slowly. Alright, you two come with me to meet your other Genin for your Genin team. Alright, here are your other genin in your genin team. Rock Lee Haku and Yuuhi. Yosh! Hi Yuuhi, I am Rock Lee. Hi, Rock Lee. Yuuhi said back lazily. Hi Haku, my flower. You look so pretty. Haku turned red from her boyfriend's compliment. Alright, since everyone is here, let's go ahead and do our sparring in the training field. Everyone follows me. Alright, let's have a most youthful sparring session! It will be you three against me.
Rock Lee and Haku took a Taijutsu stance, and Yuuhi brought out Kunai. Start now! Haku made hand signs. Hidden Mist jutsu A Mist surrendered the area, and Might Guy had to dodge Senbon being thrown at him. Rock Lee came out of the mist with incredible speed for a genin and started having a very high-level taijutsu battle with Might Guy. Yuuhi had her mouth open in complete shock that a genin could move that fast; it was unbelievable. Yuuhi! Haku tugged at Yuuhi's shirt to break her out of shock at the extremely elite taijutsu battle in front of her. Yuuhi finally broke concentration out of a shocked state to see Haku say What are you good at? Yuuhi said back nothing other than sensing chakra. Come with me. Haku Grabbed Yuuhi and went deep into the woods. Can you still sense Mike Guy and Rock Lee? Yuuhi closed her blue eyes. Yes, Guy beat Lee and is over there trying to find us. How far away? Probably about 125 feet. Okay, well, I want you to move your finger as he moves. I am going to try something. Haku said the gate of opening Kai. A green aura surrounded Haku, and she started trowing senbon at incredible speed at Guy and kept on moving her target based on where Yuuhi was pointing. Haku could see the shock on Yuuhi's expression, and before they could even say anything, Might Guy, with 3 senbon pointing from his arm, knocked Yuuhi unconscious. Haku made hand signs. Mirroring Ice Crystals A dome of glass mirrors surrounded Guy while Haku was in the first gate. She threw the senbon at incredible speed at her Might Guy, hitting him twice, going from one mirror to the next with her afterimages everywhere. Might Guy knocked Haku out of her mirrors with his superior speed.
He then brought his 3 Genin to a tree and waited for all of them to awake. Firstly, that was a most youthful sparring, you three! I will go ahead and talk about your guys training for the next year. Yuuhi, you will join Haku, Rock Lee, and me for our training in Taijutsu. I am going to train with those two speed freaks. Those two are not normal; any Genin would look at them with their eyebrows raised, like, Who made them? Haku would literally lap everyone else in the academy when we would run laps. You're not saying I have to keep up with them, right? No, but you need to develop some offensively focused skills for missions. I know you were last in Taijutsu in the academy, but I am the best Taijutsu teacher. Guy gave Yuuhi a stern face. I heard you love the beach; what if we train there? Yes, sensei, that is a good idea. Yuuhi said, realizing that this would be the most favorable offer these 3 fitness freaks would offer. Yuuhi and Haku, you guys realized in the sparring session that you two have great potential as a long-range fighter combo. That will be focused on for the next year. Rock Lee, we will continue to train your Tiajutsu. Yes, Guy Sensie! Haku I know you feel like you do not have any other Ice Ninjutsu to learn. But over the next year, you will learn water and wind ninjutsu since there are plenty of those to learn that exist. Haku, you will continue your taijutsu training as well. Yes, Guy sensei. All right, we will start our most youthful training tomorrow, but first let's warm down our bodies with a nice, easy run. Rock Lee and Haku were keeping pace with Might Guy. Yuuhi was in a full sprint way behind them, wondering how this could ever be considered a nice, easy run.
Yuuhi is limping back home after her first day with her new Genin team. Her legs were so extremely sore that she could barely move them. She did at least feel peaceful being next to the ocean. Her family lived oceanside, and she always loved it since she was a kid. It was her calming place. The way she developed her ability to see chakra signatures was by imagining fish in the sea as a kid. Eventually she was able to sense their chakra as they swam. She saw a blue-haired boy in the ocean that she thought she recognized. The water was flowing around him like he was training with water ninjutsu with a determined look on his face. On his back, she saw a sword with a hammer and a flat, thin blade attached by a chain. He looked like he was very tired at the end of training. Hello, I think I know you. Yuuhi saw the blue-haired boy with black glasses and black headphones. He was wearing a light blue long-sleeve shirt with a sleeveless dark blue shirt over the top. She saw the boy get nervous and his face turn red. Yes, we used to be in the academy together. My name is Chojuro. Oh yeah, you were a part of the group that moved to the 7 Ninja Swordsmen Academy training. What was that like? It was great! I will be a cool ninja swordsman like Kisame and Zabuza! Yuuhi saw the boy's facial expression go from his nervousness; he just had back to his determined look before they started talking. What were you doing, Chojuro? I was working on my water ninjutsu. Our village has such a long history of great Water Ninjsutu swordsmen, and I am going to be the next one. I mean, water is so cool, powerful, and peaceful. I love the fact that I am a water ninjutsu user. And now With Itachi as our Mizukage and his dream of an honest ninja village, I feel so lucky to be one of the 7 ninja swordsmen of this village! That's cool. What do you do to relax when you are finished training? I usually do not relax, Yuuhi; I am always trying to reach my goal. Chojuro, you are silly; you do not know the best part of water. Yuuhi said excitedly. And if you have no time to relax, you will get burned out on your goal. Come here. Yuuhi took Chojuro by the hand and went into the water, where it was as high as her chest. Yuuhi lay down on her back and watched the stars. With the waves peacefully moving her up and down as they moved. Chojuro did the same thing with Yuuhi. He could not help but look over and see Yuuhi's bright blue eyes with the stars in the background and think, Wow, she is so beautiful. Yuuhi was so caught up in looking at the stars with a new friend who liked the water just like her that she did not realize that she was holding Chojuro's hand. She looked over at Chojuro. I am sorry she took her hand away from Chojuro's. I just get happy when I am in the water. This is so nice, right, Chojuro? Yeah, I had no clue it could be this peaceful on the water. If there is one thing you can rely on, it is that I will find ways to relax near a body of water. Chojuro giggled at Yuuhi's comment because of how obvious that was. They both stayed out on the water for about an hour just relaxing with the waves moving them up and down and looking at the sky. Alright, Chojuro, it is time for me to go home. Since you love the water like me, you can join me in my relaxation time if I see you again. Byye. Chojuro waved goodbye with a huge blush on his face and walked back home, hoping he would see that beautiful girl tomorrow.
Anko sprinted through a window in the academy and threw a smoke bomb. She brought a sign that said the sexy, beautiful, and married Anko Hatake. The students and teachers were both shocked. Since becoming a mother, scratching her wild and spontaneous itch had been hard. Naturally, she had been dying to do something fun, and she could not resist this opportunity. There were many kids there with all shocked faces. She could tell from her time living in the leaf that the boy with the long, thick black hair in a ponytail with a green shirt was a copy of his father, Shikaku Nara. She recognized Ino due to her being best friends with Hinata. The last of her obvious genin was a plump boy with brown hair sticking out of both ends with a blue hat that cut off at the middle of his hat. He had red circles on his cheeks with a scarf and green jacket. Outside of the brown hair color, he looked exactly like his father, Choza Akimichi. Alright, Choji, Shikamaru, and Ino, this is your Jonin Sensei, Anko Hatake. They all looked at her like she was crazy, which just egged her on more. Alright, all 3 of you stop. She drew out a kunai and scratched Shikamaru in the face first. Your blood tastes weak. She scratched Ino in the face next. She spit it out immediately. The disgusting taste of a female ninja who takes chasing boys more seriously than training is always disgusting. She scratched Choji in the face next and licked his blood. Hmm, the taste of a boy who is a passive, nervous fighter always tastes empty. Alright, you three weakly, Genin, let's go to our training ground. She turned around as she said in an intimidating tone, I will do my best to show you 3 green Genin the realities of being a shinobi today.
Alright, you three, we will go ahead and spar against each other. Before even allowing them to talk to each other, Anko attacked Choji's kunai and allowed him to defend it at the last moment because the 3 of them were not ready to spar. When on missions, the opponent does not give you a few seconds to figure out a plan. Choji and Shikamaru go. Ino barked out to her other teammates, afraid and not ready to fight. Choji used his human bullet tank to spin in a ball towards Anko, which she jumped over. Shikamaru made hand signs for his shadow paralysis jutsu, and Anko made hand signs for Hidden Shadow Snake Hands. Big snakes came out of her sleeve and caught Shikamau before he could get away and poisoned him. Ino screamed, EWWW! So creepy! And she did not move and got poisoned by the snake. Anko looked at Choji, who surprised her because when they first met, Choji did not seem that confident, but he was intensely looking at her. It seems like at least you have a backbone when it comes to helping your friends. Anko said to Choji. Choji was about to enter his beast ball mode when a snake came from under his feet and bit him and poisoned him.
All 3 of Anko's gennin woke up to see that they were tied to a tree upside down. With snakes biting close to their feet. Okay, as you can see, you 3 Genin, I have tied you up to a tree and with snakes below you to make some things very clear. The 3 of you may die for a few different reasons early into your ninja lives due to some serious flaws you all have. Instead of wasting many months of you guys going through missions figuring those things out, I will tell you today. Ino, you gave orders to Choji and Shikamaru when fighting me, correct? Yes, I did. Why? Because Shikamru is lazy and Choji is not super smart. I have by far the highest test scores out of everyone, so I should lead the group. Really, what was your plan, Ino? To to um, I do not remember. Ino you were afraid, and you were stuck in place due to fear. Anko moved at great speed up the tree and all of their hands were bound together but she specifically grabbed Shikimaru's hands. The only one of you that did not allow his fear or other emotions to affect his judgment was Shikamaru. Even now you are so afraid, Ino, that you cannot even notice Shikamaru was making hand signs to try to get out of the rope behind all of your backs. Even during the fight, he fought behind Choji, trying to find a situation where his shadow could attach to me while I was defending against Choji. Honestly, Shikamaru's battle intelligence is on a different level than the two of you. Do you know who Shikamaru's father is, Ino? Shikaku Nara. Yes, Ino, Shikaku Naru was the Jonin commander of the leaf village while I was there. Only someone with extreme intelligence can do a role like that because they assign ninjas' missions. When those missions are assigned, things about intelligence—how a team will work together and how to accomplish a task on a mission—are most important. During the last war, his battle strategy skill was legendary. What do you think Shikaku Nara's grades were in the Ninja Academy, Ino? The best in his class? No, he had the worst grades you could have without failing. Ino, what were Shikamaru's grades in the academy? He had the worst grades you could have without failing. Shikamaru scored a 70 every single time on every test with no variation. So what does that mean, Ino? Ino had a look of shock on her face. It means that Shikamaru was so confident in his ability to get exactly a 70 on every test that it meant that he could have gotten a 100 on every test. Yes, Ino, our Shikamaru, like his father, is a lazy genius. Shikamaru the cat is out of the bag; you cannot hide behind the facade of an average Ninja Academy student. And while on this team, you will not act like something you are not. While in battle situations, you will direct your teammates. They are your friends and you will need to work hard to handle that responsibility. Anko cut Shikamaru down from the tree branch, leaving Ino and Choji still up there.
Ino, you're next. Like I referenced earlier, you can have an opinion on things but if Shikamaru disagrees with you, you follow him because he is smarter than you. On top of that, you do not take your training seriously enough. All you think about is Sasuke but you're a ninja now and are responsible for being the best version of yourself so your teammates do not die. On top of that, from personal experience, strong guy ninjas like girls that take being a ninja seriously over fangirls. Anko cut Ino down but put her in the pit of snakes. Ino looked up in horror at Anko from all the snakes around her. Ino, you said EEWW so gross when you saw the snakes. Each time you say something like that, I will put you in a pit of some of my snakes for ten minutes. Anko put her hands together and closed her eyes in prayer. We must purify the fangirl side of you, Ino. So the competent kunoichi can rise. Anko repeated that sentence in prayer for the full 10 minutes while Ino screamed in disgust at the snakes surrounding her body. After the 10 minutes, Ino was taken out of the pit of snakes; her face was stuck in complete shock. Choji gave Anko a worried look. Don't worry, Choji; her fangirl ways will be purified.
Anko slapped Ino in the face, which took her out of her shocked state. Choji needs your input. Shikamaru and Ino, what was watching Choji in the spar like today? Shikamaru said first. He was the best close-range fighter by far. He took on someone he knew he was not strong enough to beat. Ino talked next, unlike me; he was not overcome with fear and protected us. Choji If I asked you how you felt about the sparring session, you would say something much more negative than what they just said about you, correct? Choji had a sad face and said, Yes, I would not have anything good to say about myself. Okay, well, if you are ever feeling that way about yourself, do not trust it. If you think about what you did and then replace you in that situation with one of your friends, you would be much more positive and supportive of what they did. Just like Shikamaru and Ino were for you just now. Doing this will allow you to overcome your lack of self-confidence. You are much stronger and ready to be a ninja than you realize, Choji. You just need to overcome your lack of self-confidence so you do not freeze up in the field. Anko cut the ropes on Choji and dispelled her snakes.
All right, you three; your training will be hell with a lot of hard work but you will become the best genin you can become because of it. And I will say this just once: I will play dirty if you guys slack off. Anko blew a fire out of her mouth, Choji. I am sure you would not appreciate it if all of your snacks got burned every morning. Choji looked scared and Ino laughed at the threat. Oh, Ino, you think that is funny, huh? Well, if you are lazy, I will write a letter to Sasuke about how you have fallen in love with Shikamaru and are no longer interested in him. Ino looked horrified and Shikamaru grinned. Oh yes, and my lazy genius, if you are lazy training, I will make you join Mighit Guy's team for a week for his 5am workouts. She could tell that the lazy genius valued his sleep and sanity enough to never be lazy during their workouts. Now that the threats are out of the way, I have to go home and eat dinner with my family. My husband is cooking fish tonight and I can not be late. Anko said with a happy look on her face. Who is your husband? Choji said. Ino butted in and said she is Kakashi's wife. Choji, do you not remember when Hinata and Naruto were being raised in the same house by Kakashi and Anko? Oh, I forgot my bad. Ino put her palm to her face and shook her head. You are so forgetful, Choji. They have a 1-year-old boy named Minato and he is so cute. He has gray hair like an old person but he is a baby; it's an adorable combination. I know, right? My little Minato is so cute. Are you coming over today, Ino? Yeah, Hinata and I have to talk about how our first day in our new teams went. Shikamaru and Choji, you are welcome to come over as well. Anko saw Choji's eyes go wide in excitement and Shikamaru had already started walking in that direction. Yes, let's go eat! Choji said with extreme excitement.
Husband I brought my Genin team over for dinner. I hope you made extra. Well, with Naruto, I always make extra. Anko grinned since she knew firsthand the extreme amount of food Naruto had to eat every day. But she knew that Naruto had a 9-tailed beast that needed extra calories. Choji I know that your clan uses excess calories for your family jutsu so do not feel insecure about eating your fill. Choji's face lit up because he was so happy that he did not have to feel insecure about eating a lot. Anko could tell that comment won her some brownie points with Shikamaru. Hinata, Naruto, come downstairs. Shikamaru, Ino, and Choji are here. Hinata was the first one to race gracefully downstairs with Minato in hand. The gray-haired 1-year-old was happily interacting with Hinata. Ino beamed. Hinata, you have Minato; he's so cute. Hinata sat next to Ino and they were playing with Minato, who was happy to see the pretty young ladies. Anko laughed. Kakashi, our son, loves cute young girls. They both started giggling. I know, right? For some reason, he is always so happy when Ino and Hinata are around. Everyone started to giggle and laugh in the room at the energetic and happy Minato. Naruto came downstairs to see Hinata and Ino with Minato. Naruto beamed, Yeah, Minato loves being around those two. How have you guys been, Choji and Shikamaru? Well, Anko is our Jonin Sensie so today was pretty crazy. Choji is right; she is going to be troublesome. I am surprised at how quickly she found out that Shikamaru is smarter than he shows. Naruto grinned because he would not have realized either if he did not spend so much time studying to become smarter in the academy. Yeah, it took me a while to realize it as well, Choji. So how was your first day on your genin team? It was good. Hinata, Shino, and I are all on the same team, with Zabuza as our sensei. We actually beat him in our sparring today. Everyone in the room was shocked at beating Zabuza, an A-ranked Jonin, and one of the 7 swordsmen of the mist on their first day in a genin team. Well yes, we did win but without Shino's chakra-draining bugs, we would have never had any chance to beat him. He just had no way to defend against them. I entered my jinchuriki state and Hinata fought behind me using her gentle fist style with her sword and Shino stayed at a long range. But Hinata was so elegant and beautiful in her fighting style. She is so light on her feet and good at using her range. I felt so supported with her fighting next to me. Hinata passed out with a huge blush on her face. Yeah, it's okay. Hinata has fainting issues but they have not happened as much recently as Naruto said to Shikamaru and Choji. Kakashi and Anko looked at each other with a smirk on their faces at the completely oblivious Naruto. Everyone in the room enjoyed their dinner and all went to their homes. Kakashi felt so happy that Anko and he built a warm home that could have other people come over to.
Mei was waiting to go meet her new Genin team; she was happy that she could be her little sister's Jonin Sensie. Mei walked into the classroom and grinned at her sister. Hi class. For 3 of you, this will be your Jonin sensei, Mei Uchiha. The first person to walk towards Mei was her little sister, Mindy. The next person that got announced for her team was Shunske. He has a buzzcut and a vertical scar on the right side of his face. He has a very tan complexion. He has good muscle development for his age.He wears a brown button-up shirt with black pants and brown sandals. He has brown eyes and black hair. The last person on their team was Akira. She has white eyes, white hair, pale skin, and a pretty smile. She wears a black tank top T-shirt with white shorts and black sandals. Her hair is in a ponytail, which comes to her shoulders. Alright, your 3 I am Mei Uchiha. I will be your sensei; let's go to a training field. Mei took her 3 sensei to a training ground and then sat them down to talk to them.
My name is Mei Uchia. I am Mindy's older sister. I was the leader of the blood limit resistance force for a while. I just got married to my handsome Itachi Uchiha, the Mizukage. You can go first, Shunske. Well, I am Shunske, and even though I know the reality of the world and I have to be your genin I will not enjoy it! You people won the Civil War; act like you are so much better than the people that lost! We did not know that Yagura was under a genjutsu as well but how are we treated? They are still angry at us and I was not even the one fighting. Yes, my parents were both Chunin fighting against the bloodlines. But now we are supposed to forgive you all due to Yagura being put under a genjutsu. But what about us? What about the people who were manipulated into doing the bloodline purges? Why can they not be forgiven as well? I am a second-class citizen. Every time they get drunk, they come after me without fail. I have been living on edge for years, wondering when the next time the drunk war veterans were going to come find me. I am sorry, Shunsuke, that you had to go through those things. I get that it will take a while for you to trust me as your sensei. Mindy was saddened by what her new genin teammate had been going through all of this time. I am Mindy Terumi. I am Mei Uchiha's little sister. Mei looked at her last team member. Hi, I am Akira. I am from the Hoziki clan but don't get your hopes up. I cannot liquify my body. Akira started to nervously laugh and then got quiet.
Alright, you three I want you guys to have a chance to spar as a group against me, so we are going to go ahead and do that now. Mei made hand signs. Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique A dragon shape made out of water started heading at the 3 genin with incredible speed and size. Mindy saw her two teammates with huge, fearful looks on their faces and they froze up and were about to be hit by the water dragon. Mindy made hand signs. Water Release: Water Formation Pillar, a circular water barricade half the size of Mei's attack, was made, and Shunske and Akiria gave Mindy a surprised look. While we are on a team, I will always protect you guys. Quick, what are you good at? Shunsuke replied, Taijutsu. Akira sadly said back nothing. Do you have Kunia Akira? Yes, okay. On the count of 3, Akira, you will run to the left and throw kunai at Mei continuously; do not get too close. Shunske, follow me, and I will use offensive ninjutsu to get her to jump. That should give you some time to try to hit her with your taijutsu. 3, 2, 1, Go! Mei saw Akaria moving to her right with throwing kunai that was making her dodge. To the right, she heard from Mindy. Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique A water dragon about half the size of the one she had just made was sent in her direction, which she evaded by jumping over it. While falling down, she saw Shunsuke there jumping in the air in a kicking motion. She deflected it but still felt some of the impact. She started to fight Shunske in Taijutsu and was very impressed by the speed and power he had for his age. She thought he definitely had the taijutsu level of high chunin already. Mie delivered a hard kick at Shunske, which sent him back a few feet. Mei jumped back and made hand signs. Hidden mist jutsu. A huge mist encased the area. Mei first got behind Akira and hit the back of her neck, making her go unconscious. She then ran toward Shunske and he attacked back, shocked to see Mei melt into water. Mei hit the back of the neck and Shunsuke went unconscious. Mindy made hand signs dispelling the hidden must jutsu and was shocked to see her two teammates both pass out. Mei made hand signs for Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique. Mindy saw the water dragon heading at her at high speeds and was about to make hand signs but she could not due to being out of chakra. Mie saw her little sister pass out due to the jutsu hitting her and brought her 3 genin to a wooded area and waited for them to wake up.
Alright, now that you three are up, we will talk about what you will be doing over the next year. Let's get this out of the way first. Yes, I asked to be the Jonin Sensie of Mindy's team. She has the potential to learn many bloodline-limit techniques that I did not use against you today. She needs me to be her teacher during this timeframe. And I love my little sister very much. But Shunske and Akira, you were both chosen to be genin by my amazing husband for specific reasons. You see, I have mastered 3 chakra natures. Shunske, your chakra nature is one of the chakra natures I have mastered, which is earth. You have below-average chakra reserves, so you have the potential of using ninjutsu in battle. Akira Your chakra nature is water and you have good chakra reserves, which is common for people that come from a clan like you. You have the potential to be very good with water, Ninjutsu. As you can tell from our fight, I am a ninjutsu specialist with very good chakra reserves who has mastered water ninjutsu. I will be able to teach you these jutsu that you guys need. Mindy will not be my main priority while I am your Jonin sensei; you will all get an equal level of treatment and focus from me. You guys will all grow a lot over the next year, and I am looking forward to being your Jonin sensei. Alright, everyone goes home. I will see you guys tomorrow! Mei got up to go leave and was surprised to see a look on Mindy's face like she was thinking of something. Actually, Big Sis I will stop by Shikamaru's house before heading home. Okay, have fun with your friend. Mei walked home feeling bad that people that fought with her against the bloodline purges would attack Shunske when he was just an innocent child.
Knock knock. Shikamru was surprised that someone was at his door but then he realized it was probably Mindy there. They had been friends who played shogi together for years and he really enjoyed playing with her. She was very good and not a huge talker so he did not feel like there was an expectation to keep a conversation going as well. He opened his door and saw the red-haired young teenager at his door again. What do you need? Mindy? Can we play shogi? Shikamaru opened the door and Mindy walked in. Mindy and Shikamaru put up the pieces of shogi and played through one game and Shikamaru won the first round and they were setting up the pieces for the second round. Shikamaru, how was your first day with your genin team? I was really hoping I could extend my lazy lifestyle for another year but I do not think that is going to happen. Mindy got a grin on her face. Are you telling me that you will be working hard in training from her on out? The forever lazy Shikamaru? That's hilarious. I'm going to have to spy on you guys to see this. Yeah, yeah, yeah, ha ha ha so funny so troublesome. If you must know, Mindy, I am going to do it to be strong enough to defend my friends, who in this situation are my teammates. Mindy felt an odd feeling that she could not understand, but she could feel her admiration for Shikamaru and her friendship changing. I actually had a similar moment today. In our sparring with my big sister, I defended my teammates against a jutsu and felt really natural protecting people I just met. Well, I guess we are both changing into responsible shinobi; who would have guessed? Mindy grinned at that. Mindy and Shikamaru played 10 more rounds of shogi, and Mindy went home.
While walking home, Mindy was wondering why she could not stop thinking about Shikamaru. Mindy walked into her house, where Itachi, Sasuke, and Mei were already there eating dinner together. Hi Mindy, come on over; let's eat. Sasuke How was your first day with your Genin teams? Chojuro and I are on a genin team together and we sparred Kisame and then he told us how we can improve big brother Itachi. That's good. I am proud of you for graduating from the Ninja Academy and working as hard as you have. Thank you, big brother. I will be as strong as you one day! Itachi was happy that Sasuke had grown so much after the Uchiha massacre that he could now just relax and talk about his day. What about you, Mei? How was your day? It was good I took over my new genin team for Mindy, Akiria, and Shunske. They sparred and they did a good job working well as a group. Mindy did a very good job of quickly figuring out how to use everyone's strengths. Which is honestly not a surprise with how smart she is. But one of them made me sad. Did you know, Itachi, that Shunsuke's parents were Chunin that fought on the side that was trying to purge the bloodlines? Yes, I did see that in his file. Well, sadly, people that fought on our side against the bloodline purges sometimes take their anger out on him. Itachi had a sad look that his country would have people like that. Yeah, I am sure that you know that happens to people that have bloodline limits still as well. Sadly, after a war is finished, there will be a small percentage of people that hold onto their hatred for the other side of the war. And those people are more likely to take out their anger on people like Shunske. We will just have to keep on being firm with trying to police those things so it happens as little as possible. Mei gave Itachi a passionate kiss. I love how much you care for our village. What about you, Mindy? How was your day? I definitely was surprised at how quickly I defended my teammates. Mei, can we talk later about some stuff? Mei had a surprised look on her face since Mindy did not ask for her advice much.
Mindy went upstairs, followed by Mei, and then they closed her door. You know Shikamaru? Yes, your friend. Yes, well, today, after leaving from Shikamaru's house, I could not stop thinking about him. I heard him talk about wanting to protect his teammates. And the look in his eyes was so sincere. I have always been friends with Shikamaru but today I thought he was cute. I have never thought of Shikamaru that way but I could not stop thinking about him on the way back home. What does this mean, Mei? You have a crush on Shikamaru. Mei said excitedly. You like him. Mindy had a surprised look on her face. Mindy, you are going through puberty so you are starting to see boys in different ways than you used to. But it makes sense because you guys are very good friends and he is a good-looking boy. So when you think a boy is cute, you like them? Yeah, that is true but don't just pursue boys because you think they are cute. Give yourself some time to figure out how much you like him and then, when you are ready, tell him. Mei said with a grin on her face, Okay, but don't tell anyone, promise! I promise, Mindy. I am so excited, though; we can finally have girls talk about boys! Mindy giggled Yeah, I guess, big sis.