A new teacher!

Meanwhile, a trio of aggravated young girls rushed through the streets of Konoha. From the looks of it, they were looking for something. Or someone. "Crap, if we had Hinata-chan with us now, this would be a lot easier!", the brunette cursed. She looked the most upset of the three.

Her friends, while also joining in her quest, were somewhat concerned about the chinese-styled girl and her injuries. "Uh, Tenten-chan, are you really sure you should be running around like that again?", the blonde asked while pointing to the bandaged hand of her friend.

But the girl was adamant in her resolve. "It's not a matter of what I should be doing, but what I have to be doing as Naruto-kuns girlfriend!", she exclaimed while clutching her other hand dramatically. Little flames erupted in her eyes as her spirit went ablaze.

"Eh?", the pinkhead said, stumped by the fiery resolve of her friend.

So, Tenten elaborated. "I have to go after him and save him from the cluthes of that Sunagakure-witch, no matter what! Isn't that right?", she asked her friends as she turned around to them. By now, her entire body was enveloped in the flames of her fiery resolution!

Ino and Sakura looked at each other. Tenten sounded so very unusually energetic. Had her team finally rubbed off on her? But, thinking about it, she had a point. "Yeah... Yeah! You're absolutely right, Tenten-chan!", they agreed with her.

Psyching themselves up, the trio got fired up quickly. "It's our duty to stop this evil woman from doing as she pleases!", Tenten yelled and the two other girls cheered in with

However, in the end... the trio never found either Temari or Naruto...

"Team 7, I'm very proud of you all. Not only have you done so well in the exam so far, but you're the only team that has reached the final round.", Kurenai adressed her team the next morning.

While Naruto had a very restful night and morning, he couldn't help but feel that Ino and Sakura were rather exhausted. Also, they seemingly longed to talk to him about something, probably yesterday, if he interpreted them staring daggers into his back correctly. But, he had arrived at the usual meeting place of Team 7 second and since Kurenai was first, there was no time for the teammates to catch up on the events of that night.

Instead, Kurenai spoke to them in utmost importance. "But, I'm afraid we don't have any time for celebration. The final round of the exam is just one month away and you have seen how strong your opponents can be. So, we'll start with intense training right away."

Naruto was ready to train himself until he passed out. He had to be strong, stronger than he was now to defeat Neji, that Gaara and Haku, too. But then, he saw that Kurenai looked at him with a sorrowful expression. "Naruto, I'm afraid that I have already taught you everything I could teach a ninja like you.", she admitted. It seemed as if it pained her a little to say that, but she was honest in her opinion.

Naruto was shocked. He couldn't believe he had already learned everything Kurenai could teach him. "What? Come on, Kurenai-sensei! There's gotta be at least one killer move you could teach me.", Naruto begged, only to be disappointed.

Kurenai shook her head. "I'm sorry, Naruto. I will supervise Sakuras and Inos training, but for you, I've arranged to get trained by a special ninja, better suited for your type than me.", she said. And with that, she told Naruto the place and time to wait for his new teacher

The teacher Kurenai had picked for Naruto was a disappointment. Ebisu, who was also the personal teacher for Konohamaru, could merely help Naruto perfect his water-walking technique, which he had almost down anyway. However, before he could go on to teach Naruto other things, he was knocked out cold by a very weird guy on a toad.

Naruto, peeved, sought out the old man and demanded him to train him instead, now that he had gotten rid of his intended sensei. After much chasing that weird old fart around Konoha, Naruto had finally caught up to him in a restaurant in the heart of Konoha. There, the tall man with the long white hair and red markings on his face looked at the blonde ninja with exasperation. "Okay, you've managed getting on my nerves! What do you want, you little brat?, he growled in frustration. Half the day he had been dodging this nosy Genin already.

But Naruto was even more frustrated at this guy dodging his responsibility. "You knocked out the guy who was supposed to get me in shape for the Chunnin exam. That means two things: One, I have no teacher! Two, you must be pretty strong, so you teach me, old hermit!", he demanded with a yell, causing all bystanders nearby to look at the couple.

**** to comply like this, the man thought about his options. 'I'll have ****. But I don't wanna teach him, or else everyone will want me to teach them. So, I gotta find a way to say no, but not because I want to... because I have to!', he figured out a brilliant strategy "The name's Jiraiya. And if you're serious about becoming my student, you'll have to pass my test first! You willing to do this?"

"Hell yeah!", Naruto shouted back, almost seeming like a copy of Rock Lee... only with a less polite vocabulary. And an orange-blue jumpsuit instead of a green one.

'This kid... will never be able to pull that one off. Well, not like it would work anyway, but I think I might have some fun with him... for being a snot-nosed brat, that is!', the old man thought as he sized Naruto up. Then, a grin spread on the mans face. "Alright, kiddo, I have decided. If you successfully master a special jutsu, I'll take you on as my apprentice, you got that?", he asked Naruto.

Naruto of course was on fire. The first test was already learning a new jutsu? This was going to be the best training ever, that was for sure! "Oh, okay! I'll do my best!", Naruto responded, clenching his fist tightly and pumping it into the air.

The man laughed a bit at Narutos enthusiasm. "Good! The jutsu I have invented just the other day is called 'Sexy Persuasion Jutsu'. It's really simple, just listen...". He started to explain the jutsu to Naruto, which was really simple. In fact, all it required was some chakra expelled from the hands of the user three times just when body contact was made with the victim. Something ordinary like patting the shoulder would be sufficient.

"And then, they're really susceptible to anything you say. So your job then is to find out one of her secrets. That's your test right there.", the man finished explaining.

Naruto thought about it. "I don't know... isn't that a little...", he wanted to ask 'unethical?', but he never got to that part.

"You've got some qualms about that? Now listen carefully, information gathering is a very vital part for any ninja if he wants to survive. Bedding enemies however is not just up to the kunoichi, but also for any male shinobi. So, it's important to learn this, understood?", Jiraiya said in a booming voice that just sounded important and convincing to Naruto.

"Yeah, I guess that makes sense...", he mumbled. Wait, did that mean Kurenai gave Ino and Sakura some training on those matters, too? Wow, now he was really curious about Kurenais training. Waitwaitwait, was that the reason she said 'she couldn't teach him any more'?

But before Naruto could mull over it, the man patted him on his back. "So, I want you to go to a woman and say 'Hey, how about you and I go to your place for a bit of fun?' and that's it.", the man finished his instructions.

"I-Isn't that...", Naruto gasped. Wasn't that sorta like ****?

Again, Jiraiya laughed heartily at Narutos hesitance, although he completely misjudged him there. "What? Don't tell me you're still a virgin? Man, kids these days are really just that.", he laughed some more.

Naruto, even though it was entirely true, took offense to being called a kid. Thrown overboard were his worries about this being sort of unethical. "Okay, who should I pick?", he asked right back at the man, his mind made up to get this guy, strange as he was, to be his teacher.

Jiraiya looked through the crowd. Since it was just barely noon, there weren't a whole lot of people around, but he managed to find a figure who would fill the role he had envisioned for Naruto. "Oh, try the woman with the long coat there.", Jiraiya suggested and pointed over to some benches that stood in front of a dango shop. Indeed, on one of them, a woman with short, purple hair and a long, beige trenchcoat sat, her back turned to the pair as she seemed to be happily munching down her lunch consisting of dango.

As Naruto followed the eyes of Jiraiya, he saw who he was talking about. 'Oh crap, isn't that...', Naruto thought before he was certain. Yes, that was the Mitarashi Anko, aka Crazy Exam Lady. Naruto wanted to back out, but in that moment, the man shoved him strongly in that direction, leaving him with no other choice but to keep on walking. But now that he was already fast approaching her, there was no way he could back out, could he? After all, this guy was watching and would teach him...

A moment that felt like painful eternity to Naruto (was that his life flashing by?), he stood behind Anko. He was dearly hoping that he wouldn't screw up this jutsu. If he failed, it would not just mean he wouldn't have a teacher... no, he probably wouldn't need to worry about one ever again.

Quickly, he patted the woman on the shoulder three times, so to any bystander, it just looked as if he tried to get her attention. "Umm... w-w-why don't y-you and I... go to your place for... a b-b-bit of fun?", he asked after he had let out the chakra. Then, a thought crossed his mind: What would happen IF that jutsu really was working now? Naruto gulped as Anko turned around to look at him...