The first day of training as her new apprentice Lady Tsunade asked me why I wanted to learn medical ninjutsu. I told her about how if I could fight as well as I can but also be able to heal people as good as she can, I would be even more capable of protecting those I care about. Not only will I be able to fight for them, I can heal them when needed and knowing Naruto, Zabuza, and Sasuke that is a necessity for me. She seemed pleased with my answer and allowed me to study under her.

I was in Tsunade's office training like I have been for the month of her being my Sensei alongside Kakashi. Medical training isn't strenuous per-say, but it is extremely difficult. It takes an extremely precise amount of chakra control to produce the mystic palm technique. First I have to bring some of my chakra into my hands, that part is easy, the hard part is pulling out my elemental and combatant chakra from my hands and then it leaves pure chakra that can be used to heal.

My elemental affinity for water is so strong that trying to completely remove it from my hands is extremely difficult. I can convert my chakra from water to lightning but taking out the element completely is almost as difficult as it was to unlock my chakra coils. I learned the hard way that when you don't fully pull out the elemental chakra to perform mystic palm the results are terrible.

I practice on fish for the most part and because I struggle so much with taking out my elemental chakra, when I am trying to heal the fish, it seeps back in sometimes and even the smallest amount makes the fish explode. Tsunade is brutal and instead of letting me shower off the fish guts I keep covering myself in, she makes me sit in the guts and practice. She thinks it's a good motivator for me to learn the technique faster.

Today I managed to keep the mystical palm technique working for a solid 3 minutes before the green glow flickered back into blue. The best thing was it made so much more sense on chakra scalpels now, they are blue because it is the same precision as mystic palm takes, to fine tune chakra into sharp thin blades around your hands, but they have all of the elemental chakra still in them so they can do damage. That part is a bit easier for me. Right now, I'm sitting covered in guts and smell like a damn sewer.

Healing something is not just inserting the healing chakra into someone's blood stream, it is a lot more difficult. For cuts and external wounds, I have to insert my chakra into the body and have it connect with their chakra, then I have to push it all to the wound and Imagine the chakra acting as a needle, stitching the cut closed with chakra. Healing Internal wounds is similar and thankfully with my Byakugan I can see the internal issues that I wouldn't be able to see else wise. Broken bones takes a lot more chakra and time and there is only so much I can do to heal them.

I have to use my chakra molded with theirs to push the bone back in place and use the chakra as a slight splint to weld the bone in place while I actually cast it until it can meld itself back together over a week or two. My struggle is not being able to hold my technique long enough to do any actual healing, hence the constant exploding fish.

I managed to heal the first layer of the fish's gash when Kakashi waltzed in the room, jumping in from the window. My chakra became unstable and the fish exploded. He let out a chuckle and so I threw some of the guts on him, ignoring his annoyed protest.

"Maa you smell terrible Hinata. What happened." He gave me a closed eye smile and I glowered at him.

"Hatake, You're late. Again."

"You see, there was a fish drowning and I had to give it CPR." He said so seriously that I laughed in amusement. Tsunade didn't find it as funny as I did so she punched the wall, threatening Kakashi to be late again. We both paled slightly at her temper.

"Hinata, you have been working diligently and from the recommendations of Kakashi Hatake, Zabuza Momochi, Hiashi Hyuuga, Shisui Uchiha, and the Late Hiruzen Sarutobi. You are being permitted to take the Jonin Exams this next week to earn yourself the title of a Jonin. This test will take the Chunin exams look like child's play, do you think you are ready?"

"Wholly Shit. No fucking way, Hell yeah I'm ready. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" Kakashi slapped my head for my foul language and Tsunade just laughed, her mouth isn't very clean either.

"Maa Maa, after you clean yourself you can train with me and then you have 5 days off until the exams. Ja ne." Kakashi gave a two finger salute and poofed out of existence.

"That brat." Tsunade sighed. She called in Shizune to bring her more Sake and after a slightly headed argument, Shizune submitted to bringing Tsunade her precious mind numbing alcohol. "Your clan sent me the mission request. Which little brats would you like to bring as your guards?"

"Oh yeah, I totally forgot about that. Uhh, I know Zabuza should go and I think Neji and Sasuke would be the best options to help blend in somewhere so regal, Nobody else could pull off the princely act." Neji and Sasuke already have the ego's of a prince and knowing their skills in acting high-and-mighty, they are the perfect two to take with me. Especially since I need Sasuke to pose as my date, it will be just like dance class with his mom when we were younger.

Zabuza and the clan wouldn't be too happy if I didn't bring him along since he is my guard of sorts. I also haven't seen him in a while since he's been out on missions with Anko for a while. I know Naruto and Kiba will be pissed I didn't bring them, but such a formal event that probably involves dancing and manners, I can barely do them no way in hell would my wild besties be able to survive it without drawing bad attention to ourselves.

"You will brief them on the mission details. Bring me more Sake and Dango then you are dismissed to train with Hatake."

"Ok." I ran to the nearest Dango shop and got Tsunade her items while shifting uncomfortably with all the grossed out stares I was getting for being covered in smelly rotten fish. I made it to the bath house since it was closer than my own home and bathed myself clean, it took 4 rounds of soap and scalding water to get the smell off of myself. I put on some clean training gear and jogged over to training ground 7 a few hours later than the time specified.

Surprise surprise I was still earlier than Kakashi even if it only was by a few minutes. Kakashi went harder on the three of us than usual. He had his Sharingan activated and was sending attack after attack for us to dodge or counter. It was difficult to even land a scratch on him sometimes. Training ended when Naruto, Sasuke, and I each managed to land 3 heavy blows on him without the use of any of our Kekkei Genki.

That was a blast but I ended up shutting off the chakra to his arm at one point so it flopped uselessly which was well worth it, it was hilarious. After training, Kakashi took Naruto to get some foods for his fridge, nobody would dare disrespect Naruto and not let him get groceries with cold blooded Kakashi on his side. That left Sasuke and I alone.

"Hey, Duckbutt."

"Hn."

"You have a mission with Neji and Zabuza. I have to go to some ball thingie and I am supposed to have guards so I picked you to help." He smirked smugly. "Don't go getting your ego stroked, you were the best option because you already act like a prince with your high-and-mighty attitude."

"Hn. Asshole."

"Yeah Yeah whatever. You are going to act as my date, Neji is going to be my butler of sorts oh how I know he'll hate that, and Zabuza is the obvious choice as a guard. Sound good?" Sasuke's face morphed into one of greater smugness than usual and I knew he was going to say something that was going to make me want to punch him in his pretty face.

"Freak, this just sounds like an elaborate plan to get me to date you. Fangirls usually go far, but this is a new level, you are trying to pay to get me to go out with you." My mouth dropped open and I just blinked so stunned that he even said that. His smirk turned into a smug smile that quickly fell when he looked in my eyes. He turned to run but I was to quick and tackled him to the ground putting him in a chokehold.

"Damn it duckbutt you are such a fucking cocky bastard! I already know you like Naruto, you're my only option as a date for this thing; nobody else could cut it. I liked it better when you shut your fucking mouth and only said Hn."

"I DON'T LIKE THAT DOBE!" He got himself out of my weak chokehold and was chuckling but it was kind of dark. My shock and anger faded and I lost it so I ran from him while trying not to laugh. Sometimes I forgot how funny he is, it was a flashback to the times before life went to hell. He grabbed me like a sack of potatoes and walked us home. I completely missed the slight blush and happy smile on his face from the idea of going out with me.

Sasuke dropped me off at home and I immediately ran into dads office. I slowed to a stop and knocked on the door so he knew I was coming in.

"Dad. Guess what!" I was practically glowing and the quick glance he gave me made him stop his work and stare at me. He raised one eyebrow silently asking me to continue and also threatening that if it's worthless he would be annoyed with me for interrupting his work. "I am allowed to take the Jonin exams, I had more than 1 recommendation so Lady Tsunade is allowing it! I'm so excited. I'll be tied with Kakashi-sensei for the youngest Jonin if this works out!" Dad had a tiny smirk and his eyes brightened a bit in proudness. He had no surprise, probably because he recommended me but I know he is proud that it worked out and I am moving up in the ranks so fast. I

ran and jumped over the table tackling him in a hug, he was stiff and huffed in annoyance but allowed the hug anyways. "Thank you for believing in me." I mumbled into his chest, still smiling like a dope. He patted my back and removed me, his hands firmly planted on my shoulders

"Daughter, you have earned my respect through your hard work. You are worthy of being a Jonin of the leaf and to carry on the Hyuuga legacy." He said it with little inflection in his voice but the pride he held for me was apparent. That was one of the nicest things he has ever said and done for me, he might be a stiff but he is my dad and I wouldn't want anyone else.

To have earned his respect after all these years of working for it means the world to me. I look up to him and his skill so much so this is a huge moment for us, for him to fully acknowledge me not only as his daughter and the successor to the clan, but as a ninja worthy as the title of a Jonin. To have earned that from him is one of the biggest honors I could ever receive from my father.

"I love you."

"Yes, me too." He gave me one last pat on the head then kicked me out of his office to rest and study up academically for the Jonin exams. I went to the library and piled a bag full of scrolls that I thought I would need and brought all the healthy nonperishable foods I could into my room to become a hermit and have a study party for myself. I haven't told anyone about the exams, Kakashi or Shikaku might tell them but I'm hoping he doesn't. I want to surprise them after the exams and tell them if I become a Jonin.

***

Dad woke me up this morning and he had everything prepared for me. My clothes were laid out, my ninja pouches were filled with weapons and food, and he had a light high-protein breakfast laid out for me to eat before the exams. It was a small act, but coming from him it was special, it was his way of being there for me today. Hanabi-hime gave me a special ribbon to tie in my hair for good luck and I had her tie it in.

I was excited but extremely nervous because I knew I would be the youngest and smallest there. I was representing my clan and all the people who believed in me so I had to prove myself. I may be young but I've worked so hard to get myself here, I'm not going to fail now. Zabuza was home from his mission today so he picked me up and took me to the exam that was a half a day travel from the village. He was making comments the whole time to freak me out like the sadistic guy he is.

I opened the exam doors after dropping off my paperwork and was met with 25 Chunin from our allied villages (I did notice the lack of Sand Chunin since the invasion) all 17 or older. Their eyes locked onto mine and there were different feelings passing through each of them. By the look in most of their eyes, they were underestimating me. One guy from the Kusagakure (A/N it's a real village that is presumed to be allies with Konoha) with electric blue hair and equally blue eyes stood up and pointed at me. He had an aura about him that Immediately made me know he's a cocky dick to the extreme. He led out a loud mocking laugh.

"Awe little bitch did you lose your mommy. This is for future Jonin not weak little girls like you. I knew the Leaf was a bitch village but this is something else, are they mocking us now?" A few people nodded along with him but all eyes were on me. My eyes narrowed and my fists were clenched. The mention of my mom set me off and I wanted to kick his ass. "Awe did I strike a nerve. Why don't you run back home crying to your mommy like the little wimp you are. Future Jonin my ass." He sneered. Instead of crying, I smirked at him and put my hand on my hip, embracing my inner bitchy Neji, ready to call him out.

"You're all bark and no bite. You run your mouth off acting like some macho man to compensate for your fragile ego. You're just trying to cover up that you're terrified of getting your ass kicked by everyone else here, especially a little bitchlike me. Oh look now you're shaking in anger because you just called out by someone years younger than you." His face turned even more red and he looked ready to blow. Most of the people around us were snickering at his misfortune of picking on the wrong little girl.

He got ready to jump at me but one of the Chunin from his same village pulled him down to make him shut up. A girl in her mid to late 20's and a guy who was around 19, both from Yugakure, flashed in front of me. The girl had short black hair shaved on the sides and vibrant violet eyes, the boy had shaggy lavender hair and deep green eyes. The girl was tall and intimidating and seemed to scream strength. The boy seemed to be goofy like Naruto, but his movements did nothing to hide the swift manner he walked.

"That was pretty ballsy what you did back there. You put a target on your back and being the youngest one here could be detrimental to you. I like it." He laughed out and gave me a genuine smile. He has no clue who I am but I have a feeling having him as an ally right now would be a good idea, plus he seems like a fun person.

"You taught that pussy his place, stupid but cool. You're a young one and look fragile but I'm cool with that. The names Katsumi Date the idiot beside me is Yukimura Kirishima. I like you and you need allies, what do you say?" She stuck her hand out, she insulted and complimented me, she's a straightforward kind of person. I like her, she seems fun. I shook her hand, gripping hers as tightly as she was gripping mine. Her stature towered over me, but I returned the smirk she gave me with a grin.

"Hyuuga, Hinata Hyuuga." I almost squealed in happiness at absolute awesomeness I felt introducing myself like James Bond. It was a dream come true. Katsumi muttered under her breath, "Hyuuga huh." Yukimura threw his arm over my shoulder and led me over to where they were sitting.

"Ignore the looks of all the other creeps, with me by your side you're bound to succeed. I'm the great Yukimura Kirishima swordsman extraordinaire." I laughed but by the twin swords on his back and the lack of people arguing his statement, it must be true. "Alright little Hime" I groaned at the nickname but allowed him to continue. "Tell us your strengths and weaknesses and we'll tell you ours. That way when we fight the others, we can have better strategies planned up by scary Kat over there." He jerked his thumb at Katsumi and she rolled her eyes. By their interactions, they seem to know each other pretty well.

"My Taijutsu and water Ninjutsu are basically second to none. I can use lightning ninjutsu but usually only conjoined with water. My strategies are good, usually come on the fly but they seem to work in the short term. My Genjutsu skills and use of Kunai and Shuriken are barely average." They both smirked at my confidence and Yukimura laughed at my dejected sigh at my weaponry failures.

"Sounds good little hime, from what I've heard from another leaf Chunin, your strength in Taijutsu is scary so that will be good for us. I am a self proclaimed master swordsman worthy to one day fight one of the seven swordsman. My speed and agility is amazingly awesome and my other weaponry skills are pretty perfect too. I can release Genjutsu with no problem and can use fire ninjutsu. I'm not great strategy wise and my strength is not the best." We turned to Katsumi for her answers.

"My Genjutsus will make the biggest of men shit their pants and my earth style ninjutsu is good. I can strategize on the fly and outthink most of the other losers here. My speed is average and I'm more of a distance fighter so my Taijutsu is not the best." We nodded in approval at one anothers skills and began to from plans when a man entered the room. Everyone silenced immediately and he passed us out a written test. There were no gimmicks, it was just to test out intelligence. It was extremely difficult but not impossible and after a few hours all of us finished. Only 3 people gut cut at this stage of the exams. The nest stage was the TI part of the exams.

As a Jonin it is important to keep secret information secret so this test was letting chosen members of TI try to get information out of us. I was given a secret word that only I knew and was locked into a room to have someone try to get the word out of me. They had free reign, within reason of course, to do whatever needed to get the secret out of me for the next 2 hours.

A woman with blood red lips that were curled up in a menacing smirk and eyes excited for the investigation sauntered her way into the room. She sat me on a leather chair and chained my arms and legs tightly. Her cold grey eyes stared into mine and when I didn't flinch her smirk turned into a feral grin because she was excited for the prospect of breaking the information out of me.

"So you're the young leaf ninja I've heard about." She scratched a long nail along my cheek, slightly drawing blood. She licked it up happily. "I can't wait to see what you're made of." She circled me like prey and after a few looks, she took one more lick of my blood and backed off. She kept her eyes trained on mine and made a few hand signs. I tried to take in a breath but it felt like someone was suffocating me. This went on for forever and every time I was about to pass out, I was able to take in a few breaths.

Each time I was allowed to breathe she would ask me if the secret and every time I refused, I was suffocated again. Whatever jutsu she was using was extremely scary. When she realized I wouldn't give in, I was able to breathe again.

The walls around me began to warp and black goop was pouring down the walls. Creepy monsters formed from the tar and were screeching as they surrounded me. I kept trying to get away from them but I was still chained down as they touched me and scratched along my body. I wanted to scream in terror after my sight was going black by the amount of monsters around me, I was broken out of my fear when the proctors voice echoed through the monsters asking for the secret word. I grit my teeth through the uncomfortable and horrific feelings and shook my head no. Her laugh echoed the room and the monsters faded, I was staring back at her.

"You're good little girl, times almost up and I want to break you so bad." She licked her lips and my vision shifted back to my childhood. It was the scene of when my mom died, she was covered in blood and calling out to me, begging for help while I was stuck to the chair and couldn't do anything. She pleaded with me to tell the proctor the secret word and that if I did she would live. I wanted it so bad, it felt so real. Having my mom back is one of the things I wanted the most for myself but I knew it was unrealistic. Every plea got to me though and I opened my mouth to speak, but I saw the slight silver edging of the room.

I've seen it before. I focused more on that, trying to remember where I've seen it before. It helped me block out the cries of my mom which were growing louder by the second. It dawned on me that this has to be a type of extremely strong mental manipulation Genjutsu, a variant of normal Genjutsu that is stronger and more realistic. The scene faded back to normal and I was staring into the cold eyes of the proctor with unconscious tears from the horrible vision still streaming down my face.

"You passed this part of the exam, I'm surprised you didn't crack when I showed you a variant of your most horrible memory. I enjoyed watching you cry little girl. Good luck!" Her voice said full of sadistic amusement. I was released from the chains and led out of the room into a room with 12 people. Thankfully Katsumi and Yukimura were there; sadly the blue haired dude was there too. I was greeted with a punch to the shoulder and a hug.

They announced that the third part of the exam was a battle Royale, we would compete in teams of 3 with at least 1 being from a different village to test our skills and cooperative abilities. The final team standing will compete against each other and be made Jonin if they are impressive enough. Katsumi, Yukimura, and I signed up as partners. The final battle Royale went perfectly and we were the last team standing. It took over a full day of nonstop fighting to win but it was worth it.

Katsumi and Yukimura were extremely talented and I'm glad they were my allies now and in the future thanks to the bond we made beating up people and each other. Together we took out the blue bastard, I got to give him the finishing punch, knocking him out when he was punched into a 30 inch thick concrete wall. We fought well and were hopefully impressive enough to make Jonin.

The leaders of our villages would be the ones to decide the outcome. I was battered and thoroughly bruised by the end of the battles and had to have Zabuza carry me because my legs stopped working correctly. All I wanted was to sleep in a nice bed for like a week straight. Zabuza didn't want to spend money so he put me on his back and carried my sleeping body the entire way home and letting me sleep in his apartment.

***

I was kneeling before Lady Tsunade the morning after I woke up from my 3 day sleep. Today was my off day but she made me come in anyways. She had 2 Sake cups on her desk and the fanciest bottle of Sake in between them.

"Hinata Hyuuga after your exceptional show at the Jonin exams, it is on recommendation of your proctors and my own opinion that I am making you a Jonin of the Village Hidden In the Leaves effective immediately. You are young so I will not have you command a team, you are still under the jurisdiction of myself and Kakashi Hatake and teammates of Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha. Congratulations, now since you are a Jonin, you can enjoy some of the better Sake with your master." She poured me a cup and grabbed the bottle for herself I took the shot and she drank down a few gulps, the pink blush forming on her cheeks almost instantly from the fast acting alcohol. I was jumping around her office like a dork fist pumping the air and screaming "Fuck Yes" over and over.

"Now don't think because you are a Jonin your training will become easier. The exact opposite can be said for me, I will push you harder than before so that I don't have to worry about you on the more difficult missions you are going to go on. I already worry about Naruto, I'm not going to want to add you onto that list."

"Hai, I'm ready to learn everything you can teach me!"

"Good, now leave my sight and go celebrate with your friends, they have been bugging me to know where you are." I ran out of her office to tell everyone the awesome news. When the clan elders find out they are going to be so happy but they can shove that up their ass since it's not for them like they think it is. I told my dad and Hanabi first, thanking them for the support. I know without my dad, I would have never made it this far.

I told Zabuza next who was not surprised. Kakashi gave me a fond head pat and a sarcastic quip about me taking over as sensei for him so he can read his porn more often. Shikamaru and Choji were happy but not surprised since Shika figured out where I was from talking with his dad. Ino was proud of me and we got out nails done together in celebration. She's also planning a party now in honor of it even when I tried to beg her not to.

Kiba was slightly pissed and threw a big fuss about it, but I knew he was secretly happy for me. Shino said it was a no brainer that I made Jonin since my skills were already at that level. Sasuke was super jealous but played it off saying it was all a fluke like the Tsundere he is. He also shocked me pretty badly with his lightning for not telling him where I was for over a week. He loves me though, so he finally gave in and let me hug him for a job well done.

He may be a cold bastard sometimes but his hugs are something everyone needs to experience. Naruto was so happy for me, pissed that he's a Genin, but over the moon for me. We went for ramen and he gave me a kiss on the cheek in repayment of mine and as congratulations. He like Sasuke was super pissed I didn't tell him where I was and yelled at me for worrying him. It was sweet and I couldn't have asked for anything better. Neji knew about it already but was still proud of me for becoming a Jonin and being the youngest female Jonin in Konoha history.

Tenten was super happy for me too and as a congratulations we went to the bath house and got to relax there for a day. It was extremely nice on both of our sore muscles, her from Gai and mine form still recovering from the intensity of the exams. Lee was overjoyed for me and gave me such nice hugs and cheers for it. He's finally back on his feet and promised to give me 1000 pushups as a gift. It was a sweet sentiment and I was still awed by his strength and work ethic, which made him glow with joy when I told him that.

Gaara.

Dear Future Kazekage,

I'm glad your'e doing good! I worry about you sometimes and wish I could be there to support you more than I can in letters. You need someone to give you more hugs and head pats and I can't do that in Konoha. I'll explain what goth is when I visit which I think I am coming soon. I have so much to tell you about in person and so many questions I need you to answer for me. I would love to help you find a favorite color I already have a few in mind of what I think you would like. Keep working with the raccoon Shukaku, he'll come around someday, you are just as amazing as Naruto so don't worry about that. I'm glad the village is seeing you more for the wonderful person you are, I want everyone to see you the way I do and I know they will someday soon. Thank you for providing me safety when I need it, you really are my knight in shining armor. Sorry it's taken so long to respond I've been really busy and haven't spoken to anyone because of the Jonin exams. Guess what, I became a Jonin and am the youngest female Jonin the leaf has ever had. Having support like the kind I get from you and all my other loved ones has been a big part of me being able to succeed the way I have. Thats still nothing compared to becoming Kazekage, but it is something that I am proud of. I wanna play Shoji and other games too! I'm glad you got new clothes, what do they look like? My favorite food is any kind of Yakitori and my favorite drink is orange juice. What are your favorite food and drink? Also what is your favorite dessert? And what is your favorite childhood memory?

Love,

Hinata

A/N: Sorry I didn't write the fight scenes out, I wasn't in the mood especially since I have big ones planned out soon. There is going to be some more romance in the next few chapters and Gaara will finally make a reappearance before the shitshow starts. The Akatsuki will make an entrance again in the next 6 to 7 chapters I think. Let me know who you want to see Hinata have more time with. I love you all! Question: what are your favorite 3 anime? Mine are Naruto hunter x hunter and full metal alchemist brotherhood