AN: Aaahh! I'm so sorry that this took so long! Seriously, I didn't mean for the story to be put off for this amount of time, I've had serious writers block, and can only apologise.

Anyway, I bring you…THE MAILBAG!

KyuubiGohan: eeh, there may be hints of NaruHina in the story, but there may also be hints of NaruIno.

Forbiddenfruitunloved: two things, one – Your username is awesome, and so fun to type. Two – You have planted the seeds that spawn evil plot bunnies in my head. Look out for "Blades of the Byakugan" and "Melody of the Rasengan" for Hyūga Hidara and Uzumaki Tayuya respectively.

And now, THE CHAPTER!

Chapter 4: swords, flutes, dreamers, and snakes.

A week had passed since Yuya and Hidara had entered the village. They had painted houses, looked after children, and gardened. Yuya had briefly taught some children how to play the flute at one point, while Hidara helped show academy kids how to hold their kunai (and for one kid, their sword) correctly. While on these separate courses, Yuya had accidently sent her class to sleep while playing a lullaby, and Hidara had hospitalised a chūnin who was helping with the demonstration, seriously impressing not only the genin and children, but the staff as well (Three chūnin had asked Hidara to help them with their sword/kunai work, and one parent had asked if Tayuya could teach her the lullaby). Throughout the week, they had met up with Naruto several times and established a form of friendship with him. They joked, chatted and laughed together, but they shared no secrets. They had also formed a bond with the rest of the group, although of varying levels. They were close to Ino and Tenten, as they talked more to these two, Yuya to Ino since she liked Ino's personality, Hidara to Tenten because he was constantly buying supplies to keep his swords sharp (even though people only ever saw him with one, he was adamant that he had several). The only people that they hadn't formed any sort of bond with were Kiba, who had developed several theories as to the real identity of Yuya and kept trying to steal her mask, and Sakura, who got frustrated that she could never hit Hidara when he insulted her with sarcasm (He kept bloody dodging!) and angry at Yuya whenever the masked shinobi called her Pinky. Naruto had reported back to Tsunade, and told her that he thought that Hidara and Yuya should stay in the village, and that no, he wasn't kidding about who should be their sensei. When asked why, he simply remarked that "She and Yuya will have a lot in common, like a hatred of snakes, and Hidara will be needed to stop them killing each other, or their new teammate." Handing her a file about a genin, and giving her one of his big grins, he left her to mull it over. She had to admit, the two new genin had started to grow on her…especially with Hidara's new nickname for her (which Yuya had been gradually using more than "Grandma"). She called Sai into her office, and told him to fetch the swordsman and his red-haired friend.

~~~Ichiraku ramen~~~

" And then Lee went on a rampage, almost destroying the whole building!" The group that had gathered at the ramen stall (Ino, Tenten, Hidara, Yuya, Naruto (of course), Hinata, and Neji) all laughed at this story of Lee's drunken fist.

"Man…and I thought he was bad when drunk!" Yuya hooked her thumb at Hidara, who snorted indignantly.

"Me? You're the one who insults every family member, both living and dead, of any bartended who tries to cut you off." He took another bite of his ramen, and dodged an elbow from his friend. The rest of the group laughed at their antics. Sai suddenly appeared before them, startling them.

"Sai! What have we told you about suddenly appearing like that?!" Naruto yelled, slapping Ino on the back to stop her from choking.

"Sorry Naruto. Lady Tsunade sent me to fetch Sword-san and foulmouthed-chan." The referenced ninja glared at the socially challenged artist.

"What the fuck did you just call me, fucker?" Yuya growled, verifying Sai's nickname for her.

Hidara sighed "We might as well get going, before she comes to get us herself." He threw enough money to cover both his and Yuya's meal down onto the counter, and grabbed Yuya's collar before she could lunge at Sai, who was ignoring her question in favour of staring at Hinata. "Hey, artist boy! You gonna lead the way, or just stand there staring at Hinata?" Sai snapped back to attention, and smiled.

"Sorry, this way." He shunshinned away. Hidara sighed, and nudged Yuya. She did the relevant handsigns, and they vanished in a swirl of leaves.

~~~Hokage Tower~~~

Yuya's shunshin brought them just outside the Hokage's office. They straightened themselves out, and brushed off a couple of loose leaves before entering. Yuya looked between the occupants of the room, and smirked when Sai vanished.

"Hey look, it's Pinky and the Brain. What's up?" Sakura ground her teeth as Tsunade smirked.

"I've assigned the two of you to a team." This caught their attention.

"Wait a second…we work just as a pair. Last three times we were on a team with other people, they tried to kill us." Yuya stated. Hidara nodded in agreement, and quirked an eyebrow at Tsunade's laugh.

"Don't worry about that. Your teammate won't try to kill you." She smiled at the two genin. "You're to meet your new teammate and jonin sensei at the dango shop." Seeing that an argument was coming, she decided to interrupt it. "Of course, you could stay as a duo, never be allowed to take the chūnin exam, and stay stuck doing D and C rank missions for the rest of your lives. I do believe that Tora will be very happy to see you both for the next few years." A look of horror passed over the pairs faces, before they dashed to the door. They briefly fought about who would get out first, before Hidara picked Yuya up, and fled the room with her, while she kicked and shouted. Tsunade stared at the door, and steepled her fingers.

"…are you pondering what I'm pondering, Sakura?" Sakura thought for a moment.

"I think so…but how would we get them in the cupboard?" Tsunade sighed.

"No Sakura. If we can successfully get their team to work, then we will have created yet another force to be reckoned with. Adding them to our forces, and also taking into consideration the fact that they would eventually become jonin and teach new genin, making them stronger…Konoha will gain more power, becoming the most powerful village in the five nations, and Then, We Will TAKE OVER THE WORLD!" Lightning seemed to flash behind the manic Tsunade. Sakura took a few steps to the side, making a mental note to tell Shizune that Tsunade needed a vacation.

~~~Dango shop~~~

"If you don't put me down right now, so help me Kami I will strangle you with your COLON!" Yuya raged. Hidara placed her on the ground carefully.

"We're here!" Yuya looked at him for a few seconds, before staring at the Dango shop. Hidara grinned at her, until he felt a sharp pain on his head. As he bent over clutching his head, Yuya tapped her flute in the palm of her hand.

"Stupid baka." She growled, storming into the Dango shop. Hidara raced in after her, still holding his head in slight pain. She sat down at one of the small tables, and scowled. "So where the fuck are they?" Hidara sat across the table from her and shrugged.

"Haven't got here yet, fed up of waiting, didn't get the message, killed by freak accident, lost on the road of life…take your pick of excuses. Or hey, they could already be here, and not know who we are." Hidara looked around.

"…do you have any idea who it is you're looking for?" Yuya deadpanned.

"Not a single clue." Someone slowly got out of their seat and made their way over to Hidara and Yuya. "Although I'm guessing that she might be one of them." The figure, who turned out to be a girl about their age, with blond hair and a blue tipped fringe sat next to them and yawned.

"Are you two Hidara and Yuya?" She asked lazily. Hidara nodded, and the girl sighed. "Good. It would have been far too much effort if I'd had to find you. Our sensei was here a couple of minutes ago, but she got bored of waiting. She told me to tell you that the three of us need to meet her at training ground 16." The girl got up and slowly walked out of the dango shop. Yuya sighed.

"Looks like we're going to a training ground then…yippee." Hidara laughed.

"Could be worse! We could have to go into a dark mysterious cave and swear allegiance to some god!" Yuya glared at him.

"You know I hate Jashinists. They're all weird fucks. And their god is messed up too."

Deep in the Nara family forest, the deer were suddenly startled by a loud sneeze coming from a pit that was blocked off. A moments silence came before

"OKAY, WHO THE FUCK IS FUCKING WELL BADMOUTHING JASHIN-SAMA?! I'LL BITE THEIR FUCKING THROATS!"

Yuya and Hidara made their way to the training field, and looked around. There was a deep river next to it, and several large looking trees. Underneath one of the trees, was a girl wearing a brown knee length skirt, black fishnet stockings, a black vest, a white overcoat, and black fingerless gloves. As the two walked closer to the girl, they noticed two things. One was that it was the girl from the dango shop, and the second was that she had fallen asleep. Yuya tentatively poked her until she woke up.

"Hmm? Oh…it's you guys again…" She looked around. "Our new sensei was here just a minute ago…I think she got bored again…" She yawned, and stretched. There was a sudden puff of smoke, and a three kunai flew at the three genin. One hit just above the girls head, one was deflected by Yuya's flute, and the third was plucked out of the air by Hidara before it could hit him.

"All right you maggots!" A voice called out from the dissipating smoke. the cloud finally cleared, revealing a purple haired woman, who was grinning at the three genin. She was hearing a pale brown trenchcoat, a fishnet body suit, what looked like a bikini top, a short skirt, and boots. "I'm your new sensei."

The three genin looked at each other, a feeling of dread clouding above them.

And it's done! Whew, that took a long time to do…Sorry it's short, but I ran out of ideas for this bit. Also, if you don't know the name of Hidara, Yuya, and the new girl's sensei…then SHAME ON YOU!

Special thanks to Hacuna-Nara of DeviantArt for being my beta reader and creating the third team mate.

Next time, getting to know each other, and the age old test.