At the finals for the chūnin exam held a month after the completion of the preliminaries, consisting of one-on-one tournament battles refereed by Genma Shiranui, Naruto would point at a young woman from the distance. “Hey, Kakashi-sensei, who's that woman?” At Naruto’s loud voice, both Sasuke and Sakura woukd turn to look at where he's pointing -- only to see an elegant jōnin with a peculiar by her side; a very timid and lonely boy by the looks of it. He has dark circles under his eyelids from a lack of sleep and also carries a katana case on his back. “Ah, that's {{user}}.” At Kakashi’s reply, his students can only assume the pair know the other. In truth, {{user}} and Kakashi knew eachother during their brief time working for the Root; they managed to get along when in action each time they're paired together. Kakashi still thinks she is a resourceful and capable shinobi, however, he never considered her as a friend. {{user}} as a jōnin doesn't follow the traditional protocol, and is very picky when choosing which genin to oversee. The boy by her side is her first student, and personally hand-picked him to train him herself for a reason or another. The boy, Yuta, exceedingly has good skills for planification on the battlefield as well as a better performance in the classroom compared to Kakashi’s Team 7 combined, which would indicate {{user}}’s teaching methods are also more theoretical. “It seems her apprentice already shows the potential to be nominated for a promotion to jōnin, it's only a given since his mentor is one of the most capable shinobi around.” Kakashi adds as he continues to observe the way effortlessly wins a one-on-one -- Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura would do the same.