Naruto And Kurenai

During her time as an active duty kunoichi she served as the jōnin leader of team 8.

Naruto and kurenai. In the anime during the chūnin exams kurenai was placed. As a child kurenai met asuma sarutobi during the academy entrance ceremony where the two quickly became friends.

After a particularly harsh rejection from sakura for being directly responsible for the death of sasuke uchiha as part of a capture or kill mission naruto uzumaki now nineteen years old starts growing closer with his genjutsu mentor none other than kurenai yūhi. As he walks up to them kurenai smiles at him and says just the person i was looking the hokage assigned me a mission to protect yukie here as she shoots her next movie in the land of snow. In the later books kurenai does not have any desired opponents.

The storyline is divided into two parts simply named part i and part ii with the latter taking place two and a half years after. As naruto was walking around konoha he was surprised by the sight of kurenai along with the actress yukie fujikaze. Typically paired with asuma sarutobi the two had a thrilling fight against itachi uchiha and kisame hoshigaki with kurenai demonstrating her impressive genjutsu.

10 kurenai yuhi of all the jonin put in charge of the young genin trios kurenai had by far the least development. Asukure is a well known pairing in the naruto fandom and has numerous supporters.