NARUTO! THE MISFIT GENINS!
CHAPTER 1,
"HIDDEN IN THE SHADOWS OF THE MOON, ENTER UZUMAKI KANAKA?"
(Timeline: 3 years after Jiraya takes Naruto away for special training)
(WINTER. MORNING. ¼ OF A MILE FROM THE VILLAGE OF KONOHA)
THE SUN WAS SLOWLY RISING ABOVE THE FOREST.
It's rays were shining off the morning dew of the fresh snow on the ground and the trees. Most of the forest animals were already in hibernation for the winter. The rest of the animals slowly awoke & began their daily activities.
From outta the woods, he appeared.
He wore black, from head to toe.
Long sleeve mesh shirt, long pants that looked baggy around the legs. Black ninja shoes. And a long black trench coat with a hood. On his head, he wore a skull cap that covered his head. He wore a forehead protector, with the crest of a Crescent Moon on it, and he wore it slanted, so that it came down over his right eye. So, only his left eye was visible. He reached up, and pulled down his face mask.
Uzumaki Kanaka rubbed his face a bit, then leaped up into a tree to get a better view. He looked around, until he finally spotted what he was looking for.
The Village of the Hidden Leaf.
KONOHAGAKURE.
"I found it. I found it at last. KONOHA"
He dug into his pocket & pulled out a picture.
It was a picture of a happily married couple, both ninja. And in the wife's arms, was a healthy baby boy with black hair.
Healthy…..if you consider that the child had fox ears, 3 dark lines on both cheeks, and a fox tail. Kanaka rubbed his thumb over the woman's face in the picture. "Mom. I finally made it. I finally found father's village. Now I can tell him what happened to the village," a tear falls from his eye onto the picture, "and to you"
A small ping of anger and rage swells up in him.
"I'll find him mother. I'll find that bastard that……! And I will make him PAY"
Kanaka takes a calming breath to relax, puts the picture back into his pocket, and looks back towards the village. 'Hmm, looks to be about a quarter mile away. Oh well, what's a little more walking'
The thought made him think of his friends.
'I hope everybody's alright. Okay then, time to do this'
Hopping off the limb, Kanaka begins heading towards Konoha.
"So," the 1st guard at the front gate said to the 2nd, "how'd it go last night, with Anko-sempai"
The 2nd guard grumbled in pain, rubbing his forehead and temples. As it was obvious to the 1st guard, that his friend was suffering from a very nasty hangover.
"Why…in the name of Konoha…..did you set me up on a date with Anko-sempai? My god! She drunk enough sake to make Jiraya & Asuma-sensei sick for a month"
"Now wait a minute. You told me that you could drink with the best of them"
"I can. But, the way she drinks, is INHUMAN! She is bottomless when it comes to drinking. She drank 5 bottles of sake in 4 minutes." "Well, that's not so bad." "I meant the LARGE BOTTLES!" "Oh. My bad." "And, to top it off, I pull morning duty here at the front gate, I didn't have time to rest up"
"Well. How about this. How about after our shift's over, I treat you to some stir fry beef & vegetables, and pork ramen with egg"
"Are you trying to make me throw up on you today"
The 1st guard laughed as he patted his friend on his back.
But suddenly, he tensed up when he heard a noise come from the forest.
"Did you hear that? Get ready"
He stood in front of the 2nd guard as the figure in black approached.
There are things in this world, that seem to be more enjoyable, than a mid-morning nap on a tree limb, in a tall snow covered tree in the Village of Konoha.
To Narahara Ayumi, there is nothing more in this world more better than that.
She sat on the tree limb, overlooking the village. It was one of the tallest trees in all of Konoha. It was her favorite tree. And, it had been her favorite tree, since she came to live to live in Konoha over a year and a half ago. When the Hokage took her in, after finding her like a lost stray cat in the forest. In a way, the Hokage was like a parent to Ayumi.
Ayumi stretched her body as she lazily yawned. The sun was still rising over the village. The suns rays, coming over the stone faces of the 4 Hokages past, made the village more beautiful. She took a deep breath and exhaled happily.
"AHH. What a beautiful morning. Looks like today's gonna be perfect. Don't you agree, Houka?" She looked down at the small white cat by her side.
Houka had been Ayumi's pet & companion since Ayumi could walk. They were inseparable, and Houka had never left Ayumi's side. They were a perfect pair when it came to tracking, or fighting.
Houka stretched, purred, let out a cute "meow", & rubbed her head on Ayumi's thigh.
Ayumi carefully picked Houka up and rubbed noses with her.
"And good morning to you, Houka. Sorry I left without you this morning, but I wanted to do a little light training by myself." She cuddled Houka and scratched her head. "Let's see now, I know Hokage-sama is still asleep, and Sakura-neesan isn't up yet. So, that means, we have the morning to ourselves. And since there is nothing to do right now, how about a nice relaxing nap Houka? Until we join up with everybody else"
The little white cat meowed a "yes" in excitement, as it climbed onto & up Ayumi's arm until it was on Ayumi's shoulder. Ayumi then carefully laid down onto the limb herself, curling herself up like a cat also. She let out a yawn, and slowly drifted off to sleep.
Feeling its master go to sleep, Houka followed suit, yawning and slowly drifting off to sleep. Snuggling on Ayumi's shoulder, just under her golden orange hair.
The alarm clock had been buzzing for about 15 minutes.
Finally, a hand reached out from under the covers, and calmly smashed the clock.
"Enough already! I'm awake"
Haruno Sakura sat up, threw the covers off of her, and yawned.
She looked at the now bent alarm clock.
'Why do I even set my alarm clock to go off so early anyway'
She thought about it….then remembered.
'Oh yeah, back then. That when we all use to get up early, back then…'
For a moment, she thought about the past.
It had been nearly 3 years, since it happened.
Since…..THAT DAY.
The day she wishes she could forget, but can't.
She took a deep breath and sighed.
"No use thinking about it. The past is the past now. Nothing can change that. Better get up and get ready. Hokage-sama will get mad if I'm late for training." Sakura slid outta bed, went into her bathroom & started to shower.
The hot water felt good against her body as she showered and did her hair. After a few minutes, she stepped out and dried her hair. As she dried off, she couldn't help but look at herself in the bathroom mirror. Sakura had blossomed into a beautiful 16 year old female in the past 3 years. She had gone from being ga-ga over certain guys, to turning the heads of some of the male genins in the village. She smiled when she thought how a certain blonde haired genin would react, once he returned home from training.
She grinned as she thought about him.
"Baka"
Finishing up, Sakura got dressed and headed out.
Coming out of her house, the 1st person she saw was Yamanaka Ino.
"Yo girl. Feel like walking with a friend this morning"
"Hey Ino." The 2 friends/rivals started down the street. "No missions today"
"Nah. Asuma-sensei is on a mission with Iruka-sensei. Which means that Shikamaru is teaching at the academy. And as for Chouji…..he's somewhere stuffing his face. So, I'm going to work at my parents' flower shop today"
"Well, would you rather train with the Hokage today"
"HELL NO." the 2 friends laughed as they walked down the street.
Turning a corner, their eyes fell upon it.
The abandoned compound. The Uchiha Compound.
HIS OLD COMPOUND.
For a moment, they stopped. Looking at the Uchiha Clan symbol, that was above the closed off gate. The same symbol that HE USED TO WEAR.
Ino looked at Sakura & sighed.
Although she never mentioned it, Ino did hear what did happen, between him and Sakura that night. But, she never brought it up. And although Sakura said that she had gotten over it, Ino knew better than anyone about how Sakura felt about him.
HOW SHE TRULY FELT ABOUT HIM.
She wanted to say something to Sakura. But, what do you say to someone that has already been said? So, Ino decided to change the mood.
"YO GIRL! Quit daydreaming! I've gotta get to my parents' shop. Let's go"
Grabbing Sakura's arm, Ino dashed off. Pulling Sakura along.
--
"Good morning," the 1st guard said, "welcome to Konohagakure. Please state your business in this village"
For a minute, Kanaka sized up the situation.
Here he was, standing outside the gates of his father's village. He was so close, yet so far. Now, the only thing standing in his way, were 2 guards. And from the look of it, the 2nd guard wasn't looking too good. But for now, diplomacy was required.
"I need to speak to the Hokage of this village. It is of a serious matter"
The 1st guard looked the stranger up & down, noticing the forehead protector with the crescent moon on it.
"A crescent moon? I've never heard of a village with a crescent moon symbol. What's the name of your village? And do you have a appointment with the Hokage"
"My village no longer exists. Look, I really need to speak to the Hokage. I need to tell him what happened back home, and…to her"
"HIM!" The 2nd guard said a bit shocked. The Hokage of this village is not a HIM! Everyone knows that. You are misinformed"
"I starting to believe that you have no business in this village." the 1st guard said. "I'm sorry, but I must insist that you leave…..now"
Kanaka was upset and confused.
Could he be at the wrong village, he thought. No. this was the right village. This was the village his father left for. The village that his mother had told Kanaka to seek out and find his father. This village, where he would become HOKAGE.
HOWEVER…..the guards had just told him that the Hokage was NOT A HIM?
Could they be wrong? Probably not. Then, was this a ploy to mislead him?
Either way, Kanaka had to find out for himself.
He turned around to walk away, but stopped.
"Look, nothing personal, but I must see the Hokage. So, I'm sorry"
"SORRY? FOR WHAT"
"For…..THIS"
Kanaka spun around, and threw a pepper smoke bomb to the ground.
It went off, sending a huge cloud of pepper smoke up. The 2 guards coughed and wheezed, as Kanaka leaped over the wall and landed on the opposite side in the village.
He pulled his face mask down, to get some fresh air.
"DAMNIT BAKA! You didn't tell me that those bombs were THAT STRONG! Wait till I get my hands on you…..4 EYES"
Reaching behind his head, he pulls up his hood over his head to better hide his face, as he began to walk through the streets of Konoha.
"Are you okay?" The 1st guard asked the 2nd.
"Yeah, just peachy." he looks back at the gate. "Well, that's just great! He got past us! Now what'll we do"
"I'll take care of that. I'll gather a few other Anbu to chase this guy. See if you can get someone to inform the Hokage. They need to know. That guy could be trouble. I'll catch up to you later"
The 1st guard dashed off.
The 2nd guard grumbled in pain as he rubbed his forehead.
"UGGH! I knew I should've called in this morning"
--
Kanaka aimlessly walked the streets of Konoha for several minutes.
He was amazed by the sights, sounds, smells and colors of the village. It wasn't anything like back home in his village. Even though it was Winter time, & snow did cover the streets, people were carrying on with their daily lives. As he turned a corner, he passed a mother walking with her little son. Watching them, reminded Kanaka about his own mother.
He remembered how his mother would take him on long walks through the village and adjoining just outside the village gates.
It made a tear fall from his blue eye.
It had been a while since he thought of happier times, with his mother. As they passed, the young child looked up at Kanaka, smiled and waved.
Kanaka smiled as he waved & walked on. But, as he turned a corner, he ran headlong into a group of Anbu, being led by the 1st guard from the gate.
"Uh-oh"
Houka opened her eyes as her ears perked up.
She yawned, rubbed her face with her paw, & sniffed the morning air.
There was no mistaking it, there was a scent in the air. An unknown scent.
The scent of a stranger in the village…..HER VILLAGE!
Houka hopped off Ayumi's shoulder, and began rubbing her head in Ayumi's face. Trying to stir her awake.
"Houka? Houka, stop it! C'mon, let me sleep. Tsunade-san isn't looking for us. C'mon! 5 more minutes Houka. Cut it out"
Houka continued rubbing her head in Ayumi's face. While also batting her paw in her face also. Ayumi finally opened her eyes, sat up, holding Houka in her hands, staring at her closely. "Alright Houka, I'm awake! So this had better be important to wak…"
Ayumi caught the scent in the air. Like Houka, Ayumi could smell the distinctive scent of the unknown stranger. She began sniffing the air, while looking towards the village. She had the scent of the stranger, but at the same time, she sensed an unknown presence. So she continued to sniff, until she locked onto the scent.
"Whoever it is, they're near the west part of the village. Near the Ramen Shop. Hmmm, my curiosity's peaked. You wanna go play, Houka?
Houka meowed in excitement, a definite "yes". Ayumi put the small white cat onto her left shoulder, got into a crouched position like cat, and leaped off the tree limb, onto a rooftop. And then began leaping from rooftop to rooftop, moving like a cat.
Before reaching the flower shop, Ino & Sakura had stopped along the way for a cup of tea, and were almost at the shop, when the 2nd gate guard ran up to them.
Out of breath and still hung over, and out of breath.
"SAKURA-SAN! Thank god I found you"
"ME? You're looking for me? What's wrong"
"There's trouble! An unknown figure, has snuck in the village. They kept saying that they needed to see the Hokage. But the strange thing was, that they kept saying the Hokage was a HIM!" "HIM!" Ino said. "That's crazy! I mean, she can be a little tough sometimes. How did this intruder get into the village?" "They used a pepper smoke bomb to get past us and leap over the gate"
Sakura, being a genius genin, took all the information in.
There was a situation going on, with unknown variables.
This intruder could be anywhere in the village. Worse still, they were looking for the Hokage(well…..no one really knows if that's a good thing, or a bad thing.
"Describe the intruder to me"
"He's wearing all black clothes, with a hooded trench coat. he has a hiate(forehead protector), with a crescent moon on it and a face mask. He's wearing them like Kakashi-sempai. He has long black hair, and he's wearing a skull cap"
"Sakura took all the info in, then looked at Ino, who just nodded.
"You go and tell Hokage-sama. I'll try and round up Neji, Shino, and anybody else to help search. And, don't do anything foolish." She poked Sakura in her forehead. "Baka, I'm not letting you get one up on me." Smiling, Sakura headed off, as Ino headed off with the guard.
"HEY YOU! STOP RIGHT THERE!"
Kanaka looked to see that he was now surrounded by at least a dozen or so Anbu ninjas, being led by the 1st gate guard.
"Uh-oh." he said, swallowing the dry lump in his throat.
Quickly, he surveyed the surrounding area.
There were too many regular people walking around, some with children. So…fighting was definitely out of the question. Matter of fact, fighting wasn't a option to begin with. So, it was back to plan A……RUN!
"Sorry guys, but like I told yer friend, I must speak to the Hokage. LATER"
He leapt up onto a rooftop and took off.
"Try to get ahead of him!" the guard told the Anbu, and 6 of them immediately gave chase. "The rest of us will try to cut him off! Inform everybody that take this guy alive! I want this guy with minimal damage, unharmed if possible. Move out"
Nodding, the Anbu began their pursuit.
Jumping off the rooftop, Kanaka landed in a alleyway to catch his breath.
'DAMN! These guys are too tough to shake.' he looked around for a moment, then leaned up against a wall. 'Well, this is just great! This village is freaking huge, & I have no idea which way to go. And with these Anbu goons on my ass, I can't walk around in the open. Could this day get any worse?'
"HI"
Kanaka jumped up in shock, as the orange haired female somewhat appeared in front of him.
'WHAT THE HELL! HOW DID SHE GET SO CLOSE TO ME! I didn't even sense her presence.' He looked at the girl with curiosity.
Her outfit was simple, yet effective.
Simple white shirt, with a tan colored skirt, with girls' running shorts underneath. A Konoha forehead protector hanging loosely from around her neck(not: she wears hers just like Hyuga Hinata). Weapons pouch strapped to her right thigh, and one on her waist.
The only odd thing(besides the fact her couldn't sense her), was the cute little white cat on the girl's left shoulder. That looked like it was looking at Kanaka, in a fighting way.
Ayumi noticed the way the stranger was looking at her, sizing her up by the way he was looking at her and Houka. So, she decided to make the 1st move.
"Ya know, the alleyways of Konoha aren't usually considered tourists sights." she smiled ever so cutely. "Are you lost or something"
"Something like that." he replied. "I came to this village, looking for someone, my father. So far, I'm having a bit of bad luck"
"Bad luck? It can't be that bad"
"HALT RIGHT THERE"
Kanaka turned around to see the pursuing Anbu at the end of the alleyway.
"Oh yes it can"
"Ayumi!" a female Anbu called out. "Move away from him! He's the intruder we're looking for. He's to be arrested. YOU! STAY WHERE YOU ARE! YOU'RE UNDER ARREST!" "I don't think so." Kanaka threw 2 more pepper smoke bombs at the Anbu, as they went off, he leaped over them and ran into the street. "Nice meeting you," he called back to Ayumi, "but I gotta run! I gotta find my father. Later!" He ran off.
"Ayumi," the female Anbu said as the smoke cleared, "are you okay"
"I'm fine. But, what's this all about? Who was that guy?" "Dunno. But he said that he was looking for the Hokage. And don't know why"
"HOKAGE-KASAN!" there was concern and fear in her voice. "Oh no"
"Don't worry Ayumi, we won't let anything happen to the Hokage. But, just in case, go to the Hokage's & inform her on what's going on. Okay"
"HAI!" Ayumi smiled as she headed off.
-/-/-/-/-/-
The chase continued on…….
"Domo arigato"
Akimichi Chouji smiled as he looked at the huge plate of barbecue beef.
'I gotta keep my strength up. I am still a growing genin, after all'
He inhaled deeply, savoring the hearty seasoning & flavor of the still sizzling beef.
'Ahh. Nothing like sizzling barbecued beef, after a good morning training session'
He was about to grab the first piece with his chopsticks, when he heard a rumbling noise. And, it wasn't his stomach.
"Nani?"
Running from the Anbu, Kanaka came crashing through the restaurant. Knocking over chairs, tables, a couple of customers, and particularly, the table of a swirly cheeked, heavy set genin. That had a full plate of sizzling BBQ beef.
"Ooops! My bad guy! I'm really about that." he yelled as he ran out.
Chouji looked at the mess on the floor, that used to be his meal. With tears running down his face.
"Unforgivable….."
He looked up to see a group of Anbu run past, chasing the stranger. He rose to his feet, his anger and chakra boiling over.
"THIS IS UNFORGIVABLE"
With fire in his eyes, Chouji joined the chase after the stranger.
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"How bothersome"
With Iruka-sensei, and Asuma-sensei both away on a mission, Naru Shikamaru was "given the honor"(as the Hokage puts it), of teaching at the Academy.
"What a bother." was his response.
However, he was a Chuunin(even more bothersome, as he puts it), so he had too.
Today's class wasn't too bad, he thought. Just basic genjutsus and chakra control. And afterwards, he brought the younglings outside, so they could practice their kunai and shuriken throwing.
In other words, Shikamaru, could get the chance to slack off.
He lay on a tree limb, in a tree next to the training grounds, so he could watch the younglings practice(and not be bothered). He looked up at the leaves as the wind blew a bit, let out a breath and sighed.
"Hmpf, how bothersome. Iruka-sensei & Asuma-sensei sure have been gone for a while. I hope they hurry up and get back. T haven't been to my spot in days. And I wanna be free when then Temari-san arrives"
He grumbled as his thoughts went to the Kunoichi of the Sand Village.
It was no secret that the 2 of them were a couple.
(note: the Hokage officially supports this relationship, it makes for good diplomatic relations, she says)
They had been a "loving couple" for almost 3 years, and going. And they did truly did love each other. Something that, of course, Shikamaru will NEVER ADMIT TO.
"Troublesome woman." he smirked as he thought about the last time she visited him. They would spend the days playing Shouji, Go and Chess.
Neither of them could the other, to which they didn't mind too much. They also would their nights "together.
He chuckled. "Such a bother"
He glanced over at the students as he heard a commotion coming his way. He noticed a unknown stranger, dressed in all black, being chased by Anbu. He watched as the figure, a shin obi by his guessing, leap from rooftop to rooftop, evading capture, as they passed by the Academy. He sat up as he saw Chouji running a step behind the Anbu, screaming for blood or something.
"Another quiet day in Konoha. How troublesome"
He looked back at the students, it was time to go back into class. Shrugging to himself, Shikamaru leapt outta the tree & walked backed to the students.
"Such a nusiance"
-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-
By now, Ino had gathered fellow genins Shino, Kiba, Neji, and Tenten, and were searching the village for the intruder. They hadn't been searching too long when Tenten spotted him.
"I see him. He's near the bath houses"
Moving at full speed, Tenten went into her weapon pouches and pulled out two handfuls of kunais and shurikens. "Got you now"
She began hurling her weapons at the intruder.
The steam and the heat coming from the bath houses & hot springs felt good to Kanaka as he found himself lost…..AGAIN.
"Lost again! DAMNIT! Though, it does feel nice around here. After I find dad, I'll have to….."
By the time his senses flared up, he had already dodged the hail of kunai & shuriken that had landed where he was once standing. "WHAT THE HELL!" he looked back to see a female genin, with her hair in 2 buns, sleeveless Kung Fu shirt with long pants & holding a bo staff land a few feet behind him.
"I missed?" Tenten said looking at her handiwork in shock. "I MISSED! I never miss! Especially with that attack." she then looked at Kanaka. "Now then, you're completely surrounded. And you've got nowhere to run. So, just give up peacefully, & you won't get hurt. Okay"
Kanaka looked around and noticed that he was in fact surrounded by the other genins. "Okay, this might be a problem." he slowly reached for his weapons pouch.
"I wouldn't do that." Shino said. "You're not fast enough to get your weapons out and attack. Now, you are going to tell us who you are, & why you are in our village"
Hyuga Neji stood a couple of feet behind the stranger, carefully watching him.
'Hmm, something about this guy is different.' he glanced over at Kiba & Akamaru. 'Something's bothering Akamaru. He looks shakened'
Looking back at Kanaka, Neji feels an odd feeling. 'Who is this guy'
He closes his eyes, then snaps them back open. 'BYAKUGAN'
Carefully, he looks Kanaka up and down.
'WHAT THE HELL! His chakra is just like…..'
"LOOK!" Kanaka said. "I don't got time to do this! I just need to see the Hokage. It's very important"
"Not happening pal!" Ino said. "Now surrender, & you won't get hurt"
"Like you said, NOT HAPPENING!" he threw 2 more bombs on to the ground. As they went off, he dashed off in the confusion.
'DAMNIT! I GOT SOME OF THE PEPPER IN MY EYE! I CAN'T SEE'
He ran into a building.
-/-
"HEY YOU GUYS! GET IN HERE ALREADY"
It is widely known throughout Konoha, that making Mitarashi Anko wait to enjoy herself was a REALLY BAD IDEA! So, after a pleasant night of drinking, Anko decided to enjoy the day off, the right way. By going to the best hot springs bath house in all of Konoha, with her 2 best friends. Shizune, and Yuhi Kurenai.
"Will you two OLD HAGS HURRY UP ALREADY! It'll be Spring by the time you two get in here!" she reached over and picked up her tea cup. "Hurry up already! The tea's getting cold"
The door to the bath opened, and Shizune and Kurenai walked in, dressed in their bath towels. "And whose idea was this again, Anko"
"C'mon! you 2 need this more than I do, Kurenai. Hokage-sama has been working you 2 like dogs lately"
"The same can be said for you too, Anko." Shizune said as she & Kurenai removed their towels and slipped into the hot spring. "Hokage-sama has had you on mission after mission for the past 3 months. You must be exhausted"
"Which is why I invited you 2 here with me this morning." Anko grabbed two more cups and handed them to Shizune and Kurenai. "The 3 of us are going to enjoy this day off"
She raised her cup up. "KAMPAI"
"KAMP…"
Before they could finish their cheers, the 3 kunoichis heard a small 'boom.
"What was that?" Shizune asked.
"I dunno," Kurenai said, "but it sounded very close"
By now, Anko was standing up and stepping out of the hot spring, wrapping her towel around her. "It sounded like it came from right outside. We should go and chec….."
And that's when he came crashing in……
Some of the pepper smoke from the bomb had gotten in Kanaka's eye, as he tried to escape. Running from the genins, he ran into a nearby doorway, believing that he had found himself a hiding place/safe haven.
Oh, how wrong he was about to be.
Blindly running, he slipped on a puddle of water, stumbled and crashed through a door. Falling face first into a warm puddle of water.
"What a way to start a day"
He slowly got to his knees, feeling around for something to wipe his face with. His hand felt a towel in front of him. 'Cool, a towel. I must've run into an empty bath house. Explains all the water'
He grabbed the towel, wiped his face, opened his eye…..and went PALE!
The last time Anko was so so embarrassed, that she did a full body red flush from head to toe, involved a bottle of sake, Hayate Kakashi, and a camera.
By accident(sheah…right), Kanaka had grabbed Anko's towel off her body. And now, he was looking at the A-CLASS JOUNIN'S completely naked(and VERY SEXY) body(note: all of Anko's bodily curves would make even Maito Gai have a nosebleed.
The blood completey drained from Kanaka's body, as he saw a vein protrude from her forehead. She clinched her hands into fists, knuckles cracking loudly in the air.
"Umm…mmm…woo…heh heh…uh…umm……nice…..tan lines"
The look upon her face could only be described in one way…
DEATH!
"Oh…..this is not good"
-/-
The smoke finally cleared away.
"DAMNIT!" Ino said. "He's gone! He couldn't have gotten far. Neji, can you use your Byakugan to find him?" "I can't. I still got some of that pepper smoke in my eyes. It's messing with my eyes"
Kiba was already on the ground with Akamaru, trying to pick up the scent.
"Hey Ino, this is strange." What is it?" "I know this can't be right. But, whoever this guy is, his scent's exactly identical to…NARUTO'S"
Needless to say, this surprised everyone.
"NARUTO? Are you sure about that Kiba"
"He's sure, Ino." Neji said, finally, clearing his eyes. "I used my Byakugan on him before he escaped. His chakra is almost identical to Uzumaki. There's no mistaking it. He has that dual chakra, identical in almost in every way"
"But that's just not possible. Naruto's the only onewe know that has the Ky….."
"OH SHIIIIT"
"I'LL KILL YOU"
And that…quickly ended the thought of Yamanaka Ino.
Kanaka came crashing through the door(literally), and right back into the waiting arms of the genins, now being joined the pursuing Anbu"
"Uh-oh"
"Don't move." Neji said. "We've got a few questions for you"
"Now's not really a good time for…"
3 seconds later, the doorway, along with the adjoining wall, came crashing down.
And standing admist the debris, was Mitarashi Anko. Wearing only a towel, alook of death upon her face. And in both hands, fuuma shurikens.
"MAKE PEACE WITH GOD! YOU'RE ABOUT TO MEET HIM"
"…..that." Kanaka said. "See what I mean? GOTTA GO"
Kanaka leapt over the mob, on the street.
"Like hell you're getting away!" Anko yelled as she flung the shuriken at him. It sailed over the others, slicing a light pole in half, but never hitting him. "DAMN"
"Oh no," Shizune said as her and Kurenai came out of the bath house, now clothed, "it looks like he's heading towards Tsunade-sama's house"
"Not good." The 1st gate guard said. "That guy said that he was looking for the Hokage"
"We're wasting time standing here." Shino said. "We'll follow this guy on foot. The rest of you should try to get ahead of this guy"
The Anbu headed out, as the genins began to follow.
Ino gave a quick prayer, hoping Sakura had got there 1st.
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Her alarm clock had been ringing for about an hour.
From under the covers, a hand reached out and cut it off.
Tsunade, the 5th Hokage of Konohagakure, sat up in bed, yawned, stretched & scratched her head. The morning sun was shining and the cold winter air was blowing through her bedroom window. 'Ah. A peaceful morning…..hmm, too peaceful.' Getting out of bed and walking outta her room, she walks across the hall to the room of Narahara Ayumi.
"Ayumi?" she says as she knocks on the door, soft but firmly. "Ayumi, it's time to get up." no answer. "Ayumi? Are you in here?" still no answer. She opened the door & walked in.
Ayumi's room was like any other female teen's room, completely cluttered.
Clothes, under garments, shoes, and several ninja scrolls were on the floor. The bed wasn't made up, and several weapons pouches lay everywhere. Tsunade shakes her head as she inspects the bed.
"Well, at least she slept the whole night through. Oh well, I'll talk to her about her room with her later. Hmmm, time for a shower, then some breakfast"
She walks back into her room, to the bathroom, and starts the shower. She stripped & stepped into the shower. Tsunade took her time in her shower, this was her time to herself. After all, once she was dressed, it was business as usual for the 5th Hokage.
She would train Haruno Sakura for an hour. Then she would make sure that Ayumi wasn't in any kind of mischief, and had something to do.. And finally it was off to her office. She finished up, stepped out, dried off, did her hair, got dressed, and headed downstairs to make herself breakfast.
The 1st thing she noticed when she walked into the kitchen, was that Sakura wasn't sitting at the countertop, like always.
'Sakura's late this morning? That's not like her'
Placing her tea kettle in the sink & running water into it, Tsunade was looking out her kitchen window, when she saw a cloud of black smoke rise up from several blocks away.
"What the hell was that"
"TSUNADE-SAMA"
And that's when Sakura showed up.
Sakura burst into the kitchen, out of breath and exhausted.
"And…good morning to you, Miss Sakura. Now then, what's going on"
Before she could answer, a 2nd scream echoed through the house.
"TSUNADE-OKAASAN"
Ayumi came running into the kitchen, rambling off about a mile a second. While at the same time, Sakura tried explaining what was going on to Tsunade. But instead, they were canceling each other out. Sounding like a flock of noisy chirping birds.
To which, Tsunade could only take….for about 3 seconds.
"ENOUGH!" she said, slamming her hand down onto the countertop, causing the entire house to shake. "Now, calmly tell me what's going on"
Sakura started 1st, telling her what the 1st gate guard had told her. Ayumi continued, telling Tsunade about meeting the intruder. And, to which, Tsunade concluded, was the reason for the small boom she heard, followed by the rising cloud of smoke she saw earlier.
"He said that he was looking for someone." Ayumi said. "His father, I think"
"the gate guard said that he was looking for the Hokage." Sakura said. "But, he said that this guy kept calling you a HIM"
"Tsunade-ka san isn't a him, she's a HER. Although, she can seem un-lady like some…"
"ANYWAY!" Tsunade said, ending the idle chat. "The fact of the matter is that there is an intruder in MY VILLAGE! And we don't know his motives, nor his objectives & goals. So, if you 2 are done chatting, might I suggest that we go search for said intruder, and find out why they're here & what do they want in Konoha"
"HAI!" the 2 female genins said as they followed Tsunade out of the house, & towards where the explosion had came from.
"hurry up you 2! We need to hurry up & see if we ca….."
When she turned the cormer, the collision itself was…..odd.
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Kanaka had been blindly running through the streets for the past several minutes, completely lost. "DAMNIT! WHERE THE HELL AM I"
He looked back to see his pursuers were still following him.
"DAMN! Do these guys ever give up"
He turned down several blind corners, trying to escape. After the 3rd corner, he looked back to see if he was still being followed, taking his eye off which way he was going and…WHAM!
The impact itself was horrendous upon itself.
Kanaka had run into someone. Someone…..with a healthy…CHEST?
He found himself, with his head in the cleavage of a female.
A VERY HEALTHY FEMALE.
'They're so soft.' he thought as he looked up…
Sakura & Ayumi were a couple of feet behind Tsunade, when the crash occurred. For a moment, they were in shock from the crash happening.
"That…looked like it hurt." Sakura said.
"HEY!" Ayumi said looking at the figure sprawled out on top of Tsunade. "That's the guy! He's the intruder we're looking for"
"Well, this'll make looking for him easier."
Anko(now fully dressed), showed up on the site with Kurenai & Shizune in tow. A few seconds after the crash happened.
"Oh my god"
"Tsunade-sama!" Shizune said. She went to help her, but Kurenai stopped her.
"No Shizune. We'd better let Tsunade handle this"
"DAMN!" Anko growled. "She gets to have all the fun."
Ino, the rest of the Genins, and the Anbu squad finally arrived on the scene, & froze in their tracks at the site before them.
"We should help the Hokage." one Anbu said.
"She doesn't need it." Shino said, looking directly at Tsunade. "Besides, do you really want to get involved right now in this"
"Umm," the Anbu looked at Tsunade, who was fuming by now, "…no"
"Smart man. Very smart man"
When the collision first happened, it knocked the wind outta Tsunade for a moment. As she crashed into the intruder, and hit the ground on her back. When she came to her senses, she looked down…
The intruder was sprawled out on top of her. With his face politely buried in her cleavage. And his right hand(accidentally) on her left breast. If looks could kill, his funeral would be in 5 minutes.
Tsunade's anger shot up faster than any known fireworks created, and her rage knew no bounds. She sat up & dislodged him from her chest. Her teeth clenched in a fierce growl, and a vein was protruding from her forehead.
"WHY…..YOU!"
One moment, Kanaka was face down, face buried inbetween a pair of large, soft breasts. The next…..he was staring at the owner of said breasts. And she was NOT HAPPY.
"Ooohhh…..boy"
Tsunade stood up, grabbing him by the front of his shirt, jacking him up.
"WHY…..YOU"
"Wait a minute," Kanaka pleaded, "I can explain, really I can"
Tsunade's left arm went up, her hand open, and then it clinched into a tight fist. Knuckles cracking and joints popping. Kanaka looked at the instrument of his impending death, and then at Death herself.
"Would it help to say…..I'm sorry"
She cocked her arm back.
"Guess not"
With all her strength, Tsunade swung at Kanaka.
"HENTAI NO BAKA"
………and Uzuzmaki Kanaka's went black.
NEXT CHAPTER:
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