Naruto:
Dilemma
Battle Royale Pt. 1: Big News!
"Naruto-Aniki!"
Naruto turned around to see his twin, Naren, running at a breakneck
speed toward him. She couldn't stop and ran straight into him,
knocking them both to the ground.
"Aniki, you'll never guess
what happened," said Naren, sitting up on his stomach. Naruto
laughed. "It would probably be easier to guess if I could breathe"
he said. Naren giggled and got up, helping Naruto up at the same
time.
"Now," said Naruto, wiping the dirt off his pants.
"What's up?"
Naren could hardly contain her
excitement. "Tsunade-baachan said we could take a whole
month's vacation! Isn't that great!?" Naren was positively
jumping for joy. Naruto smiled.
"Awesome, but what's the
catch?" he asked.
"We have to have to compete in an all out
battle royale with all the chuunin," said Naren, positively
beaming. "It's so exciting. I've wanted to show off my awesome
skills ever since we got home!"
Naruto could barely contain his
excitement either. The last time he had fought with the original
rookie 9 was almost four years ago during his first chuunin exam and
that had been disastrous. He took Naren's hand.
"Come on,"
he said. "I want to talk to Baachan about this." He and Naren
jumped onto the rooftops and made their way to Hokage Manor.
"Are
you sure this is a good idea, Tsunade-sama?" asked Sakura. Tsunade
leaned back in her chair and nodded. "Yes, I'm sure it is." She
said. Shizune stood against the wall behind her, holding the small
pig, TonTon. She wore an expression that matched Sakura's feelings
of uneasiness.
"What's wrong Sakura?" asked Tsunade. "You
don't think they could handle it?"
"I didn't say that,
Tsunade-sama," said Sakura, shaking her head. "Naruto and Naren
are more than capable of competing. It's just…" Sakura let her
words trail off.
"You're worried that their demons will break
loose in the midst of a match?" asked Tsunade, as if she knew what
Sakura was thinking. "Don't worry about that Sakura. I believe
they would have to be in extreme situations for anything like that to
happen, and we won't let it get that far."
"But still…,"
muttered Sakura. "What if?"
"Than we have a way to handle
it," said Tsunade. "There's a special jutsu designed to keep
the twins contained if they begin to change. Yamato will then use his
Mokuton for Naruto, and a seal has been made for Naren."
"H...Hai," said Sakura. But
I can't shake the feeling that nothing good will come from this
battle royale,
she thought.
"Speak of the devils," said Tsunade. Naruto and
Naren had just walked through the door. "You know, I just don't
think I could get used to this twin thing. It's very odd to see a
girl who looks uncannily like you, Naruto," laughed Tsunade. Naren
giggled too.
"I'm sure you'll get used to it soon, Baachan,"
said Naren.
Naruto put his hands in his pockets. "What's this
about a battle royale, Baachan?" He asked, watching amused as
Tsunade became annoyed with their use of the word "baachan".
"Will
you two stop calling me that," growled Tsunade. Naruto and Naren
looked at each other. "No," they said in unison. A
vein began to pulse in Tsunade's forehead.
"I have decided to
have a little tournament between all the chuunin," said Tsunade
through gritted teeth. I
want my sake,
she thought. "The rules are the same as the tournament from the
chuunin exam, but, instead of a promotion, the winners get a month
off from missions."
"Sounds like fun," said Naruto and Naren
together. "But neither me nor Naren are chuunin, baachan," said
Naruto.
"As of today, you've been promoted," said Tsunade,
clapping her hands together. "Both of you have shown the valor and
skill necessary for a promotion from the report of your last mission.
I will warn you though, don't take this promotion lightly.
Especially you, Naruto."
"Got it," said Naruto, grinning
from ear to ear. Naren wore and identical grin.
"Good. You have
two days to prepare," said Tsunade.
"Can you believe
it, Imouto*?" said Naruto. "We got promoted!"
"Well after
what we went through on that last mission, I'd say it's well
deserved," scoffed Naren. The two siblings had just gotten back to
the apartment they now shared. Naruto slept on a futon in the living
room, while Naren had taken his old room. This was the temporary
arrangement until they got a bigger home. Naren took off her black
and orange, short-sleeved jacket and hung it on the rack by its
orange hood next to Naruto's jacket. She flung herself onto the
couch, and picked up a book she had found while digging in Naruto's
closet. A
Ninja's Guide to Ninja Weaponry
it was called. Why she found it so interesting, Naruto
never knew.
"Well yeah, but I wasn't expecting it anytime
soon," said Naruto, sitting down beside her and turning on the TV.
There was nothing on so he turned it off.
"This tournament came
out of nowhere, didn't it?" said Naruto. "What do you
think?"
"I think it's great," said Naren, turning a page.
She was half-way through. "Hey, will you buy me a pair of these nun
chucks?" she asked, showing him the picture.
"Why do you want
nun chucks?" asked Naruto, taking the book to get a closer
look.
"Cause they're fun to use," said Naren, taking the
book back.
"Why can't you buy them," said Naruto, checking
his frog wallet (tehe;p). It was about empty. "I'm
broke."
"Because I want them to be a present from my Aniki on
my birthday?" she said. "I'm getting you a present to you
know."
"But that's not till a month away," said Naruto.
"Maybe you'll change your mind."
"Maybe," said Naren,
resuming her reading. "But I would like to have them before the
tournament so I can use them." Naruto smiled. Maybe he would get
her the nun chucks, but just
because.
*Imouto
means little sister in Japanese
Naruto © Masashi
Kishimoto
Naruto: Dilemma © Smash-chan77
