"I hear that idiot teacher at the academy passed the demon brat tonight," came an aged male voice hidden from the shadows.
"Yes, it is most unfortunate this has come to pass, now it will be harder to rid us of its damned existence," added an aged female voice.
"We must find a way to legally get rid of the demon now that it's considered a genin of the village,"
a second male voice added. There was a momentary pause before someone spoke again. For several minutes the voices talked about ways to accomplish what they wanted. Then the first voice spoke with confidence.
"I believe I have a way to rid ourselves of much more then just the demon brat," spoke the voice before letting a soft dark humorless laugh escape from his lips.
"Well please explain to the rest of us your plan then," replied the women's voice with a hint of inquire in her voice.
This was the beginning of the conversation that would alter the lives of those they spoke of and the people and places they encountered.
Morning broke on the village waking most of the villagers, however a few were already awake one such person was Naruto. He sat on the edge of a old worn and ratty bed running his fingers across the worn metal on the headband he received last night from Iruka to became a full ninja. A small sad smile across his face when he thought about the events that led up to this moment. He'd learned the reason his life had sucked something fierce for as long as he could remember, the nine tailed foxed. Quickly a look a determination spread across his face as he moved to tie the headband securely and let out a slow breath before standing up.
He was tired he hadn't gotten any sleep last night and he knew he wouldn't get any until much later in the day. For now he had to power through and get to the academy for his team placement. As he walked out the door he stopped for a second to try and remember if had forgotten anything, with nothing crossing his mind he closed the front door not locking the door knowing it wouldn't make a difference. After that he stuffed his hands in his pockets and walked with a smile on his face to Iruka's classroom.
As we walked towards the academy he caught site of someone he recognized in the corner of his eye. Walking in the same direction of him was a ninja he knew. The ninja was wearing a heavy thick multi layer black cloak that was long enough to cover the ninja's feet and with the cloak's hood up covering the ninja's hair couldn't be seen. Lastly a blank ANBU like mask covered the face. The figure was tall and carried themselves with years of experience. The figure was also dragging a ninja behind them with his left hand. The ninja being dragged was not in the best of shape.
The ninja's nose was clearly broken as dried blood covered their face and top of their chunin vest. One eye was swelled shut and the other had a nasty gash above it. The ninja's hands and fingers were bound with ninja wire. Several fingers were clearly broken with no signs of being set along with a broken right forearm. Also the ninja's left thigh had a blood soaked bandage that had chucks of earth clinging to the now dried blood. A slashed Rock headband was loosely hanging off of the man's belt.
As Naruto saw this an uneasy smile crossed his face as he walked up to the figure slowly. He knew from experience not to make any sudden move or noise if he didn't want to get hit. The first time he meet the masked ninja was when he was seven. He had been running from a mob after dropping stink bombs at the Inuzuka compound that ended up carrying over to a nearby market. He had literally ran into the ninja an as a result received a punch to the head that laid him out. This had the result of allowing the mob to catch up with Naruto. Fear gripped Naruto as he saw several of the mob members had knives, kunai, and broken bottles. He prepared for the pain the mob would inflict on him by closing his eyes and balling up. He heard a women scream out that the demon child would die. He then heard steel pierce flesh and bone. He then felt the blood begin to trickle across his neck, yet felt no pain. After he opened his eyes he then had the urge to throw up.
Above him the women had fallen forward and was being held up by her hair by the ninja he had ran into. He then saw that there was a katana coming out of her throat that entered from her neck. He then heard the women start to try and breath, but only rough coughs and gasps were the results. Then suddenly the blade violently twisted ninety degrees in place then slide effortlessly downward before the blade was pulled from the womens neck from the side. As the blade left the ninja let go of her hair and like a rag doll she collapsed to the ground still alive, her gaze meeting Naurto's.
Naruto would never forget the women's eyes. They were brown and held nothing but pure hatred and fear within them. Naruto then turned his head to the ninja to see what would happen next. The ninja simply bent down and offered and black gloved hand to him. Naruto slowly took it and was pulled up to his feet and guided to behind the masked ninja.
After seeing the women being killed so effortlessly and quickly the most of the mob quickly ran and left the two there. The few that stayed were shaking trying to figure out what to do. The cloaked ninja then took a step forward as he lifted the blood covered katana to point at the remaining mob members. With this they quickly disappeared. The masked ninja then turned to Naruto.
After a moment of no movement from either the cloaked ninja's hand emerged from under his cloak with a square ninja pouch in it. He then tossed the pouch to Naruto before turning around and walking away. Naruto could only glance back and forth between the women, ninja, and his new pouch as he tried to make sense of what had just happened. For weeks afterward he would have nightmares about the event.
As Naruto reached the unknown ninja he spoke up to him, "um... good to see you again. Ah, I've got part of what you wanted on me. I haven't been able to finish all of it, but I will believe it!" Naruto then reached into the square kunai pouch on his leg and removed a small scroll. The masked ninja gave a small slow nod as his right hand emerged from inside the cloak. Naruto moved to give the ninja the scroll but stopped short.
"You got what I asked for," Naruto asked with a small amount of fear and hope in his voice. The ninja tilted his head slightly to the right as if to ask if Naruto was serious. The ninja's hand then returned to his the cloak and stayed there for a minute before appearing again. This time a medium sized scroll has there and being offered to Naruto.
On Naurto's face a smile of mischief, joy and cunning quickly appeared as he quickly swapped the two scrolls. He wanted to open it and bask in the glory of the scrolls contents but knew it would have to wait. Some of the items he hoped that were sealed inside he didn't want to be seen in public.
Naruto gave his thanks to the featureless figure as he gave a thumbs up. In return he got a small nod as the figure pointing towards the Academy.
"I"M LATE," Naruto screamed as he ran towards the Academy.
After running for several minutes Naruto arrived at the Academy and walked into his class. After he walked through the door he explained why he was there and with a smug smile on his face sat down near the front of the class. There up front was Iruka and Kurenai quietly talking to each other after a minute her eyes went wide and looked at Naruto, who looked away having an idea what her surprise was over. Then a warm smile grew across her face and she gave a small nod to Naruto. After that he smiled back and sat up straight. Suddenly a puff of smoke appear in front of the desk the teachers were sitting at. After the smoke cleared an ANBU could be seen standing with a scroll in his hand.
The elite ninja silently handed Iruka a scroll before disappearing in a swirl of leafs. Iruka opened the scroll and read it in silence before a look of confusion appeared on his face.
"How the hell am I suppose to find him on such short notice I don't even know where to begin looking for him, the time of day only makes this worse," Iruka muttered loud enough for the gathered ninja to hear.
"Who are you talking about Iruka," asked Kurenai. Iruka handed her the open scroll after finishing the note she let out a depressed sigh before tossing the scroll on the desk.
"Don't worry Iruka I know how to find him and bring him hear quickly," she informed Iruka as she pulled out a scroll from a pouch in the small of her back. In one quick thoughtless motion she broke the seal on the scroll, unrolled the scroll and tossed it just above the desk.
There was a large puff of smoke that was quickly followed by a large loud thud. A annoyed groan was shortly heard throughout the room.
"I swear to Gaia herself Hitomi that if you do that one more time I will straight up kick you in the cu...," a tired, annoyed, and gruff male voice escaped the red sheets that had appeared on the desk in the front of the class as the sheets moved around. Before the voice finished a head appeared from the sheets looking at Kurenai. All the class saw was wild spiked black hair with a crooked piece of black tied cloth with the knot in the back.
"This isn't my room or yours... I didn't do anything that I'll regret or can brag about did I," asked the voice mixed with hints of dread and hope.
"No, to both those questions," was Kurenai's reply with an annoyed look on her face with a smug smile to go with it.
"Damn it, well maybe next time then," came a reply as hand escaped the mass of sheets with a bottle of beer that moved to his lips only to discovery that the bottle completely empty. As he lowered the bottle Kurenai asked him a question.
"Are you hang over?"
"Is roach boy straight, " was the quick retort the man gave her as he eyed the empty bottle.
"You're still drunk aren't you," was Kurenai's quick an unhappy reply as she folded her arms across her chest.
"Do you still have great boobs," was the humor and mirth fulled reply as he moved the bottle back to his mouth seeming forgetting that it was empty. Kurenai moved her head in disappointed and started to respond, however a loud scream stopped her answer.
"WHAT KIND OF QUESTION IS THAT?! YOU DON'T ASK A WOMEN YOU DON'T KNOW THAT TYPE OF QUESTION?! WHO ARE YOU ANY WAY," scream out Sakura as she stood up and pointed at the unknown man. After this the man lowered his beer bottle as he turned his head to look at Sakura. When he finished turning the class got a good look as his face.
The first thing they noticed was that the headband covering his forehead and right eye was on upside down. His other eye was emerald green and partial open. His eye clearly showed signs of drinking being glassed over and blood shoot. His face looked like he hadn't shaved in a couple days. His jaw has strong and square with skin that was lightly tanned and looked he wasn't of local decent.
"Scarface, Red Eyes who's the banshee," asked the man with confusion and dread an again Sakura screamed before there was an answer.
"HOW DARE YOU ADDRESS OUR TEACHERS WITH SUCH LACK OF RESPECT!" The man blinked a couple of times before replying to her.
"Who the FUCK are you to judge me on how I talked to Scarface and Red Eyes. I've known them a hell of a lot longer then you have pinky so shut the HELL up before I walk over there and remove your ability to talk," came the response filled with anger and contempt towards her and to drive the point home he sent some killer intent at her that caused her to catch her breath as she leaned back. Before he could move to carry out the threat Kurenai put her hand on his shoulder.
"Calm done Hunter and relax. No need to reduce the village's ninja ranks," she instructed with a calm smoothing voice. Hunter took a deep breath through his nose with his eye closed as he once again went to take a sip from the empty beer bottle before looking at it in annoyance.
"Hunter take these scrolls and go change in the teacher's lounge and this time use the men's locker room," Kurenai told him in a slow steady voice as she grabbed the scroll the ANBU had delivered.
"Damn it! You win this round Red Eyes. Maybe the next one will be mine," he replied as he grabbed the scrolls with the hand with the bottle the other one holding up the sheets. He made shuffling noises and grumbled as he moved off the desk and out the door and class then disappeared into the hall.
"Sakura you shouldn't judge people on how they address others. Hunter has addressed Kurenai an I by those names longer than we've been teaching," Iruka informed the class. Naruto had been looking at the man with a look of confusion and determination trying to remember where he had seen the man before. He knew beyond a shadow of a doubt he had seen him before but not when or where. He gave a huff and turned his attention back to Iruka who was explaining the team placement to the class of fresh genin.
Before the announcement of the teams was made Hunter walked back into the classroom with out the sheets he carried out anywhere in sight. His full height appeared to be near six and a half feet and carried himself with an air of apathy and boredom. Now he was now wearing black combat books, woodland green camo pants held up by a black leather belt, a black light long sleeve shirt with something written on it that was partly covered by what looked like a modified green jonin vest and hands covered by red fingerless gloves. His headband was still crooked and upside down and covering his right eye. All his his clothing was just baggy enough to hid his build not reveling it. Lastly in his left hand was a box designed for six bottles but only containing four. One was in is other hand with a scroll, the sixth was no where to be seen.
After Sasuke got a good look at the man his interlocked fingers tightened and he narrowed his eyes in hate and angry.
"Yeah, I got a question was that scroll for real or are you two fucking with my head again," Hunter asked Iruka and Kurenai as he walked over to the chair that was previously used by Mizuki. He then handed a scroll to Kurenai.
"There you go now with one hundred percent more pure kick ass, Red Eyes," Hunter informed her off handed as she rolled her eyes and but the scroll in her pouch."
"No the scroll was signed and send by the council this morning Hunter it's one hundred percent real and to be followed," was Iruka's reply as Hunter moved the chair and sat down in it.
"Well this sucks. This is seriously going to cut into my training time," Hunter retorted as he leaned back against the wall next to Kurenai and set the box of beer of the floor. She gave a light heart full laugh before she replied.
"You been drinking, eating, hitting on women, and going to Terra's Place don't you," was her humor filled reply to Hunter.
"You're damn right it is," with a grin on his face he answered as Sakura stood up and pointed at Hunter again before yelling.
"YOU'RE NOTHING BUT A PREVERT AN A DRUNK! WHY ARE EVEN DRINKING IN THE CLASSROOM," she accused and screamed him without remembering what she had been told earlier.
"I'm going to go ahead and guess that one is the dead last out of the bunch," Hunter stated with a cold emotionless tone of voice before chugging down his open bottle of beer. Sakura had a look of horror on her face at the comment.
"Actually Hunter, Sakura is one of the brightest and most promising genin this year," Iruka informed him with a small smug smile on his face. Hunter was quiet as he tossed the empty bottle in the trash as he grabbed a new bottle with his free hand.
"At the least it seems she hasn't learn when to shut the hell up," he returned with a low cold dark voice and he twisted the cap off the new bottle before taking a long sip from it.
"As for the drinking... I can, has any one ever said that you couldn't drink on the Academy grounds? I also drink for my own reasons. Besides what are you going to? Come down here and stop me with your mighty unstoppable screaming," he added with the same cold emotionless tone from earlier.
Kurenai quickly spoke up to prevent any more interruptions from happening.
"Well before anything else happens lets announce the teams and their jonin instructors before someone here does something stupid," she moved to pick up the list with the teams on it when Hunter grabbed the list from her.
"Hold up, just a minute let me take a look at that real quick," he explained as he looked over the scroll. After several seconds he looked up and gave the new genin a once over.
"I'm not real thrilled with some of this teams, however some look like they could kick some serious ass with the proper training," Hunter informed Iruka and Kurenai as he handed the scroll back to her before taking another long draw on his beer. Kurenai rolled her eyes as she took the scroll.
Kurenai then proceeded to read the teams to the class.
"...Team 7 will be Sasuke, Kiba, and Sakura...," before she could finish Sakura an Ino let out howls of happiness or despair over the placement on Sasuke's team while Kiba just had a mixture of joy and despair over the situation. Naruto had a look of disappoint on his face knowing he wouldn't be on Sakura's team. The two young female ninjas would have continued if they weren't told to stop.
"STOP THAT ANNOYING SHIT," Hunter yelled out in angry at them as he throw his freshly emptied beer bottle at them. It shattered as it hit the desk Sakura was sitting at.
"Your genin start fucking acting like for Gaia's sake," he added as he drew another beer for the box next to him. Ino and Sakura had looks of fear and disguise on their faces at what had just happened. All Iruka and Kurenai did in response was roll their eyes and let out sigh in frustration before Kurenai continued.
"Your team leader will be Kakashi Hatake. Next, Team Eight will include Shino, Hinata, and Naruto," after hearing this the reactions form the three varied. Shino appeared calm, relaxed, and indifferent to his team. Hinata nearly passed out at the news. She was on the same team as Naruto. It felt like her heart was about to explode and her face was beat red, which didn't go unnoticed expect by one dense ninja in the front row mostly because she was located behind him. Naruto had the same like on his face. He was still disappointed not to be on Sakura's team, but resolved to make the best of it with his new team.
"Your team leader will be," Kurenai paused still in disbelieve at this turn of events, "Hunter," she finished as she turn her head to look at him as he was balancing a half empty beer bottle on his head band.
"Wait, what? I wasn't listening I was focusing on something of extreme importance," Hunter stated as he took the bottle down and drank from it with a grin under the lip of the bottle. There were several looks of disgust form the gathered genin at his actions, the big ones were Sasuke, Kiba, Sakura, Ino, and Naruto.
"I'm not going to repeat myself Hunter, I know you heard what I said," Kurenai told him with a sharp tone before she continued with the rest of the teams. As she informed the genin of their teams Hunter finished off another bottle before breaking open a new one.
"Now in a couple of minutes most of your team leader will show up to begin your training," added Iruka as Kurenai sat back down next to him. After she sat down she tossed an empty bottle in the trash and Iruka turned to speak to Hunter.
"You do realize your team is already here and so are you right Hunter," Iruka asked him with hints of worry and disappointment in his voice. Hunter moved his eye to look at him as he took a drink from the bottle.
"I'm not that drunk Scarface, but I am lazy. Why do I have to go to them? Why can't they come over here? Their not cripples are they? If they are how the hell did they make it this far," Hunter asked without giving a chance to answer the questions as they were asked. As Iruka when to answer the questions Hunter spoke again.
"Team Eight! Get your asses down here right now," He yelled out suddenly causing several of the genin to jump in their seats. Shino calmly and with confidence stood up and proceeded to walk to the front of the class. Hinata moved out of her seat with fear, shaking and eyes cast down as she moved to the desk. Naruto simply sprung up from his seat and leaped forward with a grin of determination and happiness on his face and waited for his team mates meet up with him. Soon all three were standing in front of Hunter waiting for what ever my happen. Hunter continued to drink as he looked each one of them up and down.
"My first impression... I'm not impressed at all...," he informed the three. Shino showed no outward reaction, Hinata looked down to the floor, let her shoulders slump down, and let out a defeated sigh, lastly anger appeared on Naruto face as he took a deep berth to start yelling, however he didn't get a chance, "but you'll have a chance to change that."
Behind them several of the genin were snickering and pointing at the now gathered Team Eight at Hunter's comments. Hunter himself let out a loud long sigh as he set all four legs of the chair down. With his feet on the ground he rested his elbows on his knees as he again finished off his beer bottle.
"Alright you FNGs let get out of here I'm fucking starving, can't live off alcohol alone," Hunter informed the entire class as he stood up and toss the bottle in the trash as he grabbed the box with the last bottle.
"I'll catch you two tonight at the normal spot," he told them as he pointed at them with his last bottle in the same hand, as he moved to walk away he tossed the now empty box in the trash with the empty beers bottles.
"HEY! Start moving you three or one of you might be paying," Hunter shouted out as he opened the door to the classroom. Hinata, Naruto, and Shino turned to follow their team leader to where ever he may lead them. The four walked out of the academy in silence as Hunter nursed his beer the entire time. As they walked out he main entrance to the academy Hunter put the now empty beer bottle into the right cargo pocket. After this he interlock his fingers behind his back and moved to raise them above his head as he bent backwards.
"FFFUUCCKK it's early. One of you be useful and tell me someplace that's open at this hour for breakfast," Hunter stated with boredom in his voice towards the three genin. Naruto was the first to reply with great vigor.
"The ramen stand is open, Sensei," Naruto all but screamed out to answer the question. Hunter turned around to look at his hyperactive genin with a lazy uncaring face.
"They got beer now," was all he asked. Naruto face contorted to show confusion and surprise all he do was shrug his shoulders in response. Hunter let out a sigh and put his hands in his pockets.
"Alright let the way new guy." Again the group moved in silence towards the ramen stand. After several moments they arrived at their destination. Naruto let out a scream and dashed towards the stand slowly followed by the rest of the team. When the other three members of the team entered the stand they saw Naruto was already sitting down waiting for his order. The rest of Team Eight sat down near Naruto and waited for Ayame to take their orders.
"Are you feeling alright Hunter it's not even nine yet," Ayame asked as she returned with a bowl for Naruto. Hunter gave a half hearted shrug as he turned to look at Ayame.
"Not really, you're looking at my new team," Hunter replied with a lazy uncaring tone of voice and wave of his hand, "I'll take a salt ramen and a beer if you got them," he added moving his head around to look for beer. Ayame rolled her eyes and gave a small laugh before she replied.
"You know we don't serve beer or sake here Hunter but I can get you that salt ramen. Now what about you two," she asked Shino and Hinata. Before they could answer Naruto attempted to but with a mouth full of ramen no one could make out what he said.
"I'll take a miso ramen, Miss," Shino answered with an emotionless toned voice as he pushed his sunglasses up.
"A chicken ramen, please," Hinata stuttered out as she pushed her fingers together.
"I'll be back in a couple minutes with those," Ayame replied with a smile before she headed back. Hunter grabbed a set of chopsticks and place them behind his head band in front of his covered eye. Hunter then turned his head to look at his three team mates.
"Alright, minions let get to know each other since we may be working together for some time," Hunter stated as he rubbed the stubble on his face, "you first girl," he added pointing a finger at girl.
"What do you mean? What do you want to know," she asked with broking words avoiding looking directly at her team leader. Hunter gave her a look that looked he was asking if she was serious.
"I guess since this is your first team you wouldn't really know how this is done," Hunter stated as he pushed down on the chopsticks behind his head band. "Guess I'll have to get this started then."
"My name is Hunter, my likes are drinking, eating, Hitomi, training, sleeping, going to Terra's Place, and fighting," he informed them as he grabbed a second set of chopsticks.
"My dislikes include being sober, the Uchiha, early mornings, the Hyuga, loud noises, demons, several former and current leaf Leaf ninja and lastly most of the general populace of the village," Hunter stated with a lazy and uncaring tone again drawing reactions from the three young genin. Naruto had a look of mixed fear and disappointment on his face. Hinata let a small eep of fear escape her lips as she looked briefly at her new team leader before looking away in fear. Shino raised an eyebrow and raised his shoulders slightly at the statement.
"My hobbies are mostly what I enjoy with a few I don't plan on sharing with the three of you. As for my dreams you don't have the privilege, need or right to know. In fact more than likely you'll never know," Hunter finished with noticeable hostility towards the end as he broke the pair of chopsticks in his hands apart by pressing against the top of them.
"Are you scaring these three Hunter," asked Ayame as she brought out two bowels of ramen.
"Aaahh... Maybe, I really don't know, nor care," was the reply as Hunter dropped the broken chopsticks on the counter top and gave a shoulder shrug. Ayame let out a small sigh as she placed Hinata's and Shino's ramen down before them before turning to Hunter.
"Then maybe I don't know or care if you'll get your order then meany," Ayame told him in a semi-serious voice as she crossed her arms across her chest. Hunter gave a look of obvious look of mocking shock as he took a deep breath.
"No, say it isn't so. I will I ever live without those life giving broth and noodles! I don't think I can live, nor would I want too," Hunter retorted with a dull tone full of sarcasm as he gave Ayame a lazy look.
"Then don't continue to scare these three or that may very well come to pass," she informed him pointed a finger at him while keeping her arms crossed.
"OK, I attempt to kinda sorta not to scare them too much."
"Good. Then let me go get your bowel," she reply as she smiled before turning to get his bowel.
"Alright then now that she's gone let's continue with these intros so I can start to forget them," Hunter informed his students. "Alright first up the quiet girl, begin when ready."
Hinata took a deep breath to calm herself before she spook up.
"My name is Hinata. I enjoy tea, flower pressing, cinnamon buns, and time in the parks. I don't like the branch family seal, extra family training, lastly I dislike cruel and mean people. I... I... I really don't have any hobbies except making creams and flower pressing. My dreams are to show my family I'm not a failure and to make a certain someone notice me," she stuttered out after several minutes and avoiding eye contact and pressing her fingers together.
Hunter had a look of annoyance on his face as he rubbed his temples with his eye closed. By this time Ayame had returned with his order, which she sat down in front of him.
"What's the problem, Hunter," she asked him some concern in her voice as she wiped her hands on her apron.
"I think I'm starting to sober up and the studdering is annoying," he replied as he continued to rub his temples. Again Hinata had a look of defeat and failure on her face.
"That's going to be one of the things we work on, because I can't stand it. Plus it could cause problems on the job," Hunter added afterwards as he opened his eye and stopped rubbing his temples as he looked at his female student with what would be a look of apathy and boredom.
"Hey! Don't make fun of Hinata! She's fine the way she is," Naruto screamed out as he pointed his chopsticks at his new teacher. All Hunter did in response was a slow blink.
"Well sobering up would be a good change of pace for you, it could make you more cheerful," Ayame chimed in with a smile as she leaned against the counter.
"Remind me again how long you've known me and what you know of my past," Hunter sneered with anger and sarcasm as he turned his head to look at Ayame. She responded with a small eep and small jump before giving a quick apologize.
"Quiet male speak," Hunter demanded without turning to look at Shino.
"Shino, I like learning my family's jutsu's and taijustsu, insects, reading, sweets, and clan's gardens. I dislike large bodies of water, insecticides, the narrow minded, and loud noises. Hobbies are insect collecting and breeding and gardening. My plans for the future are unclear at the moment," Shino quickly responded as he placed his chopsticks down to answer as he turned to face his teacher.
Hunter had a blank stare on his face as he looked at Shino before turning to look down at his vest.
"OK, loud male... speak... quietly...," Hunter stated as he clumsily searched his vest for something known only to him.
"My name is Naruto Uzumaki. I like instant ramen, training, Jiji, pulling pranks, Iruka Sensei, ramen, and training! I dislike the idiots in the village that can't take a joke, the three minutes it takes to cook instant ramen, Sasuke, preverts, and stupid foxes. My hobbies... well, I guess the only hobbies I have are training and eating different types of ramen. My dream is to the greatest Hokage ever," Naruto informed everyone present with pride and determination while Hunter pulled out a scroll from his vest.
Hunter had a smirk on his face as he unrolled the scroll with a puff of smoke. After the smoke cleared there was a box six pack of beer on the open section of scroll.
"Which part of quiet did you not understand loud one? Some of us are dangerously close to be sober and that is not acceptable. As for your intro... eh," Hunter responded with a shoulder shrug as he cracked open a beer before downing the whole thing.
"Damn that was refreshing. Now that intros are done finish eating before I continue this bag of fun," Hunter said with sarcasm in his voice as he opened another bottle before draining it of its contents.
"Is that beer Hunter," Ayame asked with asked arms and hostility in her voice. Hunter responded by looking at the bottles label for several seconds before showing it to Hinata.
"What that say quiet female?"
"Kirin Beer, Sensei."
"Answer supplied," Hunter offered as he opened his third beer. At this Shino raised an eyebrow. However before Ayame could reply Shino spoke up.
"Sensei is it wise to drink in such a manner? It well lead to health problems later," he asked slashed informed as he turned his head to the beer. Hunter stopped half way through the bottle and looked at Shino.
"There's a fine line between not knowing and not caring. I like to think I walk that line everyday," was the answer Hunter offered his quiet male student before finishing his bottle that was in his hand. Shino simply raised an eyebrow before turning back to his ramen.
"Hunter is it really necessary to drink? I mean there are other ways to...," Ayame started to say with real concern and fear in her voice but before she could finish Hunter acted. He swiftly stood up grabbing his bowl of ramen with his free hand and violently threw it into the nearby wall which on impact shattered spilling noodles and broth along with bowl pieces.
"STAY OUT OF MY PAST! I WILL DEAL WITH IT AS I AND ONLY I SEE FIT!" Hunter screamed out with angry and fear as he crashed the empty bottle in his hand. The bottle broke sending pieces of glass into his hand. For several minutes no one did nothing.
Ayame stood still looking down at the floor in fear and shame at what had just happened not wanting to look at Hunter. She knew this might have happened but knew she had to try again.
Hinata had fallen off her stool on to the floor shaking in fear staring at her teacher. She was breathing fast wanting to run away from the malice that was coming off Hunter.
Naruto froze in shock for a second before looking around at the situation. He remembered where he had seen his teacher before. Several years ago while training with his kunai one had gone off target and hit someone in the shoulder. He went to apologize but when he found the older kid he was violently attacking the training post and trees around him. Naruto ran not wanting to get caught in the madness. Now he was expecting a similar scene to begin here.
Shino reacted by quickly standing up lifting his arms ready to defend himself as his insects buzzed with a mix of fear and readiness to defend their host. His breathing was steady but noticeable heavier.
Hunter was the calm in the middle of the storm. He simply stood their with no noticeable change in his stance or breathing, however his eye burned with fear and pain. His fists were clenched and the one dropping blood on the floor which began to form a small puddle. He slowly opened his hands as he looked around the stand. With his good hand he reached into his pocket and pulled out several ryo bills and tossed them on the counter. He then turned to walk out of the stand as he lifted the curtain to leave he spoke to his students.
"Training ground Eight, Eight o'clock tomorrow," he told them with a cold emotionless voice that threatened to reveal the pain an anger he was experiencing at the moment. He then walked out of the stand leaving everyone in a state of shock. Shino was the first to recover as he lowered his arms.
"Would it be wise to inquire the cause of this emotional outburst," he asked before turning to face Ayame. She looked at the small pool of blood as she smoothed out her apron.
"No I don't believe it would be wise too but I know what caused his outburst, this isn't the first time his done this. I don't believe it would be right of me to reveal the reasons," she said with a small weak voice as she moved to pick up a broom and dust pan from behind the counter.
"That may be the case, however it appears that the required information may influence our chances of survival and should be supplied," Shino replied as he looked at the pile of noodles of the floor.
"Yes, but I'm not going to give you anything," Ayame stated flatly telling Shino to drop the matter as she moved out from behind the counter.
"Let me help you Ayame," Naruto offered as he moved over to the mess his sensei had made. He took the dust pan from her as be took a knee.
"It must have been horrible to get a response like that from just a simply question," Hinata said as she slowly stood up as she dusted off her pants.
"Still he shouldn't have reacted like that. I mean come on! It was a simply question! No, reason to waste perfect ramen," Naruto offered to the small group as Ayame pushed the noodles into the dust pan as he motioned to the noodles with his free hand.
"That is just unforgivable," he muttered as he stood up with the pan. As Ayame walked back behind the counter Naruto sat back down on his stool before letting out a yawn. Being up for so long us finally starting to catch up with him.
"So you guys have any idea on what to do now," Naruto asked as he looked over at Hinata and Shino. All three genin sat there for a minute before Shino spoke up.
"At the current time with what little information we have I believe all we can do is go our separate ways until tomorrow morning," Shino offer to his two teammates.
"While then I... I... guess I will see you two in the morning then, Good Bye," Hinata said as she stood up and turn to her teammates before giving a small bow and leaving. Shino left behind her without saying anything. Naruto turned around and sat for a minute before ordering a last bowl before he left. As he ate in silence he wondered what tomorrow would hold for him and Team Eight.