The Way of the Jonin- Naruto Style
Disclaimer:
Krys:
yea, my real name is something in Japanese that I can't pronounce,
and I'm a grown and mature adult who has the creativity and ability
to draw Naruto. Yeaa… suuuurrree… I'm also the president of the
united states of America…suuuurrree… I'm bushe ( is that how u
spell it???) oh, I'm also a turtle. Ok, now that I'm done telling
you my secrets, I must tell you that all my secrets are figments of
my imagination… so, if you are reading this, and you haven't
figured it out yet, here it is: I DON'T OWN NARUTO!!! ………but
I wish I did………
Naruto stared out of his window at the night sky, with the half-moon and its billions of stars reflecting in his eyes. He couldn't sleep, and when he closed his eyes, all he saw was the events of the day flash before him. Trying once more to go to sleep. Naruto closed his eyes…
(flashback of the day)
Naruto had woken up early today. He had promised his fellow chunin, Sasuke, Sakura, Shikamaru, Ino, Choji (is that how it's spelled?), Lee, Neji, Tenten, Kiba, Shino, and Hinata that he would treat them all to ramen, that way when the jonin exams came tomorrow, they would all be nice and full of ramen.
As Naruto was putting on his signature orange jumpsuit, he remembered that he had dropped his ramen on it last night. "Cra--I mean darn!!! I totally forgot to wash it! Now what am I gonna wear?! I look like an idiot without it!!" (Naruto was trying to stop cussing, cuz he thinks that he'll get a girl if he stops cussing)
Looking in his closet, Naruto grabbed a black shirt and a pair of jeans, shaking his head as he did so. " Man, I really need a new orange jumpsuit from that resale shop, cuz I don't think Wal-Mart carries those things anymore…" Naruto mumbled as he put his red jacket on as he headed to the door.
He headed to Ichiraku's, and told the owner (Naruto calls him ramen-man for short, cuz I don't know the guy's name) that he was treating his friends to ramen later on. "So, ramen-man… seeing as I'm you're best customer…ummm… can I have a discount? Like, a HUUUUUUUGE one? Pretty please with a lot of ramen on top?"
Ramen-man pretended to think for a few seconds, and then said, quite loudly " Uhhh… NO. And that's final. Look, Naruto, you may be my best customer, but I can't have business when I give discounts to that many people!! I need money to get the supplies I need to make the ramen you love so much, kid. So, either you pay or you should take your friends out to some fast food restaurant with cheaper prices, kid."
Naruto made a face with puppy eyes. " B-b-but… please, can I have at least three discounts? Please???" Muhahahahahahah!!! These puppy-eyes never fail me!!! Muhahahahahahahahah!!!! Naruto thought wickedly.
" I said no, Naruto."
Tears welled up in Naruto's eyes. Never had his puppy eyes failed him!!! I'm ruined! Nooooooooooooooooooooo!!!
Ramen-man, meanwhile, had started to feel a little bit guilty for being so mean to Naruto. Plus, those puppy eyes had started to get to him. " Alright, alright! Fine, Naruto, I'll give you three discounts. But only cuz you're my best customer. Now, get outta here and go get ninja training, kid! After all, you are gonna be the best Hokage ever!" Ramen-man said with a quick smile.
Naruto nodded, returning the smile. " Hey, yea, that's right! I am gonna be the best Hokage ever!! Thanks Ramen-man, for believing in me!! Oh, and for those discounts!!"
" Heh, no problem, kid!"
Naruto ran off towards the bridge where Sakura and Sasuke were already waiting for him………and Kakashi.
" Da-I mean, darn! Kakashi-sensei isn't here yet, guys?!" Naruto hollered at them when he was halfway there.
" Nope!" they both replied at the same time. Then, they looked at each other, then looked away, blushing a little.
Naruto noticed. He grinned evilly. " Hah, you two lovers!!! Why don't you just proclaim your love for each other, live happily ever after, and then get a room?! Hahaha!!!"
Sasuke and Sakura were both blushing heavily now. " Sh-sh-shut up, Naruto!! I-its not like that!!!" Sakura yelled at Naruto. Although… sometimes…sigh…I wish it was… thought Inner Sakura.
Naruto, you are so dead when I get the chance!!! thought Sasuke.
Naruto was at the bridge now. He put his arms in the air, and said " Geez, sorry, it was just a joke!!!" He started laughing. " But… you guys did kind of overreact!!!! Hahaha!"
That was the last straw for Sasuke. Quickly, he grabbed his kunai, and threw it as hard as he could at Naruto, without even thinking about what he had done.
Fortunately, at that exact moment, a figure appeared in a puff of smoke, grabbing the kunai as soon as it whizzed past. " Sasuke… I'm disappointed in your self control…or, in this case, your lack of self control." Kakashi said as the smoke cleared, twirling the kunai around his finger, his other hand holding his favorite book open, the one that Kakashi was now currently reading, Icha-Icha Heaven( vol. 8 in this second series of adult books by best-selling author of adult books, Jiraiya). Kakashi shook his head as he jumped down from the side of the bridge onto the stones.
" Moving on, I think that, seeing as you three are about to partake in the jonin exams, well… lets just say that I think we should keep your training light today, so a D-ranked mission was in order. What we have to do today is find a lost turtle [if any of you people read my disclaimer, then you know who that turtle is… help me, I'm lost!!. Someone spotted it wandering on the road, but when they got there, it was gone, and they couldn't find it again. They're worried that it might not survive, cuz there's no water source near there. So, that's our mission. Also, seeing as turtles are small creatures, Kurenai's team will be coming along, too." Kakashi explained to his students.
" Oh, okay." Naruto said. " Hey, that's Hinata's team, right?" he asked Sakura, who nodded. " Gaaaahhh!! I feel sorry for Hinata! She has Dog-breath and Silent-but-creepy-bug-guy on her team!!! How does she survive?!"
Hinata Hugo's eyes widened when she heard that her team was going to find a lost turtle, but they widened even more when Kurenai-sensei told them that they were going to be working with team 7-Naruto's team- to find it.
Yesssss!! My chance to prove myself to Naruto has finally come!!! I'll do such a good job on this mission, that Naruto will realize his true love for me! And then, we shall rule the world! Muhahahahahahahahah!!! Just joking. But, really, he will fall desperately in love with me!!! ………I hope………….Inner Hinata thought after she heard the mission.
[yes, Hinata has an 'inner self', like Sakura. But, no, that does not mean that she has a split personality!!!
Hinata blushed a little. Her teammates, along with Kurenai-sensei, noticed. Shino had figured out that Hinata had a crush on Naruto, and, consequently, had been hinting to Kiba that Hinata would never like him as much as she liked Naruto. Of course, Kiba, being the idiot that he is, thinks that Shino is saying for him to 'go for it, she likes you', although that is as far from the truth as it possibly could be.
Shino smiled slyly. " Really, Hinata. I don't know what you see in that goof-ball."
Kiba thought that Shino was referring to him. Yesssss!!! She likes me!! Woo-hoo!
Kurenai shook her head at Shino. " Listen, you." she said sternly to him. " The only reason you don't know anything about that boy is because you never even try to look at his good points. All you look at is his bad points. Maybe if you'd start to look at things positively, Shino, you'd understand why Hinata likes him!!!"
Hinata blushed again. Both Shino and Kurenai knew that she liked Naruto? Was it really that obvious??? Aaahhh!!! I'm such an idiot!! How can it be that obvious?! thought Inner Hinata.
Kiba smiled. After the jonin exams, he and Hinata would have a lot to do together…
Geez, this fu-I mean freaking turtle is invisible or something!!! Naruto thought helplessly as he searched for the missing turtle. He was starting to get really angry. Both teams had split up into four groups, Kurenai and Kakashi in group one, Sasuke and Sakura in group two, Shino and Kiba in group three, and finally, him and Hinata making up the final team, group 4. They had all split up, thinking that they would be able to find the turtle faster that way. Unfortunately, none of them had seen it yet.
" Hey, Hinata, got anything with that Byakugan yet?" Naruto asked Hinata, hoping that she had.
" W-Well… no, n-not ye-…w-wait, I-I think that's it, u-up ahead!" Hinata said, stuttering.
Naruto heaved a sigh of relief. " Ok. You stay here until I give the signal to jump at it, okay?" he told her as they reached the clearing that the turtle was in. " I'm gonna circle around, and approach it from the opposite way, okay? Then, we'll both jump it!!!" Naruto stage-whispered to Hinata as he started to circle the clearing to the other side.
Hinata nodded.
When Naruto reached the right spot, he crouched a little, waiting a few moments to make sure the turtle hadn't spotted him.
He looked across the clearing, meeting Hinata's white eyes. He had never noticed it before, but, when the sun's rays were shining at the right angle, Hinata's eyes resembled beautiful, glimmering pearls.
He shook his head quickly, clearing his head of those thoughts. Aaahhh!!! Am I turning into a Jiraiya?! Naruto thought as he once more checked to make sure the turtle hadn't seen him or Hinata. It hadn't.
He gave Hinata the thumbs up-the signal- and pounced.
Right when Naruto jumped, the turtle moved a little to the side to relieve itself. ( hey, nature calls sometimes, okay? So when nature calls, you answer.)
Naruto landed right where the turtle had been, Hinata landing right in front of him. As he landed, his foot accidentally slipped on a pebble. And he fell forwards. Onto Hinata.
When he fell on her, Hinata blushed deeply as she felt Naruto's hand on an inappropriate spot. She reacted without thinking, placing her hand on his, and sending a blast of chakra out of it.
"YEEEEEEOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWW!!!!!!!" Naruto yelped as he jumped off of her, shaking his hand violently.
Needless to say, this caused the turtle to go inside of its shell.
Hinata quickly sat up." OMG!!! Naruto, I'm sooo, sooo sorry!!! Its just that, you…well, you were… and I … I reacted without thinking, and…well…Naruto, are you okay?!"
Naruto nodded, still clutching his hand. " Wow, Hinata! That hurt!! You're gonna make a great jonin, ya know that, right?!" Naruto said, smiling at her. She blushed a little.
Oh, yea!! See, I told you he would fall madly in love with me!!! Inner Hinata thought.
"
Hey,
Hinata…" Naruto said as he went and gently picked up the
frightened turtle( Hey,
those guys were huge compared to me!!! You would have been scared,
too!!!).
" I noticed that you didn't stutter when you said that!!"
Naruto continued, grinning broadly as he gently caressed the turtle's
shell( ooooohhh,
Aaahhh, shell massage!! That feels nice!!).
Hinata
returned the grin. " Y-yeah, I guess s-so…" she replied to him
as she took the turtle from him, and gently put it in her purse( what
happened to the light?!).
They informed their teammates of their success, and they all returned to the village.
As
promised, Naruto got everyone a bowl of ramen. With the three
discounts that ramen-man had given him earlier, Naruto was able to
afford the ramen, although his frog was very, very thin afterwards.
Naruto waited until everyone had left, and then sighed a contented sigh, and headed home. He turned the corner…
And ran smack-dab right into Hinata.
Hinata was blushing furiously. She had just ran right into Naruto!! And, what was more…
Yesssss!!! Finally!!! My first kiss!!!!!! thought Inner Hinata.
Whooooaaa!!! Hinata just…I just…Aaahhh!!!! I just kissed a girl!!! On accident!!! What is wrong with me?!! Naruto thought as he quickly pulled away from a stunned Hinata, blushing almost as furiously as she was.
" Oh! Uhhh…ummm… Uhhh…s- s-sorry!!! I- I didn't mean-" Naruto stuttered. Then, he turned and ran the other way, deciding to take the long way home.
(end of flashback)
Naruto closed his eyes once more, feeling the softness of his bed. He forced the embarrassment of the day out of his mind. Taking long, deep breaths, he became accustomed to the rhythm of the rise and fall of his chest. Slowly, he felt sleep engulf him. But, his dreams were of the jonin exams, always ending in darkness, as he asked himself the same question, over and over again.
What are the jonin tests going to be like?
A/N: Sooo… how does everybody like this so far? I mean, this is my first fic and all… anyhow, to see whether anyone actually read this and liked this, I want at least 2 reviews. If I don't get 2reviews, then I wont post the next chapter. I hope to update soon, by next week at the latest. I need to--oh, I mean my turtle needs to take a vacation in the sun this week, so that's why it might take a week. I'm already done w/ the next chap… so…but I think it could have been better… thank god 4 spell check… so, anyways… wait…ahh, I'm blabbering again aren't I ? Anyways, remember, 2 reviews!!!…does anyone read these authors notes, or am I the only one who does…? Oh, well… see ya!!! ( 2 reviews!!!!!)
Krys-Seel
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