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"You're the one going in the water."
"Nuh-uh, Sasuke-chan, you are."
"Don't call me that!"
"Only if you go in the water."
"No!"
"I'm not doing it! You just want an excuse to see me in a bikini!"
"That's not the only reason!"
"WHAT?!"
There was nervous laughter. "...I was kidding! Really, really, I was..."
Naruto's trademark animalistic growl. "Okay. You are going IN. Whether you like it or you don't!"
A splash.
"Ah, thanks Sasuke. You landed on loads of fish and they came right out!"
"Your welcome." Sarcasm dripped off the words.
"Sasuke-kun, can you light the fire please?" Sakura called, and Naruto held a hand out cheerily to him. He grabbed, it, before pulling it firmly and causing her go tumbling into the water. She fell on his stomach, and they both sank into the water, spluttering.
"Thanks a lot, teme!"
"You were the one who pushed me in in the first place!"
"It was for the sake of food!"
"No, it was for the sake of laughter!"
"Food!"
"Laughter!"
"Food!"
"Laughter!"
"FOOD!"
"LAUGHTER!"
"FOO-"
Sakura stomped over to the edge of the water source, her face red with rage. "If you two keep this up, you won't have any food OR anything to laugh about! GET OUT, GET THE FISH AND LIGHT THE FIRE, DAMMIT!"
Silence. Sasuke – even being somewhat lovestruck – retained his 'I-don't-give-one' expression, whereas Naruto was shaking with fear. In the blonde kunoichi's opinion, Sakura on her period was certainly nothing to laugh about. "A-Alright. W-We should stop being so immature!"
Sakura smiled, turning around and walking back to the firewood they had gathered while Naruto mouthed several colourful phrases at Sasuke. Sasuke ignored them, or either couldn't lip read her without the Sharingan, and set the fire alight quickly.
Naruto sat down, still sulking slightly, her chin high in the air as Sasuke realized that she was holding a grudge and put the fish over the fire himself.
She held her legs to her chest, smiling foxily (A/N: I do know that the 1970's have long gone). I'm totally eating the bigger one. And if Sasuke-chan has anything to say about it, I'll ask him to get that stick out of his ass and use it to hold the fish if he wants any more.
"That snake guy was an absolute creep," Sakura stated, trying to strike up some sort of conversation.
Naruto and Sasuke looked at her with their eyebrows raised. After a minute or so of silence (apart from the crackling of the fire and the faint sound of birds crying 'Ahou!'), Sasuke replied icily, "The first three words in that sentence would imply that."
Sakura blushed and looked down.
Naruto unhooked the fish from the stick, passing one of them to Sasuke and another to Sakura and eating one himself. They ate in silence, picking the meat off of the bones (Sasuke had had the consideration for Naruto to leave the eyeballs in the fish. I cut that scene out for the safety of your sanity). They chucked the skeleton of the fish in the fire, standing up.
The blonde kunoichi smirked, and put her hand in a fist and put it in front of her heart. "All right! We are going to move really fast today!"
Sakura was about to bash her on the head, before remembering how she had been the day before and reprimanding herself. This Naruto is much, much better than the monster she was yesterday.
Sasuke decided to nudge Naruto instead. "Oi, dobe. You sound crazy."
"Oh... says the guy who asked a lady to get into a bikini and go get fish for your lunch? I'd say that I was much more tastier than the fish," Naruto shot back at him suggestively, causing the great Uchiha Sasuke to blush.
Sakura decided to ignore this. No matter what they do, it's better than them ripping veins out from everyone they see!
Naruto's carefree attitude had long ago returned, as when they began to go through the trees, she almost had a bounce to her step. Sakura began to notice how she moved through the trees; she actually did it in an animal-like fashion. Naruto's legs pushed from a branch, and she would reach out with her hands for the next branch and place her feet behind her so she was in a crouching position. And it would repeat.
Sasuke raised an eyebrow. "Why don't you try and move like a normal person?"
Naruto found the gap longer than usual, so she grabbed onto a branch above midway jump and swung. "I go faster this way," she replied simply. "It comes like second nature."
Abruptly, Naruto grabbed Sasuke and Sakura's arms and pulled them into a high leafed tree. "What is it, usuratonkachi?" Sasuke whispered.
"Don't call me that! I heard someone!" she whispered back hotly.
"What are you all talking about?"
They all shrieked, nearly falling off the branch (Sakura admitted that Sasuke's shriek must have been wonderfully embarrassing for him).
"W-What the hell?" Naruto yelled.
"My name is Kabuto. Yakushi Kabuto," he smiled, a fake grin on his face. "Do not worry. I will not take your scrolls. I was told that this team holds talent, and decided to see it for myself."
Naruto scratched the back of her head. "...not to be out of character, but how do we know you're not going to take our scroll?"
Of course, Naruto didn't mean to be out of character. But the undeniable thing was that although she didn't mean to be, she still was.
Her team-mates looked at her, eyebrows raised.
"Oh come on! I'm not that stupid!"
Yet another silence.
"...you're both so cold," Naruto mumbled dejectedly.
After some positively useless chatting with Kabuto
"Do you mind leaving?" Sasuke sighed bluntly. "You're distracting us completely. We need to get to the tower."
"Oh, I'm sorry," Kabuto smiled, although he was far from it. Well, I've found out enough by far.
Naruto smiled, her naivety misleading her to believe Kabuto had innocent intentions. "Bye, Kabuto-san!"
Kabuto waved at her as he left through the bushes.
There was an eerie silence, before Sakura asked a question.
"Sasuke-kun?"
A grunt.
"Why did you send Kabuto-san away? He was going the exact same place as us."
An eerie silence, in which Sasuke refused to admit that the silver haired 'genin' had been utterly freaking him out. He had, what you may call, an aura of menace. And even if he tried to disguise his appearance with fake smiles and promises, Sasuke knew that an aura of menace would remain.
"He was a bit... disturbing."
Naruto found that silence was pretty damn common. And she started to laugh.
"The great Uchiha Sasuke is scared of a four eyed loser who's failed the Chuunin Exams time after time? Are you serious?" Naruto chuckled, her hair bouncing as she laughed. "You're stranger than you let on, Sasuke-chan!"
"Will you stop calling me that?"
"Will you stop calling me dobe?"
Naruto was really starting to hate those silences.
"...at least give me the comfort of a sweeter nickname," Naruto pouted. "It's not like my name demeans you or anything!"
"Yeah, but you still call me teme occasionally."
"That's just when you act like a teme."
"I call you dobe when you act like one!"
"Did I ask for your opinion?!"
Sakura growled. "You two are starting to give me a migraine! You two argue over things so trivial!"
"Yeah, Sasuke-chan!"
"What did you say?!"
There was a few moments of deafening silence as they glared at each other with a fierce intensity. Sakura looked at the two and at the scowls on each of their faces, and made a promise to herself and Inner Sakura.
I swear upon my soul that I will get these two drunk some time. As the say, drunks are honest. And these two confuse me to no end!
"You know, we really need to go!" Sakura added, annoyed. They looked at the Sun, which hovered above their heads. "It's nearly midday."
And so, they ventured towards the tower.
After some arguments, yelling, punching, and mainly travelling
Naruto stood at the entry, seeing Kabuto arrive at the same time. She waved, her naïve personality still perfectly intact as she smiled.
Kabuto smirked when he turned, unknown to the three. Sasuke's glare still pierced his Kabuto's back. Naruto pulled on Sasuke's sleeve, as Sakura had long gone into the tower.
"C'mon, Sasuke-chan. We have to go in."
"For the last time, stop calling me that!"
Naruto's laughter echoed on the stone walls of the building. "You're so easy to irritate."
"Are you so unimaginative that you can think of nothing else to do with your time other than to come up with monstrously annoying nicknames?"
"I'm unimaginative? But I came up with the style of this outfit, and if I recall correctly, you were... hum... drooling?"
"SHUT UP, DOBE!"
They came to the centre of the tower, and Sakura stood there impatiently, hands on hips. "Sasuke, take out the scrolls."
"Are you really sure that we are supposed to open them?" Naruto asked hesitantly.
"Not really," Sakura shrugged.
Naruto could have sworn that her eye twitched with annoyance as Sasuke took out the scrolls and tossed them to Sakura. Naruto put her hands behind her head, watching as she carefully unravelled the scrolls.
"...what is this?" Sakura whispered, looking at the inscription on the paper.
"That's a summoning! Put down the scrolls!" Sasuke warned, and Sakura threw them onto the floor with a shriek.
With a poof of smoke, Iruka stood there, his scar still on his nose and a smile on his face. "Well done! You made it just in time. You pass!" Iruka smiled. "Naruto, do you want to go out for ramen-"
Sasuke and Sakura sighed. That was the most stupid thing you could say to Naruto after she's been stuck in a forest for five days without ramen.
"WOOHOO! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU IRUKA-SENSEI!!"
Sakura had slower reflexes than Sasuke, sadly, and did not cover her ears in time. She decided that if anything was broken, Naruto was paying for it. "Naruto! Quiet down! I think my ear drums need therapy thanks to your obsession!"
Naruto, sadly, did not hear this and was too busy smothering Iruka in her chest to notice.
Sasuke glowered, a jealous aura surrounding him. "C'mon, Naruto. Get off of him!"
"Alright, Sasuke-chan."
"For the last time-"
"You said that last time, Sasuke-chan."
"SO STOP CALLING ME IT ALREADY!"
Iruka thanked Kami that she was wearing clothes, or he might have had a nosebleed over his favourite student. He also thanked Sarutobi Hiruzen for telling him before hand that she was a girl. If he hadn't, Iruka was pretty damn sure that he would have gone nearly insane with wondering why some random blonde jumped up to him and started hugging him insanely. Although, that didn't mean that he wasn't happy. Yeah, Umino Iruka was enjoying this moment.
I've been hanging out with Kakashi too much. Damn pervert.
Naruto clambered off of him, smiling.
"You've got to go meet the other teams," Iruka grinned, but suddenly motioned for them to stay. "But first, I have to tell you what this means," Iruka added, pointing to the inscription on the wall. "Heaven represents knowledge. Earth represents physical stamina. For instance, if Naruto lacks common sense, he should study until he knows things well. And if Sakura lacks stamina, she should train hard. And if you have both, dangerous paths become safe ones." Although Sasuke should really get that stick out of his ass, Iruka reminded himself.
"It was written by the Hokage himself," Iruka explained. "Now, we go meet the other teams."
Naruto smiled. "Lets go! And then... ramen! All of us will go out for ramen on me!"
Sasuke was seriously scared. Naruto's offering to pay for ramen? Honestly? I think the sky is falling.
"We have too many competitors, as too many passed. As we have never had this problem, we are going to have some preliminaries," a sickly looking man announced. "This computer will decide."
Naruto groaned. "I've just been in a forest, been pierced through the stomach by a snake fang, faced a snake bastard, and you're doing the preliminaries RIGHT AFTER ALL THAT?!"
Everyone stared at her.
"...yeah, yeah that's fine," Naruto smiled nervously, being especially wary of Sakura, who looked like she was about to smush Naruto like a bug.
"Anyway. Call me Hayate. I'm your proctor for the preliminaries," the man announced, coughing briefly after each sentence.
"Why do we have to have preliminaries? How troublesome," Shikamaru muttered, actually having the energy to sound fierce.
"We only just finished the Second Exam, as well," Ino moaned.
"What about my meal?" Chouji asked sadly, still chomping on his crisps. Ino sighed. Chouji just won't change. Asuma-sensei always asks him to go on a diet...
The proctor added, "It will be one on one matches from here onwards. Anyone who wishes to leave may do so now." He once again coughed.
Abruptly, Sasuke and Naruto both grabbed the lower part of their necks, where they had been bitten. Naruto bit back a moan of pain, and she leaned back towards Sasuke to talk to him.
"Sasuke-chan, it's hurting badly," she whispered through gritted teeth.
"You think I don't know, you dobe? I can't exactly ignore pain," Sasuke growled. "We're not dropping out."
"I know that, idiot," Naruto bit back. "I'm just wondering what we're going to do about it!"
"The marks on your necks are hurting, aren't they?" Sakura whispered. "Please..."
"He will die shortly," Naruto shrugged. "Unless he is lucky." Sasuke and Naruto turned towards the other member. "Do you want to do the gruesome part this time, Sasuke?"
They proceeded forwards. Naruto put a hand over his shoulder seductively, her eyes sparkling. Sasuke smiled, before turning towards Dosu. "I hope I am allowed to have the fun with this member."
"Go on, Sasuke-chan," Naruto purred, lifting her arm off of him as she turned to stand beside him.
Their eyes linked with hers for a moment. "Sakura," Naruto hissed, the pink haired girl flinching when she heard the absence of the honorific 'chan', "Who did that to you?"
"We need to serve a fair punishment," Sasuke smirked, the dark chakra swirling around him and Naruto.
"Okay, how about you do the arms? I'll try to do the inner decapitation," Naruto laughed. She walked over to him, still chuckling. She put a hand on her hip, and said in a 'did-you-know?' voice, "I'm going to be merciful upon you. Or maybe... just the opposite. I am going to cut off any feeling in your arms apart from the feeling of pain."
In a flash, she held his arms with a smile on her face, her eyes flashing with insanity.
"Oi, Naruto. You're taking up all the fun!" Sasuke snorted. "Well, I'll be the one to break them, so that's okay."
"...please... do something about it," Sakura whispered, wiping away tears. "I'm afraid..."
Sakura-chan... Naruto looked downwards, her hand still on her neck.
"Just as I thought," the Sandaime sighed. Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at Ibiki.
"What shall we do?" The expert interrogator asked.
"We should have the two guarded by ANBU escorts, and advise him to withdraw from the exams," Anko replied firmly, somewhat out of character from her normal, insanely relaxed attitude.
"The two won't listen to you that easily."
Anko turned to see none other than Hatake Kakashi. "They're both very unique people. Naruto is Konoha's #1 Unpredictable Ninja, after all. And Sasuke is part of the famous Uchiha Clan."
"Stop fooling around, you idiot! I'll make them quit even if I have to do it by force!" Anko yelled angrily, slamming her foot on the ground as she turned towards Kakashi. "The cursed seal reacts whenever they tries to mold chakra and will attempt to extract the chakra out of them! It's a kinjutsu that weakens the affected person!"
Anko turned towards the two people. "It's shocking that they can withstand the curse seal. One of them surviving would be extremely lucky, but both of them is a very low chance! I don't know how either of them are still alive! Hokage-sama..."
Sakura, meanwhile, was trying to reason with the two. "Neither of you are in fighting condition!"
"Shut up," Naruto growled. "We aren't going to quit!"
"I know it!" Sakura protested.
"Just shut up and be quiet," Sasuke warned her. His tone was threatening, but it could be mistaken for an empty threat in his condition.
"You two have been bearing the pain this entire time!" Sakura whispered, tears in her eyes.
"Just be quiet," they both whispered. Naruto continued, "We'll be fine. It won't beat me. And it won't beat Sasuke-chan either."
Sasuke nodded.
Sakura knew it. They were both lying through their teeth; it could beat them. And she knew it, simply because Sasuke hadn't complained about Naruto's nickname.
"Whatever either of you say, I'm going to tell them about it," Sakura sighed. Her hand began to rise, and Naruto grabbed her wrist firmly and Sasuke grabbed her elbow.
"Keep quiet about these bruises," Naruto hissed.
Luckily, none of the teachers at the front noticed, due to Kabuto putting his hand up.
Naruto noticed, and watched with shock as he walked to exit.
I really wanted to play with you two longer. However, Orochimaru-sama wishes to, Kabuto thought. You two really are amazing. Orochimaru-sama doesn't even know that the Kyuubi lies within you, Naruto-san. And he still wants you. It surprises me. And you with Sasuke-kun... you would make a fierce battle duo. I wonder about the results of this.
"Why would Kabuto-san quit? He didn't seem that tired," Naruto wondered.
Sakura began to struggle to lift her hand up, and Naruto jerked it behind her back in a V with an fierce intensity. "We're not dropping out now," the blonde growled. "I refuse to back out now!"
Sasuke nodded in agreement.
"Why are you two acting so tough? You need to be seen to!" Sakura cried. "I... I don't want to see you two suffering any more! And... and the way you acted..." Sakura whispered, looking down.
"It doesn't matter to you, Sakura," Sasuke replied in a low voice, trying to keep quiet.
"You're just being nosy," Naruto muttered angrily.
"We're avengers," Sasuke sighed, motioning for Naruto to let go of her arm. Naruto did so. "This exam isn't just an exam."
"We don't care about being Chuunin, either," Naruto added angrily.
"Are we strong? We just want an answer," Sasuke sighed. "I need the power to kill that man. And Naruto needs it for her revenge. We want to fight the stronger people."
Naruto let her hand fall from her shoulder as the pain subsided. "And the stronger people are here."
Sakura looked downwards, tears filling her eyes. "...Sasuke-kun... Naruto..."
Meanwhile, the Hokage simply let smoke fill the area. "We should leave them for now. However," Hiruzen added at seeing Anko protest, "If they show signs of losing control, they will be stopped and detained.
"Hokage-sama, although we should do that, don't go to such extreme measures," Anko replied. "It's not their fault that they were cursed."
"I know, Anko. But we don't know what they could attempt."
"We will now pick the first match," Hayate announced. The computer began to got through random names, before landing on two names.
Sakura's eyes widened.
"Uzumaki Naruto verses Inuzuka Kiba."
That's just mean, Naruto thought, annoyed. I'm going to kill whoever programmed that computer. Kakashi walked over to them quietly, and stood next to Naruto. "Don't let it control you."
"So you know?" Naruto grinned.
"Yes. If you let it control you, your match may be cancelled. So don't do something stupid."
"Nah, I won't. But... Kakashi-sensei?" Naruto whispered, a serious look in her eye.
"What?"
"Can we get ramen after this?"
Kakashi supposed that was Naruto's way of being serious. "Yeah."
"Will everyone apart from the competitors go up to the balcony please," the sickly Hayate coughed, and they slowly went up onto the balcony. "Any objections between you two?"
Naruto shook her head, and Kiba did the same.
"Okay, we shall start then."
Hayate retreated to below the balcony.
"Ya know, Naruto, as I've said, you look so much better as a girl. Much prettier."
"If you're thinking of getting a date, you have a better chance with Sasuke." When she saw Kiba open his mouth, she quickly added, "Wait, wait. Forget I gave you that option. He's mine."
Every single person on the balcony was now gaping at Naruto apart from a select few. One was Sasuke, who was desperately trying to hide his bright red face, Kakashi, who was giggling (nobody was really sure if it was at his book or at them, because his book was in front of his face), Shino – who actually could have been gaping, but as you well know, it wasn't visible – and Gaara, for obvious reasons.
Kiba was choking on his own breath. "That explains why you kissed him in class."
"SHUT UP!" Naruto yelled, blushing madly. "That was an accident! I was knocked from behind! We were glaring at each other, dammit!"
"Well, either way, it's a good thing. I was beginning to think that you were gay!"
"YOU BASTARD!" Naruto shrieked, running forward and launching a punch at his forehead, sending him into the wall.
Kiba was dizzily rubbing his forehead. "You're stronger than you look..."
Naruto was really, really starting to that hate this guy. "It's funny, Kiba: You don't know somebody is an absolute idiot until they open their mouth!"
"What did you say?!"
"You heard me!" Naruto shouted, running forward with her fist drawn back. Kiba had the sense of mind to scramble away like a frightened rabbit; and only at the last minute, too. Naruto's fist collided with the wall, causing a large crater to be made. Kiba gulped, scampering to the other side of the arena. Naruto put her hands together, gathering chakra for the Kage Bunshin.
And pain surged through out of her being.
She clutched at her shoulder, coughing up blood.
She saw Sasuke rushing to the front of the balcony, looking down at her in worry. Naruto also saw Sakura doing the same, and a few other people. One of the Sound jounins looked worried, as did the Hokage himself.
Naruto stood up shakily, blood trickling out of her mouth. Kiba grinned. "Not as tough as you make yourself out to be, huh, Naruto?"
"Shut up," the blonde kunoichi hissed. She made twenty Kage Bunshins, the pain rushing from her finger tips to the roots of her hair. It hurts so much.
Although she was his opponent, Kiba was getting worried. Why was she so injured? Was it from the Forest of Death?
He punched her angrily, and she spat blood out. "You know in your heart you will never become Hokage! Stop fooling around! Give up already!"
"Shut up!"
Kiba paused.
"You're just like all those damn villagers! Every time they used to beat me, screaming insults at me while I was only five and couldn't fight back! For the first ten years of my life, I didn't know about love, or happiness! I didn't even know what a smile was!" She stood up shakily, her legs almost buckling under her own weight. "But... when I found them... I could ignore them!"
The Inuzuka looked at her in confusion. He'd always seen her, alone on the swings in the academy, and everybody stayed away from her; he'd assumed that was because she made trouble. She must have done something really bad for people to beat her up when she was that young.
"Me and Sasuke always fought... and Iruka-sensei used to yell at me... Hokage-oji-chan used to have to punish me... but in my heart, they were precious to me! Hokage-oji-chan was the first person to call me by my name... and Iruka-sensei was the one who cleaned me and helped me heal when I was beaten up... and me and Sasuke were best friends from the start! I would go on a particular route home just to see him sitting on the pier... and he'd see me looking at him... we'd glare at each other... but when I walked away, I would be smiling."
"In the end, it would have been much easier to hate them all," Naruto whispered, blood trailing from her lips. "It would have been so much easier just to hate them and fight back... but when I didn't give up... good things happened!"
"If I give up, that'll just be taking the easy way out! I can't do that! So to hell with you and your crap, Kiba! I'm not giving up!"
She coughed, falling to the ground unconscious. Kiba noticed that her Kage Bunshins remained, still charged with chakra. He wondered why, as he knew that they were illusions. The Naruto's ran forward, all of them punching him at once as he discovered that they were solid.
Kurenai winced. I warned you about her physical clones.
Kiba felt blood trickle out of his mouth, identical to Naruto.
Only two clones were left, both of them guarding the real Naruto. Kiba didn't understand why, as they would eventually disappear. But only Kakashi, the Hokage, and Naruto herself knew.
'Oi, baka kitsune!'
"That Orochimaru bastard..." the Kyuubi growled, his tails swinging firmly behind him (A/N: Forgive me, but I am now declaring Kyuubi MALE!). "I don't know whether to kick him or thank him... I can stretch my legs every so often... but this could become tiring at times..." And mentally, he added, 'Although it will definitely chip away at her mind... and I could slowly merge my chakra with her.'
"Get up already! You said it yourself, we aren't going to fail when we've gotten this far! So get up! Remember, we were going to go towards our dreams together! Remember? Remember?" Naruto heard Sasuke yell outside. She could hear the Kyuubi; she had to go! She had to wake up for Sasuke!
Naruto stood in front of the cage, the sleeves of her red kimono blowing in an unknown wind. "I can't use my chakra without pain. Lend me yours; think of it as rent."
The Kyuubi no Kitsune chuckled. "I admire your spunk. You are most certainly his daughter..."
With that, the chakra seeped from the cage, enveloping her in a slightly familiar but scalding warmth.
Kiba punched one of the clones, Akamaru biting the other; he stood over the girl. The proctor was about to end it, when something happened.
"Oi, dobe!"
Everyone turned to see an angry Sasuke.
"Get up already! You said it yourself, we aren't going to fail when we've gotten this far! So get up! Remember, we were going to go towards our dreams together! Remember? Remember?"
Everyone else saw no response. But Sasuke's entire attention was directed on Naruto, and he noticed the faint twitching of her fingers.
And then, everybody shivered.
Kiba stumbled backwards as she groaned. She moaned in pain as her features changed; her whiskers became more defined, her canines grew at an alarming rate causing her lips to bleed, her finger nails grew into claws. Naruto's pained moans implied that they caused pain for her. Kiba began backing away slowly when her moans became louder until they became screams. And then her eyes opened.
Her eyes were red and slitted, and on the ground, red chakra began to circle her carefully. The edge of the small circle shape suddenly flickered upwards, surrounding her and giving the illusion that she was trapped in flames. All the genins in the room were frozen with fear at the killing intent that surrounded her.
The Sound jounin, namely Orochimaru, licked his lips. So she's the Kyuubi brat? I'm glad I decided to take her as a shinobi rather than a vessel. But now I won't be able to take the Uchiha either. He sighed, although no one noticed. It's okay, I suppose. When he dies, I will take his eyes.
Naruto put her hands together, muttering, "Tajuu Kage Bunshin no Jutsu."
The people watching gaped at the sheer amount. They filled up at least half of the arena, and Naruto walked over to Kiba, putting her hands on her hips. "Now, shall we start?"
Kiba smirked. "Yeah! Let's go, Akamaru!"
After morphing Akamaru into a clone, Kiba quickly released a smoke bomb. Kurenai, seeing what Kiba was going to pull, smirked, as Kiba yelled, "Gatsuuga!"
The destructive attack unleashed terrifying force upon Naruto, and the clones desperately tried to see before they were dispelled. Naruto was buried amongst them, and when Kiba had finished, the clones had been cut down to half at least. Kiba smirked.
Naruto, as you may have known, had been a huge prankster. She had loved to prank people, and it had been her strength in a way; she knew about any trap, and could detect it and evade it easily. Although people often wondered about her sense of style with orange, the people who chased her admitted that she did have quite a talent in hiding – as she had never been found unless she revealed herself, and there was the fairly strong point that she did wear an orange jumpsuit.
And that's why Kiba was tearing his hair out.
During his own smokescreen, the clones had hidden!
Kiba certainly did not seem to know that Naruto could dispel them at will, but Naruto herself was hiding as well.
"Dammit! Where is she?!" Kiba yelled angrily.
He heard a woofing, and realized that Akamaru was no longer on his head.
"Damn, Kiba. Your dog is so not cute."
She held Akamaru out, holding him by the paws. "Honestly. Is he really a nindog? He can't even speak yet. He really wasn't worth that effort."
Naruto needed to finish this now. The Kyuubi's chakra had been assigned to her in an amount, not just plain access. The amount was going to dissipate soon if she didn't do something!
"Tajuu Kage Bunshin no Jutsu."
Looking at the amount of clones, and satisfied at the 600+ amount, they put their hands into a hand sign, and muttered the name. And then there was silence.
"HAREM NO JUTSU!" the naked girls chorused, running to Kiba with little covering their features.
Kiba's jaw dropped.
Now that Naruto was... well... a girl, if you aged Naruto a bit and took off her clothes... it would be exactly the same. They rushed over to Kiba, pressing their breasts against his chest and crying, "Kiba-ku-u-n!"
To say the least, people were shell-shocked.
There was a loud thump as Sasuke fainted, blood dripping out of his nose steadily.
Kiba fainted soon afterwards, and one of the naked girls transformed back and placed a foot on his check and a kunai at his neck. She dispelled the clones, her eyes their normal blue colour. Naruto turned to the proctor. "Unless you want me to finish him off, I think you should finish the match. But trust me, I do want to beat him up for falling for something like that," Naruto growled, looking down at the unconscious Kiba.
"Winner," - here Hayate had a coughing fit - "Uzumaki Naruto."
She stumbled up to the balcony, leaning against the wall breathing heavily. Sliding down the wall, she clutched her hands over her heart tightly. Damn it... the Kyuubi's chakra... it must have done something to my body... he did say the chakra was somewhat toxic...
"You okay?" Kakashi asked, Sasuke unconscious in his arms. Through her heavy breathing, Naruto whispered,
"You might want to wake him up. You don't know when his match might be."
"Nah," Kakashi smiled. "Some other ninja's are fighting. I think I might just be a bit mean."
"What do you mean?" Naruto asked, still breathing heavily.
Kakashi showed her, by putting the conscious Sasuke next to her on the floor. He leaned on her slightly, and Naruto had to lean on him because of her need of support.
"Damn Kakashi."
When she noticed him snoring lightly, Naruto couldn't help but smile. He isn't half innocent when he is asleep.
She lifted an arm behind him to run through his hair, and found it surprisingly soft. Not that she expected it to be spiky, but it was still surprising.
Naruto found that her breathing had magically been cured.
"Not to sound cheesy, gaki, but it's the power of love!" Naruto heard Kyuubi snort.
'You didn't mean to sound cheesy, Kyuubi, but you still did.'
"Why are you picking now of all times to be cold? I thought you were a romantic..." Kyuubi muttered.
'I never said that!'
"It was implied."
A scowl appeared on Naruto's face. Realizing that the match would come to an end soon, and that his match may be next, she tried to move her hand to wake him up, but found her arm wouldn't move. Move, you damn arm! Naruto yelled inwardly.
"You haven't got the heart to wake him up," Kyuubi teased. Naruto was beginning to discover how sitting in a cage for twelve years can make you jump at any chance to converse between someone.
'What do you know? You're a fox.'
"I can smell emotions."
'If you could, you would be able to smell my anger and would have shut up already!' Naruto yelled back, her eye twitching in reality.
Her fingers still running throughout his hair, and her head on the crook of his neck, Naruto muttered quietly, "Sasuke-chan, it's time to wake up..."
A small moan.
"..c'mon, Sasuke-chan..."
Another moan, slightly louder.
"...oh, I'll make you moan," Naruto smirked.
I, as a concerned and kind author, have decided to notify you once again of a very big factor here. Hormones.
Yes, our dear Naruto-chan has been infested by hormones and therefore acts on whim alone. Let us watch the consequences of this disaster with glee.
Naruto began to nip at his jugular delicately, her tongue trailing along his neck up to his jaw line. Her lips brushed against the small marks gently, kissing him repeatedly. She heard Sasuke moan and Naruto found a smile in her kisses as she marked him along his jawline, moving upwards and pulling at his earlobe with her teeth and sucking it afterwards.
"Did you like that, Sasuke-chan?" Naruto purred, sliding her arms up his top.
Sasuke was wide awake, there and then. Naruto captured his lips gently, both of them fighting for dominance in the kiss. Sasuke cupped her breast with his right hand, emitting a moan from Naruto and a pause in the kiss, causing Naruto to become submissive.
"You know, Sasuke, you are supposed to be down on the arena," Kakashi pointed out, catching them both in an extremely awkward position.
Sasuke's arm was up Naruto's top, her arm slid around his chest. Sasuke's other arm was around her waist, and Naruto has her hand on his cheek. They were both in the middle of a kiss, and Sasuke was noticeably marked along his jawline and Naruto marked on her neck. And they were both sweating perceptibly.
They both reluctantly drew away from each other, blushing badly.
"Oh, I didn't mean stop. That was better that Icha Icha Paradise Volume 3," Kakashi smiled, his lone visible eye curved upwards into a crescent.
"Kakashi, you pervert," Sasuke muttered, getting up and going down the stairs, whereas Naruto rushed to the railing to watch.
Kakashi began to count. One... two... three... four... five... and then he looked down at the arena. One... two... three... four... five... six...
"Oi, Sasuke! Naruto managed to give you more hickeys!"
Sasuke blushed like never before.
Asuma's new cigarette, a replacement for the one that had fallen, once again fell.
Kurenai's eye started twitching. She walked around the balcony, almost calmly, before promptly bashing Kakashi on the head. "You pervert!"
"Kick his ass, Sasuke-chan!"
Sasuke turned to his opponent.
"Wow. Who knew that the great Uchiha Sasuke had a girl friend?"
Sasuke sighed. "She's not my-"
They pointed to the marks on his jawline.
"Okay, maybe she is."
"It's an honour to fight you, Uchiha Sasuke."
Sasuke smirked. "Not so much for you."
Inside, Sasuke was raging. Dammit! This has to be the worst situation! Sakura told me his taijutsu is legendary, and I can't use chakra!
"O-OH! THE FLAME OF YOUTH BURNS BRIGHTLY WITHIN YOU, UCHIHA SASUKE! YOU HAVE BESTED ME ONCE AGAIN!"
Naruto slapped her forehead. Oh Kami. Sasuke is fighting against a loser. In green spandex. While he's got a cursed seal. She sighed, rubbing her temples. Sasuke is going to need therapy after this.
Did I mention how much I love you guys? The reviews were so nice! I'm sorry for the super short chapter. I'm really really really really really really really really really sorry. It's even shorter than the last one...
Once again, I shall put this into a youthful manner.
YOSH! I WILL USE MY YOUTHFULNESS TO MAKE THE FLAME OF YOUTH BURN BRIGHTLY IN THE NEXT CHAPTER! YOSH!
(Insert moronic Gai-Lee moment here)
Yeah. You get the picture.
Anyways, I am really sorry. But I only wrote this in a few hours, and I was itching to get a fic above ten thousand. This was the result. Yeah. Once again, really sorry. Anyways. About the reviews. Which I loved, by the way.
rappelezfille: I liked your review a lot! It was really useful. You also reminded me not to make her too OOC. Thanks. I'll need to work on that though... loved your review. I'm really thankful for the short critique. I want to become a good fanfiction writer, after all. Critique is essential!
Harteramo: Well! Thank you! Your review made me smile. You said I did good work. *sniff* That makes me happy! :D Anyway. I'll do what I can to keep the lovebirds away from Orochi-teme. Damn snake bastard. Hehehe, your review was quite a good surprise. Anyway, for your benefit, I tried to update as soon as possible, which was the following day... I'm not going to be able to keep up this hard work!
animeboylover: You think that was long? Well, this chapter must be just below normal for you. But for me, it is an absolute failure! YOSH! I NEED TO KEEP THE FLAME OF YOUTH BURNING! (Insert ANOTHER Gai-Lee moment here) I'm working hard. I'm getting a bit worried about these reviews... you say you like where it is going... but I have a very open mind, and may do something totally crazy! But I'll carry on working hard. Thank you for the support.
piano play: I feel complimented. Thanks :D Would it really? I don't usually get compliments on my writing. This is the first story I've had so much inspiration for! Sorry if the story goes a bit haywire... but hey! I'll carry on writing and see how it goes. Sorry for the uber-short chapter.
Dark Vampire Revan: Yes! I will continue to write! Thank you! And yeah, I love NarutoxSasuke fics. People really don't know this, because they aren't as common, but I like FemNarutoxSasuke fics more than the yaoi version. I'm fine with both, though. I was going to call her Naruko in this fic but I just couldn't bring myself to... Moving on. I have written more, and this will continue! Until, perhaps, I finish the fic. I don't plan ahead, so I don't know. Haha...
HikariAi: In this chapter, I'm pretty sure you noticed the near-Lemon. That was for your sake, I kind of added that in. It's my first, because I tend to write more innocent fics. But I know too much, so I can write them. I'll continue to write them for experience, though! I updated really soon when I saw your review. Put it this way: your review sent me into hypo-type mode! I was typing like a God with your inspiration. Thanks for your support. I updated. Hehe! I like that you think it is awesome.
*SQUEE* Oh my God, you guys are amazing. My heart goes out to you six! You made my day! And anybody who bothers to read this, thanks! I love you all. I promise to update as soon as I can. Your reviews keep me smiling, typing, and more importantly, thinking.
Ja ne!
