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"Talking."

'Thinking.'

"Beast Talking."

'Beast Thinking.'

Jutsu!/Emphasizing

Ch. 2: The Days Before Graduation


Ino screamed as she sat up. "Daddy…" She muttered and she hugged her knees to her chest. She was covered in a cold sweat. She weeped silently. The house was empty and Ino was alone. She heard a door open and her eyes widened. "You okay?" Naruto asked, he was back… but when did he get back… why did he look so different. Naruto was a couple inches taller than her, just as tall as Sasuke. He wore the standard white shirt of the hospital and it clung to his body, revealing extreme muscle mass, a full six pack and large chest. His bottom was covered by a pair of grey night shorts.

"Naruto… when'd you get back?" She asked and Naruto shrugged. "An hour ago… are you okay? I heard you scream." Naruto said and he sat on the edge of the bed. He gave her concerned eyes. "Naruto… I miss them." She muttered and she began to cry. "I miss them so much… I miss mom… I miss daddy… I miss uncle… I miss auntie… I miss my nephews and nieces… I miss my entire clan." Naruto nodded and he laid back, his head between her feet. "I can't tell you it will be okay Ino… that's where I messed up last time… if I'm honest, I'm not sure I would recover from that…" Naruto looked deep into her eyes. "But one thing I can tell you… is that I'm here for you. Tell me if you need help, I'll be there in a flash."

Naruto grinned as her eyes widened. "Thank you Naruto…" She sobbed out and he nodded. "I can't really relate… I never had any family in the first place… having them and losing them is different though… it's like being given a gift and having it taken away just when you get to the best part." Naruto said. "I could never relate to something like that… I would rather have my own, lonely childhood… than to have my happiness stripped away like that." He sat up and turned to her. "I want you to be okay Ino… I really do… you're my new best friend. Over these last four and a half weeks, I discovered that family is possible… even without relatives. These last four weeks have been the best four weeks in my life."

Ino pulled him into a hug. "Sorry Naruto… I have been a little harsh on you…" She muttered into his ear and he smiled, not bothering to hug her back, just letting her hug him. "No problem… I'm sure I would be too." He said and he grinned. "Now, we should get to bed, I want to go get some new clothes tomorrow, my outfit was in tatters… unsalvageable." He said and he began to get up but she pulled him back down. "Can you… sleep in here tonight?" He nodded with a small smile on his face. "Of course Ino." He said and he rolled off the side of the bed, onto the floor.

"Now let's get to bed… I'm tired." Naruto said and Ino nodded to herself. "Okay." Naruto slowly closed his eyes and he let himself drift off to sleep. Ino grabbed her blanket and slipped onto the floor next to him, curling up to his side and drifting off to sleep as well. Naruto was unresponsive.


-Next Morning-

Naruto woke up with a groan, why was he so heavy, his back ached as if something was pressing him into the floor. Ino was asleep with half over her body on top of him, her hand wrapped around him like a teddy bear and her legs intertwined with his own. His eyes widened when he realized the situation. "Uh oh…" He muttered and he tried as hard as he could to get away, managing to get away he tiptoed out of the room and Ino opened her eyes with a smile. "Baka." She muttered and she sat up. Naruto was out cooking something for breakfast already.

She walked out and the scent of eggs wafted up her nose, she was glad she had showed him how to make things and season them. Naruto greeted her with a nervous wave. "Hey did you get taller?" She asked and he nodded. "Yeah, I guess I grew like two or three inches." He said and she grinned at him. "I guess I can't call you shorty anymore." Naruto shook his head with a smirk. "No you can't shorty." Ino growled at him but smiled. "So you want to go get clothes today blondie-kun?" She asked and he blushed at the emphasis. "U-Uh yeah…" She smirked at his blush. "I'm going with you, to make sure you don't get anything too horrid."

Naruto growled at her. "Yeah right! I'm going by myself!" He yelled childishly and she grinned. "Are you sure?" He frowned for a moment. "Fine." He said and she nodded, eating the breakfast he had prepared. She took in his features. Naruto seemed lighter if that made sense… he seemed less… heavy, like he carried himself better. His whisker marks were barely visible and you would have so squint hard to see them as they were basically non existent. His eyes were a bit darker, taking on more of a navy blue then a cerulean. His hair seemed more like the mane of a lion, spikier and a bit longer. His goggles were around his forehead.

"Ok let me get dressed and we can go." Ino said and she went to get dressed, he let out a sigh that he didn't know he was holding. "Man… she is going to be the death of me… I wonder if Sakura recovered from the shock of being called forehead girl by me?" He asked himself and suddenly there was a knock at the door. He went and opened it, revealing said pinkette. "Hey Naruto… I wanted to apologize about the… other… daaaaa...aaa-" She trailed off when Ino emerged from behind a wall with her hair wet and a set of fresh clothing. Sakura felt her entire face turn red.

"I-Ino!?" She screamed and Naruto put his arm in front. "Continue." He said and she slowly nodded. "I'm apologizing for the other day. I was out of line, and I guess I can apologize to Ino as well." Ino walked up to Naruto's side. "I'm sorry Ino… I was just mad that Naruto called me 'forehead'." Ino grinned at her and pulled her into a hug. "So I guess it's true then? You are dating Naruto?" Ino turned red as did Naruto. "N-No!" Naruto yelled. "She just lives with me because of what happened!" He yelled and Sakura frowned. 'What happened? Oh he must be talking about her clan being wiped out… why Naruto though?' She thought in confusion.

"The old m- Hokage-sama… said that it would be a good idea for us to live together since I've never had a family and she lost hers… he said that we could sort of relate and it would be better than letting her live with the teme." Sakura knew who he was talking about. "So… the Hokage could have made her live with Sasuke?" Naruto nodded. "And he figured that it would be better for both of you to bunk together?" Naruto nodded again. "Although we don't share a bed, I sleep on the couch. It's easy to afford this place too, because it was my 'mom's' apartment apparently and the rent is easy to afford with Ino's inheritance and mine."

"I thought you said you didn't have parents…" Sakura said and Naruto shrugged. "He refused to tell me anything about them and gave me the key to this place, also free access to her bank account." Sakura nodded. "I also noticed that you look different Naruto… you're taller, I can barely see your whiskers, and your eyes are darker." Naruto shrugged. "Growth spurt." She frowned. "Why haven't either of you been at school for a couple days?" Naruto grinned. "I fought Mizuki-teme." He said and Sakura frowned. "I was in the hospital for a couple days, Ino just decided to wait for my recovery before returning. I'm headed to get some new clothes." He said and Sakura nodded.

Overall this was a lot of information to process. "Could I come with you? I was going to go to Ino's today so I don't really have anything to do anymore." Naruto nodded with a small smile. "Of course." Sakura smiled back. They all left for the building where Naruto could buy clothes. When they arrived something immediately caught Naruto's eye. He grabbed an orange jacket with black short sleeves. He then grabbed a couple pairs of ninja pants, a dark grey one and a black one. He then grabbed a handful of white/black/blue/green shirts. He walked into the dressing room and emerged soon after, his grey ones on with the jacket over the white tee. He left on his black sandals. "How do I look?" Naruto asked with a grin. "The orange isn't bad on the eyes, I like it just as much as the first one." Ino said and Sakura nodded.

Naruto purchased the outfit. He and the other two went out for food, talking. Naruto was reluctant to go to a certain restaurant and Ino knew why but Sakura was confused. They ended up at a barbeque place, eating with Shikamaru and Choji. "Oh Naruto, you grew." Shikamaru said and Naruto nodded. "Yeah, I hit a small growth spurt." Choji frowned. "Small? That leaves you as tall as Sasuke at least." Naruto nodded. "Yeah but if you really think about it, Sasuke isn't the tallest guy either." Shikamaru nodded. "So what are you doing hanging out with Sakura and Ino?" Naruto shrugged. "I dunno, I was going to hang out with Ino but Sakura tagged along, I don't mind." Sakura and Ino were lost in their own conversation about gossip and they kept glancing at Naruto.

Naruto leaned back after her ate and sighed, closing his eyes, listening to the conversation going on around him. 'Brat. Someone is about to attack you." Naruto's eyes widened at the sound of the fox's voice. He looked around and he stood up, walking outside. Sasuke stood with a glare. "What's up teme?" Naruto asked and Sasuke growled at him. "I can sense your chakra dobe, how are you so much stronger?" Naruto frowned and rubbed the back of his head. "Eating right?" Sasuke pulled out a shuriken and threw it at Naruto.

Naruto's eyes widened, he wasn't really combat trained so when the shuriken seemed to slow down drastically he just jumped to the side, letting it fly past him. Sasuke stuck his hands in his pockets. "Nevermind, nobody that is combat trained would dodge like that." He turned and walked away. Naruto looked at the retreating form of Sasuke before speaking. "Slowed down shuriken? What the hell Kyuubi?" He heard chuckling from inside him. 'When you get faster, things that normally would have been impossible to see, slow down. You've gotten a lot faster.' Naruto nodded and he turned to a confused Ino and Sakura. "What happened?" She asked him, looking at Sasuke's retreating form. "He was curious if I was stronger since I grew."

Ino shrugged and watched Sakura run after the Uchiha boy. "Well there she goes to spy on Sasuke, You training at all today?" Naruto shrugged. "I might run a couple laps and do some push-ups but that's it, why, you wanna come?" Ino nodded. "Yeah, maybe I could give you some pointers." Naruto shook his head with a smirk and they made their way to a clearing that Naruto trained in. Ino took notice that the trees around were worn down like someone repeatedly struck them. Naruto peeled off his jacket and began to run around the clearing. Ino watched him with bored eyes. "Maybe turn a jog into a sprint Naruto."

Naruto nodded and dust kicked up, he took off in a quick sprint that she could still keep up with. "C'mon, you can run faster than that, you aren't even sweating!" Naruto disappeared from her field of vision, clouds of dust kicking up all around the area. Her eyes widened when he pulled to a stop, sweating slightly. He turned to her. "Was that better?" She nodded. "I didn't know you were that fast Naruto…" He nodded. "Yeah. Now what?" He asked and she tapped her chin, maybe she could get him to take off her shirt and do sit ups. "Shirtless sit-ups." He peeled off his shirt, throwing it to the side. Her eyes widened at his body, he was ripped.

"Oh my…" She muttered and he gave her a confused look. "What?" She shook her head quickly. "N-Nothing, do the exercise." Naruto complied.

This training went on for a while. They had been there for three hours, doing whatever Ino instructed him to do. They returned to their home after that, ready to eat and get ready for school the next day, they had the graduation exam in a couple days. Naruto took a much needed shower, putting on his normal night shorts but staying shirtless, laying on the couch, it was the middle of summer so he really didn't need a blanket. Naruto closed his eyes, it was still early but he wanted a headstart on the next day so he went to sleep. Ino followed suit, sleeping in the room, feeling safe with him in the other room.

She closed her eyes and drifted off to sleep.


-Ino's Dream-

Ino ran from a man with a mask. The same man that destroyed her entire clan. She dodged a volley of shuriken by ducking and she threw a kick at his incoming form but he caught her leg and slammed her into the floor. He then threw her away from him, weaving through hand seals.

Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!

Ino's eyes widened and she covered herself with her arms, one thing on her mind, a name. 'Naruto help me… please.' There was a flash and the fireball was canceled out. Ino looked out and saw Naruto's back. He looked over his shoulder and grinned at her. Her eyes widened and a blush filled her cheeks. "Naruto…" She whispered and the dream took a different turn.

Ino found herself in a bed with purple blankets, she wasn't under them though, she was on top. Naruto entered the room with a grin and he sat next to her. She looked down at herself and she was almost naked. Her eyes widened and Naruto leaned in to kiss her, his chest bare and in boxers. Ino felt herself begin to lean in.


-Real World-

Ino woke up with a gasp and sweat rolling down her body, her pajamas pretty wet from sweat and her panties soaked from the wet dream she had just had, it was light outside and the smell of breakfast hit her nose. She sat up quickly, embarrassed. She ran to the bathroom with a change of clothes and changed hastily, making sure to hide her panties at the bottom of her clothes. She walked out and greeted Naruto with a heavy blush and a 'good morning'.

"Hey are you okay? You are extremely red, have you been hanging out with Hinata lately?" Ino had to suppress a laugh at his cluelessness. "Anyway, are you already dressed, we have school in an hour." Ino nodded. "Let's leave after we eat." Naruto shook his head. "I'm gonna get a head start, I'm going early. Should I wear the black pants or the grey ones?" She tapped her chin. "Grey." Naruto nodded. "What about shirts? Blue, Green, Black, Gray, or… Orange?" She frowned. "White." Naruto frowned as well. "I didn't say white." She shrugged. "I did." He shrugged as well and grabbed his clothing, going into the bathroom. He changed and made his way out, scarfing the food down and leaving with a 'bye'.

She waved at him as the door closed and she then facepalmed. "I had a wet dream about Naruto…" She muttered, horror spread across her face. "I've never even had a wet dream about Sasuke…" She slammed her head on the table. "What the hell is wrong with me?" She asked herself and she ate in silence, going to school after. Naruto was already in the back, seeming deep in thought. She frowned and took her spot next to him… or two seats down from him because two spots were filled by random girls. "Oh Ino!" He yelled and he scooted over one seat. "Sit here." He said, patting the desk where he was previously.

She got up and sat next to him, waiting for Iruka to come in.

Naruto went back into his brain while Ino listened to girls gossip about Sasuke and talk bad about Naruto. She sighed and laid her head down.

"Yo Ino." She sat up. "Huh?" Naruto grinned at her. "It's time for lunch, I brought some, you hungry?" She looked around, it was in fact lunchtime, it seemed that she had fallen asleep. She smiled at Naruto. "Yes please." Naruto nodded. "Hey you slept for a long time, did you sleep last night?" He asked and she nodded. "Yeah, I don't know why I'm so tired." He nodded.

"You wanna come with me to train again after school? Yesterday was a great workout." She shook her head. "No, I think I'm gonna see if I can hang out with Shika and Choji." Naruto nodded with a grin. The rest of the day went by normally and Naruto vanished after school ended.


-Naruto-

Naruto crossed his fingers. "Shadow Clone Jutsu!" He shouted. He channeled a lot of chakra into it and his eyes widened when literally thousands of solid copies of himself appeared. "So… this is easy." Naruto muttered. 'I told you brat.' Naruto nodded. "SO apparently whatever you guys do is passed on over to me so basically just practice any chakra control exercises and I will take a group of you to do some taijutsu work… well not really taijutsu because I don't have a style yet but I am going to increase my reaction time." He got an army of nods and he did exactly as he said he would do.

After his training he made all of his clones disappear. His eyes widened and then rolled into the back of his head as he was hit with an overload of information. He fell backward, unconscious. "Ouch…" He muttered in his sleep.

Hours passed and Ino went to where he was training to find him unconscious in the middle of the field. "Naruto!" She yelled and she ran to his side, sighing in relief when she found that he was just unconscious. "You baka." She muttered and she propped him up, basically dragging him back to their abode. She threw him onto the couch and went to bed herself. Naruto turned over to get comfortable and she slipped blissfully.

The night flew by quickly and Naruto awoke the next morning to Ino shaking him awake. "Geez baka, you are really hard to wake up." Naruto sighed and scratched the back of his head sheepishly. "I trained really hard yesterday." She nodded. "I can tell." He sat up, ignoring the headache he had and he got ready for the day, leaving to the academy with her. He sat next to her in their normal spots, girls crowding around them now. Naruto found it annoying. Sasuke smirked at him, having finally gotten some of his fangirls to leave him alone.

"Stupid teme…" Naruto muttered and Ino frowned at him. "What's the matter?" Naruto shrugged. "He just pisses me off, I hope I'm not on his team." Ino sighed. "Well, whatever happens I want to be on Shika, Choji, Sasuke's, or your team." Naruto nodded. "I wouldn't mind Shikamaru or Choji, I don't like the teme but I have to admit that it would be better having him on my team than Kiba. Plus it would add to the dynamic of the team without parents." He said with a small smile at his little joke. She frowned as she thought about that. "You know… I still like Sasuke, Naruto… just not as much as I used too because I used to see him a impenetrable… but now that...that has happened to my clan… I can't help but feel like… he isn't that mentally strong."

Naruto nodded with a grin, grabbing her hand suddenly, surprising her and causing a blush to spread across her cheeks. "What are you doing baka?" She whisper yelled. "Ino." He said seriously. "I'm here for you…" He said and he grinned. "Remember that. Okay?" Ino nodded slowly, unsure of what to say, her words were caught in her throat anyway. She then smirked however, a playful look in her eyes. "If you keep saying stuff like that Baka… I might fall for you." His grin widened. "I'm looking forward to it." Her eyes widened. "You baka…" She muttered and she turned away with a heavy blush.

"Ok class, shut up. Your graduation is in two days, act like it. I basically just have some last minute pointers today. Since you have the day off tomorrow to prepare, I figured that I would say a proper goodbye to each of you." Naruto's grin seemed to lighten the room at his favorite teacher talking. The day went by rather quickly, just chatting with the teacher. Naruto and Ino left after to go get something to eat for lunch, as they hadn't brought one. Naruto took her to Ichiraku, Ino was hesitant to break her diet but Naruto seemed to know exactly how to help her with this.

"Oh… I dunno Naruto… I'm on a die-" He interrupted her with a grin and a clap, she frowned at him and raised an eyebrow. He put his hand on her head childishly and her cheeks turned red with frustration. "Y-You baka!" She yelled and she swung at him, he could see it in slow motion and he could have easily dodged but he had a point to make. The fist impacted into his cheek, pushing his head back a bit, she had put all of her strength into it, which was why she was surprised when he shrugged off her punch and began talking.

"Ino, that punch was a demonstration of what you are capable of with the diet active, now watch." Naruto said and he turned, punching a wall. It cracked. "See? Think about it this way, eat right and train, If you train hard enough, it won't matter what you eat. Right?" She nodded. "Now, either way it wouldn't matter to me, Ino is Ino. No matter how big or small, I'd love her either way." He said and he turned around with his hands in his pockets. "Now let's go." He said and she followed him into the ramen stand. Naruto ordering ten bowls and Ino ordering one.

"Naruto!" Ayame screamed at him and she hugged the younger boy to her chest. Naruto felt his breath leave him at the strength of the hug. "Where have you beeeen~?" Naruto grinned as she pulled back. "Just getting used to the new living situation, plus she's been forcing me to eat healthier. Ayame nodded. "Okay." She then turned to Ino with a smirk. "Kicking your boyfriend into shape?" Ino almost spat out her mouthful of noodles and her face flushed red. Naruto went to tell Ayame that they were just friends but Ino nodded hastily.

Naruto gave her a confused look but shrugged. "Yeah, she really has been working me to the bone, I'm always sore now, I love it." Ayame blushed and Ino almost passed out. "Yeah, the reps she has me do, taking off my shirt, making me sit up." Ino felt a bit of blood come out of her nose and Ayame turned away with a heavy blush on her face. "It's torture, she always watches me but never joins in."

"Naruto shut up!" Ino yelled and Naruto smirked at her. "What are you going to do about it? Make it harder?" Ino growled at him and he turned back to Ayame who was a mess. "Where's teuchi by the way?" Naruto asked and Ayame recovered quickly. "He went to meet the ambassador to get the ingredients. Now that I think about it… he seems to be a little later than usual. Say, could you do me a favor and go check on him, he should be on his way back or outside the gate where he meets the ambassador." Naruto nodded. "Yeah! C'mon Ino!" He yelled, noticing she was done finally, he had finished his noodles before the competition had started.

She followed him toward the gate of the village, he had assumed that it was the main gate, he realized that Teuchi was nowhere to be seen. Naruto frowned and narrowed his eyes, looking around. He sniffed the air and his eyes widened. He ran to the side and picked up a chefs hat… more importantly, Teuchi's hat. Naruto growled as he spotted footsteps through the nearby woods and he sped off with Ino barely able to keep up with him. Naruto landed on a tree branch with Ino landing next to him four seconds later. He looked down and there was a large carriage.

Outside the carriage was a group of genin, rock genin. Naruto frowned, genin this far out? Did that mean that they were on a C-Rank mission? Maybe… but that also meant that there was a jonin around too right. Naruto's eyes widened and he turned, grabbing Ino by the waist and jumped back through the stood a man with a kunai in his hand and a brown best. He was the jonin. "Naruto what's going on!?" Ino yelled and Naruto growled. "He is on a mission with his team to abduct Teuchi." Naruto deducted. Why though? Why would they want to?

Naruto withdrew a kunai of his own, surprising Ino. "You aren't even a genin boy, leave right now and I'll spare you two." Naruto glared at him and whispered. "Ino, go alert Hokage-sama." Ino slowly nodded and Naruto glared darker at the man. Naruto dashed at him and the man jumped back. "Wait!" He yelled and Naruto went to stab him but he spun around the slash. "C'mon kid, there are four of us and only… you." The jonin looked around, Ino was gone. His eyes widened. "You three, go after the girl!" Naruto's glare deepened, they weren't that far from the village but Ino wasn't very fast. "Why are you abducting old man Teuchi!?" Naruto yelled at him and the jonin glared back. "Because 'Old man Teuchi' is a missing nin of Iwagakure." Naruto's eyes widened but he glared again.

He didn't know much about the elderly man but he knew that it was very possible with the speed of the elderly man, the rate at which he could make ramen was off the charts. "Okay… so now we have to fight right?" The man disappeared, reappearing behind Naruto to answer his question. Naruto turned around and his eyes widened. The older shinobi now had a blade that look similar to a katana but thicker in his hands. Naruto raised his kunai but the downward swing was much too powerful for his younger arms to handle.

He was thrown back, his feet coming off the ground and allowing himself to roll on his back. "Whoa…" He muttered and Naruto's eyes widened when he was surrounded by a large dome made of earth. He felt his chakra begin to slip away. He frowned and punched the roof with all the force he could muster, effectively cracking it but not destroying it. He pulled back his hand, wincing, His knuckles were bloody and torn. Naruto growled and punched it again, effectively making a hole before kicking it in the same spot,letting himself out. He landed on top, breathing heavy. He stared at the Jonin who shrugged and appeared beside Naruto, swinging at him with his sword but Naruto leaned back, allowing it to pass by in front of him before effectively kicking the Jonin in the gut, sending him sliding back on his feet, off of the dome.

Naruto crossed him fingers.

Shadow Clone Jutsu!

Naruto yelled and the area was filled with a hundred of himself that all jumped down toward the jonin but he weaved through hand seals.

Earth Style: Earth Wall!

Naruto's clones impacted with the top of a newly formed wall but Naruto used his new speed to appear behind the jonin, stabbing at him with the kunai. Naruto effectively stabbed him and the man groaned in pain before crumbling to dust. Naruto's eyes widened and he jumped back as a hail of rock shuriken flew at him. Naruto grabbed a branch with his hands and he pulled himself up, jumping off toward another tree. The jonin met him half way and punched Naruto in the gut. Naruto coughed up blood and he flew back. He had a new large black bruise on his chest. The jonin's fist was covered in rock.

Naruto impacted to the same previous tree bending around the branch, falling toward the ground, he impacted with an "Oof". Naruto rolled to his feet, avoiding a kunai and he jumped at the jonin with a kunai of his own, The jonin grabbed him by the wrist and bent his arm awkwardly behind his back. Naruto groaned in pain and his face hit the floor. "Sorry kid, you show a lot of talent but you are years too early to be fighting jonin like myself, this is your last chance to flee or I will take your life. Naruto glared at him.

"Never! I will never turn my back on a friend." The man sighed and he raised his fist. He brought it down toward Naruto's face but his eyes widened when his genin came back into the clearing, carrying an unconscious Ino. "INO!" Naruto yelled and the man grinned at his genin. "Good job guys." The one carrying Ino walked over to their sensei and dropped the body onto a patch of grass, he then turned to his sensei and a swift motion, stabbed the man in the stomach with a kunai. Naruto's eyes widened and he realized something, Ino had taken over the boy's body.

"Shay!? What the hell, why did you stab me?" He asked and he stumbled back, falling onto his back, blood leaking out of his mouth. Naruto grinned and he stood. "Might as well return to your body Ino." He said and she nodded. She felt bad for stabbing somebody, and to trick him with somebody he cared about was messed up but she was a kunoichi (Potentially), death and deception were part of her job. (Future Job.)

Ino released her jutsu and the boy she was controlling collapsed, Naruto stomped on his head, making sure he was out cold. He then turned to the now guarded genin and he unsheathed a kunai with a wince, his chest hurt but he was sure he could take these two on. The first one rushed at him with a kunai in hand, throwing a shuriken to distract Naruto. Naruto ducked under a horizontal slash and Naruto spun, sweeping the kids legs out from underneath him. Naruto didn't have any form of fighting but the instinct to fight was built inside of him, burning, letting him know what to do. Naruto swept the boy's legs and the other one jumped down at Naruto. Naruto was a bit caught off guard but he moved back a but and stopped a hand with his forearm.

Naruto felt the ground soften under him and saw that the other one was using a jutsu to soften the ground to the point to allow his feet to sink in but Naruto rolled back, not putting any force on the soft ground. He kicked up, placing a kick under one of their chins before spinning and ducking under a kunai stab before lurching up, uppercutting the other under his chin. The one he uppercutted flew through the air, landing on his head and falling unconscious while the one Naruto kicked managed to get a blow off on Naruto which was a stab to Naruto's shoulder. Naruto groaned in pain and punched the boy in the face. The boy stumbled back before rushing back in and kneeing Naruto in the gut, causing him to hunch over.

Naruto was then thrown back by a volley of punches. The genin went to continue his assault but he found himself unable to do so. His eyes widened and Naruto grinned. Ino was breathing heavy with her hands in front of her but she was holding her hands in a Nara clan seal. Apparently, because of her close relationship with the Nara clan, she knew the Shadow Possession Jutsu. She was by no means good at it and it took almost all of her chakra to do but she had pulled it off nonetheless. She sighed as Naruto punched him in the side of the head, rendering him unconscious. "That was awesome Ino!" Naruto yelled and he turned his attention to the carriage.

The door opened to reveal a short man with black hair. "What the-?" Naruto had moved lightning fast, this was the client. He appeared behind the man and kicked him in the back of the head. The man fell unconscious and Naruto looked into the carriage. "Good." He muttered, Teuchi was just unconscious. "Okay Ino, let's get him to the tower." Ino nodded and she went to help the man up but Naruto's eyes widened, they were surrounded by Anbu and the Hokage himself. "Old man?" Naruto asked and the elderly man smiled at him. "Yes Naruto, It's me." Naruto grinned. "Did you see me through the crystal ball!? Was I awesome!?" The hokage nodded. "You were amazing Naruto, I shall take over from here, I'll have an Anbu take you to the hospital so that you can receive medical care." Naruto nodded.

"Neko, take them." An Anbu with long purple hair nodded and grabbed each of their hands, shunshinning. The were almost instantly at the hospital. "Take care of yourselves from now on, Nurse, help these two, Hokage's orders." The Anbu said and they nodded. The nurse came and lead them to a room where Naruto would begin to heal and Ino would be replenished on chakra slightly. Naruto grinned at the nurse as she began to heal him. He was glad that he had taken off his jacket at Ichiraku and forgot to bring it or else it would be ruined. "So do you only work here on tuesdays?" He asked and she shook her head.

"No, I work almost every day." Naruto frowned. "Really? I'm here a lot and I haven't seen you before." She shrugged. "I may just not be your assigned nurse." Naruto nodded. She was healing him much faster than anyone had before. "Wow that's healing fast." He said and she nodded. "Medical ninjutsu helps a lot." Ino looked at her and blushed. "Could you teach me some?" Ino asked, looking away and the nurse grinned. "Of course." Ino grinned as well and resisted the urge to cheer.

"You should both be fine by graduation, take tomorrow off and…" She looked at Ino. "Ino." She nodded. "Ino, come here whenever you get the chance after graduation." Ino nodded hastily. "Okay, well now you are free to go and rest up for the exams, good luck." They nodded.


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