Chapter 1 Infiltration of Konoha
The Next Day
"YOU STUPID FOOL!"
A loud boom was heard across the forest, birds flew as Naruto face was on the ground in the dirt. Sakura was fuming she could not believe that Naruto bet their comrade Tenten to help Sasuke revive his fallen clan slain by his brother.
"WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?"
Yamato sighed as Sai sat down next to him painting whatever came to mind paying no attention to the arguing teammates. Naruto groggily got up as he rubbed he head, when Sakura was fuming she was fuming.
"I thought…it would be a good idea…." He said in between pain breathes, "If I can explain…"
"NO!" She grabbed him by the collar, "Whatever explanation you have I don't want to hear it!"
"B-b-b-b-but…hear me out!" He begged, "I said it because I know that Sasuke wasn't going to come with us so I had to um…think…fast…"
"BAKA!" Sakura launched Naruto high into the air; he went spiraling through the air landing far away from them maybe like a mile. Yamato sweat-dropped while Sai continued to draw while giving his signature smile, the brown-haired shinobi stood from the log he was sitting on sighing in disbelieve at these two.
'How does Kakashi deal with this team?' He rubbed his temples leading the pack back to the Konoha, they been on the road for a day and already there has been an incident, he was hoping to avoid it as much as he could.
"Look here Sakura I know Naruto sometimes doesn't use his head at times…"
Sakura glared daggers at Yamato.
"Okay most of the times he's reckless but still why don't we hear him out, before we start pounding I sure there is a reasonable explanation for his action, no?"
The pinked hair kunoichi seemed to calm after hearing those words, she knows Naruto can be reckless, impatient, however this, this nonsense of a bet why did he do it? What was the real reason for this?
They walked the mile to find Naruto with swirls in his eyes on a tree hanging upside down with a black and blue on his cheek, from the looks of it, the pink hair teen hit him hard. Using his wood style, Yamato towed an unconscious Naruto back to the Land of Fire, which was a good week trip.
Orochimaru's Hideout
Sasuke was outside side training next to a waterfall on a wooden dummy, he was still thinking about what the moron Naruto had said the other day. 'Leaf Village is no more than a week journey on foot, but on by animal it's a two day-three day trip nonstop.'
However finding her was another problem Sasuke thought about it as he swung his blade, on the wooden dummy slicing diagonally making his mark. He still could not rack his brain around why he accepted the challenge in the first place, there had to be a reason why that loser had said this to him.
Naruto isn't always smart enough to pull a plan like that Nara guy, but since he pulled a lot of pranks before in the past it has enabled him to sometimes surprisingly out due his opponents, with every strike done to him Naruto stubbornness makes him one tough cookie to break. Naruto was a person not to be underestimated despite his looks.
With every strike he does, he moves become quicker and more damaging. He was doing a combo on the manikin slicing up, down, diagonal, across, before he dashed to the dummy kick flipping it sending a fireball towards toasting it to ashes.
He landed on his feet when he heard clapping; he turned to see not too far from him was Orochimaru smiling at this performance.
"Well done Sasuke…"
"Ngh…"
"I must speak with you about your little bet that you made with the jinchuurki container." He said with a small chuckle
"That is not your concern." He said flatly, "This is between me and that knucklehead of a meat wad."
"Come now boy, don't be that way after all, was it not I that has taught you the jutsu that you needed to learn?" The Snake Sanin crossed his arms putting his right under his left and fingers to his chin still smirking at the Uchiha, "After you are a wanted for leaving the Leaf to come train with me, getting out is not the same as getting in."
"I can handle myself quite fairly even against a few ninjas that will come my way."
"Perhaps yes or perhaps not…who knows?"
He growing irritated by the way, Orochimaru was mocking his skills; one he took pride in the most was his technique and skills he learned to hone in on, who does this man think he is?
"Are doubting me? I'm a force to reckon with."
"I don't doubt it Sasuke I really don't, you've shown satisfactory progress with your time here with me." He face turned to serious, "But what if they send out a legion of Leaf Shinobi after how would you cope? What if the fifth sends in your former sensei Kakashi Hatake to fight you, what then? You would be weary depleted of chakra and vulnerable to capture…do you really think that they will not prepare for you on the spot?"
Sasuke bit his lips for once he was speechless and no smart comment to say back to the Sanin, he was right, if he went to the land of fire now to the gate of the hidden leaf village the guards would sound the alarm or send request for help or send the ANBU ninjas after him, what then?
"Alright what did you have in mind?" He said through gritted teeth
Orochimaru smirked, "Walk with me and I tell what you should do for this wager and you can win it. I will allow you to leave tonight."
One week later
Naruto, Sai, Sakura, and Yamato all stood before none other than the 5th Hokage who happened to be the granddaughter of the First Hokage Hashirama Senju, her name Tsunade Senju. Her medical assistant Shizune was besides her holding a pig.
Tsunade was at her desk with her hands folded in front of her face as she looked at Naruto firm look, "So, what the verdict?"
"We aren't giving up on Sasuke!" he said in a firm voice, Yamato had a small grin on his as he looked at the young ninja from the corner of his eye. Sakura was with her arms folded and looking nastily at her blonde companion, Tsunade noticed this in her student. Sai had a neutral face but his eyes told different.
"Sakura, you been giving Naruto the stink eye ever since you walked in here. What is bugging you?"
Sakura unfolded her arms going to her master; she leaned in her ear, Tsunade face turned from that of determination to rage within the millisecond. She glared daggers at the blonde-hair jinchuurki as he started to sweat bullets by the second, once the pink hair medic was done.
Silence ruled the air around them and then Tsunade stood up slammed her hand hard on her desk nearly breaking it into pieces as her voice was heard even from the outside.
"YOU MORON! YOU BET TENTEN TO SASUKE TO HAVE AS HIS GIRLDFRIEND TO HELP WITH REVIVAL OF HIS CLAN! ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND?"
The whole area around the Hokage tower stopped to look up at the tower wondering what has taken place, the building was underneath the Hokage monument of their previous leaders.
Somewhere else on a mission with Team Guy
"Achoo!" Tenten once again sneezed into her sleeve much to Neji's annoyance.
"Gesundheit! Tenten that 20th time this week, are you sure you are not catching a cold?" he stated in annoyance
"Neji for the billionth time I'm alright." She was easily getting annoyed with Neji asking the same questions repeatedly, "It must be the dust we are kicking up that's causing this."
"Fear not Tenten for the handsome blue beast Rock Lee will cover for if you cannot complete this assignment!" He appeared out of nowhere as he gave the brunette a flash of teeth and a thumbs up, "For if I fail I shall do 6000 laps around the leaf on my hands without stopping."
Neji and Tenten were glad Guy Sensei was not here to witness this, Tenten found her voice a little while later, "Umm…thanks…Lee…you are a pal…"
Lee wrapped his arm around the girl flashy his teeth again.
"How wish to be at the leaf village right now…," she groaned
Back at the Leaf in Hokage's tower
Sakura, Sai, and Yamato were dismissed for the day but Naruto was requested to stay behind to answer for his stupidity of a bet.
"Well Naruto I'm waiting for you to reply." The blonde haired woman tapped her fingers on the desk looking fiercely at the young boy; Naruto was already on the verge of crapping his pants as he stuttered for words.
Before he spoke Tsunade spoke up, "Naruto I've seen you do marvelous noble acts and I've seen you do stupid things as well, but out of all the idiotic things you do, out of all the nonsense, stupid acts you have done in the past none of those can compare to this."
He felt six inches tall before her glare, he didn't see the harm in it, it was the only to get through to him.
"Well you see Grandma…"
"And stop calling me grandma! I don't know how many times I've got to correct you on this but it's driving me nuts!"
He swallowed dryly, "Well you see it started when we were looking at Sasuke and stuff right?"
She eyed very carefully
"Well he told me 'wasn't it your dream to become Hokage?' and he also said 'if you had the time to be chasing after me, shouldn't you have been using that time to be training or something like that?' I responded back to him by saying 'No way can a man who cannot save…'"
"Get to the point!" she snarled at him
"Bottom line I told him that I was going to bet him that he couldn't use his charms to get a girl that didn't look his way…blah…blah…blah and I told him Tenten not once look at him and I told if he could make her his girlfriend and revive his clan he can forget about killing his brother and focus on restoring his clan…"
Shizune clicked her tongue not sure where this was headed, what was the point of this bet then?
"Naruto let me get this straight…" Tsunade said grimacing an eye, "You bet that Sasuke couldn't get Tenten to be his girlfriend…why and what were you thinking?"
Naruto twiddle his finger, "Well…I thought since he wanted to revive his clan I told him he had to get Tenten because she hasn't gone all gaga over him for once and I thought you know since killing his brother was all he could think about I told him that if were to face him and die along with him who would be left to see his clans restoration.
Suddenly it clicked for Tsunade her eyes went wide for a second then back to narrowness, she folded her hands to her lips as she closed her eyes thinking about what has been said. A moment of silence took hold of the office air; once again, she then opened them looking at the blonde teenager.
"You are dismissed and for the rest of the day there will be no more mission for you and your team to handle. I have a lot to think about Naruto about what you said, I will send word to Yamato to inform the other." She said
Naruto nodded before taking his leave, once outside the words Sasuke rang in his mind 'Fine but I bet you couldn't get a girlfriend even for the likes of you and if I win you have to give up your dream of being Hokage and stop your nonsense of this chasing after me.' Naruto clenched fist
"I'm not going to give up on you Sasuke and I will become Hokage someday that is my dream and I will win this bet of getting a girlfriend before you do." Naruto walked thinking about who the lucky woman who liked him very much.
Tsunade from her window looked at the blonde-teen pondering what he has said, "For once the idiotic child did something right…"
"What are you talking about Lady Tsunade?" Shizune was confused even more when her master turned to her
"I mean Naruto used a key element in this 'bet', Sasuke doesn't have one goal in mind he has two and Naruto despite throwing the cards down carelessly played them well. Sasuke's goal is kill his brother which is the obvious but after that, he wishes to settle down with someone to help with the restoration of the clan."
"Meaning instead of forcing him home, he comes looking for someone here and this person will be his focus instead of us." Shizune realized this as well
"Exactly but we need to make this known to only Team Kakashi and us. Send word to Yamato immediately about the situation; let no one else know about this and instruct him to do the same with the others." Tsunade said, Shizune nodded and wrote down what was said and called an the hokage called forth an ANBU.
When the owl mask ANBU appeared, she gave him the letter telling him to give it to Yamato and he will take care of the rest. The owl ANBU bowed and left in a puff of smoke.
"Now all we could do is wait…" she said
Evening
Two hooded figures arrived at the entrance of the Leaf village, 100 feet away that is, one of them was Sasuke who was not happy to be back here, but he had no choice. If he did not win this bet, Naruto would surely win and he would be forced to move back into the village as they agreed after he, Kabuto, and Orochimaru disappeared in a puff of fire.
He remembers Naruto calling after him his saying rang clear in his mind, 'In addition if I get a girlfriend first you two face pretty boy and you do not, you of your own free will go back to the village and not go back on you word! You got it!'
He was starting to dislike that agreement; he gave an annoyed 'alight' so he stopped pestering him about it.
A feminine voice interrupted his train of thought, "Are you happy to be back in your old village Sasuke-kun?"
Sasuke said nothing
"Sasuke-kun?"
"Focus on the mission Karin the sooner we find this Tenten character the sooner I can revive my clan."
The one named Karin grabbed hold of his arm saying seductively, "I could of has been the mother of you children if you wanted to Sasuke-kun…"
He shrugged her off going ahead of her, "Focus, once inside start scanning for Tenten."
"Meanie…" She said sticking her tongue out but in her mine, 'That's why I love you! Your dominant personality turns me on!'
Karin caught up to him, with his luck Sasuke hoped that he could get out of their ASAP after finding his target, he just hoped everything will go as planned.
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