Naruto Whirlwind
By
L .A. King
Chapter 2: Team 10
"Your quite loud for a ninja", said the voice behind Naruto. His was racing in fear as he turned, "H-how did he get behind me? I have to get away, or he will kill me like Asuma-sensei!" His enemies blade swung down at Naruto and he could do nothing but Close his eye. "Shit! I'm dead"
"Move Naruto", screamed Shikamaru. He had desperately stopped the Unknown Shinobi with his Shadow Bind No Jutsu. Naruto came to his senses and retreated quickly, as Hinata came to his aid attacking with her most powerful Juken Strike. She was parried as their enemy broke free of Shikamaru's Shadow Bind.
"Hum weak, and you call yourself Shinobi." Their enemy spoke as he sent Hinata flying with a kick to the gut. Naruto quickly caught her as he landed next to Shikamaru.
"Thank you Naruto-Kun," She said thanking him breathlessly as he placed her down. The shaken Genin turned toward their enemy. The man who killed their sensei had begun to speak.
"You Leaf Shinobi are truly weak. Maybe I should end your lives now and save you from the hardship you would have faced in the future" He said staring them down. His murderous intent evident with each word he spoke.
"We have to run" Shikamaru whispered. "It's our only chance to survive. My family has land near here. We create a diversion using explosive tags. Then Naruto use your bushins and henge to disguise your clones as three of us. Then send them toward the village. While we run toward My-"
"No! I won't run," interrupted Naruto in a heated voice. His teeth clenched tight making him look ferocious. "That bastard killed Asuma-sensei. We just met him, but he was a Leaf Ninja and our sensei. Naruto had had enough of being scared. "Hey you, " he yelled pointing at the opposing Shinobi. "My name is Uzumaki Naruto, and I'm going to kick your ass."
Hinata looked at Naruto. He was the one that always inspired her with his determination. He scared and excited her with his words. She looked at him in admiration and simply spoke his name in support. "Naruto-kun."
Shikamaru shook his head . "Idiot", Shikamaru thought. He knew Naruto was right, but hated the fact that he was. Who would have thought that the day would turn out to be so troublesome.
A few hours earlier
In an empty academy class room Team 10 met there Jounin Leader.
"I am Asuma Sarutobi. You can call me Asuma-sensei," He said lighting a cigarette as he spoke. "We are now the members of Team 10"
"What kind of ninja smokes," asked Naruto an accusing tone.
"It's my vice" Asuma shrugged as he took another drag. "We'll start out by introducing our selves. State your name. What you and like, dislike, and what your hobbies and dreams are. I guess, we'll start with the shortest."
"Ha ha which one of you is the shortest", Naruto said with a big grin on his face. His smile slowly fading as he looked around the room.
"Y-you're the shortest Naruto- Kun, but I'm sure that it's only temporary." Hinata said in a quite voice as she tried to cheer him up.
Naruto just grinned back sheepishly and stated. "I'm Uzumaki Naruto. I Love ramen. I dislike vegetables. My hobbies are collecting Ramen and thinking up new pranks, and my dream is to one day become Hokage so everyone in the village will acknowledge me." He declared holding his headband as spoke with determination.
"Hokage huh, Said Asuma with a smile. He was Thinking about his relationship with his father. Asuma then turned his attention to Hinata, "Your next."
Hinata twiddle her figures as everyone turned their attention towards her. She tried to summon her voice as best she could but was only able to speak above a whisper." I- I am Hyuuga Hinata. I like a lot of things? I dislike my weakness," she thought to herself, but only said," I dislike bad manners. My hobbies are pressing flowers. M-My Dream," she continued starting to blush, "is to be able to help a certain person accomplish their dream."
"We are going to have to work on her self confidence or she can become a liability," Asuma thought to himself. You're the last one," he said to Shikamaru.
I am Shikamaru Nara. I like naps. I dislike troublesome situations. My hobby is playing shogi. My dream? Don't have one but If I have to have one. It would be to stay out of troublesome situations.
"You can't do that. You said the same thing twice" yelled Naruto. Which led to an argument between the two. Leaving Asuma and Hinata just watching shaking there heads.
After things settled down and they finished introducing themselves Asuma sensei took them to the village gates to explain that days training. "I want to see how strong each of you are and how you will work together as a team," Declared Asuma." Your mission today is to capture me."
"Mission accomplished then" said Shikamaru as everyone turned to him. "Look at his feet".
"Shadow bind huh" said Asuma as Shikamaru allowed him to look down." A jutsu used to trap an opponent by taking control of there shadow. Forcing them to copy your every move.
"Way to go Shikamaru" yelled Naruto as Hinata smiled quietly.
"Yea good job Shikamaru", said Asuma as the clone disappear in a cloud of smoke as the jutsu released.
"What!" said all three Genins as Asuma appeared 15 yards ahead of them?
"Begin," he yelled back as he took off at an incredible speed
"Damn," grunted Naruto as he took off after his sensei as fast as he could go. Naruto was closely followed by Shikamaru and Hinata, but they soon lost track of there Asuma. "Which way did he go?" asked Naruto in frustration.
"To the right" said Hinata as she searched for their sensei after activating her Byakugan
"How do you know?" asked Naruto as he turned right anyway.
"You don't much know eh Naruto" said Shikamaru. "The Byakugan is one of the three great eye techniques. It allows the user to see 360 degrees. They also have x-ray vision allowing them to see long distances as well as see a person's chakra network."
"Chakra network, "Asked Naruto clearly confused.
"Never mind that. She can see him let's just catch up." Stated Shikamaru in an exasperated tone.
They increased there speed as they chased Asuma through the woods. He would allow them to get close but no matter the plan Shikamaru, Hinata and Naruto could not catch him. Shikamaru finally came up with a great plan. This time when three got close to Asuma. Naruto used his shadow clones to throw a wave of Kunai. Asuma dodged and deflected everyone with ease. Hinata watched her sensei as he dodged and parried the kunai. She was waiting for a opening and there it was. She leapt at her sensei at top speed coming up from behind him. Hinata moved faster than she ever had in any of her training sessions with her father. She smiled she would get him or so she thought. Asuma felt a presence at his back. On pure instinct He ducked and brought an open palm to Hinata's midsection. He was about to connect when he saw her shadow stretch toward him. Asuma came to a halt. His body control stunned shikamaru who was using Hinata's shadow to stretch his. Asuma cleared the area by jumping into the nearest tree.
Naruto was waiting him and his clones. Shikamaru had made naruto an important part in their plan. He was waiting for asuma to do what shikamaru said he would.
Asuma felt someone else behind him. He turned to catch the Kunai that naruto was coming at him with.
"You have to try better than that, Said asuma
Naruto grinned and said, "Got you" The kunai in his hand exploded
The top half of the tree fell from the explosion
"Did we get him," asked Naruto. " That was one brave clone."
"I don't know did you" asked Asuma from the nearest tree to the group with a smile on his face.
"Shadow bind Technique complete," Said Shikamaru with a grin. "Gotcha. Again. This time its not a clone I'm sure of that."
"Yea mission accomplished," shouted Naruto as he jumped in the air
"We did it," Said Hinata in a tired voice but with a big smile.
Asuma was astonished, It seemed shikamaru knew he wasn't there to begin with, but for him to know where asuma was hiding was astounding. "You guys did good"
That all Asuma was ever able to say. The smile still on his face as a blade came rushing threw his chest from behind.
"Thank you for keeping him still for me" Said the Unknown Ninja as peaking out from behind their sensei. "I could not have killed him without you. I might even let you share in the bounty on his head" He said with a sickening laugh.
Naruto, Hinata, and Shikamaru stood there frozen from disbelief. They could not believe what they had all just seen. The sound of his body crash to the ground sent Shikamaru into action.
"Naruto Hinata Run," He screamed as he took off with them closely in tow.
"Smart," Said Their Enemy," but you weak ninja will never get away,"
Where we started
"Shadow Clone no Jutsu" Yelled Naruto as he created a hundred clones. They charged their opponent only to be dispelled one by one. Hinata attacked right behind him using Naruto's clones as a distraction. She aimed for the ninja's chest with a Junken strike, but he dodged enough to only take damage to his right shoulder. Shikamaru waited for one of Naruto's clones connected with his shadow to get close to their target. He charged along with Naruto and Hinata so the clone could move along with the group. As the clone was dispelled Shikamaru's shadow attacked the unknown ninja. Almost connecting, but before it could the unknown Shinobi used Shushin no Jutsu to clear the area. Naruto however was relentless. He continued to attack with his clones, keeping pressure on Their Enemy. It was his fire that inspired Shikamaru and Hinata to follow his lead.
"I have to be careful they could really do damage." Thought their enemy as he saw a kunai coming at his head he barely dodged only to see the exploding tag at the end he again used Shushing no jutsu to go get to the ground as it exploded above him . He aimed to move to the next tree but realized he couldn't move.
"We've gotten you" said Shikamaru. "Hinata take out his arms legs." Hinata hit the ninja in his arms and legs with her Juken. It's a deadly technique that pushes the user's chakra into their opponents to damage there muscles and organs. After Hinata finished, Naruto used his clones to tie up The Ninja.
Making sure to keep a kunai at his neck Naruto said to the ninja." We're taking you back to the village scum.
"Y-You guys did good, said the ninja in a tiered voice. "Don't you think Asuma?"
"Yes, they really surprised me", answered Asuma as he walked into the clearing.
"Asuma sensei. B-but I- we saw you die" exclaimed Hinata
"Sorry about that I didn't mean to scare you guys but I needed to see how you handle things under pressuring situations. You guys did better than I expected. You pass."
"Pass?" All three Genin asked.
"Yes Graduating from the academy only means you are eligible to become ninja. Not that you are ninja," Said the Unknown ninja, who turned out to be a leaf chunin. "Can you guys please untie me now? I'm starting to cramp."
A Little Later
Team 10 gathered back in the village and they were completely exhausted.
Now I know what your strengths and weaknesses are," explained Asuma." That was also one of the purposes for this test."
"I have no weakness right sensei" stated Naruto with confidence
"Actually you have absolutely no taijutsu skills nor do you have any chakra control. You lead them on the offensive attack. It was your clones that created the openings for Hinata and Shikamaru, Asuma stated, but you were also rash. Never run into a fight without a decent battle plan. Naruto pouted as Asuma continued, right now Hinata is the strongest individually in the group.
What? Hinata said as she instantly turning read.
"Yes," Explained Asuma. You have the ability to beat both Naruto and Shikamaru in a one on one fight. Shikamaru has no offensive jutsu. Naruto's weakness is his taijutsu, so you have the clear advantage.
"Way to go Hinata." yelled Naruto in good nice guy stance.
T-Thank y-you Naruto-kun, she said in an exasperated voice getting redder by the second." To think he would be happy for me being strong," she thought to herself. Maybe I'm not worthless like my fa-"
"Maybe we can train together and you can show me some of your taijutsu?" asked Naruto as he broke her out of her thoughts.
"I-I'm s-sorry Naruto-kun, but you need the Byakugan to learn Juken." She stammered.
'It's alright Naruto I will help you hone your taijutsu skills," stated Asuma-sensei." I am a close combat fighter as well. You and I are alike in a lot of ways. Shikamaru you will also need to improve your taijutsu. As a long range fighter you will need a last line of defense if some one makes it past your shadow bind. That's it's for today guys ill see you tomorrow at 7 hundred.
Why so early? Naruto asked completely unhappy about the time.
We have a lot of work to do. Asuma simply stated. "Dismissed. Except you Shikamaru"
As Hinata and Naruto walked off in the other direction Asuma began to talk." Shikamaru your battle strategies today were exceptional. I have seen your scores from your intelligence exam. They don't match your performance today. Do you care to tell why," Asked Asuma?
"It became a troublesome exam after a while so I took a nap." Shikamaru said." Is that it?"
"Interesting" Asuma thought to himself but just said "That's it goodnight Shikamaru"
"Later," Said Shikamaru as he waived before turning to head home.
That Night
After Naruto invited Hinata to eat dinner at that Ramen stand. She made her way home in disbelief. To think this would ever happen was a dream. "If only I could have spoken to him instead of sitting there frozen" She thought to herself. "Though Naruto-kun didn't seem to notice." She made a promise to herself to do better next time as she entered the Hyuuga compound. She made her way through the compound with Naruto on her mind.
"Where do you think your going?" Asked Hiashi, "Its time for your training"
In The Nara Compound
As Shikamaru made it home he had a feeling tonight was going to be very troublesome.
"There is my son "said Shikaku with a smile on his face. "How did it go?"
"Ok." Stated to Shikamaru as he headed to his room.
"Who are you guys Jonin? Is it Kakashi?" He said following Shikamaru to his room
"No we have Asuma sensei" Shikamaru stated.
"Good he will be a good leader for the next Great Yamanaka Akimichi Nara Trio" Said Shikaku with pride.
I'm not on Choji and Ino's team. My teammates are Hyuuga Hinata Uzumaki Naruto, stated Shikamaru.
Shikaku Merely stood up and walked out the room barely grumbling good night.
Next chapter: Letting go of the past
Authors Notes:
I'd like to thank you for the positive reviews. They really motivated me to get the chapter out. Hope you like it. Reviews welcome
Thanks again to my beta Mitosis V Meiosis.
next chapter should be out in a week.