The tale of the Foxy Bishokuya
Author: Soul Teller
Rating: T for Teen
Reason: Blood, Violence, Some Gore, Swearing, and Slight Nudity
Authors Note: Yay a review… keep it coming people more reviews and more views means better story and better action! Also this is to all readers if you want a beastie of yours or even some other type of food that you had for Toriko that you want to post up do it here! All beasties will be considered and more than likely entered!
Kyubii's Shinigami: Naruto does have a "Super Attack" But that isn't until much later on, don't worry it'll be epic strong and useful. :D
The Black Ranger: I already replied to you but I'll say it anyways in order to dissuade any other questions similar to this. No Naruto and the other do not replace Toriko, they co-exist with Toriko Characters you will even see Toriko… when I will keep that between me and my very good friend. :D
The Sonic Devil: Well there are three other fics but I am displeased and disgusted to say they are Yaoi fics… YAOI! It really pissed me off… So there you go this will obviously not be a Yaoi fic but Romance will be in here. :D
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Chapter 2
The Panacea Fruit and the Chimera
(Location: Hyuuga's Gourmet Resort)
Naruto sat in front of a table, an elegant black suit on his person, with an orange tie and white cuffs. He was busy munching on a piece of meat, and he had his eyes closed enjoying the flavor of soft succulent and enjoyable meat. Naruto swallowed, and then sighed, looking at the empty plate "Haaa! Nothing like Bulltaur Meat! Man this stuff is good." Naruto said excitedly, and then he grabbed the empty plate and placed it next to a giant pile of even more plates. Hinata, who was wearing a chef's hat and clothes, could only gaze in stunned surprise as Naruto grabbed a bowl and sniffed it eagerly. "Ohhhhhh! Nice… ramen!" Naruto said excitedly and he grabbed a pair of black gnarly chopsticks, dipping them into the broth.
The Chopsticks were made from Pepper wood, an edible wood grown in a Pepper and Salt Glade. He gathered a great deal of noodles and slurped them up at speeds too fast to be seen, and then grabbed the Pepper wood chopsticks and crushed them into a powder and he sprinkled the powder into the bowl. He was about to slurp up the bowl, when there was a loud 'BANG!'
Naruto and Hinata turned their heads to see a tall woman with blonde hair, wearing a green coat and a black business suit, complete with black business pants. One could see that she had a beyond decent body, despite the slight lining of white near the root of her hair. "NARUTO!"
"One minute Grandma…" He said, unconcerned. He then slurped up the rest of the broth and gave a contented sigh, and turned to the woman who was now directly behind him, a vein throbbing in her temple, and a clenched fist held up as well. "What's up?" He asked, sounding unconcerned. She then grabbed him by his collar yelling in his face.
"Naruto you little brat! I've had enough of your crap! That Gobi Tiger was meant for Uumen Umeda, for a special meeting that takes place today!" She bellowed into his face. "That meat was specially ordered some 5 days ahead of time, and now, because of that, you now need to get a replacement!"
"And I should be concerned because?" He said, unfazed.
"Bah! Why do I even bother!" She yelled in frustration. "Well maybe this will change your tune! If you don't get this next ingredient, you're banned from Ichiraku! For LIFE!" She shouted, Naruto's unconcerned face becoming a deadly glare.
"Excuse me?" Naruto snarled.
"You heard right brat. If you fail to get this next one, you're banned from Ichiraku!" Naruto glared at her.
"That's a low blow Grandma. All you needed to do was ask, not threaten!" Naruto growled.
Hinata suddenly appeared between the two and held a hand to both of them.
"P-Please stop a-arguing!" She said, looking from one to the other.
"We're not arguing, we're negotiating…" Tsunade said.
'If this is negotiating, I'd hate to see what arguing is like…!' Hinata said, a sweat drop forming.
"Now miss Hinata… your job was to make sure that he didn't eat the meat of the Gobi Tiger. Once he starts eating, he never stops. But I think he'll have a hard time eating this…" Tsunade said with a smirk. Naruto instantly had a bad feeling. Whenever Tsunade smirked or smiled, it usually meant hell for him.
"So what is it Tsunade?" Naruto asked, Tsunade's smirk growing as she knew that she had his attention.
"Well you have to get two ingredients this time. The Panacea Fruit, and one of the most poisonous animals known to date… the Chimeragen… a level 9 Mixed Beast known for its highly poisonous body." Tsunade said. Naruto gaped at her.
"Damn you, giving me something I definitely can't eat!" Naruto snapped, then he began to grumble to himself.
"Surely you've heard of the Chimeragen and the Panacea fruit, correct Hinata?" Tsunade asked, Hinata nodded.
"T-the P-Panacea fruit is a fruit that is highly sour, and is rumored to cure any illness and ailment afflicted on a person. The Ch-chimeragen is a poisonous beast w-whose meat is entirely made of poison. I-In fact th-the poison covers it entirely from its body, to its claws, to its fangs. Eating the Chimeragen is close to suicide for the poison will kill any man that eats it within an hour!" Hinata said, Naruto then frowned.
"Well wait, if its meat is poisonous, how do you expect to eat it?" Naruto said. Hinata opened her mouth to answer but a glare from Tsunade cut her off. "Hmm… I might give it a try anyway… it just sounds too delicious to pass up!"
Tsunade then cackled. "Oh ho ho ho! Well, just to make sure you don't eat the Chimeragen OR the Panacea fruit, I'm assigning Sakura to you." Naruto instantly paled, the color leaving his normally tanned face.
"S-S-Sakura! But she's a monster!" Naruto said. No sooner had he said this then the sound of cracking knuckles could be heard. Naruto froze and he turned his head to the sound of the cracking knuckles, which was directly behind him. He saw a woman slightly shorter than him but still taller than most people, with long pink hair, wearing a red sleeveless shirt, and black shorts with rings on the side. "Y-You must… be… Sakura?" Naruto asked dread in his voice.
"And you just earned a trip to the school of pain… for the retarded!" She hissed, Naruto gulped.
"Th-This could be trouble…" He quietly said. Tsunade chuckled, and began to leave, but then stopped.
"Oh and Naruto… one more thing… I'd watch out for her left hook if I were you… or her legs… or her right hook… in fact I'd avoid her completely if I were you." She said and she walked off laughing raucously. Naruto then noticed a smaller woman more around Hinata's size behind the other woman. She had long blonde hair with a single bang that covered one eye. She winked at Naruto with her visible eye and smiled. Naruto cocked his head to the side, and she giggled and winked at him again.
"You know, he is pretty hot Sakura… maybe you should go easy on him, okay?" the woman said.
"And who isn't hot in your opinion Ino?" Sakura said to the woman.
"Quite a few people, Sakura… Whether you believe it or not is up to you, but still, I would like to get a chance at him!"
'Well maybe Sakura ain't so bad… she does look okay…' Naruto thought to himself. He gave a nervous smile in which Sakura didn't return.
(The Island of Golgotha)
Naruto looked around as he stepped on a piece of dead wood, the mist in front of him thickening. He looked around, his ears hearing the subtle noises of animals moving and of bushes rustling. He turned behind him to see Hinata advancing slowly. "Hurry up Princess Mumble!" Naruto shouted. Hinata blinked, then she looked around, and then pointed at herself. "Yes, you Princess Mumble!" Naruto snapped. Hinata blinked, and then walked up to him, looking angry.
"W-Why are you calling me that!" She said, Naruto gave her a bored look.
"Look you stumble, you mumble, and do other things. You're a princess, but you don't have the guts to speak your frickin' mind. So I decided that I'll call you Princess Mumble. Now hurry up, the other two are ahead somewhere. We gotta catch up." Naruto said, and continued walking. Hinata pouted, her cheeks puffing up, before she followed the cranky Bishokuya. Naruto finally saw Sakura and Ino in the mist, they were standing next to each other talking.
"Oi, Sakura, why can't we just find another Gobi Tiger?" She turned to glare at him.
"Well genius, if you studied your ingredients correctly, you'll know that Gobi Tigers are highly elusive, and we don't have the time to track down another one… How long did it exactly take for you find the Gobi Tiger?" Sakura asked.
"Dunno. It found us more than we found it." Naruto said, Sakura gave a snort.
"Huh, it must be attracted to people with stupid meat." She said. Naruto growled but kept it to a minimal so that Sakura didn't hear it.
"Scary monster lady." Naruto said quietly, but Sakura's ears twitched, and she turned, a vein throbbing in her temple.
"Wanna say that again?" She hissed glaring at Naruto.
Naruto was a good 4 inches taller than her, but she might as well have been 20 feet tall with that glare. Naruto shrank back, meekly saying. "Nothing…" He said grudgingly. He then stopped, his ears twitching, and then looked around. "You hear that?" Sakura blinked in confusion.
"Hear what?" Naruto was looking around, then stood still, and then shook his head slightly.
"There… was a sound… it… sounded like someone was crying…" Naruto said, "But there was something odd…"
"Look I don't know what you're playing at, but don't get us all hyped up over your imagination." Sakura said, "Come on, we're wasting time… we should be close to the Chimeragen." Sakura stated, and she continued walking. Naruto glared hotly at her back, but then he followed, Hinata and Ino who were behind him looked at each other, and then followed him.
"So… Naruto… quite the Bishokuya, isn't he?" Ino said to Hinata. Hinata blinked, and then she turned to Ino.
"Excuse me?" Hinata asked.
"Naruto! He's quite handsome, isn't he?" Ino said, smirking now. Hinata however pouted.
"Hmph! He's a great big jerk!" She said, and Ino giggled.
"Really? He doesn't seem like a bad boy, but you know… that doesn't matter to me… I wouldn't mind getting a bit of that, if you know what I mean? Mmm-hmm-hmm-hm…" She giggled. Hinata didn't know why, but there was something about this Ino that was familiar. Her attitude, her clothing, and her interest in… a male Bishokuya!
"You! You're Ino, the 'Seducing Chef!' I've heard about you… you're a chef who's known for her attraction to male Bishokuya's… in fact, they say the minute you meet a male, you think of nothing but… but…" She cut herself off, blushing.
"Sex? Oh don't believe the rumors. I don't think about sex, I just think about what Bisho's have that most normal men don't have, and that's a nice bi-" Ino was about to say, when Sakura suddenly spoke.
"Ino, give it a rest little piggy. I doubt he's smart enough to notice." Sakura said.
"What? You think a big ogre like you would catch his eye? I doubt it!" Ino said. Sakura's knuckles cracked, and her face tightened, but other than that, she didn't make any threatening moves toward the considerably smaller woman. Naruto saw this, and then he continued walking, but much more slowly, his ears twitching as he heard the sounds of large foot prints and the sound… that sound of someone crying again. Naruto didn't know why, but it made him worried, he then turned back to the others who were ahead of him. He quickly caught up to them and they continued heading for the nest.
(43 minutes later)
Sakura pushed aside a tree that was pure white, which was practically crumbling. She looked at the tree, and she put a hand to it, and the tree crumbled and then caved in, falling onto the ground. Sakura looked at the fallen tree and she grabbed the powder and looked at it. "This isn't decomposition, more like something sucked out all the nutrients from it." She said. Naruto walked up to her, and then he paused and whirled around, his hand outstretched. In his hands was a large bat-creature, with large blood red wings, and long fangs. Sakura looked at Naruto, a look of surprise on her face, "That's a Sucker Bat, it sucks the nutrients from anything it bites. They usually are hard to find and are very dangerous. How did you…?" She began.
"I have better hearing than most do, but still, these things are usually quite passive against humans… They don't attack unless provoked, or if their starving. But that shouldn't be possible… there's always food on Golgotha…" Naruto said, and Sakura gave a humph.
(Sucker Bat, Mammal Beast Capture Level 4)
"And you would know because…?" Naruto didn't turn to her, but his face turned into a frown.
"I was forced onto this island for training… for 2 years…" Naruto said, and Sakura was silent.
'How can anyone live on this island? For two years even!' Sakura thought. She knew the reputation behind this island. It was called Golgotha for a reason. Not many Bishokuya's that went into its depths came back whole or even alive. Hell, the first time she came here, she barely escaped with her life. She was stronger now, this was true, but still, the fear of this place from a time long past made her hesitant to even enter this place. She watched as Naruto looked at the bat, and then he released it. It fluttered away, squeaking all the while.
"We're getting close… but be careful though. I've never fought this thing, but I've been told that its intellect rivals a human's. Come on Mumble…" Naruto said, and continued forward.
Hinata frowned, and she ran after him shouting. "Please do not call me that!"
"Huh, what makes him so sure I wonder?" Sakura asked.
"Well he said he's been to this island before, you big oaf." Ino said, and Sakura scoffed.
"Experience means nothing if he dies…" She said simply, and followed Naruto and Hinata into the mist.
(10 minutes later)
Naruto and the others were now set up in a small camp. Hinata, having brought some provisions along, was now cooking along with Ino. Naruto was on his back, his hands folded behind his head, his eyes closed. Sakura was busying cracking her knuckles waiting for the food. "Scary Monster Lady!" Sakura's temple throbbed, and she got up, walked to Naruto, and grabbed him by the collar.
"You looking to die punk!" She bellowed in his face.
"What the fuck are you talking about?" Said Naruto, two veins throbbing on his own temple. "If there's one thing I hate, its people waking me for no goddamn reason!" Naruto snarled. Had Sakura been any ordinary person, she would've shrunk back from the glare, but she wasn't any ordinary person.
"I heard you say that word! Try and tell me that I'm lying or wrong!" Sakura spat.
"Look, I don't know what you're problem is, but you better put me down and let me get back to sleeping. I'm tired like hell, but if you want, we can duke it out right here right now!" Naruto said. Sakura stared into his red eyes then she released.
"Fine but one more crack, and your skull is a watermelon, get the picture?" she said.
"Yeah, yeah, whatever!" Naruto said grumpily. He then lay back again, and closed his eyes for sleep, mumbling to himself.
Naruto had barely started to sleep when the words, "Princess Mumble…" Echoed throughout the camp. Hinata's temple throbbed, and she walked to Naruto and slapped him on the cheek. Naruto awoke putting a hand on his cheek. It didn't really hurt, but he was surprised. "What the hell!" He said angrily.
"I told you to stop calling me that!" She said.
"Look Princess… I didn't say nothing, all right? I'm just trying to sleep, now leave me alone… seriously…" Naruto said. Hinata glared at him. and then she turned and stomped back to the others, while Naruto went back to sleep.
"Skanky Blonde Floozy," a voice said. This time Naruto heard it, and he stood up and turned to Ino.
"Ino I didn't say…" He began, but Ino walked up to him and drew back her foot and kicked him squarely in the groin.
"Whhhhhyyyyyyyyyyyy…" He groaned as he sank to the floor clutching his jewels. It was then that a laugh sounded… the laugh was Naruto's! The three women stood up, looking around, surprised to see that the laugh echoed around them.
"Wait a minute! If it wasn't Naruto saying those things, then what was it?"
"Hee Hee Hee! Who said that? Are we surrounded? It's a ghost! Don't be stupid, there's no such thing as ghosts!" Naruto's voice said, Naruto groaned then he slowly stood up.
"So… You're the reason why I got harassed… Not only was I woken once, or twice… I was disturbed three times! NOW YOU'RE GONNA PAY FOR IT WITH YOUR PATHETIC LIFE, HA HA HA!" Naruto cackled and his body began to bulk up immediately. "COME OUT! SO I CAN RIP OUT YOUR GUTS!" Naruto yelled. The ground shook, and the smell of rotting garbage wafted in. "All right… So that's what you look like? Goddamn, you're ugly!"
Sakura and the others saw what he meant as the Chimeragen came into view. The Chimeragen was large, much like the Gobi Tiger, however it was slightly squashed down in length. This made it seem smaller, but its large body looked like a lion's, and its tail was a large rat that squeaked and chattered. However, it's most disturbing feature was its face. It was an old man's face complete with a beard and tears sliding down its face. Hinata and Ino's face became a look of utter disgust while Sakura remained deadpan.
(Chimeragen, Mixed Beast Capture level 9)
"Idiot!" The Chimeragen suddenly said in Sakura's voice.
"I see… You copy people's voices and what they say, then you use it to make people's lives hell…" Naruto said, a vein pulsing in both his arms as they beefed up even bigger than before. "Time for me to make your life hell! Kyuubi Claw!" He shouted, the form of a claw appearing, and stabbing forward, the Chimeragen laughing.
"Kyuubi claw!" it shouted, its own claw stabbing forward, the nails extending forward. The two claws clashed with each other, sparks flying everywhere. Then, Naruto gave a roar, and the claw stabbed through the Chimeragen's claw, blood spraying everywhere!
Naruto grinned manically, but then his grin faded as the blood landed on his hand and on the ground. The instant it landed, his skin changed color, becoming an ugly purple, and fumes slowly rose from his hand. Naruto then looked down at the ground where the blood landed, the rocks were melting rapidly, dissolving away like chocolate in the sun.
"Now that's some nasty blood of yours. Not only is it poisonous, it's highly volatile acid… looks like I gotta act fast, or else I'll end up without an arm!" Naruto said, and he shook off what he could of the poison from his arm, but fumes still came off. He moved his finger experimentally, then he clenched his hand into a fist, and leaped at the Chimeragen, his shoulder charging forward. He slammed into the Chimeragen's side, but it then gave an ear piercing scream! Naruto covered his ears, and staggered back, his ears ringing. "Agh! What the hell!" Naruto screamed, but he wasn't the only one affected, as the other 3 had to cover their ears. "Damn you, you're gonna goh-!" Naruto groaned, as the tail slammed into Naruto's side, knocking him down.
He rolled on the ground, and slid and stood up clutching his side. "Dammit, that hurt! It's strong!" Naruto said, and then he grinned. "That just makes it more fun!" He said, and he clenched his hand into a fist, and running forward, he jumped at the face. He kicked it in the face, and it screamed as his foot imprinted onto its face. He let his foot sink into its face, and then he smiled, using his other foot, he kicked off of it. It howled, and the rat tail screeched, and then it turned to Naruto, its face contorted with Rage. The Rat tail suddenly shuddered, and then the length bulged outward, funneling to the rat. The rat squealed, and then its mouth opened, and a hazy gas began to pour out.
Naruto leaped back, covering his nose and mouth with a hand. However, the rocks that came into contact with the gas began to decay rapidly, and any grass wilted and vanished under the noxious fumes. "Get back!" Naruto shouted. He then held up his arm, the arm bulging with muscles and twitching slightly. "Kyuubi Tail Guard!" He shouted, and then he performed a powerful backhand, sending a wave of air outward, in the form of a powerful red tail swiping out. The wind was able to blow the gas away, dispersing it from the area.
"Sorry, you're poison is just a pain in the ass. I'm not having any more of it…!" Naruto snarled, and he held up his hands in a claw like form. "Double Kyuubi Claw!" he shouted, and leaped forward, the image of two claws thrust forward, heading for the Chimeragen. The Chimeragen screamed again, and Naruto winced, the claws falling down and digging into the ground. The tail whipped through the air and the rat's mouth opened its fangs, bearing down on Naruto. Naruto looked up, and pulled his arms from the rocks, but was too late as the rat sank its teeth into his torso. Naruto roared in pain, and he could feel his body begin to grow numb. 'Shit! The poison is getting in me!' His vision began to blur, as his body quickly succumbed to the poison. 'I-Is this the end?' Naruto wondered, his vision darkened.
"Naruto!" Hinata shouted, and she ran to him, but was blocked by Sakura's arm. "Move! I must get to him!" She said, but Sakura shook her head.
"You'll just die… besides, something tells me he's not done yet…" Sakura said. She looked at Naruto's body, oddly enough, his muscles were still pumped up, but she could tell he was fading.
(Naruto's Mind)
'Damn… I can't… find the… strength…' Naruto said as he sank into a dark ocean, he continued to sink further and further.
'Is this really your limit?' A familiar voice said, Naruto turned to the sound of the voice, and the face of a grinning man with large amounts of white hair appeared.
'Grandpa?' Naruto asked.
'Naruto you forget yourself, you are his legacy, and you carry the genes of a king inside of you… what happened to your motto of never giving up? You really going to quit here, how pathetic.' The man said, Naruto growled then he gave a roar.
'You shut up! I don't give up! I will never give up no matter what!'
(in the real world)
Naruto opened his eyes, which were glowing with power, and he reached forward grabbing the rat. The rat squeaked, then it squealed as Naruto began to pull on it with such force that the skin stretched, and then ripped apart! The Chimeragen howled in pain, "What's the matter? Want your tail back? Then have it!" Naruto shouted as he unclamped the rat's jaws and then swung the tail at the Chimeragen, smacking the tail into it and causing it to fall. Then he swung the tail around and threw it, letting it fly into the air, the bleeding end spraying blood everywhere, and the stump of the tail sprayed blood as well, making it splatter on the ground, causing the rocks to melt and upset the Chimeragen's footing. The Chimeragen's face was now twisted in sheer pain and the Chimeragen screamed, but Naruto was now immune to the scream. "Scream all you want! It's not gonna save you now!" Naruto said.
The Chimeragens face was now fearful, and it ran past Naruto, heading for Sakura. "Scary Monster Lady!" It said, and it charged for Sakura, its face twisted in glee.
"So it was you that said that…" Sakura said. She put her hands together and cracked her knuckles. "Normally, I wouldn't allow you to say such a thing… but I'm not your hunter… And I have other matters to attend to." She held up a clenched fist, the muscles tightening. "Kaiju Smash!" She shouted, and she slammed her fist into the ground which sunk into the rocks with practically no resistance, however the ground shook and the earth groaned, and then began to split, cracking. Throughout the area, at the same time, a wall of rock rose up at least one story high, effectively blocking the Chimeragen's exit. The Chimeragen slid to a halt, and looked around, trying to find a way through the rock wall. However, the roar of rage caused it to turn to see Naruto flying through the air, a clawed hand outstretched.
"Kyuubi Claw!" He shouted, the Chimeragen opened its mouth screaming. Naruto, however, continued forward, the claw stabbing towards it. Naruto roared, and the claw stabbed into the forehead of the Chimeragen, Naruto's hand quickly sinking in, as well as digging through the flesh and bone. The Chimeragen screamed, and Naruto pulled his hand from its forehead, blood covering his hand. "And now," Naruto said, running underneath the beast, "For the final blow!" He held up both clawed hands, crouched and shouted, "Double Kyuubi Claw!" He shot forward, going through the beast and exiting from its back, covered in blood and guts. The Chimeragen gurgled, blood pouring from its mouth, then it fell onto its side, dead. Naruto, who was high up in the air, landed on the ground. His muscles and body shrank back to normal, and he turned and ran off. Sakura, who had seen Naruto covered in blood, punched through the rock wall and looked to see Naruto running off.
"Where's he going? Still, that was pretty impressive how he took down that monster. Hey you two, come on." She ordered, and she ran off after Naruto. Hinata and Ino walked through the cracked wall to see the dead form of the Chimeragen.
(With Naruto)
Naruto didn't know how long he had until the poison killed him, but he knew he had to find the panacea fruit soon, or else he was dead. His body ached, and screamed with pain, even as he continued running, heading for his prize. He had a hunch that the fruit was nearby, for he had spotted a large tree that was half a mile from his current battlefield. That tree had to of had the fruit, there was no other explanation. Plus the Chimeragen would use the effects of the fruit as a lure for foolhardy travelers. Naruto continued to run, stumbling slightly over the rocks, and then he saw it through the mist. The outline of the tree, it was a rather small knotted tree with long branches, and then he ran up and saw two man-sized gourd-shaped objects that hung from the tree. Naruto looked at the fruit, surprised, "Huh! These things are frigging huge!" He said. He then walked over to the fruit, looked at the stalk holding it up, and then grabbed it and bent it so that the fruit snapped off the branch. He held up the fruit and took a bite, and he chewed, he winced slightly at the sour taste, but other than that, the fruit was a supreme combo between toughness and tenderness. "Hmm… nice texture!" Naruto said, after he swallowed the fruit, and then he looked at the bite he made and saw that the fruit was leaking juices. He reached for the juice, and when he got a small puddle in his hand, he began to rub the juice into this skin where the poison had absorbed into his body. The discolored skin, which had spread rapidly throughout his body during the fight, was retreating shortly after he ate the fruit. Naruto's weariness and aches were fading as the fruit coursed through his body, purging it of all illnesses, malignant cells, and the anti-bodies making him clean and pure again.
Naruto watched as the poison receded into a bump, then from every open air pore on his body, a strange black and green fume began to waft from his body. Naruto looked at steam, and then he turned in time to see a fist heading straight for his head and connect squarely with his cheek, pushing it in, and he could feel his bone snap as the punch sent him flying. He pin wheeled through the air, spinning rapidly, and then he collided with a rock face, his head buried into the rock. He was still, and then his head erupted from the pile of rocks. "Gahh! What the hell! That fucking hurt!" He shouted, clutching his slightly caved in cheek.
"You moron, this fruit ain't for you. It's for someone else, get that through your thick skull. I can't believe you took a bite of it! One more and I'll kill you myself." Naruto could sense the seriousness of her words, but he wasn't afraid, he was royally pissed. If it hadn't been for the fight with the Chimeragen, he would've gone and done battle with Sakura.
"So you'd rather me die than live?" Naruto shouted at her. She was silent as she waited for Ino and Hinata to arrive, and when they did, Hinata was coughing slightly, while Ino looked fine.
"Ino, think you can cut this off?" Sakura asked.
"Sure thing, but seriously, you didn't have to do that… You could get in trouble… don't you know who he is?" Ino said.
"A moron with no control?" Sakura said.
"No you troll, he's the grandson of two of the three 'Gourmet Lords!' For all you know, you could've struck one of the most important people in IGO!" Ino said, now deadly serious.
"So you're saying that if he dies because of me… what happens exactly?" Sakura asked, playing dumb.
"You lose your title of Bishokuya, and you are put under arrest and sent to the Gourmet Prison where you'll never be released!" Ino said, glaring at Sakura as she pulled out a carving knife. "So if I were you, I'd apologize!" Ino said, Sakura was silent, and she turned to look at Naruto who was massaging his cheek, a worried Hinata next to him. A large berry in her hands, covered in white spots.
'A Numb Berry? Probably for his jaw to numb the pain. He better not eat the whole thing…' Sakura thought, but no sooner had she said this then he opened his mouth and he bit down on the whole berry, eating it, and then spitting out the large seed onto the rocks. He then moved his jaw, then nodded at Hinata, and then he glared daggers at Sakura, but Sakura turned her head away and back to Ino, who had finished cutting the piece that Naruto had eaten off, a good chunk of the fruit missing. However, the fruit was very large indeed, almost as big as Naruto in fact, but Sakura noticed that amongst the whole tree, only two Panacea Fruits were growing. 'It must only grow two fruits a year.' Sakura thought. She then looked at Naruto, who was standing next to her, staring down at her. "What?" She asked. He just stared at her, then he turned to the Panacea fruit.
"Let's get out of here…" He said, one hand on his cheek.
And he went to the Chimeragen, which was laying on the ground, and grabbed it by what was left of its tail, swinging it so that it was over his shoulder, and then walked away heading into the mist.
(Hyuuga's Gourmet Hotel)
Tsunade sat at a table, a plate of large, glistening, nearly see-through clams resting on a plate. Tsunade grabbed one clam, which was shut tight, and she stuck in three fingers into the cracks and pried open the clam, nearly sending the top part flying off, revealing the meat which sparkled and glistened in the light. She was about to eat the meat, when the door banged open, and came in the form of Naruto, Hinata, Sakura and Ino.
"So Grandma… You nearly have me killed, while you've been sitting here eating Crystal Clams! I should beat you senseless you sadistic old hag!" Naruto snarled.
(Crystal Clams, Mollusk Beast Capture Level 29)
"What? You can't tell me a few scrapes and bruises seriously made the whole trip bad?" Tsunade said, her voice one of little concern.
"Whatever, you can go straight to hell for all I care. I'm going home." Naruto snarled, and he pushed past Hinata and the others, as Tsunade continued to eat the Crystal Clams. Hinata watched Naruto go with a sad expression on her face, then she turned and walked to Tsunade, her face determined.
"Why are you so heartless to him? Don't you care for him at all?" Hinata demanded. Tsunade reached for a ceramic bottle and opened it, no sooner had she done this than a strange mist emanated from the bottle. She poured the contents into a small cup, and sipped from it. Immediately, a blush came to her face, and she set down the cup and sighing immensely.
"Ah… zhats 'ood shtuf…" (Translation: Ah… That's good stuff…) She slurred, then she turned her eyes to Hinata. "Whatsh ou're problem?" (What's you're problem?) She asked drunkenly.
"Do you care for Naruto?" Hinata demanded, her eyes locked onto Tsunade's.
"Yesh I do… shee… ting ish... he'sh sho hard to talk to without arguing." (Translation: Yes I do… See… thing is… he's so hard to talk to without arguing.") Tsunade said in her drunken stupor.
"Tell me about it." Sakura said, "Is he always this stupid?" Sakura asked.
"Hey… watch your mouth girl!" Tsunade said, her slurred speech slightly normal. "If you shay dat again I'll beat you to a pulp!" Tsunade said, her eyes flashing dangerously.
"What? You can't seriously say that you approve of his stupidity? Not only that, he's a greedy little punk that thinks only of satisfying his stomach and not doing his job!" Tsunade looked at Sakura, and then she grabbed a closed Crystal Clam.
"Imagine thish ish your ead.." Tsunade told Sakura, and with little effort the Crystal Clam snapped into pieces. Sakura gulped but didn't respond, and she turned and walked away. "Heh, that'sh right… Walk away! Now… to anshwer your qweshtion… I like the boy, I really do, it'sh jusht hard to talk to im…"
"Have you really tried to talk to him?" Hinata asked. She then turned and headed for Naruto.
(Naruto, Hyuuga's Gourmet Hotel, Roof)
Naruto looked down at the massive marketplace that was in the distance, his eye's unfocused, and he then heard panting along with the sound of footsteps. "Naruto-kun!" He turned to see Hinata running to him. He was surprised, he then turned and walked to her.
"Hinata, what's up?" He asked.
"I… I… I came because I was worried about you!" She said, "I-I think that you didn't deserve the treatment that she gave you. It was rude and irr-" She began but Naruto held up a hand.
"It's ok. Grandma might act heartless, but she really does care for me. She just acts like that to make sure people don't get the wrong idea and think I get special treatment… which I don't, but that's not the point. The point is, she does care, just prefers to act like she doesn't… she show's it in her own way…"Naruto said. Hinata looked at him then she turned to where he was originally looking.
"Oh wow! It's pretty!" She said, looking at the myriad of lights shining up at her.
"Yeah… say? Want to go to the market place with me tomorrow?" He asked.
"Huh? Um… well…" Hinata thought about it, then she nodded. "Yes… if you don't mind." She said smiling, Naruto grinned.
"All right!" and he turned back to the lights, when suddenly, his ears caught the sound of something.
He took a sniff of the nose, and could tell it was Ino and Sakura, Ino obviously dragging Sakura with her if the sound of boots dragging against concrete was any indication.
"Tell him!" Ino voice stated.
There was some slight grumbling from Sakura, but she then called out to Naruto. "Hey idiot!"
Naruto slightly growled at the name, and turned to face Sakura, his eyes heatedly glaring at her. "What?" he growled out.
Sakura's eyes were avoiding his, not in fear, but in shame. "Sigh… I'm sorry for giving you such a hard time…" She finally said.
Naruto then remembered back on the island when he caught that bat the scent she had given off… it was fear. His angry glare then melted and shifted into a foxy grin. 'I see… she was nervous to be on the island, and was taking it out on me…' Naruto thought.
"It's cool… You were only doing your job." Naruto stated, holding his hand out in a friendly gesture.
Sakura looked down at the hand, as if trying to see any malicious intent behind it, and then she finally grabbed the hand as gently as she could, taking care not to crush it, and smiled back.
'Damn… she's got quite a vice grip… glad she isn't using her full force, or I'd lose my hand.' Naruto thought, slightly wincing from the force of the grip.
'Maybe their right… maybe he's not such a bad guy after all.' Sakura thought happily to herself.
"Besides… You can't help not being a scary monster lady!" Naruto said jokingly with a smile.
A vein appeared over Sakura forehead, and instantly, she balled her hand into a fist, and lashed out a punch towards Naruto's other cheek, her muscles slightly bulging. "IDIOT!" This resulted in Naruto's skull endured the harsh punishment, and as a result, would mean not only will Naruto have to hold off eating solid food for a few days, but also, he will need to drink a ton of milk to restore the bones.
Naruto's face practically caved in where he was hit, and he was sent flying to concrete of the roof, and was knocked out cold, his face buried in the roof top, his legs in the air.
"Naruto!" Hinata yelled, running to him. She felt sorry for him, but she also knew he kind of deserved that last one. Taking out another numb berry, she ran to help Naruto tend his injuries.
Sakura was holding herself back, preventing herself from going ballistic on Naruto's prone form. 'I was wrong… He is an idiot… Cha!' She thought to herself, and then marched off, stomping the ground and grumbling.
Ino stared at Naruto's prone form, and slightly shook her head. 'Even I have to admit the guy's an idiot… or blatantly honest… oh well, he's still cute…' she thought to herself, looking at certain areas of Naruto's body that would make a school girl squeal in pleasure. She then began to walk off, dirty thoughts entering her head.
Naruto came to, and instantly, he felt the pain in his jaw like a shockwave. "Ahh! Damn, that hurts!" He yelled, cradling his jaw in his hands. "Gah! She is a monster lady…"
"Oh Naruto…" Hinata commented, slightly frustrated with his blunt honesty.
Yay! Another chapter done... edited by my good friend Baron Von Nobody! Read some of his stuff, it's brilliant even more so than mine! Remember if you have a beastie or plant, for Toriko then send it my way and I'll most likely add it to the story. Also I apologize to those who have read my other stories in particular Black and White I will work on it I promise i will eventually get to it but Reality is being a B... and I got more important duties... Next chapter won't come for a while so please be paitient and spread the word!
