I do NOT own Naruto. I own the storyline only, and my character, Wave.

Sight

"Ahhh…that feels nice."

"I can make it feel better, Naruto!"

"I guess you could, if you want. Oh, that felt good."

"Should I rub it slower? The warmth in here is getting to me!"

"No, faster!"

"Okay, I'm rubbing it faster!" said the nurse.

"Phew, I think that should heal up your cut nicely," she said, rubbing her forehead with the back of her hand. "Remember to rub the cut every few hours with that medicine. That's one deep cut. How'd you happen to get it, anyhow?"

"Er…well, Sakura-chan kind of…kicked me and I was sent flying, and a tree branch happened to cut my arm."

"That must hurt. I'm sorry," said the nurse.

Speakers: All nurses must attend to the main office immediately. Repeat, all nurses must attend to the main office immediately.

"Oh, sorry. I must head towards the main office. Hope you feel better, Naruto!"

As the nurse ran off, he thought of how Sakura purposely teased him. He knew she wasn't usually like this, but he wondered if Sakura was more than what meets the eye.

"Man, I wonder if Sakura-chan ever did this to anyone else…" said Naruto to himself.

"No, I haven't…Only to you, Naruto-kun," said a voice from behind the doorway. Obviously it startled Naruto. He didn't want to be overheard talking to himself, especially about Sakura.

"Who's there!? You hear nothing! Go away!" He tried to crawl out of bed to close the door but he ended up falling face first into a stool.

"It's only me, Naruto," said the pink-haired Kunoichi. "I came to apologize because of the cut I gave you."

"Oh…no, I should be the one apologizing. I'm sorry for…spying on you, I guess, I really am."

"Don't worry about it," she said, moving closer, putting a hand lightly onto Naruto's cheek. "I want you…"

"Hey, Naruto. What's up?" said a voice from the window. This time Naruto was even more startled and he fell full forward onto the hard floor.

"God damn it, who's there now?" he said, looking at the window. "E…Ero-sennin?"

"I told you to stop calling me that! Now, tell me, how have you been?"

"Well, I was just with Sak-" his voice trailed off as he searched the room. She had disappeared.

"Ehh… Well, I've been pretty well, except for the fact that I got a blood-gushing cut from Sakura-chan."

"Oh, really now? I've just been around town, you know."

"Hm, hitting on girls, right? Ha, ha. Obaa-san, maybe?"

"Shut up, kid," said Jiraiya, going slightly red in the cheeks, averting his eyes.

Naruto laughed. "Whatever you say, Ero-sennin. Hm, I wonder how everyone's doing. I've only really seen Sakura in this past week. I've been a bit…AHH! I'm turning into you! God, that's a scary thought." Naruto thought of himself with gray hair, big body, and a bad reputation with women. He got sick of the thought immediately.

"Baka! I already told you to stop calling me perverted or 'Ero-sennin.' And, I'm not such a bad guy, okay? I just have back luck with women like Tsunade has back luck in gambling," said the gray haired pervert.

"Hai. But Obaa-san stopped gambling, and you just keep going on having bad luck with women, so I think it might give me a bad rep being seen with you, so go away."

Jiraiya gave that 'stunned' face of his with that sound that sounds a bit like 'haww.' "What!? I don't rub off my bad reputation on to other people! Wait, no, that came out wrong. I DON'T HAVE A BAD REPUTATION WITH WOMEN!"

Naruto scoffed. "Hah. Yeah, right. And I suppose Neji and Ten-Ten are having sex right now.

Distant Voices:

"NEJI-KUN!"

"TEN-TEN!!"

"FASTER, COME ON!"

"OH YES"

Naruto looked out the window. "What the HELL!? How the hell are they so loud? Where the HELL is it coming from?"

"I don't know, but I sure wanna get a good look!" exclaimed Jiraiya, seemingly excited.

"I rest my case with you being a pervert. Anyways, they're probably in a secluded place, knowing Neji."

"Well, I'll probably still be able to find the—" He was cut off by a hit in the head. He didn't see it coming. He blacked out.

Poor Jiraiya, haha. Such a pervert. I wonder who hit him. Probably Sakura or someone like that. Eh, maybe we'll get to see Neji and Ten-Ten, sometime later…

"Jiraiya, you son of a bitch. Don't you dare think about spying on the two lovers!"

Naruto had to squint to see. There was too much dust from the impact of Jiraiya hitting the floor with a 'splat.' "Oh! Hi there, Obaa-san. Didn't see you come in."

"Hey, how's it going, Naruto. But uh… I have to talk to you for a bit." She walked towards the door, looked outside quickly, and then
closed it.

"Obaa-san, what's wro—"

"Shut up and listen. Hear me out and hear me good, kid. There's been a recent problem with one of our search parties. They've been caught by Orochimaru's assistant, Kabuto. Kabuto has then used his powers to torture and interrogate them. We know what he's looking for, Naruto, but we don't know why."

"Oh crap… So, what exactly is he looking for, Obaa-san?"

"He's looking for… The Kyuubi."

"So he's looking for ME?"

"Yes, Naruto, he's looking for you. So I need you to be protected at all costs. I'm going to have to assign quite a few bodyguards for you."

"But… No one would risk their lives for me…" Naruto said, looking down at the floor, despressed-like.

"Shut up, kid. You have quite a few friends who would. Everyone you meet has had their life changed by you, Naruto."

"Like who? Who could be my bodyguards?"

"Well, there's quite a few. Hinata's changed quite a bit, and has further extended her ability as a Hyuuga. She can use her Byakugan really well. Also, there's her cousin, Neji. He's seemed to begin to have faith and trust in you, so he could be able to be one. Then, of course, there's Sakura, who was trained by me in the art of Taijutsu."

"No… I can't have Sakura-chan wasting her time and life on me any longer. She's been too nice about it, and I know she just hates me."

"Oh, shut up. She's currently going through a period where she's unable to read her own emotions right now. She's having problems with Sasuke gone, and all."

"Eh, I kind of figured. But she's been a bit… over-friendly lately."

"… I don't want to know what you mean. But anyways, let's go back to your bodyguards. There's also Lee."

"Fuzzy Brows! Man, I wonder how much faster and stronger he's gotten. He's probably really good at Taijutsu, now."

"He's been good at it, Naruto. He's just surpassed many people who have thought they mastered it. And there's 5 more people that can be your bodyguard. Shikamaru, Ino, Temari, Ten-Ten, and Chouji."

"Oh… They've all agreed?"

"Of course. I wouldn't send them out without permission. They know they're risking their lives for you, and they're quite happy already knowing that. They're great friends, Naruto."

"Yeah…"

"But anyways, enough depression! Look at your body! It's so ripped… Oops! I gotta head out. Bye, kid. Keep an eye out. Meet at the front gate in a week. Get together with your bodyguards!"

"Alright. Arigato, Obaa-san! Huh, I wonder why she said I was ripped," said Naruto, looking down at his bare chest. Six pack abs, 2 extra ones on the side. Hard as rock. He looked at his arms. Really cut out arms, extremely easy to see his huge muscles. "Ehh… I guess I really am kind of ripped. Heh.." And so he left, leaving Jiraiya on the floor.

"Hm, who to see first. I guess I'll go see Neji, first. I wonder where he is… ah! That big Clan house over there, of course. Hm, there he is, leaning against the wall with has arms and legs crossed."

Neji looked over to see Naruto running towards him. He was wearing the usual clothes, light and easy to move around in, with his hair the same. He didn't seem to have changed much except in height. Naruto was, surprisingly, taller, though. Not by much, but still, nonetheless, taller. Neji still had the forehead protector on, as usual, hiding the seal on his forehead.

"Ah, Naruto. How have you been? I heard you came back, so I wondered if there was anything I could do. I asked Tsunade-sama, and she said I could be your bodyguard."

"Ah. There are quite a few people who are joining you."

"Yes. Thank God Ten-Ten's coming. I couldn't last without her smile…"

"Yeah yeah, save the mushy stuff for later. I hear we're going to some odd place that's secluded. Any idea where it is?"

"No idea, but who else is coming?"

"Well, there's Chouji, Sakura, Lee, Temari, Ino, and Shikamaru. All my best friends are coming. Oh yeah, and your cousin, Hinata."

Neji was stunned by this. He stepped forward without thinking and began to yell. "What! Why the hell is she going?"

"I was told she was exceptionally better with the Byakugan, and she was very well on the way to becoming a great Hyuuga."

"That may be true, but Hiashi-sama won't let her! There's no way he could have agreed!"

"Well, whatever, as long as she comes, I'll be happy. I think I might kind of like her… but then again there's Sakura-chan…"

"Oh, Naruto, you have no idea who's been thinking about you lately."

"Well, you have no idea who's been HEARING you around these parts."

Neji's face turned pale. "Heh, what are you talking about?"

"Don't lie, Neji, everyone knows you've been doing it wi—"

"Shut up, Naruto."

"But why? You know it's tru—"

"SHUT UP! I hear someone." He tensed up. "Byakugan," he whispered. He scanned the area for anyone. Looking through trees, houses, and such, he found someone spying on them. Neji began to act casual, pretending to talk.

"Naruto, there's someone in the bushes. Pretend like you don't notice him, and we'll surprise attack him. Naruto scratched his head, facing Neji, who had his back to the spy.

"So, uh, what's up with you and Ten-Ten?"

"Nothing, much. We've just been developing our relationship pretty we— NARUTO!" Neji saw Naruto reach into his kunai-holster attached to the back of his leg, where his spy couldn't see, obviously, and pulled out a kunai and swiftly through it at the spy. The spectator, who expected nothing less of these shinobi, jumped up into the air doing a frontflip, dodging the kunai like nothing.

"It seems you have found me, then? Well, you won't last long enough to even land a hit on me, if you've just barely noticed me," said the Shinobi, who seemed to come from the Hidden Village of Sound. "Allow me to introduce yourself. My name is Wave—"

"Shut up. We're going to take you down easily, right Neji?"

"Right. My Byakugan should be able to take him alone, judging by the amount of chakra in his flow."

"Ah, the Byakugan? I guess you don't know how much chakra I can produce in a short amount of time. My name is Wave for a reason."

"Oh, crap! Naruto, he's sending out waves of chakra from his body, and it slowly sucks out ours. We need to finish this off quick. He's not too strong, he just sends out chakra."

"Alright then! I'll finish him in one hit!" Naruto yelled, did some hand signs, and screamed, "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" At that moment, Naruto clones popped up, equal in the amount of chakra they had. There were 10 of them. They lined up in single file, and began to run straight forward towards the expecting Wave. As Wave sent out chakra, it hit the first clone, which dissipated instantly. Naruto called back the clones. Shit, it absorbs that much chakra? I better not be too reckless.

"Neji, there has to be an opening spot or a weak spot in those waves. You think you can find one?"

"I'll try." Neji searched with his Byakugan. Everything seemed to slow down, freeze, rather, as his eyes search the huge wave. What a huge opening, he thought. But I know it can't be that easy.. "Naruto, apparently, from what I can see, he can only send out waves forward, so we have to strike him from behind."

"Got it. Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" More clones popped up in a puffy cloud, making a sound that sounded like a pop. There were around 50 this time. A few of them performed the hand movements in order to get the chakra spinning to start the Rasengan. The Naruto with the Rasengan charged straight forward. Somehow, he charged through the waves without hesitation and got close to Wave. Wave backed up a bit, and did a jump kick into Naruto's gut. It seemed Wave had disappeared within the chakra he was sending out. Naruto was dumbfounded.

"Agh…"

"Naruto!" yelled Neji.

Soon, Wave was unable to move and was beaten. He was already on the floor before he knew anything had happened. Shikamaru had been hidden the whole time, much like Wave had. He was hidden in the bushes, surrounded by shadows.

"Kage Mane no Jutsu!" yelled Shikamaru. A shadow below him darkened, extended towards to who he thought was a threat. It stretched to Wave, locking him in an unbreakable bind, unless, of course, he had an unusually high amount of chakra. Wave was locked, and unable to move. The Naruto he had hit lay on the floor below him. At least he had the satisfaction of knowing he defeated Naruto.

"Heh, looks like you were too late to defend Naru— WHAT!" Naruto had popped, as if he were a replication.

"Doton Shinjuuzanshu no Jutsu!" yelled a voice. It seemed to come from underground, which, apparently, was where the real Naruto was. He emerged from the ground, flying upwards with an uppercut stance. He nailed Wave upwards in the chin, knocking him out, and possibly killing him by the mere jolt that was sent through his nerves as Naruto dealt the final blow.

"What the HELL? Naruto, when did you learn that move? Last time, against me, you merely dug through the ground!" said Neji.

"Well, I've been training for 3 years, what did you expect? Hehe.. Also, Arigato, Shikamaru. That was a great help."

"Ehh, don't worry about it. By the way, everyone's on their way here to see you. They want to talk about something. Not sure what, though."

"Naruto!" said the voice of the blonde haired girl, who was Ino.

"Ino! You've gotten… Wow. And uh… Chouji! You look way better, lost some weight, I'm guessing. Lee! You look taller… Yeah. Hinata! Wow, you look awesome. You just keep growing! Sakura…" his voice trailed off.

"Welcome back, comrade. I've been aching to see you." His eyes fell upon the body of Wave. "Who the hell is that?"

"Oh, it's a Sound Shinobi that attacked me. I think he was a Genin level. He was really weak, but had some strange powers."

"Ah, I see," said Shikamaru. I was wondering why you didn't just charge it him normally, even though your clone did. Anyways, we need to dispose of the body."

"Ah." A voice said, as many ninja came from nowhere, who were apparently Jounin. The one who spoke was Kakashi. "I see you've defeated a Sound Shinobi. Although, I don't think you'll be too surprised at what I'm about to tell you. The Sound have been getting extremely better at training."

"Yeah, I noticed. Was he a Genin?" asked Naruto.

"No. Actually, this kid wasn't even in the Academy, yet. He's one who was sent out to his certain death. Apparently they're underestimating us," said Kakashi.

"Yes, they are. But I won't let them get away if they come here looking for us," said Lee, eyes glowing. He did the Nice Guy Pose for the hell of it, I suppose.

"Well, let's just hope he was the only one around here, because the other ones will probably be much, much stronger than this little guy. But for now, we'll take him to Tsunade-sama," Kakashi said, picking up the limp body of which was Wave's. "Oh, and Naruto?"

"Yeah, Kakashi-sensei?"

"Don't overused the Doton Shinjuuzanshu no Jutsu, alright? There's a side affect only a few are afflicted by, and I'm afraid you and I are one of those few."

"Ehh… Like what kind of side effect?"

Kakashi stared at him darkly. "Just… Don't overuse it, for everyone's sake. Okay?"

"Hai." Naruto wondered all day about what that side effect was, but at the same time, regretting that he had the urge to keep using the Doton Shinjuuzanshu no Jutsu, just to find out the side effect.

That night, he slept dreaming about it, and Sakura invaded his dreams, in very, very graphic ways. He decided he'd take a cold… cold shower in the morning, when he woke up.

Woo! Chapter 2 complete! Getting a bit action-y, eh?! Well, I'll try to keep it to a point where it's not too bad. Anyways, stay tuned! REVIEWS PLEASE! D