Rain's Truth Part II (Rain Part ) 1- Reunion
It's been two and a half years since Naruto left.
"Hey, quit spacing and come on."
"Coming!" Since he left, Sakura has been training to be a medical ninja with Tsunade-sama, and since our whole team has been scattered, and I was promoted after my first mission after Sasuke left, I've been transferred to working with Team Gai. We're on a mission right now. Well, actually, we're on our way back to Konoha. "I'll go ahead! You guys catch up!"
"Show off!" I shrug and run ahead of them. It's been this long; Naruto should be getting back soon. I wonder what new jutsu he learned from Jiraiya. Probably something perverted, but I don't care. I still want to see him. Almost more than I want to get Sasuke back before Orochimaru can kill him. What if he's more like that pervert? I probably wouldn't care. I get to the village and wait for the others to catch up.
"You set a grueling pace, Kiro."
"What?! No speech about youth? Are you getting past the age of youth, Gai-kun?" Since I became a Jounin, the only people I don't call 'kun' or 'san' are Tsunade-sama and Hiyashi-sama.
"Come on. We have to report back." I nod and walk behind them, distracted. I look up and notice someone standing on a pole. Maybe I'm imagining things, but that looks like…Naruto!
"I'll see you guys later. Let me know if Tsunade-sama still wants me to work with you guys."
"Okay."
"Naruto must be back." I run ahead of them and get closer to the pole.
"Naruto?!" He turns around; he looks way cuter than before! Wow.
"Kiro?" I nod and he jumps down to stand in front of me.
"Looks like I'm still taller than you." He smiles and nods.
"Yea." I notice Jiraiya staring at me and my eye twitches.
"Do you have something to say, Jiraiya?"
"No." Naruto must have warned him about my strength, and temper.
"You look great, Kiro." I smile.
"You think so?" Naruto nods and I blush. That looks like the look he always gave Sakura. Maybe?
"You've grown a lot, haven't you Naruto?" We look up at the roof and see Kakashi. "Yo!"
"Kakashi-sensei!" I roll my eyes and Naruto jumps onto the roof. I follow him and smile at Kakashi.
"Looks like you're back as well, Kiro-kun."
"Just barely got here, Kakashi-kun." He's reading that book again.
"You haven't changed at all! Wait! Oh yea! Hey! I have a present for you Kakashi-sensei!" Naruto pulls a book out of his bag and I gasp, Kakashi has a similar, stunned, reaction.
"What? You…how…this…this is…"
"This is the latest in the Icha Icha series after 3 years! It's really boring, but you'll still like it…I think!" That book…another thing for him to read constantly. "Right! Next stop, straight to Ichiraku ramen!" We start walking down the road, me, Naruto, Kakashi, and Jiraiya.
"Sakura!"
"Eh? Sakura-chan?" Sakura turns around and points at Naruto.
"Naruto?! How do I look? Do I look more like a woman now…?" Naruto smiles.
"You look fine! You haven't changed at all!" I sigh.
"You still don't understand a woman's mind. Eh! You've…you've gotten taller than me?!"
"Yea." Sakura smiles slightly and faces me.
"You're still super tall, Kiro. Lucky." I shrug.
"It's another annoyance in my appearance." It's hard to believe we're all sixteen now. The only person missing from our old team now is…Sasuke.
"Naruto-niichan! Oiroke no jutsu!" My eye twitches as Konohamaru uses the sexy jutsu. "How was that?! A real drool of a jutsu, wasn't it?!" Naruto laughs.
"Konohamaru, I'm sorry but I'm not a kid anymore. From now on, you shouldn't use that jutsu either." That's surprising. Has he gotten over the perverted jutsu, even though he spent two and a half years training under a pervert? "Such a jutsu is now mediocre, Konohamaru! Behold! The new perverted Ninjutsu I've been developing! Here we go!"
"Aha, a new Ninjutsu you say, a new perv…perverted Ninjutsu?! You idiot!" Sakura punches Naruto, sending him flying to the ground and leaving a dent in the road. Scary. "I was wrong! You haven't changed one bit! I haven't seen you for two years and within two minutes, you jump straight into that! Idiot!" She grabs the collar of his shirt and starts shaking him. "What about that wonderful feeling of respect I had for you just now?!"
"As if I could feel sad that I wasn't grown up like you!"
"Anno, Sakura, calm down. Konohamaru-kun is terrified." For some reason, I feel like I'm watching a younger version of the two Sanin that are here. If those two are that much like Jiraiya and Tsunade, I wonder how similar Sasuke is to Orochimaru.
"Jiraiya…Naruto…has grown more and more like you in these past two years, hasn't he…?" Jiraiya looks like he's thinking about the same thing. "Right. The nostalgia ends here though. Kakashi."
"Well…it's been a while hasn't it?" We look at Kakashi.
"From now on, the three of you will come with me on team-related missions."
"But what about Kiro? She's been transferred…"
"It was temporary, just until Naruto got back from training. Anyways. It's different than before. It's no longer teacher and pupil. Starting today, we're equal Konoha Shinobi. Well, first I'm a bit curious as to how you've developed. The rules are the same as when I first met you three. If you don't come at me with the intent to kill, you will never succeed in getting the bells." Kakashi holds up two bells and we walk to the practice field. We stop at the stumps and Kakashi ties the bells to his belt. "The rules are the same as before. No matter how, try to get the bells from me. You have until sunrise tomorrow."
"Well…this place…I've missed it."
"Yea."
"Ah, that's right. This is where you first trained, isn't it?"
"Team 7…"
"A four man team…"
"That time…Sasuke was around too, wasn't he?" Sasuke…we all drop to the ground, depressed suddenly. I look up when I hear the book close. "Well then…shall we begin?"
"Heh…you won't do it while reading the book this time? Kakashi-sensei."
"You've already finished it?" Sakura puts on a pair of gloves and I unsnap the holster that contains my fan.
"No…I think I should save the enjoyment for later. Besides…this time…for some reason…" Kakashi puts the book in his bag and lifts his Hitai-ate from over his eye. "I get the feeling I should take it a little seriously too." As always, Naruto acts first, before he even says to start, throwing a handful of shuriken at Kakashi, which he easily dodges and retaliates by throwing shuriken back at Naruto. Naruto jumps forward and uses Kage-bunshin. The clone grabs his sleeve and pulls him out of the way, then transforms into a larger shuriken, which Kakashi grabs and pulls it back, grabbing the top of Naruto's head and aiming one point at his neck.
A doppelganger appears behind Kakashi with a kunai pressed against his back. "Well…your haste hasn't changed…"
"Heh."
"Alright. Start!" Kakashi disappears and I look around. He's not above, in front of us, behind, right, or left.
"Below!" Sakura gathers chakra into her fist and punches the ground, revealing Kakashi hiding. "Found you!" I'm so glad I'm not her enemy.
"Alright. This time I should also do something on my end."
*Several hours later*
"I already knew it, but the sharingan really is amazing. And not only that, his seal-making speed…it's too fast for me to follow…if we could somehow stop him using both hands, we could get to the bells."
"Yea, Kakashi-sensei is unreasonably strong. He's smarter than Shikamaru…and he has a better sense of smell than Kiba…he has better sharingan than Sasuke…and better taijutsu than Gejimayu…"
"But even Kakashi-kun has to have a weak point! If we think it over well…"
"Kiro, you've been working with that jutsu of yours right? Where is he?"
"Further into the field. We're safe for now. Using the sharingan is wearing him out. It looks like he's running low on chakra."
"How can you tell?"
"I can see chakra. I can use an ocular jutsu that is even stronger than Byakugan and sharingan combined. Anyways. If we wait for him to run out of chakra, it'll be too late. He's always reading those books…"
"He has a weak point! Think about it."
"The books. Isn't that book you gave him earlier unreleased? He'll be the first to read it besides Jiraiya."
"And Jiraiya wrote the stupid things."
"And you spent so much time with Jiraiya, it would be logical for Kakashi to believe that you've actually read it, even though it's an adult novel."
"So?"
"Think about it Sakura. We could ambush him; make him think we're going to attack him straight on, and then Naruto…"
"I can act like I'm about to tell him the ending of the book."
"He'll have to cover his ears if he doesn't want to hear it. And with the sharingan, he'll be able to read Naruto's lips, so he'll have to close his eyes as well."
"Perfect! You two really are unpredictable."
"Let's go." We get up and I lead the way to Kakashi. All three of us jump out of the trees and act like we're about to attack.
"Now, Naruto!"
"Let's go!"
"Kakashi-sensei! The last joke in Icha Icha Tactics…! The truth is the main character…" Kakashi covers his ears and then closes his eyes when he remembers that he'll be able to read Naruto's lips. We grab the bells and he looks back at us.
"Heh, a ninja should look underneath the underneath."
"Right, sensei?!"