Venom of Konoha
Okay, I've been notified that my grammar while okay could use some work and I need to space out stuff that is why I've finally got around to getting a Beta Reader. So hopefully that will clear up some problems…towards reviews thank you for your support and kind words and advice. Those of you who bagged me out with flames…you know who you are. I don't care I found em funny. On with the Fan fiction, on and don't worry; one flame out of 80 reviews isn't exactly a blow to my confidence.
Oh, about the Harem…(sigh) you guys aren't gonna like this…Sakura's been added. Ok…I got votes for her as long as she's not a bitch, fangirl and votes against. Someone even suggested I kill her. I was kinda planning on them being friends with maybe a date or two in their history, but this sorta just happened. Okay, I was just writing and boom…so forgive me. Anyway, I'll try to keep this mostly action anyway (this fic not this chapter) and the Harem will mostly be for those cruising for Lemons, and all rounder fics, as well as comic relief. Oh yes, there will be Lemons! One will be coming up in this chapter (MAYBE) you'll just have to wait and see. Oh and those who say I'm developing it to fast…I'm sorry but this is just how I see it happening. Don't like it? Not my problem.
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Naruto just smiled to himself as the group walked along. Though he looked like he was pretty much not doing anything, he was once again working on improving his senses. He had a sense of smell, hearing, and sight comparable to an elite Inuzuka, but he had to add chakra first and he was slowly doing so in very small increments otherwise risking blowing something up. He was also fine tuning his chakra infused spider sense so he could accurately judge how powerful beings in the area where instead of just having a vague idea. He thought for a few minutes that he sensed someone ahead but he couldn't sense them any longer. Either they had gone even further ahead, or they were doing something to hide themselves that his sense couldn't detect yet.
Naruto remembered suddenly what Hinata said before he had left.
Start flashback
Hinata just lay on top of Naruto and sighed; she looked up into his curious gaze and smiled deviously. Naruto was suddenly nervous; Hinata had only picked up 'that' smile after they started to become something more than friends. And it usually meant something bad for him. He'd likely enjoy it, but it was still bad.
"You know Naruto," Hinata said as she lazily traced circles on his chest with her index finger sending shivers up his spine "if you can pass on the Sharingan and Byakugan like Venom said, then you could start your own clan. Do you know what this means?" Naruto shook his head, indicating no. He started to sweat as the smile turned into a grin
"It means you can have more than one wife." Hinata whispered into his ear. Naruto froze; this could either go really well or really bad, so he maintained a neutral look. "And I wouldn't really mind, as long as I liked her." Said the pale-eyed vixen. Naruto sighed; Hinata was slightly possessive of him, and he couldn't really see himself liking anyone else. But he had a sneaking suspicion he would be proved wrong.
End flashback
Naruto got a warning just half a second before Kakashi yelled "GET DOWN!" Instead of eating dirt like the others, he bent at the knees his body parallel to the ground while everything below his knees remained upright (AN like Spidey does in Spiderman 1). He noticed the shocked and awed looks on the faces of his teammates, including his sensei as he righted himself. He the noticed the large shirtless man standing on the sword that had been thrown, just before he opened his mouth he noticed something else "WHAT THE HELL YOU EYEBROWLESS FREAK?! YOU COULDA KILLED ME!" Naruto shrieked. Everyone, including said 'freak' sweatdropped at this statement. Kakashi sighed and rubbed his hidden eye.
"Naruto, that's what he was trying to do." Naruto whipped round as Kakashi finished the statement. At first (to everyone's surprise) he had a look of shock and disbelief on his face. It turned to a sheepish grin as he realized he was being stupid. Meanwhile, two beings where having a conversation inside Naruto.
"Can you believe that?" asked Venom disbelievingly.
Kyuubi sighed. "Yes I can. That proverbial mask he's always wore makes him pretty dense sometimes. But thankfully, not very often." the two beings chuckled and turned back to the large, faintly glowing portal which showed them a Naruto eye view of the world. Naruto grimaced; he always got a tingly feeling in the back of his head when Venom and Kyuubi spoke. But just like him, they could block him out so he couldn't listen in. He 'tuned' back into the world when Kakashi spoke. "Momochi Zabuza; Demon of the Bloody Mist, and S-rank Kirigakure nukenin." Zabuza chuckled as Kakashi identified him.
"Ahh its good to know that Sharingan Kakashi, the famous copy nin of Konoha knows my name. Being known gives me a warm, fuzzy feeling in my chest before I kill my victim. I wonder who will pay the most for your head?" Naruto shuddered slightly at the cheerful tone the man used, and he didn't think he was faking it. Kakashi uncovered his hidden eye revealing his Sharingan, leaving Sasuke to wonder how he got it while explaining what it was to Sakura.
Zabuza snorted and suddenly leapt away. He landed on the water and Naruto heard the gasps of his teammates who seemed to believe it was impossible to stand on water. Zabuza made a few hand signs. Naruto just managed to activate his Sharingan to copy the technique. Said technique was odd, but useful in both hiding yourself and scaring the enemy.
The Kirigakure no Jutsu was particularly effective once Zabuza started to list the eight different spots where he could kill someone in one blow while using the Utsusemi no jutsu (Voice Projection Technique). He was also releasing killing intent. Most people could do this unconciously when angry. Usually it just was a combination of the intent to kill, mixed with small amounts of everyday chakra. But when someone knew what it was and concentrated, they could unleash massive amounts of it, resulting in the following reactions. Naruto shivered slightly but shrugged it off, ultimately unaffected. Sakura started to shake and felt like running. But she looked at her teammates and regained her resolve though unable to move. Sasuke was shivering in fear, contemplating that suicide would get him out of this feeling. Tazuna was pale in the face.
Kakashi looked over his shoulder at his team and smiled at Naruto's unaffected and reasuring smile. He observed Sasuke shivering, his hand twitching towards a kunai.
"Don't worry Sasuke, I'll protect you four with my life." he felt pride in the boy when he shook his head, and with difficulty, shrugged of the fear and concentrated on the situation at hand.
Kakashi ran into the mist to fight the missing nin. Naruto waited, stretching and straining his senses.
Kakashi didn't look around. It was pointless he knew he had no hope of piercing this mist with his eyes; his other senses would do just fine. He suddenly sensed Zabuza going for Tazuna. He rushed to stop him but Naruto beat him to it. He severed Zabuza's spine with a kunai before the swordsman could strike.
"Way to go Naruto!" yelled out Sakura. She was ecstatic; their enemy was dead without any problems. But the joy died as Zabuza suddenly turned into water.
"He was a Mizu Bunshin. The real one's still out there." Naruto informed his fellow genin as he reassumed his position.
"Hn. How'd you figure it out dead last?" taunted Sasuke, his tone conveying anger but hiding his jealously and envy at Naruto's apparently cool head. Naruto sneered.
"He didn't smell human. He smelt like water, plus he didn't feel human." Sakura stared at Naruto for a few seconds, uncomprehending. But she shook her head and snapped out of it as she got back into formation. Sasuke on the other hand... well, he pulled a Sasuke: He glared at Naruto, jealousy of the blonde warring with his rage as well as envy. He only got back into formation when Naruto turned his back on him.
Meanwhile, Kakashi was engaging Mizu Bunshin after Mizu Bunshin, trying to find the real one. Another clone abruptly appeared behind him. He couldn't react fast enough and was kicked out into the lake. Kakashi noticed just a fraction of a second too late that the water was too heavy. A call of "Suiton: Suiro no jutsu!" was heard through the mist.
Naruto growled at what he saw when the fog cleared; Kakashi was trapped in what looked like a giant bubble. Kakashi saw that Naruto was about to move to assault his sword- wielding captor and yelled:
"RUN YOU THREE! TAKE TAZUNA AND RUN! THIS GUY IS TOO STRONG FOR EVEN ALL THREE OF YOU! HE'LL KILL YOU EASILY!" Naruto looked at his teammates and was glad to see their resolve.
"Kakashi-sensei, what kind of students would we be if we didn't listen to your advice? Remember; 'Those who break the rules are trash. Those who abandon their friends are worse than trash.'" He quoted his sensei's words with a grim look on his face.
Kakashi, if he wasn't surrounded by water, might have shed a tear. They, or at least one of them, had taken to heart the most important thing he could teach them. Naruto abruptly charged, but he was too slow apparently; Zabuza made a single hand seal and a Mizu Bunshin appeared. It made a scoffing noise as it swung its sword at Naruto. Naruto smirked and ducked low, evading the blow. The blonde then leapt into the air. Now leaving the ground deprives you of solid footing; a generally bad idea in any battle situation. Whether it be ninja, samurai or just a bar brawl, it's not smart. But if you can launch yourself into the air, then attach spider webs to your apponent and slingshot yourself at him, then it's a good idea. And Naruto did just that.
Zabuza's eyes widened as the the blonde boy appeared to catapult himself forward in mid-air and destroyed his clone with a crushing kick to the face. The kid's landing should have been hard. But he landed on all fours, seemingly unaffected by the speed he was traveling at. The kid once again launched himself at the real Zabuza and encountered another clone. He dispatched this one with a single thrown kunai almost lazily, and continued on. He reached into his backpack and pulled out a wicked-looking windmill shuriken. He unfolded it and threw it at Zabuza, while his teammates watched in awe and rage respectively.
Zabuza laughed as he caught the shuriken, but he didn't see what Kakashi saw; two thin slightly shiny strands of webs hanging of the shuriken. Kakashi grimaced; he hoped Naruto wasn't going to pull the same trick again, and he was correct in that assumption. Zabuza felt a tug on the shuriken and saw the webs. He quickly let go, chuckling about the 'one trick pony' that was facing him. Unfortunately, he was dead wrong. Naruto disconnected the web from his left hand and grabbed the other with both his hands. He pulled and twisted the single gossamer strand that was still attached to the shuriken around (Olympic hammer throw). He turned on the ball of his left foot, doing a complete 360. The shuriken followed and gained surprising momentum. He released the shuriken and smirked knowingly.
Zabuza's eyes widened as the shurkien was hurled at him faster than before; the brat had used his 'webs' as a slingshot of a different type! He dived out of the way, releasing Kakashi from his watery prison at the same time. He didn't know it, but it was already over. Kakashi began to copy every single word and move Zabuza began to make. Not only did it begin to defeat him, but it freaked him the fuck out (I know it would to me).
The next thing Zabuza knew was that he was in a lot of pain. He couldn't move his waterlogged body, and was pinned to a tree. He looked up and saw Kakashi apporaching him, the single Sharingan eye blazing.
"Yes I see your future Zabuza; and your future is... death." he raised his hand, preparing to strike. Zabuza heard a whistling sound in the trees and smiled before he was consumed in darkness.
Kakashi's eyes widened as senbon thudded into Zabuza's neck, apparently killing him. A hunter nin- apparently female- arrived and took Zabuza's body while thanking them. Kakashi's last thought before he slipped into unconciousness was that the body should have been disposed of on site. No one noticed the girl had been eyeing the blonde genin behind her mask... except for said Genin, who got a slightly uneasy feeling of being watched by a hunter. Little did he know that Sasuke had got the exact same feeling all the time from Sakura.
Naruto gasped as Kakashi fell over. He ran over to him his sensei. He was swiftly able to determine that Kakashi had chakra exhaustion, and all he needed was lots of rest. He lifted Kakashi to his shoulder and followed Tazuna to his home.
THE NEXT DAY
Naruto yawned as he sat up. When they had arrived, Kakashi had still been out of it but Tazuna's daughter Tsunami had greeted them like they where family. Inari- Tsunami's son- had just told them they where going to die, and left. The team had been a little shocked at what the brat said, but had shrugged it off and settled down for the night. Naruto looked around, spotted his stuff in a corner, he leapt of the bed and grabbed his items. Said items consisted of his forehead protector and his kunai and shuriken holster. Venom quickly formed into his clothes, but Naruto decided on a change. He imagined a new set of clothes and Venom formed into them. They consisted of the same black boots and pants. A black t-shirt appeared, but the trench coat from before formed into a single ankle length coat with a full body zipper at the front and a hoodie (Organisation XIII anyone?). He smirked at his new appearance. Quickly coming up with an excuse, he pulled back the hoodie and walked downstairs.
Naruto barely hid an outright laugh at his teammates' shocked expressions.
"What? I had more clothes sealed into a scroll. And no, I can't teach you how to do it since someone else sealed them for me. All I had was this coat anyways." His teammates bought it, to his satisfaction. He chuckled quietly to himself as he sat down, ate quickly, and asked Sakura if she would mind watching the house and Kakashi. He left, leaving several Kage Bunshin around the house hidden away just in case. He rushed into the woods, hiding himself when he felt Sasuke following. He only felt safe to train himself when Sasuke was no longer in the area. He already had a totally new method of chakra training. Even though he was low Jounin or high Chuunin in control already, he wanted to be Kage or Sannin level before the next Chuunin exams. He smiled to himself at the wonders of Kage Bunshin. He set to work; three hundred on senbon balancing, and three hundred on kunai balancing, each only working with a single finger. Which finger was up to the individual Bunshin.
Naruto himself did something simple and seemingly pointless; he practiced handsigns, increasing his over all speed with them even though he was mostly a taijutsu user. Once he had done that for an hour, he gave the clones more chakra to continue on, and began to work on something he'd heard of only in theory; seal-less jutsus. He was practicing with the one he used most often. This was Kage Bunshin. He'd last gotten a Bunshin that looked like it had been dead for days that lasted mere seconds. He was slowly improving; once he got it right, he'd work on speed.
Sasuke was pissed. He had hoped to follow Naruto to learn his secrets, but the loser had evaded him. He headed back to the house and ignored Sakura, heading up to his room to think.
Naruto came back to the house, having apparently skipped lunch. In reality, he had caught it, killed it, cooked and ate it. He'd never had rabbit before. He ate enormously at dinner, telling his teamates that he had just been training all day. He then went to bed.
Naruto woke the next day, feeling quite refreshed. Kakashi was apparently up, and planning on supervising their training. They swiftly ate breakfast and headed out. Kakashi smiled as he told them what they would be doing.
"Your exercise today is going to be climbing trees." Kakashi explained. He paused for their moment of 'righteous indignation' and explained further.
"Without your hands." He added, and eye-smiled at their responses. But was surprised to see Naruto looked bored out of his mind.
"Well Naruto, since you're so bored, why don't you go first?" Kakashi asked. Naruto just shrugged nonchalantly and walked up the tree with no apparent problems. Kakashi's eye widened; he had been about to call the boy out for using his bloodline but he could see he was using chakra to stick to the tree. Unfortunately, Sasuke wasn't as observant.
"Hey dobe, stop using your bloodline to show off!" he called up the tree. Sakura had noticed what Naruto was really doing, and was unsure if she should correct her Sasuke-kun or not. Kakashi intervened by explaining.
"Naruto is using chakra to do the excecise, what others do you know Naruto?" Naruto smiled and listed them in a distant tone that basically said 'You're waisting my time, sensei.'
"Tree climbing, water walking and running, senbon balancing, and kunai balancing. I am currently working on an entirely new exercise, you wanna see it Kakashi-sensei?" Naruto asked, jittering eagerly. Kakashi's jaw dropped at the list; the kid had to have low jounin level chakra control. He grinned a second later; this new one sounded interesting.
"Maybe later Naruto. Sakura, Sasuke, I want you to keep running up and down the tree for practice." He gave Sakura and Sasuke a kunai to mark their progress, and watched them attempt to run up the tree once before ambling off. Naruto walked away a short distance, hid himself, and watched.
Sakura ran up the tree perfectly the very first try.
"Hey Sasuke-kun I did it on my first try! Isn't that great?" the pink-haired bint squealed. Sasuke just ignored her and continued the exercise. Sakura ran back down the tree, and then up again. She watched as Sasuke made it up a distance and then fell back, having obvious difficulty with the exercise. Sakura stayed down the bottom of her tree as Sasuke tried once again. He landed at the bottom and glared at the tree as if it was its fault he was failing. She approached the fuming Uchiha with a mild blush and her hands clasped behind her back. "Umm, Sasuke-kun?" she tentatively asked, avoiding meeting Sasuke's gaze.
"What is it now Sakura?" the Uchiha huffed out, annoyance and impatience evident in his tone.
"I was wondering... if you'd like my help...?" she timidly asked, trailing off and quieting.
Sasuke turned towards her, and for a second her hopes were raised. But then they were dashed by the fierce glare sent her way by Sasuke.
"I don't need your help" Sasuke spat. His voice held such venom that Sakura took a step back in fear. What came next utterly crushed her.
"You're pathetic Sakura. The only reason your control is so high is because your chakra reserves are increadibly small. That and your book smarts are the only things going for you. Otherwise, you are slow, weak, and utterly digusting. I will never go out with you, even if my life depended on it. So stop asking me on dates all the time. Just leave me the fuck alone. You're beneath me. Even if you werent weak and annoying, you'd still be a commoner. I deserve someone far better than you, you shallow bitch." Sasuke snarled. He took a breath and contiuned to glare and rant at the stunned and hurt pink-haired kunoichi
"You're nothing but hindrances to this team. So piss off and drown yourself for all I fucking care." Sasuke whispered spitefully.
Sakura took a few seconds to absorb all this. She looked at Sasuke's face and saw only contempt as he turned away and tried to climb the tree again. Tears began to stream down her face as her heart shattered as she ran.
Naruto grimaced; that had been harsh. Before he went, he stealthily cast a small Katon jutsu and set the Uchiha's hair on fire. He trailed Sakura, leaving behind a fuming Uchiha behind. Said avenger knew even more than before that he had a hairstyle resembling a chicken's ass, as the entire back part of his head except for the hairs that stick up had completely burned away.
Sakura eventually came to a stop, not really being able to run anymore. She just sat down and cried and cried great heaving sobs of the broken hearted. She flinched and cried out when she felt a pair of warm arms wrap around her. She struggled at first, but froze when a familiar voice attempted to soothe her.
"Shhh, I'm here for you Sakura." at first, the only thing that registered was the comfort and caring the embrace produced. She then she managed to place the voice as Naruto's. The embrace shifted; instead of holding her from behind, he slipped around in front of her. She looked up into his whiskered face; her first thought was an odd one.
'He has beautiful eyes...' and then the events of the last few minutes came rushing back to her mental eye. She buried her head in the crook of his neck, and sobbed her heart out.
Naruto had always had a soft spot for crying women. He hated it when they cried, and he always did his best to comfort them. This was when a woman actually wanted to be comforted by him, so he didn't entirely know what to do. He had comforted Hinata a few times after her father had verbally abused her; he guessed this was the same thing. He just held Sakura until she ran out of tears. She finally cried herself out, but stayed where she was. She said something, but it was muffled in his shirt and neck. He pulled back a little, and looked into her eyes which where red and swollen from crying.
"What did you say Sakura?" Naruto asked her while tilting his head to the side and arching an eyebrow, making him look extremely cute.
"Why are you here for me Naruto? You must have heard what Sasuke said to me, right?" Sakura managed to choke out, wiping one of her eyes.
"Yeah, I did. What he said was wrong." Naruto answered, stroking her silky hair gently.
"Then why are you here?" she was beginning to tear up again, thinking he was going to leave her alone.
"Because I think he's wrong." he saw her shock and smiled a little "Yeah you can be a little moody... well actually you can be a little bitchy sometimes," he admitted, and frowned when a few tears escaped her eyes "you have bad taste in men," Naruto continued. Sakura hung her head beginning to cry again "but you didn't deserve that. You're nothing of what he said. I'm not gonna say anything corny like he doesn't deserve you, even though its true." she looked up at him again smiling slightly. Naruto's face lit up when he saw her smile.
"Prove the bastard wrong Sakura; become strong. Sasuke was right when he said you are weak, but that doesn't mean you can't become a whole lot stronger. And you know why he thinks you're a hindrance?" he frowned at a mumbled 'I'm weak' "No, its because..." he looked around shiftily, gaining her attention "becausue he wants to be alone on this team with me and Kakashi-sensei. No girls if you get me." he smiled in triumph when she giggled slightly
"Frankly, I know I always do my best when theres a beautiful girl around." Naruto softly admitted to her. She smiled again, and blushed crimson when he softly cupped her face with both hands and wiped away her tears with his thumbs. He gently kissed her forehead, which made her go into an even deeper red.
"Now come on. I'll teach you some stuff that teme over there won't learn for ages." He stood up and held out his hand. Sakura took it slowly, noticing how warm it was. Her inner self was strangely quiet since Sasuke's attack.
She followed him while blushing the whole time. But she was also slightly disappointed as he was holding her hand, but it didn't seem to register with him.
"Okay this is the technique I'm going to teach you." Naruto demonstrated this technique by walking out onto the water. A couple steps out, he turned back to the shore.
"Okay Sakura, this is basically the same as the tree climbing exercise but it needs more control and constant flow of chakra." he grinned at her mildly shocked expression. "Since you have very little chakra, and I doubt you want to get wet, go one step at a time and I'll catch you if you fall."
Sakura nodded, trying not to blush at the last part as she gathered her chakra and placed one foot on the water. Once she was sure she had it right, she put the other foot on the water. She wobbled, but stabilized quite quickly. She had done it, and on her first try no less! Sakura pumped her fist in the air, but lost her concentration, and stopped the flow of chakra to her feet.
Sakura cried in fright as she fell forward, but two arms wrapped around her waist and pulled her upright. She clutched onto the arms as they pulled her against something very warm. Sakura took a few seconds to realize that it was Naruto she was clinging to. And for the past few seconds since she had been caught, she had been greatly admiring the chest and the arm muscles she could feel. She felt the hands loosen slightly, and her grip tightened. Naruto noticed, and tried to console her.
"It's okay Sakura, I've got you. Now try again, we don't want you falling in again." Naruto joked. Sakura nodded, her face a bright crimson as she concentrated again. This time neither on the hands now supporting her at the waist, nor on the seemingly chiseled chest she was being held against. She managed to find her footing on the water, and turned around to face a smiling Naruto. Unfortunately her inner self kicked in and started to talk about trying to get his shirt of and feeling his chest up. She lost it again. Sakura fell forward, only to be caught again. She held onto his arms and righted herself, only this time her face was mere centimetres away from his.
Naruto was a little stunned; not that she'd fallen again, not about how close she was, but mostly about how good she felt in his arms. She felt as good in his arms as Hinata. The thing about sharing him that she had said came back to haunt him at this very moment. Unfortunately, Sakura lost control of her inner self for just a half second. The inner self, now partially in control of motor functions, moved Sakura's head forward about half an inch, causing their lips to meet.
Naruto's eyes widened. 'She's kissing me!'
Sakura's eyes widened. 'I'm kissing him!'
'Ah, fuck it' was Naruto's last thought as he wrapped his arms around her, pulling her closer. His eyes drifted shut and his lips began to move in a soft, tender kiss.
Sakura's eyes widened even further when he pulled her closer, closed his eyes and began to kiss her instead of just having their lips touching.
"Respond already girl, you can slap him later!" her inner self shouted.Sakura nodded inside her mind, and began to kiss him back.
Kakashi's visible and covered eyes widened.
'Hot damn that was unexpected. Well, maybe not after what Sasuke said. Such a fool' he thought as the two teens kissed. He had really been hoping to see that technique Naruto had talked about. He frowned quickly; he could have sworn for a split second Naruto's coat 'shifted' and a demonic-looking face appeared to stare at him. He shrugged it off and watched as they continued kissing.
'I wonder how far they'll go, hehehe…NO! BAD KAKASHI! BAD KAKASHI!' he slapped himself and pulled out his book…bad idea.
Naruto broke the tender kiss and took a couple of breaths. He stared at Sakura, her eyes were still closed and he face was the same color as her hair. Her eyes opened and they stared at each other for a few seconds. "Wow..." he heard her whisper and couldn't contain his smile.
"That good, huh?" Sakura heard him say through the haze. She felt heat rush to her cheeks, and looked down as she nodded, not wanting to look him in the face. Her first kiss might not have been with who she imagined, but it was all she had imagined it to be.
"H-how?" she asked as she looked up into his facing, obviously wondering why he was so good. She was a little shocked to see a fleeting glimpse of shame of his face, then slight confusion and fear, then a gleam of hope. Somehow her woman's intuition told her exactly what was going on.
"You have someone already, don't you." She stated. He nodded his head and looked down, but he didn't let her go.
"Hinata" he whispered so quietly that she almost didn't catch it.
"What are we gonna do? We could just drop this... I guess something between friends?" she offered half-heartedly. She didn't voice it, but she didn't like this idea.
To her surprise he looked at her and shook his head with a small smile.
"Well the thing is Hinata likes you, doesn't like you going after the Uchiha, but she's always admired your confidence and brains; something she's always believed she lacks even though she doesn't. And well, she kinda once said…" he paused not sure how to go on. Sakura frowned.
"She said what?" little did she know that Kakashi was now listening in, and had a slightly perverted idea about what she had said.
"She said that she would be willing to share me with other girls as long as she liked them." he sighed, waiting for the inevitable slap or a scream. None came however, and he looked at Sakura who was staring at him suspiciously.
"She really said that?" Sakura breathed softly, her emerald eyes wide. He nodded while looking her in the eyes.
"... I guess I can talk to her about it when we get back. We'll find out what to do then, but nothing until then Naruto." She warned him with a dangerous glare. He nodded vigorously, wanting to avoid a potential beating at all costs. He helped her for a few more minutes, then went a few feet away and sat on the lake.
Neither of them heard the perveted giggle that came from the redfaced Kakashi. 'Oh Naruto, I'm so proud of you.' He thought with a snicker.
Kakashi righted himself, and put his book away as Naruto began to concentrate. Even Sakura stopped and sat as he prepared himself. He began to gather chakra; and quite a considerable amount, too. A lot more chakra than Sakura had total. The chakra formed itself into a bubble around him even pushing the water awat from underneath him. Naruto floated slightly inside the bubble. The bubble of chakra grew bright at the top where more chakra was being gathered. The bubble began to slowly descend into the water, eventually being totally eveloped except for a slight glow. The bubble of chakra and Naruto where gone for an entire minute. He suddenly surfaced and the bubble was gone. He stood on top of the water and walked to the bank. He flopped down on the ground next to Sakura who was utterly speechless.
Kakashi stared, and stared, and stared. The technique was original all right. But he kinda suspected only people with jounin level chakra reserves and control could pull it off with any hope of it working for them, and then it would be very draining.
Naruto smiled at Sakura's stunned face. After a minute, she spoke.
"Wow, that was so cool..." was really the only thing she could say. Naruto nodded slowly, but burst her bubble abruptly.
"Unfortunately, only someone with jounin level reserves and control or higher could do it. I wonder what Kakashi thinks..." he trailed off in thought. Sakura raised a single eyebrow in question.
"Oh, I think he was here the entire time. I only sensed him after I did the exercise, because he lost concentration and allowed himself to be sensed." Sakura stated. She immediately went pale, and then blushed furiously. Kakashi saw none of this as he leapt into the clearing to talk to Naruto. He received a fist to the face and a kick to the groin from an irate pink-haired kunoichi. Naruto's eyes widened and he instinctively covered his 'best friends' and felt the customary sympathy pain (don't ya just hate that fellas? Even happens when we see it done to someone we don't like) that all males feel…well maybe not Sasuke.
Kakashi barely heard through his pain as he clutched his dangly bits Sakura say "If you ever tell anyone what you saw or heard, I'll give you a spontateous sex change operation you lech!" Kakashi nodded his head vigorously as pained tears streamed down his face.
Naruto got up, not really feeling sorry for his downed sensei. Sakura chose that second to say something that made him shake in his boots:
"Same goes for you, if you tell anyone except Hinata." She seethed. Naruto nodded his head and followed her back to the house like a dog on a leash. He suddenly voiced a question that had been bugging him for a little bit.
"Hey Sakura, I've been meaning to ask; why did you not slap me back when I kissed you?" he asked, tilting his head cutely. Sakura sighed and looked at him out of the corner of her eye.
"Well when you helped me out and held me when I was upset, I kinda realized what a great guy you are Naruto-kun." Naruto stumbled for a second; she had actually complimented him. And what was better, she had added the '-kun' suffix to his name.
"Well Sakura, I guess I should tell you a secret now since Hinata knows already; I don't really have a bloodline trait." Sakura's head snapped round and she stopped walking. "Then how..?" she didn't really need to finish the question.
Naruto frowned thinking of the best way to tell her, "Well you see these clothes I'm wearing, they're not really clothes." He explained. Sakura's eyebrows disappeared beyond her bangs at this little tidbit of information.
"There is a living creature called Venom who lives inside of me and does a whole lot of beneficial things for me." Sakura nodded slowly, indicating he go on.
Sakura sat down on the ground utterly stunned, that Venom creature made him a lot stronger a lot faster, taller, more muscular, gave him two stolen bloodline's and webs! Who knows what else it could do.
"Oh and there's four levels to it." Sakura threw him yet another questioning glance as he explained the symbiote's traits.
"Yeah, level one is when Venom is inside me not mimicking my clothes. This level just makes me faster and stronger than I should be. Level two is with the clothes. It's the same deal but even better. Level three is the almost the full suit (he's shown her the battle face) which gives me extreme attributes such as being able to lift five tonnes. Level four gives me maximum attributes such as being able to lift up to fifteen tonnes, and move as fast as Kakashi-sensei. But since I have next to no battle experience or taijutsu style, it isn't very helpful." Naruto admitted. Sakura nodded understandingly. She was grateful when Naruto simply sat next to her letting her adjust to it all. (A.N.: he hasn't told either of the girls about Kyuubi yet, afraid they'll hate him. (paranoid bastard))
Sakura had a lot to accept today. Firstly, Naruto was far stronger than Sasuke. Secondly, Sasuke was a self-obsessed asshole that was hell-bent on revenge. Thirdly, she now liked Naruto. And lastly, he had some sort of parasitical creature living inside him. She sighed; she still liked him and she was tired from using so much of her small chakra reserves today. She unintentionally fell against Naruto's shoulder and fell asleep.
Naruto smiled, he picked up Sakura bridal style, and took her to Tazuna's house. He then went of to train again.
Several hours later
A girl of about 14 years wandered through the woods picking herbs when she came across an unusual sight. A boy, only about a year younger than her, was lying passed out in the shade of a tree in nothing but a pair of shorts. She walked over to check on him, when she recongized him the young ninja who had hurt Zabuza. She reached forward; about to kill him despite how good he looked right now when something happened.
Inside Naruto's mind
Venom and Kyuubi whispered quietly while Naruto slept, his consciousness shut of from them while he was asleep. But still, they still didn't want to risk him waking up.
"What the hell are you doing Kyuubi?! That chick's gonna kill him all you're doing is forcing him into a deeper sleep, and sending out a shitload of those pheremones that he got from you! Listen fuzzy, if you're not gonna do anything I will!" Kyuubi chuckled sinsterly causing Venom to pause, confused.
"Just wait and watch Venom; if she attacks, then defend him. But just wait! I'm sorta doing the kid a favour..." Kyuubi trailed off and began to chuckle madly. Venom got supsicious of the perverted tone in the Kyuubi's chuckle as they watched the girl's next move. A lecherous, toothy grin crept onto the parasite's face as he realized what Kyuubi was planning.
LEMONY GOODNESS BEGINS! (not much, but it is a lemon)
The girl didn't know what to do. At first she was going to snap his neck, and then she was feeling him up. Her hands traced his chest, outlining all the muscles. At first she had dedected a strangely enticing smell, but it had gone. Now all she could think about was how good he looked, and how lucky she was that he was asleep. Her hands traced his shoulders and his face. He twitched slightly as her fingers stroked his whisker marks. she noticed with no small amount of glee that a lump had formed in his pants. 'His whiskers must be sensitive.' She thought. Her hands slowly traced down to the top of his pants, and she slowly unzipped them.
She grabbed his hardening cock with her left hand, and pulled down his pants with her right. She gasped in surprise, and licked her lips at the sight. He was big. She began to stroke him, getting noticeably wetter between her own legs. His cock soon went from semi-hard to rock hard and the girl was extremely eager. She felt like just ripping off her kimono and ravishing him right there, but she decided to save that for later. She licked the precum of the head of his dick, and slowly took him in her mouth. Her left hand pumped the base of his cock, while her right fondled his balls. Her head moved up and down over his crotch, her tongue playing around his head. She kept this up, eventually going deeper and deeper. She removed her left hand and took him to his base. She hummed quietly, and that was it; she felt him twitching in her mouth and throat. She quickly pulled back as he exploded in her mouth. She swallowed all of it eagerly, savouring the sweet taste of his seed. She sat back and covered him up. She quickly and daintily wiped her face with a small piece of cloth from a hidden pocket inside her kimono.
END OF LEMON, ALL PRICKS CAN KEEP READING.
She sighed, still not entirely sure what made her do something like that to someone. She didn't know, but she had a feeling (if you will) that told her she would do that again, but only to this boy. She had never done anything like that before. Ever. 'As pure as snow.' Zabuza had once told her. She wiped her face one last time, making sure everything was in order as she shook him awake. He woke quickly to her amazement, as he had gone through all she had done to him and hadn't woken. Utterly amazing.
Inside Naruto's mind
"Hehehe, I told you I was doing him a favour." Kyuubi grinned lecherously as he watched Venom chuckle like a certain perverted, white-haired Sannin.
"Kyuubi," Venom began while shaking his head, large red tongue swaying like a pendulum. "You are one sick, perverted son of a bitch."
"DAMN STRAIGHT!" The giant fox roared. Venom just laughed harder.
Outside
Naruto woke up from a really, really weird dream. He had dreamt he was a straw in someone's drink. He was shaken awake by a increadibly beautiful girl with a slightly flushed-looking face. For a split second, he thought he had died and gone to heaven. Unfortunately, his mouth moved faster than his brain.
"Are you an angel?" he murmured, before he clamped his jaws shut. The girl blushed and looked away to hide it.
"N-no. Are you okay? Why are you sleeping out here in your shorts? You could catch a cold or something." Naruto looked confused for a second then smacked his head. Before he really thought about it, he called upon Venom and he was suddenly dressed.
"Hehehe, see I'm fi… SHIT! That's supposed to be a secret." He saw the girl's confused and slightly frightened look. "My clothes are part of me." He explained. She nodded slowly, still looking a little wary.
"Oh by the way, what's your name?" Naruto asked her suddenly. She looked surprised and blushed profusely. For a split second, he thought she looked at his crotch and licked her lips. She quickly looked back up at his face.
"My name is Haku." She introduced herself. Naruto smiled warmly and held out his hand; looking for a handshake.
"My name is Uzumaki Naruto." Haku took his hand and shook it gently, blushing still. She forcibly reminded Naruto of Hinata.
"Why did you ask if I was an angel, Naruto?" he blushed as she dropped the bomb, and looked away.
"Well... umm... I kinda thought I'd died and you look like an angel." He stammered. He blushed and looked away. Naruto froze when he felt a pair of warm lips upon his cheek.
"Thank you Naruto-kun." the blushing girl whispered as he froze. 'Another one?' he thought. He smiled as he helped Haku gather some healing herbs. The two of them talked about how he was a ninja and how he wanted to protect his precious people. They continued talking until finally, Naruto dropped his own bomb.
"So Haku how's Zabuza doing?" he asked as casually as someone commenting on the weather. Haku looked at him in fear and started to reach for a hidden weapon.
"Don't worry, I'm not going to reveal you or hurt you. I couldn't do that; you're a friend." Haku looked both relieved and a little frightened at this so he continued. "As for how I know, you smell just like that oinin (hunter nin) that took Zabuza out. I can also smell Zabuza on you, although it's quite faint." she nodded slowly and smiled at him shyly. "So, why did you mention it?" she asked slowly. He looked at her searchingly apparently gauging her trustworthiness. He answered a moment later.
"Because I've read about Gato, and he's as corrupt and evil as he is short and arrogant. That means he will probably betray you, and I figured you might be able to convince Zabuza that you could join us in Konoha. The Hokage is basically my surrogate grandfather, so I should be able to convince him to let you two become part of Konoha." Naruto told the beautiful girl. Haku looked like she was about to cry in joy, but she shook it of and nodded furiously. "I will try." She whispered to him. She bent down and kissed him on the cheek which had both of them blushing and she left at a considerably fast pace.
Naruto laid back down for a few minutes, and got a small daydream running of her going down on him that was disturbingly realistic. He dismissed it quickly; he already had enough problems with Sakura realizing she had liked him, and Hinata wanting to confirm their status as boyfriend and girlfriend.
He got up and headed back to Tazuna's house.
The next morning Naruto woke up and groaned. First he had been berated by Sakura for spending all night in the forest. His crotch had felt funny; kind of lighter than usual all morning. Third, he had avoided Sasuke who seemed to want to learn how he was so strong. All he ended up doing was light sparring with Sakura to help her improve her taijutsu style. Naruto also started her on an exercise schedule that he designed. The schedule was designed to increase her overall speed and stamina quickly, without straining herself too much. Then he had to restrain himself from physically harming Inari, who said they where all going to die. He had also had the same dream of being a straw, and now Sakura wasn't looking at him anymore and kept wiping at her chin for some reason. Kakashi seemed to know what was going on, as he giggled even when he didn't have his book out.
Naruto was currently sparring with Sakura out in the woods. She had been improving quite a bit lately. They both seemed to be on even ground until he called for a halt.
"Okay I think that's enough for now. Let's rest for a little bit." he was nowhere near tired, but he was exerting himself more than he had before. Sakura was a fast learner after all. She flopped down on the ground and just sprawled out, panting heavily. He lay down next to her, not really breathing hard but not really wanting to continue as Sasuke was in the area. Sakura curled up next to him to rest. He began to once again ponder the weird things that where happening to him. He was having dreams of being a straw, or being sucked through a straw; he wasn't sure.
'Sucked through a straw, I've heard that before…wait…nah…yeah! Those Icha Icha books…but what could that mean? The dreams aren't dirty, but a guy had a dream like that in book six and it was because…no way…NO WAY…oh Kami-sama…Sakura and that Haku girl in the forest must have…DAMMIT, THEY COULD HAVE WAITED TILL I WAS AWAKE!' He mentally screamed. Inside his head, Kyuubi and Venom were laughing their asses off.
The entire time he had been running through this thought process, Sakura had been watching his face which changed emotions alarmingly quickly. They went from confusion, to a thoughtful frown, then panic, then surprise, and now anger.
"Naruto-kun, is something wrong?" she asked curiously. He looked at her a little surprised as if he'd forgotten she was there. He quickly blushed crimson and muttered quietly:
"I've been having weird dreams lately where I was a straw in someones drink." This was of course a calculated response, but Sakura didn't know that. Her jaw dropped and she blushed beet red as she made the connection. She tried to talk but it only came out as a splutter. Sakura looked at his face, then down to his crotch, and a small trail of red left her nose. Naruto narrowed his eyes suspiciously.
"Sakura, did you do something to me while I was asleep?" he asked as he gazed at her. Sakura sat up and looked like she was about to bolt, but he managed to grab her shoulders before she got up and ran. He pulled her back down, looking her right in the eyes.
"You did, didn't you?" he whispered, genuine shock on his face. She looked at the ground and nodded her head; his answer shocked her more than a Chidori (One Thousand Birds).
"Why didn't you wake me up? I missed out, and all I got was some weird dream!" Sakura looked at him in shock then grinned sheepishly and whispered "Next time." Naruto gave a very happy, obviously perverted, grin and settle back on the grass.
"How did you figure it out Naruto?" she asked curiously. He looked around warily, and grinned sheepishly as he scratched at the back of his head.
"Well, I've kind of read the Icha Icha books Kakashi-sensei reads…WAIT…before you beat me up; I've got to explain something: Kage Bunshins are special in more than one way. Not only are they solid and intelligent, they can learn things, and stuff they learn gets transferred to me when they're dispelled. And I had a whole bunch of them at the library to learn all about chakra control, history, and stuff like that. I guess some of them read the Icha Icha books and I got the info, so that's how I know." Naruto explained. Sakura gave him a skeptical, disbelieving look.
"Okay, prove it! Make a Kage Bunshin and get it to follow me." She instructed. Naruto did so, and the Bunshin followed her.
A few minutes later, she came back minus the Bunshin.
"Well? What did I do?" she asked him, with her hands on her hips. Naruto looked at her and blushed furiously.
"You flashed the clone." he told her. Sakura's jaw dropped. She hadn't really believed him, and thus had felt safe flashing the clone, even though she had sucked him off last night while he was sleeping. She blushed and found it difficult to look him in the eyes again.
"Looks like we both got something to look forward to, eh?" he asked her. She looked at him in alarm and fainted. He chuckled to himself as he lifted her up, carried her back to Tazuna's house and put her in her designated bed. He then went to train once again.
This time was different however; when Sasuke tried to follow him, he tied him up with webs and made his get away. When he was a few miles from the house, he pulled out the Venom suit, and quickly learned its drawbacks. While making him more powerful, he became more aggersive and sadistic. Where he would normally knock someone out quickly, he'd beat them to a pulp while using the symbiote's power. Where he would temporarily disable a person normally, he would permanetly cripple them while in the Venom suit. He sighed glumly; he would have to use this form against enemies, only not in sparing.
Kakashi had been watching Naruto training Sakura. it was interesting Sakura's taijutsu technique was text book academy style; absolutely flawless, yet also almost useless. Sasuke had the Uchiha style of taijutsu down almost perfectly, but Naruto was a bit of a mystery: He was a brawler. His style of fighting was fluid and random. There were no set stances. It was mostly attack, then attack again, and repeat. It was essentially a useless style for most shinobi, but shinobi like Naruto who used it to perfection almost made it a taijutsu style in itself; completely adaptable, completely unpredictable, and absolutely the worst kind of taijutsu style for a Sharingan user to face. He sighed; even if he told Sasuke, which he had admittedly tried to, the arrogant little shit believed that just because he was an Uchiha he could beat anyone eventually by copying their jutsus. However that wouldn't work against Naruto. Kakashi hadn't mentioned it, but he had noticed that not only did Naruto have increadibly physical speed and strength; his clothes somehow blocked the Sharingan from copying his moves.
He sighed again. Naruto was evasive and good at it too. Sasuke had been tailing him in the hopes of learning something, but each time he had either gotten lost and been found and brought back by Kakashi, or tied up in a complex and ingenious trap that took him several hours to get out of. Kakashi supposed that life as a prankster had taught him good trap making and stealth skills. It was easy to see who else, but a damm stealthy son of a bitch could have painted the Hokage monument in broad daylight. He sighed again and went to find Sasuke who had no doubt been tied up by now.
Naruto sat down, a little winded. He'd trained in taijutsu with his clones, and trained chakra control for a bit. And at the moment, he was utterly stumped on what to do. Fortunately, Venom helped him out. While still holding back massive amounts of the information gleaned from the library raid, he did leak in lots of low level techniques and kept on leaking them. Naruto naturally felt this happening and smiled inwardly. Thanking Venom, he got to work.
He created several hundred Kage Bunshins to practice different techniques while he sat and did a rather simple yet hard task. The simple part was the idea seal-less jutsu. He could make Kage Bunshins with some concentration and thought. It only took about five seconds now, but he still couldn't do it in a split second. Those five seconds could cost him his life. He also figured if he got this simple jutsu like Kawarimi and Henge, fighting would be a snap. He practiced, and practiced, and practiced some more. It was only when he was nearly collapsing from exhaustion that he got it down. He managed to drag himself back to Tazuna's place in time for dinner.
He sat down, looking utterly exhausted. It didn't really help that Sakura was smirking into her plate as her foot glided up and down his thigh (sitting opposite him obviously). She however, didn't get the desired reaction; he was simply too tired. However, luck wasn't with him and a demon had decided to fuck up his life…its name was Inari.
"Why do you train so hard, you're just all going to die!" Inari stated. His tone was angry, but you could almost see the desperation and pain coming of the kid in waves. Naruto smirked.
"Yeah, whatever kid. I'm not going to go out like that until I achieve my dreams." Naruto answered calmly. Inari looked at him, the corners of his eyes were becoming moist. Soon the tears would flow.
"What do you know of pain you idiot? What do you know of suffering?" Inari ranted. He was about to continue, but almost fell of his chair as Naruto, who had been lounging back and looking up at the ceiling with his hands behind his head, snapped forward and slammed his hands into the table with a snarl. Not the normal human kind of snarl which is a warning but still kind of pathetic. This was a deep, menacing, feral, snarl. In a word: monstrous.
"What do I know of suffering?" the Konoha shinobi blinked as Naruto's voice deepened, and for a split second, seemed to have another voice overlapping it.
"You know nothing of my pain kid. you had parents, and you still have them. I've had no one. Until recently, I've been alone my whole FUCKING LIFE!" he seemed to get control of himself as his voice lost its growling quality but was replaced by a deep, cold, calm that had Inari shaking even more than the growl. "You're pathetic you runt. I've suffered more pain than you can imagine, all for something I couldn't control. And you know what? Did I turn out like you; a sniveling little brat? No, I didn't. I picked myself up, I stopped crying, I became strong, and I found a reason to be strong. And if you still think I'm an idiot and that I'm going to die, you can go fuck yourself." and with that he stood up, and walked up the stairs to his room.
Inari stared at where Naruto had been for almost twenty seconds before he broke down crying and ran to his room. The others sat stunned. The silence was broken by Tazuna, who asked in a quiet subdued voice:
"Is it true what he said?" Kakashi sighed and rubbed the bridge of his nose.
"Yes its true. Naruto has been through things that would drive adults mad. It's incredible that he's still sane. It's utterly amazing that he's turned out to be the person that he is; so forgiving and caring. Unfortunately, this has also led him to despise people who wallow in their own suffering and believe they are the only ones who've suffered, as you can see." Kakashi explained. Tazuna sighed, and held his head in his hands while both Sakura and Tsunami cried quietly.
"That's just the tip of the iceberg." all heads snapped towards Kakashi. "When the Kyuubi died, many people had so much hate and grief unspent with no where to go. And Naruto was born that day, shortly after the fox had died and he had those whisker-like birth marks. That was enough; he became the village scapegoat. They tried to have him killed multiple times." Kakashi looked down at his plate to avoid the horrfied looks. "Not even the Hokage rightly knows how many times people have tried to kill Naruto, villagers and shinobi alike. He heals at a phenominal rate; minor wounds take seconds to heal. He would survive anything not immediately fatal without so much as a scar. However, this gift is a curse, just one more piece of evidence that he is the kyuubi for the villagers. All I know for sure is that he's been living by himself since he was six." Kakashi paused to inhale.
"He was kicked out of the orphanage when most orphans are given homes of their own at age 12. I do however know he was almost killed five times in his first month of life." Tsunami and Sakura where now openly sobbing, and Tazuna had tears leaking out of his eyes. Sasuke however just sat and stared straight ahead, paler than usual a look of utter shock on his face. "There have been people looking after him, and there are those that tried to help him. I myself tried to adopt him, but by the time I knew of his plight he was eight and liked living on his own. That boy knows strength. He is truly strong to suffer so much and come out with a smile, ready to protect a village which has shunned him all his life. No one else I know could have done it."
With that said, Kakashi stood and went outside, leaving four very shocked people behind. Sakura did the only thing she could; she got up and ran to Naruto's room.
Naruto was very shocked to see a sobbing Sakura throw open the door, rush in, tackle him to his bed, and start crying into his chest. He comforted the crying girl as best he could by hugging her, stroking her back, kissing her hair and forehead, the works. He knew he would get his answers soon. She finally stopped crying but didn't move.
"Sakura-chan, why where you crying?" Sakura looked at him and this seemed to bring fresh tears to her eyes.
"Kakashi-sensei told us-us a-a-about how the villagers thing you're the K-K-Kyuubi, even though it's dead." Sakura choked out. She started to cry again, not noticing the fear in Naruto's eyes. She had to know.
"Sakura," he said sharply, bringing her head up "sensei didn't tell you the whole truth." she looked confused and even more concerned "The Kyuubi never died. No mortal man could kill it. What the Yondaime did was seal it away." Naruto swallowed at her fearful look. "He sealed it in me; that's why the villagers hate me." Sakura stared at him for so long, he thought she was going to run. But just when he was about to start crying, she kissed him.
The kiss didn't deepen into anything passionate; it was just a sweet, tender, comforting kiss. When they broke up, Naruto uttered a single sentence that made Sakura kiss him again: "Thank you for not hating me." The couple kissed for a while but eventually settled down, and fell asleep in each others arms.
The next day
Kakashi limped slightly while following Tazuna, a brooding Uchiha and a glaring Sakura followed behind him. Teasing Sakura about finding her sleeping on top of Naruto had seemed like fun at the time. He wasn't entirely sure how she moved fast enough to get close to him, but he caught her before she kicked him in the nuts. She then stamped on his foot, distracting him and then kicked him in the nuts. And then she slugged him in the face, blackening his one visible eye. Naruto had been left behind, still sleeping like a log due to exhaustion. Kakashi looked up from his musings; a mist had started to roll in 'aww crap.' He thought.
Naruto woke up to a scream. He was still dressed, though it was rumpled from not only being slept in but slept on. He sat bolt upright and heard another scream, he was gone in a flash.
Inari was crying, but he stood defiant as he rushed forward to save his mother. But just before the thugs' blades fell, the blades where yanked away and Naruto arrived. Unfortunately, the thugs pulled out small combat knives. Naruto pulled two kunai out and threw them by simple reflex. The thugs where dead before they knew what hit them. the knives drawing blood from their throats. Inari stared and the vision, but was soon hidden from him by his mother while Naruto burned their bodies with a simple Katon jutsu. He looked over at Inari and made his decision.
"Inari, you did good. I'm sorry for what I said yesterday; you are brave. You saved your mother. Your father would be proud of you." Inari started to tear up, but he wiped his eyes and nodded at Naruto, who simply nodded back and was gone in a blink.
AT THE BRIDGE
Kakashi was a little freaked out; he knew Zabuza and the oinin where in the mist somewhere, but they hadn't attacked or revealed themselves yet. They seemed to be waiting for someone. They didn't have to wait long.
Kakashi sighed as Naruto arrived and skidded to a stop. To his surprise, a voice rang out of the mist.
"'Bout time you got here runt, I'm here to see if your offer is for real." Kakashi's eyes widened, as he had uncovered his Sharingan.
"What offer would this be Naruto hmm?" Kakashi asked, looking at his blonde student. Naruto had the deceny to look ashamed.
"Sorry Kakashi-sensei, but I kind of made an offer with Haku over there that I could talk to the Hokage to see if they could join Konoha. And obviously they're interested, or Haku is very persuasive." he smiled sheepishly and turned to Zabuza.
"Yeah, I guess it is for real. And if you can't be accepted, I know for sure that the Hokage will let you have safe passage outside of Fire country, but he will accept Haku for sure, since she isnt actually a missing nin." Naruto explained. Zabuza nodded, clearly expecting this. He lifted the mist, but froze when he heard a familiar voice call out.
"Well, well Zabuza, it's so sad that you betrayed me. But since I was going to kill you anyways it doesn't matter too much." Said a snide voice. The group turned and saw a short, fat, rather disgusting man surrounded by at least two hundred thugs. Zabuza narrowed his eyes dangerously.
"Gato." He snarled, gripping his huge cleaver tighter. The thugs laughed, obviously underestimating the ninja.
"Hey Zabuza, Kakashi-sensei what we gonna do about these guys?" asked Naruto as he fingered a kunai in an almost loving manner.
"Hey Zabuza, you're some demon. I'm gonna have you killed, then I'm gonna have some fun with that little whore of yours before I give her to my men." Gato taunted confidently. Zabuza growled and was about to charge when Naruto appeared in front of him.
"They're mine." the voice and tone the kid used was a little frightening; it was so cold and calm, yet held a hidden malice barely being contained. Zabuza's, Kakashi's and Haku's eyes widened when Naruto made a single hand sign, and a light mist appeared. The first thing the three noticed was that it merely blocked their sight. Kakashi yelled out for Sasuke and Sakura to protect the bridge builder, while they left the mist to help Naruto.
However he didn't need help, they left the mist and froze in shock. Naruto was no longer in sight, but some thing was attacking the thugs. The creature was black all over, except for a demonic looking spider on the back. It turned towards them, and Kakashi gasped. Zabuza barely held in one, and Haku cried out in terror. The beast had large, white slanted eyes, and a huge smiling mouth filled with enormous, razor sharp teeth. A long tongue protruded between its jaws, waving back and forth. It appeared to be salivating heavily; the demonic spider design was repeated on the front of the creature. The beast seemed to smile at them before it once again used its claws to tear apart an enemy.
Haku had begun to suspect this creature was Naruto, while Kakashi and Zabuza thought it was some weird summon. Soon after all the screams and war cries ended, all that was left was Gato and the creature. The creature grabbed Gato, and gestured for them to approach, they did so. When they where within ten feet, the beast's face seemed to melt revealing Naruto's face beneath it.
"What the fuck?" was Zabuza's fitting question.
Naruto smiled at them the black substance covering his skin reverting to his original clothes, "I'll explain in a second. I've got to do something first" he turned to Gato and whispered something that had Kakashi and Zabuza quaking in their boots, or ninja sandals:
"Mangekyo Sharingan" Gato looked into Narutos eyes and he whispered something else. "Tsukuyomi" Gato began to scream, and then he fainted. Naruto merely lifted him and threw him over the side of the bridge to drown.
"Uhh okay, I repeat; what the fuck?" Zabuza said again. Naruto for a moment turned, burning Sharingan eyes with a spider web pattern in them on the people watching him, he blinked and they where gone.
"Well, the creature you saw is part of me. It is a symbiotic life form that lives inside of me. In fact, my clothes are made out of it. The symbiote makes me stronger, faster, the whole deal. It also does a lot of other things too." and with that, he quickly explained everything that he knew about Venom, Kyuubi, and about how he upgraded the Sharingan. This obviously left Kakashi and Zabuza dumbfounded at the kind of power Naruto had, and answered a whole host of questions. Meanwhile, Haku was just watching Naruto and smiling dreamily. The two Jounin disposed of the bodies, and walked back to the other three they left behind through the clearing mist.
The other three where talking to the villagers who had arrived a bit too late. Kakashi explained that he, Zabuza, and Naruto had taken care of Gato and his men. They soon walked back to Tazuna's house while Zabuza and Haku went of with Naruto to take all they could from Gato's base of operations.
Naruto smiled as he sealed millions of ryou into several scrolls. He separated the scrolls into even piles, and gave one pile to Zabuza, one to Haku, one to himself, and one for the people of Wave Country. They soon collected all the money and their possessions from their own base, and met Kakashi and the rest of team 7 on the road back to Konoha. Naruto had sent a Bunshin with the Wave share of the money to Tazuna. The now bigger group walked along, with scattered conversation.
Sakura was currently getting to know Haku. "So what made you decide to come to Konoha?" she asked the older girl. Haku thought about her answer before sighing.
"Well, I became a ninja for Zabuza-san, but I don't like hurting or deceiving or doing sneaky dishonest things to others, so I want to become an Iryounin (medical ninja)." Haku answered. Naruto looked over at her and snorted loudly.
"This coming from a girl who sucks guys off in their sleep?" he blurted out. Everyone froze at this, and Haku looked down at the ground blushing maroon. A yell from Sakura broke the awkward silence.
"YOU TOO!?" the pink-haired girl yelled. Haku looked up in shock, Sakura looked at the others faces, Naruto was chuckling to himself while Sasuke looked utterly shocked. Kakashi seemed to be smiling and fingering his back pouch. Zabuza was shaking his head.
"I knew it was a bad thing when Haku started reading Icha Icha Paradise." He muttered, pinching his nose and shaking his head. Haku blushed again and looked down, but looked up again as Naruto put a hand around both hers and Sakura's waists, smiling at them both. Meanwhile, Kakashi had started to talk to Zabuza about their favorite book series.
"I love scene six in book seven where those three girls are going down on Zaku and how there's one on each…" they trailed of as they realized the two girls where glaring at them, while Naruto was slowly backing away, Sasuke following him.
"Oh shit" they said in unison. Zabuza ran like a bat out of hell. Kakashi, not knowing how dangerous Haku was, stayed put and gave an eye smile. Naruto was running for his life, Sasuke beside him when a terror and pain filled scream echoed through the forest, followed by a ripping sound. The two boys looked at each other, gulped, and ran faster.
Naruto sighed after consoling Kakashi who insisted on a funeral for his book. Somehow, both Zabuza and Kakashi ended up wearing funeral clothes which came out of nowhere as the book was covered over by Sasuke. After saying a prayer, the group got moving again, and soon the gates of Konoha where in sight.
Phew that took a while. Thanks to Dirty Reid-sama for beta reading this, and I hope you enjoyed the jokes and all other scenes. Anyway, either the next chapter for this or the first chapter for a new story will be coming out soon. Until then, Ja Ne
Oh Updated Harem List please read this I hate it when people vote for those already on it
Temari
Tenten
Tayuya
Hinata
FemHaku
Anko (will be 17 in this fic)
Sakura (I know a lot of peope hate her but I like so I'm sorry)
Ino (undecided)
Kin(undecided give me some reasons people)
