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U-RAT
It was early morning in Konoha. And Naruto had woken up from his sleep. He didn't want to get up and was lying motionlessly in his bed. Staring at the ceiling.
Thoughts were consuming him. Millions of it.
Then he sat up in his bed abruptly. And started ruffling his hair with both his hands.
"aaaahhhhh………..crazy dumb stupid not leaving me alone emotions. Why can't my life been a bit simpler? Why can't I have a normal life like everyone else? Why did I have to fall in love with her? Why did she have to love him?" he said out loud.
"this is not helping. If lie here these thoughts are going to kill me."
He got out his bed and stood near the window. Looking out he inhaled the fresh morning air.
"Another beautiful day in Konoha and I can't even enjoy it properly" he said to himself.
A growl came from his stomach. He rubbed his stomach with his hands.
"Time to eat ramen" he chuckled.
Ramen - his first true love. It brought him happiness no matter what. One large bowl of ramen was all it took to wipe out all of his worries. The timeframe during which he would be eating his precious ramen was the only time he would not be thinking of anything. His mind and heart would be concentrated only on one thing. And that was eating ramen. That deep was his love for ramen.
After 2 minutes of impatiently waiting for the ramen to cook. He transferred it carefully to a bowl making sure that not a drop is wasted. It was his precious after all.
He sat down in his dining table and looked at his bowl ramen. He had genuine smile of pure pleasure. "Itidakimasu" he shouted. And started savoring his ramen.
Naruto had finished his breakfast and changed into his training outfit and was walking towards his training ground. His morning ritual had begun. The first step of his morning ritual was over. The second was about to begin.
This morning ritual of his started with eating a light but good home made breakfast. That was the first step. The second step involved training. Rigorous training for four hours straight. Then the third and the final step. Eating ramen at Ichiraku's. If it starts with ramen it has to end with ramen. That was Naruto's belief.
He arrived at his training ground. It was in the outskirts of Konoha. And far from any residential area. It was surrounded by a thick cover of trees. It was perfect for Naruto. No one except the ANBU, the Hokage and his team knew about this place.
"Perfect for going all out" he thought to himself
He stood at the edge of the training ground looking at the damaged ground and fallen trees. That was the consequence of training and sparring without holding back. Then he saw a green blur running around the edges of the training ground. Then the green blur stopped next to him.
"YOSH!!! NARUTO KUN YOU HAVE FINALLY ARRIVED. I AM ABOUT TO COMPLETE MY MORNING JOG. SEE YOU SOON" Saying that the man in green spandex disappeared.
"Fuzzy brows" Naruto chuckled.
"Naruto san" he heard a voice from behind. He turned around to see the rest of his team walking towards him.
U-RAT - Uzumaki Reconnaissance and Assault Team. That's what he named it. That was his team.
"trust Naruto to come up with funny but meaningful names" Tsunade had said laughing.
"stupid old hag"thought Naruto.
He looked at his teammates. He was proud of them. Each one of them.
His team was originally formed on Naruto's request (constant nagging and persistence as Tsunade had put it) to find and retrieve Sasuke. And also to find information about Akatsuki's movements and to eliminate them one by one. He was also given the freedom to choose his own teammates. With the help of Shikamaru he had chosen his team mates.
The team was to specialize in infiltration, interrogation, assault and stealth. So Shikamaru decided a six man team would be perfect.
The team consisted of Hyuuga Hanabi, Ino, Akina, Kenji, Naruto and Lee.
Even though the primary purpose for which the team was made had been fulfilled. Tsunade and the council decided not to disband the team due its high efficiency rate especially in stealth missions.And also due to the fact that Akatsuki still hadn't been fully destroyed.
"Fuzzy brows has already started huh" asked a smirking Hanabi.
"Hanabi, you shouldn't talk about Lee kun like that" said Akina whose eyes were following the green blur.
"what's your problem spandex lover" said a frowning Hanabi.
Akina blushed and twitched at the same time "what did you call me you little hyuuga twerp"
Akina started forming seals with her hands and seeing that Hanabi activated her byakuugan.
"Bring it on spandex lover" cried Hanabi and took her battle stance. An aggravated Akina had finished her hand seals and cried "katon: goukakyuu no jutsu (Fire Element: Grand Fireball Technique)"
Realising what was coming Hanabi cried "hakkesho kaiten (Eight Trigram Palms Heavenly Spin)"
Before the fireball could reach Hanabi, a voice shouted "Doton: Doryuheki (Earth Element: Earth Style Wall)" and a huge wall made of mud stood between them and the fireball dissipated after hitting the wall.
"Stop it you two" came an authoritative voice. Both of them looked towards the origin of the sound and saw Kenji who clearly looked angry.
"If you want to finish off each other do it in the training grounds and away from us" he said.
Both of them looked at him and said together "sorry Kenji san".
"Leave them be Kenji" said a smiling Naruto and kept his hand on Kenji's shoulder.
"Yea Kenji you spoilt the fun" said a laughing Ino who was clearly amused by the sight in front of her.
Then the green blur which was the cause of the little fight came to a halt near Naruto and cried "YOSH!!! WHAT SEEMS TO BE THE PROBLEM HERE MY FELLOW YOUTHS. I ROCK LEE, THE GREEN BEAST OF KONOHA WILL SORT OUT ALL YOUR WORRIES" and gave his thumbs up smiling.
Ino, Naruto, Kenji and Hanabi sweat dropped. Akina blushed.
"spandex lover…….nice name Hanabi" said a chuckling Naruto and winked at Akina, who face was red all over and wanted to clearly beat the crap out of Hanabi.
Akina just managed to mutter "I…I….think I'll go train" and started to run towards the training ground.
Lee who didn't have a clue what was going on just looked at Akina running and shouted "AKINA SAN I SHALL JOIN YOU IN YOUR YOUTHFUL ENDEAVOURS" and ran off behind her.
The rest of them were laughing their heads off. Even Kenji had a smile in his face.
"I still don get it….what does Akina see in him" said Ino tryin to wipe her tears which had come out because of all the uncontrollable laughters.
"I guess his youthful nature" smirked Naruto.
They were all standing in the middle of the training ground.
"okay guys today we'll to day our usual routine" said Naruto looking at his teammates. Who just nodded at their captain.
He then started forming seals and said "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu (Shadow Clone Technique)"
With him stood four more Narutos. He looked at his clones and said "you guys know what to do"
"hai" replied the clones in unison.
The Naruto clones started sparring with Ino, Lee, Akina and Hanabi. Only Naruto and Kenji were left.
Naruto took his battle stance and looked at Kenji "Let's spar shall we"
"Of course Naruto san" said Kenji taking out his katana from the back.
(4 hours later)
"Naruto san you shouldn't be so impatient while fighting. Always save your best techniques for the last" said Kenji looking at Naruto who was dusting of all the dirt and leaves form his dress.
"why not use my best techniques in the beginning and finish off the fight sooner than later…..huh Kenji?"
"what's the fun in finishing off the enemy so fast" said Kenji expressionlessly.
"you are a sadist you know that" Naruto said looking him.
"that's your point of view" he replied..
"yea whatever……Iam hungry" said Naruto rubbing his stomach.
"let's go guys, It's ramen time" he shouted and started running towards Ichiraku's.
"NARUTO KUN WAIT FOR ME!!!" shouted Lee and ran behind him.
"hey why don't you follow your boyfriend in his youthful endeavors" smirked Hanabi looking at Akina.
Akina's face turned red with anger and was about to pounce on Hanabi when Ino came in between them "hey Hanabi stop it….or do you want me to spill out your secret crush on ke..."
"okay okay I'll stop teasing her" said Hanabi cutting in who was blushing furiously.
"oh … k so Hanabi has a crush on….." trailed off Akina looking at Kenji who was walking behind Naruto and Lee, muttering curses towards his two team mates ahead.
"Oh yea" smiled Ino mischievously.
When Kenji and girls arrived at Ichiraku's, Naruto and Lee had already finished their second bowl and were ordering their third bowl.
They went inside and Ino sat next to Naruto, Akina sat next to Lee and Kenji and Hanabi sat in the corner. Akina was still smiling mischievously at Hanabi.
They all ordered their food and were discussing about their training session.
Naruto noticed Akina smirking at Hanabi who in turn was blushing and glaring at Akina at the same time. He then looked at Ino and said "so u told Akina about Hanabi's crush on Kenji huh?"
Ino laughed "yea, you should have seen Hanabi's face"
Naruto laughed.
Lee overheard them and shouted "HANABI-SAN LIKES KENJI-SAN??. GAI SENSEI YOU WERE RIGHT. THE SPRINGTIME OF YOUTH HAS FINALLY COME"
Hearing this Naruto, Akina and Ino burst out laughing, while Hanabi started eating her ramen furiuosly whose face was red, because of anger or due to blushing no one knew. Kenji just managed a weak smile, was clearly embarassed and was glaring at Lee who just smiled and gave his thumbs up to him.
Naruto who was still laughing looked at his teammates and thought.
"Iam going to miss all this"
Author's Notes - Finally one more chapter up. I hope you guys like it. Plz keep ur reviews coming.
Character Information -
Age description - Naruto, Sakura, Sasuke, Ino, Lee are all 18yrs old.
All of the above except Sasuke are Jounins. Sasuke is not a Jounin yet, for obvious reasons.
Hyuuga Hanabi - She is a chunnin and is 14yrs old. She is in U-RAT because of her byakuugan. And the also because Naruto was her Jounin teacher when she became a genin.
Akina - She is 18yrs old. And is an ANBU medic and is considered one of the best on field medics. She is also a ninjutsu specialist.
Kenji - He is also 17 yrs old , is a jounin and is a former ANBU. He specialises in infiltration. He is a kenjutsu and ninjutsu expert.
Now U-RAT as specified in the story was mainly created for infiltration, interrogation, assault and stealth.
So Hanabi's byakuugan gives the team their stealth. Ino's mind switch and mind control technique makes her an interrogation specialist, Akina is their medic, Kenji their infiltration specialist and Naruto and Lee for assault and strike.
Anyways till next time
Cheers.
