Naruto: Return From Darkness
"Kyuubi speaking"
Thoughts
"Speaking"
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Hiro found Team Ten, rescued them and now they are resting in Kumo.
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One Week Later…
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Hiro rose, from his bed and started doing his stretches. Once he was finished he put on his trademark black scarf and walked out into his main room.
"Oy, get up." Hiro said, tiredly opening the shades and exposing the sun.
"Mmm, five more minutes…" Ino whined, turning away from the sun.
"Come on Ino, or you won't get to train with Hiro today." Asuma chirped and then whispered, "And not see Hiro's bare chest sweating."
At that Ino sprang up and joined her teammates at the front door. Hiro opened the door, allowing the Genin to pass him by, before leaping forward himself.
Ten minutes later, Hiro landed in the clearing he and the Konoha ninja had been using for training.
"For our warm up today, you three will all attack me, using your team work and try and hit me this time." Hiro instructed lazily.
The three weaker ninja got into their combat stances and prepared to attack the beast before them. Choji inflated into a ball and shouted, "Human Bullet Tank!" Charging at Hiro, Shikamaru and Ino got into formation for their ultimate combo.
Hiro smirked, Their teamwork is getting better… Hiro thought.As Choji neared him, he simply held up one hand, in opposition to the speeding, hulking mass before him.
Choji didn't slow down; he just stopped, not budging Hiro an inch. Hiro closed his eyes, used his other hand to do a handstand, and flipped up onto Choji's massive body.
Shikamaru used Choji's distraction to use his trademark jutsu, "Shadow Imitation Jutsu." Shikamaru whispered. Shikamaru's shadow danced from his location in the shade of a tree, across the clearing, up Choji's body and went in for Hiro's own shadow. As Shikamaru's jutsu seized Hiro's use of his body, Hiro remained motionless.
This was too easy… Shikamaru thought to himself, concentrating on the battle at hand.
Suddenly, Hiro took a single step, then another, until he jumped off of Choji's body, landing in front of Shikamaru.
"As I thought, if you're strong enough, you can easily break through it." Hiro spoke to himself.
"Now, Shikamaru and Ino your turn to attack me with all you got." Hiro motioned with his hand for them to, come at him.
Shikamaru, not wasting a second, jumped up and threw a kunai with an explosive tag attached to it at Hiro's feet.
Landing behind the row of trees, that Ino was hiding behind, Shikamaru turned to Ino. Shielding himself from the explosion, Shikamaru spoke quietly, "The only chance we have at hitting him, is if we work together." Shikamaru took a peek passed the tree, to look at Hiro. The fire from the explosion danced around his legs, but he didn't have a scratch on him.
"You'll have to do better than that…" Hiro spoke seriously, his eyes like knives.
"The only chance we have is to attack him head on, it'll surprise him." Ino spoke quietly.
"No, we need a plan. How about this, you go out and distract him for, at least 30 seconds, I'll get Choji and you attach one of these to that tree there." Shikamaru instructed, handing Ino a small contraption on a wire and pointing to a tree diagonal from their location. "I'll give the other one to Choji and tell him to attach it, there." Shikamaru said, pointing to another tree across from the one he told Ino to go to. "Wait for my signal, and then get out of the clearing alright?" Ino stood up, cracking her knees and said, "On it, Shikamaru!" Before jumping back into the clearing.
Shikamaru rose, walked around the trunk of the tree he had been using as cover, and placed the small, contraption on the trunk of the tree. He turned to face the direction Choji was in and slinked away. Meanwhile, Ino was doing her best against the insurmountable wall that was Hiro Tatsumi.
She noticed the same thing every time he fought one of them, he never attacked, just defense. She would jump up for a roundhouse kick to the side of his head, and he would just block it with his fore arm. She would drop low to kick his ankles and knock him over, and he would simply pick up his toe to stop her attack.
Jumping back a few feet to catch her breath, Ino looked around for Shikamaru and Choji, but they were nowhere to be seen. She looked to the top of the trees and finally saw the pineapple hairdo that was a trademark of Shikamaru. He nodded at her and she dove back behind the line of trees, anxious to see what Shikamaru's final attack would be.
Shikamaru made a hand seal and his shadow began slithering away. It danced its way to the center point of the three trees, right next to Hiro, he just watched with curiosity. It formed a hand and grabbed the wire that was connected between the three contraptions, almost invisible to the naked eye. Pulling forcefully, the three trees began falling towards Hiro. This action setoff Shikamaru's little toys, and they all exploded, sending white light to the center point, where Hiro was.
Shikamaru focused on the destruction below him before Ino asked, "Did we get him?" Shikamaru just looked over at her, and opened his mouth to say something, but was cut off by a shadow hanging over them.
There, steaming after being exposed to the harsh temperatures was Hiro.
"You guys lose this time, but this was still a good try." Hiro spoke encouragingly.
"Why are you so strong?" Choji asked, hoping to find out some new information about the mysterious man.
"I have a good master…" Hiro said, stopping any further discussion.
"You can say that again, boy!" The Kyuubi chuckled.
Hiro sighed mentally before turning back to the Genin.
"Your Sensei is probably expecting you back about now, so let's get going!" Hiro barked, sending the ninjas jumping away.
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As they sprinted, Ino looked over at the man that she had grown a small crush for the week they had been there.
"Hiro, where is your family?" Ino asked quizzically.
Hiro paused for a second before speaking barely audible, "My parents… were killed the day I was born… they died, protecting me…" Hiro looked into Ino's eyes and for the first time Ino saw something that she had never seen so powerfully from someone before, sadness. And just as soon as it came, it was gone and Hiro's eyes hardened again.
"We're almost there, Ino, come on." Hiro spoke quickly, speeding up his pace.
Ino sighed before running a bit quicker too.
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"Thank you for taking care of us, while I healed up, Hiro." Asuma said sincerely.
"No, no, it was my pleasure, your kids really grew on me." Hiro chuckled, shaking Asuma's hand.
"You'll come visit us right?" Ino asked, looking at Hiro hopefully.
"I'm guarding the Raikage during the Chunin Exams which is in Konoha, so I'll see you then, yeah?" Hiro asked, smiling.
"Alright I'll see you there!" Ino said excitedly.
"Bye!" The Konoha ninja said loudly, before jumping away into the trees.
Well that was fun while it lasted… Hiro thought to himself, walking back to his home.
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Next chapter, Hiro's going to Konoha!
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