Behind words
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. But I do own a lot of people in LOL. That's league of legends for other people.
Ok. Again. Its me. Thanks for the reviews guys. Also I hit the 1k mark in hits! Yey for me. So anyways, a usual. The authors note up here is before I start writing the chapter. So, on with the show.
Bijuu/Partial demon talking
Jutsu
Thinking
Bijuu/partial demon thinking
Talking
"Ugh. My head." Naruto woke up in a daze. He suddenly remembered he was practicing his new jutsu. His eyes snapped open, he quickly sat up. And all he saw were white walls everywhere.
"Ah, Naruto-kun you're awake." Naruto turned his head to see the hokage sitting by his bed. Naruto raised his eyebrows.
"Oji-san. Where am I? What happened? I was training and then. I don't know. Something happened." Naruto asked in confusion. Sarutobi only looked at the boy with a serious face.
"Naruto-kun, did you see who attacked you? Was it a Konoha shinobi?" Sarutobi asked with seriousness. Naruto just looked at the elder man with confusion.
"Attacked me? Oji-san what are you talking about? I was only practicing the jutsu I made." Naruto explained. Sarutobi just looked at the boy with a gaping mouth.
"Wh-what did you say?" Sarutobi asked. Not believing his ears.
"I made a new jutsu. And I was practicing how to use it." Naruto stated. The old man nearly fell over and died with a heart attack. But he regained his composure.
"Naruto-kun, you suffered extreme chakra loss and exhaustion. You're telling me that happened because of a jutsu you invented?" The old hokage asked. Not wanting to believe a boy at the age of 13 invented an S-class jutsu.
"Oji-san I don't want to repeat myself. So just look at my notebook." Naruto stated. He quickly checked his pockets and noticed he didn't have any. His cloths had been replaced with a normal patients gown. He sighed, how he hated hospitals.
"Oji-san, how long have I been here?" Naruto asked. The older man replied.
"About 2 days Naruto-kun. You see why I don't believe you made that jutsu? I know you have kage level chakra reserves. And you suffered chakra exhaustion. Now Naruto-kun, I don't want you using that jutsu again, not only is it dangerous to its owner, but it causes unnecessary damage to the area around the user. It may harm innocent civilians and even you're allies and friends. Do you understand Naruto?" Sarutobi asked with seriousness. Naruto just looked at him and smiled.
"If I can hurt my friends with that jutsu, then I won't use it, only as a last resort." Naruto said smiling. Sarutobi smiled back.
"I'm glad you understand Naruto-kun." He said as he stood up and headed for the door. Naruto started muttering about something, Sarutobi heard, "Hospital" and "Hate" and also "Hiei and Nabi". He grabbed the knob and opened the door.
"Also Naruto-kun, if I find out that you try to escape the hospital again and you're not fully healed. I will personally put you back." Sarutobi warned Naruto. Who only gulped in fear. The old man closed the door. Leaving Naruto all alone. He suddenly heard someone by the window. Turning to it, he didn't see anything.
'Must be my imagination.' He thought. He sighed and heard the door opening. He turned to see teams 7 and 10 enter. Kakashi had Hiei and Nabi on his shoulders.
"Hey guys. Can I help you?" Naruto asked with a smile. Sakura quickly approached Naruto and bonked his head. Normally, Naruto would have fought back, but, he was still recovering and decided not to fight back. Sakura shouted.
"Baka! Don't you know what you did?" She shouted a question. Naruto just tilted his head to the side, not understanding her.
"The hell are you talking about? And also don't hit me again." Naruto asked/warned Sakura. Hiei and Nabi jumped down from Kakashi's shoulders and went to Naruto's. Naruto smiled and patted their heads. Nabi decided to jump in Naruto's hair again. She quickly fell asleep on his head. Sakura had started ranting about something, but Naruto decided to ignore her. She finished ranting and Naruto raised a hand by his ear and bended it in a C shape.
"Did you say something?" Naruto asked in a teasing voice. Before she could rant again Kakashi spoke up.
"Naruto, you nearly gave us a heart attack. What happened anyway? Did you get attacked by an enemy ninja?" Kakashi asked. The whole room looked at Naruto with a curious eye. Naruto just smiled.
"No. I just really got into my training." Was Naruto's reply. Sasuke nearly shouted his demand to show him his training regimen, but Asuma interrupted him.
"Well, seeing as you're being getting out of the hospital in a day, me and Kakashi here, decided to take all of you in your first c-ranked mission. Dad saw that you guy's were capable of taking a c-ranked mission when you're together. We'll be leaving on Monday." Asuma said. Naruto just sighed.
'I hate hospitals, I can't train when I'm in here.' He thought with a sigh. They heard the door open to reveal a girl with brown hair; she was the age of the genins there, and an older woman with purple hair. They were both wearing the standard nurse uniforms. Naruto looked at the older woman, with a curious eye. She smiled at Naruto, who was still busy looking at her. Kakashi suddenly tensed as they approached Naruto.
'It looks like Kakashi-sensei knows her.' Naruto thought. The woman quickly grabbed the chart by Naruto's bed.
"Naruto-kun, it looks like you're healing up nicely." The woman said. Naruto suddenly remembered her.
"Neko-san?" Naruto asked. The woman looked at the boy in surprise. But she quickly shook it off as the other girl called for her attention. Kakashi looked at Naruto with his visible eye with surprise. Shikamaru and Choji decided to sit at the a corner and play shogi while Asuma watched. Ino and Sakura was still bugging Sasuke about going on a date with them. But Shikamaru heard what Naruto called the woman.
"Why'd you call her Neko Naruto?" Shikamaru asked, not taking his eye off the board. The purple haired woman looked at Naruto with pleading eyes.
'Oh right, she's ANBU, can't reveal her identity.' Naruto thought with a sigh.
"She, uh, she has cats that sometimes come into my house." Naruto lied and hid in a grin. Shikamaru immediately knew it was a lie. He just sighed.
"Troublesome. Checkmate Choji." Shikamaru said as he looked out the window. Choji just looked at the board desperately trying to find a way to escape. But couldn't. He sighed in defeat as he started fixing the pieces in position again. Asuma laughed at the sight. Kakashi was currently talking to the purple haired woman, while Naruto was chatting with the brown haired nurse. Upon a closer look, She had brown hair that reached just by her shoulders, her eye color was also brown.
"So, why haven't I seen you in the academy?" Naruto asked the girl. The girl just looked at Naruto with a serious eye.
"I never attended." Was her reply.
"So you decided to be a nurse?" Naruto asked, the girl looked at Naruto with an annoyed eye.
"I don't have to tell you." She retorted. Naruto sighed.
'Great. She's mad at me.' Naruto thought and sighed. He was so busy in his thought that he didn't hear the purple haired woman approach him and lean by his ear to whisper something.
"Please don't tell anyone about me Naruto-kun." She whispered by his ear in a sexy tone. Naruto's face turned red. Her voice was really sexy. He thought. She stood up straight, then Naruto finally noticed her face. It was heavenly, he thought. Her face had no blemishes, no pimples, no nothing. She also had purple eyes. She was beautiful, simple as that. The brown haired girl quickly came over to her to whisper something, which made her giggle. Naruto looked at the woman with a curious eye. She placed the clip board on the end table next to Naruto's bed. She quickly walked over to Kakashi to tell him something. Kakashi eye smiled. Kakashi walked over to Naruto, who only looked at him with a curious eye.
"Well Naruto, It looks like you can leave in just half a day. That's what she told me. It appears as though you're healing faster then most." Kakashi repeated what she told him. Naruto grinned, he looked so happy it looked like he was a sadistic.
"Yatta! I don't have to stay in here!" Naruto shouted. Almost jumping out of his bed. Kakashi eye smiled, while the two nurses left the two groups. They heard a crash through the window. They turned to the window and saw Sasuke jump out the window, while Ino and Sakura were leaning out the window.
"SASUKE-KUN!" They both shouted through the window. Sasuke landed on the building next to the hospital. Kakashi and Asuma laughed at his desperate attempt to escape their students.
Later that day…..
"Aw man, it's good to be out here again." Naruto said stretching his arms. Behind him was team 7. Kakashi and Sakura were talking, while Sasuke was brooding again. Kakashi suggested that they do some d-rank missions. Naruto was excited at the idea of doing missions. They arrived at the hokage tower and knocked on the hokage's door.
"Enter." They heard from behind the door. Naruto was the first to step in. He saw the hokage behind clones that were doing paperwork, he smiled at the scene. Kakashi just sweat dropped.
'Why the hell hadn't I thought of that?' Kakashi thought. Naruto saw him bow his head in shame. He grinned and turned to the hokage.
"Hi oji-san!" Naruto shouted. His twin foxes yipped in unison at the old man. Sakura and Sasuke cringed at how he addressed the hokage.
"Naruto! You should treat hokage-sama with respect!" Sakura scolded. Naruto meanwhile was talking to the old man. He turned when he heard Sakura say something.
"Did you say something Sakura?" Naruto asked with a grin. Sakura just sighed at his antics. Sasuke just kept brooding. Kakashi snapped out of his daze and quickly asked the hokage.
"Hokage-sama, we request a d-rank mission." Kakashi said with formality. Sarutobi smiled at Kakashi.
"Ok, Kakashi." Hiruzen smiled.
15 d-ranked missions later….
Team 7 was walking through the streets with a captured Tora in a cage, being held by Kakashi. Naruto just sighed.
"That's the fifth time she escaped from the daimyo's wife." Naruto said. Sasuke and Sakura only nodded in unison. Five of their missions involved catching Tora the cat. Kakashi just eye smiled at his team.
"You know, you guys have caught him faster then most teams had in years." Kakashi said, hoping to raise their morale. Naruto pulled out his harmonica and started playing. The noisy cat in the cage suddenly stopped struggling and started listening to Naruto's music. Even bystanders stopped what they were doing to listen to Naruto. He was playing a soft melody. It was slow and sorrowful, it gave them fatigue just by listening to his music. Then Naruto started playing a happy tune, it encouraged people to dance, which most kids did. They were dancing around team 7 while Tora was had fallen asleep. Naruto then stopped playing, as they had arrived at their destination. They quickly climbed up the stairs and knocked on the hokage's door.
"Enter." They entered the hokage's room only to see team 10 was there also. Also the daimyo's wife was still fretting over the lost cat. Kakashi handed over the cage and, after a few payments, the daimyo's wife left.
"Ok. Teams 7 and 10 are here. It's time to meet you're client." Hiruzen said. He signaled for the door. A few moments later, an old man, wearing a dirty brown shirt and white shorts, as well as having a rope tied around his head entered. He had a bottle of sake in his hand and it was obvious he was drunk.
"You mean, this pipsqueaks are gonna escort me? I feel sorry for the blonde idiotic ones and the fat one." He pointed to Naruto, Ino, and Choji. Naruto held back his anger, while Ino and Choji were being held in place by Asuma, saying something about "Don't kill the client."
"With all due respect Tazuna-san, these are very capable genins." Kakashi eye smiled at the older man. Tazuna just let out a "Tch."
"Sir, if you don't trust us as escorts, then why don't you increase the pay so chuunins or jounins can take the mission?" Naruto asked. irritated that the man didn't trust them. He saw Tazuna tense, while the genins that knew Naruto looked at him in shock. Naruto had actually made a very valid point.
'Sweet Kami! Is the world ending!' The genins in the room all thought. The older males just looked at Tazuna, wanting an answer.
"That's none of your goddamn business brat!" Tazuna shouted as he walked out the door and slammed it. The people in the room looked at the door that was slammed, confused.
"Naruto! What the hell is wrong with you?" Ino shouted at Naruto.
"Nice move Naruto, now our client hates us." Shikamaru said lazily.
"Naruto-baka! Why'd you go and do that?" Sakura shouted.
"Nice work dobe, you pissed off the client. Guess you won't be getting you're cut." Sasuke said with a smirk. Naruto wasn't paying attention, he looked like he was in deep thought.
"Uhh…. Can you guys wait outside? I want to talk to Kakashi-sensei, Asuma-sensei, and oji-san alone." He said with seriousness in his voice. The genins looked at Naruto in confusion.
"Why Naruto? Is something wrong?" Choji asked, munching on his chips. Naruto eyes just remained serious.
"Please guys. I really need to talk them alone." Naruto pleaded with them. Shikamaru sighed he quickly headed for the door. He exited, followed by the others. Finally the last of the genin to leave, Sasuke turned around.
"Make it quick dobe. We still have training to do." He said as he shut the door. Hiruzen was about to ask a question before Naruto interrupted him.
"Oji-san, please make this room sound proof." Naruto requested. Hiruzen looked at the boy with a curious eye. He finally sighed and threw a piece of paper with the kanji for 'sound' written on it towards the wall. It stuck there, and Hiruzen quickly did the rabbit hand seal. The walls glowed before dying down.
"Ok Naruto-kun. What did you want to talk about?" Hiruzen asked.
"It's about the mission. It's supposed to be S-class." Kakashi and Asuma's eyes widened.
Outside the room…..
"What are they saying? Do you hear anything?" Sakura asked Ino, they currently had drinking glasses by their ears. It was obvious they wanted to know what the hell was happening inside.
"No. I can't hear anything!" Ino replied. Sasuke and Shikamaru decided to play Shogi. Shikamaru always had a board hidden inside his cloths somewhere. Choji was watching while eating chips, Sasuke was on the run from Shikamaru, which always means he'll win.
"Sasuke, checkmate." Shikamaru said as he moved a piece. He lied on his back in a relaxing position. Sasuke was busy analyzing the board. He sighed in defeat. Choji placed a hand on Sasuke's shoulder.
"I know that feeling too." He said. Sasuke sighed again. How he hated losing. They heard the door click open, Sakura and Ino quickly dropped the glasses, quickly shattering them. The three boys sighed at their antics. The door opened revealing Naruto accompanied by Kakashi and Asuma, All with the look of seriousness.
"Get in here." Kakashi ordered. They quickly followed. They all lined in front of the hokage. The hokage was sitting on the chair with his eyes closed.
"I need your words, do you swear to protect the bridge builder Tazuna with your lives?" Hiruzen asked with seriousness in his voice. The genins all gulped in fear. Except Naruto, who was currently behind Kakashi and Asuma.
"This isn't a c-ranked mission isn't it hokage-sama?" Shikamaru asked.
"No questions. Just answer mine. Will you protect the bridge builder with your LIVES?" Hiruzen asked again, his voice deeper and louder then before.
"Yes Hokage-sama!" All the genins shouted. Hiruzen smiled.
"Then prepare to leave on Monday." Hiruzen said with a smile.
Out on the streets…..
"Geez. That was scary!" Choji said as he was munching on his chips. Ino just nodded in agreement. Shikamaru muttered a "Troublesome". Teams 7 and 10 decided to discuss their mission plan over lunch. Asuma and Kakashi were currently talking with each other. They were at the back. Naruto was ahead of the group. Not paying attention to the villagers. Shikamaru was right behind him. Choji was beside him, while Ino and Sakura were talking about, "GASP", not Sasuke! They were talking about what to bring to their mission. Sasuke was still brooding behind the genins.
"So… Where are we going?" Naruto suddenly asked. They all looked at each other.
"I was following you." They said as they pointed to each other, causing Kakashi and Asuma to laugh.
"Arg!" Choji shouted in frustration. He was getting hungry, and now they were arguing where to eat. All the arguing about food only made him hungrier. Sasuke suggested that they eat in a canteen. All canteens were cheap and served healthy foods. Ino and Sakura immediately agreed with him. Shikamaru suggested they find a BBQ shop. They didn't need to go too far, they served good tasting food, it was cheap, and also would fulfill their hunger needs. Kakashi suggested they just skip lunch, earning him a death glare from Choji. Asuma backed up Shikamaru's decision. Naruto finally said.
"Why not Ichiraku ramen?" He suggested. He suddenly got a death glare from everyone. Sakura was about to shout at Naruto but she was interrupted.
"What? It's close by, it's cheap, I could probably hook you guys up so we don't have to pay anything, it's tasty and healthy, if you don't eat too much of it at least, plus it could fill us all up!" He explained. The others looked at him dumbfounded. That place filled everything they wanted. They just sighed in defeat.
"Fine Naruto, we go with your idea. We eat at Ichiraku." Kakashi finalized. Naruto just grinned and lead the way.
At Ichiraku ramen…..
"Hey Ayame-chan! Teuchi-oji-san!" Naruto shouted as he entered the stall. Ayame popped her head out of the kitchen.
"Hi there Naruto-kun! The regular right?" Ayame said with a smile.
"Not today Ayame-chan. I just need to feed my friends here." Naruto motioned for them to enter. Ayame looked at Naruto with a questioning eye.
"Ok then Naruto-kun. I'll put their checks on your tab." Ayame said with a smile. Her head popped back in the kitchen. The group heard two people talking, one was Ayame's voice, while the other sounded like an older mans voice. A few minutes later, an older man stepped out of the kitchen with a small notebook and pen by his hand.
"Ok, I'm Teuchi, now what'll you have?" He asked. Before anyone could order anything though, Naruto quickly harumpphed his throat, gaining Teuchi's attention.
"Teuchi-oji-san. I was wondering if I could cook for them?" Naruto asked with a smile. Teuchi just smiled.
"Are you sure Naruto? I mean you never know what'll happen." Teuchi asked with seriousness. But his face was smiling like a maniac.
"Yeah, I'm sure." Naruto looked at him with a maniacal smile. Naruto's companions gulped their throats.
'What had we gotten ourselves into?' They all thought in unison. Naruto just entered the kitchen, while Teuchi was talking to the group.
"So, what brings you all here?" Teuchi asked with a smile. The group quickly took their seats, Kakashi and Asuma on opposite ends. Sasuke next to Kakashi. Sakura and Ino were fighting over who gets to seat next to him. Shikamaru and Choji sat next to Asuma, Shikamaru being right next to him. Kakashi answered the question.
"We just wanted to discuss what to do during our mission." Kakashi said. Teuchi just nodded.
"Well, you're food will probably be out in five minutes." Teuchi explained, writing on his notebook. Kakashi just eye smiled. Sasuke had took to brooding again while Sakura won the seat next to Sasuke. Ino, being the defeated, sighed and took a seat next to Choji. Five minutes later, Naruto brought out eight ramen bowls. All large sized. Naruto smiled as he handed out the food. Ayame stepped out of the kitchen to watch their reaction to Naruto's cooking. Naruto had moved over the stall and seated between Ino and Sakura.
"Eat up guys!" Naruto shouted as he ate his cooking. Hiei and Nabi jumped down on the table and started staring at Naruto's bowl. Naruto quickly took out two small bowls and dipped them in his bowl. He gave one bowl to Hiei, and the other to Nabi, the foxes quickly digged in letting out a yip of happiness. The others however, were reluctant to eat. Save for choji. Who was stuffing his face with the food.
"Naruto. Is your food safe to eat?" Sasuke asked, not wanting to eat his cooking. Ayame looked at Sasuke with an annoyed face.
"We thought him how to cook, so if you don't trust his cooking, then you don't trust OUR cooking." Ayame said with a wickedly sweet smile. Sasuke sweat dropped as Ayame's face darkened. Kakashi had finished his bowl, without anyone noticing that he took off his mask. Ino was the first to eat and comment.
"This…. Is…." She stopped as she stared at the bowl. Sakura, Sasuke, Shikamaru and Asuma leaned in to listen to her comment.
"DELICOUS!" She finished as she started eating. Sakura and Sasuke looked at the bowl and started eating. They found out that the ramen had the perfect amount of spices, the perfect amount of spiciness. And the perfect amount of filling. All in all, the ramen was perfect. Asuma just smiled and started eating. Naruto had finished his bowl and decided not to eat anymore. He looked up at Ayame, who was looking at Naruto, and smiled. Ayame looked away with a blush on her face. Teuchi saw this and smiled. Teuchi went over to Ayame and whispered something. Ayame's eyes widened and her face turned red. Ayame quickly entered the kitchen, her head low, to hide her blush. Teuchi let out a hearty laugh at Ayame's actions. Teuchi just eyed at Naruto, who smiled at him. Teuchi smiled back, with a real smile. He nodded his head, Like telling Naruto "Ok." After eating and discussing their plan on the mission. They decided to go their separate ways and train individually. Naruto, Shikamaru, and Choji decided to get more training done. Sakura and Ino just followed Sasuke. While Kakashi and Asuma decided to find their friends. Naruto, Shikamaru and Choji decided to head to training ground 13 to train. Naruto quickly did a cross hand sign and out came 1500 Naruto's.
"This is gonna be a long day. Tch, troublesome." Shikamaru told Choji. Choji just nodded in agreement.
Two days later…
"God dammit! I'm late!" Naruto shouted as he ran through Konoha's streets. His morning was hell. He woke up two hours later then usual, his foxes decided to leave a "Present" on the floor, which caused Naruto to slip and fall on it. He had no hot water. He didn't eat breakfast. Then after training, his clones decided to become jackasses and dispel all at once, all 2000 of them. Which caused Naruto a very painful headache. He passed out, he woke up and it was already 3:00 pm.
"Damn it!" He shouted again as he dodged more people to get to his destination. After about 5 minutes of dodging. He finally stopped in front of a stall. He began breathing steadily. He looked up and saw who he was looking for.
"Hey Gyuki!" Naruto shouted as he regained his composure. Gyuki turned around and smiled at Naruto.
"Hey, you're late. Rei was starting to get worried that you wouldn't show up." Gyuki stated. Naruto was about to speak up, but he was interrupted by a voice behind him.
"Naruto-kun!" Naruto turned around, only to be engulfed in a hug. He saw the white hair and immediately knew who it was. The girl looked up and Naruto smiled.
"Hey Rei-chan." Naruto said as he returned the hug. They stayed that way for one more minute before they separated.
"You're late!" Rei accused. Naruto just raised his hands in defense.
"Hey. I've had a bad day ok." He explained. Rei just laughed. She noted that he was taller then him now. Also he was holding a paper bag.
"Well, it looks like you've gotten taller. And also what's in the bag?" She asked Naruto. Naruto just reached in the bag and pulled out a scroll. He gave the scroll to Rei.
"Open it." He said. She quickly did, and out popped a teddy bear. The teddy bear was just a plain teddy, though it looked old, it didn't have clothes. And on the back was a note.
To Rei-chan.
This is a little something to keep you company as you travel, and also something to remember me by.
From: Naruto
"Thank you Naruto! It's beautiful!" She shouted as she hugged him again. He returned the hug.
"No need to thank me Rei-chan. It's just a thank you gift for the harmonica." Naruto said as he pulled away from the hug. Naruto turned around and faced Gyuki.
"Here you go Gyuki. 150 wolf pelts, and 400 deer pelts." Naruto handed Gyuki a scroll. He was about to open before he was stopped by Naruto.
"Don't open it yet. Not until you get to a larger area. It might destroy your stall." He explained. Gyuki nodded.
"Say kid. Where'd you get the scrolls?" Gyuki asked, wanting some of it for storage.
"Ninja shop. Though these can only carry a bit of luggage. You can reuse them for later. Just place the items you want to seal, then channel chakra to the scroll." Naruto explained. Gyuki nodded. Understanding how they work.
"Wolf pelts are now worth 6000 ryo each. Deer pelts are worth 3500 ryo now. Damn demands." He quickly pulled out a small safe and inserted a key. It opened and he pulled out 2300000 ryo and handed it to Naruto. Naruto gladly accepted the cash and pulled out another scroll. He opened it and placed the money inside. He quickly did a one handed sign. And the money was quickly sealed. He put the scroll inside his coat. He faced Gyuki again.
"Gyuki, I ask permission to take your daughter out for the rest of the day." He said with a bow. Gyuki just sighed.
"As long as she gets back by 6." Gyuki stated. Naruto looked up and smiled. He quickly turned around, grabbed Rei by her hands and headed for the village. Gyuki just sighed.
"I hope he treats her well." Gyuki said as he turned around to face a customer.
Konoha streets….
"So Rei-chan, where do you want to go?" Naruto asked. He was walking beside Rei who had a blush on her face.
"You decide Naruto-kun. I don't know anything about Konoha." She explained. Naruto turned to her and saw she was blushing. Naruto smiled.
"Ok, we'll just walk around a bit. Maybe head for the park. That ok with you Rei-chan?" Naruto asked. Rei nodded her head, signifying a yes. They walked for about ten minutes, discussing their individual likes and dislikes. Naruto learned that Rei really loved collecting rocks. She had a collection of different emeralds and rocks. Her favorite type of rock was called Onyx. It was supposed to be a black rock; it was really common around Konoha. She told him that she had once found a white onyx rock. It was beside a stream of water, so it wasn't supposed to be there. She also liked Ramen, which caused Naruto to tell her to eat at Ichiraku. She smiled at that and nodded, saying "Next time, take me there". She also really loved foreign weapons. She started getting into weapons when she found a fan knife left on the streets. She found that it was easy to use, it was small, but sharp. You could use it in skinning animals. Naruto also discovered that she knew nothing about skinning animals. So Naruto decided to lend her a scroll for beginners about how to skin small and medium animals. She also loved music. Whenever someone plays music, she stops and listen intently to the music. Naruto smiled when he found out about her love for music. She didn't like people that were really dark, like they didn't want people close to them. She also hated brooding people like Naruto, they smiled as they discussed who the most broody person they met.
"Wow, Rei-chan, We have a lot in common." Naruto smiled as he sat down on a bench. Rei sat down next to him and smiled.
"Yeah Naruto-kun. Thanks again for taking me out." She smiled. Naruto heard a bell being rung and immediately knew what it was. He stood up and headed for the sound. Rei was about to stand up and follow but Naruto stopped her.
"Wait a minute Rei-chan! I'll be back!" He shouted as he turned a corner. Rei sat in silence, behind her was a statue of a person she didn't know. But the person was wearing a coat similar to Naruto's. There was no plaque there, indicating that whoever this was, everyone in Konoha should know him. Naruto appeared from out of the corner holding a twin pop ice cream. He quickly sat down next to Rei and split the ice cream in two. He handed one half to Rei, who took it with a smile. They quietly began eating their individual ice creams. Rei squealed in delight as she took her first lick.
"Its orange flavored!" She squealed in delight. Naruto smiled at how cute she was.
"You like oranges Rei-chan?" Naruto asked. Rei nodded her head, still eating the ice cream. After finishing their individual pieces, they headed out of the park and back to the caravan. It took about 10 more minutes before they reached the caravan's tents.
"Thanks for today Naruto-kun. I enjoyed it." Rei said as she kissed his cheek. Naruto blushed at the kiss.
"No problem Rei-chan." He said with a smile. She smiled back and entered her tent. Naruto quickly did a 180 and left for his apartment.
'That took my mind off things.' He thought as he began walking.
At his apartment…
"HIEI! NABI! WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED!" Naruto shouted as he entered his apartment. Or rather, what was left of it anyway. He saw his couch was in tatters, the door looked like it clawed to death. His window had was close to being shattered. His fridge was on the floor. His coffee table had only three legs left. And the table where he used to eat? It had no legs. Hiei and Nabi quickly hopped up on Naruto's shoulders and let out a "Yip!" Naruto sighed. He now knew that he didn't want to leave them alone in his apartment. Naruto just headed for his bedroom, plopped down on the bed and drifted to sleep. He wasn't hungry and he was really tired from the day.
The next day…
Naruto was the first to arrive at the gates. He was right on time, Sakura was the second to arrive, followed by Shikamaru and Choji. Ino arrived soon after, she was promptly followed by Sasuke. Then finally, after two hours of waiting, Kakashi, Asuma, and Tazuna were the last to arrive.
"Finally! What took you guys so long?" Naruto asked, Kakashi just eye smiled.
"We got lost on the road of life." He responded. Naruto just sighed. There was no arguing to do.
"Well anyway, let's head out." Asuma said as he exited followed by his team. Tazuna was right behind them. Kakashi walked behind Tazuna and pulled out a brand new orange book. Team 7's genins sweat dropped.
'Where did he get that?' They all thought in unison. They exited the gate and began there journey to wave.
Omake
"Kakashi, we don't have time for this." Asuma sighed as he watched Kakashi get inline to a book signing. Kakashi just ignored Asuma and stayed inline.
"Hey. It's not everyday I get to let my favorite author sign my favorite book." Kakashi explained. The line was long. It looked like a mile long. Then after that mile, the line turned a corner. So there was no telling how long the line was. They suddenly noticed a woman holding a sign that read. 'Wait time from this point is two hours'. She placed the sign next to Kakashi. Asuma just sighed.
'No use trying to talk him out of it.' He thought with a sigh as he grabbed a cigarette and lighted it.
Yo! I admit, I had trouble writing this chapter. But now I'm satisfied with it. And I hope you guys are too. Anyways, Relatively short chapter. Next chapter will be longer. But I won't be updating for a week. Sorry. Have to make room for my vacation. Hehe. Sorry. I'll see if I can update it while on my vacation.
So anyways Standard R&R, No flames, constructive Criticism is always welcomed. C.O.Y.L out! Peace!