Last time on Repeating The Past
Naruto woke up feeling like crap. Opening his eyes he was blinded by white. He hated this place. He was here so many time he actually walked around blindfolded. He noticed Hinata in the bed next to him. He was blushing like mad at how cute she looked. Matter of fact he was thinking about girl a lot more often now. He wishes she were awake so they could talk. His wish was granted when Hinata turned to him and said "hello Naruto-kun" He smiled and greeted her back when the Sandaime in his wheelchair rolled in the door followed by the nurse.
Chapter 4
" AH Naruto and Hinata it is good to see you are both awake and in good health. Unfortunately I have to call a council meeting and you to need to attend. Your encounter with Gaara of the desert is most disturbing to hear. We truthfully need to hear it from the horses mouth so to speak. Also Naruto this concerns your new jutsu and Sasuke. Please follow me. "So the group along with a nurse left.
At the council chambers the room was abuzz with noise of the various members. Then shinobi council sat higher in the rows than the civilians one. There were twenty ninja clans in Konoha. Only the top nine were the considered the strongest. This included the Aburame, Akimichi, Nara, Yamanaka, Inuzuka, Hyuuga, Maeda, Uchiha and the Toyotomi. The 21st seat went to the Kazamaclan heir but one has yet to be found. The civilian council was made of twenty village elders, the top five merchants, Danzo, Mrs HarunoSuperintendent of all Civilian schools and one for the representative of fire countries farmers. As Sarutobi wheeled himself to his desk, Popping a wheely out of sheer need to show off he called this meeting to start.
" Now Naruto and Hinata we have already received reports of your fight with Gaara. We just need to confirm some details. Now in your encounter with Gaara did you not defeat him"
Naruto nodded " Did Hinata defeat and kill the enemy ninja Kankurou "
Another nod. The questions from the council went on like that for an hour. Hinata was quite annoyed at the questions so she stutters out" Are we done yet" Only for the shinobi council to smirk. " Sarutobi smiled " Yes you may leave however Naruto you must stay. Now Naruto in the chunin exams you were seen with the Ryuujin no Kusarigaicould you please show the council" Naruto did . When Mrs. Haruno asked a ANBU to take the weapon in Naruto jerked back and pointed the blade towards her.
" Don't even think about it. This weapon is rightfully mine and I am not handing it over to you. You may be council members but I don't trust any of you."
One member stood " Boy we are of the council we need to examine the blade to see if it is authentic. If we determine so and you have been deemed strong enough you will get the blade back. " Sarutobi cleared his throat. " Now this is just a friendly meeting By law the Weapons or any other information Naruto has found belong to him as decreed by the Shodaime Hokage's rule of finders keepers losers weepers." At this point everyone turned to look at the aged shinobi. " I do not lie check for yourself. In the Konoha law book which hasn't changed since the time of the Shodaime clearly said on page 215 : in the case of discovery of items with no owner or items belonging to a deceased person/s with no familiar contact finders keepers losers weepers.
" Now Naruto for the sake of honesty we can not force you to reveal the jutsu you learned but if you are willing to at least inform us of what you know"
Naruto thought it over for a minute. " Ok, I have the jutsu and historical scrolls of Entaigakure, Nijigakure ( which several members shivered remembering how powerful that village was) and the Scroll of Kagerougakure. I know some of the jutsu from each village as for the sake of cooperation I will demonstrate three of my choosing." Council upset agreed.
Naruto walked to the center of the room and created three clones." Ok this jutsu is from Kagerou. " running through three seals he shouted "Monooto Dese" Only the Inuzuka matriarch heard the noise. It was so low it caused her to howl in pain. When one of the clones head exploded causing it to go puff. " this jutsu creates a supersonic low pitch wave capable of liquefying all organic matter in its path. Next is one from Niji " Naruto's eyes glowed green and the light in the room faded. Every soul in the room felt and experienced the worst fears and nightmares repeatedly in full detail. When Naruto finished this move the council demanded what he did. " Easy what I had you do is live and truly experience your worst fears and nightmares. It is described as what some move called Tsukiyomi is based off of. Seeing as with my chakra capacity I could keep you all in their indefinitely. "
Danzo smiled " while that is quite impressive Naruto-san how would you like to " Sarutobi frowned " The answer is no Danzo and thats final" When Aburame Shibi stood all looked to him. " Uzumaki-san logically you must be quite strong in order to pull off these jutsu. Why is it such a problem for you to not share some of these skills with your fellow ninja."
Naruto looked to Shibi " Fine I'll tell you. Quite frankly this council disgusts me". Before the yells of outrage occurred he raised his hand. " As I was saying. I know that almost all of you hold the utmost contempt of me. I know that all of you probably hate for something out of my control. I even know exactly which present members havemade my life hell. So given these facts why would I be inclined to give you anything that you will eventually use against me. Don't say that any of you tried to help me because in Oji-san records there have been at least 12 people from every clan that have attacked me. You may hide behind the 'please give' out jutsu for the good of the village but it will not work. Maybe if you hadn't attacked Entai you would have some of these jutsu" Causing the council to gasp, Hiashi rising from his seat. " How much do you know "
" everything" The council started sweating if this info came out the leaf's reputation will be ruined. " Sarutobi still smiling in his wheelchair smoking called Naruto attention.
Well Naruto you've made your point . Now our last order of business is in concern of you teammate Uchiha Sasuke". Naruto blinked " What about him. " this time Nara Shikaku stood as head of our ninja review and etiquette board he has been charged of dereliction of duty and reckless endangerment of fellow leaf nins. He went around the whole battle with sound and did no fighting, even going so far as to copy others jutsu in the fighting. Even as skilled as he is there is no way he could come out of that battle unfazed and clean. What we need from you is a statement of his interactions on team 7 and his overall attitude. "
Naruto sat down. He began in an annoyed tone. " From my interactions with Sasuke I would have to say he is an arrogant, selfish person. He was and continues to be very cold and uncaring to others.He has never shown much cooperation when on missions or in team assignments. He is obsessed with power and growing stronger. That is all he cares about. "Hiashi once again spoke " While your testimony is appreciated what proof do you have"
Blinking with that 'are you really asking me that question look'
" Well the fact that I'm here right now is proof. Also just take a look at his track record. He acts as if his last name grants him the carpet treatment. I will not become another casualty of society or a victim of conformity with allowing him to act as if he owns the place like the villagers do. Also take note of the recent chunin exams. Not only was he a good hour late but even went on about being the best fighter and there is no way he could be disqualified. When he knew that such actions would be frowned upon. this village has practically worshiped him for his bloodline. It is truly sad." Nodding the Sandaime announced that he will be punished by full force of the law his license will be suspended for three months and he will be fined. We cannot allow our ninja to act in such a way. Naruto you are dismissed until further notice"
Naruto left the council confused. ' how the hell did Sasuke get into all this trouble. Who would have ratted him out anyway? Well I guess this is kind of a blessing now I will have three months to train. He stopped when two people jumped in front of him. One was his sensei, Kakashi the other was a tall white haired man in old robes and Kabuki style sandals. Turning to Kakashi before he could speak Kakashi raised his hand. " Look Naruto we need to talk"
1 Week later.
Hyuuga council chambers
Hiashi walked into the council chambers. "Hiashi why have you called this council meeting when the village is in such a state. We need to be out their this is our chance to rise even higher in the village." Hiashi sitting down replied. " esteemed council of Elders for years the 15 of us have had many successes in the village and under my leadership we have continued to grow stronger in the village. We have thrived in the village. But now it is time for a new course of action. We must start expanding our power base. As you have recently seen with the case of Uzumaki Naruto." To this many in the council muttered angrily amongst themselves. "The council has never supported that.. boy what purpose do you have to bring this up" The oldest member of the council wheezed out.
" Simple, What I propose is to either marriage or have him join the clan. He is quickly gaining support in the village. He has also acquired the jutsu scrolls of several villages thought lost to the ravages of time. If we could get Naruto to join the clan then not only would we have the jutsu but maybe a controllable demon. If worse comes to worse we could always execute him after we have taken his jutsu." Once the oldest member wheezed.
" Hiashi what you propose is a very dangerous gamble. I understand your reasoning but I fail to see how we are able to accomplish this?" Hiashi twitched in annoyance ' these old bastards can't just go along can they.' "Simple I will have Hanabi bring him into the clan. That Uzumaki boy values his precious people. Either Hanabi will seduce him into joining the clan or we will have her trick him into joining the clan. That way once he is in, he will have no choice but to follow our laws."
" By a vote, we the council of the Hyuuga will vote and determine if we shall follow this course."
All members stood one by one and said their position. "By a vote of nine to six we vote in favor of Hiashi's plan. Hiashi have you already informed Hanabi of her role. " Hiashinodded " She is aware, Besides no man can resist a Hyuuga women. Hinata is useless and I doubt we could trust her with this. I have great confidence that Hanabi will be able to do the job. She is only 12 and entering that stage in life in a year or two Uzumaki won't be able to resist her beauty. I will go give Hanabi the details of her job."
Time skip 2 months.
Naruto awoke in a cold sweat. He had been busy over the past couple of months. He looked around and spotted the necklace of Tsunade. That was actually an S-rank mission and the sage Jiraiya had even got him the bounty money for Kabuto's head.. He then remembered coming back into the village. All the girls kept staring at him. It was like he was Sasuke! Even one of the girls from the academy, Ami even came up to him acting all sweet. At first he couldn't figure out why but then it hit him. The chunin exams!, he was promoted for his efforts in the fighting and his show had really increased Konoha's business. Tsunade had given him the title " Ueki no Ikusei" His new headband was a pure black one with red and orange stripes winding through the cloth. It looked almost as if the colors would blend at any moment. On the metal band was the kanji that said "life" . His rank was higher than chunin but lower than a jonin. Looking at his calender he smiled today was the day he was to meet with team 7 he wondered how did they do over the last couple of months.
Training grounds.
Naruto arrived for the shock of his life Kakashi was there and he did not look happy. Sasuke was sitting there with a confident smirk on his face looking directly at Naruto. Sakura well she changed. She had cut her hair short but wore, Well a blue and black body suit that clung to her curves. A black and silver brassier over top of that. The body suit had pieces cut out of it. One piece over her stomach showing of her abs and on the small of her back. She also wore dark blue almost black shorts. (Think Blue and black cover for Kunoichi the game except the suit is cut off at the thighs) To Naruto he wondered if they could even be called shorts. Despite her change he was wondering why Sakura looked so upset. She seemed to take several glances at Sasuke, then Kakashi and frown.
Kakashi was still reading his book. Oblivious to the world. When Naruto made his presence known three things happened. Sasuke glared. Sakura smiled and looked happy to see him and Kakashi said nothing and turned a page. After a few greetings all done by Naruto Kakashi spoke to the three gennin.
" Alright, I know it has been awhile since we have been together. There are things that need to be said and that we need to become a team again. Thats why starting now unless otherwise we will be spending a lot of time together. So I propose we each say what is on our mind and hope to mend the tension between you three. We only have a year before Naruto is sent off to Iwa for our ninja exchange with Iwa and Kumo. And before you say anything NarutoI was told to tell you just now. You and five other gennin and one jonin will be sent to Iwa for a year and then to Kumo for a year. The other four gennin have not been chosen. Since the attack we have tried patching up our relationships with those two villages. Now is a perfect chance. Orochimaru seems to be trying to gather all the smaller villages into a centralized power. Right now he has an alliance with several small nations, that could be pointed at any major power except Kiri and Suna. We are still neutral to them but we never know if Suna will pull another stunt like that. So this is our last chance to be a team." "Why does that dobe get to go the other villages. I'm obviously the better ninja and much more skilled you said so yourself. Why does the dobe get the chance to go to different places and the chance of learning some powerful jutsus. "
Naruto snorted " I'm not an ass unlike you furu tsuke-ki. I made a really good impression and maybe because I know some of their shinobi on a friendly level. Besides all you would do is copy a whole bunch of the jutsu there and I'm sure they don't want that."
Pointing to Sasuke, " you go first" he sat down infront of all of them and opened his book. Sasuke began in an annoyed tone. " I don't like either of you. You the dobe who is always holding me back. And the useless fan girl over their. Your about as useless as the dobe. Stay out of my way or else. " Naruto then proceeded to flip him off.
"Sakura your up"
She looked down and at first whispered until she spoke at regular volume. " My name is Sakura. I am no longer a fangirl and I have truly realized what it takes to be a Kunoichi. Sasuke I used to like you. I used to chase after you and never see what I had infront of me. Not until I saw you after the preliminaries did I change. I saw who you truly are and I can't help but be ashamed that I liked you. You had no right to insult me and hit me for caring about you. i only asked if you needed help and you go off on me after kicking me in the face. I have gotten actually training now ( glaring at both Sasuke and Kakashi) and I will not be a pushover. Sasuke I'm the one who told the council about your cowardice during the invasion. I had even made my first kill. I was told to stick with you by Kurenai-sensei and as I followed you for a good ten minutes you showed me how much of a coward you are."
During Sakura's tirade All the while Naruto was confused. Yes, he thought that Sakura was hot but he had no clue what Sasuke did to piss her off. He looked back and forth between them and Sasuke's only reaction was to scowl at every insult Sakura said. ' Finally he gets yelled at instead of me. At least I haven't been hit yet. ' Only to not realized that subconsciously he still had a chance, maybe since Sakura has seemed to change that he still stood a chance. However he was brought out of his musing when Sakura turned to him. " Yes Sakura-chan"
She smiled ' Maybe he has forgiven me? or at least I can be friendly with him now. I don't want two teammates that don't talk to me even if for one of them I deserve it. I can't stand being alone like I was all those years ago. Hopefully I can get another chance with Naruto he looks cute in his new outfit.'
" Naruto, I know I haven't been the best friend to you and I apologize. I was being selfish to think that I could go after Sasuke like that and ignore all the things you did for me. I don't know if you still like me but I would like to at least start over with you. I always wanted friends and since you, Ino and this team is all I have I won't lose them now..."
Kakashi sat back and looked at his team. He was proud of Sakura for how strong and determined she had become. He was still quite disappointed in Sasuke in his behavior just now. He knew he had a lot of making up to do. He was ashamed of how he had treated Naruto, he had a lot of work ahead. He cursed inside. ' Arggh, I have to train them seriously now. I still have to train Sasuke he has to be ready for his life goal and to deal with Orochimaru. I can't just get others to train my team anymore. Since the invasion all Jonins and Chunins either have teams or are on missions. I need to figure out a way to help my team without causing more damage than I already did. Why did I become a sensei again... Damn you Sandaime!'
" Naruto make it short"
" yeah yea. At first I thought that this would be a great team. I was slightly bitter at everyone's actions before hand. I was angry at you Sakura because no matter what I couldn't be your friend but that is not a problem now. I don't know where to start with you Sasuke. You are a pompous ass and truly selfish. I will try to work with you but as soon as you go out of your way to insult me or Sakura-chan or continue to be a jerk I will kick your ass to Kumo and back. I also have no intention of letting you steal my or Sakura's jutsu at all. If you even try that with me I will kick your ass so bad that you will beg me to stop then I will tie you up and leave you for rabidness fangirls got me, good. (Causing Sasuke to unconsciously shiver) Kakashi… you already know."
Closing said book Kakashi eye smiled.
" So now that we have got that off our chests it is time for our mission. We have a double escort mission and from there we go pick up a client from Houseki no Kuni. This trip will be for about three months so pack well."
" Were are bringing the client Sensei"
To Kiri but the first client will need us in Nami no kuni so we will spend a month and a half there. Then head to Kiri to escort there ambassador back home. Houseki no kuni is just south of Kiri and Mizu no kuni so the trip should be easy."
Monooto Dese: Sound of Death
Ueki no Ikusei: (Nurturer of the plants)
furu tsuke-ki ( fruit cake)
Houseki no Kuni ( Gem country)
Nami no kuni ( Wave )
