Chapter 2: Senju
"Cha!" A scream followed by a loud bang was heard through the forests belonging to the powerful and ancient Senju clan of the forests.
The Senju were one of the first clans to ever settle on the northern reaches of the Land of Fire, a large expanse of forests, flat grasslands, rivers and lakes, a land of eternal spring and beauty as some travelers used to say.
The Senju were considered to be mythical masters of nature for their rare Keke Genkai that allowed them to manipulate water and earth in such manner that seemed to create entire forests out from their own bodies or even from bare rock, this was one of the reasons the clan held festivals to honor the deities of the forest and kept a life of communion with nature.
But such ability has been disappearing from the clan as time passed and now only two members of the clan still posses such trait, this situation led the clan to incorporate lesser clans into its own as to not continue loosing strength in the face of such powerful neighbors of the land of Fire like the Sarutobi, Hyuga, and Uchiha.
One of such clans was the Haruno, a small clan that migrated from the land of Waterfalls and was welcomed by the Senju when they first tried to settle on the outskirts of the northern forest of the Land of Fire. The Harunos most appealing trait was their almost perfect chakra control that some said rivaled in efficiency that of the Hyuga, due to the clan's low chakra levels.
"Cha!!!" was heard again through the forests along with the powerful bang that followed.
"Hah ha ha" a loud confident laughter was heard, "Those damn rocks are nothing before my strength" sigh "but then again no man can compare to my strength and so they stay clear from me" sigh…
Sakura Haruno the youngest daughter of the Haruno clan, pride of the Senju and perhaps one of the most powerful women the land will come to know; she has long, strong but well toned legs, taller than most women in the clan, average breasts but tightly hugged by a sports bra under her top, bright pink hair, long to her waist but tied in two long braids with bandages and some hair on the tip to look stylish, beautiful emerald green eyes, white lightly tanned skin, and somewhat big forehead, but all in all a true beauty for most viewers.
Dressed in white and red as the colors of her clan a white tank top covered by a small opened zip up jacket with the white circle of her clan on the back, that allowed for her extremely well toned stomach to be shown, tight black shorts covered by a red and white mini skirt with pockets on the front and back, long black sandal boots with high heels all the way to her knees. Her hands covered in black combat gloves and elbows in pads.
"Clearing new roads on the forest is a man's job, why did they send a delicate flower to such humiliating job!?" "If they keep sending me to do this brute strength jobs all the time I will continue to keep all men away from me"
Indeed Sakura Haruno's special trait was her above the average chakra levels for a Haruno and her perfect Chakra control early in her life that called the attention of Tsunade Senju, princess of the Senju and sister to the current leader of the clan (Yes Nawaki is alive!!), she trained Sakura as her personal apprentice and turned her not only into a talented healer but a terrifying fighting machine. Her technique of gathering chakra into concentrated parts of her body and liberating it into a massive burst proved to be perfect for Sakura who has already proven herself worthy of all the terrible nicknames the bandits, thieves and some men of her village gave her over time.
Sakura may say that indeed her strength is what keeps men away from her but the reality was that her personality and strong character made the job easier, she usually confused advances from some men as perverted intentions and so proceeded to teach a new level of pain to said men. This warped idea of courting was thanks to her sensei and a bad experience with a white haired pervert some years ago (thanks Jiraiya…)
After sighing again over her loneliness she pumped her fist into the air and said "Bah, who needs those wimps!" "My man has to be as strong as I am, and be able to take a hit or two, anyway!"
And so she continued to take her anger on the innocent rocks of the forest…
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"GROWLLLLLLL" sigh "Man I am so hungry" "I finished the rations pervy dad gave me and I haven't found a single village, city or person!!!"
"And to top it all, I am lost in this damn forest" "Not a single tasty fruit or insect (he lived with toads…)" it's like if every piece of food in this forest is hiding from me!"
"And this survival guide he gave doesn't help much either"
Jiraiya's awesome survival guide:
Hunt for food, cook it first! (a large number of pictures of edible animals and fruits along)
In cities money is needed for food, hotels, "entertainment", find a job!
Don't mess with others unless they mess with you first!
Be nice to small children!
Be really nice with beautiful women!
Help the helpless!
Take baths and brush your teeth!
Fight injustice!
Use protection!
Don't get married without my approval!!!
"I don't understand half of this things and I have never seen one of these women he speaks of all the time!"
Naruto has been travelling for a month now from the Mountain in his search for other human beings but so far his quest has been very unsuccessful (Well it's a ninja world so people tend to be concealed). He arrived to the Senju forest 3 days ago and as expected he got lost in it.
"CRASHHHH!!!" Naruto heard a loud noise almost like an avalanche so he rushed to the site and found what he thought was a gift by the gods for a large boulder had trapped a deer against a tree. Naruto's mouth became watery and he advanced on the defenseless deer like a hungry predator; the poor animal watching Naruto coming closer let out a desperate squeal that got to the pink haired Amazon's ears and rushed to the site.
Naruto got to the deer and thanked it for becoming his food but when he tried to get it out from under the boulder found that it was stuck, he considered using one of his jutsus to break the stone but might destroy the deer in the process so he had to remove the boulder carefully as to not harm his lunch.
Naruto got his hands together and started to gather nature chakra onto him, in an instant his eyes turned into those of a toad with orange/red shadows at his eye's sides, he took the large boulder and easily lifted it over his head effectively freeing the deer and leaving a gaping Sakura behind him.
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Sakura was speechless to say the least for before her a vision she never expected to witness in her entire life was happening; a MAN yes A MAN was lifting a boulder twice his size with little effort and casting it aside like nothing (trashing several trees in the process, which is a crime in the Senju, way to go Naruto!).
Sakura sat her gaze on the tall blonde man who wasn't aware of her presence (hunger calls!!) yet.
This man was well a foot higher than her, had a sun kissed messy and spiky blonde hair that had a small pony tail, He was clad with a knee long red coat, with no hood and black flames pattern at the bottom and the wrists, black pants that went to a little below the knees, long black sandal boots (like hers but for males). He had a broad back and seemingly a well built constitution.
When he turned a little Sakura looked he was wearing a white button shirt with no collar, but she was trapped by his manly face, the smooth but strong jaw, the whisker marks on his cheeks, his tanned white skin, and the most mesmerizing electric blue eyes she had seen in her life (Actually the first blue eyes she had seen, details…)
She felt a pang in her chest and noticed her body heat rose quickly, especially on her face.
"What's wrong with me!?" wondered a now confused Sakura.
"He is obviously a Ninja but has no marks to identify him" but quickly dismissed the idea.
"He can't be bad, he helped that poor deer to get free"
"And he is amazingly strong, I think he is as strong as Tsunade sensei"
"THIS IS IT! THE MAN OF OUR DREAMS!, HE IS HOT, HE IS STRONG AND I BET HE CAN TAKE A BEATING WITHOUT DYING" roared inner Sakura with excitement.
"My god, is he the one I have been looking for?" thought Sakura with hope.
Sakura turned again to see the now man of her dreams only to be terribly disappointed as Naruto leapt forward like a hungry animal, to catch the deer which in turn managed to dodge him.
Naruto fell (no longer in sage mode) exhausted not considering that sage mode only tired him further.
Naruto begged to the deer "Please let me eat you, I freed you!, please" as he had tears in his eyes
Sakura was shocked, the man of her dreams was begging to an animal to let it be eaten, and not only that he seemed on the verge of tears as well.
"So much for my perfect man" sighed Sakura.
Naruto no longer able to move stopped moving and with a very dramatic tear in his eye said "Jiraiya, I swear I will haunt you when I die" saying this he passed out from hunger.
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"mmm" "mmm" "gasp" "huh?" Naruto awakened in a light green room on the softest thing he had ever touched (he slept on giant leaves) he wanted to get back to sleep, but as he were closing his eyes, he thought "Wasn´t I in a forest", at this he jumped out from the bed silently only to realize he was dressed in a very light white gown, and upon further inspection also noticed that he had no underwear and had an IV connected to his arm. Feeling scared, trapped and dizzy over his weak condition gave a scream "Where am I!?!?"
At this Tsunade and Sakura quickly entered the room where Naruto was placed and what they saw made them blush and almost faint. Before them Naruto had ripped his gown and was trying to carefully remove the IV from his arm, but was too scared to touch it.
Naruto glanced at them and brought a huge smile to his face as he shout "Finally some people!!!" "Damn it took me long enough to find you guys" he said all this while standing in his birthday suit in front of them and with no shame at all (not that he had to be ashamed in both ladies minds)
"Would you mind removing this thing from my arm? It feels weird"
The two women finally out from their daze (drooling) after witnessing such male body went red with anger and proceeded to forcefully grab (grope) him, dressed him in a new gown and tie him up to the bed, and spent half hour screaming him for his "indecent behavior".
Finally after a lot of screaming and a near crying Naruto, the two women finally relaxed, stopped blushing over some "memories" and started to make their duty as Senju ninja by interrogating him. This didn't went well because Naruto's answers were impossible to believe but sounded so honest that they had trouble discerning if he was a great liar, or a complete nut case.
"Ok, so you come from the fabled mountain of the toads Myoboku that no other mortal eyes has seen and was kicked out by your own father so that you could meet the rest of the world?"asked a now tired Tsunade while looking closely at this young man that reminded him so much of his small brother.
"You understand that it's hard to believe any of this right"
"Why? I answered all your questions truthfully" answered a now slightly angry Naruto who felt very uncomfortable under the scrutiny of such strange creatures, they kind of looked like him but their clothes and bodies were different from his, he wondered if they were just very unfortunate guys or if some special training made them like this, after all sage training gave you toad features.
"Can you prove it" "I mean that you really come from such place" asked Sakura who was still trying to figure out her thoughts about the blonde.
"Hell yeah I can prove it, bring me my pack and I will show you" said a now relieved Naruto, maybe with this they would give him back his clothes at least.
"Here you are, show us" said Tsunade as she passed him his pack.
Naruto started to rummage through his stuff looking for a good proof of his home; he was taking out several books, scrolls, a few of his kunai, and the like.
"Here!!!" Naruto grinned widely as he flashed them his Myoboku ID card, in it had his picture from last year that certified him to ride on top of the giant toads (thought it was funny).
Both women blinked twice looking at the ridiculous ID that depicted the grinning idiot, and the small smiling toads on it as well as his personal info like blood type, and address.
"See? I am from Myoboku and that is my license to ride on toads, they never give them unless you pass a lot of tests and safety protocols" he grinned at his own greatness.
Building a lot of anger thinking he was playing with them Tsunade and Sakura screamed at his face "What kind of idiots you think we are!?" at this the whole hospital trembled in fear, someone was due to meet his ancestors.
At this Naruto almost jumped and dropped his pack, from it a small photo album slid out calling both banshees attention; Sakura took it and was surprised when she opened it.
The album depicted a baby Naruto in the arms of what it looked like a female old toad and behind her many toads of different shapes, colors, sizes and clothing watching at the small baby. The next picture had an older Naruto grinning along with two other small toads while carrying a lot of candy. Another depicted a terror filled Naruto as he stood before a huge Toad with a pipe. The next shown a smiling Naruto with a bunch of painted toad statues behind him, immediately after that picture, another one had a Naruto with a huge bump on his head and an angry old toad by his side.
The next page had Naruto at his current age posing valiantly, it looked silly but Sakura secretly wanted to keep that picture.
"Well it looks like you were saying the truth after all, you do come from the toad mountain" "So that makes you a sage right" said a now intrigued Tsunade; she had met before a pervert who claimed to be a sage himself but never proved it.
"Yeah, dad said that once I completed my transformation I would become a sage, and I finally made it 2 years ago" said Naruto with a huge smile, proud of himself, after all many attempted it and only a handful obtained such title.
"But why were you kicked out? Are you not a sage now? You can go back right? Asked Sakura, finding the mystery quite interesting.
Naruto scratched his head and said "He said that I needed to meet the rest of the world" "You see, this is my first time outside of the mountain in all the time I can remember"
This piece of information made Tsunade wonder about how many things Naruto was ignorant of, it was like having little brother all over again (Yeah she has that kind of complex). On her side Inner Sakura thought "CHANCE!!!" "I can mold this guy into my dream man!!!"
Before Naruto could continue Tsunade and Sakura were at his face offering themselves to show him around and explain "anything" he had doubts on.
Naruto being surprised over such generosity thanked them and asked his first question to another human being "Could you guys show me a woman?" "My dad always spoke fondly of them but never showed me one"
Naruto rested soundly that night with two large bumps on his head…
AN: Ok, done hope you like it, I think I am improving at this what do you think?
I know humor is a bit silly but then again I am new to this. Next chapter gets things rolling for Naruto's time with the Senju.
Tsunade is around her mid 30's she is not using any henge she is just a genius. To make things clear, Jiraiya is 50, Tsunade is 34 and Orochimaru is 40. The sannin did meet in my story but under different circumstances, remember this is a non unified ninja world.
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