Good news to all. August first was my birthday. And for my birthday I got a new laptop. Now that I have word for this laptop I am able to work on this fic a lot more so more regular updates should be happening. Anyways please review this story and actually something down please. It helps.
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Tazuna's house
"Tsunami, we're home." Our heros and Sasuke entered Tazuna's house only to be greeted by the sight of a twenty year old female with long black hair.
"Father, you're back." Tsunami ran up and hugged Tazuna. "I was worried you wouldn't come back." Tsunami than caught glimpse of the strangers behind her father. "Who are these people?" That's when Naruto decided to give his own version of his teams introduction.
"Well for starters the duck butted emo king over there is named Sasuke," This earned a harsh glare from Sakura will Sasuke just turned the other way although Naruto could've sworn he saw a vein bulge on Sasuke's head. "The pink haired cheerleader is Sakura," Sakura glared holes in the back of Naruto's head. "The unconscious scarecrow is our sensei is Kakashi," There was no response "These three lovely young ladies call themselves the beautiful girls squad, though they could do without the 'beautiful' part." Naruto muttered the last part to self.
Tsunami gazed over at the so called girls squad. They seemed no different from a civilian, aside from the fact the short one was carrying an adult male over her shoulder and there was a weird device on the blonde girl's arm. "Well I would like thank you again for protecting my father. You're more than welcome to stay in the two spare rooms we have upstairs. I assume you guys want the girls in one room and the guys in the other."
"Actually Tsunami-san" Interrupted Naruto "it would be better if Sakura and I switched places." Tsunami looked as if she wanted to protest but said nothing. She thought it was a little weird for a girls and boys their age to sleep in the same room, but she ended up marking this as some shinobi thinking.
"Well okay then. Make yourselves at home. Dinner will be ready soon." On that note Tsunami retreated back into the kitchen. Mio went to drop Kakashi of in one of the guest rooms while Sasuke followed, wanting to get a look at where they would be sleeping.
"Hey Naruto, why did tell Tsunami we should switch places?" Naruto turned towards Sakura before giving his answer.
"Well I did it for multiple reasons. Reason one is because Setsuna, Mio, Kuchinashi and I have lived together for years so we're pretty much comfortable living together. The second reason is pretty much for your sake. The girls like to sleep without any clothes on, and normally this wouldn't be an issue because you're all girls, given Setsuna's body measurements I didn't want you to feel bad about yourself." Sakura blushed instantly understanding what Naruto was saying. When compared to Setsuna she did look pretty flat. "And lastly, I thought it be a lot better if you stayed with Sasuke rather than me." Sakura couldn't find anything wrong with that. If it meant being closer to her Sasuke-kun then she wouldn't argue.
"Okay I was just wondering. We should probably check on Kakashi sensei." Naruto nodded in agreement and followed Sakura with Setsuna and Kuchinashi trailing behind to one of the spare rooms. When they found the room Kakashi was in, they were greeted by the sight of Mio leaning over an unconscious Kakashi, her steadily reaching over towards his face mask. Sasuke was off to the other side of the room giving an occasional glance at what Mio was doing revealing that he was curious about what Kakashi looked like but didn't want to reveal it. to be honest Naruto was to, but he was more curious about what Kuchinashi's voice sounded like. Seriously, almost ten years with her and he had yet to hear her speak. Just as Mio was about to touch Kakashi's mask, his lone opened slowly causing The poor girl to jump back in surprise.
"Good, now that you're all hear I have something to discuss with all of you." Sakura walked over and sat next to her sensei wanting to hear what Kakashi had to say.
"What is it Kakashi sensei?"
"It's Zabuza." Everyone's attention was now focused on Kakashi. "I believe he's still alive." everyone was thoroughly shocked at the news.
'Wait the hunter nin killed Zabuza. You even checked his pulse.'
"That's right I did check Kuchinashi and there was no pulse, but there is something still bothering me. Did anyone noticed the weapon the hunter nin was using." This time it was Sakura's turn to speak.
"If I remember correctly the were long, very thin needles."
"Correct. They're called senbon needles. Though they're not really used for dealing killing blows, there mostly used for striking the nerves causing either pain or paralysis in certain body parts."
"Or cause someone to fall into a death like state." Interrupted Naruto. "Given that the person aims for the neck like that hunter nin did." Both Sakura and Sasuke looked at Naruto as if he grew a second head. Never in their wildest dreams would they imagine that the dead last of their class would know something as advanced as that. "What, Setsuna made me learn anatomy. It was either learn fast or live a life without ramen." His teammates sighed at the blond males remark. It was to be expected, after all, he really loved ramen.
"That also raises a good point, the hunter nin." Setsuna said with a serious expression written on her face. The occupants turned toward Kuchinashi as she scribbled.
'I believe that the hunter nin is working for Zabuza.' Sakura and and Sasuke were confused by the blond's claim, while Kakashi, Naruto, and Setsuna nodded understanding why she made that claim. Mio was blissfully staring out in space to the point where a chibi ghost was floating out of her ear.
"What do you mean Kuchinashi-san." Asked Sakura.
'I read somewhere that hunter nin dispose of their kills on spot.' This got quizzical a look from Sakura.
"She's right. Hunter nin always dispose of the corpse immediately after killing their target in order to prevent village secrets from getting out. The fact that the hunter nin took the body with them proves that they're a fake." Kakashi closed his lone visible and began planning for the future.
"Knowing the type of person Zabuza is, he'll be back for another attempt at Tazuna's life and given the injuries he sustained during the fight, I predict he has a week to recover if not more. Mio's hits tend to be devastating." Mio perked up at Setsuna's compliment about her strength.
"Well that gives us about a week to train you guys." Quipped the silver haired jonin.
"Excuse me sensei but how are you going to train us while you're recovering." Asked Sakura with Sasuke agreeing, though he didn't do it verbally.
"Don't worry about that, you'll see." With that everyone decided to accept his answered and went to their rooms.
In Naruto's room
Naruto was currently staring out the window of his room he was sharing with the beautiful girls squad. Naruto didn't know what it was, but he had a feeling something was going to happen that he wasn't going to like. What really puzzled him was the fact that for some reason he felt that Anko was involved. Setsuna approached him from behind. Seeing how he was staring out the window with no real point of focus she became a little worried.
"Something on your mind Naruto-kun?" She blushed when realized she used the kun suffix.
"I don't know what it is Setsuna-chan, but I feel like Anko was doing something that's going to cause me grief." If only Naruto knew how right he was.
All the way Konoha
Anko Mitarashi was not having the best of days. As she trudged her way to the bar to meet up with her friends she couldn't help but feel like someone had put a curse on her or some deity decided to mess with her. It all started when she was getting dressed when she tore a hole in her favorite trench coat. Even though they all looked exactly the same, she somehow was able to tell that on apart from the others. Then the place she always visited for dango ran out of her favorite dish and red bean soup, so she had to go with her second favorite which never would compare to her favorite. Then she got called in for a interrogation only for prisoner to be the most stubborn prisoner of all time. The fact he was partly a masochist made the interrogation last a lot longer then it should so by the end of the session she barley had any time to spend in the forest of death. the whole day was just a drag for her and she would love nothing more than to go for a relaxing soak in th hot springs. The only problem was that there have been an increased number of cases where perverted men were caught peeping in the women's bath house.
As Anko entered the bar she spotted a table with three women. She was justa fairly tall and light-skinned woman of slender build. She had long, black, shoulder-length untamed hair, and very unique eyes that were red in colour, with an additional ring in them. She wears make-up consisting of red lipstick and purple eye shadow. Her wore an outfit that consists of a red mesh armour blouse with only the right sleeve visible. The rest of the dress was a very broad material which resembled bandages with a pattern on it similar to those of rose thorns. Her hands and upper thighs were also wrapped in bandages and she wore a a Konoha forehead protector and regular shinobi sandals. This woman was Kurenai Yuhi, Konoha's resident genjutsu mistriss.
The next as a young woman with straight, purple hair reaching down to her waist, and brown eyes, and a shade of red lipstick. Currently she was wearing a green standard jonin flak jacket with a pair of standard black shinobi pants and a pair of regular shinobi sandals. This woman Was wearing Yugao Uzuki. Normally she would seen, or unseen, wearing the standard Anbu uniform with the cat mask to go with it, but currently she was off duty and it wouldn't make much sense for an Anbu, who's job is to operate undetected, to be walking around in their uniform off duty.
The last woman had long brown hair which she wore in a ponytail with two locks of hair framing her face and, large, black eyes. She also wore a light shade of lipstick and had the traditional fang-like tattoos of the Inuzuka clan on both of her cheeks, in addition to a tattoo on her upper right arm that resembled a flower. She currently wore a form-fitting variation of the Konoha flak jacket which doesn't have any chest pockets. She likes to keep the front of her jacket unzipped, exposing her cleavage. She also wore a pair of form-fitting shorts cut just above the knee, bandages just below her tattoo and wrist-warmers. This was Hana Inuzuka, she was also Kiba's sister. Something to note about Hana was that she had softer features than most of the Inuzuka clan.
Anko trudged her way to the table and sat next to Kurenai. "Hey guys." Her voice clearly showed how tired she was.
"Anko, what's the matter." Kurenai asked with clear concern lacing her voice.
"Oh Nai-chan today was just the worst." Anko whined.
"Why don't you talk about it? It might make you feel better." commented Yugao. So Anko proceeded to explain the nature of her day to her friends. If they had to be honest Anko's story seemed a little ridiculous considering all the problems about her day were only things she would complain about, but still the sympathize with her seeing as it still was a bad day for her.
"Well it seems like you could use some relaxation. Maybe you could join us as we go to the hot springs later today." Hana suggested while taking a sip of her drink.
"Believe me I would love to Hana-chan but I don't trust that place anymore and I'm pretty sure you know why." Kurenai nodded her head in agreement. She also knew about the increased pervert sightings.
"I know there have been an increased number of perverts but you can't let keep from relaxing in the springs. Besides It is the only one in Konoha." Yugao stated. Anko leaned back in her seat as she thought about Yugao's words. It was true there was only one hot spring within Konoha...Wait a minute there was something Naruto told her when he was showing around the underground bunker as he so named it. She even saw it for herself and it amazed her.
'Naruto-kun did say to keep the place a secret but these guys are my closest friends. I'm pretty sure they can keep a secret. I'm pretty sure Naruto will understand.' Anko thought.
"I'm not so sure about that Yu-chan." A grin started form on Anko's face as she began thinking about the great time she and her friends were going to have.
"What do you mean Anko?" Everyone at the table besides Anko was curious at Anko's words.
"Gather the supplies you usually take with you to the hot springs and meet me by the gates." The three other women were surprised at Anko's insistence but decided that curiosity trumps any feeling of doubt they had about their friends plan. Before any of them could make any reply, Anko had already left the bar. Not wasting any time Kurenai, Yugao, and Hana finished their drinks and left the bars well.
Outside the Forest of Death
"Anko we love you and all but coming to the Forest of Death is not really an ideal relaxation spot." Deadpanned Kurenai. All four women were standing in front of training ground forty four. Anko was the only one who was actually excited about what they were doing. Kurenai, Hana, and Yugao currently had an expression of skepticism written on their faces.
"Come on Nai-chan this will be fun I promise." Anko pleaded. "Besides when have ever led you guys astray." None of them bothered to answer the question even though they could have named a bunch of times Anko has lead them 'astray'. With the silence as her answer Anko began walking into the forest motioning for the rest to fellow her and the begrudgingly did. The group walked for what seemed for miles. Anko knew exactly were to go but for the rest of the group it looked as if they going every which way without any real direction. They finally stopped when they reached a river that lead up to a waterfall. Before anyone could make a comment Anko walked into the waterfall disappearing behind it. Letting their curiosity taking over themselves Kurenai, Yugao, and Hana followed Anko only to discover cave on the other side of the waterfall, which didn't even get them wet. At the far end of the cave there was a light. They walked towards the light with anticipation eating their insides, many different scenarios playing in their heads as they got closer. As they entered the light there were many things, but what they saw not one of them. When they reached the light at the end of the tunnel they were shocked beyond belief. They were standing in front what could have been easily the largest training ground their lives. The whole place was light up as if it was daytime despite being underground. The land was split into two different sections one covered in trees and grass, and the other section was a rocky barren landscape. They had come to their sense when their eyes land focused on Anko who was standing in front of them with her back turned. Kurenai was the first woman to overcome her shock therefore was the first one to speak up.
"Anko, what is this place?" The unbridled amazement was clearly evident in her voice as she walked up to her friend.
"This Nai-chan is the underground bunker. A secret training spot me and one other person use frequently." Anko stated in a somewhat proud manner.
"How is this possible?" Asked Hana still overcoming her shock.
"Well the one other guy is actually the one who built this place a few years back and because I frequently come to this forest often, he trusted me to know about this place." Part of that statement was a lie, but she didn't want them now that Naruto was the one that built the place. "Because you guys are my closest friends I trust that you will keep this place a secret as well." Yugao, Hana, Kurenai thought deep about Anko's word. They all wondered why Anko would want to keep such a place secret, but maybe she had her reason just like the guy who originally built this place.
"Anko, you have our word that we will keep this place secret." Yugao said getting nods from both Hana and Kurenai.
"Good, now if you follow me I'll show the hot springs that was also built here."
