Author notes: I am alive still! I think..*pats self* Yep I am still alive. So first I wanted to say that I have the next chapter! :D But it isn't as long as I wanted it to be. :( It will have to do for now thought. Also on another note I wanted to wish loretta537 a happy birthday! :D Best wishes to you! So here is the next chapter.
Chapter 5: 04: Nearing the Finals!
Last time on Healer: "Oh. Tsunade has another errand to run, and then she'll be home," Naruto told Shizune. "She didn't have to hit so hard." He rubbed his head.
"You felt what she did to the clone?" Shizune asked.
"No, but I remember what it felt like. If I ever piss her off, kill me before she gets to me, please?" Shizune giggled, but wasn't sure whether Naruto was really joking or not.
Now on to the story! :D
As it was coming closer to the Exams, Tsunade kept pushing Naruto harder and harder to learn everything he could. Not that it was a problem for him since he started learning about how his clones relayed the knowledge and the techniques back to him. It was also had been an interesting month because Naruto finally got to meet Gekkou Hayate who was one of Konoha's resident Kenjutsu master. He was to spend a few hours with the man on a regular day not that it wasn't interesting.
Flashback starts:
Tsunade had him waiting for the last fifteen minutes and Naruto was starting to get a little pissed off. He was so busy being mad that he almost didn't feel the chakra signature coming his way (almost being the key word). It wasn't that familiar but familiar enough that it but Naruto on guard. A few minutes later Naruto found out why the chakra signature was familiar but not. The chakra belonged to one Gekkou Hayate who he seen but never really talked to. Tsunade waited before talking. "Alright brat, Hayate agreed to train you in Kenjutsu. He will be training you for few hours every other day." Naruto looked at Hayate and noticed that the man had a lilth build to him but his chakra was beyond or on par with Kaka-sensei chakra. 'This ought to be interesting to say the least.' Naruto thought as he and Hayate got to know one another.
Flashback end
It was during this time that Naruto had taken to keeping his medical herbs on hand because Hayate-sensei liked to surprise him during his training and it had become a habit to care them around. Naruto was looking through his medical books about herbs when a buzzing noise kept distracting him. He looked up and noticed that it was a beetle on one of the branches above him. Naruto almost moved it from the branch to look at it when a voice spoke next to his ear.
"I wouldn't move it if I were you."
Author end notes:
ooooh cliffhanger. I hate to leave it here but I have to round up my muses again...they have escaped their cages again. *takes off hunting*
