The Blood and the Leaf
Intro:
Okay chapy 7 coming at you sooner then expected but… more explanations 'sigh' yeah its necessary though, I promise the next chapter is gonna have more action… so just bare with me… as for my insistent need to explain well you see my grandma is blind and I learned early on that simple explanations don't give you the picture… no true in-depth stuff in here though so hopefully it won't be too bad.
Disclaimer-I don't own Naruto or any of the characters, I do own my OC's, and those creatures I have created namely for now nimpha which has been explained in the beginning of chapter four, also a new thing introduced in this chapter demeric and celestial demons which is explained in this chapter. O almost forgot I also own the Village Hidden in the Blood and the land of the Beasts it resides in as they came from my overly active imagination, I don't mined ya using them (the village not the characters) just let me know before hand and through my name in somewhere :)
Harem voting: (look at end of chapter for rules)-each need three to be for sure… okay so I may put some in with less but if they have three they will definably be in :)
Anko: 1
Ino: 1
Kurenai: 1
Shinzue: 1
Kyubii
Thoughts
"speaking"
A day of Masks -chapter seven
Recap:
By this time the sun was setting. "Right everyone listen up!" yelled Naruto causing the entire group, people and partners, to look at him. "We're camping here tonight, get to know your partners and get some rest, tomorrow the real training will start."
….next morning four am…
"WAKE UP!" four voices rang out followed by loud howls, yips, and… buzzing!
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!" came the course of startled replies along with growls and hisses.
"Okay rise and shine everyone, time to start the day," shouted Naruto merrily.
"Naruto... why are we awake now?" asked a fuming Sakura.
Quickly Naruto went from joking to serious "Sakura-chan we have a lot of work to do and less than two months to do it in." With a sigh he looked her in the eyes "We will be on a tight schedule, breakfast is ready, after which I will give out individual schedules."
"Sakura-chan... I'm… sure… N.N.Naruto-kun has a good reason," stuttered out Hinata, Tanrei at her side purred her agreement.
…after breakfast…
"Okay, we're gonna break down into four groups. The groups have been decided based on Aki's observations of your elemental style affinity," said Naruto as he, Aki, Isshou, and Asahi stood in front of the rest. "You will first learn your base style then the rest, as you will find learning your natural style makes learning the rest easy."
He sighed before continuing "Okay those who will be training in ice under Isshou-kun are Neji, Sai, and Ino. Under Aki-kun learning earth are Shikamaru, Shino, and Lee. Tenten, Choji, and Sakura are learning fire under Asahi-kun. And lastly learning wind from me are Hinata and Kiba. When together you will answer to me, unless in the presence of the Hokage in which case you answer to her. When we split into groups you will listen to you team leaders." He let them take it in for a while before he spoke up again. "Now I believe an extensive explanation on partners is in order. Aki if you would be so kind."
Aki stepped up while Naruto took a step back letting her have the floor. "Okay partners are more than what they seem. In order to understand them you must understand something else. There are two types of demons." "What does that have to do with anything?!" butted in Ino.
"If you listen, and let me talk you'll know why!" yelled Aki, showing her temper and causing those who had never before seen it to take a step back. Taking a deep breath to calm herself she spoke again, this time no one dared to interrupt her.
"As I was saying there are two kinds of demons, ones such as Kyubii and Shukaku used to be. I say used to because demeric demons can not be partners. Only celestial demons can, and yes all partners are celestial demons. The difference between the two is not obvious to those who don't know what to look for.
"Demeric demons seek power above all else, while celestial demons seek their partners. In truth celestial demons can be just as cruel and single minded as demeric demons, but without a partner they are powerless. The powder that was used to summon them also acts as a bonding substance, your partners, unlike regular summons, will always stay by your sides, any questions?"
They just stared at her in shock, trying to sort though all the information given to them. "Good now, in case you haven't noticed your partners don't exactly come speaking… human. Yet you can understand them perfectly right? Yeah, this is also a part of the bonding, it allows you to understand your partner perfectly as well as any other creature you run across that is the same species as you partner," said Naruto with a smile, picking up where Aki left off.
"Aren't you forgetting something Naru-kun?" questioned Aki.
"Huh? What?"
She sighed before answering "We are going into Suna, but we have to go in disguise. If the Akatsuki knew Naru-kun was in Suna they would be sure to send more than one group to retrieve him along with Gaara-san."
"Oh right! Um Is-chan did you finish the masks?" he questioned.
She smiled before yelling, "Alright line up!"
Everyone minus Naruto, Isshou who was at the head of the line with a pack by her side, Asahi, and Aki slowly lined up, along with their partners at their sides. Isshou rummaged in the pack before pulling out an ANBU mask and armor, she then walked to the first in line who was Shikamaru, and handed him the dark black set of armor and the mask before moving to hand out the rest. "Get dressed everyone," she said before pointing to the river, "Girls follow me to the river to change."
…back at camp after everyone changed…
Shikamaru was dressed in his black armor, and his owl mask (solid light brown, with marks in cream). Hinata was dressed in navy blue armor with a leopard mask on (solid white, with marks in lavender). Neji was in black armor with a lion mask on (solid amber, with marks in black). Choji was in light brown armor with a bear mask on (solid white, with marks in dark brown).
Sai was in black armor with a tiger mask on (solid black, with marks in white). Shino was in black armor with a scorpion mask on (marks are pincers on either side of face and tail on forehead eye holes are diagonal slits, solid grey with marks in light brown). Ino had on light yellow armor and a cheetah mask (solid black with marks in gold).
Tenten was in chocolate brown armor with a hawk mask on (solid white with red marks). Lee was in black armor (got him out of green spandex… go me) with a panther mask on (solid light green with marks in black). Kiba was in dark brown armor with a dog mask on (solid white with brown marks). Sakura was in dark pink armor with a Phoenix mask on (solid red with orange marks).
"Okay from now on we will go by our ANBU names," said Naruto "I'm Red Fox," he said pointing to himself. "I'm Gold Fox," said Asahi, putting her mask in place. "Dragonfly," said Aki. "I'm Wolf," yelled Isshou.
"And now for your names," Naruto said pointing to each in turn "Shikamaru is Owl, Neji is Lion, Tenten-chan is Hawk (she blushed under her mask at chan), Lee is Panther, Sai is Tiger, Ino is Cheetah, Shino is Scorpion, Choji is Bear, Kiba is Dog, Hinata-chan is Leopard, and Sakura-chan is Phoenix."
"We are now officially Konaha's Beast ANBU," he declared. "Beast squadron move out!" he yelled. "Um Red Fox-kun," said Gold Fox, stopping him. "Yes Gold Fox-chan?"
"We need to get in our teams and assign training regimens, to be used on the road," she said looking at him with a bright smile under her mask. "Oh right, lets do that. Okay everyone meet back here at noon!" he said.
End:
Okay that's chapter seven, the next chapter will hopefully be better. Oh and while they're in there ANBU gear I'll refer to them by their ANBU names. So let me know what you think okay? I didn't want to start the next part in this chapter because then I would have to break it up and that might get a little confusing. Kk please review, yep yep.
Right so this one is definitely going to be a harem, and yea I will need some help here on a few things if you would be so kind. Other than my three OC (the girls duh) and Hinata (because I love Naruto Hinata pairings) I have no idea who to put in it. The main stipulation is no TSUNADA, as that just creeps me out, any other female is fair game, to get a girl in requires two simple things, one a nominee (this also counts as the first vote) and at least three votes requesting her.
From my beta Ataraninja:
It was really good!!! She really knows how 2 make a cuz feel good. She's ahead of me with writing, hehe… (In a defensive voice screams) ONLY CUZ I LEFT MY PIN DRIVE AT UR HOUSE!!! (Sticks out tongue at HNN)
HNN-'yells back' NOT MY FALT!
BB2:giggles at HNN: Geez, you love descriptions, I like the names though, this is shaping up to be an interesting read. I catch myself reading instead of betaing a couple times. ;
HNN-…I cant seem to help myself when it comes to my descriptions 'sigh' sad realy
