here's chapter 7! hope you enjoy
disclaimer: i don't own Naruto or PLayStation Vita
From Naruto's point of view, it looked like the senbon needles appeared in Zabuza's neck. Cat and Hana saw them coming, but they were not in a position to do anything about it.
The needles hit Zabuza's neck with a sharp piercing sound, and as soon as they hit his neck, Zabuza died. After a moment of silence, a hunter-nin dropped from the trees, "Thank you for weakening Zabuza, I have been tracking him for many weeks, but have been unable to apprehend him."
Is that a guy or a girl? Naruto thought. The hunter-nin went over and grabbed Zabuza's arm, but before he could get away, Cat spoke up.
"Don't hunter-nins dispose of the body as soon as the kill is made?"
"Hunter-nins from Kirigakure no Sato have adopted a new policy in which the bodies of missing-nin are brought back to the village to be confirmed before disposal," Haku lied. "As you know, the Mist is in a civil war, and it would be no surprise if an announcement to the other villages was not made."
All Cat could do was nod, as Haku disappeared in a swirl of leaves.
That all seemed rather fishy, the Kyuubi mused.
I know…do you think we'll come across Zabuza again?
Yah probably, we could do some training to prepare for when they do come back.
Naruto and Cat started walking back towards where Hana stood, the slashes across her body were still bleeding, but not as much as they were before. Riku and Tazuna had come back onto the bridge after the battle had finished, Riku was giving Hana some first-aid, while Tazuna was having a drink to calm his nerves.
When Naruto and Cat joined back up, all attention turned to them.
"What do you think is going to happen now Cat-senpai?" Riku asked as she finished tending to Hana.
"I don't know," Cat said in his emotionless voice, "I would suggest you genin train in your spare time until the bridge is completed. I have no doubt Gato will try to attack the bridge again."
Riku and Naruto nodded, "Lets get back to the house, Tsunami should have some stuff to help out with the bleeding," Tazuna said.
The group walked back towards the house, they walked at a slightly slower pace so that Hana could keep up. Although Riku and Naruto offered her a helping hand, she kindly declined saying that she could manage on her own.
"Hey Naruto, you wanna spar when we get back?" Riku asked.
"Sure, but I want to talk to Sasuke first," Naruto said.
"Oh, ok," Riku responded.
When they arrived back at the house, Tsunami immediately led Hana to the couch, where she and Riku finished wrapping her cuts.
"Excuse me Tsunami-san, is Sasuke awake?" Naruto asked while Tsunamis finished putting on the final bandage, "Yes, he's awake but resting."
Naruto thanked her and walked up the stairs to the room that Sasuke was in; he stepped into the room, and saw Sakura fussing over Sasuke, while Sasuke was trying to play his Vita.
"You should really be resting right now Sasuke-kun," Sakura said.
"I am resting," Sasuke said in an annoyed voice while not looking up from his device.
"Why do you and Naruto insist on playing those dumb games," Sakura said in an equally annoyed tone, why are boys so stubborn!
Naruto knew that Sasuke didn't like people insulting his favorite past time, and given the physical state of his body, he also probably had a short temper.
"Sakura, do you mind if I talk to Sasuke?" Naruto said, interrupting the impending argument.
"Yes, but don't keep him up to long, Sasuke needs to sleep," Sakura said as she walked out of the room. As soon as Sakura disappeared through the doorway, Sasuke gave her the middle finger, while not looking up from his game.
"Hehehe," Naruto chuckled as he sat down next to Sasuke, "so what have you been up to today?"
"Been trying to get some gaming in, but between Tsunami and Sakura, I haven't had a lot of time," Sasuke said as he turned off his PSV.
Naruto slowly nodded in understanding, "what about you," Sasuke asked him.
"Zabuza attacked us on the bridge today," Naruto said as he slouched down in the chair.
"Who?" Sasuke asked.
"Zabuza, he was some swordsman from Kiri, he was pretty strong but we beat him," Naruto said as he lounged in the chair.
"Did you guys kill him?"
"I don't know, we injured him, but a hunter-nin came and took him away."
"OK, but why don't you think you killed him," Sasuke asked, not really understanding what Naruto was saying.
"Cat-senpai said that Hunter-nin dispose of the body as soon as the kill is made."
"OH ok," Sasuke said, "tonight, do you think we could go train?" Sasuike asked in a hushed tone.
"Sasuke Uchiha!" Naruto said in an appalled voice,
"do you think you'll manage?" he finished in an equally hushed tone.
"Yah, I'll be fine, I only really want to work on chakra control, but I need to get a rubber ball," Sasuke said.
"Is that for the big ball?" Naruto said in the same hushed voice. Sasuke nodded in confirmation, "We could go into town and see if we could buy one," the avenger said.
"I told Riku I would spar with her today, so we could go afterwards," Naruto stated.
"Cool," Sasue said in a disinterested tone, "You know she's got a crush on you, I heard her and Sakura talking about it," Sasuke said.
"You know, I couldn't tell," Naruto said in a sarcastic tone.
"Jerk…" Sasuke muttered.
"What about you and Hinata?" Naruto said in a teasing voice. Sasuke's demeanor changed rather quickly, he went from having a care free attitude, to a determined one.
"What about me and Hinata?" Sasuke asked in a slightly testy tone.
"Chill out man," Naruto said as he waved his hand in a placating manner, "Seriously though, if you're going to make a move, you gotta make one quickly, she's the freaking heiress after all, and she must have suitors lining up for a chance to have her hand in marriage."
"I know," Sasuke said, "I'll talk to her after the mission."
"You've been saying that since before we graduated ," Naruto said with a smirk.
"Well this time I actually have the courage," Sasuke said in an argumentative tone.
"If only I had a ryo for every time I…" Naruto began.
"Shut up and go spar you bastard!" Sasuke said in a fake, angrily loud voice, as he started throwing all sorts of stuff at Naruto.
"See you later Sasuke-chan!" Naruto said as he ran out of the room dodging the crap that Sasuke was throwing at him.
When he arrived down stairs, it appeared as if Sakura was waiting for him.
"What did you do to Sasuke-kun?" she asked in that commanding voice.
"I was only having some fun with Sasuke-chan, don't worry though, he's resting," Naruto said. His answer seemed to appease Sakura (not that he cared) and he proceeded into the living room. Hana was taking a nap on the couch, Tazuna was going over some blue prints, Sai and Cat were nowhere to be found.
He peered into the kitchen and saw Tsunami making dinner.
"Hello Naruto," she said when she saw him looking in the kitchen.
"Hello Tsunami-san, do you know where Riku is?" Naruto asked.
"Riku is outside at the back of the house," Tsunami said while chopping p some onions.
Naruto thanked her, and proceeded to walk out of the house in search of Riku. When he walked outside, he took a look at all of the scenery, or lack of scenery around him. There was a vegetable garden that looked like the vegetables had some sort of disease, ther was little, to know grass in the front or back of the house. The house itself was still in prime condition, no doubt because Tazuna was a builder.
In the back of the house, about 50 feet behind the house, the edge of a forest started and swept back for an unknown distance. At the edge of the clearing, Riku sat in a meditative pose.
When she heard Naruto approach, Riku beamed at him when she looked up.
"Ready to get your butt kicked?" Riku asked in a teasing manner.
"You wish," Naruto responded cheekily.
"Before we fight," Riku started, "I have to know if you were injured in any way during the fight with Zabuza."
"I only used some chakra, but beside that I'm fine," Naruto answered, "so what are the rules of our little spar?"
"We can use jutsu, but nothing to serious or dangerous," Riku stated, she held up her arm for Naruto to help her up, and when they were up, they walked into the forest to find a clearing.
While they were walking, Naruto asked Riku a question, "Have you ever been to Suna?"
She didn't miss her stride and answered, "I went a few times when I was younger, but I haven't gone in a while."
When she had finished answering Riku asked Naruto a question, "What is your ultimate goal in being a shinobi?"
Naruto actually stopped walking when he heard the question, What is my ultimate goal?
"I don't really know, I always wanted to be Hokage, but there are some things I have to do before then."
The Kyuubi gave a snort in agreement, "I want to protect Konoha from its enemies, whether they're outside its walls, or inside." I'm not sure if you realize, but the Leaf is very corrupted, and I wanted to do something about it."
Riku looked over at Naruto, he had started walking again, and she was pondering his answer, "What are the things that you have to take care of?"
"I can't tell," was Naruto's curt reply.
"Oh, I didn't mean to pry," Riku said.
"Its okay, I will probably have to tell you some of the things in the next couple years, but until then, I see no reason to make any of my comrades worry."
Riku nodded in understanding, and they entered a clearing.
Naruto went to the far side of the clearing, and took up a tiger stance. Taijutsu and genjutsu were things he was rather lacking in, but he made up for it with strong ninjutsu, and his accuracy with a kunai.
Riku remained where she stood, she excelled in Taijutsu, she was also rather proficient with genjutsu, but her main strength was kenjutsu.
Naruto pulled out a kunai, and waited for Riku to make the first move. He had tied Sasuke for rookie of the year. When their final grade were made known, it was decided that the boys would spar to see who was ROTY.
Naruto and Sasuke refused to spar, they were quite content being tied for first.
Riku, on the other hand, had been a genin for a year. She was a year older than Naruto, she was very competitive, and she hated losing to ANYBODY.
She had already been on a few C-rank missions, she had her share of near death experiences, she had promised Manami and her sensei that she would get stronger. When her and Manami's teammate died, it had left her in a mess. Kenshi was like an older brother to her, and when he died, she really questioned if she wanted to remain a ninja. She locked herself in her room for a week, and after she emerged, she was more determined than ever before to be strong.
Riku settled into her kenjutsu stance with her ninja-to drawn, waiting to see what Naruto would do.
They waited for thirty second before simultaneously charging at one another.
Riku charged at Naruto with her sword held at her side. When the blonde came in range, the brunette gave a fierce horizontal slash. Naruto blocked the horizontal, and narrowly dodged the vertical slash that Riku sent his way.
He jumped back from the black haired girl, but Riku didn't give him any chance to rest. She pressed the attack, and sent slash after slash his way.
Naruto blocked, and dodged most of the strikes, a few got him on his torso, but they were light cuts, and they healed quickly.
I can't keep fighting like this! Naruto thought, he ducked under a slash that could have decapitated him, and he got a free shot a Riku's ribs. When his fist connected with her rib, Naruto poured chakra into his legs, and jumped into one of the trees surrounding the clearing.
Damn it! He got away, Riku thought, she saw which tree he had landed in, but at this range she was at a disadvantage.
I need to even the playing field, Riku mused, she started speeding through hand signs.
Naruto saw the hand signs, and immediately recalled them, oh crap!
Futon: wind slash jutsu!
Riku gave several long slashes at the air, and where her blade had been seconds before, long slashes in the air appeared and sped towards where Naruto hid.
He barely had time to jump out of the tree before it was pulverized into oblivion. Naruto had to keep jumping because Riku kept slashing at the air.
It appeared that Riku could keep the jutsu up for an undisclosed amount of time.
He landed on a tree branch, and before Riku could send a slash his way, Naruto sped through the familiar hand signs.
Shadow clone Jutsu!
He created twenty clones, and had five of them charge at Riku, while the others waited for their orders.
Riku was about to send another slash at the tree she heard Naruto land in, but after a few weird sounds, five identical copies of Naruto burst from the trees. Two of them were slinging kunai and shruiken at her, while one of them was holding back, and the two others charged head on. She deflected all of the kunai, and jumped into the air, she came down on one of the clones. The clone was not prepared for the sudden weight put on it, so it fell to the ground with Riku on top of it. Riku quickly rolled off of the clone, and before it could get its footing back back under itself, Riku swept its feet out, and mercilessly stabbed it in the chest.
Naruto watched slaughter of his clones in the clearing, and visibly paled, remind me never to make her mad.
Agreed… the Kyuubi said stoicly.
After she dispelled the first clone, Riku turned to the second one that had a kunai drawn, she noticed that the two that had flung kunai at her were also charging her, but the one in the back was hanging back.
The clone with the kunai waited till his comrades joined him, to charge.
She sheathed her sword, and sped through some hand signs, Futon: wind storm!
From her hands fierce winds erupted, the winds basically destroyed everything in her path. Two of the clones had enough time to get out of the way, but the third was not as fortunate. When the wind had destroyed the clone, it continued on to where Naruto his in the tree.
"Crap!" he yelled as her jumped out of the tree into the clearing, he looked behind him, and watched in morbid fascination as the tree he was in only seconds before, was turned into mulch.
Now that he was in the clearing, Naruto decided it was time to finish the spar. He sent his two clones forward, the ones that stayed behind were killed in Riku's jutsu, but Naruto held back with his other clone.
Riku was getting rather tired, and between the wind slash, and the wind storm she had used a lot of chakra, I need to finish this.
She drew her ninja-to, and charged at the two clones charging her. She sent a diagonal slash at the first one, it had to block it with a kunai. She then pivoted very rapidly, and caught the other clone off guard, she stabbed with her blade, dispersing the clone, and then she pivoted again, and gave a vertical slash with her sword.
The clone dodged to the right, and lunged at Riku trying to stab her, the clone had left itself open to an attack, and as soon as Riku dodged his desperate lunge, it was already over.
Riku effortlessly dispelled the clone, and turned to face Naruto and the other clone.
She resumed her kenjutsu post, and waited. Naruto started going through hand signs, and the clone to his right charged Riku.
When will he learn? Riku thought as she intercepted the clone. She was mindful that Naruto was speeding through hand signs, but there wasn't much she could do about that. She charged at the clone, and swung her sword, trying to disperse it quickly.
The clone dodged the attack, and tried to sweep the legs out from under Riku. The brunette jumped over the leg sweep, and tried to do a downward slash on the clone as she descended from her jump. In the blink of an eye, the clone drew a kunai and blocked Riku's attack.
The clone actually pushed Riku back, and because she put all of her weight into the attack, she was pushed off balance. In a last ditch effort to dispell the clone, Riku grabbed onto his arm as she fell, dragging the clone down with her and ran him through with her sword.
She picked herself up from the fall, and faced Naruto. Naruto had his jutsu ready, but he was waiting till the clone was dispelled before he used it.
Futon: wind bullet jutsu!
Five big burst of air erupted from Naruto's mouth, and sped towards Riku.
The brunette slashed through the first three bullets of air, and was nearly overwhelmed by the others, she had a split second chance to dodge the two remaining bullets, and after they had crashed into a tree behind her, she charged at Naruto. Naruto threw kunai at Riku as she dodged, he threw them in a pattern that forced Riku to flank him from his left, and he was a lefty.
When she was in range, Naruto kicked out with his left foot, forcing Riku to dodge to the right. He then gave a right jab at her head that she ducked under, but before she could counter, Naruto pivoted, and kicked her hard in the ribs with his left foot.
She skidded across the ground, she didn't make any grimacing sounds, but you could tell by her facial expressions that she was in pain. Her ribs weren't broken, but they were definitely bruised.
Riku held up her hand and said, "I yield."
Naruto looked at her for a second to see if she was lying, seeing his skepticism Riku continued, "I don't think it would be smart to continue sparring, at this point in the mission we can't afford to have anymore injuries."
"Oh ok," Naruto said, "Did I break anything with that kick?"
"No," Riku said with a grimace, "You sure as hell bruised something though."
"Sorry about that," Naruto said as he rubbed the back of his head sheepishly.
"Thanks for the spar though, I rather enjoyed it," Riku said as they exited the clearing and started walking back towards the house.
"If we continued, who would have won?" Naruto asked with a smirk, "I'm pretty sure I would have won," he said.
Riku looked at him with a smirk of her own, "If we continued I would've kicked your butt."
"Yah, ok whatever, I could've broken your ribs with that kick."
"But you didn't, and I had some pretty sick stuff planned for you," Riku said.
"Right," Naruto said in a disbelieving tone, "You were running low on chakra, and I had barely used any."
It was at that moment that Riku decided to "trip" and "hurt" her ankle.
"Dang it!" she yelled as she "fell" down. Naruto rolled his eyes in response.
"Naruto-kun, could you help me up? I think I twisted my ankle," Riku asked in an overly sweet voice.
Instead of giving her the satisfaction of carrying her back to the house, Naruto created a shadow clone, and had it put up Riku bridal style.
While the clone was walking towards her, Riku covertly drew out a kunai. When the clone was in the process of picking her up, she stabbed it in the arm dispersing it in the process. She rolled over to look at Naruto with a smug look.
"I'll disperse every clone you send my way, so why don't you pick me up yourself N-a-r-u-t-o-kun?" Riku asked in a seductive voice.
Naruto just rolled his eyes and said, "I could knock you unconscious, then have my clones carry you."
"You wouldn't harm an injured, and defencless girl would you?" Riku asked in a fake appalled voice.
"I doubt you're defencless Riku," Naruto said.
"Cant you just pick me up!" Riku said in an exasperated tone.
"Why should I?" Naruto asked smugly, "for me to carry you, you have to say that I won the spar."
Riku HATED to lose, no matter what the situation, but she could stomach this loss because she would get something out of it, "Naruto-kun, you won the spar," Riku stated, she had to hold down the bile that tried to get free from saying that statement. Naruto smugly nodded his head, and he kept the smug look on his face when he pick Riku up.
Riku was blushing as she was being picked up, the only thing that could make this moment perfect was if Naruto didn't have that dumb smug look on his face. To annoy Naruto to the fullest extent, Riku snuggled into his chest and let out a contented sigh.
Naruto rolled his eyes again as they walked back towards the house.
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The sight of Naruto carrying Riku caused several different reactions from the inhabitants of the house. Tazuna took one look at Riku, saw her contented smile despite the fact she was "hurt", then he looked at Naruto sympathetically,
poor kid, doesn't stand a chance…
Tsunami saw the duo, and gave Riku a covert thumbs up, when Riku winked at her.
Sakura looked at the duo with jealousy clearly evident on her face, I wish Sasuke-kun would carry me.
Hana saw Naruto carrying her and decided to tease the teens, "I didn't realize the spar would get so physical."
Both teens blushed at Hana's statement, but neither of them said anything. Naruto walked over to the nearest chair, and abruptly deposited Riku in it.
"Oww, you don't have to be so rough," Riku whined.
"Oh sorry, I didn't want to "hurt" your ankle," Naruto quipped.
Riku didn't say anything, all she did was give him a fake glare. Naruto turned back to Tsunami, and he noticed the amused smile on her face.
"Excuse me Tsunami-san, is Sasuke upstairs?" Naruto asked.
"Yes, don't spend to much time up there though, he needs to rest," Tsunami said sternly. Naruto thanked her and ran upstairs. When he neared the room that Sasuke was in, he heard some frantic scurrying. He paused in the doorway, and watched as Sasuke "slept" in his bed.
"You know, for being a ninja, your stealth sucks," Naruto said as he walked into the room.
"Oh its you," Sasuke said in a relieved tone, "I thought you were Sakura, between Sakura and Tsunami, I can barely go to the bathroom without being watched."
Naruto gave a laugh at his friends conundrum, "at least you can play video games right?" Naruto asked, trying to make light of the situation.
"They won't even let me play my Vita!" Sasuke said incredulously, "When Tsunami walked in and saw me playing it, she gave me a glare that made my crawl, I thought she was gonna break my PSV!"
"Damn dude, that's rough," Naruto muttered.
"So how are we gonna get out of the house?" Sasuke asked in a low voice, his sense of adventure tingling.
Naruto gave a mischievous smile, and leaned in closer to Sasuke, "I was working on this plan…."
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Down stairs Riku and Sakura were talking about how Riku had gotten Naruto to carry her, Tsunami was watching TV while waiting for dinner to finish baking. Hana was resting on the couch while Tazuna was going over some blue prints, with a bottle of sake.
Everyone was consumed in there activities, that they almost missed Naruto walking out of the house.
"Hey Naruto, where are you going?" Sakura asked.
Crap! Naruto thought as he turned around to answer Sakura's question, "I'm going to go meditate," Naruto lied, "it helps with the Kyuubi," Naruto said when he saw the females giving him a disbelieving look.
When he mentioned the Kyuubi, everyone stopped questioning him, "I'll be back for dinner," Naruto said as he exited the house. As soon as he was out side the door he created a shadow clone, and ordered it to sit down with its eyes closed, by the edge of the clearing.
Naruto then jumped into the trees as quickly as he could, and when he was in the tree he took out a scroll and wiped some blood on it, I hope this works…
When he wiped the blood on it, Sasuke popped it out; Naruto gave a sigh of relief when he saw his friend.
"To be honest, I wasn't sure that would work…" Naruto said.
Sasuke had his back to him, but when he heard Naruto's comment, he turned to look at him with a fierce glare.
"What don't you mean you didn't think it would work!" Sasuke said in a menacing, loud voice.
"Settle down," Naruto said while waving his hand in a placating manner, "it worked right? its not healthy to dwell on what ifs."
"I oughta throttle you," Sasuke said as they started jumping through the trees on the way towards town.
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"So Riku-chan, how did you get Naruto to carry you?" Sakura asked.
"Oh, that was just my seductive skill," Riku said nonchalantly, "I'd be careful if you try it to Sasuke, he's not as nice as Naruto is."
"Yes he is!" Sakura said defending her crush.
Riku, who was sitting at the table across from Sakura, looked her in the eye, "Sakura, if you really think that Sasuke is nicer than Naruto, you are a biased fan-girl. If you want Sasuke to notice you, you have to differentiate yourself from all the other girls."
"How would I do that?" Sakura asked her older sister figure.
"Well, from my experiences, most fan-girls are relatively weak; I think the best way to get his attention, would be getting stronger."
Sakura was about to protest, but Riku cut her off, "if Sasuke wanted a girly-girl, he has a whole village to chose from. The only person from your graduating class that trains really hard is the Hyuuga girl, and from what you've told me, Sasuke, Naruto-kun, and the Hyuuga are very close friends."
Sakura slightly paled when Riku mentioned Hinata, I never came close to beating her in any spars. Sakura nodded her head in understanding, it would be rough, but if she got Sasuke's attention it would be worth it all.
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Naruto and Sasuke were walking through the city. Both boys had pity clearly written on their faces. The orphaned children played in the muck in the allies. Prostitutes stood on street corners, trying to do anything to earn money. The one place that seemed to get a lot of business was the local bar and pub. Most of the building were rundown, empty, or already collapsed. Rough groups of men stood at the entrance to brothels, bars, and other buildings, they all glared at Naruto and Sasuke as they walked by.
"Dude, I knew they were poor, but this is ridiculus," Sasuke whispered to Naruto.
"I know right, it makes me want to finish the bridge even more," Naruto said as he watched a small, little boy wearing rags, playing with a stick.
"Lets get this ball and get out of here, I don't like the look those guys are giving us," Sasuke said in a low voice.
Naruto looked at a group of men in front of a brothel they were passing, it was a group of five men, two of them had scimitars, one of them had a katana, and the other two looked like they could kill with one punch. The men were looking at them menacingly, Naruto and Sasuke didn't blink as they glared back at the group, but they continued on looking for a store that sold rubber balls.
They walked for ten minutes until they came across a toy store. The duo walked inside, and the scurrying of the cashier could be heard. The man came from somewhere in the back of the store. When he saw they two boys he cried out, "Please, I'll have the money tomorrow! Give me one more day please!" the man pleaded. Naruto looked at Sasuke with a raised eyebrow, "We're not here to collect any money, we need to buy a rubber ball," Sasuke said. The man looked like he didn't believe them at first, but when the prospect of actually making a sale dawned on him, his whole countenence changed.
"Right this way," the man said in an excited voice.
After they had picked out a small rubber ball, the cashier led them back to the cash register to ring them up.
"That'll be three ryo," the man said.
The boys looked at him in shock, "That's it! Only three ryo?"
The man nodded his head, but Naruto wasn't having any of that, "we'll give you ten ryo, its not like we need the money anyway." the man looked at them and started thanking them profusely. Sasuke told the man how rich he and Naruto were, and that is was an honor helping out the city. The two boys told him about their mission, but they didn't tell him where they stayed.
Unknown to the two boys, the rough group of men were standing outside, their collective eyes lit up at the mention of all the money the two teens claimed to have.
"Hey boss, if we waste those to boys, and take their money, we could leave this God-forsaken city, and not have to work for Gato anymore," one of the men said.
A man who was easily over six and a half feet tall nodded in response, then spoke in a deep voice, "I haven't seen them around town, so they must be staying on the outskirts, as soon as they exit down town we'll kill 'em."
The two boys exited the store and started walking down the street on the way back to the house.
"So how was your spar with Riku?" Sasuke asked.
"I beat her, but I had to carry her back to the house because she "hurt" her ankle," Naruto said.
"HAHA," Sasuke laughed, "you actually carried her, I bet she was happy."
"Yah, well I beat her, and you know how competitive she is, she admitted I beat her rather quickly when I was carrying her."
"You know, I wouldn't be surprised if she had that planned out," Sasuke mused aloud.
"I know right, girls are such a pain," Naruto complained. Sasuke nodded his head in agreement.
The two boys continued their conversation, oblivious to the fact that they were being followed.
As soon as the two boys exited down town, the men attacked. The two men with scimitars rushed at them, while the leader of the group, another man, and the man with the katana held back.
The boys acute hearing alerted them to the charging thugs, and they turned to see the two men with the swords charging them.
Thinking quick, Sasuke drew out a shuriken and kunai, he threw the shuriken at the man that was charging him, and rushed in with the kunai whike the shuriken was still in the air. The thug blocked the shuriken, and engaged Sasuke in battle. It wasn't much of a contest, the man wasn't a ninja. Sasuke charged at him, and jumped over him. The man swung his sword trying to cut Sasuke while he was in the air. Sasuke narrowly avoided he slash sent his way, and when he landed behind the thug, he cut the man's right Achilles tendon before he could turn around.
"Damnit!" the man yelled as he turned around, but Sasuke was too quick, and he rolled underneath the man, and gave him a chop to the back of the neck, knocking him unconscious.
Naruto also didn't have much difficulty with his target. He waited for the thug to approach him then he struck out. The thug tried to cleave Naruto in half with a horizontal slash, Naruto merrily jumped over the blade, and kicked the man in his head with his left foot. The kick dazed the man for a split second, and that was all that Naruto needed. When he landed from his jump Naruto gave the man two right hooks, and three left jabs before the man could blink.
The leader of the thieves watched as the first two thugs were dispatched easily, that was when he decided to overwhelm the two boys. Thee man with the katana, and the to bare-fisted delinquents rushed Naruto and Sasuke.
After he dispatched his opponent, Naruto and Sasuke simultaneously looked at the incoming trio, three against one, time to even the odds.
Naruto went through his favorite hand signs, and when he was done three identical clones stood ready to fight.
Sasuke also went through the hand signs, but he only created one clone.
The incoming trio actually used a good formation, but this was disrupted when Sasue yelled out: Katon: fire ball jutsu!
The jutsu caused the men to break formation. The man with a katana dodged to the right, and was engaged by Sasuke, one of the bare-fisted men dodged to the left, and was intercepted by two of Naruto's clones, the leader of the group jumped over the fireball, and was met mid-air by Naruto, Sasuke's clone, and another one of Naruto's clones.
The bare-fisted thug that attacked Sasuke was at a severe disadvantage, Sasuke was a ninja, he was not, Sasuke actually knew what he was doing, he did not, Sasuke also had a drawn kunai, the thug had a katana and didn't know what to do with it.
Sasuke ducked under a wild slash that was sent his way, he coutered by stabbing the man in the ribs. It wasn't a vital hit, but it would bleed and could become fatal if untreated. The thug swore when he was stabbed, but Sasuke wasn't done yet; he left the kunai imbedded in the guys ribs, and he gave the man a leg sweep. The man fell to the ground, and Sasuke ended the fight by kicking him in the head.
The bare-fisted man that rushed at Naruto must have received ninja training at some point in his life, he IS the leader of the group, Naruto mused. Naruto charged the man, and gave a flying kick to the guys chest. The man dodged however, and let Naruto sail by. Naruto hit the ground from his jump, and rolled around to face his opponent. When Naruto looked up, he noticed the man charging him, the man sent a left hook that Naruto dodged, and followed up with a kick from his right leg. Naruto grabbed the man's foot before it could hit him, Naruto looked into the man's eyes, as he held his foot, for a millisecond you could see the fear in the thug's eyes, before it switched back to a hardened gaze as if he already accepted with his predicament.
Naruto gave the foot a sharp twist which caused a sickening 'pop' to be heard, the man cried out in pain but was quickly silenced when Naruto punched him in the face.
Naruto looked up and saw that the shadow clones had dealt with their target, and Sasuke looked ok.
"You alright Naruto?" Sasuke asked, as he held his red rubber ball.
"Yah, I'm good, lets get back or else we'll be late for dinner," Naruto stated. They jumped up into the trees, and started the short trek towards home.
When they reached the clearing behind the house, Naruto noticed that his shadow clone was no longer "meditating" there.
that's weird, I didn't fell it dispel, Naruto pondered.
Naruto resealed Sasuke into the scroll after arguing with him for a few seconds.
Naruto then jumped out of the tree and knocked on the front door.
He only had to wait a second before Riku answered the door looking very confused.
"Who are you?" Riku asked.
"What do you mean, who are you? I'm Naruto," the blonde stated.
"Then who is this? Riku said as she pointed to Naruto's shadow clone that was seated at the dinning room tabled, greedily eating food.
"Oh, I'm a shadow clone, that's the real Naruto," Naruto lied, he put his hands behind his back, and tried a jutsu he only tried twice before
Substitution.
He did the hand signs, closed his eyes, and gave a silent prayer to Kami. He muttered the jutsu under his breathe.
When he opened his eyes, he was seated next to Tazuna at the table, he looked to the doorway, and saw Riku talking to his clone.
"You can dispil the clone Riku," Naruto told her.
The clone looked at Naruto for a split second before Riku punched it in the face.
When she returned to the table, Sakura asked, "Where is Sasuke-kun?"
Thinking quickly, Naruto answered, "I'll go get him."
He walked up the stairs and entered the room where they slept, and summoned Sasuke out of the scroll.
"Play it cool," Naruto told him, the two descended the stairs, and began to converse with everyone like nothing happened.
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It was about twelve in the morning when Naruto woke up Sasuke to go train.
"Five more minutes…," Sasuke muttered while Naruto tried to wake him up.
"Sasuke, we need to go train!" Naruto said in a course whisper.
The word 'train' snapped Sasuke awake, "Lets go," He whispered as he got out of bed. The two had to be very quiet because Sakura insisted on sleeping in the chair next to Sasuke's bed while he healed, and Riku slept in the bed that Naruto slept in the night before.
The duo sneaked downstairs, and saw Hana sleeping on the couch, and Sai sleeping on the floor in a sleeping bag. Naruto knew how inquisitive Sai could be, so he snuck over to where he slept, took out a hanker chief, took out a dripper of chloroform, and put some on the hanky. Naruto put it over Sai's face, and after a few seconds, his breathing became deeper.
Sasuke and Naruto exited the house through the back yard, and entered the woods to train.
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It was two hours since the boys had started training, due to his injuries Sasuke was rather tired, and bid Naruto good night before returning to the house.
I'll go back after a little bit, Naruto told himself.
He climbed up a tree using charka, and started sparring with a shadow clone on the tree. The spar went well for the first two minutes, Naruto found out that if he poured chakra into the clone, the clone could withstand more than one hit. The spar ended however when Naruto accidentally poured to much charka into his feet, and was blown of the tree. It didn't worry him that he was falling, but on the way down his head hit a tree branch
And everything went black.
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