Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, that right belongs to Masashi Kishimoto-sensei..
Chapter 7:Beginning
"Now, listen here you carrot top; your gonna tell me where he is, you got that?"
Her voice was menacing as she towered over the orange haired boy. Yahiko paled a bit as the woman towered over him. His eyes slowly wandered over to her chest area as his eyes widened into dinner plates. He immedeatly looked to her face again
"This isn't the time to act like Jiriaya-sensei! get it together!" thought a frantic Yahiko as he composed himself; he brought up his left hand to his mouth and coughed. This elicitated a raised eyebrow from the chunnin.
"And 'he' would be?" questioned Yahiko.
A twitch appeared on Anko's forehead as she brought her frustated face close to Yahiko's own. He huddled back a bit as his face reddened. Anko grinned at him sadistically "Oh, an innocent lamb huh? how 'bout I take the info from you like...this!"
Her arm quickly went to her holster. Yahiko on instinct brought the surgical knife that was on a palate towards his neck and blocked the kunai that the woman had brought up to strike him. Anko raised an eyebrow as their strength overlapped with each other.
"Not bad, carrot top but acting dumb with me ain't such a good idea..." explained Anko as Yahiko looked on.
"Correct me if I'm wrong but I'm supposed to report the information first to the hokage; you can take the info from him after I finish reporting it" stated Yahiko in a business like manner. Anko glared at him and then ceased her hostility. Yahiko raised an eyebrow as she turned around and walked away from him. her voice rung out at him, she glanced back while conveying her message.
"Then do it quickly, I don't have time to waste on a rookie like you" muttered Anko. Yahiko's face scrunched up in confusion but he decided to keep shut about it rather he decided to act smug about it.
"Heh..."
Anko glanced back to him once more "What's so funny?"
"If you had gone to the hokage instead of coming and wasting your time here visiting me, you'd have your information right now; my teammates finished reporting the mission five minutes ago" answered a smug Yahiko. Anko's eyes lit up in rage as she glared at him.
"From now on, you better watch what you eat; no tellin' when somebody could drop some 'stuff' in" she smiled a sick smile as Yahiko paled. "Of course, I heard someone around here specialised in poison; but her...why?!
He watched as she walked out of the room, her trench coat swaying in the gentle breeze that a window opposite to him. Once she was gone; he let out an audible sigh and looked to the ceiling. "Welcome to Konoha, Yahiko; welcome to Konoha"
"Yo! look's like our captain is in deep thought Itachi, perhaps we should leave him alone to ponder over the mysteries of life" rang out a voice which brought Yahiko out of his dazed state. He glanced up to see Itachi and Shisui, with the former rolling his eyes at the latter's sarcasm. A small smile made it's way onto his face as he straightened himself.
"Please forgive Shisui, Yahiko-san; he was born without the term 'common sense' embedded into him and hence I apologise for his immedeate stupidity" came Itachi's amused voice. Shisui glared at his friend and folded his arms over his chest.
"Hmph! atleast I don't act constipated all the time unlike someone I know" answered Shisui as he glanced to the younger Uchiha. Yahiko looked on in amusement as he then pitched in his own opinion.
"But Shisui, don't you know that a certain medical ninja loves men with common sense; why just ask Itachi; ladies just swoon over him when he just takes a step" added an amused Yahiko. Itachi raised an eyebrow at a smirking Yahiko.
"Yes, infact that certain medic-nin wanted me to accompany her on a mission tommorow, Shisui" added Itachi. Yahiko and Itachi looked on as Shisui's face condensed into a confused frown.
"A certain medic nin?" mumbled a confused Shisui. And then it hit him as he looked to the younger Uchiha "No way! she asked you!? why!? why not me?!"
Itachi shrugged his shoulders and glanced to Shisui "I do not know the reason perhaps you should ask her yourself since I already declined her offer and offered you in my stead"
"Really?!" Shisui grinned at the younger Uchiha and placed an arm over his neck elicitating a groan from Itachi. "Thank's buddy!" he then looked to Yahiko. "Get well soon, captain! I got a mission to prepare for" and then he left the room leaving a deadpanned Itachi and Yahiko in his wake. Itachi let out an audible sigh.
"Well so much for team concern" mumbled Yahiko. He then looked up to Itachi who stood in thought.
"Did you finish reporting the mission?" asked Yahiko. Itachi nodded his head as he looked to the older male.
"Yes, hokage-sama was troubled to say the least" answered Itachi. Yahiko looked on in thought as he voiced his own opinion. "I would be worried if he wasn't"
"He said that he sent word to Jiraiya-sama about your encounter with Orochimaru; no doubt that he would have wanted to hear about this" stated Itachi.
"So Jiraiya-sensei knows about my little fight huh? no dount he's going to-"
"Yahiko! my student!"
Yahiko and Itachi were left in a state of shock as a tall man with white hair entered through the window adjacent to them. He appeared infront of Yahiko as he examined him, lifting Yahiko's arm, adn then his leg and then he slapped Yahiko one time and then ruffled his hair and let out an audible sigh and placed his arms over his chest, nodding his head sagely, he began to speak.
"Good, your alright"
"Wha...but-, you! your supposed to be in Amegakure!" accused Yahiko.
"Hmph! is this the gratitude the master gets for showing concern to his foolish student?!" mumbled Jiriaya as Yahiko's face reddened in anger.
"Foolish!? who you callin' foolish you old pervert?!" shouted an enraged Yahiko. Itachi stood quietly in the background letting out an audible sigh.
"Pervert? no no no my dear student, you've got it all wrong; for I am a..."
Yahiko and Itachi looked on as a second of silence encompassed the whole room. "A super pervert!". Yahiko facepalmed and Itachi let out another audible sigh leaving a prideful Jiriaya to bask in his self made glorious aura. Jiraiya coughed into his hand and then took on a serious stance looking to his lone student.
"As for Amegakure, I searched for two days; look's like you really had a war going on over there huh?" asked a now serious Jiriaya. Yahiko just nodded his head and then Jiraiya continued to voice his thoughts once more.
"I was going to head back after I had checked up on you again but to my surprise you went and tangled with Orochimaru of all people; don't you remember that he wanted to kill all three of you back then? what were you thinking taking him on directly like that?" scolded Jiriaya. Yahiko recalled the memory of how they had followed the sannin asking them to train them. Orochimaru had shown his own kind of pity on them, the kind of pity to end their lives; luckily for them, Jiraiya had intervened.
"Yahiko!"
Yahiko snapped out of his daze as he looked up to his sensei. "I'm sorry, I was thinking"
"Hmph! atleast you know how to, i was beginning to think you had lost that too" said a calm Jiraiya. A twich developed on Yahiko's forehead as he glared at the older man.
"Take all the shots you want at me sensei, one day I'll make you eat them!"
"Hah! your a hundread years too early to be threathining me! kid! besides I didn't come here just to check up on you, I'm here to make you strong" grinned Jiraiya. Yahiko's face adopted a confused expression as did Itachi's.
"Strong? what? your going to train me again?" mumbled Yahiko.
"Precisely!" grinned Jiriaya. "great, back to getting schooled by the ol' pervert" mumbled Yahiko. "Ow!"
Jiriaya had whacked Yahiko on the head hence elicitating a groan from his student "Be grateful! you brat!"
"Wait...but then what about Amegakure? what about Konan and Nagato!?" exclaimed a now worried Yahiko. Jiraiya let out an audible sigh "Yahiko, you need to get this through your head! it's been a year since you last saw them never mind the fact that I went there after I heard all three of you had died!"
"That's no excuse, sensei!"
"I never said it was one! but consider this logically, taking into case that I spent two days over there in that country; I searched everywhere! you know that there's a civil war going on?"
"A civil war?...Hanzo..."
"Correct and there's no way I can search there as of this moment; I may as well use the time to train you!"
"But!"
Jiraiya placed a hand on Yahiko's shoulder, the latter looked up to him with pleading eyes to find a smiling Jiraiya "If they're alive then we'll find them no matter how much time has passed, you have my word Yahiko"
"I...I understand, thanks sensei"
Jiraiya let out a hearty laugh as he patted Yahiko's back "Now then, training begins first thing tommorow! meet me at training field seven, you can ask Kakashi about it; he'll know where it is!"
"I'd rather not" mumbled Yahiko.
"What was that?" questioned a confused Jiraiya. "Errr...nothing sensei" replied Yahiko. Jiraiya then nodded his head and then bidded the two occupants of the room a farewell adn then dissapeared into a plume of smoke.
"Well...that was entertaining"
Yahiko looked up to see Itachi approaching him. He looked to him with a wry grin, Yahiko caught it as he rubbed the back of his neck and looked to the Uchiha. "What?"
"Nothing..." was Itachi's quick reply.
"So where is this training ground seven?" asked Yahiko.
"I recall Jiraiya-sama telling you to ask Kakashi-san about it" came Itachi's retort. Yahiko just looked at him with an annoyed expression.
"What's wrong in you telling me?" came Yahiko's question.
"Nothing wrong at all but it would be wise to obey your sensei's instructions" replied Itachi. Letting out an audible sigh; Yahiko got up from the examination table he was seated on and proceeded to walk past Itachi who voiced his thoughts once more.
"Rin-san will not be pleased that you left the room so early without replenishing your strength"
"Just tell her that a pretty young girl wanted me to go dancing with her, she'll understand" came Yahiko's grinning excuse. Itachi rolled his eyes at the statement and then nodded his head, watching as Yahiko exited the room.
"Gaaaaah! where is he!? I don't have any money! I want my ramen!"
That, was the shout of a six year old Naruto Uzumaki who sat opposite to the closed Ichiraku ramen. To say the least, the young Uzumaki was hungry and hence the reason for his outburst. He placed his arms over his chest and puffed up his cheeks in mock anger as he looked to a clock adjacent to him.
"That ero-inu said that carrot nii-san would be back by now! so where is he?! I'm hungry!"'
The sound of running footsteps caught his attention as he glanced to his right to find someone running on the street in his direction. Naruto raised a curious eyebrow at the oncomer. He was wearing a green spandex suit and was madly dashing on the street holding what appeared to be a jounin vest.
"Yes! for youth! I have done it! I have completed my mission!"
And just like that, in a blur of speed; he was gone leaving a dazed Naruto in his wake. "Who was that?...he looked so cool!"
"Yo, Naru-"
The voice stopped as the man observed the boy who sat dazed and expressionless. He blinked as he saw what appeared to be drool coming out from his mouth. Following the young boy's gaze; he looked to where the boy's gaze faced and scrunched up his eyebrows in confusion. Left with no other choice, he bopped the young boy on his head elicitating an "Ow" from him.
"Oi! what the heck was that for nii-san!? your late!"
"Sorry, sorry, I just finished my mission so how was your day?" asked a smirking Yahiko. Naruto folded his arms over his chest glaring at the older boy.
"..."
"Huh? Naruto?"
"It was terrible! that ero anbu didn't let me eat one ounce of ramen! and he kept reading that stupid book you read too! and when I wanted to go out, he said that he was too lazy! and he gave me a sandwich for lunch!" complained a frustrated Naruto. Yahiko stood in an awkward silence as he shook his head. "Never ask Kakashi-san to look after Naruto again..."
"Right, so how 'bout we head over there" stated Yahiko and started walking away from the young blonde.
"Oi! did you listen to what I said!?"
Yahiko just let out a yawn as he looked to the Ichiraku ramen, he saw now that Ayame had come to open up the store and hence had walked forward ignoring the shouts of the younger blonde. "Come on, Naruto; Look there's Ayame"
"Huh?..." Naruto turned to the front to see the statement to be correct and then in one mad dash of happiness and rush, he screamed "Ramen!"
Yahiko blinked as he looked to where Naruto was, one moment he was there and the next moment he was inside the ramen stand with Ayame giggling at his plead's for ramen. Yahiko slowly let out and audible sigh and walked into the stand, greeting Ayame and taking his seat next to the blonde boy. Before any conversation could start between them. Ayame let out an audible gasp as she looked to the orange haired teen.
"What's wrong Ayame?" questioned a confused Yahiko.
"Your arm! are you alright? what happened?!" asked a concerned Ayame. Yahiko blinked in confusion as he looked to his right arm. He rubbed the back of his head as he explained what had happened.
"It's just a wound, nothing to get worried about" came his quick and efficient explanation. However, she didn't look convinced and it was only natural for her to pry into it a little more which lead Yahiko to explain about the mission he had gone on.
"You should be more careful Yahiko, what would Naruto do if anything happened to you?" asked a concerned Ayame. The blonde in statement just puffed up his cheeks and folded his arms over his chest.
"I can take care of myself Ayame nee-chan!" came his retort. Yahiko just looked at him in surprise and then ruffled the blonde's head. "Stop that!"
"Of course you can take care of yourself, your going to be the hokage one day after all..." smiled Yahiko, this eliciatated a shout of enthusiasm from the blonde leading to Yahiko to face palm.
7 years later...
The orange haired rain nin had now grown into an adult, he now slept on a tree as he remembered the days that he had spent with his younger adopted brother. He let out a chuckle as he remembered their antics. He now opted to sleep on the treetops but sadly a certain snake wouldn't give him that pleasure and before he knew it.
"Hidden snake hands!"
Ropes of snakes coiled around his ankles and then with a loud *thud*, he landed on the ground, the slithering of the snakes didn't break him from rubbing the back of his head to ease the pain. He looked to the one responsible and gave her a stern glare. The woman in question just grinned at him.
"Slacking off on the job? look over there; the gaki's are all here to die!"
He slowly looked over to his right to see a large number of ninja standing opposite to the woman and himself. Letting out an audible sigh, he got up and looked to the ninja who stood infront of them, he looked back to the woman who grinned at him. He voiced his thought's to her.
"You want to? or should I?" came his voice.
"Beats me, you do the introduction; I'll scare them shirtless with the operation of the exam"
He let out another audible sigh, dusting himself; he looked to the ninja gathered and then he began to speak. "My name is Yahiko, this is Anko, we're the proctors for the second exam and a fair warning to all of you"
The atmosphere warped into a serious one as Yahiko grinned at them "If you don't want to die in that forest back there...you better get lost right now"
Anko facepalmed at him "It's my job to scare them idiot"
AN: Hahahh, so sorry for not updating! but I was going through some personal stuff, anyway I'm going to update frequently from now on. I bet you weren't expecting a time skip riight? :D
