Note: I don't own Naruto, If I did I would be making this into the series instead of putting this on a website.
In the Forest of Death, the team of Ino-Nara-Cho who decided to spend the night up in a tree, were waking up. Chouji slowly opened his eyes and came to shock when who other than Ino, whom was sleeping right next to him, had her head on his shoulder and her arm over his body. A giant bead of sweat went down Chouji's face. Suddenly Ino awoke.
"Oh." Ino said as she snapped awake.
Chouji looked uncomfortable to say the least, his face was red with embarrassment.
"What was up with that?" Chouji asked.
"Sorry, I must've moved around when I was sleeping last night." Ino said.
"Hey you guys." Said Shikamaru who was already awake. "Let's move, I don't wanna hang around this area much longer."
Chouji and Ino agreed.
Somewhere in the forest….
Hinata was sound asleep her back against a tree, with Akamaru comfortably sleeping in her lap. Kiba was leaning against the same tree keeping an eye out.
"Hope Naruto gets back soon with breakfast, I'm starving." Kiba thought.
Meanwhile…..
Naruto was standing atop a stream using chakra control while snatching fish out of the water. Then Naruto saw a gigantic cat-fish swim by. Upon seeing the large fish Naruto licked his lip to one side and chased after it.
" Hey, where do ya think you're goin'?" Naruto said in a jovial tone. "Only place you're headin' is the bottom of my stomach."
As Naruto finally caught the cat-fish, he gave his trademark grin. Until he felt another presence. As he looked up at the log bridge crossing the stream, who stood before him but the Tai-jutsu specialist Rock Lee. Lee had his arms crossed as he looked down at Naruto. Even though Naruto and Lee were friends, in the Forest of Death nothing's off limits.
"They biting today?" Lee asked.
Naruto smiled "They sure are, Better get some while you can." He said.
Lee then looked sternly at Naruto, then reached into his back pocket.
" Naruto, I know you have a scroll with you, I will make you a deal, we will both show each other our scrolls at the same time. From that point we will decide what we do."
Naruto agreed to the conditions and slowly reached into his pocket to pull out the scroll. At the same time, they pulled out their scrolls, luckily, they were both Earth scrolls. Lee gave a smile.
"I am glad we do not have to fight here Naruto, I would much rather wait till the preliminaries to fight." Lee said
Naruto grinned rubbing the back of his head. "Yeah, me to."
Lee looked at Naruto " I understand, you have received training from the great Matobe Kidigawa, I am impressed." Lee said.
Naruto smiled. " Yea, and guess what, we put in a good word for you. Matobe is really looking forward to meeting you." Naruto said.
Excitement glared in Lee's eyes. " I am glad to hear that Naruto, thank you very much."
Lee then looked concerned with Naruto.
"Neji, as you know……is quite anxious to hurt you." Lee said.
"Hmph, well Neji should know that's not gonna be quite so easy. Believe it." Naruto said.
"It is good to see you again Naruto. It has been far too long. I hope to have a match with you at the preliminaries." Lee said.
"Take it easy Lee. See you at the finish line." Naruto said.
"I'll be waiting." Lee responded.
Lee then ran off. Naruto then looked in his hand to realize that the fish he caught were gone.
"What?" Naruto shouted. He then looked at Lee running off.
"Gotta be quicker next time Naruto, by the way thanks for the breakfast! HAHAHA!" Lee shouted.
Naruto's eyes became pupilless in anger as his arms were flailing furiously in the air.
"Damn You Bushy-Brow! Give Me Back My Cat-Fish!" Naruto shouted.
Later…..
Naruto came back to the camp with more fish.
"What took you so long? " Kiba asked.
"Don't ask." Naruto responded.
Later……
Lee was returning with his stolen fish.
"Well that was fast." Sakura said.
"It was a piece of cake." Lee said.
"Hurry up, I would like to eat breakfast and move as soon as possible." Neji said.
Somewhere in the forest……
Kankuro, Gaara and Temari are jumping through the trees.
"We need to find an Earth scroll and soon. Kankuro said.
Suddenly 3 ninja from the Waterfall village appeared in front of them.
"Well well, I overheard you say you need an Earth scroll which means you must have a Heaven scroll…… hand it over." Said the leader.
Temari smiled as she turned to her brother. "Well Kankuro, ask and you shall receive."
" I'm not going to repeat myself." Said the waterfall nin.
"You won't have to…..cuz you'll be dead before you can." Gaara said.
"I don't fear you sand demon! Let's go!" said another Waterfall nin.
Suddenly all the Waterfall ninja lunged at the sand trio when suddenly a giant tidal wave of sand struck them to the ground, knocking them unconscious. Miraculously, Gaara did not kill them. This was due to Naruto's previous influence over him. Temari leapt down and got their scroll.
" Now we're all set." Temari said.
In another area of the forest…..
3 Rain ninja dropped at the hands of Neji. Sakura then took the liberty of stripping them of their Heaven scroll.
Neji looked forward. " soon…" he said.
Meanwhile……..
Three Grass ninjas were running through the woods, they seemed like they were trying to get away from someone. Suddenly the female ninja that broke up Naruto and Neji's earlier confrontation appeared in front of them. The grass nins then for some reason were covering their ears and ran in the opposite direction. However, in that way stood a massive portly young man. He had light red hair in the form of a Mohawk. He stood with his arms crossed.
"Going somewhere?" said the large young man.
" We'll kill you!" said one of the Grass nins.
However as they charged the big man, they were hearing a melody of strums from what sounded like a Japanese Koto. As they looked to their side they saw a young man sitting against a tree playing a Japanese Koto. He had long brown hair draping the sides of his face. On his forehead, like his female teammate, he too had a Sound Village headband. He wore what could be described as a blue robe with white pants.
"Do you like that song? I just wrote it just a few days ago." The mysterious musician said.
"What the hell is this guy smokin'?" one of the grass nins thought to himself.
The music man looked at his teammates. "Akane, Jirobo, let me handle these thugs." He said.
His teammates complied by going up in the trees as though they knew massive damage was about to happen.
" I will make you a wager boys, I have the scroll you need. If you can reach me I will give it to you." Said the music nin.
"Hah, that's it? Well then kiss it goodbye!" shouted one of the Grass nins as they rushed towards the mysterious Sound nin.
He continued to play his Koto in a relaxed fashion as though nothing were happening. The Grass ninja each threw a fistful of shuriken at the Sound nin. But as they were about to reach him he pulled back his hand ready to make another strum.
Next scene shows above the forest and the screams of the Grass ninjas.
Next Time
Naruto: Alright! Time for the fun to really begin!
Neji: Naruto, you have no idea how much I pray that we get paired up.
Naruto: Next time, Get ready to rumble! The preliminaries begin!
More to come…..
P.S. If you don't know what a Japanese Koto is, it's just like that instrument used in "Kung-Fu Hustle". Also This chapter maybe a bit choppy, sorry about that. If you don't like something about the chp let me know.
