Her ass was up in the air, her legs were spread, head was getting repeatedly pounded into a pillow and she was biting on the edge of said pillow. "Ohh! Yes, Naruto! Keep it going, harder, harder, harder!" Karui moaned as she took cock inside of her. Doggy style was one of her favourite positions and right now was a clear reason to why.
"Fuck Karui-chan, you're pussy is so fucking tight. I'm about to cum." Somehow, someway, Karui had noticed the sex was even better than last time. She'd already cum 3 times in the space of 20 minutes. It was supposed to be a quickie but that didn't quite go to plan.
"Ahhh." Naruto groaned as he had a powerful orgasm which shot all of his semen into the condom.
The two took a few moments to bask in the afterglow of sex before they both went to the bathroom to rearrange themselves and make them look presentable. Naruto, not so gracefully, deposited the condom into the bin whilst two of his clones were walking around the room and opening all the windows despite the fact that it was freezing cold outside. The quicker the smell or more so any sign that Naruto had had a foreign kunoichi in his room was ideal for the genin.
He did not want have to deal with Neji if the Hyuga prodigy found out what transpired.
"See ya next time stud." Karui said before giving Naruto a quick peck on the cheek before vanishing in a cloud of smoke.
With a sigh of relief, the thrill of sex still high in his mind, Naruto remembered how he and the fiery redhead bombshell found themselves in a familiar position. The blonde haired teenager picked up his pie which was now room temperature at best and started eating. He would have preferred it warm but wasn't one to complain.
Flash back
With the mission scheduled for a month, it was a bit unrealistic to have all five members working 24/7. Eventually, over time, their performaces would drop which was completely unacceptable.
They were allowed downtime which they all planned on using. Naruto however had to be extra careful due to the Akatsuki.
Going down to just outside the hotel he was staying in, Naruto found a small shop selling takeaway food. On one hand, it wasn't ramen. On the other, it was a hell of a lot better than ration bars.
As he surveyed the shop to see what he wanted, Naruto decided on a sausage roll and a chocolate milk drink. After spending so much time with Jiraiya eating meat and rice, he wanted to have something he enjoyed.
"Naruto, is that you?" he heard someone call out and he immediately turned around in case it was a foreign ninja. He was on high alert ever since seeing the Akatsuki and he didn't want to take any chances
Upon turning around, he noticed a familiar and rather attractive face. Red hair was held up in a bandana as it fell down to frame amber eyes and chocolate skin. Unlike last time, she was in her Kumo uniform. Naruto assumed she was in the same mission he was.
She looked just as hot as last time as images of her body beneath his filter into his brain thanks to his memory.
"I see you still like having the taste of chocolate on your lips." Naruto liked to consider himself witty and someone who could bullshit easily. Even he was lost for words when he heard Karui say that.
It took him a little bit for his brain to go back to working but eventually he replied. "Yeah, I guess you could say after the first time I've tried it, I've always wanted more." It appeared that that was the answer that karui exactly wanted to hear. A smirk formed on her face shortly after.
"Your place this time." It wasn't a request. It was a demand.
End flash back
Less than minute had transpired from the shop to the duo making it back Naruto's apartment. Another minute followed and Karui felt the familiar feeling of Naruto's penis inside of her.
Finishing off the drink of chocolate milk, Naruto heard a knocking on the door, it was Ino who had just returned from her shift. "Geez Naruto, its freezing in here. Close the damn windows."
"It's not that bad. I don't feel the cold that much," Naruto defended, hoping to buy more time for fresh air to circulate.
Ino wasn't one to take no for an answer. "Well not all of us are as fortunate as you, whiskers." The platinum blonde replied as she walked past Naruto and over to the windows and closed them. She then walked over to the heater and turned it on to a toasty 26 degrees and proceeded to take off her snow white jacket, leaving her in a matching two piece set of yoga pants and a sports bra.
If it wasn't for the fact that he had just had sex literally minutes ago, Naruto knew he would be sporting a tent in his pants at the sight in front of him. Ino had definitely grown up over the past few years.
Ino still felt guilt about how she treated Naruto in the academy. It was due to a combination of things. Sakura had told her all about how Gaara turned into a psychopath combined with how she remembered Naruto who, looking back on it now, was just doing his best to try and make friends. He didn't have anyone to guide him back then and let him know that he was trying too hard and to calm down a bit.
After hearing Naruto's story, she vowed to herself to get to know Naruto better and be able to truly call him her friend.
"I just wanted to say sorry again for how I treated you in the academy Naruto." Ino mentioned as she sat down in the chair.
Naruto who was on the other side of the room, shifted uncomfortably. "It's all good Ino, you didn't know and frankly I wouldn't have wanted anyone to treat me differently if they knew. The last thing I want is pity." Naruto commented, hinting that he didn't want Ino to pity him now.
She got the hint loud and clear. "I don't want to come across as pitying you Naruto. I want to say I'm impressed!" She blurted out, shocked at her own actions. "It's impressive that you were able to handle all of that as a kid and still manage to stay so positive. I can't imagine many people being in your situation coming out as happy as you did."
Naruto forced a chuckle. "You do realise that it wasn't all sunshine and rainbows right? There were times I hated it all, wanting everyone who ever hurt me or called me painful names to just vanish right?"
Has he always been like this? Did we ever give him a chance to show this side? "A lot more frequently than she would expect, Ino was seeing a more mature side to Naruto that if she had to be honest, didn't expect from him. A whole new dimension was added to his personality and it made her curious. As a psychologist in training, Naruto's upbringing intrigued her.
"True" Ino acknowledged. "However you didn't, you became someone so positive and if someone took the time to actually look at what you have overcome, there'd be a novel worthy of being written."
Naruto truly blushed at the comment. He had occasionally received compliments on his looks which he enjoyed just like he enjoyed the comments about his sexual performance. They paled in comparison compared to the one that he just heard then. Blood rushed to the genin's face and he blushed up a storm.
"Why are you suddenly taking so much interest in me? You never cared before." Naruto questioned, on the defensive. This was uncharted territory for Naruto and he didn't know what to do.
"Because you're an interesting person Naruto and I care a lot about my friends." Hearing the way, the blonde said so emphatically that they were friends made Naruto's heart beat significantly faster.
It was very rare for Naruto to hear someone calling him their friend. Sasuke when he was around would never say it in a million years and Sakura was too concerned about her social status back when they were a team to tell people. Kiba, Choji and Shikamaru he knew considered him their friend through actions or at least, he hoped that he did.
On those darker days however, where he questioned everything, it would have been great to have been verbally told that he was their friend.
Ino, who he hadn't spent a lot of time with said it with such confidence that he fully believed her statement to which he was very thankful for.
It wasn't just Ino who was changing her mind about Naruto. Naruto's opinion of Ino grew from one conversation. Admittedly, in the past, he thought of her as nothing more than a Sasuke fan girl.
Whilst she may still fangirl over Sasuke, there's more to her than that now. She's grown up.
"Thanks Ino-chan, you don't know how much that means to me. So how was your time during my time away? Get up to much fun?"
Ino smiled almost from ear to ear, happy to see Naruto perk up again. "It was great, I learnt medical ninjutsu from Shizune and even a bit from Tsunade-sama. I learnt a lot of clan jutsus and how to interrogate thanks to daddy and I became a chunin 1.5 years ago." The teenager replied, happy to talk about her accomplishments.
Grateful that the attention was now no longer on him, Naruto replied. "That sounds cool, so you seem strong in a lot of areas, where do you find you spend most of your time? The flower shop, the hospital or interrogating people?"
Beaming at the compliment to her skills, Ino tucked a stray loose strand of hair behind her ears. She was used to compliments about her body and they were said so much by horny men, some almost old enough to be her grandfather. Compliments that praised her abilities as a ninja were far less frequent. She always felt inadequate out in the field compared to the two big hitters in the team Shikamaru and Choji.
"Well recently. Daddy has allowed me to work on higher profile cases for interrogation which is cool but I kind of miss going on missions. I haven't been able to go on many recently due to being needed elsewhere. I'm grateful that you came to me with this mission."
"Awesome! I wouldn't know the first thing to do when it comes to interrogation outside of hurting someone if they didn't give the answers I wanted haha." Naruto sheepishly rubbed the back of his head. "That's cool though, it's a niche skill that not many people have. Yeah… I hear ya on that one, I haven't been able to go on missions in ages. I felt heaps rusty on my last one and need to shake the cobwebs off.
o-0-o
The inaugural match of the tournament kicked off with Iron Country winning a closely fought game, much to the delight of the fans at the stadium. The Fire Daimyo and his entourage were quite merry after having drunk the local delicacy called vodka... and a rather large amount at that.
The party were making their way back to their hotel, opting to have dinner rather than see the next game which was said to be not as exciting.
Hidden in the shadows, Shino became aware of someone who shouldn't be here. His kikaichu beetles could sense a foul chakra. "Daimyo-sama. Please continue, there is something that I need to attend to." Shino clearly said to which there was a slight narrowing of the eyes and a nod.
Whilst he was a happy go lucky man, similar to Naruto, he had been around ninjas for long enough to pick up on a few things. When a ninja said there was something that they needed to take care of, what they really meant was that something bad was about to happen.
The Aburame clan heir made a quick detour and rounded the corner to, whilst still hiding, to find a man with the sound village symbol, entering the kitchen.
Sound ninja. They must be trying to poison our food supply. In addition to this, due to being a bit closer, he had a better reading of the chakra coming from this man. This must be that cursed seal chakra that Neji and Naruto fought against on the Sasuke Retrieval Mission.
Wordlessly, Shino sent a swarm of bugs into the kitchen, much to the surprise of the unsuspecting sound shinobi. Within seconds, he collapsed to the floor. All of his charka had been drained in a short space of time.
Quietly, Shino followed the man into the kitchen, collected the man over his shoulder and vanished in a shunshin.
"I'm too old for this shit." One of the civilian staff working in the kitchen muttered although he then continued to do his job. Damn those crazy ninjas. He would never get used to them.
o-0-o
Without warning, the door opened up and Naruto and Ino both immediately prepared for a fight. That was until Ino put her hand on Naruto's forearm. The boy was confused for a second and then watched as Ino relaxed her posture.
A few seconds later and the Aburame clan heir walked into the room although he was not alone. On his shoulder was a rather unconscious man. Ino and Naruto wanted answers.
"What's up and who is he?" Naruto was the first to speak up.
"Sound ninja. I found him walking into the kitchen which is prepairing the food for the Daimyo, his entourage and the playing team." Shino only spoke what was necessary. "I also believe he has a curse mark on his forearm but you will be a better judge of that since you went on that mission and I did not."
Guess he's still salty about that.
Shino dumped the body onto the carpet and Naruto noticed the exposed forearm. "Yeah, that's definitely a cursed seal. I've seen a couple and they all look different although this one looks to be in the same family." Naruto then looked up at Shino.
"Does this mean that Orochimaru is here?" Ino panicked. It seemed as if anything that could go wrong, did.
"I'm not sure yet." Was all that Shino could say. It was the best that they could hope for.
"We need to find out more information. I have drained him of his chakra."
"Right." Ino didn't need to be told twice what to do. The fact that they were interrogating a foreign shinobi on soil that neither of them lived in. This was serious business but with a mission like this, you couldn't take any chances.
Wars had been started for less.
The need for information outweighed that though as they simply couldn't risk the daimyo getting hurt
After propping the body up, Shino tied the man down and Ino went through handgns that she was very familiar with and used her family's famous jutsu, delving into the mind of the sound ninja.
o-0-o
The group stages were finally over. When Neji came back from his shift, Naruto and Ino took over for Tenten and himself. There, Shino informed the team leader all about what had happened and the actions that they had taken.
Neji had immediately informed the daimyo who sort another kitchen to prepare the food. The man was greatful for the action taken and pleased with how efficently it was all handled.
Thankfully for the konoha ninjas, they found out that Orochimaru wasn't here. They were just here make sure that their team got the best result.
A sigh of relief was shared between every member of the group. The last thing they wanted to deal with was to deal with Orochimaru and the Akatsuki on the same mission.
At least there was some positive news going around though. Naruto, in the first week of the three event had manage to already break a profit on his betting. All the money that he made though was reinvested into more bets. This time though, much larger stakes on the line. $1500 had turned into $3750.
The others thought that he was crazy for not cashing out. One thousand profit happened to be a lot of money it was risky leaving it out there. They did acknowledge however that naruto was good at this and somehow, someway, despite not knowing anything about the sport, he was making money.
Ino on the other hand who had taken her gambling into her own hands, not believing Naruto had not been so lucky. All of the bets that she had placed, which totalled $50 had lost.
Tenten was thanking Naruto quite a lot. Sure, all of the bets that she placed lost but due to the one's Naruto placed for her, she had broken even and had even managed to make a tiny little profit.
Neither Neji or Shino cared all that much to be honest.
Naruto and Neji had just finished their shift at the stadium, guarding the daimyo and we heading back to the hotel to swap over shifts with Ino and Shino. Tenten was busy guarding the players.
As they exited the arena, Neji couldn't but mutter "Kumo shinobi..." He had turned on his byakugan and noticed the people.
"What did you say, a woman?" nearby questioned. The two Konoha shinobi both turned around and saw three Kumo shinobi..
Naruto groaned and new that this wasn't going to down well. There in front of him was a man with silver hair, who he assumed was their leader, a short haired wannabe Tsunade and Karui.
"This is not going to down well." Naruto sighed under his breath.
"I just find it funny how you haven't already tried to attack me and steal my byakugan yet." Naruto and the rest of his team were under no illusion that if their team leader wanted, he could be quite passive aggressive.
"What's that supposed to mean!? As if we would do something like this." Karui threw back, annoyed at the accusation made
"Karui, stop." The short haired wannabe Tsunade stated in a firm tone. She obviously knew what was being referred to.
"Neji." Gone was was the happy go lucky blonde. In it's place was a serious tone of voice that was rarely seen. It wasn't cold but it was precise. "Make sure you remember where we are and who you are dealing with. We don't want to cause an international event. I know what you are going through more than you can imagine when it comes to family members being kidnapped by kumogakure to be used as breeding stock and impregnated for military gain.
Don't let your emotions cloud your judgement." Naruto said in a clear but firm tone of voice that none
"You're lying genin-san. Unless you actually have proof of your claim, I'd heavily suggest not slandering our village because if you do, we'll beat you up." Karui was proud of her village and didn't like people insulting it. What was worse was the fact that she had slept with one of said people which was making her guilt go through the roof.
"Karui. Stop talking." It was the first time that the black skinned man spoke. It sounded like he was bored but both Naruto and Neji could tell that he was anything but given the way that he stared at the two teenagers in front of him.
"Regardless of what happened in the past, it should be left there. What happened to your clan."
At this point Neji cut Darui off. "What happeend to my father." Both the eyes of Samui and Darui widened as they realised why the teenager in front of them was so aggressive towards them.
"What happened to your clan was unfortunate. However, it's best that you focus not on the past but the present." It was said in a lazy drall that made Neji narrow his eyes ever so slightly.
"We're leaving but before we go, what is your last name kid?" The jonin from kumo questioned as he pointed his finger at Naruto.
"That's not really any of your business." The blonde replied with a smug smirk lining his face. Both Neji and naruto turned around headed back to their hotel. Tension was thick in the air and it could be cut with a knife.
For a few seconds, Darui's eye narrowed it's gaze directly at the blonde. The only othr time we attempted to capture someone was Kushina Uzumaki. She was reported to be close to the Yondaime Hokage. Given his yellow hair, that could be the son of the yellow flash.
"Now Karui, will you please explain how you know that the guy with the blonde hair is a genin?" Samui called out to which the team leader turned his gaze to the red headed girl whos face was slowly starting to get a bit of colour on her cheeks.
"Well, you see... the thing is..." And so karui was forced to exlpain how she met Naruto on a mission one year ago and had sex with him. She conveniently left out the fact that she slept with him a few days ago also.
Little did anyone realise was that there was a ninja from the land of earth who was watching this intently. Very intently.
o-0-o
"Come onnnn Kakazu! Just let me kill some of them. Jashin-sama is not pleased at this blatant show of disrespect. Let me kill some people you fucking heretic.
"For the millionth time Hidan. NO!" The only reason he hadn't separated Hidan's head from his shoulders was that would just make more work for him and it wouldn't stop Hidan's incessant shouting. That and he was in a very happy mood. He had made a lot of money over the past week or so and he planned on making more.
o-0-o
$3750 quickly turned into $10,000 and the money was no longer a something that the rest of Team Neji could ignore. All of them were jealous of the fact that Naruto was making so much money.
Who knew that Naruto would be right in the sense that the guy with hair that looked like it was made from spaghetti hair would make it past the group stages and score a goal in the first round after?
Not they would tell the blonde that they were jealous of what seemed to be sheer dumb luck. Naruto had enough confidence. He didn't need for that to turn into smugness with him then telling everyone 'I told you so."
Naruto and Ino both found themselves alone in the hotel and Ino was bored. She wasn't used to a mission with downtime like this. It was a month-long mission and 2 weeks had passed.
"Hey Naruto!" She called out which got the blonde's attention. He turned around with a curious look on his face.
"What's up Ino?"
"You know, I never really found out how strong you got on your training trip." The girl said in an attempt to start up a conversation.
"Well that's because I never told anyone. Isn't that the point of being a ninja?" A smartass comment came back.
Ino rolled her eyes. "Well yeah, but it's okay to tell teammates dummy. How else are we supposed to work well as a team if we have no idea what you can do?"
She's not wrong. Naruto thought to himself as he looked at Ino and couldn't help but notice what she was wearing.
She was wearing a orange top with one shoulder showing, the sleeve down around her upper shoulder. A white bra strap was visible and she was wearing a pair of tight, white denim pants. Her hair was in a messy bun on top of her head
Damn she's hot.
"Well I improved my taijutsu a fair bit, same with genjutsu although I am nowhere near Kurenai's level. The area that I improved the most though was my ninjutsu." Figures since he is a walking chakra battery.
"Oh cool, what area of ninjutsu?" Ino said, leaning forward. She didn't mean for a tiny bit of cleavage to be on display. She was just simply interested in learning more about Naruto.
"Well I learnt an element. I reckon I'm pretty close to mastering it." Ino took this at face value and hoped she could see it. She didn't get to see too many shinobi with a high level of skill in an element.
"Nice work! Which one?" Although she was more than just a rookie chunin, she had yet to learn any ninjutsu from an element. She hoped that she could get some tips since as a Yamanaka, it was fairly common for her family to have raiton affinities.
"Lightning!" Naruto was proud to talk about the accomplishments he had made over the past few years. He worked bloody hard for them.
"That's great!" When you keep getting complements from someone, you tend to like the person that they are coming from. "Do you think you could teach me some?" Ino hoped she got a positive answer as her skillset couldn't definitely be improved, especially combat wise.
Naruto put his hand to his cheek and looked up at the ceiling and thought for a moment. "Nah, I won't teach you lightning element." He had to savour the moment where her face changed into a saddened expression. Naruto was being a bastard and he knew it. "I've got a better a idea, I've got a jutsu that I think will be better for you."
Ino had her hands on her hips, waiting to see what was so much better than learning an element. "This is a jutsu which you can use as both offensive, defensive and anywhere else in between. Plus it will give you a lot more variety when it comes to fashion." The last line that Naruto said through the poor blonde woman for a loop. How is a ninjutsu going to help me with fashion?
"Go on, do tell how this will help my fashion options." The drawl in which she spoke eluded to her not really taking Naruto seriously.
He knew that this was going to happen. People still saw him as the hyperactive knucklehead ninja. They still saw him as that kid. The only way he was going to be able to get others to see differently was by showing, rather than telling.
Quickly, Naruto made a hand seal and started channelling chakra.
To Ino's amazement, Naruto's hair grew exponentially from the follicles. Ino was in so much surprise that she didn't even notice when it wrapped around her waist and pulled her firmly against Naruto's chest. Only upon contact did she notice the lack of proximity between the two of them. Neither noticed the small blush on her face.
"See, pretty cool huh?" Naruto questioned with a small smile on his face. Ino didn't trust herself to speak so she settled for nodding. "It's also got some other users" Naruto then channelled chakra, his hair creating a shroud around them, completely isolating them from the outside world. "Feel it, it's as tough as steel."
Ino did just that as she ran her hand over the hair and couldn't help but marvel at what could be done with one's own hair. She'd seen Choji use it for his jutsu and she even had a hair based jutsu back in the day but she had never seen it done quite like this. This was far more versatile and dangerous just like Naruto said. "I can even use it like senbon needles.
"Can you please teach me this?" Ino questioned with glee in her eyes. She was going through all of the possible things she could do with this and the possibilities in her eyes were nearly endless.
"No worries dattebayo. I don't really use it but Jiraiya-sensei wanted to teach me all of his skills. I'm happy to help out friends." Naruto released the jutsu and his hair returned to its normal length
"Thank you Naruto-kun." It was the first time Ino had been a benefactor of Naruto's kind personality. He didn't have to teach me this and he hasn't asked for anything in return.
Naruto never really saw the point of learning ninjutsu about your hair but at this moment, he definitely thanked Jiraiya. It gave him an in and he was going to make the most of it.
o-0-o
The quarter final match between Earth Country and Fire Country just began and the daimyo's had a bright idea to share a box together so that they could share banter and then brag when one of the team's won.
Naruto and Tenten and Shino who were all in the private box with the daimyo all thought that this was a terrible idea. Naruto even tried to use his favour with the 'boss-man' but it was for naught. The daimyo swatted Naruto away saying that he had full confidence in his abilities.
That's not what I am worried about. It's Iwa shinobi seeing my and connecting my blonde hair to my father.
"Come on Fire!" Tenten cheered, proud to see her country and also to a lesser extent, the civilians that she had been protecting for the past two weeks.
"As if you fire trash have a chance of winning against the might of Earth!" One of the chunin on the other side of the box heatedly replied with anger evident on their face. As much as Naruto wanted to rise to the bait, shit stir the pot and watch chaos unfold, he knew that that was not a good idea. Instead, he kept his focus on the match and luckily for the blonde haired shinobi, he had a bet to win.
This was one of the riskier bets where Fire Country would win, however 2 goals would be scored by Earth country in the second half. If it was successful, it was going to turn $13,000 into $16,500
Whilst this was happening, Kurotsuchi couldn't help but stare at the vibrant blonde hair with narrowed eyes. Ever since she had felt the decimation of the yellow flash on her family, she had made it her mission to find out everything she could about Konoha and how to enact revege.
Blonde hair like his was not common at all. The Yamanaka clan were a much paler blonde and outside of that, there was no one noteworthy with blonde hair in Konoha. She couldn't quite get a good view of his face as she could only see the side profile however she was going to keep watch.
"Yess! Suck on that you Konoha scum." One of the Iwa shinobi shouted as he watched his team score a goal. In the first half.
The entire Konoha squad ignored the not so subtle jab and focused on the match in front of them although they clenched their fists. Naruto especially so as that goal just made his bet that much harder.
"Seems like we are going to win." The earth daimyo said with a smug smirk on his face. The fire daimyo rolled his eyes.
"There is still sixty minutes to go." Was the astute reply.
Indeed there was and it was only five minutes later that the reply came from fire country. "Yatta!" Naruto called out as he pumped his hand in the air. The score was now 1-1 leading up to half time.
"That shouldn't have been a goal! Obviously Konoha are rigging this and have paid the referee." Came an irate reply from one of the disgruntled Iwa ninjas.
"The game is not over yet." Seemingly oblivious to the comments made by the ninja, the Fire daimyo shot back at the Earth country daimyo. Said man gritted his teeth and clenched the beer in his hand.
Half time came shortly after and there was a break of 15 minutes. Tension was filled to the brim at this time. Both ninja parties broke off into their separate groups. The earth daimyo requesting another beer; the fire daimyo preferring sake.
The game shortly resumed with fire country taking the lead for the first time in the game. This time the earth ninjas couldn't complain about the goal as it was a piece of sublime skill rather than a questionable refereeing decision.
It was a close affair that was hotly contested, Iwa hitting back not too long after, levelling the score at 2-2. Tenten wasn't happy at all as in the 80th minute of the game, Iwa clenched another goal to take the lead.
"Yes! Earth country showing their might and showing that they are the strongest village." Kurotsuchi proclaimed to the cheers of her teammates and more importantly in her eyes, the daimyo who happened to be on his fifth beer of the match.
"There is still time left in the game for a comeback because I am hopeful that you can read it is only the 80th minute." Shino calmly replied. Grudges were something that shino happened to be very good at holding and one had been developing over the course of the match due to what he considered incessant babbling from the Iwa shinobi.
There was only one goal difference and Iwa had scored two goals in the second half. Naruto's bet was in with a real shot.
As much as Shino mentioned there being 10 minutes left, time was dwindling and Earth Country was doing everything in their power to waste as much time as possible.
88 minutes had passed. "Guess you're going to going home early." The earth daimyo smirked after taking a swig of his beer. There were only two minutes left to go and there was little sign that despite all the effort, Fire Country wasn't going to score.
That smirk was wiped off as in the first minute of extra time, the captain for the team, the 'Hurricane' scored a last ditch header to clutch the game to go into overtime.
Naruto jumped up in joy. "Come on!" he shouted. Despite the fact that he normally didn't give a shit about this sport normally, when nationalism was involved he suddenly had a lot more incentive to care about the sport; that and the fact that he had several thousand dollars on the line.
Despair crossed the face of the two Iwa chunin before rage settled on their face. They were so close to winning. The earth daimyo looked over to his counterpart who tried hard but was unable to hide the smirk that was on his face.
"There's still overtime you tree hugging cunt." The Earth Daimyo called out and regretted the words coming out of his mouth. A few beers beforehand and he wouldn't have said it. Alcohol allowed many questionable things to happen.
Everyone went quiet as they waited with baited breath to see what the Fire Daimyo was going to do after being insulted like that. He stared long and hard before turning his attention back to the game.
"Oh look, it's not just the ninjas of Fire Country that end wars but also their daimyo. Funny that, you would think that they would have learnt after the last one." Naruto said out loud; Purposefully loud enough that everyone could hear it.
One of the chunin of Iwa, the same one who had noticed the confrontation from Naruto, Neji and the Kumo ninja spoke up. Passion resonated through the man as he was someone who had lost family at the hands of Konoha. "Shut the fuck up you pathetic genin trash. If you're lucky, you may die quickly instead of being receiving a slow and painful death."
This was the first time that Naruto gave any of those residing from Iwagakure and Earth Country to a lesser degree any attention. "No need to get salty. Why you haf to be mad, iz only game." A clueless expression formed on the face of Naruto although it was done fairly bad, to the point where everyone could tell that it was fake.
Said Iwa ninja clenched his fist so hard that the skin broke and blood started seeping out. How he wanted to wipe that smug, condescending and patronizing look off the blonde haired brat's face.
Kurotsuchi cooly stood in front of her subordinate and held her hand out in front of him to prevent him from moving any closer. With barely restrained anger, the leader of the team looked directly into the eyes of Naruto and it was as she saw a ghost of the past loom over his head.
Going off the intel that she was just provided though, she was confident that she could win if anything happened. "Konoha trash, I suggest you control your bootleg, wannabe fourth Hokage lookalike at bay or we will be forced to intervene for the honour of Iwa." When the black haired woman said this, the earth daimyo who had just finished a glass of whiskey looked over at Naruto and stumbled back in his seat.
That boy, he looks exactly like the fucking Yellow Flash.
Both Naruto and the fire daimyo picked up on this and shared a look with one another and the boss man gave a small nod which Naruto then returned. Shino who was focused on the jonin in front of him who he knew as the granddaughter of the current Tsuchikage did not see this. "The appearance of one of my team members is none of your concern, why do you ask? Because you should be aware that if you do anything, you will have an army of samurai at your doorstep since we are all in a foreign country, something you would be best served remembering." The Aburame clan heir jumped into the conversation with a confident, yet monotone voice.
"Naruto, do not engage with any further conversations with Iwa ninjas." Whilst it was said in the same tone of voice as before, Naruto knew Shino well enough that he was slightly chuckling at how he managed to get under their skin.
"Oi look, the game is just about to start up again." Tenten called out, hoping to diffuse the tension and restore focus to what they were hear for. All eyeballs turned around and focused on the game, that much more pressure riding on it, something that the civilian players were unaware of.
Cometh the hour, cometh the man. When time is calling for a hero to be made, heroes either step up or step aside. The star player known as the 'Hurrikane' stepped up and latched onto the end of a cross from his teammate and headed the ball into the back of the net. The score was 4-3 to Fire Country.
"Yes!" Tenten shouted, as she jumped up into the air, jubilation coursing through her body at the outcome.
Naruto was cheering internally however he was listening to the orders of his second in command for when Neji was away.
"Nooo!" The earth daimyo shouted as he clenched the whiskey in his hand. As much as the Fire Daimyo waned to brag, he didn't want to start an international war because he knew his counterpart was fairly drunk at the moment.
Shortly thereafter the match ended and the Fire daimyo and his entourage were quickly escorted out of the building by Shino and the team.
As the elder Daimyo watched the others leave, he had a glare on his face. "Kurotsuchi. Come here." The man ordered to which the kunoichi did just that. "After the exams are over…" As she listened to the man, she couldn't help but grin a savagely.
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The quarter finals were as far as Fire country went as they lost in the semi-finals to that guy with the dangerous name hazard or something. Ahh well, I got my money, that's all I really care about. That and avoiding an international incident. Naruto thought to himself as the final match of the tournament, the final had concluded the night before. Neji and his team spent the night guarding the daimyo and rotating so they all got some semblance of sleep.
Overall the month long mission had been completed without any major catastrophes although there were a few close encounters. All the blonde genin had to do now was go and collect his winnings from all the bets.
It tallied up to just under $25,000 which, when starting from only $1000, was a significant amount of money. This was to the point where Ino had even been asking as nicely as she could, and by that was done through flirting for Naruto to get her that dress she wanted, telling him she would show it off to him when they got back.
Naruto stood firm however and only agreed shout the group dinner when they got back to Konoha.
Much to the lamentation of the owner of the betting shop, Naruto went into the store, showed his proof and collected his winnings. Due to it being from a civilian and not a shinobi, it was all in cash on display, daring anyone to rob Naruto.
A man who just walked into the room behind Naruto saw this and watched Naruto quickly deposit the money into a storage scroll before sealing it away.
Time slowed down as Naruto turned the corner. Eyes flung wide open as he saw the familiar cloak of the Akatsuki in front of him. He couldn't quite picture the tanned skin, green eyes and silver headgear though.
Initially, the man in the robe didn't notice who Naruto was as the genin from Konoha quickly walked past him. Kakazu just saw the opportunity to steal a small fortune from a stupid kid.
Blonde hair, blue eyes and whisker marks! That's the Kyubi jinchuuriki!
Kakazu grinned under his mask. Today was going to be a good day for the money hungry mercenary.
Author's Note:
Hey, hope you like this chapter. Sorry if you expected action to happen in this chapter. It will happen in the next one i can promise you! You will get to see more of what this Naruto can do.
As always, if you have any constructive criticism, ideas for jutsu, pairings or even potential plots that you don't really want to write yourself, please leave a review and I will see if it fits the direction of where I want this story to go.
