It was a very quiet morning, the sun was rising steadily in the sky, the birds were awakening and beginning to sing.
That was to say, until a very sore, and grumpy blond awoke.
"Uhh...Ita!! Sonovabitch!"
Naruto was obviously very unhappy about his body's soreness. As it was Naruto was still laying in bed now too sore to get up.
"Ita! Ita...! What the hell did I do to get this sore...?"
Minutes flew by as Naruto, stopped attempting to get up, and tried remembering what kinda hellish training he did to get his body in the shape it was. He stared at the ceiling, mumbling incoherent things, for almost 10 minutes before he came up with a solution.
"The chakra... Maybe I pumped too much of it at once in my body, more than it was used to... That means I'm gonna have ta' build up my natural speed so I don't have these pains again." With that said Naruto glared down at his body, as if he could kill the pain with his eyes. It didn't work.
Sighing Naruto layed there on his bed for almost an hour before he felt well enough to get up and move. But its unlike Naruto to sit and do nothing for an hour, so he had to find something to do... And he just happenedto have a book with him. Slowly reaching to his table, Naruto grabbed his mask, which he had taken off to sleep. Before he brought it to his face, thought, Naruto looked at his new mask, still extended by his arm. It was all white, except for the spiral in the middle, but it was more or less a curved, flat mask; There was no indent on the mask for a nose, or mouth. Or eyes for that matter. There weren't eyes holes, but just two curved lines. Strangely looking familer to Haku's.
'How the hell can I see out of that...?'
Turning the mask around, and bringing it closer showed the inside of the mask. On the inside there was a cushion of sorts, molded into the shape of a face, only it didn't show on the front of the mask. Also as Naruto brought it to his face, he could see perfectly, as it there wasn't something in front of him. Finally just shrugging it off as a 'Really Cool Shinobi Thing That's Hard Too Explain How Its Done' Naruto droped the subject.
Mask secure on his face, Naruto reached out slowly again, as to not hurt himself further, he reached out to his pouch, also on his bedside table, and retrieved the book he had bought. He actually just put how much money was needed to buy it on the counter of the book shop, then left. But hey, he at least paid for it, right?
Opening the book Naruto just barley caught the auther's name.
'Jiriaya? Where have I heard that... All well, I can't remember right now...'
Turning the page, Naruto began to read. After some introductory, which Naruto of course skipped, Naruto was slightly surprised to find that it actually had a story line; not just porn. It wasn't that big of a deal, but at least if anyone found out he read it, he could say it was because he liked the story line. Not because of the porn. No not at all. Not the incredible detailed, hardcore porn, either. Of course not.
Anyway... Naruto read the first page, while getting comfy.
'Our young hero lay upon the edge of a promontory with his lovers for life, all naked, as he recalled his long journey that brought him to where he was today...'
A hour later, one blond ninja rose from his bed, no longer too sore to move. In fact he would have stayed in bed longer, but his stomach reminded him of where he was and just what time it was. Although Naruto thought nothing of the time, because of his head still filled with the thoughts of Icha Icha Paradise.
'And what a paradise it would have been too.' Were Naruto's thoughts; jealous thoughts. Soon though, his thoughts were filled with his need to satisfiy his hunger.
"Food" He drawled out, like a zombie. He would go to Ichiraku, but he was just 'bout broke. With a sigh he moved slowly toward his fridge, hoping it had something. As he opened it he reached for the milk, and almost drank it in one gulp. That was until he remembered what happened last time he drank milk without thinking. Bringing the milk opening to his nose he sniffed.
And promptly turned green. Holding in the urge to puke Naruto moved as quickly as his body would let him, and threw the milk out the window, then shut the window. Of course he could still here the yelling and screaming of disgust, but he did he did his best to ignore them. Moving back to the fidge, Naruto opened it again.
'An egg... Some moldy bread...' "Ahha!" He called out reaching in quickly, well as quick as he could. "Bacon! Been a long time since I had that..." Naruto paused as he shut the fridge and opened the container the meat was in. "Good... still freash..."
Turning and walking to his left Naruto set his food on the counter, then opened a cabnet above the counter, and removed a pan. Moving over to his left again, towards the stove, Naruto placed the pan on top of it, on the front right part, and started up the gas. Naruto then placed four strips of the meat in the pan. Now just needing to wait for it to cook, Naruto moved backwards to lean against the table he used to eat. But instead his lower back coming in contact with the table, he ended up lightly siting on it.
With a brow creased in confusion, Naruto shifted his weight forward, away from the table.
"Da' hell?" He muttered as he turned to look at the table. "Did the table shrink a couple inches?"
Naruto stared at it for only another moment or two before it clicked. He looked left and right staring at everything, yet not focusing on any one thing.
"I-I I'm... I'm...!"
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"Ahh, man, I'm, like, covered in this shit! Who the hell, like, throws rotten milk out the window!? I, like, demand I get somthin' for free for this!"
A man about in his thirties sighed at the teenager in front of him God, he hated teenagers, always loud, don't listen, loud, disrepectful, loud. "Listen kid I-"
"I'M TALLER!!"
Yep. Deffenetly hated teenagers.
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Naruto bounced upon the balls of his feet, a grin threatening to split his face(although it was hidden behind the mask).
"YES! Thank you, whatever's changing me, Thank you!!"
But his happiness didn't last for long, as a startaling thought came to mind.
'Wait...' By now the bouncing stopped compleatly, and Naruto leaned(sat) on the table again.
'Somethings changing me.' During his thoughts Naruto had moved slightly, so as to be more comfy. His arms crossed, and his left hand's grip on his right arm tighted at the thought of being manipulated.
'I'm taller... I'm stronger; threre's no way I had as much chakra two weeks ago that I had yesterday...-'
While in deep thought Naruto failed to notice the smell of burnt meat in the air, along with the black smoke begining to rise from said meat.
'-... I'm also obviously smarter, I wouldn't have noticed this stuff if I wasn't...'
Naruto sighed and closed his eyes, the thoughts of his changing coming to a rest for the moment. It was then Naruto noticed the smell.
"AH shit! The bacon!"
Rushing forward, Naruto stared at the bacon for only a moment before grabing the pan. Lifting it out of the fire Naruto ran, as fast as he could still being sore, into his room, torward the window. Throwing it open, Naruto flicked the pan in his wrist, chucking the bacon in to the crowed streets. Leaning back in(and ignoring the yellingagain) Naruto shut the window.
"Damn. Perfectly good food wasted 'cause I was thinkin'. Shows ya how much good that does ya. -sigh- ...Damn..."
30 minutes later, Naruto finished eating a small breatfast. After dressing and grabing all his gear, he headed out, still walking more or less slow. Now in the street he started towards the Hokage tower without really realizing it. He also never noticed that he walking diffently than he usually did. He was taking long, quick strides, that, with his shinobi balance, made him look almost as if he was gliding across the ground. That, along with the fact that he side-stepped around people, avioding everyone walking slower than he was, and those walking the opposite direction, he would get there rather quickly. Quicker still, if he wasn't sore, but that was fading with time.
Naruto was silent during his walk, his thought just as silent, and it wasn't untill a building caught his attention that he spoke for the first time since leaving his appartment.
"The... Library? Huh. I didn't know Konoha had one on this side of town..."
Indeed, in front of Naruto, to the left, was one of Konoha's smaller librarys. It was somewhat like the shape of Naruto's appartment complex; rectanguler in length, but the ends were like half-circles, therefore the building had no corners. Stopping in front of it, Naruto noticed that it was two stories high.
'Maybe I should send a couple kage bunshin in. I may not be able to do much physical training, so... Yeah, I do that.'
Deciding on that Naruto summoned two kage bunshin. He kept the number low because if he used too many, he wouldn't be able to take in and remember what they read.
Nodding toward the building the one-man-amry gave his clones an order with out saying anything. The clones nodded in return and started up the stairs to the library. Silent, Naruto continued walking in the direction he was going before. With that distraction, Naruto mind was begining to think again.
'I should go see Oyaji and ask if he knows what's going on...'
Hokage Tower
"Who the hell is sending me a requistion for a bath- Jiriaya. Must be. -sigh- Fine, fine. That next book better come out quicker though or so help me..."
"Hey, Oyaji!"
Sarutobi quickly stopped his mutterings when his door opened. Looking up he saw it was Naruto, as if he hadn't already knew that from the greeting.
"Naruto!" He greeted him smiling. He could tell the teen in front of him was doing the same, even though his face was covered by his mask. "How are you? You look taller."
Naruto nodded his head before answering. "Yeah, I'm fine. And the growth spert is part of something I need to talk to you about..."
