Hey guys, I'm back, after 2 weeks of inactivity. I'm a terrible person, I know. I just had a lot to do. (Totally not jacking off) Anyways, without further ado (and bad excuses), here's the next chapter!
Story go!
Naruto was in his apartment, sat in front of his desk staring hard at a piece of paper. He was trying to come up with a new fuinjutsu technique, preferably one that would send bits of his enemies flying in all directions. He felt that he was somewhat lacking in skills, as Kakashi would never cease to remind him in his daily spars. He knew only five jutsu, three of which were from the Academy, the others being the Shadow Clone jutsu and Incapacitation no Jutsu. His other skill was fuinjutsu, of which he had very few techniques. He was mediocre in taijutsu and downright horrid in genjutsu.
So, Naruto was trying to expand his arsenal, even if it was only by a bit. He had the Kawarimi no Jutsu, Bunshin no jutsu and Henge in his ninjutsu repertoire. For fuinjutsu, he had the Hidden Surprise Clone no Jutsu, the Buster Tag, normal explosive tags, and the newly made Chakra Interrupter Seal. A good variety of jutsu for a recently graduated Genin, but Naruto wasn't a new Genin, he'd been a shinobi for over a month, and his skills hadn't improved by much.
And so, we find Naruto staring at a piece of paper. He stayed like that for a good two hours, stopping only to eat ramen and take a leak, until finally, an idea struck him, with little force it needs to be said.
"Of course! I can make a tag with a wide area of effect!" Naruto exclaimed, "But how do I go about doing that?"
"I could just make an explosive tag with a lot more explosive power... No, Kakashi prohibited me from using anything stronger than D-rank, fucking ass.." Naruto listed off the possibilities, "I could just throw a shit ton of tags and hope for the best... But then, my target could just run away, so I'd need something to contain them..." Naruto muttered.
"I got it!" Naruto said, as a new idea struck him with the force of a sledgehammer.
He quickly got up, gathered the money he had put aside from his missions for training and equipment and left for the nearest fishing store.
When Naruto came back from his shopping expedition, it was with a large bundle material. He spread the lot on the floor, and contemplated on how he should begin his newest project.
"Oh, I am going to have fun with you..." he cackled.
"Where is that idiot?" Sakura complained. It was the next day, and Team Seven, minus a certain someone, was gathered at their usual training location.
Kakashi was passing the time reading, as usual, his "book" if one could call a series of sex stories interspersed with words that.
Sasuke was being Sasuke, glaring at a beetle as if it had just slaughtered his family and pissed on their corpses, which was ridiculous because it was his brother who did that.
"Sorry I'm late!" hollered a running Naruto, burdened with a huge bag.
"Finally! We've been waiting for ages! Even Kakashi-sensei is here!" yelled Sakura, "What have you been doing?!"
"It's... uh, a secret?" Naruto nervously chuckled, fearing Sakura's fist.
"Secret my ass, he was probably exploring himself" Kakashi mumbled.
"What was that, Kakashi-sensei?" Naruto asked, his hands going into the Henge sign.
"Nothing! Let's get started on today's mission, I have something new I want to teach you guys after," Kakashi hastily covered up. He had heard of Naruto's Incapacitation no Jutsu, and he was not keen on seeing his leaders wrinkly ass cheeks in all their glory, Kami knows how Naruto knew how detailed they were.
"That's what I thought," Naruto muttered.
"Anyways, team, let's head out!" Kakashi exclaimed while clapping his hands together.
"Your mission today is..." said the Hokage, as Team Seven was once again gathered in front of his desk.
"Please Kami, let it be Tora," Naruto prayed with his eyes closed, hands clasped in a display of zealous worship.
The Hokage raised an eyebrow, it was the first time in all of his career that he'd seen someone wish for Tora... Wait, no there was one other time... That person was actually Naruto's mother, on the day she first got her sword, something about a spit roasting a cat. Deciding to indulge his surrogate grandson and spare him the torture of clearing the sewers of rats, he gave him the mission he wanted.
"The capture of the animal, Tora," the Hokage finished.
"Fuck yes! You little fucker, I'm coming for you!" Naruto hollered before positively hauling ass out of the tower like an Akimichi that heard that there was an all-you-can-eat buffet at the other end of the village.
"He didn't even stay to listen to the rest of the mission's intel..." the Hokage said.
"Don't worry, Hokage-sama, I'll make certain he learns his manners next time," Kakashi reassured his leader.
"No need for that, Hatake-san, Naruto is young, he'll learn with time," Sarutobi replied, "Anyway, Tora the cat was last seen in the village's biggest park. Now you best go catch up with your wayward teammate."
"Hai, Hokage-sama! Team Seven, fall out!" Kakashi barked. The team swiftly left, leaving the Hokage some free time before the next team came for assignments.
He reached into his desk, opened one of the drawers and pulled out a book, a certain orange book.
"I've missed you..." the Hokage cooed," You and I are going to have a grand old time."
Leaving the old man with his... peculiar tastes, Naruto had somehow found his way to the village's park. Perhaps instincts guided him, or perhaps a higher being was sat on his ass and wanted to progress the story instead of actually doing something productive that day, like answer to the prayers of his followers or doing actually work. In any case, Naruto was at the park, and was soon joined by his associates.
"Naruto! You better have a plan, you asked for the worst mission possible and I'm not helping you!" yelled a pinkette.
"Indeed, why did you ask for this mission, Naruto?" questioned Kakashi, curious as to why his student would want to kill himself.
"Because I have a plan! Sakura, you and Sasuke don't have to do anything! I got a new seal that should help with today's mission!" Naruto exuberantly explained.
"As if you could catch Tora by yourself!" mocked Sakura, but in spite of that, she too was curious as to what Naruto had up his sleeve.
"All right, let's do this!" Naruto exclaimed, before running into the forest.
The remaining lot looked at each other, sharing speculative looks, before merely shrugging and following the walking maelstrom.
They ended up in a clearing, it was still early in the morning, so no one was at the park. Naruto was currently crouched, placing a seal on the ground.
"I'll make you regret ever scratching me, you little bag of shit..." Naruto cackled.
"Naruto? What exactly do you have planned?" asked Sakura.
"You'll see..." was the pragmatic answer made more clear by the yowling of a certain feline.
Off in the distance, one could spot Tora the cat frantically running away from a mob of Naruto's, all bearing torches and pitchforks looking downright murderous. They were all laughing hysterically, and seemed to be more than slightly unhinged. It was understandable why Tora looked so terrified.
Just as the mob was upon him, Tora jumped into the clearing, right onto Naruto's Chakra Interrupter Seal.
"You've activated my trap card, you little fuck!" Naruto screamed, before slowly reaching into his bag.
"Naruto, what is that?" Kakashi asked, eyeing the bundle in his hands.
"My new seal," Naruto replied, he wanted to savour this moment. Tora was struggling to be free from the seal, as attested by the frantic movement of his eyes.
"You aren't going anywhere, you clawed demon piece of shit! Eat this!" Naruto screamed before throwing the bundle, revealing it to be a... net?
"Naruto, that isn't a new seal! It's just a net!" Sakura exclaimed, seemingly astounded by the vast degree her teammates stupidity seemed to span.
"Watch and learn, loud one," Naruto replied, his hands forming the ram seal.
Kakashi, who was disinterested at first, glanced up to see a strange net covering the target in a five meter radius, a net that was thicker than most, covered in symbols that were...smoking slightly... Shit.
"Exploding Web Seal, activate!" Naruto screamed.
'Are you fucking kidding me?!' was all Kakashi could think before his vision was clouded with dust and small explosions.
"Yes! YES! Burn and perish, you furry little shitbag!" Naruto cackled madly as the series of explosions continued.
The explosions went on for a while, never ceasing in intensity, before finally, after what seemed like an eternity, they abated. In place of where Tora once stood was now a small smoking crater, and lying in the middle of it all was the cat. He was unconscious, and looked fine, aside from the small puddle of piss beside him. Being in the middle of a huge explosion would do that to you.
"Naruto..." Kakashi started, "What was that?"
"My bitchin' new seal, Exploding Web Seal!" Naruto replied, "I modified a fishing net to hold explosive tags."
"I thought I told you could only use D-rank tags, Naruto..." Kakashi seethed in an uncharacteristic show of anger.
"No need to worry, Kakashi-sensei, those were all D-ranks!" Naruto replied.
Indeed, Naruto's new seal had only used D-ranks, just in an excessive amount. While usually, a D-rank explosive tag only had erupted in smoke and a small sparkle that one would 'ooh' and 'aah' at a fireworks display. But a fishing net absolutely covered in explosive tags is bound to make an impact.
Flashback
Naruto was in his apartment, modifying his newly bought fishing net for what he wanted to use it for.
He first tried hanging on the net using fish hooks, but when he tested it out, he found that it didn't have enough 'oomph' so, after various trials and errors, he perfected the Exploding Web Seal. He had decided to say "Fuck it" and just wrapped every exposed piece of netting with exploding tags. When he tested it, the small crater that it left had him very satisfied, "Oh yes, I am going to have a fucking ball with you!" he proclaimed.
Flashback end
Naruto showed Kakashi his prototype, and indeed, every inch of surface was covered in explosive tags.
"Naruto... How many tags did you use?"
"256 and one quarter!"
"I see..." Kakashi sweatdropped, "Well, congratulations on the quickest capture of Tora the cat..."
"Fuck yea!" Naruto exclaimed, "I'm the best! Fuck you Sasuke!"
Naruto quickly ran over to the prone body of the cat and grabbed it, "Let's go guys! We got a mission to cash in!" he yelled, and was gone in a flash.
"What have I gotten myself into?" Kakashi wondered not for the first nor the last time.
"Old man! I'm back from my mission!" Naruto yelled before slamming the cat on the desk like an unwanted erection at an orgy.
"Are you now?" chuckled the Hokage, "I must say, you completed your task in record time..."
Glancing at the body of the feline, he could only pray that his owner wouldn't press charges.
"Congratulations on a task well-done," he continued, poking at the smoking corpse with his pipe, "Here's your mission's pay, hand it over to your sensei when you see him."
The Hokage passed over a small scroll to Naruto, "Thanks, old man!"
The volatile boy once again quickly ran out of the Tower, off to cause more wanton terror.
Team Seven regrouped at Training Ground Three for the usual daily training routine.
Kakashi coughed and closed his book, "Today, we'll be doing something different, my cute little genin."
"Please, don't let it be squats..." Naruto mumbled.
"We'll be doing a group training with..." Kakashi shuddered, "Team Guy..."
"Team who?" Naruto questioned.
"Team Guy, an older team of genin, comprised of Neji Hyuga, Tenten and Rock Lee, they are lead by Konoha's most proficient Taijutsu expert, Might Guy. Their team specializes in close-quarter combat," Kakashi informed his team, "Now, one thing you should know is that Might Guy is a...special case..."
"Why are we training with them, sensei?" asked Sakura.
"While Sasuke's taijutsu skills are above average, both yourself and Naruto are lacking in that department, thus I found myself obliged as your team's sensei to ask for help to improve your proficiency," Kakashi told his team.
"Kakashi-sensei! I'm not that bad at taijutsu!" Naruto objected.
"Naruto, you don't even have a taijutsu style, how are you supposed to be able to hold your own against a trained opponent?" Kakashi scolded his student.
'Fuck you, that's how,' Naruto viciously thought.
"Anyways, that's the end of that, Team Seven, we have to meet Team Guy in," Kakashi glanced at a pocket watch seemingly conjured from nowhere, "two hours ago!"
Sakura, Sasuke and Naruto found that Kakashi seemed just slightly too happy about being two hours late to a meeting.
"YOSH! KAKASHI-SAN! YOU ARE LATE! HOW UN-YOUTHFUL OF YOU!" an unknown man bellowed at Kakashi. Clad in green spandex that showed slightly too much, this was Konohagakure's most talented Taijutsu practitioner, Might Guy. He was a tall man with black hair styled into a godawful bowl cut. He moved with unbridled energy, his mighty eyebrows wriggling furiously. Indeed Guy seemed to have even more impressive eyebrows than his student, Rock Lee, and that was saying something, seeing as to how Lee's could be mistaken for small, black bricks.
"Sorry, you say something?" Kakashi asked, snapping shut his book.
"THERE'S THAT HIP ATTITUDE!"
All of Team Seven shuddered collectively, it wasn't natural that someone could be so energetic in green spandex.
They were currently situated in a nearby training ground, off in the distance, they could spy Guy's team training themselves in their domains.
"YOU HAVE COME TO TRAIN YOUR STUDENTS, KAKASHI-SAN? YOU ARE OVERFLOWING WITH YOUTH!" Guy hollered, he called over his training students all the while perforating everyone's eardrums.
Guy's students filed in, the first being Neji Hyuga, the most talented of the rookie genin. He was followed by Tenten, a talented weapons user. The final member was Rock Lee, a clone of Might Guy, clad in the same green spandex jumpsuit that made one want to bleach their eyeballs, he was strongest of the rookie genin in terms of taijutsu. Lee couldn't channel chakra like most shinobi and so concentrated on taijutsu.
"NEJI! YOU SHALL SPAR WITH UCHIHA-SAN! TENTEN! YOU SHALL BATTLE WITH HARUNA-SAN! LEE! YOU SHALL SPAR WITH UZUMAKI-SAN!" Guy shouted.
The newly formed groups separated, the two doujutsu users going off to a corner.
"Hmmph, come back for a rematch, have you? It's no use, destiny has fated for me to win," Neji sneered.
Sasuke merely growled, before speeding off towards his opponent.
Gai looked on the battle, clearly impressed with the Uchiha's ability to stand his ground against Neji, "KAKASHI-SAN, YOU HAVE TRAINED YOUR STUDENT WELL!"
"I suppose," Kakashi muttered, clearly uncomfortable with being so close to the erratic man.
"GAH! WHY MUST YOU BE SO COOL, KAKASHI-SAN!"
Kakashi merely closed his eyes and wished for death to come upon him and release him from the sweet torture that was Gai's company.
Sakura and Tenten went off in another corner. Tenten bowed to Sakura, "It's a pleasure to meet again, Sakura," she said.
Sakura bowed back, "I guess it is, I am in your care, Tenten," she replied.
Tenten unfurled the scroll that she always had slung over her back and reached into it, bringing out a pair of knuckledusters, "Don't worry, they're padded," she informed her opponent with a reassuring smile, or at least what she thought what was a reassuring smile.
What Sakura saw was someone wielding a dangerous weapon and smiling in a decisively creepy manner.
On an unheard signal, the two girls ran towards each other. They battled for a few minutes, Tenten obviously taking it easy on the other genin. Sakura struggled to keep up, but it was clear that she was going to lose. She still put up an admirable fight, Kakashi's training obviously having positive effects on her physical abilities. If she had fought against Tenten when she had just graduated, she'd had been defeated in the first minute. In the end it was all for nought, and she was beaten down.
"Are you alright, Sakura? Do you wish to have a break?" asked Tenten.
"Yea, that would be nice..." Sakura panted.
"YOUR OTHER STUDENT IS QUITE GOOD TOO! YOU TRULY ARE OVERFLOWING WITH YOUTH, KAKASHI-SAN, TO BE ABLE TO TRAIN YOUR STUDENTS TO SUCH AN EXTENT," yelled a certain man.
"Yea..." replied Kakashi.
The last group, Lee and Naruto, walked to the middle of the clearing.
"YOSH! NARUTO-SAN, I HOPE WE CAN HAVE A YOUTHFUL BATTLE!" he screamed in a manner very similar to his sensei.
"I guess?" Naruto said, confused by the other boy's enthusiasm. They were about to duke it out fist to fist, and he was blabbering on about youthfulness...
"LEE! SHOW HIM YOUR SPRINGTIME OF YOUTH!" Gai encouraged.
"I think I'm already seeing too much of it," Naruto muttered, glancing down at Lee's crotch, which indeed exposed slight more than one would want to see.
"GAI-SENSEI!"
"LEE!"
"GAI-SENSEI!"
"LEE!"
The dynamic duo called out to each other before speeding towards one another and slamming into each other in a cluster fuck of homoerotic subplots.
"Where the fuck?" Naruto wondered, looking at his opponent's previously occupied location, which was now only covered in dust.
He turned around, and immediately wanted to commit seppuku using a rusty and blunt kunai, for the two energetic humans had embraced in what could only be described as borderline indecent exposure.
Indeed, the two had embraced one another, rubbing cheeks, complete with a magnificent sunrise, waves splashing upon imaginary rocks and dolphins frolicking about.
"Oh, fuck me!" Naruto swore before averting his eyes, unable to look for a second more at the display of "youth".
Kakashi seemed to be having trouble holding onto his lunch, as the green spandex suits left nothing to the imagination, with the bulging muscles and squished parts that should never be described in detail.
"GAI-SENSEI!"
"LEE!"
"Shinigami-sama take me now, my body is ready," Naruto prayed, "I have suffered enough torture in this life."
The two parted from their embrace, tears flowing from their eyes after such an emotional display.
"LEE! GO SPAR AGAINST UZUMAKI-SAN WITH ALL OF YOUR MIGHT AND YOUTHFULNESS!" he encouraged.
"YOSH, GAI-SENSEI! I WILL MAKE YOU PROUD OF MY YOUTHFULNESS!" Lee replied.
Naruto wondered if he should call the feds on the grounds of a paedophile sensei.
"NARUTO-SAN, WE SHALL LET OUR SPRING TIME OF YOUTH SHINE THROUGH!" Lee yelled enthusiastically.
"Yeah, sure..." Naruto hesitantly agreed. He got into his fighting stance, which was really just him crouching down a little, and Lee got into the Strong Fist's fighting stance.
Lee suddenly jumped towards Naruto, a kick ready and aimed for his face, "DYNAMIC ENTRY!" he hollered.
"Holy fucking shit!" Naruto barely dodged the attack, his reflexes saving him as he threw himself to the ground.
The impact of the kick left a small crater in the ground, Naruto vowed to never get hit by that attack as it would probably cave his face in.
"YOU ARE FAST, NARUTO-SAN!" Lee complimented the other boy, before blurring right in front of Naruto.
'Holy shit, he's fast!' Naruto thought to himself. He was hard pressed to dodge the attacks thrown at him. He tried to evade the multitude of punches and was for the most part successful. Every so often, however, a punch would slip past his defence and hit him.
'Fuck, he's strong!' thought Naruto, as Lee landed another punch on his person, 'That is definitely going to leave a mark...'
It was obvious that Lee wasn't going all out on Naruto, but that didn't mean he was going easy either.
Naruto decided to go on the counter-attack, and started to go on the offensive. He threw in everything he had at the other boy, all of the dirty tricks, all of his feints, but his opponent saw through them all.
'Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck,' Naruto frantically, dodging a fist aimed for his crotch. He knew what the Strong Fist style was used for, overpowering the enemy and crushing bones, and he was not particularly keen on having a fist rammed into his ball sacks with the force of a thousand men.
As Lee upped the speed of his barrage of attacks, Naruto panicked and reacted instinctively.
"What is..." Lee said, looking at his arm where a tag had been placed on his arm before erupting into smoke and sparkles.
"Naruto!" Kakashi reprimanded his explosive student, "This was supposed to be a pure taijutsu match!"
"Sorry, sensei! It just felt so real, and my body acted by itself!" Naruto replied, on the outside he might've seemed worried, but on the inside his mind was racing. He was thinking about the possibilities of incorporating his explosions and a fighting style... 'Shit that would be so badass!' Naruto thought.
"YOSH! NARUTO-SAN! YOUR YOUTH SHINES THROUGH! TO BE ABLE TO HOLD YOUR OWN AGAINST ME!" screamed a smoking Lee, looking none the worse for wear.
"Right..." Naruto sweatdropped at the other boy's seemingly unending zeal.
"HERE I COME!" Lee yelled before landing a sucker punch on Naruto.
"Oomph!" Naruto fell to the ground, gasping for air.
"Naruto-san? Are you alright?" Lee enquired, worried that he might've gone to far, "Do you wish to stop?"
"Fuck no," Naruto chuckled dryly, "This is the best training I've had in a while."
"YOSH! NARUTO-SAN, YOUR PASSION TRULY IGNITES MY FLAMES OF YOUTH!" Leehollered, clenching his hands into fists.
"Indeed..." Naruto muttered before going back at it.
"KAKASHI-SAN! YOUR LAST STUDENT MAY NOT BE THE BEST, BUT HIS SPIRIT IS UNDYING! LEE, YOU SHOULD ASPIRE TO BE LIKE HIM!" Gai all but practically roared, but he then turned serious.
"I see what you mean, Kakashi-san, Sasuke does not need much help for his taijutsu, he needs only to awaken his Sharingan and he will be a worthy rival against Neji," Gai said to Kakashi, "Sakura needs a lot of help in her form, but that can be easily remedied."
"I'm not worried about Sasuke, he surpasses his teammates by a huge margin. Sakura is lacking in terms of physical strength, and so I plan on making her a medic-nin. She'd be perfect for the job, with her impeccable chakra control..." Kakashi replied.
Gai turned back to the battle going on between Lee and Naruto, "My biggest concern, however, is Naruto... Such wasted potential. He has the spirits, the strength and the will, he lacks only in skill..."
"I agree, that's why I came to you, in the hopes that you might give him some pointers. I would teach him myself, but I feel like my taijutsu style wouldn't quite suit him," Kakashi replied, "I don't think any style would really go well with the boy, he doesn't like following the rules and is too unpredictable."
"Is he now?" Gai pondered, "Perhaps we could use that to our advantage..."
"You have an idea?" Kakashi asked.
"It is only a thought, but maybe with proper time and training..." Gai thought to himself, "Yes, how could I possibly live with myself knowing that such youthfulness went to waste if I didn't help!"
"So you'll train the boy?" Kakashi asked, he felt bad about shoving his responsibilities onto another teacher but it was the best way for Naruto to get a proper taijutsu training. It would also give him more free time to read his favourite book, he giggled perversely in his mind.
"I will not, I am sorry, Kakashi-san. I have too much on my plate with Neji and Lee's taijutsu training," Gai cut through Kakashi's fantasies of endless orgies and orange books. Seeing the disappointed look on his fellow teacher's face, he continued.
"I will, however, give the boy some tips on how he could improve and lend him some scrolls so that he may begin shaping his own style," Gai finished.
"Thank you, Gai. That is more than I could possibly hope for," Kakashi thanked his rival.
"Worry not, it is only natural for me to IGNITE THE FLAMES OF YOUTH IN FELLOW SHINOBI!" Gai reverted back to his usual self, "KAKASHI-SAN, WE STILL HAVE TO HAVE THAT REMATCH!"
"Sorry, you say something?" Kakashi looked up from his book.
"DAMN YOU AND YOUR COOL ATTITUDE, KAKASHI-SAN!"
Team Seven and Team Guy sparred for a good while, before being called to attention by their sensei.
Sasuke and Neji disengaged and walked to the centre clearing, Sasuke with a limp and a few bruises and Neji looking only slightly ruffled. The two girls walked back together, Sakura leaning on Tenten for support. They seemed to have gotten along nicely, as the two were conversing animatedly about something or another. Naruto and Lee also disengaged from their spar and walked up to their sensei. Naruto looked exhausted and covered in bruises, but he seemed happy about the day's training. Lee also sported a few new injuries, but nothing to the extent of his partner.
Team Seven gathered around the two older shinobi, eager as to know how they could improve. Team Guy were on the sidelines, they knew that the reason for the day's joint training session was to test the capabilities of Team Seven and so knew they wouldn't be getting any pointers.
Gai inspected each of Kakashi's students with an observant gaze before finally nodding to himself.
"Good work today, you did well..." he began in an abnormal display of calmness, "I'll start with Sasuke. Sasuke, your technique is well refined, you only need to awaken your Sharingan and you will advance in leaps and bounds. Continue training the way you are and you will go far, I can guarantee it."
"Sakura, you lack the physical strength to become a taijutsu specialist, but you can still hold your own against a novice opponent. You only need to improve on your style. I believe your sensei has a proposition for you?" Gai continued.
"Yes, Sakura, I do have an idea as to what role would best suit you," Kakashi said, "I'll tell you more after we're done."
Sakura merely nodded, too exhausted to speak.
"And now, Naruto. Naruto, out of all of your teammates, you have the most potential. You could be a great taijutsu specialist, but you lack any form of style or technique. Your sensei tried to convince me to take you on, but I had to refuse," Gai told Naruto, "I have, however, agreed to give you some scrolls in which you may read and practice with," here he handed Naruto several scrolls of moderate sizes, "Inside them are tips and pointers on how you can improve yourself, and this one," he pointed to the bulkiest of the lot, "Contains an advanced version of the Academy's taijutsu style. It will teach you basic katas, but the style itself is made so that the student may improve upon the style to make it into their own. Your sensei and I have agreed that it would be best if you made your own taijutsu style," Gai finished.
"Thank you, Gai-san!" Naruto thanked Gai prolifically, grateful that someone would go out of their way to help him so.
"Anything to further your youthfulness, Naruto-san!" Gai exclaimed, striking his classic Good Guy pose.
Sakura and Sasuke also nodded their thanks. Kakashi bid farewell to Team Guy before leaving with his team.
"You can learn a lot from that Uzumaki boy, Lee, Tenten, Neji. He is the very definition of youthfulness," Gai commented.
Team Seven parted ways, all understandably exhausted from the day's events. Sasuke going back to his clan's compound, Sakura and Naruto to their homes and Kakashi to what one could only presume to be a cave of some kind, complete with a shrine dedicated to the author of the Icha Icha series.
As Naruto retired for the day, setting aside the scrolls for when he was less tired, he thought about what had happened that day.
'Make my own style, he said... I can do that,' Naruto speculated, "I only have to figure out a way to mix up my talents...'
Naruto fell asleep with his mind filled with thoughts of how he could cram explosive tags down the throats of his enemies.
And done! Holy shit! Longest chapter to date, nearly 5k words! I am super sorry about the very long delay between the past updates, but I just didn't find the inspiration or motivation to write. I don't prewrite any of this, and I just sit down and go at it for an afternoon without any planning, so it can be rough sometimes. Despite the danger of sounding like a broken record, I'd like to thank everyone who left a review, it means a lot to me that you took time out of your day to review my story. To answer some questions, this will be the last filler chapter, I don't know if I want to give Naruto the Explosion bloodline or the Shibuki, partly because he will already have something similar to the Shibuki (no spoilers) and I feel like the bloodline doesn't really have a place here. But I'll think about it. Anyways, thanks for reading! Author, out!
