Again, I apologise for the long wait, I've been battling the dreaded minions of lord Writers block and haven't come out unscathed either.

For those of you wondering about GAIDEN, don't worry, I will be updating, but it's just getting a little tricky trying to figure out what works...man, now I know how manga artists feel!

Rambling on here...on with the show!


Chapter Nine

Ignorant of the fate of the Iwa-nins he'd inadvertantly incurred the wrath of Anko upon, Naruto looked over at his long time friend, as if seeing yhim for the first time.

'Sasuke's definiutely gotten stronger.' he noted, 'No where near Genkai-baasan's level of training though...guess that scarecrow's only good for swipping porn from.'

He cast a cursory look over the last member of their would be tema and flinched, 'yikes, this girl's aura's so damn weak I'm surprised she can even perform tree climbing...though from the looks of thing's her chakra control is pretty damn good.'

He snorted and picked up the pace, wanting to put as much distance between the starting line, and the other competitors, as possible.

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Sasuke loked over his shoulder at the blonde who he considered, by all extents, to be his TRUE brother, by bond if not by blood. The teen had changed a lot in the time he'd spent away.

It showed in the way the teen carried himself, he seemed more...in tune with himself than when he left, as if he had come to understand how his body worked. Either that or he'd gotten laid, which could very well be the case, seeing how the teen went on about the contents of his favourite reading material.

Thinking of that, the Uchiha clutched his hand around the pendant he was wearing, a fond smile crossing his features at the memory of the greatest change in his life since the blonde had left.

'Haku...'

Sakura, noticing the smile on the normally stoic Uchiha's features, instantly went into groupie mode and clenched her fists.

'Chyaa! Without that mist skank here to distract him, I'll finally succeed in stealing Sasuke's heart!'

'SHANNARO!' added inner sakura, stamping down on a chibified version of Haku, fist punching the air.

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Four hours into the forest and the team decided to stop to gather themselves and asses their surroundings.

Naruto, putting his training to good use, had secured the area, and his first order of business was to relieve a passing mist nin of his scroll. It was an earth scroll, no doubt, but they could trade it in if they needed, so the blonde figured it wasn't a complete waste of time as they regroubed at the campsite.

'We've established a camp,' the blonde muttered, meditating as they took a brief rest stop in a clearing, 'there's food and shelter nearby…but we're nowhere near the tower if we just go by the position...' He froze as he sensed one of the wards he set up being broken, snapping his head round warily.

'What was that?' he cursed, 'How'd they get this close?'

Looking around he saw Sasuke sitting looking at a pendant, while Sakura huddled in a corner, the girl looking decidedly sullen at the teen's fascination with the picture before him, muttering under her breath about 'homewreching whores' or something.

'There it is again,' the blonde muttered, sensing a definite serpentine aura in the background, just before his thief senses flared up in a warning klaxxon worthy of fort knoxx 'Damn! Behind us!'

"Take cover!" he yelled, grabbing onto a root as a tremendous blast of wind hit the camp. he watched as Sasuke leapt back, wincing as Sakura's shriek nearly deafened his enhanced ears. Naruto swore as the moss under his fingers began to tear under the preassure before tearing off with a sickening noise, causing him to be blasted through the air.

"Fuuuuuuuuuucccccccckkkkkk!!!!!!!!!"

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"Naruto!" Sasuke yelled, gripping onto the tree for dear life using the tree climbing exercise, onlyto wince as he saw Sakura hurtle past, the Kunoichi having been caught completely off guard.

"Che!" the teen cursed, leaping from his tree and grabbing the skinny girl around the waist, using a Kunai to halt their progress, gritting his teeth as he waited for the preassure to die down.

"Sasuke-kun!" Sakura cheered, "You saved me!"

"We're teammates." The teen replied, "I'm not the sort of trash that forgets that."

The looked over his shoulder at the darkness the trees fomed, scowling, 'Naruto...I know you're okay...' he blinked as the wind settled, before glaring at the chuckling figure standing before them.

"Dare-da omai?" the Uchiha growled out, readying a kunai as the figure chuckled again.

"Kukukuku...such fire in those eyes," the androgynous grass nin hissed, "you really are Itachi's outoto."

Sasuke's eyes widened in shock as he felt his grip tighten, "How do you know that name?!" he yelled, only for the grass nin to hold up a scroll.

"The time for chit chat is over," He/she replied, swallowing the scroll in a sickening manner, "I'm afraid I have engagements to keep, and I DO so despise tardiness."

The grass nin glared at him and Sasuke suddenly felt as if he were being ripped apart in a hail of kunai.

'Wha-What IS he?!'

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Naruto swore as he tried to right himself, but the turbulent winds made making any headway as easy as trying to stop jiraiya from being a perv. However, just as he blasted off, he sensed Sasuke and Sakura's chakra signatures together and nodded appreciatively.

"Makes it easier to find them." He thought, before slamming his palms together in a snake seal. "Mokuton no jutsu!"

At once, the trees seemed to block off the wind, and a soft branch caught the blonde as he landed. Smirking he made another seal, this time of the ram, and disappeared in a swirl of leaves, but not before channeling a good deal of chakra into the surrounding vegetation. Abruptly, the snake that had been trying to sneak up on the blonde jinchuuriki fell prey to a rather vicious pack of redwoods, the scene far to gruesome to be detailed.

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Sasuke had been holding his own against the bizarre grass Nin, actually barbequing the bastard with a Ryuuka no jutsu smack in the face, but had stupidly let his guard down long enough for the freak to decide to take a bite out of him. Now his whole body felt like one big welt, and it wasn't helping that he was suffering from chakra drain due to using both the Housenka and the Ryuuka in quick succession.

"Kukukuku… not bad Sasuke-kun," the perverted nin complimented in a disgustingly feminine manner, "I'll be seeing you later." he stated, "though of course, I doubt there'll be much need for concern."

"What did you do to Sasuke-Kun you freak!" Sakura yelled, wincing as the sannin hurled an annoyed look her way.

"Really, such uncouth words...what are they teaching young women these days?" Orochimaru muttered, before dissapearing from view and delivering a fierce backhand to the girl's skull, "Though judging from your pitifull skills...I really shouldn't be that surprised..."

"Katon: Karyuuendan!"

Orochimaru was so caught of guard he barely managed to leap out of the way in time, and in the process lost an arm to the dragon fire blast for his troubles. He stared up at the source and saw the bandaged face of Naruto barreling towards him, eyes blazing with all the demonic fury he could muster.

'The gaki managed to sneak up on me?!' the sanninscreeched, eyes wide with shock as he espied the unfamiliar face leaping towards him, 'What is this-'

"Raiton:" Naruto yelled, making a stance similar to Zabuza's kirrgakure, "Shurai No jutsu!"

The jutsu summoned a lightning bolt that would have cost the sanin his other arm had he not already made for the hills. Glaring back at the teen he snarled, gripping the smouldering stump of what had once been his left arm.

'You haven't seen the last of me.' he hissed, 'This isn't over yet!'

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"Freaking pervert," Naruto muttered, watching as Orochimaru escaped, sans an arm and dignity, "I swear, one of these day's you're gonna end up being raped, and then I'm gonna have to bail you out."

Sasuke fought off the pain long enough to give the blonde the finger, but then passed out next to Sakura.

Naruto sweat dropped, "You mean I gotta carry your pathetic ass?" he asked rhetorically, before snorting, "Not bloody likely." Making the snake seal he focused his chakra, eyes narrowed in concentration.

"Mokuton: Shichuuka no jutsu."

At once, a massive wooden house appeared out of the ground. Grinning to himself, Naruto carried his comatose teammates in, before getting to work on their injuries.

"Man, you guys really had it rough." he muttered, noting the wound on his friends neck and wincing, "and I'll bet my balls that's no ordinary hicky."

Seeing as sasuke wasn't up for detailing the experience, the blonde sighed and laid him out as comfortably as possible, before moving to lean with his back against the wall.

"Little tired myself." he noted, closing his eyes, "May as well snag a few winks while I wait."

He subconciously brought his hands together in a seal, creating ten Kage bunshin, who nodded and promptly scattered to set up a defensive perimeter while their master got some shut eye.

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Not fifteen minutes into his nap, Naruto was awakened by one of his Bunshins canceling, frowning as the memories flooded into his skull.

'The three sound ninja's,' he noted slowly, grinning beneath his mask, 'looks like I get a work out after all.'

Zaku, Dosu and Kin, the three sound genin, were quite shocked to find a house, of all things, in the middle of the woods, however they knew Sasuke was inside, they'd been tracking the Uchiha since the start, and so managed to push their surprise aside in favor of getting this damnable job over and done with.

Unfortunately, in their haste, they set off an trap that sent a hurl of Kunai, armed with exploding tags, right at them, fortunately, Zaku was up toi the task of deflecting them.

"Buenos Naches…shinobi of the sound." Naruto greeted, stepping out the door as trhe smoke died down. "If you're here for Sasuke, forget it, he's asleep." He shrugged in a helpless manner, "The boy so needs his beauty rest, though not as much as the forehead freak."

The Oto-nins chuckled, "You think you could wake him up for us?" Dosu asked, shifting his right arm slightly, "we havew business with him."

Naruto grinned, "Tell ya what, think you could help me warm up?" he asked, popping his neck joints, "I haven't been hunting in a while, I'm getting out of practice."

"Screw you!" Zaku spat, bringing his arms up to bear on the blonde, "Zankuha!!!"

The explosion of air shattered the clearing barreling down on it's target, however Naruto countered with some quick seals.

"Doton: Doroku gaeshi!" he yelled, a wall of earth raised itself from the ground and held against the onslaught, until Dosu's melody arm shattered it. By then Naruto had already used the inner decapitation technique to get behind Kin, grabbing her by the hair and throwing her into her comrades.

"Sorry about that." the blonde muttered, "I usually don't like being so rough," he leered at the kunoichi, causing her to flush, "Unless I'm asked to, of course."

Whilst theuir teammate stammered at the blonde's look, Dosu and Zaku prepared for a second assault, prompting a serious look from Naruto.

"Better end this quick," he deduced, "Can't risk them getting a free shot at Sasuke."

Making the dragon seal he opened his eyes wide, time seeming to slow down as they shone a bright white.

"Genjutsu: Kitsune-bi!"

Instantly there was a flash of St Elmo's fire, and the three sound Nins lay comatose on the ground, faces twitching and eyes wide open, covered in the image of greenish-blue flames.

"Pleasant dreams…or should I say nightmares." Naruto muttered, making the snake seal. "Mokuton: Shichuurou no jutsu."

A cage, barely large enough to hold the three, if they squatted, appeared over them, an errant branch brining Naruto the heaven scroll they needed, along with what he suspected to be Kin's spare pants.

'Hmm...thong. he noted, shooting the long haired kunoichi a look, 'she's got taste at least.'

Just as he was about to continue his theory he sensed an approaching figure, wincing as he recognised the chakra signature of the female proctor from before.

'I doubt letting them know I can use the Shodai's jutsu would be wise," the teen predicted, dragging Sasuke out over his shoulder whilst a clone carried Sakura, promptly dispelling the house, 'better move.'

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Anko, accompanied by her ANBU support, happened upon the three sound genin lying in what appeared to be a wooden cage, whilst the clearing was otherwise empty.

"Take these brats away for questioning." She muttered, wincing as her cursed seal throbbed. Her recent run in with her former sensei hadn't gone as well as she planned, and that went without the pain of having stabbed berself in the hand.

'Still,' she muttered, 'I wonder what happened to his arm...that wound looked way too fresh to have happened before the exam.'

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When Sasuke woke, up, it was to find Naruto carrying him over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes. Another Naruto, running next to them, had Sakura in a similar position.

"You awake, sleeping beauty?" he heard the blonde ask, causing him to moan in reply as his head spun.

"I feel like shit." he muttered honestly, feeling bile rise in his mouth from those few words.

"You puke on me, and I'll castrate you with your own teeth." Naruto warned, though it was in a joking tone, which earned a laugh from the Uchiha.

When the bunshin felt Sakura move and moan he 'accidentally' hit her head off a branch, rendering the kunoichi unconscious once more. As a result, the trip was relatively quiet until they got to the tower, where the irrate kunoichi fiunally regained conciousness and would have made a scene had Sasuke not reminded her that the 'Insenitive blonde bastard.' as she put it had saved her life.

As it was, they were trying to figure out the connection between the scrolls and the tapestry, when Sasuke noted the smoke rising off the centre, slapping them to the floor, causing a figure to appear in a cloud of smoke.

"Iruka sensei…I see you're no longer yellow." Naruto commented teasingly, earning an amused glare from the chunin.

"Good to see you made it this far," the scarred man noted, "you're the second ones to arrive, other than the team from Suna."

Naruto nodded, glancing at Sasuke, "Could you get a medic in?" he asked, "Some snake freak attacked Sasuke in the woods, he's got this freaky hicky on his neck."

Sasuke snorted and showed the mark to the worried chunin, who agreed to have a medic sent in immediately. In the meantime, Naruto decided to catch up on his reading, giggling every time one of the series' infamous punch lines kicked in.

Sakura glared at the blonde whiom she blamed for 'stealing' her precious time with Sasuke, and tried to block out the giggling by grinding her teeth together and glaring anywhere but directly at him.

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Eventually, all the survivors made it there, the majority being made up by the rookie nine.

The hokage was going through one of his long-winded speeches, which Naruto only briefly listened into, eyeing the competition as he pretended to read his book.

'That guy with fuzzy brows looks like Hinata," he noted, eyeing a long haired genin with a handsome face, "he's definitely a Hyuuga at any rate, no mistaking those eyes.' He smiled at the boy as he looked at him, causing the Hyuuga to scowl.

'Who is this…person?' Neji thought, then shrugged, 'It doesn't matter, if I am his opponent, he is doomed to fail.'

He didn't notce guilty looks his cousin was sending towards the blonde, nor the leers said blonde sent back which caused the girl to flush.

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The first match between Sasuke and Akado Yoroi went fairly quickly, with Sasuke's sishi rendan having the larger genin carted off on a stretcher.

The next match between Shikamaru and Kabuto ended in a forfeit on Kabuto's part.

'Inner ear disorder my balls, this guy's hiding something' Naruto growled, glaring at the bespectacled gennin as he sauntered past, before ignoring him completely as the next match came up.

"Oh joy, Blondie versus Pinkie." He muttered, sitting down and stretching his arms with a yawn, "Wake me up in a few minutes." he asked Sasuke, who snorted offhandedly, rubbing his sore shoulder.

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When Sakura and Ino were dragged out of the arena by their respective teachers, Naruto shook his head in mild disgust.

"That was pitiful" he chastiused the glowering kunoichi, "seriously, are you two kunoichi or little schoolgirls?" He looked up at Kakashi and Asuma and frowned, "Great job guys, you're a credit to your class."

The two male jounin had the decency to look embarrassed, while Kurenai smirked to herself. Being a fellow kunoichi, she had been appaled at the standards that had been steadily dropping ever since Tenten had left the academy.

She had to admit, Gai may be an oddball, but he held no qualms when it came to gender, and Tenten was without a doubt one of the best Kunoichi of her generation, and bad done well under her bizzare sensei.

'If a little ribbing is enough to getr them to pull their socks up, i say tear away.' the genjutsu specialist muttered.

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The next match, between Tsurugi and Kankurou resulted in the elasticized genin forfeiting under penalty of death by puppet. Kankuro managed to make it appear as if it was hardly any problem at all, and actually boasted he could take on any opponent. That is until Naruto suggested he back up his boasts, and said he should start with Gaara.

Needless to say ther sand sibling backed down fairly quickly.

The next match came up Tenten versus Temari...and the results had quite an effect on the viewing public.

'Ouch…that had to hurt,' Naruto winced, watching the weapon's specialist's arms dangle weakly at her sides, 'the human spine was NOT meant to bend that way...'cept maybe in chapter thriteen...'

After being declared the winner, Temari made to toss the Konoha kunoichi into the wall, only to be stopped by two things. One being the sudden appearance of Rock Lee to catch her, and second, the kunai wielded at her throat.

"Long range attacks are easily countered by getting up close." Naruto muttered coldly, "Move, and I slice your throat wide open…trust me…not a nice way to die."

He ran his eye over the older blondes face and smirked, "Be a hell of a waste too." he noted, "Don't see many like you round here."

Only when the medics had taken Tenten did Naruto dispel his kage bunshin, leaving the blonde kunoichi shaking and mortally embarrased. He looked up at Gai and nodded.

"She should be fine," he noted, "Lee got to her before she hit…though maybe she should try to add some jutsus to her repertoire."

Before the beast could reply, Naruto and Kiba were called to the arena.

'Uzumaki Naruto...' he murmured, 'For you to show such concern to one you have never met...' he clenched his fist, 'You are truly a comrade of the leaf!'

"Gai sensei?" Lee asked, noting his hero's pose.

"Lee! From now on you are to consider Naruto a friend and rival!"

"OSSU!" the teen saluted, "I shall enbdeavor to face him with the same passion and youth he displayed in his assitance of Tenten!"

"LEE!"

"GAI-SENSEI!"

"Bakas." Neji muttered, shivering as the two hugged.

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"Gotta say Kiba," Naruto noted, ignoring the sideshow up inthe stands, "I never could tell who was smarter, you or your dog."

"Screw you Naruto!" Kiba yelled, pointing at the teen in annoyance, "And put that book away, look at me Dammit!"

"Hmm? You say something?" Naruto asked, causing Kiba to shake in suppresed rage.

Kakashi chuckled as the Inuzuka began to twitch in irritation. 'I like this kid,' he thought in amusement, 'especially his taste in reading material.'

"You're dead Uzumaki!" Kiba roared, launching forwards using the quadruped jutsu. Much to his disappointment, the figure before him disappeared, leaving a log in it's place.

"That won't do," Naruto called out from behind the teen, "you made me lose my page…" Frowning he put the book away and cracked his joints.

"Kiba…that was a stupid thing to do," the blonde muttered, looking non-too pleased, "I'm going to use a jutsu on you that the Hokage knows quite well," he cast an amused look towards the venerable elder, "it ruined a years worth of paperwork after-all."

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Everyone saw the Hokage frown at this, and then winced as a look of horror crossed his features.

Kurenai frowned, 'A jutsu that defeated the hokage?' she wondered, 'This I have to see.'

Kakashi was of a similar mind as the genjutsu specialist, uncovering his sharingan to watch the match. 'Maybe I'll learn something useful about the kid.' he noted.

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Kiba snorted, "You're all talk, prove it!" he yelled, lunging forwards yet again, his companion on his heels.

"As you wish," Naruto replied with a smirk, before making a familliar seal, "Kage bunshin no jutsu!"

Around fifty different clones appeared and surrounded the Inuzuka, the teen was about to lash out when they transformed into…Kiba's brain shut down at the sight of a veritable wall of flesh.

"Kiba-kuuuuuuunnn…." They teased out, pouting, wrapping around the shocked teen like armorous octopi.

That was it, the poor boy was launched through the air as a result of a hemorrhage induced nosebleed…and he wasn't alone.

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The Hokage thanked the stars for quick reflexes, as he'd covered his eyes before the smoke had lifted. The other assorted males weren't so lucky, in fact due to Kakashi's mask, the blood had been forced to exit via his ears, the cycloptic jounin had fallen off the pedestal and face first into Anko's bosom.

As is to be expected, Anko didn't take this lightly, resulting in Kakashi being escorted away with a broken nose, though she did sneak a peak under his mask, slipping her number under it afterwards. Kurenai was likewise supporting Asuma and scowling at the blonde genin who was laughing his ass off.

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"The second of the Perverted series of jutsu," Naruto annonced, "the Harem no Jutsu!"

He bowed, loking up at the stunned audience in amusement, "The original was strong enough to take down the old man," he explained, before looking at the prone form of Kiba, "you should feel honored I'd use the second level on you."

With that he moved to the steps grinning down at a whining Akamaru. "Y'see, you really are the brains of the outfit." He said, scratching the puppy behind the ears, causing his feet to thump.

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Though elated at the fact her crush ahd gotten through the first round unscathed, Hinata couldn't help but feel a little put out by Naruto's tactics.

She may be a little shy, screw that, incredibly shy, but she was a woman, and there were certain things you didn't allow men to get away with.

And with that righteous thought in mind she gathered her courage and walked over to the bragging blonde and tapped his shoulder, drawing the attention of the assorted rookies, since it was a fact she'd never had the nerve to approach him before, let alone TOUCH him.

"Ano…Naruto-kun?" she asked, tapping him on the shoulder again. Naruto turned and raised an eyebrow; he could sense something was up. "Ano…that jutsu," the heiress murmured with a frown, "please don't use it again."

While the assorted Konoha shinobi were surprised to hear the shy Hyuuga demand anything of anyone, Naruto raised an eyebrow even higher, then caught the mutual sentiment amongst the female populace's glares and sighed.

"Relax," he assured the girl, "just a little tip to my days at the academy…it won't be coming out again." He smiled at her, "I give you my word Hinata…I just wanted to take the wind out of Kiba's sails."

The Hyuuga heiress let out a sigh, before blinking as she caught the mischevious look in the teen's eyes.

"You get points for being assertive though," Naruto added, "never thought I'd see that…it's kind of cute."

The Hyuuga flushed at this and lowered her head, missing the grin that graced the blonde's masked face, whilst in a corner, the other Hyuuga genin scowled at her.

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Naruto looked down at the arena, Hyuuga Neji, as the announcer had called him, had defeated Chouji quite soundly, and now Gaara of the sand was having way too much fun with Lee to be called a friendly match between nations.

"No doubt about it, the Ichibi is sealed inside that boy." Kyuubi muttered, causing his vessel to frown.

"Shukaku of the sand…the tanuki…guess this guy and I have a lot in common." He winced as the redhead crushed Lee's arm and leg, "Crap…overkill much?"

Sighing, he turned to watch as Shikamaru defeated his opponent, before cheering out as Hinata entered the arena to fight her own.

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'Hinata-sama,' Neji noted as he watched his cousin fight, 'you seem stronger than you were before.'

He shrugged eyeing his younger cousin in an aloof manner. 'Regardless, if we are to meet, you will feel the pain of the branch house.' Neji thought, watching as his younger cousin finished her opponent using basic Jyuken, the Hitai-ate on his forehead serving as an eternal reminder of the seal placed there.

Gai watched his charge cautiously, he knew Neji gave his word about the matter, but he couldn't be too careful since he knew the branch houses sense of fear and embarrassment; the hatred was strong in this one.

And somewhere, in a galaxy far far away, a Sith lord suffered from a sneezing fit, that enabled a certain former Jedi to throw him down a shaft, saving his son.

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"Congratulations toall of you who passed through to the finals," Sarutobi muttered, "I will now ask you to draw lots."

Once everyone had done so, Naruto eyeing a rather miffed Anko with an appreciative leer, Ibiki smirked, holding up a piece of paper.

"Right, look carefully, people." he ordered, "In a month's time, you're going to be fighting again.

Round one: Uzumaki Naruto-Hyuuga Neji.

Round two: Gaara-Uchiha Sasuke.

Round three: Aburame Shino-Kankurou.

Round four: Temari-Nara Shikamaru.

Round five: Hyuuga Hinata-winner of round four.

"I'll see you all in a month's time," Sarutobi called out, "until then, train hard!"

He looked at Naruto, eyeing the blonde appreciatively, recalling his performance in the exam.

'He didn't use any special techniques in the arena,' he noted, 'in fact; he merely used an improved version of his Orioke jutsu. Seems Genkai taught him restraint and tact at least.' Thinking of Genkai he shuffled uncomfortably, 'I hope she never finds out about me being beaten by that jutsu.'

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Hinata was walking out the door when a hand landed on her shoulder, looking up she saw a smiling Kurenai looking down at her.

"You did well Hinata," the woman offered proudly "I hope you do as well in the finals."

"No need to hope, Hinata-chan will do well." Naruto said, coming up behind them, earning a squeak from Hinata. "Kaka-teme's off training Sasuke," he explained at the jounin's look, "and no doubt old man Sarutobi's off trying to flirt with my real sensei…so I figured I'd make good on my promise to Hinata."

Kurenai raised an eyebrow in confusion, noticing that Hinata seemed really flushed, but unlike most times, she was still on her feet.

Naruto nodded towards Kurenai and the offered his arm to her charge, "Shall we?" he asked, to which Hinata merely nodded, taking the offered arm.

With that, the two left a promptly flummoxed Kurenai behind, one grinning like the foxes on his armguards, the other resembling a ripe tomato.

As she got over her shock, Kurenai smiled, feeling as proud as if Hinata was her own daughter.

'Good for you, Hinata.' Kurenai thought, before going off in search of Asuma.

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Sasuke looked over at Kakashi as he walked. The cycloptic jounin was looking a little dazed, as if there was something on his mind. "Kakashi…are you okay?" the Uchiha asked, looking up at the jounin in mild concern.

Kakashi winced; smiling at the Uchiha to assure him he was fine, inwardly cursing.

'If Obito ever saw that…' he shivered rubbing his Hitai-ate, 'I suppose he DID in a sense…' he shook his head, trying to rid the image of Naruto's Female form's…assets.

'Even Tsunade-sama would be jealous,' he noted, before his eyes shut with a snap as the image of the sannin joined Naru-chan in his minds eye, 'DAMMIT!'

For the first time in history, Kakashi cursed the sharingan's ability to permanently record everything it saw into the user's brain.


Well now, this is an interesting turn of events?

How will the date go?

Will Kakashi stop fantasizing about the oiroke no jutsu and sunade long enough to train Sasuke properly?

Tune in to find out!