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Chapter 10 – Truths, revelations and a forest…
Naruto, Hinata and Haku all met Tsunade and Shizune outside the academy after Anko let the genin out of the room.
Tsunade smiled and offered an arm to Naruto, to have him embraced by the older woman. Naruto looked at the girls in confusion until Hinata guided Naruto into Tsunade's embrace.
"Man if it isn't younger women, now it's older women, man you have all the luck," Kiba said in a sarcastic tone, as he and his team passed them by, Naruto noted that the female Hyuuga on the team was blushing at Kiba's comment, but also stealing glances at Kiba.
Naruto nodded towards the girl, as Kiba stole a glance and blushed, as the girl turned bright red at his notice. Naruto nodded to Kiba who offered her an arm, which she quickly took. "Go easy on her, or Hiashi-sama will make sure you're not able to have puppies," Naruto exclaimed, as Kiba paled and nodded. Naruto chuckled at the joke, only to have Tsunade tap him on the back of the head while shaking hers.
Tsunade led the group to the hospital and to the wing that Naruto had given a blood sample to. Naruto smiled, as they approached and he recognized Momo. "Hey Momo-chan, any news for us?" he asked happily.
Momo looked up from her paperwork and smiled warmly at the group. "Why yes Naruto-kun, we do. I would like to talk to Tsunade-sama alone first, as she is a more experienced doctor than I, but we do have some news for you," she replied happily.
Tsunade and Momo left the others in the room. Momo closed the door behind the two of them and looked directly at Tsunade with a scowl. "What did you find out?" Tsunade asked.
"As far as I can tell the Senju are not dead, at least the bloodline that is. Also there is another bloodline within the Naruto-kun, one we haven't seen for quite a while. Unlike your jutsu, Naruto-kun has regeneration. So either Naruto-kun is related to you for the Senju bloodline or the fox gave it to him. The other test will tell us if he is related to you Tsunade-sama, and Minato-sama," Momo said.
Tsunade nodded at this information. "We can inform him that he has the regeneration one, but I want to wait on telling him that he might be a Senju until the report comes back," she replied, but then said under her breath, "If it's true, then sensei is going to be in big trouble."
"As you wish Tsunade-sama, I will inform Naruto-kun. I do believe that the fox helps speed up the healing, but the demonic chakra is poisonous to the body and a human can only take so much at a time, his regeneration allows him to deal with it more easily than an average human would be able too," Momo explained.
Tsunade nodded, as both women left the room and returned to the others. Sarutobi was there with both Hinata and Naruto glaring at him. "Greeting Hokage-sama, what can I do for you today?" Momo asked, as she bowed to the Hokage.
Sarutobi raised his hand and smiled. "I'm here to check up on my student and do a little checking on my own," he answered kindly.
"Yeah, right, more than likely you hid your dirty book here and wanted to find it," Naruto said derogatorily.
Sarutobi chuckled at Naruto's pointed jab. "Actually I was wondering why both of my students have taken interest in you Naruto-kun?" he more asked than stated.
"Pervert is his godfather, and I'm interested because I was a friend of his mother. There may also be more, you old coot," she said with a growl.
"Oh, really? And what would that be?" Sarutobi asked, as everyone then looked at Tsunade.
Tsunade gritted her teeth. "Well… there is a possibility that Naruto is my grandson, as Minato might have been the child whom you told me to give up for adoption, so that I could pursue my shinobi career," she explained.
"That would interesting, and what evidence do you have to back up this claim?" Sarutobi asked.
Tsunade nodded to Momo. Momo began to read off her chart, "Naruto-kun possess more than one bloodline, firstly he had the Mokuton bloodline of our first Hokage, along with a strong wind affinity, that is more than likely caused by the sealing of the Kyuubi within the boy. Secondly, he has a regeneration bloodline, which uses chakra to repair damaged cells, unlike Tsunade-sama's 'Creation Rebirth' jutsu, which just causes cells to multiply more quickly than normal to simulate healing. Naruto-kun's body regenerates without the damage or scaring. He might scar if he were to get an injury from a lightning jutsu, but it would have to be of C-rank or above to do such a thing," she explained.
Sarutobi nodded, and said, "I see… So since he has your grandfather's bloodline you think that he might be your grandson? You know that the records of orphans or children given up for adoption are either destroyed or are for the Hokage's eyes only."
"You bastard! You're trying to keep him from his family!" Tsunade yelled at Sarutobi.
"No, unfortunately the records of your child and Minato were lost during the third shinobi war. Thus the reason we couldn't prove either way if you were his mother or not. Your fear of blood kept you from finding out, as your genetic records were lost. We do know that the ability is a male dominated trait, and thus could have spread through the other branches," Sarutobi explained.
"Right, as the last Senju with the bloodline, even if it is inactive," she retorted.
Naruto growled at Sarutobi. "And if she is my grandmother, will you stop her from seeing me?" he asked angrily.
"No, by all means she can adopt you if she likes, and if you turn out to be her grandson, all the better for the village to have the bloodline and the Senju back, but until then you will have to keep your mother's name for your protection," Sarutobi ordered.
"Protection? From who Iwagakure? Don't give me that! I know the Uchiha have just as many enemies as my father and there hasn't been a single attempt on teme since his clan was killed! So your protection, be damned," Naruto angrily replied. "But I'm used to the name anyways and figure it will honor my mother and my aunt by keeping it for now." He then looked at Tsunade and smiled warmly, and said, "You know, if you really are my grandmother, it would make me happy."
Tsunade embraced Naruto, as he felt a tear hit his face, and she replied, "Me too… me too."
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Naruto spent the rest of the day working on chakra control, as it had gone down to eighty percent of what it was before. Sure he could do jutsu, but he would waste a lot of chakra if he didn't get it back under control. Hinata, Haku and Shizune worked with him to do different training exercises with his clones to bring his control back to where it should be. Naruto of course used his ability with clones to help him in this endeavor. Anko watched this display with both awe and mirth, as her friend was now free of some of his burdens. She reflexively reached up and touched her shoulder.
Tsunade and Jiraiya had gone to see Sarutobi, and for once the man sat and took the verbal abuse from his students without a word. His students had a point at him not telling them about Kushina and Hana. His only saving grace was since his students were taking his time up no other shinobi or council members would both them.
Sasuke spent the rest of the day hiding from his team and the fan girls. Sakura spend the day working on a stamina program.
Ino surprisingly received a letter from both of her friends Hinata and Haku, both said that they needed some time to themselves and would talk to her later. This confused her as she thought that she and the two people in the letter were at least friends. She also thought Haku was a hot, even if he was an effeminate guy.
Fu met up with Shino and found out that they had an interesting, if somewhat annoying to their teammates pastime, collecting bugs. Both had been looking for interesting bugs only to find and corner a particular bug they both were looking for. While the conversation covered the gamut of species that they had come across, they stopped short of telling each other of about their reasons for searching for the bugs.
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The teams started to assemble around seven-thirty in the morning at the main gates of Area forty-four. Shino, Fu, and Naruto were the first to show up. All three looked at each other. Naruto sighed and then asked, "You guys were going to seed the area with your bugs in an attempt to keep track of the competition. Weren't you?"
Shino nodded, as Fu nodded and blushed.
"Dang, I was going to do a similar thing with my shadow clones," Naruto admitted. "Oh well if only three teams know about it then I guess it's okay, Shadow clone jutsu." The area was filled with orange, white and black camouflaged Narutos. "Transform!" each cried out and all of them but the original disappeared. "I like bugs too, they can do so much. And I would like to thank you and your clan for removing the infestation from my home, Shino." Naruto bowed to Shino.
Shino bowed in return as Naruto noticed a couple bugs crawl up his neck and then settle at the base of his head. "Mine will not attack you Naruto-san, and you're welcome for the help. We understand your particular predicament, more than most, as we do with Fu's," he said, as Naruto just nodded, but Fu eyes shot open surprise.
"What predicament are you talking about?" Fu asked.
"As for Naruto's, I cannot say without breaking a law, but it has to do with having two chakra sources, and I will leave it at that, until such time, as we can talk without the possibility of other overhearing our conversation," he explained, as Fu nodded and Naruto smiled. "Why are you using a flea, as your cover Naruto?"
"They are smaller than either of your bugs, and would go unnoticed by Kiba or Akamaru," he replied.
Shino actually chuckled at this comment, as he knew that Naruto and Kiba were very good friends. "That may be true. Now that we have seeded the area all we have to do is wait for the others.
Anko suddenly appeared and looked at the three, as she asked, "What are you three up too?"
Naruto smirked, as the memory of one of his flea clones went back to him. "Nothing much, but I would have never figured you, as a pink girl," he replied, as the memory of the clone seeing Anko's panties came to mind.
Anko blushed and looked down, and pulled her skirt down a little as she noticed a lot of bugs on the ground. "I see, so you put some clones in the work. It isn't against the rules, but looking up my skirt will get you some payback later, gaki. Now what can I do to get even with you?" she asked with a manic grin.
"Ah come on Anko-chan… It was only your panties, it wasn't like I was trying to look at them," Naruto complained.
"Okay, here's how it's going to go, I want you to act afraid when I explain this area, I get to cut you and lick up the blood. You know, for effect…" she said, as Naruto and Fu both paled.
Naruto then smiled and nodded. "Sure, I get it now, you're going for the psychotic woman act, right?" he asked, as Anko smiled and grabbed Naruto in a hug.
"That's my little brother. And I wasn't too worried about you seeing my panties. If you were Jiraiya I would have though, as all I have to do if you something bad is talk to Hinata-chan," Anko said with a grin, as Naruto paled.
Fu looked confused. "Who is Hinata and what hold does she hold over Naruto here?" she asked.
Naruto sighed, as he leaned against the shack that Anko had jumped up and was sitting on, now revealing her pink panties to the other two with a smirk. "She's my fiancée and if she heard that I made advances towards another woman or girl she wouldn't be pleased. As Anko-chan is like a sister, and I've seen her in the near buff, so Hinata isn't too worried about me seeing her," he answered.
"It also helps that Hinata-chan has been more…" Anko was saying, but was cut off by a female voice.
"What Naruto-kun has seen and hasn't seen of me is for him and I to discuss and not for general knowledge. Hello Anko-oneesan," Hinata said, as she wrapped her arms around Naruto's waist, and Haku stood beside him with a smirk on her face.
"Anko-chan, you might want to cover up, unless you want all the other boys to know about your panties and feel less intimidated and more lustful towards you," Haku said with a little too much mirth in her voice.
Anko frowned and then crossed her legs, as the six waited for the others to arrive. The next to arrive were Shino's and Fu's teams. After that the other teams filed into the clearing. None noticed, as three sets of bugs crawled up their legs, five from Naruto, and one each from Shino and Fu.
At nine-o-clock Anko jumped down and began to yell, "Okay maggots! Welcome to the Area forty-four, affectionately referred to, as the Forest of Death! Now, the second part of this exam is a survival exercise for your team. This area has a ten kilometer radius and has one-hundred gates spread around its circumference. Each of you will sign this waiver…" Anko explained, as she held up a sheet of paper, "to release Konoha from any of you that might die in this little test."
"Like a forest could be that deadly…" Naruto said, as Anko threw a kunai cutting his face.
She instantly appeared next to Naruto and licked the slowly bleeding cut, and said, "Tastes good, fear. And you all should know that the forest contains both other teams and animals that could kill you. Now you will have to live off the land in there, as you will have to survive to get to the tower in the center of this area, but first you must collect both of these scrolls." She held up two scrolls, one with heaven and the other with earth written on the side. She then continued, "When your team turns in three forms you will either be given a heaven or an earth scroll. You will need to gather the other to make a set. One heaven and one earth scroll make a set. No, they are not numbered so any pair of heaven and earth scrolls will do."
Suddenly the missing kunai appeared over Anko's shoulder in a tongue. Anko quickly put the scrolls in her coat, but felt a hand slip in and grab both scrolls, as they brushed her stomach, feeling it through her mesh shirt. "What are you doing Grass-san?" she asked, as she looked at the headband of the shinobi with her thrown kunai in her mouth. 'Dang Naruto, you're lucky I don't disqualify you now for palming a set of scroll off of the Procter, but it isn't against the rules either, so I'm just going to let it pass and force him to do my bidding later,' she thought, as her attention returned to the grass ninja.
"I'm sorry Procter, but you dropped this," the grass ninja replied.
"Why thank you Grass-san," Anko replied, as she walked back in front of the shack. She then continued, "Now you will turn in your completed forms here and receive your scroll. Good luck and don't die!"
Naruto was surprised that he didn't get in trouble with Anko for palming the scrolls she had, but wasn't going to complain, as he knew that he would have to pay for this transgression later.
The groups filed into the shack and back out after handing their forms in and receiving a single scroll. They were then sent to their respective gates around Area forty-four.
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Naruto smirked, as they reached their designated gate.
"Okay, what did you do Naruto-kun?" Haku asked pointedly.
Naruto smiled and blushed. "Nothing that Shino, or Fu didn't do…" he sheepishly admitted.
Haku crossed her arms. "Explain husband-to-be," Haku demanded.
Naruto pointed to a couple of bug at his hairline. "Shino, Fu and I marked all of the participants with bugs so we know where they are," he replied.
The door opened and they entered the forest. He then continued, "I gave everyone five clone fleas, so that I could find them and keep tabs on them. The first will let me know what gate they are at, so we know who is closest and if they discuss what scroll they have. I also want an extra set just in case the ones I got from Anko-neesan were fakes," he admitted.
"You took the scrolls Anko had, didn't you?" Hinata asked.
Naruto nodded.
The trio stopped, as Naruto took a second to concentrate. He held his head for a second. "We have the Waterfall one to the south a sound team to the north along with a Stone team. So who do we want to go after?" Naruto asked.
"Water fall is sort of an equal if they know water jutsu so it would be a hard fight if they were equals to us. Stone would be strong against us if they know any Earth jutsu. Given that, Sound is an unknown. So let's take the Sound team and see what we can do," Haku replied.
Naruto guided the team to a place along the path of the Sound team.
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Yashu began to worry, as they hadn't found any of the other teams and they had been tasked with taking down as many of the Konoha teams, as they could. He then patted his arm hoping his training with the sound armband would perform, as he had been trained. He looked back at his supposed teammates, Mikoto and Inabi. Inabi was missing and he caught sight of Mikoto falling off of the branch she had jumped to. He stood and looked around. "What the heck is going on?"
He suddenly felt a sharp pain at the back of his neck, and saw two Konoha shinobi land on the branch he was on. One had a dark blue hair and pale eyes, the other had long black hair and kind, brown eyes.
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Naruto caught the Sound genin and realized that the right arm weighed more than it should. He inspected the arm and found a metal band with holes in it. Not knowing the purpose he tapped the band and heard a resonance coming from it. "Great, I guess they use sound. If they push chakra into this they might be able to control the sound waves. That could be a devastating attack, especially if they turned it on your inner-ear," Naruto explained.
"You would lose balance and coordination, thus making you a prime target for other types of attacks," Haku explained.
Hinata pulled out a scroll, a heaven scroll, the one they needed and said, "We should make the rounds and give a warning to the other Konoha genin about the Sound genin. We also can head to the tower now with our complete set. Let's tie them up and get out of here," she said, as she pulled out some ninja wire.
Naruto began to tie up his victim. "Good job at disabling them Haku, and let's finish here and find Kiba as his team is only a little ways away, but we will need to go around their trap, as they found some forest leaches," he explained.
The girls finished tying up the other two Sound genin and then followed Naruto towards Kiba's team.
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Sarutobi sighed at this discussion, as it was going nowhere. "The council will want to know this and more than likely want to give him his inheritance," he explained.
"No! I refuse to tell that council of pompous old jerks about this!" Tsunade retorted.
"I agree with Hime here! They don't have a right to know, and even if they do, they aren't ready for it," Jiraiya explained.
"I will still have to inform them and the Daimyo about this," Sarutobi said.
"No! He has had enough problems and doesn't want any more. This would qualify as one," Tsunade said.
"He would be excited by this, don't you think?" Sarutobi said.
"Maybe, but he would need to hear it from someone other than the council, as they have done enough damage to his loyalty to the village. Do you want him to revolt?" Tsunade asked.
"But he will be assured a chuunin rank with this," Sarutobi said.
"No, if he found out that, this was the cause of him getting the promotion he would refuse it unless he deserved it," Tsunade countered.
"But he would have deserved it," Sarutobi explained.
"Like the Uchiha will more than likely be promoted just because he has activated his bloodline?" Jiraiya asked, as Tsunade glared at their sensei.
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Kiba smirked, as he pocketed his kunai. "Stand down, it's only Naruto and his team," Kiba explained, as Shino was bandaging their teammate.
Naruto, Hinata and Haku jumped down from the trees, smiled, but then scowled. "I told you not to hurt your teammate or Hiashi would have your hide, dog boy," Naruto teased.
Kiba smirked, as Haku and Hinata began to heal his teammates. "Well we at least got the right scroll from the Stone team," he explained.
"Great, we did the same from a Sound team. That's the reason why we stopped by," Naruto explained, as Shino nodded. "We found out that the Sound team uses sound as a weapon, so keep your ears on guard, as they might use chakra to amplify or direct sound towards your ears to disorient you. Heck it might even make a good genjutsu."
"Wow, that's a good thing to know. Thanks for both, the heads up and the healing, Naruto, Hinata, and Haku," Kiba said.
"Not a problem, Kiba-kun," Hinata replied. "I'm just glad we could help you."
"Well, we're done here. Good luck to you and your team, Kiba. See you at the end of the exams," Naruto said, as he and his team jumped off, deeper into the forest.
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"Orochimaru-sama, we've found Sasuke-kun and his team. They are only a few hundred meters to the south of us," Kabuto said as he looked around.
"Very well Kabuto, we shall see how good Sasuke-kun is," The grass Genin from before replied. "Time for my plans to come to fruition and the exams must go on. After I mark him we shall see what will become of him."
Naruto and his team waited until the two teams had separated and then sat down. Haku and Hinata knew that Naruto was troubled for some reason, as they couldn't hear the conversation, but apparently Naruto had, as he didn't approach the two teams. Naruto sat down slowly as if he were hit by a blow to the stomach.
Hinata and Haku knelt next to Naruto and put a hand on his shoulder. "What's going on Naruto-kun?" Hinata asked in a worried tone.
Naruto looked up into Hinata's eyes and then into Haku's. "They are after teme. I just don't know if I can or want to save him. Kabuto called the Grass genin Orochimaru," he explained, as both Hinata and Haku went pale. "He said he was going to mark him. My guess is that he is going to mark him like he did Anko-oneesan. I just don't know what to do… I might hate his guts, but what if Orochimaru wants to control him and use the Sharingan. I mean he's bad enough without it, could you imagine him with it?"
"We could tail the pricks team and make sure he doesn't get himself into too much trouble," Haku suggested.
"What business is it of ours what happens to that teme?" Hinata asked.
Naruto thought for a minute and then answered, "With the Sharingan he could learn jutsu a lot quicker and become more of a menace to the village than he is now, and with teme being as unstable, as he is…" he said, as he left the unspoken threat hanging.
Haku began to giggle, as both Naruto and Hinata looked at her like she was crazy. "Looks like we take Zabuza-sensei, Kurenai-sensei, Hiashi-dono, Tsunade-sama, Shizune-san, Anko-oneesan, Iruka-san, and the pervert with us to Iwa," Haku said, as a suggestion. This caused all three to break out in laughter.
"Seriously I think we should just tail teme and make sure he keeps himself out of trouble. Let the Sannin mark him. If he becomes too much of a threat we just off him and donate his testicles to the bloodline lab," Naruto said, as both girls giggled at the thought of castrating the Uchiha. Naruto made a hand seal and then said, "Shadow clone jutsu." Two clones appeared before him and left without a word.
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Sasuke lay in the roots of a tree that formed a cave like structure. Sakura had just replaced a towel on his forehead in an attempt to relieve the fever he was now under.
Sai entered the cave with his arm in a sling. "Thank you for the sling and I've finished the defenses. They go out for about fifty meters. I made sure to make several fake ones too," he explained. "How is dickless?"
Sakura blushed, but then growled at Sai. "He's not dickless," she exclaimed.
"How do you know? Did you check?" Sai asked in a monotone voice.
Sakura blushed profusely and then had a huge grin on her face. "Yes as a matter of fact I did," she exclaimed, but then her face fell. "But it's so small, I thought with him being an Uchiha it would be enormous."
Sai put his hand up to his face. "Just how big did you expect it to be?" he asked not sure he wanted to know.
Sakura put her thumb up to her mouth and then bit her nail. "Um… well… like well… bigger than he is. He's not really that big," she trailed off, as a line of blood came down from her nose.
Sai looked at her and shook his head.
Naruto began to laugh quietly, as he relayed the dialogue to his teammates. They had a quite laugh at the Uchiha's expense. They also noticed a team from Sound approach team sevens new hide away. "Looks like Sakura isn't the only one after the Uchiha's mini-link," Naruto teased and got the girls to giggle.
The three noticed the traps and Naruto was sure that some were actually well hidden. Especially the one that was hanging from the branch above the root cave that team seven was in.
"Naruto-kun, why are you worried about teme?" Haku asked. Annoyance was evident in her voice.
Naruto grinned and said, "I want him to live long enough to understand his mistakes, then he can die for all I care."
"So you're not seeking revenge, Naruto-kun?" Hinata asked.
Naruto looked contemplative for a minute and then replied, "Revenge wouldn't get him to learn, as it would only cause his death and pain for others who didn't know the situation. Heck it might start a circle of pain that wouldn't end."
Naruto and Hinata then laid down in the crook of a tree and fell asleep, while Haku watched over them. Several hours later Haku woke Hinata for her shift. Eventually it was Naruto's turn to watch over his favorite two girls. He created a couple clones to help him keep an eye around their makeshift camp.
Around dawn he noticed movement from the Sound genin and watched Sakura nearly falling asleep. 'Why hasn't she woken that Sai guy?' he thought, as he watched them move closer and taunt Sakura. Sai woke up only to be hit with a purple senbon and fall back down again. Naruto immediately woke both girls and had them circle around and see if they could help Sai.
The fight between the Sound team and Sakura was definitely one sided, but suddenly Rock Lee appeared out of the trees and sent Dosu flying. The fight between them was interesting to watch, as Lee was a pure taijutsu fighter while Dosu relied on his arm brace, which Naruto found out worked like a tuning fork, but with chakra to direct the sound. Lee nearly took out Dosu with a Primary Lotus. Only quick thinking from his teammate saved Dosu from death, as he pushed a wave of wind based chakra into the landing spot to soften the ground. In an attempt to save Sakura Ino and her team interfered. The fight continued to degrade until Neji arrived and told them that he wouldn't have to interfere because of what was going to happen.
Most watched in morbid fascination at Sasuke woke up and was surrounded by a vile purple chakra. He made quick work of both Kin and Zaku, breaking his arms in the process. Dosu gave up one of his scrolls to be able to retreat from Sasuke's wrath.
Naruto was angry, as he saw the curse mark recede back into Sasuke. His anger was based on Sasuke once again using a shorter path. He was happy that Sakura was able to help him control the mark, but was worried that his mental stability was now totally gone. He and his team ministered to the wounded, but spoke to no one, and left as quickly as they had appeared.
Sasuke was angry that Naruto had shown up and even angrier that his team had healed Sakura and Sai. "Fight me Uzumaki! Or I swear I will kill your bitch!" he threatened.
Naruto only glared, as he watched over his team and ignored Sasuke until they left.
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Naruto, Hinata and Haku entered the building after knocking out a team from Kiri and then slipping into the building. They left them their scroll, but took half of their senbon, as payment for annoying their team. They opened the scrolls and found Anko standing in front of them with her hand out.
Naruto sheepishly handed her the scrolls he had taken from her. She smiled as she took the scrolls. "And thanks for the heads up on Orochimaru-teme, Naru-kun," she said, nearly purring out his name. "And the next time you reach into my coat make sure you're after something of value." She winked at Naruto who blushed, but also noticed Haku and Hinata turn red with anger at the older woman.
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Naruto stood behind the bed with his arms crossed in a defensive position. "I didn't grab her, really!" He yelled proclaiming his innocence.
Hinata giggled at Naruto defending himself from Haku. For a boy who had one of the most powerful demons sealed in him he sure didn't fight back against 'his' girls.
The door opened and both Tsunade and Jiraiya entered the room. "Lover's spat, Naruto?" Jiraiya asked with a lecherous grin.
Hinata shook her head, and said, "No, Anko made a scene when we came in to the tower."
Tsunade smirked at this, as she knew the woman had a penchant for pain and playing with perverts, not that she would indulge them, she just played with them. Their minds mostly, and occasionally their person, if she felt she could cut them. "So did my nephew cause the problem or was he just at the end of a horny Anko?" she asked, hoping that it wouldn't go beyond Hinata and Haku for women Naruto would have relations with.
"Sort of both, Naruto-kun pilfered the demonstration scrolls Anko was using when Orochimaru distracted her. She apparently wanted him to grope her if he was going to reach into her trench coat. He seems to have disappointed her in not doing so," Hinata explained, as Haku's shoulders sank in resignation and she then embraced Naruto in a loving hug. Hinata smiled warmly at them finally getting along again.
Tsunade laughed at this and then wrapped Haku and Naruto in a huge hug.
"I wish I was in there…" Jiraiya said in a dejected, but quiet tone.
Hinata and Tsunade shared a scowl at Jiraiya. "He has almost forgiven you, as his godfather, you should help him out after we go to the next part of the exam. I know Kurenai-sensei will be working with me and Zabuza-sensei will be splitting his time between Naruto-kun and Haku-chan," she admitted.
"I think I have the perfect things to teach him and I'm sure that Hime will want to spend time with all three of you. We can work out a schedule later, but you have a good idea there, Hinata," Jiraiya said in a complimentary fashion.
Minor training filled the next couple days until they were all told to assemble. They knew things were going to be interesting when Anko grumbled, as she walked by the team.
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There were fourteen teams assembled in the area of the tower. Team seven and Kabuto looked the most haggard of the chuunin hopefuls.
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A/N: This chapter was not betaed so sorry for any grammar or spelling mistakes.
Dynomike88: The question was a twist on the one given to Idate in the Tea filler arc. The correct answer is to not abandon your teammates for personal gain. Cannon is used so often. So I used a variation on it. Naruto isn't stupid, so he knew how to deal with the question. Sasuke almost paid for it with his arrogance, his teammates saved him. Also he is going to continue to be a jerk, I have plans for the Emo-king.