The Fox Hidden in the Leaves
Chapter 10: An Epic Finale
By: MikeJV37
Everyone walked back to the house rather slowly, they were still in shock at what they'd just seen and heard. As soon as they entered they went either to the Main Hall to let it all soak in, or to the kitchen to restore some strength, most chose the kitchen as they'd used a lot of energy watching the matches, not to mention how those in them felt. About ten minutes later everyone was in the Main Hall with either a drink of some kind, a plate of food, or both. The conversations had finally started just before Hanabi and Konohamaru walked in followed by Hiashi, Shizune, Temari, Sakura, Sakari and Ino, who now wore a black t-shirt that obviously belonged to Naruto and was rather noticably snug in places because it wasn't made for her 'slim and stacked' figure. They'd just finished with their tour of the house and met the other small group on the way back.
Everyone was careful what they said of course, but Temari was caught off guard and told an excited Hanabi that Shikamaru had beat her with his Shadow Jutsu and embarrassed her, that's why her face was pink.
Some things were unavoidable, even by Tsunade, so when Hanabi saw everyone else she scanned the room and ran to the person she was looking for. Hanabi knew Temari was too embarrased to tell her, but she also knew she could always get this person to talk.
When Hanabi asked what had happened with her cutest face, Shikamaru kept his calm, his mind raced as only his could, and came up with the most embarrassing, but still safe, thing he could. With a smirk her told her in a loud whisper everyone could hear. Everyone went back to talking, but they were acting, everyone listened intently, ready to react appropriately. "I made her spank herself for being roublesome." It was a lie but he knew Hanabi totally bought it.
Temari pictured herself bent over as she spanked her own ass, and turned red again which made everyone laugh. Temari looked at Tsunade and bowed her head, ashamed she'd slipped up with Hanabi. Temari looked at Tsunade and sliently asked for forgiveness.
Tsunade let Temari off the hook because of her very revealing match with Shikamaru, and because that was Temari's first time being exposed to someone, much less everyone she knew, and Tsunade had basically forced it on her.
Temari wasn't mad about thwhat happened though, to Tsunade's surprise, and actually thanked Tsunade, and later Shikamaru, because they treated her like one of the girls, something she wasn't use to eventhough she'd spent half of her time in Konoha and gone on the occational shopping trip and various parties over the last three years. She'd never fully relaxed or opened up to someone, more from a lack of experience than anything else.
Tsunade understood that, considering who her family was.
During the rest of the thirty minutes everyone noticed the dramatic change in Temari.
Temari was a lot friendlier and more fun to be around. She even apologized for her fashion comment to Naruto earlier that day, and told him she was still going with him and Tayuya tomorrow, but she wouldn't be an uptight bitch anymore. Though the part about her being an uptight bitch she said quietly so she wasn't heard by certain young ears. And MUCH to everyone's entertainment, she walked over to Shikamaru, grabbed his collar with both hands, yanked him up out of his chair into a SMOLDERING kiss on the lips, then dropped him back in his chair, red faced and unconscious. "Let's see how you like it spanky boy." Temari said with a huge smile of satisfaction on her face.
Everyone laughed at her 'payback', especially Hanabi who knew he called girls troublesome, but not in a mean way.
The other two matches were carefully edited and relayed to Hanabi and Konohamaru, both pouted when they were told the other matches had been cancelled, except for Hanabi who had reacted like Hinata when her match with Sasuke was cancelled, hugged her big sister tight. Both were thrilled to hear that Naruto and Tsunade were still going to fight. That was short lived as they were told they wouldn't get to see it.
Their sad little faces tugged at his heart, Naruto told them to make it up he'dd let them train here at the Namikaze Compound any time they wanted. "And Hinata-chan too." He'd said to Hanabi soon afterward.
That put a big smile on all three faces, the third being Hinata herself.
And as if he hadn't been through quite enough yet, both Hyuuga girls took a cheek and thanked him at the same time.
Even the usually stone faced Hiashi had to smirk at that.
Tsunade leaned against the wall red faced as she laughed, her two waist-length blonde ponytails hung in front of her and waved wildly.
Unable to resist the temptation, Sakura and Ino walked over to Naruto and smiled slyly.
Naruto tried his best to politely stop them, he even begged for help, but nobody would lift a finger. They finally trapped him against the wall and he once again fell victim to the dreaded double cheek kiss. Naruto spent the rest of the time only with his male friends, who teased him about it mercilessly of course. Even Sasuke couldn't resist and teased Naruto about his fangirls.
Nobody had more fun than Jiraiya, the chance to finally payback Naruto was an opportunity he'd even give up a room full of beautiful young fangirls for.
As match time got close Naruto was stuck for something to entertain Hanabi and Konohamaru, Hinata came to his rescue with the suggestion he let them play on the front grounds in the flower garden. Hanabi loved the idea, she was into flowers as much as her big sister Hinata.
Naruto hugged her in thanks without thinking first.... Hinata fainted in his arms. A few minutes later they headed for Training Ground One while Hiashi took Konohamaru and Hanabi to the flower garden in front of the house.
They were all talked excitedly about who would win, many were even bet large amounts of money. Once they reached the Training Ground Tsunade and Naruto stepped away from the gtoup, stopped at the edge and turned to face them, Tsunade's expresson said volumes before a single word escaped her lips.
"Everyone is aware of the nature of the matches so far, ours will not be any different. Naruto, during the match I want you to think of me as your enemy, not your friend, not your baa-chan.... not even your Hokage."
His face told everyone how he felt, he was nervous.
"As your friend and your Hokage I'm asking you this." Tsunade turned and put her hands on his shoulders, her face soft. "Promise me you won't hold back because you're afraid you'll hurt me."
Naruto closed his eyes and lowered his head, obviously deep in thought.
Everyone looked at him intensely because they knew Naruto NEVER broke a promise. Nobody made a sound or moved for the two minutes he stood there.
He raised his head and opened his eyes, his face turned to a hard ezpression only Tsunade and Jiraiya had seen before, the rest were taken back as they've never seen this side of him before. "I promise Tsunade." His voice has none of the fun or happiness they usually to hears, even in a fight for his life, there was nothing but cold, hard, determination.
"Thank you Naruto, when we get inside I want you to activate the protection seal. Use any move or jutsu you want, anything short of a fatal attack.' Tsunade said.
"Hai." Naaruto said.
Tsunade looked into his eyes, and saw that he understood the full meaning of what she'd said. Without another word they stepped into Training Ground One and Naruto activated the protection seal. Naruto made a fist and hit the barrier with enough power to kill anyone there, which made them jump back in surprise. "Sorry." Naruto said.
Everyone sighed in relief then almost laughed.... almost.
"Be careful Naruto-kun!" Most of the women said in unison.
Naruto smiled briefly, then walked to the center of Training Ground One where Tsunade waited.
Tsunade spoke to him quietly a moment, then they stepped back and bowed to each other.
"Good luck Naruto." Tsunade said seriously.
"Good luck Tsunade." Naruto said seriouslu.
Both jumped back about ten feet. Naruto nodded to Sasuke and Hinata who activated their Sharingan and Byakuugan.
Kiba took the role of ref. "READY...."
Nauto took his fighting stance.
Tsunade removed her green jacket and tossed it aside, which left her in the black pants and grey, sleeveless shirt with wide black belt she always wore.
Jiraiya was the the first to notice the difference from her normal appearance, his eyebrows went up as a big smile appeared on his face, he let out an unusal, but brief, laugh.
A few moments later others noticed also.
"FIGHT!" Kiba yelled.
The instant Kiba said fight, you'd think all hell just broke loose.... and you'd be pretty close.
Naruto leapt back twenty feet, flashed through a series of hand signs faster than most of the shinobi could follow and held his arms straight out in front of him, fists together. "WIND STYLE: AIR CANNON BOMBARDMENT!"
Temari's chakra jumped drastically as she remembered that Naruto also had a Wind affinity. Temari was an expert on all Wind based jutsu, she thought, but she'd never heard of this jutsu.
A four foot ball of swirling wind erupted from Naruto's fists with a deafening 'THOOM' and roared at Tsunade at what Temari figured was at leasr 300 mph! A second later he launched another, then repeated this until ten had be fired at Tsunade.
To evryone's absolute shock Tsunde not only didn't dodge the blasts, she slapped the Air Bullets away, each slap sounded like a thunder clap, each collided against the barrier like twenty exploding Tags.
"Pretty good brat...." Tsunade said casually.
Many people gasped in shock that Tsunade called that only pretty good.
"Is that all you have?" Tsunade said and almost sounded bored.
Naruto laughed, and flashed through another series of Hand signs at blinding speed. "EARTH STYLE: STONE TSUNAMI" Naruto stuck his arms out in front of himself like he'd pushed something. A wave of mainly rock rose out of the ground in front of him and roared at Tsunade, growing dramatically in size every second.
Halfway to her Tsunade stomped her right foot on the ground, which sounded like thunder, and the ground between her and Naruto opened up and literally swallowed his attack before it closed up. "And I hoped for a challange. I'm bored Naruto. I'm a Kage Rank Taijutsu Expert.... if you want to strip me then earn the right my way, or are you afraid you'll get spanked like the lil brat you really are?" Tsunade said and smiled.
"Spanked? You think you can spank me? Jiraiya has a better chance to get his hands on your naked breasts than you do to spank me.... you old bitch!" Naruto yelled and smiled.
Tsunade's right eye twitched.
Everyone was truely shocked by what Naruto said, they never thought in a thousand years he'd say something like that.... especially not to Tsunade.
Well almost everyone. Jiraiya smiled as only he could while dozens of.... interesting, images of Tsunade flashed through his mind and he blushed.
Tsunade had a look on her face that could only be described as a mix of shock, anger and something you'd never expect to see mixed in.... the look only someone doing what they truely enjoy in their heart can have. Tsunade felt like a lil kid run wild. She rarely got the chance to truely cut loose, and to spar against someone and not have to hold back for fear of killing them was a feeling she hadn't experienced in over thirty years. She even enjoyed trading the chance to sex-laced insults with Naruto.
Shizune smiled at Tsunade's expression, happy to see Tsunade truely enjoyed herself for once.
"Is that a bet?" Tsunade said seriously, but still smiled happily.
Everyone, including Naruto, froze and stared at Tsunade slack-jawed.
"A B,B,BET?" Naruto yelled with a rare nervous studder.
"We finish the fight with Taijutsu only. If I win you get a spanking here in front of everyone. If you win...." Tsunade smiled very slyly and thought. 'You wanna play in my league Naruto, lets see what you've got.' Tsunade thought. "You can give me an over the knee, tits out, bare-assed spanking right here in front of everyone.... and just to make this more fun, for the rest of the party the winner can do anything they want to and with the loser.... totally.... without.... restriction." Tsunade smiled slyly and gently rubbed her giant breasts through her shirt.
"TAKE THE BET TAKE THE BET, OH FOR THE LOVE OF KAMI PLEASE TAKE THE BET NARUTO!" Jiraiya yelled sincerly.
Everyone turned and saw Jiraiya pressed against the barrier around Training Ground One.
"What do say brat, If you're going to be the next Hokage you have to be able to make the hard choices? And this isn't even life and death.... when you lose it'll only cost you some dignity." Tsunade said honestly as she looked in his eyes so he knew it.
Naruto glared at her. "When I lose? I'm not gonna lose to you ever again! I told you three years ago I was gonna kick your butt and MAKE you respect me, and now I'm gonna do it! PREPARE TO BE HUMILIATED!" Naruto yelled, his ears flat back against his head, his tails waving wildly.
'That's it Naruto, give me everything you have.... and I truely wish you the best of luck, prove me right about you and it'll be worth more than you can imagine.' Tsunade thought and took her fighting stance, her smile gone.
Everyone could tell she'd finally gotten serious.
Shizune however knew Tsunade better than anyone, right down to Tsunade's deepest secrets, good and bad. She could see a spark in Tsunade's eyes nobody else could detect. 'Oh Naruto-kun, I wish you knew just how happy you're making Tsunade.... I wish she could tell you just how much she loves you.' Shizune thought.
Naruto walked to Tsunade and stopped six feet in front of her. "I really hoped I wouldn't have to do this to you, but I can'r use my best jutsu because most of them would just kill you, and there isn't enough time to wear you down, so that just leaves Taijutsu doesn't it."
Tsunade nodded.
Naruto dropped his voice so only Tsunade could hear him. "You really want me to use the same attacks Sakura did?"
"Hai. We should limit the head shots, so that leaves the body as our main target, and those are the weakest areas of a woman's body. If I can Naruto, I will use your weakness against you." Tsunade smirked subtley, opened and clenched her right hand like she was squeezing something.
"You wouldn't dare." Naruto said, his eyes narrowed.
"Ask Jiraiya about my sixteenth birthday." Tsunade said, then laughed quietly.
Back at the crowd many people saw Shizune flinch, but didn't know why she did. They saw Naruto open and flex his hand like Tsunade did, but only Shizune saw Tsunade's subtle nod.
Naruto smirked, and got into his fighting stance, an odd smile on his face.
'Tsunade, you didn't.' Shizune thought, slightly worried about her friend now, although she still knew there was no real danger she couldn't help it. Shizune knew Naruto had gone through puberty during his training mission, his height, muscles and slightly deeper voice announced that clearly to everyone, but she had to glance at Jiraiya and wonder just how much he'd taught Naruto about women.
"Naruto-kun...." Tsunade said.
'Did Tsunade just call me Naru....' Naruto thought then blocked a left hook to the head, a right to the stomach, then caught her right knee wth his left hand, the impact of the three blocked attacks heard clearly by everyone. The instant he caught her knee he looked at her face. "You sneaky bitch." Naruto said playfully, then buried his right fist in her amazingly hard stomach between her huge breasts.
Tsunade let out an oof as a lil air is knocked from her lungs, folded her slightly and sent her skidding back about eight feet.
Everyone was impressed by the short exchange, especially that Naruto won it.
"Nice punch brat, but you'll have to do a lot better to hurt me." Tsunade said,
"I will." Naruto replied with a grin.
A dust cloud suddenly exploded from where Tsunade was, she appeared in front of Naruto an instant later and missed a right cross to Naruto's head.
He slipped behind her in a blink, drove a TREMENDOUS right into her lower back that dropped her to her knees with a scream, then a left hammerfist to her upperback put her down on all fours. Before Tsunade's hands hit the ground though, Naruto grabbed the ends of her two ponytails. He snapped them on her back like a cart driver. "Giddyup ya old nag." Naruto saod playfully.
Everyone was shocked, and most of them couldn't stop their laughter at the comical scene.
"Ohhh, you sneaky little SHIT!" As Tsunade said the last word she drove her right foot back in a mule kick, her target obvious.
"WHOA, you're fast." Naruto said as he jumped back at lightning speed to avoid what would of been a devestating, and very embarrassing, kick.
"You think you're pretty funny don't you brat?" Tsunade said, playfully angered.
Naruto grinned, nodded and rubbed the back of his head.
"Ok, if that's how you wanna do it...." Tsunade said with a big lusty grin. "I always did like it rough."
"Okay Tsunade, if you really want to be humiliated, I'll do it." Naruto said seriously.
Naruto seemed to blur for a second, but it wasn't a jutsu, it was pure speed, and even Tsunade couldn't follow him this time.
The next thing Tsunade saw was Naruto's face as he appeared in front of her.... then she heard a long, deafening scream she quickly realized was her own.
Naruto drove Tsuande back with hundreds up punches a second, each as powerful as hers, and all of them to her breasts.
The pain was even too much for her to block out. After a full minute of agony, Naruto suddenly stoped his brutal breast beating, but only long enough to send two thunderous uppercuts into her breasts, dead center on her giant nipples as Tsunade knew instantly, that almost laid her breasts over her shoulders inside her shirt. This got a louder scream from Tsunade, but it didn't last long as her scream suddenly doubled in intensity as she was immediately lifted off the ground about a foot by a kick to her wide open womanhood.
Naruto followed up immediately, before her lifted breasts could even drop back, buried his fist in her stomach, which sent her flying backwards and ripped up the ground as she slid and, finally hit the barrier around the training ground.
Everyone was stunned by the attack.
Laid on her back, her head leaned up against the ripped up ground piled against the barrier, she looked across the ground at a smiling Naruto. 'Damn.... he really did it. I only have two chances to win this, but I doubt I'll be able to grab'em, he's already blocked my knee and kick, he'd expect me to go for his balls now, but I have to try one more time while I have the strength.' Tsunade thought.
Tsunade forced herself to stand, an erotically competitive, but pain filled smile on her face. Tsunade dusted herself off quickly. "Impressive, but I'm not beaten yet. You want to spank my legedary ass you'll have to do a lot better than that." Tsunade said confidently, but truthfully she'd used up a lot of her chakra already and was tiried. Tsunade crossed the sixty or so feet between then in under two seconds and unleashed a full power kick aimed at Naruto groin.
Naruto sidestepped it at the last instant, grabbed her right leg and, trapped it.
Naruto smiled at her cruely. "You missed Tsunade, I won't."
Tsunade realized the vulnerable position she was now in. "Oh shit!"
Before Tsunade could cover herself, Naruto stepped closer, her right leg still in his left hand, sent his right up between her spread legs and locked a claw hold on the very heart of her womanhood with power that weakened even her iron resolve.
Tsunade screamed in agony she'd never felt before, but that wasn't the worst part.
Naruto released her leg, and then just with the claw hold lifted her three feet off the ground and held her there a full minute. He'd inflicted a lot of pain on her, but the physical damage is minimal, even without the healing jutsu she'll use on herself, the worse she'll suffer is some ugly bruises. Knowing how far he can push this, even with her consent, Naruto released his hold on her as he tossed her back onto the softened ground.
Tsunade finally stood after about three minutes and looked at Naruto, clearly very sore in some sensitive places, but very impressed, breathed heavy and smiled, her hands on her thighs as she leaned forward. "I don't believe it, I thought I'd do a lot better than this. You're a lot faster than I figured Naruto.... and stronger to." Tsunade laughed and winced. "Oh that hurt. You're just playing with me aren't you?"
Everyone looked at him, he smiled big and nodded.
"I thought so.... pou can put me down any time you want can't you Naruto?" Tsunade said.
"Well.... Hai." Naruto said.
"I guess I have no choice then, I'll have to do it." Tsunade said seriously.
"So you admit defeat?" Naruto said.
"Not a chance. I mean to win this I'll have to use my ultimate attack while I still can. I'm sorry Naruto, but this fight is over for you. There is no defense against this." Tsunade said.
Everyone looked at Tsunade stunned, then at Shizune.
"What is Tsunade-sama going to do, is it a technique I can learn?" Rock Lee asked, in his own excited way.
Shizune looked at Tsunade and Naruto and noticed two things. Naruto was actually worried about this mystery attack. Like everyone he thought he knew all Tsunade's techniques. Shizune looked deep in thought for a few seconds, then saw where Tsunade's hands were, and for a second was actually confused, until she looked into Tsunade's eyes. her eyes got as big as saucers.
"She wouldn't.... she can't really be going to do.... THAT!" Shizune said.
Now everyone was curious as hell at what Shizune had talked about.
"Naruto, I want you to dispel the barrier.... NOW." Shizunee said.
Naruto looked at Shizune, but before he said a word her face silenced him, she gave him no choice. Naruto made the hand signs. "BARRIER RELEASE." Naruto said, and it was gone.
"You aren't stopping the match Shizune!" Tsunade yelled.
"No Tsunade-sama, Naruto won't be able to dispel it while he's unconscious." Shizune said.
"UNCONSCIOUS?" Sasuke yelled, amazed by what he heard. "Tsunade is going to knock Naruto out with one move?" Sasuke said.
Shizune nodded.
"Shizune." Tsunade said.
Shizune nodded, nothing else needed to be said between them. "I'm sorry Lee, but you can't use this.... technique."
If this was a real battle there wouldn't of been as much talk, everyone knew that, but this was a friendly spar with big stakes.
Shizune knew what Tsunade had planned now, but this was something she never thought she'd ever see Tsunade do.
Unable to read Shizune's face, everyone turned back to Tsunade and Naruto.
"Are you ready Naruto?" Tsunade said, took an odd stance. Her feet shoulder width apart, knees slightly bent, her arms down, hands crossed in front of her black belt.
Everyone felt the frightning rise in Tsunade's chakra.
Naruto's senses told him she summoned all the chakra she could safely spare.
Tsunade's face showed her extreme level of concentration. "Give me your best move Naruto." Tsunade said calmly.
Naruto nodded respectfully and took an aggressive stance, ready to make a very likely near undetectable attack.
The very instant Naruto made the tiniest twitch to attack Tsunade unleashed her ultimate attack.
EVERYONE froze dead in their tracks, even all breathing seemed to stop for several seconds, even Shizune was amazed, but not for the same reason as everyone else.
Tsunade had moved even faster than Naruto could follow, and then everything went black, the look on his face could only be described as absolute shock and awe, but it wasn't only on Naruto's face.... only Tsunade, Shizune, Sakura and Kurenai still on thir feet, everyone else was out cold.
End Chapter 10
*Note* Sorry about the wait for these chapters everyone the login submission portion of the site has been down and I haven't been able to update for a few days. Again sorry to all the readers that have been waiting for the updates.