And so here is the next chapter. It would have been out earlier but yeah… school. Thank god for writing and D&D. Otherwise I'd have no way to relieve stress. So just to be brief…. There is good stuff in this chapter… very goodslightly tartstuff, if you get my meaning. If you don't, well I guess you'll just have to read on.
Try not to die of nosebleeds. I am not liable for any deaths… So onwards to the reader responses!
QuinSFA: Yes… thanks for the compliment and well.. the update is here.
.Engine. :Wicked idea… actually, I like it. Sounds just like her don't it?
Mokkel: Yes… adorable… not usually the word choice I'd use for Tayuya, but yeah. I suppose in that scene it fits.
ShadowValdimirSilverBlood : Unfortunately I won't be going shopping at Danzo's ROOT gift shop for this story, but don't worry. I already have a different idea. So basically yes… Tayuya will probably have it, just not soon.
Kurokawa Kazunari: No comment, but… yeah…
Plums: It's coming. Hell yeah… it's coming.
(Still don't own any part of Naruto) Sucks don't it? This would make a killer anime wouldn't it?
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"You stupid son of a Iwa discount store mongrel guard dog!"
"Sorry! I said it already, stop hitting me!"
The wooden ladle thwacked down hard on Naruto's head again, as it was wielded by the powerful form on one Ayame of Ichiraku Ramen. He winced at the pain and leaned back out of reach while trying to continue to devour his Ramen at speed. Beside him, watching the continuous assault, Tayuya quietly sipped the broth on her twelfth bowl of pork ramen. She raised her hand and behind the dueling pair, the old man got to work on a new batch for her.
"I'm sorry okay! I would hav…."
"I'll beat the chakra out of you for this you brat!"
Tayuya tuned out the shouting as she waited for the next batch. She didn't need to get herself involved. After all he already had a fat lip from her fist. The nerve he had of living with her for a month and not taking her here! To his favorite restaurant! It wouldn't have been so bad if she hadn't discovered she enjoyed it so much. But the fact that she'd missed out on a month of Ichiraku due to his bone headedness only severed to anger her further. If she had any power to do so, she would have forbid him from eating here for punishment. Unfortunately, wife, girlfriend, partner or whatever, he did not bow to her demands or ultimatums. Thus she settled for dealing what damage she could to his pocket book.
Not that she could even scratch his pocket lining. After all Ichiraku was actually renting from him. Turned out that among the property he inherited from the Uzumaki clan and his mother was the lot rented by Ichiraku ramen. Well, not really rented. The original deal was for a select group of people to eat for free in exchange for the rent to be waived. Basically Kushina and a few others were allowed to gorge themselves whenever they came by and the two cooks never paid rent. These days they all but owned the property. Naruto had objected to not paying for his ramen now that he was rich. She personally thought he was an idiot, but then again, there was no fun in being right if everyone agreed with you.
So now she was taking full advantage of his more than substantial wealth while Ayame beat him half to death. The specified reason for the punishment was his bringing his girlfriend to see his surrogate family… a month or so late. But it was also because he himself had been absent for that time too. At least she suspected this was the real reason.
All of this was quite beside the point though, as Ayame finally withdrew. Tayuya turned to see Naruto's face as it started to tinge blue from the beating… then fade back to its usual tan appearance. His healing factor made the process of bruising and recovering take seconds instead of days. Such a useful skill… if only she could do that without going through the whole Tailed Beast- shoved inside her stomach- thing.
"And don't you dare go a month without seeing us again Naruto!" Ayame huffed and turned her attention back to Tayuya. "Sorry about that dear, it's just that Naruto-kun sometimes needs a bit of straightening up." Ayame shot an evil look his way before continuing. "Today he was simply a bit more crooked than usual."
"Well don't stop on my account." Tayuya smirked.
Naruto grumbled something about the Wooden Ladle no Jutsu being more deadly that Granny's fists as he solemnly bent to finish his now cold ramen.
Ayame sighed, smiling. "So… Tayuya, may I ask how you and Naruto got together?"
Naruto choked.
Tayuya choked at the exact same time. Both of them dropped their bowls with a single clatter. "What/What?!"
"Never mind…." Ayame glanced between them, Naruto with his surprised, horrified expression and Tayuya with a matching one… plus a bright blush. Both of them spluttered and shook their heads. Ayame turned back at her father who only smirked and shrugged.
"Why would you ask that Ayame-chan?!"
She hummed disappointed. "Ah well Naruto, I would think that you could tell your big sis how you hooked up with possibly the only red head in the village. They're a dying breed you know. Not only that but she's so pretty and sweet. Reminds me of your mother a bit"
"Sweet?" Naruto snorted. "Uh huh. You should she how she usually is. You wouldn't be calling her sweet. That's for sure… Ouch! Hey I was just telling the truth!"
Tayuya leaned back after punching his arm as hard as she could. Her fist was still smarting as if she'd hammered a brick wall instead of flesh. "You don't have to be so damned blunt about it moron!"
"But I thought you hated mushy compliments like that!?"
"Doesn't mean I like being insulted!"
"You do it all the time!"
"Because you're an idiot!
Ayame smiled as her father muttered under his breath. "So very much like his mother….."
Naruto managed to catch Tayuya's fist as it nearly connected with the side of his head. He deflected her next strike downward and caught her wrist, preventing her from attacking with her hands again. She glared him down, trying to get him to release her. He didn't for obvious reasons. "Tayuya-chan. No hitting okay? You already hit me today and I'm starting to feel like a punching bag."
She frowned and relaxed. "Fine! But only because you have the Final Test the day after next. I suppose you need to recover still." Tayuya almost pouted, as though she though hitting him was a reward she'd missed out on.
He nodded, but was interrupted by Ayame.
"Um… pardon, but I thought the final test of the Exams were tomorrow?"
"What?" Tayuya and Naruto shared an incredulous look. Then realization dawned on them. Tayuya whirled. "You! You slept for 24 hours!"
"Me?! You mean we! I'm not the only one who did it. Same bed, same amount of time!"
Ayame's eyes widened. "My…my…" She looked between the two of them. "Just how far have you two gone already? It seems like you've been having pretty good nights if you slept in that long." One eyebrow rose in avid curiosity. "Don't tell me… you're actually…?"
"NO! I wouldn't do that Ayame-chan! I wouldn't! We haven't done anything like that! I was just really exhausted from training and I was out cold so Tayuya put me in bed and…." His frantic words slowed down significantly. "And well…. I don't really remember much from that point on actually."
Tayuya received a piercing stare from Ayame.
"What?! He was practically frozen solid from his stupid ass training! I had to warm him up somehow!" She stopped, a look of horror crossing her face as she realized what she'd just said. "That came out wrong. Like really fucking wrong."
Naruto nodded mutely.
Ayame's eyes were playful and amused, but she didn't comment. She only turned on her heel and started preparing the next batch of ramen without speaking. Naruto watched her go about her tasks for a moment before her glanced at Tayuya. "I think you broke Ayame-chan."
"Shut up!"
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Jiraiya of the Sannin was rather put out to find his Godson was gone when next he came to speak to him before the final test. It would be starting early the next day so he only had the rest of tday to find him and talk. Then there would be a mad scramble afterwards as the balance of Konoha resettled from the great event.
And so he'd gone to Ichiraku immediately after the apartment. Ayame explained that Naruto had stopped by with his girl friend about thirty minutes before. Jiraiya headed for the first logical place after that. Training field 7.
It was empty save for a pink haired Kunoichi who was blowing holes in the landscape large enough to make him cringe with sympathy. Honestly he knew how the gorund felt under those tremendous blows. After she finished her routine he hopped out to inquire of her teammate.
She had no idea where he was if he wasn't at his apartment or Ichiraku's. Sakura suggested Naruto was either training at one of the other areas or pestering Tsunade. And Jiraiya was fairly sure he wasn't doing the later.
With that in mind he began a complete scout of every training field in and surrounding the leaf… But came up with nothing. Frustrated he spammed several clones and had them do a grid search of the village. He needed to talk to Naruto and like always, when you needed him, he could never be found.
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Naruto and Tayuya were heading down the fairly crowded street to his apartment after a long talk with Gaara, followed by a run in with the pissed off Iwa girl who would be in the final test. The first encounter had been alright, Gaara had given Tayuya several samples of metallic sand to try out while he accused him of preventing her from training. They both became quite red in the face after that.
Why did everyone automatically assume they were doing that?!
Then not too much long after that Tayuya had bumped into that… girl… in the street and nearly got her head lopped off. Naruto was about to retaliate when a quick and very mean cat fight ensued, leaving Tayuya was a long scratch on the back of her arm and several spots that were sure to be bruises.
The Iwa girl got of noticeably worse. Tayuya rubbed several layers of skin off when she slammed her opponent's face into the sandy street. The Tsuchikage's granddaughter wasn't going to be looking her best for the exams. That was for sure. Despite her roughed up appearance, he'd felt a chill when she left. The look she shot him over her shoulder was filled with so much killing intent it made him take a step back. He didn't know what was wrong with her, but he had the distinct feeling she was going to cause him problems in the very near future.
If only he knew….
That wasn't even counting the looks he'd gotten from the other people in the street, though those were mostly for Tayuya. Honestly? Who wouldn't stare at the redhead who just planted the Tsuchikage's daughter's face in the dirt and come out relatively unscathed? Naruto just hoped the scuffle didn't come back to bite him in the ass later. Who knew? She might have run off to tell her old man about how she was assaulted by his girlfriend.
Naruto tried not to think about that, but couldn't get his concentration where it belonged until he was receiving a hard rap to the side of his head.
"Fucking blockhead! Get your ass in gear!"
Naruto snapped out of his thoughts and looked up. Tayuya was there looking agitated… while across from them was one of his friends and his canine companion.
"Hey! Kiba! How've you been?"
Kiba looked between them. "I've been fine. Shino and Hinata are off on a mission right now so I was just heading out to look for a sparring partner." His eyes settled on Tayuya. "So how's the "arrangement" been going?"
Tayuya huffed and looked away, obviously disdainful of Kiba. Naruto scratched the back of his head chuckling. "Well… it's going okay, I guess. Nothing really bad has happened at least. Even though she's always hitting me."
"Looks like you two get along." Kiba's eyes flicked to Naruto again. "See how you smell just like her." Kiba sounded, at best, too interested and at worst, mildly suspicious. "Do you two actually sleep together or something?"
Tayuya's head snapped around so fast both boys heard the rapid fire of popping from her vertebra. Her cheeks and flamed red both in embarrassment and indignation. Her hand shot out and Kiba's feet suddenly flew out from beneath him. His ass met the street hard as his ninja reflexes utterly failed him. Tayuya was snarling slightly now. "Fuck head! I do not sleep with him!"
Naruto took a step to his left, away from her.
Kiba struggled to his feet, brushing the back of his pants off and giving Tayuya a dirty look. "Really? You sound awfully defensive about it. Are you sure you two aren't starting to get a bit too close?" Beside Kiba Akamaru nodded his head up and down in agreement. He barked loudly before looking up at Kiba.
Abruptly the huge dog sat down, cowering in fear as Tayuya strode forward, coming nose to chin with Kiba. "And who asked you bitch?! I sure as hell didn't ask for yours or your mangy mutt's yapping."
A low growl came from Kiba as he rammed his forehead into hers. "Now you just listen here! No one insults me like that and gets away with it! Especially not calling me a bitch! I only asked because you're supposed to hate blonde and now you damn well smell like him!"
Tayuya's livid voice came, cracking across Kiba like he'd been smacked. "I do hate him! HE JUST IGNORES IT!" Her finger crooked and the sand shifted under Kiba's feet, sending him down again. Tayuya planted a foot in his gut…. Only to find herself pulled off.
"Hey, Fuck! Naruto! Put me down!"
"Sorry, but Kiba is still my friend no matter what either of you say to each other. I'm not going to just sit by this time. He didn't say anything bad. He's just suspicious is all and he has every right to be ya know!"
Tayuya thrashed once and gave up, knowing Naruto's strength and knowing well enough that breaking his grip was impossible. "Damn stupid idiot! I was about to rib that guy a new ass and shove it up his old one! And he just has to get in the way!" She grumbled low curses under her breath as Naruto slowly set her down. She immediately turned around to shout at him, but paused. Naruto's pleasant if uneasy smile from before had vanished. It was replaced by a hurt look. His blue eyes were reproachful and filled with something she couldn't identify.
Anger? Distrust? No those weren't even close. It was confusing and disturbing to so suddenly be unable to read his expression. He was always so open that his sudden shut down was disconcerting.
She turned back as Kiba got to his feet again. He brushed himself off and nudged Akamaru with a foot, urging his companion to get up. He glanced at Naruto too and his gaze lit with recognition. Kiba turned and just walked away without speaking. Tayuya whirled back on Naruto, but he was walking away too, back towards the apartment.
"Hey?! What the hell?!"
She chased after him, wondering what the fuck had just happened. Was it something she did? Why did the stupid dog boy just walk off like that after she knocked him down? And why was Naruto acting the same way?!
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Kiba growled to himself as he walked along the street to his clan's compound. He couldn't get Naruto out of his head. Especially not that look. He didn't notice it at first, but that was the exact same look Naruto had after Sasuke left. That suddenly lost and hurt expression that seemed to be marked by a dulling of his excited blue eyes.
And that bitch had caused it. Naruto was his rival, but he was also one of his closest friends. A kindred spirit, a buddy, a partner, and a comrade. It pissed him off to know that girl was doing anything to harm him. It wasn't right. The only reason she was there was because Naruto had decided to help her! What right did she have to cause him pain, physical or otherwise?! And it was even worse because he knew Naruto would never do anything to retaliate. He would take whatever she threw at him and just let it go. He was just that kind of person.
"I need to break something…." Kiba muttered angrily as he continued on his way.
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Jiraiya stopped in his search as he felt one of his clones dispelling. The memories it sent him were…. interesting. Apparently Naruto and the Tsuchikage's daughter didn't hit it off very well, and Tayuya even less.
Just another reason to talk to Naruto before the Final test.
Turning in the direction of Naruto's apartment, Jiraiya dispelled the rest of his clones and headed off.
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Tayuya watched Naruto carefully. She didn't know why but his attitude had taken a sudden turn for the worse. As in, he'd become exceptionally frosty towards her and she didn't know why. Did she do something that offended him? Obviously he hadn't approved of him trying to pummel his friend, but that wasn't the cause… at least she was fairly sure it wasn't.
Under normal circumstances she wouldn't have care if Naruto was ticked off at her, but this wasn't like him. She didn't like to admit it… but ever more often she found herself worrying about him… and even worse. Worrying about how he felt towards her. It wasn't as if she should care right? She'd did her best to help him when he was a blond-icicle but that was basic self preservation… right?
"I wish he would just say something damn it instead of looking into that cup of ramen like it's some damned scrying glass."
Abruptly Naruto's head shot up from where his eyes had been focused. He sat on his bed as per the usual… She sat on hers, across the room from him.
Five minutes passed as they stared at each other, neither one backing down. Tayuya didn't know what to say. At least she didn't know anything to say that might help. She wasn't gifted with words. If you didn't know that by now you'd have to be blind and deaf. So she simply continued to stare…. Her expression slowly becoming more and more agitated as she wondered what the hell she was doing.
"Are you just going to stare at me and shit or are you gonna say something?"
Naruto looked away. "I want…"
"What?" Tayuya pressed for an answer but Naruto seemed reluctant.
"I want to know why…" Naruto glanced back at her. "I thought we were trying to be friends… I thought I was going to try and show you how to have a friend. But… but you just told Kiba that you hate me." Tayuya blinked in realization as Naruto's expression became angry. "What about yesterday huh?! I almost killed myself and you were worried about me! But today you hate me?! How does that work?!"
Naruto threw his cup of ramen across the room, the contents spilling over the wall on the other side. "Why!? It's driving me crazy! One minute you tell me you don't want me to leave and the next you hit me! And the next after that you say you hate me! Don't you get It Tayuya!? Everything you say has an effect! You can't just do whatever the hell you want and not expect consequences! And every time you say something it seems to go against what you said just before that. It's…. It's fucking with my head!"
He was off his bed now, prowling over to her, his blue eyes cold and confused, angry and contemptuous. "Tell me… now. How do you feel about me?"
"I…" Her words lodged in her throat. She suddenly lost the ability to talk. She was mute even as Naruto leaned in.
"Why.. why do you always try to hurt me? I want to know.. Maybe if I know why you keep telling me you hate me… If I know why you insult me or call me names… maybe I can figure out a way to ignore it… I want to. I want to tune it all out because I like you…! I want to be near you, but I don't know why and it's making my head ache just trying to figure it out. I shouldn't want to be near you. If I think logically like I do when I use Fuinjutsu….. I should despise you. You're the antithesis.. The opposite of what I like…."
"But I like you…." Naruto was one her bed. His eyes were inches from her own, intense, burrowing into her. His voice dropping slightly as he leaned forward. "I know I like you… too much. It's doesn't make sense to me. I know it wouldn't make sense to Kiba or Sakura-chan… or any of my friends.. And so I keep trying to figure out why… why I …want to be close to you, but I can't. I just get confused and angry because it's all so fucked up in my head…."
"Na…"
"No. I need to finish…" He cut her off, leaning closer. His hand brushed hers. His breath filled her senses, sweet and spicy from the ramen. His natural scent… the animalistic one under laid it.
She didn't know why she was fixated on his smell now. His words made sense. She was listening, but his scent… It was suddenly so distracting. Naruto's blue eyes held her still. Tayuya didn't know what was happening. She was confused now too… It was almost as if Naruto was somehow leaching his feelings into her, sharing his abject confusion.
"I need to know Tayuya. Why… Why do you tell me not to leave you and then say you hate me…? Don't you know… how much that…" Naruto's voice cracked. "It hurts." He pressed forward even more, forcing her backwards. "When I'm close to you I get this heat in my chest. It's painful, but at the same time I like the feeling. I want more of it. I need to make it hurt more! But when you're so cold to me the feeling disappears! It's hard for me to think clear… I keep…"
Naruto closed his eyes as he said, "I keep wanting to touch you… but I'm afraid you'll get angry at me. But even when I don't do anything, you still say that stuff about me! It pisses me off, but at the same time I can't do anything! I don't want to hurt you even though you do the same!"
His eyes opened. "It seems like you keep forgetting all the progress we made. We fight and make up and we're good for a little while, but then it's back to the same old business…" Naruto growled. "I hate that. I just want to slap you upside the head! But when I'm about to do it I…. I just can't… So….. if I can't make you remember that we aren't enemies…. I think… I'll have to make sure you can't forget…."
Tayuya's eyes widened as Naruto's hand snaked around to the back of her neck, pulling her flush to him. Her cheeks flamed red as his scent sharpened. The hairs along her arms stood on end as though Naruto was creating static electricity between them. Unconsciously she inhaled, the smell somehow making her blush even worse…
"Tayuya…"
"Na..ru..to...?"
"Don't forget… I want you…"
Naruto's lips met hers as he leaned in to kiss her. Tayuya gasped into it, surprised, shocked that he would actually do it. And at the same time a massive ball of heat churned in her chest, making her…. forcing her to respond. The second that Naruto felt her arms twine around his neck… he lost it. He deepened the kiss and plunged his hands up under her shirt, running them up her smooth skin to her breasts. As soon as his fingers brushed the undersides of the firm globes Tayuya's whimpered. Naruto squeezed and a moan came unbidden from her lips, still pressed hard to his.
Tayuya couldn't understand why she was doing this…. But it felt so good for some reason she couldn't name, or didn't care to guess. She allowed Naruto to slip away, a thin ribbon of saliva connecting them. His eyes focused on her even as she opened hers. Red suffused his cheeks and his eyes flickered, the blue almost seeming to brighten… or glow faintly.
"Tayuya…." He purred low, the sound sending a shiver up her spine. "You feel the same way don't you?"
She didn't answer, but growled and dragged his lips down to meet hers again. He didn't pull away for almost ten minutes, his instincts driving him far more than any conscious thought. Naruto gasped as he broke the kiss only to bury his face in the hollow of her throat. Tayuya whimpered as his teeth marked her skin, leaving small red marks as he trailed down her neck. It felt so good! His lips were warm and hot on her flesh. His teeth were sharp and stung as he bit….
Naruto tasted the salt on Tayuya's skin as he traced down the curve of her throat. Her scent was thick now, strong with arousal. He drank in her scent. She was his now. HIS. No one else would take her from him. Every part of her was oozing sensuality… lust for him.
He left of marking her tender skin and clawed at her shirt, tearing it and exposing her gorgeous pale skin. He moved down taking in the sight of her exposed chest. She didn't like it. Tayuya hissed at him for being idle and scratched at him, pulling him down. He retaliated, forcing icy chakra into his lungs and blowing chill air over her chest.
Tayuya bit her lip as her nipples hardened at the exposure to the frigid air. "Na…ruto…. Stop… fucking around….!"
"I thought that's what you wanted." He growled, biting her shoulder and drawing another whimper from her. "Don't you wan…."
"Shut up…. Too slow!" Tayuya grabbed a fist full of his jacket only for him to unzip it. The thick jacket came off in her hand as Naruto shifted his arms out of the sleeves. She immediately was paralyzed by his body heat. He was burning up… so good… Tayuya arched into him, seeking more of that scorching skin to press against. Naruto purred in approval, molding himself to her and forcing her further into the bed. She felt his teeth on her neck again… followed by the pinch of him sucking.
He pulled away a moment later, leaving the dark mark on her skin. "You are mine…."
"Fine just…"
Naruto's hand dipped into her panties, drawing a gasp of approval from her. "Just what Tay-chan?" His grin was feral as he felt the moist skin under his fingers. "Do you mind if I call you that?"
"Don't care!" She shouted as she shoved her hand down pulling her panties off with a loud snap. "Taking.. too.. long… Naruto…"
"Fine… You asked for it…." He growled and pushed two fingers into her. Tayuya mumbled something under her breath as she twisted her hips upwards. Naruto felt the hot insides of her wet lips. A fiendish smile curled the corner of his mouth as he pulled his fingers out with a slick sound.
"Naru! I wa…!... Mmmm….." Tayuya was about to protest when Naruto pushed his fingers into her mouth. She quickly pulled them out, but paused as the odd taste rolled over her tongue. Naruto took the opportunity to remove his pants, tossing them to the side as he finished.
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Tayuya woke for the second time… under heavy blankets, two strong arms curled around her. The smell of sex was strong in the air, the musky scent quickly reminding her that 'things' had happened. Important things like…. Naruto.
Why was Naruto curled around her again? Why was his hot breath warming the back of her neck? And… why was she completely naked? Such things were easily answered. One, he was curled around her because they'd had sex and worn each other out… or more like he'd worn her out and decided to sleep even though he could have gone another four… six… however many rounds more than she could stay conscious for. Two, because he was a possessive bastard and tended to glom onto her when she was in the same bed. Three, again… they'd had sex. Clothes were optional.
She sighed. She'd done it now… From taking a rocky path up a mountain… to being shot out of a cannon aimed for the top. Tayuya couldn't sort though her emotions at the moment. Her mind was too jumbled together, too crowded with different feelings and impressions. And her body wasn't going to help her any. Even now she felt the heat of Naruto's embrace being slowly leached away by the outside air. It made her want to cuddle in closer to his broad chest.
It didn't take long for her to give in, shifting and pushing her face into the small space under his chin. Apparently the bastard was awake since he immediately buried his face in her hair, drinking in her scent.
"Mmm… Morning Tay-chan… How do you feel?"
She grumbled something about shitheads and ignored him. He chuckled and moved to nibble her ear. Tayuya squirmed under his attention. A finger was slowly tracing the underside of one breast as he bit her softly. Naruto paid particular attention to a spot just below her ear on the underside of her jawline..
"Fuck…. Naruto… Did you have a clone… taking notes or something?"
"Uh… I did have a clone." Naruto spoke, pausing his torment for a moment. "But that was just chasing our audience away." He smirked at her expression and nibbled her special spot again.
Wha…!...ahh… Naru…?" A moan interrupted her complaint, sending her rolling away from him with her cheeks flaming red. Naruto crawled over to her entrapping her in his arms again, but letting her regain her composure. Still he couldn't resist the impulse to mark her pale skin every few seconds. She let him do it, not wanting to admit that she was high on his affection… and certainly unwilling to let him stop. It felt so good…. His constant, almost unnatural warmth was addicting.
Eventually she closed her eyes and curled herself back up in his arms, disliking any notion that she might be forced to leave the bed. She dismissed any speculation over someone trying to spy on them. Naruto said he chased them off so she wouldn't think about it.
It wasn't too much longer when Naruto spoke again though. "Um… Tay-chan? Doesn't my alarm usually ring by now?"
"Fuck no…" She muttered into his chest. "I smashed that thing to bits days ago…"
Tayuya felt Naruto stiffen, followed by his arms withdrawing. She bit back a loud protest and sat up as well. Naruto was glancing at the clock on the wall, his eyes wide with surprise. She looked to it as well, rubbing at her eyes with one arm.
"What the fuck is it? I'm not a damn morning person. Unless it's important I'm going back to sleep and you're staying to keep me warm."
"Tay-chan…"
"Yes?" She looked at him. He looked to be sweating slightly. "What is it?"
"The… the Final test of the exams started thirty minutes ago…"
Tayuya blinked. "Oh… fuck me!"
She didn't have time to speak as Naruto was leaping out of bed, dressing in a blur and gathering up the fuinjutsu equipment he had in a frantic rush. By the time she got out of bed… still naked, Naruto was dressed and putting his ninja tools in order… with the help of four clones, all of which had the same panicked expression.
As Naruto was pulling on his belt, Tayuya was pulling on panties, watching him with an amused/annoyed expression. "Well, look at it this way. You have a pretty damn good excuse for being late. Unlike that idiot sensei of yours."
Naruto didn't even answer, slipping on his combat sandals and tying his headband around his neck. His clones finished packing everything he was taking, just in time for them to dispel. Naruto took the two scrolls and shoved them quickly into his belt pouch. Then he was forming a quick handsign. He didn't actually have a Hirashin seal at the arena… stupid as usual. He should have known he'd be late to the final test of all things. So he would have to make due with the seal near Sakura's house. That was closest to the arena.
"You forgetting something?"
He paused, glancing over to a still half naked Tayuya, now sporting black shorts and her beanie. After all she had priorities and beanies were awesome. Naruto shook his head. "I don't thin…"
"Get over her dipshit."
Naruto walked over to her, only to be pulled into a heated kissed. Tayuya's arms swiftly pulled his head to the side then, letting her latch onto his neck. Naruto growled softly as she sucked hard, biting him at the end.
He pulled back a second later, rubbing at the spot. "What's up with that?"
"Hmph! You started it blonde. I've got a lot more than you do." She gestured to the consolation of red bite marks that covered her neck, shoulders and throat. "You're mine now. I don't want some bitch trying to take you from me. I pumped enough chakra into that to make it last a few hours even with your ridiculous fucking healing."
"Is this gonna be a regular thing?"
Tayuya smirked and dragged him forward biting his cheek playfully. Naruto's eyes widened as her teeth brushed his whisker marks, a shiver traveling up his spine. A pleasurable chill that make him shake his head a few times. Tayuya's scent sharpened as he pulled away again. Her smirk had acquired a devilish quality. "Sensitive huh? I'll have to remember that. No get going before you're late to your own fucking party."
He purred, pushing forward to kiss her again and asked, "Are you coming to watch?"
"Sure am. Now get going! I'll be there in a sec."
Naruto nodded and, finding a smirk of his own playing across his lips, snatched her beanie before disappearing in a flash of yellow light.
"Fucker! Give that back NARUTO!"
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Tenten lamented that she always seemed to have the worst luck. No matter what situation she found herself in, she always seemed to get screwed over by life. Whether it was being an orphan, getting low scores in the academy because she couldn't read when she first started, being assigned to a team with a hyperactive idiot and a cold Hyuuga prodigy…. Or just something as simple as fighting someone who was easily Jonin level…
Life's a bitch!
Tenten dodged the sweep of the liquid blade a second time, barely able to duck her head out of the way as the second watery sword nearly took her head off. She backpedaled wildly, throwing shuriken and kunai like horizontal rain at her small opponent.
Her enemy, the younger, incredibly somber and unfairly attractive Taki Genin was trying her damndest to kill her. And damn if she wasn't giving it her all. Hell! She was using not one Water Sword jutsu, but two! Simultaneously! And she thought that was impossible. She could use the Fire Sword Jutsu, but that was unbelievably hard and hers wasn't a third the length of this girl.
"Shit!" Tenten leapt into the air, spinning and pulling out one of her smaller scrolls. Immediately the Taki girl… Yui was her name?... Looked up, her features contorting in a snarl.
The water swords splashed to the arena floor and her hands started weaving hand signs at a prodigious pace. Tenten cringed and replaced her scroll mid air, pulling out the one that contained her defensive equipment.
"Water style: Water Dragon jutsu!"
Tenten grimaced as she drew blood over her scroll, knowing that she was in for a lot of pain one way or the other. Rising up across from her, swinging in the air like a column made of whirlpools, the dragon reared its head. Then it was roaring across to her, mouth open wide, watery fangs ready to rend her limb from limb.
A second before impact her Iron defense prison encased her. She smiled… So she wouldn't be knocked out of the competition in the first five minutes…
Then the water dragon hit the falling metal ball.
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Tsunade winced as she saw the powerful water style jutsu plow into the instant metal prison that Tenten used to protect herself. It was ingenious use of a usually ineffective ninja tool. The metal prison was meant for capturing rogue Shinobi but unless it was made out of chakra enhanced steel… there was little it could do against strong lightning, wind, or fire jutsu.
It was rather excellent that she had it just in case. It was very effective against Water jutsu for all its weaknesses. Still…. She would be thrown around inside that ball like a rag doll. She might have survived the attack, which would probably have been fatal, but she was still going to get pulped if something didn't change very soon.
"Hm… she shows promise seeing how that Taki girl is obviously beyond her level." Tsunade glanced to her left, not immediately realizing which of her fellow Kage had commented… only to realize it wasn't. Jiraiya was standing between the chairs that she and Garra occupied. His eyes were focused on the fight but he spoke to her. "I never thought that Taki would pull something like this. Usually Iwa is the only village that sends overpowered Shinobi to the Exams. Seeing how normal Chunin can't hold a candle to even low Jonin level nins."
Onoki huffed at his comment, but smirked as Tsunade smacked him upside the head.
"You idiot! I was expecting you an hour ago! Where the hell were you?!"
"Whoa hime, no need to be hostile. I was just doing a bit of writing. Got a hold of some primo material yesterday you know." Jiraiya grinned hugely. "And you're not going to believe w…"
SMACK!
"I told you to stop spying on our own village damn it! Especially when it comes to your research. The village is not a peepshow goodybox!" Tsunade pinched the bridge of her nose in irritation. "Now if I find out you were watching another couple in that way I will personally nail you to the bottom of the male hot spring!"
Jiraiya paled and scooted away from her. "Ah..haha…ha…..ah…. –ahem- Well, that doesn't sound pleasant at all."
Tsunade growled. "For good reason….." She turned back to watch the match as Tenten came out of her metallic prison in a hail of demon wind shuriken and explosive tags. Tsunade took a sip of water, ignoring her former teammate.
That was until Jiraiya crept over to her right side and whispered in her ear.
"I told you Naruto and that redhead weren't acting."
Water sprayed over the Hokage's balcony as she shrieked, "WHAT?!" Her head snapped around to look at him, the dark gold of her eyes shocked. "HOW?!"
"Don't ask me. I practically walked in on them though. You didn't believe me the first time when I told you over sake." Jiraiya was beaming now, as if all the lessons to his student had finally paid off. The smug expression was so unbelievably… petulant.. It made Tsunade want to plant his body in a crater somewhere.
Tsunade's voice shook slightly. "O..okay… how do I know you're not trying to pull one over on me? There is no way those two…."
"Haven't you noticed hime…? Naruto's a bit late…"
Her eyes widened even further as her eyes flew to the balcony where the other participants stood. There was Konohamaru, Chojuro, and Kurotsuchi… but Naruto was absent. Jiraiya chuckled. "My guess is he's sleeping in late. Either that or his stamina is even more than it was when I was training him and he never got any sleep."
Tsunade's fist plowed into Jiraiya's smug face, sending him out of the Hokage's box and over the arena to hit the opposite rooftop.
Two of the on-duty ANBU just ignored him as he pried himself out of the body shaped crater a minute later.
Back with Tsunade she was quickly searching the stands for a hint of red. Her fellow Kage were curious but didn't comment on her sudden shift of focus from the match… Gaara, who had better hearing that he ever let on, heard exactly what Tsunade said. He didn't find it particularly surprising. A lonely soul like Naruto growing close to an attractive female who he lived with? The fact that they were married and had similar personalities too? Of course one thing would lead to another. You didn't need social skills to realize that.
The other Kage had also noticed that absence of the blond, though with different reactions.
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Hinata glanced at her little sister and father. Neji sat on her other side, next to the two Green beasts and Kurenai. Several others of the Konoha regulars were all sitting in the same spot in the stands. Their vantage point gave them all a good view of the Kage's stands, the field, and the fighter's box. Kakashi was humming to himself, for once not reading his little orange book, while he watched the match. Next to him was Asuma, who sat with legs crossed and a lit cigarette in his hand.
"Ano… Father? Don't you think Naruto-kun should be here by now? It's been twenty minutes or so… His match is second…"
Hiashi tilted his head in acknowledgement. "He's viewed as one of the main fights, especially since his reputation in the Leaf is so great. I wouldn't doubt if they simply went ahead with the third match. All five Kage are assembled here today. I believe they would want to see the boy demonstrate his skill… Isn't that right Kakashi?"
The copy ninja turned his head to look back at them. "Actually I've had nothing to do with his training for the last few years. You all know he went on a training trip."
"I'm aware."
Hinata nodded. "Yes… I know Naruto-kun went to train for the last three years. But haven't you trained him since he came back?"
"No…" Kakashi seemed pensive. "And to be completely honest I'm not sure there's much I could teach him now that he would listen to. He's surpassed me in several areas already."
Hiashi blinked. "Interesting…. What areas specifically?"
Kakashi scratched his chin as if wondering about it himself. "Well… I can safely say he's well beyond me in Ninjutsu, Taijutsu, Kenjutsu, Fuinjutsu…. Then again I've never really been proficient in Fuinjutsu or Kenjutsu. I suppose it's given that he is better than me at Ninjutsu. His chakra reserves are simply impossible for me to compare to. And his Taijutsu…. I can't compete with him there either. His use of shadow clones gives him more actual experience than two or three of me."
Hiashi deadpanned. "So what you are telling us is that he is better than you."
"No… not really…."
"But that's what you just said."
"Really?"
Hiashi sighed. "You always were hopeless."
"I'll take that as a complement coming from you."
Hinata looked between them. "Um… who was Naruto-kun training with?"
Kakashi waived his hand dismissively as he turned his attention back to the match. "Doesn't matter. You'll see how much he's improved shortly."
Asuma chuckled. "You never cease to amuse Kakashi, but I wonder just how powerful young Naruto is." He turned in his seat to speak to Shikamaru who sat with Ino and Choji behind him. "Hey Shika, weren't you tell everyone that Naruto was the most naturally gifted of all the Genin? If Kakashi it to be believed I think I see what you meant now."
Ino glanced at Shikamaru with an odd look. "You're kidding right? Naruto? Naturally talented?! Who are you kidding! He was dead last!"
"YO! I hear you dissin my little bro! Definitely not cool ya know! Fool ya fool! Take back what ya say girl cause Naruto's gonna take ya for a whirl! Gonna make ya hurl YEAH!"
The dozen Konoha Shinobi all looked behind them as two figures walked down the stairs. The first was a huge man with dark skin and a white flak jacket. His attire was ridiculous, but all the same he exuded an aura of raw power and confidence. The second was a young woman with blond hair, tied in a long braid. Her blue eyes regarded them with a regal air her movements were beyond graceful, like a cat.
Hiashi, Asuma, Kakashi, and Guy all stiffened.
"Lord B… Lady Yugito of Kumo…"
"Hey, it the one eyed copy nin! Been a while, how ya been?!"
SMACK!
"Ouch! Yugito girl, watch who you smack! I'll lay you out flat yo!"
"Stop the damned rapping or I'll rip you a new one and light you on fire!" Yugito glared, her eyes blazing. B, for his part, shrank back, avoiding her wrath with practiced ease. After a moment she sighed and turned her attention back to them. "Sorry about B here. He gets carried away. And don't mind the rapping. He doesn't seem to have an off switch other than Lord Raikage's fist. Even that doesn't work too well."
Hiashi was the first in the group to recover, giving the two of them a calculating look. "Tell me. Why are the widely acknowledge second and third most powerful nin in Kumo… down in the spectators box when you could be with the Kage?"
Yugito shrugged and elbowed B in the ribs.
"Oh, my bad! We were just here to cheer on Naruto. He my little bro like I said… The two of us had a little fight a while back. Even though I cut him slack, little squirt almost broke my back, fool ya fool! …Just ain't right thinkin he's dead last, little bro is a blast for the past! Reminds me of the time I fought the Fourth. Now that was a fight, cause you know I'm right! The boy's the flash, though that orange is brash… ya know!"
Half the stadium sweat-dropped.
B glanced around before crossing his arms. "Well I can seeI ain't appreciated. I'll just have to wait for little Nine to finish up this little scratch so I can have a rematch." The jinchuriki proceeded to mutter obstinately under his breath about people who were unappreciative of his art.
Several miles away two figures sneezed and glanced around suspiciously before returning to their argument.
Kakashi pondered over the two Kumo nin for a brief moment before turning his attention back to the match… only to find that it had ended. Everyone else looked as well, just in time to see the medic squad carrying a gravely injured Tenten away from the center of the field. "Well that was quick. I missed it."
Yugito nodded. "Yeah.. that one is from the Kotegawa clan. They're pretty legendary for their chakra control… or at least, as legendary as you can get in a recluse village like Taki. I fought one of them during my own Chunin exams…. except he wasn't nearly as adept with his Ninjutsu."
Choji dug his hand into a new bag of potato chips. "So… who's next? I know Naruto is in the next round, but who is he up against?"
"Chojuro, a member of Kiri's legendary seven swordsmen." Neji and Shikamaru answered at the same time. The Nara shrugged and let Neji continue. "He wields the dual blades Hiramekarei, which are also called Twinsword. They can take any shape according to the wielder's will. A very useful ability in combat, to be able to change your attack even as you strike…" Neji eyed the arena as the winner of the match was declared. "But I doubt Naruto will have difficulties with this fight. He has encountered, fought, and survived in three encounters with Legendary swordsmen before."
Kakashi nodded. "True… but you can't really count two of those since I fought Zabuza and the… other battle… also wasn't exactly something he could have handled."
Shikamaru sighed and leaned back in his chair. "Either way, I agree with Neji on this one. Naruto has this in the bag. We have to remember he did fight and survive fighting Sasuke after he was given that curse mark by Orochimaru… and before that he took down the Kazekage while he was in tailed beast state… and that was barely two months after he made Genin."
Everyone nodded, though Yugito and B shared a startled look at the claim of Naruto's power. Could Naruto have really fought a possessed Jinchuriki as a fresh Genin, regardless of the power inside him?
"Anyways…" Kakashi muttered, "We'll see soon enough."
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Chojuro looked out over the arena. He was ready for battle. His swords were fairly humming with anticipation. To anyone who saw him now, there was no doubt he was ready….
But his opponent wasn't here.
Now, he wasn't sure about Naruto at first, but from what he was told, Naruto was supposed to be a decently punctual person. So why was he late for his own match… when he was supposed to be here a half an hour ago?
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Naruto raced along the street to the village at his top speed, blasting along, heedless of the people around him. To them, he was just a blur… followed by a massive pillar of displaced air. Most Shinobi were taught early on how to fluxgate their chakra into the air around them as a way to counter the displacement of air…. Which was caused when you moved several times faster than the eye could follow.
He didn't.
For one he like the effect it had on his surrounding when he moved at this pace. Everything was literally blasted away in his wake. Poor civilians…. But who cared about them anyway.
Naruto shook his head and got back on track, leaping into the air to clear several blocks… and he saw he was only a few seconds from the arena. "Fuck this! Why is everything so much further away when you have to get there in a hurry?!"
He landed and set his feet, blurring forward faster than even most low level Jonin could follow.
So as you might expect, stopping was a problem.
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Sitting in his assigned chair in the Kage's box, Gaara felt the huge spike in chakra from just outside the arena.
"Naruto is here." He said bluntly, a fraction of a second before something flashed across the arena, completely unprepared to stop. Suddenly every voice in the arena went silent as a vaguely blond shape impacted the arena wall with enough force to bury himself in the stone and send a tremor through the stands. The thick stone cracked loudly as dust and debris was thrown up in a cloud.
A lone sarcastic voice was barely audible from the Kage's box. "Well… at least he knows how to make an entrance.
When the dust settled, Naruto pulled himself free of the wall and patted himself down. He ruffled his hair and shook his head a couple times. "Ouch… really need to get the stopping part down… Going fast isn't any god if I can't go slow." He shook his head again and looked up, catching sight of several faces in the audience. He waived to where he could see Kakashi, Hinata, B, and many others. They waived back… except for Hiashi and Neji who didn't actually know how.
Naruto chuckled to himself at his entrance and turned his attention to the one he would be fighting.
"Yep… it's Mr. Earmuffs. And he has his fancy fish shaped swords strapped to his back as usual. I wonder what they actually do… not that it matters. If he can't hit me it doesn't matter how bad his blades are."
"So… your Chojuro right?"
"Yes… That is my name. You were Naruto correct?"
"Uh huh, pretty much. Anyway. Sorry for being so late. I slept in by accident."
Chojuro tilted his head to the side. "You slept in on the morning of the Chunin exam's final test?" He sounded incredulous.
"Well, yeah. Not my fault though. My girlfriend smashed the alarm clock and didn't tell me. I would have been here early but well…. I didn't get a lot of sleep last night." Naruto shrugged and grinned. "So, do we start this fight or do we need to wait for the proctor to read us the rules first?" "And how exactly am I going to defeat this guy without making it seem like over kill… and at the same time show off my power?"
A second thought occurred to him. "I know I trained my ass off with Ice release, but do I actually need it? I still have my raw wind manipulation, Hirashin, multiple elements and not to mention the old favorites."
Chojuro smiled and drew both of his swords. "The rules are simple. Win… unless the proctor calls the match…"
"Sounds just like last time… minus the whole invasion, rampaging jinchuriki, rogue SS-rank nin issue." Naruto turned his head to the side, cracking it loudly. Then he rolled his shoulders. "But just as much fun. Let's see who's better eh?"
"Indeed."
Chojuro settled into his second best Kenjutsu stance and prepared to attack… only to duck to the side suddenly as his instincts screamed to move away. He saw… something, practically invisible in the bright sunlight. It looked like thin white gossamer strands. Like long wispy spider webs.. or perhaps ribbons. "What are those!? And why do they feel so dangerous?"
"Just warning you here Chojuro, since I don't want to permanently maim you in a test that's supposed to be non lethal. But those strands are pure wind chakra. One can cut you in half as easy as a knife through butter."
"An excellent defense Naruto… but how did you manage it? I thought that such fine chakra manipulation was beyond you with how much chakra you have." "And how in the world can you pump so much chakra into that technique without it collapsing? That's why is seems so dangerous to me. My limited sensor ability is screaming at me to avoid those with how much charka is infused into them…."
Naruto smirked as several more of the white ribbons of wind materialized around him. "Easy. If you can't funnel an entire lake into one creek without flooding the banks… then you just need a lot more creeks. Right now I'm siphoning my chakra elsewhere to give me a small enough reservoir to work with."
Chojuro nodded, a bit unnerved by this technique… It would put him at a severe disadvantage in close range. And that was exactly how he fought. Plus Naruto's explanation made sense… even though he didn't personally have enough chakra to worry about using such a method. The blond might have figured out other jutsu that were every bit as dangerous. He narrowed his eyes. "It seems by his stance that he can't use this technique and move at the same time. Which means if I can dodge his attacks with them… then I'll be free to damage him."
Naruto's pupils contracted as Chojuro disappeared in a blue blur, reappearing five feet in front of him, already inside his guard. He allowed his smirk to grow and dropped the chakra he'd been siphoning off into his feet.
The ground literally exploded, the sheer volume of chakra released ripping the stone and dirt apart with a furious roar of cracking stone and grinding pebbles. Naruto was shot into the air by the repulsing effect of the move while Chojuro was sent tumbling head over heels backwards, careening along the ground to impact the far arena wall. He barely managed to get his blades out of the way before they impaled him too.
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Jiraiya blinked in shock. "Was that….?"
Tsunade nodded. "Pure wind manipulation. I've seen a technique similar to that in the village forbidden scroll. It involves pouring large amount of Wind chakra into the air through a single point in the body. With enough control it forms a ribbon as the chakra escapes that point. Then… theoretically… it is possible to use the wind sharpening technique to make the ribbons even more lethal than the Wind Sword jutsu."
Gaara leaned forward slightly as Naruto landed in the arena, gravity finally reasserting its self. "Why doesn't Naruto use Hirashin? We all know he can. The match would already be over."
Sitting at the other end of the Kage's box, Mei smiled. "He's most likely getting a feel for Chojuro. Just because he can finish him off easily doesn't mean his opponent doesn't have a suicidal type attack for the worst case scenario. And as we all know… such attacks seldom miss."
"Does you boy have such an attack?" Onoki seemed curious.
"No… but he could have, and that's the point I was making. Naruto doesn't know."
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"Damn… that was just the after effect of his jutsu and he still knocked me clear across the arena. He is quite dangerous… I need to get in close without being hit and finish this. If I can…." Chojuro stood and locked onto the lone figure on the other side of the field. "He looks very calm and collected. Almost casual. Does he have that much confidence? Even with his abilities it is unwise to let your guard down."
"You're probably wondering why I'm not going all out…"
Chojuro whirled, bringing his left blade up in time to block a colossal strike, administered by a second blond Shinobi. Fear coursed through him as he felt the chakra laced steel of Hiramekarei flex in his grip, the force of Naruto's punch bending the metal out of shape for a moment. How could he be so insanely strong?! No one save Tsunade of the Sannin was so powerful!
"That's because I don't want to kill you…"
Then Naruto was spinning in place, the air suddenly crackling with bright blue electricity. His arms cocked out straight as the air buzzed, the space around him snapping and popping. His hair stood on end while his fingers slowly separated, the buzzing becoming a vibrating violent hum. A wicked grin pulled Naruto's lips back as his eyes changed, the pupils turning to slits.
"But don't think I'll go easy on you either."
Chojuro flung himself backwards as Naruto's torso twisted to face him. His hands came together with a clap like thunder as the blue lightning coalesced in an azure ball at his fingertips. "Lightning Release : Heaven's Cannon, Lightning Bullet!"
"SHIT!"
The blue ball suddenly expanded explosively, ten feet across. Chojuro paled, drawing up all the chakra he could. This attack was massive. He knew the jutsu from the civil war in Kiri… A ball six inches across could easily kill you… That would annihilate him without leaving a trace that he ever existed. He wasn't even sure that his legendary blades would survive a direct hit.
"FIRE!"
Chojuro gritted his teeth and brought his hands together in one of only two wind jutsu he knew. "Wind Release : Supreme Breakthrough!"
The blinding blue sphere blasted towards Chojuro in a flash of indigo light, leaving the afterimage on everyone's eyes. Lighting hit the huge wall of wind, rapidly expanding in all directions around him… and split. The wind jutsu cut thought the lightning style attack easily, diverting the terrible energy into the ground all around him… and continuing on to blast Naruto…. Who disappeared in a plume of smoke.
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Hinata frowned. "That was just a clone that Naruto-kun made? I didn't see him do it though…"
"Hm… I think I recognize that lightning jutsu… One of Kumo's if I'm not mistaken, and adapted to the ever popular Water Bullet technique. Although like most of Naruto's jutsu he's made it far beyond the normal size."
Shikamaru tilted his head to the side, trying to get a better view of the battlefield. His question wasn't what the technique was or how powerful his blond friend had made it… His question was where the hell Naruto had learned it… and for that matter. When did he learn lightning release?
"Little bro sure is good with his lightning even when it isn't his primary element." B smirked as he watched Naruto's attack blasting the ground apart around Chojuro.
The others looked at the Kumo nin with raised eyebrows. Hiashi asked. "So exactly how do you know Naruto? You haven't been in the village before I don't recall any mission into the heart of Kumo recently. So I doubt you would have encountered each other at anytime in the past."
"Well you're right about that. Me and Little Nine met at one of your uh… training fields.." B looked like he was straining slightly. It must have been stopping the urge to rap. "We had a little spar. He took me down. Normally no one at his level could have touched me, but he's damned unpredictable. Couldn't tell where he was gonna hit me ya know! It crazy how fast is too when he serious. Not as fast as my big bro or the Fourth… but in a year… maybe. Fool ya fool, ya never know how it gonna go!"
SMACK!
"I said no rapping!"
"Yo! Yugito, my head ain't a target, soften your blows yo!"
She pulled her hands through her hair. "B, just don't talk if you can't… not… rap. Got it?"
"Yeah, I got it… Don't mean I got to like it."
She snorted and looked back to Hiashi. "B and Naruto hit it off and had a quick fight. Naruto managed to catch B off guard, though he was holding back quite a bit. You have to remember that B is just under Kage level. I don't think he could land a single hit on B if they were both serious."
Kakashi glanced back at them, his one eye serious. Yugito and B both caught the look. Everyone listened as the grey haired ninja spoke his thoughts.
"I personally haven't seen Naruto serious in a fight. Not in person anyway. Naruto is many things, but unless something really important is on the line, he never goes all out. The one time I saw him fight with everything he had… he beat a Jonin level ninja with two hits… and that was less than a month after he made Genin."
Asuma nodded. "That was against the Rogue nins in Wave country right?"
"Yeah… Naruto saw… well, let's just say one of his friends was in danger. That's not something you do around Naruto if you want to live very long." Kakashi eye-smiled. "Same goes for me really or anyone in the Leaf. We don't fight for ourselves. We fight for our friends and allies. You might say Naruto is the embodiment of that."
"FUCK THAT!"
Everyone turned to see the form… the terrifying form of what could only be the most horrible nightmare in the universe. A pissed of red head. Tayuya stormed down the stairs past B and Yugito, not even glancing back at them. His hair was waiving in a non-existent breeze, seeming to gain a life of its own. To the older generation, they all received flashback to a second angry redhead. Hiashi, Kakashi, Asuma, B, and even Guy paled considerably and froze in place.
Tayuya again, paid no attention to them what-so-ever.
Hinata watched the girl with the crimson hair pass them and stride stiffly to the edge of the balcony. Her long hair was wet and parted three ways down her beautiful face. Her eyes were a deep purple… and her…. She was wearing a black jacket with jagged orange stripes going down the sides, over a plain white shirt. She was also wearing dark shorts with the Uzumaki clan symbol on the back pockets.
"Is… is that who I think it is?"
Tayuya stopped and put her hands on the railing, taking a deep breath.
"NARUTO! KICK THAT GUY'S ASS NOW AND GIVE ME MY BEANIE BACK DAMN IT!"
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And CUT! Yes I know. I cut the fight scene short, but please forgive me…. Or don't. It doesn't really matter. But besides that, here is the end and so a few questions to my loyal army of undying reviewers.
"Eh? What's that? They aren't undead? Oh well…"
At any rate, the questions are here.
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