Hey y'all! ^_^ I finally managed to get the chapter out! Dedicated to Lord Ezra'eil, Spaz-tastic Panda and Broken Flavors! You gave me the inspiration for this chapter and the ability to kill the writers block monster! Unfortunatley, this chapter is a little shorter than the rest ): Hope you enjoy! I attempted to reformat the chapter, should be a little easier to read now...gimme a shout if it isn't!
Kakashi Hatake swallowed eyes wide and staring, his entire body rigid… He didn't move an inch, just kept staring forwards as if his life depended on it, completely still.
And, unbeknown to all the other patrons to Ichiraku's who all stared curiously at the statue that was once a Jounin, puzzled at his strange behavior, his life really did depend on it.
Sasuke frowned, glancing momentarily at his sensei and then back to the bowl in front of him, continuing to eat as if absolutely nothing was wrong, not even bothered about whatever was troubling the silver haired man. Both Kensuki and Sakura exchanged puzzled looks. Sure their sensei was kinda weird…but when had he ever gotten this weird?
Yet slowly, the other teams began to feel the air beginning to fill with a menacing killer intent, sending shivers even down the Jounin's spines. Where was the source of this amazing amount of KI? Kakashi turned slowly on his seat, every fiber of his being telling him to get up and run as far away as he could, as fast as he could, except instead of seeing what he had expected to see (A zombie, or some kind of insane Kage..) he came face to face with a wide, iridescent, sparkling smile.
Naruto's smile looked eerily like Gai's.
"Hehehe…What a surprise seeing you Kakashi-san." It was precisely then that the Copy nin knew he was a dead man.
"And getting ramen no less…" The blinding smile still in place, but there was nothing happy about it; it was more of a grimace. Naruto gave a hollow laugh, but somehow managed not to change his facial expression.
"You do realize.." The blonds' smile inched a little wider. "That there's no ramen in any of your cupboards…?"
The evil look in those blue eyes promised an eternity at the bottom of a pit full of an assortment of poisonous insects, if some sort of apology was not offered quickly.
Being the genius Kakashi was (plus his self preservation instincts and lack of desire to be at the bottom of said pit) he came up with the response:
"Ramen... On me?"
Kurenai turned to Asuma, whispering behind her hand. "And he's supposed to be the child prodigy?"
The bearded Jounin chuckled, but his eyes remained focused on the blond figure, rather than turning to see his friends' reaction. Then as quickly as it had appeared, the killer intent disappeared, yet still leaving the vague air of a threat that if the silver haired man did not supply the blond with enough ramen to satisfy him…there would be consequences.
6 bowls.
6 large bowls.
Kakashi was now officially broke.
Again.
"Kakashi-san?"
The silver haired shinobi was forcefully extracted from his melancholic day dreaming about his lack of monetary funds by the ramen stall owner, holding a sheet of bone white paper.
"Your tab."
Silence.
"My…tab?"
Teuchi gave him a look that clearly said:
No it's last years' Christmas list and I thought you should have it.
"Yes, your tab." He handed over the list "It needs paying."
Kakashi scanned down slowly, carefully reading the paper the ramen stall owner had given him, his one visible eye narrowing as he got further down the list, glinting evilly.
"Would you believe me…?" Kakashi shot a look at the blond two seats down, happily tucking into a seventh bowl. "If I said that someone has been abusing my tab?"
Teuchi's face didn't move an inch; it was like an unyielding rock face. Kakashi was glad that the man had never decided to enroll in the Ninja Academy; he would have been Ibiki's best friend.
"It's on your tab." The older man gestured "You have to pay for it."
"W-wait! What?!" Kakashi spluttered, causing the Genin to look up at the flustered Sensei, before they looked away again, now regarding the behavior as normal. He had just spent the last of his money on… Naruto turned, and after a brief second, winked, a small, almost unnoticeable movement, then quickly followed by an obscure hand signal, which Tora had created.
"Sucker!"
Kakashi didn't know whether to laugh, cry, attack the blond or do all of those things at once, possibly taking the old ramen vendor and the offending tab at the same time.
He sighed, ruling all those options out at the moment.
Perhaps later.
He shot the blond an evil look that promised pain, suffering and death. Naruto stared right back, with a calm collected gaze that could only be saying:
Bring it.
Kakashi got to his feet, but nobody reacted, having decided that Team 7's Sensei was absolutely insane, so anything he did just had to be passed off as normal.
Grey eye narrowed, shooting lightning bolts at the blond, who had also got to his feet.
This would be it.
The ultimate showdown.
"Whatcha doin' Kakashi-sensei?" Kensuki looked up, brushing his wild hair out of his eyes.
"I'm dancing Kensuki." Kakashi said slowly, through gritted teeth "I'm dancing."
"No you're not."
"No really, I am."
Kensuki turned back to his friends, voice fading into the dull buzz of sound from the Genin teams. Nobody had noticed that both Naruto and Kakashi had disappeared.
"If I win." The silver haired man said, dropping back into a taijutsu stance "You pay the tab."
"And if I win?"
No sign of the blonds' previous smiles were present, his face a blank emotionless mask. Kakashi sighed, not relaxing for a second.
"Then I pay."
Naruto flexed his shoulders, loosening up his joints before sliding back his foot into his usual taijutsu style, the one that was taught to him by the Sandaime Hokage.
"Agreed."
Everything was still for a moment, nothing moved, like time had just stopped, everything so silent and calm. Then all hell broke loose. Ram-Horse-Dragon.
"Doton: Doryuudan!"
Naruto sidestepped the attack, his face not even changing expression as the writhing mass of jutsu passed by. "Really Senpai…I think you've gotten a bit rusty."
Kakashi looked up, a little too late, the blonde's fingers already in a seal "Tiger? A Katon Jutsu?"
" Katon: Gouryuuka no Jutsu!"
Kakashi dived out of the way, not having time to counter the raging, dragon headed fireballs that were heading straight for him, his skin blistering from the heat. Yet it wasn't the intensity of the Jutsu that surprised him most, it was the fact that… 'An Uchiha Jutsu? When did he learn that?!' Grabbing the cloth of his hitai-ate, he yanked it upwards, before setting his mind toward his next Jutsu, ignoring the flaming, decimated forest behind him.
And had to block against a thrust to the face, joints jolting painfully back into their sockets under the force of the blow.
"Had you made this about anything else…" He jumped backwards, skidding back on the loose dirt to avoid a sweeping kick aimed at his ankles. "Other than ramen…" This time it was Naruto who avoided a blow, crouching as Kakashi's fist sailed over his head. "I might have gone easy on you Senpai!"
He grabbed the Jounins' forearm and twisted it back, up behind his back, forcing Kakashi momentarily to his knee's… And then Kakashi disappeared in an explosion of electrifying smoke, causing Naruto to leap back, though no sign of his pain showed, he could still feel the electric currents running through his muscles.
"Raiton Kage Bunshin? Where's the real Kakashi then?"
He turned his gaze to the floor, expecting to be pulled down into the earth any second by Kakashi's Decapitation technique, caught off guard when nothing happened.
"You call me rusty?"
Naruto looked up, spinning wildly for a second as he noticed four bunshins heading straight for him; he reacted in the only way he knew how.
"Fuuton: Akubi Kachuu!"
Everything seemed still for a moment, deathly still.
Then everything was drawn towards the lone blond figure, the Shadow Clones, dirt, trees, rocks, drawn by a whistling wind as strong as a hurricane that ripped at everything in its path destroying, obliterating, annihilating…. Debris was flung in all directions, no longer recognizable.
Naruto stood at the centre of the chaos, not excluded from the madness he had created, the wind tearing at his clothing, clawing at his eyes, shredding, slashing and cleaving at the unmoving figure. Slowly, Naruto raised his hands, as if commanding the wind itself to cease, and after a few seconds, it gradually died down.
"That was a bit much wasn't it?" Kakashi asked, brushing the dust from his clothes. Naruto shrugged, still not turning to face his Senpai.
"You were out of the way."
"So you knew?" Kakashi stopped brushing his clothing and looked up, raising a slender silver eyebrow. Naruto didn't reply. Kakashi chuckled, standing upright once more.
"You just wanted to try that out didn't you?" The Jounin laughed, suddenly realizing that the attack hadn't even been aimed at him.
"Wrong." The blonde muttered.
"What's the reason then?"
Silence.
"Nope." Kakashi shook his head slowly "I was right first time…"
"Shuttup." Naruto growled.
"So who wins? Me…or you?" Naruto turned, a scowl plain as day on his face.
"Maah…" Kakashi sighed "Whoever wins after the next couple of moves?"
The blond nodded, before revolving on the spot and driving his fist into the silver mans' chest, flinging the Jounin to the floor, who used the momentum from the strike to spin back to his feet.
"That was a bit rou-"
Kakashi hurled himself backward as the blonds' fist soared towards him, the amount of chakra concentrated in the fist made his teeth jolt together. The kid was totally serious. About Ramen. Yet the Hatake wasn't known as a prodigy for nothing.
Fuuton: Akubi Kachuu - Wind Element: Yawning Vortex - Use air pressure to suck in all surrounding objects and crush them. :D It's a happy Jutsu
Okay now for Q and A's!
Why not just go back to Tora-chan for the katana kenjutsu training? From Lexor.
Well Tora uses the typical Anbu ninjato, which is a straight blade, Naruto uses a katana, which is a little different, she probably could help, but she wasn't stalking Naruto at the time so it couldn't really be helped...
SO Naruto is back in action now right? xD... WOO Hiraishin ftw..! Vulc10900
Yeah, he's kinda beginning to think about it now...unlike before. and YAY for Hiraishin!
When are the gennin gonna figure out who Kitsune is? From Lord Ezra'eil
When he makes a mistake *wink* and he does have custom moves, as shown in the chapter above ^_^
Will Naruto automatically get at least ANBU status once he decides to officially rejoin as a shinobi, or will he have to start over and work his way up through the ranks? From Broken Flavors
Well I can't really imagine him as an Academy student...in fact... no...I can, hahahahaa *Chokes with laughter*
How could Sasuke recognise the seals to an A-rank genjustu when he doesn't know any himself as far as I know? From greywizard-dumblemort
Sasuke was the rookie of the year... plus the fact, most Jutsu use the basic handseals, apart from clan Jutsu like the Nara and the Yamanaka...
Why was Naruto so tired after staying up late to train? Doesn't he have awesome stamina? From Failing Mentality
Yup he does in the real series, but I think that's because he has Kyuubi... in this story, he doesn't.
Are you gonna have Naruto meet that secretary again and rub the 'sneaking pass him' in his face? From PiratePenguin
Maaaybe~ *wink*
Thanks to my Beta's! Tachi-chihime and Lazaros! You both rock in awesomeness! =D