Shadows of the Night
Chapter 11
And so it was that Kakashi invited Kurenai, Asuma and (much to his displeasure) Gai. You see, the spandex wearing man would not leave him alone as he tried to invite Asuma and Kurenai, it was almost as annoying as a dubbed Naruto. (Believ--- Shot.)
After informing the blonde genin of his choice, Naruto suggested and Kakashi agreed that they'd meet at Naruto's house 2 days after the end of the exam, 1pm.
It was now 1:02, and Naruto found his fingers drumming impatiently on the coffee table in his living room, before he jumped to his feet and raced to the door as the bell rang.
"Kakashi! You're late!" He said opening the door. "Oh, Hey Kurenai-san, Asuma-san, Gai-san. Whats up?"
"Hello my wonderfully youthful friend! Nothing much is up, except the sky. I bet you've never heard that one before!" Gai laughed loudly, still wearing his spandex suit, because, ha-ha, guess what? It works in water too! Gai dropped down a level to ask "So, Youthful friend, why are we here at your place?"
"Well, I invited Kakashi-sensei and his friends to come swimming with my friends, because of this one week of training thing. Now c'mon, the portal's upstairs." Naruto said, opening the door wider so they could come in, then shutting it and leading everyone up the near-by set of stairs. Kakashi watched as Naruto's feet, which he had been looking at, suddenly disappeared, but before he could react, they were back again, and he found that they weren't in Naruto's house.
Glancing up, along with Kurenai, Gai and Asuma, they were surprised when they arrived in a large lavishly decorated common room. There was a door on the far right side of the Room, which read Naruto, and on the far left was another door, which read Training area, and ahead of them was a hallway. Following Naruto down it, they read the names imprinted on the doors Caterina, Enna, Hikari, Isi, Kida, Rin, Sarai & Zenai.
Kurenai spoke lowly "Ah… Kakashi? Where are we?"
Naruto glanced over his shoulder to answer, "You're in The Shukuchi Main base."
Asuma stiffened, shifting closer to Kurenai "But isn't Shukuchi a group supposedly stronger then Akatsuki? Shouldn't we attack?"
Naruto stopped with a sigh and swung around "One, why would you attack a group just because they're stronger then the enemy, that seems pretty stupid, we'd be better as allies. Two, you wouldn't stand a chance and three, this is a pool party for god's sake!" He said, opening a door behind him and stepping aside.
Splash! The four jounin looked around; they had just entered into a vast underground swimming pool area, currently occupied by 8 girls, who just so happened to be playing water volleyball.
"Naruto-Sama!" They all called out, grinning at him yet keeping the bouncing ball in the air. "Took you long enough, you're 3 minutes late" Isi shouted at him with a grin.
Naruto pouted, "It was Kakashi-Sensei's Fault!" He ran up and dived in to the pool. A few seconds later, Rin jumped with a small shriek "It isn't very nice to ignore your guests Rin, They're here for you, you know."
Naruto then swam over to Kida and whispered in to her ear, she nodded attentively and grinned. "Hey Kurenai-Chan! Come play volleyball with us!" She shouted, Kurenai nodded, smiling and also dived into the pool before wadding up to the group.
Naruto promptly swam over to the remaining guys, before lacing his words with killer intent. "If you don't get in I'm afraid we might just have to kill you." Kakashi wasted no time jumping in, shortly followed by Gai and Asuma, before laughter called their attention to Naruto, who was trying to muffle his laughter, as well as all the girls playing volleyball, they blushed.
In as short a sentence as possible, Hours of Fun ensued. The Guys joining in with the girls on their game of volleyball, But it wasn't long before the jounin realized that Naruto was conducting a foul plot. Individually, the girls all disappeared from their teams to talk to him one at a time.
Naruto smirked, the idea was so simple. You see, the pool was they were swimming in was heated, so they weren't likely to… oh say, catch a cold? No matter what the conditions were. Little did the jounin know that everyone around them was carefully and skillfully being placed into 2 teams.
Naruto was the referee, of course, so he soon sat on one of those lifeguard thingies that floated around the middle of the pool. He gave off a few short whistles and the girls dragged the jounins around till there were two sides to the pool. One contained Sarai, who would shape the water, Rin who would freeze it and then the main participants, Enna, Isi, Kakashi and Gai. Then there was Caterina to shape the water, Hikari to freeze it and Zenai, Kida, Asuma and Kurenai.
Naruto coughed to gather everyone's attention, before grinning. "It is winter now, and there are wars everywhere. Snow wars! I hope you're all ready for them, because these ones are gunner to be bad… This is a war people! Take no prisoners…"
Kakashi jumped when a ball of Ice hit his chest and looked up in shock. He turned round for help and Rin chucked him a snowball, which he promptly threw back at Asuma, Laughing as it hit.
An Hour or so later, everyone was finally getting tired from laughing so much. "Well, wasn't that fun? Though if you ask me, none of you were very good soldiers …" Naruto's eyes widened and he quickly jumped out of his chair, Jumping away again as another snowball was aimed at him. They'd surrounded him as he stood on the water, and promptly began heaving snowballs at him, but he jumped, ducked and weaved, managing to dodge every snowball the two teams threw at him. But quite suddenly, he found dozens of snowballs hurtling at him coming from darn near every direction possible.
"Eight trigrams heavenly spin!" He shouted and spun, a ball of chakra surrounding him, but everybody kept hefting snowballs at the spinning mass, determined to get through the defenses. Hikari frowned when she noticed that the jutsu she'd taught him had been going on too long for a normal human to withstand. Now Naruto was definitely not a normal human, but still she called a halt. Naruto stopped spinning, and fell to one knee panting.
Naruto squeezed his eyes shut. He was nowhere near mastering that technique, and it was a painful Endeavour to do it for more than 20 seconds. He'd just done it for 3 minutes. Naruto began coughing violently, and his chakra control vanished as he splashed into the water below. Enna was at his side in a second, keeping him above water level. "Hikari!" She yelled for the girl, and knowing what was expected of her, she appeared on the other side of Naruto, activating her Byakugan, pale eyes widening. Everyone else was gathering around now.
"I knew I shouldn't have taught him that technique. Enna, the Spin spun his chakra system out of whack and has set off a chain reaction…" Hikari said, As Naruto stopped coughing and fell against Enna, shaking violently and breath rasping.
"Which means Kyuubi's chakra is going to merge with Naruto's own. Well Damn! Kakashi, I need you to pick up Naruto. Isi, take them both to sealing room… 5." Enna said, instantly taking up her second in command duty and her role as chief healer. She began to pace slightly "We need… We need… Tsunade!"
She ran to her coat and pulled out the speaker and microphone switching to channel 1 "Spies, This is an emergency, repeat, emergency! Does anybody know where Tsunade-Hime is at this moment?!"
Anko replied, "What's happening, did I miss something? Tsunade is staying at the Blonde inn For the Chuunin exams. Is something wrong Enna?"
"Thank-you Anko, I'll tell you later." Enna said, putting the articles down.
"Jounin of Konoha," She said, turning sharply to Asuma, Gai and Kurenai. "I must ask a favor of you. Will you please hurry out the portal you came through and bring Tsunade-Sama here? Tell her it's about Naruto. Kida go with them." They nodded and were down the hall in a flash.
Enna rushed after them and hurried to sealing room 5. The minute she opened the door a scream tore its way through the air. She shut the door behind her, stopping everyone's advance and hastened towards the seal in the center where Naruto lay, eyes squeezed shut tight and hands clenched. She quickly activated the seal, a cunning thing that kept the person asleep until they'd finished healing.
Enna sighed before turning to the other 2 inhabitants of the room "I'm sorry, Kakashi-san, but I'm going to have to ask you to leave…"
Kakashi shook his head, claiming he was his teacher and that he should stay. She wasn't impressed. She stood up, glaring him in the eye as she raised her voice "As chief healer of Shukuchi and 2nd in command at Naruto's Expense, I am ordering you to leave this instance!"
Kakashi didn't move, staring evenly at her. She activated her Kekei Genkai, turning her Irises a more threatening shade of Red, similar to the Sharingan, as the pupil slowly morphed into a bird's eye view of a fully bloomed white rose. She clapped her hands lightly and a Katana appeared in her hands, unsheathed. "Now… Or I will resort to violence."
Before either could react, Isi, standing behind him, moved sharply and gave him a good thwack on the back of his neck, effectively knocking him out. She then proceeded to drag him out the door, at which point Rin entered. Enna turned to her "Rin. I need a basin of cold water and a washcloth, could you please go get them for me?" Rin nodded and left, returning soon after with the required articles, and leaving again.
Enna then took the time to fold the washcloth, dip in the water, and lay it over Naruto's sweating forehead. Soon after Tsunade barged through the door, freezing at the sight of Naruto. Having an alter weight; the door closed a moment later, snapping Tsunade out of her stupor.
"What happened?" She asked, coming to kneel beside Enna.
"Due to a prolonged use of an un-mastered Hyuuga technique, the 8 trigram heavenly spin, Naruto's chakra system has been thrown out of whack and we believe Kyuubi's Chakra is merging with his own." Enna replied professionally.
"Right, which means Naruto will be in great pain for the next couple of days. Transfer him to Medical room 2, put him on a drip and… prepare yourself for the exams. Naruto won't die. The most that can happen is his eyes turning into those red slitted ones he likes anyway and his whisker marks becoming darker." Tsunade said, sighing lightly as her hand brushed over Naruto's own. "Go tell everyone Enna."
Enna stood silently and left, bowing politely to Tsunade. Enna may be a better Ninja, But Tsunade far outranked her in healing, so she respected her. Tsunade looked at the sleeping boy, before sighing and leaving herself.
Enna Rose xD
