Chapter 12: The Second Exams! The Toad Sage Jiraiya!
"Uh! Hinata!" Sota yelled sitting up. He looked around and saw he was in a hospital bed. The door opened and a nurse walked in.
"I see you're awake. We found you passed out in the hallway." She said giving him water.
"Is Hinata okay?" He asked.
"Hm? Oh your friend is fine. She's sleeping now." She said. She left the room after a while.
He looked over out the window and touched his neck. The only thing there was a puncture mark. Suddenly the door opened. A older looking boy and a man walked in. The boy had semi long orange hair and the Hidden Sand Village attire. The man had blonde hair and also wore Hidden sand Village attire.
"Hey cousin." The boy said.
"Kozaru. Uncle Taka. How'd you guys know I was here?" Sota asked.
Kozaru is the older brother of Maru, Honoka, and Kazuki. Taka is Yuki's brother. "While we were heading to visit the third Hokage we saw Asuka being brought in here. " Taka said.
"And we saw you follow some girl in here too. So we just kinda stood back and watched." Kozaru replied.
"Wait did you guys see that doctor?" Sota asked.
"The only thing we saw was a nurse and two other doctors bringing you in here." He said.
"Whoever he was...he did something to me." He said touching his neck again.
"Well are you feeling better now?" Taka asked.
"Yeah." He replied.
"Alright then. Let's head on back to your house. You, Asuka and Yoshi take a break. We'll go out shopping and make a big dinner for everyone. It'll get your mind off of this and bring everyone together." He said.
"Okay. I'll go get them then." He said leaving the bed.
~Asuka's House~
Yuki walked into the house. Yuko stood cleaning up. "Everything is just unraveling isn't it?" Yuko said.
"Yep. I think by the end of the day all of us are gonna be frustrated." Yuki replied.
Outside Asuka, Sota and Yoshi walked up to the door. Maru, Honoka, Kozaru and Kazuki went out with Taka.
"I can't wait for uncle Taka to come back. It's been awhile since we had a family dinner." Asuka said.
"Yeah. I've missed spending time with everyone." Yoshi said.
As Asuka reached for the door handle she heard Yuki and Yuko talking on the other side. "I can't tell them yet. They won't be able to handle it." Yuki said.
"But you can't keep it from them forever." Yuko replied.
Asuka opened the door immediately. The three of them stood there. Yuki sighed because he knew what was about to happen. "Keep what from us?" Asuka asked.
"Um…..Taka is adopted." He said.
"What?!" Yoshi, Sota, and Asuka yelled.
"Wait what?" Yuko said. "He is? Does he know?"
"Yes he is. And no he doesn't and I wanna keep it that way." He said.
"Dad we heard you and mom talking. What is it that you don't want us to know? Does it involve the Uchiha clan?" Sota said.
"Guys...we'll-" Yoshi cut him off.
"We want to know the truth. Not we'll talk about it later. You always say that." She said.
"That's enough! We never wanted either of you to find out this way!" He yelled.
"You never wanted-what about what we want?! I'm sick of you hiding things!" Asuka yelled.
"I'm doing it for your own good! For all of you!" He yelled back.
"You're not doing anything for either of us!" She said.
"It doesn't concern either of you. I will have this discussion when you're older." He said.
"Yes it does. Why am I able to learn the Byakugan? If I'm an Uchiha I shouldn't be able to. What is it that you aren't telling us?!" Sota yelled.
"All of you please just calm down." Yuko said.
"No mom. This has to happen. We need to know. What's wrong with us? Why did we have to leave the village!" Yoshi said.
"You wanna know why?! It's because you are a disgrace to the clan! All of you are!" He yelled.
"Yuki!" Yuko yelled. The three of them stood there crushed. All of them became teary eyed and ran away. Yuki held his head down. "Why? Why is this happening now?" She started to cry softly.
"Because of my mistakes. That's why this is happening." He said.
Taka stood in the back of the house. Honoka, Maru, Kozaru, and Kazuki were there too. They heard the commotion inside and were silent for sometime. "Dad?" Honoka said.
"...Come on guys. Let's go inside." He said.
"But Asuka, Yoshi and Sota." Kazuki said.
"Don't worry. They'll come back home soon." He said. They went went inside to even more silence.
Asuka ran through the village, tears in her eyes. As she ran faster she bumped into someone. She caught herself before she hit the ground. She looked to see the person who she ran into was Naruto.
"Hey Asuka." He said. "Huh? What's wrong?"
"Nothing." She said turning away from him.
"Are you sure? You look like you're crying." He said trying to look at her face.
"I'm fine!" She yelled.
"Sorry!" He said.
"..I'm sorry Naruto." She sobbing.
"Hey. Asuka." He said. He left for a moment and then came back. "Asuka, look."
"Huh?" She opened her eyes to see him holding a bag full of candy.
"Ramen always cheers me up. So I figured something sweet would make you happy." He said with a wide smile.
"Naruto." She said. She started crying again.
"Uh! Do you not like candy? I can go find something else." He said. She moved closer and hugged him. His face turned a slight red.
"No. It's okay." She said crying on him.
"You know if you keep hanging on me people might get the wrong idea." He said rubbing the back of his head.
Her eyes shot open as she realized what was happening. She moved away immediately. They both walked through the village. "So your dad called you a what?" He asked.
"A disgrace to our clan." She said.
"Man your dad sounds like a real jerk." He said putting his hands behind his head.
"He's not. It's just he has a lot of pride as an Uchiha. And leaving the clan was really hard for him." She said.
"You shouldn't make excuses for him! No parent should talk down to their child that way." He said.
"...Yeah. You're right." She said.
The two of them walked until the sun began going down. They were actually pretty far in the village.
"I guess we should head back." She replied. Just as they turned around they saw a man sitting in front of the women's bathhouse. "Huh? Hey perv what do you think you're doing?!" She yelled.
He still sat there. "Guess he didn't hear you." Naruto said.
"Oh he'll hear me!" She yelled. She performed quick hands signs and used the fireball jutsu.
Within seconds the man disappeared before it hit him. Out of nowhere a giant tongue smacked the two of them onto the ground. As they got up the man sat on top of a giant frog. He has a wart on the left side of his nose and waist-length, spiky white hair tied back into a ponytail, with two shoulder-length bangs framing his face and red lines under his eyes. He wore a green short shirt kimono and matching pants.
"Okay frog man what was that all about?! Who do you think you are anyway?!" Naruto yelled.
"I'm glad you asked!" He yelled flipping his long hair back. "I'm the hermit of Mount Myōboku! The wise and immortal spirit! That's right it is I the toad mountain sage!"
"Toad sage?" Asuka and Naruto both said.
"Exactly." He replied. The frog turned into smoke underneath him.
"Well pervy sage what's the big idea?! You could've killed us!" Naruto yelled.
"Well you two shouldn't have interfered with my research." He said.
"Your research?" Asuka asked.
"You see...I'm a novelist. I am a writer of great books. Like this!" He said holding up the book make-out paradise.
The two of them recognized immediately that it was the same book Kakashi sensei is always reading. "You wrote that?!" They both yelled.
"Yes! I see you two know it!" He said. He laughed to himself slightly. ~I'm famous and it's not even on paperback yet.~ He thought.
"You call that pervy trash a novel?! Research yeah right! Just another excuse for you to peek at girls in the bathhouse!" Naruto yelled. All of the women in the bathhouse ran out screaming.
"AAAAHHHH! Look at what you've done! You've ruined my peeking! I mean my research!" He yelled.
"Dirty old man." Asuka said.
"You little-there's nothing dirty about it! I happen to be a serious artist who's inspired by youth and beauty that's all! And-" He was cut off.
"Yeah whatever. Like anyone's gonna believe that." She said. "And how'd you disintegrate my fireball?"
"Hm? Fireball? You mean that flame technique you have barely mastered?" He asked.
"Huh? You can do it? Teach me!" She said.
"Yeah teach both of us! You at least owe us that!" Naruto yelled.
"Hmp. Run along kids I'm busy." He said walking by them.
They both growled as he walked past. "Hey wait come back here you pervy sage!" Naruto yelled. "You've gotta train us!"
"Not on your life!" He yelled turning around. "I can't work with someone who has no respect for a true artist!"
~He's seriously upset about that?!~ Asuka thought.
"Besides I don't like kids." He said.
"Uh...but I thought your book make-out paradise was really well written. And...interesting." She said.
"Liar. The purchase of a reading of that book is prohibited for anyone under the age of 18." He said.
"Oh yeah but the reviews I read were really great." Naruto said.
"Do you really think that's going to work on me? What do you take me for an idiot? I'm a goddamn sage!" He yelled jumping back onto the handle of the bridge. "Save your breath kids you can't butter me up."
He began to use a technique. A strong gust of wind began blowing around him. "Okay you're right sorry!" Asuka yelled. The two of them ran towards him only to get blown back by the wind.
"Ha ha ha ha! So long and good luck!" He yelled jumping over a building.
"Whoa….that was awesome! We gotta learn from him now!" Naruto said. They both left to go look for him.
They headed back through the village. "Hey! Toad sage! Where are you?!" Asuka called.
"Pervy sage!" Naruto yelled. "Where'd he disappear to?"
A woman's scream could be heard inside of a restaurant. "No no! Wait" Yelled the Toad sage. A loud smack was heard following a huge thud.
"What do you think you're doing you disgusting old man?!" Yelled a woman. Naruto and Asuka stopped in front of the restaurant.
The woman walked out looking angry. The toad sage followed. "I'm sorry but you have such a beautiful pair of soft and lovely uh...hands. You really do have beautiful hands. How do you keep them so soft?" He asked.
"Filthy beast!" She yelled before slapping him again. He yelled in pain.
"So much for soft hands sheesh.." He said. Two big red marks were on both sides of his face.
"Naruto..." Asuka said.
"Yeah?" He answered.
"What were we thinking? He's really pathetic." She said.
"No doubt about it. But it's not like we have much choice." He said. They both walked over to him.
"Hm. Looks like the women in this town are no friendlier than before. Still I like em feisty."
He said chuckling to himself.
"So. You've been here before huh?" Asuka asked.
"Huh?" He said turning around. "You two again?"
"I'm surprised they don't make you wear a leash! You old pervert!" Naruto yelled.
"Sshh! You know I wish you wouldn't use the word pervert." He said.
"Okay then how about stalker! Peeping tom! Old geezer!" Asuka yelled.
"You're nothing but a joke!" Naruto yelled. "A good for nothing joke!"
"Oh put a lid on it will ya." The toad sage said picking the both of them up. He threw Naruto into one jar and Asuka into another and placed her on top of the other. He then placed a big rock on top of hers. "There ya go kids. You can train in there for a while." He said walking off laughing.
"Hey! You can do this to us!" Asuka yelled.
"Let us out of here you old coon!" Naruto yelled.
The toad sage stopped in the woods and sat in front of a fallen tree smoking. "What'd I do for just a few minutes alone with a young pretty girl." He said to himself. He looked up at the sky. Envisioning the clouds as women.
Shuriken came flying towards him. He ducked for cover behind the tree. "You can't get away that easily!" Naruto yelled. They looked behind the log only to see an animal.
"A substitution jutsu. He's smarter than I thought." Asuka said. They ran into a different part of the woods.
The animal turned into smoke and the toad sage sat up. "That was close. Annoying little squirts. They'll have to be a lot smarter than that to outfox the toad mountain sage." He said.
The two of them popped up from the other side of the tree. "Oh yeah how are we doing now?" Naruto said.
He gave up and just decided to sit and talk with them. "Okay I'll admit it. You guys aren't totally without talent."
"So does that mean you'll show me how to use the fireball jutsu better?" Asuka asked.
"Yeah and can you train me too?" Naruto also asked.
"Not so fast squirts. I'll give you two what you want but in return you'll have to give me what I want." He said standing.
"So what do you want?" Asuka asked.
"You must know by now. I like em ripe and luscious with curves like that see?" He said moving his arms in a curving motion. "And big but not to big you know what I mean? If you bring me something like that I will train you till the cows come home!"
"Really?" They both said standing up.
"The toad mountain sage never lies." He said.
"Okay. Wait here!" Naruto yelled. They both left immediately.
The toad sage looked over and noticed two women walking. "Sorry kids it's not like we had a contract or anything. Oh ladies can you show me the way to town?" He said going after them. A little while later he was laughing and having a conversation with them in a restaurant.
"Hey pervy sage!" Naruto yelled. "We're back!"
"What?" One of the ladies said laughing.
"Did he call you pervy?" The other said laughing as well.
"Worthless little runt!" He said. "I told you not to call me that!"
"Look we got it. Just how you like them. A ripe and luscious one with curves." He said holding a watermelon.
"That's not what I meant you fools!" He yelled holding a butcher knife. He sliced the watermelon in half and then into smaller pieces.
"Cool!" Asuka said.
"Wow! Talk about ripe and juicy!" He said.
"Dig in. We might as well not let it go to waste." The toad sage said. He looked over at where the women were sitting. "The ladies! What happened to the ladies?!"
Naruto let out a loud burp as he patted his stomach. "Man that was the best."
"Naruto you're so gross...but yeah it was." Asuka replied.
"...struck out again." The toad sage said looking sad. "Now I must be off I've wasted to much time already." He said walking away.
"Hey wait a minute!" She said. They both got in front of him. "Where are you going we had a deal!"
"I don't give a flying fish about your dumb fireball! I have my research to conduct!" He yelled waving his hands around.
"Research my butt. It's not like I don't have better things to do than to hang around a pervy old man like you." Naruto said pointing at him. I'm gonna train until I'm stronger than anyone cause I'm gonna pass the chunin exams. And then someday I'm gonna be hokage."
"Ha. That's a good one. Tell me did you fall on your head when you were a baby is that what makes you this way? Now I know you're wasting my time." He said. "But maybe I could change my mind."
"How?" Asuka asked.
"I need you to go and get me something." He said.
"Me? Like what?" She asked.
"Go get this. It's a special tea brewed in a very specific part of the village. Bring me that and maybe I'll change my mind." He said handing her a piece of paper.
"Hm...okay." She said sounding suspicious. She soon left the two of them standing there.
"Alright you little nuisance I need to get on with my research! And for that I need a lovely lady. No fruits no vegetables but a lady! And I can't do that with a little girl hanging around let alone a boy." He said.
"A lady? Well if that's what you wanted why didn't you just say so? No problem." He said cracking his knuckles. He used a hand sign and a cloud a smoke appeared around him. Instantly he turned into a girl version of himself.
"So...lovely. We got a winner! A perfect ten!" He yelled holding up two signs.
~...Ugh. Pathetic.~ Naruto thought to himself. He glanced over and was hit by a giant rock. "Agh!" He yelled crashing into a wall. He transformed back to his regular self.
The toad sage was then hit with another giant rock. "Ow! What on earth-" He was cut off.
"You big liar! Getting you that tea was a distraction so you could be a pervert!" Asuka yelled pointing at him. "And Naruto you transformed into a naked girl on top of that! Don't either of you have any respect for women?!"
"We're sorry…." They both said.
The next day they all went to the river and sat down. "Okay we're gonna pretend like none of that happened. Now let's begin your training." The toad sage said.
"And you really mean it this time?" Naruto asked.
"A sage always means what he says. Now go ahead and show me that technique. And you show me yours." He said to the both of them.
They got up and stood by the river. Naruto concentrated his chakra and began to take baby steps onto the water. Asuka went into Sharingan and started to perform handsigns.
(Okay I'm gonna put the rest of their training in a different chapter. Because this is a lot of writing.)
~Timeskip~
The finals have begun. There's only one match left and that's Sasuke's and Gaara's. There's some time until it begins so everyone's relaxing. Well...almost everyone.
"Mom I don't want to do this." Yuri replied.
"Yuri you were asked here by the Hokage himself. You have to call the final match. Now stay here while I go find your hair ribbon." Reiya said leaving the room. Yuri sighed and stared at herself in the mirror. She noticed the door wasn't closed all the way. She looked outside. No one was out there. She turned back around and noticed sand on the floor.
"...Nope." She said leaving the room. She turned the corner and bumped into someone. "Oh I'm sorry." The person she bumped into was Kankuro.
"Hey you're the brat that got into Gaara's head." He said. "I don't know what you did but Gaara's been acting crazier than usual."
"Huh?" She said.
"Don't huh me stupid. Because of what you did I have to deal with Gaara more and more now." He said. He grabbed her and threw her against the wall.
"I….I was only trying to help him." She said.
"The only thing that you were doing was sticking your nose in somewhere it doesn't belong." He said. He raised his hand to her. She shut her eyes tightly but nothing came. She opened them to see Reiya standing there holding Kankuro's ear.
"Young man I would advise you to unhand my daughter. Honestly what is wrong with the youth of today." She said pulling his ear.
"Ow!" He said dropping Yuri. "Why you-" He was cut off as Gaara appeared down the hall. Yuri and Reiya didn't notice him. She took Yuri's hand and left Kankuro standing there.
"Mom. Did I do something wrong?" She asked.
"I can't tell you the answer to that. You did what you thought was right. Everyone isn't going to agree with the decisions you make. You're royalty and you should hold your head up high." Reiya replied.
After a while the match started. Nothing exciting happened until Gaara placed himself into a giant sand sphere. Sasuke tried to break through it but none of his regular attacks were working. So he decided to try out his new technique. Using the chidori he managed to break through the sand. But then the events turned from bad to worse. As he removed his arm a giant sand arm came out with it. The ninja prepared themselves for an intense battle.
(A battle that I am not going to write in because we all know it. And this story is not about Naruto it's about everyone! If anyone wants the battle then I will put it in a extra chapter or something. But for now let's get on with the story because I can't wait to show you guys what's coming up.)
It's been a few weeks since the death of the Third Hokage. The village is still in mourning. Konohamaru is the one who's the most upset. People try to adjust back to their everyday lives. But sadly it's easier said than done. Asuka, Sota and Yoshi still weren't talking to Yuki and Yuko.
~Elsewhere~
Because of the events that happened with the Third Hokage, Yuri and her mother have yet to leave the village. "Mom?" Yuri asked.
"Hm? What is it?" Reiya asked.
"When are we going to go home?" She asked.
"...I can't say. With everything that's happened the village is just doing it's job to protect us." She said.
"Lady Yuri." Said a ninja. He handed her a letter and soon left.
"You got mail? We don't live here." Reiya replied.
"It's from the Hidden Sand Village." Yuri said opening it. "There's only one word...Sorry."
"Sorry? Who's sorry and for what?" She asked. Yuri just stared at the letter. "Well who's s….oh no." She said.
At that moment Iruka walked in. "Lady Yuri, Ms. Reiya I was wondering if-" He cut himself off because of the scene that was happening.
"Give me the letter!" Reiya yelled trying to grab the paper.
"No! Mom stop!" Yuri yelled back.
"Never! It's from that boy isn't it?! Give it here!" She yelled.
"So what if it is?! It's just a letter!" She pleaded.
"I'll...come back later." Iruka said shutting the door.