Chapter 28
Happy(?) April fools
Naruto walked over to where his friends/teammates sat, overlooking the fire. "hey guys, guess what Mangetsu told me?" he asked, holding back a grin.
"what?" Haku asked, turning around.
"well… I'm not supposed to say it, but since you're my closest-"
"only" Fu muttered, hiding it behind a fake cough.
"-friends" Naruto continued ignoring her, "I will, but you will need to come closer"
Haku and Fu looked at each other, each other, the huge grin on Naruto's face made them very skeptical of what he needed to say, but eventually their curiosity won out and reluctantly leaned in.
"he told me my heritage" Naruto whispered excitedly. "and who are they?" Fu asked. "Well, I can't tell you my dad's name because he has too many enemies, but my mom is Kushina Uzumaki." Naruto beamed
"that's great Naruto!" Fu exclaimed.
"and you know what else?" Naruto whispered "the Uzumaki were known for their pranks"
Before the two could process what he just said, the Naruto they were talking to burst into water and completely drenching them. The two drenched shinobi looked at each other. "Totally saw that coming" they said at the same time. They heard some tree leaves rustling to their left and looked just in time to see a laughing Naruto emerge. "you should have seen your faces!" he laughed. His laughter was cut short when an ice needle pierced his throat. He barely had time to look surprised before he exploded in a shower of water.
"That was cold Haku! (AN: honestly, no pun intended) What if that wasn't a clone!" Naruto whined as he emerged from his hiding place a tree next to the one the clone came out from.
Haku just shrugged and shuffled closer to the fire, quickly followed by Fu. "but I suppose now that we know you're an Uzumaki, it explains your "gift" for pranking and anything prank related."
Naruto walked over, sitting down after receiving a quick punch by Fu ("to make sure he wasn't a clone" she said). "what do you mean Haku?" he asked, taking a quick bite out of the fish.
His fellow Jinchuriki looked at him weirdly "you mean you hadn't noticed?" she asked.
"No? What didn't I notice?"
Haku made to facepalm, but thought better of it considering that the hand he was going to use was holding his dinner. "oh I don't know" he muttered sarcastically, "maybe that one time you somehow managed to set an entire swarm of locusts inside our tent and set a trap that threw us into the air and land perfectly in the middle of a lake during the night?"
"Hey! I was bored!"
"or the time where you raided your side of the bandit camp by taking their food and replacing it with transformed clones that had nothing but some spoons and forks?" Fu added.
"honestly not one of my better ideas. Being eaten wasn't fun, the look on their faces and the chicken made it worth it though!"
"maybe that time when you got pink dye from a passing town and dyed all our clothes pink?"
"aww come on! That was a classic, besides I made sure to get the ninja one too! Just in case emergency!
"we couldn't figure out how to get it off for a week! I felt like a useless fangirl!" Fu complained.
(somewhere in the village hidden in the leaves)
"achoo! Someone must be talking about me! Must be Sasuke! I'm coming Sasuke!" a certain pink haired girl screamed before running off with hearts in her eyes
(back with our main characters)
"But this is beside the point. What we're trying to say is, you always do insane pranks that no ordinary person would even think about. It must be because of your Uzumaki genes."
"ohh!" Naruto realized "that's awesome! I've been living like my family before I knew about them!"
The three ate in silence. Naruto silently cheering about his pranking accomplishment while Haku and Fu thought about their own lives. Soon it was time to pack up and leave. It may have been dark, but the group had sensors that could catch anyone falling behind or approaching.
As they were packing up, Naruto noticed that his friends seemed to be a little down. He may have been dense, but no one can say he was blind. "I'll cheer them up once we get back." He vowed to himself.
If only he knew they wouldn't be going back to the same camp.
Xxxx
Naruto looked around at the unfamiliar terrain. The tents were there, as were the people, but trees, rocks, even the smell that was made by staying in an area was different.
"Don't worry too much kid, this happens once in a while. The commanders send out a scout mission for a new location. Only the team leaders know of that and the camp's new location. Of course, after the first few times, you know when it happens." A middle aged man said, patting Naruto on his shoulder as he walked past.
Naruto took a moment to think before shrugging. Things weren't much different than before, the only difference between living at the rebel camp and on the road with Zabuza was that they didn't have to travel so much. Here the rebels only moved camp once in a while, as opposed to the every week at least once with Zabuza. This worked well in Naruto's favor. He always had a knack for remembering things quickly, so finding the layout of the new camp wouldn't be too hard. All he had to do was send out a few clones and by the end of the day he would know every ambush hotspot, hiding place and grounds he could use to train.
Naruto watched as the group dispersed and silently made some clones transformed as common creatures. Bugs, birds, squirrels even a few turtles. He didn't know what they would be useful for, but maybe they could sit and listen to some useful information without being spotted. The original joined Haku and Fu to set up their tents.
Xxx
The next day
Naruto grinned and cackled at his work before tying the last knot. He knew by experience that after each mission, a team was usually given a day off to rest. Naruto planned to use it to the fullest. "this will be the best training course they have ever seen!"
"where are you taking us Naruto?" Fu was heard asking. "and right on time too" Naruto thought and performed a smokeless substitution with his clone. "just a little training course I made" Naruto smirked. "watch your step"
Haku and Fu quickly stopped moving. They had learned quickly that Naruto loved to warn them at the last possible second when pranking them. As they expected, there was a rope right under their feet. If they had taken another step, they would've been caught. Before they could celebrate, the ground underneath them disappeared in a puff of smoke. Fu quicky grabbed the edge of the hole while Haku just made a mirror platform to land on. They jumped out and landed on a tree. They took a quick look at the tree and saw an explosive tag. Haku made an ice mirror and jumped into it while Fu just swung herself down the trunk of the tree. "you gonna have to be better than that Naruto!" she called on her way down.
"ok! Just look underneath you!" Naruto called back.
Almost fearfully, Fu stopped sliding about half a meter off the ground and took a look. The entire base of the tree was covered with tags. At once all the tags started to glow.
"Are you insane Naruto?! Fu screamed. "he wouldn't detonate them right?" she asked herself hopefully as she tried to jump away just in case.
It was at that moment the tags exploded, into confetti. Fu could have sworn she even saw some that had "happy birthday" printed on it.
"you're losing your touch Fu! Naruto called out cheerfully. But don't worry! Only another 4 more obstacles." Fu groaned and hoped that Haku was doing just as bad as her.
(With Haku)
Appearing out his ice mirror, Haku immediately dodged a rain of kunai and made an ice dome over himself.
"aww no fair Haku! You know I can't break that with just ninja tools!" Naruto whined "this is supposed to be an obstacle course! Not a hiding-in a-dome course.
Haku sighed and reluctantly let his dome fall away. "why can't I just teleport to the finish line again?" he asked.
"because that's cheating! Now go! Fu is beating you!
The ice user sighed again before jogging in the direction of the sign saying "come on! You can do it! Just turn left when the trees fall and watch out for the vipers!"
"oh joy" he muttered and started jogging.
(with Naruto)
The blond mastermind grinned and watched as the two raced towards the finish. "well, time to get to the finish line!"
(by the finish line)
Naruto was standing on a podium in the middle of the lake 5 meters above the water. Two rubber balls on podiums to either side of him. Four clones holding a red line by the water 50 meters away. Naruto watched as a pink Haku and glittering Fu reached the edge of the lake. Projecting his voice with his chakra, Naruto shouted "for your last challenge, you must reach this red line kindly held by my clones and jump 50 meters. Your goal is to grab one of these rubber balls and be the winner of the first Naruto obstacle course challenge! Now who will be the winner? Will it be the femboy Haku? Or the fairy Fu? Let's find out!"
Naruto smirked as the last part got the two riled up and dashed full speed towards the line. Jumping and reaching the rubber balls at the same time. Haku cocked his hand back and threw the ball. "I'm male!" the ball flew straight and true, impacting Naruto's chest with such power that Naruto flew back into one of his clones and dispersed it.
The other clones looked at him. "oh look. He used us and didn't even thank us before dispersing one of us! Get him!" one shouted, throwing colorful balloons at the recovering Naruto from out a crate next to him.
"Yeah! A few others joined him in throwing the balloons while the others just sat back and took cameras out from wherever they kept it.
By the time the crate was empty, Naruto had been dyed pink 8 times, yellow 6 times, red 9 times and rainbow 12 times. In addition to that, he had also gotten leaves, feathers and even some old fruit chucked at him.
On the sidelines, the animals watched the peculiar sight of a blond human being attacked and colored multiple times by more of what seemed to be the same blond human.
Haku and Fu watched in no small amount of amusement as Naruto was betrayed by his own clones.
"maybe you'll learn to be more thankful to your clones next time!" the first betrayer clone called before dispersing, followed by the rest of the clones.
"oh yeah, one more thing," the last clone said, dispelling its transformation. Before it could say another word, the clone dispelled, leaving a confused Haku and Fu to stare at the place it once occupied.
Suddenly, they both felt a hand grab their legs and disrupt their chakra flow, dropping them into the water. They only had a glimpse of two cheeky Narutos before it was dispelled by a third who quickly dispelled itself.
The two victims of Naruto's training course surfaced and took a quick look at the surroundings and at each other before bursting into laughter. "only Naruto" they got out in between breaths.
AN: happy (?) April fools! I couldn't really reach arcs yet so a little April fools chapter :D (I know the pranks aren't really good but just bear with it ^.^ll). Anyone had any good pranks they would like share?
My internet is still broken but I'm expecting it to be fixed today so the updates should be back on every two Sundays!
Need some more fillers!
Planned fillers: Isaribi, snow/spring/kazehana, Shion, Uzumaki Ruins exploration, star village, (reader made filler)
Debating: blood prison, 0-tails, Tayuya/Karin rescue
Summons: closing poll when the next chapter is out! This is your last time to convince me of a good summon! As it stands, Naruto is getting…. *drumroll* wolves!
Finally, if nobody objects, I will be starting to use japaneese names starting next chapter (and go back to change when I have time)
PS: Jman is busy so the last couple chapters haven't been edited yet. if anyone is willing i could use a beta.
Reviews:
Jacklvmage12: Pein arc… well it ain't going to be the Leaf because Naruto was never there. Your point in the summon- any proof Katsuya is stronger? Remember she probably wasn't called for just as long or longer than Gamabunta. Filler wise, I do have a few longer fillers (like the whole list I'm requesting readers to add to lol) but yeah, some short 1 chapter fillers too. Oh joy, another competitor for the domination of cats. Well I guess I'll need to up my addiction dosage. I wonder what herbs are both addictive and healing…. *goes off on a long journey to find it*
SpencerDorman: Hiraishin, remember this is from the perspective of a Mist shinobi who didn't know about the second Hokage's work on it. Most of the shinobi world believes that Minato created it. The hydrification (is that even a word?) technique… you'll have to see ^.^. For the translations, oh yeah lol. I've been reading too many stories that I forgot that tiny little detail.
RinneTaicho: well my reasoning for spies is that is it unlikely for shinobi to have spies everywhere? And as for them telling the locations, maybe this chapter helps? Because of them moving so by the time the loyalists receive it the location is already changed. As for the Hiraishin, like I told Jack, it was believed that the jutsu was made by Minato by most of the shinobi world.
BlackDragonShinigami: dinosaur summons… pretty sure I saw one of two in some crossovers. And technically it's just Naruto Namikaze Uzumaki. If you add in every clan you going to end up with a long list xD.
Antex- The Legendary Zoroark : thanks
Noahendless: that is a surprisingly great idea! The only flaw would probably be something like the Uzumaki being protective with the summons and their huge stamina to outlast him.
Thor94: yup, gotta give him back his name after all lol.
AndiDuel: I'll think about that because I admit, it would make many comedic scenes with them fawning over Haku and protecting Naruto (Even if it is extremely OOC for Tayuya and Karin to be that protective). As for the three tails, logically it wouldn't work, because the whole chakra poisoning thing.
Nuno: hmm, I got an idea for that, not for Naruto though.
Wyrtha: that's the plan!
