His hands are shaking, explosive tags are detonating in the distance, the noise of metal clanging off of metal rang out across the woods as he made his kills. Not pausing to look at his work.
Blood pounding in his ears and adrenaline coursing through his body he used it to his advantage as he fought off the attackers.
The beat of his heart became a rhythm as he danced through his enemies and swiftly put an end to their lives. The message of 'kill or be killed' rang true in his mind as he carried out the killings. His academic teachings of 'the mission must come first' and 'a shinobi must kill his emotions' were at the forefront of his mind also.
Coming to a stop on the nearest tree branch, he scanned the forest in front of him and focused his senses. What was a forest hosting a battle not more than 30 seconds ago was now silent - too silent.
Placing his back to the tree and sliding down, muffling his descent with chakra, scoping out the clearing and realising the fighting had stopped. He took a breather and wiped the moisture off of his face, only to come into view of the blood of his enemies.
The blood of the Iwa-nin he had just killed covered his combat fatigues, his chunin vest was heavier and stained crimson, his hair was matted and the smell was revolting.
Oh God. The smell.
He fell to his knees and his breathing became haggard. His vision became blurry as he looked at his surroundings. He was losing it, he had to keep calm and get his head back in the game but as he forced himself to calm his breathing and steady his nerves the stench of the blood came back in full and forced him to clear his stomach.
"...-uto'' there was a voice calling out to him but he still couldn't see well and his hearing was dulled.
"...-re Naruto" the gentle voice came again.
It was Kurenai-sensei. Naruto was thankful she stumbled upon him and not his other teammates, he would be embarrassed if Ino and Shino saw him like this.
"It's ok Naruto-" He felt Kurenai's hand rubbing a circular motion on his back and her breath on his ear -" You did good Naruto, I'm here now so everthings going to be ok. Everythings over"
He could do nothing but give a shaky nod as he tried to get back his sense. Reaching into his vest pockets, trying to ignore the blood still on him, he pulled out his cigarette pack and shakily put one of the sticks to his lips only to drop it.
Seeing him trying again Kurenai gave him help to get it to his lips albeit he never got off without a lecture.
"Tsk, you're just as bad as Asuma with those things. Nothing good will come of them, you know," she stated as she provided him the light he needed.
Finally after a minute of nothing but the sound of the cigarette burning, Kurenai's back rubs, and the sensei and student's breathing. Naruto finally had himself under control again and was ready to go.
He got to his feet and took a breather, exhaling smoke in the process, and turned to Kurenai with a smile.
"Thanks, sensei -" he held his hand out to help her up -" time to regroup with the others".
Kurenai took his hand in response, her worried gaze never leaving him as he pulled her up.
"I sent Ino and Shino back to the outpost so they can look after the wounded" at Naruto's questioning glance she places her hand on his shoulder and gives him a small smile "Noone was hurt too bad, just a few scrapes and bruises mostly.-" her gaze became sharp as she pointed a finger to his chest -" Besides you should be looking out for yourself right now".
Naruto let loose a laugh as he began to walk back to the border outpost. It was times like these he was glad that Kurenai was his sensei, it made him feel what it would be like having a mother and it was something that he was truly grateful for as it was something he longed for since he was a child and if it wasn't for the woman he probably would've been the same idiot he was 3 years later.
"Yeah, ye-oww" his laid-back attitude towards his health was rewarded with a swat to his head, leaving him rubbing the spot "That was harsh sensei" he mocked, adding a pout for extra effect.
"If I was harsh I wouldn't have helped you with this." she said as she swiped the cigarette from his mouth, making him squawk indignantly as she placed it in her own mouth.
"Your smoking" he stated, a dumbstruck expression overcoming his face "Wait till I tell everyone, Asuma will have a heart attack" Kurenai just laughed at the boy's dumbfoundedness and flicked the cigarette to the ground.
Looking down and giving him one of her sagely-mother smiles, as he's come to know it, she leaned down and poked his head and said "Nobody will believe you".
Kurenai broke into a fit of laughter at the face of frustration Naruto pulled, which didn't take long to turn into a face that copied his sensei. Walking back into view of the outpost one wouldn't have known what had gone down 5 minutes ago in the forest between sensei and student and Naruto was glad for it.
Thanks for reading my first fic on this site. Ive had a lot of ideas written down for a while now and I decided to upload this one on a bored whim you could say :). The reason for Kurenai being Naruto's sensei is that I think that she would be a good influence on Naruto that hasn't got anything to do with a sexual relationship like most other fics but instead a mother figure. The smoking side of the fic comes from my own experiences as I only smoke on the odd occasion, usually moments of stress and with the relationship of Asuma and Kurenai, I thought I would add a little bit of humor to her character as she took a draw of the cigarette, that in most other fics she would be beating Naruto black and blue for smoking in front of her.
Anyways bit of a ramble but thanks again for reading and who knows maybe in the future ill post my other scribbles ive jotted down.