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Chapter 5:
Hokage Tower
As the Hokage watched the events through his crystal ball, he leaned back as he lit his pipe and began to stare out the window. The sky began to light up, as lightning and rain began to fall. The old man began to sigh as he knew that this was going to be a pain in the ass to explain.
Back at the Forest
"Damn rain, came out of nowhere." Said Naruto as he was getting drenched in the rain.
He made his way back to Iruka and Hinata who was holding the scroll. Looking at his sensei, Naruto extended his hand to help the man up.
"Come on Iruka-sensei, we should get that scroll back to the old man and get you to the hospital."
"Naruto, tell me, why weren't you freaking out when Mizuki told you the truth?"
"It's kind of a long story, which isn't really important right now." Answered Naruto, hoping that his former sensei wouldn't ask anymore questions.
Iruka nodded as he took Naruto's hand. With the scroll in hand, the three took off.
Hokage Tower
"And that's what happened Lord Hokage." Said Iruka giving his report.
"Very well, you may go now. Naruto, Hinata...I need to speak with the both of you."
Iruka nodded and made his way out of the room.
"Fuinjutsu Style: Dome of Silence!"
"So Naruto, can you explain to me how you knew that Iruka was in trouble?"
"Well, to tell you the truth, it's one of the abilities of having the fox inside of me. I can sense anger and hatred, as well as dark chakara."
At this the Hokage raised an eyebrow. That's one hell of an ability. Essentially Naruto was a very powerful sensor. He then turned to Hinata and the wheels in his head began to turn. Already wanting to put them on a team since they've been training and living together. He saw now that they could be a very good tracking team. His only deal now is that he would have to find them a third member and a sensei that could help them push further.
"Can you tell me what your sensing range is Naruto?"
Naruto put his hand to his chin, thinking of the best way to answer this question.
"Depending on where I am and with complete focus, I can extend my range to all of Konoha. I was able to sense Mizuki because of the spike of dark chakara."
"I see...Very well then, why don't you two get some sleep, you've had a long day. The council will no doubt be summoned soon and I'll have to deal with them."
"Hokage-sama would you like for us to come with you? Wouldn't it be better if we were there to explain ourselves?" Said Hinata while trying not to play with her hands like she used to when she got nervous.
This made the Hokage smile. He was glad that not only did Hinata get stronger, but she was also less shy.
"No, that's ok. You leave the council to me. Now get some rest. I'll call you if you are needed."
"Alright gramps. Well, see you later."
With that, both Naruto and Hinata Shushined out. The Hokage just sat there as the sound of lightning and rain continued to fall.
(Those kids...They're gonna be something...But who could lead them?)
The Hokage pondered all the possible options...when an ANBU appeared in the room.
"Lord Hokage, the council has been assembled. They're waiting for your arrival."
"Very well, inform them that I'll be there momenteraly."
The ANBU nodded and dissappered in a cloud of smoke. The Hokage just sighed as he stood up knowing that the council meeting would be a pain in his ass.
Council Room
The Hokage walked into the council room as the people began to settle down. The council room is set up with the Shinobi seated on the right. The Shinobi side is composed of the head clans, as well as a few other important Shinobis. On the left, you have the civilian side. This side represents the villagers of Konoha. It's composed of merchants and selected individuals. And finally, in the center, there's a table set up for the Hokages and The Advisors. They are Homura Mitokado, Koharu Utatane, and Danzo Shimura. (Cannon style looks)
"Now, can anyone please tell me why we're having this meeting?" The Hokage asked as he took his seat.
"Yes Hokage-sama, we are here beacuse of the horrible Demon monster, has killed a good man like Mizuki." Said one of the civilian merchants.
The Shinobis side all had wide eyes, they knew that Mizuki had been killed but they had no Idea that it had been Naruto that did it. Even Shikaku Nara didn't see that one coming. The only one left out of the loop was Sasuke. Due to the fact that he became clan head a few years ago when his father was killed. With the third Hokages Law in effect, he was not allowed to know.
"The Shinobi you speak of just saved our village. Mizuki was found to be a traitor, he also broke the law I set in place." He said while releasing some KI.
"But Lord Hokage we are in danger! He must have used the Demons power! How else could he have killed a man like Mizuki? He just gratuated today!" Yelled a random civilian in a panic.
"What?!, who was it?" Asked Sasuke. He had a pretty good idea, as well as so many questions.
"That is enough! I am the Hokage and I'll deal with the Shinobi! The next person who breaks the law will be dealt with."
"I may have the answer that we need." Said a calmed voice. The Hokage and everyone else turned their heads. With a bitter taste in his mouth the Hokage said only one thing.
"Danzo!"
"Yes Hokage, the Advisors and I have disscused this. We believe that it would be best if you were to send the boy to the foundation. There we can train him to be a great Konoha Shinobi."
The whole room began to agree with Danzo, while others were saying they should have killed him along time ago. The conversations kept getting louder until...
"Enough! Danzo he did not do anything wrong, nor were there any traces of demon chackara. Now this meeting is over!"
With that the Hokage stood up and walked out, only thinking to himself about what Danzo was up to.
Back inside the council room, Sasuke just sat there. He knew who they were talking about. And he wanted answers. The meeting may have been over but the problem was still there...at least to the civilians it seemed that way.
The Next Day
Its morning time in Konoha, the shops are begining to open. After some early morning training, we find our blonde at his favorite place.
"Hey old man! Are you gonna open soon? Im hungry!"
Looking aroung Ichirakus, Naruto wondered what was going on. He knew that it was early, but he didn't think it was that early. Waiting around for a few minutes, he spotted Ayame walking up.
"Good morning Ayame, is everything ok?"
"Hi Naruto, yeah everything's fine, but my dad is sick. He told me to put a letter for our regulars telling them that we will be closed today."
"What!? Well I hope he feels better."
Ayame giggled when she heard Naruto's reaction. Truth be told she didn't like for the shop to be closed. But her dad doesn't think that she was ready to take care of the shop all day on her own.
"If you'd like, I can make you some breakfast Naruto."
"Really? Thanks! You're the best Ayame!"
They both went inside Ichirakus and after Naruto ate his meal they both sat down and began to talk.
"So Naruto, what are you planning on doing today?"
"Well, Hinata said she had some stuff to do and all I was planning on doing was more training. Why do you ask?"
"Well, since I don't have to work today...I was wondering if you'd like to go to the park?"
Now this time Naruto was the one to have a slight blush, he did not expect that.
"Um sure, let's go."
They began to walk through the village. As they made their way, Ayame kept catching glimpses of people scolding Naruto. She hated how people treated him, she really liked him. They arrived at the park and went next to the river bank where they skipped rocks for awhile. They found themselves laying down, staring up at the clouds.
"So now that you're a Shinobi, does that mean you're going out of the village alot?"
"Yeah, but not at first, From what I read, fresh genning and their sensei have to do D ranks. Before they do any type of missions outside the village."
"You don't sound too happy about that last part."
"You see, it's because D rank's are basically nothing but chores. And I'm trying to find a way out of it. I don't feel like wasting my time doing fake missions."
They laid there for a few minutes, just looking up at the clouds. Ayame began to stare at Naruto, she began to get closer to him when Naruto turned his head. They locked eyes and kept moving closer together, until they we're holding each other. It seem like they were about to kiss when...
"Ah, Naruto."
Naruto snaped his head up to see who called out his name. Ayame on the other hand got out of Naruto's arms and sat up facing away from the voice, so no one could see how red her face was.
"Sasuke? What do you want?" He asked as he stood up.
"Well you see, there are some things I'd like to talk with you about. So I tracked you down, now can we have a talk?"
Naruto sighed. He knew that Sasuke was on the council, so he had a pretty good Idea what this conversation was gonna be about. In a way this was good, there's something he wanted from Sasuke so this could work out for him. He was about to say something when Ayame spoke up.
"Well Naruto, I'll see you later. I really should be getting back to my dad."
Before anything was said, Ayame ran off, not letting anyone see her face. The two of them just stood there 'till Ayame was out of sight. Sasuke did'nt know what to say, he hoped he did'nt upset the girl.
"Listen, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to interrupt."
Naruto turned around and gave Sasuke an annoyed look.
"It's alright. So, I'm guessing you're here because of a certain meeting?"
"So it's true! You did kill Mizuki! How?! He was a Chunnin! I mean, yeah you beat him at a spar match but to be able to take him out...you are a genning, just like me!"
Naruto was about to answer when his stomach began to rumble.
"He he, I guess I was out longer than I thought. Look Sasuke you want answers, you can go with me to my house for lunch. It's Hinata's turn to cook and I'm betting that it's ready, so what do you say?"
Sasuke gave his traditional smirk, and nodded to the blonde.
Naruto's Home
They arrived at Naruto's without saying anything on the way. Standing infront, Sasuke was at shock. He saw all the broken windows and graffiti saying things like "DIE DEAMON!, ONE DAY YOU'LL PAY!" The place looked abandoned. Having taken in the sights of the place Sasuke did'nt know what to expect when they got to Naruto's front door.
"Hey! Hinata, hope your decent, we have a guest.
Sasuke was surprised when they walked in. The apartment was nice. there was a small couch with a coffe table next to it, to the right there was a small stand with a stereo on it, as well as a bookshelf full of books. And on the left there was a small kitchen were we find Hinata setting the table.
"Oh, hi Naruto, and hey Sasuke it's good to see you. I hope you're hungry." She said as she put an extra plate infront of Sasuke.
They all sat down and had a great meal. When they were done, Sasuke thanked Hinata and Naruto made a clone to wash the dishes.
"So...tell me, what do you want to know?" Said Naruto leaning back on his chair with his hands behind his back.
"I'm guessing you're not gonna do this out of the kindness of your heart?" Asked Sasuke.
"Is that gonna stop you? But before we start..."
"Fuuinjutsu-Dome of Silence!"
"What did you do?"
"It's a sealing technique, now no one can hear our conversation."
"Where did you learn to do that?"
"I studied, now is this what you wanted to talk about?"
"Right...last night you took down a chunnin. Before that you went from an orange jumpsuit wearing dumbass, to this. So tell me how did you do it? How did you get so strong?"
"Training"
Naruto said that with a straight face and it caused Sasuke to sweat drop.
"Don't play games, I've trained and pushed myself to the limit and I can't do what you did."
"Well, that's because I did a different type of training."
"What kind of training would that be?" Naruto smirked. He had Sasuke where he wanted him.
"Now, if you wanna know that, then you're gonna have to do me a small favor."
Sasuke had an annoyed look on his face but he knew that he would have to do something.
"And what would that be?"
"Oh it's nothing much, just let me and Hinata here into the Uchihas library every now and then. Don't worry we won't take anything."
This surprised Sasuke, Out of all the things to ask for. Why that it didn't make any sense. But in the end Sasuke had a mental smirk, even if he did allowed them in, all the scrolls that contain any important information were protected. That only one who possessed the Sharigan could read them.
"Alright Naruto, as head clan of the Uchihas I give you and Hinata permission to use the Uchiha Library."
Both Naruto and Hinata exchanged looks, Naruto hid his grin while Hinata just rolled her eyes at him.
"Great! So let's get going. Hey Hinata are you still busy? Or are you coming with?"
"No I finished what I had to do, I'll join you."
Hinata said with a small smile while thinking to herself, (There's no way I'm missing this)."
"Hey! I thought we had a deal."
"We do, But I'm not just gonna tell you I'm gonna teach you. Now let's get going."
Sasuke just nodded while the thought of getting taught by someone close to his own age irritated him. He would be willing to let it go as long as it helped him achieve his goal. As the three walked out of the apartment, we hear Naruto talking.
"Sooo...tell me, what do you know about climbing trees?"
Unknown Location
In a remote part of konoha, we see two figures amongst the shadows.
"So...do we have a deal?" Asked one of the figures.
"Yeah I got it, just know if the girl gets involved and I have to take her out then it's gonna be extra."
"I don't give a damn about that. She chose to stay with the Demon, then she can die with him. Now here is half of the money, you'll get the rest when the job's done."
The figure took off into the night as the second began to walk away and he began to laugh maniacally.
"This is your last night Demon...the village will be a better place from now on."
Inside Naruto's mindscape
"Not that I mind our little talks, but you do know that just because I'm in here don't mean I'm resting."
Said Naruto as he stood infront of the Fox, wondering what he wanted so late at night.
"Naruto...tell me why you're bothering helping the Uchiha?"
"Simple, I wanted to get into that compound."
"Is that all there is to it?"
"For now atleast. But later on, who knows, there maybe some other use."
They both just stood there for a while in silence, when the Fox spoke up.
"Honestly Kit, is it really bothering you?"
"So what if it is, what would you know about it?"
"Anger, it's what you just showed, through my time I find it amusing how you humans get angry so quickly. You're anger is from the fact that you think it's wrong to have feelings for two pepole.
Naruto had nothing to say, the Fox was right. He didn't know how to feel, It's not like he had someone to help him out with this kind of stuff. He only knew from what he read.
"Anger has driven humanity to do what is considered terrible things. And if you cannot control it...it will do the same to you. Naruto...
Outside Naruto's home
As the figure stood ontop of the roof of the next building, he stared into the window of its target. He looked around to make sure he was not seen. He quickly made his way next to the window and into the room. With it's hand by it's side it walked closer ready to end the life of the Demon.
Inside the mindscape
The Fox and Naruto had been talking for awhile when out of nowhere the fox lifted his head and roared.
"What the hell Fox?" said Naruto as he covered his ears.
"Naruto get up and move!"
Back in reality
Naruto's eyes shot open as he quickly got out of the way from the katana swing. Standing on the opposite side of the room Naruto activated his Sharigan.
"Let me guess, you're here to help me get some sleep?"
"Yes, you can say that."
The figure launched at Naruto who could only dodge, he was just in his boxers. It proved to be difficult as the man was fast.
"Damn this guy, hes got to be atleast a Jonin I don't know wether to be nervous or flattered. I need to get to my gear."
The man swung at Naruto and finally gave him an opening. Naruto quickly side steped the man while grabing on to his wrist and tossed him. Not bothering to look were the man landed, Naruto quickly grabed his pants and ripped off one of the chains. The man having recovered from the throw picked up his katana and charged at Naruto. As he got closer, the man went for a vertical slash when he was blocked by a katana. Naruto used his free hand to punch the man in the face. Naruto went for a strike of his own, when the man blocked and returned the favor with a punch of his own. The room began to light up as sparks flew when their weapons collided. After a few exchanges, the man began to get frustrated. Not only was he having a hard time killing the boy, but the boy proved to be better than he thought. They stood there measuring each other, covered in sweat. They were getting ready to collide again then they were both brought out of their train of thought when they heard a voice yell.
"Naruto!"
Hinata charged at the man from his blind spot. She had been waiting for a chance to step in and help. She reached the man quickly intending to close some of his chakara points. However the man proved to be faster, her palm was about to make a strike when the man dodged and went behind her. With his free hand he wraped his arm around her neck and with the other he had the katana pressed against her back.
"Hinata!" Yelled Naruto.
"Now, now, don't you worry boy. Nothing's going to happen to her as long as you listen. And as for you, don't move or the sword here might accidentally slip." He said as he applied more pressure to Hinata causing her to cry and scream in pain, but with the force the man was applying it was hardly nothing.
Seeing this Naruto began to grip his katana tighter. His blood began to boil, this man was here to kill him and Hinata was in trouble beacuse of it. Rage continued to fill his body as he was trying to find away out of this. But no matter what he thought of, he could'nt get a good option. The only thing that was clear in his mind was that he was going to save Hinata, obliderate the man infront of him as well as the one's who sent him.
"Now then, be a good boy and drop your weapon, get on your knees and turn around."
Naruto stood there weighing his option, he knew that he could not trust the man. He could not remove his seals fast enough. Even if he did, it wasn't like he had alot of room to move in. Hinata was staring at Naruto with her Byakugan activated she was trying to find away to get free. But the more she moved the more the grip tightened. Trying desperately to find a way to not get Naruto or herself killed. She was shocked when Naruto dropped his weapon. Not being able to talk, she lifted her hand as if trying to plea to him not to do it.
"It's ok Hinata." Was all Naruto said.
He had run through all the options and now he was gonna take a gamble. But before he could do anything his eyes widened when Hinata smiled. Quickly snapping her head backwards she managed to hit the man's face. Causing a brief seperation, she began to twist her body when the man shoved the katana through her body. Naruto stood there shocked, watching the events unfold. When he saw the katana go through, everything went flatline for a few seconds. No sound could be heard. Not being able to process what just happened, Naruto fell to his kness. The man smiled at this as he pulled his weapon out of the girl and let her body fall. Hinata just laid there, motionless, her back towards him as the man walked over to Naruto intending to finish his job.
"She's dead." Naruto whispered.
One of the few people that cared about him, a person he had strong feelings for was dead and it was all his fault. The man was there to kill him and because of that Hinata got killed. The feeling of guilt began to overrun him as his emotions were running wild. Standing over the boy the man lifted his katana and brought it down with the intent of severing his head. As the katana reached the boys head, the man was shocked when his katana phased right through him. Not believing what just happened the man swung again only to get the same result. He was about to try again when the man stopped when Naruto snapped his head up. The man took a step back as he finally got a good look at his eyes. He knew what he was staring at but he could not believe it. It was the Sharigan, only it was diffrent. He thought the Sharigan had tomoes around the pupil but this one had a hollowed out star (think devil's trap). Naruto stood up and as he did the man shoved the katana through his body. Naruto reached out and grabbed the man's wrist. Applying enough force, he caused the man to drop his weapon. Pulling the man's arm forward, Naruto twisted it and with an opened palm, he snapped the man's elbow, breaking it. The sound of bones breaking was over-shattered by the man's screams of pain. Dropping his guard, Naruto landed a hard straight to the man's face followed by low kick to the man's knee. This caused the man to fall down holding on to his knee as he tried to get away from the boy. Naruto walked over to him slowly, the man's heart began to race as the feeling of his death was near. Not wanting to die the man did the only thing he could think of.
"Wait! Stop! I can tell you who send me!"
Naruto stopped walking and just stood there.
"I'll tell you...he's a member of the council and I'll tell you which one. All you have to do is let me go and you can have them."
"Soo...not only you're a murderous bastard but you're also a coward."
The man's blood ran cold, Naruto reached him and picked him up by the throat, pinning him against the wall with one arm Naruto began to beat the hell out of the man. He continued to do this for a few seconds until a cough snapped him out of it. It was Hinata. Naruto quickly knocked him out then went to Hinata gently turning her over on her back. She had lost alot of blood, how she was still alive he didn't know or cared about but he had to save her. He laid her back down and made his way back to the unconsious man. Not being done with him, Naruto stepped on both of his hands, crushing his bones. The man woke up screaming in pain, but Naruto quickly knocked him out again. Having left the man unconsious with broken hands, a shattered knee and fractured ribs, he picked up Hinata bridalstyle and sushined out of the room.
Konoha Hospital
Naruto appeared infront of the hospital, rushing into the emergency center. The hospital staff, or at least a few of them, were some of the people who weren't cruel to him. Rushing in and not seeing someone he yelled...
"Someone get out here!"
A lady wearing a white lab coat came rushing out, lucky for him he knew her.
"Naruto! What happened to Hinata? Put her on here." Said the doctor as she pulled a stretcher towards them.
"It's a long story doc, please save her. I'll be right back."
"Wait! Where are you going?" Asked the doc as Naruto started to walk away.
"Doc, I'm half naked and covered in blood, half your team don't like me and there is something I need to take care of. Please just make sure you save her, I'll return soon."
The doctor just nodded, she has known Naruto long enough to know when he is being serious. Naruto walked outside with one last look at the hospital before he shushined away.
Naruto's apartment
Naruto walked into his room were he found the man laying down unconsious. So many thoughts ran through his head, he was having a hard time keeping his emotions in check. Naruto sighed as he made his way closer to the man. He was about to try something he had not done before.
"Fuuinjutsu style: Paralyze Seal, Fuuinjutsu style: Chakara Network Lock!"
Slamming both his hands into the man's chest, he let out a scream of pain. Naruto stepped back and saw as the seal appeared.
"Alright, the seal is set and it seems to have worked."
Having thrown the man into the living room, Naruto got his gear and took off back to the hospital.
Front of the Hospital
Naruto arrived at the hospital and made his way through the front door when he was confronted by two ANBU.
"Naruto, the Hokage has summoned you."
Not giving them a response, Naruto walked into the hospital.
"Where is she?" He asked the lady behind the desk, Who like most others, completely ignored him as he wasn't even there.
Unfortunately for her, she picked the wrong night to do this. Channeling some of the the Fox's chakara, his eyes changed to vertical slit just like the fox's. The whiskers on his face became more defined and when he spoke, his voice deepened.
"I'll only ask you one more time, where is Hinata!"
Having sensed the Kyuubi's chakara, the ANBU from outside rushed in. They drew their weapons and stood infront of him.
"Naruto! Stand down!" yelled one of the ANBU.
As they got closer, the doctor from before showed up. At the sight of her, Naruto calmed down and rushed at her.
"Doc! How is she?"
"She's ok, the blade missed her vital organs but she'll be here for a while recovering. She's lost a lot of blood."
Naruto let out a sigh of relief when he heard her say that.
"Thank you doc...When can I go in and see her?"
"You should be able to see her in a bit, but I think the ANBU there need your attention first." She said with a bit of sarcasm at the end.
Naruto turned his head and looked the ANBU.
"Right, well let her know that I'll be back soon. Alright guys, let's go."
Hokage Tower
"What happened Naruto?"
Asked the Hokage in a very serious tone. Naruto went on to explain what happened and told him about the man who's now unconsious and paralyzed in his apartment. After hearing what had happened the Hokage was furious, flaring his chakara an ANBU appeared.
"Boar, summon the council immediately, Naruto get the man who attack you, we are going to get to the bottom of this now."
"Gramps, sorry but I'm going to end him. He saw my Sharigan and I can't let that get out just get."
The Hokage sighed, he knew that Naruto was right, letting this information out now is wrong. Naruto said he would reveal his eyes when he knew he was ready.
"Don't worry gramps I'll find out who it was, after that I'll take him to the council room."
The Hokage looked at Naruto, he trusted the boy, never gave him a reason not to. Nodding in approval, Naruto took off.
Naruto's aparment
Naruto arrived to his aparment, as he walked into the living he found the man mumbeling on the floor.
"I'm suprised you're concious, but that's good because we're about to have a little chat."
Unable to answer or move the man could only tremble in fear as Naruto picked him up and restrained him.
"Release" Said Naruto as he released the paralysis. Pulling back on the man's head he locked eyes with him.
"Now then, lets have a good civilized chat." Said Naruto as he wore an evil smile on his face.
Council Room
The council room was in a loud frenzy as the civilian side and the shinobi side were arguing, trying to find out who tried to kill one of their own. Having had enough, the Hokage stood up and the room went quiet quick. He was about to say something when the doors swung open. Everyone quickly turned their heads and were shocked to see Naruto walk in.
"What is the meaning of this?! Who do you think you are?!" Yelled Homura.
"Sorry I'm late gramps, turns out the guy was more stubborn than I thought." Said Naruto as he stood in the center of the room with the Hokage.
"How dare you disrespect Lord Hokage that way!" Said Koharu.
"That's enough! Naruto, did you find out what you were looking for?"
"Yeah I did...now I hope you don't mind."
Naruto looked around the room and smiled. He grabbed his chain and in a puff of smoke, a body appeared infront of him. Most of the people on the civilian side gasped and while the shinobi side were slightly disturbed. Mainly due to the fact that the body was in bad shape, blade wounds and burn marks were visible. But the most disturbing part was the fact that it was missing its head.
"He has killed again!" Yelled a person from the civilian side.
"Silence!" Yelled the Hokage as he leaned over to Naruto.
"Naruto, why is the head missing?" Asked the Hokage.
"I had to. If his head was still intact, then someone like Yamanaka over there can get into it and see something he shouldn't."
The Hokage sighed, he knew that Naruto was telling the truth, even though he didn't like what Naruto did. Knowing that he needed to explain what was going on he decided to speak up.
"Now then, the man you see before you was hired to kill a Konoha Shinobi. The person who did it, is in this room..."
This caused the whole room to begin to talk amongst themselve's. Everyone looking at each other, trying to figure out who had done it.
"Lord Hokage, may we know how you can prove this?" Spoke Shibi Aburame, as he was always a logical man and wanted to get the facts straight.
Unable to give him an answer, he looked at the blonde, who had a grin on his face.
"Yeah, sure, no problem." Said Naruto as he began to walk around the room towards the civilian side.
"You know it's kind of funny, someone went out of their way to find this guy. I mean he was good, I'd say at least Jonin level."
The eyes of theShinobi side widened when they heard that, especially Sasuke. First he took out Mizuki who was a high Genin and now he did this to someone who was a Jonin level. The advisors side were no different but for them, they were angry. The boy was much stronger then they had originaly thought. The silence continued until Naruto stopped walking. Staring into the group of civilians Naruto picked his hand up and pointed out.
"So tell me, since I'm still alive...how mad are you right now? I mean you did spend a good amount of money on the guy. But don't worry...the money ain't gonna go to waste. I've had my eyes on some new gear and Hinata's and my Ayame's birthday are around the corner and with what you gave him they're gonna love me."
Naruto quickly walked in to the civilan side and grabbed on to one of the man who was sitting down.
"Let go of me you damn Demon! Someone, please help me!"
The man tried to break free from Naruto as he continue to scream for help. Having dragged him into the center of the room where he was on his knees staring at both Naruto and the Hokage.
"Now tell me, is there anything that you'd like to share with the room?" Asked Naruto in a sarcastic tone.
"It wasn't me!" The man plead.
For the time being, the Hokage chose to remain silent. He wanted to see how Naruto would handle this situation.
"Really now, so you mean to tell me that, this guy on the floor here was lying. Damn, if only there was a way to find out if you are lying."
The man on the floor began to sweat, he saw what the boy had done to the man and if the Hokage didn't do anything he would be next.
"Wait, I got it!"
Said Naruto has he began to look around the room.
" Good evening Mr. Inoichi, would you mind helping me out here?"
The head of the Yamanaka looked at the Hokage who just nodded. Everyone else remained silent as Inoichi went to work. After what seemed like an internity of waiting, he broke the jutsu. In shock of what he learned, he turned to look at his fellow blonde.
"Lord Hokage, it is true this man did try to get Naruto Uzumaki killed."
The room was completely silent no one had nothing to say. The merchant began to shake in fear as he knew that he was gonna die. If it was not by the hands of the ANBU, then by the Demon he tried to kill. With nothing left to lose the man began to yell.
"You're all fools! He'll kill us all! He's nothing more than the Demon who killed our forth Hokage! I shouldn't be killed, I shouldn't be punished. All of you here want him dead!"
In a stupid attempt, the merchant got up and charged at Naruto, trying to tackle him. Not being anywhere near as strong as he needs to be Naruto just stood there. Having had enough of him, Naruto reached over and grabed the man's neck. With a show of strength Naruto lifted the man off the floor by his neck. Knowing that he could not allow this, the Hokage finally spoke up.
"That is enough Naruto. Boar, Inu, take this man to the konoha IT I want to know if he had anyone else help him."
The ANBU nodded as they picked up the man who was on the floor, coughing while holding on to his throat. The room remained silent as the man was dragged out. Once he was gone the Hokage turned around and spoke.
"This meeting is over, but know this, if there was anyone else involved we will find out!"
With that the Hokage and Naruto both took off.
A few days later.
Naruto was on his way to the academy, it was the day he was gonna meet his new Sensei. After the whole incident, Naruto stayed with Hinata at the hospital. She was really out of it for the first couple of days. After the merchant was dealt with, the Hokage and Naruto had a discussion. About how to deal with Hinata being imobolized for a month or two. When the discussion was over they had come to the conclusion that Hinata will be assinged to a team but will not be allowed to do training until she's fully recovered. Having shown such skill, the Hokage was confident enough that she will be fine. He began to go deep in thought, wondering who his sensei will be until Sasuke showed up.
"Hey Sasuke, how's the training going?"
"Heh, who do you think I am?"
"You're the guy who fell on his ass the first few hours we trained." Said Naruto with a smirk on his face due to the pissed off one Sasuke gave him.
"Shut up! I can make it to the top of the tree without even trying now."
"And it only took you a week." Said Naruto in a sarcastic tone as he continued to walk towards the academy.
Sasuke clenched his fist in anger. After what happened, he couldn't believe the difference in strength between him and the blonde. And if this was what it took to reach him and surpassing him, he was willing to put up with it. having had enough time to calm down he caught up and began to walk with Naruto.
"So how has she been? And what's gonna happen?"
"She's alright. She's doing better, although she gets mad that they won't let her go home yet...Oh yeah, which reminds me, Hinata says thanks for the flowers."
Sasuke had a slight red on his face. He went to visit Hinata in the hospital even though it had only been a few days of training with them. Hinata was always nice and would bring extra food for him. She even helped in his chakara control.
"No problem, so tell me, now that I can walk on trees, what's next?"
The two had reached the academy at this point. They were about to enter, when Naruto turned around.
"First let's meet our teams and Senseis. After that, I'll teach you the next step. But remember Sasuke, deception is a ninja's greatest tool."
The two of them entered the room, they were early so no one was really there. Both of them waited in the back of the room, after a few minutes people began to show up.
"Hey! Sasuke!" Was screamed in unison, a blur of pink and blonde made their way from the door to Sasuke's side.
"Ino you pig! Get away from my Sasuke."
"Shut it billboard brow! My Sasuke missed me and now we're just gonna catch up."
The two girls continued to fight amongst themselve's until they turned their attention to the blonde sitting down.
"Naruto you get out of that chair so I can sit next to Sasuke."
Said Sakura as she began to scold him for not obeying her command instantly.
"Like hell he is! Naruto is gonna give the chair to me!"
Naruto just sat there as the two crazy ass fan girls went at it. He found it really amuzing that the two of them could fight about the stupidest things. Having had a good laugh at the girls he spoke up.
"You know...maybe if you two trained as hard as you drooled over emo boy there, he might actually notice you."
The two girls just stood there in shock at what they just heard. Naruto just smirked, but after a few seconds of processing they both snapped out of it.
"What the hell did you say?!"
"Oh I'm sorry, I was just trying to help you both out. But then again, what would I know."
The two girl's stood there growling and scolded at Naruto when they heard a yell.
"Naruto!"
The four of them turned their heads to the sound of the voice. It was Kiba and Akumaru and they were both growling at Naruto.
"You bastard! You almost got Hinata killed!".
Everyone in the room heard them and a few let out a gasp of disbelief. Sakura and Ino just stood there not wanting to say anything. Ino found out due to her father telling her, as well as warning her not to mess with Naruto. She then told Sakura and they knew it was a really touchy subject.
Sasuke on the other hand was angry, Kiba had no right telling everyone that the sitiuation was delt with. There was no need to acuse Naruto of anything. They were all silently looking at Naruto when he stood up.
"You're gonna pay for putting her in danger. Let's go Akumaru!"
They both charged at Naruto but were stopped dead in their tracks when they felt all the KI coming from the blonde. Unfortunately they weren't the only ones, the whole room began to get overrun by it. Akumaru began to tremble as Kiba began to shake. Ino and Sakura were on their knees while Sasuke was clenching his teeth, trying to keep his cool. Naruto made his way towards Kiba.
"You know Kiba, I really try to be patient, as well as not let things get to me. But whenever you speak to me, it's like this annoying little voice saying things like "Please Naruto kick my ass!"."
"That is enough Naruto!"
To everyones relieve Iruka had showed up. Which caused Naruto to drop the KI, he took his seat as the girls decided that it was best to sit elsewhere. Kiba on the other hand, was on the floor covered in piss. With the class under control Iruka once again congratulated them and began to call out the teams. (Just gonna skip to the only team's that matter)
"Team 7 will consist of Sakura Haruno, Kiba Inuzuka, and Sasuke Uchiha. Team 8 will be Hinata Hyuga, Naruto Uzumaki and Shino Amburame. Team 9 is in rotation. And lastly we have Team 10 Ino Yamanaka, Shikamaru Nara and Choji Acamichi. Now then you're sensie will be here shortly, good luck to you all."
With one last look at all of his students Iruka left the room. The whole room began to get loud with the gennin talking amongst their new teammates.
"So it looks like you got stuck with a fan girl and an untrained puppy."
"Yeah I noticed, looks like you and Hinata are with Shino. He's always been the quiet type. So tell me, now that we got the teams, what is the next step of my training?"
Naruto looked around the room 'till he found Shino. He stood up and began to walk towards him, Which caused Sasuke to get angry as he did not like to get ignored.
"Hey don't you ignore me!"
"Calm down, the next step...is walking on water."
Sasuke just sat there trying to figure out how in the hell that made any sense.
"Hey Shino, looks like we're teaming up, I'm sure that Hinata will be happy about it."
"So it seems, I look forward to us working together."
Naruto sat down next to Shino as they began to talk amongst themselves. As the time went on, the Senseis showed up until there were only two teamsleft.
"He's late! What kind of a Sensei is he!" Yelled an angry Sakura.
Just as it seemed that Sakura was gonna start running her mouth, the door opened up, and a man walked in. The man was dressed in blue pants, a long sleeve shirt with a jonin flat jacket. He had silver spiky hair and his forehead protector was covering his left eye.
"Alright, team 7 meet me on top of the roof in 5 minutes. Team 8 you are to meet your Sensie at the Konoha hospital."
Not allowing them to ask any questions the man sushined out.
"Who does he think he is?! He had us waiting forever and now he wants us to hurry?!". yelled Sakura.
"His name is Kakashi Hatake, he is an elite Jonnin. Looks like you got yourself a good Sensei."
"And how would you know that?" Asked Sakura.
"That's not important, hey Shino let's get going. I'm pretty sure that our Sensei is with Hinata. Sasuke I'll see you later."
With that both Naruto and Shino left.
Konoha Hospital
Hinata was sitting down laughing when she noticed Naruto and Shino.
"Hi Naruto-kun and hey does this mean that you're our teammate Shino?"
They both just nodded as they were staring at the other person in the room. The person stood up and locked eyes with the blonde.
Flashback
"So due to recent events and in order to keep Danzo and the advisors away from the boy, I'm assigning you to be their Sensei. With your background as one of the best the ANBU has to offer, as well as your special skills."
"Yes Lord Hokage, so besides Naruto Uzumaki may I know who else will be on the team?"
"But of course, you will have Hinata Hyuga as well as Shino Aburame. Now you won't be able to go by Tenzo. Your name will be Yamato, now then is there anything else?"
"Is there anything else you can tell me about Naruto?"
The Hokage smirked at this, Naruto is full of suprises and very unpredictable.
"Well there isn't anything that comes to mind."
Yamato nodded but felt a little nervous. As he was walking out he saw a big smirk on the old man's face.
Flashback End
(So the reports about him were right, he's a lot taller and bigger than most the students he graduated with. I wonder what else they were right about?) Yamato thought to himself.
"Ah good, you're finally here."
"Yeah would've been here sooner, but the cyclops you sent took his sweet ass time getting your message to us." Was Naruto's quick reply, which caused Yamato to sink his head.
(Damn it Kakashi, you'd think this would be the one time you wouldn't show up late).
"Ah yes, Kakashi does have his way of being late. Now then how about we get to it, I think introductions are in order."
"Excuse me Sensei but what do you mean introduction?" Asked Hinata.
"It's simple, we will tell each other our likes, dislikes, hopes and dreams. I'll go first, my name is Yamato, my likes are architecture. My dislikes...well, there's a lot of those and my dream is to keep this village safe. Now you try." Said Yamato while pointing at Shino, who in return just nodded.
"My name's Shino Aburame, I like bugs and those who are kind to bugs. I dislike those who dislike bugs, and treat people bad for being different. My dream is to become a great clan head like my father."
"Alright Hinata, your turn."
"Ok, my name is Hinata Hyuga. I like cinnamon rolls, gardening and Naruto-kun. I dislike judgemental people, traitors and those who are mean to my friends. My dream is to be a great kinochi."
"And now you."
"My name is Naruto Uzumaki, I like training, ramen, Hinata and Ayame, as well as those who I call a friend. I dislike traitors, cowards, and those who judge others before getting to know them and my dream is to become the greatest Hokage and surpass all those before me."
(Considering how he grew up, that's an interesting dream. Well then...) Yamato thought to himself as he looked over his gennin.
"Good, now that we know each other, there is something I must tell you. You all may have graduated the academy but you're not gennin yet. You still have one more test."
The three gennin looked at their new sensei but the one who was suprised was Yamato. None of them showed any sign of fear or anger but rather kept their cool.
"Judging from your reactions, I take it none of you are worried."
"You see it's really simple, No matter what the test is...we won't fail." Naruto replied.
Once again Yamato was slightly impressed. As far as talk, these kids seemed confident, especially Naruto. But now it's time to find out what they're made of.
"That's what I like to hear, now then, your final test will be held tomorrow morning. Due to your conditions Hinata you will be tested later. As for you two, don't eat breakfast or else you'll just throw it all up. Now meet up at the appointed training ground at 7am and bring your ninja gear."
With that Yamato dissapeared in a puff of smoke.
"I think it would be wise for us to discuss strategy." Said Shino in his usual neutral tone.
"That'd be the best thing, hey Hinata did he happen to say anything useful when you were talking earlier?"
"No, not really, we mainly just talked about my recovery time."
"Oh well, so Shino were should we start?"
The next morning
As the sun began to rise on Konoha, we find Naruto and Shino patiently waiting for their sensei. The two of them, along with Hinata, had spent most of the afternoon talking about their strategy, as well as getting to know their strenght and weaknesses. Naruto was having a good laugh at Shino's expence. Since Naruto and Hinata knew each other so well they made him talk more in one afternoon, then they heard him talk during the academy. After a few minutes of waiting, there was a puff of smoke infront of them.
"You were both here on time, that's good. Now then, are we ready to begin? Your test is simple. It's a survival exercise. All you have to do is get these bells away from me. You can use anything you got to come at me but if you're not prepared to kill me then you will not succed."
"Sounds like my kind of test." Said Naruto with a big grin on his face. Which caused Yamato to feel slightly uncomfortable.
With nothing else to say, Yamato gave them the signal to start. They quickly took off into the forest of the training ground. Having gotten a good distance away, they hid amongst the trees.
"Hey shino, would you mind if I get a shot at him first? We are a team and all but I'd like to see something."
Shino stood there pondering why Naruto would choose this course of action but knowing that they would be teammates he would have to trust him.
"Very well then Naruto, just know that if you're in trouble, I've got your back."
Naruto just nodded and closed his eyes, it didn't take him long and he sushined away.
Yamato had been leaning against a tree at the edge of the forest, when he noticed Naruto walking up to him with his hands in his pocket.
"You know, I've seen a lot of people before. Including the senseis that were supposed to be leading the teams...you weren't one of them. Leads me to believe that you were picked especially for this team." Said Naruto as he locked eyes with Yamato.
"Given your test scores from the academy, I'm suprised you figured that out on your own."
"Yeah, you can blame the dumbasses at the academy for that. So, do you mind telling me what it was that the old man let you know about me?"
"Naruto! You shouldn't talk about the Hokage that way."
Naruto took a step back after Yamato finished saying that. Mainly due to the fact that Yamato wore a creepy ghoulish face. It was quite disturbing.
"Fine, fine, I won't talk about the Hokage like that so drop the face. So can you tell me what he told you now?"
"I don't think this is the best time, we're in the middle of a test."
"I guess you got a point."
Naruto sighed as he pulled his hands out of his pockets. He activated his Sharigan under his Gentjutsu and took his stance. In return, Yamato took a defensive stance. After reading what happened, he knew that only a fool would underestimate Naruto. Not bothering to wait any longer, Naruto sprinted foward. Closing the gap, Naruto went for a sraight punch to the face. Yamato blocked the punch with ease and countered with a straight kick to the chest. Managing to put his free arm up in time Naruto was pushed back slightly but didn't take much damage.
"Tell me Naruto, how much are you holding back?"
"Heh, I guess you noticed, it's kind of a habbit I seemed to have developed."
"You shouldn't be so overconfident. No matter who your opponent or enemy is, fight as if your life depended on it. Even the slightest mistakecan cost you your life. Now then Naruto, shall we begin?"
Naruto smirked, he was starting to respect his new sensei. He seemed to know what he was talking about. Puting his hands up to make a seal, Yamato's eyes went wide when he heard Naruto.
"Release!"
Naruto's body began to glow brightly which caused Yamato to put his hands up. When the light diminished Yamato stared at Naruto.
"So you use seal restraints, that's not common Genin knowledge."
"Yeah, well, let's just say I really enjoy reading."
"If I remember correctly the seals go up to level 10, so what level have you reached?"
"Well I started when I was young and reached level 10 a few years ago. So are you ready sensei?"
They stood once again staring each other down, this time however, Yamato made the first move. He quickly threw a few kunai which caused Naruto to smirk. Instead of pulling out a kunai of his own to deflect, Naruto dissapeared.
"Fast!" Was all that Yamato got to say.
He was able to sense Naruto behind him. Naruto went for a leg sweep which Yamato got out of the way by jumping up. Naruto saw this chance and using the momentum from the leg sweep, he twisted his body and planted both hands to the ground and landed a kick to Yamato's back, which caused him to be blown forward. Getting his footing back Naruto reapeared infront of Yamato. With no way to counter, Naruto landed two body blows and followed with an uppercut. They continued to exchange blows, neither wanting to back down. After a quick knee to the face, Naruto created space between them. He sent a barrage of kunai and shuriken at Yamato. Yamato countered with a few of his and deflected the rest. But he didn't notice the last kunai had a seal on it. It went off and Yamato became disoriented (think concussion grenade). Naruto took a second to think, he was having fun but getting nowhere. His sensei's expirience was getting the best of him.
He figured that the test was about teamwork. There was no way in hell that any Genin could beat a Jonin. At least not your ordinary one, he also wanted to see what his new teammate was made of. With this in mind, he set his plan into action. Yamato shook off the blast effect and looked around. What was once an empty field was now filled with Narutos.
"I heard you knew the Shadow Clone technique, but do you really think this'll help you against me?"
"Lightning style: Lightning Rat Violent Quake!"
Yamato's eyes widened as a wave of multiple lightning shots came towards him.
"Wood style: Wood Dome!"
The dome surrounded Yamato just in time to shield him from the blast.
(What the...? That shouldn't be possible. Damn that dome is dense...) Thought the original Naruto as he kept analyzing the dome with his Sharigan. Looking around he spotted Shino and went next to him.
"Hey Shino, been enjoying the fight?"
"You're quite skilled, I came incase you needed help or if I saw an oppening. But you seemed to be doing well yourself."
"Yeah but as you can see, I need some help. I got an Idea, that is if you're up for it..."
Shino nodded and they began to plan. Meanwhile inside the dome Yamato had been planning his next move.
"So the kid is alot stronger than the reports say he is. Didn't think he'd force me to use my wood style. But we're gonna have to work on his strategy, he seems to just try to attack."
Yamato was about to go on the offensive when the blasts stopped. He opened the dome and looked around, all the Narutos were gone but one who was kneeling and breathing heavily.
"You know Naruto, there is a reason why that Jutsu is forbidden, or is this all part of a plan?"
Naruto did not answer, he remained kneeled down trying to catch his breath. Yamato wasn't going to take any chances.
"Wood Style: Wood Prison!"
"Now then Naruto, tell me, what have we learned?"
"I've learned...that my sensei should follow his own advice."
Yamato was trying to figure out what Naruto meant when there was a puff of smoke. When the smoke cleared it was Shino. Yamato looked around, trying to find Naruto when he was hit from behind.
"Fuinjutsu Style: Paralyze Seal!"
Yamato couldn't move and began to fall forward when Naruto caught him. He put him down and grabbed the bells.
"Alright! We passed the test." Naruto celebrated while jumping up and down.
"Did you really think it would be that easy?"
Naruto turned around to the sound of the voice. He was met with a barrage of wood strikes, sending him off his feet and drilled into the ground. Naruto started to spit out blood, the hits cracked a few of his ribs. After the attack it was Yamato's turn to start breathing heavily. But he didn't understand why. Was it because the kid had gotten some good hits in? That was also bothering him, this boy, he is leagues away from what a Genin should be. It was becoming more and more clear that Naruto was telling the truth about the academy. There were some dumbasses there who messed with his scores and now... who knows what level he really is. Yamato kept pondering this when Naruto started to stir. It took him a few seconds but Naruto managed to get up.
"So Naruto, had enough?"
"Do you wanna tell me how it is that you got my seal off you?"
"It's simple...you see, I used a wood clone to set the trap up. While you used your trap and managed to imobolize my clone, I came out of the wood dome. You really should learn not to let your guard down."
Naruto kept staring at his sensei when a smirk slowly made its way on to his face.
"And like I told you sensei! You should really follow your own advice! NOW!
From the trees closesed to where the two were standing, Shino shot out and launched multiple kunais at Yamato. Yamato was about to reach for his own when he was wrapped up from behind by Naruto. Using his massive arms Naruto managed to get one around the face of Yamato. But Yamato managed to block the other arm from wrapping around his neck. There was a brief struggle after which Yamato managed to break Naruto's grip. But in reality Naruto let go and jumped out of the way. Yamato was about to counter-attack when the sound of something sizzling brought him out of his train of thought. Quickly looking around he saw that Shino's kunai didn't miss, they set a trap. With no time to think the tags went off. With instinct Yamato jumped straight up to get away. The tags however, where all nothing but flash bombs. The light was intense and caused Yamato to shield his eyes. While in midair he felt his body get turned around. Yamato managed to see Naruto above him before he got sent flying towards the ground. Yamato hit the ground hard. Trying to move, he felt a shock flow thtough all over his body. Shino quickly reached Yamato and grabbed the bells.
"It seems that your plan worked Naruto." Said Shino as he tossed one of the bells to his teammate.
"Yeah but it was a team effort Shino, we passed together."
Shino nodded then extended his hand, Naruto smiled and returned the gesture. But after which Shino kept his hand out.
"Naruto would you return my glasses now?"
Naruto began to laugh. He honestly forgot he still had them on. Yamato began to sit down at this point with a confused look on his face, he just stared at the two of them.
"So Yamato-sensei, did we pass?" Asked Naruto as he and shino held up the bells.
Yamato just nodded as he took a deep breath. He couldn't belive that these two gennin pushed him and managed to get the bells. Needless to say he was impressed. But he needed to make sure of one thing.
"Congratulations you two, tell me how did you come up with the plan?"
"Naruto came up with the plan Yamato-sensei."
Yamato and Shino began to stare at Naruto, waiting for an explanation. Naruto let out a sigh, he once again found himself at a crossroads. On one hand he could say that he was lucky when he guessed that he was fighting a clone. And the other option was that he could tell them the truth, that's thanks to the Sharigan he knew that it was a clone and that's why he signaled Shino to send his bugs to the dome instead of after the one that came out. Having weighed his options he came to a decision.
"Alright before I go and explain my awesomeness, there's a few things I need to explain. I don't like lying or secrets and I don't think there's a difference between them. Shino, Hinata and I'm willing to bet Yamato-sensei knows about me."
Yamato at this point had a pretty good Idea of what Naruto was about to say. He was about to stop him when Naruto turned his attention to him, giving him a look that said he knew what he was doing and Yamato decided to trust the boy and stayed quiet.
"The truth is that the Nine Tail Fox that attacked the village and killed the Hokage is inside me. I hope that you still want to be on the same team."
"I was wondering why you had two different types of chakara. My insects can sense chakara and from you I sensed two. But regardless it does not change my opinion of you, I will keep your secrect."
"Thank you Shino, but I got one more for you and Yamato sensei."
Both Yamato and Shino were curious to what secret could be bigger than the Nine Tails. Naruto lowered his head at this point and took a deep breath.
"One last thing, much like the Nine tails, what I'm about to show you is considered an S rank secret. With permission from the Hokage I am the only one allowed to tell my secret. Anybody else who reveals it will be dealt with. With you two there are only three other people alive that know this, you don't wanna know what happen to those who aren't."
Both Shino and Yamato exchanged glances at each other. Yamato was particularly very curious and slighlty nervous to Naruto's warning. The boy for the most part single-handedly took him head on, and held his own. Even though Yamato held back he was sure Naruto did the same. After a few seconds Naruto raised his head, his once ocean blue eyes now a dark red.
"Sha, Sha, SHARIGAN!?" Said Yamato as he was shocked at what he was seeing. Shino on the other hand remained silent, doing his best to keep his usual calm and collective personality.
"How is this possible Naruto? Only an Uchiha can have those eyes."
"Yamat-sensei, much like you being able to use the wood style there are more than one way to have these eyes. But before you start thinking, no I did not steal them it just turns out I am an Uchiha.
"If that's true then why have you not made this knowledge known?" Asked Shino who much like his father was a man of facts.
Yamato nodded as he was also curious. From what the Hokage told him and from what he has read, Naruto's life was hell but with claiming his place as an Uchiha. With only him and Sasuke being the last Uchihas they would have been treated like royalty.
"There are many reasons why, but I can't tell you that just yet. But one day I will explain that part."
Yamato and Shino remained quite at this point taking everything in. Yamato was the first to speak.
"Well Naruto, I will keep your secret, but I will have a word with the Hokage."
"I figured, I'll go with you, Im pretty sure he will call for me either way."
"Very well then. Naruto, Shino and along with Hinata, are now teammates. We will have our first mission tomorrow. You are dissmissed for today."
With the test now over and his stomach growling, Naruto looked at his teammates and his sensei.
"Well I guess I'm hungry . Hey! How about as our first celebration as a team, we get some lunch. We could get it to go and have lunch with Hinata."
"Sounds like a good plan, Shino what about you?"
"My father wanted me home after the exam was done, but I'm sure he wouldn't mind."
"It's decided then, next stop Ichirakus!"
Author's Notes:
There you have it! I apologize for the long wait and I hope I was able to make up for it. My life has been a bit crazy but it's finally back to normal. I hope to update the next chapter sooner and as always don't forget to R&R.
