Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. Here I am again. This one's a little longer than usual but I had some trouble thinking about what and what not to do. Ah well. Don't get used to the special treatment. This happens because of special demand. Well, maybe if you ask nicely.
TWO DAYS LATER
Sakura dashed through the forest, easily outrunning her team-mates and making it to the clearing before them. She was still miffed that she had to join a bunch of youngsters who hadn't even had their first mission yet but she was studying under Anko! She still couldn't believe it! THE Mitarashi Anko! Why the captain of the hunter-nin was suddenly in charge of a genin team she couldn't fathom but Sakura silently thanked the Fortunes for this second chance.
When she heard some light snoring beneath her, she glanced down and saw three genin lying propped up against the tree. Their clothes looked slept in and they were huddled together for warmth. Two boys and one girl, the single kunoichi was propped up between the two boys.
A look of revulsion appeared on her face. Weren't they Naruto's team?
Sweet mother of fuck!, Sakura thought as she gaped at the implications. Naruto's corrupted more of the youth of the village! They're only twelve for goodness' sake. He had committed a terrible crime here and he would answer for it. Wasn't it bad enough that he had seduced Tenten and Hinata to his evil ways? Didn't he flaunt his bawdiness publicly enough already. The stories that were doing the rounds in the village, of what supposedly involved the three lovers made even Kakashi's hair stand on end. Well, maybe that didn't mean much but you had to admit that he looked pretty shocked.
The rest of her all-female genin team had arrived in the clearing by now, panting in exhaustion. The sprint through the rougher parts of Konoha forest was hard but after the Forest of Death, for Sakura, it was like a lazy picnic afternoon. She gestured at them to be silent and pointed down at the pint-sized reprobates.
The first, a black haired genin who always wore a mask revealing nothing but the eyes was only known as Mayumi. No surname or any record of family, she was probably a ward of the state like Naruto. The second, a white-haired, scrawny looking girl who looked ready to collapse was Soshi Uidori. Uidori glared at Sakura and was her number one rival in genjutsu mastery. Mayumi often turned up in the damnedest places, she was the team's resident stealth expert. Sakura wondered what she brought to the team. Probably the muscle, she thought bitterly. It galled her to think that in later missions that she'd have to play the role of the meat tank.
Picking up a large acorn, she cursed the little shitbags for being so much like Naruto and slammed it into the head of a particularly dopey looking boy on the left.
The loud anguished wail woke up the other two genin.
"Itai!", the boy wailed. "It was a trap!"
Sakura sneered. "It wasn't a trap you dumb schmuck. You were caught napping."
A startled gasp behind her made her quickly turn around. Mayumi and Uidori were looking scandalised at her behaviour. Mayumi quickly spoke up,
"Why did you do that? Don't you know who he is?"
"Yeah ", Uidori piped up," He's like the absolutely the hottest guy...."
On the ground, the boy looped his scarf around his neck a bit more and preened.
Sakura stared at the two in disbelief. Idiots, she thought, I'm surrounded by idiots. She gestured to the three below them and made a gagging motion.
"Of course I know who he is", she said testily," he's the cretin who's always following Naruto around..." before Mayumi interrupted.
"Naruto? You know Uzumaki-sama? That's like....sooooooo cool!"
Uidori nodded, excited. "Kawaii! He's so sexy!" was all she said.
Inner Sakura had a heart attack. Outer Sakura didn't look much better. She thought she had a shot at redemption but once again the Fortunes had spat on her once again. On top of everything else, she had a pair of rabid Naruto groupies in her team.
Turning around to face the little perverts once again, she pointed to the leader and spat on the ground. It landed on the girl below, who squawked in indignation. Scrutinising him carefully, she remembered who he was....
"You're the Third Hokage's grandson aren't you? I forget what your name is..."
"UGLY WIDE-FOREHEAD BITCH! I'LL SHOW YOU..." was all he managed before his team mates jumped up and flanked him.
The girl stepped up and stood facing the side with an arm stretched out in front of her.
"Sexiness of an adult, the female ninja from the senior group: Moegi!"
Taking up a position with his arms crossed in front of his face, the second boy, snot flailing from his nose, he declared,
"I like to build model trains: Udon!"
Swirling one of his arms in a circle, the leader struck a heroic pose and made as if to pump the muscle in one of his arms.
"This village's number one tensai ninja: Konohamaru!"
"Together we are the Konohamaru Corps" they chorused, taking up a team pose, sunlight gleaming off their forehead protectors.
Mayumi and Uidori just sighed longingly at Konohamaru.
Sakura wondered if she was dead. Maybe Hinata's punch really had mashed her brain and she was in a coma somewhere. Maybe this was hell. Maybe.
The Konohamaru Corps looked at the ugly-wide-forehead-bitch. She didn't look impressed. They looked at one another and tried another attack. This one always succeeded in eliciting some reaction.
"Team Seven soars into the skies above!" Moegi declared while she thrust a kunai into the air.
"To protect you from the dangers of truth and love!", Udon replied, thrusting out his chest with arms akimbo.
"Team Seven blasts off at the speed of light!", Konohamaru laughed as he took up a central position.
"Now all we'll do is prepare to fight! Fight! Fight!" they sang in unison again.
They looked at each other in silence. Sakura had a blank look that was unnerving them. Udon wet his pants. Konohamaru whispered loudly to Moegi,
"Uh, was that all right?"
According to Sakura's point of view, there was no way that she could be hallucinating this. They were a sick piece of work. It had 'Naruto's influence' written all over it. With that she fled the three aberrations, dragging her team with her before they caught stupidity.
Naruto laughed uproariously as he stepped out from behind a tree. It was a deep belly laugh that made him shake all over. He had to prop himself up with one hand up against a tree to keep from falling down.
"Oyabun! You're late!", Konohamaru shouted at him, pointing an accusing finger. Moegi and Udon nodded as well.
"Hai, hai.....I, er, forgot all about you guys actually. I had to sort out some personal problems. Anyway now that we're here I'm supposed to introduce myself and you to each other but we can skip that crap since we all know each other anyway." He paused for a moment.
"Now I don't know if you're really ready for this you know? So I'm going to propose a little test. Those that fail get sent back to the academy. Great huh? Now follow me to the training grounds." With that he vanished into thin air.
The Konohamaru Corps were speechless. They could be sent back to the academy. They could be utterly humiliated in the eyes of their fans. They had absolutely no idea where Naruto went. Aaaargh!
Naruto was sitting up against a tree near the memorial, idly leafing through a skin mag when three weary, hungry genin staggered into view.
"Well," he drawled," Things aren't looking good for you are they? You guys must really suck eh? You might as well give up on being Hokage after all." Naruto knew he was going overboard with the goading but he wanted to see how much abuse they could take.
"Here's the test", he began to explain to the angry kids," there are these two bells. The goal is to get the two bells before noon. If you don't get a bell, you don't get lunch. In fact, " he gestured to three posts behind him," I'll tie you to a post and eat your lunch in front of you. If you don't get a bell, you fail."
"You'll also have to come at me with intent to kill, otherwise you have no chance at winning. Now begin."
The three vanished.
He snickered. Nothing like tradition, he thought. The Third did this to Jiraiya and Jiraiya in turn trained his dad this way and then to Kakashi and then to him. He was just passing the favour along.
Naruto ran through the streets of Konoha, laughing at his own cleverness. Nobody had said that he had to stay in the training area. It was getting near lunch time and he wanted to go home and see if he could scrounge up some leftovers. He was still trying to get back on the girls' good side but luckily they would be out for today attending to their own charges.
He let himself in and made himself a nice sandwich and began to eat. Getting up, he got a beer from the fridge when Tenten and Hinata walked into the apartment. They appeared to be surprised that Naruto was home at this time. Naruto flushed.
They were all silent for a while. Then they all began to speak at once.
"Naruto I..."
"Hinata-chan, I'm sorry..."
"We're so very...."
They were silent again. The awkwardness of the moment seemed to be stifling them. Then Naruto began to speak again.
"Hinata-chan, Tenten-chan....I want to apologise for what happened yesterday." He was full of remorse and got onto his knees. "It's just that I'm a simple man and don't know a thing about walls or drapes and things but only pretended because I wanted to be there for you. I made a promise to myself that I'd always be there for you when you needed me, even for the smallest things and even if I couldn't understand what was going on, I pretended to at least be interested...." he trailed off.
Hyuuga Hinata and Tenten were walking together, having just been by the markets and were planning a "We're sorry for beating the snot out of you" dinner for Naruto. He had accepted his place on the couch without protest but they knew he felt bad about what he did. He sat in silence at meal-times, not trusting himself to speak or look into their eyes. The people who knew and loved him knew he was in pain, regardless of what face he showed to the world.
They rounded the corner of their block when they saw copies of themselves walk into their apartment. Angry, at what appeared to be more groupies that thought that they could muscle in on their man, Hinata prepared to charge in. Tenten, as usual, held up one hand and suggested stealth. Reaching the door of the apartment which was slightly ajar, they could hear all of Naruto's teary confession.
They smirked.
This was getting interesting.
Across the street, on the side of another building, Rock Lee handed a packet of popcorn to Kakashi and Jiraiya who were also perched on the ledge, each with a telescope. Jiraiya was playing around with the controls of a radio. All of the sounds in Naruto's house could be heard through a hidden wire tap.
They smirked.
This was getting interesting.
"...it's not even all about the sex. It's just like the closeness I can feel in my heart when I'm with you two. The sense of belonging to family. That's what you two are to me: family." Naruto was saying. He was now in tears.
Hinata told him to look up at them.
Tenten said that they forgave him for his sins.
Naruto looked up with love, tears unashamedly shining in his eyes.
Hinata asked him if there was anything that they could do to make it up to him, while unzipping her jacket.
Tenten was already topless and simply smiled at him.
Naruto was ecstatic and pulled off his clothes, throwing them every which way all over the apartment. He started towards the two girls before they exploded into smoke to reveal Konohamaru and Udon. He stopped in shock and then it hit him. He looked behind him and saw Moegi holding the two bells and making a victory sign. The Konohamaru Corps just beamed at him.
"We win!", Konohamaru shouted, leaping for joy," You don't get rid off us that easi - URk!"
Naruto was pissed off and was strangling Konohamaru while Udon looked on in shock. The real Hinata and Tenten decided that was the best time for them to step in.
The two girls walked into the room and dropped their groceries. They feigned astonishment at the naked Naruto who was strangling a young boy while two other kids were huddling in fear in a corner. Naruto turned to face the door and dropped Konohamaru.
He suddenly realized what a compromising position he was in. Alone in his apartment with three minors and was fully intent on killing them in the nude. He could see how this could look bad.
Shikamaru and Chouji came up onto the ledge, bearing more snacks and more importantly, a camcorder.
"Are we late?"
"SHHHHHHH!"
Hinata pretended to frown as she walked up to the suddenly sweating Naruto, while Tenten shooed the scared Team Seven out the door. Inwardly, they were cackling their heads off at the predicament Naruto had gotten himself into this time.
"Hinata-chan, I can explain. It's not what it looks like. I can explain."
She silenced him with a finger pressed to his lips.
Tenten then spoke. "We know, Naruto-kun. We heard everything. We won't make you go through that again. We...we're sorry too. For forcing you. And for reacting so badly. Can you forgive us ?" She stared into his eyes.
Naruto flushed and whispered quietly, "There's nothing to forgive. I'm sorry."
They all smiled. Everything was alright again.
He quickly closed the distance between him and Hinata and stroked her face with the back of his fingers. Slowly drifting his hand towards the nape of her neck, they stepped into each other and he kissed her slowly, deeply, hands travelling down the curve of her spine. Turning to Tenten, she walked towards her lovers and held them both. She lightly nipped the skin of Naruto's throat and took his head in her hands and kissed him, hard.
They all stepped back and took comfort in the nearness of each other.
No words need be said.
They then walked slowly in the bedroom holding hands.
The men clustered on the edge of the building, jumped to their feet.
"Quick! To the bedroom view!"
They jostled each other for the best position while Shikamaru tried to get everything in his camcorder.
Naruto, Hinata and Tenten sat on their bed. They simply sat there, holding each other, caressing each other until the girls broke off. Naruto simply sat there, watching them ever-so-slowly disrobe in front of him. He always loved this part.
He watched in anticipatory silence as Tenten unbuttoned her pink silk sleeveless jacket. She always bound her large breasts tight against her body and he loved to watch them bounce free as she took of her bra. Hinata's were only slightly smaller but seemed to defy gravity. Naruto always loved to cup one in one hand while gently nibbled on the other.
They got up and stood with their pelvises only inches away from his face before they slowly pulled down their pants and underwear. He yearned to lick and suck at their clefts but reined himself in. Naruto knew exactly what they preferred him to do. He would heighten the anticipation, he stuck his hands behind his back.
The two girls, reclined on the pillows, the sunlight shining down on their nude expanses. His eyes traced the contours of their bodies as they lay half-intertwined as they waited for him to join them. These two were no shukujo, no courtly ladies or courtiers. They were battle-hardened shinobi. That made it all the more exciting, every battle-scar, every old wound site, called out to him like a moth to the flame. If anything, they accentuated their beauty. Hinata had draped her head back to kiss Tenten's shoulder while Tenten licked her lips provocatively at him. He got on all fours, slowly stalking towards them, running his hands over their legs, his mouth over their flanks as he neared towards them. They shivered in pleasure as his rapidly darting tongue lightly probed their nooks and crannies, their deep depressions, his hands deftly but gently caressing them until he became face to face with the two loves of his life. Reaching over to the window, he pulled the newly installed curtains shut.
Five men snorted in disgust.
"AAAAAWWWWWWWWWW"