I don't own Naruto or any of its characters.
Pairings: Naruto x Sakura and others
Info: This story follows after Sasuke left leaf to join Orochimaru. Naruto and gang manage to get him back and I'm taking it from there.
English is not my first language; please inform me if there are any mistakes I'll correct them.
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The 3 genins entered the forest. Not knowing who was after them for their scrolls. But to them at this point it did not matter, as they have already seen and been through too much.
Once entering the forest, the 3 of them made their way deeper into the forest looking for their prey, as every team was released at the same time but in different parts of the forest. As they made their way through the forest. They felt a presence following them; they immediately hid them selves up in the trees waiting for the other group to show themselves.
"Sasuke Kun do you think that's its our hunter?" asked sakura
"I'm not sure, but it could be them." Answered Sasuke
"Don't worry its not them. Lets go greet them." Said Naruto
Before Sasuke could stop him Naruto jumped out of the tree to the ground below just as the other team made their way from the clearing. It was Neji, lee and Tenten.
Upon seeing this, Sasuke and sakura also came out of hiding to ask why they were following them.
"Hey Lee, what's up?" asked Naruto
"Hi Naruto kun, I see your still here with your scrolls." Replied Lee
Neji and Tenten just nodded a greeting to Naruto while their eyes looked at Sasuke and sakura.
"Why are you following us?" Asked Sasuke
"My my, straight to the point aren't you." replied Neji
" I don't lie uninvited guest. Now answer my question." Growled Sasuke "We just wanted to team up with you for the hunt. And we also wanted to talk to Naruto. He has been gone for a while and I have a few things to talk to him. Plus it would do both our team some good as we will learn from each other." Said Neji
Sasuke did not like it, but Naruto, sakura and Lee forced him to agree. He was in no mood to argue, plus he wanted to see how the reputed Hyuga Neji fought. So he agreed.
"Naruto, I heard you were training with Jiraiya Sama. How much stronger are you now?" asked Neji
"Ah, I have not changed much. I just learned some jutsu's here and there. What about you?"
"I have been training so that I an defeat you. This time I will not be burdened by the Hyuga fate when I fight you." commented Neji
Naruto just gave one of his foxy grins at Neji. Tenten still could not believe that Naruto once beat Neji. In her mind she kept telling herself that Naruto won by luck. Lee on the other hand was trying to get sakura on a date, but she kept refusing him telling him she already loves someone else. The moment she said that she looked at Naruto, but she kept telling herself that she loved Sasuke. Sasuke however kept looking at Naruto wondering what he and Neji were talking about. He had heard that Naruto beat Neji in the previous exams, but he did not understand as to why Neji would want to waste time by talking to someone like Naruto.
Soon they all realized that there were people hiding in the bushes waiting for them. All of them without wasting time took up their fighting positions ready for whoever it is that was there.
"Come out we know you are there." Yelled Sasuke
Immediately 3 figures jumped out of the bushes, Sasuke could not believe their luck. It was their prey.
"Haha. It's the dead lasts group. Said the apparent leader of the group. Sasuke recognized the boy as a previous classmate from the academy.
"Who you calling dead last, you asshole." Growled Naruto
" I don't see anyone here who qualifies here for that title other than you." the boy said while pointing his finger at Naruto, while his 2 other teammates laughed.
Before Naruto could lash out again, Sasuke interrupted.
"You know, we are supposed to hunt down your team for your scroll. You got some nerve showing your selves to us."
"Ah that. Well we just wanted to see if the freaky eyed boy there was the team we are supposed to hunt. As for your team we have no worries. You might be a Uchiha but to us you're still a genins. Plus you have Naruto on your team how much help can he be." Replied the boy
He then asked Neji what number scroll he had. Neji happily told him hoping that team was really their hunters. He would love to have thought them some manners for looking down on him. But they were not their hunters. Neji then said they would withdraw while team 7 fought for their scrolls. Upon saying that Neji, Tenten and Lee jumped away giving team 7 the room they needed to fight.
"Well I guess now we are going to have to fight you." said the leader of the other team
"You guessed right." Replied Sasuke.
With that said Sasuke rushed up towards the leader of the other group while the second male member of the group targeted sakura. She too began fighting with him although she looked like she was facing some troubles. Naruto was left with the female member of the other team.
'Man why did I have to get the girl?' Naruto thought to himself
"Hey Naruto. Don't be mad if you get beat by a girl."
Naruto just smirked at the remark. He then took a fighting stance while waiting for her to make her move. He could have easily defeated her. But he wanted her to at least make a move before he attacked. At least she would not lose so miserably.
The girl them made her move. She took out some kunai's and threw them at Naruto. He easily dogged them, he was wondering if this was all she had. While he was dreaming Neji, Tenten and lee we watching as to how Naruto would fight the girl. Naruto was dodging every attack the girl threw at him with ease. Neji knew that Naruto was toying with the girl.
All of a sudden the girl started to perform some hand seals. Naruto immediately jumped back to a safe distance, waiting for whatever she was going to throw at him.
"cyclone of pain." The girl said as she finished her hand seals.
Naruto looked and saw that a multitude of. Kunai's, needles and knives were heading towards him from every direction in the form of a tornado. Neji wondered how Naruto would deal with this. As the only way Neji could think of at the moment was kaiten.
Naruto however just smiled and looked at Neji, as if to tell him to watch him closely.
"Blood Wave!" all of a sudden a huge wave of read chakra exploded from Naruto creating and envelope of protection around him, while 9 tails of chakra were waving around pushing away everything it touched.
Immediately all of the weapons that were heading towards him were thrown away and Naruto just stood there smiling.
Neji, lee and Tenten could not believe what they saw. Naruto had an absolute defense like Neji and Gaara. But most of all it was powerful.very powerful.
Naruto undid his barrier while walking towards the now shocked girl. He just tapped her neck and she passed out. He grabbed her by the waist and sees her down against a nearby tree. Naruto then proceeded to look up at Neji and gave him a victory sign with is hand.
Naruto then made his way towards a struggling sakura. She was now pinned against a tree with her opponent sending blasts of wind towards her. She was getting beat up pretty badly when Naruto arrived. Naruto immediately went towards her attacker and kicked him from underneath.
The boy quickly regained his composure and stood firmly on the ground again awaiting Naruto's next move. But to his surprise Naruto was nowhere to be seen. The boy started to look around for Naruto, as sakura was not a threat as she was too injured to pose a threat. He was trying to sense Naruto's chakra when all of a sudden.
"Water cannon jutsu." Said Naruto
A huge blast of water came charging toward the boy. He tried to block the attack but it proved to strong for him. He was pushed back against a huge rock, which made the attack more devastating as it pushed him back against the rock with such impact; it broke one arm and dislocated another. The boy was looking up at Naruto before he passed out. He was wondering one thing. How did Naruto manage to create a water-based jutsu with out water around. He could not have summoned up water, could he? He is just a genin. He is not strong enough. Before he passed out. Sasuke was staring down at Naruto's attack with wonder and envy. Even he could not perform a water jutsu without any water present. Clearly Naruto had become stronger. But the question was, how much stronger.
Neji, Lee and Tenten could not believe how much Naruto had grown in such a short period. But what Neji wondered more was about the. Red chakra that Naruto used for his defensive technique. It was the same chakra that Naruto used in the previous exam. The same red chakra that defeated him. Neji was now determined to find out what that chakra was.
Naruto was now helping sakura up and checking her injuries. She insisted she was fine and Naruto decided that that was not a valid excuse, so he decided to carry her on his back. Sasuke was still playing the cold bastard, although inside he was relieved that both of teammates were safe. Neji and his team said their good byes as they still had not gotten their scrolls yet so they parted ways for a while until the next test. Sasuke was checking to see if the scroll they got was indeed the ones they were after. Confirming it he made the decision to go to the tower in order to completer this part of the test. His argument was that their hunters were still out there and they should try to finish this test as soon as they can. Sakura agreed to this, but Naruto was sulking as he wanted some more action. The previous fight was not even a suitable warm up for him. But he agreed with Sasuke as he wanted to get Sakura's injuries treated. Naruto could have easily healed Sakura's injuries with his chakra. But he did not want to show his true powers just yet. Soon they made their way towards the tower. Even though the only thing they had to worry was their hunter team, the tower was still half a day walk from where they stood, and in Sasuke's mind it would be bad if someone decided to attack them in their "weakened state".
Sakura was still insisting to Naruto that she was fine enough to walk, but Naruto told her to keep quiet and enjoy the ride. Sakura was blushing as Naruto carried her on his back. His back was so masculine for a 13 year old. She could feel the contours of his muscles through his jacket. She was also enjoying the smell of Naruto's hair. It was the smell of grass with a hint of ramen. She chuckled as she knew Naruto loved ramen and it was no surprise that he would smell like it. But what surprised her the most was, the fact that she was not complaining that Sasuke was not carrying her. In fact Sasuke was not even in her mind at all. Even during her fight, all she could think about when she was getting beat up was Naruto to come and save her. Just like how he promised, and just like he said he came and rescued her. She kept smiling and thinking about Naruto before she fell sound a sleep on her saviors back..
Pairings: Naruto x Sakura and others
Info: This story follows after Sasuke left leaf to join Orochimaru. Naruto and gang manage to get him back and I'm taking it from there.
English is not my first language; please inform me if there are any mistakes I'll correct them.
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The 3 genins entered the forest. Not knowing who was after them for their scrolls. But to them at this point it did not matter, as they have already seen and been through too much.
Once entering the forest, the 3 of them made their way deeper into the forest looking for their prey, as every team was released at the same time but in different parts of the forest. As they made their way through the forest. They felt a presence following them; they immediately hid them selves up in the trees waiting for the other group to show themselves.
"Sasuke Kun do you think that's its our hunter?" asked sakura
"I'm not sure, but it could be them." Answered Sasuke
"Don't worry its not them. Lets go greet them." Said Naruto
Before Sasuke could stop him Naruto jumped out of the tree to the ground below just as the other team made their way from the clearing. It was Neji, lee and Tenten.
Upon seeing this, Sasuke and sakura also came out of hiding to ask why they were following them.
"Hey Lee, what's up?" asked Naruto
"Hi Naruto kun, I see your still here with your scrolls." Replied Lee
Neji and Tenten just nodded a greeting to Naruto while their eyes looked at Sasuke and sakura.
"Why are you following us?" Asked Sasuke
"My my, straight to the point aren't you." replied Neji
" I don't lie uninvited guest. Now answer my question." Growled Sasuke "We just wanted to team up with you for the hunt. And we also wanted to talk to Naruto. He has been gone for a while and I have a few things to talk to him. Plus it would do both our team some good as we will learn from each other." Said Neji
Sasuke did not like it, but Naruto, sakura and Lee forced him to agree. He was in no mood to argue, plus he wanted to see how the reputed Hyuga Neji fought. So he agreed.
"Naruto, I heard you were training with Jiraiya Sama. How much stronger are you now?" asked Neji
"Ah, I have not changed much. I just learned some jutsu's here and there. What about you?"
"I have been training so that I an defeat you. This time I will not be burdened by the Hyuga fate when I fight you." commented Neji
Naruto just gave one of his foxy grins at Neji. Tenten still could not believe that Naruto once beat Neji. In her mind she kept telling herself that Naruto won by luck. Lee on the other hand was trying to get sakura on a date, but she kept refusing him telling him she already loves someone else. The moment she said that she looked at Naruto, but she kept telling herself that she loved Sasuke. Sasuke however kept looking at Naruto wondering what he and Neji were talking about. He had heard that Naruto beat Neji in the previous exams, but he did not understand as to why Neji would want to waste time by talking to someone like Naruto.
Soon they all realized that there were people hiding in the bushes waiting for them. All of them without wasting time took up their fighting positions ready for whoever it is that was there.
"Come out we know you are there." Yelled Sasuke
Immediately 3 figures jumped out of the bushes, Sasuke could not believe their luck. It was their prey.
"Haha. It's the dead lasts group. Said the apparent leader of the group. Sasuke recognized the boy as a previous classmate from the academy.
"Who you calling dead last, you asshole." Growled Naruto
" I don't see anyone here who qualifies here for that title other than you." the boy said while pointing his finger at Naruto, while his 2 other teammates laughed.
Before Naruto could lash out again, Sasuke interrupted.
"You know, we are supposed to hunt down your team for your scroll. You got some nerve showing your selves to us."
"Ah that. Well we just wanted to see if the freaky eyed boy there was the team we are supposed to hunt. As for your team we have no worries. You might be a Uchiha but to us you're still a genins. Plus you have Naruto on your team how much help can he be." Replied the boy
He then asked Neji what number scroll he had. Neji happily told him hoping that team was really their hunters. He would love to have thought them some manners for looking down on him. But they were not their hunters. Neji then said they would withdraw while team 7 fought for their scrolls. Upon saying that Neji, Tenten and Lee jumped away giving team 7 the room they needed to fight.
"Well I guess now we are going to have to fight you." said the leader of the other team
"You guessed right." Replied Sasuke.
With that said Sasuke rushed up towards the leader of the other group while the second male member of the group targeted sakura. She too began fighting with him although she looked like she was facing some troubles. Naruto was left with the female member of the other team.
'Man why did I have to get the girl?' Naruto thought to himself
"Hey Naruto. Don't be mad if you get beat by a girl."
Naruto just smirked at the remark. He then took a fighting stance while waiting for her to make her move. He could have easily defeated her. But he wanted her to at least make a move before he attacked. At least she would not lose so miserably.
The girl them made her move. She took out some kunai's and threw them at Naruto. He easily dogged them, he was wondering if this was all she had. While he was dreaming Neji, Tenten and lee we watching as to how Naruto would fight the girl. Naruto was dodging every attack the girl threw at him with ease. Neji knew that Naruto was toying with the girl.
All of a sudden the girl started to perform some hand seals. Naruto immediately jumped back to a safe distance, waiting for whatever she was going to throw at him.
"cyclone of pain." The girl said as she finished her hand seals.
Naruto looked and saw that a multitude of. Kunai's, needles and knives were heading towards him from every direction in the form of a tornado. Neji wondered how Naruto would deal with this. As the only way Neji could think of at the moment was kaiten.
Naruto however just smiled and looked at Neji, as if to tell him to watch him closely.
"Blood Wave!" all of a sudden a huge wave of read chakra exploded from Naruto creating and envelope of protection around him, while 9 tails of chakra were waving around pushing away everything it touched.
Immediately all of the weapons that were heading towards him were thrown away and Naruto just stood there smiling.
Neji, lee and Tenten could not believe what they saw. Naruto had an absolute defense like Neji and Gaara. But most of all it was powerful.very powerful.
Naruto undid his barrier while walking towards the now shocked girl. He just tapped her neck and she passed out. He grabbed her by the waist and sees her down against a nearby tree. Naruto then proceeded to look up at Neji and gave him a victory sign with is hand.
Naruto then made his way towards a struggling sakura. She was now pinned against a tree with her opponent sending blasts of wind towards her. She was getting beat up pretty badly when Naruto arrived. Naruto immediately went towards her attacker and kicked him from underneath.
The boy quickly regained his composure and stood firmly on the ground again awaiting Naruto's next move. But to his surprise Naruto was nowhere to be seen. The boy started to look around for Naruto, as sakura was not a threat as she was too injured to pose a threat. He was trying to sense Naruto's chakra when all of a sudden.
"Water cannon jutsu." Said Naruto
A huge blast of water came charging toward the boy. He tried to block the attack but it proved to strong for him. He was pushed back against a huge rock, which made the attack more devastating as it pushed him back against the rock with such impact; it broke one arm and dislocated another. The boy was looking up at Naruto before he passed out. He was wondering one thing. How did Naruto manage to create a water-based jutsu with out water around. He could not have summoned up water, could he? He is just a genin. He is not strong enough. Before he passed out. Sasuke was staring down at Naruto's attack with wonder and envy. Even he could not perform a water jutsu without any water present. Clearly Naruto had become stronger. But the question was, how much stronger.
Neji, Lee and Tenten could not believe how much Naruto had grown in such a short period. But what Neji wondered more was about the. Red chakra that Naruto used for his defensive technique. It was the same chakra that Naruto used in the previous exam. The same red chakra that defeated him. Neji was now determined to find out what that chakra was.
Naruto was now helping sakura up and checking her injuries. She insisted she was fine and Naruto decided that that was not a valid excuse, so he decided to carry her on his back. Sasuke was still playing the cold bastard, although inside he was relieved that both of teammates were safe. Neji and his team said their good byes as they still had not gotten their scrolls yet so they parted ways for a while until the next test. Sasuke was checking to see if the scroll they got was indeed the ones they were after. Confirming it he made the decision to go to the tower in order to completer this part of the test. His argument was that their hunters were still out there and they should try to finish this test as soon as they can. Sakura agreed to this, but Naruto was sulking as he wanted some more action. The previous fight was not even a suitable warm up for him. But he agreed with Sasuke as he wanted to get Sakura's injuries treated. Naruto could have easily healed Sakura's injuries with his chakra. But he did not want to show his true powers just yet. Soon they made their way towards the tower. Even though the only thing they had to worry was their hunter team, the tower was still half a day walk from where they stood, and in Sasuke's mind it would be bad if someone decided to attack them in their "weakened state".
Sakura was still insisting to Naruto that she was fine enough to walk, but Naruto told her to keep quiet and enjoy the ride. Sakura was blushing as Naruto carried her on his back. His back was so masculine for a 13 year old. She could feel the contours of his muscles through his jacket. She was also enjoying the smell of Naruto's hair. It was the smell of grass with a hint of ramen. She chuckled as she knew Naruto loved ramen and it was no surprise that he would smell like it. But what surprised her the most was, the fact that she was not complaining that Sasuke was not carrying her. In fact Sasuke was not even in her mind at all. Even during her fight, all she could think about when she was getting beat up was Naruto to come and save her. Just like how he promised, and just like he said he came and rescued her. She kept smiling and thinking about Naruto before she fell sound a sleep on her saviors back..