(there may be a few errors)
Key
"words"= talking
'words'=thinking
(words)=authors notes/my thoughts
*words*=actions (e.g. *cough*, *gasp*, *huff*, *puff*)
*= look at the bottom
Kakashi pushed a twig aside, striding into the opening. Just before he lead Naruto out of the thicket he let go of the end and it swung back like a slingshot right into Naruto's face. *Thwack*
"Yow! Kakashi-sensei! What was that for?!" asked Naruto, furiously rubbing his nose.
Kakashi just smiled and tousled Naruto's hair. "I'm just fooling with you."
"Kakashi-sensei," Naruto dropped his shoulders, "you don't have to do this extra training if you don't want to."
"What are you talking about?! This is fun to me! Besides, you'll need to be prepared for the Chuunin pre-test." Kakashi laughed
"You have a point but...." Naruto shuffled over to a bench and sat down, "I don't think I can do this."
Kakashi was taken aback. "What?! How could you feel that way?! You're one of the best students I've ever had!"
"You've only had two other students."
Kakashi was silent.
Naruto changed the subject. "How.... how do you feel about this?"
"What?" but he knew very well. "What thing?"
"You know damn well, sensei!" Naruto yelled, furiously.
"You're right. I do, and I feel absolutely normal about it. Why can't you?" Kakashi actually sounded concerned.
"There's more to being a shinobi than that! But by senses are telling me otherwise." Naruto slammed his fist on his knee. "I can't do this! I'm being torn apart! Half my body is focused on this, and half is focused on proving myself."
"I felt exactly like that at one point." Kakashi let his head fall. "It took me so long to find a way to fix it. But I did it, and believe you me, you can too."
"But how Kakashi-sensei?!"
"Once you accomplish one of them, the other will come right along as if nothing happened." Kakashi chuckled under his mask. "Those two worlds can't exist as two halves of a whole. You need to learn how cope with that."
The voice came out of nowhere, "Are you ready?" Wind began to blow from the south. Naruto shielded his eyes from the sand being kicked up by the wind. Like lightning, four men in cloaks appeared in front of the bench with Kakashi on his knees in front. They seemed to have no faces. One of them placed a kunai to his neck. "Very touching Kakashi, but you'll be dead if you continue like this." The pressure increased on Kakashi's neck. The middle one pointed a knife- like finger at Naruto. "You," he said "We have a job for you!"
Sasuke bashed the mystery man a good twenty feet away, "Give up! I don't have time for you!" he released his grip on that mans' accomplices throat.
The one who was knocked away stood up and bowed. "Uchiha Sasuke, you pass."
Sasuke grinned in triumph. "That's what I thought." And he walked away.
Naruto ran as fast as his body could allow it. 'This mission couldn't be too hard could it? All I have to do is sneak in Hokage's house and steal the secret manuscripts that saved Konohagakure to save my sensei and insure my passing to the Chuunin shinobi level. Not too hard right?' Naruto tried to fool himself on purpose. He knew he couldn't do it, but it was at least worth a try.
Naruto used the rooftops; not as conspicuous; right? If he were to fall, he would die, right? If he got the manuscript, they would let Kakashi go, right? 'That bastard's probably in the whole conspiracy!'
He reached the center intersection. The streets were unusually deserted. Naruto skidded to a right turn, almost falling into a gutter. His ears picked up a sound to the east; right where he was going. He pulled his speed up a notch.
When Naruto went four blocks, the sound then came a bit to the south. He couldn't spare a second of time.... but the people were only a few meters away. "Damn it." Naruto whispered to himself, turning towards the woods.
"Where is he?" the cloaked stranger spat.
"I don't know!" Hinata gasped for air.
The stranger plunged Hinata's face into the stream once more, almost enjoying himself. He withdrew Hinata, holding onto her hair. "I'll say it once more.... where is that demon boy?!"
Hinata gulped and shook her head, "I don't know!"
"Hey, Kaine, don't you think that's enough?"
"Shut up, Ruijuro!" Kaine roared as he shoved Hinata face into the stream again. "Tell me, brat!!"
Hinata forced herself up and yanked free. "I'm telling you! I don't know where Naruto is!"
"Oh, so his name is Naruto, eh?" smirked the faceless man.
Hinata knew she just made a terrible mistake.
"Yeah, my name is Naruto! Uzumaki Naruto! I'm going to be Hokage one day! And I'll destroy anyone in my path," Naruto pointed at Kaine, "like you."
Naruto leapt down next to the stream in front of Hinata.
"This little shrimp thinks he can defeat me!" Kaine laughed like a hyena.
"That's right." Naruto turned around to Hinata to help her up. "Go on.... get out of here. Meet me at Hokage's house."
Hinata shook her head. "No. This is my test. I need to pass it."
Naruto ignored her ignorance. (Odd.)
Kaine continued laughing. Finally, he said, "Come on shorty! Come over here and beat me."
"I'm not sure you want me to do that." Naruto smirked.
Kaine stopped his laughing. "Just try me little fox!" Kaine sprang forward and caught Naruto right in the stomach. Kaine smiled at his victory. Suddenly, Naruto disappeared in a cloud of smoke.
Two bodies slammed into Kaine from behind, and grabbed hold of him, immobilizing him.
The main body Naruto leapt out of the river. "Fool! What an amateur trick!" Naruto landed and spread his feet apart.
Slowly, his right hand went down, and his left hand supported it.
Kaine's eyes grew wide. "Isn't that...."
The electric discharge from Naruto's hand made Hinata jump. He extended his palm towards his adversary as he bolted forward. Naruto drew closer and closer. Five meters. Two meters. One meter.
"Naruto-kun!" Hinata held his arm back. "Please. Don't"
"Hinata! Let go! He almost killed you!" Naruto tried to pry free, but he couldn't. The other half of his body couldn't do it. Kakashi-sensei was right. Those two halves couldn't exist as one whole.
Naruto loosened his grip on his chakra and stood up, as if nothing happened. His doppelgangers disappeared in smoke and Naruto walked away.
He heard Ruijuro say, "That's some kid."
Naruto pressed against the window of Hokage's house, waiting for the right moment. Security tightened thanks to the Chuunin Exams. No one wanted the host to get hurt. Hinata reached to Naruto.
He jumped. "Jeez, don't do that." He whispered. "This is going to be harder than I thought." Naruto paused for a long time. It finally dawned on him. "Right. Okay, Hinata, I need you to create a distraction right here." He pointed a finger at the window. "Then I'll sneak by him and grab the scroll."
Hinata nodded.
"I can't believe I'm dragging you into this." Naruto gritted his teeth in a unseen pain.
"What is it?"
"It's nothing. I need to focus on this. It's time to make the distraction." Naruto extended his hand to Hinata. She shook it.
"Do your best." And Naruto was gone up and over the roof to the other side.
Hinata spied him through another window. He was giving her the thumbs- up sign.
Hinata smashed her foot on a tile making it slip and crash to the streets. The ANBU turned, alarmed and saw Hinata trying to "get away".
"Hey! YOU!" The ANBU sped to the window and grabbed Hinata by the collar. "What are you doing here?!"
Naruto took his chance. He bolted in the house and made for the scroll room. His boots made a pretty loud noise on the wood floor. The ANBU turned his attention to Naruto, dropping Hinata. "GET BACK HERE!!!"
Of course, Naruto paid no attention. His mind was all focused on the scroll. For Kakashi-sensei. Something suddenly obstructed his foot's path and he tumbling. The ANBU caught up with him.
The ANBU picked him up by the forearm. "What are you doing?!"
Naruto flipped upside-down and gave the ANBU a full force kick to the face. He recoiled in pain as his hand shot to his temple.
"HINATA! GET THE MANUSCRIPT!!!" Naruto barked.
The ANBU (let's call him Zanha) smiled and created a doppelganger. This one was flesh blood. "You can't get past two of me."
"I can't" Naruto said, "But we can! Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!!" Seven doppelgangers appeared and lurched at Zanha. "Die!!"
Hinata slipped past them to the scroll room. She went under the door frame and gaped at the huge shelf of makimono. "My god...." she whispered.
Naruto took a punch to the face. "Hinata! Don't fool around!!" He dodged another kick and vaulted over Zanha, knocking him to the ground. In mid-air, he withdrew his kunai and shoved it into Zanha's foot when he hit the ground.
"HIANTA!!" Naruto screamed at the top of his lungs avoiding Zanha at all costs.
"What's it look like?!"
"It's got a tan body with a red line on the ends. It's the biggest one!" Naruto ducked under the kunai thrown at him. When he came up, Zanha jabbed to face, but Naruto dodged to the right, grabbed his forearm, and smashed his own forearm into Zanha's elbow joint.
Zanha let out a wail of pain. "I'm gonna kill you!" he bellowed examining his shattered elbow.
"I found it Naruto-kun!" Hinata exclaimed, strapping it across her back.
"Good, now let's get out of here!!" Naruto delivered a side kick to Zanha's ribcage and leapt out the window. Hinata followed suit.
"Stay here Hinata." Naruto said, holding his shoulder. "These aren't the nicest of guys."
Hinata did as she was told and stayed.
Naruto entered the clearing and didn't like what he saw.
Key
"words"= talking
'words'=thinking
(words)=authors notes/my thoughts
*words*=actions (e.g. *cough*, *gasp*, *huff*, *puff*)
*= look at the bottom
Kakashi pushed a twig aside, striding into the opening. Just before he lead Naruto out of the thicket he let go of the end and it swung back like a slingshot right into Naruto's face. *Thwack*
"Yow! Kakashi-sensei! What was that for?!" asked Naruto, furiously rubbing his nose.
Kakashi just smiled and tousled Naruto's hair. "I'm just fooling with you."
"Kakashi-sensei," Naruto dropped his shoulders, "you don't have to do this extra training if you don't want to."
"What are you talking about?! This is fun to me! Besides, you'll need to be prepared for the Chuunin pre-test." Kakashi laughed
"You have a point but...." Naruto shuffled over to a bench and sat down, "I don't think I can do this."
Kakashi was taken aback. "What?! How could you feel that way?! You're one of the best students I've ever had!"
"You've only had two other students."
Kakashi was silent.
Naruto changed the subject. "How.... how do you feel about this?"
"What?" but he knew very well. "What thing?"
"You know damn well, sensei!" Naruto yelled, furiously.
"You're right. I do, and I feel absolutely normal about it. Why can't you?" Kakashi actually sounded concerned.
"There's more to being a shinobi than that! But by senses are telling me otherwise." Naruto slammed his fist on his knee. "I can't do this! I'm being torn apart! Half my body is focused on this, and half is focused on proving myself."
"I felt exactly like that at one point." Kakashi let his head fall. "It took me so long to find a way to fix it. But I did it, and believe you me, you can too."
"But how Kakashi-sensei?!"
"Once you accomplish one of them, the other will come right along as if nothing happened." Kakashi chuckled under his mask. "Those two worlds can't exist as two halves of a whole. You need to learn how cope with that."
The voice came out of nowhere, "Are you ready?" Wind began to blow from the south. Naruto shielded his eyes from the sand being kicked up by the wind. Like lightning, four men in cloaks appeared in front of the bench with Kakashi on his knees in front. They seemed to have no faces. One of them placed a kunai to his neck. "Very touching Kakashi, but you'll be dead if you continue like this." The pressure increased on Kakashi's neck. The middle one pointed a knife- like finger at Naruto. "You," he said "We have a job for you!"
Sasuke bashed the mystery man a good twenty feet away, "Give up! I don't have time for you!" he released his grip on that mans' accomplices throat.
The one who was knocked away stood up and bowed. "Uchiha Sasuke, you pass."
Sasuke grinned in triumph. "That's what I thought." And he walked away.
Naruto ran as fast as his body could allow it. 'This mission couldn't be too hard could it? All I have to do is sneak in Hokage's house and steal the secret manuscripts that saved Konohagakure to save my sensei and insure my passing to the Chuunin shinobi level. Not too hard right?' Naruto tried to fool himself on purpose. He knew he couldn't do it, but it was at least worth a try.
Naruto used the rooftops; not as conspicuous; right? If he were to fall, he would die, right? If he got the manuscript, they would let Kakashi go, right? 'That bastard's probably in the whole conspiracy!'
He reached the center intersection. The streets were unusually deserted. Naruto skidded to a right turn, almost falling into a gutter. His ears picked up a sound to the east; right where he was going. He pulled his speed up a notch.
When Naruto went four blocks, the sound then came a bit to the south. He couldn't spare a second of time.... but the people were only a few meters away. "Damn it." Naruto whispered to himself, turning towards the woods.
"Where is he?" the cloaked stranger spat.
"I don't know!" Hinata gasped for air.
The stranger plunged Hinata's face into the stream once more, almost enjoying himself. He withdrew Hinata, holding onto her hair. "I'll say it once more.... where is that demon boy?!"
Hinata gulped and shook her head, "I don't know!"
"Hey, Kaine, don't you think that's enough?"
"Shut up, Ruijuro!" Kaine roared as he shoved Hinata face into the stream again. "Tell me, brat!!"
Hinata forced herself up and yanked free. "I'm telling you! I don't know where Naruto is!"
"Oh, so his name is Naruto, eh?" smirked the faceless man.
Hinata knew she just made a terrible mistake.
"Yeah, my name is Naruto! Uzumaki Naruto! I'm going to be Hokage one day! And I'll destroy anyone in my path," Naruto pointed at Kaine, "like you."
Naruto leapt down next to the stream in front of Hinata.
"This little shrimp thinks he can defeat me!" Kaine laughed like a hyena.
"That's right." Naruto turned around to Hinata to help her up. "Go on.... get out of here. Meet me at Hokage's house."
Hinata shook her head. "No. This is my test. I need to pass it."
Naruto ignored her ignorance. (Odd.)
Kaine continued laughing. Finally, he said, "Come on shorty! Come over here and beat me."
"I'm not sure you want me to do that." Naruto smirked.
Kaine stopped his laughing. "Just try me little fox!" Kaine sprang forward and caught Naruto right in the stomach. Kaine smiled at his victory. Suddenly, Naruto disappeared in a cloud of smoke.
Two bodies slammed into Kaine from behind, and grabbed hold of him, immobilizing him.
The main body Naruto leapt out of the river. "Fool! What an amateur trick!" Naruto landed and spread his feet apart.
Slowly, his right hand went down, and his left hand supported it.
Kaine's eyes grew wide. "Isn't that...."
The electric discharge from Naruto's hand made Hinata jump. He extended his palm towards his adversary as he bolted forward. Naruto drew closer and closer. Five meters. Two meters. One meter.
"Naruto-kun!" Hinata held his arm back. "Please. Don't"
"Hinata! Let go! He almost killed you!" Naruto tried to pry free, but he couldn't. The other half of his body couldn't do it. Kakashi-sensei was right. Those two halves couldn't exist as one whole.
Naruto loosened his grip on his chakra and stood up, as if nothing happened. His doppelgangers disappeared in smoke and Naruto walked away.
He heard Ruijuro say, "That's some kid."
Naruto pressed against the window of Hokage's house, waiting for the right moment. Security tightened thanks to the Chuunin Exams. No one wanted the host to get hurt. Hinata reached to Naruto.
He jumped. "Jeez, don't do that." He whispered. "This is going to be harder than I thought." Naruto paused for a long time. It finally dawned on him. "Right. Okay, Hinata, I need you to create a distraction right here." He pointed a finger at the window. "Then I'll sneak by him and grab the scroll."
Hinata nodded.
"I can't believe I'm dragging you into this." Naruto gritted his teeth in a unseen pain.
"What is it?"
"It's nothing. I need to focus on this. It's time to make the distraction." Naruto extended his hand to Hinata. She shook it.
"Do your best." And Naruto was gone up and over the roof to the other side.
Hinata spied him through another window. He was giving her the thumbs- up sign.
Hinata smashed her foot on a tile making it slip and crash to the streets. The ANBU turned, alarmed and saw Hinata trying to "get away".
"Hey! YOU!" The ANBU sped to the window and grabbed Hinata by the collar. "What are you doing here?!"
Naruto took his chance. He bolted in the house and made for the scroll room. His boots made a pretty loud noise on the wood floor. The ANBU turned his attention to Naruto, dropping Hinata. "GET BACK HERE!!!"
Of course, Naruto paid no attention. His mind was all focused on the scroll. For Kakashi-sensei. Something suddenly obstructed his foot's path and he tumbling. The ANBU caught up with him.
The ANBU picked him up by the forearm. "What are you doing?!"
Naruto flipped upside-down and gave the ANBU a full force kick to the face. He recoiled in pain as his hand shot to his temple.
"HINATA! GET THE MANUSCRIPT!!!" Naruto barked.
The ANBU (let's call him Zanha) smiled and created a doppelganger. This one was flesh blood. "You can't get past two of me."
"I can't" Naruto said, "But we can! Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!!" Seven doppelgangers appeared and lurched at Zanha. "Die!!"
Hinata slipped past them to the scroll room. She went under the door frame and gaped at the huge shelf of makimono. "My god...." she whispered.
Naruto took a punch to the face. "Hinata! Don't fool around!!" He dodged another kick and vaulted over Zanha, knocking him to the ground. In mid-air, he withdrew his kunai and shoved it into Zanha's foot when he hit the ground.
"HIANTA!!" Naruto screamed at the top of his lungs avoiding Zanha at all costs.
"What's it look like?!"
"It's got a tan body with a red line on the ends. It's the biggest one!" Naruto ducked under the kunai thrown at him. When he came up, Zanha jabbed to face, but Naruto dodged to the right, grabbed his forearm, and smashed his own forearm into Zanha's elbow joint.
Zanha let out a wail of pain. "I'm gonna kill you!" he bellowed examining his shattered elbow.
"I found it Naruto-kun!" Hinata exclaimed, strapping it across her back.
"Good, now let's get out of here!!" Naruto delivered a side kick to Zanha's ribcage and leapt out the window. Hinata followed suit.
"Stay here Hinata." Naruto said, holding his shoulder. "These aren't the nicest of guys."
Hinata did as she was told and stayed.
Naruto entered the clearing and didn't like what he saw.