I am VERY sorry for being a pain in the ass. I have actually been trying to get this onto the site, but something kept me from logging in every time I tried. In fact, I went around to a lot of your stories, faithful reviewers, and it wouldn't even let me review anything. Sorry. I've had thischapter done for a week now. Anyways, here it is. There isn't much in here, so you've waited for just about nuthin'.
"Ready or not-HERE WE COME!"
The ten Narutos made their quick assault on Kakashi. Sure he had his Sharingan eye, but he knew he was hopeless if forced to just sit there and wait. He jumped straight up as he threw two kunai as fast as he could. Both struck fatally, and two Doppelgangers disappeared into smoke.
Eight left, he thought. Landing on a tree branch above, he jumped right back down at another set of clones. He swiped with a kunai in one hand while karate chopping with the other. He took down another two clones effortlessly as they jumped at him, again only blowing up into smoke remains.
One tackled him from behind, but a well placed roll and spin maneuver had him favoring the grapple, and he drove the kunai into the clone's chest. A total of five Narutos were dead.
He stood straight hen he realized something was obviously the matter. Naruto was tougher than this, a lot. He shouldn't have wasted five clones in only a few quick seconds. No, something was being planned, if it already hadn't been, in Naruto's little mind.
Chakra started surging like electricity in the air surrounding him. A lot of energy was being used for something, and it was very powerful, powerful enough that it was charging the atmosphere with destructive chakra. He searched for the source. Of course, what he saw was very disturbing and troubling.
You try staring five Resengan attacks down and feeling safe.
That was Kakashi's dilemma. From all sides, a Naruto was hurling at him with unmatched speed, unavoidable speed. Each Naruto had that primal look on his face, with the whiskers extended, the eyes wide and slatted, the claws bared, and a big, swirling, red ball of chakra in one hand.
These five balls of chakra had him marked, and he didn't even have time for the most basic of teleportation techniques. Kakashi, as one might say, was up a creek, and he hadn't a paddle.
"Multi Resengan!" he screamed. Kakashi did the only thing he could. He ducked and pulled his arms over his head. The balls of chakra all were there in an instant. He had his eyes closed. He was done for. He couldn't believe the power. He didn't actually think that Naruto could kill him. He had held back. He shouldn't have held back against the blonde.
For seconds he waited for the explosion, but none came. There was no roaring boom, or shock wave that shook the earth and caused the most destruction one could fathom. Nothing happened. He heard a slight jingle nearby.
Looking up, he saw Naruto, obviously pleased with himself, holding a bell attached to a string between his fingers. He waved it in front of his former sensei's face. "Gotcha Kakashi," he said.
"Naruto-
"You didn't think I would kill you," said Naruto. "Come on. Have some faith in my integrity Kakashi!"
Kakashi stood up straight to face his former student. "Wow, Naruto. That was impressive. I have to hand it to you. You've grown more than I could've ever imagined."
There was a low rumbling that sounded as though in the distance, but it wasn't really far away. The noise became louder and louder, and it sounded like clapping, like lots of clapping at that. People were applauding. Looking around, Naruto saw almost the entire village of shinobi standing nearby, smiling, cheering, shouting and clapping in applause.
It was an amazing site to behold. "Way to go Naruto!" shouted Ino.
"That totally rocked man!" cheered Kiba.
"Alright Naruto!" shouted another. More were cheering his name, screaming their praises. Naruto couldn't help himself. He was overwhelmed with emotion. The tears welled up behind his eyes, and he couldn't hold them back. He wouldn't hold them back. All of his friends were here, all of the people he grew up with and loved were there again to see him.
He waved as their cheering died.
"Well, now we just have to see how Sakura does against me," said Kakashi. He felt a tug at his waist and whirled around. It was too late though. Sakura had jumped backwards just out of reach, and in her hand was a tiny bell on a string.
"What!" yelled Kakashi.
"You lost your focus, Kakshi," said Sakura with a smile and a wink. "That's very unshinobi-like of you. Ninja should never take their mind off of their mission. Come on, it's basic ninja law."
"You got me, Sakura," said Kakashi with a sigh. He noted that he probably could've taken the girl on and won, but he was dead tired and exhausted from his fight with Naruto. Almost all of his chakra had been depleted.
Naruto's former classmates ran up to him to talk with him and praise him. It had been five years since he really had seen them, with the exception of Ino of course, who he'd seen just when he went looking for Sakura.
"Naruto!" yelled Rock Lee. "We must fight! I promised you a fight to test your strength when you returned!"
"No thanks, Thick Brows," said Naruto, scratching the back of his head. "I'm a little worn out from my practice with Kakashi. Some other time, okay?"
"Deal," said Lee enthusiastically.
"It' so good to see you're okay, Naruto," said Iruka in front of him. They were of equal height now, and it was really weird for them to no have to look up or down at each other. "You've grown so much. I can't believe that's really you."
"It's really me," said Naruto, grinning from ear to ear. "What about you? Did you get any stronger?"
"I've… been teaching at the academy still," said Iruka sheepishly. "Not much time for training."
"Come on Naruto," said Sakura, grabbing the boy by the arm and tugging him away from the crowd. "Kakashi owes us a meal. We can't let him get away."
"Oh my gosh, you're right!" said Naruto. "Kakashi! Hey Kakashi!"
The silver haired jounin of course heard the boy's yells, and he turned around to face the child who had defeated him. "Yes, Naruto?" he asked. "What is it?" To be perfectly honest, he was pretty sure he knew exactly what it was that the boy was about to bring up.
"Ramen at Ichiraku," said Naruto enthusiastically. "You owe me and Sakura. Let's go. I'm hungry and cannot wait."
Sigh "Okay Naruto, follow me."
Ho, boy. What a completely useless chapter I've given you all. I am very sorry of course. I haven't been typing all weekend because I was traveling. Had to go to Knoxville, TN, and the computer access was nil. So I just put this together and it sucks. Sorry.
Krn-Kimbap: Thanks for the relentless onslaught of reviews recently. Also, thanks for the help with the name of the ramen bar. I've been reading your story, and it's coming along really neat. I couln't review the last two chapters, because the thing kept telling me it was overloaded no matter how hard I tried. But it is seriously cool.
HitokiriJotham: Thanks also to you for the name of the Ramen Bar. Of course, I got multiple tips to the name of the place, so I'm thanking them all. I would've read a story by you, but you apparently have no user name or just weren't logged in when submitting.
Hououza: You, also, gave me the name of the Ramen Bar. Again, I thanketh thee. I read your Cherry Blossoms poem and the Never Too Late story. Both are superb and awesome. Thanks.
Dragon'sSword: I read about your Bittorent help, and I thank you very much for it. Unfortunately, I am still having trouble understanding it. I went to narutofan's page for bittorents and they said something about not being able to use bittorent anymore. Any more help would be appreciated. Thanks anyway.
My recommendations for good reading at the moment are!
Watching the Cherry Blossoms Fall, by Hououza. This is a very cute poem focusing on NaruSaku relationship. Read it, and I promise you'll enjoy it.
Never Too Late, by Houza. This was another great work by Hououza, starting with Naruto finally beating and killing Sasuke, and ending with the realization that it is never too late to express your feelings to the one you love.
Life With Another Demon, by Krn-Kimbap. She has started on an excellent story that's still in the works, about a new ninja named Izumi coming to Konoha. Naruto becomes a very affectionate older brother to her, while she makes friends with Sakura, Kiba, Hinata, and others, even Sasuke, though Sasuke seems to have evil motives. Izumi is hiding a secret though, a secret that's hinted at being much like Naruto's dark secret. (Read the title)