This is chapter 9. I'm sorry if this and the last chapter were kinda slow but I had to explain what was about to happen next, which is more interesting! Thanks for the reviews! I see I am among Kakashi fans!
Any wayz…enjoy and let me know what you think!
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Chapter 9
The dark blue of pre-dawn light still covered the sleeping Konoha, the dew fresh on the ground.
A black silhouette walked across the top of the buildings, leaping the gap between the roofs silently.
Kakashi walked deep in thought, the wind ruffling his hair.
He had just come from the Hokage's office having spoken with Tsunade. She had stuck with her idea of finding genins and jounins to fight Naruto.
He wasn't happy with this. Either way he was going to get hurt, Naruto was far below his usual fighting abilities. If he was pushed to far…
But the Hokage had said she was prepared for that eventuality.
Sighing, Kakashi made the final leap over the gaps between buildings, landing on the roof of where Naruto lived.
He didn't like this idea; hopefully it would just be like a training session for him. Naruto would take it lightly in good humour.
Jumping down onto the walkway Kakashi strolled over to the boy's front door and let himself in.
The rooms where still all in darkness, the curtain all closed. The smell of ramen lingered in the air.
Moving through the kitchen Kakashi made his way to Naruto's room knowing the boy would still be asleep.
Opening the last door Kakashi walked into the boy's room. Even in darkness he could tell it was tidy.
Strange, he would have thought Naruto was more of a slob.
"Naruto." Kakashi called as he stepped towards the lump on the bed.
He was completely hidden under the crumpled duvet.
"Naruto?" he said again, a little louder.
The shape on the bed shifted slightly but didn't surface from under the blankets.
Kakashi poked the shape before stepping back, calling his name again.
The blankets shifted violently as two arms appeared pulling down the blanket to uncover his head. His blond hair sticking out in every direction from under a strange night hat.
"Huh?" Naruto murmured as his head turned his eyes tight slits barely open.
"Wake up." Kakashi said calmly. He didn't think Naruto had seen him yet.
"YAHHH!" Naruto cried in shock, his eyes wide as he tried to fight his way out from under the duvet. With a thump he fell off of the bed landing sprawled on the floor.
Looking up at Kakashi from the ground Naruto said uneasily "Kakashi sensei?"
"Yeah, now get up. We've got to go."
"What are you doing! It's still dark! I wanna sleep!" Naruto cried indignantly before pulling the duvet over his face where he lay on the floor.
Reaching down Kakashi threw the blanket off of Naruto back on to the bed.
Naruto simply glared up at Kakashi from were he remained on the floor.
"Come on. If you hurry you'll have time to eat breakfast." Kakashi said cheerfully in an attempt to persuade him to get up.
"All right. Get out so I can get dressed." He muttered from where he still lay on the ground. Rolling over he pushed himself up on to his hands and knees before leaning on the bed to help himself upright.
Assenting Kakashi put his hands in his pockets as he turned and walked out of the room to sit and wait in the kitchen.
Muffled thuds followed by a loud curse reached Kakashi where he leant waiting against the kitchen units.
He heard the boy stumble from his room across the hall into the bathroom.
Silently Kakashi observed the kitchen. There was a small bowl of fruit he had forced upon Naruto a while ago, telling him to make sure that he kept refilling it. Sure enough there were a couple pieces of fruit that didn't look to bad. Kakashi picked up a piece. He would push Naruto out once he was ready. He could eat fruit for breakfast.
"So what's going on?" Naruto asked tiredly as he walked into the kitchen.
"Training." Kakashi said as he tossed the fruit to the boy.
Fumbling Naruto caught it clumsily. Ewww fruit.
"What's so important that you had to wake me up before dawn?" Naruto asked.
"The Hokage has personally arranged the training for you. She thinks it might help you recover some of your memories." Kakashi said but he felt the hint of unease again.
"So come on. You'll have to follow me."
Getting up Kakashi walked to the door, looking over his shoulder to check that Naruto was following he walked out into the cool dark air.
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Silently Naruto followed Kakashi across the roof tops of Konoha unhappily munching on his piece of fruit.
He was too tired to truly care where he was going. I mean, come on. IT WAS STILL DARK! No one who was normal got up this early.
The buildings gave way to trees as Naruto continued to follow his silent teacher.
"Where are we going?" Naruto called forward having properly woken up.
"To a clearing, we're going to meet the others and spend the day training." Kakashi said flatly over his shoulder.
Naruto was starting to feel slightly worried. Kakashi hadn't acted like this to him before. Maybe he had always been like this. He didn't know, he didn't remember…though in that bell test he had done with them when they first met he had acted similarly…
The sun was showing signs of rising as the sky turned pink.
Suddenly Kakashi dropped down landing in an open space, the trees ending abruptly. Landing next to his sensei Naruto looked around uneasily. There were a number of other people in the clearing which was now filled with the light from the rising sun. He only recognised a few.
The Hokage was talking to the white haired man who had recognised him as a girl. Nervously he looked to see who else was there.
There was the spandex wearing ninja that had appeared the evening he had woken in hospital. Next to him stood a boy who looked just like him, identical down to the bowl hair cut and matching green spandex…eww. They looked like father and son, well, they probably were.
There was a tall dark haired woman with red eyes talking to a boy with a…dog on his head. Ok. Only slightly strange.
"Late as always Kakashi." The Hokage said as she moved forward.
"Well, it was such a lovely morning." He said carelessly. The Hokage turned away, missing the curving of Kakashi's eye as he looked down at Naruto.
It had been nice that he'd said that instead of 'I had to break into Naruto's house and drag him out of bed, that's why we're late.'
"Naruto, that is Kiba (she pointed at dog boy) and his sensei Kurenai (pointed at the red eyed woman). That is Lee (she pointed at the shorter of the two spandex clad ninjas) and that is his teacher Gai (she pointed at the taller one). She paused.
The white haired man was walking over to them now as well as being watched by all the others that the Hokage had pointed out.
Suddenly the white haired mans words floated across his mind…
"Ha! It is! Just you wait 'til I get my hands on you!"
Naruto swallowed.
Stopping in front of the short blond Jiraiya smiled down at the boy. He seemed younger then he remembered.
"Alright Naruto?" the man said looking down at him.
He nodded in simple response.
"Naruto you're going to spar against Kiba and Lee today. They both went through the chuuin exams with you which was a very stressful situation, so we're hoping that you being exposed to their fighting styles again will trigger your memory." Tsunade explained as she looked down on him as though sizing him up.
"What are their teachers here for and you and him." Naruto said indicating the Hokage and Jiraiya.
"Safety." The white haired man said.
"Kiba we're ready for you and Akamaru when you are." The Hokage called.
The other teacher moved out to create some space for their sparring to take place in. Kakashi gave him a pat on the shoulder before turning away with the white haired man.
The boy stopped shortly in front of him, grinning to himself as he watched Naruto.
"So you don't remember me at all?" he said.
"No." he said emotionlessly before looking down at the little dog as it snarled at him.
I don't think I like dogs…
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"What do you think?" Kakashi asked Jiraiya as they walked together, stopping a short distance from the two boys.
"I think we have to wait and see. It is as Tsunade said. It could go either way. If not at all, at least it stops him from being idle." The sennin replied.
"Was there really the need to have so many teachers here just to watch Naruto?" Kakashi said as he ran his eye over the assembled teachers.
"Well you're here because he's your student. Same goes for Gai and Kurenai, they just want to look out for theirs. We know there's a chance that the Kyuubi charkra may surface, they're worried, even if their students don't know about what."
"You said you had an idea of what to do if he did use the Kyuubi charkra…" Kakashi said interestedly.
"Yeah, I've devised these seals written on pieces of paper. As long as one is placed on his forehead then the charkra will be sealed immediately. But the easier way would be to simply dowse him with water; I don't think the Kyuubi likes it." He said smiling.
Turning back to watch Naruto he listened as the Hokage laid out the rules.
"This is only sparring. The match will end when someone submits or is unconscious. You will not do any fatal strikes; we are not trying to kill each other." Tsunade said watching the two boys seriously. Over to one side he could see Gai and Lee were excited from them punching the air whilst saying something about youth…
Strange guys, the both of them.
"Begin!"
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Authors Rant:
The story picks up again, don't worry! The fights are coming next! Mwah ha ha ha!
See ya ;)