Chapter 4: Under the Falls
A/N: Enjoy this chapter.
The rain hadn't stopped as Naruto faced the sky. The thought of Ino and crushing Sasuke ran through his mind like a sugar high Lee. His hitai-ate had a slight stain of blood, and his face was almost covered in mud.
"Should I go now?" he muttered to himself on the middle of an empty street.
"Naruto?" a voice whispered from the side. Naruto's ears perked and he turned flashing his foxy smile.
"Hoy!" he said happily, hiding the pain within him. He opened his eyes to see Tsunade and Shizune with Tonton in hand.
"Naruto? Why are you out here with no umbrella? And why is there blood on your hitai-ate?" Tsunade asked under her blue umbrella.
Shizune sighed and walked over to Naruto, lifting her red umbrella over him and one side of her face getting soaked.
"I don't need it," Naruto said emotionlessly pushing Shizune away, "You'll get wet…And my hitai-ate has blood because…" he then did some hand signals and poofed away.
"Damn that Naruto," Tsunade growled, "Just disappearing like that and having blood on his forehead protector making me hell worried…"
"Tsunade-sama," Shizune said calmly, "He probably has been in a fight or somewhat…He's a grown boy, he can handle this him self…"
"He could've at least told me what's going on," she said calmly also, then sighing.
"Let's just get back to the office Tsunade-sama," Shizune then said and Tonton oinked.
"Fine…"
Naruto arrived at his apartment, still soaked. He removed his hitai-ate and rushed to his sink and washed the blood away speechless. After, he dropped it onto his bed and rushed to the shower.
"I should fix myself up first, incase I run into someone again and they ask me questions…" he muttered to himself. The mud and dirt ran down his body, his anger taking away his usual delightful ness.
"Man, what is this feeling I have over Ino? I never felt it before…" he scrubbed off the excess dirt and ruffled his messy hair. He then sighed letting it all wash away, soon tears poured down his face, "I always hated Sasuke, for all these years. And sometimes, I looked to him as a friend even. He was cold, and lonely…In need of a friend I guess, he just didn't open up. Then he finds out what love is, and doesn't really understand it," it was a new feeling to Naruto, he never really thought into things for a while. But a strong determination made him change he guessed.
"Is this what most people call love? Or is it just my hatred towards that Sasuke-teme? Or do I seriously love that loud mouthed Ino?"
After finishing his shower, he changed into a white shirt and black sweat pants. Tieing his hitai-ate, he faced the window, "So it stopped raining…But the sun still hasn't come out," he growled and jumped out of his window.
Tenten, Neji and Lee were out walking into the wet streets of Konoha.
"So Neji-kun, Lee-kun, what do you want to do now?" Tenten asked.
Lee gave his nice guy pose and Neji shrugged, "How about we get some laps around Konoha!" he asked excitedly.
"But-" Tenten tried to speak, but Lee in his eager ness started running, "You might slip!"
"GAH!" Lee shouted slipping and falling into a muddy puddle. Soon he shouted again as a Naruto had landed on his back.
"Bakas," Neji muttered to Tenten and she scratched the back of her head.
"Oh, hey Lee!" Naruto said smiling, "Why are you down there?"
"He decided to run," Neji said shaking his head.
"I was going to tell him but he started running," Tenten stated helping Lee up.
"Sorry Lee," Naruto apologized also helping Lee up.
"No, I was the stupid one," Lee said and Naruto scratched the back of his head.
"Well I have to go now, see you later!"
"No!" Lee then yelled grabbing Naruto's arm, "As an apology, I will bring you along with my teammates to," he coughed, "THE WATERFALL OF MAJESTIC BEAUTY!"
The three others stared at Lee in confusion, "The waterfall of majestic beauty?" Neji inquired, "Where is that?"
"Only me and a few others know its whereabouts!" Lee said excitedly, "trust me you'll love it!"
They shrugged and Naruto sighed deeply, 'I guess Sasuke can wait…'
Soon they arrived at the designated area, a majestic waterfall indeed. The three gasped at it's beauty and Lee started running up and down it's falls.
"Is anyone else here?" Tenten asked scanning the waterfalls, then she saw someone was there, someone with blonde hair and the other with raven hair.
"Oh don't tell me that they're here also…" Naruto said sighing.
"What's wrong? Who are they?" Lee asked.
"It's Ino and Sasuke probably," Naruto said and Tenten smiled.
"OI! INO! SASUKE! OVER HERE! IT'S TEAM GAI AND NARUTO!" Tenten yelled and Naruto smacked his forehead.
Ino walked over to them, emitting from the waterfall with a huge smile and a bathing suit. But she had a skirt like thing over her bottom. Sasuke came from the waterfall for a while but then pulled Ino back in.
"What is it Sasuke-kun?" Ino asked holding a rubber ducky in her hands.
The wet hair on Sasuke's fair fell onto his eyes, "Don't reveal yourself to them, let them know that we don't want company."
"But Sasuke-kun, I want to see them, they're my friends!" she pouted but then Sasuke glared.
"You just want to see your precious Naruto-kun is that right?" he said, "I hate that dobe…He will not get in our way!"
"But Sasuke, I just want to…" she then stopped and gasped, "Are you s-serious?"
"Ino-chan, my princess, my life, my love, will you marry me?" he asked a shiny diamond ring shone onto her.
"Oh Sasuke…"
"AHHH!" Naruto cried out then crashing into the wall right next to the two.
"Oh hello Ino-chan, Sasuke-teme," Naruto nervously said, "Damn you Lee! I didn't say the signal yet!" he scratched the back of his head, "Sorry for that, did I interrupt anything?"
Sasuke stood up, clenching his fist tightly. He then glared sharp daggers at Naruto and the Sharingan appeared in his eyes, "NARUTO!"
"Eh? Sasuke-teme?" he then turned to see Ino was gone. He looked up to Sasuke who was glowing, soon the seal on his neck activated and her then transformed into the beast he was before.
"Naruto! This is the last straw!" he then tossed Ino to the side and she began drowning into the water.
"Ino-chan!" Naruto yelled out diving into the water retrieving her.
'Kit? Anger is flowing through your mind, I can taste it…Do you wish for my power now?' the fox asked and Naruto sat in front of him.
'Yes…'
'Hehe, I can't wait to see how this will end…'
Naruto placed Ino on the side of the waterfall and Tenten and the others rushed to her side.
"Naruto what's going on?" Tenten asked, holding onto Ino's unconscious body.
"Tenten back!" Neji cried him and Lee pulling Tenten and Ino back.
"This power," Neji begun holding onto his teammates, "It's unbelievable…"
"Naruto-kun," Lee whispered, "What's going on?"
"Heh, seems like it was just yesterday when we fought at that valley, that other waterfall," Sasuke began, his sharingan eyes glistening in the new moonlight.
"Sasuke-teme, I never thought that we would have to fight like this again," Naruto began, two tails emitting from his butt, "But now, I hate you even more, one for hurting me, and two and three for hurting Ino-chan."
"You dobe, why couldn't you just stay out of this in the first place?"
Ino woke up, staring at Tenten, "What's going on?"
"I don't know," Tenten began holding Ino up, "But they're fighting…"
"What?" Ino shouted getting up on her feet, "Sasuke-kun…" she said looking at the creature, "Naruto-kun…" she then said turning to Naruto, "Why?"
"Sasuke-teme," Naruto said again, "I couldn't just stand around while one of my precious people are being treated the badly!"
"She's not being treated badly! I treat her fine!"
"Then why did I find her crying?" Naruto shouted, "Why did I find whips, collars, and many unbelievable things in your drawers?"
"YOU WENT THROUGH MY STUFF!" Sasuke roared.
"Yes, I had to find out what was going on…"
"Tell me this Naruto, why else would you go to such extremes even if you do hate me. She may be one of your precious people but, you fight so much for her, why?"
"Because Sasuke-teme," Naruto began a third tail growing, "Because I too love Ino!"
"What?" Sasuke then said.
Ino held her chest, "He what?"
"You heard him Ino, Naruto loves you," Tenten said with a slight smile.
"He l-loves me?"
"Ino, what's going on anyways?"
"Well…"
A/N: Okay, thanks for the awesome reviews, hope you like the story! One or two more chapters to go! XD
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