A/N: Yo there guys! Am finally back after such a grueling week…phew! I'm sure glad to have that over! But now there's something else to worry about…gah! Why does hell week have to extend itself! Darn these politicians…having to do all of these and the public's not even sure of their reasons…lies, LIES! ALL LIES! –cough- Ahem. Anyhow, sorry for the wait. At least this came earlier than all the others did before. I'm trying to speed things up seeing as how slow I'm progressing with the story. I mean, I haven't even reached the part where I'm going to add my stupid twist into the plot…but in any case, I'm not going further into that. But either way, thanks for all the reviews! They sure pumped me up suddenly! Well, I'll move on now, ne?
Disclaimer: All standard disclaimers apply, including character disclaimer and original plot disclaimer (all credited to Masashi Kishimoto-san), craftsmanship disclaimer (what's that?), computer ownership disclaimer, computer table disclaimer, seat disclaimer, house disclaimer, time disclaimer, and even earth disclaimer. But I swear I own my mind! O.O And my Full Metal Alchemist mousepad -.-;; Hey, it's cute:D
Clarifications:
Since somebody asked, I think I ought to mention it.
Naruto has been genin for three years now and has been training with Jiraiya since he graduated. The incident with Mizuki still went on so he found out about Kyuubi that way. They also met Tsunade along the way but she didn't go with them for long. The timeline for this is same as the series.
For any more questions, don't hesitate to ask:D
"Talking"
'Thinking' ('Inner Sakura')
'Kyuubi talking'
Well, I'm moving on now. Just look down at the bottom of the chapitre (and no, I did not misspell that, it's French!) for more information and my crazy corner o.O
"Whether happiness may come or not, one should try and prepare one's self to do without it."
-George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans)
I'll Be Home
By Milky Étoile
Chapter Five
The Only Thing That Matters
A sudden horrible noise was heard in the midst of three new genin.
Two of them, the black-haired boy and the pink-haired girl, looked at the owner of the growling stomach.
At least Naruto had the decency to blush even just a little from his current position of being tied onto one of the standing logs in the training field. His only female teammate quirked an eyebrow at him.
"Don't tell me you didn't even take your own advice on not skipping breakfast!" she bellowed.
"ITTE!"
Sakura had just followed her loud exclamation with a soft hit on the blonde's head. Which resulted to a lump almost looking like a hill atop of his eternally messy mop of bright-colored hair.
Naruto faked a sniff. "Sakura-chan! What did you do that for!" He looked at the emerald-eyed girl with teary eyes.
"Because!" The pink-haired kunoichi sighed and crossed her arms after putting down her lunch on the ground. "You…" She looked more and more menacing with each pause she took… "are…one…heck…of an…"
Naruto already had his eyes closed, prepared for the impact on his poor figure to come. When he opened his eyes though, he was surprised when Sakura only poked the bridge of his nose and spoke her final word flatly.
"Idiot."
It took the whiskered blonde almost half a minute to realize what the other meant. Sasuke already had a smirk playing on his features as his other male teammate tried to dignify himself (with what pride he had left) by retorting.
"Demo, Sakura-chan! I DID eat! I just got hungry again because of all that action! But I guess I should bear with it…it's my fault after all…" He trailed off, not quite sure of what to say.
(A/N: Wow! He's actually admitting his own faults! Wah…OOC…O.o)
Both Sasuke and Sakura looked at the now pouting Naruto who seemed to keep his gaze from them. Then, the two looked at each other for a moment before Sakura started to untie the blonde's bindings while Sasuke seemed to scan the surroundings for a brief moment.
This certainly startled the demon vessel and he was left wordless for a few moments. It was when both of his new teammates pushed their lunch boxes into his hands at the same time that he found his voice.
"Are you…are you sure about this? I mean, you two might be brought back to the Academy for not following our sensei's order!"
Sakura seemed to be trying to find the right words to say at the moment. Was she even sure about this? This could all change his career as a kunoichi and might ruin his chance for being with the one she liked! Now wait…why'd she think of that? And who was it she liked again? Hmm…
"Consider it a payback, dobe. And besides, I don't need a teammate who'll just pull us back because of an insignificant reason." Sasuke crossed his arms and looked away.
"You really mean this?" Naruto looked at the two with a still doubtful expression.
Sakura then rolled her eyes for the how-many-eth time and spoke in an exasperated voice, finally squishing all uncertainties from her mind.
"Yes, ano baka. Just eat fast so we don't get caught." She handed him a pair of chopsticks and looked away as well.
"I don't sense him anywhere so it's safe for now," the Uchiha added.
Now, as very emotional a person Naruto may be, sometimes (or often), the blonde being like a certain (or two of them?) green-clad shinobi can be a bit too much, if not already, as embarrassing. And it seemed, unfortunately for the other two, he was as expressive as the aforementioned nin (or two) at this certain moment.
"Waah! That's very nice of you!" The whiskered genin now had tears in his eyes and sniffed. "You two are the best teammates a guy could ever have!" And he pulled both in a sort of…embrace with Sakura's neck held by his left arm and Sasuke's by his right.
Let's not forget to mention that he now practically had waterfalls (or rain storm, whichever you prefer) pouring from his eyes and the screen might have been flooded, were it not for the fact that they were in an open field AND that this is actually just a fanfic and you're just reading this off a computer or some paper if ever you (the reader) bothered to print/write this on one.
Now, of course, his comrades were surprised, embarrassed and peeved at this sudden action and weird reaction.
It was evident, really, that they were astounded.
Sakura had gone from pale to bright red—the perfect imitation of a very ripe tomato—in a matter of milliseconds. Exaggeration, it might be, but I needed the distraction, so you got any complaints?
Ahem. Anyway, even Sasuke now had a quite peculiar look along with a small red tinge on his cheeks.
It took the pink-haired genin a moment to compose herself after trying to force herself not to blush (and failing miserably at the attempt) because of either embarrassment or the close proximity between her and the whiskered blonde (it was a bit unclear whether it was the former or the latter).
"O-oi! Naruto, would you just let go of us and eat already?" Sakura said with exasperation evident in her voice.
This made Naruto release the two promptly and scratch the back of his head sheepishly with a slight blush.
"Go-gomen! J-ja…" He took one of the lunch boxes and lifted up the pair of chopsticks Sakura gave him. The other two only turned to the opposite directions of the blonde.
"Itadakimasu!" And Naruto filled his mouth with food…
Never in his life did Hatake Kakashi meet such a weird bunch of kids their age as a genin team.
No, of course he never did.
None of the teams he was ever assigned to had such a weird combination of people, let alone kids that counted a seemingly overly optimistic boy, a seemingly pessimistic one and a seemingly doubtful girl.
Nor did his previously assigned teams ever get this far from his tests.
Of course, if they didn't get as far then they never even thought of the real purpose of the test. Which in turn meant that they never passed his test.
But most of all, there was not a single genin, nor any other person for that matter, has ever been able to get a hold of his copy of the only best-selling novel in Konohagakure no Sato and of other villages as well.
No one even attempts to lay a single finger on his Icha Icha Paradise volumes.
Not one soul has been able to do that. Not even the current strongest nin in the Hidden Leaf, the Sandaime Hokage. Although it was most likely that he would just wait for his former student to give him his first copy or have someone buy it for him when it would be published.
Then the two of them could happily chat about certain happenings in the book. That would be in private obviously due to the fact that it wouldn't be a good example from such respectable people…
…besides that, nobody ever got him to look like a weirdly mutated chicken and very much in the shade of pink…so much that he had to use Henge to actually look like his normal and squeaky clean self…but that's a different case anyways…
Anyhow, going back to the original topic, it seemed that had all changed thanks to the newest generation of Konoha's now Team Seven genin team.
That didn't mean they were that special as a unit now, they still had a lot to work on as a team. But it was a start though. And this silver-haired jounin will have to pass them even if he'd have to endure the torture he hated most from a certain whiskered blonde.
For now though, this author will not delve in deeper into the incidents. For now; it would be too painful fro poor Kakashi.
Anyway, at the moment, the jounin had taken into watching what his new subordinates were doing.
It seemed that this particular bunch of kids were a lot more than just a weird group.
It was almost as if they were a strange team made up of genin that were actually meant to be together, their lives knit together by the thread of fate.
But maybe that would be going too far into describing them.
Still, it seemed so at the moment since the copy-cat had just witnessed maybe one of the most heart-warming scenes he'd ever seen.
Naruto had just practically pulled the other two into an almost neck-breaking hug. Unknowingly.
That wasn't the only thing touching about it.
Sasuke and Sakura, even though both showed evident embarrassment and annoyance to the blonde's sudden action, were just as evidently glad with it.
But it was highly doubtful that they'd admit it right in front of Naruto's face. So they settled with not saying a thing with smiles just in the corners of their lips as the blonde kept on emoting like that student of his so-called rival.
But alas, the moment was short-lived thanks to Sakura, who seemed to have gone back to her senses in a moment. And so, the whiskered genin muttered a short apology as Sasuke fixed the collar of his blue shirt and Sakura straightened her red outfit.
Ah well. At least now, the team's jounin instructor was about to join them…
Nobody dared to speak…or it might be the opposite…
"…Ka…Kakashi-se…sensei…" Naruto had frozen from eating.
Nobody dared to blink or move…but I might be sarcastic…
Sakura repeatedly blinked and shook her head to make sure she wasn't dreaming.
Nobody dared to make any noise…but I digress in having to say the opposite…
Sasuke almost had to stifle a snort in vain.
Nobody dared to move towards the now obviously pissed off jounin, who now had a stress mark to go with his one-eyed glare (really, it was a funny sight)…but someone did anyway.
"Go-gomen nasai, Kakashi-sensei! I swear I didn't mean to spit the food in my mouth at you face and—" And the blonde covered his mouth and looked at their instructor nervously.
And as tensioned as the air around them might have been, they didn't expect what Kakashi said next.
"I know." And the silver-haired jounin took out a white handkerchief and wiped his face with it. Of course, he also wiped his mask, along with his hair, careful not to take off his mask or his forehead protector. But he also had to wipe the food that came from Naruto's mouth to his newly bought (or made) jounin uniform as well.
"What…what do you mean by, 'I know'!"
Kakashi stopped after finishing his wiping and stared at the three impassively for a moment. Then he pointedly looked at the lunchbox that was still clutched in Naruto's hands in his untied state.
Naruto must have noticed it, seeing as he immediately pushed the food container into Sakura's hand and hurriedly tried to come up with some lame excuse.
"I-it's not their fault, sensei! I was the one who forced them to untie me and give me their—"
"You pass."
"—foo—WHAT! " Naruto exclaimed, obviously surprised at the sudden declaration.
"You. All. Pass." Kakashi stressed each word with a hint of amusement as he turned around and braced himself for the expected outburst.
'Three…two…one…'
…
But it never came.
So, he decided to look back at his team…
"YATTA!" Naruto jumped in excitement.
"We did it! Sakur hopped around a few times as well.
Sasuke just had another smirk on his features.
Kakashi just had to turn at the right moment, ne?
Still, that might have been a good thing…
"Gomen!"
"Warui!"
…because he just saw one of the sweetest scened that he might actually witness.
"Sorry! I didn't mean to—I mean , I was just…"
"D-don't worry! It was partly my fault anyways!"
And they lapsed into silence…until Kakashi decided to break it rather cheerfully.
"So…you all pass! Isn't it great? Now, we'll meet by the bridge nearby same time tomorrow morning and we'll have a real mission. Ja, I'll see you then, I'm going to be late with my meeting with the Hokage." And the silver-haired jounin walked away, taking out his newly retrieved Icha Icha Paradise from his equipment pouch as he did.
Naruto had his eyes narrowed at the sight of Kakashi's retreating back (no doubt, the jounin noticed but he tried to ignore it). "He probably wouldn't mind one bit about being late anyway…" he muttered to himself as he crossed his arms and pondered on random thoughts.
A clearing of throat snapped the blonde back to reality as Sakura turned to him. "Well, we'd best be going. There's nothing to do here…" she trailed off, debating with herself whether to confront him now or not (she still hadn't asked about his sudden training years back).
'He might think not want to say it…after all, if he would've wanted to, he would've told me already, wouldn't he?'
'It's not a matter of him wanting to say it or not! That idiot's gone all of a sudden without even saying goodbye, he'll have to be given a lesson he'll never forget!' her inner self chimed in rather aggressively. And yes, she was debating with herself. Literally.
'Still…'
But she was spared the liberty of thinking of a retort to her inner personality as Naruto waved a hand in front of her.
"Ne, Sakura-chan! Daijoubu ka?" His face was scrunched up in worry, his eyes shining with concern. Sakura blushed at this.
'He's worried about me?'
"I-iie! I'm all right…" she replied, very much like a certain Hyuuga heiress did.
Naruto heaved a sigh of relief and put up one of his foxy grins. "Yokatta! I was worried you might be sick or something." This made Sakura earn a deeper shade of crimson, which the blonde seemed oblivious to.
"Anyway, Sasuke-teme already left. Said he had some traini—OW! Sakura-chan, whaddya do that for!" He rubbed his newly acquired lump on the head with a pout.
"Mou! Don't call Sasuke-kun that! You got me!" With Sakura suddenly towering over Naruto, it seemed that she was forcing him and not simply asking.
"Ha-hai! G-gomen! I won't call him that anymore!" And the blonde just couldn't say no to that. He did value his life after all.
"That's good to hear then! Ja, shall we go now?" The pink-haired kunoichi's voice was too sweet for comfort.
"Eh? Doko?"
"DON'T ASK! Just follow as I say!" she almost shouted. Actually, it was a shout but it wasn't a real one in the kunoichi's standards.
"Hai!" Naruto stiffened at his teammate's attitude. And here he thought she'd have gotten rid of that bossy behavior.
"Follow me!" Sakura started to walk towards the streets of Konoha.
It made the blonde smile to think of it.
"Yes ma'am!" Naruto quickly followed his childhood friend and walked beside her.
It was what must have kept them together.
"Ne, Sakura-chan, let's go to Ichiraku's! I'm hungry for more ramen!"
The things that don't change even as everything else did…
Sakura sighed but still smiled. "All right, but it's your treat, got it?"
…they didn't just keep them together, they made them closer…
"Sure!" Naruto grinned mischievously and ran a bit ahead of her before saying loudly, "Sakura-chan's going on a date with me!"
…And both of them knew it…
The emerald-eyed kunoichi turned red for like the hundredth time that day as she furiously ran after him with threats. "BAKA! Who says this was a date?" Naruto only chuckled as he tried to escape the enraged Sakura.
"Oi, come back here!" Sakura continued to chase the blonde down the streets with not an evil smirk that only appears on someone's features as one plots his or her revenge. No, it was a genuine smile. And Naruto had an equally true smile.
…And that was all that mattered for now…
つづく
Wai! I actually ended it there! I know, crappy chapter again. At least now it's not a cliffhanger. At least I don't think it is anyways. Well, still I guess I updated in a bit shorter time than I did before. Guess it's because of all your reviews, ne? Anyhow, I'm not keeping you here, there's something else you should read on ;)
Translation Notes:
Itte!-Ouch! It/That hurts! (or any other cry of pain or something…)
Demo-But
Ano baka-You idiot (or something like that, even though ano means that pertaining to far objects but I guess it can be used)
Gomen/Gomen nasai-Sorry/I'm sorry
Itadakimasu-'Let's eat!' or 'Thanks for the food!'; it is said before eating—I still need to research on any literal meanings or backgrounds this expression has.
Yatta!-All right! (or insert some other cheer)
Warui!-Sorry! My bad! (literally means 'bad' but I've heard from some that it's also used so say sorry quite impolitely o.O)
Daijoubu ka?-Are you all right/okay? Are you hurt? (daijoubu meaning okay, all right, safe and ka being a question marker)
Iie-No
Yokatta!-That's good (to hear)! (can be expression of relief or something)
Baka!-Stupid! Idiot! Jerk! (or…you get it, right?)
Ja-Well then…; in that case…
Sasuke-teme-Sasuke-bastard (or something that insulting—rude, I know but that's how they are to each other o.O)
Ano kuso-gaki-That darn brat (I'm not sure that's how you connect kuso (-insert random curse word here-) and gaki ('brat') but that's how I just did it. If somebody could please confirm or negate this, please do! It would be most appreciated:D)
Hashire-Run
Kai-Release (or something like that, at least that's what they use to release genjutsu…o.O)
Yare yare-Oh well (something like it)
Usuratonkachi-Dobe (at least I think it means so -.-;; Sasuke just says it to insult Naruto, ah well o.O)
Omake-Extra
Review Responses:
Well, here's to the only ones who gave an reviews! I didn't get much reviews for my fourth chapter so I'm going to take a longer time replying one by one. 'Sides, I'm a lazy person, what can you do about it?
master reader-Ano...oyasumi is short for good night. Nasai is added to it too, it's used as well with it. I guess it can mean for more respect, or maybe it's just to make it longer. I dunno...I haven't quite studied Japanese as well so it's kind of an experiment to me, adding words and phrases I mean;p I'm learning here!
loaned-Yep! Hehe...You'll see as you read on :D Watch out for the enraged Kakashi! Muhahahaha! Ahem.
Annika-Haha! You got that right! Weeds...need I say anything to you? Hehe...yes, special mention...Now, I think we'll be happier now that vacation's here, ne? Although I guess it'll mean more work as well. We've got review classes this summer! And more chores...-sigh-Well, you'll be able to see more of Kakashi's torture soon...as long as you read on...oh, and let your otouto read it too, 'kay:D Take care Jamie-chan and see you in Robotics training! If we'll be having them...:D
kawaiiyuzumichan-Hehe...yeah, that was fun. Hope you're coming for Ozine this April. It'd be much fun! Drawing contests, karaoke contest, more trivias and raffle draws and most of all COSPLAY! Teehee! Can't wait to see it! Hope you're all right though! You've still got classes while I don't! That's too bad! And I wanted to chat with you this morning. Mou...ah well. Take care anyways. Call if you can! Tell Crystel to call me too! Ja, mata!
Jarnan-Hmm...half correct! Naruto has been a genin for 3 years and trained with Jiraiya, yes. They've met Tsunade, it seems so! But it's still in the same timeline as in the start of the series. The Mizuki incident did happen too. Old man's still alive but Tsunade hasn't gone back to Konoha yet. They only met her in their travels :D If you've got anymore questions, do feel free to ask! It's my pleasure to clear all confusions with my silly story! Hehe...Thanks for the review!
naash-Hehe...thanks! I'll try to update faster this summer :D
Now, I think thatyou might want to know what really went on with Naruto's running from Kakashi, seeing as I started with the blonde already tied on a stump when I ended my previous chapter with the beginning of the jounin's chase. So now, I present to you my first omake! Hope you enjoy my silly randomness!
Additional legend: SFX (sound effects) like Poof!
Omake One
Hashire!
The Chase for Kakashi's Most Important Possession Commences!
'Another one!'
Poof!
The silver-haired jounin attempted to avoid the next incoming multi-colored round objects that were shooting from all directions. Unfortunately, four exploded at the same time right when they barely hit him.
It seemed the little colored marbles were quite sensitive.
Poof! A blue marble turned into a puff of smoke as it grazed by a falling leaf.
Yep. It sure was sensitive. One touch by anything, even just a single strand of hair, and you're sure to be surrounded by rainbow-colored smoke that seemed to leave some of the color on the person nearest, on his hair, clothes and even skin.
"Curses…" Kakashi then mumbled a few colorful words…
…which might as well match with his former more-green-than-any-other-color vest and his supposedly very-dark-and-not-so-brightly-colored mask, pants and long-sleeved shirt.
"Nyaha!" The jounin turned and saw a glimpse of yellow-colored streaks.
"You'll have to catch me if you want this back! Hehe!" Naruto waved the orange book before rushing off to escape the apparently now angered copy cat.
"Damn that Naruto…" he muttered under his breath before going off to follow the genin.
But after passing a couple of trees, the blonde was already out of sight.
This was going to be a long pursuit…
"Oi, Sasuke-teme! Go for it!"
"Hn. Usuratonkachi…"
"Hey, I heard that!"
"Oh no…"
BAM!
A short log hit a tree behind him, barely missing him by a few centimeters.
BAM!
Kakashi dodged another that seemed to have shot out of nowhere.
BAM! BAM! BAM!
The jounin's visible eye widened as a larger cylinder-shaped hard piece of wood made its way to hit him squarely on his face. He ducked when the log got closer.
Bonk!
"Ow…" Kakashi caught the item that hit him from above and it was…
"A heavy twig?" He looked up and then saw more pencil-sized wood that were falling down to him like missiles.
Whoosh!
The silver-haired jounin jumped away from the spot he was in, almost hit by the falling twigs.
BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM!
A thick smoke covered the ground were the rain of wood fell.
"Phew…that was close…"
Boing!
"What the—!"
Boing! An apparently bouncy rainbow-colored ball was bouncing towards him, aiming for his face…
Boing! The ball rebounded from a random tree and again made for the silver-haired jounin.
Boing! The round object left seemingly sticky colored marks on the trees it bounced off of…
Boing!
"Itte!"
…then the ball made a direct hit on his face!
"Score! You did it!" Naruto's voice echoed through the trees as Kakashi stumbled a bit from the impact and held onto his almost-broken nose.
"Ano kuso-gaki…" The jounin then went off to follow the source of the voice.
And so the chase continues!
"Sakura-chan! Your turn!"
"Hai!"
Now Kakashi was wondering where the blonde might have gotten to. It seemed he was quite skilled to have been able to hide his chakra signature from him. Or maybe he was already out of the jounin's field of sight.
"Kakashi-sensei! Bet you can't catch me!"
The jounin turned to see his target jumping out of sight. Now, how did he miss him like that?
"Come back here!" Kakashi rushed off to follow the blonde.
"No way!" Naruto stuck out his tongue at the jounin and jumped off again but was still in sight this time.
After passing a some trees, Kakashi realized something as he followed the orange-clad blonde.
Previously, he had mostly kept out of sight, only appearing when he taunted him after every trick that came. But now…
'He can't be luring me somewhere, can he?'
"Sakura! NOW!"
Crack! Kakashi's eyes widened as he heard what seemed like a branch snapping and he landed on a branch.
Crack! Bad choice of a place to land…
Snap!
"Oh no…"
The branch beneath him snapped and fell off and Kakashi nearly fell had he not grabbed the branch above him. Then again…
Snap! And the gravity became a bit harder than him.
But just as he was about to move off somewhere to escape his fall from high above the ground, he saw a grinning Naruto a few meters and trees away from him, tying Kakashi's precious book to a branch above him with a very thin string. This made him quickly grab onto a different branch nearby with both hands…
Then…
"Sakura! Sasuke! NOW!"
…two blurs went across him and he suddenly felt that the weight of the bells had gone. He turned his head both to the left then the right and the sight that greeted him was his two other students, smiling and smirking respectively, each holding up a bell.
"Ne…Kakashi-sensei…"
The jounin turned back to the blonde who now had a book hanging right beside him.
"Don't you think you should be hanging onto something sturdier than that?" Naruto gestured to the branch Kakashi was holding on to.
Snap! And the branch broke!
"Oops! Too late for that!" The whiskered genin put up a hand seal and said, "Kai!"
Kakashi's eyes widened as he looked to where he was about to fall on to.
It was actually…
"Genjutsu!"
…a flowing river!
Splash!
Kakashi quickly swam to the surface and…
"Hehe! Sensei fell for it!"
…glared his one-eyed glare at his blonde grinning subordinate.
"Yare yare! Now, I wonder what to do with this?" Naruto pretended to be thinking before turning to the still hanging book beside him. "Aha! I know! Why don't we burn it?"
Now at this, even his two comrades' eyes widened as Naruto did the hand seals for a fire technique.
And just as he finished the last seal, he felt a strong killing intent directed to him…
"Don't you dare damage my book!"
Naruto turned just in time to see his soaked instructor right beside him with an obviously angry expression on his features.
"Gah!" And the blonde hurried off to escape the enraged jounin who snatched the book from its hanging state. Then Kakashi went after Naruto…
Splash! Kakashi was then suddenly covered in…pink-colored paint?
"What the—!" It was a good thing the jounin already tucked his book back into his pouch after performing a quick drying jutsu.
"Hehe! No one escapes Konoha's Number One Prankster's shenanigans!" And Naruto rushed off to escape his sensei's wrath.
(A/N: Shenanigans? What the—? O.O)
"Come back here!"
Then…
Poof! And Kakashi was covered in white…chicken feathers?
More laughter echoed in his ears as Kakashi saw Naruto holding a rope that was tied to a sack where all the feathers that were now stuck to him seemed to have come from.
"Haha! Kakashi-sensei looks like a pink chicken!" The blonde was trying to hold back his laughter in vain and ended up holding his stomach as he let out his mirth in a loud manner.
Then…
Sakura and Sasuke followed and made it just in time to see…
"Ah! Spare me!" A horrified and crouching Naruto who was shielding himself with his arms from…
"After all that? I don't think so!"
…
…
…a very pink-colored jounin who now had a vague semblance to a strange bird who just seemed so evil at the moment.
Sakura and Sasuke looked at each other with equally incredulous looks and dropped jaws as the same thought entered their minds…
'I must be dreaming...'
But alas, they weren't in the land of dreams at the moment but in the real realm where they stood stock-still, wondering for all they could how the heck their new jounin instructor looked like a weirdly mutated chicken who was plotting weird ways of torture to the blonde who made him look as such.
おわり!
-.-;
Stupid, I know. But I've got nothing to do, so sue me! No wait, don't sue me. Just…deal with it! Gah! Just say what you want to say in your review, please. I hope you do review. I took all the free time I had from our first three days of vacation just to write this! Well, constructive criticism is always welcome and so are flames. Flames are used to bake my brownies! Yum! Hehe…Well, I'll just see you next time then. Take care then! Ja, mata ne!
The chapter and omake were finished and posted on March 16, 2006.
Milky signing out! ;)
P.S. Coming up next: D-ranked missions for a whole week? What! Not again! The genin, more specifically Naruto, wants something else than all these chores! Who's this? An old drunkard from Wave? And they have to guard this bridge-builder? Too easy! Whatever could go wrong? The action commences! Watch out for Chapter Six: Fighting to Protect! Don't miss it!
Thanks to all those who reviewed again! Hope you leave a little something again! See you then:D