A Team of Five
Ok so after my unofficial break here comes a chapter I've been dreading . . . Why, you ask? Coz it's boring but it has too be done. I mean I tried to wrap it up a few weeks ago, but it just kept on going.
Thank you all for the reviews. You know I was startin' to wonder if I had ADD then I realized I was just really lazy XD silence ok so maybe a few of you don't appreciate the lateness but . . . I'm sorry what else can I say? Kay it is now time for some character building woo hoo twirls finger sarcastically.
Chapter Eight: Training Day
Kakashi awoke with only one thought running through his mind . . . "Where the hell can I get an aspirin?" He was a little sore and the way he was half dragged from the lake didn't help any.
Despite the great debate running through Kakashi's mind, whether there's a giant morphine in a mile radius, his subordinates didn't even know he was awake yet. All four Genin were positioned around the room, Sasuke lounged against the door, Naruto sat with his back to the wall and both girls were kneeling, deep in thought, somewhere in between.
Finally the copy ninja sat up with a sigh. It was time to discuss the issue he had been pondering before he had blacked out. Something hadn't seemed right about the whole situation. It was just something in the back of his head since the end of the battle with the mist ninja.
Thinking back, Kakashi slowly pieced together everything that had happened from his last jutsu to the exit of the hunter-nin. That was it! Everything clicked into place.
When he had sat up, the remainder of Team 7 had turned to Kakashi, but seeing the intense look of concentration on their leaders face the Genin kept quiet. Then after several moments of Kakashi merely sitting silently his visible eye shot open and he seemed to have come to a decision.
Sighing the masked ninja rested his face in his hands and addressed his team.
"Zabuza . . . he's still alive somewhere." He stated bluntly.
The news hit everyone fairly hard and while some were shocked others were skeptical. This was of course Sasuke and Sakura.
"Wait. We saw him get killed and dragged away by that mist ninja!" Sakura
Taking his face out of his hands, Kakashi was back to his lazy and nonchalant demeanour. "Think about it carefully. What was used to deliver the killing blow?"
Everyone was silent for a moment, the first to realize the importance of this piece of information was Sasuke.
"The senbon." The dark-eyed boy hissed, unable to keep emotion from leaking into his words. He was as surprised as the others at the declaration of their enemy being alive, and though he wouldn't admit it to anyone, he was just as happy as Naruto at this prospect.
Kakashi turned and faced Sasuke then back to the others in turn. "Exactly. That boy was obviously a hunter-nin at some point and with their extensive knowledge of a human's body he could have easily pulled off a shot to the neck but not fatal."
"B-but sensei didn't y-you check?" Hinata mumbled to the floor.
"Hmm? Well yeah." Kakashi confessed, scratching the back of his neck nervously. "But the thing is, as a hunter-nin, the knowledge of the body the boy must have received, coupled with his flawless aim with a senbon, could easily allow him to cut off the appropriate blood vessels and put a person into a death like sleep."
Hinata had learned all of this before during her private studies, which she received being the daughter of the clan leader, so she was a little embarrassed by her own question. Sakura also knew this to an extent as did Sasuke, but Naruto . . . he was lost.
Looking around the room, said ninja noticed he was the only one totally lost. "If I just nod and pretended I know what's going on I should be fine."
"Anyway, the simple fact of the matter is our enemy is still alive and this mission isn't over yet. We'll stay to protect Tazuna until said time as he no longer requires such protection." Looking around, Kakashi was happy to see no objections.
Despite the worry of the first and most powerful ninja they had faced returning everyone was prepared to face Zabuza, and the new arrival, head on. Except Naruto, Hinata couldn't help but notice the way he was shivering, but where Hinata couldn't see the boys obscured face, Kakashi could and he saw the look in his eyes and the grin on his face. In fact where the others saw fear, the jounin saw excitement in the shaking of Naruto's shoulders.
Breaking from his reverie, Kakashi addressed the four Genin who were way over their heads, though each had separate looks everyone was determined. "Ok so since we'll have about a week and a half between the recovery that'll be needed for Zabuza's injuries as well as recovering from the forced coma. We'll be spending that time training."
At this point Tazuna walked in, happy to see the jounin awake, with his daughter Tsunami, who wasn't happy the idiot was going to try training already.
Kakashi through his hands up in a defensive position from the women's verbal assault. "It has nothing to do with me because it's not gonna be me doing this particular training." He finished mischievously.
"Wait. What chance are we gonna have against two jounin? No matter what this training is, it won't help us enough to make a difference sensei."
"No. You all did very well, never once did you think about abandoning me or Naruto. You all did what was necessary and required of you. Each of you has grown a lot and in your own way. Especially you Naruto." The masked ninja spoke to the entire room.
"Heheh. You hear that? I've grown the most." Naruto pumped his fist into the air.
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"Ok. So, maybe not?" Kakashi couldn't stop the thought from popping into his head.
The team had been instructed to meet their sensei in the woods outside of the village, while Kakashi did . . . whatever it was that he did. They now had been waiting for half an hour and were starting to get impatient.
"Where in the hell is that lazy ass?" Naruto growled, tapping his foot pensively.
"Well, I've been waiting for you four to finish lying around." The voice coming from the branches high above drew everyone's attention, and hearing that it was their sensei Naruto began laughing nervously.
"Eh hahaha . . . ya know I was only kiddin' around . . . right sensei?"
Everyone jumped back a step as four kunai plummeted from the trees and landed, tip deep, in the earth at their feet.
"What the hell do you think your doing?" Sakura yelled up the tree.
"You'll need those to train." Was Kakashi's simple reply. "Climb up the tree without your hands and as you do so mark your progress with the kunai."
Dead silence. After a few moments of this, the teams "representative" spoke up.
"OK, OK. Wait a second here! One, how the hell do we climb without our hands and two, why?" Naruto demanded.
"Well it's rather obvious, isn't it? If you can't use your hands, then use your feet." With that Kakashi appeared from behind the leaves and began walking straight down the tree, crutches and all. But the impressive part that turned everyone's head, well almost everyone's, was he was walking as if he was on steady ground with nothing but his feet.
Upon reaching the base of the tree the ex-ANBU proceeded to finish his explanation.
"See, with the right application of energy you can stick to the tree, but if you don't have the right balance you won't stay on for long."
"Fine, sounds easy but what the hell is the point in the end?" Naruto had gotten over his initial shock of watching his instructor stroll casually down a huge tree.
"It I-increases c-chakra c-control." Hinata muttered quietly before she could stop herself. She didn't want Naruto-kun to hate her for making him look stupid.
It was Kakashi's turn to be surprised, mildly. He raised an eyebrow at the shy heiress. "Hinata, have you seen this exercise before?"
"Y-Yes, a-all Hyuuga learn th-this. It's important t-to have good c-control and s-stamina for the g-gentle fist." Hinata squeaked, hoping this would be the end of the questions. "But I n-never mastered it." She finished more to her herself than anyone else.
That's when the third surprising feat of the day occurred.
Naruto picking up on the sadness in Hinata's voice, moved to her side and placing a hand on her shoulder, tried comforting the young girl. "Hey you've got one hell of a head start on the rest of us. You think I could get a quick pointer so I'd have a one up on Sasuke-teme." This last part he said in a speedy whisper that made the white eyed girl giggle.
Seeing the blush hit the girl's cheeks at Naruto's close proximity, Kakashi made a strategic move. "Naruto give Hinata some space before she passes out and we have to wait for her to come back around."
"The hell does that mean?" The blonde muttered, walking over to pick up his kunai.
"Clueless idiot." Both Sasuke and Sakura sighed inwardly.
"Aaaanyway" Kakashi drawled carelessly "how about you slackers start already. Oh and for the first bit I'd suggest a running start."
Hinata stared at the tree almost shyly and Sakura looked at hers amused. Sasuke and Naruto though had looks of sheer determination as they glared holes in the wood.
Each genin took hold of their respective kunai and, taking their teacher's advice, ran at the four trees that stood before them.
Kakashi watched from the sideline as Naruto applied to little chakra and made it no more than his own height up the tree before falling on his head. Sasuke flipped off the tree as he expelled to much chakra and the wood burst under the pressure.
"Well that's about right isn't it." The jounin then turned his gaze upon the female half of his team and was very surprised.
Hinata had made it nearly to the first branches before she kind of slid down on her feet. "Hmm seems more like a lack of attitude, or maybe confidence, than a lack of concentration."
The real surprise whoever came from the final member of the team. A pink-haired konoichi now sat on a tree branch equal to the level of the one he had appeared on when he had first arrived.
Surveying the first attempt by his team Kakashi made his assessment. "Well it looks like the closest one here to being Hokage is Sakura. And as for the great Uchiha clan it looks like they're nothing special, the Hyuuga sure have them beat."
"Kakashi-sensei stop it!" Sakura yelled down from her perch. Inner Sakura: "Shut it you bastard, you want Sasuke-kun to hate me!"
"P-Please s-sensei. They d-doing the b-best they c-can." Hinata whimpered, afraid of hurting her crushes pride and angering her silent team mate, when they had just reached a mutual sort of respect after the last battle.
Instead of fuming or yelling the two that had been insulted seemed to look to each other with knowing looks. Hardening their determination they picked up their kunai and charged for the trees once again.
The remained of the day was spent with nothing but training and later they all returned to Tazuna's home for dinner.
Naruto had taken the whole day to finally get the idea of balance but Sasuke had flourished and was catching up Hinata's level.
Hinata was very jealous of Sakura as she seemed her improvement was non-existent. Sure she was already better than the boys but she had a head start and she felt Sakura just made her look foolish.
Sakura, having already grasped the concept, had spent the day walking up and down the tree.
The Uchiha and Uzumaki had managed to continue all day long without breaks, much to the amazement of their teammates, who required regular rests.
During one of these said rests the girls were lounging in the shade of a large tree across the clearing from their training trees.
Sakura looked to her white-eyed teammate, who was staring at the crash, and notice every so often she would take a sidelong look at Naruto.
"So you gonna ask him out any time soon?" Sakura asked, suddenly in the mood to chat.
Hinata blushed almost immediately and forgot about the interesting bend in the grass. "S-Sakura-san I-I don't know of w-what you refer."
"Well I mean, I know you like Naruto, so are you gonna ever tell him how you feel?" She answered bluntly.
Hinata's face began inventing new shades of red. "I-Is it really that obvious?"
"Yep." Was the simple reply.
This made Hinata jump as she hadn't realized she was had spoken out loud.
"Just about everyone knows actually." Sakura thought, looking to the Hyuuga girl. "Well everyone except Naruto of course."
"Please S-Sakura-san d-don't speak s-so loudly." The shy girl stuttered pleadingly, looking to see if anyone had heard.
"Oh! Sorry and don't call me Sakura-san it makes me feel old, Sakura-chan sounds pretty good." The pink haired girl gave her a genuine smile.
"A-Alright Sakura-c-chan." Hinata returned the smile warmly.
"See that's better and less formal. Now, stop avoiding the question." The warm smile was replaced by a mischievous grin, with a look in the kunoichi's eyes to match.
"W . . . I . . . I-I d-d-don't re-really th-think he's i-interested in me." Hinata's stutter had increased significantly as she desperately tried to spit out her answer.
"And why wouldn't he." Sakura crossed her arms defiantly, standing up for her friend.
"Well I get in the w-way a lot a-and I'm not very st-strong and I'm r-really sh-shy." The meek girl replied as she tugged at the hem of her overly large coat. "B-Besides I th-think he would r-rather go out w-with you."
"Hinata you are totally tough, you even helped out Sasuke-kun when Naruto was knocked out and not once have you gotten in the way. Me on the other hand was of no use. Besides his little crush on me isn't anything deep."
It was true, though Hinata didn't realize it, she wasn't as clumsy or slow when it came to most activities when she was with her team. Of course she was much more nervous because she didn't wish to make a fool of herself in front of them, but when it really mattered Hinata did what was needed of her.
"Anyway enough about that I've been meaning to ask you something. It's like thirty degrees out here, why do you still always wear that coat even when we're training?"
Hinata blushed rapidly at the question and brought her arms up in front of her. "I . . . d-don't really l-like to sh-show a lot of my b-body . . . " She trailed off weakly with her last few words.
"Huh? Why not?" Several possibilities began running through the mind of the Haruno girl, as to why the seemingly pretty girl in front of her would want to hide.
Hinata's blush seemed to increase to the point her face might have exploded but none the less she began unzipping her coat and turning on an angle so only Sakura could see her black shirt.
Sakura's eye twitched in annoyance. "Ahh what the hell, that's just not fair."
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On the walk back to the Tazuna's house, Kakashi was explaining how, because she had completed the exercise, Sakura would be guarding the workers as they began working on the bridge once again.
Sakura, however, was too busy grumbling about being "ill-equipped"to comment and only waved her hand absently to confirm she had heard what was being said to her
Hinata had finally reached the first branches but now needed to reach the very top as well as master the technique. Her progress was slow as opposed to the others but it was progress none the less and the pearl-eyed kunoichi was very pleased with herself.
Although when anyone tried to compliment her, particularly Naruto, she would dismiss it and say she wasn't as good as the others.
The group of five ninja, soon returned to the small home of Tazuna the bridge builder, sometime around sunset at eight. As they entered the smell of rice and fish hi t them and the welcoming warmth of the house relaxed them allfrom their strenuous day of training. Strenuous for some anyway.
Sakura and especially Hinata, not having the almost inhuman stamina of their counterparts, were beat and ready for a little rest and relaxation. While Sasuke and Naruto, still out to prove himself as he was still a good six feet from Sasuke's elevation, were ready to engage in a metaphorical pissing contest, in the form of dinner.
As dinner began everything went normally, until about the fourth helping Sasuke and Naruto were inhaling. The two ate in complete silence and just as they didn't stop devouring food for a second, they also had an intense gaze that burned with fire that never once turned away from the other.
Almost simultaneously, the two genin had pained looks for a moment before leaning under the table and wrenching.
That was it! Sakura had been sitting trying to ignore the scene in front of her, silently eating her rice, but that was all she could stand.
"If your just gonna throw it up then don't eat it at all." She screamed at the stupidity of her friends.
"No. Need the energy." Sasuke choked out between mouthfuls, his eyes never leaving Naruto's equally competitive gaze.
"It's fine. Please, we haven't had so many people to dinner in too long. Eat as much as you'd like." Tazuna laughed from the end of the table at the antics of his young bodyguards.
Sighing Sakura turned back to her rice, muttering about crazy old men.
Hinata had been giggling at the whole seen, but her laughter was cut off as the door behind her slid open and in walked in a young boy, no older than nine or ten.
The door slammed shut drawing everyone's attention as the boy removed his sandals. He walked to the table and sat down at the place set for him without a word.
"Hello Inari," Tsunami beamed.
Instead of answering, the young boy simply looked at his mother before he began eating.
Sighing Tazuna turned from his downtrodden daughter and answered the unasked question on the faces of the assembled.
"This is my grandson Inari. Inari these are the ninja from Konoha who will be guarding the bridge until it's finished. Hatake Kakashi, Uchiha Sasuke, Haruno Sakura, Hyuuga Hinata and Uzumaki Naruto. They're heros." This caused the konoha-nin to smile warmly at the old man.
Tazuna's statement, however, had a different effect on Inari. His chopsticks hit his plate and he stood up, knocking over his seat, which startled Hinata and his mother who were sitting on either side of the boy.
"Hero! That's what you think? Heros don't exist and when you go up against Gato you end up dead."
"Inari that is enough! How can you say that. Your father was the greatest hero this village has ever been blessed with." Tazuna was on his feet now with his palms pressing into the table.
The sudden outburst from his elder had Inari cowering under Tazuna's stare.
"Father? Is he the one missing from that picture." Sakura, like the other guests, had remained silent but her curiosity had gotten the best of her.
Everyone at the table followed her finger to the picture featuring Inari, Tazuna, Tsunami and someone whose face was torn from the photo. At the site of the picture, Inari's eyes began to well up with tears but they didn't spill over.
Sighing Tazuna returned to his seat and began the story of the small villages hero and Inari's step-father. The story left all present with solemn looks and Inari began to cry openly. Hinata even couldn't keep from sniffing silently.
Inari ran from the room and was silently followed by a stone faced Naruto and no one noticed as Kakashi slipped out behind the genin. No one noticed Kakashi's exit because of the scene that Inari's departure triggered.
Tsunami, in an uncharacteristic show of anger, rounded on her father who seemly sat staring at the table. "You know better than to speak of that man around Inari. It upsets him so much!"
The remaining Konoha ninja all felt awkward as if they were intruding on a private matter. Which, in fact, they were in the sense it was rather private.
When Inari had ran off into the hall he stopped short of the stairs and broke down sobbing. Naruto walked up without a sound and picked up the boy, rather unceremoniously, by the collar and got right up to his face.
"Go on keep crying! Because it does a whole lot right? This weeping and winging, it gets you no where. Grow up. Be a man. Your father, he was a great man. You, you're an embarrassment to his memory." He squinted threateningly as if challenging the surprised boy.
Kakashi chose this moment to intervene and he stepped around the corner just as Naruto released Inari, who then slid down the wall to crouch on the floor slowly taking in what had been said to him.
"That's enough Naruto. You should go get some sleep you have a long day ahead of you and today was rather trying." The jounin's tone was even but anyone could see it was an order more than a suggestion.
Naruto was as surprised by his sensei's entrance as Inari was by his own, but he covered it quickly with a mask of indifference and he walked out of the hall to prepare for bed.
Kakashi watched to retreating form of his student then he turned to a very silent Inari who sat against the wall at the foot of the stairs. He walked over and crouched down in front of the boy and gave a smile that curved his one visible eye.
"He was just upset." No response. "You know he's probably just sick of crying himself, what he just said, I would bet a lot that it's very similar what he has spent nights telling himself." This got the attention he was hoping for.
"But unlike you he didn't have the luxury of a loving family like you so it's understandable he would be upset to see you fall to pieces like that." Kakashi stood up and turned to leave. "Naruto's tears dried up along time ago, his crying is over."
Inari spent the rest of the day looking out at the ocean with the missing picture of his father beside him on his desk.
"Uzumaki . . . Naruto . . . "
That night, Naruto's mind was filled with thoughts of the voice he had heard not much more than a day ago. The dark feeling he felt radiating from the door he could not open and the sense of both a need to protect and devour both directed at him simultaneously.
With the memories of the ominous voice swirling in his brain, Naruto found it near impossible to sleep. So he crept out of the house and moved to the area Team 7 had been using for training.
After training to near exhaustion Naruto collapsed on the grass in the centre of the trees. He only awoke when the light of the sun crept through the branches and pierced his sight. Upon awakening he beheld the form of a young women no older than himself crouched, picking herbs on the outskirt of the clearing.
He crept closer with utmost silence, unaware the one he was watching was fully aware of his presence. Naruto had almost put his hand on her shoulder.
"Hello. So your awake." She said still picking flowers and not turning around.
Naruto jumped back, surprised. "Uhh, hi there."
"You know, you'll catch a cold if you sleep out here like that. What were you doin out here anyway?"
Naruto grinned shyly. "I was uhh training actually and yea thanks I just didn't have it in me to get back."
"Training? So with that forehead protector, does that make you a ninja?"
The boy's voice swelled with pride. "That's right! Glad you noticed. I'm a mighty ninja of Konoha."
"So why are you training way out here?"
"I have to prove myself to a lot of people and protect even more." His voice still rang with pride but he was now totally serious.
"I guess that means you have precious people?" The herb gatherers voice seemed to trail back as she seemed to lose herself in thought.
Finally Naruto broke her from her reverie. "Yes I suppose you could say that but why do you ask?"
The girl had snapped back to earth but her eyes retained a glazed look. "When someone is protecting those truly important and precious that is when they are truly strong. Do you know what I mean?"
It was Naruto's turn to be lost in thought as he returned to memories of past battles. Protecting Iruka, Kakashi defending them from Zabuza.
"Yea. Yea I think I know what you mean." He replied with a reflective smile.
Naruto's visitor stood and began walking away.
"You'll become strong. I'll see you later. Oh. . . and I'm a guy."
This is about the point where Naruto's jaw hit the grass.
"Bu-But your better lookin' than Sakura-chan. What a world."
Day Two:
Five figures stood in the middle of a clearing surrounded by trees, four of which were covered with slash marks to the very highest of branches. Some of course with less marks than others.
Sakura had been relieved of guard duties for the day as Tazuna was having troubles with his workers, some of which no longer wished to continue work on the bridge for fear of their lives.
So instead of having her continue training, which would be pointless as she had mastered the skill, or just laying around which would be equal as useless, Kakashi had instructed her to oversee the training of the others and intervene where she felt her presence was needed.
Almost immediately, Naruto rushed at the tree and began climbing. He reached almost four feet below the level Sasuke had achieved the day before. Standing unsteadily he looked down on the shocked faces of his friends.
Everyone looked at him with disbelief as he got back to his feet. How could he have improved so much since just yesterday?
"So what do you guys think. Look how high I can get."
Hinata looked up at her crush with pride, even Kakashi looked happy with his progress, Sasuke just stood by impassively.
"Yea we're all impressed but get down here you show off!" Sakura called up, impatient he was catching up with Sasuke-kun.
As he climbed down, Naruto kept the smug look of accomplishment until he tripped on a root and tumbled the last foot to the ground. Hinata, who was only a few steps away, helped him up and managed to stutter out a congratulations before turning red and bringing her attention to her own tree and the instructions Sakura was giving her. Kakashi took his leave and Naruto and Sasuke were left on their side of the clearing.
Sasuke began walking over to his blonde friend and looking around to make sure no one was looking he leaned in to ask Naruto a question.
"Ano, yesterday you asked Hinata for uhh some help. What did she say?" The Uchiha prodigy whispered.
Naruto's first reaction was to deny the dark boy the information, but when he saw the almost shy look on Sasuke's face he relented.
Kakashi was watching from around a tree outside the area and smiled on seeing the interaction of his subordinates. Especially the conversation Sasuke and Naruto were having about visualization.
"Heh good to see they're still growing." He thought with a thoughtful smile before he walked off back to Tazuna's to rest.
Naruto and Sasuke stood and nodded to each other before setting looks of determination on their faces and racing for the trees. After about three hours of practising Naruto was nearly equal with Sasuke and they both continued to progress farther to the top.
Suddenly they both stopped and looked up to see Hinata cheering from the an impressive height at the peek of her tree.
Hinata stood from the very top of the tree looking down at her team beaming up at her. She was proud, for one of the first times in her life she was truly proud of her accomplishment. With no one around to demean her for not doing things fast enough or for her skills being inadequate. The warmth that spread through her and the sheer height of the tree made her light headed and she began falling.
The pearl-eyed kunoichi plummeted to the ground with the sound of wind and yelling passing unnoticed through her mind as she didn't even have enough composure to scream. The sheer exhaustion of her final training left her helpless.
With just mere seconds before contact she felt herself begin rising again and with just enough courage to open her eyes, Hinata could see an orange-clad chest leading up to a face dominated by bright cerulean eyes and loud, blonde hair.
Naruto looked down at the small girl he had rushed instinctively to save and had jumped just in time to catch her. As the two flew through the branches Naruto's foot caught on a protruding limb and with small squeaks from both "ninja" they landed ungracefully on the forest floor, Naruto under Hinata and rather sore.
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Now with both Hinata and Sakura finished with their training and the tree climbing technique perfected, the male half of the team were left to train alone.
They would only return just as dinner was beginning, late into the night and it wasn't odd for them not to show up until the next morning, skipping dinner all together. Their rate of progress was staggering and their stamina was almost unbelievable. Every night the two, now closer friends, would return the small home beaten and battered many hours after Sakura and Hinata had returned with Tazuna after a long day of guarding the bridge.
This process continued for several days with Naruto spending his nights out training, until, on the seventh night, Sasuke returned carrying a very broken looking Naruto. Though the Uchiha prodigy didn't look a whole lot better.
Sakura, Hinata and Tsunami rushed to the side of the two just in time to catch them as Sasuke's last reserves failed him and he began falling. Kakashi glanced up over his book expectantly.
"Well?" Was his only greeting.
Wearily Sasuke and Naruto looked up defiantly and with pride Naruto answered for the both of them.
"We both made it all the way up the tree. I even had to help him a bit." The blonde added with a nod in Sasuke's direction. Earning him an elbow to the side which was met with pained looks from both sides.
"It seems you four have a few days off as I'm still not fully healed and neither will be Zabuza." Kakashi flipped lazily at a page of his book as he addressed his students.
"How long do you think we'll get?" Naruto asked, falling asleep as he hung off Sasuke.
"I'd say you've got two days."
"That's good to hear . . . "
Naruto was out cold before he hit the floor.
Author's Notes:
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