Disclaimer: Once again, I do not own Naruto.
Here it is! The next chapter in this (hopefully) good NaruTen story! Enjoy!
...please?
The sun shone through the window of a particular house in Konoha.
Two young people lay tangled together in the bedroom.
The young brunette slowly moved, signaling that she was about to
wake up.
Tenten's brown eyes fluttered open but they closed again almost
immediately. The sun shone straight into her face. Tenten stretched and
let out a yawn before sitting up. It was now that she noticed the other
person beside her. Tenten immediately remembered what had happened
the day before and she smiled. The brunette stealthily snuck out of the bed
and made her way to her closet. She dug out some clothes for herself and
went into the bathroom to change.
When fully clothed, she made her way back into the bedroom. Tenten smiled
when she saw that her boyfriend was still sleeping soundly.She silently
made her way to the small kitchen. She immediately started cooking breakfeast.
Being together with Naruto for two years had taught her some important things
about the blonde. One thing being his favourite breakfeast, lunch, dinner, and
midnight snack. Ramen, that is. Tenten and Naruto had spent many days at
her appartment, which had taught her that it was a good thing to have a large
stock of Ramen avalible.
Tenten hummed peacefully as she prepared a large portion of Miso Ramen
for herself and her lover.
As she set out plates on the table, she thought back on the incident last night.
Tenten frowned slightly. She remembered how Naruto had called upon a
huge amount of Chakra. (Naruto-kun...what the hell happened to you last night?
Where the heck did that red Chakra come from? And, why did it feel so scary?
I mean, that Chakra was big enough to make Tsunade-sama seem like nothing!)
Tenten wondered. She had been so caught up in her emotions and wants the
night before, that she had completely forgotten about the fight.
Tenten pondered the subject for about ten minutes.
The sound of footsteps pulled her back to reality. She turned to see a sleepy
Naruto standing in the kitchen doorway. Tenten smiled as he walked up to her.
Naruto yawned and shook his head to clear the sleepiness from it.
"Good morning, Naruto-kun!" Tenten greeted.
Naruto rubbed the last bit of sleepiness from his eyes and looked down at the
table. His blue eyes grew wide as he took in the large meal set on the table.
Naruto looked back at Tenten with fake tears in his eyes.
"Having you and a big portion of Ramen in the same room...I'm in heaven!"
Naruto said and wiped the 'tears' away with a dramatic hand gesture.
(All sleepiness seems to be gone from him now.) Tenten noted amusedly.
"Well why don't you sit down? The Ramen is getting cold." Tenten said.
Naruto quickly sat down and grabbed a pair of chopsticks. By the time that
Tenten was seated, Naruto had devoured one bowl of Ramen and was
working on his second. Tenten couldn't help but giggle again. (He's so...cute.
Especially when he is eating. He's handsome too. That, I really noticed
last night.) Tenten thought, her cheeks coloring slightly as she thought that.
After finishing his 10th bowl of ramen, Naruto leaned back against the
chair. He sighed contently and patted his stomach. Tenten finished her 3rd bowl
and wiped her mouth with a napkin. She smiled at her boyfriend.
Then the issue of what happened the night before came to her mind. Tenten looked
down at the table and started running her finger in small circles.
"Um... Naruto-kun? Can I ask you something?" Tenten asked nervously.
Naruto looked at her. He wasn't the brightest when it came to understand
other people's feelings, or his own, for that matter, but even he could see
that the girl before him was nervous about something.
"Sure, Tenten. Shoot." Naruto said.
Tenten nodded to herself and struggled to keep the nervousness from
her voice. (How should I start this...?) Tenten wondered. She made
up her mind.
"About the fight last night..." Tenten began, she had decided to be
blunt and to the point with him, seeing as it was usually the approach
that worked best on him.
She saw how Naruto visibly tensed up at her question. She wondered
if she had hit a nerve. Naruto directed his eyes away from her and
clenched his teeth. (Damn it! I knew that this was going to happen! I shouldn't
have lost control during the fight... I could have used the Shadow Replication
and kicked that guy's ass, WITHOUT Kyuubi's Chakra. I didn't need that
furball's Chakra at all! It was just that... I couldn't stand seeing Tenten getting
hurt! Dammit! Now what do I do? Damn, damn, damn! Let's see... If I tell her,
then she will most surely leave me... But if I don't tell her... Then there's a
chance that she will either squeeze it out of someone else, or she'll just turn
around and leave me anyway! I... I am SO...utterly...screwed.) Naruto thought.
Tenten watched how the blonde boy started shaking in what appeared to be futility.
He looked like a trapped animal.
"Naruto-kun...?" Tenten asked, hoping to get an answer.
Naruto shook his head at her.
"I can't tell you... It would...it would destroy what we have..." Naruto said, finally.
Tenten's eyes widened slightly at this. Was the secret to his power THAT dark?
Tenten frowned slightly at this thought. She had never liked being left in the
dark. Naruto knew this. And yet, here he was, trying to hide something from her.
Even though it may be to protect her, somehow, Tenten did not like the thought
of spending the rest of her life with Naruto while knowing that he was keeping
something from her.
Naruto was saved from having to answer, as a thunderous crash was heard!
Naruto's eyes snapped open and he saw how three of the appartment's windows
were smashed. Three men came through them and stared at the residents with
hatred in their eyes. Naruto frowned. He recognised one of them. It was the
thug he had beaten up the day before.
(The other two must be his friends! Not that I can understand how anyone
can possibly be friendly towards a creep like him! Enough about that! I've got to
kick these guys out of Tenten's appartment! It's bad enough that it's my fault
they broke into it!) Naruto thought.
"Hey! Fox-demon! You've really done it now! Humiliating our buddy by
actually beating him... We'll kill you!" One of the men yelled.
Tenten slid into a fighting stance. She pulled out two kunai, grateful she had
them around this time. The man's comment had made her wonder.
(Fox-demon? What did he mean by that?) Tenten wondered. Then, a memory of the
last fight arose in her head.
"Flashback"
Tenten blinked, then she looked up. She saw Naruto standing with his back
to her. He was hunched down slightly in a dog-like stature.
A loud growl rose from Naruto's throat and it grew into a roar! A whirlwind of red
Chakra erupted from him and his roar grew louder! The kunai that was stuck
in his shoulder was blown away by the sheer force of the boy's Chakra.
Smoke surrounded the wound and it began to close immediately.
"End Flashback"
(Naruto-kun's appearance...it did look a little fox-like. It seems like these guys
know what Naruto-kun is hiding from me... Damn it! I wanna know too,
goddammnit!) Tenten thought.
"Get out. Or do you want me to help you out?" Naruto asked coolly.
The three men all growled and started molding Chakra.
Naruto frowned deeply. There really were people in Konoha who would kill
just to be rid of an irritating villager? Just because he happened to have a big
furball sealed into his stomach! Naruto started growling, he could feel the Kyuubi
Chakra bubbling beneath his Chakra centre. The blonde ninja suppressed it.
He didn't want to scare Tenten right now.
Not ever.
Tenten shook her head to clear it and bent her knees. It was time for some sweet
payback.
"Are you idiots really Konoha ninjas? I mean, you're murderous and stupid!
That's not fitting of a Konoha ninja! Oh, and another thing...I still have to pay
you back for slapping me!" Tenten said fiercely and pointed straight at said thug.
Veins appeared on the thug's forehead as she said this. He started barking out
different insults, but the two young ninjas didn't listen. Naruto turned to Tenten
with a small smile.
"I'm going to clear these guys out of here. If, by some chance, one of them gets
past me, I want you to finish him." Naruto stated.
Then he turned away from her and formed his favourite hand seal.
Tenten grinned.
"Sorry Naruto-kun, but I can't do that! I have a score to settle!" She stated.
Naruto paused, then he closed his eyes, still with the small smile present.
"Heh, should have known you'd say that...!" He muttered.
Tenten directed her eyes forward and focused on the situation at hand.
(There will be time to wonder about this demon-history after the fight! There's
no way that I'm going to let Naruto-kun get all the good stuff! I still have a debt
to repay to one of these guys!) Tenten thought.
"Shadow Replication Technique!" Naruto called out.
The 12 Naruto's charged the thugs, splitting into 3 teams of 4.
Tenten focused Chakra underneath her feet and stomped the ground, giving her
a speed boost. She ran past four of the Naruto's and leapt into the air. The real
Naruto smiled at her, his usuall cockyness was starting to return. He ran ahead
of his clones, eager to finish what he had started the day before.
Tenten vaulted and executed a fast axe-kick directed at one of the thug's head.
But the Chuunin caught her leg and spun her around a couple of times before
releasing her. A second later, she heard several "poofs" which indicated that
some of Naruto's clones had been destroyed.
Tenten was slightly surprised at this, but she managed to land on her feet. Or so
she would have, if it wasn't for the Chuunin-thug that happened to stand
behind her. He grabbed her legs and started spinning her around. Tenten was
surprised to find herself spinning again! (I attacked him at full speed! Where the
heck did his arms come from?) She wondered briefly.
The thug yelled and released her. Unfortunately for Tenten, the man who was
spinning her this time happened to be standing much closer to the wall.
Tenten slammed into the wall back-first. She coughed up a minimum amount of
blood before sliding down to the floor. She opened her eyes and got back up
on her feet again.
"Shit! That hurt...! Damn it! I will NOT tolerate this!" Tenten cursed.
The thug who stood before her grinned and then laughed at her. This fueled the
brunette's anger. But before she charged him, she looked around quickly.
The young brunette saw how two Shadow Replications held one of the thugs in
place while two other clones gave him a royal thrashing.
Tenten then turned slightly and saw how a lone Naruto was facing off against the
third thug. She saw the blonde get in a punch on the thug at the same time as he did.
The two backed away from each other and growled. Tenten grit her teeth.
The thug he was fighting just happened to be the one who had slapped her before.
She frowned slightly. (That must be the real Naruto-kun since he didn't disappear
after the hit!) She quickly concluded.
Tenten turned back to her own opponent.
It was time.
The skilled kunoichi reached into her item pouch and took out two nicely
decorated scrolls. She placed them on the ground and kneeled.
The thug made some rapid hand seals and a katana appeared in his right hand.
"I'm sorry that the demon spawn managed to drag such an attractive young girl
like you into the dirt. But don't worry. I will make it painless for you. You won't
feel a thing." The thug stated.
Then he charged. Tenten concentrated and molded some Chakra while making
rapid hand seals. (No way in hell am I going to let this guy off easily! Here goes!)
Tenten crossed her arms with her hands up at her shoulders.
"Rising Twin Dragons!"
Tenten exploded into a huge cloud of smoke, which halted the thug's advances.
He stared dumbfounded into the smoke. He had seen nothing like that before!
Then, two dragon heads made of smoke rose from the cloud with impressive
speed! They spun around each other rapidly before turning into the same scrolls
from the beginning. The scrolls continued spinning around each other as high
up in the air as the ceiling allowed. Tenten gathered Chakra at her feet and
leapt high up into the air. She reached the top and started putting her hands
and feet on different places on the scrolls. Every time she touched a spot on
the scrolls, a weapon emerged. Tenten focused her Chakra so that the weapons
she wasn't holding got stuck underneath her feet. She then started kicking
and moving her arms, making the weapons fly.
The thug's eyes widened as a whole barrage of kunai, different kinds of knifes,
schytes, daggers, senbon needles, and shurikens came flying at him!
A second and a scream later, the man looked very much like a hedgehog. He fell on
his back with at least seven weapons buried in each limb.
Tenten landed on the ground and glared at him.
"You're lucky that I don't have the heart to kill you, you know. But I DO have the
heart to hurt you...very much. I believe I've shown you that." Tenten grumbled.
The man wasn't dead, just wounded.
The used scrolls fell down beside Tenten.
It was now that she noticed that she was out of breath. Not only that, a large amount
of her Chakra had been sapped. Just like that. She started panting as she stood up.
"What the? Why am I...so drained? Using that attack once doesn't take much Chakra
at all! What's...going on here?" Tenten wondered.
The brunette took a step forward and immediately felt nauseous. Tenten felt the
floor billow underneath her feet and she had to fight in order to keep her balance.
(W, what's going on with me? I... I feel sick... Did that guy use some kind of poison
on me? No, he never touched me, so he couldn't have. Genjutsu? No, I don't think
so...he never formed any hand seals besides for when he summoned that sword.
Then what is it? Whoa!) Tenten thought.
The brunette swooned dangerously on her feet and she only just managed to stay
standing. Tenten tried to call out to Naruto, but her mouth wouldn't cooperate with
her. The brown haired kunoichi grit her teeth and frowned as another wave of
sickness washed over her.
Naruto and the Chuunin-thug circled each other while eyeing the other warily.
They were holding one kunai each.
Naruto's left eye twitched, and the thug's eyes widened slightly.
They jumped in at the same time and clashed a few times with their kunai.
After dealing a few blows, the two ninjas jumped back. They started circling again
without breaking eye contact at all. Naruto grit his teeth slightly. (Damn it! He is
good! He sliced up all of my clones in a matter of seconds! But something isn't
right here...he wasn't this strong yesterday! Wasn't he serious yesterday? No, he
must have been serious... I bet he was just too shocked to move when I showed
him my Kyuubi Chakra. Damn this, I need to end it now!) Naruto thought.
He jumped away from the Chuunin-thug and formed his favourite hand seal.
"Shadow Replication Technique!" Naruto yelled.
He erupted into six clones. The clones ran up beside the thug and formed a
wide circle.
The thug merely humphed and started making hand seals.
"Ha! You won't get me this time! Here's a little something for you!
Wind Element - Sonic Blades Technique!" The thug called out.
The Chuunin-thug made all his fingers erect. He started slashing the air
viciously. Three of clones suddenly screamed as vicious winds slashed
through them! They dissolved into smoke with individual poofs!.
Naruto quickly created three more clones and sent them to take the old
one's places. The Chuunin humphed again and made the same hand seals.
This time however, Naruto was ready for him. He gathered Chakra and
mentally told his clones to do the same. When the Chuunin-thug let loose
with his attack, Naruto and his clones stomped the ground and jumped up
to the ceiling. The team of Naruto's pushed away from the roof as soon
as their feet touched it. They quickly put their hands together.
"TRANSFORM!" The Naruto team yelled.
A big smoke cloud erupted from them and the Chuunin-thug looked up.
His eyes widened at what he saw. Six big balls of steel rained out of
the smoke cloud! The Chuunin-thug froze.
BAM-BAM-BAM-BAM-BAM-BAM!
Needless to say, the Chuunin-thug wasn't that steady on his feet
anymore.
Six poofs of smoke later, Naruto stood alone before the fallen thug. He was
slightly out of breath, but that was soon cured. After confirming that the thug
he had beaten wasn't going anywhere soon, Naruto turned to check on his
girlfriend.
"Tenten, are you-" Naruto's words froze in his throat.
Tenten was lying on the floor unconscious. Naruto zipped over to her in
less than a second. He kneeled down beside her and put his right hand
behind her head. Naruto raised her up slightly and shook her.
"Tenten? Tenten! Hey, Tenten! Wake up!" Naruto beckoned.
But Tenten remained motionless. Naruto was getting REALLY worried
by now. As he sat there without knowing what to do, a low rumbling in
the back of his head was heard.
(Hey, kid! KID! Snap out of it will you? The female's not dead!)
Naruto blinked.
(What now, Kyuubi? If this is one of your sick jokes, then no thank you!)
Naruto sent.
(Even though I DO have a few of those in mind, I didn't contact you
for that purpose. Listen kid, it's about the female.) Kyuubi said.
Naruto picked Tenten up from the floor and walked towards the
bedroom.
(Congratulations! Did you finally notice that there's something wrong
with her?) Naruto grumbled. He put Tenten down on her bed and made
sure that she was breathing before listening to the fox demon again.
(There's nothing wrong with her! She's just tired out. That, and
she's carrying a cub.) Kyuubi said.
Naruto blinked once, twice, then the hidden meaning behind the demon's
words revealed itself in his mind.
(WHAAAAT?)
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