Academy years part 1
Shanks pov
I smiled as I sat on the porch and watched Naruto as he and Hinata started to help Hanabi with how to unlock and use chakra. I laughed as she sat on Naruto's lap and meditated like I had taught the two before her.
"How are they doing with her?"
I looked back and saw Tsunade as she walked over with a tray in hand. She set it down beside me, and I smiled, seeing three glasses of water and two saki bottles. "Where is Shizune?" Tsunade sat down on the wood beside me. She took one of the saki bottles and opened it before she spoke.
"She's off at the hospital. She went to get some medical supplies for us. I know about how you Uzumaki who have haki train. Naruto is going to take a lot beating while training."
I laughed before I took the other bottle and grabbed the cork with my teeth. I pulled the cork out, then spit it over and into the trash can. I smiled and started to drink.
"Nice shot."
I nodded before I sighed and set the bottle down. I looked at Tsunade, and I smiled as she leaned back, moving her hair out of her face. She ran it behind her ear and took a long sip from her bottle. I saw a flash of the young Tsunade I spent time with in Uzu as a younger kid. I laughed and nodded my head. Tsunade looked away from the kids and at me, an eyebrow raised.
"What is funny Shanks?"
I smiled as I looked at her. "Just thinking of the past Tsuande. Looking at you now, I can't help but remember the girl I meet in the streets of Uzu thirdy-four years ago. To think that little teen year old girl I met at twelve would grow into a beauty and the greats medic-nin of our era." Tsunade laughed with a blush on her face. She stood up, then walked over and sat back down on my other side. She sat down beside me and sat her saki bottle down. She grabbed my saki bottle out of my hand and then sat it down. She put both of them away out of my reach.
"Shanks can I ask you something."
I blinked, not sure what she was up to. She leaned into my arm and grabbed my hand. I blinked a few times before she rested her head on my shoulder. 'Okay, what the hell is going on!?'
"Shanks, do you think Makino would be mad if I wanted to see you as more than a friend? Not right away but maybe after a year or two."
I blushed before I looked away from her. I laughed, a deep blush coming across my face. "Well actually, Makino was a woman who well. Kami, this is hard to say. Tusande, Makino talked about getting you alone with just the two of us." I looked back at Tsunade, who looked confused then it hit her. She turned red before she quickly grabbed the saki bottle. She turned the bottle up and started bounding the bottle. I laughed and nodded before I turned back and jumped, seeing Hinata standing there with a smile on her face. Tsunade stopped, and we both looked at her. Her smile turned to a smirk at me before taking the tray with the glasses of water. She quickly walked back over to Hanabi and Naruto. Hanabi jumped up to take the water, but Hinata made her settle down. Before Hanabi could sit back in Naruto's lap, Hinata took her set and set the tray to the side, and I swear she was moving her butt around a little.
"Okay, forget the ninja graduation. She may jump him before that."
I nodded before I got up and grabbed my saki bottle. I looked over and saw my grandson's red face before he grabbed Hinata's thighs and threw her up out of his lap. He vanished a second later. An annoyed Hinata activated her byakugan. She looked around for a second before she took off into the woods. I started to down my bottle too.
Third-pov Academy years
First-year
Naruto sat with Hinata in class, and Ino sat on his other side. Over the last few weeks, Ino had seemed to take a more active role in Naruto's life after talking with her father about training. Hinata, for her part, didn't care for her right now. Ino had started cutting into her private training time with her Naruto-Kun. In front of them was Sasuke Uchiha with two new fangirls on his sides. Behind them was Yui Uchiha, and she was staring at the back of Naruto's head. Something about the boy caught her attention. As she stared, the door opened, and in walked two men. The first man of average height and build. He has black hair that was kept in a ponytail, dark eyes and a scar that runs across the bridge of his nose. He wore the uniform of the ninja of Konoha. The other man had white shoulder-length hair with a slight hint of blue to it and green eyes. He wore the Konoha-nin flak jacket's standard attire and forehead protector like a bandanna. They stood in front of the class before getting the class's attention.
"Okay class."
The class, not counting Naruto and Yui.
A tick mark appeared on Iruka's forehead before he used his original genjutsu. His head grew five times its regular sizes before he yelled.
"Shut up you shity brats!"
The class shut up and gave Iruka and his partner their full attention. He smiled and started to take roll for the class as Naruto leaned back into his seat. Hinata leaned over and rested her head on his shoulder. Ino leaned in on Naruto's other side but didn't rest her head on his shoulder. Yui looked down at Hinata and ino with an annoyed look on her face. Once roll call was taken, Iruka took the class outside to start the first class taijutsu class. Parents were waiting outside, and Naruto saw his gramps with Tsunade and Shizune beside him. Naruto saw Tsunade leaning against his gramps and smiled. Naruto wanted his gramps to make friends like he had. Naruto looked back at the class as the first two students stepped up. Most of the kids were civilian students but were glad to see their kids fight. But, most acted like the fight was a brawl. Until Hinata came up, and she faced off against Yui Uchiha. Naruto walked beside Iruka, knowing he might have to pull Hinata off Yui. Hiashi and Honoka smiled as they watched their girl get ready to fight. Near them, the Uchiha elders and the mother of Yui and Sasuke Mikoto Uchiha smiled as she watched her daughter walk into the ring. Beside her was Fugaku Uchiha; their father smirked, knowing his daughter would beat the demon brast's little whore.
"Make the hand sigh."
Hinata and Yui did as they were told.
"Hajime!"
Hinata dropped into her mixed stance, and Yui stood in a Muay Thai stance. Iruka looked at Hinata with a raised eyebrow. "She not using the gentle fist?"
"She's using her original mixed fighting style. My gramps and I helped her make it. But, getting hit hurts like crazy. And if she using the shockwave attacks it's all but invincible."
"Really?"
Naruto nodded as Yui jumped at Hinata with her right arm cocked back. Hinata smirked, then vanished and appeared beside Yui. Hinata landed a hard kick into her side, and she sent her flying outside of the ring. Yui slammed back into a tree across the field. She fell down to the ground, coughing and holding her side. Hinata bowed towards Yui before Tsunade ran over and grabbed Yui with Mikoto close behind. Tsunade quickly picked her up and walked back over to the parents. Shanks pulled his cloak off and laid it down on the ground. Tsunade laid her down on the cloak and started to treat her. After she was healed, Iruka called Naruto and Sasuke to the ring. Fugaku was seething as he looked at his son, expecting him to beat that damn brat. Naruto smirked as Sasuke got into the interceptor fist stance. Fugaku smiled, knowing the fighting style he taught his son would help him beat the brat. But, he dropped into a stance that stopped Fugaku's arrogant thoughts. He was watched as Naruto dropped into the crimson maelstrom stance. Naruto smiled as he leaned forward, his hands at his sides, fist clenched like he was readying to draw swords. His feet were spread wide with his right leg pulled back.
"Come on teme I think I'll kick you in the face like I did at bakery."
"Try it you low class clan freak!"
"Make the hand sigh."
Naruto moved his right hand and made the hand sigh, but Sasuke spat on the ground. Iruka frowned and would talk to him about proper edicit later.
"Hajime!"
Sasuke jumped forward, wanting to put Naruto in his place and show them all the might of the elite Uchiha clan. Naruto looked at him boarded before he closed his eyes and started touses his observation haki. Naruto sensed Sasuke's emotions, which were like a storm, but the emotion he felt the most was anger. No, rage was the better word. Naruto dodged the punch and side-stepped a kick.
"You're not calm Sasuke. Thanks to my bloodline I can sense not only your emotions but your presence and intentions. Observation haki may not copy Jutsu but it can let me see all your moved before you make them."
Naruto slid his feet as Sasuke tried another kick. Naruto got behind him the elbowed the back of Sasuke's head. Sasuke flew down, and his face crashed down into the dirt. Naruto felt Sasuke's anger raising, and he jumped, dodging another kick from the downed Sasuke. Naruto landed on his back, making Sasuke yell out in pain.
"Gramps also told me at the level he is, he can do what your clans sharingan only rumored too. See into the future even if it is a ten second or so. I can't wait to get to that level to bad the other abilities my bloodline doesn't match up to my observation yet. I'd love to use my king's power and see how strong your willpower is. Or use armament haki to just stand there and let you break your arms and legs against my blocks." Naruto felt the shock in all the parents and his classmates. When Naruto finished the little speech, he heel kicked Sasuke hard in the side of the head, knocking him out. Naruto walked off the down Uchiha and opened his eyes before being tackled by an overhappy Hanabi. Hanabi took Naruto to the ground and sat on his stomach as she talked.
"Naruto-Kun! That was incredible you and sis put the Uchiha clan in their place today as the dead last of this year!"
Naruto laughed a little before Hinata and Ino grabbed Hanabi. They pulled her off Naruto kicking and screaming for Naruto-Kun to help her. Shanks was laughing hard, and Tsunade punched his side. She and Shizune laughed with him. All the parents but Fugaku, as his rage kept him silent.
Shanks pov
I laughed as I watched my grandson as his little fan club fought over his attention. I stopped a second later, put my hand on Fugaku's shoulder, and kept him where he was. "I don't need my haki to know you're beyond mad Fugaku. But, if you take one step towards my grandson, I'll have to hurt you real bad." I felt him shake, and I felt the fear run through him.
"Shanks be nice I'm sure Fugaku isn't so foolish that he'd try something with all the clan heads around."
I nodded as Tsunade returned to my side with my cloak in her arms. I took my cloak back and threw it over my shoulders. Tsunade leaned back into my side, and I smiled and rested my arm on my sword. Tsunade laughed before she laid her left arm onto my arm. I smiled, not shying away from her touch. I turned my hand and interlocked our hands. Tsunade smiled as the parents around us started to mutter, and I felt the jealousy of the men around me.
"Lucky bastard."
I laughed at the voice of a man from behind me. I watched the Sasuke kid get healed by Shizune.
"Hey, Shanks-Kun, since we got most of the clan heads here why don't we all talk."
Before I could respond, an ANBU appeared in front of us on a knee. All the ninjas around us looked at her.
"Lady Tsunade and Lord Shanks, Lord Hokage and Sir jiraiya would like a word with you in the hokage tower."
Tsunade suddenly tightened her grip on my hand before she smiled. I felt a chill run down my spine after I saw that smile. 'Oh kami, I hope I can get away fast enough if she ever gets this mad at me. Jiraiya, Hiruzen, you two put this off for years. I hope you two are ready.'
"Come on, Shanks-Kun. I have a few beating to hand out."
Everyone quickly cleared a path, and a few women told her to beat the pervert to death. I was a little confused as she pulled me off the school grounds. She let my hand go and wrapped her arm around mine.
"Shanks I'm going to shunshin us to the Hokage tower."
"Wait!" She stopped, and I smiled before I pulled out one of Minato hiraishin kunai. She looked at me, shocked as she started to explain. "I'm a seal master, remember Hime? I have the hiraishin notes so it didn't take me long and once I get the few flaws with the hiraishin and the Rasengan fixed, I plan to teach Naruto in his last year of the academy." She smiled before she grabbed my collar and pulled me to face level. She let go of my collar, and wrapped her arm around my neck; she pressed her lips to mine. I wrapped my arm around her lower back and acted the seal to take us to the mark I left in the Hokage office last time I was there. I felt a rush of air and nothing under my feet for a second, then I felt the ground return. Tsunade broke our kiss, and I looked at a shocked Hokage and another mam. I looked at him and realized this must be Jiraiya. He had waist-length, spiky white hair tied back into a ponytail, with two shoulder-length bangs framing his face. There were red lines under his eyes that extended further down his face, going all the way to the bottom. He'd developed wrinkles around the corners of his mouth and a wart on the side of his nose. I looked at his attire and saw a short green shirt, kimono, and matching pants, under which it looked like he wore mesh armor that was visible at his wrists and ankles. He also wore handguards and a black belt. On his chest was a red haori with two yellow circles on each side. On his lower back was a large scroll. I looked back at his face; he had a horned forehead protector with the kanji for oil. His face grew mad as he looked at me.
"Who are you and why do you know the hiraishin and why is Tsunade clinging to you!?"
I blinked before spinning the hiraishin kunai on my finger. "Well, your godson's mother was my daughter and she and her husband wasn't a full-fledged seal master by Uzumaki standers. It took me about two months to learn this and the Rasengan. But, that aside I think it's about time I gave you the beating your owned for abandoning my grandson. As for Tsunade, she's my Tsunade-hime now. She and her student Shizune have been living and raising Naruto with me for the last year."
"And I'm getting my hits in too."
His face paled as Tsunade cracked her knuckles as I summoned a wooden sword. He dropped to his knees and clasped his hands together.
"Wait! Please! I can explain why I wasn't here! How bad could he have been treated!?"
We stopped, and I could feel Tsuandes rage coming off in waves. Mine own rage wasn't much better, and I clenched my hand around the handle of my wooden sword before I used my armament haki on the wood. It turned red for a second before fading to a shiny, smooth black sword. "How bad?" I took a step, cracking and breaking the floor under my feet. Tsunade slammed her foot onto the floor, breaking it under her foot. "My grandson had to dig through trash to find food and clothes! He had to sleep in alleyways and run from villagers who wanted to kill him for the actions of that fucking fool of a father of his!" I raised my haki-covered sword, and my conqueror's haki flared around the sword. Tsunade pulled his fist back, visible chakra around her fist and forearm.
"Marcy!"
"Sorry, we're out of mercy! All we have is unyielding rage!"
Tsunade punched him in the face, and he crashed into the wall. His face looked like it was almost caved in. I swung my sword down and sent an attack at him. The haki-infused attack slammed into his chest and broke down the wall. An eruption of air blew out of the room, and he flew through the air for a few seconds before falling to the street. He rolled along the street before crashing into the side of a building. We seethed before I turned face and pointed the end of the wooden sword at the swollen face of the man. I blinked, then looked back at the street and saw a half-shattered stone toad on the side of the building. It was broken and cracked all around it. "Well, damn, I've never seen someone manage a substitution jutsu as I hit them." twenty ANBU appeared in the room, but Hiruzen finally spoke up.
"Holt ANBU! You all knew how this could go. Please just get the privet contract ready to repair the building again."
Tsunade looked at Hiruzen and then back at me before I resealed my weapon. I smirked before I rested my arm on my sword. "Danzo and the elders demanded I hand over the scroll of mine and Naruto's clan and give them half the wealth I brought with me. Your sensei here tried to convince me to do it as well." Tsunade looked at Hiruzen, making him sweat.
"Sensei, I know you didn't try to force a clan got give up privet funds right and scrolls."
Her sweet tone sent a shiver down the aged Hokage's spine. I summoned a rolling pin remembering his saying how his wife would swing one at him for being stupid. I covered it in haki, and Tsunade thanked me before taking a step toward him. She hit it into her offhand a few times before he got on his knees in front of his desk, begging for forgiveness.
"Please you'd never understand they wouldn't shut up about it all! They kept telling me that they would do something to Naruto so he wouldn't be allowed to go to the second year. I just wanted everything to be peaceful like your grandfather wanted."
Tsunade stopped for a second before she nodded and tapped the rolling pin on his desk. She smiled and then nodded as she looked at him.
"Okay, well let it go this time if you make a promise to us."
I saw the life in his eyes return.
"Anything!"
Tsunade smiled as she looked at him, and I couldn't help but wonder what she was thinking.
"My little Naruto gets to be on a team with his little friend. Hinata and Yui Uchiha, those two will keep other in check and Hinata is all but violent with almost everyone else."
He smiled and nodded his head.
"I promise!"
Tsunade smiled before she turned and walked back over to Jiraiya, a smile on her face.
Third person pov Second year
After the first year, it was clear Naruto and Hinata, along with Ino, provided they were at the top of the new class. Anko, Ino, and Hanabi started to train with Shanks and Naruto. Yui would watch them from time to time and learn from watching them. In class, the three ruled, much to Sasuke's ire. Naruto, Hinata, and Ino consistently scored higher in all areas than the two Uchiha twins. But Yui didn't seem to care about that. But she seemed more annoyed that she couldn't get close to Naruto. She wanted to know how that bloodline worked too. She wanted to train with him; she wanted to sit next to him and rest her head on his shoulder. She was a strong kunoichi, too, and she wanted Naruto to see that. But, every time they sparred, she was up against Hinata. She glared at the back of Hinata's head before the lunch bell rang.
"Yui."
Yui looked away from the back of Hinata's head and glared at her brother. He flinched at his sister's glare and moved a little in his seat. He smirked and waved for her to come closer. She raised an eyebrow before she got up and walked over. She leaned on the desk and looked at her brother.
"What?"
Her tone sounded annoyed as she stared at Sasuke. He smiled before he looked at Naruto. "I got a group of Uchiha and were going to give him the beating he's due for humiliating our clan. Once he's dead were going after his bitches and kill them all."
Yui's mind filled with the images of a dead Naruto, and a sense of anger and sadness washed over in waves. Before she knew what was going on, she felt something change in her before she pulled her arm back with an open hand. The sound of the slap stopped everyone in the room. Everyone looked back and saw Sasuke holding his cheek. Sasuke looked back at his sister, shocked since she'd never slapped him before. Before he could react, Yui grabbed Sasuke's shirt, pulled him out of his seat, and got in his face. But, to his shock and horror, Sasuke meets a pair of one tomoe Sharingan eyes.
"If you or anyone touches Naruto-Kun or tries to hurt him! Sasuke, the whole clan, won't stop me from getting to you!"
Sasuke nodded sacred as he looked at his sister. Yui shoved him back, and he slammed into the desk behind him. Once she calmed down, she realized she had yelled all that out. Her Sharingan faded before she felt some ki in the room. Yui slowly turned around and saw two cold stares from Hinata and Ino. Iruka and Mizuki walked in with some of the fourth-year students. After using his big head jutsu to shut up the kids. Anko smiled as she looked at naruto, and Naruto blushed as he looked at her open overcoat.
"Okay, everyone today we're going to have you all paired up with a fourth year for a weekend training trip. You'll be staying in the woods around the village. This is something new we wanted to try this year. Now,we're going to let the upperclassmen pick who they want. Now we're going to start with Anko Mitarashi."
"I call the Gaki!"
Anko yelled out before using an eight-foot white snake to mark her favorite gaki. The snake balled up on top of Naruto's lap. Ino jumped away, scared of the snake. Hinata backed away a little, not liking the snake either. Naruto laughed before pulling his cloak and shirt to the side. Everyone saw he had muscles under the layer, and Hinata, Ino, Yui, and Anko blushed as they saw the start of a set of abs and pectorals. The snake flicked its tongue a few times before it unrolled itself, then slid up Naruto's chest and into his clothes. He closed his cloak, and you could see the snake moving around before its head popped out of his collar. It rested its head on the side of Naruto's neck and collar. Naruto laughed and patted the snake's head. It licked his hand a few times before class started back up. Anko looked shocked as she looked at her only white snake.
"Damn, Naga doesn't even does that with me. She just clings to stuff for heat but she's cuddling up to him."
Naruto leaned back, and the now-named Naga moved her head and rested her chin on Naruto's shoulder, and looked at Hinata with a set of blue eyes. She flicked her tongue a few times before closing her eyes. The rest of the class took a student, but one was left over. Yui wasn't picked by an upperclassman. Once word got out, the Uchiha clan had lost after a decade of dominance. Many students and citizens of Konoha were outraged that the demon brat and his whore made it so the younger generation won't go near the two Uchiha in the academy, thinking them weak.
"I'm sorry Yui but since you weren't picked I'll have to place you."
"Yes, sir."
Iruka looked down at the papers on his desk.
"Okay, let's see you're a forward fighter from your test scores and formal matches. Um, Anko. You and Naruto are both forward fighters would you mind taking her too? I'll see to it the Hokage will add some extra pay to the d rank pay you all were getting."
Anko looked annoyed, wanting to spend some alone time with the boy who caught her eye. Naruto looked at Anko and knew what was about to come out of her mouth.
"Anko-chan, if you do this I'll pay for your Dango for the next week."
A smile formed on Anko's face before jumping at Naruto. She pulled him over the desk and hugged him, making Naga hiss at the pressure on her body.
"Gaki! Have I ever told you I love you!"
Naruto tried to push her face away from his.
"Ya, every time I buy you Dango!"
With all eyes on Naruto, the girls all looked ready to rip Anko off him. Anko crushed Naruto's face into her young c-cup breast. She smiled as she looked at Hinata and then Ino.
"Looks like I get to have my time with Gaki."
Anko let him go before grabbing the back of his cloak.
"Yui, meet us at the Uzumaki compound in two hours. Gaki it's Dango time!"
"Anko wait!"
"Shut up spikey head."
Anko dragged a yelling Naruto and a hissing Naga out the door.
"Naruto-Kun!"
Hinata ran out after them with Ino and Yui close behind. Iruka sighed and quickly wrote that Anko dragged Naruto away with Naruto's three fan girls running after them. Iruka looked back to see a raging Sasuke Uchiha and a pissed-off-looking Kiba inuzuka.
'Okay, maybe I should look into that too.'
Kiba was enraged that his females chased after another male. Sasuke was angry as he watched his sister run out after the dobe that humiliated him.
Naruto pov twenty minutes later
I sighed as a chewed on a Dango stick as I planned my escape from the four girls around me. Anko had sat in front of the flaps, and Hinata sat down on my right with her head on my shoulder, chewing on a Dango stick herself. I looked to my right and saw Yui sitting beside me, with Ino glaring at her. 'Can't soru out of this one. I've never done it in a crowded building. With Hinata right beside me, she's got plenty of time to grab me.' I heard a hiss and looked down to see Naga as she moved around, then poked her head out of the front of my cloak. Hinata and Yui both moved away as she snatched a Dango stick and tried to eat it, stick and all. I grabbed the stick for her, and she pulled the three Dango off before slipping back into my cloak. I felt her run her head on the side of my chest.
"Anko please get that snake off my Naruto-Kun!"
Hinata yelled, and Anko sighed before taking a sip of her tea.
"Fine, Gaki you need to open your cloak a little."
I grabbed my cloak and opened it before I looked down at my chest. I saw her blue eyes looking up at me for a second before Anko touched her. She turned fast and bit her arm.
'AH FUCK!"
Naga hissed at Anko again before turning her head and resting it on my chest again.
"Oh, great my only Iwakuni as become attached to the Gaki. Naga I better have a dry bite."
She seemed to ignore me as she slid up my chest before she moved out of my collar and wrapped her body around my neck. She looked at Hinata again. She flicked her tongue a few more times before moving down my chest and moving towards Hinata. She hit the wall. As Naga slid up her stomach, the other half of her body fell out of my cloak. Naga slid up to her chest, and I noticed she slid between Hinata's already noticeable breasts. We were only pre-teens, but it was clear she was going to be a beauty like gramps when we graduated at sixteen. Naga got up to Hinata's face and flicked her tongue on her cheek a few times before Anko grabbed her at the neck.
"Got her!"
Naga hissed as she wrapped her body around Anko's arm.
"Naruto, Yui, you two go get ready. Like I said, meet me at the Uzumaki compound." Seeing my chance, I jumped over the table and ran for the door.
"Naruto-Kun wait!"
I stopped at the door and looked at Yui, who was close behind. Ino was tied to her seat by wires and with Hinata. I paled as I saw Hinata's face start to turn red with anger. I grabbed Yui's arm and quickly took off at a run.
"N-naruto-Kun!?"
"Hinata is mad we need to run! If she gets her hands on us, we'll feel it for a week!" I saw the fear in her eyes, and we started to run fast.
Third person pov
Shanks watched Naruto as we ran around the house, Ema sitting with Yui as she drank so green tea. He laughed as he leaned back into the couch, Tsunade resting on his side with his good arm wrapped around her. Shizune walked back into the living room with her own cup of green tea. She sat down on Shanks offside as Naruto finally stopped and looked at the door. Shanks started to laugh as he felt the ball of rage come to the house fast.
"G-gramps?"
Shanks laughed a little more before he nodded his head.
"You know I'm not going to try and stop her. Naruto, she's your little friend so run or take the beating you have coming."
Tsunade laughed as Naruto looked at Shanks with sweat running down his face.
"NARUTO-KUN!"
The rage-filled yell of Hinata could be heard from the Hokage tower. Hiruzen shivered before a male scream followed it a few seconds later.
"I hope that wasn't from the Uzumaki compound. Or the Hyuga compound, I don't need Hiashi to try and kill Naruto. Then again I don't need Fugaku or Inoichi trying to kill him after the letter I got from Iruka."
The village hidden in the leaves was treated to the site, and Naruto Uzumaki, the heir to the Uzumaki clan, ran with Yui Uchiha in his arms. Behind him trying to keep up with him, was an equally scared Anko with a furious Hinata Hyuga close behind, her hands covered in chakra.
"Gaki call off you damn girlfriend!"
Ignoring her, Naruto ran into the Hyuga compound, hoping to run into Hiashi or Honoka. Naruto knew if he found one of them, he'd be saved. Naruto smiled as he ran down the road and saw Honoka with Hanabi sitting beside her at an outside table at a tea shop.
"LADY HONOKA!"
Naruto yelled his lungs out, making all the Hyuga look at him. Honoka stood up back and turned, already guessing Hinata was chasing after her love interest again. Honoka blinked as she looked at Uchiha Yui in his arms. She saw the bags on Anko and Yui's backs.
"Sorry lady Honoka!"
Naruto and Anko ran behind her and down the street. Honoka grabbed Hinata's shoulder as she tried to run by her.
"Hinata, stop chasing the poor boy like this before you chase him off for good."
Hinata stopped dead after hearing her mother's words. She slumped as she watched her love turn the corner with another girl in his arms.
"Want to talk about it honey?"
"I want to be the only girl he carriers like that."
Honoka sighed before she ran a hand down her daughter's back before Hanabi spoke up.
"Hey sis, likes strong girls like his gramps right? Why not invite him to the clan tournament the village is hosting when your class graduates?"
A smile formed on Hinata's face after hearing that.
"That right! The clans wanted to see the new Genin class skill every year. I can show Yui and Ino where they stand in pecking order!"
Honoka and Hanabi blinked, and before Honoka could stop her, Hinata rushed off to find her upperclassmen.
"Mother what did I just start?"
A slightly scared Hanabi asked as her mother felt a pit of fear creep up her spine.
"I don't know, and that scares me. I'll see if lord Shanks and your father can stop this."
Naruto pov three hours later
I smiled as I sat on the side of the tree as Anko and Yui tried their hand at tree walking. Anko was going better than Yui since she couldn't get more than a few steps up. You could tell she hadn't been trained much. I sighed before I stood up and walked down the tree as Yui glared at her tree. "Yui." She looked over at me, and I smiled as I looked at her.
"Yes, Naruto-Kun?"
I smiled before I walked up beside her. "I've been watching you Yui. You're putting too much chakra on the bottom of your feet. Here, try walking up with me." I grabbed her hand, and she blushed before I put my foot on the tree trunk. "I think of the calm and flat surface of the water. It helps to settle my mind and makes it easy to focus on a task." She smiled and nodded before she put a foot on the trunk next to mine.
"Okay, let's try this again."
She put her other foot on the trunk, and I saw she was a bit shaky, but she smiled. I stepped on the trunk, and we slowly started to walk up. When we reached the middle of the tree, I let her hand go, and she smiled at me before starting to go higher. I nodded before I felt a chill run down my spine. I leaned my head back and saw Anko glaring that her tree as she started to get up. I laughed before I jumped off the tree and landed on the ground. I walked over to her as she kicked the tree, breaking the bark.
"Damn it!"
I smiled as I stopped behind her. "Anko." She turned and glared at me. I smirked as I looked at her and unsealed a box from the Dango stand. She smiled and started to reach for the box. I laughed, and she looked at me. I jumped above her and quickly walked up the tree.
"HEY!"
I sat down on the low branch but was still twelve feet off the ground. I stabbed two kunai and set the box on them.
"The hell Gaki!?"
I smiled as I leaned back into the tree. "Anko, I've seen you train. You rely on your brute force too much while you train with Tusande's clones. Plus, you never take part in the chakra control or any training to build up your chakra reserves. Tree walking is a basic way to do that. Now, this Dango and my promise to do one thing you want me to do but." She raised an eyebrow as she looked at me.
"But?"
I smiled as I looked at her. "The scroll kept the dango warm. And if you don't get up here it will get cold." She smirked before she started up. I smiled down at her as she slowly walked up the trunk. She got a few steps from it before her foot slipped. I panicked before I threw myself off the branch and grabbed her arm. I pulled her into my arms, and I reinforced my back. I slammed back to the ground with Anko held in my arms. I coughed and groaned before Anko sat up on my crotch.
"Naruto are you okay!?"
I laughed as I leaned up on my elbows and looked at her. "Damn Anko, I take a fail for you and now you call me by my name?" She frowned before she grabbed my collar and glared into my eyes.
"Damn, Naruto!"
"Get off him!"
I heard Yui roar, and I ducked down as she tackled Anko off me. I cleaned up and watched them roll around until Anko pinned her. Anko was taller and more robust, so it wasn't hard for her to hold Yui down. "Hey!" Anko and Yui both glared at me.
"Stay out of this! She needs to know she's touching someone else man!"
"Shut up, Yui! Naruto isn't yours! As far as he's concerned he don't have a damn girl right now. He's free game!"
I blinked as I looked at the two as they fighting about me having a girlfriend. I frowned before I hardened my resolve. I stood up, walked over to them, and grabbed Anko's shoulder and the back of her overcoat. I pulled her up and off of Yui, surprising them both. Everyone knew I would never touch a woman or girl. So me ripping Anko off of Yui shocked them both. I dragged the stunned Anko over to the tree and sat her down. I pulled a blunt kunai out and threw it at my two other kunai. It knocked one of them out, and the dango box fell down. I caught it before I walked away from the two and sat down with my back to the two of them.
"N-naruto-Kun?"
"Hey Gaki, you okay?"
I opened the box and picked up a dango stick. I smirked, finally getting some heat off my back and seeing my chance to make a stand. "You two act like I don't have a say in who I want as a girlfriend. I don't appreciate being talked about like I'm an object." I took a bite from the now cold dango stick. I left them in silence for a moment before I spoke again. "I do care for you too and Ino almost as much as I Hinata and Hanabi. You two are some of the few people who have looked at me with no anger or hate. I'm grateful for that. But I want to be left alone for the rest of the day. The way you two just acted was like you were kids who were told no about something. I'm sick of the four of you acting like I'm an object and chasing after me or clinging to me in Hinata's case." I frowned before I finished the stick and bit the stick between my teeth. Anko looked hurt, and Yui looked away. I stood up, then walked over and set the dango box on the ground between them.
"G-gaki?"
I looked at Anko, and she flinched when I stared at her with a cold look. I wanted them to know I wanted the fighting and chasing to stop, and I needed a good time to do this with Hinata, too but starting this meant progress. "I'm starting this talk with you too. It stops here and now. You two are going to share the other two dango sticks and make peace here." I looked over at Yui, and she flinched again as she tried to look me in the eye. "Yui, I want you either join in our training at home or stop hiding in the damn trees watching like a stocker." She blushed and looked down at her feet before she nodded. She sniffed a few times before she spoke.
"Okay, Naruto-Kun. I'll be a good girl."
I felt myself blush and sighed before I turned my back on them, my face still warm. "I'm going to go and get some fresh meat you two make peace." I jumped off, leaving the two behind me.
