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Author's note: I'm so glad that they didn't delete the story for that "Boom chika wow wow" in the last chapter. I got a review that asked me, why Cassandra wanted to train Naruto. That would be because she was hired to. But what she will teach him, shall be answered in this chapter.
Tests of staminaby:Your mom! no It's... Korry!
Naruto's training was nothing short of "Interesting". The first two days were nothing but sparring, which according to Cassandra, was to "Find out were we need to start". In every sparring session, Naruto made a good showing only to have Cassandra suddenly, pull off some secret technique, and pown his ass.
Each time Naruto lost, Cassandra made him do something for her. These "favors" ranged from trivial things like back massages, and piggy-back rides, to sadistic bitch-evil, like being spanked with a steel rod, and eating stale cereal with sour milk. "Meet me tomorrow, at the big head." Cassandra told Naruto, and slapping his ass as he walked away. After the first day of over 50 sparring sessions with mistress nimfo, Naruto went back to the hotel that the Konoha ninja were staying in, drained of energy.
That night at chill time right before bed, Naruto found Tenten, and sat beside her. To Naruto's dismay, a new awkwardness had come between them. Yesterday evening was awesome for Naruto, and apparently Tenten too, because she had called his name out several times, but now something just didn't feel right. "Hey Tenten." Said Naruto sleepily. "Hi Naruto..." She replied not meeting his eyes.
"Um... everything alright?" Asked Naruto. "I'm fine." Answered Tenten, still not looking at him. "So how's training?" Naruto was fishing for conversation. 'When in doubt, talk about training...' he thought to himself. "Great. Master Kurasaki is really cool. Today we learned the sonic boom attack. It's like a huge donut-shaped sound blast that can cause deftness." She answered. "Well anyway Naru, I have to go. Goodnight." Before he could say anything else, she was gone.
"You're late." Said Cassandra. She was standing on the giant budah's head, her weapon already drawn. "Sorry, I didn't know what you meant by 'big head'." Lied Naruto. In fact, he knew exactly what she meant, that morning however he'd tried to get some alone time with Tenten, only to find her avoiding him. "Whatever. I thought before we start sparring, I'd show you some new toys." Cassandra threw a small blue sphere, which Naruto caught awkwardly. "Have fun."
Suddenly Naruto's ears were filled with a horrible vibration. The more he tried to get rid of the ball, the harder he clasped it. Naruto was sprawled out on the ground, shaking uncontrollably, as his entire being was assaulted by the curious weapon. "It's always like this. Even if you're the one using it. You have to focus your chakara, or you'll eventually die." Said Cassandra after a couple of hours or horrible sensations. 'This is just an extream chakara control exercise.' Naruto thought as he focused his chakara.
The unbarible vibrations, dulled to a harmless shaking. "Very good. I guess now's as good a time as any to tell you, that you wouldn't have died. There's only two days left until your assault on the wind emporror's palace, so you need to be in top condition, and ability, so I decided to speed things up." Cassandra announced smiling smugly with a "Ha ha! Tricked you!" look on her face. "If there's only two days left, then shouldn't we tackle some of those sound techniques, that everyone else is learning?"
"True, I was hired to teach you sound arts, but my goal is to simply make you stronger. The events of two days ago, proved my suspicions correct. Yen is involved, and he's planning something. Your new job is to be ready to stop him at all costs." She answered. Cassandra jumped down from the top of the half-underground, Buddha statue, to join Naruto. "This Yen guy... what's his story?" Queried Naruto.
"He's very dangerous... that's all you need to know." Cassandra was dodging the question. "Meet me here tonight for your final exam." Was all she said before using Teleportation no jutsu, and leaving Naruto to himself. "Everything alright cheif? I mean, in your love life?" A familliar voice asked. It was that old man that had given Naruto advice, during the festival. "Um, not really." Answered Naruto. "Tell me about it then son."
For some odd reason Naruto felt that he could talk to the old man about anything, so he explained the happenings of the past few days, being careful to avoid details of their mission. After he was done, he waited for the old man's riddle-like advice, but to Naruto's surprise the old man simply asked. "Do you love her?" Tenten was the best thing that had ever happened to him, of course he loved her. "Yes." Was Naruto's answer. "Does she know?" 'Fricken' A...' Thought Naruto, as he sped toward the hotel, and hopefully Tenten.
Naruto found Tenten in the main lobby, with a glass of ice tea in her hands. "Hello Naruto." She greeted quietly. "Tenten, can we take a walk?" He asked. "Um... well actually I'm about to-" She began, but Naruto grabbed her hands and pleaded. "Please don't avoid me anymore. I wanted to tell you something." Tenten agreed, and followed Naruto out of the hotel.
"What is it?" She asked in that distant tone, as they walked the streets of Sunagakure. "Tenten, these last few days have been crazy. I Just wanted you to know that, you've made them lots more bearable." Said Naruto. "Glad to be of help." She replied. "There's more. You see I... Well I..." Naruto stammered, searching for the right words, and when none came to him, he just said it. "I love you Tenten." This brought Tenten to an abrupt halt. "What?" She asked unbelievingly. "I love you. I love you more than Raman."
'Gods... that was just too cheesy.' Naruto admonished himself, feeling like the world's biggest loser, but suddenly he felt Tenten's hands on his shoulders. "I'm so glad... I love you too Naru." Tenten wrapped her arms around Naruto's neck, and pulled him close to her. "I was afraid you wouldn't want me, after I'd given you all I could." She half whispered. "No worrys of that." Replied Naruto.
After spending the entire evening walking, and talking together, Naruto and Tenten reluctantly parted. "Good luck Naru-chan!" Called Tenten, as he departed.
It was almost midnight when Naruto and Cassandra faced each other. "See what this is Naruto?" Asked Cassandra, brandishing a strange object. "It's a strap-on. If you lose, you're taking it up the ass." So far, Naruto had lost his every battle with Cassandra, why would now be any different? "Don't worry Naruto, you're much stronger now." And with that, She charged.
The first thing Naruto did, was defocus the Chakara in his ear. That way, Cassandra's sound attacks would be useless. As Cassandra's blade flashed outwards, her foot went right for his chest. Naruto grabbed her foot with his right hand, and lifted it giving him an inadvertent view of Cassandra's panties. Cassandra grinned and mouthed something that looked like; "Like what you see?" Suddenly Naruto felt a strange vibration, that caused him to release her foot, and stumbled back as Cassandra kicked him full force in the face.
Cassandra began speaking, and Naruto had to refocus the chakara in his ears to understand what she was saying. Apparently when Naruto held her foot, Cassandra had touched her sound blade to the same foot, causing Naruto just as much harm as if he'd heard the sound. "So you see Naruto, being def won't help you. You'll have to think of something else." Just as Naruto and Cassandra ran at each other again, they were blown apart by an unseen force.
"Yen!" Cassandra declared, regaining her footing. "Watching you is just too cute." Said the pink haired youth, with the lifeless green eyes. "What are you doing here?" Demanded Naruto. "I've come to see If you're ready to be of use to me." He replied. Yen was suddenly holding several large bamboo umbrellas. One in each hand, one between his teeth, and four on his back. "Naruto, I wanted you to have a couple of days rest before facing him again. But it looks like we don't have that luxury. Now, let's get him!"
As Cassandra and Naruto, both ran at Yen, he teleported behind them and let fly, four of the umbrellas in his possession. Two hit Naruto with bone crushing force, pinning him against the Buddha statue for a few seconds before he crashed to the ground to discover- he was okay. Cassandra, who stood beside two shattered bamboo umbrellas, gave him a small smile.
"Oh come on," Said Yen. "Don't tell me you gave him the treatment." Cassandra simply gave him a defiant look. "Treatment?" Asked Naruto, not getting it. "A training method in which, the subject undergoes continuous and brutal fighting, forcing his or her body to heal rapidly. In normal hands it's expedient, but with your already ungodly stamina, you're now on an altogether different level." Explained Yen, before adding. "Let me guess, you gave him your chakara sphere as well?"
Instead of answering, Cassandra attacked Yen with reckless abandon. "Very well." Sighed Yen, and then he did something that surprised Naruto altogether. Just as Cassandra reached him, Yen kicked her into the air using the Lotus move most used by Lee. "Cassandra!" Called Naruto, running to catch her, but he was thrown back by an unseen force. "Watch carefully Naruto, this is what happens when one defies me."
Yen sent one of his umbrella weapons into the air. What happened next, would be burned into Naruto's mind forever. As Yen uttered "Piercing rain", thousands of needles, rained from the umbrella and down upon Cassandra as she fell. Cassandra's back arched, and her eyes widened, as an innumerable amounts of bamboo splinters pierced her being. She seemed to hang in air for an extra minute, before finally going down hard.
Naruto was finally able to move enough, to run to her side. "Heh... It's too bad, I was hoping that I could have banged you at least six times, before we had to part ways." She attempted a chuckle, and winced from the effort. "No way, you're not dying on me." Said Naruto, not accepting what was right before his eyes. "You see Naruto, I am invincible." Boasted Yen. "If you join me, then you will be as well."
"If being Invincible means being like you, then I'll pass." Naruto Shot back, as he stood, his eyes flashing with contempt. "I didn't know her for very long, but she has a way of growing on you. I was really starting to like her, and you took her from me." Naruto drew a Kunai blade, and faced his doll-like adversary. "Show me the power Kyubi has granted you." Yen held the two remaining umbrellas in front of him, like two rods.
At first the battle with Yen was strange, no matter how many shots Naruto got in with his Kunai, it didn't seem to do anything, while the countless bruises Naruto got from the umbrellas, were all too evident. However, soon Naruto got better at avoiding Yen's attacks. As Yen struck downward with an umbrella, Naruto focused his chakara into his feet (At greater ease than usual) And kicked it away. "Fool!" Yen made several hand signs, and the umbrella, Naruto had just deflected began blasting needles everywhere.
"Kuchiyose no Jutsu!" Naruto was carried into the air, by a summoned toad dodging the attack. As soon as Naruto was directly over Yen, he dismissed the toad, and used the energy to preform a chakara tackle right down on Yen's head. Yen's umbrella spontaneously fired, sending needle after needle into him as he was sent sprawling. As Yen regained his composure, his genjutsu dropped, and suddenly he was covered in cuts, bruises, and wounds from Naruto's previous attacks, along with the hundred plus, needles from his own umbrella. "Aha! So you are being hurt by my attacks. And now all your weapons are gone." Stated Naruto. "Yeah so?" Asked Yen.
"You don't get it, do you?" Yen returned to his feet, and began slowly walking toward Naruto. "I have mastered fighting styles from many of the ninja villages. Up until this point, I've only fought you using Rain tactics. Ever heard of a man called Chung? He was a great taijutsu master from the grass village. In my travels I came across him, in his last years and became his apprentice." Yen assumed a Taijutsu pose and motioned for Naruto to attack. Naruto obliged- big mistake.
As soon as Naruto attacked, Yen gave him a hard jab in the stomach, followed by a swift kick to the face, sending him to the ground. Naruto jumped to his feet, tackled Yen head on, and was harshly poked with the needles that covered him. "These don't hurt me, they help me." Said Yen, grabbing Naruto by the shoulders and throwing him to the ground. "Now Naruto... I'm going to kick your ass."
What followed, was nothing short of an ass kicking. Yen relentlessly rained blow upon blow down on Naruto. Thanks to his newly increased stamina, Naruto got up each time, only to be knocked down again. "You see Naruto?" Crack! Yen kicked him across the face "I'm a god!" smash! Naruto was sent to the ground with a sharp blow. "You- Can't- Win!" With each pause, Naruto's head was banged against the statue, covering it with his blood.
Each of Yen's attacks were more vicious than the last, but each time Naruto defiantly stood. After about an hour of "Fun", Yen decided to end it. "Just give up." He said. "No!" Spat Naruto, covered from head to foot with battle damage, and blood, almost all his own. Suddenly Yen jumped into the air, and kicked Naruto in the throat. Naruto stumbled backwards, his breath caught, as Yen came up with an uppercut right between his eyes.
Naruto fell from the top of the Buddha head, and went still. "Impressive... You're almost there." And as quickly as he arrived, Yen Disappeared. Five minuites later, Naruto got to his feet, ignoring the horrible pain that accompanied his arisal. "What am I?" He said aloud, as he felt himself heal.
At 4:00 am, Naruto arrived at the hotel, carrying Cassandra with him. "Naruto? What the hell!" Kankuro's voice, for some reason, Naruto's eyes weren't working so well. "Oh My god!" Temari's voice, The pressure of Cassandra lessened, as she took her from him. "Naru!" Tenten... Naruto felt her warm embrace, as he lost consciousness.
Naruto awoke, fully healed a few hours later. "I see your training is complete." Kakashi stood over him. They were in Kakashi's room, and behind Naruto's teacher stood the others. "Don't worry guys, he's just fine." Assured Kakashi. "Kakashi?" Asked Naruto unbelieving. "What the hell? Why am I okay? I just had almost every bone in my body broken, I was covered in my own blood! And yet here I am, unscathed!" Naruto finally realized he was shouting, and went quiet.
"You did very well Naruto." Said Kakashi. "Your training was to give you a better chance of survival against Yen. But apparently his goal is no longer to kill you." Explained Kakashi, so that only Naruto could hear him. "But-" Began Naruto, but Kakashi stopped him with a hand. "All will be explained soon." Said Kakashi, and then to everyone, "Alright team, listen up. Tomorrow evening, we invade the bastion of the wind emperor. Get some rest, train, have fun. That's an order."
"Your friend's alright." Said Tenten, after everyone else had gone. "She's in critical condition though." Naruto merely nodded. "What wrong Naru?" Asked Tenten. "I'm not who you think. I should be dead." Was all Naruto said. "But you're not. And that's all that matters." Replied Tenten, taking him into her arms. "It's alright Naru. Kakashi told me all about the fox demon. I know everything and I don't care. I love you Naru-chan." Tenten squeezed Naruto, kissing and licking him, and doing whatever she could to make him feel better.
"I love you too Tenten." Said Naruto. "Then that's all that matters." Tenten replied, laying on her back, and pulling Naruto on top of her. "It's been a whole day Naru." She said, waiting for his approval. Naruto simply smiled, as Tenten opened her legs in invitation. "You're on top this time Naru." Said Tenten, and with that she pulled Naruto to her...
Pretty cool eh? I'll have the next chapter up by the 19th, but If I get... I dunno 20 more reviews, I'll have it up way sooner. Remember, I also greatly appreciate criticism, and helpful advice. - Korry.
