Hi all.
So last time we discovered that Subject Flower is a girl with pink hair and less curvature than a brand new chalk-board, aka Sakura. Also, Shadow-Fox has a side to him that shocked everyone other than his own team: kindness.
Who feels happy that Sasuke has been blacklisted from Red-Spiral and Shadow-Blade?
Don't comment on that please, just like the story. :P
Responses to Reviews:
Anko4Life: Told you it'd be a surprise. Hope you enjoyed the way I revealed who Flower was.
Anon: Thanks and here it is.
Guest: how many of the other stories are planned to be completed?
To Chapter 1 Review:
Sai55: You didn't read the description, did you? The second last word there is NaruXHina…note the HINA part. Don't like, don't read.
Now…on with the story…
Chapter 5,
It has been 2 weeks since the attack on First High School and things have since both escalated and calmed down.
They have calmed down in that almost everyone has returned to their usual schedule and classes.
They have escalated in two ways:
Hinata has been spending more and more time with a red face whenever she began thinking about what Shadow-Fox said, that she should give Naruto a chance…and her imagination blew completely out of proportion…How did 'Give Naruto a chance' become something along the lines of 'Marry him, have sex with him and conceive children' in a period of 2 weeks is anyone's guess…maybe she was a pervert all along?
The second way was with Sasuke. Since finding out that he was heavily outclassed by Shadow-Fox was a blow to his pride. And finding out that a mere 'cannon fodder recruit' was being given an opportunity that was every mercenary's dream, and that he and his entire clan was blacklisted…well, his thoughts went from 'How can the Dobe join a PMC that I deserve to be in' to 'I am *swear-word* going to *swear-word* kill that *long-swear-word* Son of a *swear-word* Bitch *followed-by-a-sentence-of-swearwords*'(1)…and off course to absolutely no-ones surprise Sakura thought that he remained cool…again it was anyone's guess what she saw in him.
Ino meanwhile went back to her old habits of basically seducing the male population and dumping them after knocking them out after giving head once…on accounts of them not having any stamina.
And she was planning to 'test' Naruto when he returned from his mission…not knowing that now she has competition.
Shikamaru, as always, thought that it was too troublesome to care. Temari is still trying to slap some sense into him…literally. Otherwise she just dragged his lazy ass out on dates…not that he minded as she was paying…most of the time…
Kiba…was for once actually trying to improve not just his physical capabilities, but also his academic ones, as was Choji.
Shino went about practicing his magic, focusing on improving the effectiveness of his spells.
And Naruto made himself appear as though the Op had run him ragged…by actually being airdropped into the Congo and going on a rampage through various slave and prisoner camps, whilst dressed in a classic Rambo outfit, complete with red headband, bush knife and light machine gun. American forces whom he entrusted the safety of the freed prisoners dubbed him: "Mr. Stop-Stealing-Our-Job"
Now they were all in class when the doors opened and a tired looking Naruto walked in.
"Sorry I am late, Sensei." He greeted the teacher. "I just arrived back in Tokyo an hour ago." He took out his phone, tipped a few buttons and showed the teacher a picture of him at the airbase, with the timestamp reading just over an hour ago.
"You could have taken the day off, you know?" the teacher said.
"I have what 3 weeks of material to catch up on." Naruto countered.
The Teacher typed a few lines on his computer and moments later Naruto got a tone from his phone.
"That is the material you missed, as well as what I am planning on doing today. Now, go visit the other teachers and get their notes as well, then go home and rest…you look like you are about to fall over asleep on your feet." The teacher said. Many of the students agreed with him.
"Alright, Sensei." Naruto said, before covering a yawn with his hand.
Later, long after school had ended, Mari found him in the Public Morals Committee room, asleep on the table with a pair of computer screens in front of him, showing information that he had been reading on one screen and his notes on the other.
And whilst she was happy that he was back, she still felt the light sting from his comment that they weren't friends yet.
Grunting, she moved him onto the Sofa, where she covered him with a blanket she kept in the lowest drawer of her desk in case the weather was very cold.
As she passed the computer screens, she saw that he had already worked through two weeks' worth of material that he had missed. As she turned to get to her own work, she heard Naruto's video chat system ringing.
Curiosity got the better of her. She clicked the 'answer' button.
A screen appeared showing a beautiful redhead in her late twenties.
"Good day, this is…uhm…Uzumaki Naruto's computer. My name is Watanabe Mari. How can I help you?" Mari said.
"Greetings, Miss Watanabe. Is Naruto present?" the female asked.
"He is kinda asleep at the moment." Mari said, looking over at the sofa. The camera on top of the computer turned as well.
"I see." The unknown female said. "Well, when he wakes up, tell him that I and an acquaintance would like to speak with him."
"Will do…uhm, who are you?" Mari asked.
"Oh, right. You wouldn't know who I am…and I'd very much like to keep it that way. Just tell him that Red Spiral's Mother-Hen called." The figure said, making Mari go bug eyed.
"Wait wait wait…Red Spiral? I thought he was with Konoha PMC." Mari said.
"What, you didn't know? The process of his transferral has been going on for some time, however he needed field experience, that is why he is still officially in Konoha." Mother-Hen said.
"One more thing…" Mari said as she noticed that Mother-Hen was about to cut the line. "How do I become friends with him?"
"That will be difficult…first you need to earn his respect…and don't even think about trying to flirt with him…I gave up counting the number of females he put in the hospital for trying that." Mother-Hen deadpanned, before ending the chat.
"Why would I flirt with him when I already have someone?" Mari asked herself…but had to admit that she could see why people would flirt with him…whoever would get him would have a hunk of a man.
Somewhere in Tokyo, Hyuuga clan compound
Hinata was finishing up her homework when she gave a small sneeze. Her younger sister, who was in the room, fell onto the floor, holding her stomach as she laughed…as she had never heard such a sneeze from her sister before.
Timeskip
Naruto yawned as he walked into the classroom. The teacher looked up before greeting him, which got a tired answer from Naruto.
"Hn, pathetic. You went to bed late or something, dobe?" Sasuke sneered.
"Hey, I'd like YOU to stay awake for at least a week straight, then work through three weeks' worth of material, Asshole." Naruto snarled back. "The only time I slept in Africa was just after we delivered the supplies to the Refugee camp."
"Hn. You are still weak though." Sasuke continued.
Everyone from Konoha froze when he made that comment. Naruto meanwhile just smirked.
"Thank you for saying that, because I have just sent a recording of your own words to Kakashi-sensei…I wonder what will happen when he realizes that his own pupil does not keep himself within regulations concerning discriminatory actions, vocal or physical, towards a fellow operative." Naruto said, holding up his Phone and replaying Sasuke's own words from earlier.
Kiba began laughing his ass off, only to be silenced by a glare from Sasuke, who began plotting revenge against Naruto…
"Anyway, let's continue on with were we ended off yesterday with…" the teacher began, and lost Naruto at this point as he focused to stay awake.
Once school was over, he immediately went home after Mari and basically every other Public Morals Committee member told him "Go Home, Go Rest, Go Sleep.", in that order, in the exact same tone, at the same time. And Mari, having heard about what happened at the start of class, decided to allocate half of the available Public Morals Committee members to make sure that a) nobody tries attacking him on the way, b) he doesn't fall asleep on the way, and c) that he actually goes to sleep when he gets home…with the use of sleeping magic if need be.
Fortunately in the end they didn't need to use magic to get him to sleep…but they DID drag his sleeping body into his house when he fell asleep midstride at the exact moment he walked through the gate.
"What does this guy eat?" one of the carriers asked. "He weighs a ton!"
"I could tell you, but you wouldn't like the answer." Tatsuya answered from the other side of Naruto.
"Says who?" the second guy said. "Go on then, try us."
"Well, in one sitting, Naruto-san is capable of consuming at least 30 portions of Cup Ramen." Tatsuya said in his usual stoic tone.
The others looked at him as though he had just grown a second head.
When one of them called him on the Bullshit, Tatsuya, after helping getting Naruto into bed, led them to the Kitchen and opened all the cupboards, only two of which were NOT filled with Instant Ramen cups…and the Rubbish Bin was filled with stacks of 25 to 30 empty Ramen cups.
The others all had exactly one thing to say about this:
"Where the hell does he put all that food?"
Timeskip
Things gradually returned to normal. Naruto went on with his duties with the Public Morals Committee, Sasuke was still planning on how to get back at Naruto and Ino dating her way through half the boys in their class.
If there is one thing that was different, it was that Hinata and Naruto spent quite a lot of their time together, to a point where she applied for a position in the Public Morals Committee just so she could spend more time with him…which he found odd to be honest…at least until he remembered that he told her to give him a chance…
'Great…I may have made things a bit too complicated…' he thought.
Fortunately she was assigned an office duty, primarily with logging issues and basically being Mari's secretary. Hinata pouted at that, but agreed. At least now she'd be relatively safe in case Mt. Sasuke erupted again.
That being said, she didn't spend all of her time with Naruto, though there is a bit of a unspoken competition going on between her and Ino as to who would complete their current task first, Ino with dating (and dumping) her way through all of the boys in their grade and Hinata with getting Naruto to date her.
Or something like that.
In other words, it was who would get at Naruto first.
However that would have to wait, for the trials for the Nine Schools Competition were starting.
At the end, Naruto had been chosen as one of the participants, as was Sasuke. Fortunately neither of them were in the same competitions.
Naruto was grouped into the 1st year males' group for Speed shooting due to his confirmed experience with wielding a rifle and other firearms as well as Ice Pillar Break for reasons he would not reveal just yet.
Sasuke on the other hand was grouped into the most popular event: Monolith Code, together with Morisaki Shun…when those two met, they immediately hit it of as friends…and gave Naruto one more reason to dislike both of them. Anyway, the two of them were part of the 4 Man team that would take part in the event. (2)
Tatsuya was roped in for the tech group…the only people surprised here were first course students. The group of girls whom he had been assigned to as a CAD engineer mostly dissed him, until Honoka and Shizuku commented that Tatsuya could probably give them CADs that were upgrades, even if the hardware were downgraded…which he proved to those that weren't convinced…again…
To absolutely nobody's surprise Miyuki was entered for quite a number of the competitions, with her mastery of Ice magic, earning her the nickname of "Ice Princess", not reaching the rank of Ice-Queen purely because she doesn't act like the cold-hearted bitch that is usually associated with that particular title.
Shikamaru, for once, was actually looking forward to the competition he had been assigned to: Shogi. The only issue was that the contestants had to move the pieces using magic, but he probably had a trick up his sleeve for that.
On a side note, Naruto requested that the engineer assigned to him be none other than Tatsuya, much to the shock and horror of the bunch of female engineers who had crowded around him.
Everyone began training for their respective tournaments…well, most of them.
A day after the members were assigned a position, just as Naruto left the Public Morals Committee room, he was approached by a nervous and somewhat flustered Hinata, with a bunch of girls poking their heads around a corner on both sides of the corridor…Naruto recognized most of them as members of his secret fanclub.
"Uhm…N-Na-Naruto-kun…" Hinata said.
"Yes…can I help you, Hinata-san?" Naruto asked.
"Uhm…there is something I'd like to ask of you…" Hinata had to force the words out…and Naruto had an inclination as to what she wanted…she probably wanted to meet Shadow-Fox again.
"Sure. What is it?" Naruto asked.
"Uhm…See…Ireallylikeyousopleasegooutwithme…" Hinata sped through the words so fast that Naruto had difficulty keeping up.
"Whoa slow down there…you lost me as please…what was the rest?" Naruto asked. By now even Mari was sticking her head out of the room, with Mayumi and Azusa following suit.
Hinata turned very red indeed, realizing that she had to go through this again.
"I said…please go out with me…" she said, coming close to fainting.
Of course, Naruto's fanclub were like "Don't you dare accept this wench, Naruto-kun. We know more about you than she does…" and "Naruto is mine, bitch. Back off or else…"
On the other hand, Naruto jerked when he the concentrated glares from Mari, Mayumi and Azusa on his back, together with the words 'accept her or else…'. Looking behind him, he swore he saw the same aura around the three girls as when he frequently saw his mother in an argument and wouldn't take no for an answer.
"Uhm…Sure. However, I won't be able to do anything until after the upcoming Competition." he asked, feeling the glares on his back disappear whilst the pressure from his Fanclub grew exponentially.
He also swore he heard Mayumi mutter 'Fucking Finally' under her breath…what was that about?
For the Fanclub…War had just been declared…war between them and Hinata. If only they knew that Hinata had some powerful allies…
The next day whilst Naruto was eating with the Konoha group. Hinata had invited him to sit with them, much to Sasuke's Ire and Ino's resignation…here was ONE hot guy whom she couldn't test now…and she was saddened but accepted her loss in the competition with Hinata.
Naruto was busy putting some sauce on his chips when one of the girls of his Fanclub came up to the table and loudly proclaimed "Hyuuga-san is not good enough for someone like you, Naruto-sama. You should rather go out with an elite like myself, or…" she was shut up when Naruto shoved a chip drenched in Indian standards extra extra extra hot tabasco.
"Shut up." Naruto told her whilst her face went tomato red and she started sweating buckets due to the spicy taste. "Hinata-san is far more 'elite' than you."
"'An elite' she says…" Kiba said out loud. "Sakura…she reminds me of you back in middle school."
Naruto turned his head at that.
"Really now?" he asked, interested. The other students in the mess hall felt sorry for the girl for Naruto's brutal rejection.
And Naruto's conversation with Kiba, Shikamaru, Ino, Choji and Temari became the first step of forming a new friendship between Naruto and the Konoha group.
The only hiccup was when Temari sent him a glare for asking Shikamaru what had happened to make him stay away from redheads (cough*Tayuya*cough).
Shikamaru's answer was far more to the point: "Redheads are the most troublesome species of female in existence."
"What would you do if I told you my mother is a redhead?" Naruto asked, surprising many in the group.
"Then I'd say you have a very troublesome mother." Shikamaru said.
Naruto couldn't help but chuckle at that, remembering that his Mother's pofile has a 'Flee on Sight' lable on it…then again…so does his.
Pity that there are no terrorists that read the profiles…it would make missions so much easier…
"So, Naruto-san." Ino asked. "When are you transferring to Red Spiral?"
"Probably at the end of the year." Naruto answered, shrugging. "I could go there now since the paperwork has been approved, however my mother wants me to finish the year first before we see what happens next."
"Who is you mother exactly?" Kiba asked.
"Unfortunately, that information is highly classified. I'd risk expulsion from my clan if I reveal it." Naruto said. "And before you ask, yes, I am from a clan. I believe you already know that Red Spiral is both run and supplied by the Uzumaki Clan."
"Then your mother is a high ranking official in the clan…makes sense." Shikamaru said. "One more reason to stay away from Red Spiral…too many troublesome redheads."
"But here you have troublesome blondes." Naruto said, imitating Shikamaru's voice and tone perfectly, making everyone at the table laugh.
Of to the side, a single fangirl of Naruto's was trying not to scream as her mouth burned…
(1): I leave the swearwords up to your imagination…
(2): I know Monolith Code if fought with 3-man teams in Canon…
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AND DONE!
So, the Nine schools competition is just around the corner, though this time there will be a few changes.
And Hinata has made her move and asked Naruto out on a Date…which won't happen until after the Competition.
Naruto and the Konoha group has finally started making amends and are becoming friends…and speaking of Konoha…Ino will have a rather…interesting event during the competition. #EvilLaugh