Okay, so there's nothing new. But this one is cleaner than the original. Once again, Sakura is officially being shipped with Lee thanks to those who review in the comment below. Please enjoy the chapter and tell me what you think in a review.
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When Hinata asked Hanabi if she wanted to meet her friend, her sister was at first confused. Hinata had never had anyone who she had called a friend before, so to hear her sister talk about visiting one was a surprise to the young Hyuga. Nonetheless, Hanabi accepted and was excited to meet this friend of her sister's. 'I wonder who it is…?'. After gaining their father's approval, the two headed off to bed. Hanabi tried to think of who it could be with the limited knowledge she had of Hinata's class, but no one stood out to her as someone who her sister would actually become friends with.
The next morning, the Hyuga sisters and their bodyguards left to visit Naruto's apartment. It was about 8 in the morning so the shops were still opening up and not a lot of customers were out and about. As they got closer and closer to their destination, Hanabi became more and more curious about her sister's friend. 'Her friend isn't even from a clan? Just who is this person?'.
When they reached the apartment complex, Ko was surprised to see all the graffiti on the wall painted over and the stairs cleaned. 'He cleaned up! Must have been in preparation of Hinata-sama and Hanabi-sama'. When they reached the door, Hinata walked up and knocked three times. Movement could be heard inside, as they waited for entry. When the door was opened, they were met with a half asleep Naruto with his sleeping cap on and rubbing one eye. Mixed reactions ran throughout the Hyugas present. Hinata wasn't surprised, but was silently disappointed her friend couldn't have been a bit more presentable. Hanabi was skeptical of the boy in front of her, 'this is the person who was able to actually befriend my sister?'. The two bodyguards were slightly disgusted by his such informal attire, skeptical about the boy in front of them. However, all of this was wasn't see on their blank faces.
After a few seconds, Naruto realized who it was and did a 180, "Oh, Hinata! You're here!". He then looked down at his pajamas and blushed a little. Scratching the back of his head he said, "hehe, sorry about this. Um… I'll be back in a few seconds.". He then closed the door and released his weight seal. Within the 7 seconds he had changed, brushed his teeth, and done a final check of the house before opening the door again. "Sorry about that, come in, make yourself at home. I'm just going to make some breakfast if you would like any. I was planning on making pancakes".
The Hyuga Bodyguards' eyes grew wide. Since they weren't from the main family, there were some freedoms that they had. One of them was being able to freely socialize with people without needing constant approval from the elders to do things. This allowed one fortunate Hyuga branch member to stumble across pancakes thanks to a food stand from the west visiting. They returned to the compound, praising the floppy circle of dough. Almost every branch member went to get one after that day and ever since, the pancake has been the food of legend in the branch family.
Hinata and Hanabi, however, were confused by the strange food Naruto talked about. They had never heard of such a meal before.
Entering the apartment, the Hyugas were surprised by how small it was. They were currently standing in the living room/kitchen/dining room. There was a small hallway leading to the bedroom with a door to the bathroom on one side, and a storage closet on the other. On the window sill, one could see a small garden of flowers. Hinata found herself recognizing the flowers, but she couldn't remember where she had seen them. Seeing her interest in the flowers, Naruto said "those are my gladiolus, I've been selling any surplus I grow to the Yamanakas… Would you like one? You said you do flower pressing right? Maybe you could press one of those!". Hinata was a little startled by this, 'he can't remember anything on a test, but he remembers that? I only mentioned it when we first became a team'. Gathering her thoughts, Hinata said "I'd be happy to take one, but later, I don't want it to dry up before I press it".
Naruto nodded and turned to the kitchen. Removing various ingredients from the pantry and fridge. Hinata and Hanabi sat at the small table and their bodyguards took the small couch. As he cooked, Naruto talked to Hanabi about the academy. She was now in her second year at the academy. The more they talked, the more Hanabi liked Naruto. He was so different from everyone else. He didn't care about her status, he was just being nice.
After finishing the first two pancakes, he gave each its own plate and put some maple syrup on. Then handed one to each Hyuga sister. "I hope you like them, I know they're not exactly fancy, but they're really good," said Naruto, returning back to continue making more. The two sisters looked skeptically at each other. Together they used their forks to cut a piece off and took a bite. Their eyes widened and both sisters suddenly had a new hunger in their eyes. The bodyguards smirked, knowing the two sisters just found their new favorite food.
Naruto had just finished 6 more pancakes when he turned around to find both Hyuga sisters staring at him intently. His sweat dropped and hesitantly put another pancake on each of their plates. He then gave the bodyguards a pancake each, surprising Branch Hyugas. They usually weren't addressed at all when a main family member was around, and to be given such a treat by the demon child of the leaf made it all the more unforeseen.
Naruto smiled at the two and returned to the table to eat his own two pancakes. He had put blueberries and chocolate chips in it, along with some vanilla extract. Not a lot, but just enough to make a delicious blend of flavor with the blueberry and chocolate.
His curiosity getting the best of him, Ko asked "Uzumaki-san, where did you learn to make these?". The rest of the Hyugas looked to Naruto for the answer, no one had been able to get the recipe so they couldn't make pancakes at the compound. To find someone who knew how to make such good ones was a blessing from Kami.
Swallowing his food Naruto answered, "I've been sending clones to the library to gather information about jutsu and other helpful or interesting things. Last month, I found a new book on baking recipes and found the recipe, along with a variety of others". Knowing the Hyuga needed this recipe, Hinata said "Fortunately I planned on going to the library later. We will have to check out this book and try it for ourselves".
She had never planned to go to the library, but the other Hyugas instantly caught her drift and said nothing.
It was a few minutes later that a knock came from the door. Naruto was washing up the plates and had asked Hanabi to get the door, knowing that it was probably Konohamaru on the other side. 'Let's see how they react seeing the other'.
Hanabi opened the door to see a small boy with an excessively long scarf and head helmet. Konohamaru saw Hanabi and froze, hoping to not anger her, he said "h-hi H-Hanabi". She then closed the door immediately. Naruto's sweat dropped, 'That was harsh. "Uzumaki-san, you have a short monkey at your door" said Hanabi before walking back to her seat. Konohamaru could be heard on the other side, yelling about how he wasn't a monkey. Naruto gave a weak chuckle and said, "that short monkey is supposed to be here".
Opening the door for Konohamaru, Naruto wondered 'what did he do to anger Hanabi so much'. Konohamaru sat at the small table across from Hanabi, the two seeming to have a glaring contest.
Trying to break the tension, Naruto decided it was time to move this party to somewhere bigger than his small apartment. "How about we go for a walk in the park?". Hinata agreed with him, trying to help lower the tension between the two. Naruto then cut a flower for Hinata and sealed it in his wrist.
On their way to the park, Hinata and Naruto were used as dividers between Hanabi and Konohamaru. The bodyguards trailing behind, trying not to be in the crossfire between the two nine year olds.
When they reached the park, they started walking one of the many paths of the park in uncomfortable silence. A silence that was thankfully broken by Naruto, "So… Hanabi. Out of curiosity, what did Konohamaru do to get you so mad at him?". 'I knew she was frustrated with him, but this is a bit much'.
Konohamaru pulled his scarf over his face, and Hanabi took a second to calm herself. "That idiot decided it would be funny to prank the teacher by transforming into a nude, and very… developed woman".
Hinata's killer intent exploded from her, scaring the birds and some people close by. Naruto's sweat dropped, and hoped she would give Konohamaru mercy. Hinata then turned to Naruto and said, "I wonder where he could've learned such a jutsu….Naruto". 'Forget Konohamaru, I may not live to see tomorrow!' Naruto panicked, hoping Hinata would spare his life.
Hanabi took note of her sister's reaction, confused at why her anger was directed at Naruto when Konohamaru was the culprit. Konohamaru then decided to open his annoying mouth and said, "I admit I did that, but he was a perv! Also, she's complaining about me when she was the one who hid mouse traps on my chair and desk! I'm still finding mouse traps from two weeks ago! My fingers can't take much more of it!". Konohamaru then lifted his bandaged fingers.
Naruto was barely able to hear Hanabi mumble, "That's because I refill your desk regularly". Hinata shot her sister a glare, and Hanabi looked away, whistling.
Pinching his nose, Naruto loudly exhaled. "Okay. So you both have done damage to the other, I get it. Trust me," Naruto quickly glanced at Hinata, remembering all the times they drove each other up the walls. "So I have an idea. How about we have a little competition?" Naruto had caught everyone's attention now, just as he had hoped. "In this competition, it'd be two teams. The goal of the game is to defeat the other team's flag bearer. The flag bearer can't fight at all, so you only need to restrain them, not beat them senseless. The other team member can fight however, but if they go down their flag bearer has no protection. Whoever gets the other flag first wins. How does that sound?". After a couple seconds of consideration, Hanabi asked, "can it be boys vs girls?". Naruto smiled and said "Yes". Hinata showed a slightly surprised look on her face at this, Konohamaru was in panic, and Hanabi had an evil grin spread across her face.
"If we're all okay with this, let's go to one of the training fields," Naruto said, leading the way. The rest of the group followed with a mix of emotions. Hinata sped up to join him, asking "are you sure this is a good idea? Hanabi wants to tear him to shreds and quite possibly could do so". Naruto chuckled and said, "Oh this is a terrible idea. But I'm hoping if they see each other's skill they start to respect each other for their skill, and maybe we can do joint training sessions to help. I'm just making it up as I go, but I hope this works, otherwise their relationship is just going to become worse. I really think they could be friends". Hinata nodded and hoped her friend's plan would work.
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The teams had been split up so the Hyuga sisters were against the pranksters. The bodyguards were acting as referees so as to prevent any danger that might befall the sisters, and because they were curious about Naruto's plan. The both knew that Hanabi and Konohamaru would viciously battle each other, but they were just confused on how this would help the situation. Naruto had only disclosed his plan with Hinata who seemed hesitant to agree.
Currently Naruto had given himself and Hinata the flags and then put weight seals on both of them to slow them down enough so Konohamaru or Hanabi would be able to catch them. After putting on the seals and giving Hinata a piece of cloth to use as a flag, Naruto and Konohamaru turned to go to the other side of the clearing. "Okay, so after a minute to hide or run in the forest, Konohamaru and Hanabi can attack the other team. One, two, three, Go!". The two teams ran into the woods, a referee each.
After a few seconds of running Naruto stopped Konohamaru, hoping what he was doing was going to work. "Okay, so Konohamaru, I'm pretty sure Hanabi hasn't unlocked her byakugan yet, so if you use the invisibility henge you'll be able to sneak past her or strike from the shadows. Now if this doesn't work, stay with long range attacks. You don't stand a chances up close".
Konohamaru nodded and said, "Okay Boss", taking note of Naruto's words, but mostly planning out how to defeat Hanabi. The two continued to jump around the forest until a minute was up. Once that happened, Konohamaru set off to find Hanabi, knowing she would most likely be doing the same. He put on the invisibility henge and performed another jutsu to make him silent as he sped through the trees. Naruto waited a few seconds and then turned to the referee who had tagged along with them, "Follow me". Without saying a word the two followed Konohamaru using a tracking seal Naruto discovered a week or two ago.
Once the minute was up, Hanabi zoomed off to find Konohamaru. Not even listening to her sister's warnings. Hinata sighed as she watched her sister run off, "This plan better work Naruto". Hinata turned to Ko and nodded. The two followed Hanabi with their byakugan, staying far enough behind to remain unnoticed.
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Hanabi hadn't unlocked her Byakugan yet, but she still knew the general direction Konohamaru had gone. She was racing through the tree branches to find her target. Suddenly she stopped, listening to her sixth sense and became very cautious of her surroundings.
Suddenly Hanabi felt a fist collide with her cheek, sending her to the ground. As she fell, she saw it was Konohamaru with a smirk on his bratty little monkey face. 'Where did he come from? He just appeared!'. By the time Hanabi had landed and looked back at Konohamaru, he was gone. 'What?! He's not that fast! Where did he go?'. Hanabi took the juuken fighting stance and honed her senses to try to see, hear, sense anything that would reveal where her opponent was.
Konohamaru stifled a laugh, 'now who's so powerful!'. He knew Naruto was right about keeping his distance from Hanabi, but he loved seeing her shock when he punched her. He and Naruto still couldn't do taijutsu while performing the invisibility henge so he was revealed to her for a second, but to him that made it all the better. Konohamaru now was standing right in front of Hanabi. Hanabi felt a kick to her stomach and coughed as she was sent back a couple feet. Once again, she saw Konohamaru appear before her and then disappear once she got to her feet.
'How does he disappear? They didn't teach us this in the academy and his clan isn't known for it!... Anyways, it seems like he appears whenever he attacks me. So I just need to withstand his next attack and then hit him before he can disappear again'. Once again, Hanabi took her fighting stance, waiting for Konohamaru's next strike.
After being hit for the fourth time without any progress on hitting Konohamaru. Wiping the blood from her lip, Hanabi forced herself up and took the stance once more. 'This would be so much easier with Byakugan!'. Konohamaru got cocky with his next punch and Hanabi exploited his mistake instantly. He had canceled the invisibility henge half a second before he was about to make contact, letting Hanabi see his fist's approach to her face. However, he had underestimated her speed and paid for his mistake dearly. Hanabi barely dodged the fist, but then let loose a barrage of chakra infused strikes on the boy. Hitting his muscles and draining him of his strength. Konohamaru was just barely able to jump backwards and escape the beating, but the damage had already been done.
Konohamaru was panting, his arms already bruising from Hanabi's strikes. The two looked at each other, both in the same condition as the other, god awful. Hanabi had a broken lip, multiple bruises and a couple scrapes. Konohamaru's arms were like a Jackson Pollock painting of blacks, blues, and purples. And that wasn't even talking about the bruising under his shirt.
Hinata, Naruto, and the two bodyguards watched under Naruto's invisibility henge in a nearby tree. Naruto had to put the silence jutsu on too so Hanabi or Konohamaru didn't hear them gasping and flinching. 'Well this isn't exactly what I had thought was going to happen, but then again, I didn't have much of an idea of what was going to happen in the first place'.
Hinata had a worried look on her face, she had never seen her sister hurt so much. She so wished she could stop the fighting, but she knew if she did then the tension between Hanabi and Konohamaru might never be resolved. She had ordered the bodyguards not to interfere, but she could see they were struggling to follow that order as they watched Hanabi get hit by Konohamaru.
"I guess you're not too bad of a fighter monkey butt" said Hanabi.
Konohamaru smirked, "yeah, maybe you shouldn't have underestimated my abilities".
"If I recall correctly it was your underestimation of me that put your arms in such a state" snapped Hanabi, frustrating Konohamaru. He struggled to bring his hands together and started forming hand signs. Hanabi moved to stop him, but he was already About to make the last sign. "Fire ring…" Naruto appeared in front of Konohamaru, stopping the jutsu. Naruto held a stern look in his eyes that was found very unsettling by the others. Never had they seen the boy look so angry at someone. Even Hinata, who had witnessed him in the mist, was shaken by the look. Konohamaru realized his mistake and hung his head in shame. "I'm sorry boss, I just got caught up in the moment and…" Konohamaru stopped trying to defend himself, knowing there was no excuse for his actions.
Hanabi was confused and curious about the entire interaction. 'How dangerous was that jutsu?...And how did he know how to do it?'. After trying to guess what the jutsu could be, Hanabi realized "Hey! What are you doing here?! I thought you were supposed to be hiding!".
Konohamaru snapped out of his guilt and joined his ex-opponent. "Yeeah, why are you here… Boss?".
Naruto's sweat dropped as he realized the trouble he was in, "I, uhhh, wanted to see the fight! Yeah!". The two looked skeptically at him.
The Hyuga's in the tree had their own sweat drop at his terrible excuse.
Hanabi crossed her arms, and Konohamaru had moved to stand next to her, equally displeased. Naruto sighed and gave in. "Fine. Yes, I followed Konohamaru to see you two fight to make sure you two didn't hurt one another really bad... And I was hoping you two would see how good the other was and become friends". Naruto watched for their reaction, keeping his weight seal off incase of the need of a speedy get away.
Hinata was holding her breath in anticipation. 'Why would you tell them that idiot!'. She silently waited, not wanting to give any hint to her being there too.
Hanabi and Konohamaru had turned to each other, and away from everyone else to decide what to do. "I don't like this," said Konohamaru.
Hanabi readily agreed and said, "it was quite insensitive of them to try and force us into a friendship". The two nodded, and gave a glare to Naruto.
Konohamaru returned his head to their pocket of secrecy and said, "while I don't like him butting in on my personal life, I don't want him to be sad". Hanabi glanced back over at Naruto and remembered the delicious pancakes from earlier. Turning back, she agreed with Konihamaru's statement.
She then offered, "how about we train together and that's it? I admit you have some helpful jutsu, and I know my taijutsu is better than yours, so this could be mutually beneficial". Seeing his confusion she then explained, "it means we both gain something from it". Konohamaru nodded in understanding.
When they turned around, Naruto started praying to Kami that they hadn't decided to tear him limb from limb. As they walked forward, Hanabi said "we have decided to train together at times and that's it! No hanging around afterwards, no getting a bite to eat. Just training!".
Naruto was so happy that they didn't hate him he accidentally shouted, "It worked Hinata! It worked!". It was then Naruto realized his mistake and felt the killer intent radiating off the two kids behind him. The bodyguards had left as soon as Naruto started cheering, and were now hiding in the bushes on the ground, ready to follow the chase. Hinata internally panicked as Hanabi turned towards her held her sister's gaze for a few seconds before turning around and running.
Naruto took this as his cue to leave and started running off. Konohamaru and Hanabi followed instantly, promising Kami's wrath to whoever they caught.
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Several days Later
Team Seven had met up at their usual spot and were waiting for Kakashi's announcement about the plans for the day. As usual the three had taken to studying one of their various jutsu scrolls.
When Kakashi arrived, surprising an hour earlier than usual, he held three pieces of paper in hand.
"Okay team, today's the chunin exams! You have to fill out this paperwork and submit it by noon to take the exams". Kakashi then turned around and walked off, leaving each genin with a paper in hand. The genin watched him leave, with various reactions of disappointment. 'He shows up earlier than usual, and then leaves after handing us a piece of paper?' the three thought.
Looking at the exam admission forms, the three saw that any forms turned in after noon today would be disqualified. Hinata did not want to have any risk of this happening and ordered Naruto and Sasuke to follow her to where the admission paper listed as the admissions office. "I will not be losing the chance of becoming a chunin because one of you forgot to submit on time," she stated harshly, throwing a glare at Naruto.
With Hinata leading the way, the trio walked through Konoha, discussing what the first exam might be. Suddenly, Konohamaru came running through, with Hanabi hot on his heels, with Konohamaru's gang following her. Naruto sighed as he watched Hanabi pass him, rage in her eyes. 'What did he do this time?'.
Konohamaru had looked back at Hanabi to see her gaining on him. Since he was not looking where he was going he ended up running into a large black figure who just so happened to be turning the corner at the same time.
"Hey! Watch it kid!".
The figure was clad in a black onesie with purple makeup on his face, making him look like some sort of exotic circus performer. On his back was some sort of large object with bandages wrapped around it with what looked like hair on the top.
He had grabbed Konohamaru by his collar and lifted him in the air. "You little punk!... You know, I've been dying to let some energy out, and I think I just found my punching bag!". Konohamaru gulped and looked to Naruto for help.
Naruto was unimpressed by the new figure for the most part, he did take note of the forehead protector the boy wore. 'Hidden in the sand. Interesting'. Naruto put on one of his fake smiles, and scratched the back of his head, "sorry about him. You see he wasn't paying attention to where he was going and accidentally bumped into you. So do you think you'd be able to put him down please?".
Just then a girl came around the corner behind the face painted boy and said, "c'mon Kankuro, this imp isn't worth it". She definitely had a better sense of fashion than her companion, and instead of a bundle of bandages, she had a giant fan on her back. Four blond pineapple tops sticking out of the back of her head. "Besides, we have to go sign up for the first exam. The admission ends soon, and we didn't come all this way for you to beat up some kid".
Kankuro had a wicked smile crawl across his face, "oh I won't be long, Temari. I'll break this brat nice and quick". His grip then tightened on the struggling Konohamaru. Hanabi, Udon, and Moegi had a look of worry on their faces for their struggling friend. Hinata and Sasuke had narrowed their eyes at Kankuro,ready to set him straight.
Naruto continued to smile, although this time, he chuckled and said, "I asked nicely". Suddenly Konohamaru and Naruto swapped places and Kankuro's arm dropped instantly at the sudden increase in weight. Naruto used this drop to escape from Kankuro's grip and came around in front of him to put a fist to Kankuro's stomach. As Naruto went for a kick, Kankuro quickly used a chakra string to make Naruto stumble in the process and went to kick the blonde. Naruto then disappeared in a poof of smoke.
Kankuro's eyes widened and looked around to try and find Naruto. "Up here Face Paint!". Everyone turned to face Naruto sitting in a tree branch, eating a bowl of ramen.
'When did he…!'. Kankuro growled and pulled on the bandages behind him, "You want to fight, I'll give you a fight, you little brat!".
Temari pinched her nose, "Kankuro, we don't have time for this!". Kankuro ignored her and continued to pull on the bandages, causing them to start falling off the mysterious item on his back.
Suddenly a foreign voice said, "Kankuro, if you don't stop... I'll kill you". Kankuro froze in place and turned to the voice. Everyone else followed his gaze to see a red haired boy standing upside down on the branch opposite Naruto. He, like his companions, had an item on his back, a large gourd. He had the kanji of love tattooed on his forehead and had dark rims around his eyes.
Naruto nearly dropped his ramen at the boy's arrival. 'I got here only minutes ago! And, I never sensed him!'. Kankuro was sweating as he said, "S-sorry Gaara". Kankuro then proceeded to recover the item on his back with the bandages.
The boy called Gaara, seemed to turn into sand as he dropped to the ground. Naruto put his ramen to the side and landed in front of Gaara. "I apologize for my brother's insolence. We will be on our way," Gaara said in a bored voice. Gaara then turned around and led his companions away.
Sasuke called out, "red head! What's your name!". Temari seemed disappointed he wasn't asking her. Gaara however, had a flicker of annoyance on his face and said, "Gaara of the sand". After a few seconds, Gaara followed with, " now what is your name".
"Sasuke Uchiha" replied Sasuke. In the same monotone voice, Gaara said, "not you. The blonde one".
Cautiously, Naruto responded, "Naruto Uzumaki". Gaara seemed satisfied with that answer and turned away once more.
The leaf genin and students watched the sand genin walk away until they turned a corner, and were out of sight. Naruto let out a sigh of relief and ran over to Konohamaru, gripping his shoulders, "You alright?". Konohamaru nodded, still looking a bit shaken. Naruto warmly smiled and said, "how about you 4 do your chasing in the park next time? That way there's less of a chance that asses like him will be there". Konohamaru and his squad nodded in understanding. After a minute to make sure everyone was okay, the two groups went back to their previous activities. This time, one group being a bit more cautious.
Team seven continued their walk to the admissions building. After a minute, Hinata turned to Naruto and asked, "so, Naruto. How did you come to be eating ramen after that boy kicked you?". Naruto stiffened, and Sasuke smirked, knowing where Hinata was going this.
"W-well, I-I…".
"It seems like you used a clone. And seeing as I didn't see you make the shadow clone, I would have to assume that it was made before we had even met at the bridge... Is that right?" Hinata continued, knowing Naruto's answer.
Naruto was sweating bullets and hesitantly nodded in confirmation. Sasuke's smirk grew as Hinata continued, 'this is going to be fun to watch'.
Hinata turned to stand in front of Naruto, their noses millimeters apart. "So you sent a clone to the bridge and have been stuffing your face with ramen this entire time instead of being with your team?!". She gained her answer from Naruto gulping in fear of what was coming next. Hinata left a small evil smile form on her face. "Right now we have to submit the admission form, but know that Konohamaru won't be the only one running from a Hyuga today after we submit the forms". With that l, she turned and started walking again.
As she walked, she said, "Oh, and remember. Unlike Hanabi, I have an active Byakugan. So no matter how hard you try to hide, I will always find you".
Sasuke felt the smile spread across his face as he imagined what Hinata would do to him. They may be like brothers, but he would enjoy seeing revenge be enacted on the blonde for ditching him and Hinata for ramen.
Naruto continued to walk forward, a spirit of him floating out of his mouth. Only one thing came to mind when he tried thinking of a way out of his situation. 'I'm royally screwed'. Kami watched from above, "yeah, you're screwed kid".
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Bonus Chapter: Perv Wars - A new Perv
Konohamaru was on the run. He and Sasuke had been able to prank the Perv Club with one of the best pranks yet. They had been able to sneak into the latest club meeting location after Sasuke used a lightning jutsu to stop the power, temporarily. During the time they were inside, Sasuke had used his Sahringan to find the books and use the water gun he had brought to soak each book. Konohamaru did not have a way to see in the dark, so he was tasked with setting up a trap to stall the members when they chased after him. It would cause storage seals placed above the exit points of the house to release water balloons onto the victim.
The plan had gone off without a hitch. The only problem was that one member had gotten out quicker than expected and was chasing them. "Split up" Sasuke said. Konohamaru nodded and ran to the left as Sasuke ran to the right. The masked member followed Konohamaru and was rapidly gaining. Konohamaru decided to try and lose him in the room tops, but the mask member followed easily. Using the invisibility henge and silence jutsu, Konohamaru continued to run across rooftops, until he thought he had lost the masked person assailant.
Deactivating the henge, Konohamaru bent over, panting. The masked figure landed in front of him. Konohamaru stumbled backwards in shock, "how did you follow me? I was invisible and had a silence jutsu on. How did you follow me?!". Now that he wasn't running, Konohamaru noticed the mask was one of a fox.
One he had never seen before. Also, 'why is this one so short?'.
"I used a seal to track you. Join us Konohamaru! The club is always welcoming new members" said the masked member. 'Why does he sound so familiar?' thought Konohamaru.
"I'll never join you! You took the boss away, and now he never shows up to meetings!". It was true. Naruto hadn't been showing up to meetings to pull pranks on the book club. When questioned about it, he would always change the topic of conversation or make up an excuse to escape the question.
The masked member laughed. "No…," the member pulled down their hood to reveal a mane of bright yellow hair, and started to remove their mask. "Konohamaru, I am your Boss!".
Konohamaru was in shock, seeing Naruto before him. "No… No.. That's not true!". Konohamaru was now shaking as he backed away.
"I stand before you! You can not doubt what I say! Join me, Konohamaru! And together, we will rule the perv side!".
Konohamaru was now at the edge of the building, shaking. "No! I'll never join you!". Looking behind him, Konohamaru saw that it was one of the main rivers that ran through Konoha.
"Join me, Konohamaru!" Naruto said as he extended his hand.
Konohamaru looked at the river, and then back at Naruto. He then backed up to stand on the edge and fell backwards. Falling into the river for his escape.
Naruto ran to the edge and looked to the river. Konohamaru resurfaced and drifted with the current. The two watched each other until Konohamaru was out of sight. Naruto put his mask back on, and returned his hood over his head. With that he returned to the club meeting to report to the high council about the night's events.
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And that was chapter eleven. Tell me your thoughts or suggestions in a review below. If you don't have anything to say, but enjoyed, feel free to follow the story so you'll be notified when I update. I know there wasn't much of the chunin exams this chapter, but it has been started. So next chapter will be the first and the start of the second exam. Also, put in a review any jutsu you'd like to see the characters use.