Chapter 8 – Pride
Tsume watched the door to her son's room with worry and concern. It had been three days since Kiba came back from the academy in a foul mood. His mood only got worst with each day. She learned of what the last Uchiha did to her son and she could understand why he was acting this way. As an Inuzuka, they were a very prideful in everything. They rarely enjoyed losing or taking being embarrassed easily. According to Naruto, Sasuke would not let up on her son and kept on teasing him. She knew that Kiba could do nothing or risk suspension.
Usually, Kiba would just train himself into the ground but he wasn't even doing that. It was time to deal with this and she only knew one way how. She kicked the door to his room open. Kiba jumped and dropped his puppy of the ground. Tsume and her partner, Kuromaru, were looking at the two with a hard glance. She then tossed him two wrist band, two ankle bands and a vest. Kuromaru places a small vest next to Akamaru.
"Put those on now! We have training to do!" she ordered.
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As the sun set over the Leaf Village, Kiba and Akamaru were sweating a river. They were laid out at the entrance of their house. They were begging for water and they looked like that they were inches away from death. When the two exited, they could barely move due to the weights that they were currently wearing. Tsume then told them to keep up with her and Kuromaru as they began to jog. Kiba followed and tried to keep up. He attempted to use the Four Legs Technique but was told to stop. The mother, son and canines jogged from their home all-around the village and back.
Kiba thought that it was over until Tsume ordered him to do wind sprints. He and Akamaru did them as they were commanded. She then had them doing line drills. She continued to push him, having him do more drills. By the time the sun set, Kiba and Akamaru were dead tired.
Kiba laid there dying when he was splashed with cold water. Kiba sputtered and Akamaru started to shake himself dry. They looked at Tsume as she handed each of them water. As they drank with eagerness, Tsume sat down and waited for them to catch their breath. Once they did, Tsume got their attention.
"Okay Kiba, I know that you are taking some stuff from that Uchiha brat and I know that you don't like it but you shouldn't just lie down and take it. You are an Inuzuka; we don't just take shit like that. For the next month, we will be doing these exercises. After the month, I promise, you will dominate that little puissant." Tsume said with a smile. Kiba looked at her before smiling at his mother.
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Miyuki looked at Naruto as he focused on his penmanship. She was wondering what crawled up his butt to put his all in learning. While she didn't mind, she kind of missed her hyper student. That's when she heard Naruto mutter something. She moved closer and listened.
"He thinks that he could mess with one of my friends? I'm going to show him. He's going to wish that he never did that. I'm going to get better and going to prank his ass so bad." She heard him mutter. She got a grin on his face. Who was she to not help him prank someone? She actually liked when he did that.
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Kiba and Akamaru were once again lying on the ground. It had been a week and Kiba was wondering if his mother was just punishing him. He was again drenched in water before getting a bottle of water. Tsume watched him and could see that he was starting to have doubts. She just smiled and looked at him.
"You think that this is not going to work huh?" Tsume asked. Kiba looked at his mother with surprise. He was about to deny it but he remembered who he was talking to.
"Well, it's just that I don't feel any different. Except with a couple of sore muscles, I really don't know what this will do? Can you explain what we are doing?" Kiba asked.
"Sure, just watch me." She said. She stood in front of a log that was hanging from a piece of rope. Kiba watch as his mother got into the Four Legs Jutsu before vanishing. She reappeared later in front of the log and slammed her elbow into it. Kiba winced when he heard the log crack. Tsume stood and stopped the log from swinging. She walked back to her son and allowed him to check the log. Kiba did just that and saw that large crack that ran down the log. The log them split in two and feel off the rope. He shocked by the damage his mother got with just one lunge. He looked at his mother for some answers.
"You know that the Four Legs Jutsu improves your speed, strength and all-around abilities. Still, shouldn't you training your body some more instead of relying on that jutsu? That's what we're doing. The training I'm having you do is toughen your muscles. They will be screaming but it will also tighten those muscles, so when you do charge forward it would be at a speed that very few can follow. The added effect is that when you use the jutsu, your abilities are doubled, even tripled." Tsume explained.
"No way? Alright then, let's get back to training!" Kiba cheered. Tsume smiled and pushed her son even more. He did not complain.
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A month had passed for Naruto and Kiba. The training that Kiba had gone through was some of the toughest that he had gone through but he began to see results. He couldn't wait to repay Sasuke for what he did to him during the spar. Naruto had also pushed himself and Miyuki was more than happy to push him. He could now put his plan into motion.
He had a couple of students keeping a lookout for the instructors or Sasuke. Everyone watched with wide eyes as Naruto got to work with his calligraphy set. The speed that he wrote was amazing and he did not even slow down. He wrote characters on either side of the door frame. He did the same at the door at the bottom of the class room. When he finished, Naruto then placed a piece of paper at both entrances and hid them. With his work done, Naruto quickly made his way to his seat. The guys who were lookouts also returned to their seats. They were going to see something really funny or a massive failure.
It would five minutes of waiting when Sasuke entered from the door to the back. His foot had landed on the piece of paper that Naruto hid. This would trigger the characters that Naruto wrote on the door. As soon as Sasuke stepped through, he was splattered with neon orange paint. It came at him from both sides of the door, covering head to toe with paint. Sasuke was surprised by the sudden attack and sputtered. The fan girls who were following him were in shock whiles the boys who watched the scene, were laughing their asses off. They couldn't believe that Naruto's plan worked.
Sasuke took some paint out of his eyes and looked at the door. He did not see any buckets or wires that would have been tripped. Still, he knew of only one person that would do something like this. He turned his attention to the orange wearing idiot that was Naruto Uzumaki. This was his doing, he just knew it. He was about to go and beat him senseless but that's when Iruka and Mizuki entered. They saw Sasuke and wondered what was going on.
"What's going on here?" Iruka asked.
"It was that loser, Naruto! Only he could come up with something like this!" Sasuke exclaimed. Iruka looked at Naruto with a glare. Naruto held up his hands.
"Hey, there are no buckets or wires by the doors. Do you really think I'm that fast to get all that stuff cleaned up once the trap was set? It wasn't me and I dare you to prove that it was." Naruto challenged. Iruka did just that and checked the door. He did not find any wires or buckets. It looked like the trap was set right between the door frames but he did not see anything. There was just no evidence that Naruto set any trap. While this was his signature, he could not punish him if there was no proof. He faced Naruto with an annoyed look.
"While I can't prove that this was you Naruto, I know what you like to do. You will clean up this mess." Iruka said. Naruto scoffed but he did not argue the punishment. Sasuke was still livid but he could do nothing. He was allowed to go and get cleaned up. He glared at Naruto promising to get back at him for this humiliation.
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Two days later, the class was outside. Today was sparring and everyone was waiting to go. Sasuke was especially waiting to deal with Naruto. Today was the day that everyone got to choose their opponents. Sasuke was going to pick Naruto and beat him until he couldn't move. He was still angry at him for his little prank.
"Okay, Kiba Inuzuka, who do you want to face?" the instructor asked.
"I want to fight Sasuke." Kiba said while cracking his knuckles. Sasuke gave Kiba an annoyed look but he wasn't going to back down from him. He even thought that he would get to embarrass Kiba again and get even with Naruto at the same time. Sasuke just stepped into the ring and faced Kiba. Kiba got into his stance while Sasuke looked bored. The instructor dropped his hand to start the spar. Within seconds, Sasuke found himself on the ground. He looked surprised by this. That's when the pain registered and he rubbed his jaw. Kiba appeared above him and looked to bring his foot down. Sasuke rolled out of the way and lashed out with a kick. Kiba darted away and reset himself.
Sasuke was back to his feet only to see Kiba in his face. Sasuke threw a punch but he hit nothing. Sasuke got hit again with a back-fist. Sasuke steadied himself and threw a kick behind him. Again he hit nothing and he paid for it with another punch to his jaw. Everyone watched with shock as Kiba's hit-and-run tactics were beginning to wear down Sasuke. He was also faster than before. Sasuke couldn't keep track of him.
Kiba decided to end the fight. Lunging at high speed, Kiba slammed his shoulder into Sasuke's gut. Sasuke felt the air leave his lungs. He was sent flying outside of the ring. Sasuke tumbled a bit before lying on his stomach. The instructor ended the fight and Kiba was the victor. He checked Sasuke over. The last Uchiha was okay but he just needed to get his breath back. Sasuke's fan-girls were also checking Sasuke over and glaring at Kiba for hurting him. Kiba wasn't scared and was just happy that he was the winner.
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Kiba and Akamaru were hanging with the others on a hill. Kiba just couldn't stop talking about his victory. It was starting to get Shikamaru's nerves.
"Okay, enough Kiba. You won, Sasuke loss, we get it." Shikamaru said with an annoyed sigh.
"Geez man, I was just enjoying my win. Why do you have to rain on my parade?" Kiba demanded.
"Because I don't care that you won. I bet that you did all that training just to beat Sasuke. Now, you're going to go back to your usual training methods." Shikamaru said.
"Why would I do that?" Kiba asked with confusion. The others looked at Kiba. "Why would I go back to my old ways? Didn't you see what I did to Sasuke in the ring? That was only a month of the training that my mom put me through. Can you image if I continue that training until I graduate in three years? I will be awesome!"
"That's a pretty good point. It took me a month of really paying attention in my calligraphy class to get up to that skill of writing. If I continue on this track like Kiba, I might be able to learn some of that cool fūinjutsu, like barriers or seal removal or cursed seals." Naruto said excitedly.
"Yeah, Naruto gets what I'm talking about. You guys should get in on it. Don't you guys want to be ahead of the class?" Kiba asked.
"It sounds like too much work." Shikamaru said with a sigh. Kiba and Naruto just frowned at him but Choji looked at his two friends with some curiosity.
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Authors' Notes: Well, here's a new chapter. I remembered that I just had Kiba and Tsume train for a month and not really explain it. The same with Naruto but I still did that. Anyway, I like how I did this chapter. I still plan on something else for Kiba but I might change it from kenjutsu. I don't really know yet. I might just put up a poll. Anyway, enjoy the new chapter.
