We're back with chapter 7 of Nidaime Kiiroi Senkō this is going to be an in between chapter and one of the last for a while as there won't really be a break between the chunin arc and the arc I plan to have afterwards. This chapter will also be focused on setting up different plot points going forward. but without further ado here's chapter 7!
Chapter 7: Changing winds
"Again!" Shouted Zabuza who stood over a tired Naruto his hand barely clutching onto his sword. Huffing and puffing he slowly pushed himself up clutching his katana with both hands Naruto charged towards Zabuza as he went for an overhead swing which Zabuza blocked lazily pushing Naruto's blade up. Grunting Naruto quickly recover his blade as he went for a horizontal slash which Zabuza once again blocked.
Sighing Zabuza blocked another swipe from Naruto as he kicked the young man in the chest sending him flying and sprawling once he hit the ground once more. Sheathing his sword Kushina finally made her presence known.
"Geeze Zabuza-san you really put my son through the ringer." Kushina said as a smile as Zabuza offered a polite bow. Laughing Kushina waved the man off as Zabuza raised from the bow.
"Well he does have a reputation to live up to as a swordsman very few swordsmen gain the respect of the Kiri no Shinobigatana Shichinin Shū(Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist). So I figured for gaining my own respect I would train him to the level of one of us." Zabuza said with a grin which Kushina returned.
"You flatter me Zabuza however for now let's have Naruto take a break and get some lunch." She said as Naruto was instantly up as soon as he heard "Lunch". Causing Kushina to chuckle while a tick mark grew on Zabuza's forehead.
"Really gaki! You can't stand to train but you're up for food!" He shouted in rage as naruto nodded.
"Food won't beat me down like you will." Naruto said simply as the rage grew in Zabuza's eyes before he chased Naruto all the way back to the Namikaze household.
"Nii-san is in trouble~" Aiko teased as her older brother ran through the house with an angry Zabuza hot on his trail as they ran all through the halls and house. Temari sat at the table as she ate her food in peace until Naruto slid underneath the table which caused Zabuza to slice through it.
"You fucking idiots!" Shouted both Temari and Kushina smacking the two men over their heads causing a lump to appear on both of theirs heads as they sat in a different corners holding the spot they were hit.
"You didn't have to hit so hard." Naruto and Zabuza both complained.
"And you two idiots didn't have to nearly destroy lunch." Temari said in rage as she went back to eating in silence as the two finally calmed down joined the rest of the family which included Haku who had remained silent up to now.
Minato also flashed into his seat surprising the family and guests.
"Tou-san you're here!" Naruto shouted happily as Minato simply gave a smile an a wave.
"Yo I heard lunch was being made so I figured I'd leave some kage bunshin at the office and enjoy a meal with my family." He said as everyone smiled seeing the busy hokage there with them.
"Glad to have you with us Minato-kun." Kushina said with a smile as she kissed her husband on the cheek as she finished placing all the food down before sitting down herself as every dug in. They all ate in a comfortable silence as they simply enjoyed her cooking.
"That was as good as always Kaa-san!" Naruto said with a small sigh patting his stomach as everyone also sat back happily filled from the meal.
"Alright I think I should get back to the office before shizune finds out I left." Minato said with a smile as he hugged Kaito and Aiko before flashing away back to the hokage tower. Haku and Naruto helped clean up the dishes from the meal and put the leftovers away as Temari came up behind Naruto.
"Hey Naruto after you're done we need to talk about something in your room got it?" Temari asked which Naruto nodded to flashing her a smile as she walked away and upstairs. Once all the dishes were put away Naruto quickly ran upstairs to see Temari sitting on his bed fidgeting with nerves.
"So um what's up Temari?" Naruto asked as temari sat in silence before she got her nerve once again standing up as she gave naruto a hug and a light kiss on the lips.
"Naruto I love you a lot but… I think you need to go on dates with other people while I don't like sharing you I kinda have to with CRA being placed upon you. I've come up with a list of people who I think would be good for you." She said as she clutched Naruto tightly who returned her embrace as while he was shocked he kinda expected this to happen.
"Alright who were you thinking?" He asked, curious to the list of girls she had for him.
"Well my list so far is Haku, Hinata, Tenten and as much as it pains me to say it Ino." She said this time it took a while for Naruto to recover from his shock before he started to laugh as Temari grumbled about pain in the ass future husbands..
"Ino huh? Your self proclaimed rival for my attention?" He asked after he recovered from his fit of laughter.
"Yeah I mean she's cute right? We both already know she likes you and cares about you. Plus I think she would be good at keeping all the other wives in line." She grumbled with a small blush.
"I guess so alright I'll start with ino then unless you want me to start with a different girl?" Naruto asked he knew this wouldn't be easy for temari but he also knew she wanted him to be happy. Even if that happiness meant sharing the man she loved with other people instead of having him forced to sleep with others.
"I think that'll be for the best she's the person that'll probably be most open and willing to such an idea. Not that I think any of the other girls would be against it." She said as naruto nodded however a question did come to his mind.
"And what about Haku huh? I would never have thought about adding her?" Naruto said with some confusion this was the same dense naruto afterall. Temari for the most part shook her head and sighed.
"Seriously Naruto? You haven't noticed her looking at you longingly oh the way she dotes on you whenever she can? I mean hell I've seen her watching you when we train." She said which caused everything to click in his head that Haku liked him. Naruto at least had the decency to look somewhat sheepish at ignoring haku's feelings.
"Yeah I guess you're right I just never really thought she might like me in that manner. Ok I'll ask Ino out on a date first and then Haku. After that I think I'll ask tenten and finally Hinata." He said with a smile which temari returned and nodded.
"That's a pretty good order I think but don't forget about me." She joked which caused Naruto to chuckle lightly.
"I wouldn't never dream of it plus I still have training to do after all the Chunin exams are in a month and a half." He said confidently as if he knew he was going to compete. "So I can't delegate all my time going on dates." He joked which caused temari to laugh.
"That's true I suppose." She said as she stood on her toes planting a quick kiss on his lips which Naruto happily returned. "Now then I think there's a certain girl that wants to see you." She said as she stood away from Naruto as he smiled and nodded.
"Ok Temari-chan I'm sure Ino will want to wear something nice and such so I'll head to training grounds 7 after talking with her for our team training today." He told her planting a kiss on her forehead he took off towards the yamanaka flower shop. It didn't take long for the boy to reach the shop jumping from rooftop to rooftop.
Standing at the door to the shop Naruto steeled his nerves while he had known for a long time she liked him being the leader of his fan club and everything. Seeing her at wave had changed his idea about her she wasn't always trying to be around him or trying to interact with him it was a nice change of pace. Once the teenager was calmed enough he entered the little shop ringing a small bell above the door.
"Welcome to the Yamanka family shop how can I help you?" Came the voice of ino who was staring at some flowers behind the desk.
"Well I had a question." Naruto said as he looked at some flowers just in front of the desk. Ino hearing Naruto's voice jumped up in surprise turning to see her long time crush.
"Naruto-kun? What are you doing here?" She asked confused to see the young man in her family's shop. It wasn't an unwelcome surprise but a surprise nonetheless.
"Um well… Do you know what the CRA is?" Naruto asked Ino he didn't want to come right out and ask the girl on a date and give her the wrong idea so he figured he'd start with the basics.
"Um yeah its the clan restoration act right? Where if the village think's a clan is weak a male or female heir is required to take on multiple spouses. Why do you ask?" Ino said confused why the boy was talking about politics with her.
"Well it's not super well known but you see the Namikazes were a clan a powerful at that but we lost almost every member in it after the second great shinobi war till it was just my dad left. I've been placed under the CRA." He told her as he watched everything click in her mind before she looked at him surprised.
"Wait why are you telling me this?" She asked hopeful that what he was about to say was true.
"Well I was wondering if you wanted to um-" He was cut off when Ino squealed and jumped from behind the counter hugging the man.
"I would love to go on a date with you naruto-kun!" She said happily as Naruto awkwardly wrapped his hands around her.
"Well I guess that was pretty easy." He muttered under his breath so Ino couldn't hear him. Stepping away from the boy she rocked on her heels in thought.
"It'll take some time for me to get ready so be back here at 8pm pronto." She said as Naruto nodded rubbing the back of his head having guessed Ino would say something like this.
"Alright you got it Ino-chan I'll be back at 8." He said with a smile before heading off to the training grounds missing Ino dancing around the store happily. He quickly arrived at the training grounds to see Shikamaru sound asleep as Temari practiced some Futon jutsu by herself. No sign of Kakashi though which was to be expected from the man.
"Is it done?" Temari asked not even looking back at her fiance.
"Yeah we'll be going on a date at 8pm tonight." He said scratching his cheek as he thought about where he was even going to take the girl.
"Well it's Ino so I'd say take her to a fancy restaurant and maybe a dance club." Temari told Naruto having seen the dilemma on his face. Naruto's face lit up as he knew exactly where to take Ino now.
"Thanks Tem-chan your the best!" He said as he gave her a quick peck on the cheek feeling Kakashi finally approaching.
"Good morning my cute little genin as you know the chunin exams are approaching and I have half a mind to put your guy's names in the running seeing as you guys are high genin level already. Sooo I want to get you guys up to low chunin level." He said with an eye smile as he created a handful of shadow clones. "You're going to start by putting these on." He said tossing a set of weights to each of the genins feet.
"Chakra weights?" Naruto asked looking at a seal which was on all 12 of the weights.
"Yup these will help not only your chakra reserves but your stamina endurance and speed." He said as the genin looked at each other before shrugging as they put the weights on their ankles and wrists. Adding a little bit of chakra they already felt sluggish as the weights activated feeling themselves pulled to the ground.
"Now then we'll start off slow 50 laps around the training grounds." This elected some groans from the Genin. "And if you slow down to a speed I dislike one of my clones here will throw kunai and or shuriken at you guys." He said with another eye smile.
"You wouldn't do that… would you kakashi-nii?" Naruto asked with fear in his eyes only for a kunai to fly by his head. That was all the answer that the genin needed as they took off running around the training grounds dodging kunai and shuriken every so often. The clones seemingly got bored of this as they began to throw pots,pans, logs the odd cat or two which confused the team to no end.
"How is Kakashi-nii getting all of this!" Naruto yelled as tears streamed down his eyes from the treatment of his surrogate older brother.
"I don't care it's to troublesome think about where he's pulling everything from." Shikamaru said as temari nodded in fear. It took the young teens about a half an hour to complete the laps and once they did they all promptly collapsed to the ground, huffing and puffing as they tried to just try and catch their breath.
"Good job guys how are you feeling with those weights now?" Kakashi asked as all the genin elected to simply groan in misery. "Good now then it's time to spar with me one at a time, while one person is sparing everyone else will be working to complete 100 push ups, 100 sit ups, 100 squats and finally a minute of planking you have to complete 3 sets of these. Got it? Good first up is naruto." He told his team.
Pushing himself up Naruto got into his stance as everyone else began to do their workout.
"Let's see what you can do naruto." Kakashi said pulling out his orange book. The genin knew that it was going to be a very long afternoon.
Kusagakura
"You really think you can accomplish these goals?" Asked the leader of Kusagakura one Daiki Harada he was a rather plain man with brown hair and black eyes. He wore a uniform that looked similar to a konoha jounin except the flak jacket was in a dark brown.
"Of course Daiki-dono I think the great powers have had it too good for too long." Came a voice that sounded similar to that of a snake which was hidden in the dark room.
"But can you really pull together as strong of a force as your claiming?" Daiki asked as he stared into yellow slitted eyes. "I mean no offense I'm sure a man of your reputation can but it's hard to believe is all." He said as the man simply chuckled.
"Kukuku I'll give you two weeks exactly to think about it but we'll need an answer by then otherwise your village might not be in the spotlight." He said with a menacing grin which was hidden by the darkness.
"As you wish I'll have a response in two weeks." Daiki said as the man disappeared causing daiki sit sink into his chair with a sigh he didn't know he was holding. Turning to overlook his village he sat deep in thought.
Konoha that night.
Naruto stood fidgeting in nervousness something he wasn't very accustomed to. Naruto wore black pants and a white button up shirt with a black blazer which had orange highlights. He stood outside the door of the yamanaka house as he slowly lifted up his hand to knock, the door was opened by one inochi.
"Ah Naruto Ino told me you would be here tonight please come in take a seat. We need to discuss some things." Inochi said with a smile that promised pain as he allowed naruto into the house. Naruto seeing he had no other choice entered the house and took a seat as instructed.
"So Naruto what are yours plans for tonight with my daughter?" Inochi said as he pulled a kunai out absentmindedly playing with it as he started straight at Naruto.
"Well sir we're going to go to the golden leaf for dinner and then we're going to head to the black boar for some dancing and then I'll bring her home at 11 tonight." Naruto said as a gulp as Inochi stared at Naruto processing everything.
"Any plans for anything else special?" Inochi said as Naruto instantly shook his head.
"No sir I just want to get to know your daughter for now I have no plans for anything like that I swear." He said as Inochi nodded.
"Good otherwise I'll take away what makes you a man you got it?" He asked as Naruto nodded sweat pouring down his face.
"Daddy what did I tell you about scaring Naruto!" Shouted Ino as she bonked Inochi upside the head as the man's personality did a 180 as he turned to his daughter smiling brightly.
"I'm sorry princess but I had to give him a mean old dad act we only every hopefully get a chance to do it once." He said as Ino simply rolled her eyes as she walked down the stairs. She wore a purple dress which fitted to her forming curves as she wore minimal make up her hair let down from it's normal ponytail. Naruto was left a little speechless at her appearance.
"How do I look?" She said with a smirk knowing by his impression how he felt already.
"You look really good Ino-chan." He said as he stood up offering his arm which Ino happily took in her own.
"Back by 11 remember that Naruto." Inochi warned as he opened the door allowing the two to leave and head off into the night.
"I will Inochi-san I will see you then and not a moment later." He said as he waved to the man the two heading into konoha. They walked in a comfortable silence for a little while until Naruto decided to break it.
"How is your team?" He decided to ask and break the ice team 8 and team 7 had gotten along fairly well during the mission in wave but he hadn't heard much about them lately.
"They've been good Itachi-sensei and Izumi-sensei have been pushing us hard to get us where they want us to be to get ready for the chunin exams. Sasuke and Yakumo have been getting along pretty well lately they've been hanging out most of the time after training." She said as Naruto looked at her confused.
"Wait really? I never would have thought they'd get along so well." Naruto said with a shrug as they arrived at the restaurant which was packed seeing as it was one of the best restaurants in Konoha.
"Naruto, Are you sure? The golden leaf is one of the busiests and fanciest restaurants in konoha." She whispered in his ear however Naruto just shot her a grin as he led her up to the hostess.
"Oh hello Naruto-sama are you here for your reservation?" She asked as Naruto gave a simple nod. "Of course just follow me." she told the two as ino watched in shock as the two were led to a dark corner of the restaurant.
"Your server will be here soon Naruto-sama." She said with a bow before disappearing as Ino finally registered that they were within the establishment.
"Naruto-kun how did.. When did? It takes years to get off the waitlist how the hell did you get us in here?" She asked in confusion as Naruto gave a small chuckle.
"When your dad's the hokage you can kinda pull some strings, plus the uzumaki clan may be one of the shareholders so there's that as well." He said as the server finally came around grabbing the twos orders.
"We haven't been on any missions in a while what about you guys?" Naruto asked as he turned back to his date who nodded.
"Yeah we haven't I guess it's because they want us to be here and ready for the chunin exams and not be out of konoha on a C-rank or something like that." She said which naruto nodded to. "How are Haku and Zabuza fitting in?" She asked as Naruto sighed.
"Well they're both fitting in pretty well Haku was made a chunin and Zabuza is still on a probation period however he will more than likely be made a jounin if he sticks around. Though zabuza has been training me into the ground with Kenjutsu training and then on top of that I have to train with Kakashi-nii my bruises are growing bruises." Naruto whined as Ino giggled.
"Their just preparing you to win the chunin exams if that means you getting your ass kicked everyday that means you have to get your ass kicked." She joked as Naruto sighed in defeat.
"Yeah I guess you're right but I wish they weren't so harsh." He complained one last time as their food finally arrived. They ate in a comfortable silence simply enjoying being in each others presence. Once they were both done Naruto paid for the meal as they stood up Naruto giving her his arm once more.
"Where to now Naruto-kun?" She asked laying her head on his shoulder as they walked out into the night.
"The black boar is next on the list of where we're going." He said with a grin which Ino returned.
"Going dancing are we? How bold of you." She said in his ear as they walked through the streets of konoha it didn't take too long to arrive at their destination which once again was packed.
"Are you going to pull some strings again?" She asked which Naruto simply nodded once again.
"Of course." He said walking up to the bouncer past the large line.
"Ah good evening Naruto-sama head right in." He said as some groans wrong out within the crowd however the two simply ignored them heading into the dance club as the music blared loudly the two were barely able to hear their own thoughts. However, it didn't take long for them to get into the rhythm of the music as they started to dance with each other.
"This place is awesome!" Ino shouted over the music as the two danced in front of each other.
"It's one of the best clubs in Konoha of course its awesome!" Naruto shouted back as ino slowly got closer to the young man and began to grind on him much to his amusement and enjoyment.
"Alright this next song if for all the couples out there." Came the voice of the DJ as the music changed to a slow song causing Naruto to hold out his hand.
"Can I have this dance?" He asked as ino rolled her eyes and grabbed his hand.
"Of course You can." She said as they wrapped their arms around each other dancing slowly to the music as Ino laid her head on Naruto's shoulder simply enjoying being so close to her crush. Once the music stopped Naruto looked at the clock on one of the walls and saw the time.
"Ah shit it's 10:45 we need to get you home!" He said scared of incurring her father's wrath as ino simply sighed.
"Yeah I guess you're right." She said sadly as they left the club heading towards Ino's house once they arrived they stood just outside the door holding hands.
"This was really fun Naruto-kun We should do this again." She said as Naruto gave her a smile causing some butterflies to move in her stomach.
"Of course! We'll have to do this again after the chunin exams." He said as they slowly leaned forward kissing each other on the lips just a simple peck before they departed with Naruto heading home and Ino walking into her own home happily.
Minato's office
"-And that's why we want to participate in your Chunin exams this year." Came a deep and rumbling voice in front of Minato as he frowned. Sitting before Minato was a middle aged man with blue hair which is styled in a moused-up manner. His left eye was blue and his right eye was covered with an eye-patch. He wore a talisman in each ear with the kanji for "to hear" written on them twice on each side. He also wore the standard striped, grey suit, with a green haori that had white trimmings that stop halfway down, over them.
"I understand why you want to but on the international stage how would it look if we supported rebels of another country Ao was it?" The now named Ao frowned as he stared at Minato.
"But it could also strengthen the bonds between our two nations if we win the civil war Kiri has been isolated for a long time and let's face it your only ally currently is Suna which Is the weakest of the great five while we will be weak after the civil war it would still strengthen the amount of shinobi fielded by both Konoha and Suna." Ao said as Minato thought about it resting his chin on his hands as he thought about the offer.
"I've already received a request by from yagura to participate in our chunin exams." Minato said bluntly as Ao's frown turned into a grimace.
"Oh." He said sadly as minato nodded.
"Oh is exactly right. I haven't agreed yet however accepting either request can look bad on mine and konoha's part." He said as he picked up a pen and began to tap it on the desk in thought.
"Well what if you agree to both of our requests?" Ao asked causing Minato to freeze and stare at Ao.
"And risk Konoha becoming a battleground for both factions?" He asked with a frown as Ao returned it seeing the logic.
"Well what if sanctions are placed on both factions to prevent such a thing? Three teams from both factions with Two bodyguards for our respective leaders." Ao suggested as Minato sighed thinking on the matter.
"I'll ask Yagura you'll receive an answer by the end of the week hopefully but for now you can stay in Konoha I'll summon you once I have an answer." He told the man who nodded standing and bowing before leaving. Minato sighed as he pulled out a piece of paper beginning a diplomatic letter to the yondaime mizukage.
5 days later(23 Days till the chunin Exams)
Naruto panted as he looked at a shredded training dummy as Kushina stood the the right of Naruto. Nodding to him the boy fell on his back looking up at the clouds.
"Very good Naruto-kun not many genin can master that jutsu but I'm impressed you were able to." She said with a smile as the dummy slowly fell apart. "But you did go a little overboard." She said looking at her son with a smile.
"So the gaki finally mastered the jutsu huh?" Came the voice of Zabuza who sat at the base of the tree his eyes closed as if he was asleep. Naruto barely turned his head to look at the man before looking back up at the sky.
"Looks like it now remember Naruto this is an ace in the whole and under no circumstances are you to use it on a konoha shinobi or unless you need to." She warned Naruto who lazily nodded.
"Yeah yeah you got it." He said tiredly as a tick mark grew on kushina's head.
"You don't seem to understand Dattebane!" She shouted bopping Naruto in the head who shot up immediately to grow some space between him and his angry mother.
"I understand Kaa-san!" He shouted in fear as Kushina put her hands on her hips with a victorious smirk.
"Good you better." She said looking up into the evening sky with a frown.
"Well it's too late to cook for tonight so let's head to Ichiraku I haven't been there in a while!" She said happily as Naruto grinned.
"Alright! Five miso Ramen here I come!" He shouted as he started marching off towards the ever popular choice of the Uzumaki only to be grabbed by one Zabuza.
"Now now Naruto you may have mastered the Jutsu but that doesn't mean your kenjutsu training for today is done." He said with a vicious smirk as kushina continued on towards the ramen stand.
"I'll bring you take out Naruto do try to go a little easy on him Zabuza." She said as she returned Zabuza's smirk as Naruto sighed pulling his katana from its sheath. Zabuza simply pulled his Kubikiribōchō off his back holding it in front of him.
"Come at me whenever your ready gaki." Zabuza said simply as Naruto charged forward going for a horizontal swing which Zabuza lazily blocked sparks flying off their blades. Naruto flipped over the large blade going for a stab to his abdomen only for Zabuza to quickly place the sword in front of him quickly blocking the stab. Naruto attempted to flip up and over Zabuza only for the man to grab him by the foot slamming him into the ground with a small yawn.
"Is that all you have gaki?" Zabuza asked as Naruto quickly shot up from the ground standing before Zabuza with his sword at the ready.
"Not even close!" He shouted charging towards the swordsman once more attempting to get a cut in however Zabuza lazily blocked every stab, swing, poke, jab everything. Naruto attacked again and again however he gained no ground eventually exhaustion caught up to naruto as he fell on his back once more breathing heavily.
"You did good Naruto I'm a master swordsman you won't be able to beat me after a couple of months of training." Zabuza said to Naruto as he set down next to the young man waiting for dinner.
Tanigakure(Village hidden in valleys)
"Hmm your proposal has merits The land of rivers has always wanted to expand but our position has led us to be trapped between where we are… We will accept your proposal." Came the voice of the leader of Tanigakure. "For that reason we will accept your deal in hopes of a stronger future for Tanigakure.
Ishigakure(Village Hidden in Stones)
"We agree Suna has had it too good for too long with its ally in Konoha Ishigakure will no longer stand in the shadow of both Iwa and Suna." The voice of the kage of Ishigakure came from within a stone room.
Shimogakure(Village hidden in Frost)
"While I would like to accept my main concern is how do we get our troops in position we'd have to go by sea or through the land of hot water and both ways would raise concerns." Said an aged man the leader of Shimogakure.
"Kukuku leave that part to me you will have a way to send your contengiant of shinobi if all goes according to plan." Came the same snake voice from before as the old man stroked his beard.
"Very well you have the support of Shimogakure."
Kusagakure
"Daiki what will it be? Your the last hold out on my little project here I need an answer." The snake asked as Daiki looked out over his village in thought.
"Kusagakure will join you we've been used as a stomping ground by the big five for far too long you have our support." Daiki told the snake as he turned to look back at the yellow eyes as a large grin formed in the dark.
"Good you will not regret your decision daiki Minato won't know what to do against such odds." The man said leaning forward to reveal a man with very pale skin, golden eyes with slitted pupils, purple markings around his eyes and fang-like teeth. He also has pronounced cheekbones and straight waist-length black hair with some locks covering and framing his face. He was wearing a plain grey garb with a black polo and pants underneath, a thick purple rope belt tied in a large knot behind his back, blue tomoe-shaped earrings, and shinobi sandals with bandages around his calves.
"I hope so Orochimaru." He said turning back to his village as orochimaru slithered away to plot.
Minato's office
"Well Ao I've received word for Yagura he accepts your proposal I doubt he was happy about it but I will accept three teams from both kiri and your rebel forces. If I find out any of them were non-genin they will be kicked out of konoha got that?" Minato asked Ao who nodded plainly.
"Yes of course we simply want to show off our upcoming talent off the front lines we have no plans of taking fighters off the front. Thank you Minato-sama, Mei-sama will be most grateful." He said with a bow which minato waved off.
"No need to be so formal Ao I've heard the horror stories to escape Kiri I hope you win however I can't formally raise support as that would look bad on Konoha. But I hope my verbal support helps."
"It does more than you know Minato-sama." Ao said as the two began to discuss the plans for the Kiri rebel delegation.
22 Days later(1 day before the chunin Exams)
Temari and Naruto were walking down an ally with no destination in mind, both of their clothes were scruffed up from the days training. Naruto was zoning out as Temari talked about something that Naruto couldn't quite remember.
"ruto...Naruto...Naruto!" Temari shouted startling the young man as he was snapped out of his mental thoughts.
"Sorry I've been sensing a lot of foreign chakra enter Konoha lately. I guess a lot of the delegations are arriving for the chunin exams." Naruto said absentmindedly however the young teenager stopped suddenly as temari looked at him with concern.
"Konohamaru you know boxes aren't supposed to be box shaped right?" Naruto called out causing Temari to look back and see a box with eye holes.
"Just what I expect from you boss as sharp as ever!" Came a young voice before it burst into smoke three figures popping out from within it. The first figure and the apparent ringleader had short spiky brown hair, blue eyes, and a small chip in his tooth. He wore grey shorts and a yellow shirt with a red Konoha symbol printed on it. He also wore goggles like a hiate-ate
The second figure was another young boy who had short brown hair and dark eyes. He is characterised by the drip of snot always seen hanging from his nose and his circular glasses. he wore a simple blue shirt which zipped up the middle, a pair of brown pants, sandals and a pair of goggles.
The last member of the trio was a young girl She had orange hair tied up, with red elastics, into two very large pigtails she also has a perpetual blush. she wears a red tank-top over a pink t-shirt layered at the bottom; her pants are grey and she wears the traditional ninja sandals. Like the other two boys in the group she wore goggles like a hiate-ate.
"Konohamaru… you've certainly gotten a little better but not good enough to beat me just yet." He said with a grin as he rubbed the top of the young man's head angering him. When Naruto and by extension Hiruzen first met konohamaru Hiruzen made Naruto promise to look out for the young boy.
'Seems like he's still up to no good even all these years… The monkey clan will love to have him as their Summoner one day.' Hiruzen said with pride causing Naruto to smile at the grandfather's reaction to seeing his grandson.
"One day I'll be able to Naruto-nii!" He said returning the smile as the two fist bumped.
"Keep this one in line Udon, Moegi if he's anything like me, he'll be a troublemaker one day." He said with a small grin addressing the other two members of the "ninja squad".
"Temari? Temari is that you!" They heard a familiar voice the two turned to see a Bunraku puppeteer's costume; a black, baggy, full body suit with a red and yellow circle on the front. He also wears a black hood which covered his head completely, and had cat-like ears and his forehead protector on his forehead. The boy sported a triangular face-paint design, and on his back was a cocoon of bandages.
Next to him was another teen who had fair skin, green eyes, and short auburn hair which was rather spikey he also lacked distinctive pupils or eyebrows. He also had tanuki-like black rings and the kanji for "love" on the left side of his forehead. The boy wears a black bodysuit with an open neck, t-shirt-like sleeves, and almost full-length leggings. With this, he wears a white cloth over his right shoulder and the left side of his hips. He has a wide leather band from his left shoulder to his right hip with which he carries his sand gourd and around which he wraps his forehead protector.
"Gaara? Kankurō is that you?" Temari asked in shock before she ran and hugged her brothers who gladly accepted and returned the hug.
"Yo long time no see you guys how ya been?" Naruto asked with a grin as he held out a fist for Kankurō to fist bump who gladly returned it after he released his sister.
"Jeez you've gotten taller Naruto you're not the same pipsqueak in Suna." Kankurō joked as a tick mark grew on Naruto's forehead.
"Pipsqueak! I'll let you know I was just short for my age!" Naruto shouted in anger as kankurō simply laughed.
"That's what a pipsqueak is!" He shouted back a Naruto trying to keep from laughing as gaara and Naruto looked at each other.
"Kyu." Gaara said with a nod.
"Ichi." Naruto replied before holding out a fist for a fist bump that Gaara happily returned.
"How is the ichibi treating you? I've heard that most of your previous jinchuuriki have had trouble with it." Naruto said as Gaara nodded.
"At first yes I heard it's voice however your father fixed my seal and I've been able to sleep. Also isn't it rude to eavesdrop on people?" Gaara asked suddenly looking up into a tree every's eyesight followed his to see Sasuke.
"Teme." Naruto said simply as Sasuke sighed dropping down.
"Dobe." He said before turning to look at gaara once more.
"A Suna shinobi huh? You must be here for the chunin exams." Sasuke said mostly to himself as he stared at the Two suna shinobi.
"An astute observation what is your name?" Gaara asked as Sasuke simply continued to stare only for him to be jabbed in the side by Naruto. Looking back at the blond shinobi the two had a mental conversation before Sasuke relented.
"My name is Sasuke Uchiha and what is yours?" He asked gaara who nodded.
"My name is Gaara no Sabaku I look forward to facing you Uchiha… Temari it was good to see you and you as well Naruto. Let's go kankurō." Gaara said as he turned leaving with his brother towards their hotel most likely. Naruto turned to sasuke as he grinned.
"I hope you bring your A game tomorrow Teme because you're the one I want to fight." He said with an ever present grin holding out his fist to bump which sasuke simply bumped with his own before turning and leaving.
"See ya later Nii-san!" Konohamaru called out running his own way leaving Temari and Naruto by themselves.
"Come on Naru-kun Kushina is probably waiting for us to start dinner seeing as tomorrow is the start of the chunin exams." She said with a small smile which Naruto returned before the two took to the rooftops heading home for the night. Dinner was an exciting affair with laughter and smiles all around.
"Good night everyone!" Naruto called out as he and Temari headed upstairs to their room getting undressed the two quickly got into bed just enjoying being in each other's arms.
"Naruto you know the chunin exams can be deadly right?" Temari asked turned away from Naruto as she felt him move his chin in a nodding motion.
"Yeah of course why are you bringing this up?" Naruto asked as temari gained a mischievous grin as she pulled out a little orange book from behind the bed.
"Because I'm deadlier." She said as she opened the book only to feel it plucked quickly from her hands.
"How did you find that!" He said in a scared whisper knowing the implications if his mother found out.
"A woman has her ways." She said simply.
"It was kakashi." Naruto said as temari at least had the courtesy to blush at being
Found out.
"It was kakashi." She said with a small giggle before turning around and looking up at Naruto's face.
"We could both die tomorrow or at some point in the exams." She said softly nuzzling into his chest, listening to his breathing and heartbeat.
"I won't let you die I promise." Naruto said determination filling his voice as he looked down at temari who quickly captured his lips with her own the two of them making out as their hands began to explore each others bodies with Temari somehow ending on top of Naruto.
Lemon Warning
Temari began to grind on Naruto giggling as she felt her lover grow hard underneath her as she took her bra off.
"My my someone's ready." She said as she kissed Naruto on the cheek before moving down and removing his boxers allowing his dick to spring free. Naruto quickly made a privacy seal as he looked down at temari
"What can I say I have a hot girlfriend." He said with a small chuckle before moaning as Temari took him fully in her mouth bobbing her head up and down on his dick. Naruto quickly came close to release which Temari could feel as she slowed down teasing Naruto.
"Tem-chan stop teasing me." He whined as temari grinned as if saying as you wish as she finished Naruto off causing him to cum in her mouth which she greedily lapped up as naruto laid panting.
"My turn." Temari said happily as she spread her legs for naruto the only thing hiding her lower lips being a simple pair of lacy panties. Grinning Naruto quickly closed the distance as he kissed Temari before moving down as he licked and sucked on her breasts one hand slipping into her panties as he began to finger the girl.
Moaning Temari placed a hand on the back of his head as Naruto removed her panties moving down quickly assaulting her pussy causing the girls breath to hitch before she began to moan as naruto played with her clit. Quickly coming to a release in Naruto's mouth she laid back panting as did Naruto as the two stared at each other.
"I love you Tem-chan." He said softly love filling his eyes.
"I love you too Naru-kun please I want to go all the way tonight." She said causing Naruto's eyes to widen before he nodded as he moved over top of her position his dick at her entrance before staring into her eyes.
"Are you sure Temari-chan?" He asked as she nodded not able to find the right words to say. Seeing the girl was ready Naruto slowly pushed his way in the two gasping at the feeling as naruto stopped both of them enjoying the feeling.
"I'm ready." She whispered once she was used to Naruto being within her. Nodding Naruto slowly began to move his hips causing the girl to gasp and moan and Naruto moved inside her.
"F-f-faster." She moaned out as Naruto kissed her neck gently moving faster setting a steady pace as the two panted and moaned both feeling close to cumming rather quickly.
"I'm c-c-cumming Na-naru-kun." Temari moaned out.
"I am too." Naruto moaned as he thrust a few more times before cumming inside her holding the girl close as she cummed with him. Panting lightly once their orgasms passed the two held each other tightly kissing each other one last time before passing out.
Next Morning
Team 7 stood outside the academy as they looked between themselves determination filling their eyes as they nodded to each other. Lots of foreign genin and Konoha genin filled the yard ready to compete and prove they were worthy of being a genin.
"Look out everyone Team 7 is going to win this entire thing!" Naruto shouted, raising his fist into the air as the trio walked towards the doors ready for their lives to change but not in the way that these exams would actually change their lives.
And finished! Sorry this took so long to get out and the abrupt finish. I started school as I was beginning to write the chapter so I was adjusting to the sudden workload. I also didn't want to officially start the chunin exams in this chapter and overload it. I know it kinda moved at a breakneck pace but I didn't want to spend a lot of time covering the final month before the arch started so this is kinda the result.
Also! In big news we crossed over 100 favorites on the story so thank you everyone so much! I couldn't believe my eyes when I woke up and saw how many people had this story as one of their favorites it was simply awesome.
I originally planned to have all the dates happen in this chapter but I'll sprinkle them into the story going forward maybe as flashbacks or just plot points in the current story we shall see.
Thoughts on the lemon? I didn't want to make a super long one as I'm not sure how people would react and it was both their first time and my first time writing a lemon in general. But anyway for now remember to review favorite and follow Naruto Uzumaki-Namikaze101 out!