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Chapter 44: The Genins' day in the village

~Hiruzen~

Hiruzen felt his eye twitch, rapidly. What he was looking at was by far the most irritating thing that he had ever witnessed. "Might I inquire, what is it that you are doing?"

Tsunade was at the moment drinking some sake, while she ignored the pile of paperwork on her desk. She took a big sip from her cup before letting out a loud sigh of content "Ahhh that hit the spot!" Tsunade then looked to Hiruzen and smiled at him "you know Sensei, you always made this job sound a lot harder than it is. But I think it's fine. Don't know why you always griped about it."

Interestingly, Asuma was also in the room as he had a report to give on the mission he and his team went through. However, he was finding it hard to keep a straight face as he watched his father talk with Tsunade. He could tell that Hiruzen was trying his hardest to keep his composure.

Hiruzen's eye was now rapidly twitching. Any more and someone would think he was having a seizure. "Tsunade, please tell me what you are doing?"

Tsunade looked to him again and just gave a cheeky smile "having a drink."

Hiruzen turned to Shizune, who was standing next to the Hokage desk "Please tell me how this happened." He spoke in a calm voice but there was a trace of impatience in it as he also pointed at the Hokage chair, that was occupied.

In the seat….was Tsunade who was stamping papers with either accepted or rejected as well as signing her name on several documents. She would then hand it to another Tsunade, who looked over it before placing it in one of four piles, one being for accepted shinobi affairs, one for the rejected Shinobi affairs, one for accepted civilian affairs and the last for rejected affairs. There was another pile but the pile's location was a large trash bin in the corner of the room that Tsunade used as a small bit of accuracy practice.

Shizune smiled sheepishly as she spoke, "when Naruto came in for a mission some time ago, he noticed that Tsunade was having trouble keeping up with the paperwork."

The Tsunade, who was drinking on the couch, took another large gulp before raising her cup. "Ahh, I love that Gaki for telling me this. Even if he gave me more paperwork to do, this makes up for it." She then looked to Hriuzen "oh he also left a message for you: 'Consider this payback for keeping those big secrets from me!'"

Asuma could not hold it in and he laughed at this. He knew about some of the secrets that Hiruzen chose to keep secret and understood the reasoning behind it but it would seem that Naruto has gotten his payback.

Hiruzen was now hurt, betrayed but most of all he was angry. And in a bit of unrelenting rage, he screamed out

"NNNNAAAARRRUUUUUTTTTTOOOOOOOOO!

The whole Village heard this shout and some were wondering what the boy had done this time in order to get the previous Hokage so angry

~Naruto~

Naruto was on guard duty for the east gate and was in the middle of having a traveling merchant sign himself into the village when he heard the shout.

The merchant looked towards the Hokage tower and asked: "what was that?"

Naruto smiled as he figured that his payback was complete. 'Take that Jiji.' he leaned back on his chair as he had a wide smile on his face "no idea. Maybe someone pissed off someone else in the tower. But who really knows?"

The merchant shrugged before he grabbed his traveling cart and began to pull it into the village.

Naruto spoke up before the man was out of earshot "welcome to Konoha." Once the man was gone he turned his head to look behind him to see a Gamakichi and a small black fox summon named Shinta, playing a game of poker, with a pile of candy as the prize. The fox was in the lead and from what Naruto could tell, it was because of sleight of hand. He never thought Foxes as evil as he himself along with his father are not but he would not deny that they are mischievous at times.

~Kiba~

Kiba was grumbling as he walked through the streets of Konoha. He had only just returned to the village after he and his team finished a C rank mission to deliver some documents to one of the neighboring small villages. But that wasn't what he was grumbling about

~flashback~

Kiba was ready to get home and fall on his bed after they had to listen to an old man ramble about how important the document was for them. "What say that after we get home and take a nap, you and me go out for some training Akamaru?"

Akamaru who was perched on his head wagged his tail and gave an *arf* in agreement

Kiba saw the gate to his clan compound when suddenly his mother Tsume burst through the gate. This wouldn't be odd to him since he had seen his mom burst through the gates before when something urgent was happening but he saw that she wasn't going anywhere. She tackled one of the male clansmen to the ground with another older male holding a young grey ninken who Kiba assumed to be the younger clansman's partner.

The young man was yelling out "Let me go! I can't stand it anymore! I need to get out of the compound NOW!"

His Ninken partner was barking in agreement

Kiba watched this go on and he then noticed that the man wasn't wearing anything. Not even underwear.

Tsume held the man down before she growled "you idiot! Do you want to infect the rest of the village?! Are you going to let something like this beat you!? Stop being a fraidy cat and MAN UP!"

Kiba just felt his confusion grow as he spoke up "uh mom what's going on?"

Tsume looked to her left at Kiba and gave a strained smile "hey Pup. good to see you back from your mission. I'd say come in but I urg grrrr…." she paused when the man she was holding down jerked a bit trying to get up. She put more force in her hold before speaking again "I would recommend you and Akamaru spend a few days at one of your friend's place. You don't want to enter the compound until we get everyone treatment!" She was able to get to her feet with the man still in her grasp.

Kiba was confused at what his mom meant when she said "treatment".

The man struggled more and got a hand free but he didn't try and hit Tsume to get free. All he did was begin to scratch his hair fiercely "damn that brat! AAARRRRGGGHHH GET THEM OFF! GET THEM OFF! GET THEM OFF!"

The ninken was able to get out of the older man's grasp before dropping to it's back and rub its body on the ground, whining pitifully.

Tsume moved one of her hands to her head and scratched a bit before she dragged the man back inside. Before she was out of sight she shouted out to Kiba "be glad that you were out on a mission pup! Your friend went through another of his marathons!" She and the elder male were able to get the two back inside the compound but Tsume shouted one last time "DAMN THAT GAKI! WHERE DID HE EVEN GET THESE DAMN FLEAS!"

Kiba, Akamaru, along with a few civilians stood there staring at the gate of the compound trying to figure out what just happened

~Flashback end~

"Damn it Naruto! Why the hell did you have to do this when I get back?!"

*Arf*

"Yeah, I guess you're right. If we were here then we would be hit too. But I was hoping to get some sleep damn it!"

"What's got you so wound up, dog boy?"

Kiba looked behind him to see that the one who spoke was the sand kunoichi that he fought in the Chunin exams "oh hey ...Temari right? What are you doing here?"

Temari walked up to him as she spoke "I'm here as a representative for Suna to discuss with the Hokage about a new treaty with our villages. Right now I have free time since the meeting is tomorrow."

Akamaru jumped out of Kiba's jacket and ran to stand in front of the girl. Wagging his tail he gave an *arf arf*

Temari smiled as she bent down and picked up the puppy who began to lick her face, causing her to laugh. After a second she pulled the dog away from her face and held him in her arms as she began to pet him. She looked at Kiba before she spoke: "so whats got you walking around looking like you lost your favorite chew toy?" she asked as she began to walk with Akamaru in her arms

Kiba grumbled at the jab at him but he let it slide as he began to walk with Temari "someone I know pranked my compound while I was out on a mission."

Temari looked to Kiba with a quirked eyebrow "who was it? and what did he do?"

Kiba grumbled a bit as he mumbled out "Naruto…."

Temari thought of the name before it hit her "you mean the blonde kid with the whiskers right?" she would have pointed out the fact that she saw him as a fox when she came to rescue Gaara but something like that seemed like it would be kept secret, so she kept it to herself.

Kiba growled a bit and nodded his head "yeah. Bastard hit my compound somehow and got everyone in there with fleas."

Temari couldn't help but laugh at this as she thought about the compound which was filled with dogs, to be infested with fleas. Though she did feel bad for them because of it, she still saw the humor in it. A random thought came to mind though 'how did he get them infected with fleas without himself being affected?' she shrugged at that thought before she looked to Kiba again, giggling a bit "he must be good if he was able to get a compound that would be able to sniff him out before he got there."

Kiba looked away as he clicked his tongue "tch, he isn't anything special. I could beat him easily!"

*Arf*

Kiba raised his fist and shouted at the dog that was still in the girl's arms "hey who's side are you on?!"

*arf bark*

Kiba slumped at this "yeah….but I still don't want to admit it." Kiba sighed as he scratched his head and spoke to Temari "out of all the genin, he is the strongest one."

Temari was stunned to hear this "really? Aren't any of the other Konoha genin at least close or stronger than him?"

Kiba gave a dry chuckle at this "you kidding? Did you see that….flame tornado thing he did during the finals? If he used that on any of us, we would be toast. Heck even in the academy, he was the fastest and stealthiest out of all of us. He outran Chunin, jonin, and even Anbu when they were chasing him because of his pranks."

Temari was stunned to hear that an academy student was outrunning the elite of the village. 'Either their Anbu are embarrassingly weak or the kid is ridiculously good.'

Kiba sighed as he stood up straighter "he is also the guy you listen to when he warns you about something. Heck, he was the one that told me not to underestimate you and go all out from the beginning of our match. If I didn't you would have beaten me in the first minute. I don't have any long-range jutsu so your fan would have finished me off."

Temari smirked at this "at least you know when you are outclassed."

Kiba crossed his arms as he grumbled: "yeah well next time I'll wipe the floor with you."

"I'd like to see you try." she kept walking before she looked to Kiba and asked "hey since you don't have anything else to do, mind showing me around the village. I don't know what this village has to offer."

Kiba sighed again as he knew that he didn't have anything better to do "fine, let's go."

*arf!*

"Oh shut it!"

~Hinata~

Hinata had walked into her family compound, however, there was no one there. No one from either the main family or the branch family were out. She wondered where everyone could be but she was brought out of her musing when she heard someone call out to her

"Onee-sama!"

Hinata looked to one of the tea rooms on her left, across the courtyard, to see her little sister and mother sitting at one of the tables. She smiled and made her way to them "hello Kaa-san, Hanabi-chan. Where is everyone? Was there an event that required every member to attend?"

Hanabi could not help but giggle as she remembered what had happened to the rest of the clan.

~Flashback~

Hanabi and her mother Hitomi were sitting in the tea room watching as the other members of their clan tried to avoid whatever horror would befall them. As Hanabi took a bite out of her cracker she tried to think of what her Onii-chan would do this time. The last time that he went and did something like this to her clan, she had been confined in her room and had not seen some of the things that happened. Now she was interested to see what would happen. As she was thinking this, she heard a noise just above her.

Hanabi and Hitomi looked up in time to see one of the ceiling tiles close up with a piece of paper falling down to them.

Hitomi reached up and grabbed it and looked it over before seeing the writing on it. It was a simple message "stay in this room" and at the bottom of the slip of paper was a chibi Naruto face with a victory sign.

Hanabi had gotten up and looked at the note from behind her mother

Hitomi smiled as she put the note away and gestured for Hanabi to sit back in her own seat.

Both Hanabi and Hitomi looked out to the courtyard at the other clansman. They waited for the first sign that tells them the show is about to start.

Suddenly…..it started with a whipping sound

One of the clansmen that were walking around the large courtyard was suddenly captured by a rope trap. It dragged him into the koi pond that was on one side of it and he was submerged into the water.

The other clansman watched this happen and then the one taken broke the surface of the water and gasped for air. But he was no longer wearing his usual Hyuga robes. He was wearing a pair of swimming shorts, a snorkel, a life vest and a red flotation tube with white polka dots.

Hiashi began to command his other clansman "Byakugans active! Don't let this menace grab you by surprise!"

Everyone had activated their dojutsu and looked for anything that would show where he was….but they saw nothing and they were beginning to wonder how.

"Why can't we see anything?"

"Where could he be?"

"How can he hide from our ByakuhaaAAAAAAAAHH~!"

The last one was suddenly dragged away deeper into the compound until he was out of sight.

This was just the beginning.

Some of the males found themselves stepping on hidden traps that enveloped them in smoke before revealing them in different outfits. One dressed as a mouse, one crossdressed in a skirt and shirt that showed his midriff and one that was dressed as a mime.

Many of the clansmen began to panic as they had flashbacks to the last time this happened and their Hyuga composure was beginning to crack.

It was when one of them had stepped on another trap that launched him to the wall covered in a yellow like sticky substance. Normally he would have thought that it would be glue but when he got a taste of it he realized something "...Honey?" Suddenly, out of nowhere….a bear appeared and was eyeing the man with hunger in its eyes. The man was sweating now and tried not to make a move until the bear roared in his face and he ran for his life with the bear chasing after him.

That caused everyone to panic and they all threw the plan out the window and ran for their sanity, unknowingly setting of traps left and right.

Tripwires that covered them in tar and feathers.

A small explosion that made them end up on the wall in odd poses and looked like a kid's drawing with them as the characters.

Hair changing into weird forms. One looked like a swan while another somehow had their hair formed into words that spelled out "Closet pervert"

And some ending up in green spandex like another shinobi of the village

Interestingly some of the women stepped on traps that dressed them in elegant dresses, kimonos, and ballroom gowns that they thought looked good on them and in a small bit of vanity …...they kept them

Hanabi and Hitomi laughed at some of the things that were happening to the other members of the clan and continued to watch as another male ran by with black and white makeup on his entire face.

Neji was walking toward the gates of his compound as he and his team had gotten back from their mission early but he suddenly got a gut feeling telling him that he should NOT go inside. He would have questioned it but a chill ran up his spine which reminded him of that humiliation that happened to his fellow clansman. He turned on his heels and chose to walk away.

~Flashback end~

Hinata was giggling at the pranks that she heard her boyfriend had done to her clan. She was also glad that he had not done any real harmful pranks, beside the bear, which turned out to be a ninken under a genjutsu that they could not see through, from the Inuzuka clan that went with this to avoid being a victim of Naruto's pranks. At least that's what it told Hitomi alone before it left. She knew that Naruto did not like the Hyuga clan, as he did not like some of their practices and despised the Cage bird seal. If Naruto wanted he could have made those pranks far more harmful but instead all he did was gags.

Hinata's smile dropped a bit as she looked around the courtyard. This had happened while she was away so it could have been in the span of a few days so they should have left their rooms by now. "Is everyone still in their rooms?"

Hitomi nodded "yes. It would seem Naruto-san had learned how to use seals for his activities and it would seem that the outfits and substances that are on the clansman cannot be removed so easily. He had used seals to make them hard if not impossible to remove. Everyone should still be in their room trying to remove what they have been inflicted with." she laughed at the memory until she remembered something. She pulled out a scroll and handed it to Hinata "this popped up in the middle of all this and had a note saying this was for you."

Hinata nodded before taking the scroll and bowed before she excused herself. She bid her mother and sister a good day before she made it to her room. Once inside she opened the scroll to see it was a simple storage scroll. Channeling chakra into it she was delighted to see it was a plate of cinnamon buns. Once she finished enjoying her favorite treat, she went to her dresser and picked up a small piece of fabric that was next to a red ball of yarn. As she picked up the items she looked to the small fox plushie and smiled before speaking to it. "Thank you for not hurting my family Naruto-Kun." she sat down and began to knit. While she was knitting she heard someone walking by her door so she looked up and since her door was left open, she witnessed a few female Hyugas walking by in fancy outfits, talking animatedly. She giggled again "and for gifting a few of them such pretty dresses."

~Tenten~

Tenten was pissed. She had spent the last few days cleaning up the weapons of her shop since they were all painted different colors of the rainbow. She knew who to blame for this and she was going to use him for target practice for the next week because of this. This wasn't even the worst part. When she got back from the mission she, Neji and Guy came from she was horrified at seeing all the weapons that were on display. She had rushed over to one of the more expensive katanas. One that was made of pure chakra metal and she tried to take it off the display rack. Tried being the keyword. For some reason, it was attached to the rack and wouldn't budge from it. After a few tugs she tried with any of the other weapons and they were the same. She found a note on the counter that had a chibi Naruto face on the bottom. The note said that it would last a few days. It also said that the expensive weapons were only going to stay their color for that long as well. She wanted to kill the boy right then and there as she didn't believe that the weapons would just magically change back. If anything, every. Single. Weapon. Would have to be hand cleaned meticulously. After a few days had passed, she was shocked to see that the weapons had indeed changed back. All but a few but the ones that were colored were display weapons like kunai, shuriken, and windmill shurikens, foldable or solid. Another surprise was that once all the weapons were normal again a bag of money popped up on the counter with a note saying that he had taken a kunai set and that some of the extra money was for the trouble this prank might have caused the shop. Tenten's dad had cooled down after that. Tenten was just glad that she didn't need to look at a pink, FRILLY, Katana anymore. "I'm still going to get you for this Naruto!"

~Choji~

Choji was right now sleeping off a food coma as he and his whole family had gone through every ounce of food they had in food storage. As he was sleeping he dreamed what happened when he got home

~Flashback, Dream~

Choji had come home to a horrific sight. He wanted to get a snack so he went to the kitchen and opened a cabinet….but it was empty. He went to the next one and opened it and saw the same thing. He was panicking as he continued this and every drawer, cupboard, pantry, and the cabinet was void of food. He was startled out of his panic attack when he heard a loud crash outside. He ran out to see every Akimichi pounding on what looked to be a scroll

"Smash it again! We need to open it!"

His clan were using their clan jutsu to smash open to scroll but they were having little to no success.

Choji ran up to his father "what's going on?"

Choza looked down at his son with his arms crossed "your friend found a way into our emergency food storage and sealed away everything in there in that little scroll. We have been trying to get it open but none of us know seals and it's getting tough for us. We have been able to get by, by going out to eat but we need our food back."

Choji looked sad at this as he was looking forward to eating something when he got home but now he would just have to make due with the spare bags of chips in his room "alright, Imma head to my room and get some rest."

Choza nodded as he watched another Akimichi use his oversized hands to try and open the scroll, which was quite comical in his opinion

Choji made it to his room and opened a trunk that he used for storing extra chip bags. However, when he opened it, there was something else other than his bags of chips. It was a note. He picked it up and saw that underneath it was a seal tag. He gently picked it up and looked to the note. It read "hey Choji! Wrap this tag around the scroll to unlock it and get all the EXTRA food that's inside. If I'm right, no one noticed the genjutsu that was placed over the emergency storage, all the food is still there but hidden behind a genjutsu that my summons help me out with. The extra food is a way to make amends." Choji thought about one part 'huh I didn't know toads could help him in genjutsu.'

Choji ran outside with the tag in his hand and shouted "hey hey! Dad!" once Choji got to his father he spoke, telling him about the genjutsu and that the food that was inside the scroll was extra food that Naruto got for them.

Choza ran to the underground emergency food storage and as he focused, he could see the slight ripple in the air signifying a genjutsu was indeed there. Placing his hand in the tiger seal he yelled out "KAI!" and a was said, all shelves and boxes were filled to the brim with food.

Once the rest of the clan found out, they didn't hesitate in thanking Choji for bringing this up before they cooked all the food in the storage for the biggest feast in Akimichi history

~Flashback end~

Choji was now snoozing after he had eaten all he could and he wasn't to only one. The rest of his clan were laying on the ground next to him sleeping off their own food coma. And amazingly there were leftovers, which was unheard of for the clan but they were so happy to get their food back that they cooked everything and the food storage was now REALLY empty. Luckily Choji would find another scroll in his trunk, something he missed, that was more food, which would help refill some of their stock.

~Ino~

Ino was sitting on her bed with her arms and legs crossed as she was glaring at the wall. She was grumbling about her boyfriend's latest prank on her clan.

~Flashback~

Ino had made it home after her mission with her team but when she entered her family's flower shop, that doubled as her family compound entrance, she could already tell something was off. Usually, when she enters the flower shop she would see the counter, the shelves of flowers, and the register. It should have been like any kind of flower shop, but for some reason, she was in the clan meeting room. A room that was deeper in the compound. And sitting on the ground with his arms crossed was her father. "Daddy? What's wrong?"

Inoichi looked at her and smiled before waving at her

Ino was confused since normally, her father would get up and hug her and ask how her mission went "Daddy are you ok?" she then saw her father cup his hands around his mouth as if to shout at her. She braced herself for the loud shout but when she saw him yell, it sounded distant

"Ino-chan, it's good to see you home but can you hold on a minute!? Your mother will bring you to me!"

Suddenly Ino saw her mother walk through a wall and to her. She was so confused but she waited for her mother to get to her

"Welcome home honey. Come with me."

Ino's hand was taken by her mother and she was lead back the way her mother came. She shut her eyes when she thought she would hit the wall. But to her amazement, she walked through it. She suddenly found herself in the academy classroom. 'How did I get here?' she didn't get much time to think about it since the room disappeared and she was now in an alley in the village. This happened a few more times, appearing in different areas in the village until she found herself in a bar. Her father sitting on the ground next to what looked like a spilled drink.

Inoichi looked up at the two and smiled "welcome back Ino-chan."

Ino was just confused as she looked around the bar but interestingly there was no sound. Not from the few costumers that were there or from the staff. She looked to her father in confusion "whats going on?"

Inoichi took a deep breath before he spoke "your friend Naruto-san had set up some sort of genjutsu barrier on the whole compound. It makes every room look like an area in the village. The worst thing is that it distorts someone's perception and we lose track of where we came from." he took another deep breath before continuing "if it weren't for the fact that he is using this on us, I would praise the boy for this kind of barrier. The weird thing is that it doesn't affect your mother so she had been able to walk around the compound and find some genjutsu tags scattered around the compound. She found a good amount but we can't seem to find the others." he said as he pulled out a small stack of tags.

Ino thought about this for a minute before something caught her attention. "Wait how did you know I got home if this room just shows a bar?"

Inoichi pointed to a corner of the bar "when you got home, that corner changed into the front door and showed you coming in. I was thinking of why this would happen since it didn't do that for any of the other clansmen."

Ino took this piece of info and thought about it 'why would Naruto make it that it would show me coming home?' she thought about this for a minute until something came to mind. Looking to her mother she asked, "Hey mom, can you take me to my room?"

Noriko nodded and took her daughter's hand and lead her to her room on the second floor.

Ino walked into her room and found herself in a forest. She looked around as she knew Naruto would put some clue or her to find since he did it with the front door thing. She then saw a tree in front of her had a normal paper sign on it. Ino didn't get closer since she didn't know if she would trip on a piece of her furniture. She noticed the paper was a message for her and read it.

"Welcome home Ino! Master tag is on the back of your door." it ended with a Chibi Naruto with a chibi fox next to it.

Since Ino was still next to her door, she reached behind her and slid her hand up the door, which looked like she was sliding her hand in the air, until she felt a slip of paper. She pulled the tag off the door and then the forest disappeared and she was in her room again

they both heard some voices downstairs shouting out "FINALLY!"

Noriko smiled as she looked to Ino "I'm going to make sure that everyone is alright.

~Flashback end~

Ino shook her head at what Naruto had done before she leaned back and leaned on the wall next to her window. Doing this, she saw the orange flower that Naruto order a bit of time ago. She moved to lean her head down on her windowsill as she poked it "I still have to give you to him." she smiled at that as she thought about him "Baka."

~Shino~

Shino was standing in his room with a gloomy aura over him. He had found out that Naruto had gone on another of his pranking marathons but for some reason, he didn't do anything to them. What he was told was that some members had seen him walking by with his arms behind his head but instead of going towards their compound, he just walked past it as if he didn't even notice their compound was there. The Aburame clan didn't know whether to be happy that he didn't notice them or feel hurt because he didn't notice them.

~Shikamaru~

Shikamaru was standing in the living room with his father who was also standing with him. They just stood there. They weren't the only ones, all the Nara men were in a similar position all over their compound. At first glance, it would look like they were just standing there looking at the wall but in actuality, they were stuck. They weren't paralyzed, they could move just fine but they found that they could not lift their feet from the ground. They would have tried to get out but they found it too troublesome. They would have laid down and used this time to relax but if they did and then found themselves unable to get up than the Naru woman would nag them about being too lazy

Shikamaru sighed as he knew who would do something like this and he could only say one thing "troublesome blonde."

~Sakura~

Sakura was looking through her wardrobe to find something to wear. She had a date with Haku that night and she didn't know what to wear so she threw one article of clothing out of her closet, trying to think of what to wear. "No….no….no….NO! Argh! I don't know what to wear!"

Haku had told her not to wear something fancy and that she should just wear something that she is comfortable with but Sakura still wanted to wear something that would impress him.

This is what Sakura's mother Mebuki walked into. She had heard her daughter grumbling to herself so she decided to see what was the issue. She got her answer when she saw all the clothes on the ground and the panic in her daughter's movements. She leaned on the doorframe as she spoke to get her daughter's attention "so who is it and what did he say?"

Sakura jumped at the sudden voice and looked to her mother "Mom! Don't scare me like that!"

Mebuki eyed her daughter "well?"

Sakura sighed as she sat on her bed "his name is Haku. he is a shinobi that my team and I met during the wave mission. He said that I shouldn't wear anything fancy but I still want to impress him."

Mebuki remembered being told about the wave mission. She grew concerned when she was told about the fight with a high ranking missing-nin but she was happy to see that her daughter wasn't disheartened about it. She is glad that she wasn't going out with one of her teammates. She never met them but for Naruto, she didn't trust the boy. She like many of the civilians held resentment towards him and she wanted her daughter to stay away from him, even if they were teammates. For Sasuke, she could tell from the get-go that what Sakura had for him was just unhealthy worship. It concerned her how bad it was but it seems that someone else has gotten Sakura'a attention and by the way she was acting, it seemed far more genuine. "How badly do you want to impress him and what did he say to you exactly?"

Sakura plopped back on her bed as she stared at the ceiling "I want him to like me and even if he said he would go out with me I don't know if I'll mess up. He said that I should wear something comfortable and easy to move in."

'Comfortable and easy to move in. ok, I know what kind of date this will be, now to help her out.' "ok let me help you pick out an outfit for your date." She said as she walked in the room and began to pick up the clothes that were on the ground

Sakura perked up and got to her feet and looked eagerly to her mother "thanks mom!"

"What's this about a date!?"

Both females looked to the door to see Kizashi standing there with a shocked look on his face

Kizashi looked to Mebuki and ask "is our little flower petal going out?!"

Mebuki sighed as she knew what was about to happen "yes dear, she is."

"NO! I FORBID IT! SHE IS TOO YOUNG TO GO OUT WITH BOYS! I WILL NOT ALLOW OUR PRECIOUS PETAL TO GO OUT WITH SOME BUM FROM THE STREET….."

Mebuki sighed as she knew her husband would act this way

Sakura dropped her head in embarrassment as she knew that the people on the streets could hear her father rambling

~later, night time~

Sakura was waiting at the meeting point. She was early as she was anxious about this date. She looked herself over and had to thank her mother for helping her. She was wearing a form-fitting red shirt that was tucked in a pair of white short shorts that were held by a black belt. She wore a silver bracelet on her right wrist. For footwear she wore dark burgundy boots and in her hair, instead of her hitai-ate, she wore a red hairband.

"Sorry to keep you waiting." (cliche I know)

Sakura looked to her right to see Haku waking up to her.

He was wearing a light blue Kimono with what looked to be a wave pattern on the bottom of it. He had let his hair down, which fell to the middle of his back.

Sakura could not help but blush at his look. If she didn't know any better she would have assumed that Haku was a girl. "Cha! He looks better than we do!" She walked up to him as she smiled "sorry. I arrived early because I was….anxious."

Haku smiled at this "you don't need to be." he held out his hand for her to take "shall we?"

Sakura brought her hand up to take Haku's "sure."

They both left, arm in arm, to start their date

~Later~

Haku and Sakura were walking through a park heading to what Haku said would be the final stop. They had enjoyed dinner at one of the high-class restaurants, and Haku had been able to get a table since there weren't many people there. The staff had said that it was empty because a lot of people are still recovering from Naruto's pranking. Needless to say, the both of them were thankful for it. Even though there were very few people in the restaurant there still were some gossipers around them and it turned out that they had assumed that Sakura was out on a date with another girl.

Sakura knew the truth but felt a little embarrassed by the fact that it looked like it. However, Haku made her feel better by placing his hand on hers, which caused Sakura to no longer care if that was how it looked and ignored everyone else.

After the dinner, they spent time going through some tourist sights of the village and even though Sakura knew about them, she had enjoyed herself.

Sakura was wondering where they were going since she had not been in this park before.

"Here we are."

Sakura looked to see that they were at a large lake in the middle of the park. She thought it looked beautiful since the full moon was shining on the water's surface. "It's beautiful but what are we going to do here?"

Haku smiled as he released Sakura's arm and walked forward. Once he made it to the edge of the lake he looked to her "wait one moment."

Haku began to water walk to the center of the lake and Sakura could not take her eyes off Haku as it was breathtaking to see him with the moon being reflected off the water and on to him.

Once Haku was in the center he turned to Sakura and did a one-handed handsign. Suddenly the water began to freeze from where he was standing.

Sakura watched this and was still confused on what he was doing. Once she saw that he was done she walked forward to look at the frozen lake. Interestingly the ice wasn't the white frost that frozen water usually looks like, instead it was crystal clear. Like glass.

Haku walked up to her and bent down while gently lifting her shoe

"Haku-Kun? What are you….?" she was answered when she saw that her show now had a skate blade, made from ice.

Haku did the same thing with the other shoe before he stood up and he just lifted his own foot and his sandals gained the same.

Sakura now knew what they were going to do and spoke in a nervous tone "Haku-Kun I don't know how to Ice skate."

Haku smiled as he helped her onto the ice "don't worry Sakura-chan, I will guide you." and he did.

At the start, Sakura kept tumbling, but before she would ever fall, Haku would catch her in his arms. Soon though they began to skate around the whole lake. Haku guided Sakura into it and it then became a dance on the ice with Haku guiding and twirling her. They continued this for a while, Ice dancing in the moonlight, without a care on the rest of the world.

As of now, all they cared about was the person they were with.

~Meanwhile~

Sasuke was sitting on the roof of his old home in the Uchiha compound. He had spent days wondering what to do now and reflecting on his life in the village. He looked at the Uchiha symbol on the street wall until he felt a few presences behind him. "What do you want?"

Behind him were four individuals, each wearing similar outfits that seemed to be a variant of Orochimaru's outfit.

One that had six arms was the one to answer him "Orochimaru has a proposition for you."

Sasuke thought about this for a bit before he got to his feet and looked at the four "I'm listening."

End of chapter

Well here's the next chapter

Originally this was going to be just normal stuff that the genin did but I was having a tough time thinking of things they would do besides training. Then I got a review from Dragon Man 180 asking for what had happened to the clans and it had become this

It might have been obvious what Haku would do with Sakura on their date but I thought it worked well to improve their relationship. I had a tough time thinking of an outfit for Haku and Sakura. In the end, I chose to put Haku in a kimono as it was how he came up to Naruto when they first met. Sakura I chose to use simple clothing. I really don't know the level of fashion in the universe so if it's a problem, I can't really back it up but neither can any haters :P. If anything it could be seen similar to her Shippuden outfit a bit

Temari knows about Naruto. She doesn't know the story but she had seen him as a fox at the end of Naruto and Gaara's fight. Just to stop anyone from asking how Temari knew, when I made it that she saw it

For the Mebuki bit, I made her more down to earth since in the show she is almost as exuberant as Sakura when she was a fangirl. Had to rewatch some clips with Sakura acting like a fangirl and as it did before, it is hard to watch. Cringeworthy really.

Next chapter will be more serious. Most of it will be filler but it will bring up something that I want to show with Naruto.

Over 1000 Favs Yay. it's a little weird to me since some of my favorite stories that I thought were great have less than what I have and stories that have been out longer as well have less. But I just chalk it up to me not really being better but writing something interesting enough for the favs and follows

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