Chapter 31: A Spontaneous Trip with Pervy Sage
"Kiiiraa!" Naruto whined walking behind his best friend, his stomach grumbling horribly. He felt like his stomach was starting to eat itself. It was actually a few days after the funeral that things started getting a little back to normal.
People were still sad and on edge since the attack.
"Yes Naru?" She called smiling to herself fixing her bandana over her new horns to make sure no one could see. She felt it slipping earlier . Naruto quickened his pace till he was standing beside her, resting his head on her shoulder laughing to himself when she stopped walking.
"III'mmmmm huuungry." He whined yet again. Kira snickered staring at the blonds head on her shoulder. He could be such a dork sometimes.
"Are you telling me to go feed you?" He nodded grinning over at her. "Naru I don't have any food at my house. Kashi was supposed to go pick up groceries."
His head shot up with excitement "We could get Ramen!" He grinned excitedly about to start bouncing. "Come on! It'll be great! We need some food pleeeease!" He pouted giving her his best puppy dog face. She could only stare, feeling his cuteness take over. Agh! He has no idea how cute he is!
"Fine, okay. Just stop staring at me like that." the two kids laughed together Naruto half dragging her behind him. They didn't even recognize the two cloaked figures watching them. One chuckling from the distance, the other never taking his crimson red eyes off the two.
"Shall we take them now?" The blue figure asked grinning showing off his pointy sharp teeth.
"Not yet…" The other spoke smoothly. Fond memories filled his mind seeing the two. Yes he remembered them. Before he left he remembered watching those two run around. One causing mischief and the other chasing after to protect from danger. No wonder Sasuke liked her. She's grown so much and became much prettier with age...shame really.
"It's been a while since you last returned home, right? Shall we have some tea before we capture what we seek?"
"Sure…" He could still see Naruto dragging the poor girl down the road, squeezing their way through the crowds till they couldn't be seen anymore. The two figures walked away towards a local tea shop.
"By the way, where is Kakashi sensei?" Naruto called pulling Kira to a stop with him when they were within walking distance from Ichiraku's.
"He said he was meeting Sasuke to talk about something. Don't know why though." She shrugged her shoulder taking a seat at the bar with Naruto. Teuchi was quick to notice Naruto and grinned excitedly.
"Naruto! Kira! My best customers!" He grinned getting to work on making Naruto's usual bowl of ramen. "What'll you have Kira?" He called placing the noodles in the pot of boiling water. "Same as Naruto please." He nodded and quickly got to work preparing both bowls.
"I wonder why Kakashi wanted to speak with Sasuke alone...he think Sasuke's better than us?!" Naruto slammed his fist onto the counter angrily.
"Probably not. He's probably just checking in on Sasuke or something." the two shrugged and the bowls of ramen were placed in front of them.
"Enjoy." They grinned placing their hands together with the chopsticks in hand "Itadakimasu." and began to eat. Naruto was quick to start shoving his noodles in his mouth excitedly moaning to himself at the wonderful taste.
Kira not eating as fast as Naruto also enjoyed her meal. The flavors felt nice on her tongue. She really did love these little ramen trips.
"It's just as I had heard. You really do eat nothing but ramen, huh?" And older man walked in. Naruto choked on his food for a moment. "VWO! PFERFY PFAGE!"
Kira reached over patting his back as he coughed profusely in his hand his other beating his chest. "Didn't realize you were on a date." The older man joked grinning down at Naruto.
He quickly took a spot beside Naruto and ordered a bowl of ramen. "So kid who's your date?" A light red blush formed over Kira's face at the mention of being on a date with Naruto. She really needed to kick this crush thing in the butt.
"We aren't on a date, but she's my best friend Kira." Kira gave a small wave smiling at the older man.
"So he's the mega perv!" The older man gasped gripped his heart. Glaring down at Naruto in an annoyed motion.
"Spreading lies about me! I'll have you know I'm not just some Mega pervert!" Kira snickered with Naruto.
"Yeah you're the Ultra Mega Pervert!" The kids called together. The old man slumped his shoulders letting a sigh escape his lips while the two laughed together. This was awesome.
"So you're the famous best friend he never shuts up about." The old man grinned watching the surprised look cross her face. She glanced at Naruto who shrugged ordering another bowl of Ramen.
"Yeah thats me," she grinned.
Elsewhere:
Kakashi huffed and puffed feeling his body completely drained of energy. What felt like three days of constant pain was only a second to pass. "Ugh…" He moaned crouching down clutching his body with one arm. "This thing you seek...is it Sasuke?"
Sweat pooled off Kakashi's head in waves. Itachi looked like he just did a mild jog around the village with only a little sweat forming around his face. His breathing was slowly returning to normal. "No...The legacy of the Fourth Hokage and the Water Spirit."
Kakashi grit his teeth in anger. "The Fourth Hokage's legacy and the Water Spirit eh?" They wanted not only Naruto but Kira as well?
"Who are these guys…?" Kurenai muttered
"You seek the Nine Tailed Fox inside Naruto and the Water Spirit inside Kira?" Kurenai and Asuma jolted with realization. "You're... not the only ones, are you? I know all about you...You call yourselves the Akatsuki?"
Though the two Akatsuki members didn't show it they realized that Kakashi knew way too much information at that moment.
"The Akatsuki?" Asuma called confused looking in Kakashi's crouched position.
"Kisame change of plans. We're taking Kakashi with us. Make the other two disappear." Itachi ordered having seemed like the leader of this mission. Asuma and Kurenai clenched their eyes tightly while Kakashi stared Itachi head on. He wouldn't leave without a fight. And he sure as hell wasn't going to let anything happen to Kurenai and Asuma.
Kisame was quick to attack sending his long sword backwards for the attack when Might Guy appeared out literally nowhere. Kicking back Kisame watching him skid in the water.
"Who are you?!" Kisame growled hating that some new guy just got the upperhand so quickly.
"Konoha's noble blue beast Might Guy!" Kakashi's vision started to go foggy as he stared at Guy. He had to hold out just a little longer but knew he wouldn't make it much longer. He felt like he was going to topple over. Damn.
"What do we have here? The leaf villages fiercest beast of battle?" Kisame mocked taking in Guy's appearance.
"Do not underestimate him." Itachi warned Kisame. Kakashi toppled over falling sideways into the water. Sinking fast. Guy was quick to pull Kakashi back up to the surface. "Don't look Itachi in the eye, Guy! He'll snare you in his jutsu." Asume warned keeping his eyes clenched tightly.
"You don't have to tell me the obvious! I've already mastered counter sharingan battle techniques from all my bouts against Kakashi." Itachi glared over at Guy. To most it would be menacing, even send chills down your spine. But Guy just made a tck sound and acted like it was nothing.
"Open your eyes, both of you. When you go up against the Sharingan you only need to avoid meeting your opponents eyes. Just keep your sight on their feet at all times, and you can still read their movements and react."
Both Asuma and Kurenai opened their eyes and stared at Itachi's feet. "Now that you mention it, that does make sense, but…" Kurenai started.
"You're probably the only one of us who is any good at it." Kakashi moaned over Guy's shoulder hating that he was so easily defeated. He just hoped Kira would be smart enough to remember her training.
"I suppose so. You simply need to acquire the knack for discerning an opponent's movements just from their feet. But in this emergency situation, we don't have that luxury. You'll have to learn it on the fly." Guy muttered pulling Kakashi down off his shoulder. He couldn't fight as well with all his head weight on one side.
"So what's the plan?" Asuma called staring at Guy.
"Kurenai, Get Kakashi to the medics. Asuma, you're going to be backing me up." They both nodded in understanding what their jobs were. "All we need to do is buy some time until the ANBU black ops reinforcements that I requisitioned arrive."
"Ya got guts…" Kisame growled clutching the handle to his halberd.
"Kisame. I'm calling it off." Kisame stared at Itachi confused but angry. He really wanted to shred these people. "We didn't come here to start a war. Tempting as it is, this is not the way to do this...lets go."
Kisame growled letting out a 'hmph' sound but agreed. "They don't know how lucky they are…" Kisame grumbled placing his halberd on his back and jumping away with Itachi. Disappearing from view.
Elsewhere:
"WHAT?!" Naruto screamed walking beside Jiraiya. Naruto had told Kira that the old man was the one who taught him how to summon the giant toad. Now Jiraiya was telling Naruto that he wanted him to come along out of the village to do research.
"Why? Why? How come I have to get stuck tagging along while you do your research for another one of your pervy books?!" Naruto screamed. "Can you believe him?" He grumbled to Kira as they walked down the road.
"This is no ordinary research jaunt, you know. There's a particular woman I want to cover, so we need to find her." Naruto scoffed throwing his hands behind his head, he gave Kira a 'can you believe this guy' look and spoke again. "I don't have time for this. We've got to go train. Master Kakashi's going to teach us all sorts of new jutsu, like the chidori!" He looked to the ground grumbling to himself.
'I swear Kakashi's been playing favorites lately.'
'I'm not sure what he's thinking but Kashi must be training Sasuke for a reason, Naru.' Naruto glanced at Kira she only shrugged as he threw his arms down.
"Well...uh...I don't know how well to say this nicely, but I don't think that you're cut out for that move...besides this woman, she's a real looker. I know you'll want to meet her. She's prettier than your little girlfriend." Jiraiya tried to tempt Naruto leaning down to his level.
But there he went again, calling her his girlfriend. Kira paused feeling her face heat up. That would be amazing to date Naruto. "She's not my girlfriend!" She cringed feeling her heart ache as he said this. "She's practically my sister."
Just tear out her heart and stab it with a kunai why don't you. Jiraiya didn't miss the painful look on her face. 'Poor kid.' he thought shaking his head.
"Look Pervy Sage, what you do on your time is your business. But I've got more important things to do than chase your women! No, no thanks!"
Jiraiya stood tall glancing behind him as he sold his offer. Letting out a dramatic sigh. "I know this really cool jutsu that so much mightier than the Chidori...oh well, maybe I'll ask Sasuke to tag along." Naruto's eyes lit up.
A new jutsu mightier than the Chidori?! Rushing in front of Jiraiya playing right into his trap Naruto was beaming with excitement. "Oh! Oh! I'll go! I'll go!" Kira snickered behind her hand watching how cute he could be. He just played into the old man's hand and didn't even realize it.
"Can Kira come? We were supposed to train together and I can't just leave her!" Her eyes widen in surprise, Naruto wanted her to come with him while he learned this new jutsu? Jiraiya glanced behind to stare at the girl. A grin making its way to his face.
"I suppose so, but…" Naruto cheered reaching over and wrapping his hand around hers. "Just let us pack some stuff! We'll be right back! DONT YOU DARE LEAVE WITHOUT US, PERVY SAGE!" naruto yelled running off into the distance leaving a trail of dust as he went. The girl practically flopping behind him as he ran.
"Heh, Heh, knucklehead. Still can't help liking him…" Jiraiya sighed holding his head. Jiraiya felt a sad grin work it's way to his lips. "You would have loved them Aiko."
Naruto was quick to rush into his house packing his backpack full to the brim of clothes and money. Giggling to himself as he did so. Realization struck Kira as soon as the shock wore off. "Naru I can't leave without telling Kakashi!"
"Just leave him a note." he shrugged. "Come on Kira, this is a once and a lifetime opportunity to learn stronger jutsu's. We can't let Sasuke beat us!" He reasoned.
"I know this is a big deal but I thought you said he was a huge pervert! Should I be worried?"
"Not really. If he tries anything I'll take care of him!" Kira let out a small groan of annoyance before agreeing. Damn Naruto, damn him for being so cute. Honestly she was just glad he wanted her to come. She didn't know how long Naruto would be gone and she'd miss him.
"Fine. come on I need to get to my house to pack." Naruto grinned and the two ran off to Kira's house now. Kira quickly wrote a note and left it on the fridge explaining what happened and that she'd call him as soon as she got to a phone. Naruto was already ransaking her room looking for the trusty backpack she carried on all her missions.
"Naru!" she screeched seeing her room a mess.
"Found it!" He went to work throwing articles of clothes at her. Kira just shook her head a grin on her lips as she folded some shirts, pants, bathroom supplies, and a few books into her bag. It was packed tightly but it was nothing compared to Naruto's.
"Hope Kakashi won't be too mad at me." She muttered walking out the front gate.
"He'll be fine. Come on! Lets go!" Naruto called struggling with his backpack as the three walked out the front gate. "Besides you said you'd call him when we got to a hotel didn't you? You'll keep him updated you always do." Naruto heaved forwards almost falling to the ground. Kira quickly fixed him and the two were laughing over something Jiraiya couldn't tell.
'Yeah, Aiko would have loved those two.' Jiraiya grinned leading the way.