Sand pelted the side of his tent with a steady lulling rhythm in the morning's surprise sand storm. Desert nights were cold yet for some reason his body was surrounded by warmth. Soft firm warmth that latched onto him.
To his left, Blonde
His right, Brunette
On his chest, Redhead.
Wait what?
"Good morning lover." The three whispered, satisfied smiles on their faces as they leaned in to give him a kiss.
"GAH!" Naruto jerked awake sitting up alone in his tent panting. The dim morning light was more prone to the sandstorm that had plagued his dream than the early hours meaning he would have to get going if they were to make it to Suna soon. The sooner in Suna the sooner he could return to his beloved, the only woman he wanted in his dreams.
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Fakers!
Chapter Twenty Two: I miss the rains down in Konoha.
By
Hibiki
Naruto is owned by Kishimoto Masashi. I own some Naruto manga I bought. I think that still might be owned by Kishimoto Masashi though. So yeah Naruto isn't mine.
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3rd of July, Kaze no Kuni.
"Uzumaki-san, can you create a barrier long enough for us to pack up?" Baki asked as Naruto rose from his tent into the flat nothingness that gave Suna it's name. The dryness of the air seemed unnatural to the man whose life was spent in the humid climate hidden in the leaves, and the lack of color made him uneasy. He shook it off like he had before and nodded. Making a trio of Kage Bushin to bring down his own tent he walked towards the western side of the encampment towards his temporary student who was using the moment to try and increase his skill, as Naruto had directed him last night.
"Good morning… Kojiro." He thought that was right.
"It's Jiro. Yamada Jiro." The rather unremarkable kid with the unremarkable name replied, rather… unremarkably. In fact he was so plain it was unnatural. If Konoha's average ninja was somewhat tall, black haired, and black eyed, then Suna's was someone short, brown haired and brown eyed. Yamada Jiro was average in every sense. So average, Naruto was having issues even remembering his name.
"Okay Kunta Kinte, I'll support you as we expand this, get ready."
"It's Jiro. Yamada Jiro."
"Now, Heero!" Naruto cried throwing his hands up to shield the entire camp sight from the blowing wind.
"Sigh." 'Heero' sighed.
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8th of July, Konoha, Training ground three:
Ino's weeklong suspension was over, and she and Naruto's girls were in the thick of training. The week had allowed the Futowari girls to heal up nicely and while they were depressed by their Sensei's punishment, Haruna and Harumi especially. Knowing that he was having to train the person Haruna would face first, knowing he would refuse to give half ass training, left them worried about the time they would have to train with their sensei. Despite that, Ino was pushing them hard. The amount they had already learned was better than what she and Naruto had gained under their adequate but mediocre sensei's. And let it be said that she loved Asuma-sensei like a second father, she knew his training of her team before their first Chunin exam was sub par, and only after the invasion had it been stepped up.
Of course all of them, Asuma especially, had something worth training for then. Looking at the sisters as they sparred against one another using what she liked to call their weakness points, she wondered if Naruto was their reason for being so strong. Not his training, but him especially, like Asuma was for her, that made them push.
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"So troublesome, I am heading out, I have a B mission ahead of me. Chouji, Ino, Asuma. I'll see you later." Shikamaru waved, having gotten use calling Asuma by his name not as a sensei in the year or so since his promotion to Chunin. Chouji also moved aside.
"I promised my family I would help them repair from my cousin's first attempt of the Baika no Jutsu. So I need to leave as well. Ino, Asuma-sensei, I'll see you later." Waving goodbye the large teen headed out after his friend. That left the smoking adult and his platinum haired student.
"I suppose you and Sakura want to hang out?" While he didn't show it, Asuma was definitely a little put off at the fact his two male students had left so abruptly. Given Ino's usual drive it was only a matter of time before she left as well. Yet to his surprise Ino continued her kata.
"Nope. I want to get stronger, sensei. I'm not letting forehead beat me. When that idiot get's back and team seven starts going after Sasuke I'm going to be strong enough to help them! I'm not letting Sakura win without a fight! Not as a ninja and not in love! So get off your butt and let's train Asuma-sensei!" The son of the Third looked at his student as she panted out her demand, his cigarette hung loose in his lips before he nodded, steeling himself.
"In that case, get ready Ino, we're going to work you hard." He rose, popping his knuckles and neck before dropping into a stance. Ino blushed as she realized he was finally taking her seriously. She nodded and took a stance as well.
'Thank you, Asuma-sensei.' She thought warmly as they raced forward towards one another. 'I'll make you proud of me.'
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Sakura had still beaten her in medical jutsu, so her final promise to Asuma couldn't be reached on that end. So when that avenue reached it's peak for her, she switched over to her father's career field. T&I was definitely up a Yamanaka's alley more than a medical field. She learned more jutsu and had gained more strength as a trainee interrogator than she had as a high level medic. Not that being a medic-interrogator didn't have it's bonuses, she could heal and torture the same victim over and over again, she could heal teammates injured, and generally be a great use to the village. She felt vindicated in the respect that her initial reason to get stronger she had beaten Sakura as an overall ninja, not just Asuma's medical jutsu promise. It felt a little hollow to her but it was the best she could do. As for her and Asuma's promise in love, both at his death and when he met them on the field during the 4th shinobi war. She knew she had won hands down. Naruto was all she wanted in a man.
And there she was thinking about him again. Dammit. It pissed her off, that Suna brat had taken her man away from her and put him in the arms of the 'Green eyed sandy backstabber' as her jealous mind had dubbed Temari. Had Ino known of Temari's kinky step sister and her outgoing Kazekage brother she would have refused to let him out of her sight, but for plot's sake she didn't. It was bad enough there had been two 'fox' hunts since he had disappeared that night Shizune had given him up, all of whom had been instigated by that pink eyed harlot Kurotuschi or that sluttish Mizukage Mei. Thankfully it turned out to be a benefit that he was gone because they scoured the village on a massive scale during the second one. The girls who knew of Ino being his had turned out to be a godsend. Sakura, Shizune, Ami, Moegi, and Tsunade had helped her stay out of harms way, and finally and abruptly stopped it. Ami squishing the Mizukage between her massive bosoms and talking in a cute cuddly voice about calling her a bubbly pet was probably more the cause as Mei had kept her distance from the giantess since and Ino was keeping close to her dear friend for it.
"Hey hey girls! How are we doing today! Working hard for Boss?" Moegi, age nineteen, had been proceeded onto the field almost a full two seconds by her bountiful breasts. Ami, also a stacked knockout, had issues making it through the fence that kept TG-3 apart from Konoha. The Futowari's slim petite forms jerked to a halt as they eyed the two rather hefty girls and their… monumental mammaries.
"Haha! You three cuties sure are putting in a lot of effort, trying to get that little sexy's attention away from Ino-chan?" The big gal laughed good naturedly. Ino pouted and walked up to her tall friend and her boyfriend's underling. Getting chest to chest (or stomach… stupid Ami) with them she gave a glare and a thrust of her rather impressive rack to show her tata'd dominance. You could say it was just something women did every now and then. Kinda like guys who piss at urinals, and check out the 'competition'. Not really understanding it, the author realized it fell in amongst that meaning of going to some hot spring and compared how 'soft' skined (Bust wise) girls were, but this wasn't that sort of fiction.
"You two are disrupting my student's training, so either shut up, help, or leave." Unbeknownst to the trio of ladies, three rather plainly endowed girls all looked to one another, patted their rather normal sized bounties and wondered jealously if they would ever gain such impressive cleavage.
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Futowari Haruko sneezed. So strong was the sniffle that she nearly fell over as she stumbled in the center of the market. When she arose she noticed most of the shop keepers had fallen over, and more curiously they seemed to have all bled from the nose. Though they all bounced back quickly from their mass faint, they all seemed rather excitable afterwards, and to her surprise the men gave rather shocking discounts. Such sweet people, though she worried about their health, hers included. It just wouldn't do any good to catch an illness. Perhaps it was too cold to wear her favorite spaghetti strap blouse so early in spring after all. But it made her feel good to be able to fit in something so tight, it had been her favorite since before she had her girls.
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11th of July, Suna:
The orange sun rose, bathing the land in dark yet matching colors. A sandstorm in the west was all that could be seen from the top of the Kazekage tower were two blonds sat.
"It certainly is beautiful." Naruto remarked softly.
"I love when the sun peaks over the wall at this time of day. Shikamaru liked it too because any clouds that would form here during the night would still be hanging around."
"This place is too dry for them to stay during the day huh."
"Yeah." Temari remarked proudly as his wind training had definitely helped him understand the dynamics why, something she had taught him after the war. She tried not to sigh as she knew he was about to leave. "You sure you need to go?"
"Yeah. Thanks for letting me see this before I head home."
"We are only going to be two or so hours behind you, it doesn't make sense to me why you would leave earlier than us. I bet… whatever his name is would miss you too, so why not stay and go with us?"
"I doubt…. Kiro? Kuro? Whatever his name is will miss me… and Well… I have someone waiting for me. Someone I cannot be late for."
"Ino." The woman remarked, a little jealously.
"Her too. But Ino would understand. No, I need to be there formy Hotaru, like I am every year. Because, I don't want her to think her daddy forgot her." He smiled, a strong, honest smile, at Termari's stunned look. "I lost my little girl on the 14th. So I make sure she has me there every time, because I made a promise."
"I… I never knew." Temari looked back to the clouds uncertainly. "I'm sorry…"
"Don't be." She turned to catch a rather poignant smile slip over the strong one. "I feel horrible. I only had her two years, but my precious people don't know her at all. They should. Yet, I was scared, so I didn't tell anyone about her. Like I was ashamed to tell anyone, as if she didn't exist. It's not fair to her, I'm a horrible father."
"I very much doubt that." She sat her chin upon a knee as she looked out at the rising sun. "I bet you loved her so much you wanted to never loose how much she meant to you. The village is different, but you didn't want to loose her if someone decided the 'demon' shouldn't have a child. It's something Gaara has mentioned once, when Matsuri had a pregnancy scare, that our village would reject their child. Hurt it."
"He never mentioned this to me…"
"He must have known how you felt, and didn't want bother you… It was around Sasuke's attack. I'll tell you what I told them.
"To hell what anyone else thinks. Love your child like you want, be proud when they do well, be sad when they are hurt or make a mistake, but never hide them away. Because Aunty Temari will be there to kick anyone's ass who dares hurt my little niece or nephew."
"I bet Hotaru would have loved to play with her 'Aunty Temari'. She's rather outgoing, a little crude, but very sweet." She laughed softly at his soft barb.
"I would love to have met her. I can tell she was really something special by that smile." Naruto's smile was once again that warm open one he reserved for his two ladies, not that he would have known it.
"I love her, very much. I'm so proud how she fought what the doctors said and so happy she was my baby girl. Adopted or not, she was mine. My precious daughter, no matter how short I got to be with her." Temari blushed at his words and complexion in the dawn light. He was very attractive, for so many reasons.
"I wish you could stay here, I'd love to be able to make you smile like they do." Naruto laughed, not so much at her words or anything and given how carefree the sound was, Temari could find no urge to be angry by it.
"As tempting and nice as that offer is, Ino would be upset, and I don't like being a rebound off Shikamaru." Temari flinched. "Besides. It's been bothering me more and more… But I miss the rain. I don't think I could stay." The blonde female sighed remembering a certain pony tailed man's words.
"'I miss the clouds over head. It would be too troublesome to leave them.' Or something of the like he said. I haven't spoken with him since. He probably hates me by now."
"Not at all, I'm sure of it. Hey Temari. You know the easiest way to get him back?"
"What?"
"Get his mind off those clouds and onto yours. He'll be so focused on you could do anything you want to him."
"Damn Ino for taking you. Your pretty damn good at making a girl feel sexy. So you like my breasts huh? Wanna try my 'clouds' before Ino takes you for good?"
"Urk." Naruto's form began inching away from the woman as she cupped her cups and hefted them in his direction.
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13th of July, Konohagakure:
"Uzumaki Naruto, reporting mission successful. Kazekage Sabaku no Gaara will be arriving tomorrow morning however has mentioned will be occupied with family matters until the 15th." it was all really formal, but they weren't going to take any chances the damnable council would use a sloppy report to bust Naruto back to Genin or worse.
"Mission results accepted, well done Uzumaki. Now drop the formalities and go see your girls. They're at training ground three, Ino and the a few others there helping."
"Hai, Tsunade-baa-chan!" With a salute he was gone.
"Hey use the DOOR DAMN YOU! NARUTO!" All she received was a cackle of laughter. "Idiot."
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It was raining softly as he made it to Training ground three, and what he found was utterly bizarre.
"What the hell kind of training is this?" Naruto remarked as Ino and Moegi were found laughing as the giant form of his friend rocked his three adorable students like teddy bears smashed against and between her mountains. Much to their utter humiliation.
"MY WIDDLE BABIES!" Ami remarked in a baby voice.
"This is most distressing."
"I wub you too, BUT LET ME DOWN!"
"I HATE YOU ALL! I WILL KILL EVERY LAST ONE OF YOU!"
"Even me girls?" Naruto finally called out catching everyone's attention. The violet eyed genin turned and shouted as one.
"SENSEI!" Ami dropped the girls with a smile as they all ran to Naruto's open arms hugging him as he pulled them close.
"I missed you girls, how are you. Haruna, you feeling okay? Ino and them treating you right? Your training going well Harumi?"
"Hai, we're doing alright." Before they could say more Naruto was grabbed by the nape of his neck and smooshed between mammoth mounds.
"Look at da keute widdle Jounin! Just what I always wanted! I will hug him and squeeze him and call him Ruto!" Naruto gasped as he was rocked back and forth like a small child. But all he could see was twin cornflower blue eyes lancing into him.
"ha ha Ami, now I think someone needs to be said hello too before she kills me. Then you won't have a Ruto to hug and squeeze." Naruto was set down before Ino, who waited only until he opened his mouth to glomp onto him, knocking him over latching onto his mouth with hers as she ground her body against him, heedless of those around them.
"Wow, Boss nice!"
"Oh my, you two get a room."
"Ino-Sensei is very glad to see Naruto-sensei."
"Haruna-chan wants a man like that too!"
"Sniff sniff… Senseiiiiii… I wanna kiss and be with sensei toooo. Please Onee-sama let Harumi join in! She can have Sensei's horse co-"
[Smack!]
As Ino's tongue dueled his, Naruto could only enjoy the rain as it fell onto the back he was caressing. Even the usual smattering of words by his friends and students melded into feeling he had then.
That he was home.
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AN:
The dryness of a desert after leaving a hot humid place like where I live throws one for a loop and truly makes you wish for the rains one gets here. That is why this popped up in my head during my trip to vegas. I hated the desert and it's dryness.
Yeah sort of late but getting past the first moment took more effort than I had, so I turned to others. It seems like I can start a fiction, but as I near those last few chapters I hit road blocks. I think it's the part in me that wants to keep getting positive reviews and praise for my work that does it. Despite me knowing people like the story I always worry about possible negative reviews, or worse yet, no reviews. A problem as I know for a fact that's not a good mentality to have, but I've always had it so I doubt that will change.
Just three or so more chapters in this story. Not that I really planned it out but I can't see myself going further with it, I'm hitting road blocks as it's getting harder to keep the massive flow that was going on coming. My muse must be dying or worn out from me using her like I have this last month or so.
And no one of those is NOT the Inoichi chronicles. That will be the last thing I put up. Much like Kakashi Chronicles being between Naruto and Naruto Shippuden. Anyway hope you liked it. Review and let me know what you all think, the more reviews the more energy my muse gets it seems.
Next Chapter: Daddy's Girl
Till then, see ya.
PS: If anyone asked why Haruko got what she did, even Naruto was impressed with her chest. So think about that in a noodle strapped top and you'll understand why she got discounts after bending over from a sneeze. Haruko is a milf boooy~!