Hey and welcome back to the third chapter of my fic. I don't really have any issues to address, just got to say I'm thankful for all the positive review and the favorites and follows. Before I start I would just like to say what this chapter will have; Naruto and Ino starting training, Ino getting over her fangirlism and Naruto meeting Jiraiya. Enjoy.
Disclaimer; All content of 'Naruto' and 'Naruto Shippuden' belongs to Masashi Kishimoto…*Sniffles*.
Chapter 003; Sannin As A Sensei.
One week later we find Naruto in training ground two. He leaned up against the stump in the middle of the grounds while his clones were working their assess off.
They had completed the books and he stored them in his house, right now the clones were practicing the following; Tree Walking and Throwing Weapons. It was all he had been doing for the past week.
He had almost gotten the hang of tree walking and the weapons throwing was proving to be a little difficult as he had no proper training in it in the past.
By now the word of Naruto being the Senju clan heir had reached the ears of the now outraged civilians who, after calming down about being kept in the dark apologized profusely to Naruto who waved it off as nothing.
This shocked the villagers and Shinobis alike to great proportion. Naruto had been beaten, assaulted and all other forms of abuse by the village and he simply told them it was okay.
This convinced most villagers he was definitely not the Nine Tailed Fox. Others, however, were simply raging about he was the Nine Tails trying to throw the village off of its scent. They raged internally of course.
As the sun beamed down in his closed eye lids he let out a long sigh. Then suddenly the son was blocked out by a shadowy figure and before they could talk…
"Hello Ino." He said making her jump back and make a sound that was close to 'eep'. She then glared at her fellow blonde. Naruto opened his eyes lazily and sat up.
"How did you know it was me?" She asked. Naruto simply stood and stretched as he worked out some kinks in his neck and back. He turned back to Ino.
"I originally come from two clans, each of which has a special ability, Senju clan has the Wood Release and the Uzumaki clan has extreme sensory abilities." He explained and she only nodded. "Before we start I want to ask you some questions." She nodded.
He called over a shadow clone and whispered to it and then turned around and beckoned for Ino to follow. She looked at his retreating figure and shrugged as she ran to catch up to him.
As she reached his side she noticed the distant look on his face. She was about to ask what happened to him when he turned to face him.
"Is there something wrong with me? Physically I mean." He asked/explained with his azure eyes drilling into her.
"I don't understand." She said and Naruto ran a hand through his hair with a sigh.
"Why doesn't Sakura like me? I was her friend when no one else wanted to be because of her forehead…after you of course." He said and then continued walking.
Ino was looking at him as he walked and she shook her head. She walked back up next to him and grabbed his forearm. He stopped and turned to her. His deep azure blue eyes peering into her pale blue ones.
"I'm sure Forehead will come around after I win over Sasuke-kun." She said making Naruto snort. She glared at him as she took it as an insult but Naruto only smirked.
"What do you really see in Sasuke-teme?" Naruto asked and Ino placed a hand on her chin and began to think. Nah, just kidding she was in mock shock.
"He's mysterious, sexy, smart and a strong Shinobi and also comes from a prestigious clan." She said and Naruto only chuckled a dark chuckle at her response. "What's so funny?"
Naruto didn't respond he simply turned to the clones that were still working and told them to dispel. When they did the entire are was course in smoke and Naruto was standing there only overwhelmed by the knowledge a little. Those meditation exercises worked.
"As to answer your question as to why I laughed." Naruto said and Ino turned to him. "I am all of those things too, you don't see girls raw in over me." He said and Ino burst into laughter.
"Really!? You of all people are those things!?" She asked and Naruto's smirk yes wider.
"Let's compare then." He suggested and she nodded her head almost instantly.
"Sasuke is mysterious, we don't know why he's always so broody and its kind of cool." She said.
"There are endless secrets you don't know about me and as for why he's broody, it's because he wants to kill his older brother, Itachi." Naruto explained and Ino's eyes were wide.
"That's why!? He never says anything at all!" She yelled then Naruto placed a finger in the air.
"One for me." He said.
"Alright, he's sexy, his body is perfect." Ino said with a smirk of satisfaction. Naruto took her hand and used one of her fingers to trace his whisker marks making her blush.
"Cute and sexy right?" He asked and she only nodded solemnly.
"He's a good Shinobi, he knows a Fire Release technique, has the Sharingan and can make a Clone." She said smirking.
"I may not know any Ninjutsu, but, I know I have at least Water Release and Earth Release, I have the Wood Release and I can do a Clone Jutsu ten times better that the normal clone, Shadow clones are physical clones that can do anything I ask of them, their knowledge is also transported to me when they dispel." He explained and her jaw dropped.
"Last one then, he come from a prestigious clan." She said and knew that it made no sense from the moment it left her lips. "Don't answer." She said when he opened his mouth.
He shrugged as they reached the lake where the waterfall's water fell into. Ino immediately saw flowers and squealed as she ran over to them. Naruto chuckled at her love for flowers.
He followed her and watched as she plucked a flower.
"Akaibara." He said and she spun 'round with a shocked expression on her face. Naruto only smirked and sat next to her looking straight into her eyes. "Red Rose, it means romance."
"How did you know?" She asked and Naruto smirked and took the rose from her.
"I have a small garden home." He explained and she immediately jumped on him pinning him to the ground.
"You have to show me." She squealed and Naruto shrugged.
"I don't see why not, how about after training?" He asked and she nodded her head vigorously.
"Let's start training now." She urged and got up only for Naruto to pull her back down.
"Why do you want to become a Shinobi?"
"I want to be the clan head of the Yamanaka clan and show Sasuke-kun I'm a great Kunoichi so he'll go on a date with me." She exclaimed and Naruto got up and walked away. "Hey! Where are you going?"
"Home, I can't take fan girls, you want to train with me, get rid of the fangirlism." He said and was gone.
Ino watched shock as he left. Was she a fangirl? Maybe. Fine, if Naruto didn't want to train her so be it. She got up and left in the opposite direction of Naruto.
Later: Yamanaka Residence; Konohagakure
Ino walked into the family dinner room with a distant look on her face which her parents immediately saw and glanced at each other. They watched as Ino sat and placed her elbows on the table.
"Elbows." Her mother warned and she quickly removed them. She then turned to her parents and gave them a weak smile. They noticed this as well and…
"What's wrong Hime?" Inoichi asked his daughter and she removed a strand of hair out of her face.
"Dad?" She asked. "Am I a fangirl?" She asked and Inoichi stiffened.
"I'm not going to lie, yes." Inata said bluntly making both Ino and Inoichi drop their jaws. "You study too much about that brat of an Uchiha, we don't even approve of him but let you be to make you happy but since you brought it up…yes, you a fangirl, you only know once clan Jutsu, you don't train and practically starve your self."
Ino looked down and sighed. Maybe Naruto and her mother was right. Maybe she was a fangirl.
"What do you think Dad?" He asked and received a nervous chuckle from him.
"I have to agree with your Mom." He said nervously and Ino let a small smile grace her face. Her parents may have been blunt about it but they were right. Fangirls were simply people with waisted talent.
She got up from her seat.
"Mom, Dad, I'm going to go train, if you need me I'll be at the Senju compound, Naruto offered to train me earlier and I'm accepting." She said and darted up the stairs to get ready.
"If that boy only touches Ino inappropriately I'll castrate him with a Senbon Needle." Inoichi growled making Inata chuckle at her husband's protectiveness.
"Naruto doesn't seem like that kind of child." She said and he huffed and went back to eating. Ino came back downstairs with her ninja equipment and her Hitai-ate strapped around her waist.
"Later guys." She yelled only to be stopped by…
"Wait!" Inoichi yelled and she spun around to face her parents who were pointing at her dinner.
"I'll eat at Naruto's." She said running out making Inoichi groan and stand up yelling.
"What exactly is she going to eat!?" He yelled obviously thinking something in appropriate for children their age only to get a smack by his wife who glared at him making him cower like a dog with its tail between its legs.
"Men."
Later: Senju Compound; Konohagakure
The Senju compound was a spacious place. It had the main building in the center of smaller ones forming a protective barrier or circle around the main complex.
Ino stopped at the gates to see two guards. They looked at her then at each other.
"Naruto-sama said you'd be coming." A guard yelled and opened the gate for Ino who walked in wearily. She saw many people going about their business so she shrugged and walked straight to the main complex.
'What did he mean Naruto said I would be coming?" She asked stopping in front of obviously the main building. It was three stories tall and way to big for one person.
She knocked on the door twice and a man opened the door. He was a butlers suit and had grey hair. "Hello I am Hisuna, how may I help you?" He asked making Ino shiver from the depth of his voice.
"I came to see Naruto." She said and the man nodded and told her to follow him. She grew a tick mark as a lot of men have been telling her to follow them lately…well, just Naruto and Hisuna but you get the point.
They walked through the house and came face to face with a door. On the door marked the Kanji for 'den' and he didn't knock. He simply opened it and gestured for her to go in and left.
She shrugged and went in. Naruto was in the center of the room wearing casual clothing as he worked. He was facing the other way. The desk he was at was a complete circle with him in the middle and a space for him to enter and exit.
It had endless books on top of books on the shelves. She wondered what Naruto was doing and looked closer. She saw over his shoulder that he was reading about some named Mito Uzumaki.
"Hey Ino." He said making her jump again. She glared at him for this and he turned around to meet her eyes. He noticed the ninja equipment and leaned back. "So I'm guessing you forgot about Sasuke-teme?"
"Kind of." She admitted. "My parents told me that they didn't really approve of him and just wanted me to be happy, so I'm going to return the favor and make them proud of me." She said and Naruto smiled.
"That's what it means to be a Shinobi or Kunoichi, to put others before you, so, if we're going to start now tell me about yourself and your skills." He said and she sat down on the couch a role from him. "I want name, likes, dislikes, hobbies and dream."
"Okay, I'm Ino Yamanaka, I like flowers, shopping, cherry tomatoes and pudding, I hate sashimi and people who think I'm ugly, my hobbies are shopping and now training and my dream is to be a good clan head in the future and marry a man who loves me for me."'she said and Naruto smirked.
"My name is Naruto Uzumaki Senju, I like gardening, ramen, especially at Ichiraku's, I hate how Old Man Sandaime makes me guess who my father is, I hate Sasuke-teme and people who judge others, my hobbies are training, finding out hints about my mother and my dream is to become Hokage." He said with a slight smirk.
"How did you know to ask these things?" Ino asked and Naruto shrugged.
"I read in a book that that's what Jonin sensei's do when they now meet their team." He said casually and she nodded.
"As for my skills, I know the Clone, Transformation, Substitution and my clans most basic attack, the Mind Body Transfer." She said and Naruto nodded.
"My skills are not much, I know the Shadow Clone, Tramsformation, Substitution, Sexy Jutsu and I know how to use my clans sensory abilities." He said.
"What now?" She asked.
Naruto smirked. This was going to be fun.
One Week Later: Training Ground Two; Konohagakure
Naruto swung his fist and Ino ducked under the punch. She sent a right leg sweep to his legs, he jumped over and back flipped away. He smirked when he saw Ino panting.
He was panting as well but not as much as Ino. She took in a deep breath and charged at Naruto. Naruto smirked when Ino reached in front of him and sent a kick for her side.
She smirked as she flipped and jumped over him and swung an axe kick. Naruto brought his two hands up in an 'X' and parried the hit. She groaned and jumped away.
Naruto took out two of his special kunai and twirled them on the hook. Ino's eyes grew considerably at the kunai. She had been hit with of those before and it had stung.
She didn't know why but it did. She glared as he twirled the kunai on his index finger. She took out her kunai which was the standard ones and threw them at him.
He smirked as he caught the kunai between the holes with the blades of his. Her jaw dropped when she saw his skills with the kunai. She grounded her teeth.
She took out to more kunai and sent two, the other two she held in a reverse vice grip. She ran towards him at great speed. She kicked his feet from under him sending him down on his rear.
She took a kunai and pressed it against his neck. She smirked only to feel the sharpness of another kunai on her neck.
"Yield." He ordered and she dropped the kunai. The Naruto on the ground burst into smoke and was gone. Naruto held out his hand and helped her up.
"How did I do?" She asked and Naruto smirked and held out a card for her. She watched it in curiosity.
"This is an affinity card that tests the type of Chakra you have out of the five elements, test it and meet me back in a week for me to show you the steps." He said. She nodded and gave him a quick hug and was about to leave when…
"Hey Ino?" Naruto asked softly and she turned to meet his eyes. They just stared at each other until Naruto let out a sigh. "I was wondering if you'd like to hang out with me sometime?" He blushed.
She blushed hard and cleared her throat.
"I'd like that." She said. "Pick me up Friday night?"
He nodded his head and she left.
He sighed and sat in the clearing. He finally managed to ask her out. He had had internal battles with himself about asking her out. Over the week they had really gotten to know each other and found out that they had a lot in common. (Yes the pairing is starting early in the story but I need it for the plot; Please understand).
He was cut of from his thoughts when he heard a rustle in the lush green forests. He whipped out two kunai and slipped into a defensive stance. He heard the rustles again and sent the two kunais into the forest.
He heard nothing. As he was the Jinchuriki of the Nine Tails he had excellent sight in the dark from the Fox he held as a prisoner. He let out a sigh and sent two more kunai only to hear the same thing…nothing.
He then mentally face palmed. He was an idiot he closed his eyes and channeled his Chakra to his ears and nose. He send the presence of some one and sent a hail of kunai at them.
He was met by silence once again then a lone figure stepped out. He didn't recognize the man and stepped back. The man walked closer to him as Naruto walked further back.
"Who are you?"
"I am Jiraiya no Sannin, the Gallant and Gama Sennin, and I'm your sensei."