Kay chapter three out, the 'Save Gaara's sandy ass arc..thing'
Dont own Naruto, It'd be freaking awesome if i did
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A Stunning Difference CH 3, Chuunin...!
Naruto had just finished settling himself in to his new apartment 'Heh, compliments of a two and a half years pay for a B ranked mission!'. It wasn't so bad, much larger than his last one and it was not even three blocks away from Ichiraku's!
"Damned Sakura…not nowhere to be found when you DO need her freakish strength!" he plopped down on a pile of pillows that needed to b moved into the main bedroom
"All in all not a bad deal! Two bedrooms, one bathroom, a kitchen with large cabinets for lots of ramen!" 'Kukuku, and sake.' "A decent living room and a nice neighborhood."
The old woman he'd rented the place from had warned him of neighborhood cats sneaking in but just to close the balcony windows if it became a problem. He'd made a mental note to bolt the balcony doors shut.
Not even realizing how early in the morning it was Naruto quickly fell asleep on his makeshift bed for the night, his dreams full of twelve story ramen monsters meeting their makers via his mouth.
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'Tap, tap, tap….tap, tap, tap…tap, tap, ta-BANG'
Naruto jolted upright from his spot on the floor and instinctively reached for a kunai in his pouch. Crouching on the balconies railing a hawk-faced ANBU was removing shards of glass from his gloved hand, a mess of glass and blood at his feet. The nameless shinobi scratched his head sheepishly
"Err, Uzumaki Naruto?"
The blonde only nodded dumbly, the haziness of sleep still clear in his eyes
"Tsunade-sama has requested your presence…ehh, sorry about the window!" and with that he disappeared in a swirl of leaves
"'Kay…wait.." his eyes darted from the glass on the floor to where it should be on his sliding door
"CCCRRAAAAAAAAPPPPPPPPPP"
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Naruto charged through the hokage tower completely set on destroying that ANBU and making him pay for that window. He kicked open the large oak doors to Tsunades office
"BAA-CHAN, I WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT ANB-" he was promptly interrupted by a flying desk to the face
"Knock first, baka!" Shizune sighed as she lugged another reinforced desk from out of the closet and placed it in front of her sensei
"Naruto, all jokes aside I-"
"WHATTYA MEAN ALL JOKES? YOU THREW A FREAKING DESK AT M-"
Another thrown desk to the face.
"Naruto we've received word from Suna that their Kazekage has gone missing" she paused observing her little brother carefully
"Their council has requested from us our best tracker, medic and fighter." Tsunade nodded to Shizune who summoned a pair of ANBU messengers
"Go find Haruno Sakura and Inuzuka Kiba and tell them to gear up for at least a month long trip, tell them their squad leader and guide through Suna will meet them at the main gates."
"Hai!"
Naruto nodded sorely in understanding, he was Konoha's most super fighter(1) having Sakura and Kiba would be a very well balanced team as far as Suna's request went.
"Alright Baa-chan, you mentioned that the squad leader and a guide will meet them there. What's this got to do with me? I'm the fighter of the group, right?"
Tsunade whispered something in Shizunes ear and the small woman scurried off
"Naruto, yesterday you displayed not only the cunning and intellect a shinobi must possess to survive the most harsh of battles, but you single handedly took out a seasoned jounin with only his need for porn. In regard to such a feat I hereby promote you to chuunin and eligible to participate in the upcoming jounin exams."
The blonde nearly had a heart attack and so the sannin continued before he could go on a triumphant rant around her office
"Also, since you've yet to reveal your abilities I can only assume the perverted idiot trained you well. So for this mission, Naruto you will act as both squad leader and Temari-san's escort back to Sunagakure." He nodded and she continued "Meet Temari-san downstairs and then report to the main gates."
Naruto nodded, saluting Tsunade as he turned on his heel towards the door
"And Naruto, a few hours after the kidnapping Sabaku no Kankuro led a team of jounin to trail the Akatsuki back to their base. The group never returned and are presumed dead, please acknowledge the fact that Temari-san may be a bit moody."
"Acknowledged, Tsunade-sama." and with that he disappeared in a swirl of water.
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Naruto stood in the shadow of the massive gates behind him as he waited for his 'd been in such a deep thought he hadn't even noticed the second blonde walk up to him
"Uzumaki Naruto, huh? You've certainly changed…thinking for once, eh?" came the girls voice from behind him as she emerged from the bustling buildings main entrance. Despite her tough attitude her eyes were puffy and red, she'd been crying.
"Temari-san, it is by the hokage's orders that my team and I escort you back to Sunagakure where we will assist you in any way possible to retrieve the Kazekage" his eyes hardened slightly "We will get Gaara back."
She paused at a loss for words then smiled "Well then whiskers, lets get to it."
The two made their way through the dirt roads of Konoha's shopping district and straight to the main gates where both Kiba and Sakura waited diligently. The dog users nose twitched as the two blonde approached them
"Naruto? Uzumaki Naruto, that you?" he ran up to Naruto and grinned "Yep! I'd know those idiotic whiskers of your anywhere!" the Inuzuka was followed by a beast of a dog who happily tackled Naruto to the ground.
Sakura huffed "Now if only our jackass of a squad leader would show up we could get this going."
Naruto smirked "No need to wait any longer Sakura-chan! Uzumaki Naruto, Chuunin of Konohagakure no Sato is here!" he slipped into Lee's nice guy pose complete with a set of shining canines "Lets move out! Temari-san lead the way, Kiba and I will cover from the sides with Sakura in back." the blonde kunoichi only nodded and moved to the front of the group
Kiba and Sakura both looked aghast but reluctantly got into their leaders sloppy formation.
'We will save Gaara, no matter what!'
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(1) A habit from Tazuna maybe? I dunno if ill go with it, but i do know it was funny as hell whenever Tazuna said 'Super' in the english dub i think it was.
'sides that Naruto's a chuunin, im not too sure of the spelling though (Chuunin, Chunin? Same with Jounin and Jonin.)
cya.