(3/7/06-June 3rd, 2005 UPDATE: This used to be Chapter 5 but now is Chapter 6! So if you're looking for the 'new' chapter, go to chapter 5! )
Hello y'all!
Oooo! By looking at the chapter title down below… Yeah… You'd probably have a pretty good idea of what this chapter's about don't you…? This is against my better judgment for some strange reason but I'll do it…I need to write something… weird.
(OH YEAH! SORRY FOR THE SUPER LATENESS OF THIS!)
Naruto Shipwreck Chapter 6:
Perverts at the Lake
Haruno Sakura tentatively approached the sleeping form, tension arising in her thoughts. Hopefully Tenten-san wouldn't mind the early morning wake up call… The Chuunin crept forward, being careful not to step on Shikamaru who had been sharing night watch with Tenten. The two ninja were volunteered by the group to stay up as 'night watch'- relatively meaning so no 'evil monster' could go attack them during the middle of the night. However… Sakura frowned reproachfully- both of them had fallen asleep! Sakura sighed and quickly brushed those thoughts away as she concentrated on the task beforehand.
"Tenten?" Sakura bent down so her soft voice could be heard by the kunoichi but also not by anyone else- meaning the several teenage boys who were snoring their heads off inside the log cabin.
No luck. Sakura sighed. Just the other morning she had the alarming task of waking Sasuke-kun up… Today she had the even more alarming task of waking Tenten-san. She knew there was no reason to be afraid… But… Sakura glanced at Tenten's sleeping form.
The sixteen year old was sitting against the charred (thanks to Lee) wall of the wooden lodge that they had made yesterday, holding a particularly fearsome looking katana in a tight grip as she slept. She didn't want to get her head cut off if Tenten-san actually didn't want an early morning wake up call…
"Hurry up forehead girl!" Ino's voice was just barely a whisper, "We haven't got all day!"
The kunoichi was at the end of the clearing waiting impatiently, tapping her foot to show her current temperament. Temari was there, fan strapped on back and Hinata was leaning against a tree. Sakura reddened and ignored the blonde, swallowing down a retort. They had been planning to go to the lake that Hinata had talked about yesterday to go bathe off all that repulsive dirt and grime and also just to relax.After all, most of them, especially herself (waking up to find she was on a desert island didn't help), had been traumatized somewhat by the alarming truth of being shipwreck. It may be true that as ninja, they should to adapt to any situation, but doing was harder then saying. So they were going to the lake at around an hour after the sun had risen.
Why so early in the morning? Because Temari was pretty sure if they were to go at a sane hour, the boys in the camp would turn into Peeping Toms. Thus meaning that…
Sakura had to go wake Tenten up. Gathering courage, the kunoichi whispered,
"Hey! Tenten! Tenten-san!"
Luckily, the attempt worked. Unluckily, Sakura was scared out of her wits as Tenten leapt out of her sleeping state, katana in hand, the katana just about ready to slice Sakura's head off. Sakura opened her mouth to scream, but remembered where exactly she was and swallowed it down. Tenten blushed, and brought the worn sword down. Sakura took a deep breath- she probably was going to be traumatized for life….
"Ah… Good, good morning, Tenten-san!" Sakura started, frozen in place after seeing the katana so close to her neck, "We're going to the…"
"The lake on the island," finished Temari, anxious to hurry the conversation up, "Take a bath... You know, before… they wake up."
The Sand Nin gestured to the wooden hut and at Shikamaru. Tenten nodded, understanding spawning on her face along with pure delight. Sakura understood why after taking a glance at the kunoichi. The older teen was sporting so many dark red blood stains on her skin and clothes (courtesy of butchering wild rabid boars) that she was on the verge of looking like something out of a horror movie. Sakura herself remembered the kunoichi half pleading for extra water from Shikamaru to get the stains off. Shikamaru unfortunately refused.
Ino at the moment was speedily carving away on a nearby tree trunk, drawing the attention from the others. Ino grinned upon completing whatever she was doing and Temari glanced over the Chuunin's shoulder,
"A message?" after she had finished reading, the Sand Nin frowned, "Do you really think that you should've told them where… we're going?"
Ino shrugged, "Who cares? Let's goooo-"
The blonde's enthusiastic shout was cut short but the sound of a hand clamping a certain mouth shut- Temari's hand to be exact. Sakura shook her head, not believing how Ino-pig still had energy. They only had a few bites eachoff a black charred piece of pork and then they dropped off to sleep immediately, exhausted.
"Let's go?" Ino's smiled nervously up at Temari, repeating her sentence in what could be described as 'whisper form'.
Temari muttered something that sounded very much like, "Idiot."
Tenten by now had already made sure that the boys were still asleep- the kunoichi found a just waking Naruto but sent him back to dreamland with a blow on the neck. Sakura's Inner immature self, not that anyone could see, was celebrating in joy for the mess up that Ino made… Hinata was just scared that the whole encampment would wake up.
It wasn't long before the group of five kunoichi was traversing speedily across the jungle terrain, Hinata leading the way. Sakura noticed with interest that once in a while, the raven haired teenager would activate her Byukugen, and scan the area. The reason was probably to keep a good look out for anyone, who might just decide to 'accidentally' drop in on their bathing session. Sakura, shrugged, unworried- if someone like Naruto came… he'd go flying into the sky with shrieks of "PREVERT!" ringing throughout the air.
Besides that, in the deepest darkest hollow of Haruno Sakura's huge great big mind… well, Haruno Sakura probably wouldn't care or mind if any boy (other then Naruto) came in to peek… In fact, she probably would enjoy the attention- and that came from both Haruno Sakura's Inner AND Outer Self.
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On the morning after the morning that a certain prodigy had woken up on a particular desolate island after a shipwreck an extremely all too familiar and very infuriating voice just happened to be on the wake up call duty for the that same prodigy- who was also known as...
"SASUKE-KUN! GET UP!" yelled the very well known voice of…
Guess Who…? Uzamaki Naruto- the yellowed haired, fifteen year old moron. Sasuke opened his eyes slightly and winced as the bright morning sun hit his eyes harshly. Damn it was bright… Wait a minute… How did he get outside? Sasuke looked around quickly, and to his horror, was being dragged out into the open by Naruto.
The heir immediately kicked out and quickly stood up, whacking Naruto on the head as he did so. What an idiot... Sasuke then also found that he was the center of attention- with nine other familiar ninja watching him with great amusement. A vein pulsed on his forehead. Turning, seething towards Naruto, Sasuke made a punch with great force upon the head of poor Uzamaki Naruto.
"Idiot." seethed out Sasuke.
The others wisely took this as a sign not to show their amusement- that didn't mean they weren't still privately amused of course. Sasuke glared at each individual while adjusting his forehead protector… they all were idiots…
"What do you all want anyway?" he asked, annoyed.
Rock Lee, enthusiastic as always, jumped in, "The girls have gone off to the lake on the island! It is our duty to rescue them from the jaws of impending death! Especially Sakura-chan and Tenten-san!"
Upon saying the last sentence, the taijutsu specialist gave Sasuke a disturbing thumbs up with a flashy white smile to go along with it. Sasuke looked to someone else, dubiously.
"It's true! It's true!" continued Naruto, grinning amiably while still rubbing his sore head.
Sasuke looked to someone else again, even more dubious then before. Naruto and Lee were both morons… ninety-percent of the time. He severely doubted if anything they said could be trusted, even if they had matured somewhat from the two years they'd been apart. He looked on to the rest, but he knew that other than Lee and Naruto, the rest were more or less apathetic to him and not that willing to communicate with him. After all, betraying Konoha wasn't something someone would forget easily…
Finally, Kiba spoke up, "Yeah it's true… See?"
The teen pointed to where words were carved on a tree trunk. The words read something alone the lines of,
"Don't worry; we're off to the lake that was found yesterday! Don't come after us… perverts!"
Sasuke scowled. What did that have to do with him…? The only girl he really knew was Sakura… and… well… he wasn't a pervert like the rest! But the faint image of a Sakura bathing naked in the water seemed to appear in his mind. Sasuke brushed that thought away quickly, almost regretfully…
"What does that have to do with me…?" he retorted.
Kiba shrugged, "Just thought you'd like the opportunity. It's a one in a lifetime chance."
A sweat drop formed at the side of Sasuke's head as he put two and two together and stared at the group of ninja in front of him…
"Do you mean you're all going to go and..."Sasuke trailed off, a little surprised…
Naruto and Kiba, yes, they were the type to do that kind of thing but… The Uchiha glanced at Gaara, Shino, and Neji… They wanted to do that too! That was very out of character… It was extremely wrong… Well- the things he never knew until now… and the things he didn't want to know either!
"I'm not going." stated Gaara, quickly, causing great relief to flood through Sasuke.
That was more like Gaara from his limited knowledge. Kankuro shook his head from where he sat on a tree branch, "Neither. I have my pride… And I 'm not… that type of person."
The seventeen year old glanced meaningfully at the rest with a clear look of disdain on his features.
"I am not going to look at those beautiful maidens!" retorted Lee, "I am going to make sure no one goes near them! And Neji-kun is helping me too… Right?"
The Hyuuga family member looked away from his team mate, refusing to answer that question. Lee seemed to take that as a yes.
"I'm not going either." Aburame Shino's voice seemed to be faintly indignant that anyone would actually think HE would be going on this frivolous escapade.
"Ah… I'm not going… It's too troublesome… And I don't take joy in getting beaten up if I get caught…" came the lazy voice of Nara Shikamaru.
The Chuunin was playing with a blade of grass in his hands, sitting against the wooden lodge.
"Ino probably wants you to come and peek!" cried Naruto, dragging the Chuunin up off the ground by the scruff of his shirt, "Come on let's go!"
Sasuke blinked- yes, that Ino girl… She would probably gladly strut around nude for all the boys to gape at her… That didn't mean he was going to go… Sasuke watched as the small group left the clearing, some of the shinobi saying farewells and some… not. In the distance, Sasuke heard faint yells and shouts from that same group of perverted Konoha teenage boys.
Looking back at where he was, Sasuke saw that… Gaara was meditating; Shino was examining the local insects, Kankuro repairing his puppets and he- Uchiha Sasuke? What was he doing-?
Damn… Sasuke took a single leap and bounded into the jungle, following the trail left by the ninja who had just left…. He was probably going to really regret this later but… to hell with it! He was going to the lake.
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After many hours in a sweltering hot climate and many hours with blood all over you… Warm, clean, water must have felt like paradise to Tenten. The kunoichi had her eyes closed and was currently floating on the lake's surface, enjoying the steam that enveloped her like a blanket. Her clothes had been washed in the water long ago and were now drying on a tree somewhere… Temari had finished bathing long ago and had volunteered herself for guarding the lake- Sakura was off in another part of the lake with Ino, Hinata at the far end, and she herself at this end.
A kunai was held in one hand while the other hand scrubbed blood off her left leg. Her brown hair was floating all around like an angel halo- Tenten had let it down, seeing no need to keep it up. Yes- this was close to paradise- other then the fact that she was close to being starving, but nonetheless, it was quite close to paradise...
A suspicious rustle in the trees and Tenten dived into the water, wary of just who might have caused that sound. A few moments later, the Chuunin peeped out from where she was, wet hair plastered to her skin. A flash of green spandex immediately alerted her and a flash of white made a vein pulse on her forehead. Lee-kun and Neji-kun… They were going to have death by… Tenten ran various gruesome death scenes of the two through her head, trying to find one that would be most suitable.
Swimming speedily towards her clothes, the kunoichi then flung them on and grabbed her scroll of weapons. As an after thought, she left an illusion of herself on the lake- Neji would probably figure it out but at least it would gain her some time to hunt them down with them running away and declaring themselves to be innocent. It took a minute or so for Tenten to track down and find the two perverts.
Upon approaching them, Tenten realized with a start that Neji had activated his Byukugen. Damn- the sneak attack had to be forgotten. Tenten didn't care though, as she strode angrily towards her team mates. Neji turned around, as if he was expecting her, but Tenten noticed a faint hue of red up his cheeks. The sixteen year old blinked- that wasn't very Neji-like… Wait.
His byukugen was activated and he was looking at her…. That meant… Didn't that mean that…he could see through her clothes? Another vein pulsed on Tenten's forehead as she took another step forward, a new feeling surging through her blood.
For once in her whole entire life, she was actually daring to go against the object of her admiration and affections. She was actually daring to lay a finger on him… What was up with her? Shouldn't she, according to her characteristics, not be caring at all if Neji had been staring at her naked (Lee was another matter)? But she was caring and-
"Oh, hi Tenten-san! I'll be leaving you two!" Lee starting to run off but not before Tenten had the chance to kick him and send him flying through the air.
She turned back to Neji. The Jonin swallowed.
"PERVERT!" she shrieked.
That was a first… getting angry with Neji… In fact, calling him a pervert just didn't seem right… but Tenten went on, fumbling around for her kunai.
"This is all a mistake Tenten." answered the Hyuuga smoothly, though there still seemed to be very faint hue of red tinting his cheeks.
"You and Lee were staring at me while I was bathing!" retorted Tenten.
"I wasn't staring." replied Neji, "I was trying to prevent Lee from 'rescuing' you from the jaws of death."
"Liar- Perverted liar." Seethed Tenten, and curled her fist into a punch.
But even as the fist made its way towards Neji, the byukugen user easily side stepped the punch. She could have actually used a kunai but the weapon's specialist for some odd reason, angry though she was, didn't want any chance of actually hurting Neji-kun.
"I. Am. Not. A. Pervert." The worlds were clipped and short.
"Then how does hiding in bushes verify your innocence?"
"I wasn't looking."
"How truthful." came the sarcastic reply.
Tenten sighed, deciding to let it be. She guessed she should be punching or kicking him in the face shrieking and screaming… But then she doubted if she could even actually land a punch on him… The kunoichi gave another sigh and started to tie up her hair in its usual hairstyle, turning away from the protégée beside her.
Tenten closed her eyes briefly in thought… For most of her life he had been the direct center of her admiration. Then came her affections for him with grew as they trained together each day… On the boat she was suddenly feeling jealous of Neji…Then just a few moments ago, extremely angry with him (a once in a lifetime thing)… What did she actually currently think of Hyuuga Neji?
Tenten sighed for a third and final time as she finished pinning up a bun and turned to look at Neji, who was waiting patiently for her.
Who was Neji to her?
She really was beginning to have no idea.
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Uzamaki Naruto had gone on an approximate two and half year training program with the Legendary Sannin and pervert- Jiraiya. Uzamaki Naruto had returned… stronger (strong enough to bring back Sasuke-kun), maturer (to some extent), and very much more… perverted. Yes- perverted. Most people blamed it on Naruto himself or Jiraiya- but sadly it not change the fact at all that Naruto was very much at times a pervert…
This particular trait was currently shown as… Naruto grinned as he crouched in the bushes, beside Kiba. Where was Sakura-chan…?
"Sakura-chan, Sakura-chan, Sakura-chan, please don't angry with me…" was the whispered but happy chant that Naruto made as he scanned the lake waters.
The lake, where they had gotten their water form yesterday, wasn't exactly those glistening pure beautiful lakes that you would find in storybooks… The lake was slightly muddy, not clean, but nonetheless pretty much clean and… really warm…and… Jackpot! There, there was Sakura-chan in all her naked glory and- WHITE FURRY STUFF!
"What the-" fortunately Naruto wasn't able to finish his sentence otherwise this story would without a doubt, have to be censored.
The enraged ninja was currently squashed against something very hot and furry- something that was also known as Akamaru. Naruto was sorely tempted to yell his head off- but was stopped by the fact that his mouth was full of dog hair. Yelling expletives inside his head, Naruto pushed the huge canine off him, and frantically scurried back to his old view point…
"Sakura-chan, Sakura-chan," chanted Naruto again as he scanned the area.
Sakura-chan unfortunately or fortunately, depending on the reader's viewpoint, was gone. Damn that stupid dog! Naruto gave what many would consider to be called the 'evil eye' to Akamaru which the dog didn't even see but Naruto didn't care anyway. It was the thought that counted after all. The yellow haired ninja growled angrily, and glanced over at Kiba. The Inuzuka heir seemed to be extremely annoyed- huge rocks and boulders sat on the lake, blocking out full view of the lake and leaving behind zero females in sight.
Shikamaru was hiding in another clump of bushes, far off. The Chunin gave the reason that he believed that Naruto and Kiba would definitely be caught by some monster-like enraged girl by being too loud thus meaning that the Nara should stick away from the two like they were the plague. The Nara also mentioned that he would be taking a nap- and not being an idiotically pervert. Naruto, on the contrary, believed that the ninja simply wanted to alone and not ruin his reputation by peeping on that Ino girl.
A tiny sound was made and Naruto's ears perked up, turning swiftly around. Through the dense foliage of the jungle, the ninja could just make out a black haired ninja (known as Sasuke-kun) disappearing into a bush on the other side of the lake. Naruto smirked- he knew Sasuke-kun wouldn't be able to resist- it was inevitable. Then… there came the matter of where Fuzzy Eyebrows (the strange nickname that still strayed into Naruto's thoughts at times) and Neji were…
Naruto frowned. Actually, he hadn't heard from them in a long while- which was really strange, considering how loud and weird Lee could be a times… Naruto shrugged, not caring what THEY were up to- he was more interested in what Sakura-chan was up to and… Wait! Was that, was that-
"Hinata-chan?" Naruto's eyes were popped wide open as he stared the teen before him.
No wait… It couldn't be Hinata… Hinata was childlike, frail, sweet and innocent, pretty… but definitely not… sexy- at least not until now. Naruto leaned forward and upon getting a better view had a huge nosebleed.
The curves… the feminine features… the skin unblemished by lack of clothing… How had he not seen like THIS before? That really was Hinata-chan? Naruto wiped drool away from his chin and leaned forward again… and again… until-
A hysterical shriek resounded in the air from Hinata as Naruto plunged face first into the lake, crashing into none other then Hyuuga Hinata- a very unclothed naked Hyuuga Hinata that is. Rustles in the bushes indicated that Kiba and Akarmaru were fleeing the scene. Naruto was caught in a few seconds of bliss until Hinata shrieked again and sprinted off and far away. Another nosebleed happened and Naruto suddenly really realized that… Hinata-chan was hot.
Rustles in the bushes indicated that Kiba and Akarmaru were fleeing the scene, and the first thing Naruto saw upon looking up was…
Blonde hair… White Fan… Temari… Gaara's sister… Also known to be quite powerful… and currently looked… Naruto's limited vocabulary settled on… angry - very angry.
He was only too right.
Some of the other ninja on the island recalled seeing a orange shape flying across the sky. They of course took that to be a hallucination from the heat. But Uzamaki Naruto himself didn't seem to mind that he was flying across the air (and going to crash somewhere on the far beach), he was too busy running through images of a naked Hinata-chan in his mind and having nosebleeds at the same time.
Yes. Uzamaki Naruto at times was very much a pervert.
Phew! So sorry this was late! And yeah… Tenten's character is really hard to write! I really do hope the manga/anime gives her more character/character development soon…
Thanks to everyone who read and reviewed-I'd actually put the names of the people who reviewed here but… since this is so late, I can't be bothered… The reason for this being so late? Umm…. Oh yeah! Writer's block!
So if you have any ideas for this little scrap of writing, please let me know! I'm basically going to rely on any ideas in reviews to write the next chapter. Thanks for reading and whatever!
Whenever I next write…
-StarDragon X