Summary: Naruto's fight to be Hokage and the fight for Naruto's heart begins as Sakura finally notices him and a shy girl will call upon her courage to stop her.
A/N: This chapter wa beta by S-wanderer999, thank you for you're help, I'm grateful
Disclaimer: Naruto is not mine. It's his creators' property. The only thing mine are my own made up characters.
"Hello " speech
Hello Thoughts
Hello kyubi
Hello kyubis thoughts
( Hello) Inner Sakura
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CHAPTER 11: MISSION TIME
"Yay, finally I get to go on a normal mission for a change. No more finding legendary sennin or bringing back traitors..." The blond boy cheerily said to himself as he jumped out of bed and headed for his bathroom.
It's 7, the meeting time is 8, Kakashi-sensei should be there around 10. I still have plenty of time....He thought as he left his bathroom and went to change in his room.
Once he changed, he went to the kitchen to prepare his breakfast. Of course the boy had everything he could ask for; he had fruit, vegetables, cereals, all he could wish for a good breakfast, but he didn't care about those long has he had...
"Ramen!!, Itadakimasu!" He yelled as he started to eat his cup ramen.
I wonder what kind of mission it will be. Escort, protecting, stealing, spying, assassination, I wonder... He thought as he gulped down his ramen, already forgetting that he wanted a normal mission, now he wanted B and A-class missions.
"Haaaa, that was good." He said as he finished his breakfast then headed for the bathroom to brush his teeth. He then went out the door into the hallway after locking his apartment and started to walk away, when suddenly he is pulled up by something.
"What the..." He said as he was pulled up struggling, to the roof.
"Open your eyes." A voice said.
Naruto opened his eyes and he saw a mask, the man was the hunter-nin he saw before. He was holding him by his jacket's back collar. There Naruto just hung, being held by him, surprised he actually saw him again.
That's the guy from the last time, he's so cool....Was all Naruto could think.
Him...yes it was him who was following us yesterday...The fox said to him.
It was him? He asked the fox.
Yes it was him. Kyuubi coldly said back.
So this guy was the one making the fox nervous. Cool. Naruto thought to himself.
"What do you want...and put me down" He said to the nin.
The nin put him down and crouched so they would be at eye level.
"I just want so say hi...." He simply said.
"Then why didn't you say yesterday, when you were following me." He said back to him.
This shocked the nin, it would be obvious if he didn't have the mask on.
He..., detected me? This mere boy...? Impressive, many missing-nin don't know I'm there until it's too late...He thought showing interest in the boy.
"Hey, hey why don't you teach me that teleporting jutsu you used last time?" Naruto asked out of the blue.
"What that...hahahaha. It's an A-class jutsu that combines defense and space-time abilities all in one, and a simple genin like you wants to learn it, hahahaha." He said, laughing at what Naruto said.
Naruto simply looked at him, while he was laughing.
"Shut up, I already know a lot of powerful techniques." He said to the nin, giving him a death glare.
"Yeah right, what do you know: bunshin no jutsu, kawamiri no jutsu, or something like that." He said, waving off Naruto's comment, but still knowing some of what he was capable of.
I have seen you use kage bunshin, and you tried using the rasengan but failed. You have a little skill, but if you can't use rasengan, you won't be able to use this one either. He thought.
This made Naruto mad, no one will put him down any more, he won't let them.
"KAGE BUNSHIN NO JUTSU." As he did the seal four Narutos surrounded the hunter-nin. "That's not all." After saying those words all the Narutos extended their arms.
"RASENGAN!" They all yelled, forming it perfectly.
The hunter was speechless, he even felt fear. Two great techniques he had seen before were being used in front of him perfectly, and the user was a mere boy....he truly was shocked at what the boy was able to do.
Amazing...I guess kyuubi isn't the only reasons they're after you.... The Kage Bunshin is a jounin B-class technique, and the Rasengan a sennin A-Class technique, simply amazing...He thought, staring at the Naruto in front of him.
PUFF. The clones disappeared, and the rasengan vanished.
"So, what do you think?" Naruto said, smirking at him.
"Mm...yes you seem to have a little skill. I'll see how you do on your mission today and if I see real skills, I might teach it to you we'll see.....oh by the way Kakashi isn't going to be late today..." He said in an evil tone just before he vanished.
"NANI?, oh man that can't be true." He ran as fast as he could, it was already 7:55.
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"Hi guys!.... where's Naruto?" Kakashi asked.
"I don't know Kakashi-sensei." Sakura, who was also waiting for him, answered.
"Sakura-san, is Naruto-kun always this late?" Lee asked, Sakura shook her head "No Lee-san, he's usually on time, but....today he's late and Kakashi-sensei is way to early". She added.
"Lee, did you learn that new taijutsu?" Ten-Ten asked trying to get some of the heat off Naruto.
Hinata and Shino simply waited there in silence behind Ten-Ten, but still wondering why the blond was late.
"Yes Ten-Ten, but I still have to master it." He said to Ten-Ten.
"Heyyyyy!" Was heard as someone got close to them; 'Finally' was thought by all of them.
"Hi Sakura-chaaaa" SLAM Was heard when Sakura greeted him with a punch.
"You're late." She said to him. "Sorry Sakura-chan, I just...come on, think....got lost on the road of life." SLAM Another punch was given to Naruto.
"Baka that doesn't work for Kakashi-sensei." She said, walking away from the boy.
"Oi Naruto, I have that copyrighted.....so don't use it again....but lets go get the mission now." He said leading all the genins towards the Hokage's office, leaving Naruto half dead.
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"Kakashi, you came for your mission?" Tsunade asked
"Hai Hokage-sama." He answered.
"Yay mission, mission...what kind of mission do we get, assassination, spying what?" Naruto excitedly asked.
Tsunade's eyebrow rose. "Let me see...Mm....ha this is a good one, you get to attack a hidden stone outpost near our border..." She coldly said, shocking everybody but Naruto.
No one other then Naruto had been sent on a mission higher than a C-class. Lee helped them, but it wasn't his mission. Hinata and Sakura were very nervous.
"Yay, yay, that's great I'll beat those... SLAM" A scroll hit Naruto's face.
"Baka, I'm not going to send you on an A-class mission again, this time it's a C-class." Tsunade said to him.
This relieved the genins and Kakashi, he really didn't want to attack an enemy outpost with only genin.
"Ha!, come on Tsunade-obaa..." SLAM another scroll hit him.
"What was that for, Tsunade-obaa..." SLAM yet another scroll hit him.
Naruto kept talking and receiving a scroll in the face each time, still wondering why he was getting hit time after time.
"Quit it Tsunade..." He stopped, waiting for a scroll to hit his face.
"obaa-ch..." SLAM Another scroll came flying towards him, sending him to the ground dazed.
"Kakashi! That last one has your mission, take it and leave." She said, as she returned to her work.
With those last words he picked up the scroll and Naruto, who he carried under his arm and left with both teams.
Outside of Konoha everyone walked with their closest friends, Ten-Ten with Lee, Hinata next to Shino and Sakura with Kakashi who was still carrying Naruto.
Half an hour into the walk Naruto started to move, Kakashi dropped him so he would start walking by himself.
"Ouch...my face hurts wait, where am I? Hey wait up guys." He said as he caught up with the rest.
"Kakashi-sensei what's the mission?" Naruto asked.
"We're to provide security in Hana village. They have had trouble with local gangs and bandits, so they want us to protect them and according to this there's extra if we are able to send some to jail." Kakashi said while reading his favorite book, the just released Make Out Violence volume 12.
Naruto though disturbed after seeing him so calmly talk to him while reading that thing, but was excited about his new mission.
"Hey Kakashi-sensei how far is Hana Village?" Naruto asked.
"Man, that's what happens when you fall asleep while on a mission." Sakura, who was on Kakashi's other side said. After those words Kakashi slowed down leaving them talking.
"We're a day away from the village. So if we hurry we can get there today at night, then we can sleep in a comfy bed and not on the ground." Sakura said that last part loud so everyone could hear.
"But we don't have to hurry if you don't want to Naruto..." She said in a low voice.
Maybe I can have a little alone time with him.... I just need to do something with the rest.... I got it... Sakura thought.
"Hey everyone, I have an idea." She said stopping everyone.
"Yes Sakura." Kakashi said.
"How about a race to the village in pairs, that way we'll train and improve team work." She said, making everyone interested.
"HO!! That's great Sakura-san!" Lee said to her.
"Yay that's great, I'll beat all of you." Naruto yelled.
Ten-Ten and Hinata didn't care much, and were unaware of her intentions. Shino was a little interested.
"Ho that sees like fun...but who will the teams be?" Kakashi asked.
"Easy Ten-Ten and Lee, Shino and Hinata, and Naruto and me." She said proud of her idea.
Those words caught the girls' attention, her intentions were clear and she was going to get away if someone didn't stop her.
"That sounds great, how about it guys?" Kakashi said to them
Naruto seemed fine with it just like Lee and Shino, but Hinata and Ten-Ten weren't.
"N-not fair." Hinata said. "T-they al-already have g-good team work, there's no point." She said putting an end to Sakura's plan.
This comment made Sakura mad, but it also had a point. They already had good team work with their teammates, there would be no growth.
"Good point Hinata, then I'll make the teams. Let me see...Shino and Lee, Naruto and......Ten-Ten and finally you two." He said smiling under his mask, "And to make things more interesting, none of you can take the main road. Just get there before tomorrow morning and we'll meet at the inn."
Everyone paired off, no one really satisfied with their teammate, well except one. "Yay, I get to keep Naruto-kun." Ten-Ten yelled making the girls give her a glare, but that's what the girl wanted, the other girls were unaware she was playing with both of them.
"Mark, set, go." Kakashi said making everyone run in a different direction.
A few miles after starting to run, Naruto and Ten-Ten stopped.
"It's time to win Ten-Ten-chan." He said as he looked around.
Ten-Ten was curious on what he could do to win. "Really how?"
"You'll see." He said as he bit his thumb and did the proper seals.
"KUCHIYOSE NO JUTSU" A frog the size of a horse appeared in front of them, the frog had bright orange and red coloring.
Great! I can control my chakra a lot better. I didn't use too much and summon Gamabunta or too little and summoned one of his kids. He thought proud of himself.
"Amazing..." Was all Ten-Ten could say.
Naruto was smirking at an impressed Ten-Ten. "Hey frog, what's your name?" "Ribit" Was all that the frog said. "Mm....okay...Ribit...lets get on Ten-Ten-chan." He said as he jumped onto the frog, the frog at the last second got of the way and let him hit the ground.
"Hey what's the big idea?" Naruto yelled at the frog. The frog faced the boy, looked straight into his eyes, reached to his back and pulled out at sigh that read WARNING: poisonous frog do not touch.(A/N: Like Ranma's dad in panda form)
Naruto's and Ten-Ten's jaws dropped. "You baka." Ten-Ten yelled hitting Naruto on the head.
"Sorry I didn't know it was poisonous...well you can go." He said, the frog disappearing in front of them.
"Do it again, this time summon a good one." Ten-Ten said strangling Naruto.
"Okay...okay...." He said again starting to form the seals again.
"KUCHIYOSE NO JUTSU" A frog slightly smaller than the last one appeared. This one wore body armour and a helmet.
"Hey frog gives a ride." Naruto ordered.
The frog looked at Naruto "I'm a warrior type toad. I don't give rides."
"Nani!, I summoned you, do what I say!" Naruto said to the frog.
The frog simply shook its head saying no. This made Naruto even madder but luckily there was Ten-Ten.
"Please Mr. Frogie we need a ride to town, can't you please help us." Ten-Ten said in a very sweet voice, ending the words with a wink at the frog.
The frog blushed at Ten-Ten's words. The frog simply smiled at the girl, trying to hide his blush by pulling his helmet lower, then raised its head.
"Very well, how can I say no to such a girl..." Tha toad said, then he looked at the blond "But not him." The toad added getting a reaction from the blond.
"Please...." She said giving it her puppy eyes look.
The mighty frog warrior fell to her technique. "Very well then." it said blushing red.
Both the kids got on to the frog's back, sat down and grabbed tightly onto the frog's armor. The frog left out a croak getting them ready, Naruto extended his arm pointing right in front of them "Let's win this race...." He said, and in a quick motion the frog gave a huge leap into the sky easily getting miles with each leap.
This is amazing...Naruto-kun is pretty cool, no wonder the girls want him.... Ten-Ten thought as she held onto Naruto so she wouldn't fall.
Yay...!! Man we are so going to win...Naruto thought.
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Lee and Shino jumped from tree to tree, trying to go as fast as possible to win this little competition.
Smash was heard causing them to stop.
"Shino, what was that?" Lee asked. "I don't know..." He simply said.
Suddenly, a shadow was cast upon them. They both looked up, but just saw some silhouette going thru the sky.
"What was that?" Lee asked. Shino simply stayed quiet.
"I have a bad feeling, Shino we should hurry." Shino simply nodded and started to run, but stopped when the green boy didn't start to run with him.
Lee was taking off his weights. Suddenly he appeared right next to Shino.
"Come on Shino, get on my back." He said. This caused Shino to turn red, and shake his head saying no.
"Come on Shino, this way we will surely win." Lee said giving him his good guy pose and smile.
Shino simply shook his head again.
"You don't care if we lose?" Lee asked. Shino nodded to his question. "Really you don't care about losing to Naruto-kun?" That last part caught his attention, Shino reluctantly said.
"I can not lose to Naruto..." He said. "Great, now get on." In a swift move Lee lifted a red faced Shino and made a dash towards the village leaving a trail of smoke.
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On another part of the road Hinata and Sakura ran in silence, each one not looking at the other just simply running. Each was disappointed they got the other as a partner, not caring any more about winning they just wanted to get to the end so they can be with their respective teams.
AH...why did I have to be teamed up with her? My plan was to get alone with Naruto... sigh I had to be with her...she ruined my plan...and I ended up with her.... Sakura thought looking at Hinata from the corner of her eye.
Why her...why couldn't it have been Naruto-kun...well at least she isn't with him.... That didn't calm her down as she had felt nervous when Ten-Ten was with Naruto. But I stood up to her...I didn't let her get to be with Naruto-kun...that's what's important, I'll just try harder next time. Hinata thought proud of herself, but nervous about Ten-Ten and her Naruto-kun.
The girls kept running side by side for hours. It was way past noon and they seemed to be in last as they didn't hear or feel any of their teammates any more. They simple kept running by themselves until the arrived at a small river.
"Hey Hinata, want to take a rest?" Sakura asked her.
"Y-yes that w-would be nice." Hinata said back to her, glad for the rest she really needed.
The girls sat on a rock near the rivers edge, each one taking drinks they desperately needed and taking some for later. They wet their hair refreshing themselves from the long run they had getting here.
After cooling down they stayed there sitting, looking at each other.
"Hinata, there's something I've been wanting to ask you about..." Sakura said to Hinata in a serious tone. Hinata looked at Sakura.
"Y-yes, what i-is it?" She said to her, trying her hardest not to stutter.
"I've been wondering if...y-you like...N-naruto...do you...?" She said looking away from Hinata.
Hinata eyes shot open, she was speechless. She didn't want to tell her, but she also knew that if she said no, Sakura would have a perfect chance and it would be her own fault. She thought hard on what she could say and did what many do.
"Why, do you?" She said answering a question with a question.
"Well...you see....I've kind of..." She started to blush, making it obvious to Hinata what she is going to say.
"I've kind of...started to like him.....so I just wanted to know if you like him too." Sakura said, trying to sound concerned for her.
"W-would it-it matter...if I-I said I l-liked him, would y-you back off..." Hinata said to her, this comment made Sakura uncomfortable she didn't like the way this was going.
"Mm...well...no I wouldn't...but do you like him...." She said, sounding a little annoyed.
"I-I do l-like Naruto-kun..." Hinata said furiously blushing at that statement.
"But would you back off Hinata-CHAN?" Sakura said to her trying to convince her to forget about Naruto.
"By the way, you barely know Naruto. I know it's just a crush you have towards him, I on the other hand have known him for a while now." She said trying to convince little Hinata. But her comments made her mad, really mad, like never before and she didn't try to hide such feelings any more especially to Sakura.
"Y-you don't know what you're saying. I-I have liked and watched Naruto-kun s-since I've known him. While y-you were treating him badly I tried to get him to notice me, and what do you know about crushes, you still have o-one on Sasuke." She said to her not caring of the consequences.
What, that little...how dare she throw that in my face. I only treated Naruto badly because I was blinded by my crush on Sasuke...I'm sorry I did it, but if she did like him from before, why didn't she do something. Sakura thought.
"If you liked him since long ago, why didn't you do something about it. Instead of blushing and looking away, you should have looked at him and said something. You lost your chance little Hinata." She said in an evil tone.
I can't help it if I blush every time...and I didn't lose my chance. I tried every time I saw him, I tried so hard...but you lost your chance and you know it, that's why you suddenly started to like him, you only like him because he doesn't treat you like before and you liked all the attention he gave you. Hinata thought.
"I didn't l-lose my chance, y-you did. He hasn't asked y-you out or said he l-liked you for a while now....you only started to like him because he ignored y-you." Hinata said to her.
"That's a lie....I started to like him because I have spent time with him. I know the way he is, and the things he likes and dislikes...." Sakura said back at Hinata.
"You only know that?....D-do you know h-how hard he tried t-to get everyone's attention....how hard he tried to b-become a genin....No I'm s-sure you don't....you o-only know a f-few things a-about Naruto..." Hinata said to her.
"Of course I know how hard he tries to get acknowledged. I have seen him try his hardest in our missions even if he sometimes messes up....and I've notice how hard he tried to get my acknowledgment, that's one of the reasons I started to like him." Sakura said to Hinata, whose eyes started to tear.
"M-maybe you know t-that...but did you know he's Konoha's hero....?" Hinata asked fighting back her tears.
"Of course I know...he found Tsunade-sama and brought back Sasuke-kun...." Sakura said.
"T-that's n-not the o-only reasons. Naruto-kun h-has been a hero l-long before that..." She said putting her hands to her mouth. That was her secret that only she knew and in a moment of anger let it out.
"Yeah right? You're lying just to get the upper hand." Sakura said as she turned so her back would face Hinata.
Hinata after seeing Sakura's action also turned, so her back would be facing hers as well.
There the girls sat in silence not talking to each other, angrily thinking about the other. Neither of them was acting like themselves, only acting to get the upper hand over the other.
Damn it, I was hoping she would tell me she would back off.... I really didn't want to have to do this.... I don't want to beat her, I should try to convince her again...maybe this time she'll understand she doesn't stand a chance... Sakura thought trying to regain control.
Hinata was also thinking of what happened.
What came over me...? I shouldn't have said all those things to her...even if she did deserve to hear them...I just don't know what to do.... I don't want to say anything mean to her...but I don't want her to be with Naruto-kun.... I have to be strong...fight for what I want...like Otoo-san, Hanabi......like Naruto-kun.... Her thoughts were interrupted by her teammate.
"Hinata I'm sorry about what I said, I think I just got carried away." Sakura said in calm voice.
"M-me too, I'm s-sorry for what I-I said Sakura..." Hinata said to her.
"I just hope you would forget about him....if we fight over him...I don't think you would win. I already know and talk to him, and I spend a lot of time with him on missions. You have only been on this mission with him and I haven't seen you even talk to him...." Sakura said in a low tone.
"N-no I can't d-do that....I know h-he is over h-his crush on you....a-and even if I don't spend as much time with him like you, I-I can't just take back my word........That's my nindo way..." Hinata said to Sakura, not looking at her but looking at the lake.
That last part of Hinata's speech caught Sakura's attention. She had heard that before, she had heard that phrase many times in the time she has known Naruto.
That's Naruto's way of the ninja.... She thought wondering if she just copied it from him, or in a twist of fate they have the same ideology and way of life.
"I'm not mad Hinata, I would have done the same if you would have asked me...." She said to Hinata.
Hinata simply looked at her. She already knew Sakura would have never backed off, if she didn't when Sasuke had hundred of fan girls why now when Naruto only has one and a closet fan girl to make it worse.
Hinata simply nods at Sakura's words.
"But still we need to decide this matter. We can't just have a fight like the boys, we need something simpler....I got it, how about we turn this race into the race for Naruto's heart." Sakura said trying to make it sound romantic.
"Y-yes...that would be fine...." Hinata said worried that she would lose, but happy she has the chance to beat Sakura.
"Good then (I'll win! Hell yeah!)" Sakura said.
The two girls stood near a rock from were they would start the race. Getting side by side they decided to throw a rock, when the rock hit the ground the race would start. Each one looked at the other with a fake smile, wanting the victory for them self. Bang the rock hit the ground. Each girl made a dash towards the village, neither one having an easy advantage over the other.
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"Welcome to our village young man." An old man said to a boy.
"Ho! I told you we will win Shino, I told you we would win!" Lee said flashing his good guy pose to Shino.
Shino simply stayed quiet, bowed to the old man and headed to the inn were they were to meet with the others and Kakashi.
"Ho excuse me elder-sama but I must meet up with my friends, thank you for the welcome but there are still a few to arrive." After those words Lee bowed to the elder and went after Shino.
Shino and Lee arrived at the inn. When they entered it they noticed it was different from many inns, it looked like it had a bar on the first floor and tables were scattered around and the barkeep was the innkeeper. They approached him looking around and seeing the different people around, most seemed commoners, others looked dangerous, but not to them of course, simple people can not beat trained shinobis.
Shino walked up to the barkeep. "Room....." Was all Shino said to him.
The man who was just leaning on the barstool said.
"Reservation?" Shino simply nods at his question. "The room is under Hatake." Lee adds.
"Let me check...." The man looked in his book. "Ha here it is. The room is 302, that's third floor second room on the left". He said pointing at the stairway at the far end of the bar.
"Let's go...I bet we're the only ones who have gotten here...." Lee said as they went up the stairs.
They got to the room, started to open it.....and inside the room they found.
"Oi, Lee, Shino. That was fast..." Kakashi, who was sitting on the windows edge, reading one of his books said calmly to them.
"HO!!! Kakashi-sensei how were you able to get here so quickly?" Amazing no wonder he is Gai-sensei's rival he got here before me without my weights... Lee said to Kakashi.
"That....I just took the main road....it was faster...." Kakashi calmly said.
"What? You said we couldn't take the main road?" Lee said pointing at him.
"Huh? I said you guys couldn't take the main road, I never said I wouldn't." Kakashi said closing his eye.
"Read underneath the underneath..." Shino said.
"Mm....Okay then...." Lee said not satisfied he didn't win.
"Rest a bit, it'll be a while before the others get here..." Kakashi said as he turned the page.
Lee dropped on one of the beds, there were three. Shino simply leaned on the wall next to the door.
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The hours past quickly, it was already dusk in Hana village, but a cloud of smoke got near the village.
"Just...quit...Hinata..." Sakura said gasping for her breath.
"N-No...." Was all Hinata said.
I'm almost there. I just need to make a sprint to leave her behind.... Sakura thought, but it was much easier saying it than actually doing it. She was as, if not more, tired than I wish I brought one of the soldier pills Kiba-kun gave me.... Hinata thought trying not to be left behind.
The girls saw the village, they were a mere 200 yards away from it. So close to finishing this race, they were shoulder to shoulder....neither giving the other even a step of advantage....the distance quickly got smaller 180...150....120....100...70....40....15.... BOOM A huge explosion in front of them occurred, sending them backwards away from the village a few yards knocking them both out cold.
The smoke settled from the explosion, and from it a toad emerged carrying Naruto and a mad Ten-Ten.
"I told you the village was to the east, but no you had to go north didn't you?" She said as she hit Naruto on the head.
"Ha it's not my fault the toad started to jump without asking where we were going..." Naruto said trying to blame the frog, the frog grunted at his excuse.
"Liar I saw when you pointed north, the poor frogie just follows your orders." After Ten-Ten's words the frog gave a small croak.
There they stayed arguing, they already knew they lost. It was already dusk, just a few minutes before night fall.
"Hey kids...what's that?" The frog asked pointing at the two K.O. girls. "Aaaah Sakura-Chan...Hinata-chan, what happened to them?" Naruto yelled as he got off the frog.
"Are they okay?" Ten-Ten asked him.
"They're okay...they're just knocked out..." Naruto said sighing from relief.
"I wonder what happened to them?" Ten-Ten said.
"I think they were too close to our landing...look at the tracks on the ground. See where they stopped just a few yards from me" The frog said to them.
"Ah! Stupid frog you hurt them!" "I did no such thing" The frog said back to Naruto.
"Shut up you and let's take them to the inn." With those words they headed towards the inn, the girls on the frogs back. The sight of an armored frog caught everyone's attention but Naruto & co didn't care they just wanted to go to the inn so they could rest. Finally they got to the inn.
"Well kids I'm worn out, I'll leave the girls with you.... Hey kid you can call me any time the girl is with you." After that the frog disappeared, leaving the girls with Ten-Ten and Naruto.
"He wasn't as bad as I thought he would be." Ten-Ten said. Naruto simply looked away.
"Let's just go...."He said as he carried Hinata into the inn, Ten-Ten followed carrying Sakura. Inside, just like the boys, they were surprised at the scene and asked for the room.
They got to the room just to be greeted by no one. The room was empty, completely empty.
"Huh? We were the first?" Naruto asked.
"I don't think so...they must be out...." Ten-Ten said. They left the girls in separate beds, after that they left the room.
"Where can we look for them?" Naruto asked.
"I don't feel like going anywhere. Let's just get something to eat and drink downstairs." Ten-Ten said to him. Naruto simply nodded at her request.
Downstairs Naruto and Ten-Ten sat in a table near a corner. They each ordered a simple diner and a few sodas...they were calmly eating when three shinobis entered the inn.
"Oi! Naruto......on a date?" Kakashi said smiling under his mask. This comment made Naruto blush while Ten-Ten simply smiled.
"No...Kakashi-sensei, we're just eating." He said.
"It's okay if you are Naruto-kun, you don't have to be shy about it." Lee said to him.
Naruto simply shook his head saying no, giving death glares to Lee. After Lee's words everyone sat around the table and started to talk, Lee bragging about how they were the first to get here and Ten-Ten who was talking about the frog Naruto summoned. This shocked Lee, and Shino who didn't know he could summon them, Kakashi already knew about it so he wasn't surprised.
The time passed quickly while they continued to talk.
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In the room a girl started to awaken, her pearl eyes looking at the ceiling...she didn't know where she was, she only knew where she wanted to be...
"The race!!" She said getting quickly up, "What happened?" She said to herself, looking around the room. She saw Sakura's backpack and things on the bed next to hers.
Tears formed in her eyes...She won...she beat me...I must have fainted......No!...I lost again...Tears started to flow from her eyes, getting a red tone in them.
She hugged a pillow and started to scold herself.
I could have won...if I had trained harder, I could have won...I had my chance...to beat her but...I didn't...She buried her face the pillow let out her frustrations.
After minutes of weeping she decide to leave the room and try to find her friend...her friends only that and never nothing more. She went down the stairs, and on the first floor she looked around....she spotted them. There they were Sakura was happily speaking with Naruto, the rest of them were talking with each other, except Kakashi who was just reading his book.
She saw them...so happily talking, she took a deep breath and slowly with her hands on her chest got close to them.
"Hi! Hinata-chan." Naruto said to her, this caused a little pain in her heart.
"Hi Hinata." Sakura said smiling at her, almost rubbing it in her face.
This made her mad. So much that she didn't even listen to the others saying hi to her.
She reluctantly took a seat next to Lee and Shino, just sitting putting her hands on her lap and looking at the table.
"Hey Hinata I'm sorry about...." Naruto was stopped by Sakura's foot under the table.
Hinata didn't know why he was sorry, but wondered.
"We're sorry we knocked you two out." Ten-Ten said after noticing Sakura was planning something against Hinata.
"Y-you knocked us o-out?" She wondered.
"Yeah! Right in front of the village entrance, you two got K.O.ed by one of my frogs." Naruto said giving his foxy grin to her.
This made Hinata breathe a sigh of relief. She looked at Sakura who was looking away, the poor girl thought she lost, and Sakura was going to let her think that. Hinata simply gave her a small death glare, but not one to be noticed. She mostly was happy she didn't lose to her.
"Well...since everyone is here, I should tell you about your duties tomorrow." This caught everyone's attention.
"Three of you will guard the three entrances so no one suspicious can get in, and the other three will be outside patrolling. Maybe you'll find the base of the bandits that have been bothering these nice people." He said, after that he turned the page of his book.
"Who's going to guard the gates and who is patrolling?" Sakura asked.
"Shino, Lee and Ten-Ten will guard the entrances...the others will patrol." He said as he suddenly blushed. Everyone sweat dropped but were warned by Sakura and Naruto not to ask.
"How did you decide that?" Ten-Ten asked.
"Like always by draw." He said making her sigh. This was the first time she didn't get paired with Naruto.
"Well it's late, let's go to sleep. Tomorrow we wake up early." Kakashi said closing his book
Everyone stood up and headed back to their room, on arrival they realized something.
"Wait! There's only three beds!" Naruto stated.
"Does that mean we'll be sharing a bed with a girl?" Lee asked. Everyone felt uncomfortable and nervous.
"Of course not Lee, one bed for girls, one bed for the boys...and the other one for me." Kakashi bluntly stated making everyone's jaws drop.
"That's not fair Kakashi-sensei." Sakura yelled.
"Uh? Not fair? Why? Would you like to share with a boy...?" This comment made her blush and mad. "I don't know what perverted things you're thinking, but it's nothing like that...." She said giving him a death glare.
"Fine then...go to bed like I said and good night." He said, just before he puffed and his clothes changed from his uniform into black pajamas, everyone sweat dropped.
After that weird display, everyone took a turn and changed in the bathroom the room had. The girls took the bed closest to the door, the boys the next one, and Kakashi the last one.
There they started to doze off, excited about tomorrow's mission except for one thing.
"Hey! Why is my pillow wet?!" Naruto exclaimed. "Shut up, we're trying to sleep!" Ten-Ten and Sakura yelled at him, throwing a pillow at the boy.....Why is everyone throwing things at me today...He thought just before he fell asleep.
END CHAPTER 11
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