Chapter 6. A Fairly Sloppy Fight
Naruto had arrived at area 44 on time this morning but as he expected there was no Jiraiya. Naruto had to train on his own according to what the pervert stated the day before. So Naruto thought back and tried to remember everything he could. Naruto had a bit of trouble recapping all of the training he had done the day before. Luckily he had stumbled across a scroll Jiraiya had left for him giving in detail what has expected of him. He grumbled to himself at how much he had to do in a day. After his 10 mile dead sprint (which seemed to take longer than yesterday) he carried all 70logs up the steep hill, like before he kept falling down and had to rehike up the hill to make up for lost progress. When he was done he stood in front of the pile and smirked triumphantly. He looked at the sun and figured it was around 10 or so in the morning. He walked to the big tree in the center of the clearing and sat under it. Since Jiraiya wasn't around he felt no need to rush himself, he sat under the tree Indian style and began to stretch his body out and contort himself peculiarly. It had gone a little smoother than he remembered. His body still carried some fatigue from the day before but after he stretched his body out like that he had a warm and rejuvenating feeling pass through his body. He saw the sun and figured it was about 1 pm when he remembered he was supposed to visit Sasuke at the hospital. He got to his feet and started off for the hospital when he looked at the scroll
"Another 10 mile sprint." Naruto said to himself. "Well it's about 7 miles to the hospital so if I run their and back with a small resting period in between I guess it'd be ok."
Naruto ran at a dead sprint to the hospital dragging an 80lbs weight several feet behind him. Forgetting he never took it off in the first place so he had been training with it all morning.
"What a moron" thought Jiraiya as he spied from the trees "where's he going off to?" he then asked himself. He got on his feet and paced himself at a safe distance behind Naruto
Naruto arrived at the hospital and a doctor asked him to remove the noisy device from the premises.
"What?" Naruto didn't follow
"GET THAT THING OUT OF HERE!" yelled the Doctor pointing at Naruto's training weight.
"Oh! Why didn't you just say so?" asked Naruto innocently
"Just get it out of here you brat." The doctor glared at Naruto
"What ever you say sir!" Naruto said sarcastically. He knew that the doctor was glaring at him because he had the Kyuubi inside of him, not because he was making noise. But he had long ago learnt how to deal with the glares.
Naruto arrived at Sasuke's room and was about to enter when he herd something or some one get smacked and then a plate fell on the floor. Naruto paused for a second while he heard nothing he could feel the tension inside of that room. He enters as casually as he could…
Sakura herd the door opened and saw Naruto, she thanked god that someone came in to help, but then she realized that he was over an hour late.
"YOU'RE LATE!" she jumped out of her seat and pointed at Naruto. He glanced behind him to see if Kakashi was there but saw nobody.
"Sorry, I got caught up this morning." He gave for an explanation. "How you holding up teme? They sucking up too you enough here? Or should I get Ino here too help?" Naruto joked and Sakura almost let out a snort at the comment. But no humor reached Sasuke's ears, what ever jovial mood Naruto had set was shattered at Sasuke's glare. Again Naruto checked behind him, this time he looked for Itachi instead of Kakashi because Naruto had only seen Sasuke's face this intense once before and Itachi was on the receiving end.
"What?" Naruto asked and Sasuke continued to glare "What's your deal?" Naruto asked hotly "THE FUCK'S YOUR PROBLEM MAN!?" Naruto didn't like this glare. People usually glared at him because of Kyuubi, never had he been glared at in this manner, it was personal. And he didn't like that his teammate of all people was giving it to him.
"Fight me" Sauske said at just above a whisper
"What?" Naruto asked not hearing Sasuke
"FIGHT ME!" He barked, Naruto was taken back for a second in the sudden jump in volume. He looked at Sasuke and slowly, he smiled. Grinned more than anything, a very sly and mischievous grin that usually meant that a little boy had done something he knew he wasn't supposed to.
"Alright" was Naruto's answer
"What?" asked Sakura in disbelief
"Let's go." Said Sasuke getting out of bed
"You can't be serious! You are still recovering!" pleaded Sakura "Stop this Naruto!"
"Where too?" was Naruto's response.
"The roof" Sasuke walked with Naruto just a few steps behind
Sakura begged and pleaded to the two Gennin to stop this but they fell on def ears.
It was a very sunny day. A little too sunny for his taste but he didn't really notice, he was in fight mode now and not much mattered to him. Naruto wanted to fight Sasuke since the Chunnin exams but they never got around to it. This was the first chance in a long while that he could test himself against the Uchiha.
"You ready?" he asked the blond
"Ready as I'll ever be dope." Replied the crimson eyed Gennin
Naruto was shaking, barely containing his urge to go over their and just drive his fist into Sasuke's face.
"What're you afraid of?" asked Sauske smirking
"Afraid? No, not afraid, excited" answered Naruto
"Excited? Why would you be excited? You stand no chance at beating me!" Stated Sauske readying his eyes
"I think I'll manage." Said Naruto dropping into a basic stance.
"He seems confident, but he has no chance against me!" thought Sasuke going into his bastardised tai-jutsu style
Naruto reached for his tool bag and flung a kunai and two shuriken at Sasuke. Sauske grabbed the kunai midflight and deflected both shuriken away; He then threw the kunai at Naruto. Naruto bobbed his upper body to dodge the projectile, but before he knew it Sasuke was already in front of him in a flash.
"Damn he's fast" thought Naruto barely dodging Sasuke's fist to his face. Naruto was off balance but was still able to throw a hand to keep Sasuke at bay long enough so he could get his footing.
"He threw a punch to keep me away long enough for him to gain his balance, basic tactic." Thought Sasuke but not able to stop him. "Still this close range combat is my domain! I won't make the same mistake twice!" Sasuke put on the heat in his attacks; he sent a flurry of punches and kicks at Naruto. Naruto sloppily, but effectively dodged or block all of the blows. Sauske threw a round house kick to Naruto's torso; Naruto jumped over his kick backwards and countered it with a kicking flip of his own right into Sasuke's face.
Sasuke backed off and wiped the blood from his mouth. "Was he always this damn nimble? It's like he's a mongoose." Thought Sasuke taking up his stance again
"Thank god I did Yoga before I came or I wouldn't have been able to pull that off. But I don't' think I will be able to pull that off again, I let this chance slip by me and I don't' know when I'll get another one." Naruto mentally kicked himself (AN: yes yoga can make you that much more flexible for a short while. but it only seems to work with athletes because they have a muscle tone already, Naruto and all the shinobi are in a way athletes so I think the principles should apply) Naruto braced himself for Sasuke.
Sasuke ran at full speed head on for Naruto, he jumped in the air and threw another round house at the blond. After he effectively dodged Sasuke threw a backhand using the momentum from his round house to guide it, and Naruto yet again dodged it. But when Sasuke touched ground he low kicked Naruto's feet knocking him down. Naruto tried catching himself with his hands but Sasuke kicked them out from under him; leaving Naruto to fall with a rather unpleasant sounding crack as his head and shoulder hit the ground. Sasuke smirked as he kicked Naruto in the stomach sending him soaring several inches off the ground for several feet. He then kicked him in the face while still in mid air which had Naruto do a
270 degree spin and landing on his back. Sauske bounced of the chain linked fence and went to knee Naruto as he descended, but Naruto Caught Sasuke with his legs and sent him back into the air. Naruto back flipped himself to his feet and the jumped at the Uchiha. Sauske braced himself for the incoming Naruto, he grabbed his extended hand at a failed attempt at a punch and axe kicked the blond back to the ground. Naruto flipped midair and landed on his feet, what he then did took Sasuke by surprise. He shot his poison drenched needles at Sasuke, he flew through a set of hand seals and just barely made it in time to yell KATON: Goukakyuu no jutsu! The red hot embers deflected Naruto's needles but by the time Sasuke noticed it was too late.
Rasengan! Naruto yelled as he thrusts a lumpy, incomplete and poorly made Rasengan at Sasuke. Sasuke was shocked at this new, unfamiliar jutsu as it dug into him. It had a similar effect but much weaker. Sasuke had several cuts and bruises but was relatively unharmed.
"That all you got dope?" Sasuke asked at the blond and his pathetic technique
"Damn, nowhere near ready." Naruto thought
"SHUT UP! I HELD BACK BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANNA KILL YOU!" Naruto lied
"Held back? HELD BACK?" Sasuke was fuming "DO YOU REALY THINK YOU'RE IN A POSITION TO HOLD BACK AGAINST ME?!"
Naruto was confused at Sasuke's anger, but he didn't have much time to think about it as Sasuke charged at Naruto. He was aiming for Naruto's vitals this time around looking to do some serious damage, and much like before Naruto sloppily, but effectively maneuvered himself around Sasuke's offense. Naruto was eyeing Sasuke's stance and they way he was throwing his punches and kicks.
"He's sloppy" thought Naruto
"HE'S PISSING ME OFF WITH ALL THIS DODGING! THIS IS MY DOMAIN AND HE'S OUTDOING ME!" Sasuke was kicking himself mentally, "how is this happening?" he keeps repeating to himself
Sasuke throws a punch to Naruto's temple and lands a clean hit. Naruto sees stars and his world turns wobbly, time slows down for him and a jolt of pain shoots down his body. Sasuke sees the effects and he goes for another. He continues to drive his fists into Naruto's temples despite his guard. Naruto (who's life is in legitimate danger) out of desperation extends his dagger and stabs Sasuke in his right shoulder blade. They both stare wide eyed at what Naruto had just done in shock, while Naruto's expression stays like this Sasuke's transforms to one of anger and hate. He pulls the blade out of him and kicks Naruto away. He holds his shoulder and stares at Naruto with hate; his eyes widen madly which was fairly intimidating to Naruto. Sasuke goes through a short set of hand seals and flares up the Chidori. He runs at top speed at Naruto.
"Shit! I can't dodge it!" mentally yelled Naruto (AN: you get hit in the temple a couple times and you're not moving) Sasuke was a couple of feet away from Naruto when he felt a hand on his and the world disappears from under him. Kakashi had finally intervened
"Getting a little hot there aren't we." Kakashi said as he sat on Sasuke
"GET OFF OF ME!" yelled Sasuke
"Sorry, you're dangerous. I can't let a dangerous person loose now can I." Kakashi said sweetly which contradicted the whole situation entirely.
Naruto stood there, still in shock looking at Kakashi. Then it clicked in this head.
"Ah! Kakashi keep him held down and don't let him move!" Naruto said while he opened his left arm and pulled out an un-poisoned needle and the cobra anti-venom (AN: I'm sorry for being annoying but I don't think I mentioned it before. Naruto's puppet arm does open near the base, this way he could refill his needles and add poisons or what ever, and I decided to have him store the anti-venom in there as well.)
Kakashi looked at Naruto and said "Nifty arm Naruto! Where'd you get it?"
"Please hurry! This is serious." He said running towards them
Kakashi effectively positioned himself on Sasuke so that he wouldn't move.
"What's going on?!" Sakura yelled, in truth she had been yelling their whole match but both combatants where to focused to hear her.
"Sasuke has a lethal dose of King Cobra venom in him; I have to give him the anti-venom." Naruto stated
Sasuke was uncooperative at first but after hearing about the venom he let Naruto do his work.
Naruto pricked Sasuke's vein and let the anti-venom slid down the needle and into his bloodstream.
"You poisoned me!" Sasuke yelled after Naruto was done.
"You where going to use the Chidori on me!" yelled Naruto
"CAUSE YOU POISONED ME!" yelled Sasuke
"YOU DIDN'T FIND OUT ABOUT THAT TILL JUST NOW!" yelled Sakura
"He still stabbed me!" Defended Sasuke
"In a non-lethal area" said Kakashi, Sasuke was about to say something but Kakashi would not let him
"You used a powerful assassination jutsu on a friend during a friendly sparring match. That is inexcusable, we need to talk." Said Kakashi
"What ever" was Sasuke's only answer as he walked away, but after several feet he lost balance and fell.
"SASUKE!" yelled Sakura going to his side
Kakashi eyed Naruto and asked "will he be ok?"
"Yeah, he shouldn't move for a couple of days but his life is in no danger." He said
"Okay!" said Kakashi with a smile "Oh! By the way, where'd you get that arm and poison?"
"From an old man named Iku near the edge of fire country and I got the Poison from Shizune-ne-chan" Naruto said to the masked Jounin.
"Ah I see, we should meet up and you can tell me all about it, I feel as if you're drifting away from our team." He said walking off towards Sasuke and picked him up he then looked back at Naruto and said "Dr. Uzumaki I will treat your patient with the utmost care and I'll make sure he follows your orders!" Said Kakashi teasingly he then disappeared in a puff of smoke leaving Naruto and Sakura on the roof.
"Naruto…" said Sakura
"YO BRAT!" said a voice as if out of no where
"That was a pretty interesting match!" the source of the voice was recognized by Naruto to be Jiraiya
"I know! I got him good didn't I?" said Naruto boasting
"You sure did! But there is juts one problem" he stated not yet showing himself
"What?" asked Naruto
"THIS ISN'T PART OF YOUR SCHEDUAL!" Jiraiya yelled appearing from the ground right behind Naruto and bonking him in the head.
"WHAT THE HELL I THOUGHT YOU WOULDN'T BE HERE?!" yelled Naruto
"I wasn't but I just wanted too make sure that you'd do your training and come to find out that you're goofing off with Sasuke!"
"HE FAUGHT ME!" defended Naruto
"And you fought back, you also didn't hold much back. I'm just glad you can only do a proper Rasengan to save your life, otherwise you would've killed that boy." Said Jiraiya
"But I can't, and I didn't so stop complaining"
"I guess so, I'm just glad you suck real hard when it comes to being a Shinobi." Stated Jiraiya
"I still beat you."
"Once!" defended Jiraiya
"Win's a win"
"What about all the times I beat you?"
"So you're proud that you a Sannin beat on a poor defenseless Gennin?"
"A poor defenseless Gennin who harbors" Jiraiya noticed Naruto's panicked eyes and realized they weren't alone, he decided to drop his comment.
"….. You're getting good at this…" Jiraiya eyed Naruto
"I learn from the best" Said Naruto with a warming smile
"Well I'm glad you respect me in some aspect at least." Said Jiraiya
Sakura watch the events unfold before her in utter disbelief. Who was this old guy talking to Naruto like if they where long time drinking buddies?
"Umm." Was all Sakura managed to say before she was interrupted
"Well enough of this Naruto you have to make up for lost time get back to area 44!" yelled Jiraiya in its general direction pointing all too dramatically. But Naruto responded with just as much Enthusiasm and yelled at the top of his lungs "YOSH!" and promptly leaped off the roof of the building and landed on the concrete below, he then tied his weight behind him and proceeded to sprint to area 44. Jiraiya never intended for Naruto to jump off was a little relieved that he was okay at the bottom.
"Ano"
Jiraiya turned around to see a pink hair Kunoichi behind him
"Oh hello, who are you?" he asked nicely
"I should be asking you the same, how do you know Naruto?" she asked
"Oh well I'm his new sensei, I'm not replacing Kakashi but I need to take him away from Konoha for a while because the new Hokage betted him in a gamble and now Naruto technically belongs to the slave trade, so I have to look after him for a while." Jiraiya lied but never expected the Kunoichi to believe him
"How could Hokage-sama do such a thing?!" Jiraiya almost fell to the floor as he herd that
"I thought Sakura was supposed to be a really bright girl, she's just as dumb as Naruto." Jiraiya thought to himself.
"How about you go ask her, she won't be to busy at this time of day." Jiraiya lied again
"Ok, um what is your name again?" asked Sakura
"I am the Great Gama-Sannin Jiraiya-sama! My presence makes the girls blush and Babies stop crying!" Jiraiya half yelled squatting down and extending his arms
"Ok Jiraiya-sama! I'll go speak with Hokage-sama!" Sakura ran off to go meet with the Hokage
"Are all of these kids morons or something?" Jiraiya asked himself. He then teleported to area 44 and waited for Naruto
After about 15 minutes Naruto arrived and was confronted by Jiraiya.
"Why did you stab Sasuke with your blade?" asked Jiraiya
"Hold (huff) on (huff)" Jiraiya waited a couple of seconds for Naruto to catch his breathe. After a deep sigh from Naruto he said
"I couldn't' think straight he kept hitting my head and I was really dizzy and disoriented, so I just did what I could and it kind of just happened." Answered Naruto
"You have to be careful Naruto, you almost stabbed Sasuke's lung, who know how long it would've taken him to heal from that, you might've even ended his career as a shinobi." Jiraiya exaggerated, in truth Naruto was several inches away but it was all still just a fluke he could've seriously hurt Sasuke.
Naruto gulped at this, sure Sasuke was an asshole but he didn't hate him that much.
"But I guess it can't be helped now, but I'll say this before I leave, don't ever use that blade or the Rasengan on anyone who's your friend ever again. Even if you master them beyond comparison there is no point in putting a friend's life in immediate danger just to proof your stronger." Said Jiraiya
It made sense to Naruto
"However." Jiraiya said grabbing Naruto's attention "I know Kakashi, and he is probably telling this to Sasuke so he won't use the Chidori. But if you ever fight Sasuke again and he does use the Chidori, consider him an enemy, and take him out with the Rasengan because he will kill you." Said Jiraiya in a cold tone
"What do you mean kill me? Sasuke would never"
"But he will." Interrupted Jiraiya. "When he was hitting you in the temple he was relentless and did not care for your well being, if Kakashi hadn't stopped him when he did he would've killed you because he was aiming for your heart with that Chidori. He has a lot of built up anger and he's not against directing it towards you, he's a pretty dangerous friend." Said Jiraiya
Naruto was lost in his thoughts "would Sasuke really kill me?" thought Naruto
"But enough of this, you have to get back to training." Stated Jiraiya as he walked off
"Where are you going?" asked Naruto
"I wasn't kidding, I do have to leave Konoha, and I just stuck around to see if you'd do your training, but outside of getting a little side tracked you did. Just make sure you take all the logs up the hill again, that's punishment for getting distracted." Jiraiya said walking off
Naruto looked at the cliff and realized that all of the logs where back in their original position.
"FUCK!" yelled Naruto
Naruto had been pushing himself to the limit every single day for the past four days, every morning he'd get up at an ungodly hour, run till his heart exploded, and then dragged his carcass to Ichiraku's and eat 10-15 bowls. He was allowed one helping of ramen a day, but he only ate once a day and since Ichiraku's was on the way to his house he'd stop by there. After he ate he'd walk home and pass out from exhaustion just to be awakened several hours later to repeat the process all over again.
But on the fifth day something unexpected happened.
"Oye Naruto!"
Someone called out to him while he was in the middle of his yoga.
"What're you doing here Shikamaru?" asked Naruto
"We've gotta mission, and I need you with me." He said
"Alright tell me the details" he said putting his jacket back on
Shikamaru just stared at Naruto's appendage. "When did that happen?" he asked
Naruto not sure what Shikamaru was referring to catch a glimpse at his own left arm and then it clicked in his head. He said with a cheerful smile "Protecting Sakura from Gaara."
"Troublesome" was all Shikamaru could even think of saying at the time. He then told Naruto what was going on, Sasuke left and if joining the sound and what not.
"That selfish bastard!" Naruto yelled as they went around assimilating their team. In the end Shikamaru, Naruto, Kiba, Chouji, and Neji all accepted the mission and had prepared all of their supplies. They left the gates to Konoha when they where stopped by a pink haired Kunoichi.
"Naruto, please bring him back." She pleaded as tears streamed down her face. She dug her face into Naruto's chest and sobbed. Naruto stared at the top of her head with an intense glare; all of the guys around them saw his glare and stepped back. He had a look in his eyes that gave the impression that he'd kill her in cold blood if he could. But when she lifted her head to meet Naruto's eyes she was greeted with a warm, reassuring smile.
"Don't worry, I'll bring him back to you." He said to her that reassured her to no end.
When he turned back around his smile was gone leaving no evidence of its existence in the first place. It was replaced with that same intense glare that he gave the back of Sakura's head, he bit the inside of his lower lip, he bit so hard that he tore a chunk off and tasted blood. He brought his right hand in front of him and fought back the violent tremble that it was ensuing. He was furious but tried desperately not to show it. He hid it successfully from Sakura, but only from Sakura. Everyone else saw the painfully obvious truth in Naruto's eyes while she just smiled warmly and appreciatively at the blonds' back as he walked off.
"Let's go!" he hoarsely let out and the rest of the team followed. They followed after Naruto who bolted forward at a startling speed.
"H-HEY! NARUTO! SLOW DOWN!" yelled Shikamaru
Naruto heard this and started to slow down.
"Get your head straight! If you can't then go back home, I won't let you jeopardize our mission."
Naruto's head sunk as he was lectured by Shikamaru.
"Look…I know how you feel, but I can't let you get hot headed and do something stupid."
Naruto let out a sigh. "I know, and thanks. It won't happen again."
There was an awkward silence that fell on the 5 man team.
"So…" Naruto jabbed Shika with his elbow. "How do you know how I feel?" asked Naruto slyly
"What do you mean?" asked the pineapple haired Chunnin
"You said you know how I feel, how so?" asked Naruto in the same sly manner
"Ino" Chouji answered
"Ch-Chouji!" Shikamaru objected
"Oh I see how it is Nara; hey I'll be the first to admit that she's got a fuckin sexy body." Vulgarly stated Kiba
"That's true, I'd like to get my hands under her blouse and pass my tongue up and down her."
"Whoa!" Shikamaru interrupted Chouji
"If you liked her why didn't you tell me?" asked Shikamaru
"I don't, I'd just do dirty, very wrong things to her." joked Chouji
"Wanna know who else is stacked?" asked Kiba
"Who?" asked everyone including Neji
"Hinata." Stated Kiba
"How can you tell? She always has that coat on" asked Naruto
"I've seen her with out her coat, she is ripe. She's stacked like a woman and she's only 12." He stated in an as a matter of a fact tone
"Every one in Hinata's family developed early." Added Neji
Everyone stared at him in shock
"I thought he'd rip Kiba a new one for talkin about Hinata like that." Stated Chouji
"What? He hadn't disrespected her, he just said the truth." Said Neji
They all laughed
"But I think Tenten has a great body. She's tight everywhere, nothing jiggles except her perky breast." Neji stated while everyone was shocked
"Who knew you where so loose?" stated Kiba
"I thought you where gay at first, or to focused on being a shinobi to care about girls." Said Chouji
"Well I was, I just didn't take time to notice. It wasn't till I had an untimely accident and happened to see Tenten topless, after that I've been fixated on a woman's figure, but I don't' let it distract me." Stated Neji
"YOU SAW TENTEN TOPLESS? HOW WHERE HER NIPPLES?" asked/yelled Kiba
"I'm not about to share personal details!" causing Kiba's head to sink and him to pout
"But you said she was tight, so does she put out?" asked Kiba vulgarly
"THAT'S NOT WHAT I MENT!" yelled Neji
"I'm surrounded by perverts!" yelled out Naruto
"We're perverts? You're the one that is head over heals with the smallest girl in our graduating class." Stated Kiba and Chouji
"What?" asked a confused Naruto
"Yeah! She has no boobs and no ass, only thing that carries her as remotely interesting is her pretty face." Stated Kiba
"Maybe Naruto just likes them small." Stated Shikamaru
"You mean Naruto's a pedophile?" asked Kiba
"I think so." Stated Chouji
"I'd better tell Hinata to keep her younger sister away from him." Stated Neji
"C-C'mon guys you know I'm not." pleaded Naruto
They all laughed for several minutes, they needed to loosen up and get rid of all of their tension. They might not make it back safe if at all, and they new this. For the rest of the mission they carried it out with the utmost seriousness.
Done
Short Chapter I know but I'm planning on covering the 2nd Naru Sasu fight next chapter, originally I had I planned for this one but having the same guys fight twice in one chapter would've felt pointless. Also don't' expect any in-depth coverage on any of the other fights, just figure they happen exactly the same as in the manga. I can also tell you that it'll be pretty rushed up until they fight. Instead of leaving that same night like in the manga Sasuke left a couple days later blame, Naruto and his poison for that. And sorry for bringing Jiraiya back and forth from here and not here, but you won't see him again until a couple weeks after Naruto gets back from the Sasuke arch. But I figure to just make him constantly hide somewhere so Naruto wouldn't' be distracted and learn to train on his own but from now on Naruto's Jiraiya-less. Also I made Sakura in to one of those, book smart brain dead girls. I always saw her like that but idk why. As for Neji, I just can't take him seriously. I made him into a guy who appreciates the female body but does not get distracted. The ultimate wingman if u ask me but their will be none of that in this fic =P. If you have any other comments please feel free to ask and as always read review and enjoy =)
Till next time
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