Authors Notes: Hey guys! Sorry this is sooo late! I had exams! TT.TT I hate history! Grrr! It was horrible! I thank everybody for all of the reviews! Yay! I got over 50!!! and 19 C2's eeeep! I'm so happy! Thanks so much! Also It thank my beta so much cause without him this would be a big pile of crap! Anyways on with the chapter!
Beta Notes: It's my fault this is so late. I am sooo sorry. I got it late, it didn't send after I finished it. And I took forever. Poo.
"Talking"
'Thinking'
'Kyuubi talking'
'Kyuubi thinking'
Disclaimer: B/N Due to Kris' absolute lack of Disclaimer knowledge it is my duty as her beta to do this for her. As such you will probably find it riddled with metaphors and an attempt at humor. Ahem We (burnstar and LettaR999) as writer and editor, respectively, mean no breach in the copyright of the Anime and Manga "Naruto". This is a fan made product. It has been created for the sole purpose of entertainment for the targeted readers. No gain of any kind, personal, monetary, or otherwise is brought from this fan made product.
A/N: You just had to put in alot of long words cause when I wrote this my brain was too tired to function properly...
Revelance of the Future
Chapter 6
Small Differences
Written By: burnstar (That awesome Writer)
Edited By: LettaR999 (That late Editor)
A few hours after his meeting with his 'new' team and Kakashi, Naruto was laying under a tree in training ground 3-7. He had told Hinata that he would wait here for her since she had decided that she would go home after meeting with her sensei and come back afterwards. It was around five now and he was starting to think about what should be fixed.
'I defiantly know that at the very least I will try my hardest to save Haku and Zabuza. No I WILL save Haku and Zabuza. I will work out the details later. I have to get Sasuke and Sakura stronger. Especially Sasuke, I could have him train with me and I could get Hinata to train with Sakura to teach her medical jutsus.'
Hinata had been interested in medicine since she was young but really got into the practice of it when she was sixteen, when she started to see how far Sakura and Ino had come with it. How ironic it would be that at first it was Sakura teaching her but now if everyone agreed, it would be the other way around.
His musings were interrupted when the lavender eyed girl entered his vision.
"Hi Naruto-kun! Sorry for making you wait so long. Father insisted on me tell him the details of my team over an early supper. I think he was surprised when I didn't stutter or blush..."
Naruto smiled and took her hand, leading her back to the village while replying, "That's okay Hina-chan, and I bet your going to be surprising him more and everyone else too. But... can we go to Ichiraku for ramen? I promise I won't have any more than four bowls!"
He gave her the dreaded puppy-dog-eyes no jutsu, knowing how much she didn't like him eating ramen for more then one meal of the day.
She quickly looked away trying not to give in and failing miserably. Nobody could resist those eyes. While on this train of thought she pondered, 'I wonder how good that would work on a mission...'
"Fine. Fine. But-" Naruto cut his silent mental dance cold at that word. There just had to be a catch. "-But... I get to pick out your new outfit."
Well that wasn't so bad... Right?
The Kyuubi host was still contemplating this as he gave his okay and started walking in the direction of Ichiraku.
And now he could be found in the middle of a clothing store with Hinata fiddling around holding up random bits of clothing giving a calculating look before resting them on her arm or putting them back, all of course to the much bewilderment of the shopkeeper as she was doing this all very very fast.
'I think Ino and Sakura may have rubbed off on her a little too much.' he thought with wide eyes watching his to-be wife.
'You got that right kit. Remember what they did to Lee when they found out that he had a date?' Both demon and host involuntarily shuddered at the unpleasant memory.
He was broken out of his reverie however when he found a small mountain of clothes in his arms, courtesy of Hinata.
"Go try them on Naruto-kun! Go, go, go!" With every 'go' she had lightly pushed him towards the change room with a slightly hyper smile on her face.
"I'm going! I'm going!" With that he stepped into to the small room and closed the door behind him leaving Hinata to sit on a chair by the mirror.
About three minutes later he stepped out of the room to show Hinata who immediately said, "Too Sasuke-ish. Try this!" And shoved another bundle of cloth into his arms that seemingly appeared out of nowhere. While Naruto was thinking.
'Sasuke-ish? Blonde hair, blue eyes, tanned skin... How the hell do I look Sasuke-ish?'
Upon his next show he received a too Neji-ish and another bundle. On his third a too Kiba-ish and on his fourth a too Lee-ish, LEE-ish for Kami's sake!
On the fifth time he went out though was a different matter. As Naruto stepped out of the change room he was met with the sight of blond and pink hair and a very red looking Hinata.
"Oh Naruto!" 'Uh oh those two… Even as kids I remember these two being horrible…'
"H-hello Ino, Sakura." He greeted nervously. 'My nightmares are coming true!.' The two girls must have teamed up together to extract info out of Hinata when Naruto had walked in.
Ino was the first to reply. Excitedly she began, "Are you getting new clothes!" It was more of a statement then a question but he nodded anyway. "We'll help right Sakura!"
"Hai!"
With that last proclamation the two girls stated running about the shop picking things out. Hinata followed shortly after. The poor blond now had three shopping crazed girls handing him clothes and shoving him into the change room to try said outfit on.
'Girls and their shopping... One thing that men will never understand.'
Forty-five minutes and thirteen outfits later Hinata finally called out, "That one's perfect!" And so it was, even Ino and Sakura had small hearts in their eyes before remembering who the boy in front of them was (scary).
He had on black cargo pants with pockets on the side of his right knee and left calf outlined in crimson. Naruto wore a black short sleeved shirt that was open in the middle like Shikamaru's except that it was full length and had his spirals on the shoulders. Underneath he had a slightly red tinged fish net shirt that ended at his elbows. On the blonds hands were black metal plated gloves. Add to that black sandals and a black clothed hitai-ate an the right shoulder and you have one good looking blond.
Hinata turned and plucked something off a nearby rack before turning back and putting the object over his head. It was a red fox head. She looked at him with a small smile. "You'll find something to do with it." Naruto gave in return one of his warm heart melting smiles.
"Well you two look really comfortable together. When did this happen?" Sakura smirked while Ino picked up where she had left off, "Yeah Hinata, you're not even blushing or stuttering!"
At the accusation both turned red and Naruto started stuttering, "W-w-w-what do you mean? I don't know what your talking about!"
As he started pushing the two to the door he prompted, "Wouldn't it be better if you two went and bothered Shikamaru or Sasuke or something?" Unresisting, they let themselves be pushed out of the shop and started walking down the street chattering to each other about the latest 'developments' giggling all the way. Even though Ino couldn't help but wonder, 'Why did he mention Shikamaru?'
Naruto turned back to Hinata with an embarrassed grin, "Gossip queens I tell you."
The indigo haired girl giggled, "Naruto-kun, you go change back and I'll get some more copies of the outfit okay? Then we'll pay for it."
He nodded.
Ten minutes later they were walking down the street.
"I'll walk you to the Hyuuga compound, okay Hina-chan?"
She looked at him slightly confused before she remembered, 'Oh that's right we don't live in the same house anymore... Man! Why in the world this feel like divorce or separation or something! He's mine dammit!'
While she was thinking this among... other things that if explained would 'ahem' defiantly drive the rating up 'ahem' Naruto waved a hand in front of her face. "Hina-chan?"
"Y-yes Naruto-kun? I was just a bit lost in thought was all."
"O...kay." He stared at her confusedly before taking her hand and leading her to her old home.
About a block from the Hyuuga compound Hinata stopped, "I'll continue on from here okay Naru-kun?"
He raised an eyebrow at her. "Why?"
"Well your remember when you first walked me home?"
The blond's left eye started twitching. "Oh... right... Let's not... experience that.. right now."
She giggled and kissed his nose, "Good night Naruto-kun, love you!"
He kissed her back on the cheek. "I love you too Hina-chan."
And with a final hug they both parted ways one to a large mansion and the other to a deserted apartment.
The first thing Naruto saw when he walked into his apartment was a small red fox.
"Okay Kyuubi. What did you do?"
The said fox gave a maniacal grin, "You'll see..." And without for a reply he dissapitated into red chakra and returned to Naruto's seal.
'Grr... You stupid fox! Well whatever I'm going to bed.'
All throughout the night Naruto could hear a bark like laugh in the back of his head.
Naruto blinked his eyes while looking at his clock. It read 5:30 am.
'Shit! I'm gunna be late!'
For the next twenty minutes he ran around his small apartment putting on his clothes that he had bought the previous day. However the fox boy paused in his kitchen.
'Should I eat?'
'Go ahead kit and bring some for your teammates too.'
'Hey you know it's your fault that I'm late, kept me up with that annoying laughing of yours!'
'I know. It was quite amusing. Now hurry up!'
'Hai, hai. Two bars for me, two for Sasuke and two for Sakura. I'm going to need to but more later...'
With that he dashed out of his home making a bee-line towards the training grounds.
'Where is that dobe?' A dark haired boy thought accusingly from underneath a tree.
'He just has to go and be late, leaving me with this-this fan girl! And I really need to pound him into the ground for what he said yesterday...'
Five minutes later the missing genin decided to make his presence known.
The blond stumbled out of the bushes panting. Making a mental note to get weights he greeted his teammates.
"Morning Sasuke! Morning Sakura!"
They both looked at him before Sakura yelled, "Your late Naruto!"
'Heh the dobe changed his look, about time.'
He rubbed the back of his head before replying, "Heh heh well you see Sakura I was late because I decided to bring these for us." He opened his weapons pouch and produced the six bars. "I thought we should eat."
"But sensei told us not too!"
Sasuke just looked at them, Naruto could tell he was hungry.
"Well you see I was thinking-"
Sasuke snorted. "That's a first."
Without sparing him a look Naruto continued. "-that how would he know if we ate or not? I would rather puke then be lacking energy for such an important test. And judging from yesterday he won't be here for awhile. Want one?"
Without talking Sasuke grabbed two of the bars before going back to his tree. Seeing this Sakura grabbed two as well. 'If Sasuke thinks it's okay then it must be! Cha!'
"Uuum… Or… Two… That works."
They sat in silence for awhile eating their small breakfast, each lost in their own thoughts.
'Hn... The dobe is acting weird something isn't... right...'
'I wonder now that we're a team if I could get Sasuke-kun to go out with me! ...Hmmm These bars are pretty good. I wonder what's up with Naruto... Actually never mind he's being quiet.'
'So Kyuu you got the plan right?'
'Yep... I got to hand it to ya kit, Kakashi might get suspicious but it'll scare him wiggy first!'
"Excellent...' A pause, 'Wiggy?'
Two hours later the long awaited copy nin finally decided to show his face.
"Good morning!"
What he received was a pink banshee. "Your LATE!!"
"Ah... Well you see I got lost on the road of life today!
"Liar!"
Naruto sighed, "Kakashi-sensei, only YOU could ever get lost on a one way road… With walls on both sides..."
They all sweat dropped. 'Did Naruto just… Make a GOOD joke???'
All eyes went back to the jounin when he cleared his throat. "Well let's get started shall we?"
The three nodded.
"Alright you have until noon to get at least one of these two bells from me." He held up two shiny silver bells before strapping them to his belt. "Got that?"
They nodded but Sakura was starting to look nervous. "But there are only two bells sensei."
Kakashi smiled glad that someone had challenged him before ignoring the comment. "Whoever doesn't get a bell will be tied to that post and demoted back to the academy."
The atmosphere was tense waiting for the silver haired jounin to speak. He observed them carefully before giving them a slight warning. "Remember this, to get the bells you have to come at me with the intent to kill."
He heard hitched breath, saw wide eyes but didn't give them time to repent. "Get ready... Start!"
As they jumped into the trees Naruto made a shadow clone to go do his part. He had to find his teammates.
"Sakura!"
She looked over to where the voice had originated from.
"Naruto?" She asked as he dropped out of the trees. "What do you want?" She was stressed enough as it was knowing that one of them would fail. But it was too much now that the unthinkable had happened. She had lost track of Sasuke!
"We have to work together to get the bells." The blond offered hoping that she would catch his drift.
"But there are only two bells and three of us. That means that we have to work against each other in order to pass."
Naruto shook his head. "Then what would be the point of putting us on teams?"
"So that-" Her eyes widened in the realization that dawned in front of her.
She had it. "Exactly Sakura... Now let's go get Sasuke."
Sakura nodded as the took off.
Meanwhile Kakashi was just about to finish with Naruto.
"Sennin Goroshi!
Naruto flew into the air and... poofed out of existence?
"Shadow clone... How?"
It was then that he was caught in a hail of shuriken and kunai.
'Sasuke'
It took about fifteen minutes to find the Uchiha boy. Which wasn't saying much as he was up to his neck in dirt... Literally.
"Sasuke." Naruto began as he and Sakura appeared in the clearing. "I have a plan to get the bells."
The boy sneered at him. "Humph, I can get a bell myself."
Naruto rolled his eyes. "Sasuke… What would the point of being put into teams be then?"
Sakura also perked up, "But Sasuke-kun we're genin's and he's a jounin. The only way we'll be able to pass is if we work together!"
"Ha, yeah right. But the one who doesn't get a bell will fail. I'm not willing to take that risk."
Naruto sighed. He's hoped that Sasuke would come around easily. Guess he'd hoped just a little to hard.
"Listen. How about I be the one to not have a bell? Then if it is true that one of us has to go back it'll only be me alright?"
"Heh fine dobe. Your loss. Now get me out of here." 'Why is he doing this? He would never have done that last week...'
'Naruto... Something is definitely wrong.. Wait, why am I worrying! Me and Sasuke-kun are going to pass! CHA!'
After the Uchiha survivor was out and had shaken the dirt out of his underwear (Sakura blushed when he started messing with his shorts.) Sasuke asked, "So dobe, what's this plan?"
The genin gave a wide foxy grin, "Okay this is what we're going to do. We..."
hahahahahaha
"Got that?"
They both nodded.
"Good, now watch this."
He puts his hands in the tora seal and started to conjure Kyuubi except that this time he pushed the chakra out through the ground so they wouldn't see the aura. A few seconds later the small form of the one tailed red fox stood before them. Sakura was immediately thinking of how cute it was.
"How did you do that?" Sasuke asked. How was it possible? There was no summoning jutsu intiated…
"I'll tell you later." He turned to the fox. "You know what to do. Scout out Kakashi-sensei. Go!"
As the fox ran off Sakura asked, "Why a fox?"
Naruto had a simple answer, "Forest, fox. Fox, forest. It fits in…" She couldn't argue with that logic.
Sasuke interjected annoyed, "Okay can we start this plan now?"
He received nods.
"Well let's go!"
A/N: Ya... um sorry about the delay! -.-''' We had a few technical and internet difficulties not to mention I had exams last week phew! On the other hand I got my report card!!! YAY!! And if anyone can guess my average I will write a short one shot thing and have it as the first chapter of my side story that I'm thinking of doing! Anyway tell me what you think!
grumbles I'll go write the next chapter now...
B/N: There wasn't much to fix in this one. Again, I'm so sorry that it's late.
Sennin Goroshi: Thousand Years of pain/death
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