Hey! Here's the next chapter to my Naruto story! Hope you like it!!
After ordering their food (and thoroughly scaring the waiter), they got back to talking.
"So what were you doing Hinata-chan?" Naruto asked cheerfully.
"I-I was training…" Hinata said shyly, staring at the salt shaker.
"Ohhh. So were you practicing you Jyuuken or some cool new jutsu?! Oh, did you make your Shugohakke Rokujuyon Sho even cooler?! That is so cool!" he said, not even giving her a chance to answer.
Um, w-well, actually Naruto-kun, I w-was just practicing my water walking and tree climbing…"she said quietly.
"Oh." He said, losing his enthusiasm.
"How far up the tree did you get?" he asked quickly, noticing her face fall.
"Um, well, I wasn't exactly climbing the tree, I was jumping back and forth from the tree to the water…"she said. He didn't understand and told her so. She blushed.
"W-well, I would climb up the tree halfway and j-jump to the water. It h-helps my chakra control because I have to switch from using my chakra to repel and then to stick..."she explained.
"Ohhh. So if I do it with you it'll help my chakra control?"
"H-Hai."
"Cool! Do you have any other chakra control exercises we could do?! My chakra control kinda sucks…" Naruto said sheepishly. Hinata smiled shyly at his forwardness.
"We can meditate together…"she said shyly.
"How will that help me with my chakra control?"
"W-well, we'll be meditating under water…"
"Nani?! How do you do that?!"
"U-um…you just make a bubble of chakra around you and let yourself sink into the water…"
"Whoa! You can do that?!"
"Hai…" she said. He let out a low whistle and gave her a warm smile.
"Wow, you're so cool Hinata-chan!" he said to her. She turned bright red and looked away from him. The rest of their comrades just watched the conversation, enjoying the show and making mental comments on the two. After all, it is fun to watch people embarrass themselves, don't you think?
"Ahem. Anyways, what have you been up to these past few months, Naruto?" Temari asked.
"Just training and traveling. It seems like that's all we did!" he said.
"Did you learn any new jutsu?" Shikamaru asked.
"Yeah! Let's see, I learned the Toton Jutsu (Transparent Escape Technique), Kaze no Yaiba, the Bunshin Daibakuha, and a lot more…" he said. Everyone stared at him.
"What?" he asked confused. They all shook their heads.
"Nothing…" they said. 'He can do the Bunshin Daibakuha now? That's gonna be a pain in the ass. Especially since Kage Bunshin is his favorite jutsu…' they all thought. All of this, however, was lost on Naruto. At just that moment, the rude waiter showed up with their food.
"MMMM!! That smells really good!" Naruto said. Kiba took a sniff of the air too.
"Hmmm….Naruto, let me smell you're food…" Kiba said quickly.
"What? Why?" Naruto asked, thinking Kiba was gonna try to steal his food.
"Just let me smell it!" Kiba said, yanking the bowl of noodles away from the loud blonde. When he had it beneath his nose he took a deep breath. His eyes narrowed and he began looking around.
"What are you looking for, Kiba?" Shikamaru asked, watching the boys eyes scan the room. Kiba's eyes landed on the waiter that served them their food.
"Hey! You bastard! Get over here and give Naruto some real food! You just tried to poison him you ass!" he yelled at the cowering man.
"P-poison?!" their group said together, eyes going wide. Snapping out of her shock first, Sakura activated a scanning jutsu and looked in Naruto's food.
"He's right! There's about a teaspoon of poison in the food!" she yelled, clearly enraged. Everyone, even the other diners, turned to look at the man. He looked at the group with fear, but there was a trace of contempt and rebellion when he looked at Naruto. His friends saw this and got even angrier.
"Who is the owner of this restaurant?" Neji demanded.
"That would be me…" said a plump man as he waddled up to them. He had heard the commotion and came out of his office to see what was going on. He was shocked to see Naruto, the 'Kyuubi Brat' in his restaurant. He was about to give the boy a dirty look when he heard a voice demand the owner of the restaurant. He followed the voice and was shocked to find himself staring into the white eyes of one of the Hyuuga Clan. Needless to say, he got kinda scared.
"I see. So you are the owner. I have a complaint to file about one of your employees and the service of this 'restaurant'…" Neji drawled. Upon hearing the word 'complaint' and the way Neji said restaurant, the owner got indignant.
"Excuse my saying so, Hyuuga-san but there doesn't seem to be any reason for complaint." He said, exaggerating the san part, trying to get Neji riled up. Neji did not take the bait.
"Well, sir, I'm not sure if you know this, but one of your employees has just tried to poison one of my friends." Neji said, nodding his head towards Naruto.
"Well, Hyuuga-san, I didn't actually see my employee put any poison in it, and, quite frankly, I really just can't imagine one of my employee's doing such a thing. Since I did not see my employee do anything, there's really nothing I can do about it. There's also no way to prove that there is poison in the food." The owner said triumphantly. Neji sighed. How he hated people like this man.
"Well then, sir, I see we will just have to take this to Hokage-sama." Neji said nonchalantly. The man quickly paled.
"And why is that, Hyuuga-san? Surely this is not an issue large enough to bring to the Hokage." The owner said quickly, trying to placate Neji.
"Sir, if we hadn't been here and hadn't stopped Naruto from eating this food, there is a good chance he would have died. Seeing as the Hokage quite likes him and looks at him as ward or even a younger brother, I think that would have been quite a problem for you anyways." Neji said coolly.
"Ha! Now I see what you're up to! You thought to bluff me, but you've just proved yourself wrong! There's no way the Hokage would associate with the likes of him!" the owner said, pointing rudely to Naruto.
"If you really think so, then please, join us in our visit to the Hokage." Neji said.
"I do believe I will." The owner said.
Hmph. Stupid boy. He thinks he can bluff me?! I also know the Hokage personally, and she quite likes me. The owner thought to himself. They walked to the Hokage Tower in a grave silence. When they got there they stopped at the secretary's (Shizune) desk.
"Ah, Naruto-kun! I haven't seen you in such a long time! How have you been?" Shizune asked with a smile. The owner noticed this and paled even further.
No, wait! This woman is nice to everyone! Why shouldn't she be nice to this brat as well? This doesn't mean anything! The owner thought to himself.
"Hey Shizune-neechan! Thing's could be better but it's not a problem I cant handle! Is Tsunade no baa-chan in there?" Naruto asked, pointing to Tsunade's office.
"Yes, she is. Just go in." Shizune said to the group in general. They all filed up to the door (except for the owner who had just excused himself to go to the restroom) and Naruto opened it without knocking. Tsunade looked up from what she was reading and smiled.
"Naruto! Where've you been?! You cant even visit a person or what?!" she yelled at him. He just rubbed the back of his head and laughed.
"Hee hee! Sorry about that Baa-chan! I was gonna come visit you later on tonight but we ran into a little…problem." Naruto said, nodding his head towards the owner, who had just gotten back from the restroom.
"Ah! Masashi! Why are you here?" she asked the man. He was a friend, of sorts. He was a good sake maker and they had spoken on occasion. Neji stepped forward at the question.
"Hokage-sama, you know this man?" he asked her.
"Yeah, he makes some good sake. We've spoken once or twice. Why do you ask, Neji?" she said to the white eyed boy.
"Actually, it's because we came to file a complaint about this man." Neji said. Tsunade's eyes narrowed.
"What kind of complaint and why?" she asked them, suddenly serious. At this question, the whole group, who had been so quiet up until this point, began to talk.
"Enough! Jeez! One at a time, please." Tsunade said, yelling to be heard over all of the talk. Sakura stepped up.
"Tsunade-sensei, as you know, Naruto just got back from his training today. We all went to meet him and he suggested we all go out for something to eat. I had heard about a new restaurant that had just opened up and we decided to go there. We had to wait for a little while to order the food since Hinata hadn't gotten there yet. When she got there Naruto tried to call over one of the waiter's and he pointedly ignored us." Sakura took a breath and Kiba started up from there.
"So when we finally did get to order our food from this guy we just sat there and minded our own business. When the guy gets back with our food I smelled something wrong with Naruto's food. It took me a few seconds to realize what it was, but I finally got it. They tried to poison Naruto!" Kiba yelled, getting angry again. Tsunade's eyes had been getting narrower throughout the whole story but they snapped wide open at that point.
"Poison?!" she yelled, getting angry now as well.
"So we start yelling at this guy and Neji asks where the owner of the place was and this guy come over to us. So Neji tells him that he's got a complaint about his restaurant and the guy gets all high and mighty on us!" Ino said with irritation, picking up the story from where they left off.
"So he says that there's no reason for a complaint and Neji tells this man that one of his employees just tried to poison Naruto. He says that since he didn't actually see his employee try to poison us there's nothing he can do about it. Then he says we don't even know for sure that there was any poison in the food!" Chouji said angrily.
"And that is what compelled us to come here." Shino said calmly. By now Tsunade's eyes were closed and there was a vein throbbing in her forehead and neck. She was clearly not happy. When she opened her eyes, everyone except for Naruto took a step back.
"So, Masashi, do you deny these allegations?" she asked tightly.
"Yes. How are we even sure that there was a poison in the food?" he asked, suddenly get his dignity and snobbish attitude back.
"Sakura was there poison in the food?" Tsunade snapped at the pink haired kunoichi.
"Yes, Tsunade-sensei. I used a scanning jutsu on the food and there was about a teaspoon of poison in Naruto's food." Sakura said. Tsunade looked back at Masashi.
"Well?" she asked him coolly.
"Hokage-sama, are you really going to believe this little girl? How do you know she's not making it up?" he asked, getting kinda nervous now. That was the last straw.
"Masashi! Tell me, do you think if I were to use a scanning jutsu on anything, it would be an accurate one? And if I were to tell you that there was poison in something, a poison I saw with my jutsu, would you believe me?!" she roared at the cowering man.
"O-of course I would! Hokage-sama." He added quickly.
"So then, do you doubt that my apprentice, who is just as good as any med-nin out there, would not be able to tell the difference?!" she yelled at the man.
"A-apprentice? T-this little girl is you're…" he said weakly.
"This man also seems to dislike Naruto-san like the other villagers, no doubt thanks to the Kyuubi, and he also said that there was no way that you, Hokage-sama, would even associate with the likes of Naruto-san." Lee added. This made up Tsunade's mind. She had been arguing in her mind about doing something to rectify this, and now she had her choice.
"Masashi. Where is your restaurant? I would like to go there. Now." Tsunade said. Her voice was light and cheery but the group all knew better. The man took this as a good sign, thinking that he was in here favor once more, and smiled brilliantly at her.
"Of course, Hokage-sama! I will give you the tour and then perhaps a free meal? Hmm?" he said, suddenly sounding like a proper gentlemen instead of some snobby ass with his nose in the air. Then he remembered the other parties of the group. He turned to look at them with something bordering on disdain.
"You children can go now." He said outloud. Then just his lips moved and they said 'I win.' This seriously pissed them off and Temari reached for her fan.
"Actually, Masashi-kun, I wanted them to accompany me, tell me what they ordered, so I can give them a try." Tsunade said. His face faulted before he turned back around with a million dollar smile.
"Of course Hokage-sama." He said. He then turned around and led them out the door. Seeing as he was ahead of them he didn't see Tsunade wink at the others. They arrived outside of the restaurant in a matter of moments. Masashi led them into the restaurant and seated them near a grand window overlooking the Hokage monument.
"Oh my, this is such a nice restaurant!" Tsunade said. Masashi positively beamed at her.
"If you don't mind, I'd like to make an announcement to your customers and staff. Could you please call your staff out here?" she asked sweetly. Masashi gave a nod and went to get the cooks and waiters.
"Baa-chan, what are you planning?" Naruto asked.
"Just watch, Naruto. Sakura, have you ever liked lining up dominoes in a design then knocking them over, setting off a chain reaction?" Tsunade asked so quietly that only Sakura could hear her.
"Yes, I haven't done it in quite a while though…" she said, getting confused.
"Have you ever tried it with walls?" Tsunade asked, an evil gleam in her eye. Suddenly, Sakura understood. She laughed and nodded her head towards Tsunade to show that she understood. The other's were slightly confused but they just shook there heads. At that point Masashi had returned with his employees. Tsunade jumped on a table so she could be seen and heard.
"Hello everyone in the Dragon Song! I would like to ask you all to do something for me! I need you all to…leave." She said, dramatically pausing and building up the excitement. Not the kind to question a Hokage, all the diners quickly gathered their stuff and headed towards the exit.
"Wha-?! Hokage-sama! Why did you do that?!" Masashi said, watching the hordes leave.
"Didn't you hear me, Masashi? I said leave. Just go outside. We're gonna do something really cool to your restaurant. But first, tell me, how many walls are there going in this direction?" she asked.
"There are about 8, this is the largest place in Konoha after all!" he said, slightly confused. He then turned around and went outside, standing a few feet away from the front of the building.
"Left or right?" Tsunade suddenly asked.
"Right." Sakura answered. Getting even more confused, the gang just followed the two woman outside. The girls went over to the wall and Sakura went to the right corner while Tsunade went to the left side. Then, they both flicked the base of their corners. The walls base suddenly cracked and the wall leaned forward, and knocked into the one in front of it. All 8 walls suddenly went down like dominoes. As the smoke and dust cleared, the gang cheered and laughed.
Shugohakke Rokujuyon Sho- Protection of the Eight Trigrams Sixty Four Palms
Hai- Yes
Toton Jutsu- Invisible Technique
Bunshin Daibakuha- Great Clone Explosion
Nee-chan- Sister
Tsunade no baa-chan- Granny Tsunade
So what'd you think? Please review!