Naruto Fanfiction
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Author's Note: This one's not pre-read! Sorry for the probably many grammar mistakes!
Naruto wore a small grin as he stared at his subordinates. "What's wrong?"
Hagane Kotetsu smiled. "Uzumaki Naruto. I remember you. You beat Hyuga Neji in the Chuunin Exam years ago… right?"
Naruto nodded and folded his arms. "Heh, that was so long ago. I'm surprised you remembered it."
Ami's eyes were still widened. "You're dead-last?"
Naruto frowned at the blue-haired girl, with Tonbo and Iwashi standing next to her. "I resent that…" He mumbled. "But at least you remember me somewhat."
'He was dead-last and no one liked him… Yet, he's become this powerful. I remember Uchiha Sasuke being the best in class that time, but now Naruto can probably kick his ass using only his right arm…' Ami figured as she stared at the blonde Shinobi.
"You'll be my subordinate, Ami. I'll be your Captain again." Naruto grinned. "But I know of at least one other in the team who you're not gonna like…"
Ami tried to frown, still amazed that this guy was her Captain. "Oy, Uzumaki-taichou, what's the mission gonna be?" Iwashi asked, trying very hard not to let him notice he was surprised it was Naruto who was the Captain.
"Ah, as always, you're so serious, Iwashi-san." Naruto whined. "Well, it's just another normal patrol mission. It'll last for at least two days, though… Since Hokage-sama is expecting trouble near the borders. But the mission will start tonight, so we can train now." He chuckled as he put his mask back on.
"Hey, taichou?" Ami asked. "If you're going to be a Jounin Captain, why not wear a mask during missions then, too?"
Naruto froze. "Ah, I didn't really ask if that was permitted." He scratched his head. "I'll ask Hokage-sama. You guys start training. Beat each other up and all that, ok?" With that, Naruto vanished.
"Man, it's always the same with that guy…" Izumo mumbled as he grabbed an ANBU Sword and pointed it at Tonbo. Tonbo grinned and shook his head, while also grabbing the ANBU Sword off his back.
Ami sighed. "Another boring sword battle?" She turned to Kotetsu and Iwashi. "Well, I suggest me and Kotetsu against you, Iwashi. Only Ninjutsu and Genjutsu!"
Iwashi snorted. "You two against me, huh? Very well."
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Walking the Road
- Chapter 1: Acquaintances
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"No." Tsunade said. "There's a difference between an ANBU Team and a Jounin Team, Naruto. Besides, you get to become pretty well known thanks to being Jounin Captain of this Jounin Team."
"I don't want to be well known, Hokage-sama." Naruto said, still with his mask on. "I like this mask."
Tsunade eyed the black mask with many white and few red stripes dancing across it. It was a Fox Mask, his own choice. Naruto was the first of all the ANBU to wear a black mask. Aburame Shino also wore a black one. There were a few other Captains who wore a black one. "You know what? You're the Captain; you decide how your team acts. I don't really care if you wear a mask or not. But if it causes conflicts in the team, I want the mask gone, got it?"
Naruto grinned widely. "Yup!" He then put a finger to his chin. "Maybe I should design another mask, hmm?"
"Get out of the office, Naruto."
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As Naruto and Ami were heading to a new Training Field near the Hyuga estate, Naruto was letting her know he was going to keep wearing the mask. He had ordered her not to tell the others who he was. Ami simply shrugged.
"I don't see why you care so much about your identity." Ami stated. "I mean, sure, no one really likes you, but your reputation precedes you, you know?"
Naruto shrugged back. "No one liked me years ago, now I'm more liked, you know?"
Ami frowned. "Uzumaki Naruto?" She then turned to a Villager passing them by. "Excuse me, do you know Uzumaki Naruto?"
The Villager immediately glared at her and the Captain beside her. "That kid has left this Village years ago. Good riddance, if you ask me!" She spat and walked away.
Ami frowned at first, not understanding the villager's anger, but then turned to Naruto with a smile. "See, no one likes you!" She confirmed. 'Still, what was that about? Why did she become so angry?'
Naruto shrugged. "Superficial people." He responded. "You'll be surprised who our teammates are gonna be, Ami-chan." He said, switching subjects quickly.
Ami simply didn't care as they were slowly walking towards their destination. "Excuse me for asking, Captain, but why do you have a new mask?"
Naruto chuckled. "Because I like masks..."
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"EH!" Both women proclaimed as they pointed at each other.
Naruto shook his head and was staring at the other two women, Mitarashi Anko and Hyuga Hanabi. Anko was trying to see if she could recognise him, despite the mask, while Hanabi simply had her eyes closed.
Naruto turned his attention back to Ino and Ami, who were shooting lightning bolts at each other. "Hey, cut it out, you two." He said, a lot of authority in his voice. "We have no time for silly things."
Mitarashi Anko and Hyuga Hanabi both walked towards their Captain.
"This isn't the ANBU, so what's the mask for?" Anko asked.
Hanabi opened her eyes. "He's been carrying it for over five years..." She stated. "I think he wants his identity to be kept secret. Therefore, I shall not say who you are."
Naruto wasn't surprised that Hanabi knew of him. All of the Hyugas knew who he was anyway.
"Tcheh, lose the mask already. I don't take orders from someone I don't know the name of." Anko stated, while Ino was nodding her agreement. Ami shook her head, but grinned a bit at Naruto.
Naruto frowned behind his mask. "I am the Captain, therefore, you shall listen to me and obey the orders I give you. I will not discard my mask." He commented. "But you know what, Anko-chan... Why not try and get it off?" He said as he got into a fighting position.
With lightning speed, Anko appeared behind him, but was surprised as the world seemed upside down and the Captain was nowhere to be found a split second later. "Heh, without you even noticing it..." Naruto said as he was holding Anko up by her left leg, upside down. "Your speed is rather... pathetic, Anko-chan."
Anko released a few snakes out of her coat, but was surprised to see the snakes return to their summoning scrolls. 'My snakes... fear him?'
Naruto chuckled and threw Anko away. Anko landed on her feet elegantly and glared at her Captain. "Who are you?"
Naruto shrugged. "My identity is not really important, Anko-chan. But I'll tell you if you can beat me." He baited. "Or for that matter, if you and the entire team can beat me." He challenged.
Yamanaka Ino seemed to hesitate, but stood her ground and got into fighting position. Ami simply leaned against a tree, while Hanabi sighed. "It's no use fighting you, Captain... The Chakra I can see around you lets me know that much. Even if we have perfect teamwork, we don't stand a chance...'
Naruto seemed to whine behind his mask. "How boring, Hanabi-chan... Surely, it doesn't hurt to try?"
Anko's glare merely grew in its intensity. "It's no use, you say? We're all Jounins! He shouldn't be able to take on four Jounins." She smirked. "I thought you were more confident than your sister, Hyuga Hanabi-san..."
Hanabi didn't get angry at all as she merely gazed at the purple-haired woman. "It's not about being confident. I'm just stating truths. Besides, we're all Rookie Jounins except for you..."
Anko huffed. "Tcheh, like it matters..."
Naruto was surprised at the amount of Chakra Anko was gathering. 'Heh, Hokage-sama was right. This woman is pretty talented...'
Ami simply sighed as she stared at Anko. 'Yes, she's more talented than anyone on our previous team... But she doesn't stand a chance against Uzumaki-taichou...'
Anko rushed forward in amazing speed, but her eyes lost sight of Naruto. 'Where did he go?'
Anko turned around to see Naruto stand on the spot Anko was standing on seconds ago. A split second later, Naruto was whispering in her ear from behind. "What's wrong, Anko-chan?" With that, Naruto disappeared again. Even when turning around as quick as she could, this guy was still too fast.
Ino was a bit perturbed by the show of speed before her. "Hey, Ami? You know him or something?" She yelled, not wanting to join the battle anymore.
Anko listened in, also wanting to know the answer. Naruto had appeared a few meters in front of her. "What's wrong, Anko-chan? Too scared to move?"
Anko grinned. "You're good, aren't you? I've created four Genjutsus around you, but you aren't even affected by a single one of them..."
Naruto shrugged. "Genjutsu just won't work on me, I guess." He cracked a grin and motioned for her to continue her attack. Seeing her not moving, he turned to the other girls. "Hey, you three! I order you now to attack me along with Anko. I want to see your abilities."
Ami groaned and decided to answer Ino. "Yeah, I know him. He's one cruel bastard during training... I've been his subordinate for over a year. But we have to attack him before he gets angry..." She said, suddenly appearing above Naruto, with a sword in her hands. Naruto kicked the sword out of Ami's hands with ease and continued with a roundhouse kick to her back behind Ami, sending her to the ground.
Anko's eyes were narrowed. 'His speed is unreal...'
Hyuga Hanabi rushed forward, thrusting her palms all around her as Naruto was circling around the young woman. "Your eyes are truly impressive, Hanabi-chan. To think you'd be able to follow me using this speed..."
Anko decided it was time to get in with Hanabi and dove at Naruto with a Kunai in hand. Anko was surprised to find herself at least a hundred feet away from Hanabi and Naruto's fight. 'What the hell!'
Hanabi stopped her palm-thrusting and stared at Anko. Naruto was standing behind Anko. "Just to let you know, Anko-chan..." He whispered from behind again. Anko was seated on the ground, her mind still in confusion. "I will not hold back. I suggest you do the same..."
With that, Naruto disappeared and reappeared in the middle of the clearing again. Hanabi was closest to him, but Ino immediately released a Jutsu at Naruto.
What happened next made even Hanabi's eyes widen. Chakra unlike anything she has seen before exploded around Naruto, completely evaporating Ino's Mind Techniques. "Nice, Ino-chan... Those were some kind of Shintanshins, right?"
Ino nodded dumbly, perplexed at how easy this guy deflected one of her more powerful techniques. Unlike Shintanshin, this was a multiple mind attack, with a success rate of hundred percent. She had send about six target seeking, bullet-sized Chakra clouds, which also moved in very high speed, towards Naruto. These 'bullets' usually could penetrate even a mountain, just to get inside her opponent's mind or minds.
Ino gulped nervously. The Chakra needed to use this technique was enormous, because the success rate was so high... But the Chakra needed to deflect it... had to be humongous. But this guy was just standing there as if he just swatted away a fly...
Ami came rushing in again, this time with Hanabi from behind. Ami, with a sword, slashed and slashed at Naruto, who was dodging every slice. From behind, Hanabi was thrusting palms, but found it impossible to hit the abnormally fast Captain.
Anko performed a few handseals. "Ninpou... Dokon, Ni Kyousha!"
Naruto kicked Ami away and grabbed Hanabi's palms to throw her towards the still non-moving Ino, who was on guard and caught Hanabi in mid-air. He then looked intrigued at the two summoned lances in Anko's hands. "Ah, interesting. I assume they are pretty poisonous?"
Anko nodded with a sadistic grin. "One touch and you'll die. You should be glad I'm also part medic-nin, in case you get hit." Anko's eyes widened as her lances were no longer in her hands, but in Naruto's hands now. "H-hey!"
"Interesting choice of weapons." Naruto said as he scanned the lances, where poison was literally dripping off the sharp edges. Unable to see the next movement, as it seemed like a quick flicker, the Lances were on the ground before her. "Please, show me how you fight with them." Naruto challenged as he performed a single handseal and a black sword appeared in his right hand.
Ami chuckled as she gripped her sword tighter. "Don't forget about me!" She yelled rushing forward again.
Anko rushed forward as well when she saw how Ami appeared right next to Naruto and slashed her sword against his. Anko's eyes narrowed. 'Both swords use Chakra...' She thought as she thrust both her lances to pierce Naruto's body with. Again, Naruto appeared behind Anko, but this time, Anko had another lance ready to attack.
Naruto let the lance collide with his own sword to see what would happen. As the sword and lance clashed, he saw poison immediately being launched towards him. Naruto immediately jumped backwards a bit, only to see that Ino also had a sword and had decided to surprise him.
It didn't matter as Naruto blocked Ino's sword with his own sword. He somersaulted over Ino and looked at Hanabi. "Everyone has a sword, except you, hm?"
Hanabi grinned as she performed a few handseals. "Morohano Tsurugi!" She yelled as a two-edged sword appeared in her right hand.
Naruto shook his head and took a look at Ino's sword. "Zantetsuken?" He asked and Ino nodded. "Then I assume you are surprised you couldn't cut my blade?"
Ino nodded again, a little confusion in her eyes. Her sword had the ability to cut through any kind of metal. When she attacked Naruto, she had hoped Naruto would block with his sword. When he did, she had smirked, but she stopped smirking when she saw his sword still intact.
"I also have a special sword." Naruto explained. "Ready for the next round of this sword dancing? Or lance..." He pointed out as he stared at the grinning Anko.
All four of the women rushed towards Naruto...
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Their meeting had started in the morning, but it lasted til the evening. Naruto was still standing in the centre of the clearing. Ami, Ino and Hanabi were all too exhausted to continue, but Anko was still trying to hit Naruto. The Swords and Lances were all gone a long time ago, and it had become an all out Ninjutsu battle between the two Jounins.
Naruto was having fun, this Anko really was a talented opponent. Naruto jumped back as Anko had send poison gas towards him. In mid-air, he performed a few handseals. The poison cloud was obscuring the view, so Anko couldn't see a thing.
Naruto grinned as he landed on the ground. "Raiton, Kazanrai!"
As the poison cloud evaporated, Anko saw bolts of lightning surrounding the Captain's entire body. "Taijutsu?" She asked as she prepared herself.
Naruto shrugged. "A little bit of both..." He said as he held out his arm and pointed his palm towards Anko. "Catch..."
Anko's eyes widened as the small lightning bolts increased in their frequency around Naruto's arm. He saw how Naruto clenched his fist and lightning seemed to fight with itself within the fist. Naruto then opened his fist and released a gigantic thunderstorm towards Anko.
Anko's despair didn't last long as she got to action and performed a few handseals. "Goshin, Nagamushi Odori!"
Naruto looked really interested as Anko seemed to dance around every lightning bolt in a mesmerizing way. 'She's dodging every single bolt... Very talented, indeed... This Thunderstorm carries at least a thousand bolts.' Naruto had carefully executed the technique, making sure Ino, Ami and Hanabi wouldn't get caught in the storm and also, that it wouldn't kill Anko if it did hit her...
But he hadn't expected Anko to actually dodge in this manner.
As the Thunderstorm died down, Naruto grinned at the panting woman in front of him. "Care to explain your little dance?"
Anko chuckled between her panting. "It's called the Snake Dance... Using a lot of Chakra around my body, the Chakra forces my body to move away from any other Chakra Presence and it makes it seem like I'm dancing."
"Yes, it seems it takes a lot of your Chakra." Naruto pointed out. He gazed a small moment at the amazed Ino, Ami and Hanabi. This was really a very high-levelled sparring match.
"You're really something, you know that?" Anko said as she leaned on her knees, still panting a bit. She caught a soldier pill thrown by Naruto. "Only a few have been able to get me this tired... And I tell you, they were all S-ranked Criminals..." Anko pressed on. "But the difference between them and you is... They were at least a bit exhausted, you on the other hand... You're not even panting a little bit!"
Anko turned from impressed to suspicious and thanks to the soldier pill she was more energetic again. "Hokage-sama did say you would be able to wear me down... But I bet that you'd still be able to wear me down, even after me swallowing a soldier pill... Who are you?"
"Well, I guess you guys deserve to know who I really am, eh?" He said as he was about to pull his mask off. Hanabi was curious even though she already knew who was behind the mask. Ami already knew, but didn't mind seeing his face again, while Ino was staring really curiously.
Anko's eyes widened as Naruto removed his mask. "W-wha!"
Naruto chuckled. "In case you guys don't know who I am... The name's Uzumaki Naruto!"
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"We're lucky we're no males, you know..." Ami said as she was walking next to Ino. They had decided to grab a bite after training. "You should see how hard Naruto is on male subordinates. He has this policy not to hit girls..." Ami whined. "Except if they're... really mean, he says."
Ino kept silent. After the revelation of Naruto being her Captain, she had become a bit quiet, Ami noted. 'She's probably wondering where Naruto has been all these years. Naruto didn't really have any friends when he was younger, did he?'
"Hey, Ino..." Ami started. "How was Naruto during the Genin years?"
"I..." Ino started, looking a bit sheepish. "I don't really know..."
Ami frowned. "Oh right, you petty girls were all too fixated on that Uchiha guy, weren't you?"
"We weren't petty!" She countered. "But I guess you're right about fixating too much on him..." She added, a bit ashamed.
"But, what DO you know, Ino?" Ami asked. "I mean, I don't remember a lot of the days in the Ninja Academy, but I do know one thing."
Ino looked sideways. "What?"
"Naruto definitely looks a lot better than that Uchiha bastard!" Ami stated a bit loudly.
Ino blushed a bit. "Y-yeah, I guess he does... What I know about Naruto, hmm?" Ino scratched her chin as she thought. "I know his dream is to become Hokage, don't know if it still is... He was really obnoxious, really, REALLY loud and quite annoying."
Ami nodded. "Yes, I can remember his pranks as well"
"He had left on a training trip that lasted almost three years with one of the Sannin; Jiraiya-sama. I know there were a lot of problems with Sasuke-kun's brother or something. I don't really know what happened; only that Naruto had been missing for almost half a year... He returned to the Village one day, and since then, no one had ever heard from him again..."
"He had been missing for half a year!" Ami let out. "Damn, and then he just suddenly returned?" She frowned. "You don't know any more details?"
Ino shook her head. "Ah..." Ino stopped herself from saying 'No one really cared...'
'It's actually... so sad.' Ino thought as she considered Naruto's situation. "I do know he doesn't have many friends."
"How about almost none?" Ami corrected. "Well, I'm his friend, I know that Kiba guy is and well... my old team respects him as well."
"What do YOU know about him?" Ino asked as she opened a door to a small restaurant close to her Flower Shop.
Ami shrugged as Ino let her in first. "I know he's a good guy. He takes care of the people around him and usually doesn't even let his subordinates fight. He doesn't want any of us to get hurt. But he trains us non-stop, the bastard. I've never seen him tired, actually..."
Ino chuckled. "That's something else I remember... After beating Hyuga Neji in a Chuunin Exam, he still had a lot of Stamina left afterwards. He had always been very energetic."
They both sat down at a table in a corner, but at a window. After saying what they wanted to eat, they started talking again. "So you know anything about the other women in our team?"
Ino shrugged. "Anko-san is a lot older, while Hanabi-san is a lot younger. I know Hanabi-san is Hinata-san's little sister and I know that Mitarashi Anko has been an Examiner at least once..."
"Heh, Anko has been a subordinate of Orochimaru once... Shows what you know, Ino..." She said. "And Hanabi is a true genius, maybe even able to surpass Hyuga Neji one day... And I, since you're interested, have become good with Taijutsu and Kenjutsu, especially Taijutsu. My Genjutsu is better than my Ninjutsu."
Ino nodded. "I've become really good with my Family's Jutsus and Kenjutsu as well. I practice a lot with Ten-Ten with Kenjutsu and Sakura with Taijutsu and Genjutsu. Oh!" Ino suddenly exclaimed. "I can't wait to tell Sakura Naruto is my Captain!"
Ami sighed. "I don't know if you should. Maybe Naruto doesn't want anyone else to know... There's a reason he wears the mask all day, you know..." She dryly pointed out.
"You think he'd mind?" Ino pouted as a waitress set down a plate of food on the table. "Ah, finally!" Earning a second-lasting glare from the waitress.
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"Uzumaki Naruto..." Anko whispered to herself as she was walking next to her Captain. "You've been holding a low profile for the past few years, huh? What happened to you?"
Naruto shrugged. "Nothing much."
Anko grinned. "Oooh, a man who doesn't like to talk about himself... Those are very rare to find."
Naruto's response was another shrug. "What about you, Anko-chan? What have you been doing in the past few years?"
Anko chuckled. "Actually, I've done a few missions with an old friend of yours. He and I shared the same teacher..."
"Uchiha Sasuke, then." Naruto replied. "Along with Hatake Kakashi, I assume?"
"Ah, correct, Captain!" Anko exclaimed sarcastically. "Yeah, the two are always together. Makes you wonder, huh?"
Naruto rolled his eyes behind his mask. "So you've done missions with different Shinobis throughout the years?"
Anko nodded. "Yup! All of them were boring to work with, of course. Especially that stuck up Uchiha bastard and the lazy Copycat. They're all serious and stuff. But I did hear the young Uchiha say something about you once."
Naruto frowned, but didn't show any real curiosity.
"But I can't really remember..." Anko faked. "I know it was something like... What would Naruto do in a situation like this? That was the only time ever I heard Kakashi chuckle genuinely..." Anko let out. "It isn't really pleasant." Anko then stopped walking and smiled at Naruto. "I'm home... brat."
Naruto chuckled in reply. "Anko-chan. Please don't say my real name in public, okay? I forgot to mention this to the others... So, I have to visit them quickly now." He said. "Our sparring was fun. But starting tomorrow, training will be a lot more vicious."
"Ooooh, I can't wait, Naruto-kuuun." She seductively said as she stared him straight in the eyes.
Naruto shook his head and sighed. "Well, Anko-chan. It was fun seeing you again. Rest well, in three days we have our first mission. Until that time, I'm going to make this team work through rough training. Sweet dreams..." He said as he suddenly disappeared.
Anko snorted. "Pfff, no kiss goodnight?" She shook her head with a smile and jumped in her apartment.
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Naruto appeared at the Hyuga estate seconds later and found Hyuga Neji sparring with Hyuga Hinata. "Hey, you two! What are you doing up this late?" He yelled at them.
Neji and Hinata just stared at him, as they both had their Byakugans activated. "Naruto. What brings you here?" Neji said.
Hinata nodded, also wanting to know. "Naruto-kun. You should visit us more often."
Naruto nodded. "Yes, it's been a while since I spoke with Hiashi-sama too..." He pondered. "Anyway, I'm here to see Hanabi-chan. You guys seen her?"
Hinata looked at Neji, who in turn, looked at her. "Actually, no... But..." Naruto saw both of them gathering more Chakra in their eyes.
"She's talking to Hiashi-sama..." Naruto could see Neji was trying to see what they were talking about. "About you." Hinata finished.
"Wow, you two can read lips too?" Naruto asked. "It's hard to keep secrets from you, eh? But meh, I'm her Jounin Captain. I've just come to deliver a small message. One she probably already knows too."
"Do not reveal your identity, right?" Hinata asked with a timid smile.
Naruto nodded with a huge grin on his face. "You're right, Hinata-chan! Now, if you guys'd excuse me." With that, he vanished.
"He's such a rude guy." Neji said, before facing Hinata again. Hinata giggled shortly and slipped into battle stance as well.
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"Come in, Naruto-kun." Hiashi called out.
Naruto walked in the huge room Hiashi and Hanabi were seated in. "Hiashi-sama." He bowed shortly. "It's been a while."
"Indeed it has." Hiashi greeted with a smile and a small bow as well. Naruto had great friends in the Hyuga Clan and had respect to them and from them. "You should come by more often."
"That's what I thought, too." He replied with a grin plastered on his face. "I've come to leave a message to Hanabi-chan."
Only Naruto could pull it off to add the suffix –chan to an heir of such an important clan. "Ah, of course. I was actually just about to tell her, Naruto-kun."
Naruto smiled. 'Of course he'd knew about that...'
"Don't reveal his true identity to anyone, Hanabi..." Hiashi warned. "The entire Village owes him hundreds of favours, but he only requests his identity to remain unknown... Show him your fullest respect and answer to his request."
Hanabi bowed to both her father and Naruto. "No need to be so formal, Hanabi-chan."
Hiashi glanced at Naruto, while Naruto merely chuckled. "I mean around me, of course."
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Ino and Ami were leaving the restaurant when Naruto appeared in front of them. "Good evening." He greeted.
Ami and Ino looked at each other, before looking back at him. "Good evening, Naru-" Naruto held up his hand to silence her.
"That's the reason I've come..." Naruto interrupted Ino. "I don't want you to tell anyone who I really am."
Ino pouted. "But I want to tell Sakura! She'll like hearing about you!"
Ami looked amused and wanted to see the expression on Naruto's face, but the mask, as always, was there.
"I hereby order you to never mention my name in public." Naruto ordered as he stared at Ino.
"Fine, fine, Captain..." Ino mumbled.
"Hey, Captain?" Ami suddenly asked. "Why do you keep your identity a secret, anyway?"
Naruto shrugged. "I don't know." With that, he left.
Ami sighed and chuckled at the wide-eyed Ino. "You'll have to get used to that. Captain has the tendency to leave abruptly... Just, whenever he feels like it."
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As Ino was trying to sleep, she remembered the days where Naruto was missing. She remembered because Sakura was extremely sad those days. They had been on retrieval missions for months... But they just never succeeded in finding Naruto, until one day, he just appeared in the Village.
Nara Shikamaru had told her that Naruto was back, that he had returned all by himself. But Ino had never seen or spoken to the blonde male. Most figured Naruto had become part of the ANBU or had left the Village again. Sakura was extremely sad for some reason.
Sasuke had returned about a year ago and he too had wondered where Naruto was, Ino remembered. It was strange, but it seemed that Naruto's absence saddened him as well.
Uzumaki Naruto, the most surprising and cheerful Shinobi she knew. Also the Shinobi who almost everyone in the Village resented, she noted. And now he had become her Captain.
She couldn't believe how strong he had become. Defeating four Jounins isn't a small feat, even if they were just Rookie Jounins... Yes, she was sure Naruto could take on Uchiha Sasuke and kick the living shit out of the Uchiha...
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TBC
Too rushed? Too much dialogue? Too little words! Hehe, hope you enjoyed. Next chapter will be more Humor maybe. Naruto has to deal with four female subordinates. Today went ok, but can he last? His endurance will be put to the test!
Next Chap: Identity revealed to the entire Village!