After so many fast updates, I almost feel like saying sorry for the delay.
Almost.
Anyway, over 10,000 for "Vengeful Thoughts"!
/does the chicken dance/
I don't give a damn if I'm underage, bring out the champagne!
(Believe it or not, I've had champagne quite a few times, and let me tell you. It totally kicks ass!)
Now, before I get arrested for underage drinking, I want to talk a little bit about this chapter.
Some of you might remember that I originally planned on writing chapter 12 for Shikamaru.
After thinking for about half a day about his chapter, I came to the conclusion that the anime Shikamaru is more often then not, a lazy ass who really doesn't deserve Temari. (She's sooooo kawaii!)
Now that's dealt with, I first want to mention that Konohamaru might seem slightly OoC, which is because of a good reason.
I really dislike his persona in the anime. If anyone is a brat in that series, the anime version of Konohamaru fits my definition. How different from the anime my version is, you'll just have to read and find out.
Also, some acknowledgements.
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To people who commented on the poem last chapter, THANK YOU! I tend to be rather insecure about submitting poetry to this site, so compliments to stuff like that are highly appreciated.
sadfru: Ummm, honestly, as hard as I try to get into the heads of people here, I really can't even try to pull someone off who's already dead. And as for Akatsuki, why would they be mad at Konoha for mistreating him? I mean, their goal has him dying as well, in order to extract Kyuubi. Interesting suggestion though, and thanks for the review!
Kai's Snowfall: Being a conscious would actually be pretty fun, now that I think about it. Except/raises eyebrow/ would I be the bad side, or the good side? I really hope that the good side of people wouldn't think like this, but then again, who knows.
Thank you for the review!
causeiambetta: I've never seen a poem get called "badass" before.
Thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou!
And you're right about my neglecting Kurenai's motherly side. I had just read about that she helped convince Naruto to use the salve that Hinata gave him after his fight with Kiba in the chuunin preliminaries. It's pretty easy to interpret that as her trying to get Naruto to notice Hinata.
And your Shino review nearly made me fall out of my chair. I'm glad you like it so much.
Thanks for both reviews!
thsunami: …..ah, I see.
Thanks for the review.
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One for the money, two for the show, three to get ready and four to not complain about how long my author's notes are. (Please! I beat myself up enough about it already)
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Disclaimer: Do see do and woe see woe, I don't own squat from Naruto.
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"I don't want to be your student anymore!"
"From now on, we're rivals!"
I'm such a fucking idiot sometimes.
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Boss was like that too,
except, I'm pretty sure he wasn't.
I didn't really notice it until after jii-jii had died, though.
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In fact, it was during jii-jii's funeral when I finally realized it.
It was when we were all watching the coffin get lowered into the ground.
Besides the occasional sounds of weeping and the constant falling of rain, it was almost silent.
I had glanced at boss and found a strange expression on his face.
He was staring straight ahead, his eyes distant.
But I could have sworn that I had seen a glimmer of something in them.
A haunted look.
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Later, I asked Iruka-sensei what that expression meant.
He paused, and then answered, while wearing a sad little smile.
"It means that a person has become used to losing those that are precious to them. If you're observant enough, you'll find that many retired shinobi have a similar look."
He looked away and continued, "It's a fairly common sight in our line of work."
He started to say something else, but cut himself off instead.
Which was fine. I was pretty sure I didn't really want to hear anymore.
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Boss...
You always were somebody else in front of everyone, your control never slipping.
But, when it happened...
When that stupid bastard decided to go insane and ditch Konoha,
I think your mask began to crack.
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You wanted to be Hokage...
Wanted it so fucking badly.
You wanted to be it so that people would finally respect you.
So that you could finally stop hiding.
So that people would stop seeing you only as a brat, and start seeing you as Uzumaki Naruto.
God, when did I start sounding so fucking cheesy?
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Then came that arrogant asshole.
Totally fucked your life up, neh?
He had girls trying to jump into his pants, and apparently, he had nothing better to do then whack off thinking of ways to avenge his clan.
Faggot.
Then when he runs off, the girl you happen to have a crush on asks you to bring back the son of a bitch.
What the fucking hell for?
I mean, once he left Konoha, the first of us after him should have been hunter-nins.
But noooo, apparently all the Jounin and ANBU were too busy jerking off the council to go do it.
So they send four genin and one chuunin against five Oto nin who turn out to be motherfucking freaks of nature.
What a bunch of shitheads...
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Then when you came back, they tried to stone you.
Those fucktards didn't care that he betrayed them.
They just wanted a good excuse to kill you.
Hmmm...
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Why do they glare at you all the time?
Why do they vandalize your apartment?
Why do they hate you?
Why!
What the fuck am I missing here!
Damn't!
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You know, now that I think about it, I'm not too sure whether I want to be Hokage anymore.
I'd have to protect the assholes here if I was.
Meh, maybe I'll kill a few, and then go looking for you, boss.
Why can't two nukenin be rivals too?
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Author's Notes: Meh, a little over 500 words without the author's notes, but I think this chapter turned out much better then I originally believed it would.
A few things to mention before I sign off…
1. Konohamaru's lack of knowledge about the Kyuubi.
I wrote this idea up because I don't think that Konohamaru would have quite figured it out yet, but probably would not too long after this chapter.
2. His rather redundant use of swearing.
I attribute this to his youth.
3. His references to masturbation
I actually did not want to write that in, but I felt that it would give a good idea about how he felt about the council.
4. The part where he's asking all those questions in a row.
The part "Damn't!" is actually meant to be read as if someone was screaming it at the top of their lungs in frustration.
5. The last part.
In that section, Konohamaru was thinking about becoming a nuke-nin as well and joining up with Naruto.
Please read and review.
I'm too tired to make a good warning for flamers this time around
I'm also still looking for someone to help me with brainstorming ideas, or just to chat about the story.
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Until next time,
Ja ne!