Quick Edit: Sorry for the delay, someone decided to pile on allllll the work this week. after my stuff due friday ill try for a lot more over the weekend...that and hope like hell that i don't get more work...
Poll so far: (Ongoing).
The results at the time of publication (sorry if I miss any) are as follows:
Tenten-4
Shizune-3
Anko-7Kurenai-5
Tsunade-4
Ino-5
Anko it is then… theeennnnn (Not Kurenai, I'll do another Sensei\subordinate relationship later)…waitforitwaitforit…Tenten! After that we'll just have to see, or you could keep voting minus Anko…
Wow, guess you guys like more of the offbeat, unscripted romances eh? PM me if you feel I left anyone out, Hinata and is out for a reason, as is Sakura for obvious reasons, though both will be reappearing, only Hinata will have her own 'chapter' like Sakura in the previous.
I own Naruto. It's true, even ask Jeff. ()()This statement is what is commonly called a Lie, as I do not own Naruto. I think.
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On with Le Story, to use the French. (Note: Not Rly).
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"How dare you show up and disrupt us in the middle of our mission!" Cried a blonde figure, raising an arm toward the stationary form beneath her.
Perplexed, the reclining man yawned, "That's my line!" he smirked, "anyway, what is there for you lot here of all places?"
"The same reason you lot butted in for! I assume you guys are here for the big war?"
"To stop it, yes," Retorted the prone one.
"That's my line!" Echoed the taller figure, slamming down a large object.
"Sheesh! How damn troublesome…"
And so Shikamaru found himself speeding away from an encounter with one of the most troublesome people he had ever faced, his mind racing as he conjured up plans and alternatives, bluff's and counter-bluff's that would allow him to plan his new course of action. What he needed was time, failing that, advice.
Intelligent though he was. Shikamaru in no way was available to comment on the political turmoil that was Kohona's foreign policy. Treaties were signed and land taken or lost, but nothing was ever explained, as allies became enemies in a split second and shinobi found themselves fighting alongside their sworn enemies. What he didn't know was how this arrival constituted under Tsunade's rule, was it help or an unspoken challenge? Either way, he should alert her…now, who to pick…
"Lee!" he shouted, gesturing toward the boy in the hideous green bodysuit, "I need you to do a favour for me!".
"YOSH!" replied Rock Lee, soaring through the trees by his side, "I SHALL ACCOMPLISH THIS FAVOUR, REQUIRED BY A FRIEND, THROUGH DINT OF MY FLAMING YOUTH!"
"…. Yes" Replied Shikamaru, visibly perspiring, particularly at the 'flaming' section, "…You probably will. Anyway, your task is to deliver a message along with our status report to Tsunade back in Kohona". Watching the boy's eyes widen and the next outburst formulate itself, he added "Better take someone with you, like Tenten".
"Oh, brother" sighed the aforementioned Kunoichi, "I'll probably end up having to race him".
"Get going then, you two. It'll take you at least a day to head back to Kohona, even at full speed, and this is urgent!"
"COME TENTEN! WE SHALL CHALLENGE OUR YOUTHFUL SPIRITS IN A RACE!"
Tenten sighed deeply and followed the green blur.
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"Naruuutttooooo!" Cried Tsunade.
Bursting into the office, Naruto gasped for breath. Tsunade shouting generally faced one with the choice of either swift compliance or extreme pain and\or inability to father children.
"Yes, Tsunade-baa-chan? Eh, why the angry face?"
"Because" scowled the Hokage, breathing deeply, "I have some bad news…"
"Eh?" injected Naruto, momentarily stunned by the revelation.
"Yes, bad news…I need someone for a mission, and you're the only Chuunin I have available (Note: Beginning of Ch.1 should read "subsequent ascension to the rank of Chuunin" as this chapter and others require a non-equal relationship).
A vein began to stand out on his forehead, "and what's so wrong with me that you don't even think I can handle this mission?"
"It's a diplomatic assignment to settle the quarrels between the two nearest Fire Country towns from here. This is quite a high class mission for such a milk run, as any civil unrest within the country of Fire, particularly so near Kohona, may prompt enemy action. For this reason I'm sending you and a superior to the nearby Snake village to help devise a treaty between them and Toad village. As an added incentive, I'm making this an A ranked mission purely for the repercussions of failure, but this would look great on your bingo book records…"
All right! Thought Naruto, an A ranked mission without any work or threat of harm! On the other hand though, Diplomacy is hardly my strong point, and what was that about repercussions?
"Hey!" Called Tsunade, "Get in here!"
The door opened, slowly. Into the threshold stepped a figure, dressed in an alluring mesh bodysuit that hugged the curving contours of her slim body. Protecting her body from the elements was also a beige jacket that flittered in the slight breeze emanating from the open window of the office.
Letting her gaze drop slowly down to the orange clad figure below her, her eyes betrayed a flicker of something indistinguishable, which was lost immediately as a protest from Naruto cut her off, waving his finger indiscriminately in her direction with a look of utmost terror astride his features.
"Ahhhh! Not again! The creepy snake-woman from the Chuunin exams!"
"Baka! Who better else to barter with Snake village?" Shouted Tsunade, causing Naruto to take a defensive position, arms covering his face from harm. When he saw there was none forthcoming, he attempted to salve what dignity he had left by adopting a nonchalant pose and looking sideways at Anko.
"Nah, she's not that bad. She was actually pretty nice during that mission to the Land of Sea…well, when she was there, anyway", recalling her continual absence during that particular mission. "I wonder where she was all that time, hmm…."
Even in this formal circumstance, Naruto couldn't help but notice how hot she looked now he was past puberty and in a position to contemplate. Sneaking a look sideways at her, he took in her tight fishnet costume, the shortest of miniskirts covering the gap between her belt and trouser leg, finally coming to a rest upon her crazy purple hair and auburn eyes, which locked onto his, giving the slightest of winks to him in a strange cross between reprimand and enjoyment.
"Okay, Tsunade-baa-chan" exclaimed Naruto, "I'll take the mission!" He grinned, shooting a furtive glance at Anko-sensei, who was gingerly licking the side of a kunai absent-mindedly, once again she caught his roaming eyes and repeated her previous action, albeit with a little more oomph.
"Like you have any choice in the matter, Baka!"
The shout ringing in the Naruto's ears, both he and his temporary sensei thought it prudent to leave before the Hokage's office, and indeed even themselves, got broken.
Panting slightly, Naruto looked up at the purple haired lady who had so freaked him out in his younger days. She reminded the orange-clad shinobi of himself sometimes, as he could still remember her first dramatic entrance through the window of the exam room that quickly had Sakura pointing out the similarities between them. Sighing, he reminisced upon that day, the previous examiner was in the middle of some speech about Kami knew what, when Anko sprang through the window unfurling a banner in front of the assembled Genin even before the first exam had concluded.
It was a dynamic entrance worthy of Might Gai himself in Naruto's opinion, but apparently not to the other stunned hopefuls assembled, who as one began to move away from her vicinity using only their chair legs.
"Hey! Baka! You coming or what?" shouted Anko, watching her subordinate begin to slowly fade away into the horizon as she bounded away.
"Huh? Uh…. Wait!" Called Naruto after her, sprinting after her retreating form, "Anko-Senseiiiiiii!"
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"Never! We refuse to accept the inconceivable demands forced upon our impeccable village by the malicious and evil demands of our rivals in Toad village!" Cried the assembled heads of the Snake council.
"Malicious? We are blameless in the matter! In fact it is conceivable that you and your underhanded subordinates have hindered our attempts at progress throughout this meeting with your warmongering, Snakes!"
A cold glint appeared in the eyes of the councils of both villages, the argument had been ongoing now for thirteen consecutive hours, and while they had attempted to enter with a rational, clear thinking head, eventually the atmosphere dissolved somewhat.
"Yeah? Well I heard that you guys are trying to poison our waterhole!" Cried one Toad-nin indignantly.
"Says who?" came the reply.
"Says my FIST, pal!"
"Oh yeah?"
"Ohhh yeh!"
"Oh, it's on, did you see what he just said about Kyle?" he paused, and then whispered into the ear of a nearby comrade, who turned to another, who faced the opposite crowd.
"Oh no you didn't!"
"HEY!" Screamed Anko, arriving at the threshold moments before a bedraggled Naruto caught up with her. Scanning the room, it seemed that around thirty senior men, all of council member status or higher, were sizing up each other in some pathetic attempt at an octogenarian free-for-all brawl. For a brief moment, Anko considered letting them go ahead for the sheer entertainment value, but thought better of it after reconsidering her mission purpose.
"Wait, Naruto-kun, I have a rather nice plan". She smirked, once again licking the length of her blade as hard as possible without drawing blood.
Awesome, I can't wait to he…wait; did she just call me 'Naruto-Kun'?
- Begin unnecessary Flashback-
"Wait, Naruto-kun, I have a rather nice plan"
-End unnecessary Flashback-
She soooo did! Thought Naruto triumphantly.
"HEY!" she repeated, noticing the lack of effect her words had upon the shouting and (both Naruto and Anko shuddered) flexing crowd.
"I SAID HEY, DAMNIT!" Anko finally shouted, nipping her thumb and making a seal with the bloodied hand, "WHAT THE HELL DID YOU THINK I MEANT WHEN I SAID IT?"
With a poof of smoke, the room faded into obscurity as haze drifted, reaching the far corners of the enclosed space. The terrified councillors milled, confused; one however, stood his ground, while shaking. While his bravery was commendable, his next move was not the brightest step he had taken in his long life.
"Err…a word used to draw attention, commonly used as a salutation or greeting among familiars in American English-speaking countries?" He said brashly, unsure of the nature of the assailant but damn sure he wasn't going to be intimidated. He was wrong.
The smoke cleared, riding atop a glistening, diamond scaled ten-foot snake stood Anko, hands crossed and grinning.
"Guess again…"
Counterpart to her snake, and now fully realising why the two had been chosen to represent Snake and Toad respectively, Naruto stood atop Gamakichi (who had grown large enough to rival Gama in the three years it had been since he was last summoned) and faced down the assorted men.
At the appearance of their particularized icons, the villagers fell silent, wondering who the two figures standing before them were. One or two of them even started bowing toward what they thought were living avatars of a God, before they were smacked lightly by their companions observant enough to notice the Symbol of the Leaf on the intrepid duo's foreheads.
"Thank Kami you've arrived!" clambered the leader of the Snake village, who introduced himself as Nanami, "This brute here and his gang members are trying to prevent our generous offers from passing through the council with their bickering!"
"Oho! We are the ones bickering? You bunch of dimwit's wouldn't know fair if it bit you!" shouted Fujiwara, head of the Toad enclave.
"What was that mate? I didn't hear you. Maybe you should say it again…" Nanami pressed innocently.
"Well, so what if I do?" Fujiwara sneered in return.
Goading the larger man, Nanami nevertheless shouted "I SAID SAY IT!" his deep, resonant voice echoing from the pillars.
"Both of you SHUT UP!" Cried Anko and Naruto simultaneously. Causing a slight whimper to emit from the mouths of both men as they huddled together comically in fright from the giant python and katana-wielding toad standing, or whatever it is Snakes are categorised as doing…well whatever it was, it was right in front of them. And it was big. Oh, and it had teeth, many teeth.
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The regally red surroundings of the negotiation room combined with the diplomatic discussion gave Naruto a headache. Looking around his surroundings he could see Anko-sensei talking with the leaders. For what seemed the millionth time that day he attempted to twist his head around slightly and get a better look at exactly how transparent that fishnet shirt was.
It was a running contest in Kohona to tell whether she wore anything underneath, and the sole reason she'd never been found out was that both her coat and the wind seemed to have a distinct notion of narrative tension. Whenever something came close to uncovering its secrets, the coat seemed to readjust itself or be blown by a freak gust of wind to some other, even less revealing, location.
For what also felt like the millionth time that day she caught him staring. He had noticed that each time she had, she pulled that kunai out of her pocket and began to run her tongue along it. It was an interesting association, he thought.
Taking the kunai out of he mouth with some reluctance, Anko began to talk. Naruto decided to listen in about half way through her short speech.
"…And this will work out in a mutually agreeable contract between the parties involved and Kohona so that nobody will have to have their heads smashed in by ANBU".
A shocked cry went up, "ANBU? Do you not think that a bit harsh a stipulation?"
Anko went back to running her smooth tongue sensuously over the sharp knife again. Naruto decided it was time to step in and seal the deal.
"Do you want to know who the alternative is?' He said, as Anko winked seductively, still with her knife on the sharp edge, at the leaders.
"ANBU's fine!" Chorused the councillors.
Naruto began to pack, the mission was over, and by all counts it had been a success.
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"Sensei!"
Anko paused in her meditation, and looked around to see Naruto running toward her, a definite gleam in his eye.
"What is it?" she grumbled.
"Well", Naruto looked bashful, "I just thought…"
"Yes?"
"I just thought that…"
"You just thought what, Naruto?" Anko said with slightly more command in her voice. But besides the harshness of her tone an element of tenderness swept in as she began to absent-mindedly finger the loophole of her kunai, bringing up to her mouth.
"It's just that…"
"SAY IT!"
"Could you teach me a few cool Jutsu, Anko-sensei?"
Taken aback by his words, Anko cocked her head to one side and began to think deeply.
"Well?" Said Naruto.
"Baka! Wait! I'm thinking of an appropriate jutsu for your skill level!"
"How about the summoning contract for the snakes? That looked pretty cool back there, even if it was a little freaky. There not as good as toads seeing as the don't have legs, but I guess the more jutsus, the better".
That attitude makes him sound almost like me when I was his age. I'm still not sure about the summoning scroll though.
The next paragraph has a Manga Spoiler; scroll down if your anime is important to you…
"No" she said, "For two reasons. One, you do not currently have the Chakra control necessary to summon a particular snake…and I'm not really sure I want Manda being accidentally summoned onto the battlefield, where he'd probably eat you". As Naruto began to protest, she continued, "secondly, I don't have the scroll, the reason being Orichimaru had it tattooed on his arm, destroying the original, and it was lost during his fight with Sasuke".
"Oh…."
"But…" The orange-garbed shinobi perked up, "I could teach you another technique! Ready?"
"Anko-chan, I've been ready for years"
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Lee and Tenten came rushing through the forest on the outskirts of Kohona, wind whistling through their hair (and eyebrows in one case) as they closed in on position. Message from Shikamaru still intact, they spied the Hokage's tower in the distance and sped up.
As they approached the gates, however, a strange sight greeted them. It was Kiba and his dog, plus Chouji, running toward them and seemingly intent on announcing it.
Out of breath, but still soldiering on, Chouji managed to gasp, "H-Hey Guys! G-gasp-guess what?"
"What is it?" enquired Tenten anxiously, reasoning that it must have been huge news for the two to meet them at the gate.
"You'll never believe what Naruto just did!" Chouji said, regaining his breath.
Before either of the two could have their opinion on what he could have done, Kiba interjected. Like Kiba himself, his approach to the sentence was blunt, to the point and was primal to the core.
"Only went and tapped that Sakura babe in the hospital after jumping off the Hokage memorial!" Lee jumped straight into a charade in which he seemed to have conflicting opinions on. Half of his sentences seemed to include 'youthful flame' and he seemed to be praising Naruto's daring at such a move. On the other hand though, his feelings for Sakura seemed to be winning over the other half of the conversation, which was sprinkled with a few mumbled 'corruptions of youthful innocence', with 'integrity' and 'innocence' comprising of the main repeat offenders. Tenten however, distancing herself from the slightly manic boy, asked for details."So…? What happened? How wa…wait, how do you know this?"
"Err…" began Chouji, before Kiba cut him off, "we were walking up the short way to Naruto's room" Tenten looked quizzical, "You know, through the bushes, we know which room he's in, he's always in that room…Anyway, we arrived at the window when lo and behold we saw Sakura staring at a naked Naruto, hands below his waist…aaaand welllll, we just kinda stayed to find out what was happening…and then…well" Kiba blushed, which in itself was almost unprecedented, "then did it".
"For hours!" agreed Chouji hurriedly, "I was amazed! That Naruto seriously has the largest amount of stamina I've ever seen!"
"Yeah! I've seen even heard of a guy being able to pleasure a woman for so very long!"
Noticing the glazed look of Tenten's eyes, Kiba looked closely at her, only to notice that she was salivating a little with anticipation.
Oh, Bugger, he thought.
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" Sen'eijashu!" Cried Naruto, causing twin snakes to wind themselves out from his wrists. He wasn't too pleased with the new Jutsu to be honest, it reminded him too much of Orichimaru, but therein lied his reason for learning it, using it against Orichimaru in the epic showdown he was sure was approaching would be the last thing he expected. Still though, the Snakes still freaked him out, if only a little.
Guiding the snakes toward the door, he wrapped one around the handle, while the other pushed down on the mechanism. Dragging back his hand, he opened the door, to reveal a smiling Anko as she pushed into the room.
"So…" she smiled dangerously, with a hint of malice, "you managed to master the technique that quickly, baka?"
"Of course! I'd be ready for anything you threw at me, Anko-sensei!"
"Really?" smirked Anko, causing him to falter slightly.
"Well…almost anything…" He was sure there had been a look cross Anko's face as he said that, a cross between disappointment at his retraction of the last statement and a predatory glint that hinted toward the primal. He continued where he had left off, choosing his words carefully to make sure the subject didn't detract to whatever Anko had in mind, which he was becoming increasingly sure was over pg13+ rated. It wasn;t that he didn't want to, or that he didn't find her unbelievably hot and alluring as all the other men did, it was just that she seemed intexicatingly deadly, and he was slightly afraid of his own wellbeing.
"Almost anything, but only if it includes new Jutsu's!"
Contrasting what he had expected, Anko let loose a throaty chuckle and gazed down at him, removing her jacket. Naruto could only stare in abject amazement and salviate as he finally found the truth that Anko concealed beneath her vast jacket. She licked her lips seductively and caused Naruto's nose to emit a small trickle of blood.
"Oh, don't you worry, my little horny fox, I have juuust the Jutsu in mind for you to…experiment on…"
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Chapter 4 of story…..complete!The next chapter in the series will be a full scale Lemon, so anyone not fond of citrus may want to skip once it gets posted.
The jutsu on the next chapter will remain a secret, but I'll give away the fact that it is in the manga\anime, albeit one that is never used but stays on. The only other hint is that it's the first hint Orichimaru gives as to his true identity before the Forest of Death, so if anyone wants to know, git watchin' that anime, boy!
Correct answers (looking back, it's not too hard) in review format will….i dunno…get a mention in the story or their preference in choosing the order (the poll is still ongoing, btw)
As you can see, I've foreshadowed Tenten next, but that means nothing, (actually, toward the start I've forshadowed another coupling that I've still to decide are appearing or not), Naruto still has tons of time before he's due home, he could always bump into someone else, then bump with that someone else ;-)
Peace, and keep watching and reviewing…mostly reviewing, they are what keep me writing…
Arboreal Verdance.