Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.
AN: Yes, late as hell. What happened? Well I got a few good reviews that made me rethink a few things. Then something horrible happened! What? I decided to read stories from a section other than Naruto (it's funny because Naruto is nowhere near my favorite anime; just this section has a lot of stories). That section was…. Love Hina. In the last 4-6 days, I've read just about every good story. (Love Hina is my second fav series only losing to Gundam. I've seen the anime countless times, read the manga five times, and even have all the OSTs. Yeah I know, too much, but it's good.)
Thanks to MissyNaye for helping by being my Beta!
DarkSyde24: If I can find a Beta that would be awesome. So if anyone wants the job just ask. I used OpenOffice, now I have MS Office, it's MUCH better.
liger86: There is a reason for that.
Mr. Lee: Offense? None was taken in the slightest, sorry if it sounded that way.
lambda123: I know what you mean. In future chapters it will be explained why he is so blunt and forceful. The later being a simple reason. 12? Switch those numbers around and you'll have my age.
"Talking"
'Thinking'
Chapter 2... Ok 3: Choice of Trust
The girls quickly ran into the small forest that was located around the training area. Once they were far enough away from the clones (thanks to Hinata, they knew they were) they decided to take a small rest while thinking of a plan.
"I think we should work together. We probably can't beat them one-on-one but if we team up to take them on, one by one we may have a chance," said Ino, taking the role as the leader.
"You're right. Teaming up is the best option, but how do we actually destroy them? Taijutsu is probably out of the question. Do you think we could use weapons or traps?" asked Sakura.
"Ano, o-our sensei is a Jounin, so any traps we make will probably just be a waste of our time," said the shy Hyuuga. The other two girls thought about this and agreed with her. Sakura looked as if she was getting depressed.
"Well, we should try to overwhelm them with weapons. If we attack from all sides, one is bound to hit!" said Ino to get their spirits back up.
Hinata, not having her Byakugan on didn't notice the clones: number two was hiding behind a tree, number three above them on a branch, and number one running towards them, until it was too late.
Ino, after noticing number one, quickly got up and threw shuriken at the clone. She began to second guess her plan as the clone effortlessly knocked away her weapons. Before she could do anything else she was hit on the back of her neck, knocking her unconscious. Hinata who was sitting directly across from Ino saw clone three come from the tree and hit Ino. She was about to attempt to help the blond, but before she could, clone one did the same to Sakura. She was now standing across from clone one and three, and then she too fell unconscious from a hit from clone two.
One Hour Later:
Ino is lying on the ground slowly waking from unconsciousness. When she opens her eyes and looks around she noticed a few things. One, her head hurts. Two, she is not alone, but also not with her team. Third and most important of them all, the person she is with is… Sasuke.
She sits up quickly, blushing slightly and wondering why he is here. As if reading her mind he answers, "I was training around here and found you unconscious. I was worried about you, so I waited for you to wake up." Yes, today was a good day for Yamanaka Ino.
Not wanting to miss her chance of showing her love and appreciating his concern for her well being, she walked over to him, embraced him in a hug, and thanked him. Once she let go, Ino then noticed the Uchiha looking directly into her eyes with a warm smile on his face. 'This is your chance Ino, go for it. Kiss him.' Listing to the voice in her head she closed her eyes and leaned forward. When she felt nothing she opened her eyes again to find Sasuke with a kunai in his hand. He then thrust the kunai forward in an attempt to stab her in the head.
Utterly shocked, Ino found she was unable to move quickly enough. Fortunately for her two hands burst from the ground, grabbed her ankles and pulled her underground far enough so only her head was seen. Seconds later her sensei jumped from under the earth and stood next to Sasuke. After thinking for a second, Ino spoke, "Sensei! How could you make Sasuke-kun do that?"
Naruto raised an eyebrow at the girl. 'Wait, does she really think…' "Ino, the Uchiha is not here." Right as he said that, Sasuke disappeared in a puff of smoke. "That was a basic Bunshin." Ino was about to accept his answer until she thought of something. "That can't be right, I touched him. Bunshin can't be touched without disappearing.'
Naruto smiled a little then decided to tell her exactly what was going on. "No you didn't, what you hugged was me using Henge. When your eyes were closed for a kiss I made bunshin of Sasuke and used Doton: Shinjū Zanshu no Jutsu to pull you underground. Though I probably should have let you kiss me."
Naruto, or rather clone three decided it was time to move on. "Well enough with that explanation. We have a lot of things to do and I won't last forever. Ino, a mistake like could have ended your life. It was really stupid to flat out trust what you saw and it was even worse for you to hug and try and kiss him. Had I been an enemy, that mistake could have cost you far more than just your life. Don't worry about all that right now though. You just came from the academy yesterday so I expected this. That's why I'm going to teach you to never make mistakes." After helping her from out of the ground he then started doing some hand seals.
Even Though he said all that, Ino's thoughts were stuck on, 'He should have let me kiss him?'
With Hinata:
Unlike Ino, Hinata didn't wake up to something pleasant. Instead she jumped awake when a kunai grazed her arm. Looking around she found herself alone and in the forest. She took one step forward and instantly regretted it. Kunai and shuriken flew from traps and forced her to dodge backwards. Her actions only caused more weapons to fly towards her. Acting quickly she ran left and used a kunai to block the two shuriken her last action triggered. She then ran and put her back to a tree while dodging more weapons. She decided to stay where she was and check for traps with her Byakugan to avoid triggering more.
It was an excellent idea, but like most things in her life the results were not good. Hundreds of traps all across the area with very little room left to move, over a thousand kunai and shuriken loaded in them, she even found some log traps. All connected to strings made of chakra. 'How did he do this by himself? How am I going to get out of this?'
A scroll then flew fell from a tree to her feet. She then looked up to see her sensei standing about one foot in front of her with the scroll in his hand. He said, "this scroll has a little information about the type of traps and a very basic layout of them. The area you are in is safe, for the next hour that is. Use that time to read the scroll and then make your way to the next safe spot. It should take you about five hours to complete this." He reached in his back pocket and pulled out an energy bar. "The original me wanted to give this. Eat it if you get hungry. Bye for now, though if you really need my help, use this." He reached in his kunai holster and retrieved an odd shaped kunai. "Only use this if you are in an emergency though, if it's not too serious just call for me." With that the clone disappeared in a cloud of smoke.
With Sakura:
Sakura woke to find herself somewhere she didn't recognize. The floor was made of cement and as far as she could see in any directions there was nothing. She looked to the sky a noticed it was dark, her only light is the bright moon. It was also this time she realized she was not alone. Lying next to her still asleep was Hinata. Sakura decided to wake the girl up. Tapping the pale eyed girl on the shoulder a few times did the trick.
"Hinata, you have to get up so we can find out where we are. Do you have any clue where we ar….." Her words were cut short because of what she saw. Dogs! About thirty feet behind Hinata are large wild looking dogs looking hungrily at the pair. There were seven of them if she was counting right
Sakura yanked the Hyuuga to her feet and said, "Hinata.. we have to run, now." Then she took off in the opposite direction with Hinata close behind her. If she had looked back she would have seen two things. One was the animals were now chasing them and the second, Hinata was smiling.
With Naruto:
Naruto was standing next to Yuuhi Kurenai, one of his clones, and Sakura who was propped up on a tree next to the clone, both with a dazed look on their faces. Most people tend to look that way when under a Genjutsu. Naruto activated his mental link with all of his clones. There were one hundred clones in total. Most of these clones were needed to make the trap field for Hinata and are still there just out of range of her eyes.
"Thanks again for helping me with this Kurenai," said Naruto.
She just looked in direction and said, "No problem. My team failed so quickly I had nothing better to do. Besides, I didn't like how Kakashi picked three girls for the so called 'weak team'. So if you want I could help you train them when I have time."
Naruto smiled while nodding and then did something that earned him his reputation of being blunt. He said, "you know, I'm kind of happy I got three girls for a team. Not to mention they all look great." She just gave him an annoyed look. "But, you still look best." He said with a wide smile.
She just shook her head. 'Knowing him, he probably already has plans to ask one or more of them out on dates. I still can't believe Anko actually went on that date with him last month (AN: more on THAT later!)
