The reason that I'm able to upload new chapters so quickly is because they were written in advance. The internet in my neighborhood was down for half a week, which is why I was able to write these chapters, but couldn't upload them.
Here is the second chapter. Hope you enjoy.
They got up early that morning, so that they could push on with meeting the Hokage. Naruto was up early as well and immediately dashed off to the Ichiraku, to explain to everyone about the wonderful bowl of ramen he had eaten last night.
The owner was more than a little worried. If some stranger could impress Naruto so much with his cooking, it may be only a matter of time before he himself is put out of business. On the other hand, if he could convince the stranger to teach him a few tricks, this would serve to help increase demand for his ramen.
Meanwhile, at the Hokage's office, Tsunade was scrutinizing the official documents of the visiting strangers. Everything seemed quite authentic, but a few things didn't add up.
"According to this document, you are here on a mission from the twilight village. Am I correct?" Tsunade asked.
"That is correct ma'am." Shuyin responded.
"I've never heard of the "twilight village". Are you sure that such a place exist?"
"Indeed ma'am, we often encounter such apprehension everywhere we go, since our village is relatively obscure and remote."
Tsunade paused for a moment, and considered whether or not he was telling the truth. While it is true that there are many villages that she has not heard of, it is also quite possible that these men may have ulterior motives, and are trying to hide the fact with the excuse of having come from another village on some mission.
"Another point of contention is some of your names. They are not names that are native to this region, and sound more like foreign names to me."
"Our village is of mixed heritage." Shuyin answered. "Our names are indeed quite alien compared to those used in this region; however I can assure you that we are indeed natives of this land."
Tsunade smirked. After the spate of recent infiltrations, she was more likely to be cautious with these men. Still, it would be best to just leave them be, but to let the ANBU members keep a close eye on them.
Tsunade turned to her assistant, "Shizune, I need you to go fetch Uzumaki Naruto for me."
Shizune bowed in compliance, and went off to go find Naruto. Moments later, she walked in with him.
"What do you want now, granny Tsunade?" an annoyed Naruto asked.
"I want you to show these men around town. Since they seem to be staying with you anyway."
"Really?!" Naruto cheerfully asked. "You trust me enough to guide these Jounin around and show them our village, dattebayo?"
"Why of course." Tsunade replied. "It shouldn't be that hard a job for you."
Naruto started getting jittery with excitement, and took the men outside to show them around. The idea of leading several Jounin around was something that Naruto would not have passed up. This was an opportunity for him to prove that he was above even other Jounin in terms of responsibility.
After they left, Shizune questioned Tsunade. "Are you sure that this was the smart thing to do, letting Naruto stay near potential spies."
Tsunade gave her a serious look, "Don't worry, Shizune. I have a strange hunch that those men are observing Naruto, and they may well be after him."
"So why not keep them away from him as far as possible."
"Because, it is best to keep them all in one group. If they try anything funny, then the ANBU members will be able to make a move very quickly."
She continued, "Also, with him showing them around town, there will be quite a lot of people watching their every move. They dare not try anything stupid in the midst of public."
Shizune could only hope that Tsunade was right about all this.
"So who are your new friends?" Tenten asked Naruto. He was currently showing the strangers around the market district of the village.
"They are visiting Jounin, from the village of twilight."
"Twilight eh? I've never heard of that village before."
"Trust me, it's quite far." Shuyin explained to her.
"So, are you any good with Jutsu?" She sweetly asked. "Mind if you show us what a Jounin from the village of Twilight is capable of?"
Shuyin looked at Akamon and communicated mentally with him, "these people are expecting proof of our skills at Jutsu. You had better think up of something quick."
Akamon nodded, and began forming hand seals in rapid succession. The trick he was about to do was an actual Jutsu, but one that has yet to be discovered or invented.
"Behold, Twilight's embrace jutsu." Akamon stated. He then stuck his hand into the wall of a nearby house, and pulled out a jar of spices. It's as if his hand simply ignored the intervening wall, and managed to grab the jar and pull it out through the wall as well.
"WOW! That's such a magnificent jutsu." Tenten exclaimed in excitement. "That would be so useful in certain situations."
A small crowd started gathering around. Several of Konoha's other gennin were also arriving to find out what the commotion was all about. Tenten began explaining what had happened.
"Well now, that's quite impressive." Kiba stated. "Aside from that, what else can Jounin from your village do?"
Shuyin was pressed into a situation that he had not truly anticipated. They were now stuck here, performing tricks in front of a large crowd. Nevertheless, most ancients could not resist the temptation of showing off whenever they get the chance (they have egos the size of Jupiter), so they gave in to the crowd's wishes.
"Feast your eyes on this, mon." Shando exclaimed. "Lightning weave jutsu."
He jumped upon a nearby wall, and bounced off of it onto yet another wall on the other side of the street. He bounced back and forth in dizzying patterns, leaving a trail of electricity wherever he passed. When he was done, a stunningly beautiful pattern of electrical beams crisscrossed each other to form the pattern of a spider's web.
"Just you try and get through that, mon." He triumphantly stated. "It will give a "shocking experience" to anyone who tries to follow us if we ever needed to hotfoot it out of someplace."
The crowd clapped in amusement. The ancients began performing jutsu after jutsu after jutsu. Several of Konoha's own Jounin were by now gathered around to witness this spectacle. Unfortunately, a certain someone did not sit well with the idea of Konoha's Jounin being made to look inferior to Jounin from another village.
"You there." Someone yelled out. An accusing finger pointed towards Akamon, who was currently juggling several orbs of pure chakra.
"Who? Me?" Akamon stated, as he dropped his concentration, which caused the orbs to dissipate. He turned towards the source of the voice, and stared down at what appeared to be some weird guy with thick eyebrows, a green vest, and a massive smile like you wouldn't believe.
"Yes, you." Might guy stated confidently. "You may be experts at performing jutsu. But can you handle feats of physical skill."
Neji and Tenten tried to dissuade Guy from antagonizing the visitors. The last thing they needed was antagonizing these Jounin, who happened to be guest in Konoha for the moment. Lee, however, was all for letting his sensei prove to the twilight Jounin that Konoha's ninjas were not to be outdone.
"Please, sensei." begged Neji. "Don't be rude and arrogant to these men. They are here as guest of Konoha."
"Don't worry Neji. I'm just having a friendly competition with them. If I lose, I'll hop around the village for 500 laps, balancing only on the palm of my right hand."
Akamon looked at Shuyin, and wordlessly conveyed his amusement. "Oh, I am so gonna enjoy putting this guy in his place."
"Very well then." Akamon replied. "I accept."
Guy couldn't contain his excitement. "That's great! Pick the type of competition you wish to compete at, and I'll show just how great a Konoha Jounin can be."
Akamon thought to himself for a moment. He wanted to upstage Guy, of course. However, he didn't want to upset Neji and Tenten by putting their sensei in the hospital. He finally decided on just the right type of competition to get the job done.
"Arm wrestling, no holds barred." He chose.
Kakashi stepped forward to give fair warning. "Are you sure that's wise. No holds barred with Guy is a surefire way to lose. He is easily the physically strongest Jounin I have ever seen."
"I really mean it." Akamon stated seriously. "In fact, how about we do it this way; he can fully open his chakra gates if he wishes, while I just resort to my standard strength."
Everyone gasped. The man must be suicidal, they thought. Guy himself was even perplexed by what had been said.
"Are you sure? I may have wanted to challenge you, but I don't intend to hurt you. Why don't you just settle for a simple arm wrestling match?"
Akamon gave him a stern look. Oh he meant it alright, and nothing Guy would say was going to dissuade him from it.
Guy finally shrugged, and gave in. "Fine then, it's at your own risk."
"Guy, opening your chakra gates over something as simple as an arm wrestling match is rather dangerous, don't you think?" Kakashi cautioned.
"Don't worry, Kakashi; I'm a lot tougher than you think. It will only take me a second or two to put this stranger in his place; there shouldn't be any harm in that."
Kakashi sighed in frustration, "Very well then, Guy. Just be careful, and don't go to hard on him."
Guy gave Kakashi a friendly wink, and turned to meet the challenge.
Someone brought a table and some chairs for them to sit down on. The two contestants seated themselves on either side, and placed their arms on the table. The crowd stared intently at what was to happen, while Tenten buried her head on Neji's shoulder, afraid to watch.
Guy began opening up his chakra gates. Even though he would be in dreadful condition afterwards, he couldn't resist the temptation to show that he was stronger than these strangers. He was careful though. Opening too many gates too fast could increase the risk of him being hospitalized, or worst.
He finally attained the fifth gate, and the air around him was saturated with raw chakra. Moments later, the sixth and seventh gate opened. The table was beginning to smoke, and would soon probably catch fire. Guy dared not open the last gate, which would have meant certain death.
Finally, Kakashi gave the signal to begin. In the blink of an eye, a massive crashing sound was heard. The crowd gasped. A moment of silence followed.
Akamon had slammed Guy's arm down so hard upon the table that the wood had splintered. The chakra around Guy immediately dissipated, and he had a funny looking grin on his face. Akamon just merely smiled back at him. It had all happened so fast.
There was many a dropped jaw amongst the crowd, and even Kakashi was surprised. Lee couldn't believe what just happened.
With that grin still plastered to his face, Guy got up, and calmly walked a few feet away from the table. He then stopped, and clutched his now swollen hand.
"YEEEEOOOOWWWW!" he screamed in pain, clutching his swollen and bruised hand. Akamon just sat there, laughing. Neji and Tenten went over to Guy, and offered to take him to the river, so he could douse his hand with cold running water.
Naruto was more than surprised. "I can't believe it. Even with 7 of his chakra gates fully open, that stranger was able to beat him with nothing but his normal strength, dattebayo."
Shuyin had had enough; they were now showing off too much. At this rate they would arouse far too much suspicion amongst the authorities of Konoha. He motioned for the others to follow, with Naruto struggling to catch up to them.
Hidden amongst the crowd, the ANBU members sent to spy on them had just witnessed everything. They went back to Tsunade to report what they saw.
"IS THAT TRUE?!" Tsunade exclaimed in surprise, standing up and slamming her palms on her desk.
"Indeed so." The leading ANBU member stated. "We did not detect any advanced molding of chakra when the Jounin defeated Guy. He was utilizing an unaltered level of strength during the contest."
Tsunade sat herself down. If this was all true, then those Jounin, or at least one of them, had far more strength than even she had. This was beginning to worry her. Even though she found it hard to admit, these strangers could very well be capable of defeating all of Konoha's ninjas, if ever a fight were to break out.
She stroked both sides of her temples, trying to think clearly. She gathered to herself all of the facts. They claimed to be Jounin from some village she had never heard of, and most of them had seemingly foreign names. They also seemed to show interest in Naruto.
However, some things were not clear yet. Why would they use their real names if they were indeed here to spy on the village? Also, if they were that strong, why don't they just assault the village and be done with it.
This was starting to give Tsunade a headache. Things just did not make sense no matter how she cut it. Perhaps she ought to ask them as to why they are really here. However, she wanted to observe them for a little longer, and then make her move.
"Very well then. You are to continue observing them in the meantime." She commanded.
"Yes, Tsunade sama." The ANBU leader nodded.
Shizune stood beside Tsunade, and noticed that she was a bit more agitated than usual.
"I can't believe that there are Jounin out there who could match, let alone surpass, your level of strength, Tsunade sama."
Tsunade looked up, and offered her a calm smile. "Let's try not to worry too much, Shizune. Perhaps they are not here on some wicked or malicious intent. We just need a little more time to figure things out."
Shizune nodded. She hoped, for Naruto's sake, that Tsunade was right.
Later that evening, Naruto and the rest of the guest met up with Neji and Tenten at the park. They wondered if Guy was alright.
"How is he?" Shuyin asked.
Tenten shook her head, "He's fine, but his pride was badly bruised. Even with that swollen hand, he's still trying to hop around the village just like he said he would."
Akamon gave out a big sigh, "He's the most stubborn individual I've ever seen."
"You have no idea." Neji offered. "It's a pity though, for if it weren't for that weird attitude of his he would probably be the best Jounin that Konoha has got right now."
"I'm not so sure about that, dattebayo." Naruto objected. "Kakashi sensei probably has more experience in dealing with certain situations than Guy sensei does.
Naruto then turned to Shuyin, "So, now that it's getting late, we might as well head back home. Have you guys got any plans tomorrow?"
Tenten's face lit up with an idea that suddenly popped into her mind. "Say, why don't you guys come to the picnic tomorrow. Kakashi, Kurenai, Asuma, and Guy sensei are throwing a small party tomorrow."
"What's the occasion?" Langsendus asked.
"Just a little get together party for the Konoha 11."
"Konoha 11?" Langsendus repeated in confusion.
Tenten explained to him that the term for Teams 7 to 10 was the "Konoha 11".
"Wait a minute, if there is always a three man team, with a designated Jounin, then why is there 11 and not 12 gennins in total, mon." Shando wondered out aloud.
Naruto's expression suddenly soured at the mere mention of the numerical shortfall. He turned towards Shuyin, and gave him a grave look.
"It's best if we get going. There is much to do tomorrow." Naruto bluntly stated. With that said, he slowly began the trek back to his home.
Riuld gave Shuyin a puzzled look, "What's wrong with him?"
"It's best not to pry too deeply into that." Tenten grimly stated. "It would bring back a lot of bad memories."
She and Neji then went home. Shuyin signaled for the others to follow him back to Naruto's place. If anything, their mission was starting to get more interesting.
That ends chapter 2. Before overtly criticizing the story or plot, just wait till things develop. Still, a little input regarding what you think of the fic is appreciated.