Naruto: Next Generation Romance
Chapter 2
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto
Ah, another chapter. I know what you're probably thinking: Oh great. Another OC fic. I know where you're coming from. I hate them too. I'm here to read about Naruto and Hinata, dang it! But, when you have a good idea in your head, you can't just dismiss it. So that's why I present the second chapter of Naruto: Next Generation Romance
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Tired. So tired. Why? Maybe it was the fact that Isamu and his squad were up at five in the morning, awaiting their sensei. All three of them tried their best to stay awake, but some were more successful than others. Mine had already fallen asleep. She wasn't one to wake up early and stay up. Isamu was nodding off, ready to follow his friend's example. Kippei, however, stood as straight as a pole, his arms like boards at his side. He wanted to make a good impression on his sensei, and maybe show Mine his determination, but she was asleep.
"Heh heh. Sorry I'm late." Kiba announced, coming up from behind them. Kippei jumped when the voice halted his thoughts. He hadn't even sensed the guy! Man, if he was this good, Kippei better put his guard up higher. Who knows what Kiba could do to him! Isamu was also snapped awake by the sudden voice. He blinked a few times before asking the brilliant question: "Huh?"
Kiba chuckled. "Isamu, why don't you wake that one right there?" Isamu smiled. He knew that Kiba knows what Mine's name was, he was just probably trying to mess with them. And by the look on Kippei's face, he was successful. So, Isamu got up, stretched for a moment, and shook the young Uchiha awake. She blinked a few times, like Isamu did, before getting to her feet as well.
"How long did I sleep?" She slurred. Isamu checked his watch.
"About five minutes."
"Damn it."
Kiba chuckled. "I see you guys haven't changed a bit. What about you, Kippei? Haven't seen you in awhile."
Kippei gulped. "I-I haven't seen you much either, Kiba sensei."
"Aw man!" Kiba laughed again. "I'm gonna have to get used to that 'Kiba sensei' stuff!"
"Ugh!" Mine complained, holding her head. "How can you be so cheerful and loud in the morning?"
Kiba frowned and took on a more serious tone. "Ninja's don't have time to have morning 'moods' They have to be ready and alert at any time of day."
"Even at night when we're sleeping?" Mine asked. Isamu laughed and Kiba settled with a short chortle. "What?" She asked hotly.
"Unless you get so talented you can use ninjutsu in your sleep!" Isamu laughed a bit more, soon receiving a punch in the shoulder. "Ow. Jeez, okay. I'll stop."
"So, Kiba sensei." Kippei said. "What are we going to do now?"
"Well, we have to do some introductions and stuff. It's pretty standard." Kiba shrugged. "Why don't you go first, Kippei?"
"Um… Alright. But what do I say?"
"Hm? Oh, that's easy! Just give your name, hobbies, likes, dislikes, dreams, stuff like that."
"Okay then." Kippei nodded. "I'm Hyuga Kippei. My hobby is reading and I like to train in the gentle fist with my dad. I dislike anything spicy, and my dream is to…" This ended with a furious blush from the young Hyuga. Mine shivered and received a 'ha ha' from Isamu.
"Alright, that's Kippei. Why don't you go next, Isamu?"
"Alright Kiba sensei. My name is Uzumaki Isamu. I like to write and I hate my stuck up sister. My hobby is cooking, I guess. And my goal is to become the Hyuga clan head, even though I don't have the Byakugan."
"Alright then! How about you, Mine?"
"I'm Uchiha Mine and I live with my mom and dad and my little brother, Satsuki. I like to train and work on my ninjutsu skills. I hate it when people get in my way, and my hobby is… listening to music, I guess. Oh, and my dream is to become an even greater medical ninja than Tsunade-sama."
"And, you guys already know who I am." They all nodded. "So, let's move to the training exercise."
"Training exercise?!" All three blurted.
"Well, yeah. You didn't think becoming a genin was that easy, did you?"
"Uh…Well…Actually…" They all shuffled their feet.
Once again, Kiba chuckled in amusement. But it won't be your regular training exercise. You guys are going to defeat me." Kippei gulped. "One at a time, you guys will come after me and try to disarm me from this kunai." Out of what appeared to be nowhere, Kiba pulled out a kunai and flipped it around a few times before continuing. "There is absolutely no aiding your teammates. If you do, you'll be automatically sent to the academy and forbidden to ever become a Chunin."
"You can't do that!" Mine yelled, pointing an accusing finger at Kiba. "You don't have the authority to ban us!"
"Oh, but I do." Kiba took out a slip of paper and handed it to Mine, who hastily began reading it. "The Hokage gave me permission."
"What!? Lemme see that thing!" Isamu pried the paper from Mine's hands and began reading it himself. Eventually, his gaze found the signature at the bottom. It was so neat… Isamu's eyebrows furrowed and he took out a kunai. With a quick slash, he ripped through the parchment. The dissected paper lingered in the air for a moment before disappearing in a poof of smoke. Isamu looked up and found that his teammates were smirking. Apparently, they had figured it out too. Mine had her sharingan activated, one coma in each, and Kippei had his Byakugan activated. Isamu smirked too and faced his sensei.
"Heh. You guys are a little better than I thought." Kiba jumped up in the air and did a somersault, landing gracefully a few yards away. "You may not be banned from becoming a ninja, but you will be sent back to the academy. The two that come the closest to disarming me will stay. The other will go home. That is, if you guys follow the rules." Kiba got into a fighting stance.
"'Closest' to disarming you?" Isamu asked, approaching Kiba. "Heck, Kiba sensei. I'm going to crush this little challenge of yours."
"Oh, really?" Kiba drew six kunai as Isamu walked into range. "Let's see you try!" Kiba shot three of his kunai directly at Isamu. He was careful not to aim at lethal points. The three ninja tools ripped through the air with a 'whoosh'. At the last second, Isamu whipped out what appeared to be a blur to Kiba and deflected each weapon. One by one, the kunai fell to the ground with a 'ching'. Once all three kunai's met the ground, the blur stopped and Kiba was able to evaluate what it was. Much to his surprise, Isamu held a black long staff. How was Isamu going to hurt him with that?
"Hah!" Kiba laughed. "How do you expect to beat me with a pathetic weapon like that! What are you going to do? Give me a million bruises?"
Isamu didn't answer. Instead, he charged at his sensei with a wild battle cry. His staff was held behind him, meaning he was planning to do a powerful blow. If he was planning a blow like that, Kiba should get out of the way instead of going on the defensive. But Isamu was just a kid, so Kiba raised his kunai in defense and prepared for the blow.
Swinging with amazing force, Isamu swung his staff, aiming for Kiba's chest. As expected, the skilled jounin blocked the blow with the three other kunai's in his hand. They held it there for awhile, one trying to overpower the other. When Isamu realized he wasn't gaining anything, he decided to compromise. In a swift and deft movement, Isamu angled his staff so that the end hit Kiba directly on the wrist. Isamu smiled. Direct hit.
"Hah! I didn't even feel that!" Kiba laughed once again, pushing his new student off and sent him skidding to a stop a few feet away.
"Are you sure about that, Kiba sensei?"
"Of course I-" Kiba froze and all the blood drained from his face. Horror found its way into Kiba's sharp eyes and his gaze slowly drifted to his hand. "My…My hand. I-I can't move it!" Isamu smirked again.
"What does he mean he can't move his hand?" Kippei whispered to Mine from their hiding place in a few secluded bushes.
"Oh that's right. You never trained with Isamu, have you?" Mine asked.
Kippei shook his head. "Now that I think about it…"
"He has a unique way of fighting. When he was little, he wanted so badly to have the Byakugan and train with you and his sister. He envied how you guys had these eyes that could see into the chakra network. He couldn't use the gentle fist, so he improvised."
"With what?" Kippei asked curiously.
"The staff of course. Instead of aiming at your chakra network, Isamu aims for your pressure points. He immobilizes his opponent, and then finishes them off."
"Wow." Kippei breathed, returning his attention to the battle. That's extremely… clever."
"Damn it!" Kiba cursed under his breath. I should've known that was what the staff was for… Next time, I can't be so careless and underestimate him. "So, that's your game, huh??
"Uh huh." Isamu nodded. "What's yours, Kiba sensei?"
"Oh, you'll see. Believe me." Kiba reached down and flicked his pouch full of ninja tools. "But, I don't want to go too hard on you. After all, you're just a kid."
Isamu took on a serious face. "It would be wise not to underestimate me, Kiba sensei. You should know that. Wasn't Shino your teammate."
"Well, someone's been doing their research." In less then a blink of an eye, Kiba suddenly appeared in front of Isamu and made a horizontal slice at his exposed abdomen. Isamu did his best to try and back away, but to his dismay, he heard the ripping of his sleeveless sweatshirt. But before Isamu could regain his balance and survey the damage, Kiba was suddenly behind him. Isamu was only able to glance at his sensei before he sent a crushing blow to Isamu's face. Isamu flew off at an inconceivable speed. His arm hit the ground and he began rolling about, eventually coming to a stop, curled up in a ball.
Kiba grabbed the collar of Isamu's shirt and hauled him up until they were eye to eye. Isamu winced in pain.
"Y-Your hand." Isamu croaked. "How can you…?"
"Oh, this?" Kiba held up the hand Isamu hit and flexed it slowly. "It's still stiff, but I can move it. I took a pill."
"Wha-" Isamu began, but then answered his own question. When Kiba flicked his pouch, he must've popped some kind of pill in his mouth. He'd done it so fast, Isamu hadn't even seen.
"You know," Kiba began. "Your strategy is smart. But it won't help you if you have poor taijutsu skills. If you were fast enough, you could've injured me." Kiba slowly clenched his fist and drove it into Isamu's stomach, hitting him right in the gut. Isamu coughed up some blood, his eyes wide and his eyes seemed to get smaller. Then, Isamu hunched over, seemingly lifeless, but just knocked out. Kiba tossed him aside, letting his limp body slam into a tree.
"Alright." He announced. "Who's next?"
"That bastard." Mine growled, still obscured in her hiding spot with Kippei. Her fists and teeth clenched and she glared at her newly appointed teacher hatefully. She was defiantly gonna teach this guy a lesson! She began to stand up, but a hand on her shoulder appeared and pulled her down. "What are you doing, Kippei?" She hissed. "Did you see what Kiba sensei did to Isamu?"
"Exactly. He wasn't holding back. Which means, if either of us goes after him alone, we're going to end up like Isamu. Or worse."
"Then… What are we supposed to do? He said the rules were we couldn't help each other."
"I'll go in." Kippei announced. "You can help me, but you have to be careful and make sure he doesn't see you."
Mine nodded curtly. "Sounds like a plan."
"And a good one, too." Both Kippei and Mine jumped at the new voice. When they turned around and the person was revealed, they froze.
"K-Kiba sensei?" Kippei gulped. Kiba nodded.
"It would've probably worked, too. Oh well."
"But Kiba s-" Mine began.
"So, which one of you is going next? Hm?" Kippei and Mine exchanged looks. Kippei couldn't let Mine fight Kiba. She would get killed. And besides, he did say he wanted to show her his strength. So there was only one thing left for Hyuga Kippei to do. Raise his right hand slightly and announce, "I will." And maybe sign his will.
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Shorter than chapter 1, but oh well. Don't ask about Akamaru. It's probably been around 20 years or something... On that happy note, why don't you review? Reviews make me happy and inspire me! And what would an author be without motivation? I'll tell you what they'll be. Not an author. C'mon, you guys are the only reason I spend my time typing this up. So PLEASE review. (Puppy dog eyes)