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Two Years Later:
"Will you please go out with me, Tayuya?" a voice pleads.
A thunk and a hole in the wall later, Tayuya shouts, "No, I won't go out with you, you moron!" Naruto crawls out of the debris and rubs his sore head. "If you ask again, I'm going to beat the crap out of you!"
"Want to have lunch instead?" Naruto inquires with a big grin. Kabuto catches Tayuya's flute and twists her hand behind her back.
He forces her to her knees and whispers in her ear, "Lord Orochimaru wants you to keep your beatings of him to the training grounds. We cannot afford excess amounts of property damage." He releases her and walks away. She yells profanities at him and storms off.
"Thanks, brother Kabuto!" Naruto waves after him.
Kabuto calls over his shoulder, "I'm not your brother!" The blonde grins, completely ignoring what Kabuto said when he is lifted up by his shoulders by Jirobo.
The large boy sighs, "Naruto, keep asking her out, and she will eventually kill you."
"She's worth the risk!" Naruto declares proudly.
Kidomaru slowly eases himself down his web to hang in front of Naruto. "No, she isn't!"
Kimimaro slowly approaches the boys and frowns. "Naruto," the bone wielding ninja says quietly. "Get back to training. Master Jiraiya is waiting for you in the bath house to teach you your jutsu for this week."
Naruto grins, "I'm already there!" The Sound Five glances at each other and he bursts into smoke.
Jirobo coughs on the smoke and Kimimaro says quietly, "He is getting more skilled at the art of deception."
Tayuya scowls as she approaches them, dragging Ukon by the scruff of the neck behind her, "Where is Naruto? I want Ukon to tear him apart inside out!"
"Why?" Kidomaru inquires.
Tayuya shouts, "Because he carved his name on my flute!" The boys glance at each other again and disappear in poofs of smoke. "Cowards!" she roars.
In the Bathhouse:
Naruto receives the memories of his clone and chuckles. "Naruto! Pay attention!" Jiraiya snaps. Beautiful women surround the Toad Sannin, clad in nothing but short towels.
"You're one to talk, Pervy Sage!" Naruto exclaims, pointing to the women. "You are constantly writing perverted stuff and hanging around women with almost no clothes on!"
A dark haired woman slides over to Naruto and wraps her arms around him seductively. "Does Master Naruto feel left out?" He pales and shakes his head quickly. She smiles sexily and rubs against the boy playfully. "Are you sure?" Naruto closes his eyes and tries to focus on the image of Tayuya in his mind, reminding himself that he likes Tayuya and not the girl rubbing up on him.
Jiraiya laughs and calls the girl back to his side. She snuggles against Jiraiya's arm and smiles. "Naruto, in a few years, you're going to thank me. But, until then, focus chakra to your feet and stand on the water." Naruto tries to stand on the water, but a giggle from one of the women causes him to fall down.
"How can I concentrate with all these women around?" Naruto shouts with a red face.
Jiraiya frowns, "A ninja will be faced with many obstacles. One of those obstacles is distractions from beautiful women. If you cannot ignore these women and get your training done, then you are a liability if you leave the village. Now try it again!"
Naruto sighs and focuses chakra to his feet, launching himself into the ceiling. The women help to pull him out and seductively run their fingers over him as they set him down. He does his best to ignore them, but it is hard. He focuses more and tries again.
Tsunade sits on the far side of the hot springs, watching his progress. She relaxes with a large towel wrapped around her shapely body, since her teammate is so distracted by the other girls. Shizune rushes in and whispers to Tsunade, "Kin beat the crap out of Dosu and Zaku again. They didn't follow her orders during training."
"Heal them and give Kin a week's worth of clean up duty in the operating room," the Slug Sannin answers. "Inform Anko of their activities and get her to find suitable punishment for the boys. They are her responsibility, and Kin is mine as one of my part time nurses."
Shizune hurries from the bath house and finds Anko at the dango shop. "Anko, Team Five had trouble again. Kin will be in the operating room on clean up duty for a week. You need to deal with Zaku and Dosu."
Anko tosses her a dango stick over her shoulder and replies, "I'll deal with them. Have a seat, Shizune." The Slug Sannin's apprentice sits down with Tonton right behind her. Anko looks her over and frowns, "How do you think Master Naruto's training is coming along?"
"He is progressing very quickly!" Shizune answers. "He learns jutsu and physical strength faster than anyone I have ever met."
Anko smiles creepily, "Good. Lord Orochimaru will be pleased to hear it. However, he has also informed me of something else."
"What is that?" Shizune asks with a raised eyebrow.
Anko smiles wider, "You, Kabuto, and Naruto will make up the new generation of Sannin. A student of each Sannin will take their place eventually."
"I'll have to work with Kabuto?" Shizune frowns with disgust.
Anko rolls her eyes, "You work well enough with him in the hospital."
"Because it's a professional job that cannot have prejudices getting in the way," Shizune counters.
Anko grins, "Think about it as an equally professional job that needs cooperation. Naruto will be in charge of the team when he gets older. Until then, he will be a part of the Sound Six. If you don't join the new team of Sannin, Lord Orochimaru will probably put someone more cooperative with Naruto and Kabuto."
Shizune frowns and shakes her head slowly, "I care too much for Naruto to leave him to Orochimaru's henchmen. I'll do it."
A kunai imbeds itself into the wood next to Shizune's head, leaving a thin scratch on her cheek. "I resent being called Lord Orochimaru's Henchman. You will also refer to him as Lord Orochimaru."
"Yeah right," Shizune retorts, pulling the kunai from the wood. "Lady Tsunade is my only master, not that creepy snake man. I don't care how powerful he is. He will not get his hooks in Naruto, and I'll show that man respect when he earns some!"
Anko glares at her for a minute or two before breaking out into laughter. She slaps Shizune on the back. "I can see why Kabuto likes you! You have a lot of spirit."
"He does not like me!" Shizune argues with a blush forming on her face. "I hate that glasses wearing sadist!"
Anko rolls her eyes and grins, "Sure he doesn't, just like you don't like him either."
"I don't like him!" Shizune insists.
"Then who do you like?" Anko asks pointedly. Shizune opens her mouth but bites her tongue at the last minute. "Ah, I see. A soft spot for the blonde idiot. As long as you care about one of your teammates, it doesn't matter. Naruto will care about both of you as family and fellow ninja enough to keep you both out of trouble. Lord Orochimaru is planning to attack Konoha in a few years when Naruto is strong enough to lead you and Kabuto and the rest of the Sound forces into battle. We have made a secret alliance with the Sand village. Naruto is scheduled to go meet with their Jinchuuriki next month."
Shizune stands in horror. "Gaara, the son of the Kazekage? That lunatic will crush Naruto like a bug!"
"Do you doubt the training skills and abilities of our Masters?" Anko growls.
Shizune sighs as she sits down, "Of course not."
"Than trust them to do as they see fit," Anko replies coldly.
Shizune frowns at her darkly, "I will allow their plans to continue, for now. But if Naruto or Lady Tsunade is in any danger, I will stop them."
Anko laughs hard and almost falls off of her stool. When she calms down, she laughs, "That'll be fun to watch! Just keep up your training and try to get along with Kabuto. Okay?" She puts her hand on Shizune's shoulder.
Shizune shrugs off her hand and glares at her dangerously, "Okay. If you ever try to harm Naruto…" her voice trails off.
"Lord Jiraiya and Lord Orochimaru would end any threat to his life before it began," Anko says confidently.
Shizune stands up and grunts, "They had better." She storms away from the dango stand, leaving a laughing Anko to her dango.
After Shizune leaves, Anko's laughter fades and she scowls, "I need to report to Lord Orochimaru about her...questionable attitude. He'll know how to deal with it."
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