Hey guys here's another chapter for the Black Fang. I hope you enjoy this. Now some things I need to say. I have fully figured out how I want the storyline to go. Basically I will be falling Manga but I won't be at the same time. I've already said that I know. Because of squad of four thing I will have to add other characters myself and things like that. So I hope you like the characters and all that. Now let's get started.
Chapter Ten: The Confession
Naruto and the new Team Seven were waiting for their sensei. They were the last team left. The last team had just left. Naruto was sure with how late their sensei was that his father would have been their sensei. Until his father showed up to pick up the last team. This had been Team Nine. Naruto had laughed feeling bad but happy for them at the same time. Shikamaru, Chyoji, Ino, and Shino had a great teacher. However they would have to wait hours to learn something each day. After they left Naruto then wondered who their sensei was to be even later than his father. This guy or girl had issues if they were later then Naruto's dad.
Tenten sighed. "Where is this guy?" She grumbled. Naruto shrugged. "I don't know." He said. "I got to say that I hope whoever he is he better be worth it." Sasuke nodded. Hinata sighed but said nothing. They sat there and time went by. Ten minutes then twenty. Naruto finally lost his temper. He stood up and then walked towards Iruka's desk. He grabbed Iruka's coffee cup. He allowed water chakra to spew from his mouth into the cup. He then calmly walked to the door and propped it in the doorway.
"There." He said. "That'll teach the guy." He then walked back to the desk to see different reactions. Tenten giggled obviously picturing a guy having water dousing him. Hinata smirked but shook her head. Sasuke simply sighed.
"What teme?" Naruto said. "You know this guy deserves it." Sasuke nodded. "I know Naruto." He said. "It's just this guy is a Jonin. Do you honestly think he'll fall for that?" Naruto shrugged. "Whoever this guy is he's even later then dad." He said. "Some Shonobi." Sasuke shrugged and it was dropped. Naruto sat down. They suddenly heard footsteps coming down the hall.
Naruto grinned waiting. A hand with red arm protectors opened the door and a man with long white spikey hair stuck his head in. There was a Splash, Then a curse. Naruto and Tenten laughed while Hinata giggled and Sasuke raised an eyebrow as the man stepped in the top of his hair soaked the coffee cup in his hand. He glared at them. The man had a red shirt on with a green undershirt. His nose had a single wart and he had on brown shorts. He had a large scroll on the back of his waist. He had red makeup going down the underside of his eyes. He had a headband with a painted mark that read. Mount Myoboku. He also wore a red trench coat with black flames.
"Alright which one of you brats did this?" He asked. Naruto raised his hand still laughing at it. The man glared at him. "Why exactly?" He asked. "Haven't your parents taught you to respect your elders?" Naruto stopped laughing and gave him the famous eye smile. "They taught me respect is earned and an old man who comes walking in two hours late I have no respect for. Hell my father showed up earlier then you!" The man pinched the bridge of his nose.
"I can't believe Hiruzen-sensei talked me into coming back to train you brats." He muttered. At this all stopped smirking and stared at the old man.
"You're talking about the Third Hokage?" Tenten asked. "He taught you?" The man nodded. "Yep let me introduce myself. I am the most handsome and brilliant storywriter and ninja the ladies will ever lay their eyes on. I'm Jiraiya the Told Sage!" He shouted. They all just stared blankly at the man. Naruto suddenly groaned.
"Jiraiya? He said. "Oh great." Tenten turned to look at him. "You've met him before now?" She asked. Naruto shook his head. "No not officially but my dad reads his books. The Icha Icha Paradise series." Tenten groaned. Sasuke grunted but it sounded like an annoyed grunt. Hinata frowned and rolled her eyes. Jiraiya looked put out.
"Oh come on guys!" He said. "The Icha Icha Paradise series is the best books written. It teaches and helps unwind. It's a masterpiece!" Naruto rolled his eyes. "Yeah, right." He said. "Listen Pervy Sage I don't have time for you rambling. You're supposed to teach us so just teach already." Jiraiya glared at Naruto.
"Don't call me that brat!" He said. "Now meet me on the roof." Jiraiya then placed the coffee cup on Iruka's desk and disappeared in a puff of smoke. Naruto sighed. "That's our sensei?" He muttered. "We're doomed." The others nodded in agreement. Naruto pulled out his book and headed for the door. They walked out of the room and climbed the stairs to the roof. Naruto stepped on the roof to see their sensei waiting for them leaning against the railing.
"Alright brats sit there and introduce yourselves." He said. Tenten looked at him once they sat down. "What do you want us to say?" She asked. Jiraiya waved his hand in a dismissing manner. "Your names, likes, dislikes, hobbies, and dreams for the future. Stuff like that. I'll go first. I'm Jiraiya and I like training, doing research for my next book, ladies, and helping others. My dislikes would have to be brats, and war. My hobbies include writing, traveling, gambling, and hanging with ladies. My dreams for the future is to help one day bring peace." He stopped letting them process what he said. Naruto was surprised. He couldn't picture this man wanting to help bring peace. He was glad he wasn't the only one who wanted that.
"Now then." Jiraiya said. "Why doesn't the silver haired prankster go first?" Naruto smiled as he looked up from his book. "I'm Naruto Hattake." He said. "I like my family and precious people. I also like ramen, reading, training, hanging out with my friends. My dislikes would have to be the time it takes for ramen to cook, perverts, and people who judge others without getting to know them first. My hobbies would be reading, training, pranking, and trying different kinds of ramen and comparing them. My dream for the future is to be Hokage and bring peace."
Jiraiya nodded. "Alright how about the buns over here." He said nodding at Tenten. She glared at him but spoke. "I'm Tenten Rriai. My likes are my family, friends, training, and crafting weapons. My dislikes are people that think only guys can be good shonobi, missing my targets, and when I can't help. My hobbies would have to be, training, target practice, crafting, and spending time with friends. My dreams of the future is to one day be a great Kounochi on par with the great Tsunade." Jiraiya raised an eyebrow at the mention of his teammate. He nodded and pointed at Hinata.
"Let's have lavender over here." He said. Hinata rolled her eyes. "I'm Hinata Hyuga. My likes are training, friends, and cinnamon rolls. My dislikes are slavery, those who hurt others for fun, and my clan's rules. My hobbies are training, painting, and spending times with friends. My dream for the future is to one day change the way of the Hyuga and break a long and dreadful curse." Jiraiya nodded then pointed at Sasuke.
"Now for mister sunshine over here." He said. Sasuke ignored the comment and spoke. "I'm Sasuke Uchiha." He said. "My likes are training and my friends. I hate a lot of things. My hobbies are training carving and archery. My dream for the future is not a dream because I will make it a reality. I'm going to protect those close to me, restore my clan, keep my promise to help change the Hyuga, and destroy a certain someone." Naruto sighed at these words. Tenten turned to look at Naruto a raised eyebrow. Naruto shook his head. Hinata stared at Sasuke a look of surprise on her face. Jiraiya stared then shook his head but said nothing. He then clapped his hands together drawing their attention.
"Well that's good." He said. "Your each unique and all classify training as a hobby and like. Now to tell you our first mission." Naruto grinned the fun was about to start.
"Where going to be doing a survival exercise." Jiraiya said. Everyone stared at him. Naruto raised an eyebrow. "Didn't we do that in the Academy?" He asked. "Why are we doing something we already know how to do?" Jiraiya smirked. "Well Naruto we're not really doing the same exercise." He said. "You already know how to survive. It's a test." Tenten stared. "Test?" She said. "For what?" Jiraiya chuckled darkly.
"Well you see out of all the graduates only twelve will actually become Gennin and the rest will be sent back to the Academy. You have a sixty-six percent fail rate. So I recommend you try your hardest on this test." They all flinched at these words. Hinata stared at Jiayara in shock.
"Why have us take a Gennin exam then?" She asked. Jiraiya smiled. "That was just to see if you had a chance to make Gennin." He said. "Now you will meet me at the training ground forty for your test tomorrow at five A.M. By the way don't eat breakfast unless you enjoy throwing up. Well later." He disappeared in a puff of smoke. They all sat in silence as the words sank in. Naruto was the first to react. He groaned.
"Come on." He said. "Another test? Kami how many tests are there? Man Pervy Sage really laid it on thick. I'm goanna give it everything I got." Tenten nodded. "We better train for tomorrow." She said. "We're used to training against each other. We need to make sure we know how to work together." Hinata shook her head. "I can't." She said. "My father wants me to come home and… train." She said. Naruto raised an eyebrow. "Train?" He said. "It sounds like you're not sure." Hinata gave him a glare. "I'm sure." She said. Sasuke looked at her. "I'll come with you." He said. Hinata looked at him. Then nodded. They left not saying goodbye. Naruto could tell something was up. He wasn't goanna push Hinata to tell him though. Sasuke could handle it. Naruto turned to Tenten.
"Don't tell me you got plans?" He said. Tenten shook her head. "I'm free." Naruto nodded. He sighed it was about time he told her. "Why don't we go train?" He asked. Tenten nodded. They jumped to the next roof and kept going. Naruto already knew where they were heading. After all it was where they always went to train. They made it to the clearing in no time. Naruto stood a distance apart from Tenten.
"Why don't we work on close range combat today?" He called. Tenten nodded. "Alright that sounds good to me." She pulled out a scroll, there was a poof of smoke and Tenten held a spear in her hands. Naruto looked at it. It was new. Tenten must have recently crafted it. It had range on Naruto's Strife blade. Tenten could definitely wield it well. He smirked and drew his blade twirling it. He then pulled out a kunai. He tossed it in the air.
It flew high up. Naruto tensed ready to move. It began to descend. Tenten twirled her spear taking a flawless stance. The kunai struck the ground. Naruto launched forward. Tenten met him halfway. She thrusted the point at Naruto's face. Naruto turned sideways to avoid it and stepped in close. He threw a strike at her face and fainted and aimed at her legs. Tenten slammed the spear in the ground and Naruto's blade struck it harmlessly. Naruto threw a kick. Tenten caught it and swung her spear at his face. Naruto ducked and dropped to the ground using his other leg to sweep Tenten's leg out from under her.
She fell and Naruto rolled away. He stood Tenten now on her feet. She smirked and twirled her spear. Naruto held his Strife Blade at his side. It was time to heat things up. He formed a cross seal. There was a poof of smoke and ten Narutos surrounded Tenten. Tenten smirked.
"No fair Naruto." She said. "You said close ranged combat." "I didn't say you couldn't use Ninjutsu." All the clones shot back. "Also this is a close range Jutsu." Tenten smiled. "Fair enough." She said. "However I guess that means I don't have to feel guilty using this." She shot Chakra in her spear and the tip went up in flames. The Narutos smiled.
"Whatever works Tenten." They said. They charged. Tenten was blocking and countering. She was killing the clones left and right. Suddenly the ground underneath her crumpled. Naruto shot up at her. Tenten had expected this. She stabbed straight down. The Naruto yelped and disappeared in a puff of smoke. She then spun her spear in a wide arc and allowed the fire chakra to leave the spear. The fire expanded into a ring and killed the rest of the clones. She smiled. No Naruto in sight. Naruto shot down and swung from behind. Tenten blocked and hit him with the staff. It slammed into Naruto's face and he hit the dirt. She placed the tip at his throat.
"Got you." She said. Naruto laughed and wiped the blood from his lip. "You win." He said holding up his hands in surrender. Tenten smiled and her weapon disappeared in a puff of smoke. She sat down next to Naruto.
"So what'd you want to talk about?" She asked. Naruto laughed. "How can you read me so easily?" Tenten shrugged. "I'm a girl and I know you." Naruto smiled then he sighed. "There's something I've been hiding from you about me." He said. "It's the reason the village hates me." Tenten's eyes widened. "What is it?" She asked. Naruto looked at her and she saw sadness in his eyes. She wrapped her arms around him.
"You can tell me." She said. Naruto nodded. "Do you remember the story where the Fourth Hokage fought the Nine Tails." Tenten nodded. "Well." Naruto said. "The fourth didn't defeat it. He knew he couldn't so instead he sealed it into a new born baby. The date was October tenth." He looked at her tears were in his eyes now. Tenten stared. "Naruto your saying that…" She stopped. Naruto nodded. "It was me Tenten." He said. "The Nine Tailed Fox is inside me." He began to cry. Tenten wrapped her arms around him. He buried his face into her chest and cried.
"Naruto it's okay." She said. "You're not the Nine tails. You just contain it. The villagers are fools. Their stupid if they can't see what a great person you are. Your strong, brave, loyal, and you have a will that can't be broken. You're the best person I have ever met Naruto." Naruto looked up at her. "Tenten." He said. "You mean all that?" She nodded. "Every word." She said. Naruto looked at her. She stared into his eyes and slowly placed her hands on his mask and pulled it down. Naruto didn't stop her. She placed her hand on his face. He leaned into her touch. She looked at him. Naruto leaned forward and placed his hands on her face. He looked at her brown eyes and suddenly knew that he couldn't push Tenten away anymore. Then he leaned towards her and kissed her. Naruto began to slowly move his lips against hers. She wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him back. Naruto pulled her tighter against her and moved his lips faster and pressed them harder against her lips. Tenten ran her hands through his silver hair. Naruto finally pulled away after what seemed like hours. He looked at her. She blushed and leaned into him laying her head on his shoulder.
Naruto felt for once in a long time true peace in his heart. He was glad to have met Tenten and never wanted to let her go.
Chapter End
Well there you have it. I hope you enjoyed. That was definitely longer then my other chapters. I will update on my other stories soon. Read and Review please.