Hey guys! Got another update up and running! I've envisioned this chapter through and through so I hope you all like it! Also to get this out of the way I will say that I am thinking about adding Anko or Tenten in Naruto and Haku's relationship, but I have yet to decide. If you want to give me your opinion go ahead. I will take everything into account and I will, as always, try to implicate it into my story.
On with the show!
"Alright first we're going to introduce ourselves. State your like, dislikes, hobbies, and dreams for the future." Ibiki pointed to Naruto. "You go first Naruto."
"Alright. I like Haku, Tenten, and all of my other precious people. I especially like ramen." Haku pinched the bridge of her nose and shook her head. "I dislike people who don't try to understand things they don't know and remain blissfully blind. My hobbies are practicing my senbon skills with Haku and gardening."
He scratched the back of his head in thought before saying, "My hopes for the future... I want to become a great shinobi one day and start a family."
Ibiki nodded, he'd expected that. His being visited by the young blonde only aided his opinion and observation of the boy, never-mind what he contained.
Next he pointed to Haku who stood and bowed shortly. "All right Haku. You're next." Ibiki said shortly.
The girl nodded. "My likes are Naruto and all his precious people. I dislike killing." Ibiki raised his brow. "My hobbies is also gardening and training with Naruto."
Haku looked to the sky and clenched her fists. "My dream is Naruto's dream. I want to become a great shinobi and I too eventually want to start a family." Haku said peeking over towards Naruto's flustered stare.
Ibiki snorted.
Love birds.
Lastly, Ibiki pointed to Tenten. "You're up Panda."
Tenten huffed her cheeks out for a moment and went to fly the bird at him until she felt Naruto grasp her hand softly. She went to glare at him but was stopped when she felt him peck her on the cheek. "Remember Tenten there is no reason to get mad. He's only teasing you."
She looked to Haku who smiled and nodded the same. She sighed and faced a bored looking Ibiki. "Fine, scar-face, my likes are my friends and my family." Tenten said "I dislike, however, pricks who think their funny and bigots who don't know what they're talking about. My dreams for the future is to become the Weapons Mistress of Konoha and to also start a family."
Wiping a hand over his face Ibiki sighed. He wasn't overly impressed with their ambitions. Didn't any one of them wish to be something truly great other than being a simple shinobi? Why not Hokage?
He groaned to himself when he thought about it. Naruto and Haku lived together and from what he heard from Anko she had always had a calm temperament about her so it made sense in a way that Naruto would also come to have a more calm personality.
On the other hand with Tenten, she was a true mystery for him, and from their brief encounter's in the past he'd say that Haku hadn't been in her life long enough to really truly calm her down the way she had Naruto. Her dreams were flared enough so he could only assume.
What had he gotten himself into?
"Alright maggot's, now that that's out of the way we can began." Ibiki said reaching into a pouch in his belt. He pulled out two scrolls. One inscribed with the symbol for heaven and the other for earth.
"These scrolls are used in the chuunin exams and if you look behind you this is where a portion of where the exams take place at. My test for you all is simply survive in the forest and retrieve these two scrolls." He waved them in his hand mockingly. "I'll place a seal on each of you to set off when any one of you start to slip into unconsciousness, at the request of Hokage-sama. The seal, that I will place at each of your upper right shoulder, will alert me to your position, as I will too come and monitor your progress."
Five minutes later Ibiki threw the scrolls in the forest unceremoniously and waved them off, but with one last thing to say, "You should all know that this team of genin here today will be named Team Ibiki or Team T&I."
And with that they were gone.
Naruto rolled and lunged out of the way of several leeches flying toward him as Tenten and Haku made their way over to hopefully assist him. Naruto slashed at a leech falling above him before one of the girls hands managed to pull him out of the way of another. There just didn't seem to be an end to them.
Haku threw several senbon into the leeches. She didn't know about the physiology of leeches in general or that of most animals. She could only assume where the most vital points were and shoot. She'd only studied about the human anatomy since Haku had never imagined a scenario where she'd be fighting for her life against something as simple as leeches. Heck she didn't know where it's face was under all the muck it had all around itself.
Tenten wasn't much better and continued to throw her arsenal of weapons at the offending creatures until she believed they were dead. Which in itself was a show because if they'd get too close to one they'd assumed dead it would attempt to attach itself to whatever it could in what they guessed was it's last resort. Though at the rate Tenten was losing her weapons she probably wouldn't be of much use after they fought off the leeches and continued on.
Out of all of them though Naruto seemed to have the easiest time. His style of fighting was that of a brawler and because of that fact his approach to battle, besides the senbons, was him simply coming up with creative ways to take someone down without hurting himself too badly in the process. It was how he was capable of taking on Sasuke's own reactive type of taijutsu back in the academy whenever they would spar against each other. This meant for Naruto the use of the environment around him to it's full potential from breaking off a branch to kicking a rock in order to fend off the beasts around them.
Finally having enough Haku decided to use her Hyoton abilities to protect them as she summoned mirrors made of ice all around them into a dome, blocking the leeches out.
Ibiki sat a distance away on the limb of a tree and watched the fight between his soon-to-be students and the leeches. To say he was fairly surprised would be an understatement. He'd never considered the possibility of Haku possessing a bloodline. Then again there wasn't anything to go off of and knowing how chatty Anko was he was surprised that he hadn't heard anything about it so maybe she didn't know...
He knitted his eyebrows together. No, she probably was asked not to tell and knowing Anko's connection to Naruto and Haku he could see why.
Ibiki snorted. If Haku wished to keep it a secret, it was fine with him. He'd keep his mouth shut.
Ibiki's eyes widened when he realized what they were doing.
Haku was using her Ice Release to ward the leeches off while Naruto and Tenten were throwing weapons out to keep them away. But what really surprised Ibiki was the fact that Haku was walking and moving her ice-barrier forward with her.
If his observation was correct he'd give them an A for teamwork.
Once the team made it out from the attack Naruto took a moment to take in the area and analyze it in depth while the girls rested themselves inside the hollow of a tree.
Tree vines hung every which way as if trying to ensnare someone in all it's disarray. The sun was blotted out by the vastness or the sheer enormity of the gargantuan trees. It almost seemed to be a competition for the them in Naruto's mind. Who could grow the tallest, the fastest?
He chuckled into his hand as small droplets slithered down his face in anticipation. What else they'd meet in the large forest would no doubt be worse.
Naruto turned his head when he heard Haku sigh and lean on Tenten for support. That bloodline of hers really sapped her energy, and by the looks of Tenten he'd assume correctly that she was feeling the same right about now. Naruto frowned, should they stay there and risk being ambushed, or risk going out with minor fatigue?
He hardened his face in thought before he made his way down to the other side of Haku. Naruto took a peek at Haku's face again. Her breathing was shorter, her skin was flustered red, and her eyes remained half-lidded as she seemed to stare off into space at her own thoughts. Leaning forward slightly he looked around and eyed Tenten's disheveled form. Like Haku her skin and and breathing were rigid, but her own eyes seemed to peek in his direction.
He leaned back and made his decision: Leaving now would ultimately be fatal for them. His mind was made and it would not be changed. Not while his teammates and best-friends were in their current condition. Thinking quickly Naruto grabbed some netting from his pack he'd made the day before and started stringing it up with his senbon at the beginning of the entrance. Hopefully it was a good camouflage.
Tenten saw what he was doing and smiled.
Good thing we came prepared.
They'd spent the better part of yesterday evening and early morning preparing their packs before training in a last ditch effort to make sure they were prepared. And right now, it seemed to be coming in handy too.
Naruto went to sit down and made to shut his eyes when Tenten growled. He'd forgotten to put down the scent eraser. With confused eyes Naruto watched his brown haired friend clamber through her bag for something before coming out with a bottle with something clear in it. She tossed it to him and gestured to the door. Oh, yeah. He forgot to eliminate their scent.
Naruto stood and whispered an apology to receive a wave before pouring some of the clear fluid onto the ground and around the entrance way to thoroughly kill the scent.
At least if they were to stay there, they'd be safe.
Off in the distance Ibiki smirked. They weren't far now, and from the looks of it they'd be able to make it through without his assistance. Looking back at things, Ibiki didn't care whether they passed or not. He'd met them before and knew they'd make a great team. That didn't mean though that he didn't need or want to see what they were capable of and from everything that he saw. He could've had them become chuunin with the way they were acting.
Ibiki rubbed the bandana on his head. Maybe he was getting ahead of himself. The kids were good–he'd give them that. But they still had yet to fully tap into their full potential as every genin finds when they begin.
He tapped his chin. He'd just have to pull it out of them.
Morning came for the trio much too quickly for Haku's tastes as she showed her frustration by attempting to burrow her head deeper into her pillow. She lifted her head though at the deep rumbling groan below her. She smiled slowly with a blush and slowly opened her eyes to meet deep blue.
"Am I that comfortable?" Naruto asked.
Haku nodded and kissed his forehead. "Very."
Another groan alerted them and the two looked down to Naruto's left side to see their brown-haired teammate drooling onto Naruto's shoulder. Tenten had apparently decided to join them, again... Naruto chuckled as Haku tried to pry Naruto's arm from her, but to no avail. A minute later and a waiting pair, Tenten opened her hazel eyes in wonder when she felt two small pecks on either cheek. Rearing back Tenten could've sworn that Naruto and Haku just kissed her.
Haku put a hand over her mouth when Tenten fell over herself in only what she could assume was embarrassment if her cheeks were anything to go by. Nearly breaking her usually calm face she felt Naruto wrap his arms around her as he fell back down on his mat. Naruto gave her a cheeky smile and kissed her nose. "Remember you two, only within our family do we do this, alright?"
Haku smiled and nodded, bringing her head close she touched heads with Naruto. The blonde reached out and grabbed Tenten's arm in a silent question.
She shook her head momentarily before joining them.
"Only within the family." Tenten said.
Hey guys! I wonder who else updates every day? I can't imagine many, but I will say that I may not be able to update tomorrow because I have things to do besides this. But! I also still may end up updating! To be or not to be, no one really cares.
R&R and guys give me some input on whether you would like for Naruto to have a small harem or just stay in a closed relationship with Haku. Either is fine with me!
Also for all you who are wondering about the multiple relationship thing there is this wonderful little thing called polygamy in their world so if you don't know what that means or how that 's incorporated into the manga/anime than I'd suggest go looking that up-kelsie-or continue to wait for my update because if you do it will all make so much sense!
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