Hey....ummm, yeah this is my second chapter of my newest story, Crimson Dawn Uzumaki Naruto, well I hope that you were all pleased with the first chapter, because like it or not you'll be moving on. Moving on to a bigger and even better chapter. There is not really that much I can say, except for I will now be going a bit more into the story. I recently got some feedback asking why this story was in the Naruhina section when there wasn't that much Naruhina in it. Well you'll find out why in this chapter, so to all of you who wanted an answer... here it is in plain black and white.
Just like my first story I plan to make this story moderately lengthy so you can look forward to reading this for a long time in the future. And I know it might be a bit annoying but I still want reviews, like seriously give me some feedback I want responses, opinions and all that good $#!%.
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Crimson Dawn: Uzumaki Naruto
Once again Naruto began his day on his rooftop, just like the one before. He stood, pajamas and all; basking in the warm light of the sun. As of now his gaze was centered at the sky. Based off what he had seen yesterday, he was wrong. The sky hadn't deepened into crimson, it just looked normal. Not that normal wasn't good and all, it just meant that the day would be boring to say the least. He first noticed it when he felt the lack of commotion; there was nobody here who wanted to kill him today. It was strange but, Naruto always looked forward to seeing the unconscious faces of those random Nin who always tried to exterminate him and the lack of their presence made him feel uneasy.
He lowered his gaze down onto the great stone faced that he had come to admire so much; as usual they held that same rugged brilliance that made them shine with artificial luster.
Maybe the day wouldn't be as boring as he had thought it would be. His eyes then settled onto the the stone Hokage face that was set all the way onto the fat right. The man with spiky wild hair, the fourth Hokage. Naruto then brought his hand and ran it through it through his own unruly golden locks; his eyes never left the fourth's face. It was just too much of a coincidence that he resembled the fourth, it often bothered him how much they bore a resemblance to each other.
"Who are you?" Naruto uttered in a low tone before letting his hand fall back to his side. The wind then kick up as it usually did every morning, Naruto savored the crisp feel of the wind caressing his body, he especially enjoyed the 'breeze between his knees' that came with the light breeze.
The Yondaime was the one who sealed the Kyuubi into him; strangely he was perfectly fine with that, the only thing that bugged him was why he chose him out of all people. What could have driven the man to think that Uzumaki Naruto would be a good jail for the fox, despite the fact that Naruto actually was a good jail for the fox. It was a bit too much to think about and one of the very few things that Naruto found complicated; so he decided to drop it for the moment and just get back to his monument gazing.
But for some reason Naruto kept getting the feeling that someone was behind him, watching and waiting carefully; a silent predator waiting to kill its prey. However Naruto would never allow himself to be called prey, he would not become some lurking wolf's breakfast.
He first let out a sigh then, "Hey, how long do plan to just standing there and doing nothing?" At first was no response, for a second it seemed as if Naruto was talking to himself. But a millisecond before Naruto opened his mouth to follow up on his question, he heard a low chuckle followed by the sound of clapping.
His eyebrow rose into the shape of a boomerang as he heard the muffled voice the potential assailant.
"Hm, impressive; you're only a Genin and you sensed me so quickly. You know there are a lot of Jonin who wouldn't be able to sense me standing directly behind them like you did nor would they be able to sense anyone else in my faction for that matter.
"And what would that faction be?" Naruto asked with interest. He didn't bother to turn for he already knew the answer.
"Why, the Anbu Black Ops of course. It took you only four seconds for you to notice my presence, given that time at your age, I'd say that you're the real deal."
Naruto made a quick turn around and faced the man behind him. The first thing he noticed was that the man was considerably taller then he was, forcing him to look up. The second thing that he noticed was that this man was in fact an Anbu member; mask and all, and that he was wearing a wicked tiger mask. He labeled this man as the Anbu captain he had seen in Ojii-san's office last year; although he couldn't fully tell, but Naruto kept getting the feeling that the Anbu captain was smiling behind his animistic disguise.
"Well, now that we've established that I'm Uzumaki Naruto... Care to tell the reason for you arrival?"
"Ah, cutting right to the chase, I see. Well If you must know, I'm here to deliver to you a message."
"From... ," Naruto said crossing his arms.
"From The Third; seeing as how you will be joining the Anbu next year, our Hokage thought that it was a good idea to train with the Anbu from now own. With that being the case, I made a recommendation for you to join my team. I've seen the results of your work; that Jonin you brought us yesterday was proof of your skill. That was only a result of your power, but I want to witness it in action, with my own eyes. Therefore-," he paused for a moment and reached into one of his side pockets and pulled out a small black scroll, "I want to give you this."
He held the scroll out for Naruto to take, which he did. The boy then tore the paper seal and opened it horizontally; as expected the surface of the paper was riddled with what looked like directions to some unknown area. The myriad of text and apparent longueurs bored Naruto out of his mind by him just looking at the scroll.
"Directions?," he asked, "to where?"
The captain chuckled once more. "To the Anbu training ground of course, by the end of the day I want you to head to that location to meet me and the rest of my team."
Naruto's eyes widened a bit. "The rest of your team?"
"Well, if you're going to be part of this team then don't you think that it's a good idea to meet everyone?"
"Well, not necessarily, I mean..." Naruto was cut off when the tiger masked Anbu waved his hand in the air.
"Please don't answer that." He said with a light laugh. It was surprising to Naruto how much emotion this Anbu member was actually showing, a normal Anbu wouldn't show anything and just remain stoic and emotionless as expected by Anbu protocol. This guy must have been one of the stronger ones!
There was something that intrigued Naruto about this man, he couldn't quite put his finger on it but he knew that the man was strong, he would obviously make for an efficient teammate. It would e unwise for him not to take him up on his training offer.
"Ok, I won't answer that," he said as he looked scroll up and down. "Hm, training with the Anbu; no offense but considering that I have trained with the Hokage for six years... wouldn't that be a step down in my training?"
"None taken, I understand your concerns perfectly, however do not worry. We may not be as strong as the Hokage himself but we are close, I think that we will be enough to keep you on your toes." The captain said brushing off his shoulder.
"Fair enough... then it's set, after I meet with my Jonin I'll meet with you afterwards." The tiger faced mask dipped as the taller man gave Naruto a curt bow.
"Thank you, I hope you don't disappoint us." He said upon rising.
"I won't, oh and by the way, what's your name?"
"Yuuji Saito." Naruto then nodded and turned away with a satisfied sigh escaping his lungs. He glanced back and there was nobody standing where Saito just was.
"Dammit, how do they do that?" He said as he rolled the scroll back up and began walking back into his little apartment. He also made it a mental note to ask Saito exactly how Anbu just disappeared like that when he got to their first training session. But for now he figured that getting ready for his 'normal' life as a Genin would suffice.
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Naruto sniffed in a noseful of fresh air as he stepped up to the front gate of the Fumina compound. Although they weren't that powerful a clan as the Hyuugas or Uchihas, the Fuminas still had a family compound that was massive, even when compared to that of the other more powerful clans.
The brilliantly polished front gate towered over Naruto's short stature; lustrous mahogany gleaming from the sun's light. Naruto paused for a moment, to admire the wood; its sheen almost made the wood look as if its surface was wet.
"Geez, the Fumina's must be one insanely smart clan to be able to live in a place like this, their door just screams rich." Naruto brought his hand up to the dark wood and knocked three times, loudly.
There was no response at first, which made Naruto contemplate on whether or no he should knock again, but when he heard footsteps approaching he abandoned those thoughts. The double doors cracked open then fully swung open revealing the lush green expanse that was the Fumina courtyard. Wow the place really was huge, he never ceased to be amazed every time he saw.
Inside were a myriad of individual houses and homes, most of which had two or more floors. The inside of the manor was so large that there were even small individual roads run through the entire place. Of Naruto had seen this so many times before, but damn, it never stopped amazing him.
Naruto was pulled out of his trance of adulation when he noticed two slender women walk into view from behind the two massive doors. Both of them beautiful, red-haired and wearing two matching blue kimono's with black stripes. The watery color of their kimono's stick out in contrast to their bright red hair, it was almost comical how their heads stuck out so much. Naruto soon found himself wondering why they chose to wear such colors.
They both stopped in front of him, putting on two bright smiles. "Ah Naruto-san, how are you today?" They both said in perfect sync. It didn't surprise Naruto that the spoke simultaneously, considering that these women were twins, however, what did surprise Naruto was the amount of irony that went with the situation.
"Ah, I'm fine, Chigusa, Nagisa; and how are you doing today?"
"Fine," they both replied cheerfully, "Sanae-chan and Konoe-chan will be with you shortly why don't you come in and wait for them." Naruto nodded and walked past the two red heads. Who closed the doors behind him. In his mind he couldn't help but think that they were just naturally nice people; whether or not they knew of his status as Kyuubi's jail, he did not know. However, if they did know then they surely didn't let it show for they actually showed him kindness and compassion.
Not what he was used to.
"You can sit over there and we'll go fetch them." They said in unison, pointing to a bench near a miniature garden on a strip of grass. Naruto smiled and nodded, he then made his way over to the bench and took a seat. By the time he had sat down the two twins were gone, in search of Konoe and Sanae, leaving him to sit by himself.
Naruto leaned his head back against the bench, so that his eyes were angled toward the sky. For several minutes he sat there staring at the vast blue sea of air, his mind wondering to and fro on random subjects until it was brought back onto the subject of Nagisa and Chigusa and how they somehow spoke in unison seemingly all the time. He had heard of twin telepathy, but until now he hadn't believed that it existed.
"How do they do that?" He whispered to himself, just when a gentle breeze rolled in and he began to enjoy his moment of solitude.
"How does who do what?" Asked an unquestionably female voice. Right after he heard the voice a pretty brunette woman walked into his view; because of the way his head was positioned it looked to Naruto as if this lady's body was upside down.
"Ah, hello Fumina-san! I was just wondering how your two gatekeepers, Nagisa and Chigusa, have such syncopated speech." Naruto leaned forward so that he was in an upright position and turned so that his full view was on the woman in front of him. He noticed that the lady was wearing a decorative black and white Kimono with a red sash. She had long jet-black hair and blue eyes, just like her daughter Sanae. This was in fact Sanae and Konoe's mother, Mei Fumina. She was a nice woman whom Naruto had grown to become very fond of, and not just because of her ample bosom.
"Oh those two always do that, I'm still trying to figure out how they do it. Maybe if I was a red head like they are, they would tell me, don't you think?," she said with a warm smile which Naruto returned with one of his own. Well maybe being a red head might have solved it but unfortunately Mei wasn't born a natural red head, unlike all the other Fumina's were with the exception of her two daughters. The reason for her dark hair was that she was actually not actually a blood related Fumina, she just became one when she married into the clan.
That being the situation most people outside of the clan who did not know that Mei wasn't a real Fumina would always deem her as an anomaly inside the clan for not possessing the bright red hair that had come to be recognized as the Fumina trademark. It was a color that was passed down from generation to generation, similar to the Haruno clan which was known for having unnaturally pink hair... Even in their men.
"Um, are Sanae and Konoe ready yet?," Naruto suddenly asked.
Mei then crossed her arms, pushing up her large... assets which no doubt drew Naruto's attention to them; luckily she hadn't noticed. "Yes, when I left the main compound they were already dressed, they should be here shortly. But until they come, can I ask why you are in such a hurry?"
"Well, today IS the day that we all get to meet our Jonin senseis and I was a bit excited to meet them." Naruto replied.
"Oh, yes how could I have forgotten... you know," a sly look suddenly slid onto her face and she leaned in, accidentally giving Naruto a better view of her chest," Sanae and Konoe came home really excited yesterday, they kept talking about who their new sensei would be. And since they already know, they were wondering who would be on their Genin teams and I couldn't help but overhear them both mention that they really wanted you to be with them."
Naruto, with his head inched away fought down the urge to blush; man if this was what Konoe and Sanae would look like in the future than he would have no problem being on their teams as Genin. He had always thought that Konoe and Sanae's mother was a bit too friendly with him; what was she trying to doing... hook him up with one of her daughters? Well, obviously, but Naruto still played along.
"Really, they said they wanted me on their team, I couldn't imagine why." He said smoothly with outright fake innocence. Mei laughed aloud.
"Oh I think you know Naruto-kun, I think you know exactly why they said it. You can't fool me with that baby face act, remember I'm a Fumina," she then tapped her head, "I can see right through that." He eyes narrowed. "I know why and you know as well but just for kicks why don't you just tell me why you think they said that."
"Well, we are good friends and all," He replied. Maybe playing along with a Fumina wasn't a very bright idea, she may not have been a blood Fumina but damn, she was just as smart. Although he was pretty sure that his response was sufficient enough to get her to drop the topic.
"True, but I didn't here them speak about any of their other friends, the entire night it was just about you... Naruto-kun this and Naruto-kun that." Naruto's head flicked up when he heard that Konoe and Sanae had actually called him Naruto-kun, he always thought that they hated addressing people with such friendly endings, well Sanae at least. Naruto's open action didn't go on unnoticed by Mei for she then brought her face closer to his. He stayed silent.
"Oh, did I say something that interest you... Naruto?"
'Dammit, she is good, well then I guess that I'll...' He was about to open his mouth when he heard four sets of footsteps.
"Okaasan, stop harassing him that's really rude you know." Said Konoe's voice from behind him. He turned to see her and Sanae walking up behind, following right behind them were the two gatekeepers Nagisa and Chigusa. Naruto mentally sighed, he was safe, but he knew that if he stayed any longer Mei would ferret out what he was about to say before.
"Ok, now that we are all here," he looked at Sanae and Konoe, "we can all get to the academy now right? Right! Ok so we'll be going now." He said as he grabbed both Sanae and Konoe by the shoulder and dashed off with them into the distance and out through the Fumina compound main gate.
Mei then giggled and glanced at Nagisa and Chigusa. "Ah, young love... funny isn't it?" She said, to which the two twins responded to with two syncopated giggles of their own.
Mei then bowed to the two twins and bid them a good day, it was funny; upon leaving the manor Naruto had kicked up a rather large cloud of dust. Since when was the boy that fast?
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After a minute of running Naruto had finally slowed and allowed Sanae and Konoe to gain possession over their own arms once more. The looks on both their faces where confused, unwitting and most of all, exactly the same. They had turned onto the street that was home to the famous Ichiraku ramen shop, the Ichiraku district. Because of the Ramen bar's popularity this long street had adopted the name of its most well-known attraction. It was a good thing too, this district was one that was just a straight path to their academy, merely a long line of shops going in one or two general directions.
This was the street that the trio had always taken to the academy, just as they were now. But there was something weird about today's walk to the academy, something odd about Naruto. Sanae and Konoe didn't let this go on unaddressed.
"Hey Naruto, you okay?" Sanae asked the blond. Naruto slipped his hands into his pockets and straightened out his back, his quote, "cool guy walk".
"Of course, I'm doing just fine, I'm just a little tetchy. I'm itching to find out who my new Jonin is." Sanae just nodded and looked back in front of her. For some reason she help but think that there was something different about Naruto this day, his entire aura seemed different, like he had suddenly gotten a hell of a lot stronger in a way. She cast a glance toward her sister who didn't miss a beat and nodded. Either Naruto had changed or their mother had said something really... unusual to him and knowing their mom, it was most likely the latter.
They would both find out.
"Hey Naruto, what exactly were you and our mother talking about?" Konoe asked suspiciously. Naruto just chuckled, still keeping his cool stride that made him look as if he was gliding.
"Oh nothing... important, I just asked her how your two twin gatekeepers speak like that." He responded.
"Oh you mean Nagisa and Chigusa, yeah, we've been trying to figure that out for the better part of out lives as well." Sanae said with a small giggle. It seemed as if he had thrown them off of the topic of their mother for the time being, however he mentally sighed when Konoe again asked another question.
"Are you sure that's what you two were talking about, because to me it looked she was talking about something a bit more personal," Konoe said, narrowing her eyes. She knew that he was hiding something and she was determined to find out what it was.
'Well it doesn't matter if I tell them...,' Naruto thought to himself, he should have guessed that one of them would try an impugn what it was he was saying, so to save time and to save himself from suffering the torment of any future diatribes he decided that he would tell her. But if she got mad, it wasn't his fault. "Well, if you insist then I guess that I'll tell you."
Then a certain aroma wafted into the air, tickling Naruto's nose. He sniffed a couple of times into the air. "Hm, ramen...," he then heard the low growl of someone's stomach and his head flicked toward Konoe, who had a slight blush on her face.
"Heh, gomen, I was so pumped about today that I forgot to eat breakfast," She said with one hand on the back of her head and the other rubbing her stomach in a circular motion. Sanae let out a slight giggle at how careless her sister could sometimes be. Her nose then picked up the sweet aroma in the air as well and she let out a soft sigh at the smell of sweet ramen, sometimes the Ichiraku district could take someone's stomach for the wildest of rides. The pleasant fragrances were something that she could always expect to meet whenever she walked through here, however, Sanae wasn't expecting what happened next.
In a wild turn of events her stomach let out a low raspy growl of hunger as well.... a really loud one too. It was as if there was some huge hulking beast residing within her abdomen waiting to satisfy its anger. Her face flushed and she let out a loud giggle, attracting a bit of unwanted attention from the villagers.
"Hahah, well I g-guess that I'm a little hungry, I almost forgot that I didn't have breakfast either." She said defensively.
"Well, it's obvious that you two both didn't have any breakfast, and by the sounds of it your both extremely hungry. I think the best thing for both of you would be some breakfast at Ichiraku's, I mean while in ramen district you might as well have something to fill you up." Naruto suggested while they walked which both girls agreed to with a unified nod. The two Fumina's then stopped and allowed their noses to point them in the general direction of the Ichiraku Ramen Bar. As they turned and began to walk the other way they stopped and turned back to Naruto.
"You're not coming?" Konoe said.
Naruto just shook his head and kept on walking, he threw his hand up and yelled back at them. "No way, I've got other things to do besides watch you two eat. I'll see at the academy." He then continued down the street, leaving the two sisters to stand in each others company. On the walk to Ichiraku's the two sisters mostly stayed silent, they were thinking the same thing, however, neither would come out and say anything.
They let they're thoughts swim around in their heads all the way to the ramen bar where they lifted they sat down next to each other.
"You know he's hiding something right?" Konoe said to her sister, who nodded. Due to their proximity of the food the smell of ramen had grown stronger causing Konoe to lean on the counter, allowing her nose to be pleased by the captivating noodles.
"Yeah, I know and it's probably something that our mother said to him. I just hope that what she said didn't ave anything to do with us." Sanae replied, she then flicked some of her hair back behind her shoulder. "Don't worry, we'll find out before today is over. All we have to do is find a way to annoy him long enough to get him to tell us."
"Ah hello, if it isn't the Fumina sisters and what will we be having?" said a gruff voice that caused both sisters to look in front of them. Standing there was the old man that owned the place, Ichiraku Teuchi, he and Naruto were on very good terms due to the blonde's loves of ramen and because of their affiliation with Naruto, Sanae and Konoe were liked by the old man as well.
Seeing as how it was a bit too early for ramen Konoe decided that something simple would do. "I'll have steamed rice and miso soup with grilled fish and some seasoned nori." The elderly shop owner nodded with a smile and yelled back to order to his daughter Ayame, who replied with a yell of equal volume. Teuchi then turned to Sanae.
"What about you Sanae-san, what will you order be." He said Sanae then contemplated on whether or not she should go for something overly extravagant but then remembered that this place was a ramen bar. Their specialty, most likely, wasn't breakfast. That being the case she decided to match the simplicity of her sister's order and order something... plebeian.
"Uh, I'd like some tamagoyaki with a side of miso soup as well and some pickled daikon to go with it."
"Your orders will be ready soon." Teuchi said while going into the back to help his daughter prepare the food for the two sisters.
Konoe then watched the man until he was out of sight and once he was she turned to her sister again.
"Today, we'll find out what he's hiding." She said to which Sanae agreed.
"Yeah, we-...," Sanae was cut off in mid-sentence by another low growl coming from her stomach; she gave a slight blush. "-Yeah we'll get him, after.... breakfast." Sanae said in a slightly embarrassed tone.
"Agreed," Konoe said.
xxxxxX (Back with Naruto)
Naruto had guessed that this was a good place to stop before he went to class, after all if he was going to show off his power today then this place would be essential. After he had seperated from Sanae and Konoe, instead if going straight to class he drifted off to another part of the village. He found himself in an empty street that was lined with dozens of stores and weapon shops. This was one of the more unknown streets in the village, the one that nobody lived on.
Naruto continued to walk down the desolate road until a certain shop caught his eye and he stopped. Primarily the reason why no people lived here was mainly because this part of the village was in proximity to the forest of death, it was literally on the edge of Konoha. The villagers were too scared to live here, the rumors surrounding the forest certainly spread fast around the village; and because of that this place was like a barren wasteland.
But just because it wasn't occupied didn't mean that the stores got no business, in fact out of all the shops in Konoha these shops got the most business. There was only one reason for this district's financial success and that reason was because this avenue was the district where the most of the highest ranked ninja in the village shopped. This Avenue was in fact The Anbu District.
This was the place were mostly only Anbu and a few select Jonin lived and shopped for weapons and supplies. Because it was on the outer edges it was ideal for The Anbu members who were constantly patrolling the perimeter of the village. Surely this wasn't the type of place Genin would be caught dead in, good thing Naruto was no regular Genin.
After his brief pause in front of the store he read the name on the dusky wall above the entrance to the shop. His lips then silently mouthed out the words.
"Gekkani Clothing Shop... ?" His eyebrow curled. "What a mysterious name," He said aloud. However, despite its name he still just shrugged it off and walked inside. "Hey excuse me I'm-..." But he stopped when he stepped inside; you could have said that he was overtaken by all the extravagant merchandise in the shop however that wasn't the case; he was stopped by one thing and one thing only: the numerous glares that were aimed at him the instant he walked inside.
Inside were numerous ninja, all of which where made up of Anbu and high ranking Jonin most of which were either staring at him or off observing some sturdy piece of clothing. Despite the people in the way, Naruto had noticed that the shop was rather spacious although one could not tell when looking from the outside.
Naruto looked around left and right until he finally spotted and walked up to the cashier's counter. The cashier himself was a large burly bald man wearing a stained brown tank top, he couldn't see his pants for they were hidden behind the long wooden counter. What he could see though was the man's upper lip curling with was most likely disgust. His small beady brown eyes were aimed directly at Naruto's own blue eyes. By the way he folded his heavily muscled arms and stuck out his rather large belly, Naruto took it as an attempt to intimidate him.
"Hey, kid... just what the hell are you doing here?" He asked in a demanding tone; although Naruto thought that his ostentatiously loud voice was bit annoying he decided to answer him back.
"Is it not obvious baka? I'm here to buy me something new to wear." Upon being called an idiot a wide vein popped up on the burnished head of who Naruto thought was the shop owner. Naruto smiled inwardly, if he had drawn such a reaction from this man then it wouldn't be hard to get what he wanted without a fight... well maybe not.
The large man slammed his hand on the top of the counter. "Hey, listen here runt, I'm not in the mood right now to play games, what's a fucking Genin like you doing here in this part of the village, you shouldn't even possess the whereabouts of this place!" Naruto noticed that where the man's hand had struck the wooden counter, the wood itself was horribly cracked.
Naruto was neither stupid nor unobservant and because of that Naruto could tell right away that this man was no shinobi, however he was outrageously strong.
"Well, I'm here and I possess the whereabouts of this shop, so therefore it should be obvious that I am no normal Genin, Baka." Naruto voice carried a bit of hostility which further pissed the large man off. Strangely none of the other Jonin and Anbu seemed to care about what was occurring at the counter, did this happen a lot because it sure seemed like it. No matter though, if a fight were to spark up Naruto knew that he would be able to take this guy, plus this was the best place possible to display his power. What better place to show off what he could do than a place where all the strongest Nin gathered. "Plus I have this," Naruto then pulled out the black scroll that Saito had given him, "I got the directions from this thing here." The man's eyes widened. It turned out that the scroll that Saito had given him was actually a map of Konoha and not just any map, it was a map from an Anbu's vantage point, therefore it showed you the location of many of the shops and hidden training grounds used by Anbu in the village.
"Ok short stuff, say what you have to say before I lose my cool." He said. Unfortunately for Naruto his height was always a topic of ridicule and what exacerbated the current situation was that his head was barely a mere foot above the unnecessarily high counter, that being the case, only Naruto's neck could be seen.
"By all means 'big man', lose your cool, Ive got time."
"Listen here, I haven't killed you yet only because you're a child, but if you don't show some fucking respect than I'll just have to make you! Besides what makes you think that I'll give you of all people my service?" That comment caused Naruto to raise a brow.
"What do you mean me of all people?" Naruto asked.
"Oh that's right, you don't know. I would tell you but I'm afraid I'd get killed if I did." He said with a smile on his face.
"Oh that's what you mean, man that's old news. See but the thing is, you can't speak of it but I can and trust me I know what's in me. I am very much aware." That comment drew the attention of the many Anbu occupying the shop. "Now I have a special order to place in for you, I want something better fitting than this old jumpsuit here, take it or else." Naruto spat his last words out with a bit of venom and judging by the man's personality this should have been enough to lure him into a fight.
"You fucking little runt, I'll kill you!" He yelled out.
"Just come and try." Naruto said with a smirk. The man hopped onto the counter, producing a loud thud. Now that his lower body was within full view, his brown pants could be seen in all their dusty glory as he prepared to launch himself at Naruto.
Ah, finally a chance to show his power in front of some ninja who actually mattered in the village. As Naruto readied himself and tightened his fist he heard a voice.
"Yoru, stop this at once!" The voice cut through the air like a kunai, completely drawing the attention of everyone in the store. The air was heavy and everything was silent.
'Dammit, now who the hell would try to stop me from kicking this guy's ass?' Naruto thought to himself, already annoyed. He noticed that the large man had a scared expression on his face. He looked past him and saw a tall and slender brown-eyed elderly man with long gray hair that hung to his back, he was wearing a purple shirt which was tucked into a black hakama.
"Yoru, attacking customers is unacceptable, and you know it. Now get back behind the counter and let me handle things here."
"Sorry boss, i-it won't happen again." Yoru stammered out; he then slipped down behind the counter and glared at Naruto who reciprocated his glare with a glare of is own. However his focus was broken when he heard that old man's voice one more.
"I must apologize on Yoru's behalf, he gets like that from time to time." He said while giving him a courteous bow. Naruto saw that Yoru himself was having a tough time trying to hold back his anger and chuckled.
"No need to apologize, after all I was part of reason for the fight almost occurring." Naruto responded.
"Still, It is my obligation as this store owner to take responsibility for employees." Naruto's eyes widened a bit.
"Oh so you're the store owner, I knew it was too nice to be run by a guy like him," Naruto said while pointing a thumb at Yoru who just growled at the boy.
The old man then chuckled at Yoru's reaction. "Yes that is correct I am the owner, my name is Kouha Gekkani." (note that all names are backwards so his first name is Gekkani .)
"Uzumaki Naruto, pleased to meet you." Naruto said but then noticed Gekkani looking him up and down. "Is there a problem?" Naruto asked.
"No, I was just wondering how a Genin found out about this place, that's all." He said.
"Trust me, I'm stronger than I look." Naruto replied, "But cutting to the chase I need to make a special order for a custom piece of clothing." When Gekkani motioned for him to follow, Naruto complied and allowed himself to be allowed into a room in the back of the store, but not before giving Yoru the finger.
The large man then gritted his teeth as he watched the boy fade away into the back room. "Oh I am so going to hurt that little runt." He said.
"I wouldn't try anything," said a voice right next to him. Yoru turned to see an Anbu with a modified tiger mask, he jumped back a little out of surprise.
"H-How long were you standing there?" Yoru asked, slightly afraid.
"That doesn't matter, but anyway I just wanted to tell you not to try anything with that kid. He's more powerful than you can imagine, and by the looks of it he'll get stronger. So you better show him some respect because he's going to be coming here a lot more, that's for sure. And don't think that you can surprise him either, any plans that you have right now for fighting him should be abandoned, for your sake anyway."
Yoru then looked at door where Naruto had walked through with Gekkani. "He doesn't seem that strong," he said but when he got no answer he turned his head and saw nobody there. He hated it when Anbu members did that to him.
Meanwhile with Naruto; he was lead into room full of different fabrics and material.
"So what would this custom order be Uzumaki-san." He said with a smile. That was something he wasn't used to a smile, most people who knew who he was either frowned or glared at him, much like Yoru had. It made Naruto wonder whether or not Gekkani was aware of his status, but judging by the man's elderly appearance, it was obvious that the man knew. He must have just been that much of an accepting person.
"Oh I've tinkering with this idea for a while so I already have what it should look like," He pulled out a folded piece of paper and handed it to Gekkani, the man unfolded it and his brow rose. "Oh and I want it to be made out of the same material as this," he said taking off his orange, blue and white jacket.
"Interesting idea; I'll see what I can do."
"Thanks, but listen I have to go, can you have it done by the end of today?" The old man nodded. "Good, I'll be leaving then." Naruto said as he walked out of the room and after giving Yoru one final glare, walked out of the store.
"Yeah, I'll come back here for sure."
xxxxxX (At the academy)
After a nice breakfast, both Sanae and Konoe were filled and ready to complete the rest of the day. Back in the Ichiraku district they got distracted by the sounds of their... hunger, however now they were satisfied and they were replete. Now they were ready to interrogate Naruto, however the problem was... that there was no Naruto. They walked into the classroom ready to interrogate their blond friend, but they soon found out that he was nowhere in sight. Now they were stuck with Iruka and his horribly dry speech about moving on in the world.
For almost fifteen minutes they had been listening to Iruka go on and on about how he would miss us and how they would be moving on into the ninja world. They never really realized it but, Iruka knew how to bore crap out of a person.
Konoe leaned forward and whispered in her sister's ear. "Hey where do you think Naruto is?" She asked her.
"I don't know, but he better come soon. It sounds like Iruka is about to finish, I hope he doesn't miss the team announcements." Sanae said.
"So in conclusion what I'm trying to say is that I'm very proud of all of you, and that I am very proud to announce which Genin teams will be assigned to which Jonin." Iruka's voice cut through their conversation, causing both sisters to lock their eyes on the man. "Alright, without further ado-...," Iruka began but his voice was cut off this time by a loud bang coming from the entrance to the classroom.
Everyone turned their heads to see Naruto standing at the door. However, there was something missing, specifically a particular piece of clothing. Naruto stood at the door wearing a black t-shirt with an orange swirl on the back instead of his normal orange and blue jacket.
"Oh glad that you could join us Mr. Uzumaki. Your about fifteen minutes late, but you're lucky, I was just about to announce the teams. Hurry up and take your seat."
Naruto just sighed and slammed the door shut. And walked toward his seat near Sanae and Konoe, along the way he heard a multitude of whispers, mainly coming from the female portion of the class. He wasn't complaining though, it felt good to get complimented every once and a while. Most people didn't notice it underneath that heavy jacket of his but he actually had an extremely muscled body, underneath that padded fabric he was a brick house!
And given how small his shirt was, his well-toned body could practically be seen from a mile away. The thin material did nothing but accentuate his body structure and apparently that was a good thing, judging by the positive reaction of the girls in the class.
"My bad for being late, Iruka-sensei, I had some things to take care of." Naruto said cool as he took his seat.
"Well that's okay seeing as how you all are getting new senseis." Iruka said with a smile as Naruto threw a smile back at him.
"He turned and flashed a smile toward Konoe and Sanae. He noticed, that their faces were an unusual hot red, funny he didn't remember their faces this sanguine in the morning. His mind quickly came onto the conclusion that they were blushing and that it was due to his outrageously tight shirt. Then remembered what their mother had mentioned to him earlier in the morning which caused him to smile to himself. It was time to have a little fun.
"Hey, are you guys okay? Your faces look a little red," He whispered as he placed his palms on both on both their foreheads. At the touch of his hands they both squeaked and flinched. "I hope you guys aren't getting sick or something, it would suck if you girls both caught a fever... wouldn't it?" Both girls just slowly nodded with their mouths open while staring directly at Naruto. "Well I hope it's nothing serious," he said as he turned fully around and faced Iruka.
'That should keep them occupied for a while.' Naruto thought to himself.
Meanwhile Sanae and Konoe had no clue what just happened to them. Of course they knew what Naruto had done but they didn't know why they reacted like that. Both girls were in a daze and everything else outside of their minds had been tuned out except for Naruto.
Konoe looked at Sanae and noticed that her sister's face was about as red as a tomato. Her own expression matched Sanae's as well, which was confusing. She had been closer to Naruto before today but for some reason when he touched her head she felt something different about him, something powerful and seductive. She knew that there was something different about Naruto, she could tell by the way he walked and talked but she never figured that should would like it this much. Her own reaction to the blond's noticeable change in aura had surprised her and she didn't doubt that her sister was feeling the same way.
'S-since when did Naruto become so... different?,' she thought to herself. There was no change in outward appearance but for those who knew Naruto, it was apparent that he had made a definite inner transition. Konoe made a quick glance at the back at Naruto's head but shuddered away, for she could just sense the power radiating off of him.
Sanae, just like her sister was in a state of inner confusion as well. It strange, but when Naruto touched her, she felt her skin... tingle. It was like some weird sensation running through her body, all hot and prickly, and it spread like wildfire. Unlike Konoe, Sanae had first noticed Naruto's physical appearance, not his change in aura. She had never never really noticed it but underneath that bulky orange jumpsuit, Naruto was a solid as a rock.
'Wow, since when was Naruto so ripped?' Blood rushed to her cheeks and she found herself staring at him, but quickly turned away in fear of somebody catching her. Now wasn't the time to be staring though, as to why she was even staring, Sanae didn't want to admit anything to herself. She needed to be focused, and alert.
Just then Iruka's voice drew her attention back toward the front of the classroom. Every now and then she glanced at Naruto and saw that he wasn't paying attention, instead he was looking out the window. Normally she would have scolded him and told him to pay attention but due to very appealing circumstance next to her, Sanae wasn't so sure how her words would come out if she were to try and speak to him. It was better for her to stay silent.
"As you all know, you will all be assigned to new teams and along with that new Jonin senseis. The teams will be composed of three members, I will now announce the names of each of those teams."
As Iruka began announcing the teams Naruto did well not paying attention, normally he would have in a situation like this but as of now he really didn't care who was on his team... as long as it was not a fan girl. He wouldn't even mind having Konoe on Sanae on his team either and apparently they really didn't mind having him for a teammate. No matter who was on his team, he would still get to use his power so as of now he wasn't all that interested.
Iruka went through many names, announcing the pairings and then going on to announce which Jonin they were assigned to. Some people were happy and others sad, some were gloomy and others mad; but to Naruto it did not matter. As long as he get stuck with someone who wasn't completely incompetent then he was alright.
It had been three minutes and Iruka had gone through about six teams and was just about to announce the next team.
"Alright team seven... Haruno Sakura... U-uchiha Sasuke;" the pink haired girl let out a squeal of glee and flashed a victory sign to all of Sasuke's other suitors, letting them know that she had won. "-ehem, as I was saying, Haruno Sakura, Uchiha Sasuke and Inuzuka Kiba." Sakura then let out a low grumble upon hearing dog user's name."Your Jonin instructor will be Hatake Kakashi."
"Team eight... Hyuuga Hinata, Aburame Shino and... Uzumaki Naruto." Hinata's head instantly sprung up hearing the name of her blond crush being mentioned along with her's. Naruto himself, just glanced at her, making her look away; he then looked at Shino to which the boy then looked back at him. The bug user's eye brow shot up and hovered above his ever-present black sun glasses. Naruto looked away and shuddered, man that kid was weird... but who ever said that weird wasn't good. Naruto himself was... weird, although he always labeled himself as unique; guess one could say that Shino was 'odd' in some ways but acceptable. Overall it was a decent team, they were a bit interesting and he wanted to see how well a Hyuuga could collaborate with an Aburame. Two diverging styles of combat meant that in order to make an efficient team they would have to work together like the gears in a clock; and that meant perfect synchronization. "Your Jonin instructor will be Yuuhi Kurenai."
"Seeing as how there still is a team nine I'm going to skip onto the next team. Team ten, Yamanaka Ino, Nara Shikamaru, and Akimichi Choji, your Jonin will be Sarutobi Asuma." Then Iruka took one final look at the paper in his hand and scratched his head.
"Oh? it seems like we had and odd number of students graduate this year. There are still two left over, ah the Fumina sisters... wow lucky, looks like you two will be paired together on team eleven and your Jonin will be....ooooh uh, Mitarashi Anko."
Naruto glanced back at the Fumina sisters, both their expressions were downcast, just by hearing the name Mitarashi Anko they had both been thrown into a lugubrious mood. "Sorry guys, tough luck." He whispered to them and turned back. Most likely that didn't even help, it probably exacerbated the situation, but then again when did teasing ever help a situation?
"This rarely happens after graduation," Iruka continued. "But don't worry, we will find a third teammate for your team. Anyway, now that you all know your teams, and Jonin instructors all you have to do is wait. They will be here soon so sit tight and be patient... bye now!" Iruka said as he made a hand sign and disappeared in a puff of smoke.
That was weird, Iruka seemed like he was in a rush to go somewhere. And judging by the tone of his voice the situation was urgent; Naruto made a mental note of that. Also he noticed that Mizuki was gone as well, the man hadn't even bothered to show up for class. Well as of now it didn't matter that much to Naruto, he just wanted to meet his Jonin.
If he remembered correctly he was assigned to Yuuhi Kurenai, the Genjutsu specialist... well more like master. Once before, while going through private shinobi files in Ojii-san's office he had come across her file. From what he read, his instructor was a extremely skilled in Genjutsu, and apparently possessed the knowledge of over one thousand Genjutsu....; she was the Hatake Kakashi of optical illusions. In the future she would prove to be an entertaining sensei, although not as entertaining as the Hokage himself.
After thirty minutes of silence between him Konoe and Sanae, mostly everyone else had been picked up by their Jonin instructors. Now the only people in the room were, Sanae Konoe and the members of team eight and seven. The atmosphere was thick and silence permeated the air. Every time Naruto glanced at Konoe or Sanae, he noticed their downcast expressions... either they were sad about not being teammates with him or their darkened expressions were caused by the knowledge of who their Jonin sensei was. Naruto knew who Mitarashi Anko was and by the rumors surrounding her, he couldn't blame the two brunettes for adopting such perturbed looks.
But he didn't let it pressure him to much. Their temperance was, in itself, a good distraction for them and would give him a chance to move away before they started to annoy him in order to make themselves feel better. Naruto's eyes darted from the two sisters then onto team seven and then onto his own team who were seated across the room. He stood up and walked over to the him while eying the Aburame boy with much focus, not even breaking his concentration to so much as take his gaze off the aloof Genin.
"Hey, Shino, can I ask you something," He said taking a seat on the desk next to Shino.
From behind his high gray-colored collar the Aburame boy nodded slowly. His thin-rimmed black glasses seemed to be glued to his face for the did not move an inch when he moved his head. "What is it... I presume that you have come to me in order to discuss the topic of our Jonin sensei," Shino's eyebrow shot up above his dark specs, "correct?" The boy was awfully perceptive, but Naruto had expected as much from a person from the Aburame clan. He did not look at Naruto only away, as if he was avoiding the blonde's eyes.
"Wow, you hit then nail right on the head. Didn't expect you to answer before I had a chance to ask. But getting to the point, you do know of our sensei correct?"
"Yes, in fact I've heard a multitude of stories about her skill, particularly her mastery in the art of Genjutsu," Shino replied in a neutral tone. He brought his hand up up and adjusted his glasses. "Why, are you expecting anything of her?" There he went again, predicting what he was about to say before he even said it.
"Actually yes, I am, and I am also expecting out of you and Hinata as well." This caused the usually distant boy to show some interest. He turned his full gaze onto Naruto, apparently drawn fully into the conversation by subtle alacrity and uttered one word.
"Elaborate."
"Don't read too much into it, all that is meant is that I can see that you along with Hinata have skills that will prove to be both valuable and irreplaceable in the future, so to curtail; I'm glad to have you on our team," Naruto said nonchalantly.
"Your words are much appreciated, I myself am satisfied with you and Hinata as my teammates as well." Shino said. Naruto figured that he could get along with Shino, as stoic and shadowy as the boy was he was still just that, a boy. And no boy, no matter how odd they may seem, could be completely unsociable. Naruto then took that thought back as the image of a certain Uchiha flashed in his mind.
Naruto really hadn't expected Shino to open up so easily however, but it didn't matter at the time, as long as he had lightened up the mood with his teammate. As he had made a slight connection with one teammate, he was pleased, however one remained and there she was timidly walking up to both him and Shino.
Hinata slowly crept up to the two boys, Naruto today for some reason had changed. He seemed more confident than he was the day before, it reminded her of the day she first met him, when he had stood up to her father. Although she only had a brief conversation with him that day he said something to her that she would remember for many years to come in the future. The words he said she still remembered.
'But you just got to know how to speak to them...' His words still rang in her mind, a constant reminder of why it she admired him so much, his confidence, his demeanor and his charisma, they had all returned back to their former glory just like on that day. His character wasn't just what she admired as well, shallow as it may be, his physical features had become her daily eye candy. Most of the time she would stare at him for what seemed to her like hours, although it was only a period of time abundant in brevity. But her infatuation with Naruto was nothing whimsical, at times Hinata herself contemplated on whether or not her attraction to Naruto was just mere infatuation. To her it felt like more than some school girl crush; it wasn't like the attraction that some of the females in her class had with Uchiha Sasuke, it was more than that, she just knew and hopefully she hoped that one day Naruto too would one day feel the same way towards her. But until then idle fraternization, she would have to settle for.
"A-ano, I was wondering," she began in a her usual low tone. Her voice however was cut off by the dry grind of the door opening to reveal a black haired woman standing in its rectangular frame.
She wore a white and red dress that stopped at the high point of her thighs, was very beautiful. The most outstanding feature about her was her piercing red eyes, that almost seemed to bore into a person. She opened her mouth and said, "Team eight meet me in training ground nineteen in ten minutes," before disappearing in a cloud of smoke.
"Well, I guess that that was Kurenai, hm, she seems interesting." Naruto said before getting up to leave, he gave Sanae and Konoe one final wave, however tha did not respond for they were lost in deep emotional adversity, he went against any decisions to solace them and just went on his way. Shino stood as well and walked out as well, with Hinata slowly following behind.
"Indeed she is an interesting one," the bug user said as he followed Naruto to the roof.
xxxxxX (On the training field)
Kurenai didn't waste any time getting to the training field, although she didn't show it in the class before, she was actually excited about getting herself a team. Given that she had never been assigned a team before, she felt as though she could handle this team correctly. It seemed to her that she had actually gotten lucky. But for now she would test them, she ahd purposely given them a period of ten minutes to get to training ground nineteen. She knew that it would take more than just ten minutes for a Genin to get there, most likely closer to twenty minutes. She just wanted to assess their speed before she got started.
Underneath a large tree, she sat, enjoying the brief moment of peace before her team came here. The leaves loomed over her entire being, casting a cool shadow that, saved her from the heat of the sun. The feeling it brought flowed throughout her body, giving her otherwise dry skin a break and it allowed her to think clearly.
Who did she have... let's see there was that Aburame. His clan's technique's utilized bugs to their every advantage, although a very distant clan in Konoha, their prowess was well noted throughout the village; some ways recognized their power better than others. She had only gotten to see an Aburame in battle a handful of times, but what she saw when they did was always surprising and in some ways disturbing. He would prove to be a beneficial asset to her team.
Then there was Hyuuga Hinata, the daughter of the current Hyuuga clan head, Hyuuga Hiashi and next in line to take the position of leadership. Kurenai herself had interacted with her many times in the past; she was a timid little thing. She had much potential and although she used her family's Gentle Fist style of fighting diffidently, she showed much promise. If only her self-esteem issue would stop getting in her way, she might actually be able to improve herself but it wasn't her fault. Kurenai blamed her father for the way Hinata turned out; his coldness and harsh actions toward his daughter turned her into the shy girl she was now. She thought of herself as a failure, and what was worse was that her father agreed with her. The thought of it sickened her and she knew that Hinata's confidence was something that she had to work on with the girl.
Lastly there was the Uzumaki, Kyuubi's jailer. She didn't know what to think of this boy actually; she was never one of those ignorant villagers who thought of Naruto as the Kyuubi himself, never would she stoop to such a low mindset. But she couldn't help but feel that he was hiding something, whether or not he even knew of the Kyuubi's existence was still unknown. He seemed strong, however, would he be able to work with the other two on his team. Many rumors surrounded the boy; some saying that he was hiding his true power and that he was a ruthless fighter.
"Hm, that one's a mystery," she said to herself.
"Which ones a mystery?," said a voice. Kurenai's eyes widened when she looked up and saw Naruto standing upside down on a branch. He had a jaunty expression plastered on his face, for a moment the wind blew and Kurenai said nothing.
"Well," he said raising a brow.
Kurenai just sat surprised. There should have been now way that he could have gotten there so quickly, she herself had gotten there in little under two minutes; so for him to get there and approach her without her noticing was unnatural for a child his age.
"Y-you, how did you get here so fast?" she asked.
"That doesn't matter right now, I have someone who's here and wants to speak to you."
"Who could possibly--," She cut herself off when she noticed an Anbu with a slightly modified tiger mask walk from behind the tree.
"Wha- what the hell is this?," she asked.
"Kurenai-sensei... this is Yuuji Saito, my future Anbu captain." Kurenai almost stopped thinking for a moment. The fact that he just Anbu, meant that he was stronger than he let on, most maybe even stronger than she was. The concept of being weaker than a Genin was a bit surprising, in fact it was mind-boggling there should have been no way that this boy could possibly attain Anbu rank.
Still Kurenai sat and said nothing, dumbfounded by what might actually be reality.
"I had expected a reaction like that. There should still be more than fifteen minutes before everyone else gets here... so you should use the time wisely and listen to Saito here has to say." Kurenai just nodded with her lower lip hanging off like she was an idiot. Saito then took over from there, promptly informing Kurenai of Naruto's situation and how he was to become an Anbu by next year. He told her of how Naruto would be training with them a lot in order to gain some experience before he was fully placed in his squad. The entire time Kurenai was silent, looking from away from Saito only to glance at Naruto who had taken to cleaning out his ears.
After he finished speaking, Kurenai only nodded.
"Well I'm glad that you understand your student's position, I guess that I'm done here," he then glanced up at Naruto, "and I'll be expecting you afterward."
"Yeah, yeah," Naruto said; not even bothering to look at his captain, completely focused on excavating the cave that he called his ear.
With that Saito bowed and walked behind the tree, when Kurenai look to see if he was still there her eyes widened, for he was gone.
"How do-"
"-they do that?" Naruto said finishing her question for her. "Yeah, I'm still trying to figure that one out for myself."
Kurenai eyed the boy carefully, it was true, she had gotten lucky. Who would have thought on her first Genin team she would have a Genin stronger than herself, but that only lead to her feeling a bit off edge and insecure about her own ability.
"Naruto," she said.
"Yeah, what is it Kurenai-sensei?," he replied. It was a surprise that he still addressed her as his sensei since he clearly outranked her when it came to skill. However, she swallowed whatever injured pride that may have attempted to show its head and asked him a question.
"What is it that you did to get so strong?"
"Oh that, it wasn't really just me, I got some help from our Hokage." That shocked Kurenai.
"And what do you mean by that?"
"I mean, I was trained by him." Now Kurenai was intrigued, if he was brought under the eye of the Hokage then who knows what type of techniques he had hidden in those, rather tight sleeves of his. She would have to make sure to tell him to get some different clothing, if not then he had better be prepared to run from a couple dozen girls every day. "Since I was seven years old he trained me... taught me everything I know. And yet I still don't know how the Anbu do that vanishing thing."
"Hm interesting.... well you can tell me more later, because I think that your teammates have finally arrived and a bit earlier than I expected."
xxxxXXX
Shino was tired to say the least. He had actually pushed himself to make that ten minute mark, whatever his sensei was trying to achieve by making him and Hinata rush to such a far away training ground, he had no clue.
Behind him a badly-winded Hinata followed, dragging her feet against the dusky ground.
"Shino, i-isn't that N-naruto sitting next to Kurenai-sensei?"
Shino, who had been looking at the ground the entire time paused and looked up. Indeed, was Naruto sitting next to their sensei staring into the sky as if he had been there for a long time and was bored. The boy's finely tuned intellect caused his mind to race to the one question that sprung up.
"How... did he get here so quickly," he said between breaths.
"I d-don't know, he must be really fast," Hinata muttered,
As the both of them approached the large tree, Kurenai motioned for them to come over.
"Well, you two look tired. Did you have a hard time getting here?," Kurenai asked.
A small but noticeable vein popped up on Shino's head. "Hardly, I would just rather... take my time." Kurenai then giggled.
"Oh, then why are you breathing so hard?"
"I'd rather not speak about it," Shino said as he hid away beneath his large collar. Naruto let out a loud chuckle and Hinata herself suppressed a chuckle, although it was rather hard to laugh when you were as tired as she was.
As Kurenai looked her team up and down, she smiled warmly. It seems as if she had gotten really lucky this first time. A Hyuuga, an Aburame, and the ever-present mystery that was her most interesting pupil, Uzumaki Naruto. Yep, she had gotten really lucky.
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Sorry, if this chapter came across as a bit boring, I mean I was just out of it when I was writing. Like my hands were typing but nothing was coming out correctly, it really did suck having to right this chapter. And I know, yes, there still were no signs of NaruHina in this chapter, except for one brilliant thing. They are now teammates, seeing as how I didn't feel like putting that much interaction with them in this chapter I settled for a nice start. Naruto and Hinata on the same team, equals the start to a nice love story.
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