Hey guys! Thanks a lot for the reviews. So here's the fifth chapter you've all been waiting for. However this chapter was supposed to be published after 4-5 days from now, but I tried to publish this as fast as possible.
About the harem, many people having been asking about the matriarch of Naruto's harem. No Hinata will not be the head of harem, KUSHINA will be. I absolutely love Naru/Kushi pairing followed by Naru/Mikoto. And no, Sakura will NOT be in the harem as stated in the first chapter, I'm just gonna put her on the track alongwith Ino. And no, I wouldn't change Sasuke (I agree, it would be like WTF move).
About the monsoon fist, I'm still not sure, so I'll see what I can do. In this chapter, there should be very few errors, if not at all. So, enjoy! Here we begin-
Meanwhile:Forest of Death- The Clearing
Kurenai, after checking on her team, obviously not letting them aware of her presence, had reached the clearing sometime ago. She could sense Naruto's distinct type of chakra as well as two other chakras coming from a trunk cave in the area.
So far, she couldn't see or feel any thing out of the ordinary coming from team 7, so she applied a high level genjutsu on herself and kept herself hidden for the time being while keeping a watch for anything out of the ordinary. After sometime, she saw Haruno Sakura come out who then started laying traps around their temporary residence. The traps were nothing special, but good enough for a bunch of weak genins. While Sakura was busy, Naruto had already drifted to sleep.
Naruto's Mindscape
'drip' 'drip'
Where am I?', thought Naruto as he found himself in some corridors where water was filled to his knees. One moment he was sleeping and another, he was in this damn sewer!
The area was dimly lit and he had no idea how. He then started walking wherever the path was taking him. After sometime, he heard a faint sound of crying coming from ahead of him. He then started running in the direction from where the sound was coming from, but it strangely sounded feminine. He came to a halt in front of a large cage wth a small piece of paper on the middle with a kanji for seal on it.
He could clearly hear the sounds of someone crying from the other side of the cage and was really nervous now. First he found himself in this sewer and then this, it could also be a trap or something. He then noticed that he didn't had any kunai or shuriken holsters wrapped to his thighs but was shocked when suddenly a kunai materialized in midair in front of him.
'What the hell! I was thinking of drawing out a kunai and it materialised', thought Naruto but was dragged out of his musings when the sounds of crying got louder.
He cautiously approached the cage with a kunai in front of him but could see nothing in the cage as it was dark while he activated his Rinnegan. He gasped when he saw a bright source of overflowing red chakra. He put the two & two together as he thought about the cage, the seal kanji, the RED chakra and came to an obvious conclusion.
'The K-Kyuubi! It's crying? What the hell! Am I dreaming and why didn't anyone tell me that it was a female', thought Naruto before he stopped just outside the cage.
"Um, h-hello? Anybody there?", said a nervous Naruto. He was talking to Kyuubi no Kitsune after all, so had to be careful. The crying suddenly stopped and he could hear and as well as see that 'she' was shuffling inside while wiping her tears.
"W-Who it it? N-Naruto-kun, is that you?", said a shaky feminine voice which was even more scared than Naruto's.
'The hell is going on here, why is she scared of all people…..or demons', thought Naruto as he slowly progressed towards the inside of the cage. Although he knew that he could be dead within seconds, but something in him told that he should comfort her. She didn't look all that scary, and he thought that Kyuubi was a giant fox and not a feminine human or whatever.
"Yeah, um my name is Uzumaki Naruto, your vessel. Pleased to meet ya", said Naruto while he laughed nervously. He was now completely inside the cage, but the next thing he knew, he was tackled by a red blur resulting in him falling on the wet floor. She was so fast even his Rinnegan couldn't follow it. He thought that he would be dead anytime now as he mistaked it for an attack, but when he opened his eyes, all he could see were two small cute fox ears while Kyuubi's face was buried in his jounin vest. She was sobbing uncontrollably, repeatedly saying 'sorry', he also noted the nine tails swishing in midair and her long silky red hair which reached to her lower back.
He couldn't bear to see any female cry even if it was the Kyuubi. If she was as bad as the legends told, then she already would have killed him.
"Why are you saying sorry?", asked a confused Naruto while he absent mindedly started stroking her ears. Kyuubi immediately blushed while she started to purr and leaned more into his touch. She was brought out of her comfort when Naruto voiced the same question again. She lifted her face to find that she was only inches away from his face. Both of them blushed crimson red as they saw each other's facial characteristics.
To Naruto, he had never seen someone so beautiful. Her heart shaped face, red eyes with black slits, small nose and pink supple lips, all seem to yell 'angelic'. Her complexion was glowing white and he couldn't help but wonder, how the hell did she maintain herself in this sewer?
To Kyuubi, he was very adorable, cute and handsome at the same time. His spiky blonde hair, tan skin and whiskers added to his appearance. But what really threw her for the loop was when she noticed her eyes. Naruto was brought out of his trance-like state when he heard her gasp.
"The R-Rinnegan, I can't believe it. It truly has finally awakened after so many years", whispered Kyuubi with a look of astonishment on her face. Her eyes were watery red and her cheeks were puffy due to crying so much. Naruto could only stare at her beautiful face. He didn't know why or how, but he kinda felt attracted to her, like there was a bond between him & her. He felt a pang in his heart, to see the almighty Kyuubi No Kitsune cry, how ironic.
So instinctively, he brought his hand to her face and wiped her tears. At first, she blushed furiously, but then leaned into his touch.
"Why are you crying?", asked Naruto softly. At this, more tears started forming in her eyes but she controlled herself.
"Just now, I….I saw all of your memories. I saw how you were treated all your life just…..just , because of me. I….I'm so sorry", at this she again broke down as she sobbed uncontrollably while hugging Naruto tightly to her. He blushed when he felt her breasts tightly pressed against his chest but he had more important things to do. He hugged her back while rubbing her red hair lovingly whereas she continued to cry. After sometime, she stopped crying and began to enjoy the warmth that Naruto seemed to be radiating.
"Kyu-chan?", asked Naruto while still rubbing her hair. She blushed at the addition of '–chan' to her name while 'hm-ing' in response to indicate she was listening.
"What did you mean by 'just now'? Why didn't you appear early in my life and I thought that you were a giant fox, not a beautiful lady", said Naruto still clueless that he was flirting with her while her blush got darker in shade, but he couldn't see it as her face was buried in his chest.
"First, I would like you to know why I attacked your village", said Kyuubi as she lifted her face and stared Naruto right in his purple eyes.
"What do you mean? Didn't you just go on a rampage?", asked a confused Naruto while Kyuubi shook her head.
"Your mother Naruto-kun, was my previous host", said Kyuubi shocking Naruto to his very core but before he could speak, she continued.
"When she gave birth to you, someone attacked her. After a jinchuriki gives birth, her seal gets weakened considerably. So that day, a man with a black cloak wearing an orange spiral mask on his face attacked her just after giving birth to you. I still don't clearly remember the incident, but I do know that he somehow released me. He had the Sharingan, although I couldn't clearly see what form it was, but it was definitely Mangekyou or above. When I saw him in the eyes, something snapped in me. After that, the only thing I remember is me attacking your village and the rest is somewhat blank, only blurred visions of that incident, just like amnesia.
What I know is that he trapped me in VERY powerful genjutsu which was active till today. After the sealing, I got some of my consciousness back and tried to dispel the genjutsu, but couldn't do it until you awakened your Rinnegan. That's why you could easily control one tail of my chakra, because some part of me was constantly trying to help you since the sealing. Remember your battle at the bridge in the wave country, when you first time accessed my chakra because of your emotions, well my guess is that that somewhat weakened your seal. So after that, when you tried to willingly harness my chakra, even with your sensei's help, didn't you find it surprisingly easy? It was because I was giving you my one tail worth of chakra whenever you needed it", explained Kyuubi while Naruto was shell shocked. He didn't know that she was trying to help him all along. He always chased academy teachers or other shinobi for any kind of help, but she was all along helping him. Whenever he was injured, she made extra effort besides the seal to heal him as quickly as possible as the seal didn't leak much of her youki to heal critical wounds. Tears slowly started forming in his eyes as he tightly hugged her to his body again.
"Kyu-chan…I…thank you very much! You don't know how much it means to me", said Naruto happily.
"With what you have endured Naruto-kun, I would do anything for you to redeem myself", said Kyuubi while blushing as she could feel his tight muscles under his black jounin-like vest. Meanwhile, Naruto started to rub her back soothingly, but he noticed something odd. Instead of cloth fabric, he could feel soft flesh, then he realized.
'Oh Kami! She's naked! Now she's going to kill me thinking that I'm a pervert', thought a scared Naruto but was surprised to hear a moan escape her lips while he still unconsciously continued to rub her back.
"Naruto-kun...", moaned Kyuubi as she drew closer to Naruto's face while he himself started to close the gap. But what about Hinata, he knew that he shouldn't be doing this but he also couldn't resist her pretty face and her angelic voice.
Finally their lips touched in a chaste kiss while there was a rush of wamth throughout their bodies. Her lips were so soft, he could practically feel his lips melting in the tender embrace of her warm lips. It was just like how two hot molten metals fuse with each other to form a whole new element. Never had he thought that a simple kiss could feel so good, well if you had your first kiss with a boy who radiated the superiority of the combination of his whole dead clan & the broodiness of a guy who lost his dick at the hands of his brother's wakizashi, who wouldn't? 'Foolish little brother, your dick will always be weak, it's best if you get rid of it'. 'My goal is to cut the dick of a certain someone', yeah that kind of brooder.
Well, back to the kiss. Soon they deepened their kiss while Naruto started to rub her lower bare back and Kyuubi started to rub his scalp lovingly, they were on the ninth cloud right now. But he was surprised when her tongue touched his lower lip, he didn't know what to do but followed his instincts by opening his mouth.
A whole new fulfilling sensation of electric pleasure bolted throughout his body & invaded his nervous system when he felt her tongue massaging his own. Soon her tongue began exploring his mouth like a lone child in a candy store. Her tongue embracing his, as if asking him to come to it's home. Upon his barely controlled instincts, his tongue tenderly entered her mouth before he fervently explored her angelic insides. Her mouth tasted like wild strawberries with a tinge of ripened peaches. She moaned in his mouth while slurping sounds were made as they deliriously kissed each other, saliva dripping from both of their tongues. If Jiraiya would've seen this, he surely would've died of bloodloss with a content smile on his face.
But upon feeling something hard poke her in her lower region, she moaned loudly leading to an abrupt stop to their make-out session, both panting heavily with blood red blush on their faces.
'What's wrong with me!', thought Naruto while both of them were breathing heavily. On the other hand, Kyuubi too felt confused but somewhat excited at the strange attraction she felt for him. Although they had only met now, but she could say that she knew him better than anyone in the village, she had watched his memories after all. She knew all of his traits, quirks, his funny persona, his unshatterable confidence, determination & the unbrokable will to never give up, his obsession with Ramen, his fondess for his Ayame-nee-chan, Hinata-chan, Benihime-chan, Tsume-chan (not the Inuzuka clan head), Yugi-chan & a girl whose name he never came to know about. But a small part of her knew that she had already fallen for him the moment she watched his life & how he tackled it head on.
"S-Sorry", stuttered Naruto while she watched the other way with a blush, not matching his gaze.
"M-Me too", she said meekly.
"Kyu-chan, do you like me? Like...in that way?", asked Naruto while she sighed sadly as she rested her head on his chest.
"I...I don't know. I'm so confused, I feel very much attracted to you, but...I'm not sure if you'll accept me. I know you like that Hinata girl, but...", she inhaled deeply while trying to stop her tears. "...but..., atleast give me a chance Naruto-kun. I know that I was the sole reason you lost everything and had to endure something which no one else should. But I'm ready to do anything for you, anything to redeem myself, anything you ask for. I know that a demon like me doesnot deserve the love of someone like you, but please...I can't...I just can't live without you", she said in a choked voice while she was barely restraining her tears.
But when she felt warm droplets on her head, she looked up to see Naruto smiling warmly at her while tears were freely flowing down his face and that his eyes were back to normal blue color.
Naruto had never felt so warm & wanted in a long time. He had another person who liked him or rather was attracted to him in a romantic way. While he had grandfatherly, sisterly & brotherly characters in his life, he deeply yearned for physical contact or a romantic relationship. And now he was possibly getting what he wanted all his life: love. Such a simple four letter word, but so strong that even the demons bow before it. It can fill a person's life with happiness, compassion & joyness beyond imagination. It is what gives the defination of heart and makes the person forget all his memories in his lover's embrace.
Keeping his thoughts of love for another day, he took hold of her chin before he kissed her lightly on her cute nose leading to a pink tint on her cheeks.
"Silly Kyu-chan, it doesnot matter to me if you're a demon or not. To me, you're my cute kitsune, the one who stayed with me from the day I was born, the one who constantly helped me in my hardships, the one who I would die to protect. Although I too feel attracted towards you, but I would like to know you, to be your friend, and if possible maybe more. But one thing I promise you on my dream of becoming Hokage, that I would never let the Akatsuki capture you...EVER! That's the promise of a lifetime", said Naruto with determination while cupping her cheek whereas Kyuubi was extremely happy that he considered her his precious person.
'I will never leave your side Naruto-kun. In just a few moments, you have shown me how caring, forgiving, kind & a loving person you are', she thought while rubbing his whisker marks, but giggled when she heard him purr.
"I didn't know your whiskers were sensitive Naruto-kun", said a giggling Kyuubi while Naruto blushed in embarrassement.
"Um..., can I stand now?", asked Naruto with a sheepish grin. She melted right away at seeing his infectious grin, she was a kitsune after all, why wouldn't she like the smiles of her own kind.
"S-Sure", she stuttered before standing up. However, there was one thing that Naruto didn't account for & that was seeing the Kyuubi in all her naked glory.
His face became steamy red before he was propelled back by a large nosebleed. She had the body of a goddess, all the body curves were in the right places leading to a hour-glass figure and her perky C-cup, soft but firm breasts accentuated her beauty.
"Naruto-kun!", yelled Kyuubi as she came running towards him. Now he had an even larger nosebleed when he saw her bouncing mounds while she ran towards him.
'Uzumaki Naruto: can't have a normal day in life', he thought while pinching his nose to prevent anymore loss of blood. Upon reaching him, she tenderly put his head in her lap with a worried expression on her face.
"Naruto-kun, what happened? Are you alright?"
"Naked...Kyuubi...clothes", muttered a dazed Naruto. She blushed heavily when she realised her indecent condition, but inwardly was satisfied with his reaction.
"But this is your mindscape, so you should be able to materialise whatever you want", she said while he stood up.
"Hmm, I don't know much about clothes. I guess a jounin attire would do for now", pondered Naruto as a jounin wear appeared out of nowhere on her body.
"Kyu-chan, do you have a name?", asked Naruto while Kyuubi nodded as she didn't like the name 'nine tailed' much before speaking.
"Hai, it's Ayumi. That's what your mother used to call me by".
"It's a nice name, but can you tell me about my mother?", asked Naruto with a sparkle of hope in his eyes. Ayumi's eyes softened at his question, she could only imagine the frustration & pain of not knowing anything about the one who gave birth to you. Inside this matured Naruto, she could see a boy desperate to know about his parents, a boy who never knew what a mother's love was, a boy who cries everyday wanting to see his mother atleast once, to be in her embrace, to tell her about his accomplishments, to rest his head on her lap while he cries & tells her about his failures, for her to teach him petty things, to scold & correct him when he does something wrong. Behind this man, was a shadowed child desperate for attention and maternal love, or maybe more from her.
"Hai Naruto-kun. Your mother was from the whirpool country: Uzumaki Kushina, who came to Konoha when she was young. You can say that she was as beautiful as me, if not more. She was the defination of angel for men & jealousy for women. But what really made her infamous across the elemental nations was her godly master of water element equalling your Nidaime's prowess in the element and her status of being a seal master that even Jiraiya- The Toad Sannin could not hope to surpass. The complex seal-Shiki Fujin (Reaper Death Seal), on your stomach which binds me to you, was her art. She was easily a kage level shinobi who was given S-rank in the Bingo books of all the elemental nations. She too, like you had extremely large chakra reserves, fast healing rate and had a natural talent for taijutsu & ninjutsu. The Uzumaki clan were a natural with seals, had faster healing rate & longer life spans than normal, so they looked like 18-20 years old even if they reached their fifties, but their history is for another day.
Your mother had a tomboyish attitude when she was young but became more womanly with time. That's the main reason your mask was even able to confuse the people who knew her closely. You see, when you acted loud, spontaneous & obnoxious, ironically it matched with her personality. However, you did acquire some of her traits like determination, courage, protecting your precious people with your life and the stubborness to never give up", explained Ayumi with a faraway look on her face while Naruto was brimming with pride & happiness that his mother was such a legendary shinobi.
"Did you ever talk to her?", asked a smiling Naruto.
"Hai, she would often tell me about her experiences and how she loved you with every fibre of her being when she was pregnant", she said with a serene expression.
"But what about my fa-", he stopped speaking whensuddenly the sewer around him started fading.
"We'll talk later Naruto-kun. For now, it seems that you're waking up. Something out there is going on", she said while giving him a small smile & a wink.
"I'll come later Ayumi-chan", he said while smiling before completely disappearing from his mindscape.
Forest of Death- The Clearing
For Kurenai, something fishy was going on here. Sometime after Haruno Sakura had laid the traps, the sound team appeared, demanding for the Uchiha to come out. Here the Haruno girl did the smart thing by surrendering her Heaven scroll as the Oto team possessed the Earth scroll. But it seemed that they were not interested in the scroll, rather fighting the Uchiha. But why wouldn't they concentrate on the task that they were assigned like every other team? Were they given orders by someone to attack team 7, and especially the Uchiha?
She couldn't help but feel that something really big was going on here. First Orochimaru attacks team 7, and then the sound team. When they found Orochimaru, he was in the process of attacking Naruto, but because of the intervention of Itachi & his partner, he fled the scene. Had he already achieved what he came for? But then she realised that she saw something black on Sasuke's neck, something which she had dismissed as a possible injury and didn't paid any attention as she was worried for Naruto at that time.
But now when she put the pieces together- 'The Curse Mark!'. Ofcourse, the Sharingan! Anko did told her that the bastard wanted Sharingan from the beginning. But why is this sound team concentrated on Uchiha & not the exams? Could it be that Orochimaru was somehow connected to Otogakure, they were recently formed after all. She would have to inform Hokage-sama about this. While thinking, she completely lost track of time, so when she looked down from her hiding position, she was surprised to see an injured Sakura with a short haircut, there was the taijutsu genin- Rock Lee from team 9 who was unconscious at the moment and team 10 was standing in front of the otherwise okay sound team in battle ready positions.
"Thanks Ino", said a grateful Sakura who was taking care of Lee at the moment.
"Don't mention it forehead. Besides, the last time I checked, we were friends, although a bickering ones at that", said a chuckling Ino.
"Although this is troublesome, but I guess it won't be too bad to help a fellow team", said Shikamaru lazily as he bent on his knees and formed the handseal for his Shadow Possession Technique whereas Chouji was still chewing his potato chips rapidly.
"Guys, I think we should retreat. The Uchiha is unconscious, there's no way we can fight more than one team", said Kin whose clothes were torn in several places showing a bit of cleavage. She was rather well developed for her age with C-cup breasts, an hour glass figure, creamy tanned skin and had a pretty face. Currently she was sustaining minor cuts & bruises, but nothing critical.
Before Dosu could reply, she was backhanded rather harshly as she fell to the ground while blood oozed out of her mouth.
"Shutup bitch! Because of your weakness, that pink haired slut was able to survive this long", spat Zaku while Dosu remained indifferent with his teammate's behaviour.
"B-But, you too-", she was interrupted by a kick to her ribs, breaking several of them while she cried out in pain.
"You dare say that you bitch! Huh!", he said while he continued to stomp on her. Meanwhile, all of them except Dosu were disgusted by what they were witnessing.
'How can he treat his teammate like that!', thought a shocked Ino with a look of horror on her face. On the other hand, Kurenai was barely restraining herself from killing this genin. Chunin exams or not, she couldn't see any female treated like that.
Just as she was about to do something, a malicious & an evil aura washed over the area. Zaku too immediately stopped his stomping, when he felt this evil chakra. But Dosu was familiar with this chakra, the same chakra he always feel whenever Orochimaru or anyone possessing the curse mark was around. All of them turned their heads to see Sasuke coming out of the cave while black stripe markings covered his face & forearms. The genins were rooted at their spots in fear of this powerful & an evil aura that he was emanating. Sasuke had a psychotic grin on his face while he scanned his surroundings, Sharingan activated with bloodlust cleary evident in his eyes.
' This strength, what is this amazing power that I'm feeling? This is what I wanted all along. Just you wait Itachi, you will get killed by my hands very soon now', thought Sasuke with an arrogant smirk.
"So the great Uchiha decides to grace us with his presence eh? Had a nice nap?", asked Zaku with a cocky smirk on his face.
"Zaku, I think we should really retreat now. We're in no condition to fight", said Dosu who could feel Sasuke's cursed chakra growing stronger & more potent with every second.
"What! You too! Just wait a second while I take care of-", before Zaku could continue further, he was punched in the gut so hard that he instantly lost consciousness while he coughed & his eyes rolled back in his head even before touching the dirt.
Except Kurenai, nobody saw him move, at one instance he was walking slowly & at another, he just vanished to appear in front of Zaku.
" Tsch, pathetic!", remarked Sasuke with a smirk.
'Troublesome', thought the lazy genius.
'Sasuke-kun, what happened to you?', thought Ino & Sakura simultaneously.
'He's fast! I didn't even see him, we have to get outta here', thought Dosu while Sasuke kicked Zaku in his stomach who was currently laying unconscious on the ground whereas Kin was trembling in fear of the bloodlust that Sasuke seemed to be emanating.
But her blood ran cold when Sasuke's blood red eyes turned to her before he started walking towards her, he wanted to test his new found strength.
"Weaklings like you don't deserve to live. You should be honoured to die by the hands of an Uchiha", said a smirking Sasuke as he started going through a couple of handseals. Everyone's eyes widened at hearing him, while it was common to die in these exams, here it was no need to kill her. She was already severly injured and was no threat to them.
"SASUKE-KUN NO!", screamed Sakura but it fell on deaf ears.
'Somebody, please help me. I don't want to die', thought Kin while tears formed in her eyes.
Before Sasuke could finish the handseals for whatever jutsu he was gonna throw at her, he sensed a huge chakra spike behind him while a calm, peaceful & a serene aura washed the area overpowering his dark demeanour & bloodlust.
All of the genins & Kureani felt a strange feeling of calmness flow through them and oddly made all of their worries go away. Kin could almost no longer feel any pain which was currently being overwhelmed by this sense of peacefulness & comfort.
'This is NOT troublesome', thought an unusual Shikamaru while Chouji was still eating his damned chips, albeit a lot slowly than before and his eyes were closed in contempt like a was getting a blowjob while eating- the dream of every Akamichi. Meanwhile Sakura, Dosu, Ino & Kurenai too were feeling the effects whereas Lee was still unconscious.
However Sasuke couldn't feel anything due to the curse mark's effects except the chakra spike. He turned to where he felt the spike, but didn't see anything except the trunk cave.
"Stop this, Sasuke", his eyes widened when he heard an all too familiar voice from where he was facing before (meaning where Kin is). He whipped his head back so fast that you would've thought he broke his neck.
Sasuke's & everyone's eyes widened when they saw Naruto standing there in front of Kin facing Sasuke, his hair & cape flowing with the breeze while his ice cold 'blue' eyes pierced through Sasuke's Sharingan.
'Naruto? What happened to him? Doesn't matter, he's still a loser. With this power, no one can stop me, not even Itachi', thought Sasuke arrogantly after coming over his shock.
"What happened to you Dobe? Did you hit puberty? And what's with the change in clothes?", asked Sasuke while smirking. Meanwhile Kurenai was also smirking, but for a different reason.
'Looks like the hero always arrives at the last moment. Let's see how much you've improved Naruto-kun'.
"It doesnot concern you Sasuke".
"Hn, don't think acting all cool & mighty will get you anywhere", said Sasuke arrogantly while Shikamaru sweatdropped.
'You're the one to talk troublesome guy'.
"I don't care, just leave the girl & her team. They're already injured and would give us their Earth scroll, wouldn't they?", asked Naruto as he turned back to glare coldly at Dosu.
Meanwhile, Dosu flinched at seeing that icy glare. His eyes were hollow, devoid of any emotion & promised a lot of pain if he disagreed. He nearly pissed his pants when Naruto's eyes changed to purple color with one ring circumscribing the pupil just for a moment before reverting back to his normal cerulean blue color. However, nobody noticed this except Dosu & Kurenai.
'Damn, he looks even more hot when he does that', thought Kurenai as she found herself a bit turned on.
"O-Ofcourse", stuttered Dosu before throwing the Earth's scroll in Naruto's direction who caught it before putting it in his shuriken pouch.
Meawhile, team 10 couldn't believe their eyes, especially Ino who was blushing furiously. They were all having trouble indentifying this genin until their eyes landed on his whiskers resulting in their jaws getting dropped.
'Holy cow! Is that Naruto? What is going on here?', thought a blushing & a perplexed Ino.
'You're the most troublesome person I find besides my Kaa-san Naruto', thought Shikamaru .
'Naruto, you look cool buddy', thought the food sweeper.
On the other hand, Sakura was relieved to see Naruto for the second time & on the same day, well that was something.
'Thank Kami! I hope you can stop Sasuke-kun Naruto', thought Sakura while she tried to wake up Lee, but it looked like he wouldn't be waking up for sometime now.
"I don't care! Just get out of my way loser or I'll have to beat you to it", said Sasuke angrily while Naruto's eyes hardened.
"Try it teme!", growled Naruto.
"Gladly dobe, I always wanted to beat the shit out of you", said a smirking Sasuke as purple chakra flared around his body before he dashed towards Naruto.
Like before, he just vanished for the genins, but Naruto & Kurenai could clearly see him as his speed was only mid-chunin level now.
'This would be over in one punch. The dobe wouldn't even be able to see me', thought Sasuke arrogantly while he readied his fist to punch Naruto before he went for his as his fist was about to connect, Naruto dodged it easily before delivering a bone crushing punch to Sasuke's gut resulting in him getting the wind knocked out & throwing some saliva, which was followed by a roundhouse kick to the side of his head. Sasuke flew back at even greater speed than he came at Naruto while colliding with several trees, breaking them in the process and finally skidded to a halt as blood seeped out of his forehead & mouth with several bruises here & there due to his collision course while he was clutching his stomach in pain.
To rest of the genins, it just happened in a second. First Sasuke just vanished to appear in front of Naruto, got a sucker punch to his gut and then vanished again to be found several metres away from them and was looking like he was beaten like a rag doll. To them, the trees were broken by an invisible force.
Sakura was not all that surprised by Naruto's speed as she had seen him fight Orochimaru, but was worried for Sasuke.
'The Uchiha has no idea who he's dealing with right now', thought a smirking Kurenai while a chibi Kurenai in her mind was cheering with a banner of- 'Go Naruto-kun! Go Naruto-kun!'.
Meanwhile Dosu, Kin & team 10 wer awestruck at the display of strength & speed by Naruto.
'That...where...what the hell happened', thought a dazed Sasuke as his head was still spinning from the impact of that kick. Even his Sharingan didn't see that coming.
'That'll bring down a notch', thought a smirking Naruto before he turned to Kin.
"Are you okay?", asked Naruto with a smile while Kin blushed at seeing his charming smile.
"Y-yeah...I m-mean no", she said with a small smile but then realised her condition. Even if she was talking to an enemy, a handsome one at that, she kind of felt safe in his presence, safer than anyone in her village. She was an orphan in her village and always had to fight for food, shelter & herself. Because she was an early bloomer, she had to train herself, defend herself from any possible rape attempts. In Oto, women in general were frowned upon and were considered weaklings. Because of that, her teammates never treated her even humanely. She absolutely despised her village, her teammates and Orochimaru.
But was brought out of her musings when she again felt a sense of calmness & sereness flow through her body like before, also noticing that she almost no longer felt that excruciating pain she was feeling a moment ago.
Kin looked up to see Naruto bent in front of her while he was applying some kind of white chakra that she had never seen before, on her damaged rib region. She was surprised to see that he wasn't staring at her chest unlike all the males of Oto, but rather was tenderly applying this strange chakra which oddly was working like a pain killer & a relaxation remedy.
Meanwhile, oddly Ino & as expected Kurenai were feeling jealous of the treatment that Kin was receiving.
'Wait! This shouldn't be happening. Ofcourse Naruto is cute, handsome, caring, kind, charming...Ahh! What the hell is wrong with me?', thought Ino as she clutched her head while Shikamaru & Chouji were puzzled by her awkward behaviour.
'Blondes are just troublesome', thought Shikamaru while Ino was lost in her own thoughts.
All her life, she had dreamed of a man who cared for her & loved her. A man who was handsome, kind, loving, funny, caring & a charming person. Sure Sasuke was handsome, but what else? He never smiled, kind, loving & caring were miles away from his name. But now she realised that the reason she was after Sasuke was mainly to prove herself the best, that she was better than Sakura & all her female classmates. She never realised when her silly childish crush got converted into a crippled race of 'who-gets-Sasuke' competition, especially with Sakura. But now that she thought, will she ever be happy if she got Sasuke? A big NO! In him, she didn't need the Byakugan to see that he was a stuck-up spoiled genin, who only craved for power & nothing else. But here, she had never seen this side of Naruto. If she knew he was like this, she may have had drop dead fallen for him in the academy. But she was too blind to see it.
She also felt ashamed at how she treated Naruto. Although, she didn't hit him often like Sakura did, but she was still always mean & indifferent to him. Back then, if she would have taken the time of the day to observe him, she would have surely thought of him as a cute, funny and an exciting guy. But maybe they could still be friends, or even more. Maybe she still had a chance?
So their was your fifth chapter, I hope you liked it! And if you didn't like it, don't worry, I think you'll like the upcoming chapters. And again, I ask of you to review, PLEASE! I read them all. The fourth chapter got the least of reviews until now, so yeah, review please. And thanks for showing your continued support. The next chapter should be up in a week atmost.
Well, Ja Ne!