A/N: And the poll comes to a close! Naruto's future team has been settled! It is none other than !#$$# ! #$ #$! # Sorry! The reveal will come later.
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Regarding the Dog's name, I decided to use "Saki", suggested by Vagrant Reader. According to Vagrant, it means "Blossoming Hope." So thank you Vagrant!
To the Reviewers:
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Arckane: I'm sorry you feel that way but it's just Gai being the one who would bring such a reaction; and that was only for Anko. Kurenai was rather subdued. And as for his strength increase, it will begin next chapter.
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Guest: Will Naruto be OP? guess it depends. He WILL be stronger than his peers. But he's not gonna be jounin right off the bat. He'll be stronger than most of all Konoha after timeskip but until then, not too OP.
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"Speech"
'thought'
"Jutsu: in use"
'Kyuubi/Summon thought'
"Kyuubi/Summon speech"
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Allow Me To Re-Introduce Myself
Chapter 5: Foreshadow of Change
X
"Do you understand your objectives?"
"Hai, Leader-sama." Came a certain monotonous voice.
"Yesss indeed, Leader… sama." Another silky voice hissed.
The mysterious shadowed figure shrouded in darkness seemed to have given a curt nod, "You are both dismissed."
Itachi simply turned to leave as the figure that had dismissed him seemed to have dissipated into thin air, showing that he was never really there.
"What's the rush Itachi? Surely you can wait a few moments kukuku…"
Itachi sighed and turned towards the person, and he used the term 'person' loosely, who had just addressed him, "Just make sure you do your part of the mission… Any other objectives are not a priority. I hope that is clear with you… Orochimaru."
The snake Sannin snorted, "Of course not Itachi… I would never jeopardize the mission for my own agenda… kukuku." The pale skinned man walked on ahead before smiling deviously, 'Soon… very soon… your body will finally be mine Itachi…'
Itachi narrowed his eyes after his partner for this mission.
X
"KUSOOOO!" Naruto groaned. "That was one hell of a workout."
Naruto was on the grass lying down face up. He drew in a relaxing breath as the wind ruffled his hair lightly. His gaze went up to the clear azure sky appreciating everything within his sights. The sun shined brightly as Naruto held his hand up to it.
Wind blew gently caressed his skin and parted his hair. Naruto sighed, it was such a nice day to relax and enjoy the day. He closed his eyes and drank in the peace, he took in a deep breath and exhaled, "Pheew! Today is such a nice day, I'm glad i could enjoy the peace-"
"BOSS! I GOT IT! BOSS! HEY BOSS!"
Naruto groaned, so much for enjoying the tranquil serenity of Mother Nature. Well at least it was just one clone this tim-
"NO WAIT BOSS! I HAVE THE BETTER GOGGLES!" another clone yelled from different direction
"NO YOU DON'T! I TOTALLY HAVE THE BETTER ONE! YOU FAT TURD!"
Naruto slammed his head against the ground repeatedly, "FOR THE LOVE OF KAMI! WILL YOU BOTH SHUT THE FUC-"
"DYYYYYNAAAAMIC ENTRY!"
Naruto stood up and threw his hands up in the air, "OH FOR KAMI'S SAKE, WHY THE HELL- NO! YOU KNOW WHAT! EVERYONE LEAVE RIGHT THE FUC-"
Gai suddenly blurred over and gave the original Naruto an overzealous patting on the back, effectively knocking the original Naruto back into the ground, "MY STUDENT! YOUR YOUTH IS FLAMING BRIGHT TODAY! IT IS A MUST FOR US TO TRAIN TO THE MAX! PREPARE FOR A SURPRISE TRAINING SESSION! A SHINOBI MUST NEVER BE CAUGHT OFF GUARD!"
"BUPH I ALRENNY TRAIMPHED!" came Naruto's muffled reply seeing as to how he was still being 'patted' into the ground.
"WHAT WAS THAT MY YOUTHFUL STUDENT?! I COULD NOT HEAR YOU OVER THE YOUTHFULNESS-"
Finally freeing himself, Naruto managed to sit up with a scowl on his face, "I said, I already trained Gai-sensei!"
"NONSENSE! YOU CALL THAT TRAINING?! STRETCH IT OUT MY YOUNG PADAWAN!"
Naruto blinked, "What the hell is a padawan!?"
Gai smiled cheerfully and yelled out, "I DO NOT KNOW EITHER! BUT IT SEEMED TO HAVE FIT THE YOUTHFUL FLOW OF THE STATEMENT! NOW PREPARE YOURSELF!"
The two clones who had showed up looked at each other and nodded with a mutual understanding in their eyes; The special edition ramen was not worth witnessing this shit. Yelling out a quick "good luck" to their original, they dispelled themselves leaving two goggles in their places.
"Traitors." Naruto muttered before turning his attention to his Taijutsu teacher, he shook his head and sighed before a determined look came across his face,"Alrighty Gai-sensei, this better help me become hokage dattebayo!"
"YOSH! IF MY YOUTHFUL STUDENT DOES NOT BECOME HOKAGE I WILL…"
Naruto knew it was better to censor out Gai-sensei's rant in his mind and focus on other things.
'Hmm, I wonder what I should name her… Tsume-san is gonna kick my ass six ways to Sunday if I don't-'
"KONOHA SENPUU (Leaf Whirlwind)!" Gai cried out as he twirled in the air to land a kick on Naruto's face.
Normally, that move wouldn't have caught Naruto off guard but unfortunately, he was musing on potential names for the soon-to-be his pup. The kick sent him rocketing towards a tree.
"AND THAT MY YOUTHFUL STUDENT, IS EXACTLY WHY YOU MUST NOT EVER BE CAUGHT OFF GUARD!"
Naruto moaned in pain as he picked himself up from the now fallen over tree, "ughhh…" He touched his cheek tentatively and winced as he felt the swollen lump of skin.
"Fucking hell that hurt." Naruto muttered to himself. He shook himself off and faced toward the middle of the training grounds where his teacher was standing with a stupidly large grin plastered on his face.
Naruto grimaced, 'Time to get beaten up…'
X
With a grunt, Naruto kicked his door open and shuffled inside much like a zombie. He paused for a moment; he supposed in a way he was a zombie, after all, that training session he had just partaken in pretty much killed him. He tiredly sauntered over to the bathroom and took off his clothes. He looked in the mirror and wolf whistled.
"Damn, I'm looking pretty good."
The hard work of chakra-induced physical training was definitely showing. Although he was still pretty scrawny, he wasn't all bone now. There was a slight tone of muscle in his arms and sings of a soft four-pack of abs were beginning to show.
A few more months of working out hard along with a proper diet would make him fill out much more nicely. He became giddy with excitement; who didn't love seeing a noticeable improvement? So with thoughts on his future… 'bad-assery', so to speak, he entered his tub and showered in a slight daze.
'Man I can't wait to see what I look like in a few months! At this rate, I'm gonna be hokage in no time dattebayo!' an exhilarated Naruto thought. Then he became slightly crestfallen, 'Damnit! I forgot I can't eat as much ramen now… this sucks so much donkey- no! this is a sacrifice I have to make to get better! Alright! Now the book on proper dieting said I should eat protein filled meals… Alright chicken breast and beef were pretty high in protein and I can just add seasoning with brown rice- MAN THAT IS SO MUCH FREAKING COOKING!? HOW THE HELL AM I SUPPOSED TO- oh wait!'
Seriously, he needed to stop forgetting about the most amazing jutsu in the world. Naruto grinned as he muttered a quick "Kage Bunshin No Jutsu!"
Plumes of smokes suddenly encased the tight space of his tub as he summoned three butt naked clones.
…
Naruto stared at his counterparts with a rather blank owlish look.
They stared right back with the same expression.
Someone coughed.
"Well… this is awkward."
... Another pause.
"D-Does this make us g-gay?" a clone whispered horrifically.
Awkward silence permeated the air around the tub filled with Narutos.
Someone coughed again.
"… can you guys get out and cook now?"
Surprisingly, no one protested and they carefully exited lest they touch each other with certain appendages. When the last clone left, Naruto slapped himself on the forehead on purpose this time; this smack was well deserved.
Never, ever, was he going to repeat that mistake.
Naruto eventually got out of the shower after a relaxing fifteen minutes. He would've stayed longer but the eventual aroma of seasoned chicken and beef wafted through the crevices of the door. When he got out to the kitchen, there was a plate loaded with veggies, chicken, beef, and brown rice. He frowned while looking around, 'Where the hell are the clones at- huh? What's that note?' seeing a piece of paper on the corner of the table, he walked over and examined it.
To The Original:
We have done as you asked. Now we ask a favor of you. Never EVER summon us in such close proximity without clothes.
Ever.
Signed:
Clone one, two, and three.
Naruto nodded furiously in agreement, yes, no one shall ever hear the light of day about this. Silently thanking kami for having no one there to witness his embarrassing plight, he sat down and looked his food with evident desire.
It looked pretty dang good.
Thanking his clones and muttering a quick "Itadakimasu!", he began eating. He chewed thoughtfully before blinking; it tasted…
Basic.
What the hell!?
Should've known better than to think his clones -and by proxy, himself- could make a five-star meal on their first try.
Oh well, what could he do but keep on practicing? With that thought on his mind, Naruto wolfed down the rest of his food and belched barbarically. He smacked his lips in a satisfied manner, "Although it wasn't that good, it sure hit the spot!" he said while patting his bulging stomach affectionately.
After he felt digested, Naruto then began to perform his routine stretches; Gai-sensei told him he had to start implementing stretches daily, once after he wakes up, and once before he went to sleep.
Gai-sensei had something about taller and more limber that would allow greater blah blah blah, all Naruto knew was that after a workout, stretches felt heavenly. So he did them, otherwise, he'd probably wouldn't do it seeing as to how no one was there to force him to.
After going through various stretches for about fifteen minutes, he went over to his bed and collapsed on it with a satisfied moan. He released a big sigh and curled up to his little plush doll.
Yes indeed.
Ten year old Naruto still has a giant toad plush.
In all actuality, it was really freaking ugly. But still, it was his. He treasured everything he received as a gift. Naruto frowned, to this day, he still wasn't able to figure out on who even gave it to him. It was just there on his bed one day.
Initially, he thought it was a trap.
I mean come on, a big ass plush staring at you in the eyes while sitting propped up dead center on the bed. To Naruto, that was suspicious as hell. So naturally, Naruto went to his good ol' jiji and told him about it. But Instead of being worried as he was, the Sandaime had an amused expression.
"Ah, Naruto-kun, rest assured it is no trap. In fact, think of it as a gift from someone watching over you…"
Naruto had pestered and interrogated what he meant by that statement, but he never got a straight answer from the Hokage.
Ah well, he had long since given up on finding out who had gave him his doll- er, plush animal. Naruto yawned as he pulled the giant stuffed toad closer to him as he drifted to sleep.
X
Naruto drummed his fingers against the desk relentlessly as he peered out the window. He had somehow managed to get to class a bit early again and once again a certain Uchiha was near him.
"Fight me dobe."
Naruto sighed. This had been going on for the past ten minutes.
"Teme, you said so yourself: I am the freakin dobe. Why would you want to fight the dobe of all people? Shouldn't you fight Kiba or someone else?" Naruto asked in an annoyed voice; though he suspected the reason of Sasuke wanting to fight him had something to do with Itachi.
"I don't care dobe, I demand a fight right now!"
"Nah."
"I demand a fight as an Uchiha!"
"I dont care if you're an Uchiha."
Sasuke glared at the blonde before resuming his demands, "You should be honored! Now stand up and fight!"
"I don't wanna."
"FIGHT ME DOBE!"
"Alright."
"Fight me- wait, what? You agre- Of course you'll fight me! I am an Uchiha! I will always get what I want!"
Naruto held his chin thoughtfully, "Hmm, alright, lets meet at training grounds 249."
"Where the hell is that at dobe?" Sasuke angrily asked.
"Don't tell me the almighty Sasuke-sama doesn't know where a simple training ground is? So much for being the superior intellectual being-"
"Shut up dobe! I'll find it right now!" Sasuke seethed before angrily storming out.
Naruto leaned back in his chair and kicked his feet up on his desk and gave a relaxed airy sigh.
A lazy voice spoke, "There is no training grounds 249, is there?"
Naruto smirked before responding to Shikamaru, "Of course not! I just had to get the teme off my back somehow dattebayo!"
Shikamaru muttered a quick "Troublesome" before placing his head down on the desk to sleep once again. Naruto gave an amused snort; he supposed that's why Shikamaru was always early… get those extra minutes of sleep before his 'troublesome' mother scolded him for being a classic lazy Nara.
Naruto decided to take a note from his fellow classmate and set his head down to sleep as well. Hopefully it would probably be a few days before Sasuke realized there wasn't a training grounds 249.
Ten minutes later, he heard a person sliding into the seat next to him. Naruto sniffed once and internally rolled his eyes, 'Great, what does he want?"
"OI, NARUTO! WAKE UP MAN!"
Surprisingly, the one who responded to the rather obnoxious voice was none other than one Shikimaru Nara.
"Troublesome, Kiba, you're five minutes early. Go away or drag Naruto somewhere else."
"Or-how about this guys- or how about you both go away and argue while I, the Great Naruto Uzumaki resumes his nap huh?"
Kiba shook his head furiously, "No can do! My mom would neuter me if I didn't do what she asked me to do."
Naruto's head slowly went up and turned his head equally as slow towards the Inuzuka heir. With suspicious eyes, Naruto stared at Kiba, "What did your mom want?"
"She wants you to have the name by the end of today! Alright?! Bye!" Kiba rushed his words and made to get out of the seat knowing that Naruto would freak out, but instead of being quite a distance away, he found himself in an iron-like vice grip.
"WHAT THE HELL?! BY THE END OF TODAY?! KAMI! WHAT KIND OF BULLSH-"
"CLASS IS STARTING! NARUTO! DON'T YOU DARE FINISH THAT SENTENCE!" The teacher screamed as she slammed the door shut.
Kiba sighed in relief as Naruto released him. Kiba stuck out a tongue while Naruto grumbled about lucky mutts.
Naruto paid no attention as the teacher began his lecture. Instead, his mind was running through potential names. If Tsume-san wanted the name by the end of today, he pretty much had no choice but to pick a name; Tsume Inuzuka was one of the women that he was pretty sure not to mess with.
'Hmm… Let's see... what can I name a girl dog… Akame? Nah… Hmm… Ugh. This is too much of a responsibility for me…'
For the rest of the class, Naruto came up with potential names all the while scratching off other names he didn't like.
X
"So what do you think of that one?!" Naruto asked his companion.
"No. Hell no. HELL TO THE NO." came the response.
Naruto frowned, "Why not?!"
"Cause you baka! No one would name their freakin dog 'tutu' of all things!"
Naruto crossed his arms indignantly, "But it's a cute name!"
"A stupid name." Kiba corrected him.
"Why don't you come up with a better name then?!" Naruto challenged.
"I will!" Kiba retorted.
Naruto growled in annoyance, this has been going on for the past twenty minutes. Initially, he didn't want to discuss anything with Kiba but the Inuzuka was insistent on escorting the blonde to his home compound. The whiskered teen was a bit annoyed at Kiba's gesture but there wasn't anything he could do about it. When they stepped out of the academy, Naruto mentally hit himself; already the villagers were staring at the pair of boys with loathing and contempt, although it was mostly directed at Naruto, a few stares seemed disgusted at Kiba being near the jinchuuriki.
Naruto prayed to Kami that Kiba wouldn't notice the glares but alas, Kiba wasn't that oblivious to his settings. When Kiba turned to Naruto with intent to ask why the villagers were glaring at them, the blonde boy hastily requested that Kiba immediately helped with coming up with a good name for the pup.
Twenty minutes later, they found themselves deeply rooted into the process of naming the dog.
Which was what they were currently arguing about.
"Okay how about Mimi-chan?!"
Naruto stopped walking and looked at him with a deadpanned expression, "I'm not naming her 'ears'…" Naruto shook his head, "and you call me stupid!?"
"What! A ninken is your second set of senses man! What's the big deal-"
"Then why didn't you suggest shisen (Eyes)?
"That doesn't sound very female like, DUH." Kiba rolled his eyes.
"Kami you're an idiot."
"I know!" Kiba admitted rather proudly before looking at his blonde friend, "BUT! You're the dobe and i'd rather be an idiot than a dobe!"
Naruto sighed, "Whatever, we're here now, so let's get this show on the road."
"Dude, who even says stuff like that anymore."
"Screw off."
X
Tsume twitched her eyes dangerously, "Tutu? That's the name you want to put on one of the most powerfully bred dog out there?" She pinched the bridge of her nose in irritation, "Why pup… why."
The whiskered blonde swallowed nervously.
"Cause it's cute?"
Naruto cowered as he felt the omnipotent pressure that seemingly every woman was able to exert. To his side, Kiba was struggling to contain his laughter lest he get the same treatment as his classmate-
"AND YOU KIBA!"
Kiba blanched, 'Shit.'
"HOW COULD YOU LET YOUR FRIEND EVEN THINK OF SOMETHING STUPID LIKE THAT!?"
"But mom-"
"Don't you 'but mom' me boy! You know better than that!" Tsume scolded.
Naruto tugged at the collar of his jumpsuit nervously as Tsume proceeded to beat down her son. He slowly edged toward the exit while making himself small as possible. As he turned to twist the doorknob for his exit, he shuddered as he sensed someone behind him.
"And where do you think you're going pup?"
Naruto gulped.
X
After Naruto received a bit of a harsh scolding from the head of the Inuzuka head, he was sent out of the compound to his house. Naruto nursed the bruise forming on his head, apparently, he wasn't putting enough effort into the name. The blonde jinchuuriki frowned, "I didn't know that naming a puppy was such a big freakin deal." Naruto muttered to no one in particular.
He gave himself a frustrated forehead smacking only to find that he still didn't have his goggles, again, "Ow dammit! I forgot my goggles at the training grounds yesterday!" Naruto groaned.
"Guess I gotta head to the training grounds." Naruto grumbled to himself, "Ugh, maybe I'll get some light training in…" With those words, the blonde started walking towards the training grounds.
Dipping into an alleyway, Naruto hid himself from the public eye. He Henge'd into another civilian that didn't stand out much and rejoined the bustling village. As he headed toward the training grounds, he noticed that the day was still early, maybe noon, at the latest. He pondered as to why he had so much time left for several minutes before coming to the conclusion that the new academy teacher wasn't prepared to fill Iruka-sensei's role.
"Oh well! I'll just train while coming up with the name… after all, Kage Bunshins are just that awesome." Naruto thought aloud. Realizing that he had reached his destination, the whiskered blonde summoned several Kage Bunshins to roam the training ground in search of his goggles.
Several minutes later, the Kage Bunshins convened where the original stood and presented the goggles to him. Naruto adjusted the goggles onto his forehead and sighed comfortably, it just felt so right! Looking at the clones, Naruto then proceeded to instruct that they sit down and come up with a name. the ten clones he summoned then went to a more secluded area and sat in a circle to discuss names.
The original Naruto yelped a quick "Kage Bunshin No Jutsu!" and summoned several more clones to spar with.
Several hours later, Naruto was found lying down panting heavily on the ground. So much for 'light' training… it seems his clones didn't give two flying shit about him and definition of light. The blonde groaned as he up righted himself and started heading towards the circle of sitting clones.
"So did you guys come up with a name?" A bruised original Naruto asked.
"Oh yeah, we came up with in the first couple of minutes." A clone replied casually.
The real Naruto looked slightly offended, "The hell?! Why didn't you tell me immediately?!"
"Well we don't really get out much so we just enjoyed being outside!" another clone answered.
The original paused, "Alright, fair enough, but the name better be good or else!"
"We're you remember?! Of course you're gonna like it!"
"Alright… let me hear it."
"The name we decided… is…"
Insert dramatic pause.
"BIG OL' PENIS!"
"WHAT THE FLYING FU-"
"Just kidding! We decided to go with Saki! It means blossoming hope! It's good ne?!"
"Hey, that's actually a good name! Good job everyone!" without waiting for their response, Naruto immediately dispelled them.
"Yatta! I'm gonna go tell Tsume-san right now!" Naruto excitedly Henge'd and ran towards the Inuzuka compound with obvious eagerness.
X
"What do you mean I have to take a test?!" Naruto yelled. He repeated his yell again in pain as Tsume bopped him on top of his head.
"Don't you bark at me pup!" Tsume glared, efficiently silencing any protest that Naruto was about to voice, before continuing, "And the reason for this is because I don't know how adequate your knowledge is about taking care of a dog!"
"But you gave me the books to study for this moment-"
Tsume held her hand up, "I know pup, but who's to say you actually did read it? I'm not saying you didn't but you still had the rest of this week to read it so you could've held off on reading it."
Naruto took on a contemplating face before blowing out a conceding breath, "Man... Fine, that's fair, I guess… I'll take the stupid quiz."
Tsume gave an amused scoff before nodding in satisfaction. She promptly began questioning the young blonde about various aspects of taking care of a ninken and puppy in general. When Naruto answered all the questions to Tsume's satisfaction, she slapped him on the back, "Good job gaki! Knew you weren't an idiot my son made you out to be!"
Naruto's smug facial expression soured into a scowl, "What! I am not an idiot! The teachers are all just giant douchebags! I swear they can rival the douche baggery of the Hyuuga and the Uchihas-"
Tsume punched the boy on top of the head before chuckling, "No slandering names in my house! Understood?"
"H-hai Tsume-san! S-so what do you think of the name? Did you like it?" Naruto nervously asked. As Tsume stared at Naruto impassively for several moments, Naruto fidgeted and hastily spoke, "B-but o-of course I can change it! I'll just come back tomorrow or by sometime this week with a better and more reasonable and suitable nam-"
"I like it."
Tsume grinned at seeing the face plant of the boy; messing with the boy was pretty entertaining to say the least.
When Naruto recovered, he had an excited smile on his face, "Yay! I did pretty good huh!?"
Tsume patted the boy on the head affectionately, "You didn't do too shabby pup."
Naruto's eyes gleamed with pride as he bowed, "Thank you Tsume-san!" The Inuzuka head gave a surprising genuine smile and told him to wait there while she went to go retrieved his puppy.
Naruto bounced with excitement as he waited, an irrevocable smile painted itself on the whiskered face of the jinchuuriki.
"Oi dobe! What are you doing in my house bouncing around like and idiot?!" Kiba Inuzuka all but yelled as he came into the room.
"OH! WHATS UP BAKA! I'M GETTING MY PUPPY NOW!" Naruto shouted back excitedly.
"You know, I've been meaning to ask… what kind of puppy are you getting anyways?!"
"Don't you remember the pup you brought to class?!" Naruto questioned.
Kiba's eyes widened. "Whoa whoa! WHAT?! I thought mom just wanted to make you take care of the puppy for a bit cause we had no room in the kennels, not actually give you it!"
"That makes little to no sense man…"
"We don't have any rooms in our compound at the moment so I thought you'd be like a temporary dog sitter or something!"
Naruto shook his head with the smile on his face, "Nope! And you know what?! It has chakra coils so that means I bonded with a ninken-"
"Nope. Bullshit." Kiba interrupted flatly.
Naruto's smile that seemed forever happy dampened a bit into a pout, "What do you mean?! You can even ask your mom!"
"No! no way! Every Inuzuka bonds with a ninken for the rest of their lives! Why would it pick you over me? you're not even a part of any clans! How did an orphan get their ninken before a ninken partnered clan heir?!" Kiba yelled angrily.
The words that left Kiba's mouth stung at Naruto; maybe Kiba was right, was he actually worthy to be a companion to a ninken? He was just an orphan. He was just a nobody who just so happened to be in the right time at the right place-
"KIBA INUZUKA! HOW DARE YOU EVEN THINK OF THOSE WORDS?!"
Hana Inuzuka was considered more even-tempered than that of her kin, but even she had low tolerance to certain things. Degrading someone that doesn't deserve any of it was one of the things she held no tolerance to; so imagine her coming home from her duties to hearing her little brother being such an ass to another human… needless to say, it did not make her happy, at all.
Kiba paled as he recognized the voice while Naruto looked around to identify the rather terrifying tone the person had yelled in. Hearing incoming footsteps pound their way through the hallway, Naruto and Kiba's focus zoomed in on the entryway the footsteps were heading toward.
Hana had long brown hair which she wore in a ponytail with two locks of hair framing her face over her large, black eyes. She also had a light shade of lipstick on and has the traditional fang-like tattoos of the Inuzuka clan on both of her cheeks.
"Kiba fucking Inuzuka! How dare you act like that to one of your classmates! I oughta-"
Naruto gulped nervously, "n-ne, erm Kirei na onee-san (Hey, pretty older sister!), you don't have to yell at him… I actually don't know what I was thinking when I wanted to adopt the puppy. " Naruto confessed.
Just then, Tsume walked in with the puppy and the baby canine immediately barked in excitement as it sighted the familiar mop of blonde hair. Tail wagging as Tsume set her down, the puppy immediately bolted towards Naruto and jumped to tackle the blonde.
"Whoa! Hey there little girl, how've you been! Haha!" Naruto held the puppy and laughed as the puppy licked his face.
"Bark! Bark bark!"
Hana Inuzuka decided to speak then, "See Naruto? The puppy loves you! And as long as you love it back, there won't be an issue… so make sure you love that puppy with everything you have, got it?
Naruto nodded and thanked Tsume and Hana as he held the puppy to his chest. He gave a deep bow to the two elder Inuzukas before leaving without acknowledging Kiba. Said Inuzuka heir was found creeping away as Hana rounded her fury towards him, "and where the hell do you think you're going?!"
Kiba paled, "Uh…"
Tsume frowned, "What's the issue Hana?"
Hana grabbed Kiba by the scruff and proceeded to tell their mother about what Kiba had said. Tsume stared at Kiba impassively as the child gulped.
"I'm in trouble, aren't I?" Kiba whimpered.
Intense screams of pains could later be heard from the Inuzuka compound for hours.
X
Naruto Henge'd into another random civilian and looked at Saki to see her taking on an adorably confused face. He picked her up and brought the pup to eye level, "Don't worry Saki-chan, it's just a disguise," he undid his Henge, "See?"
Saki simply wagged her tail and attempted to lick his face. Naruto chuckled as he set her back on the ground. "Alright Saki-chan! Let's go get you some food!" Naruto declared as he re-donned his disguise technique.
About fifteen minutes later Naruto found himself standing in front of the Inuzuka compound.
"I can't believe the ninken store is connected to the freakin' compound." He looked down at Saki, "Go figures huh?"
"Bark bark!"
Naruto chuckled and walked in the store with his puppy in tow. As he pushed the door open, bells jingled and he heard a quick greeting.
"Welcome to the Inuzuk-"
Suddenly, without him even noticing it, Naruto felt a kunai pressed against his throat and heard the assailant speak in low voice, "Where is he?!"
"Where is who-"
"BARK! BARK! RGGGHH!" Naruto heard the dog growl and leap at his assailant only to hear a thud followed by silence.
"SAKI!" Naruto cried out. In a moment of adrenaline fueled strength, Naruto loosened the grip and threw his assailant over his shoulder. Immediately, Naruto turned his attention to his dog and picked her up.
"Where is he?!" the assailant hissed.
Naruto turned towards the voice, "Where is wh- nee-chan?!"
"I won't ask again! Where the hel- wait what?!"
"Don't you recognize me dattebayo?!" Naruto cried out.
Hana Inuzuka narrowed her eyes at the man in front of her, "Where did you get that puppy?"
"Saki-chan? She's mine! We literally just met like twenty minutes ago! Why don't you recognize- Oh. Shit. Sorry!" Naruto quickly undid his henge to see Hana's tense stance.
Hana, realizing who the 'man' was, took on a horrified expression, "Oh kami! I am so sorry! I just thought you were someone who had hurt- well, you. And then you somehow had kidnapped Saki into following you and-"
"Nee-chan! It's okay! I promise dattebayo! But uh… can you fix Saki-chan now…?" Naruto asked.
Hana had the decency to at least look sheepish before she ushered Naruto and Saki into the clinic room.
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"Nee-chan! It's okay! I promise!" Naruto told her for what seemed like the hundredth time. Hana was horrified that she had knocked out Saki and attacked a civilian, and to make it worse, it was a ten year old boy! Apparently, Hana nee-chan thought that a random civilian had done something with him and had taken his puppy as a trophy.
"No it is not! not only does this step on my morality, it's pretty freaking illegal for shinobis to attack civilians!"
"But I'm gonna be a ninja soon!" Naruto countered.
"But are you a ninja as of?" Hana argued back.
"No…" came the sullen voice of Naruto.
"You know what?! Since I did all of that, I'll give you your dog supplies for free! How does that sound?" Hana offered with a grin.
"Wow! Really nee-chan?!" the boy excitedly asked.
"Yeah but don't tell my kaa-san, she wouldn't be too happy about what happened today, y'know?"
"Oh yeah! I completely understand- wait before anything, can you give Saki-chan some treats, to uh, stop the growling and all…" Naruto trailed off while looking at his growling pup; Saki-chan still seemed to be bitter about Hana knocking her out.
"Oh! Sure, I'll get this really popular and nutritious one!" Hana went to the back and rummaged through the premium packages that were of the highest value containing various dog related items.
Eventually, the daughter of the Inuzuka head came back and came with a moderately sized bag of dog treats.
Still, Saki-chan growled and her fur bristled at the sight of the eldest daughter. Naruto walked over and petted her soothingly, "Saki-chan, it was an accident! It just shows she cared for you ne?"
Hana smirked, she'd like to see the dog be angry at her after these scrumptious delectable she's about to feed her. With the same smirk on her face, Hana opened a bag and brought out a thin piece of jerky.
Immediately, a suspicious glare was aimed toward the delicious smelling treat from the Tibetan Mastiff pup (A/N: Tibetan Mastiff is the dog breed.). Saki looked at her blonde companion with questioning eyes. Naruto gave an encouraging smile and scooted her forward. The canine crawled forward with narrowed eyes never leaving the face of the still smiling Hana.
With speed that would even impress Maito Gai, Saki dashed forward and back with the treat in between her mouth and a haughty expression adorning her face. Naruto and Hana chuckled while Naruto's puppy devoured the treat ravenously.
Instantly, said puppy was sitting on her haunches in front of Hana expectantly. Naruto gave another chuckle while Hana's face turned a bit smug, "See Naruto? Dogs can never resist a treat like this," she said while giving Saki another piece.
Naruto rolled his eyes, "Yeah yeah, whatever. Can we get to shopping now?"
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A man with waist-length, spiky white hair that was tied back into a pony tail, with two shoulder-length bangs framing his face speedily walked towards the hokage tower. His attire consisted of a green short shirt kimono and matching pants, under which he wore mesh armor that was visible at his wrists and ankles. He also wore hand guards, a black belt, traditional Japanese wooden sandals, and a red haori with two yellow circles on each side and he wore a horned hitai-ate that had the kanji sign "油 (oil)".
This man was known as Jiraiya of the Densetsu no Sannin (The Legendary three ninjas). The Sannin had recently been in touch with Itachi; an agent that was now covertly working for his spy network.
He had received word that the new organization known as Akatsuki was making a move that could be a catalyst for another war. The Gama Sennin (frog sage) jumped up and opened the window.
The Sandaime Hokage frowned upon seeing the serious visage of his student before removing the tobacco pipe from his mouth, "Jiraiya, what are you doing here?"
"Sensei, we need to talk."
Sarutobi Hiruzen rolled his eyes, "Obviously that seems to be the case but what I was asking was: What exactly are you here to talk about? Now if it's about your new book, i told you i wanted to be surprised-"
"Itachi Uchiha and Orochimaru."
Suddenly all business, Hiruzen straightened up with a serious expression; this was bound to be trouble.
"Explain."
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After Hana bought Naruto his various dog supplies, the blonde decided to go home. After all, it had been quite the busy day. As soon as he reached his house, he undid the Henge he was disguised under and let Saki-chan into the house.
"Welcome to your new house Saki-chan!"
Naruto watched on with fondness as the puppy barked once with happiness before scurrying with excitement.
Almost instantly, a sense of foreboding came upon Naruto. Rapidly looking at everything that could possibly cause such feeling, his gaze finally fell upon an innocent looking puppy.
Naruto narrowed his eyes and spoke in a low voice, "Saki-chan…"
The puppy tilted her head back and forth in almost a smug fashion.
Naruto crept towards his puppy speaking with the same low voice, "Saki-chan… whatever you do… don't."
Just before Naruto was about to make a grab for her, he froze. Sweat started dripping down his forehead as he saw Saki lift one of her hind legs.
"What the fuc-" Naruto quickly cut himself off as Saki seemed to have furrowed her eyebrows as if she knew he was cursing, "I-I mean, Saki-chan… let's just go back outside ne? wouldn't that be so much better?" Naruto nervously spoke.
'Since when did female dogs piss with a leg up anyways? I thought it was only the male-'
Psssssssssss.
"SAKI-CHAN NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
Fifteen minutes later, the blonde jinchuuriki found himself vigorously scrubbing at the floors in an attempt to erase the scent of hot urine. The boy stared suspiciously at his Tibetan Mastiff as she curiously sniffed at various corners of the room.
"Saki-chan! Hana-neechan just gave us pee pads! Couldn't you wait several seconds?! Jeez…"
The puppy let a tongue loll out as she tilted her head back and forth that suggested mirthful teasing.
Naruto shook his head and continued to scrub the carpet.
"And they said ninkens were better- wait," Naruto sniffed, "What the hell is that smell?!"
The blue eyed child quickly found the source of his curiosity... and one word went through his mind.
Shit.
Pun intended.
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A/N: Shortest chapter so far at 6.8k. Sorry, majority was filler and building relationships but i really want the dog to grow on you guys! Also, there was a little hint as to what was gonna come! Please don't forget to drop a review about who you want in the harem!
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