Shino fell to his back with a heavy sigh. He was laying in the middle of a clearing gasping for air. He had his first day of training for the chunin exams with his temporary sensei Anko. He was covered head to toe in dirt, grime and blood. His green shirt was completely ruined due to it being littered with cuts. Shino sighed as he removed his vest, which was only hanging onto him by a thread, and tossed it behind him. He slowly took off his shirt and tossed it to his side and fell back to the cool grass. His eyes slowly closed behind his glasses and he was soon falling asleep. Shino was almost completely sound asleep when he felt his insects wake him.
"You always sneak up on sleeping men?" Shino asked aloud. Haku appeared next to him with a smile on her face.
"Naruto was easier to sneak up on," Haku said as she knelt at his side. Shino didn't move from his position, partly because he couldn't, the other part he was truly stricken by her beauty.
"I hope you don't do this often," Shino said with a stoic face. The joke didn't go unnoticed as Haku grinned at him.
"Why Shino?" Haku asked him with a sly grin. "Afraid I'm sneaking up on other Ninja?"
"Hn," Shino said as he looked away. Haku grinned as she raked her eyes over his toned and chiseled body. She liked her lips much like a hunter over its prey. Anko was becoming a bad influence on her, but she wouldn't trade it for the world. She reached her hand forward and touched his chest first. Shino's head snapped back to her and she just grinned as she took out her ointment and started to apply it to his cuts.
"You really should let me take care of you," She said softly as she moved her hands over his chest. Shino's face was burning red as he let out a sigh and closed his eyes. Haku's smile was permanent as she watched him wince and groan under her touch as she moved her hands over his bruised and cut areas. She stopped and put up her ointment, causing Shino to shift slightly besides her. She turned back to see that he removed his sunglasses and looked up at her with his red eyes.
"I believe that I owe you a date if I recall correctly," Shino said as he watched her eyes dance over him.
"I believe," Haku said softly as she leaned down inching closer to the younger man's face. Shino's eyes widen at her sudden move. Shino leaned forward, grunting in a slight pain, inching closer as well.
"That you said," Haku continued as they were only an inch apart. Haku watched Shino's eyes close and lean forward some more. Haku pulled away and smirked at him as she finished. "That we are going out after the chunin exams."
"What?" Shino said as his eyes snapped open. Haku looked down at his shocked expression and suppressed a chuckle.
"You said that after the exa…" Haku tried to explain but was pulled on top of Shino as he placed a searing kiss on her lips. Haku's eyes closed and her hands found his hair. Shino pulled away, causing a slight groan from Haku, and smiled at her.
"What did I say again?" Shino asked. Haku still lost in her bliss looked up at him with dazed eyes.
"I don't seem to recall," Haku said as she leaned back down.
"See I did good!" Anko said as she leaned back into Iruka who sighed into her neck. Anko closed her eyes as she let the warm air move over her skin.
"Yes you did Anko," Iruka said as he placed a kiss to the side of her neck. Anko closed her eyes as she felt his arms encircle her waist. "Now…"
"Now what, Iruka-kun?" Anko moaned as he kissed her again. Iruka's eyes glinted in mischief as he spun Anko around and pinned her to the tree they were hiding in. Iruka leaned in and kissed her hard causing her to moan in pleasure. Before Anko could continue anything he pulled back and smirked down at her.
"The chase begins," Iruka said as he turned in a puff of smoke. The shadow clone disappeared and Anko's eyes narrowed.
"A freaking SHADOW CLONE!" Anko yelled as she darted from the tree hunting…eh...looking for her man.
"What was that?" Shino asked pulling away from Haku who was still lost for words as she rubbed his chest with her hands.
"Anko must have found out that Iruka replaced himself with a shadow clone again," Haku said as snuggled into Shino's side. Shino wrapped his arms around her and she rested her head on his shoulder.
Iruka was walking with Naruto and Kakashi. They were walking towards the hot springs looking for Naruto's temporary sensei. Naruto's eyes were cold and focused as they walked. He was going to make Neji pay ten folds, for what he did to Hinata. The best part was that Naruto and Neji were going to be the opening event. Once finding that out Naruto made a promise to break every bone in the boy's body, a much milder threat than what he originally wanted to do. Hinata made him promise that he wouldn't kill her cousin, but Naruto told her that he can't make any promises, hey accidents happen…right? Naruto then was told that he would be receiving training from a new sensei, for the council had deemed that Sasuke need to be trained how to effectively use his Blood limit. Thus meaning, Kakashi had to train him for the month. Kakashi was beyond pissed and couldn't look at the smug Uchiha, but being the loyal ninja he was followed the orders. He will be leaving to train the Uchiha later that day.
"I still don't see why you can't train me Kakashi-nii-san,"Naruto said as they continued to walk towards the hot springs. "And now I get dumped off on some random guy."
"Now Naruto," Iruka started but then snapped up right. Iruka's eyes glazed for a bit and then the look of utter terror etched his face. "You have got to be shitting me!"
"What happened now?" Kakashi asked as he looked away from his book.
"I think my shadow clones are trying to kill me," Iruka said as his face paled a bit. Kakashi looked at him with an eye smile. "I got to go! Naruto, listen to your new sensei, no matter what he says."
"Ok Nii-san," Naruto said as he pulled out his book and started to read. Iruka took off in a cloud of dust. "I guess teaching him the shadow clones was a bad idea after all huh?"
"Nah," Kakashi said as he flipped a page in his book. "It's proven to be entertaining."
"WHERE IS HE?" Yelled a voice behind them. Naruto and Kakashi turned and both raised their eyebrows. Anko was standing there seething with anger and pent up….we'll say rage.
"Where's who Anko-Nee?" Naruto asked as innocently as possible. Anko's eyes soften for a moment then turned ice cold.
"Naruto-kun," She said softly. "You don't want to fuck with me right now!"
"He went that way," Kakashi gulped out, pointing in the direction of the dust trail that Iruka left. Anko smiled and took off in the same direction.
"They are a weird couple?" Naruto said with a smirk.
"You don't even know," Kakashi said as he flipped a page in his book.
"Pretty inspirational if I say so," Said a new voice from behind them.
Naruto turned to see a tall man with waist-length, spiky white hair tied back into a pony tail, with two shoulder-length bangs that framed both sides of his face. He also had red lines that ran down from his eyes and wore a horned forehead protector with the kanji for 'Oil'. The man wore a green short shirt kimono and matching pants; under which he wore mesh armor that showed out of the sleeves and legs of his outfit. His outfit was completed with hand guards, a simple black belt, wooden sandals, a red cloak with two simple yellow circles, and a scroll on his back. Kakashi looked at him and gave his eye smile which said to Naruto that he could be trusted.
"And just who the hell are you?" Naruto asked as he put his book away just in case. The tall man turned to him and gave him grin.
"Surely you've heard of Jiraiya, the Great Toad-Sage!" Jiraiya said as he got into a weird poise. Naruto looked crossly at him as Kakashi stepped in.
"Jiraiya-sama what are you doing here?" Kakashi asked as he stepped forward. Jiraiya smirked as he took out his pen and pad that said the name of their favorite book.
"I was researching!" Jiraiya said with a smirk. "I have a new book that will be coming out soon."
"Wait you're the writer of the great 'Icha Icha' series?" Naruto asked almost in tears. Jiraiya smirked down at the kid. This would be like meeting the inventor of Ramen for Naruto.
"I see you are a pervert in training?" Said the elder perv as he got into an epic poise. " I ASK YOU! DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO BECOME A SUPER PERVERT?"
"We're not worthy!" Yelled both Naruto and Kakashi as they were bowing before the self-proclaimed super pervert on their knees.
"So you need help controlling the foxes power huh?" Said Jiraiya as he nursed a blackened eye. Their first attempt of research ended beyond bad as they were chased from their spot by the hot springs by a hoard of women. Not a bad image from afar but terrible to be the receivers of such attention. Naruto nodded at his new sensei and took the ice pack off the top of his head.
"I need your help," Naruto said as he got serious. "I can only access it when I'm either extremely angry, or in deep shit."
"Well then," Jiraiya said as he crossed his arms. "I will help you, first we need you to get amazing at controlling you own chakra, let alone the foxes. Meet me here tomorrow and we can start."
"Thanks Jiraiya-jij," Naruto said as he stood and left. Jiraiya watched him leave and couldn't help but smile.
"You are so like your father Naruto," Jiraiya said as he crossed his arms across his chest. "Time to get back to work."
Naruto landed as quietly as possible on the top of her window ceil. Looking into the room he could make out the sleeping princess. She was cuddled up in her bed of lavender sheets and matching comforter. Naruto slowly opened the window, careful not to make a sound and stepped into the room. Naruto approached the bed and slowly leaned over her. He brushed some strands of hair out of her face and whispered in her ear.
"Hey," He whispered causing her to slowly stir. Her eyes snapped open and Naruto was on the receiving end of a Junken to the chest causing him to be launched off his feet and land on flat out on his back. Hinata, panting heavily, looked down at what she'd done and covered her mouth.
"Naruto-kun?" She asked just above a whisper. Naruto groaned loudly and tried to pick himself up off the floor.
"What the hell?" Naruto asked to no one imparticular. Grasping his chest he wheezed. "I feel like I fell from the Hokage monument."
"Be quiet Naru-kun!" Hinata seethed as Naruto slowly made his way back to the bed. He waved her off dismissively, as he moved to sit next to her on the bed.
"You hit hard Hina-hime," Naruto said above a whisper. Hinata just sighed as he moved to hold her hand. "I just wanted to stop by and see how you are feeling."
"Well you scared me," Hinata said as she coughed a bit and wiped the blood from her mouth with a used rag that was next to her bed. "Didn't the doctor say not to excite me? I'm beginning to wonder if you're doing this intentionally."
"I would never hurt my Hinata-hime!" Naruto said looking down at her with a scowl. "I was just trying to surprise you with a midnight visit."
"By scaring me half to death," Hinata said crossing her arms over her chest giving him a playful grin. Naruto smirked and leaned forward.
"Good thing I know the remedy to counter act that," Naruto said huskily as he could. Hinata smirked as he leaned forward and gave her a quick kiss. Naruto moved forward again but stopped when he heard shuffling outside Hinata's door. Hinata opened her eyes in time to see a winking whisp clone slowly disappear as her door was blown off its hinges by her father.
"WHERE IS HE?" He yelled causing Hinata's eyebrows to rise. "I know he was here."
"Father," Hinata said with a fake cough fit causing all anger from her father to turn to concern. Hinata turned away and smiled as her father excused his actions and went to fetch her some tea. Hinata looked out the window and saw her Naruto-kun waving from the top of a building, wind blowing through his hair.
"So I have to walk across the water," Naruto asked looking back at his new Sensei. Jiraiya just nodded and walked off. "And where are you going?"
"To conduct my research," Jiraiya said with a grin. He turned and looked back over his shoulder at the young Naruto. "If you finish early I will allow you to help."
"You got it!" Naruto yelled as he dashed across the water only to fall in. The boiling water caused the young boy to yelp in pain and shoot from the water as quickly as possible. Naruto arrived at the bank panting and cursing. "What the hell?"
After trying and failing several times, Naruto came up with the idea of using clones. He felt like that watching them attempt the water walking he could hone in on what he was doing wrong. Over time he noticed that he was receiving the memories of the clones which gave him an idea. Using a huge amount of clones Naruto filled every inch of the hot spring with clones that slowly stood straight on the water. He dismissed the clones and proceed to pass out by the bank of the hot springs. Little did he know he was being watched the entire time by his new sensei. Jiraiya jumped down and picked up his new pupil and took him home. He would be testing him tomorrow.
"Ok Naruto," Jiraiya said as he stood across form Naruto the next day. "You will learn to use your wind tonfa's today. If you master it today, I have a surprise for you. But first, let's start with a quick warm up spar."
"Alright!" Naruto said as his eyes glazed over. Jiraiya looked at him with raised eyebrows. "I'm not going to hold back."
"You have a Kekki…ughf…" Jiraiya started but was cut off by a bone crushing blow to the side of the head. Jiraiya recovered and looked down at Naruto with a new perspective. In all his years, Naruto's ability, was something he's never seen before. And he's seen some most everything. "Cheap shop."
"You think so," Naruto's voice said from behind him. Jiraiya reacting pure on instinct spun and kicked through a whisp clone causing Jiraiya to jump back. He used his body mass to clobber the smaller kid and knock him back. Jiraiya resorted to street brawler like tactics, using his weight and a series of timed punches to offset the sporadicness of his opponent. Naruto recovered from a jab to his face that happened on his port in. He jumped back and rubbed his forehead.
"You're truly different than any ninja," Jiraiya said as he crossed his arms over his chest. "I believe that you could be almost unstoppable if you kept up that style. You just need to tweak it a bit here and there."
"Yeah," Naruto said with a grin. "Iruka-nii-san helped me find my style."
"Smart man," Jiraiya said making a mental note to check up on this Iruka. The man was clearly smarter than the average Chunin. "Now let's check out these Tonfa's."
"Again!" Yelled Kakashi as he looked down at the struggling Uchiha. He had him build up his speed, for Uchiha's ability to read moves only worked if the body was fast enough to catch up to the eyes.
"I need a break!" Sasuke yelled back as he sat down. Kakashi walked away and silently cursed the council for giving him this drama queen for the next month.
"Now Shino-kun," said Haku as the two attacked each other in a clearing. Shino ducked under the quick jab and struck back only to hit air and hear soft laughing from behind him.
"Too slow," She said as she punched him square in his back. Her smiling face turned to a shocked expression as her hand passed through Shino's vest and then he exploded into bugs. Shino appeared behind her and placed a hand on her shoulder.
"No," Shino said as he commanded his bugs to back off. "I would think I was in control."
"I could have frozen all of your bugs," Haku said as the temp dropped several degrees. Shino looked at her and pondered that for a few moments. "Thus saving I, and making you appear right in my trap."
"What do you…" Shino started but looked down and noticed an ice blade touching his bare chest. Shino looked back up and tilted his head. "Seems like I was not in as much control as I thought."
"Nope," Haku smirked as she leaned forward. Shino followed slowly, but was stopped when he felt an unreal amount of KI.
"STAY AWAY FROM MY DAUGHTER BUG BOY!" Yelled a new voice that charged out form the trees.
"Got to fly," Shino said quickly and gave her a quick kiss. Shino disappeared in a bug clone as the Executioner blade fell where he was just moments before. Haku turned her cold eyes on her father.
"What was that for?" She asked putting her hands on her hips. Zabuza, the demon of the mist, stood there in babbling for words.
"He…You…I…What do you want me to say?" His eyes became locked on a bug that was moving across the grass. Raising his swords, Haku made a coughing sound. "Die bug!"
"Nice to see you again dad," Haku said causing Zabuza to completely forget about the bug and turn to his daughter figure. She hugged him and he sighed and put his sword away. "And no you can't kill Shino-kun."
"Ah, just a little bit? Like his left arm, doesn't really need it right?" Zabuza whined, only to feel an ice cold hand freeze a part of his back. Cursing aloud he nodded begrudgingly.
"There is a disturbance in the force," Jiraiya said as he looked around the training ground. Naruto nodded in agreement as he continued to try and summon. Naruto mastered his Tonfa's in no time due to better chakra control. Now he was attempting to summon the toads that Jiraiya gave him the contract for. He was the first person to summon them since the Fourth. Beyond honored he took to it like a fish to water. Summoning different toads until he passed out the first day. Now, his job was to find a way the boss toad. He was trying to access the Fox's chakra but it was proving to be a bit difficult.
"How many more weeks do you have?" Jiraiya asked as he continued to write.
"One," Naruto said as he sat down in a meditating stance. Jiraiya looked up from his pad and smirked. He got up and looked both ways. He judged the distance to the canyon was a good hundred meters. Using his hand to judge the angle he looked down at Naruto and sighed.
"Time to use some alternate motivation!" Jiraiya said as he kicked Naruto. Naruto flew screaming down the Canyon. "Ha, still got it!"
"YOU CRAZY BASTARD!" Yelled Naruto.
Naruto continued to fall, scared beyond his life which caused him to black out. Coming too he was before the Kyubi again who appeared to be as bored as he was the first time he saw him. Naruto approached him as the torches erupted into life. The Kyubi looked down at him drumming his fingers on his throne.
"About time you came here," Said the Kyubi as he leaned forward.
"It's not my fault," Naruto yelled back crossing his arms. "I can't do this unless I'm extremely angry or in deep shit. Like now, I'm falling into a canyon!"
"You'll just have use some of my chakra," Said the Kyubi as he started to emit a red aurora. "As for accessing the Chakra, you will have to split your chakra with mine."
"What?" Naruto asked looking at the Fox who gave him a grin.
"Just practice separating your chakra," The fox said as he looked down at his container. "Suppress one and release the other. Now you better come too, we need to live if we expect to kill that Hyuga!"
"You know," Naruto said as he turned to walk away. "You're really not that bad."
"You have no idea," Said the fox as he growled a bit. "We will discuss that another time."
Naruto awoke and he was still falling. The entire conversation must have happened in less than a second. Naruto put all he had into this summoning technique. Smoke filled the entire canyon as Naruto slowly picked himself up from a fleshy surface.
"Who's there?" Said a deep rumbling voice from underneath him.
"HAHA I DID IT!" Naruto yelled as he started to dance on the boss toads head.
Naruto walked back home sore as hell. He had to stay on the head of Gamabunta for the rest of the day as a test. Needless to say, he passed but the soreness wasn't going anywhere for a while. Jiraiya said that he needed to rest for the rest of the week, which Naruto's response was a quick hell no. Walking back Naruto noticed the slow fog settling in, which caused Naruto to sigh.
"Shit," Naruto said to himself as he heard a sadistic laugh erupt from all around him.
"Oh you have no idea," The demon of the mist answered. "I'm baaaackkk!"
Hello Everyone!
Well thanks for the awesome reviews on the last chapter. You guys are beyond awesome. I really enjoy what everyone thinks about this story. I hope you enjoy this chapter. I'm not really big on the whole training period, so i had to...how do you say fluff it up a bit and iron out the boring parts. I hope you guys enjoy, and please Read, Review and of course Enjoy!
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