Naruto charged forward with a burst of speed, screaming in rage as a claw of chakra formed around his fist. Thane smirked as leaned back at an impossible angle and the claw passed harmlessly over him. Thane spun on his heel and slashed out at Naruto only for him to explode in a flash of light. Thane not expecting this jumped back in time to minimize the damage. He landed with a smirk as he sensed the blond appear behind him and met his attack with one of his own. The two slammed fist and shot in opposite ways after a release of energy erupted between them. The river was thrashing under the amount of chakra being released between the two.
"You're going to make this fun!" Thane said with smirk.
"You're pretty fast to keep up with me," Naruto said as he gritted his teeth.
"Fast is an understatement," Thane said with a smirk. "I have something special; see this eye of mine allows me to sense disturbances down to a molecular level. So when you disturb the molecules in the air around me I know exactly where you will appear."
"So that's how you know where I'm going huh?" Naruto asked. Thane just answered with a grin.
"Orochimaru designed me specifically to counter your eyes," Thane said with a hiss. "Not to mention some minor upgrades to other parts of my DNA. All will be reviled in good time. For now let's continue our dance!"
"Too late!" Naruto said from behind Thane causing him to jump out of the way of a flurry of punches.
Thane dodged each one and then returned a slashing strike that cut Naruto across the chest again. Naruto jumped back and fell to his knee, blood dripping to the water causing a pool to slowly form under him. Breathing Naruto looked up to see Thane slowly licking his fingers again. This sick monster needed to be put down. Naruto charged forward, pumping more and more chakra into his system. Thane easily dodged the attacks and returned a few of his own with the same sadistic smirk on his face. Naurto's anger was soon getting the best of him as he jumped back after receiving another slash, this time across his back. Naruto's mind was on over drive, trying to figure out what he can do in this situation.
"Screw this," Naruto said to himself as he pushed more Kyubi chakra into his system. His body was on fire and he didn't care. "I will not die here today!"
Naruto smirked as a plan slowly formed into his head. He 'Bamfed' into action as he circled the monster and left a clone at each spot. Thane destroyed the clones that he left every time, but Naruto was smirking. Thane had to slow down each time to kill the clone, meaning if Naruto just pushed a little harder he would be able to land a solid hit, but he would have to make this count. Naruto pushed the Kyubi's chakra into his system even more. He let out a roar of pain and soon it looked like there hundreds of Naruto's surrounding Thane as he appeared and just as quickly disappeared around Thane. Thane's smirk was gone as he was actually having to focus on the task at hand. Naruto found a way to overload his sensing ability and it was causing great confusion. Naruto smirked as he left a frag clone which detonated and blasted Thane back, but the damage was minimal due to a bone shield that erupted from his arms. Naruto's eyes narrowed as he remembered the blood line from the last man Lee fought. Naruto pumped more chakra into his system as he charged forward.
"So you have the ability to manipulate your bones as well?" Naruto questioned as closed the distance. Thane's reply was a barrage of bone bullets from his fingers that struck home in Naruto's chest causing him to jump back. Naruto pulled out some of the bones and coughed a bit. He pushed more Chakra into his system and stared down the monster in front of him.
"Kit," Kyubi's voice filled through his head. "If I give you any more of my chakra you might not be able live."
"And if you don't," Naruto said back as he pumped more into his system. Blood seeped from the open wounds in almost a free flowing matter. "Then I die from this asshole. Sorry Kyubi-san, but if I'm going out…I'm going out in style!"
"Hehe," Kyubi chuckled as a bit more power leaked out giving Naruto yet another boost. "ALRIGHT KIT! FINISH HIM!"
Naruto was already a step ahead and was slowly forming a blue orb in his hands. Naruto's eyes where hunting for his opening as he dropped clone after clone. Thane's face was completely focused on the last clone and Naruto saw his opportunity. Quickly reversing his direction he 'Bamfed' a foot away from Thane's chest. Thane's arms where over extended after killing another clone and Naruto found a way into his defense. Thane looked down with wide eyes as Naruto's hand was holding up a red and blue orb. He couldn't react as the Orb slammed into his midsection.
"RASENGAN!" Naruto yelled as the orb slammed into Thane. Thane's shirt was destroyed immediately followed by the first layers of skin and muscle. Thane's eyes widen for a second then he turned into a log and it shattered into pieces. "What! UGH!"
"You have wounded me," Thane whispered into Naruto's ear from behind him. Naruto's eyes where twitching as he looked down at the pain seeping through his chest. A bone sword was pushed completely through his body from back to front and was dripping his blood. Thane's clawed hand slowly sunk into Naruto's shoulder as Thane spoke through gritted teeth. "For that I will let you live for now."
"You.." Naruto started as he was picked up and tossed to the side of the river easily. Naruto landed with a huff and looked back to see Thane holding his stomach that was bleeding as well. Thane stared at the kid and gave him a quick smirk as he started to walk away.
"FINISH HIM THANE!" Kabuto's voice yelled out. Thane turned and gave Kabuto a bloody smirk. "THAT WAS YOUR ORDERS!"
"I no longer take orders from the snake bastard," Thane said with a smirk. "I'm going to go and have some fun, slaughter a couple of villages or something. Hear that Naruto-kun, now that you failed to kill me, countless people will be slaughtered, like animals, by my hands. I can't wait to hear the screams, I must be off. Till we meet again, Naruto-kun."
"YOU MONSTER!" Naruto yelled out as he tried to stand but the loss of blood caused him to fall to his side as he stared at the retreating figure of Thane. Naruto's eyes slowly started to close as he watched Kabuto slowly approaching him with glowing hands.
"Fine," Kabuto said as he raised his hand to finish Naruto. "I will finish this…"
"If you even think about killing my prey I will rip you apart slowly," Thane whispered into Kabuto's ear as he appeared behind him in a flash. Kabuto gulped and jumped back quickly. "That's a good bitch. Now return to your master."
"Why?" Naruto choked out as blood slowly started to enter in his lungs. Thane turned to him with a smirk.
"You amuse me," Thane said. "But don't take this as a sense of mercy or kindness. I will feast upon your blood, you can count on that! I'm just giving you the chance to get stronger, so the next time we meet it will not be such a boring battle. I like to play with my food, I know what you're going to say. It's terrible manners on my part and all."
"You…" Naruto started but his world faded to black and he passed out. Thane smirked as he looked around making sure that Kabuto was gone then took off in the direction of the nearest town.
"Will he be alright?" Kakashi asked as Tsunade exited the room. She gave him a grave smile, but nodded her head. Kakashi collapsed into the seat he had just outside of Naruto's room. The world seemed to have fell from his shoulders.
"He lost a lot of blood and is suffering from massive chakra burns," Tsunade started gravely. "But he will be alright. He's resting right now. He was able to gain consciousness by the time I finished with him. We have a new problem. It seems that Orochimaru designed creature to counter Naruto. Apparently he uses a high sensing ability and has beyond jonin reflexes. He also . His blood lust is…"
"NARUTO!" Yelled a voice at the end of the hall. They turned to see Hinata running down the hall with tears in her eyes. "Tsunade-sama! Is he alright?"
"He will recover Hinata," Tsunade said as Hinata sighed. She looked at the door behind her and then back to Tsunade. "Go ahead, he should be sleeping."
Hinata walked into the room and looked down at the single bed. Naruto was wrapped in bandages and his chest was covered with gauze. Hinata walked over to him slowly reached her hand forward. She grazed a finger across his face and sighed. He was going to get it for leaving without telling her again, and double for getting so injured. Hinata watched as his eyes fluttered open and he turned his gaze towards her.
"Hey," Naruto croaked out. Hinata smiled at him with a tear stained face. "Why are you crying?"
"You idiot," Hinata said as she wiped her tears and pushed Naruto over. Naruto winced a bit but made room for on the bed. Hinata snuggled closely into him and listened to his heart beating. "You are so dead once you are cleared to leave. You hear me?"
She turned to see Naruto pretending to sleep with a slight grin on his face. Hinata smiled into his chest as she held him close.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU LEFT FOR A SMALL WALK?" Sakura's voice filled the hospital rooms as she watched the nurses fix the two gashes across Lee's chest. It didn't help that the two young nurse where sporting blushes and double checking their work, as they ran their hands over her Lee. Lee's eyes darted under her glare as he tried to change the subject.
"Didn't Shizune-san talk to you?" Lee asked as he scratched the back of his head.
"She told me that you wouldn't be able to make it for dinner tonight," Sakura answered as she crossed her arms over her chest with a huff. The two nurses giggled as they pushed Lee down into the bed and continued checking their stiches. Sakura had enough of it by now and snapped. "THAT'S IT! YOU TWO OUT! NOW!"
"Lee!" Said a new voice at the door as the two young nurses ran out. Shizune stood there with a sly smile on the door as she stared down at the Mini clone. "Congratulations on completing your mission. Lady Tsunade will need to talk to you soon about that now ranked S-class jonin you fought."
"S-class?" Sakura asked as she turned her death glare towards Lee. Shizune closed the door and walked out, dodging the angry women. "You went on a walk and ended up taking a mission, not only that getting injured by an S-Class Jonin. Lee…"
"Sakura," Lee started as he stood.
"Then you try and hide it from me!" Sakura continued as Lee closed the distance and stared down at the raging women.
"Sakura-hime," Lee said softly as he wrapped his arms around her waist. She stopped her speech and locked eyes with him, a slight blush dusting her cheeks from the new name. Lee leaned down and placed a soft kiss on her forehead. "I just didn't want you to worry is all."
"Still not an excuse," She pouted as she leaned her head on his chest. Her eyes locking in on his deep cuts that now were now stitched up. She slowly traced a finger over it causing him to wince a bit. "You are going to need a sponge bath."
"I think that would be nice after the day I had," Lee said as he gave her a soft kiss on her smirking lips.
"So they are all expected to make a full recovery," Shikamaru said with a sigh as Ino continued to rant about the hospital food that they were serving a skinny Choji. Temari turned to him with a slight smirk as she watched him lower his head into his hands.
"What's wrong?" Temari asked.
"We failed," Shikamaru said simply. "The bastard got away. And on top of that Naruto, Choji, and Neji all got severely hurt. If I could have…"
"Shika-kun," Temari said knowing that the pet name would cause a different reaction. "You did everything right. Except brining that red head back here."
"She isn't that bad,"Shikamaru said with a smirk. "Besides, do I see a hint of…"
"What do I have to be jealous about?" Temari cut him off as she stood up and walked off. Shikamaru smirked to himself.
"Why can't I leave?" Kiba asked the nurse that was wrapping his stab wound on his leg. The nurse just huffed and walked out leaving Kiba alone.
"You really are a big baby," Said a voice from the window. Kiba turned and smirked as Kin jumped down from the window.
"You know that there is a door right?" Kiba smirked as she walked over to him. She stared down at his wounds, double checking the work of the nurse. Kin made a fussing noise and sat down on his bed causing him to scoot to give her some room.
"You got injured," She said with sigh. "Which one did you fight?"
"Some dude," Kiba said as Kin's hands found his. She gripped it tightly and stared him down.
"Kiba," Kin said slowly. "I know who the Sound Four are. They were ruthless and beyond powerful. Which one did you fight?"
"Sakon," Kiba said softly. Kin's eyes widen. "Or Ukon. Whichever. Kankuro showed up and we took them out."
"Kiba," Kin started but stopped. Kiba smirked at her as he pulled her into the bed and wrapped his injured arms around her. Kin sighed looked up at him. "You better heal up."
"Any reason why?" Kiba asked as he inched his face closer.
"So I can beat your ass for getting injured," Kin said as she closed the distance. Kiba smirked into the kiss and pulled Kin closer.
"So you gave up willingly?" Tsunade asked the shaking Tayuya as she was standing before the Hokage. Shikamaru and the members of the Retrieval team sat off to the side. Shikamaru stood and walked into the middle of the room and stood next to Tayuya.
"Yes," Shikamaru answered much to everyone's shock. Tayuya looked at him with a raised eyebrow. "She went into detail of different bases that she knew about in her integration with both Anko and Ibiki. She has fully complied with everything that they've asked and she is willing to cut complete ties with being a Shinobi if it means that she can just have citizen ship in Konoha."
"Shikamaru's words true Tsunade-sama," Anko said from the side. "I've done a through interrogation and she shows no signs of wanting to return to Oto. If it pleases the council I suggest a trial period under the supervision of at least a Chunnin like we practiced with Kin-san."
"Well," Tsunade said as she stared down the Red head. Tayuya subconsciously reached to her side and gripped Shikamaru's hand. Tsunade smiled as she came up with her plan. "Fine! You will be placed under the watch of Shikamaru. During which time you will be also training with Team Anko."
"T-thank you Hokage-sama," Tayuya said as she breathed out a sigh of relief.
"Oh you are sooo screwed," Naruto whispered as he appeared behind Shikamaru scribbling in his notepad. "Temari-chan will not like this."
"Troublesome," Shikamaru said as he felt something in him begin to spin.
Anko walked angrily into the training area. She stared down her target and released a bit of KI. Naruto spun around and gave a sheepish smile. Kiba, who he was sparing at the time, took advantage of it and landed a solid punch to the side of Naruto's head causing him to crash into the ground. The rest of the Konoha 11 laughed at Naruto who was pulling himself out of ground. He looked to Shino and Hinata who both took a step back, some friends they were.
"NARUTO!" Anko yelled out. "What did they say when you were released?"
"That I was cleared so long as I didn't do anything strenuous," Naruto repeated dully as he picked himself up off the ground.
"And what did I say would happen if I caught you doing anything of the such?" Anko said as she towered over her littler brother menacingly.
"Come on Nee-san!" Naruto complained. "I was just sparing dog boy, it's not like that's a strenuous activity."
"HEY!" Yelled Kiba as he balled his fist.
"You think I care!" Yelled Anko as she smashed a fist into the back of his head.
"You shouldn't be stressing out either Anko-san," Came Haku's voice as she walked past the fighting siblings and towards her boyfriend. Shino smiled down at her and gave her a quick kiss.
"She's right Nee-san," Naruto said as he rubbed his head. "I want my little brother to be strong and healthy."
"Shut up baka!" Anko yelled as she pulled him into a head lock/hug. "What are you guys doing out here anyway?"
"We figured that after the invasion and Sasuke leaving we need to have a come to terms meeting," Naruto said as he pushed himself away from his older sister.
"We've been discussing training regimes that will further benefit us in the long run," Shino said with a quick adjust of his glasses.
"And as troublesome as it sounds," Shikamaru said from where he lay on the ground. Shikamaru was laying between Tayuya and Temari who were trading glares at one another. Shikamaru was oblivious to this as he was reading, this time not Icha Icha, but a book on his clan's founder. "We all agreed. So we are each diving into our clans techniques and what not to further ourselves."
"Not only that," Kiba said as he pulled off his shirt to wipe the sweat from his forehead. "But we are doing extra strength and speed training as well. Apparently even Naruto isn't fast enough to take on some of these guys. So in order for us to protect this village...to protect each other we agreed to a pact."
"Oh," Anko said as she stared down at the kids…no the adults in front of her. They were at a cross road in their lives, and this decision would be one that they all would remember.
"And how else do you wish to train?" Anko asked as she crossed her arms.
"Well that's where you old guys come in," Naruto said with a smirk. "We were hoping to be able to train with different teams on a set schedule, with missions permitting, learning as much as we can."
"I will have to run it by the others," Anko said as she smirked. "But I'm willing to help."
"Damn it," Shino said under his breath. Anko turned to him with a sadistic smirk, as Haku punched her boyfriend in his arm. "What? She's…."
"Say something Shino-kun," Anko said with a sickly sweet voice. "And I swear that our time together will be…Fun."
"I hate my life," Shino said with a sigh.
"You're not going to learn shit just laying around and f**king reading," Tayuya said as she stared down at Shikamaru. It was a couple weeks since they made the pact and everyone was holding true to the pact, training almost non-stop.
Shikamaru was currently reading on his favorite hill with Tayuya sitting off to his side. Temari was dealing with Suna business currently and Shikamaru had a break in his training so he decided to study up on his Ancient clan techniques. Currently there was only one man in his clan to ever achieve these powers and he was trying to figure out why. They didn't seem that hard for someone who has mastered the Nara clan Bloodline. Then why hadn't anyone tried to do this?
"I'm trying to figure out why no one has ever surpassed our clan's founder in shadow techniques," Shikamaru said as he ran a hand over his head. Tayuya smirked as she moved closer and picked up his head and placed it on her lap. She always did this for him when he was over thinking things. He always complained at first which made her stare down at him with a death glare.
"Don't say a f**king word," Tayuya said as she pulled his hair tie out and began to run her fingers throughout his hair. Shikamaru smirked up at her before bringing the book back to view, enjoying his new pillow.
Shikamaru read on about his clan founder and found out one thing different about him compared to the other clan heads of previous generations. Shikamaru sighed as he closed the book and closed his eyes. Tayuya stopped running her hands through his hair and Shikamaru soon heard the soft melody of her flute that filled the still air. Shikamaru's mind was on overdrive and he knew just the person to ask this question to. There was a surge of KI which caused Shikamaru to jump to his feet with two Kunai in his hands at the ready. His stance was protective over Tayuya, as he glanced around surrounding forest.
"I was hoping you would figure it out by now," Said a voice from his side. Shikamaru relaxed as he turned to his father who was standing not feet away smirking down at his son. His father leaned down and picked up the book Shikamaru was reading and smirked.
"I think I did," Shikamaru said with a smirk. "So in order for me to access that power, leaves me prime candidate for the CRA."
"And you think having one troublesome women is bad," Shikaku said with a sigh. "That is why most Nara clan heads never wanted anything to do with this book. It has the ability to unlock the Nara's true blood line which is what the council will love. But if you are truly ready for that task, I can show you the book that our founder left for one worthy Nara."
"Troublesome," Shikamaru said as he looked at Tayuya who was smirking at him, wheels already turning in her head. Knowing fully, that he was screwed regardless when it came to the two troublesome women that seemed to have wormed their way into his life, he knew in order to protect his friends and precious people, he would need these techniques. "Fine, let's start this training."
Shizune looked down from her perch as Guy continued to do sit ups for his training. She sighed as she watched the mountain of muscle work before her and couldn't help but blush. She watched as he slowly stood and removed the top half of his jumpsuit and tossed it aside. Shizune had to turn away at this point as she wouldn't trust herself not to pass out from blood loss. She turned to peak again and marveled at the man. She felt the need to run out there to touch him, hold him, to….
"You know that there are other ways to see Konoha's Green Beast," whispered a voice from behind her. She spun and tossed a Kunai towards the target only for Kakashi to catch it with a smirk. Shizune sighed as she turned back towards Guy who continued to do pushups now with a weight on his back.
"Shut up Kakashi," Shizune said as a full blown blush erupted over her face. "I don't know what you're talking about."
"So you just happen to be hanging out in a tree with a perfect view of Guy," Kakashi said as he pulled out his book with an eye smile. "Seems likely."
"I thought you were going to help him talk to me," Shizune said with a death glare. "He hasn't said but two words the entire time I've been here. Some friend you are, after I set you up with Ayame-chan for that date."
"I do believe that it was my charming personality that won my Ayame-hime's heart," Kakashi said with a blush. "And I tried. Provoked and jabbed every chance I got. The big guy is just too much of a chicken to do anything."
"Then what do we do?" Shizune asked as Kakashi walked up beside her, scratching the back of his head.
"Well I say," Kakashi started before he released a bit of Killer Intent. In a flash Guy appeared with a swift kick that launched Kakashi back and into a tree. Kakashi coughed and looked up at Guy with an eye smile. "We get…cough…His attention."
"Kakashi!" Guy yelled out. "What were you doing? I thought you were an enemy."
"It's ok Guy," Kakashi said as he stood up and held his brusing chest. "Shizune wanted to say something."
"Shizune-chan?" Guy asked with a whisper as he turned to look behind him. Shizune was standing there with a full on blush. She had her hand out as if trying to touch his back muscles that were glistening slightly from his sweat.
"Um.." Shizune started and couldn't get anything out.
"I have seemed to have interrupted your date with my rival," Guy said quickly. "Please accept my…"
"Shut up Guy!" Shizune yelled as she punched him in the chest and shook her hand from punching the rock hard muscles. Guy looked down at her with a cute look causing her to blush even more. She sighed as she composed herself a bit. "No you didn't interrupt anything. I came here to ask you for…"
"Ask me what Shizune-chan?" Guy asked as he looked at her with a raised eyebrow. Shizune's mind was on over drive and then she remembered one thing about Guy. He was ready for any mission and would listen intently when being ordered to do something.
"You have a mission," Shizune said with a slight smirk. Guy snapped straight as he listened intently. She smirked as she raked her eyes over his half naked body. She walked up to him and placed a finger in the middle of his chest. Her gaze harden as she faked like she was addressing a ninja per Hokage's orders. "You will pick me up tonight at 7 sharp. Then you will take me out on a date. You will not be late and you will not wear the jumpsuit…till possibly later that night."
"Wait what?" Guy asked as a blush erupted over his face. She smiled at his confused look and started to laugh a bit.
"You idiot," Kakashi said with a smirk. "You're being asked on a date."
Guy smiled down at Shizune who smirked back at him. Guy in one quick motion picked her up in a hug and spun her around causing her to giggle like a little girl. Guy set her back down and leaned his head down and gave her a quick kiss on the check. She smirked as he bowed and swore to pick her on time. Guy jumped down and went back to his training as Shizune sighed and leaned against the tree with a heated blush.
"See I helped," Kakashi said with a slight wince as he grabbed his chest. Shizune stared him down and nodded her head as she turned back to her man that was finishing his pushups. She smiled contently at him as he continued to work out.
"I don't want him working too hard," Shizune said with a predatory smirk that would make Anko proud. "I can't have him being tired tonight."
"I hate being sick all the time," Anko yelled out as she watched the three girls train before her.
Kin was practicing some of her Genjutsu while Tayuya was sparing with Ino who was training with them for the day. The team of girls were quickly becoming a gelled set. Ino with her ability to capture, Kin and Haku with the range attacks, and Tayuya and Anko with the frontline power. They took on several missions together and have completed each with precision and have been put in the bingo book of Iwa. It had been three weeks since the Konoha 11 have started the training and they were becoming a group of ninja that hasn't been heard of in years.
"Anko-san you know you can't complain," Haku said as she dismissed her Mirrors. She had become beyond adapt at her Ice bloodline and was practicing new and different Jutsu's. "You're going to have a baby soon."
"I blame Iruka-kun," She seethed as she tossed another Kunai into a tree. "Where is my Iruka-Kun? He should have arrived with my Dango already! HE better not be talking to any bimbos!"
"He's still teaching Anko-san," Ino answered as she ducked under Tayuya's fist and used her new Hebi-style and struck six times knocking Tayuya to the ground with a huff. Ino smiled down and held out her hand for her teammate.
"Ugh I don't care," Anko said as she crossed her arms over her chest. "I don't like his new bimbo of a teacher aid either. She keeps eyeing my man and if she continues I will rip…."
"I kind of need an assistant to help me with the all my schoolwork so I can spend time with my wonderful women," Said a voice from behind Anko. Strong arms wrapped themselves around her and he gave her a quick kiss on the neck. The three girls smirked at their Sensei as she turned into the giddy school girl she was when she was around Iruka. They all sighed hoping one day that their lazy, stoic, or stupid boyfriends could be as good as Iruka was.
"Iruka-kun!" Anko said with a happy smile. Iruka kissed her neck lightly again, causing a slight blush to creep up her cheeks. "Stop it, and where is my lunch."
"Right here," Iruka said as he unsealed a plate of piping hot dango. "Now I will see you when I get out of the class."
"Thank you Iruka-kun," Anko said as she gave him a quick kiss and Iruka left. Anko turned back to her team that were staring at Iruka with stars in their eyes. "HEY EYES OFF LADIES!"
"He needs to teach a class on how to treat a woman," Tayuya said as they stared after Anko's man, ignoring the raging women. "I mean Shika could use some advice. All he does is sleep, train and read."
"Choji is great at all that stuff," Ino said with a smirk. "Just need him to be ok with PDA, if ya know what I mean."
"We all can't have an Akimichi," Kin said with a huff causing Ino to smirk in triumph. "But Kiba could use a little refresher course on being a gentleman every once and a while. His animalistic side comes out way too much…not that I'm complaining about that too much. And isn't Shikamaru with the Sand bitch?"
"Well she's in Suna right now," Tayuya said with a grin. "Plus Temari-baka and I are working on something that will give us both what we want."
"So you guys are finally getting along?" Haku said with a slight smirk. Tayuya shook her head with a disgusted look on her face.
"Enough talking and back to work!" Anko commanded with a smirk. "If you guys bust your asses for the next hour you're done for the day."
"YES!" They cheered and took off to continue their training. Anko smirked down at her team as they trained with renewed vigor. They each were hoping to get to their boy toys before the day was through. Anko smirked as she took out another stick of Dango and ate it contently.
"Hinata-hime," Naruto said as they watched the sun set on top of the Hokage's monument. Hinata looked up from her pillow that was Naruto's shoulder. "I will be leaving tomorrow."
"Why?" Hinata looked at him with shocked eyes.
"Jiraiya-sama needs to train me," Naruto said as he wrapped his arms around her. "I will be leaving for a while."
"How long is a while?" Hinata asked as she hid her face in his bare chest. Naruto sighed as he kissed the top of her head.
"Three years," Naruto said as he felt small tears hit his chest. "Sooner if I can finish his training."
"I don't want you to go," Hinata said as she leaned her head back. "Why can't you just train here?"
"Because there is a group of S-Class shinobi that are tracking down people like me. They aim to capture all the tailed beast and use them somehow. So Jiraiya is taking me as an apprentice so I can learn as much as possible from him. That is why we made that pact, so you guys can get strong as well. I'm going to need you help in the upcoming years. Promise me Hinata, that you will get stronger."
"I promise," Hinata said as Naruto leaned down and kissed her. They broke apart with some heavy breathing and a smirk on each other's lips. "I just hope you can keep up with me when you get back."
"With proper motivation I could do just about anything," Naruto said softly as he pulled her closer. She blushed and slowly kissed his neck causing him to shake. "And you know just what buttons to press."
"I'm glad Naruto-kun," Hinata said as her eyes slowly glazed over and she bit into his neck. Naruto gasped quickly as his eyes glazed over as well. Hinata pulled back and stared at her handy work. On his neck was a perfect heart shaped bruise. She kissed it lightly as she looked up at Naruto who shook his head.
"Anko taught you that technique," Naruto smirked down at her. That was a technique that Anko uses on Iruka when she goes on missions. It leaves the Hickey on his neck till she returns and dismisses it. These women have become too damn territorial lately, but he wasn't going to complain.
"I'm not sending you out there without being marked as mine," Hinata said as she smiled at him. "I expect to see you at least once a month Naruto-kun. We need to meet on a mission or something at least."
"I think Tsunade can arrange that," Naruto said with a smirk as he leaned down and planted another searing kiss on her lips.
Hello Everyone,
Thanks for all the reviews you guys gave me on the last chapter. They were great. And i liked to thank those who sent PM's asking questions and what not. Well this is kind of Half filler and and what not, so just hold on a bit longer i guess. As always i hope you guys enjoy this chapter. As always Read, Review and Enjoy.
Thanks again,
Take-It-Easy