"Serves you right," Hinata said with a slight giggle as Naruto groaned from the bed. He just got done telling her that he was being hunted by a group of missing S-Class ninjas. Naruto didn't help his cause when he told her that he and the guys would be taking care of them. She felt that he was keeping her out of danger.
"I didn't mean it like that Hina-chan," Naruto grumbled as he slowly leaned back up. "I just don't know what I would do if they got to you."
"You think it's any better for me?" Hinata asked crossing her arms over her chest. "Selfish asshole!"
"I am not selfish!" Naruto shot back then whispered. "But maybe an asshole…"
"Really?" Hinata said as she junkened him again in his other arm causing him to shriek fall back to the bed. "You are only worrying about how you will feel. What about me Naruto? What about my feelings when you're out on strange missions, fighting off S-Class nins."
"If I say you can help will you stop hurting me?" Naruto whimpered out. Hinata huffed and gave him another shot to his stomach before sliding up next to him in bed.
"You will have to do more than that," Hinata said with a kiss to his shoulder. Naruto grin turned to panic when he noticed he couldn't move. Hinata waited for a second then got out of bed with a shoulder shrug. "I guess you don't want to make it up to me. I will be going, see you tomorrow Naru-kun."
"WAIT!" Naruto yelled struggling to regain control of his numbed body. Hinata got to the door and threw one last look over her shoulder. A sexy come here look, that drove Naruto crazy. "I DO! NOOOOOO DON'T LEAVE!"
"Always leave them wanting more," Hinata murdered to herself as she walked back home.
"So how did it go with you?" Naruto asked Shikamaru who raised his head from the bar to show a black eye. "About the same story here. Where is Neji?"
"Ten Ten," SHikamaru said slowly. "Sharp, pointy, objects and perfect aim."
"Right," Naruto said with a smirk. "He's must still be running for his life right now."
"Yeah what about you guys?" Naruto looked at the other men sitting around the bar. Lee had his arm in a sling, Kiba had a chipped fang, Choji was sporting some nasty cuts across his chest, and Shino was just smiling. "What the hell Shino? Did you even tell Haku that we wanted them to stay out of danger on this one?"
"Illogical to even try," Shino said as he adjusted his glasses. "See we may be some of the strongest ninjas Konoha's had in recent history, but we made the mistake of being with even stronger women."
"Meaning?" Naruto asked still slow on the up keep.
"That we don't wear the pants," Choji said as he downed another shot of sake. "We may be the head but our troublesome women are the neck."
"Huh?" Kiba asked looking over towards them.
"Don't use my catch phrase," Shikamaru shot at Choji who smirked. "But yeah, they are the neck. Meaning they control which way the head turns… Kiba it's just a fancy way of saying we are undoubtedly whipped and we will do whatever the women in our lives want. Just we try to act manly and set rules."
"Which they somehow already knew we would set," Shino followed up as he dropped his glass in realization.
"Which means they planned for us to apply said rules in the first place," Naruto said standing up knowing where this was going. Lee banged his head on the bar catching on as well.
"Shit," Kiba said looking over at them. "We were never in control of anything. They only…"
"They only wanted us to think we had control of some things," Choji said as he put his hand to his forehead, as Shikamaru just groaned. "They only allowed us that to humor us!"
"SAKE!" The five men yelled at once.
"Ah," Shikaku said as he looked at his two friends. "It seems our sons finally figured the puzzle out."
"Should we go to them?" Hinata asked as they watched their men downing shot after shot of Sake.
"No," Said the other girls in unison.
"Good girls!" Said Yoshino Nara standing with Ino's mom and Choji's mom. "You have all made it to the next level of your ownership of these useless creatures."
"I didn't think it would be this much work," Kin said with a smirk. "They are slower than most animals I've trained."
"Hey they have their uses," Haku said with a blushing smirk. "But it is true. It's like pulling teeth to get them in line."
"You guys have it easy," Sakura said as she crossed her arms. "Hinata and I both have the unlimited energy ones. At least you can tire yours' out."
"I never heard you ever complain about that Sakura, It's usually you can't get enough of his…unlimited energy," Ino said with a knowing smirk causing Sakura to blush and swing at her friend.
"Just because my Nara looks Lazy doesn't mean he is," Tayuya said with a smirk licking her lips. "Trust me, under the right motivation he is quit lively."
"Is there something I should know?" Yoshino asked with a raised eye brow.
"NO!" Yelled all the girls at once.
"Um we should head back," Hinata said, and the girls disappeared in a swirl of leaves.
"Why did you do that?" Ino's mom said with a smirk. Choji's mom was laughing on the floor.
"Well he must get that from his father," Yoshino said with a grin as her prey….ahem husband stumbled out of the bar.
"So you are requesting a mission," Tsunade asked as she looked at Naruto. Anko and Shizune stood at her sides holding files in their hands. "You are still a Chunnin. I can't give you command over higher ranking Ninja."
"That's fine," Naruto said as he crossed is arms and nodded his head. "Shino and Shikamaru will be in charge. I'm just asking for one mission."
"Ok and what are you going to be doing?" Tsunade asked as she took a sip of sake.
"We will be going after someone who will have information on members of the Akatsuki," Naruto said with a smirk. "And maybe in the process we can bring back a traitor to Konoha."
"You're going after Orochimaru!" Anko yelled from Tsunade's side. Tsunade smirked at Naruto as he waited patiently.
"I can't give you all the members of the Black Leaves," Tsunade said. "You can take a four man team and you will be back in two weeks' time."
"That's fine," Naruto answered as he walked out.
"Shit," Shikamaru said as he puffed on his cigarette . "We need to figure out who's coming with us."
"Well," Shino said adjusting his glasses. "You will be fighting Sasuke. That means fire jutsu's, so I think I could sit this one out. My bugs and fire don't mix too well."
"Choji will come," Naruto said as they walked down the street.
"Agreed," Shikamaru said as he turned towards Naruto with a smirk. "Neji or Hinata?"
"You going to put this blame on me, huh?" Naruto asked as he crossed his arms. "Neji. Meet you at the gates in an hour?"
"Yes I will assemble the other two," Shikamaru said. "Shino you should contact Zabuza and see if we can't get anything on that swordsman they have."
"Haku and I will be visiting him soon," Shino said as he looked around. "I will talk to the Hokage and see if we can bump up our scheduled meeting."
"That would be great," Shikamaru said as he fell back into his shadow.
"He's trying to be cool like me huh?" Naruto said with a smirk as he 'Bamfed' away. Shino just shook his head and walked calmly back to his house.
"So does Hinata know that you chose me over her?" Neji asked as he nursed one of his many stab wounds.
"You told him?" Naruto asked as he slapped his hand to his face. "What kind of advisor are you?"
"Does this mean I'm out of the job?" Shikamaru asked hopefully.
"NO!" Naruto yelled pointing at him. "This means that you will be doing extra work. I don't know yet what it will be, but you've been warned."
"Damn," Shikamaru mumbled. "Ok first we will be infiltrating a base that Jiraiya mapped out. He said that it is one of the most active bases and should be a good starting point. We only have two weeks to corner the snake, lets make them count."
"HAI!" They said at once and disappeared into the woods.
"So he left as well?" Ino said as she blew her nose into a tissue. Hinata looked up from her spot. She was sitting on the wall looking out over the trees in the direction that Naruto left. She deactivated her blood line as he was now out of range completely. She looked over and noticed the sniveling Ino and patted the empty seat next to her.
"Yeah," She said with a huff. "Did they tell you where they were going?"
"Choji said it was only to get information," Ino said as she leaned her head on Hinata's shoulder. "I don't get why I'm so upset though."
"I don't think they told us everything," Hinata said as she recalled Naruto telling her the same thing. "I'm going to ask Tsunade-sama what the mission details where tomorrow. You want to join?"
"I would like that," Ino said with a nod. "Stupid Choji, if he comes back injured we are done!"
"You don't mean that," Hinata said with a smile. Ino nodded.
"I know, but if does," Ino seethed. "I swear I will kill him myself. Making me worry, that causes wrinkles. Does he know what that would do to me?"
"Don't worry," Hinata said as she looked over at her friend, flashing her an evil grin. "I have a plan to get them back once they return."
"I like the way you think Hinata-chan," Ino said with a matching grin.
"I feel a disturbance in the force," Choji said to the guys as he shuddered. Naruto looked over before he felt the same wave of evilness.
"Um guys," Naruto struggled out. "We may want to finish this quickly. I don't think it would be prudent to waste too much time."
"Why?" Neji asked looking over at him.
"I don't want to give Hinata and Ino time to plan anything too harsh," Naruto said scratching the back of his head. "Knowing them they will get Tenten and Tayuya to join in the plan as well."
"DOUBLE TIME!" Shikamaru barked and took off.
Naruto jumped into the air dodging a Kunai and disappeared. The Oto-nin that threw the kunai looked around only for his face to meet the devastating force of Naruto's punch. The nin was blown into a wall and fell to the floor unconscious. They were in a long corridor filled with random doors that seemed to be supplying and endless stream of Oto-nins. Not that they were any trouble it was becoming a nuisance. After infiltrating the base they found it to be a home base for one of Orochimaru's top generals. That was who they were searching for now.
"Didn't expect to see this much resistance," Neji said as he took out three Oto-nins with quick strikes to their temples. "How do you think the Shikamaru and Choji are doing?"
"Oh," Naruto said as he 'Bamfed' into the middle of a group of Oto-nins. He left three frag clones and was back at Neji's side in a blink. The rocked the underground tunnels causing the roof to slowly give way. "I would hope pretty well."
"We can here you," Came a voice over their headphones. "And we are just fine. Thanks for the concern Neji-kun!"
"Stupid Choji! Making jokes at a time like this," Neji said as he parried a strike and finished another Oto-nin.
"Oye Naruto," Came Shikamaru's voice. "Thirty five! Keep up!"
"What no way!" Naruto yelled as he charged forward leaving a path of dispatched Oto-nins in his wake. "Twenty-seven, Twenty-eight, Twenty-nine, THIRTY, Thirty…."
"Am I the only one who sees the danger here?" Neji asked as he stared in disbelief. Naruto seemed to be everywhere in the tunnel. Naruto smirked as he looked back at Neji as he finished off one of his opponents.
"Come on!" Naruto yelled we are almost there.
"Troublesome blondes," Neji muttered.
"Guys," Shikamaru said over the headphones. "That is my line, come up with your own."
"We made it to the end," Naruto said as they kicked down a door that lead to a large laboratory room. Naruto heard a slamming to the left and turned to see Choji charging in with Shikamaru hot on his trail.
"Damn," Choji said as he wiped the blood from the small wounds on his chest and shoulder. "We lost. I blame you Shikamaru. You just had to take your time."
"Yeah yeah," Shikamaru said as he walked forward. He passed Naruto and whispered. "Forty-eight."
"Same," Naruto whispered back with a huff. "Fine tie this time around but on the way out we start over."
"Serious," Neji said as he scanned the area. "Shit. Guys you will never guess who is here."
"Ummm," Choji started as he put his finger to his chin as if to try and give it some thought. Naruto was jumping up and down with his hand raised as if hoping to answer the question.
"Pick me! Pick me!" Naruto yelled. Neji was on the verge of a mental break down, shaking with rage he pointed to Naruto. "Is it bachelor number one…."
Naruto's eyes glazed over and he disappeared and reappeared tossing a man across the room where he landed with as much grace as one could after being hurtled by someone else. He looked up and stared at the four Konoha shinobi with a wicked grin.
"It's been a while Dope," Sasuke said as he stood up and brushed himself off. "I see you're still as dum…."
Sauske started but was punched in the gut by Naruto sending him sliding across the room. Nartuo was about to follow up when thirty Oto-nin jumped in front of him. Naruto just smirked and looked over at Sasuke who was slowly pulling himself up. Sasuke's eyes began to spin as his body was covered in dark tattoos.
"You won't get a way this time Sasuke," Naruto said as he stared at him. "You will either die here today or I will drag your broken body back to Konoha."
"As if you could touch me now," Sasuke shouted. "I've been training non-stop since our last battle…"
"Which I won by the way," Naruto interrupted causing Sasuke to seethe in anger.
"And now I have the power to kill you and him," Sasuke said as he began to crackle in dark energy. He started to laugh. "But first I will start with your friends."
"Oh good luck with that," Shikamaru said as he appeared in the middle of the group of Oto-nin's, his scythe slicing through five Oto-nin's necks, separating their heads from their bodies. A spray of blood was the only distraction need for Neji and Choji jump in to the battle. Naruto didn't bother with the Oto-nin as his eyes followed Sasuke. Sasuke jumped back and streaked towards the door only to be stopped when Naruto appeared in front of him. Sasuke jumped back and assumed his taijutsu stance. Naruto's eyes narrowed dangerously, but his face split into a grin. His target…no his prey was trying to escape again. This time, there would be none.
Hello Everyone!
So great news! I DIDN'T FORGET ABOUT THIS STORY! Hey what can i say, i had a shitty past couple of months. Between the hospital visits and treatments i can't begin to tell you how good it feels when i say it's good to be back! Car crash plus surgery was awesome, then the best was the really nice lady...ahem devil women... who helped me in my rehabilitation me tell you i couldn't wait to get back to writing. So now that i'm back i would like to say thanks for all the review that this story got on the last chapter. I will tell you guys it met a lot to be able to read some of the great reviews you guys left behind when i was bored out of my mind in treatment. You guys are great. Now i would like to say that i should be back to updating on a weekly time frame, but if i don't...send me a PM and yell at me. I Don't have any excuses now not to update. As always i hope you guys Read Review and of course Enjoy.
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