Chapter 6: Return of the turnabout
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Naruto groaned as the group finally arived at the village gates. The girls had maintained a twenty meter distance the whole trip, even when they had taken breaks. "What is thier problem?" Naruto thought. They looked like they were talking, laughing sometimes, and the other times they looked as if they were fighting. "It's offical" Naruto thought, then sighed. "Girls are crazy!" He thought, thensighed, when they stopped and waited for naruto to catch out, not saying a word. The man nodded his head, recognizing the group from the few days before they left, and opened the large gate so they could walk into the village. When they walked in, the first thing they saw was Shikamaru, a lazy look on his face, scratching the back of his leg with his foot. "Hey Shikamaru, what are you doing here?" Naruto asked, Shikamaru sighing.
"The Hokage said that I had to meet up half way with you guys" Shikamaru said, looking like he always did, as if he was about to fall asleep. "Mikau-san, he's dead right?" He asked, the group averting their eyes, but sakura looked at him.
"Yes, and as the leader of the mission, I take full responsibility for his death." Sakura said, Shikamaru nodding his head. "Hokage-sama thought you'd say something to that effect, so she's assigned you guys a new mission, with a new leader." He said, a smirk on his face. "and I'm going to be going iwt hyou guys this time to make sure your sensei wont die" He said, the others remaining quiet. "Or next mission is to finish the training you were learning untill your sensei bit it." He said, the others averting their eyes again. "We're heading to the Village Hidden in the sand in three days." He said, The others gasping.
"But...but...no one can teach us that stuff like Mikau sensei could...he was the master of it." Naruto said, Shikamaru shaking his head.
"Mikau had brothers and sisters, and lots of them. It's his families Kekki-Genkai to summon their inner demon, and they can awaken this power to the others around them. Their ancestors were close to the hidden leaf village, helping them during the great ninja war"
Naruto let out a deep breath, then closed his eyes. "But...why? What's the point of having us learn these skills?" He asked, Shikamaru shrugging.
"Hell if I know, I'm just telling you what the hokage told me to tell you." Shikamaru said, then turned his collar to the three. "Right here, three days, six in the morning." He said, then began walking away. "Later." He said, then turned into an alley, closing his eyes and thinking. "Naruto...you actually thought of something important...why is Tsunade having us learn these skills?" He thought, sighing as he opened his front door. "Is she just being precautious, or is she preparing for something big?" he thought, then took off his jackets, then his shirt, then layed down in his bed. "To much of a pain to think about it right now...I'll just sleep it off." He said, then drifted into a deep sleep.
The group went there seperate ways, wanting sometime to reflect and think about what had happened in the past few days. Naruto sighed as he walked into the Ichiraku Ramen bar and ordered a bowl of Miso Ramen. "The big question is..." He mumbled, taking a seat a the bar. "Was it Hinata or was it Sakura?" He mumbled, then began to drool a bitg when he smelt the ramen getting cooked. "Sakura was all over me, crying for Mikau...she seemed depressed...lonely...wanting someone next to her..." He thought, then smiled as he watched the man grab a bowl. "But Hinata...she was all fidgety that morning...she even slept right by my side..." He thought, then rubbed his hands together as he heard the man the man walked towards him with the bowl. "It had to of been Sakura. Hinata would pass out if she got next to me face, there's no way Hinata could do all that stuff." He thought, then looked up to see the man tripping, and the bowl of ramen flying towards Naruto's face. He couldn't move, his mind distracted. Suddenly, he saw a fermiler hand fly infront of his face and catch the bowl, cathcing it and turning it in a fluid-like motion so only a bit of the broth got onto Naruto's face.
"Some ninja you make." The voice said, a smile smiling as he recognized the voice, the man letting out a laugh.
"Pervy sage!" Naruto yelled. Jiraiya, shoshing him.
"I told you never to cal me that in public. Come on, you look like you have a lot on your mind, let's go talk." Jiraiya said, Naruto nodding his head then walking out next to his sensei.
The two sat next to each other on a bench, the sun setting so it was cool out, plesent actually. "So...what's on your mind kid?" Jiraiya asked, Naruto looking down. Naruto explained what had happened to Jiraiya the past days, he slowly nodded his head. He stopped him once he began describing it was how boring it was walking home with out the girls. "Well Naruto...seems like you have quite a problem on your hands..." he started, Naruto nodding his head. "But you know what?" Jiraiya asked.
"What?" Naruto asked, Jiraiya smirking.
"I'm gonna teach you how to understand the ladies in these couple of days you have off before your next mission." He said, Naruto jumping up.
"Why the hell would I want help from you, old perv!" Naruto yelled, Jiraiya laughing.
"Come on kid, do it for old times sake!" He said, Naruto still not looking at him. "...how about for me?" He said, Naruto looking at him
"Alright...only for you though." Naruto said, Jiraiya jumping up.
"Alright Naruto, we'll meet here, seven o'clock tomarrow alright?" Jiraiya said, Naruto nodding his head. The two parted ways, then Naruto slipped into his bed, sighing.
"Tomarrow is going to one long damn day..." He thought, then driffted into sleep...a sleep he was going to need for tomarrow.
Ladies and gentlemen...welcome to the world of filler!