AN:/ I said I wouldn't get the chapter in that fast but SURPRISE! Anyways. Let's sing a happy birthday song for Showtime09!
EXTREMELY SHORT CHAPTER: DON'T COMPLAIN, IT'S A GIFT! But seriously, this is just a transition chapter...
Happy birthday to you, you're 102! You look like a monkey, and you act like one too! Just kidding, But happy birthday Showtime09! Thank you for reading my story! (Good thing about "singing" online to you is that you don't have to stand there awkwardly as we all clap and sing... :D)
Alright, your gift, aside from this chapter, is a picture on DeviantArt (the link is on my profile) of none other than Waraikari Rei, Naruto's teammate! Perhaps I'll draw Reno later. ANYWAYS, looking back, I realized I never described what she looked like so I drew a picture of what I imagined her.
Some people said I kinda rushed the Narusaku last chapter...well, I am kinda running outta time and I figured, sudden realization usually makes people aware of feelings they never thought they had...I don't know if I can say that from experience judging from my lack of it...but meh, that's how I feel. Anyways, I guess it can be clarified here...
Naruto woke up with a start, jolting out of bed as his alarm blared it's call from hell.
"Urgh! I don't even have to work today!" Naruto growled as he slammed down on the alarm clock. A satisfying crack resonated through the room.
"THAT BETTER NOT BE YOUR 50TH ALARM, NARUTO!"
Naruto blanched as he quickly tried to hide the remnants of the broken alarm clock.
"N-No, of course not-"
Kushina bursted through the door with a pan at hand.
"You can't lie to me, Naruto!" She smiled oh-so-sweetly.
Naruto paled and quickly flashed out of the room, leaving the infuriated redhead to storm around the room to vent off her anger.
"You know, just because you flash to the dining room doesn't mean she won't find you. You have nowhere to hide. I've tried"
Naruto looked to his dad, who was sitting quietly at the table with a newspaper open and several scrolls unraveled and sprawled out on the table. Minato only gave Naruto an all knowing look before turning back to his black and white. Naruto raised his eyebrow but suddenly realized the meaning behind his , he was too late as the pan descended on his blonde head. The sound of pan meet skull rang through the air and Naruto dropped to the ground cradling his head.
"I'm pretty sure this is child abuse." He gritted through his teeth as he rolled around on the floor.
"And I'm pretty sure a jounin like you can handle it. Just look at you, all conscious and whatnot." Kushina huffed as she returned to the kitchen to start breakfast.
Naruto muttered colorful obscenities before plopping down on the chair and eating breakfast.
"Yo, Saru!"
Konohamaru turned around to see Naruto walking up to him.
"Naruto-nii!"
"How's it going, Saru? You seem busy..."
Naruto eyed the bizarre scroll in his student's hand. Konohamaru caught that and quickly hid the scroll somewhere in his large scarf.
"N-nothing at all..."
"I didn't ask what you were doing..." Naruto replied skeptically.
"U-Uh...oh? Haha..ha..." Konohamaru scratched the back of his head as he slowly inched further away from Naruto.
The blonde frowned before he took one huge step forward. Konohamaru stepped back equal distance. An evil glint caught Naruto's eye and the jounin stepped forward again, only for Konohamaru to step back the same. He started to walk forward at insane speeds only to have Konohamaru match the speed and distance. Naruto broke out into full sprint and Konohamaru dashed away with Naruto on his tail.
"THIS IS RIDICULOUS!" Konohamaru cried as he dashed along the streets of Konoha with multiple clones hot on his trail.
"We're not stopping until you tell us what's in that scroll!" one of the clones stated.
It was only till around noon that Naruto finally gave up the fun game of cat and mouse and tackled the poor boy to the ground and tied him up to a tree. Naruto gave a malicious grin before pulling out a senbon that was clearly poisoned and stepping forward menacingly.
"We can do this the hard way...or my way..your choice."
Konohamaru paled before struggling against the rope.
"O-OKAY OKAY I'LL TALK JUST KEEP THAT THING AWAY FROM ME!"
Naruto stopped in his tracks and smiled.
"I'm glad we came to a mutual agreement. Now talk."
"I-"
"BOSS!"
"Boss!"
Konohamaru and Naruto looked behind Naruto to see two genins run up to the two. One was a boy around Konohamaru's age with round glasses and an ever runny nose. The other was a girl with orange hair tied up in gravity defying pigtails. The two genins ran up to them and stopped short in front of Naruto before getting into stances.
"You! Let go of our Boss!" the girl yelled.
"Yeah! Let go of our Boss you midget idiot!" the boy yelled
A tick mark appeared on Naruto's forehead and Konohamaru blanched as he tried to silently tell the two to stop their verbal assault. All of which proved fruitless and in vain.
"A banana head like you should release our boss immediately!" the boy yelled again.
"yeah!" The girl cried out in agreement.
The tick marks only multiplied as Naruto was visibly shaking. Konohamaru cringed and cowered away as the forest was suddenly disturbed by two loud whacks. The birds all left the trees and silence returned.
The two genin were found tied up in cocoons as they were suspended upside down next to their "boss", Konohamaru.
"you two idiots!" Konohamaru reprimanded. "That "banana head" is my sensei!" WHACK
"I WAS JUST QUOTING THEM, GEEZ!" Konohamaru growled when Naruto whacked him.
"S-Sorry boss!" The girl stuttered
"Yea- We thought we could take him..." the boy said with confidence.
"You idiot! He's a jounin!"
Realization dawned on the two genin and they immediately lost color in their faces. Naruto only got more pissed as he crossed his arms and tried to suppress yelling at them, his lip twitching.
"Mind introducing your subordinates, Saru?"
"Uh-s-sure. Moegi and Udon...guys, this is my sensei, Namikaze Naruto"
If the color of the two genin's faces could drain even more, it would. When they heard that the teen that they had just threatened was not only a jounin, but the Hokage's son, their heart stopped.
"Y-You're joking, right?"
Naruto tried to smile but it came out as a grimace as his lip and eyebrow twitched even more.
"No...he's not joking, you little twerps" he gritted, "now you're gonna pay for calling me a banana head..."
The muffled screams of two genin were heard from the forest but no one was around to save the poor unfortunate souls that were caught under Naruto's ultimate jutsu of pain.
(AN:/No, not the sennen goroshi, guys...please, Naruto isn't a butt violator like Kakashi...though I wouldn't mind if Kakashi came over and-just kidding, I'll shut up now.)
Naruto strolled through the park, taking in, well, not really much. He was rather bored with his day off and couldn't find anything to do. He already read Icha Icha several times and he was no Kakashi who could read the damn thing 17 times in a row and not get bored. He normally would train his students, but clearly that wasn't going to work since all of them were busy, Konohamaru nursing his wounds, Sakura training at the hospital, and Sasuke...doing whatever Sasuke does.
Naruto suddenly flinched when he felt an incoming chakra signature. His head darted side to side, looking for a hiding spot as he tried to run away.
"There's no use, even if I can't catch you physically, I can always find you. There's nowhere to hide, Naru-shit."
"Who said I was trying to hide, Reno" Naruto turned around and glared at the teen.
"No need to say anything, you were looking like your mom found your Icha Icha collection. That's all I needed."
"Ugh, what do you want this time, Reno. Haven't you messed up my social life enough already? My brain is in a garbled mess."
Reno only smirked wrapped his arm around Naruto.
"Here, young grasshopper. Let me show you the ways of courting-"
Naruto quickly, but gently, shoved Reno off his shoulder and glared at him pointedly.
"Like hell I need to have you tell me that kind of shit."
"Admit it, you finally see what you didn't see before, or better yet, what you ignored."
Naruto frowned and turned away to huff. It was silent for a moment before Reno spoke up.
"Just ask her out for dinner, ya know, like you normally do. Except this time, get to know her better. Like, know her on a more personal level."
Naruto turned and glared at Reno.
"And what makes you think I'm going to do that?"
Reno only smiled.
"A hunch."
"Yeah? Well, get your 'hunch' checked out because it's wrong."
Reno only sighed and slapped Naruto across the back.
"Someday, Naruto...someday..."
Naruto growled and Reno walked away.
Mind and heart racing at a miles per minute, Naruto gave a curt nod to Sakura before turning away and giving Rei his undivided attention. Or at least that's what it was suppose to look like on the outside. Naruto felt like a garbled mess inside and he was doing his best to keep himself in check. His, what's the word, feelings were rather sudden and he'd rather not scare Sakura away with his childish antics.
Here he was on the Hokage's orders (more like the idiot was too damn lazy to do it himself, "yes, why not pawn it on my son") to inspect the hospital and it's budgets. Naruto thought best if he avoided the pinkette, but the contact was inevitable because right then so happened to be her training time. Oh, the coincidences...
"So, Rin, Rei, Sakura, how's the hospital going?" Naruto clipped.
Rin pulled out a clipboard in a formal fashion as Rei silently laughed and Sakura looked on in patience (most likely because she didn't know what was going on).
Naruto inwardly fidgeted as his eyes subtly flickered to his student before focusing on Rin droning on. He kept his cool demeanor outside as he leaned on one leg and crossed his arms.
Just ask her out for dinner, ya know, like you normally do
Right, just like I normally would, what is there to lose? Naruto thought. Rin quickly tucked the papers on the clipboard into an envelope. She handed it to the absent minded Naruto and quickly dismissed herself, saying how she had patients to attend to. Rei followed close behind and Sakura was about to leave before Naruto called out.
"S-Sakura?"
She turned around and raised a brow.
"Yeah?"
"After your shift, you wanna go to Ichiraku's? Like old times?" Naruto tried to hide his nervousness, somehow successfully.
"Uh, sure. When?"
"Oh you know, 7:00 ish I guess seems good."
"Okay. May I ask what for?"
Naruto could sweat enough to refill the Valley of the End at this point as he quickly searched for an answer.
"U-uh you know, check on how you're doing at the hospital, your future training and what not. Sensei gotta do what he gotta do, right?"
"Uh, alright. Sounds good, see you at 7."
"S-see ya."
Naruto quickly shunshined away and Sakura only quirked a brow again and shrugged it off before running up to catch up with her seniors.
Naruto slid down his door as he clutched his chest.
"That...was...too...much..." he breathed.
Asking Sakura for a habitual dinner at Ichiraku's never been this hard before. Sure, it was slightly awkward before, but now, now, everything seemed to go down hill. He inwardly panicked as he realized that he had actually followed through with what Reno said.
"This is not good, I can't bring her to Ichiraku's! Reno will know!"
Naruto paced his room and started to think of back up plans but was coming up blank.
"This is bad..."
AN:/ short chapter again but really this is mostly filler...filler as in the filler for the canon like series but really the main portion of the Narusaku.
Anyways, next chapter will be Naruto and Sakura's first date, or at least, one of them thinks it's a date...dun dun dunnnnn.
It also appears that I have made Reno Naruto's love expert, don't ask me why, just accept..shhhh shhhh, it's gonna be okay.
Okay, Happy birthday Showtime09, once again to all you peeps, THERE IS A PICTURE OF WARAIKARI REI ON DEVIANT ART. My Deviantart is on my profile page. If you want you can go check it out. Have fun, knock yourself out.
Review Response:
SakuraFairy1990: Too much pride XD And Naruto's inexperience...comes from my experience HAHHAHAHAHA ADEAR GOD *sobs deeply* jk XD
MirageKing: Will be shown later on in the story! thanks!
rivereagles999: Lol okay XD
The Keeper of Worlds: EVERYONE LISTEN TO THE WISE WORDS OF THIS AWESOME PERSON! SUPERT COULD BE THE SLANG FUSION OF SUPER PERFECT! FUCKING GENIUS. I will be meeting you in an asylum soon.
devil M: Poor sasuke indeed...Aerotyl: LEMME LOVE YOU *glomps Sasuke* Sasuke: Dammit, Aerotyl, let go *shoves her off*
THE 7TH DEMON OF RAZGRIZ: Where did you get the tree idea from? Macbeth? Geez, freggin' army outta nowhere...who do these people think they are, casting black magic fuckery n' shit...
Foxxel: Are you okay there? Need some water- *COUGH COUGH* Oh noes! I caught it too! mUAAHAHAHAHAHA *cackles evily* yes, yes, the Narusaku has begun.
claymore78: IKR! It's forced...just like my smile when I realize that I don't know what I'm doing
Zatheko: *sobs uncontrollably* you too...you too
Showtime09: HAPPPY FREGGIN' BIRTHDAY MOFO! Just go to my profile...it should be there...
LimitedEdition16: Thanky :)
Killijimaru: I've gotten so used to responding to your insane reviews, I don't have to look at your name to spell it out, I have it memorized. I love the 99 bottles of beer song, I once sang it on a field trip bus...teehee? I hope that blue stuff doesn't stain your clothes! *hands handkerchief* here!
demonic hellfire: Heehee thanky Aerotyl: I told ya so, Sasuke! Sasuke: Hn...baka. Aerotyl: WHY WON'T YOU LOVE ME~!
Doomslayer10000: *takes kudos and stashes in brand new kudos jar* LOOKIE I'VE STARTED A COLLECTION!
The Lynx Wearing Eyeliner: Weight taken away. Poof, gone. Itachi will come...in the sequel :3
sereneskydragonslayer: BAHAHAHA Sasuke? Evil again? HAHAHAHAHA NO! NEVER!
DiariesAreStupid: W-What! You even have Sasuke following your orders! Sasuke! why can't you love me like that! Sasuke: No. Aerotyl: *sobs in a corner* dammit...
StreetFighter: I'd like to be framed...eh...I dont know yet, spur of the moment and i'll know...ANYWAYS: Naruto...in love...Aw yissssss
DoostetDaram: Ahhh young love indeed...
Eternal hokage123: I don't really know...but soon...real soon.
Marty15: you are a sexy beast. Two days? Dayum. Cool beans.
Killijimaru: *deadpans* again? Did we forget to give you your SUPERT meds? Geez... crazy supert people
Guest: one of these days...one of these days
ExoticAngel97: France? Man, I love France! Was it fun? Did you stick around Paris or did you go else where? You have exchange partners!? Whhaaatttt. School work is a drag (ahhahahaha silly Shikamaru) and I love you too, you awesome reader! I didn't want to leave Sasuke in the dumps so...
Aerotyl over and out... you supert fans