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The-Eighth-Sin: What is shenanigans? Does that mean like game over or something? If so, I guess so... yep... she's 'immune' but why the quotes?
volrath77: It would seem so... however the pheromones blocked some neural impulses to make a person more dangerous... so she's more dangerous sans pheromones... What earlier stance? Please clarify. And yes... Shino is a guy.
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Trinity the Kitsune Kunoichi: Thank you, more Roshi hot and ready for lovin' from the oven!
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NarutosBrat: Did I say that? I wonder what would happen... You think Ninjas would be 'normal' lovers?
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Icha Icha: Animal Magnetism
Chapter 34
Naruto grumbled as he walked along, cursing everything from Jiraiya, to Shino, to pheromones, to the kitchen sink. In fact the only thing he didn't cuss about was ramen, but anyone that knew him wouldn't be surprised at that at all.
Shino seemed to love the fact that he was struggling so much, and everyone else seemed either willing to keep distant once their mind is cleared, wanted him to help hunt down others to clear their mental facilities, or just wanted to screw him into the ground. At least he still had Kon and Miso helping him, even if what they could do was limited.
Looking up to the star filled skies above he sighed, wondering if everyone hunting him had gone to sleep yet. Save for the Jinchuuriki, everyone else were humans and needed to sleep. And if Ino had taken care of a few of the Jinchuuriki, that meant that he'd have even less people to deal with.
Maybe he should ask her who she had gotten next time he saw her, and thank her too. It was nice to know that someone was fighting back on his behalf. Even though, he wished that she had been around for more of the past month, he could understand that she was down with being sick, and had to be careful so that she didn't succumb to the pheromones as well. It still mystified him that she was able to resist their draw earlier.
Shelving that for later consideration, he let out a groan of dismay as Roshi stepped out from behind a tree. "Ah my sweet one, you have come back to me, as I knew you would... let us away my sweet fox," Roshi spewed forth, with great embellishing actions, "I will take you far away from here, and we shall be so happy!"
"Err... that's alright man..." Naruto answered back as he edged away from the gruff looking Jinchuuriki, "Why don't you go find someone else to chase?"
Roshi looked crestfallen at Naruto for a moment, before he noticed a leaf drifting down towards the blonde's head gently. "You are quite right Naruto-kun... I shall find someone else..."
As a puff of smoke surrounded Naruto, Roshi dropped to his knees and pulled a bouquet of roses and a heart-shaped box seemingly out of nowhere. As soon as the now pouting, and female, Naruto emerged from the smoke he smiled sweetly. "Now my dear, you are someone else, are you not? I shall win you over with my courting!"
Instead of replying, Naruto bolted like a bat out of hell, leaving an orange blur in her wake. Roshi looked after the orange blur for but a moment before traipsing after the escaping blonde boy. "Ah mon ami! It is the chase that is half the fun, non?"
Naruto kept running as fast as her legs could carry her, wondering what exact matter of horrible karma she had done to cause this. After the first ten years of her life, she decided to stop listing things. It was getting too depressingly long.
Instead she paid attention to where she was going, and forced herself to skid to a stop, for there directly in front of her were the newly reformed pornoteers, missing only the recently unmasked Anko. The only difference this time was that they were all standing around in those uniforms Jiraiya liked from that one school they passed, the girl's uniforms. "That's far enough Naruto!" Kakashi cried out, while striking a pose, "For denying the goodness that is sexual gratification, you must pay. In the name of porno, I Sailor Porno, shall punish you!"
"And we the Porno Scouts, will punish you!" the others echoed in a ragged chorus. Now Naruto wasn't the smartest person on the planet, but she knew that this was definitely going to be nightmare fodder for years to come, especially since none of them chose to wear anything under those skirts, and the posing they did flipped up the front sides often.
She really didn't need to see the two old guy's dicks looking ready to impale her. Kami above, she prayed that she'd not remember seeing that. Instincts chose that precise moment to kick in, and she ran. Within ten steps, she had a swarm of clones saturating the area with orange clad bodies, serving not only as a distraction, but also as a impediment to slow down any movement in the area.
As memories from her clones started filling her mind, she decided that she really didn't want to know about the basis for those attacks. Especially the one called 'Flaming Princess Slash Attack!', that one in particular she did NOT want to know about.
After the disturbing images from her clones filtered into her mind, she decided that the use of the clones was both a curse and a blessing. And that she might just have to take up bashing his head against the wall to block out some of the memories that will be coming out of this.
Diving under a branch she let out a shriek as she skidded to a halt again. "Dear sweet Naruto-chan, you have come back to me again," Roshi called out with a smile, "I seem to be without an bed for tonight... might we share yours?"
Naruto sweat dropped at the Jiraiya level pick-up line, and sighed. Finally she just shook her head and patted him on the head. "You're sweet, but it's not going to happen. Bye!" And with that Naruto was gone, replaced by a boulder. Roshi pouted playfully, before he got up and began chasing after where the five-tailed skunk told him the blonde woman had gone.
Naruto on the other hand was running as though her life depended on it, again. What she needed right now was to find a cave, and collapse the entrance for the remaining four and a half hours of the stupid jutsu. Her mind decided to focus on the glorious thoughts of vengeance that she would perform on that damnable Ero-Sennin. She might just have to ask one of the Hyuuga clan members to seal his chakra points, especially in regards to his sexual organs. That'd teach him, no pleasure from sex or even the arousal of it. Or maybe she should tie him down and force him to listen to a clone reading from those insipid children friendly stories Sarutobi forced upon her when she was younger.
Oh yes, the revenge would be a beautiful thing indeed. She couldn't wait until she could enact it. Jiraiya had called down the prankster demon that was Naruto, and she would answer like Kyuubi sealed inside of her.
"Naruto, come in Naruto," Shino's voice crackled through the radio Naruto had turned on in wait of Ino's call.
"Yeah Bug-man? What's happening?" Naruto answered back cautiously keeping an eye out for the sexual predators after her.
"Ino has just arrived back in town and regained a breathing mask," Shino stated calmly, "She has asked for our radio frequency, and should be contacting you momentarily."
"Thanks Bug-man," Naruto responded as she settled down on a branch to catch her breath, "Are they treating you guys alright?"
"Yes Naruto, we are merely confined," Shino answered calmly as Naruto rested, "They have fed us and provided sleeping and sanitary facilities. We are as well off as possible."
"Good... well, I'm going to listen for Ino's call now," Naruto grumbled as she got up from her short break. "If I don't answer her right away, tell her I'm running again."
"Will do Naruto..." Shino answered before silence reigned.
Naruto got a few yards in, before Ino's voice crackled in over the radio's earpiece. "Naruto? Are you there?"
"Yeah Ino, I'm here..." Naruto answered waiting for the inevitable.
"What happened to your voice? It sounds so ho... err girly..." Ino covered herself nicely, but Naruto still wondered what she had nearly slipped was, but decided against it.
"Leaf fell on my head, turned into a girl... All together, just a normal day this month..." Naruto grumbled cutely with a pout as she kept moving along.
"Ah..." Ino took a moment to get her mind back on track, despite how adorable Naruto sounded; she had to remind herself that she was not interested in him, but that her she was talking to... "Do you think you could help me trap Sakura?"
"I don't know if I can..." Naruto answered the pout evident in her voice, "She's still with the Pornoteers, and I think they've gone off the deep end..."
"Oh? Can you pull her off alone? Maybe send a squad of clones at them, and use a few of them to tackle her into the bushes?" Ino offered, with what Naruto thought was an odd sense of desperation in her voice.
Naruto paused for but a moment to consider that tactic, which unfortunately was enough time for someone to catch her. Looking ahead of her, she frowned and let out a groan of dismay, how do these people keep finding her?
"Look Naruto, I just want to talk..." Yugito offered through the static distortion of her face mask. "Yua and I agree that we lost, and are going to uphold our end of the deal... but to do that, we had to make an agreement with our demons... In the last hour of that jutsu of yours, we're all going to go all out. I suggest getting away as far as possible. If you can get a few hours away from here, you'll be safe."
"What's the catch?" Naruto asked curiously, her eyes narrowing at the Jinchuuriki before her, "There's no way that the others will let me just run away like that."
"You're right..." Yugito offered with a regretful look in her eyes. "If you run like that, they will assume you surrender... but Yua and I can try to convince them otherwise! You have to get away from here!"
Naruto smirked and gave her a victory pose. "I'm not going to run, heh, I'll beat them all no matter what it takes. That's a promise of a lifetime!"
Over her headset, she heard Shino and Ino both calling her an idiot, among other colorful names, but she knew that she could do it. She would show them all that a cornered Naruto is not a trapped one, but a much more dangerous one. Walking over to Yugito she hugged her and kissed her forehead, having to stand on her tiptoes to do so. "Thanks for the warning Yugito, but I'm going to either go down fighting, or go down in history. Either way, running is not my ninja way. Besides, I might just surprise you."
With a huge grin the sunshine haired girl left the bemused flax-haired woman behind, missing her shaking her head slowly in disbelief. "If anyone can... Naruto-sama can... Maybe I can get some more ramen while in his service..." she mused, before briefly giggling. "This is going to be fun!"
Naruto fought down a shiver of trepidation at the thought of what the last hour would entail. After a few minutes, she cleared her throat and spoke up. "Ino, if you can tell me the position you want in ten minutes, I'll help you get Sakura, as best I can."
Ino gulped audibly at the tone of resignation in the poor girl's voice. "Naruto, if... if you want to run away... I'll understand... you don't have to do this..."
"Naruto knows this Ino-chan..." Shino cut in before Naruto could respond, "But this is the way she is... she doesn't run, nor does she forget promises. Besides, she's not the number one unpredictable, knuckle-headed ninja of Konoha for nothing... I'd wager she even has a plan right now."
Naruto laughed as smoke surrounded her body again, turning to a male chuckle as it dissipated. "Yeah Shino, I do... and if anyone was to find out what I was planning, they'd probably lock me away in a padded cell... or promote me to Jounin..."
"Now that is crazy..." Ino muttered, getting a chuckle and nod out of Shino and Naruto.
