A/N: *Yawn, trying to release these chapters daily. I'm going to try and write at night since i got nothing better to do. Hope you enjoy the next chapter.
Chapter 20 - Out of kindness
'They finally stopped arguing.' thought Naruto, while sitting next to a camp fire. He looked back behind him and saw that Sakura was still staring intently at the unconscious forms of team seven. 'I wonder what's going through her mind.' he thought as he stared at the small shelter inside of a tree that they were using to hide team seven.
'Me to.' said another voice within Naruto's head.
Naruto nearly jumped out of his skin. 'What the hell? Ino? What are you doing in my head?' Naruto shouted in his head. He then scanned around him and looked up above to see Ino perched on top of a branch looking down at him.
'Well i was wondering if you were thinking about Me or Her.' she said sternly with a hint of anger when she said her. Naruto let out a sigh. 'Why are you interested in her now Naruto-Kun?' she asked inside his head.
'It's not that I'm interested... it's just...' Naruto began to slow down, thinking of how he should put this.
'Just that you like her?' Ino stated bluntly.
Naruto felt his cheek heat up. 'Tch... what's with you two? Why do you keep talking to me about this stuff?' he asked while turning his gaze away from the platinum blond.
'Are you that dense?' asked Ino, causing Naruto to sweat drop. Ino then looked over to Sakura to see she was looking at Naruto strangely. 'Well to show Sakura to buzz off, i need to show her something we did before you left on your training trip, My Naruto-Kun.' she thought as she hopped off the branch and landed next to Naruto.
"Eh?" Naruto said out loud as Sakura began to walk toward him and Ino. To her dismay, she got to see Ino clamp both of her hands on Naruto's cheeks as she turned his head toward her and slowly began pulling him to her. Sakura's jaw dropped as Ino clamped her mouth over Naruto's who let out a soft "Mmph." as he began to flail his arms in protest. Ino on the other hand moaned into the kiss causing the pink haired nin to get even more flustered. From nervousness or from anger, or a mix of both. Nevertheless, said pink haired genin had to end this.
Without a moments notice, she stormed over to Ino as she slid her tongue into Naruto's mouth widening his eyes even more. Ino was in absolute bliss. She completely forgot that it was suppose to be a simple peck just to aggravate Sakura. But it's been so long since she kissed Naruto. Even though he looked like he wasn't cooperating with her on the outside, his tongue was a completely different story. It was wrestling for dominance just like her own. "Mmm..." Ino continued to moan into the kiss but was snatched back by her hair from her rival.
"Just what the hell do you think you two are doing?" Sakura asked in a dark tone, that made Naruto shiver, almost completely forgetting about the kiss.
"Enjoying ourselves." Ino replied, still in a daze from that intense make out session.
"Were you enjoying it Naruto?" Sakura asked, sending a death glare just daring him to say yes.
Naruto started sweating, "Umm..Err...Aha.." he chuckled as he scratched the back of his head. "Boy, look at the time. I guess it's my turn to watch over them since you left Sakura. Bye." Naruto blurted out as he rushed into the trunk of the tree, pretending to hum a happy tune.
"Now look what you did Sakura, you scared him away." accused Ino.
"Well your the one that started sucking the life outta him."
"That's because i like him and i think he likes me. What does it matter to you anyway Forehead? I told you already that he's mine. So why don't you just stick with your Sasuke fantasy." Ino said mockingly.
"Don't give me that pig, your the one that introduced me to Sasuke in the first place. You had it for him just as deep as i did!" said Sakura a bit louder.
"Had? You say that like your over him or something. You better watch it Sakura, i will defend my man." Ino said as she walked directly in Sakura's face."
'Again with one of them owning me? What is this? Can't they just get along and leave me alone...' thought Naruto with a sigh as he continued to listen to their arguing. A few minutes later their voices were getting louder and louder and Naruto didn't want them to wake up team seven.
"Hey, come in and get some sleep. I don't want you two to get sick." Naruto said as he ushered them into the fairly large tree. 'Not to mention get some peace and quiet for me and team seven...'
"Why thank you Naruto-Kun." said Ino as she walked by him and gave him a wink that made him blush a bit. Of course the glare that Sakura sent him while walking by completely erased that blush and his face started heating up for a different reason.
- Later in the night -
Peace. It was finally peaceful now that his team was sleep. Naruto looked back and saw his teammates sleeping deeply near team seven. Although Ino and Sakura hated each other, they seemed to sleep fairly close to each other and away from team seven. Well team seven in their eyes would probably be just Sasuke.
Naruto stiffened as he felt three new Chakra signatures in the area. 'It seems we have some company, huh kit?' said the Kyuubi.
'Apparently, but they stopped about two hundered feet away from us. Hmm... why would they do that?'
'Must be some ulterior motives. If they don't make a move soon, just go back to sleep. That shadow clone should tell you if they make a move or not.'
'I guess your...' Naruto didn't complete that thought as he fell back to sleep.
- Morning -
"C'mon Dosu! Let's just go ahead and attack them already, we've been waiting all night." whined the Oto Nin known as Zaku.
"Will you just shut up. You were there when leader-sama gave the order to Dosu. Just be patient for once in your life. Besides, we don't want any other team getting in the way. Give them a chance to leave first." said the girl of the team, Kin.
"No..." said the leader of the group, whose face was wrapped in bandages. "Regardless of that team, we must follow leader sama's orders. If that means taking out another group, then so be it." he stated, and recieved two nods. "They have thirty more minutes before we make our move. If leader sama wants that boy dead, then nothing will stop us from killing him."
Naruto had been awake for about an hour now, but still remind in his meditating stance. His shadow clone's limit had just ran out, so it was his turn to keep watch. 'Hmm, they haven't moved all night. What could they be up to?' he thought.
Naruto laid down on his back and was greeted by two teal eyes. "Good morning Naruto-Kun!" the girl said happily. Naruto bolted up, nearly colliding heads with his teammate.
"Ino... please stop surprising me like that..." said Naruto as he closed his eyes to compose himself. When he re opened them, he was greeted by two emerald eyes.
"Good morning Naruto-kun." said Sakura happily, leaning forward. Naruto's face started to heat up as he disappeared in a small poof of smoke, leaving two confused teammates.
"When did i start paying attention to their, assets?" Naruto asked himself as he sighed on top of a branch. "Alright you three, come on out! I don't know what you want but i know what i do!" shouted Naruto.
Sakura and Ino looked up at the sound of Naruto's voice then looked around at who he was talking to. Suddenly three ninja appeared before the two Kunoichi. "Move aside, this is none of your concern." said the one with his face wrapped in bandages.
'Hey Kit, let's see how your teammates handle this situation.' said the Kyuubi.
'Good idea, this should be a good treatment after the hell they put me through almost every hour.' chuckled Naruto to himself. Naruto then leaned over to get a good look at the situation below him. "Let's see how things are goi..."
"Shut the hell up you peace of crap!" yelled Sakura while holding the enemy girl nin's hair and has the spiky haired guys throat under her arm.
"Who do you think your messing with?" said Ino with her foot on the bandaged man's chest, standing over him like his superior.
Naruto's mouth was wide open. 'Wow, so much for that test.' mumbled the Kyuubi. Naruto didn't respond as he was still awe struck at just how fast his teammates had the enemy pinned. 'You okay there kit? Pick your damn jaw off the branch and get down there!' he suddenly yelled.
Naruto shook his head and jumped down off the branch. As he landed he took a good look at Sakura and Ino as they held their foes. 'Their hands are glowing green... that's just like Baa-Chan. Oh yeah they were training with her, but still to learn to even use a little super strength is very impressive.' Naruto praised the girls in his thoughts.
"Naruto-Kun, what should we do with them?" Ino asked sweetly.
"Guh! Get off me bit-AghhH!" yelled the bandaged man as Ino put more force onto his chest. She then leaned down and picked the scroll out of his coat.
"Yay! I got his earth scroll Naruto-Kun! Now we can go to the tower right?" asked Ino enthusiastically as she got off the man and ran over to Naruto.
Sakura also let go of her captives, brushed her hands off and calmly walked over to Ino and Naruto.
"Umm, good job guys, i guess..." Naruto said as he scratched the back of his head. He was still a bit shocked at how they could defeat those shinobi so easily.
"Damn wench! I'll kill you!" shouted the spiky haired sound nin as he raised up both of his arm and pointed them directly at team ten. In a flash Naruto was in front of him and was about to deliver a strong punch. There was only one thought in Zaku's mind as he helplessy watched Naruto's fist closing on his face, 'So fast...' before contact was made and the rest of the world disappeared in black.
"Leave now, fighting us is obviously pointless. You can't win so just leave." Naruto simply put. Dosu gritted his teeth but gave a nod as he ordered Kin to pick up Zaku and flee the scene.
Naruto walked back over to Sakura and Ino who were gazing dreamily at him. He coughed to break the awkward silence. "I wonder what their motives wer..." he began to say, but was interrupted as he felt a massive Chakra spike. He looked over to see Sasuke with weird black marks all over his body and purple and black Chakra engulfing him.
"You're finished..." Sasuke said in a dark tone.
A/N: Ooo, Next time Team seven vs Sasuke. Or is it? Anyway sorry for making you guys wait so long but i've been tired so recently. Please review
Sorry for the false update guys but I'm just here to announce that I am back and I will be updating this story shortly. I have been quite busy and worked on other stories but this story is next on this list. Hope you guys enjoy ;)