Hello there! Exams are winding down for me, so I decided to pick back up on my writing. So anyway I think it's a good ti---"Reprieve-san!"
Oh hey Hokuto, so you figured it out?
"Hai! He's in the forest."
Where exactly in the forest?
"Well-I, was hoping you knew?"
Well, he kinda took off in some random direction, so even I don't know.
"Oh..."
(Nice going Iron, now you made her sad....)
"Thanks anyway Reprieve-san, I guess I'll continue my search...."
Oh, Hokuto I'm sure you'll figure it out, when the time comes.
"Thanks again, Reprieve-san."
Alright, take care then...
Meh, I really need to make it up to her....((Plots)) Heh, I think I know....(Background music) Please, ignore the sinister vaudeville music, and enjoy the show!
^_^'
Important Note: I still don't own Naruto.
Important Note II: Never have sugar before bedtime, shit happens. o_O'
Recap: The identity of Naruto's pants has been discovered! Will this cause trouble, down the road for our blonde hero?
Answer: XD
The moonlight shined majestically on the river's surface, as chorus of crickets chirped with delight; for nothing else, but for the arrival of night. Towards the shoreline, a fire was set ablaze filling the area with light.
"Yes!! Finally!" Shouted the adolescent ninja. 'I really should thank Ero-sennin for the geology lesson, when I get back. I'd never would have thought of using two rocks to start a fire.'
"Hm?" A small fish leapt out the river, before landing back into the water with an echoic 'ploink'. A foxy grin formed on the blond's' lips. "Heheh, I could use some food..."
"Tajū Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!!!"
...
A few minutes later, a small mountain of fish formed next to the campfire with an EXTREMELY happy Naruto standing atop his beaten quarry. "Victory!!" Roared Naruto, as he formed a 'v' with his fingers."Heh, now all I need to do is cook them and I'm set for life!!!" Somewhere in the night, an owl let out a long mournful hoot. "Well, at least for tonight anyways...."
"That's it!!" Hokuto exclaimed cutely, as she raced towards the outskirts of the village to the awaiting timberline. 'If I was a cute bloodstained boy, where would I go?' She pondered as she entered the forest; running amongst its many thickets.
'Probably somewhere to wash all that blood off. So he's more than likely at the river...' She thought, as a completely drenched image of Naruto, played its way into her mind. His hair matted down; as small droplets began clinging desperately to each and every one of the blond's follicles. Water cascading over his broad shoulders; drizzling down past his well defined pecs. Collecting momentarily between his still developing abdominal muscles, until one haughty drop joined the reservoir; spilling over its tan levees. Causing a stream to slowly, painfully trickle down to Naruto's......Drip....Drip...
"No, no, no! First of all; I mustn't think about that, he's my friend." Hokuto scolded, as she wiped some blood from her face. "Second; I REALLY need to stop reading Mayo-sempai's weird novels. Third; it hasn't even been a full day since I met the guy!" Hokuto said irritated, "It's not like people....can.....just...........f-fall...."
Cue, another mental lapse...
Completely crimson-faced, the girl clenched her eyes shut to rid herself of the 'offending' image. Shame really, since blindly running through a forest, full tilt is never a good idea. Especially considering; Bear country's rugged topography...
Hokuto stumbled down a small slope; she snapped her eyes open, but it was too late. In her path laid a strange looking rock.
"Wait, a rooocck?!" Not being able to avoid said rock, she shifted her weight to her right foot, preparing to take the fall. Contact! Using the rock's shape to her advantage however, Hokuto suddenly pushed her arms up and cart wheeled harmlessly over the rock, before skidding abruptly to a safe halt.
"Wow that was kinda close." Hokuto glanced over her shoulder. "A few more meters and I would have fallen into the Ravine, like some kind of amateur."
The girl sighed as she trekked her way back uphill, reclaiming a certain jacket that was dropped from her recent tumble. 'I really should watch where I'm going though.' She added as an afterthought, as crouched in front of the rock that caused her 'near' death.
"I see....so you're a Conglomerate." She stated as she held a finger to her lips. "Yatta!! My rock collection was missing this type!!" Hokuto declared, as she bent over to pick up the rock, only to be stopped by a sudden gust of wind.
'That's right, Naruto's still out there, somewhere....' Hokuto thought, as she gathered up the rock and placed it into one of the jacket's inner pockets. After looking the jacket for a few moments, an even colder blast of air helped Hokuto rationalize her mini dilemma. 'Well...it's just until I find him.' She decided, as she slid into jacket and zipped it up.
'Wow, it's warmer than I though it'd be...'
As Naruto prepared his meal, a young fledgling owl swooped out of the sky and haphazardly landed next to the blond. "Huh, woah cool, I've never seen an owl up close before." Naruto commented as the owl blinked, er....owlishly, taking in its surroundings.
Naruto, smiled lightly at owl's behavior, "I guess you're hungry too so here, eat up!!" Chimed Naruto as, he placed a healthy looking fish in front of his new little buddy.
"Ooh-hu-hu!!"
"Your welcome. Heh, this one's min-Aah!! Haa!! Hot!!!" Naruto frantically blew on his hands, as his fish landed into the expecting raptor's mouth.
"MmffOoh-hu!!"
'I really should've used a stick.' Naruto sighed with resignation. "Ok, I guess you can have that one too..." Reaching into a nearby bush, the blonde broke off a few branches and began to split them off into five different sticks. Orange eyes followed his work; as Naruto started sharpening the tips with a small rock. 'Heh, I guess Flint can do more than just start fires.' Once his work was complete, Naruto brutally skewered one of the fishes from pile, and began roasting it.
"Hu-Hu?"
"You'll see."
Once the fish became a golden-brown, Naruto removed his stick from the dancing flames. "See? This way the fire can't burn me." Naruto said as he stuffed the fish into his mouth. The owl stared impassively, as it walked over to where the other skewers laid, picked one up its beak and attempted to mimic the blonde's actions. It was a good try; but who would want to eat a fish after it's been dragged across the dirt, caught on fire, leaving behind one charred jacked up looking fish.
"Heh, that's your fish." Hearty laughter erupted from the Naruto's mouth, but as soon as it came, it quickly subsided into a quiet chuckle. "I wonder if anyone has noticed that I'm gone..."
"Mizura-san, have any 3's?"
"Nope Neji-san, go fish!"
'Son of a....'
"You are cheating."
"Yosh!! If I can not eat thirty bowls, of Chocomochugde icecream, then I will run five hundred laps around the village on my elbows, while reciting Fire country's national anthem, while slurping curry through a bendy straw, without even spilling a single drop!!!!" Lee yelled to the world, as every patron in the mess hall turned their head to look at the youthfulness that is Rock Lee; in all his all his green-clad glory!
"What's with him?"
"Who knows...?"
"I bet those eyebrows are fake..."
"Maybe he rented them?"
"....bitch, you better start talking!!" Tenten demanded, as she tightened her hold on some frightened, middle aged Chunnin.
"Uh well, uh..."
"Out with it, or I'll cut you dead!!"
"I-if your looking for your blonde friend, then I believe I saw him running out of the village towards the Otonashii River; to train perhaps...?"
"Oh....Gomenasai Chunnin-san, I didn't mean to rough you up, I was just worried about..."
"Forget it kid, these things happen; I wouldn't recommend pulling this on any the higher-ups, especially considering recent events, as you may well recall."
Tenten had the decency to look embarrassed, and turned a shade of pink that would make even her favorite blouse proud. "Right...well thank you so very much for your time, sir."
"Forget about, now off with you, before I change my mind...." The man weakly threatened.
"Right away, sir!" Tenten said with a mock salute, and was off.
"Hey, Seito I saw that; what happened?" Asked a red haired Chunin who was leaning with his back against, a telephone pole.
"Nothing much, Seidan." The greyed man answered, as he scratched his Mohawk.
"Some fourteen year old girl with a pink blouse, threatens and publicly castrates you and yet you wave it off as nothing?"
"It's nothing really, she just seems rather worried about her boyfriend is all. I'm sure he'll straighten her out."
"No foolin'? Ha! Poor devil, I don't envy his task."
"Heh, I need a drink."
"Nice, I'm buying this time. It's the least I could do for witnessing you being emasculated by a Genin." Seidan retorted.
"Hey!"
'So Naruto's not in the village, I should probably tell Neji.' Tenten thought as she twirled one of her many kunai around her fingers. 'Then again....if I did that I'll probably never get to show Naruto this new game I just made up, I know he'll just love it!' She continued her stroll through the forest.
'Wait Hokuto, is probably with him since she was looking for him earlier....' She stopped twirling her kunai for only a moment; and resumed shortly after taking somethings into consideration. 'So, maybe I can convince her to join the game. After all, 'Pin the Naruto to the Tree', can easily become a party game if one wants it to be...' Tenten finished her last thought off with a lopsided grin, as she continued her search for players. Player one and Player two, may Kami have mercy on their souls.
What a world we live in.
Ravine - Hokuto was referring to the Devil's Ravine or as it was dubbed, the Valley of Death. Which is a vast canyon filled with toxic gases and surrounds Kuma no Kuni.
Sorry guys, for taking so long even without exams, it took me a while to write this chapter. I kept cracking up while I was writing anything during/after Hokuto's 2nd paragraph, for some reason. =p
As for Hokuto's hobby, it just sorta came to me during Geology class; go figure. Anyway, it makes as much sense to me as Naruto's 'secret' hobby; gardening. Before anyone asks the rock does have a role. The owl...was random and last minute so... I'll probably give it a role as well. Owls are kickass, anyway. (No, HP cross; EVER)
Also, it's kinda hard creating Hokuto's exact personality. I like to think she takes her role as a kunoichi seriously, but she seems to fizzle out when Naruto's in her head. (Sounds familiar...) HOWEVER, unlike a certain heiress, Hokuto seems a bit more confident when it comes to her abilities, yet she also appears to have a great deal of humility as well.
Since both Genin met the way they did, it seems like the relationship would be a rather comical one. Not the same comical way Sakura gives Naruto his 'love taps'. To me, I see it is basically an innocent romance, ladled; perversion by a questionable cast, and the rest of it nothing more good natured hilarity and fluff. That's what I got out of watching 4 episodes. So, if anyone wishes to express their thoughts on this or any other Naru pairing, feel free to do so. (Filler and Canon girls admitted, check your yaoi at the door, please.)
I'm not sure when my next update will be....New computer hasn't come in yet. In the meantime my profile has a list of a lot of new stories attached to it, all crafted by some very talented writers. So it's not like I'm leaving you guys completely empty-handed. Heh, I left really bad cliffhanger too, oops...
Wow...long author's notes.
Later...