This is a challenge from Storylover213. I don't own any of it. Focus will be back on Naruto instead of team 7.
Chapter 11: Training trip.
It had been a few weeks since Naruto had slain Orochimaru. Word had spread quickly about Orochimaru's death and the sound forces quickly surrendered when they heard of their master's death at the hands of Naruto. Kabuto had been captured and taken into custody. The little punk, however, took the coward's way out and took a suicide pill hidden in his teeth. The bodies of the sound four were discovered badly beaten and dead. The entire medical staff got to work to see if they could decipher anything about the sound village. They took special interests in the curse marks that they had.
Speaking of curse marks Naruto had woken up from his coma after the fight with Orochimaru after a weak. Naruto found that the curse mark didn't seem to bother him as much as it did when the snake pedophile bit him during the battle. After his waking he was given a medal of honor for his performance.
Out of the invasion all the genin managed to come out unharmed. Well, most of them managed to come out unharmed. Sasuke had his legs broken in the fight with Gaara. Fortunately or unfortunately, depends on your point of view, the doctors were able to fix the Uchiha's legs and they said he would be able to walk by the end of the week and train by the end of the month.
Ami, Sakura, and Shikimaru were given promotion to chuunin for their skills shown in the finals and in the invasion. While Ami and Sakura were excited Shikimaru was bummed because this would mean more work and responsibility. Though, it did get his mother off his back.
Meanwhile things hadn't been going well with Naruto. Some of the villager's old hate was starting to come back. Naruto figured it was because of his curse mark had been seen by a few nurses when he was in the hospital. Stupid civilian nurses. Anyway, the villagers were beginning to look at him with scorn again. They figured that Naruto would probably go crazy and leave the village like Orochimaru did much like they did with Anko. Naruto also speculated that this was due to the fact that Naruto had grown powerful and the civilian council didn't have any control over him.
Naruto walked to the Hokage tower and entered the office. The boy was surprised to see Tsume in there as well as the old man.
"You called for me old man?" Naruto asked.
The old kage said, "Sit down, Naruto. We have much to discuss."
Naruto sat down in front of the desk next to his girlfriend.
"Naruto," the old man said, "I noticed that some of the villager's old hate is returning. I can only wonder why this is happening."
Tsume answered, "Because Naruto is strong and they don't have him under their thumb like they want the strong people in the village, and Naruto got a curse mark from that snake freak that dared leave a hickey on my man!"
The old man looked at her and said, "In a nutshell yes."
Naruto sighed and said, "So what are we going to do? I swear if the villagers try to start beating on me again heads are really going to roll."
The old man said, "I know this. That is why I've gotten a little training trip idea for you."
Naruto raised an eyebrow and said, "A training trip?"The kage looked at Naruto with stern eyes and said, "Yes. You see Naruto I have a source that has told me about a group of S-rank criminals called the Akatsuki. The group is apparently interested in the containers of the biju. Giving your status as a Jinchuuriki this makes you a target."
Naruto raised an eyebrow and said, "So what you want me to train out of the village and grow stronger?"The old man nodded and said, "Yes. I've arranged for you to have a teacher to help you. He might even be able to help you with sage arts given you have four summons…I've been meaning to ask…where did you get those?"
Naruto said, "I found them in a tree in the forest of death. They told me of something bad happening. They said that there was a madman trying to take over the world. You think the Akatsuki might have something to do with this?"
The old man nodded and said, "Yes. Naruto you need ot grow as strong as possible to fight these madmen. For those still decent in this village take this training trip."
Naruto said, "Okay I'll do it. But I have one condition."
The old man raised an eyebrow and said, "One: I want Tsume-chan to come with me. Two: I want to take one of the genin with me as well."
Tsume asked, "Why would you want me to come with you? Why would you want a genin to come as well?"
Naruto said, "Because if I get attacked by a fan girl horde you'll be able to scare them off. Plus, with Hana being the next clan head she can get some experience running the clan. Besides you do need to work on your skills so they don't get too rusty and so you can keep this body of yours in check."
Naruto pinched his girlfriend's but making her let out a cry and blush slightly.
Tsume thought for a second and said, "Okay. I'll go with you."
Naruto said, "Where is this guy we're supposed to meet?"
The old man looked at the clock and said, "Judging by the time I'd say that he should be at the hot springs by now."
Naruto suddenly had a bad feeling come over him.
Naruto said, "Let's go Tsume. I have a feeling this will end painfully for someone."
The two jonin got up and left. As they did Sarutobi said, "Jiraiya you are going to be in a lot of pain."
A few minutes later at the Konoha hot springs…
Naruto and Tsume arrived and instantly saw something that they didn't like.
An old man wearing kabuiki clothes with long white hair and a band on his head that had the kanji for oil was standing in front of the girl's side of the hot spring scribbling down on a notepad.
Tsume was abou tot go and claw the man to death when Naruto stopped her. He slowly snuck up behind the pervert with a devious grin. Naruto's eyes turned brown and green. His foot flashed brown with chakra and wind flowed around it.
Naruto drew back his foot and yelled, "STOP PEEPING ON THE GIRLS YOU DAMN PERVERT!"
The old man was sent flying into the air and crashed down on the female's side of the spring. Almost immediately the sound of impacts and screams of agony were heard.
"Ouch! Ow! No, that doesn't go there!"
A few minutes later the girly screams died down and the old man was thrown over the wall a bloody beaten mess. After a couple of seconds the man jumped up and brushed himself off as if nothing had actually happened.
"Okay who kicked me?" the man asked angrily.
Naruto said, "That would me you old pervert."
The man turned to Naruto and Tsume before yelling, "I am not a mere pervert! I am an artist who is inspired by the youth and beauty of this generation."
Naruto cocked his head to the side and said, "In other words…you're a super pervert."
The man face faulted so hard that his face was imprinted on the concrete.
"Anyway," Naruto said, "My name is Naruto Uzumaki Namikze. The old man said I was to meet you here about a training trip."
The old man picked himself up from the ground and said, "My name is Jiraiya. I've heard some crazy stuff about you through the grapevine. Would you and your lady friend here tell me which is fact and fiction?"
Later at Ichiruka Ramen…
Jiriaya's eyes were wide as the ramen bowls that sat in front of him. Tsume and Kuromaru, who recently joined them for food, were also wide eyed.
"The four legendary summon," the white haired man said, "and I thought that they were just a myth."Naruto said, "Trust me. I thought I was crazy too when I first saw them. I thought it was just some crazy dream at first."
Tsume whistled and said, "Now I'm really glad I'm dating you."
Naruto said, "So what will we be learning on this trip of ours?"
Jiraiya said, "Well we can learn sage arts, new ninjutsu, and senjutsu or sage art. I'm sure something like that will come in great handy for you in the future."
Naruto glanced at the man and said, "Okay. Tsume-chan is coming with us though. You try to hit on her and I will tear out your insides and serve you to the wolves."
Jiraiya gulped loudly and nodded.
Naruto's look changed as he said, "We leave tomorrow. Now I suggest that we get ready to leave. You might want to go pack and give the news to your clan."
Tsume nodded before getting up and kissing Naruto's cheek.
Jiraiya said as Tsume left, "You don't have to worry about me flirting with your girlfriend kid. I don't go for a woman like that."
Naruto turned to the man and said, "Are you saying my girl is ugly?"
Jiriaya stuttered and tried to save himself as Naruto's eyes turned brown.
Jiraiya was later found with multiple broken bones, a few minor lacerations tied to a post in the middle of the town square with his own underwear, which was stained with urine, stuffed into his mouth.
Later…
Naruto was walking to his clan compound when he was suddenly tapped on the shoulder. The boy turned around to see a Hyuuga standing behind him.
"Yes Hyuuga-san?" Naruto asked.
The Hyuuga bowed and said, "Namikaze-sama, Lord Hiashi has asked for your presence."
Naruto nodded and followed the man to the Hyuuga manor. Once inside he lead Naruto to his office and told him that Hiashi would be with him momentarily.
A few minutes later Hiashi entered the room. Through his calm façade Naruto was able to sense and underlying hint of anger.
"You called for me Hiashi-sama?" Naruto asked.
Hiashi sat down and said, "Yes. There is an issue going on with my clan involving my daughter, Hinata."
Naruto looked at the man with interest.
Hiashi continued, "It seems that the Hyuuga elders want to put Hinata through a test to see if she is worthy of being clan heiress. The problem is the fight is against her sister Hanabi and with Hinata's gentle nature…well you can guess how it will go."
Naruto nodded. He knew the young Hyuuga from what he read from her file. She was a gentle girl. She was almost too gentle for her own good. She would never dream of harming her little sister.
Hiashi continued, "If she loses she will be stripped of status as clan heiress, be branded with the caged bird seal, and banished to the branch family. If that happens I'll lose her…I'll lose what little bit I have left to remember my dear wife."
Naruto said, "You want me to train her like I did Sakura and Ami don't you?"
The man nodded and said, "Yes. You helped two civilian girls become strong enough to take on a prodigy and the daughter of a kage. Please, help me save my daughter from a horrible fate."
Naruto thought for a second and said, "I am going on a training trip tomorrow. I guess I could bring her along with me. It will allow us to train away from prying eyes. Of course I will need your approval on this."
In a matter of seconds Hiashi had the document printed, signged, stamped, and made official.
"You work fast when you want to," Naruto said shocked.
He took the paper and signed his name.
"There," Naruto said, "inform your daughter and tell the council. We'll be leaving in the morning."
The following morning…
Naruto stood at the village gates. With him were Jiraiya, Tsume, and a very nervous looking Hinata.
As they started to leave they were approached by Hiashi.
"Hinata," he said, "There are two things I wish for you to do when you are gone with Naruto."
Hinata stuttered, "Yes, f-father?"
The man said, "One: don't change while you're gone. Two: when you come back…beat some humility into your little sister. She's becoming more and more like the Uchiha every day."
Hinata giggled a bit.
Naruto whispered, "Did Hiashi just make a joke?"
Tsume answered, "I believe he did."
Jiraiya said, "Come on kid. We got a lot to do and not a lot of time to do it."
With that the four left. It would be three long years before they would be seen again by anyone in Konoha.
Cut! Okay if people are wondering about the civilians not liking Naruto because of the curse mark is due to the fact that they are paranoid. I mean really they did the same thing with Anko. I figured I'd give Naruto a reason to get away from the village for a while. Okay see you next time bye.