Hey hey! Chapter 16 is finally here! Sorry for the lateness, i know i normally post on Wednesday, but i played some Rainbow Six - Vegas 2 with some friends most of the night, was much fun! but i didn't have time to complete the chapter :( so here it is
and now for the reviews
Gravenimage - Thanks for the review, and i am happy you enjoyed the battle with Madara :)
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Well that is everyone, so without any further delay, i give you chapter 16!
Historical Bonds
Chapter 16
PRESENT TIME
Hiyori was pacing back and forth in her room, she kept on thinking about what she had done to Hamako earlier that morning. She finally decided to exit her room and make her way to the infirmary where Hamako had been brought. Ino was cleaning up as Hiyori entered, Hiyori could see Hamako sleeping in a bed and that both Jun and Kanji were by her side, they had also fallen asleep in their chairs. Hiyori approached Ino "How is she?" Hiyori asked
"She suffered a broken arm, fractured ribs and her ankle was dislocated. I was able to treat her injuries, Sakura also healed her broken and fractured bones so she will be fine, but she needs to rest up for the next few days" Hiyori felt horrible, had she really caused that much damage?
"What about them?" Hiyori asked
"The boys suffered some minor cuts and bruises, but they are unharmed however they refuse to leave her side. Their sense of loyalty towards each other is impressive for their age"
"Yeah..." Hiyori began to think back to when she first met them
FLASHBACK
Hamako, Jun and Kanji were waiting in the Academy court yard
"Where the hell is our sensei?" Hamako asked annoyed
"Who knows, who cares" Jun answered, annoyed with being teamed up with a weak girl and an idiot who only thinks of food
"I wonder if he is going to be one of those Jonins that will take us out for food after missions!" Kanji said while licking his lips at the thought of eating
"If you keep eating, you will become fat, like the Akimichis! Hamako said teasingly
"No way, I don't eat unhealthy junk food like they do! Plus I am much more active" Kanji answered with a grin
"I wonder if he is going to be cute! I heard that he is about the same age as us! Isn't that amazing? He is already a jonin!"
"An idiot reject from Inuzuka clan who can't talk to dogs and a love sick weakling girl from the Nara clan who uses her emotions more than her brain, what did I do to deserve this team of rejects? Wasn't I at the top of the class... And to top it all off, we get some rookie jonin who can't even arrive on time, just perfect" Jun thought to himself
Suddenly multiple kunais came flying at them, Jun instantly took out his Katana and deflects them "What the hell?" Kanji shouted out as he grabbed a kunai from his weapons pouch and Hamako did the same, however she was frozen with fear, they looked around but saw no one
Suddenly Jun saw a young girl dressed in black from head to toe with a headband of the night country "A rogue night country ninja?" Hamako commented
"But how, I thought we sent them all back!" Kanji added
"You idiots, of course some of them must have gotten away, it's not like we had a list with all their names to check off as we sent them off!" Jun quickly shouted
"We have to warn the village! There could be more of them!" Kanji told them
"We don't have the time; I don't know if you noticed but the streets are deserted, and by the time we tried to get away she could take us down. No, we fight!" Jun said with a grin as he gripped Katana and began to charge the unknown night enemy
"Wait for us!" Kanji screamed out
"You will only get in my way!" Jun shouted back as he took a swing at the girl who blocked it with her Kunai easily, she then kicked Jun with enough force to send him crashing into a wall
"Surrender now" The girl ordered
"Konoha ninjas will NEVER surrender to the night!" Jun shouted at her as he got back to his feet
"Let me take a look at your wounds" Hamako asked Jun as she tried to take a look at a severe cut on his leg
"Get away from me, I don't need your help" He told her as he pushed her away, causing her to fall on her back
"WHAT THE HELL IS YOUR PROBLEM!" She said getting back up and in his face "I AM JUST TRYING TO HELP! THE LEAST YOU COULD DO IS I DON'T KNOW, BE A LITTLE GRATEFUL!
"Hey Guys…" Kanji said trying to get their attention
"SHUT UP!" Both Jun and Hamako said in unison as they continued their argument
"Are they always like this?" The girl asked Kanji
"Yeah, they were both at the top of the class and always competed with each other…Wait a minute!" Kanji shouted realizing that he was just casually talking with the enemy
But suddenly, she takes off her night headband and takes out a leaf headband from her pocket "Everyone stop right now!"
Both Jun and Hamako stop and stared at the girl in black, realizing that she now had a leaf headband "What the hell?" Jun asked confused
"Hello, my name is Sarugaki Hiyori; I am the Jonin leader for Team 10"
All three of them were shocked "What?!" Hamako simply asked
"Sorry for attacking, but I wanted to see how you would react as a team if you were ever to come under a surprise attack… I can see that we have a lot of work to do on your team work. You, Jun for example" she said pointing at Jun "You seem to think that you are better than your team mates and that they only get in your way, that is the biggest mistake you could ever make. If you would have worked together as a team you would have a better chance at completing your missions successfully. And you Kanji" she said pointing at Kanji "You need to learn how to stand up for yourself, you are allowing these two to walk all over you, and finally you" she said pointing at Hamako
"What did I do? I didn't do anything wrong!"
"That's just it, you didn't do anything, you just allowed them to fight me alone. I could see that you were afraid and didn't know what to do, when you finally did decide to do something you got into a fight with your own team mate, in a battle situation something like that could get you and the team killed"
"How do you know all our names?" Kanji asked
"I read all of your files when I accepted to become your team leader"
"Of course you idiot, she is a Jonin" Jun commented
"But you look so young…" Hamako added
"Actually, I am the same age as you guys…"
"Wow, she must be a genius ninja!" Kanji said with a grin
"At least we got someone competent as our leader…" Jun said, still slightly annoyed at losing to someone who was his own age
END FLASHBACK
Hiyori smiled, they had come a long way. Hamako was still mouthy and opinionated, but she had learned to conquer her fears and had showed signs of leadership abilities. Jun had learned that he wasn't the only one with skills and began trusting his team mates during battle. Kanji was still picked on by Hamako and Jun but he stood up for himself now, and most importantly of all, they were a team that looked out for one another. But Hiyori kept thinking about her actions against Hamako, Yuki's words and worst of all, the look of fear Jun had in his eyes when he stared at her… She turned around not wanting to disturb them while they rested.
Sakura was walking around the ship, thinking about the results of the test, suddenly she heard someone walking up behind her. She turned around and saw Naruto's grinning face "Sakura Chan!" He said with a smile and hugged her tightly "Shizune told me the good news"
"She WHAT?" Sakura said shocked that Shizune would just ignore her request
"Yeah, she said that you had a bit of food poisoning and that's why you were throwing up, so you should be alright now right?" He said as he continued to grin
Sakura let out a sigh of relief "Yeah, I should be fine now" she said returning his smile with one of her own
"Great" He answered quickly as he held her tightly and kissed her forehead "Hey, Sakura Chan, I was thinking that maybe tonight we could have a picnic on the deck, I prepared everything myself and there doesn't seem to be many clouds out tonight. We could gaze at the stars together and talk"
Sakura was surprised, Naruto didn't have a habit of being romantic, of course he always tried but it was never this thought out normally "Are you SURE that Shizune didn't say anything else?"
"No, why?" Naruto asked with a puzzled look, one that Sakura thought was cute
"Oh no reason…But why did you suddenly get the idea for all that?" She asked curiously
"Well you know… Once we enter night country territory, we won't really have any time for ourselves, and well… I wanted to spend some time with you since who knows when we will have a chance to be like this, or if we will ever get a chance at all…." Naruto said thinking about the possibility of not ridding himself of this curse in time "Sakura Chan…I love you" He said as his smile came back
Sakura stared into his deep blue eyes and smiled back at him "I love you too… Idiot" she said teasingly
Naruto began to grin "So, I am an idiot huh?" Naruto pushed her against a wall and began to tickle her, he had figured out pretty much every one of her sensitive areas and was taking full advantage of his acquired knowledge
Sakura was laughing uncontrollably trying to fight him off "Stop Naruto! Please I beg you!" she said as tears from laughing began to form around her eyes, But Naruto only tickled her harder, Sakura was weak from being tickled and slowly slumped down on the ground until she was sitting up against the wall, but Naruto didn't stop, she wanted to smack him but was too weak from laughing so hard. Naruto only stopped once she had fallen over to her side and was now laying on the ground, he got on top of her and pinned her arms down "You bastard!" she said still giggling
"For an idiot, I sure do know how to bring down the great Haruno Sakura, medical prodigy of Konoha and pupil of the Legendary Medical Sanin Tsunade" he said with his large grin
"You ARE an idiot, you don't even know my name" She said as she was gaining control of her laughter and was replacing it with a grin
"What are you talking about?" He asked her
"It's Namikaze Sakura now, Idiot" Naruto suddenly kissed her passionately, while still keeping her pinned down with his legs on each side of her body and her arms still firmly in his grasp, when their lips finally parted, they were staring into each others eyes again "So, what about this picnic you talked about" Sakura said with a bright smile
"It's all ready to go, but it's a shame, this was fun" he said with a wink as he began to let go of her arms
She suddenly pushed him off as he fell sitting down, she didn't lose anytime as she pushed the rest of his body down until he was laying on the ground and she was on top of him, she then pinned down his hands much like he had done to her only moments earlier "That's not like you Naruto, letting your guard down like that" she said grinning evilly"
"Sakura chan…." Naruto could only get out before Sakura began kissing him just as passionately as he had done to her, once their lips parted; Sakura continued to grin
"How about we save that picnic for tomorrow night? I am in the mood for something else tonight" she said with a wink
"Sakura Chan…..I love you so much" He answered her as she allowed him to get up, once he was back on his feet, he picked Sakura up
"Naruto, I can walk you know!" She said giggling
"Yeah, but this is more fun" Naruto said as he took her to their room, shutting the door and locking it behind him
Back home, Naoto was playing with some old toys that Rei had laying around for when her friends came to visit, she was getting dinner ready and Akio was reading a book and keeping an eye on Naoto. There was something about her that he couldn't figure out "Rei, what are those marks on her face?" he asked
"Looks like paint, it makes her look like a cute kitty, yes it does" she said playfully at Naoto who was smiling
"I will go give her a bath I guess" Akio said as he picked her up and walked over to the bathroom, he began to fill the bathtub with just enough water to clean Naoto, he took her clothes off and set her down in the water
Naoto began to playfully splash the water as Rei came to check up on them and smiled "Aww, she is so adorable, I guess she likes taking baths" Rei said with a smile "Oh, I have some clothes for her!" She said as she quickly ran out of the room and back with some clothes "I don't know if they will fit, but they should"
"Rei, where did you get those?" He asked
"I saw them a while ago and though they were cute, and you never know…I kind of bought them"
Akio let out a sigh, he knew that Rei wanted to be a mother so bad and he was fine with that. But he was getting more and more worried that she was going to get too attached to this little girl, Rei smiled at them before she went back to check up on the food. Akio began to wash Naoto, he washed her little fragile body until her got to her face, he began to rub on her cheeks, trying to remove the paint, but they seemed to stay. He began rubbing slightly harder and used some more soap, but they just wouldn't come off, Naoto began to whimper slightly from the constant rubbing so he stopped. He then took a closer look at them and rubbed them slightly with his thumb, it felt like her skin "that's not paint…those are birth marks, Rei… Come here NOW"
Rei almost ran back "What happened? Did you hurt her by accident?" but she looked at Naoto who had returned to playing with a bar of soap and laughing
"Rei… I think I know who she belongs to"
"What, who?"
"These marks, they are birth marks… That hair color, she can only be the daughter of Hokage Sama and Lady Sakura"
"What? That is impossible, Hokage Sama would never allow his daughter to be abandoned in the middle of the streets" Rei said, not wanting to believe that she could lose Naoto
"How else do you explain this then? Who else has hair of this color, who else has these birth marks? Rei, I told you not to get attached to this girl. We have to return her right away, they must be worried sick"
"But she hasn't eaten her dinner yet, she must be hungry and….."
"Rei…"
"Please Akio… I promise I won't fight but allow me these final moments with her please…" She begged him
Akio let out another large sigh "Alright, but I am going to go to Hokage Sama and tell him, I can only imagine how he and Lady Sakura are worried about her right now, but Rei, I beg of you don't make this harder than it already is. When the times comes you have to hand her over…."
"Yeah, I know…" Rei said sadly as Naoto was biting down on the soap bar "Akio! Get that out of her mouth!"
Akio Quickly took it away from her as she began to cry for it, Rei smiled at how cute they both looked, but she knew that it would all come to an end soon…
End Chapter 16
Well that's another chapter done Yes, i know, there was nothing about the past in this one, i decided to reserve it for next sunday ;) Hiyori really feels bad for what she did, will her team be able to trust her again? Naruto and Sakura had some fun in this chapter, something we haven't seen since Saving Old Bonds :P But when will she tell Naruto about the surprise? And what will his reaction be? Will Rei be able to let go of Naoto? Find out soon :)
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