Ok here's another chapter for you guys. Hope you enjoy.
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"You're dating Lee?" Narutp managed to choke out after having a mouthful of ramen go down wrong. Sakura shook her head with a small smile. The reactions Naruto and Sasuke had were pricelss.
"Yes I'm dating Lee-kun," Sakura stated happily," once you get past the green bodysuit and eccentric personality he's really quite easy to get close to." Naruto only shook his head while Sasuke banged his head on the bar of the small ramen shop while muttering several profanities. Teuchi and his daughter only laughed at the three chuunin's antics.
"So what about you and Hinata," Ayame asked Naruto causing the blond to blush slightly. It was no small secret that he and Hinata had been spending a great deal of time together. Sakura gave a small giggle while looking at her brother while Sasuke stared at Naruto with a stupefied expression.
"Wait," Sasuke aked," Naruto and Hinata are together? How the hell am I the only one on this team still single?"
"I'm still single," Kakashi stated as he took a seat with his students orange book in hand. Sasuke groaned at the admission while Sakura shook her head.
"Oh yeah, I got something I've been meaning to give you guy's since I got back," Naruto said fishing around the inside of his vest. After several minutes the blond smiled and pulled out five green colored books and handed them to everyone present.
"It's my first book," Naruto stated with a grin causing his teammates and teacher to look at him in surprise. Ayame let out an excited squeal while her father beamed with pride at Naruto.
"Love Among the Leaves," Kakashi read aloud opening the book like it was a lost treasure. Sakura gave a small smile and tucked the book away for a later read. Sasuke looked at the cover of the book intently, tracing the two entwined foxes with his fingers.
"Didn't figure you for an author," Sasuke said finally looking at Naruto who was playing with a pair of chopsticks and writing on a napkin.
"Yeah, I got the idea for the story while I was traveling with Jiraiya-sensei. It's a bit of a tragedy though," Naruto said looking up with a flash of sadness in his eyes. Kakashi and Teuchi were the only one's who noticed the brief pain and decided not to question it.
"I hope you guy's find it enjoyable, it brought ero-sennin and the publisher to tears when they read it," Naruto said pausing," I already have plans for a sequel for it."
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Deep in one of the hidden Oto laboratories Kabuto was not having a good day. Currently he was on the receiving end of one of Orochimaru's rage induced fits. The news of Sasuke's Sharingan loss had thrown the snake sannin into a rage not seen since the failed invasion on Konoha. Kabuto's regeneration technique had kept him alive for a majority of the beating but even now it was being pushed to the limit. The pain had long since gone into a great numbness that came with the excessive beating.
Rage still filled the twisted man, but for now, he was content. Turning his attention to the report Orochimaru gave a sadistic chuckle. News of Naruto's kekki-genki had been expertly hidden for nearly four years, but now the renegade sannin knew of it and craved it as much as anything else. Aside from the increased strength and agility, Naruto had a natural regenerative ability that surpassed Kabuto's by great strides.
A natural regeneration meant a longer time period for his body swap to last. The only problem with trying to inhabit the blond was the presence of the Kyuubi. Looking at the photos in the folder the sannin knew had had to plan carefully, there were other bodies to choose from at the moment. Giving a sadistic chuckle Orochimaru left the lab, leaving Kabuto to not only to clean up himself, but the destroyed equipment as well.
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Neji watched as his cousin sparred with her sister in their family's style. Despite her loss of the Byakugan Hinata remained a formidable foe. No Byukugan meant that Hinata could no longer be the heir to the clan, and as such the mantle was passed to Hanabi. Hinata was now a stranger in her own clan, neither main branch nor cadet. The sound of wooden sandals interrupted Neji's thoughts as Naruto came walking into the courtyard. Neji nodded to the tailed blond as Naruto took a seat next to him.
It had been this way for the past week; Naruto would show up after meeting with his team and then take Hinata for training with Lee and Sakura in their animal forms. From what Neji had seen Naruto had gotten bigger in his fox form; no longer was he small enough to pick up, he was now as large as one of the fully grown Inuzuka dogs.
"So how are things going with Ten-ten," Naruto asked Neji after a few minutes of silence.
"How did you know," Neji asked after a moment of shock.
"You have her scent on you," Naruto stated," just as she has your scent on her."
"How can you tell," Neji asked, amazed with the blonds skill of picking up scents that were days old. Naruto shrugged observing the spar with mild interest.
"Easy enough, you stay with someone long enough and the scent tends to mix with your own," Naruto stated," in your case it becomes ingrained, the more you kiss, hug, cuddle or whatever you do the scent tend to linger longer and stronger."
Neji nodded at the explanation not wanting to tell Naruto just how far he and Ten-ten had gone in their relationship. It was bad enough that Hinata knew, but having Naruto know was not something Neji needed.
"Not that I'm complaining or anything, but when did Sakura due the transfer? I'm sure your uncle was less then trilled at having his daughter lose her kekki-genkai," Naruto asked causing Neji to momentarily freeze. It was several minute's before Neji spoke again.
"It happened two years ago while you were gone. It was a near repeat of the last time," Neji said softly," Only this time they were after Hanabi. Shinobi from Kumogakure came under the banner of a treaty, saying they did not want to continue fighting with us. This time they were honest, except for one. They stated that they wanted no quarrel with a village that housed three demons; they must have meant you and your team. It had gone well until the day before they left. Out of the four that came it was the eldest that made the move.
We still do not know how he managed to sneak into the compound that night; we had every available guard posted around the entire compound. The man almost got away until Hinata stopped him. No one saw the fight, but it was obvious that Hinata was sorely outmatched. How she managed to kill him we don't know, but when we found her, she was nearly dead from blood loss. I don't know what Sakura did, but she saved Hinata by doing an emergency blood transfusion, we didn't realize that she had passed your bloodline to Hinata until two weeks later when she had fainted. When Hinata woke, she had taken on the attributes of a fox. We didn't know of her byakugan loss until her daily spar with her father when she couldn't activate it.
After a full examination it was discovered that by transferring your bloodline her's was destroyed. Uncle was saddened because that meant that Hinata could no longer be heir, at the same time it ment she couldn't be put into the cadet branch of our family because she lacked the byakugan. In a sense she was freed from her responsibilities to the Hyuuga's. She can now fully seek that what she's always wanted, a relationship with her father and sister," Neji explained.
Naruto nodded feeling partly responsible for what happened but saying nothing. Strong emotions rose in Naruto, and he found himself wanting a relationship with Hinata that was more then what they already had.
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Yeah, that's it for this chapter. Hope you all enjoyed. Good night, and good day.