Unfortunately during one of my edits, i replaced the wrong chapter and ended up erasing chapter 13, now i had a backup of the chapter itself, but not of my responses to everyone the reviews, i am sorry :(
to everyone else who is reading this for the first time "or rereading it :P" enjoy the chapter
This chapter was revised on May 19th 2017. Most grammar errors should have been addressed (Hopefully :P) I did a few enhancements and changed a few things around but the story remained unchanged
Saving old bonds
Chapter 13 (Revised)
Naruto was sitting in a tree eating an apple as he watched his squad square off against a group of bandits that had stolen cattle and other supplies from a nearby farm
"FLASHBACK"
"This is sooo boring Naruto Nii-San, what are we supposed to do?!" Konohamaru asked
"This is a patrol mission Konohamaru, we are just supposed to patrol and make sure everything is alright in this region" He answered
"But I want to go fight! This is my first mission as a chunin, I thought they would get more exciting and dangerous"
"Well, we could always go hunt down that poor cat, I am sure that she has scared the poor thing away again" Naruto said with a grin
"Oh hell no! I have seen enough of that cat!" Konohamaru quickly responded
"Aww, but I felt sorry for that poor thing, I could see why it wanted to run away" the girl added remembering how the fire empress would love it to death, literally.
Suddenly something caught Naruto's eye and he told them to stop, they all jumped onto the ground from the tree's and Naruto found a small girl crying "Hey, are you alright little girl?"
She continued to cry as she looked up at Naruto "Some mean men stole my daddy's cattle and our food, and they even took my dolly!" she cried as tears rolled down her checks, it broke Naruto's heart
"Don't worry, we will get them back for you, right team?"
"Yes sir!" Konohamaru and the girl answered in unison
"END FLASHBACK"
"You little brats think that you can fight us? You're nothing more than kids!" One of the bandits told them "Run along home before you guys get yourselves hurt"
"Heh, you think you're tough just because you can steal from people who are weaker then yourselves, its people like you who make me sick!" The girl said in anger, Naruto had since learned that her name was Talho Yuki, and she was very spirited and voiced her opinions
"You said it Yuki Chan!" Konohamaru said in agreement with his team mate "And we are Konoha Ninja's, we are more than a match for scum like you!" He added, there was no way he was going to back down. Not while Naruto was watching them, hidden away just in case they needed his help. But he wanted to prove that they could do it without him.
"Why you little runt!" One of the bandits launched an attack against Konohamaru trying to land a punch on him, but Konohamaru grabbed his arm and kicked the man's ribs with force.
"Wow, you guys are even weaker then I first though, we won't even need to use chakra against these idiots" He said while grinning, 3 of them ran and grabbed Yuki, 2 of them had grabbed both of her arms while the other had a knife to her throat.
"We warned you kids not to screw around with us, now you're going to have to suffer the consequences" the man said as he licked the side of her cheek "You're a cute girl, we are going to enjoy this" the man holding the knife said with an evil grin.
"Oh no, Konohamaru Kun, they have me, please save me, they are going to hurt me!" she screamed out, Konohamaru had frozen. He didn't know what to do, and he couldn't figure out how she got cough so easily. Naruto had gotten to his feet on top of the branch and was about to jump in and save her, but he stopped when he saw her screams turn into a grin "Just kidding" she said as her grin got wider, she used her head to hit one of the men's face that was holding her and lifted one of her legs up to hit the other one holding her other arm, she then grabbed the man holding the knife by the arm and threw him to the ground, she kicked him in the face and then in the groins "You're never going to get your hands on me" She said in anger
Konohamaru was in a bit of awe at his team mate, she had taken out 3 of them with ease "Did you have to scare me like that?!" Konohamaru asked her
"Aww Konohamaru Kun, were you worried about my safety?" she asked with a wink
Out of nowhere a large ball of flames was heading towards them, they didn't have the time they needed to react, they were getting ready to get burnt, but all they heard was a large explosion and smoke. When Konohamaru opened his eyes he couldn't see anything, as the smoke slowly dissipated and they saw Naruto holding a 5th bandit that they had not noticed until now
"You two let your guard down, what would have happened had I not intervened?" He said while throwing the now unconscious thug to the ground
"We are sorry Naruto Nii-San! We didn't think any of them had the ability to wield chakra…"
"Never, and I mean NEVER underestimate your enemies"
Yuki and Konohamaru looked at the ground, they were a shame of themselves for letting Naruto down "We are sorry Naruto Sensei" Yuki finally said
"Yuki, I am not your Sensei, I am just in charge of this mission" He said sternly, but he felt horrible, he knew that they were just excited about fighting and trying to prove themselves to him "But good job guys, you did great, I was seriously impressed with you Yuki, you may have overdid it a bit with the theatrical, but you both got out of it unhurt" he said with a grin "Now let's tie these bastards up and show them the hospitality of Konoha's finest 5 star prisons"
"Yes sir!" they both answered as they began to tie up the bandits and round up the cattle and supplies so they could bring them back to the farmers
"Thank you so much, you have no idea how much this means to me and my family" The happy farmer said as he spoke with Naruto
"No problem, these thugs were no match for my team, they won't be bothering you any time soon"
"Thank you mister!" A little girl said with a big smile, Naruto bent down and took something out of his pouch and handed it to the girl, her eyes widen as she held her doll. She hugged and kissed Naruto on the cheek "Wow you got my dolly back! Thank you so much" The girl said trying not to blush but not being very successful
"Why does he get the kiss, we did most of the fighting" Konohamaru said in the background
"Aww Konohamaru Kun, are you jealous? Do you want ME to kiss you?" She said teasingly, it only made Konohamaru blush wildly, and it only increased her grin
Naruto turned around wondering what was going on, Konohamaru was almost as red as a tomato, and here Yuki was, grinning from ear to ear. He had missed something, that he was sure of "Alright team, lets head back home"
The team had returned to Konoha as the sun was starting to set, they had tied the 5 bandits in a line, Naruto lead the front while Yuki and Konohamaru guarded the rear, Naruto wanted to hurry back home and return to his beloved Sakura who was making them dinner tonight, just the thought of her home cooking brought drool to his mouth
"Naruto Nii-San is day dreaming of Sakura Chan again" Konohamaru said teasingly, but Naruto had not heard him
"Who is this Sakura?" Yuki asked a bit curious
"She is Naruto Nii-San's girlfriend" He said with a grin, but to his surprise Yuki looked upset "Why do you ask?" he wondered
"No reason!" she said trying to look away from Konohamaru
"OHH I get It, you have a crush on him don't you!" he said teasingly, it was his chance at revenge for what she did to him earlier
"What? No of course I don't! Why would you say such a stupid thing?!" She said while punching him as hard as she could and then looked away so Konohamaru could not see her blush
He rubbed his arm as his grin got wider "Yuki Chan likes Naruto Nii-San!" he kept on teasing her, it only made her angrier with him
Naruto had noticed the commotion behind him "What's going on back there?" He asked while turning his head to look
"Oh nothing Naruto Sensei" Yuki answered with an innocent smile "right Konohamaru Kun?"
"Yeah…Nothing Naruto Nii-San" Konohamaru responded with a huge lump on the back of his head and aching ribs
Kiba and Neji were manning the gate, Kiba was sitting with his legs on the small desk they had at the gate while Neji was meditating in silence, Kiba had learned that it was best not to disturb him, but it sure made things boring for him. He wondered why he was always stuck on gate duty while Naruto got all the exciting missions "If they're going to stick me on this boring guard duty, the least they could do is give me Hinata as a partner" He thought to himself
Naruto was nearing the gate and Noticed Kiba sitting at the desk "Hey Kiba, aren't you supposed to be guarding the gate? Not sitting around" Naruto said with a grin teasing his friend
"Yeah, yeah, I see you had another interesting mission" He said as he looked at the 5 prisoners
"Yeah, they were causing trouble in the country"
"Heh, well at least it was more exciting than sitting here all day" Kiba responded while some ANBU came to take away the thugs
"Well as much as I love chatting with you Kiba, I need to give my report for the mission, then Sakura has a nice home cooked meal waiting for me" He said with a grin
"Alright then, hey we should do something together soon, we haven't hung out in a while, we could get the old teams seven, eight and ten back together"
"Yeah, sounds like fun, I will talk to the others about it" Naruto simply responded as he continued to walk towards the fire tower, followed by his members Konohamaru and Yuki
Naruto and his team were being debriefed by his old sensei and school teacher, Iruka on their mission "So you allowed your team to fight alone?"
"Yes, they were more than capable of handling themselves against those bandits; I was also on the lookout in case they had a hidden surprise, which they did"
"Well I guess you and your team did good, Naruto, you should seriously consider taking on a team of your own, you are after all a Jounin" Iruka asked him
"I don't know, I mean I would make a horrible squad leader"
"That's not true Naruto Sensei!" Yuki spoke out, it also surprised Iruka a bit that she had called him Sensei; he remembered her being a defiant student in class
"She is right Naruto Nii-San! You're selling yourself short" Konohamaru added
Naruto was a bit embarrassed as Iruka smiled "What do you say Naruto? It would be better for you during your missions if you had a regular team as well" Iruka added
"I don't know…" Naruto sounded unsure
"Well how about we make Konohamaru and Yuki apart of your team since they have not been assigned to a team yet and let's see, you could use a medical Nin" he said as he looked through the files of medical ninja's available to join a team "Ah yes, she is also new to the chunin rank, but is a great healer as well as a ninja, Hyuga Hanabi, how does that sound?" He asked with a smile
"Are you sure about this? I mean you do remember who I am right? Naruto? The irresponsible idiot ninja?" Naruto asked, not too sure about the confidence Iruka seemed to have in his abilities to lead
"Of course I am sure Naruto, I have seen you grow up from the day you entered the academy, to the day you attained the rank of Jounin, you have earned this Naruto, so I once again ask, do you accept?"
"Yes, I accept" Naruto said proudly, even though he still had his own doubts
"As of Today, Team Naruto has been founded, with Konohamaru, Yuki and Hanabi" Iruka said with a smile
"Don't you need to first get the Hokage to accept it?" Naruto suddenly thought
"Actually, she is the one who suggested you get your own team, she said if you would ever consider leading, you could get whoever you wanted" He said with a grin
"This is great Naruto Nii-San! Now I get to be on your team and learn from the best!" He said with a grin
"Yeah! Naruto Sensei, I am honored to be a part of your team" she said with a slight blush, one that Konohamaru had noticed but said nothing, remembering the lumps on his head
"Well I need to go now Iruka Sensei, Sakura made dinner for us tonight, and I can't keep her waiting" he said with a grin
Iruka smiled, he was happy that Naruto and Sakura were getting on well together, he thought that Naruto deserved to be happy
"Alright team, we will assemble tomorrow so we can get to know each other more and perhaps do a little bit of training, Konohamaru, would you mind passing along the message to Hanabi?" Naruto asked
"Of course Naruto Nii-san" He answered
"You should call him Naruto Sensei!" Yuki scolded him
"Technically, you don't have too, after all it's not like your genins…" Naruto said while scratching the back of his head
"Yeah, plus he is my Nii-San! So, I can call him that! Right Naruto Nii-San?!" Konohamaru looked at him with a grin
"Of course Konohamaru"
"Yeah well, I am going to show him the proper respect that he deserves as our team leader!" She responded sticking out her tongue at Konohamaru
"…What have I gotten myself into?" Naruto thought to himself, but then he remembered that Sakura was waiting for him at home and suddenly he vanished in a cloud of smoke
"See, your disrespect made him run off on us!" Yuki said
"Heh, shows how much you know about him, he ran off on us because he has Sakura waiting for him to come back home" He said grinning, knowing it would annoy her
"Yeah well, whatever!" Yuki said with a pout
Meanwhile at the Gate Kiba was getting bored again, but his shift was almost over, he was happy because he had asked Hinata to join him for dinner, and she actually said yes, suddenly he saw Shikamaru and Tenten walk up towards them "Hey Shikamaru, good to see you, you here to relieve us?"
"Yeah" He simply said
"Perfect, well you guys have fun" Kiba said as he was about to leave
Suddenly Neji opened his eyes "Someone is coming…"
Kiba sniffed the air a bit "Yeah, I smell blood…"
"Look there are 2 people coming, wait one of them is carrying someone" Tenten said
The two-unknown ran into the light, and to their horror, they saw Shizune with multiple wounds, but they were not half as shocked as they were when they saw Yamato, carrying Tsunade, and she seemed to be motionless
End Chapter 13