A/N:Hi! I hope everyone enjoyed the previous chapter! I have been notified about certain mistakes I made which should be fixed by now. Also, it was mentioned to me that the amount of explaining that I did in the story was unnecessary, as the majority of people currently reading the story should be aware of most of those things already. I had thought about that before I started writing the story, I wasn't sure whether or not to explain things that people would surely know from the original naruto, or treat the story as if the readers had already watched the original naruto and may be just starting shippuden, or a decent amount into the story. As of now, I will dull down on the amount of explaining I do when referring to the things explained in the original naruto. Thanks again for the feedback!
Chapter 2: Beginning of Friendship
The sun was shining, the birds were chirping, and the red haired kunoichi was… snoring… It was early morning and Naruto and Jiraiya had already woken and were beginning their day with a nice healthy breakfast. Naruto was eating… Ramen. "Hey Ero Sennin, she's going to be okay now right?" said Naruto in between a mouthful of ramen. "She should be just fine, although I don't think she will be able to walk yet of course, so for the next few days until she adapts, she's going to need a way to get around with us." The sannin said trying to hold back his giggling with no success. "You don't mean?! I have to carry her?!" Naruto yelled. Jiraiya merely smiled at the boy.
"What a nap… I can't remember the last time I had a full night sleep…" The girl said yawning. "Wait… What the fuck, how did I get here?! Wasn't I under a pile of trees?!" She said shocked and confused. "That would be me, I found you last night, and brought you back here so we could help you. I'm surprised you don't remember." Naruto explained. "W-what… I know you! You're that brat who was after that Uchiha! Why would you save me, I'm your enemy?". "Enemy or not, it's not like me to leave someone to die helplessly, even if I didn't want to, my body moved on its own, and here you are." Naruto said with a smile on his face. "Pf, then who's the geezer?" She said whilst looking over the older man sitting near them. "I'm the great Toad Sage from Mount Myoboku, Jiraiya!" "And I'm Uzumaki Naruto! Believe it! What's your name?" Naruto said with interest in his eyes. "I'm… Tayuya…" She replied whilst looking down at her hands. They saved me? Why would they save me? No-one has ever saved me before… Not that I needed saving! But even if I did, no-one has or ever would make the effort… Tayuya thought to herself.
The Toad Sages expression changed, and he was now serious. "Naruto tells me you're from Orochimaru's sound four?" "Fuck that snake! He left me there to die! Like I was nothing to him! As I laid there helplessly, he simply retracted his curse mark from me, with no intention of helping me. I swear the next time I see that fucker, I'll rip is fucking head off myself and cut off his skin for him before he gets the chance to shed it!" She said eyes burning with fury. "Well that explains that. Good to know that we're on the same page here. I'm more than happy to allow you to join Naruto and myself assuming you're willing to give up a bit of information about the snake." Tayuya looked him straight in the eyes. "Fuck yeah, I'll tell you whatever you want to know if it means I'll get to rip that fuckers head off. But join you? Even if I did want to join you, my legs were crushed, I doubt I'll even be able to walk again…" said the foul mouthed girl suddenly becoming upset. "Ah yes! About that, you should be able to walk fine on your own within the next week. The muscles in your legs just need a little time to re-strengthen themselves even if we did manage to mend your bones and speed up the recovery process." She simply sat there for a moment, staring at her legs, jaw almost touching the ground with shock. Not only have they saved me from that wreckage, they've now gone to the extant to help repair my legs. But speed up the recovery process, how do you even do that? Even if they were able to mend my bones, it'd take months for my legs to fully recover! She thought to herself.
"Y-you… You were able to fix my legs? I'll be able to walk again?!" She said trying to hold back her excitement with little to no success. "But, what do you mean by speed up the recovery process, how the fuck would you even do that?" "That's all thanks to Naruto, you see, his chakra has special recuperative powers." Jiraiya explained looking at the blonde haired boy. "Really blondie… Impressive…" Tayuya said looking the young genin over. Naruto gave her his trademark foxy grin.
"Well that settles it, you're sticking with us, I can see potential in you, and being previously a part of Orochimaru's sound four, I'm sure you're relatively strong yourself. Naruto and you could hopefully learn a thing or two from one another. Now let's get going, we've got more ground to cover before we get to the next town, and I would very much like to get there before sundown." Jiraiya said whilst beginning to pack away their stuff. "Going? How the fuck do you expect me to follow you guys?! You're forgetting I can't fucking walk!" She screamed. Jiraiya simply looked at the girl, than over to Naruto. "No… There's no way I'm letting that shithead carry me!" "Hey! My name is Naruto, and don't think I want to carry you either!" He yelled glaring at the red haired girl. "Pf. Fine, whatever shithead-kun."
They set out at a quick pace, quickly jumping from tree to tree, hoping to reach their destination as quick as possible, the silence was nice, it was peaceful. Until... "Hey shithead! You better not drop me!" She said kneeing him in the ribs. "Oh, 'cause that'd be terrible..." He mumbled just under his breath. "What was that?!" yelled Tayuya. "Nothing!" Jiraiya noticing this little confrontation of theirs looked back and couldn't help but notice. They're just like them… They're just like Minato and Kushina. He thought.
~oOoOoOo~
They had made it to the next town a lot quicker than they had expected, so they had a little time to have a look around before heading back to the hotel they checked into, to call it a night. "Hey shithead-kun thanks for the lift, but why don't we go have a look around?" said Tayuya in more of an order then a question. "Yeah alright, that sounds like fun!" said Naruto whilst he carried her through the busy streets. "I'll be at the hot springs if you need me. I've got some 'research' to do." Said Jiraiya with his usual perverted smirk on his face. "Of course you will… Pervert." Naruto mumbled.
It was a relatively busy town, but yet somehow peaceful. It was easy to see that this town was a hot spot for travellers. It had everything they would need. Hotels, places to restock on food, weapon shops, hot springs to relax in. They even had a… "Shithead! In there, the music shop! Go go go!" She ordered kicked him in the thigh. "Alright alright, I'm going. Sheesh." Replied Naruto "Why would even want to come in here anyway?" "What kind of question is that idiot! Who wouldn't want to come in here! Oh fuck yes! They have flutes, quick over to the flutes!" said the red haired girl smiling with passion for the instruments. "Flutes? You play the flute?" said Naruto. "Fuck yeah, my flute was my weapon, I could cast gen jutsu and use it to controller my summons. But after that blonde bitch finished me with her attack, my flute broken along with my legs…"
"Well it looks like we're getting you a new flute!" said Naruto smiling at the girl. She looked away, trying to avoid letting him see her blush. "That one, that one there! It looks like my old one!" she picked up the silver coloured flute, placed it too her mouth, positioned her fingers, and begun to play an impressive melody. "Wow! You're amazing!" shouted Naruto. "Of course I am, what did you expect?" she said very confident in herself.
"Hi, is there anything I could help you with?" said the store owner. "Yes! This flute, I would like to get this flute!" replied Tayuya radiating with excitement. "Ah yes of course. We don't get a lot of people in here looking for flutes you know. Judging from your attire you're looking to use this as a battle flute I presume?" said the smiling store owner. Tayuya replied with an even larger smile. "Sure fucking am." "Well, that'll be 50,000 yen." 50,000 yen? Fuck, I don't have that kind of money… She thought to herself "Here you go!" smiled Naruto as he passed the money over to the store owner. "What the fuck are you doing shithead?" said Tayuya much happier then she was making out to be. "I'm buying you the flute you wanted. I know you're not able to afford it, it's nothing don't worry about it." Replied Naruto. "Thank you very much sir, will that be all?" "Yes thank you." Replied Naruto as they left the store.
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Naruto and Tayuya were still wondering the streets of the now not so busy town, as the towns people were now starting to head home, as it got progressively darker out. "Hey shithead…" mumbled the red haired girl. "Hm?" replied Naruto. "T-thanks… for doing that for me..." said Tayuya almost unable to hold back her blush. It wasn't very often the girl thanked anyone. Frankly, Naruto was surprised the foul mouthed kunoichi even had manners! Naruto simply smiled at her from over his shoulder. "Hey, like I said, don't worry about it." "Well, let's go grab something to eat, I'm fucking starving. But this time I'm paying!" replied Tayuya. "Yeah sure, I'm starving too! But after that, before we head back, how about you have a practice of that new flute of yours?" Tayuya smiled in agreement.
The two arrived at a nearby eatery, earlier that morning Jiraiya had given the girl some rice balls he had left over from their meal the previous night. It had been too long since she had, had a full meal since the snake sannin didn't exactly treat his followers like royalty. She was dying to have some ramen she noticed Naruto eating that morning. "I'll have two miso ramens!" shouted the red haired girl as they entered the eatery. "Me too!" smiled Naruto.
It had just begun to get dark; the two were enjoying their meal. By enjoying I mean the two were quite literally inhaling their food. Naruto was thoroughly surprised. He thought all girls ate slow and with etiquette, and that they would all want a vegetarian ramen. Just like Sakura and Ino always did. But not Tayuya, she was eating like a wild bear that had just come out of hibernation. Hungry and without a care in the world. "What are you looking at shithead-kun?" said Tayuya whilst gulping down her last bowl. "Nothing." smiled Naruto as he also finished off his last bowl. "That was great! But nowhere near as good as Ichiraku!" "Yeah that was great, I can't remember the last time I sat down to a meal that nice, let alone a full meal at all!" replied the red head. "Alright, what do you say we go test out that flute of yours then?" Tayuya nodded and they both left the shop.
~oOoOoOo~
They had found a tree just outside the town to lead against to keep from annoying people in the town with her playing. I'm not used to playing or practicing my flute in front of other people before… or am I used to people wanting to hear me play. She thought to herself. "Alright, let's hear it!" smiled Naruto whilst lying down to look at the stars. "Try not to faint from amazement." Said Tayuya as she placed the instrument to her lips, preparing her fingers getting ready to play. This melody was different to the one she had played in the store earlier that day. This one was more peaceful, more relaxing. This melody was a lullaby. It was truly amazing, she played the piece perfectly! Naruto was amazed, although he could not help but slowly begin to fall asleep. Tayuya loved nothing more than to play her flute. As she played, she'd close her eyes, and she'd be able to block everyone else. She could forget all her troubles and think about nothing but the music.
The red haired girl had just finished her melody, opened her eyes and taken a big breath. It felt good to be able to play away all her troubles. She noticed the blonde haired boy laying their asleep. She had a lay down herself, and closed her eyes, and eventually nodded off to sleep as well.
It wasn't along after Tayuya had fallen asleep that Naruto had awoken from his short rest to notice the girl lying beside him asleep herself. He decided it was time for them to head back to the hotel. He stood up, and bent down to pick up the girl, making every attempt not to wake her from her slumber. He lifted her bridle style, and headed off towards the hotel.
~oOoOoOo~
As he arrived at the hotel, the toad sage was sitting there on the floor having his own meal. "Hey, you two are back late. Have fun?" smirked Jiraiya. "We went and bought her a new flute, had something to eat, and went somewhere for her to practice. Then she fell asleep, I didn't want to wake her." Explained Naruto looking down at the girl he was holding. She was fast asleep curling into his arms. She is even better looking when she's asleep. But that's no surprise. It's the only time she isn't yelling, swearing and acting tough. Thought Naruto.
Jiraiya laughed. "Alright, perhaps we should get some rest too; I've already laid down our beds." "Right!" replied Naruto as he walked over to their beds, placing Tayuya down in hers, of which was in close proximity of his. He laid down himself and couldn't help but think to himself. She's foul mouthed, rude and her emotions are like she has bipolar. But yet, I can't help but think… This is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
A/N:Alright, and that's the end of chapter 2! I hope you all enjoyed, as always, I tried to write it to the best of my ability, was trying to expand my vocabulary as much as possible. I do hope you all enjoyed. Please leave a review letting me know what you think! Chapter 3 shouldn't be far away.