Chapter 6

Three days later and Naruto was sitting in a clearing finally with his mask back on. He was working on the finishing his armor, when his sensitive ears picked up the sound of someone crying. He taking a sniff of the air blinked as the person crying smelled like Kurenai-sensei. He getting up started heading in the direction of the sniffling, forgetting that he had adapted the lion's way of walking. So he was pretty much sneaking up on Kurenai. He spotting her crying put a hand on her shoulder and asked "Why are you crying Kurenai-sensei."

Kurenai turning around said "Oh my god you terrified me Naruto."

She then asked "How did you manage to sneak up on me?"

Naruto ignoring the question asked "Why are you crying?"

Kurenai seeing that her redirect had failed sighed and said "My boyfriend is cheating on me with some civilian whore."

Naruto hearing this shook his head and said "Asuma is such a fucking idiot."

Kurenai blinked and asked "How did you?"

Naruto tapping his nose said "He reeks of tobacco smoke, and your scent though heavy on jasmine and peaches has a faint trace of said scent on you. Thus logical thinking and a little bribe to the old man and putting the pieces together is easy."

Kurenai blinking asked "You bribed the Hokage?"

Naruto sitting on the log beside her said "More like blackmailed but bribe sounds so much better."

Kurenai now curious asked "What could you possibly have on Hokage-sama that he'd be willing to give you any information you want?"

Naruto shaking his head said "I'd tell you, but you would kill him, plus I'd loose my edge."

Kurenai laughing looked up at the sky and closed her eyes. Naruto looking at her, shook his head and said "Asuma is the most idiotic person to ever exist." He then looking up at the sky closed his eyes noticing how she was looking at him now. He then said "I mean if I had a girlfriend as gorgeous, as intelligent and as deadly as you. I'd never let her go, well maybe when death came for her, but even then I'd fight the Shinigami for her soul and I'd probably kick his ass too."

Kurenai hearing this smiled and asked "Would you wait to have sex with her until she decided she was ready?"

Naruto nodding said "Hell yeah. I'd wait for her to make the move, and let her take the lead, until she said she was ready for me to lead."

Kurenai smiling brighter asked "If this girlfriend of yours wanted you to teach her some of your skills would you?"

Naruto nodding said "My knowledge would be her knowledge. If I knew a jutsu, she would know a jutsu. I'd probably even create jutsu for her."

Kurenai hearing this looked up at the sky and said "Whoever becomes your girlfriend is gonna be one lucky girl then."

Naruto opening his eyes slightly and looking over at her asked "You wanna learn a few of my genjutsu Kurenai-sensei?"

Kurenai blinking looked at him and asked "You'd be willing to teach me?"

Naruto lowering his mask and bandana showed her his smile and said "Of course. I'll even teach you the one that I made for you."

Kurenai blinked and asked "You made a genjutsu for me?"

Naruto nodding said "Yeah it's called Eye of the Tenshi."

Kurenai hearing this asked "Why did you name it eye of the angel?"

Naruto scratching the back of his head said "Because it's the only thing I could use to describe you at the moment and after perfecting it decided not to change it."

Kurenai hearing this smiled and said "I'd love to learn some of your genjutsu Naruto-kun. But we don't have that much time as Zabuza and his accomplice could attack any day now."

Naruto nodding said "I know so when you're not training your team, or guarding Tazuna and his family, come find me and we'll see how many genjutsu you can learn in 3 days."

Kurenai nodding said "Deal."

Naruto smiling said "Good." He then putting his bandana and mask back on said "Now if you'd excuse me I have a secret project to finish." He then walked into the trees, with a smile on his face as he had cheered up Kurenai without Leo's help. He knew that the lion would be proud of him, and could feel Kyuubi and Oathkeeper beaming at him. He then gaining a serious look on his face said "Get ready Momochi Zabuza, because soon you'll be meeting Kami-sama and he or she will be judging you." He then walked towards his project.

The next day Naruto was sitting on a rock, looking down at a scroll detailing his new ninjutsu. It was untested, but if he could pull it off he'd have his first S-rank jutsu. It was a combination of his wind style, his fire style and his earth style and his earth grudge fear. He would summon a small tornado, catch it on fire, coat in earth and then send it down the threads wrapped around his opponent. If pulled off it should slice, burn and bury his opponent all in one quick move. He was about to write something down when his nose picked up Kurenai's scent. He putting his jutsu away looked up and smiled spotting Kurenai ready for their first genjutsu session. He waving said "Take a seat."

Kurenai nodding took a seat in front of him. He reaching into his pocket pulled out a scroll marked genjutsu. Unrolling he looked it over and picked out two genjutsu. Summoning the two scrolls, he rolled the big one up and put it in his back pocket. He handing her the first scroll said "Let's start with an easy one. The scroll I just handed you is my genjutsu called Apex. If pulled off the victim or target is placed in the shoes of a prey species, face to face with a hungry predator. This genjutsu attacks both the sense of touch, and the vision."

Kurenai hearing this unrolled the scroll and gasped at how much work Naruto had put into it. She then reading the scroll thought that this genjutsu though easy could easily freeze and kill someone with no ninja training. She looking up at Naruto blinked when he said "Once you have the handsigns down, try it on me, well more specifically a clone of me."

Kurenai nodding looked at the handsigns blinked spotting two handsigns. There was dog and rabbit. She practicing them stood up and did the jutsu on Naruto's clone. It dispelling the genjutsu said "Good, but could be better."

Naruto rolling his eyes said "Don't mind my clone. For some reason they always have their own personalities."

Kurenai nodding asked "Do you want me to try it again?"

Naruto dispelling the clone said "Yeah this time imagine you're the predator."

She nodding did it again on another clone who shivered and said "She's got it down."

Naruto dispelling the clone nodded and said "Yeah you've got it down and it only took you two tries." He smiled and gave her the thumbs up.

She smiling asked "What's next."

Naruto said "The next genjutsu is called eyes of the predator. It's to boost the first genjutsu. You see it attacks two more of the senses. It attacks the sense of smell and the sense of hearing. Combined with Apex, it can literally make someone feel like a prey, in your victims case a field mouse being attacked by a hungry housecat."

Kurenai giggling opened the scroll and blinked as the handsign for it was rat. She looking at Naruto who summoned a clone and said "Go for it."

She executing both jutsu with accuracy blinked when the clone shivered and said "Oh to be a field mouse, what a dreadful thing."

Naruto dispelling the clone said "Stupid over dramatic clone." He then looking at the memories said "Again got it down perfectly."

Kurenai smiling asked "What's next?"

Naruto pulling out his scroll again summoned three more genjutsu and said "These three and then we break for lunch or something."

Kurenai accepting the scrolls looked at with expectant eyes. Naruto glad that he wearing a mask said "Okay these next three are some what in the medium range. The first one is called Broken Dreams. What it basically does is that it shows the victim it's greatest dream or hope and shatters it. When correctly done, it can paralyze the victim for at least 5 minutes."

Kurenai blinked hearing this and opened the scroll with the kanji for broken dreams on it. She blinked spotting four handsigns. She practicing the handsigns performed the jutsu on a Naruto clone who froze up for 4 minutes and then shook himself free. Naruto spotting this said "Damn you're good. You almost got it on the first try."

Kurenai blushing slightly did the jutsu again and this time the clone froze for five minutes and Naruto dispelled it. He flinching said "That clone had a weird dream. Anyway on to the next genjutsu. Next up is one the clones hate. Eye of Darkness. It's the one I used on Kakashi-sensei and really is a double layered genjutsu that attacks the sight, touch, and hearing. The first layer of the genjutsu traps you in a deep dark hole, with no walls and no light. The second layer returns the person to a version of the real world, with only a slight thing wrong. The hole they were placed in will be swirling in front of them. If the victim doesn't break free from the second layer, they will be pushed back inside of the hole and their mind will most likely shut down all function to the eyes and ears."

Kurenai hearing this opened the scroll and said "Naruto-kun this jutsu should be A-ranked."

Naruto shrugging said "I don't rank my genjutsu."

Kurenai hearing this asked "Why not?"

Naruto smiling said "Because I have no clue how to rank them. I'm not an expert, hell I'd admit to being good."

Kurenai hearing this shook her head and asked "Is the cloned ready?"

Naruto looking at the clone who was begging him not to do it said "Yeah he's as ready as he'll ever be."

Kurenai nodding did the jutsu and watched as the clone screamed and cursed up a storm. The clone dispelling both layers of it said "I fucking hate that genjutsu."

Naruto rolling his eyes dispelled the clone and said "Now the last genjutsu for now it is time of the Eye of the Tenshi. This genjutsu will trap the victim in a world of your making, mainly by looking in your eyes."

Kurenai opening the last scroll looked it over and smiled at how complex it was. She could still see how many times Naruto had made a correction to it. She memorizing the handsigns looked at Naruto who said "Fire away."

She nodding hit the last clone with the jutsu and watched as the clone dispelled itself. Naruto getting the memory closed his legs and said "Okay you got that down in one try. No need to practice it any more, ever."

He then smiling and ignoring the whimpering he could hear coming from Leo said "Lunch time." He then walked into the trees and once sure he was out of her sight ran up the highest branch on a tree and curled up. He holding his legs closed said "Naruto a good boy. Yes he is, Naruto is good boy."

2 days later Naruto could be seen smiling as Kurenai mastered another genjutsu of his. He had removed his mask and bandana because no one else was out right now. It was night time and the others were at Tazuna's resting up for the big battle tomorrow. Kurenai had stolen him away to see if she had mastered the genjutsu he had taught her. She had and Naruto could see how happy that made her. He had even told her that once this mission was over they would start working on some genjutsu for her. She had smiled even wider hearing this. Naruto was sitting on the rock he had pretty much made his for the past three days watching as Kurenai danced in happiness. His project was finished, and he was thinking about putting it on tonight, but suddenly he had an better idea. He standing up said "Kurenai-sensei."

She stopping her dance turned to him and asked "What is it Naruto-kun?"

He reaching into his pocket pulled out a scroll that had the kanji for armor on it. He sliding his hand over it watched as a light suit of armor appeared. He walking over to her handed her the armor and said "I want you to wear this tomorrow."

Kurenai looking at the armor could see how elegant it was. She looking at him asked "What is it?"

Naruto smiling said "My finished project. It's armor made from my Iron sand, heated up to the point of becoming iron. I then infused it with some of my golden sand heated up to the point of becoming gold, and interweaved mesh, ninja wire and some copper into it. I then using seals made it self-repairing, and stored about a forth of my chakra into each arm and leg. I also put seals on it to keep it light, and it even has a barrier on it."

Kurenai hearing this blinked and said "I can't take this Naruto-kun it sounds like you put a lot of work into it."

Naruto eye smiling said "I want you to have it Kurenai-sensei. It'll help keep you safe tomorrow, just in case something besides Zabuza and his accomplice attacks."

Kurenai hearing this felt her heart flutter hearing Naruto say this. She looking at him couldn't help but stare into his pure blue eyes. Naruto looking in Kurenai's exotic red eyes, felt his face heat up. Kurenai leaning forward and closing her eyes gently took Naruto's first kiss. Naruto had wide eyes at first feeling this, but closed his eyes and gently kissed Kurenai back. This kiss lasted about five minutes, when Kurenai ended the kiss and moved back. She with a blush on her face now took the armor and said "Thank you Naruto-kun. I'll cherish it always."

Naruto smiling said "I know you will Kurenai-sensei."

He then holding his hand over his mouth as he yawned said "We'd better turn in. We have a long day tomorrow."

Kurenai nodding said "Let's do that."

The two of them then turned and walked towards Tazuna's never noticing how close they were. Inside of Naruto Kyuubi was glaring hot daggers at Kurenai, while Oathkeeper beside Kyuubi was glaring icy daggers at Kurenai. Leo who was laying beside the rock he had marked as his, chuckled and said "I've never been so proud to be inside of him then I am now. Getting kissed by that perfect 10."

He was then hit by two sources of killing intent. He cracking open an eye laughed at Kyuubi and said "I've also never been so glad that you're trapped in that cage."

Oathkeeper walking out of the cage with a sickly sweet smile on her face said "Kyuubi may be trapped inside of the cage Leo-kun but I'm not."

Leo getting up said "On that note Adios!" He then ran, with a furious Oathkeeper right behind him.

The next day after setting up traps in case Gato tried something the two teams headed towards the bridge. Naruto smelling blood said "I hope everyone is ready, because he is."

They then arrived at the bridge, and Tazuna gasped finding his workers laid out with huge gashes. He running up to one asked "What the hell happened Charlie?"

Charlie coughing up a little blood said "A demon attacked us Tazuna. Run."

He then died in Tazuna's arms. Naruto drawing Oathkeeper walked in front of Tazuna and watched as the mist fell over the bridge. He turning to look at Kakashi asked "What's the plan?"

Kakashi closing his eyes said "You and I will take on Zabuza, while Sasuke and Kiba will take on the accomplice."

Naruto nodding asked "What about Kurenai-sensei, Shino, Hinata and Sakura?"

Kakashi pushing up his headband and revealing his sharingan said "Kurenai and Shino will watch the battles in case they have to jump in. Hinata will watch Tazuna, because of the Byakugan will allow her to see at least a little better then Sakura."

Naruto nodding finished with "Sakura is still not strong enough to fight, and will be of better use guarding Tazuna."

Kakashi pulling out a kunai said "Exactly."

Naruto activating his lion glared as the mist settled on the bridge. He hearing Zabuza chuckle asked "Finally ready to die no brows?"

Zabuza stopping his chuckle and growled out "I'm gonna fucking kill you, you little shit?"

Naruto laughing said "Like you were the first time we battled. Look how that turned out. Your little accomplice have to save your sorry ass."

Zabuza growling said "Last time I underestimated you brat, now I know better."

Naruto extending his sense of smell and hearing said "Sure you do, except for the fact that I've been training for a week unlike you and you have yet to see me make a single handsign."

Zabuza growling hated to admit that Naruto had him there. Naruto finding Zabuza opened his golden eyes and dashed toward him, knowing that Kakashi was right behind him. Zabuza gaining wide eyes, was barely able to block Naruto's attack and wasn't prepared to be kicked by Kakashi. He was about to ask Haku to help, when to his surprise Haku had to dodge a hail of kunai and a fucking dog. He standing up growled and said "It looks like they came ready to fight this time, even sent for back up."

Haku shaking his head said "It matters not. We will defeat them and finish our mission."

Kiba now standing beside Sasuke and Akamaru smirked and said "You're going down."

Sasuke with his Sharingan out said "You will fall." The battle then began.