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{DISCLAIMER: I Do Not Own Naruto!}
~Talking~
~Thoughts~
~Summons/Tailed Beasts~
𒊹︎𒊹︎𒊹︎𒊹︎𒊹︎𒊹︎𒊹︎𒊹︎𒊹︎𒊹︎𒊹︎𒊹︎𒊹︎𒊹︎𒊹︎𒊹︎𒊹︎𒊹︎𒊹︎
~Two weeks later~
~Hokage office~
Tsunade was sitting at her desk happy in the knowledge she had just finished her paperwork for the day, she was soon interupted by Shizune. The dark haired medic and assistant came running in with a small stack of papers.
'Why does the paperwork never end??' Tsunade thought as she had to suppress the urge to use one of her few fire jutsu to burn the paper's in her assistant's arm.
She was also currently waiting on her grandson so he could assign him an escort mission.
'Someone who can finally knock some since into him besides me.'
With a smile on her face she put her sake bottle away and started daydreaming about blond haired whiskered great grand babies with either teal or azure eyes or a combination of both playing in her backyard while both of their parents were working.
'Now there's a dream.'
She was so lost in her deep happy thoughts she didn't notice the very person she has summoned standing right in front of her.
"Hellooooooo?" Naruto kept waving his hand in front of Tsunade's face trying to catch her attention.
"Huh? What do you want gaki?" She asked snapping out of her trance she soon hopes will happen.
"You asked me to be here. Is old age finally getting to you baa-Chan?" He slyly asked.
A tick mark appeared on Tsunade's head and threw a paper weight at him which he swiftly dodged.
"Do you want to be on Tora duty for the next two months or do you want this mission that requires your specialty." She asked hoping he would say something stupid so the person outside could teach him some manners.
Gulping Naruto nervously waved in hands around in submission.
"I was just kidding!! No need for that!" Sucking up to her.
"That's what I thought.."she mumbled befor clearing her throat.
"Anyways, as I was about to say I have an escort mission for you. A diplomat from Suna is here as a proctor for the chunin exams." She paused before she looked at the door.
"You can come in now!!" Right on cue, a familiar sandy blonde who was done suppressing her chakra walked in.
"Thank you Hokage-sama, I appreciate you making time out for Naruto to come and escort me." She politely said.
"No need for formalities right now Temari-Chan, just call me Tsunade." She smiled.
'Soon we'll be family anyways and it won't matter.' She said that last bit in her head not wanting to jinx it.
Naruto just looked at Temari and confused her a bit when he looked back ahead with a full on smirk.
'Just like Dan used to look at me, and that baka pervert.'
"Alright Tsunade." She smiled
"Anyways you are to be the escort of Temari no subaku while she is in Konoha for the exams. Do you accept this mission?" Tsunade asked with a slight slyness in her voice.
"Of course baa-chan! You can count on me!!" He said with some of his child-like eagerness slipping out.
Tsunade then looked and turned to Temari.
"I already assume you know where your living quarters is Temari-Chan." She stated that slyness never disappearing from her voice.
"Yes ma'am. I am very aware of my living arrangements."
"And I'll keep him in line if he gets into to much trouble Tsunade-san." Chuckled Temari.
"I can take care of myself, I don't need anyone to watch me..." a little depression cloud came over Naruto as he went to sulk in the corner.
The blonde women just rolled their eyes at the blonde mans antics.
"Before you go Naruto, I want you to organize the second task in the exams with Anko Mitarashi. They will be held in the forest of death again and you will be in charge of designing the task along with Anko" the Hokage said handing Naruto a scroll with the mission statement.
"Ok, design a task with the crazy bitch snake lady no problem" Naruto said with a hidden shudder forgetting about his depression instantly.
"Alright then, Dismissed." The blondes went to turn around walk out the door before Tsunade said her final words.
"Make sure to use condoms!" She yelled at them.
The two younger blondes never felt so embarrassed in their lives. They practically sprinted out the tower with their hearts beating like crazy.
"You wanna get something to eat?" He quickly asked wanting to forget that embarrassing comment Tsunade made.
"Yes please." Already walking towards where she wanted to eat.
"Hey! Wait for me!"
As they began walking Temari noticed glares had been given to her.
All of the glare's directed at her were from women civilians mostly but there were a few young genin that hadn't grown out of there fan girl tendency's yet.
Truth was more than half the single kunoichi wanted to have a crack at Naruto but would not let themselves be brought down to the level of the common fan girl as it would give other kunoichi a bad name.
"So how long has this been happening." She lowered her voice so that only Naruto could hear her.
"Ever since I came back. More so when baa-Chan announced my heritage." He said scratching his head sheepishly.
The whispering from the females started getting louder the farther they went down the street.
"Look at that slut who does she think she is doing that to Namikaze-sama." one clearly jealous woman said
"I know, Namikaze-Kun should be with me!"
"It's that whore from Suna!"
"Wasn't she with Shikamaru-San?"
"She moved on from Nara-San to Namikaze-kun, she must have really slept from the bottom to the top!"
"I would let Naru-kun break me off."
"Slut!!"
"Suna Whore!!"
Normally she would have ignored comments like this but she felt that if she held out any longer she would finally reach her breaking point.
She ever so slowly reached for her fan before Naruto's voice reached her.
"I chose you."
She pulled her hand away from her tessen and just huffed.
"Come on, I want some Dango." She gritted her teeth
They saw a small Dango shack and went towards there making small convo before they went into the Dango shop.
The hostess greeted them and after some heavy flirting with Naruto, much to Temari's dismay, she escorted them to a booth in the back.
As the couple slid into the booth Naruto was soon ordering Miso ramen which they thankfully did have and Temari ordered some Dango with a cup of milk.
"So how long are you supposed to be here?" Naruto asked rubbing her leg under the table.
"For about two to three weeks for the chunin exams and diplomatic reasons." She went and grabbed his hand with hers, intertwining fingers.
Temari was getting more than a little agitated with the way that women kept drooling all over Naruto. She wasn't the jealous type by any means, but damnit he was hers!!!
Naruto noticed Temari's face start twitching and squeezing his hand tighter.
"You a-alright Tema?" He struggled not to shout.
Coming out of her thoughts she nodded and decided to start the conversation up again.
"Soooo...would the oh-so honorable Namikaze-sama like to show me around to the hot springs." A hidden smirk was played on her lips.
"I wouldn't mind that at all. In fact after we're done here, we can go straight there." He said not missing a beat.
"Well we have to be on our way soon now don't we?"
"I guess we do..." his hand slid to her thigh.
They sat in silence while they waited in their food just looking at each other. Not in an awkward type way but looks of love and friendships and just a tinge bit of lust.
When their food arrived they said a quick prayer and dug in.
While the blondes ate a certain snake mistress had appeared.
"Well, well, well isn't it my two favorite blonde haired gaki's!" Grinned an enthusiastic Anko.
The blondes audibly groaned. They didn't want to meet Anko here of all places right now.
'Damn Namikaze, he really buffed out. He's a hunk just like his father..'
Anko licked her lips at this, a site that did not go unnoticed by Temari and she subconsciously gripped the edge of the table tighter.
"Well I'm working with the boy who challenged me all those years ago, you know I still want a rematch." Anko cooed.
"Sure this should be fun, I wanted I piece a of you since you got back" Anko said seductively before standing up and walking over to Naruto before running a finger across one of his whisker marks and walking off. "Well you coming or not" she called out when she was just about to leave.
Naruto had a blank look on his face before turning to Temari and giving her a quick look. "dont worry" he mouthed before removing himself from the booth.
"I won't" she said standing up.
"Because I am going to come as well, it's the first chunin exams you'll be proctoring and it's not befitting of you if you fuck up the second stage of the exams." Temari said.
"Alrighty then if that's what you decide" Naruto chuckled.
Temari nodded her head.
"Well lets go then" Naruto said opening the front door for Anko and Temari.
"So gaki what do you think same aspect as last time, shove the scared kiddies into the forest of death and let them fight amongst each other" Anko said when the trio arrived in a clearing of the forest.
"Sounds good to me but a new idea about the task they need to complete instead of the scroll's would be good" Naruto said.
"Aw whats wrong with my scrolls, they were excellent" Anko pouted
"While it's was good because it let team's negotiate and deceive other teams, I believe we can make it both harder and more exciting" Naruto said confidently.
"Oh yeah smart ass how do you plan on doing that" Anko said playfully.
"Well I got the idea from the bell test that Kakashi uses, in that I think each member needs to have an objective, lets say bell's. Now we give each team 1 bell and force them to collect three, one for each team member effectively guaranteeing there are only a third of the genin make it through. This will also make it harder to deceive the other teams about how many bells you have and it will also make it more difficult to avoid confrontation's with other team's as they all will have the same object and teams with say the Byakugan or an Aburame cant tell that they have the wrong scroll and move on" Naruto informed the pair of kunoichi.
'That's my man!' Temari almost wanted to scream out but just resided with a smirk.
"Hm not bad that will mean a lot more fighting as well, I gotta say gaki you got style. If your girlfriend wasn't here right now I don't know if I could control myself" Anko teased then sent a delightfully sinister smile to Temari who was not impressed with the snake mistresses action's.
"We're not dating." Temari mumbled.
"Keep telling that to yourself blondie!" Anko rolled her eyes.
"Well this was easy so we just co proctor this and as this is the survival task and everything is allowed we don't have to do shit" Naruto said relaxing.
"Why don't you set up some trap seals around the forest before the genin go in, it will be just that extra threat that they will have to be aware of like the animals and other competitors" Temari suggested.
"That's not bad at all actually. That will make for a good show, what type of seals would work though... I mean they cant be set off by animals or they would just be set off when a bird or something went near them" Anko said.
"Well its a bit of work but I can make some elemental seals katon and Fuuton mostly as I wont need help for those elements, can cause them to either exhert a tidal wave of water or compressed blast of wind from the seals, I can also use a highly advanced proximity seal that will only activate from a humans chakra, they will take awhile but I will combine them for trap's. I wont make them deadly unless they hit dead on, but they will cause injury if hit by them" Naruto said
"Nice work gaki, now how about we go have some fun, I know the perfect place around here that you cant be heard no matter how loud you make me scream" Anko said turning around only to find the blondes gone in a puff of smoke.
"THOSE BRATS!!! ILL GET PAYBACK DAMMNIT!!" She yelled in the forest cursing the two.
~With Naruto~
Naruto and Temari were currently heading to the hot springs when Naruto suddenly winced as he received clone him and Temari's memories when they gave Anko the slip.
"We might want to lay low for a while.."
"She noticed." Temari stated bluntly causing Naruto to scratch his head with a sheepish smile.
"Yup, but now where were we?" Naruto wagged his eyebrows.
'Corny romantic'
"Your hopeless Uzumaki." She grinned.
He already knew she was tired from her trip and just wanted to unwind, and he wanted her to do just that before her day tomorrow.
"Oi!! Naruto!!"
Naruto and Temari looked back to see Teams 8, 9 (with and exception of Lee), and team 10 including Sakura talking to Ino.
"Hey guys! What are you all doing?"
'Please not the hot springs, Please not the hot springs, please not the hot springs!!!" Naruto pleaded in his mind.
"We all got done training and team 9 just returned from a mission so we all thought it would be a nice idea and relax in the hot springs!" Squealed Ino.
'Fuck!'
"That's great!! Temari and I were actually heading there myself for a good soak." Naruto said stretching with Temari nodding her head in agreement.
"You and Temari-san?" Asked a curious Shino.
"I'm her escort while she's here in Konoha."
"Shikamaru, I thought you escorted Temari around when she's here?" Said a curious Chouji.
"I did but it was all to troublesome, dealing with that troublesome woman every time she came to Konoha was a drag." Shikamaru yawned secretly giving the blonde couple a wink
'Nice going Nara!' 'Thanks Shikamaru!!' Was what both Temari and Naruto thinking.
"Whatever Nara." Temari rolled her eyes.
Everyone just left it at that and headed to Konoha's hot springs which now wasn't even that far away.
~10 minutes later~
~With the girls~
"Ahhh, after a mission the hot water really soaks right into my bones." Tenten sighed as she let the steaming water melt away all her problems.
"You sound like an old man Tenten but I agree." Said Ino.
"I second that." Murmured Temari with closed eyes she sat right next to her fellow blonde.
With agreement going around they continued to soak in the water until Ino decided to say something.
"I wonder how the guys are doing," asked Ino Yamanaka, her long blond hair in a ponytail, which was created by using part of her hair as a tie. Her wicked grin told she was not being serious with the question.
Sitting across Ino in the hot tub, Tenten, her brown hair in twin hair buns, chuckled. "Obvious, they are likely miserable, given how crowded they are in their tub, especially with Akamaru and Chouji taking up space."
'No telling about Naruto, he is unpredictable after all.'
"Meh, probably nothing much." Replied Temari.
Sitting on the tub's side between Ino and Tenten and facing away from the others with her arms crossed on the tub's rim. "That's why we took the offer!" All five young kunoichi softly laughed, knowing they had gotten one over the boys.
Opposite from Sakura, Hinata Hyuuga simply smiled in amusement. "Ino-san, Sakura-san, Tenten-san, Temari-san... That was mean." Her long indigo hair was in a side-ponytail, and like Ino, she had part of her hair used as a hair tie.
Ino waved away Hinata's words, even though she understood the girl was not entirely serious. "Oh, come on, Hinata. It's funny to imagine the boys all jam in a tub of this size," she indicated to their own tub for a size comparison. "Least there is only five of us girls, giving each of us plenty of breathing room."
"Yeah," agreed Sakura as she turned around to face her three female friends and Suna woman, her short pink hair loose and free. "I'm glad we found this last private room to rent, for we can talk without anyone else hearing us. You can not have a private conversation in the public hot-springs outside."
After she sank lower in the soothing hot water, the pinkette sighed. "I needed this. After that last mission involving Sasuke-kun I've been training harder and besides Naruto still has his promise to keep to me."
Temari almost growled when the pink haired nin said that, how dare she play with Naruto's feelings as if he were just some thing she can use and dispose later when the time comes, all for the Uchiha brat.
Hinata, on the other hand, was thinking the exact same thing but a little less violently.
Ino sighed, her blue eyes concerned for her best friend. "Are you really okay, Sakura? I know how much you want to see Sasuke be back in Konoha."
Sakura looked at her long-time female friend. "I'll be fine, Ino," she replied before her face became a concern one. "What about you? Are you okay?" With almost a switch of an attitude.
It was the platinum blonde's turn to smile reassuringly. "I'm okay. I know Asuma-sensei's death was a big shock to me, Shikamaru, and Chouji, but we'd pulled out okay." Her blue eyes narrowed. "I'm glad Shikamaru and Naruto finished off those two Akatsuki goons. Least I can sleep knowing those two will not harm another person ever again."
Temari placed her slightly fisted hand on her chin, showing how worry she was. "Yet, there are other Akatsuki members who are very strong." Her teal eyes locked on the baby blues ones of Ino.
"Yeah," agreed Sakura, her eyes upwards. "Naruto has his work cut out for him."
After a couple minutes of silence, Tenten broke it with a reassuring grin. "Well, this is Naruto we're talking about here. Has he ever given up in the face of overwhelming odds? Otherwise, he wouldn't have defeated Neji in the Chuunin Exams."
"Or Gaara," added Temari, her grin showing her pride in Naruto.
"Or that Akatsuki member, Kakuzu," inserted Ino, her expression showing her gratitude for the blond boy.
"That's Naruto," agreed Sakura. "He will not ever give up, not even for me." Her face turned into one of . "Besides, he's strong like that, out of all of us he's the one that can get Sasuke-kun back."
'Uchiha whore..' Temari had wanted to say but kept her silence.
Ino rolled her eyes then shot a look at her long time friend. "Whatever you say, though he definitely has gotten stronger hasn't he forehead..." Ino licked her lips
"If only we could see what's under the shirt, and pants." Tenten whispered that last part out but since they were trained shinobi the heard her perfectly clear.
'A thing that is nearly 11 inches and will have you blissfully sore by the time he's done.' Temari replied mentally.
"Who knew you were such a pervert Tenten!" Ino turned into a mess of giggles.
"A girl has her fantasies." Tenten sighed blissfully.
"Definitely," said Ino, knowing how much she wouldn't mind having a chance with Naruto.
~With the boys~
"Oi!! Stop hogging all the space!!" Yelled an annoyed ninken user.
"Chouji! Akamaru! Get out the tub we can't breath!!" Growled an irritated Byakugan user with his back rubbing against the edge.
"Gah!! I can't help it guys!! But one day I'll find a lady who'll love my rolls you can see to that!!" Yelled a determined Chouji.
The teenage Inuzuka snorted in amusement. "Who would be talking about you? Obviously, not any of the girls, that's for sure."
Shino, who was now awake, raised an eyebrow upon making eye contact with his teammate. He knew Kiba had affections for Hinata but she was caught up with her feelings for Naruto.
Except for the blonde Yondaime look-alike, everyone in the entire Konoha 11 plus their jounin teachers knew about the shy Hyuuga loving the blonde young man. Just that they knew it was up to Hinata to tell Naruto about her feelings, and so far, the female heiress has yet to summon the courage to tell him.
Of course, there was also the question regarding Naruto's feelings for another mystery female. Shino was for sure Naruto was over Sakura, though Sakura's feelings still was on the Uchiha, who had not ever love her to begin with.
Shino lowered his eyebrow and mentally shook his head, for this four-way love square was quite puzzling. As far as he was concern, Naruto should figure out Hinata's crush on him and be with her.
Naruto shrugged. "Maybe they're just talking about us guys in general. After all, we are pretty good looking." He grinned.
'And Temari knows this..'
Kiba puffed out his chest smirking in pride with his Alpha confidence circulating all round him, grunting in agreement. "You're right. Especially me I mean who wouldn't want a piece of me."
Everyone stared at Kiba with deadpanned expressions even his Akamaru who lowered his head almost embarrassedly.
"Anyways, where's Bushy-brows?" Naruto asked as he rubbed the warm water through his hair.
"He said he had to walk three thousand steps on his hands, but after the he said he'd be right over." Kiba said as he continued to wash himself and then soaked in the water.
"He sure is dedicated." Said Shikamaru scrubbing his hair.
"Let's just hope he hurries." Hastily replied Neji.
~With Rock Lee~
"Gah!" Lee grunted
"2298..."
"Hold on guys..." He was currently running on rooftops with his hands trying to hurry up so he can take a soak with his friends.
"I'm coming!!"
He jumped again on another rooftop.
"2299..."
Lee's jumpsuit then got caught on some lining making him fall and crash into a lions den.
~A few seconds later~
"AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!" Yelled the girls.
"What the hell just happened?" Asked Naruto immediately getting out the onsen and putting on a towel.
"I don't know but let's find out." Agreed Neji following Naruto out the door along with the rest of the guys.
"Ngh.." Lee groaned trying to see his surroundings.
"Lee?" Tenten's upset voice brought him back to his senses.
All Temari could do was grit her teeth in anger at the little green beast pervert.
"What are you doing here?!" Yelled Sakura.
"A-ano...L-Lee-san!!" stuttered Hinata blushing embarrassed by the boy in the girls part of the onsen covering her chest.
"Rock Lee!!!!" Ino shouted furiously.
"You little creep!!!" She grabbed Lee by the collar pushing him up to her.
"You were just trying to peep on us weren't you!!" She accused.
"N-No!!!" He waved his hands scared for his life at the moment at what the Yamanaka heiress would do to him.
"I was just training and my clothing got caught on something I swear!!"
"It was only an accident!!" He cried out
"So you just happened to be on the bath house training?" Tenten pointedly asked.
"I don't buy it!! I'm gonna take care of you!!" Ino shook her fists aiming to punch Lee's face when a stronger hand grabbed hers.
"What's going on here? Lee?" Naruto calmly asked standing between the two.
"I-I didn't do any!-"
"He peeked on us!! Don't you act all innocent either Rock Lee!!" Sakura shouted cracking her knuckles.
"Ano! N-Naruto-kun!" The poor Hyuuga girl was on the verge of fainting.
"How improper!" Scolded Neji.
"See! See!! See!!!" Ino shook the scared straight pissy taijustu master.
"Rock Lee..you wouldn't.." All he could do was make a quivering puppy face with a single tear strolling down his cheek falling on to the floor.
(When I watched it in the anime I thought I was sooo fucking adorable(ᴥʋ)!!")
Lee then took a chance to get out of Ino's grip and ran away crying magical tears.
"Hey he's getting away!!!"
The girls and guys chased after Lee leaving a stunned Naruto and Temari behind.
"I don't believe Lee would ever do something like that.." he murmured to Temari looking at her curvaceous body in a towel.
"Then what are you standing here telling me for go stand up for him." Said Temari leaning on the door frame smirking.
"Your right...come on!"
The two blondes exited the bath house only to find Lee on the ground outside and surrounded by a furious crowd of ninja.
"LEE, I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!" Ino raised her fist to strike Rock Lee only to be stopped when Naruto stepped in between them.
"You guys! Lee would never do this! He isn't even the type of person!..."
"You disappoint me Lee!" Tenten shook her head. He continued to try and prove his innocence. "But! It's not what you think! I was jumping from roof to roof when-!" he shuddered when Ino cracked her knuckles, an evil aura sprung up behind her. "... there's no use in talking!"
Hinata tried to intervene. "W-wait! Hold on a m-minute! Maybe it really was just a c-c-coincidence!" "SHUT UP! I'LL BEAT YOU CAUSE YOUR SUSPICIOUS!"
"ENOUGH!" Naruto stood in front of the cowering boy, throwing his arms out to shield him. "Lee isn't like that! He's our friend! If he says it isn't like that, than I believe him!" Lee was crying in happiness behind him.
Everyone's expression fell in shame.
'We should have never doubted Lee..' They all thought at the same time.
Without looking back Naruto offered Lee his hand to get up.
With tears of joy in his eyes Lee took Naruto's hand immediately but unfortunately didn't watch where he was grabbing.
"THANK YOU NARU!-" Lee was now starting at uncovered tan butt cheeks and blushed looking away.
The boys had already seen it so they just looked away.
The girls on the other hand weren't fairing so well looking at his tool as they were either drooling with nosebleeds or in Hinata's case suffering from a severe nosebleed and passing out.
Temari...she was used to it; after all that tool that was exposed in the open was hers.
Feeling his towel not tied around him any more he instantly went pale at the realization.
"OH NARU-KUN!!!!! WHERE ARE YOU SWEETIE?!!" said a fan-girlish voice.
'Shit! Busted!!'
"HE'S NAKED TOO!!!"
A horde of fan girls came rushing after Naruto Kunoichi and civilian women alike.
"Shit!! See you guys later!!" Naruto ran off leaving a a dust cloud behind him.
The Konoha 11 and Temari were just left behind with stunned faces. The girls had not left their places from when they saw Naruto's package.
"L-let's just go.."mumbled Shikamaru who was basically dragging a stuck Ino with a dreamy look on her face.
"Did you see it...it was a pure package from heaven..." Ino dreamily sighed.
'I guess I'll just meet him at home.' Thought Temari shrugging heading towards Naruto's home.
~Later that night~
Naruto had just gotten home that night and was dead beat tired.
He had been chased by fan girls all day and each time he tried to hide they always found him no mater what he did.
He then left Temari up there by the hot springs by herself.
'Shit..'
He sensed her in the compound so she made it home alright. Taking his shoes of at the front of the door he made his way to his bedroom only not to find Temari not there.
"Temari!" He slightly yelled
"I'm in here!" Naruto went to the bathroom to see it was candle lit.
The scent of lavender rose up with the steam of the bath, hitting the ceiling and covering the mirror in condensation.
The hot water mixed with the oils of the bath melt soothed Temari's creamy skin, the feeling of it now mimicking that of silk. She sighed and lowered herself deeper into the basin of the tub, the water now tickling her nostrils.
"Your taking a soak again?" He smirked looking at the relaxed form of Temari.
"Yup, get in with me. I just got in."
It wasn't a question or suggestion. It was a command.
Naruto's eyes didn't leave her face for a second he slowly took his clothing off. "Excuse me?"
Temari looked at Naruto with a face that said 'I-know-you-heard-what-I-said' face.
"I never would have thought you wanted to see me naked this bad." He said in a slight teasing tone.
She rolled her eyes, "You need to relax, too Naru. Take a bath with me. We were supposed to be alone in the hot springs today Anyways remember.."
She wasn't going to take no for an answer, she made the bath for them to enjoy it together since their time earlier had been cut short.
"Plus, I'll make you take a bath anyways. You smell." She playfully splashed water on him.
"Your wish is my command Princess." The last piece of clothing was his boxers which were off instantly.
Naruto slid in behind her bringing her onto his lap.
"Now isn't that much better princess?" She mocked him back as he settled in behind her.
"Whatever." he grinned kissing her neck.
The two sat in silence for a few minutes, Temari idly playing with the foam in the water with her finger and Naruto rubbing her stomach.
"You know I could really get used to things like this, just the two of us with no one around. It's so peaceful isn't it?" She asked resting her head on his shoulder and he pulled her close and massaged her tensed body.
"Yeah, it really is peaceful." He answered softly looking down at her with a small smile gracing his face.
'Thank you, Temari.' He thought before leaning back against the edge and enjoying the comfort the moonlight brought him. Plus, closeness of Temari.
'I wonder...if you guys were still here...mom and dad. Is this what it was like when you were with each other? In the short time that we met I'm happy I met someone like her...mom. Like you said dad, someone who's been there for me and actually tries to get to know me but let's me do it at my pace. She doesn't try too hard, yet she also isn't putting in bare minimum effort, she's the wind that fuels my fire, she loves me and accept me for who I am and doesn't care about my name. She's not afraid to put me in my place. I think you would definitely approve of her mom.'
He thought before closing his eyes and just let himself be enveloped in the moment and took in everything around him before falling asleep in the tub.
~Two days later~
~Naruto's Bedroom~
Naruto awoke first, on his chest Temari laid. She had wrapped her leg around his in her sleep and she was so intent on keeping him where he was she had her arm flung around his neck holding him in position, this was a normal occurrence and happened almost every time they slept in a bed together. Temari clings onto the warmest thing she can find when she sleeps and that is almost always Naruto.
"Well, good morning to you, too." a smile crept on his face when he saw her eyes flutter open and let out a cute yawn.
"Hn." she moaned before closing her grip on Naruto even more and letting out a contented groan. She gave Naruto a small kiss on his tattoo.
"You know, we should be getting up right now right" Naruto asked.
"Yes." was her simple reply as she continued to snuggle into him.
"Have I ever told you your so damn sexy when you cuddle me to death." Naruto said sarcastically stroking her hair.
"Of course I know this, that's how I keep you coming back." She said in her usual cocky demeanor as she planted several more kisses on his chest not wanting to leave his warmth.
"I would have come back anyways." He grinned kissing the top of her head.
"You know if you keep going you are going to be on top of me" Naruto joked squeezing her butt.
"Hm, that's not a bad idea, we still got some time" she said sliding her leg over his waist and moving over until she was laying on top of the spiky haired blond grinning misheviously.
After that they had started making out again enjoying each others company all the more, there was a sudden perverse giggling.
Temari widened her eyes a bit before they went back to normal. She swore that if she ever caught Naruto's perverted sensei peeking on them again she'd beat the shit out of him.
Naruto must have heard it too because he stopped for a second before kissing her again.
Temari then backed out of the kissed with her hair covering her face making Naruto scared shitless.
"Oh, Naru-kun...remember that promise I made back to you in Suna about two years ago?" She asked in a sickening sweet voice dripping like honey cause she never called him Naru-kun unless she was pissed or trying to be a tease.
Temari slowly reached under Naruto's pillow where he kept a kunai for paranoia reasons.
"You kinda have to remind me..." Ah, shit now his dick feels scared now. And he was really liking where their little game was leading to until Jiraya had to ruin it.
'Damn you Erosenin!!!' He cursed the sage in his mind.
Temari then channeled wind natured chakra into it. She was quick to aim and threw it where the toad sage was standing right by his family jewels.
The justu hiding Jiraya immediately faded and had him sweating bullets trying to come up with an excuse on why he was there.
"Now, now Tema-Chan you wouldn't want to hurt your Naru-kun's sensei Now would you." He said trying to take some of the heat off him because he learned the hard way She can pack a mean punch.
"You pervert!! I'll kick your ass!!!" Jiraya took this time to get the hell out of there as the sandy blonde kunoichi got up and chased him.
"Every. Fucking. Time." He sighed
'Time to get up Anyways.' Naruto got up and sulked to the bathroom.
That morning a very victorious/satisfied Temari walked into the house with a beaten steaming twitching Jiraya in tow.
~Exam Time!!~
Konohamaru, Udon and Moegi had Just arrived at the academy for the fist test. They still had close the half and hour before the exams started but both Naruto, Ebisu, and Temari-san had suggested arriving early to scout the competition.
"Good you all showed up, you can only take the exam in three person teams so if one of you didn't show up I couldn't have let you in" Ebisu said having seen his students arrive.
"Hey! Nii-san trained us to our limits!! Why wouldn't we show up!!" Konohamaru had bit bit more cockiness in his voice than usual.
"Careful, Konohamaru-kun that cockiness can be a shinobi's downfall" Ebisu informed his pupil to which he just hummed in acknowledgment.
Ebisu continued "Now there are three teams that I would best avoid as long as you can, the team from the sand with Matsuri the Kazekage's apprentice and hand picked students by his siblings. The other is a Team from Kiri, we don't have much information on them other than that they have successfully completed 5 B ranked missions, so they are clearly not genin level" Ebisu said.
"So stay away from one of the teams from Iwa and Matsuri's team got it" Konohamaru said, but inside he wasn't really paying attention because of excitement.
Entering the room they looked around for familiar faces but found none. "Huh I guess we are the only rookie team this time around" Udon said becoming slightly intimidated by the other genin some were far older than they were.
"That's fine, we can just rub it in our classmates faces when we become chunin!!" Konohamaru said, successfully calming Udon's nerves as they moved into the room.
~With Naruto~
"Do we really have to do this?" Naruto asked as he saw Anko preparing a banner.
"Yes, we have to make an impression and scare the kiddies." Anko replied maliciously
"Yeah right, you just do it to piss off Ibiki" Naruto said as she was putting the finishing touches on her masterpiece before taking a few steps back to admire her work.
~Back with Konohamaru~
Ibiki had just told them the rules of his test and once Konohamaru saw the questions he freaked. He began looking around the room desperately, until he saw a hyuga from the branch house activate her byakugan, and several other obvious yet subtle ways of cheating.
'Hey is I can recognize that they are cheating then why cant scarface up the front or any of the other chunin in the room... unless that's the point of the test' Konohamaru thought but was then stumped as to how he could pull it off.
Konohamaru waited until the person in front of him looked to have finished his test before 'accidentally' dropping a couple of smoke pellets. When they erupted smoke billowed into the room removing all visibility, Konohamaru used this time to switch test's with the person in front of him before quickly erasing the name and writing in his own.
When the smoke cleared Ibiki gave a bit of a show of what he would do if he saw anyone do that, then sat back down with a small smirk at how terrified most of the genin were of the large bandanna wearing man.
When the test finally came to the final question Konohamaru sat and waited, there was the usual outbursts of most of the genin, but when the young Sarutobi saw his teammates were not worried he figured there was some trick behind it.
"So no one else wants to leave then...Very well you... Pass!".
CRASH! two blurs one black the other yellow and red came in through the window and a banner unfolded behind them that said
"The Single and Very Sexy Anko Mitarashi... And The Sexy NOT Taken yet Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze Proctors for the second exam".
"You two are early, Anko I would expect this from but did you have to play along Naruto-san" Ibiki said.
"See, I told you we were early Anko!! Sorry about that Ibiki-san you know how she gets and I would rather not have to deal with her snakes" Naruto rubbed the bridge of his nose.
"Hey Nii-san! Why didn't you tell us you were a proctor!!!" Konohamaru yelled out, he was the first person to get over the arrival of the strange pair.
"Because, Konohamaru if I told you, you would have asked me what's in the exam." Naruto explained.
"Anko if you will do the honors." Naruto said with a grin.
"With Pleasure Naruto-kun." She ran her fingers down his shirt.
'Not this shit again.' He inwardly sighed
"Alright Maggots Training ground 44 in twenty Minutes, if your late you will be disqualified" she yelled before jumping out the window she came in.
Naruto stood there for a moment before turning to Ibiki "Does she ever collect her banners?" he asked curious as to if she ever came back to clean up her mess.
"No. We even had to hire a permanent disposal crew to follow her around for the first few year's she worked in the T and I department. Every time she went in to interrogate a prisoner she would have a new banner, we asked the art's supply store in town to stop selling to her, but they refused because they were making too much money" once Ibiki had finished he banged his head lightly on the table at the memory's of the antics of his protege before leaving.
Naruto turned to the still stunned genin and gave a confused look "Um...No pressure but GET YOUR ASSES MOVING!! There is only 18 minutes left to get to training ground 44 and we are serious if your late, you fail!!" and with that Naruto jumped out the same window and headed for the forest of death.
The genin seemed to be knocked out of there stupor at that and began flooding out of the room narrowly avoiding the large banner that still waved about at the front.
~18 Minutes Later~
~Training ground 44~
Naruto and Anko were waiting on a large rock in front of the genin gazing intently at there watch's.
"And that's time" Naruto said before Anko took over "Alright maggots welcome to training ground 44 better known as the forest of death"
She paused for a moment enjoying the looks on the faces on the genin before continuing "The second exam is a survival test, you will be pitted against each other inside the forest in an anything goes exercise for a maximum of five days. This is why you will need to sign these waver forms that excuse Konoha from all responsibly in the highly likely event of your deaths" Anko said with a small laugh at the end to make her sound even more sadistic.
"Now the object of this task is to make it to the building in the center of the forest, but first you need to collect three of these bells" Naruto said producing a bell and holding it up for the teams to see. "Each team will be given 1 bell and as such will have the 5 days to take at least two other bells from teams by what ever mean's necessary, killing is allowed from this point on. Once you have your bells you can stay and collect more to lessen the competition or head to the finish point. Now if you and your team's will head over to Anko she will hand you your teams bell and consent forms" Naruto said pleased that his job had been successfully finished and he could now relax.
"You forgot to tell them about the trap's placed in the forest and the animals" Anko said loudly enough for the genin to hear she didn't ellaborate on it further and Naruto who was currently sun baking seemed uninterested.
~With Konohamaru Korps~
"So what do you think guys do we Head for the center and pick off the teams that arrive tired or go hunt them" Konohamaru said in his best form of plan making.
"I say we set up a small base about halfway to the tower and then booby trap the area Naruto sensei's trap making skills he taught me are amazing I could set up some traps now that even I would get caught in they are so complex" Udon said.
"Good Plan but I say we combine both, we set up a base camp and rest for the day then hunt down the other teams at night" Moegi suggested.
"Wow that's brilliant Moegi chan, get the other teams while there tired and sleeping with less guards" Konohamaru said.
"Then it's decided we will move along till we find an easily defensible position then make camp" Udon said decisively.
Several hours later they found a large hollowed out tree at the edge of a clearing and set up a camp Udon went and began to lay his trap's and seals while Konohamaru and Moegi made a small fire and caught some of the less sizable local wildlife.
Once night came on the second day the group who were rested and feeling relaxed made there way through a small gap Udon had made in his traps and left the clearing.
A short while later they came across a team of Grass ninja sitting on a tree branch relaxing, deciding to take advantage of the less than aware ninja the Konohamaru Korps set up a loose perimeter by surrounding them and slowly approaching them from all angles.
Suddenly one of the Kusa ninja saw Konohamaru and warned the others causing them to split up, it was most unfortunate that they each ran into a separate leaf ninja.
Konohamaru came face to face with the tallest of the group, a boy with shoulder length black hair pulled back in a bun. The tall Kusa genin charged at Konohamaru but thanks to Naruto's training easily avoided it, Konohamaru created two shadow cloned and began delivering a beating onto the tallest of the genin.
Udon faced what was most likely a kindred spirit, big glasses and a runny nose, the main difference between the two was there hetai-ite as one had a grass symbol while the other had leaf, wasting no time Udon quickly sent four kunai in a square pattern around the genin who looked confused at Udon's horrible aim. That confusion turned to shock as he realized he could no longer move no matter how hard he tried.
Moegi also made short work of her opponent, casting a shifted perception genjutsu like the one she used on Ebisu she was easily able to slip through the grass genin's defenses before tying her up in nija wire.
The three met back up after dealing with there targets.
"Good work guys now lets search them for the bells!" Konohamaru said and began his search.
In the end it turned out that they only had one bell and it was on Moegi's opponent.
"I guess they figured that less people would be willing to search a girl..." Moegi said throwing the bell to Udon who sealed it into a scroll where the other was safely located.
After that they decided to make there way back to camp and would strike again in a few days because as teams were loosing there bells they would get more and more tired from fighting.
On the way back however they ran into a problem, in a small clearing they jumped into Udon had to grab his teammates to stop them from kicking off.
"Hey, Udon what gives?" Konohamaru asked.
"Look we are trapped!!" Udon said and pointed to seals scattered all over the surrounding trees.
"What do we do then?" Konohamaru asked paling at the sight of the dangerous looking tags.
"I don't recognize the seal designs but that's not saying much because I cant recognize anything about them at all, these were done by a highly trained seal user no way a genin did this, this is Naruto sensei's work I'm sure of it!" Udon said causing the other two to pale even more.
"So what do we do if that's Naruto sensei's seals we wont escape this alive..." Moegi said
"No I don't think so Naruto would make it seem impossible to escape meaning we are going to have to set off some of the trap's but other than that I would say we are safe, he wouldn't kill us, gravely injure maybe but never kill... I say we make a run for it and be ready to dodge." Udon said thankful they had left there weights off when they left this morning.
The group ran once they got close enough to a tag it started to glow.
"Look out!!" Moegi called. Several large compressed air balls shot out from the first seal and tore through a near by tree.
The danger hadn't stopped there as they ran and another seal exploded this time a large wall of water shot out. Acting quickly the genin jumped up into a tree but had to escape quickly as there was another seal on the branch.
This seal had sent kunai flying from it and forced the genin to dodge what they could. Udon was able to block them with his sword while Moegi had come out unscathed thanks to her extra dodging lessons. Konohamaru however had several shallow cuts up his arms and legs but was otherwise unharmed.
"I am going to get Nii-san for this just wait and see he will pay!!" Konohamaru raged while the other two giggled lightly.
After escaping the trap field they had managed to make there way back to there camp and were just planing to rest when there was a loud explosion from the edge of the clearing.
Immediately rushing to check out the problem they found two Kiri ninja trying to release a third from the ninja wire he was wrapped in.
Reacting quickly Konohamaru threw a kunai before running through some hand seals "Kunai Kagebushin no jutsu" he yelled and around thirty kunai appeared around the original.
Seeing the danger the Kiri ninja grabbed there team member and jumped away followed by Moegi and Udon.
Moegi raced in and began exchanging blows in taijutsu with a female member of the group while udon kept the other busy with kunai thrown with exploding tags wrapped around them.
Konohamaru arrived then and joined in allowing Udon to focus his well placed attacks between the two fights, then he had an idea and moved towards the already tied up Kiri ninja. "Alright Stop!" he called out causing both seemingly even fights to halt. "Good now surrender at once or I kill this one" Udon said he voice shaking at the prospect of being forced to kill the tied up Kiri ninja.
"What how do we know you wont just kill us after we surrender" the girl of the group said.
"If you drop your bell's and all gear where you are I will let you leave with your teammate and you still have a chance in this competition, however if you don't and force me to kill your team member you will fail anyway and then you will be out numbered" Udon reasoned while searching the tied up genin and removing all his weapons.
"Fine" the other member said and removed his Kunai holder and threw a bell onto the ground and back away from Konohamaru slowly.
The girl did the same and tossed another bell onto the floor showing that they had two and backed away with her teammate.
At this Udon stepped away from there team mate and collected the bells. "That is the way out between those two trees, there are traps in every other direction, you can go now" he said returning to Konohamaru and Moegi.
"We have 4 bells now we should move it to the tower as fast as we can" Udon whispered getting nods from his fellow genin.
After the Kiri ninja had left the Konohamaru Korps made there way quickly to the tower. Upon arriving there they saw a three hooks hanging up over a old sealed door.
"I guess we place the bells on the hooks" Konohamaru said stating the obvious.
Once the bells were in place there was a loud puff of smoke and Naruto Appeared.
"Hey guys, congratulations your only the second team to arrive, in truth were not expecting too many more so you wont have to worry about preliminary rounds" said Naruto with a smile.
"Nii-san those traps you made cut me up good you will pay for that you know!!" Konohamaru said causing Naruto to laugh.
"Meh, the more the better!! Though, I may have gone overboard on some of them" he admitted before leading team Ebisu to the chamber's to wait out the final few day's.
~3 Day's Later~
Naruto was standing next to Tsunade with Anko on the other side including Temari and some other Jonin's. Only four teams had passed the second round with two teams from Konoha a team from Iwa and the team from Suna that had Matsuri, Gaara's Apprentice.
"Congratulations on passing the forest of death and I am pleased to announce that as there are only 12 of you left you will all be competing in the finals in One months time. The finals will be held in front of an audience from all over Suna, Konoha and allied villages. As such, you will be representing your villages, this is not only a chance for you to prove yourself as worthy of the title of chunin but also to promote the strength of your village. Now with that said there will be some minor changes to the selection of who you will be fighting in the finals. In the past we have told you your first opponent a month in advance, this will not be happening this time. You will have your name drawn out at random on the day. You have one month to train from now however you see fit" Tsunade said in an authoritative tone.
Konohamaru wasted little time running to Naruto to ask if he could train him. Naruto sadly had to decline, he had been a proctor was not allowed to show favoritism by training a competitor during the exam period, but he suggested that they all train together with Ebisu but learn some skills on there own as well in private.
Konohamaru was disappointed about that but could understand the reasoning well enough and went to ask Ebisu to train them as a team
~1 month later~
~Kage booth~
The month went by rather fast as the contestants had went home and trained harder with the promise of becoming a chunin.
Naruto, however, had his time split between Temari and training with a mission in between. All the rookies were there along with their Jonin sensei's wanting to watch who'll become a Chunin.
Currently, Tsunade had just shown Gaara along with Kankuro to Gaara's seat in the booth before she walked up to the podium and talked into the microphone placed for her there.
"Good Morning and welcome to the Chunin Exam Finals. We have a full day of genin fights ahead of us and one of them will most likely become Chunin!! The proctor of this exam will be Temari no subaku," Temari gave a wave of her hand down on the arena floor.
"Now as Hokage-sama just said, I am Temari no Subaku, and I'll be your third exam proctor. Now then, the third exam will consist of a group of one on one matches that will lead to your promotion of chunin!!"Applauses were hear around the arena as Temari announced the beginning of the chunin exams.
"First up is Moegi Kazamatsuri vs. Haru Takeda!!" She yelled.
Moegi made her way down onto the floor to loud applauding from the crowd who observed her confidence.
Moegi's opponent was a kunoichi from Takigakure, Naruto was interested to see what type of fighting style Moegi would choose, she had become far more confident since training with him and her taijutsu was now very good for a genin because her style suited her perfectly.
The Taki kunoichi was a bit taller than Moegi and probably a few years older, she had two kunai pouches one on either leg which suggested she was rather liberal with her Kunai and shuriken.
~Arena Floor~
Temari, who was looking at both parties looked like they were ready to begin.
"Ready, HAJIME!!!"
As soon as she yelled that she jumped back and the fight began.
Moegi darted forward swiftly dodging the projectile's thrown at her while the Taki Genin backed away.
The Taki genin looked to be struggling to keep Moegi at bay until she did something Moegi was not expecting, she charged. Catching Moegi by surprise she began pressing home her advantage and forcing Moegi to back away before she began throwing liberal amounts of shuriken and kunai again.
It was a sound strategy keep your opponent away with kunai in an attempt to hit them before using powerful taijutsu to push her back again when she got close, it was a game of cat and mouse and a very useful style for ninja that were low mobility.
Moegi still weaving in and out of another flurry of kunai decided she needed to do something quickly. Taking out a kunai she began swiping the oncoming waves away from her and looking for an opening.
Suddenly she saw the smallest of gaps and flung her kunai "Kunai Kagebushin no jutsu!" Moegi called out and the one kunai turned into many.
The Taki genin was shocked at this and began throwing more and more kunai as fast as she desperately tried to knock the shadow kunai out of the air.
Moegi used this time to move around to the kunoichi's side and move in. the Iwa gennin had just swatted the last of the kunai from the air when she saw the kick being sent for the side of her bace and brought up an arm to block it.
Having blocked the kick she went on the offensive again trying to force Moegi back but this time Moegi had changed her tactics and sent small counter attacks at the taller genin and began wearing her down.
Once Moegi saw she was getting the upper hand she used a sensory genjutsu to make the Taki kunoichi to think she was becoming more tired and her movements became sluggish, adding the vision perception shift she was so fond of she made little work of he opponent after that. Ending the fight with a kick to the back of the head.
Once Moegi was declared the winner by Temari the crowd roared its approval while the Konoha genin gave a sheepish wave up to where Naruto was sitting and making her way back to the competitors box.
~With Naruto~
"You really trained her well, she has changed so much from the shy genin that came to ask me for help" Naruto admitted.
"Of course she has changed!! I along with you trained her!! no student of mine is going to be a weak kunoichi if I can help it!!" Ebisu said proudly.
The next match was between a Konoha ninja most likely from a civilian family, and a boy named Kaine from Kiri, this was not so much a match as an ass kicking. Kaine from the start had moved at high speeds and sent an elbow into the chest of the Konoha ninja before finishing him with a spin kick.
"Well that was certainly...Interesting" Naruto said as he watched conclude, Kaine was around his age if he was honest and was well above genin level Naruto only guessed that Kiri had held him back to wait for the perfect time for the new Mizukage to show up since he didn't whoever her last time.
'Oh well..' Thought Naruto.
The board flashed again before stopping on Udon and a ninja from Suna.
They both headed down to the arena floor together and seemed to enjoy each others company, that was until the match started.
Naruto smirked to himself cause he knew Udon had come a long way.
~Fight~
Udon skipped back sending kunai with exploding notes flying around causing the Suna ninja to back.
Udon kept backing away from the other genin until he was at the base of a tree. The other genin seeing that Udon had stopped runnng decided to take advantage rocketed forward at a fast pace for a genin.
Just as he was about to hit Udon however he rolled out of the way and slammed a kunai into the ground trapping his opponent before drawing his blade and putting it to his throat. "Concede" Udon demanded of the thoroughly confused genin.
The Suna genin looked around for a way out but couldn't see one all he could see were the four well hidden kunai with the trap seal on them.
"Very well... Temari-sama I forfeit" the sand ninja said ashamed of himself having to quit in front of the Kazekage and his siblings.
~With Naruto~
"Yeah way to represent fuinjutsu Udon"Naruto yelled out appreciating the well thought out trap
"Well he should know how to use them well if you taught him them after all" Kakashi said
"Yeah I guess train them all well now we just have to get Konohamaru through this round then we are all set" Naruto said waiting for the next fight to be announced.
Naruto instantly became more interested when Konohamaru was called to face an Yuki genin named Tensisuchi. "Oh this should be good I cant wait to see how Konohamaru has improved in a real fight" Naruto said rubbing his hands together eagerly.
~Fight~
When Temari began the fight Konohamaru instantly ran forward trying to end the fight quickly like Udon had, unfortunately he was not so lucky and the Yuki genin rolled out of the way of konohamaru's punch and began peppering the young Sarutobi with kunai.
Konohamaru quickly rolled through behind a tre to take cover from the hail of kunai before taking his own out and sending it at Tensisuchi. "Kunai KageBushin no jutsu" Konohamaru yelled and his one kunai became around 50.
The Yuki genin ran out of the way of the incoming kunai and began running though some hand signs. "Doton: Mud shot" he called out and slammed his foot into the ground causing a large sphere of mud to rise from the ground before he punched it forward at Konohamaru.
Konohamaru had to quickly roll out of the way avoiding the mud which splintered the bark off a newly regrown tree after a small bit of work from Tenzo who was also there for a training session or two.
~With Naruto~
"That Yuki genin is pretty good I would say he will be promoted so far he has shown good speed and has at least some knowledge of elemental manipulation" Temari said plainly never taking her eyes off the fight leaning against the railing.
"Yeah Konohamaru may be on the ropes at the moment but I think he'll pull through. " Naruto said .
"Mhnn, hes not out of this fight yet, far from it in fact I would say it's only a matter of time before he wins, he also has come a long way from our training sessions." Naruto said confidently.
Naruto then leaned over to Temari cupping his hands over her ear. "Plus, I still want a training session with you since we couldn't afford it all this and all last week. I still need to stretch you out. My little ninja just doesn't seem to jump anymore without you." He cooed in her ear softly nibbling it.
Temari wouldn't admit it, hell she wouldn't even admit it to herself, she was starting to feel a tinge bit wet by the way he was talking to her.
"You certainly know just what to say. Mmmh...maybe later on tonight I'll show him some new tricks if he's a good boy. How does that sound?" She gave him a sideways glance with a half sided grin.
Naruto then gave her a silly salute.
"We'll both be good ma'am!!" He puffed up his chest along with his ninja standing at full attention.
'Pervert...'' She rolled her eyes.
~Fight~
Konohamaru had just dodged another ball of compressed mud and was getting sick of this dodging. Creating a shadow clone he used it to rocket himself forward just narrowly avoiding another round of the Doton justu earning a loud intake of breath from the audience.
The most honorable grandson then took out several tags and slapped them onto his kunai before throwing them at the ground causing loud explosions forcing Tensisuchi to back up unaware he was being herded into the same corner the Konoha genin hid at the start before his Yuki counterpart used his Doton jutsu.
'Come on just a bit further' Konohamaru thought as he sent another kunai into the ground at his opposition's feet.
'That's it...'
"Now!!"
Konohamaru yelled and two shadow clones popped out of the bushes on either side of the iwa genin kicking him in the back, this had the effect of sending him sprawling across the ground right into the real Konohamaru, who dropped a leg down on the back of his head knocking him unconscious and ending the match.
~Naruto~
"How long did you know those clones were there?" Temari asked as she had not seen him create the shadow clones and had no idea they were there.
"The moment he left his hiding place and positioned himself opposite the spot they were hidden" Naruto confessed.
"How?" Temari asked curious as to how he could have known what Konohamaru was planing.
"It's simple Kakashi taught him tactics, that is a favorite move of Kakashi's he is known as a genius and always fights with shadow clones first to get the feel of an opposition, why do you think I was still on guard when I struck his clone with a rasengan in our fight earlier, I knew if I wanted to get him out in the open I needed to get rid of his clone" Naruto explained.
The next two fights were Suna ninja against two members of the other Konoha team in the finals the first match the Konoha ninja won after a close match by a clever medical jutsu that made the sand ninja's arms go numb and was unable to continue, however the next match with Matsuri was less well contested. Matsuri easily slipped through the Konoha genins defenses before using a launcher with ninja wire to make an anchor and wrapped the Konoha ninja up tight.
That concluded the first round of matches and he called Moegi and Kaine from Kiri out for the start of the next round. Both parties gave a respectful bow before beginning.
~Fight~
Moegi did not rush in this time, she had seen Kaine's devastating taijutsu from the last round and did not want to be caught by it. Instead she began by throwing a shuriken and using a the Shuiken shadow clone variant. Kaine easily rolled out of the way before sending several kunai of his own at Moegi.
Moegi weaved her way through the Kunai swatting the ones she couldn't avoid away with her own kunai as she elegantly danced her way around the barrage of kunai, before casting a genjutsu.
In the genjutsu Kaine was walking through an empty street that had a river of blood flowing down it 'wha? What is this wasn't I in an exam, this is not right' he thought as the blood became thicker and now there were several body's lying around "genjutsu" he whispered to himself and brought his hands up to release Moegi's jutsu.
The second he released the jutsu he found himself being hit in the face and sent him flying.
"Heh Well not bad for a rookie, but I think its time I get serious." Kaine said and he took off several sets of weights letting them hit the ground with a thud.
"Well as long as your taking your weights off I guess I should too," Moegi said removing the training weights Naruto had given the Konohamaru Korps.
"Well what do you know this could be interesting" the Kiri genin said before taking off in a blurr that was easily traceable to Naruto and all of his graduating class but was still a high speed for a genin.
Moegi was at her flexible best avoiding each hit Kaine sent at her and she followed up most attacks with quick counters that while individually were no trouble for the Kiri ninja together had become quite troublesome.
"You are infuriatingly hard to hit." he said as she slipped through another punch sending another jab into a pressure point causing the Kiri ninja to wince in pain.
"Well when you have a sensei that makes you put on weights while he throws stuff at you you either learn to dodge or get some really good health insurance." Moegi joked as she attempted a kick only for Kaine to dodge.
"Hmm good point well then it looks like I cant beat you this way I guess it's time to show my trump card" he said jumping back from Moegi, doing several hand seals before calling out his jutsu "Doton: Iwa armor!!"
Slamming his fists into the earth, large clumps of rock started to form around his body until he was covered in rock that protected him completely.
~With Naruto~
"Well I cant see Moegi wining this now, she had no jutsu in her arsenal that can break that armor, she would need some Fuuton, Katon, Raiton or at least Doton to even stand a chance, I faced some Iwa chunin while on my trip who could use it but at least his was not anywhere." Naruto confessed.
"So your basically saying she should give up?" Temari asked.
"Fuck no! Never give up when there is a chance, but if she wants to win this the only way I can see is if she runs till he can no longer use the armor" Naruto said.
Naruto had been right, nothing Moegi could do would break the armor and eventually Kaine had gotten a good hit in and after that it ended quickly Kaine who was while slightly slower with his armor on still moved fast for a genin had managed to catch Moegi in a powerful bear hug squeezing her until she lost consciousness.
Konohamaru and Udon jumped down the second he dropped her to check if she was alright. And waited for the medics to come and collect her.
After she had been successfully stretchered away Temari stopped them by announcing the next match was Konohamaru Vs Udon.
~With Naruto~
"Well this is going to be Interesting" Naruto said.
"Yeah your right, there styles are completely different, Konohamaru will have to use his head though to avoid Udon's traps, and Udon will need to use that Katana of his to keep Konohamaru from getting too close" Kakashi said interested in how the match would work.
"They also know each other better than anyone else if anybody will know how to expose weakness in each others style this will be the match to show it, I would put my money on Konohamaru though he will fight harder and want's to prove he is not just the honorable grandson." Naruto said giving his prediction for the match.
"So basically you are picking Konohamaru because he is stubborn like you" Shikamaru lazily said.
"Ehhh, something like that..." Naruto grinned.
"So damn troublesome," Shikamaru groaned.
~Fight~
Konohamaru looked across the arena at Udon waiting for the Temari to begin. They each gave a small bow before Konohamaru charged forward.
Udon pulled a shuriken and used a Shuriken shadow clone to halt Konohamaru's advances causing the young monkey to jump out of the way.
Udon was on top and keeping Konohamaru at at fair distance with explosive tags and every time Konohamaru did manage to get in close he had to avoid the swings of Udon's large blade.
Konohamaru had just narrowly avoided his katana by an inch when he saw an opening, and gave Udon a kick that sent him flying and laying out on the ground slowly getting to his feet.
Not one to miss up an opportunity Konohamaru raced forward and once again kicked Udon away.
This time Udon rose to his feat quickly and with a victorious smirk took a single kunai and threw into the ground a little away from him. "Sorry Konohamaru, you fell for my trap!!" Udon said as seals that were hidden in the dirt where Udon had been hit the first time activated.
Konohamaru was trapped held in place by the same trap that had helped him against the Suna ninja.
Knowing he was in trouble Konohamaru began to struggle against the ropes as Udon walked over, just as Udon prepared to bring his sword blade up to Konohamaru's neck however he disappeared in a puff replaced by a log.
"How did you escape? I had your hands held at your sides?!" Udon yelled in disbelief as he looked over at Konohamaru who was standing a few yards away.
"I broke free I over powered your trap enough to move my arms for a seal to escape." Konohamaru said proudly as he began to charge again.
Udon wasted little time and brought out a kunai before wrapping an explosive note in it which Konohamaru easily dodged jumping back until he found himself in a tree.
"What do you say we take our weights off and finish this" Konohamaru said. With a nod from Udon both boys removed there extra baggage and began circling each other at far greater speeds than they had been moving before.
Every so often as they circled each other one of them would throw a kunai or a shuriken but by the time it came anywhere near the other boy they would send there own intercept it.
Konohamaru stopped causing Udon to react in a similar fashion. Pulling out two kunai one in each hand Konohamaru shot forward seeing this Udon unsheathed his katana again and charged forward to meet him.
They were evenly matched Udon was far better with a blade in this style of fighting having been taught the basic kenjutsu style by Tenten along with several slightly more advanced moves. Konohamaru on the other hand was faster and stronger than Udon narrowing the slight advantage the glasses wearing ninja had.
They matched each other strike for strike, both unable to hit each other. Konohamaru would block the katana with one kunai and make to strike with the other only to have Udon spin away before trying a different stroke of his blade.
Udon went for an overhead slash only for it to be blocked yet again by Konohamaru, this was however a diversion and Udon kicked his teammate in the chest sending him flying into a small group of trees just out of site.
Seconds later Udon saw Konohamaru emerge and run to the left flinging kunai with exploding notes at the glasses wearing genin.
Thinking it was a similar trap to the one Konohamaru used in his last fight Udon dodged the explosions but refused to be herded. Seeing this Konohamaru charged forward and Udon prepared his blade to strike, the second before Konohamaru got into range however he puffed away.
Udon did not have time to react as the second after Konohamaru vanished he felt a kunai pressed up against his neck. "Give up Udon, I win this round" the young Sarutobi said with a smirk.
"Yes I guess you do, Temari-San I concede defeat" Udon said causing Temari to call the match in Konohamaru's favor and the audience to again erupt in cheerful applause.
~With Naruto~
"Clever, he used a clone to go out and distract Udon while he used the distraction to sneak around behind him." Kakashi said clearly impressed at the well thought out strategy.
"Yeah it was good, but I would say Konohamaru got lucky, Udon should have known better, oh well his next fight will be interesting, I wonder how Konohamaru will deal with the Iwa Armor." Naruto pondered out loud as Matsuri and her opponent entered the floor.
This fight was slightly longer than the first fight Gaara's apprentice had, she had to cope with a vicious onslaught from the Konoha genin from the start but eventually wore him down this time incapacitating the Konoha genin with a Fuuton jutsu.
"She will win this tournament." Naruto said plainly as he watched Matsuri check on her apponent before heading back to the contestant booth.
"Your not wrong, Gaara including me taught her, you know." Temari said.
"Well for one Konohamaru and Kaine will have to fight each other now, there both use a lot of taijutsu and will take a lot out of each other, secondly Matsuri has an extra match to rest not having to fight again before the final, and lastly she has at least some knowledge of Fuuton jutsu which will be the Iwa armor's worst nightmare and Konohamaru wont be able to use kunai if they just get blown away and her taijutsu is certainly not bad. She has this in the bag." Naruto smirked when Temari tried to keep her smile to herself.
~Fight~
Kaine and Konohamaru stood apart looking at each other for a moment after the fight began, neither moving, unwilling to make the first move.
Then at the same time both rocketed forward, they each went straight on the offensive with matching kicks to the side and both connected sending them flying in opposite directions skidding along the ground before coming to a halt.
"Well you pack a bigger punch than your teammate, but you are easier to hit." Kaine joked as he stood up.
"Yeah your no slouch yourself, that was one painful kick." Konohamaru replied with a small smile.
They wasted little time getting back into it fighting for dominance, Konohamaru would be on top one second hitting a powerful kick or delivering a devastating punching combo, but then the next moment Kaine would reverse it and send Konohamaru flying with a strike of his own.
They continued along this path for awhile every so often Konohamaru would use a kunai shadow clone or an exploding tag to mix things up, but he was not as good with them as Udon was and this showed.
Kaine would lightly swipe the kunai out of the air or dodge the exploding tags and they would end up in a taijutsu match again.
Even with out his weights on Kaine could still keep up with Konohamaru, maybe if he had been wearing them for longer it would not have been the case but as it was both genin were evenly matched at almost every level.
They broke away again both were panting slightly, they would never admit it but they were both tired from there previous matches.
"Well this was fun, but I'm going to have to finish this now Doton: Iwa Armor!!!" he said and once again became covered in the compressed rocks.
Now Konohamaru was much faster but at the same time nothing he tried could hurt Kaine. Kunai would just bounce off, punches and kicks would create cracks but they would soon seal back up.
Eventually Kaine landed a punch and sent Konohamaru flying. "Proctor it would be best to call the match he wont be getting ba-".
He stopped mid sentence as Konohamaru got onto one knee and spat out a large chunk of blood before standing again.
Kaine saw this and decided to end it for sure and charged forward planting his fist in the weary Konoha genin's stomach making him double over spitting out more blood.
The Kiri genin moved away from him waiting for the proctor to check the downed Konohamaru but his eyes widened and he turned around when he heard him slowly standing from behind "Stay down... you have lost this fight" Kaine ordered.
Konohamaru however had other plans and created a shadow clone next to him before holding out his hand and he began gathering chakra.
~Naruto and Temari~
"Huh, what is tha-...Naruto you didn't, did you?" Temari asked as she watched what Konohamaru was attempting.
Naruto just sat there with a proud smile on his face not even bothering to answer Temari.
~Kage Booth~
Jiraiya and Tsunade saw what was happening in the ring and were stunned.
"Naruto has been teaching Konohamaru more than just shadow clones it would appear." Jiraiya said now far more interested in the match.
"Indeed he has, that is the same way Naruto first learned that jutsu is it not Jiraiya-dono." Gaara asked.
Jiraiya nodded his head before Kankuro asked "What jutsu-" he could not see what what was happening until his question was answered a second later.
~Fight~
"Rasengan!" Konohamaru yelled slamming the perfectly formed blue sphere into the chest of Kaine who just looked shocked as his armor was being torn away.
Kaine rocketed back before landing in a heap on the ground, he struggled to stand but his body just wouldn't move for him.
"Kaine, from Kiri is unable to continue to fight... the winner is Konohamaru Sarutobi!!" Temari announced as she jumped down from the Jonin booth.
The second Temari announced him the winner Konohamaru fell backwards exhausted and sore.
~With Naruto~
"Well he won, but he is in no real condition to fight Matsuri, the final match will be over quickly, but he should have at least done enough to get promoted!!" Naruto said proudly.
"Yeah Udon too I think, but Moegi might have to wait till the next exams, she did good but I'm not sure she proved herself to be a chunin yet... by the way when did you teach Konohamaru the rasengan?" Shikamaru said eagerly.
"Oh I started teaching him before I left three years ago, showed him the first step, then explained how the second would work and what he needed. When we started training them a couple of months ago he had finished the first stage but just couldn't get the rubber ball to explode, with my help he finished it quickly, I then gave him the little cheat I came up with to use shadow clones to help complete the jutsu." Naruto said as he watched Matsuri come down into the ring, Konohamaru was still taking a nap.
"I guess you are a good teacher then, but you are right I don't see him beating the Kazekage's apprentice after the fights he has already had." Ebisu unfortunately admitted.
~Kage Booth~
"The Rasengan huh, never would have thought a genin would be able to use such a jutsu unless he was related or close to Naruto." Gaara said.
"Indeed, he has shocked even me, but I can not see him winning this match he is far too tired" Tsunade admitted.
"Yes, my pupil will more than likely win this match, it would have been nice to see them fight earlier on so I could have seen for myself where my training could be improved." Gaara said.
The final fight did not last long, Konohamaru was almost dead on his feat from the start and Matsuri who had a far easier run to the final managed to avoid the young Konoha ninja's sloppy attacks before wrapping him in her ninja wire and knocking him unconscious.
Matsuri was declared the winner but she did not celebrate to heavily, despite being the champion she knew that it would not have been such an easy fight had she faced Konohamaru earlier on in the tournament.
After the Suna kunoichi was presented with an award for winning the chunin selection exam finals the crowd emptied the arena leaving only Naruto and Temari still sitting in the empty stands.
"Well its about time we head to get some dinner don't you think Tema?" Naruto asked with a slight edge in his voice.
"Thought you would never ask...so what are you up to since this is over?" Temari said leaning on him breathing in his scent.
"Well Jiraiya-sensei wants me to go on a short trip with him to check on a spy contact who hasn't sent word in a while so I will be out of the village for awhile." Naruto confessed.
She sighed, "Is that so? Then I guess we better hurry up and grab something to eat so I can give your little ninja a gift that'll definitely make him flip..." Temari cooed suggestively as the two blondes exited the arena and off to Ichiraku ramen.