"Talking"
'Thoughts'
"SCREAMING/YELLING/SHOUTING"
"Jutsu"
"Tailed Beast Talking"
'Tailed Beast Thinking'
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Date & Time
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[Flashback]
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Chapter 32
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2 Days Later
October 16
Early Morning
|Eastside Café|
Ding! Ding!
"Over here!" Karin waved as soon as the Jinchuriki stepped foot into the establishment, "Sorry for the early meet up," The redhead began once Naruto had taken a seat, "Morning hours are the only free time I can spare." She passed him a cup of coffee.
"Well it's a good thing training starts at 10 today," The blonde accepted the cup and brought it to his lips, "Being a medic nin must be tough." He added after taking a sip.
"True but, that's not the main reason why I have been busy lately."
The male raised a brow, "Then what is?"
"I've been appointed as Tsunade-sama's temporary personal assistant," She said bouncily, "My co-workers were green with envy."
Despite the fact it was only till Shizune came back from her training leave, Naruto shared in on her happiness, "I'm sure most of the girls our age will be feeling the same."
Both knew that it was a common fact that most Kunoichi idolized Tsunade Senju, so Karin being appointed as her PA will definitely cause some to be spiteful.
'I wonder how Shizune-nee dealt with it,' The male Uzumaki idly thought.
"But that's not all," Karin said, bringing his attention back to reality, "She used one of her Secret Jutsu on me!"
Naruto's eyes widened, "You mean-" He stared at her chest but found it still the same size, "Huh?"
The redhead almost fell down with laughter, "Not that one you baka," She reached for her arm and pulled up the long sleeve, "Take a look." She presented the arm.
The male leaned over, his eyes widening at the sight of pale unblemished skin, "The bite marks are gone!" He noted with shock.
His cousin had an ear to ear grin, "Yep."
Naruto felt up the arm with his fingers, "How?" He questioned.
"It was yesterday evening when Tsunade-sama requested that I roll up my sleeves," Karin began, "It turns out she was curious about why I always wore long sleeves and decided the find out, so after I had reluctantly rolled them up she then instructed that I should close both eyes, but if I knew what was coming next I would have peeped a bit."
"She would have known then stopped the process." The Jinchuriki pointed out, "She is one of the Legendary Sannin after all."
The girl slumped back on her seat, "I guess but I'm eternally grateful for what she did," Karin revealed while running a finger down the arm, "I was already resigned to the fact that my arms will be forever hidden but now-"
"It doesn't." Naruto finished before staring at a wall clock, "Well I should be going or else I will be late." He got up and dipped a hand into his side pocket, "Here." He said, slipping a folded piece of paper across the table towards the redhead.
"What is this?" Karin inquired after receiving the paper.
"Some individuals you should be warily of." The blonde answered as he headed towards the door, "See ya later." He waved.
The female waved back then stared blandly at folded paper, 'Well here goes nothing.' She unfolded the paper and read the names, 'Koharu… Homura… and Danzo…'
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|Training Grounds 9|
Naruto arrived at the training ground with some time to spare and found his female teammate to be already present, but before he could greet her the blonde noticed something strange.
'Well first things first,' The Uzumaki decided as he continued his walk, "Good morning Hinata-chan," He greeted the girl with a beaming smile, "Excited for today's activities?"
"Ah good morning Naruto-kun," Said Hyuga Chunin greeted back with her own smile, "And yes I'm excited for today's joint sparring session."
"Joint sparing session?" The teen blinked before staring at the two green blurs who happened to be his other team members, "Then what are Lee and Gai-sensei doing with all that construction stuff?"
"Well," Hinata drawled before sighing, "From what I've seen they seem to be constructing a grand stage-"
"YES INDEED!" Gai boomed from behind them, causing the two to jump in surprise, "Since other teams will be participating, Lee and I deemed it fit to erect a bigger stage."
"That makes sense," Naruto replied carefully, "But why go to the extent of building a ring? Won't a large clearing do just fine?"
Gai stared rather intensely at the blonde, "Fighting in a clearing isn't the same as fighting on a grand stage. They don't give the same thrill." He answered.
"Oh."
"Gai-Sensei!" Hinata called.
"Yes?"
The female pointed towards their remaining squad member, "I think Lee needs some help with the blueprints." She pointed out.
The senior looked and true to the Hyuga's word, Lee was looking a bit confused, "Seems you're right," He looked at the two then smiled, "Please keep the others company until Lee and I are done."
"Hai!"
With their confirmation the Taijutsu maniac sped over to assist his mini clone leaving the two 'normal' members of the team alone.
"…"
"…"
"… So how was your night?" Naruto began after mustering some courage.
"Fine mostly." Hinata answered.
The blonde raised a brow, "Mostly?"
The pretty blunette frowned slightly, "The elders are pushing for Hanabi to be branded."
"Oh," The Uzumaki understood, "That's bad huh."
The Heiress nodded eyes downcast, "and it's all my fault."
The male whipped his head so fast that it was a surprise that it didn't snap off, "What do you mean it's your fault?"
Hinata's pale eyes watered a bit, "Previously I was the one being considered to be branded, but my performance in the exams changed that and now it seems to be her fate-"
"There you guys go with that fate stuff again." Naruto interrupted with a frown.
"Huh?" The Hyuga worded as her love interest stepped right in front of her and placed both of his hands on her shoulders, "Naruto?"
"You know I really hate that word," The Uzumaki stated, "People always spout it out as if it's some supernatural being but it's not."
"But Naruto-"
"Let me finish," He cut off her softly. Hinata gave a slight nod as her face pinked a bit from the close proximity, "A couple months ago wasn't it said that we were both 'fated' to be failures? That we will never amount to anything? That we're lower than the lowest?"
The Hyuga lost her blush as she found herself agreeing.
"In my case it was strangers, but to you it was extended family. Those who should have helped build you up instead tore you down with their…"
Hinata didn't hear the remaining words as she was lost in painful memories.
Memories of the main branch members ridiculing her whenever she messed up a stance or failed to learn a technique, memories of her father admonishing her for being too kind, memories of her cousin, Neji leveling her with hateful stares/glares.
The Byakugan user was bought out of that memory lane by a firm squeeze to her shoulders, 'Huh?' She blinked away the tears in her eyes and gazed at her concerned looking teammate, "Naruto-kun?"
"You okay?" The Uzumaki inquired in an apologetic tone, "I didn't mean to dig up anything unpleasant- Whoa!" The blonde was caught off guard by the tight hug, "Hinata-chan?"
"I'm okay," Came muffled answer as her face was buried in his clothed chest, "Let's just stay like this for a little while," Her grip on the Jinchuriki tightened even more, "I really need it."
Circling his arm around her waist, Naruto obliged her request and the two hugged each other for about some minutes before separating, "Feeling better?" The male asked.
The Heiress nodded with a faint blush on her face, "Yes, your warm body makes a good cuddly bears."
"Ah- really? Well thanks, Ehm," The Uzumaki unsuccessfully tried to cover his flustered look with a fake cough which Hinata giggled at, "Anyway the bottom line of what I'm trying to say is that others don't get to decide a person's fate, it's in the hands of said person and your sister, Hanabi is no-"
A finger to the lips silenced the rest, "Thank you Naruto," Hinata said with a smile, "I've gotten the message."
Pleased the blonde gave a smile, "Good, now I expect you and your sister to fight the elders all the way, if that doesn't work then I will talk to Ero-sannin and Jiji since they're also-"
"Get a room you two!" The two froze then as one stared at Sasuke then themselves.
It was then that they understood why the Uchiha suggested that as Naruto still had his arms around Hinata's waist from when they hugged and said female had her right pointing finger close to the Uzumaki's lips while her left hand was on his chest.
"AH!" The two promptly separated with matching blushes.
"Look, I know you two are attracted to one another," The Uchiha began as his teammates Neji and Shikamaru walked up behind him, "But at least keep the lovey-dovey stuff for behind closed doors."
Hinata blushed even further while Naruto just growled, "Teme."
Sasuke ignored the Jinchuriki and focused on what going on behind him, "What are Lee and Gai-sensei doing?"
Deciding to prank the Sharingan user later, Naruto turned round then froze once again, "WAIT! IS THAT A STAND?!" He yelled after noticing the giant construct.
"The Stand of Youthful Spirits?" Hinata read with a head tilt, the action appearing 'cute' to her blonde teammate.
"Not surprised at all." Neji shook his head while Shikamaru wondered where Lee and Gai got the materials to build an arena so early in the morning.
'They must have bought it yesterday then left it here overnight,' The Nara deduced before another thought came to mind, "Wait a minute," He said out loud.
"What is it Shikamaru?" Sasuke asked.
"Did they receive permission from the Hokage to build an arena in the middle of a Training Ground?"
Everyone paused at the question including the two constructors.
"Gai-sensei?" Lee called.
"On it." Said sensei vanished in a body flicker.
"… I somewhat saw that coming." Neji deadpanned while the rest had massive sweat drops.
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15 Minutes Later
"Wow."
"What is this?"
"Stadia Da Youth?"
*Sign* "Gai definitely went overboard this time." Kakashi signed as he and remaining teams along with their sensei took in the mini stadium.
The ring wasn't that large but that is to be expected since it's for training purposes. The stand while bearing an interesting name was well built and could sit close to 50 persons.
All in all, it was pretty good for something constructed by Shinobi with no professional construction skills.
"Seems Team 7 and 9 are ready seated," Kurenai gestured to the Stand of Youthful Spirits, "Let go girls."
"Hai!"
Asuma signaled his team to follow suit while he stayed back with Kakashi, "Do you think he got permission?" He asked the silver-haired.
"Won't be surprised if he didn't." The mask wearer replied before heading towards the stand with the chain smoker joining him a minute later.
"Greeting comrades, you're just in time." Gai greeted excitedly after spotting the group. The taijutsu oriented sensei had assumed a youthful pose in front of the teams who were already seated.
"Same to you Gai, though the Stadium is quite a surprise," Kurenai stated as her team joined their mates, "You did get permission right?"
The spandex wearer chuckled nervously, "Yah, about 10 minutes ago."
"Well that's surprising," Kakashi said, joining them with Asuma in toll, "I had a hunch you won't."
"Well Shikamaru-kun was gracious enough to remind me."
"No kidding," Asume muttered before clearing his throat, "So why only one stand, a stadium normally has four."
"Ah well, Hokage-sama didn't want the civilians to start sending him requests to rent out the facility like they do with Senju Stadium."
Like seriously, why would someone want to rent out a 40,000 capacity stadium just to host a birthday party that the entire village isn't invited to?
That request was destroyed via Fireball Jutsu.
Seeing that their students had taken their all seats, Gai turned his gaze at the other Jonins, "Now if one of you would take stage…"
"I will do it." Kakashi stated, before walking over to stand in front of their students.
Clap! Clap!
The teenagers all quieted seeing that the exercise is about to start.
"Now then," The Jonin began, "I'm sure you all know what's going to take place but I will explain anyway. We Jonin-senseis a couple days ago decided to hold a Sparring Tournament to see how far you all have improved from your Chunin exams preliminaries selves and if possible offer corrections and advice. Is that understood?" He asked out loud.
"Hai!"
"Good," The Silver-haired nodded, "It has been decided that everyone will be participating with the exception of those promoted to Chunin, this will leave us with 8 individuals who will be drafted into-"
"Excuse me Kakashi-sensei."
"Yes Ino?"
The Yamanaka squirmed a bit in her seat as everyone's attention was now on her, "Umm… I will like to withdraw from the Tournament."
"Any reason why?"
"Well… uh… I," She took a gulp then in a timid voice answered, "I haven't really done anything since the exams."
The mask wearer blinked a few times then excused himself and walked over to other Jonins, everyone else stared as the four discussed in hushed tones for a while before coming to an agreement.
"Okay, after talking it out with the panel it has been decided that Shikamaru Nara will take Ino's spot." Kakashi announced with an eye smile.
"Wait, what?" Said Nara stood up.
"Sorry Shikamaru, but your fight in the finals was the least spectacular when compared to your fellow Chunins." Shikamaru flopped down with a grumble as the rest snickered, "Now each of the participants are requested to come on down and draw slots to decide who is fighting who."
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As the others went down, Hinata looked towards a melancholic Ino and scooched over, "You okay?" She asked.
The blonde looked to the side in surprise then hugged her knees to herself, "Not really, but I will be fine." She stared down at the rest who were drawing slots, "At least this way I won't further embarrass myself."
"Now that's not true." The Heiress countered weakly.
"Hinata," Ino began, "You're a nice girl, but others aren't."
"Others? You mean our mates?" The Hyuga asked with a confused look.
The blonde shook her head, "Not them, but the rest of Konoha."
"What do mean?"
"My reputation took a serious blow when the results of the Preliminaries were made public, some people said some nasty things behind my back and they hurt." Her eyes watered,, "At first I ignored them, but after Sakura's fight against that Arashi boy and the invasion they became even worse."
Hinata connected the dots, "Those nasty things were comments on how seemingly useless you were right?"
Ino stared at her in shock, "How did you know?"
The blunette reached out and wiped the girl's tears, "Because members of my clan for the past 9 years regarded me as such, but with the help of some friends," A side glance at the Uzumaki, "I was able to prove them wrong and so can you."
"Really?"
Hinata nodded, "You're already taken the first step by realizing that you need to change, just don't let your obsession with Sasuke deter you any longer."
"W-well," Ino glanced at said Uchiha and found him to be occupied with Naruto, "I'm still interested in him but I will keep it under reins."
The Byakugan user gave her an appraising look, "You sure?"
"Totally." The Yamanaka affirmed.
"Good," Hinata nodded, "I'm sure Sasuke's reputation of you will improve if you do just that."
The mind walker smiled before a thought came to mind, "Hey Hinata," She scooched closer until there was practically no space between them, "Speaking about boys," She whispered, "How close have you and Naruto gotten since that day you took each other's first kiss?"
Hinata blushed slightly, her eyes staring at the floor board with interest, "W-we haven't gone that far if that's what you're asking."
"But have you two shared another kiss right?" A negative nod was her answer, "So you two are still in first base."
The Hyuga blinked at the tone used, 'Is she disappointed at our slow pace? or' She opened her mouth to speak-
"First Match: Tenten vs. Kiba!" Kakashi announced.
Seeing that the rest were returning, Hinata scooched back to her original position, 'Maybe next time.'
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Tenten vs. Kiba
"Now I want a fair game, no hits or strikes to any vital spots as those will result in instant disqualification and if necessary a trip to the Interrogation and Torture Department," Audible gulps were heard, "Whoever knocks their opponent out of the ring, unconscious or renders him/her immobile for 10 seconds is declared the winner and advances to the next round." Kakashi glanced between the two, "Got that?" He received identical nods, "Then HAJIME!"
Crouching down in a stance, Kiba looked over his opponent and was surprised at the absence of sealing scrolls.
Tenten took notice of this and raised a brow, "Is there a problem?" She asks, her palms lighting up for a split second before fading.
"Not really." He replied while noting that she was now wearing fingerless gloves unlike the time he saw her at the exams.
"Then why the holdup-"
"Tunneling Fang!" Twirling with a fast speed, the Inuzuka shot forward.
"Ninja Tool!" A fume of smoke enshrouded the Weapon mistress before parting to reveal a large shield which then was placed in the path of the human drill.
GRrrrnrnnnnnnn!
Nearly everyone had to cover their ears, while their eyes stayed glued to the sight of sparks flying off Tenten's shield as it held up against Kiba's technique.
"HAAAAA!" The girl screamed as she poured more chakra into her shield causing to light up.
BAM!
Just like in the tale of the unstoppable force and the immovable defense, the former surrendered and a shell-shocked Kiba was knocked back from recoil. The Inuzuka quickly regained his balance and landed on his feet before giving the weapon user a wide-eyed look, "How?" He questioned.
Planting the shield on top the ground, Tenten took a breather, "I'm surprised that actually worked." She confessed.
"So it was a fluke?"
"Heavens no," The girl denied, "I'm pretty sure I can do that again."
The dog owner narrowed his eyes, "I see, let's go Akamaru!"
Arf!
Akamaru who was on the sidelines joined his master in the ring, "Man Beast Clone!" The little fellow transformed into a copy of his master, "Fang over Fang!" The two rushed forward in unison.
Seeing the change in tactics, Tenten shifted the shield to her left arm as scroll appeared from a puff of smoke in her right hand and was instantly unfurled, "Ninja Tool: Blade of A Thousand Strikes!" A barrage of assorted weapons was released causing the living drills to veer round lest they get impaled but Tenten's aim was already achieved as the two were no longer in sync.
Done avoiding the blades, both Kiba and Akamaru set their sights back on Tenten as they continued with the 'Fang over fang' technique. Despite Akamaru lagging back due to disruption from Tenten, the Inuzuka was certain her shield won't be able to handle two of them.
Turns out Kiba was right as the weapon user jumped at the last moment which caused him collide into the concrete floor and revert back into his original form, since Akamaru was right back his master he was able to swing upwards and intercept Tenten who had already positioned her shield.
BAM!
With no ground to act as an anchor, the girl was launched further into the air while the little dog fell into the arms of his master.
"Good job boy," Kiba complimented his pet before staring at his opponent, "What are you going to do now panda?"
'Did not see that coming,' The bun-haired Kunoichi mused as the ring and everything else became smaller and smaller, 'Oh there's the store.' She sighted her family's weapons' store in the distance.
Seeing the store gave Tenten an idea on how to win as her ascent slowed to a pause then gravity kicked in and she begun to plummet. Waiting until she was a certain height above the ring, the weapon user initiated her idea with a glow on her left glove causing her shield to be replaced with a large scroll which she then unfurled.
"Weapon Control!" Tenten called, releasing a multitude of weapons which eclipsed the sky, ninja wire then shot out of the girl's gloves and interconnected the weapons, "Rain of Steel!"
The weapons were swung downwards and no one faulted Kiba and Akamaru for fleeing as they also considered the action.
KABOOM!
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A Minute before
When Tenten unsealed that sea of weapons, the Jonin-senseis knew what was coming and acted quickly, Gai dashed out to rescue Kiba and Akamaru while Kakashi weaved hand seals. By the time the latter was done the former was already back with the two, "Earth Style: Earth Rampart!"
KABOOM!
A miniature quake occurred for a few seconds then stopped, Kakashi waited for some additional seconds before letting up the defense allowing everyone to assess the damage.
The ring looked more like a target practice board with the number of weapons planted into its surface, some of them having more than half of their length struck within the ring. Tenten who was standing in the middle of it all gave a nervous smile, "I think I went a little bit over board."
"A LITTLE!" Kiba exploded, "THAT WOULD HAVE SURELY KILLED AKAMARU AND I."
"Eh sorry?"
"SORRY WON'T-"
"Enough Kiba," Kurenai interrupted, "Judging by her reaction this is probably the first time she is using this jutsu right?" She asked the bun-haired.
"Hai."
"See."
"But still she shouldn't be using an untested jutsu on comrades, that's what bandits are for." Gai reprimanded.
Asuma took another look at the ring then shivered, "No, this is more suitable for war than some bandits."
"Nonetheless," Kakashi spoke up, "She did force Kiba to flee the ring so technically she does advance to the next round right?" The other Jonins pondered it for a bit then nodded in agreement, "Winner: Tenten!"
As the others clapped or cheered, Kiba slumped on his seat while a certain weapon user happily went about resealing her weapons. As she was busy doing that, one Naruto Uzumaki allowed a smirk to form as his suspicions were confirmed.
"So that's it."
His mates gave him curious looks, "What is?" Sasuke asked. The Uchiha hadn't watched the fight with his Sharingan, as he didn't want to be accused of Jutsu theft, so he may have missed some details.
"Tenten drew storage seals on the underside of her gloves, that's how she is able to unseal and reseal her weapons nearly instantly." The Uzumaki revealed.
"So that's what she was doing," Sakura muttered as she recalled seeing the girl busy with a brush and ink some days ago, "Fuinjutsu huh."
"That's pretty smart of her." Ino acknowledged, "Most opponents will be caught off guard by it."
"Not really," Neji said with a shake of his head, "The seals gave off a faint glow when activated, Kiba probably noticed this too as he was able to avoid her thousand blades attack."
"Is that true?" Sasuke asked the dog lover.
"It's just as Neji said," The Inuzuka replied, "I noticed something was off in the beginning and those lights confirmed it."
"I'm curious on how much weapons she has, because it seems to be infinite." Shino enounced in monotone.
Kiba agreed with the Aburame, "Another question is why all her techniques are weapon based? Kakashi-sensei clearly said no maiming or killing moves."
"Is that a rhetorical question," Shikamaru asked, 'Because the answer is pretty obvious.'
"Yes it is."
"Good."
"Next Fight…"
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|Ambassadorial Residence, Arashigakure|
Shizune let out a mental cheer as she stared at the chain of lightning linking her two hands, the kunoichi had finally gotten hand of the first phase of Step 2 Lightning Manipulation and that was after spending the better part of the morning incorporating Super Strength to her taijutsu style.
'If only Areku was here to see this,' A chuckle escaped the medic's lips as she recalled a week ago how surprised the Kishida Jonin was to her completing Step 1 in a just a couple of hours when they were still in Konoha. Though he later on chalked it up to her near prefect chakra control and strong lightning affinity, the Ambassador had been tightlipped about teaching her Step 2 until a few hours ago just before he left for a meeting.
'I will just have to surprise him when he gets back.' Dismissing the chain, Shizune got up and stared at the sky, particularly the position of the sun.
"It's past noon," She realized with an amazed look, "Time really flies when one is training." Her tummy then expressed its hunger in form of a loud growl, "That true, I did skip breakfast today and my throat," She rubbed said anatomy, "Feel a bit dry."
Deciding that it was time for break, the 26 year old headed inside and noticed an odd silence which shouldn't be possible for a residence that Anko also stayed in. Pushing it to the back of her mind for now, Shizune headed towards the kitchen and fixed something light since lunch will be served in a couple of hours.
Once done with the meal, the medic decided to headed upstairs to her room and relax a bit by reading a book which she had picked up from residence's library. The book talked about the Warring Clan period, an era before the formation of Hidden Villages where shinobi clans were mostly nomadic. Normally this wouldn't have caught her interest but Areku recommended it and after giving the book a glance through the brunette decided to give it a try.
On the way to the stairs she stumbled upon one of the residents in living room seated on the couch, "Kin-chan?"
Said girl looked up from the book she was reading and turned back, "Ah Shizune-nee, I thought you were still training."
The senior kunoichi smiled, "Just taking a small break," She answered before looking round, "Where's Atsushi-kun and Anko?"
"Anko went for a walk and Atsushi-kun is right here."
Shizune was confused as she still couldn't find the boy, "Where?" Kin motioned for her to come round the couch and the medic did just that, "Oh," was all she could said as she found the Kishida napping on the girl's thighs and rather comfortably too.
"Apparently he didn't get enough sleep last night as he was up thinking up ideas for a new jutsu and about two hours ago shortly after breakfast, the adrenaline wore off so I offered him a pillow to rest on." The Genin explained while stroking his hair in a rather affectionate manner, "He's quite the heavy sleeper you see."
"Indeed," The medic stated, her eyes watching the two, "You two are really comfortable around the other."
Kin looked up but never stopped stroking the Kishida's hair, "I thought that was made clear the day I revealed that we were sleeping together."
"You mean sharing the same bed." Shizune corrected, "You two haven't done the deed yet."
Kin blinked, "How do you know?"
"Despite not doing it yet, I can tell when a female has done the deed and you obviously haven't."
"Are you talking about that glow thing?"
"No, it's something entirely different."
"Oh!"
"Anyway," Shizune continued before the girl could ask what it was, "If you two want to have a go at it, make sure to use protection as Areku-san won't appreciate his nephew having a child before him."
The younger Kunoichi looked thoughtful at that, "Yeah, that will be a problem," Kin replied before her face instantly lit up, "I got it."
The Senior raised a brow in surprise, "Got what?" She asked.
"A brilliant idea that will make everyone happy," Seeing the brunette's interested gaze, the girl revealed her brilliant idea, "You and Areku-san will just have to make a child before Atsushi-kun and I."
"That's actually-" Shizune froze up as what Kin's idea sunk in, 'Huh?'
"Think about it," The teen pressed on, "If you two do the naughty and a baby is born, Areku-san won't have issues with me doing the same with Atsushi-kun." Kin looked excited at her idea while Shizune was turning redder by the second.
'Me? Naughty? Baby? Areku?' Stream literally puffed out of the medic's ears as her brain conjured up some interesting images.
The two females were so engrossed with their thoughts that they didn't notice the discomfort being experienced by the only male currently in the house until…
"Ah!" Kin moaned/yelped when a sleepy Atsushi raised his head then readjusted his pillow – read her lap – with his hands before resting his head back down and continuing his sleep with a satisfied smile. Blushing from what just transpired and realizing that the Kishida's nap was being disturbed, the flustered brunette glanced up at her senior.
Getting the hidden message that their conversation will be finished elsewhere, Shizune after suppressing her blush headed upstairs to her room with the original intention of relaxing.
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|Stadia Da Youth|
Result so far
M1: Tenten vs. Kiba – Tenten
M2: Lee vs. Shikamaru – Lee
M3: Neji vs. Sakura – Neji
M4: Shino vs. Choji – Shino
30 Minutes Break
SF1: Tenten vs. Lee – Lee
SF2: Neji vs. Shino – Neji
30 Minutes Break
"Now folks, the final you've have been waiting for, It's Neji Hyuga vs. Rock Lee!" Kakashi announced.
"He's really into the commentary work." Asuma mumbled, his voice being drowned by their cheering students.
Kurenai still heard him anyway, "Feeling jealous?" She asked, her own voice being drowned by an eccentric Gai.
The Chain smoker huffed, "No!"
"Mmm," The female hummed, "Anyway, I say this training session is a huge success."
The Sarutobi nodded, "We offered a lot of corrections today, and hopefully our students will take them to heart."
"I'm pretty sure they will." Kurenai gaze went back to the ring, "They're about to start."
Kakashi looked over the two combatants and saw that they were ready to tear into each other, 'Well Gai did say they were rivals,' With a cough the mask wearer raised his right hand, "Fighters ready?"
"Indeed!"
"Yosh!"
"Then HAJIME!"
BAM!
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A/N: Happy Ember Month.
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