By Chibified Kitsunes
Chapter Nine
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The grin plastered on Naruto’s face widened even further as he jumped away from his new sensei. “Hehehe, it’s your own fault ero-sennin! I didn’t do anything!”
“LIKE HELL YOU DIDN’T! NOW GET BACK HERE!” The white haired pervert screamed out as he shook a fist at the young blonde.
“So
you can hit me?
>>Flashback
begins<<
Naruto
didn’t have to find Konohamaru. Instead, together with the rest of the Konohamaru
corps, the boy had found him. After their typical box blowing up, same old
introduction and “Leader, you promised to play ninja with us!” Naruto had
grinned back at his followers and asked them if they wanted to play some pranks.
He was about to add the fact that it would help with his and their training,
but before he could say anything, the three children were already running
towards the village with him in tow.
Their
first stop was Ebisu’s house. Konohamaru had been preparing a whole armament
of pranks to play on the older man. Although Ebisu had now stopped calling
him young master and treating him with respect, Konohamaru still had not forgiven
him for the way he treated his ‘leader’. Wanting to pay him back, he had practiced
and perfected the Sexy no Jutsu Naruto had taught him. But there were times
when it failed as well because his sensei was prepared. But now, Naruto grinned
at the prospect of getting back at him and congratulated the younger boy on
his idea, and not forgetting his friends as well.
Udon
grinned at the praise he got, being talented with his pencil, (A/N: This has
nothing to do with the smut fic: Broken Pencil)
he was able to help his best friend come up with the drawings. Moegi simply
stood by smiling proudly, though she had played her part as well, acting the
innocent when she had swiped the book from her father’s very private, not
for kids, book collection.
They
were about to enter the house when they heard, “Konohamaru-kun!! Where are
you!! Please come out, you have to come back with me to the academy for your
extra tuition! I am your only shortcut to becoming Hokage!!”
Naruto
watched as Konohamaru’s shoulders slumped downwards at the thought of more
boring lessons with the so-called elite tutor. Grinning, he performed his
trademark jutsu, “Kage Bunshin
no Jutsu!!”
In
a puff of smoke there stood not one but two Narutos
as the Konohamaru corps gaped in surprise and awe.
Moegi
squealed and clutched both Naruto’s thighs, “Oh leader! You’re so cool!!”
as her bespectacled friend sniffed, “Aa, that was
cool!”
“Leader! Are you going to beat Ebisu up?!” Konohamaru
asked excited.
“Nope,
I’m going to do something even better. Henge!”
Moegi
waved the smoke out of her eyes only to find herself hugging Konohamaru. “Konohamaru-chan?”
“Hehehe!! Wrong guess Moegi!
Konohamaru’s behind you!” The said boy answered as he brought his arms up
behind his head and chuckled. Moegi pulled back and stared from one boy to
another whilst the bespectacled Udon looked on confused.
“Yosh, you know what to do.” Naruto told his clone, grinning
fox like. Naruto’s clone, now looking like Konohamaru, grinned back in a similar
way and stood his ground as he watched his maker grab the three children and
jump into a nearby bush.
oooooooooo
“Leader!” Konohamaru started before he was hushed
by Naruto. “Shhh! You don’t
want the closet pervert to find you now do you?”
Konohamaru
shook his head and whispered back, “Naruto-niichan, what are you going to
do with that clone?”
Naruto
grinned and chuckled softly, “My clone’s going to keep closet pervert busy
while we go in and do what we came to do. Meanwhile, closet pervert’s going
to waste his time teaching my clone. So you won’t have to go for your stupid
boring lesson, now watch!” ‘And I will able to practice my chakra control
at the same time.’ Naruto added silently.
The
four of them inched themselves closer towards an opening in the bush and watched
as Ebisu ran up to ‘Konohamaru’ and dragged Naruto’s clone off.
“Konohamaru-kun,
come with me, it’s time for your tuition on the history of Konoha.” Ebisu
yelled as he pulled on the clone’s arm.
“NO!
I already know all that, I want to go play!! Naruto-niichan is waiting for
me!” The clone yelled back as he attempted to stand his ground but to no avail.
Ebisu grabbed his scarf and tugged him away. Meanwhile, Naruto watched as
his clone played his part well, screaming and kicking. He leaped out of the
bushes just as his clone winked and gave him the ‘thumbs up’ sign as he disappeared
around the corner.
“YOSH!! Time to play some pranks!”
Naruto yelled as he ran towards the house with Konohamaru and friends hot
on his heels.
The
four of them had managed to find an open window and snuck in. After handing
out Udon’s drawings and some tape, the four of them
got to work in the different rooms of the house.
oooooooooo
In
the toilet, Naruto was finishing what he came to do when he noticed a white
bottle. Grinning evilly he grabbed it and headed over to Ebisu’s washing machine.
Opening the bottle of detergent, he emptied half the bottle of bleach into
the purple container. ‘Hehehe…that
should do the trick.’ He thought.
[Oi
kid, what’s that you’re doing?] Kyuubi asked.
‘Don’t
you know what bleach is and what it does?’ Naruto asked mentally as he arched
an eyebrow.
[I’m
a demon, don’t expect me to know all your human things
kid.] Kyuubi snarled back.
‘Hmph, and call yourself the greatest demon ever lived. You
use bleach to turn your clothes white. So by putting it into detergent, which
is what we use to wash our clothes, I’m going to turn ALL his clothes white!
Get it?’
[Whatever brat.] Kyuubi answered, [I’m
going to sleep.]
Naruto
shrugged and pulled a raspberry before mentally calling out, ‘But it’s only
afternoon.’
oooooooooo
Half
an hour later, one genin and three academy students lounged on the couch admiring
their handy work. “I have to hand it to you Udon, never thought you could
draw so well. Ero-sennin would be so proud of you.” Naruto laughed as he slouched
further into the couch.
Udon
sniffled and smiled at the praise.
“Now
you know that book isn’t for anyone younger than eighteen, so if anyone suspects
us, just say we can’t even touch it, so how could we have done this, alright?”
Naruto
grinned as his three followers nodded back in understanding. “Yosh, time to go!”
oooooooooo
After they were done at
Ebisu’s house, Naruto and gang found themselves at the training grounds where
Lee was currently kicking a log. The boy had only just been released the day
before and already, he was training.
“Psst,
guys, and girl” Naruto added as Moegi glared at him. “I know what else we
can do. Three of you, go back to the village and try to borrow a saw. When
you get back, hide in those bushes there. Now this is an important mission
and stealth is important, got that!” Naruto instructed as he pointed out that
bush.
“Roger!” Konohamaru said
as he snapped to attention and saluted the genin. Moegi smiled and pulled
the sneezing Udon off after Konohamaru.
Naruto performed his trademark
technique for the second time that day. “Kage
Bunshin no Jutsu!” Grinning, Naruto instructed his
clone on what to do when the three kids got back. But meanwhile as they waited,
the two of them hid in the appointed bushes watching the green clad boy train.
“YOSH!
If I can break this log by kicking it, Sakura-chan will fall in love with
me!!” Lee shouted as he kicked the log, panting from the exertion.
In a matter of ten minutes,
the three children were back, a double handed saw in hand. “Alright, you know
what to do, fill them in.” Naruto instructed his clone as he leapt out.
“Rock
Lee! I, Uzumaki Naruto, future Hokage challenge you!!” Naruto
yelled out as he ran towards the startled boy.
“Naruto-kun!
I accept!!!” Lee yelled back as he struck a Gai-sensei nice pose.
As Lee’s teeth ‘pinged’
Naruto frowned foxily as he rubbed a tooth with his finger wondering, ‘Why
can’t I have teeth like that too?’
Lee smiled widely, “Anything
to beat my eternal rival!!”
“Ok, how about you have
to find me in the forest?” Naruto asked. ‘That should help me with stealth.’
Before Lee could answer Naruto had already dashed off yelling, “Kage
Bunshin no Jutsu!” Lee watched stunned as thousands
of Naruto ran in all directions into the forest.
“YOSH!!
I will find you Naruto-kun! And when I do! Sakura-chan and Gai-sensei will
be proud of me!!” Lee yelled out as he leapt into the forest.
oooooooooo
Meanwhile, the Konohamaru
corps watched amazed at the number of Narutos running
out of the clearing. When the training field was finally empty, the clone
with them stepped out and ran towards the log in the middle of the field,
saw in hand. “Come on!”
oooooooooo
The real Naruto hung down
from a tree branch, brushing up on his chakra control and stealth skills,
making sure Lee didn’t find him. He winced as Lee took down another of his
clones with a roundhouse kick to the head. ‘Ow,
that’s gotta hurt.’ Staring out into the clearing
he noticed that his clone was giving him the signal. ‘Hehe..
looks like they’re done. Time to end this!’
Releasing the chakra hold,
Naruto performed a flip in mid air and landed on the ground before Lee saying,
“You win, I give up!”
Lee delivered one last punch
and the clone in his other hand disappeared in a puff of smoke. “Honto?
Yosh!! I have beaten my eternal rival!! Sakura-chan
and Gai-sensei will be proud of me!!”
“Hey Lee!
I heard you saying something about kicking a log?” Naruto asked as he tried
his best not to burst out laughing.
“Yes! I said that if I can
kick that log down, Sakura-chan will like me! Yosh,
I will get back to doing it! Goodbye Naruto-kun! It was fun training with
you!!!!”
oooooooooo
Naruto crawled back into
the bushes to join his friends and clone. The five of them sniggered as Lee
jogged up to the log and took a deep breath. Naruto leaned over to his clone
and whispered something. His clone grinned and nodded and disappeared into
the green foliage behind them.
“Naruto-niichan, where is
he going?” Moegi whispered.
“Just watch.” Came
the reply.
oooooooooo
“HYEEAAAAAAHHHH!!!!”
Lee screamed out as he performed a powerful roundhouse kick, only to have
his jaw fall open as the log broke off and collapsed onto the ground with
a loud thud, sending a tremor through the ground.
Lee stood his ground gaping
at the fallen log. “I.. I kicked it down… that means… Sa..
Sakura-chan will f…fall in love with me….”
“YOOSH!!!
GAI-SENSEI WILL BE SO PROUD OF ME!!! MY HARDWORK HAS FINALLY PAID OFF! SAKURA-CHAAAN
WILL LOVE ME!!!” Lee sobbed as tears of joy rained down from his huge eyes.
“Lee-kuun…”
came a sing-song voice.
Lee’s sobbing stopped short
as that voice registered in his mind with a name. Swinging around his mouth
fell open at the sight of the girl of his dreams. “Sa..
Sakura-chan!!”
“H…hai..
I heard you were training so I decided to come and see you.” The said girl
blushed as she clasped her hands in front of her and walked up to the boy.
“I saw what you did just
now. I’m soooo impressed!!” Lee started drooling
as the pink haired girl cooed at him. “You’re so strong, unlike Sasuke… I
was so stupid, going after him… Oh Lee-kun…”
Lee cried a rivulet of tears
as he listened to the words, unable to say anything.
“Lee-kun, I have a surprise
for you… Close your eyes ok…”
Lee shut his eyes in anticipation,
but not before he took a slight peek to see Sakura leaning towards him, lips
puckered.
>>Flashback ends<<
Naruto sniggered again as he ducked into an alley and watched the sennin run past, only to have his attention diverted by a pretty young girl walking by. Naruto shook his head laughing as he watched his sensei trail after a girl like a love sick drooling puppy, scribbling furiously in his notebook.
Naruto snorted as the girl bonked him on the head, leaving a huge bump in her wake, “Baka... Doesn’t he ever learn?”
Naruto slouched against the wall, his stomach growling. “Urgh… I’m hungry again... Guess all that ramen must be digested already.” Naruto said as he recalled his next prank on Kakashi.
>>Flashback begins<<
After laughing his head
off at Lee, he had dashed off with his giggling companions, leaving a twirly
eyed, foam in his mouth, green clad boy lying next to a fallen log. Realising
it was close to
“Itai…”
“Watch where you’re go…
Sakura-chan?”
“N..Naruto? What are you doing here? Don’t you know Iruka-sensei was
so worried about you? I saw him running around the village looking for you
earlier.” Sakura rushed out.
Naruto grinned, “Ah, don’t
worry. All’s well now. Ano sa, ano sa!
Sakura-chyan, you’re good at genjutsu
right? Do you want to help me play a trick on Kakashi-sensei??” Naruto pleaded
as he stared up with puppy dog eyes at his pink haired teammate.
“Well..”
Sakura blushed at the praise and hesitated at the thought of getting in trouble.
But her inner self screamed. ‘Hell yeah! That will
teach him to always be late for our trainings!’ “OK!” She replied cheerily.
“YATTA!
Hehe… you’re going to ever regret crossing the path of Uzumaki
Naruto! Kakashi-sensei, here we come!!”
>>Flashback ends<<
Naruto sniggered again as he remembered what happened next. Heck, he would probably remember this day for life, the day he bested two Jounins, an elite tutor, the azure green beast of Konoha and a legendary sage nin.
>>Flashback begins<<
Sakura giggled as she walked
off towards her home, waving goodbye to Naruto. “That was fun Naruto,
call me when you want to do something like that again!”
Naruto laughed and nodded,
“Hai!! Ja ne, Sakura-chaaan!!”
Sakura smiled quietly to
herself as she turned, life in Konoha was getting back to normal, and how
she loved it.
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A/N: Oh aren’t I evil… Leaving
you all in the dark about what’s going to happen. LOL!!! Can you guess? I
did leave some hints lying around for the first prank… Make sure you guys
leave in your review, whether or not you managed to guess the prank ok? Be
truthful!! [wags finger] and tell me if you liked
the prank or not!
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Naruto walked towards the
Ichiraku ramen stand, his stomach growling. “I wonder if Hinata-chan is training
today… Oof!” His sentence went unfinished as he bumped into someone
again, causing the person to fall back.
“Ahh!!!
Hinata-chan!!! Gomen ne, I wasn’t watching where
I was going!!” Naruto yelled frantically as he bent down to pick up his girlfriend,
running around her in circles, checking for any injuries he might have caused
her. “Are you ok? I hope I didn’t hurt you..”
Hinata giggled and brought
a finger up to Naruto’s lips, abruptly ending his concerned ramblings.
She blushed and whispered,
“Daijoubu Naruto-kun.”
“Honto?”
Naruto asked from behind her finger.
Hinata giggled at the ticklish
feeling and nodded. Suddenly both their stomachs growled and the duo blushed.
“Uh… Shall we?” Naruto asked as he bowed slightly and offered Hinata his arm.
Hinata giggled softly and
took his arm, letting him lead the way to the stand.
oooooooooo
“AHHH!!”
Naruto sighed in appreciation as he finished his first bowl. “Oi, Jiji!
That was really good! Seconds please!” Naruto yelled at the man as he held
up the bowl.
“No need to shout Naruto-kun,
I hear you loud and clear.” Teuchi grinned as he took the bowl.
“So Hinata-chan, what were
you doing today?” Naruto asked, resting his chin on the table as he stared
up at his girlfriend. ‘She looks really tired, I wonder what she did to make
her look so tired.’ (A/N: Awww, how sweet.)
Hinata giggled and took
out her handkerchief. Lifting it up to Naruto’s cheek, she cleaned his face.
“I was training with Shizune-sensei this morning.”
Naruto frowned as he took
her hand. “Shizune-sensei?”
Hinata nodded as kept her
handkerchief and turned back to her food. Slurping up the noodle strands as
daintily as she could, she explained, “Aa, you see
Naruto-kun, my fa.. my
father. He wants to go on a trip to wave country and he wants Neji-niisan
and I to accompany him. Because of this, he has requested Tsunade-sama to
take us off our teams. Tsunade-sama didn’t want us to go without training
so she has decided that while Neji-niisan is to be trained together with you
by Jiraiya-sama, I will be training under her and Shizune-sensei….” Hinata’s
voice trailed off as she saw the expression on Naruto’s face. It was of hurt
and betrayal.
Naruto couldn’t help it.
As the words registered in his mind, all he could think of was that his girlfriend
was going to leave him. He would be alone again.
“Gomen
ne Naruto-kun!” Hinata cried out as
she flung her arms around his neck, desperate to offer him comfort.
“Da..
Daijoubu Hinata-chan… I understand.” Naruto answered back as his arms came
up to hug her.
“Please Naruto-kun. We are
only leaving in six months time, and it’s only going to be a short trip. I’ll
be back in no time.” Hinata whimpered.
Naruto smiled and pulled
away. “Aa… and I’m sure
you will miss me lots, won’t you?”
Hinata smiled through her
tears and nodded, not trusting her voice to speak and buried her face in her
boyfriend’s jacket.
But just as he tried to
comfort her again, the two leapt apart at the sound of a cough to see Teuchi
bent over the counter, a steaming bowl of ramen in his hand.
Naruto grinned as he took the second bowl from the grinning older man,
whilst Hinata tried her best, but to no avail, to contain the rising blush
in her cheeks.
oooooooooo
After lunch, Hinata had
softly apologised to Naruto, saying she had to meet Shizune in the hospital.
“Gomen Naruto-kun… Shizune-sensei said she wants to teach me some healing
jutsus and I need the hands-on experience.”
“Ok, don’t worry about it
Hime-chan! Nee-chan is really good, she’s very nice
too!! I’m sure you’ll learn a lot from her.” Naruto praised as he brushed
off the apology. “You’d better get going or you’ll be late!”
Hinata giggled and nodded.
“Hai Naruto-kun, as long you promise not to play anymore pranks on anyone.”
She whispered, smiling as she remembered the pranks Naruto had told her about.
Naruto stuck a tongue out
at Hinata and whined. “But it’s fun!!”
Hinata frowned as she shook
her head. “De.. demo it’s not right Naruto-kun
and I’m worried you’ll get into trouble.”
Naruto blinked up at Hinata
with puppy eyes as he whined, “Please… I promise I’ll only play it on people
who deserve it and I’ll be extra careful.”
Hinata sighed and nodded
reluctantly. “Yatta!!” Naruto yelled out victoriously. “Arigatou
Hinata-chaan!! That’s what I love about you!” With
that he pecked her on the cheek and ran off. “Ja ne Hinata-chaaaan!!”
Hinata blushed as she brought
trembling hands up to cup her burning cheeks and whispered, “Ja
ne Naruto-kun.”
oooooooooo
“Yo
Naruto!”
Naruto stopped in his tracks
and turned towards the voice. “Kiba?”
“Arf
arf!!” Came a bark,
muffled from beneath clothes.
“Hehe!
Sorry Akamaru, I didn’t see you there. Hey Dog-boy! When did you get out?”
Naruto grinned at his friend.
Kiba sniffed as he rubbed
his nose, “Just this morning, decided to take Akamaru for a walk and met up
with Shino.” Shino nodded towards the blonde boy silently acknowledging the
wave. “What are you doing here deadlast!”
“Hmph,
if I remember correctly, this deadlast trashed you
in the exams!” Naruto scoffed.
Kiba snarled, but before
he could do anything, Naruto was suddenly at his side, an arm slung over his
shoulder. “Oi Kiba, want to help me play some pranks?”
Akamaru barked in earnest
as Naruto scratched the back of his ears, waiting for Kiba’s reply.
“Heh,
you’re on!”
“Oi Shino, come along, it’ll
be fun!”
“…”
oooooooooo
“Oi Baa-chan!! Do me a favor!”
Naruto yelled as he burst into the room.
“Argh
you little brat! How many times do I have to tell you to stop
calling me that!!” Tsunade yelled as she chucked
a paperweight at the blonde. Naruto laughed good
naturedly as he dodged the flying object. Kiba and Shino stepped in after
him, moving aside as the paperweight sailed past their heads.
“What do you want?” Tsunade
all but growled out. “I have work to get done so if you’re done playing afool,
get lost.”
Naruto hopped up to the
desk undeterred. “Oi baa-chan, you want to get back at Ero-sennin?”
Tsunade’s eyes lit up at
the prospect of revenge on her old teammate. Besides gambling, the one other
thing she loved the most was paying out Jiraiya.
“YOU GOT YOURSELF A DEAL
BOY! But first, you must make a bet with me. If I win, you pay him out for
me. If I lose, I have to do it myself.”
Naruto frowned, “Ehh?
I don’t get it… But even if I didn’t win I would still play the prank on ero-sennin…”
He said, confused.
Kiba nodded as he scratched
his head, his teammate remained silent by his side.
Tsunade flung her hands
up in the air and yelled, “ARGH! I just want to bet on something right now!!”
Naruto grinned and said,
“Anything?”
“YES,
ANYTHING!” Came the frustrated reply.
“Alright baa-chan, wait
here while I get the things. Shino, Kiba come with me, I need your help.”
With that, the trio dashed
out of the room, leaving a deprived gambling addict sitting behind the desk.
oooooooooo
“Oi Naruto, what are we
doing here.” Kiba asked as he unconsciously patted
his dog’s head.
Naruto laughed and replied,
“Hehehe, we’re going to play a prank on baa-chan
before we get whatever stuff from her later.”
Shino spoke up suddenly,
silencing the group immediately. It was not everyday this antisocial boy decided
to join in a conversation. “Why do you call the Hokage that Naruto.”
Naruto face faulted as he
expected the quiet boy to comment about the prank. “Didn’t you know she’s
actually a fifty year old woman?”
Kiba’s jaw dropped and Shino’s
eyes widened behind his sunglasses in shock. “Fif..fifty?”
Kiba stammered.
“Yeah, she’s one of the
legendary Sannin you know. She’s as old as ero-sennin!” Naruto explained.
Kiba shook his head in disbelief
before he closed his mouth and reopened it again, “Oi, so what are we going
to do?”
Naruto grinned, “This is
what we have to do…”
oooooooooo
Naruto and Kiba sneaked
up towards the white haired man but ducked into an alley at the last moment.
The two boys and dog heaved a big sigh of relief at not being spotted. Shino
had left the trio after the incident at Tsunade’s office, saying that all
evidence of the prank pointed to him and he didn’t want to be around.
“Man, this is so much harder
than trying to sneak up on Shino.” Kiba grumbled.
oooooooooo
In the forest on the outskirts
of the village, a black haired boy sneezed into his jacket, scaring away the
beetle he had been trying to catch.
“…”
oooooooooo
Naruto frowned, “Why do
you think he’s a sennin, although he sure doesn’t look like one that pervert.”
Tsunade had given Naruto
a packet of powder, telling Naruto that it was a sleeping draught, designed
to knock a person out for at least half an hour to at most two hours, which
gave the boys plenty of time to get the prank done. The powder was not only
odorless, it also dissolved immediately in any sort of liquid. It was all
up to them now, to play the prank on Jiraiya.
The two of them had been
trailing the older man for almost an hour now, but he showed no signs of stopping.
They were almost about to give up when they saw a green clad figure approaching
the sennin from the side.
“Jiraiya-sama!”
The green figure called out, as he waved to the frog hermit.
Jiraiya turned his head
in the direction of the voice and visibly cringed at the man. ‘Oh great…’
“Jiraiya-sama!
I have been wanting to speak with you…” Gai rambled on. Jiraiya’s
eyebrow twitched violently as he thought, ‘Kami..
I need some sake.’
“Alright alright,
let’s talk this over a bottle of sake.” Jiraiya grumbled, cursing under his
breath. He could have sworn he heard a cheer and a bark coming from the nearby
alley.
oooooooooo
“And then what happened??”
The green clad Jounin asked excitedly.
Gai had begged Jiraiya to
tell him the whole encounter with Itachi, wanting
to learn something about this new enemy that actually took down his eternal
rival. Finally to no avail, Gai had managed to coerce the sennin into telling
him by treating him to sake.
Jiraiya was just about to
get to the part where Itachi had escaped when suddenly, “GAI-SENSEI!!”
The two men turned around
only to see a boy, clothed similarly to the jounin,
sans the jacket and bowl shaped haircut.
“GAK!”
Jiraiya choked as sake spurted out of his nostrils.
“Naruto-kun!!
Look at you! Oh the power of youth has spread into a new flower that has finally
bloomed!!” Gai exclaimed. (A/N: I’m just making up random sentences as I go
along so please bear with me.)
Naruto grinned at Gai then
put on an angry face and glared at the white haired man and pointed, “Ero-sennin
says he hates this outfit and forbids me to wear it! He says it’s the ugliest
thing he’s ever seen and that you’re stupid!”
Gai turned onto the stunned
sennin and frowned, “You think I’m stupid and that outfit is ugly?”
Jiraiya put up his hands
and shook his head in surrender, “No I never said th…”
“DON’T LIE ERO-SENNIN!”
Jiraiya growled and reached
out to strangle the boy when he was kicked off his feet. “KONOHA
WHIRLWIND!”
Jiraiya stood up and cracked
his knuckles. Growling he pounced onto the Jounin, the two disappearing into
a cloud of smoke.
Kiba took this chance to
creep up to the sake stand and emptied the contents of the packet into the
sake. Meanwhile, Naruto made his way quietly over to the waiting Akamaru.
“And now we wait.” He said
as Kiba rejoined them.
oooooooooo
After a good fifteen minute
scuffle between the two, Naruto shouted from his hiding place, “I was just
kidding!”
With that, the pair broke
apart. Realising they had just been tricked, Gai apologised to Jiraiya profusely
and offered to buy him more sake. The two approached the sake stand as two
boys and a dog waited expectantly, grinning widely.
>>Flashback ends<<
Naruto continued to hide from the sennin until he was sure it was safe. He was now hiding under the bridge just outside the bathhouses and Jiraiya was squatting at the wall peeking and giggling like a schoolgirl.
He sighed, “It’s times like this that I’m glad he’s a pervert.” With that, Naruto jumped off the water and headed back to Iruka’s house.
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Meanwhile, across the village at Ebisu’s house, the elite tutor unlocked his door as he lectured Konohamaru about mixing around with the wrong company. “Let me get something before I walk you home.” Ebisu was about to continue from where he left off when a puff of smoke interrupted him. Turning around, he found himself looking down at a grinning blonde boy.
“Y.. YOU! What have you done with Young Master!!” He yelled as Naruto scratched his head.
‘Guess old habits die hard’, Naruto thought, referring to Ebisu calling Konohamaru Young Master. He sighed and shook his head, his face taking on a look of pity. “And you call yourself an Elite tutor, didn’t you know that the boy you were with the whole day was not Konohamaru?”
With that, Naruto, or rather, his clone disappeared in a puff of smoke, leaving a fuming man standing at his doorstep.
“Grrr, when I get myself on that demon brat…” He muttered as he opened the door, only have his eyes widen behind the sunglasses then roll back. Two streams of blood spurted out as he fell back onto his porch, foaming at the mouth.
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Naruto grinned as he felt his clone’s chakra return to him and ran up to Iruka’s door. Bursting in, he found Iruka squatting next to the dining table, set for two, feeding the baby fox. “Iruka-senseiiiii!” Naruto yelled as he ran up to his favorite sensei and glomped him. Iruka stumbled backwards as he brought up his arms to return the affection.
Patting the younger boy’s head he said, “How about some dinner Naruto?”
“Alright! Then I can tell you all about the pranks I played today!!” Iruka couldn’t help but grin, knowing what trouble the boy could come up with.
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Hinata sat in front of her dresser as a tear ran down her cheek just thinking about the encounter with her father.
>>Flashback begins<<
Having done well in her
training that day, Shizune had treated her to dinner. Hinata had returned
home late, almost two hours after dinner and was heading to her room when
she heard a voice behind her. She stopped in shock and fear, knowing full
well who it was.
“Where have you been.”
It was not a question, but an order which demanded a response.
Hinata gulped as she turned
around, keeping her gaze on the floor as she spoke to her father.
“Father, I have been training.”
“Nonsense!”
Hinata flinched at the intensity of his voice. “I have already spoken to the
Hokage about this and she has agreed to take you off your team.”
Hinata gulped as she recalled
Naruto’s words to her. “I believe that others will come to have faith in you
and respect you, if only you have confidence in yourself.”
Summoning up her courage
she spoke up, her voice slightly louder than her usual whispering. “Hai, but
Hokage-sama has placed me under her charge, saying I have the potential to
become a medic nin like her. From this day forth,
I will be her and Shizune’s student.”
Hiashi’s
eyes widened slightly at the volume of his daughter’s voice but quickly covered
it up. His white eyes steeled over when he heard the word medic nin.
“What would the Hokage want
with a pathetic weakling like you. Leave, your presence
and appearance disgusts me.”
Hinata turned away, her
lower lip trembling as she tried her best to contain her sobs. She headed
towards her room, walking away as dignified as she could.
Hanabi
stood across the compound watching her sister leave. She had heard the entire
conversation and could barely contain the surprise at her sister being trained
under the Hokage. Catching the glare her father sent her, Hanabi
lowered her head and padded back to her room, but she couldn’t quite help
feel a little proud of her sister for the way she acted. ‘She’s changed.’
Hanabi thought as she slid open the shoji door to her bedroom.
>>Flashback ends<<
Hinata stared at her reflection as she brushed out her slightly damp hair. Clad only in her sleeping yukata, she walked over to her open window and stared out at the night sky.
“Naruto-kun…” She whispered, smiling softly as she recalled the day’s events.
“Ano
sa ano sa, Hinata-chan, you want to hear what I did today??”
>>Flashback begins<<
“Udon copied the drawings
out of the perverted book Moegi took. And then after we finished putting up
all those pictures of the naked women on his walls we went looking for another
person to prank.
>>Flashback ends<<
(A/N: Bet you didn’t guess it heh?)
Hinata giggled at the thought of the elite tutor’s reaction on seeing the pictures. Personally, she didn’t like him either, ‘He’s always going on and on about how Konohamaru-chan can become Hokage because he’s his teacher.’ She thought.
She giggled again as she remembered what happened next.
>>Flashback begins<<
“You know how thick eyebrows
has a crush on Sakura-chan right? I had my clone transform into her and kiss
him. Of course he had his eyes closed or else he would have seen what happened
next! Sakura-chan, I mean my clone used Henge and changed into Gaara!!”
Hinata’s eyes widened as
she stifled a gasp and a giggle.
“Hehehe,
you should have been there. He was screaming Gaara’s name before he fainted.”
>>Flashback ends<<
Hinata shook her head, covering her mouth as she stifled her laughter. ‘But nothing can compare to what Naruto-kun did next’, she thought.
>>Flashback begins<<
“Sakura-chan and I were
looking for Kakashi-sensei when we ran into your sensei Hime-chan.”
Naruto said
“Kurenai-sensei?”
Hinata asked, wondering what her sensei was doing in Naruto’s story.
“Yeah, she offered to help
us and which was great because she’s really great in genjutsu
as well!” Naruto explained. “So I created a clone and made him look for Kakashi
while the three of us went to that perverted book store and waited for him.
Kurenai-sensei taught Sakura-chan how to create this illusion over the book
store, making it seem real!” Naruto continued, eyes sparkling mischievously.
Hinata giggled as she listened, entranced by his storytelling and eager to
find out what they had planned.
“We tricked Kakashi by telling
him ero-sennin was giving away free copies of the next Icha Icha
Hinata blinked. “Ero-sennin?
Icha Icha
Naruto blushed slightly
and leaned forward to whisper in her ear, “He’s a pervert and that’s his perverted
book.”
Hinata blushed in embarrassment
as she nodded for him to continue.
“So Kakashi came in and
when he did, I saw his eye go REALLY big and then he fainted from a massive
nose bleed. When I asked your sensei what she did, she said that he had seen
an illusion of naked girls all over the shop.”
Hinata couldn’t help it.
She burst into peals of laughter as tears of mirth rolled down her cheeks.
She gasped for air as she regained her composure, cheeks burning. Then she
noticed Naruto staring at her dreamily, “You should laugh more Hime-chan…
It sounds so pretty…”
Hinata’s blush deepened
into a violent red that could easily match the sunset as she listened to what
happened next.
“You know how Kakashi-sensei
wears his mask? Kurenai-sensei was curious and tried to remove it while he
was out cold. Guess what we found when we took off his mask, another one!
And another and another! Stupid sensei, why does he have to wear so many masks!!”
>>Flashback ends<<
Hinata smiled quietly to herself as she got ready for bed. Her last thoughts were of Naruto as she let the shroud of darkness overcome her, falling into a deep sleep.
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“Ano sa ano sa! Iruka-sensei, are you listening?” Naruto frowned cheekily as he poked his sensei.
Iruka snapped out of his reverie and grinned at the boy, “Yeah sorry, I got caught up in my thoughts. I’m sorry what were you saying again?” Iruka laughed to himself at the thought of the copy-ninja Hatake Kakashi bested by a simple genjutsu. Especially when he had that Sharingan eye of his that enabled him to see through genjutsu. That was something one didn’t hear everyday.
Naruto grinned at his sensei and continued, “I met up with Kiba and Shino and we went to look for baa-chan! She wanted to bet with me so I played that game with her. You remember that one about the can drink?”
>>Flashback begins<<
“Hey Naruto, I’ve got a
drink for you. But before we drink it, let’s have a bet.” Iruka smiled at
a younger Naruto.
“Nani
nani?” Naruto asked excitedly, jumping on the
spot, eager to get his drink.
“Ok I bet that you can’t
finish this drink, rub the bottom three times and then rub your nose with
that finger faster than me.” Iruka grinned as he handed Naruto the can. “If
you can, I’ll treat you to ramen.”
Naruto swiped the can out
of Iruka-s hand, popped the tab and gulped down its contents. Iruka followed
at a slower pace, grinning at the sight of the burnt bottom. Naruto burped
as he finished the last mouthful and immediately rubbed the bottom of the
can and rubbed his nose, leaving a trail of soot in its wake.
>>Flashback ends<<
Iruka strolled out memory lane just in time to hear the rest of the prank. “And Kiba opened the door for us, covering the doorknob with cream. We walked down the corridor past the ANBU guards and hid around the corner. Shino had already commanded his bugs to enter the room in drones the moment we were hidden.” Iruka groaned and buried his head in his hands. ‘Oh no…’
Naruto grinned widely, “We didn’t have to wait long before baa-chan screamed. The ANBU scrambled over to the door and tried the doorknob but Kiba had covered that one too!”
Iruka couldn’t help but grin at the thought of ANBU unable to open a simple door. ‘The wonders a simple cream can do’, he thought. (A/N: He is not thinking dirty thoughts, he is thinking about how a simple thing like cream can best the ANBU. (grinz) What were you thinking you perverts. LOL)
Chuckling, Iruka patted Naruto’s head as he tucked the boy into bed, “Alright, good night then.”
Naruto grabbed Iruka’s hand and pulled him back. “But Iruka-sensei…” He whined. “I haven’t told you the one about Gai-sensei and ero-sennin yet.”
Iruka’s jaw dropped. “You mean there’s more?” He gasped.
Naruto grinned cheekily as he ruffled the back of his hair. Iruka sighed and laughed, “I guess I can afford to listen to one last story.”
Iruka settled himself into the bed beside Naruto as he thought, ‘I’m glad I wasn’t on the receiving end of Naruto’s pranks today.’
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A/N: So how are you enjoying the fic now? Can any of you guess what is going to happen?? LOL, hope you’re enjoying this, Sho and Crutches cause here on to the end is dedicated to you two, since your ‘idols’ are in this part together. (Big Grin)
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“No! Tell me you didn’t!” Iruka gasped, knowing it was the truth by the telltale pride in Naruto’s face.
“It’s the truth! After they fell asleep, Kiba and I dragged them to a nearby inn and got a room. Then we put them in the same futon and stripped them naked, under the covers of course, and took photos of them in different poses.” Naruto smirked.
Iruka gawked. “NANI? What kind of poses!!” Iruka all but screamed as he controlled himself not to strangle the boy he considered brother.
Naruto cocked his head and answered innocently, “I dunno, just them hugging each other. Why?”
Iruka heaved a big sigh of relief when he heard the answer and waved it off. “Oh nothing, just curious.” He would curse himself had Naruto learnt anything about yaoi, for the boy was still far too young to understand things like that. (A/N: No offence to any yaoi writers reading this) ‘Heck this baka doesn’t even know anything about the birds and the bees.’ He thought as he grinned. ‘Yet.’ He added as an afterthought as he remembered who his sensei was going to be.
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Elsewhere on a certain training field, two figures sob their sorrows out in each other’s arms.
“GAI-SENSEI!!! I have failed you!!! I could not defeat Naruto-kun.”
“LEE!!! No, I have failed you!!! For I could not defeat Naruto-kun either.”
“GAI-SENSEI!!!”
“LEE!!!”
“GAI-SENSEI!!!”
“LEE!!!”
“GAI-SENSEI!!!”
“LEE!!!”
“GAI-SENSEI!!!”
“LEE!!!”
“GAI-SENSEI!!!”
“LEE!!!”
“GAI-SENSEI!!!”
“LEE!!!”
“GAI-SENSEI!!!”
“LEE!!!”
“GAI-SENSEI!!!”
“LEE!!!”
“GAI-SENSEI!!!”
“LEE!!!”
“GAI-SENSEI!!!”
“LEE!!!”
“GAI-SENSEI!!!”
“LEE!!!”
“GAI-SENSEI!!!”
“LEE!!!”
“GAI-SENSEI!!!”
“LEE!!!”
“GAI-SENSEI!!!”
“LEE!!!”
“GAI-SENSEI!!!”
“LEE!!!”
“GAI-SENSEI!!!”
“LEE!!!”
“GAI-SENSEI!!!”
“LEE!!!”
(A/N: So sorry, I got bored, I would have continued but ON WITH THE CHAPTER!! Well, what’s left of it anyway.)
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At the same time by a stroke of luck, four others met at small roadside sake stand.
“Give me your strongest stuff!” A very well endowed young woman, who looked really pretty except for a hint of black stuff on her nose, yelled as she slammed her fist down onto the counter.
A white haired man slid into the seat next to her and ordered the same.
Hearing a moan, they looked over to their left to see a silver haired jounin, left eye shielded by a hitae-ate, lifting a cup of sake to cloth covered lips.
“Hic, Hokage-hic-sama, Jirai-hic-sama, (A/N: that was on purpose, Kakashi is drunk.) How are you today?? I just-hic-went through the-hic-best day of my-hic-life. I-hic-saw so many naked-hic-girls today! Hehehehe…. Hic!” Kakashi murmured before he passed out, head meeting the table, spilling what was left of his drink, muttering in his sleep.
“I cannot go home, I must not go home, I am a gentleman, it cannot work on me…” The same words continued on and on even as the traumatized elite jounin, clad in bleached clothes, entered the stand. Tsunade sighed as she gathered some chakra into her hand, walked over to Kakashi and pressed two fingers to his forehead. As Kakashi sat up and opened his bleary eye, Tsunade did the same to the chanting man.
“I just want some peace and quiet right now.” She explained as she sat back down.
The owner of the sake stand grinned as he set bottles of sake down on the counter. “So anyone care to share their day with us?”
At once, four heads slammed onto the table. “Naruto…”
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In a warm and comfortable bed, a blonde boy sneezed loudly in his sleep.
“HAAA-Chooo!!!”