Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Not Just Another Naruto Story ❯ Reunion ( Chapter 2 )

“NOT JUST ANOTHER NARUTO STORY”

by bloodline_41

rated Y (just to be safe)

Action, Adventure, Martial Arts, Comedy, Romance, Hentai

 

I do not own NARUTO and ANY of its characters, places, and any other such thing. This is just purely for the enjoyment of the fans.

No Money is being made out of this.

 

Notes: I would like to thank InuyashaMaster, tinky1, and DarknessReader for their reviews. I really appreciated it! Thanks! I think I have done nothing wrong and haven't messed up things, as none of you pointed anything out. (whew!). For the pairings, I haven't really made my decision as to who Naruto should be with. Also, note that all of “Konoha's Twelve” are now Chunnins except for those whom I will state as Jounin later on. I also want to point out that I haven't had the pleasure of watching the anime for some time now so I don't know any new characters. Akatsuki members, except forItachi and that Shark guy will be OCs. Sorry about that. So, on with the story…

 

 

Chapter 2: Reunion

 

Naruto was walking down the main street of Konoha. He decided that he would see Sakura first so he headed for the Haruno residence. “I hope Sakura-chan will be surprised to see me.” he thought as he reached the doors of her house. After knocking, Naruto stepped back with a smile on his face waiting for Sakura to open the door. A moment later, a pink haired, middle aged woman answered the door. “Yes? Can I help you?” Sakura's mother asked.

 

“um… Is Sakura-chan there?” he asked as he smiled boyishly at her.

 

“Sorry but Sakura-chan isn't here and I'm not sure where she is either. Sorry.” The older Haruno said, making Naruto a little disappointed. Admiring the boy in front of her., she noticed something familiar. “Have I seen you before?”

 

“um,, yeah! Its me, Naruto!” the blond said proudly.

 

“Naruto? Wow.. three years really changed him.. a lot!” the woman thought. “This will give a slight shock to my daughter!”.

 

“Well… sorry for disturbing your Haruno-san. I'll just go look for her! Thanks!” Naruto said as he leapt to the roofs.

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Tsunade handed the scroll she was holding to Jiraiya. “That was from the head Jounin of the sand.” She added as Jiraiya opened the scroll and began to read.

A smile started to appear on the his face which greatly confused the Hokage. “This is really serious Jiraiya. There is nothing funny about this.”

 

“Don't worry.” He answered, still smiling. “I think Konoha can Handle it. Besides, Naruto's here.”

 

“But he's half the reason I don't want to accept this.” The Hokage said worriedly. The request of the sand is simple and if successful, the relation of the two villages will blossom resulting to economic and military boost (very technical please don't ask). But the Hokage was still doubting if Konoha was ready. The request was that to give Gaara, the Shukaku's carrier, the permission to stay in Konoha. Having one great demon sealed in him, Gaara was constantly attacked by the Akatsuki. Because of this, the Hidden Village of Sand was experiencing a great deal of loss as war after war razed their village. At this time, the sand cant afford the loss of anymore high ranking Ninjas for they will be defensless if a neighboring country decides to invade. Not only that, but without high ranking Shinobi, the sand wont be able to take high ranked missions which they will get the funds needed to rebuild their force. And that was the exact reason why Tsunade doesn't want to keep another Demon carrier. She was unsure that Konoha can hold the Akatsuki at bay. And with both Naruto and Gaara in the same village, this will certainly give the Akatsuki greater initiative to strike at full force. Given the fact that their number was far less than even a small army, the Akatsuki's skill makes up for it.

 

“You worry to much… and Naruto isn't the same as before. I think if he used all his power now, even you might lose.” He said seriously. “And I don't think Akatsuki will be attacking at full force anytime soon.” He added, leaning back on his chair. “Naruto made sure of that. The reason we were delayed was because we, I mean Naruto met some Akatsuki members when I left him when I gathered some data I needed. (cough). And when I got back, the place was trashed and Naruto sitting on the ground looking really smug about something, along with three tied up bodies.” The sannin recounted for the Hokage. “And it turned out that those three were along the high ranking members of the Akatsuki. Well, after that, we just dropped them off to the villages they belonged to which made us pretty rich!” he said happily, patting the large pouch on his belt.

 

As Jiraiya said that Naruto defeated three Akatsuki members single-handedly, both Shizune and the Hokage stared at him awe. If they hadn't seen Naruto do some remarkable things three years ago, they would have said that that was impossible. But three Akatsuki members single-handedly? That's was just incredible.

 

Suddenly, Jiraiya turned serious. “The only thing that bothers me is Itachi with his Mangekyou Sharingan and their leader. And if Itachi decides to come here, Sasuke will certainly follow, no doubt, together with Orochimaru. However, if we want to retrieve Sasuke, this will be the closest chance we could get.”

 

“I don't know…” the Hokage said uncertainly. “I don't think we can handle both Orochimaru and the Akatsuki at the same time… but if Naruto is as strong as you say he is…”

 

“Naruto… is stronger, more than I can say… If you doubt it, see for yourself…”

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It was common to find Hinata along with her teammates inside the Hyuuga Dojo this time of day when they were not assigned to missions. Falling to the floor, Hinata lay there exhausted after sparring and losing to Kiba.

 

“Damn Hinata! Your getting stronger…” Kiba said panting, leaning against the wall as Shino helped Hinata to stand up.

 

“Thanks… but not strong enough…” she said standing up.

 

“NOT STRONG ENOUGH!?! You nearly finished me off there! I was just lucky I knew your moves.” He said making Hinata blush. Kiba and Shino often cheered Hinata up in their training sessions though Shino did it with gestures rather than voicing it out like Kiba. They knew how hard she was training for the past years keeping up with both of them and being the youngest of the three, they considered her to be their younger sister.

 

“One more time!” Hinata said after a quick rest, already in her Jyuken stance.

 

Looking really exhausted, Kiba stood up and called Akamaru, now a fully grown ninja dog. “Fine, but I'm using Akamaru this time.”

 

“... Begin” Shino said a moment later. He usually acted as the referee due to the fact that both Hinata and Kiba wasn't keen on having bugs and other insects attacking them even if it was just a sparring session.

 

With that, Hinata Activated her Byakugan and waited for Kiba to move. With a few hand seals, Kiba performed the Juujin Bunshin (Beast Human Clone) as Akamru jumped on his back, turning to his masters appearance. Both of them then launched themselves forward to the waiting Hyuuga girl. “Gatsuuga!”. At that precise moment of contact, Hinata released charka around her body and concentrated a certain amount of it on here feet making her spin in her place “Hakkeshou: Kaiten!” As Kiba and Akamaru collided with the spinning wall of charka, both of them was thrown back a few feet away. Kiba quickly regained his senses though Akamaru was clearly knocked out. But even before he was prepared, Hinata was in front of him, in her Jyuken stance. It was so fast that he wasn't able to react as Hinata delivered sixty-four hits all over his tenketsu points. Seeing Hinata execute the Hakkeshou: Rokujuu Yonshou, Shino quickly ended the match.

 

“S-sorry Kiba! I g-got carried away!” Hinata said as she helped Kiba get up.

 

“Ha ha… I told you (ouch) that you were getting good, but, um (ouch), I think you should work more on that (ouch) technique.” He said as he got on his feet. “I can still circulate enough charka to fight.”

 

“I… I think… I'll just drop it… if I continue to practice it on you, you might get seriously injured.”. She was both disappointed, because she wasn't able to perfect that technique, and thankful that she haven't sent Kiba to the hospital.

 

“Nah…. Don't you worry. I can handle it.” Kiba said proudly. “You almost got it. Just a little more practice I think.” He added as he walked up to the unconscious Akamaru and gave him a little pat to wake him up. “One more try?” he asked Hinata.

 

But before Hinata can answer, Shino spoke up. “… that's enough for today… don't exhaust your chakra to much.”

 

“Um.. ok.” Hinata said.

 

“Yeah.. whatever….” Kiba followed.

 

They sat there and rested for a couple of minutes before heading outside the dojo. They usually ate something after their training sessions and that some thing is ramen most of the time. Hinata knew that Naruto loved ramen and it reminded her of him so she eats at the Ichiraku as often as she can. Her teammates however wasn't as enthusiastic about ramen but having no other choice because Hinata will only eat there most of the time, they grew accustomed to it. And so, after a quick cleanup, they headed for the Ichiraku for some ramen.

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“I still cant believe I lost to him!” the blond carrying a big fan on her back thought angrily to herself. “I know Kankuro is pissed of about me leaving him to deal with the Hokage… but… ARGH!!! Where the fuck is that Lazy, good for nothing excuse for a Ninja!” Temari was now on the training grounds of Konoha in her search for the Lazy, good for nothing excuse for a Ninja as she called him. There she found who she was looking for. Laying on the grass with his hand behind his head, staring at the clouds was the newly appointed Jounin, Nara Shikimaru. “Lazy ass bum!” she thought as she quickly but silently made her way towards him. When she was just a few feet away from him, a certain movement she caught in the corner if her eye made her jump away from her position.

 

“Damn! I didn't expect that!” Temari thought as she regained her composure. Quickly pulling out her fan in a defensive position she looked for the thing she saw that moved. “Must be his shadow.”

 

“Why do I always have to fight troublesome women…” Shikimaru sighed which greatly irritated Temari. “What do you want now?” he asked lazily, still laying there on his back, eyes on the clouds.”

 

“WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU THINK I WANT!” Temari shouted, obviously insulted that he wasn't even looking at her. “I want a rematch!”

 

Standing up “Geez… How troublesome...” he thought. Shikimaru yawned and stretched his arms. “Fine…”

 

“Good…” Temari quickly opened her fan to its fullest and quickly analyzed her surrounding. She doesn't want to lose again especially to him. After her quick but thorough analysis, she looked at him, ready to start.

 

“Fine…” Shikimaru said again, walking straight towards her. “I (yawn) give up. Its way too troublesome to fight you…. So I give up.” Placing both his hands on his side pockets, he walked passed making her reach the limits of her temper. Gathering all the chakra and strength she can, she began lift her giant fan in preparation for her attack. But even before she got to execute the move, she was unable to move.

 

Shikimaru turned around making her turn as well. “Why are you women so troublesome?” Shikimaru asked. “Can you just leave me in peace?”

 

“If you don't finish this fight now, I wont stop until I tear you limb from limb!” she shouted nervously for she was defenseless. Her back was completely exposed to him with no way to know what he will do, let alone avoid it. Gathering her courage, “And don't you dare give up!” she said.

 

Unknown to her, Shikimaru wasn't listening to her for the past minute. He was so absorbed at what he was seeing in front of him. He saw how much skin Temari was showing with that overly short dress she wears. And that mesh netting was just making things worse, for it made her more sexy in his opinion. He was not a pervert and all but that sight made that not-so-lazy side of him wake up. Shaking his head to snap out of that oh so wonderful sight, “How troublesome” he said as he released her shadow. “Yeah, yeah. Whatever.” he said as he started to walk away again, completely ignoring what she had just said.

 

By now Temari was really frustrated and her temper was way past its breaking point. She wanted to fight Shikimaru again so badly that she doesn't even know why. Her feelings toward him were undeniable. She hated everything about him, from his lazy attitude to the fact that his intelligence outmatches hers. She doesn't consider herself that strong, but she really prized her intelligence. And that damn Lazy, good for nothing excuse for a ninja just made her look like and idiot. But the real reason she wanted to fight him again was that she wanted to experience that adrenaline rush. She wont admit it, but Shikimaru is the only one capable of bringing that to her.

 

Thinking that she wasn't going to try anything, Shikimaru let his guard down and continued to walk, thinking about the great curves he had seen. “I knew that that girl was trouble from the beginning. damn… how troublesome.” He thought as the girl behind him tackled him to the ground. “Shit… now what?” he thought calmly as he hit the ground, face first, and pinned by Temari with both hands behind his back.

 

“Why the HELL wont you fight!” she shouted as she pinned him down.

 

“ `sigh' Coz its way to troublesome…..” he answered with his face on the ground.

 

It was the first time Shikimaru heard her laugh.

 

“ha…. You really wont fight me, wont you?” she said defeated. But a malicious smile spread across her face. “But I think a little payback wont hurt… much.” She didn't know what came over her to say that but having the strategic master of Konoha at her mercy went straight to her head… as well as other parts of her body. She was getting really hot by now. She shifted a little to make herself comfortable as she straddled his back, but taking that chance, Shikimaru twisted around, freed both his hands and grabbed hers in the process as he pinned her down on her back, hands above her head. Shikimaru was now looking serious and Temari was to shocked to even move. They stayed like that for a couple of seconds, both staring at each other until they heard a movement near them which mad them both stand up looking for whoever it was.

 

Chouji was standing there eating his chips in the way he did when he watched Shikimaru fight in the chunnin exam finals.

 

“how troublesome” he sighed. “This is not what you think Chouji, and what the hell are you DOING HERE?!?”

 

Looking really disappointed that the show was cancelled, “Ino asked me to get you. She wants us to help her at something.” He said with mouthful of chips.

 

“I… I'll be going now.” Temari said awkwardly as she left with a puff of smoke but not before Choji had seen that she was blushing like there's no tomorrow.

 

“I think the Lazy ass wont be so lazy now…” Chouji thought as he looked at a very awkward looking Shikimaru with a smirk.

 

“Geez… how troublesome.” He sighed as they headed to Ino's.

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Sakura was excited to see Naruto again, but not as excited if it was Sasuke. She still believes that he'll come back, and she was also hoping he would come back on his own. She was headed for Ichiraku Ramen stand hoping that Naruto was still there. Well, knowing him, he'd still be there from now till sunset, if he hasn't changed, that is. Preferring to walk rather than use the roofs, she took the street she knew to be the fastest way to the ramen stand. After a couple of minutes, she saw Shikimaru and Chouji further down the street carrying huge baskets of flowers. “Hey guys!” she greeted as she reached the newly appointed Jounin and Chouji, a chunnin. “Ino-pig making you do all the work?” she added with a smirk as she accompanied them towards the flower shop.

 

“Yeah…” was all that Shikimaru was able to say as they reached the Yamanaka flower shop, with Ino waiting for them.

 

“Oh… Hi Forehead girl!” Ino greeted her. “Just put it there Shikimaru. Chouji, there over the counter.” she directed her two teammates.

 

“Your looking cheerful today, Ino-pig.” She teased. Even though Sasuke wasn't there, they still loved to fight and compete with each other.

 

“Well if you must know, Forehead girl, there's a rumor that a hot shinobi is running around town.” She said, her eyes sparkling. Ino, though always fighting with Sakura, did everything she could to make her best friend move on. Sasuke just wasn't worth it. Leaving Konoha and by betraying them was enough for Ino to change her views about her gorgeous Uchiha, but what really changed the way he saw him was the rumor that he tried to kill the one everyone believed to be his closest friend and rival, Naruto, when he tried to bring him back.

 

“Really?” Sakura said, feigning excitement, but failing at it miserably in Ino's opinion.

 

“If you two are just gonna talk about some guy, then can we go now?” Shikimaru asked irritated. He was irritated for some time now. Actually, his bad mood started after finding out that the reason Ino called him was just to help her pick up some flowers. “How troublesome…”

 

Chouji however wasn't complaining. Ino had successfully bribed him with just two bags of chips. And by the way he looks, you'd think he couldn't be happier.

 

Completely ignoring Shikimaru, Ino continued. “Yeah, but I don't know who he is though.” She said

 

“Well… ok… um… sorry but I have to go now. I'm actually looking for someone.” Sakura said.

 

Hearing this, Ino looked suspiciously at the pink haired girl in front of her. “I think I'll come with you… I want to meet this new boyfriend of yours”. She teased.

 

“HE IS NOT MY BOYFRIEND” Sakura answered hotly. “For your information, I'm looking for Naruto. Jiraiya-sama was at the Hokage's office right now and he said that Naruto might be at the ramen stand where he usually was. And I'm headed there right now.”

 

“Naruto's back! Now I'm really excited!” the blond said as she pulled Sakura out the of the shop. Naruto was their friend after all, and being away for three years made them realize that life in Konoha wasn't the same without their loud, cocky, and clumsy friend.

 

Chouji followed the two out saying something about he wanted to eat ramen. Shikimaru was used to Chouji speaking with his mouth full of food that he understood what he said. “…no point staying here… might as well go see what Naruto has been doing.” Shikimaru said with a sigh as he followed the three outside, his hands on his pocket.

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“Hey! Its Sakura-chan!” Rock Lee pointed as he saw the trademark pink Haruno hair down the streets. As usual, their team was at the balcony which was always their meeting place. Neji, now also a Jounin, was there along with Ten-ten. “I will go down there and make sure Sakura-chan gets to where she's going safely!” Fuzzy eyebrows stated in his good guy pose before jumping down the balcony making Ten-ten smack her forehead in an embarrassed sort of way.

 

“He has seriously got to stop doing that!” Ten-ten said. “I admit that Gai-sensei is great, but Konoha doesn't really need another Shinobi in green spandex” she added disgustedly which made Neji smile a little.

 

Although still cold to others, especially to most of the Hyuuga main house, Neji has changed considerably. He's not as arrogant as before though that will never be completely gone, for sure. His fate obsession was also gone, beaten out of him by Naruto on the Chunnin exam finals. The conversation he had with Hyuuga Hiashi did something not only to him, but the whole Hyuuga clan as well. The Hyuuga clan had been undergoing a change in their ways for the past three years. The practice of Hyuuga Bunke Juinjutsu was abolished even with the objections of some head members. The ones with the seal however, cant have them removed for the only way to do that is death. And because of that, Hiashi was doing everything in his power to stop the head family members trying to torture and kill those surviving with the seal. As of now, things are going stable and if continues, both the branch family and head family can coexist harmoniously.

 

“Do you think we should follow him incase we need to save him from embarrassing himself in front of Sakura?” Ten-ten asked the Hyuuga prodigy.

 

“yeah… I don't want my time sparring with him come to waste if he decides to kill himself from the possible humiliation he might do.” He said before he smiled, making Ten-ten smile even brighter. She always thought that he was great, smart, and handsome but she haven't dared to tell him anything. She knew he wasn't the Neji that didn't care about anyone anymore. On the contrary, she was the only one in Konoha that has noticed every single change in him. She knew him as well as she knew her weapons… It was because that she valued his company more than anything that she didn't want to be the cause of a gap that may possibly be the result of saying anything about that subject.

 

Trying not to think about it anymore, she followed Neji down the balcony where Lee jumped off.

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“ah… Do we really have to eat here again?” Kiba complained with Akamru walking at his side.

 

“um… sorry to drag you both here again… but I really like it there.” Hinata apologized.

 

“I was just asking!” Kiba said quickly. “We like it there too, right Shino?” he added looking dangerously at Shino.

 

“…sure.” Was just Shino said but never the less, it made the Hyuuga smile.

 

As they reached the ramen stand, the owner quickly recognized them and prepared them their usual order, when four more customers arrived. “wow… today's my lucky day! Must be because Naruto's back… yeah.. he's definitely my lucky customer!” the owner thought happily preparing more meals. “I hope Naruto wont mind if I served some of his reserved ramen. Ill just make it up to him!”

 

“Kiba? Hinata? Shino?” Sakura said dumbfounded. “What are you doing here?” she said as she, Ino, Shikimaru, and Chouji arrived.

 

“EATING! What do you think we'll do in a ramen stand!” Kiba said sarcastically that irritated Sakura and Ino immediately.

 

“WHY YOU SMELLY….” Sakura and Ino started on Kiba but before they can reach him a voice called out.

 

“Sakura-chan!” Lee shouted with glee as he rushed past everyone towards Sakura. “er.. Hi! Are you hungry? Have you ordered yet?” Lee asked as he held one of her hands with both of his without Sakura even noticing what happened. He's not considered one of the fastest in Konoha for nothing.

 

Neji and Ten-ten was the next to arrive. As Neji stepped in, an awkward silence followed as everyone present looked at him then to Hinata.

 

“um… He-hello Ne-Neji…” Hinata said, said breaking the silence. She stood up and faced Neji and bowed a couple of inches.

 

“…You don't need to do that.” He said in a cold voice but everyone noticed a touch of kindness in his tone. He walked passed her and sat on a vacant chair.

 

“Just like old times… but not quite…. How troublesome…” Shikimaru thought as he seated himself beside Chouji who was already eating his order of ramen.

 

But even before they can recover from the Hinata and Neji scene, they all felt that familiar chakra near them. In an instant, all of them were on guard. Hinata and Neji in their Jyuken stance, Sakura and Ino was each holding a kunai while they gathered chakra instinctively, Ten-ten had both her hands ready on her shuriken holsters, Kiba was on all fours with Akamaru, Chouji was already starting to swell., and Shikimaru was already formulating strategies in his mind. Clearly, they were still scared by the Sand Nin Gaara which was standing a few feet away from them. However, before anyone can react, Lee had rushed in the middle, with both his arms at his side. “Relax Everyone!” he shouted.

 

A second later, Kankuro and Temari appeared with a puff of smoke on either side of their brother. “WAIT!” Kankuro shouted as he stepped beside Lee. “Were not here to fight!”

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“Damn! Where did everybody go?” Naruto asked aloud to himself after walking all over Konoha. He was looking for Sakura for the past hour but with no luck. He even decided to see some of his friends, but he cant find them either. Sighing, Naruto decided to just go back to the ramen stand and eat. He'll just have to look for everyone later…

 

The sight that greeted him when he returned to his favorite ramen stand shocked him. Everybody he went to look for was there. Even Gaara, Temari, and Kankuro were there. They were all looking rather tense and by the looks of it, Lee and Kankuro where trying desperately to calm things down.

 

“Well… I didn't expect to see everyone here of all places!” He said as he walked towards them with both his hands on the back of his head and a great big smile plastered on his face which made everyone present look at him.

 

“Naruto…?!?” most of them gasped as they recognized the blond walking towards them. They noticed every single change in his appearance, from his hair to his outfit.

 

Hinata was blushing like crazy by the time Naruto was in front of them. She was greatly taken aback at his sudden appearance and by the way he looks now. She thought he was cute even before he left, but now, cute was greatly an understatement. “Is that r-really N-Naruto-kun?” she asked herself.

 

Most of the girls present was thinking in the same lines as Hinata. And the guys too was staring at him unable to believe that this was the same Naruto they all knew. It was a couple of odd moments of just staring at Naruto when somebody decided to break the silence. Doubling up with laughter, Shikimaru pointed at Naruto. “Ha hah! So you were the one Ino and Sakura has been talking about running around town!” he said “The hot shinobi running around town! Ha-ha!” at this statement, Kiba rolled on the ground laughing hysterically while Chouji snorted some of the ramen which was still in his mouth, went flying all over the place. Even Shino and Neji could be seen fighting back their smiles. Even Gaara thought that that was funny though he wasn't showing it. Imagine a loud, irritating, and hopeless boy being ogled by women after three years? The boys just thought that it was crazy.

 

“What the hell is so funny?!?” Naruto asked scratching the back of his head, clearly not catching up. “whatever…” he said when nobody answered him. “I was looking all around town for you guys! Why are you all here? And what are you three doing here in Konoha?” he asked as he turned to the sand Nins. It might have been rude if someone else said it but everyone knew that Naruto didn't meant what he said in a rude way.. he was Naruto after all.

 

“Were on official business here.” Kankuro answered still between them and Gaara. “Confidential.” He added

 

“I hope you wont start any war again.” Naruto said as the tension slowly built up again.

 

“We wont…” Kankuro answered getting really nervous.

 

Then, Gaara stepped up and walked towards Naruto. “Will you fight me again…?” he asked in his usual monotone voice, ignoring the protests of Temari and Kankuro…

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Notes: I'm not sure this is great and all, but, I did my best! I really hope all of you like this! Any comments, suggestions, and criticisms will be greatly appreciated! I'm not so sure about what will happen on the next chapter, but there will be fight scenes with Gaara and Naruto. I hope its fine with all of you. Again, update will be a week or so, sooner if I can manage it. Thanks for reading!!!

 

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