Growing Pains
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Naruto AU/AR › General
Rating:
Adult +
Chapters:
17
Views:
1,165
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19
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Currently Reading:
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VIII
VIII
Naruto paced like a caged lion around Tsunade’s office. He’d been called into the office just before he heard that Sasuke was in the village. He’d been locked in, and any jutsu he tried didn’t work. So he paced and growled and snarled and imagined Sasuke dying beneath his hands. It didn’t make him feel any better, but it gave him something to do while he waited. His genin were gods knew where, goofing off while their sensei got a tongue-lashing from the Hokage. He knew what it would be about, too. ‘Don’t go after Sasuke,’ ‘don’t instigate anything’. So everyone else in the village got to take a pot shot at the bastard while Naruto lingered in la la land pretending everything was peachy keen.
No fucking way.
If anyone fought Sasuke, it would be him, god dammit.
So he waited for Tsunade to get her butt into her office to lecture him so he could smile and nod and then get out to hunt the bastard down anyway. When Tsunade did show up, she looked incredibly pissed off, so Naruto just stood at attention and kept his face blank.
“I don’t want you or anyone else to have contact with Sasuke.” Tsunade finally said. “There’s something about him that’s different.”
“It couldn’t possibly be the snake-bastard, could it?” Naruto asked, keeping a straight face so she couldn’t yell at him.
“It’s not Orochimaru. We know his whereabouts. It’s something with his Sharingan, or that’s what Kakashi believes.”
Naruto blinked. “What?”
Tsunade rubbed her temples. “I asked Kakashi to determine Sasuke’s intentions. He returned stating they were only here for the exams, but something had shaken his confidence.”
“Like a genjustu,” Naruto reasoned.
“Like, but not exactly. If you do go seek him out, Naruto,” Tsunade began, giving her jounin a piercing glare, “do not under any circumstances look him in the eye.”
Naruto nodded and left the Hokage’s office, armed with new information. All he had to do was incapacitate Sasuke’s eyes and he’d be home free. He only had to find him now and observe his target before he could attack. While a part of him screamed to just run in and get it over with, his logical side stated patience. Sasuke wouldn’t be taken down so easily. Naruto needed the fight to go his way or he’d be better off not instigating a fight at all.
They were well hidden, not too close or too far from their targets. The girl who had been with them earlier had left, presumably to get food, but they weren’t concerned with the girl. They weren’t concerned with the blonde boy either. The pair they were concerned with consisted of the brunette boy and the sensei. Each seemed innocent enough, but each ANBU member who had been given this duty knew otherwise.
Each target was to be watched and the boy eliminated.
The ANBU crouching behind bushes close to the trio had already discerned several ways of completing their orders.
“Watcha doin’?” a child’s voice asked from behind.
The group of ANBU whirled and stared at the blonde girl, her arms laden with bags full of food, and wondered how in the name of hell she’d been able to sneak up on them. Without further prompting, each vanished, leaving the girl incredibly confused.
Sighing at the idiocy of adults, Umi promptly stepped through the bushes and sidled up to her sensei and teammates. She handed out the food, showing off her memorization skills, and settled down to eat, reviewing theory that had been practiced today. With only one day left now before the chuunin exams began, Sasuke wanted to make sure the three of them were up to speed and ready to handle any obstacle that came their way. He held no illusions that there were genin who would be bigger and stronger, and so he needed to make his genin smarter. They had already begun to anticipate the enemy’s movements, but now they needed to go a step further and counter instead of defend.
They were Kinugakure shinobi. It was time to make their village proud of them.
Naruto paced like a caged lion around Tsunade’s office. He’d been called into the office just before he heard that Sasuke was in the village. He’d been locked in, and any jutsu he tried didn’t work. So he paced and growled and snarled and imagined Sasuke dying beneath his hands. It didn’t make him feel any better, but it gave him something to do while he waited. His genin were gods knew where, goofing off while their sensei got a tongue-lashing from the Hokage. He knew what it would be about, too. ‘Don’t go after Sasuke,’ ‘don’t instigate anything’. So everyone else in the village got to take a pot shot at the bastard while Naruto lingered in la la land pretending everything was peachy keen.
No fucking way.
If anyone fought Sasuke, it would be him, god dammit.
So he waited for Tsunade to get her butt into her office to lecture him so he could smile and nod and then get out to hunt the bastard down anyway. When Tsunade did show up, she looked incredibly pissed off, so Naruto just stood at attention and kept his face blank.
“I don’t want you or anyone else to have contact with Sasuke.” Tsunade finally said. “There’s something about him that’s different.”
“It couldn’t possibly be the snake-bastard, could it?” Naruto asked, keeping a straight face so she couldn’t yell at him.
“It’s not Orochimaru. We know his whereabouts. It’s something with his Sharingan, or that’s what Kakashi believes.”
Naruto blinked. “What?”
Tsunade rubbed her temples. “I asked Kakashi to determine Sasuke’s intentions. He returned stating they were only here for the exams, but something had shaken his confidence.”
“Like a genjustu,” Naruto reasoned.
“Like, but not exactly. If you do go seek him out, Naruto,” Tsunade began, giving her jounin a piercing glare, “do not under any circumstances look him in the eye.”
Naruto nodded and left the Hokage’s office, armed with new information. All he had to do was incapacitate Sasuke’s eyes and he’d be home free. He only had to find him now and observe his target before he could attack. While a part of him screamed to just run in and get it over with, his logical side stated patience. Sasuke wouldn’t be taken down so easily. Naruto needed the fight to go his way or he’d be better off not instigating a fight at all.
They were well hidden, not too close or too far from their targets. The girl who had been with them earlier had left, presumably to get food, but they weren’t concerned with the girl. They weren’t concerned with the blonde boy either. The pair they were concerned with consisted of the brunette boy and the sensei. Each seemed innocent enough, but each ANBU member who had been given this duty knew otherwise.
Each target was to be watched and the boy eliminated.
The ANBU crouching behind bushes close to the trio had already discerned several ways of completing their orders.
“Watcha doin’?” a child’s voice asked from behind.
The group of ANBU whirled and stared at the blonde girl, her arms laden with bags full of food, and wondered how in the name of hell she’d been able to sneak up on them. Without further prompting, each vanished, leaving the girl incredibly confused.
Sighing at the idiocy of adults, Umi promptly stepped through the bushes and sidled up to her sensei and teammates. She handed out the food, showing off her memorization skills, and settled down to eat, reviewing theory that had been practiced today. With only one day left now before the chuunin exams began, Sasuke wanted to make sure the three of them were up to speed and ready to handle any obstacle that came their way. He held no illusions that there were genin who would be bigger and stronger, and so he needed to make his genin smarter. They had already begun to anticipate the enemy’s movements, but now they needed to go a step further and counter instead of defend.
They were Kinugakure shinobi. It was time to make their village proud of them.