She signaled for her ANBU, making a man wearing a bear mask appear before her, "Get me Uzumaki Naruto!"
"Man I can't believe you got to see a battle with all three of the Sannin!" Tenten whined, "I swear Naruto-kun, you're so lucky."
Naruto chuckled a bit, "Believe me, there is nothing lucky about the shit I get into."
After Naruto had woken up from the death grip Tenten had placed on him the pair had gone out to get some ramen. Having paced himself this time Naruto was only on his fourteenth bowl while Tenten was finishing up her first. As they ate he had told her all about his mission to bring Tsunade back. Well, not everything. He neglected to tell her key parts, like him getting stabbed twice and some other things that he felt would destroy the girl's image of Tsunade.
"I don't know how you can say that. I mean you got to meet the Sannin, you're being trained by a Sannin and you always seem to go on so many adventures," Tenten concluded.
"Yeah, and I usually end up getting my ass kicked by people who are ridiculously stronger than me." Naruto shook his head, "It's nowhere near the adventure you think it is."
Tenten pouted at that and was about to say something when a masked ANBU appeared within a Shunshin right next to them.
"Uzumaki-san, Tsunade-sama would like to see you."
Naruto looked at the bear-masked ANBU and sighed, "Alright, tell her I'll be there shortly."
The ANBU nodded and disappeared. Naruto turned to Tenten, "Looks like I'm gonna have to cut this short, I'll see you later okay Ten-chan?"
Tenten gave soft, depressed sigh. She had been hoping to spend a little more time with Naruto, "Yeah I'll see you later."
Naruto placed a hand over hers and gave it a soft squeeze before disappearing in a Shunshin.
"You called baa-chan?"
Tsunade turned her head and gave Naruto a disgruntled look as she saw him crouched on the window sill, "Gaki, haven't you ever heard of a door?"
Naruto snorted as he stepped into the office, "Doors are for losers baa-chan." He sat down in front of Tsunade's desk and gave her a grin, "So what did you need to see me for?"
Tsunade looked at him and grinned as she tossed him a scroll, "I wanted to see you to congratulate you on your promotion gaki."
Naruto unsealed the contents of his scroll and grinned as he saw the green Chunin flak jacket, "Awesome! I knew they would have to promote me after I kicked ass in the Chunin Exams!" Naruto resealed the jacket since he did not really feel like wearing something so bulky. "So does that mean I'm going to be getting better missions than those D-rank terrors?"
Tsunade smirked, "Of course, with the village in the situation it's in we need all the help we can get. As a Chunin you'll be instructed to go on higher ranked missions with other Chunins and Jonins. You will also be called upon to lead Genin on some missions since most of their Jonin-senseis are being assigned to tougher missions."
Naruto nodded before frowning, "What about Team Seven?" He was not really sure whether he really liked being on that team or not. Kakashi was nice enough, and occasionally the other two were, but they never really had any serious team dynamics.
"You'll still go on occasional missions with them too. But because you're a Chunin you will only be with them when I assign a higher ranked mission," Naruto nodded at the woman's answer.
"Makes since, is that all you need me for?"
Tsunade nodded, "Yep that's all gaki. Come back in a day or two and I'll have a mission for you."
Naruto stood and jumped back onto the window sill, "I'll see you later baa-chan!" He jumped out just as she threw a paperweight at his head, laughing as he landed on a roof below.
"Damn gaki," Tsunade grumbled under breath.
Naruto soon found himself in the Forest of Death, having decided that since he had gotten his sixteen hour sleep it would be a good idea to start training. As he walked into his usual clearing the blonde's senses went on high alert, forcing him to jump out of the way as several snakes came at him.
"Kitsune-bi!" Naruto opened his mouth as he channeled his youki into a single point there. The swirling purple energy could be seen as a condensed ball in his mouth, right before it burst into a light blue flame and shot out, destroying the snakes before they could do anything else.
While he had been launching his attack, the blond had followed the snakes' trail to see where they had been. He created his youki whip and sent the purple string of energy up into the tree branches where the leaves were thickest. This had the inherent effect of making Anko, who had been watching him almost as soon as he entered the forest, jump out and land on the ground some distance away.
Said woman launched several kunai almost as soon as she hit the ground, began going through a set of hand seals and calling out a jutsu, "Kunai Kage Bunshin No Jutsu!"
The kunai multiplied into several dozen, all of them heading towards Naruto. However, the blond was not deterred in the least as he unsealed his bo staff and began spinning it in an ever increasingly complex pattern. As he continued he charged wind chakra through the staff and unleashed a blast of wind with every movement he made. Unlike a sword, where this would have made a cutting motion due to a blade's sharp edge, the staff created gusts of wind that knocked the kunai off course.
When all of the kunai had been cleared Naruto resealed his staff and launched a kunai of his own from the gauntlet on his wrist. At the same time he made several one handed seals that caused the kunai he sent to multiply into ten. Naruto smirked when he noticed the slight widening of Anko's eyes, signifying her surprise at his ability to do a technique without saying the name. It didn't last long however, as two kunai slid into the snake mistress's hand and she began deflecting and dodging the projectiles.
While she was doing that Naruto was running in close and by the time she had finished dodging had his two hands linked together by their thumbs and thrust them out, "Fuuton: Kamikaze Seiken!"
The air shimmered as the wind in the shape of Naruto's fist hit Anko and sent her flying into a tree, where the force of her impact created a large crater.
Naruto was not surprised when Anko turned into mud. Nor was he surprised when several snakes shot out from some bushes a dozen feet away and latched onto him. A second later they sunk their fangs into him and Naruto exploded.
"You know that was pretty close."
Anko's eyes widened as she heard Naruto's voice behind and jumped away just in time to dodge his next strike. Using one hand as a springboard she flipped herself up and spun in midair, tossing a kunai at the blond who merely caught in between his fingers.
Landing back on the ground she eyed the blond a moment before favoring him with a smirk, "You know you've gotten pretty good. Six months ago had this fought like this it would have been over almost before it began."
"What can I say," Naruto grinned as he rolled the kunai in his hands between his fingers. "I had an amazing teacher; a crazy, sadistic, psychotic bitch, but an amazing one." He sent the kunai flying back at Anko, who caught it in her hand and returned it to him at an increased speed.
"You say such kind things about me gaki," Naruto grinned as he sent a kunai from his launcher to intercept Anko's.
"You know you love it."
Anko stuck her tongue out before thrusting out her hands, "Sen'eijashu!"
Several more snakes were launched out. However, Naruto had come to expect that and had unsealed his katana and ran straight at the snakes. He sliced right through them before continuing on to Anko who grinned and let two kunai fall into her hands as she met his charge head on.
She blocked the first strike with her left kunai, and then sent out her right hand in a slash that would slit Naruto's throat. However, the blond was quick enough to disengage his blade with Anko's and intercepted the attack. Using his strength Naruto pushed her back and then spun around, swinging his blade in a horizontal slash at waist height. Rather than block the slash, which she knew would send her off balance due to the blonde's increased strength, jumped back and let the blade pass through the spot she had been.
The battle paused and the two eyed each other wearily, before on some unspoken signal they charged again. Naruto came in with an overhand swing that Anko blocked with one kunai, grunting as she felt her knees buckle behind his strength, but she stayed strong as she lashed out at him with her other kunai. Naruto jumped over her attack, flipping himself around in midair and aimed a slash at Anko's head. The purplette seemed to have plans other than getting her cranium split down the center however, as she ducked under the slash and rolled forward.
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