So… So uh… Hi? I don't really know what to say. I took a very, very… very long "hiatus". Sorry, about that btw. Lol. I'm not good with consistency (and keeping promises apparently). And to be completely honest, the chances of me continuing this even after this chapter is very slim. So… yeah.

I guess you guys liked the first chapter of this fanfic. Hell, even when it seems like this story wouldn't even be getting updated you guys were still favoring it.

So, thanks to being quarantined and having jackshit to do other than schoolwork, I'll try and continue this. And maybe Vulpine Dovahkiin. I'm having a hard time reintroducing Naruto back into Skyrim for that. You guys can send some suggestions about that if you want. But I'll get around to it eventually.

Anyway. This is the second chapter of my Tales of the Sweet & Sour: Naruto Edition. And to make things clear. Tales of the Sweet and Sour can be applied to any other franchise. Marvel, DC, a game series, Movies, etc. After/If I finish the Naruto Edition, you guys can give suggestions on what you want to see next.

Warnings: If you're older than 18, then you're allowed to read this. If you aren't… I'm not one of your parents, so do what you want I guess.

Disclaimer: I own all of this. It's mine now. Bitch.

Chapter Two

After serving an hour of detention, Iruka finally let the two troublemakers go with the promise of a harsher punishment if they skipped again. Of course, he didn't know why they were late to class, but then again he didn't care.

Iruka was a real piece of work sometimes.

"Aww, shit." Ami groaned out as she walked out of the academy and saw her older brother waiting for her at the gate with a serious expression and his arms crossed. "I guess we won't be spending the weekend together, Naruto."

Naruto looked over at her and smirked. "It's fine." He said before leaning over to whisper in her ear, "It'll just give us more of a reason to catch up on Monday."

She blushed slightly at the underlying message and returned his smirk. "You bet your blonde ass we will." She said before running off to her older sibling, immediately being smacked upside the head and dragged away by the ear.

Chuckling at her misfortune, Naruto also started making his way home, thinking about how to spend his weekend since the original was ruined now.

"I haven't done any actual training in a while, so I could do that. But it's gonna be boring if I don't have anyone to train with. Hmm?" He said, walking as he thought of a few people he could train with.

Sasuke? "No. I'd stab myself before I trained with him."

Choji and Shikamaru? "They're cool, but not exactly the most active duo."

Shino? "Ehhh? Nah."

Sakura or Ino? "Nope. Same reasons as Sasuke, except they'll be stabbing me."

Hinata? "Nah. I can hardly get a word in before she passes out. She should probably get that checked out soon though."

Kiba?

That actually got him to pause his aimless stroll. They had a… interesting relationship for lack of a better word. If anything, they were somewhat friendly rivals with a smidgen of animosity between each other.

Regardless, it would present his with the opportunity of annoying the Inuzuka boy on a Saturday.

… and maybe train too, if Kiba wasn't too pissed off.

"Alright then. It's decided." He announced out loud as he walked up the stairs to the door of his apartment. "I'll head over to Kiba's house tomorrow. I'm sure Kiba's mom won't mind me hanging out all day."

With that plan in mind, he walked into his apartment and decided to crash on the couch. He felt that for some reason, he would need all his energy tomorrow.

The Next Day

It was around eleven o'clock in the morning when Naruto arrived at the Inuzuka Compound where Kiba and his family stayed.

Walking up to the door, he knocked on it three times before stepping back. A few minutes later the door opened to reveal Kiba, wearing a dirty white tee and a pair of black shorts with a grumpy expression plastered across his face. He looked like he's been playing in the dirt since he woke up.

More like being thrown around on the dirt if the red marks on his face were anything to go by.

"Who is i-!? Oh." His grumpy face shifted to confusion before quickly going back to grumpy. "The hell do you want Uzumaki?"

Naruto, with his classic wide grin, threw his arms out as if he was welcoming a hug. "Come on, Kiba! Don't be like that. What's got you so annoyed this fine Saturday morning?" He asked, placing his hands on his hips.

The Inuzuka boy sighed before pointing his thumb back into his house. "My mom is making me train with her, and apparently she's taking the opportunity to beat the shit out of me." He said, wincing as he touched his slightly swollen cheek.

Naruto whistled as he finally took in the kid's appearance. He looked terrible. Even worse than when they'd have their slug fests during spars in the Academy.

"Wanna tag me in?" He suggested, causing Kiba to look at him with a raised eyebrow. "I came over here to spar with you, but you look like shit right now. Well, worse than you normally look actually." He said, throwing a little jab at him in the end.

"Screw you, Naruto," Kiba growled out, eyes narrowing before he winced in pain again. "Fine. You wanna get the whiskers beat off of you, be my guest. Come on." He stepped back and held the door open, to let him walk in. "She's in the backyard."

Naruto followed behind Kiba, chuckling silently at the slight limp, as he led him to the backyard.

When he got there, Naruto was surprised as almost immediately Kiba yelped as he was grabbed by the back of his shirt and yanked up to look into the eyes of a wild-looking woman, who he assumed was his mother.

"What the hell took you so long, brat?" She practically growled out before turning towards Naruto, expertly masking her recognition of him. "And who the hell is this?"

Before Kiba could choke out an answer, Naruto stepped forward with a wide smile.

"The name's Naruto Uzumaki! Nice to meet ya, Ms. Inuzuka." He said as he stuck out his hand.

She stared at him like he was crazy for a few seconds before grinning and unceremoniously dropping Kiba to the ground.

"Tsume, kid." She introduced herself as she shook his hand. "What are you doing here? Kiba didn't tell you he was busy today?" She said, throwing a sideways glare at her son.

"Actually it's not his fault, honestly." Naruto sheepishly rubbed the back of his head while Tsume looked at the boy with a raised eyebrow. "I kind of showed up short notice. I was just bored and looking for someone to train or hang out with."

"Huh? Interesting." Tsume looked between the two with a thoughtful expression before she grinned. "Okay then. Kiba…" She said, gaining the boy's attention. "Looks like you've got yourself a training buddy."

"Wait what?!"

"Awesome!"

"Wait a second, Naruto!" Kiba yelled as he hobbled over to grab his friend's shoulders. "Are you sure you want to do this? She's crazy, man! Crazy I say!"

Chuckling at Kiba'a hysterics, Naruto grinned before shrugging the boy's hands off his shoulders. "Relax, Kiba. Besides…" He paused and leaned to the side to look at Tsume. "I'm sure Ms. Tsume won't go too hard on me. Right?"

He almost felt like he just made a deal with the Devil when she gave him a sickly sweet smile, her canines in full display. He could almost hear a faint rumbling in the back of his mind as she stalked towards both of the now trembling kids.

"You fucked up, kid."

-Ten Minutes Later-

An old villager pushing his stand of cabbages was singing a happy song as he walked merrily down the street.

"~Raindrops keep falling on my head…~"

He paused in front of the entrance to Konoha National Park and took a deep breath of air.

"Ahhh." Letting out a breath of relief, he gave a serene smile as he looked up at the blue sky. "Such a beautiful day. No clouds in sight. The birds are chirping and kids are playing. How much better can this day get?"

"LOOK OUUUUUUT!"

"Huh?" Turning around, his eyes went wide before he had to dive to the side to avoid getting trampled by two fast-moving kids… who were heading right for his cabbage stand.

Before he could yell out for them to stop, he watched as one of the kids vaulted through the opening of the cart and the other slid underneath it, leaving his cabbages safe and sound.

"Thank Kami…" He breathed out a sigh of relief, wiping his forehead.

"GET BACK HERE MAGGOTS! QUIT BEING A BUNCH OF SISSIES!"

His relief was short-lived though as a wild-looking woman came blazing past him, smashing right through his cabbage stand as if it was made of paper.

"NOOOOO! MY CABBAGES!"

When Kiba and Naruto looked back to see what happened, they quickly turned back around and sped up when they saw Tsume running at them Terminator-style. Their legs were blurs as they pushed themselves to outrun the Inuzuka Clan leader.

"Your mom is a maniac, Kiba!" Naruto shouted, eyes wide in fear.

"At least you don't have to live with her!" The brown-haired boy responded, a similar expression on his face.

"I HEARD THAT YOU BRATS! WHEN I CATCH YOU, I'M GONNA KICK YOUR LITTLE ASSES INTO NEXT WEEK!"

Things were certainly not looking good for the pair of ninjas-to-be.

-3 Hour Later-

Hana Inuzuka, the eldest child of Tsume Inuzuka, was relaxing on the couch with her feet kicked up on the coffee table reading a book on medicine when the front door suddenly burst open

Jumping up in surprise, she looked at the entrance to the house to see her mother with her foot extended, showing that she kicked the door open, and carrying two boys on her shoulders. One of them was her brother, and the other was some blond-haired kid she'd seen around the village before.

"Umm, mom?" She said after a few seconds, slightly unnerved at the sadistic grin her mother was wearing.

"Hm?" Tsume broke out of her satisfied gaze to look at her daughter. "Oh. Hey, Hana. How's it going?" She asked nonchalantly as if she didn't have two beaten unconscious boys on her shoulders.

"Good..." Hana said slowly, unsure of how to ask about what exactly she's seeing. "Why are you carrying a knocked out Kiba and another random kid on your shoulders?"

Instead of giving a detailed answer, Tsume simply said "Training.", and walked past her daughter and up the stairs. Presumably heading to Kiba's room to put the boys to rest.

-1 hour later-

We now find Tsume standing over the stove cooking steak having a conversation with Hana who was sitting at the kitchen table.

While Naruto and Kiba were resting in rooms, Tsume filled her confused daughter in on what exactly happened and why Naruto was here in the first place. Hana, being a pretty smart girl, quickly picked up on the situation. She had seen Naruto around the village on different occasions, but never really interacted with him before.

"So how did he do today?" She asked, curious about the blond-haired boy.

"Kiba or Naruto?" Tsume asked rhetorically. "Kiba improved a bit, though I'm not sure if it was just so that he wouldn't get completely embarrassed In front of his friend."

Hana snorted at that. "I bet. Kiba's always trying to upstart someone. But what about Naruto? How did he do?" She asked.

"Not bad for someone that's never had any 1 on 1 training before." She said, lowering the heat on the stove to turn and face Hana. "He doesn't really have any technique or skill but his physical prowess is impressive. Even gave me this nasty bruise on my stomach when he got a lucky shot in." She lifted her shirt to show a light bruise in the middle of her muscled abdomen.

Hana cringed when she got a good look at it. "Sheesh. I'd hate to have to spar with him if he managed to do that to you."

"Eh You'd kick his ass just as easily as I did. Just don't let the brat hit you." Tsume replied, letting down her shirt and shrugging her shoulders. "I've had a lot worse than that, but he's a scrappy little runt for sure. He can also take a lot of punishment, that's for sure."

They continued to have a small conversation for a few minutes before Tsume decided it was time for dinner.

"Alright, lets go wake up the boys." Tsume said as she stood and began to walk to and up the stairs, Hana following behind her. "Go get Naruto up. I'll get your brother." She said before turning to walk down the hall to Kiba's room, Hana going the opposite direction.

When Hana made it to the room Naruto was resting in, she knocked on the door and waited a few seconds.

"Naruto? Are you awake?" After a moment of no response, she decided to open the door and wake up the boy physically. "Hey, food's rea-Oh!"

Whether it be coincidence or Kami pulling a prank on them, just as Hana opened the door and peered into the room, Naruto walked out of the bathroom drying his hair with a towel.

This meant that Hana had a full uncensored view of Naruto in all his blonde glory.

When Naruto finally pulled the towel away from his head, the two teens made direct eye contact with each other. Both going wide eyed. Naruto, being the silver tongued devil he was, could only say one thing as Hana's eyes fought to maintain eye contact.

"Uhh…hi?"

And that's a wrap. Again, sorry that this chapter took forever to get out. I'm bad with being motivated to do things like this. I wanted to get this out a lot sooner, but every time I started typing shit I just lost all motivation after a few sentences.

I don't know. I don't wanna bore y'all with my problems. So fuck all that. Lol.

I don't wanna promise that I'll commit to a schedule, cause I know I won't follow it. Just know, that right after I uploaded this chapter, I've already started on the third one. But, much like this one, don't be surprised if the next one doesn't get uploaded soon after. Hopefully I get it out soon, but… you know.

Also, sorry about the shitty cliffhanger. I didn't know how to end this without going into sex/foreplay scene, and that would've just dragged this out longer. Next chapter will likely start with a lemon unless I think of something more interesting. Regardless, there will be a lemon somewhere in the next chapter.

Anyway… peace out.

p.s. Sorry if there are any spelling and/or punctuation errors, but if I had to proof read this it would never get uploaded. Also, sorry if this chapter seems shot. I just wanted to get this out so that I could move on from it. I always have trouble with the second chapter, so maybe the third one will go better for me. Hopefully. Again, sorry.