Tenten watched as Naruto trained with Kitori. For the past week, Naruto and Tenten had been training with his grandmother, trying to master the use of his mother's blade, the Samehone. Tenten sighed as she absently polished the icy blue katana given to her by Kitori, at Naruto's request. The katana called Yoshikirizame(1) was made of enchanted ice that would never melt or break, just like the Samehone, but would only let one person wield it. After Kitori had done the jutsu to let Tenten touch the handle, and choose her to be the one to wield it's power.
"Tenten!" Kitori called. Tenten looked to her sensei to see that Naruto was on the ground with his Samehone sheathed. She knew what that meant; it meant that it was her turn to spar with Kitori. She quickly sheathed her sword and sank into an aijutsu stance. Kitori, seeing her student go into a stance, did the same. They stared each other down, neither one getting a chance to attack, until both women charged the other, yelling the same attack.
" Hitoshirenu Same no kata, Shumokuzame(2)!"
They both drew their blades and in a blur, disappeared, only to reappear in opposite spots, both with their swords drawn. After a minute, a cut appeared on Tenten's arm, while some hairs fell from Kitori's head. Kitori smiled when she saw the hair fall to the ground, she quickly turned to the girl with a smile.
" Good job Tenten. It seems like the both of you pass." Kitori said with a smile. At this, both Tenten's and Naruto's eyes widened.
" Do we really pass, Kitori-sensei?" Tenten asked, just to make sure. Kitori nodded and went into the house. While she was gone, Naruto quickly went over to Tenten and got her into a big hug. When he let her go, Tenten showed how much she cared for her blonde boyfriend by placing a deep kiss onto his lips. They were both interrupted when Kisame came and saw them.
" Aww… the brat and his woman finally get some alone time together, but wait, the big, bad, Kisame has to talk to his nephew for a while. Sorry you two, but I need to talk to him about something." He said and grabbed Naruto by the back of his neck and dragged him away. Tenten sighed when her boyfriend was taken away from her, but then noticed that Kitori was coming back.
" Eh? What happened to Naruto?" the elder woman asked when she did not see her grandson.
" Well, Kisame-san just took him away, saying he needed to talk to him." Tenten replied. Kitori just shrugged.
" Oh well, Tenten, I need you to come here." Tenten did as she was told when Kitori threw some things at her. Catching everything that was thrown at her, Tenten saw that she was now holding up a blue-green Chinese-style long-sleeved shirt with armored parts, on the shirt was an embroidered mako shark jumping out of the water. She was also holding blue pants, fingerless gloves like Naruto's, a blue-ish sash, and last but not least, an Anbu mask of a shark in a sea-green color. Tenten looked up to Kitori when she saw the mask.
" The mask Tenten, is to show that you have been accepted as a clan member, and proves that you have exceptional skill with a blade. Wear it proudly, because you've earned it." Kitori said with a smile as she hugged Tenten. Tenten hugged her back, all the while saying thank you over and over again.
With Naruto
Kisame had taken Naruto over to a lake with a twenty-foot waterfall. Once there, Kisame threw his nephew onto a rock and sat down next to him.
" What did you want to talk to me about, Kisame-ossan?" Naruto asked. Kisame's eyes twitched but he kept going.
" Well, I know that you like your girlfriend, and that you're a teenager," he started.
" Yeah…" Naruto said, having a feeling of dread washing over him. Kisame grinned his sharky grin.
" Well, it's time for you to have, ' The Talk'." Kisame finished.
Naruto's yell could have been heard in Wave Country.
With Tenten and Kitori
The two women were packing up Tenten's belongings when they saw a red-faced Naruto and a grinning Kisame walk up to them. When Naruto saw Tenten, his face went into a deeper shade of red that made Kitori smirk.
" So, what did you two talk about?" Tenten asked, causing Naruto to blush.
" N-nothing, but I better get my stuff ready." He replied and went to pack his stuff, leaving a confused Tenten, and a laughing Kitori and Kisame.
Three Days Later
Naruto, Tenten and Jiraiya were walking up to the gates of Konoha, and were greeted by Shizune. Once Shizune spotted them, she quickly ushered them to Tsunade's office. Once inside, Tsunade noticed that both Naruto and Tenten were wearing different clothes. Naruto wearing a black and blue suit with a cloak, his shark Anbu mask at his side with his Samehone sheathed at his left. His Girinin vest on top of the blue and black shirt. Tenten was wearing her new clothes with her hair down instead of the buns, with her shark mask at her side above her Yoshikirizame on the right side. Their fingerless gloves shined at the metal plates, and Tsunade noticed Naruto had gotten taller.
" Naruto," Tsunade began solemnly, " I am sorry to inform you that during your absence, your teammate, Uchiha Sasuke had left the village to go Orochimaru. We sent a team consisting of Hyuuga Neji, Inuzuka Kiba and Akamaru, Nara Shikamaru, Akimichi Chouji, and Abrame Shino to retrieve him. The team came back yesterday with the help of Sabaku no Gaara, Temari, and Kankuro. It seems that the last Uchiha has left Konoha for good." Tsunade finished. She looked up to see that Naruto's eyes were not filled with tears, but with anger.
" I should have been there." He mumbled.
" There's nothing you could have done, Naruto. If you were here, then there's a chance that you could have been hospitalized as well." Tsunade said. At this, Naruto's and Tenten's eyes widened.
" Who's in the hospital Baa-chan?" Naruto asked.
" All of the ones that went on that mission except for Shikamaru." Tsunade replied, but Naruto and Tenten were already on their way towards the hospital.
" So, how was the Hoshigaki clan?" Tsunade asked Jiraiya.
" Well, they're still a few left. Kitori's Naruto's grandmother to you know." The perverted hermit spoke.
" Really, so the clothes he was wearing was Arashi's and his mother's?" Jiraiya nodded.
" He knows about his heritage, as does Tenten. They were both trained by Kitori in swordplay, so you can bet that they're both pretty good." Tsunade nodded.
With Naruto
Naruto and Tenten ran up to the receptionist desk and asked the rooms of their friends. After gaining the room numbers, the two headed for the first room, Chouji's.
When Naruto and Tenten came to the floor, they saw Shikamaru, Ino, Temari, and Chouji's dad. When the four saw Naruto and Tenten come up, Temari went over to Naruto, when he asked how Chouji was doing. Shikamaru answered.
" Chouji used his clan's three pills that give the user great power, but will slowly kill you by destroying your cells. He took all three of them, now he's in surgery, you should go see Kiba and the rest." The lazy genius said. After the two had said a prayer, they went to the next room, which happened to be Neji's. They saw Hinata, Lee and Gai there as well.
" Naruto-kun! Tenten-chan! You're back. Oh the flames of Youth must be burning brightly within you!" Lee yelled.
" How's Neji, Gai-sensei?" Tenten asked. Gai for once looked solemn.
" Neji-kun, is in extensive care. He fought bravely but was against a powerful and skilled opponent." Gai said. Tenten looked down worriedly. Naruto, seeing his girlfriend looking so down, came up to her and gave her a hug.
" Don't worry Ten-chan, Neji is strong. He'll be ok. You can stay here if you want, but I need to see the others." He told her. Tenten nodded and Naruto gave a prayer to Neji and left for Kiba and Akamaru's room.
When Naruto got to Kiba's room, he saw both Kiba's and Shino's parents, along with Kiba's older sister, Hana. Naruto walked over to them and bowed. He then turned to Hana.
" How are they?" he asked. Hana looked down,
" Kiba and Shino have chakra exhaustion, but Kiba's got a stab wound that was pretty nasty. Akamaru's hind leg muscles are torn, and we are not sure if they will heal. We just got them out of extensive care three days ago." She replied. Naruto nodded and was about to go find Tenten when he felt a familiar presence.
" Uzumaki Naruto," called a monotonous voice. Naruto turned around to see the Sand Siblings, in different attire, except Kankuro.
" Gaara, Temari, Kankuro. How are you three doing?" Naruto asked.
"We're doing fine, Naruto. Where have you been?" Temari asked, curiously. She then noticed his attire. 'Wow…' she thought.
"I went to see my family." He said, he was about to leave when he heard Gaara's voice again.
"Uzumaki Naruto, I wish to fight you." Naruto's eyes widened but he soon grinned.
"Sure, but not today, maybe tomorrow?" he asked. Gaara nodded. The red-head then bade the blonde a goodbye, as did Kankuro and Temari, and left. Naruto then went in search of Tenten to tell her the news.
Yoshikirizame- Blue Shark Tooth
Hitoshirenu Same no kata, Shumokuzame- Hidden Shark Style, Hammerhead Shark
Sorry for the late update, but I've been real busy and have some writer's block. I'm almost done with the next chapter of Tokyo's Demon Fox, so expect the next chapter soon.