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The Orange Flash: Lost Chapters	By : Breath_of_the_Wiz Category: Naruto > Het - Male/Female Views: 120666 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 16
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Hiashi walked into his office only to be treated to an unfamiliar sight. Hanabi was sitting at his work desk, scribbling something in the notebook he'd given her for her birthday. He gave his youngest daughter a suspicious stare as she scribbled in her sketchbook. Silently walking up behind her, Hiashi peered over her shoulder and deduced that she was making a schematic of some kind, he couldn't quite tell what it was due to its incomplete nature, but he knew for sure it had something to do with the bag of items sitting next to the office chair.
"Good morning Otou-sama."
Hiashi raised his eyebrow, impressed with his daughter's acute senses.
"Good morning Hanabi-chan. What is this you're working on? A new weapon?"
Hanabi shook her head. "I am merely assessing my ingenuity. I recently selected some items at random, I shall attempt to build a contraption of practical applications with these so called "odds and ends"."
Hanabi was lying of course, but Hiashi was none the wiser. While his expression remained stone-like, he was inwardly proud of the intellectual curiosity of his youngest child and placed a hand on her head.
"I've been impressed with your progress so far Hanabi, I expect you to do not only the Hyuga Clan, but also Konoha itself a great service in the near future. Keep working hard."
"Thank you, Otou-sama." Hanabi's stomach immediately growled after she finished talking, she ceased the swinging of her legs and rolled the office chair backward. The young girl walked off toward the kitchen for a light snack. Hiashi looked at the sketch once more and picked up his daughter's sketchbook. He flipped backward a few pages and was thrown for a loop when he found numerous sketches of a man who appeared to be the Yondaime. He squinted at Hanabi's signature and the date and raised an eyebrow at the revelation; those three pages were all apparently sketches of Naruto Uzumaki. Hiashi was taken aback by how much Naruto had grown into his father's appearance, he'd been suspicious of Naruto's lineage from day one, but this confirmed it. If Naruto truly was related to Minato, he officially fulfilled all the criteria of Konoha's Clan Induction Policy, there would be no resistance from the Council should Naruto Uzumaki's lineage be assimilated into the Hyuga clan's…
Hiashi, thinking back, deduced that the boy would become a much larger factor in his life in the months to come if both his daughters were interested in him as a potential suitor. Seeing as he'd only just recently become aware of his second daughter's infatuation with Naruto, he'd have to have a chat with the young man. It'd be a cold day in hell before he allows Naruto to give both his daughters the run-around, not only would he have to talk to Naruto individually, but he'd also have to make sure he was ineligible for the clan restoration act, Hiashi had seen firsthand what such an arrangement did to families.
Safe to say, Naruto would be wholly unprepared for such a meeting.
Speak of the devil, Naruto, having just given Anko the rundown of his entire life was staring at her gauging her reaction. She was currently leaning on him, her head resting on his shoulder; she took one of Naruto's hands and locked their fingers.
"You know Naru-chan, guys like you are only born every once in a blue moon. I still don't think you quite understand just how rare you are." Anko chuckled. "Hell, just having you on my mind is making me of all people, a better person. I'm turning into a half decent woman, and it's all your fault."
Naruto laughed and rubbed Anko's hand. "Sorry about that! Is there any way you can think of I can repay you in?"
Anko smirked; her long tongue flicked out of her mouth and ran up Naruto's ear.
"Oh don't tempt me little boy, I'm having enough trouble staying decent as is. As much as I want to, I'll be going on a mission pretty soon, and sex before a mission is bad luck, that, and our relationship needs a bit more context."
Naruto sighed in defeat.
Anko flicked his nose in response. "Besides, you still owe me a refund on a brand new bed! I at least wanna get one good night of sleep in it before you inevitably smash me through the mattress again."
Naruto sheepishly scratched the back of his head. "Yeah, sorry about that, I guess I got a little carried away, sometimes I just lose control of my body."
Anko let out a sultry laugh and ran her hand down Naruto's abs before she picked up her things. "You can get carried away with me any time you want. I sure as hell don't mind… just, let's break your bed next time, kay?"
Naruto grinned. "For sure! … Best of luck on your mission Anko-chan!"
Anko let go of Naruto's arm and started to walk away, but she paused and pranced back over to him. She yanked him down by the ears and kissed him, it wasn't as… carnal as it normally was, there was a big chunk of love in it somewhere, but that was mostly overshadowed by her repressed lust… or was it Naruto's? Ah, whatever.
Naruto decided it was a good idea to prod Anko one last time, but he would immediately regret his decision. He caught the woman off guard when he spun her around and kissed her one last time. He heard her laugh for a second, but was thrown off when she suddenly punched him in the stomach.
Naruto bent over, clutching his abdomen, he was unprepared to have the wind knocked out of him.
Anko, who was breathing heavily, straightened her disheveled hair and gave him a hungry look. "You're gonna make me lose it one of these days jailbait… You know how it feels when I press your buttons like that."
Naruto gave Anko a taunting gesture and grinned.
Anko grabbed Naruto by the head and yanked him down to her level, so that his face was jammed into her cleavage, she took the time to whisper in his ear. "Watch your back Naru-chan, after I get home from this mission… I swear, I'm gonna have you wrapped around my finger… don't worry, you'll enjoy it."
Naruto nodded dumbly and stared at the almost hypnotic swing of Anko's wide hips.
"That lady is something else…"
'Yes… she is. You're learning well, kit. You may even be considered average in your comprehension of females by the time you keel over and die, ha! Keep up the good work, and eventually I'll be able teach you some tricks of the trade.'
'That's one of those damn Catch 22's isn't it? I don't think I'll ever get quite that far, fox.'
'Catch 22 ...Been reading have you? I did get rather bored of taking your body out to the library during the trip... Try and make a habit of it, conversing with you can get rather stale from time to time.'
'So is that why you know so much about human literature?'
'Hn.'
Naruto had never been so excited about a threat in his entire life, for once, it seemed like she wanted more from him than sex, and that excited Naruto quite a bit.
She, along with Gaara and Sasuke were among the few people who could understand his pain, the pain of solitude. Naruto had just then realized that it was becoming difficult to keep track of everyone in his head; he had to devise some kind of system ASAP, since every last one of the girls deserved an equal chance. This was something he couldn't afford to mess up.
Sasuke's attention was so focused on his whetstone that he didn't hear Kabuto enter his hotel room. He did however pick up on the ninja's presence after a few seconds, turning to address Kabuto, he was cut off when the young man told him exactly what he wanted to hear.
"Sasuke-san, I've been given the Akatsuki's hiding place just recently, we should scout it out before they make their move on the Kazekage."
Sasuke raised his eyebrow. "You were given the location?"
Kabuto nodded. "Long story short, I'm a double agent working beneath Sasori, our primary target."
Sasuke shrugged and replied. "I've never trusted the lot of you to begin with, that information doesn't change anything for me."
Kabuto gave Sasuke a disappointed look and straightened his glasses. "Right… I assume you've read Sasori's dossier?"
Sasuke nodded. "I'm not sure I could beat him in a fight on my own, he's got too many counters to my abilities… Deidara however, I could handle him with much less difficulty."
Kabuto put his hand up to stop Sasuke. "Don't worry about fighting, we're just here to disrupt the extraction." Kabuto reached into his pack and pulled out one of Orochimaru's seals.
"Orochimaru-sama is familiar with Akatsuki's Bijuu Extraction Technique, he told me that they do it remotely instead of gathering in one place. If we can place this seal on the Kazekage during the extraction, we can home in on the current locations of all of the members involved with the jutsu. Orochimaru-sama is going to attempt to assassinate as many of them as possible in that short timeframe, all active Oto ninja are ready to move on his order."
Sasuke nodded and went back to sharpening his chokuto. He stuffed another one of Karin's rice balls into his mouth without pausing his task. Sasuke contemplated a chance to finally use his new Kirin technique on someone that couldn't just get back up after a direct hit. Sasuke was half way hoping that either Deidara or Sasori would at the very least force his hand so he could truly test his limits and go all out; something he couldn't do against Naruto due to the blonde's unpredictable nature and tenacity.
Naruto came upon a peculiar sight when he arrived at the gate of the Uzumaki Property, Mitsuki was leaning on the gate looking worried, she perked up slightly when she saw him. Naruto grinned and jogged over, closing the distance between them.
"Hey Mitsuki-chan, sleep well?"
Mitsuki sighed and forced out a smile. "Sort of… Naruto, we have a problem."
Naruto shrunk backward in fear. "Whatever it was I didn't mean to!"
Mitsuki grabbed his wrist and pulled him toward her again. "Not with me, Hiashi Hyuga will be here to speak with you about his daughters about twenty minutes from now."
"Ah, man. What'd I do to get myself into this?"
Mitsuki shrugged. "Well, you are kind of dating the first in line to head the Hyuga clan…" Mitsuki grinned. "Not to mention the second in line has taken a liking to you."
Naruto pouted. "Ugh. You know I'm no good at this nobility stuff!"
Mitsuki opened the gate and pulled Naruto down the stone path to the front door. "Get used to it, you're one of them now, and you'll have to do a lot of this in the future…"
"And I'm not looking forward to it. At all"
As soon as they walked through the front door, Naruto ran into the kitchen and put his mouth under the faucet, he chugged water until he felt satisfied. Shortly after, he sprinted up to his room, realizing there wasn't time to shower; he instead opted to switch his dirty training clothes out for a white t-shirt and some black pants. It was here that Mitsuki poked her head into Naruto's room.
"Namikaze-sama, don't be so nervous. You don't have anything to worry about! He's just coming to talk for a bit."
Naruto sighed. "I... guess you're right."
This is where Naruto took the time to sit in the central garden of the house, it was a beautiful atrium with a glass ceiling. There were flowers and other small plants flanking the stone flooring in the center of the room, upon that stone floor, there was a large circular table with a tree growing out of the center for shade, this is where Naruto sat as he waited for Mitsuki to bring Hiashi in.
Sure enough, she came into the garden with Hiashi in tow; he seemed rather intrigued by the decoration of the house. The clan head's white eyes swiveled to Naruto, he bowed.
"Greetings Uzumaki-san. I must say, the unconventional design of your home is rather appealing."
Naruto grinned and scratched his head. "Thanks, but you should give Mitsuki-chan the credit for that, she's been in charge of the Uzumaki Estate maintenance and renovations for the past few years!"
Hiashi nodded and sat down. "I see… You must already know why I'm here."
Naruto nodded back. "I have an idea of why."
"Then let us move straight to business."
Naruto became a little worried, but Mitsuki signed 'simmer down' with her hands and Naruto obeyed.
"It's come to my attention that not one, but both of my daughters are interested in you. I'm not here to tell you to stay away from them… In reality, I encourage the opposite. You see, our numbers are dwindling, and to prevent inbreeding, we must once again invoke the Clan Induction Clause. It allows the clan to branch out in order to stay genetically healthy, however… we can only assimilate people of a certain status, who also possess no kekkei genkai. You're one of the few on our short list of eligible candidates... Sorry to say this isn't out of the goodness of my heart, but my clan is in trouble… That was me speaking as a clan head, now, this is me speaking as a father... You may choose one, and only one, of my daughters, I'll be damned if they have to share a man for any reason."
Naruto put up a hand in a placating manner. "They haven't invoked the CRA on me because I don't have any sort of knowledge or asset to pass down. The only thing special about the Uzumaki clan is our stamina and physical toughness, not exactly as valuable as the Byakugan or the Sharingan... There's no need to worry… besides! What kinda moron wants twelve wives?"
Hiashi let out a sophisticated chuckle. "... I suppose it is rather ridiculous... One more thing, don't write Hanabi off solely because of her age, if you look hard enough, you'll see something worth waiting on."
Hiashi stood up and bowed. "I'll take no more of your time, seeing as this visit was on such short notice. You're a good man Naruto Uzumaki, I can tell. I just hope one of my daughters is the one who steals your heart. I'll see myself to the door, have a nice day."
As the clan head left the room, Naruto let go of the breath he didn't realize he was holding. Mitsuki smiled at him.
"That wasn't so hard now, was it Namikaze-sama?"
Naruto chuckled in relief and scratched the back of his head. "… So, now what?"
Mitsuki thought for a second and smirked at Naruto. "Well, I do have a present for you, but I can't give you it just yet. I've got some work to do on the house… come by my room tomorrow night." Mitsuki walked around the table and whispered in Naruto's ear. "You won't be needing my permission…"
Naruto's face heated up and Mitsuki walked out of the garden, humming a familiar tune. Once again, Naruto would be taking a long, freezing cold shower.
After stepping out of his much-needed cold shower, Naruto pulled on some grey sweats and a black t-shirt. The draft from the AC made him shiver a bit, reminding him of the night before. Such memories caused his last few encounters with Sakura to replay in his mind.
Naruto left his room and walked downstairs to the kitchen. Completely oblivious to the ogling maids, he went to the fridge and took out a large tub of rice, tasting some of it; he grabbed an assortment of spices to enhance the flavor. After mixing the spices in thoroughly, he tagged the fridge with his seal and then teleported back up to his room.
Naruto snatched familiar looking orange and black jacket from his bed and grabbed his ninja-sandals from the closet. After flashing back downstairs to the fridge, he felt a slight pang of dizziness, as he was still unused to the speed at which the Kyuubi-powered Hiraishin teleported him. To an outside viewer, the increase in speed would seem negligible at best, but Naruto had estimated that it was nearly 40% faster than a Hiraishin powered by human chakra.
Once he grabbed the tub of rice, he went out the door and jogged toward the gate. Naruto nimbly flipped over it and coincidentally, landed in a Cherry Blossom tree. He chuckled at the poetic nature of his situation and continued on his way, bouncing from branch to branch, of course taking the quickest route to Sakura's house. After one final leap into the evening sky, he landed at her door.
The first thing Naruto did, was to take a knee and mark her welcome mat with his new tattoos. Naruto pondered its practicality in battle, as he needed about four seconds of uninterrupted contact with an object to tether the jutsu. Along with that, he was incapable of using it on anything with a chakra circulation system, as the movement of the chakra would disrupt the jutsu's mark, so living things were out of the question for the time being.
An orange seal appeared on the mat and slowly dissipated, taking this as a successful usage of the Kitsune Kaminari no Jutsu(Fox's Thunder Technique). Naruto picked up his rice and took a deep breath; he slowly, but firmly knocked on Sakura's door.
There was a pause, and Naruto heard someone fiddling with the lock. The door creaked open, and the instant Sakura laid her eyes on Naruto, she went pink, gasped, and slammed the door shut.
Naruto's eye twitched and a vein on his forehead bulged out. "OOOOOI! Sakura-chan! What was that about huh?!"
Naruto was about to knock on the door again, but it swung open to reveal a bowing Sakura.
Her voice wavered; it was full of nervous energy, something Naruto was privy to nowadays. "S-sorry about that, I'm just surprised to see you… I didn't know you'd stop by today."
Naruto calmed down a bit and smiled, handing Sakura his tub of rice. "You're a vegetarian now right? Who else was gonna eat that steak for you?"
Sakura thought back to the offer she'd made Naruto and gently pulled him inside by his hand. "Naruto, I've been wanting to apologize for the way I acted the last time we talked, I'm just… confused right now."
Sakura had pulled him into her living room, so he sat down on her couch; she then took the tub of rice and sat it on the counter. Nervously pulling the packaged meat from the fridge, she lamented her lack of experience in preparing such a high quality dish. While she was able to cobble together some knowledge shortly after she bought it, Sakura still hadn't tested herself in cooking meat.
Naruto watched her zoom through the kitchen with a laser-like focus, not even stopping to realize that Naruto was staring at her intently. After about thirty seconds, Sakura had unintentionally locked eyes with Naruto, who was about to say something when he noticed the slabs of uncooked meat begin to slide off of the cutting board she was carrying.
Thinking quickly, Naruto took a coin from Sakura's bowl of change on the coffee table and bounced it into the kitchen at her feet. There was a flash of orange light and Naruto was standing face to face with Sakura... or in this case, more like chest to face, he steadied the cutting board by placing his hands over hers.
"Wouldn't wanna ruin your hard work so early right?"
Sakura gasped at Naruto's sudden proximity; also being reminded of the day he arrived. It never ceased to amaze her how much taller than her Naruto had become. She sputtered, gaping in confusion. "Wha-? How?…"
Naruto grinned and took the cutting board from Sakura, he placed it on the counter next to her other ingredients.
"I call it Kitsune Kaminari no Jutsu… It's like my dad's Hiraishin, only more potent… for… obvious reasons." Naruto punctuated his claim by firing a small jet of red chakra upward from one of his palms. "It uses the fox's chakra to break the restraints built into the original Hiraishin seal."
Sakura stared at him, slightly worried. "Naruto? ... Are you sure it's a good idea to be using the fox's chakra so haphazardly? You Nearly gave us all a heart attack when you fought Neji during the Chuunin Exams."
Naruto raised his hands, making a placating gesture. "I have a working agreement with the fox, and Kitsune always keep their promises."
Sakura sighed and ushered Naruto back to the couch. "Sit down and relax Naruto-kun, you're mine- uh… my guest!" Sakura quickly corrected herself and slid her teammate back to the living room. When she turned to go back to cooking, Naruto grabbed her wrist.
"Sakura-chan, food isn't the only reason I'm here. I wanted an answer from you."
Sakura looked out the kitchen window for a few seconds, there was a fox sleeping beneath a Cherry Blossom tree. Sakura's mouth upturned slightly at the coincidence, she then turned her attention to Naruto.
"I'm… not sure… Naruto, I think I-..."
Naruto filled in her sentence, but with the wrong words of course. "Still love Sasuke, right?"
"Naruto! Let me fin-! … –ish?"
Sakura had turned pink in frustration, she was at first going to slap Naruto across the face, at least until she noticed that same fiery look in his eyes that he had on the Great Naruto Bridge those years ago.
Sakura felt guilty and straightened Naruto's signature jacket, "Naruto-kun, tell me, why are you going through with this? I know you made a promise, but there's got to be more to it than that."
Naruto raised his eyebrow and nonchalantly stated the obvious.
"Because I love you, Sakura-chan."
Naruto gave her the most genuine smile she'd ever seen him make. "It doesn't get much simpler than that, right?"
Sakura's heart skipped and she felt a lump in her throat; his words made her knees buckle beneath her own weight.
'No! No! No! SAKURA, DO NOT FAINT!'
'Kiss him! Kiss him!'
Naruto's smile faded, however, his lips remained upturned and he stared directly into her soul. The boy's eyes had a strange weariness to them, something Sakura had never noticed beforehand.
"Do you not believe me? It really is that simple Sakura-chan."
Naruto cracked his neck and continued his little monologue. He was under the assumption that she didn't believe him, but he was completely off base. Understandably, Naruto was still a bit new at reading social cues, so he unintentionally opted to press Sakura's buttons even more.
"Okay… how 'bout this then? … If the only way for me to see you smile like you used to, is to bring Sasuke home, I'll do it… somehow. I just want you to be happy again, ya know? I see you smile from time to time, but something's missing, and I think it's Sasuke... Sakura-chan, I know how to spot an empty smile better than anyone, and fake smiles have been your M.O. ever since Sasuke left us."
Sakura, instead of being the same color as her hair, was more a shade of red, matching her clothing. She started to fidget and stare down at her feet. Her fingers were locked together, while her toes were pointing inward. Naruto became suspicious of her posture and braced himself for some kind of rejection.
When she looked back up at Naruto, she seemed worried about him. "And… what would you do if I chose to be with Sasuke after you bring him back?"
Naruto raised his eyebrow in confusion. "Wasn't that the idea from the get-go? … I'm not doing it for him, I know that for sure. It doesn't matter how far I have to go, I promised you a happy ending and I'll die before I fail you again."
One could say Sakura's heart melted then and there, but that would be an understatement of the highest measure, it would be more in line to say that her heart evaporated. Sakura beamed and gave Naruto a bone-crunching hug, burying her face into his chest. She would have said something to him, but words were beyond her at the moment, she merely took a deep breath and giggled, much like she would in her younger days.
She let go and smiled at the ground. "Naruto, I really don't deserve your affections..."
Naruto scratched his head and smirked. "Yes you do, you just don't remember why. A small act of kindness can mean the world to someone else, I'll let you figure that one out on your own, you're more than smart enough."
Sakura stared at him with a vested confusion, her mind swirled with emotion. 'Really, what'd I do to catch the eyes of someone like him? I'm… just Sakura Haruno, no one special. What did I do back then?'
Naruto looked at her, she was obviously deep in thought, so he figured he'd throw her a bone. "I'll give you a hint, you were the first person to give me a reason to fight, think back on that when you have some time."
Sakura smiled up at Naruto with a strange look in her eye. "Naruto-kun, you shouldn't have such a rigid idea of the promise you made me, things can change… Anything can change. I know I can't stop you from going through with this, I understand better than anyone how you are with promises… just… stay with me. If I lost you I… don't want to imagine what I'd do."
Naruto stared back at her like a deer in headlights.
"Naruto, if you're the price of passage back to the way things were, forget about this... Otherwise, everything you've worked for up until now would be pointless... When you went with Jiraiya-sama to train, I was so alone... I... I'm begging you... please don't leave me again..."
Naruto looked down at Sakura in shock, his mind was drawing blanks, once again, Naruto was without words in a situation concerning his love life. All he could do in the situation was hug her back, he remained in a stunned silence for what felt like an eternity. Once Sakura released Naruto from her hydraulic press of a hug, she stared at him for a few more seconds. An expression rife with admiration and infatuation adorned her features. She whispered something quietly to herself and turned back to making dinner for two.
Three surprisingly tasty steaks later, Naruto was half-asleep on the couch, sitting next to Sakura. His attention was focused on the screen, and as he floated in and out of consciousness, Sakura took the opportunity to scoot closer to him. It was obvious then, that Naruto was completely asleep, otherwise, he would have noticed his first love scooting closer to him.
She stared at his face for a moment and wiped some drool from his mouth with her thumb. She had trouble believing the scrappy half-pint and the young man before her were one in the same.
Sakura's eyes were locked on the rise and fall of Naruto's chest. 'If I… do I even deserve him? … I know in my heart that I still love Sasuke, but Naruto is…'
Sakura's thought was cut short by Naruto's mumbling, she put her ear closer to his mouth.
"I'll be… here... always…"
Sakura's heart sunk when she pieced together what he was saying. '… just too good for me.'
"Another… bowl please."
Sakura, slightly embarrassed by her rather self-centered deduction, chuckled at the situation. Naruto was probably dreaming about ramen or something of the like. Even in his sleep, he had an uncanny way of lifting her spirits. Shutting off her T.V., Sakura, crawled on top of Naruto and rested her head on his chest, his heartbeat was loud and powerful, yet soothing, like the ticking of a clock.
Sakura stared at him one more time, she whispered to herself.
"Naruto, I think I'm falling in love with you… I just wish our circumstances weren't so... messed up."
Sakura, despite her inner conflict, smiled and shut her eyes, drifting away into a dreamless sleep, the sound of his heartbeat echoing through her mind.
"Oi, Sasori, how 'bout we get this party started hm?"
"In due time, just don't get in my way… with your pointless "art". I don't need you unnecessarily blowing up any more of my creations."
"Hah! This again?"
"Art is meant to be admired, long past the demise of its creator. What's the point of creating at all if your hard work disappears in a flash of light?"
"It's what makes it so beautiful… A matter of perspective, hm?"
"So it seems… the jinchuuriki's just left the tower, let's move."
"Alright! It's Showtime!"
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