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The Orange Flash: Lost Chapters	By : Breath_of_the_Wiz Category: Naruto > Het - Male/Female Views: 120669 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 16
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Naruto, Kakashi, and a now fully-moblie and alert Sakura were sitting on a nearly horizontal palm tree. Sakura delicately worked on Naruto's cuts and scratches, and while he looked a bit drained, it was obvious that she was the worse off of the two.
Sakura began to wonder just how tough Naruto actually was, even after everything they'd been through in the past few hours, he still appeared as if he were ready to drop right back into a fight with Kisame if need be.
After Sakura finished her checkup on Naruto, she asked about his condition. "Naruto, how do you feel? I can tell that you have some sort of damage to your nervous system from using too much demonic chakra."
Naruto grinned, flexing his arms and beating his chest a few times. "I'll be back to normal in a couple hours or so. The fox said he'd take care of it."
Sakura sighed and gave Naruto a worried stare. "Are you sure that's a-… What's up with your eyes?"
Kakashi raised an eyebrow and turned to Naruto to get a look, Jiraiya had told him that the Kyuubi influence on Naruto's body had drastically increased when he loosened the seal. The Copycat Ninja was instructed to watch out for any changes in Naruto's body or personality.
Kakashi narrowed his eye when he reached Sakura's side. Naruto's eyes were blue once more, but now, the pupils appeared as slits, just like the fox's eyes.
"Naruto. What do you see? Anything new?"
"…My eyes are fine Kakashi-sensei."
Kakashi shrugged and pointed to the small pond in the center of the oasis. "Take a look then."
Naruto slid off the tree trunk and hustled over to the pond. His reflection startled him somewhat, not only had his eyes changed, but also, his teeth and whisker marks were slightly more pronounced, not that anyone but himself would notice though.
'The fuck?'
'I dunno, I kinda like it.'
'Oh piss off! What'd you do?'
'Nothing. Perhaps separating your chakra with my own has temporarily caused a chakra imbalance in your seal. It's likely your body is making adaptations to handle more of my chakra the next time you overuse my chakra. It may get even more pronounced when my chakra eventually leaks back into your system… Don't quote me on that, I'm no seal expert.'
'Dammit I don't have time for this crap! Can you keep an eye on this for me?'
'Yeah sure, whatever. I'll get back to you with my findings when I feel like it.'
'Oh come on!'
Naruto remained crouched by the water but turned his head. "The fox doesn't know exactly what's happening to me but he said he'd figure it out."
Sakura raised an eyebrow. "He? What, does he like long walks on top of populated areas, bushy tails on his vixens? Does he like his eggs scrambled as opposed to fried?"
Naruto grinned back and answered Sakura's snark with some overt flirting. "Maybe. I do know that he thinks you're pretty and that I should mate with you."
Sakura blushed a tiny bit and sighed at Naruto's antics, after which, she pulled out her canteen and chugged it in order to muffle the nervous squeak that threatened to escape her mouth. "Yeah, whatever Prettyboy."
Naruto gave her an unreadable stare before smiling at her once more. "That's what they call me!"
Just then, Shikamaru and Mitsuki broke the horizon, he had her on his back, and from what the group could see, Mitsuki appeared to be stuffing her face into a small bag.
Naruto sighed in relief when he saw a vomiting, but very much alive Mitsuki and Shikamaru. He disappeared in a flash of Orange light, and a few seconds later, the blonde teen reappeared with a disoriented Shikamaru and Mitsuki in tow.
Sakura growled and stomped over to a confused and terrified Naruto. With one hand, she lifted Naruto about a foot into the air by the front of his flak jacket. Sakura cracked the knuckles on her free hand by squeezing her fist in front of his face.
She gave him a disturbingly sweet smile and spoke to him in a sweet tone of voice. "Naruto-kun? Would you kindly stop using that jutsu until I can figure out what you've done to your chakra coils?"
Naruto's teeth chattered and he hid his face behind his hands. "Y-yeah! Sure! Whatever ya say Sakura-chan!"
With that, Sakura dropped Naruto on his feet and took Mitsuki from Shikamaru, she took the raven-haired kunoichi over to the edge of the water and gently set her down.
Shikamaru turned to Kakashi and pointed off to a spot in the shade. "Let's gameplan. If we rest for an hour, we can get to Sunagakure before the sun goes down. Marching ASAP will only get us killed."
Kakashi nodded, but before walking off, he turned to Naruto. "Don't forget to fill up your canteen."
"I'm good, I already filled up on water." Naruto turned and stared off at the horizon, as much as he wanted to sprint off in Gaara's direction on his own, he knew that was exactly what the Akatsuki wanted him to do.
Sakura had confirmed that Mitsuki had a mild concussion, the effects of which were made worse by the delay in treatment. Along with that, she was dehydrated and quite a bit delirious… a fact made obvious by the absence of her trademark levels of restraint and wit... She seemed … airheaded.
"Oh, good afternoon Sakura-san... Why are we in a desert? I could've sworn I knew what I was doing out here just a while ago, but the past day is a bit fuzzy now."
"Mitsuki-san, please, hold still."
"Oh... That hurts a bit."
"A bit? This gash on your head is a lot more than a bit, how're you still conscious? … I'm so sorry, this is my fault."
Mitsuki stared up at Sakura. "Sorry about what? … It won't scar will it?"
Sakura nodded. "Sadly, it will, but your hair will cover it so it won't matter in the long run. You're really tough, you know that?"
Mitsuki stared at Sakura in blank delirium. "I actually have a plate in my head from when Suna attacked Konoha during the Chuunin Exams… So did you hit me or something?"
Sakura shook her head. "Not exactly. I… never mind, you probably won't remember any of this conversation anyway."
Mitsuki ignored the medic-nin, the ditzy tone of her voice made Sakura feel deeply sorry for inadvertently doing this to her teammate. "I'm a bit tired Sakura. I suppose I'll just sleep this headache off... Would you happen to have any sake with you?"
Sakura hastily snapped her fingers over Mitsuki's eyes. "No. Hey… What do those clouds look like to you?"
Mitsuki's glazed over eyes focused on the sky and her lips slowly upturned. "That one reminds me of Uzumaki-sama's abs, don't you wanna lick them? … I do... a lot... right now."
She tried to sit up, but Sakura pinned her back to he ground.
The medic's face began to match her hair. "-oh- … Well, I guess that works… a-as long as you stay awake. What other clouds do you see?"
Mitsuki looked back up to the sky. "That one looks like my bow... and that one looks like my brother's war horse."
"Good, good, keep picking out clouds."
Sakura went to her backpack and put on the cloak Kakashi had advised her to buy, she also pulled out a scroll with ice packs in it. She retrieved one from the scroll and turned around, only to be startled by the stare of Mitsuki's glowing eyes.
"Sakura? May I have your butt?"
Sakura recoiled in confusion. "Eh?! Excuse me?"
Mitsuki obliviously continued. "It comes out really far and it's so wide, but no jiggle… It's all muscle, isn't it?… How'd you get it to be so big? If I had even half as much to work with as you do, I'd-"
Sakura clambered over to Mitsuki and covered the lady's mouth with her hands; she gave Naruto a reassuring smile when her sudden movement caught his attention. He stared for a second and went back to slee- wait… meditating beneath the palm tree.
Sakura sighed in relief and continued tending to Mitsuki, who continued her delirious rambling.
Despite her concussion, Mitsuki was still very coordinated, she firmly grabbed Sakura's wrist and spun her around. "Can I at least squeeze it? I need a benchmark to work toward. I should compare... -my head hurts-"
Sakura nonchalantly did a backwards handspring to break Mitsuki's grip, "I hate treating concussions." she muttered to herself in mid-air.
This course of action now meant that Sakura had landed on Mitsuki's left side, the medic's back was now to the freshwater pond.
Mitsuki continued to stare up at Sakura. "Hey, Sakura-san, how have you not snatched Uzumaki-sama up yet? You have the closest relationship with him, and you have that butt of yours… If you don't get to work soon, Anko-senpai's gonna get to him… If I don't get to work soon, I'm gonna lose out to Anko-senpai. I should go flirt with him..."
Sakura absentmindedly pinned Mitsuki back to the ground. "Anko? … I may never get this chance again… Mitsuki-san, you went with Naruto on his last mission didn't you? What changed him so much over just a few days?"
Mitsuki started to laugh. "Oh that? Anko took him out into the woods, and according to her description, they had some destructive landscape-altering sex or something... Judging from her demeanor, apparently Uzumaki-sama was waybeyond her expectations, that's always a pleasant surprise when you're dealing with virgins... Speaking of which, could you tell him that I'm going to have sex with him the first chance I get? I need to catch up with Anko-senpai. I hope you don't mind too much... What am I saying? I don't care how you feel about what I do with Uzumaki-sama!" Mitsuki began to chuckle quietly.
Sakura was still reeling from this new information so she failed to process the second half of Mitsuki's rambling. "…Catch… up?"
Mitsuki recomposed herself and did an obscene gesture with her hands. "They've gotten cozy with each other at least twice as far as I know. But knowing Anko-senpai, they've probably done it seven or even eight times at this point... I only watched the second time they did it, and my oh my, I'd like my turn… Really, the only reason they're not an item yet is because Naruto thinks all of us deserve a shot as well… Do you hear that ringing sound or is that just me?"
Sakura had once again stopped listening to Mitsuki's concussion induced babbling halfway through. Her face was neon red as she blankly stared at Naruto as he slept… or meditated beneath that palm tree; everything that had happened over the past several days was starting to add up in her mind.
Her thousand-yard-stare went from Naruto's face, to the desert's horizon.
'I'm losing him… I'm losing him and he's right here, waiting for me... Just within reach.'
"SHANNARO! Then let's go get'im now!"
'Then what happens if Sasuke shows up again? What do I do then? How is any of this fair to Naruto?! If I can't confirm the nature of my feelings for Sasuke, I can't move forward with any of this circus I call my ninja career! Why don't you tell me what to do little voice?! You're usually so talkative!"
It felt strange, for once, said voice inside Sakura's head fell silent. No snappy reply, no gutsy boast. No cattines… Just silence.
Sakura's romantic crisis was interrupted by Mitsuki's airheaded tone of voice.
"… So, can I get a butt transplant from you at some point? Uzumaki-sama would love it. Plus, I'd look better in a cocktail dress... I wanna see you in a cocktail dress Sakura, give me the motivation I need!"
Mitsuki futilely tried to spin Sakura around again, but to no avail.
Sakura's brow twitched as a vein appeared on her ample forhead. "Drink your water Mitsuki."
Her shimmering green eyes rolled and she fired back. "Yes Mother. I'll eat my veggies too, I promise!" Mitsuki comically struggled to guide her canteen to her mouth.
"Sakura-san, can you help me with this? The ground won't stop moving."
Sakura sighed… loudly.
Tsunade was snapped from her afternoon drink when she heard a low, yet powerful knock on the door. She smiled a bit when she realized who would soon step through her door.
She downed her cup of Sake and gave an excited, "Come in!"
The door creaked open, and a big pair of white eyes poked into the room. "Good afternoon, Hokage-sama. I humbly request an audience with you… at your leisure of course."
Tsunade chuckled and ushered the little girl into the room. "Hanabi-chan! Have a seat! … This isn't about lube this time, is it?"
The girl, with her perpetually blank expression, shook her head. She scuttled into the room and climbed into the seat at Tsunade's desk. The Hokage locked her fingers and leaned forward, a cue for Hanabi to begin talking.
The young girl blurted out yet another outlandish request. "I desire your assistance in acquiring the affections of Naruto Uzumaki."
Tsunade pinched Hanabi's cheeks and started gushing, the little girl stared blankly while Tsunade enthusiastically ran over to a picture on the wall and flipped it around, she fiddled with the text on it for a while, and after composing herself, she sat back down at her desk.
Tsunade thought for a second and then leaned forward raising an eyebrow. "The lube was for Naruto then?"
Hanabi shook her head. "Technically, it was, but unfortunately, that plan never came to fruition. I wish to bear his children and save my clan from genetic stagnation… Ideally, I would prefer to have Uzumaki-san to myself, but a simple sperm donation would be… tolerable."
There was a truckload of contempt in Hanabi's last word, if not for her Hyuga breeding and disposition, she likely would have spat.
Tsunade's face went blank as she stared at the little girl; this blankness suddenly contorted into a smile when she realized the girl was completely serious. Tsunade kicked back in her chair and took another drag of sake, baiting the girl for more information.
"I don't know... You're not the first one to feel that way about him… but you were the first one to come to me without any ulterior motives stuffed into your back pocket."
Tsunade's thoughts temporarily drifted to the political ramifications of Naruto and Gaara's union.
"In light of that, I'll indulge your request… I'd suggest finding a way to maintain close contact with him. Get that outta the way and-"
Hanabi held up her hand as she interrupted the Hokage. "I apologize for interrupting, but I have preemptively arranged such an agreement with him. He owes me a long-term favor that ensures such contact with him."
Tsunade took note of this and suddenly began taking the little girl more seriously. "That's interesting Hanabi-chan. Might I ask the nature of your agreement with him?"
"I simply coerced him into a promise of sorts. He must take me anywhere I wish at my leisure, Uzumaki-san is a steadfast individual, so the chances of him reneging on our agreement is highly unlikely."
Tsunade started to laugh at the thought of Naruto backing himself into this situation. "Coerced? That's ninja-speak for 'tricked', or 'blackmailed'."
"You may perceive it as you wish Hokage-sama, but there is no doubt in my mind that he will put forth a concerted effort to uphold his end of the agreement, as I did mine."
Tsunade grinned and pinched Hanabi's cheek, the little girl didn't emote in response. "You're something else Hanabi-chan! You'll make a fine kunoichi one day."
Up until this point, Tsunade's morning had been terrible; Shizune hid her bottle of sake, forcing her to break out the spare. Then, to make matters worse, the Kazekage had been taken hostage, with Naruto being the price of ransom. If she did nothing, the alliance with Suna would be severely jeopardized, if she sent Naruto, they ran the risk of Akatsuki getting both the Shukaku and the Kyuubi. Also, because Tsunade tended to be Fate's bitch, that reckless oaf Jiraiya, just had to go digging around for leads on the Akatsuki leader in Kusagakure. If his hunch happened to be correct, the ensuing confrontation would likely be fatal. At least this little exchange took some of the edge off of Tsunade's stressful day.
The Hokage leaned forward. "So, since you've got a means of communication, how do you think he perceives you?"
Hanabi's face took to a slightly discouraged frown. "He thinks me too young to seriously consider as an option."
Tsunade sighed in relief and laughed a bit. "Ha! That's nothing! Naruto's a simple boy, if you can show him how much you care; he'll be eating out of the palm of your hand. Just… whatever you do, avoid playing with his emotions, that's the only thing I've seen that truly angers him."
Hanabi nodded and thought to herself for a moment, Tsunade spoke again after a short stint of silence. "Hanabi-chan? You know, if your father hears about your visits here, I'll never hear the end of it."
"I am quite aware of that Hokage-sama, but I have acquired information concerning that exact issue. My father made an unscheduled departure from the Hyuuga compound recently, so I followed him... He went to the Uzumaki Ambassador's Mansion..."
Hanabi paused, so Tsunade raised an eyebrow. "… You're just a step ahead of everyone, aren't you? …Go on."
"I requested the reasoning of such a visit to Uzumaki-san's bodyguard. Based on her body language, vocal intonations, select wording, and facial expressions, Outou-sama's visit was most likely made with the purpose of discussing my claim on Naruto Uzumaki. I can say with 85 percent certainty, that he will approve of my desire to be his bride."
Tsunade's eyes widened slightly. "Okay then… well… now you should focus on improving your relationship with him, but you've already got that set up so here's a little something that's more directly applicable… Naruto responds well to transparency of intentions. When you drag him out, tell him exactly why you're doing the things you do… I'd probably mention the whole kids thing last and lead with the disadvantageous nature of your situation. Just, whatever you do, make sure you're telling the truth."
Hanabi nodded and a tiny smirk slithered across her face. "I thank you for your input Hokage-sama, I anticipate our next consultation."
"Me too Hanabi-chan."
Hanabi ceased the swinging of her feet and slid off of the chair, bowing to the Hokage. Tsunade pinched her other cheek this time and handed her an ice cream bar, the girl enthusiastically snatched it from the Hokage's grip, despite her perpetually blank expression.
The Hokage waved in excitement as the little girl left her office. "Good luck Hanabi-chan! … -heh!- and even more luck to you, Naruto."
Sasuke and Kabuto dashed through the caverns and catacombs with Sasori's puppets in hot pursuit. They'd left the 4th Kazekage to deal with both Deidara and the brunt of Sasori's puppet army.
Sasuke looked at Kabuto with his crimson eyes. "We could very easily crush these puppets and head back to the main cavern."
Kabuto shook his head and whispered. "Retrieving Sasori and Deidara's bodies is a secondary objective, and even then, we've been ordered to prioritize Sasori's heart core over one of Deidara's hands. For now, let's just focus on applying the seal to the Kazekage before the ritual starts, that's our first priority. In order for us to do that, it's important that Sasori believes that we've fled the cave network, since he saw me with you, my cover is blown. If he hasn't called it in already he will as soon as they're in the clear. By my estimate, the 4th Kazekage should be able to fight them for several hours before they manage to disable him. This will give us plenty of time to both place the seal and reestablish the element of surprise."
Their ears perked up at an increasingly loud clacking noise. Sasuke instinctively activated his Sharingan, he was just in time, as he managed to catch an incoming senbon between his thumb and index finger. Sasuke ran the Chidori through the senbon and tossed the sharp needle back at the puppet. It intercepted another incoming needle headed right between Sasuke's eyes, it flew through both the incoming needle, and the puppet's neck. This decapitated the monstrosity, allowing Sasuke and Kabuto an opening to escape.
They darted throught the network of caves, they were in a maze-like room, the stalagmites created an interlinking labyrinth of confusion. The headless puppet would have flown above to find them, but it was unable to do so due to the low ceiling. This particular part of the cave network reminded Sasuke of the vast catacombs beneath Konoha. He spent a lot of his spare time exploring them when he wasn't training. Snapping his mind from its nostalgia trip, he concentrated on the task at hand. Sasuke heard a faint whistling noise, and without looking, he cocked his head to the side and another poison dart flew past his head.
Sasuke rapidly grew bored of the chase, so he took matters into his own hands. "Kabuto, close your eyes and cover your ears."
Sasuke promptly flipped a flash grenade at their pursuer. The puppet ejected a blade from is forearm and sliced the bomb in half, causing it to explode. The puppet clacked furiously and wildly swung its blades. Sasuke raised an eyebrow, apparently the visual receptors for the puppet weren't actually in the head... a clever design choice. It appeared to scan the tunnel for a few seconds and after pausing for a spell, it chose to keep moving forward. This course of action may have been the most logical assumption if it weren't for the fact that Sasuke and Kabuto were standing right behind the marionette. Shortly after, they started their way back toward the main cavern, hoping that their undead backup would be able to survive long enough for them to slip through Sasori's patrols and place the tracking and disruptor seals correctly.
After about 30 seconds of running, Sasuke stopped and made a shadow clone. He made the familiar hand-sign and it 'poofed' into existence, Sasuke immediately fell to one knee in fatigue. Just making one nearly caused him to pass out from the sudden chakra drain, he wondered to himself how Naruto must have felt when he made hundreds at a time.
Sasuke mentally commanded the shadow clone to transform into a marked kunai, he hid it inside his sleeve as insurance. If Sasuke placed the seal on his transformed Kunai, he could decrease the margin of error for placing the seals drastically. Kabuto smirked when he figured out what Sasuke was planning on doing. He passed the seals to Sasuke and he wrapped it around the blade of the Kunai.
Once they'd started running again, Kabuto whispered. "Just make sure that lands the correct distance from the Kazekage, otherwise, this mission is a wasted effort."
Sasuke nodded and sped up slightly, but immediately skidded to a stop when he heard a clacking noise up ahead. Kabuto used an earth Jutsu to drag Sasuke beneath the dirt floor. Several seconds later, they heard the puppet zoom overhead; they waited a few seconds longer and promptly dug themselves out of the ground.
Sasuke drew his sword and twirled it a few times. "Kabuto. The puppets, what kind of situation are we working with here?"
Kabuto fixed his glasses and recalled an important bit of information from his dossier. "Due to Sasori's body alterations, he does not require line of sight to effectively control his puppets, he sees what they "see"… -it's like a low budget Rinnegan-."
Sasuke turned to Kabuto in confusion. "Rinnegan? What sort of ability does that doujutsu possess?"
Kabuto opened his mouth to explain, but, as if on cue, one of the puppets came flying in their direction. Sasuke and Kabuto transformed into a bat and lizard respectively, the puppet obliviously rocketed past them. When the coast was clear, they broke transformation.
Sasuke scoffed and rolled a shuriken between his fingers. "I'd have never imagined myself playing hide and seek with the life of a kage in the balance."
Kabuto interrupted the Uchiha's train of thought. "Get used to it, I can hear another one coming from behind us."
Sasuke inwardly groaned. 'This is gonna take a while.'
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