Capítulo 104: Chapter 104
"Hey who's on top of us? Get off!"
"I think my glasses broke!"
"What's going on?"
Naruto chuckled, "You know, if you keep using these shitty ass disguises you'll never get the upper hand on me."
"Hah! I'm not surprised you saw through our disguise boss!" came Konohamaru's muffled response, "Now can you get off!"
"Hmmm, I suppose…" Naruto said as he stood up and moved to the front as the box exploded.
"*Cough* I think we used too much gunpowder. *Cough*" Came a nasally voice.
Naruto gave the kids a nonchalant look that would have made Kakashi proud, "So what do you guys want?"
The three kids looked up at him before they broke into their introduction.
"Hey I'm Moegi, and I'm the sassiest kunoichi in school!" the girl with orange pigtails and perpetual blush said as she made an odd pose, standing on one leg and raising a single hand in the air.
"And I like algebra, I'm Udon!" Said the boy with the bowl cut, glasses and permanent runny nose. He too took a pose beside Moegi, crouching down low and crossing his arms.
"And I'm the strongest ninja in the village, Konohamaru!" Konohamaru said as he made a pose in front of them, grinning as he pointed a thumb at himself.
"And together we're the Konohamaru Ninja Corps!" the three said in unison.
"Yeah, I know, you guys have done this like thirty times already…this month alone." Naruto said, crossing his arms as he looked at the trio, "So what do you want?"
"You promised you'd play ninja with us today boss!" Konohamaru stated as he crossed his arms.
Naruto looked up at the sky, tapping his chin in thought. "Did I? I don't remember saying anything like that."
"You did boss! C'mon, please play ninja with us!" The three started giving him the puppy dog eyes.
"You know, I've been giving that look to Ojisan before you three were even born, it won't work on me." Naruto grinned as he watched their crestfallen expressions. He actually rather liked the trio whom he had taken to calling the Chibi Brigade, they always seemed to brighten his day. "But I suppose I've got enough time to play ninja with you."
"Ugh, a ninja playing ninja," the group turned to see an utterly depressed looking Sakura walking towards them. "That's so stupid."
Naruto sighed at the girl's attitude, even though he had been ignoring her to the best of his abilities she was always like this, always making fun of or trying to belittle him for everything he did.
I suppose Sasuke-teme just told her off again,the blond concluded. She seemed to come over to make fun of him when ever Sasuke put her down, which happened every time she tried to get a date, meaning pretty much every day, seemingly seeking assurance from him like she used to.
"Hey boss who is this?" asked Konohamaru as he looked at the girl, scratching the back of his head. "I know! Hey boss, is she your…" He trailed off as he held up his pinky finger and wiggled it.
Sakura's look instantly turned irate, and if it wasn't for the fact that Naruto no longer let her hit him, she would have socked him so hard that the blond would have been implanted in a wall.
Naruto shook his head, "No Konohamaru, she isn't. In fact, we're not even friends. The closest thing I can call her is my teammate, and I use the term loosely since we don't really act like a team."
For some reason the whiskered blonds words seemed to depress Sakura even more. Sasuke-kun thought she was beneath him, and Naruto! And now Naruto was saying that she was basically just someone he worked with and not someone he liked, or even considered as a friend.
I suppose what they say is true. You never know what you're missing until it's gone…
She could no longer deny the fact that Naruto had been one of the main factors of her confidence back in the academy. Whenever something happened, whether it was Sasuke's continuous rejections, or something Ino or one of the other girls did or said, Naruto had always been there making her feel better about herself. Now he no longer cared about her, and so she no longer had that confidence boosting factor to help her deal with the problems she had and her own self confidence issues. This in turn brought her disposition down even more.
"Well that's good boss, cuz you can seriously do better than this chick!" Konohamaru said, "I mean just look at her! That pink hair is kind of weird, and can you see her forehead, it's huge!"
Naruto looked at Sakura nervously as he saw her now murderous expression, "Hey Konohamaru, how fast can you run?"
"Pretty fast boss, why?" asked Konohamaru as he scratched the back of his head.
Naruto pointed over to Sakura who was currently stomping over to them and cracking her knuckles, "That's why. I suggest you start running."
Konohamaru gulped as he saw the expression on Sakura's face as she cracked her knuckles.
"Thanks for the report," Iruka said to Kakashi as he sat in the missions room. He read over the report a bit before putting it away. He frowned for a moment as he looked up at the elite Jonin, "So how is Naruto? Is he doing well with his comrades?"
"Naruto is actually doing rather well." Kakashi replied. It was true enough; the boy had gotten better after the first month being back, both physically with his training and emotionally. Though he still wouldn't talk about his experience he had started opening up more, and even asked Kakashi for advice in some of his training.
"That's good. I've been so busy lately that I haven't been able to see him since you guys got back from your C-ranked mission," Iruka said, "I'm a little worried."
"I wouldn't worry about Naruto too much," Kakashi replied with the same air of nonchalance he always held. "Naruto's a little quieter since we came back from our C-rank, but other than that he's doing fine. In fact, he's improved quite a bit. I think pretty soon he may even be strong enough to surpass the person he respects the most, you."
Though I'm pretty sure he already has, but considering he asked me not to reveal anything about his skills to anyone, I'm not going to say anything.
"Is that so?" Iruka asked with a grin, pleased to hear that Naruto was doing well.
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