章節 140: Chapter 140

Alone in the early morning sunlight of Iruka's wooded backyard, Naruto chuckles at the idea of commanding his clones like the Hokage commands his shinobi, then settles to a serious demeanor. While the clones can transfer back physical experience, like muscle memory, they can't transfer back physical strength gained in the repetitive experience. Naruto has to gain physical strength on his own, and so, despite facing Tenten later in the day, Naruto starts his physical conditioning.

Naruto meets with Sakura and they train together.

SAKURA

Like Sakura expected, Ino—henge'd as Naruto—used her large orange toy to bring her to orgasm, though the size took some getting used to. Sakura had asked Ino why she bought such a large vibrator, going so far as to even cite a few studies she's read on her newly found sexual awakening that points out how little size matters. "Penis size doesn't necessarily affect sexual function like orgasms or sexual drive. It's the expectation's of penis size that drives anxiety and dissatisfaction more than physical function." Ino may have agreed but she gave no clear answer as to why she bought a vibrator that's on the larger side.

Even with a kunoichi's mastery over their body's flexibility, it took Sakura a week to become accustomed to the size before she can enjoy it as much as everything else Ino's done. It's not that Sakura enjoys this activity with Ino-Naruto, but what else can she do without the photos. She's earned five and in the two weeks before Sasuke-kun's return, there's only four more to go. Sakura knows Ino's whole plan is to make her feel so good she'll admit that she doesn't need her love for Sasuke-kun to feel good. Sakura knows Ino is diluting her love for the last Uchiha using Naruto's face, but it won't work.

Though Sakura has to compartmentalize quite a bit to separate the Naruto Ino henges as with the Naruto she trains with, she's intelligent enough to do it. It helps that training with Naruto is so grueling, making it nearly impossible to combine her teammate Naruto, with the Naruto she moans with every orgasm. She will admit it's a little tougher not to think about the sexual activity she's done with his look-a-like when he's sweating and heaving.

'It can't be helped,' her mind comments. On top of Ino using his face and making her say his name when she orgasms, Sakura trains with him every day. They've been training together for months now and in that time, Sakura is happy to learn that she doesn't hate him, or even dislikes him. He's so focused on becoming stronger and getting better every day, she can't help but admire that about him.

'He beat a Jōnin,' her mind constantly reminds her in disbelief. No matter how it happened, that felt like the most unexpected moment in shinobi history. How can Sakura see her teammate and hate him as she once had after the Wave mission? He can set her off sometimes but training with Naruto has become such a normal part of her life and she doesn't mind it one bit. It's even easier when Kurenai-sensei is around.

It's clear to Sakura that Kurenai-sensei isn't put off by Naruto in any way; even when he asks dumb questions. Sakura had tried to apologize once on his behalf, but when the beautiful sensei responded, 'why would he need to apologize, Haruno-chan? I'm a sensei and he's a student. Obviously, I want to answer anything he's unsure of so he, and his team can always return home safely.' Sakura was blown away by something so simple. To Kurenai-sensei, Naruto was just a fellow leaf nin; not someone annoying who is an impediment to her love. Just a ninja like everyone else. Kurenai-sensei simply wants Naruto to be his best. 'No, she wants everyone to be their best. And that's all that matters to her.'

As the raven-haired Jōnin is more verbose in her attention to them, Sakura has really enjoyed the moments Kurenai-sensei is with them. Unlike Kakashi-sensei who allows Team 7 to make mistakes before he voices how they should change it, Kurenai-sensei asks for their thoughts during missions, actions or decisions before suggesting other possible choices and how they might develop. She also talks about the history of techniques and how they've evolved through the years as well as what techniques to expect from specific regions. Sakura always knew the shinobi world was large, but reading it in a text manual and hearing it from a first-rate Jōnin were two entirely different things.

Sakura now understands why Ino admires this woman so much. Aside from being beautiful, Kurenai-sensei is a strong positive role model who genuinely believes in the future generation that will inherit Konoha's Will of Fire. After two weeks with Kurenai-sensei, Sakura earnestly enjoyed identifying with a woman so much stronger than her. It's why nearly all the kunoichi look up to Tsunade-sama of the Legendary Sannin. In such a male-driven world, it can be amazing to witness proof that kunoichi can be just as strong if not stronger than shinobi. Tsunade-sama may not be in the village, but it's also wonderful to look up to Kurenai-sensei.

It makes Sakura more attentive and train to her limits every day, which is never hard with a teammate like Naruto.

Before they split up for their specialized training, Sakura asks Naruto, "are you going to use that technique on Tenten-chan? I get why you don't want her to have Kubikiribōchō but please tell me you can win without shredding her muscle fibers like you did with Zabuza's."

Naruto turns to her as they walk down the dirt path toward the market. It's a beautiful day as he gazes at the blue sky and answers, "hopefully I won't have to but I won't know until we fight. I've gotten pretty good at making it stronger or weaker though."

"I suppose it'll be fine with Kurenai-sensei there," Sakura mentions before asking, "you spend time at her house, right?"

"Yup," Naruto answers her with a wide grin.

"Have you ever seen Asuma-sensei there?"

Naruto tilts his head like he does when he's thinking before answering, "in the beginning, sure. He had dinner with us once—that was pretty nice—but he hasn't been over since. Why?"

"Um," Sakura voices, before wondering if she should inform Naruto of her's and Ino's intention of getting Asuma-sensei and Kurenai-sensei together. 'It might be beneficial to include Naruto if he's always over Kurenai-sensei's house,' her mind points out. "Never mind. It's nothing," she tells him, realizing he would probably ruin such a delicate situation somehow.

"If you want to come over, I can always ask," Naruto suggests with hopeful glee.

Though tempted, she shakes her head, "maybe next time." To her surprise, he just leaves it at that and when they split up, she meets Ino in her home. Though she didn't leave with a photo, she did leave with a wide smile and a nice tingle throughout her perky form. Sakura has taken to returning some of Ino-Naruto's attention just to frustrate Ino further. Leaving Ino hot and bothered is her only avenue of rebellion and she does it every day now.

INO

Even if it was slower, running through the forest was easier than the chakra concentration necessary to hop from tree branch to tree branch, but an aroused Ino finally made it to the half-mile-long waterfall. As she expected, she found a bunch of half-naked Narutos training in a way that was never explained to her. She can clearly see a splash of water every time they all cry out in unison but in her horny state, she cares very little about his training and more about his sexual organ.

Ino walks on the water's edge before nervously calling out, "uh, hey! Naruto? I mean the real one," she clarifies looking from the left of the Naruto buffet line to the right. One calls out, "Ino-chan?" Then her name migrates from one clone to the next until finally, one Naruto jumps down, naked but for his shorts with his wet muscles gleaming in the afternoon sun. The rushing sound of the waterfall is as hypnotic a sound as the sight of his bare-chested tanned body, making frustrated Ino throb between her legs.

"Hey, Ino-chan," Naruto starts with a bright smile. Ignoring her state of arousal, he comments, "I heard your team is back together," and Ino sobers some at the mention of her team. After nearly two weeks away, Chōji rejoined Team 10 a week ago. Despite how much he tried to act as if nothing had changed—despite his credible clan-related excuses for his long absence—he couldn't fool Shikamaru, Asuma-sensei, or her. He was far more aware to resemble that lovable fatass he once was. He looked like he survived a traumatic experience and the world just wasn't what it was anymore… a feeling she can easily relate to. While Asuma shrugged it off, it clearly bothered Skikamaru.

Ino had her mask so she wasn't worried about giving anything away, and the way he was acting, it didn't seem like he would say anything either. It took a few days, but when they were finally alone, he immediately begged—hands, knees, and forehead on the ground, begged—for her forgiveness.

"I didn't think- You have to believe I never wanted something like that to happen… never to you," Chōji cried. "You're like family to me and I… I just… I'm so so sorry Ino-chan! From the bottom of my heart, I'm so sorry!"