Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto! Otherwise… Sigh. I get depressed whenever I think about it.
Many of you probably have read the previous version of this story… Well, I decided to rewrite it, even if it was coming something awfully good out of it… I think that I could write it better if I used less OCs… After all, I have plenty of girls to use, right now. Between canon, movies and fillers… So, enjoy the ReWrite of Get Low Naruto!
Prologue
"AWCDL… What?" This was the first reaction of Naruto after hearing the initials of whatever Tsunade was proposing to the group that had gathered together in her office. But Naruto didn't get the entire bunch of initials with the first try, judging from his confused face.
"Sigh… A.W.C.B.G.L.T., as in Annual Wave Country Beach Games and Limbo Tournament. It's the closest thing the ninja villages have to a vacation." Replied the Hokage. This time she didn't yell at Naruto, because everyone in the room had a confused look on their faces. "It's at the same time a vacation and a competition. It's an agreement we came to recently. You see, after Team7 famous mission in the wave country, said country began to rebuilt their economical well-being. And this led an increment of tourism. So much… That the villages have decided to rent for a whole month the bigger and most beautiful of the minor islands of that country."
Explained that, all became clearer. Many mixed reactions. Who was excited, who bored, who blushed thinking about swimming suits, Kakashi was giddy. If Jiraiya was to come as well, he was certain that a new episode of Icha Icha would be released very soon.
"Well, of course there are a few rules. Number one: you're not allowed to wear your forehead protectors. That because fights will not be permitted. It's a vacation, and as such, no fights. Just games where you can humiliate other opponents. Understood?" The whole group nodded, minus Naruto. He swallowed. "Number two… Enjoy yourselves! Have fun! Any questions?" Surprisingly, Naruto immediately raised his hand. "Yes, Naruto?"
"Baa-chan, do…" Naruto dodged the table by crouching down, but someone behind him wasn't so lucky, since the piece of furniture hit him straight in the face.
"OH MY GOD! LEE!"
"I mean, is this something just for the major villages?"
"Good question. No, the planning and booking was open to every ninja village, and even countries without an army forces. You know, to share the expenses." She said. Naruto nodded and then grinned.
"Nice!" Naruto gave the Hokage a thumbs up. He hoped that he could meet again some of the friends he had in other villages. Tsunade raised an eyebrow at his behaviour, but smiled nonetheless.
"Anymore questions?" No one talked- Good. The appointment is tomorrow morning, at 8 o clock. Dismissed." Slowly, everyone left the room. And once outside, the girls let out a squeal that they didn't even know they were holding in. Once in a while, going back to being babies. But before Naruto could leave the room, a glass was thrown to the back of his head.
"OW! Baa-chan, what the hell?!"
"I owed you one. And it was to catch your attention." Naruto silently fumed at the Hokage's smirking face. "Well, you see… We have a problem with one of the people who is to come with us."
"Uh?" Naruto raised an eyebrow. "You mean, like, he doesn't want to come?"
"She. She doesn't want to come. But I think you could persuade her otherwise."
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"…" She kept on observing herself in the mirror. The colour of the bikini was alright. It looked well. A darker shade of azure… Her hair were in a single ponytail, unlike usual… But she sighed nonetheless. It wasn't because of the bikini… It was because of what was under it. "That's it. I'm not going."
"Isaribi-neechan! Open the door!"
"Eeep!" The sudden violent banging and loud voice made the girl jump and instinctively cover herself. She blushed pretty hard right after, out of embarrassment. "O-One second!" The girl put back on her usual clothes, not bothering to change out of her bikini, and went to open the door, finding herself face to face with the ball of energy with blonde hair that was Naruto Uzumaki. "N-Naruto… You scared me…"
"Isaribi-neechan, why don't you want to come to the beach? I thought you loved sea."
"Ah…" Naruto really was more direct and forward of that train that once had almost squashed him. The girl began to observe the ground and play with her ponytail. She didn't want to tell him that she didn't want to go because… Of her body. "Ehm… I just… I just don't feel like it, Naruto… I'm sorry…"
"Awww… Come on…" Naruto pouted… And then remembered what the hag had told him. 'If she's that adamant about the thing, tell her these exact words. Memorize them. I have to say… "It's a pity… I was looking forward to it…"
"E-Eh?" This really caught Isaribi's attention. She raised her head and blinked, staring at Naruto. "You were.. Looking forward to it?"
"Yes!" Now I have to say… Why do I have the feeling I've read this somewhere? He then proceeded to do like Tsunade had told him to do. He moved his head to the side and lowered it a bit. He stared at the ground, and then looked back at Isaribi, holding his hands behind his back. "I mean… I looked forward to see nee-chan in a bikini…"
"…" Isaribi's brain was assaulted by a wave of cuteness practically oozing from Naruto because of a mix of factors. The pose, the words, the tone of voice… The word 'nee-chan' sounded so… Alluring… Isaribi became as red as the blood going all to her head and face. "I-I'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW THEN! I STILL HAVE TO PACK! BYE!" She closed the door and threw herself under the shower. She needed a cold one, before doing anything else. Naruto just stood there dumbfounded.
"It worked… Wow. But what do I have the feeling that ero-sennin has something to do with this?" Little did he know that in Tsunade's plan there was a 70 of probability that Isaribi would jump him right there on her door-step.
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"Mmmm…" In the meanwhile, a similar scene was happening in another country named after a mammal animal who sleeps lots of time, in winter. This girl had already decided that she would go to the beach. She had purchase that violet bikini as soon as she heard they were going. But she had a problem with her figure as well. Not that it was a bad figure. At all, but… The girl just was fixated on a point. She suddenly stomped the ground in frustration "Damn! I've been drinking milk for months!"
"Still can't get over the fact that they won't grow no matter what?"
"SUMARU! GET OUT OF HERE! IMMEDIATELY!" The Hoshigakure Jounin managed to dodge his friend throw of a sandal by ducking down, without stopping his snickering one minute, observing Hokuto's enraged figure.
"Come on, Naruto will like you even with a B-Cup. After all, your legs make up for it." Sumaru blinked at the girl, who blushed even more, but immediately turned around.
"W-What the hell are you saying? We don't even know if he'll be there…"
"I read your mail."
"… Damn." Busted.
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"Koyuki-sama, I don't think it's a good idea…"
"Oh, don't be stupid. Even a princess-actress has the right to take a little vacation once in a while, Tomo. And I haven't seen the sea in a while."
"I was talking about your plans, Koyuki-sama." The princess turned to her attendant with a shocked face. The girl just shook her head slowly. "Don't forget that I'm the one who takes care of your correspondence, Koyuki-sama. Especially of the correspondence that you send to people like Haruna-hime, Toki-hime and the Hokage of Konohagakure. I have to ask you to reconsider."
…" Koyuki snapped shut the fan she was holding, and picked out some pictures from the inside of her vest and handed them to Tomo.
Curious, Tomo looked at the picture... then proceeded to blush all the colours of the rainbow before settling down on red, her eyes widening in shock as she looked down at the picture then at Koyuki, then back at the picture, then back at Koyuki like a broken puppet.
"One word… And the whole country will be plastered with copies of these pictures. Agreed?"
The poor girl couldn't do anything but nod her soul out in fear.
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"Have you checked my luggage?"
"Yes, miko-sama."
"Good! Everything has to be perfect!" While her servants prepared everything for her trip, Shion kept on trying on various outfits and swimming suits. That vacation was the perfect occasion… "There's a certain ninja who owes me something… And I'm not talking about a descendant only."
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All in all, it seems that Naruto was in for one hell of a vacation.
Get low, Naruto! RW
Chapter1: Looking underneath… Things
"You're all here? Good thing. How do you like our choice of travel?"
Every ninja was now in casual, and everyone had, as promised, left their forehead protectors at home. Neji, to hide his caged bird seal, opted for a white headband, which looked damn good on him, in his opinion. Not that he was going to ever say that out loud, of course, but it still looked damn good. But everyone's attention wasn't on the choice of clothing of whoever… But, like Tsunade had made them notice, their means of travels. Carriages. Pulled by horses.
Shikamaru raised an eyebrow.
"Hokage-sama, not that the thing bothers me… But we would go faster by ourselves, right?"
"Yes, but as I explained, Shikamaru, during this vacation we will act as normal civilians. So, we will ride by carriages." Said the Hokage, proud of her explanation, nodding to herself with her arms crossed. "It will be nice to change, for once. Some of you even offered to guide a carriage along with the people I hired."
"Yosh!" Everyone turned to the source of the voice. Gai… For once, not wearing spandex… But this was even worse. A Hawaiian shirt, that he wore opened, showing off his chest with just one single hair in the middle of it. Sandals. Dark green Kaki shorts. Sunglasses. And a stereo on his shoulders. Maito Gai had officially gone surf. "Let us enjoy this vacation with the power of youth! Like a tidal wave of pure energy!"
"Yosh! Go, Gai-sensei!" Guess who… Everyone else sweatdropped. Tsunade cleared her throat with a little cough, before talking again.
"Well, no point in standing here any longer. Each carriage can hold max four persons. And since we're simple civilians, have fun mixing up the groups for the travel!" Tsunade said this with the loudest and most cheerful voice possible, emulating a certain fellow blonde, who couldn't help but snicker while most of the crowd cheered. Then, he saw Kakashi and Sakura enter a carriage, and was about to follow them, when someone grabbed the scarf of the shirt he was wearing.
"Uh? What the… Kurenai-sensei?" Naruto turned around to face the smiling woman.
"Naruto, since you're left out of that carriage, since it's been borded by Yamato and Sai…" Naruto turned around… And sweatdropped. The woman was right… But he had been left out just because she had suddenly grabbed him. He was about to give her a retort… "I want to ask you a favour."
"Uh?" Naruto raised an eyebrow while Kurenai let go of him and he turned around. "What favour?"
"Well, I'll travel with my old team 8, but doing so I would leave alone someone else. Can I ask you to keep her company?" She said. Naruto didn't know why, but that smile didn't really seem… Natural, to him.
"I…"
"Wonderful! Get in!"
"Ahhhhhhhh!" Before he could say anything else, Naruto was literally thrown into the carriage Kurenai was standing next to, and the woman then closed the door from the outside behind him. Then, the jounin turned to her Hokage and raised her forearm, giving her a thumbs-up. Tsunade grinned.
Eheheh… Not even Jiraiya could plan something like this… He's going to kiss my ass, when… Well… My feet. Make it my feet.
In the meanwhile, in the carriage… Or better, on the floor of the carriage, Naruto was rubbing his chin seated with his legs crossed, in pain because of the hit he had taken after the shove.
"Itaaaaiiiiiii… What the hell was up with Kurenai-sensei? Pushing me all of a sudden…"
"Na-Naruto?"
"Uh?" Naruto raised his head. He had almost forgot that Kurenai had said something about keeping company to someone… But he didn't expect to find himself face to face with Kurama Yakumo. "Yakumo-neechan!"
"Hi, Naruto. It's… It's been a while." The girl blushed and adjusted her long dress over her legs, while Naruto got back standing and then seated, taking in the girl's appearance. She had change slightly, from the last time he had seen her. And that was before he began his journey with Jiraiya. She had gotten taller, and her hair were maybe even longer. Her skin… Not ghostly pale anymore. It had become creamy white.
"Yeaaaah! A long while! Last time I saw you was when I came to say hi to you before departing! Then I've been so occupied… I'm so sorry!" Naruto held his hands over his head, bowing down to Yakumo in a sign of apology. The girl blushed a little, but smiled.
"It's alright… I'm happy that you remember me, Naruto." Naruto replied to her smile with one of his grins.
"Like I could ever forget you!" This last comment caused Yakumo to blush more, and blink at him. He… Couldn't forget her? She was about to ask more, when his attention got caught by something else. "Is that a sketchbook?"
"Ehm… Yes." The girl instinctively clutched the object a bit tighter. "I've starter practicing my Genjutsu with drawings instead of paintings. I suppose they're much quicker to do…"
"Can I see?!" Naruto's sudden outburst caught Yakumo off guard, making her jump in her seat.
"Ehmm… I don't… I mean, I'm not that good at it yet…" She brought the sketchbook to her chest with a hand while waving the other quickly in front of herself. Naruto blinked at her… And then suddenly grinned.
"Neeeee-chaaaaaaan… If you don't make me see it…" Yakumo suddenly blinked and swallowed. What was with that look? It looked devious… "I'll tickle you!"
"Eh?! N-No!" Before she could put up some kind of reaction, Naruto was all over her, tickling her body. "N-No! Stop! Ahahahah! I… I mean… No, not theeeeeeeeere! Ahahahahahahhhhhhhhh! Narutoooooooooooo!"
"Fear Uzumaki Naruto tickle no Jut… Woah!" Suddenly, the carriage began to move with a rushing start, and Naruto tumbled and fell upon Yakumo, planting a kiss on her forehead in the process. Yakumo blushed so red that a tomato would have been jealous. "Darn, they could at least warn before moving like that! I'm sorry, Yakumo-neechan… Uh?" Naruto noticed that Yakumo had frozen completely, and she was very… Red… He grinned. In a swift move, he snatched the sketchbook out of the girl's hands. "Gotcha!"
"Ah!" The girl immediately snapped out of it, and lunged at Naruto as well. "Give it back!"
"Not before I see your drawings!" While holding the pale girl at bay with one hand, Naruto used the other to open the sketchbook… And he blinked. "Eh?" The first drawing of the sketchbook was… Two people kissing? Before he could analyze it more in dept, Yakumo took it back.
"I-I don't want to show them… Yet!" That was close!!
"Meeh, I don't understand, nee-chan… They looked pretty good, to me."
"Ehm… The point is… They're pretty personal." Yakumo could feel all the blood in her body rush to her face. "You see, I… I draw what I remember of my dreams, in this sketchbook… So…" Please don't ask that question, please don't ask that question, please don't ask that question…
"Really?" Naruto rubbed his chin… And then grinned. "Theeeeeeeeeen… Who were the two people kissing in the drawing? Eh, Yakumo nee-chan?" Yakumo squirmed, hiding her face with the sketchbook.
Naruto, you baaaaaaaakaaaaaaaaa! "I… I don't know… I still haven't managed to get a clear image of their faces!" Yakumo blushed. And she knew that the whole trip would have been of teasing her if she didn't find another argument of conversation. "Ehmm… Would… Would you like me to make you a portrait?"
"Eh?" Naruto blinked. Strange question out of the blue… But he grinned nonetheless "Of course! Want me to get in pose?"
"J-Just sit and stay still…"
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There's a legend, in Konoha. The legend is that every Hokage makes one big mistake in his/her life. For example, the third made a mistake while judging Orochimaru. The fourth made a mistake when he believed that the village would have seen Naruto as a hero. Tsunade made a mistake when she had nominated Gai as the driver of one of the carriages. The front one that everyone else was following. The idiot had gone off the normal road. The thing made so many bumps, jumps and strange movements that everyone inside the carriages was now green. Gai and Lee included. And that led to the thinking that they were somewhat masochist.
"Gai-sensei…" Neji, with the will of fire, managed to stuck out his head to talk with his sensei/torturer. "Get… This thing… Back… On the normal road."
"But… Neji-kun… This is… A fantastic opportunity… To train… Our youthful stomachs…" He replied. And suddenly, an enormous killer intent spread around them.
"TOO BAD THAT YOUR UNYOUTHFUL DRIVING IS UPSETTING OUR YOUTHFUL STOMACHS SO MUCH THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO PUKE OUR YOUTHFUL BREAKFASTS! TAKE THESE YOUTHFUL CARRIAGES ON THE NORMAL ROAD YOUTHFULLY RIGHT NOW, IF YOU DON'T WANT ME TO UNYOUTHFULLY RIP OFF YOUR ALREADY UNYOUTHFUL MANHOOD!"
Gai pulled the reins. Hard. Every man in the range of the shout cringed at the mental images. On Kiba, it had the effect of making him finally losing his breakfast. The only male unaffected was Sai, who stuck out his head along with the other women towards the source of the sudden outburst.
"… Hinata?"
"…"
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After Hinata's outburst, Gai was persuaded to go back on the normal road. But of course, it still had to be done Maito-style. So, he did the entire trip in reverse. How did he manage to not destroy everything at his passage was a mystery. The carriages came to a halt in front of a bridge.
"We stopped…" The blonde scratched the top of his head.
"I've finished, Naruto."
"Uh?! Really! Let me see!" Yakumo was about to hand Naruto her sketchbook… But after noticing something, she took it back.
"Ehm… Do you mind if I colour it, first?" She asked, blushing a little.
"Uh?" Naruto shrugged, but smiled nonetheless. "If you want to, go ahead, nee-chan."
"Thanks… Well, I guess we should get out of the carriage… You first?" Yakumo needed some time alone to hide the drawing she had just made. Naruto nodded, opened the door and stepped out of the carriage… And then grinned. He knew that bridge.
"Eheheh… Tazuna-san did really a good work." The bridge was magnificent. There were many additions that weren't there the first time. Like, lights, and a… A railroad? "A train? But didn't those things exist just in other countries, like… The spring country?"
"Yeah, but since that country became free and open to relationships with other countries again, they've started to share some of their technology." Naruto turned around when he heard Tsunade answering to his question. Then, he noticed that she was staring in an amused way at the bridge. "By the way, Naruto… They hold you in high regards here, hn?"
"Eh?" Naruto blinked quizzically. Tsunade walked to his side.
"I heard from Kakashi that you did quite a number on the people here… But he never told me that they had named the bridge after you."
"EH?!" Naruto turned to the bridge… And saw the huge letters plastered on it. 'Great Naruto Bridge'. "WHAAAAAAAAAAAAT?!"
"You didn't know either? I guess they must have decided this after your departure." Tsunade chuckled. "Well, we're here to catch the train that will bring us on the island. We just have to wait for the people from other countries to reach us."
"Eh? People from other countries?" Tsunade nodded.
"Yes. You see, the train does just one trip for day. That's why different countries will arrive on different days. We've got to board it with the representatives of the Spring Country, Vegetable Country and Bird Country."
"Spring, Vegetable, and Bird… Hmmm…" Naruto rubbed his chin. There was something really familiar about those names… Then it hit him. "Ah! Then, you don't mean that there will be…"
"Naruuuuuuuuuuutoooooooooooo!"
"ACK!" Before Naruto could say their name, the three princesses had glomped him to the ground from behind, under the stares of a good part of the Konoha audience, with mixed reactions. Someone was plotting shark attacks. Someone else was thinking about experimenting cubism in her paintings. Someone else was blushing while plotting murder. And Sakura was outright screaming.
"NARUTOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
And Kakashi was gripping the pages of his Icha Icha as hard as he could, staring at the book. I-Impossible… It's… It's like in the 4th chapter… The hero and a princesses sandwich!!
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And sandwich it was. After gathering everyone and boarding the train, the three princesses had dragged the blonde with them to a vacant compartment, just for the four of them. Naruto was blushing while experiencing for once the life of a teddy bear.
"Awww! Your hair are even softer than what I remember, Naruto!" The girl in charge of his head was Haruna, currently. And Naruto raised an eyebrow.
"Haruna-neechan… I don't remember you ever touching my hair."
"…" Haruna kept her smiling face, but she froze. Ops… "Ahh, don't be silly! I'm sure I touched it lots of times!" When you were asleep, though…
"Look how you've grown! I don't remember you being so muscular, last time I saw you!" The spring country princess snuggled against his right arm more.
"That was one and a half year ago when I was travelling with ero-sennin, Koyuki-neechan…" Naruto really hoped that the girl was carrying melons-shaped marshmallows in her outfit.
"Your whiskers are as cute as I remember!" While snuggling against his left arm, Toki was brushing his whiskers with the tip of her fingers.
"Ehm…" Naruto didn't know why, but he felt like he had to change the subject to something else than his looks. And quickly. "Ehm, Toki-neechan? How's Chishima-niisan?"
"He's doing fine." Toki smiled at him, and caressed his whiskers more, a bit more slowly. "He's doing even better ever since he came out."
"Eh?" Naruto blinked and no matter that he had to break the girls' attentions, he felt the impulse to sit down before asking. "He came out? What do you mean?"
"Uh?" Toki blinked. "I thought I told you last time… You know, that he was… He swings…" Naruto gave her just a puzzled look, as an answer. As much as that clueless face made her want to glomp him again right there, she kept her composure. "Naru-Kun, Chishima is a homo." Naruto's jaw dented the train's floor.
"B-B-B-BUT! WASN'T HE IN LOVE WITH YOU?!"
"Nope. He was in love with my brother." Toki said that with the most normal voice that she managed to use, making Naruto sweatdrop heavily… And then scream.
"ARGH! NOW I UNDERSTAND! HE WASN'T CHECKING OUT MY RAMEN, THAT TIME! HE WAS CHECKING OUT ME!"
"Awww, don't worry, Naruto-kun!" Naruto suddenly found his face shoved between's Koyuki's chest. "We're here to protect you from those bad, bad guys who want to jump your bones and have their way with you!"
And even if the three princesses shared that intention… Well, they had two things more and one thing less than those bad guys. And from a hole in the wall, Tsunade was observing everything and snickering, under the stare of one sweatdropping Shizune.
"This is getting sooooooo goooooooooooood…" Tsunade actually giggled like a schoolgirl. Shizune palmed her face.
"Tsunade-sama… Don't tell that this is the result of all the messages you and the three women on the other side of the wall have exchanged over the months…"
"Exactly! All this, including the month of vacation we're going to have from tomorrow onwards, is a result of a plan I've developed over a year ago!" Tsunade turned to Shizune and produced her best evil laugh.
"… Including the 'Who's the biggest shotacon' challenge?" Shizune wasn't one for sarcasm, usually, but that needed to be said. Tsunade just grinned.
"Yup! That too is the result of my awesome planning! Not even Jiraiya has ever managed to do something like this! Muahahahahah! Even if I have to admit that his novels have been a great source of inspiration for some of the things I have planned…"
"Foolish woman… Do you really believe this to be the result of your efforts only?" Tsunade and Shizune blinked, then turned to the source of the voice… And shrieked in fear when they saw Jiraiya sitting there, appeared out of nowhere, complete with Hawaiian shirt and kaki shorts. Not as flashy as Kisame, but it was a strange sight nonetheless.
"W-W-W-WHAT THE HELL… NO, HOW THE HELL?!" Tsunade did not lower her voice, and Jiraiya just kept on sitting there unfazed, while the train trekked over the railroad, over the sea.
"I have been on this train before you were. Easy." Tsunade blinked. "Returning to my question… Who do you think made Kumo and Iwa agree to the agreement, considering their relationships with Konoha in the old days?"
"…" Tsunade blinked again. Now that she thought about it… She had believed that it would have been harder to persuade them. "Don't tell me…"
"While Konoha is an enemy of Iwa and Kumo…" Jiraiya jumped on his feet and made his victory pose. "Jiraiya the almighty novelist is the one who brings sexy smut to the town!" Tsunade palmed her face. She couldn't believe it… She was snapped out of her inner grumbling by the sound of the sliding door of Naruto's compartment and the whining of three princesses.
"Aww… Come back soon, alright?"
"Are you sure you don't want one of us to accompany you?"
"I just have to go to the bathroom. And why would you want to accompany me? To help me how?" Naruto said laughing.
"Well, it looks pretty heavy to…" Before Haruna could finish her sentence, Koyuki and Toki slapped their hands on her mouth. Naruto blinked, but didn't pay it much thought. Nature was calling. When they were sure Naruto was at a safe distance, Toki and Koyuki released Haruna. The Vegetable Country's princess puncher her own head. "Sorry… I almost let it slip."
"That was close!" Koyuki wiped imaginary sweat from her forehead, while Toki admonished the brown haired princess.
"Don't let it happen again! As much as he knows, we haven't even ever seen his neck, let alone his…"
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"Ahhh! I really had to go!" Naruto washed his hands while hearing the W.C. flushing behind him. He got out of the bathroom and stretched. "Hmmm… Who knows when we will arrive…" He walked a bit and then stopped in front of a large window of the train, leaning towards it. He observed the sea, the horizon's line, passing by quickly, the light enveloping the waters and reddening it… "Ahh… What a nice sight…"
"Guess who!" Suddenly, Naruto's sight was denied to him by a pair of hands over his eyes.
"Ehm…" Naruto sweatdropped. He didn't pay much attention to the voice, since it had caught him by surprise… The only thing he was sure of was that she was a girl. "Some hints?"
"I have orange hair, I once lived with my clan in the rice country, and you accidentally groped me on our first meeting." The voice was cheerful, and Naruto blushed profusely at the last detail. But it was the detail that made him realize who he was talking to.
"Sasame-chan, you're here too?"
"We have a winner!" The girl let go of Naruto's eyes and when he turned around she embraced him tightly. "I missed you!"
"And I'm happy to find you more cheerful than the last time I saw you, Sasame-chan!" Naruto embraced the girl back, and blushed even more when she suddenly kissed his cheek and latched her hands behind his neck.
"Well, I suppose that your cheerfulness is contagious." The girl smiled at him, still not letting go of his neck. "I was very happy when you dropped by, last year." Naruto scratched the back of his neck. "So? What news do you bring me, blonde genin?"
"Darn… I had almost forgot about that…" Naruto suddenly let his head fall. But it was brought back up by one of Sasame's hand.
"No moping about it. You wouldn't be Naruto anymore, otherwise." Said the girl, giggling and cocking her head to the side. Naruto smiled, but blushed when the girl suddenly started massaging his neck.
"Ehm, Sasame-chan… What about letting go of my neck?"
"Why? You got a girlfriend who could get jealous?" Naruto blushed scarlet at that.
"N-No. I don't have a girlfriend…"
"Then, no problem!" Sasame suddenly embraced him again and snuggled her head in his chest. "Aaaah… Your chest feels so nice…"
"…" Naruto wouldn't be able to get out of that embrace for other five minutes. And thinking about the situation later, he would bet that there was killing intent in the air, coming from behind a corner. It was very similar to Neji's one…
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Naruto had been really surprised when the island had come into sight. It was much more… Well, luxurious-looking that he thought. He could see high buildings mixed with palms from afar, and the beach looked so beautiful… But the most surprising thing was that the train's arrive station was right below the hotel. And the inside of the hotel was as luxurious as it's outside. Red carpets, marble, golden furniture…
"WOOOW! I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE ROOMS!" Exclaimed Ino. She voiced the thoughts of a good part of the group.
"Alright! Everyone from the leaf, gather around here!" Everyone followed the voice of their Hokage, turning to her… And noticing that Jiraiya had appeared out of nowhere. "We will now tell you your division in rooms! Shizune?" The Hokage's attendant opened a scroll that had been given to her by one of the hotel's workers, while Kakashi was holding in his hand a bag full of keys, with numbers written on it.
"When I call your names, come forward. You have been split in groups of four people…" Cheer and high-fives from the crowd. "Not mixed." Many 'Awwwws', 'Tsk' and 'Booo!'. Shizune started calling room numbers and names. "Room 71. Maito Gai, Hatake Kakashi, Sarutobi Asuma, Yamato." Naruto couldn't help but ask himself if the guy had a surname, at this point. "Room 158. Nara Shikamaru, Akimichi Choji, Inuzuka Kiba, Aburame Shino."
"… Of all the troublesome arrangements… This is the most troublesome."
"I'll try to not eat in the room, Shikamaru."
"If you do, not on my bed!"
"…" Shizune continued after Kakashi handed them their keys.
"Room 165. Aoyama TenTen. Yamanaka Ino. Haruno Sakura. Hyuuga Hinata."
"Just like when we were young, forehead!"
"Then I'll smash you with a pillow just like back in the old days!"
"Room 180. Kiremono Tsubaki. Isaribi. Kurama… Yakumo? And…" Shizune had stopped and then stared at the scroll. "F-Fuuma Sasame?"
The four girls approached Kakashi and took their keys. They observed each other… And smiled at each other.
"It's a pleasure to meet you. I've heard about you all." Tsubaki bowed. Yakumo and Isaribi returned the gesture.
"No, you're our elder. Don't bow, please." Said Isaribi. Yakumo nodded.
"Eheheh, no need to be so formal." Sasame just smiled at her new room-mates. Shizune, in the meanwhile, turned to her mentor, and in the arc of three seconds, this conversation took place thanks to their stares.
Tsunade-sama, are you crazy?! Three out of four people in this last room are… Are after Naruto-kun! Shocked stare from Shizune.
They don't know. Shrug of shoulders from the Hokage.
They don't know YET, you mean! When they found out about each other, it will be… It will be… Agitated waving of arms from the black-haired woman.
A huge catfight that would make Jiraiya proud of me, probably. Why do you think I put Tsubaki with them? If she managed to bear Mizuki… Raising of eyebrow from the blonde haired hag. Sigh of defeat from Shizune. The conversation was over. Shizune resumed her reading.
"Room 201…" Shizune raised an eyebrow. Room 201? But wasn't that a… She shrugged. It wasn't that important. "Uzumaki Naruto. Hyuuga Neji. Rock Lee. Sai."
"Yosh!" Incidentally, Lee found himself in range for enveloping all his room-mates in an enormous hug. "We will make some wonderful memories out of this vacation, friends!"
"…" Naruto turned to Neji.
"…" Neji turned to Naruto. They talked with their eyes. They understood each other, a mutual feeling and thought in their brain, like they were connected by a symbiotic link. The message they shared with each other was… Tonight, eyebrows will meet their end.
After another fifteen minutes, Shizune had finished talking and Kakashi giving the keys. Tsunade took word again.
"Alright! The workers of the hotel will take care of our luggage, so, let's enjoy the buffet! Dining room that way!" Many cheers while the Hokage pointed to her right. Naruto cheered more than the others.
"Yahoo! Let's go! I want to fill myself till I explode!"
"… Always the same idiot, I see."
"…" Naruto halted in his steps before even taking one, and as such did all the Rookie nines plus Gai's team and Sai. They all turned in the direction of the voice… And they saw a very familiar face. Naruto was trembling. He didn't know out of what. "… Sasuke…"
Continue…
In the next chapter…
After Sasuke's reunion' with his old Konoha companions, it's time for the first day of vacation! What will happen? And more people keep on coming to the island! Stay tuned!