A Different Team 10

Chapter 8

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Another few weeks had passed since that night Ino and Naruto shared. Ever since then, their relationship has grown and Ino and Naruto have grown closer with each day that had passed since that night. After those few weeks had passed Team 10 and their Sensei had to head home. Ino was very excited to return home because then Naruto would meet her parents. She had talked about him meeting her parents two days before they returned back to the Leaf. Naruto was a little terrified to meet them but wasn't scared. Ino reassured him that they wouldn't care if he had the Nine-Tails inside of him, they would only care if he loved her, which he did.

They woke early the morning they were supposed to leave and began to pack all their things. Once they were all packed and ready to go they left the cabin. The place where when they arrived they didn't like each other much but were leaving it as a team, a team with a couple in it to be precise. It didn't take them that long to get to the front gates of the leaf village because they were definitely way faster than before. When they had arrived at the gates of the village Asuma turned around so that he could speak to his team.

"Okay guys, take the weekend off, you deserve it. Meet me at training ground 10 Monday morning so I'll see you'll then" Asuma said as he waved at them before he flickered away to the front of the Hokage Mansion. Asuma made his way into the building and walked passed the secretary who gave him a smile that he returned. He knocked on the door that led to his father's office and waited for permission to enter. Once he received an 'enter' from inside the room he entered. Once inside the office, he took a seat in one of the chairs that sat in front of the Hokage's desk.

"So Asuma, hows your team and where are their skills at after your boot camp," Hiruzen asked as he looked up from the paper in his hand. "Well dad, the Team is very skilled. Shikamaru has an IQ of over 200 and I have his skills at low chunin. As for Ino we finally broke her out of her fan-girl stage. Now she wants to train a lot more and even has amazing chakra control. As for Naruto, he's the heart of the team. He's come so far in such a short amount of time and is the strongest member on the team-" he grabbed his jaw as he continued "-and he's got one hell of a right hook. He has two chakra natures, wind, and lightning. I taught him all the wind jutsu I know but I'll have to get Kakashi to give me some lightning jutsu though" Asuma said as he finished his report on his Team's training mission.

"Amazing, this is very good news. How are Naruto's teammates treating him?" Hiruzen asked. "Well Shikamaru and Naruto have become really close friends," Asuma said and was going to continue but was interrupted by Hiruzen. "What about Ino?" the old man asked. "Well... Naruto and Ino aren't friends" Asuma said. "That's a shame. At least Naruto has one friend" Hiruzen said, a little saddened. "I wasn't finished. Naruto and Ino aren't friends because they're dating, so they're more than friends" Asuma said as he smiled, thinking about the two Genin. "Really," Hiruzen said with surprise, "I wouldn't have expected that to happen. I just hope that no one tells either Shikamaru or Ino about the Nine-Tails sealed inside of Naruto. I don't want them to treat him badly" Hiruzen said. "Well..." Asuma started as he started to rub the back of his neck in nervousness, "they know about the nine-tails but they're okay with it" Asuma explained. "Well I'm not happy that they know about the nine-tails but if they don't care then I won't either," Hiruzen said as he blew out smoke.

Back at Village gates just as Asuma flickered away

"Dam it! I wished he'd show me how to do that" Naruto whined. "Troublesome" Shikamaru said as he yawned and then left to go to his house. "I'm sure Asuma will show us how to do that soon Whiskers" Ino reassured Naruto, "Now come on, let's go drop your stuff off at your place so you can come to meet my parents" Ino sweet-talked him.

Naruto and Ino made their way to his apartment while holding hands. On the way there they received confused glances but they didn't really care about that. Once they arrived at Naruto's apartment Naruto unlocked the door with his key and let Ino in first. "Such a gentleman Foxy-Kun" Ino teased. Naruto blushed slightly before entering the apartment and closing the door behind him. "Alright, I'm going to go take a shower and change, sound good?" Naruto said to Ino. "Sounds good," Ino said as she looked around the apartment. Naruto had gone into his room and got out his nicest clothes and headed to the bathroom to shower. On his way, Ino teased him by saying, "Want me to join you?". Naruto blushed hard and quickly entered the bathroom to take his shower. After waiting for a few minutes Naruto stepped out of the bathroom wearing black slacks with an orange dress shirt. Naruto looked at his beautiful girlfriend before asking "Well, what do you think?". "You look great Whiskers but one thing," Ino said as she gestured to the rest of his apartment. "We're going to have to clean this place up over the weekend. No boyfriend of mine is going to live in filth. After that, we'll go shopping for some new clothes for you. You need more clothes that aren't all orange" Ino stated. "That seems like to mu-" Naruto started but Ino stopped him by saying one sentence. "We'll get ramen afterward," Ino said, knowing that ramen was his weak point. "You should have led with that Ino-Chan!" Naruto shouted excitedly.

Naruto and Ino left the apartment holding hands and started to make their way to Ino's house to meet Ino's parents. As they were walking through the streets they came across Sakura. "Oh my god, you finally realized that Sasuke and I were going to be together so you settled for the dead last idiot at that" Sakura said snickering. "He's not the dead last anymore Sakura. He's stronger than Sasuke and could easily beat him. He may be an idiot some times, but he's my idiot. So leave me and my boyfriend alone Billboard brow!" Ino said. She was angered that Sakura dares to insult Naruto. He's probably one of the strongest Genin out of their class. He's come close to beating Asuma before and even forced him to use his chakra enhanced trench blades when he was using his Tanto blade.

"Like that loser could beat Sasuke-Kun," Sakura said. "I beat he does Sakura!" Ino yelled. "Like that dobe could ever beat someone like me," Sasuke said as he came out of literally nowhere. At this point, even Naruto was pissed. "Oh I know I can beat you, dick!" Naruto growled. "Alright Dobe, let's do this. I teach you how to respect your betters. Don't forget, I'm an elite and your nothing and you'll always be nothing" Sasuke said. Naruto had to hold Ino back from attacking him. He told her that he'll take care of it.

They made their way to a training ground that was empty. Both Sakura and Ino stood at the edge of the clearing to watch the fight. Naruto was holding Naruto's shirt so that it didn't get dirty. She was blushing madly at Naruto's well-toned, muscular, bare chest.

Naruto got into his fighting stance and waited for Sasuke to come at him. Asuma taught him to not always rush into a fight and to wait for your opponent to make the first move. Sasuke got fed up with waiting so he attacked first and threw a punch. Even with all the weights, Naruto had on him he was to fast for Sasuke. He kept either dodging or catching the things Sasuke threw at him. "This has gone on long enough," Naruto said. Naruto aimed a strike for Sasuke's solar plexus and hit it dead-on. That caused Sasuke to lose his breath and fall to his knees as the wind got knocked out of him.

"This fight is over Uchiha. So much for being an elite, I was looking for a challenge" Naruto said as he started to laugh and make his way back to Ino. "You will always be a dobe and a dead last and now I'll teach you and your demon slut a lesson" Sasuke shouted at Naruto as he started weaving hand signs for a Jutsu, (Fire Style: Great Fire Ball). Sasuke started but didn't get past halfway before Naruto appeared behind him instantly and chopped his neck, knocking him out.

"If you ever attack or insult me or Ino again I will not hesitate to kill you Sasuke," Naruto said as he proceeded to make his way to Ino again. Naruto was surprised when Ino ran passed him so he turned around and saw that Sakura was about to punch him but Ino blocked it. "If you ever try to put your hands on my man again I'll send you to the hospital, got that forehead" Ino yelled as she threw Sakura's hand away. She then turned around and jumped into the shirtless Naruto's arms and kissed him passionately.

After the kiss they shared Naruto put his shirt back on and after he finished that he said, "That was one hell of a homecoming ya'know"

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Thanks for reading and until next time

Published: Monday - January 4, 2021 - 12:10 P.M.