Crafty Chameleon

Survive This!

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Naruto gave an empty laugh, "All because of a selfish urge to write his books" Orochimaru shook his head sadly and hugged Naruto ...

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"Hey Natsu is dinner done?" asked Karin as she and Mito gossiped.

"Almost." Natsu sighed.

Mito grinned, "This survival training was a great idea!"

(Yeah, but it's not working like I intended cause I'm doing all the work!) Natsu thought sourly as he checked the fish cooking over the fire. "So who gets the first watch?"

"Don't bother. No one will sneak up on us." said the red head confidently ... Natsu just deadpanned at Karin's naïve comment and shook his head. Of course, he knew otherwise especially after Naruto told him that they could be carried for hours in their sleep without knowing.

"Hey Natsu, why is Tsunade so close to Naruto all of a sudden?" asked a slightly jealous Mito.

"First, she ... took part in punishing Jiraiya and instead of trying to force Naruto be be close to her she simply apologized. Tsunade also gave Naruto a gift and asked him if she could do anything for him all he had to do was ask. Not long later they shared their first bonding moment with that gift." Natsu took the fish off the fire satisfied that they were done and handed them to his sisters.

Karin grinned, "What was the gift?" She asked eagerly hoping for ideas.

"Jiraiya's testicles ... Naruto showed Tsunade how to use a gun and they took turns shooting at them. It was strangely ... cathartic, for everyone involved." remarked Natsu as he bit into his fish deliberately ignoring his sister's looks of horror.

After finishing their meals the two women went to their tent, "That was good. Make some toast for breakfast-oh! With eggs! Night!" Mito waved as she and Karin slipped into the tent leaving Natsu to clean up the mess.

Natsu was seconds away from bashing his head against a tree out of sheer frustration. Mito and Karin were his sisters and he loved them, but they were driving him nuts on this survival training mission. He couldn't even get them to wake up after nine at night. What if they were attacked?!

Ok ... Minato and Kushina only trained them in one on one combat, not survival and he admitted already that he had similar habits, but after meeting Naruto and that mission to Wave he started working with Naruto to help break those habits. He is proud to say that he can catch his own food and prepare it by himself now! Natsu wanted to see if he could knock some sense into his older siblings' heads, but this is going nowhere.

"Maybe I should ask Naruto for help ... I don't want to bother him while he is testing new ROOT recruits." Natsu pondered on his options for a moment. Finally he broke down and pulled out a phone. The number he dialed went to Naruto's goggles. Apart of him wanted to call and make sure Naruto was ok after Jiraiya's return, but he refused to push the painful subject. After the details got out he wanted to kill his godfather. "Hello?"

"Natsu? What's up?" Naruto voice came over the phone.

"I hope I'm not bothering you." said Natsu apologetically as he looked in the tent where his sisters were fast asleep. The orange haired ninja sweat dropped and left the tent.

"Of course not-... and yes I'm fine. That whole toad sage crap was three weeks ago. I'm over it!" Natsu pouted as his boyfriend answered his first question before he could even ask it.

"Well, I called because I'm on a survival test with Mito and Karin and I need some help getting them to see reality. You went on missions with them so any ideas?" Natsu asked.