Naruto : Uchiha : Chapter 35

"I'm out of supplies-Oh Kami, how could I have been so stupid!"the pale skinned boy cursed inwardly realizing their plan only just now.

They weren't trying to sneak up on him, they were luring him in to launch his weapons again and again until he was completely out of them.

And he had fallen right into it.

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( With Tsunade )

With her teammates or sensei nowhere in sights, she knew she was all on her own. And this mist was frankly annoying her. But there was something wrong with it, for if this was a water style mist then was why the air still so dry?

Her honey brown eyes narrowed in thought as she racked her mind to put two and two together.

"She's realizing it, the bluff is over-" Hiruzen's voice was cut off by that of his mother mid way.

"Not quite." he stated flatly, as if it were a fact on it's own. If he had known anything from Tobirama's praise of the boy, it was that if he had his target trapped within his illusions he won't let her go that easily.

"Hehehehe…." a sinister chuckle ran throughout the area surrounding the lone kunoichi who stiffened and looked around frantically with a kunai clutched tightly in her hands.

"Who's there? Show yourself coward!" she shouted loudly, only for the chuckles to deepen in mirth much to her own ire.

"The standards for kunoichi sure have fallen these days…" the voice spoke in chuckles, booming from everywhere to make it impossible for her to locate her target.

"…I think they are handing out graduates as cannon fodder to the real world. A pathetic girl like you, will be dead today before she even reaches home."

The voice snickered evilly, a full blown scowl marred Tsunade's face while she was fuming at the blunt insults silently.

"Hmm, maybe I shouldn't hurt that pretty little face of yours, it's the only thing you're good for anyways-" the voice could only say so much before being interrupted by the irritated kunoichi.

"Who the hell do you think you are you teme? Come out here so I can show you what I really can do…" she shouted angrily, her temper getting the better of her while she shook in pure fury. If there was one thing Tsunade resented, it was if someone undermined her skills because she was a girl.

WHIZZZ…

Tsunade hopped back, a shuriken embedding into the ground where she stood previously and skid back with a scowl.

"Why you-" she hissed angrily, only for another sound to hit her ears.

WHIZZZ…WHIZZZ…

She hopped back again, only for another shuriken to dart into her previous position before repeating said situation again for the third time.

WHIZZZ…

A barrage of kunai's were aimed at her from up front, only for her to try and step back. Her eyes widened when she hit the bark of a tree with her back and looked to the left to see another tree blocking her path.

That only left one choice. She pumped chakra into her soles and jumped to the right quickly, flipping sideways in a flexible maneuver before skidding on her knees to a halt from her frantic jump. She scowled at the cowardly attacks from the shadows, as if mere kunais and shurikens thrown like this would take her out…

SNAP…

Her eyes looked down upon hearing the strange voice from the ground underneath her feet. A purely innocent confusion flickered in her eyes for a second, only for her eyes to widen when a small patch of the ground gave way under…

"OH DAMN-" she shouted and tried to jump back but didn't get the required support from the collapsing ground underneath her feet. She fell down in a loud heap and a dust cloud peered over the edges of the now, out in the open pit.

Sasuke chuckled and Hiruzen face palmed hearing a loud groan echoing within the large pit while shaking his head with a sigh.

"The good old pit traps never get old now do they Hiru?" Sasuke asked humorously, not expecting an answer and didn't get one as it is. It was quit embarrassing for a shinobi to be caught in a pit trap of all things, but even he had to say it was quite a clever plan.

"Your kunoichi has quite a temper and my genin took whole advantage of it…" Sasuke mumbled while trailing off at the end to see Naruto jumping down and walking over to the pit, with his Sharingan blazing in all it's glory.

He rose an eyebrow as did Hiruzen when the boy jumped down into the pit, making it not possible for them to see what it was that the boy was doing.

Hiruzen meanwhile couldn't help but surmise all that he had since his last little comment about the blonde boy's tactics.

As soon as Tsunade was beginning to realize something was wrong he had detected her slight hesitation and trapped her in another layer of illusion, of some kind of a hearing one as he had seen Tsunade shout out curses to thin air while they hadn't heard as much as a slight whisper from the trees around her.

It was indeed quite impressive that he had taken advantage of her temper to throw her logical reasoning out the window by using her fiery temper against her and leading her onto his already primed trap by using his skills at shurikenjutsu to lead her to the pit by accurately guessing her each, and every move with his Sharingan.

And finally leaving her nowhere to go but on top of the pit by cornering her perfectly into a three way closed corner.

"But what does he intend to do now, isn't it quite reckless to go and take on a trapped kunoichi with the kind of strength she has, in a pit of all places at that…" Hiruzen asked getting a careless shrug from his father and he sweat dropped at the lazy gesture by the man.

"He must have something planned for it, let's wait and see ne? Or we might ruin the surprise…" Sasuke spoke wisely and Hiruzen couldn't help but envy the confidence his father already had in his genin.

It was like he was trusting him enough to pull off anything, and he hadn't even been with them a whole day for Kami's sake.

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( In the pit )

Naruto jumped down in the hole, crouching on his knees to absorb the impact and looked around to see Tsunade sitting up while finally regaining her senses. She blinked seeing the familiar pair of crimson eyes in honest confusion.

A palm cupped her right cheek tenderly, his thumb stroking it while his eyes held a worried expression in them.

"Are you okay?" his soft voice whispered making her lean into his hand and nod with a little smile. She closed her eyes, taking in the tender touch happily with a sigh.

"My head hurt like hell kuso, but I'm fine…" she mumbled in a dizzy voice, getting a relieved smile from Naruto.

"That damned teme who attacked me is so dead for making me fall into this hell forbidden pit. My head and butt hurt like hell, I'm going to beat him to pulp now that you are here Naru…"

She mumbled angrily, while smiling happily that he was here towards the end. He merely smiled, but Tsunade was a little peeved by the sadness still laced in his eyes.

"I'm sorry Tsuna…" he whispered sadly, much to her confusion while she still enjoyed his tender touch over her right cheek by nuzzling it in his palm with a smile.

"What are you-" her confused voice trailed off, while her eyes misted over and became half lidded when she stared into the slowly spinning tomoes in his eyes.

Her body went limp and he caught her in his arms in a warm hug, kissing her head gently while sighing tiredly when she fell completely unconscious in a dream he had casted in her mind with his eyes.

Just as he had expected, she hadn't so much as suspected that he was the one who had been in the shadows and leading her on until the very last moment.

Not that he had expected her to anyways…, it was what had made him so confident to deal with her all by himself without any fright of hurting her too much in the process.

"I'm so sorry Tsu-hime…" he whispered while his eyes reverted back to their baby blue counterparts and he plopped down on his butt, pulling her onto his lap to let her sleep until his teammates were done.

He hated using her trust within him like that, but it had to be done after all he didn't want her to get hurt fighting them all head on like the hard headed devil she was when riled up.

"Naru umm…" she mumbled sleepily, he smiled and rubbed her shoulder making the girl snuggle her face in his neck with a sleepy smile, with no worried of the conscious world. She always slept like a log no matter what…

"Baka…" he snickered softly at the soundly sleeping girl, who he would have to apologize to later on for hurting her like this and trapping her so easily by using her trust in him.

No doubt she would throw a tantrum and try to hit him with all her might before he dodged them all and let her vent it all out…

He sighed, she could be such a handful…

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