NARUTO:The sealed shinobi.-Chapter 174: CH

Naruto shook his head, "It's not really sentient. It's more like loaded down with so many seals it would take me months of inspection to find everything on it. It has security for my blood, nobody else can use it but me. Sorry about that."

"It was my fault Naruto-kun, and they're just flesh wounds. I'm fine." She assured him, "But I still would like to see what you can do with that thing. Hopefully you can swing it around better than you could the last time we fought with swords because I'm way better now." "We'll have to see about that won't we?" Naruto said, the two getting closer and closer with challenging grins on their faces before Lee interjected himself between them, "Lee what the hell?"

"Naruto-kun! With all of this talk of competition I need to challenge you myself!" Lee said, with Tenten sweatdropping and mouthing sorry behind him.

Naruto stared at Lee blankly for a second, "Okay Lee, A new contest. This contest will be a grueling one, are you ready for it?" Lee nodded vigorously, "Okay then, this contest will be simple. Who can go longer without challenging the other one to another contest... that is all."

"Agreed!" Lee shouted, "I will win this competition and get one step closer to matching you and proving myself as a splendid shinobi! I'm off to get some advice from Gai-sensei! Yosh!" Lee then sped off to find his similar in appearance sensei. Naruto looked at Tenten and Neji who were staring with their jaws slacked in shock. Naruto chuckled and turned to head home, "And that's how you do that. Seriously Neji, you couldn't handle that yourself back when we were kids Mr. Genius?" He walked away, leaving the other two in the woods.

Neji simply stood still until Naruto got out of his range of sight before he activated his Byakugan to stare even more, "I think I hate him. I really, really do."

"Hmm." Tenten said mostly to herself, "I wonder, if I marry him would I be able to use that sword?"

Neji turned from staring at where Naruto once was to staring at Tenten, "A-Are you serious?"

Tenten shook her head and walked off, "Of course I'm not serious." She said, getting Neji to sigh in relief before speaking under her breath out of earshot, "I mean a cool, powerful sword would only be a bonus..." XxX

Deciding that a little lunch was in order, Naruto headed over to Ichiraku Ramen. Upon entering through the curtain he found his current next door neighbor with her head set down on the counter and a bowl of ramen by her head.

"You look pretty out of it Tayuya-chan." Naruto said, getting enough of her attention to lift her head and turn around with a groan, "Are you going to finish that by the way?" He said, pointing to her bowl of ramen.

Tayuya grunted slightly and set her head back on the counter, "No... go ahead. If I ate anymore right now I would probably just puke it up anyway." Her eyes slightly widened when she really took into account who had just pulled up a seat next to her, "So you're actually back."

Naruto nodded as he pulled Tayuya's bowl close to him and took a bite of her ramen, "Mmm, it's still warm. But yeah, hopefully I get more time off than just a few days this time. By the way, why do you look so beat up?"

At this Tayuya gave him a weak glare, "Because when this lady named Anko found out that I was your next door neighbor and a friend of your... caretaker... she took it upon herself to 'train' me until you got back. What the fuck did you do to her?"

Naruto sweatdropped, "Me? Nothing. She's just pissy because she was called back from a mission we went on together recently. Of course, when she finds me then she'll leave you alone... if I let her find me."

Tayuya pulled herself up onto her elbows on the table, "Well then I'll just tell her you're here in the village."

Naruto rolled his eyes as he polished off the bowl, "That won't do anything. Nobody can get into my house without permission anymore remember? Unless she somehow catches me in the street or goes far enough into the Forest of Death to actually search for me she won't ever get a crack at me. When I don't want to be found there aren't a whole lot of people that can do it."

"Mighty full of ourselves aren't we Naruto-kun?" Ayame asked as she came from the back. She looked over at Tayuya, "Are you feeling any better Tayuya-chan?"

Tayuya nodded, "I'll feel a lot better when I get home and sleep. Thank Kami that Anko has afternoon work at T & I."

"Hey Ayame-neechan. Let me get three bowls of miso ramen." Naruto said before a smirk adorned his face, "And Tayuya-chan? What happened to that? I thought I was the only person that could say that. Tayuya-chan didn't we have something special?"

Ayame giggled as she took down Naruto's order while Tayuya scowled, "If by something you mean you kicked my ass twice and captured me the second time then yes, we have something."

Naruto put a hand on her shoulder and hugged her from the side, "I love you too Tayuya-chan."

Her cheeks slightly reddened, "If I wasn't so drained from this morning I would kick your ass right now."

Naruto grinned, "And that's why I did it."

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(One Day Later)

Naruto sat on the couch in his apartment staring at a wall full of whatever information he could pull up on the members of Akatsuki that he was aware of. Hamako was seated next to him with a new accessory; a black choker with gold fastens in the back and an emerald across the throat, Naruto's gift to her. He had tons of stuff about Itachi Uchiha, him being a former shinobi of his village got him an abundance of information on his skills. Kisame, his partner, also had a fair amount on him, apparently he had a little run-in with Konoha ninja many years ago where they were able to ascertain a lot of this stuff. While the thought of a fight with either of them still raised hairs on the back of his neck he could honestly say he felt his chances against Kisame were far greater than if he had to go up against Itachi Uchiha for real.

The files he had on Kakuzu were old, very old. They were so old that Naruto was astounded that the man was still alive and was an active shinobi of the highest level. If Kakuzu's body double hadn't been on the scene he was certain that Hidan's body double would have been obliterated in no time, and simply the presence of the man's body double was enough to tip the tides of the fight, how strong was the genuine article? However he didn't have much, just under forbidden abilities was Jiongu (Earth Grudge Fear), and due to it being an old hijutsu from Takigakure he didn't have anything on it.

There was nothing on Hidan whatsoever. The not dying after getting his head cut off thing was irking Naruto, but there was simply no data on it for him to analyze. If they met again he was going to have to get creative to win decisively.

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