Canon Fodder

CHAPTER 122 INFORMATION

It had been a while since I looked at my Status Screen. It kept getting bigger and bigger. I was able to finish my quest and doubled my chakra. It was interesting to feel so much stronger almost overnight. Back in the day I knew I wasn’t close to Naruto’s chakra amount. I was looking forward to sparring with him. I felt like I was closing the gap. 

A day after the Akatsuki attack I was given the all clear by Sakura. The poison Sasori used on me had done some damage. But the medical ninja had been able to patch me up easy enough. 

The fights had ended without casualties. Except the Akatsuki members of course. Gaara and Kakashi had used everything they had. They were laid up in bed the next day but they succeeded in stopping the exploding ninja. I wasn’t 100% convinced he was dead since his body blew up, but Gaara was safe for now. 

I had done it. I’d beaten Akatsuki members. But Akatsuki members were as bad as American comic villains. They always used a substitution jutsu or something to look dead, but really they were waiting to strike again. If Sasori hadn’t been too cocky I was sure we would have lost. He didn’t bother to protect his fake body because he didn’t know I knew where his real body was.

I didn’t feel too bad keeping the fight from Naruto either. I remembered he had been an emotional dick during the chase for Akatsuki. Most of Naruto’s growth was done through training arcs, not fights. 

“Leaving today?” Temari asked as she looked up at me. I was running my hands through her hair as we laid in her bed. We still hadn’t had sex but I had joined her in the small apartment per her request. We repeated our simple cuddling from back during the Chunin Exam. Comfortable with one another. 

“Yeah,” I said. “Gonna miss me?” 

“No,” she whispered, pursing her lips. I moved forward, kissing them. 

“Good. Probably better that way.”

“Why do you say that?” Temari asked, laying her head back down on my chest. 

“Because, the life of a ninja is short. We could die at any minute. We have a lot of fighting ahead of us.”

“Do you know things…like back in the exam?” 

“Yeah,” I said. “Jinchurikis will continue to be kidnapped. Your brother isn’t fully safe yet. We have to keep protecting them.”

“Is that what you’ll be doing?” 

“The ones I know of, yes.”

“And what if I wanted you to stay?” She asked, wrapping her arms around me. 

“Sorry, but this isn’t my home. You’ll just have to come live with me,” I said. She didn’t answer but tightened her grip around me. I sighed, content being with her. I slept so much better with a woman next to me. I could have pushed the issue, using a lot of lust to make her want me. But I preferred to prove I was able to have the girls without my special skills. I used them of course, but minimally. 

“Come on, time to get up.” I tapped her bare back. 

“5 more minutes,” Temari whined. 

“Fine,” I said with a smile. Lifting her chin I forced her to look up at me. Leaning forward again I kissed her. It wasn’t long until we were making out again. Her lithe body moving to sit on top of me. My hands moved to her chest, chakra coating them she began to pant quickly. I had done my trick quite a few times over the night. Something that she was growing more and more into. Her body shaking in yet another orgasm she moaned happily until the door was knocked on. 

Yelping she grabbed the blanket and threw it over us as the door was opened. I was under the covers, my face in her chest as her brother asked, “Have you seen Weston? He wasn’t in his room.” 

“No, Kankuro. Get out of here!” Temari yelled. My hands couldn’t help moving across her skin as she yelled. 

“I’m just asking,” her older brother said. “Get up. We are having a meeting before the Leaf’s leave.” 

“I-I hear you. G-get out!” Temari yelled as my touch caused her to shiver. I heard the door shut. Temari threw the blanket off to reveal her angry glare, but before she could hit me I was kissing her again. Our chests touching, she moaned as we pulled one another. Trying to get what little intimacy we could. 

We eventually left. Temari was playing lookout as I left her room. We walked down the hall, sure to stay at least a couple feet apart as we ran into Kankuro. He gave me a weird look and I knew that he knew. I had told the guy that I slept with his sister during the Chunin Exam. It was to distract him then, but he knew the truth. 

Sakura and I were soon seated at a large circular stone table in the main meeting room of the Sand ninjas. The very people that had called me crazy for saying Akatsuki was going to attack directly. 

“Again, I want to thank you for warning us ahead of time,” Gaara said in his quiet tone. He still had bags under his eyes, and was pale, but he appeared more mature. “Reconstruction of the destroyed buildings has already begun. We have received more communication on potentially starting a Kage conference to discuss the issue of Akatsuki. I would like to understand a little better the potential danger of Akatsuki. Because of your research, I thought it best for everyone to hear it from you.” 

Gaara and I had already discussed this. It was more for the other executives of the village. “Of course, Kazekage.” I looked to the audience. “Sasori of the Red Sand had a puppet of a kage. We were extremely lucky that he underestimated us. With the strongest Kazekage under his control he could have done serious damage. Now picture an Akatsuki member that can bring all kages from all countries back to life. We are talking about all of them. The 1st through 4th Hokages. Mizukages. Everyone.  And not just the kages. But famous ninjas throughout history. How many ninjas could they kill? Ninjas from our past that don’t have any allegiance but to Akatsuki through the same ninjutsu that brought them back to life. And that is the power of only 1 of them. Also picture a ninja that can create bodies. Bodies with chakra and the knowledge to fight. They can make a few every day. They have been working on this plan for years, and this ninjas sole purpose was creating bodies for a war that they want against the current ninja powers. We are talking about hundreds of thousands of enemies…” 

I kind of spitballed from there. Making it sound like a doomsday scenario. I think I might have made up some of the ninjas in the end. I really couldn’t remember all the Akatsuki members powers. I just knew that the one weird yin yang ninja was the most dangerous. He was some kind of construct for Madara Uchiha that would even out the numbers in a war. 

In the end they were good and scared. Especially when I started telling them about the Akatsuki member that was really an alien and came to destroy Earth as a young boy and could turn into a giant ape during the full moon. I was fairly certain they would be all for a conference after that one, so Sakura and I left. 

“Was that true?” Sakura asked amazed. 

“Mostly,” I let her know. 

“Mostly?” 

“The ape guy and the group of elite ninja turtles was a fabrication. I about laughed when they didn’t question the names,” I said laughing. 

“You made that up?! Seriously? Why?” She asked. 

“Because it was funny. The other stuff was all true,” I said. 

“Do you take anything seriously?” She asked, annoyed. 

“Fighting and training,” I said. “Sorry, been undercover a long time. Gotta take what little joys I can.” 

“Was it really that bad?” She asked. I was enjoying the undercover lie. I didn’t get a whole lot of questions. 

“Yeah, it was…hard, and long, and thick. Like my dick,” I said. She blushed and made a swipe for me. I ducked down laughing. “Come on, Sakura. How have you been? You and I haven’t talked much since we ran after Sasuke that one time.” 

“I’ve been better,” she said, calming down. “I trained with the Hokage. Distracted myself.” 

“Good, still got the hots for the emo boy?” 

“Who?” 

“Sasuke, duh.” She blushed but didn’t take a swipe. “That’s answer enough. What about the Hokage, she seeing anyone?” 

“Why?”

“She’s a beautiful buxom woman in power. I need to up my game hitting on her. Did she ask about me when I was gone?” 

Sakura looked at me wide eyed. “She…did. A lot.”

“Good. Stage 2 of my Hokage seduction plan is complete.”

“That’s disgusting,” she said. “She’s old enough to be-” 

“Don’t say it,” I said. “I don’t want to know. You’ll ruin the perfect image of her I have in my mind. Now, let’s get Kakashi and get the hell out of here.” We were soon packed up and helping the old man out of bed. I didn’t carry him like in the manga. He wasn’t beat up, just tired from chakra overuse. We left the town with a small escort and were soon on our way back to the village. 

2 days later we ran into Naruto on his way to help. He was disappointed he missed the fun but happy that Gaara was safe. He still had feelings for the guy as a fellow Jinchuriki. We headed back to Konoha. The night before we returned Naruto surprised me by asking a simple question. 

“Back during the Chunin Exam you promised to tell me who my parents were. Were you serious?” Naruto asked when we were away from the others. 

“Shit, I did. I forgot,” I said. 

“I did too, with all the drama afterward,” Naruto said. “So…can you tell me?” 

“Of course. A promise is a promise,” I said. So I told him. His father was the 4th Hokage, and his mother was an Uzumaki, the previous Jinchuriki of the 9 tailed beast inside of him. He took the information well. They were just names to him. Not faces. I hoped that he would be able to meet them soon enough.