"I'm Moegi, the sassiest kunoichi in school!"
"I enjoy doing Algebra! My name is Udon!"
"And I'm the toughest shinobi in the village! My name is Konohamaru!"
"And we are…The Konohamaru Ninja Corps!" The three eight-year-olds chorused.
"Hey Konohamaru, it's been a while since I last saw you," said Naruto while smiling at the kids in front of him.
"Yeah boss it has. Where have you been? You promised you would play ninja with us when you had the opportunity to, remember?" said Konohamaru pointing to his friends and then Naruto.
"What kind of ninja 'plays' ninja?" asked a less than impressed Sakura as she made her presence known to them as she entered the scene.
Naruto ignored her snide question. Konohamaru looked at the red haired woman with Naruto and asked with a particular grin on his face, "Hey boss who is she?"
Gesturing to Honoka, Naruto answered, "She's a very special woman Konohamaru. She's Uzumaki Honoka and-"
"Wow boss! You're so cool!" Konohamaru interposed with amazement. Naruto and Honoka looked at him with confused expressions.
"What are you talking about?" Naruto asked.
"How did you manage to get that gorgeous woman to fall in love and marry you?" Konohamaru asked. Naruto and Honoka's eyes widened as their mouths dropped while wondering how Konohamaru assumed that was the case.
"Baka! How did you even come to that conclusion?" Sakura screeched.
"Boss told me that he's the only person in Konoha with the name Uzumaki. Plus I heard how women often take on the last name of their husbands once they get married," Konohamaru said in innocence.
After a few seconds of awkwardness, Naruto burst out laughing in good humor while Honoka shook her head at Konohamaru's ignorance, though she saw where he was coming from.
"No Konohamaru, I'm not Naruto-kun's wife. I'm his long lost cousin he found a few weeks ago in Nami no Kuni. I'll be living here in Konoha with him now. It's a pleasure to meet you Konohamaru, Moegi, and Udon," Honoka greeted politely to Konohamaru and his two friends.
"It's nice to meet you to Honoka-san. Though you're a foreigner I hope you'll come to like it here in Konoha," Moegi greeted.
"Likewise. I hope we can make a good impression on you," Udon added.
"By the way boss, who's this other girl with the large forehead?" Konohamaru asked, realizing he'd seen her before. Sakura's eye twitched upon hearing how her head was described.
"This is my teammate Sakura, who dreams of becoming the love of Sasuke's life," Naruto replied.
"I thought she looked familiar. She's that girl that almost went into the men's bathhouse by mistake while trying to follow that black-haired guy about a month ago," Konohamaru recalled. Naruto broke into a fit of laughter while Sakura gave a look of shock and embarrassment after being reminded of that incident.
"I almost took her for a very feminine man, given the angle I was seeing her from," Konohamaru remarked. The next thing Naruto and the others saw was Konohamaru's face in the ground with a throbbing lump on his head as Sakura stomped away from them. Naruto and the others helped Konohamaru up off ground when he decided to add his extra two cents, "Bimbo! Is this girl even a girl?"
Sakura, who was still in hearing range, stopped upon hearing that. Konohamaru and his friends felt bloodlust coming from the kunoichi he insulted. The three kids ran from the raging Sakura. Not taking any chances with Sakura, Naruto went after them, with Honoka following from behind. From what Naruto could tell, Konohamaru was in the lead, with Moegi and Udon following close by. Konohamaru turned the corner and bumped into someone who was now lifting him up into the air.
"You little brat," yelled the older boy, lifting Konohamaru off the ground. Konohamaru opened his eyes to find he was being held up by the collar of his shirt by a person he didn't recognize. The figure was dressed in what looked like a black cat suit with purple paint on his face and a large...thing...being carried on his back.
"Put me down! Let me go!" Konohamaru commanded.
The boy struggled in order to get free from his captor.
"You brat! You're the one who bumped into me! I ought to make you pay for that!" said the older figure as he readied to hit the kid.
"Let the kid go, right now!" Naruto commanded as he entered the scene with Honoka following close by.
"Who are you?" the older figure asked.
"The name is Uzumaki Naruto, and the boy you're holding against his will is the grandson of the Sandaime Hokage. I advise you to release the boy from your grasp or face his angry grandfather," Naruto warned. Reluctantly, the older boy lowered the child before releasing the boy. Konohamaru ran over to Naruto and hid behind him.
"Your forehead protectors! You're from Sunagakure no Sato, right?" asked Sakura as she recognized the symbols on their shinobi headbands from what Iruka taught them during their time in the Academy.
"They do, and we're here for the Chuunin Exams. What's it matter to you?" questioned the older blonde girl of the group who was carrying a large fan on her back.
"Who are you?" Naruto asked.
The older girl stepped forward and replied with a touch of haughtiness in her voice, "I'm Sabaku no Temari."
"I'm her brother, Sabaku no Kankuro," replied the older boy.
Naruto went over to Temari and stood in front of her. He smiled as he started moving around her as though he was studying her from head to toe.
"What's your deal?" Temari asked with a perplexed look.
Naruto remarked excitedly, "I can't believe what I'm seeing with my undeserving eyes! This is the first time I've seen such a rare genuine specimen of an oasis that's so well hidden among the sands! I've only heard and read about such gems in my studies and research, but man I never thought I would actually see one! Especially with those beautifully-structured athletic legs!"
In terms of studies, Naruto meant Icha-Icha Paradise and his research was in the women's bathhouses, and what he overheard while relaxing in the men's bathhouse.
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