Hinata smiled, blushing a bit more before she gave an enthusiastic nod and slipped her arm around Naruto's, leaning close. "Let's." she said softly. She bit her lip as she walked with Naruto, able to smell the slight scent of cinnamon rolls on him. Mixing with his natural scent, it was quite the combination and made her blush a little more.
Shizune nodded to herself as she saw the young couple leave the Hyuuga Estate without any followers surprisingly. She followed discreetly from the rooftops until they headed into Kakashi's sector. She hoped he was ready.
Kakashi got a visual on the young couple, Naruto was talking animatedly to Hinata, pausing a moments to let the young girl speak. Kakashi snapped his book shut and put his ANBU training to work. This night was not going to be ruined, come Hell or High Water.
They were almost out of Kakashi's sector when he noticed an incoming problem: Gai and his team.
Kakashi had nothing against Gai and his eccentrics. It was just how Gai had come to cope with being a Shinobi. Kakashi read porn, Gai shouted about Youth. Kakashi was tardy, Gai wore spandex. Kakashi made lame excuses about why he was tardy; Gai was constantly challenging himself to ridiculous challenges.
The problem was his eccentrics tended to… ruin things for other people. He was not going to risk Naruto and Hinata, who were looking to be a very cute couple all dressed in dress clothes, running into Gai and his team. Gai would start shouting, which would cause Lee to start shouting, and then the sunset came.
This meant that Kakashi was going to have to take one for the team.
With a sigh, Kakashi braced himself and moved to intercept Gai and his team. The results of him cutting them off were instant. "Kakashi, my youthful eternal rival!" Gai said jovially moving over to catch up to Kakashi with his team in tow.
"Hmm, oh Gai, did you say something?" Kakashi said, knowing how much it pissed Gai off. If he was out of hearing range of Naruto and Hinata, then they were out of range for Gai's boisterous comments.
"Blast you Kakashi!" Gai shouted, "You and your hip attitude!"
Kakashi tapped his chin. "Actually, Gai… I need your help with something." Kakashi said playing it off like it would be something helpful. He felt like cringing when he noticed he had Gai's rapt attention. "You see, my student is getting to be quite the Shinobi and to be frank I just want to make sure my skills stay sharp you see?" Kakashi had no inadequacies about his abilities truthfully. "I can't have my student surpassing me just yet, not after only eight months of being a Genin. So how about a spar tonight? Darkness will make it more challenging you know?"
"YOSH! I shall help you fan your hip flames into a raging inferno of YOUTH!" Gai shouted
Kakashi bobbed his foot. "You know, I'm actually feeling pretty good tonight Gai… why don't I spar against you and your team… at the same time? I'll use my Nin Dogs for support." Kakashi noticed Neji flash his Byakugan on behind Gai's back. The look of surprise before the narrowing of eyes told him that Neji caught onto what he was doing.
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"Gai-sensei," Neji started. "I believe it would be beneficial of us to spar with Kakashi-san." Neji said. "It would enable us to get a feel for several styles that Kakashi-san no doubt uses given his Sharingan eye. At the same time, it would also give us experience in fighting a greater foe alongside you so that the team is not a hindrance but instead advantageous. As well, it would give us experience fighting a stronger Shinobi during the nighttime."
Kakashi was thankful for Neji speaking up
"YOSH!" Gai shouted. "To the training grounds!" he then made a one-eighty and began to walk towards said training grounds.
'You owe me Gaki.' Kakashi thought, knowing Naruto owed him for this.
Naruto paused in his conversation with Hinata as he turned to continue heading for the sushi restaurant. "Did you hear anything?" he asked her. "I could have sworn- no never mind. That would be preposterous."
"I haven't heard anything Naruto-kun." Hinata said and leaned into Naruto a bit more. She was too focused on the blonde and the fact he smelled so good. Maybe she could lean in and nibble on his neck… No… Bad Hinata!
Tsume watched as Naruto and Hinata entered her sector. Kuromaru came back and she quickly got the situation and sighed. "Murphy is out in force tonight." The wild looking woman said before jogging off with Kuromaru to deal with the only possible problem: Tora.
One of the Genin teams chasing the cat down must have thought using a tranquilizer would make the cat drowsy; all it ever did was piss the bastard off. Thus three teams were chasing Tora, and they were heading right for Naruto. She estimated at the current pace they would collide and Tora would mess up the two teens' clothes, something she wasn't going to let happen.
Tora was a bane to Genin and even some Chunin. But to a Jonin such as herself, it was child's play. Kuromaru leapt down in front of the brown cat growling and barking viciously. While the cat had been known to attack people twice Kuromaru's size, the cat remembered the angry looking dog.
It had been one of Kuromaru's and Tsume's first missions. The cat was the reason Kuromaru had one eye and one ear and swore a blood oath to have revenge, no matter how long Kuromaru had to wait. As the humans said, 'An eye for an eye'
The cat skidded to a halt, just inches before Kuromaru's snapping jaws before bolting the other way, slipping past the three Genin teams.