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“Dialogue”
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Chapter 238: Intense Training in the Forest
Training Grounds 44
“Did you ask for permission to be here, or?...” Ino threw Naruto a glare as they ventured further into the thick forest.
“Of course,” Naruto assured her.
“Then why did we have to jump the fence from an unguarded spot?” Hinata asked.
“That’s how I usually come in here,” Naruto responded.
“So you don’t have permission!” Ino snapped. “Ouch!...” She felt a sudden wave of pain.
“Ino, are you alright?” Hinata looked at her with concern. “Did you hurt your butt during the kidnapping?” She noted where Ino’s hands were.
“N-No! I mean…I’m fine,” Ino said, looking away to hide her red face. The activities from last night had left her a bit sore down there, but that wasn’t something she wanted to talk about right now.
“You’re also walking a bit funny…” Hinata was now getting suspicious.
“I’m not!... Forget about me,” Ino said, trying to walk faster to get away from Hinata, but it was difficult.
“Did you and Naruto have sex last night?” Hinata finally asked.
“No! Let’s just focus on the t—ahh!” Ino was startled when she found that Hinata had sneaked around her and was now mere inches away from her face.
Hinata sniffed her.
“Aha!” She pointed at Ino. “I can smell the scent of Naruto’s dick coming from your mouth!”
“What?!” Ino exclaimed. “That’s impossible! I washed my mouth like three times while I showered, so…oh…” She realized too late.
“She got you,” Naruto chuckled.
“So you did!... Ino, we were supposed to talk about this,” Hinata frowned.
Before agreeing to date Naruto at the same time, the two of them had sat down and had a long talk to establish a few rules. One of them was that they would always give a heads-up to the other before they planned to do anything with Naruto, so the other one was mentally prepared.
“I’m sorry,” Ino said, knowing she had broken one of their rules. “It wasn’t something I had planned. It’s just that…yesterday…I didn’t want to sleep alone, so I went to stay at Naruto’s apartment.”
“Hmm…” Hinata seemed to be thinking about it. “I suppose that, given the circumstances, we can make an exception.”
“So, you’re not angry with me?” Ino asked.
Hinata smiled. “Of course not. But if you had told me, I would have joined in,” she said, winking at her.
“You mean?...the three of us together?...” Ino hadn’t considered that possibility yet.
“Alright…enough of that. We came here for a different kind of training,” Naruto said, pointing ahead. “That clearing over there is where we’ll be staying for the next three days.” He had wanted to make it a longer stay for better results, but Hinata and Ino couldn’t be absent for too long unless it was for an official mission.
And to be fair, Naruto was likely to be called by Tsunade once Kakashi returned with a report for their mission.
As they entered the clearing, the girls realized that they weren’t alone…at all.
“Are those your clones?” Ino asked.
“What are they doing here?” Hinata added.
“They’re doing sword practice,” Naruto pointed out, though it was obvious just by looking at what the clones were doing. “Just ignore them; we have more than enough space for us here.”
“I suppose they’re the reason we haven’t encountered a single wild beast on the way here,” Ino commented. Lady Tsunade wasn’t going to be happy if she knew about this, or Anko, for that matter, since she’s one of the ones responsible for this training field.
“Where did you get so many swords?” Hinata could tell that there were hundreds of Narutos here, each of them wielding a similar sword in their hands.
“The swords are also clones. They’re using the ‘Transformation’ jutsu. There’s no way I could afford five hundred swords…even low-quality ones,” Naruto told her.
“I thought you were using the seventh training ground,” Ino recalled hearing about it.
“I am doing that too. I’m also using numbers two, ten, twelve, fifteen, twenty-one, and thirty-two. The rest of the clones are outside the village walls,” Naruto explained.
“Wait…how many clones do you have moving around?” Ino asked.
“Around ten thousand,” Naruto answered.
‘And they’re all training?...all the time?’ Hinata thought.
“Mostly, yes…” Naruto nodded. A few teams were doing other projects though.
“Is that what you’re going to teach us?” Hinata asked.
He shook his head. “That works for me because I have a lot of chakra to create this many clones. You’d need to develop further before trying this method. Besides…you first need something to train on, or the clones would have nothing to do.”
“So, what do we do?” Ino asked.
“You currently have very different styles of fighting, but since Ino wants to be less reliant on others during combat, you’ll both benefit from intense training in martial arts.”
“You mean taijutsu? That’s my family’s specialty,” Hinata said. If there was one aspect in which she wasn’t lacking, it was that one.
“I’ll teach you some new moves that will complement your style,” Naruto said. His eyes turned to Ino. “And to you, I’ll teach you how to defend yourself in close-range combat.”
There was a puff of smoke, and dozens more clones appeared around him.
“So many Narutos….” Hinata’s mind was starting to wander already.
“For the first two days, you’ll be trained by them…on the last day, I have something else for you to learn,” Naruto told them.
Both girls looked at each other, wondering what Naruto had in store for them.
But one thing was for sure: these were going to be three very long days….
