"I see," Naruto nodded, "and you're stalking me because I kicked his ass and you're upset."
"I am not upset!" Hanabi growled as she began to lose her 'Hyuuga cool.'
"Uh huh and I suppose red is your natural facial color," Naruto stated as he looked at the girls red face.
Hanabi's face began to take on a shade of purple as she stared at the blond who was mocking her. She looked like she was just about to explode, or implode, whichever came first. However, she did none of that as she seemed to take a hold of herself and her face regained its Hyuuga look.
"I don't know how an idiot like you managed to beat Neji-nee-san," Hanabi mumbled under her breath. However it was loud enough for Naruto to hear.
"Well if you'd like to find out how I beat Neji, you're welcome to try and find out Firecracker," Naruto smirked as he saw Hanabi's face change colors again.
"What did you call me?" Hanabi asked with a cold glare.
Naruto grinned, "Firecracker, you've got such a feisty attitude I figured the name suited you. Why? Don't you like the name little Firecracker?"
"Don't. Call. Me. That!" Hanabi ground out, punctuating each word.
Naruto just laughed, "Yeah, not gonna happen Firecracker." The blond gave the girl a condescending pat on the head. When Hanabi tried to Juuken strike him the blond disappeared in a swirl of leaves, reappearing right behind her. "Boo!"
"Kya!" Hanabi yelled as she spun around in shock, she had not been using her Byakugan so she had not realized Naruto had reappeared behind her.
"So are your eyes defective or something?" asked Naruto, picking out his ear with his pinky. "Cuz Neji wouldn't have been caught by surprise had I done that."
"I didn't have them on," Hanabi ground her teeth.
"Well, maybe you should turn them," suggested Naruto. "That way I won't feel as bad when I humiliate you."
"RAH!" Hanabi shouted as her Byakugan turned on and she charged Naruto.
A frontal assault? Naruto mentally questioned himself. Is she serious? Even at my dumbest I would never have done something like that against a superior opponent.
Of course, like always, Kyuubi decided to make herself known with a condescending remark. 'Yes you would have.'
'Kyuu-chan, why are you always so cruel?' asked Naruto as he dodged several Juuken strikes, got behind Hanabi and knocker her out with a chop to the neck. He picked her up before she could fall and began hopping onto the buildings.
'Just making sure you don't get a big head,'she commented idly. 'So what are you gonna do with her?'
'Just drop her off at the Hyuuga compound,' he said.
Naruto looked over at the eager weapons user in front of him and could not help but smile at the way she was bouncing on the balls of her feet. "Since you're so excited I believe we should begin," Reaching into his left kunai holster he pulled out a small slip of paper. He held it out to Tenten, "I'm sure you know what this is."
"Of course," Tenten nodded as she grabbed the slip of paper and began channeling some chakra into it. When she did the entire slip crumbled into dust.
"Hmmm it looks like your element is Earth," Naruto murmured, "I myself am not an Earth-user, however I managed to gain some scrolls for all of the elements in case you were one that I wasn't."
He paused for a moment before continuing, "This is actually a good element for you since you're a weapons user you tend to focus more on long range and offense, whereas the Earth element is a mainly defensive element."
Naruto pulled a scroll out of his cloak and tossed it to Tenten, "That scroll contains the first exercise needed to train your element as well as three basic jutsu I want you to learn. I'll be here if you need help but since I don't know much about your element it will be best to try and figure this out on your own as much as possible."
"I got'cha," Tenten said as she looked at the scroll. She looked up at Naruto for a moment before embracing him, "thank you Naruto-kun."
Naruto felt his face get a little warm, but that did not stop him from returning the girls hug, "Your welcome Ten-chan."
While Tenten began trying to turn a leaf into dust Naruto created several dozen Kage Bunshin and began to spar.
He slipped down low as one of his clones through a punch, grabbing the arm and throwing his clone into another one, causing them both to dispel. Spinning on the balls of his feet he kicked a clone in the face, however, it disappeared and was replaced with a log. Naruto was so shocked to see one of his clones using the Kawarimi that he ended up getting a fist smashed into his face.
"Alright! That does it!" Naruto shouted as he began to go all out on his clones. The battle soon degenerated into a free for all as all the Naruto's did their best to kill each other. Soon enough Naruto had several large rips in his clothes and was bleeding from numerous wounds, his clones really weren't holding back.
"GAH!"
All of the battling blonds stopped and turned to look at Tenten, who looked constipated as she stared at the leaf in her hands.
"Having some issues, Ten-chan?" asked Naruto, startling the girl so badly she threw the leaf up in the air.
"I can't get this stupid leaf to turn into dust," Tenten said with a large pout on her face.
"Aw, don't you look cute with that pout on your face," teased Naruto.
"S-shut up," Tenten mumbled as a blush spread across her face.
"Anyway, try this," he said, kneeling down and grabbing a leaf from the ground. "When I use my element I often think of my wind chakra as two sharp blades grinding against each other to create a finely honed point." The leaf within Naruto's hand split in half down the center.
"Your element is earth, and your exercise is to turn the leaf into dust, I would think that imagining the grainy feel of texture and dust would help you with this exercise."
"You think that will work?" asked Tenten, staring at the new leaf in her hand.
"I don't know," Naruto shrugged, "as I said, I'm not an earth element. I'm just guessing here, but it may help."
Tenten took a deep breath and closed her eyes again, feeling and focusing her chakra. Naruto gave her what encouragement he could, and while she did not manage to turn a leaf into dust, she did manage to dry a leaf out a little bit.
(A few days later…)
Naruto entered the weapon shop owned by Tenten's father and was able to easily spot said girl sitting at the counter in the back.
"Hey Ten-chan!"
Tenten looked up as the door to her father's shop opened and smiled as Naruto came in, "Hey Naruto-kun! Is there something I can do for you? Or is this just a social visit?"
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