8 Chapter 8: Konohamaru's Declaration of War! Evening Showdown!

Naruto faced Konohamaru and waited for him to gather himself together.

"Uh, are you okay?" Naruto asked.

"Y-Yes, I'm perfectly fine!" Konohamaru quickly responded.

"Okay, so what do you want?" Naruto asked.

"I'm here to challenge you, winner becomes the boss. and the loser has to do whatever they say!!" Konohamaru declared.

"No thanks. I'm busy right now, maybe some other time Konohamaru." Naruto said, waving goodbye as he turned around.

"Wait, wait, wait, wait!!" Konohamaru yelled as he ran in front of Naruto and spread his arms out blocking his path.

"You have to accept my challenge, we're rivals, so you have to accept!" Konohamaru demanded.

Naruto sighed inwardly, as he contemplated, he had to be training constantly, but he knew Konohamaru wouldn't leave him alone. Then he got an idea.

"Alright Konohamaru, I accept your challenge, but I'll decide when and where we will have our match!" Naruto announced.

"Really?!" Konohamaru asked with stars in his eyes.

"Of course, I never break a promise, that is my nindo." Naruto said grinning.

"Okay, so where are we having our match?" Konohamaru asked?

"Tonight, at the training fields." Naruto decided.

"Alright, prepare to lose Naruto!!" Konohamaru said.

"HONORABLE GRANDSON!!" Someone shouted.

"Geh, it's Ebisu-sensei!" Konohamaru cringed.

"Sorry Naruto, I've gotta go." Konohamaru said before sprinting away in the opposite direction.

Ebisu ran after Konohamaru, gaining on him, while Naruto just watched the two run off into the distance unbothered by it all. He then stretched and began walking again until he reached a weapon shop and walked in. He heard the store clerk greet him and he greeted back before browsing the shelves.

He stocked up on kunais, shurikens, smoke bombs, paper bombs, and he bought some weapon summoning scrolls. He then just started looking at all the different weapons around. He thought about getting a weapon with longer reach, since he felt his reach wasn't far enough. He was thinking about getting a bo staff, or possibly a ninjato. But he wasn't able to decide between the two, so he chose to come back another time.

He then went back to his apartment and put away his newly bought equipment. After finishing taking care of things in his apartment, he went out to the woods to train some more.

Naruto trained late into the evening and was out of breath. But he had begun to see results from his training. One more time, he thought.

<Wind release: Shadow Clone Jutsu>

A single shadow clone appeared in front of Naruto. Then he jumped back and threw a kunai at the clone. Once the kunai pierced the clone, instead of dispersing into smoke, it became transparent before exploding out into what could be considered a microburst.

Naruto hadn't jumped away far enough and was thrown backwards and hit a tree hard. The trees near the clone had been uprooted and tossed away from the point of impact. The kunai had dissapeared from sight as it was sent flying in a random direction.

Naruto slowly dragged himself to his feet and broke into a huge grin. He finally got the correct ratio down, not enough wind nature, and the clone would have just turned into a breeze, whereas too much and the clone would have popped like a balloon when it was defeated. All the energy from the explosion would dissipate too quickly before doing any real damage.

But with this ratio he used, he was able to create the right kind of force he was looking for. He looked up towards the sky and saw how dark it was getting. He knew that Konohamaru would show up at the training ground not too long from now. So he dusted himself off and headed to the meeting spot.

He wasn't entirely sure what Konohamaru would challenge him in, but whatever it was, Naruto was sure he could come out on top.

After he arrived, he did some basic stretching as he waited for Konohamaru to show up. Naruto remembered the times he spent with Konohamaru in his previous life. How he taught Konohamaru the Sexy transformation jutsu and the rasengan. The more he thought about it, the more he realized how bignof an influence he had become towards Konohamaru.

After a little while, Konohamaru made his appearance.

"It's good that you didn't run away Naruto!" Konohamaru declared as he pointed his finger at him.

"Of course, I always keep my word." Naruto grinned.

"Today, we're going to fight it out, until the other gives up or can't fight anymore. Got it?" Konohamaru said.

Naruto nodded his head. "Sounds good to me Konohamaru."

The two faced each other as they got ready to fight.

"Whenever you're ready Konohamaru!" Naruto said.

Konohamaru nodded as he ran towards Naruto and threw a punch. Naruto simply evaded the attack, and grabbing Konohamaru, threw him over his shoulder. Then he took a step back and waited for Konohamaru to get back up. After getting up, Konohamaru threw two shurikens at Naruto, who threw two back deflecting them. Konohamaru grit his teeth together in frustration as he charged again, jumping up and kicking at Naruto's head. Naruto ducked backwards, and while flipping, kicked Konohamaru upwards.

Once again, Naruto stood and waited for Konohamaru to get back up after he landed on the ground. While he didn't have anything against Konohamaru, he felt he needed to show the differences between their skills. He had to make Konohamaru acknowledge him, because to Naruto, Konohamaru was like a little brother to him.

Konohamaru had gotten back up again and continued to charge towards Naruto, each time getting knocked down over and over.

"Why do you keep getting back up?" Naruto asked.

"Because, you once told me, that there are no shortcuts, to becoming hokage, and if I can't beat you. Then I can't become hokage before you." Konohamaru answered.

Naruto smiled as he thought back to that time as well.

"Then I'll start facing you seriously now Konohamaru!" Naruto said as he rushed at Konohamaru.

Konohamaru flinched as he saw Naruto running at him, but grit his teeth in determination. He had already known that he couldn't win, and he was getting close to giving up too. But he didn't want to accept it so easily, and seeing Naruto take him seriously had made him happy. In Konohamaru's eyes, Naruto was the only one who ever saw him. Everyone else only saw the third hokage's grandson, and treated him with respect. But it was never because of him, it was because of his grandpa, which is what upset him so much.

Seeing Naruto treat him like his own person, really made him happy. So despite getting punched in the face, he couldn't help but smile at the same time. However, after he hit the ground this time, he didn't have the strength to get back up.

"Looks like you win Naruto" Konohamaru said.

"Mhm" Naruto said looking down at him grinning.

"But at least I gave it my all, and did the best that I could do right?" Konohamaru asked as tears filled his eyes.

"You sure did" Naruto answered.

"All my effort wasn't wasted right?" Konohamaru cried out.

"Not at all" Naruto affirmed.

Konohamaru brought his hands up to his eyes as he began crying. He had really wanted to win. But not being able to hurt a lot more than he realized it would.

"Naruto" Konohamaru cried.

"Yeah?"

"Losing is painful" Konohamaru said as tears streaked across his face.

"Yeah, it is, but it can also drive you to try harder next time so you don't lose again." Naruto said.

Konohamaru then looked at Naruto as he spoke.

"Hey, how about you make a promise with me." Naruto said.

"What kind of promise." Konohamaru asked.

"From now on, you'll never lose to anyone else, and that you'll train harder. Then, when the time is right, we'll fight again for hokage!" Naruto answered.

Konohamaru cried as he smiled. "Okay!"

Just as the two were enjoying the moment, a figure appeared nearby. Naruto instantly looked over to see who it was.

"What have you done to the honorable grandson!?!" Ebisu shouted.

Naruto felt a headache coming on. He really didn't want to deal with this closet pervert right now.

"I'll make you pay!!" Ebisu yelled.

Ebisu then charged towards Naruto.

"I don't have time for this." Naruto sighed.

<Sexy Transformation Jutsu>

Naruto transformed into a hot sexy girl right in front of Ebisu.

"You wouldn't hurt me, right? E-bi-su-sen-sei" Naruto said in his best sexy voice that he could muster.

Ebisu instantly halted in place before launching into the sky with blood trailing from his nose. Naruto transformed back and looked at Konohamaru.

"Sorry Konohamaru, but I've gotta go. I'll see you around sometime. Later!" He called out as he ran off.

Konohamaru could only stare in shock at what he'd just witnessed. Without even lifting a finger, Naruto had defeated Ebisu. He had to get Naruto to teach him the jutsu he thought. Eventually, Ebisu was able to recover, and he carried Konohamaru to a hospital to get him checked out. However, to his relief, he only had minor injuries, and the biggest thing was that his body was just exhausted. So all Konohamaru needed was rest. Ebisu then vowed that he would find Naruto and give him a peice of his mind. But when he remembered Naruto's jutsu, he told himself that he would need to plan very carefully.

Naruto had gone back to his apartment, and got ready for bed. Today had been another busy day for him, but he'd made a lot of progress. He couldn't wait to start the next day.