"So where does this Yuki lady come in?"  Naruto wondered idly
why everyone seemed to think he needed history lessons.

This from the ninja who'd never even heard of the Chuunin exams until he was
signing up to take them...

        The mile passed quickly, the river they were following quickly

Missing word after this second 'quickly'...and you really shouldn't use the
word 'quickly' twice in rapid succession like that. Redundancy quickly
becomes redundant quickly.

        Before he could get started with that, though, the door to the
cabin flung open and admitted Kitakami Yuki herself.  She was still just
as beautiful as she'd been decades ago, though her once-black hair had
turned silver - not from age, for the rest of her showed know sign that

Showed NO sign, maybe?

        Yuki smiled slightly.  "I think my guest's jealous of you," she
said, then let out a little laugh.  "I think he finally got the hint
when I told him I didn't take freaks with more than one mouth as lovers,
though."

*SNRK*

        "Where do you think I sell most of my slaves?" Yuki replied.
"That teammate of yours has an insatiable thirst for experimental
subjects."

Ugh. >.>

"With a good map, I might be able to keep an ice raft going long enough
if it's close, but I wouldn't be in any position to fight when we
arrived."

s/position/condition

        In the end, Naruto and Rui had managed to find a restaurant that
served ramen, though Naruto had expounded at some length on how inferior
its offerings on that front were, much to Rui's amusement and the
owner's annoyance.  They had then set about finding affordable lodgings,
which had been some difficulty given their limited funds.  Still, that
too had been accomplished, however the fact that the tiny room they were
renting had only one bed meant that Naruto had slept on the floor.  This
left the disguised boy with several aches in the morning, but they were
easily ignored and vanished soon enough.

Anoooooooo.....you do realise that when he's out on the road with Jiraiya,
Naruto usually sleeps on a futon, right? Most of the inns they encounter are
Japanese-style, which means no beds...

        "Wait just a minute!" a new voice called.  Both ninja looked up
to see the source, a woman standing on the deck of a small deck next to
the one they had just investigated.  "I couldn't help but overhear you
talking with Tate there.  You two are kunoichi?"
        Rui glanced at Naruto briefly, but she nodded.  "We are."
        "I can't say that it'll give you enough money to get you to
Hakuhyou Island, but Amagawa-san at the bathhouse has a job you might be
interested in."

Oh god, this bodes VERY poorly.

        "We've been having trouble with a peeper," Amagawa replied.
"Ordinarily we could take care of it ourselves, but he seems to be a
ninja.  It's tough to spot him and we can't do anything to him when we
do."

Ah, so it's not as bad as it could be then. XD

        The man laughed.  "Have you ever heard of the legendary Sannin,
girl?  I'm Jiraiya the Toad Hermit, and a couple of young kunoichi like
you don't stand a chance against my power."

Boy did he EVER pick the wrong day to impersonate Erosennin! XD

        "Tsuneo-sama would love to see him there," the other guard
replied, "but I don't know that it'll happen any time soon.  I bet the
prisoner gets pretty imaginative next time Yuki-sama takes him."  The
conversation quickly descended into uninspired crudities that Jiraiya
would have been ashamed to include in one of his books - not because
they were too obscene, but because they were spectacularly boring.

That's the trouble with being an extraordinary super-pervert: ordinary
peoples' perversions are so...mundane.

        "Haruno Sakura," Tsunade continued, and Sakura stiffened as the
Hokage's eyes fell on her again.  "You're off-duty for now, though you
might have another mission before the third exam.  I believe Shizune
wanted to see you; you should report to her."
        "Shizune-sama?" Sakura asked.  While the Hokage's assistant had
been helpful before, she couldn't think of any reason Shizune would want
to meet with her.

She wants to teach you the ways of the kunoichi...*lecherous intent*

        The snake's tongue emerged once more.  "She might do," she
allowed after a moment, "but it's going to take a lot of fast talking to
get Manda-sama to agree."  Sakura instantly placed the name of the god
that ruled all snakes.  What in the world was going on?

Oh HELL no. o.o;;

        Naruto backed away from Tsuneo, moving slightly closer to Rui.
He could now tell that it was indeed a Leaf forehead protector the man
wore, though a two jagged scratches formed an "x" over the Leaf's
emblem.

Good grief...it's like every country in the freaking universe has a Leaf
missing nin working for it... x.x;;

        Naruto tensed, glancing down and seeing the thick, dark shadow
that bound Rui to Tsuneo.  "Shadow Imitation Technique," he breathed.
That was what was familiar about the man.  He looked a little like
Shikamaru.

Oh, that's lovely.

        Tsuneo took a step back.  "What are you?" he asked, a hint a
fear in his voice.

"I'm Foxman."

        "Uzumaki Naruto," Tsuneo snarled.  "What are you doing here,
demon?"

"Kicking your ass, for starters."

6) Next time in One Hundred Days Chapter 9, Finding Your Way:  Jiraiya
and Naruto's journey to the Lightning Country resumes, and Anko teaches
Sakura some things she probably shouldn't.

"Now this next technique is called the Donkey Punch..."

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