Naruto Shippuden: The Rise of Armpits Village

"S-Sakura-chan?! What are you doing here?!" Naruto blurted out, his heart racing as the very girl from his fantasy stood at his doorstep.

"Huh? Why are you acting so weird?" Sakura asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Uhh… i-it's nothing… hehe," Naruto said nervously, scratching the back of his head.

"Gosh, did you just wake up? I came to remind you about our trai—"

"Wait, wait… Hmm…" Naruto squinted at her, stroking his chin. "Am I still dreaming? Are you… really Sakura-chan?"

"….."

Sakura's face went blank, her expression turning flat as she processed what he just said. 

Naruto was still unsure, convinced that the Sakura standing before him was just a figment of his imagination.

To test his theory, his gaze drifted toward her left armpit. Slowly, almost instinctively, he reached out a finger, inching closer to touch it.

"Gosh… This looks so real…! How did my imagination get this detailed? Amazing…" he thought, completely mesmerized..

Sakura noticed Naruto's suspicious hand movement and swiftly grabbed his wrist before he could touch her.

"E-Eh..!?" Naruto yelped, his nerves kicking in.

"Oh, so you were trying to touch me, huh!?" Sakura snapped, her tone filled with annoyance.

Naruto, who had been lost in his giddy delusion, was immediately hit with reality. Panic set in as he realized what he had just attempted.

"AH, CRAP! No, no, no! It's not what it looks like..!" he stammered, frantically trying to explain.

Sakura tightened her grip around Naruto's finger, making him scream in pain.

"UAAAAHH! MY FINGER! IT HURTS, IT HURTS, IT HURTS!!"

"You wanted to touch me, huh!? You really thought you could!?" Sakura shouted, increasing the pressure.

"Please… stop, Sakura-chan…!" Naruto pleaded, his voice cracking.

His loud screams caught the attention of people outside, who turned their heads toward his house, curious about the commotion.

After a moment, Sakura finally let go of his hand—only to move behind him and wrap her arm around his neck, choking him. Naruto gasped, struggling for air.

"I didn't expect you to be this nasty, Naruto!" Sakura hissed in his ear, tightening her grip even more.

"S-Sakura-chan… P-Please… I… I can't… I can't breathe…!" Naruto choked out, his vision starting to blur.

"Like hell you can!" Sakura snapped, refusing to let up.

After Naruto was left gasping for air, Sakura finally released her grip. He collapsed to the ground like a lifeless snake, completely drained.

"I… I will never… ever… touch Sakura-chan again…" Naruto thought, lying limp and helpless on the floor.

Sakura crossed her arms, pinching the bridge of her nose in frustration before placing her hands on her waist. With an annoyed sigh, she grabbed Naruto by the collar and yanked him up.

"Grrr… Listen up! If you ever try to touch me again… I won't hesitate to smash your balls into pieces. Got it!?" she threatened, glaring straight into his eyes with a deadly look while clenching her fist.

"Ga-GAAAAAH! Nooo! Not my balls!" Naruto shrieked, his legs trembling in fear.

Naruto, now trembling with fear, quickly dropped to his knees and begged for forgiveness.

"Please, please, please, Sakura! It was just a misunderstanding! I swear I didn't mean to touch you! I was just… trying to grab the door handle beside you!"

"Oh really? Don't act stupid! I saw exactly what you were trying to do!" Sakura snapped, her eyes narrowing in suspicion.

"I didn't mean anything by it, I swear! I'm sorry!" Naruto pleaded, tears welling up in his eyes.

Sakura sighed in frustration, crossing her arms as she took a deep breath.

"Ugh… Fine! I'll forget about it! But seriously, can you stop being such an idiot? You're giving me a headache…" she grumbled, rubbing her temples.

"Sorry, Sakura-chan… I promise!" Naruto said, nodding frantically.

Sakura sighed, still annoyed.

"Okay, listen up. I'm here to remind you about team training. Sai and Kakashi-sensei are already waiting for us at the training field—so don't take forever! Hurry up and get changed!" She gave Naruto a firm push toward his room.

"A-Alright, alright! Just give me a minute to get ready! B-But please… don't hurt me again, Sakura-chan… Hehe," Naruto chuckled nervously.

"Fine…" Sakura muttered, rolling her eyes.

Naruto rushed into the bathroom to freshen up. Ten minutes later, he was finally ready, and the two of them started walking toward the training field side by side.

As they made their way through the village, Naruto couldn't help but notice all the women passing by in sleeveless tops, his eyes flickering toward their exposed arms.

As they continued walking, Naruto started glancing around, his confusion growing. Every woman on the street was wearing sleeveless tops.

At first, he thought he was imagining things, but the more he looked, the more certain he became. His mind began to wander into dangerous territory again—until his eyes landed on Sakura. Instantly, memories of their earlier encounter came rushing back, and he shook off his thoughts before they got him into even more trouble.

Still, curiosity got the best of him. Taking a deep breath, he hesitantly spoke up.

"Uhmm, Sakura-chan… can I ask you something?"

Sakura turned to him with a suspicious look. "Hmm? Sure. As long as it's not something stupid."

Naruto gulped. "Uhh… I don't know if it's just me, but… why is every girl on the street wearing sleeveless tops? I mean, that's all I'm seeing. Am I hallucinating or something?"

Sakura met his gaze, her expression unreadable. "So… you've noticed?"

Naruto's eyes widened. "Uhh… noticed what?" 

"It's a new rule issued by Lady Tsunade. From now on, every kunoichi in the village is required to wear sleeveless tops at all times, no exceptions," Sakura explained casually.

Naruto blinked in disbelief. "W-Wait… A new rule!? How come I didn't know about this?"

Sakura rolled her eyes. "Maybe because you sleep in half the day and only pay attention when it's about ramen? If you actually got up early, you'd be aware of these things."

Naruto scratched his head, still trying to process it. "But… why? What's the point of making all kunoichi wear sleeveless tops?"

"It's supposed to improve the success rate of missions," Sakura replied matter-of-factly. "Apparently, data shows that when kunoichi wear sleeveless tops, mission success rates go up."

Naruto frowned.

"Huh? That makes no sense! How does showing more skin help with missions?" He stole a glance at Sakura's shoulder before quickly looking away. "Uh… what do you think about the rule?"

Sakura shrugged. "Honestly? I don't really mind it. For three reasons:

1.) Lady Tsunade, my master, is the one who made the rule.

2.) If she believes it increases mission success, then I trust her judgment. And honestly, we have been succeeding in a lot more missions lately.

3.) I already wear sleeveless tops all the time anyway, so it doesn't change much for me." 

"Guess I'll be suffering a lot from now on…" Naruto muttered under his breath.

Before he could dwell on it, Sakura suddenly lifted her arms to adjust her headband, unknowingly exposing both of her armpits right in front of him. Completely unaware of his reaction, she glanced at him with a puzzled look.

"Suffering about what?"

Naruto's eyes locked onto the sight, his brain short-circuiting. "Ah..! I.. U-Uhmm.. J-Just forget about tha—"

Before he could finish his sentence, his mind took a dangerous turn. In his imagination, Sakura smirked, striking a teasing pose with her arms raised high.

"C'mon, foxy boy~ Now's your chance. Come and lick them~"

Naruto's legs locked in place as his face turned red. His pupils shrank, his breathing hitched, and without realizing it, a thin trail of drool escaped his lips.

Sakura, noticing his weird expression, slowed her pace and furrowed her brows. "Uh… Naruto? What's with that face?"

"Hey, are you alright?" Asked Sakura again

Naruto remained frozen, lost in his fantasy, drool still dripping from the corner of his mouth.

Sakura, already fed up, marched toward him and—SMACK!—slapped him hard across the face.

"SERIOUSLY..! STOP MESSING AROUND AND KEEP MOVING! KAKASHI-SENSEI IS WAITING FOR US!" she yelled, hands on her hips.

"OWWW..!" Naruto whined, rubbing his now-red cheek. "Geez, Sakura-chan, that hurt…!"

"Then quit acting like an idiot and walk!" she huffed, already stomping ahead.

Naruto sighed, casting one last, regretful glance at her retreating figure before reluctantly following behind.

After a while, They both arrived at the training field as Kakashi and Sai were waiting for them above the tree.

"You guys really picked up my habit of coming late, I'm proud" said Kakashi as he leaned on the tree.

"Were you two at a date?" added Sai bluntly.

"Hehe.. You could say that" said Naruto while grinning.

Then Sakura immediately yelled, "NO WE WERE NOT! Look, I've wasted a lot of time waiting for Naruto to get ready as well as dealing with his stupidity! It all makes me dizzy and tired, let's just start training now, Kakashi Sensei!"

"Okay then, We'll do the bell catching training today, you guys know the rules. But you guys should do it within an hour." Kakashi said while showing the bells to the trio.

Then the three of them answered "Understood..!"

"Alright.. Ready, Steady, GO!" Kakashi gave the signal for his team to start as they all attacked him at once.

After a while, both Sai and Sakura has managed to corner Kakashi with Sai using the bear monster he drew and Sakura kept on distracting him.

"NOW'S YOUR CHANCE NARUTO!" Sakura shouted.

"Alright..!" shouted Naruto as he started to jump to grab the bell from behind.

However, just as he was about to reach the bell, his gaze was diverted by Sakura who was raising her hand upwards, which made Naruto turn his gaze towards her armpits and broke his concentration for a moment.

"Wo-Woow.." said Naruto in a low voice.

"Too late Naruto." said Kakashi as he kicked Naruto's body and made him stumble backwards and fell on his ass.

"AAAWWW, WHAT THE HELL?!" shouted Naruto in pain.

"Focus Naruto, you are wasting your teammates efforts." said Kakashi as he stood still and looked at him.

"What's wrong with you, Naruto? You should've grabbed the bell!" shouted Sakura.

"Sorry, I'll do better, I promise!" Naruto said somehow confident.

"Hmm.. That's alright, let's start again.." said Kakashi as he drew his kunai.

Sai then began to draw another creature on his book while Sakura rushed at Kakashi as she tried to keep his hands full. After struggling for a long time, a giant snake creature that Sai drew managed to catch and lock Kakashi that made him unable to move his body.

Sakura then began to jump into the sky and raised her hands up as she wanted to distract Kakashi's attention from above.

By looking at the opportunity that exists, Sakura shouted to Naruto "Come on, Naruto! This is the chance!"

Naruto then immediately ran forward to Kakashi but stopped to look at Sakura's armpits for the second time. 

The time was more than enough for Kakashi to escape and kick him in the face.

"OWWWWWW, IT HURTS!" Naruto whined as he flew backwards a good 30 feet due to Kakashi's kick.

"Ten minutes remaining.. " said Kakashi as he took a deep breath.

"Hey Naruto..! What the hell is wrong with you !? Why do you always stop at the last moment!?" asked Sakura as she felt angry.

"Hmm.. Another good chance has passed, You're really something, Naruto." said Sai.

"Gaaaah, I'm so sorry guys! My eyes suddenly caught something that made me twinkle." said Naruto trying to make a false excuse to cover up things that actually made him lose focus.

"…" Sakura and Sai were silent as they stared at Naruto with a flat face.

"Okay, okay, okay.. Listen, I promise I will get it this time! Alright, 3..2..1, LETS GO..!" shouted Naruto.

Once again, Sakura and Sai charged at Kakashi. They occasionally looked at Naruto who was now looking different from before. Naruto put on a serious face and looked confident.

When it was Naruto's turn to attack, Sakura who was currently distracting Kakashi suddenly passed beside him, with her left arm grabbing a tree trunk and her left sweaty armpit exposed wide open in front of Naruto which made him lose his focus for the third time. 

"G-Gwaaah..! Not agaiii…" shouted Naruto.

Naruto, who lost his focus and balance immediately slipped down from the tree branch he was stepping on and landed on the ground.

"A-Awww... I.. Can't hold.. my eyes off.. " Naruto groaned in pain as he thought to himself.

Sakura who saw Naruto lying on the ground was worried and came down to help him.

"H-Hey are you alright, Naruto ?" asked Sakura worriedly as she tried to help him to stand up.

"Ugh.. Ye-Yes, I guess so.." said Naruto.

"Seems like you're currently having a lot of things going on in your mind today, huh? Since you're also acting really weird too.." asked Sakura to him.

Naruto looked at her and said, "No, No, No..! I'm completely fine! Let's start another one, this time.. This time, I promise, I won't make any mistakes again!" said Naruto.

Sakura took a deep breath and said in an annoyed tone,"Oh Please! Enough talking and acting strong like that! You're completely hopeless, idiot!"

Naruto looked down listlessly and occasionally looked at her armpits and thought "Ugh.. Sakura-chan, I wish you could feel the pain that I felt today.."

"Okay, Times up..! I'm sure you guys can do better next time like usual." shouted Kakashi as he ended the training session for the day while approaching the two of them.

After a while, the four of them gathered while discussing several things. Naruto, who was still feeling down because of the failure he had done in training, just fell silent and pouted.

Meanwhile, Sai and Sakura listened to Kakashi's explanation regarding the evaluation that had to be done carefully.

During the discussion, Sakura kept on wiping the sweat on her forehead repeatedly because she felt hot from the scorching heat of the sun.

And then, when Sai was delivering his response, Sakura couldn't take it anymore and immediately interrupted his words,

"I think—"

"Seriously, couldn't we just do training on a cooler time like in the morning, Kakashi sensei? I'm absolutely drenched in sweat! Ugh.. I can't feel a single thread of my clothes that isn't stuck to my body.. Even sleeveless like this won't help!" said Sakura as she looked at her clothes.

Naruto who heard Sakura's words immediately lifted his head back up in an excited expression "Waah!"

"Hmm, I guess you're right, I'm also not a fan of this time of day either." said Kakashi as he closed his eyes and thought for a moment.

"Wa-Wait, Kakashi sensei! Please give us an extra time.. One last time! I believe we will get it right this time!" said Naruto as he wished he could spend more time with Sakura so he could peek on her armpits longer.

Sakura, who was already feeling tired and fed up immediately shouted at him "Oh please, Come on! will you ever stop your nonsense!? I'm so tired and I want to go home!"

"AH-Okaaaay, My bad!" said Naruto as he felt so scared.

Then, Sakura raised both of her arms up and looked at her sweaty armpits.

"Ugh.. All this sweat makes me feel so uncomfortable!" said Sakura as she looked at her sweaty armpits. 

Naruto, who saw something beyond his expectations smiled and glared widely at it.

The moment he saw sweat dripping down her armpits, his whole body suddenly fired up as it is filled with burning excited feelings.

"OH MY GOD..! OH MY GOD..! OH MY GOD..!" screamed Naruto in his mind.

Then, Sai looked at Sakura and said "Hmm, so you cut me off just to show those wet armpits of yours? If I were you I would feel so embarrassed."

Sakura then immediately put her arms down and blushed.

"He-Hey..! Okay, listen, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to be so gross in front of everyone, its just.. Ugh.. Whatever! I'm just trying to tell facts about this shitty weather!"

Naruto immediately became very disappointed and looked cynically at Sai.

"NOOOO! THIS DUMBASS JUST RUINED MY VIEW!" shouted Naruto in his mind.

"Okay enough guys, that's it for today, you guys can go home now" said Kakashi as he tried to calm the atmosphere.

"Alright, Kakashi sensei..!" said Sai and Sakura together.

"Ugh.. Okaay.." said Naruto as feeling down and gloomy.

After the conversation, Kakashi dismissed the team. Sakura rushed to walk home early followed by Sai walking on the back.

But as soon as Naruto started to walk out of the training field, Kakashi who was looking at Naruto from behind suddenly asked him,

"So.. you have an armpit fetish, isn't that right, Naruto ?"