Naruto Fanfic: The Crimson Huntress
(A/N: Hello this is… another… fanfic to keep me busy until I can get back to the other ones. I hope you don't mind… much.
Oh and when you get to the 'desolate place' part Play this song in YouTube:
Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica - Gradus Prohibitus
Anyways let's get on with the story.
Disclaimer: I do NOT own the Naruto series in any way shape or form. If I did then Naruto would be a female with long red hair with fox ears and a tail.)
Demonic/Summon Speaking – "GAKI!"
Demonic/Summon Thinking – 'Hello'
Jutsu- "Reaper Death Seal"
Human Speaking- "OI!"
Human Thinking- 'What should I have for dinner tonight?'
Chapter 1: The Crimson Arrow
Set scene: Konohagakure no Sato (The Village Hidden in the Leaves)
RRRROOOARRR
A massive nine-tailed fox roars at a crowd of people attacking it, it was so loud that the sound-waves pushed them far back, making people crash into buildings and impaling them on stray signs instantly killing them.
The kitsune swiped its large claws at a few people creating a large gash on their torsos, some were lucky as they died instantly. While others kept bleeding in pain and agony, forever crippling them.
"OVER HERE!" Shouts a distinctly female voice, who was clearly in pain as she looked barely conscious and held a bit of pain in her voice. She spits out some blood from her mouth. The woman had crimson red hair, with beautiful purple eyes one of them covered by an eye-patch. Her clothes were in tatters and she was carrying a bow on her back.
The beast turns its head and starts charging some form of energy in front of its mouth, people started to run away in panic shouting "Oh Kami!" "Where's the Fourth?" "We're all going to die!"
The woman makes some hand seal, stretches out both her hands and mutters "I'll only have enough energy for one of these *Coughs out some blood*, kuso looks like I don't have long to live"
The Kyuubi then releases a massive ball of energy at the woman, while the woman exclaims "Uzumaki Sealing Method! (A/N no.1: This is one of many sealing techniques.)" The bijuu-dama sails across the ground tearing everything in its path, until it reaches a massive sealing array in-front of the woman completely disappearing form the face of the earth into another plane of existence.
The woman then collapses only to be caught by another figure, this person had un-naturally blonde, spiky hair. He had warm Cerulean blue eyes which calms you down when you look at them, however his eyes held seriousness due to this current situation.
"Minato… I thought you were facing that masked-man?" Asks the red-haired lady to the now confirmed Minato.
"I did, I almost managed beat him, though he escaped when his control of the Kyuubi was cancelled. I think he was just stalling for time. He's strong though… really strong and he said he will be back in the future. I think he is a part of the prophecy the elder toad saw." Said Minato
"Yeah. How are we going to defeat the Kyuubi though? I think we should use THAT technique and seal the two halves of the Kyuubi into us." Asked the female.
"No. I'm going to seal the entire thing into Naru, it's the only choice Kushina." Stated Minato
The red-haired woman, Kushina, looked shocked and shouted "WHAT! You can't seal the Kyuubi into your own daughter. You know the consequences. She'll be treated like a freak!"
"I know the nature of humans Kushina… but I know this guy is going to come back some day and Naru is probably the Child of Prophecy so I'll seal the Kyuubi into her and give her its power. Plus if we seal the Kyuubi into ourselves then the balance of the tailed-beast will be thrown out, I can't allow that to happen." Minato explained.
"If that's your answer, then I'll follow through with it honey" Kushina says a places a kiss on his lips.
Minato blushes at the action, but then composes himself and teleports him and Kushina with Naru to seal the Kyuubi into her. Minato then disappears and then reappears near the Kyuubi and summons a giant Toad: Gamabunta.
"I'm sorry my old friend. This is the end of the line for me." Minato said to the toad.
"Ah it has been a pleasure, gaki. Though this is the Kyuubi I'm facing, I'm sure you want me to spare you some time to complete the hand seals for the jutsu." Said Gamabunta as he draws his tanto.
"Of course! Keep him busy for as long as you can!" Ordered Minato
The toad leaps into action and tries to cut down the giant fox, the fox retaliates and attacks back. This keeps on going until Gamabunta tries to cleave of an arm, but misses and the Kyuubi slashes its claws across the toads left eye scarring it.
"GAAAAH!" Shouts the amphibian and leaps back to avoid further injury
Minato then completes all the hand signs and shouts "I'm ready Bunta. Stand down! Reaper Death Seal! (A/N no.2: A seal which kills the user)" A ghostly figure appears behind Minato and speaks in an eerie demonic voice "What do you wish me to do?"
Minato pants for breath and says "I wish to seal the Kyuubi into my daughter" And motions to his daughter who is lying on a bed with a sealing array on her stomach.
"Yes. Of course." And plunges its hand through Minato and grabs the Kyuubi's soul and chakra.
The Kyuubi roars in terror and tries to escape the hold, but fails to do so as it is bonded to the Shinigami.
The Shinigami pulls the Kyuubi into Naru and Minato shouts "8 Element Seal! (A/N no.4: Another sealing technique… Okay I'll stop now.)" A blinding light passes and the Shinigami had pulled its hand away from Minato.
Clutching his stomach he teleports himself back to Naru and Kushina and manages to form a sentence somehow "K-Kushina, I'm going to *Coughs up blood* Seal our chakras into Naru *Cough more blood* when she'll need them. That way, at least one day we'll be able to see our baby daughter… once again *Coughs up more blood*".
"Of course *Coughs blood* Minato. Now Naru dear listen to your mothers selfish request, please grow up well and safely, *cough* eat your vegetables and read plenty books… unlike your dear mother. Don't forget to brush your teeth and wash your hands, oh and make sure you give that big perv Jiraiya a kick in the nuts when you see him… I know he's going to abandon you. Make sure to make friends to keep happy and eat plenty Ramen, oh I could go on and on about Ramen but right now I'm dying *Chuckles dryly*. Finally learn the art of the bow, your mother would want you to master it… unlike myself. Don't make too many enemies, but the world is filled with bad people so be careful. Man I'm sorry Minato I took up all our time didn't I *Coughs blood*.
Minato chuckles throatily and says "Listen to your motor-mouth of a mother *spits out some blood*, but listen to your father for a second. I would like you to…" But his words left nothing on the wind; as life had faded away from the couple, thus great sadness spread throughout Kohohagakure no Sato.
Suddenly a great pressure is felt and Naru starts wailing an immense energy forming around her.
Suddenly a few ANBU, with the Third and Jiraiya appeared on the site and felt the immense energy some of the ANBU Suffocating from it.
They could barely move in the energy and it was getting stronger and stronger.
"[Foul language], Sensei looks like I'll need to use Sage Mode to put the eye-patch on." Says Jiraiya a man with his spiky white hair tied in a low ponytail.
Hiruzen nods and Jiraiya just manages to summon the two elder toads.
"Jiraiya-chan, what's going on here!?" asks an old toad with white hair and a beard.
"No time to explain Fukasu, Shima! I need to enter full Sage Mode NOW!" Shouts Jiraiya in a rush.
The toads nod and start to collect Nature Energy, but they seem to be struggling a bit. But manages to at least perform Jiraiya's first stage of Sage Mode.
"I'm sorry Jiraiya-chan, the strange energy seems to be blocking us from getting Nature Energy properly"
"It's alright I can manage to get over to her in this state" Jiraiya states and slowly, but surely makes his way over to Naru and places Kushina's eye-patch on her eye. The tremendous energy then calms itself and enters Naru, thus the current predicament is over.
The toads vanish and Jiraiya turns back to normal, who lets out a sigh of relief and summons Gamatora to retrieve the seal's key from Minato who already laid dead. Luckily Minato had already had it done on a scroll and Jiraiya uses Fuinjutsu to transfer it over on to Gamatora's belly who promptly disappeared.
"Glad that's over" mutters one of the ANBU who flexes his arms to relieve some of the stress from his bones. The others silently agreed that they NEVER wanted to go through that again.
"Neko" States the Hokage
A cat masked ANBU steps forward and says "Yes. Hokage-sama."
"Please deliver Naru-chan to a SAFE place" Making sure he put emphasis on the word 'Safe'.
The ANBU nods and takes Naru away with her.
8 Years later
FWOOSH
3 arrows hit their target, 2 of them centre target with the other on slightly out.
"You're doing well, that was 50 metres and you managed to hit 2 of them in the centre." Said a voice that belonged to an elderly male. The said elderly man was dressed in formal robes that were red and white, he wore a large funny-shaped hat with the kanji for 'fire' drawn at the front. This man was the Hokage leader of the Village Hidden in the Leaves.
"Yeah, but I could do much better if I used the eye-patch Jiji." Said a young feminine voice. This female had medium length red hair reaching her shoulders, she wore a hair clip to keep her bangs from falling on her face. She was dressed in a black shirt and black jeans which was held to her waist by a belt, she wore a long black coat that fell down into a cape around her neck was a necklace. She had a pale complexion and had three whisker marks on each side of her cheeks, she also had deep amethyst eyes. However one of them was cover with a black eye-patch. On her feet were long black thigh-length socks and a pair of black open-toed ninja sandals. (A/N no.5: Basically I'm intending her to look like a Shana with purple eyes and an eye-patch. If you don't know who Shana is please type the name in an image browser, Google Images is preferable. If it is possible I will try and draw it.)
"*Chuckle*. You know what I've told you about using that eye-patch Naru-chan!" The old man laughed.
The girl Naru just shrugged "I know, I'm just saying".
The pair spent time and were sitting by a tree talking about daily life, the elderly man explaining a few words in the book the female was reading. The title of the book was called 'The Tale of the Utterly Gutsy Ninja', it was an average sized book with relatively small kanji in the book. It didn't say who the book was written by, but on the inside of the first page was written 'This book is dedicated to Nagato'.
Who 'Nagato' is only one person will never know… for now.
"What does this word mean Saru-jiji?" asked Naru
The old man chuckled at the nickname and said "You never cease to surprise me Naru-chan…" The girl nods absently, but then pays attention when he is about to explain the word "…This word means 'Naruto' it can be interpreted in two different ways *he brings out a piece of paper and a pen* One way it means 'Maelstrom', however the other meaning means 'Fishcake'." The girl laughs at the second word.
"Fishcake? Who would name something as lame as that?!" The girl seems to break down into a fit of laughter until she quickly composes herself and mutters an apology.
Sarutobi looks towards the Cliff by the edge of Konoha and says:
"It's quite alright. In fact I'll tell you something - someone did name their child after that."
Naru looked surprised and asks abruptly "Dare ga?"
He looks toward Naru and says "You"
A few hours later in the village
The girl wanders the streets of Konoha thinking back to what the Hokage said, lost in thought she never saw the glares or heard murmurs of the villagers, whispering things like "What's that girl doing here?" "She looks so freaky with that eye-patch?" "Is she hiding an infection behind that eye-patch? Is it contagious?" "Yeah. The Hokage should throw her out the village before it's too late for us."
Snapping out of her thoughts she felt the glares burning into her, suddenly feeling a sickening feeling in her stomach she runs away avoiding anyone in her path.
Eventually she reaches a stand called 'Ichiraku Ramen', sitting down on a stool she shouts "Hey Teuchi-Osusan! 12 bowls of Ramen!"
"Sure thing Naru!" An old-ish guy shouts back to her. He was dressed with regular clothes with an apron and a chef's hat,
"Hi Naru-chan" Said a female voice in front of Naru, placing the big bowl of ramen in front of the girl
"Hi Ayame-Nee-chan! How are you doing?" Naru asked, before quickly digging into her ramen with the speed of a bullet-train.
"I'm okay, how have you been doing?" the older female asks and all she receives back is a grin… telling her what she needs to know…
The villagers have beat her up again.
Quickly after finishing all 12 bowls Naru says to put it on the Hokage's Tab.
Next Day
After waking up in her usual tree, Naru makes her way to the Academy taking all her familiar shortcuts to avoid the villagers. After making it there plenty in time she sits down at a desk and proceeds to take out a book.
After a few hours she finishes reading the book and puts it away in her bag and takes out her normal books for this particular day. 'Today is Tuesday, so first we'll be doing Tactics with Rumiko. Yamauchi… Hates me. Then we'll be doing Taijutsu with Tensei Haragawa... Hates me with a passion. After that we'll be doing useless History with Kiyama Noitaro… Ignores my existence. Following that we'll be doing Weapons practise with… [Foul language] If I go to that I'm going to go home with bruises. Finally we have a free period to do what we want… If I go to that I'm going to go to the hospital today, aren't I?' She plans for the day. Deciding she should skip school today Naru makes her way to her usual place, The Hokage's Office.
In the Hokage's Office
Naru sat in the dubbed 'comfy chairs' in the Hokage's office.
Upon hearing a 'click' from the door, the Hokage enters, hardly surprised that Naru is in his office… as usual.
"Bad day, huh?" He whispers taking out paperwork from the draw before making a quick hand-sign, muttering "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu". After making the clone the Hokage makes his way over to Naru in the chairs and starts talking to her.
"You know that you can always get a private tutor, Naru?" He asks her
"I know… but then going in a team would be useless, wouldn't it?" She answers
Nodding, the Hokage brings her to their usual spot where she can practise her archery in peace.
'Okay let's do this. Fuin… KAI!' Naru thinks and her target becomes clearly visible to her.
She brings out a single arrow from her quiver and places it on her bow, pulling back the string of the bow she thinks 'The distance to the target is 200 metres, the centre targets are at the knee, shoulder, chest, neck and groin' Which target should I go for this time?'
'I wonder what her target is this time?' The Hokage thinks
'Aim. Fire.' Naru thinks and releases the arrow.
Quickly making a hand-sign she mutters "Kage Ya no jutsu (A/N no.6: This mean 'Shadow Arrow Technique. You'll be seeing this a lot in a few chapters, it will be cool.)" The arrow splits into 5 different arrows, each of them landing near enough to their centre target. Apart from one arrow which hit dead centre on the chest.
Clap Clap
The Hokage claps at her display of talent. "Well done Naru-chan, you've been practising your chakra control if you can copy 4 arrows".
"Thanks Ji-san, although my aim isn't doing too well I need more practise" Naru told the Hokage
"Maybe later, how is your Kenjutsu coming along?" asked Hiruzen
"It's okay so far. As you know I've been trying to come up with my own style, the same with my bow, but I've been experimenting with using two different styles. The first I've been using a very long boukken, similar to a katana in length. This is because of my small size and henceforth short reach. However another style I've tried used dual wielding two normal sized boukken, because of my speed, agility and reaction-timing it is also a good combo. The disadvantages with both styles is that with dual wielding I NEED to get quite close to the enemy, which puts me at a higher risk of being hit, but my dodging could make up for that loss. With a long-sword or katana, since it has such a long reach the enemy can attack me if they read my attacks correctly. But I'm known to be unpredictable, so that could work in my favour. Please Ji-san, could you help me figure it out?" Naru asked.
"You put a lot of thought into this… *He gets a nod of acknowledgement* that's good Naru-chan! However I cannot help you decide what weapon you are going to use, that's your decision in the end. On the other hand I can show you a book on some other weapons, you may want to change your weapon type you're only 8 you know?" the elderly man questioned.
Naru looked surprised at that, the Hokage had ALWAYS helped her. To be given this sense of freedom… it made her feel relieved. 'Maybe I can break from these shackles then?' She thought
The Hokage then took in the time, by looking at the sky and asked Naru "You're probably feeling hungry right now, here's some melon bread." As he gives the sweet bread over to Naru her face lights up in childish joy, grabs the bag containing it and starts devouring the delectable loaf.
Once Naru had finished eating the bread she started reading the book on weapon's, reading over she chose that she had preferences over her first two options. The long sword/ katana, or the dual-wielding.
After a while the Hokage decided to leave her be and go back to his work, as his 'Kage Bushin' was running out of chakra.
Bidding Naru a farewell, he set off into the evening sun.
Naru sat in thought on what her weapon preference should be, thinking it over and over she finally decided on her choice. This particular choice could help her in the long run, so she decided to keep it a secret from anyone but the Hokage and a few of the ANBU.
Thus she started training using one-handed swords.
Next Month
Block Block Slash
Naru blocked a strike from her adversary, a young male called Sasuke Uchiha and then slashed at him, however he managed to block back.
The young male then came forward with a forward thrust to her chest, but Naru had jumped back in time to avoid the blow.
Rushing forward she went into a frontal attack, slashing repeatedly with her sword. Then she suddenly grabbed his arm using the sword, spun round to his back and pinned him to the floor.
The winner of the match was then declared "Winner: Naru Uzumaki".
There was sudden cheering and booing, some of them declaring that Naru had cheated.
"Oi! Katame get off." (A/N no.7: This means one-eye. A reference from a particular show, a cookie for ones who get it ^^. Please leave a review if you did… or didn't) grumbled a voice beneath Naru, she then complied and got of the young male. But frowned at the nickname.
"YEAH! Shove off Katame!" Shouted a few girls from the crowd.
Naru glared coldly at the crowd, not wanting to deal with their stupidity.
The crowd silenced and Naru walked back to her place in the crowd.
'Don't listen to them, their idiots. Try and not let their bullying get to you. If you want I could help you?' Says a soothing voice.
This voice belongs to what Naru calls her 'Gut Instinct', the voice always tries to calm her and then tempt her with sugar-coated words as if it's trying to hide something. As always Naru replies with 'Thank you, however I think I'll be able to manage them on my own' and as if the voice knows what Naru said it replies with 'Very well… but you will need my help one day'. Thus it leaves her alone.
The next matches did not take long and hence the reason they move on to the next lesson 'Projectiles'. Of course Naru has her bow so she prepares herself and does a few warm-ups to get ready for her turn.
"Next up Sasuke Uchiha!" Shouts a voice.
Sasuke goes up and draws a few kunai, he stands about 30 metres from the target and throws 3 kunai at it. The three kunai hit each centre point of the target and he smirks at that.
"Beat that." He says to Naru, not wanting to be outdone by her.
Naru scoffed and stood at 100 metres from the target.
Within the crowd there was murmurs of "There's no way she'll be able to beat Sasuke-kun, she should just quit" "Good luck Naru" "Ha, it's impossible to beat an Uchiha elite. She should give up."
100 metres from the target
Naru stood away at a distance where no-one could see her, but the tress and the Hokage. She drew her bow and took out 3 arrows, placing the arrows on the strings and pulling it back she whispers "shoot the wind, gale destroyer" and then she releases the arrows.
Boom
The arrows were so fast that they broke the sound-barrier, the teacher only saw a burst of air sailing and hitting the target with the force of a freight train. The sheer velocity of the attack blew the target off the ground and completely destroyed it, with a couple of trees also being uprooted.
Naru walked back through the woods arriving at the stage of the incident and said "I beat it. Tenfold"
There was an uproar of shouting and anger at the girl.
"THERE IS NO WAY YOU COULD HAVE DONE THAT! YOU MUST HAVE GOT A JONIN TO HELP YOU DO THAT! CHEATER! LIAR! FRAUD!" A girl with pink hair bellowed with her banshee-like voice.
Naru winced at the volume of her voice but then just smiled at Sakura and said nothing, it was their fault that they didn't believe her.
After the little incident the sensei called off classes for the day and everyone left for home, apart from Naru who went back to the Hokage's office. Where she met the Hokage who had a frown on his face as soon as Naru entered.
"Naru. Why didn't you tell me that you don't live in your apartment anymore?" He asked her.
Naru looked depressed for a second but then replied with "I haven't lived in that apartment for years Jiji."
"Why?" He demanded an answer
"Because the villagers, with the help with a few ninjas, think it is a smart idea to rig my apartment block with traps and cut off my hot water supply and get rid of my bed and put in a few wood-eating termites. Thus I've been living in a trees for a few years and washing myself in a lake in one of the training grounds when nobody is awake." She explained her answer.
The Hokage looked lost in thought for a moment and said "Why don't you allow someone to adopt you?"
Naru had a surprised look on her face. She never expect her Jiji to say THAT.
This is because of the reason that Naru doesn't trust anyone BUT the Hokage, she doesn't even trust her 'Gut Instinct' fully. Though she really REALLY wanted a parent, someone who she can cherish and enjoy moments with.
Thus she made her decision. "Yes. If you can trust them, I think I'll be able to trust them."
He simply smiled at her kindly and nodded his head. "Very well Naru-chan we'll look for your potential parent."
'I can become your parent, if you'd like?' Said the 'Gut Instinct' inside Naru's head.
'How could you do that, you're my 'Gut Instinct'?' Naru thought, her eyes becoming glazed over and lost focus.
'I'm more than just a 'Gut Instinct' Naru-chan, I'll make you a good deal. You'll get MUCH more benefits than I would get.' 'It' thought back.
'Okay I'm listening' Naru thought and then collapsed.
In a desolate space
Naru had woken up lying down on the ground in a really dreary looking place.
Dark clouds loomed above, creating a foreboding effect. Massive stone-cold grey skyscrapers were in ruins, with huge punch holes and chunks of buildings. Part of the street were torn out, with fissure's covering some parts of the area. A cold wind passed by, with the feeling of death mixed in with it.
'Killer Intent. Here?' Naru thought
"Of course, it belongs to me" Whispered a voice in Naru's ear.
Naru quickly spun round to find nothing.
"I'm not here Naru-chan" Said a voice which echoed around.
Thus Naru started walking around the area. Suddenly the area distorted where she started walking and felt disorientated.
"Oh sorry, I should have told you about that. It's really weird how your mind works isn't it?" The voice spoke again.
Naru growled in annoyance at that fact, but carried on.
Not before she saw a red building, it seemed almost surreal in this place.
Walking into the red building she was greeted by the sight of a woman with flowing red hair and nine fox-tails sitting in a chair. She then flashed away and appeared in front of Naru caressing her chin.
"Such a beautiful human… too bad you need to die" The woman tried to stab Naru, but was held back by a chain stabbing her in the gut and pulling her back into the chair.
"W-why did you just try and kill me?" Naru asked
"Tch. I'm the one you call your 'Gut Instinct' ningen, Let me formally introduce myself. I'm… *She pauses for a second* The Kyuubi no Yoko." The Kyuubi spoke
Naru's eyes opened in surprise, but then became normal after a few seconds.
"That makes sense. It's kind of clear to me: The fourth Hokage sealed the Kyuubi into me, not kill it. Now it all makes sense… *Naru paused for a moment then snarled in disgust her voice turning venomous* I'm a scapegoat. THEY [Foul Language} KNEW AND STILL DID THIS TO ME!"
The Kyuubi smiled in pleasure for a second and then said "That's why I brought you here… to make a deal."
Naru's look of disgust had vanished and replied to Kyuubi with a very sarcastic "Oh I thought you brought me here to kill me?" and grinned slightly with a raised eyebrow
"Don't speak to me like that, I only tolerate you because you're beautiful compared to most humans"
Naru was interested in that and said "Why is that?"
"Your hair… and enormous power" she replied
'Hair?' Naru thought then looked at her own, it was red.
'Of course, but what does she mean by power?'
"Easy. If you didn't have that eye-patch on, you would probably be able to have as much power as me" Kyuubi replied shocking Naru that she could read Naru that easily, but just put it off.
"Why would I have as much power as you?" Naru asked
"Simple. I no longer have any power, it's all yours."
Naru was dumbfounded. She contained ALL the Kyuubi's power behind her eye-patch, no wonder the Hokage told her to NEVER take it off. She wouldn't be able to control ALL that power… yet.
"What was this deal you were talking about though?"
"Okay~ it's this: just let me out. You won't die and my soul will be able to walk the Earth again."
'With the exception of Naru having another persona, but she doesn't need to know that… yet'
"What about the seal though, of course it will kill me!" Naru shouted
"What seal? There is no seal. You're power burned the seal out ages ago, It's YOUR mind that's holding me back."
"WHAT!" Screamed Naru
"There is no seal. [A constant stream of foul language pours out from her mouth like a rainbow]"
Elsewhere
"[Foul Language] somebody is [Foul Language] mouthing [Foul Language] swear words like me. [Foul Language]."
"Shut up Hidan, I'm trying to count my money."
Back in the mindscape
"Calm down~ As I said your mind held me back from escaping, the twisting dimensions, the injuries I get if I try and touch you. That's all YOUR doing. Some crazy mind you've got, to fool the Kyuubi no Kitsune… that's why I fell in love with you."
The heck, The Kyuubi loves Naru
Nary blushed and shouted "Urusai! Urusai! Urusai! Baka-Kyu! Love me! I'm. A. HUUUUMMMAAAN."
"I don't care" She whispered seductively in Naru's ear.
Naru backed away the blush acting furiously on her face and muttered "fine."
The Kyuubi smiled and the said "This will be painless, just rest"
And with that Naru's vision fell into blackness.
Locked in the Hokage's Office
Naru awoke in the Hokage's office next to a medic-nin.
"Ah, she's awake sir. I'll be leaving now." And the medic disappeared in a flash.
"Naru are you okay? Your eyes glazed over and then a second later you just collapsed, some ANBU had to catch you before you hit your head."
"She's fine. Geez, YOU'RE the Hokage shouldn't you know things like this" The Kyuubi said sat on the doorframe.
The Hokage's eyes widened and shouted "ANBU!"
The ANBU grabbed their swords and tried to behead the woman… but it just went right through her.
"What do you want… Kyuubi?"
"Easy I'm now Naru's mother… and girlfriend"
Naru blushed and looked away.
"As you can clearly see I only have a corporeal form, nothing can attack me and I can't attack anything" The Kyuubi stated.
"Fine! But no corrupting her, otherwise you can forget having that form at all. By the way, how did Naru break the seal?"
The Hokage had just the same reaction as Naru did, apart from muttering a few words.
"I'm too old for this [Foul Language]." And rubbed his temples.
"Maybe it's time you find a new successor then?" The Kyuubi suggested.
"I can put up with this for a few more years. So no." He replied.
The Kyuubi just shrugged.
"Well since it's me giving the apartment here's the best one I can give you, it's supposed to be for shinobi only. But I can make an exception" He said giving Naru the keys for the special apartment.
At the new apartment
The floors were nicely done, the room smelt fresh. A few rooms, clean bathroom, hot water heater, beds, a kitchen, even a utility room! Naru was pleased, no, ecstatic about her new home.
Quickly running into one of the bedrooms she threw off her shoes and jumped onto the master bed.
"I see you like it." Said a strange sounding voice, this belonged the Kyuubi who did sound demonic anymore.
"Kyuubi? You sound different." Naru stated
"Of course Naru-chan~! Don't want humans thinking I'm a demon~" The Kyuubi replied
That made a lot of sense to Naru, and it made Naru's life a whole lot easier too.
"Now more about this deal I made"
That got Naru's attention and she nodded.
"Okay. Let's just tell you about a certain little thing that has happened now that I'm out… you now have another persona. That persona is basically "Me", and once you access my darker powers then you'll be consumed by them temporarily and your two personas will merge. That is all." The Kyuubi explained
Naru just stared in shock, grabbed the Kyuubi's shoulders, shook her and said "And WHY didn't you tell me this before?"
The Kyuubi smiled and said "If I did say that, then you would probably have changed your mind and not let me out which would be better for both of us. As for one you needed a parent, two I wanted to get out and not cause harm and three… If I never got out you probably would have died at a later date as you couldn't access my and therefore your power. After all you're a Jinchuuriki, you're going to be hunted.
Naru processed that information and realised it all made sense. But not before asking "Why did you attack the village then?" The Kyuubi smiled and cryptically said "I didn't".
That left Naru confused, but decided to put it off until tomorrow. Her day had already been weird enough. This is the reason she fell asleep.
(A/N: And that's the first chapter, this was a nice chapter for me to write. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did ^^.
See you soon, Touma Yoshino)