DISCLAIMER: I forget about these things, I DO NOT OWN HARRY POTTER..wait that is for a different story..opss! I DO NOT OWN NARUTO (checks story again...yep it's Naruto) But I do own the girl and her history. So keep in mind that she is mine! I do wish I owned Naruto...do you realize how rich I would be? But sadly I am not the owner and if you couldn't tell that (your reading this aren't you? That is a big giveaway...) then just read the earlier disclaimer. ALSO THIS IS THE DISCLAIMER FOR THE WHOLE BLOODY FIC...bloody heehee love Harry Potter too much.
Summary: Naruto, after losing against Sasuke begs Tsunade to give him a sensei that will make him stronger. More than the Pervy Sage can. Will he like what he gets? What will be everyone's reactions when Naruto is soon reported dead? Will he become too strong? Let's not forget about love…COMPLETE
AUTHOR'S NOTE: So guys....how is it going? I have had this under my belt for almost a year I think, between that and half of a year. Does it matter which? Anyway I have had it for a LONG time, let's just leave it at that. I think I was reading some Naruto fanfic where someone said I HATE NARUTO STORIES THAT HAVE HIM WEAK. So this is my attempt to make him strong.
Another Note: OH MY GOODNESS! I just realized that this is the longest chapter (let alone story...I mean word wise) I have ever written. I have realized that readers love LONG chapters. So that is what I am trying to do. Right now this is over 21 pages (LONGEST EVER!) I beleive I may have gotten around 10...this chapter was supposed to be only 10 pages...but look where it has got me. So that is what I am trying to go for from now on...except some, they will be as long as they can be.
21 pages; 15,937 words; ENJOY!
A New Start
Chapter 1-A New Sensei
"Please Granny Tsunade, I need someone stronger then Pervy Sage to train me. I know and I feel that this is what needs to be done. I don't want my ass handed back to me next time, because I am weaker than him!" Naruto's glare hardened as he looked at his Hokage.
"I want to be stronger then Sasuke is, or at least evenly matched with him. I can't…no I won't let him slip through my fingers again." He breathed out; it was like his breath was a sigh, except his face didn't look annoyed or anything that went with a sigh. He was determined, she saw that. And when the gaki was determined no one could stop him, so who was she to stand in his way?
The only person she could think of that could handle his training, that was stronger the Jiariya, and could actually make him stronger was someone who had never really taught anyone anything. The only way she would find out if the person she was thinking of would train Naruto was to ask. And to be quite honest, she didn't want to do that. But the look on Naruto's face…she just had to do it. She wanted; he needed; need always won out in the end.
She nodded to Naruto, he started getting all hyper and everything and she had to slam her hand down on her desk. He looked at her funny, she glared at him. "This has to stop, if you want to be stronger you have be more serious. I do hope this person accepts. You will have your ass handed to you over and over Naruto." Tsunade warned the hyperactive blonde.
Said hyperactive blonde grimaced, but that was what a good sensei did. They taught and handed their pupils assess back to them. That was the price to pay for what he wanted, and God knew how much he wanted it. Finally, someone was going to actually teach him. He was going to become stronger.
Tsunade saw the fire in his eyes, and smiled. Maybe Naruto would be a good influence on his sensei…that is if they agreed. She sighed; she honestly didn't know how this was going to work. She called for Jiariya and told him what was going on; he knew immediately who Tsunade was going to call.
He sighed and turned to Naruto, "Boy, I honestly don't think this will work. You would actually have more of a chance to survive if you trained with me. If you compare us though, your new sensei has a better shot of teaching you then I do. They know far more about…the Kyuubi then I do. They can make you far stronger then I can. Tsunade call them, we can't let a second go to waste. We have no idea if we will get yelled out for this. Plus, there is the Akatsuki to worry about; maybe this is for the best."
Tsunade used her summoning jutsu, and summoned one of the small slugs.
"My name is Fluffy, what can I do for you mistress?" Fluffy said softy to the medical genius.
Tsunade nodded, acknowledging the slug. "I need you to find our old…teammate. Not Orochimaru, but the other one. The one who was in that terrible massacre years ago, find that person and tell them we need them here ASAP."
Fluffy nodded and disappeared. The Pervy Sage looked at the spot where it stood and thought, maybe we should have seen a frog…I mean a toad instead. Damn, this has gotten bad, damn the influence!
Fluffy soon returned and told them that their guest would be here soon, a few minutes tops. Then Fluffy disappeared again and left them in silence. Naruto was really wondering who this person would be. The old lady and the perv were being really secretive about who it was. They didn't even say if it was a boy or girl, or a name at all. This person just had to be the best; they had been an old teammate of theirs before. So that meant they had to be really strong!
Finally Naruto couldn't take the suspense and yelled in his normal but loud way, "I can't take this! Stop being so damn secretive! Tell me—" Naruto was cut off when someone appeared. The wait was over when said figure appeared in the middle of the office. The person had a black cloak on and was kind of short. This person had to be no more than four foot something, tops five foot.
The Pervy Sage smiled as did Granny when they saw the person. "How long has it been Katrina…I mean, damn what's your new name again?" the old man with long white hair sighed as he thought of what it was. To him she would always be Katrina, but now she had a new name, a new body, a new personality. Okay not a big difference, but still she was not the same as Katrina.
The cloaked figure threw back her hood and rolled her eyes. She had long blond hair; her blond hair was the almost the same shade as Naruto's, but just a bit darker. Her skin was as white as a ghost or so she joked about many times. It was really white though, you could tell she didn't really get much sunlight. You said something about it, she would get all huffy puffy and say she didn't like the sun.
The girl sighed, "My name is…" she trailed off, damn why couldn't she ever remember her name? "Okay, first was Kiki, or as it Kika? Anyway then it was Katrina…now what about this one? Damn I really have too many names." She looks to Granny who sighed and threw her hands up in the air in aspiration.
"You will never change will you? Your new name is Toki Akki." Granny looks at Naruto, whose face looks confused. The girl did the same; she looked at Naruto with her face full of curiosity.
She smirked, "If you have a question or something to say little boy; then say it! Always ask questions child, it is the only way you will get anywhere."
Naruto nodded, "Your name…Akki means Demon, am I right?"
The girl nodded, she knew where this was going. It was oblivious; he did have the Kyuubi inside of him after all. She had sensed her old friend as soon as she got into the room. He had to know sooner or later about her, but was this the time to go into all that? She didn't even know why she was called here. She couldn't…or should she say wouldn't, go into the old lady and the perverts mind and look around to see what was going on. They were old friends after all, she wouldn't disturb their privacy…unlike a certain perv in the room would.
"Then do you have a Demon inside of you as well?" Naruto asked the robed blonde. He was curious after all. It was always good to know other people who were holders of Demons just like him. Gaara was a great friend, and he was another holder of a Demon just like him. Jinchuuriki, that was what Naruto and Gaara were as well as seven other unlucky people. So if his new sensei was a holder as well…well he just had another friend didn't he?
The girl's eyes grew soft, something that the two adults in the room had rarely seen. "Technically, I don't have a Demon inside of me. Not the way you mean, I know this is confusing but I do have a Demon inside of me. Just not like you or Gaara, my Demon is…different, yeah that is a good word. But that is for later, if we meet again maybe I will tell you then."
She turned to her once comrades and traveling companions, "Frogy—"
"THEY ARE NOT FROGS! THEY ARE TOADS, HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO SAY IT?" the self proclaimed Super Perv yelled at her. He threw his hands up in the air and his eyes grew wide. It made the girl named Akki and Naruto laugh. Granny just hit him so he would calm down. God knew she didn't need another headache, and she felt one coming on. This was why she was addicted to sake. With those two as her teammates plus the Snake bastard…what did you expect? Why wouldn't those three drive her to drink?
Akki looked at him and glared—just a little—you could still see the small smile that graced her lips. "If I say they are frogies, and then they are frogies. I propose we ask them. Go ahead, frogy man summon one."
To Naruto, his new sensei seemed a little...childish. But maybe that was her way of getting her enemies to let their guard down, which was an awesome way to go about it too. He couldn't go into those thoughts any further because the Pervy Sage just summoned a frog…toad. See Naruto was started to call them frogs.
The girl looked at the frog/toad and closed her eyes a little, "Is that you, Gamakichi? I swear, little frogy you have grown! Getting stronger I see, I guess training is going well huh?" She giggled, and titled her head as she spoke to the little toad/frog.
"Yep, Princess, I have gotten stronger, nice of you to notice...is that the brat over there?" Everyone turned to Naruto, who just glared at the summoned creature.
"How dare you, you stupid little frog...toad. You just get here and bamm, you start mouthing off to people. That makes you so ungrateful! No snacks for you! Besides you need to go back where you belong, GO!" Naruto said with an hmph at the end. It just made the girl laugh. They just stared at her as she continued to laugh.
"You...haa, boy, you have guts...haaa haaa." She yawned and it interrupted her laughs. "Okay it nap time, let's get on with this. Pervy Frogy get on with this please." Akki laughed, and then yawned once more at the end. Naruto could only confirm this was a weird girl, but she was still cool. She got under baa-chan and the perv's skin so easily...he was going to have to learn from her.
He remembered that Gamakichi called her 'Princess', how was she a Princess? Was it what she said before about her not having a Demon inside of her, but she did at the same time? Was the Demon inside of her a princess or prince? He sighed, this was getting complicated. He was glad when the Pervy Sage distracted his thoughts; he knew he shouldn't dwell too much on it. When he dwelled on stuff his head started to hurt, always it didn't matter what he was thinking about...just like now.
"Gamakichi, Son of Gamabunta King of all Toads—" he got a glare from Akki and corrected himself, "Toads/frogs. Are you a toad or a frog? You know who says what so, let's slip that part."
The little frog and toad at the same time sighed, "I am a toad, but if the Princess says I am a frog then I am a frogy. Whatever the Princess says goes, so sorry Old Man."
Akki laughed, and clapped her hands, "See I told you, he is a frogy. Now Gamakichi I know you are tried so you can go. Next time I promise there will be snacks! So will you tell your dad and sis hi for me okay?"
Naruto was wondering, the little—now deemed frogy—had a sister? This was getting weird.
"Of course Princess, though for your sister, it may be a while. We don't see her too much, she is always busy and all." With that, the little frogy named Gamakichi disappeared. In a puff of smoke...like always.
Now Naruto had his answer, it was the girl's sister, but why was her sister with the toads...the frogies? This just confused him, hopefully she would explain everything to him and soon too. Thankfully, just like before his thoughts were interrupted. This time it was the girl and she did it with her voice.
"Okay, I know I wasn't summoned here to solve that old...argument. I thought I solved that long ago, oh well. What do you want old people?"
The Pervy Sage looked at her and sighed. The Granny though was boiling with rage, "Old? OLD? I know you realize that you are WAY older then we all!"
"Do I look old to you? I am just a little older then the boy here. Now can you please tell me what you woke me up for?" Akki yawned again. Naruto looked outside, it was dark out. So he sympathized with the girl, it was late and most people were asleep at this time. It had to be around midnight too.
Ero-Sennin rolled his eyes, "You don't know? You can't read our minds? Don't tell me you've been slacking off and lost some of your powers after all this time." The old man smirked at her.
That stopped Naruto right there, she could read minds? Now he was more interested in her. It was true that saying, 'you can't judge a book by its cover.' You really couldn't judge this one, if she was going to be his new sensei he was going to have to be prepared for a lot of surprises. Of course Naruto completely ignored the old part.
The girl looked at the old man and just closed her eyes for a few seconds before replying, "I don't read the minds of my friends, unless I am pissed. It called manners, and when I actually remember them I abide by them."
Granny Tsunade pushed the girl to her chair behind her desk. She could tell she was really tried, "When was the last time you slept, little one?" for some odd reason whenever she saw Akki, her motherly instincts popped up, just like with Naruto. They were like her children to her, well Akki was a friend, but when she looked like this she was a child.
"Um...I don't remember? Is that a good answer?" Akki answered sleepily, her eyes already fluttering back and forth between being opened and closed.
Granny shook her head, it wasn't and she knew it. "Fine, I will get to the point. Naruto just lost against his rival, Uchiha Sasuke—"
The girl shot up, and looked at Naruto. He had her full attention now. "So that was you at the Valley of the End eh? I should have known you are his son after all. Sasuke, is your rival huh?"
Naruto nodded, he wondered how she knew his biggest rival and his best friend. The girl looked into his eyes, "He has a pure heart, not many of those around here anymore. Really, just like his father, that is a little sad. It just means he gets hurt that much more. Sigh," she sat back down and turned the chair around to look outside.
She missed him at times, "Minato" she whispered, it was one of the few times she had actually said his name. How many times had he begged her not to call him four? Only Jiraiya and Tsunade heard, she shook off her gloom and guilt and looked back at Naruto.
"You have grown up so well, better than most had hoped. They will all get what is coming to them when they get to hell. Now, back to the topic at hand, Uchiha Sasuke, the last Uchiha left...not really. The little emo went to my Snaky didn't he?"
She saw the nods; Naruto sighed and said, "I don't get anything you are saying. Who is this Snaky? Sasuke went to Orochimaru..." Naruto trailed off, he got now, the old self proclaimed super pervert was called Frogy because he summoned them and Orochimaru summoned snakes, so he was called Snaky.
He mumbled, "Never mind, I got it."
Akki smiled, he was smart, and he wasn't a dobe...well some of the time. If only she would have him around her for a while, she would take that dobe-ness and destroy it. "I knew it...fire goes to fire, but he isn't Fire is he?"
"He uses the Chidori, it's a Lightning Jutsu. He tends to favour that more than Fire Jutsus." Naruto said, surprising everyone in the room. The girl smiled once again, he really was smart. When he wanted to be that is...just like her.
"Good Naruto, but bad for me. I guess...yes that was what I was planning on using in the first place. I knew this would happen. Now someone tell me, why the hell am I here!" Akki hotly said the last part. She was getting a little annoyed. For some odd reason she wanted to sleep. She wondered why now all of a sudden.
"Like I was trying to say before, Naruto here lost to Sasuke—"
"Barely, if only he could control that power inside of him better. And if only someone taught him that he doesn't need the Kyuubi's power, that he could have fought with his own, he would have won." she got a glare from the Pervy Man, and waved her hand at him dismissing the glare eh shot at her.
"He lost and now he doesn't want me to train him. He wants someone stronger, he wants you." Jiraiya finished.
Akki laughed and countered. "He doesn't even know me, so why would he want me?" the blonde girl asked as she looked at the Fifth Hokage for the answer.
"I picked you; I knew that you would be the perfect choice. You are stronger then the Perv, plus I knew you would treat him right." The Medic Princess said as she gave said Perv a hard glare. If glares could kill...then the world would have already lost a major pervert many times.
"I can't teach, let alone a little boy! Remember what happened with those orphans we found Frogy? I tried to help that one out he had that weird special eye started with an R a think. Oh Grandpa had it...he taught me how to use it but I never liked it so...I never used it. Now that kid is doing something—" she put her hand over her mouth, she was about to tell them what he was doing. She promised she wouldn't tell them that he was Pein, the Leader of the Akatsuki.
She lowered her head; they took the hint, and got off the subject. She didn't want to break her promise, that child had been through so much. The Perv would know soon enough and then fight him. That was a battle she didn't want to see happen. Just like when Sasuke finally fought against Itachi, she didn't want to see that either. She also didn't want to see Gaara die; she cared for both him and the racoon Demon inside of him. She really didn't want to see the takuni get taken. She also didn't want the perv to die, but who was she to stop fate?
She raised her head and took a breath, tears threatened to fall down, she opened her eyes and glared at the desk. If it was alive it would have tried to back away in freight from her. She wiped her eyes, and smiled at them.
"Sorry guys, I seemed to remember what battles will take place in the future and three deaths make me want to cry. Two I don't think I can stop, but the other I sure as hell will. Now let me get this straight, you want me to teach Naruto?" Akki asked one last time. She got her emotions back under control, she was the Queen of Masks, and she would get through this without any more mistakes or slips like that last one.
They all nodded, she nodded as well. "Okay, but on a few conditions. Is that okay?" TO say they were shocked would be an understatement. All they could do was nod. Again with the nodding, at least that little part was out of the way.
"Ok, condition one; everyone will think the little gaki is dead. Just listen, no protests, a few will know the truth. It will be just a rumor that is floating around. Jiraiya will come; you will have to act out a scene that will take place, which has to take place. Got condition number one?"
After she explained herself everyone was okay with it. That seemed a simple condition; they just had to wait for the more complex, the more...troublesome ones to come. Sure enough this was one of them, the second condition. They had to fear the ones that were yet to come.
"Condition two is how do I put this? I have seen what happens, and Naruto needs to be the way he was in what I have seen. How do I explain this? He is a cheerful, happy go lucky kid that nothing can get him down right? He needs to be that way after he comes back. So when the training gets done, and the three years are almost up...you have heard about that right?" Naruto nodded, yeah he heard, Snaky or Orochimaru was going to take over Sasuke's body in three years. They had done good, distracting the Sound Ninja—all five of them—because if they didn't Sasuke would have gotten absorbed or mind switched right when they got here. But since Snaky couldn't wait, he would have to wait.
"I want...well I amgoing to erase your memories of the training we did when I give you back to Jiraiya. Listen, no protesting...not yet, that is for during and after the training you hear? Now where was I? Oh yes, I will restore your memory after a certain battle with someone, and after someone close to me dies, two people actually. One before that battle you have, then during that battle someone close dies."
She closed her eyes and opened them again, blinking. Thinking of things that will take away her tears, thinking of what happened before, the betrayal. The death, of those that meant the most to her, then she become cold, hard, ice really, her heart hardened then. She established rules, the rules she was suppose to live her life by, but it seemed that was getting harder and harder to follow them. Taking on a student, would making Rule One and Rule Three break. She would start breaking Rule Three first, and then getting attached to him, getting attached created emotions.
This was just getting too complicated for her; she just had to nip this in the butt as soon as she could. She couldn't do that, she had to take this boy and train him. She looked at him, "Yes, it will be just for a little bit. A promise for you I have, not too soon after that—I take away your memories—I will awaken your power and your memories. You will save someone for me, and for you. Someone who means a lot to us both, I can't have Earth dead, I need him."
That one word—Earth—made the old Lady and the Perv fall down with sweat drops on their heads, and come back up yelling that word too. "EARTH?! You have an Earth? Since when did this happen?"
Akki sighed and waved her hand dismissing their comments again. "This isn't the time for that. I have to decide for more conditions. Hmm...what else...I know I am missing something."
She heard the Perv say something that made her fall out of the chair. He mumbled it, but she heard it. He said, "Wind, Air," he said those two words.
That was it that was what she was missing, she forgot that little thing! She balled her left hand into a fist and slammed hit her right hand with it. "Third condition, when this is over, you will have to make a choice. Become my Guardian of Air and Wind, or don't."
Naruto looked at her, "That was the simplest condition you had, what's the catch?"
Akki titled her head, "What do you mean catch? I don't see a catch. I have a Earth, Fire, Lightning—and when I get my hands on him he will wish he was never born—and if you agree a Air, Wind whatever you want to call it."
The Perv looked at Akki and voiced the question that was going through his head, "What about Water? Have you not found a Water Guardian?"
Akki thought about that one and let her breath out, "Yes, I had thought about it. I had planned on making Neji my water, but he doesn't fit Water. He is more hand to hand then wielding Water Jutsu, I should have had Haku do it, but sadly he is dead. I could bring him back with the Forbidden Jutsu that Orochimaru invented, but Grandpa always told me never to do that, so I won't. Though if I look there I can find out when he is being born...but I don't have time for that."
Naruto started thinking, he honestly didn't know anyone—besides Haku—that knew Water Jutsu, there was that Demon of the Mist what his face, but he was dead too, he died with Haku: Zabuza. That was his name, how come he forget it?
"There is always Kisame, but I don't really like him. He looks like a freaking shark...I don't really like sharks. I guess I will just not have one, it is that simple. I had always planned on four, so why should I get five? I can always use one of them...but don't want to." Akki said firmly. Her voice had that final note in it and the subject was dropped.
"Okay I can only think of those three conditions and since you have agreed to them I guess we are in business. I do have to warn you Naruto. I don't use hand signs, I am telepathic and can use the mind to its full potential, and in other words I can fully control it. I know you can summon, Frogies only it seems. I can summon any creature that I want. Well those that you can summon that is, and those that you can't."
She smiled, oh no, Naruto would soon learn to fear that smile. It meant she just thought of something. "I will make you a deal Naruto. Finish training and I will summon someone for you. Someone only I can summon, and if you impress me during our time together I will teach you how to summon that one."
Naruto looked at her, his mind still on the handseals, "How do you do Jutsu's then?"
She titled her head and thought about that, "I don't usually use Justus. I really one use my speed and strength like Tsunade over there."
"Liar, you use the elements more than that." Tsunade muttered and she gave the girl a glare. It wasn't a hard cold one that most expected from her, it was soft. You could tell the old bat cared for the girl.
Akki sighed, "Okay, okay you got me. I use the elements, I don't really use the hand signs, but I do, sometimes I do some Jutsu that require it. Like if I am really, really pissed I will put a Rasengan in one hand and a Chidori in the other hand, other than that I just use the elements to my advantage. I can use them freely, and they follow my command. There are Earth, Fire, Water and Air, and I rarely use Lightning."
Akki tried to think of anything else that she wanted to say. "Also, we may go places, like to the other world. The Demon world, ever thought of where the Kyuubi, the Frogs, Snakes, Slugs, Dogs people you summon come from?"
Naruto nodded, he always had wondered. So many ideas and things entered in his head. Lots of questions were thought up as well. Maybe if he was lucky she would take them there like she had said.
"We will go there as part of your training, maybe I could hook you up with a summoning contract or two. Depends on if you can impress them, little Naruto. I will train you with all elements, but mainly with Wind. You will also learn how to be telepathic, first a Jutsu, then once you grasp it really good, that you won't need to say the name no more."
Naruto smiled, this was what he wanted, and he finally wanted someone to teach him something. To really teach him, not just put him aside for some other person. "What about with the Kyuubi? Will you help with that? Ero-Sennin said you could help with that better than anyone."
She smirked, "I can. The Kyuubi and I go way back. We grew up together, always my favourite Demon he was, well him and Shukaku. They are just so much fun!"
She got up from the desk and went over to Naruto. She pulled the hood back on, and held out her hand, "Are you coming Naruto?"
Before Naruto gave his hand to her, Tsunade yelled, "WAIT!"
Akki took back her hand and gave the older blonde a questioning look. "What is it? I forgot something didn't I?"
Tsunade nodded as she shook her head at the clueless blonde in front of her. "Who will we tell that Naruto is alive and not dead as the rumors say?"
Akki thought for a moment as she tilted her head to the side and lifted a finger to her lips. "The Konoha twelve obviously, though they aren't all there are they? They need to know, for when Naruto gets back he will be paired up with them for the missions that are coming. Iruka too, he is like a father to Naruto, and that stupid silver haired Scarecrow...Kakashi to you Naruto. When I was Katrina I called him Scarecrow. It was funny, oh so many memories. Anyway, other than that no one...wait there is someone else. Gaara, I honestly don't know what he would do if he found out his first and only friend is dead, not to mention he is a true friend, going both ways. Gaara and the Sand Siblings need to know. We don't want Gaara coming here and trying to destroy the Village because he thinks that you guys killed him. I believe that is all."
With that she turned back to Naruto, who this time took her hand without a second thought. They teleported away from Konoha—the Village Hidden in the Leaves—to a Village that had not been used for years, not since the whole Village had been wiped out years ago. It had been her Village. But since it had been a long time since she had been there she was a little off. They had to walk the rest of the way.
She looked at Naruto; she didn't smile or show any emotion. Just like a certain raven Naruto knew. "Do you know what happened to Sasuke's Clan?"
Naruto shook his head, "Just bits and pieces really. I know Sasuke wants revenge on his brother and that he doesn't have a family anymore."
Akki nodded at the sun kissed blonde, he had a little right. "His brother killed his entire Clan, wait...don't say anything. I will tell you the truth of what happened. You little Naruto, are going to be smart and will know a lot of stuff by the time I get done with you, alright?"
She watched Naruto nod at her, and she nodded as well. Then she became to tell the story. "Know this about Itachi," she sighed, "destroyed himself when he did that. He is one of the gentlest Ninja that I know. So sweet and kind, but one thing missed up everyone's plans that night. He loved his brother too damn much. He couldn't find it in his heart to kill him. It wasn't because he wanted an opponent, ok that was a little bit of it, he needed someone to kill him, to avenge his Clan. He was an ANBU at the time; he got a mission from the Village Elders and the Hokage as well as Danzo that told him he had to stop the rebellion of the Uchihas. He had become a spy, both sides wanted a spy and only one got their wish."
Akki didn't look at Naruto; mostly she just looked at the ground. "It goes back a long time ago, before the Village was founded, but that is for history class. You are so damn lucky to have a teacher who not only knows what she is teaching about, but was actually there too! Anyway, he didn't want to betray his Clan, but he didn't want bloodshed either. He had seen enough already. He was torn between his Village and his Clan. He met someone—who should have been dead, but hey so am I—anyway that person gave him the power to destroy his Clan."
Naruto gasped, "It was Orochimaru wasn't it?" He growled had snapped his teeth like the Fox inside of him. Akki turned to him and gave him an Uchiha glare. He swallowed hard.
"Orochimaru isn't as bad as everyone thinks he is." Naruto cut her off when he replied, "Oh his just misunderstood. Is that it?" Naruto demanded hotly.
She gave him another Uchiha glare, and had Naruto wondering where she learned that. "No, the one who helped Itachi was the one who made the Kyuubi attack your Village. It wasn't Orochimaru, he can't control the Kyuubi. Now can I get back to telling you about what happened? And next time Naruto, think before you speak. Know the facts; you don't want to start yelling about stuff you don't know anything about." Akki scolded him lightly, not too hard. He didn't know, and she couldn't blame him. After everything that had happened between him and her Snake, attacking him, trying to kill him, and stealing Sasuke away. No she didn't blame him for his opinion.
"Please continue, I am sorry sensei." Naruto lowered his head as he murmured those words. She smiled and titled his head back up, making him look at her. She told him it was okay.
"He then killed everyone but Sasuke. He left Sasuke alive because...he couldn't kill his brother, he loved him too much. Sasuke won't know this till it is too late." She paused for a moment as she thought about something. "Naruto will you help me?" Akki asked her new student.
Naruto absorbed the information she gave him, he smiled at her. He could tell that Itachi meant something to her, so who was he to say no to her? He knew he would soon learn everything about his teacher, and for that he just couldn't wait. She was so interesting.
Akki was finally happy for some reason, she just couldn't place it. And here she was a Master of emotions, of masks, and she just couldn't place this emotion. What was it? Why was she so happy, and why did she agree to train Naruto? He was the boy who had the Nine-Tailed Fox, the Kyuubi sealed inside of him. Why did she agree to train some kid who had a Demon inside of him? What had come over her? Why this boy? Was it mainly because he had Kyuubi inside of him? She sighed inwardly and cleared her head, there really was no point in thinking about it now, and she would worry about it later.
Akki looked at the Gates of the Village she hadn't returned to since she was seven or was it eight years old? She was older then Sasuke and Naruto, yet she wasn't older, but younger then Neji. Since Neji was born in July...he was older then her. For Akki was born in October—just like Naruto!
She looked once more at the Gates...so many memories came rushing back to her. She closed her eyes and fought them off, she didn't need to remember them, and this wasn't the time. She took a deep breath and turned to Naruto.
"Naruto, it is time I told you my past, about who I am. Because while we train my past will become a major part, are you ready? It's a sad past...like all pasts war, death, sorrow and everything else you can think of is thrown in there. What do you say? You still want to hear? Naruto, it is your decision."
Naruto, had to be honest, he wanted to know all about her. If this girl...who was his age how could she was stronger then the Pervy Sage? And then to add to the mystery, she travelled with them and knew them when they were younger? He just had to know. Naruto nodded at his new sensei. Something drew him to her, something inside of him wanted to know everything about her. So he had to wait patiently for her to start. He didn't care about analysing what was inside of him that wanted him to know all about her.
"My grandfather was the Rikudou-Sennin. The Sage of the Six Paths, he was the founder of Ninjustu. He had two siblings, one was a girl, she was the one who created Genjutsu, and his brother created Taijutsu. Those three was the Founders of the Ninja World. Every Kekkai Genkai they had, even Grandmother was an accomplished Ninja, and she was part of their family was well, though the other sides of the family didn't have as much as they did.
"My grandmother had...I honestly don't know how many kids. I never found out. After my mother—the youngest—was born the Village that we lived in kidnapped them. They trained my mother, they would even let my grandfather train her, her aunt and uncle too, but they had something over their heads. I never found out what it was, but they never went and got mother back because of it. Soon, when my mom was in her twenties, she was of age where she could bear great children and she was more powerful than anyone—except her father and his siblings. But she was the combined part of them; she had taken all of what they had taught her and was it. She was the three of them mixed together, but not as powerful."
Akki scratched her head while she paused. "They tried to pair her up with many men, but she turned them all down. None of them were her equal, so why would she want them? Finally they threatened grandmother's life and she chose one. I can't remember who it was, I never liked him. I can only give you three possibilities of who he might have been He was either: an Uchiha, a Hyuga, or someone who had the Rinnegan. The Rinnegan is the most powerful of the three eye Kekkai Genkai. You know the others; I don't really want to explain them.
"My sister was born later; we have the same age difference basically as Itachi and Sasuke. Five or six years, I don't know and neither do I really care. Age doesn't matter to me—never has. After those years my mother had been trying to make a summoning. She wanted someone strong, to save her from the life she had. And boy did she do just that; she got what she wanted and more, bet you can't guess who she summoned?"
Naruto couldn't think of anyone, except..."It wasn't the Kyuubi was it? I know it can't be Gamabunta, or that boss Snake, or the boss Slug Baa-chan summons."
Akki laughed, "No, I don't think she could control the Kyuubi...it wouldn't want to listen to her. She summoned the King of all Demons and Summon Creatures. Father never told me what his name was, and neither would anyone else. Yes, Naruto he was my father."
Akki smiled at the look on Naruto's face. He got it now, which was how she was still here, she had Demon Blood in her, and she was part Demon. Now he understood everything, how she had a Demon inside of her, but not like Naruto or Gaara had. He asked her to continue.
"Soon after my mother met daddy my sister's dad died. No one knew how that happened, or who did it, but hey my mother was a woman everyone wanted to possess. So if he was killed, hey who cared? She just got possessed by someone else. She was just someone who could breed. They knew as soon as I was born that I was going to surpass everyone. They made me spend most of the time with my grandfather and his siblings. By the time I was a mere two I was killing people. I talked to father often, I mean grandfather loved him. By the age of five—under the training of grandfather's siblings and him, and father I could defeat them all."
She gave him a smirk, it reminded Naruto of all the smirks Sasuke had give him. He half expected the hole in his heart—that Sasuke ripped open—would try to swallow him again. But it didn't, he knew somehow it had to do with his new sensei. Lucky for him she didn't notice what was going on with her new student. She just continued with the story.
"They needed me strong so I could protect everyone. They put everything they had, everything they knew and were into me. My grandfather, I never knew what happened to him. After mother and grandmother died, I lost sight of him. The Village killed them, they didn't need them anymore, and they had me and sister. So what use where they? They had forgotten that, through them they controlled us, without them they no longer had that control." Akki gave a bitter laugh. Naruto noticed her eyes were unfocused as if she were lost in her own memories.
"It all started with my tutor, he taught me how to read, write etc, that stuff. He had fallen in love with me, but like I told him over and over again he didn't love me, but my sister. He didn't believe me, and killed my fiancé. I remember now, sis's dad was the only one who held the Rinnegan. Since I was the strongest—between me and sister—I had first choice of my fiancé. It could either be a Hyuga or an Uchiha. For some reason, they were obsessed with eye Kekkai Genkai. Of course history likes to repeat itself. I played often with the Uchihas. One of my age and the other was my sisters. Just like now." She gave a light chuckle this time.
"The Hyuga...yes I played with him, but I didn't love any of them. I thought I loved someone, but it turned out to be a bust."
Naruto, for some reason was interested in that, and he asked as much. "What do you mean a bust?"
She laughed as she sat down on the ground; she had been talking for a while and was getting tired. They still hadn't gone inside the Village. He had to know what happened first.
"I...don't remember much. I blocked it out, and I don't think I want to remember. My sister choose first instead of me since I refused to pick one, she picked the Uchiha and that left me with the Hyuga—even though the other Uchiha wanted me it didn't matter. They tried to get one with each family you know, diversity all around baby. Anyway, my tutor killed the Hyuga, and was going after the Uchiha that wanted me. But I got to him first. I faked the Uchihas death, and ran. My sister I think married him—the tutor—the Village decreed that. But she never had any kids with him as far as I knew. She didn't even have any with the man she was having an affair with either. It was the Uchiha. But she did have kids, that I am sure of it. I just don't know with whom. The Village figured that marrying her to the tutor would placate him and make him stop killing heirs. They also knew my sister; if my sister wanted something she would have it. So if she wanted that damn Uchiha then she would have him. They were hopeful that kids would come of it, but it didn't. Instead they got kids from her from another guy...if I am right it was either that bone dude or Haku's ancestor." She rolled her eyes, to show she didn't give a rat's ass about it.
"I was sixteen I think, when I summoned my father to help me. The tutor it seemed had really gotten mad that I had taken away his revenge and he didn't have me, so that just made him madder. He got the whole Village against me. I summoned my father because I needed his help. He of course scolded me for not being able to take them myself and then he killed them all. Then he asked why he couldn't sense mother, I told him. It seemed when I told him I accepted that she was died, that they killed her and it caused both of us to snap. We ended up destroying anyone who was part of that Village. I snapped out of it because my sister did something to me—and no, I don't remember what she did Naruto." Akki answered his question before he could ask.
"During that whole me and my father were on the rampage, no summons were able to happen—his fault. Finally, when I had come to my senses...I summoned them. They helped me calm him down. They took him back to his world, and I was left in this one, with the promise that I would someday live in his." She stopped and looked at Naruto thoughtfully.
"You want to know when that is, don't you? " The little blonde nodded at her. "I have no idea. After everyone is dead, I guess.. Sasuke, Itachi, you, and everyone I care for during this generation." She let down her guard for just a second, and Naruto saw it. She looked so sad and lonely, all he wanted ot do was grab her and hold her tight. But he couldn't do that, he knew it. Before he could say something her guard and mask were back up and she went on.
"I think I slept for a while, a few centuries at least...I think. All I remember was I awakened before Konoha was founded. It was during that Great Ninja War. I ended up playing around with the Uchihas and the First Hokage's Clan. What happened next is hard to explain Naruto so bear with me. The leader of the Uchiha's was Madara and his brother. To defeat the First Hokage's Clan Madara killed him brother and took his eyes. His brother told him to do it; I mean they were fixing to go to war. So wouldn't they need to strongest among them to be even stronger?"
Naruto froze and gaped at her while Akki just laughed, "Yes, Naruto that is what happens with the Uchihas. They get the final level of their Sharingan by killing their best friend, or someone close to them dies. Both Madara and his brother had awakened their Mangekyou Sharingan. So has Itachi, but that is a different story. His brother—Madara's—sacrificed his life so that their Clan could survive. For there was to be a final battle against the First Hokage's Clan and the Uchiha Clan."
Naruto heard Akki muttered something, he knew was a curse but didn't quite hear it.
"But the Uchiha Clan—as a whole—and the other Clan decided on a truce. Then they created Konoha, the Village Hidden in the Leaves. I of course was along to play, it was fun and entertaining. But Madara didn't like what happened; he thought that it was unfair that the First Hokage's Clan got to be the leaders. In the end he left the Village…do you remember that place you just fought Sasuke?"
Naruto nodded, he remembered. "Those statues you saw were those two. The Uchiha and the First Hokage, it is called the Valley at the End...I think I am not so sure what things are called," she sighed it wasn't her fault, she just never cared before. "Anyway I watched them fight, so fun too! After that someone started spreading rumors about what happened long ago, you know when I said I snapped and went around killing lots of people?"
Naruto nodded, he remembered her father had helped her too. "I think it was that was the tutor's descendent. He must have found some old diary scrolls or something." Akki accused, she just knew that was what happened. And if she ever got her hands on him…she would make hell look like a vacation resort.
"Then everyone went after me, but the main ones were the First and Second Hokage: my friends or so I thought. I lasted gosh, I don't know a year or so; it was the whole world after me. Soon, the First and Second Hokage cornered me; they gave me up to some monks or something that started sealing my soul away in scrolls. Seven in all, since of course seven is a magic number, anyway they were all sent to a different Village." Akki's voice shook with uncontrolled emotions. After a few seconds she calmed down enough to talk neutrally.
"The Villages were Leaf, Sand, Rock, Mist, Lightning and…Time. That is this Village we are in front of is called. One of my mother's siblings—that actual lived, most of them died, they were hunted—started this Village. Her husband was…I don't know. All I know is that my father—this body's—was a Demon I think, how else could I be in it? And for some reason I have to have Demon Blood inside of me or I won't be compatible with my body." She revealed to him, not knowing why she did. Neither did he for that matter, but hey he was Naruto, he had an excuse.
"Anyway, when the First and Second Hokage were gone the Third Hokage—the old man—had three students yes—"
Naruto interrupted her, "You forgot something, you only mentioned six Villages; you said they spilt your soul into seven?"
Akki laughed at herself, "Oh course, the seventh part is this that you see. I was about to tell you to. Good eye though…I mean you listened great. The seventh part of my soul went to my soon to be grandfather—yes the Third Hokage—my soul part created a body and she became Katrina. I trained and followed around the three Sannin. They became Earth--Tsunade, Fire--Orochimaru—that didn't even make sense, but he liked playing with fire, what can I say?—and Water--Jiraiya—this didn't even make sense either, but a little more since Frogies live in water. But they chose those elements themselves, Jiraiya wanted to be Wind/Air, which was his element already. I…just couldn't give it to him."
"Why?" Naruto asked.
Akki paused, should she tell him why? Should she fully confide in him? She was already telling him more then she had ever told anyone else…she would tell him she decided. Just not everything…yet, he wasn't ready to hear the truth. "Because Katrina fell in love with the one who was suppose to be Wind. She helped teach Jiariya's students, along with his students' students."
She let it sink in before he got it. It only took a few seconds before he turned his whole body to her. His eyes showed he was serious as he told her his suspicions. "Katrina was in love with the Fourth Hokage wasn't she?"
Akki smiled again, he was sharp. He wasn't the stupid idiot that most people thought he was, just give him a chance and he would surprise you. She laughed inside; she knew he would be surprising her a lot. She fully took Naruto in; he reminded her more and more of his father every second. Was it a coincidence that she was now teaching his son? And now that she was getting this strange feeling from him, it couldn't be a coincidence.
"Yes, Minato Namikaze, the Fourth Hokage. I never called him his name, he got so mad sometimes, I always called him four. After he was named the Fourth Hokage he finally realized why. At one time he loved Katrina, but then he feel in love with another woman. Though I am going to be perfectly honest, I saw him before the Kyuubi attacked. He still cared for Katrina, I don't know if he still loved her, but some of the emotions were still there. The woman he loved was so pretty, she had that spark of life that you rarely saw in anyone."
Naruto interrupted again to ask another question, "Who?"
Akki looked Naruto in the eyes. They were caught in the other's eyes before she broke contact for a minute or two before she said with a straight face as her eyes were looking into his again. She whispered, "Kushina…Uzumaki."
Naruto's eyes grew huge; he was the Fourth's son? That explained a lot and didn't at the same time. Why had no one told him? The Pervy Sage was his teacher…a little, but still why shouldn't he have told him?
Akki sighed, "This is why I don't like telling people secrets they don't get it." She hit Naruto on the forehead, just a little flick. And they memory was gone. Naruto looked at her again and asked the same question he did moments ago, "Who was she?"
Akki sighed, "It isn't my place to tell you, sorry. Anyway I had left for a while…so I guess that some saw that as giving up. Anyway I came back the day before he died and I wanted to tell him everything. But my bastard of a grandfather didn't like how close we were especially now that he had a wife and a kid on the way. He told him all about me, I got so mad. I already hated him, mostly for what he did to my grandmother." Akki stopped when she saw the look on the sun kissed blonde's face. She had only seen that look on his father's face a few times. It was like he was shocked, but didn't believe her at the same time.
She sighed, it wasn't going to be the last time she did so. She had to tell him what happened. "Yes, Naruto by that time this body was already born. My mother was an only child, and soon after she was born grandmother got sick. I don't know exact days and years, but the main point is that as soon as my grandmother died, the old man quit coming to the Village and got another wife. You know Asuma right? That is the Third's son. My half uncle you could say. Anyway, Mother won't…no she wouldn't talk to him after that. She took over the Village at such a young age—I don't know how old—and hadn't talk to grandfather since." Akki snorted, "Who would?"
Akki watched Naruto have a battle inside of his head. Was he really to believe that the Third Hokage, that kind old man was the bastard his new sensei described him as? He decided to hear the rest of her story before making a opinion about all of this.
"Anyway, back to where we were. He told him everything, Minato didn't care. It explained a lot, why I kept everyone at a distance, it explained everything to him. Even to the point where he was about to die he still cared for Katrina. The fool, if anyone could have seen him in his final moments, they would say that he still loved her. They way he looked at her, how he trusted her." Akki had a look of disgust on her face, but it was mixed with confusion.
Naruto could see that she was disgusted that the Fourth Hokage would trust someone who had lied to him all of those years, plus he was married to someone. It didn't matter if he was about to die. But she was confused because of the very fact he still loved her and trusted her.
"So moving on, back to the part where Katrina met the Nine-Tails—Kyuubi—right before he attacked the Village we had a chat. I told him he shouldn't do it, but he still did it. I gave him a warning, and then the battle started. Right before though I jumped on its head. I then talked to Gamabunta. Asked him if this was really wanted to do and he replied, 'Yes, this is what I want to do Princess,' with that said how could I ask him to stop? That just confused the Fourth, even more when the Fox said the same thing. He finally remembered who I was. How when we was little we played together. Foxxie, me, and Shukaku—yes that is the Demon inside of Gaara."
Akki took another breath and went on, "I watched the battle, and then when I felt something, my sister was right next to me and told me the child was born. We ran away from the battle. It seemed you had been born. She was talking about you. I touched you, and I sensed so much, I saw so much. I knew I would be seeing you later. My sister then made her way to the battle field with me—my new body—and I had yours. I gave you to the Fourth and then went into mine. She then took me home."
Naruto gasped, so she had known him since he was a baby. That was weird…and on top of that she had carried him! He looked at her and then looked at the Gates of the Village. "What about this? What happened here?" Naruto's voice filled with curiosity asked.
Akki looked down at the ground. "Soon after I fully entered the body I was trained, I of course know all of the stuff from Katrina and from Kika; I kept my memories—both times. But the thing is this body doesn't, I had to train it. Soon the visions became too much for my young mind and for at least a year—I was either three or four at the time—I had actually planned a great suicide trap for myself. I had planned quite a few, but something would always happen and it didn't work. Sis would always find me afterwards and carry me home, never telling mother what I had just tried to do. My sister understood, she wasn't going to help me, but she knew why I was doing it. She wasn't going to stop me." Akki dung her boot into the ground as she continued to explain her past.
"My visions…the ones that I would get… Naruto you have to understand, I did say I could fully control my mind, but when I was little as soon as I went to sleep they came. I saw the past, the present, and the future. I saw death, I saw myself killing so many people, I saw people that I seemed to care for dying and murdered before my eyes. I couldn't stand seeing all of that, every night. I soon became like Gaara and couldn't sleep. I did sometimes, I of course got more sleep then he did." Akki's voice held pity as she talked about Gaara.
"Now about that Great Suicide trap I was talking about. The trap had ropes all through the trees I was near. There were spikes at the body of the ground, I had kunai, swords, you name it I had that kind of weapon ready to kill me. As soon as I fell down the weapons would be triggered. I jumped; I threw myself down toward the ground hoping this time I would die. But it seemed that the elements didn't want me to die. They protected me, and when I hit the ground the spikes disappeared, the Earth caught me. I didn't go away unscratched though, some of the kunai and other weapons hit me. I also hit the ground from pretty high up; the wind was knocked out of me." Akki chuckled a little as she remembered the fall.
"Sasuke found me like a minutes later, I was unconscious and all. He ran for Itachi, who came back and picked me up and took me to his house. His parents didn't know who I was, and before I woke up they told him to take me to the hospital. He knew he couldn't take me there. He asked them; 'don't you feel the charka coming out of her'? He knew I was powerful. I soon awoke, and his parents were right there seconds after he said that.
"I jumped out of his arms, and ran. They couldn't even catch me. They wouldn't have if I didn't faint again. He brought me back in their house and then looked at his father, he said to him, 'See? She was so fast; I know you didn't see her, because I barely could. And she is so young too; she has to be the same age as Sasuke.'
"I awoke several hours later and was scared. I was four or five and I didn't even know where I was. Wouldn't you be afraid? Itachi was there though, him and Sasuke. They introduced themselves, and asked who I was. I didn't answer, my sister did. She walked in the room and sat down on the bed beside me. They didn't even feel her presence when she walked, so they were shocked at first. She told them who I was: The daughter of the Kage of the Village Hidden in time: Toki Akki. Toki for the name of our Village, only those who were in line for the Kage title could be called Toki; it was basically my whole family. See Naruto, the Village was ruled by one family. Kind of like…Kings and Queens and that stuff, though we were all ninja. You defy us and we kill you ourselves, muhhhaaaa, not really." Akki tried to joke, but it didn't come out that way. She giggled, before she caught herself.
"Let me explain, my family had every Kekkai Genkai that existed, though not everyone had all of them. I told you before didn't I? We are the decedents of my grandfather's children. I am the only one—today that is—who has them all and here I am never using them. My sister has most of them. My mother had a good few of them. We are all stronger then everyone in our Village. See another name for our Village is the Ancient Village, for we have…had so many Jutsu…any kind of art that existed it lived in our Village. We had—till everyone was killed—ancient jutsu that were lost centuries ago. But now they are dead…so they are lost. Unless…I know for a fact that some weren't there that night. And they won't ever be back." Akki recalled as she remembered someone she had just seen not even two weeks ago.
She refocused back on what she was telling Naruto before, forgetting about what she was just thinking about. "Only the strongest could live there, even though we didn't have many ninja at all. I think less than or maybe the same number of the ones in your Village. See Naruto, we only had ninjas in our Village. We probably had half your whole Village's population, yet all of them were ninjas, so maybe we had more." The ancient blonde looked thoughtful, not for the first time that night. She sighed after she saw the impatient look on Naruto's face.
"Anyway, back to the Uchihas. She told them exactly what I was doing: trying to kill myself. I buried the covers around me, as she explained that I saw things. On a side note, there are actual Demons out there that can see the future, though there are three total. One can see the past, another can see the present, and the last can see the future. It seemed my Demon father had all three in his family tree. He himself could only see the past and the present. Why he didn't see my mother…I know, he didn't want to, see that is the source of our sight, what we want. Of course, I never wanted to see anything, but matter most of the time." Akki muttered the last part. Naruto could have sworn her voice sounded annoyed. It amused him…well that was what he thought about her being annoyed; it was either that or something else. For some reason he didn't want to know what the other emotion was. It kind of scared him.
"Anyway back on topic, after that I came over and played a lot! So did my sister. We had fun, well that was until Sasuke's parent's found out who I was. Then they demanded a marriage between us. My mother honestly didn't care; she told them whatever they want. They just wanted me, but when they heard my mother tell them they, his parents had thought that it meant both me and my sister. They never thought that my mother meant their kids and me. So they went to me and asked me, a few months before they all died, who did I want to marry. The son left over got to marry my sister, my sister wanted Itachi, but it was my choice. I asked them to let me decided. I would pick one of them after Sasuke graduated and became a Chunin. They agreed, the fools.
"But I will tell you this, I knew from the moment I could really tell those dreams were real, what Itachi was going to do. I didn't say anything when he was assigned and accepted to be the spy. I didn't even say anything when he started talking to Madara. I did say something when he killed his best friend. I asked him was this really what he wanted to do? My sister was with me, she didn't think it was right either. Even though we both had spied on the Uchiha's in our Village, they were around Itachi's level of power then. They were going to help, I told him over and over not to do it. I gave him different ways to do it; I could erase all of their memories. He shook his head to all of my ideas. I got so mad the night before and screamed at him. I told the bastard I would do it. You should have seen his face." Akki chuckled darkly. The look on her face was priceless. Naruto knew—and he had only knew for a few hours—that she would have killed them all without a second thought.
"He was so shock that I would do that for him, he knew I could kill them all. And would love it too, he knew that I was mad at the Uchihas, for what they were going to do and were doing to him. I wanted to kill them. I also told him everything, my past—both pasts—so he knew I had dealt with Uchihas before. He told me no, and told me if I wanted to help, I should keep Sasuke away while he did it." Akki cleared her throat when she saw the look on Naruto's face.
"What?" Akki asked him. She tilted her head to the right to observe him more. Was he really shocked that she was ready to kill an entire clan for just one person?
"Did you love Itachi that much? To destroy his entire clan just so he wouldn't break?" Naruto asked his tone calm but light. It was as if he didn't trust himself to say anymore. That confused the older darker blonde. Why would Naruto care?
It didn't matter, she answered his questions. "How do I put this…my sister loved him. To me he was like the big brother I will never have. Think back to Sasuke, what would you have done for him—before he tried to leave the Village?" Akki countered. The tone of her voice wasn't exactly accusing him, but it was close.
Naruto closed his eyes for a moment, his face looking as if he was thinking over his answer carefully. But he knew that he wasn't. He already knew the answer; he just didn't want to give it. The short haired blonde knew he would have done anything for the duck butt haired teen.
Naruto let out a sigh, "Anything, I would have done anything for my best friend. I thought of him as my brother as well. But…now…" he trailed off. The pain on his face showed what the agony raging inside of the once cheerful happy blonde.
As much as Akki hated optimists—and Naruto used to be one—and loved to see them see the world for what it really was…she didn't want to see Naruto this way. It hurt…why did this little boy touch her in a way no one had ever? His pain was her pain; she let out a forced breath. It was so loud that it brought the younger teen out of his musings and look at her now.
Akki didn't know what to say. What was she supposed to say? Oh Naruto I feel the same way. I have been betrayed just like you have. No, she wouldn't say that. "I know," Akki started, real smooth girl. That's the way to go, Akki thought. "I'm not going to tell you that I know how it feels, not because I don't—because I do—but because it would be useless to say that. What would it accomplish? We both are fucked up? We both know what real pain is? No, it wouldn't help. I will tell you this," she looked into the bluest eyes she had ever seen before and told him the truth. "Once I get done with you, this will seem like paper cut. It won't matter anymore. Pain will always kill its victims; there is no doubt about it. I will show you, teach you to beat pain. You will be so much better then Sasuke, because that fool can't beat pain, but you the one he calls dobe will." She gave him a small smile, "That I promise. Now let's get back to my story…where was I?" Akki hummed the last part for no reason at all.
"Oh yeah, I promised Itachi would help him. I did what he asked of me. I ending up convincing Sasuke that we should train that day after he got back from the Academy, and he agreed. When I knew it was over I let him go back, he saw Itachi behind his parent's bodies, and Sasuke's older brother had killed them. I ran back to my Village, not really shocked to see the whole Village died."
Naruto had to ask, "Did your sister tell you what she was doing? That she was going to kill the whole Village?"
Akki shook her head, "I only knew she was going to kill the Uchiha's who were going to help the ones in your Village. It seemed that she had been caught. Mother caught her, she had people with her at the time and they had run off telling people as my sister was talking to Mother. Sister couldn't take it anymore and screamed at my Mother. Accusing her of knowing all about the Uchiha thing and not doing shit about it, Mother knew how we—her daughters—felt about what was going on, yet she didn't do anything. Talk about a mother who cared about her children." Akki declared sarcastically.
"Soon they whole Village had come, and in less than an hour my sister had killed them all. For everyone knew that I was the only one in the Village who had the power to stop her, what they didn't know was that I would never stop her. I came into the Village, she wasn't finished yet, she had a least a few Clans left to kill and I just stood there watching, they begged me to stop her. I just laughed at them, and told them they were stupid. They would have lived if they hadn't been there in the first place. I almost couldn't control myself; you remember I was part Demon right?" Akki inquired of her new student.
Naruto again nodded, wondering what they had to do with controlling herself.
"Everything, "Akki replied to his thoughts. "The Demon part of me wanted to help with the slaughter, it looked like it was so much fun. My sister tried her best to hurry, she had a Demon inside of her as well—not as much as I do, remember I am the daughter of the King of Demons…my soul was—she just had a little bit of Demon inside of her. She had more of mother inside of her, then our Demon father. After what happened with our Village, we ran to where Sasuke and Itachi were. We made it in time to see poor Itachi cry. I told sister to go take Sasuke to the hospital, I was going somewhere with Itachi." Akki was again lost in her memories. Naruto watched as her hands tightened into a fist.
"We went straight to the Elders, and the Third Hokage and that guy whose name begins with a D…I can never remember it. Anyway I stood by his side while he threatened them, saying that if they harm Sasuke then he would tell the whole world what they did. They knew he was serious, and I made my own threat as well. If they ever, did something like this again I told them I was going to kill them all before they sent another spy in like Itachi. They got the point and promised they wouldn't tell or do anything to Sasuke.
"Since then, none of us have been anywhere in the Village…well Itachi has, but he left soon after. He just wanted to make sure they remembered that just because the Third was gone it didn't mean anything, he was still alive. And he could make do on his promise to spill the beans. Though I could have sworn Itachi told me something about making a promise with Madara…about staying away from Konoha. Oh well…it doesn't matter." Akki finished her story to her new student. Wow...that took a lot out of her.
Akki sighed once more and yawned, it was late. They had talked the day away. They might as well walked from Village to Village. By now they would have already had their talk and just go there. She looked over at Naruto and asked if he had any questions.
Naruto nodded, and asked his question, "What have you been doing since you left this Village?"
Akki smiled, so he had noticed that huh? She might as well tell him what she had been doing, "I have been searching for the scrolls, the ones that hold the rest of my soul in it."
"How many have you found...I mean taken back?" Naruto quickly asked. He really wanted to know.
Akki had to think, "Let's see…I have Sand, Rock, Mist…and Lightning. And no, Naruto I haven't released them yet. I have to open them in reverse to the order that they were sealed in. I didn't get the one inside of me sealed, so it goes to the last one. The one that was given to Time…I think they gave the next to Leaf. Then the others were as follows—they are easily to remember—S…M…R…L. Don't ask me why I can remember that: Sand, then, Mist, Rock, and last—the first one that was sealed—Lightning. "
"When we train can we travel and try to get them?" Naruto asked.
Akki chucked, "That would be great training actually. All we actually need is the Leafs, and Times. So that means we will have to track down my sister. Then go destroy the Leaf Village to get it. You sure you want to do that?" Akki asked Naruto, her face all serious like.
Naruto looked horrified. "I was joking Naruto." She laughed at the expression on his face. All they had to do now was get into the Village and start making in inhabitable again. She got up and looked at the Gates into the Village Hidden in Time. Naruto was about to open the Gates but she stopped him.
"Do you want to die? Don't you think that those who had come and gone from this Village would have come back and then stolen anything they saw? Sister thought that, so she had sealed the entrances to the Village up. Only those that have Time in their veins can open them. Which is only me, I am the only Time Jumper left in this world. My sister has just a tiny bit—the most it could do was take you back five minutes or maybe more tops is less than a day—but it's just a little. I got mine because my father was the King of the Demons, so of course he has the power to travel through time.
"Don't you think that the King of Demons would live forever unless he was killed? He also was of the Demon line where they can go back and forth through time. He was the last one, and I am not as powerful as he was. Plus, I am not a true Demon so I can't fully use the powers. If I ever travel through time I would be weak…maybe I would have long enough to find some safe place to go…maybe not. I have only done it once. And I didn't even go that far. I said before do you remember? That the seventh part of my soul became a body?"
Naruto thought back, this was a lot to remember…soon he remembered what she had said. She found the Pervy Sage, and his team mates. Akki nodded, he was right.
"It was the only way I was going to survive. When they took that sixth piece I escaped into the Time Steam. And then created a body and became Katrina. To stabilize myself without the other pieces of my soul I needed Guardians of the elements. For that is what my body is, the elements. I had three right there, so it didn't take long to recover. We became the best of friends, but of course those rules that I had placed to myself for a reason soon became oblivious to me. I had thrown them away, but once I met Minato…that was when I took them back out. If you weren't one of my Guardians, then I never opened up to you."
She shook her cloak out, all that dirt. She then looked at the Gate and pushed the center of it and it opened. She walked with Naruto toward her house. Told him to pick a room and stay there, to not come out. He wouldn't like what he saw.
She gathered every corpse…every corpse was still there, fresh, but the blood was dried. She didn't even touch them…she couldn't. She used her charka, combined it with her mind and moved them. Once every dead body was in the pile she brought up left hand—it symbolized fire. Fire was west, your left arm. She snapped her fingers and the bodies started to burn. She watched all night till the last body completely burned to a crisp. Now all that was left were the ashes…the wind would blow those away once she was inside the house.
Naruto, from the window of the room he had picked watched as tears escaped her eyes as she moved the bodies. And then when she burned them, the look on her face. He knew she felt the pain. Sometimes in the past he wished that he had to power to read minds or know what people were feeling.
But not any more, not after seeing what it did to her. The girl who was his age, maybe older, who was his new sensei; she really was what she said she was. She was the master of masks.
She came back in and walked into the room he had chosen. She looked around and laughed, "Naruto I know you love me and all, but you can't sleep in my room."
He blushed and went to find another room, the room he had chosen she approved. She muttered something about Sasuke. So Naruto guessed that this was the room Sasuke used. She must have read his mind, and she turned around and laughed once again. He was glad she was laughing, he was scared after what he saw—the way her face was when she was burning the bodies—that she wasn't going to laugh again.
"No, Sasuke's room is the door to the…you know, I don't remember where his room was. Oh well, this room was meant for Air. I had made it when I was little. I made sure I had a least four rooms. Sasuke's room…I think it is across the hall of this one. All of our rooms are connected; well to the room beside it. Sasuke's is across and one over from yours to the right—that is if you are looking with your back into this room, and connected to Gaara's. Itachi's room is the one connected to this one—on the right. Gaara's is across from yours, and connected to Sasuke's."
Naruto watched her sigh and look around, "This is so complicated, but I am going to try to explain. You have the first floor: it has the kitchen, living room, dining room, etc. Go up the spiral stairs—at the side of the house—it leads to the second floor. The stairs come up…how do I put this? It comes up to a floor—the second floor—anyway go forward and there are two rooms on the left and two rooms on the right. first on the left is Itachi's, across from it is Sasuke's. The next two is yours and Gaara's, across from each other as well, you are next to Itachi. Then go back to the spiral stairs to the third floor. That is where my room is. There is only one room so…. If you want to change rooms with Sasuke I don't care, just do what you want. You will be sharing with Gaara then and across the hallway from Itachi.
"If you come into the house from the front door remember to go to the east part of the house, take the spiral stairs at the far end of the house on the east side and go up one floor. The house has two sides, like two different buildings really. The bottom floor has a kitchen, dining room, and living room on each side of the house. And in between is the offices and stuff."
She yawned, reminding them that they had to get some rest, then she remembered something she decided why burning those bodies. "On another note, I just wanted to inform you of something."
Akki did the Tiger Seal and a Frogy popped up. The Frogy looked at her and waited for her orders. "I want you to go to Jiraiya and deliver a message. Naruto won't only be training with me; he will be training with him also. When he is ready, tell him to come here. We train here for a year, then we will travel with him for the rest of the time before Naruto returns to his Village, got it?"
The Frogy, who was actually a Toad nodded and after a proof cloud later, he was gone. She looked at Naruto and he nodded. Akki left the room and went to her own, no matter what and how she trained him, she felt sorry for Naruto. Jiraiya was going to die and the kid couldn't even do anything about it. He was going to be out searching for someone who didn't want to come back.
A useless search, it was pitiful, but what was she to do? Jiariya had to die, so did Orochimaru, they had lived their lives and did what they were suppose to do. Now it was time for the new generations—the kings—to become pawns and protect their kings. Maybe this was good for Naruto, maybe it would shake him up, put everything in its proper place now. Naruto had to realize that just because you want something, or you love someone, it doesn't mean they will stay with you or you will get the thing you want.
She knew what it felt to lose someone. She had gotten over it, and so would Naruto. For some reason she had faith in him, something she hadn't had in anyone in a long time. Naruto was something else, but if he was going to be all he could be—and damn she could see the power he could have—he was going to have to harden up. One of the things she knew she was going to have to drill into him was that emotions were a double edged sword. Her Rules were going to become his rules.
She looked at Naruto and smiled, yes this child could do anything. Maybe one day he would surpass her. And if he did, God help them all. As she looked at him, she saw so many people. She saw Tsunade's little brother and Dan; she could see what her Nade saw. She could see the Perv as a child. So similar they all were. But most importantly she saw him. The only man to ever had made her heart miss a beat, the only man who had ever passed every wall and barrier she created to protect herself.
Why was it that everyone she let in, died in the end? One day she was going to learn her lesson and stop letting people in, then maybe this pain wouldn't be here, maybe it would go away. But for now it wasn't going to go away. She knew that much, the pain never went away. Sometimes she was glad that the pain was there, it kept her harden, kept her grounded. It kept her from feeling the other side of a double edged sword.
Yes, she was going to feel pain when Jiariya died. She wasn't going to be there when he died either. She was going to be with Gaara, creating more chances where the pain could just come in and hurt her more. But for now she was going to have to put aside those two battles that killed three people close to her.
As Akki went to her bed, tears flowed down her cheeks once more; she would have to recreate some of the things that happened between the Perv and his student before he died. There was that code Naruto had to figure out. As Akki fell asleep on the bed, she wondered if Naruto really was the Prophesied Child that Toad Sage had told them about. If he was, they were all going to be in a shit load of trouble after she trained him.
And there it was! The first chapter!!!!! Please Review....authors need to know their stuff is good...ever heard of something called Egos?
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