AN: Hello everyone! Here I am with a new fic out! This one is a fic inspired by Patriot-112's fic "Mandalorian Fox", only with my own approach. I will be adding elements from my 'We Dared' fic, so I highly suggest reading that before reading this so you won't end up lost. So Please Enjoy!
Disclaimer: Neither Naruto nor Star Wars are mine, they belong to the Japanese and George Lucas. Please support the official Release!
"Talking"
"Radio"
'Thinking'
"Jinchuriki/Bijuu/Summon Talking"
"Jinchuriki/Bijuu/Summon Thinking"
Chapter One: Running away
Konohagakure
Konoha's resident jinchūriki, Naru Uzumaki, was running through the forests of Konoha, trying to get as far away as she could. She was looking to be about 12 or 13 years old, standing currently at 5'3. She had Sapphire Blue eyes, and shoulder-length Red hair with blond highlights. But what was also present on her features were all of the bruises, cuts, and other wounds that showed she was recently attacked.
It was October 10th, the anniversary of the Death of the Kyuubi No Kitsune 12 years ago, and Naru's Birthday. What would be a day for celibration for most, was the day Naru feared the most with all her heart.
It was the day that most, if not all of the village rose up against her, and used her as their own punching bag for what happened the night she was born. The Beatings got their worse on this day, and she would do what she could to hide from them. But this time they had managed to catch up with her, and nearly beat her into a pulp had the ANBU not arrived, the one with the gravity-defying silver hair telling her to run.
She didn't know what she had ever done to anger the village so much. She doesn't know what she had ever done to be kicked out of an Orphinage at 4 years old, followed by the countless times she's been beaten, nearly drowned or burned to death, poisoned, and nearly raped. All she could ever do about it was either ignore them, or run.
As she slowly came to a halt to catch her breath, she noticed the hole inside a large tree. Looking around to be sure that no one was looking, she entered the hole, using it as a hiding place. Inside, she curled up into a ball, and proceeded to cry.
'Why can't they just leave me alone?' She thought as she cried 'It's always me they decide to bully at the academy, it's always me the teachers blame, it's always me when something bad is going on! Why me? WHY!'
Eventually, she managed to slowly cry herself to sleep, and she closed her teary eyes, and did just that.
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Mindscape
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Naru opened her eyes to notice that she felt no pain. She thought that was odd until she saw that there were pipes running along the wall of what seemed to be a sewer. She frowned and thought, 'so they threw me in the sewer?' She thought for a few more seconds before shaking her head. Her thought process came to a halt as she heard a soft sound of crying echo throughout the sewer.
She blinked when she heard it again and again. It was like someone was throwing themselves against a wall or something like that. Curious, she made her way towards the sound. As it got louder, she could tell it must have come from something far stronger and far larger than herself to make this much noise. She noticed a red glow coming from ahead and the sounds of crying and someone yelling gibberish. She could tell they were pissed but she couldn't tell at what.
She noticed the light intensify and she stepped into a large room and looked to her right only for her to freeze at the sight. A large red fox with burning red eyes was slamming itself into cage bars as large as the Hokage Monument themselves. That wasn't what stopped her however, this fox had nine tails. It took all of five seconds for her to process this and to listen to the ranting fox.
The Kyuubi continued to throw itself into the bars while crying. Its eyes burned with a fierce hatred and Naru could make sense of its words now that she was close enough. "Let Me Out! The kit needs me! I will tear those Fucking Psychos to pieces!" It yelled as it threw its weight against the seal once again. Naru's eyes widened and then narrowed, 'why does it want to help me?' she thought. "PLEASE! Please... let me help her! please..." Kyuubi said its voice getting softer as its body collapsed heaving from the effort of trying to help its container. "I...I don't want to fail again...not again..."
Naru was shocked to say the least. No one had ever just helped her before, with very few exceptions. Yet, here was a being, a DEMON of all things, wanting to help her.
However, what caught her by surprise was that the Kyuubi then transformed! He began to shrink more and more, until all he was now was a 12-13 year old boy, who looked to be about as old as she was! he stood an inch or two taller than she was, and had Black hair with Red highlights. He also seemed to have crimson red eyes, and still had a few fox features like a pair of Red-furred Fox ears tipped in black, along with his nine red tails also tipped black, and wearing a set of Crimson red robes. Now he had curled himself into a ball, and began to cry.
Naru, originally shocked by this, then slowly began to make her way forward and to the boy/fox who was still oblivious to its company. She looked at the gates for only a second before entering them and walking up to the being who wanted to help her. She sat down and grabbed one of the tails that had fallen still. Gently, she stroked his crimson fur, admiring the quality and sheer feel of it. 'soft, almost like velvet' Naru thought with a soft smile.
Kyuubi's head shot up as his container stroked one of the demon's tails. He turned his head and was shocked to see the girl that was stroking his tail without a fear or care in the world. "W-What are you doing?" He asked, shocked to see her there.
Naru smiled a bit "Well, I saw you crying and well...I wanted to make you stop crying." She said. "But why are you crying though?"
Kyuubi looked at Naru shocked, but he closed his eyes. "I'm crying because I'm useless." He said, surprising Naru. "I'm suppose to be one of the strongest Demons in the world, and I can't do anything while I'm locked up in here...I just feel so useless."
Naru blinked, a bit confused before she finally began to understand who this was she was speaking too. "Are...are you the Kyuubi?" She asked.
The Kyuubi nodded his head "Ya... I am." He said. "And no, I'm not dead like you were told. The Yondaime couldn't kill me because I was so strong...so he had to seal me into a newborn...into you."
Naru's eyes went wide, before she hung her head. "So...the villagers are right..." She said. "I really am a Demon..."
Kyuubi was shocked to hear her say that, and bolted his head up "What? No! Your not the Demon!" He said, before growling a bit. "Those Villagers are Idiots to think that, you are who you are. Besides..." He then sighed as he hung his head. "Its me they hate...and I don't blame e'm since I'm the reason for everyone's problems. Even yours."
"What do you mean?" Naru asked as she took a seat next too the Kyuubi. He then sighed "Naru...you are not my first Jailor." He said, surprising her. "My first was actually an ancestor of yours, Mito Uzumaki. And the one I had before I was sealed in you...was your Mother, Kushina Uzumaki."
Naru's eyes went wide "Y-You knew my Mother?" She asked, Kyuubi smiled a bit and nodded "Ya...I did." He said. "She was actually a close friend of mine while I was sealed in her. She would even let me out of the Seal for short periods of time so I could see my family."
"You have a family?" Naru asked, but Kyuubi closed his eyes in regret "Had a family..." he said. "Their...dead."
Naru gasped at that "W-What?" She asked. "What do you mean?"
Kyuubi sighed "It all happened around the time you were born Naru." He said. "Your mother let me out of the seal that day so I could see my family...I was so happy to see them after so long...But..." he then growled "They came."
"They?" Naru asked.
"They were a group of men." He said. "One smelled of Snakes, another had a single Red eye and a orange mask, one had Purple Eyes, and the last one had crimson Red Skin and a strange face. They came and...they killed my Mate...my kits...everyone." Tears began to swell up in his eyes "I...I was just so angry!" He said. "I wanted to kill them for what they did! So I followed their sent back to Konoha. When the Shinobi attacked, I was so blinded by rage I thought they were protecting them...after all that, everything was a large red blur to me. When I finally came too...I was sealed in you, and I could already tell what had happened."
He then closed his eyes "I'm the reason the Village hates you, Naru." He said. "Because of my own foolishness, I killed so many of the Villagers that day, and when I was sealed into you, all I could do was use my own Chakra to accelerate your healing when you were hurt, and keep your body immune to the poisons the villagers would give you." He then sighed "I know you hate me for being the reason behind your suffering." He said. "But...for whatever it's worth...I'm so sorry."
Kyuubi expected Naru to shout at him, slap him, punch him, or maybe even all of the above...what he didn't expect was for Naru to walk up to him...and Hug him tightly, catching him by surprise. "Wha-what are you doing?" He asked.
"Hugging you." Naru said, with a smile. "What's wrong with that?"
"B-But don't you hate me?" Kyuubi asked, but Naru shook her head "No." She said. "If anything...I'm thanking you." Kyuubi's eyes went wide "You were always there for me, even though I didn't know it." She said. "You healed me, and you did what you could...I couldn't hate you for that."
"B-But I'm the reason the Village hates you!" Kyuubi said. "Why would you-"
"You didn't want to attack Konoha, right?" Naru asked. "You were just mad at what those people did to your family...I can't hate you for something like that."
Kyuubi looked at Naru for a minute, before smiling "Thank you...Naru-chan." He said. "I promise you, I'll find a way to repay you for everything that's happened to you."
"Don't mention it, Kyuubi-Kun!" Naru said, not noticing the small blush on his face. "So...if you don't mind me asking, where are we exactly?"
"We're in your Mindscape." Kyuubi answered. "Pretty much, this is just your mind is all. You can edit it however you want, whenever you want."
"Anyway I want?" Naru asked, and Kyuubi nodded. She then got into a thinking pose, and too Kyuubi's shock, the damp and depressing swear setting was suddenly replaced by a more welcome forest setting, similar too the Konoha training grounds.
"Whoa!" Kyuubi said. "You have some Imagination Naru-Chan!" He said, and he was too busy looking at their new surroundings to notice Naru blush.
"T-Thank's Kyuubi." She said, but he just waved his hand "Ah, you can just call me Kyu." He said. "All my friends do."
"Alright...Kyu." She said, before she remembered something. "Umm, Kyu?" She asked, getting his attention. "Just wondering, but why do you look about as old as I do? I would think you being the Kyuubi No Kitsune, you'd be well...Older."
Kyu chuckled a bit at that. "True, I use to look a lot older." He said. "But when I was sealed in you, I knew eventually we would meet, so I remade my Human Form so that I would look as old as you, mostly because I thought you would feel more comfortable speaking to me that way, instead of a giant 800 Foot tall Nine tailed demon fox."
Naru nodded her head "Ya, your probably right." She said. But then a quick though entered her mind "Hey Kyu-Kun...you said you knew my Mother, right?" She asked. "Did...did you know who my Tou-San was too?"
Kyu flinched a bit, and sighed. "Yes, I do." He said. "After all...he was the one who sealed me into you."
There was a whole Minutes worth of silence as Naru's eyes were wide, and staring at Kyu. "My...my father...he was..." She said, trying to get the words out.
"Yes...Your Father was Minato Namikaze, the Yondaime Hokage." He finished for her. "He couldn't ask anyone else to allow him to seal me into their child, if he was unable to seal it into her own daughter...he didn't want you to become my next jailor, and he hoped the village would respect his last wish for you to be seen as a hero."
Kyu then sighed again "Naru-Chan...don't hate your Father," he said. "He didn't want any of this for you. It wasn't his fault, if anyone it's my fault-"
"I don't hate him, or you Kyu-Kun." Naru said, once again surprising Kyu, who turned around to see her smiling. "I mean, I guess its not all bad...I got to meet you, right?"
Kyu smiled a bit "Ya, I guess that's one plus." He said. It was then a thought came acroos Kyu's mind.
"Hey...Naru-Chan, can I ask you something?" He asked, and Naru nodded. "Why...why do you stay in Konoha, expecially after what they've done to you?"
"Well..." Naru said. "There are still people I care about living there, who also care about me. Like Ayame and her dad, Jiji, Neko-Nee-chan, and Inu-nii-san. Also I have a few friends in the Academy like Hinata-Chan."
Kyu nodded as she continued "I understand that," he said. "But...don't you think you could live somewhere else? I mean, where you would be safe from the other villagers?"
Naru thought about that for a moment. "Well...where would I go?" She asked. "I don't have any friends outside of the Village. And...I don't want to leave my friends in Konoha."
"Naru...don't you think they would be more happy knowing you were safe from the Villagers, instead of staying with them, being hurt like you were today?" Kyu asked, and Naru said nothing. "If they really are your friends, they will want what's best for you." Kyu continued. "And now, staying in Konoha is not best for you...But I think I know where you could go."
Naru looked up at Kyu "Where?" She asked, and he smiled. "Uzushiogakure." He said. "It was your Mother's homeland before she moved to Konoha. Though the village was destroyed in the last shinobi war, its still safer than anywhere else I can think of. It would also be a great area where I could train you."
"Train me?" Naru perked up at the thought of training, and Kyu chuckled at that. "Ya, Training." He said. "Hey, I'm an ancient demon with limitless supplies of Chakra, and you are the only one who can use it. Not only do I have loads of different Jutsu's to teach you as well. It's all the least I can do."
"Wow, thanks Kyu-kun!" She said, "Oh, wait. Should it be Kyuubi-Sensei now?"
Kyu laughed a bit "Just Kyu is fine, but you can call me Sensei when we're training." He said. "So, what do you think?"
Naru thought about it for a moment. "Well...I guess your right." She said. "But...Can't I say goodbye or something?"
"Well, you could leave them notes." Kyu suggested. "Not that I have a problem, Naru, but I think that if you were to tell the Hokage you were leaving the village, that information might spread and people like the villagers may try to go after you."
"I...guess your right." She said. "So, how do I leave here?"
"Just imagine waking up!" Kyu said. "But before you leave, I'm gonna teach you a Jutsu I think you might find useful."
"Really? Sweet! What is it?" Naru asked, excited while Kyuubi just chuckled. "Well, I noticed how you seem to be having trouble using your Bushin Jutsu in the Academy, correct?" Naru nodded "Well, I think I have the perfect answer for that. It's called the Kage Bushin no Jutsu. Its different from the regular Bushin, mostly because it takes up more Chakra, requires less control to make one, and is much more durable that other Clones. They can also help in training because when a Clone is dispelled, all of the memories from that Clone are sent back you the user. So you can actually learn at twice the speed than anyone else."
Naru's eyes went as wide a saucer plates "Wow, Cool!" She said. "What do I do?"
Kyu chuckled "Alright, all you have to do is this..." for the next few minutes, Kyuubi taught Naru how to use the Kage Bushin. It didn't take long, as she then formed the cross signal again and said "Kage Bushin no Jutsu!" he said, and before her appeared five clones of herself. "YATTA! I DID IT!" She cheered as she jumped up in the air.
Kyu smiled "Yes, you did." He said. "Good Job Naru-Chan,"
Naru smiled "Thank you Kyu-Kun." She said. "So, when do you think we should leave?"
"The sooner the better I always say." Kyu said. "Tomorrow night might be for the best. You can use your Kage Bushin's to deliver your Goodbye Messages to your friends."
Naru smiled "Alright, see you later Kyu-Kun!" She said as she disappeared from her mindscape.
Kyu smiled as he saw down on the Grass 'Naru...thank you.' he thought. 'I swear, I will make it all up too you. Thanks too you, I now have a chance for Redemption.'
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The next Day
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Naru sighed as she sat in her apartment's bed. It was much more vacant than usual, mostly since she ha packed up all of her stuff into her backpack. She had enough food that should last her up until she reaches Uzushio, along with other Shinobi supplies she would need.
She looked out the Window and watched as the Sun began to set in the horizon. She planned to leave during sunset, and when night came the Kage Bushin's she created will deliver her farewell messages to her friends in the village.
'Kyu-Kun, are you there?' She thought.
"Ya, I'm here." Kyu said, they managed to set up a link between the two so they could communicate with one-another without her needing to go into her mindscape. "Are you ready?"
Naru nodded "Ya...I'm all set." She said. "It's just...hard to believe I'm actually leaving."
She could hear Kyu sigh "I know its hard to move on, but this isn't gonna be forever." He said. "You can come back one day, and see your friends again! I promise you that."
She smiled a bit at that 'Thanks Kyu-Kun.' She said as she stood up. 'Well, time to go.' She thought as she walked towards the door. As she walked out of her room, she took once last look at what had been her home for so long before sighing, and closing the door.
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Later
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Oddly enough, it wasn't that hard for Naru to sneak out of the Village walls. Kyu mentioning something about their security sucked so bad that they probably wouldn't even notice someone stealing the Forbidden Scroll right from under their noses.
As she ran through the forests, she gave one last look at the Village. "Goodbye Jiji...everyone." She whispered. "I'll be back one day...believe it."
And with that, she began to run forward, making her way to Uzushio.
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24 Hours later
Hidden ROOT Headquarters
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In the Underground headquarters of what is suppose to be a disbanded Organization of the Konoha Shinobi Forces, an old man with graying black hair with bandages over his right eye, and his left arm in a sling was moving along the many corridors of the Underground Root Base, with a cane supporting him.
He was Danzo Shimura, the Leader of the Organization Root, and a profound warhawk on the Konoha council.
"Leader-Sama," a voice said, and Danzo looked behind him to see one of his ROOT ANBU appear. "I have news I believe you will surely be interested in."
"That being?" Danzo asked.
"The Kyuubi jinchūriki has apparently fled Konoha." The ROOT said. "She used Kage Bushins to deliver messages to her friends that she would be leaving."
Danzo's visible eye squinted at that, "How long has she be gone from the village?" he demanded.
"24 hours, sir. She has a healthy head-start," the ROOT ANBU answered and although Danzo didn't show it, he was furious.
"What were the agents that were assigned to watch her doing?" he said, his voice in a biting tone.
"She left during sunset, where the shift changes." the ROOT said. "It was a one in a million chance of that happening."
Though Danzo was very angry that his ROOT failed him...this also showed a very promising opportunity for him. If his ROOT could capture the girl, they could bring her to him, and he can finally have the ultimate weapon he has always desired.
"Have a full squad of ROOT ANBU go after her!" He shouted. "I want her alive at all cost! But if you cannot capture her...Kill her before another village finds her."
"Hai Danzo-sama!" The Root said before disappearing.
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Meanwhile
Far far away from the Elemental Nations
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As the troubles of Naru's world began, somewhere in the space surrounding the planet appeared a single Consular-class Charger c70 Retrofit cruiser, colored Crimson red with gold trimming.
On the bridge of the ship, a woman looking to be 25 years old stood to her feet. "Status?" She asked the other occupants. "What just happened?"
The woman stood at 5'11 with shoulder-length dark brown hair, and emerald green eyes. Her attire looked like a mix of red/gold armor merged with a set of robes maintaining a form-fitting style.
"We just dropped out of Hyperspace," came a male voice from beside her. She looked to see a male wearing white, red-trimmed armor with shoulder pauldrons and a half-skirt Kamas. "Just some minor damage to the hull has been detected, and the Nav Computer. But other than that, we're fine Jade."
The Woman, Jade Lee, Jedi Knight of what's left of the Jedi Order after the Jedi Purge by the Galactic Empire, sighed in relief. "That's good." She said before turning too their other two occupants. "Sasha, Roman, where are we?"
At the controls of the ship were two figures in Mandalorian Shock-Trooper armor. One was male, who stood at 6'2 with Blue/Red Trimmed armor, and had brown eyes and a bald head. The second, a female who looked to be as tall as Jade, who had Black/Grey Mandalorian Armor, with Shoulder-length blond hair and Greyish blue eyes.
"I...I don't know Jade." The woman, Sasha Neos said. "I don't recognize any of the Coordinates and the Nav Computer doesn't read it either."
Jade blinked at that, "Are you serious, Sasha?" she asked the Mandalorian who only nodded.
"I'm positive Jade, all I'm getting is that the star is a Class-G2, with five planets orbiting it," Sasha said, "The third planet from the star seems to be able to support life, and I am picking up numerous life form readings on the surface."
"What about Space Forces? See anything?" Roman Mikhail asked.
"No, nothing in space." Sasha said. "Not even any Stations, I think we've just discovered a new system!"
The White/Red armored figure removed his T-Shaped helmet and sighed, revealing his dark brown hair, tan skin and light brown eyes. "Leave it to us to discover a completely undiscovered system because of an overload in the Hyperdrive." He said.
"Jade, we're gonna have to land on the Planet for repairs." Sasha said. "I just got word that our guys in engineering, and they say the Hyperdrive needs some repairs before we can make another Jump."
Jade nodded "Alright, try to find a place that's safe enough for us to land without anyone noticing." She said. "We don't want to start a panic or anything to a non-space fairing race."
"Got it." Sasha said as she piloted the Consular-class down to the surface.
Jade frowned a bit as she felt a tingling sensation in her spine, which the Clone Commander Trips did not miss. "Jade, what is it?" He asked.
"I don't know..." Jade said. "I...Sense something in the Force...I don't know what it is." She shook her head "It's probably nothing, don't worry."
Trips didn't look 100% Convinced, but nodded "Alright, but I'm gonna have the Squad On board set up a Perimeter around our ship. Can't be to careful."
Jade nodded "Alright, that's fine." She said, and the Ship went lower into the atmosphere.
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Meanwhile
With Naru
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After Running for most of the last day, Naru had decided to slow down her pace just a bit.
'Kyu-kun, how long till we reach Uzushio?' Naru thought asked to Kyu.
"At least another 5 hours, Uzu no Kuni where Uzushiogakure is now called Nami no Kuni. Don't ask why they changed it, I don't know myself," Kyu said and Naru sighed to herself.
"Well I just hope the people on that island are Jinchuriki-friendly," she said as she continued on toward Uzushio.
"Don't worry Naru-Chan," Kyu said. "I'm sure they-" Kyu then stopped talking.
"Kyu-Kun? What is it?" Naru asked as she stopped.
"Naru, I think we're being followed." Kyu said, and Naru's eyes went a bit wide. "I senced them before but I thought they were just animals...but now their closer, and their deffenetly not friendly."
"W-What should we do?" Naru asked, a bit scared.
"Don't worry Naru-Chan, just keep running forward." Kyu said, and Naru continued running. "Also, when they get close enough, make a few Kage Bushin's and tell them to go in random directions, that might confuse them."
"G-Got it," Naru said as she sped up, all the while thinking, 'Why me? Why me? I don't want this kind of trouble!'
Kyu heard her panicked thoughts, even though he was panicking as well, he hid it better as he tried to reassure her, "It's okay Naru, just stay calm and listen to what I say okay?" the fox said, and Naru nodded even if he didn't see it.
With the ROOT, they were on the trail of the Kyuubi Jinchuriki and believed they had her when she slowed down only to speed up again. The leader cursed knowing this mission just got a little harder. "She must have picked us up." He said. "Keep moving forward! Me must catch her for Danzo-Sama!" The other ROOT members nodded as they picked up the pace.
Back with Naru, she had managed to make a few Kage Bushin's and sent them in different directions like Kyu suggested. Unfortunately, however, most of the incoming continued to follow her.
'These guys are good.' Kyu thought as he continued to keep track of them. 'They seem to be about Average ANBU level in strength, shit this isn't good!'
Then an Idea popped into Kyu's head 'Well, its the only thing I have...' He thought. 'Naru's not gonna like it...well let's just find out.'
"Naru-Chan, I have an idea." Kyu said, and Naru nodded. "You may not like this, but you just have to trust me."
"What is it?" Naru asked.
"The Seal in here is designed that I cannot take control of your body or remove the seal by myself against your will." Kyu said. "However, only if you allow me, I can take control of your body long enough for me to fight these guys. You can easily retake control of your Body whenever you want to, and I'm not forcing you to do this...what do you say?"
Naru's first instinct said to say no, but...for some reason it felt as if something else was telling her to trust Kyu about this. "Do you promise to give me back my body?" She asked.
"I Promise on my honor as a Demon, I will give your control of your body back." Kyu said, and she nodded. "Alright, I'll trust you on this Kyu-Kun." She said.
"Thank you, Naru-Chan." He said before saying. "They've almost caught up with us, I should take control now."
"Alright...be careful Kyu-Kun." She said as she closed her eyes.
It was then Seven men in ANBU Uniforms, only with blank masks arrived. Naru then came to a stop in front of them.
"You're coming with us Demon," The leader in a emotionless tone, but his eyebrow quirked when he heard chuckling coming from Naru as her hair shadowed her eyes. It was then Naru spoke but not in her own voice.
"I should've known Danzo would send his drones after Naru," her head rose shocking the ROOT as they saw Naru's eyes turned red with slits, "Hell, I can remember the scent of that bastard anywhere, especially since he tried to kidnap Kushina when she went on her first mission,"
"...Demon." Was all the ROOT ANBU said, and Kyu chuckled "Got it in one, Naru-Chan gave me access to her Body to fight you bastards." He said, before he glared and started blasting off Killing Intent, causing several of them to flinch. "I will not stand anyone attempting to hurt Naru-Chan any longer." He growled. "Time to Die, ROOT Bastards." and with that, crimson Red Chakra swirled around 'Naru's' body, and Kyu formed a pair of Chakra Arms, and in speed faster than what any ROOT could see, the arms wrapped around the leader of the group and tossed it at another ROOT, hurling them into a tree shattering it.
The other ANBO reacted quickly and tossed a series of Kunai and Shurukin at Kyu, only for him to dodge them quite easily. "Is this the best ROOT has?" He mocked. "It seems your leader can't teach you jack shit about fighting, here let me show you a trick Kushina taught me." He then brought his hands together and began to form a small black spiraling sphere. Once it was easily the size of a ball, Kyu then charged at another ROOT ANBU "Bijū Rasengan!" He shouted as he blasted the Demonically powered Rasengan into the ANBU, who screamed in pain as his body was practically incinerated from the impact.
The other ROOT responded to this by pressing their attack, all of which Kyu dodged 'Damnit!' Kyu thought. 'I can't use all of my power yet, Naru's body isn't ready for all nine of my tails! Best I can manage is one or two tails of chakra without permanently damaging anything.' He then jumped over one of his enemies attacked 'And these ROOT Clowns are very persistent.'
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The Consular-class Cruiser had landed on the beach of one of the main continental masses on the planet, and the crew instantly began work on the ship's repairs. As promised, Trips ordered their complement of Troops to set up a Perimeter around the ship, to keep an eye out for anything unusual.
"Revy! How much longer until you think the Hyperdrive's gonna be finished?" Sasha asked as their third member of their team exited the Ships. She was as tall as Sasha was, had tanned skin with rust red hair tied up into a ponytail with brown eyes, and wore Black/Blue Mandalorian Shock Trooper armor with a dark grey Jumpsuit.
"It'll be done in a few Minutes, Sasha." Rebbecca 'Revy' Hawkings said.
"That's good. Better hurry then, because Jade's been acting angsty lately," Sasha said and Revy wuirked an eyebrow, "Really? That's not a first,"
"Yeah, Trips been talking trying to figure out what's wrong," Sasha said. "And to be completely honest, I've got a weird feeling about this place too...I don't know what it is though..."
Revy shrugged "She's probable just a bit nervous about the planet is all," she said. "As far as we know, we're the first people too arrive in this system."
Sasha was about to say something else, but that was when Jade and Trips came bursting out of their ship. "Sasha! Revy! Your with me and Trips!" She called out, surprising them. "Roman! Stay here with the others and the ship!"
The Mandalorian's blinked in confusion "Jade, what's wrong?" Sasha asked, noticing the panicked look on Jade's face.
"I don't know what, but there is something or someone out there that the force practically screamed at me to help." Jade said. "I'll explain more on the way, right now we gotta go!"
Revy and Sasha nodded, as the four then ran forward into the nearby forests.
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Back with Naru
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Kyu using Naru's body was curing as he continued fighting the remaining four ROOT agents. Though he managed to catch the first few off-guard, mostly because they probably underestimated his abilities inside Naru's body, now the ROOT were going all out, and Kyu was already using two tails of Chakra fighting them off.
'Kyu-Kun, are you alright?' Naru asked on their mental link.
'I've been better, Naru-Chan.' Kyu said as he continued too fight them off. 'I'm fighting as hard as I can now, but I can't go all out against them because I don't want to damage your body. The most I can do is just two tails of power without any risks. And on top of that, I don't think I'll be able to keep control of your body for much longer, I can already feel the Seal trying to pull be back into your mindscape. At this point, the best I can do is run away making a break for Uzushio, and hopefully loose them. Then I'll have to go back, and you need to take control.'
'B-But what can I do?' Naru asked, fright in her voice. 'I can't fight off ANBU on my own!'
'I know Naru-chan,' Kyu said hoping to calm her, 'The best you can do is try to elude them, though,'
'I-I'll try,' Naru said with the fear still in her voice, 'but i doubt it will do much good,'
Kyu sighed knowing their situation didn't look so good. 'We'll find a way out of this, don't worry.' He said. 'I Promise, just have some hope.'
Kyu then turned his full attention back at the ANBU, with a grin on his face. "As much as I enjoyed this fight, I gotta go now." He said. "Sionara Bitches!" And with that, Kyu/Naru darted away in blinding speed.
The ANBU waisted no time, and soon gave chase too them. Thanks to Kyu's Chakra, however, the pair managed to move faster than they were, and got ahead of them by quite a bit before they stopped, with Kyu panting as his eyes slowly changed back to Naru's own eyes.
"That's it, that's all I can do." He said. "Good Luck Naru-Chan." And with that, Naru retook control of her body. Glancing around fearfully, looking for the ANBU that chased them, but didn't see them. She then continued Running, but not as fast as Kyu managed. She ran through the forest, passing through bushes and trees hoping to loose her pursuers. However when she made another turn around a Tree, she slammed against a body, and fell to the ground.
"Ouph! What the-hu?" A voice said, and Naru looked up, and her eyes widened at the sight she saw.
Three of the four figures before her wore strange armor Naru had never seen before. One was mostly white, while the other two had Black/Blue armor and Black/Grey armor. The fourth figure wore some armor, but her face was still revealed, showing her dark brown hair and green eyes.
The one with blue trimming who Naru could tell was a female by her figure, walked over, her posture intimidating her a bit.
"Who are you suppose to be brat?" the woman said, and then something snapped in Naru as she got back up and glared at the armored female.
"Who are you calling a brat, Baka?" she yelled.
"I don't know what that means, but I'm pretty sure that's an insult!" She shouted as she fingered a pair of silver devices on her hips.
"Revy, I don't think it's a good idea to piss off one of the Locals." The one with Grey trimming said.
"She called me a Baka!" Revy shouted, pointing at Naru.
"You don't even know what that means, Revy." The White armored one said.
"Maybe, but I am 93% Sure that its an insult!" Revy shouted. The woman without the helmet sighed as she rolled her eyes. "Please excuse Revy, she's a bit of a hot-head sometimes." She said as Revy glared at her. "What is your name, child?"
"N-Naru." She said. "Naru Uzumaki." 'Kyu-Kun, who are these people?' she asked Kyu mentally.
"How would I know?" Kyu said. "Though their armor is definitely...NARU! DODGE!"
Naru's eyes went wide and she ducked forward, dodging a series of Kunai tossed at her.
"WHAT THE HELL?" Revy shouted as she drew her blasters, along with Trips and Sasha and then they formed a circle around Naru while Jade activated her lightsaber and stood next to Naru in a protective stance.
Naru was awed by the glowing blue blade that the brunette haired woman wielded.
"Come out! Show youselves!" Jade ordered, and the six ROOT ANBU came down from their hiding spots.
"Give us the girl, outsider." The leader of the group said in an emotionless tone. "And you will be allowed to live."
"Ok, now I know that was a threat." Revy said as she grinned.
"Why should we give you the girl?" Jade asked, as she eyed the ROOT members around them. "What has she done to be attacked like this?"
"It is none of your concern." The Leader said, and Trips glared at at him with his DC-15S Drawn. "When you harm the innocent, it becomes out problem, buck-o." He said.
"...Very well." The ROOT said, as they then jumped forward. However they were caught off guard as Revy fired her Blasters at the ROOT, nailing two of them dead in the eyes...or at least where she thought their eyes were, she couldn't tell because of the damn masks.
Trips also fired his weapon as well, but the ROOT he fired at was quicker, and dodged, however his was still nicked in the leg, and was slowed down.
"Sasha! Keep the girl safe!" Jade shouted as she engaged with the leader, who drew his ninjato and entered a Kenjutsu stance. Sasha just sighed at that.
"Great, another baby-sit job," Sasha said as she stood near Naru, DC-17m ICWS blaster at the ready.
While they were protecting Naru and fighting the ROOT, they didn't notice that other eyes were watching them and the fight with interest.
"Who the hell are these guys?" One of the figures asked, a male who looked to be 13-14 years old, he had brown hair and eyes, and wore a pair of black shinobi pants, a dark green shirt with armor plating over his chest, knees and elbows and shinobi sandals. He had a pair of Tanto's strapped to his thighs and a single Wakizashi on his back. He also wore a black clothed Whirlpool Hai-ate around his forehead like a bandanna
"Well, I'm pretty sure those guys are ANBU From Konohagakure." The second figure said. She was a female about as old as the boy way, and had long red hair in a ponytail with bangs covering the right side of her face, and purple eyes. She wore a short dark red vest like blouse with a raised collar, a skirt that was cut off on the sides and bandage on her stomach and legs. She also wore dark red and purple elbow warmers with this, and a whirlpool headband around her waist as a belt. She also was armed with a single short katana sword. "But what do they want with the girl?"
"Hey...doesn't she look a bit like you and your Kaa-san, Hikari-Nee?" said the third and final member of the group. She had similar dark red hair, only styled into a pair of buns on either side of her head, and blue eyes. Her Hai-ate was worn around her head. She wore an aqua blue sleeveless blouse and dark green pants. She seemed to have a pair of Ninjoto swords strapped on her back like an X.
The boy in the group blinked as he looked "Hey, nee-chan's right!" He said. "She does look a bit like you...I even see some bits of red hair in her blond."
Hikari nodded as she eyed the girl, a bit curiously. "What should we do?" The other girl asked.
"Just stay put, Nina-nee, Toddo-kun." She said. "Let's see what happens."
The others nodded as they watched the fight continue.
Trips fired his blaster at the ROOT, who charged at him with kunai in both hands, only for said ninja to dodge the bolts, decding he'd he finish this in Close Quarters, waited for the so-called Elite Ninja to get closer. When the ROOT was assured he was about to achieve an easy victory, he lunged his kunai forward. Only for Trips to dodge and grab the man's left arm and bring the elbow down on his armored knee, snapping the ROOT's joint in two. Before the ANBU could even scream, Trips finished him off with a blaster bolt to the head.
"And that's how it's done," he said as he turned to the others. He turned just in time to see Jade dodge a slice from a ROOT's Sword, only for her to take her lightsaber, and slice his sword in half much to the surprise of the ROOT which didn't last long as Jade then moved forward, and stabbed him in the chest, killing him instantly. She never deactivated her blade as Trips came over and stood back-to-back with her.
"That never gets old, how you take'em out!" Trips said as he scanned for more enemies. Jade could only smirk, "Neither does yours," she said with mirth, and Trips chuckled at that, "True,"
With Revy she was dodging swipes from another ROOT, constantly taunting him trying to get a reaction from her emotionless opponent. "Come on! My Grandma can use a sword better than you!"
"She really could!" Sasha said as she found hand-to-hand with another ROOT. "She was trained on how too fight by a Jedi."
"True dat!" Revy said as she sighed. "Ok, now this is just getting boring." She said as she then grabbed the ANBU by the through, pointing her blaster at his head. "See ya bitch." She said and fired, killing him instantly.
Meanwhile, Sasha was fighting the last ANBU, delivering a kick into his stomach. The ANBU staggered a bit before quickly recovering. He then drew a pair of Kunai in his hands, and then charged forward. Sasha expected him to go after her...only for her eyes to widen as he passed her up and made a move against Naru.
"SHIT!" She cursed as she was about to stab the ROOT with her Gauntlet-mounted Vibroblade...only for a series of Kunai from a nearby bush to shoot out, and hit the ANBU square in the chest, and he skid to the ground, dead.
"What the?" Sasha said in confusion and looked toward the bush, then turned back to Naru when she heard a thud and saw her on her knees, eyes wide and tears coming down her face.
It was then the three shinobi came out of hiding. The boy was the first to speak up "Hey, you alright?" He asked. "We came across the fight, and saw that guy about to kill her, and we decided to intervene."
The Mandalorians, Trips, Jade, and Naru blinked in surprise, and inside her mind, Kyu's eyes were wide as he looked at their Hai-ate's.
"No way..." Kyu said. "They couldn't be..."
'Kyu-kun, who are they?' She asked.
"Naru-Chan...those headbands their wearing...those symbols are the Uzushiogakure symbols!"
Naru's eyes widened slowly, and it was Jade who responded to them. "Yes, we're fine. and Thank you for the assistance." She said, glancing at Naru. "We ran into Naru here, when these men attacked up. Do you know who they are?"
The boy looked at the corpses of the figures. "They look like Konoha ANBU to me," He said. "But their masks are completely blank, which is unusual." The boy then smiled "By the way, I'm Toddo Hanaka." He said, before gesturing to the girls "And these are my teammates, Nina Suwāru, and Hikari Uzumaki."
Naru's eyes widen at that as she looked at the red-headed girl.
"Did...Did you just say Uzumaki?" she asked in shock and Toddo blinked at that.
"Uhh, yeah, why do you ask?" the boy asked only to recieve a smack to the back of the head from Nina.
"Because, MY surname is Uzumaki," Naru said, and the eyes of Toddo, Hikari and Nina widened in shock and surprise, while the others just looked at them confused.
"No way..." Toddo said as he once again compared Hikari with Naru, and now their similarities were much more understandable.
Hikari's eyes never left Naru's as they stared at one-another. "W-What's you name?" Hikari asked, not believing what she was hearing and seeing.
"N-Naru." She said. "My name is Naru Uzumaki, I'm from Konoha."
The eyes of the Shinobi widened once again, and the Mandalorians almost thought their eyes were about to pop out of their heads. "Hikari-Chan, do you think she's...?" Toddo said.
"Naru-Chan...do you know your Mothers name?" Hikari asked, silently hoping what she was thinking was true. She then noticed the look of saddness that crept across the Blond's face. "I...I recently found out her name was Kushina...and she's from a place called Whirlpool." Naru said. "I left Konoha to go there, because I wanted to see if it was true."
Inside Naru's mind, Kyu's eyes were wide as she looked at Hikari 'She looks almost identical to Kushina...could it really be...?' He thought. Before he could think on the situation, Naru was suddenly grabbed in a fierce embrace from the girl named Hikari.
"ONEE-CHAN!" Hikari shouted confusing Naru as she tried to breath.
"C-can't...breath...," Naru managed to choke out. Revy was chuckling evily at the scene, as she figured it was sweet revenge for that comment Naru made.
"Uhh, Hikari-nee, she's turning blue...make that purple now." Nina said, but shock was still written on her face as she looked at Naru.
"Opps! Sorry Nee-chan!" Hikari said, as she loosened her grip, allowing Naru to breath.
"W-Why did you call me Onee-chan?" Naru asked, mostly confused but a bit hopeful.
"What? You know about our mom, but you don't know about your Twin Sister?" Hikari asked, with a bit of a grin.
Naru blinked "You know Kaa-san?" She asked before the second thing hit her. "YOUR MY SISTER?"
Hikari rolled her eyes at that, "Well, duh,"
Naru was so shocked she did the one thing she could think of.
THUMP
She fainted dead away, causing Hikari and the others to worry. Back in Konoha, a certain white-eyed Hyuuga sneezed.
"She alright?" Sasha asked.
"Ya, she just passed out." Hikari said. "Who'd think she'd faint finding out she had a sister?" She and the others then looked at Sasha and her group. "So...exactly who are you guys?" She asked.
"My name is Jade Lee," Jade said, stepping forward. "I'm a Jedi Knight. With me here is my Second-in-command Trips, and my friends Revy, and Sasha."
"Nice to meet you," Hikari said. "And thanks for keeping Naru here safe." She then looked up at the sky, and noticed it was getting dark. "We'd better hurry if we're gonna make it to Uzushio before nightfall." She said.
"You could come with us if you want." Jade offered. "Our ship isn't that far from here, and we have enough room for all four of you."
"O-kay, lead the way!" Toddo said and after Sasha picked Naru up in her arms, the mixed group left the clearing with the dead ANBU in it. Although, one ROOT who lagged behind watched from a concealed position, writing down notes on what he saw.
'Leader-sama must be informed of this.' The ROOT thought as he then stood up, and made his way back to report to his superior.
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Later
With the group
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"How much longer until we're there?" Toddo asked as they continued to follow the armored figures as they walked through the forests.
"We're almost there," Jade said. "Should be just ahead."
And soon as they continued to move throught the woods, the group heard a twig snap causing everyone to freeze. Trips Signaled everyon to stay where they were and called out , "Wolffe! You there?" the clone called and soon another in the same type of armor but with a different helmet came out of the bush with 4 others.
"It's a good thing we found you Trips. When we heard the shots we got worried," Commander Wolffe said as the Wolf Pack members formed up behind him.
"Don't worry, we handled it perfectly." Trips said, "With some help from the Locals that is." He indicated their three kids with them. Wolffe glanced at the kids, and nodded "Alright, we also managed to get the Hyperdrive repaired, so we should be able to leave whenever your ready, sir. Ma'am." He said.
Trips nodded knowing he could trust Wolffe.
"Good. The first thing we're gonna do before we leave is drop this kids off at their home village," Trips informed and Wolffe nodded again in agreement. As he took another look at the ninja he noticed that they looked to be in thier pre-teens.
"Ehh, how old are you kids?," he asked.
"Well, me and Hikari are 13, while Nina's 12." Toddo said before looking at Naru who was still in Sasha's arms. "And I'm guessing Naru there is 13 if she really is Hikari-chan's twin sister."
Wolffe continued to look at them and noticed by the way they dressed, they appear ready for war.
"And why do you three like you're ready for war?" he asked again and the kids just looked at him confusedly.
"Umm, that's because we're Shinobi?," Toddo said wondering if this guy been living under a rock. "Where have you guys been the last few hundred years?"
"Well...let's just say for now we're not from around here." Trips said, as he pointed forward. The three kids looked where he pointed, and their eyes bugged out at the sight of the Consular-class Ship that was on the beach ahead of them.
"What the fuck is that?" Toddo said, as he rubbed his eyes to make sure he wasn't seeing things, while Nina was checking for Genjutsu's. Toddo then recieved a smack to the head from Jade.
"OW! What did I do?" he whined as he held his head as anime tears fell out of his eyes.
"You watch your language, young man!" Jade chided Toddo like a mother would to her child. Hikari and Nina giggled, while Trips sighed.
"That, my young and inexperienced friend," Trips said as he pointed at the ship, "Is a Consular-class C71 retrofit cruiser, or in kid talk, that's our ship,"
"Buddy, I've seen ships. That is no ship." Toddo said. "If it was actually in the water that would be one thing, but unless it can fly, its not going anywhere."
"It can fly, that's the point of a Starship." Sasha said, and Toddo froze as he looked at her, wide eyes.
"Your kidding me?" He asked, and Sasha grinned and shook her head. "Nope, that thing flies." She said.
Toddo glanceed at the ship, and then a grin that threatened to split his face in half appeared. "Oh that is sweet!" He said, and the girls of his team face-palmed.
"You had to say that, didn't you?" Nina asked in exasperation, while Trips quirked an eyebrow.
"What?" Trips asked. And Nina looked at him "Ever since he was 6, Toddo-Kun has dreamed of Flying, and has done all sorts of crazy stunts to pull it off." She explained. "He's even gone as far as trying to make make-shift wings and jumping off a hillside to try and so much as glide."
"Hey, that glider would have worked if someone hadn't forgotten to add more Glue!" Toddo said, glaring at Nina for a moment before his eyes returned to the ship. "You seriously are not pulling my Leg though, that thing can really fly?" He asked again, and Revy grinned behind her helmet as an idea came to her.
"Kid, I can fly if I want to." She said before stepping forward. "Watch this." She then activated her Jetpack on her back, and the rockets activated and lifted Revy of the ground and into the air. She landed not to far away, right next to the loading ramp of the ship. When she turned around, the eyes of the three kids were wide in shock, but the look on Toddo's face was 100% Priceless.
His eyes were wide, mouth was on the ground, and was stuttering nonsense. Then, however, the gaping mouth then returned to a full-blown grin, and his eyes gleamed in excitement.
"YES! HELL YES! I KNEW IT!" He cheered out as he jumped into the air pumping his fists. "I KNEW IT WAS POSSIBLE TO FLY! I KNEW IT! TAKE THAT JETO-TEME!"
Only Nina and Hikari managed to cover their ears in time, as everyone else, Clones, Mandalorians and Jedi Included, were temporarily deaf.
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Meanwhile
Somewhere near a Hotspring
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"Hmm?" A white-haired man said as he was peeping on woman through a wooden fence. "Did someone say something?" Shrugging, he returned to the task at hand as he giggled perversely as he continued writing vigorously down into a notebook.
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Meanwhile
On Corasaunt
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A Figure wearing a suit of complete Black armor and a skull-like helmet look up in the air, breathing mechanically. "Master, did you hear that?" The figure asked the elderly black robed man, sitting down in a chair.
"Yes, My apprentice." He said. "It was probably nothing though. Just Ignore it."
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Back at Naru's world
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"OW! Dang, that kid has some lungs!" Shouted one of the clones as he tried to get his hearing back as well as everyone else who was a victim of Toddo's super yell. Naru who had woken up due to the yell, was like a scared cat on the ceiling as she gripped onto Sasha's helmeted head in a vice-like grip.
Kyu meanwhile, was in his cage nursing his sensitive ears, all the muttering about killing ALL loud kids, including screaming banshees. Somewhere in Konoha, pink-haired girl sneezed.
Hikari, seeing that her sister was now awake, smiled "Glad to see your awake Nee-chan," she said.
Naru, who was finally getting over her shell-shock of Toddo's Super Yell, glanced at Hikari for a moment, her eyes still wide as she saw that it wasn't a dream, and that the girl who claimed to be her sister was real. She got off of Sasha and looked right into Hikari's eyes. "Are you...really my sister?" She asked, still not believing she heard her right.
Hikari nodded "Yup! Your twin...what, like I said earlier, how could you know about Kaa-san and not me?"
Naru continued to look at her, and she then got into contact with Kyu 'Kyu-Kun...is she...?' Naru asked, and she heard Kyu sigh.
"Yes, she's telling the truth." He said. "I...I didn't want to tell you because honestly, I thought she died when I...ya know...I didn't want to bring you more pain. I'm Sorry I-"
'It's Ok, Kyu-Kun.' Naru said reassuringly, then she looked at Hikari.
"Kyu-kun didn't know you were still alive, after he attacked the village," Nina and Hikari quirked an eyebrow in confusion.
"Kyu-kun?" she asked quizzicaly, "Who's Kyu-kun?"
At that Naru started to tremble, afriad of what she'll say to her sister. "Well...he's sorta...its a long story but..." She tried to say, but that was when she noticed the giant ship on the beach. "What the hell is that!" She shouted, but not nearly as loud as Toddo's yell thankfully for the ears of everyone else.
"That, would be our ship." Trips answered as he moved forward. "Come on, we can continue this conversation inside, I feel way to exposed out here in the open."
The others nodded, and they all headed into the ship.
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"This...is freaking awesome!" Toddo said as he followed the others through the ship. "I can't believe this ship can really fly!"
"Easy there kid," Said Wolffe as they headed to the bridge, "Did your mother eat some sugar when she was pregnant with you?"
That made Toddo stop dead in his tracks and Wolffe stopped as well, "What did you say about my mother?" He said, threateningly, glaring at the Clone.
"Whoa, Toddo, calm down." Nina said as she placed a hand on her teammate's shoulder. "I'm sure he didn't mean anything by that, it was just a joke." She then looked at Wolffe "Toddo-kun's mother is a very...sensitive subject to him, and he doesn't like it when people make fun of her."
Wolffe nodded and turned to Toddo "Sorry kid, didn't mean anything to insult her or anything." He said, and Toddo just sighed and smiled. "Ya, its alright." He said.
Wolffe nodded again as he made his way to the ship bridge, and then one of the other Clones led them to the spare quarters onboard. "So...this is your team N-Nee-chan?" Naru asked, a bit nervously to Hikari.
Hikari smiled and nodded. "Yup! Toddo-Kun's like a Brother, and Nina's kinda like a sister!" She said, she then put an arm around her shoulder and drew her closer. "Now I have a Real Sister! This is the best day ever!"
Naru tensed at the contact since most of her life she was treated with scorn by almost all of the villagers. Hikari noticed this and became concerned.
"Naru-nee, what's wrong? Are you okay?" Hikari asked her and Naru gave her a fake smile.
"What? Me? Oh I'm fine! Really! Hehehehehehe," she said nervously hoping her sister will drop it. But a serious look from Hikari told her otherwise.
"Your Lying, Naru-nee, I can tell." She said, as they entered the Spare rooms. "Come on, what is it? I'm your sister, so you can trust me."
Naru looked at her sister, and knew there was no way of getting out of this. "Well...I guess this is kinda...well weird that I really have a sister...and a Mother." She said. "For most of my life, I just though I was just another Clanless orphan that no one wanted, and only a few people like Jiji, Ayame-Chan, Neko-Chan and Inu-Kun."
Hikari blinked in surprise as did her teammates, while Jade and the others rose eyebrows. "Naru-Nee... how could you think you were a Clanless Orphan? The Uzumaki Clan should be well know in Konoha!" She said.
"And what's this about nobody wanting you?" Jade asked. as they all sat down in different beds and chairs. "Why run away from home, and why were those ANBU guys chasing you?"
Naru sighed as she closed her eyes. 'Kyu-Kun, should I...?' She asked.
"You can tell them, Naru-Chan." He said. "They deserve to know."
"Nee-chan...do you know what happened on the day I...I mean we were born?" She asked, a bit nervously.
Hikari nodded "Ya, the Kyuubi No Kitsune attacked the Village." She said. "Tou-san said that he was going seal the Demon into you, but Kaa-san said an ANBU told her that you and Tou-san died in the sealing. It was why we left Konoha, and moved to Uzushio, or what's left of it anyways."
"Wait, what's this 'Kyuubi' thing, and what do you mean by 'sealing'?" Revy asked, not understanding what they were talking about.
The Shinobi and Naru just looked at her and the others incredulously. "You really aren't from around here, are you?" Toddo asked. "The Kyuubi No Kitsune is the most powerful of the Biju Demons, and it was said that it was the most powerful being in the world."
Jade felt that there was something more, but she decided to ask that later.
"And how many of these 'Bijuu' are there?" Trips asked , and Toddo held up nine fingers.
"Nine total, including the Kyuubi itself," the Uzu-nin said, while Kyu grumbled about being called an 'it'. "Their power ranges from their tails. Shukaku has one, making him the weakest of the nine, and Kyuubi is the strongest, because is has nine tails."
"I'm guessing, since Naru-nee is alive, that the sealing was actually a success, and now the Kyuubi is sealed in her, am I right Naru?" Hikari asked.
"Y-Yes." She said, a bit sadly. "He's sealed in me."
There was a whole minute of silence "You have a demon sealed inside you?" Revy asked, a bit shocked by this. "Wow...that's deferentially something new."
Naru looked at the Mandalorian with a frown, "Yeah? How about being scorned since day one and being the scapegoat of said destruction, and being chased on your birthday and beaten constantly? Oh and did I mention I was kicked out of the orphanage when I was 4?" she said sarcastically, shocking th others.
Hikari though, her expression changed from shock to downright outrage as her eyes twitched violently. "THEY DID WHAT!" She screamed making what Toddo did earlier sound like a whisper. "THEY BEAT UP AND SCORNED MY TWIN SISTER? THAT'S IT! THEIR FUCKING DEAD! YOU HERE ME KONOHA! YOU. ARE. DEAD!"
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Coruscant
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Darth Vader and Palpatine flinched at the much louder, FEMALE, voice this time. And Vader, on instinct, activated his lightsaber.
"Alright, now I know I heard THAT! My master." the Sith said as Palpatine eyes darted around the room.
"Yes, my apprentice, and judging by the sound of that voice, it appears as if a young lady has been scorned, and you know what they say...?"
Vader gave a sigh, though his master didn't know, "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned," He said.
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While Hikari fumed with her face blood red in anger, and many would swear they saw steam coming out of her ears, Toddo and Nina were cowering under one of the beds, cowering at the rage of the Pissed off Uzumaki. And, though they receved the full-force of the scream as well, they were more focused on what it was Naru said.
Revy was in a similar state Hikari was, sure her own life wasn't a batch of roses, but what this kid described made her life look like a paradise.
Jade, Meanwhile, was completely shocked by this. She has hurt of some planets having some strange incidents similar to this occurring in the galaxy, mostly because of something a clan or family had done, but something to this magnitude...she was shocked that the child hadn't fallen to the Dark Side yet.
Sasha looked like she wanted to hurt somebody, really badly. If there was one thing that Sasha hated more than Palpatine, it was these child beating, idiotic, cockbites.
Wolffe was gaping like a fish. Even HE didn't go through something like that on the battlefield. This youngling went through all of that Hell, and still managed to have her sanity intact.
Trips was the same as Wolffe, but his hands were curled into fists at what he just heard from the young Jinchuriki. He began to wonder if any the other eight Jinchuriki suffered the same way she did.
"H-how...How can anyone be like that? To a youngling no less?" Jade said in slight horror as she imagined what Naru must've went through.
"Hate can cause people to act unlike their normal selves," Trips said, barley keeping his anger under control. "But this...this is just unacceptable."
Hikari, meanwhile, was finally beginning to end her ranting rage at how she was going to make Konoha suffer. When she finally calmed down, she made a very loud sigh. "Ok...I'm calm now." She said, and her two teammates sighed in relief as they crawled out of their cover. Hikari then turned to Naru, with a sad expression. "And...I'm sorry, Naru-nee." She said, surprising her sister.
"W-Why are you sorry?" Naru asked, not understanding what she meant. Hikari bowed her head and closed her eyes. "I'm sorry...that I failed you as a sister." She explained. "I'm suppose to keep you safe! To help you no matter what! I...I didn't even know you were alive until just today...Its...I'm sorry I-"
Whatever Hikari was about to say was cut off as Naru pulled her sister into an embrace, shocking her. "Nee-chan, you just said you didn't know I was alive." She said. "I didn't even know I had a family until a few days ago, and even then I though they were all dead..." She then smiled as she held her tighter. "I'm just so glad...I still have a family!" She said, as sobs began to wrack her body. Hikari embraced her sister as she cried as well.
Jade looked at the two and couldn't help but smile at the two sisters. It was then a thought came to her.
"Well, I guess we should drop you kids off back at your home," she said, and Toddo perked up a bit. "Does that mean we're gonna fly now?" He asked, grinning while Wolffe sighed. "Yes, Come on, might as well come with us to the Bridge." He said. Toddo wasted no time, hopping back to his feet to follow the others to the Bridge.
"OOOOH Yeah! Time to fly!" Toddo shouted only to recieve a bonk on the head, again.
"Will you PLEASE, stop doing that?" Toddo grumbled as he rubbed the bump on his head.
"Not on your life!" Nina chatsised as she grabbed his ear and dragged him to the bridge, while the boy was begging for her to let him go.
"You have weird friends, Nee-Chan." Naru said, while Hikari giggled as they followed them. "Maybe," She said. "But their still good friends, and I'd never want to replace any of them." She then grinned as she remembered something "So, Naru-nee...who's Kyu-Kun?" She asked.
Naru then gulped, knowing this was going to be a long explanation.
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Back in Konoha
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Danzo looked at the ROOT agent kneeling before him, his visible squinting as he finished reading what the ROOT heard from his observation of the Uzu-nins, and these strangers in armor.
"You're sure of this?" He asked the ROOT who gave him the report.
"Yes, Leader-Sama." He said. "The Headbands and gear matched that of Uzushio in origin, and I saw the stranger's weapons destroy the rest of the team. Theirs no doubt about it."
Danzo nodded as he glanced at the Report one more time. He knew Kushina was still alive after he had one of his ROOT tell her that Naru was killed in the sealing. In her grief, she left Konoha for Uzushio to raise her other Daughter there.
He never would have suspected she would attempt to rebuild the once powerful country, and restart its Ninja Program. And these new figures, these men in armor and the woman with the weapon similar to the Rajin no ken...
"Prepare five Squad's of our best ROOT members to make way to Uzushiogakure." Danzo ordered. "We must kill these strangers, the Uzushio Nin, and the Kyuubi Brat in one fail swoop."
The ROOT then bowed but then looked at his superior with a concerned look, "If I may be so bold to ask Leader-sama, what about them? They will not be pleased that we killed the girl as well,"
Danzo scoffed, knowing who the ANBU was talking about.
"I will deal with them when the time comes. Besides, I will not let the Jinchuriki of the most powerful Bijuu fall into the hands of a village, way past it's glory days," the warhawk said with a biting edge that made the ROOT flinch a bit,"That, and I will just have to find another child and put another of the Bijuu into it, and make sure that it is only loyal to me and me alone."
"Understood, Leader-Sama." The ROOT said. "I will gather our forces now." And with that, he left Danzo.
The Warhawk leaned back into his chair 'Soon, I will succeed where Kumo and Iwa failed.' He thought. 'I may loose the Jinchuriki, but the Kyuubi will be reborn in 3 years after its death, and I will simply seal it into someone else, someone loyal to the causes of Konoha.'
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"This...is...AWESOME!" Toddo cheered as his face was pressed up against the glass as the Consular-class Cruiser flew through the skies. Hikari and Nina sighed at their friend, while Wolffe's prosthetic eye was twitching vigorously, as well as the other clones and the two Mandalorians.
"Will somebody shut that kid up, or I will?," Revy said as she fingered one of her Westar-34 blasters.
"Get in line Revy, because I want a crack at him," Sasha countered as he fingered her own weapon.
Nina just waved them off "Just let him get it out of his system." She said. "In a few days, he'll start looking for the next big thing to accomplish besides flying."
"Ya, like getting to the Moon!" Toddo said as he looked up at the Moon that was clearly lit in the night sky. "I've always wondered if people live out there in space."
"They do, that's were we're from." Trips said, and once again Toddo Froze as he slowly looked at Trips, his eyes as wide as saucer plates. "You...you guys...are from Space?" He asked.
Roman sighed "Yes, we're from space, kid." He said, covering his ears expecting the kid to go balistic again, as did the others...only for things to remain silent.
They looked, and there they found Toddo had fainted into his seat, a grin still on his face as he muttered something along the lines of 'best day ever'.
"Looks like he fainted from an excitment overdose." Jade said, and the others sighed in relief. "Thank god," Wolffe said. "I may have to get my hearing checked up after all of this."
Trips sighed at that, "You're not the only one Wolffe," he said as he used his pinky finger to probe his ear.
"Sorry about that. He tends to talk loudly and excitedly when he discovers something new," Hikari said as she rubbed the back of her head. "And if today's any indicator, it will be happening a lot...but are you really from space?"
"Ya, we are." Jade said. "We use to be part of an organization called the Galactic Republic, which spanned across all of known space, ruling over thousands of worlds with a democratic rule."
"Use to?" Nina asked. "What happened?"
Trips sighed "A few years ago, the Supreme Chancellor, Palpatine, overthrew the Republic from within, and replaced it with a Galactic Empire." He said. "He's a Sith Lord, our enemy. Me, Jade and a few others managed to escape from them, and have been leading a resistance movement against them,"
The young girls' eyes widen at that. It was then Nina spoke up.
"And just how strong is this Empire?" She asked, fearfully dreading the answer. It was Wolffe who gave the answer.
"They have an army that numbers in the millions, with a Stormtrooper Corps in the hundreds of thousands, and an entire Naval Fleet that has thousands of ships at their disposal," The Clone Commander said causing the two Uzu-nin and Jinchuriki to gape in shock.
"WHAT?" was the combined response.
"And h-ho many people are in this resistance movement you spoke of?" Hikari said, paling at the thought of such numbers invading her home.
"Not nearly as many." Wolffe said. "At most, we have about 150,000 when we started the resistance, mostly Clones that defected, or Ne'tra Kad Mandalorian Mercenaries like Revy, Sasha and Roman. Over the years our numbers have been growing, but we're still heavily outnumbered. We only have a handful of advantages over the Empire's strength, not to mention a lot of our ships are out-dated compared to newer Imperial Ships. So, we've been using what forces we have to use hit-and-run tactics on the empire, hitting them at their weakest areas, and slowly biting away their defenses."
The three young women couldn't believe what they were hearing from the Clone Commander.
"Wow, you guys are either very brave or extremely crazy!" Naru said in shock while Revy just shrugged.
"All in a day's work, you know what I mean?" the Mandalorian said. Hikari giggled a bit "That's pretty much the life of a Shinobi, so ya we do." She said.
"What exactly are Shinobi?" Roman asked. "I know you four are, but what exactly is it?"
Nina decided to explain, "Shinobi are like covert agents or mercenaries that are paid by clients to carry out missions, like espionage, sabotage, escort, recon, you name it, we do it!" she said with pride while Hikari just said, "Nerd alert," which caused Nina to glare at said Uzumaki.
Sasha perked at that, "Kind of like us Mandalorians," she said with interest.
"Ok, now we ask: What's a Mandalorian?" Hikari asked.
"Mandalorians are a clan-base Warrior Race, followers of the Taung." Roman answered. "Mandalorian's are Mercenaries, Assassins, you name it, we do it. We have many clan's spread out across the galaxy, but every Mandalorian must answer to Mand'alor, our leader, which is a title handed down by either succession, popular vote, or by combat. A Mandalorian is trained since the day he or she can walk on how to fight."
"Amazing...similar to our Shinobi Program." Nina said.
"Kyu-Kun says he's interested by this as well." Naru said. "He's wondering who the current Mand'alor is." Naru had told them she had managed to talk with Kyu a few days ago, and she told them what he told her. They were shocked about what happened, but Hikari not only forgave him, but she thanked Kyu for doing whatever he could for her sister, for watching over her, and for pointing her in the direction of Uzushio, where she finally managed to find out her sister was alive.
"That, would be Ryu Hisanaga, or 'Mand'alor the Redeemer'." Sasha answered. "He only got the position recently, just a few years ago actually, but he's a good leader, and we'd follow him through hell and back."
"Sounds like the guy did something very big to win your guys' respect," Hikari said and Roman nodded.
"That he did, younglin," he said to the Uzu-nin, "But we'll talk about that later, it appears we're arriving at your home," he said, as he gestured to the island ahead.
Hikari smiled "Yup! That's Uzu No Kuni alright!" She said. "Nina, wake Toddo up, alright?" Nina nodded as she moved to was the said Shinobi up. "We should probably land somewhere along the west beach, we don't wanna start a panic seeing your guys land in the middle of the village." She said, and Jade nodded in agreement.
"Well, you heard her boys, get to it." Jade said as the pilots nodded as they took the ship down.
"So...this is Uzushio?" Naru asked, as she looked at what was her Mother's homeland.
Hikari smiled as she put a hand around her sister's shoulder "Yup...welcome home, Nee-chan." She said. "Welcome home..."
AN: There ya go! The first chapter of the fic! Special thanks to Patriot-112 who helped me out in this, cause without him this would take a LOT longer to get out. So please check out his own fics!
Until next time, MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU!