Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or Double arts. They belong to their respective owners.
Summary: When team 7 was called on a simple C-rank mission they were not expecting a result like this. During the C-rank mission while chasing after the bandits, Naruto run into a mysterious white hair girl, who was on the floor, coughing blood. Being who he was Naruto ran up to the girl, and when they came into contact their lives changed forever… AU. Story happens before Zabuza Arc. NarutoXOC
A/N: A little crossover fic I thought up after reading the manga Double Arts. I'm truly disappointed it ended so fast and this story just began to form in my head. General ideas are taken from the manga Double Arts. This story will follow the Naruto manga's storyline, but I intend to add little original arcs to make it more enjoyable to write. Hopefully I don't make the original OC too much of a Mary Sue.
Double Arts
Chapter 1: If you let go, I'll die!
"This is the town right?" Naruto yelled out confidently, he was standing in the front of the group, Sasuke, Sakura and Kakashi walked behind him. Sasuke had a brooding face as usual, Sakura was trying her best to get him to talk, Kakashi was reading that smut of his as always. "Let's go kick some bandit's ass," Naruto said as he prepared to run off, only to get pulled back by his collar as Kakashi held him back.
"Naruto, don't be so hasty, do you not remember what the client said? Bandits are hiding within the village, if you run in screaming your heads off you'll alert them and they might grab hostages," Kakashi said calmly. "We're going in stealthily and we'll split up, you remember what the client said, each bandits will be wearing a shirt with the crimson dragon emblem embedded onto it, if possible only knock them out, we aren't certain if they forced the village people to wear it," Kakashi explained. "Stealth is the highest priority, do not alert the bandits, I am talking specifically to you Naruto," Kakashi said, bending down and staring straight into Naruto's eyes.
"What, I can be stealthy if I want, I'm the number one prankster in Konoha," Naruto fumed.
With a grin Kakashi said, "Yes you are, okay team, we're moving in," as he shut his book with one hand, Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura leapt off in a blur, as they stealthily entered the town. "Now, let's hope for the best," Kakashi said as he too entered the village stealthily.
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I can count five roaming the streets, how many more are there, should I follow them, or should I take them out now. Sasuke thought, he was on the roof of a building out of sight, there were five bandits walking down the streets swaying left and right, as they each held one another for support, in their hands were a bottle with the kanji 'Sake'.
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One bandit, he's alone, should I take him out and henge into him? Sakura thought, she was peaking from the roof of a rundown building. This village, it's so quiet, are the people hiding in their houses? Or have they all run away? Sakura thought while biting her lips nervously.
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"Damn that Kakashi-sensei, why did he have to say that to me only, he made me totally not cool in front of Sakura-chan, I'll show him I can be stealthy if I need to, I'll take out more bandits than that damn Sasuke," Naruto muttered quietly to himself, he was on all four staring down into the street at three bandits.
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"They're rather weak, not that I expected anything more," Kakashi said with a bored tone, around him were six bandits all knocked unconscious. "I shouldn't leave their body lying on the floor, Kage Bunshin no Jutsu," Kakashi said, as six clones popped into existence. "Please tie up the bodies and hide them some where out of sight," Kakashi said to his clones as he leapt back onto the building.
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"Five down, it seems there aren't any bandits hiding in the buildings," Sasuke said, the five drunken bandits lay around him, he was in an alley way, apparently the drunken bandits had enough discipline to vomit in the alley way instead of the streets. Pulling out some wire from his tool bag, Sasuke wrapped it tightly around the five bandits before he leapt back into hiding.
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Sakura dragged a bandit into the alley way, as she performed a simple hand seal, becoming an exact replica of the bandit unconscious in front of her. "I hope Naruto won't be stupid and attack me," Sakura said out loud.
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"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu," Naruto whispered quietly, as three clones appeared around him. "We're ambushing them," Naruto muttered to his clones, as he waved a hand over at the three bandits.
Two clones leapt to the other side of the streets, and one clone on each side ran ahead in front of the bandits. Leaping down from their position on the roof, the four Naruto surrounded the bandits in an instant. The bandits became alert when they saw two exact same looking blondes appeared in front of them, as they grabbed their weapons and held a clumsy defensive stance. "Who the hell are you?" One of the bandits yelled.
"I'm Konoha's number one most surprising ninja, the future Hokage, Uzumaki Naruto, you best remember that name!" Naruto yelled as he alerted the bandits of two more Naruto behind them. All four Naruto leapt at the bandits, and in an instant they easily fell, as Naruto made quick work of them due to their lack of training. "Haha, three down at once, I bet Sasuke can't do something like this," Naruto said cockily.
"Hey, I think I heard someone yelling back here," A voice yelled from around the corner.
"Oh shit," Naruto said when several bandits ran into the scene and saw him.
"Hey who the hell are you? What did you do brat?" The bandit yelled when he saw the three bandits lying on the floor. "Damn it, those damn villagers hired ninjas, run back to the boss, we have to report this to him," The bandit yelled, alerting the back up with him.
"We got to stop them," Naruto yelled to his clones, as they ran after the bandits who made a run for it.
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"Those damn bandits are making a ruckus again," A white haired girl said, she had short white hair, there was some hair sticking out from the back of her head like bed hair, her face was deathly pale, her face was cute, but she looked unbelievably sick, with dark bags under her piercing red eyes. Her pale lips were parted slightly, panting for air, her two fangs were slightly pronounced, longer than normal. She was fairly short and slim. Her body was unbelievably weak, as shown by how wobbly she walked, her hands supporting her movement by pushing the wall for support. Coughing a few times, the girl felt a wave of pain shoot through her body, causing her to collapse onto her knees. Holding her hands to cover her mouth, the girl began to have a fit of coughing, her body was shivering, convulsing in pain. Removing her hands from her mouth, the girl could see blood on her hands. Damn, is my time up? Am I going to die now? The girl thought to herself, as her hands dropped onto the floor to support herself, a wave of pain shooting through her body as her fit of coughing returned. She could feel herself growing faint, as the pain erupted through her body; the coughing gave her trouble breathing for air, the girl could hear noises beside her, struggling slowly to turn her head, she saw a bunch of people running by her. She heard a loud voice yelling after the people, the voice caused her head to explode in pain, it was loud and very annoying, she thought as she slowly felt her consciousness slipping.
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"Hey you damn bastards, stop running!" Naruto yelled after the bandits, he and his three clones were running after the bandits. There were four bandits running, he was catching up due to his superior speed, but due to the bandits knowledge of the village they were able to slip into the alleys causing him to lose sight of them. The bandits made the mistake of running into an open street and in just a bit Naruto would have caught up to them. Suddenly the sight of a white haired girl his age caused the real Naruto to stop, as he quickly ran up to the girl, he heard her coughing violently, her body was shivering, he noticed splatter of blood on the floor. Running up beside the girl, Naruto grabbed her shoulder, lifting her up to face him, "Are you alright, hey, can you hear me?" Naruto yelled as he shook the girl. She was pale, a trail of blood coming down her mouth, she seemed to be almost unconscious.
Who the hell is this idiot, who the hell shakes a sick person like this? The girl thought to herself angrily, but she was too tired to yell, she felt herself enter a world of pain like never before as the boy violently shook her around. If I survive, I will kill whoever the hell this is, if not I'll beat him half to dead. The girl thought angrily.
"Hey, can you hear me?" Naruto asked, as he reached a hand and grabbed the girl's, suddenly the two felt a strange pulse, the girl's violent fit of coughing stopped and she felt her strength slowly returning.
What is this? I'm fine? The girl thought, as she felt bits of her strength returning. Struggling slowly to turn her head, the girl saw a spiky haired blonde boy around her age; he had six whisker marks on his face, three on each side of his cheek.
She's cute, like Sakura-chan. Naruto thought with a faint blush as he stared at the girl's face. Shaking his head a bit to rid the thought, "Are you alright?" Naruto asked worriedly, as he let the girl's hands go. Suddenly the girl returned to a violent coughing fit, causing Naruto to widen in confusion.
It's back again, what is going on? The girl thought, as she struggled to breathe yet again. This boy's hands, could it be? The girl thought, as she struggled to move her arms, and with all her strength the girl grabbed onto Naruto's hands causing her violent coughing fit to stop. Mustering all she could the girl spoke, "Don't let go."
Naruto was surprised when the girl grabbed his hands, he was more surprised when she spoke 'Don't let go', and while he was confused Naruto did as the girl told as he held onto her hands.
The girl felt her strength returning and minutes later she felt good enough to sit up. "Who are you?" The girl asked.
"Me, I'm Uzumaki Naruto, future Hokage of Konoha," Naruto announced loudly causing a shot of pain in the girl's head.
So loud. The girl thought to herself. I see. He is a ninja of the hidden village of the leaf. The girl thought to herself.
"Damn it, I have to catch those bandits, I have to go, I'm glad you're okay," Naruto said as he stood up and prepared to run.
"Don't go," The girl yelled holding onto Naruto's hands tightly.
Naruto stopped in his track, the sickly girl was unbelievably strong. "What do you mean? I have to stop those bandits," Naruto said.
"You can't let go of my hands, otherwise I'll die," The girl stated simply, causing Naruto to stare at her in disbelief.
"What are you talking about?" Naruto said, staring at the girl with a 'are you crazy' look.
"I will show you, but you must not run away," The girl said, as she let go of Naruto's hands, suddenly the coughing fit returned, as she began to shiver as pain erupted through every part of her body.
Naruto was shocked, but he quickly made a grab for the girl's hands again, stopped her coughing. "What's going on?" Naruto said confused.
"I don't know, but if I let you go, I will without a doubt die," The girl stated.
"But the bandits," Naruto said out loud. "Damn it," Naruto yelled as he lifted the girl bridal style and began to run after the bandits.
"What are you doing, let me down," The girl yelled, but Naruto ignored her and ran after his clones and the bandits.
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"This must be the bandit's head quarters, and this must be their leader, mission accomplish," Kakashi said with a grin, around him there were about twenty bandits. Creating several clones, Kakashi sent the clones to tie up the bandits while he himself walked out of the headquarter. Kakashi saw a bandit running up to him and as he prepared to knock the bandit out it dispelled in a puff of smoke revealing Sakura waving at him.
"Kakashi-sensei," Sakura yelled as she stopped before him with a huff, panting softly for breathe.
"Yo, I assume you went through every part of your area?" Kakashi said with a wave.
"Yes, I took out ten bandits," Sakura replied.
The two of them saw two bandits running up to the head quarters, "Boss, we have trouble boss, there are leaf ninjas in the village," The two bandits yelled out at the top of their voice.
The two watched with a sigh when they saw two Naruto clones running angrily after the two bandits. "Come back here you cowards," The Naruto clones yelled.
"What is he doing?" Sakura said sighing with a face palm.
"Number one most surprising ninja indeed," Kakashi said.
Suddenly Sasuke appeared and knocked the two bandits out with a chop to the neck, "What are you doing dope," Sasuke muttered.
"Wah, Sasuke! Those two were my preys!" Naruto clones yelled.
"Feh, a dope like you really can't do the job right," Sasuke said turning towards Sakura and Kakashi and walked up to them.
The Naruto clones were fuming as they stomped after Sasuke. "Sasuke, I see you are done with your area as well," Kakashi said.
"Yes, I took out around twenty," Sasuke replied.
"Kyahh, Sasuke-kun is so cool and strong," Sakura said with a squeal.
The three stared at the two Naruto in which both popped out of existence. "Wait, if they're both clones, where is the real Naruto?" Sakura asked.
"I can see the dope right there, is that a girl in his arms?" Sasuke said, pointing towards the Naruto running towards them.
"Sasukeeee, you bastard, you took my bandits!!" Naruto yelled as he ran up to the group angrily, one of his hands were being held onto by the white haired girl, the girl was plugging the ear closest to Naruto's mouth with her other arm. When Naruto stopped before the group, he let the girl onto her feet, the girl looked rather annoyed.
"Who is that Naruto?" Kakashi asked with a smile. That pure white hair, and those red eyes, she couldn't be…
"Why are you holding her hand, you idiot, Naruto," Sakura asked.
"Before that, Sasuke!" Naruto said angrily, glaring daggers at Sasuke.
"Mhn, a dope like you who can't even take out two mere bandits shouldn't have the right to talk," Sasuke said arrogantly, causing Naruto to fume. The girl had a slightly irritated look on her face, as she tried to block out Naruto loud yelling with one hand.
"Naruto stop harassing Sasuke-kun and tell us who that is," Sakura said angrily.
"I don't know, I found her lying sick on the streets back there," Naruto replied. "I don't know why, but if I don't hold onto her hand she'll die," Naruto said.
"Who the hell will believe that?!" Sakura yelled as she tried to punch Naruto, only for the girl to grab her fist mid punch, stopping her from punching Naruto. "You," Sakura said surprised, the girl was stronger than she looked.
"I wouldn't do that, I don't want to go flying as well," The girl said with narrowed eyes, her piercing eyes caused Sakura to flinch slightly taking a step back.
"Sakura, Sasuke, go pick up all the bandits and gather them together, Naruto and the little miss there, come with me, we need to have a private talk," Kakashi said seriously he sounded rather urgent too.
Sasuke and Sakura rarely seeing Kakashi this serious nodded, as they leapt off to collect the tied up bandits. "You two, come with me, we need to go to some place private," Kakashi said, as he, Naruto and the girl walked off to some place where no one was around.
"First off, I wish to know your name," Kakashi said pointing towards the white haired girl.
"Yuki, Hikari Yuki," Yuuki replied.
"Yuki, a fitting name," Kakashi said with a smile. Could I be wrong? Could she not be of that clan? Kakashi thought. "What do you mean when you say you can't let go of her hands, Naruto?" Kakashi asked.
"Ah well," Naruto said.
"If he lets go, I will die," Yuki replied.
"Die?" Kakashi asked calmly.
"Well, I will die, for some reason, he is stopping me from dying, in fact holding onto him is making me healthier than I've been in quite a while," Yuki explained. Lifting up both hers and Naruto's connected hands, Yuki lets go of Naruto's hands. Suddenly her coughing fit returns, as she collapsed onto her knees, unable to move, as she convulsed with pain. Naruto hurriedly grabs her hand again, stopping it.
"I see," Kakashi said thoughtfully. This is the curse I've heard about, could she have had a name change? Kakashi thought. "Could you be perhaps, related to a clan referred to as vampires?" Kakashi asked.
"What?! A vampire?!" Naruto said in surprise.
"Yes, my mother has told me that in the past, she said her parents belonged to that clan," Yuki replied.
"Wait, wait, what's happening here?" Naruto asked. "What are you talking about Kakashi-sensei, she's a vampire?" Naruto asked.
"She's not a vampire, that's something that only exists in myths, but a clan was once known throughout the ninja world, a clan the world referred to as vampires," Kakashi explained.
"I've never heard of it," Naruto said smugly regaining his cool.
"Of course, that's because the clan was wiped out and destroyed from history," Kakashi said in a grave tone.
"What!" Naruto said in surprise, as he turned and glanced at Yuki who was staring at the floor. "But she's still alive, isn't she?" Naruto said.
"Yes, that is why I am so surprise, the Ketsuki clan was said to have been completely wiped out, no known survivor."
"Why were they destroyed, Kakashi-sensei?" Naruto asked.
"Well-," Kakashi began before being interrupted.
"Because they were feared," Yuki began.
"Feared?" Naruto said.
"Yes, the Ketsuki clan was feared throughout the world, they were given the name vampire, because of their abilities, more specificly Dorein," Kakashi said.
"Abilities?" Naruto asked.
"Dorein and Yuukai," Yuki said softly.
"Yes, the abilities that made a Ketsuki so feared, the move Dorein," Kakashi began. "Legends state that the founding members of the clan of Ketsuki made a pact with a tailed beast, in return for power they will serve the demon. The demon granted their wishes, bestowing onto the founders enchanted strength, speed, stamina, and two special abilities, Dorein and Yuukai," Kakashi continued. "The founders became strong, and in their own lust for power, they betrayed the demon. When the founders broke the pact, the demon cursed their bloodline for eternity, a curse that will deteriorate their body with age and if the curse was not stopped or slowed they would without a doubt die at the age of six." "The founders were dying, but they realized that with Dorein they could slow the curse and prolong their lives." "The clan of Ketsuki survived and they continued to survive until fifty years ago, when the five great nations combined their forces and wiped them out from existence."
"What is Dorein, Kakashi-sensei?" Naruto asked.
"Dorein, is what made the Ketsuki so feared, it is a move that drains all chakra from a person, killing them, and this chakra is used to prolong the lives of a Ketsuki," Kakashi replied.
"What!" Naruto yelled in fear, as he glanced in fear towards Yuki.
"Do not worry, I have never used the ability before," Yuki said.
"But you know the move," Kakashi said simply.
"But I will never use it, I promised my mother before she died," Yuki replied in a serious voice.
"How did your mother, a Ketsuki survive fifty years ago, you look no older than thirteen, it's impossible for you to be alive now," Kakashi said. "You say you've never used Dorein, but it's impossible for you to be alive if that is the case."
"My mother is the daughter of two Ketsuki members who forsaken the clan when they could no longer stand their ways, giving birth to my mother," Yuki began. "My mother met my father, a human shinobi, by using Dorein once every few days on my father my mother was able to prolong her death, giving birth to me, I only have half of Ketsuki blood within me," Yuki continued before Kakashi interrupted.
"I see, and thus your curse takes twice as long before taking effect, but Dorein only slows the curse down, it does not heal it, you will without a doubt die even if you use Dorein on a person." Kakashi said.
"Yes, but for some reason, by holding onto this person's hands my curse stops taking effect," Yuki said as she held up hers and Naruto's hands.
"That could be because Naruto holds the nine-tailed beast, Kyuubi within him," Kakashi explained.
Yuki's eyes widened in shock before saying with surprise, "Him, a jinchuriki? This weakling?" Yuki said, causing Naruto to turn to her angrily.
"Hey, I'm strong, I'm the future hokage of Konoha," Naruto yelled.
"You seem to know a bit about Jinchuriki," Kakashi said.
"My mother once told me, that the only way to suppress the curse is to obtain the blessing of a tailed beast or to come in contact with a Jinchuriki, a human with a demon sealed within them," Yuki said.
"I see, that explains a lot, but are you willing to hold her hands like that, Naruto?" Kakashi asked seriously.
"Of course, why wouldn't I?" Naruto said simply.
"You don't understand how serious this situation is, Naruto," Kakashi began gravely, causing Naruto to become alert. "This isn't as simple as you think, if you hold her hands you will never ever be able to remain as a shinobi, you will be unable to fulfill your dreams to become hokage, that is the choice you are making here, give up your dreams and save her life, or give up her life to capture your dream," Kakashi said seriously, Naruto's eyes was wide when he realized what Kakashi was forcing him to decide, to give up his dreams to save a life, or to give up a life to keep his dreams.
Yuki stared with eyes hardened; she was not going to show any emotion before Naruto, she had prepared herself mentally for death. Naruto glanced towards Yuki from the corner of his eyes, he noticed the emotionless look on her face, but he noticed in the depths of her eyes she was prepared to die.
Smirking, Naruto said confidently, "Kakashi-sensei, who do you think I am?" "I will save Yuki's life, but I will never give up my dream, I will become Hokage, even if I have to hold onto her hands forever," Naruto stated as he lifted up Yuki's arms confidently. "This is my way of the ninja, I make up my own rules, don't think I can't become a ninja just because I have to drag her along with me, that's why, Yuki, we will fight together, I will keep you alive, and you will help me become Hokage," Naruto said staring straight into Yuki's red eyes which lit up in shock.
"Of course," Yuki said as she stared at the smiling boy before her. This boy, he's more mature than I first thought, or perhaps you could call him immature. Yuki thought to herself.
Kakashi chuckled, and Naruto and Yuki swore they saw him blushing with a perverted grin underneath his face mask, "Well, you know, since you guys can't separate, you'll have to do everything together, eat, bath, sleep," Kakashi said with amusement evident on his voice, as the two blushed heavily and stared at each other.
"WHAT!" They yelled in unison.
"Yes, this is the decision you guys have made, enjoy the rest of your life together, make sure you don't do something you aren't supposed to until you're old enough," Kakashi said with a perverted grin.
"Shut up Kakashi-sensei, I'm not a pervert like you!" Naruto yelled embarrassed.
"If you try anything, I'll beat the crap out of you," Yuki said with a blushing face.
"I won't, I'm not a pervert," Naruto stated with a blush.
"Well," Kakashi said with a pause and a clap. "Let's get back to Sasuke and Sakura, I'm sure they have all the bandits tied up," Kakashi finished as he began walking away.
Naruto and Yuki stared at their connected hands and sighed, the rest of their lives together, Naruto was somewhat regretting his decision now, what if Sakura-chan misunderstood.
When the three returned to the bandit head quarter Sasuke and Sakura had already rounded up the bandits with help from a bunch of villagers who were hiding inside their house. "Thank you for saving us," A man yelled, as they noticed Kakashi, Naruto and Yuki approaching.
"You are the mayor of the village, I believe?" Kakashi asked.
"Yes, how did you know?" The mayor asked.
"Your son was the one who hired us, you two bear resemblance to each other, I simply took a guess," Kakashi explained.
"Yes, Hirose did it did he, will he be coming back?" The mayor asked.
"Yes, we will be meeting with him on our way back, we will tell him to return," Kakashi replied.
"Thank you," The mayor said with a bow.
"We will leave the bandits here for you to treat as you will, we will be going now," Kakashi said.
"Why not join us for a feast, it is the least we can do for our saviours," The mayor suggested.
"That sounds nice, but we must return to the village in haste, I hope you the best of luck in rebuilding your village, Team 7 we're leaving now," Kakashi spoke, calling his team together, Sasuke and Sakura walked up to him, but Kakashi noticed Naruto being dragged by Yuki to a group of children.
"Yuki-oneesama, do you really have to leave, stay with us!" One of the little girls said with teary eyes.
"Don't go, Onee-sama," Another little boy said.
"You sure are popular," Naruto dead panned.
"I'm sorry, I must go with them," Yuki explained.
"Why? Stay with us, Yuki-oneesama," Another boy spoke up. "Could it be because of him? Are you leaving because of him?" The boy asked pointing angrily at Naruto.
"Well, in a way yes," Yuki replied stupidly.
"Hey, don't drag me into this," Naruto said.
"Why you, why are you stealing Yuki-oneesama from us?" A little girl said angrily at Naruto.
"Could it be, could he be your-," A little boy said as he held up his pinkie. "Onee-sama?"
"No, he/she is not!" Naruto and Yuki both yelled with blushing face as Naruto stared fearfully at Sakura who wasn't even paying attention, with a sigh of relief.
"But onee-sama is holding his hands, you must be going out!" The boy said pointing to their hands.
"This is something else, it's not what you think," Yuki tried to explain. "Please understand me, I don't want to leave, but I must, that's why, please don't stop me, I promise I'll return to visit you guys," Yuki said eyes teary.
"Geeze, hey, I promise we will return to visit and I never break a promise, okay?" Naruto spoke up, as he held out a pinkie. The kids nodded tearfully as one of them walked up and pinkie swears with Naruto. "We'll be back!" Naruto said as he and Yuki ran up to follow the rest of Team 7.
"So she's coming with us?" Sakura said sounding slightly irritated, most likely still angry about earlier when Yuki stopped her punch. "And why are you two still holding hands?" Sakura said annoyed pointing to their hands.
Ahh Sakura-chan, you do care about me, you're jealous! Naruto thought happily as tears fell down his cheek. You really care about me more than that bastard.
This idiot, he's so obvious. Yuki said glancing at the Naruto who was crying in happiness. How he's in love with a girl like her I have no idea. Yuki thought with a sweat drop, remembering Sakura's attempt to knock the lights out of Naruto. No matter how you look at it, she has a serious crush on that brooding boy over there. Yuki thought glancing at Sasuke. Although I admit, I would take him over this idiot any day. At least he understands the word 'silence'. Yuki thought with a sigh.
Team 7 plus one girl arrived at the gates of Konoha as the sun was setting. After getting clearance from the guards, they strolled into the village, Yuki's eyes lit up as she looked around like a little child. This was the first time she had ever been in a huge hidden village like Konohagakure. "Let's hurry and report to the old man, I want to eat ramen!" Naruto whined.
"Ramen?" Yuki asked.
"You don't know what ramen is…" Naruto said staring at Yuki in such a frightening way she was almost tempted to let go of his hands. "Ramen is a gift from god, it is the best thing to ever exist in this world," Naruto said, drools running down his mouth.
So weird, I'm stuck with him for the rest of my life? Yuki thought with a sweat drop. "Yes, I'm sure it must be great," Yuki lied.
"I sensed a hint of lying in your voice just now!" Naruto yelled.
"No, no, you must be imagining things," Yuki said inching away as much as she could from the ramen-crazed Naruto.
"They're close, aren't they, Sasuke-kun?" Sakura asked glancing at the bickering pair behind them.
"It's not my problem," Sasuke simply said.
Sakura glanced back at the two, "How can anyone fall in love with an idiot like Naruto? After just meeting him, they're already holding hands and not letting go," Sakura said pausing with a sigh as she glanced at their intertwined hands. "I pity her," Sakura said before chasing after Sasuke.
"Oi, old man, we're back!" Naruto said slamming open the door of the Hokage office, Sakura was face palming her own face in disbelief, Sasuke was the same moody self, Kakashi was reading his smut, while Yuki was glancing around curiously.
"Naruto and team 7, I see the mission went well," Sarutobi spoke up glancing at the group before him. "And I see you brought someone else along," Sarutobi said, he noticed Naruto holding onto the girl's hands but he decided to not say anything about it just yet.
That old man, he is the Hokage, he is the strongest man in this village? Yuki thought to herself. He seems like a gentle old man, is he really the man that Naruto wants to succeed?
"Sasuke, Sakura, you're dismissed, leave the debriefing to us," Kakashi said, Sasuke and Sakura nodded and left the room.
"What? What about me sensei? I want to go eat ramen," Naruto complained.
"Naruto, I need you here to explain the situation," Kakashi said.
"Kakashi, I'm assuming it has to do with that girl, she is part of the Ketsuki isn't she," Sarutobi asked, he had come to that conclusion when he saw the white hair and red eyes.
"Yes, she is, Hokage-sama," Kakashi replied respectfully.
He's sharp and just as knowledgeable as Kakashi, Kakashi also seem to have a great deal of respect for this Hokage, is he really strong in reality? Yuki thought.
"I see, I can already see the picture, I have heard rumours of the curse being suppressed by the power of tailed beasts, I see that it is true," Sarutobi said.
"That is the case, Hokage-sama," Kakashi replied.
"If you know already, old man, can I go now?" Naruto whined.
"You may, but Naruto, in a few days I will have another apartment prepared for you, yours is too tiny to fit the two of you," Sarutobi spoke sagely, but the faint blush on his face just totally killed the effect.
He's also a pervert! Are all Konoha men like this? Yuki thought in shock, glancing warily at Naruto.
"Yes! Let's go Yuki, I shall now show you the gift that is ramen," Naruto said excitedly as he ran out the door dragging Yuki with him.
"I hope they don't do anything they shouldn't," Sarutobi said.
"Oh, I've already told them so, Hokage-sama," Kakashi said.
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"This is ramen," Naruto said dramatically, he was sitting at the Ichiraku Ramen booth, Yuki was seated right of him, Naruto's right and Yuki's left hands were between them, grasping each other's hands.
This does smell rather good. Yuki thought with a surprised look on her face, as the delicious aroma drifted into her nose.
"I can see that surprised look, you didn't believe me earlier!" Naruto stated. "Ichiraku ramen is the best," Naruto said confidently.
"I'm glad you feel this way, Naruto," Teuchi said with a grin. "This ones on the house since you've found yourself a pretty little girlfriend," Teuchi said.
"She/he's not my girl/boyfriend," The two of them yelled in unison with an embarrassed face.
Giggling Ayame spoke teasingly, "Really? You two seem to be pretty well matched."
"So who is she really? You haven't introduced us, I haven't seen her around the village," Teuchi asked.
"She's Hikari Yuki, she comes from a village a few hours away from here," Naruto explained.
"What did you do to get her attention, Naruto," Teuchi teased.
"I didn't do anything, if I let her go, she'll die," Naruto stated.
"My, my, Naruto, we're just teasing, that's going a bit too far," Ayame said.
"He's not joking, if he and I were to separate, I will die," Yuki explained, as she took a bite out of her ramen. "This is delicious," Yuki said with her eyes glistening, as she stared at the bowl before her. "This is without a doubt the best food I have ever tasted," Yuki said.
"See, see, I told you, if you said you hated it, I would seriously let go!" Naruto said.
You would? Over a simple matter like this? Yuki thought with a sweat drop.
"Hey, hey, don't change the topic, what do you mean she'll die when you let go?" Ayame and Teuchi asked seriously.
"I can't show you since she'll be in pain, but I'm not kidding, if I let her hands go, she will die," Naruto said lifting both their hands up and showing the two.
"Is that so, Yuki-chan, your bowls will always be on the house, our treat!" Ayame said.
"Thank you so much," Yuki said with a smile.
"Hey, hey, what about me old man? Your number one customer!" Naruto said.
"No way in hell, Naruto, if we did that, we'll be bankrupt in days," Teuchi said.
"Wahh, that's so unfair, I'm the one keeping her alive!" Naruto said.
"That's why we're doing something like this, I pity Yuki-chan having to stick with a loud annoying brat like you all day," Teuchi joked.
"You understand my pains, you guys are some of the best people I've ever met," Yuki said as she mockingly wiped the fake tears from her eyes.
"Hey, hey, I'm not that annoying am I?" Naruto asked.
"What do you think," The three replied in unison.
"Why are you all ganging up on me?" Naruto whined.
"Yo, Naruto, we can hear you whining out there, what's the matter?" Ino asked as she, Shikamaru, Chouji and Asuma walked into the booth. "A miso ramen for me," Ino said as she took a seat.
"A special for me," Shikamaru said as he took a seat.
"One of everything for me, Asuma-sensei is paying," Chouji said with a large grin.
"Oi, oi, don't eat all my money away," Asuma joked.
"Asuma-senseiiii, can you treat me too?" Naruto said with pleading eyes.
"Whoa, whoa, okay Naruto, don't look at me with those eyes," Asuma said with a sweat drop before Naruto's huge teary pleading eyes.
"Yes, Asuma-sensei is much better than Kakashi-sensei, you aren't cheap and a pervert," Naruto said grinning. "Now, I should dig in," Naruto said, picking up the chop sticks with his left hands clumsily. Slowly the fact dawned on him, "I can't eat with my left hand," Naruto stated slowly, causing the occupants of the booth to turn towards him.
"Than eat with your right, you idiot," Ino said from her place in the booth.
"But, but," Naruto said.
"Now that you mention it, aren't you holding the hands of that girl, Naruto?" Asuma asked, as team 10 stared at the white haired girl beside Naruto, than at their hands grasping each other in between the area between their seats.
"What? Naruto found a girlfriend?" Chouji said with surprise.
"She/he's not my boy/girlfriend," Naruto and Yuki yelled in unison. "Stop saying it at the same time as me, it makes people wonder!" They yelled again glaring at each other.
"What's going on here?" Ino asked.
"Long story short, apparently Naruto can't let go of Yuki-chan's hands, otherwise she'll die," Ayame explained.
"What are you guys, children? What kind of mushy romance crap do you think you're living in," Ino said angrily. "Die if he lets go, are you stupid?" Ino said glaring at Yuki, who glared back.
"I don't want to you know, but I have to," Yuki replied angrily.
"Hey, hey, calm down, Ino," Shikamaru said calmly.
"That kind of mushy crap shouldn't be done with someone like Naruto, that's like my dream with Sasuke," Ino said angrily.
"Hey, what the hell Ino, what do you mean by someone like Naruto," Naruto shot back angrily.
"Grr, I'll separate you two even if it means I have to beat you up, Naruto," Ino said as she pounces at Naruto and Yuki. The two quickly stood up and moved out of the booth and into the wider street.
"Hey, Ino, we're serious, stop," Naruto said as he and Yuki dodged Ino again.
"Just let go of her hand and everything will be fine," Ino said. She apparently was in an anger crazed state as she chased after the two.
"Those two seem serious, they really aren't letting go of each other, despite their horrible coordination," Shikamaru stated, as he observed Naruto and Yuki dodging Ino.
"I really think we should stop Ino," Chouji said worriedly.
"Yeah, I think you guys are right," Asuma said as he disappeared from his spot and was behind Ino in an instant, locking her arms behind her back. "Ino, stop it, they're serious about this," Asuma said as Ino seemed to return to her normal state of mind.
"Wah, what? What am I doing out here?" Ino said. "Right I heard Naruto say something very stupid and went into an angry rage," Ino said shaking her head.
"That girl is very scary," Yuki stated simply.
"Yeah, are you girls always that scary?" Naruto asked as he was punched by Yuki.
"No normal girls are like that," Yuki said.
"But why did you have to punch me?" Naruto said confused.
"I don't know," Yuki replied dragging Naruto back into the booth.
Taking their seats again, Naruto gazed longingly at the bowl before him, as he tried to clumsily eat with his left hand. "Yuki, can you feed me?" Naruto asked stupidly as he turned to stare at Yuki with teary eyes.
Yuki was about to yell at him for being stupid when she saw Naruto teary eyes longing for ramen. With a sigh, she grasped his chops sticks and began feeding him, as a river of tears streamed down his eyes as he finally got to eat ramen. Yuki was blushing, embarrassed as the rest of the people in the booth stared at the two of them with amused eyes. "Geeze, eat it yourself, I can't feed you with all these people watching. I rather die," Yuki said stuffing the rest of the ramen into Naruto's face and letting go of the chopsticks.
"No, no, go on, that was an amusing sight," Ayame teased.
"God, I can't believe you two, how mushy can you two be? Feeding each other in public?" Ino said in disbelief as she face palm.
"We, are, not, trying, to, be, mushy," Naruto and Yuki shot back word for word in unison. "Seriously, stop that!" They yelled at each other.
"How troublesome, they really seem to be unable to let go of each others arms, I think you should trust them, Ino, it's not like Naruto to lie about something like this," Shikamaru said seriously.
"If you say so, Shika, but I still have my doubts," Ino said, glancing at Naruto who was trying to lap up his ramen like a dog. "Okay, I think I believe them," Ino said sweat dropping at the sight.
"Naruto, stop that, wait till I finish, we'll switch seat and hands so you can eat," Yuki said embarrassed, as Naruto tried to eat his ramen.
Brightening up Naruto nodded, "Right I didn't think of that, hurry, I need to eat," Naruto said. "The ramen is getting cold."
Yuki hurried and finished her ramen, and than the two of them switched place, making sure to be careful and always touching. "Finally, I can eat," Naruto yelled excitedly, Yuki was resting her cheeks on her palm as she watched Naruto eat.
How ill mannered. Yuki thought as she watched Naruto slurp all the ramen like a mad man. Slowly the bowls of ramen began to stack up, and slowly Yuki realized what Teuchi meant when he said Naruto would cause him to go bankrupt. The boy had a bottomless pit for a stomach, or at least to ramen, and after twenty bowls Naruto finished with a sigh.
"Thank you, Asuma-sensei," Naruto said patting his stomach.
Asuma was watching, tears streaming down his cheeks as he glanced between Naruto's twenty bowl stacks and Chouji's twenty bowl stacks. "My pay check," Asuma said sadly.
"That's what you get when you decide to pay for both Chouji and Naruto, sensei, it's just troublesome," Shikamaru said knowingly.
"Let's go Yuki!" Naruto said as he happily left the booth while Asuma slowly pulled out his money, crying at his loss.
"So where do you live?" Yuki asked.
"It's just around the corner," Naruto said, walking around the corner the two went up several set of stairs until they reached a small apartment.
"This is where the future hokage lives?" Yuki said teasingly. "It's smaller than my house back in the village," Yuki said.
"I was born without parents, the old man is the one providing me with everything from his own money, I can't possibly be selfish enough to ask for more," Naruto replied seriously.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean it in a bad way," Yuki said softly, she was unaware of anything about Naruto so she had just blurted out what came to mind.
"It's okay, you don't know anything about me, I won't hate you for something like this," Naruto replied. "Excuse the mess, I only sleep here, so I rarely clean it," Naruto said.
Yuki could tell, clothes were scattered all over the floor, cups of left over instant ramen were just tossed onto the floor. The place smelled strangely similar to ramen Yuki decided after a few sniffs. How do you live in a place like this? Yuki thought in shock as she followed after Naruto.
"This is my bedroom," Naruto said as he opened a door. Yuki noticed a rock in the middle of the room and glass fragments all over the floor; she glanced over at Naruto and noticed a sad look on his face which was instantly masked by a smile. "Look's like someone accidentally threw a rock at the window," Naruto said with a smile. "This happens a lot in around this neighbourhood."
Yuki could tell he was lying, she managed to get a glimpse of one word on the stone before Naruto grabbed and covered it, 'demon' was what Yuki saw as Naruto tossed the stone carelessly over at a corner along with a pile of other stones. I was stupid to think his life was good when he's always smiling and laughing, what kind of life he must have been through if he barely bats an eye over something like this. Yuki thought biting her lips nervously. He is a jinchuriki, a warden of Kyuubi, I have heard of Kyuubi from my mother, Kyuubi was supposedly defeated by Yondaime, but it seems it was sealed within Naruto instead. I can already tell his life has been hell, he must be living amongst the hatred of the villagers sadden by their lost, yet he lives life with an happy smile, he even dreams of becoming the Hokage to protect the village. Yuki thought sadly. And to save my life, he has to live with me always holding his hands, how can he hope to become the Hokage? Yuki thought. It was at this moment Yuki decided. She would dedicate all her strength in order to help Naruto achieve his goals.
"Hey, you must be sweaty after everything that happened today, do you want to take a shower?" Naruto asked with a blush.
"I hope you aren't having perverted thoughts about that," Yuki dead panned.
"No, I'm just asking," Naruto shot back.
"Yeah, a shower would be great, but, I don't have any clothes," Yuki replied. "I forgot to grab my clothes since we left in such a hurry."
"You'll just have to wear mines, we'll go buy some clothes for you tomorrow, since you'll be fighting and doing mission with me, its better to buy something easier to move than the clothes you're in right now," Naruto said.
"Your clothes?" Yuki asked blushing faintly.
"Unless you don't want to wear anything," Naruto said with a nose bleed.
"I'll take your clothes, thank you," Yuki replied in an instant.
"Here, take this white shirt and pants, they're new," Naruto said as he walked over to the closet and tossed out the two articles at Yuki.
"You better not peek when I'm taking the shower," Yuki said with a blush.
"I won't, sheeze, we're connected, I don't feel like getting beat to death," Naruto muttered, the two were standing in front of the bath room.
"How am I going to take my clothes off?" Yuki asked, pulling up their connected hands. Glancing at their hands for a second, the two came up with wild possibilities, such as pulling the shirt over to Naruto's body and slipping it out. Shaking their heads the two decided on one way to doing it, "We'll just switch hands after I'm done taking one side out," Yuki said.
"Yeah, okay," Naruto replied.
"You better not peek," Yuki said.
"I won't," Naruto replied with a sigh. "I promise," Naruto said.
And so Yuki proceed to strip out of her attire, Naruto faced away with a blush on his face. "Okay, let's switch hands," Yuki said.
Naruto lifted up his left hand up to his left shoulder while Yuki lifted her right hand and grasped Naruto's hand. Dropping each others other hand, Yuki proceeds to get the rest of her shirt off. "You better not look," Yuki repeated once more.
"I won't. Lay off, I'm not a pervert," Naruto said for the last time. After just one more glimpse, Yuki pulled the curtain close, their hands connected at the opening, with Naruto facing away. Naruto tapped his foot impatiently. It was taking a god damn long time for Yuki to finish. "Will you hurry up, I've been standing here for the past hour," Naruto complained exaggerating.
"A girl needs her beauty shower and it hasn't been an hour," Yuki shot back.
"I need to take a shower too, at this rate we won't be sleeping tonight," Naruto complained. "I need to wake up early to train, which reminds me, you were able to keep up with us on our way back, are you a ninja too?" Naruto asked.
"Just a little, being a half Ketsuki gives me some boost in my physical abilities, my mother also trained me as a ninja before she passed away," Yuki explained.
"What did you learn?" Naruto asked.
"Some taijutsu, the only ninjutsu I was taught were Dorein and Yuukai," Yuki replied.
"Kakashi-sensei never told me what Yuukai is, what type of ninjutsu is it? Another scary one?" Naruto asked with curiosity.
"Not at all, Yuukai is a support type ninjutsu, it allows the user and anyone he or she touches to fuse, or more correctly something like synchronizing their chakra together, it grants a boosts in physical abilities between the user and the ones they touch, the exact detail I'm not so sure, my mother taught me this when I was seven, I only vaguely remember the details, even now I have not yet successfully use it, so its unusable in combat," Yuki explained.
"Darn, it sounds like an excellent move for us, since we're stuck together," Naruto said. "Are you done yet?" Naruto asked changing the topic.
"Don't look, I'm coming out," Yuki said, as she slowly carefully peeked out from behind the curtains to make sure Naruto wasn't facing her way. After making sure, Yuki stepped out, and grabbed the towel on the rack. Drying off her body, Yuki hurriedly puts on her clothes, making sure to switch hands in order to put her shirt on properly. "Done," Yuki said as Naruto sighed and turned around.
"Okay, it's my turn," Naruto said as he dragged her out of the shower. Getting another set of clothes from the closet, Naruto dragged Yuki back to the bathroom. "You turn around now, you better not peek," Naruto said to Yuki.
"I won't, who would peek at you," Yuki shot back with a blush.
"See, I can use that same argument, but you wouldn't listen, now you see how annoying it is?" Naruto asked with a grin, causing Yuki to fume. "You better not peek," Naruto said mockingly as he began to take off his jumpsuit. Repeating the same process, Naruto took off all his clothes and closed the curtain. "You better not peek," He repeated one last time.
"Okay, I know its annoying now, stop rubbing it in," Yuki complained.
"Hahahahaha, see, at least I don't go calling you a pervert, you're lucky I'm too tired to shower for an hour too," Naruto said mockingly.
"It wasn't an hour," Yuki replied.
"It felt like it, that's all that matters," Naruto replied.
Naruto was quick as he finished his shower. Drying himself he quickly puts on his pyjamas and giving Yuki the okay the two of them walked back to the bedroom. "You know, it's going to be hard holding onto each other's hands while we sleep," Naruto said.
"Do you have any ropes or strings? We'll tie our hands together," Yuki suggested.
Nodding in agreement, Naruto dragged Yuki into the kitchen where he managed to find a rope, quickly tying their hands together they prepared for sleep. "I need to brush my teeth," Naruto said.
"I don't have my toothbrush with me," Yuki stated.
"Another thing we have to buy tomorrow," Naruto said.
"But what about tonight?" Yuki asked.
"Nothing you can do about it, unless you use mines, which I doubt you, will," Naruto said walking into the bathroom. After brushing his teeth the two prepared to sleep but than they realized how incredibly embarrassing it would be to sleep on a small bed like Naruto's. "We'll have to sleep in the living room today, my room has glass fragments all over the floor," Naruto stated. "I should have two futons," Naruto added.
Preparing their futons the two also sets up a divider between them, only allowing room for their hands to rest. "Good night, Yuki," Naruto said.
"Good night, Naruto," Yuki replied.
The two drifted to sleep shortly later, well, Yuki did, her legs destroyed the barrier in an instant and slammed into Naruto's face waking him up. "You've got to be kidding me," Naruto said.
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Preview of Chapter 2: What! You're faster and stronger than me? Training starts! You two… will learn to dance!
A/N: A long introduction. Next chapter will deal with more introduction as Yuki slowly meets the regular cast. Hopefully Yuki doesn't seem like a Mary Sue. I hope. Naruto is also far better trained than in the original story, albeit not by much, yet. I intend to add more character to Yuki, until then! Hope you guys enjoyed the introduction.