Fox, Waitress, Valkyrie Chapter 2
Thanks to all who reviewed for my first chapter. At the beginning of each chapter I will respond to a few of the reviews that I got.
Blitzfury: Yeah so many people make a bleach crossover and whatnot but I feel that a VP cross would be cool. You won't see Lenneth for a while though at chunin exam minimum. Lenneth teaching gennin would be hilarious.
Chips: Hey Tayuya is an option and she leads the voting now.
Darksnider: Don't worry, my oc's will be limited to just the ANBU, Lucien, and Team 7's replacement.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or Valkyrie Profile Kishimoto and Square-Enix do respectively.
I know it may sound or come off as Sakura, Sasuke, Ino bashing a bit. I really don't want that but that's the way that I saw them. Let's face it opening Sakura and Ino were not good people. As for Sasuke, I portray him as I see him. A bit snotty and stuck up at this point. They will change don't worry about that.
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The Hokage's office the next day was a mess. Several clan leaders and the Hokage's teammates were in and out periodically throughout the day asking about the chakra that was felt the previous night. Sarutobi told everyone the story and it got different reactions from the public. The extreme minority demanded the child's head which were immediately refuted. Most were a bit worried and uncomfortable with the situation, but were relieved to know that it was a one-time shot. A few though were proud of the child and felt relieved that he was an ally and not an enemy.
Most of the students in the classroom were none the wiser about the incident, and just chatting about like normal. Sakura and Ino were over Sasuke like Naruto on a bowl of ramen, Sasuke was asking "why me" over and over in his head, Shikamaru was sleeping, and Choji was snacking. Iruka went up in front of the class and made his announcement after enlarging his head and telling them to can it.
"Congratulations to all who passed the exam. For the first time ever every single prospect gennin passed the exam. From here on you will be split into teams. Since we had 28 graduates two teams will have a past graduate on your team. Any questions?"
"Sensei, Naruto and Ayame aren't here," Sakura pointed out. "Does that mean that they both failed or get kicked out of the program?"
"No to both questions Sakura. Ayame had an accident last night and he is by her bed. Both know of their teams already." Iruka answered. The class stirred at the announcement. Ayame getting severely hurt? Some wondered if that was a part of the commotion that their parents were talking about this morning.
"Oh. Is she alright then?" Sakura asked.
"Yeah she's fine but needs to rest for today at least, though they will meet their teammate and sensei later on today." Almost everyone caught on to teammate being singular and didn't really shock anybody. The two students knew pretty much everything about each other. Some people said things but they would never let Ayame hear them.
"Now on for the teams starting with team one which is the previously mentioned, Naruto, Ayame, and Lucien. Their sensei will be Mirage Arton." Lucien raised his eyes at his teammates, but after a while smiled at the proclamation.
Boy did I get a stacked deck. With Naruto's motion, Ayame's submissions, and my bloodline we'll be an unstoppable unit. Just who is this Mirage lady though. I did my research on the jonin but her name never came up. Just who is she?
Iruka continued going through the squads one by one until he got to squad seven. He knew that this squad would be a center of controversy and one that would bring the weight of every girl in the room on one. Sasuke Uchiha's team. "Team seven will be Sasuke Uchiha," Iruka started. The room was thick with tension. "Sakura Haruno," Iruka had to stop in order to let Sakura scream in joy. "and Sora Kiko, your sensei will be Kakashi Hatake."
"Iruka-sensei, who's Sora Kiko? There's nobody like that in this class." Sasuke said. Lucien busted out laughing here.
"What are you laughing at silver?" Sakura yelled. "Are you mad because I'm with the best?"
"No not at all pinky." Sakura picked up a book and threw it at Lucien for the insult. The boy caught it without even blinking. "Is this your way of telling me I don't read enough? Actually Sora Kiko is a friend of mine and a gennin graduate last year whose teammates died recently on a mission. Her female teammate was a fan girl over Neji Hyuuga. She got her and her teammate killed because she never focused on training. Good luck."
Sakura and all other girls in the room fell silent. All their lives they were told that death was a possibility but never could they relate to it. At least that was the way it was until that moment. That statement really killed the mood in the classroom. Some though thought it was another mind game that the boy was playing on people. Sakura sat down and Iruka continued.
"Team eight will be Hinata Hyuuga, Shino Aburame, and Kiba Inuzuka. Your sensei will be Yuuchi Kuranai. Team nine is still in circulation." Iruka said while chatter started back up in the back of the room.
"Man this sucks. The worlds largest forehead gets the awesome Sasuke while I haven't gotten a team yet." Ino Yamanaka complained. "I mean even whitey got a good teammate and a goofball."
"Troublesome. Ino you do realize that the goofball was the same person who you had to cheat off of last week." Shikamaru said.
"Yeah well I had better things to do then study some code or other nonsense."
"Did you even listen to what Lucien said about fan girls getting themselves killed?"
"Bah that team was probably weak, that's why she's stuck with Sasuke." While Ino argued with Shikamaru Iruka had started to announce team ten as Ino, Shikamaru, and Choji. Ino buried her head in her hand while Shikamaru just sighed as well. After the team announcement, a young woman entered the door. She was dressed in average jonin wear with a leaf insignia strapped to the top of her head. She had a blond ponytail the went to her back and ninja sandals.
"Lucien come with me," said the mysterious Mirage. The pair walked out of the room and after while Kiba let out the first words.
"Does that guy scare anyone in here or is it just me?" About half of the students agreed with him and then went on with their business.
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It was nine hours after she passed out when Ayame woke up from her sleep. She saw the roof of her room which she saw every day of her life. Well almost every day of her life. She knew that her chest and sides hurt a lot which meant that she was at least alive. She also noticed that Naruto was at her bedside sleeping and holding her hand. She blushed under his touch when she realized just wheat she said the previous night. Or at least what she tried and failed to say.
Did he understand what I said. Oh my gosh what if he did? What if he doesn't like me anymore? Wait if he didn't like me then why would he be here? What if he only wants to be friends though. It was uncharacteristic for Ayame to speak like that, but she never spoke like that. She always thought that even if you like a guy, it's never a good idea to base everything that you do around him like some girls her age, or two years younger, thought. She laid like that for a while until Naruto woke up. The minute he saw that she was awake he made Ayame very uncomfortable, and in a lot of pain.
"Oh Ayame-neechan you're awake. I'm soo sorry about last night. Please forgive me." Naruto cried.
"Yes Naruto-kun I'm fine. But could you, like, get off me. I'm kinda in pain now." Ayame replied. After he got off her the two sat in silence each one afraid of what the other person might say. Naruto, who was really uncomfortable with the silence spoke first.
"So Ayame-neechan, do you hate me for, you know?" Ayame would have slapped her forehead if it didn't hurt to move. Here she was afraid that he would reject her for nearly admitting that she liked him while he was afraid that she didn't like him. Irony at its finest. She still had his hand and she just gave it a small squeeze.
"Of course not Naruto-kun. I said so last night. I didn't see what happened afterward though. What happened after I blacked out?" She noticed how Naruto looked away as if he was afraid of what she might say to him. He figured that if she heard the story she might reject him which would absolutely devastate the boy. He knew though also that lying to Ayame was pointless. She knew him almost as well as he knew himself.
"Well I kinda went nuts on Mizuki and, well, uh, I kinda killed him." Naruto said. He was surprised however when Ayame willed herself into a sitting position and gave him a painful, on her part, hug. Naruto was shocked, as he thought that she would slap him and call him a murderer. He also felt his shoulders dampen a bit from Ayame's tears.
"It must have been hard. Living your life called a demon. I won't even pretend to know what it's like but still. What you did to Mizuki would have been done anyway by ANBU or the hokage himself even. He was a traitor and traitors die. You did the right thing." Both teens sat in each others embrace for a few minutes until a knock on the door forced the two a part. Ayame for her part was as red as an apple, while Naruto was a bit red but he didn't know why. Tensui entered the room carrying two bowls of ramen in his hands and was a bit surprised to see his daughter with a red face. He knew at this point that he had blackmail for years to come.
"I heard what happened and I'm glad that you both are fine. Iruka-san told me that you'd be fine and needed your rest so I waited until I heard talking and then no talking to get you food." Tensui said as he set the bowls down on the stand. Ayame's eyes shot open as she just remembered something important.
"Shit Iruka-sensei. Class. Team assignments. We'll be late." Ayame started screaming about random one to three word sentences until Naruto put both hands on the girl's shoulders calming her down.
"It's okay Ayame-neechan. Iruka-sensei told us that we could miss today and meet at the stand at five to meet our teammate and sensei." Naruto told her.
"Oh. Wait our teammate. You mean?"
"Yup we're on the same team."
"Who's our teammate? Did he tell you?"
"Yeah it's Lucien. He didn't tell me who our sensei is though. I guess we'll find out later eh."
"Yeah. Hey tou-san, who's running the store now?"
"We're closed for now. I was going to head there right after you woke up. Well I need to leave now after all time is money and when you waste time, you waste money, and that's just sick." Tensui laughed. He kissed Ayame on the forehead and set out to earn his own money. After all, how many parents can have a fourteen-year old daughter making more money then him?
The two ate their ramen and talked a bit about some of the horrors of Naruto's life, the pressures of becoming a brand new gennin, and about their new mystery teammate Lucien. Another topic that came up was their ninja picture. All ninjas of the village were required to get a picture that would appear on their portfolio. Since they didn't get their photo taken yet, they discussed many options on how to take it. Naruto wanted himself in some crazy make-up type deal while he flashed a strange and bizarre pose. Ayame wanted no part of that. The waitress wanted something a little more direct with both in the shot. Her poses her a bit intimate in a certain detail with her touching his shoulder or something like that.
The two decided on a compromise and after Ayame was strong enough to walk again, the two went to get their shots taken. The photo was a simple one. Naruto and Ayame shared the same photo. She and him stood back to back with their headbands on. Naruto had his hands in the position for the kagebunshin jutsu and smiling, while Ayame had a kunai drawn with her left arm and her right guarding her face, and smirking. The left arm was positioned straight down with her elbow locked and the blade facing the camera. Both ninja thought that the picture looked sick.
Sarutobi was happy with the picture because it showed the two of them for what they were, great friends, teammates, and possibly something far greater than either of those two.
After they were done, they went to Ichiraku Ramen to meet with their team. They were at the shop ten minutes early and their teammate and sensei had yet to show up. Naruto and Ayame decided to have a bowl, or five in Naruto's case, to help pass the time and gain strength for a possible mission or training that they would have to undergo. The two people arrived right at 5:00.
Naruto and Ayame immediately recognized the hair and voice of their new sensei as the ANBU who helped them in the Mizuki case. They decided not to bring anything up about it to Lucien though.
"So this is team one. I must say that you three look impressive. Now how about the four of us get to know each other by telling us about their likes, dislikes, dreams, and your combat specialties. I'll start. My name is Mirage-sensei to the three of you. I like training and learning new things. I dislike people who don't take ninja life seriously. My dream is," Mirage turned her head and looked out into the distance, "private. My combat style is all-around. I have no strengths but no weaknesses either. Now how about you next silver."
Lucien's eye twitched at being called the color of his hair. "Well my name is Lucien. I have no clan affiliation so just Lucien will do. My likes are playing mind games with people. I dislike a certain clan with onyx eyes and people who blindly follow orders. My dream is to meet my parents again. As far as my strengths, well I can get into the minds of my opponents and getting them to doubt themselves." Lucien smirked at the last statement. Mirage sweat dropped at the prospect of another Ibiki Moreno on her hands. That scarred the crap out of her.
"Nicely done. Why not you next girl?"
"Well my name is Ayame Ichiraku. I'm older then Naruto and Lucien because I started the academy two years late. My likes are Naruto-kun and my family. My dislikes are people who chastise those for things that they can't control and fan girls. My dream is," Ayame couldn't finish her statement because her face turned a shade of red not previously known. She then caught her train of thought and finished. "I want to be a strong kunoichi despite the odds. My offense is unique. Instead of your basic exchange of fists and whatnot, I dodge attacks and turn them into a deadly submission maneuver."
"Interesting. That true you two?" Mirage asked.
"Yeah Ayame-neechan is amazing. Nobody ever escapes her holds ever." Naruto boasted.
"I'd say so. When Ayame-san had Yamanaka in one of them, I felt my own neck start to ache." Lucien commented.
"Well that was informative. Why not you go next Naruto-kun?" Mirage asked.
"My name is Uzumaki Naruto, remember it. I like ramen and Ayame-neechan, I dislike the waiting time for ramen and watching my friend get hurt. My dream is to become hokage and protect all my friends and everyone." Naruto began confidently. "As far as my offense, I can make solid clones of things. I also have good strength and speed for a gennin my age."
Well so I have a boy who trusts me much more then his teammates, but still respects them enough to let them in. The girl likes Naruto-kun that much is obvious. Despite that though, she has a good reach on life and reality. Naruto-kun is strong and confident, but he lacks style and grace. All in all, I got the cream of the crop I think. A well-rounded team with no weaknesses, the way of my home village.
"Well now, that wasn't too painless was it? Now we are going to do your real gennin test." Mirage said.
"Wait what do you mean real gennin test? We took that yesterday didn't we?" Ayame asked.
"No that was the test to see if you are physically ready to take the real test. Unlike the previous test this one has a two thirds chance of failure. Pass this and you become a gennin. If you fail, then you take a more advanced class and wait to become gennin."
All three prospects reacted differently to the news. Ayame sat there in shock that after all this effort then she still may get held back. Lucien's eyes slanted and glared at Mirage with a fierce look of determination. Naruto was livid because of all the stuff that he went through to become a gennin.
"We will begin when we reach training ground nine. From there I will reveal to you the exam and qualifications that you need to pass the test."
The four left the stand and went to the training ground. It only took a few minutes to get there but the ground was not quite what they expected. It was a clearing in the middle of the forest. A small creek ran through the center of the clearing and trees surrounded the grounds. The ground wasn't an exact circle but it somewhat looked like it.
"Welcome to ground nine. It's one of two gennin training grounds located in this forest. I chose this place because it's secluded from everything. Should you pass this exorcise I don't want anyone to know how I train you guys. It's special but I'll go into details after the test." She put her hands into a seal that was very similar to Naruto's new favorite jutsu. "Kagebunshin no jutsu." Two identical copies of her appeared to each side of her. "Each of my clones will take you away and tell you the conditions of the test."
One clone took Ayame away, one took Lucien away, and the other took Naruto away. When they traveled a good distance away the clone spoke again to Naruto. "The test is simple. When you get back to the clearing one of your teammates will be me in disguise. To pass, you need to figure out which one is me. You have one hour. Good luck Naruto-kun." The clone went off in a cloud of smoke and Naruto rushed back into the clearing. He and his two teammates arrived at the same time. They stood in a perfect triangle looking from one person to the next. Finally Lucien broke the silence.
"Okay one of us is sensei. We need to find out who it is. Any ideas?"
"Well we could ask each other questions that only one of us would know. If they don't know the answer or answer wrong we can identify the imposer." Ayame said.
"Yeah but everything that we know she probably knows too Ayame-neechan. I mean Lucien doesn't know me like you do." Naruto suggested. "How about you and I ask each other questions and go with your idea?" (1).
"Good idea Naruto-kun. I'll start. What is my biggest pet peeve?"
"Animals dressed as humans. What phenomenon scares the shit out of me?"
"Kira Draco Lord of the dance."
"What? That guy who does a dance from another country?" Lucien asked.
"His legs flail about as if they're independent from his body. How does that not scare you?" Naruto responded.
"Hey I just thought of something. If it's answers that only the two of you would know, then how do I know who's telling the truth or who may be lying to trick me?" Lucien asked. Naruto and Ayame didn't say anything about this. It was a small detail that both of them missed out on. They sat in silence until Lucien suggested a different mode for figuring out who's the fake.
"Naruto who's faster you or Ayame?"
"I'm a little faster then neechan. Why?"
"Because we all arrived at the same time. If you're faster then Ayame, then she must be the imposter."
"No. Suppose she stopped us at different locations. Assuming that she did then we could have gotten here at the same time." Naruto replied. Again the three were silent. Naruto was right about this one. Naruto rested his fist on his chin and looked at Ayame. Ayame put her hands on her hips and looked back to Naruto. He then rubbed his forehead three times and she tapped her foot behind her four times. Naruto pointed his finger at Lucien.
"It's you. You're the fake!" Ayame followed suit and threw a kunai at him. Lucien dodged and calmly responded.
"How can you say that? What makes you think that I'm Mirage-sensei?"
"Simple. Naruto-kun and I discussed it before. If we got into a situation where we couldn't identify each other, then we'd respond in a certain code. By figuring that none of us could be the one, then that left you." Ayame finished. Mirage transformed from her body and appeared back with the crowd. A kagebunshin then appeared with the original Lucien in tow.
"Good job. I wondered if the two of you could figure this part out and you did. Lucien was tested two with a simple pass or fail question and he answered correctly."
"What'd you ask him Mirage-sensei?" Naruto asked.
"She asked me which one of you was the better teammate."
"Who'd you say?" Naruto asked again.
"I told her that the question was bogus. Both of you have strengths and weaknesses. To say that one of you is better is a terrible question. Better is relative and sensei needed to know if I knew that. Now I have a question to ask you sensei?"
"Sure Lucien. What do you need to ask me?"
"How did you do that? That was no ordinary henge that you used to disguise yourself against these two. What did you do and how did you do it?"
"It's my bloodline. It allows me to copy a persons image perfectly after seeing them only once. Vocal cords, muscle depth, clothing, you get the idea."
"Is this what you really look like or is your true form look different then you do now?" Ayame wondered.
"Wouldn't you like to know?" Mirage said. "Well at least now we're a team. Lucien, do you have anything that you want to discuss with your teammates?" Naruto and Ayame looked over to Lucien in confusion. They didn't know what he could possibly be hiding.
"I suppose that I have no choice. Before I do though, can you both promise me that you'll never repeat what I'm going to do." Naruto and Ayame nodded their heads as a confirmation that they would agree to keep his bloodline a secret. They had no idea why though.
Sensei, could you create a kagebunshin for me?" Lucien asked. Mirage complied and created a clone that Lucien could use. He concentrated some chakra into his hand and fired it into the clone. When the beam hit the clone, the clone was encased in a large crystal lattice.
"Wow that's cool! What kind of jutsu is that Lucien?" Naruto asked.
"I'm not done yet." He focused another beam of chakra into his hands and fired it again at the crystal. This time when it hit, Lucien transferred his location with that of the crystallized clone. Naruto and Ayame widened their eyes even farther then before. "That's one part of my bloodline. I take energy from the great tree Yggdrasil and combine it with my chakra to form a photon. No seals or anything. When it hits a vessel like a human, animal, or clone, it crystallizes it. When I hit that same crystal with another photon, I switch place with the crystal instantly."
"If it hits a something like a tree or rock or something like that it clumps." Lucien fired a photon at a tree and a crystal formed again. "If I hit that same spot," he fired at the spot and the crystal increased its size. "it gains size. If I hit it again a second time," he fired another photon at the crystal and it again increased size. "It gets even bigger but if I hit it a third time it shatters." Lucien fired another photon at the crystal and sure enough it violently shattered. Naruto and Ayame were speechless at the display. "Any questions?"
"Yeah what's the Ygg dra something that you mentioned?" Naruto asked.
"It's the tree that gives life and energy to the planet."
"Oh well doesn't that harm the planet then?" Ayame asked.
"No. when an organism breaks from it's prison, the energy that I absorbed from Yggdrasil gets absorbed back into the planet. Besides the energy taken is so minuscule compared to the planet that I may as well take nothing."
"Still that is impressive." Ayame responded.
"Yeah, you're really cool Lucien. Can you teach me to channel this energy?"
"No. Only one of Valkyrie blood can do this. Sorry but you're body won't be able to channel it."
"Oh." Naruto looked a bit down at this info but cheered back up after a few moments.
He's still afraid of what Naruto-kun and Ayame will think of his bloodline's full power. There's a reason why his people were hunted down by various clans and why he had to abandon his clan name. He has much more power then this that he'll have to bring forth. Naruto-kun will also have to come clean about his burden as well. Ayame's a mature girl and will easily be able get along with the two when they do come forth with their secrets. I just wonder if they will accept me and all the secrets that I have. I doubt that I'll tell them anytime soon.
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I made this chapter a bit shorter then the previous one. I introduced every OC that I'll use in this story. As I said previously I'm not into an OC carnival.
(1) Ok I borrowed those lines from a TV show. I just wanted a humorous aspect of it. If anyone can guess where they're from and what episode you'll get ... a nice well done in the next chapter. Anyway they and the writers get the credit for those questions.
I put a few secrets in here. As some of you guessed, Lucien will have Lenneth/Alicia's abilities. As far as why his clan was hunted I'll explain later. I also gave Mirage a bit of a mystery.
I know what a couple may think and say that Mirage is Mirage Koas from Star Ocean 3. Not the same person or crossover but the name Mirage suited the character that I wanted.
Wow that's a lot of notes. Please review and thank you for reading the second chapter of my fic.
Till next time guys.
