Kasek: This chapter covers right up until the moment Naruto graduates, so I'll be getting on with the story next soon. Don't worry, unlike Devil's Fruit I have a lot planned out for this- or, at least, have more planned out then I originally did for Devil's Fruit, which I made with little planning at all. I have a general idea of the plot this time around, stuff like why the demons are giving out fruit, what characters I want to bring in (yey for more characters than canon!), and who gets what fruit, and stuff. Though, reader ideas and suggestions are appreciated :3
Also, anything involving Sakura in this chapter may or may not be utter crap. Just a disclaimer. Speaking of...
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters or concepts that I have borrowed from other series.
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Sakura sighed as she sat in the row behind her favorite Uchiha. What she wouldn't give to be sitting next to Sasuke... however, Naruto wasn't the one sitting next to the Uchiha, he was sitting two seats down instead, so she couldn't just bully him out of the seat and take it for herself. Even more so considering that there was some blond girl sitting next to the Uchiha prodigy.
Ino's voice came from the doorway. "Good morning, Ninja Academy!" The pink-haired girl heard a collective gasp from the class, and she decided to see what the big deal was. Her jaw dropped- Ino looked drop-dead gorgeous. She couldn't really pick out what was really... different about the girl. If there was anything different, it was probably the look in her eyes- her eyes just... drew you in. Sakura had to fight back a blush when she realized she was actually attracted to the other girl. Ino sauntered into the room, nearly everybody's gaze on her- except for Shikamaru and Chouji, who were asleep and eating, respectively, and Sasuke, who was brooding.
She stopped at Sasuke's row, tilting her head as she looked at Naruto and the girl and smirked seductively. "You two wouldn't mind moving so I could sit next to dear Sasuke, would you now?"
Naruto was blushing his head off as he nodded dumbly and got up- the same with the girl, too. Ino blew a kiss at Naruto as she walked past him, causing him to promptly faint, and as Ino sat down next to Sasuke, the girl stepped on Naruto to get in his old seat.
Ino tried to look as cute as she could as she began talking to Sasuke. "Ooh Saaasukeee... how do I look?"
Sasuke raised an eyebrow as he looked at her. "...I don't see what the big deal is. You haven't changed at all."
Ino looked crushed, but then she remembered Lust's words. Sasuke must be consumed with an emotion of some sort... but what? Sighing, she turned to Sakura, who promptly blushed. "Hey, Sakura. Like what you see?"
Sakura's blush fought with her urge to pale at the implicatons of such a statement. "N-no! I just..."
Ino gave a tired sigh as she turned around, and Sakura relaxed a bit. What is with me today? What is with everyone? It's like Ino just has the magical ability to attract just about anyone... except Sasuke, apparently. I'm fine if I don't look at her, but... Her 'inner' self yelled in her mind. Shannaro! I'm not a lesbian, I'm not! She was very glad when Iruka-sensei decided to come into class and distract her with school.
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Sakura sighed as she sat at the edge of the pond, skipping stones across the water's surface. "I'm envious of Ino, really... she's turned into such a beautiful woman, and yet I'm..." Her inner voice began yelling at her. How can you be so calm about this?! You should be enraged! How DARE she attract you! Shannaro!
The pink-haired girl sighed again. "She probably wouldn't be interested in me... she has her eyes set on Sasuke too..." Don't let her attract you! Be angry that she's so beautiful now! That should be YOU that everybody is drooling over! SHE should be drooling over YOU! Wait, scratch that! You want her to be envious of YOUR beauty!
Sakura contemplated this for a moment. "Well... yeah, yeah! How dare she be more beautiful than me! I'm gonna be even more beautiful than her someday, even if I have to take her beauty for myself! I... I won't let her overshadow me any longer!"
Someone chuckled from behind her. "My, thats an interesting philosophy to have... envious of someone's beauty, huh?"
She turned to face whoever was talking to her. They looked like... well, she couldn't be sure if they were a crossdressing boy or a flat-chested, masculine girl. They had long brown hair, with some kind of headband peeking out between the bangs with an upside-down triangle with circles at each corner as the central (and only) design. They had on a black sleeveless cutoff shirt that left everything from the bottom of the ribs to the waist open, and instead of an open neck the cloth continued halfway up their neck. They also had on some manner of black skirt, and just below the skirt on their left leg was a tattoo that she couldn't see too well from this angle. Lastly, it appeared they were wearing heel-less, open-toed socks.
Sakura gulped. "Who... who are you?"
The person chuckled. "Me? Name's Envy. I'm here to give you something." Envy held out their hand, palm up, and it was quickly wrapped in flames. The flames died away a moment later, and it revealed a green pear with swirl designs in Envy's hand. "With this fruit, you will gain the ability to become anybody who you've touched since you gained the fruit's power."
The pink-haired girl raised an eyebrow. "Isn't that what the Transformation jutsu is for?"
Envy face-palmed, and muttered something to... their self. "While, yes, that does physically transform you into a look-alike of something else... this makes you into a perfect copy, right down to the DNA. Not only that, but you can mix and match different people, too. Want somebody's eyes? They're yours. Want a different person's hair? You can have both! Want somebody's strength or speed? Voila, you have their body. And since you're a ninja... want someone's Kekkei Genkai? Just copy them, and you can use it!"
Sakura's breath hitched- so many possibilities... she learned about Kekkei Genkai in an extra-credit class in the Academy. They were jutsu unique to people's DNA, and could be passed down through a lineage. If she could copy those... everyone would be envious of her, that was for sure. Her inner voice spoke again. You should take that power! You have a right to it! Show the world what you can really be! Never be envious of someone else again!
"So... do I just eat the fruit?"
Envy nodded. "One bite... and the power's yours." She hesitated, but she grabbed the fruit after a moment, and after staring at it for a moment longer, bit into it. She ignored the bad taste, and swallowed. After another moment, she lashed out at Envy and slapped his face. A moment later, and Envy grinned- Sakura had turned into a copy of Envy, only wearing Sakura's clothes.
Sakura blushed as she stood there. "....definitely a guy."
The now identified boy laughed as he began turning into dust. "Good luck, princess!"
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The night before the graduation exam
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Ino sighed as she walked down the street. It was dark out, and she really needed to get home. She was looking at the ground and not really watching where she was going, which she would soon regret. A moment later, and she bumped into someone. She looked up, and saw that it was Mizuki-sensei. "Oh, Mizuki-sensei! I'm sorry, I wasn't looking where I was going..."
Mizuki chuckled. "Don't worry about it. Are you heading home right now?"
The girl nodded. "Yes, I live a few streets down, so I was going to head through the alleys to get home."
Mizuki raised an eyebrow. "A pretty girl like you, going through the alleys on a night like this by yourself? I'm gonna have to be a responsible adult and walk you home."
The blond puffed her cheeks in annoyance. "I'm almost a ninja myself, you know..."
Mizuki chuckled. "Yes, well, there a lot of people in this town who are ninja. It'd give me peace of mind if I walked you home."
A sigh escaped Ino's lips as she gave in. "Fine..."
As they walked into the rather long and winding alley, Mizuki tried to strike up a conversation. "So, Ino... you sure have been popular in school lately."
Ino nodded absentmindedly. "Yeah... guess everyone just sees me for my true beauty now."
The man chuckled. "Is that so.... say, Ino? Can you recommend a good restaurant for me? I'm leaving town after this semester is over, and I want to sample some of Konoha's... delicacies."
She seemed to think about it for a moment. "Well, there's always the Konoha Café... wait, what?" Ino stopped in the middle of the alley- completely out of view of any streets. "You're a ninja, you can't just leave..."
Mizuki chuckled yet again. "My, how perceptive..."
She whirled around, only to suddenly be pinned against the wall by her arms, Mizuki leaning over her. "Well, then... I'm sure you can guess what kind of delicacy I was really asking about, can't you?" Her eyes widened in horror at he implications. "Come on, Ino. Give your sensei a kiss, would you?"
She eyes gained a dangerous glint. "A kiss, you say? Well, if you insist..." She pursed her lips together and made a smacking sound, and suddenly a pink heart-shaped object appeared right in front of her mouth, momentarily stunning Mizuki just by the sight of it. She blew on it, and it flew from its position and into Mizuki's chest, causing him to let go of her from sudden pain. He gripped where he had been hit- the thing had pierced through his armor, and now he was bleeding.
He looked up, and saw that Ino was actually beginning to take her shirt off. "Silly sensei... if all you wanted was me... you just had to ask..." Suddenly, all thoughts of his pain washed away, replaced by desire for this girl. Ino smirked when she saw him suddenly overcome with lust yet again. Bingo... She formed her hands into a heart shape, with her thumbs at the top and her fingers forming the sides and bottom. Suddenly, the shape began to emit heart-shaped waves of pink light at her sensei, who, when touched by them, immediately turned entirely into stone.
Ino's legs wobbled for a moment before collapsing underneath her. "Kami... he was... going to rape me!" After lying there for a few moments, observing the statue of her sensei, she got up, adjusted her shirt, and walked away, albeit slowly.
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The day of the graduation exam
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Iruka sighed as he faced his class. "I have some very bad news, class. Early this morning, they found Mizuki-sensei... turned to stone, in an alleyway. The military police are investigating who may have done it, but they don't have a clue what kind of jutsu could do this to a person. They have the best scientists working on how to reverse the process, but it may be irreversible."
As the class whispered to themselves, Ino merely rolled her eyes. Freak tried to rape me last night, I think he deserves a horrible fate.
Iruka let them get it out of their systems, and then coughed to gain their attention. "Alright, class. It's time for your exams. I'll call you into the next room, and then you'll perform the Clone jutsu."
Naruto sighed to himself from his seat. Good thing Kuyou-sensei decided to help me with that, or else I'd be failing again. It was strange- the voice in the back of his head had been quiet for a long time- pretty much since he had mastered his "Bara Bara" abilities- but after he failed the exam a second time it spoke again, and taught him how to control his chakra better through exercises. After he could perform the Clone jutsu fairly well, it stopped talking to him yet again.
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Naruto grinned as he walked away with his hitai-ite, engraved with an emblem of a leaf, Konohagakure's symbol. Oh, what a fine day it was, even with Mizuki-sensei getting petrified.
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Kasek: Originally I wasn't going to write the scene with Mizuki, but only because I didn't know if I could. It really doesn't come across the way I want it too, but meh, it's better than just having Ino casually mention that he tried to rape her.
Also, I can't really tell if the rape scene was due to Naruto passing this time around or if Naruto passing was a result of the rape scene. I should keep track of my thoughts more.
.........Sakura got over the trauma of possibly being bisexual (which she really doesn't want to be) way too quickly. I am a horrible writer. Though, I guess it might not be as condemned as it is in the real world (read: my section of America), so who knows.