AN: Everyone who review thank you for your words of encouragement and raw666, sorry to say but unfortunately you won't find out till the next chapter. Please don't hurt me. Also secretlovers, no I am not insulted, everyone has a preference, just don't judge the story based off of the pairings and we will get along fine. Also, I will be giving names of Taijustu and Kenjustu Styles in English but the attacks in Japanese due to the fact it's hard to find a proper title translation.
Chapter One: Tests, Admissions and Betrayal
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Iruka sighed contently as he sat down beside Mizuki "Long night with Anko?" Mizuki asked good naturedly with a smile.
Iruka only groaned in response "How does she have that much energy?" He wondered out loud as the students trickled in "Last night wasn't bad, it was this morning that really got me."
Mizuki was about to respond when a sudden noise interrupted him. Turning towards the door they saw Naru burst in sliding with her wakazashi out, they were just about to ask what she was doing when Tukiko slid in and took a defensive position up with her ninjato beside Naru. About to ask once more they were interrupted by a shout "GODDAMMIT" followed by a loud crash.
Looking at each other the two teachers made their way to the door and peaked cautiously out the door. Implanted head-first into the wall was one Ryu Hisanaga his legs twitching for a second before he pulled himself out looking at the teacher he calmly asked "Are they in there?"
The teachers nodded and stepped out of the way as Ryu entered the room. Still calm, he walked over to the pair that started to shake in fear "Who was it that decided to put water on the floor so that I could slip?" He asked calmly as the two pointed at each other "Than the two of you will help me prank the next person who walks in." He stated as the trio grinned viscously.
Iruka sighed as he rubbed his temples, this had become a routine in the class, Naru, Tukiko and Ryu would race to class no holds barred, meaning; traps, ninja techniques, and anything else was allowed. Iruka had to admit that it was a very effective training strategy, in fact he used it himself a couple of times in class, it was what they did afterwards that gave him headaches, the loser of the race had to think up a multiple step prank and the other two would help the loser set the prank up. In the end the teachers allowed it because it taught the students to always be aware for traps, in fact Iruka had a standing offer that if someone managed to get past all of the traps than he would add an extra 20% to their mark. No one has yet succeeded in this endeavour.
After setting up the trap the trio sat down in one of the back rows and waited for the moment to arrive. Looking around the room they noticed that only two people have yet to arrive, Sakura Haruno and Ino Yamanaka. They grinned at each other as Ryu opened up a betting booth for the class to bet on who would fall victim to their trap.
"10 Ryou on Haruno!"
"50 on Yamanaka!"
"200 on both." Sasuke said surprising everyone.
Raising an eyebrow Ryu accepted the money and stored "You do know that it's 100 to 1 odds right Uchiha?" he questioned.
Shrugging Sasuke smirked "What can I say, I feel lucky." Now while Sasuke to most people is cold and distant, to the trio however he acts as any other normal pre-teen, well, as normal as you could get being shinobi trained and having lost your entire family anyways. When asked why and on the odd chance that he doesn't grunt it off he normally answers as "Tukiko is my cousin and Ryu and Naru are her friends, so... why not?"
As the seconds slipped by the occupants of the room waited anxiously waiting for any sign of either approaching when they suddenly felt the ground begin to vibrate "Holy shit, teme(1) may be right." Naru muttered as the vibrations increased. The entire class leaned forward waiting for the resulting chaos when the door slid open and both Ino and Sakura wedged in trying to get in first when suddenly a big BANG caught their attention. Turning they saw a barrage of Kunai hurdling at them, ducking to avoid the kunai they paled when they saw the explosive notes attached to them. When they exploded instead of a large explosion mist billowed out. Making a couple of subtle hand seals Ryu activated the seals that he had placed. Hearing the screams of panic the entire class all looked to Ryu who had a shit-eating grin on his face. Holding up a finger as a symbol to wait they saw the pair stagger out of the mist cloud as it began disperse . The entire class erupted into laughter at the sight of the pair. Sakura now had neon orange hair, blue skin and pink eyes while Ino had neon green hair, grey skin and puke green eyes.
Chuckling Ryu opened the lock box and counted out Sasuke's money as he explained "The mist was only a diversion several of the kunai had specialized storage seals that explode upon activation and held more seals, 'Fuinjustu: Bodai Ten'i'(2) it allows a person to undergo a complete change resulting in what you see with our two testers here or less dramatic changes for espionage. While not tested I believe that the seal can also change ones gender, it's not a henge but an actual transformation. There are limits however, like the transformation has to be within a five year age difference and you cannot go beyond fifty pound increase or decrease, neither can you change the species." Pulling out a notebook he turned to the victims "Was there any pain during the changing process?" He asked as he scribbled down some notes "Answer my questions and I will remove the seals."
After all was said and done Ryu had an entire class full of orders for his new seals as Tukiko and Naru snickered.
Once the class had settled down Iruka began speaking "As you all know today is the Genin Exams, the exam has three parts, first we have a written test followed by a Taijutsu tournament and lastly a nin- and Genjutsu Exam." He announced "Do your best and good luck."
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Hokage's Office
All the jonins were staring in shock at what had happened, the only ones that weren't was a familiar sliver haired one and the Hokage.
"Holy crap." Asuma Sarutobi muttered the cigarette hanging loose from his mouth. He was solidly built and stood at 5'8" with short black hair and eyes and wore the standard jonin's outfit plus a piece of cloth holding the insignia for the twelve fire guardians at his waist.
"Both of those seals hold amazing potential, the second one would be extremely useful for espionage." Kurenai Yuuhi said, she was a 5'5" slim women with long curly black hair, red eyes and a dress that looked like it was made of bandages.
"(cough) Indeed it would, did (cough, cough) he create those on his own?" Hayate Gekko asked, standing at 5'6" he wasn't very imposing with his sickly look. He had hooded black eyes, brown hair and wore the standard jonins uniform with a sword strapped to his back "(cough) He has the potential to be a Fuinjustu Master."
"To answer your question, yes he did crate them on his own." Kakashi Hatake, the silver haired jonin answered "I personally believe that he is a prodigy in the field, not to mention he is a juggernaut at close combat and add in his natural affinity to lightning and you have one dangerous opponent."
The elder Sarutobi chuckled "Then add in Naru-chan's insane chakra reserves, stamina and her growing arsenal of justus along with Tukiko-chan's genjutsu, long- range jutsu capabilities and blossoming medical repertoire you have a very powerful team in the making." He commented "I personally believe that Naru-chan just may receive rookie of the year closely followed by the other two."
"My vote is for Ryu," Hayate spoke up "(cough, cough) he certainly has earned it with that trap."
"I believe that it will be a tie between the tree of them " Kakashi stated "with Tukiko-chan being the best at the written portion, Ryu-kun being the best at taijustu and Naru-chan being the best at ninjustu."
"We'll just have to wait and see than won't we." Kurenai said returning her gaze to the crystal orb.
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Lunch hour, Academy
Naru sighed in contentment as she sat down underneath a tree "Thank god that's over," she said "I hate written tests."
"I think I damaged my brain." Kiba Inuzuka moaned holding his head.
"How could you do that?" Ryu questioned incredulously "Especially when you don't have one."
"HEY!" Kiba shouted as everyone laughed, Kiba's dog Akamaru, a little white dog with brown spots on his ears, barked his support to Kiba.
"Meh, writing the test was to troublesome." Shikamaru Nara said yawning.
"You think breathing troublesome Shika-kun," Naru deadpanned. Humphing Shikamaru just laid back and watched the clouds with his friend Chouji Akamichi who munching on some of his ever present chips.
"How do you think you did Hinata-chan?" Tukiko asked the shy Hyuuga heiress.
"I-I t-think I d-did w-well." Hinata stuttered pushing her two index fingers together.
Shino Aburame just silently observed everything as he shared his lunch with his Kikaku bugs.
Sasuke would have joined them but was currently occupied with trying to avoid his fan club who wanted to force feed him their Bento, needless to say he was getting a lot of practice done on his escape and evasion tactics.
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The class gathered around the outdoor training fields for their taijustu exams, the most awaited match was Ryu vs. Sasuke in Block A. Naru was in Block B with Kiba as her final opponent as Tukiko in Block C had Hinata.
Mizuki began explaining the rules "As you know weapons are allowed, no nin- or genjutsu, match goes until knockout, surrender or until either Iruka or myself calls it."
"First match Ryu Hisanaga vs. Sasuke Uchiha begin!" Iruka announced as he leapt away from the pair. Circling each other warily Sasuke made the opening move by throwing a handful of shuriken at Ryu who dodged them, ran up close and threw a right hook at Sasuke who dodged causing Ryu to over extend himself. Smirking Sasuke threw a punch at the back of Ryu's head not noticing that Ryu used the over extension to launch a spinning heel kick at Sasuke. Connecting Ryu continued the flip in an amazing display of acrobatics he threw a punch before landing and taking up his 'Storms Fist' stance, his right arm curled up beside his ribcage and his left in a boxing style position while his feet spread out.
"What's wrong Uchiha?" He asked smirking "That can't be all you got."
Sasuke returned the smirk as he got into the Interceptor stance, his arms spread to the side his front arm going down while the second arm moving up with his legs spread towards Ryu "Nah, just thought I'd give you a handicap." He returned and the fangirls squealed.
"Ryu done for," Ino predicted and Sakura nodded in agreement "No one can beat Sasuke-kun."
"Right," Tukiko drawled "and what was all those times that we did beat him then?"
The pair just ignored her as Naru and Tukiko rolled their eyes and continued to cheer Ryu on.
The fighting pair made a couple more passes before Ryu kicked it up a notch by drawing his tonfas, Twin Meteors, and adopted a boxing stance with a small smirk "Ready, Uchiha?" he asked "'Cause here comes the Meteor Fist." With that Ryu launched himself at Sasuke a swung with his right fist as Sasuke blocked using a kunai in each hand and ducked under Ryu's left only to be kneed in the face.
As Sasuke was recovering Ryu channelled Chakra into his legs and leapt into the air, twirling he shouted "Ryuusei Koujun!"(3) as he fell and launched his fist at Sasuke who managed to dodge in time but was still hit by the resulting shrapnel. Using the smoke cloud as cover Ryu quickly came up on Sasuke and tripped him before placing his tonfa blade at his throat ending the match.
The entirety of Sasuke's fan club was shouting that Ryu cheated and that Sasuke should have won as the rest of the class cheered their congratulations to Ryu.
Helping Sasuke stand the two joined Tukiko after wishing Naru good luck against Kiba. "Match two Naru Uzumaki vs. Kiba Inuzuka, begin!" Iruka shouted leaping away as they began to circle. Naru made the first move by attempting a low scissor kick at Kiba's legs that Kiba narrowly dodged by flipping back. Landing on all fours he leapt forward shoulder tackling Naru in the stomach throwing her back. Recovering in mid air she drove her heel in Kiba's face as he tried to continue his attack. As Kiba recovered Naru circled behind him and pulled out her wakazashi, Maelstrom, and quickly thrust. Receiving a warning bark from Akamaru Kiba leapt to the side as the wakazashi cut his coat. Growling as he drew out a kunai Kiba went back on the assault swiping at her arms in an attempt to disarm her.
Weaving through the attacks Naru suddenly flipped over Kiba and swung out with her wakazashi leaving a thin cut on his shoulder, landing she spun and leapt again this time stabbing downwards followed by a spin kick to Kiba's temple knocking him out. "Winner of the second match, Naru Uzumaki!" Iruka announced as everyone cheered.
Panting Naru joined the others "That style you found Ryu, Ataru(4), is really straining." She commented "It can really take a lot out of a person, but like you said, it's unpredictable." Grinning she sat down and cheered as Tukiko took to the field.
"Don't hold back, okay, Hinata-chan?" Tukiko asked as she got into the Interceptor Fist stance.
Doing the same Hinata nodded as she got into the Jyuuken stance "I-I w-won't I-if y-you d-don't T-Tukiko-chan." She shot back.
Seeing the two were ready Iruka raised his hand "Final match Tukiko Uchiha vs. Hinata Hyuuga, begin!" he shouted chopping his arm down before leaping away.
Not wasting any time the pair rushed at each other, brushing Hinata's initial strike aside Tukiko threw a punch at Hinata's kidney only to have Hinata twirl away like a dancer before swinging her foot out in a roundhouse kick. Ducking Tukiko lashed her foot out at Hinata's prone leg, seeing the danger Hinata leapt up and lashed her palm out at Tukiko's exposed side only to have Tukiko roll out of the way and create some distance. "Not bad Hinata-chan." She said with a grin on her face, drawing her ninjato, Black Inferno, and shouted "Lets kick it up a notch!"
Leaping forward Tukiko swiped at Hinata's midsection only to have her leap back and swing a palm out. Dodging Tukiko quickly circled Hinata and attempted to get behind her only for Hinata to flip over Tukiko and tried to plant her heel on Tukiko's head but Tukiko quickly blocked using the flat end of her ninjato. Pushing Hinata back Tukiko quickly took advantage of Hinata's disorientation and captured Hinata in a head lock with her ninjato at Hinata's neck ending the match.
Everyone cheered as Tukiko and Hinata walked off the field and rejoined the others. Joining Ryu, Naru and Sasuke Tukiko accepted their praise with a big smile. "Good job Tuki-chan!" Naru shouted excitedly giving her a hug oblivious to her blush "Looks like we all won our matches."
"Yeah, the both of you did great, glad that I did give the two of you those swords." Ryu complimented as they both blushed at the praise "C'mon we still have the ninjutsu exam to do."
Walking behind him Naru and Tukiko were both lost in thought, little did they know they were both thinking nearly similar things.
'Should I tell Ryu-kun how I feel?' Naru asked herself 'But what if he doesn't feel the same way, and what about Tuki-chan?'
'I really should tell them how I feel,' Tukiko admonished herself 'If I don't do it soon I might not get the chance later.'
'Tonight after I pass I will talk to the others.' They both thought with determination.
They had little clue that Ryu was having a dilemma of his own 'I should tell them, I should tell them what being the recipient of a Hisanaga clan blade really means, I only hope that they feel the same way.'
Arriving in the classroom they sat down and settled in as they waited to be called for the final exam. "You two better pass or else..." Ryu warned mockingly as he was called in for the exam.
Laughing the two wished him luck. The seconds slipped by as Naru and Tukiko sat in comfortable silence. 'Should I really tell Ryu-kun?' Naru questioned herself as she stared absently ahead her cheek resting on her hand 'and what about Tuki-chan? (sigh) I'll talk to her before we all go to Ichiraku's to celebrate our graduation.' She decided just as Tukiko's name was called "Good luck and see ya on the other side." Naru said with a smile.
Returning the smile Tukiko said "You too Naru-chan, I'll see you later, okay?" With that she confidently strode off for her exam.
"Naru Uzumaki, you're up." Iruka called a short time later. Getting up Naru followed him into the examination room where Mizuki was waiting with a couple rows of leaf Hai-ates with various colour cloth bands. Sitting down Iruka picked up his clip board "All right Naru, please use Henge into Mizuki please." Iruka said.
Nodding Naru studied Mizuki for a minute before bringing her hands together into a ram seal and gathered chakra "HENGE!" she shouted and with a poof of smoke there was a perfect copy of Mizuki standing there with a smile on his face. With another poof of smoke Naru was standing there once again.
"Good, now do a kawamari please." Iruka asked and with a poof of smoke Naru quickly replaced herself with a nearby chair. "And finally please create four Bunshin please."
"Ano(5), Sensei, does it have to be bushin or can it be a variant?" Naru asked innocently
Slightly startled Iruka gave his go ahead. Crossing her fingers into a cross shape Naru gathered her chakra and shouted "KAGE BUNSHIN NO JUSTU!" and ten clone popped into existence as both Iruka and Mizuki nearly fainted in shock.
"Holymotherof... Naru did you... just... use... Kage Bunshin?" Iruka asked in disbelief, Naru nodded "Where did you learn that!?"
"Sorry I can't tell ya that sensei," Naru said apologetically scratching the back of her head "I kinda promised the person who taught me I wouldn't say who they are. The only reason they taught me this was because my chakra reserves are huge and because of that really hard to manipulate properly but the kage bunshin is more of a mass chakra technique than chakra control." She explained with a nervous chuckle "So... do I pass?"
"Huh? Oh, yeah (clears throat) yes you do." Iruka said recovering from his shock as Mizuki continued to stare in amazement.
Wearing a shit eating grin Naru steps forward and selects a Hai-ate with a black cloth band and tied it across her forehead before entering the next room. "I knew you could do it!" She heard Tukiko squeal in excitement right before she glomped Naru. "This. Is. Awesome!" Tukiko shouted in her excitement wearing her blue clothed Hai-ate around her thigh "Now all that has to happen is we all are place on the same team together!"
Ryu laughed as Tukiko continued to squeeze Naru into oblivion "Alright Tuki-chan, let Naru-chan breath." He said pulling Tukiko off of Naru who started to turn blue from lack of oxygen, he wore his dark green Hai-ate around his bicep "Congratulations Naru-chan, I'm sure you knocked their socks off with the kage bunshin." Naru blushed at his compliment and from the one armed hug he gave her, she wasn't sure which one it was.
Taking a seat between the two Naru settled in to wait for the last of the exam to finish up. When the last person to pass, Ino Yamanaka, walked in followed by the two senseis everyone sat straight "To everyone here, congratulations on passing the Genin Exams, report here the day after tomorrow at nine for your team placements."
"Who wants some Ichiraku's?" Ryu asked the pair and laughed as Naru immediately jumped up and said yes.
Tukiko spoke up when they got outside "Ne(6), Ryu-kun, can you go on ahead, I need to speak to Naru-chan about something." She said fighting down an embarrassed blush. With a small look of confusion he nodded before taking off via shinobi express. Taking Naru's hand Tukiko led her into an alleyway away from watching eyes. Taking a couple of breaths to steady herself Tukiko faced Naru "I wanted to talk to you about us and Ryu-kun," she said nervously "I-I really like him."
Naru breathe hitched a little at that before blushing furiously "I really like him too." She said finding the ground very interesting at the moment "What should we do? I don't want to lose my friendship with you because of our feelings for Ryu-kun."
Tukiko nodded "Ryu-kun isn't the only one I like in that fashion." She said her blush increasing to the point of being the same colour of Naru's hair. Naru was just about to ask what Tukiko meant when she suddenly grabbed Naru's head and smashed their lips together in a heated kiss.
Naru sat there in a daze for a minute before she snaked her arms around Tukiko's waist and pulled her closer 'What the... what am I doing?' Naru asked herself in shock 'I like Tuki-chan, I never thought she would like me this way.'
Once they broke apart for air they were both heavily flushed and panting for air. Seeing Naru's dazed look Tukiko blushed even further from embarrassment "Sorry, I didn't really know how to say that I liked you as well..." She trailed off looking to the side in embarrassment.
Naru smiled gently at her friend 'I suppose I could give it a chance' she thought to herself before speaking out loud "I guess that we could solve our dilemma about Ryu-kun that way." Naru deviously stated as Tukiko's head whipped back "Just think of the nosebleed that he would get from us telling him."
Staring in shock for a few minutes Tukiko slowly started to smile at Naru "Do you really feel that way about me as well?" she asked for confirmation.
Naru replied by pulling Tukiko into another kiss, moaning as they ran their hands through each other's hair. Breaking apart Naru smiled "C'mon Ryu-kun is waiting for us." She said taking Tukiko's hand as they made their way to Ichiraku's.
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Ryu sighed as he waited to Naru and Tukiko to show up at the Ramen stand 'I hope they don't react too badly to the fact that I like the both of them, heh, it's impossible to choose between them.' He thought to himself as he sipped some tea 'Naru-chan is so cute and full of energy, but still is sweet and caring at the same time. Tuki-chan is so elegant and beautiful, but has compassion and kindness as well. Argh, it's impossible to choose between them.'
Hearing Tukiko and Naru enter the stand he put his thoughts aside for now and turned to greet them "'Bout time you showed up, I was about to send out search and rescue for the two of you." He joked as the pair sat down on either side of him.
Blushing the two apologized for making him wait and said they would explain later. Teuchi Ichiraku, the ramen stand owner in his fifties smiled as the girls took their usual seats on either side of Ryu "So now that you're all here, what'll you have." He asked kindly to the three regulars.
"One large beef please."-Ryu
"One large chicken thank you."-Tukiko
"Five large Miso's Oji-san."-Naru (Yes she still has her massive addiction to ramen.)
"Comin' right up." Teuchi said happily as he passed the orders to his daughter Ayame, a young adult with an attractive figure with brown hair and eyes.
"So I see you guys passed your exams." She said with a happy smile "Congratulations."
"Thanks Ayame-nee-san." Naru chirped happily as she fidgeted with her headband with a foxy smile on her face as the other two grinned and proudly showed off their own headbands "The test was easy, although I didn't like the written part." She added with a pout as Ayame and Teuchi laughed at her expression.
"Well ya did good," The ramen stand owner said sounding like a proud father "Tonight is on the house as a gift." He added smiling as Naru shouted in excitement "just don't go too overboard, don't want me goin' out of business now do ya?"
The three chuckled as Ayame placed the bowls of Ramen in front of them "Enjoy your food." She said as Naru started eating as soon as Ayame's hand was clear.
"Sugoi!(7)" Naru moaned as she slurped up the noodles "It only gets better the more I eat it!"
Everyone sweat dropped as Naru continued to eat with Ryu and Tukiko going at a more sedated pace than their crimson blonde haired friend "Where do you put it all Naru-chan?" Tukiko asked slightly jealous "I know that we burn the calories off through training but this is ridiculous, I mean you eat what eight bowls on average?"
Naru chuckled at Tukiko's disbelieving expression "I really don't know Tuki-chan." She said meekly "All I know is that I feel really tired if I don't eat so much."
"Probably has to do with her large chakra reserves," Ryu commented speculatively "I still think that your family has some relation to some kind of clan though, most likely to the Akamichi's given your appetite."
Naru made a pained face "I hope not," she muttered "I don't want to be fat."
Chuckling at Naru's pout Ayame placed another bowl in front of Naru "Of course not," she reassured "Your too pretty to be related to an Akamichi."
Naru grinned at her sisterly figure as she dug in once more "Thanks Ayame-nee-chan." She said between her mouthfuls.
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Hokage`s Tower
Mizuki grinned as he slipped through the halls of the tower heading to the office with two large shurikens on his back `this is too easy,` he thought to himself `Orochimaru is right, this pathetic village needs to be destroyed, especially science they are harbouring the demon bitch.` Quickly checking the office to make certain that it was indeed empty Mizuki slipped into the room and made his way over to the east-facing wall.
Running a hand over the wall he located a slight elevation and pushed it into the wall causing a hidden safe behind the Shodai`s picture to open up revealing a large scroll sitting on a pedestal `Finally,' Mizuki thought gleefully as he picked the scroll up 'With this Orochimaru will surely grant me a lot of power, if only I could break the demon bitch as well, oh well.'
Leaping out the window he quickly started making his way to a hidden cabin in the woods to stash the scroll before he made his escape unaware that a certain trio were already there having a private conversation.
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Hidden Cabin
"Look you two," Ryu said stopping as they were taking a shortcut to their home "I really need to tell you guys something important. It's about the true meaning of the swords that I gave you, you see... how do I say this, a Hisanaga clan blade symbolises much more than friendship, when someone from the Hisanaga clan gives one of the clan blades to an outsider, it means that the clan member wants you to become... apart... of the... clan." He whispered at the end very nervous and slightly afraid "What I'm saying is that I really like the two of you, and you'll probably think I'm a pervert, but I kinda fell in love with both of you."
Tukiko and Naru blinked owlishly at Ryu who was looking very sheepish at that moment waiting for their response. "So you're saying that you want to be with both of us, right?" Tukiko asked calmly as Ryu nodded dumbly.
A devious grin spread on Naru's face as she slowly walked to Ryu's right side as Tukiko went to his left "Well, that is defiantly good news," Naru said "Because me and Tukiko love you too, and each other as well." She added as both she and Tukiko kissed his cheek as his jaw dropped before he was flung back by a giant nosebleed.
Giggling at his reaction the two sat down beside him and stroked his hair as he recovered "Well, I guess I'm gonna have to save up for our first date, ne, Tuki-chan, Naru-can?" he asked grinning up at them as they giggled some more. After a few minutes they stood up to leave when Mizuki suddenly landed in front of them with a sickening grin on his face.
"Well, well, well," he drawled "Kami-sama must be on my side tonight if he placed you here in front of me tonight, demon whore."
The three instantly tensed and slid into combat stances "What's going on Mizuki-sensei?" Ryu questioned tersely "Why are you out here so late?"
"Oh, no reason, just going to be stashing the forbidden scroll and killing you now that you have seen me." Mizuki answered offhandedly as if he was talking about the weather "But before I kill you, I think I'll have some fun with the two girls first."
Ryu's eyes narrowed as he growled slightly "Not going to happen Mizuki-teme." He snarled as he drew out his Chokuto's, Takai and Karite(8), and held them at his sides as he leaned forward, as if to leap. Naru and Tukiko both drew their own swords and held them in the basic stance for their styles "You won't lay a hand on either of them as long as I'm around."
Mizuki began to laugh wildly at the three as he threw the scroll aside "So you really think that three rookie genins can stop me?" he asked looking slightly crazed before grinning evilly "and doubt that you will want to protect the demon whore after you learn her dirty little secret."
"I highly doubt that you know something we don't," Tukiko said with conviction "We don't hide things from each other, we have faith in one another."
Mizuki's grin grew wider "Oh really?" he questioned "Well this secret has to do with an event twelve years ago on October tenth, the day of the Kyuubi attack." Grinning at their confused looks Mizuki began to pace in front of them with a crazy smile "As you know the Kyuubi no Kitsune attacked Konoha twelve years ago and that the Yondaime managed to kill the demon, but how can you kill an immortal being with limitless chakra?"
Ryu's eyes widened as the pieces fit together "You can't, people have tried but it is impossible, that is hoe jinchuriki were created, by sealing the Bijuu into an infant to contain it." He explained to Naru and Tukiko, both pairs of eyes widened in shock at the implications "It explains why Naru-chan is hated, because she contains the Kyuubi."
Naru collapsed to her knees as Mizuki laughed wildly "Yes, now you see, she is the Kyuubi no Kitsune!" He shouted as he pulled one of the large shurikens off his back and drew back his arm to throw it "Now die demon whore!" he shouted as he threw it.
Naru watched dumbly as the shuriken approached tears streaming down her face 'It's my fault everyone died' she thought 'They were right I am a demon. I deserve die.'
A loud collision of metal dragged her out of her thoughts to see Ryu standing in front of her and the shuriken embedded in the ground beside him with a murderous look on his face "What are you doing Naru?" He asked quietly as he eyed Mizuki "Get up, we have a traitor to bring down."
"B-but why did you p-protect me?" She asked plaintively "I-I'm the Kyuu-"
The resounding sound of Tukiko's hand meeting Naru's cheek echoed through the forest "Don't you DARE think like that Naru-chan!" Tukiko shout in anger "You are NOT a demon, you are Naru Uzumaki! Nothing else, do you think that Ryu-kun and I would fall in love with a demon?" She asked in a whisper smiling gently at Naru who stared.
"Tukiko-chan is right Naru-chan," Ryu confirmed as he smiled back at Naru reassuringly "The Kyuubi is sealed in you, you are not the water that fills the glass."
Sniffing she rubbed her eyes as tears began to fall from her eyes she stood up with renewed determination and smiled at the pair "Thanks you guys." She whispered "Your right, I'm not a demon, I am Naru Uzumaki, Genin of the Hidden Leaf Village and future Hokage." She proclaimed as she retook her stance with a grin that was shared with her two friends.
Mizuki snarled 'Not how I planned this,' he thought in distaste as he eyed the trio 'oh well, they have no chance of beating me anyways.' "How sickingly sweet." He said out loud in contempt "It matters little though, for your death is now." He shouted as he charged at them.
Unfazed by the chunin's charge Ryu immediately took charge of the situation "Formation Theta!" he shouted before they split up with Ryu charging forward to intercept Mizuki as Naru went to the left and Tukiko to the right. Colliding his two swords with Mizuki's Kunais Ryu grinned ferally "You should know Teme, that we've trained together extensively, and as such we can work together flawlessly." He said right before Naru and Tukiko rushed in beside Ryu at an angle crossing Mizuki in a X fashion as they slashed at him only for him to replace himself with a nearby log. "Tch, Beta formation!" Ryu shouted as the trio moved as a single unit clashing with Mizuki repeatedly not giving him a chance to pull off any chance to pull off a jutsu aside from the occasional 'Kawamari'.
Mizuki growled in frustration as he threw his second oversized shuriken at Naru only for her to jump out of the way and Tukiko and Ryu slashing at him with their blades causing him to jump back "Trinity formation!" Ryu shouted before they landed in a triangle around Mizuki who started eyeing them warily as they each started forming some handseals.
"Fuuton: Daitoppa no Jutsu(6)" Naru intoned as a large gale of wind hurtled towards the traitorous teacher .
"Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu(7)" Tukiko shouted as she launched a fire ball at Mizuki.
"Raiton: Raikyu(8)" Ryu said with finality as he launched a ball of electricity at their former teacher.
The three attacks converged on Mizuki and when they connected with each other a massive explosion of wind, fire and lightning ripped though the clearing as the two girls landed next to Naru and waited to see the results. The next movement they saw was a badly burned Mizuki who managed to dodge the worst of the explosion landing with a grunt on the ground, glaring at the trio as he stood up "You fucking BRATS!" he shouted in rage "I'll fucking make you watch as I not only rape you but kill you as well-"
"I think not." A cold voice interrupted icily causing Mizuki to freeze in fear. Looking behind Mizuki was the Hokage in his full battle regalia and several ANBU with their swords drawn "Did you think you really could get away Mizuki?" Sarutobi questioned rhetorically "ANBU, take this traitor to Ibiki, I'll return the scroll to the safe and make sure the three are all right."
"Hai(9), Hokage-sama." An ANBU wearing a tigers mask said as they dragged a struggling Mizuki away.
Turning to the trio Sarutobi smiled gently and said "We can talk at my office." Before picking the scroll up and leading them back to the tower.
Once they arrived the aged Hokage gestured for the to sit on the couch as they explained what had transpired. Once they finished he heaved a great sigh that carried the weight of the world on it as he looked at Naru "I am so sorry that you had to learn this way Naru-chan, it had been my plan to talk to you about it tomorrow when you brought your ninja registration in, I am glad that you are taking it so well." He added softly smiling at the trio as they held hands "and I'm glad that the three of you finally told each other how you feel." He added causing them to blush a deep red.
"I couldn't have gotten though it without Ryu-kun's and Tuki-chan's help." Naru said honestly as both she and Tukiko rested their heads on Ryu's shoulder "Tuki-chan had to slap me silly before I listened to her though." She added with a giggle before a yawn escaped her.
"I think we best be getting home jiji," Ryu said with a small chuckle as Naru rubbed her eyes "We are all exhausted from today's events and need to get some rest for tomorrow."
Nodding his assent the Hokage bid them farewell as they left the room to head home before he sighed a started pulling out some of his paperwork 'I hate this shit.' He thought to himself as he started writing.
The trio walked the dark streets in silence contently as they held hands, Ryu was still amazed at his lick at the fact that both of his crushes loved him as much as he did while Tukiko was thinking the same and Naru was thankful that they both still accepted her and that the now knew why the villagers hated her. As they entered the house they settled down to get some sleep with a big difference being that Tukiko joined both Ryu and Naru in their bed with both girls using his shoulders as a pillow. "Goodnight my himes(9)" Ryu whisper kissing the both as they fell into the land of dreams.
End Chapter
AN: Well there you have it, Naru's secret is reveled, next chapter: Konohamaru, Placements and the True Genin Exams. Please Review, suggestions would be appreciated! Also anyone who knows a good translation source, please help.
1- Teme-bastard, ass, general term of insult
2- Fuinjustu: Bodai Ten'i- Sealing art Body Shift. Custom Sealing art that allows the user to change his or her appearance within limits, still being tested for gender changes.
3- Ryuusei Koujun- Descending Meteor: Tonfa technique created by the Hisanaga clan that channels chakra through the tonfa during the jump and explodes it outwards during the strike, the weapon version of Tsunade's super strength.
4- Ataru- Yoda's fighting style, completely epic
5- Ano- Umm, err, general nervousness phrase
6- Ne, hey, straight forward
7- Sugoi- Amazing, great.