Author Notes: More of a warning. I'm going to have A LOT of characters from different series cameoing and/or stay as one of the cast in the main story, so NO COMPLAINTS! This is fanfiction. I do what I want. Don't like it, TOUGH! Flamers shall epicly fail themselves LOL *trollface* Oh yeah, Happy Valentine's Day!

Recommended story to read: Chronicles of My Shinobi's Way by Naruto6023


POLL RESULTS (so far)

Team Seven (Naruko, Sasuke, Sakura, Kakashi) - 1 / 06%

Team Eight (Naruko, Hinata, Shino, Kurenai) - 5 / 31%

Team Eleven (Naruko, crossover, crossover, Yuugao) - 7 / 43%

One-man Squad (Naruko) - 3 / 18%

Notes: The race is intense. Eight and Eleven is in the lead. Which lucky team will have the Child of Prophecy?


Review Responses

-To Rixxell

Thanks for the two reviews. I'm glad this story caught your interest. Trust me, this story will be continued. Hope you like a full crowd, because that's how many tenants Naruko will have. And you'll get to know some of my OC kunoichi soon enough. Not only that, but you just gave me a good idea on how to embarrass the hell out of Sasuke in the Genin Exams. Getting outclass by a bunch of kunoichi sounds like a recipes for duck-ass's humiliation.

I'm not evil. I CAN be evil. *evil Kane laugh* My friend, here in this chapter you shall find out the fate of Kyuubi inside Naruko's stomach. The Uzumaki Bloodline will be revealed in the main storyline, and Soramizu's origins will be revealed in Part 5 of Naruko Begins.

Oh yeah, I'm gonna say this now. Sarutobi Hiruzen will NOT be manipulative and evil like in some stories. It put that there because I been reading stories of the Sandaime like that, and MY Sandaime won't be like them. He's be a one hundred and ten percent good guy. And nice assessment on Danzo's manipulation too.

You gave ideas for pairings, which are still under consideration. Currently I'm only focusing on Naruko's harem. As for Fu, she'll be one of Naruko's surrogate sisters soon. Amari and Minaka will be just a couple pairing. They're so totally in love.

You shall see Kakashi's allegiance in Part 4 of Naruko Begins. As for Team 11, it consist of Naruto, Yuugao, and guest characters from different series, who are already locked in stone. I have plan for my OC Kunoichi in terms of Team Assignments.

Upgrade for the Byakugan? If I can get a different name from other like Toyotama or Gokei, that would be great. (It'd be less hassle if I can use them…). I also do wanna use the Kageyoshi Byakugan :(

Glad you love my story. Naruko is very happy :)

Ta ta, for now *insert Sting's crazy laugh*


Naruko: What's wrong boss?

SoulEmbrace2010: I lost to Lightning in the Coliseum. I thought I had a chance, until her superior up and basically owned my ass.

Naruko: Damn. Rough break.

SoulEmbrace2010: Why wasn't I forewarned that those two were so powerful?

Naruko: I guess Square Enix enjoys the rage quits, just like Namco with Soulcalibur V.

SoulEmbrace2010: True. Legendary Souls is so hard.

Naruko: Want me to do the disclaimers now?

SoulEmbrace2010: Go for it.

Naruko: Hai. SoulEmbrace2010 does not own Naruto or any crossovers that will appear here. He only owns the original characters. If he did own Naruto, Naruto would be quite the badass and more mature.

SoulEmbrace2010: Woo woo woo, you know it!

Naruko: And Valentine's Day! *suddenly gets tackled by Narumi, Sakiko, and Hinata and getting fondled by them* Eep!

SoulEmbrace2010: Oh boy… On with Part 2.


Forest in Konoha

"Hey, come here little girl."

"We're not gonna hurt you, much…"

"We're just gonna teach you stuck up Hyuuga your places."

Three kids cornered surrounding a little blue-haired, pupils eyed girl dress in a kimono in the frost area of Konoha.

The girl was shaking in fear as she cried and held her head over her hands.

As the bullies closed in, a small ball appeared near them and exploded, making them hurl because of the now foul stench coming from the ball.

The little girl was confused until someone grab her hand and lead outside the forest and on the sidewalk.

"Are you okay?" asked the girl's savior, "You're not hurt are you?"

"No. Thank you." the girl said, "Who are you?"

"I'm Naruko. Uzumaki Naruko. What's your?"

"*stuttering* Hinata. Hyuuga Hinata."

As Hinata looked fully at her blond-haired savior who was smiling, she blushed her chest suddenly tighten a bit as she got lost in her blue eyes.

"Naruko…chan..."


PROLOGUE - NARUKO BEGINS Part 2 of 5 - AGE 5

Five years later since the Kyuubi Incident…

Konohagakure no Sato, a few days later…

The Kyuubi Festival was in full swing. In the bars and restaurants, foods and drinks were on the house all day and all night long.

Why?

Today was October 10th, the anniversary of the defeat of Kyuubi at the hands of the Yondaime Hokage.

Now that the night was fallen, everyone gathered, civilians and certain shinobi alike, armed with pitchforks, kunai, and other weapons for the main event of the Kyuubi Festival.

The Kitsune Hunt.


Meanwhile, Up Above

Kami was furious. No scratch that…

She was BEYOND PISSED! And by more that, more pissed off than the time her avatar, Suzumiya Haruhi, decided to create a planet filled with war machines.

It sucks that that were laws, not to mention paperwork. If there wasn't, Kami would've unleashed divine punishment on the foolish humans that were currently chasing a young, terrified five-year-old Uzumaki Naruko around the streets of Konohagakure no Sato, bleeding from the side of her neck.

After that council meeting years ago, news has slipped out on purpose that Naruko was the holder of Kyuubi no Yoko. Barely 24 hours after her birth, Naruko had her first assassination attempt and survived. Hiruzen tried his hardest to find out who it was that let such sensitive information out on purpose.

With no luck, Hiruzen passed a law that if any one tells a stranger or the young generation about Naruko's burden, the punishment would be instant death.

Unfortunately, it did not stop the villagers from torturing little Naruko. And during the night of the Kitsune Hunts, it was even worse.

"No, no, NOT AGAIN!" Kami yelled.

The villagers has caught Naruko in a dead end alleyway, causing Kami to panic.

"Not like this! WILL SOMEONE GET DOWN THERE AND SAVE HER?"


Hokage's Office

"It is true? There's no such S-rank mission?"

"Yes Hokage. It seems that the village in the Ta no Kuni (Land of Rice Fields) never had any shinobi bandit attacks recently ever since that new hidden village popped up."

"I see. It was a false mission then. Who was sent?"

"ANBU members Weasel and Neko."

"What? I never authorized them to- Oh no! Find Tenzo! Tell him to pick up Naruko at the orphanage now! And find Narumi and Soramizu!"

"Hai Hokage-sama!"


Village in Ta no Kuni

"What do you mean there no such bandits?" question a shinobi wearing a weasel mask and ANBU attire.

"I swear sir. Bandits have never entered our village. The new Kage of the hidden village kept true to his world in the past year." explained the Village Head.

"So you're saying that you never asked Konoha for the S-ranked mission?" asked a confused purple-haired kunoichi wearing a cat mask and ANBU attire.

The village head frowned, "No. Why?"

Neko's eyes widen in realization, "Weasel!"

Said Weasel swore, "I know. It was a trick to get us away from her."

"We've got to go back now!"

Both ANBU member rushed out of the village at top speed, hoping they were not too late.


Konohagakure no Sato

Meanwhile, a young man with short spiky light blue hair with red eyes was seen in a dango shop, flirting with a redhead who was wearing a red leather corset-like top and skin tight black and red leather-pants with sewn in boots making her appearance scream menacing and sexy at the same time.

The young man in question is tall and built with tattoos and is wearing long dark blue pants tied with a belt, a traditional sarashi, sandals, a cape,and a nodachi strapped across his back. To complete the outfit, he wore a unique pair of orange sunglasses.

He was known simply as… The Mercenary.

"So you're a Dhampir eh?" he smirked, "Sexy."

"You can say that." the redhead answered, "Which is why I'm not staying in this village for long, especially after what I did."

"What happened? What did you do?"

"I escaped from a bunch of assholes who called themselves ROOT. They want to capture me for breeding and experiments and I ended up in this village. I had to replenish on blood I used during my escape…"

"And then you bit someone." The Mercenary finished, "And the people here thought they have problems with the Kyuubi eh."

"She was cute little blondie though…"

"Damn. Well, I'm sure she'll be all right, I hope. Who knows, maybe she'll became a Dhampir like you."

"That's the thing. Usually there would be instant changes, but there was none from that girl."

"Could it be? Hey, let's go find her."

"Why?"

"Because I think I know what this Kitsune Hunt is all about."


Elsewhere in the village...

A purple-haired young woman in a green and white sailor fuku-like outfit just finished killing a drunk civilian that tried to make a move on her. Oh well. More blood for her to spill.

Suddenly she started to hear cry of pains from several blocks away.

Frowning, she made her way to the location, passing a red haired man with cross shaped scar on his cheek, who looked in curiosity.


Alleyway in Konoha

"Help me, please..."

Uuzmaki Naruko was pain. Lot of pain, as she was violated in ways the author cannot even begin to describe as she began to scream out in her mind.

"Just end it already. I don't wanna live anymore!"

As if answering her wishes, the darkness claimed her as she heard a new voice…

"Naruko-nee!"

"No… no… run away…"


Roof of the Hokage Tower

Hiruzen growled to himself as an ANBU member with a tiger mask appeared behind him.

Hiruzen turned toward him and frowned, "Tenzo, where's Naruko and Narumi?"

"Soramizu were successfully taken back to your compound, but…"

The Hokage narrowed his eyes, "But?"

"I sorry Hokage-sama, but the lady at the orphanage kicked out the girl just as that cursed Kitsune Hunt begun. Right now we don't know where Naruko or Narumi is-"

Tenzo then began to sweat bullets as the Sandaime started leaking out a huge amount of KI.

"Find them, NOW!"


Alleyway in Konoha

Our future blond heroine Naruko was now found crucified on the walls of the alleyway, disturbingly worse for wear. Her sister Narumi, was at her feet, bleeding and imbedded with kunai in her back.

"We did it! We killed the fox!"

"We finally avenge the Yondaime! Now we're heroes!"

A disturbing cheer filled the alleyway of various civilians and shinobi.

"Wait wait. How about we have a little more fun with her before we destroy the body and move on to her sister?"

Roars of approval answered that suggestion as they moved in.

Fortunately they didn't get far, as an insane amount of KI filled the alleyway, making the civilians soil themselves while the shinobi saw their own deaths.

As soon as the flood of KI ended, they looked up to find three people staring them down while a young man carefully freed Naruko from the wall.

"It's can't be…" a civilian said, officially scared.

"Demon lovers?"

"No…" said the blood red-haired young woman, "Your worst nightmare."

"Wait!" cried out a shinobi, "That man, with the cross-shaped scar on his cheek!"

"It's the Battosai!"

The redhead and purple-haired turned to look at the red robed samurai in surprise.

"So you're the Battosai eh?" the purple-haired girl grinned.

The redhead licked her lips, "You're cute."

Said Battosai smirked, "I remember me saying that this one would never kill again, but it this situation… Merc-san…"

"Yeah Kenshin-san?"

"Get those two girls out of here and to a hospital. This one and the others will deal with them… permanently."

"Keh."

Nodding, the Mercenary took Naruko and Narumi over his shoulders, "You can count on me. Besides, ore wo dare to omotte yagaru?"

With that, the Mercenary bounded off the walls and took off onto the rooftops.

"Now that that's done…" Battosai took out his katana and starts to kill the mob who were all still frozen in fear.

"Let's have some fun." the purple haired young woman wore a sadistic smile as she unsheathed her katana as the redhead took out her shoulder blades and joined the Battosai.

"I'm beginning to like you Miss…"

"Saeko. Busujima Saeko. And you?"

Beheading a civilian, the redhead turned to Saeko licking the blood from her lip, "Bloodrayne. But my friends call me Rayne."

The rest of the night was fill with screams and limbs getting decapitated.


Up Above

"Thank God…"

Kami breathed out a sigh before realizing what she just said.

"Wait a minute, I'm God.*sweatdrop*"

Nearby, laying on the floor with two lumps on her head was Kami's sister, the true Shinigami God (well, Goddess), who as usual was regretting sending the Soul King to do the sealing.

"Why did I have to sleep in that time? Curse you paperwork-teme!"


Back down below…

With the little Uzumakis in hand, The Mercenary jumped from rooftop to rooftop until he found the building he was looking for.

Konoha Hospital.

"You're the Mercenary!"

Stopping at the last rooftop, the Mercenary turned to see a ANBU shinobi with a tiger mask on and sword out.

"What have you done to those girl?s!" the ANBU snarled.

"Absolutely nothing ANBU-san, because me and my friends saved them." the Mercenary snarled back, "I'm taking them to the hospital. Care to join me?"

Without waiting for an answer, the Mercenary jumped from the rooftop and landed on the ground in front of the hospital with the ANBU in pursuit.


Konoha Alleyway

The Sandaime Hokage frowned at the carnage that has happened here.

Limbs everywhere, heads dismembered and crushed, teeth and bones scattered, eyeballs hanging out, etc. It was too much for the Sandaime's escort, as they hurled their dinner on the ground.

"My god…" Hiruzen said, looking away just as an ANBU shinobi came up to the Hokage.

"Hokage-sama. My squad has just reported that the man known as the Mercenary is in our village and has Naruko. He's taking her to the hospital."

Hiruzen nodded in confirmation, "I guess we better head to the hospital then."


Konoha Hospital, 5 minutes later

A head rolled on the clean hospital floor spilling blood as several nurses and doctors screamed as Rayne licked the blood from her blades.

"Okay assholes." Rayne started, twirling her blades around, "You all took a blood oath to help and heal anyone in need, even an enemy, so chop chop. Save a couple of lives here!"

"But those little bitches are different!" yelled a nurse.

In a corner, Tenzo facepalmed as the offending nurse was quickly beheaded this time by Saeko. The reason Tenzo wasn't interfering was that he knew he was no match for the strangers. Not only that, but they were trying to help Naruko and Narumi.

Battosai meanwhile sneered at the Head Doctor, who instantly wet his pants.

"I guess we'll find a room for the little girls ourselves. You better have a team of doctors and nurse in her room to save them, or else…"

Battosai let that hang for second as he pulled out his sword for a bit before snapping it back to the sheath, "You know what I mean."

The Head Doctor ran for it to gather his best doctors with Rayne following him, skipping along as the Mercenary came from upstairs with the bleeding girls still in his arms.

"I located a room." he said, "It's on the third floor, room 316. It's near the operating room."

Battosai nodded and turned to Tenzo, "ANBU-dono, when the doctors return, lead them to the room."

Tenzo nodded curtly as Battosai and Saeko followed the Mercenary as several screams came down the hallway where the doctor and Rayne went down.

"MY ARM!"

"MY LEGS!"

"PLEASE STOP!"

Tenzo sighed as he saw the Hokage coming through the doors with this bodyguards, "At this rate, we'll need some doctors for the doctors."

"GAH MY NADS!"


Unknown Location

Naruko was waking up. The last image she remembered before she passed out was several strangers coming into the alley. She doesn't remember anything else pass that point. Looking around, she found herself in a sewer.

"Narumi…"

"Ah, you're here. Good, good."

Naruko jumped and whipped around to find a young woman with pale skin, black hair, and violet eyes, along with wearing a shihakusho with a katana strapped to her side.

"Wh-Where am I? Who are you?" she demanded.

The young woman chuckled, "I am a Shinigami, aka Soul Reaper and we're in your mindscape. How are you feeling?"

"I don't feel so good." Naruko said, "So, if you're a Soul Reaper, am I dead?"

The Soul Reaper shook her head, "In normal cases, you would be, but you're not."

"But I should be!" Naruko cried, "After what the villagers did to me-"

"Enough." the Soul Reaper interrupted sharply, "Let's take a walk."

The Soul Reaper then picked up Naruko and walked deeper into her mindscape.

"Where are we going?"

"You'll see soon. Now, let me tell you about your burden as we walk. When we get to the destination, you'll understand."


Konoha Hospital - Operating Room

The doctors were sweating as they worked to patch up Naruko and Narumi. In normal circumstances, they would've cause more damage to the girls, if not for a crazy psycho schoolgirl with a katana pacing the room breathing down their necks, watching them.

"How much longer doctor?" Saeko snarled as she finished polishing her katana.

"Not long." the Head Doctor replied nervously, "Just a few more minutes."

Saeko smiled sweetly, "Good. I'm glad to see you all value your lives by saving other lives. Don't slip up now~"

Nodding vigorously, the doctors continued their work as Saeko now started to sharpen the edge of her blade rather loudly while humming a little tune.


Naruko's Mindscape

"We're here…"

Before Naruko and the Soul Reaper was a huge cage that was held together by a slip of paper that has the kanji for 'Seal'.

Frowning, the Soul Reaper looked at Naruko, who was dazed and had tears coming out of eyes.

"Are you ok?"

Nodding, Naruko's mind was still reeling from the information she learned from Soul Reaper. It was no wonder why the villagers called her a demon. She was the Jinchuuriki of the Kyuubi no Yoko, she being the jailer.

"Why would the Yondaime seal the Kyuubi within me?" asked Naruko.

"Because of your condition." the black-haired Soul Reaper explained, "Because of your bloodline your inherited from your mother, your body is able to keep the demon at bay."

"…No wonder everyone calls me a dem-"

"You are not the demon. That's all I can tell you now." the Soul Reaper snapped, "When you relive the events of your birth, you will understand."

Naruko nodded at that. It's best that she somehow replay the night of October 10 who that she'll find out who her parents are and why the Kyuubi was sealed within her.

"So behind this cage, is Kyuubi?" Naruko asked the Soul Reaper, who nodded, then said, "Along with someone else…"

"Well well well, so our container finally comes to pay us a visit." boomed a demonic voice as a claw came out of the cage, making Naruko jump a little in fright.

"Are you… Kyuubi?" asked Naruko, trembling a little.

"Yes, yes I am. I am Kurama, the almighty Kyuubi no Yoko!"

With that, he revealed himself to be a huge fox with orange fur and blood-red slit eyes. He also possesses the upper-body structure of a human with opposable thumbs on its pawed hands.

Naruko glared at him, "So you're the reason why everyone in the village hates my guts."

"Hey kit." Kurama scowled, "It's not my faults those human forget to use the one muscle between their shoulders."

"Well, it was mostly him." the Soul Reaper spoke up.

"What do you mean Shinigami-san?" asked Naruko.

"Kurama here is the yang chakra and the dominate personality of Kyuubi." she explained.

"Yang? As in yin-yang?" Naruko was confused, "If he's the yang side, then where the yin side?"

"She's somewhere in here." Kurama said, "Unlike me she feels guilt over what happened."

The Soul Reaper's eyes narrowed, "And you don't?"

Kurama just shrugged, "Maybe…" he teased.

The Soul Reaper scowled, "We're going to looked for your other half. You better behave."

Kurama gave a feral grin, "The little kit just better be lucky that you're here with her or I would've taken her over just like that." he said while snapping his finger for emphasis.

"Shut up."

Those two words from the Soul Reaper along with some KI shut Kurama up. Even he knew better than to raise the ire of a Soul Reaper under the command of Shinigami-sama.

"Yes ma'am…" he mumbled, backing away.

"Don't worry, I'll keep him at bay." said a feminine voice that came from behind Kurama.

The Soul Reaper frowned as another beast came into view. That it was however surprised her.

There was a dark-silver dragon a few feet from the cage. It has a big body the size of Kurama with a large head with massive teeth, glowing golden eyes, strong legs, massive wings, and a long spiked tail.

Naruko was so close to fainting at the sight of the dragon, "Who are you?"

"I am Arwen. The Queen of the Dragons." the beast said, "In all honesty, I was the first one to come into your body by my own free will. the moment you were born."

"Why?" asked the Soul Reaper.

"To revive the Dragon Clan, due to the fact you're an Uzumaki, and a perfect candidate. Trust me when I tell you, I am on Naruko's side, now and forever."

The Soul Reaper and dragon's eyes met, and the Shinigami could tell that the beast is telling the truth.

"All right then. Come Naruko."

Holding Naruko's hand, both females entered the cage and looked around. It was then that they heard a small gasp.

"What was that?" asked a nervous Naruko.

"I don't know-" started the Soul Reaper, then…

"Naruko-chan!"

A red blur crashed into Naruko, making her stumble as she found clinging onto her a red haired girl with two red fox ears on top of her head that were pressed against her head, and nine fox tails attached above her butt. She was naked, with her hair and tails the only things keeping her covered.

"Naruko-chan! Are you okay?"

Naruko just looked at her, "Uh, hai…"

Not knowing what to do, Naruko hugged her back. This was the yin side of the Kyuubi? While Kurama was just plain asshole, this girl was just… caring?


Konoha Hospital

Back in the real world, the operating light went off, making the Mercenary, Rayne, Battosai, and Sarutobi stand up. Just then, the doors opened and Naruko and Narumi was carted out of several doctors with Saeko behind them.

"Are they alright?" asked Sarutobi.

Saeko nodded, "They'll be fine." she said as she and the Battosai followed the doctors carting Naruko to a room, "They just need some rest now."

"Old man." the Mercenary said, "I know you're busy being one of Kages and all, but could you spare just a minute and keep an eye on those girls?"

Sarutobi hung his head in shame, "I'm sorry, it just that… Grr, damn council…" he muttered.

Rayne's eyes narrowed, "We know you have no excuse, but think about it."


With Weasel and Neko, Fire Border

Both ANBU member panted as managed to finished off some rogue ANBU, which so happened to be ROOT.

"Damn that Danzo." Weasel snarled, "I don't know what's more annoying; him, the Council, or a cockroach."

"No matter," Neko said as she sheathed her katana, "We wasted enough time here. Let's move."

Nodding, both shinobi continued on their way at top speed. They only hope they were not too late.


Naruko's Mindscape

"So let me get this straight. One moment, you were napping in your former container's seal, with no plans to sabotage what she was doing at the time, then the next moment you were drawn out and put under a genjutsu, started attacking Konoha, and then when you regained your senses, you found yourself sealed in here with your chakra split?"

"In a nutshell, yes." Kurama nodded, "You know kit, you're pretty smart for your age. Always, this little sunshine here gained a will of her own in my yin chakra inside me due to my former container's influence."

Said sunshine, now wearing an orange kimono, was finally calming down after apologizing so many times to Naruko and promising to make it up to her no matter what. Kurama on the other hand, well…

"Huph." he said, "It's not like we're responsible for what happened-"

"Kurama…" Arwen said sweetly, "Shut up or I'll kill you."

Not wanting the Queen of Dragons on his ass, Kurama instantly shut his trap as the Soul Reaper turned to the redhead.

"What do we call you?"

"I… I don't have a name…" she mumbled.

The Soul Reaper sighed, "I'm sure you'll get one soon. Anyway, you three better protect your vessel better, or Kami-sama gonna be all up your rear-ends."

"Nah, I think your buffing." Kurama said with a little nervousness in his voice.

"Okay then." the black-haired Soul Reaper smirked, "Strike two."

"Alright fine." Kurama grumbled as he laid down, "But I'm not getting involved in any touchy-feely crap."

"You have my full confidence." Arwen said, bowing.

"I will not let you down Soul Reaper-sama." the redhead piped up, bowing.

Naruko nodded, "This please take care of me, Kurama, Arwen-san, Akane-chan."

The redhead was confused, "Akane?"

"Kiyomi Akane-chan." Naruko said, smiling, "Do you like that name? I just thought of it up."

The redhead, now Akane, was shocked, then smiled, "Thank you, Naruko-chan."

Kurama just snorted as he started to brood while Arwen laid down herself.

"If you got time, come back later to that we can awaken some of them." Arwen said as she nodded to several crystal slabs that are in the back of the cage."

"What for?"

"What for?" repeated Arwen, smirked, "To start your training."

"…Hai!"

"Well, now that that's done, it's time for me to take my leave." the Soul Reaper said, as she went to exit the cage.

"Wait." Naruko followed her out, "Where are you going?"

"Back to the Seireitei where I come from." the Soul Reaper explained, "Kami-sama, Shinigami-sama, Yami-sama, and the Soul King asked me to check up on you."

"Will I see you again?" asked Naruko.

"Who knows…" the Sol Reaper said as she started to fade, "I suppose it's time for you to wake up now. See ya, Uzumaki Naruko."

"Wait!" Naruko cried, running towards the Soul Reaper as she started to fade from her mindscape as well, "Tell me, what's your name?"

The black haired girl smiled as Naruko was now blinded by a bright light.

"Kuchiki. Kuchiki… Rukia…"


Konoha Hospital

Naruko opened her eyes and groaned a bit. She feels sore while her wounds feels like crap. She then looks to the side to see a worried Narumi lying next her.

"Onee-sama. Are you okay?"

Naruko grumbled in response as she looked up,

"White ceiling, spooky lights, semi-soft bed, looks like we're back in the hospital." she thought as she sat up.

"Hey kid. How you feelin'?"

Naruko looked to her side to find a blue haired guy with orange sunglasses smiling at her.

"I'm…fine. And you are?"

"Me?" the guy smirked as he introduced himself.

"Here in the Elemental Countries, I'm simply known as the Mercenary. But to my friends, allies, and all the pretty ladies, I'm known as… Wait for it…"

Naruko and Narumi leaned in a bit as the Mercenary revealed himself.

"Kamina! The manliest of men in the West and the leader of the anti-bandit group Dai-Gurren!"

"…Right…" Naruko sweatdropped, "You're the one who saved us?"

"Well, I'm not the only one." Kamina said as he gestured to the other side of the room.

Naruko looked and noticed three more people in the room; two redheads and a purple haired young woman as they introduced himself.

"Rayne, a Dhampir."

"Himura Kenshin, the Battosai."

"Busujima Saeko, undead-slayer."

"Wow." Narumi laughed nervously, "You guys have some interesting occupations."

"I'm surprised a little girl like you know know of the word "occupation"." Rayne smirked.

"When you live in a village of this one you know to grow up faster." Naruko replied flatly, "By the sound of them, the West must be a really interesting place."

"That's an understatement." Saeko muttered.

"So what are you all doing here?" asked Narumi.

"I was just passing by." Kenshin said, "Doing the same old thing in the West can be quite boring. So right now I'm just a wandering swordsman."

Rayne shrugged, "I just wanted an adventure."

Everyone sweatdropped as Kamina laughed.


After a while, it was time for them to go as the Third Hokage, along with Soramizu, finally arrived in the hospital room.

"Naruko, Narumi, are you okay?" asked Soramizu.

"Yes, and no…" Naruko replied, "Feel like crap."

Hiruzen grumbled, "As long as you're alive. That's what counts. I just got out of a council where the civilians want to execute the people who saved your lives."

"Lousy humans." Rayne moaned, "At least they both now have vampire blood now, so they'll be better protected."

"What?" Hiruzen was alarmed, "How-"

"I bit her and her sister." she explained, "Unintentionally I might add. I wouldn't had to do that if those ROOT assholes would've left me alone."

"So they're vampires now?" Hiruzen asked faintly.

"But the sun is hitting them," Saeko noted, "So technically they're Dhampirs like our friend here."

"Oh joy…" mumbled Soramizu while the Naru twins looked embarrassed.

"Basically they'll be hotter when they're older." Kamina grinned, earning him a whack from Saeko.

"If you guys are done, we should be going now." Kenshin said, "The last thing we want is more trouble after killing that mob."

"Yeah," Rayne said sarcastically, "We caused enough already, although it was kinda fun."

"Will we see you again?" asked Naruko as the foursome prepared to leave.

"Who knows…" Saeko said, "We were just passing by."

"Here."

Kenshin dug into his robes, producing a scroll and tossing it to Naruko, who caught it.

"What's that?" asked Narumi as Naruko opened it,

"When you're good with a sword, learn that style. When you do, come over the Wall to the West, and show me your skills."

Kenshin then left, followed by Saeko, who said.

"Hope to see you again."

Rayne just looked at the twins and said, "Don't drink too much blood, and female blood taste better than males." The she too left.

Kamina started to leave too when…

"Thank you. Thank you for saving me."

Kamina smiled, "No problem. What kind of man like me would leave cute kids like you to the wolves eh."

He then turned to the Hokage, "Take care of them old man. Properly this time…"

Hiruzen sighed, "I'm getting too old for this shit…"

Kamina shrugged and turned to the girls to leave them some parting words.

"Never forget Naruko, Narumi, believe in yourselves. Have faith in the Naru twins that believes in you two, for somebody when you're strong, your souls will be the souls that will pierce the heavens someday. "

With that, Kamina left, not before Naruko catching a grimace at the keychain on this wrist, which is a drill.

"What did that mean?" asked Soramizu dumbfounded.

The Hokage smiled, "You'll understand when you're older."

Naruko then yawned, "I'm going to go back to sleep. Hopefully the pain from by wounds will be gone when I wake up."

Narumi nodded, "You do that. I'll be right here." she whispered as she leaned in and kissed Naruko on the lips.

"Me too." added Soramizu, while blushing.

Naruko, red in the face, smiled before drifting off, with Narumi holding her sister close and dozing off as well, and Soramizu sitting down and going to sleep on their bed, after noticing a weird ripple-like pattern flashing on both their eyes before returning to normal. The Hokage smiled at the sight before leaving the room.

"Hokage-sama!"

Neko and Weasel appeared before the Hokage and bowed.

"Hokage-sama…" Neko started, "Is the Uuzmaki siblings-?"

"They'll be alright." Hiruzen said, "They just needs some rest."

He looked back in the room while the sisters were sleeping peacefully.

"What happened while we were gone?" asked Weasel.

Hiruzen grimaced, "Its… quite the story. But before that…"

"Hai?" asked Neko nervously.

"When Inu gets back from his mission in Snow, the three of you will be watching over the Uzumakis 24/7. No more missions until further notice. This is considered a long-term S-class mission. Understood?"

"Hai, Hokage-sama." Crow said while Neko narrowed her eyes under her mask.

"Hokage-sama," she started, "Tell me. Is the Uzumakis related to my mentor Uzumaki Kushina in any way than the version you told us?"

The Sandaime paled before sighing, "Come to my office. We'll talk about it there."


Sometime later, in Naruko's Mindscape…

"So basically, when Kurama and Akane-chan got sealed into me, all these crystallized girls here came along for the ride." summarized Naruko as she examined the crystal statues.

"Yep." Akane confirmed, "They're just a few of the legendary warriors who sealed the Juubi centuries ago."

"What?" Naruko squeaked, "There's a Juubi?"

"We'll talk about it some other time kit." Kurama said, "We just gotta choose who to release first."

"Why can't we release them all at once?" asked Naruko.

"It take loads of chakra, so we have to release three to four of them once very few weeks or months depending on their power level." Arwen told her, "Right now, we need certain ones to help you learn about chakra and energy control."

"Try that crystal with the three pink-haired girls." Akane suggested, pointing, "They should help you for now…"

Arwen then produced a ball of chakra and handed it Akane, who then infused it with her own power, compressed it, and handed it to Naruko.

"Put it in the crystal," Kurama instructed, "And watch the magic happen."

Nodding, Naruko went over to the crystal containing three pink-haired girls with season styled dresses and touched the crystal with the ball of chakra. The crystal glowed before shattering, with Akane catching the girls as they fell and lying them down on the ground. They looked exactly alike except one was wearing a spring-style dress with the other girl wearing a summer sailor fuku style dress while the other wore a long red autumn style dress.

"They're twins." voiced a surprised Naruko.

"Technically they're triplets." Arwen corrected her.

"Well then…" Akane introduced the sleeping beauties, "May I introduce Pasca Kanonno, Kanonno Earhart, and Kanonno Grassvalley. Together they are the Holy Radiant Magical Swordswomen."

Unknown to the other, a cloaked figure watched the unsealing with great interest.

"Well, this is finally getting interesting. They better train her well. Well enough to pass my test so that Uzumaki Naruko can wield me… Tensa Zangetsuhime…"


Oh snap! Early training on chakra control? What's gonna happen now? Guess we'll see the results in two years time, for an angel's is about to slowly grow her wings.

END OF NARUKO BEGINS Part 2 of 5 - AGE 5


Next time: NARUKO BEGINS Part 3 of 5 - AGE 7

Naruko Begins Part 2 of 5 - Age 5 Release Date: February 14, 2012