As soon as Yukari woke up she flipped out. "Oh my Gosh! The match. I completely forgot about it! How could I let my guard down and let him win, now I got to go back home!" she complained.
"Calm down!" Hiyoke, the only other person in the room commanded
"I'm sorry. Hey! What are you doing here, you hypocrite." Yukari growled
"Hey, I just wanted to make sure you were ok because of the exceptional job I did repairing your chain." Hiyoke remarked
Yukari sighed trying to play stubborn for a bit. It got too quiet for her, so she asked, "What exactly happened?"
"Well, I guess Naruto's hit had you going at such a fast speed that when you hit the ground your chain snapped. It was weird; your whole body became surrounded by green chakara. You became a bit more powerful than before the chain had snapped. Lucky for you, I over heard your mom talking to our academy sensei about what to do if your chain did snap. She said that if it did, you would either die or one of the twins would talk over your body. The chain is what keeps their spirits sealed in your body. Once your older siblings learned how to make a temporary chakara out of air, their regular chakara instantly became yellow. When the chain snapped, they were trying to take over your body and their yellow chakara mixes with your blue chakara making it green. If the chakara is green, we have a chance to save you, but if it changes to yellow, your body is no longer yours." Hiyoke explained trying to make sense.
"I see." Yukari muttered with a pause. "I guess that is why my dad told me to never take the chain off."
Naruto, Temari, and Shikamaru entered the room.
"What are you guys doing here?" Yukari questioned
"Just here to see how you are doing." Temari plainly replied She took a seat by Yukari's bed and Shikamaru at next to her. Naruto stood near by, and Hiyoke left the room.
"So, yeah. Hi. What is it you all want?" Yukari asked
"Um, I just wanted to make sure I didn't give you any serious injuries." Naruto admitted.
"I am fine, no thanks to you. That is the first time I have ever actually fought in one of my fights. It was fun until my chain snapped. Than it was like I was only partly there. I will be ready to leave with you for the village hidden in the clouds tomorrow." Yukari stated
"Wow, it has only been about half-a-year and it feels as if I've known you my whole life. It won't be the same back home without you. I'll let everyone know you said hi and bye." Temari remarked.
Yukari nodded "Tell Eagitaa and Tsuyoi I said goodbye, also let them know that the reason I refused to become a sand shinobi is because I knew I'd have to go back home and get rid of my cursed seal."
"Ok, I can do that." Temari voice trailed off. A moment of silence passed by. Shikamaru stood up "It was nice seeing you Temari and Yukari. I know I didn't
say anything yet, but I need to get back to the arena to supervise the rest of the fights."
He walked off, and now it was just Naruto and Temari in the room with Yukari.
"It was nice meeting you Naruto, I am sure I will get to know you a little better on the way back to my home. Temari, it was a pleasure to live with you although my actions didn't prove that truth. I hope to see you sometime in the future. I will miss you. I didn't tell you this, but I dreamed of becoming Raikage when I grew older. I wanted to lead everyone against being cruel towards one another. I realized that my dream was foolish. It is impossible for me to become something like that. Now that I have regained my chance to get in the position, I have decided I don't want to be Raikage. I want someone else who really wants that job to get it instead of me. I know that my words mean nothing, but I just wanted to state that."
"That's nice. Thanks for telling me. It's nice to know a little bit more about you. I am going back to watch Tsuyoi and Eagitaa with their fights." Temari smile, waved good-bye, and then left the room.
Now it was Naruto's time to talk. "I want to say thank you before I leave. Remember when you told me to go talk to Hinata and you said she liked me? You were right. Who would've guessed it? We're going out now." Naruto exclaimed
"That's nice. I'll see you tomorrow." Yukari muttered as she turned to face the window. "Wait, one last question, why are you delivering me to the village hidden in the clouds? Can't they do their own dirty work in bringing back children they've abandoned?" She questioned
"Actually, they sent a request stating that if we happened to see you, to bring you back home. Granny Tsunade didn't want Konaha to seem like a bad neighboring nation, so we said we'd bring you home. I was in charge of that request. Is going home for you really that bad?" Naruto asked
"Sort of. You see, I am not normal, so everyone treats me like an outcast. I hate it. When I was abandoned, although my actions made me look mad, I was kind of happy to get away." She sighed
"I understand. I heard what Hiyoke said before we walked into the room. Having something sealed in you is no fun. Trust me, I know. Since that chain is what seals them in your body, why don't you just get rid of the chain and force control of your body?" Naruto asked.
"Because, that is impossible for me. There is a safer way of getting rid of them, but I won't talk about it. Tsuyoi and Gyoi can hear me, so I don't want to say the details."
"Tsuyoi and Gyoi, I guess they are the older siblings. Well, good luck getting over your problem, I am staring so I am going to get some ramen, See you tomorrow." Naruto remarked waving goodbye and walking out the door.
The next day came quickly. Yukari waited by the gate for Naruto. Most people were still in bed. Naruto stumbled up the main road falling flat on his face in front of Yukari.
"What's wrong with you?" Yukari asked with a weirded out look on her face.
Naruto looked up. "Sorry, I couldn't sleep so I tried eating some sleeping ramen." He explained
"Sleeping ramen? Not that I care, but what's that?" she questioned
"Well, I invented it back when I had sleeping troubles about two years ago. I mixed some sleeping powder in with my ramen and it gives me a good eight hours sleep. I should have thought of the effects before eating it last night. I forgot that it makes my legs fall asleep for a good hour and a half after I wake up." Naruto remarked as he tried standing up. He was a bit wobbly at first, but managed to stand up straight.
"So does that mean we have a delayed departure, or are we still going to leave now?" she asked
"Um, delayed. When my legs get some feeling back we will head out at full speed. For now we can discuss the travel plans." Naruto stated as a reply as he collapsed to his knees.
Yukari let out a sigh of disgust as she took at seat next to him. "OK, so I guess we are just going to travel the village hidden in the clouds. When we get there you will leave and that is that. What else is there to plan?"
"Um, well I don't really know. Granny Tsunade already went them a messenger hawk telling them we are bringing you home. So tell me, why don't you want to go home?" Naruto asked
"It's a long story. My chakara is a bit more powerful than most of the genin and chunin in my village. I am a threat to them, or at least that is how they treated me." She explained
"Oh, I see. If I knew that before hand, I wouldn't have asked you to go home, but since we went the messenger hawk, we need to go. I'm sorry." He trailed off.
The two sat there for a moment in silence and than Yukari stood up and spook. "It's ok, it isn't like you knew about me." She paced back and forth and began to just talked about her past to Naruto. Naruto tried to show sympathy by telling her of some events in his past and how he handled them. Finally some feeling came back to Naruto's legs, and the two headed out of Konaha.
They walked and walked and walked and continued on walking until they finally reached the midpoint of their journey. It was already dinnertime and both Yukari and Naruto were growing weak from having skipped lunch by accident.
"Let's rest here for the night. I am starving!" Naruto exclaimed as he set his bag down. He dug through it in search for food. He found exactly what he was looking for, ramen in a cup. He began to boil some water while Yukari just sat there nibbling on a rice cake.
"Is this how most ninja missions go, quiet travel with little disturbance?" Yukari asked out of the blue.
"Absolutely not. Usually in the missions I go on there is a lot of action. It's a lot of fun and yet at the same time serious. I guess every few missions I get there is a quiet one. " was Naruto's reply.
"Oh, well, I'm going to sleep." She yawned, laying down on her side and shutting her eyes. Naruto did the same after finishing his ramen and thinking to himself.
Naruto woke up the next morning and found Yukari sitting up on a sturdy tree branch staring blankly at the rising sun. "Hey, you ready to go?" He called up to her while stuffing his bag. Yukari gave no response, agitating Naruto "Hey, are you even listening to me?"
"Huh? Oh, yeah. I'm coming." Yukari stuttered jumping down from the tree. As she landed a thud was heard through out the forest. "What was that?" she questioned
"I don't know, but I am going to find out." he remarked running off in the direction of the bang, Yukari following close behind. When they arrived at the scene, they found Hiyoke lying face down on the ground,
Yukari ran over to him with a mixed emotion shriek "What happened?"
Hiyoke looked up "Oh, my bad did that frighten you?" he asked
"You little!" Yukari growled back handing his face.
"Ow! I'm sorry. I was practicing a new move. I lost at the chunin exam so I decided I needed more practice. I left right after the match. I am still weak from it, and since I am weak I was unable to correctly conduct my jutsu, resulting in an explosion." He explained rubbing his cheek.
"What a pity." Yukari remarked walking away from him. "We were headed back home."
"I know. I won't be going back there until the rest of my team gets done with their match or matches." Hiyoke stated
"Well, see you later when you guys come home" with that, Yukari and Naruto left.
"I recognize him. Where did I see him?" Naruto asked himself out loud,
"His name is Hiyoke. He is from the Shitsunen clan. They manipulate darkness. Their vision is poor in the light, but when it is dark, they have perfect vision. He's the only one who wasn't a complete retard back in the day." Yukari told him.
The rest of the trip was silent. They arrived at the village hidden in the clouds a bit earlier than expected. They waited around and then were let in. When they enter it was as if she was a celebrity. Everyone cheered as they walked through the main street. She saw many of the people who had mocked her back in the day. They all seemed glad to see her. "Hypocrites" she scoffed as she approached the Raikage's office. She entered in with Naruto.
"So you did come!" he remarked. "I am glad to see you, Yukari Ikidzuku and…"
'Naruto Uzamaki." Naruto introduced himself.
"Yes. Well, thanks for bringing her home. We punished the people who ditched you out in the desert. Also, we did some research on your clan. We discovered that there is a disease that comes around every few years. You left right as the disease struck, and it died down about a week ago." He stated
"What? What happened to everyone? Where are they I didn't see them when I entered!" She demanded
"To put it lightly, they aren't with us anymore. Only a few people in the clan survived. You and two people from a lower branch" he explained
"I see." Yukari paused a moment. She missed them, but after thinking about it, she was kind of glad they were gone. "So, why did you want me to come back here?" she asked
"We need your skills. " he simply stated
"That's it? You have plenty of talented ninja, why me? So you can get done with your missions faster by killing off the enemy in minutes? How pathetic!" She yelled.
"No, there is more. We wouldn't want the Ikidzuku clan to die down like that. We need a main branch member." He explained
"You aren't very convincing. You honestly expect me to stay here with you just to help my clan survive? I could care less. Just let one of the lower branch learn Sanketsu no jutsu, and use then in one of this villages scheme's." Yukari countered. Naruto just watched in amazement of what was happening.
"You are so stubborn." The Raikage sighed
"I know, but I told Hiyoke that I'd see him here, so I have to stay." Yukari admitted
"Good. You will be moved back in with the remainder of your clan. We would like you to train with them and hope you'd be able to do ambassador work for us to the village hidden in the clouds and Konaha." The Raikage said.
The last statement made Yukari feel slightly better about her current situation. She nodded without saying another word.
"Ok, well, thank you Naruto for bringing her back home, and please have a safe journey home. Take this as payment for our gratitude." He stated giving Naruto a few coins. Yukari and Naruto left the office and went to the front gate.
"It was nice meeting you. I wish I could go back with you, but unfortunately I have to stay. Luckily I will be able to visit." Yukari affirmed.
"I'll be looking forward to that day. Maybe we can have a rematch. You're the strongest kid I've fought against in a while. I'll let everyone know you said good-bye. Good luck training." With that Naruto waved goodbye and left.
"Thank you" She called out while waving her hand.
Over the next few days Hiyoke arrived back home with his team. Yukari got settled in at her new home, and began to teach them the Ikidzuku's clan special techniques. She discovered her big entrance was because she was now considered their ambassador, which was big business for such a young person. She made numerous trips to the village hidden in the sand. Unfortunately, she also discovered why her village wanted her back so bad. A war was starting up between them and the village hidden in the stones. She went into battle with them only because she didn't want any more enemies.
Five years later
It was a nice day as eighteen-year-old Yukari Ikidzuku walked the borders of her village keeping an eye out for the enemy. She saw a male dressed in orange black and white with blonde hair and a female dressed in tan, black, and purple with dark blue hair walking by his side. One of the other guards approached them roughly questioning their entrance, but Yukari butted in saying they were free to enter.
"What are you guys doing here?" she asked them with a gleaming smile.
"Oh, we were just on a mission to some deserted place not too far from here so we decided to say hi. So, hi. You've grown a lot." Naruto greeted.
Hinata smiled and let out a short and sweet hello.
"It's so good to see you. After the war with the village hidden in the stone I was put on border duty." Yukari complained "It's no fun seeing how Hiyoke is always getting fun S-ranked missions while I am stuck here."
"Someone is a little jealous." Naruto laughed
Yukari smile "Just a little. Well, after many hours of research Hiyoke and me came to the solution of how to get rid of the sealing. We had to burn the chain that sealed them along with the shrine where we got the scrolls. That wasn't that hard, but it was very painful. Strange enough I can still control the air currents. I train ninja wannabe's so that they can become genin. Hey, remember how you told me that Kyuubi thing was sealed in you? I made you something, I'll be right back." She explained running off to her house.
While she was gone Hiyoke approached both Hinata and Naruto. "Hey ninja from Konaha. I just wanted to thank you. Ever since she visited your village she has been more social and more likely to ask for help instead of dealing with everything herself."
As Naruto was about to reply Yukari came back with a little plush toy she made of the Kyuubi. "Isn't it just adorable?" she asked handing it to Hinata. Hinata smile and nodded with a light blush as she handed it too Naruto.
"I must say, this is much more nice looking than the actual thing. Thanks" He remarked holding onto it.
"It was nice seeing you again. I am glad life is much better for you now." Hinata stated as she waved. Naruto also waved remember that he had somewhere to be. "Bye!" he remarked. The two turned back onto the road out of there and left.
"Bye!" Yukari and Hiyoke yelled.
The End
Thank you for reading. I am sorry it took me so long. I know this story isn't like the best thing ever written, but when I started out it sounded like a good idea to most of my friends. Please rate. No flames please. They are rude. If you want to use my characters, just ask, and I will probably say yes. I am trying to draw them at the current moment. Once they are done I will scan and html them to post on my homepage. Now for the name meanings:
Yukari – Connections
Hiyoke – Sunshade
Gyoi – Imperial Garments
Tsuyoi – Power
Eagitaa – Air Guitar
Ikidzuku – Gasp
Shitsunen – Oblivion
Um, If I am forgetting any, my bad.