I do not own Naruto or Predator vs Alien or Predator in any format. This is a fan fiction
Naruto had finished cleaning and storing his trophies, they had not been what one would call exceptional, but at the very least in some weird way, he had done his duty. He turned around to find something he had not been expecting. A sleeping Kurenai on the ground. He did try to wake her up, but it appeared that she was either faking it, or she was just a heavy sleeper.
He was debating with 2 possible choices. First leave her where she was, but he knew his mother would notlook at such an action kindly, on the other hand he could carry her to her leader, and asked the man where he could find a safe place to take the sleeping woman, this made him thankful that Wolf would not see it, he would have a field day with this. Or the third option of taking her to his pod, but that could be misunderstood. So he chose the option of least trouble.
He picked her up in an almost like he was carrying a bride. He then walked as quickly as he could towards the office of the Hokage. He really wished that she did not shift so much while he carried her, her breast kept touching his chest and in some cases he could tell she had a very nice figure, for an ooman. When he reached the office, he did not wait for the secretary to announce him. He just walked in. Point blank he asked where he could take the sleeping woman, a place she would be safe.
The Hokage was looking at the young man, with a smile on his face. He pulled a folder from a cabinet and told him where Kurenai lived, and gave him something he called a spare key. Why would her leader even have such a thing? But he had no time to dwell on that, he had to get the woman to her home, and then he planned to return to his pod, and enjoy a traditional heart and liver stew. He had enough ingredients thanks to some bears he had killed earlier in the day.
When he reached the building, the other tenants of the building were giving rather weird and rude looks. He did not care, he walked up the stairs and with great difficulty he opened the door. Walking to her bedroom proved to be even more difficult. She had traps set through out her apartment. When he finally placed her on her bed, she grabbed him and dragged him onto the bed. She held him close to herself. Her arms were around his neck and her legs around his waist. He simply could not get loose, at least not without causing her harm.
"To the merciful stars, and our divine hunteress. I pray that this female will not misunderstand when she awakens." With that simple prayer he decided to sleep. He bed was rather comfortable. He still had a nightmare, one of the many times Night Claw had tried to mate with him. She had thrown him through the wall of his dwelling on their home world. He kept telling her that he would not mate with her, and she demanded to know why. Naruto awoke as he felt someone move, just as the Elder in his dream had called for him.
"Good morning, Death. I hope you can explain to me how we ended up on my bed, in my apartment? How did you know where I lived anyways?" Naruto was tempted to simply leave without answering anything, but that would be rude. "You fell asleep while I finished properly treating my trophies. I carried you to your leader, and asked where would be safe for you to be, he gave me a key and told me where your apartment was." Kurenai was looking at him, and was still waiting for the rest of the answer.
Clearing his throat, "When we got here, I opened the door and found some traps all over the place. I placed you on your bed, and when I was about to leave you dragged me on it. Your arms were around my neck and your legs were around my waist. I could have gotten lose, but I did not wish to cause you harm. So I went to sleep, with you holding me." This made her face blush, and was surprised to have been that clingy with him. "So what would you like for breakfast?"
Naruto was not the one confused. "What do you mean?" Kurenai explained that she was offering him a meal as a thank you for carrying her all over the place, and taking her to her home, and insuring she would sleep in a safe place. "I don't suppose you would have a few bear livers, a plant you call onions, and a few starchy foods that grow underground. I think you call them potatoes. I think that is what the things are called." Kurenai laughed at him. "Don't you think liver and onions with a side order of a baked potatoe is kind of heavy for breakfast?"
"Well, since I carried you last evening. I haven't had dinner, so I happen to feel rather hungry. But if you do not have such items. I will take my leave, and go to my own pod, I think I can cook something there." Naruto had started to get up when she stopped him. Kurenai apologized for making him miss his dinner and asked him what he would planned to have. "Heart and Liver Stew. It's a family favorite. My mother made it so good." She asked him why is was so special. He described how she cooked the heart and liver in the blood of the animal, and added the herbs as it was cooling down.
Kurenai wondered how many dishes his clan made used blood as an ingredient and when she asked his answer as simply, 350. She could not believe it, his clan had 350 recipes for things that used blood as an ingredient. He told her that they also used the brains in just as many recipes too. Thankfully his mother was not a big fan of those dishes, they took too long to cook.
Kurenai had enough livers and some meat from a bull. She decided to follow the recipe, minus the blood. She decided to use tomatoes crushed into a paste as a substitute. She finished the dish and put it on a plate on her kitchen table. She made some eggs and potatoes for herself. When the food was served, she called him to join her at the table, which he did.
It tasted differently, good, but different. He was not ungrateful, and even took the dishes to the sink, or what he thought was a sink. The pod or the ship would have a place that would clean and sanitize all the cooking and eating utensils with a simple voice command. She asked him that why he did not take of his gear and helped clean the dishes. His only replay was that he was forbidden to take his armor off, or put down his weapons in his home, or in the company of his mate. So he could not do that, further more, his clan had things that took care of things like cleaning dishes, or washing clothes.
She wished she had something like that, but he told her, the only one that could approve of him sharing that knowledge was the Elder, and he was either on the mother ship or on the home world. It was unlikely that he would meet him on the planet he was on. Sadly his hunting days were long gone, he was the wisest and most experienced person, but also the oldest. "We hold the Elder in high regard due to his life long experience, knowledge and wisdom. He is the one to decide on most major issues within our clan, and with other clans. But knowing him like I do, he would not want to share our technology, he would consider it a risk to this planet. We protect this world, as it is our most sacred hunting ground."
So they settled for her washing the dishes and Naruto drying them while wearing thick cloth gloves. The two working together to clean a few dishes and pans, felt weird to him. Kurenai was also feeling something, she was feeling comfortable. She had never had such a peaceful sleep before. She had no idea why she clung to him and what drove her to pull him down onto her bed. But one thing was certain, he was more of a gentleman than any of the men she ever dated, and that included the son of the Hokage. Asuma at that moment dropped his cigarette as he sneezed really hard.
He thanked for the meal, and was about to leave when she told him, if people saw him leave her apartment, they would imply something was going on between them. He told her that some people had seen him carry her into her apartment, and open the door with a key. The fact that they are going to talk was already happening. She promised that she would make a plausible excuse. Then he told her he better know the excuse, so he could back it up, if asked.
"How about we were training, and after a hard fight I fainted and you decided to take me home?" Naruto told her that would not work. He told her that she was not as frail to faint after a simple training session. This of course made her blush. He told her that maybe after a 10 hour long training session, she decided to take a nap, when he found her he decided to take her to her place for her safety. Kurenai told him that sounded like her excuse, he corrected that by telling her, in his excuse he did not make her sound weak.
"Well, lets get the show started then.." Kurenai opened the door and thanked him for taking her home, and making sure she was safe. Naruto told her that it was no problem. That she should tell him when her next day off was, maybe they could do some hunting together. "That would be lovely, Death. I will keep that in mind." Kurenai gave him a kiss on his cheek and went inside her apartment and closed the door. Naruto for his part was not expecting that. Neither was the Cat masked ANBU that was going to visit Kurenai.
"Excuse me, young man. What relationship do you have with Kurenai." The Cat ANBU looked at his with a critical look. "I am her friend, we both like hunting, and we sometimes talk about traps and snares we both like to us. That's all." She wasn't buying it, she mention that it was strange for her friend to kiss a hunting buddy like that. "Then if you don't believe me why don't you ask her and quit wasting my time." Naruto did not like to be treated as being a liar. "I will do that, but for your information. This is a building for Chuunin and Jounin only. Civilians are not allowed." Naruto looked at her and she felt something that she hadn't in a long time, fear.
"I helped a friend, and one of her friends decides to insult me. If all the people in this village are like this, I guess I should really talk to the Hokage, I might not be willing to help him with his rogue ninja problems." He walked without waiting for the rude woman to talk back. "So the Hokage knows him, maybe I should ask him too about the supposed about him and his relationship with Kurenai."
Hiruzen had a bad habit on using his crystal ball, to spy on people. He saw the entire thing between Death and the ANBU. He could not help smiling at how Kurenai, gave him a small good bye kiss. His plan was already working. But the way he talked to Cat was making worry. Death had no love or trust for the village and with good reason too. The hunter ninja commander was already furious that he had given targets to an outsider, and when he heard that the same outsider finished such a large group and so fast. Then he wanted to recruit him. But thanks to Cat his plan might fail, and the hunter ninja commander would not get his chance to recruit Death.
The Cat masked ANBU decided to knock on her door, as she heard it open. She did not wait to greet her friend, "Who was that, and what is your relationship with that man?" Kurenai blinked and after a little while she understood who she was talking about, "Death, oh he is a hunting buddy that I like to talk about hunting theory with. Would you believe it, I spend 10 hours training and decided to take a nap. My friend was worried that someone would take advantage of me, so he took me home. He stayed and cleaned my entire apartment during the night. I am so embarrassed it was such a mess when he first entered."
"What do you mean Death?" Yugao could not understand who that was. "Death is the name of my friend that just left. I offered him a small breakfast as a thank you." Yugao then asked about the kiss. "Oh, nothing major. I was simply grateful to him. He even helped me with washing the dishes and cups." Now it was her turn to ask her about her intentions towards her hunting buddy, she told her she almost looked jealous. "Not now, and not ever. I am not interested in either a weakling or a pervert. Who knows how many things he imagined as he put your clothes in the drawers."
This was going to be fun, she invited her friend to a cup of coffee and they could talk about how much she knew about him, and what they talk about in privacy. Yugao of course accepted the offer. As they both walked in and she saw that the room was indeed cleaner than she expected from a single's apartment. She sat down and waited till Kurenai gave her the cup and saucer. There was sugar on the table and a spoon. Kurenai poured coffee in both cups and sat down.
Kurenai did not spare any details, except for the ones that she knew Death and the Hokage did not want to disclose. She told her friend how Death was what one would call, a hunter ninja savant. He had no formal ninja training, but he spent most of his life hunting. So he ended up using a similar training style, and hunting techniques. He saved her, after her team was killed. He took her to the Hokage. Kurenai told Yugao that she should know how good the Hokage is at spotting talent. He asked Death to take care of some Rogue ninja, and ever since he has taken care of difficult cases, or when the group is too large, or when the hunter ninja of the village were busy. He was a very formal young man, she was sure that her friend was about to make a formal complaint with the Hokage this very moment. "You might have cost the Hunter Ninja Commander a chance to recruit him, and the village a very skilled hunter. I hope that satisfies your curiosity."
Yugao didn't believe that a person with no ninja training could kill a genin, much less a rogue ninja, so she continued drinking her coffee. How fast could the guy be anyways, without the ability to use chakra. "So what are you plans now?" Kurenai finished her cup, and smiled, "I plan to become a teacher to one of the new squad of genin that are graduating. I hope I can get the one the daughter of Hiashi Hyuga will be in. I think that girl will need some support, seeing how she was treated by her father, and cousin." Yugao was not done, "What about your personal life?" Kurenai did not even look shocked at the question. "Train, and get stronger. I don't want to be ever feel as weak, as when my team was killed." Kurenai asked her what she planned to do. "I plan to walk over to the Hokage's office and cut off the jerk, if I get there quick enough. I might prevent him from damaging my good reputation." Yugao put her cup in the sink and left through a window in the living room. "Good luck, Cat. You are not going to be faster than my friend."
Naruto walked straight to the Hokage's office. He flat out demanded to be told why Hiruzen had not bother to tell him, that the building was for mid to high rank ninja. Hiruzen simply answered that he never asked. "Why so upset, Death?" Naruto told him that one of his ANBU. a Cat masked ANBU to be precise just insulted his honor. He had not planned to take the appropriate action, and challenged her to a duel to the death. But this incident served to show him once again, that the village was no place for him. "I do not know her, and she treated me like the worst pervert who ever lived. I told her my reasons and she treated me like a liar, with a tone I should have expected from someone in this village. Seeing Kurenai be so polite had made me want to seek a permanent residence in the village. Even look for a bounty hunting job here. But thanks to the words of your ANBU. I think I will live outside the village and only talk to you or Kurenai from now on. With that in mind, What creatures you want me to hunt next?"
Hiruzen was not going to have the same discussion about him not calling them people, at least not after what happened. He handed him a scroll, and waited for his visor to finish translating it. "You know Death, it might be better for you to learn to read our language." Naruto looked at him with an angry glare. "My visor does a well enough of a job. I have no need to learn to read your language, and your culture seems to leave much to be desired." Naruto disappeared and was on his way to his next hunt. "It will be a cold day before I learn to read the ooman's bird scratches. Why would I want to anyways?"
