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(I listened to 'White Winter Hymnal' by Pentatonix while I wrote this chapter.)
Junko's POV
I took a deep breath as I tightly wrapped the bandages around my arms. My feathers were well concealed and you couldn't see any of them through my wrappings. My wings had been placed under my jutsu and were now in their tattoo form which covered my entire back. I still didn't like them and the memories haunted me each day when I looked at myself in the mirror. While I slept I could still hear the blood curdling screams from my friends as they swiftly died from the same experience I had.
I quickly shook my head to clear it before I continued getting ready for school. I was fairly small in comparison to most kids my age so all the clothes I had were quite baggy. They didn't help much in terms of letting other people know my actual gender but I didn't really care. But anyways back to what I was doing before. I slipped of my black baggy sweater over my normal ninja attire. It made me feel safe and secure since my body was still extremely thin but not as bad as to the point of seeing my bones like I was before.
I sighed once more before Natsuki came into my room. "Ready for your first day of school sweetheart, I made some breakfast for you and I packed your lunch for later." I nodded my head before I followed her out of my room. She had become like a mother to me in the last year of living in Konoha. Ever since she had adopted me I had grown used to calling her my mother and she always smile brightly when I did so.
We sat down at the table to eat our breakfast. Natsuki had made eggs, bacon, pancakes, waffles, sausage, hash browns, toast, and fresh squeezed orange juice. This was normal for her though, she always said it was to make me gain weight so that I was at a normal standard since she didn't ever want to see me as a walking skeleton ever again. I never complained because I really enjoyed her cooking, especially her strawberry mochi, that was by far my favourite and I couldn't help but drool over the thought of it.
Natsuki laughed at the sight of me drooling over the food and gave me her genuine smile. "Why don't you dig in before it gets cold. You got a big day ahead of you and you wouldn't want to be late now would you." I quickly shook my head in response and soon started eating and so did she.
Once I was full Natsuki began cleaning up from the meal and put the left overs in the fridge. She would usually eat it or save it for me if I got hungry later in the day. When she was done that she put on her shoes and held out her hand for me to hold onto as she lead me to the Academy. I didn't really know where it was and I felt more comfortable when she was around.
We soon made it to the front doors of the school and she bent down to my height. She placed her hand on my head and gave me a kind smile. "I hope you have a good day sweetheart, try not to get into any trouble and be a good girl for me okay. I have a mission today and won't be back for a few days. I got one of my old ANBU members to agree to watch over you until I get back so I want you to behave for him while I'm gone." I nodded and gave her a hug before she handed me a piece of paper with my name on it and informing my teacher of my shyness and an explanation as to why I was starting 2 months into the school year. We soon parted ways and followed the directions she had given me to my class room.
When I came to the door I knocked on it lightly and waited for it to open. It did and a man with brown spiked up hair and a scar running across his nose stood before me. He gave me a smile before he spoke. "Hello there you must be the new student the hokage was telling me about, I'm Iruka by the way" I smiled and handed him the paper. He took it with a smile on his face and soon read it over. Once he got to the part about why I was starting late his smile fell and he gave me a sad look before gesturing for me to enter the room.
As soon as I went inside all of the girls had hearts in their eyes and all of the boys just stared at me. Iruka went to stand behind his desk and started speaking to the class "Alright class so this is our new student Jun Ryuga he will be joining us from today onward until graduation. Does any one have any questions for him."
Hands went up almost immediately, Iruka pointed to a boy with a dog on his head.
"Why are you starting so late in the school year." He asked right off the bat.
"Medical reasons" I spoke quietly and to the point. The class still heard me and all the girls in the class started to swoon at the sound of my voice. I just sweat dropped and gave a heavy sigh.
Next was a girl with long pink hair "what's your favorite food" that was an odd question to ask but I answered it any ways.
"My mom's strawberry mochi" the girls all squealed and again I sighed, these people were weird.
"Is there anyone you like" a girl with long blonde hair asked.
"No" I said with finality. I didn't really know anyone in this village despite living here for a year. I had spent most of my time either in the hospital, which scared me to no end, and Natsuki's house. The only thing I did was go in for check ups and Physical therapy since I had to build up the muscles throughout my body so I could handle my own weight without causing further damage to myself. For the most part that process was done and over with but it didn't help me much with my new found fear of hospitals and needles for that matter. My shyness had also strengthened and I hated being the centre of attention, as a result my current situation wasn't helping.
Iruka noticed how uncomfortable I had become so he cleared his throat and got the class to settle down "that's enough questions for today, I still got a lesson to teach. So Jun why don't you sit beside Shino at the back in the empty seat." I simply nodded and made my way towards the empty seat at the back of the class room. All the girls squealed as I passed them and the boys got annoyed because of it. I sat beside the boy with dark sunglasses and a coat that covered his mouth. I could hear the bugs crawling around inside of him but unlike everyone else I was fascinated rather than grossed out. A bug came out of his sleeve and flew over to me. It landed on the desk and I reached out to touch it. The boy, who I learned to be Shino, tensed up thinking that I was going to smash it but was genuinely surprised when all I did was pick it up and brought it close to my face. His eyes went wide when I started whispering to the insect and responding to its many questions.
I smiled at the insect before it flew back to it's master. Shino held out his hand for the bug and started to ask it what we had talked about in a hushed voice. The bug shook it's tiny head, refusing to do so, I had asked it not to and so far it was following through with what it had promised. This surprised Shino even more, his bugs had never refused to answer him before. He looked at me with suspision, I didn't really blame him, I was new and almost immediately after I spoke with his bug , it had refused to answer him.
"who are you" he spoke it a deep raspy voice that might have seemed creepy to most but I found it oddly comforting.
" I'm Jun, n-ni-nice to meet you" I stuttered I had managed to hold it back up until now but my shyness had finally started to take effect.
Shino still glanced at me like I was a weirdo, but didn't speak again.
Time Skip
Hours had passed and the lunch bell had finally rung, almost immediately I was surrounded by every girl in the class room.
"Jun-kun will you eat lunch with me" the same pinkette asked me with a high pitched voice. That statement however caused all the other girls to start arguing with her.
"No he is going to eat lunch with me"
"In your dreams I'm the one he will be eating lunch with"
"Ha! Don't make me laugh you aren't even in the same league to be able to eat lunch with him."
"your one to talk Ino-Pig"
"Oh yeah what makes you any better Billboard-brow"
"Oh it's on"
While they were fighting I became scared and all I wanted to do was flee from the scene. I swiftly ducked under the table when no one was looking and crawled my way towards the open window. The arguing of the girls behind me started to intensify and that was when I took my chance to jump out of it. We were on the third floor but thanks to my ninja traing with Orochimaru it was an easy task for me to complete without injury. As I landed I could still hear the bickering so I quickly used the Camouflage Jutsu to go invisible long enough to run to and climb a tree on the other side of the courtyard. I hid my chakra before I took out my lunch, only to have my eyes open wide and have stars form in them. My mouth watered at the sight of three pale pink balls of strawberry mochi. I was so happy at the sight and wanted to eat them right away but soon decided to leave them for last so I could savor them longer.
Just as I was about to dig into my large bento lunch I heard three birds chirp as they landed on the branch just to the left of my head. I could understand what they were saying and responded to them. They had asked me if I would be willing to share some food with them. I nodded and took the part filled with rice and held it out to them. "You guys can have half if you like I have plenty of food" I said to them, I was never shy with animals so it was easy for me to talk to them. They chirped in response and fluttered over to stand on the edges of the container holding the rice. I smiled as I watched them eat before I started to do the same. a few minutes passed and the birds and I had nearly finished everything in my bento, all I had left were my Strawberry mochi and I started to drool at the sight of them once more.
Just as I was about to take a bite of heavan someone yelled at me from below, startling me beef causing me to fall out of the tree. I tried to catch my Bento box and save my mochi but was an inch to late, all three pastries landed on the ground and I landed in someone's arms. It was the dog boy fromgf my class and he had an tamused look on his face. I looked at him for a second before I spotted my bento box and my eyes went wide. I jumped out of his grasp and ran to my lunch only to discover the horrifying sight of my ruined Mochi balls. I fell to my knees at the sight and began to cry over them."m-mm-m-my my mochi" I quietly sobbed out completely heart broken.
That whole time dog boy had looked at me with a confused look on his face. I probably looked weird crying over some mochi. "Uh It's okay you can always buy more, right?" he tried to comfort me and pat my shoulder.
I shook my head rapidly "no I can't"
"and why not" he said with curiosity.
"My mom...made them...and she...is on...a mission" I said between sobs.
"Oh that's right you said your mom's mochi was your favorite food." He paused after he said that and realised what he had actually done."I am SO sorry" he said with genuine guilt and apology in his voice. I continued to sob as I picked up my ruined pieces of heaven and held them to my chest. I had wanted to eat them last but now I wouldn't get to at all. I was devastated. After a few more minutes of sobbing it finally had turned into hiccups but that too soon dissipated.
The entire time dog boy just stood their awkwardly and watched me cry my eyes out over the loss of my favourite food. When I was done he helped me to my feet, trying to apologize profusely as he did so. But I didn't want anything to do with it, I was too depressed, so I just shrugged off his hand and collected my things and just walked away from him.
I soon made it back to the classroom and banged my head on the table once and remained their with my head hung with a dark cloud hovering over my head. I didn't even care that my new fan-girls, whom all had been arguing this entire time, noticed me walk back into the room. They saw my depressed state and tried to comfort me but that quickly turned into yet another argument on who was cheering me up the most. In truth it really wasn't.
The bell rang five minutes later and Iruka came in and told everyone to take their seats. He didn't even notice my depressed state and just started teaching his lesson. When he was done there was 2 hours left of school so the whole class was going to be sparring with each other. I wasn't in the mood so I followed behind the majority of the class but of course some of the girls wanted to walk with me and try to get my attention but I continued to ignore them.
"Alright class so we are going to have a spare. The rules are as follows.
1)No actual major harm is to be brought to the other students.
2)You can use any skills you have just no harming the other student.
3)You win when you pin your opponent on the ground or they admit defeat. Am I understood."
We all nodded and got ready to spar. "Alright first up is Sasuke Uchiha vs Jun Ryuga" immediately all the fan girls started cheering for the both of us but soon grew confused on who exactly they wanted to support since they apparently loved us both. I just sighed and stepped forward. I didn't really want to participate so I would just end this quickly so I could go brood under a tree.
The match soon was underway. The boy known as Sasuke just smirk like he had already one this match. I looked weak and unable to fight. Truth was I actually could hold my own fairly well but as a result of severe malnutrition I lost most of my previous strength. I did the hand signs for my camouflage jutsu which surprised everyone, gasps could be heard from all around.
"What!? He disappeared"
"What happened"
"Where did he go"
"He just vanished"
"What is that jutsu"
"Is he invisible"
"I think he isn't"
"That or he ran away and is just a coward" that last comment was made by some random boy and it made all the fan-girls become enraged.
"JUN IS NOT A COWARD" they all screamed at the boy.
Just then Sasuke fell unconscious on the ground and I appeared above him and was slowly putting my hand down from where Sasuke's neck was once positioned. I had hit a pressure point and knocked the boy out cold. This caused everyone to gasp, the number one rookie had just been incapacitated by the new kid in a single blow.
Sasuke's POV just as the fight was beginning
As soon as Iruka had told us to start I readied myself to fight. I didn't care if this guy was new, he didn't look all that strong and I knew I could easily win. I gave a smirk and just ignored all the cheering but was completely shocked when Jun just vanished from sight. I soon just started smirking again this kid was just a coward he was just trying to run away. I didn't let may guard down however, he might try to pull something and get the upper hand.
Just as I thought this I felt a pinch on my neck only to have my vision fade to black almost instantly. Everything when quiet as I hit the ground and lost consciousness.
3rd person POV
Everyone just stared in shock as Junko appeared above Sasuke's fallen form. She soon bowed and went over to Iruka and told panicking adult that Sasuke was just unconscious and would be fine in a few minutes.
The man nodded and went to move Sasuke to a safe place under a nearby tree to rest for a bit. All while all of the other students just continued stare completely awe stricken at Junko. No one had ever beaten Sasuke before, especially in such a short period of time. Soon the girls snapped out of it and started running at Junko to congratulate her, unknowing of her try gender. The poor girls eyes widened at the sight of the hoard of crazed fan girls and soon used the camouflage Justu once more to run to safety in the same tree Sasuke was under.
The girls of the class just became confused and tried to find their new classmate but had no luck and started to complain to Iruka that Their Jun had vanished. This caused the man to sweat drop and inform the girls that he was probably just hiding because he was shy and didn't like large groups of people. This only caused the girls to start arguing over who the one was that scared their Jun-kun so much. Iruka only sweat dropped before he cleared his throat. "Alright everyone lets get back to sparing."
Junko watched from her hiding place, she really didn't like those girls they got out of hand way too often. She stayed in her tree for a few minutes until Iruka said it was time to go home. Junko hopped out of her tree and ran to the entrance of the schoolyard to find Tenzo waiting for her. He didn't have his mask on so Junko knew that he was probably off duty or Natsuki had given him the job officially as a D-rank mission as a favour. Despite his slightly scary appearance, Junko didn't mind since he had helped in rescuing her so long ago. So Junko ran over to him with a smile on her face "hi Tenzo" she said in a whisper.
Junko's POV
He knelt down to my level and spoke softly "Hi Junko how did school go today." I slumped my shoulders and hung my head at his words "not good I assume, how about you tell me about it when we get back to your house" I nodded and just as we were about to leave all my fan-girls came running towards us calling my name. I ran and hid behind Tenzo's leg and held onto the material of his pants. He looked over at the hoard of girls charging at us and gave a single glare at them and they all screamed in fear and ran away. I let out a sigh and slowly came out from behind him.
"Well if that is what you have had to deal with all day long then I feel truly sorry for you." I nodded and grabbed his hand so we could leave.
We made it to the house without further incident and I took off my sweater revealing a black tank top, released the jutsu hiding my wings and slumped onto the couch as soon as I walked through the door. "You really did have a long day didn't you"
"Yeah I did, first of all everyone thinks that I am a boy so all the girls are trying to fight for my attention. It scares me so much"
"Well knowing you, I can see how that would given the things you have seen and were forced to endure for so many years."
"Exactly and it got so bad I had to sneak out the window to eat my lunch in peace but that only resulted in some kid with a dog startling me just as I was about to eat the strawberry mochi Natsuki had made for me. I had saved it for last so I could savour it longer but since I was eating my lunch in a tree to hide from the girls, I fell out of the tree and my mochi was ruined"
At that point Tenzo made a scary face, he knew how much I love Natsuki's mochi and he also knew how I would react it if I dropped it or someone took it away from me.
It was never a good sight, I usually broke into tears or gave heart wrenching puppy eyes that would make anyone crack. And I do mean anyone, we once had Ibiki over for diner since he and Natsuki her good friends during her days in the ANBU. I had wanted to eat my mochi before dinner but he did not agree. I had started to cry which left him completely unfazed. So I had to step up my game, I went and sat in the corner and began to ignore him for a solid 10 minutes. He started to get worried when I wouldn't respond to anything he was saying. I had been completely disregarding his presence. After another 10 minutes of this he finally had had enough so he walked over to me and turned me away from the corner with ease since I was so small. My head was down and my hair was covering my eyes and before he could speak another word I gave him my puppy dog eyes. His eyes widened and he tried to avoid my gaze but it was no use. He had lost and he knew it. He finally broke and I got to eat my mochi with a huge grin on my face as I did so. At that point Natsuki finally came out of the kitchen to tell us that dinner was finished. She had known the entire time what had been going on. I pulled the same tricks every time someone tried to refuse me my mochi and each and every time the would cave within the hour. As of how well people held up against my tricks, Ibiki was the champ with 43 minutes 52 seconds. Most of that time was spent by me crying and him trying to avoid my stare. The person who broke the easiest however had been Kakashi of all people, lasted about 3.4 seconds. Of course I had went straight to the eyes since I had spent almost an hour that morning crying on the floor because I had dropped my mochi and had to wait until dinner time before Natsuki made more.
Needless to say Ibiki had complimented me on my ability to make him crack under pressure. He even said that if I perfected my skills, then I could join the T&I department when I grew up. Knowing that bit of information made me quite happy with myself.
I was soon broken out of my thoughts when Tenzo spoke up again. "Well I can't really do much about what happened to you today, but what do you think about us going to the tea shop for dinner. I know it has nothing on Natsuki's cooking but at least it would help alleviate your depression until she gets back in a few days." I nodded my head in sadness as I hugged myself with my wings before casting my Jutsu back on my wings to transform them once again. This one would only last 3 to 4 hours since I needed to conserve my chakra if I wanted to train later with the wood style user.
A swiftly put a T-shirt on since I didn't feel like wearing my heavy sweater. When I was done I soon left the house with Tenzo and we made our way in the direction of the tea house to get a bite to eat. While unbeknownst to either of us at the time, we were being watched by several pairs of eyes.
? #1's POV
I watched my new classmate with curiosity. He was very mysterious right from the start. I had never seen him around the village before nor had I heard any rumours about a small boy being that fit his description. I had watched him leave the school with a scary looking man and I got quite worried for him. He had seemed to know the person, quite well in fact. He had even hidden Behind the man when all the girls came running at them, craving Jun's attention. So as a means to keep him safe I did the only logical thing, follow them.
They walked for a few minutes before entering a large three story house fit for a great deal of people to live comfortably within. It was an amazing site given that very few homes were built with stone and wood.
I sat there for several minutes just marvelling at the beautiful sight standing before me. And before I knew it Jun and the scary man had left the house and we're making their way in the direction of the restaurant district in town.
I began following them again and that's when I noticed Jun was wearing a T-shirt. His arms were extremely thin and looked like they would break if a leaf landed on either of them.
Then the realization set in as the dots started to connect. Earlier today he had told everyone that he wasn't in school until now because of medical reasons. He looked like a twig and it was obvious by the way he acted around others, that he was scared of them. Well the once that ran after him. He hid behind that scary man to get away from them. He went missing during lunch and only Kiba had been able to track him down because of his dog. Apparently he had been hiding in a tree to get away from everyone.
Had this boy gone through something in his past to make him like this. If he was afraid to be chased, had he been hunted after. If he was so thin had he been starved close to death. That would explain him not being in school up until today. He would have had to heal from such a traumatizing experience. It would take months or years for his own muscles to grow strong enough to support his own weight. He was probably a skeleton before if that was the case given how he looked now.
The scary man is probably the one who saved him if he runs to behind him for protection. But what about his mom. He said that his favourite food was her strawberry mochi. If he was indeed neglected then surely he wouldn't have ever been on deaths door before. Unless she isn't the one who did that to him. If his mother had adopted him then that would probably make more sense.
At that moment Jun tripped on a rock and fell to the ground. He wasn't very good on his feet, a side effect of the therapy he most like would have been force to go through no doubt. As the scary man helped him up I caught a glimpse of his back. There was some siring tattoo on his back. I didn't quite see exactly what it was but it was definitely there. When had he got that and what exactly was it. All these thought confused me so much more than I already was.
Damn, what a drag. This guy became more and more complicated the more I learned about him.
? #2's POV
Damn that guy is a complete wimp. All he did was run and hide behind that creep when the girls ran at him. I don't blame him though the girls in our class can be quite scary at times. But still, many of us boys have learned to ignore them. You have to when you go to school with the fan girls of our generation.
The creep soon scared off the girls and the two of them began to walk away. I soon followed close behind but remained far enough away so I wouldn't be suspicious.
We soon reached his house and holy crap was it huge. It looked so cool. I only wished my house could be so nice. I took a quick look around and soon spotted Shikamaru staring at the house in amazement. He had probably had the same idea as me.
Jun was a mystery after all and we knew next to nothing about him. The only thing I really knew for a fact was that he loved his mom's cooking, was extremely shy, and was skilled enough to beat the Uchiha in a single blow. He is probably pretty strong under that bulky sweater that he wears if he was able to do such a thing.
However when I saw him exit the house once again, I noticed that he was as thin as a twig. Man I have to rub this in the jerks face. He got beaten by a guy that literally couldn't lift more than 5 pounds without breaking his arm. The thought of his reaction made me laugh, which I had to hide since I didn't want to be discovered.
After a few more minutes of walking Jun tripped on a rock and I caught a glimpse of the tattoo on his back. That just made him so much more mysterious yet slightly cooler. I have no idea what it is. I will just have to catch him without a shirt on if I want to know what it is. I don't think he would tell anyone if they asked him about it. He is too secretive.
As I was about to turn the corner someone grabbed the back of my hoodie and pulled me backwards, choking me in the process.
"Kiba! You were supposed to be home an hour ago! What the hell were you doing! I had to come searching for you, it is your turn to clean the cages at the clinic! Now get your butt back to the house." My mom yelled in my face as I caught a glimpse of Jun slip inside a tea house down the road.
Well god dammit now I have to wait to find out more information on him.
? #3's POV
How the heck is he so powerful. All he does is run from his problems and is scared of girls. He also seems like a mama's boy based on his answer to the food question. He could have just said strawberry mochi and that would have sufficed. But it seems like pretty girly food if you asked me. It's pink for kami's sake I mean what boy want to eat something so sweet and looks like Sakura's hair. Gross. I really don't like sweets if you can't tell.
But anyways I decided to follow him to see if his training regimen might be the reason behind his abilities. And as soon as I saw his house, my jaw hit the floor. Damn he's rich, if the girls found out, I have no doubt they would try to bring him shopping to buy them new clothes or something. I'm not really the best person to talk to about the subject since I try to ignore them as best as I can. It doesn't really help when all they do is harass you 24/7.
I soon spotted Shikamaru and Kiba hiding in various places around the front of the property.
Suddenly I caught a glimpse of something from the corner of my eye. From where I was you could see a few inches into the living room. I spotted a few large feathers and my eyes widened as a result. I stared for a minute before the finally moved. I was so confused. I had no idea what I just saw, but I knew I saw it.
I sat for a minute or two in complete shock before Jun left his house one more. He acted like nothing happened. What the heck were those feathers.
In my own confusion I almost didn't notice that he was wearing a T-shirt. He wasn't strong at all, he was the exact opposite. How the hell did he beat me earlier today. This makes no sense. I'm so confused.
He soon fell on his face and I saw the tattoo on his back. Where did he get that. He is way too young for that to be legal.
As I thought about all of this, Jun and his companion soon entered a tea house. Well this sucks now I'm going to have to wait.
3rd person POV.
When Kiba's mom found him Junko heard her yell at the young Inozuka. Junko gave a sigh and slightly shook her head in disappointment.
"Something wrong" Tenzo said from beside her when he heard her sigh.
"It seems one of my classmates was following us and he got caught by his mother" she explained simply.
"I can sense a few more following us. What do you say about losing them so we can train in peace later. We wouldn't want anyone learning about your unique physical characteristics." Tenzo said as they entered the tea shop.
"I agree. I don't want them to learn about my wings and think of me as a freak. I might get bullied for it so I want to avoid that as long as I can."
"Well let's get you that mochi then we can be on our way to your training grounds. After losing our stalkers of course."
"Okay" Junko said with excitement as they sat down at a table.
Soon a waitress walked up to the table. She smiled at both Junko and Tenzo. "Why hello there what can I get you this lovely afternoon"
"Can I get some strawberry mochi without red bean paste please" Junko said with so much enthusiasm that she couldn't stop from slightly jumping from her seat in excitement.
Tenzo just laughed before speaking calmly "two green teas and a plate of Dango if you don't mind."
The waitress smiled even brighter and giggled at Junko's antics before nodding and going to get their orders.
"So besides your misfortune at lunch how was school" Tenzo said with curiosity.
"It was alright I guess. I learned quite a bit from my teacher and won my spar during our taijutsu class. The kid was very arrogant and stuck up. He thought everyone was beneath him and could never amount to anything compared to him. But I soon showed him by pinching his pressure point and knocked him unconscious. Although I did have to go hide in a tree soon after because those damn fan girls tried getting my attention soon after. I really don't like them at all. Why can't they just take a hint. If you are constantly ignored, glared at, or ran away from then the thing of your affection does not want to be with you."
"Well it's good that you learned from your teacher. And it's good that you showed that Arrogant boy that he is not a big shot. I know I had a few people like that in my past that I wanted to show a thing or two about acknowledging others strengths. As for the fan girls all I got to say is normal girls your age are crazy you just have to deal with them until they finally grow up. It might take a while but eventually they will mature. I know Natsuki did and she is a much more humble person now." Tenzo explained calmly.
"I didn't know Natsuki was like that, who was it that she was so infatuated by." Junko said with slight curiosity.
"Oh it was Kakashi, when they were in the academy together she wouldn't leave him alone. But when she became a jounin for the first time at 15 she realized she had too big of a responsibility to be too caught up in perusing a guy in such a way when he had no interest in her. And when she became a member of the ANBU she was happy when she got to work with him from time to time. But she didn't act crazy like she once did and just was happy with just spending the time with him while it lasted. She still has a crush on him but she is happy with her life as it is. She has never been as happy as she has been since you came into her life. She sees you as her daughter and she loves you with all her heart."
"Hey I asked who she liked not an entire speech in how she is still in love with a man." Junko laughed and it was at that point that the food came. She immediately started scarfing down the mochi that had been placed in front of her. Tenzo just rolled his eyes and started to casually eat his Dango and drink his tea.
Tenno just chuckles and slightly shook his head. "Why don't we just finish our snacks and head out to go do same training." He suggested and only got a simple nod as a reply. He quickly ate his Dango and drank his tea.
Before you knew it both were done and were walking out of the tea shop after paying the bill.
Sasuke and Shikamaru remained hidden at a safe distance as to not get caught, completely in aware that both of their targets were well aware that they were there.
Junko and Tenzo turned a corner and were briefly out of sight. It was at that moment that Junko made a shadow clone and Tenzo made a wood clone. Once they were done Tenzo grabbed Junko before using the transportation Jutsu to teleport both of them to their secret training grounds located 15 kilometres into the lush forest that surrounded Konoha. They had established it a month after Junko first arrived. Even though at the time they knew they couldn't use it for a few months since at that point Junko had still been severely malnourished. Nonetheless the place was perfect for training in secret. It was far enough away that most citizens and shinobi wouldn't be able to find it without a great deal of difficulty. Not to mention Natsuki had asked Kurenai to help her set up a subtle yet strong Genjutsu around the area that would make others steer clear of the area. But if for any reason anyone got passed the genjutsu then they had to deal with an enormous cliff face that Tenzo had created with his Jutsu. It took him 4 months to actually set it up since it was so tall, at least half a kilometre tall, and 30 feet thick and a kilometre around. The whole thing actually was a giant wall to keep people out.
Now since the wall was so tall Tenzo had also set up an average 2 story house at the bottom of the cliff an the far side of the cliff face. It was decorated like a normal house but in the basement there was a hidden passage located behind a heavy bookshelf and behind a powerful seal that could only be temporarily removed with a drop of fresh blood from either Junko, Tenzo, or Natsuki. Once you got passed all of that there was a short passage leading under the wall. But even with the short distance there was numerous seals along the way just in case the first one got by passed somehow. It was also filled with numerous traps that would activate if the seal was broken any other way than the blood. The top of the wall was also warded heavily to keep people out of the training ground.
This was all necessary to protect Junko from any possible harm and keep her wings a secret. And house at the base of the cliff also was inhabited by 4 retired ANBU to make it look like people were just visiting same friends for a while. They were well aware of Junko's true self since they all had been there when she had been rescued. They retired soon after returning back to Konoha and as a favour to Natsuki they agreed to protect the enterance into the training ground.
As for the training ground itself, it took up the entire open space. Along the perimeter was a race track to do laps with. In the centre was a battle field for sparing and practicing Jutsu and was complete with numerous pillars on the right half of the battle field. Each one was a different height so Junko could practice her acrobatic prowess with and without the use of her wings. The other half was filled with everything that you could expect out of a high level training field. And given the size of the area there was more than enough space for it all.
Junko was happy with it when Tenzo had actually showed it to her. Up until she actually started using it, Junko had only seen the ground when it had first been discovered. There had been nothing there except a completely open field that had looked as though something had destroyed all the trees a long time ago, maybe 10 or 11 years before. It took Tenzo at least a week to clean up of the destruction but once he was done he was finally able to start the pain staking yaks of building the walls and house. Given the size, he could only build so much in a single day but the end result was well worth it.
And today that was where Tenzo and Junko were going to train like they did twice a week so Junko had ample time to recover from all the hard work, go to her normal physical therapy sessions 3 times a week to make sure she was still building muscle and gaining weight. Her normal week went as followed.
Monday: Training at the training ground until an hour after sunset.
Tuesday: Relaxation and recovery.
Wednesday: Physical Therapy 3 hours.
Thursday: Private studies on basic shinobi history and Jutsu.
Friday: Evaluation of weight gain and physical Therapy for 2 hours.
Saturday: Training in the training ground from dawn until dusk.
Sunday: Muscle tests and massage therapy with a specialist sworn to secrecy about the wings.
Tenzo and Junko appeared in front of the house at the base of the cliff where they saw 2 of the retired ANBU playing a game of shogi on the front porch. While the smell of fresh cherry pie filtered through an open window. And another retired ANBU member tending to the garden in the front of the house.
"Hi Aoi, Kenosuke, Milliana. I see you are keeping yourself busy. Is Ezra baking again." Tenzo said with a slight lazy wave of the hand.
Aoi, one of the men playing shogi just nodded his head and moved a piece on the board.
Kenosuke spoke up, he was the on in the garden. "Yeah she got bored and was craving pie. I mean she is pregnant and all so I mean it's not all that out of place." He started to weave hand signs for a simple water style Jutsu to to water the recently weeded garden. "So Junko how was your first day of school."
"It was alright in the beginning but then one of my classmates made me drop the mochi Natsuki put in my lunch today. Then I had to deal with an arrogant jerk in my class during Taijutsu. I won about 3 seconds after the fight started, pushed one of the pressure points you taught me about. Then all throughout the day I had to deal with the other girls in my class. Literally all of them are fan girls and they wouldn't leave me alone. Then on the way here we had to use clones to sneak away from a few of my classmates that took to stalking to try and learn something about me."
"Seems like you had a long and stressful day. We will be sure to keep an eye out for anyone in the area if they manage to somehow bypass our safe guards." Kenosuke said before calling over his shoulder towards the female playing Shogi with Aoi. "Hey Milliana keep your senses open we might get some academy students sneaking around later."
The woman just raised her thumb and said "Alright, I'm on it." Before making another move on the board in front of her.
"Well we better get to the training field we only got so much time for training in a day." Tenzo said as he made his way towards the front door.
"Have fun with that. Swing by the kitchen and say high to Ezra before you go through the tunnel." Aoi spoke up without letting his eyes leave the board.
"Will do, Come on Junko."
"Okay."
Both Tenzo and Junko went inside to see a heavily pregnant black haired women pulling out a pie from the oven.
"Hi Ezra, smells nice in here. How are the triplets coming along." Junko said as she ran over to the women.
"They are doing just fine Junko. I'm due in a month or so, so the excitement is pretty high" said woman said in a monotone. Ezra never really was one she show emotion for any reason but she was also quite blunt so you knew when she said something she meant it. She also wasn't really one for jokes or sarcastic remakes either so she tended to be quite boring to most. It was actually quite a surprise when everyone found out she was going to marry Kenosuke. And with in a few months of them being married they had found out that they were expecting triplets. But it wasn't really a surprise since Ezra herself is actually triples with Aoi and Milliana, fraternal of course but triplets nonetheless.
"I made pie if you want some." Ezra spoke up once again while holding up a piping hot cherry pie in her hands with a pair of oven mitts.
"Not right now, we just ate, but maybe in a few hours when we get hungry." Tenzo said from the archway leading into the kitchen.
"Alright, well have fun with that. I'll see you when you are done." Ezra said before turning and placing the pie on top of the stove.
"Will do" Junko said before running to the door leading to the basement. It was decorated like a personal library with many isles of books and scrolls about all kinds of Jutsu and and books to read for entertainment. Tenzo walked over to the second last bookshelf on the right. It looked like any other bookshelf. It had books and scrolls about different types of sealing methods. Tenzo ran his finger along the top left hand side of bookshelf and felt around for one of the nails that were holding the whole thing together. Once he found it he brought his hand back and took out a Kunai and sliced his finger to draw blood. Once that was done he placed his finger back on the head of the nail. As soon as he did that the bookshelf moved backwards into the wall about 3 feet to reveal a staircase leading further down into the earth. Once that was done he let a drop of blood land on an invisible barrier at the enterance to the stairwell. It shimmered for a few seconds and faintly glowed blue before slowly dissolving and disappearing. When that was done Tenzo went down into the tunnel with Junko following close behind. 6 seconds after the both of them entered the tunnel, the bookcase moved back into place forcing the tunnel into pitch darkness. Junko began casting a Jutsu and soon intricate patterns began to glow on the walls, illuminating the path. Tenzo stepped forward and pressed his finger on a glowing image of a brighting glowing Sakura tree. A bright pink barrier came into existence and soon vanished in the same manner as the first. Once it was gone Junko and Tenzo kept walking. The process of pressing a bloody finger to a glowing picture and waiting for a different coloured barrier to dissolve before proceeding, went on for a good 5 to 10 minutes but once they were done another staircase came into view. Where Tenzo performed a Jutsu and and the stairs went into the ground revealing the true staircase leading up into the training grounds. For anyone who tried to use the fake staircase they would be knocked out with a toxic gas that paralyzed the victim for a day or two once the woke up 2 days later but that too wore of after another day.
The real exit had a one final invisible barrier but that too was soon dispelled and Tenzo lifted the hatch leading outside into the training field. Once both Tenzo and Junko were out, Junko released the Jutsu on her wings and stretched them out and moved her shoulders around like she had been carrying something heavy for a long time.
"It's great when I finally get to stretch my wings after such a long day of having them hidden." She said calming before flapping her wings to take flight into the air. She did a few spins and acrobatic tricks in the air before flying in place above the ground. "So what should be do first, basic Taijutsu, flying laps around perimeter, or acrobatic maneuvering in the pillar field."
"Why not start with a few laps around the field then the aerial acrobatics and finally some Taijutsu training with the training dummies. We got about 5 hours before the sunsets then we can do a tracking lesson once the sun goes down.
6 hours later Junko was exhausted from all the hard work she had just put into training. She had just finished her night tracking session and was ready for something to eat.
After going back through the tunnel and disabling all the barriers, Junko and Tenzo had made it back into the basement of the house. They went upstairs where Ezra was just finishing placing food on the table.
Tenzo and Junko sat down at the table just as Aoi, Kenosuke, and Milliana walked into the kitchen to take their seats. Once everyone served themselves Junko spoke up.
"So Ezra have you decided on names for your babies yet. Your having 3 boys right"
"Yes I am having three sons but no I have not picked out names yet. Me and Kenosuke were thinking of waiting until they were born or giving the honour to you since you will be like a big sister to them when they are born." Ezra said with a blunt and emotionless tone.
"What really you would let me do that. It would amazing if you let me do that. Well I don't know that many names given how I grew up." Junko said with surprised that turned into slight sadness.
"Well why don't you say them and if they catch my wife's ear." Kenosuke said with an encouraging smile.
"Alright. Well there is Hachirou, Shichiro, Kenshin, a-a-an-and Katsu." Junko said in sadness but became unable to speak when it came to Katsu's name. She was able to finally stutter out the name.
Ezra heard the stutter and walked over to the winged girl and knelt down the best she could before she brought the sad girl in for a hug. "Those are beautiful names. I think I might go with Kenshin and Katsu I liked them the most. Now why don't we take a deep breath and enjoy this meal that I made for you and everyone else." The black haired pregnant woman said in her normal monotone but slightly rubbed Junko's back to comfort her.
Junko just wiped away the tears from her eyes and nodded her head before hugging Ezra back before finally letting go. She sat back down at the table to finished her dinner in peace.
Time skip
After dinner Tenzo brought Junko back to town where they met up with their clones that poofed away soon after. It turned out that the two stalkers were still following the clones until one of them had to leave an hour before sun set. The other however was still following them. It was starting to annoy Junko that someone could be so persistent so she just used her wind style Jutsu to bring who ever it was out of hiding. She was surprised to see that it was Sasuke.
Sasuke's POV
I had been following Junko and that man for hours now and I hadn't learned anything about him. All he did was simple training exercises that any normal academy student would do. He threw Kunai and shuriken at targets and got the bullseye every single time he through one. He did basic Taijutsu training with the man he was with. By this point I figured that the man was either his babysitter or his father. I still couldn't decide which was the correct answer. 2 hours after sunset, so around 9 or 10 pm a second pair of Jun and the man appeared. I was surprised and confused. That tripled when the one I had been following disappear in a poofed of smoke. Then the realization hit me, I. Had been following clones this entire time. I groaned with shame once I realized that I had been tricked.
Suddenly I felt the wind lift me from my spot and bring me towards Jun and her guardian. I was genuinely surprised at this.
"Why have you been following us" the man beside Jun spoke. I simple scoffed at his words. Jun just rolled his eyes and soon disappeared from sight. A few seconds later I felt a familiar pinch on the back of my neck. And before I blacked out I heard Jun speak. "Don't follow me, you may regret it later" I then slipped into unconsciousness.
Junko's POV
"You didn't have to do that you know" Tenzo said to me in a exasperated tone.
"Of course I did. He was starting to get on my nerves. Plus I'm too tired to deal with him right now. And I have a feeling that he was going to harass us until we told him everything that he wanted to know. And you and I both know that that information is probably never going to be something that either of us want to reveal so I took the quickest course of action to get him to leave us alone. Plus if he ended up following us home, he might discover my wings and let it slip that I have them which would not be a good thing in the slightest. So I did the logical thing an knocked him out, he should wake up within the hour if not then early tomorrow morning. For the time being ill have the birds and insects bring him home so that he is safe." With that, I whistled and 2 doves flew into sight. I whispered to them my plan and they soon flew off to retrieve a few more birds to fly Sasuke home. While they were gone I clicked my tongue and a moth flew over to me and I repeated what I told the birds. It also flew off to get a few insects to find where Sasuke lived so that the birds could fly him there. 5 minutes later 6 eagles and 12 pigeons along with the doves flew back to me and a few fireflies showed up with the moth from earlier. They sprung into action a cording to my plans. Each eagle took either a wrist or an ankle in their talons and the remaining two grabbed into the top and bottom of his shirt. The doves and pigeons grabbed his arms, legs and back. 2 on each arm, 3 on each leg, and 4 on his back. He was sprawled out like a starfish, completely unaware of what was going on. But the birds did manage to lift him into the air. After that the fireflies led the way to Sasuke's house where I had no doubt that more birds and bugs made a huge effort to open the win to to his bedroom so the Eagles and pigeons could just drop him off on his bed rather than outside in the cold. I made sure that they took a route that no one would see him, I didn't want him to be more humiliated than he probably already from being knocked out twice in a single day by the same person with a simple pinch to the neck each time. Not to mention being tricked by her into thinking that he was actually following her when in reality it had only been a clone. I mean if I had an over inflated ego like he did I would probably be pretty pissed off at the prospect of no longer being the best. Speaking of which I should probably watch out for him tomorrow, I wouldn't want to be attacked because of his rage that is definitely sure to occur as a result of today's transgressions.
Once the birds took Sasuke away, I turned to Tenzo. "Should be head back to the house and get ready for bed. I do believe I have school in the morning and I would hate to be late because I was too tired from the previous nights training activities. He simply nodded and we headed back home where I swiftly changed into my pyjamas and released the Jutsu on my wings before finally going to sleep for the night.
So I wanted to apologize for the long wait but this chapter kept giving me problems. In the end it was over 10k words and took me months to get right. Even then I think the ending wasn't as solid as the beginning of the chapter but it was well worth the wait. And as a result this book is already over 20k words with only a single chapter and a prologue. Not to mention I had to go back and add 5 new characters to the character information page since they are all original characters that will play major roles in the main character's life in some way or another. Also unlike the main character, each one was names off the top of my head aside from Natsuki since she was briefly introduced in the prologue.
Now in this chapter I introduced that Natsuki had a crush on Kakashi while she was growing up. She is older than him by 2-3 years but she still had a crush on him. Now my question is how do you feel about the prospect of Kakashi possibly becoming Junko's step father. I don't plan on having him be her sensei because there are thousands of stories where he becomes the Main character's Sensei and I don't want to go down the cliche path.
Now I hope you enjoyed so until next time have an amazing day.
~Mystic~