AN: Thank you
Disclaimer: I own nothing Naruto related, except for the plot and Seka.
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"Three guesses what we're here to talk about old man." Seka was sitting at a desk with the Hokage in front of her and Kakashi in the seat on her left.
"I would assume it has something to do with your team failing. Now here's what I have to say; I can't show favouritism by passing your team Seka-chan, just so you can go on missions and learn new things. You must pass with a team; you know this." The man looked at the girl who had her head down. He couldn't tell if she was crying but judging by the smile on Kakashi's face, he knew what was coming.
Seka looked up at the old man with tears in her eyes; which were the size of the moon. He knew it, and cursed Itachi for teaching the child the Puppy Eyes no Jutsu. "Curse you Uchiha"
"sigh What do you propose I do Seka? I can't put you on another team or give your old team a second chance."
"But Hokage-sama, I NEED to continue on. I have a mission of sorts that I must complete. I promise it's not revenge or anything, but it was given to me by my master."
Firstly, Hizuren knew she was serious because she called him Hokage-sama instead of old man. What threw him off though was the comment about a master. Seka had no master. No one could ever dream of becoming that girl's master because she would never allow it.
"Master? Mission? Seka, no one can give you missions but me. Who is this master of yours?"
The girl looked around and tried to think of how to best explain it. Getting an idea, she moved to an empty area on the floor and began to draw a seal with her blood. Both men recognized the seal and wanted to stop her until she held up her hand. Standing, she began the hand signs and a person with long white hair appeared behind her. Naturally, she was the only one who could see the man. She stepped out of the seal and bowed to the man.
"Hello Shini-san, how are this wonderful afternoon?"
"Quite well Seka. Now, why have you summoned me?"
"Well, you see, my team failed our test and now I no longer have a team; therefore I am unable to further progress my skills in order to carry out my mission."
Kakashi and Hizuren were looking at the young girl in confusion. They didn't know who she was talking to since they couldn't see anyone. They knew the shinigami had to be there since she had summoned him, but they weren't certain. Seeing their confusion, Seka turned to her master and pointed to them. Understanding what she meant, he made himself visible to the two men; whom became frightened upon seeing him.
"So, you are the Hokage and Kakashi-san. Seka had spoken highly of you two. Now, explain the problem to me as to why my child cannot advance in her training."
"I'm sorry Shinigami-sama, but I am simply following protocol. If we can find a solution, I will surely follow through with it. Now if you do not mind, I would like to know what the mission is that you have given my granddaughter."
"I sent her to this world to kill three men and to gather my pets. They have been sealed in humans that you call jinchuuriki; I wish to have them protected from a man who fancies himself god and plans to use them for his own gain." Clueing into what he meant by pets, Kakashi's eye widened. He looked at the little girl, realizing just how important she was. At that moment, he vowed to help her in any way he could.
"I see, well, what do you suggest we do Seka?"
Everyone looked at the small girl. She sat thinking for a moment but couldn't find a suitable solution. She was about to give up and accept her return to the academy when Kakashi cleared his throat.
"Well, we could always give her a private sensei. She'd become an apprentice of sorts. Considering what she aspires to become, and that a certain kunoichi has been complaining about being bored, I think we can kill two birds with one stone."
Sarutobi stroked his beard and considered Kakashi's option. He knew exactly what kunoichi he spoke of but wasn't sure she would except. Of course, being Hokage, he could always force her to accept but he didn't like doing that. After a few minutes of consideration, he finally agreed.
"Alright; we'll go with Kakashi's plan. I'll personally see to it that Seka gets all the training she will require for her mission Shinigami-sama." The spirit looked pleased. He then glanced at the girl and vanished without a word to the others.
"Well, I guess we had better go. I'll call you to my office tomorrow Seka-chan, to introduce you to your new sensei."
"Hai Hokage-sama, I'll be at your office at noon. Arigatou old man." Seka hugged the man and ran out of the office. Once Kakashi and Hizuren were alone, the Hokage told the jounin to gather plenty of dango and sake, then to meet him at his office in an hour.
(^^;) (T.T) Hokage's Office 1 hour later (T.T) (^^;)
"You summoned me Hokage-sama?" A young woman entered the office and saw the aged man sitting behind his desk. She also noticed the presence of another and saw the silver haired porn reader.
"Hai, now please take a seat. I have called you here for a mission of sorts. I have a child whose team failed their test and has requested a private sensei." Just as he was going to continue, he was interrupted by the woman.
"Hold up old man, I thought any team who failed was sent back to the academy?"
"Yes, that is usually correct, but this child is a special case." It was Kakashi who had answered the woman's question; the Hokage just nodded his head in confirmation.
"Now, before you object, I wish for you to read her file; I believe you will find her to be rather interesting." Hizuren handed the scowling woman a folder with a picture of Seka and all records of her. Among them were official and some personal ones by the Hokage himself.
After a few tense moments, the woman drank some of the sake that the Hokage had handed her while she was reading and smiled.
"She wants to steal my job huh? Alright, I'll take her; though I make no promise of her living through the training. We must see what this young maggot has in her." She grabbed a stick of dango that she had taken from the pile on the desk and bit down on it; smirking in a rather menacing sort of way. Both men shivered, officially fearing for their adoptive family member's life.
(^^;) (T.T) Elsewhere (T.T) (^^;)
The young girl had been searching the entire village for her brother and had finally found him at the ramen stand with his team mates. She bounded over and sat beside Naruto and slung her arm over his shoulder. Leaning over his body, she stole a few of the noodles from his bowl – eliciting a sound of complaint from the boy – then looked at the two others. She smiled at Sakura who simply scowled in return then looked at the other male.
"Hey Saskue-teme, how are you on this lovely afternoon?"
"Hn." Said male simply grunted and continued to eat his ramen, watching as the girl stole more of the blonde's noodles.
"Well, I'm sorry to hear that. Now, if you don't mind, I need to borrow Naruto. You can have him back later if he lives!" She put money on the counter to pay for the boy's 10 bowls of ramen and dragged him down the road towards the training fields. The two other children watched then returned to their food.
"Sasuke-kun, what do you think she meant by 'if he lives'?" The girl peeked at the boy beside her and waited for a response.
"She means exactly what she said. If he lives, he lives; if he doesn't, he doesn't." With his answer spoken, he raised from his seat and left, leaving money for his meal.
(^^;) (T.T) With Seka & Naruto (T.T) (^^;)
"Seka-chan, where are we going?" Naruto was running to keep up with the girl, following as she twisted and turned through the trees.
"I want to test out something and need your help. First, we have to get far from the village then I'll tell you." After a few more minutes of running, they finally stopped in a clearing.
Looking at the girl questioningly, Naruto noticed she had begun to form hand seals. Before he could register what was happening, he clutched his stomach and screamed in pain. Just then there was a large explosion and the smoke began to clear.
"How am I free? Who has summoned me?" A large fox like creature stood in the middle of a training field. Even though they were far from the village, people began to panic upon seeing the large creature standing in the forest mere miles away. Most shinobi figured it was just a regular summon but felt fear grip their hearts when they saw nine fluffy swishing tails behind the beast. At that moment, everyone realize it was the Kyuubi.
"KYUU! Kyuu, down here!" The two kids began jumping up and down, waving their arms in the air.
The demon looked down at the children and recognized them as the 'brat' and 'flesh bag'. Soon though, they were surrounded by every ANBU, Jounin, and Chuunin, as well as the Hokage. The Kyuubi snarled at the group but stopped when it felt a hand on its paw. The Hokage slowly walked up to the two children, wary of the giant beast behind them.
"Naruto, how has the Kyuubi escaped from the seal? This is not possible; it SHOULDN'T be possible."
The two children lowered their heads in shame. Seka slowly looked at the Hokage and then to the massive creature behind her. "That would be my doing Hokage-sama. I summoned her."
There was a collective gasp from the surrounding crowd. None believed that a human, let alone a small girl, could summon a demon.
"How Seka? It's not possible to summon demons. You need a contract and vast amounts of chakra to summon a creature." Hizuren continued to eye the beast while slowly edging his way to the children; intent on moving them away before they were hurt.
"Remember what we spoke of earlier? This is part of it."
"Alright my child; but first, let us get away from the Kyuubi and my ANBU will chase it away." Realizing the Hokage had pretty much ignored what she had said about the fox demon being a summon, she defended the beast.
"NO! You will do no such thing. Kyuu-chan is a kind and caring being. You will not harm her in any way." She ignored the looks of shock from everyone and turned to the fox.
"Kyuu-chan, you can go back now. I just wanted to test if I was able to summon you. Seeing as to how I am, we'll have to find another way to summon you in a smaller form before next time."
"No need flesh bag, I can do that myself." Just as it was said, the mighty fox shrank down to the size of an average fox. Though it looked to be like any other fox, the simple matter of nine fluffy tails swaying behind it showed the contrary. It jumped to the girl, who caught it and walked toward the old man.
"Come on old man, we'll talk in your office. Come Naruto." Seka scratched the fox's head who purred in response; though if you were to ask it, it would deny it. Naruto followed her, still holding his stomach, and was followed by the Hokage as well. When the ANBU and several other ninja tried to follow, the Hokage ordered them to stay behind and do crowd control and to calm the villagers.
Once in the Hokage's office, Seka and Naruto sat in the chairs in front of the aging man desk; mentally preparing what they're going to say. Of course, Naruto not knowing that the Hokage already knew of Seka's predicament, he was trying to find a way to go about the explanation without mentioning it.
"So Seka, you said this has to do with our earlier conversation. What exactly is going on?" The girl looked at the fox in her arms, then to Hizuren.
"Well, to help me with my mission, Shinigami-sama gave me the ability to summon the nine great demons. He also gave me another summoning that I'm not entirely sure of how it works at the moment. Anyways, I have already summoned the two-tailed neko and so I wanted to try summoning a demon in a seal as complex as Naruto-kun's. Clearly, my test was a success."
"A success? It hurt so much! How can you count a test that put me in pain a success!?!" Naruto was waving his arms around in the air, trying to get his point across to his crazy sibling. Seka merely glanced at him and smiled.
"You're alive aren't you?" Naruto's face dropped at her remark and sat back down. He had never looked at it that way, but now that he thought of it, she had said that he would return to his team IF HE LIVED. His eyes widened again and stared at her incredulously.
"You didn't even know if I would LIVE THROUGH IT!?!" Again, the boy started going crazy, waving his arms around and babbling nonsense. Choosing to ignore the boy, Seka looked back at the Hokage. Just as she was about to say something, the fox jumped off her lap and onto the desk.
"Hokage-sama, I wish to apologize for my horrendous behaviour all those years ago. My actions were inexcusable and I wish to offer myself to you as a way to apologize. You may do whatever you wish, whether it be to use me as a tool, or simply torture and possibly kill me. I would like to state now, that if you so choose to let me live, that I plan to aid the brat on her mission for my master. I already view the two children as my own and wish to keep them as safe as I can." The fox's words shocked those in the room. Hizuren had always known the fox to be an evil being, while the children thought the fox disliked them.
"How exactly is the old man supposed to 'use you' if you're stuck in me? Never thought of that now did ya, stupid fox." Naruto swiftly received a tail to the head that sent him across the room. The boy sat on the floor groaning in pain, rubbing his head.
"As you can plainly see, Mistress Seka can summon me; meaning if I'm ever needed, I can be here." The fox gave Naruto a smug look. "And I'm not a stupid fox. I'm the queen of all demons, the all powerful Kyuubi No Kitsune… Sora!" If Jiraiya had been there, he would have been proud to see another as eccentric as him. Not to mention that at that point, the fox had turned into a beautiful woman with long red hair. She was wearing what some would call a VERY scandalous battle kimono. It was traditional for the most part, except the fact that it cut off at mid-thigh. What they failed to notice were the nine red tails waving behind her and the two pointy ears hidden amongst her hair.
"Hokage-sama, I suggest you pick your jaw off the floor." The woman giggled at the shocked expressions of those around her and the bright red blush on the man's face.
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AN: Sorry about the craptastic chapter. I'll try to make the next one better. Well, I hope you're all enjoying this so far. It's kind of hard to tell when I have people putting it on alerts or just reading it without actually telling me anything. I would really appreciate some sort of comments, just to let me know if it's even worth my time to work on this.
Thanks again!
- Kyuu