Ah, the sounds and sights of Konoha in the morning are always something to behold. The rising sun peaking over the trees and buildings as its golden rays are cast over the earth, the sound of nature only broken every now and then by a distant 'Yooooouuuth' that seems to have picked up an echo today and early risers going about their day. Just another day in the strongest ninja village of the Elemental Nations... Or it would have been if not for the sight of the Hokage, his teacher and two ANBU watching a bunshin poke a red sealing array with a stick. Even more peculiar was the little girl pouting to the side.
"So, why can the clone poke the thingy with a stick and I can't?" she asks with a neutral voice (and not whining at all, she's way too kickass for that!). Hawk just rolls his eyes and ruffles the girl's hair while motioning for his clone to poke harder. "Because short stuff, if you poke the seal with a stick and something goes wrong you get hurt. If the clone pokes the seal with the stick and something goes wrong it'll only go poof." he explains, chuckling as the little tyke growls at him.
"Call me short again, I dare you." Naru threatens the ANBU, her glare all but ignored as Hawk leans forward until his face is only a few inches away from the Hokage's daughter. Taking a deep breath, Hawk did something that he will admit a few years from now (shit piss drunk mind you) that he shouldn't have done that.
"Teeny tiny wimy girly, small as fuck little midget that can easily fit in my pocket." He sings out playfully as he drums his fingers to the beat of his oh so clever little rhyme. So busy enjoying himself, the raven haired man doesn't pay any notice to the trembling little blonde he's teasing, her eyes now shadowed by her bangs. "Them's fighting words..." she growls out as she now glares at the man with her Tenseigan activated. And even with the sighs of the Hokage and his partner and the frantic gestures Jiraiya made in order to tell him to back the fuck up and run like hell, the man still doesn't let up. After all, what's an eight year old girl with almost no formal training and an unknown Doujutsu gonna do to him... Wait, unknown Doujutsu? Opening his eyes again, Hawk gauges the little girl seriously for the first time, noting how she's closely resembling an angry mini-Tsunade. Just with a more imposing eye colour and mutation mind you.
Now, Naru may look just as angry as she is, but her mind is oddly tranquil and focusing on something that her Nee-chan taught her after she got angry the first few days with how often she got kicked around.
"If you have the time and energy to get angry at something, use that rage and resources to either improve yourself or to make the fucker pay."
And that is what Naru's mind did, coming up with a simple yet devastating plan. She pulled her fist back and focussed a Shinra Tensei in her fist so that all the force would be released into a concentrated point instead of it being spread over a larger area. And there was only one satisfactory way that the energy would've been released. So it was with an evil smirk that Naru released a point blank, concentrated Shinra Tensei by punching the guy who mocked her... right in the crotch. Time slowed down as Hawk's eyes bulged out of their sockets his jaw dropping both in shock and agony as he's propelled backwards, his body folding neatly in two like a ragdoll. the small sonic boom encompassing the event seemingly is the cue for time to resume its natural course, the short haired ANBU launched backwards into a tree. Said tree trembled underneath the impact, spiderweb cracks crawling from where the man landed but it still managed to stand strong with the Will of Fire! The idiot that was punched into said tree, not so much. It's pretty safe to say he was turned into a quivering mess.
"Itachi," he croaks out somehow with a voice that is a few octaves too high "she punched me in the dick, man." he informs his colleague of the obvious in quite a pitiful way. "She punched me in the dick so hard my Sharingan activated." Itachi (whose codename is Weasel for those of you who didn't realize it) merely winced in sympathy, the memory now burned forever in his mind. He activated it first to see what kind of technique Naru would use as he didn't recognize it, or the way she gathered chakra in her fist. If only he knew what the cost of his curiosity would have been, the fate of his comrade in arms might not have been seared into his mind for eternity! Oh who was he kidding, Itachi was totally going to turn this incident into a lesson for little Sasuke about never underestimating his enemies. That and to never piss of a woman to the point of righteous fury. Still, he should answer his partner, shouldn't he?
"I know Shisui, I saw it happen. You did earn it though." The revealed ANBU says with a sigh as rubs his forehead through his mask somehow, the fingers grazing the porcelain soothing his oncoming headache without actually touching his skin. It was going to be one of those days wasn't it? Ignoring the sad 'Et tu Itachi?' coming from his idiot cousin, Itachi turns to look again at the Hokage and Sannin that turned their attention to the Sealing Matrix while his little blonde charge is staring intently at a screen before giggling madly.
Congratulations, you just beat an ANBU level shinobi before graduating to Genin! If there were spies or ninjas of other nations around to see it you would've been in the Bingo Book already and become one of the youngest ever to grace its pages! As it stands, you 'll have to make do with what we give you for doing this supposed to be impossible feat!
Rewards :
Unlocked title: Male Bane
Unlocked Achievement: One Puuuuunnnnccchhh! (defeat an opponent 30 levels or higher above you with a single hit)
Unlocked Perk: These Fists Were Made For Hitting (2 of 3) = Unarmed Damage +10%
+50 Taijutsu skill
+50 luck (seriously, that was like a one in a million chance it would work out the way it did)
+1000 exp
Haori of the Fallen Avian (legendary)
Fair warning, rewards like this don't come along often, you have to pull some legen-wait for it-dary stuff if you want loot of this size again so early on. So go out and be crazy!
Chakra Technique Creation: Shinra Punch
Reward: +20 INT
Fingers gliding over various screens, the latest addition of Naru's armor set materializes in a burst of light, the surprisingly thick fabric weighing a bit heavy on the little blonde's shoulders. Still, she can't help but beam proudly at the simple black haori that reaches her ankles, the coat proof of her epicness and strength. Yes, if this isn't a sign of what an amazing kunoichi she'll become in the future then she doesn't know what will be! That and she had to admit that the coat has some pretty sweet stats.
Haori of the Fallen Avian (legendary) : 95 armor, 12 STR, 8 AGI
Snapping her fingers twice, a mirror replaces the screens in front of her as she poses in front of it, her latest piece of gear thankfully managing to complete the outfit instead of clashing with it and making her look silly. Though there's an awful lot of red and black in the gear that she gets... ah who cares, if she can pull the look off then she shouldn't worry about it!
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"Bored now!" Naru announced to the world before skipping to where Daddy was working, that sealing array looks pretty interesting after all!
Leaving behind the carnage that she wrought by merely reacting, Itachi can't help but ponder an old but rather apt saying that's been flying around the Elemental Nations ever since this village was founded.
'The crazier a Konoha-nin be, the more power they carry.'
-Linebreak for those fallen in the line of duty-
(RIP Shisui, you will be dearly missed... and be mocked oh so much)
She was wrong, it was sooooooo boring there! All daddy and Jiraiya-jiji did was staring at the squiggly lines while muttering all sorts of weird words and things to each other she didn't understand! Taking the pretty crystal again out of her pocket, she hangs it around her neck with the thin silver chain that somehow got attached to it. Playing with the thing in her hand, Naru looks back at her daddy and finally catches a snippet of conversation she can follow.
"So we know that it will teleport the user in between two of the same places but the part needed to activate the array seems to be missing a key..." Jiraiya comments in one of his rare serious mood. To his side his most successful (and still alive) apprentice shrugs his shoulder. He was more familiar with gaming mechanics after all and this looked a lot like a fast travel point. "Well, it's probably the crystal that Naru got. Though how it will get activated I don't know, it's not as if she has to merely say 'teleport' while holding onto it." he says with a chuckle. Jiraiya can't help but chuckle as well as Master and Apprentice look at each other, the little bit of humour needed to alleviate tensions.
"Teleport!"
Not turning towards the flash of light, both of their faces are frozen in the middle of their laughter, though now their cheeks are visibly strained in order to keep them frozen that way.
"Kushina's gonna kill us isn't she?"
"Probably, all I know is that I'll be sleeping in my office the coming weeks if she finds out."
Turning towards two of his most loyal ANBU with a glare that made many a Iwa-nin shit their pants, he uttered a single sentence that would haunt their dreams for the coming weeks.
"Don't tell my wife what happened, Hokage's orders."
-Linebreak sponsored by the Teleporting Safety Commitee-
(because you will damn well follow their rules if you want to arrive with all your limbs intact)
In a rather tranquil meadow, all seemed right as a breeze teasingly played with the grass that swayed along with its tune. Sadly enough, the peace wasn't meant to last a bright light flashed into the air for a few seconds, just long enough to spit out a waif of a girl that fell right on her face. The little girl didn't move an inch after her rather sudden landing, surely she wasn't dead? I mean what would I do with this story if its protagonist already died?!
"Maybe I shouldn't have done that..." little Naru groans pitifully as she doesn't bother to move from her position. The earth felt nice and cool anyways. 'Of course you shouldn't have Naru-chan, what if you were dropped somewhere dangerous and there was no one around to save?' Kaguya scolds her impulsive child, truly grateful that they weren't dropped somewhere lethal.
"Sorry Kaa-chan, I was just really excited and wanted to help." Naru mumbles out dejected. Kaa-chan's right, even though it still hurts the little blonde that her Kaa-chan is upset with her. Sighing carefully so that there won't be getting any dirt in her mouth, the little blonde relaxes as she feels a warmth around her like she's being hugged. 'It's alright naru-chan, just be more careful in the future. Both me and your father would be very upset if something were to happen to you. Now how about we get up and see where we landed hmm?'
Nodding excitedly, Naru immediately bounces up and lands on her feet, peering around curiously. It was an unassuming generic meadow she landed in, the only special sight being another sealing array just like the one at the training grounds just a few feet away from her. Only this one was black and not glowy red. 'That probably means it ain't working right now' her childish mind concludes before walking to the only opening in the treeline around her. A simple dirt path was there, one that probably leads to somewhere. Stopping at the start of the path, Naru quickly equips her kunai, that seem to all be resting comfortably in a pouch strapped around her right thigh. Taking one out in a reverse grip, our little heroine finally nods to herself as she starts walking down the trail, curious as to where she'll end up.
-Linebreak for the exploring little protagonist-
Right, first of all I apologize if this chapter is much shorter than what you expected but at least plenty happened in it. Besides, this felt like a good place to end it otherwise it would have felt dragged out in my opinion. And now you can be certain that this story isn't abandoned just yet! I'm finally getting used to the rather frivolous hours of my new job which means I can write again :D
So, follow and favorite if you liked the story, feel free to leave a review (flames will be used to satisfy my pyromanic tendencies) and allow me to give a teeny tiny spoiler for next chapter: Naru will get her main melee weapon class and something tells me that it may not have been used yet in this fandom! Until next time!