Chapter 07

Ninja Seek

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I do not own Naruto or the characters. The only characters I own the ones that will be listed at the end of the chapter. This story is a rewrite of an older story that I had posted called 'Fallen Angel'. It was made and the character was a huge Mary Sue. Despite having gone away from writing these characters, I wanted to keep true to the story so the character may seem (at least in appearance) to be a Mary Sue. This is also going to be hugely comedy based, though serious times will be thrown around.

Rated M for violence, language, graphical depictions of death, and other things.

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"Um, Katsuko…there's a kunai going through your arm." Naruto said while looking at the shiny piece of metal embedded in my forearm.

"Yes, I'm aware," I said calmly as we sat there in the field during lunch.

"K-Katsuko! W-what happened?" I heard Hinata's voice as she came over to where Naruto and I were. She had left for a good five minutes, only to come back with me having something stabbing me.

"I know this is interesting and all but seriously I'm in a lot of pain here could someone please call Iruka," I said as the cool façade I was putting on slowly crumbled because I was in a world of pain at the moment.

I had never seen Naruto run so fast, not in the whole two months I had known him. Hinata sat by next to me and looked at the wound as though she would be sick at any moment so I kind of just shrugged a bit, making the pain worse, though.

"Don't worry about this, Hinata," I said and suddenly a gust of wind blew across my face and I could see a worried Iruka standing there with Naruto in his arms, staring at me.

"Katsuko, what happened? Did someone attack?" Iruka said while going ninja mode and looking around the area. I sighed and raised up my good arm to silence him as though I were the old man.

"Nah, I saw a bee and was trying to stab it and long story short this kunai ended up in my arm," I explained the story and he just stared at me with a blank expression before becoming visibly ticked off.

"Katsuko, you've been in this school for two months and it seems every week you find yourself with a new injury," Iruka said, trying to keep his voice low. I just sighed.

A lot had happened in two months. Mostly I had made friends with Naruto and Hinata (the girl is infatuated with the blonde boy so it's cute when I leave them for more than five minutes) and I also got to know other people in my class. There was this really weird kid named Shino and I'm like two percent sure he sent that bee after me as payback for screaming when a spider got close to me.

"So…I know this looks bad…but can I get like a band-aid or something?" I asked as I pointed to the thing that was still in my arm. Geez, you'd think he'd save the lectures for after I was fine.

Well, Iruka ended up picking me up (an impressive feat in itself since I had about eight hundred pounds worth of weights on me, thanks to Gai) and took my to the hospital after that.

It was sad that me coming in was a common occurrence as the nurse who had helped me when I first came here saw me and frowned. Her name was Matsuzaki and she was super sweet, but she could make shots ten times more painful if you sass her.

"What was it this time?" She asked, her voice soft as Iruka let me down and she grabbed my good arm, dragging me to the room that normally didn't have any patients.

"There was a bee," I explained and she sighed while looking at my wound.

"Apparently there was also a kunai." She murmured as she made me sit on the examination table. When she pulled it out of my arm I made some odd noise. It was really me trying not to scream but inwardly wanting to so it came out like 'Gwack' but that was fine.

She put this mysterious gooey stuff on it that smelled like rancid meat, then bandaged it up and made sure to slap my arm for good measure, making me flinch.

"Ouch, okay thanks," I said while holding my poor, abused arm. We had discovered that despite getting hurt a lot, I healed up abnormally fast, so this wound would probably be fine in a day or three. Not completely healed, but it would be fine.

"No problem, I'm sure Iruka went to tell Ga-." Before she could even finish her sentence the door to the room burst open and I was enveloped by the arms of my guardian, who squeezed my bad arm a bit too much.

He was in tears, always being far too dramatic. This literally happened once a week, though, so Matsuzaki and I were more or less used to his eccentric behavior.

"I heard you almost died from a bee in class today," Gai said and I patted his arm with a blank expressing and looked at him since he finally let go. Ningame came into the room as well since he followed Gai every time I was hurt.

"It put up a good fight but alas I managed to win, though I did take a few hits," I said in a monotone voice and Gai nodded before giving me a thumbs up.

"Good job on your most honorable victory, Katsuko," Gai said as he finished crying and I could see a sunset behind him. Oh my gosh, he was the most dramatic person I knew. I couldn't help but smile and give him a thumbs up as well.

"Thanks, can I go back to class now?" I asked and he nodded and then looked at Ningame.

"Will you escort young Katsuko back to class," Gai asked Ningame who had been watching the conversation between us and was wiping away a tear as well. I had come to realize he was moved by little things like this as well. No wonder he and Gai got along so well.

"Of course, Gai. Come on, kid." Ningame said as I jumped off the table and then turned to Matsuzaki and smiled.

"Thanks again, I'll see you next week," I said while waving goodbye and her face paled.

"Please don't." She tried to call out to me but Ningame and I were already making our escape. You know, for a tortoise, he was pretty fast. We made it back to my school in record time and lunch was just ending, much to my displeasure. Was I really at the hospital for that long?

As I walked back into class Naruto was surprised to see me and quickly pointed. Don't know why he did this. Literally,.…every week.

"Katsuko, you should be at home resting!" Naruto shouted, making the whole class look at me. Only Naruto, Iruka, and Hinata really knew what happened to me so the rest of the class had to fill in the blanks that I did something stupid again.

"But then I'd miss all the fun," I said sarcastically while walking back to my seat next to Sakura. Now they could probably see the bandages on my arm, making everyone's suspicions confirmed.

"Katsuko…what happened?" Sakura asked as she leaned closer to me so we wouldn't get yelled at for talking in class. I had come to know the studious girl through the time I've sat next to her. Sweet girl and all, just a total fanatic for Sasuke (whom I still have yet to meet due to the flock of girls always around him, or him randomly disappearing).

"There was a bee," I whispered to her and she sighed and gave me a disapproving look. I knew she wouldn't hold it against me, though. I knew just about everyone in the class and despite being an idiot, they seem to have accepted me for all my craziness.

Sakura was about to ask what I meant but Iruka decided it was the perfect time to begin continuing on with the lesson, as though teaching was his job or something.

"I'll explain after class," I whispered before taking notes on the chakra system, the thing I didn't actually have. Which kind of sucked because this meant I wouldn't be able to sense chakra signatures in the future during missions, so I'd have to rely on my other senses. Yay. Maybe I'll find out I have some magical angel vision where I can see body heat or something, like a snake. Angels can do that, right?

By the time theory was ending and we were getting ready to run the obstacle course, I felt something topple into my back and sharply turned to see Daisuke, someone from Kiba's click.

"Oh, hey! What's up?" I asked him with a smirk, as I had gotten to know most of Kiba's friend group pretty well. Mostly because I would go over there to play with Akamaru all the time.

"We wanted to know if you wanted to play ninja a seek tomorrow during lunch," Daisuke said while rubbing his nose like he was prone to doing and I smiled.

Let me quickly elaborate on ninja seek, and no I didn't come up with the idea. Okay, I totally did. Let's talk. Basically, it's hide and seek but instead of tagging your friends you throw cardboard shuriken at them. It's also like capture the flag as in each team has a base and in said base, there's an item. You have to sneak around and get the item and then bring it back to your own base.

I got the idea from hearing about Gai talking about retrieval missions. It was the same concept. You'd sneak into enemy territory to procure a specific item and then return it to your village without being killed. It was also really fun to play.

"Sure, I'm down. Can I invite Naruto and Hinata?" I asked and Daisuke seemed to hesitate before saying yes because he knew I wouldn't play without my partner in crime. I knew Hinata wouldn't want to play, but still, I liked to ask. Naruto, however, was my tag teaming friend and we always had too much fun when we played together. A pity that nobody in my class really liked him.

"Sweet, see you on the battlefield then." I joked as I began walking backward, then ran over towards Hinata and Naruto and smiled brightly.

"Hey guys, want to play ninja and seek tomorrow during lunch?" I asked right away and Naruto was more than happy to accept, while Hinata just blushed and looked at her hands while playing with her fingers.

"W-would it be alright i-if I just watched?" She asked and Naruto and I both nodded before I ruffled her hair a bit. I found it to be a rather funny thing, that everyone in the class was taller than me, including Hinata. Naruto wasn't much taller than me, though, so there was some good news. I disliked being short, though.

We all gathered outside and there was the obstacle course in all its glory. I was still the slowest in the class, but in my defense, I didn't see anyone else lugging around eight hundred pounds worth of weights. Just saying. Like I'm not better than them…I'm just totally more epic. Kidding, kidding.

We finished the course and then ran a few laps at the end as a cool down, then the day was over. I saw Sakura coming up to me, panting as she wasn't exactly the best when it came to stamina. Something I was sure she'd eventually get better at in the future.

"So what happened earlier?" She asked as she wiped her brow and I smirked before explaining the story as I walked her home. Another thing I did was sometimes walk home with friends. Gai, as he normally was working around the village, couldn't always come to school and pick me up. So I made the best of it and walked with random friends and talked their ears off. Sakura was just someone who tolerated me and she didn't mind having someone walk home with her.

I found out apparently her and Ino had been close in the past, but some things happened and needless to say they don't see eye-to-eye anymore. Most of her friends went with Ino so normally she walked to and from school alone (unless she ran into Ino which then it became a competition with who could get to class first).

"Bye Sakura, see you tomorrow!" I called out to her and waved while she walked through the front door to her house. She gave a small wave back to me, which was sweet of her. Normally she acts as though I'm not there. I think I'm finally getting through to her.

Once she was gone I began running. Running like there was no tomorrow. Why? In about ten minutes I'd have a crazy spandex clone chasing me so that I would run twenty laps around the village. Sadistic? Yes. Did it help? Yes.

You all know the schedule by now, though. Run, work out, cook dinner, go to bed with Ningame.

This night, it didn't go as normal, though. I fell asleep alright, but I had the strangest dream.


"Okay, why don't you introduce yourselves, one at a time." A mysterious man with silver spiky hair said in a lazy voice while leaning on the railing on top of some building.

"Introduce ourselves? Well, what are we supposed to say?" I recognized that voice. I could see a familiar mass of pink hair and realized it was Sakura, though she looked older and had a headband. I blinked a few times. Where was I? I felt as though I was just watching as an entity or something.

"Things you like. Things you hate. Dreams for the future. Hobbies. Things like that." I could now see the man a bit more clearly. He had a headband covering one of his eyes and a mask covering most of his face. Odd.

I looked around and noticed Naruto, once again he appeared older and also had a headband. Then there was…Sasuke? I hadn't really been able to talk to him or even see him that often, only really seeing him when he was doing laps around me in P.E. What was he doing in my dream?

"Why don't you tell us stuff first. I mean, before we talk, tell us about you, so we can see how it's supposed to work." Naruto said and I smiled. He still seemed the same, despite being a bit older in my dream.

"Me? I'm Kakashi Hatake."


Katsuko, it is time to wake up! I have some very important news for you!" I nearly fell out of bed with hearing Gai's loud voice. After I had been so into that dream, I had to get my bearings together.

"Did you get me a puppy?" I asked while rubbing my eyes and letting out a huge yawn before sitting up in my bed.

"No, but this is very important. I was assigned a mission outside the village. I will be back in three days, will you be alright by yourself until then?" Gai asked as he got closer to my bed. Was it normal to let a small child alone for that long around here? Oh well.

"Ya, I'll be fine. Does Ningame get to stay with me?" I asked him and Gai smiled and ruffled my hair.

"Of course, unless I need him in a battle that is," Gai said and I nodded before stretching my stiff arms.

"Sweet, when do you leave?" I asked him, looking up from the bangs that were now on my face. I'd have to get those cut soon, they were beginning to annoy me.

"Later on in the day, you'll be in your class by then." He explained and I nodded as I got out of bed and looked at him with a smile.

"So this means I get to have the whole house to myself, right?" I asked him, already planning on slacking off in my training for a few days so I could relax for once.

"With Ningame, who will be overseeing your training." Gai reminded and I huffed, though I had expected as much and nodded.

"Oh, and before I forget, my eternal rival will be dropping in occasionally to make sure you are alive and well." Glad to know he thinks I'll be dying while he's gone.

"Okay, who is this rival person?" I asked and Gai beamed and I could tell it was more of a 'you'll find out later' type of deal.

"Okay, whatever," I said with my hand sin the air as I was giving up, before looking out the window. Still no sun, which means he woke me up at a normal time, "Hey Gai, can we eat breakfast at one of those restaurants before you leave?" I asked him.

It wasn't like I had grown attached to the man and saw him as a father figure or anything and I'd miss him and worry about him while he was gone. I just wanted food. I swear.

"After our morning practice, I don't see why not," Gai said and I smiled. Well, needless to say after all that running and yoga, I made sure to drag him to an amazing place for pancakes. While we were there I couldn't help but notice some people staring at us, as though we weren't supposed to be there. I assume they were jealous of our spandex. They should be, it's rather comfortable and easy to move in. Glad Gai talked me into wearing the partial spandex body suit.

Once breakfast was over (We had been overly loud in our conversation and very enthusiastic which was probably why we were almost kicked out) Gai made sure I got to school on time. In fact, I actually got there way earlier than I normally did, as I only had to cook lunch today and not breakfast.

Sure I normally got here early, but usually, there were a couple other kids in class. There was only one now, other than me. Sasuke. I don't know what made me decide to walk over to him, as he seemed to be in a terrible mood, but I had to say hello.

"Morning," I said as I stopped right in front of him and he looked at me from behind his hands that were intertwined. He didn't say anything to me, which was fine.

"So I wanted to come over and introduce myself since I've never actually had a chance. I'm Katsuko, it's nice to meet you Sasuke." I said with a cheeky grin and he still wasn't saying anything. I was about to give up when he spoke.

"I know who you are." Oh lord, even his voice was monotone and emo. Still, I wouldn't judge, Everyone had their own right to act however they wanted as long as it didn't hurt others.

"I guess you do since we've been in the same class for two months. Still, I felt bad I had formally introduced myself to everyone and never got a chance to do so for you. Normally it can be a bit crowded over here." I said and he seemed to be displeased at the thought of the crowd. Obviously, he didn't like it. This was confusing…I had thought he liked having a group of girls around him.

"Well that's all I wanted to say, perhaps we can become friends in the future. Bye, Sasuke!" I said before running over to my own seat and getting out some paper to doodle in.

Class went as it normally did, but the fun didn't start until lunchtime. Mostly because it was time to play Ninja seek.

As soon as we were dismissed we all met in the courtyard where the obstacle courses were. We were allowed to 'play' on them as long as we didn't do anything stupid to get ourselves hurt. Fun fact, someone always got hurt in a very stupid way.

We quickly split into teams. It was me, Naruto, Daisuke, and Shino. On the other team were Kiba and Akamaru, Shikamaru, Choji, and Tsukiya (the only other girl in their group). We decided today's prize would be the answers to the math homework, so whichever team won would get it. It was being provided by me, of course, since I was a math wizard apparently. So really I didn't get anything out of the deal other than getting to play.

We got into our bases and got our 'weapons' together (cardboard throwing stars for the win) and then began assigning who did what.

"Okay, Shino, you stay near the base and track down enemies. Daisuke, you go and become the distraction. Naruto, you and I will tag-team and take out whoever is protecting the scroll (the scroll was just a paper with everyone on the teams signature so we couldn't forage it) and procure it. Then we all make a mad dash back to base." I was typically the one who came up with our strategies, and everyone on the team just went with it. We normally won.

"Got it," Daisuke said in an overly enthusiastic voice and Shino nodded. Naruto and I exchanged looks before we set off the signal that we were ready. That signal was us screaming the opening to the Lion King after I taught it to them.

Once we heard them sing the second verse we knew it was game time. Naruto and I quickly began to cross the obstacle course they were using as their base as silently and stealthily as we could (and as we were just kids it wasn't that great).

We'd first had to locate the scroll. I could hear noises of fighting going on and knew Daisuke was distracting them. Hopefully, we'd be able to locate the scroll and make it back to base before it was too late. Then we saw it. Tied to a string and hanging from the tallest 'wall' that was typically used to climb and then teach us how to jump down without taking damage. Good news, it was easy to climb. Bad news, this was made for kids older than use and so we hadn't ever jumped from that height before.

"Okay, here's the plan. We climb up it, and then climb down. No jumping." I told Naruto who seemed to have had the same idea. Despite us, both being reckless, we weren't that stupid.

Then we began climbing. It didn't take long to reach the top and it was so high. Like abnormally high. As in, 'how the fudge did people not die by jumping down this is taller than the school building' high.

We took the scroll into our hands then stopped cold in our tracks.

"Gotcha." We turned around to see Kiba had been waiting for us, hiding or something at the top. Now he was blocking our escape path where we could've safely climbed down. No doubt this was Shikamaru's plan. Knew I should've taken him for my team.

We stared at one another for a good while before I looked at Naruto. We both gave a nod. One of us wouldn't be making it back, but we had to each go for one side or else we'd lose. We both sucked in a breath and began running. Sadly Kiba had some back-up. Once Naruto was taken down I looked at him.

"Naruto!" I called as I dodged one of the shurikens.

"Katsuko…you must go on without me. Never forget me." Naruto said on the ground as though he were dying and I nodded.

"I promise, I won't forget you, Naruto," I said before getting a dumb idea. It was idiotic especially since this was nothing more than a game. I was competitive, however, and didn't want to lose. So when I jumped from the top of the thing to go down, it only took me five seconds to realized I screwed up, majorly.

I was free falling and everything seemed like it was going in slow motion. I mean I doubt I'd die or something but the impact would hurt like no tomorrow. Well, I might as well try to nail my landing since even if I got my wings out, all that weight would make it impossible to fly.

I put one of my legs out as I normally would do when landing from a shorter distance and focused all my energy on it. Then an odd warm feeling went up to my leg. Then impact. I was alive. And there was now a crater where I was standing. Not a huge one, mind you, but it was there. I think I could say, for everyone at least, that was probably the most shocking thing I had managed to do thus far.


Cliff hanger, oh ya. You'll find out what happens in the next episode…er, chapter. Ya, a lot of stuff happened. Some of it won't be explained until later but I assure you, there's a reason behind this chaos.

So just a quick note, I knew having a seven-year-old carrying around eight hundred pounds is insane, but this is the Naruto universe we're discussing. Plus I also found out that apparently someone did the calculations and during the chunin exams, Lee had about 20k worth of weights on him. So Katsuko is going to have to work up to that. Especially since she can't use chakra…or can she. Duh duh duuuuuuun.

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