Outsider Chronicles: Swirling Blades
Ever wondered what it'd be like to be seeing the events of one of those 'Naruto is a hidden badass' stories in person? Well, now I do. Its...interesting. Unfortunately, that also means that Sasuke is a pain in the neck and I have some incredible powers of my own. Aww well, I guess I'll just have to ensure I'm the best I can be.
I had someone point out that Shiki using UBW on Mizuki was overkill and thats very true. However, in that case it was less of a case of 'oh god, I need a Trump Card' and more of a 'This bastard is becoming a pest, I'm gonna squash him' situation. Plus, in a normal fight against Mizuki, both Naruto and Shiki are more than capable of squashing him with ease. It was only when he downed Orochimaru's juju that he became to much. Anyway, Enjoy!
Chapter 7
The day after the Mizuki mission, I awoke to find myself in an unexpected situation. Since it had been well gone midnight by the time we left the Hokage office and we were both dead on our feet. With that in mind, I had suggested that Naruto spend the night at my place. I had given her the bed and taken a futon I'd pulled out of the cupboard. However, for some reason, I now had a warm body pressed up against me.
I cracked an eye open and saw a mass of blond hair. Definitely Naruto then. A quick look around revealed that I was still on the floor, so I wasn't the one who crawled into my bed in my sleep. After confirming that I had the moral high ground here in the event that Naruto flipped her lid, I opened my eyes fully and took in my situation. Apparently, Naruto had crawled into my bed at some point in the night and was now spooning against me close enough that my 'morning problem' was pressed between her ass cheeks. One arm was wrapped around her stomach, while my other hand was resting on her breast over the vest she wore to bed. I quickly removed the latter, but she caught my hand.
"I don't mind," she said sleepily.
I felt my cheeks heat up, not helped in the slightest when Naruto wriggled against me.
"Ohh, is that for me?" asked Naruto and I could hear the smirk in her tone.
I quickly shoved my blush down so I could talk in a normal voice and not a squeak.
"Not that I'd ever complain about having a beautiful girl in my bed, but what are you doing?" I asked.
I smirked slightly as I saw Naruto's ears turn red. Her grip tightened on my hand and my smirk was wiped off my lips when I realized she was shaking slightly. She turned over and met my eyes and I could see indecision in them for a moment, before it vanished
"I couldn't sleep alone," she mumbled, "Last night...you saved more than my life Shiki. I know I couldn't have beaten that beefed up Mizuki on my own and using Kyu-chans power would have only resulted in more problems."
I opened my mouth to respond, but Naruto cut me off.
"You were the first person in the Village my age to acknowledge me," she said, "You knew about the Fox and discovered almost all of my secrets in a matter of seconds, but instead of ratting me out like anyone else would, you became my friend."
She chuckled.
"You even found out I was a girl, yet you continued as if nothing had happened."
"What are you trying to say Naruto?" I asked.
Naruto's response was to smile and kiss me. I stiffened, eyes widening in utter shock at the completely unexpected kiss, but I quickly shook it off and kissed her back. Her lips were soft and tasted like Ramen, something I honestly would have expected. A moment later, she pulled back, leaving me to gape at her, utterly uncomprehending.
"Er, urah haba," I said as I tried to get my head to stop spinning.
Naruto giggled as I shook my head to get my brain back in gear.
"Well, that was kinda unexpected," I said.
"I don't know why," said Naruto as she slipped out from under the covers.
"Whats that supposed to...mean!" I finished with a yelp as Naruto stood and stretched, revealing that she was only wearing her vest and knickers, the former of which looked like it was a size too small.
While it wasn't the most sexy of garbs considering her knickers were just plain striped ones, that didn't change the fact I could see FAR more of my...friend?...than was good for my blood flow. Naruto blinked then smirked as she noticed my reaction.
"Like what you see?" she purred, striking a pose that showed off every curve she had.
I could only nod dumbly.
"Good," she said, leaning down next to my ear, "Because you're the only one who gets to see me like this."
SLURT!
Naruto laughed as I fell over with blood pouring from my nose.
"I'll see you later!" she said as she threw on some clothes, "I need to go home and get a change of clothes. See ya!"
"That was really mean," I groaned as I finally regained enough coherency.
3rd Person POV, with Naruto
"Oh Kami, I can't believe I did that!" whimpered Naruto as she walked down the street, her face completely red and with steam practically coming out of her ears, "This is your fault Kyu!"
Naruto could hear the fox spirit chuckling in her head. The furry pervert had been a real pain in the ass ever since Shiki had found out her real gender. Oh sure, Kyu had a tendency of pointing out men she thought were attractive and teasing Naruto on occasion, but since they had met Shiki, she hadn't stopped going on about him. Apparently, Kyu was attracted to strong males and Shiki definitely fit the bill. Since they started hanging out a year ago, the fox had been getting steadily worse the more they learned about him. Until the previous day, Kyu had limited herself to lewd comments and the occasional naughty dream about the swordsman (who Naruto would never admit she had had a crush on since she had met him that had only grown over time), but after he had saved her and revealed that power of his, Kyu had really gone overboard. She had barely been able to concentrate in the debriefing with the Hokage thanks to the images Kyu had kept sending her of Shiki and when she had gone to bed, Kyu had topped it off with the most intense sex dream ever. She had actually originally gone to bed with PJ bottoms, but after she woke up from Kyu's dream, they were completely ruined. She was just glad she'd had a spare pair of knickers on hand to change into.
Once she had changed, she had been about to get back into bed, but Kyu had threatened her with an even more intense dream if she didn't slip in with Shiki. Admittedly, she hadn't really been that apposed to it, having really enjoyed the feeling of being in his arms during the Mizuki mission. It made her feel warm and safe and his scent was surprisingly comforting. Sleeping in Shiki's arms was one of the most restful sleeps she'd had in years. Unfortunately, when she woke up to the feeling of Shiki's morning wood nestled between her buttocks, it had sent Kyu into overdrive, resulting in how she'd acted towards Shiki that morning.
"Aww, come on Naru-chan, are you really gonna complain?" said Kyu, "All I did was give you a little push towards what you wanted to do anyway."
"But its so humiliating," mumbled Naruto.
"Oh Naru-chan, if only you were more like Mito and Kushi-chan," said Kyu, "They never had any problems getting what they wanted. Why I remember this one time…"
Naruto steadily went redder and redder as the Kyuubi regaled her with tales of the sexual escapades of her previous containers. To make matters worse, she couldn't shut Kyu up as the images called up by the stories prevented her from concentrating enough to block the link.
"Oh, and then there was the time that Minato walked in on Kushina and Mikoto and they…"
"N-NO, NO MORE!" shouted Naruto, clapping her hands over her ears in a completely useless gesture.
"Naruto?"
Naruto's eyes snapped open and she immediately blushed as she realised she was in the middle of the street. Fortunately, it seemed that everyone was ignoring her, with the exception of Iruka, who was the one who had spoken to her. The teacher actually looked none the worse for wear, with only a few bandages around his injuries.
"Are you OK?" he asked.
Naruto nodded.
"Yeah, I'm fine," she said, "Its just my roommates being a pervert."
It took a moment for Iruka to get what she meant and when he figured it out, he frowned.
"Naruto, are you sure..?" he asked.
"Yes, I am," she said, cutting of the teacher.
Iruka held up his hands.
"I know, I just want to be sure," he said.
Naruto sighed and nodded. She knew the teacher was just looking out for her. He was actually one of the few people she felt guilty about hiding her true gender from, which only included Teuchi and Ayame. At the thought of the Raman stand owners, Narutos stomach gave a loud rumble, reminding her that she hadn't eaten yet. Iruka laughed.
"Sounds like someone hungry," he said, "Come on, I'll buy you some Raman. I owe you for last night after all."
Naruto grinned at her favorite teacher and eagerly followed him in the direction of Ichiraku Ramen.
Back to Shiki
After Naruto left, I ducked into the bathroom for a VERY cold shower before I headed back to my room to get dressed. My outfit now I was a Ninja was one I'd designed and made myself. It consisted of black body armour made from a special Chakra conducting material that was both light and strong, consisting of a black tight, sleeveless shirt with silver accents and a metal plate on my collar, black pants and black metal plated shoes rather than sandals. Call me paranoid, but I don't like giving my opponents a chance to try and take my toes off. Over the top, went a long, red coat with a silver lining and an inside covered in Seals designed to do everything from protect me from environmental hazards to providing storage space. My headband was wrapped around my waist as a belt.
Once dressed, I headed down for breakfast. I sat down across the table from Dad as Mum glanced up from where she was washing up. Tenten was nowhere to be seen, but that wasn't unusual. I had just taken a bite from my toast before I realized that both parents were grinning at me.
"What?"
"Oh, nothing," said Mum, "Its just that you and Naruto looked so adorable together last night."
I spat out the sip of tea I'd just taken as my face went bright red.
"So, when can we expect…?"
I didn't stay to hear the end of that question, instead grabbing my toast and jumping out the window.
"Damn it, thats gonna cause me trouble in the future," I muttered as I made my way down the street, munching on my toast.
Still, I couldn't really bring myself to care overmuch. I knew Mum would likely be a pain in the ass with the teasing and Tenten wouldn't be much better, but I could live with it.
"Right, I guess I should go sort out my Ninja registration," I said as I popped the last of my toast into my mouth and headed in the direction of the Hokage mansion.
It didn't take me long to get my photo taken since I really didn't want to make a big kerfuffle about it and avoiding potential big tells in my ID pic is probably a good idea. Once I had the picture, I filled in the rest of the form and headed to the office to hand it in. As I approached, the door slammed open and a lanky Jonin came sprinting past.
"HONOURABLE GRANDSOOOOOON!" he screamed as he sprinted down the corridor.
"What the hell?" I muttered, "Was that Ebisu? Guess some things never change, even if Naruto is a girl."
I shrugged and entered the room where the Hokage looked like he was nursing a headache. He looked up as I entered.
"Ah, Shiki, I was wondering when you'd arrive," he said.
"Why? Do you need something sir?" I asked as I handed my Ninja licence to the old man.
"Would you mind finding Naruto?" he said, "My Grandson went after her and he has a tendency of being a tad...rambunctious. I'm a bit worried that she might lose her temper with him."
I nodded.
"Of course," I said.
The Hokage stamped my licence and handed it over to the Chunin next to him. With that done, I headed out and jumped up onto a rooftop and in the direction of one of Naruto's favored training grounds when not in the FoD. If she was working with Konohamaru, thats where she'd be. Unless he'd annoyed her to the point where she fed him to one of the giant tigers in the Forest of Death, but I don't think she'd go that far.
I arrived at the training ground where I found Naruto and Konohamaru hard at work. It looked like she was working him through the initial Kata of the Destruction Fist, not really something I'd teach a kid, but at that level it wasn't that bad. At least, the damage it caused would heal relatively easily rather than being crippling. I settled back against the tree I was in to watch, just in time for Ebisu to show up and get schooled with a few well placed hits and a Seal slapped on his back that caused his body to lock up. With that and a bit of advice on how there is no shortcuts to the title of Hokage, Konohamaru headed back to the village with an annoyed Ebisu in tow.
"Are you sure its a good idea to teach the kid that?" I asked as I jumped out of the tree.
Naruto jumped and spun around, her cheeks reddening at the sight of me.
"Shiki! What are you doing here?" asked Naruto.
"The old man asked me to check on you and Konohamaru," I said, "And I need to talk to you Naruto."
Naruto blushed brightly, no doubt guessing what I wanted to talk to her about.
"Um, well, I kinda have somewhere to be, so..." she said as she moved to jump away.
"Oh no you don't," I said, grabbing her wrist and pulling her back, "We have to talk about this or our friendship will suffer. Now sit down or I'll tie you up."
Naruto's face immediately caught fire as she went through a variety of facial expressions ranging from shock to mortification. Finally, a blast of steam came out her ears and she fell to her knees with her head in her hands.
"And Kyu just took that wayyyyy out of context, didn't she?" I said.
Naruto nodded, her face still in her hands. I sighed and sat down next to her.
"Naruto…"
"I'm sorry!" shouted Naruto before I could finish.
I blinked in surprise and confusion.
"You're sorry?" I asked, "Sorry for what?"
"For how I acted this morning," she said, her head still down, although it looked like her blush had faded, "I-I know I was out of line and that you'd never think of me as anything but a friend, but…"
I let out a huff as I realized where this was going and cut her off with a light chop to the back of the head.
"Ow!"
Naruto looked up at me in confusion.
"You know, you may be a genius in Seals and Ninjutsu, but you really are an idiot sometimes Naruto," I said.
"Wha…"
"If I thought of you as just a friend, would I have kissed you back?" I asked.
Naruto looked back down, but I stopped her with a finger on her chin.
"Naruto, quit worrying," I said and kissed her.
Narutos eyes widened for a moment, before she melted into the kiss and wrapped her arms around my neck, pressing closer until she was fully in my lap. After a moment, we broke apart and rested our foreheads together.
"So, still worried?" I asked.
Naruto shook her head.
"Not in the slightest," she said.
Dawww, a sweet ending there. But holy shit, this fought me every step of the way! Why the hell is it so hard for me to write decent romance scenes? Anyway, its done now and hopefully it won't be that hard in the future.
For those who might complain about how Naruto seemed to clam up after Kyu basically pushed her into admitting her feelings for Shiki, remember that, while shes a powerful Ninja, shes also a girl who grew up with few friends. Its not unreasonable to believe that she might jump to the conclusions she did in that situation.
Yes, the Uzumaki clan are a bunch of horny sods and the Kyuubi isn't much better. I blame it on being sealed in two different Uzumaki woman.
Anyway, time to sign out. Please leave a review!