Hey. I'm so sorry for the late update! I'm just very busy. Sorry for the excuse, but school omg
I don't own KHR nor Naruto.
enjoy!
"Are you sure we should be going already?"
"I'm pretty sure Kawahira will get impatient if we wait any longer, Kurama. I already took the time to train, ya know. I'll be fine," she reassured confidently.
The Bijuu gave her a skeptical look. "You know you've lost quite some abilities, right?"
"I can always count you!"
"And that went well, you wanna say?" he mockingly asked.
Silence.
The fox knew it had won that one, a victorious smirk slipped on its' face. "It isn't my fault if you are going to end up dead. I've warned you, Naruto." He wasn't serious, of course. But the former comment of his struck a chord and the tension- because he could feel her emotions- rose.
She sighed. "I doubt dead will catch me this time, either."
He didn't like that she, for once, looked old.
"Finally. Fucking finally. We've arrived in Italy. It took 13 hours. These are slow as fuck," she cursed in her mind while worming her way through the people in the loaded airport. Why would people willingly do this? She had read they were good and conventional, and Kawahira had given her free tickets so she thought that it would turn out good.
Not.
Kurama grunted in agreement. "This is why most of those people at your school are shit at sports. They are used to this. It's slowness. But they are still using it because they are lazy. Luckily, you aren't as shitty as them."
Naruto chuckled. "Ahh? Weren't you the one who went all mother-fox on me, though?" she teased with a playful tone, know that there were going to be consequences, but not really caring.
She heard a rough sound in her head. Was it Kurama's screech? Sort of. He always did it when he was mad. A smirk curled on her lips, loving these conversations.
However, Kurama not so much.
She thought.
When it suddenly got silent in the back of her head, she stilled in her pass. People at the airport were looking at her strangely, but she didn't really give a shit. She would be gone before they could see her twice.
"Human got your tongue?"
No answer. It was beginning to get unsettling- like he wasn't there anymore-
The shitty fox!
He has closed the mental connection off, making it impossible for her to contact him. But he could still hear all her thoughts, but not see anything. Was he leaving her alone in the mission? And he was all worried about her! Jesus Christ. What a hypocrite. Note: don't tease Kurama before missions when you need to fight a whole famiglia.
"Thanks for the help, shitty fox."
Where was she?
It actually made him mad. How could he not know? One day she was still at school, keeping her distance from the group of boys, and then the next day- she was gone. Apparently sick. As if he would believe that, that girl's health was perfect the former day.
Where was she?
It frustrated him.
His bugs hadn't been able to pick up anything since the encounter with the ten-year-old Naru either, she didn't leave anything behind. Why was she able to do that? Of course, it would come in handy later- when she has joined the Vongola. However, a feeling of uncertainty had crept up on him. And Reborn just didn't do uncertain.
Was she still going to join the famiglia? What had changed? Ten-year-old her had told them that it will figure out itself, but will it? He has been wanting to influence the situation. But that goddamn girl just was too smart.
Ricardo, the person who normally got his information for him, didn't have anything since of late either. Actually, the only thing Ricardo was able to find out was that she suddenly was on the Earth. Of course, she had a birth certificate and all- but with a little bit of extra hacking, he had discovered that she wasn't registered since just about more than a month again in any register around the world. She just suddenly popped up.
His hitman senses didn't trust this, no matter what. Even if she was supposed to join the famiglia- he couldn't just trust this.
It was time to take out the big guns.
He was going to find the information himself.
A certain white haired male laughed mockingly when he saw what happened with one of his new toys. He knew she would be promising, but even being able to fool an Arcoboleno?
This was better than he expected.
Of course, he was playing a role for his own amusement. The small hint, or mistake as Reborn sees it, he dropped at the registration was obvious enough. He could have easily tweaked it to make it look like she was an actual normal citizen- but where is the fun in that?
He was holding his end of the bargain, just not like how she wants it.
Kawahira smirked cunningly, maybe, he should make this even harder for the ninja.
Yes, he definitely should.
"This is going to be interesting."
People who would know him -even people who don't- knew that the small spark in his eyes meant trouble.
Extremely bad trouble.
She was pretty lucky with this mission, actually. Kawahira had provided everything she would need. He had already given enough information about how to infiltrate- it ruined the fun completely. She always liked the infiltration part the most. The thrill that went with it was one she didn't even get with fighting, for some reason. She loved infiltration, basically. Kawahira had just ruined the best part.
When she was this age in her former life, she would have barged in with a bang. However, not being a dumb shit anymore, she opted for Kawahira's plan.
There was a headquarters in a certain island, Poveglia. He had told her it was haunted* and that people weren't allowed to go there. They apparently had tried to reconstruct before the "ninja" famiglia began their headquarters there, but suddenly stopped. Of course, that raised questions. People suspected that it was haunted and everyone stayed away- even the noisy tourists.
That even made her scared.
She kind of missed Kurama. He was her companion with everything.
The blonde didn't regret her teasing, though.
Her nose wrinkled instinctively when a certain rotten smell hit her nostrils. She remembered it everywhere. How could she not? During the war, she was surrounded by it. She would even smell like it, being the cause of it.
Death bodies. More specifically, old death bodies.
A bit of fear rose inside of her. They were still far from the island and she already smelled corpse. How bad was it there itself?
She gulped, but a bit of adrenaline pumped through her veins.
A small glance to the person who was steering the small boat told her nothing. He was completely stoïc. She didn't know if it was a good thing or not. Who even was he? Probably one of Kawahira's lackeys. Well, she was pretty sure he had some relation with Kawahira. The plan that Kawahira had given her- pretty demeaning that he had written it out step by step, as if she was some goddamn child -told her that she needed to go with a certain vehicle she had taught herself it was a car, hell it smelled -and then needed to go with another vehicle.
This boat.
She knew what a boat was, but this one was a bit differently and not like her shitty wooden pile of useless with string.
"How long is it going to take?"
It didn't help her rising anxiousness when he didn't respond.
The girl would never admit it, but she missed Kurama. She could probably survive herself, but the tension and smell were killing her. How did that famiglia build those whole headquarters, dammit? The stench was unbearable.
"How do you know when to pick me up?" she tried again.
Silence. If there was a clock, she would be to hear it. So silent was it.
"We're almost there," he informed robotically. Naruto jumped up st the voice, not expecting it. Of course, he didn't react on that either. What does Kawahira do with his people? Get them haunted and possessed or something?
Wait- fuck.
Much time to indulge deeper in her thoughts wasn't available. He stopped the boat at a small, wooden, and not to mention dirty, harbor. She really wasn't feeling the whole creepy vibe thing with all the ghosts and shit.
"Uzumaki-san, Kawahira-sama has informed you already," he didn't wait long enough for a proper answer, "whistle three times when you are back. I'll be hiding-"
"Bu-"
"Don't disappoint Kawahira-sama."
"...I won't?" she asked herself uncertainty. The frown on his face seemingly intensified, but it could be her imagination.
They both turned around, her having found a new resolution, she may not like him but she was going to prove that she was strong, and he doing his job.
Now that she was on the island, Naruto was pretty sure it was indeed haunted. However, nothing has held her back before. Some ghost sure as hell ain't going to be able to. Okay, next part of the plan was finding a specific part of the ground. Because Italy tried to build some things on the island, there were some holes, or something? She didn't like listening to Kawahira. The whole idea was that they entered the HQ with the covered holes. But of course, she didn't know where they ar-
She held back a scream when the footing under her disappeared. Luckily, with her ninja reflexes, she landed safely.
"I guess I found it? Or did it find me?"
Naruto looked around the room she landed in. Scanning your surroundings is important- they could be useful later. Jumping up when she heard sounds, she turned to face the sounds.
Oh, just television. It seemed that she was surrounded by them, all having a different perspective or a different room.
Damn those crazy inventions they have. She sighed in relief, it would be quite shameful if she was already caught and that these weren't televisions. If she remembered it well, you could watch television, but the people in it, couldn't see you.
The moving people on the screen captured her interest, it didn't look like normal television. When the image finally was comprehended by her mind, she felt sick.
Someone was strapped to a table.
Even if the sounds quality was bad, the jinchuuriki could make out the following sentence that made her blood boil.
"Let's continue the experiments."
Hot rage washed over her like a storm, and nostalgia hit her. For some reason, she could feel her blood pumping through her veins. Her breathing quickened and she felt herself almost snap. The memories rushed through her- hitting her harder than anything ever did. If it wasn't for that Kyuubi had cut off the connection, she would have already been terrorizing the place.
The ninja took deep breaths, hoping to calm herself. This is a mission. This is a mission. Calm. This is a mission. This is a mission. Ca-
Screams.
Red chakra.
She had lost it.
It's very late. I'm tired. I hope you guys enjoyed it. I'm so sorry but the next update is going to be late, too. I am going to have sort of exams, but then for the lower grades. Still hard, though, please wish me luck.
and about Poveglia, it's an actual island, search it up. It's very creepy. I thought it was fitting, kinda. Idk. Did it work? Hopefully.
I'm thinking of maybe inserting romance. Who should be with Naru? I'm going to put on a poll, so please vote, okay? I would appreciate that because I'm curious about your guy's opinions. Like I have my own perspective but others would maybe make me a bit more open-minded and make my story hopefully more enjoyable for both of us
IDK what I'm saying I need to sleep oh my god
anyway
have a good day and thanks for reading. Please review.
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