Naruto walked out of her home to stand in front of the carriage at the bottom of the stairs. It was just slightly past dawn. She had sent Santo on a mission to find Jiraiya. She knew now that he was a sensor. She knew only Jiraiya could find out more information on the issue of the rumours surrounding Akatsuki members entering Hi no Kuni.
She was dressed in a pale lavender kimono which was held together by a purple obi. She had her headband tied around her neck. The carriage door was opened for her. She stepped in and arranged her kimono for a long trip. She felt the carriage lurch forward before leaving her compound with the sound of children laughing. Naruto had started an orphanage on the east side of her compound and she had personally hired nannies to take care of two children. This was a relief plan by her to help the struggling orphanages in the village. Some of them had already started at the ninja academy and after they left school she would help them train and teach them how to use the small reserves to the best of their ability through chakra control exercises as well as simulations in which they used the three academy jutsu to go about completing their objectives.
She smiled fondly as she saw a young boy chuck sand at a girl making her cry. She didn't know how many times she had spoken to Tahi to stop doing that. She laughed gently as she saw the girl stop crying and wacked him over the head. All the children looked up and waved as they saw Naruto leaving. The carriage went through the outskirts of the village before heading out onto a path through the forest. Noticing some movement to her right, she tensed but relaxed when she recognized Kiba riding on Akamaru.
"Kiba, what are you doing here?" Naruto asked impassively.
"Why are you so cold Naruto-chan?" Kiba's head hung then immediately popped up again. "Tsunade-sama had asked me to be your bodyguard, seeing as a lady on the road should never be alone." Naruto looked away with a slight blush on her face. She didn't understand the emotions which had been running through her. She decided to push them to the back of her mind. She would deal with them when she was not focusing on outmanoeuvring Keiji, the Daimyo's son.
When it was around noon, the carriage stopped after travelling over a large bridge. Naruto had been quite concerned that the area they had entered had grown dangerously quiet. She looked at Kiba to see he had a savage grin on his face. Her suspicions had been confirmed when a man stepped out from the tree line causing her carriage to stop. Naruto was about to step out when she looked at Kiba shake his head. She looked at him quizzically but he just shook his head gain. She huffed and crossed her arms when a group of bandits ran in her direction. Tsuuga! Kiba began drilling through his opponents leaving them dazed. In his battle haze, he headed away from her carriage into a group which had sprouted further forward.
Naruto turned lazily to see a large Katon jutsu get launched at them. She was about to absorb it when it struck but then she remembered the carriage driver. Using her speed, she tore through the side door and picked the driver up at the front before jumping away.
"Look here boys; we have quite a beauty on our hands. What price do you think she'd fetch? I'm pretty sure she's still innocent too." The one who appeared to be the leader looked at Naruto with a leer. Naruto bristled at him.
"Kiba! Take the driver and go on ahead! I'll catch up as soon as I can!" The driver scampered over to Kiba.
"What?! Naruto have you lost your mind? I can't leave you here, who knows what tricks they have up their sleeves?"
"Kiba go, I'll be fine." Naruto turned to him with a reassuring smile. Kiba clenched his teeth with an audible 'click' resonating from his canines. He looked at the driver who would be a liability for both of them in this situation then picked him up before leaving Akamaru to watch Naruto's back. Naruto looked each of the men before her taking in their stances. Thinking it was worth the risk; she activated her Mangekyou Sharingan and cast a powerful genjutsu on them. She watched them fight amongst one another. The leader, however, seemed to break free from it. Naruto kept her face impassive but inside she was filled with surprise.
"You can try your tricks on me you bitch, but I am from a clan with special traits which allow us to be immune to genjutsu. I am your ante." The man stood confidently before her. Naruto's brow furrowed slightly. "You cannot beat me!" He ran through some hand seals which Naruto recognized to be an earth jutsu before spikes came up to impale her.
The man frowned as Naruto stood there and let them rip through her body. His eyes widened as he felt somebody grab his arm and twisted it until he was kneeling on the ground.
"Who are you? Who are you working for?"
"My name is Ichiro and I have no allegiance. I am from the wood country and my village was destroyed by Konoha ANBU. You are one of the ones responsible."
"I did no such thing but you are too much of a threat to Konoha to be allowed to wander around. Naruto frowned as she slit his throat. She had been informed of the Root division however she had not realized such boundaries had been crossed. She did not like killing but if she was to be Hokage, she had to think of the village in all her actions. Looking ahead she followed in the direction Akamaru had started running. After a while, they caught up with Kiba who was tree hopping at a leisurely rate with the old man on his back. When Naruto reached him, they wordlessly increased their pace.
They ran until the sun began to set. When night fell, they reached a big wall with large fortified double doors. They slowly opened and a guard was standing there gesturing for the old man to follow. Kiba let the old man down and they watched as he was escorted away. A short while later, a young woman dressed in an elegant kimono walked out to meet them.
"Greetings Namikaze-dono, my father has told me of your arrival. Sadly he will not be able to meet with you until tomorrow seeing as he will be returning from grass country. My name is Tahi."
"I see, and who will be hosting us for the time that he is absent?"
"My brother Keiji will. He has taken a liking to you, Namikaze-dono." Tahi turned around. "Be careful, he is as relentless as a charging bull." Naruto clenched her fists slightly and followed Tahi as she showed them to their rooms. Kiba was in the room next to her. Naruto undressed herself and opened the wardrobe and blushed when she saw silk sleeping kimono's hanging. She pulled out a black one and got into the cool crisp sheets, before sinking into the darkness that is sleep.
Naruto was awoken when she felt somebody begin to get into the bed next to her. She opened her eyes and saw a little brunette girl with an impish face freeze as she was caught.
"Naruto-neechan, why do you have to be such a light sleeper? I almost had you. You would have gotten such a fright!" The little girl said exuberantly.
"Akemi, why is it that whenever I visit, you try to scare me? You know I'm a ninja and I'll wake up before you can get near me."
"I know, but it doesn't hurt to try right?" Akemi said with a bright smile on her face. "Anyway neechan, you promised to teach me a new jutsu when I completed the tree walking exercise. I'm only twelve and I mastered it." Her face lit up as if remembering something. "Hang on neechan, you said the last time if I mastered a jutsu you gave me, I could become your student and travel with you wherever you go. Father already said it's okay."
"Geez Akemi, you like to make my life difficult don't you? I don't want to babysit some spoilt brat."
Akemi pouted. "Neechan acts so unladylike all the time and you chase a bunch of men away because of that but nobody says anything about that."
"I don't care that's the difference between you and me." Naruto smiled at the indignant huff which emitted from Akemi. "Anyway, let's go outside so I can teach you a new jutsu." Akemi nodded excitedly before bouncing off the bed and headed outside with an amused Naruto walking sedately behind her. They walked out into the garden before Naruto ran through some hand seals. Suiton: Mizurappa. A large wave of water exploded out of Naruto's mouth but suddenly dissipated when it was about to engulf the manor.
"Naruto-neechan, you're so cool!" Naruto left Akemi practicing. She hoped that Akemi would not be able to get that jutsu seeing as you needed water chakra affinity. Naruto entered the manor to relax in the dojo. She crossed her legs and sat down in the middle of it. Naruto had to do this seeing as she was constantly practicing her nature chakra gathering. She had tried to invent a seal to allow her to store it but it behaved differently from normal chakra thus it caused the seal to explode turning everything to turn to stone within a diameter of two metres. Luckily she had jumped back when she noticed the seal behave erratically. This had lead her to one of her deadlier tags which she sometimes attached to a weapon but the more skilled shinobi could dodge it and she had to be still in order to collect the chakra.
Naruto heard the dojo door open, but she was able to ascertain who it was. "Hello Keiji-dono."
"Naruto-san, why do you always have to be so formal?" Naruto opened her eyes to see Keiji sitting across from her rubbing the back of his head sheepishly. "We've known each other for some time; surely we should be able to call one another by our names?"
"I choose not to do so because to forget oneself is to cause confusion and chaos between people."
"Isn't that a bit melodramatic? I mean, I know Jiraiya-sama likes theatrics but isn't this a tad over the top?"
"Hmph, well if it disturbs you so much go away, ero-sama."
Keiji's head dropped, "So cruel Naruto-san. That was an incident when I was younger." Keiji's head lifted with a serious expression on his face. "Ever since that day, I-."
"Keiji I-"
"Naruto-san I-I guess it was for the best anyway. My father is getting me married to the water country's Daimyo's daughter. The ceremony is happening in a month's time. I would ask of you to help escort her if you have the time."
"I would be happy to Keiji; after all, what are friends for?" Naruto smiled gently at him. It looked like he wanted to say more but he was interrupted by Akemi who entered looking excited and wet.
"Naruto-neechan, I did it. We just received word that father will not be returning for some time. He says it is okay for you to train me. If he doesn't arrive by this evening, he says that you can return to Konoha with his deepest apologies. Oh, Hello Keiji-nii. I didn't see you there!" Akemi bounced and sat at her brother's side. Akemi turned to Naruto. "Did he ask you to marry him yet?"
"What?! No! What gave you that idea Akemi?"
"It's just that nee-chan talks about you all the time and he speaks about how much he lo-" Keiji clamped his hands over Akemi's mouth, got up and began dragging her out with him.
"Please ignore her Naruto-san. She sometimes sees things where there's nothing to see." Keiji walked out with Akemi leaving a severely confused Naruto behind. Remembering Kiba, who was probably aimlessly roaming the large manor, she got up and walked out activating her sensory abilities. She sensed him headed quickly toward her. She decided to remain where she was.
Kiba found Naruto leaning against the wall as if she had been waiting for him. He stopped in front of her. "Naruto, Tsunade-sama has sent a message to inform us that Asuma-sensei has been killed." Naruto felt as if her entire body had become stone. "He was killed by two Akatsuki members. It appears that no matter how many injuries one of them received, he would not die. He has been nicknamed as an immortal. Not much is known about the second member except he was effortlessly able to stitch his partners severed head back in seconds." A silence pervaded the area. "Tsunade-sama has also requested for you not to return to the village and she will periodically send you mission details when required. Right now she has requested me to aid Shikamaru's team with team 7 in order to stop them. She suggests you move from this place, and head toward wave country. Being on the move will keep Akatsuki from being able to pinpoint your location."
Naruto clenched her fist and was about to protest when Kiba's lips were suddenly on hers. She stood frozen before they broke apart and he walked away, waving a hand over his shoulder. Naruto touched her lips before recovering and shouting at his retreating form with Akamaru at his side. "The next time I see you, you are dead dog-breath. You hear me?! You are dead." Kiba turned a corner and vanished. Naruto sighed. "So much to deal with."
Deciding to deal with the problems before her, she headed to wear she sensed Akemi's chakra signature. Naruto entered an ornate courtyard to see large waves of water escape out of Akemi's mouth. Akemi fell to her knees and started panting.
"You know, you shouldn't overdo things like that Akemi."
"Neechan? Isn't that being a bit of a hypocrite? You always take things way out of proportion."
Naruto's voice became serious. "Akemi, from now on you shall refer to me as sensei. If I am to be your instructor, you will follow me on my travels and you might not see home for long periods of time."
Akemi swallowed but nodded.
"Good, pack your things, we leave within the hour." Akemi scampered off. Naruto returned to her room and removed her silk kimono and wore her ANBU body suit. She put on her black fingerless gloves and put her headband around her neck. Bending over to put on her strap high heels, Naruto felt some discomfort around the area of her chest and looked down to find her breasts had grown some more. No! At this rate my breasts are going to be bigger than my shishou's.
Shaking her fear off, she unsealed an emerald green haori and put it on in an attempt to hide her bust. Moving to the outside, she found Akemi waiting for her with a backpack.
"I told you that we leave within the hour, it's only been about ten minutes."
"I know Naruto-sensei, but I felt that a ninja must learn to pack light and quickly so as to avoid time-consuming evacuation." Naruto nodded, impressed at her new student's logic.
"In that case, we'll leave as of right now. We'll be headed to wave country. There are some people we can stay with there. And there is also a weapon which I think with the proper training, you can master. It belonged to an infamous man by the name of Zabuza. Last I had heard Daikoku Tenzen had taken it. He used to be the Mizu no Kuni Daimyo's aide. I think he would be willing to part with it for the Hi no Kuni Daimyo's daughter." Naruto winked at Akemi who in turn gave a small smile. Naruto looked at her before turning around and walking away with a smile on her face. I now see what you meant, Jiraiya-sensei.
Naruto and Akemi had been travelling for approximately two weeks. In that time, Naruto addressed Akemi's lacking taijutsu. In a fight, she'd be okay even against a low-chuunin ninja. Her ninjutsu had improved with just one other jutsu in her arsenal. Suiton: Teppodama. She could do it reasonably well, but she couldn't do it more than three times before she tired herself out. Naruto had worked on her stealth and trap setting skills. She didn't kid Akemi, her current skills would not be enough to help her beat some of her stronger enemies, but they would be enough to allow her to escape to terrain which she knew and that would possibly give her the advantage to win. Naruto had given her a large blade made of chakra which was unnecessarily heavy, but Akemi managed to swing it comfortably. After all, it pays to have a medic as a sensei.
They had taken their time headed to Wave because Naruto wanted to recreate what she had felt with her own sensei whilst on the road. Naruto had received news that the two Akatsuki members had been beaten and they had recently defeated a shoton user. She hoped that they were alright. So much was happening around her and it all seemed so far away as she travelled to a destination which didn't hold much for her.
She sighed wistfully but carried on walking. Naruto knew that they would reach Wave before sunset if they sped up a bit.
"Akemi, we're going to be moving at a slightly faster pace. Let's go." Naruto said without turning around, before leaping into the trees and jumping from branch to branch. Akemi followed close behind.
"So, sensei. What are we supposed to do once we have this giant blade of yours?"
"Akemi, you'll see." Akemi's eyes sparkled at the idea of fighting rogue shinobi and falling in love. Naruto didn't notice this and kept on moving. After another hour or so, they reached a bridge. Emblazoned on it were the words, The Great Naruto Bridge.
Akemi looked at it in awe. "Naruto-sensei, you have a bridge this big named after you?"
"That's not all Akemi." They walked until they reached the other side of the bridge. In the centre of the circular clearing, there stood a statue of Naruto made out of a black stone.
"Whoa! This is ridiculous!"
"That statue was put up when I returned to Wave with my shishou and introduced a sensory barrier around it. So if somebody with high chakra levels entered it, certain beacons would go off." Akemi looked at her sensei with newfound respect. "We're not going to be spending our time here. Daikoku Tenzen has a fortress to the south of here. Let us be gone." They leapt up onto the rooftops before seemingly vanishing from sight. Naruto and Akemi walked toward a large fortress when they were some distance from town. They walked toward a large ornate gate but were stopped when the mercenaries pulled out their weapons.
Not risking getting any closer, Naruto called out to them. "We are emissaries of the Hi no Kuni Daimyo. We are here to collect a weapon which was won fairly off the missing-nin Zabuza." The men started laughing.
Then a bald one stepped forward. "Why would he send a woman to do this? Tell you what. You do me a favour sweet cheeks and I'll let you through to see the boss man."
"How about I beat you in a spar instead?" The men started to guffaw. "What is it? Scared to be beaten by a woman?" Silence swept across them.
"You know, I was going to let you go but since you have a mouth on you I think after I've beaten you, I can have some with you." The men leered but that soon disappeared as a blade seemingly appeared from nowhere in Naruto's hand.
"Let's see you try." The bald man ran forward but his eyes widened when his blade fell apart in his hand and his target had seemingly disappeared. He fell forward unconscious. Naruto's blade vanished and she walked toward the group of mercenaries. They stepped aside and let her through with a joyful Akemi skipping lightly at her side. The gates opened and she walked across the small bridge over a moat and entered. She walked up the stairs and found the man she believed to be Daikoku Tenzen sitting in his chambers.
"Daikoku Tenzen, I have come to collect the Kubikiri Houcho. We are representatives of Hi no Kuni and that is property which you have no right to."
"Who are you? How dare you just waltz into my personal chambers and demand such things of me. Get out or I will have you thrown out!" His tirade stopped when he felt a kunai to his throat. He noticed that the girl with the green haori had disappeared. He broke out into a cold sweat.
Naruto jumped back when the wall to her left exploded and a large man ran through the hole. Naruto's kunai extended into a katana and she effortlessly blocked his swing. Naruto calmly turned to Akemi. "I don't think this is the sword for you, I'm pretty sure that for the time being you can use the weapons created from my chakra. They're probably a lot stronger than this one." Naruto kicked out at the big man and he flew through the hole he had created.
Daikoku Tenzen bowed before them. "Please forgive my insolence. For the trouble I've caused you, please stay for a few nights." Naruto contemplated this before nodding. This would be good training for Akemi, constantly being surrounded by enemies sharpens one's intuition. They were led away to the lower levels where they were shown to adjoining bedrooms. Looking at the sky, she felt a chill go through her as the sun was reminiscent of blood. Shaking it off as best she could, she sat on her bed meditating. When the sun fell she slipped into a meditative sleep.
The next morning, Naruto was awoken by a scream. She opened her eyes and found Akemi with a kunai running toward a large slug. Naruto got up and grabbed Akemi's wrist before she could strike. Naruto turned to the slug after placing Akemi into a headlock. "Forgive her Katsuyu-sama; she is still not used to your presence."
"No harm done, Naruto-chan. However, I greet you this morning with sombre news. Uchiha Sasuke has killed Orochimaru."
"He isn't returning home, is he?" Katsuyu lowered her head. "Thank you Katsuyu-sama, I shall return to Konoha in a few days." Katsuyu disappeared in a puff of smoke. She noticed the limp body still in her headlock. Naruto let her go and Akemi began gasping for air on the floor.
"Akemi! Pack your things. We leave tomorrow." Akemi stood at attention fairly quickly. She knew that when her sensei spoke like that, you had to quickly do what she told you or else. Akemi nodded and left the room. Naruto got dressed and jumped out of her window. She landed silently as she ran back into town. Naruto activated her sensory abilities as she was searching for specific people she couldn't leave without seeing. Naruto entered the town and headed to the riverside. She heard some screams in the yoghurt shop but she walked on by thinking it had nothing to do with her. Turning a corner, Naruto transformed herself into a young brunette wearing a dull grey dress.
She found one of Tazuna's workers and found out that Tazuna and Inari had gone to Kaminari no Kuni. She was slightly disappointed at this turn of events but she thanked the man before walking back to town. She passed a pair of young men back into town. She almost scratched her eyes as she was certain one of them was Sasuke. What could he be doing all the way out here? Naruto hid her chakra before following them. She hid behind a building before listening to their conversation. She found that they were looking for Zabuza's sword. Naruto left before they noticed her. After some distance, she began running to the fortress. The scene she arrived in was Akemi throwing a mercenary onto a pile of other mercenaries.
"Akemi, what are you doing?" Akemi looked at Naruto like a deer caught in the headlights. "The form of that throw was absolutely pathetic; you can do better than that." Akemi looked ashamedly at the ground. Naruto began feeling pain on her right shoulder and she deactivated her sensory abilities.
She walked back to her room before collapsing on her bed and falling asleep to the sound of Akemi's victims. Naruto was awoken in the middle of the night by Daikoku's cry of fury. Naruto activated her sensory abilities to find one strong chakra signature headed away at high speeds. Daikoku was alright, but slightly shaken up. She saw messenger birds fly speedily away through her window.
Suddenly her door flew open. "Get up! We're going to be attacked! If you know what's good for you, you'll leave as fast as you can!"
Naruto calmly got out of bed and put on her haori. "Akemi! Get ready for battle!" The man looked perplexed as he heard noises coming out of the room next door. He shook his head perplexed and left.
Naruto knew who had invaded the fortress in the dead of night. She had come to know his chakra as it was a necessity to help save her friend. Sasuke, this time, I'm bringing you home. Naruto flared her chakra and the wall with the window exploded outward. Akemi walked into her room and the both of them jumped out as the sun rose.
Naruto and Akemi sat next to the moat and waited. Naruto began to gather nature energy and felt her chakra become more potent.
Everybody within the castle walls was quiet and tense. There was much bustling then finally, thousands of hoof beats could be heard riding toward the castle. Naruto opened her eyes to find that the sun had risen well into the sky.
"Naruto-sensei, your eyes look so different."
"Don't worry Akemi, this is a technique taught to me by the toads. It increases my abilities to a higher degree. It also allows me to sense chakra and I can tell that the two shinobi headed our way have large amounts of chakra. This is going to be required. Akemi, I need you to flood the water with your chakra to weaken any water based techniques the enemy might use." Akemi nodded before getting up and placing her palm on the water. Naruto felt her chakra permeate the water and she hoped it would be enough to significantly weaken the enemies' jutsu.
The men tensed again when they heard the sounds of screaming men and the sounds of bodies hitting the ground seemed unnaturally loud. The men within the castle rushed out to help their comrades. A big man through the Kubikiri Houcho at her. Naruto grabbed it before allowing its weight to sink its point into the ground. The archers on the walls launched a barrage of arrows, but outside the walls a large fire could be seen consuming every single one.
The doors slowly opened and Naruto saw a white haired individual begin running to the castle entrance. Naruto launched her chains, piercing him, and forming a cage around his body before her chains swung like whips launching the cage into the wall on the other side of the moat.
Naruto frowned when she felt that his chakra was still fluctuating normally. Naruto walked forward and stepped onto the water of the moat and didn't show her surprise as water leaked out between the gaps and formed into the shinobi. He had a toothy grin as he pointed at a frowning Naruto.
"That sword behind you belongs to me. I'm going to take it whether you like it or not. You better pray to whatever god you worship that there isn't even a chip on that weapon." He made as if to rush her but stopped when Sasuke landed in front of him.
"Akemi! Stay behind me!" Akemi nodded before jumping behind Naruto. "Sasuke, come home. This is futile, revenge never solves anything. Please, let-"
"I told you a long time ago that you would not know how I feel, so stop speaking like you do." Sasuke still held an impassive expression. "I am going to get my revenge and then I'll do as I please."
"Sasuke..." Naruto murmured bending her head so her face was shadowed by her hair, before placing her gloved hand over her right eye. Naruto pumped chakra into her eyes and prepared a powerful genjutsu. Naruto looked up and met Sasuke's Sharingan. The world around them morphed and Sasuke was bound in metal chains.
"I tried to speak with you, but now it seems I'm going to have to fulfil my promise of beating you to a bloody pulp in order to take you home."
"Where did you get those eyes?" Sasuke finally spoke with an angry expression on his face.
"Didn't Orochimaru tell you? He poked and prodded at me, changing me into more than I already was. So Sasuke, I ask you again; will you come home?"
"Not until I have killed Itachi."
"I see. If you extract your revenge now, you will end up regretting it. Heed my advice Sasuke."
"I don't have time for this, let me go!" Sasuke yelled before the chains around him shattered but more shot out around him and pinned him down. Naruto shook her head and walked forward with her hand ablaze with chakra.
"I'm sorry Sasuke; I had forgotten how stubborn you could be." Naruto soon began placing her hand on his limbs, severing tendons and making him unable to walk. Swords and kunai appeared on the chains surrounding him before turning around and stabbing through him. Sasuke spat out blood but he was repeatedly stabbed. He finally had had enough and released large amounts of chakra, breaking through the genjutsu.
Naruto almost fell over from the pain the sudden breaking of the genjutsu had caused. Naruto saw Sasuke's partner look at him in shock as he fell forward.
"Sasuke, what happened? She didn't even move for a second."
"Suigetsu, she has a powerful genjutsu. Retrieve your weapon and let us retreat." Suigetsu grinned as he dashed toward Naruto. He attempted to grab her throat but she smashed her fist into his head and jumped back a safe distance when his head became water.
"You can't beat me; I am the worst possible opponent for you." Suigetsu grinned but his smile was soon lost in the wave of water Naruto cast at him. Naruto saw Suigetsu getting up with a large grin on his face.
Suigetsu lost his grin when he saw Naruto smirk before running through a sequence of hand seals and earth pillars rose up around him. She shot out her arm and a chain extended and embedded itself into one of the pillars before releasing a charge of electricity which would keep him trapped.
"Let me out of here you bitch! That Kubikiri Houcho is going to be mine, so save yourself the trouble and hand it over." Suigetsu smirked when he saw a large vein appear on the side of her forehead.
Naruto was about to electrocute him when she noticed Sasuke stand up. How?! That genjutsu should have ensured that he wouldn't be getting up.
Sasuke stood shakily on his feet. "I have no time to waste here. Hand over the sword." Naruto tensed when she saw him pull out his Kusanagi. He vanished from view and she sensed his chakra behind her. Naruto turned to see him holding his sword to Akemi's neck.
"Let Suigetsu free, or she will die." Sasuke's eyes widened when he saw Naruto smirk. The child in front of him turned around and smiled before wooden constraints came out of her back before engulfing Sasuke and blocking him from view. Suddenly the wood exploded in an arc of electricity and Sasuke leapt out.
"You didn't really think I would endanger my student by letting her be a part of this fight, did you? Akemi! You can come out now!" Akemi came bouncing out from behind the rubble of the bedroom wall Naruto had blasted away.
Naruto smiled gently at her carefree behaviour.
"You know, you really shouldn't underestimate me." Sasuke grinned darkly before lightning crackled in his hand and extended in a blade and pierced Akemi through her chest. Naruto froze in a cold fury. She didn't react as Sasuke pulled out the Kubikiri Houcho and cut through the bonds which held Suigetsu. The two soon disappeared but not before seeing the murderous look on Naruto's face.
Naruto shunshined to Akemi's side and saw that the wound was unnecessarily deep. She clenched her teeth in silent rage and anger at what Sasuke had become. Naruto lifted her student gently and began to heal her. Hugging Akemi close to her chest as she wept silent tears.
