Nariko
Chapter 11: Truth
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Disclaimer: I own 'ik' and Takeshi. Amazing… isn't it?
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Nariko counted down for her latest prank to go off.
"3… 2… 1-"
Screams, yells, and curses echoed throughout the village.
"Mission complete," she whispered.
Five years ago, right after meeting Gaara, Nariko had reasoned that playing pranks on the villagers was a legal way to get a small dose of revenge. Of course, these weren't pranks like, say, grafitting the Hokage faces. No, the blonde preffered it to be… interesting… This time, she had filled many large containers with orange dye and attached an explosive note to each one. The containers were placed inareas were there were many people, including the academy. At her command, the dye exploded everywhere, never to come off…
She had, of course, thought of using glass instead but couldn't for two reasons. One: the glass might just explode as well into inhalable pieces. And two: If it didn't shatter, Nariko was sure that it wasn't quite legal to send shards of glass everywhere… She had learned her lesson the last time…
Now it was the hard part of pulling pranks; getting away.
Nariko bolted from the roof top she was currently on, heading for the areas that were dyed the horrendus color. First off, they wouldn't look for her in the mass of confusion, and she would blend right in. Because she was maturing, the blonde played it safe when choosing clothing and wore something at least twice her size. Because of her prank, she specifically dyed the baggy jumpsuit orange so she could blend in.
'This is one of my best, safe pranks ever!' Nariko menatlly exclaimed.
I don't see why the old man forced you to use these restrictions…
'I think it has something to do with the Suna incedent three years ago…'
Yes indeed, that had been a sight to behold, with all the panic… And the glass. How were they to know that fire plus sand equalled sharp, leathal glass? Even more so when it was from a sand cyclone…
I find no problem with that…
Nariko ignored that remark as she dove into the newly made sea of orange.
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'How did I get caught again?' Nariko pondered.
You always overdo it and get caught. I told you that rigging dye over the Hokage Mountain was a bad idea. At least you don't have to clean it up…
"Naruto! Are you listening to me?"
The blonde looked up from her seat to a very annoyed Iruka.
"No, not really."
She could've sworn that if it weren't for the orange dye, he would have been a darker shade of red.
"Class! Because Naruto is such an idiot, you all have to go over henge no jutsu again."
The class gave a collective groan. All 27 students lined up to preform the jutsu. The pink-haired girl Sakura giggled in such a way after acing it that Nariko wanted to strangle her.
I don't mean to sound like you, but that annoyggn bitch should quit being a shinobi now.
The blonde mentally agreed.
"Naruto, it's your turn…"
Nariko grinned, stepping up in front of the class.
'What should I turn into this time Kaa-san?'
Something that's-
"Hurry it up Uzumaki," Sasuke said.
"Yeah! Listen to Sasuke-kun!" the fangirls exclaimed.
"Why should I?" she shot back.
"Because he's better than YOU and always will be. Face it, you're a nobody and always will be," Sakura added.
The other fangirls nodded in agreement. Nariko was fuming by this point. Sure, the blonde had been really rude to her in their early years, even starting her nickname 'Billboard Brow', but this was too much. It was time for revenge.
"Henge!" the blonde called out.
In the place of the blonde was a very skanky woman scantily clad with something resmbling clouds. And this new form was very close to resembling Sakura… Now, any regular man would have blood shooting out of his nose if it weren't for that fact that, well, the henge was quite… er, flat. Yes, Nariko made herself into an older slutty, yet breastless version of Sakura.
"Look at me," she said while henged, "I'm Haruno Sakura and I think I'm SO great and that the emo bastard over there will love me someday! Even though I can't take the hint that I'm not liked at all! Along with the fact that I'm flatter than a board."
The class gave out a collective snicker, those who were past the sight of the older 'Sakura' of course. The jaw of the real Sakura dropped to the floor.
"I'm sorry," Nariko began again, "Is the conceited bitch displeased?"
The look on her face is definitely better than the exploding orange dye.
Nariko grinned one more time before releasing the jutsu.
"PERVERT!" Sakura screeched.
The blonde put her hands up in a surrender-like fashion.
"Hey, don't hate me for telling the truth."
This caused the class to laugh again. Sakura steamed in embarrassment, even after the bell rang for lunch.
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"You are so troublesome…" Shikamaru mumbled.
The blonde just grinned.
"What did you think of it Hinata?"
"It was kind of mean," she replied.
"She deserved it."
"Still…" the Hyuuga trailed off.
"Hey," Nariko began, "Later today is the graduation exam. After that, we'll never have to see that loser again."
"We?" Shikamaru asked.
"Of course, I planned it all out," Nariko began, "Since I'm almost the best, and you're almost the dead-last, we'll be put together because of some grade thing. And then, Hinata is the best kunoichi so she'll be put with us."
"You actually thought something out…"
The blonde glared kunai at her lazy friend.
"One of these days I'm going to kill you."
"Troublesome… You don't have the balls…"
She glared at him.
"Haha, very funny…"
Hinata just stared on at her friends' conversation. She always felt like it wasn't her place to talk, even if she wans't as shy as she used to be.
"Nariko, shouldn't you prepare for your spar?"
The blonde grinned at the Hyuuga.
"I'm so gonna win this time."
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Sasuke and Nariko sparred all the time with them both winning the same a mount of times. It seemed that as soon as one of them figured out a new move, they won, until the next spar where the other learned something new. So far, they were at a draw and Nariko wanted to be the one with the most wins. But Sasuke wanted to too.
"You're going down Uchiha!" Nariko exclaimed.
Sasuke just smirked being the arrogant person he was.
The fight was about to begin.
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Both of them jumped at each other as soon as the spar (or fight, whichever way you look at it) started. Sasuke got ready to use his supreme taijutsu abilities. No matter how much she trained, Nariko just never could beat the Uchiha in taijutsu. This being the case, the blonde made a jump into the air, trying to use an airal assault of fire. After the Suna incedent, Nariko knew that fire from the sky could be very powerful. But (sadly), Sasuke dodged the attack and launched a kick at her as she decended.
Luckily, Nariko was able to avoid the kick and throw in a punch herself which missed by mere inches. Knowing that if it were a taijutsu battle she would lose, the blonde tried to get some distance between her and the Uchiha. Sasuke took this window of opportunity to land a punch on her gut. The impact helped more than hurt, giving Nariko the distance she wanted.
The blonde then used her kitsune kaen (fox flame) to throw him off. It didn't do more than keep him on guard. Deciding that he couldn't force his opponent into a taijutsu battle, Sasuke made the hand signs for his signature fireball jutsu. This was pointless in a way, considering that the Kyuubi wouldn't let Nariko get burned by such a jutsu. While the jutsu was going, Nariko raced around the attack and up to Sasuke to deliver a chakra enhanced kick. The Uchiha was bale to dodge the mass of it, but he didn't come away completely unscathed.
"Is that all you've got Uzumaki?"
Nariko shook her head in disdain.
"Not even close."
Nariko sent fire to her fists and began a barage of punches. Sasuke wasn't able to block them because of the heat, and his only option was to fight fire with fire.
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After many sweep kicks, burns, punches, kicks, and dodges, the two were getting irritated with the current standoff. They were using every trick they could think of and it wasn't working. Nariko had even tried the tecnique that she had been taught the other week by the Kyuubi that allowed her to walk on vertical surfaces. It had worked for about five punches before Sasuke thought of a counter. Sasuke once again shot out his fireball, trying to get the blonde, only to have it narrowly dodged seeing as how Nariko was stuck between the jutsu and a few trees. Taking this breif moment of time, Sasuke jumped to Nariko, slamming her into the ground. Now, the blonde may have been lacking in formal taijutsu, but she knew streetfighting. As they wrestled on the ground, Nariko took the time to slam her knee into the Uchiha's gut. Unfortunately, he was about to punch her and held her by the weak fabric of her jumpsuit. When he was slammed with the chakra enforced hit, the front part of the jacket went with him.
As soon as this happened, only two words ran through Nariko's mind:
'Oh shit, oh shit, oh shit, oh shit, oh shit, oh shit.'
The class who had surrounded to see the spar gasped at what they saw and an erruption of mumbled conversations littered the area. The more moral of the students adverted their eyes, while the shocked just stared. Nariko was shocked herself. The cover she had kept for nearly six years had just been torn apart, literally. The blonde pulled her arms to her chest to conserve her modesty.
In the crowd, Shikamaru pushed his way through the crowd and tossed his friend his fishnet shirt to help. She scowled slightly seeing how fishnet doesn't make good shirts, but there were bigger problems to deal with.
The blonde got up, still shocked and embarrassed. But a part of her was angry too. Angry at the Uchiha for blowing her cover and 'now' that she was a girl, she also was angry for his perverted action, even though the latter really wasn't his fault.
"What the Hell?" Sasuke asked, "I've been fighting a GIRL this whole time!"
Nariko scowled.
"Let me show you what this GIRL can do…"
She marched up to him and socked him in the face.
"THAT'S what you get for blowing my cover!"
The blonde kept her back to the rest of the class, afraid of what would happen next.
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"You pretended to be a boy all these years?" Iruka questioned.
After her true identity had been revealed, Nariko was sent inside to get a stern talking to.
"Obviously," she replied.
"You're in no position to be sarcastic!"
"How?" she asked, "So what if I lied to the class all this time? I was given a better chance and I'm just as good as Uchiha!"
She waited a while for both Iruka and Mizuki to take in her reasoning.
"Still… Since you are now going to be a kunoichi, you haven't passed the kunoichi classes you cannot take the graduation exam and pass."
Nariko's disposition and expression dropped in an instant
"A-are you kidding me?" she asked, "After all that time I worked hard?"
"It's true," Mizuki said, "She has done very well in class, we should let it slide."
The blonde let hope into her mind, only to have in crushed.
"No Mizuki. If we do that, then she hasn't actually passed and it wouldn't be right."
"The Old Man said it was ok!" Nariko exclaimed.
But no matter what she said, one thing was certain; they weren't going to let her become a ninja anytime soon.
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Nariko looked at over the village of Konoha, the place where her hopes had been crushed more than once. Her dreams of being a ninja with her two friends and proving that she could be more than a 'monster' were over, there was no way she could get in. The decision was final, no matter how unfair it was. She could always stay a few years and become the ninja, but it seemed pointless. She wanted to fight alongside her friends, not some younger kids she didn't even know. A figure approached her.
"Oh, hey Mizuki-sensei…" she mumbled, "Thanks for taking my side earlier."
"You know, Iruka just wants you to become a ninja properly."
She nodded.
"Still…"
"You know, I did persuade him to allow you one more chance."
Nariko looked at him, waiting to hear what she had to do.
"You have to steal this scroll, I'll tell you where it is, and learn a jutsu. This will show your stealth, ability to adapt, along with endurance. It's like training for future misisons."
'Should I do it Kaa-san?' Nariko asked the fox.
You might as well; you may actually be able to continue along your plan.
"Ok Mizuki-sensei, I'll do it."
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Nariko sat in a forest clearing and opened the scroll. She scanned its contents for a jutsu she could master.
"What to choose… what to choose…"
She scanned the scroll, looking for practical jutsu that she could learn in only a few hours.
"What's this one? Kage bunshin? I already know bunshin…"
These are not illusions though, but solid copies. They're weak though. I suggest Aka Bunshin (bloody bunshin) which take much more chakra, but can only disappear when killed or if you dismiss them.
"That's awesome!" Nariko exclaimed, "You should teach me that later. Then I should pick something else…"
Se scanned the scroll, much like a small child in a candy shop.
"What about this one? Kaen no Fuu (seal of fire), that sounds cool. I think it makes a seal that releases fire on command."
Your level of genius amazes me at times…
"Just say yes or no."
Go for it.
And for the next few hours, Nariko played with fire.
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"Finished," she panted.
The fire seals had taken a lot of chakra, but she had finally gotten it down. Now she could pass. All around were charred circles of grass and the blonde decided that it would be in her best intrest to move to another spot.
"Hey, you!"
Nariko turned to find that her teacher Iruka had found her.
"Why did you steal that scroll?" he demanded.
"Mizuki-sensei said that if I learned something and got away with it, I could pass, but since you caught me…"
"What?" he asked, "Mizuki lied to you. That is the Forbidden Scroll of Seals, filled with many powerful secret jutsu."
"Really? No wonder these jutsu are so cool…" Nariko replied.
"What I'm going to you won't be 'cool'," someone said from behind.
Both of them turned to see Mizuki behind them, ready to steal the scroll.
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"P-p-please, no more," he pleaded.
Mizuki had said that Nariko was a monster because of blah, blah, blah and he was going to take the scroll and kill them. The blonde already knew all of that though, and didn't care. Then, he called the Kyuubi and the blond esome very nastly things. And Nariko plus Kyuubi plus anger can never equal a good thing. Sadly for Mizuki, he couldn't stand up to Nariko and her new ability (plus the anger factor) which had insinerated him from the thighs down.
Crouching down next to her former teacher, Nariko whispered, "I was taught by the youkai themselves that a true warrior never leaves their enemies alive…"
His eyes widened as she burned his body to a crisp.
"N-n-naruto?" Iruka asked, "Or whatever your name is, why did you kill him?"
"A true warrior never leaves an enemy alive to attack another day," she replied, "Why? Was it a bit harsh for you?"
He shook his head. Iruka had never known much about the blonde really. She had always kept away from adults, not that she didn't have a good reason for it.
"Iruka-sensei, I think you need to go to the hospital now."
He had indeed suffered a wound from Mizuki that needed to be treated.
"I'm sorry I ever thought you shouldn't become a shinobi."
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The next day, Nariko proudly walked to the academy. Not only was she now a ninja, but she was also able to get rid of the horrible jumpsuit she had to wear and instead wore the rust-red tshirt and black shorts she had when she was younger. Her usual mop of blonde hair had actually been combed for once, letting it fall hlaf-way to her shoulders.
She walked into the classroom, blonde bangs covering the shining hitai-ate. Heads turned towards her, not sure who the 'newcommer' was.
"Hey, new girl, who are you?" Sakura demanded.
Nariko's foxy grin spread across her face.
"Don't you recognize me or has your billboard forehead betrayed you?"
"How dare you say that?! I just asked you a question!"
The blonde kept grinning.
"Uzumaki Nariko doesn't give slack to useless bitches."
The portion of the class that was paying attention stared. So the rumor actually WAS true…
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A/N: IMPOTANT HERE: I wrote this last week but document manager has not let me upload documents so I couldn't post this. Thus the GIANT note on my UL... Anyway... Back to the original A/N...
So, here is the chapter. Hopefully, it wasn't too bad or OOC, but with the killing thing, don't forget, she lives with two youkai, one of them being a perverted flirt (Takeshi)… Also, I'd like to add that in this, Nariko does NOT like Sakura at all because she gives kunoichi a bad name (as do the other fangirls) as useless and, well, bitchy. Anyway, I'm glad to finally get the first chapter that actually would relate to the actual series. So far, as for suggestionss for teams, we've got them all for Nariko and Sasuke on a team and the third member should be either: Sakura, Kiba, or Shikamaru
So those are the choices for team 7, pick one, or anti-pick one. I'd tell you the count so far, but… I don't have to so I won't. Feel free to vote, but if you just say your vote, it will NOT be counted. I don't really like spam vote-reviews, they are a bit annoying. Well, I was thinking of doing the original teams but number1animefan made some good points too so… Review please? Oh, and if it isn't too much trouble, it'd be nice if you'd R&R my other fic, the one I just finished. Plan of the Light isn't very popular so… yeah… thanks