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I shake my head, but I can't change this. I can only bear the scars, as I have always done, as I ever do.-Ann Aguirre.
Naruko had Karin sitting with the Uchiha's for the duration of the Third Exam. She didn't want the miniMaki to be in any danger when the exam ended, and she trusted Mikoto to watch over her. Jiraiya and Tsunade were standing beside the Hokage in the Kage box, so they couldn't watch her.
Then, there was the Kazekage, who had Gaara's sensei and another Suna ninja as his guards. The Raikage, whom had a man who looked very similar to him and another whom was blonde. The Mizukage, a woman which Naruko silently cheered for, with her body guards. One that had a freaky sword and the other that had an eyepatch and freaky earrings. Finally, there was the Tsuchikage, with a chubby guy and a thin dark haired girl for his body guards.
The Gokage were all gathered in one place. It was truly a momentous Chunin Exam this year. Many of the Daimyo's of the different lads had shown up as well and Naruko vowed to put her best foot forward.
If she proved to be strong and dependent, then they may want to do business with Shadow's Fire. And an increase in business, meant an increase in prestige! And money, but she didn't really care about that. The respect she'd gain, from having the most widespread company and by being the richest person in the world, would only add to her power. She be the most powerful person in the financial area, which would add to her goal of being the most powerful ninja. Then, she'd be a double threat. Her name would be known by all. She liked that idea, a lot.
There were Anbu everywhere! The best Jonin and Tokubetsu Jonin were all over the stands. Everyone was ready for what was to come eventually.
Naruko stood by Sasuke and the other fighters in the center of the large arena. The exam was to start at noon and they were all ready to show their Kage and their countries what they were made of.
Hayate Gekko, the proctor for the exam, told them to stand tall and give their Kage something to be proud of.
The Hokage stood and approached the railing of the Kage Box. "Ladies and gentlemen from all over the elemental nations, I am proud to welcome you all here to the Chunin Selection Exams Third Exam! Our Genin have fought hard to make it this far and I hope you enjoy the proceedings! From this moment, the Third and Final Chunin Exam will now begin!"
There was a roar of approval from the crowd. Everyone was standing and clapping. Bets were being made and people were screaming for the fights to begin.
Hayate turned to the Genin, "I want Sai and Shino Aburame to stay here. Everybody else will go to the waiting area up there." He pointed to the far side of the stadium where a hole in the wall showed a small place for them to wait their turn.
Sai and Shino gazed at each other.
"The battle between Sai of Konohagakure and Aburame Shino of Konohagakure will commence in three….two...one...Hajime!"
Even when the match was started, they stood still. Shino had his hands in his pockets and Sai was at attention.
Shino's Kikaichu began to leak out of his jacket. Sai whipped out a scroll and a paintbrush and was already moving. He made a hand sign and his creation came to life in multiple forms. Several hundred little bugs, met Shino's own bugs.
The two teens stood in the same place as their bugs attacked each other. After a minute, all of Shino's Kikaichu were lying dead in a large puddle of ink.
Shino, though he was covered very well, he still looked worried. He turned to the proctor, "I forfeit. I only have one colony of Kikaichu left and I can't let them leave my body. I have poor Taijutsu and Genjutsu capabilities. And my Ninjutsu relies on my Kikaichu."
Hayate sighed, "Shosha: Sai of Konohagakure!"
There was silence. The spectators probably didn't understand what had happened. All they saw were two swarms rush each other and fall to the ground in under a minute. Then, the one quits and it's over. Nothing remarkable happened.
Hiruzen Sarutobi wanted to smack himself. Of all the battles to start the exam with! After he had just told the crowd to enjoy themselves and the first match was boring and uneventful. Kami help him!
Hayate faced the crowd, "The next battle is between Neji Hyuga and Naruko Uzumaki Namikaze!"
There was a loud scream from the stands. Some for the Hyuga prodigy, but most for the Namikaze and Uzumaki Head. The combatants stood across from one another. Naruko, dressed in her normal attire with both Samehada and Kubikiribocho on her back, along with Raijin at her hip. Neji was the same as usual, down to the big smirk on his face. A smirk that Naruko wanted to smack off.
"You are fated to lose here. I will prove that the Hyuga are better than the Uzumaki and the Namikaze."
Jiraiya, who was standing behind his sensei's right side, gasped. "She is going to kill him!"
Everyone in the Kage Box turned to him with questioning looks. The Raikage was the one to ask, "Why?"
Jiraiya and Tsunade grimaced. "She hates the Hyuga Clan, for justifiable reasons," the Gama Sennin answered.
The other Kage looked back at the Genin and noticed how her eyes were livid and promised pain to the Hyuga with a big mouth.
Naruko glared at Neji. She wished she could light him on fire. The kind of painful flame that never extinguished or killed its subject, but put them through hell without dying. She wanted to beat his ass.
"Fate has already decreed me the winner, you should just give up. No one is better than the Hyuga."
Naruko began to leak a very potent amount of KI. So powerful, that Hayate had to take several steps away from her. It was stifling.
"The battle between Neji Hyuga of Konohagakure and Naruko Uzumaki Namikaze of Konohagakure, will commence in three...two….one….Ha-"
"Hold on!"
Naruko held her hand out to stop Hayate from speaking.
He gave her a shocked look, "Huh?"
"Give us moment to get this out now. I refuse to talk to fates little bitch in the middle of a battle," the blonde answered.
Naruko's answer was met with a 'oooooooo' from the crowd.
Neji's eyes narrowed slightly.
Naruko took a deep breath as she began removing her weapons and her breastplate. "I want you to know right now Hyuga, that I don't care about your fate crap, nor do I care about your clan. In my opinion, your clan is full of a bunch of bastards who don't deserve the right to live. You claim to be so great, when you do nothing to warrant greatness. Out of all the clans in Konoha, yours gives nothing to the village. The Uchiha's gave us our police. The Nara's give the hospital the antlers of the deer they tend to, which help in the creation of medicine. The Yamanaka's, grow and harvest plants from around the nations that are used for many purposes. These clans do something. Your clan, has nothing to offer."
Naruko folded her arms, "You clan is full of hypocrites. The Side Branch takes their anger of being mistreated, out on those who don't deserve it. You are a prime example of this. It's not Hinata's fault that she got kidnapped. She was the heir and had an unsealed Byakugan. If you were in her place, she wouldn't blame you for the death her father. She's too kind for that. Your father died for his village, to prevent war. I'm sad that he died to protect someone like you, who isn't worth protecting."
Neji stood in shock. His mouth was open and he had nothing to say.
"On top of that, the Main Branch members, walk around like they're better than everyone else. Both parts of the clan, are equally terrible. I had a meeting with Hiashi yesterday, and I had to bring my godfather along, in order to protect your clan….from me. I hate Hyuga's. And, I was waiting for Hiashi to say something stupid. I was waiting for the chance to kill him, and every other Hyuga. Because, I don't like you people, and karma is bitch in the worst form. Jiraiya came to make sure that nothing happened to your clan, as my way of mercy to you pathetic pieces of trash."
The stadium was silent as Naruko's words carried over the people. They were stunned to hear her say such things. Her hatred was so obvious, that it gave nearly everyone shivers. What did the Hyuga's do to her?
Naruko took a deep breath, "I don't care about your feelings. You think you have it rough, because there's a seal on your forehead? That seal was meant for one thing. When the Main Branch misuses it, you should take the matter to your pathetic clan head. Though I have to say, he'd probably do nothing about it, even though you are his nephew. You think you have it bad. You're part of a clan, that was given prestige and recognition, for nothing. People see you and they think that because you're a Hyuga, you're an amazing ninja, a great person. When in reality, you're nothing. You have a whole family. You have a last name that gets you anything you want, like a spoiled brat. You have one of the San Daidojutsu, yet you bitch that you have a hard life and that nobody knows your pain."
Naruko's KI washed over the stadium, making the temperature drop drastically.
"You aren't a Jinchuuriki. So, until you've been charged with a duty to keep a dangerous beast locked away, for the protection of your village. For that village to hate you for what you are, instead of seeing you as the reason they are still alive. To run away from them as they assemble mobs to try and kill you. To cry from the beatings and torture, the hatred and pain from those same villagers. To want to kill yourself, but the demon inside heals everything and you have no chance of relief from the constant pain. To go through life feeling like nobody will ever care and that your existence isn't important. You have suffered none of that! Since that is the case, you don't know what true pain is. So stop acting like life is so horrible and grow up. There are three Jinchuuriki competing in this exam, and I guarantee you, we've seen more pain than you ever will!" Naruko glared.
Neji stared at her. He didn't say anything, just got into a Juken stance.
Naruko looked to the proctor, "You can start now."
Hayate nodded, "Hajime!"
Naruko took on her Jinsokuna Ken stance.
Gai gasped. Kakashi looked at him, "What's wrong?"
Gai's worried eyes turned to him, "When you were incapacitated in Nami no Kuni, I had our students do daily sparring. Naruko knows the most deadly of all Taijutsu forms. She's using it against Neji, which means she's very angry. I don't think he'll make it."
Kakashi quirked a brow. He'd never heard of that particular style before. If it was hard, deadly and Naruko was using it on Neji, then her hatred for him was deep!
Naruko took off. She blurred from her opponents all seeing eyes, appearing suddenly to land a chakra filled kick to his right arm. Neji was thrown back because of the force in the hit. He slammed into the stadium wall.
He regained composure and took a step forward, wincing at the pain in his arm. "What happened?"
Naruko shrugged, "Jinsokuna Ken is a mix of Suiken, Goken and Juken. Mine is the most deadly out there, because I mix Kyuubi's chakra with my own, and Biju chakra is lethal to anyone who isn't a Jinchuuriki. I broke your arm and ruptured all tenketsu as well. You will never focus chakra into that arm ever again."
Neji glared at her.
She flashed again, kicking his other arm, slamming him into the wall once more.
She backflipped away from him. "I just destroyed your other arm. I'm going for your eyes next. Give up now, or else."
Neji removed his body from the crater in the wall and took a couple sluggish steps forward.
Naruko shrugged and attacked again, landing the kick to his eyes, the blue and red chakra surrounding her foot visible for all to see.
She moved away again as Neji's pain filled howl tore through the air. There was blood gushing from his eyes, that were closed.
"I have just insured that your life as a ninja is over. You are nothing, just like I said."
Naruko looked at Hayate, "Call the match. He's blind, his arms are broken and he can't use chakra anymore. I am putting aside my personal hatred to give you a chance to save his life. Or will I land the next kick to his heart and let his filthy blood fall on your hands?"
Hayate looked at her in disbelief. She wouldn't? Would she?
"Five."
She couldn't be serious!
"Four."
There was no way!
"Three. Two."
Silence.
"One. Game over."
She walked over to the Hyuga. Standing in front of him, she murmured something in his ear, relishing his gasp. She then filled her palm with the chakra and pulled her arm back.
"Stop!" Hayate called out.
She froze, waiting for him to say more.
"He is unable to continue. You have won the battle."
Naruko sighed, but decided to let the Hyuga live, if just barely, and suffer for the rest of his days. That was good enough. She didn't want him to get a free ride out of the pain.
She backed off and went to collect her things. Once everything was in place, she gave Hayate a look.
"Shosha: Naruko Uzumaki Namikaze!"
It was quiet for a moment, before everyone burst into loud applause.
Naruko wasn't expecting it, seeing as she thought her brutal approach would earn her a negative reaction. It was shocking to see so many people cheering her on.
She returned to the waiting area and stood next to Sasuke.
"I really want to know why you hate them so much, but I can wait until you tell me."
She wrapped an arm around his shoulders. "Thank you, Ducky!"
He rolled his eyes. "You're welcome Gama-chan!" he said with fake enthusiasm.
Naruko's face flamed and he could see her forehead turning red. "Are you blushing from that? You are! This is just too good!"
Naruko slapped his arm, "Shut up Duck Ass!"
He gave her a smirk. One that promised teasing from now on.
"Hinata Hyuga and Ino Yamanaka!"
Naruko looked over to the Hyuga heiress and gave her a hug. Hinata threw her arms around her friend. "I'm going to w-win. I'm going to p-prove that I'm g-good enough to b-be a Hyuga."
Naruko pulled away, "You've always been good enough. But not to be a Hyuga. You've been better than the Hyuga for years. Now go out there and prove to everyone here that you're an amazing shinobi! Prove that there are kunoichi out there who take their job seriously!"
Hinata flushed slightly but nodded, giving her friend a large smile. "Yes! Thank you Naruko!"
Hinata followed after Ino to the stadium arena, waving at Gaara on the way. Naruko noticed Gaara's eyes were following Hinata as she walked away.
She walked up to him, getting his eyes to turn in her direction.
"You like Hinata."
Gaara didn't answer, his face remained perfectly blank.
Naruko shrugged, "Just so you know, she doesn't care about he Jinchuuriki thing. Her family has been horrible to her for most of her life, and she became the sweet girl you see. She didn't judge me when she found out I was a Jinchuuriki, and she won't judge you."
Gaara's eyes lit up slightly at her words.
"There are people out there who won't care about what we are. She's one of them who will accept us and not ask for us to change. She'll accept you, so long as you prove yourself to be strong and caring. I can tell you didn't have a great past, so that part may be hard, but you can always try."
Gaara looked thoughtful and Naruko leaned into him to whisper, "If you go ahead and attack her village like the plan says, she will wash her hands of you completely, because she loves this place."
His eyes widened slightly, "You know?"
She nodded, "That's why there are so many Anbu and Jonin all over the place. The Sannin are guarding the Hokage as well. Orochimaru was discovered and I've been ordered to take you out if I fight you. My teammates have the same order incase they fight you and I don't."
Gaara flinched a bit at her words.
"But, I can tell that you like Hinata and she feeling something for you. So, I'll give you a chance. When the time comes, do not transform, or else I will kill you, and the possible future for you and my friend will be no more."
Gaara looked a little angry at her threat, so she focused all of her KI on him and he started to shake. "You are a threat to my existence. You can kill me without a problem."
"If you battle anyone from my team, remember what I said. Because I have nine more reserves of chakra, which make me the most powerful Jinchuuriki. Along with my other powers. I will cut your one tail off and beat you to death with it. Remember that."
Gaara looked a little panicked, "You'll kill me. I don't want to die yet. I don't want my existence to be erased."
Naruko placed a hand on his shoulder, "Then don't attack the village. I'll even put in a good word for you."
Gaara nodded and Naruko sighed, "Good Now watch your crush beat the shit out of a fangirl. This'll be entertaining."
They turned to the arena. Hinata was running all over the place, making sure that Ino couldn't catch her in her jutsu. Hinata was getting closer every time she circled Ino and finally, she was close enough.
"Hakke Rokujuuyon Sho!"
Ino was like a pinata that Hinata was beating the ever loving crap out of. Naruko was sure that if she was broken open, glitter would probably come out. Or pictures of Sasuke.
Ino hit the ground after the last hit and and she didn't get back up.
"Shosha: Hinata Hyuga!"
The crowd cheered and Naruko was whistling.
"Yugito Nii and Chikara!"
Naruko watched as the fighters took their places. Yugito, the Jinchuuriki, seemed determined to win. Naruko was rooting for her too. There were actual kunoichi competing in this exam. Ones that didn't worry about their hair and looks. Who walked into a fight and wanted to kick ass once there.
Chikara was a pretty big guy and Yugito was quite small. The differences were great!
"The battle between Yugito Nii from Kumogakure and Chikara from Iwagakure, will commence in three….two….one…..Hajime!"
Chikara aimed a lightning jutsu at the Jinchuuriki who rolled out of the way. She ran at him, dodging another lightning attack. Her nails grew extremely long and she slashed them at Chikara's middle. Skin tore on contact and he hissed at the pain.
Yugito's claws turned blue as flames covered them. She got in close and delivered several flaming swipes to Chikara's body and face.
She jumped away and watched as the fire began to cover his form. She looked at Hayate, "Call it, or else he's ash."
Hayate nodded, remembering the last time he had a chance to stop a match and what almost happened. "Shosha: Yugito Nii!"
The fire surrounding Chikara dissipated and he collapsed. Yugito returned to the waiting area.
Naruko whistled again, "Yes! Three kunoichi moving on to the next round! We can prove that kunoichi can kick ass also!"
Lee decided to jump in on Naruko's excitement, "Yes! It is amazing to be in the presence of such youthful individuals! I, Rock Lee, will do my best also!"
"Hana Kisai and Sabaku no Gaara!"
Gaara Shunshined to the center of the stadium. Hana vaulted the railing.
"The battle between Hana Kisai of Kirigakure and Sabaku no Gaara of Sunagakure, will commence in three….two….one…..Hajime!"
Hana made some hand signs, "Suiton: Bakusui Shoha!"
A large amount of water came from her mouth and converted the arena. Gaara didn't move. His sand, though wet, still protected him from the water. Hana stood atop the water and made another sign, with her other hand high in the air. "Kirigakure no Jutsu!"
The mist came in and covered everything.
There was a sound of water splashing and then a loud scream rang through the area. The mist cleared and everyone could see Hana's body laying over a sand spear. Gaara was still in the same position as before. He hadn't moved, not even his arms.
The sand moved and dropped the kunoichi to the ground. He then Shunshined to the waiting area before Hayate could call it.
"Shosha: Sabaku no Gaara!"
The spectators were quiet. Gaara was a brutal person and he had killed his opponent in a mist that was supposed to erase her from his view. But he still found her and killed her without ever moving!
"Rock Lee and Shikamaru Nara!"
Lee bounded down the stairs in excitement. Shikamaru wasn't so happy. Instead he looked completely panicked. "I have to fight an extremely close combat opponent. When I myself am a extended long ranged fighter. I'm giving up."
Naruko was behind him in an instant, "Oh no you're not!" She punched him in the back of the head and he fell over the railing.
"Aahh!"
Shikamaru flipped himself over and landed on his feet.
"Yes! I have such a youthful opponent!" Lee shouted.
Shikamaru sighed and joined him in the middle of the ring. "Let's get this over with."
"The battle between Rock Lee of Konohagakure and Shikamaru Nara of Konohagakure, will commence in three….two….one….Hajime!"
Lee assumed his Goken stance and Shikamaru stared at him. Shikamaru made a hand sign and pulled a kunai out of his pouch. He then did something no one thought he'd do. He ran at the Taijutsu specialist.
Shikamaru swung the kunai at Lee, and Lee easily caught his arm. "That was not a smart move my youthful friend!"
Shikamaru smirked, "Was it?"
He pulled away, and Lee did the exact same thing. Their shadows were connected. Both were making the same movements. Shikamaru held the kunai out and gave Lee a look, "Forfeit. Or else this is going somewhere you don't want it to."
Lee's eyes went wide as he looked to where Shikamaru was pointing the kunai. He couldn't move at all and he never carries weapons because he relied on his Taijutsu. He was trapped with nowhere to escape to.
"I forfeit." Lee sighed in disappointment.
Hayate looked on in shock. The Nara boy was fast at planning. He raised a hand, "Shosha: Shikama-"
"I forfeit too!"
"WHAT?!" came the reply of the crowd.
Shikamaru shrugged and released his jutsu. "I'm not strong enough to handle any of the people in the final round. My chakra is used up too quickly with my jutsu, and I'm too lazy to even try. What if I have to face Naruko, Yugito or Gaara? So, no thanks."
Hayate shook his head at the laziness, "Both competitors have forfeited, no one advances!"
Shikamaru rolled his shoulder as Lee wept tears of sadness. Shikamaru's unyouthful display of laziness made him sad. He looped an arm around the Nara's shoulders. "We need to build your flames of youth! Come, we shall run 500 laps around Konoha!"
Shikamaru groaned as Lee pulled him along. He never got a break it seemed.
"Choji Akimichi and Sasuke Uchiha!"
Naruko gave Sasuke a thumbs up and he shrugged. "Good luck Choji!" she screamed. He'd need it.
"The battle between Choji Akimichi of Konohagakure and Sasuke Uchiha of Konohagakure will commence in three….two….one….Hajime!"
"Baika no Jutsu! Nikudan Sensha!"
Sasuke jumped out of the way of the Choji ball that was rolling toward him. Choji rolled around and came at him again.
"Katon: Gokakyu no Jutsu!"
The fireball hit the rolling ball, setting it on fire.
"HOT!"
Choji stopped rolling, making the ire go out. "Baika no Jutsu!"
Sasuke dodged Choji's massive palms as they tried to pin him to the ground and beat him to a pulp.
Sasuke reached into his pouch and pulled out some shuriken, "Katon: Hosenka no Jutsu!" He mixed the shuriken into the attack and Choji held his hand up to cover his face. The flaming shuriken imbedded into his palms and he shook his hands off, trying to dull the pain.
Sasuke whipped some kunai in Choji's direction. Each of them missing the big teen a latching into the wall behind. Sasuke made some more hand signs, "Katon: Ryuka no Jutsu!"
Choji was caught in the fire of the Dragons mouth and screamed in pain.
Sasuke waited to see if the Akimichi heir would stand. When he didn't, Hayate announced Sasuke the winner. Choji was carted out on a stretcher.
"There will be a fifteen minute intermission before the next round!"
Naruko pulled Hinata into a hug, "I knew we were the only real kunoichi to graduate this year! Six people in the finals, and half of them are girls. This is great!"
Hinata smiled, "I'm happy to have made it this far."
Naruko nodded as she leaned in to her friend, "So, what's up with you and Gaara?"
Hinata 'eeped' and frowned, "What about you and Sasuke? His confession was deeply moving."
Naruko was frozen, "How do you know about that?"
Hinata smiled, "I saw the video."
"Video! There's a video?! Where is this video?!"
Hinata shrugged, "I don't know."
"People saw that! Other people saw that! I'm going to die!"
"Why? Sasuke really likes you! I'm so happy that he finally said something!" Hinata insisted.
Naruko gaped, "What?!"
Hinata nodded, "He's liked you for a long time! He was just shy, because you weren't interested in boys and he was afraid that you would say no."
Naruko shook her head, "Does everyone know about this?!"
The Hyuga heiress nodded and Naruko wanted to slam her head against the wall.
She rounded on her Uchiha friend, "You! How come everyone knows about how you feel?"
Sasuke shrugged, "I didn't try to hide it. In fact, I encouraged the other guys to remain friends with you. I made it obvious that I liked you and they didn't say anything about it and just backed off."
Naruko slapped herself, "You really should change your mind Sasuke."
He looked up at the ceiling and then back to her, "No, I'm good. Nothing will change my mind Naruko."
She grunted, "We'll see."
Naruko sat on the floor and created two Kage Bunshin. The three folded their legs and put their hands together.
"What are you doing?" Sai asked, not understanding what she was doing.
Sasuke answered for her, "She's become a sage. So she's probably praying for good luck or something."
"I'm a sage, not a monk," Naruko mumbled.
"So what? You look like you're praying."
"Shut up Ducky!"
Hinata snickered and Sasuke blushed a bit. She just had to say it so loudly?
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"I must say, the Konoha Genin are something else. So many that made it to the final round," the Mizukage Mei, stated with a small smile. "Kazekage-dono, your son is something else. No one has ever defeated my Hana before. I'm sad that she didn't make it."
The Kazekage gave a brief laugh, "Gaara has never been beaten either. He's always been the best. His next opponent will end up the same."
"Yo! The blonde with the swords is cool yo! I like her style, what about you bro?"
The Raikage A, sighed, "Yes, Kirabi, I like her too. She put the Hyuga in his place!"
Jiraiya and Tsunade looked at each other, but didn't say anything.
"The Namikaze is definitely proving herself worthy of her name. I'll agree to that," the Tsuchikage, Onoki grumbled.
Hiruzen smiled, "Naruko has a habit of surprising people. She's been holding back, because she likes to show off."
Jiraiya snorted, "Don't I know it! When I went to pick her up from Mount Myoboku, she'd been battling Fukasaku-sama and she kept adding all theses fancy twirls into her Kawazu Kumite."
"That's definitely something Naruko would do!" Tsunade smiled.
"Mount Myoboku? She trained with the Gama Sennin's?" the Kazekage asked in shock.
Jiraiya nodded, "Yep! And mastered the art in twenty-eight days!"
The Kage, besides Hiruzen, all gasped. Mastery of the sage arts demanded several years of dedication. The fact that she had done it in such a short amount of time, was astonishing.
"How could she do it so fast?" the Kazekage asked.
Jiraiya shrugged, "Fukasaku-sama said something about her knowing the Jinsokuna Ken, Taijutsu style. I don't know much other than it requires perfect chakra control. And since Naruko uses both Biju and her own chakra, she has to keep it level, which gave her an advantage on mixing two chakra types. She's a natural at mixing natural chakra and her own."
"There's quite rise in the betting pool regarding Naruko. I put a lot of money on her and for once, I'm not going to lose!" Tsunade pumped her fist in the air.
Everyone chuckled, because they all knew of her nickname. The Legendary Sucker.
"Well then, she's guaranteed to lose if you put money on her!" Jiraiya's smirk disappeared when Tsunade's fist entered his line of vision. "Hime?" he squeaked.
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Hayate cleared his throat to get the audiences attention. "The final round of the Third Exam will begin! Sai and Hinata, come down here."
"Good luck both of you," Naruko mumbled, her eyes still closed.
Sasuke turned to the blonde, "You aren't going to watch?"
"With my special chakra, due to being an Uzumaki and my new sage abilities, my chakra sensory is better than even Karin's. So good, I can see everything happening even though my eyes are closed."
Sasuke shrugged, "Okay then."
"The Semi-final round battle between Sai of Konohagakure and Hinata Hyuga of Konohagakure will commence in three….two….one….Hajime!"
Sai whipped out his scroll and painted something in the center. It was another swarm of ink insects. Hinata activated her Byakugan and took her Juken stance. Chakra began swirling around her, "Hakkesho Kaiten!"
She began spinning in a circle and the insects exploded on contact.
Sai began painting more things. Lions, tigers and bears(A/N: OH MY! XD) jumping from the page to attack her when her rotation stopped. Hinata switched from Kaiten to Rokujuuyon Sho quickly and destroyed the ink creatures.
She then took off after Sai who jumped away. She continued her assault.
Sai pulled the tanto from his back and Hinata pulled a kunai from her pouch. They weapons clashed. Sai quickly disarmed her and landed a slash across her stomach.
She flinched and held her stomach. Sai moved forward again and Hinata used Kaiten again, pushing him away. As Sai tried to recoup, Hinata applied some of her homemade healing salve to her wound. Once she was good, she ran toward Sai thrust her palm into his chest. She was shocked when he exploded into ink.
Her Byakugan picked up on some movement and she used Kaiten again, stopping Sai's attack. He was blown away once more. She took a deep breath as she waited from him to come back.
Sai stood from his place on the ground and opened his scroll again. He made some snakes and sent them after her, to wrap her up and stop her from fighting.
Hinata used Kaiten again. When she stopped, something wound around her wounded waist and she was lifted off the ground. Looking around, she saw something coming out of the ground and glared. He'd gotten her attention away from it and she got caught!
She focused her chakra all over her body, "Jukenpo Ichigekishin!" The thing wrapped around her waist exploded and she dropped to the ground. Landing easily, she charged the former Root operative.
Sai went to use his paintbrush, only to find out that he was out of ink. He grabbed his tanto again and tried to block her attacks. Hinata's fists were blocked by his blade. Blood splattered between them. Hinata grabbed Sai's arm and pulled him in close.
With the remaining amount of her chakra, she used Kaiten and flung Sai at the nearest wall. She then collapsed.
Hayate looked from Hinata to Sai. Neither was moving and he smiled. The Genin these days sure knew how to fight. He was very impressed. "No one will advance due to a double knockout. The next fighters, Naruko and Yugito, come down!"
Medics came and carried the Genin off to the infirmary, while Naruko and Yugito made their way down to the field.
Yugito immediately noticed something was off. "You look different. Your eyes changed," she accused.
Naruko shrugged, "Yeah, I guess."
"You weren't just sitting there were you? I can sense some odd energy coming from you."
Naruko nodded, "You're right. This is some odd energy. I was meditating, gathering the much needed energy for this battle, because I had a feeling that you can go Biju without a problem. I can't."
Yugito's hmmed, "You can't control it yet?"
Naruko shook her head, "No. Unlike other Jinchuuriki, my seal was especially designed for me. My father used his knowledge of Fuuinjutsu and the Uzumaki Clan's Fuuinjutsu to create a special seal. And just like the Uzumaki's he created a key as well. My seal can't be removed. I can't pull it off and Kyuubi can't burn it with her chakra. The only way to remove it, is with the key. And I have no idea where that is. So, until I get the key, I'm stuck in four tailed mode. Any further, and Kyuubi's chakra will begin to burn me and I can die. I don't like that thought, so, I'm going to use something else."
Yugito nodded in understanding, "And this is?"
"Sennin Modo!"
Hayate closed his mouth and shook himself. The Genin these days! "The Semi-final round battle between Naruko Uzumaki Namikaze of Konohagakure and Yugito Nii of Kumogakure will commence in three….two….one….Hajime!"
Naruko made a hand sign, "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!"
Ten Bunshin appeared and surrounded Yugito. They all made a bunch of hand signs, "Suiton: Teppodama!"
Several shots of water hit the ground near Yugito's feet. She jumped high in the air, "Your aim needs some work."
She landed a good distance away from the Bunshin. Naruko gave a laugh, "Does it really?"
She pulled Samehada off her back and focused her chakra through it. She then placed it in the water filled arena and it took off after Yugito.
She jumped away, "So that's what you were up to! What is that thing?!"
"Samehada. One of the seven swords of the mist. He likes to eat chakra, and the chakra of a Jinchuuriki makes him happy. He'll find you no matter what, cause he can sense you. He's my little helper in this, cause I'm not done yet." She made a sign with both hands. One hand in front of her chest and the other raised high in the air. "Ready?! Kirigakure no Jutsu!"
A very thick mist rolled in. Thicker than the one Hana had used in her battle. Naruko had used Kyuubi's chakra to create the mist, as a way of giving off KI from every direction. Her KI was something that could make even a grown man cry in fear. Such a thing, would help her Sairento Kiringu.
Naruko gave a small thanks to Haku, for teaching her the jutsu and the fighting technique. She used her Sennin Modo to find her opponent in the mist and grinned to herself when Samehada came up behind the Jinchuuriki.
"Aaahhhh!"
Samehada had effectively latched onto the girls back and was draining her of chakra. Her blue chakra was replaced with a red chakra, showing that she was using her Biju's chakra. Samehada didn't mind and just absorbed it all. His body getting bigger, the more he took in. Soon, he was dwarfing her form and she kept on trying to shake him off. His scales grew larger and sharper, piercing her back.
Naruko was in front of her opponent, slashing her across the middle.
"Uh!"
Naruko pulled Samehada from the girls back, ripping him away from her skin, revealing the blood drenched flesh.
Naruko leapt away, disappearing in the mist again.
Yugito's chakra swirled around her body.
The mist began to clearing, revealing the people of the stadium on the edges of their seats. Yugito smirked, intending to transform. It was the only shot she had, with so much of her chakra gone.
That was the plan, until she was assaulted by a barrage of water attacks.
"Suiton: Suiryudon no Jutsu!"
The Naruko Kage Bunshin had been using the time to build up their chakra and go through the long list of hand signs to use the jutsu.
Naruko looked over to the left side of the arena, "Thanks Haku!"
The boy raised his hand from among the crowd and gave her a thumbs up.
Hayate jumped back into the arena. He'd been sitting on the railing of one of the spectators boxes and was waiting for the fight to end. After checking Yugito's pulse, he determined that she was alive, but unconscious. "Shosha: Naruko Uzumaki Namikaze!"
The crowd burst into cheers and applause. Naruko's Sennin Modo wore off and she sighed as her Bunshin dispelled. Samehada returned to her back and began channeling the chakra he had gathered into her body. She nodded to herself, thankful that the battle was over so soon. Now, she was either facing Gaara or Sasuke in the next round.
She jumped up to the waiting area as medics took Yugito away.
"Well Ducky, try your best!"
He smirked, "Don't worry. You and I will be fighting soon."
Naruko patted his back, "I look forward to it." She leaned in, "He said he won't fight in the invasion."
The Uchiha nodded.
Sasuke and Gaara Shunshined to the center of the arena.
Hayate cleared his throat after a cough, "The Semi-final battle between Sabaku no Gaara of Sunagakure and Sasuke Uchiha of Konohagakure will commence in three...two….one….Hajime!"
Sasuke started with a flurry of hand signs, "Katon: Ryuen Hoka no Jutsu!"
Multiple dragon shaped balls of fire flew from his mouth, arcing toward Gaara.(A/N: Had to explain it like that or else I would've said Dragon Balls. XD)
Gaara's sand immediately shot up, protecting him from the attack. It then shot forward, but Sasuke backflipped out of reach. He continued moving until he had successfully backflipped up the wall. He made some hand signs.
Lightning began gathering around his right arm. The screeching sound of birds filled the arena.
Gaara's eyes widened a bit and his sand moved around him, forming a sphere.
Sasuke looked up, his eyes a startling red. His Sharingan was activated.
He ran down the wall at an advanced speed and across the water covered arena. His hand thrust through the sand dome and pierced what was inside. "Chidori!"
An inhuman shriek sounded.
The sand fell away to show Sasuke's hand sticking out of Gaara's back. Gaara was screaming his head off about his blood and Sasuke pulled away at that moment, waiting for something to happen.
Gaara began to shake and his sand began moving. Sasuke took the chance and activated his Mangekyo. "Amaterasu!"
The sand was immediately turned into glass and the black flames circled Gaara's form.
Gaara looked around madly.
"Forfeit, or I'll burn you alive."
Gaara shook his head and the flames got closer. His ultimate defense was gone. There was no way out of it.
"Please give up!"
He jerked and looked around. HIs eyes landed on Hinata, who was leaning against the railing of the spectators box. She was breathing heavily, and looked to be in pain.
"PLEASE?!"
He felt his heart stop and he slowly nodded. His eyes located Hayate and he mouthed the words, 'I forfeit'.
Hayate nodded and jumped down to the arena.
Sasuke extinguished the flames and waited.
"Shosha: Sasuke Uchiha!"
The crowd went wild. Naruko clapped a bit. She now had to fight him and she knew that it was going to be an interesting match.
"There will be a ten minutes intermission for our fighters to catch their breath and prepare!"
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The Gokage sat in the Kage box. Impressed wasn't even a word they could use. The Kazekage was knocked off kilter. Gaara had just given up his battle, at the request of a girl! He never once tried to transform!
"Sasuke unlocked his Sharingan?" Hiruzen asked himself.
Jiraiya nodded, "Apparently, it happened on that A rank you sent them on. The one at the Daimyo's palace. Then Naruko played a prank to help him unlock Mangekyo. His brother must've taught him how to use it."
"The Genin these days. I can already tell that the six who made it to the Semi-finals will be promoted. There's no way they can't be," Mei stated in awe.
The others nodded in agreement.
Jiraiya was giggling as he pulled out a small notebook. "And now, Sasuke has to fight to girl he loves. Yet said girl does not feel the same and wants him to change his mind before it's too late. This is gold! I'm going to make so much money off these two!"
Tsunade glared, "You're going to write porn about them?!"
Jiraiya leaned onto the Hokage's chair and sighed, "I don't think this one will have any smut in it. A book like this, will fly off the shelves and women everywhere will be dying to buy something with a story like theirs. With their permission to use real life events, so long as I change their names and give them a share of the profits of course. Yes, I even know what I'll call it!"
There was silence.
"Well, what are you calling it?" A asked.
Jiraiya winked, "You'll see when it comes out!"
Everyone sighed. He probably didn't have a name for it and was just pretending.
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Sasuke and Naruko stood apart from each other.
Sasuke was smirking. "How about we have a bet?"
"What kind of bet? Cause, you lost the last one we had and I have yet to call upon my favor."
His smirk widened, "The loser has to treat the victor to dinner. Anywhere they want."
"We go out to eat a lot. I don't really see what's different about this."
Sasuke nodded. She had a point. "Okay then. The loser has to kiss the winner for fifteen seconds."
"No!"
"Why, are you scared?" he taunted.
"Not really. In the end, you'll get to kiss me either way! So no! How about the loser owes the winner a favor? I like that one."
Sasuke sighed, "Then you'll owe me a million kisses when I win."
Naruko snorted, "Not likely!"
Hayate looked between them. The Uchiha was in love and was trying every possible thing he could think of to get her to like him. It was funny, in a cute kind of way.
He gave a low cough, "The Final Match of the Third exam will commence. Naruko Uzumaki Namikaze of Konohagakure and Sasuke Uchiha of Konohagakure will be battling with these!"
He handed the Genin their weapons. "Please remove all other weapons from your person. You can use Ninjutsu, Genjutsu, Taijutsu, Fuuinjutsu, Senjutsu, Iryo Jutsu, Kekkai Ninjutsu, Hiden Jutsu, Kinjutsu, Dojutsu and Kekkei Genkai. The attack that decides the match, must be used, with those."
Naruko and Sasuke looked at the 'weapons' they were given.
Naruko looked at Hayate like he was crazy, "You want me to kick his ass, with a piece of construction paper?!"
Hayate mastered the art of looking dead serious in the middle of a humorous situation. His expression gave nothing away. As proctor, he was allowed to add anything he wanted to the battles and he decided that this was a funny way to end the exams.
He looked to the spectators, "Our combatants will be using construction paper as their only weapons. Their winning blow must be made with the paper!"
The people started laughing.
"PAPER?!"
"OH HOW THREATENING!"
"HA HA HA HA HA!"
Sasuke looked completely lost and Naruko was going to show everyone just how 'threatening' paper could be!
She and Sasuke removed their weapons. She dropped the swords, the Kasai Shiruku, her breastplate, her shoes, her hitai-ate that she had wrapped around her waist under the breastplate, her hair tie, which was a small version of the Kasai Shiruku. Damn the Fire Silk for being considered a weapon!
All Sasuke had to remove was his weapons pouch and here she was practically stripping! Damn the universe!
Sasuke was giving her a smirk, "You can keep going."
"Proctor, start the match!" she growled.
"Hajime!"
Naruko made a hand sign, "Taju Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!"
A hundred Naruko's appeared and ran at the Uchiha.
The real Naruko hung back and began folding her paper as fast as she could.
Her Bunshin were taken care of easily and she created a hundred more, while folding the paper faster.
Coughing bastard! Adding shit like this at the end!
You have to admit that's it's an interesting twist!
My ass is more interesting! This is fucking retarded!
Language Kit!
Fuck you! YES!
Naruko grinned as she finished. She then created several more Kage Bunshin that attacked Sasuke while she ran around the arena, slapping Hiraishin seals over every wall and tree.
The rest of her Bunshin were dispatched. She turned to face Sasuke, "It is finished!"
"What's finished?" he asked, looking at his piece of paper.
"My masterpiece!"
She held up the six pointed paper shuriken.
He frowned, "You know Origami?"
"Yes! Now remember Sasuke, don't let me touch you, no matter how much you may want me to. If I land a seal on you, you know you'll be finished." What Naruko didn't tell him, was that she'd put a seal on the shuriken.
She pulled it back, charged it with wind chakra and let it fly.
Sasuke smirked and activated his Sharingan, ready to catch it. However he saw the chakra covering it and moved to the side, just quick enough to dodge the weapon. He wasn't expecting Naruko to appear before him and shove her open palm onto his chest. She was gone before he even lost his breath. He fell to the ground.
She appeared on the other side of the arena, hand on one of her seals.
"Get ready Ducky!"
She disappeared again, her form coming together in front of his eyes. She had the shuriken filled with wind chakra at his throat. A wicked gleam in her eye.
"Forfeit." She said loudly. Then, much lower, "Remember, invasion. If you want to continue, remember, I still have nine other reserves of chakra to use and two Kage Bunshin focusing Sennin Modo for me. You won't last long and we need you for the fight."
Sasuke sighed. He'd lost to her. Again. Although, he mused, it wasn't so bad. She was straddling him and didn't even know it.
"I forfeit," he called loudly.
Naruko stood with nod and helped him to his feet. "Thanks. I really didn't like the idea of having to use other stuff on you. And I know for a fact, that you wouldn't use hellfire on me."
The spectators were cheering for Naruko. It was rare for a kunoichi to win the Chunin Exams and the women were proud that she'd won. Everyone who had placed money on her was glad she'd won. A lot of people were were in good spirits.
Everything was good, until a mass Genjutsu was placed on the arena. Then a barrier went up around the Kage Box and everything went to pot when the Kazekage was revealed to be Orochimaru.
Naruko and Sasuke were working together, beating the crap out of the Suna and Oto shinobi when a mass rise in chakra alerted them to a new presence.
They looked to the top of the east wall of the stadium, to see a pink haired, green eyed individual.
Naruko elbowed Sasuke, "Is that Pinky?"
Sasuke nodded as the girl jumped down to the arena.
"Hello Sasuke-kun! Blonde Bitch!"
Naruko glared, "Your family was arrested. How did you get here?"
Sakura scoffed, "Orochimaru-sama saw my intelligence. He saw that I'm worthy to have as a teammate. As a reward for giving him all the information I had on the Uchiha clan, he'd give my Sasuke-kun and I power unlike any other, so that we can be together and his parents couldn't do anything about it!"
Naruko looked to said Uchiha, "You want to handle that?"
Sasuke nodded, "Sakura, I don't like you. In any way. I like Naruko." And with that, he planted his mouth on Naruko's cloth covered one.
When he pulled away, she flicked him in the nose, "Not what I meant!"
He shrugged, "Good enough though. Besides, she looks pissed."
Both looked over to the pinkette who was shaking in rage. "You bitch! You cast a spell on my Sasuke-kun! I'll kill you! With the power Orochimaru-sama gave me!"
Black markings began spreading across her face, and started to glow red. Her hair became fiery red and her eyes turned gold, with black sclera. Two black horns were protruding from her head and her nails grew into claws, as her teeth elongated into sharp points. There were black as well.
Naruko shivered in disgust. Black teeth were so unattractive! It made the person look like they had a disease!
Two black wings sprouted from the girls back and she lifted into the air.
Naruko briefly looked at sasuke, "That's what'll happen if you use the Ten no Juin. You'll look something like that."
"Ugh!"
"I know."
Sakura began cackling madly. Naruko and Sasuke just waited for her to finish. They wanted to see if the mark actually helped her like she said it would.
The biggest...mistake...of their lives.
They let her try and show off, only to be severely unimpressed. Her speed was that of an Academy fourth year and she still knew no jutsu. She engaged Naruko in Taijutsu and was batted aside like nothing.
A masked man appeared beside Pinky. "Why are you having such trouble?" he asked.
Naruko looked at the masked man. "Did you get any info on her before you agreed to take everything she said as the truth?" She used a condescending tone, trying to make him feel stupid.
The man remained silent, not taking her bait.
Naruko shook her head. "You should have. She was dropped for being useless, a whiner and a stalker. All information she had on us, the info that Orochimaru spouted when he ambushed us, was false. Sasuke doesn't want to kill Itachi and I don't want power as fast as possible. She knows nothing about us. I asked her what his favorite food was once and she gave his least favorite. Anything she 'knows', is actually the opposite of the truth. I pity Orochimaru for listening to her."
The masked man looked at Sakura, who paled.
"You dare lie to Orochimaru-sama?"
She backed up, "No! They're lying! I was Rookie of the Year and everything!"
The man stopped, "Now I know you're lying."
"How would you know anything?!" the pinkette spat.
He removed his mask and Naruko and Sasuke gasped. It was Kabuto.
"I informed everyone in the Chunin exams that Naruko was Rookie of the Year. Everything she said was true. I can tell from your lack of capability. You are useless, and you will suffer for lying to Orochimaru-sama!"
Kabuto's hand glowed green and her hit her in the chest.
Sakura collapsed, coughing up blood.
Kabuto turned to the Genin with a calm smile, "Thank you for telling me this. As a reward, I'll let you live."
He was gone before they could respond. Naruko and Sasuke watched as Sakura continued to cough up blood. They watched when she stopped and keeled over. And they watched as the red liquid, dried into a dark brown.
Naruko shook her head, "She was a fool."
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Things had not gone as Orochimaru planned. He had accidentally trapped everyone in the Kage box in his barrier and now it was twelve against three. Four Kage, two Sannin and other elite guards. All of whom were pissed at him.
He cursed his foolishness.
"Orochimaru-sama!"
He looked to the side to see Kabuto.
"We were given false information! The Haruno girl was wrong on everything she said. Sasuke and Naruko informed me of how everything she thought she knew, was actually false!"
The Hebi Sannin hissed. The stupid girl was useless after all. His senses must've been dulling. Why couldn't he sense it?
Anbu and Jonin began circling the barrier on the outside and Kabuto had to move away. They were waiting for him to lose, or drop the barrier. Well, it wasn't happening!
He faced his opponents again, only to pale. They were charging up their best attacks. He could tell, he was dead. Who knew, that a family of pink haired twits, would be the cause of his demise? It was degrading.
He bit his thumbs and slammed them on the roof top. "Kuchiyose: Edo Tensei!"
Three coffins rose from the roof and opened.
The other Kage gasped at who they saw.
Tsunade was most affected. Her long dead family members were right there! Orochimaru dared to use such an unholy jutsu on her family?!
The Yondaime was another shock. He stood calmly, even though he'd just been resurrected in the middle of a war.
The three revived Hokage looked at each other and then to the people in front of them.
"Tsunade," the Shodaime and Nidaime chorused.
Jiraiya looked at his pupil in shock, "Minato."
"Sensei," the blonde haired Kage nodded in his direction. "What's going on?" He looked at the men beside him. "What are the former Hokage doing here?"
The Nidaime answered, "Edo Tensei. To think my own Jutsu would be used on me at some point. So far, he has yet to seal us."
Jiraiya reacted quickly and pulled something out of his shirt, "Minato, over here!"
The Yondaime looked at the object and was at his sensei's side immediately, his three pronged kunai in hand.
"If you aren't near him, he can't seal you," Jiraiya stated.
The Nidaime was impressed. Seeing one of his Jutsu used so well. It was truly a sight to behold.
The barrier began to shake and above them, they could see fire. Not just any fire. The flames of Amaterasu. The barrier melted away, leaving them open to the world once again.
Orochimaru cursed.
"Good job Ducky! Now get your Uchiha ass over here!"
"I just broke a barrier and you're already demanding things of me. Give me a break!"
"There are no breaks in war!"
Everyone turned to see Sasuke and Naruko approaching.
Naruko stopped and placed her hand on the roof. She then continued on, stopping beside the Sandaime. She laid a seal on his back, along with Tsunade and Jiraiya. She looked over to Orochimaru and noticed the two men.
She was particularly excited to see the Nidaime.
"You're Tobirama Senju, right?" she asked.
He nodded, looking like he was constipated.
"Thanks for making such awesome jutsu! I benefit quite well from them!" She gave him a thumbs up.
Orochimaru grinned at her, "Ah, Naruko. My new body."
"Not at all. You're seal is gone and I will never be your body you pedophile!"
"I'm not a pedophile!"
"So says the guy who captures children and experiments on them," she scoffed.
Four shinobi appeared in front of the two Hokage. Orochimaru smirked, "Meet the Shinobi Yonin Shu."
Naruko snorted, "Four people, whoopie! Taju Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!"
The rooftop was filled with Naruko whom all charged the four shinobi. Naruko looked over to Jiraiya, "Should we Ero-Sennin?"
He nodded and put his hands together. She made a hand sign "Kai!"
Sennin Modo came over her as she dispelled one of the clones she had on standby, gathering natural chakra. Jiraiya followed with his own Sennin Modo a moment later.
They rushed forward and attacked Orochimaru, who had to dodge back, completely missing his chance to seal the two Kage he summoned.
Said Kage jumped away from him, joining the others on the other side of the roof.
Orochimaru twisted and turned away from their attacks. Barely saving himself.
"Help would be great right now!" Naruko yelled, getting everyone's attention.
Tsunade and Hiruzen joined the battle, just as Naruko was kicked away from the Hebi Sannin.
She rolled across the roof and bumped into someone's legs. She looked up, into bright blue eyes.
"Naruko?" a masculine voice asked uncertainly.
She looked the man over. She was looking into the eyes of the Yondaime. The eyes of her father.
He held his hand out and she took it, standing slowly.
"You're okay?" he asked.
She nodded, which caused him to grin happily. "Good!"
She looked at his smiling face and couldn't help herself. She smacked him, hard.
The shocked look on his face, made her feel good. "That was for making me the Kyuubi Jinchuuriki! The first six years of my life were horrible! I get that you had faith in me and all, but this shitty village that you also had faith in, disregarded your dying wish. I've been beaten, tortured and many other things, all because this village is full of blind fools! I don't know what the Konoha you died for was like, but the Konoha of today, isn't it Yondaime-sama!"
Everyone watched in shock as she yelled at him.
"I've gotten over what you've done. I've accepted it, but you need to know how horrible these people are. My heritage was revealed to me a month ago, by one of the Shinobigatana Shichinin Shu, and I went to Jiji. Now that I am the Uzumaki Clan Head and the Namikaze Family Head, I can press charges on nearly everyone in this village if I want. But what good is that going to do me, dad? I've got people who used to chase me with torches and weapons kissing my ass because they're scared of me. They know they were in the wrong, and are trying to save their skins. Not because they think I'm a hero. I'm still a demon in their eyes. But I'm a demon, with power over them. They don't want me to kill them, because they know I'm in the right if I decide to!"
Minato gaped at her words. He hadn't expected her life to be what she described. He had believed in the village to do the right things. Yet, from his own daughters mouth, he was hearing something he'd never thought he'd hear.
He looked her over. Her odd style clothing, a breastplate of all things. And even a mask like Kakashi wore. She had two large swords on her back with some Fire Silk wrapped around her waist. Her blue eyes, were burning with emotion and her blonde hair, stopped at her waist. He wished he could see her face. He wondered why she wore a mask at all.
"I'm sorry Naruko. I truly believed that Konoha would be open minded and accepting of you. I didn't want this to happen."
She sighed, "Sorry for hitting you. It's just something I've always wanted to do. Father or not. The only time I could ever get away with hitting a Kage and I really wanted to so it. I really forgave you, and it was only because Kyuubi and I are good friends now. If we hated each other, you'd be on my shit list."
The Sannin and their sensei continued their battle and the other Kage watched the father daughter confrontation.
The Shodaime and the Nidaime were interested in the conversation. The Yondaime Hokage had sealed the Kyuubi no Youko into his own daughter and had died due to it, if his resurrection as anything to go by. She'd had a horrible life and only recently found out that her father was the one to seal a Biju inside her. Her father was the Yondaime. They could only imagine what her life had been like.
How far the Leaf had fallen from the Great Tree.
Naruko and Minato stared at each other. A moment between them that no one would ever understand.
He held up a fist and Naruko copied the action. Their fists connected and an orange light enveloped them.
"I believe you are ready," he told her.
The orange light was absorbed into Naruko's body.
"I have released my chakra from your seal, and have given you the Yin half of Kyuubi's chakra. You are now a complete Jinchuuriki. I trust that you can control it?"
Naruko nodded, "There's nothing I can't handle!"
He smiled, "Very good then."
He wrapped his arms around her and sighed, "I only wish I could've had more time with you. But, once the person who uses the Edo Tensei is killed, those under his control will finally move on."
Naruko sighed, "Don't worry. I have Ero-Sennin. He can tell me all about you."
Minato laughed at the nickname. "Okay then. It's good that you have him now. And Tsunade-sama as well. I have one more thing to tell you. The key, for your seal. Ask Jiraiya-sensei. He knows where it is."
Naruko nodded, "Thanks. Now, how about we join in on the battle and unleash the ultimate Kiiroi Senko tag team?" She pulled the Raijin off her waist and let her chakra run through it.
The Nidaime gasped when he saw his own weapon. Quite the interesting Genin she was.
Minato grinned, "Let's!"
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Hiruzen Sarutobi sighed as he recalled the events of the day. Chunin Exams. Invasion. The resurrection of his sensei's and his successor. Naruko meeting her father and having a heart to heart with him. Finally killing Orochimaru, and watching as the Edo Tensei was released, letting the dead finally move on.
It was such a hectic day. The good thing was, that even though they didn't have much time to prepare, they didn't suffer much damage in the attack. Only a couple casualties and none of them were civilians or any of the Daimyo.
Naruko had managed to convince the Suna Jinchuuriki to not attack the village. He could've broken out at any moment, but chose not to. When asked, Naruko stated that the Ichibi Jinchuuriki had a crush on the Hyuga heiress and she'd be offended if he attacked her village. She also promised to help him get Hinata. So, the teen had agreed to go silently, without question.
He sighed. There was so much ahead of them now. Choosing who became Chunin. Choosing his next successor, so that he could finally retire for good. Getting everything that was destroyed in the attack, repaired. Dealing with the Prisoners of War.
There was just a lot of things on his plate. Saki and Sakuro Haruno were found dead in their cell and Sakura was killed by Kabuto Yakushi in the Chunin Exam Arena. The two guards who'd been watching them, were the only ones to die in the attack.
Quite the day indeed.
And now, he had to face the bane of every Kage's existence! A mountain of paperwork!
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Naruko and Sasuke sat in Ichiraku's, eating ramen.
Naruko looked over to her friend, "You owe me another favor you know?"
"Shut it!"
A/N: Another one bites the dust!
This was for all of you! A Very Merry CHRISTmas To You All!
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