"The line up is posted!" Came an excited voice. Naruko perked up looking upwards away from her game. She snapped her head down.
"CHEAT!" Naruko accused.
"What how did you see that?" Karin puffed her cheeks out while folding her arms. Naruko chuckled and stood up.
"Let's go see who we're up against." Naruko grabbed Karin's hand and pulled her up.
Temari vs. Shikamaru Nara
Kankuro vs. Shino Aubrame
Sasuke Uchiha vs. Gaara
Naruko Uzumaki-Hatake vs. Neji Hyuga
Karin vs. N/A
"Naruko you can't murder the poor boy!" Naruko pouted. She was about to protest when Sakura interrupted.
"C'mon Haku's awake!" Sakura informed the double trouble duo. Karin and Naruko quickly followed behind her through the village and to Haku's hospital room.
"Haku!" Naruko yelled and squished the poor older girl in a hug. Just then Zabuza burst through the door and once his eyes met with Haku's open ones he shoved Naruko out of the way and picked up the girl. Naruko glared at Zabuza from the corner where she landed but couldn't find it in herself to stay mad..
"You are not a tool. You're a human being." Zabuza choked out barely holding back his tears. Haku just stared blankly. "Haku?" He asked after Haku didn't move. "Haku?" He asked again, letting go. Haku still sat there unmoving staring blankly ahead. "W-whats wrong with her why isn't she responding!?" He began to panic. Luckily Tsunade came into the room before Zabuza could full on panic.
"She is completely aware of everything going on but you probably just shocked her so much by telling her everything she thought is wrong." Tsunade chuckled. Haku in turn shook her head as though to clear thoughts.
"What?" She said dumbly. Zabuza sighed in relief as Haku finally showed signs of intelligence.
"Also since I have been healing Haku as she slept she is good to go right now." Tsunade smiled. "Sarutobi-sensei told me that it is the same arrangement for her as it is right now for you Zabuza." Zabuza nodded knowing what she meant. They would be housed at the Uzumaki-Hatake house. Naruko groaned and Karin snapped over to look at her in disbelief thinking the groan was annoyance.
"We need a bigger house." Naruko groaned and Karin mumbled ohhh in understanding. It was pretty cramped already in their house and adding another person would make it very cramped. Oh well with the chunnin exams going on house hunting was not an option.
"First up is Temari of the Hidden Sand vs. Shikamaru Nara of the Hidden Leaf!" Called the announcer. "Get into place and three, two, one, GO!" Temari lunged forward. She had to knock out this stupid leaf genin and even better if she could put him out of commission than the invasion would be just a little easier. Temari opened her fan and swung downwards only to miss. The boy had stepped to the side. He pushed chakra into his hand and shove it into her side sending her flying.
"I forfiet!" He said. Temari stood dumbfounded.
"WHAT YOU CAN'T DO THAT!" She protested.
"Actually he can." The announcer told her. She had to be dragged back to the stands still fuming and sputtering.
The other fights went quick Shino won his battle and Sasuke lost his but no one saw what exactly happened as sand had covered Gaara and Sasuke. All they knew was Sasuke was unconscious and Garra wasn't once the sand disappeared.
Naruko felt something was off but brushed the uneasy feelings away. She needed to focus on her battle. She walked slowly down to the arena reluctant to leave her friends with the unexplainable uneasy feeling in her gut.
"Naruko Uzumaki-Hatake vs. Neji Hyuga BEGIN!" Naruko didn't want to waste time so she lunged first.
Up in the stands Shikamaru's eyes widened. Naruko had been discussing strategies to use in her battle with him earlier in the day and they decided she wouldn't attack first. He also noticed a desperation in her attacks. I was a quickness but not full on panic like something was going to happen she just didn't know what. Shikamaru slowly made his way over to the Hokage. He quickly tells the old man to tell his ANBU to be on guard something was up.
A big explosion came from on the field. Naruko was covered in dirt and Neji was spotless. Neji smirked getting cocky. Neji lunged for the small girl and hit five consecutive chakra points. Naruko screamed in anger at herself for getting sloppy when a kunai embedded itself into her shoulder.
Time seemed to slow down Neji's eyes widened as he saw the kunai. He hadn't throw that! Naruko fell to the ground grasping her shoulder which was now bloody.
The ANBU came out of the shadows weapons ready. No one got a chance to stop the Jounin Sand Nin that lunged at Naruko with a katana in hand. Kakashi tried to run through the frozen crowd but he wouldn't make it in time. Much to all the civilians surprise but not much to the shinobi Naruko smirked when the sand nin, whom was laughing like a lunatic, was right in front of her. She whispered something that no-one could make out. Suddenly Naruko was no longer in front of the man but behind him.
"Don't fuck with me bitch!" She snarled all the while smiling at the man. The kunai he threw into her shoulder was now plunged into his heart killing him.
"LANGUAGE!" Kakashi and Iruka screamed from the stands in unison. Naruko smiled sheepishly and scratched the back of her head as if she had not just murdered a person. Murdered the word rung over and over again in her head, she froze. Neji used this to fight dirty. He kicked her into a wall. She laid there unmoving just staring blankly.
"Get up and fight our match is not over yet the ANBU will fight the enemy nin, Demon!" He taunted. Naruko just stared not reacting at all. Neji frowned and picked her up by her collar. "You talked a pretty damn big game at the preliminaries!" He threw her body across the battlefield. She just sat.
"NARUKO GET YOUR ASS INTO GEAR!" Shikamaru shouted. "MOPE LATER!" Naruko began to move but sluggishly so. She pulled out... a dull kunai? She half heartedly lept at Neji swinging the kunai carelessly in front of her in the older boy's direction. He picked up a rock next to his feet and smiled nastily at the girl heading his direction.
The stone started to glow being infused with chakra. "Lay down on your back and expose your belly like the submissive bitch you should be DEMON!" He pelted the rock. unfourtanly for him he triggered another stronger memory. One of three boy in the school yard when Iruka stood up for her and for the first time she realized just how good it felt to be worried over. The rock went shooting her way.
The Hyuga's smiled they would have to praise the boy he earned a place in the family today. In the background ANBU were taking out enemy sand nin their invasion failing horribly.
The rock cut into her cheek and cut off a strand of hair. The blood dribbled down her cheek and onto the few bits of hair that were blowing forwards from the slight breeze. It was like a ripple effect. The little red spot of blood in her hair began to spread turning the rest of her hair red.
"Kushina?" Some shinobi gasped. Naruko lunged forwards aiming a kick for Neji's gut. The hand to hand lasted a few minutes before time was finally called.
Sadly for Naruko Neji won. There was only one thing, Naruko wasn't reacting when Neji was announced the winner. She was staring at the hokage. She made a few hand signs before disappearing.
Now she was behind the Hokage her hand in Gaara's gut. Gaara snarled at her and scratched her face. She pulled her hand out sand closing in where her hand had been and gives an odd look to Gaara.
"You have one inside you too. Mine has nine what about yours?" She talks in a quiet voice. Gaara's eyes widen.
"How do you know that!?" He quickly snaps in a angry but somehow quite voice. Naruko shrugs. Gaara contemplates something for a moment before talking again. "One, mine has one." Naruko smiles.
"What were you going to do to Hokage sama?" She smiles her expression reminiscent of when Kakashi hides the fact that he is about to murder you.
"Orochimaru of the Hidden Sound made a pact with our hokage. It's an invasion." Gaara says like it's not important.
"Your hokage is dead. His body smells rotten." She says finally close enough to the sand village's hokage to smell his disgusting odor. Gaara looks at her in confusion.
"What do you mean he's dead!?"
AN- Sorry this chap was so not my best but I wanted to get out at least on chap since I haven't updated in a while.