Chapter 36: Reunion after Death Part II

She didn't know what to do. The woman who for as long as she could remember had been her inspiration and light had changed into something else. The very woman who had stolen her heart with just being herself had lost that part of her. The person that to her was almost a standard to live by been corrupted by pain.

'I trust her… I love her… I love Naruko-chan!' Hinata tried to reason as her body kept moving of its own accorded.

"But is that woman really Naruko?" a voice that sound like hers but rougher echoed in her mind.

'What? Of course she is! Naruko-chan showed that she still loves her family!' she tried to reason with the voice with thinking. She didn't know how but she felt like she knew who the voice was.

"Yet that woman still showed that she has no problem killing people." the voice countered with disgust.

'But it was out of rage… S-S-She wouldn't have done it if-'

"If what? If that woman had been of sound mind? I-We saw those memories and we felt them. Even in hate that woman felt no remorse for what she did. We've seen people like Valkyrie and we come to the same conclusion… Rabid dogs needs to be put down." the internal voice explained with cold seriousness.

'Naruko-chan is not a rabid dog!'

"But Valkyrie clearly has no problem with killing! Did Valkyrie not tell us that she view her soldiers as nothing but pawns when we net her? Did Valkyrie not tell us that Naruko Uzumaki was dead? Did Valkyrie not showed us she nothing but-"

'SHUT UP!' Hinata screamed in her mind her hands on her ears. Yet her body kept moving towards the open door.

"Why? Because I'm telling you the truth? Naruko Uzumaki died in the Valley of the End at the hands of Sasuke Uchiha! After that a new person was born; a person that had nothing to do with the Hidden Leaf. Then this very person found a true home filled with love. Did she not?"

'Yes but that was still Naruko-chan! She was still filled with love and kindness!' Hinata screamed at the voice as her body started to pass through the threshold of the door.

"And you're right but that's all in the past." the voice commented as the door close behind them.

'No it is not!'

"It's true and we know it. Valkyrie herself told us that her love died when her family was killed. Oh that's another thing! Get this through your skull! SHE'S STRAIGHT! How the hell are you going to change that, huh?! People can't change and that is the solid truth. The assholes in the clan's Elder Council are proof of that after we got better and beat our sister. So there is no way in hell Valkyrie would ever show any interest in your advances. In fact I would say she's disgusted with you just like those old hypocritical old farts in the council."

'You're wrong! Naruko-chan is different she-'

'I'm sorry Hinata-chan but it's best this way. I don't want to sully your pure soul with my sins.'

"Oh what now? Are you going to take that as a confession of love? Is your world view around her so deluded by your obsession that you're going to take that as her loving you? Tsk, you're nothing but a stupid fangirl that thinks everything about her love is perfect."

'You're wrong… Naruko is not perfect.'

"Huh?" the voice responded and Hinata could feel the raised eyebrow alongside the question.

'Naruko-chan is not perfect. She has always been someone you could influence easily if you talk kindly to her. She that only person I know that could beat the Akamichi Clan in an eating competition and that is only if the food is ramen. Her academic knowledge is almost next to none and unless you beat a concept into her there's a big chance she won't get it. She immature, foolish, loves pranking everyone that get on her bad side, she a motor mouth, she has no problem with insulting authority at their face and she's not above throwing a fit if it meant getting a new jutsu. But…'

"But what?" the voice asked again with more curiosity.

'But Naruko Uzumaki had no HAS one constant and that is that she never gives up. That is her nindō her ninja way and it mine as well.' Hinata answered with her head held up high.

"Tsk you're only going to get hurt in the long run." the voice said with disgust and yet she could feel respect. "Just know that chances are that even if you save Naruko-chan now and she'll die later."

'Even so I prefer that she passes on knowing that some loved her instead of everyone hating her.' she responded to the voice and turned around to open the door. "And thank you." she added and reentered the house that held the person that had truly captured her heart.

As the door closed a woman stood beside it while looking on with mix feelings. This woman looked identical to Hinata except she was dress in a similar fashion to Anko Matarashi. The only differences were that instead of a full fishnet shirt it was a midriff fishnet under her opened blue jacket and that she had lipstick like Kurenai.

"Tsk, I still say you're a weak little bitch." the Anko like Hinata commented with a smirked as her body started to fade into light. "Damn mindscape and its ability to do anything. It's confusing as fuck." and with that the more… opened part of Hinata's mind disappeared back into its proper place inside the Hyūga princess.

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[Inside the Memory House]

As she held the album she did know how to feel. The house felt much more silent and for that she was thankfully. But at the same time it showed her just how only she really was. Here in that house holding an album that held all of her greatest sins she understood her place. It made her smirk at the hilarity of it all.

Ever since her husband and son had been killed she has felt dead. She even considered herself a walking corpse in some instances but she would be a full one.

"Heh, how ironic is this? Seriously I felt like a fucking zombie all of this time and it wasn't until I found they were really that I finally find death." Naruko commented while moving back to the couch with the red album in hand. "But good came from it since now no one else will have to sufferer the death sentence that's knowing me."

With that she reached and sat on the couch again. Yet as the whiskered female did so she heard the door open once more. At this she turned her head and glared at the female Hyūga that once more invaded her mind.

"What the hell is this about now?" she growled and got up. "I thought I told you to fuck off or did my true self just scared you enough that you want to finish the job and finally kill me?" the white haired woman inquired with a hard bite in her words.

Hinata on the other hand just look straight at Naruko in the eyes but said nothing. She only moved forward with a determination in her steps that Naruko had only seen when the smaller teen fought her cousin. But there was something else in those pear eyes. She could not tell what it was but made her feel to two things.

One was fear like what was about to happen was something she secretly wanted but at the same time hope it would never happen. Almost like one would feel knowing the chances of getting your dream job was but a few words away yet you felt that that you did not deserve it no matter how hard you worked for it. This confused her yet the most confusing thing about this coming ordeal was the second feeling.

She felt elation like one would feel when a worthy challenge was presented to them. It was like Hinata was about to challenge. Like they were about to commence a battle of will and the winner would decided the fate of the other. It was like her competitive spirit had been awakened from inside her dying body. She knew she would die soon and there was no reason for her to feel this exited but something in the bluenette's pearl like eye ignited a flame that she did not understand.

However Naruko did not let anything of this show as she continued to glare defiantly with arms crossed under her chest as Hinata kept walking towards her. Neither of the women spoke as the smaller of the two continued her journey towards the tallest. All they did was watch the other almost unblinking as they glaze each other directly in their eyes. It was complete silence for the two as Hinata gentle feet touch the wooden floor without so much as a creek until Hyūga reach her 6ft tall target.

Sapphire met pearl and time almost came to a stop.

Two women considered by their peers as legends in the making stared at each other unflinching. The Hyūga stared up towards the Uzumaki while the Uzumaki herself stared down at the Hyūga. Both met the other's gaze with equal power and determination. It was a battle of wills between them as neither move or said anything.

"I am afraid of the person you have become." Hinata announce with such straightness and determination that Naruko herself blink in surprise.

She had being expecting anything; another declaration of love, arguments on how she was not who she said she was or even something like she was under Kyūbi's influence… but this? It almost made her feel disappointed to think that-

"I'm scared that you could kill someone's son in front of their begging mother. I'm scared that you don't show displeasure or pleasure in killing. I'm scared that you let yourself fallen so much into hate that you're trying to see people as pawns. I'm scared that you have accepted death as something that happens so regularly around you that you have been desensitize to it. Be it you killing people, people killing for you, people dying or you yourself dying." here she stop to let her speech sink in. "But do you know what really terrifies me?" the Byakugan user inquired while looking directly at the blue eye female.

"No… What is it?" questioned the surprised Uzumaki.

"That you gave up." Hinata simply said in a low but calm voice.

But for Naruko it was more when she recoiled back as if she had been punched in the face. Seeing this Hinata gave her a small gentle smile. Then she gently held the face of the woman almost 10 inches taller than her and closed her own eyes.

"Naruko-chan you are many things: childish, immature, stubborn as a mule, easy to anger, loud, lacking in book smarts, a glutton when it comes to ramen, none too hygienic, have a somewhat awful fashion sense for a kunoichi-"

"Are you done or you going to continue until I bleed to death?" was the questioned that cut her rant short and the words held some bite.

Not understanding this or why she felt Naruko's left eye twich she opened her eyes. She couldn't stop the stray giggles that escape her lips upon the sight of the Uzumaki. Apparently her words were far more hurtful then one would expect than just pointing out peoples flaws would be inside the mindscape. After all Naruko had been run through by giant arrows composed each flaw she had pointed out and looked to be bleeding.

'She looks like a manga character!' Hinata thought will giggling at the sight of the annoyed Naruko.

Even so as she gently made the arrows disappeared she thought on how much she needed the small laugh. This talked was probably going to be the most important one she ever had until this point in her life. After all success meant that she would be able to save the life of the woman she love yet failure meant she would bear witness to her love slowly die without any hope. So yes, she needed a small laugh to calm her nerves.

Plus if this all worked out she was considered playing around a bit with the endless possibilities of reality alteration this mindscape gave her. She was already forming a few ideas that could probably bring out the prankster in Naruko. But right now there were more pressing matters.

"Sorry." Hinata said with a smile while caressing Naruko's shoulder. "What I was trying to say was that you have flaws like everyone else. But you always had a great gift in you whether you knew or not. The things you do and done always hold great ramifications. Tell me how many kingdoms have you saved? How many Kings or Queens have you saved so they could rule again? Your gift is so great that Nami no Kuni named there bridge after you for Log-sama's sake!"

"…And?" Naruko inquired while averting eye contact with the other female in the room. She didn't need this; she didn't need to be reminded of her younger self. She had already throw away her past for her revenge and now that it was complete there was no reason for her to take it back.

Practically guessing where Naruko's thought were head to from just seeing the look in her eyes Hinata sighed.

"Do you remember Subaku no Gaara?" the fair skinned beauty asked and the whiskered Valkyrie managed to turn back at her with a raised eyebrow at the question.

"Short, red haired, teal color eye, black rings around his eyes, somewhat cute when his eyes are close and a complete bat shit insane psycho with a fetish for killing because he couldn't sleep? Yeah remember him and remembered cracking his skull open with mine. So what about him? Still looking for his next big O?"

"He became the Godaime Kazekage five months after you died. He told us it was to honor the one person that taught him that even he could find precious people. He did it in your honor because if his best friend Naruko Uzumaki could not achieve her dream of becoming a Hokage then he would become the Kazekage and share her teachings. And you know why he change so much from just meeting you?" the Hyūga heiress finished with a small smile at the surprised looked on her love's face.

"No…" the whiskered teen responded too shell-shocked by the revelation.

"It was because you never gave up. That was/is your nindō and mine as well. That's why I will not let you give on life like you're going right now. I'm going to make you fight back until you kick death in the ass." Hinata declared with determination burning in her eyes. Then she placed her right hand between Naruko's breasts… right above the Uzumaki's heart as her head lower and she spoke in a softer tone. "I still have what was left of orange jacket so I know Uchiha Sasuke destroyed your heart in your fight in the Valley of the End. Yet here you are alive… So don't you dare and tell me that you will simply give up over a little cold." she finished and looked determinedly back at Naruko's eye.

For one moment, for one fleeing moment Hinata saw it. She saw that spark in Valkyrie's eyes that told her that the real Naruko Uzumaki was still there. But just as fast as it came the spark vanished and left in its place dull blue eyes. The same eyes that told her that this woman had still given up on living.

"Even if I was to survive this… What is there to live for? All I had was my hatred keeping me together and dulling the pain. But now… *sigh* Now that I realize how foolish it is to start a war to end a war I have nothing to live for but guilt and self hate. I can't even wait for death to reunite me with my family." Valkyrie responded as she took the Byakugan user's hand off her chest and move towards the couch. "There is no place in the afterlife for a monster like me." she added once she sat.

"Naruko-chan, why do you blame yourself for their deaths?" Hinata really did not want to resort to this but she was losing the Uzumaki and if appealing to her kind side didn't work than she would have to anger the white haired female.

"Because I didn't do shit about it!" Valkyrie barked back with a fierce glare. But as the woman closed her eyes and held her head Hinata notice the tears of pain, hate and shame starting to appear. "Dammit! You weren't there! Even if I was tied up to two fucking posts I could've uses my clones! I could have used my Killing Intent to freeze them while I break the ropes! FUCKING DAMMIT! I COULD'VE USED KYŪBI'S CHAKRA BEFORE THEY KILLED MY BABY!" the mourning mother thundered in palpable self hatred as hot tears framed her eyes.

"Naruko-chan-"

"NO! Don't try to defend me! It's because of me that my Ken'ichi-kun and Masaru-kun are dead! I did nothing to save them." the broken woman whispered I tears as she relived every single second of that day. "It's my fault…"

"I agree."

"WHAT?!" Naruko screamed and bolted out of her sit to stand and tower over the the unflinching Hyūga. "WHAT THE FUCKING HELL DO YOU MEAN BY THAT?!"

"I meant what I said. You were right. It is your-" Hinata tried to continue but found it hard to do when fist smashed into her face and made her crash unto the unlit fire place. When her head and eyes caught up with the rest of her she noticed Naruko looking at her with unholy rage in her tear drenched eyes. 'Good I can use this anger. But damn that punch felt Tsunade-sama's during her "light training" sessions.'

"SHUT UP YOU STUPID BITCH! I KNOW IT WAS MY FUCKING FAULT THEY'RE DEAD!" the last Uzumaki screamed to the top of her lungs and tears burning her eyes.

"Then stop making the same mistake!" the Hyūga heiress screamed back with enough force and determination.

"Wha… WHAT THE HELL IS THAT SUPPOSE TO MEAN?!" Naruko barked in rage but for some reason that she could not understand what was said hurt her. Yet she started hearing whispers in her head; whisper that sound death like the voice that had previously controlled her actions. She couldn't understand them but for some reason she felt like killing Hinata would stop it.

"You're doing it again! Here you are able to fight for people yet all you're doing is giving up and turning your back on the people you care about because you're scared!" the bluenette announce.

"I-I-I NO! You're wrong! I-I made sure that I have no one to care for or protect!" the salt haired but flashes started appearing to in her. People and faces she knew…

It was the faces of all the people she meet in Valka Village. Then as the whispers started asking her to killing Hinata she suddenly started remembering the many conversations she had with everyone. From the simplest "How are you?" greeting to even asking her about her pregnancy. Yet the whispers kept trying to convince her to kill Hinata while at the same time more memories tried resurface.

To Naruko it felt like thousands of people were trying the yell at her ears at the same time. Her head pulsate in pain as she placed her hand over her ears and managed to sit back on the couch. It hurt so much to her to re-experience her life plus the loud whispering that she was half a second away from exploding in rage to stop it all. But then she heard Hinata's voice cut through it all.

"Can you really say that? Can you real mean to tell me that Naruko Uzumaki could not make friends and that she doesn't care about them?" Hinata questioned while she crouched in front of the sitting white haired female. 'Everything in this house that holds a memory is glowing so intensely… Guess it means she remembering everything at the same time.' she considered upon seeing the pictures and portraits glowing while she moved in front of Naruko.

"S-S-Stop… please… I'm dying… don't make… me… don't need to… remember… just… SHUT UP!" the Uzumaki begged as she tried to silence everything. She was dying and there was no reason for her to have to go through as of this!

"This is all her fault! Kill her! KILL HER! " the whispers ordered her.

"Naruko-chan! Look at me!" Hinata's voice rang out once more but this time it a muffled.

"Don't do it! Just silence to her! Just kill her! She's the cause of your pain!" the child like whispers again to her.

"No…" Naruko fought back against everything. Then she felt something brushing her face and slowly pointed her eyes. As her eyes slowly focused she found Hinata's worried face looking at her while caressing her face. The Hyūga's lips moved yet she couldn't hear what said to her. But she tried to concentrate once more on those lisp that right now were the only thing keeping her sane.

" Naruko-chan do understand me?" she was able to make out and she nodded n response. The lisp smiled and moved again. "Do you remember your dream?"

"T-T-To be Hokage?" she answered but did not know why. Her head hurt too much to really think yet Hinata's hands… they felt so soft and refreshing. They continued to gently caresses her face and head… it made her feel safe. She was even once more close her eyes as those heavenly hands.

"True and do you remember why?" Hinata gently asked.

"So that… people will… look up to me and… respect me?" Naruko responded slowly as the voices started to dissipate.

"No Naruko-chan. Remember on the Wave's Mission? Who did you meet and what did they say to you?" she heard Hinata asked her gently. But why that mission was so long ago…

"Haku-chan… She said… When a person has something important they want to protect that's when they can become truly strong." Naruko responded as the memory flash before her closed eyes clearer then any other.

"And what change for you after that?" Hinata asked while taking Naruko hands into hers. Yet Naruko did not need them covering her ears anymore as the voices almost completely gone.

"My dream to be Hokage… I decided that I would be the Hokage to protect my precious people not for the admiration." she answered softly while opening her eyes which were much calmer now just like her mind.

"Then why are you giving up? Don't you have people that are precious to you? Don't you want to protect them?" Hinata questioned her while putting their hands down on her lap.

At the question faces flashed before her. The faces of everyone in Valka village, the faces of every woman she saved in Eagle's Nest and the faces of the mercenaries in Greil's. Then slowly the faces for her soldiers started to appear to her; Roy, Riza, Masaru, Elzy, Armstrong, Martel, Mjoll and so on.

It brought new tears to her eyes but these ones were for a different type of shame. This shame was because she had let herself be controlled by her hatred for this long that she lost sight of what was in front of her. She let her quest to get revenge for what was taken from her get in between realizing what she had now. She had gained friends, allies and precious people that she felt the needed to protect.

She could possibly have another chance at being… if only through seeing their happy faces.

"I want to protect them… But I'm too weak." Naruko whispered while clenching her fist. She lowered her head to avoided Hinata's gaze.

"Then ask for help." Hinata announce the Uzumaki slowly raised her head with eyes full of confusion as she looked onto the crouching Hyūga. "Don't you remember Naruko-chan? A Konoha Shinobi or civilian fights for their allies and their allies fight for them. That is the Will of Fire: to love, cherish and protect that which you love be it the village itself or your friend, family or lover. That's the philosophy that has been taught to us since we were little children and even if you aren't a kunoichi anymore you should at least try to live by that noble philosophy."

"But they will see me as a weakling and lose faith in me." the Uzumaki responded while lowering her head again in depress and unsure of herself. Hinata on the other smiled softly and lifted Naruko's chin so their eyes would meet again.

"Being strong isn't being able to do everything by yourself. No, being strong means that you know when to ask for help from your friends because you value them and know that you can't do everything by yourself. That also called teamwork and if I remember correctly Kakashi-sesnei should've shown you that."

It took a few moments after Hinata had finished but for the first time Naruko managed to laugh although small and somewhat low it still felt good. It had being far too long since she had been able to so much as crack a smile yet Hinata here managed made her smile. Maybe she could finally accept the Hyūga and learned again how one could be happy.

"He did… heh, not that our team ever worked…" Log-sama she couldn't believe how bad that pun was but at least she and Hinata shared a good chuckle about it. "But maybe your right… maybe my… friends could help me now."

"If you continue to fight, it will be for the best to rely on others." the heiress announced with a nod. The Uzumaki on the other hand gave a small frown.

"But I don't think waging war is the right way to stop a war… Not anymore at least."

"I think so too but there are times when one must fight with their fist instead of their words. You can find multiple ways to bring peace through non-violent means. You can make schools to increase the general public's knowledge, increase the effective productivity of crops and food, make more jobs for people so when war ends soldiers still have a purpose as humans, increase trades to increase economy, increase public security, spread the Will of Fire and the words of the Log which are but a simple Substitution Jutsu away. But there will always be people that get jealous of your success or simply because they want to create conflict. Then you'll have to be ready to fight for what you worked for, what you believe in and for your people." Hinata finished a conviction and determination that made Naruko swore she was talking to her 12 year old self.

It was funny. Normally it's her giving speeches that made people want to change. Now the shoe was in the other foot and she finally understood why people change. It was freaking annoying having a brat beat you down by simply telling you what the hell was wrong with you. It made her smirk slightly for millisecond at the irony of it all. Especially so with a few of the things Hinata had said about how she could help the people.

"You're speaking as if I'm some kind of Warlord or Daimyo." Naruko commented with a natural tone. She did this because a lot of emotions were trying to show themselves at once. Emotions she thought had died with her family and would never return. Apparently not all of her died that day just a big part. A part that she knew wouldn't return. What part that had been she did not know but right now she would play it safe and try to stay as apathetic as possible.

Hinata on the other hand smile not the reaction of the face but at the one those blue eyes showed her. Then Hinata's expression was replaced by an innocent look. It was even equipped with a set of white colored eyes looking to the upper left while a lone finger continuously tapped the bottom lip.

"Well if you become the ruler of Gaia I'm pretty sure you can asked for my hand in marriage as away to become an ally with Konohagakure. Sooo…"

"I ain't gay." Naruko responded quickly with a slight smirk/ghost of a smile which made Hinata pout a little but the smile came back. 'Damn this chick is persistent… Kind of hot actually.' the Uzumaki thought and momentary forgetting that Hinata could hear her thoughts. She also seemed to forget that "normally" a straight person doesn't have such thoughts.

Hinata however smirked at those thoughts, almost like one would expect from Anko, and pushed Naruko back onto the couch. Then she straddled the Uzumaki's lap, place her arms around Naruko's shoulders, used her hands to play with the snow like locks and shoot the whiskered female with what could only be called bedroom eyes. Naruko could only blink in confusing at the un-Hinata like behavior as she looked up.

"That can change you know." Hinata whispered and Naruko swore that if she were born a man that voice would definitively be the call of carnal sin. Consequently she graces it with a low chuckled in return and challenged the woman that was clearly trying to seduce her.

"You won't be able to give me a family." she pointed out while keeping her hands away from any part of the Hyūga as their eyes stayed connected. Those hands already playing with her hair were distracting enough thank you very much. Damn her eyes were already closing against her will from how relaxing that massage felt.

"We can adopt." Hinata countered and thank Anko for those seduction lessons. She also thanked every deity in existence that Anko gave her those lessons with a practice dummy dress like Naruko instead of an actually human being.

"I want my own babies as in I had them grow in my womb and then gave birth to them." Naruko fired back although it had very little bite to get Hinata's distracting hands off her head.

"Then we'll look for a good guy, knock him out and you rape him." Hinata responded automatically.

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Blink…

Blink…

Blink…

"I've/You've been spending too much time around Anko." both women said with deadpanned expression as they looked at each other directly in the face.

They only lasted 3 seconds before both of them burst in laughter. They laugh and laugh for what felt like hours. For some reason Naruko felt like a great weight had been lifted off her shoulders. Those two lines had been just so spontaneous and random! It reminded her just how she uses to be; a crazy devil may care happy girl with a dream of greatness and an inclination to pulling pranks on anyone that pissed her off.

Thus she laughed like she hadn't done in almost a full year… No in almost 3 years because she knew that even in Valka Village she had not laughed like this. As such she laughed with Hinata until they started coughing and still they continued to laugh until it because hard to breathe as their lungs burned. Only then did they stop to pant and taking that life giving air their lungs needed.

"You have *pant* an answer for *pant* everything *giggle* don't you." Naruko panted out while resting her head back and trying to calm down the stray giggle.

"If it means *pant* getting you as *giggle* my lover *pant* than yes." Hinata panted out while resting her head on Naruko's right shoulder but still on the Uzumaki's lap.

After that they just stayed like quited for a time. One woman hoping that she managed to reignited the other's will to live. All the while the second woman just tried to think of what to do. She definitely couldn't give up on life now. She had people to protect now that it had been slammed at her face! Yet she didn't know where to start. Well she kind of knew…

"*sigh* Fine I'll fight this sickness and kick it in the balls. Who knows maybe coming from the death will make the Sea Guard want to make a deal and I end up getting my own castle." Naruko announced and thus breaking the peaceful silence they shared after the laughing. Though Hinata noted the Naruko somehow made it sound like it would be really annoying to had control of your own castle. It made her smile.

"Then all that's left is for you to conquer Gaia and asked for my hand in marriage." Hinata declared and Naruko could practically hear the smile on the Hyūga's lips.

"I am not gay." the whiskered woman challenged and felt the Hyūga move but said nothing as she continued to look at the ceiling. But in fact she was too shocked to say anything considering Hinata had started nibbling her right earlobe.

"You will be." Hinata purred with Naruko's earlobe still between her teeth.

Then just as unpredictable as that movement was the Hyūga female disappeared completely out of the mindscape. Yet in her disappearing act she left a very much shell-shocked and blushing Uzumaki. Of course the real reason the bluenette disappeared was becomes she fainted in the mindscape and confusingly woke up in her real body. Either way both women could only had one thing to say about the last moments.

"I/She have/has been spending too much time around Anko." both women unknowingly said at the same time while using their hands to try and hide their luminescent blushes.

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Naruko was felt like killing that psycho bitch that injected that liquid into her like right… fucking… NOW!

It had been a few moments after Hinata had left her mindscape that she tried to wake up. She only succeeded in gaining consciousness but could not open her eyes. Not that she thought it would be a good idea. Right now her body felt heavier than a ton of ramen plus the fucking pain running through her. She had tried to move her right index finger just a little and the simple twitch was rewarded by a shoot of what felt like white hot fire throughout her whole arm. But there was something else that worried her.

She could feel herself wet all over and not like she was being bathed. No, she felt like she was completely submerged in slightly cold water that somehow had a gelatinous like constitution. It was definitively still a liquid but it felt to some extent heavier. Then she noticed that she had a breathing mask on which calmed her down a little. Hence with that she tried to expand her feeling without using any or much chakra incase she was in some sort of trap.

Her feet were mostly floating yet her big toes could feel the floor which actually felt faintly colder. That meant she was clearly in more than 6ft deep worth of this strange liquid. But she could breathe so she was not death not yet anyway. Expanding her senses more she felt that the liquid was indeed not just covering her body but that her body was also completely naked.

'Okay this is getting weird. What they hell is… OW! What is that?!' she wondered and once more tried to feel around.

There were patches placed around her body. Those patches were located on every one of her muscles and one on each side of her forehead. Every 10 seconds they would send a small electroshock to her muscles this was didn't hurt. It was almost as if she was getting a massage. No, it was the one that came every 30 seconds that hurt. But as the seconds rolled by she felt that her body was actually healing itself since she was starting to feel less and less pain. Apparently whoever got her was actually trying to help her. Thus she continued to concentrate.

This time she felt and heard something... it was like tapping…

'Tapping… on glass? Oh this is just fucking great. Apparently I'm sort of fish now. Fuck I guess I'm not out of the woods yet. Wait a moment… I think I can hear voices.' she mentally ranted as she strained her ears to try and hear through both water and glass.

"O… ill… ke… er… ut…ow." was all she could make out.

Next thing she knew was that something metallic had grabbed her wrists and pull her arms apart. After that the patches started to be ripped off one by one. Thankfully the masked stayed on and kept giving her life giving air. However after the last patch was taken off her the water slowly started to be drained out of whatever she was in. Finally when the water was gone she heard the glass screeched downward and considering the draft she felt on her wet body than that meant the glass also served like a door. Plus the room was cold as the snow covered woods for her wet body!

"Dry her off so we can move her to the bed. But be careful her bones will still have cracks in them from when she broke them." she heard the voice of an adult woman order.

"Hai!" three voices rang out and Naruko was thankfully she could tell who those were. Mjoll, Elsy and Mist.

Therefore the Uzumaki continued to play possum as the three took of the mask, dried her off and carefully moved her towards the bed after whatever grabbed her wrist let go. But thing was for sure. The woman ordering them was right her body still hurt like fucking hell. She couldn't even tell whether if she was trying to move her left pinky or her right little toe at this point. Never in her life did she think that being underwater would feel better than being in dry land. Thankfully the trek between whatever it was she had been contained and the bed wasn't long.

"Okay normally I wouldn't do this under any circumstance. But considering our girl here was able to survive the worst easily after I placed her in the Gel Pod I consider that we should try to at least to wake her up. After one all in a few hours she healed what would normally take anyone else about half a lifetime." the fourth woman's voice spoke and Naruko felt fingers tapping on her left arm. Irrational fear ran through her.

'Wake her? I'm already up! Tapping on the arm right over the vien… SHIT! I DON'T WANT THE NEEDLES! Wait a minute… a few hours? Damn I guess I was out longer than I thought. OH FUCK THAT! I NEED GET UP! NO NEEDLES DAMMIT!' the Uzumaki thought as her old childhood fear kicked in.

"Don't you think that would be dangerous for her?" she heard Mjoll questioned.

'MJOLL'S RIGHT! NEEDLES BAD!' Naruko hysterically yelled as her body refused to move. Not that anyone could know what she was thinking or see her internal struggle.

"Probably-"

'FUCKING BITCH!' the Uzumaki cursed out as she felt the needle poke her skin.

"…but she has shown great resilience already." the woman responded as the needle broke the skin and entered the Uzumaki's vein. "Administrating small Adrenaline Shot. Please be ready in case the patient feels any discomfort."

The adrenaline was injected and Valkyrie's eyes snapped open faster than anyone had expected. As the people waited for any reaction the older woman noted that the mismatching blue and red eyes were still adjusting to the light. It took a few seconds but once they did what followed was something no one expected.

"OROCHIMARU!" Valkyrie screamed in unholy rage and forgot completely the state her body was in.

Before anyone could move Valkyrie bolted straight at "Orochimaru" with extreme prejudice. Both them fell onto the ground with the whiskered women straddling the white snake's waist while her hands tried to strangle the life out of the monster. The other three women in the room moved as quickly as they could to stop the murder in progress.

"Valkyrie-sama/Partner stop!" all three of them yelled while grabbing the Uzumaki's arms and even head. However no matter how hard they tug and pull the woman did not budged.

"SHUT UP! IT'S HIS FAULT I'M EVEN HERE! IT'S BECAUSE OF WHAT HE DID TO SASUKE-TEME THAT MY LIFE BECAME A LIVING HELL!" Valkyrie's demonic influence voice roared as she not only started to shake "Orochimaru" but also apply even more pressure to white snake's neck.

"Ack… Gack…!" were the only sounds the white skin person could produce as the Uzmaki continued to strangle them.

Seeing this plus the fact that the person being strangled was already drooling from keeping their mouth open to try and take in air prompted them to try harder. Regretfully their errors were proving to be in vain as the begging yellow snake eyes behind the glasses seemed to increase Valkyrie's desire to kill even more if the blood thirsty grin on her lips was anything to go by. Then the white snake's stopped struggling and their eyes started to slowly roll back.

"HAHAHAHA! YES! DIE! DIE YOU ABOMINATION! DIE! HAHAHA!" Valkyrie cheered with sadistic pleasure. She was so close! She so close to killing the one person truly responsible for the hell she has lived! Only a few seconds more! Only a few seconds before only her loneliness, pain, grief and even the village's betrayal will be avenged! She laugh for it would be-

ZAAAP!

The last thing she felt before losing consciousness was her the left side of head hitting the ground after someone had smashed some kind of electric rod on her neck.

"I say this is Karma. Wouldn't you Ducky?" the black haired main commented towards Ducky while putting away her Stun Rod.

"Go *cough* fuck *cough* yourself!" Ducky cursed out through her nearly caved in windpipe from her place in the floor.

"The believers do say that children are born with the sins of the parents." the maid remarked while helping the other three women in the room to pick up the knock out Uzumaki.

"That's *cough* why I hate *cough* religion." the female doctor whispered while sitting up and trying to heal the internal damage to her air canal with the Mystical Palm Jutsu. It didn't take much time for her to heal it but she decided to leave the bruising on her neck to heal on its own for now. There were more pressing matters to attend to.

"Put Valkyrie back in the Gel Pod to resume healing. We'll try to wake her up again later but in a safer environment. Also someone inform Roy Mustang and Nalu Waves that I'll start healing lest wounded soldiers now that the last critical patient is out of danger." Ducky ordered and everyone nod. But she stayed in the floor a while longer as she continued to see her shaking hands.

'Dammit! No matter how many times I face death in the face someone has to save me. I-I-I just get so fucking scared!' the Orochimaru look alike lamented as she tried to stop the shaking.

It wouldn't do well for the peoples' moral if their Doctor was nothing but a quivering mess of nerves when she tried to heal them. Being a female medic that uses glasses was already nerve raking for this misogynic-superficial society as it was. There was no reason to fuel that prejudicial fire right now.

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Naruko woke up again with her eyes still close. Again she tried to expand her senses and found she was once again in the gelatinous liquid. But this time she noticed that her arms were bound to her back and there appeared to be a collar around her neck. Thankfully she still had the breathing mask on.

'That's just great Naruko Uzumaki! Here you survive something that even Fuzz Butt though would kill you and what do you do? You attack Orochi-fucking-maru! *sigh* He's a fucking Sannin for Log's sake! What the hell posses me to think I could kill him anyway?!' her train of thought stopped there as she herself was trying to find the answer. 'Oh yeah crazy voice in my head that isn't the Queen of all Demons. *sigh* My life sucks.' she added in lament at her own fate. Strangely Akane had not tried to make any sarcastic comments yet but she couldn't really think of it right now.

"WOULD YOU STOP THAT ANNOYING TAPPING!" she hollered while snapping her eyes opened. It was only when she heard Mist yelp in surprise did she noticed a few thing.

First was the she could open her eyes normally so she could see the small brunet. Second was that the liquid she was in was an aquamarine color which meant that was the only color she could see right now. Third was that, considering Mist reaction, she could actually speak normally. Fourth was the her body hurt a lot less but then again the substance she was in was constantly healing her. Then the final thing she noticed was that her left eyes burning like hot iron the longer in stayed open which made her close the alleviate the pain.

"Valkyrie-san your awake!" Mist gasped for a second before her face grew serious. "Wait here I'll bring Medusa-sensei immediately so she can check on you!" the girl ordered and quickly left.

'Not that can really move right now.' Naruko thought with a deadpanned expression as she saw the girl run out of the room with lone right eye. 'Lone right eye, heh, I guess I now know how Kakshi-sensei normally feels like.' Then she blinked as her mind finally caught onto something. 'Wait, who the hell is Medusa-sensei anyway?'

Her answered came about 2 minutes later when the girl returned with…

"Orochimaru." the Uzumaki growled out with as much hatred as she could. She even started expelling enough Killing Intent that Mist had backed away towards the door unconsciously in fear. In the brunette's defense the image of the transparent naked black winged women with black hair and red eye floating over the cage Valkyrie was beyond terrifying.

Yet the Orochimaru look alike simply walked towards her with seemingly no fear. But Naruko eye managed to see through the water and glass. She saw the person's legs trembling just like the hands that where inside the pockets of the doctor's coats were also shaking. Noticing this she quickly locked eyes with the person and she increased the flow K.I. The body stopped its advance and the slit yellow eyes widened considerably behind the round small framed glasses.

Naruko had seen this look before many times. It was the look a prey gave its hunter when they were cornered. It was the same look the animals gave her during a chase and right before she killed them for a meal. It was the same look criminals gave her after she had chased them throughout Trader's Hut and its surrounding fields when she was with the Greil Mercenaries. It was fear.

"You… You aren't Orochimaru-teme are you?" Valkyrie questioned with the glare still in her face but K.I. much lower. The person in questioned seem to relax somewhat and started to laugh nervously will scratching the back of her head in a very Naruko-like fashion.

"Hehehe, what gave it way? The F-cup chest or the black lipstick?" the woman questioned in a husky voice clearly still nervous and very much thankful that the Uzumaki had stopped channeling that much K.I.

"It was actually the fact that you're genuinely shaking more than a rabbit right before I break its neck. Plus now that I think about it the real Orochimaru would have his ever present fuck toy Kabuto beside him. Especially if someone was choking the life out of him." Valkyrie explained.

At the same time she was looking at the woman from top to bottom. Thanks to the water she could only see the color aquamarine but she could still make out the details. The woman's face was looked like a much more feminine and gentler version of Snake Sannin. Then Naruko noticed that the woman was dressed almost exactly like Tsunade down to the crystal necklace over the impressively large bust. Other than that those details and the glasses the Uzumaki could understand her original confusing at first sight of only the white face with violate markings. The woman was almost the perfect copy of the greatest traitor in all Konohagakure's history.

"You know… I doubt dad is actually a homosexual pedophile like everyone thinks he is. If I had to say something about it is that his more asexual than anything else. Hell during the years he "raised" me I don't remember him ever showing any interest in any form of sex." the female Orochimaru commented with some distain in her. But then something click in Naruko's mind

"Wait… DAD?! AS IN THAT BASTARD IS YOUR FATHER?!" the white haired whiskered teenager screamed in horror, disgust, surprise, and a thousand of other feeling that she couldn't understand. Just the thought of that man actually… mating with a woman… it… "Oh Kami I think I just threw up in my mouth." the Uzumaki commented with a great shudder running through her body. The female Orochimaru just sighed.

"I know what you're thinking but yes regretfully he is my father. Let me introduce myself…" here the woman stopped to let her patient get ready.

"My name is Medusa, know to some as Ducky, and I'm the bastard daughter of Orochimaru and Tsunade Senju."

Next Time: The daughter of two legends finally appears but what does this mean for Valkyrie's and Gaia's future.

A/N:

There you have it my dear readers. I tried to give all I could to Naruko and Hinata's struggle and I hope that you like it. So please review and don't worry Medusa's existence will be explained next chapter.

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