I'm still waiting on ideas from you guys for future arcs. A few of you have already given me some ideas and I'll get around to listing them to make sure I don't forget. Everyone will get credit for their contribution to the story as well. (Note: I may need reminders. I haven't written down anything yet...heheh sorry.)
As promised, the story is going to become a lot more tame for this arc. Well, in terms of the trio being psychopath killers. I'm still not holding back on anything else. So, fair WARNING! There will be yaoi in this arc featuring MALE Haku. There will be lemons in this arc. There will be yaoi lemons in this arc. You are fine to skip over those parts if you'd like.
But most of you don't skip the yuri you hypocritical bastards.
Anyway, let's just ram right on in!
Full Tilt
Blood and Water Arc
Chapter 4: When they Live in the Sins of Yesterday
He awoke to a familiar dark and dirty ceiling. The sound of a ceiling fan clicking on bad screws made him sigh in contentment. "Twice in a row waking up at home. Glad I don't have Tsunade's luck."
The blonde sat up and stretched, yawning and feeling his power still within him. The messy room was an immediate giveaway to him being in his younger body still. Without wasting time, he headed to his small living room and took a meditative position, failing to sense if anyone else was already within his home. Just as he was about to start collecting the memories of the current timeline, the Kyubi made its presence known.
"Oh kiiiiit!"
Naruto paled at the Kyubi's voice. 'Oh fucking hell...' He mumbled and entered his mindscape.
As soon as his feet touched the ground, he found himself pulled into two large mounds of softness. He didn't even struggle, knowing he wasn't getting out of it so easily and didn't feel like expending the energy.
Holding the blonde was a fair skinned woman with red hair and fox ears, nine red tails flowing behind her. She wore a black and red silk kimono that hung loosely off of her shoulders and showed her massive cleavage. "Heheh, guess what kit?"
"What? You just saved 15 percent on car insurance by switching to Geico?"
"Nope, even better!" The woman grabbed Naruto's hand and shoved it between her legs. The blonde finally started and jumped back immediately.
"GOD DAMMIT KURAMA! THAT'S STILL WEIRD! THIS WILL NEVER NOT BE WEIRD!" Naruto cried, turning away to hide his blush and awakening manhood.
The now female demon just giggled before appearing before the blonde and pulling him into her cleavage again. "Oh come off it! You know you like fucking me in this form!"
"Yeah, but you're always so enthusiastic about it! It freaks me out!"
"What about when you're a girl in some timelines? You didn't seem to have a problem letting Sasuke or Gaara-"
"SHUT UP! I HAVE BAD JUDGMENT SOMETIMES!" Nartuo blushed even brighter. He hated how even after so many lifetimes the Kyubi could still get to him.
In the rare few times where he or the girls swapped genders, they fell into their roles just like they usually did. Naruto never got over how being in a different role was way too easy and comfortable.
In Kurama's case, she didn't understand why Naruto felt the way he did when he didn't care about gender in the first place. She figured it was because she was a demon, but they'd been down that road plenty of times. So maybe there was just something psychologically impairing the boy to accept such a trivial matter. In any case, it didn't even happen in every 'gender swapped' timeline either. It was Kurama's own personal little puzzle that she wanted to solve.
"Anyway, shouldn't you be finding out what type of timeline we're in?" Kurama asked. "Also, remember that one story Hinata read? The Journey To Uzukage?"
"Yes, to both of those. Why?"
"Call me Kurumi!"
"No."
"Aww, why not?"
Naruto glared at the pouting demon and ignored her question with a blush. Acknowledging the effeminate name would just solidify the impending physical relationship that was bound to happen between the two in that specific timeline. He didn't need that type of headache this early into a loop.
"I'm going to get the memories now, so shut up and wait. Ino and Hinata probably did theirs already"
Without awaiting the demons response, Naruto left his mind. Sure enough, he could feel both girls making their way towards his apartment. He also felt a third presence close by, within his apartment. As he prepared to face the presence, the door to the apartment opened at the same time as his bathroom door.
"Onii-chan?"
"Na...Naruko?" Naruto asked, his eyes wide.
"ONII-CHAN!" The girl yelled and dashed at Naruto, tackling him to the ground with a hug.
In the door, Ino and Hinata stood with knowing smirks, both of them holding in laughter. Naruto's bewildered and slightly panicked gaze only made their mirth grow. However, when Naruko's eyes opened and she saw the two standing in the doorway, the temperature dropped to zero. The looping trio felt an oppressive aura fill the room before Naruko stood and growled.
"HOW DARE YOU SHOW YOUR FACE HERE YOU BITCH!" With her words, a red aura flared around her. In the next instant, she launched a kunai...right at Ino's face.
Naruto, Ino, and Hinata watched in slow motion as the kunai sailed through the air. To anyone else around and below special jonin strength, the kunai would have been ridiculously fast. To them, it might as well have been not moving at all. In the infinite slowness of the blade traveling its distance towards Ino, Naruto and Hinata both looked at the platinum blonde.
Ino rolled her eyes at the two. She knew what they were asking. They should have already known the answer though. So with a sigh, Ino let the kunai cut her cheek and she fell back theatrically. "AH! WHAT THE HELL NARUKO?"
That was all Hinata and Naruto needed to know. They were going to fall into their roles of the timeline. Albeit, Naruto still didn't exactly know what his role was honestly.
"N-Naruko-chan, stop! Ino-chan I-is here with m-me!" Hinata stammered out and moved in front of the downed Ino. Naruko's rage turned to confusion, the red aura fading.
"Why would you bring her here? Hinata, I trusted you!" Naruko cried out with both anger and betrayal in her voice.
"Naruko-imouto." Naruto spoke, immediately grabbing his counterparts attention. She moved back into his embrace with a fluid familiarity. Her body froze up in the next moment, however, as Naruto pressed into the base of her skull and she froze in place.
With Naruko in stasis and the shenanigans with the Kyubi passed, Naruto let out a deep sigh. With things finally calming down, he was able to gather his bearings.
Ino stood with a huff and made her way over to her blonde lover, Hinata right on her heel. "So I take it you didn't get a chance to gather your memories yet?"
Naruto shook his head in annoyance. "Kurama's a girl." He muttered, the one statement being enough explanation for Hinata and Ino. Hinata giggled.
"You mean, Kurumi-chan?"
Naruto shot Hinata dirty look and groaned. Of course Kurama...or thanks to Hinata, officially Kurumi had already contacted the girls. "Give me a second to catch up please."
The jinchuriki passed his frozen sister to his lovers and took his meditative position. In an instant, the memories of their current timeline rushed into him.
While it was rare for the trio to find a timeline that they didn't know backwards and forwards, it was even rarer to find a timeline with Naruto's twin, sometimes younger/older sister Naruko in it. She was a very welcome sight to any timeline the trio ended up in, which made it even worse when the trio planned on destroying a timeline. They held the girl in almost as high a regard as they did each other. They still didn't understand why her existence was so sparingly encountered throughout their travels; not nearly as rare as Chaos, but they could at least guestimate when it would appear. They could possibly end up in three timelines straight with the girl and then not see her for well over 400 years afterward.
Generally whenever the trio would find a timeline with the rambunctious blonde, whatever their plans were would switch to incorporate the girl somehow. As well, as far as they could remember, Naruko was the one and only existence that had ALWAYS been on Naruto's side, no matter what. Even their own parents, Minato and Kushina, had been against the jinchuriki in some timelines.
This particular timeline was no different. Naruto paid rapt attention to the memories flooding him, knowing that he and the ladies would most likely be spending their entire physical lifespans in the timeline due to Naruko.
The memories came in clear now.
Starting from their birth, Naruto saw everything that was different. Due to Kushina having twins, Minato sealed the Kyubi as halves within them both instead of himself. They were subject to a slightly modified speech of their parents love to incorporate them both, though the parents anguish was twice as bad as if it were simply Naruto alone. They were dying, knowing that they had sacrificed two children to the ire of the world instead of just one.
From there, he saw something that made his stomach curl just a bit. Once everything was said and done, the Hokage ordered the children to be held in the psychiatric ward of the hospital. A modified padded room was turned into temporary nursery. The hokage had very little contact with the children and the two were raised in the hospital until they were three years old.
Naruto knew then and there the Third Hokage was not his jiji in this timeline. A small pang of sorrow, but more so anger, flared inside him. The previous timeline had a version of Sarutobi that would have gone to war for Naruto. He wasn't sure when the next time he would see a version of his grandfather like that would be again. The guilt of having taken the life his own hands ate at him too, making it so his anger could only be pointed at himself.
Once they were three years old, they were allowed entrance into the orphanage. The orphanage Mother was a kind lady named Celica Mercury. Maybe one of the only kind things the Hokage had ever done for the duo, Hiruzen ensured Celica would treat the two fairly, just as she would any of her other children. The woman simply smiled at the Hokage and promised him she would go above and beyond for them.
For three years, Naruto and Naruko knew what it felt like to have a mother. However, it was just three years inside of a new prison as the duo weren't allowed to leave the orphanage grounds either. They couldn't truly make friends with the other children either. Once they entered the orphanage, the adoption rate of the others went up exponentially. Naruto figured people were just trying to get the other children out of there before they could be corrupted by the demons.
There were plenty of times where the only occupants of the orphanage were Celica and the Uzumaki twins. As such, she forged a bond with them as tight as she could with them being so young. As well, the two forged a bond with each other deeper than any Celica had seen before.
She was murdered on their sixth birthday.
Naruto and Naruko had insisted on going out and actually doing something for their birthday for the first time ever. As much as Celica didn't want to, she couldn't say no to her two favorite people. Within only an hour of being outside, Celica had known that leaving the orphanage was a mistake. She had escorted the blondes to Ichiraku's ramen stand, hoping that they wouldn't want to go to the main area of the festival. However, there were several people who went to the stand to eat ramen in remembrance of the late yondaime, an avid lover of ramen.
The Ichiraku's stand was destroyed for serving demons and Celica was forced to carry the children as she rushed back to the orphanage. Unfortunately, they only made it to the gates before they were caught. They were all beaten mercilessly, and unlike Naruto and Naruko, the auburn haired woman did not have a healing factor.
When the two recovered the following day, they were within their first cell within the hospital, where they would spend the next year in almost complete silence. They spoke to no one unless absolutely necessary, both aware that the death of their mother figure was their fault. Though he didn't tell them as such, Hiruzen did not deny their claims either.
The Third Hokage finally did start overseeing the children, but it was never anything more than making sure that they had their basic needs met. For the life of them, neither Uzumaki could understand if the old man cared about them or not. He reminded them constantly of Celica's sacrifice, saying that they needed to do their best for her.
When they were 8 years old, the Hokage personally enrolled them in the Shinobi Academy, without asking them if they wanted to or not. He also did nothing to qualm the fears of the civilians when they made claims of the 'demon twins' attempting to regain their lost power. The beatings came far more frequently and resulted in multiple hospital visits for both blondes.
The solidarity of the duo also grew as well.
Where the twins were once inseparable, there was now an everlasting bond that could never be shaken. Naruto smiled. There was never a time where he and Naruko's relationship had never reached that point.
A bigger turning point was Naruto and Naruko learning of the Kyubi much sooner than usual. A particularly severe beating ended up putting both of them near death. They had awaken together in the link of their seals. They were between the two halves of the Kyubi, both taunting them to rejoin them so they could destroy the world. The twins were almost tempted to do it if it weren't for a certain person calling out to them.
Jiraiya of the Sannin was NOT happy when he found out exactly how his god children had been being treated in the village. The Third Hokage himself felt traces of fear when Jiraiya declared he would bring forth the second coming of the Kyubi with his own might on anyone he found responsible for their condition. And he meant ANYONE.
Unfortunately, the Third Hokage had placated him by telling him he would put forth more effort in ensuring the twins were treated...fairly. Jiraiya was rightfully wary of his former sensei, but his loyalty to the leaf prevented him from acting on his suspicions. The Hokage also decided it was the right time to send Jiraiya on a SS long term mission afterwards.
The warning bells going off, Jiraiya knew something was up with Hiruzen. He requested at least two weeks to ensure that he would be prepared to be away from home for an extended period of time which the Third granted him. Jiraiya took it upon himself to teach Naruto and Naruko as much as he could before he had to leave, including how to control a small portion of the Kyubi's chakra.
After losing Celica, and now the only father figure they had, the blondes almost fell back into an endless silence. However, Jiraiya promised them he'd be back and begged them to hold back for the sake of something he had planned for when he returned. The Uzumaki twins agreed and fell back into their role as pariahs.
Four years later, the year of the academy graduation, things had seemed to have slipped into some form of peace. Hiruzen had done a lot more to protect the children, yet it was just an obligation to him at that point. They were still beaten on occasion. However with the Hokage cracking down a bit harder, the civilians and some shinobi had to get creative on how to hurt the 'demons'.
The usual overpricing of items and refusing services increased as the beatings and physical harassment decreased. Some shinobi would use the twins pranks as excuse for harsher than normal punishments as well. Through it all, the twins reliance on each other and the promise that their father figure would return was the only thing that kept them going.
In the academy, the two didn't really try to make friends. Unsurprisingly, Shikamaru approached them first, leading to a quick and somewhat awkward friendship. Chouji followed soon after. Oddly enough, Sasuke also gravitated towards the twins, feeling like they could understand him most after the Uchiha massacre. After several weeks of cutting through the twins barriers, the small group was finally accepted by the Uzumaki. After a while, Shikamaru suggested Naruko get to know some girls her age as well. Naruko was of course hesitant, but with encouragement from Naruto, she approached the only other girl in class who seemed to have a brain; Hinata Hyuga.
At first Hinata was wary of Naruko, as was the blonde of the Hyuga princess. For a while, their friendship was small talk and awkward glances. However, after learning of each others past experiences, sans the revelation of the Kyubi, the two girls forged a bond akin to the Uzumaki siblings. It wasn't as inviolable, but the two girls found comfort in each other that stemmed from a similar pain.
Eventually Sakura and Ino noticed how close the small group had become and realized they were their best ticket into getting closer to Sasuke. Sakura and Ino pretended to befriend Naruko and Hinata. This seemed to go well, Sakura eventually even finding herself really enjoying Naruko and Hinata's company. However, Ino was still only in it for Sasuke mainly. She didn't see why he was so interested in Naruto when everyone else shunned him and his sister. The few times she hung out with them all as a group, the twins seemed like normal kids. Or in her mothers words, unremarkable kids.
So when her mother told Ino to stop pretending and to make a move on Sasuke, Ino didn't hesitate. Ino had caused a scene when it was only Naruto and Sasuke. They had been waiting for Sakura, Hinata, and Naruko to arrive. She chewed Naruto out about dragging Sasuke down along with their mediocre group. The scene drew peoples attention and Naruto ended up running away. Naruto didn't have the memories of what happened between Sasuke and Ino after that.
However, he was privy to the him of that timeline suffering one of the worst beatings he had ever seen within the past century. There seemed to be dedicated civilians that attacked him, instead of dozens of randoms. It seemed there was a split in the village in regard to him and sister, but they had no way of knowing why.
Regardless, Naruto's memories stopped there. He was put into a coma.
Coming out of his memories, the blonde let out a tired huff. He was angry of course, but more so because he wouldn't be able to simply find and kill the people that had hurt him. Living normally would mean they needed to keep as low a profile as possible until they could come up with a reason for why they had suddenly jumped in maturity and power.
"Ino..." Naruto started but the platinum blonde shook her head.
"I know. I won't do anything for now. But if mom gets out of hand..." Ino started only to shrink at the killing intent released by both Naruto and Hinata.
"You'll leave her be until we're ready to make changes." Naruto spoke coldly.
Ino frowned. She knew Naruto was upset about what the her of that current timeline had done. But she was also positive he was upset that the Hokage of that timeline was nowhere near as supportive as the previous one. Naruto had killed the Hokage that he adored, just to end up with one whom they would probably let die during the Sand/Sound invasion.
"Ano, we should wake up Na-chan and get her and Ino on good terms. Then we need to figure out how far we're going to go into this timeline." Hinata spoke up to bring a bit of the tension down. Though it was rare, she and her lovers did argue with each other. When they got really angry with each other, it could last more than one loop even. When Ino and Naruto argued, she felt whatever cohesion they had slipping, even if ever so slightly. She wouldn't be able to hang on to whatever little sanity she had left if the two people she cared about most weren't their to help her.
Naruto's expression softened and he sighed. "Sorry Ino. Hinata's right."
As he and the girls moved back into place, Naruto slowly fed chakra to Naruko, into the back of her skull and also to her stomach. He had to put the other half of Kurama...Kurumi...into stasis as well. Once they were all in position, Naruko started to move again, simply resuming her snuggling of her brothers chest.
"I think you two have some explaining to do." Naruto spoke to Ino and Hinata, pulling Naruko a bit closer. The two girls feigned frowns before entering Naruto and Naruko's apartment.
Iruka Umino was pissed. Anyone who knew the man would tell you such an occurrence was rare, maybe even unheard of. Of course people had seen the academy instructor get upset and maybe agitated. However, the continuous aura of absolute hatred that poured off the man for the past week was something many would only attribute to the Nine Tailed Demon.
Everyone, from civilians to Jonin, avoided the man as he moved through the village leaking more killing intent than Anko when someone tried to take her dango.
He was making his way to the Hokage's tower, his mood softening only a tad bit. Upon reaching the front desk, his eyes narrowed as he took in the shivering form of the secretary.
"A-ano, Umino-sama. W-what brings you to the Hokage's office today?" She asked, sweat pouring down her face. She fumbled with stacks of paper, looking everywhere but in the man's eyes. The woman could only function under the overwhelming pressure because of her position. Being in the Hokage's tower, she had felt plenty of killing intent, even from the Hokage himself. However, she couldn't fathom how an academy teacher was leaking more than the strongest man in the village.
"I have an appointment." Iruka growled out.
"R-right, go on in!" She called a bit too quickly. Just because she had a bit of tolerance to KI didn't mean she wanted to be subject to it for an adverse amount of time.
Without any more acknowledgment, Iruka moved up the stairs and entered the Hokage's office without even knocking. Sarutobi could feel the man's ire before he even entered the tower and he knew exactly what it was about as well.
"Hokage-sama-"
"Iruka, I would advise you to settle down before we have any sort of conversation, less you say or do something you will regret." The Hokage's countenance was serious. Iruka growled in his throat but took a few moments to calm.
The Sandaime was actually a bit put off by Iruka's actions. The man was one of the few shinobi he held close that gave him the proper respect he deserved. To see the man lose his cool was a bit terrifying...and pretty comical.
His mirth was lost due to the reason for the academy instructors visit though. It was undoubtedly about-
"Naruto and Naruko need to be accepted into a family. They can't live alone after what happened last week!"
There it was. Sarutobi let out an audible sigh, taking out his pipe as he gathered his thoughts. This wasn't the first time Iruka had come to the Hokage regarding the blonde twins. And Hiruzen knew, unfortunately for the man, that it wouldn't be the last time.
"As I've said before Umino-san, there is nothing we can do for Naruto and Naruko until they become actual shinobi. In just a few we-"
"YOU SAW WHAT HAPPENED! THEY DON'T HAVE TIME!" Iruka's voice shook the room, his voice resembling his very own big head jutsu.
The Hokage's eyes took on a dark glare, but the academy teacher simply matched it with one of his own.
"Do you forget your place, Umino-san?" The Hokage asked, taking his pipe from his mouth.
"No. But did you forget the sacrifice made for those two children that you seem so keen on abandoning?" He spoke of both their parents as well as Celica.
"This is your final warning, Chunin Umino. Watch your tongue."
The Hokage flared his ki once more, but Iruka merely flared his own. Yet, the Chunin teacher knew this is where their conversation ended. He didn't understand how the man he respected more than anyone in the village could be so callous when it came to his two technical wards.
Iruka was well aware of the twins heritage, as well as their burden. They deserved so much more than they had, yet the Hokage seemed to sometimes go out of his way to ensure they received only the bare minimum. Again, it didn't seem as if the village leader hated them, but it was almost as if they were just...expenses. Commodities that needed to be kept in functioning, even if just barely, order.
"Forgive me, Hokage-sama. If you'd excuse me."
This was the last straw. This was the last time Iruka would go to the Hokage. This was Hiruzen's last chance to do something for the Uzumaki twins. Now Iruka would take matters into his own hands. The village be damned, he would be there for the blondes. Even if it meant going against everyone he used to call friends.
Naruko didn't want to believe a word they were saying. She wanted to stay angry. She wanted to hurt someone for hurting her onii-chan. The only person she would have been able to get away with hurting, maybe, was on her knees still, head bowed and apologizing. She wanted to summon a bit of the fuzzballs power and lay waste to the girl and the village.
But her onii-chan was too nice for his own good. And she knew she was as well.
When Hinata explained how Ino had been coming to her over the past week and apologizing just as she was now, Naruko felt all of her emotions try to force their way out of her mouth in a string of expletives that would make a pirate blush. But another side of her, no doubt the side that her brother prevailed at more, just wanted to accept the girls apology. She would have if it were herself that had been attacked.
But it wasn't.
Now her emotions were on the fence. She didn't forgive Ino, not by a long shot. Hinata said that she didn't forgive her just yet either, but she was willing to give her one last chance. During the whole conversation, Naruto hadn't spoken a word. He just observed the girls. She figured he was hanging back and getting his own thoughts together. Plus, Ino was more Naruko's...friend was a word she would use sparingly now...than Naruto's.
What really stopped her from forgiving the girl was the fact that she had betrayed their trust. Sakura had pretty much come clean about wanting to be with Sasuke as the reason for getting to know them. She had even told them straight up that if Sasuke stopped hanging with them, she would as well. While Naruko did have a little resentment towards the pinkette because of that, she also respected her for having the guts to tell the truth. Plus, while they couldn't technically be called friends, she was at least friendly towards them.
Ino had been on her hands and knees for the past 15 minutes while they explained the situation. After a bit, she tuned out what was going on and decided to connect her mind to Hinata and Naruto while the female Uzumaki decided her fate.
'I know we're going to be here for a while for Naruko-chan, but what should we try to accomplish while we're here? We can use a longevity jutsu to do the research we need to do.' Ino suggested in her partners minds.
Hinata responded first. 'That would depend on if this timeline has the things we need, namely Orochimaru's more...fucked up hideouts.'
Ino cursed in her mind. 'Shit. We're playing it by the book this time so we can't just make our own labs...' She sighed physically, making it seem like a sob as she was in front of Naruko.
'Well, we told Jiji we would live normally. But normal for us is anything but. We can make a few exceptions for the sake of research. Just nothing over the top.' Naruto finally gave his input.
'We need to spend time in this timeline before we know how far we can go though.' Hinata wasn't keen on waiting. However, with the defeat against Chaos not even a full month behind them yet, she was more than willing to take time to prepare for their next encounter, however far away it may be.
Naruto and Ino silently agreed with Hinata, not knowing what else they could discuss. They were still partially paying attention to Naruko as well.
'Until we can get away from Naruko, you two will have to deal with getting your power back slowly.' Naruto added to continue the conversation. (Or pad the chapter.) 'I can tell Kurama's already started working on you both.'
'Kurumi.' Both Ino and Hinata thought back in unison. Naruto grit his teeth but didn't even bother refuting his princesses.
'By the way, where is Kurumi-chan? She's working on our bodies, but she hasn't said anything.'
Naruto paused for a moment before feeling the Kyubi within his seal expelling a bit more chakra than was necessary to give Ino and Hinata their abilities. Naruto's own abilities were already back in order; it took far less time for the Kyubi to realign its containers body and spirit than his partners. It was the reason Naruto had created a sealing process to do what the Kyubi could do, but much faster.
He put two and two together and figured she was blocking the other half of herself from the conversation. But also knowing the Kyubi, he was sure she was tormenting her other half as well. With the other half of her not able to physically affect the world, Kurumi was able to whatever she wanted within the seal. She probably would absorb her to save time...at least, that's what Naruto hoped. If the other half, for whatever reason, let Naruko know what was going on too soon, it would cause problems.
At least, problems in the sense that the trio were usually adamant on keeping their promises to people, even outside of each other. Not only did they still hold on to their words, their tattered nindo, but it also made the timelines less boring when they had to limit what they could do for a while. If things went south, or outside of their plans, they would have to break their promise to the previous timelines Sandaime. But they would bear hell and back, literally, to ensure they didn't have to.
'Hey Kurama, while you're in there, start giving Na-chan some power too. I want her to be able to fight Zabuza alone if she needs to.' Naruto didn't expect a verbal response, and just as he figured, he felt more of the Kyubi's chakra bleeding through Ino's mental link. The blonde shivered at the hot chakra, her body heating up in more ways than one. Hinata was feeling the same, but not as much.
'How long before we can fuck?' Ino asked with no restraint.
'And who can we fuck?' Hinata added, getting a sweatdrop from Ino and Naruto.
'Naruko obviously.' Naruto started. 'But if we're doing this by the books, then not officially until the chunin exams. Anybody else you think can handle you is up to you.'
Ino and Hinata groaned. While they could have sex all they wanted before then, if the trio were to enter into one of their usual sessions with each other, they would be at it for several days. Plus, wherever they were wouldn't be standing when they were done.
Ino suddenly sat up. Naruto and Hinata paid attention to Naruko again, seeing she was finally ready to talk.
"Look...you hurt my onii-chan, and I can't forgive you for that. But if you're really trying to apologize for what happened, then if onii-chan and Hinata-chan want to give you another chance, then I will as well."
Ino gave a bright smile, one that wasn't forced. She was genuinely happy that she and Naruko could be on good terms sooner than later. It always hurt a bit that she was the one that had to work for Naruto's friendship, publicly at least, in most of the timelines they went to.
"Thank you Naruko! I promise I won't hurt Naruto-kun ever again!"
Naruko rose an eyebrow at the affectionate address of her brother but said nothing of it. "I know you won't. Because if you even seem like it, they'll never find your body."
A pleasurable shiver went up Ino's back and she held back the urge to lick her lips. Naruto and Hinata sweatdropped. They generally forgot she was a sadomasochist. Before their blonde lover could jump his younger twin, Naruto stood up, picking up Naruko bridal style, getting a Hinata-esque squeak and blush from the girl.
"Well, now that that's out of the way, let's go celebrate Ino's second chance at Ichiraku's!"
The trio blinked when suddenly Naruko was standing at the door. "What are you waiting for? Let's go!" She yelled before leaving an afterimage as she vanished down the road.
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"Oh Kami, she has a ramen addiction worse than ours!" Ino called with dread.
Naruto just smirked. He was going to enjoy this timeline indeed.
Another chapter abruptly ended just to have it out. I'm figuring this out as I go and I noticed that I need to find a better way to ease people into the new timelines. I don't want to dump exposition like I did in this one all the time. I have a few ideas that I'll try out later.
Before anything else, I have to give credit to NaruInoFTW for the name Kurumi. (Sorry I didn't ask permission, just wanted to pay homage to great story.) I took the name from their story Journey to Uzukage as Kurumi stated. I didn't like the name change at first but since I try to be as unbiased as possible when it comes to most fanfics, I found humor in it instead!
So I have never used Naruko before. I just randomly decided to add her to this arc as well. I honestly have only ever read 1 or 2 stories with her anyway, usually being a genderbend Naruto story. Just like with Fu the Jinchuriki, I think she deserves a little bit of character development, so I'm going to play with her here. (hehe)
This arc won't go dark until the Wave Arc, and I'm planning on getting there slowly, just so you all don't have to worry about any yaoi until then. (Losers) But, just because this isn't a psycho-trio arc, there will still be lots of blood, sex, yes incest (Don't know why but I ship Kiba and Hana hard), even rape, and plenty of violence. So until the next one!
See ya around loves!