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Weirdos.
That was the only thought running through Naruto's head as her blue eyes took in the sight of the many men surrounding her. All of the men wore a strange mask that reminded her of a bird, except not like one of those cute birds that she spots in her balcony. No, it was more like those creepy birds that always made her skin crawl and makes her freeze.
"So this is her?" All of the men in front of Naruto looked kind of the same but the one speaking had white gloves on. The way he looked at her made the end of her hairs stand up as those cold, emotionless eyes looked at her. It is like he thinks I am dirt. She could tell from the way he eyed her dirtied outfit.
"Uzumaki Naruto." The Yakuza man declared. He shifted left and right as his eyes avoided the searching eyes of the other members of the Yakuza. She rubbed her hands together, yanking and turning as several of the men laughed at her. You won't be laughing when you realize what I can do. She growled, flashing her canine teeth at them while her inner self giggled with glee at their lack of awareness.
"You are a fool if you think you can escape out of those ropes or get out of here alive." One of the Yakuza man declared. You are the idiot. Naruto just glared at them. "Don't you dare give us that damn look, you bitch."
You are going to be the first one to go. Naruto grinded her teeth together as her bright blue eyes darkened at the insult given to her. She balled her hands and felt her temper bubbled when the man glared at her. I am the only one allowed to call myself that…even then it is the Head Bitch in Charge. She itched to pummel the man to the ground but Eri was her priority.
Information was her desire and acting like a stupid damsel in distress was needed for the damn job.
"Where is she?" The man, standing right in front of her, demanded. He looks almost too calm for someone that wants to hurt me. Naruto stopped wiggling and just eyed the calm man. His posture was relaxed like he expected her to tell him the truth but she would rather slit her throat then tell him anything.
"Go screw yourself." Naruto said cheerfully. She placed her hands together into the hand seal, channelling her chakra to her fingers and wrist. The ropes slowly slid off and silently hit the ground. Now all she needed was to wait for the perfect opportunity to attack them.
"Just answer the damn question, you bitch! You are already in fucking trouble for taking what belongs to the boss!"
She grinded her teeth together and just glared at them. I would rather die then tell you guys where she is. Naruto opened her mouth to tell them this. Death should never be taken lightly but Eri was so young. She had her whole life ahead of herself. That little girl could live her life to the fullest, find friends that actually gave a shit about her feelings, and just be happy.
"She is with Aizawa-sensei."
What the hell just happened? Where is my damn speech? Naruto gritted her teeth and blinked her eyes at the smirking men in front of her. The desire to take back those words were great but everytime she opened her mouth to take it back, something stopped her. It was like she drank some truth serum and had no choice but to speak nothing but the truth.
God it made her want to vomit.
"What the fuck have you done to me?" She snarled. This is considered a stupid plan, isn't it? Naruto thought she had everything planned. She pretend to be a hostage, tries to get some information, attack these people and get out. Now apparently, it seemed like one of those bastard had a way to make her talk. They had a way to force words out of her mouth.
"My Quirk allows me to force anyone I ask a question to, to answer truthfully." Smugness and pride leaked out of his tone as Naruto felt a sense of horror washed over her. This is an interrogation that I have no possible way for me to keep my damn mouth shut. The desire to panic was great but teary red eyes flashed before her and Naruto furiously shook her head.
Do you promise not to leave me.
There was no way Naruto could keep her promise to Eri-chan as long as those bastards are alive.
"And where does Aizawa-sensei live?"
Must fight it. Naruto grinded her teeth together and then bite her tongue to the point that it bled. The metallic taste of her own blood almost eased her, almost made her think that it might be possible not to answer the question but…tell him the truth. There was just another voice begging her, telling her just to comply with his request.
She felt the longing to tell him and…
I can't tell him the truth! Naruto wanted to bang her head against the floor while the Yakuza looked at her with eyes filled with some sympathy. It is futile to keep fighting against him. That was what their eyes were telling her but she wouldn't give up.
She would never spill…
"I never actually memorized the address of Aizawa-sensei."
Naruto blinked as she realized the words spilled out of her tongue. She never realized that she does not remember the actual address of his apartment. She only memorized the route, but the blond-haired girl never noticed it. She just followed the directions and it never occurred to her if she memorized it or not.
Everyone just looked at her like she was an idiot and Naruto took this as her chance to jump from her chair. She kicked the chair in the direction of the bastard that forced her to talk. Everyone blinked and blinked as their brains tried to process at the fact she had untied herself from the very tight ropes that they chained her with.
Naruto smiled brightly.
"For your information, I am an expert of getting myself out of ropes." Naruto boasted. She shifted her body around till she found the fighting position that she felt most comfortable in. The girl took a deep breath and made a hither motion. "I am going to kick your asses to the next century."
She would show them what she can do.
Uzumaki has been absent for almost the whole day.
Aizawa flipped through the attendance list that the other teachers had given him for his class attendance. It hadn't worried him too much when he did not see Uzumaki in class. The girl could be late for some reason like she was on Friday, but she would have appeared by the first period. If Uzumaki was going to skip then she would have sent a clone.
He took a deep breath and looked at his class schedule. Maybe it would be a good idea for him to double check Uzumaki was not in her final class. It would be too much of a stretch to think she was in class but Aizawa could only hope his student decided to come to class. He did not want to even think what the girl might be doing this time.
Aizawa took a deep breath, looked down at the next attendance and blinked when he caught sight of the crosses of three other students: Bakugou, Todoroki and Midoriya. It cannot be coincidence that those three students were absent, not when he knew all three of them had been well in the morning classes. The only question was…
Where would those three go?
He shook his head and focused on his number one priority. Uzumaki would need to have a talk again and since her guardian was irresponsible, Aizawa would be the one to talk to her. He pressed his lips into a thin line. Would it be possible Uzumaki was sick? He nibbled his pen, feeling his head throbbing at the thought.
With no relatives, no guardian by her side and clones that might not be feeling well then it would be up to Aizawa to bring the girl some medicine. Aizawa let out a sigh and longed for his comfy bed.
Hizashi looked up from his pile of papers and raised his eyebrow at him. "Something is bothering you."
"Uzumaki wasn't in any of her classes today." Aizawa pointed out. His friend hummed at this knowledge, just removing one head phone from his ear and dropped his sunglasses. A teasing smile played on his lips along with the knowing twinkle in his eyes. He raised his eyebrow. "What?"
Hizashi laughed. "For someone who claims to not want to get too close to his students, you really seem to go out of your way for that kid."
Aizawa kept quiet and looked out at the window. His eyes lingered on the clouds floating through the skies as voices of the past echoed in his ears. He didn't even notice the thoughtful, concerned look being thrown towards him by his friend.
Finally, Aizawa explained. "It is our responsibility to take care of our students and help them."
"Responsibility? Or do you think that Uzumaki reminds you of Shirakumo?" Aizawa stiffened and Hizashi nodded, looking almost pleased that he nailed what he thought was the coffin. He continued on. "I saw that kid smile last week and god it almost reminded me of him."
'Oh yeah Shota, this is your umbrella right?'
Aizawa shook his head, pushed himself off of his chair and decided to make a check of his student's final lesson. Present Mic shouted his apologizes through the door but he ignored it. The past happened and while Aizawa carried regrets for what happened to his friend, he would make sure none of his students get hurt or die under his watch.
He walked through the corridors leading to his classroom. It was almost strange how the corridors that Aizawa now walked on, had not changed one bit since his time in high school. Aizawa stopped right in front of the classroom and peaked through the window of the door. Black eyes scanned through the smiling faces of his students, only stopping at Uzumaki's empty seat.
She reminds you of Shirakumo.
Aizawa pressed his lips into a thin line as Hizashi's words echoed in his ear. Those blue eyes of his student did not hold the same spark his friend had, but the smile that clone gave to the other students…it did bring a sense of nostalgia. But the way her clones interacted with each other, reminded him of his friend.
But Aizawa does not allow his past to dictate all of his actions.
"Uzumaki is nothing like Shirakumo." Aizawa turned his head away from the window. "Shirakumo was just a naïve kid that didn't know any better and Uzumaki…she is just a kid that has been through some bad times."
He probably should have said those words to Hizashi in the staff room but something stopped him. Not something, the smiling face of his friend as the rain faded and the sun shone exactly on him. Shirakumo would have known what to do with a kid like Uzumaki. With his constant, stupid smiles, his friend had been able to make anyone like him.
Bur the life of a hero is not meant for someone that goofs off and doesn't take it seriously.
Aizawa let out a small sigh and thinks that when he goes to check up on Uzumaki then he should bring Eri-chan with him. If anyone could make that mistrustful girl smile even just slightly then it would be his new ward. If the girl was sick then she probably needed all the happiness that she could get.
For his student, Aizawa would try his hardest to be there for her whenever Uzumaki needed him. Not just because she was his student or because of her possible past, but because…that was what Shirakumo would have done if he was in his position.
I really should have thought things through. This was Naruto's conclusion as she dodged the punches of one the Yakuza men. It had barely been ten minutes since the fight had started when the Boss decided to crumble the whole floor with his bare hands. Now she was no genius when it came to being a shinobi and was quite weak when compared to a whole lot of shinobi. She only has two powerful jutsu in her arsenal.
The walls around her began to change shape, causing her to bounce around as another Yakuza member launched himself at her. I need to be careful about these people. Naruto knew from watching her clone attack one of the Yakuza that there was one capable of draining her clones of their energy. That was not the bad part, the bad part was that he used the energy as his own.
If I can't knock him out without touching him or get one good punch then my clones are a no-go. Naruto knew she should have taken the time to observe. She should have asked questions about their capabilities when Naruto had the chance…but she never thinks things through. Now she had one opponent that forced her to be cautious and another opponent that could transfer his whole body and mind to the objects around her.
Need to think of a plan. Naruto nibbled on the bottom of her lips and stuck her leg out, causing the goon to fall down and his head smashed on the shaking floor. Bullets were shot in her direction, whizzing towards her and Naruto twisted and turn. Another bullet was shot at her direction.
Think, Naruto! You are a kunoichi! A lightbulb lit up above Naruto's head as an idea popped into her mind on how to kill two birds with one stone. She weaved her hands through a couple of hand signs, blue eyes darting for any of her opponents close to her.
Bingo.
"I got her!" The goon yelled as the bullet hit Naruto …or so they thought. The room become silent as a cloud of smoke wrapped the area, clouding their senses. Slowly the smoke disappeared to reveal their comrade, who fell down to the ground as blood soaked his shirt in the position of where his heart was supposed to be. All of them just blinked.
"What the hell just happened? And where is she?"
Thank you Zabuza for that unintentional lesson of the fastest way to kill someone and Kakashi-sensei for giving me this idea. Naruto looked below as her opponents scrambled to find her. She fingered the prepared smoke bomb in her pocket, nibbled her lips as her brain tried to come up with a solution of what to do.
Just like that day with Eri, Naruto had indirectly killed someone but the blond-haired girl wondered if it would be a good idea to actually kill them with her bare hands. Can I actually kill someone with my bare hands? Indirectly causing a murder was one thing because it was not like she actually meant for those murders to happen. She just acted like a bystander, so it was not the same thing.
But actually murdering them by her own hands…it almost makes Naruto feel sick to her stomach. I would have to kill eventually. It should have been a reassuring thought since shinobi kill people. This was their job description but…
She couldn't even kill Haku even though he begged her to do it.
Naruto furiously shook her head. Eri-chan can never live her life to the fullest if these people lived. It was this thought that allowed her to blank her mind, hardened her heart and throw the smoke bomb to the ground. Eri-chan needed to live a happy life, a safe life where she could smile from the bottom of her heart. What was the point of being a kid if you can't smile?
She sucked in a deep breath and dive through the smoke. Naruto pulled out a kunai from her pocket and began slashing through her confused opponents. What did Zabuza say again? The throat, spinal column, lungs, liver, the jugular vein, the subclavian artery, kidney and the heart. Those were the points to kill. She did not know much about the position of all those locations but Naruto thinks the throat was the best place to slice.
It was her target as Naruto stroked her confused opponents through their throat, blood soaking the ground. Once this battle was over, she probably would need to think of a way to frame them because…they would call her a murderer.
But Naruto was not a murderer, she was a kunoichi of Konoha. She reminded herself again and again as bile rose up to her throat at the sight of the bodies that were now piling up. The smoke slowly cleared away, revealing that she was one of ten people left standing in the room.
"For someone studying to become a hero, you have no problem with murdering people." The boss commented and Naruto stiffened. Blue eyes blinked as Overhaul stared at her with a lack of emotions. "Heroes don't kill people…are you even a hero?"
You are a monster.
The matron's voice echoed in her ear.
The spawn of that devil.
She sucked in a deep breath as a realization dawned upon her.
"You are right," Naruto agreed with a smile decorating her face. It was not the fake smiles she liked to give to people and it was not a real smile. She doubt she could give her real smiles ever again. No, the smile on her face was the small one. The one she always used in a battle when she took things seriously. She pulled out her headband from her pocket, the one that Naruto could never throw away because…
It was her original dream.
"You are right Heroes don't kill people, but you hurt Eri-chan," Naruto tied her headband against her forehead and narrowed her eyes at him. Pure anger flooded through her eyes. For Eri-chan, I must act like a monster. She could feel the trembles in her body slowly stopping as she come to a decision. "I can't ever forgive someone hurting my precious person. For her, I will act like a fucking monster because bastards like you don't deserve to live."
Overhaul did not get angry at her words instead he slammed his hands onto the ground. The floor crumbled and Naruto jumped up. She channelled chakra to her hands, placing it on the the ceiling above her. His fellow comrade fell down, crying out in pain while the man just stared blankly at her.
I think I might actually have a problem if his Quirk is like that.
Naruto did not have any jutsu in her arsenal that allowed her to use a long-distance attack. Everything in her arsenal meant all her attacks were short-distance. She could not fight him up close, not without getting hurt. There was no Sasuke to help her with her weak spot or Kakashi-sensei to help her sorry ass.
I just need to use my head to figure out how to defeat this bastard…and I should have attacked him first in that smoke attack.
She needed to come up with a plan soon.
Bakugou could only scowl as the clock kept ticking, reminding him that it had been three hours since he came here and still no sign of that annoying classmate. He flickered his eyes to Deku, who seemed intent of having another panic attack, and then to the half-and-half bastard. That bastard held no expression, only staring at the door.
Deku came here, because Whiskers kept saving his sorry behind from whenever Bakugou kept reminding the nerd that it was impossible for him to become a Hero. The nerd probably thought this could be his way of repaying Whiskers for her actions. Half-and-half bastard decided to come because he and Whiskers seemed to be friends.
Whiskers was the only one that seemed to get Half-and-Half bastard to pay attention to her, because Bakugou had seen how intense the bastard can be in anything that was their hero class.
Bakugou did not come to Whisker's apartment because he was worried for her. Worrying about her implies he gave a shit about her and he does not care one bit about the girl. She acted so high and mighty about his behaviour like she had the damn right to scold him. Not even his own mother would scold him in the way that Whiskers did.
He furiously shook his head and picked up one of the fallen photos from the shelf. Bakugou pressed his lips into a scowl as an uncomfortable feeling settled in his stomach at the sight before him. Whiskers really does look a little bit like the old hag. All of those side characters mentioned it to him whenever one of them caught sight of him with his mother.
The only difference between them was the fact Uzumaki had straight hair and her blond hair looked more like the sun then the ash blond hair that his mother and him had. The eye shape too was different and…
I am overthinking things. Bakugou scowled and put the photo back on the shelf. He noticed the furrowed eyebrow being thrown at him from the Half-and-Half bastard, who had his eyes fixated on the photo that Bakugou just placed back.
The doorbell rang and all three boys just stared at each other.
"What do we do?" Deku cried.
Bakugou felt his eyebrows twitched and hissed. "What do we do, nerd? We don't answer the fucking door of course!"
Todoroki did not give his opinion, just silently regarding the two of them. Bakugou felt his lips twitched into a scowl while Deku chanted to himself not to open the door. It could be their classmates but there was also a damn chance it could be one of her neighbours. If her neighbours found out that they broke in then they might be sent to the police.
Bakugou did not want anything on his record.
All three of them waited for the person to leave them alone. If they keep quiet then hopefully the person would just leave and come back at a different time. By that time, Whiskers would be back or the police and heroes would be here to figure out where Uzumaki might be.
They blinked when the door was unlocked and the three boys glanced at each other. Bakugou narrowed his eyes at Deku. Did the nerd forget to lock the door? Deku furiously shook his head and glanced at Todoroki. The boy raised his eyebrow, silently shaking his head at them. If neither of them did it then how was the door opening?
The door swung open and all three boys blinked at the sight of Aizawa standing in front of the door with a bag filled with medicine in one hand, and his hand wrapped around another small hand belonging to a little girl. The little girl just blinked and squeaked, before hiding behind their teacher's back. Her red eyes stared at them with mistrust.
"The three of you have been here the whole time?" Their teacher kept his voice calm but rage shone through his eyes at the sight of the three students, who skipped most of their afternoon class to check up on Whiskers. He flickered his eyes at the scene. "What happened here? Where is Uzumaki?"
Todoroki stepped forward and answered. "We don't know."
"Why haven't you informed anyone about this?" Aizawa asked. He dropped the bag of medicine on the ground and raised his eyebrow at them. The three boys shrugged, shuffling and shifting in their spot as the man pressed his lips into a tight line. Red eyes darted around to take in the chaotic scenery, lingering on the mess around them.
His face darkened.
"Where is Naruto-neechan?" The little girl asked quietly.
Aizawa jerked his head at the little girl. He took a deep breath and knelt down, black eyes softening and Bakugou felt a little bit uncomfortable of seeing their usual strict teacher acting soft to another person. He glanced at the other boys, who seemed to feel just as uncomfortable as he did.
"She went on a little trip," their sensei lied. His black eyes did not reveal his emotions but his shoulder was trembling slightly. The man flickered his eyes at them. "Eri-chan, I want you to stay with these boys while I try to help Uzumaki with her trip."
The little girl blinked as their teacher grabbed hold of one of Uzumaki's belonging from the ground. Aizawa turned to them while Eri flickered her eyes at the three of them. He gave all three of them a look of irritation, lips pressed into a thin line as if telling them that they were going to get a scolding of a lifetime. Bakugou just hoped they would not bring his mother to this.
Your classmate went missing and you didn't think of calling the police! Katsuki, I raised you better than this!
Bakugou could picture his mother saying this, along with a couple of swears because Mitsuki did not like it when he acted like this.
A small hand grabbed his shirt, tugging it and Bakugou felt his eyebrows twitched. He swirled his head around, ready to scream at the person that dared to touch him, only to blink stupidly when he saw red eyes staring back at him.
"You look like Naruto-neechan…except you are a boy." The girl declared quietly, staring at him with hopeful eyes.
"I don't look anything like her!" He snarled and the girl flinched. She looked almost ready to cry and Bakugou almost felt a little bit sorry for his behaviour but…he doesn't look or act anything like Whiskers. Aizawa-sensei narrowed his eyes at him, shooting daggers at him while Deku tried to calm him down. Todoroki just stared at them, head tilted to the side.
"Aizawa-sensei, what are you going to do?" Deku asked.
"Rescuing her from whoever took her," Aizawa explained quietly as he pulled out his phone from his pocket. He flickered his eyes to Eri and then looked at Bakugou. "If Uzumaki did, somehow manage to escape, then call the school to inform them that Uzumaki has been located. Until I come back, the three of you will take care of Eri."
Three sets of eyes grew large.
"Aizawa-sensei! Wait we don't know how…"
Aizawa did not even wait for Izuku to protest before rushing out of the apartment, leaving the three boys with one little girl.
A/N: What do you think of this chapter? And what do you think of Naruto so far?