AN: An attempt at a Naruto fanfiction. All creative criticism and thoughts are welcome.
Also, I don't own Naruto
'Character thinking'
"Character speaking out loud"
'Biju/Summon thinking'
"Biju/Summon Talking"
Chapter Eleven: Chunin Exams Intermission
As I ran back home I noticed something off, the kind lady at the stand near the entrance wasn't there. There was also a scent that grew stronger the further into the district I went. As I ran out the corner of my eye I noticed something. Bodies. Now that I noticed that I noticed red stains all over the floor, I wasn't an idiot, I knew exactly what those red stains were. The more I looked the more bodies I saw. My eyes widened as I began to tremble.
'Kaa-chan'
As fast as my little legs could take me I ran towards my house.
As I entered it was eerily quiet. Every step I took resounded in my head. Every step I took was as loud as ear-deafening bombs. My vision was foggy as my mind ran rampant and imagined the worst. I finally got to my parent's room, I slid their door open and saw the unmistakable silhouette of my older brother.
"Onii-chan what is happening, w-who is doing this w-why would they do this" my hysterical voice rang out as towards the end it became nothing more than a stuttery whisper
Then I realized.
My brother turned back through the dark I could see the unmistakable red glow from our clan's Kekkei Genkai along with the stream of tears that caused a shine that reflected moonlight.
"Foolish little sister"
[Morning]
[Sasuke]
[3rd Person View]
I awoke gasping for air. I touched my face and could feel the tears freshly pouring from my eyes
'That dream again'
I've been having that same dream of that day for a while now. What does it mean?
'I don't even know if that's what really happened…'
'Were you crying? Why did you do it' were the thoughts that ran through my head as I began to feel as if I was drowning in them
Something has been plaguing my mind. I can remember clear as day, that he was crying, I didn't realize it at that moment, the grief and rage of finding out what happened overshadowed the fact that my brother was crying. I knew that I wasn't imagining it. With everything that happened rage was all that filled my brain after that night and ever since I met him the rage has slowly simmered down and I can properly think of what happened that night without the rage-tinted window, I used to look at it with.
Naruto knocked me down a peg and began to teach me, my memories about that night kept on flooding my dreams. I could have just been imagining all that but my gut keeps on telling me that's what really happened. I need to know what happened, if he really was crying... then why? Why would he destroy everything like that? For power? What does that prove? What power? Why?
I've been thinking about what he told me. Something about the whole thing didn't make sense. I know Itachi isn't the person to break under pressure like everyone said. Call me naive kid in denial but I know Itachi wasn't that kind of person.
'Wonder if Naruto will help me discover what really happened' she thought as her mind wandered towards the blond enigma
'Naruto huh..'
Throughout the academy he was.. well an idiot, that's all I could say. He had friends yes but barely passed every class. Ever since the beginning, even though he was at the bottom and I at the top I could feel like he was my rival, I always beat myself up for believing something stupid but I always believed there was something more to him, I would feel it. So that's when in the graduation exam when he beat me I was so confused, and my initial reaction was to throw a fireball, I'll never admit it to anyone but I panicked for a second after I launched it believing it would actually hit him and kill him. But to my even greater surprise, he blocked it.. with a water dragon.. when there was no water around.. It all came as a shock to me. I didn't know what to do but when I found out we were on the same team I demanded him to train me. Of course, he rejected my offer, then came the wave mission. He faced off toe to toe with a Jonin and made him retreat, he snaps at a kid and reveals he knows what happened to my clan and opened up about his own experiences, the first time I've ever heard him speak about them. The fact that he went through all of that and he is able to smile and be that free spoke to me and made me reflect. He later disappeared and brought home a girl and pet fox, all left me confused, honestly the most I tried to learn about him the more confused I was left.
After we came back he began to open up more, I do not know what brought that over but I was glad, he began to teach me a lot of things and hammered down my physical training above all things. He was such a slave driver but if it made me strong I would do whatever. As we trained he somehow began to leader of our team. However he is still an enigma and the only thing I know is what he suffered through but I felt there was more about him, call it overthinking but there was a lot more to him then we knew, I felt like what we would talk to is not him. Even when he discovered my true self, I want to know more about him. What is his drive? Why is he so strong? Why does he make me so mad yet happy? Why doesn't he open up to me? Is he scared? Does he even have any fears? All questions I don't know the answer to.
I looked at my timer and it showed 6 AM. Kakashi told us to meet at our training ground at 10. I kicked my feet up and stretched my muscles out. I looked at the mirror and saw myself.. only it wasn't myself and was the fake me. While I had gotten used to this form I wish I could freely walk around in my true form. I shook my head to rid those thoughts and began my morning routine
After I changed and was ready I activated the seals Naruto put on me while he was sealing off the Curse Seal, and instantly felt my limbs get heavier. I slightly smiled
Yes, This will definitely help me get stronger.
The weights from before worked great but they started getting clunky and were getting in the way but now it feels much better.
I went out for my morning jog and small training session I got into a habit of going through before our actual training sessions. I kind of stole the idea from Naruto but hey, it works so who cares.
I returned home at about 9. I still had an hour but Kakashi-sensei probably wouldn't be getting there until 1 but I left anyways.
Upon arrival I just sat on a tree branch waiting for someone to arrive and soon enough Naruto arrived with his signature fox following behind. We were usually the first 2 people here.
"Yo idiot" I called down to him
"Oh hello Sasuke-chan" he replied looking up
My face slightly flushed and I clicked my tongue "Shut up"
He gave me a shit-eating grin and asked "So have you tried out the weights?"
I jumped off from where I was perched on and landed in front of him. I looked ant my arms and made a circular movement and flexed my muscles to see how they felt
"Yea, they're way better than weights. With the weights they felt odd, sometimes they would be uncomfortable and I felt like with one kick or punch they would go flying off, and they felt like something was on my leg which was a noticeable sensation. However these I can't feel anything except the weight of my legs kind of hard to explain but it feels more natural, unlike the weights. I feel like I can strike with all my power without holding back thinking they'll fly off. And now I can fight with them on unlike the old ones." I said
He smiled and nodded "I know exactly what you're talking about. I had you use the weights because I can only start at a certain pressure level with these seals and if I had you use them right off the bat you wouldn't be able to move matter in fact you would probably be laying of the floor unable to move your limbs so I had you start at a low weight and slowly increased until I believed you were ready for them"
Ah I see, that totally makes sense.
"Does Hinata have them?" I asked slightly curious. While I'll never admit it Hinata was growing on me. At first, she seemed useless and a dead weight because all she cared about was Naruto but she began to grow stronger and more competent which is something I respect.. only if she would stop being so clingy and obsessive with Naruto…
I shook such thoughts as Naruto responded
"No she doesn't, she isn't ready for them yet"
"Ah, I see"
A few minutes passed and Hinata arrived
"Hello Naruto-kun" she said as she ran up to him and hugged him. I slightly rolled my eyes at this action, what a playboy this is not even mentioning this Kurumi girl we haven't met that's if she even exists.
Naruto hugged her back "You feeling better? By the looks of it you are"
"Hai, I simply needed to rest and let my tenketsu open back up."
"Ah that's good. Well just cause you're injured doesn't mean you'll get out of training"
"Hai hai wouldn't dream of it"
She turned to me "Hello Sasuke, I haven't had a chance to congratulate you on winning" she said as she looked at me
I twisted my face away "Hmph of course I would win"
In response she simply giggled. Huh, they seem to have gotten to that trait of me I mused to myself. It was… nice… wish we could always stay like this…
An image of him appeared in my head
I slightly recoiled.
I hope no one saw that. And as if on cue Naruto turned to me and his eyes focused on me.
"Everything alright?"
"Yeah, everything is fine" I replied without a stutter
He narrowed his eyes at me. As I thought nothing can get past him.. except maybe the fact that I was able to hide the fact that I was female from him.
"Hmm. If you say so"
Yeah he definitely didn't buy it.
"Why the hell is Kakashi-sensei always late" I thought to myself as we all began to indulge in conversation
3rd Person View
It's been 2 hours and Kakashi arrived.
"What's this you arrived one hour earlier than usual?" asked Naruto with a raised eyebrow
Kakashi eye smiled "Well of course this is important part of adorable little Genin's career. So sacrifices had to be made"
"I don't think arriving 2 hours later instead of 3 can count as a sacrifice" retorted Sasuke
Kakashi just waved his had in a shooing motion
"That's besides the point. Anyways this is how our training regime will go. I will take Sasuke to train for 2 weeks and teach him as much as I can then come back and have Naruto train him since I assume that was your plan already. Hinata, you will train with Kurenai for the first half of this month. I will return because we will have a meeting with the Hokage and I will take this opportunity to train you for the other half. While Hinata isn't going to take exam we can't have her falling behind. It may seem hectic but I believe this will be important for you guys to not only train with me but with each other, it builds better teamwork and synergy. There are also valuable things you guys can learn from each other that I cannot teach." he finishes with an eye smile
Kakashi then looked at Naruto "And you, I can train you in so someone has shown interest in training you.. So I have gotten you a separate trainer. You should probably find them at the female bath houses" he said with a giggle
"Female bath houses? Don't tell me he's having a female trainer" thought Hinata in jealousy, seriously, too much people have been showing interest in her Naruto
"We will leave immediately after you pack enough clothes for 2 weeks Sasuke. And Hinata you will meet Kurenai at the Dango place tomorrow at 2"
"Well that will be it. Meeting adjourned." said Kakashi as he disappeared in a puff of smoke
Everyone looked at each other and nodded """Good luck"""
Naruto was wandering towards the bathhouses slightly curious
"Why would I have to meet my sensei at the bathhouses?" he asked no one in particular
That's when he heard giggling in the distance. He knew this giggling all too well, he had Kakashi as a sensei after all.
"Kyaaa it's a pervert. Master if I was getting perved on will you protect me" said Miyako dramatically as she excitedly jumped up and down
"You're in your fox mode no one is going to perv on you like that"
She puffed her cheeks "Mouuuu~ Don't bully me just because I haven't unlocked my super sexy human form. Just you watch, when I learn how to use it you won't be able to take your eyes off me"
"Yeah sure whatever you say"
Naruto turned away from her much to her dismay and focused his attention in the direction of where he heard the giggling.
He brought his hand up so his palm was facing up and the air around it began to distort and you could feel the the air around it began to increase its speed until there was a loosely shaped semi-translucent ball of wind
He put his arm out and the ball shot out and rapidly made its way turning and dodging obstacles like a homing missile until it met its target, a certain white-haired pervert standing on a tree.
CRASH
"KYYYAAAAAA"
"HELP! A PERVERT!"
"The gall.."
"Grrrrr"
Naruto felt a wave of killer intent with that last growl like sound.. Wait growl?
"AAHHHHH"
"Wait ladies, ayo hold up can we talk about this…"
CRASH
BAM
"AAAHHHH STOP IT HURTS, NO… NO STOP DON'T DO- DON'T USE JUTSU'S AAAAHHHHHH SNAKES"
Naruto heard an explosion along strong gusts of wind and the sound of electricity cackling and snake hissing could be heard. Out the explosion a figure could be found flying out crashing into a building causing another plume of smoke that covered the area
Naruto's eyebrow raised in amusement at the situation that was currently unfolding
The smoke from the explosion cleared and Naruto could make out 3 figures.
One had brown hair that was tied in a ponytail that reached her mid back with 2 bangs falling on each side that framed her face. The most noticeable feature were the 2 red fangs like markings that rested on both her cheeks similar to Kiba's. The second had dark wavy hair and deep red piercing eyes, she had red lipstick and purple eyeshadow on one eye and part of her other eye. The last was someone Naruto recognized as Anko, she had her purple hair tied up in her usual spiky ponytail bun that faced upwards.
"Geez Jiraya-sama, first time I see you in years only to find out you're perving on the girls bath" she spoke with a mischievous malice
Naruto's smiled in anticipation "Don't tell me my sensei is-"
Anko then turned and noticed Naruto and her face lit up
"Oh Naruto-kuuuuun" she said and she began to walk towards him "Congratulations on passing brat" she finished with a smirk
Naruto waved it off "Yeah yeah thanks it was nothing to boast about"
Kurenai eyed him and raised an eyebrow
"So this is the kid Asuma is always talking about and boasting on how he helped train him. It's also the kid that Hinata-chan is enamoured with. Hmmmmm yeah I guess you can say he's cute but I don't see what's the deal with him he doesn't seem all too powerful."
The brown haired girl folded her arms and looked at him with interest
"So this is the kid Kiba always complains about being a womanizer… Intresting.. he has some nice features noticeably his whiskers but that's about it…" she thought
"Well girls this is Naruto, a genin brat I met on the Chunin Exams, he wasn't half bad" she said with and alluding smirk
"Hello Naruto, I'm Hana Inuzuka, currently a Chunin" she said with a polite smile
"And I'm Kurenai, jonin" she said slightly coldly
Naruto just snorted inwardly
"Asuma-sensei was right about her having a stick up her ass"
"Nice to meet you two lovely ladies" he said with a bow. Both slightly blushed.
He turned to the plume of smoke "So who's the pervert?" he asked which made them all scowl with the exception of Anko who just laughed
"Wel-" Anko was cut off by the smoke clearing
The perpetrator jumped out and landed near them
"IT IS I. THE ALMIGHTY AND POWERFUL TOAD SAGE! JIRAYA" he exclaimed as mini fireworks set off in the background
Everyone looked at him lamely
"Is this really the one my father entrusted with the key and one of the three sages? Jeez they're all nutjobs from what I've seen recently… I hope the last one is normal.." thought Naruto
"So you are the pervert I knocked off?"
The 3 females looked at him curiously
Jiraya pointed at him in a dramatic matter "SO IT WAS YOU WHO BETRAYED ME"
The 3 females face palmed. Is this really the strongest Konoha has to offer?
"Yes it was me, Why?"
"Why would you do this to me?!
"I'm not okay with perving on women. If you want to be a pervert go to a brothel or something instead of peeping. I mean seriously what kind of idiot peeps on women instead of just going to a brothel. Are you trying to get caught? Yeah that's probably it, you're probably a masochist right? Jeez you're more of a pervert than I thought." said Naruto as he went in a tangent
Everyone looked at him slightly stumped until Anko broke out laughing
"You know, you seem more outgoing than what I had thought" she said
This took Naruto by surprise "Hmmm Am I?" he asked himself.
"Yes you have Naru-koi" said a voice he hasn't heard in a while, as time went on he was progressively spending less time with Kurumi only the occasional comment but nothing else, but as of lately she has hardly said anything
"How so?" he asked curiously. He hadn't noticed any change
"Before you would reluctantly interact but wouldn't open up to people, but now you are much more outgoing and talk to a lot more people, It's kind of making me jealous that we can't talk like before, only change to have to talk is at night. Wish I could be out this seal so I can walk by your side" he said her tone getting more disheartened as she went on
Noticing her disheartened tone Naruto quickly showed up on his mindscape to see if anything was wrong he hasn't heard her like this, upon entering he appeared in a grassy field just outside a cabin which Kurumi lived in. He looked at her, she was on her normal attire only without shoes, she was on her knees as a downcast expression defined her features, he felt a slight pang on his heart on seeing her like this. What he was seeing wasn't the great almighty Kyuubi-sama, right now he saw a woman who was going through emotional turmoil.
"Kurumi" he said sternly
She looked up at his face, she slightly recoiled but soon felt his hands cup her cheeks. He then wrapped her in a hug. He had an idea on what she was going through but he needed to be sure, the best thing to do in these situations is communicating.
"What's wrong?" he said straight to the point
She gave a breathy sigh "I… I don't know, I'm scared of getting left behind, I know you want a harem to repopulate your clan but there is something deep within me that gets scared I'll get replaced or that you'll love another girl than me, I know I was the one who proposed the idea of a harem, but I don't know.. I'm just being greedy.. It would have been better if-" she was cut off by the feeling of something soft on her lips. He froze at first due to the shock that came with the feeling she hasn't felt in a while, it only made her realize how much she missed this. She melted into the kiss and gave in.
After a few moments Naruto separated, he looked at her in the eye "Kurumi. I love you, you know it you can feel my emotions, I may find other people but I want you to understand that you will forever be first in my heart."
She still had an air of insecurity
Naruto sighed for a second "Kurumi I don't think you understand. I love you. Above anything else. You're the only reason I'm here, the only reason I'm as strong as I am, if it wasn't for you know knows what would have happened to me. You're not only my lover but you're my sensei, best friend, and everything in between. If there is something bothering you I will delete it for you, I want you to have the best" he said to her as he once again cupped her face
Naruto always prided himself on being able to see beneath the surface, so how could it be that he didn't even notice her turmoil, he felt stupid, he was too caught up with planning his moves that he failed to see the inner conflic of the person who matters to him the most.
Kurumi at this point had tears streaming down her face "Naruto..." she was at a loss for words
Naruto was about to reply when he was cut off.
She sniffed and then smiled "Naruto.. Trust me, I'm okay, it's just me being a little impatient, I guess I just really want to be out this seal, I want to stand by your side and show everyone you're mine and I'm yours, I suppose I was simply frustrated that I couldn't show everyone you're mine. Foxes are territorial animals after all"
Naruto chuckled in response "Who would of thought the Great Kyuubi-sama would act like this" his face became a little more serious "I'm serious though, are you sure?"
She smiled brightly at him "Yes, all that matters is that in #1 in your heart, and as long as everyone else knows that too, including your problem girl" she said vaguely
He caught her drift
"You have to deal with that, the more you leave her unchecked the more dangerous she could become" she told him
He sighed "Yeah, I know. I doubt I'll have a chance to deal with her this whole month since we're going to all be training"
He slightly perked up and smiled "Oh yeah, Jiraya is the one that holds your key, I'll get him to give it to me and you'll finally be out" he said excitedly. The fact went over his head as soon as he saw Kurumi in the state she was in
Kurumi was escastic and her demeanor turned positive
"Well Naru-koi, I believe it's time for you to go, when you came in here you zoned out and have been zoned out for like 10 seconds"
His eyes widened "Oh shit!" he exclaimed as he left his mindscape he wished he time would slow down while in his mindscape
"Naruto… Oi Naruto" He jolted up slightly
"Oh sorry I was lost in my thoughts"
Anko just rolled her eyes and everyone looked at him curiously, especially Jiraya
"I guess I have become more outgoing huh?" he asked a rhetorical question
"Well anyways, I was supposed to meet my sensei here so they could train me for the exams, have any of you seen them?" he asked feigning ignorance, something none of them noticed.
Jiraya pointed at him "You're the brat in supposed to train?!" he yelled
Naruto got a tick mark on his head "What did you say you old pervert?"
Anko and the rest raised their eyebrows. Not at their interaction but at the fact that Jiraya was training Naruto. While Jiraya was an old pervert he was one of the sannin and was one of the strongest Konoha had to offer. So for him to be training Naruto then something must be up.
"Anyways, It was nice meeting you again Anko, and you two beautiful women as well but we have to go. Ja ne" he said as he grabbed Jiraya who has a large smile on him face then Shuishined them out of there in a flash of electricity
Anko, Kurenai and Hana looked at each other for a second before Anko broke the silence.
"So, not to shabby right? I wouldn't mind having him for the night"
To which Hana and Kurenai began to sputter
"Jeez Anko, your insufferable, he's just a child" Kurenai said as she shook her head the blush still present on her face. However her thoughts lingered on him for a while longer.
Hana didn't reply to what she said but simply thought to herself.
"For a brat his presence sure is… enticing, however I can't fall victim to my primal pleasures just yet, he's just a kid. Though I feel it would be difficult. goddamit." she said as she unconsciously began to slightly rub her thoughts together
Naruto and Jiraya appeared on a grassy field surrounded by trees. Jiraya fell on his derriere while Naruto remained standing.
"Jeez you could have at least warned me" said Jiraya hiding his surprise
He looked up as he was standing up but to see not the charismatic Naruto from before but a totally different person.. expression wise atleast. His eyes were harder and didn't hold the same shine, he didn't sense and malice though.
"Alright let's cut to the chase. What do you know?"
Jiraya slightly chuckled "I don't know what you're talking about"
Naruto rolled his eyes "I know you're a pervert but you're not an idiot"
Jiraya face took a serious expression "So, you read your father's notes? You know about Kyuubi-sama."
"Yes, they told me everything, and she confirmed it"
Jiraya's eyes perked up "She?" he said with a grin he never told me about that
Naruto glared which sent a shiver up Jiraya's spine "Don't. Even. Think. About. It"
"Okay Okay geez no need to get your panties in a twist"
Naruto sighed and dace palmed "Jeez this is going to be the longest month"
Jiraya laughed "Well kid where are we?"
Naruto wasn't able to reply when Miyako appeared next to them in a blur
"Miyako?"
"Geez Master how could you forget me. I'm heartbroken" she exclaimed as crocodiles tears left her eyes
"Come here" he told her as he sat down and she climbed on his thighs and began to get petted
"I'm here cause I can't miss Kurumi-sama's release" she said happily
"Right" he nodded in understanding
"So who's the fox?" asked Jiraya. He could sense powerful chakra within her so he knew she wasn't any normal fox
"She's my cute little summon" he said which made Miyako yip in happiness
"Summon? If I remember correctly the fox summon was a lost Uzumaki summon that no one was able to sign" asked Jiraya
Naruto nodded "Kurumi simply had it, she gave it to me"
Jiraya looked at him "Hmmmm, alright" he said giving in then smirked again at hearing her name
"Hehe so you're you're on name basis?"
Naruto rolled his eyes before his face turned serious "Jiraya, give me access to the key so I can release her"
Jiraya looked him and sighed slightly "You want to release her? After everything that she caused. Your parents told me that the Kyuubi wasn't bad but that isn't what she proved that night." he said sternly
Naruto glared at him
"It wasn't her fault."
"Then who is there fault if not her then?" he asked back
Naruto sighed "Kurumi was mind controlled by a masked Uchiha to attack Konoha"
"Masked Uchiha? How do you know that she isn't just telling you this to cover herself up?"
Naruto's eyes reddened for a second then glared as his chakra flares cracking the ground slightly "She would never do that. I know she's telling the truth. She has no reason to lie." he spat
Jiraya was sweating bullets. After a while he sighed and looked at him "Are you sure about this? Naruto please understand my weariness, your parents told me that the Kyuubi wasn't evil but to my surprise I hear that she went on a rampage in Konoha and killed thousands along with Minato and Kushina"
Kurumi winced inwardly
Naruto sighed, he was being too hard on Jiraiya "I know where you're coming from but, I trust her with my life, she's the reason I am the way I am now" he said
Jiraya snorted "You're whipped" he said laughing
Naruto scowled "Shut up"
Jiraya ran through hand signs "Summoning No Jutsu" and a toad appeared. He was mostly orange with blue-green outlining him. Along his stomach were white rolls
"Gerotora, the key" He told the toad
The road looked at Jiraya slightly shocked
"Jiraya-sama? Are you sure?" he asked as he looked between Naruto and Jiraya. The toad nodded at Naruto "Naruto-sama"
Naruto nodded back
"Yes Gerotora, I'm sure"
The toad nodded it's small head "If you say so. Hope you know what you're getting into"
Toad began to stretch, more specifically the white rolls that were on his stomach. The frog jumped at Naruto and began to crawl it's way inside his mouth and down his esophagus. He melted inside his mouth. Naruto shuddered in disgust
"What he hell was that?" he yelled at Jiraya
Jiraya laughed "That was your father's idea, be always had a prankster part to him and he thought it would be funny"
Naruto began to grumble "Damn old man. I'll have to slug him if I ever meet him"
"Well gaki you have full access to the key now. Do as you wish"
Naruto nodded and closed his eyes and went into a meditation pose then entered his mindscape only to find Kurumi in there with tears in her eyes.
"Naru-koi…"
Naruto gave her a big smile. He took off his shirt and the seal on his stomach was visible. With the inclusion of a new seal that ran along the length of his arm.
"This must be the key"
Naruto knew what he had to do. He began to bring the key near his stomach and they both began to react. He jammed they key in the seal and it blew up in an explosion of chakra. He was forcefully pulled out of his mindscape.
Naruto awoke on the outside world. His back arched in pain as chakra began to envelop him. The shirt began to burn though the area where the seal was. A dark red almost red substance began to leave the seal. It wasn't a malevolent chakra like Jiraya expected but instead it felt strangely relaxing, you could still feel the power behind it but you couldn't feel any malice.
As Naruto's pained cried resounded the chakra began to take a form other than that of a blob. It contorted and shrank until it was the side of a human.
The deep red mass began to get color and began to take on a more refined shape. Soon a beautiful girl in all her glory appeared. She wore a deep black kimono with reddish orange stitching that that cut off at her chest revealing some of the upper parts of her chest, but not too much either. Her deep crimson hair which only popped out of due to the dark nature of her kimono. On her crimson hair there were fox ears that were the same bloody crimson at the base and became an orange on the her tips in a gradient.
That was not the only noticable feature. On her back there were 9 fox tails swaying happily behind her taking the same appearance as her ears, gradient and all. Her piercing dark red eyes that seemed to glow were highlighted by a single back slit on each eye respectfully that were currently leaking tears.
"Naruto!" she exclaimed jumped at a panting Naruto and greeting him with a large passionate kiss that lasted longer than Jiraya was comfortable with.
Speaking of Jiraya, he was left dumbfounded at her appearance. He expected a large terrifying beast that stood profoundly over 50 meters tall. Not this, a beautiful crying woman with fox ears and tails.
Throughout the kiss, Kurumi felt a burning urge deep inside her. She instinctively bit into his neck, her canines piercing into his neck pulling chakra from both her and Naruto it soon left a small mark where she bit, 9 tail-like objects spinning in a spiral pattern. The act made both feel a burning sensation, Kurumi lost all sense of self-control and was about to start taking off her kimono in an attempt to put the heat out when luckily Naruto, who had more self-control stopped her.
"Kuru-chan calm down not right now. not here at least" he said gesturing towards Jiraya whole was looking at the scene unfold in interest with a lecherous grin.
Kurumi contemplated for a second and stood up dusting herself off.
"Damn you two are pretty kinky"
Naruto sighed and using wind he sent dirt into his eye making Jiraya roll on the ground yelling something about brats getting girlfriends too soon
"I couldn't control myself back there. I guess I needed him more than I thought." Kurumi thought to herself. Thankfully she didn't undress enough to show Jiraya anything
"This body if only for Naru-koi's eyes after all" she thought with a blush.
She regained her composure and coughed into her hand. And turned to the recovering Jiraya
"Apologies. I am as you know the Kyuubi no Kitsune. Strongest of the nine Bijuu. Nice to meet you. I thank you for allowing Naru-koi to release me" she said with a slight bow
He giggled as she bowed as he tried to look down from the open part of her kimono but to no avail.
"I'm Jiraya, also known as The Great Toad Sage." He said with a big proud smile
Kurumi just smiled wearily "Errr.. Right…" she said as she turned to Naruto as to say 'what the hell do I do now?'
Naruto just sighed. He grabbed a small rock and flicked it at Jiraya's forehead.
"Knock it off. You forget she is able to castrate and kill you before you could realize it."
Jiraya shivered and realized what he was dealing with. After he regained his composure he realized something.
"Hey, where are we?"
Such an important question.
They had just released the Great Kyuubi and who knows where they are. If they are inside the calls of Konoha then groups of ANBU would be here any second now.
"Don't worry. I took us miles away from Konoha. Miles away from any elemental nation in matter of fact. So we don't need to worry about anyone hearing or seeing us."
Jiraya nodded in understanding. So he had been planning this all along.
Naruto looked at Kurumi "Kuru-chan. You could go back to the seal or turn into the small fox form you were mentioned a while ago."
She nodded and in a swirl she transformed into a small dark orange fox with a single swaying tail that mirrored her previous tails.
WAAAHHH Kyuubi-sama. I never thought I'd be able to stand next to you. Master-sama is the best" she yipped happily as she jumped in excitement
Naruto just smiled at the scene
"Well gaki. I was supposed to train you. But what I can see you don't need any training. You've read your father's notes?"
"Yes, I've already learned the Ransengan and Hirashin no Jutsu. However I cannot the Hirashin to the same level as my father. After 13 teleporations I get nauseous. I have the chakra for it but I assume I need to use it more often in order to get used to it."
Jiraya nodded in understanding. He was slightly jealous that Minato let Naruto learn the Jutsu, but he understood.
"I'm also in the process to adding an element to the rasengan, I'm so close but not quite there"
Jiraya looked shocked for a second. "An element? Even Kakashi wasn't able to add an element. When he tried he accidentally created his infamous Raikiri."
Naruto shook his head "I said I was in the process. I still haven't successfully completed it, but I'm close"
Jiraya nodded in amazement
Naruto got a mischievous smile "Oi"
Jiraiya turned to him inquisitively
"So... what do you think? Should I show off the Hirashin during the fight to shove it to the old council geezers?"
Jiraiya smiled, his smile grew as he imagined everything that would cause.
"Gaki. I love how you think"
[Next Day]
[Hinata]
[3rd Person View]
Hinata was on her way to meet her sensei for half of this month.
She remembered Kurenai attempted to train her when she was younger as she was a student of her mother. But due to her previous shy nature, she didn't learn anything and her father told her to stop training her. She had apparently requested her for the Genin team, but Hokage-sama denied her request.
So now she asked to train Hinata even though she isn't going to fight in the exams.
She arrived at her destination and saw Kurenai enjoying a Dango by myself. He seemed to notice Hinata and a smile overrode her face.
"Hey Hinata" she waved her over
Hinata walked to her and sat down on a stall beside her.
"Do you want any?" she asked using up the stick of Dango she had on her hand
"No thanks" Hinata replied putting her hands up shaking her head
Kurenai shrugged and ate the last of it "Suit yourself"
She stood up and mentioned Hinata to follow her. They began walking away from the stand and towards the direction the training fields are at.
"Do you know what I specialize in?" she asked Hinata, as to understand how much Hinata knew or didn't know about her.
"No.. not necessarily, all I know is that my mother trained you when you were younger"
"I see, well I specialize in genjutsu. Genjutsu, along with Medical Jutsus, need great chakra control. And you, being a Hyuuga, you have near-perfect or maybe even perfect chakra control. So this makes you a good candidate for it, so I'd like to train you even though you won't be fighting."
Hinata nodded "I see, well Naruto-kun is too busy training and so is Sasuke so I don't really have much of an option"
Kurenai smiled "Well let's go then"
They arrived to the training grounds and Kurenai began to explain the basics of advanced Genjutsu
Hinata nodded slightly understanding. She now had a new profound respect for Genjutsu users, Genjutsu in the academy seemed pretty boring and useless but now she realized it could be a very powerful tool
"Hinata, Keep in mind that the best Genjutsu is subtle Genjutsu. They can't dispel it if they don't know they're in it. One can only dispel it if they themselves know something seems wrong of if they have near-perfect chakra control and notice an interference. Jinchuuriki can also dispel it rather easily due to their Bijuu, it could tell them if something is interfering."
"That's why Nin like Itachi Uchiha are very dangerous. He's mastered the art of Genjutsu, usually, only talented Uchiha can put people under a Genjutsu through eye contact making them dangerous, and according to rumors, Itachi can even do it without the need of eye contact making him even more dangerous. He'll put you in a Genjutsu in a blink of an eye and you won't even notice and kill you while you're in it"
Hinata nodded starting to understand and like this whole Genjutsu business
"I'll get you started of basic techniques and build your way up to more advanced techniques like my signature technique, and maybe one day you would even be able to create your own technique and be the third to take up the mantle as The Genjutsu Mistress" said Kurenai with a hint of hope and pride
"Third?" asked Hinata. She's never heard of someone being The Genjutsu Mistress before Kurenai.
"Ah you've never been told?" she asked slightly surprised
Hinata shook her head in denial
"Ah well your mother was the first, she then taught me and I took up the mantle, and when she was alive" He face took a slightly saddened expression "She used to tell me how I would be the one to train you into being the 3rd generation.
Hinata's mood lightened at hearing something about her mother. The clans people and her father would never tell her anything about her mother whenever she asked so hearing anything about her was always a good thing.
"Well then, let's get started"
[Sasuke]
[3rd Person View]
"Kakashi why are you having me do this?" grunted Sasuke in annoyance as he climbed up a rock
"This is the first part of your test" Kakashi replied as he looked down at his book while also climbing effortlessly
Sasuke shot him a glare then went back to focusing to climbing the rock. Naruto had shown him tree climbing but this was kind of difficult to pull off since he could only pull it off on a semi flat surface and this rock was anything but, he couldn't rock climb on bumpy uneven surfaces like Naruto and apparently Kakashi.
As he neared the top of the rock he was climbing Kakashi quickened his pace passing Sasuke effortlessly, much to his dismay.
He eventually reached the top with a grunt.
He looked around and found a pretty large surface area.
"Is this the place?" he asked
Kakashi eye smiled at him "Yes"
Sasuke looked at him in annoyance "Where am I sleeping then? Cause I know I sure as hell am not going to climb this rock everyday"
Kakashi pulled out 2 sleeping bags from a seal "Voila"
Sasuke just grunted in response "What about food?"
Kakashi simply replied "I'll get Pakkun to fetch some food whenever you're hungry"
Sasuke sighed and sat down to rest.
"What do you think you're doing?"
"Huh?" Sasuke uncharacteristically asked
"We have to train. No time to rest"
Sasuke's eyes widened slightly "Are you insane? We just climbed for like 4 hours"
"Yes… That was warm up"
Sasuke looked at him annoyed and mumbled "Geez what a slave driver.. just like Naruto"
"Hmm what was that?" asked Kakashi looking up from his small orange book
"Tch. Whatever let's just get started"
Kakashi closed his book and put it in his pocket.
"Alright so the technique I'm going to teach you is my signature Raikiri. It's an assassination type Jutsu. In all honesty I shouldn't even really be showing you this technique. But due to the recent attack on you by Orochimaru you need to learn something like this"
His face turned serious "Listen Sasuke. Under no circumstances you are never to ever use this technique on a comrade. Ever. Understood?"
Sasuke got a chill that ran up his spine. He's never seen Kakahsi this serious, he even looked,, dare he say it, scary, well Kakashi is a Jonin for a reason
Sasuke nodded "Right"
"With a technique like this will I be able to kil-"
His thoughts were interrupted by that same image of Itachi crying that night. He slightly shook his head
"Before any of that I need to find out the real reason Itachi did it"
"Sasuke"
Sasuke was pulled from his thoughts. He looked at Kakashi
"Are you okay Sasuke?"
Sasuke nodded
"Well actually there is another thing. I should have done this earlier but I need to seal off the Curse Mark Orochimaru left on you" said Kakashi
Sasuke slightly faltered "Err…"
"Hm?"
"Uhh.. Naruto already removed the seal.."
Kakashi's eyes widened "He did what?"
Sasuke slightly squirmed. He wasn't sure if he could tell Kakashi, not sure if Naruto wanted to keep this a secret. Naruto knew Konoha would find out Orochimaru infiltrated Konoha so he couldn't have been thinking of keeping it a secret for long.
Kakashi couldn't believe his ears. He knew Naruto knew seals but he didn't know he knew this to this extent. Not even Jiraya-sama knew how to remove the seal, and if Naruto knew how to remove it then that means Naruto is an even greater seal master than Jiraya-sama.
"How did he do it?" Kakashi couldn't hold himself back by asking that question
Sasuke averted his eyes "I'm not too sure. He had me lay down, I felt ink his my skin and felt oddly relaxed and before I knew it everything went dark. I woke up and Naruto said he fixed the seals apparently you can't completely remove the seal but you can only replace and purge Orochimaru's chakra that he laced into it with another, and he put his chakra instead, and in all honesty it makes me feel stronger so I have no complaints"
Kakashi nodded slowly "That impressive, But again Naruto is an Uzumaki, Fuinjutsu is in his blood so it shouldn't be too surprising he is a natural at it, given how he has shown that he can pick up on everything and has skills that show up once every thousand of years."
Kakashi sighed to himself "Jeez why do I feel like he will be a pain in the ass" he mused to himself
Kakashi didn't really have anything else to say on the topic so he decided to change the just change it. However he will make sure to store this to report to Hokage-sama
"Alright well if that's out of the way let's get started on the technique"
[Naruto]
[3rd Person View]
"Damn.." was all Jiraya had to say.
Both Naruto and Kurumi told Jiraya Naruto's story up to this point.
After Naruto beat up Jiraya for not being there for him in his childhood they came to the conclusion that Jiraya can be trusted.
After Naruto tangent calmed down he understood why Jiraya did it, Jiraya wanted to take Naruto with him but he couldn't, it was too dangerous and Jiraya had his job to do as Konoha's Spy Master. Still didn't stop Naruto from getting angry.
Kurumi and Naruto didn't tell him the entirety of their plans but he knew the gist.
"One thing Naruto" he said seriously
"Hm?"
"Can I see your eyes?" he asked curiously
Naruto nodded and shut his eyes. Upon opening them his eyes were now purple and the ripples expanded outwards and tomoe appeared and began spinning until falling into place.
Jiraya started muttering "It's just like his…"
Due to Naruto's enhanced senses he caught that "Him? Who? Is there another with these eyes?" asked Naruto
This was information he needed.
"Yes… well there was at least. During the 3rd Shinobi War there were 3 orphans I met in Ame, I trained them and one of them had eyes like this, only except the tomoe"
"What happened to them? Are they still alive?"
"Not sure, I heard reports that they died but I'm not 100% sure"
Naruto contemplated "Hmmm. Another Rinnegan user? What do you think about this Kurumi" Naruto asked Kurumi telepathically. Even though she was released from the seal they can still communicate telepathically.
"I'd say, if they're still alive I suggest we have them join us, another pair of Rinnegan can be a very useful tool indeed. However if he proves to be an enemy we need to eliminate him as soon as possible as another Rinnegan user can be a dangerous foe, even to you"
Naruto nodded, he knew better than to underestimate someone like this.
"What were they like?" asked Naruto trying to get information
Jiraya had a melancholic look "Well one of them had orange spikey hair, like yours, he was the leader of their little group, he was kind-hearted and always attempted to better himself and those around him, he always wanted to achieve world peace, that was his dream. The other one was a girl with short purple hair, she used to keep an origami flower on her head, she was supportive of both her friends, she created her own technique which utilized paper and she could control it with Chakra"
Jiraya smiled slightly "And the last one was an odd one. He was the one that held the Rinnegan, he had red hair and was a sensitive young fellow, he would often get emotional and he would often cry at the misfortune of others, he thought this was a drawback but I saw it as a strength, it allowed him to see the pain of others easier and maybe he would be able to relieve others of their pain." he said melancholically
Naruto nodded, Jiraya seemed to be fond of these people.
Jiraya cleared his throat "So anyways there really isn't much I can teach you huh gaki?"
Naruto shrugged "I suppose not"
Jiraya took up a thinking pose "I was going to let you sign the toad contract but you already have a fox contract, one of the strongest contracts out there so there is really no need to have 2"
"Heh, my bad" Naruto said scratching his head sheepishly
"So Jiraya, will you help me out with my quest"
Jiraya slightly smirked "What quest? Your quest on women or..?"
Naruto groaned "I really shouldn't have told him about that"
"No you idiot my other quest"
"Not sure Naruto, I know you want to leave. But I just don't know. But I know that if you try to rebuild Uzu with the aid of Konoha they will demand an alliance, and knowing some of the sketchier council members they mine try to manipulate you and try to run Uzu from the shadows."
Naruto nodded "Yeah, that's why I want to build Uzu without the aid of Uzu, or any village for that matter"
Jiraya sighed "You know what gaki? All you're doing is just making my job more difficult."
Naruto chuckled
"But alright. I'll take you away from Konoha after the Chunin Exams under the notion that you're going on a training trip."
Naruto smiled "Then I could just leave you and you can vouch for me when they ask for me. We'll see how long we could keep this up"
Jiraya nodded "Very well"
"Another thing, I met your teammate in the Chunin Exams"
"Teammate? Which-" he slowly came to a stop, he knew it wasn't Tsunade so it only meant…
"Orochimaru?! What the hell was he doing here?! How did you meet him?! Did he do anything to you like mark you?!" he exclaimed
Naruto defensively put his arms up "No no no, calm down let me explain"
Jiraya seemed to simmer down a bit "Go on"
"Well he infiltrated our Chunin Exams.. actually I'm a bit surprised Jiji hasn't told you…"
Jiraya nodded in agreement
"Anyways that's beside the point. So he infiltrated and attacked me and my team, we battled him but being the snake he is he bit my teammate and left a mark on him. I looked over the mark and it was a Cursed Seal, it had a portion of his chakra and soul on it, I was able to purge the Chakra and Soul but not the actual mark. So I put part of my Chakra and Kurumi's because if we left it without any Chakra is could have possibly killed Sasuke since the seal integrated itself into his chakra stream. The seal needed a foreign chakra to sustain itself, if it didn't have any foreign chakra it would eventually consume Sasuke's own chakra, which in turn could be fatal since his chakra isn't potent enough to keep it at bay. I had to use both Kurumi and I's chakra since mine alone isn't potent enough and Kurumi's is too potent which could also have negative effects, so together they balance each other out." Naruto said finishing his explanation
Jiraya on the other hand was relieved and shocked. Relieved that nothing happened to Naruto nor his teammates and shocked that Naruto was able to finally seal Orochimaru's seals, after many years that was something even he couldn't do
"Well damn gaki" was all he had to say
"Yeah, surprised Orochimaru knows that level or Fuinjutsu"
"Anyways gaki that's enough for right now, let's head back, I wanna meet that Haku girl of yours" he said with a perverted smile
Naruto slapped him behind the head "Don't even think about it old man or this will be the last time you'll meet her, or anyone for that matter"
"Okay okay geez" Jiraya replied
Naruto grabbed Jiraiya and they disappeared in a swirl
[Haku]
[1st Person View]
The past week and a half have been a bore for me. Naruto was gone and there was nothing to do. So you can only imagine how delighted I was when he all of the sudden appeared before me after his exams were over. He explained what happened with the Snake Sannin and to think Naruto-sama was strong enough to go toe to toe the Snake Sannin made me feel giddy inside.
This leads me to my current predicament, he's going to be gone again for training, but if you ask me he doesn't need training but he kept on saying "one could never train enough"
I was currently lazing around reading one of his scrolls when I felt multiple pulses indicating there were multiple people inside the house.
Only a second later I realized one of the signatures was Naruto's so I immediately dispelled any notion that it could be an enemy. However, this only made me more curious about the other signatures, who I didn't recognize as either Sasuke's or Hinata's
"Yo Haku-chan"
"Greetings Naruto-sama" I said with a bow. It was only reasonable that Naruto-sama would receive all my possible respect.
I turned my head to look over at the 2 other people there. One was currently close to Naruto too close I could even say. And the other was an old man. However red sirens starting going off. I soon realized this wasn't any random old man, this was Jiraya, one of the 3 Sannin, one of Konoha's best. Massive Bounty on his head…
Hey okay listen Zabuza made me memorize every Nin in the Bounty Book.
"Hmmmm" said the old man analyzing me
I instinctively covered myself and started to reach for the Senbon hidden in my sleeves when Naruto-sama stopped me
"It's okay Haku if he does anything I'll beat him to a pulp" he reassured.
In response I stopped myself "Who are these people anyways?" I said a bit rudely I'll have to admit but I had to keep the facade that I didn't know who these people are, and I was also dying to know who that woman was and why she was clinging too much to Naruto-sama.
He sheepishly laughed "Well you see, this old sage is Jiraiya, one of the Sannin and uhh.." he cleared his throat
Geez why is he hesitating so much? Is this his fiance or something? My stomach admittedly dropped at the thought, I wouldn't be too surprised honestly. However I wouldn't doubt it knowing how much of a womanizer Naruto-sama is
"This is Kurumi, my lover" he said
"Ah so this the famed Kurumi"
"Nice to meet you" she said to me
"Hello nice to meet you, I said respectively. '' After all getting on her good side would only result in a positive outcome, I knew who she was and what she meant to Naruto. That's not even mentioning all the power she holds, she would squish me in a second.
I looked over the old man and he had a lecherous grin and looked at me
"Hmmm, I must say kid. You do have some good taste. One voluptuous one and another petite one so you can enjoy the best of both worlds" he said almost sage-like, if you didn't pay attention to what he said you might have thought he said something insightful.
I slightly faltered and instinctively covered by chest
"Is this really one of the Sannin?"
I looked over at Naruto and he just nodded, understanding I turned towards him and bowed "Hello Jiraya-sama, I'm Haku pleased to make an acquaintance"
He waved it off. "No need for Honors" he said
I nodded
"Well now the introductions are finished now let's get to more important matters" said Naruto
"Jiraya here knows about our plan to revive Uzu"
I looked at him wearily "Naruto-sama, are you sure?"
"Yes, He agreed to help us with our quest, I trust him, he trained my father and knew him well"
I nodded understanding "Very well Naruto-sama" I wasn't sure on where Naruto-sama was going with telling Jiraiya about this. I thought he wanted to keep all this under wraps. Was there something that happened between them that I didn't know?
Jiraya giggled perversely, both Naruto and I ignored him not wanting to know what was going through his head
I turned to Kurumi and him "So you successfully released her?"
Kurumi gave a large smile "Yup"
"Thank the heavens it all went well" she followed up
I nodded slightly awkwardly not knowing what to say anymore. I knew about his plan on reviving Uzu and the measures he would take, my face slightly flushed at the thought that I would be helping him.
However luckily Naruto changed the conversation
I'm my head I sighed, I honestly didn't know how to feel about this, on one hand I was glad Naruto-sama will have his lover at his side now meaning he will be happier but on the other… I didn't really know what this would mean for us.
I closed my eyes and sighed
'No point in indulging myself in negative thoughts, everything is going to be okay' I said to myself with a small smile
"I'm going to be training with Jiraya, Kakashi told us what we will be doing during this month, we have talked with Jiraya and we will be delaying our leave, I have also spoken to Zabuza and he said things haven't gotten too hectic, he also secured a meeting with the leader of the resistance when I leave, however this is pretty risky, if things go south and I don't finish my objective here things my plans can easily derail, but it also wouldn't help if we just immediately leave, cause the leaf could very possibly ruin my plans."
I decided to interject "But Naruto-sama, what about Jiraya-sama, isn't he loyal to the leaf?" she questioned
Jiraya chuckled "I may be loyal to the leaf but I'm even more so loyal to Naruto's family, they added so much more to my life and owe a lot to them, plus this doesn't bring any threat to the safety of the leaf so there in no incentive to go against his plans."
Haku nodded, albeit hesitantly, all she cared about was Naruto's safe being.
[?]
[Third Person View]
She felt her chakra surge, the same chakra that ruined her life, the same chakra that ruined her system and left the dreams of becoming a kunoichi just that, dreams, same chakra who erased those who she loved dearly. She has always felt the lingering sensation that she wasn't the only one with this chakra and now she felt that sensation today full blast. She just had to find out what happened.
AN (Long AN btw): Ayooooooooooooooooooooooooooo whats good, dw I didn't die :3, surprised people were still interested in this story tee hee mb for not updating in like uhh 2 years, don't really have an excuse I was just too lazy, admittedly I had this chapter done a while ago but I was too lazy to go through the process of uploading it, to make up for it I made this chapter kind of longish. I'll try to update this more often again I'm motivated to bring this back. I recently reread it and kind I kind of forgot what I was gonna do with some of these OCs, I changed up what I had planned for them, I'm making an effort to fix people getting confused about the switch of POV's, I'm adding little parts that tell who's POV it is, I'm sure I've mentioned it before but I want to change the POV because following Naruto 24/7 will get boring at a point. To some people who might complain that it's taking Naruto a while to leave Konoha, well I don't wanna rush that and I want to make it work and just a small warning some of the girls in the harem will take some time for them to show up and join. Hmmmm let's see let's see what else to talk about, oh yea Kurumi is free. lol It might seem pretty sudden ngl I felt like this part was rushed but then again the one thing Naruto wants the most is to free Kurumi so ofc hell take the first opportunity he gets, I don't know what you guys feel about my Jiraya and him knowing about Naruto's plan, I plan on having a bit of people know about his ambitions because they're something he can't really do himself. Wow if you're still reading this ily I've been rambling for a whiiiile now goddamn sorry I'm so talkative it's been a while, pls comment about your idea's I may not directly answer them unless you PM or something but trust me I see every review that is left unless it's a troll so if there is anything you want to suggest or any complaints or criticisms drop a review or PM if you want a direct response well as I always say, hope you enjoyed your say and criticisms are welcome
Ja Ne.
