Hey what do you know, I managed to get one more chapter done, yay! And for those of you waiting to watch sound ninja get their asses kicked, have no fear, for it here!
Also, a reply to one recent comment. Naruto isn't exactly an animal at this point. He's still human, but now has a fox tail and ears and heightened senses, so he can still technically procreate and have a family...not that I'll be tossing in lemons mind you. They tend to draw too much attention away from the actual story more than often. I would just google search a fox earred and tailed Naruto and put that as the cover...but I don't want the artist to come and find me and ask me for money via copyright.
Now with that out of the way...I need to get something else out of the way.
DISCLAIMER: Okay, short and sweet, I don't own Naruto, that stuff belongs to its respective owners I've mentioned every other chapter. Other than that, I own the story and techniques I create. Now on with the story!
Chapter 11: Poor Sound Ninja
Forest of Death, Konohagakure, Land of Fire
The three genin opened their eyes, and looked to see the Naruto clone that was possessed by Naruto with a smile on his face as the curse mark on Asuka's shoulder disappeared. He then looked at them with Naruto's bright blue eyes.
"Well, since I was able to remove the seal, you guys managed to succeed your mission. Good job." He said as he then gave each of them a bit of a headpat.
Naruto, Sakura, and Haku felt it a bit weird since in looks, it was Naruto's clone doing that, but since they knew it was Minato, they were happy with the complement.
"So, what else happen in there? Other than the Kyuubi finally being clear about her gender?" Minato spoke with a grin.
"Oh shut up blond bastard. You got your own secrets that you haven't told them either!" the Kyuubi spoke in her feminine voice. She felt there was no point in faking her voice since the only two people who could hear her at the moment both knew her gender, and didn't act like she was a beast to either be hated or contained like the rest of the humans. So she tolerated them for the moment...but she also wanted to see just what they would do in the world...but she wouldn't admit that anytime soon.
Naruto chuckled a little at the jab and Kyuubi's response, and then told his father "Well where do we start?"
Haku picked up on the cue first "Well, we learned Fugaku was the one who made Sasuke dress and act like a male."
Minato sighed "Really? Sigh, I knew he was a bit sexist, but he wasn't that bad. Perhaps he got worse after I died."
Sakura went next and spoke "Apparently Naruto met Sasuke, er Asuka, once before they were young, and Naruto here didn't recognize her in the academy and I may have accidentally hit him enough times he forgot until recently."
Naruto retorted "Hey! She looked and acted a lot different in comparison. How could I not assume Sasuke was a different person!"
Minato let out a sweatdrop as he said "Well things like that happen...and Sakura, just try to not hit him too hard next time then?"
"Fine...still hitting him if he does something stupid." Sakura replied.
"Well, anything else?" Minato asked.
Naruto finally got his turn...and let's just say, everyone had a 'WTF' face.
"Well, when I took Tsukuyomi for the memory form of Asuka, I actually ended up meeting a sort of clone Itachi had put in her mind as a safety measure. He admitted that he wanted her to become strong enough to kill him and avenge the clan, but as to why he did it. He wouldn't tell me, but instead said if we want the truth, we'll have to beat it out of him. Heck, I made him a promise on that Dattebayo!"
"Wait, WHAT!?"
The group turned to see an awake Asuka,who had returned to consciousness in the middle of Naruto retorting to Sakura. The first thing she noticed was her shirt was gone, thus she knew, much to her annoyance her gender was revealed. But then Naruto said something that she just HAD TO confirm. She grabbed Naruto as she asked him in rapid fire "Are you telling the truth Naruto!? Did Nii-San really plan to make me some sort of avenger out of his guilt or something? And why is NOW you remember the actual me!? JUST WHAT HAPPENED WHILE I WAS OUT!? TELL ME!"
Naruto was being shaken as Asuka asked her questions, a slight bit of panic and annoyance mixed in her face, leading to the rest of the group simply have a bit of a dry laugh. This was definitely not the Sasuke they knew before.
"Stop shaking me Asuka-chan and I'll talk!" Naruto yelled. Asuka stopped shaking him and let out a sigh. She really was hoping that it would be a time she could explain it on her own terms, but now they had somehow not only learned her secret, but even more than she thought.
Naruto then answered her by telling them just what happened after she had been bitten by Orochimaru right up to where they saw her moment with a young Naruto. By the end, her face was as red as a tomato. They literally knew just about every important aspect of her life at this point. Heck, they even got front seats to her most cherished memory, the moment she fell hard for the blond. It was also the root to her one regret. That in order to keep her gender secret so that the council wouldn't try to make her a baby making machine, she had to quit going out as a girl. And she had an image to keep up as 'Sasuke Uchiha'. And even more so, she tried to be very unfriendly with Naruto, since she knew at a young age he was quite a loudmouth and would have caught onto her if she acted more friendly.
Only good thing was the civilian council didn't have as much leverage on her since she was now an official ninja. She decided to take that silver lining for now.
"Well, I suppose that's fine then...also...Naruto-kun?" She said while the blond was still in her grip. Eyes staring right into his.
"Ye-yes Asuka-chan?" he replied...before she then initiated a kiss with him. As a result, Sakura watched with mouth wide open in shock, Haku raised her eyebrows since she hadn't expected that, Minato chuckled as he expected that to happen sooner or later, and the Kyuubi laughed as she literally guessed that would happen when they came back out.
She then pulled away from them, leaving Naruto to let out "...w-wow."
"You have no idea how long I wanted to do that." Asuka said with a smile on her face.
The two seemed to have a moment before Minato let out a cough, which reminded them of their audience. Asuka quickly let go of the boy and looked away with a red face. Naruto was doing the same in the other direction.
Minato then said with a bit of a grin "Well, while I wouldn't mind grandchildren, you're still young, so I say take it slow. Now in any case, I'll make my leave for the moment. See ya!" He then dispelled the clone himself, breaking his connection to the outside and his conscious returned to the seal within.
"Dad!" Naruto yelled in embarrassment. Haku let out a short giggle, Sakura still in a slight bit of shock, and Asuka pouted.
Naruto then looked back towards Asuka and asked her "So...can we call you Asuka-chan, or Sasuke?"
"Since you all know...Asuka in private, Sasuke in public. I wanted to make a better reputation before I let people know about...the real me. That way those pricks in the council wouldn't get stupid ideas...stupid CRA." Asuka replied.
The two girls nodded as they knew about that law, Haku especially. She was still quite grateful that Lord Third managed to keep that from happening to her.
Meanwhile Naruto asked the dumb question.
"And that would be?"
Asuka sighed and then whispered into his ears just what the CRA was. As a result, it became his turn to turn red as a tomato, much to the girls' amusement.
Naruto then shook his head and said "Well don't worry! If I have to, I'll initiate the the biggest prank war Konoha has ever seen in order to keep them off!"
Elsewhere in the village
The entire civilian council felt a shiver down their spines. As if though the demon fox itself was standing behind them with a huge grin on its mouth. They all looked behind them and calmed down when nothing was there...for now.
Back at the forest
Asuka let out a giggle as she responded "I know you would. You're a Hokage of his word, right?"
Naruto also gave her a big grin.
Haku then walked over to them as she said "Speaking of keeping their word…"
Haku then quickly grabbed the boy's head and kissed him as well, much to the others' surprise...save for Kyuubi who was laughing her ass off and Minato wondering how his son would handle this.
"What the hell Haku!?" Asuka said in surprise.
Haku pulled away and replied "I may not have known him as long, but I love this boy just as much as you do. He saved my life and spent time with me with both of us enjoying each others' company. So don't think you can hog him."
Asuka then in confusion said "Wait, what do you mean?"
Haku then went over to the Uchiha girl's ear and whispered.
"The CRA goes two ways right? And Naruto is part of a near extinct clan, right? Think about it."
Asuka then smiled and said "Fair enough...I set the ground rules though, deal?"
Haku and Asuka then shook hands. Meanwhile Naruto was still a bit out of it after he had been kissed by not one, but two women.
As for Sakura, she was still trying to put together just what the heck happened. First Asuka turned out to be a girl that liked Naruto and kissed him for what was actually the second time. Then Haku also ended up liking him and made out with the boy and made some sort of bargain with Asuka.
What the heck...I know he's gotten stronger and has his moments, but what the heck!? Me falling for him or something? Or even another girl showing her interest? She thought.
Inside the Tower, Forest of Death, Konohagakure, Land of Fire
"Achoo!"
Hinata was in their room as she sneezed for the second time today.
She looked around and was happy that at least no one else was in the room. Kiba was exploring the tower, and Shino had went to check what they had in the mess hall.
I really hope that's Naruto talking good things about me, and not someone insulting me the bluenette thought.
But what was strange to her is what she was feeling at this time.
"Why do I feel both annoyed and happy at the same time?"
No one would ever know though, not even Hinata herself, that she had said that with no stutters whatsoever...except maybe Kami.
Back with Team 7
Sakura then broke out of her musings as Sasuke put back on her shirt, and couldn't help but realize there was a reason she wore both the bandages and high collar. It was to hide her cleavage, and it worked quite well, much like Haku did by wearing multiple layers of clothing.
And even though they were under bandages, she could tell they were bigger than hers, much to her annoyance.
Why is it that half of the ninja we meet have bigger boobs?...wait could it be the dieting? Have I been hampering my growth that much!? She thought as she basically realized her dieting had screwed her over even more than she figured.
However, the Team was broken out of their musings as they heard an explosion outside.
"What was that?" Asuka asked, back to using her 'Sasuke' tone.
Naruto answered her "I think that was one of the traps me and dad set up."
"Likely. Let's go see." Haku commented.
The group then came out of the hollowed out tree to see the three Sound ninja from the beginning of the exam dodging a barrage of shuriken.
"WHO THE FUCK SEALS THAT MANY SHURIKEN FOR A TRAP!" a male with spiky and gravity defying black hair yelled as he dodged what was basically a seal that acted as a shuriken machine gun.
"JUST KEEP DODGING DUMBASS!" the one kunoichi on their team yelled. Her hair was long, with the bottom brought together by a bow.
The traps then stopped before they looked at a group of 4 genins, the ones they were told to fight. One of them they couldn't help but do a double take on. But after seeing some of Orochimaru's experiments...they decided they've seen weirder.
"What do you guys want? We all know you work for Orochimaru." 'Sasuke' said in annoyance. She was already a bit high strung from the string of events that stemmed from the Snake Sannin. She really didn't want more problems to deal with after her secret had been revealed to her team.
The bandaged widened his eyes before he then spoke "Oh really? Then I'll make this easier for you then. Sasuke Uchiha, fight us. It's what we were asked to do."
Asuka would have gladly went over there to kick his ass, but she was still weakened due to the lingering effects of the curse mark. They wouldn't be around for much longer, but she knew it would hamper her ability to fight for the moment.
Of course the 'dobe' stood up for her.
"Oh yeah? I bet I could kick your ass instead!"
The spiky haired one replied "That right blondie? I bet you would go down easy. Seriously, what kind of ninja wears orange? Or heck, I bet the pinky there is even worse! I heard kunoichis are crap in your year! I bet you can't do jack shit!"
Naruto was about to go at him, and Haku to support him. But then Sakura grabbed both of their shoulders, with her eyes shadowed by her hair. Naruto shivered a little at that.
She then moved past them and started cracking her knuckles.
"Alright, first I have to deal with Orochimaru making my training seem pointless, then I have one of my main goals shattered, then I learn the teammate I thought was an idiot can actually think and somehow ends up with two women interested in him, and NOW you insult me…"
Even Haku and Asuka couldn't help but shiver and Naruto started backing away from the pinkette. They had only seen her this mad once during a mission. It was something that Kakashi hadn't been present for, but had seen the aftermath.
They knew this was not going to be pretty.
Dosu noticed their actions and started to wonder just what Zaku had unleashed upon them.
Sakura then spoke once more.
"I'm going to beat you. I'm going to use you three to vent all the stress I've built up. And just to be sure...I'll even use the power of youth."
Haku then said "...well...I feel bad for those three now…"
Zaku cocked an eyebrow at the ice user a bit confused before Sakura spoke one last time.
"Gate of Opening, Gate of Healing, Gate of Pain, OPEN!"
It was there all hell broke loose.
The Tower, Forest of Death, Konohagakure, Land of Fire
Kakashi had his visible eye open as he looked at guy in shock.
"YOU WHAT!?"
Gai in shame spoke "I said I taught her about the Inner Gates! I wanted to give her a bit of a reward for her successful training. I only taught her about the theoretical aspect, but I didn't think she would figure out how to use them from there! She even figured out how to open up to the Fourth Gate on her own!"
"Are you insane!? You know what that can do to the body!" Kakashi yelled at Gai, but Gai then said something that scared the daylights out of him.
"That's the thing...she figured out a regeneration jutsu that can work after opening at least two of the gates...with it...she can negate the effects up to the fourth gate…"
Kakashi was silent as the grave...before he spoke.
"Dear Kami...I must never make her angry ever again...and I feel only pity for the poor souls that do."
With Rock Lee
Rock Lee was doing a bit of self-training after a bit of scouting. In which he was trying to catch all the leaves that fell from the tree he just kicked. But just as he was about to kick the last one, he felt a sudden influx of recognizable chakra.
While he had bad chakra coils, he could at least sense recognizable chakras. And he could only do so with three, his teammates originally. But during the month of training, he came to be able to sense Sakura's.
While he knew she probably wouldn't need help if she was releasing that much, he at least wanted to watch. And knowing Neji, he was pretty sure he would as well. And while the Hyuuga would never admit it, he was pretty sure Neji knew well enough to not TRULY piss off the pinkette. They could get away with some of team Gai's normal shenanigans. But all of team Gai straight up agreed on one thing.
If Sakura was angry and started pulling out the gates...she was stronger than Lee AND Neji.
And just as he thought about it, Neji came out of the woods behind him and asked him "So...I'm guessing we're going to check on Sakura and whatever poor fools managed to anger her?"
Lee responded "Of course! She is amazing to watch when she decides to use the power of youth!...as long as it isn't on us..."
With Team 10
Ino, Shikamaru, and Choji happened to come across the confrontation between the Sound nins and Team 7 after following the sound of an explosive. Shikamaru didn't want to go, but Ino was curious about who was nearby, and said if they were lucky, they could probably get a scroll out of it. And of course Choji wasn't really helping him since he was satisfied with eating his chips.
However, what they did not expect was for Sakura to walk up in front of them, talk about her recent annoyances, about how she was going to use the Sound nin to vent, and then suddenly spike to HIGH HELL in chakra. Heck they saw her skin turn red too, so that clearly wasn't normal.
Just as their mouths hit the floor in shock, Sakura in high speed disappeared, only to reappear as she drop kicked the spiky sound nin in the stomach, sending the poor bastard flying, only for her to beat him to where he was flying and then punch him straight in the center of his back, breaking his spine. The boy flew back towards where he was before and landed on the ground, unconscious from the pain.
"When the FUCK could she do that!? Last I checked, she had no muscle whatsoever!" Ino said to her team in shock.
Shikamaru shrugged and said "Well, I did hear that she had been visiting Team Gai in the last month or something."
Ino, the rumor mill herself, knew many things, including Team Gai, especially since one of the handsome guys that interested her was part of it, Neji Hyuuga. But she had also heard their sensei was a taijutsu training nut.
"How the heck would she survive training with Gai?" Ino said.
At this point a boy with green spandex, who Ino recognized as Rock Lee since the boy was one of Neji's teammates.
Rock Lee answered her question with "Well, she had a hard time at first, but eventually she pushed through, and gained the power of youth!"
Ino deadpanned and with sarcasm replied "Right, youth…"
However another thought went into her mind as she saw her rival/former friend then catch the sound kunoichi's senbon and toss them right back at her before then knocking her out with a controlled punch in the face.
Have I been taking my training as a ninja too lightly?
With Team 7
The group could only watch with pity and terror after Sakura knocked out the second of the three sound ninja. One had their spine broken, the other would likely have a broken nose for life, and the last one left was shaking in his boots.
"Man Sakura-chan is REALLY scary when she actually snaps." Naruto remarked.
"Agreed, it's also why I know when to stop teasing the girl." Haku commented.
Asuka simply nodded, as nothing else needed to be said.
Sakura then moved her gaze towards the last of the Sound ninja, Dosu.
The man was shaking in terror, they had clearly underestimated their chances here, and Zaku just had to make things even worse for them. He then in panic yelled "Wait please I surrender!"
Sakura simply started walking towards him, her fists still clenched.
"U-um I can give you our scroll!" he spoke as he quickly pulled out a scroll of earth.
She walked closer.
"I even have a scroll of Heaven we took from another team earlier!" he said as he dropped the Earth scroll on the ground and pulled out a Heaven scroll.
However Sakura simply walked up to him until she stared right at his face point blank.
"M-mercy?" Dosu whimpered.
Sakura then smiled for a moment, which gave Dosu a sense of safety…
Only for her to then uppercut him in the balls.
"UUUGGGGHHH!" All the males in the vicinity, minus the unconscious Zaku, winced as the man's poor poor balls were probably so messed up that they would never work ever again.
As Dosu fell to the ground, now unconscious, Sakura let out a deep breath as she closed the gates back up, returned to her normal state, and then turned back towards her team as dusted off her hands.
"There we go, I feel so much better after that. And they had both scrolls too." she said with a smile.
Ino at this point decided should she have to fight Sakura later...to just forfeit. Even if Sasuke was quite a looker, there was no way in hell she wanted to fight that.
Team 7 then went to grab the two scrolls, and Naruto also paid respects to the man's now destroyed balls.
May they find peace.
It was at this point he spoke out loud. "Okay, I know you guys are there, come out."
With a quick gulp, Team 10 stepped out of the bushes, as well as the much more comfortable Team Gai.
"H-hey Sakura…" Ino said a bit scared.
"Oh hey Ino-pi...wait you didn't call me forehead?" Sakura replied.
Tenten cut in as she then spoke up "To be fair Sakura...anyone would be scared of you for a bit after that."
Sakura then looked over to Tenten and smiled.
"Oh hey Tenten, how has this part been going for you guys?" she said as Tenten walked over.
Tenten shrugged as she said "Well, we got both of our scrolls and were resting for a bit, but then we sensed you about to kick some ass and just had to watch."
Sakura decided to pull a Naruto there.
"Eheheheh." she said as she scratched the back of her head.
Sakura then turned towards Ino, who squirmed away for a moment, but then Sakura asked her a question.
"What about you Ino? How has your team been? We haven't really talked because of the whole...Sasuke thing."
Ino's mouth dropped to the floor. She couldn't believe what she was hearing. Sakura was actually talking civilly with her?
Haku noticed this and had a bit of a giggle, causing Ino to snap out of it and answer Sakura's question.
"Well, we've been mainly keeping low, looking for an opportunity to grab a scroll...and then we came across you and...well let's just say I have a respectful fear of you now."
Sakura simply waved her hand as she said "Oh that...I don't really like using that unless it's necessary or pissed...that power of youth thing is weird."
Neji and Tenten in the background nodded. Meanwhile Lee retorted with a "HEY! It is not weird!"
Ino nodded and replied "Okay then...don't think that means you win with the whole Sasuke thing."
Sakura jerked for a moment before she made a dry smile and said "You have no idea…"
The other two kunoichi were confused by her response, but let it be for now.
Meanwhile Naruto was chatting with Neji and Choji.
"Yeah, if there's one thing I know, if she says anything about the power of youth, you're screwed."
Shikamaru nodded as he replied "No kidding. I always said women are troublesome"
He and Choji looked at the destruction she caused, especially poor Dosu.
"Does she do that everytime?" Choji asked Naruto.
Naruto nodded and said "Only if the last person she needs to take out is a guy…"
The two then nodded and then Choji spoke up.
"By the way, I've been meaning to ask...what's with those?"
"Hmm? What do you mean?" Naruto asked in confusion.
Shikamaru looked at the orange clad ninja and spoke "Yeah, that's been on my mind since I got here. What's with the ears and tail?"
Neji even added in "It's not a transformation...what is this?"
The remaining ninja then looked over at Naruto.
All of Team 7 paled at the moment of realization.
Because everything had been so hectic since the battle with Orochimaru. Between healing and then saving Asuka from the curse mark, Asuka and Haku both making a move on the blond, and then Sakura annihilating the three sound ninja…
Naruto hadn't reset the seal on his fox ears and tail after the fight with Orochimaru. And none of the team reminded him. They ALL forgot about it.
Even Minato was hitting his head against one of the trees in Naruto's mindscape, and Kyuubi was facepalming herself.
As for Naruto…
"Oh...fuck…"
Naruto: Dammit! Now everyone will know!
Asuka: Why?
Naruto: Ino the rumor mill.
Ino: HEY!
Sakura: It could be worse. Wait until Sasuke, or rather Asuka, reveals themselves to the rest of the village.
Ino: ...excuse me what?
WVH: Oh dear, I'm gonna cut it off here before Ino tries to break the sound barrier. Thanks all for reading, make sure to R&R, and come back next time!
Ino: You're saying S-Sasuke-kun is...is...NNNO-
