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Disclaimer: The Pheox clan does not own Naruto.
Summary: What if Naruto wasn't from the Leaf? What if he was from the Cloud? What if Kyuubi attacked the Cloud instead of the Leaf but STILL got stuck inside Naruto? At the age of 12 Naruto is forced to leave the Hidden Cloud village, and he brings someone with him. 5 years later at the age of 17, and living a life as a rurouni he finds himself in the middle of a war between the Leaf and the Sound. (AU)
READ IMPORTANT NOTE AT THE END OF THE STORY!!
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Pheox-ARGH!! This CHAPTER was SUPPOSED to be called: 'Confronting an Heir'. BUT I thought of another cute scene, so then it WAS going to be called 'Fire Maiden of the past'!! But NOOOO, this story just HAD to write itself and add in some humour and major introductions! ARGH!! So anyone that wanted to see the confrontation between the senins and Kakashi vs. the rurounis will have to wait AT LEAST 1-2 chapters. (sigh) This is too troublesome...Anyways it is NOW called:
Chapter 9: Truth Behind a Nickname
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Akachan-Baby
Onibaba-Evil old woman
Watashi wa...-My name is...(female version)
Ore wa...-My name is...(male version)
Hinadori-Baby bird
Hitennyo-Celestial fire maiden
Ja ne-See ya
Time/place/perspective change
="..."= Another language (will be explained later, along with everything else... hopefully.)
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"OKAY! Let's try it!" Naruto cheered as he jumped up and held out his hand. Ha started focusing on unlocking his father's, Karms Arashi's, bloodline.
="Remember,"= Sierra said hypnotically in her family's language. ="Water is made up of Hydrogen and Oxygen. Focus on that."=
Naruto focus on the two substances of water as he concentrated chakra into a sphere on his hand, like the rasengan.
Sierra watched in amazement as the chakra in Naruto's rasengan slowly started to turn into water. Soon the rasengan had fully changed from a sphere of chakra into a sphere of water.
"Naruto." Sierra gasped. "Naruto, you did it!"
Naruto's eyes opened as he stared in amazement at the legacy that his father left him. "I DID IT!" He cheered jumping up and down.
Kitemi, who WAS peacefully sleeping on Sierra's lap, was woken up when someone was yelling nearby. She opened her amber eyes and growled at the blonde giving him a fierce glare. Naruto laughed nervously and sat down as the fox went back to sleep.
Sierra chuckled as she watched the summoner obeying the summoned.
Kakashi and Jiraiya thought that they had heard enough as they both left the tree canopy as silently as they had come; to inform the Hokage of their discovery.
Sierra looked around as she heard a soft scuffling noise.
"What's wrong?" Naruto asked instantly alert.
"I thought I heard something." Sierra stated uncertainly. "But it might have been the wind."
"Now that you mention it," Naruto said thoughtfully. "It felt like someone was watching us."
"Well, whatever it was, it's gone now." Sierra stated as she finished checking the clearing for chakra.
"Yeah." Naruto said softly, but he couldn't get over the feeling that something big us about to happen, and he didn't mean the war.
"Back so soon?" Tsunade asked as Jiraiya and Kakashi entered the room.
"We found out some interesting things about Naruto." Kakashi stated.
"You wouldn't believe who that kid is related to." Jiraiya continued.
"Yondaime?" Tsunade guessed, her head resting on her intertwined hands.
"How did you-"
"I had Ibiki run a search." Tsunade said giving Kakashi the folders that were on her desk from the scarred interrogator. "He left a couple of minutes ago." She walked to a large window and stared at the Hokage's Memorial.
Kakashi opened the folder that had a picture of a grinning child with blonde hair and blue eyes on it while Jiraiya read over his shoulder.
"Not only is he related to Arashi but HE'S HIS FRIGGIN' CHILD!!" Jiraiya exploded slapping his forehead. "And I never noticed!"
"I thought the child was dead." Kakashi looked up from the folder to look at the Godaime. "Killed along with the Yondaime and Kin in the Kyuubi attack 17 years ago?"
"That's what I thought too." Tsunade turned around and sat on her desk. "But Ibiki-san said that it was authentic."
"Maybe he didn't know." Jiraiya commented.
Kakashi looked back at the folder. "Or maybe he has a reason to hide his heritage."
The sun was setting as Naruto and Sierra left the training area. They decided to take a walk through the market to familiarize themselves with the village.
They were walking past a small two-storey house when a familiar voice yelled from the backyard: "STOP CALLING ME THAT!!"
Sierra grinned like a mad man...er, mad WOman...as Kitemi carried her to the nearby picket fence. Naruto sighed as he followed the females, a small smile playing at his lips, chaos was about to ensue and he wanted front row seats. "Stop calling you what, Kankuro-chan?" Sierra asked innocently.
Kankuro's eye twitched at the brunette's appearance. "WHY DO YOU AND TEMARI KEEP CALLING ME THAT?"
"'Cause it's fun." Sierra shrugged.
"And you react SO well." Temari agreed as she stood in between her two brothers, a cup of fruit punch in her hand.
"Aren't you supposed to use the suffix –chan on a girl or small child?" A blondish-white haired girl with piercing sky-blue eyes asked.
"Didn't Kankuro-chan tell you?" Sierra asked innocently leaning against the fence. She noticed that the backyard was full of people. The ANBU they met earlier, Sasuke, was standing next to a punch bowl with a pink-haired chunin hanging onto his arm. A guy wearing a revealing green suit was staring starry-eyed at the female as he stood next to a girl with two buns on her head and a dark-haired guy with shocking ivory eyes. In a corner sat a bored looking person with a ponytail playing go with a brown-haired overweight person as the female that spoke earlier was watching. Two guys, one with scruffy brown hair carrying a white dog and another with a black trench coat that covered half of his face and sunglasses, were sitting at a table with a shy looking blue-haired girl with pearl-coloured eyes.
At everyone's negative, Sierra looked shocked. "Well," Sierra grinned. "I guess I'll have to tell you the truth then...
"It all began...uh...how long has it been?" Sierra asked as Naruto started counting his fingers.
"Five years." Gaara stated monotonously.
"FIVE YEARS!!" Naruto yelled.
"Great," Sierra sighed throwing her hands up in frustration. "NOW, I feel old!"
"YOU FEEL OLD?" Naruto screamed. "YOU'RE THE AKACHAN! IF YOU FEEL OLD, HOW DO YOU THINK TEMARI-'NEECHAN FEELS? SHE'S THE ONIBABA!"
!!CRASH!!
Naruto crashed to the ground after being hit by a lead garbage can that Temari had thrown. The garbage can then landed on his chest as he tried to get up.
"Only Naruto would call someone an evil old hag right in front of them." Sierra said shaking her head disappointingly.
"Why don't you come in?" Temari suggested/
"Nah," Naruto said as Gaara's sand helped him get the garbage can off of his chest. "We wouldn't want to interrupt you party." He stood up slowly and brushed the dust off if his clothes and walked up to the fence.
"Nonsense!" Temari argued. "This party is like a celebration for our recent victory over the Sound!" She pointed a finger menacingly at the rurounis. "YOU DEFINITELY helped with that!"
By now most of Konoha heard about the heroic travellers that helped save Konoha. The shinobis at the party were no exception.
The blonde and pink-haired kunoichi jumped up and each grabbed onto one of Naruto's arms and dragged him through the nearby gate.
"Why don't we introduce you to our friends?" The blonde-haired girl suggested. She wore black pants and a skin-tight purple shirt with sleeves that went just below her elbows, underneath a traditional chunin vest. Her hitai-ate was around her left bicep.
"To start off, watashi wa Haruno Sakura." The pink haired chunin said grinning. She wore the traditional chunin outfit, consisting of baggy blue pants and sweatshirt. Her hitai-ate was holding back her short shoulder-length hair. "And that is Yamanaka Ino." Sakura said, pointing to the blonde.
Sierra watched amused by the fence as the two chunin dragged Naruto to the punchbowl.
"THIS is Uchiha Sasuke." Sakura said cheerfully.
"Hn." The Uchiha prodigy grunted.
"Still the untalkative bastard, I see." Naruto smirked.
"Still the loudmouthed idiot, I see." Sasuke retorted.
Naruto looked shocked. "The world shall end! The stone wall has spoken!" He announced sarcastically.
Almost everyone was shocked. Sasuke never said ANYTHING unless important since his and Sakura's team mate Haku died in a mission gone wrong 4 years ago in the Wave Country. Yet along came Naruto and, without any effort, made the Uchiha iceberg talk.
Sasuke snorted and looked away.
Sierra could hardly contain her giggles.
Moving along they came to the dark-haired teen with ivory eyes. He wore a sleeveless black turtleneck top that showed his ANBU tattoo, with light grey baggy pants. "This is Hyuuga Neji and that is Tintin." Ino said pointing to the girl with two buns on her head and a hitai-ate holding up her bangs.
"It's TENTEN!" The girl corrected angrily. She wore black pants and a dark fuchsia Chinese shirt under a jounin vest.
"Tenten, sorry." Ino corrected. They then turned to a boy with a mushroom cut hairstyle and a skin-tight green jumpsuit under a jounin vest with his hitai-ate acting as a belt.
"This is Rock Lee." Sakura said.
Recognition dawned on Naruto's and Sierra's face. "You seem familiar. Have we met before?"
Sierra snapped her fingers. "Isn't your sensei that guy with the giant caterpillar's growing out of hid face?"
"GAI-SENSEI DOES NOT HAVE CATERPILLARS COMING OUT OF HIS HEAD!!" Lee defended.
"IT IS YOU!" Naruto said pointing at Lee. "Didn't your team have a mission in the Hidden Cloud 6 years ago?"
"Yes, that was our first 'C' rank mission." Tenten remembered.
"Wait." Neji interrupted. "How do you know that?"
"I'll never forget my first day on Gate Duty." Naruto grinned remembering. "Man, that sensei of yours REALLY freaked me out...
=Flashback=
"Who goes there?" 11-year-old Naruto demanded. He had seen a party of 4 heading towards the Hidden Cloud's village gate and decided to investigate.
"We are on a mission to escort someone to Konohagakure." The eldest man with humungous eyebrows explained.
Naruto jumped down in front of them wearing dark orange pants and a navy blue t-shirt underneath a chunin vest. "May I see your pass?" He asked trying to sound professional.
"Of course." The sensei said handing a scroll to the blonde.
Naruto, having never dealt with authorization before, didn't know how to tell if the scroll was authentic or no, so he tried finding a solution while acting like an authority figure. "Please wait here while I call for assistance." Oh, REAL professional! Naruto whistled a long, low tune as he kept his eyes on the people in front of him. He saw his and Sierra's guardian phoenix, Phena. Go call for his friend. He looked back to the group to notice that they were at least genin and slightly nervous. "First 'C' rank mission huh." Naruto said casually. "It's always scary the first couple of times."
A puff of smoke appeared next to him and revealed Sierra with Phena perched on her shoulder.
Lee stared google-eyed at the newly appeared female. She wore a dark red shirt with black boots and a unique red jounin vest with a symbol of a bird with its wings outstretched on the left side.
="What do you need?"= Sierra asked.
="I've never done authorization before, so I don't know if their pass is authentic or not."= Naruto replied honestly.
="You drag me out of a meeting for this?!"=
="I didn't know who else to call."= Naruto stated sadly. ="Most people hate me or are afraid of me because of that stupid overgrown ball of fur."=
Sierra sighed. ="Then you better pay attention."= She directed her attention back to the genin team from Konoha as Naruto gave her the scroll. "Sorry for any inconvenience that my partner might have caused.
"Oh NO fair lady! NO INCONVENIENCE AT ALL!" The team sensei said.
"...Right." Sierra was officially freaked out with the team sensei and his genin look-alike staring at her with hearts in their eyes. "...anyways...May you please state your name and what business that you have in the Hidden Cloud."
"OF COURSE YOUNG MAIDEN!" The sensei smiled brightly. "ORE WA MAITO GAI, AND THESE ARE MY PUPILS: ROCK LEE!"
'Freaky look-alike guy.' Sierra thought.
"HYUUGA NEJI!"
'Spooky-eyed freak.'
"AND TENTEN!"
'Only sane girl in a group of insane men. I feel sorry for you, I truly do.'
"And we're here to escort Lady Hikaru Amaya." Gai concluded.
"Then allow me the honour of escorting you to Lady Amaya's estate." Sierra said bowing before turning to Naruto. ="You don't have to escort them, but I want to warn Amaya of all of these freaky people."= Sierra winked. ="That concludes today's lesson."=
"Arigato." Naruto said returning to his post.
"Now I'll take you to Lady Amaya's estate." Sierra smiled leading them to her friend's house. 'I feel sorry for you Amaya, I truly do.'
=Flashback End=
"I remember!" Lee cheered, "You're that pretty jounin that helped the blonde at the gate!"
"Sierra was/is NOT pretty." Naruto sighed shaking his head sadly...
...Only to be impaled by the same garbage can as before, but this time thrown by Sierra.
"DO YOU HAVE A DEATH WISH OR SOMETHING?" Kankuro yelled. "IN CASE YOU HAVEN'T NOTICED, YOU JUST PISSED OFF TWO KUNOICHI IN ONE NIGHT!!"
"SOMEONE respects feminine fury!" Temari smiled sadistically while Sierra just looked...evil.
"I'm going to regret this aren't I?" Naruto laughed nervously.
"OOOH YEAH!!" If looks could kill Temari and Sierra just turned Naruto into mincemeat.
Sakura and Ino continued their introduction, oblivious to the tension between the blonde and the females. They dragged the blonde to the Go board next.
"My lazy boyfriend is Nara Shikamaru, while the other guy is our team mate Akamichi Chouji." Ino said pointing to the lazy-looking jounin and the 'big-boned' chunin.
They then dragged him to the table in the centre of the yard next. "The guy in the trench coat is Aburame Shino." Sakura pointed to an ANBU with spiky brown hair and a black trench coat covering his more while he wore glasses to cover his eyes. "Dog-boy over there is Inuzuka Kiba and his mutt Akamaru." Sakura said while Naruto looked at the spiky haired dog-user that wore a coat with a furry hood and cuffs under a jounin vest. "And last but not least is Hyuuga Hinata, head of the Hyuuga clan." The girl bowed politely. She wore the traditional Hyuuga white and beige kimono.
Naruto bowed respectfully. "Nice to meet all of you."
"So you DO have manners." Gaara commented smugly.
"Only when he wants to use them." Sierra agreed as her and Kitemi turned around and started off. "Have fun with your friends."
Only to be stopped by a giant hand of sand in front of her blocking their path.
"Where do you think YOU'RE going?" Gaara said annoyed. An annoyed Gaara is a homicidal Gaara, but Sierra seemed oblivious to that fact.
Sierra turned around slowly, laughing nervously. "Well, uh, you see...um...it's SUCH a nice night out, that Kitemi and I decided to go for a walk."
"Nice try." Gaara snorted as the hand of sand grabbed Sierra and started to bring her back to the party, Kitemi walking slowly behind her.
It's AMAZING how fast Sierra's moods can change.
"PUT ME DOWN YOU CRAZED, PANDA-EYED, PSYCHOPATHIC LUNATIC!" Sierra screamed as she struggled against the Hand of Sand.
Everyone, except the Sand Sibling and Naruto, flinched expecting the homicidal former sand-nin to kill the brunette rurouni or at least maul her. Whatever they expected...it didn't happen, quite the opposite in fact.
The Hand of Sand dropped Sierra onto a lounger next to Gaara and patted her head before returning to the soft earth.
"See," Gaara said, a smile tugging at his lips. "That wasn't so bad, now was it?"
Sierra grumbled something inaudible.
The Konoha shinobis were beyond shocked, though some showed it more then others. First the Blonde making Stone-Wall-Sasuke talk/angry, and then the Brunette openly insulted the homicidal Gaara WITHOUT getting killed, or injured for that matter AND made the ex-sand-nin SMILE!
What is this world coming to?
"I believe you were going to tell us a story about Kankuro's FEMININE side?" Temari smiled sweetly. TOO sweetly for Kankuro's taste.
"Oh YEAH!" Sierra said happily before clearing her throat. "Well, 5 years ago, Naruto and I spent a few months in Sunagakure, eventually meeting and befriending Gaara, Temari, and Kankuro-chan. Temari and I became good friends as did Naruto and Gaara, while Kankuro was the scapegoat. You could almost say that the 5 of us became a family; a weird, demented, crazy family, but a family nonetheless. Temari acted like the mother, always making sure everyone was okay, while I was the baby of the group; thus earning the nicknames: akachan and hinadori.
"Well, anyways, like most families, there are sibling rivalries and pranks, ours was no different. I don't know if it was a good thing or a bad thing but, Kankuro was often the target of most of these pranks." Sierra laughed. "And at the end of one of these pranks, Kankuro admitted another side of himself. A more...FEMININE side...
=Flashback=
"It's often hard for someone to transform into the opposite gender." Temari commented to her brother nearby. Her and Sierra had been training in a sandy clearing surrounded by rocks when Kankuro came saying that he needed to train as well. With an evil glint in their eyes, they agreed to let him train with them.
"Yeah right," Kankuro snorted. "I could do it blindfolded."
"Prove it." Sierra crossed her arms. "Do it blindfolded." Temari handed him a piece of rectangular cloth.
"Humph. Whatever." Kankuro said tying the cloth around his head.
He never saw the hand seals that Sierra was performing.
"Henge." Kankuro changed into a female version of himself. "There. Happy?"
"Yup!" Temari grinned as she saw Sierra finish the jutsu and sealed Kankuro into that form. "We're satisfied."
Kankuro 'undid' the transformation and took off the blindfold. Sierra and Temari had a hard time holding in their chuckles as Kankuro unknowingly stayed in his feminine form.
"How about we go to the bathhouse to relax." Sierra 'suggested'.
"Why not?" Kankuro shrugged and started to walk off, not noticing the two kunoichi winking and giggling to each other.
=Flashback End=
"As we approached the bathhouse, Temari and I went to-"
"I'LL KILL YOU!" Kankuro said charging at Sierra only to be stopped by Naruto.
"Now, now, let Sierra finish her story." The blonde grinned as he used every muscle in his body to restrain the angry puppet-user.
"Thanks. Now, where was I?" Sierra said thoughtfully. "Oh yeah, Temari and I went to the women's section while Kankuro went to the men's...
=Flashback=
Sierra and Temari tried to suppress their laughter as they saw a female Kankuro walk into the men's section. When he disappeared inside, Sierra ran to the entrance and put a seal on the doorway to allow ONLY 'men' to go in and out. Or a no-females-allowed seal.
They were just getting into the hot water when they heard Temari's brother scream some colourful language directed at the two laughing girls relaxing in the warm water.
It turns out that perverts were plentiful in Sunagakure.
When they got out of the water and started getting dressed, they heard a loud 'BOING' sound coming from the men's section.
"Guess he found my seal in the doorway." Sierra stated in between giggles, a HUGE smile on her face.
Temari just nodded, grinning, because she was too busy laughing to form any coherent words.
=Flashback Ends=
"When we finished, we left and went to the men's section to check up on our 'Kankuro-chan'." Sierra continued despite the enormous grin on her face.
Most of the shinobis at the party were either laughing, trying to suppress their laughter, or smirking.
Meanwhile, Kankuro was trying desperately to silence the brunette, and he would have too if it weren't for Naruto, Kiba, and Lee restraining him.
Sierra giggled at the puppet-user's attempts to mangle her as she continued her story. "It turns out that he was having a TINY bit of trouble with a group of perverted men cornering him, while he had his back to our invisible wall-"
"If you say one more word, YOU'RE ONE DEAD HITENNYO!" Kankuro screamed struggling against the three shinobi holding him.
Naruto, Temari, and Gaara we're shocked at Kankuro's comment but it quickly turned to anger as they saw Sierra's smile drop slightly...
Sierra and the founder of the founder of the Pheox Clan, Hitomi, were the only ones to receive the title 'Hitennyo' from the clan and only her family called her that. The title was a sign of love, respect, strength, and rebirth in her clan...It was also the reason why they were killed.
...As quickly the smile vanished from Sierra's face, it reappeared. "Empty threats," Sierra taunted. "That's all they are, empty threats."
"WHY YOU LITTLE-" Kankuro cried out in anger, nearly throwing the three shinobi off.
"This is a real pain." Shikamaru sighed, getting up from his seat after winning the game of Go against Chouji. He performed some hand seals. "Kagemane-no jutsu."
His shadow quickly approached Kiba, Lee, Naruto and the restrained Kankuro. The blonde quickly jumped away seconds before the jounin's shadow immobilized the 3 shinobi. He landed next to Temari.
"That thing will hold him right?" Naruto asked cautiously, fearing for both his and Sierra's safety.
"Yes it will." Shikamaru grumbled before sighing. "This is too troublesome. He should at least let the girl finish her story."
"Remind me to thank you later." Sierra grinned. "So when we got to the men's section...
=Flashback=
Temari and Sierra turned the corner and saw Kankuro back up against their invisible wall by a group pf lecherous men. Sierra snickered as she released both seals and a MALE Kankuro fell to the ground. The group of men from the bathhouse looked at the puppet-user in disgust before walking away.
Sierra and Temari laughed as a faint blush slowly crept across Kankuro's cheeks. "YOU!" Kankuro's anger blazed as he pointed a finger at the females; cheeks still red. "YOU DID THAT!"
"Who else?" Temari shrugged.
"You're blushing!" Sierra cheered.
"OUT OF EMBARRASSMENT!" Kankuro yelled.
"Are you sure that you didn't enjoy yourself?" Sierra interrogated.
"I am sure-"
"That you are gay?" Temari interrupted curiously.
"WHAT?!"
"But if you enjoyed yourself...and you're not gay then..." Sierra said thoughtfully. you be a girl?"
"YES!!" Kankuro exploded.
Gaara and Naruto, who had been going to the bathhouse after a hard day of training and had overheard Kankuro's 'confession', were now staring at the puppet-user in shock...Well, Naruto looked shocked, Gaara just smirked.
"Really?" Naruto crossed his arms as both demon vessels raised an eyebrow curiously.
"Yes..." Once realizing what he had agreed to, Kankuro blushed beet red. "I mean NO! NO WAY! DON'T EVEN GO THERE! I AM NOT GAY OR A GIRL!!" He said waving his arms defensively in front of him.
"I think we should start calling him 'Kankuro-chan' from now on." Sierra whispered to Temari who nodded.
"We'll leave you three girls alone now." Naruto laughed as he and Gaara made their way into the bathhouse.
"UZUMAKI!" Kankuro fumed as the blonde chuckled. He then turned to the two still-laughing females. "ARGH!" He cried as he chased the girls back to the house where they locked themselves in their rooms, never once letting up on their laughter.
=Flashback End=
"We ended up staying in our room until Kankuro calmed down 3 days later, lucky for us Naruto snuck us food every day." Sierra chuckled as she finished.
Shikamaru undid his jutsu as Sierra called for Kitemi. Sierra quickly got on the fox as Kankuro walked menacingly towards the brunette.
"Well...uh...I...um." Sierra stuttered nervously as she looked death in the face. It just so happened that Kankuro and Death looked the same. "It's been nice meeting you but...I...uh...should be heading home now. Yeah...that's what I'll do. Yeah...go home...heh heh heh...SEE YA!!" The fox and the rurouni then turned tail and fled to their apartment...
...With Kankuro in hot pursuit, screaming threats and insults continuously.
Naruto chuckled. "I should be off as well, nice meeting you. Ja ne!" And he left to stop a puppet-user from murdering his FOX.
TBC
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READ AND REVIEW!!
WOW! 18 pages! 5,000 words!
If you have any suggestions please let me know. P.S. Sorry if the chapters take longer to upload. The problem is: I know what's going to happen, how it's going to happen, but I can't figure out the events leading up to it happening. (Grins sheepishly) does that make any sense?
HELP!! I NEED SOME SUGGESTIONS ON HOW EVERYONE WILL REACT TO THE FACT THAT NARUTO'S THE SON OF THE YONDAIME! (Specifically Jiraiya, Kakashi, Tsunade, and Sasuke) PLEASE HELP!
I need help deciding what can/could happen to Konoha without Naruto living there.
For anyone that was paying attention, I hinted at whom Naruto is going to be paired with.
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IMPORTANT: I will be away on holidays next week, so I won't be able to post for a while, cause I don't have a computer...(sigh) So I'll HOPEFULLY write the next couple of chapters for this story, another one or two for 'My Very Best Friend'...and the long awaited SHINO poem for 'Too Many Questions' and an Itachi poem for HikaruOfArrow. AS WELL AS writing the third chapter for my joint story with KitsuneKyuubi: 'Running From the Past' author name: Katon-Kitsune. (sigh) I'll TRY to update as soon as I can, but as you can see...I have a LOT on my agenda, so it might be a while before the next chapter. Gomen ne minna.
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TECHNIQUES
Kagemane no jutsu-Trait of the Nara clan. Allows the user to control their own shadow, making it any shape that they like. When their shadow attaches to their opponent's, it allows the user to control their opponent's movement.
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Pheox-WOW!! THAT'S A LOT OF REVIEWS!!
Naruto-What are you waiting for then!?! GET TO WORK!!
Pheox-DON'T RUSH ME!!
Naruto-I'LL RUSH YOU IF I WANT TO!!
Pheox-I CAN PUT YOU IN A PINK FRILLY DRESS, TIE YOU TO A POLE AND MAKE EVERYONE WATCH AS I KILL YOU WITH RADISHES!!
Naruto-NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! YOU CAN'T DO THAT TO ME!! I'M THE MAIN CHARACTER!!
Pheox-(rolls up sleeves) is that a challenge?? In case you've forgotten...I'M THE AUTHORESS HERE!!
Sierra-(sigh) Welcome to my world! Anyways Pheox-chan wasn't expecting so many reviews. She was NOT expecting over 100 that's for sure.
Pheox-You far surpassed my expectations. (bows) Arigato goziamasu!!
Sierra-What happened to Naruto?
Pheox-(points to a severely beaten up Naruto trapped in a cage wearing a pink frilly dress with make-up surrounded by radishes and plushies of all of the Naruto characters)
Sierra-(sweatdrop) heh heh heh...on with the reviews?
DRAGON'S SHADOW- Glad that you like the chapter. [Just between you and me, there's more to Sierra's bloodline than just Youkai and Ningen. ;) If you remember, Naruto said that Sierra's family is full of ? I think not]
REFUSED-And I'm half flattered that you suggested the Jiraiya/Yondaime's bloodline thing. LOL Hope you enjoy the story so far.
ONE AZN DRAGON- [sigh] ya, you're probably right, I might not be able to change your mind about the NarutoXSierra pairing. But I'll try. Don't worry; I don't plan on our rurouni's having any big fights with the rookie 9 for just yet. I'll let you in on a little secret...A little slip of the tongue from Sierra, and Sasuke has a few new insults for our blonde.
KITSUNEKYUUBI-TOOK YOU LONG ENOUGH TO READ AND REVIEW! YOU BAKAYARO!!!
CHAN!? PHEOX-CHAN?! That's Pheox-sama to you, kitling. JKS. Anyways, I'm not sure if Tsunade can mend/fix broken bones. Besides this is an AU!! And if Tsunade COULD heal Sierra's ankle, then they wouldn't have a reason to stay in Konoha...Which would ruin the plotline...if there is any...LOL
YOU WHAT!! (Sends her another carrier pigeon carrying her brain) You should keep that thing on a leash!!
I EXPECT A REVIEW FROM YOU FOR THIS CHAPTER!!
GOPU-Thanks for your constant support! It means a lot to me.
NIGHT-OWL123-Sorry but Naruto IS going to have a pairing. Mesa a BIG softy when it comes to Sasuke and Naruto (No Yoai though). GOOD IDEA!!
CHOJI-Glad you're enjoying reading this.
SILVERBLUENCHANTRESS-Glad you think this is original. I am NOT the brightest bulb in the batch, you finish your sentence if you remember what you wrote. "This is the first time that I've ever read him (Naruto) doing this..." And I am sorry if I have offended you in anyway.
SHIKALOVER-Don't worry he was in this chapter, and he'll be in future ones, I can assure you.
INFERNO-DRAGONZ-I will explain both of their bloodlines more as we go through the story, but the information might be more discreet, so you'll have to keep your eyes peeled.
CLICKE-MY 100TH REVIEW!! I'M SO HAPPY!!
Anyways. Mr. Snake (Orochi-bastard) isn't afraid of them. NO! NO! NO! He's just angry/frustrated at Naruto and Sierra because they just SEEM to know when and where Orochimaru is going to wreck havoc on, and they seem to ALWAYS foil his plans. But in a straight one-on-one fight, he would probably win, but they never attack one-on-one because they always have the other to back them up and their teamwork will usually beat overpowered, egotistical bastards because they practically grew up together and can cover each other's mistakes or weaknesses. Sorry for any confusion that may have caused.
SWT-ANGEL-BABI3-Hope this chapter answered any of your questions. =P
KASHISENSHEY-HMM...Good idea! (I hate Sakura too!) and getting Naruto and Sasuke into their rivalry/fighting mode from the manga will be fun! THANX! ;)
NARUSAKUWOO-LOL!! Your mind is your own, and I'll never be able to control it! Oh well, you'll always be a NaruSaku or a NarutoXSierra fan at heart.
P.S. If you're lucky I might do a small story or one-shot with NarutoXSierra...(Shrugs) you never know...
Element4lyfe-VERY good suggestions!! I like! I like! Tsunade blackmailing Naruto (Evil Laugh) (Evil Grin) it could work. (Evil laugh) (Looks around evilly)...I'll think of something. (Pulls out pen and paper and starts scribbling notes evilly while laughing at Naruto's misfortunes)
Darren-Glad to know that I have a secret fan!! =P
Dutchy-Prize...Prize...hmmm...I KNOW!! (Drags Naruto and Sierra into the review office)
Naruto: (carrying bowl of ramen) What do you want now? Aren't you done torturing us yet?
Pheox: NOPE!!
Sierra: What d'ya want?
Pheox: (steals ramen bowl from Naruto)
Naruto: HEY!!
Pheox: (steals Sierra from Naruto)
Naruto: HEY!! GIVE HER BACK!!
Pheox: (takes out sewing needles) (marches towards Naruto)
Naruto: UH OH!!
=INTERMISSION=
Sierra: (In Hawaii) AHHH!! This is the life!!
=INTERMISSION OVER=
Pheox: (Hands Naruto and Sierra plushie to Dutchy) Here you go!! And a year supply of ramen from the Ichiraku's!!
Naruto: (Covered in bandages from being poked by needles) Where's mine?
Pheox: (Throws him in a crate and sends him to Antarctica)
=ANTARCTICA=
Naruto: (wearing shorts and a t-shirt) This isn't funny!! (Shivers)
=HAWAII=
Sierra and Pheox: (lounging on the beach in the warm sun) AHHH!! This is the life!!
!!Hope you enjoy your prize Dutchy!! P.S. I'm in a Naruto-bashing mood today!! Anyways, for you question...With Temari... I probably will write a bit about Jiraiya's encounter with the rurounis. But not for a few chapters...
HikaruOfArrow-THAT'S GOING TO BE FUN TO WRITE!! THANX! Don't worry, even though I'm a YOAI-fan but...I can't write YOAI! LOL. There's just going to be boy-girl love!!
Falcon-Rider-Don't be sorry! I'm just glad that I have the honour of having your review! JAPAN!? (Mutters) lucky duck.
Sorry to say but you'll have to wait a while for the chapters with everyone's reactions. (dodges flying objects) Ya, I know, oops. But it's not MY fault!! (Gets whacked in the head with a mallet) It's TRUE!! THIS STORY HAS A LIFE OF IT'S OWN!! (Anvil falls on head) Guess I deserved that for not putting this story on a leash. =P
Well, anyways, GOOD TO HAVE YOU BACK!!
Pheox-(looks back at reviews)(whistle) THAT'S a LOT of reviews!! 24 reviews!! 18 replies!! Thank-you GhostDragon, Kyuubi-Naruto, Kirin Kage the Shadow Girl, insanechildfanfic and SaLLy11!!
TO ALL REVIEWERS, I THANK-YOU.
KEEP REVIEWING, I LOVE HEARING YOU COMMENTS AND I WOULD LOVE ANY FEEDBACK THAT YOU MAY HAVE
PHEOX