Wow, sorry for the long update times. I've been doing other stuff and have been really preoccupied. Well, this chapter's short but it's got some plot development stuff, so yeah. I almost feel bad for Tae if I didn't know she was better off. I always torture my characters so…You know, I was amazed at how difficult I found it to find a simple attack jutsu for Mitsune to do. All the jutsus have some trippy requirement or do something indirectly. It's crazy. Anyway, there has been a lot of pairing votes, and it's funny to see how everyone takes this stuff.
Hexkun: Sorry, but I like yaoi the way it is in real life; the exception, not the rule. Yaoi is abused so much, it's beyond the point of lame. And half the time they can't even do it right.
Kyuubi: I dislike yaoi, though it doesn't scare me shitless, but yuri I'm actually ok with. Ok, I know I'm a horrible sexist bastard, but most of the time people actually write yuri better than yaoi, because they actually have to have a reason. With yaoi, it's like, 'hey, everyone else does it, so I can do it without even rationalizing it!' look at me trying to defend myself…
Arkh: Well yeah, some of the brothel parts are disturbing, but that's ok. Why I would ever think of this I don't know, I just don't…
Big Daddy cool: Yeah, that would be funny, and I have bee toying with the idea of having some of the girls take the brothel for a spin, but somehow I don't think I can go with the other idea on I don't want to get thrown off… . .
Naruto-sama: Glad you approve. Sometimes it's nice to get a simple good job.
KatonKageNaruto: You know, I'm really glad you added the but it's ok if I don't pick those pairings, not because I think they're bad, but because A) I don't know how I would work them in necessarily, and B) there are some people that refuse anything that isn't a certain pairing. And to these people, I have this to say: Fine, don't read it. No one's making you.
Keltosh: Wow man. You've got some serious ideas in there. Are you like a professional writer or something? Anyway, I'll work around with it. Thanks for all the input.
Crazytreeotaku: I like gaara too, he's the all…I SQUISH YOU ALL! MUAHAHAHAHAHAH! But, considering the only contact he ever has with her is when he squishes her to the tree, I don't see that. Somehow that pairing never rings true to me…
Bookwork512: You know, I don't really like any pairing with Sakura. I don't like her in general, and she only has eyes for sasuke. I think she's pathetic. I mean, she's declared her undying love to the bastard, and she's what, 12? 13? It's insane. So anyway, that's basically my summary of all this.
Drunkdragon: The problem with Naruhina in this fic is that Hinata has so much competition and kindof gets lost in the back ground. Besides, Naruto doesn't seem to realize she exists sexually, but maybe things will change!
Naruto had just gotten his cup of morning coffee from the bar before he heard a knocking on the door. He walked forward and flipped the lock, wondering who would be knocking at the door. He had paid all his bills (there had been an early book keeping error when two REPO men came to repossess his bar), and he didn't think Tsunade would storm in like she had before again.
He opened the door to a sobbing Tae. "Tae, what happened?" he said. She was one of the strongest women he knew (and considering half of them were ninja, this was saying something), and if h thought back he realized he had never seen her cry before, even when she broke several of her toes bringing in the crates of beer. Swear like a drunken sailor, but never cry.
"Naruto, do you think it would be ok if I stayed with you for a while?" She sobbed. Her eyes were red and puffy, and there were thin lines down her cheeks where she had been crying.
"Of course, Tae, come on in." He said and ushered the girl in, sitting her down and handing her a cup of coffee. After she had calmed down a bit, he asked her what happened again.
She blew her nose, wiped her eyes on her sleeve and told him. "My fiancée broke up with me." She said and almost broke down again, before visibly holding herself together.
"You had a fiancée?" Naruto said in shock before he could stop himself.
She smacked his shoulder. "I have a life outside the bar, you know. And I generally keep them very separate."
"Yeah, but I didn't even know you had a boyfriend."
She sighed. "We had been going out for years, right about when you started working here. He was nice for the first while, just enough to get me to stay, and even when he wasn't nice by that point I was so wrapped up that I made excuses for him to myself."
She sniffed loudly again and took a deep swig of coffee. "Then he asked me to marry him, and I said yes, so I moved in with him. And today after a little bit, he just told me 'Oh, sorry, I forgot to warn you. We're through, Tae. Would you get out of my apartment?' LIKE IT WAS NOTHING!" She shouted, slamming the coffee cup on the table hard enough to make the coffee come out the top.
"That's horrible…" Naruto said. He wasn't sure quite what to do for her. Fortunately for him, she continued.
"And then when I go to the door, some blond bimbo with breast the size of my head walks up trailing suitcases, and she was like 'oh, do I have the right apartment?' And of course she did, and he walks up and starts making out with the girl like I wasn't even there! They all but fucked each other right then and there." She let out a little sob.
"And here I am." She finished lamely, walking over to the bar and filling her now empty coffee cup with gin.
"How long had you been living with him?" Naruto said after minutes of silence.
She finished the cup with a gulp. "About a two months." She said, reaching for the bottle again.
"And you didn't realize he was a dipshit till just now?"
"Like I said, my mind just kept making excuses for him. 'Oh, they're just old friends.' 'Oh, he doesn't really mean it.' 'Oh, he's had a hard day at work.'" She drained the cup, a look of disgust on her face. "I was in love with the bastard, Naruto. I was going to spend my life with him. I even ironed his goddamn shirts for him."
Naruto walked over and gently grabbed the gin bottle. As he put it away, Tae asked from behind him, in one of the quietest voices he had ever heard her use, "So could I stay with you for a while?"
He winced mentally. He personally had no problem living with Tae, he knew that she was nice enough and (As the small voice in the back of his head prompted), was very pretty, well proportioned and lean. His more rational side, on the other hand, was thinking of the ramifications of this.
What would his friends think? What would the other girls think? This would definitely take him down a notch on the eligibility factor (Though come to think of it, what did he care? Most of the women in the village thought him a monster.) But what would the few people whose opinions mattered to him think? Most of the boys would make lewd references a bit more, but who cared about that?
Hinata would probably understand and think it nice that he was there for his friends. Ino would probably be suspicious, but would get it after a discussion with Tae (That she would undoubtedly have). What worried him most were Sakura and Tsunade. Sakura seemed to be the most hostile toward his occupation already, and Tsunade would probably think this meant something more, though she would get it eventually too.
Oh hell with it. "Of course you can stay Tae. You're welcome anytime." He turned around and was shocked when a pair of strong arms encircled and embraced him softly.
"Thank you, Naruto…" Tae said, resting her head on his shoulder, allowing the tears to come freely. Naruto stood there for a little while, not sure whether to hug back or to push away. In the end, he settled for letting her cry on him and patting her back awkwardly. It was a token of friendship that neither of them was embarrassed to hug like this.
After getting Tae settled in one of the rooms (She had fairly little by way of personal objects and didn't object to sleeping in a 'used' bed), he walked into the city. Today he had scheduled himself some time to see what was going on with Mitsune and her chakra.
The fact that she manifested chakra so was strange. The fact that she had a talisman to seal away such chakra was stranger. And the huge chakra she possessed nearly begged an investigation.
After knocking several times at her door, there was a groggy shout. He stepped back a little and nearly fell over when the door opened to the swearing youth. "What the hell do you want at 11 in the goddamn morning? Oh, Naruto! Hi!" She said, standing in the doorway.
"Mitsune," Naruto said, closing his eyes and turning around. "Please put some clothes on!" The girl was standing at the door, stripped to her skin, leaning forward slightly.
"OH!" She cried with a blush. She closed the door with a snap and emerged a few moments later, dressed in a comfortable t-shirt and sweats. "Sorry about that…" she said sheepishly.
Naruto opened his eyes and turned back to the girl. "That's ok, no harm done." The little voice in his head was still fixated on her. 'Mitsune's breasts…' Naruto shook his head. "Anyway, I was wondering if you'd come with me for a bit. The Hokage might have figured out what's up with your luck."
Mitsune looked hesitant. "What if once I know what it is, it goes away?"
Naruto laughed. "Not likely. Anyway, come on." He led the girl about four blocks to the city center. Walking through the double doors, he strode to the information desk, Mitsune in tow. "I'm here to see Tsunade? I don't have an appointment, but that's should be ok."
The desk nin looked at him, but said nothing as he turned and rang up to the Hokage's room. When there was no answer, he sighed. "Go on up."
Naruto pushed open the oak doors to the Hokage's office and stood there. Tsunade was lying there asleep, her pace pressed against a form. She was snoring slightly, and as they walked in she opened her eyes groggily. "What do you want?" she said, not unkindly.
"Hey Tsunade. I was wondering if you wanted to have some people check out Mitsune." Naruto said, trying hard not to laugh.
"Oh, the chakra girl. Sure, the research team would love to take a look at her. Follow me." She said with a yawn she took them down a corridor to a grey elevator. "We keep the nerds down here to make sure various things go off without a noticeable giant explosion."
As the door opened, the elevator was filled with white light. As they walked in, various cubes with seal papers plastered over them were sitting here, the people inside them trying to work through jutsus never seen before. One man spit out what looked to be a hail of fangs, another with a seal on his stomach turn into a long viper that hissed and spat.
Tsunade stopped in front of a desk. The man behind it was slight and short, with brown hair and a patchy beard. "What is it this time Tsunade? One of your slugs again?" He sounded bored.
"No, Onrou, this time it's a real anomaly. This girl's got some strange chakra stuff. Try the lens." She said, pitching the object to him. As he looked through it, he gasped. "What the hell is this kid?"
The rest of the day was spent watching Mitsune take test after test. She had to job, jump, run, but the most eventful test was when she molded chakra. "Mitsune," Onrou said through a speaker into her cube, "Now I need you to hold your hands like this," he made Tiger seal, and she copied him, "and focus you energy into your hands. Try to envision the network of your body and focus you energy through-"and in the middle of speaking, there was a sudden burst of light.
Mitsune was standing there, a golden chakra surrounding her body. As they watched, it formed into two huge wings behind her back. Onrou was almost too shocked to speak, but he managed the next set of instructions. "Now Mitsune, make these seals with your hands, take in a breath of air, focus chakra into your stomach, and breathe out!" he yelled through the speaker, the noise of her chakra filling the area.
She did as she was told, and there was a huge explosion. Tsunade grabbed Onrou and hauled him behind the desk, Naruto jumping on his own. When the dust cleared, the whole side of the cube was blown apart, a path of destruction going in a 10 foot diameter spread straight through the wall and into the stone on the other side.
"What the hell was that!" Naruto shouted.
"That was incredible!" Onrou shouted. "Not only was she able to perform Katon: Gokakkyuu no jutsu, but she that was the most powerful I've ever seen it! And her first time!" he spent the next several minutes in techno jargon. He turned to the girl. "Would you be willing to stay for a while for more tests?"
She shrugged. "Would Naruto let me off the hook for work?"
Naruto laughed. "Sure, why not? I expect to see you tomorrow, on the other hand."
"Ok, see you Naruto." She said as Onrou pulled her into another cube.
And, in a horrible bit of self promotion, I'm advertising another fic that I'm writing! No, I promise I won't stop this fic, but I want to write this other one two. I just ended another huge fic, so I'm feeling a void in my life. Yes, up till now I've been managing 2 fics. This is actually only my second Naruto fic, so I think it's pretty good all considering. The first one can be sent by request, but I don't know why you'd want it considering it 90+ pages of ooc crud and it's nonedited. Anyway, this NEW fic is something I'll post soon, hopefully, and contains one (or possibly more, who knows) significant ooc. He also happens to be a Jinchuuriki(Demon kid.). Anyway, look out for it, and bye!