Kohona's Yellow Storm
Chapter 16: The Village Hidden in the Storm
A/N: Okay, Okay, please don't be too angry with me, every time I finished this chapter I decided I didn't like it so I scraped it and started over, I must have done this fifty times but now its finally good enough for me to be satisfied with it so I hope you find it worth the wait…
The village looked like a giant fair ground, there were flashing lights and street performers, there were entrainment booths and there were tons of restaurants. Naruto gave Jiraiya a pleading look that told him to leave and take Kurenai with him. Jiraiya got the hint and dragged a protesting Kurenai as far away from the couple as possible. Hinata looked at Naruto with a look of confusion and Naruto explained that he thought they should be able to spend some time with just each other. Hinata gave Naruto a sweet smile as she took his hand and they began to walk threw the streets taking in all the sights.
The two soon arrived at a booth that had a sign above it saying "Fortunes told as your fates unfold." Naruto was a bit skeptical about the whole thing but Hinata told him it would be fun. After a bit of encouragement from Hinata Naruto finally broke down and agreed to go in. Hinata squealed with joy as they entered the shop only to find a very young and beautiful looking woman sitting behind a small desk. She looked like a gypsy but Naruto and Hinata both knew that looks could be very misleading. The woman eyed the two kids with suspicious eyes before asking if she could help them. Hinata took a deep breath and told the lady that they would like to have their fortunes told.
The lady thought about it for a few minuets before answering, "Fine, but you each go in alone and the boy is first. The charge is free because I find the both of you interesting and leaning about your fate will be payment enough." "I don't believe in fate but fine, lets see just how good you are." Naruto said confidently. The woman stood up and walked to an area enclosed by a curtain. "Right this way young one," Said the mysterious woman with a chuckle in her voice. Naruto walked into the room and Hinata sat in a chair. The woman grinned at Hinata before letting the curtain fall back into place, Hinata began to get nervous because suddenly, she didn't trust this woman very much.
Naruto took in his surroundings and found that the room looked just like he had imagined it would, the room was painted a dark blue and had star images painted all over it, in the center of the room was a circular table with a glass orb sitting right at the middle of the table, there were two chairs and they were both facing each other and opposite ends of the table.
The lady told Naruto to sit down in the nearest chair and that she would be right back. Naruto watched as the woman moved another curtain and went into a back room. Naruto sighed and sat down in the chair, he suddenly got the feeling that this might not have been a very good idea after all. He quickly stole a glance at the curtain the woman had walked threw and saw she was still busy, he quietly took out a kunai knife and placed it just under his right thigh just out of a normal persons view. No sooner had he moved his hand out of the way then did the woman walk back into the room.
Naruto had to do a double take on the woman to make sure she was the same person. She had changed her gypsy clothes and dressed herself in a beautiful kimono that matched the color and pattern of the room they were in, dark blue with stars all over it. She had removed the bandana that was covering her hair which revealed it to be a light shade of purple, like an amethyst color. Hey eyes were still the same shade of hazel brown with the slightest tint of green, she truly was a very beautiful woman. "Stop gawking at me, your girlfriend wouldn't enjoy that very much." She said with a very mischievous grin on her face. "What makes you think she is my girlfriend?" Naruto asked eyeing her cautiously. "Well, I am physic after all." She said laughing with her eyes instead of her mouth. Naruto huffed and puffed out his cheeks like a child.
She gave him that grin again and sat down opposite him at the table. "We will start with a very simple palm reading. Give me both of your hands, palms up of course and we shall begin. Oh and by the way, you may want to take that knife away from your thigh, don't want to cut yourself do you?" She said with a still playful look in her eyes. Naruto's eyes narrowed and he pulled the knife out lightning fast and stopped it just short of her throat. "Who are you and what do you want with me?" Naruto didn't even have time to react when he saw her eyes turn from playful to deadly. She grabbed the knife and twisted it so that it was clean across his neck.
"Lets just take it easy, I am someone who wants to help you but in order to do that I am going to need you to corporate with me, ok?" She said and he did as she told him to do. She gently traced the creases on her skin and gasped. "Your him, you're the one we've been looking for…You're her son, truly this is a day among days. Naruto was stunned as the woman got up and ran over to him hugging him tightly. "Y…you knew my mother?" Naruto managed to ask seeing as how his face was being smothered by her bosom.
It was at this awkward moment that Hinata had chosen to step into the room. "Wh…what are you two doing?" Hinata asked as the woman began to walk up to her. "Oh sweetheart," the woman began but was stopped abruptly by Hinata's open hand connecting with her cheek. The woman put her hand to her cheek with a confused look in her eyes when Hinata sputtered out, "Keep your hands off of my Naruto." Naruto, noticing that the situation was about to get out of control, decided to step in and exercise extreme intervention. "Ladies, ladies, nothing seems to be as it seems so lets all calm down and give each other a chance to explain huh?
The mysterious women nodded and sat down but Hinata gave Naruto a dangerous look that let him know that he was in a lot of trouble if she wasn't satisfied with the woman's explanation. Naruto gulped and walked up to the table carefully as Hinata sat down. "Now, explain yourself please," Naruto said to the mysterious women.
"Okay, let me explain from the beginning, my name is Karin and I am 20 years old. I am from the Village Hidden in The Storm as a representative of the Village Hidden in the Sound." At this, both Naruto and Hinata tensed and reached for their weapons. "Oh, I'm so sorry, I should have made my statement a little clearer, I am not from the Sound nor do I have any loyalty towards them, I am merely a representative agent for them, meaning that I deliver messages to them and receive them to give to other nations. And I also act as a representative for them at meetings with hostile nations." At this explanation Naruto and Hinata slightly relaxed but were still wary.
"But now to explain the whole business of me hugging Naruto here, you see, he is the only son of our greatest leader, so you can understand my excitement of being the first to meet you." Karin began but was stopped by Hinata. "Wait just a second; I have a couple of questions. First, how do you know Naruto's and mine name. Second, if your from the Storm, why are you here in the eye of the storm, and third, why do you care so much, are you a high ranking official?"
"Okay, first off, I am a physic you know; this isn't just a cover, second, this is our yearly celebration of the storm. And third, I am one of the members of the storm that will be training Naruto on his journey. "Karin explained. "But I thought the women that would be training me were supposed to be just a little bit…older?" Naruto asked carefully. "Yes, the plan was that our mothers would train you, however, my mother…My mother died two months ago from an unknown illness. However, they started training us to do this job since we were very young so I am more than ready to carry on my mother's legacy."
"I'm so sorry about your mother Karin, however I am sure that you will be a perfect teacher." Naruto said. "Well, it seems that your job as escort for Lord Naruto has ended, so you can go back to your village and await his return." Karin said to Hinata. "But, I'm not his escort, I am staying with threw everything." Hinata countered to Karin.
"No, I don't think so, that's not the way this is going to work, Lord Naruto is going to come with me and my friends…Alone…" Karin said with a fierce look coming to life in her eyes.
"Hold, up now I got a few things to say. Number one, if you want me to go anywhere with you than you going to have to let Hinata come as well and second, what's with all the Lord Naruto stuff? I may be the son of one of your leaders, but I am not worthy enough to be one called a Lord." Naruto said, trying his best to calm down the now explosive situation.
Karin thought about it for a few moments before coming up with an idea. "Ok, I propose to you this deal, beat me and Hinata can come with us, but if you lose, you come with me…alone."
Without even giving it a second though, Naruto gave her a yes and Karin stood up and began to move everything out of the way. Once the room and been completely cleared Karin set down the rules. There is only one rule, the tried but true rule, there are no rules. Are you ready?" Karin asked, and before Hinata could say anything, Karin yelled out a go.
Karin jumped back and waited for Naruto to make the first move. "Hinata, leave the room right now, please don't ask any questions just do what I ask. Hinata was shocked so she just simply nodded and left the room as fast as she could.
Naruto began a series of lighting fast hand jutsu's before whispering out, "Fire Haze no Jutsu." Naruto let out a pained grunt as the majority of his body heat sprayed out of his pores and filled the room. Naruto was huffing and puffing but he managed to get out these words, "Give up now, or I will burn you me, and this building to the ground." Naruto then put his thumb to lips and got ready to bite down. But the tides of this battle were about to change.
Before Naruto could even move Karin rushed in and delivered a bone crunching fist into his right cheek. Naruto flew threw the wall and tumbled out into the street. Naruto staggered to his feet and watched as a very confident Karin stepped out of the mist and stood just out of hitting reach. "It really was a nice try Lord Naruto, but now your down so I suggest you give up before you get yourself hurt." Karin said getting back into her stance again, just in case.
"I can't lose…I CAN'T LOSE!" Naruto screamed out as he became engulfed by a black light that rocked the entire area. At this everyone in the area began to panic and began running in all different directions until the entire area was cleared. Slowly the light faded away and revealed a sight that made Karin tremble with fear.
Naruto stood before her but everything was wrong, his eyes were small red slits and he had giant black wings coming out of his back. "Now it is your turn, give up before you get hurt." Naruto said calmly. Karin wanted to fight him, but she knew that it wasn't worth either one of them getting hurt over the girl so she held up her hands and gave up to him.
"That's a shame, I wanted to play." Naruto said before the light engulfed him again. This time when it disappeared, it showed Naruto on the ground face down out cold.
Hinata came out of the building and saw Naruto face down on the ground. She gasped and ran up to him shaking his body and crying out his name in a state of panic. Karin just stood there and watched until eight other girls appeared next to her.
"What happened here?" They all asked Karin at once and she just gave them a brilliant smile saying, "Its him, we have finally found Lord Naruto, its finally time…" All the women gasped and crowed around him along with Hinata. And finally after a long lengthy explanation, it was agreed that Hinata would follow them and stay with Naruto along his journey, all the girls agreed just as Kurenai and Jiraiya came running up.
After yet another long and lengthy explanation, everyone helped move Naruto to the women's safe house and patiently awaited for Naruto to wake up. To keep everything under control, the only people that stayed in Naruto's room were Hinata, Kurenai, and Jiraiya. It took him a few hours, but finally Naruto opened his eyes. He looked straight into the eyes of Hinata. She hugged him and whispered to him that everything was going to be alright. At this, Kurenai and Jiraiya exited the room and the eight women walked into the room.
"Okay Naruto, pay attention, I am going to introduce your trainers. Of Course there is me, Karin the representative of the Sound, Second there is Kasumi, she is the representative of the Leaf, your home. Third, there is Caroline, she is the representative of the Rain, fourth is Tetra, the representative of the Grass, fifth is Tifa, the representative of the Cloud, sixth is Mika, the representative of the Sand, seventh is Ayame, she is the representative of the Shadow, and last but not least is Kyla, she is the representative of the Light. So Lord Naruto, now you have met your trainers, shall we head to the Storm now?"
Naruto looked over each woman carefully. This is what he saw.
Karin- Light Purple hair, Hazel with a tint of green eyes
Kasumi- Honey Brown hair, dark brown eyes
Caroline- Platinum Blonde hair, grey eyes
Tetra- A light shade of green hair, emerald green eyes
Tifa- White hair, Light Blue eyes
Mika- Sandy Blonde hair, Ice Blue eyes
Ayame- Black hair with Black eyes
Kyla- Bright Blonde hair (Like Naruto's), Bright Yellow eyes
(A/N:I tried to get the colors to match each village as much as possible just so you know)
Naruto asked for a few moments to say goodbye to Kurenai and Jiraiya. The ladies agreed and left the room while Kurenai and Jiraiya entered back in. They all said their goodbyes and gave each other hugs before Kurenai and Jiraiya left and began to head back to the leaf. Naruto and Hinata walked out of the room holding hands and told the women they were ready.
And so, all eight women led the way for Naruto and Hinata towards the Storm, however, they had a few things planned before they arrived at their destination.
Along the path they came to a resting area where logs and a fire pit were sitting there along with so extra logs that could be used as seats. Karin declared this to be a rest point and everyone put down their belongings.
"Alright Naruto, here are the rules, its you against all eight of us, good luck." Karin said with a grin before all eight women disappeared from sight.
"Wh…what the hell? Eight against one? What the hell kind of fight is that?" Naruto declared as all eight girls surrounded him in a circle. Hinata stepped forward to help Naruto put was stopped dead in her tracks by his words, "Hinata, please don't get involved, I don't want you to get hurt, cause this is going to be a massacre." She gasped as that same black light surrounded Naruto again.
When the light faded away, it was the same as before, Naruto had the eyes of red slits and had the giant black wings that had grown from his back. "Lets get busy ladies," Naruto said with a dangerous tone as the tattoo on his skin began to glow. A pool of water appeared underneath of their feet and Hydra, the king of serpents rose from the water under Naruto's feet along with seven other serpents. The other seven serpents attacked Kasumi, Caroline, Tetra, Tifa, Mika, Ayame, and Kyla, but Naruto and Hydra attacked Karin.
Naruto watched in shock as the seven other serpents were defeated like they were nothing. Naruto knew that if he was to stand any chance against all eight of them he needed to not rely on strength but rely on his mind instead. He leaned as close as he could to Hydra and whispered something to him. The women noticed this as was part of his plan. Hydra nodded and Naruto shot off of him and spread his wings flying up into the sky right in the path of the sun.
The women began to come up with a plan to block out the sun so that they could see just what Naruto was up to but little did they know that they were walking right into his trap. In the air, Naruto pulled out a kunai knife and carefully wrapped an exploding note around the kunai, he then performed the kage bunshin no jutsu and created hundreds of clones each with their own exploding kunai.
Back on the ground the women spread themselves out and Ayame began to perform some hand jutsu's before saying, "Darkness Falls no Jutsu" Naruto watched as the sun slowly began to turn black before grinning and saying, "Bingo!"
From below all the girls could hear was the sound of something whistling down from the sky, and they moved on to the next part of their plan. The all formed the same hand jutsu's and yelled out, "Eyes of the sun no jutsu!" All at once, all the women's eyes began to glow a bright yellow which could see in the dark. At thus, this was the only downside of Naruto's plan, there was no way for him to see in this darkness but it was too late to go back now.
Without a second thought, Naruto dove straight for the ground and screamed out, "Ninja Dive Bomb no Jutsu!" As all of the clones fell from the sky they tossed their kunai's to the ground, making them explode on impact. When the attack was over, Naruto flew back up into the sky, or so he thought, because it was so dark and because of the attack he used, he couldn't tell which way was up or down, and he ended up crashing into the ground. He rose to his feet shakily only to feel eight pairs of hands deliver unmerciful blows all over his body until he collapsed from complete exhaustion.
The darkness slowly faded away and Naruto saw himself looking up at all eight women who didn't even have a scratch on them. "You used your mind, sort of, but you attack was too reckless and you didn't anticipate unknown factors like Ayame's jutsu. Other than that, you had a good idea, but you are definitely going to need a lot of practice." Karin said with a smile on her face as Naruto passed out from exhaustion.
Hinata stepped out from behind the bushes with tears flowing down her eyes. "I want you to train me, I want you to help me so that I will always be able to help Naruto without being a burden to him, will you help me too?" Hinata managed to get out in between her tears and sobs.
"Let me fight her, I will tell you if she is worthy of our teaching." The mysterious Kyla spoke up with a deadly voice that sent chills down Hinata's spine. All the girls talked about it and they all agreed that it would be a good idea. So Kyla and Hinata stepped to the area where the battle between Naruto and all eight of the women had begun and ended.
"Look out you, your already scared, I can see it in your eyes, there is no way you could ever be worthy of what our training could offer, you are going to fail, it is your fate…" Kyla said calmly staring Hinata down.
The words brought back the thoughts of her battle with Neji in the chunnin exam where Neji told her that she would never beat him because it was her fate. The memory of this battle with her with a sudden urge to not only beat this woman, but to beat her into the ground without mercy. Her white eyes began to burn with determination and it didn't go unnoticed by Kyla.
"So it seems that you have finally decided to start showing me some respect, let us begin." Kyla went into her awkward fighting stance which involved her leaving her hands dangling at her sides. "My fighting style is the fists of the eclipse, it was created in the Light village and it is very dangerous, do not take me lightly." Kyla mention waiting for Hinata to stance.
Hinata got into her fighting stance and explained herself, "My fighting style is the gentle fist combined with the bloodline limit of the Hyuuga clan." She activated her bloodline limit and rushed at Kyla letting out a battle cry.
To say that the fists were flying was an understatement; the whole battle was about a series of blocking hits to critical parts of each others bodies. However, it was very evident that Kyla was much more methodical and deadly with her fighting style and she wasn't even trying. But now Hinata was getting tired and her guard was beginning to let down, which allowed Kyla to hit Hinata in some very painful areas.
But Hinata wasn't a fool, she knew that Kyla was more powerful and skilled than she was showing, but she also knew that doing this was a very dangerous move because it put you in a fighting groove that made it really hard to get up to your full potential after the groove was established. And so she continued to allow the painful shots to come in until she saw that Kyla had gotten into a one of those very dangerous grooves. And so Hinata took the offensive role and began to shut down Kyla's charka points in her arms.
Kyla jumped back and cursed under her breath, this was her fault for not studying the Hyuuga bloodline abilities but now she knew, and she was beginning to come up with a plan to defeat this girl before things got desperate. But she was troubled, she wanted to show more to this girl, but she knew that it wasn't going to be a good idea to show them to much until they started their training, she almost wanted to smile at that, they had decided from the beginning to train the girl but this was turning out to be too much fun.
"Your bloodline limit along with your fighting style are good, but my style would make the combination great with some fine tweaking, for example, I am going to end this battle right now by exposing your bloodline limit's only and greatest weakness." Kyla said with a rare smile before disappearing from sight. Hinata looked around nervously because she couldn't tell where the woman had gone. All of a sudden, two hands came out from under the ground and pulled her down into the ground up to her neck.
Kyla jumped out of the ground and looked Hinata right in the eyes saying, "You have proven that you truly are worthy to be trained, yours will begin along with Naruto's as soon as we get you situated in the Storm Castle, the place where you will be staying.
And so, after Naruto had woken up and the whole situation had been explained to him, the packed up all their stuff and began to trek up the hill known fittingly as thunder hill. The named this for two reasons, one was because this was the hill where you could begin to see and hear the storm that constantly surround the village and two, it was the hill that overlooked the storm. When they reached the top of the hill, Naruto and Hinata gasped in awe at the beautiful city that was surrounded by a never ending storm.
The whole town had a gothic architecture theme to it. The town was also in a circular pattern with a massive castle in the center. "Welcome to the Village of the Storm Lord Naruto and Lady Hinata. Welcome home…" All eight ladies said with smiles on their faces and pride in their eyes.
And so, Naruto, Hinata, and the eight women began the trek down the hill and eventually came to the massive gates of the Storm village. The guard halted them to until he saw the eight women, then he quickly apologized and opened the gates so they could enter. And truly the village was amazing, for Naruto, he no longer received the hateful glares he had gotten use to from the Leaf, instead everyone looked upon him with interest and a common respect. And before they knew it, they were at the gates of the massive building known as the Storm Castle. Naruto let out a low whistle before grabbing Hinata's hand and saying, "Let's Go…"
A/N: Okay, here's the deal, this week I am going on vacation and next week I head off to college, but I promise to get out the next chapter as soon as possible and I hope that you enjoyed this long chapter because it was a pain in the butt to write. LOL, just kidding, anyway once again I hope you enjoyed reading this as chapter as much as I enjoyed writing it but anyway READ AND REVIEW!