Naruto: Tornado of Souls Final

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AUTHOR'S NOTE:

Here is chapter 13. Enjoy!

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Rice Country, Konoha Command tent

Jiraiya was grinning like a madman as Shikaku went over the maps with Tayuya's help in pointing out the defenses. The Toad sanin said, "As the Commander of the Konoha forces I grant you full amnesty Tayuya. That's the least I can do for you for saving Hiashi and delivering these maps." 'You don't know the hell I'm going to rain on you Orochimaru. With these maps we've been given a golden opportunity.'

Tayuya said politely, "Thank you Jiraiya-sama. I am in your care." The red haired kunoichi was in a fairly good mood. She had been questioned both by Jiraiya and Yamanaka Inoichi but it was more like an interview than an interrogation. At no point did she feel in danger and they never even seized her weapons. 'Of course, I've got nothing to hide.' thought the redhead to herself. 'I've got to say Jiraiya-sama and Orochimaru couldn't be more different. At least I'm safe.'

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Chapter 13

Rice Country, Konoha Medical Tent

Hiashi awoke with a start and saw one of his clansmen watching over him. It was Hyūga Hoheto. The topknot wearing Hyūga said, "Hiashi-sama; I am glad you are awake. Try not to move around too much or you'll aggravate your injuries. You are also suffering from chakra exhaustion so relax."

Hiashi said in a hoarse voice, "No wonder I am so tired. What happened Hoheto? My men…are they safe?"

Hoheto quickly gave the clan head some water for his parched throat which Hiashi drank greedily. As Hiashi drank his water; Hoheto said, "Your squad made it back just fine Hiashi-sama." Seeing then Clan Head relax a bit Hoheto said, "You were found by a young Oto kunoichi who was defecting from Orochimaru's forces. She treated your wounds and brought you back to our forces. We feared we had lost you Hiashi-sama. It was a great relief to all the clan members that you were returned safely."

The clan head finished his water and said, "I would like to meet this kunoichi. I owe her my deepest thanks. What is her name Hoheto?"

"Her name is Tayuya." answered Hoheto. "Apparently she was one of Orochmaru's bodyguards at one point."

Hiashi raised an eyebrow. "This Tayuya was that high in the ranks and she defected?"

Hoheto nodded. "I don't know all the details, but Jiraiya-sama has granted her full amnesty from Oto for her actions. She apparently has a great deal of intelligence on the enemy and has agreed to share it in return."

After a few more minutes of talking Hiashi dozed back off again. He thought of Hinata and Hanabi as he drifted off to sleep. 'I will see both of you soon my little angels…'

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Fire Country. Konoha, Naruto's Apartment

Blake arrived at Naruto's apartment with the lunches for Team 7 and was soon let in by Naruto. "Blake-chan, you're right on time!" said the blonde ninja with a beaming smile. Blake blushed a tiny bit and smiled. "Let me help you with the food." said Naruto as he led her inside.

The faunus girl saw Pyrrha at the dinner table working on a paper furiously. She looked up briefly and said, "Hello again!" before she went back to work.

Anko was also there and waved with a "Hey!"

"I'm sorry Anko nee-chan." said Blake, "If I'd known you were going to be here, I would have picked you up some lunch too."

"Don't worry about it." said the jonin. "I already ate. Can you draw like Pyrrha-chan can Blake?"

Blake raised an eyebrow at the odd question before Naruto explained, "Hokage-Jiji wants a report on the different kinds of Grimm. We don't know what they look like so Pyrrha-chan is drawing them for Anko-sensei's report.

Blake smiled. "Sure I'll help."

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Rice Country, Konoha Command tent

Hours later; with the masses of data the maps provided; Jiraiya and his planning staff had completely revised their strategy. They had called for a halt in the slow going offensive Konoha started that morning in order to revise their plans. "We must assume that Orochimaru is aware that we have these plans." said Nara Shikaku. "In spite of the delay a night offensive wouldn't be to our advantage even though the enemy is vulnerable right now."

"So we wait for the bulk of the Second Division to arrive in the morning and start a multi-pronged offensive?" asked Akimichi Choza.

"Precisely." said Jiraiya. "We've already found five areas in their lines that are only protected by troops without any fortifications to back them up. Moving rapidly through those areas will allow us to completely flank their first and second lines of defense. Within two days we should be right on top of Oto Village itself."

"Do you think we can trust that Tayuya girl and these maps you are using?" asked Morino Ibiki. "I haven't even interrogated her."

Yamanaka Inoichi grinned at the psychological sadist and said, "Trust me Ibiki. Jiraiya-sama and I spoke at length with her and she wants Orochimaru to go down as badly as we do."

Jiraiya added, "Besides, all they information our scouting forces have gathered through the day correlate to the maps and information she has down to the last centimeter. Just because the situation seems too convenient to you doesn't mean that it isn't true Ibiki. I've seen more than my fair share of crazy things happen during a war. Shikaku's right though. We know this information, but we have to assume that Orochimaru realizes we know it as well. He's going to try his damndest to counter the situation but the gaps in the lines we are going to exploit are simply too damn big for him to stop us."

Tsume asked, "So what's the ETA of the second division? I'm going to be putting my pup Hana to work helping our ninken."

"They should be here at dawn tomorrow." said Choza. "Once they've rested and gotten a good meal in them they should be good to go."

Shikaku nodded. "Once the logistics are in place we'll move out. If we stay on schedule, then it will be about 8 AM."

For the first time since this mess began the Konoha forces were brimming with confidence…

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Konoha, Main Square

That night, genin Teams 7, 8, 9 and 10 were all in the mission hall filling out their reports. Each team had two patrols that day and absolutely nothing of note had happened during their patrols as far as combat was concerned. They were all discussing this and other than Neji (who claimed he didn't have time for it) they all decided to do something after they finished their reports for the day. So, what do ten bored young genins do after a hard long day of patrolling the village? They go to the theatre to see the latest movie and blow off some steam at the cheap late-night show:

Ninja vs. Zombies XVII: The Return of the Son of Goremaster

Ino shrieked in horror as the fourteenth scantily clad kunoichi was eaten by the zombies in just as many minutes. Why was she shrieking? Did she actually identify with the bubble headed bimbo on the screen because they were both blonde? Well, no actually. (Ino was naturally blonde. The so-called actress obviously had on a wig that kept slipping). Ino was shrieking because the special effects were so bad that most children's plays were more dramatic.

The movie's ninja hero came on the screen and beheaded a dozen zombies with his chainsaw sword. Naturally the army of undead was still coming. "Ugh, this is nauseating." complained Blake as she ate her popcorn.

"You mean the gallon of creamed corn they threw on that guy that was supposed to be flesh melting, undead stomach acid from hell?" asked Naruto as he stifled a snort at the horrible method acting.

Pyrrha sighed. "I have to agree that was a truly tasteless scene." said the redhead in agreement. "This is pitiful."

"No, that's not it." said Blake. "I do agree that was horrible though."

"No kidding." said Choji. "Throwing away perfectly good, creamed corn like that is criminally wasteful."

"I think the acting is the worst part." said Hinata as she sipped her soda. "If you can even call it acting."

"I agree" said Tenten. "If I had my arm bitten off by a zombie, I'd imagine I would be screaming in pain a bit."

Naruto laughed. "The girl was supposed to be going into shock. It was shockingly bad."

Hinata smiled evilly. "Fortunately, she died in the next scene Naruto-kun… After spraying more fake blood than a human body could possibly contain all over the place."

Shikamaru said, "This whole movie is a drag. When the flesh-eating worm sock puppet came off the guy's hand in the middle of the scene it was horrifically tacky. This is the worst thing I've seen since Ninja vs. Zombies XVI."

Blake face palmed. "Special effects aside; the book this movie was based on was really excellent. They totally botched it."

Ino and Kiba burst into laughter as one of the characters died in an explosion of totally fake gore.

Shino simply asked, "You mean there was actually a book of this abomination?"

"They said the screenplay was adapted from the book, The Haunted Labyrinth. I'm so disgusted." said Blake as if she'd eaten something bad. "This is making a mockery of what was an enjoyable piece of literature."

Naruto chortled as some 'cut off' rubber limbs wiggled by on the screen. "So if it's not the horrible acting or the special effects then what is it Blake-chan?"

The faunus girl narrowed her amber eyes and said, "They cut out all of the gratuitously hot sex! What's with all this mindless T & A?! There should be lots of steamy, creamy, hot bodies covered in oil all proudly on display!"

Everyone present turned to Blake with wide eyed looks of shock and disbelief frozen on their faces.

Blake had the decency to blush. "Well, that's what I think anyway." The cat eared girl squeaked out.

Needless to say the group of genin was a bit preoccupied for the rest of the show…

…

As the group left the theatre, they were discussing the masterpiece they'd just watched. "Well, that was a low budget film." said Pyrrha politely. "I guess they did their best with what they had."

"You're giving it too much credit Pyrrha-chan." said Ino. "I think they covered the production costs of that disaster with our ticket prices alone."

Shino added, "I agree, you are far too gracious Pyrrha. That movie was pure garbage."

"Anyone up for snacks?" asked Choji. "Seeing that movie made me hungry."

Ino giggled. "After seeing all those people get eaten you are hungry Choji?"

"Actually, after watching that zombie cannibal buffet I'm hungry too." said Naruto. "Where is some succulent young kunoichi flesh to eat?"

Ino, Hinata, Pyrrha and Blake all blushed slightly at that totally tactless comment. Tenten just laughed.

"Troublesome. Think before you talk knucklehead." said Shikamaru.

Naruto suddenly blushed beet red realizing the implications of what he'd said. "Sorry…" squeaked out Naruto.

The group soon settled on Yakiniku Q and generally had a good time talking before the genins all decided to call it a night.

Things were peaceful in Konoha…for now…

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Konoha, Training Ground 52

Early in the morning Team 7 was gathered and waiting for Blake who went to pick up her new Gambol Shroud. An elated Tenten stopped Blake on the way to the training field and informed the faunus girl it was done. Blake told the others to go ahead and meet up with Anko-sensei. As it was, Blake only ended up being about twenty minutes late and soon showed off her new weapon to her sensei and teammates. "The Gambol Shroud has twenty individual, tiny exploding tags that are charged by chakra to propel it and change its direction mid-flight." explained Blake.

"So that's why you wanted Pyrrha-chan and I to invent those tiny exploding tags. Cool!" exclaimed Naruto eagerly.

"Have you tested it yet?" asked Anko. "It wouldn't do to have an untried weapon in combat."

Blake said shyly, "I was hoping Naruto-kun could help me practice with some shadow clones."

Naruto beamed. "So you need an army of evildoers to fight Blake-chan? I'm your man. Who do you want them to look like? Zombies from that horrible movie we all saw last night?"

Pyrrha burst into laughter. "That movie was terrible! Make your clones look like the Goremaster!"

Anko asked, "Do I really want to know about this movie?" All three genins shook their heads 'no' in perfect sync with one another. "I'll have to recommend it to Asuma and Kurenai then. What's the title?"

"It was Ninja vs. Zombies XVII: The Return of the Son of Goremaster." said Blake with a groan. "Personally I think you could use it as a torture method." The feline faunus girl turned to Naruto. "Can you make your shadow clones turn into beowolves? That way I could really cut loose."

"Okay Blake-chan." said Naruto. "One army of beowolves coming up."

…Blake and the others spent their morning having fun battling beowolves wearing Goremaster and Orochimaru t-shirts…

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Konoha, Market District

By the late afternoon Team 7 was on their second patrol of the day. They soon were pursuing something unexpected –a cloaked ninja of unknown origins. He'd been in the red-light district looking like someone destitute when he was reported as suspicious by one of the locals. The mystery man hadn't done anything per se but when Team 7 called out to talk to him he threw a flash grenade and ran at ninja speeds up the side of the nearest building. Anko's team had been pursuing him ever since. Naruto crested a rooftop and spotted their quarry. "He's gone into the alley behind Tomoe's Market! He's definitely headed towards the east gates of the village!"

"Keep track of him from up high Naruto." said Anko over the radio. "Team 9 under Gai is also moving to intercept and Pyrrha is right behind him."

Pyrrha slid around the corner at high speeds using chakra in her feet to counter her momentum and saw the elusive ninja running in the alley ahead of her. The redhead drew her sword and charged after him at top speed. 'I have you now!' she thought as she closed the distance. Pyrrha quickly radioed, "I have the target in sight and am pursuing him." The cloaked man turned and threw a handful of shuriken at the red-haired gladiator. Pyrrha quickly used her magnet release to cause the shuriken to veer slightly off course and shot through the barrage unscathed. The mystery ninja cursed and took off running again. He threw a smoke bomb to cover his escape before he hopped onto the back wall of the market and dashed up over the roof….

"He just went over the market roof and is headed across the street towards Shima's Produce." radioed Naruto.

The unknown ninja was barely able to dodge three kunai from Tenten that had just arrived on the scene. He dived for cover into the produce store as Tenten's second volley hit and pinned his cloak to the wall of the building. He quickly dropped his cloak as he couldn't get it loose. As Tenten pursued him into the building he attempted to combat the young kunoichi in taijutsu but Tenten was no slouch in that area given she was Gai's student. She knocked the ninja back with a mid-kick and drew to more kunai that she quickly spun into the ready position. The elusive ninja was deliberating whether or not he should face Tenten when Pyrrha arrived and the ninja bolted again –straight out the back door of the produce store.

"He just left the back of Shima's Produce and headed east down the alley." said Naruto over the radio. "He's knocking over dumpsters to slow you guys down so watch your footing."

"Roger Naruto-kun." said Pyrrha as she took the point position. As the two kunoichi chased their prey they were dodging all sorts of debris the mystery man scattered behind him. The ninja flipped over a fence and hit the ground running towards an apartment complex. Naruto lost sight of him and said, "He's out of my visual range on the north side of the apartments. I'm changing positions."

"There is no need." said Neji over the radio. "Unlike your eyes; the byakugan sees through such trivial objects."

Naruto growled "Then stop bragging and help me spot him Neji-baka!"

"I don't need to help someone that's beyond helping Uzumaki." said Neji. "I'm moving to intercept."

"Less chatter!" called Anko. "Neji can take over the spotting. Move to intercept Naruto."

"Too late!" called Neji as he leapt in front of the ninja racing along the north side of the apartments. "You are within the range of my div–ooof!"

Tenten and Pyrrha arrived just in time to see the ninja go aerial while using Neji's face as a springboard to gain some distance from the girls. Naruto sweat dropped from his position and said, "This is Naruto. I've spotted the target again and am maintaining position. He's headed just south of Ichiraku's Ramen. Blake-chan; you can intercept him there!"

"I'm on it." said Blake as she dashed behind Ichiraku's Ramen and concealed herself.

Neji was getting back up sporting a footprint on his face and was absolutely furious. Pyrrha and Tenten saw the angry Hyūga was standing back up. They shot past him leaving Neji behind so he could catch up. "Arrrgh! I'll teach him to humiliate me." spat out the cursing Hyūga prodigy. Neji overheard Naruto on the radio directing the others and telling Blake to change positions. Following with his byakugan Neji saw Blake was in an ideal place to ambush the escaping ninja –if he stayed close to the side of the street she was on…unfortunately he wasn't within the reach of a kusarigama. "Blake-san, he's headed your way but he's out of your range!" radioed the Hyūga prodigy.

Blake saw her target as she threw her Gambol Shroud's blade across the street ahead of him. The ninja went to leap over the extendable line but at the apex of the weapon's arc Blake sent a chakra charge down to the handle of the kusarigama that set off a chakra charge that sent the blade flying back towards the escaping ninja faster than he could react. He screamed bloody murder as the Gambol Shroud's blade tasted blood for the first time. The still airborne ninja continued to fly forward as his right leg fell below the arc of the Gambol shroud which Blake caught with practiced ease.

Pyrrha followed up her teammate by pouncing on the mystery man and slapping a restraining seal on their fallen prey. The ninja jolted as his body was restrained in a chakra web that kept him from moving or accessing his chakra. Pyrrha said over the radio. "The target is captured and subdued. He needs medical attention quickly or he'll bleed out!"

Anko landed beside Pyrrha quickly and activated a fire jutsu. The ninja cried out as the stump of his right leg was cauterized in an instant. The mystery man then blacked out from the pain. The purple haired jonin nodded as Naruto landed nearby and Blake walked up cleaning the blood off her blade. "He'll live." said Anko to her three genins. "Well done kiddies."

Gai quickly ran up with Neji who was trying to wipe the footprint off his face to maintain his dignity. Tenten was already on site because she'd been travelling with Pyrrha. "You okay Neji?" asked Tenten. Neji just looked sullen and nodded in the affirmative. Tenten turned to Blake and said, "What do you think of the new Gambol Shroud?" There were stars glittering in the weapons mistress's eyes.

Blake gave one of her minimal smiles and said, "It's excellent! I really wasn't expecting to put it to the test in actual combat so soon. I'm glad Naruto-kun helped me train with his shadow clones this morning."

"It seems that you do have a use after all Uzumaki." said Neji in a superior tone. "You make a good training dummy for Blake-san; not that she needs any help from a loser like you."

Pyrrha looked scandalized and Blake looked angry, but Naruto said smoothly. "Better to be a help to Blake-chan as a training dummy than aiding the enemy by offering your face as a steppingstone. For someone who sees all you sure are blind."

Neji lost his composure and said angrily, "Why you lowborn idiot! Your new teammates are too good for a weakling like you! You belonged with that misfit Uchiha and foolish Haruno!"

The Hyūga prodigy suddenly felt a fist planted so deeply in his gut that it was elevating him as he flew backwards and landed hard on his back. Neji spit out blood as he hacked and coughed trying to regain his breath. Naruto towered over him and Neji saw the blonde's eyes burning with a fire of pure anger. Naruto grabbed Neji's hair and wrenched the Hyūga up to his knees. Yanking Neji's hair hard enough to cause him to cry out; Naruto roared, "If you EVER insult my friends again, I will stab out your eyes and leave you crippled for life! You're a disgrace to Konoha ninjas you son of a bitch!" With that Naruto let go of Neji's hair.

Naruto felt a firm hand on his shoulder and saw Anko there. "That's enough Naruto. We need everyone in fighting trim including Neji. I'm sure that Gai will be talking with his student about this business later."

Gai nodded and said, "Naruto-kun; be proud of Team 7. You have done well. It seems that Tenten-chan and I need to stoke Neji-kun's Flames of Youth as they have diminished greatly. I apologize on his behalf." Gai turned to Tenten. "Help Neji-kun up and take him to get checked by the medics. I will help Anko take this enemy ninja to a cell where he will be taken care of."

The purple haired jonin said to her genins, "Head over to Ichiraku's and grab an early dinner. Just relax and I'll meet you after we take care of this prisoner."

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Konoha, Ichiraku's Ramen

Naruto was sitting back patting his stomach. He'd only had nine bowls of ramen but the altercation with Neji killed part of his appetite. He looked over at his lovely companions and saw Pyrrha as she ate her beef ramen in her usual polite manner. Her green eyes turned to him and she said, "You were totally in the right Naruto-kun. Neji's behavior was inexcusable." She patted his hand with hers and she smiled.

Naruto smiled back and said, "Thanks Pyyrha-chan. I-" He heard a happy sound somewhere between a hum and a cat purring. Looking over he saw Blake savoring her second bowl of seafood ramen with extra tuna. "Naruto smiled and said, "Is that good Blake-chan?"

"Mmmm…It's wonderful." purred Blake happily. She turned to Naruto and said, "Pyrrha is right. That Neji is a total jerk. I had no idea. I hate the way he acts like he's superior to everyone else. Team 7 will always have your back Naruto-kun."

Pyrrha nodded in agreement. "Let's all go over to your apartment and do something together tonight after we get off duty Naruto-kun. We can play a video game or just watch some TV."

Naruto's eyes lit up. He wasn't looking forward to another boring evening alone. "That would be great Pyrrha-chan! What do you think Blake-chan?"

Blake's amber eyes were filled with happiness. "Sure, I'd love to hang out."

"Great! Hmmm…I wonder where Anko-sensei is?" wondered Naruto. "She's been awhile and it's getting dim." Naruto turned to his favorite ramen chefs. "Ayame nee-chan, Teuchi-jiji; how long have we been here?"

Ayame smiled and said, "You three have only been here an hour Naruto-kun. You all were so occupied eating and talking that you didn't notice that a storm was blowing in."

All three genins sweat dropped as they peered out through the flaps of the ramen shack and saw dark thunderheads had blown in without them even noticing. Within moments it was pouring rain down in sheets. Blake jumped when a thunderbolt struck near the village. She grabbed Naruto's hand. Naruto soon found himself sandwiched between Blake and Pyrrha when lighting split the heavens with a blinding flash and it started hailing slightly.

The three genin's radios blared to life and Anko's voice came through. "This is Anko; are you three still at Ichiraku's?"

"Yes Anko-sensei; we are still here." said Pyrrha. "We were just discussing the weather that just rushed in."

The radio crackled. "Gai and I were discussing the same thing." said the snake mistress. "It looks like we're going to cancel our evening genin patrols. You don't know the chakra exercises to repel hail so head on home. There's no way I'm going to get you three concussed. Drowning you is one thing but head injuries are quite another."

"Your concern for us brings a tear to my eye Anko nee-chan." said Blake in a flat tone.

All three genin could feel their sensei's evil smile through the transmission. "No need to thank me kiddies! Just head on home. We can fill out our reports in the morning. I've already taken care of my report so yours are just a follow up anyway. Later!"

Blake, Pyrrha and Naruto all sweat dropped. "She's certainly in a chipper mood. It looks like we should each head home when the hail lets up." said Pyrrha.

The three members of Team seven waited for the hail to stop temporarily and shot towards their homes when it let up. Pyrrha headed towards the Yamanaka Flower Shop using her shield as a makeshift umbrella while Blake and Naruto shot towards Hashirama Lane because their apartments were in the same direction.

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Yamanaka Flower Shop

Pyyrha came rushing inside the shop and found Ayano and Ino were closing the place up given the weather was so dismal. "Hello again!" said the radiant redhead. "I'm glad I had my shield over my head when the hail returned."

Ayano looked up and said, "Pyrrha-chan, we're glad you are home. It must be awful out. Ino-chan got home just before the hailstorm blew in."

Ino saw Pyrrha was breathing a bit heavily, "Are you okay Pyrrha-chan? You're out of breath."

"I had to run flat out from Ichiraku's across town to here when the hail let up. I'm a bit winded I'm afraid." explained the gladiator. "How can I help close up the shop?"

"You can help by sitting down and relaxing Pyrrha-chan." said Ayano. "You always push yourself too hard. Just take it easy."

"I got lucky and was already walking home when the rain started." explained Ino. "I got a little damp but you are drenched Pyrrha-chan. Go on in and take a warm bath before you catch cold."

"That's a good idea." agreed Ayano. "You just soak while we finish up here."

Pyrrha reluctantly agreed and went to take a hot bath…

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Konoha, Residential District

'This is almost too easy.' thought a person in a gray rain cloak and hood as they stuck to the shadows in the storm. 'Slipping into Konoha was child's play under the cover of this thunderstorm. It was just as easy as slipping out. With them all distracted by the war I suppose it's understandable though.' "They should be more careful." said the person with a raspy chuckle. "Of course, they are a bit undermanned at the moment." Seeing the shadows of a Konoha patrol nearby the person slipped soundlessly into the wet earth and awaited a chance to go after their target…

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Hashirama Lane

By the time Naruto and Blake made it to Naruto's apartment building both of them were totally drenched. They ran up the stairs to Naruto's place when it started hailing again. Blake's white clothes were translucent and her (cat) ears were drenched through her bow. Reacting without thinking she whipped her black bow off to prevent the water from draining into her sensitive ears.

Naruto's eyes were big as saucers and he whispered, "Kawaii…."

Blake realized what she'd done and was going to cover her ears with whatever she could find but then she realized what Naruto had uttered. Her ears stood up and pivoted to face Naruto. "Did you just say my ears are…cute Naruto-kun?"

Naruto smiled happily and said, "There so adorable Blake-chan! What a cool bloodline. Why do you hide them?" The hail started to really pick up and Naruto said, "You'd best come in and dry off Blake-chan. I'm not letting you get hurt in this hailstorm."

Blake was shocked as Naruto grabbed her hand and led her up to his apartment. 'He doesn't act any different at all after seeing my ears?'

Naruto fished his keys out of his pocket and let them in. Turning on the light he said, "Let me get some towels and you can tell me all about your kawaii ears." That's when he noticed the white parts of Blake's uniform were basically see through. He blushed and started to get a nosebleed. Tearing his eyes away from the heavenly vision in front of him; Naruto choked out, "T-t-towels! Big towels for Blake-chan!" 'I hope Blake-chan doesn't think I'm a pervert!' he thought as he tried to will back his raging hard on to no avail.

Luckily for Naruto, Blake was too preoccupied with her ears showing at this point. She blushed and smiled softly. 'Naruto-kun thinks my ears are kawaii!' She basically hugged herself in excitement and realized she was soaked to the bone…'Oh my god! My white clothes are completely see through!' she mentally shrieked.

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Yamanaka Residence

Ayano called out to her daughter from the base of the stairs. "Ino-chan, go check on Pyrrha-chan. She's been in the bath for a while." Hearing nothing but the storm outside falling on the roof the Yamanaka Matriarch thought to herself; 'If Ino-chan's door is closed she probably can't even hear me.' Ascending the stairs Ayano saw her daughter's room was indeed closed with the light on. "Since I'm here I'll check on Pyrrha-chan myself I guess." muttered Ayano to herself.

She heard thunder outside as well as a breaking noise. Looking back towards the stairwell Ayano saw the last thing she expected: A girl was standing there waterlogged in a rain cloak and hood. Her pale skin contrasted with her wet pink hair that was showing. Ayano gasped and said, "Sakura-chan, is that you?!"

"Hello Ayano-san." said 'Sakura.' Ayano saw a red flash and horror took her into the darkness…

"Let's lay you down to sleep forever…" said Sakura's voice…

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Naruto's Apartment

Blake was wearing one of Naruto's oversized t-shirts and some shorts with a belt to cinch them up around her narrow waist. Her clothes were currently in Naruto's clothes washer and dryer. The blonde knew nothing about the differences between washing darks and lights together and seemed to be positively terrified of Blake's lingerie so he told her to feel free to use the washer herself.

She came back into the front room and looked out the window with her ears prominently on display. 'Gods help me!' thought Naruto. 'Blake-chan looks like a cat girl fantasy mate that Ero-sennin made up for one of his books. If she says meow or starts purring at me I'll positively die from this hard on!' Lightning flashed outside and silhouetted Blake's sinuous curves to Naruto. 'Down earthly desires!' Naruto mentally screamed at his throbbing member.

"Naruto-kun?" asked Blake.

The blonde looked up and saw her amber eyes scrutinizing him very carefully. 'What is she thinking about I wonder?' "Yes Blake-chan?"

'I wonder if Naruto has any idea how good he looks to me right now?' thought the feline faunus girl as she studied his wiry, muscular frame that were barely hidden by a snug t-shirt and shorts. 'All that working out has turned him into dangerous company for a girl…' Lightning flashed and she and saw a wild, untamed look in Naruto's eyes that drew her like a magnet.

Blake thought of a scene in her Ninjas in Love books and barely resisted her urge to lick her lips. She was sweating. 'Heaven help me! It would be so easy to give in tonight.' she mentally purred to herself. "I don't know when this storm is going to let up Naruto-kun. Do you have a place I could sleep tonight?"

'OH YEAH BABY!' screamed Naruto's inner pervert. 'She's practically wagging her tail at me! I'll make that pussy purr all night long! Bwahahaha!' "Ummm…Well, why don't you take my bed Blake-chan?"

Blake thought about Naruto lying low at the foot of the bed to… 'He wants to lie low and ambush me in his bed! OH YEAH!' thought the cat eared girl with a mental squeal. Blake blushed in the low light. "W-well, I guess we could…" She could smell the intoxicating hormones coming from Naruto in answer to her own…

"…And I'll take the spare futon in the spare bedroom." finished Naruto.

Thunder crashed outside and the power went out leaving two very aroused young people staring at each other's hungry eyes…

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See you next time. Blue out. 4/18/22