A/N: Yo! I couldn't possibly ask you guys to slow down reviewing could I? I never get a chance to update my other story because of all the reviews for this one. Anywho, it's great that you love this story so much. One thing people, it's not certain if there's a lvl 3 Cursed Seal. At the moment, it's purely speculation as to it's existance, therefore for all intents and purposes, it doesn't exist until it's used in the manga. Finally, this is it people! LEMON! I'm not posting the full, graphic version on FF, but I will on MM, so FF fans, please forgive the shortness of the chapter. BTW, during the Lemon, Kyubi and Naruto's relationship takes a massive leap forward. The story may or may not make sense should you not read the full version. As a final note, I REALLY couldn't be bothered coming up with some deep and meaningful reason Kyubi attacked Konoha. I really couldn't. If you want, I can change it to one I preapred after I had uploaded the chapter. Also, I've redone the last chapter where Kyubi reveals she's female into something more... Believeable, by popular demoand. I'll get onto the Questions/Comments/Suggestions:
sadfru: Well, when the bearer of a cursed seal eats one of those pills, assuming they survive, it'll dramatically increase their power both physically and chakra wise. However, to activate, the Cursed Seal requires a massive amount of energy in the form of the person's chakra. So it's both good and bad. As for Stage 3, read the top paragraph.
FairyQuilan: He's well and trully pushing up the daisies. He was still under the three year ban from using the jutsu just before Sauske got there, so they caught him at a good time. Also, Orochimaru had his head cut off. No being in Naruto can regrow a head, even if it was the Kyubi.
Del'Cera Osirin: Yo! I have to say, I'm looking forward to your reviews more and more. You seem to know a lot about Naruto Lore. I'm not sure how Orochimaru's curse really works, apart from the fact it takes away your free will and gives you power. The way I theorised it is that Orochimaru has to implant a bit of his soul into the seal as well as chakra. Well, it is fiction, so anything goes, I guess. I just did this to fit with the needs of my plot. Well, if they come bareing the head of their number one and number two enemies, I would think they'd let them go for now.
madnarutofan: The Chidori Current is an offical move that Sasuke uses in the manga. The modified Hiraishin is mine.
Kyuubi-Sama: Questions: 1: Everywhere.
2: No.
3: No.
4: Stop asking!
jozs001: Yo! Your English is better than some of my other reviewers who's main language is English, so no problem. Thanks for the review!
TrapedSoul: Um, who did you mean when you said 'no reason to go with them'? Also when you said a question and a comment, where exactly in the review was the question? I haven't seen a single other person complain about it. From my two most recent stories, the ONLY two positive comments you've made for them are that my use of Body Flicker is 'cool' and that 'its a good begining'. Apart from that, it's been pretty much all negative.
firareth3: Looking back on it, I'll admit I overlooked that. Kind of like one of those 'oh, yeah forgot to mention the world's going to explode in ten seconds. No big deal though.' Things. Yeah, Tsunade declined. Sorry for the confusion.
Vegita the 3rd: Serious? DAMN! I wanted to be the first to do it... Oh well, thanks for pointing that fic out, I'll read it sometime soon, I hope. As for residing in the Sound Village, I don't think that it's entirely... Plausable, considering they killed the leader and his right hand man of Oto. There'd be a lot of people still loyal to him. Also, my story is going to start concerntraiting on Sasuke and Naruto as travelling Nukenins.
Zaivon: At the moment, none, thankfully.
Katana Haibane: It depends. Sasuke wants Naruto to help him in his revenge, but they also have to take care of the rest of Akatsuki. From there, who knows?
Hope my creativity gives you some semblance of pleasure to read.
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Legend:
'...thoughts...'
"...normal talk..."
'...Biju thoughts...'
"...Biju Speaking..."
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Living Behind a Mask:
Chapter 7:
Naruto & Sasuke, Partners in Crime:
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That Evening:
Sasuke and Naruto arrived in town as dusk settled in. The guards at the gate cowered in fear at the sight of high ranking Oto nins when they saw the purple rope belts. They smiled at them.
"We're not Oto nins anymore. We need to use your messenger birds."
"What makes you think we're going to let you in?"
Naruto sighed and pulled out his duffel bag, holding it up.
"In here is Orochimarui's head. In the one my friend is carrying is his right hand man's head. Want to see them?"
They nodded and Naruto showed them the bag. They saw the long black hair and white face, and confirmed it wasn't a henged object. They nodded, slightly afraid of the boy's power, but waved them through. The one on the left called to them.
"Please report this to the village elder."
"Sure."
They walked in, ignoring the worried glances from the villagers. They had deactivated their partial cursed seals long before they got here to avoid suspicion. They walked up to the largest hut in the village, which they assumed was the elder's hut. The guard outside saw them and waved them inside, obviously, the guards at the gate had communicated with him somehow. They stepped inside. The room was filled with the sweet smell of incense, and had beads everywhere. They didn't see anyone there so they stood in the centre of the room. They saw some shadow's shift, and they focused on thearea they had seen the movment. They heard a soft chuckling.
"No need to be on guard. I am but an old man. Please, take a seat."
They took the seats offered, which were esentially pillows on the floor. Now that their eyes were used to the dark, they could make out a small man with a bald head and a very long white beard.
'Probably to make up for what he lacks on top.'
Naruto heard Kyubi snickering in the back of his mind and tried hard to supress a grin. The man smiled at them.
"So, you two are the ones who killed the thing known as Orochimaru... I may be old, but I know power when I see it. It would have taken incredible power to achive. However, I did not call for you to inflate your egos, I requested you here for something else. Orochimaru's men have been raiding our village's crop fields recently. I woul think this will put a stop to it. I was told you need a messenger bird. That can wait until morning. For now, I would like to extend my hospitality to the pair of you for helping us."
"Thank you."
Naruto nodded in agreement. The man continued.
"We will shortly have a room prepared for you. We do not have enough space for two rooms, unfortunately."
"That's fine, we always sleep in the same room any way. Also, could we request a change of clothes?Orochimaru may have known how to lead a village, but he had no taste in fashion."
The old man chuckled.
"Easy enough. We will have a bird and a choice of clothing ready for you tomorrow. Thank you again."
"No problem. By the way, please don't make this into a big ceremony. We're trying to keep a low profile."
The man nodded.
"Understandable. Sleep well."
They got up, bowed and left. There was a second guard outside who motioned for them to follow. They were led to a small hut not too far away and the guard turned to them.
"Our village has communal breakfast at 7 am every morning. Please be at the hall by then."
The guard pointed to a long building not too far away. They nodded and went inside. They set their swords down, and began stripping before ending up in their boxer shorts. Luckily, there was two beds here. They didn't want to give them any ideas if there was only one bed. They went to bed, entering their state of semi sleep they had learnt to use when sleeping in dangerous places. 'Sleep' wasn't really the correct term for it. It was actually about 70 percent conciousness and 30 percent sleep. After a few years of learning, they found out that a body could be trained to enter a lighter state of sleep and still perform as well as if it had gotten a full night's sleep. They heard guards walking past their hut seveal times that night with regular intervals in between, which they presumed was the village's night watch. Just before the dawn broke, they got up, dressed and sat on the roof to watch the sun rise, which they hadn't done in a while. The village had a great view of the eastern horizon, meaning they had an unfettered view of the light. The sky turned from inky black to the odd purple that was twilight. It slowly turned orange, then red, and finally, sky blue. They continued to stare at it for a while until the sun had fully risen over the horizon. Naruto checked his watch. 6 55 am. Naruto got up, as did Sasuke. They walked through the village, aware the villagers were no longer frightful. Their eyes held something else... Gratitude? It was very foreign to both boys. They had never really been 'thanked' by so many people. Even if they gathered up everyone who had thanked them in their entire lives combined, it would still fall well short of the number they had seen so far today. They walked into the hall, which everyone else seemed to be doing who was still outside. When they walked inside, all talking stopped. All faces turned to them with bright smiles on their face. Naruto and Sasuke walked over to what appeared to be the serving counter, grabbed a bowl each and walked to the first table they could find. People shoved up to create room for the two boys, which they uneasily accepted. Everyone seemed nervous, which Naruto and Sasuke started getting uncomfortable from. They could understand their fear, but it was unsettling while they were eating. Sasuke looked up.
"We don't attack unless attacked first or you're one of our targets, none of which are anywhere near here."
This dispelled a lot of the nervousness, but not all of it. Naruto shifted slightly, catching their attention.
"You can talk to us. The only reason we're silent is we can communicate almost perfectly through body language. We have very little use for words between each other anymore."
Talking gradualy resumed before Naruto and Sasuke joined in. Naruto and Sasuke quickly told them after their activitied during the time with Orochimaru was asked for that their time with Orochimaru was highly classified information they would take with them to the grave, so the topic was avoided completely. At about 7:30, people started getting up and leaving. Naruto and Sasuke finished off one last bowl before they excused themselves and went to do their tasks they had planned for the day. They carefully wrote a note to Konoha telling them that Orochimaru and Kabuto had been killed, their heads preserved and they wanted the bounty. If they agreed to the trade, they were to bring the cash with two people for the trade to the Valley of the End. They soaked two small parts of the parchment with both Orochimaru's and Kabuto's blood to prove they had their heads. They sent the bird to Konoha and went to their next task. They were taken to a hut, which they entered. This was obviously the textile centre of the villiage. There were bolts of many different coloured fabrics as well as pieces of cloth laid on tables. There were several old women sitting at separate tables. The one in the centre of the room who was working on some form of dress looked up from her work with a needle and thread. She smiled at the boy, her face creasing with wrinkles at the facial movement.
"What can I get you two young boys today?"
"We need some new clothes."
"Any preferances?"
They thought carefully. Naruto was the first to answer.
"Would it be possible to get two battle kimonos of the same type and colours?"
"I will have to measure you, but it won't be hard. What about you?"
Sasuke gave in and followed his companion.
"Two battle kimonos as well please."
The lady nodded, motioning them to come over. She picked up a piece of string that was marked at even intervals and began measureing everything. Naruto stopped her as she got to the waste.
"There's somethings you'll have to make allowances for."
"Such as?"
Naruto and Sasuke closed their eyes, concerntraiting. They brought their full level two seals out, suprising the hell out of the ladies. Naruto had grown his tails while Sasuke had sprouted wings. The lady nodded slowly, taking a few new measurements. Once she had finished, she nodded, indicating they could suppress the seals. She looked thoughtful for a moment.
"Any particular colours?"
Naruto knew instantly what he was going for.
"Blue and canairy yellow."
Sasuke smirked.
"Crimson and black."
She nodded, thinking things over.
"I should be able to have the first pair done by lunch time tomorrow. The next pair can be done in 3 day's time."
Sasuke nodded in appreciation.
"Perfect."
Naruto half smiled at the lady.
"Thank you."
She smiled, wrinkles coming back to her face again.
"You're welcome."
Both boys left to go back to their hut and discuss their plans for the long term future. All of their plans revolved around being able to earn money initially, and the only way to do that was to do missions. The only Village that took in Nukenins was Oto. By killing Orochimaru, they had both freed themselves and screwed themselves over. The only way to earn money would be to kill other nukenins for the bounty. Naruto groaned as he thought about it.
"Damn it, how the hell do the Nukenins earn money? If they had to kill each other, there'd be none left by now."
There obviously was another way. They knew what a lot of Nukenins had to do to survive. A lot of them engaged in shady activities with even shadier people. They both swore the moment they got out that they would only kill people that attacked them and their targets, which now mainly consisted of the nine Akatsuki members. They had a hell of a long way to go before they were ready for that. Both of them refused to even think about the fourth level Sharingan. They had very few options. The only option they could come up with would be to use a high level Henge to change their appearances and try and get some sort of temporary job in a larger town. Their money was far from exahusted, but they were not the kind to leave their planning to the last minute. Both of them came up with nothing, but continued to sit there and ponder. They came up with several new ideas, none of which were entirely pleasing. They could do odd jobs, which would be entirely demeaning, they could kill tyrants and be goody two shoes, which didn't suit their style at ALL, or they could be used as tools, which they REFUSED to do. They were their own masters. No one was their superior. The only one who was their own equal was the other in the room.
'Forgetting someone?'
'And you.'
'That's better.'
So, the three of them were equals. Then there was also the problem of getting stronger. Assuming the majority of Nukenins were what they were pretty sure thy would be, they helped each other out when they weren't at each other's throats. They had long ago realised that Nukenins were feared for a reason. In a person's home village, shinobi were forced to be used as tools, having to listen to the commands of another, meaning they couldn't fight the way they wanted. They were also limited to one type of elemental jutsu native to their own country. Nukenins were free to make their own decisions, and were allowed to fight in any way they wanted, giving them much more freedom. They were also able to learn elemental jutsus from other villages from other Nukenins who in turn learnt elemental jutus from the other one. All of this combined meant that Nukenins had a wider arsenal of weapons to use, when and how they wanted to use them. After seveal hours, they gave up, resolving to find a Nukenin that didn't want to kill them, and find out he or she survived. Lunch was served to their room and they were told dinner would again be held in the communal hall at 7pm. After lunch, they decided to go train to take their minds off things. Once they had walked outside the village, they began stretching to limber up before starting simple Taijutsu sets. Once they had done that, they drew their swords and proceeded through Kenjutsu sets before having a light Taijutsu spar, finishing off with a short Kenjutsu spar. Needless to say, by the end of it, they were exhausted. The sun had already began setting, tinting the sky with a reddish-orange hue. Naruto checked his watch. It was 6:30. They sheathed their swords and walked slowly back to the village. Once they got there, they took a quick bath each in the small bathroom in their hut before they left to go to dinner. They didn't have the same problem as this morning thankfully, and qucikly ate their dinner, which consisted mainly of some sort of vegitable soup. They excused themselves and retired to bed.
Kyubi had been silently thinking to herself the whole day. Not only was she helping the boys with their problem, she was dealing with one of her own that had been plauging her for months. A very complex one. Kyubi and Naruto had grown closer over the years. Their current relationship was a fairly confusing one to describe. It had elements of a jailor/prisoner, mutaual understanding, and a hint of companionship in it, although neither would admit the last part. However, Kyubi was having another problem. She found that after 15 years of being deprived of getting everything she wanted at her whim, that she was beginning to experience withdrawl symptoms of sorts. Being several thousand years old meant that things tended to take more time in general. It could take a decade before she would have gone mad being locked in a room with little light and no way out, staring at the same four walls, floor and ceiling. The only reason she hadn't become bored yet was she could 'see' outside, but she had no control over what she saw/smelt/tasted or heard. That was not the problem. She was used to being able to seduce anyone she wanted to stave off any... Sexual urges she had. The problem she was facing now was that her sexual urges had built to breaking point, and it was taking all of her control from alerting Naruto. The problem was that the only male she had access to was Naruto when he came for one of his 'visits'. Kyubi and Nibi were both known to have seduced a fair number of human males in their time, but neither had been in this situation before. Last Kyubi had heard from Nibi, she had gotten sealed in a female. The only sort of grim satisfaction she got was that Nibi couldn't releive her pent up fustration unless she got REALLY desperate. However, this still didn't change her own predicament. It also didn't help that Naruto would have to come inside the cage for her to do anything to. And that's where the next part of her problem came into play. The moment he came in, she could kill him and take over control of his body. Normally, she'd have been all for it, but now, she was finding she was starting to hesitate before she would regain her resolve. This confused her to no end. It was a massive multilayered problem that pointed to one thing she would NEVER admit to herself, let alone another. Their relationship was getting dangerously close to entering deep murky water. Water that had been long ago forbidden to be touched. She let out an exasperated growl before she could stop herself, which caught Naruto's attention.
'What's up with you?'
Shit. She had to think of a way to stop him coming down here.
"Just remebering a past fight."
"That's unlike you to react that strongly to a fight."
Naruto appeared before her. He saw she was in humanoid form, which was unusual. She wore a red and black kimono that covered her completely, in a vain attempt to stop herself from giving in. She was screwed. As Naruto would have said long ago, totally, fatally, utterly screwed. Naruto took a sniff of the air and stiffened. He'd detected it right off the bat.
"What the hell? Want to explain to me what's going on?"
What could she do? She explained.
"I'm used to having anything I want. That includes any male I want to seduce-"
Naruto sweat dropped and blushed in mild embarrisment. It wasn't every day you got to see a sex starved demon who could do nothing about it, but then again, not many got to see a very powerful female demon that was sealed in their own stomach in the first place. Kyubi's simple words and pheremones had sparked something that he had been keeping carefully supressed as well. He had somehow managed to keep what he found to be a disturbing growth of their relationship on his side. Naruto could tell now that the only reason this relationship hadn't turned into some sort of twisted sexual escapade was that he had stopped it from growing to that stage through sheer will power. Naruto trully had no idea what to do. How the hell could he do anything? He couldn't really back out without permanently damaging their relationship, but he was scared shitless of progressing. Kyubi watched Naruto's eyes become awash with a sea of emotions. She was glad to find out that this hadn't been entirely one sided, and was amazed at how well Nartuo had kept this suppressed to hide it from her. Naruto sank to his knees, scrunching his hair in his hands. He was obviously torn as to what to do.
"I... I don't know... What to do..."
"Makes two of us."
Should he just do it? Get it over with? One-night-stand kind of thing? That would do more damage than good... The only thing he could think about was summoning her and letting her screw every guy within 10 miles, but somehow, he didn't think they'd apprecaite that.
"Reminds me of that damn 10th Question..."
"Take or not take."
Naruto nodded. This was suprisingly like the 10th Question of the Chunin exams. Back out, and face it next time. Take it, get it wrong, and never take it again. It really left only one option, which both of them secretly wanted, but were scared of the consequences. Take it and get it right. Naruto slowly got up and started walking towards the cage. What the hell was he supposed to do? He'd just reached the bars when fate would have it that the third member of their three 'man' cell raised his hand to quit in a sense by shaking Naruto awake.
"Oi, Naruto."
"Wha?"
"What the hell is up with you?"
"Long story."
"Whatever. Our first battle kimonos have arrived. Try yours."
Sasuke pointed to a folded piece of blue and yellow cloth on the small table in between their beds. Naruto picked it up to reveal exactly what he had hoped for. Scratch that, it was better than he had hoped for. Naruto hastily put it on. It was wide fitting enough to grant him unrestricted movement, but also maintained the sleek elegance of a formal kimono. Naruto had to give it to the ladies. They were damn good at what they did. Naruto turned to see Sasuke in his black battle kimono with red highlights. They looked snazzy. Naruto's mind was immediately drawn back to the problem Sasuke had given him a temporary escape from when he heard Kyubi growl. Sasuke saw Naruto was acting wierdly. Naruto had always been calm and in control. Now Naruto looked like he did when he was still using the mask in the Academy days.
"Naruto? What the hell is going on?"
Naruto sighed.
"I don't know how to explain..."
"Try."
"Well, I've told you of Kyubi and my relationship being pretty screwed up right?"
Sasuke nodded slightly.
"I think it just got even more screwed up."
Sasuke got the gist of what he was saying. He sweat dropped. He wanted to know one thing.
"Who broke first?"
'Don't. You. Dare.'
Judging by the tiny body movements Naruto made, Sasuke had to stop himself from full blown laughing. The demon had caved in first. He never expected that. Sasuke thought over the pros and cons of having the 'lord' of demons as a lover.
"She'd be great in bed."
Naruto face faulted.
"Where the hell did that come from?"
Sasuke kept it up.
"She's probably the only one who could keep up with your endless stamina."
Naruto sweat dropped.
"Not funny."
"I'd say go for it."
Naruto stared at Sasuke in disbelif.
"What?"
"You heard me."
"I wish I didn't."
Sasuke got to the point.
"I dare you."
"If I don't?"
Sasuke smirked.
"I'd be dissapointed in you."
To someone else, this would have been a very light way off. Naruto knew differently. There friendship could be severely damaged if he didn't do this.
"If I do?"
"Apart from the rewards of the dare itself, all the ramen you can eat for 3 months."
After all these years, Naruto still suprisingly had his love for ramen. It was still the king of food to him. Naruto stared at Sasuke. It was his major vice, and Sasuke knew how to exploit it perfectly.
"You're a bastard."
"Just do it."
Naruto sighed. Sasuke was forcing him to do it. He laid back on his bed, careful to remove most of his clothing in case any... Accidents happened. Naruto scowled at Sasuke.
"I'll get you for this."
"Sure."
Naruto entered his mindscape and found himself already at the cage. Naruto couldn't see Kyubi anywhere. He heard a soft growl. Not the usual ones, full of menace. It was still dark, but contained lust by the bucketload. Naruto slowly walked towards the gate.
"I'll... take the 10th Question."
Kyubi had to restrain herself from reaching her tails through the bars and draging the boy in and getting it over with in a flash.
"You pass."
Odd thing to say, but it fit the situation. Naruto walked between the bars, not sure what he was getting himself into.
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That Evening, Real Time:
Sasuke shook Naruto awake.
"Naruto, I dared you to go through with it, but not for an entire day!"
Naruto looked up at him with a dreamy expression on his face. Sasuke smirked.
"That good huh?"
"No. No words or expressions can describe it."
"Don't tell me you've gone soft Naruto."
"Give me a bit of time. I'll recover, eventually."
Sasuke chucked as he stood up. Nartuo saw that the last kimono had arrived for both of them. Sasuke didn't need to point that out.
"Naruto, we just got the messenger bird back several hours ago. Konoha has accepted to the trade, so we need to get moving by tomorrow morning."
Naruto nodded as he slowly got out of bed and realised something. His boxers were MAJORLY stained. Naruto got a change of boxershorts and went into their small bathroom and ran the bath as he washed the stains out of his boxers. Once the water had run, he got in, enjoying the feeling of the sweat leaving his skin. He got out after 5 minutes and towled himself off before he went back into their room to find Sasuke muttering 'kai'. Naruto felt chakra surrounding the room disperse.
"What was that?"
"Something to keep the neighbours getting ideas."
Naruto sweat dropped.
"I was that loud?"
Sasuke gave a slight nod as Naruto looked out the window and noticed that the sun was almost finished setting. Naruto noticed a new stack of sheets at the base of his bed. He saw Sasuke shurg at him so Naruto changed the sheets and they prepared for bed. Nartuo thought to himself as he slowly drifted into a deep dreamless sleep.
'Today was one hell of a day...'
Naruto half expected the Kyubi to respond, but he thought he heard snoring in the back of his mind and went to sleep.
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Next Morning:
Naruto and Sasuke woke up early, packed their things and went to the elder's hut. They informed him they were off to the trade and then they would be travelling. The elder wished them luck, saying they were welcome any time in the village. Naruto and Sasuke didn't even have breakfast as they left the village for the Valley of the End, which was some distance away. Not a single word was said. All senses were on alert for attack, however, none came. They made good time, travelling via tree hopping whenever possible and ended up getting to the Valley of the End several hours early. They sat there, reminiscing over old memories when they became awear of two females approaching. They turned to see a shock of pink and navy blue hair. Naruto and Sasuke tried sensing the area to see if they were alone and found no one. The two girls saw them and gasped. Naruto remebered when he saw Sakura for the brief moment not too long ago that she had'nt really matured at all. Physically or mentally. Hinata on the other hand, was a very different story. Naruto could tell that she had a body that put most models to shame. Naruto and Sasuke walked forward to the edge of the statue on their side, seeing both girls carried a small suitcase each. Naruto half smiled at them, mainly Hinata.
"I didn't expect them to send you two. Hinata, you should REALLY wear less modest clothing. You could catch any boy you wanted."
Sakura smiled at the apparent sign of weakness.
"Regretting leaving?"
"Not at all. Hinata may have matured, but she's still nothing compaired to her."
The girls looked at him wierdly. Kyubi choked at the back of his mind, obviously not prepared for that.
"Her?"
"Do you remember what I said the last time we all met?"
Hinata thought for a bit. Apparently, some things never change. Such as her stutter.
"Ano... Y-You said no woman could love a d-demon..."
Naruto engaged his partial cursed seal level two for effect.
"Exactly. No human woman could love a demon. However, I didn't say a demon could love a demon, did I?"
Sasuke made some small body language motions. Naruto basically interpretted them as an 'I dare you.' Naruto smiled.
"Would you like to meet her?"
They did and said nothing, but fear rolled off them in waves. Naruto closed his eyes fro a second.
'Want to come out for a bit?'
Naruto took the low growl for a yes, so he bit his thumb and formed the seals. Naruto placed his palm on the ground. The puff of resulting smoke was roughly human size, but based on the amount of chakra Naruto pumped into the jutsu, it didn't make sense. It should have summoned the boss of that type. The smoke cleared and they saw a humanoid fox with nine tails waving in the air. She wore a black kimono and she stared at the girls.
"So, we finally meet face to face. I've waiting for this chance for a long time. I was forced to watch your treatment of Naruto through his eyes. You two disgust me."
She leaned on Naruto's shoulder in a very suggestive manner to emphasise their relationship.
"Naruto. Can I kill them?"
The girls froze, but Naruto rolled his eyes.
"No."
"Eat an arm?"
Sasuke sweat dropped. This is what Naruto put up with all the time? How the hell was he still sane?
"No."
"Burn them?"
"No."
"How about-"
"Kyubi, I said no."
The girls looked at the fox in disbelif. THIS was the Kyubi? The Kyubi seemed to sense their disbelif.
"I can assure you humans, I am the Kyubi that attacked Konoha. This is merely my humanoid form. I can change into my demonic form if you want-"
"Don't."
Kyubi looked at Naruto with a Genjutsu that never failed. The Puppy Eyes no Jutsu. Naruto had to stop himself from kissing her right there.
"Let's just get this trade over with."
The girls put their two suitcases on the ground and Naruto inspected the cahs to make sure it was real. Naruto nodded and pulled out the two duffle bags and handed them to the girls Apparently, both of them had some medical training, as they confirmed that the heads were authentic. Naruto decided to engage in some small talk before they parted, as they would probably never see each other again.
"So, who's the Godaime Hokage?"
Sakura looked up at Naruto.
"It's a man by the name of Han."
"What's he like?"
"He's very caring, but also knows how to run the village seemlessly. He's really good."
Kyubi got off Naruto's shoulder, much to his displeasure.
"Naruto, I'm going back before my urge to start destroying things takes over."
Naruto rolled his eyes.
"Fine. I'll see you tonight."
Kyubi's eyes widened at the suggestion before she laughed, dissapearing in a puff of smoke. Hinata turned to Naruto.
"N-Naruto-Kun... Do you r-Really-"
"Love her? What if I said yes?"
Hinata looked at the ground, saddened that she had lost all hope of getting Naruto for herself. Naruto sighed.
"Hinata, forget about me. I'm destined to lead a life few humans are. There is absolutely no chance of me settling down, marrying and having kids. I have people hunting me day and night. Hinata, I didn't just chew you out last time to be mean. I'm trying to warn you. If you pursue a relationship with me, you will have to give up everything else. Your shinobi status, your home, your friends, everything. Do you trully want that? Hinata, the only way Nukenins survive is by doing dirty work. You're far too innocent for the kinds of things we have to do. To sum it up Hinata, it's not that I don't hate you as such, I'm just warning you of what you're trying to do."
Hinata nodded slowly. Sasuke turned to them.
"You wouldn't happen to have a pair of Bingo Books on you?"
Sakura went into her backpack and got hers out, as did Hinata. They handed the books to them. Sasuke and Naruto opened the books to the pages that were reserved for Konoha Nukenins. There were five major ones. The first was Uchiha Itachi. Second was Orochimaru. Third was Kabuto. The next double page was Sasuke and Naruto. They got some sort of grim satisfaction that they were now ranked S class Nunkenins. Luckily, the charts showing their Ninjutsu, Genjutsu and Taijutsu had question marks over them, meaning Konoha had no idea what level they were at. They snapped the books shut and looked up at the girls. Nartuo looked at them sternly.
"While we may be Konoha Nunkenins, we will kill anyone you try to send after us. We left you alive for a reason. Next time, however, we won't. Oh, and we both noticed along time ago that you were trying to flank us with backup. We're not entirely stupid. Saiyonara."
They both sunk into the ground much like Orochimaru would. You didn't stay apprenticed for 3 years to a Sannin and not learn that type of trick. They both appeared quite a number of miles away, well out of the way of danger. They decided their next place to go from their current location. They both really wanted somewhere to put their feet up. They looked at their Bingo Books to decide if there was any targets worth asking for guidance. Naruto turned to the Grass Nukenin Section while Sasuke checked the Waterfall Nukenin Section. They flipped through the sections until they found a select few Nukenins who might help them. Luckily, the Bingo Books had only been amended several weeks ago, meaning that the information was up to date. The person who was closest on the list was a 25 year old man with scruffy short black hair and teal eyes, apparently last seen murduring a Konoha ANBU platoon in the Wave about a month ago, which wasn't too far from here, respective to the others. Naruto pointed it to Sasuke, who nodded.
"Back to the Wave."
They set off through the outskirts of the Fire Country, heading to the Wave to find the target.
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A/N: Again, my appologies to the FF readers for the short chapter, but if you really want the full graphic details, go to MM. My account is under the same name as FF. Well, until next time, my avid readrs!
Ja ne,
Specula.