Naruto was seated in class. He remembered how he had visited the Head teacher's house last night after Orihime told him he had to get a place at their school. He used the Talk no Réverse jutsu and got a place. The Head even helped him buy uniforms for free that very same night. Talk about a cool justu. They were in a Chemistry lesson and it was so boring! He didn't know how much longer he could stay alive. The teacher was talking about the Periodic Table of Elements. What the heck was that?! All he knew were the Nature Elements and that was all. He looked over to Sakura to see her paying attention a lot. Considering she was a medical ninja, he guessed it would be more knowledge for her. He stared at the clock, they still had an hour before break. He groaned loudly in frustration which earned him a glare from the teacher.


They seated at the cafeteria. Rukia was explaining to Naruto who was sitting across her, things he needed to know about their world. Orihime was seated beside Sakura explaining to her modern technology. She was explaining the GPS. Ichigo was beside Naruto poking his food while staring absent mindedly at Sakura. Chad and Uryu were talking about chakra which seemed to have interested them. "So a GPS can track a person's location anywhere on the planet," Sakura concluded. Orihime nodded happily, Sakura had finally understood. "Hey Naruto, how did you find me?" Sakura asked, cutting his conversation short with Rukia. She did not notice the glare Rukia gave her but this did not go unnoticed by Ichigo. "I used Sage Mode to find the exact location of your chakra then I came over," he explained wit a shrug. "I could've come earlier but that Aizen guy delayed me," he said as he pouted sourly. "How long did you fight?" Rukia asked curiously. The fact that Naruto had somehow managed to drive off Aizen was still a mystery to her. "I'd say about a day and a half," the blonde replied as he calculated the times inwardly. "Woah, that's pretty long," the raven haired shinigami said in awe. "Yeah. He was a tough opponent. His sword skills and taijustu were awesome plus speed and strength. He had this weird crystal on his chest. Said something about second fusion then he turned into this weird phantom figure," the still-genin explained.

Everyone's attention had drifted to their conversation. "He was covered in this white coat which literally covered every bit of him. He healed quickly and his speed and strength had increased a lot as well as endurance and durability. Plus his spiritual energy had increased very much," the blonde said. Rukia nodded her head as she gathered all the information. Naruto had valuable information on Aizen which was very valuable to the Soul Society. Aizen had the Hogyoku which was his best weaponn. Rukia would send them this information later. "But he was no match for the great Naruto Uzumaki, dattebayo!" he exclaimed loudly as he flashed his signature grin. "I had to summon Kurama's chakra though," he added as he scratched his cheek embarrassedly. "You did great Naruto. We might even help defeat Aizen," Sakura said softly.

"You'll help us defeat Aizen?" Ichigo asked as he eyed the two warily. "I guess it wouldn't hurt to help out a friend," the kunoichi replied with a shrug. "That's right! We'll help you defeat that guy. Plus we still have unfinished business," he growled at the last part. "But he's very strong, will you be able to take him on?" Orihime asked concernedly. "Sakura and I can take on the whole world with my awesome jutsus and her medical ninjutsu plus monstrous strength, dattebayo!" the last Uzumaki boy shouted. "I'll inform the Soul Society on the information you told us and how you're willing to help us," Rukia concluded. They all nodded in agreement.


"Bored!" Naruto exclaimed loudly as he flipped down onto Ichigo's sofa. It was so boring. He had been there for a few days. The first few days had been exciting, as he was being introduced to modern technology. But he felt so bored right now, he was getting tired. "Naruto you're making noise," Sakura said annoyedly as she sent him a glare. She was watching a romance soapie with Rukia and Orihime. Ichigo was playing cards with Chad and Uryu. Naruto was sprawled out on the sofa. He tried watching TV with the girls but it was too romantic for him. 'What to do? What to do?' he thought as he drummed his fingers along the table, which annoyed Sakura. "Naruto," she warned him darkly.

He stood up and began to pace back and forth in front of the TV, completely oblivious to Sakura's threats. "Naruto," Sakura said as her eyebrows twitched in annoyance. He was blocking her view. Rukia and Orihime had sensed Sakura's growing anger and decided not to intervene. The blonde shinobi held his chin in deep thought as he abruptly stopped exactly in front of the TV. "I got it!" the blonde exclaimed in realization as he smacked his fist onto his palm.

"Naruto you idiot!" Sakura shouted as she punched the blonde and sent him crashing into the wall. He left a large dent. 'My sisters are so gonna kill me,' Ichigo thought as he looked at the painfully large dent Naruto had left. A fuming Sakura marched over to Naruto, her body trembling with anger. Naruto gulped and trembled in fear as he braced himself to meet the wrath of his female teammate.


They were standing in an open clearing. It was a fair distance away from Karakura town. Naruto had suggested that they spar a bit to stretch their limbs after he had received a beating from Sakura. She hadn't even bothered to heal his injuries, saying the Kyuubi would have the duty of healing a dobe like him. The gang had stared at the two dumbstruck. Where they seriously teammates? They decided to look for a place which had lots of space and was far away from the town. Naruto had suggested that considering Sakura's signature moves.

Naruto decided to spar with Rukia and Sakura with Ichigo since Orihime didn't deem herself powerful enough and Chad and Uryu just wanted to watch the two ninjas in action. Naruto and Sakura were dressed in their ninja clothes. "Feels good to be back in these clothes," Naruto said as he smoothed out his black and orange jacket. Sakura nodded as she zipped up her boots. "I almost forgot to give you," Sakura said as she handed Naruto his hitai. "Thanks Sakura-chan," he said as he accepted the hitai. He tied it around his forehead, thoughts of Sasuke entering his mind. Sakura tied hers on top of her head. "You guys ready?" Rukia asked, seeing the two ninjas grinning. They both nodded. "Okay then. Let's begin," Ichigo said as he flashed them the same grin.


"I'm not gonna go easy on you," Sakura shouted to Ichigo who was standing a good distance away from her. "I won't hold back either," Ichigo replied as he smirked. Sakura smirked in return. She adjusted her black gloves and charged towards him. He met her midway and they became in a fight of hand-to-hand combat. Sakura's moves were swift and calculated but so were Ichigo's. She didn't use chakra to enhance her punches and kicks. Ichigo threw a punch but Sakura caught it and countered with her own. It connected with the shinigami's face and Ichigo was sure he heard bones crack under that punch. 'This girl has amazing physical strength,' he thought as he blocked another flying fist. Sakura dodged a kick but didn't see the other kick coming her way and it connected to her side and sent her flying a few metres away. "Sakura!" Orihime exclaimed from her seat on stone a fair distance away from the battle field. Sakura slowly stood up as she recollected her bearings. "Those are quite some powerful attacks," she said as she wiped away blood from her split lip.

Ichigo grinned as a faint blush covered his cheeks. "But it's not enough to defeat me coz I wasn't going full throttle yet," the kunoichi said as she smirked. Ichigo narrowed his eyes. She definitely had something under her sleeve. "Shannaro!" the girl shouted as she punched the ground with her chakra enhanced fist. The earth uprooted and quaked under her fist. A 500m dent was left apart from the dust and mass destruction she had done. Ichigo stared wide eyed at the dent she had created. He had to jump away from the destruction, seeing that he would be enveloped as well. "That's about a quarter of what I can do," she said as she savoured his priceless expression. Ichigo regained himself as he recovered from the initial shock.

"Now let's proceed," she said as she cracked her knuckles and charged towards him.


"I heard that you don't have all your powers," Naruto said as he stood a apart from Rukia. "I recovered them a while ago," she said. She was dressed in shinigami clothes. "Well then I guess I won't have to hold back," Naruto said as he drew out a kunai. She drew out her zanpakuto. Naruto made a war cry as he charged towards her. Rukia didn't move but instead braced herself for his attack. They met and kunai and zanpakuto clashed. They became involved in a battle of kenjutsu. 'Damn she's better than me at weapons,' Naruto thought as she slashed her zanpakuto and he barely dodged but not without a small gash on the shoulder.

He jumped away from her, seeing that he was most likely to lose. His kunais stood not a chance against her zanpakuto. "I have to admit that I'm inferior to you in terms of swordsmanship skills," Naruto commented. Rukia blushed and looked away in order to hide her face. "Thanks," she said in a cool voice. "Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu!" Naruto shouted as he went through the one handsign. Nearly a hundred grinning Narutos poofed into existence. "Let's see you fight this Rukia," the blonde said as he flashed his signature grin. 'How was he able to-' she said inwardly as she looked at the hundred Narutos in awe. 'I have to defeat them quickly,' she thought.

The Narutos charged towards her Rukia met them midway. Slashing her zanpakuto everywhere, the clones disappeared in poofs. Using her speed, she cut through the clones easily. After cutting down about fifty clones, she resorted to hand-to-hand combat. It was difficult this time considering that he proved to be good at that. She jumped away from the clones which seemed to be increasing in number. "Bakudo #62. Hyapporankan!" she shouted as she stretched out her palm. A blue-white rod formed in her hand and she threw it at the clones. It multiplied into a hundred more rods. They hit each clones and they disappeared in loud poofs. Soon enough, only the original Naruto was left. He has dodged all the flying projectiles, though one of them had pinned him by the shoulder into a tree. He tried to remove the rod but it wouldn't budge.

He saw Rukia slowly make her way towards. 'If I don't get free now, she'll finishe off,' he thought panicking. His mind went through all the possible ways he could remove the rod but none seemed to work. Rukia was only a few metres away from him when he had an idea. Channelling chakra to his palm, he grabbed the rod and pulled it out. "It worked!" he exclaimed. He took the rod in his hand and spun it a few times. "A good weapon," he said to himself. He looked to see Rukia straing at him with a curious expression. "How'd did you pull it out?" she asked casually, trying not to sound genuinely interested. "Channelled chakra to my palm," he said nonchalantly. She hummed, thinking she would have to find the mystery behind chakra.

"Let us proceed then," Naruto said as he charged towards the shinigami with the rod in his hand.


Sakura had resorted to taijustu seeing that he was better than her at weapons. Ichigo dodged her punches and kicks. She threw a fist at him and he sidestepped just in time to avoid it and hitting the tree behind him. The tree didn't break but it turned into splinters. Ichigo stared in horror at where his head had previously been. If she had managed to punch him…… He now dodged Sakura's attacks very seriously. He knew if she hit him, he was a goner.

"Stand still you annoying strawberry!" Sakura shouted angrily as she threw punches and kicks which were not deflected but dodged. Guess Ichigo knew if he tried to block, he might as well lose that limb. "If I stand still, you'll kill me," he said as he frantically dodged the increasing attacks. "Time to wrap this up," Sakura said as she jumped away from the shinigami. She went through two handsigns and muttered lowly,"Demonic Illusion: Hell Viewing Technique." Ichigo found himself circled by spinning leaves. He looked around but didn't see Sakura. 'Where did these leaves come from?' he thought.

"Ichigo."

He turned around and saw his mother looking at him with a smile, arms outstretched. "M-Mom?" he stammered disbelievingly. "Yes Ichigo. It's me," she replied in her sweet voice. He stared at her hard. "How come you're here?" he asked as he gulped. She giggled happily. "It's because I'm here to kill you," she said sweetly before her irises turned yellow and the sclera turned black. She laughed maniacally as a Hollow mask covered half her face. "You're just like me. You're a demon and you'll going to kill everyone you care about," she said darkly. "You're a demon," she repeated like a mantra. "No! No! I'm not a monster!" he shouted as he clutched his head. It was painful to hear his mother say worsd like that. "Monster Ichigo. Monster Ichigo," she sang. He shook his head wildly in a desperate attempt to make it stop.

Then she was gone. He looked to see her nowhere in sight. "What the-" he started to say but a kunai to his throat stopped. It pressed against his throat such that it drew some blood. "One move and you're dead," Sakura said darkly behind him. 'Crap,' he thought. He thought of how he could escape. "Don't even think about escaping. My left hand is pressed against your spinal cord. It's a chakra scalpel which can sever muscles inside without tearing the skin. I can just tear your spinal cord and you'll never be able to walk again," she said in a low deadly voice.

Ichigo sighed in defeat. "You win," he said. She moved away from him. "That was a good match, wasn't it?" she squealed gleefully, acting as though she hadn't been holding a kunai to his throat. "Y-Yeah," he stammered, taken back by her sudden mood change. "I think Rukia and Naruto are done as well," she said as she pointed to the two who were shaking hands. Sakura looked at Ichigo to see his face swollen. "You're hurt," she said as she noticed a bruise on the left side of his face. Ichigo waved it off with a shrug.

"It's nothing serious," he said dismissively. He found Sakura' hands on either side of his face, glowing a soft green. The dull aching in his head seemed to fade away as her soft green chakra entered his system. His bruised jaw seemed to be healing too. She finished healing him but her fingers lingered a moment too long on his face before moving to his collarbone. She healed the small cut across his neck she had put earlier on. She looked up to see Ichigo staring at her with a weird look in his eyes. It was dark and intense.

Where had she seen that look? She put her glowing green hands back on either of his face to check for any brain damage since she had put him in a genjutsu. She pondered on that look. She had seen it on a jounin sensei, on Asuma's face. The exact same look he had when he looked at Kurenai. Her eyes widened slightly and her face turned red as she thought about her discovery. She looked up to meet his eyes and it was still there, she looked down again. She hadn't notice that her face had turned a deeper shade of red and her hands weren't glowing anymore. Ichigo hummed lowly as he took every detail on Sakura's face. 'Damn she's just too beautiful,' he thought as he softly grabbed her chin and tilted her face so she looked up to him. "Ichigo?" she breathed in a husky voice which sent shivers down his spine. He leaned down slowly. Oh My God! He's gonna kiss us. Our first kiss! Shannaro! Inner Sakura cheered. Sakura seemed to be frozen. She didn't lean forward or attempt to move away. Just barely inches away from her lips such that their noses touched, a loud deliberate cough interrupted them and they literally jumped away fro each other. Both their faces were tinted a pink that would put Sakura's pink hair to shame. A grinning Naruto stared at them as he carried Rukia bridal style in his arms. She was blushing but with a small smile on her face.


The two had been involved in a weapons match. The rod proved to be useful but only lasted five minutes in battle before being cut in half. Naruto had complained loudly about her zanpakuto. "I think it's time we finish this," Rukia said. Their ongoing battle had to come to a stop. 'I'll finish it with my signature Kido spell,' she thought with a smirk. "Hado #33. Sokatsui !" she shouted with her palm outstretched. Blue energy formed in a large circle on her palm before blasting towards Naruto. The blast hit the blonde by surprise and sent him flying into a boulder. Rukia eyed the shinobi, concerned evident on her features. 'Is he dead?' she asked herself as she looked at Naruto who was covered in black soot. Then he poofed and was replaced by a log.

"Over here!"

Rukia looked up to see Naruto flying towards her with a Rasengan. He was already to close to her that she couldn't move away. He aimed the Rasengan straight for her stomach. Her eyes widened as Naruto reached her, with his Rasengan spinning in the hand. She closed her eyes as she braced herself for the impact. He pinned her to the tree beside her. She waited for the pain but it never came.

She opened her eyes to see Naruto's face barely inches away from hers. She looked down to see a large dent on the tree bark, just a mere inch away from her stomach. She looked back up to meet his sea-blue eyes. "I wouldn't want to hurt a pretty face like you," he said as he moved away from her. Rukia took a moment to recollect herself. He had the chance to defeat her but he didn't. She saw his outstretched hand in front of her. "Thanks for the match," he said in genuine honesty, his eyes shining. "S-Sure thing," she replied as she silently prayed that her face did not display her emotions coz she was embarrassed like crazy.

She started to walk but felt a sharp pain to her left side. She looked to see a small graze on her left side. "Oh! You're hurt!" Naruto exclaimed concernedly. "I guess my Rasengan grazed you," he said as worry limes creased his forehead. "It's okay," Sakura said as she waved her hand dismissively. He shook his head no. He picked her up bridal style which startled the raven haired shinigami. "What are you doing?" she asked, startled. "If you move a lot, you might get worse. I'll carry you to Sakura so that she can heal," he said. "I can walk by myself," she protested but his determined glare shut her up.


"Can you heal Rukia for me?" Naruto asked as he gently laid Rukia on the ground. Sakura made her way towards the shinigami and made her lie on her back. She inspected the wound, casting Naruto a sideways glance before starting to heal it. "How did you get the wound?" Sakura asked. "My Rasengan sort of grazed her," he replied as he scratched his cheek nervously.

"You guys were awesome!" Orihime exclaimed happily as she joined them. They all sent her a 'you're welcome' smile. Chad and Uryu joined them and the compliments rained down on them.


Loud crashes and bangs filled the entire house. Orihime, Chad and Uryu had gone home. Sakura and Naruto had stayed behind at Ichigo's. They were in Ichigo's room. Rukia and Ichigo were playing a game of monopoly when they heard shouts and loud noises coming from Ichigo's room.

"You can't say that!"

"Yes I can! You started it first!"

The two shared a knowing look before rushing to the shinigami's bedroom. They opened the door to find everything in the room out of place, the sofa and bed were overturned. Books were scattered all over and the window was broken. The laptop was missing from it's usual spot and the closet had a large hole in it. Naruto had a Rasengan spinning in his hand and Sakura's fist was covered in blue whizzing chakra, both of them glaring at each other and killing intent heavy in the room.


I'm done with this chapter. Sorry for the late update. I'm going to school on 14 March so I might not update coz I'm a boarder. But I'm carrying my phone to school so expect anything. Did you like the fight and the IchiSaku moment? Plus what were Naruto and Sakura fighting about? Also to Jose19, Rukia and Ichigo aren't a pairing of you didn't know.

Read and review.

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