Chapter 5: Enemies can taunt to
After Ino's turn had finish Iruka looked for Mizuki's team and found that both teams had finished their training. This resulted in the instructors calling for the students to rest for the coming sparring matches. It was during this that Naruko caught wind of that Sasuke had almost failed the climbing exercise during his turn. She had asked Benihime to check that rumor by eavesdropping on the fangirls talking about it. When the fairy came back she explains that the Uchiha had also tried climb without gear after hearing what the Dead Last had managed to do.
Regretfully for Sasuke after one too many shakes he had lost his hold. At that point, the raven head had tried to pull off the same save Naruko had tired by wall walking as well. It seemed to seem the boy failed as he slipped rather quickly but he had thought fast and managed to grab one of the ropes to continue the exercise. That meant that by the end of the day only two people had managed to climb without gear. The blonde had blinked at the information and asked who had been the second one since the Uzumaki had thought she had been the only one.
Turns out the other person to have pulled it off was the only pink-haired girl in the class, one Sakura Haruno. The girl had figured out how to do the Tree Climbing Exercise from hearing what happened with Naruko and seeing Sasuke's slip when he tried to save himself. Hearing that made the whiskered girl consider giving the pinkette a few points in respect for pulling that one-off. Those were almost immediately killed when she heard from the fairy that the Haruno planned to use that knowledge to hustle a date out of the Uchiha.
'Then again… Using blackmail is part of our job description so maybe I should be proud of her?' the blue-eyed girl thought as she started wondering if maybe the emerald eye female did have it in her to be a ninja. 'Still, Sasuke will probably be brooding more than usual at the idea that I managed to beat him. Then he will probably hear about my stunt in the throwing ring. He is not going to like me for a while.' she thought with a soft chuckle to mask the dread. Naruko didn't know much about Sasuke but she did know he could be a real pain in the butt when he lost or nearly lost.
"W-W-What's funny N-N-Naruko-kun? I m-m-mean… N-N-Naruko-chan. S-S-Sorry." Hinata inquired when she noticed the smaller girl laughing at nothing. The bluenette also blushed at that small lip of the tongue. She had no idea why she called the Uzumaki by a male honorific but it somehow felt natural if slightly embarrassing for being that first one to say it. The Uzumaki seemed to get a comfortable smile form that.
"Don't be. I like it when you call me kun. Somehow it feels normal." the Uzumaki confessed and once more cause the heiress to blush. "As for what was funny? Well, I guess it would be the fact that accidentally showing off might have put me in Sasuke's hate list. Had I known it was that easy I would have done it years ago. Probably would have put that rumor of me pinning for him done before it got any traction."
"NARUKO UZUMAKI!" a very angry female voice rang out. Everyone turned to see a furious Yamanaka heiress elegantly stomping towards the whiskered girl. How the light green-eyed mind walker managed to make stomping look almost like a majestic runway walk the gamer would forever question.
"I'm right here Yamanaka-san." the blue-eyed blonde replied calmly. "Mind telling me why you're yelling. Pun not intended." as she finished saying that the angry heiress stood before her with hands-on-hips and a glare that could melt steel.
"Because of you now Forehead has a chance at getting a date with Sasuke-kun!" Ino accused with as much force as she could. That fact that Gamer Mind's calming ability kicked in immediately spoke of the power behind those green eyes.
"How is that my fault?" the whiskered girl inquired. In response, she earned a finger poking her chest.
"Because you're the one doing crazy things like climbing up walls that somehow Billboard Brow could imitate it and get Sasuke's attention by offering to teach it to him."
"If we're going by that logic the one you should blame is Hinata-chan. She's the one that told me about it."
"Oh no! Don't you dare blame sweet little Hinata-chan for this!" the purple kunoichi revoked the deflection. Then she pulled back and crossed her arms. "I don't know what your deal is today Pumpkin but know that I'm watching you. If anyone is getting Sasuke-kun it's going to be me! So, don't go think you can sneak in and steal him with some fancy moves."
"How do people still think I like him? The last time I talked to the guy I was trying to punch his face in during a spar!" Naruko told with annoyance at that rumor's refusal to die. At the response from her fellow blonde, Ino could only tsk and rolled her eyes.
"Because you're a girl and the only possible way I can think of where you don't want to be the next Lady Uchiha is if you were a lesbian." the Yamanaka heiress announces without noticing the slight twitch from the Uzumaki. However, one Hinata Hyuga did notice and out of worry tried to ask what the purple kunoichi in training meant.
"W-W-What's a l-l-lesbian?" the bluenette tried to question with what she hoped was a serious look. In turn, Ino blinked at the question before smiling and patting the girl's shoulder.
"It's something you don't need to know about sweetie. Just never think of it as an insult and you'll be good."
"That seems like a surprisingly kind way to avoid the question for you Yamanaka-san." a third voice commented beside the Yamanaka. Said girl screamed in alarm at the sudden voice before turning to glare at the boy.
"Don't sneak up on me like that Aburame-san!" the mind walker demanded at the boy that had been there all along. Then she added with a glare "And why is that surprising? I might like gossip and playing mind games with people I don't like but there are lines I would never cross. Making fun of someone's preference or their inclination is just wrong. I've seen what that could do to a person." she informed though the last part was whispers low enough they almost didn't hear it. The three also noticed how she looked away at the end as if remembering a painful memory.
"Ino-san, a-a-are you o-o-okay?" the Byakugan user asked in concern at the fiery blonde's sudden change of mood.
"Yeah, don't worry Hinata-chan." the young mind walker quickly responded while trying to mask her pain. Then she shook her head and glared once more at the Uzumaki. But there was far less energy behind it. "As for you missy. I'm watching you and if you find something I can use to get to Sasuke I will use it."
"Careful Violet-chan. If you keep watching me that closely I could start thinking you might have something for me." Naruko taunted to see if she could bring some vigor back into the gossip queen. That taunt earned her a thunking sound besides her head that turned out to be a kunai that the Yamanaka had thrown at her and had stabbed itself in the tree behind her. "Hey! Watch it!" she warned but that distraction was enough for Ino to turn around and walk away without a word. Only Shino and Benihime noticed the purple kunoichi's red ears.
"A-A-Are you okay?" Hinata asked while trying to check the Uzumaki for injuries. Yet she refused to touch the girl for fear of fainting again.
"Yeah, don't worry too much. Ino-chan missed on purpose anyway… At least I hope so." the whiskered girl answered while scanning at the knife the girl threw. 'Wow, the text-box indicates it's a common steel kunai but the thing is level 25. I wonder where Ino-chan bought it?'
"Uzumaki-san." the sound of Shino's voice distracted the girls who turned to seem him. "Am I really that hard to miss?" he asked and they could hear the tone was slightly depressed.
"Shino-kun, I'll be serious with you out of respect and tell you that yes you are," Naruko announced while patting his shoulder. Then she smirked and added "Somehow you can almost perfectly blend in with the background. Kind of makes me happy you're on our side. It would be hell fighting an enemy with a power like that."
"I see…Thank you, Uzumaki-san."
"Good. Now if you'll excuse me…" the gamer started while she started walking away from the two preteens. "I'll go buy a soda from the vending machine before we start the matches."
As they watch the girl leave the Aburame heir asked "Have you notice something different about Uzumaki-san today?" to the surprise of the Hyuga.
"What d-d-do you mean, Aburame-kun?" the girl questioned. She had noticed a lot about the girl today but she wanted to see what her classmate had managed to notice.
"My queen seems far more intrigued with Uzumaki-san then normal. Normally she and all my other bugs try to avoid her because "her chakra is sweet and deathly" but today she told me Uzumaki-san is different. The moment I was close to her my queen and my colony became very agitated. Then when I asked, she started yelling "Why is death teasing us with such impossible sweetness?" again and again. It took an incredible amount of will to calm them down." the boy informed while looking at the retreating back of the Uzumaki.
Hinata didn't know much about the Aburame clan and their bugs but she did know that like the Inuzuka and her know clan they made incredible trackers. She almost knew the Aburame's insects were feed chakra so for them to react in such a way to Naruko's chakra something must have indeed happened. Probably something that had to do with those square mist of chakra she was seeing around the girl. Thus, she quickly went through the proper hand signs and activated her Byakugan to looked at the girl she admired. As soon as her eyes landed on the girl she gasped.
"What do you see Hyuga-san?"
"Armor…?" the lavender eyed girl commented in confusion.
"Beg your pardon?" the shade wearing boy inquired with a raised eyebrow.
"Armor… It… It's like s-s-she's is wearing armor m-m-made of chakra. But… but it looks l-l-like leather?" Hinata tried to explain what she was seeing. To her eyes, it looked like Naruko was indeed wearing a full set of leather armor. But it looked superimposed on the girl's frame but like a waving translucent flame just as a chakra looks like. Then she had to blink as she noticed a light with square wings floating alongside the Uzumaki. "And there's a b-b-ball of chakra with w-w-wings flying besides h-h-her?"
"Interesting." the Aburame started "Armor made of chakra? Maybe she created a new jutsu? But that doesn't explain why she's using it now. Perhaps it's like the tree and water walking techniques were the more you use them they become second nature while also increasing your chakra reserves?"
"W-W-What about the ball of chakra w-w-with wings?"
"That's probably a fairy attracted by Uzumaki-san's expelled chakra from her jutsu. They're pretty common around training grounds or people that exude large amounts of chakra into the air. Last I check they establish a small village close to where my clan breeds our bugs for new and existing clan members." he informed to wonder of the Hyuga. After that, he walked away saying he needs to talk a few things with the queen of his hive.
Seeing that she was now alone Hinata decided to discreetly follow the Uzumaki because she had worried about the girl. Yes, she was following because of concern for the girl and therefore it was not considered stalking. Just like she always followed the blonde whenever she could since the girl saved her from those bullies years ago during that winter. Hence, she wanted to keep tabs on the girl and maybe repay her. Just like when she secretly gifted the whiskered girl those green goggles and froggy wallet for the girl's lonely birthdays.
"I wonder what I could give her this year?" Hinata wondered before deciding to chase after the blonde would give her an idea. See! This wasn't stalking! This was just making sure she could give her savior the best possible gift. Plus, all of that watching was good practice for her stealth and the chasing had done wonders for her stamina. Though she stilled wonder why it was still difficult for the ANBU to chase after the blonde saw the girl had never once reached her true maximum speed since the coffee incident. "That day had been a real challenge," she told herself while smiling at how much of a challenge it had been to follow the Uzumaki that day.
As for the girl, who had been the center of these talks, she was currently talking with her companion. That had also been the real reason Naruko had taken to leave since the whiskered girl wasn't sure she had the skills to keep two conversations going. Not to mention, it would look extremely weird when she suddenly became quiet or whisper singed at irregular intervals or any interval for that manner. Some people already thought she was crazy and she didn't want to give them more ammunition.
"Okay, Beni-chan. Can you tell me what's going to be the plan for the next training session?"
"What do you mean what's the plan?" the fairy asked back in confusion. "You just have to fight and you try to win."
"And just how do I do that? If you haven't noticed everyone in my classroom is at least 10 levels over me. I can't even get a proper reading from the Sasuke Fan Club and I know they were weaker than me before I got this power."
"How do you know they were weaker? Did you fight any of them before?"
"Only Ino and Ami. Managed to beat them rather easily though Ino put up a far better fight. But after I fought Ami and broke her nose with a punch that she couldn't dodge in time Mizuki-sensei said I was better off fight the boys. Even managed to win in a fight or two against them too." Naruko commented and then frowned. "Which is why it's kind of infuriating knowing they're now stronger than me."
"Well, you can still win with a little extra work," Benihime answered with a smirk. "Ever heard of a low-level run?"
"No." the whiskered kunoichi replied as they reached the vending machine. As she bought herself a can of HETAP she asked "Is that like trying to beat a game with the lowest level possible? Is that even possible?"
"Yes, it is. Stats aren't an absolute value that can't be beaten. In my world there exist people who actively try to beat games in wild an unusual way like using strange controls or not doing certain things. Some of those things are trying to complete a game with the lowest level possible and some games encourage that by giving you items that make it impossible for you to gain experience points. However, for challenges like these a player needs a few things: determination, patience, skill, a lot of luck, and more than likely save point abuse."
"Well you said I don't have save-points so I'll need the others." the Uzumaki announced while she brought up her status screen. Then as she drank her soda can Naruko noticed she had some unused attribute point from last level up. She was about to assign them when a light bulb turned on in her head. "Hey… my Gamer's powers let me fully control the growth of my attributes, right?"
"Yes," Benihime confirmed with a grin.
"So that means normal people can't do that and so that means their stats are only based on what they trained."
"Yes." the fairy with her grin increasing.
"Therefore, I can manipulate some of my stats to make up for some of the skills I don't have."
"Which means?" the Navi asked while she vibrates with excitement.
"Which means I can make it harder for them to beat me by increasing stats like my speed to easily evade their attacks and durability to remain standing if their attack hits!"
"BINGO!" Benihime celebrated while the system gave the Uzumaki a point to the girl's Intelligence for the deduction. With that discussion done the gamer proceeded to use those points and assigned 5 to her AGI, 4 to her VIT, and the last one on her PER. Thus, her increased stats turned into the following:
Naruko Uzumaki [Lv3] ~Trickster Queen~
XP: 84/264
HP: 101/101
AGI: 013
VIT: 009
PER: 009
"Normally I would try to get more even stats but I think for now having more HP and speed are better for now. I just hope this will be enough."
"Don't worry too much about winning. This is just a practice spar so even if you win you won't get XP from beating your opponent. After all, the system only gives you XP after a battle when you kill your opponent. Things like practice spars, draws, enemies, fleeing, giving up or you reaching an understanding with them do not count."
"That sounds pretty violent. Then again I know this a pretty violent world."
After that, the girl drank what was left of her soda, crushed the can with her foot, threw it away, and walked towards the fighting rings. Not once did either of the females noticed a blue-haired Hyuga using her Byakugan to watch them from behind a bush beside a tree. Said girl hadn't managed to hear what the Uzumaki was saying or even read her lips because of those thick mists of chakra that appear around the girl's lips when she talked. She also couldn't tell what the fairy was saying because she could not hear a voice from it even though she knew Naruko could hear the creature and was having a conversation with it.
Then she noticed the whiskered girl summon another of those square chakra mists. This time, however, the active Byakugan let Hinata see that the mist was a translucent blue screen with letters and numbers that she could read. Seeing an opportunity to see what the Uzumaki was doing he Hyuga heiress moved slightly to see pass the whiskered girl's shoulder. After which she saw the screen contained the blonde's name, her title of Trickster Queen, and other numbers alongside words she could not understand.
Then she noticed the Uzumaki adding numbers to the words AGI, VIT, and PER. After that, the Hyuga's eyes widen at the changes she saw happen to her heroine's body. She didn't know how but somehow the blonde's leg muscles became linear and toner. Hinata almost gasped upon seeing the fluctuations in the girl's chakra as it moved through those legs as they changed. In mere seconds the bluenette had just witnessed the same level of change one would expect to see with a month or so of constant running training. Yet the surprise didn't stop there as the whiskered girl's chakra moved even more. This time energy seemed to encompass the girl's body in a shell for a second or two. Then when the shell disappeared Hinata could not understand it but Naruko seemed to look healthier. It wasn't that the Uzumaki looked bad before, far from it, but the only way the Byakugan user's brain could register what it saw was that the body it was seeing had become better.
"W-W-What was that? How can N-N-Naruko-kun just change her body l-l-like that?" Hinata asked herself as she saw her idol just become stronger before her with what looked like a press of a button. "Just how incredible are you, Naruko-kun?"
The heiress just didn't know how to explain what she saw just now. Never before had she seen anyone control their body so perfectly. So many new questions had sprung up in her mind. Yet right now she couldn't do answer those questions without having the courage to ask the girl first. Hence, she decided to follow the blonde towards the sparing grounds and wait for Umino-sensei's new instructions for the next training session. A few minutes later the groups were separated into boys and girls. The males plus Naruko were with Iruka and the females went with Mizuki.
"Silence!" Iruka yelled and those talking shut up. "For the next training exercise, we'll be having sparring matches between, you, the students. However, unlike the single matches, you're used to these battles will simulate having to fight multiple opponents. This will be done by having you fight at least two consecutive fights without rest.
After those two fights, you can choose to fight again if you wish. Only the winner gets to fight multiple times so if you lose, you'll be disqualified. The first victory will only count if you beat two opponents consecutively and it will earn you 100pts. Each victory after that will earn you 50pts more than the previous one. Victories will be decided on standard tournament rules. That means ring out, count to ten, forcing your enemy to tap-out or when we instructors say the battle is finished. Any questions?"
"Can you fight multiple opponents at once?" Kiba was hear asking/screaming.
"Yes. But next time, please raise your hand Kiba-san." Iruka answered and added "If you do face multiple opponents each one will give you an extra 10pts to your victory. However, if you do face multiple opponents know that they will not be restricted by the ring, unlike you. That means you can get a ring out but they can stay up to 20 seconds out of it after stepping out of it. This may seem unfair but many of the fights you will face during your life as a shinobi rarely are. Now let's begin that matches."
With that, he pulled out a sealing scroll which they quickly learned contained a long wooden table with two Tv like devices. Then both instructors pressed the button at the top of the device. Once this was done the students saw their names quickly rotating on the devices to announce who they would be fighting. Naruko only paid attention to the selection screen with the boy's name. She had to roll her eyes when she noticed it first stopped on her name and seconds later her challenger was chosen.
"Okay, first match Naruko Uzumaki vs Goto Yamura! Please come to the right."
~ Challenge Declared ~
[Challenge: Low-level run]
[Description – Right now you are about to take on a fight you would normally have no hope of winning. Yet where others would look at the unknown and retreat to fight another day you see a potential chance to test yourself. No pain no gain as they say.]
[Mission: Defeat at least two enemies whose power you cannot see.]
[Reward: The necklace of ZERO |Epic|]
Naruko had to click her tongue as the name of her foe was called. It was the same kid that had bullied that pretty girl all those years back. Normally she wasn't one to hold grudges, on the count that she tended to get even with her pranks, but this guy got her blood boiling. Goto had gotten taller over the years but he still wore a green shirt and red cap turned backward. The reason she was still mad at him, besides him having sucker-punched another time, is because he remained a bully even after all of these years. Again, and again she had to step in and stop him from tormenting another victim. But each time she receives another beating at the hands of him and his posy.
Thankfully at least during one of those times, the Uzumaki had managed to nail him hard enough on the mouth that he now had a permanent missing front tooth in the middle of his mouth. That hadn't stopped the thrashing the whiskered girl got but she counted her small victories anyway. Naruko just hopped this time she could give him another one if only barely. Benihime for her part cheered her mistress but said she would be stepping away from this as it was just a practice fight. Then as Naruko moved through the students an alert popped up.
[ALERT!]
[Practice Mode has been activated]
[Description - During practice mode, all living targets and the player become immortal to protect them against fatal blows. The player will still see the targets' HP bar but once it hit 0 the target will be knocked out instead of causing death. The knock out rule will also be applied to the player with an additional reduction to all stats by 5pts. Fatal and Near-Fatal Strikes like limb loss, pierce heart, or beheading had been disabled. Other status debuffs like broken limbs, negative afflictions, or stat debuffs, however, are still in play.]
"Well, well. Look what the cat dragged in. Haven't given up yet you loser?" Goto taunted once both students were inside the ring.
"If a disgrace of a human-like you can be here, I don't see why me being here is a problem." Naruko fired back while taking a battle stance. It was regretful that the fighting instructors never bother to teach her the standard academy fighting style in favor of letting the Uzumaki fend for herself. Thankfully her Gamer Soul bloodline limit did let her create attacks and abilities through practice. Hence the gamer decided to copy Son Goku's battle stance in hopes of recreating this fighting style. He had become one of her top heroes after she got lucky and found a complete collection of all 291 episodes of the DBZ anime on VHS and a VHS player in one of the abandoned apartments in the building she owned.
'Actually… If I can recreate the Goku-san's fighting would that mean I can finally do the Kamehameha? Okay, new plan! After I finish school, I'm going to a training ground and practice until I get it!' she thought with an excited grin as her inner otaku started taking control of her thoughts.
"Enough you two," Umino-sensei exclaimed to the two students before they started bickering. "Are you ready?" he asked but noticed only Naruko had taken a battle stance. He gave the cap-wearing boy an additional five seconds for him to get ready but he didn't. Iruka shook his head in disprovable and started the match "Begin!"
Once the fight started Naruko, to the surprise of everyone, waited for her opponent to make a move. The boy for his part laughed as if he didn't see any danger and he even did the "come here" motion. The Uzumaki sighed at that and ready herself for dodging the possible counter. Thus, she burst into a run with her right fist cocked back and once she was close the jab went straight at his stomach. The punch landed and the boy flinched in pain but it wasn't enough to stop him from countering with a punch to Naruko's head. Expecting this the girl ducked the attack and followed up with a jumping uppercut that landed the boy on the jaw. The attack stunned the bully and height let the Uzumaki coil her legs before shooting them in a double kick to his chest. As she fell on her back the boy was flung back but stopped just a step before the edge of the ring.
Goto held his chest in pain and growled in rage at the girl who jumped back to her feet. Once Naruko got to her feet she smirked and flipped him off while also throwing a "come here" motion with her finger. That was enough to make the cap wearer lose his reason as the bully ran at her intending to bulldoze the girl. The Uzumaki used the distance to her advantage and quickly sidestepped him while also throwing a left hook to his jaw. However, it seemed she was the one that fell for the trap as the boy stopped just in time to catch her fist. Then without miss a beat he took advantage of their height difference and threw a kick at her head.
Thinking quickly the whiskered girl bend back as much as possible to avoid the kick. At the same time, she pulled the hand grabbing her arm and also kicked the boy's remaining foot away with one of her own. The bully ended up doing a perfect split much to his and the other boy's pain. Naruko noticed that he let go of her arm and she grabbed his head to slammed it onto her rising knee. This resulted in the satisfying cracked of the boy's nose after the impact that shots his head back. Then she let go and jumped back to get some distance as the boy fell onto his back and grabbed his pain in pain. Normally she would have finished it right there and then but seeing him withering on the ground stirred a sadistic glee inside of her.
"That hurt you bitch!" Goto screamed while holding his face.
"We're in a fight idiot. My attacks are supposed to hurt." the whiskered girl replied while once more taking a battle stance. "Now get up! Or are you too much of a weakling that you can't take what you dish out?" she added and the boy growled at her again. But she noticed he started grinning for some reason as he got up.
"No wonder your mother abandoned you in a trash can."
"What?" the momentary lapse in concentration earned her a punch to the face and quick knee to the stomach. Next, he rose his arms and struck her head with a double ax-handle that slammed her face-first onto the ground. After that Goto kicked the Uzumaki's head up with enough to rise the girl before he threw a right hook to her jaw that sends her flying. The blonde landed roughly on the ground and she scrapped the ground but stopped with the blonde's head just before the ring's boundary. Naruko coughed in pain and managed to look at her HP. Thanks to the defense provided by the leather armor she was still at 68HP but that didn't mean those attacks didn't hurt. Not to mention she could taste her blood as she started getting up. Already she could feel her anger building up as she glared at Goto who laughed as she got up and whipped the blood off her lips.
"What? Surprised? Everyone knows your whore of a mother threw you away before she died in a gutter like that pathetic bitch she was." the bully taunted and noticing how the girl started to shake.
"Goto Yamura! That is enough!" Iruka yelled in anger at the boy's show of disrespect. In turn, the boy glared at the sensei in defiance. The other students were looking at him in disgust or showing worry at how the Uzumaki seemed to be shacking even more. Some even noticed how the wind seems to pick up around her which made her jacket move around erratically. Then some of them swore the girl's blonde hair was moving like 9 angry thrashing tails.
"Why should I?! We're all thinking it!" Goto announced without noticing the girl in question closing her eyes. "My father told me her mother was one of the cheapest prostitutes in the village! Hell, that's probably why the little monster doesn't have a father either!"
It was at that moment that the students noticed that Naruko stopped shaking or to be more precise moving. Even her breathing seemed to have stopped but to the adults and budding sensor types noticed the real changes. Normally to these people, humans and animals looked or felt like small embers dancing in the darkness. Yet Naruko always looked like a newly lit bonfire in a cold night but now it was as if someone had poured oil onto it. The intensity the girl's chakra was gain was starting to affect some as they started to feel an unknown pressure fall on them.
"That little brat is probably the daughter of a drunk that didn't pull out and probably beat her mother so he didn't have to pay!" the fool screamed without noticing the wisps of chakra that seem to crackle around the motionless Uzumaki. "It's sad really. That's probably the reason even her mother couldn't love her."
The following explosion of chakra threw him and most of the students off their feet. Only the chunin and hidden ANBU managed to remain standing. But everyone bore witness to the Uzumaki literally glowing with a slight coating of chakra with small hints of red around her silhouette. Yet in contrarily to how wild the wind around the female was the girl's body only spoke of utter calm and in control mind. Then Naruko opened her now purple slit eyes and they could see a barely restrained rage that seems to be just hanging by a single thin thread about to snap.
~̴̮̲͉̾̈́̈́̏̐̊̓̐ ̷̧̛̰̠̆̚N̸̤̪̭̯̱̆̌̓̄͊e̷͍̼̘̘̝͌͜ͅẇ̶͔̦̓̇ ̷̜̗̦̘͚̗͗̑̀̀̋̈̕͠ͅQ̶͕̺̭̬̜̗̞̒̏̃̂̉̌̀̃͜ǔ̸̧̨͍̯͋́̌͆́e̶̡̛͖̬̯̖̼͕̣͑̉̽͑̑̓͘s̶̥͒́̔t̶̝̾ ̷̮̱͎͈̭̗̉̈́̽͠~̷̬̍̈́̋̂̄̐͐̂
̵͍̞͓͒[̴̢̛̦̟̩͙̫̝̞̾ͅÄ̸̡̮̥̜͖̩̰̌͊́͗͜͝ͅf̴̡̛̜̙̻͋͘f̵̛̛̘̥͚͛̃̽̍i̶̛̩̿͒̉̚n̵̡̜̰͔͉̝̰̽i̶̫̰̍̐͘t̴̛̞̤̤͔̬̊̍͊̀͒̊͋y̸̠͎̜̔̈́͊͋͒̚͝ ̵̡̛͕̯͇̘̝̒̀̀̑͜Q̶̨̲̬͕͚͚͠ù̸͎̰̫̩̺̋̽͐͑̽͊e̵̡̯̟̫̋̃̂̊̀̅s̸͙̒͠ţ̴͈͓̖̺́̀͝:̸̣̺̥̓͗͐ ̶̬̱̈́̅̀ͅǪ̸̛̦̝͈͍͌̐̆̊̓̂̃̇r̵̛̩̝̪͈̹̭̤̈́͒̆̈́͌ͅͅp̵̢̛͔͔̰̜̫̮̃̃͒̈́̄̕͠ḩ̴̩̤̺̤̙̈́̇̉̽̎͠ạ̵͎̞̖͍͍͇͕̐̅͜ṇ̴̢̺̜͔̬̭̝̒̈'̶̡̬͔̀͝ş̶̝̘͎̗̓̍̍̑̆̚̕ͅ ̶̧͓̰͕͖͙̋͐̌̆͒́̄R̵̠̹̩̩̠͉̐̈́̈́̊͠ͅa̶̪̭̼̪̾̈́̿ģ̵̦̜̥̖̖̲̉͌e̴̺͎͎͕̼̭̣̤̐̆̃̇̎̔̚̕ͅ]̴̞͙̳͚͇̦̅͆̍̉͑̿͝
̵̨͇͖̋̄͊̋̿[̵̲̺͎͕̱̦͎̈͊̊́͛̅ͅD̴̻̆̌̚ȩ̶̖̻̜̥̪̰͇̍͊̿̍͜s̸͕͔̯͇̳̈́͒̾̚c̶̘͙̱͋r̵̞̘̳͙̗̃̑̔̈́̍͑͊͜ï̴̮̝̘̹̐̑p̸̜̹̦̪̼̑͂̑̆̿͊̅̓̌t̵̯̠̩͕͋̐̊̔͝i̴͙̝͌̌̽̏̉͋̿̂̚o̴̗̝̖͚̠͉̽͂̊̏̃̌̀̕n̴̙̳̜̯̙͇͍̼͐͋͊͑̅͋͐͝ ̶̣̾́͌̃̓͝–̸̨̯̯̗̓͌̐́̕ ̷͉͔̱̳̏Ţ̵̹̜̣́̄̓̀ḫ̶̛̪̮̣̪͈̙͗̃̆̈̈́ḁ̶̊̾̈́t̶̢̛͚̹͇͔̰͐̋̔̾̓ ̶̢͙̰̺̹̱̰̀̎̀̃͑͛̈͒f̶̨̺̱̀̌͛̽́̽͒́ö̴̡̟̘̣̤̤̬̅̚o̴͇̯͂̉͝ͅḷ̵̞̘͍̥̹͎̝̀̆̏́̓̐̅̏ͅ ̴͚̺̊͑͌̂̓̿͂͒̚h̵̢͚͋̃̓͋̋̊́̈́a̶̦̐̎͆̐̂̄̎͘ş̷͓͕̬̬̤́͘ͅ ̵̙̩̫͉̹̓i̵͙͚͈̙͇̳͉̓̀̓̕n̵̢͇͇̲̉̌̌̇̇́̿͜š̸̡͖͌́́͌ú̶̢̫̣̠̻͈̒̈́̔̾̕̕͜͝l̷̹͐̀͐͛̑̈́͘t̵̛̝̮͉͚͕̑̋̀̾̏͗̕ẽ̷̡͕̥̼̭̮̟̻̊̉͌̚͝͝d̶͓̭͈̻͆̈̍͊̕ ̴̦̄ţ̷̛̰̜͍̠̘̮͈̼̐̃ḧ̴͕̣̱̦̲́̌́̌͆͗̕͘͝e̶̻̪͓̹̓͛͋̓͑ ̸̫͇̺̺̒̽̓̒́́̿̕͝w̵͍̝̱͈̫̏́̓̈́͜o̸̢͋̓́̓̕ͅm̴̧͖̗̳͙̣̔͌̂̀̊̊̕á̴̱͕n̶̺͇̞͂͐͜ ̵̠̎͂͐ẘ̸̼h̵̛͙͓̟̱̫͚͉͍͐̎͗͂͂͛͜ǫ̸͖͙̤̬̫͉̱́͜ ̴̝͖̘̺̗̚̕̚b̸͚͛͋͒̐́͘i̷̮̮̘͖̅͊̔̄̀̾͘͘r̷̢̺̭̠͕̒̈́̀̊͗͘t̷̪͇̂̽̈́̀̍̉͘͝h̸͇̎̒̐͐ ̷̨͖̼͙̜́͜ÿ̷̦̀̈́ò̷̡͖̣̰͉͔̱̽̂̈́̎u̶̳͕̭͔̹̲̥͇̼͂ ̵̜̦̖̲͉̱͍̦̊̋͑̒͑͜ą̶̣̅̃̈́̈́̾͛̈́s̴̳̒͌͐ ̷̹̫̬̏̋̀ĩ̸͔̞͕̫̒̅̎͜f̶̼͗͆̿̓̏̄ ̸̢̢̜̠̗̈́͐̓̌̀́ḫ̶̙̼̦̅̐̏e̸̩͖͑ ̵̙̙̀͒̑̂̈̓k̷̬̫̠̹̘̜̭̺̳̓̏͗̆͌̚͘̚ņ̷̧͎̬̰̻̞̲͈̐͊̓̑̂̎̓̇ȩ̴̺̖̉w̴̨͎̅̇̍̈́̅̑͌̄̕ ̶̞̹̹̯̽̈́h̶͉́͌̍̀e̸̛̹̠̺̞͈̻̓͊͌̋̌̀̄ͅṟ̸̛̭͙̮͓̍́͗̂.̸̛̛͎̪̪̭̻̳̖̗̚ ̴̗̬̗̈̽̀̿͋̐͜͝D̴̢͚͚̥͍̘̼͛͜ͅě̴̯s̴̘͉̟̹̲͋̃̽͌t̸̡͕̿͂r̸̨͙͉̍ö̷̩̔́̈́̕ͅy̷̡͉̲̻̞͖̬̘̞͑͂̅͑̌̿͝ ̶̻̓ḩ̶̛̝̰̬͍̤͒́͗̿i̵̢̪̻̲̼͈̖̇͒̍͆̉͑͑͘̚ͅm̸͖̰̀́̔̂ͅ ̸͖͕̈̈́̚͠l̷̖͔͙͖̾̅͂̔̃̽̑͘͝ͅi̴̹̰͚̳͉͐k̸̜̠͙͙͌̆͝ě̷̢͓̱̫̗̺̐ͅ ̴̨̙̯̤̊̈́̌́̂̉̏͊͠t̷̗̞̅̎͂͊̆h̶̛͎̩̻̪̥̻̞̽̿̀̐͜è̴̢͔͚̠̤̐͆̈̓̄̅ͅ ̸̬̂̀̒̕͝v̶̢͓͖̪̜̉̀́̿̾́͊͘͜e̴̦̝͓͛͗̚r̶̨̮̟͖̗̎͠m̵̬̲̞͚̣͇̟̻̉̍̒i̴̦͈̖͇̹͆͗́̒͌͋͛͆ņ̷̜̩̦͈̥̄̏͜ ̸̬̋͗͂̑̇͊̕ͅh̸̬̟̻̯̰́̓̃̆̋̃͆͌e̷̘̹̗͗̓͐̑̕ͅ ̸̢͚̪̕̕į̴̹͍̦̽̈͘ŝ̷̝̍̍́̑̊̅͛͑.̸̭̳̪̎͗̈́̍̆̍ ̶̨̪̹̣̩͙̞̪̋̐͑͆̆͝D̷̲̱͗̀̓̊̅̾ò̴̧͖̪̜̣̓͛̒̇̈́͠͝n̸͇͚͓̥̬͎̏̓͗ͅ'̷̲͇̘̼̳͇͓͑͒͗̈́̓͝t̵̛͍̪̂͗͐͂̍̀̍ ̶̛͍̻̣̬́̚̚ļ̵͕͙̗̺͚͕̼̏̐̿̋̈́̔̍͝͠ę̶̛̱̠̰̼̯̪͔̄̿̈́̎͗ť̸͈̠ ̷̘͈̓͗̉͘̕a̵̮̜͂͛̽̑́͐̅̓͘ ̷͕̣̞̍̈́̈́̆̽̎̕͝ṕ̷̪̬̻̲̈͘i̸̡̖̬̼͎͌̈́̈́̓̔͊͊ė̴̠̙̭̭̟͔̮͍́͝c̸̢̯̰̲͚͖̃̋̽̌̿͗̕̚̚e̸̼͚͖̟̜̤̅̈ ̷̥͈̞̫̑̿̔̏̾͠͝o̷̧͖̤̝̥̞̟̹̎̏̚͜f̵̗͐̍͌̕͠ ̸̧̫͙͓͍̖̍̾̀ẖ̵͓̘͖͕̥̞̗̃́̌̂̅̏͝į̴̟̱̖̫̏̋͠m̴͎͇̠̫̌͂͒̏̄̐̓̔̕ ̵̜̞̩̳̲̃̓̍̉͗̍̈́͝s̵̛̮͈̣͙͍̏̈́͒̀u̶͎̿̎́̉̈́ȓ̵͇̞̱̞̬̳͆́ͅv̷̢̧͙͇̖̟̭͙̿̏̈́̑̉ͅi̶̲̯͒̈͐̔̌̅̽̂͘v̷͎̫̳̐̆ẽ̶͕̟̲̗͙͗́͑̂̎̂̕͠ͅ.̸̨͍̞͎̲͈̳̪͙̈͒̈̈́ ̶̨͓̱̙͉͇́̍̂̀́̆̾͛͝K̸̬͎̤̻̙͐̉́͆̓͛̒́ḯ̸̘̱͇̺̦̪̜̼̒̽̐͐͘l̶̝̮̜̈́͌̃̕ḻ̸̡̘̘̪͖̤͙̟̂̀̏̏̌.̶͚̉̀́̈́͘ ̶̹̣̥̲͎̭̯̫͖̒̅͂̂D̶̛̬̮̬̱e̷̼͈͆s̸̥̠̠͕̯͕̓t̸̗̮͕̦͂ͅȓ̸̢̡̨̗͕̘͂́̀̋͜͝ô̶͓̩͙̜̮͚̫̱̱̏͑̾̆̒͐y̴̢͓̗͚̪̝̳͍͙͆̾̈̀͊͛̈́̀͠.̸̢̫̯̱̥̞̪̣̖̃̾͐͐͒̋̌̌ ̸̛̪̗̱̺̭͛͊̐̈̋̉̀Á̸̢̛̞̭̎͌͝͝ͅn̸̙̻͙͓͚̼̘͓̉́̃̿̑͆̒͘̕͜ņ̴̗̯̤͓̝̎͑̈́͑̉̕͘͜͜͝͠í̴͎̤̗̠̝̬̭͍̩̈̉́̊́̍ḧ̴̥́̏͐̚i̴͎̱̯̖͈̟͋͆̌̊̋͝͝l̵̤̠̹̳͓̟̆̏̂͆͒͗͂̚̕a̴̱͈͕͝t̴̠̳͔̗̑̽̈́̂̕e̶̡̠̣̤̖̥̜͈͐̆͑̈́͗́̋ͅ.̷̡̡̠͚͓̮̱͈́̊͑͜ ̷̞̮̺̹̖͕͖̋̈́̌̊S̷̩̥͔̺̺̤̈́̒͊ͅḧ̸̭̲́́̊͆̾̃ö̸̡͉̦̞̪̝̖̗́͜w̷̰̎̉̇ ̸͙͙̹̣̪͈̟͕͒̎ḧ̸̪̱͚̩͎̬i̴̧̥͖̩̻͛̄̔̀́͛m̸̧̺͖͔͍͓̯̪̃̌͆̅͘ ̶̢̩̭̟̯̫̙́͛͛́̚͜w̶̦̬̉̈́̓̕h̵̨̤̱͚̣͎͉̹̆̔̃͠ͅa̷͓͋͊̌̓̾͘͝ṫ̷̝̩̒̊̈̄ ̷̲͔̙̩̯̥̄̂̏̀̈́͌̔͝͠ṯ̶̡̻̪̠͇̘̀͋͐̈͝r̶̲͓̻͍̆͐͒͐̚͝͝u̸͖̞͍̥̣̹͛͘͘̕e̷̩̓̀͝ ̸̡̲̬̖͙̈̓͑͋̀̿͗͝o̸͓̗͆͆͂͌̕b̸̹͕̒̋͛͌̋̂̽̔l̴̰̯̘̆̿̒̏̑̈́̔̓i̸̡̯̠̝͔̰̲̋͛̃̎v̸̨̛̜̀̈́̐̓̿̕i̶̼͙͒̆͌̓͐͛͝ȯ̸̡͈̮̲̋̾n̴͛̍́͑̈́͛̚͜ ̴͉͈̄͗̀i̶̞̬̥̙̣̻͓̦͌͜s̶̝̼̹̲̓̇͘!̷̢̮̝̻̼̺̓̌́́̕̕͠]̸̢̬̊͋͑̈͘
̶͓͍̞͚̈́̀̂[̵͉̺̙̭̙̊͑̊͋̈̕͘ͅŔ̶͖̖̰̤̖͛̈͆͛͠e̵̲̖̖͗̉̋͗̕̚w̷̢̙̭͍̤̹͈̓̍͘ǎ̸̛̰̖͖̼͖͍̻̟̆̊͒̀͆͝r̵̡̘͉̎̓͗̄̂̑ͅd̵̨̼̼̜̠̄͋͜͜:̷̛̻̘͋̓́ ̷̭͚̥̰̜̇̇̓̽͒͗̏S̴̨̱͎̯̞̝̽͐̽̌̌̑̐͌͝c̴̯͈͐̆̆̑͝y̶̨̩̪̫͍͚͓̝̞͌̑͋̓̕̕t̵̞̝̙̯̼̖̏͋̀h̶̳̐͊e̵̛̩̙͖͇̰̮̻͎̍̓͜ ̸̯͎̗͋̅͛o̸̩̻͉̍f̵̢̨̝̹̊̿ ̸̮͈͚̆͊Ṟ̶̩͑a̵̻̦̳̱͔̣̰̐͗̎̽̐̈͌͠͝ǧ̷̫̻͉̯̬͍͠ẻ̸̡̤̼͇͔̊͑͐̒̐͐͜ ̴̩͒̿̈́͌̃̆̚[̸͈̈́̏̇̏̾̉L̷̝̗̰͍͎͎͊͛̋̿v̷͎̏͌̿̈́͆̏́̾̚1̵̲͉̣̐̀̑̿̽͒̕]̶̨̭̜̦͔̖̙̾́͑̊̈́̾͜͠ ̸̩̞͔̭̬̩̬̀͐͛͂́̚͜͜|̶͎̬͊̎͌͝͝L̷͓͒̐̊͑͑̂͜͝ẽ̴̩͓̞͍͉͙̑̃̕ǵ̷̜ȅ̴͙͚̫͖̈́͐͋͌̚n̶̡͕͋ḑ̵̰͚̳̥͎͛̍̾̇͋̏͜͠a̶͖̣͉͋͘̚r̸̰͇̻̻̅͒y̴̧̿̀̍͒̄̽́|̶̛̣̱̼̪̔̆̿̋͊͘͝͝]̵̡̰̳̱̩͓̪̃̿̒̎͑̎̒̐̕ͅ
Naruko looked at the blood-red screen with a broken language written in pitch-black. Somehow, she could just tell it was telling her to let loose. It wanted her to release all of the anger she had bottled up over all of the years of verbal and physical abuse she had received. She could feel the power just scrapping at the surface just asking, no begging her to open the lid. All she needed to do was to let go and a new unbeatable power would be hers.
Then she could show that world her true potential.
Starting with trembling child pathetic, insolent, and unworthy bag of flesh before her.
She took a breath…
Everyone tensed…
She exhaled through her nose.
"Yamura-san" Naruko talked with poise and respect. Yet everyone could feel a level of bloodlust they never thought the blonde could produce. "Right now, there is nothing more that I want to do than utterly breaking you. I don't want to kill you because that would be too easy. What I want is to see you withering in so much pain you beg for your death. I want to see your shattered body in a pool of its own blood as you get to see the marrow of your own bones licking out. But I know that wouldn't be enough to satisfy the rage in me right now. So, I'll excuse myself from this situation before I do something you will regret."
After saying that the gamer opened her map and touched one of the training ground areas. But before confirming her destination she looked back at the frightened boy.
"Oh, and before I forget…" she started and then actually glared. Doing so made everyone suddenly feel a much harsher pressure fall on them and some of the weaker students started to find it very hard to breathe. Yet most of it, they could tell, was directed at Goto Yamura who could not breathe because of it. "If I even hear of anyone ever speaking ill of my mother, who not even the Hokage knew, I will come after you first. Then I will break you, plaster whatever is left of your still conscious body in the center of town and then I'll visit them for a little talk about proper manners."
And with that, the girl disappeared from everyone's sight.
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~ High above Konohagakure ~
As Naruko floated above the village she wondered why the system hadn't transported her instantly when a worried Benihime appeared before her. The fairy quickly told her that the training ground area was different from the other travel points. The reason being that the system recognized all training ground around the village as just one big interlocking network. The Navi then told the gamer to choose from a list of images that represented the elements or setups of each training ground. The whiskered girl knew she needed to destroy something before she hurt someone. Therefore, she selected the training ground with large logs and boulders. Once the destination was set, she rocketed to the earth and landed without a problem.
Not a second later she had to dodge a barrage of kunai and Shuriken that came flying at her. Instinct took over and she jumped away from a job as a pincushion. Landing she quickly pulled out her scythe and looked direction the knives had come from. Then she swings down the weapon to strike down the Fuma Shuriken that followed. Immediately she had to bend back to avoid being skewered by a javelin that came whistling for her head. Quickly she when back to standing but the last thing she saw was the bottom of the blue ninja sandal that smashed into her face.
Naruko didn't know how long she was out but when she did regain consciousness, the gamer noticed two things: 1) her head as pounding like a hammer on an anvil and 2) someone had taken off her jacket to put in under her head. Naruko let out a small groan as she got up felt a callused hand lightly push her back down.
"Whoa, there young one! That last kick was a solid blow and you might have a concussion." the voice of a male adult warned her. The whiskered girl could feel an incredible level of strength from just the man's hand. Yet his voice did spook of genuine concern for her wellbeing.
"If what hit me was a human foot you have to tell that person to cut down with the iron in their diet." she joked while holding her head. She was about to start healing herself when she heard female giggling.
"I'm not sure that how that works." the teenage female voice commented. Hearing the young voice Naruko slowly opened an eye. There she saw a girl with chocolate color eyes and hair that was styled in two buns that made her look like a panda. The panda girl was wearing a pink sleeveless qipao-style blouse with red sleeve trimming and yellow fastening buttons, dark green pants, and blue ninja sandals. She also noticed the girl had a standard blue ninja headband with a leaf symbol on it. She couldn't place it but the girl did look familiar.
Then she looked next to the kunoichi and saw one boy on each side. To Naruko's right was a boy with white eyes but they felt similar to Hinata's lavender ones so they were probably family. He had dark brown hair and wore a beige-colored jacket closed with straps, dark brown shorts, and blue ninja sandals with bandages wrapped around this right arms and leg while his ninja headband was black with straps falling to the side of his head. Then the other boy had black shiny hair cut in a bowl-style and he had large eyebrows. He was wearing a green jumpsuit with orange leg warmers and a large red forehead used as a belt while his arms were covered in bandages.
"Well, given the headbands… I'm going to say you're a Genin team and in my blinding rage I accidentally interrupted your training." the blonde analyzed which earned her a hearty laugh from the adult voice that had warned her before. Turning she saw a carbon-copy of the green boy only older.
"That is an excellent show of deduction skills for someone with a concussion!" the Jonin-sensei exclaimed with actual honesty much to the blonde girl's surprise. As the man laughed/praised her Naruko took that moment to look at her HP and her eyes widen.
'SWEET MOTHER OF MANA! No wonder my head is killing me! Whoever kicked me managed to drop me to 12HP in that only hit!' she yelled to herself internally in both wonder and horror. The gamer thanked every possible god she had ever heard of for the armor and whatever power had been covering her body before they attack her. The shiver of fear that passed through her body at the mental image of her skull being splattered from that attack was as cold as a Blizzaga spell.
"Stop laughing Gai-sensei! You're scaring the poor girl!" the kunoichi of the team admonished her teacher. The man for his part stopped while looking both hurt and confused at the possibility that he was the cause of a young girl's fear. Then the man started trying to make excuses at it couldn't possibly be him which cause a small exchange of words between him and the kunoichi. It was during the small fight, which the adult was losing fast, that Naruko finally noticed that her companion fairy was nowhere near here. She was about to start worrying when a voice sounded in her ear.
{Don't react to my voice!} Benihime voice could be heard from the radio in the Uzumaki's ear. {Right now, I'm in one of the treetops looking at you and the genins. From left to right their names are Rock Lee, Tenten Higurashi, and Neji Hyuga. The ones how shot at you was the girl but the one that kicked you was the mini-Gai. However, the real reason I'm hiding is the Hyuga. He seems to have a bloodline limit because his eyes changed to look like a broken mirror with the veins that popped on the side of his head.
With it, he seems to gain the ability to see chakra because he could see and follow my movements. But it looks like it has a limited range since he stopped following me after I got high enough. Anyway, since we don't know much yet I made sure that you would not get any notifications from the game system just in case. Regretfully this means any quest that would appear while in the team's presence may turn into an automatic failure. Sorry about that.}
"It's okay," Naruko answered loud enough to stop the fighting and probably saved Gai-sensei. "I was just thinking of what would have happened to my head if the chakra hadn't softened the blow."
"YES! THAT WAS INDEED A BRILLIANT DISPLAY OF CHAKRA USAGE! IT WAS AS IF THE VERY FLAMES OF YOUTH WERE ENGULFING YOU THERE MIGHT!" Lee screamed with incredible passion. Naruko noticed that for a brief moment his eyes looked to have burst into flames while yelling that. Then in a blink of those literal flames where gone. Tenten for her part just rolled her eyes and smacked him on the head with a spiked mace that she got from somewhere. Against all possibility, the metal weapon seemed to become cracked and one of the spikes fell off after the hit.
"How many times do I have to tell you not to yell like that while standing that close to my ears!" Tenten reprimanded the boy who blushes as a child caught with his hand on the cookie jar. Then she turned to the Uzumaki with an apologetic smile "Sorry about that. My team is a little strange as you can see. But Lee-kun does have a point. What was that jutsu?"
"Yes, that would be a good place to start." the Hyuga of the group spoke while glaring at the Uzumaki. "The amount of chakra you were exuding was too high for a simple academy student or a genin. A not to mention that even when you were unconscious, I could still see the armor underneath your clothes. Armor that when Tenten took off your goggles and jacket appeared on your head and arms." he told before his glare intensified with the help of him activating the Byakugan.
Regretfully for him, he never met the unpredictable force of nature known as Naruko Uzumaki.
"You… you… you… YOU PERVERT!" one Naruko Uzumaki screamed at the top of her lungs to the surprise of everyone. Then as the girl was covering her chest with the left arm and closed her legs, she summoned her scythe and raised it far above her head. "This is what you get you, pedophile!"
That was all the warning she gave before flinging the weapon at Neji. The genin team jumped away from the flying buzz saw which gave the girl enough time to call out her Kunai and threw them at the Hyuga. Being used to dodging or catching far more accurate and faster projectiles he caught the rusty knives without a problem. Then his all-seeing-eye caught two chakra sources from opposite directions. One was Naruko who looked to be using healing jutsu on herself to cure the damage done to her while she was on the move. The second signature was minuscule but behind him and coming fast. He heard Tenten yelling him to duck and he did so just in time to avoid the scythe on its way back. The whiskered girl managed to heal herself enough to stop her body from feeling like death and caught the scythe. Then she threw it once at the boy but horizontally before summoning the sake bottle and lighter from her inventory. Next, the gamer ran at the boy while taking a swing of the bottle.
Neji had just stood up from rolling away from the spinning weapon and glared at his attacker before the Byakugan user saw her stop about 10ft before him. The blonde then flicked the lighter on and spit the liquor onto the flame. Instincts took over the as the genin and he quickly backpedaled away from the flame. This put him right in the path of the scythe on its return trip which forced Neji to do a jump flip over the weapon. It passed below him right towards the fire but too his surprise the weapon seemed to easily cut the flame without getting a single ember on its wooden handle before the small child caught it expertly in her hand. Then just as one of his legs managed to land on the ground, the boy had to bend back to dodge a swing from the girl's weapon.
Yet that wasn't enough as the girl quickly drew the blade back to put the pummel behind his leg to tripped him. Neji's back hit the ground unceremoniously but he didn't get any time to rest as the Hyuga had to roll away from the blade coming down on him. Neji's all-seeing-eyes showed him that had he not done so the blade would have stabbed him right through the heart. Next, he finally succeeded in getting firmly on his feet only to jump again as another horizontal attack was throw at him but this time low enough to the ground that it would have cut of his feet if he hadn't done so.
Then he notices that the whiskered girl was now below him and grinning like a madwoman while holding her lighter and spray can about to be pressed. Lucky for him his sensei finally decided to stop this madness by snatching the can from the dangerous girl's hands. Hence, when he landed Neji tried to knock out the blonde with a Gentle Fist to the forehead but he too was stopped by the man. Then the Hyuga's eye widens as he saw the scythe returning though this time it was at waist height. Thinking quickly, he tackled Gai to the ground while the girl was busy complaining about the can being taken away from her. But unlike what he thought would happen, which was the girl getting cut by her weapon, the blue-eyed girl simply put her hand out and caught the spinning scythe with ease.
"Why did you stop me?! I was about to teach that pervert about what happens to perverted peeping pedophiles!" Naruko turned to the males with a glare as she covered her private areas from the white-eyed boy.
"I'm not a pedophile!"
"Yes, you are! You were using those pervert eyes of yours to look through my clothes! You pervert!"
"I didn't look through your clothes!"
"Then how do you know I have more armor when they're under my clothes?" the Uzumaki questioned while pointing her weapon at the kneeling genin. "There are only two ways for you to know that! Either you took off my clothes or you used those perverted eyes of yours!" After that, both of them glared at one another with as much intensity as they could. The rest of the team could almost see the lightning connecting the two sets of glaring eyes. Tenten and Lee were about to set in and stop another fight from breaking out when Gai put a hand on both of the warring faction's heads.
"Now, now my youthful children! We are all allies of the leaf here! There is no reason for you to waste the flames of your youth on a simple misunderstanding!" the jonin announce with cheerful vigor but the genin and academy student kept glaring at each other.
"Unless he explains how he saw the armor I will not back down."
"I can see it because to my eyes your armor appears over your clothes as pure translucent chakra. Now explain how you can hide a full set of armor under regular clothing that would make it impossible to do so like those short pants that completely exposed your legs." After the Hyuga explained himself the girl smirked and called back her scythe into its ring form before walking away. Neji blinked in surprise and then shot up to his feet and screamed: "Get back here and explain yourself!"
"Don't remember ever making a deal where I would tell you my secret!" Naruko called out over her shoulder as she crossed her fingers behind the back of her head. "I just asked you how you knew about my armor," she added while walking towards her jacket. Her eyes also noticed her helmet and goggles were there too. She could feel the white-eye glare trying to burn a hole through her skull but it only made her want to laugh. At the same time, the blonde could hear Tenten trying and failing to hold her laugh besides an awestruck Lee.
"That… That is most unyouthfull behavior!" the bushy brow genin finally called out trying to sound menacing. But she could tell he seemed to be enjoying the Hyuga's mistake equally.
"You guys are ninjas now. I thought you would be used to your foes using trickery and deceit to fool you by now. Dattebayo!" the Uzumaki announce while putting on her jacket. Seeing as she had her back turned to the team, she didn't notice Tenten's eyes widening in recognition.
"Wait a minute… dattebayo? The only persona I know that says that is…" Tenten whispered to herself before calling out "Knives?"
"Knives? How do you know that name? The only one who ever calls me that was…" Naruko started questioning before her own eyes widen as something clicked "Katana-oneechan?!"
"It is you!" both females cheered before squealing in joy much to the boy's surprise. Then even surprising for them their weapon mistress ran towards the younger girl arms stretched for a hug. Seconds later the small girl glomped the kunoichi who proceeded to spin them as they both laughed and giggled like the long lost friends they were. Then when the brown-haired girl stopped spinning, she gave the blonde one last hug and put the student down.
"Oh, my Log! I haven't seen you since that last job with did at the Broken Coin!" Tenten commented with a grin while sitting down with her friend. "Damn, I still remember that look on those idiot's faces when we swindled them out of all of those coins," she added with a laugh that was joined by her partner in crime.
"Yeah! I used me cut of the winnings to boy myself a NES with a few games. You should come back to my place. I have Contra and Super Mario Bros 3. Bowser and those aliens wouldn't stand a chance against the Bloody Knife Sisters!"
"Oh, I would love that! Ever since the Broken Coin was burned down, I've missed my time with my little sister. But you have to tell me where you live first since you never told me before."
"The Bloody Knife Sister? / You knew this brat?" the males of the team asked in confusion. The ruder question came from the Byakugan user that was still glaring at the girl that attacked him. The weapon mistress rolled her eyes while patting her honorary sister's head to stop the student from fighting the genin again.
"Be nice Neji-kun. It's your fault for that thinking your questions wouldn't be invading a girl's privacy."
"She attacked first." the boy tried to defend himself. However, Naruko noticed that for some reason his voice had lost a lot of its edge when talking to her sister even if Neji tried to hide it behind his frown.
"No, you said something dangerous appeared and ordered Lee-kun and me to neutralize it. Then while she was surrounded after regaining consciousness you started questioning her about what she was wearing underneath her clothes. I would have acted like her too in that situation. As for how I know her… Well, how do I put this?"
"Katana-oneechan and I used to hustle coins from stupid boys that thought girls couldn't play videogames. The reason we were called the Bloody Knife Sisters was because of the disguise Katana-nee thought for us. She bought us black hired wigs with red highlights and red-tinted shades. Then she painted bloody knives on our cheeks to hide my whiskers. After that Oneechan here would trick them into making bets against me after which I would annihilate them in whatever game we would play.
Normally we played to chump change so the guys wouldn't kick us out or call the police on us. Regretfully about two years ago someone figured out I was one of the sisters and thought burning down the arcade would be perfect payback. The worst part is that they did it with people still in there to probably kill me. Thankfully I was busy in detention and the people there all got out with no major injuries. But I'm surprised we never met again during the ninja academy Katana-oneechan."
"Sorry about that Knives. My parents thought it was time I started working on the family business. Just in case the kunoichi thing didn't work out."
"Really? Well, that's a bummer." Naruko commented with a slight frown. "What boring shop was it anyway?"
"It's a weapon and armor shop. Also, I ended up loving working in it a lot more than before after that taught me how to work the forge. Remember that you came up with my nickname because you said I smelled like that swords the ANBU use. Well, that was because I used to clean the weapons my father forges. After he started training me properly in the craft, and I ended up liking it. Now I make and maintain the weapons my team and I use for my missions. It's kind of why my dream right now is to be the number one Weapon Mistress in the village."
"So, you're now a kunoichi and blacksmith? That's so cool! That just means we have more things to talk about because I took up smithing as well."
"Now? Better be careful there, Knives. I might start thinking of you as a rival."
"That or we could work together. It could be the rebirth of the Bloody Knife Sister!"
"HA! With ideas like that dad would probably love you." Tenten announced while giving the girl a small smack on her back. "By the way. Why are you here, Knives? It's a Monday so shouldn't you be at the academy and while we're at it what was the huge chakra level you were throwing around?" the weapon mistress asked with worry for her little sister.
At hearing these questions Naruko sighed and felt some of her forgotten anger bubbling back up. However, unlike before were the source of her anger was in front of her the blonde was close to an actual friend filled with worry. Thus, the gamer easily managed to reel in her anger while a calming breath and asked Team Gai to sit for the story. Gai and Lee both gave her double shinning smiles, she was going to ask them to teach her how to do that, before they sat around her like little kids about to be told a new story. Neji for his part walked calming and sat on seiza position but yet frowning at her. Then Naruko started…
"Well, like a lot of good stories it all started as I was beating up this guy…"
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Author's Notes:
Sorry for the small cliffhanger but I thought that was a good place to end the chapter.
Also, someone mentions I made a mistake when I mentioned that Naruko had a NES instead of a Famicom and calling the first Dragon Quest by that name instead of Dragon Warrior as it was called in the West. I'm aware of that but I thought it would be an acceptable break from reality. Therefore as a small warning from now on whenever I refer to a gaming console I'll use their Western names so it's NES and SuperNES. As for the Dragon Quest/Dragon Warrior series I'll go with the DQ name since its how I became quietened with the series. But don't worry, most of this would be background information that doesn't affect the plot of the story.
Update: 08/17/2019
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