Chapter 11: Off-Season Horror
([Field type] Dungeon - Tranquil Meadows {F-rank})
(Church basement - Mad Laboratory)
Both conscious kunoichi and their fairy stared at where the tall glass tube used to be with dread. The lights had yet to turn back on but the other two jars proved enough light to show the entity that had been birth.
The monster had the basic shape of a human but it was about 7ft tall as it stood on its two legs. Observing they noted that while the legs were normal the chest and arms of this creature seems to be made of pure muscle. With the amount of physical mass, its torso contained it shouldn't be possible for the monster to stand on its legs as it so easily did. The arms ended each in five blade sharp bones with the longest being a foot long. However, it was the entity's skin that truly showed they were dealing with an abomination.
The reason for this was that the skin was comprised of human faces. The faces, they could tell, were from multiple men, women, and children that appeared to have been melded together through either burned flesh or sowed in. This proved, even more, disturbing the creature's bald head which had four faces; one on the front, one on each side and one on the back.
All of the eyes were opened and glaring at them with a purple-green ethereal glow. Adding to the horror show all of the mouths, except for the main face, were clattering their teeth in wait for a meal.
"Scan!" Naruko called out all three girls saw the information.
Priest Mathew [Lv 10] ~Abomination of Science~
HP: 3,500
MP: 300
ATK 050
DEF 019
SPD 005
INT 001
Description - Once a man of the cloth and natural sciences this priest used alchemy to help others. Regretfully the inability to save a sweet child from an incurable disease drove him into an obsession with finding a cure for death. This soon led him to practice the forbidden arts of human transmutation. However, his mind was not enough to survive his experiment for everlasting life. Now only the monument to his sins and ultimate failure exist.
Techniques – Call of the Dammed, Putrid Vomit, Desolation Claw and Shadow Beam
Special Traits – Husk Creation and Soul Devouring
"I'm almost afraid to ask but what is human transmutation, Benihime?" Naruko asked. At the same time, the lights came back on and they now looked at the thing in front of them in all its grotesque glory.
"We'll buy the DVDs of Fullmetal Alchemists and Brotherhood later. For now, get ready for a fight!" the redhead fairy announced as the abomination bellowed again. This time however the whole room shook with the force of it.
[Priest Mathew used Call of the Dammed!]
[Enemy reinforcements incoming…]
"I can see summoning pools!" Hinata announced as she spotted multiple chakra pools from around various surfaces of the room. Hearing this Naruko quickly handed the shivering and muttering Ino to the Byakugan user.
"Take her and back away into a position where you can defend both of yourself and her. I'll deal with the boss," the game announced while summoning back her shield and axe.
"But my level is higher! I should help you fight that monster," Hinata protested while holding onto Ino with one arm and her naginata in the other. Naruko grinned as zombies started to rise from the ground.
"It's better you to protect Ino-chan because you're a higher level than me. As I am now, I can't guarantee our safety if I have to protect someone that can't fight back against this many enemies. You, on the other hand, can cleave through these mobs with ease and from a safe distance," Naruko answered and quickly handed Hinata the vials of holy water. "Here! Take these. Just splash or break them on the monsters and they burst into flames."
After saying this the Uzumaki turned to the monsters and gave a battle cry to get the attention of the monsters. Before Hinata could try and to rebuttal this order the blonde was already running into battle.
[BGM: Bloody Tears (Castlevania SotN)]
The first few zombies that had crawled out the floor set their eyes on Naruko. However, she was too fast for them as her axe easily split in half the head of one. Next, the Uzumaki coated her shield with chakra and swung it at another.
"Shield Bash!" the whiskered girl called out the skill she learned after having used her shield offensively enough times during this exploration. Then, Naruko rammed the side of her shield into the head of another undead. The impact not only smashed the creature's forehead in and also snapped its head back with enough force to dislocate its neck. With those two dead Naruko quickly wrenched her axe out of the first zombie's head and rapidly swung to her right to decapitate the third zombie.
After this, she jumped over the falling bodies and ran to the next set of undead creatures. The Uzumaki easily cleared them by putting the hide shield up and shoulder charging the bumbling creatures. This left the path to the abomination clear for her to start the true fight. What was once Priest Mathew growled at the event and shot a claw at her with tremendous speed. Naruko saw this and tried to backpedal away but slipped on the wet floor around the creature.
The error, however, proved fortuitous as the claw sailed pass her head without damage. Trying to make the most out of the opportunity she continued to ride the slide with axe and shield at the ready. In an instant, she reached the lower metal ring of that tube the monster was in, used it to stabilize herself and took a swing at its legs. The blade of the weapon stroke true as it sank into the abominations shin which caused it to howl in pain. Yet the pain was not enough to stop it from forming a fist to try and smash the small kunoichi into the ground. Naruko knew that would happen and had already dislodged the weapon as she rolled left.
What she hadn't put into account was the stone floor exploding once the fist impacted with it. Thus, the Uzumaki found herself being blown away from the shockwave. Thinking quickly, she used her wings to jump mid-air to cancel the momentum and flip onto her feet.
"Watch out!" Benihime called out just as Naruko landed. Hearing this the whiskered girl looked at the monster only feel a shiver as the monster's claws were covered in dark purple energy. Without a second thought, Naruko double-jump onto the ceiling to avoid the vicious swipe thrown her away. Using chakra, she quickly attached herself to the roof with her back before flip onto her feet.
This was just in time to see the wave to purple shadow energy fly through where she had been and slice apart the bookshelf that had been behind her. Seeing wood, papers and other materials rot away into oblivion told her everything she needs to know about Desolation Claw effects. Then the abomination roared again…
[Priest Mathew used Call of the Dammed!]
[Enemy reinforcements incoming…]
"Oh, come on!" Naruko cursed as rotting arms and head started coming out the roof surrounding her. Canceling the flow of chakra to her feet she landed back on the ground to turn back toward the boss. The failed experiment responded to this with a thrust aimed at the blonde's chest.
"Block it!" Benihime begged while floating above the battlefield. The Uzumaki heard the suggestion and instead got an idea. Thus, Naruko jumped which the monster responded in kind by redirected its claw upward and with a smirk, the Uzumaki jumped again. Then crouched in mid-air, put her shield below her feet, landed on the extended arm and shield-suffer the way down.
"Take this you FREAK!" the small dare-devil exclaimed while taking a swing at the monster's neck as she passed. Between the force of the swing and the build-up momentum of the slide, the axe blade had no problem with slicing open the flesh on the creature's neck. Understandably Mathew roared in pain as putrid green liquid spurt out of its wound. Naruko, on the other hand, grabbed her shield, landed on the ground and turn to admire the new wound. The results made the game go a little green with disgust as a tentacle exploded out of the bleeding opening.
The tentacle began to trash and bulged into a pulsating mass of flesh that soon exploded to reveal an emaciated human shape. The creature, that was more reminiscing of bag stretched over a skeleton, looked at Naruko and screeched as it launched itself towards her. Disgusted with this Husk the girl used Shield Bash to slap it away from her. The attack made sure to eradicate the creature single HP without delay. However, Naruko immediately grew to regret this action as the Husk burst similar to a water balloon upon its death and covered her in a green-purple slug.
The substance both smelled and tasted horrendous enough for Naruko to lose her stomach and her eyes to burn. This, in turn, left the gamer completely unprepared for the punch from the abomination. The attacking limb had no problem in slamming her into the wall with enough force to make a small crater. Naruko, as the air left her, didn't know if she managed to scream out in pain from the possible crushed ribs but she could now taste her blood.
"NARU-KUN!" Hinata yelled out from the other side of the room.
After the Uzumaki had taken off to fight Hinata had backed away to find a place to secure Ino from the incoming horde. That, however, had proved a far more difficult task as zombies and skeleton kept materializing around them. As previous battles had shown the undead were very weak against her attacks yet what they lack in quality they were making it up with the sheer quantity. Not to mention wielding a naginata one-handed was proving rather difficult for the young and inexperienced Hyuga.
It also didn't help that Ino was actively fighting her protection as she thrashed about and screaming while holding her head. Hinata had only paid enough attention to the Yamanaka for her Byakugan to see chakra pooling into the girl's brain. That would've explained why she was clutching her head in pain however that didn't answer the "Shut up!" or "Stop screaming!" she kept crying out in tears. Regretfully the relentless attacks of the monsters didn't let Hinata explain Ino's chakra further. Hence why she also hadn't given Naruko any support.
However, her Byakugan had managed to detect a large buildup of mana from the creature and she had heard Benihime's first warning. Seeing Naruko dodge the swipe put Hinata at ease and she had gotten back to fighting the annoying undead horde. Then she heard the crash and the Uzumaki's HP drop into the red. Panicking Hinata called out to the girl which distracted the boss-type monster enough to look at her. The Hyuga's distress seemed to amused it as it grinned at her while grabbing the Uzumaki in its giant left hand and turned to her. Then the abomination opened its mouth wide.
Thanks to the Byakugan seeing the buildup of dark energy going into the creature's maw Hinata didn't need the warning text box. Hinata quickly scanned around for an escape and seeing none opted to make her own. Thus, she kicked a zombie on her right as hard as she could, took a firm stance and poured chakra into her naginata.
"Lotus Lance!" she called out as the weapon was bathed in holy light. Then launched the 5-hit combo into the horde while making sure to take the longest steps possible during each strike. Each holy empowered hit burned through four undead at a time and carved a big enough tunnel for Hinata and her passenger escape. Seconds later the large abomination released the dark energy it had collected into a dark purple beam which disintegrated the remains of the horde that had surrounded the princesses.
[Priest Mathew core is overheated.]
[Soul Devouring process beginning…]
After this announcement, the Abomination of Science closed its smoking mouth. To Hinata's horror, the torso of the creature started to convulse as the stitching and burns around the faces seem to slowly tear itself apart. Then in one sickening motion, the monster's chest ripped itself open to reveal a normal size human torso. The torso had tubes and wires melted or infused into its skin connecting it to the utter layer of skin. In its arms, it hugged a pink-purple crystal with black spots the size of an adult's head. The crystal then pulsed which unleashed a wave of black mana that crossed over the entire room in an instant.
In reaction to this Ino's screams and struggling became too loud and violent. Hence, Hinata was forced to let her go for fear of the Yamanaka hurting her. It also didn't help that the pulse of energy made her feel like someone had just tried to squeeze her heart and pull it out in a single gesture. Check to see her HP had taken a -25 showed that might have been the case. Adding to the experience was the Byakugan now seeing blue orbs with white smoke coming out of them now floating around the room. The next thing Hinata noticed was the black tendrils wrapping the orbs and dragging them into the crystal.
However, the two whips that truly worried her were the ones that pierced Naruko's chest and the purple one now connected to Ino's head. Both females were screaming in pain at this and to Hinata's horror, she could see Naruko's apparent soul being pulled out. Benihime was trying her best to push the Uzumaki's soul back in but the crystal's pull was proving stronger.
"Li… Li… LIGHT!" Ino screamed/plead at her blue-haired friend. The cry managed to stop Hinata from going into full panic mode as she tried to understand what the girl meant.
'What light? How can light help us beat this?!' the Hyuga asked herself as the grip on her weapon tighter. 'Wait… light?' she thought before her eyes went wide and she yelled "Holy magic!" After this, she quickly shoves her hand into the hidden pocket below Ino's scarf where she had stored the vails of holy water Naruko had given her. "Please let this work," Hinata begged after pulling them out. Then she opened two of them and poured them on the blade of her weapon.
Once done Hinata stepped back, took aim and launched her naginata like a javelin at the abomination chest. However, given this was her first time throwing such a weapon her technique was flawed and missed the chest entirely. Instead, it flew to the right passed Naruko's head, missed cutting her ear off by a hair, and impaling into the abomination's left shoulder. Yet her creativity bore fruit as the holy water reacted with the dark magic inside Mathew's body in a violent fashion. This was shown by the way the shoulder was ignited in blue flames that made the creature howl in terror and pain.
In desperation, the monster stabbed its right claw into its burning side and ripped off the appendage. The arm still holding onto Naruko fell as it became consumed by the bluish fire in a flash. Hinata would have fallen on her knees in despair when she saw her newfound crush be engulphed by the fire it not her Byakugan. Her eyes showed that instead of the Uzumaki being burned alive the fire ate away the black tendril and seem to empower the girl's soul with a membrane of light magic. Thanks to this Benihime was finally able to push the soul orb back into its proper housing.
The adrenaline rush for getting back her soul was all Naruko need to ignore any pain in her body was in right now. Hence why she could get up, grabbed the thrown naginata and bolt towards Hinata as if she hadn't been just moments from death mere seconds ago. Halfway through the run, Naruko did a sliding tackle to reach Hinata and the suffering Ino. Once in the middle of the two she handed the naginata back to the Valkyrie and summoned her shield.
"Here! Using that healing ward now," Naruko commanded while panting in exhaustion due to only being at 20HP. Then the Uzumaki placed herself slightly in front of her teammates with her shield up and ready to defend them. The corrupt priest did not look happy about its missing limp.
"One moment," Hinata announced after grabbing the weapon and opened another vial of holy water. 'If this worked for Naru-kun then it should work for Ino-chan,' she prayed and poured the water onto the Yamanaka's forehead. The cleansing fire almost immediately covered the girl in its protection as it burned away the purple tentacle attaching her brain to the crystal. Weirdly it wasn't monster that reacted to this but the crystal that now shinned angrily. Hinata didn't pay it much attention as now Ino was seemed to be resting calmly. "Healing Ward!"
Once the shaft hit the ground a circle of healing magic wrote itself into existence below the girls and started to heal them. Naruko greatly appreciated it as she could now feel broken bones step back into place and cracks slowly mending themselves. However, as the regeneration continued, she took note of how well the light element was working for this fight and she decided to go all out. Thus, the Uzumaki took out the Holy Book and started reading the one-time spell.
"Oh, the holy father that guides us through this world of your creation." Mathew almost seems to recognize the power radiating from the book as he growled in defiance. "Lend me thy strength in our time of need." The abomination rose its remaining claw into the air and covered it once more in shadows. "Shine my path forward!" Naruko yelled and flung the book like a shuriken right above the monster head. "Northern Star!"
The book exploded into a bright orb of white light that shined down onto the entire room. Surprising to Hinata, she could pensive the orb as something with a high degree of brightness but it didn't seem to hurt her Byakugan at all and the same could be said about Naruko's eye. This, however, was the opposite of the abominating who bellowed in utter horror and pain as its whole body seem to blister or tear itself at the seams to try and get away from the burning light. Then it swung the Desolation Claws…
"Oh shit!" Naruko cursed and tried to put her shield up. The ward was still going so Hinata could move and with Ino out of commission, the only one who could protect them was her. The gamer gulped, closed her eyes and hoped the light had been enough to depower that attack.
"No."
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"Huh?" That was what both Hinata and Naruko ask when nothing happened. The whiskered girl blinked and look over her shield. She was forced to blink again as she could not imagine what she was seeing. When nothing happened, she had thought the attack had at the very least miss of something. But seeing the five dark waves just floating there being held by an invisible force demonstrated that was not the chase.
"I wouldn't *pant* let you hurt *pant* my friends," Ino's tried voiced announced from below. Both of the other girls and fairy quickly turned to the previously unconscious teammate in surprise. Ino was still on the floor, face and hair wet from being slash with holy water and exhaustion was extending her right arm with the palm open and seemingly holding the rot inducing wave by her will alone. Then she started to stand up with great difficulty. Both of the humans and fairy noted how Ino's nose started to bleed.
"I wouldn't let *pant* you hurt them like *pant* you did those people!" The Yamanaka heiress proclaimed with the ferocity of a lioness.
Then in one harsh motion, Ino lifted her left hand and Hinata felt the last two vials of holy water be wrenched from her hand. The small bottles now floated in the air only to shatter when Ino closed her hand. She then commanded the water into the darkwave and closed the hand holding it at bay. This forced the dark energy to be compressed around the water which caused a very volatile reaction.
"V-V-Violet?" Naruko asked slightly worried as she saw the small sphere shake, rattle, convulse and bursting in patches of blue flames. She also noted that the mind walker's nosebleed had progressed to almost looked like Ino had taken a brick to the face. The worry was soundly ignored.
"Burn," Ino growled and shoved both hands forward.
Following the order of her mistress, the chaos orb erupted into a jet of purple and blue flames. The dual-colored inferno roared without mercy into Mathew and in an instant the creature found itself bathed in burning chaos. Howls and cries of pain both human and not could be heard the flames left no area untouched. Benihime, Hinata, and Naruko just stared mouth agape at the sudden display of power that their "weakest member" now displayed against the abomination. Yet Ino could only keep the jet of flames going for three more seconds before her eyes rolled back and her body started to tumble forward.
"Ino-chan!" Naruko called out and quickly caught the girl before she hit the ground.
"It's still not dead," Hinata commented as her Byakugan saw the abomination still had a sliver of health left. Thankfully the flames looked to have taken all of the monster's stamina as well since it could barely move any more pain.
"Then kill it," Naruko suggests as she cradled Ino and let Benihime scan her. "Don't worry, Hinata-chan. After that it's super weak, so all you have to do is hit that crystal. That's more than likely his weak point given how it's flashing. Besides at this point, I don't care who gets the kill."
Hinata nodded as she too wanted to didn't want to deal with this monster anymore. Hence, now that she could move again, she speed-walked to the barely alive creature and aimed her weapon. Then she flawlessly unleashed the Lotus Lance into the core crystal. The satisfaction of seeing all five hits be declared CRITICAL was only matched when the crystal shattered from the final strike. This cause a small chain reaction of hundreds of souls come screaming out of the abomination as the rest of its stitched body dismantled until only the main human body was left.
The last human face, probably the real priest, looked at himself in horror before looking at Hinata with anger. He forced his malnutrition body to ran at her with the fully intent of killing her. One single swing of the naginata was all it took to decapitate the sad husk of a man.
[Congratulations! You've won!]
[You've gain 500XP]
[Loot: Skill Scroll - Desolation Claw, Soul Stone |Special Item|, Leather Face Mask |Common| [Head], and 50 silver coins]
[Naruko Uzumaki has leveled up!]
Naruko Uzumaki [Lv5] ~Trickster Queen~
Job: Novice
XP: 117 / 461
HP: 118 + 22 = 140
MP: 1,513 + 70 = 1,583
ATK: 016 + 1 = 017
DEF: 034 + 1 = 035
AGI: 014 + 1 = 015
VIT: 010 + 1 = 011
INT: 018 + 1 = 19
SPR: 269 + 6 = 275
PER: 010 + 1 = 011
Attribute Points: 0000 + 10 = 10
[Ino Yamanaka has leveled up!]
Ino Yamanaka [Lv19] ~The Gossip Queen~
Job: Ninja Academy Student
XP: 266 / 3018
HP: 1,800 + 100 = 1,900
MP: 935 + 55 = 1,045
"Damn. Had she train a little more our savior here could've class change," Naruko commented at seeing the victory notifications.
Not two seconds later the door to the room exploded into splitters thanks to Kakashi's lighting covered hand.
The girls blinked.
The two jonin and Hokage blinked.
Silence.
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"Did we miss anything?" Kakashi finally asked after seeing the state of the room.
"Heh, name one time when the authority arrives on time in a horror movie?" Naruko questioned back with an amused chuckled.
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[Abandoned Church - ground floor]
When Ino woke up the first thing she felt was a splitting headache. The thumping was as if her brain wanted to kick its way out of her skull while it was also trying to melt its way out of her nose. All in all, the Yamanaka could only hold her head and moan in pain. Thankfully pain subsided a bit when a pair of hands slowly imbued her head in a soothing sensation.
"Hah, thanks. That feels really nice," Ino sighed happily. Then she heard a familiar chuckle.
"Thanks for the review. Hinata-chan is better at this thanks to her Jūnken but I can still help with Frist-Aid," Naruko commented. A couple of seconds later the flow of her chakra was cut.
Ino sighed, slowly sat up and carefully opened her eyes in case the light would hurt her eyes. Thankfully the soft afternoon light entering through the broken windows and gaps in the wall didn't cause pain. Then she turned to thank Naruko and had to blink her eyes multiple times to see if what was in front of her was real. The Uzumaki noticed the look and laughed before standing up to give a small twirl.
Ino still couldn't believe it.
Right beside her now stood a Naruko Uzumaki with long flowing orange hair with white highlights that reach her ankles, long pointy ears, purple skin, golden eyes with star pupils, narrow rectangular glasses and goddamn platinum shark teeth.
"So, what do you think about my dark elf form? Pretty awesome, right?" the girl asked. Ino could already feel the headache coming back with a vengeance.
"Freaking stupid and- Ouch! Dammit, my head!" Ino cursed as her brain started kicking her skull again.
"Guess it's worse when your awake, huh?" Naruko noted. "Here put this circlet for now. One of the books we found on the bookshelves in the lad was a recipe for a psionic dampener. Thankfully it also had the magic stones needed to make it so I forged one for you."
"The heck is a psionic dampener?" the Yamanaka asked but still put on the headgear. Immediately the pain started to go away however now she felt like her head was wrapped up in too many blankets. At least the circlet felt very comfortable and the cold was just right.
"I have no idea," the Uzumaki answered and added, "Beni-chan said you're just suffering the fallback of overusing your psionic abilities. But she wouldn't explain what they were except to tell you to ask your parents about them. Seems it has something to do with your bloodline limit. Hinata-chan also said her Byakugan noticed that chakra now flow more freely into your brain. It's like it got a power-up."
Ino's head was still a bit foggy so she took the explanation at face value. At the same time, she took in her surroundings to see that, yes, they were on the temple's ground floor and she had been resting one of the benches facing the altar. Also, they had provided her with a pillow and right now only Naruko was there with her.
"Okay, two questions: Why did you transform into that? And, where is everybody else?" the blonde inquired shapeshifting companion. In return, she got a sharp shiny grin.
"Well, this sexy transformation is thanks to this mirror Kurenai-sensei found," Naruko explained and pulled out a full-length body mirror. Then she stood before it as a window popped up and she clicked something. Ino's eyebrows almost rose past her hairline as the whiskered elf's changes seem to burn or melt away until Naruko was back to her original form except for the glasses which stayed on.
"When she was looking around, she found it in a bedroom and could detect the mirror could create powerful illusions. Once she touched it, the mirror became an item in her temporary inventory. It was only after she rejoined with us and we got out the catacombs that we could see what it could do.
Turns out it's an Avatar Editor but it only works for me. Now I can't change my looks to a lot of weird combinations. It's like having a whole costume department and makeup crew all to myself! Though I still have to buy the clothes and I have to at least now how a hairstyle looks like before being able to use it.
Oh, and the glasses are real. Found them in one of the desks in the lab. They give +5 INT and since I need intelligence to understand magic, I'll just keep using them. Weirdly enough they have no prescription and I see the same with or without them. Probably a quirk of it being a game item.
As for everyone else? They're in the back with Beni-chan investigation which books from the laboratory to keep and which to destroy. Although is mostly Beni-chan doing the ready as she can read ridiculously fast. Like I genuinely saw her read one of those super thick books in seconds. Anyway, I'm here because it was my turn to look after you. It's been like 3hrs since you knocked yourself out after using those new powers. Never thought you could do that. It was freaking awesome!"
"I didn't either," Ino confessed while trying to process all of that information. The dampener was making it hard to think straight but thankfully her mental training was helping somewhat. "I don't know why but I could hear the souls in the crystal screaming and pleading to be set free. But they were all so loud I just couldn't handle it.
Though there was one that was trying to help me by building a shield against the worst of it. Then right before the link was cut, they taught me how to "grab" things with my mind. I think that what I ended up doing in the end but I can't really explain it better than that. This is the first time I've ever done something like this."
"Well, Beni-chan said your parents would somehow know more about this. So, I guess we'll have to wait. Anyway, lets met up with the others," Naruko suggested and after picking everything up they moved towards the back of the building. There they found Benihime reading a book as Hinata handed one to Hiruzen so he could burn with a low-power fire jutsu. "Hey! Everyone! Our sleepy savior finally woke up!"
After this, the group chatted about what transpired after they separated, the boss fight and the exist out of the catacombs. They started with Kurenai who had found the magical mirror when she had located a bedchamber. Turned out she had fought the least as the area barely had any monsters besides a couple of bats, rats, and spiders. Regretfully besides the mirror that only Naruko could use all she found were clothing, a few pieces of jewelry and random knickknacks.
The Sandaime had been a lot more fortunate as he had found the library. While unable to read the language, he could already guess the possible fountain of knowledge this could provide after Naruko learned to translate into their langue. He also got to experience a whole new level of hatred for paperwork as some books came to life and tried their best to eat him. It explained why he had volunteered to be the book burner. Everyone chose to ignore the complete glee in the old man's eyes as he burned the forbidden pages and tomes.
Next came Kakashi who ended with the short end of the stick among the adults. It seemed, his path had just led to one monster nest after the other no matter which way or room he went to. Hell, even the one treasure chest he had managed to find turned out to be a mimic. Oh, but it wasn't just any other mimic because the designer of the dungeon hated him. The mimic had been a mama and all 3,000 coins inside of her had been her babies who were still too young to transform into anything else.
"So… many… legs… and teeth," the silver-haired jonin muttered with a dead look and a twitching hand the sparked with some electricity. Naruko hugged as she found another compatriot in the battle to exterminate mimics.
After this, the adults explained that they had gotten the warning of the girls encountering the dungeon boss. Immediately they had drop what they were doing and ran towards their location. However, the presence of the boss seemed to have made the monsters turn feral as their numbers and ferocity multiplied. They had still been weak but the quantity was enough to slow down all three experienced shinobi. Hence why they only reach the laboratory after the abomination was kill. Thankfully, given how they didn't encounter any monsters on the way up, killing the corrupted priest was all that was needed to cleanse the area of monsters.
"These are the last of them," Benihime announced as she pointed to the four books Hinata had to get to their fire-maker. "The books behind Kurenai are history, myths, legends, and either personal or professional journals. The ones behind Kakashi are different fields of science and theories on magic. Finally, the one's behind me are all related to the various field of alchemy. Once you put them in your inventory a [Books] tab will be created and they will be sorted correctly. You'll even have the option of sorting and searching them by type."
"Thank you for the work everyone," Naruko appreciated and accepted the practical library. 'Unless I learn to multiply myself, I doubt I'll live enough to read all of this,' she thought to herself.
"Glad to see you okay Ino-san," Hinata said before walking over to the Yamanaka and hugging her in gratitude. "Thank you for saving us."
"Y-Y-Your welcome," Ino accepted the hug with an embarrassed blush. Then when they separated, she added "Though I still don't know how that happened. Like I told Pumpkin; that's the first time I've ever done anything like that and I never heard anything about psionic abilities. Why can't you explain it Benihime-san?"
"Sorry, Ino-san. While I do know what your new abilities are, they fall under the class-specific skills. Unless you reach that plateau, I am physically unable to speak such information. However, I can give hints on how to reach that level," the redheaded fairy informed then she added "Hint: Practice the skills you have cultivated with your mother and exercise with your father."
The Yamanaka frown at this but given the fairy had also dodged the question of Naruko's potential Ino decided to not harass the living manual. Then they heard Kakashi clear his throat to get their attention.
"Sandaime-sama. Girls," Kakashi started. He shared a glance with the crimson-eyed kunoichi who nodded in return. "Last night Kurenai-san and I were talking about your education or lack of. Well, a question came up and we believe it has to be asked for your's and your classmate's safety."
"Sure. What is it?" Naruko inquired for her teammates.
"Oh… well… huh…" the cyclops tried to start. 'Fuck,' he thought with newfound distress. Facing assassins with control over the elements? He's been doing it since his genin days. Planning and successfully orchestrating the fall of a criminal empire? No problem, just give him a pencil or a paper clip and he'll come up with something. Need to threaten or assassinate a high ranking official by making it look like an accident so as not to instigate war? He did that last week! Now, want him to ask three small preteen girls about their sexuality?
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Yeah, he would rather face the Kyubi again. Thank you very much!
Kurenai had seen her senpai suddenly becoming tongue-tied and didn't know whether to shake her head or laugh. Still, the man's sudden problem somehow made her think better of him. At least the Copy Ninja had enough dignity to understand how wrong it looked for an adult man to ask small girls about sex.
"Girls," Kurenai started with her motherly tone. The silver-haired jonin looked like the world had been taken off his shoulders. "This will most definitely be embarrassing and uncomfortable for everyone but it needs to be asked. So, I will: How much do your three know or have been taught about sex?"
Three reactions followed this question:
Hinata's voice sounded similar to a strangled mouse as she tried to hide her luminescent blush behind her feather helmet.
Ino's eyes went as wide possible while also blushing and her mouth flapped opened and closed without a sound.
Naruko on the other hand…
"What's sex?" The complete honesty and pure confusion stunned everyone. Then she added "I know the women around my district sell it and that a lot of guys like the Head Master and Mizuki like buying it. But the women always take the men inside an apartment or into an alley. I've even asked them what they do and they always either tell me things like "surviving", "none of your business" or pad my head and tell me I'm too young to know."
While the adults stared in horror at another discovery about the Uzumaki's stunt development Ino stared in confusion.
"The heck her you talking about, Baka?" the purple kunoichi asked while frowning. "Were you not paying attention when Amagari-sensei came to visit and gave us that class? She took time off her busy schedule as a doctor in the hospital to teach us."
"Amagari-sensei? Class? The hell are you talking about?" the novice-witch questioned back.
"Dammit, my head is not ready to play games. I know you can be dumb but I refuse to believe you would forget such basic information as to how babies are made!"
"W-W-Wait," Hinata's soft voice stopped both blondes from further arguing. "I remember that day. The reason Naru-kun can't remember that day is because she wasn't there since the Head Master called her to his office. I remember because it was the first-day Naru-kun had come back from the hospital after breaking her leg in the skateboard race she had with Kiba-san."
"On yeah. I remember now. Pumpkin was still in a cast and crutches but she was called for apparently pulling a prank. I found it weird at first but minutes later Amagari-sensei came in," Ino reminisced on that embracing day. After that class, she couldn't see any boy in the face without blushing for the rest of the week. Naruko on the other hand frown.
"Oh, I remembered that day too," the Uzumaki growled with crossed arms. "I remember that bastard yelling at me for doing something that happened while I was still in the hospital. Then he had the damn gal to punish me by making me stand in the hallway until he was satisfied without crutches. I'm lucky that my leg didn't end up messed up from that."
This had been the first time any of them had heard of such a thing and everyone was rightfully angered. It was almost surprising how each bit of information they learned showed a blatant dislike of the Head Master for the Uzumaki. Then Naruko blinked as if she just realized something mayor.
"Hey, girls? Did this Amaragi-sensei look anything like this?" Naruko asked before using the Transformation Jutsu. Once the smoke cleared, they saw a middle-aged woman of average figure and face with brown hair and eyes. It was the type of person that could easily be lost in the crowed but Hinata and Ino nodded in recognition. Naruko released the jutsu to turned back but she now sported a disgusted smile.
"Should have known. The bitch isn't a doctor let alone a nurse or a teacher. Heck, her name isn't even Amaragi but Amayaki and she was one of the caretakers of the orphanage I used to live in. As far as I know, she failed the test to became teacher multiple times and she was also one of the worst in the orphanage.
At least to me anyway and she was the one that personally kicked me out for "criminal behavior" after I picked the lock on the fridge so I could finally eat something decent that weak. Bet the only reason she even got that job is because the Head Master is always buying sex from her after she was kicked out of the orphanage."
Hiruzen was starting to become unable to understand why the small Uzumaki hadn't gone full Kyubi and ripped him apart after she learned her status as the village's jinchuriki. Each new piece of information about the girl's life seems to shove in his face his incompetence when it came to dealing with her. Even if they had been running thin on manpower after the Kyubi attack there should have been a bigger group dedicated to protecting and nurturing the girl. Maybe then she wouldn't have suffered in silence all she had. However, that was in the past and the only way he could help was in the present.
"Clearly more crimes have been committed under my nose than I thought," the Sandaime said in a serious tone. Then he asked, "Ladies, I know this will be embarrassing but we do need to know what you were taught during your Sexual Education classes?"
"Classes?" both Ino and Hinata questioned in unison and looked at each other in confusion. Then a worried Ino said "H-H-Hokage-sama… We only ever got that one."
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"I am going to kill them." The flatness of Hiruzen's voice failed to hide the barely restrained bloodlust in his eyes. It was only thanks to him staring at the very expanse of the horizon that all three girls weren't cowering in fear. It also helped that Kurenai had dropped to her knees and taken them all into a protective hug as if a mama bear was shielding her cubs from a dangerous world. Kakashi had just decided to convert a stone wall into dust by way of a loud lighting covered hand.
It was only thanks to Benihime taking command and assigning jobs for the jonin that things became somewhat normal. Hiruzen's job became to set up at tents and cook their meal for the night. He gladly accepted as the repeated motions would let him meditate and control his anger. Kakashi's task was to build a rudimentary bath for the ladies and then boys to use from the lake beside the church. Creatively using destructive force was always a challenge he like taking on. Kurenai's role, however, was a little different…
"You want me to what?" the Genjutsu Mistress asked because she wasn't sure that she heard right. Benihime just smirked and repeated herself.
"I want you to assist me in teaching these three about sex. Cold hard truth. No sugar coating. Full impact if needed!"
The next three hours were the most embarrassing moments in the kunoichi in train short lives. Benihime, as proper and sweet as she appeared, refused to hold back anything when it came to teaching the girls. Models, diagrams, pictures or videos the small redhead made sure that they could see and, with Kurenai's very reluctant help, touch the material to understand the female anatomy. She showed, talked, explained and answered many questions, created more and still managed to answer them.
How do the female and male bodies change during puberty? That was the first 50 minutes. Masturbation and gratification? She materialized toys and showed video examples much too Kurenai's dismay. What the act of sex was? Showed them short straight, lesbian and gay softcore scenes that the illusion maker couldn't stop. How a baby is made? CGI simulation from the moment a man's seed travels to meet the woman's egg to the moment the baby was born. What are the perils of unprotected sex? By the end, the girl had taken to heart to always carry protection and never take a no as an answer for using a condom unless they were ready to be mothers.
"Any questions, ladies?" Benihime asked the three blushing and meek-looking kunoichi. It took a moment but Naruko rose a shaking hand. "Yes, Naruko-cha?"
"Is it true that some girls like taking it in the butt or was that a joke?" The only reason the Uzumaki could say that with a straight face and no stuttering was that somewhere between touching Kurenai's chest and the toys Gamer Mind had activated. That did not stop her luminescent blush for matching her teammates' ones.
"Yes. For some, it's like its very own G-spot. However, as I explained before, you should ask before doing such activities. Plus, and I can't stress this enough, always clean before and after." The Navi answered with a teacher's voice.
"Okay. Thank you," Naruko said sitting in seiza like her friends. Then she lowered her head and refused to look at anyone. Ino and Hinata were similar only they were covering their faces with their hands to see if maybe they could stop the heat from burning their faces. Regretfully the images and sounds would not die without a fight. Kurenai for her part glared at Benihime's smug satisfied look.
"I hope you're happy because I'm pretty sure you traumatize them!"
"Better them be traumatize in a controlled and healthy environment. After all, it could be worst like them going into the internet and getting their little minds warped beyond all recognition as they are exposed to the depravities of humanity fetishizes beyond the greatest of degrees."
Before the jonin kunoichi could make an argument the Sandaime called out that food was ready. The three girls couldn't have bolted faster out of the area.
"Well, I consider this crash course a success. Now let's go eat!"
Again, the Genjutsu Mistress was left unable to argue with the fairy as she dematerialized everything they used with a snap of her fingers and flew away. It took Kurenai of seconds to realized how well the living manual had played them while still managing to give an honest and well-informed lecture on the topic. Then she could only chuckle in defeat before joining everyone else for dinner.
As the party ate in the camp the students couldn't meet each other's eyes without blushing. Hence it was up to Kurenai to give a brief summary of what was covered. Hearing how informative the lesson was the Hokage inquired if Benihime could give him a copy so he, alongside actual medical practitioners and members of the Seduction Unit could form a proper and updated course on sexual education. The fairy agreed but also made suggestions on how they would have to give this year's graduating class an accelerated version given the timeframe before said graduation.
The kage agreed as he feared what could happen should the students go out to the world without said knowledge. Regretfully, for the children, this will just be even more material that will be added for them to learn. Thankfully the Head Master would be taking all of the blame and rightfully so.
"Naruko-chan," Hiruzen suddenly called out. The girl jumped at her name and quickly looked at him with confusion. "I imagine that you would wish to take a bath alongside your friends in the hot springs Kakashi-kun created. But I will have to ask you to postpone doing so as I wish to see if you can learn a special jutsu."
"Special Jutsu?" Naruko asked with stars in her eyes. In less than a second all embarrassment, and whatever had been left on her plate, was gone and she sat in front of the old man once more in seiza. "Special Jutsu?" she asked again with sparkling eyes.
Hiruzen saw that look and could only chuckle. Hence, he finished his dish, put away the plate and told Naruko to follow him. He also instructed the heiresses to not look or interfere in any way in this training. Naruko for her part just followed while chanting "special jutsu" over and over again. Then when they finally reached behind the church the Hokage turned towards the student.
"Now, Naruko-chan. What I'm about to show and teach you is a very strong and difficult jutsu. If it wasn't for your status as a jinchuriki I wouldn't even think of doing this. The reason being that the amount of chakra needed to use this jutsu can only be achieved by the most highly trained of shinobi. Hence why this jutsu is classified as a Forbidden A-Rank Ninjutsu."
With each word, the Hokage said Naruko's grin and excitement grew a notch. Not only was she going to be trained personally by one of the strongest men known to recent history but he was going to teach her a forbidden ninjutsu? Just what kind of technique could this be? An ultra-powerful fireball, summoning a gigantic thunderstorm or maybe create an army of stone? Oh, the possibilities!
Then Hiruzen used the middle and index fingers on each hand to make a cross…
"Shadow Clone Jutsu!" the kage called out and in a cloud of white smoke, a second Hiruzen appeared. Both spoke in perfect sync "This is the ninjutsu a want you to learn and master."
Naruko's eyes widened, her jaw dropped and her legs failed her. As the blonde fell on her knees as she tried to process what had just happened. All of this talk about a strong forbidden ninjutsu that only the strongest of shinobi could do. All of that for a lousy freaking clone jutsu? The same jutsu that was by far and large her worst? By the ramen gods, she's been tricked, she's backstabbed and she been quite possibly, bamboozled!
Only one possible reaction could give this justice.
"NNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooo!"
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By the time the first rays of light started to illuminate the world Hinata was already up. Though to be more precise she, alongside the rest of the party, hadn't gone to sleep on Kakashi's suggestion.
"By morning the timer on the gate will end so we can go home. And since it will be night time on the real world any way we may as well just stay up here so we get a full night's rest back home," was how the Hatake had phrased it. Kurenai had a chuckle at this but agreed. Then she even said they should make it a sort of a game to see who could the other awake the longest.
The poor academy students who at this time hadn't have any training on functioning through lack of sleep didn't stand a chance. Any time they had been even close to falling asleep they got woken up by a loud noise, getting their face splashed with cold water or pelted by small objects. Adding to this was Ino still suffering for her headaches that now came in waves and Hinata's worries of Naruko.
They had all heard that girl's scream after leaving with the Hokage. It was kind of hard not to when it was so filled with so much anger and despair. Kakashi had quickly gone to check and a few moments later came back still chuckling. So, the girls summarized that it must have been Naruko's penchant for the overdramatic at the weirdest of things. It still didn't help ease Hinata's worries as she could see the Uzumaki's MP constantly being drained, at times to almost nothing, and then quickly refilled only for the cycle repeat itself. Then at some point, her crush's HP also started taking hits but thankfully they were single-digit losses that recovered by themselves.
"Just what type of training was she getting?" Hinata thought to herself.
"What was that?" Ino grouchily question while resting her head on the Hyuga's shoulder. Both girls now sport noticeable rings under their eyes. They were also sitting on a bench in the church watching the jonin. Neither of the adults seems to have been affected by having stayed up all night.
"Oh, I said that out loud? Sorry, but I'm worried about Naru-kun," the bluenette said. The blond just sighed and rose into a more normal sitting position as she yawned.
"I wouldn't worry too much. Little Pumpkin is with both Benihime and Sandaime-sama. I really *yawn* doubt those two would let her do something stupid that could get her killed. Plus, we kind of need her alive to get out of here anyway. Ouch, stupid headaches."
Hearing this Hinata giggled a little as she used her chakra to give her friend a soft massage. The Yamanaka sighed with joy as the pain was soothed away by those gentle hands. As this was happening everyone heard a chime go off around them.
[Punishment time has been concluded. The seal placed on The Gate has been lifted.]
[Players are now allowed to exit the dungeon.]
[Thank you for playing.]
"It seems we can return home," Hiruzen voice could be heard saying. The shinobi turned to see him entering the church followed by Benihime and Naruko being carrying Naruko on her shoulders.
Wait, what?
Both Ino and Hinata did a double-take and stared at the identical Uzumaki twins. They were covered in cuts, bruises, slight burns, sweat, and dirt from training all night thought one being carried seem to be sleeping. Then two more Narukos walked in holding different items. Naruko #3 had Hinata's regular ninja clothes neatly folded in her arms. Naruko #4 was holding ninja pouches of different colors and designs. The pouches were: lavender with the Hyuga emblem, purple with Yamanaka emblem, dark blue with a pug and red with pedals.
"Hinata-chan, you're drooling," Ino whispered with a smirk. The lavender girl jumped and discreetly wiped herself clean just as the second pair of Narukos reach then. The first to speak was N3…
"Here you go, Hinata-ojousama. Anego found them in her inventory last night. Benihime-san explained that they were transferred there after your class change since you didn't have an inventory at the time." With that N3 gave the princess her clothing with a grin. Hinata accepted them with a blush dusted face and a small thank you.
"I suggest you change back," Benihime said. "It would look weird for you to walk around decked in armor and weapons all of a sudden. Plus, there is no need to worry about misplacing your items." After saying that N4 started handing the ninja circular pouches.
"Hokage-sama was correct in taking the library for all it was worth. It was a treasure trove of recipes for lots of potions or useful items. Anego also learned that recipes can be learned immediately without consuming a skill learning chance. One of those recipes was how to make these Bags of Holding.
Anego thought it was unfair that only she could enjoy the spoils of victory. Therefore, she had a few of us clones make these for you guys. Regretfully since her level isn't high enough, we could only make beginner level bags. Hence why they can only hold 50 different times, 20 of the same healing items, 10 equal combat items and 50 of the same material."
Each person grabbed their personal pouch and blinked. The students accepted theirs with gratitude as the items were both useful, of good quality leather and stylish. The two jonin, on the other hand, could only stare as the brains tried to rationalize that they have been given a reality-bending item on a child's whim. Once more Kurenai tried to be the voice of reason or at least the one that tried to find it.
"U-U-Uzumaki… This… You can just give people the ability to have and inventory like your own? Do you even know how this could affect the world?" she asked already thinking how this could change everything on the battlefield. Just how many people would be saved from having multiple medical supplies? Not to mention that since the size wasn't a problem now the only limit for traveling would only be your stamina and the terrain as you wouldn't be burden by the weight of your supplies.
'This is incredible! With just one bag she can change the way the world works! If she sells starts making and selling these Naruko-chan more than likely would never need to work on the field ever again. She would have a total monopoly on one of the most coveted items in the entire world. Both civilians and shinobi alike would pay an arm and a leg for this convenience!' she thought. Then the group heard a groan, almost identical to the zombies they fought yesterday, coming from the Naruko being carried.
"Yes, I know what this means," the original Naruko answered. Then the blonde lifted her head and she did look at tiered blue eyes that shined with satisfaction. "After I managed to make an actual shadow clone and Jiji showed me they could learn things for me we had them do tasks. One of them was creating a Bag of Holding from one of the recipes I learned from the library. Once I created one and explained what it was Jiji made sure to teach me about the possible consequences of such an item being known to the public.
I'll admit that it wasn't until then that remembered that we don't live in a world where not having a bag that could hold anything is normal. Sure, we have storage scroll but unlike me and these bags/pouches, they do have weight, size and amount limits. Therefore, I chose to only make six of these; one for each of you and that last one for my sister. If I make another one it will be for my children.
I refuse to keep making these for the rest of my life or be the catalyst of war because of some stupid higher up in the social chain thinks the price of the bag is too high."
"That's might be a good option Naruko-chan," Kakashi said while admiring the small stitched Pakun on his. Then he opened it and the interior was a pack of lightning wolves running. "By the way, how did your clones manage to make each of our pouches this personalized?" This question earned him a smirk from the oldest shinobi there.
"Oh, that?" Hiruzen asked before chuckling. "She needed a lock of your hair and at least a drop of blood. I took the liberty of acquiring of gathering the materials last night while one of my clones guarded her."
"Guess that explains the single mosquito bite," the Hatake grumbled at how easily the kage had got past his defense. The other three victims instinctively went to scratch the place they had also that they had been bitten; Kurenai her neck, Ino the back of her hand and Hinata above her elbow. All three had eyes wide in surprise as they hadn't even felt the blood being drawn and instead only reacted to the itching. Hiruzen seeing these reactions gave a loud and happy grandfatherly laugh.
"Hah, it does this old heart good to know I can still run circles around you, youngsters," he said with a smirk. "Now, I'm sure we all want to get back home to our proper beds. Therefore, let us pack up and head towards the gate."
At the order, the group stood up and went to work getting everything back into Naruko's inventory. After that Hinata put her new armor and weapon into her new pouch and changed back to her shirt, pants and cream color hoodie. Once this was done the group started to travel towards the hill where the gate was. This time they made sure to avoid as many enemies as possible however the clones 3 and 4 did gather more materials from the ground as they move.
Thankfully due to taking a direct route and avoiding battles the party reaches the entrance in less than an hour. There they saw the cave entrance with a white orb floating in front of it. By this time Naruko had recovered enough to stand on her own two feet and dispelled her clones before walking towards the sphere. Then she touched it…
"World Gate hear my command and open the exist: Konohagakure!"
Like the first time the world broke and distorted into a white pixelated spiral. This time the group was ready and walked into the portal without fear. The transfer between game and reality was near-instantaneous. Although the sudden change from day to night was disorienting at the start everyone agreed that they were glad to be back. They took a few moments to take in their world before the Sarutobi asked Naruko to transport them to the Hokage Office.
In one quick Fast Travel, the group was in front of the office though this time both Hinata and Ino made sure the grab onto the whiskered who couldn't stop the blush upon feeling her friend's bodies pressed against hers. After this, the team was disbanded and Naruko yawned from exhaustion.
"Well, *yawn* I'm going home to sleep. See ya all later," Naruko said as she opened the fast travel window.
"Wait!" Ino suddenly called out. The Uzumaki and the rest turned to her with a raised eyebrow. The princess ignored the stares "Look, I know we don't see eye to eye most of the time. But after that dungeon, I think it would be best if we at least start over. We don't have to be friends but I know if I stay with you and Hinata-chan I'll get stronger. So, why don't you come home with me for the night? Mom probably already has a hot meal and bath waiting anyway."
There were three different reactions to this:
The adults and fairy looked proud at how the girl just admitted wanting to better herself and was willing to start by making an ally of a former enemy. Hinata, however, felt conflicted because, on one hand, this meant Naruko would have another friend which was always welcome for the lonely Uzumaki. On the other hand, she felt extremely jealous over the fact that the supposed Sasuke fangirl was moving in on her territory.
'Naru-kun is my gay crush, dammit! Get your own!' Hinata's hormonal mind screamed though thankfully this time she managed to stay silent.
The Uzumaki's reaction, however, was not what anyone expected.
"Please don't do that," Naruko said with a small frown before explaining herself "I understand you want my help in getting stronger. I actually admire that and will help you if you ask. Heck, I'm willing to be your friend after today but don't try to invite me to your home like you're doing me a favor. Everyone in our class knows I'm an orphan that goes back to an empty house each day and no one ever bothered to give me asylum before."
"Hey! I'm trying to-"
"However!" Naruko interrupted before smirking "If say you plan something like a sleepover between you, Hinata and I for later and with your parent's permission it's a whole other story. That way all three of us can have fun by playing board or videogames, eat junk food and talk the whole night away. Heck, for Hinata you could just have your parents write a letter saying this could improve relations between clan or something. Just make sure not to mention me in said later so the chance of success is higher."
After hearing this Ino had to blink once and then twice before bursting into giggles.
"What the heck?" she asked after getting control back thought she still had a smirk on. "You don't want charity but a party is okay? Is that it?"
"Yep," the Uzumaki answered without a hint of shame on her grin. "It more fun after all. Anyway, I think this is where we part for today. Maybe we'll see each other tomorrow if not see you on Monday. Oh, and Violet. Make sure to ask your mom and dad about those psionic powers. There was a literal blast and I want to see more!"
"Will do," Ino promised with a smile. "See you later and don't worry. I'll make sure the three of us have that sleepover."
With that, the group waved good-bye to the Uzumaki for the night as she disappeared into the sky. After this, they separated with Hiruzen, under the guard of ANBU just materialized, went to the Hokage Mansion to rest before the mountain of paper that was sure to be waiting for him the next morning. Kurenai as would be expected of as a guardian took Hinata back to the Hyuga. That felt Kakashi how had agreed to escort Ino back to her parents while also provide a good excuse for why the girl was this later and roughed up.
All in all, this was a good conclusion for the first dungeon.
Arthur's Note:
I forgot to say this in the previous chapter but if you want to get a better image of how Hinata's looks like you should search for Aeleen from Dragalia Lost. Only difference the chest plate completely covers the torso. No midriff or cleavage to show.
UPDATE: Noticed a light error in math. Following my rules to increase MP I missed points of Naruko's MP. I'll be looking out for this from now on.