Chapter 14: Just normal training
[Naruko's Apartment]
(Sunday – late night)
Naruko clicked the pause button on her remote during the scene of Mustang's mini-skirt speech as she heard knocking on the door. Seeing the late hour put the girl on edge and she asked her fairy to investigate. Reason being that unless the person could easily detect chakra like say a Hyuga with their Byakugan or a well-trained sensor tye the fairy was for all intended porpuses invisible to everyone.
'Now that I think about. Beni-chan could be extremely good for doing recognize missions. I've heard that there exists invisibility jutsu but those are rare and the people that can use them even more so. Yet for Beni-chan unseen is her appears to be her natural state. Better make a not to talk to her about this later,' Naruko thought while getting ready to move if needed. Seconds later the door opened and Benihime came back with Kakashi and the Uzumaki relaxed.
"Kakashi-sensei? I know I'm cute but aren't I a little too young for a booty call?" Naruko asked as she got up from her couch.
"Haha, very funny," Kakashi snarked with a small glare. "Anyway, I came here because Sandaime-sama wishes to hire your services."
"Huh?" was the reaction of both females.
"You did say you were up to taking construction jobs, didn't you?" the cyclops asked back with his famous eye smile.
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[Ninja Academy Entrance]
(Monday - morning)
Currently Ino was waiting, like everyone else, at the entrance of the academy. Normally she would have been in the classroom waiting for class to start but teams of chunin weren't letting one into the school. They had also recently put a stage which overlooked the front yard. Hence there was good probably that they were going to give an important announcement.
"What do you think they're going to tell us, Shikamaru?" Choji Akimichi could be heard asking their childhood friend. The lazy bum in question just yawned as he kept resting on the shade the tree, they were under was giving them.
"With any luck, it's that schools out and we can go back home to sleep," the Nara heir wished.
"And it's because of comments like those that Aunty Yoshino threatens you with her frying pan," Ino snarked with a grin. These two could be damn annoying at times but they were family and she did love them. Shikamaru Nara just grumbled something about troublesome people but didn't fight the accusation.
"Good morning Ino-chan," Hinata's voice could be heard and the three turned to look.
"Good morning Hinata-chan," Ino greeted and gave the girl a welcoming hug. Then she stepped back, looking at her fellow princess and whistled. "Damn girl. Never took you for someone to accessories like this." In response, the Hyuga blushed but managed to puff-up a little to show off her new look. Said new look was Hinata wearing her blue chest armor minus the helmet, pauldron, and skirt. Over the armor, she wore an opened light lavender hoddie jacket with white sleeves that partially hid her fingerless gauntlets. Instead of the skirt, the Hyuga wore her regular navy blue pants with the greaves over them.
"I need to get used to wearing this armor so I decided to start now. Yesterday with Kurenai-sensei's help we put an order for chainmail and a pair of armored boots that match my armor's design," Hinata commented and looked at Ino's jewelry. "I see you're still wearing that circlet. It looks good on you."
"Thanks, I'm starting the new training with my parents but I still need this if I want to walk outside. If I don't I could end-up melting my brain and who knows how many others in the process."
"Since when are the two of you this buddy-buddy?" Shikamaru asked with a raised eyebrow. Hearing this Ino was about to answer when a voice spoke from the tree above them.
"You could say that after the training we got Friday it was bound to happen," Naruko said and everyone looked up to see the blonde hanging upside down from a branch.
"Okay, I have to ask," Ino started while glaring though there was no anger in her voice. "How are your shirt and boobs not dangling on your face?"
The boys and Hinata couldn't stop their eyes from wandering towards the Uzumaki's chest which was clad in a dark orange shirt. Understandably the three blushed at catching themselves but Ino was right. Naruko was standing upside down on the branch and the only things yielding to gravity were her hair which down a simple low ponytail and the girl's black pants which were slightly riding down.
"I'm using chakra to keep everything in place," the whiskered girl before cutting the flow of energy to her leather boots. One flip later she landed beside Choji without a problem. "The shirt was easy but my tits were a whole other ballgame. I had to practice by holding them in place with my hands first. After memorizing that feeling I tried to recreate that with my chakra." That information was all the hormones of the four pre-teens needed for them to quickly visualize a naked Naruko Uzumaki groping herself. Naruko burst out laughing as the four had nose bleeds of varying sizes. Though the Uzumaki's legendary dense skull stopped her from realizing Hinata's was the largest of them.
"I hate you," the Yamaka growled after recovering first.
"You just don't want to admit you think I'm hot," the Uzumaki chuckled. "By the way, do any of you know why everyone is out here?"
"Given what dad let slip yesterday I'm guessing it about what we talked to Hokage-sama in regards to our education," Ino told. This got the young shadow wielder's attention.
"What could have ever happened to you two that made you agree to go to the Hokage?" Shikamaru asked seriously. He might be trying to keep his clan's tradition of laziness but he would be damned if he didn't try to help his sister.
"Oh, that? Hinata-chan, Ino-chan and I were training together on Friday with Hinata-chan's teacher Kurenai-sensei. During the training, we were reviewing and Kurenai-sensei noticed some glaring gaps. Hence, she brought us to Jiji and we got grilled on what we thought we knew and didn't. After a bit of questioning, results were in: our education was worth less than crap," Naruko was quick to explain. Her two friends stared in awe at how easily the girl managed to make such a believable lie.
"That's an interesting story Uzumaki-san," a voice behind Choji was heard. The chubby boy jumped in surprise just as everyone else turned to see Shino Aburame walking into view from the cover of the tree.
"Oh, hello Shino-kun. You do know you didn't have to sneak into the conversation, right? We can all be friends here," Naruko greeted with a friendly smile.
"I was sitting beside this tree even before Akimichi-san, Nara-san and Yamanaka-san arrived," Shino commented with his regular neutral tone.
"But… But we've been here for at least 30 minutes," Choji noted with astonishment.
"Yes, that is correct."
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Naruko couldn't take the awkwardness any longer and quickly pulled out a jar of honey as big as her head. Then she bowed while presenting the offering to the Aburame. "We are all very sorry for disrespecting you in such a manner Aburame-sama. Please accept this as a peace offering." As the blonde finished everyone there could hear the buzzing coming from the boy. Funnily enough, they could all somehow tell it was the happy kind.
"My Queen will gladly accept the offering for her and her subjects," Shino said and took the pot of liquid gold. He then sealed it into a storage scroll for later.
Before any more talk could be made, they hear someone start speaking up on the stage.
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(Moments before with the teachers)
"I still don't get why we need to do this. We could have easily informed our students in our classroom," Iruka grumbled as he got ready for his speech.
"Don't be like that Umino-san. It's just a regular announcement about the change in class schedule," Suzume said with a small smirk at her colleagues' expense.
"Which is why I said we didn't need to do it like this. Plus, the start is kind of mean," the scared chunin commented.
"Uzumaki-san was already contacted last night and this was her idea. She wanted everyone to still think she's a troublemaker," a voice of an ANBU was heard. This particular ANBU's mask was different from the standard white animal theme the others used. This mask was painted black with red highlights and in the shape of a dragon thus signaling that this person was the ANBU Commander. The Commander was dressed in the regular ANBU attire with a black overcoat.
"Fine. I'll do this," Iruka sighed after hearing Dragon speak. Thus, he quickly rose the steps onto the stage and called out for the academy's attention. Like always he had to use the Demon Head Jutsu to get everyone to shut up.
"Thank you, everyone," he started while thanking the voice amplification seals on the stage so everyone could hear him without yelling. "However, before I can start. Naruko Uzumaki please report to the Headmaster's office."
A yell of "Oh come on!" could be heard clearly over everyone's laughter as the girl in question started making her way into the school. Iruka once more had to get the student body's attention as the girl retreated.
"Now everyone I have very important news regarding your studies…"
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[Ninja Academy - entrance hall]
"You always have the weirdest ideas Uzumaki-san," Dragon said as Naruko entered. The girl just laughed before shrugging and said…
"What can I say? It's a lot more believable for me to get busted for something than the teachers asking for my help. This way we also avoid the whole "But Sasuke-kun can do it better," shtick for him and his fans. Mostly his fans though since I don't think the guy can talk in anything more than grunts and glares."
"Misdirection and distraction have always been one of your strong suits," the Commander commented with a low chuckle.
"Yep," Naruko agreed with a grin.
Then both the adult and child popped into white smoke showing they had just been shadow-clones.
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[Ninja Academy - hallway]
(Moments later)
Iruka's graduating class was walking with him and a green haired Mizuki towards the training behind the school. The group was also flanked by the ANBU Commander and three other ANBU who would be the assistant with today's training. At the back Hinata and Ino were whispering to each other.
"While I don't like the fact that we now need to take more classes I can understand that. Still, I'm surprised Hokage-sama didn't nail to Headmaster to the wall," Ino complained as she remembered how Iruka had said the Headmaster was being investigated for "Misuse of school assets."
"They probably need more information to secure his sentencing," Hinata suggested with a shrug. The Yamanaka clicked her tongue at this.
"The guy actively sabotaged us and even papa said that with what they got now is enough to execute him for treason," the blonde informed.
"Maybe he has done a lot more and they want to keep him alive to confirm. However, what I want to know is where Naru-kun is? Iruka-sensei called her but that was just a clone that we were talking to," the bluenette said with a slight frown.
"You could tell?" At the surprise question, the Hyuga just pointed at her eyes.
"No armor, weapons or fairy," was all Hinata said.
"That's enough talking everyone," Iruka's voice could be heard saying. This was when the class noticed that they had finally reached the double-door leading to the training area.
"Okay, students listen up. Given that we want you to excel in your future we had some special shinobi work on improving our training ground. Now we'll have a dojo for weapons training, a proper pool for exercise and water combat, balancing poles to practice balance and fighting in unsteady surfaces, enhanced exercise equipment and we even got Training Puppets for more realistic battle practice." After informing the group this Iruka and the Commander opened the doors. Once opened the students entered to see they were now in a huge wooden dojo with training dummies and multiple racks filled with a variety of weapons. Then turning to their right, they noticed a glass wall and sliding door a fully stocked gym. For here they could see weights, treadmills, bikes, benches, gymnastic equipment, and even yoga mats.
However, before anyone could so much as a whistle in astonishment of the facility something crashed outside. Then they felt a huge and overbearing pressure which was followed by a small explosion. Already some of the weaker students were shaking while teachers and ANBU prepared for an attack. Next thing everyone knew the shōji (paper sliding door) was torn apart by something being thrown through them. The object landed roughly on the tatami mats and rolled a few feet towards them before stopping.
The adults gasped and some students screamed or fainted outright.
The reason for this being that what had been launched through the paper doors had been a body. The body of Naruko Uzumaki if one wanted to be more precise. Though the girl was barely recognizable as her face was covered in cuts, bruises, a black eye, and her blood. The girl's body wasn't faring any better as her clothing was shredded, ripped, cut, stabbed, covered in dirt and almost bathed in red. The entirety of the black jacket's left sleeve was gone showing the arm was bleeding from multiple cuts and hanging loose as it was dislocated. Half of the right leg of Naruko's pats was turned off which showed from the knee down the leg had been twisted backward. However, the turn source of horror was the fist-sized gaping hole on the Uzumaki's stomach which was oozing blood.
Neither Iruka or Hinata needs more a glace at the favorite blonde's state to move towards her. Regretfully a sudden pressure crashed down on them and brought them to their knees alongside everyone else. Even to his surprise, the ANBU Commander felt unable to move or even pick up his weapon due to the density of the chakra. The adults, and student who remained conscious, managed to lift their head just enough to see the pressure coming from a figure walking into the dojo.
The figure was feminine clad in dark navy armor which Hinata recognized was identical to the one she gained from her awakening. Another thing the people noticed of this female was that she could pass as Hinata's twin if not for the unnatural jet-black skin and cold glowing red eyes. Yet the most interesting thing about this person was the purple-black aura burning around her. Said aura flared harsher when someone tried to get up.
"I *pant* really *pant* hate you," Naruko spat out from her spot. Then with great effort, the Uzumaki managed to sit before groaning as she felt the hole in her stomach. "Fuck. Maybe I *pant* shouldn't have *coughs blood* used that last taunt."
Iruka and Hinata tried calling for the girl out the evil Hyuga clone seems to triple the pressure on them. In that single instance, it felt as if the very air had become a solid mass trying to strangle them from the inside. Then Naruko growled as they felt the pressure around them lift enough to breathe.
"Enough, you sadistic bitch! *pant and coughs blood* Just let me get *pant* up," the whiskered girl yelled while throwing her KI at the evil entity.
Next, to everyone's horror, they saw her roughly pop back in her dislocated shoulder. Inexplicably, for those watching, the act by itself was enough for the girl to regain full use of the limb which the Uzumaki used to grab her twisted leg. Naruko then gritted her teeth as hand hands took a firm grip and in one move turned the leg back into place. The sight of this act and the sound it made was enough for even one of the ANBU to lose their breakfast. Naruko on the other hand just got up to her feet seemingly not bothered by the darkening flesh. Then she pulled out a bottle with red liquid in it. After popping to cork out with her thumb the blonde down the drink in a single swing. Only Hinata's Byakugan could see how the liquid-filled the Uzumaki's body with healing mana which was powered up by the girl's red chakra. For everybody else what they saw was the hole in Naruko's stomach slowly growing muscle and flesh until it closed completely. The same thing happened with all other cuts or stab wounds and even the black eye resided enough for the whisked girl to see again from her left.
Still, the healing process visibly made the Uzumaki more tired than when she crashed landed in front of them. Nonetheless, Naruko spits blood and sweat while putting up her blue gauntlets at the ready. In response, the onyx skinned Hinata took her fighting stance and they started to circle one another. Halfway through the rotation, both females launched at each other with fists flying. For the students, it looked as if Naruko had suddenly grown two extra pairs of arms as she unleashes a near-infinite barrage of punches. To those that had fought and lost to her, they saw the whiskered girl having the upper-hand as the evil clone wasn't getting a single chance to attack. However, for those like Sasuke, Hinata and the adults it was another story as they could see the evil princess deflecting every punch thrown her way. Then dark Valkyrie threw a swift jab at Naruko's throat.
Naruko saw this and leaned to the side to avoid the attack. The punch managed to grace the side of her neck but at this point, the adrenaline had numbed the pain from glancing blows. Regretfully she should have seen the Valkyrie grabbing the back of her head so Naruko couldn't escape the knee to the stomach. Then, as Naruko tried to regain air, she was roughly flung to the side but with a quickly rolled she was back on her feet.
"WATCH OUT!" Hinata could be heard yelling as Naruko felt the air behind her being cut.
The blonde just smirked and stretched out her left arm in front of her. The paralyzed group could only stare in disbelief as the Gooper Scythe continued its trajectory of beheading the blonde. Then they lost their collective jaws as the weapon seemed to break every physical law as it spun in just the right way and velocity for its blade to just gently caressing Naruko's neck and hair without harm before the staff landed on the girl's opened palm. The whiskered girl then used her weapon to pull herself up and took a fighting stance. The dark clone responded in kind by summoning a naginata and getting ready.
"Kami, I hate you," a purple-eyed Naruko growled before smirking. "But I'm ending this now!" After the declaration five clones appeared in front of her much to the surprise of those watching. Then to further the surprise two jumped while the other three speared out before all of them yelled "Death's Scythe," and swinging their weapons. Everyone heard a sound similar to waves crashing onto rocks as five black rifts tore open around the Valkyrie. The evil Hinata and the space around her seem to warp and distort in on itself before it imploded leaving the silhouette of the creature. Regretfully for the clone once the darkness vanished the Valkyrie was still standing looking slightly annoyed. Then in a burst of speed, she was gone, all five clones got popped and Naruko found herself impaled through her left shoulder by the naginata.
The young girl screamed in pain and let go of the scythe as she was lifted off her feet. The dark clone then took a firm gripped of Naruko's arm and kicked her off the weapon. Even for the seasoned ANBU, getting to hear and seeing the small kunoichi getting her left arm ripped off in such a violent manner proved too much. For the students, they could only stare in complete horror as the girl slid to a halt in front of the original Hinata. The true heiress could only shake as tears flowed down her cheeks unto the bloody face of her crush.
"N-N-Naru-kun," Hinata whispered almost in denial of what she was seeing.
"Oh… Now I am pissed," Naruko announced in possibly the calmest voice anyone has ever heard. Hinata for her part openly stared with her Byakugan to see the girl's chakra network become flooded with red energy. As the new chakra started to overtake everything else the Hyuga's eyes noticed how it burned away almost any damage the Uzumaki hadn't heal before. It even stopped the blood flow to the blonde's stump of a left shoulder.
Then Naruko opened her eyes to show solid blood-red orbs with slit iris.
"Sorry you had to see this princess," the blonde said softly through her demonic voice. Truth be told, not since her mother died, had a voice ever made Hinata feel so secured and calmed. "I'll make sure to finish this and then we can train together," Naruko promised as her body was slowly being engulfed with a red aura. Then, apparently ignoring the pain of missing an arm, stood up without a problem as her hair started whipping itself into nine tails. Everyone stared in awe, slight jealousy, and fear as the blonde's power created a pressure equal to the onyx skinned enemy thought it seem to be protecting them instead of hurting. In-kind the dark Valkyrie's tainted aura flared before she disappeared and faster than anyone could they could blink reappeared with weapon mid-thrust towards the Uzumaki's neck. In response, Naruko just grabbed the naginata by the shaft and completely stopped the armored figure's movement.
"I'm going to need that arm back." Seven words. Those seven words were all the warning the being got before it found itself bent over Naruko's shoulder due to an uppercut to the stomach. The being registered the impact but didn't feel pain so the creature responded by trying to stab at the Uzumaki's back. The following uppercut that smashed it head-first into the ceiling put a stop to that.
'How?!' Sasuke asked himself again and again as he along with the still conscious students looked at the supposed Dead Last. 'Just how did she get this strong? How is it possible for her to just stand after that much damage?!' His mind simply couldn't comprehend how a girl, no, a person could still have that much will to keep going. From the moment the girl had crashed in front of them through those doors Sasuke had thought she had been killed. How could you blame him? Back during the night of the massacre, he saw multiple corpses in pools of their blood with a fraction of the damage. Yet here was a girl that everyone falsely presumed was weak and a waste of time simply pop or twist things back into place before healing everything else so she could keep fighting.
Now to top it off she lost her fucking arm and all that did was give her a second heroic wind?
'What is happening?!' Sasuke screamed to himself after the girl uppercut the monster into the ceiling. Then Naruko vanished and materialized next to her missing arm which she gently picked up. "What the hell?" he and everyone else thought when they shoved it back into her shoulder. Naruko for her part was almost working on instinct right now. The anger she felt was blinding and only held at bay by the Gamer Mind ability. She thanked it greatly because without it she would have lost control by now. That, however, didn't stop her from seeing the glitched red windows with black text. The most prominent one floating over her discarded arm which she had picked up.
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Naruko still couldn't make out what the window said but she somehow knew what it asked her. Thus, the Uzumaki shoved back in the missing arm and a level of pain she had never thought possible exploded from the area. Thankfully the adrenaline and need to finish that evil doll help her stop the scream with her gritted teeth and a growl. Then to Naruko's surprise and the audience horror, the red chakra began to enter the wound. This was followed by a red fire erupting from the wound and scorching the limb back into place. In mere seconds the arm started to convulse before it shooting straight out to her side and called back her scythe. As the Uzumaki caught the weapon she gave it a small spin that deflected the incoming stab from the marionette's naginata. After slamming the blade of the naginata on the ground Naruko followed by kicking the doll's face in with enough force to send it flying. It recovered quickly by flipping midair, landing on its feet and sliding a couple of feet before stopping in front of the students. However, now its face was cracked and flaking off its wooden featureless face underneath its onyx skin.
"Those three were for the 30 minutes of torture you have put me through. You stupid defective doll," Naruko announced with a glare as she spun the scythe again before resting it on her shoulder. "The next one will be for punching me through the gut." As the final word existed her mouth so did the whiskered girl from people's eyes only the enter back from behind the doll. The Hinata puppet responded by trying to jump forward but found its path block by the see-through blade of the scythe pressed around its midsection. The doll was about to turn around before it felt Naruko's foot on its upper back while the scythe dug into its skin. One kick and pull later the doll found itself flying through the air without its lower half. However, since it did not feel pain, the creature easily maneuvered what remained of its body to land on its hand. "Hold on to this for me Hime-sama," Naruko said after gently moving the scythe's blade away from between her legs. It took a couple of seconds for Hinata to process that her crush was talking to her.
"Okay?" Hinata said with doubt before the slime theme weapon landed on her hands. Naruko then picked up the discarded wooden legs and to the horror of the men, and women, the blonde pulled them apart until the wood joining them was ripped apart.
"This little training dummy," the angered jinchuriki started "is for my arm." After saying this she dashed towards the legless puppet while brandishing its split lower half as weapons.
What followed next could only be described as pure, uncontrolled, deadly and unforgiving violence as Naruko utterly trashed her enemy. Be it smacking, bashing, smashing or just plain beating the enraged Uzumaki attacked and attacked the doll with a reckless fury that it could not defend against. Then when the wooden legs finally splintered Naruko just threw them away in favor of her hands to punch and claw away the black skin of the one imposing enemy. She did not even try to stop when her knuckles started feeling wet.
Seeing the usually cheerful and hyperactive blonde give into her rage to use this level of violence was… eye-opening.
"That's enough," a gentle yet firm voice finally rang out through the dojo after what felt like hours. Everyone blinked in confusion and did a double-take when they saw Hinata kneeling alongside Naruko and tenderly holding back the whiskered girl's clawed hand. While the others asked themselves when the bluenette had moved she just started at orb clouded by blood rage. Then she whispered…
"That is enough Naru-kun. You've won a long time ago and this right now is just violence for violence's sake. So, please. Either walk away or finish it now because whatever the red chakra of yours is it's slowly destroying your body from the inside."
As Naruko looked at Hinata a part of her, the part that revealed in the violence, wanted to yell at the Hyuga. It wanted to scream at the girl to let go for nothing would stop it from enjoying the kill. But most of all it wanted to consume the weak and pathetic child stopping her so that then the girl could feel what it's like to be part of something greater. However, the part of the Uzumaki that could still think like a reasonable human instead of a beast grabbed onto Hinata's hand and words like a lifeline. Then feeling a kind squeeze in return this side pulled back to the surface as the red mist was pushed back.
Moments later twin blue eyes were staring at content lavender eyes.
Seeing the opening the puppet lifted its arm and-
Naruko quickly smashed her left fist through its torso and shattered the chakra core powering the marionette. Hinata stare had a slightly disapproving look and the whiskered girl could only give a small chuckle.
"What? You said I could finish it," Naruko commented as she powered down. No sooner had the red aura dissipated did she lose complete control of her body. The first thing that went was her balance as she leaned towards Hinata. Next was the blonde's hearing and smell as her eyes started to close. "Oh wow… I'm tired… I… maybe… doll… defect- zzzZZZ…"
Hinata blinked before activating her Byakugan and sighing in relief. While the snoring was enough indication the small kunoichi was alright for now the eye showed the girl was slowly healing her body.
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[Ninja Academy - Infermary]
When Naruko woke up the first thing she felt was the need to fall back asleep. She didn't just feel tired, oh no, her entire body begged for rest as it was exhausted beyond any possible reason. Not to mention that while it didn't hurt just opening her eyelids took the same concentrated effort lifting a boulder. Thankfully she could breathe without a problem which was a relief after the feeling her rips crushing her lungs due to a particularly nasty kick she wasn't able to dodge in time.
"You're awake! Thank goodness," a tired-looking Benihime sighed happily while floating over the Uzumaki. "I had used an OmniHeal spell to finally stop your body from killing itself. That, however, didn't help much with your Chakra Poisoning from using too much of the Kyubi's chakra. Huh? Oh, don't force yourself to talk Naruko-chan! Here, let me open a chant window. Just think and it will be written there."
After the fairy said this an empty textbox appeared in front of the tiered blonde.
[Testing?... Testing?... Huh? Cool, it makes my voice sound like a robot,] Naruko's textbox wrote. The girl then sighed and slowly looked around before closing her tired eyes. [This looks like the school's infirmary. Who brought me here?]
"Hinata-chan did. Carried you like a princess and everything."
[O_o! ! !]
[-/ / /-]
[Not going to lie, that makes me a bit happy,] the Uzumaki's said. The fairy, on the other hand, chuckled as she saw a change of expressions on Naruko's profile picture. [By the way, what is chakra poisoning, anyway? That's the first time I've ever heard of it.]
"It's something that happens when large amounts of foreign chakra invade a person's body. This can be fatal to many but you being a jinchuriki makes it easier for your body to process this chakra. Regretfully the system chose to represent this process by locking an amount of chakra based on the amount of foreign chakra in your system."
[Okay. I hate it but it's understandable. How much MP do I currently have access to?]
"Just 10MP."
*Very loud and ear bleeding electronic screech*
"Ouch! Don't scream like that! The chat can't produce such loud a volume without breaking," Benihime begged.
[-_-|||]
[Sorry about that Beni-chan. Still, how in the hell do I have so little? I didn't use that much power… Did I?]
"While I was sealed in your inventory due to the trail, I could still see what was going on. You fought that malfunctioning Training Puppet for 30 full minutes while using your chakra for both attacking and healing. You even started forcing the healing process to the point it evolved into its separate skill! I'm not surprised that by the time you started using Kyubi's chakra to funnel more MP your network was already at its limit. Thankfully you regain access to 1MP every 5 minutes while you're awake. Though if your sleeping it's 1MP every minute."
[So, I've been asleep for just 10 minutes then? I thought it would have been longer.]
"Try 2 hours my friend. When you got here your MP was in the negatives and it was slowly eating away at you HP. Thankfully the trial rewards helped tremendously in keeping you alive."
[Wait, what rewards? I don't remember ever undergoing or accepting any trial,] Naruko asked as she didn't remember a quest. Then again after she had been more focused on surviving than anything else.
"Take a look. I'm sure you'll love it," Benihime announced and helped her mistress open the quest reward window.
~ Trial Completed! ~
[Trial: Cruel Melee – The Valkyrie]
[Condition: Survive the Valkyrie's assault for 5 minutes. (COMPLETED)]
[Hidden Condition #1: Survive assault for 10 minutes. (COMPLETED)]
[Hidden Condition #2: Survive assault for 20 minutes. (COMPLETED)]
[Hidden Condition #3: Survive assault for 30 minutes. (COMPLETED)]
[Hidden Condition #4: Lower Valkyrie's HP to 50% (COMPLETED)]
[Hidden Condition #5: Defeat the Valkyrie (COMPLETED)]
[Reward: Learned passive skill Unyielding Soul]
[Hidden Reward #1: A permanent increase of 50HP]
[Hidden Reward #2: A permanent increase of 150HP]
[Hidden Reward #3: A permanent increase of 300HP]
[Hidden Reward #4: A permanent increase of 600HP and +10PER]
[Hidden Reward #5: A permanent increase of 1200HP and +5AP]
[Player's max HP is 2390 which has passed the 2000pts mark. Conditions to unlock passive skill Descendant of Asura have been met.]
[The player has forcibly enhanced their natural healing factor through chakra for an extended period of time. New skill Healing Factor has been created!]
[The player has endured a great deal of pain but kept fighting. New skill Pain Tolerance has been created!]
{SKILLS}
[Passive] Unyielding Soul
Description – In life and battle when everything is at its bleakest and death offers the final embrace of rest you refuse. Giving up is not an option for one who denies the prospect of abandoning those in their time of need. Valhalla's halls will have to wait a while more for your glorious entrance.
If the player's HP becomes zero, they will regain 1HP immediately. (Only once per day.)
[Passive] Descendant of Asura(INCOMPLETE)
Description – A skill unique to only the members of the Uzumaki and Senju clans. Due to being descendants of Asura one of the two sons of [Redacted], they have a uniquely strong lifeforce. Due to this, they have been known to live for far longer than others... [Player has not met requirements to fully unlock this skill.]
Player gains 4VIT per level up
Player gains +100HP on each level up
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[Passive] Pain Tolerance
Description - Through great suffering and endurance you have trained your body to withstand the punishment and keep going.
Lv1 +5% chance of not flinching
Lv2 +5% chance of not being knocked back
Lv3 +15% chance of not flinching
Lv4 +10% chance of not being knocked back
Lv 5 +25% chance of not flinching
[Active] Healing Factor
Description – Through great suffering and endurance you have trained your body to heal itself even amidst the battlefield. Now by sacrificing your mana, you can heal your body at will.
MP Cost: 25MP per second
+5HP regen each second it's active
Scars only happen from Fatal Blows
Attaching [Severed] limbs cost 1500 MP (if not destroyed)
Closing opened wounds cost 1000 MP
Healing [Broken] limbs/bones cost 500 MP
Healing [Dislocated] limbs cost 250 MP
Healing [Twisted/sprained] limbs cost 125 MP
[Wow, that's a lot. Though the healing skill does explain how I managed to put my arm back on. I thought that was just me using the red chakra. Still, it doesn't say I can regenerate a limb, any organ or head if decapitated. Guess I still have to watch out for those fatal blows.]
"Please do. I don't want you to die," Benihime begged while hugging her friend's neck.
[I won't. Though now I'm worried about how I'm going to move since my body feels like it weighs a ton.]
"That's more than likely a side effect of the chakra poisoning. After Hinata, Iruka and the ANBU put you in bed I asked them to leave so I could heal you and scan your body for any other problems. It seems that we can transfer that chakra outside your body but we'll need a strong enough container and someone that can help you guide the chakra there. For the container, we can use the Chakra Crystal you won from killing the Roach Empress. As for the guide, Hinata-chan can fill in the role perfectly thanks to her Byakugan. Oh, and the reason we didn't do this while you were asleep is that it would be best for you to be conscious during the process. That way you can say what is too painful. The process, if do right, shouldn't cause discomfort or pain so your warnings will be needed."
[Okay but how do I contact her? Are you going to fly towards Hinata-chan? Because I can't move at the moment.]
"Hinata-chan is part of your friends' list so you'll be able to talk to her through the chat by way of Messenger so long as you're both inside a safe zone like this village. You should also include Iruka-sensei and Ino-chan so they don't have to worry and are in the loop."
Naruko followed the instructions for sending the message to her friends. After that, she rested back on the bed and waited for help to come.
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[Ninja Academy - Training Ground]
Hinata had carried the small Uzumaki and after innocently feeling the muscles the girl building from using a scythe, Benihime had asked her to return to class. The Hyuga had protested along with Iruka-sensei but the fairy told them that at this point there wasn't much they could do. Plus, the children would have a lot of questions and worries after seeing their classmates fighting for her life. Understanding that the teacher had relented but didn't like it. Hence before leaving with a protesting Hinata, he asked to put a group of ANBU to protect the girl.
After this, they meet back with the group that, as the living manual had predicted, assaulted the teacher with questions. Like one would expect he told them that "Yes, Naruko is alright. She just needs some rest. No, she isn't immortal or a monster. She just developed an incredibly strong healing factor. No, I don't know if it's a bloodline. No, you can't visit her now," and so on. Next came answers from the ANBU Commander who, with a team, had been examining the remains of the destroyed training puppet and the others that hadn't been activated.
"From what we can tell right now the puppets' inner difficulty dial has been severely damaged. Due to this, they were stuck in their highest difficulty which some back at headquarters has jokingly but justifying dubbed Ultra-Nightmare mode. Regretfully as the inner part of the dial was damaged it would have been impossible for Uzumaki-san to figure this out without dismantling them while in possession of their schematics. Therefore, when she turned one on to test it as part of her punishment, she couldn't have known the puppet was set to deal fatal damage. Don't know if it makes her lucky or not but the only reason why she managed to survive and win was because of her strong healing abilities. Probably used them to the extreme given what we saw her heal. Still, this event is very concerning. These puppets are made by master craftsmen from Suna. They are built to take punishment given out by season Jonin so a tiny angry academy student should not have been a problem. About the only reason, we can see for them to be this damage is because they were never given proper maintenance and, given the amount of dust covering the deactivated ones, they were also stored incorrectly," the ANBU Commander and his techs had explained.
After this, and to put the students' minds at ease, the adults announced they would be testing the class physical abilities for the rest of the day without the dolls. And tests they did as the students were made to run, jump, climb and workout to see their limits. Many casualties were had that morning, especially among the Sasuke Fanclub, as students couldn't complete the goals set out from them. To the surprise of the boys that had quit three girls remained.
The first being Hinata Hyuga who seemed to be tied with Kiba and Sasuke for the least tired looking in class. Though the adults looked harder and could tell that she had a little less sweat than either of the boys and that Sasuke was panting just a bit more than the other two. The second was Ino Yamanaka who while covered in sweat and breathing hard was still standing tall and proud of herself. Many of the boys couldn't stop their eyes from wandering due to how stunning and powerful the purple kunoichi suddenly looked. And finally, there was Sakura Haruno who looked like the only thing keeping her from falling over and dying was pure hatred. Seriously, the power behind the glare she was throwing Ino could probably melt the sun. Ino for her part had just smirked victoriously back.
After the workout, the students were given ten minutes to rest before they would start weapons practice. Ino had given Hinata a knowing smirked at this which was reciprocated with a gentle smile. Sure, they only started learning to use their weapons but unlike their classmates, they had learned through actual battle. Thus, the two had a good head start over the others and would be able to show it. For the weapons training, the students were asked to first choose a wooden version of the tool they wished to learn. Many of the students chose familiar things like katanas, ninjato or daggers. It was somewhat disappointing that even Sasuke selected a common weapon like the ninjato. However, the girls did notice that unlike most of their classmates he did take the time to think and analyze the multitude of options before making his choice instead of going for what looked cool.
Shikamaru, much to Ino's annoyance, just grabbed a wooden dagger saying it's the same as kunai and it wouldn't be as troublesome as learning a new style. Choji almost followed his friend by choosing a bō staff like many Akamichi when he stopped and grabbed a mallet as tall as he was saying "It feels right," with a shy grin that made the girls chuckle with him. Next came Kiba would put on a pair of clawed gauntlets with a vicious grin. When asked he simply explained that it was a natural extension of his family's fighting style. Shino was next and much like Sasuke analyzed the wide variety of instruments before grabbing a Kusarigama (chain-sickle or sickle with iron ball).
However, it was Sakura's choice that surprised everyone.
"What?" Sakura asked once she noticed everyone looking at her. Ino was the first to react.
"Forehead, put that thing down before you hurt someone," the Yamanaka ordered with a frown. In response, the pink Haruno smirked.
"Why? *grunt* Afraid I'll one up *pant* that wimpy rope of yours, Piggy?"
"You can barely lift that axe!" Everyone watching was in agreement with Ino's comments as they could see Sakura struggling. After noticing that Sasuke had looked at the Yamanaka's whip and Hyuga's naginata with some brief interest the pinkette felt she was losing ground and had gone for the most unusual weapon she could see. This ended with her grabbing a wooden battle axe that was as tall as her with a very heavy crescent moon that extended halfway down the weapon. Regretfully for Sakura once she pulled it from the rack it almost brought her down with. After this, the emerald eye girl had to use both of her arms to lift a giant piece of wood off the ground and it showed the action took almost everything the girl could give.
"I *grits teeth* can lift *struggles to pull up* it! I just have to *almost falls face-first on the ground* put my back into it," Sakura grunted out as she tried out to fight gravity.
"Oh, for the love of," Ino muttered while rolling her eyes. She then walked over to her rival and with just a light stomp disarmed to pinkette who instantly became enraged.
"What the f-" Sakura started to scream at the top of her lungs but stopped. Reason being Ino's glare and silencing finger. That, however, didn't stop Haruno's murderous glare as the Yamanaka went to the weapon ranks and picked up a hatchet which she handed to the now confused pink-haired girl.
"Here, Billboard Brow. If you're so intent on using an axe you better start with one you can at least lift and use before trying to one-up me. As you so eloquently put it," the heiress said like a mother lecturing her child. The peasant huffed angrily but accepted the smaller weapon.
"Fine! But mock my words, Ino Yamanaka. I'll learn to use axes to the extent that I'll be able to cut that stupid rope of yours midair no matter the size of my axe," Sakura declared to her rival who smirked in return.
"This so-called rope is a whip, Sakura Haruno. But sure, I'll take you up on the challenge," Ino said before extending her hand out. "In fact, if and only IF you managed to cut my whip mid-attack with any type of axe I, on my honor as the Yamanaka heiress, will give up on pursuing Sasuke-kun as a potential boyfriend, lover or husband. Thus, you will not have me as another potential love rival." Upon hearing this the class and fan club gasped in surprise. While many of the non-clan students didn't understand the weight of an honor bond pledge they did have a romanticized idea of its importance. The ones that did belong to a clan, however, knew just how serious this bet was being taken. Ino was finally taking the gloves off and view Sakura as a genuine rival. The line had finally been drawn in the sand and this bet would decide who was the victor.
"I, Sakura Haruno, gracefully accept your terms, Ino Yamanaka, chosen heiress of the Yamanaka Clan," Sakura answered as she shook Ino's hand. While the pinkette wasn't part of any clan she had at least studied multiple subjects. Given her dream of marrying Sasuke, one of those subjects was clan ethics and laws hence why she knew the weight placed on this challenge. She would not dishonor the standing of whoever would be the next Uchiha Matriarch.
All of these events had been around two hours ago. Now the students have been separated into teams to learn how to use and practice the basics of their chosen weapons.
Currently, Hinata found herself practicing thrusting a wooden spear into a training dummy. It was only thanks to the Hyuga's martial arts training that this repeated motion hadn't killed her arms yet. Then she got a small surprise as a small letter popped into existence in front of her. The letter also had a small sleeping fox as a seal and the floating letters on top of it show that it was a message from Naruko. Looking around with her Byakugan, Hinata noticed that both Ino and Iruka had gotten one. Hence she opened it and read the request for help. After finishing the letter the Hyuga walked towards her teacher. The man, knowing what it was for, easily excused her and Hinata quickly walked towards the infirmary. Once there the ANBU guarding the door appeared and used an unknown, to Hinata, jutsu to scan her. After this is a small call to Iruka the two guards let the Hyuga in.
Inside the infirmary, Hinata found a sight that truly scared her and brought memories of her mother's last days. As Hinata saw Naruko she almost sprinted to the girl's side. It was true the Uzumaki was breathing but death was almost a perfect description of the blonde. Naruko's normally tanned skin had become so pale it looked like she had taken a dip in white paint and then let said paint dry. Naruko also had dark bags under her eyes while sickly black veins covered her body. Adding to this, the girl's normally brilliant golding hair had lost its luster.
"Hey, Hinata-chan. We might need your help more than I suspected," Benihime said as she floated over the sick looking student.
"What do you need?" Hinata asked with Byakugan already activated. Thanks to this she was able to see the red chakra slowly damaging her crush's body.
"Dose your Gentle Fist work by extracting people chakra or sealing their ability to use it?" The fairy's question was answered by affirming the second statement. "Okay, so can it be used to control the trajectory of a person's chakra?"
"If they are molding it at the moment it could, in theory, be possible. However, I don't think people in my clan have bothered to test it in battle," Hinata answered and then thought. "Given how the Juken works the process could be painful and the control would need to be precise so as not completely destroy a person's chakra network. Plus, given how Naruko's clothes and armor are coated in her chakra, this could be even more difficult."
"I see," was all Benihime said with this information. Next thing Hinata knew a low light vanished Naruko's clothes and armor. Thus, leaving the Uzumaki in nothing but a pair of orange panties and a bra. If the girl didn't look so sick Hinata would have died from a bleed loss at this very moment. "I managed to unequip almost everything on her. Will this help?"
'Help me see that delectable body,' a distracting part of her giggled. Thankfully she managed to knock-out that part with a metal bat. "Y-Y-Yes, touch her skin. I MEAN MOVE THE CHAKRA!" Benihime chuckled at the girl's slip but said nothing. Then she took out the chakra crystal which could easily be mistaken for a formation of quartz about the size of an adult male's hand. They also were completely clear and registered as empty. The fairy then placed it on Naruko's right palm.
"Naruko, wake up… Hey! Wake up!" the Navi called out while lightly tapping the girl's face. Tired blue eyes opened up and looked.
[Hey… are we… doing this?] Naruko's chatbox wrote/said to them.
"Yeah," Benihime answered. "Hinata will start from your arms and make her way through. Try to see if you can mold chakra-"
[I can't… it feels… heavy.]
"D-D-Don't, Naru-kun. I can do it myself," Hinata declared through her love-induced shyness. "But please s-s-say anything if it hurts." Naruko gave a small nod before taking a breath to ready herself. "Benihime-chan, I imagine you wish for me to move the chakra into the crystal, correct?"
"Yes, it would be preferable and since the crystal is empty it should have enough space to store the red chakra."
Hinata nodded and took a calming breath before looking over the girl's network again. The normal blue hue of chakra was almost totally eclipsed by an angry red that was slowly eating it away. Gently the Hyuga placed two fingers on the sickly Uzumaki's right wrist as it was the closest to the crystal. She then tried to strike with her chakra only to pull back as the red energy bit the tips of her fingers with enough to draw a few drops of blood. This did not stop her however as she placed her fingers back. The difference this time was that instead of attacking like normal Hinata slowly fed her chakra into Naruko's wrist. The red chakra still fought her but not as violently. Instead of biting the red just pushed back which forced Hinata to refine the shape of her chakra to something resembling a shovel. It took some time, and Naruko groaning, but Hinata managed to cut into the red mass. Regretfully the moment she tried to push the chakra she found she simply couldn't move. It felt like trying to push a solid cement wall no matter how much her fingers push.
"What's wrong?" Benihime asked as she saw the Hyuga struggling.
"It's the red chakra. It's like a solid mass and it's not letting me push back," Hinata responded with a frown.
[Why not *pant* try the whole *groan* hand?]
"It d-d-doesn't work like that. I could cause too much damage."
"Actually," the fairy started while thinking out loud "Maybe using not only all of your fingers but both hands could be what we need."
"What do you mean?"
"You said the chakra feels solid, correct? Then trying to think of it as clay used by artists to create figures. Sure you can use only one hand to finish the job but its much quicker to use two. Plus to this, you can add in the idea that you're giving Naruko-chan a massage. And professional masseuse normally uses both hands to apply different or equal amounts of pressure in the area they're working in for maximum effect." Hinata heard this and had her doubts. However, two things convinced her to follow through with this. The first being that she wanted to keep testing the limits of her ability now that she threw away the old and elitist doctrine of her clan. The second and more important one was that Naru-kun needed her. Thus Hinata gently grabbed Naruko's wrist again but with both hands and slowly started to dig in her energy before massaging.
The effect was almost immediate as the Uzumaki's hand clutched the crystal. The girl also groaned but Hinata ignored it as she slowly started moving her fingers. Thanks to her Awaked-Byakugan she was able to see the flow of the chakra far easier than normal and could control all of the "shovels" and their directions. To the Hyuga's surprise, just like her friends suggested, using multiple points of attack helped in defeating the red foe. It made her feel a little silly for forgetting the simple and effective rule of "Divide and conquer" but the concentration need to keep going didn't let her curse her family's old teachings. Thus, she continued pushing the chakra that felt like drying clay instead of solid brick. While in reality the task only took a minute or two the process itself felt eternal. The concentration, force and pure will need to just push a hand's worth of chakra was insane. Never before that Hinata ever worked her abilities with such precision and effort. Yet the heiress had managed to do something she never thought possible and that fact brought a feeling that she hadn't felt in a long time.
Pride.
Even as the red chakra was slowly filling back the hand, Hinata felt proud of herself. She had done it! She had successfully diminished the amount of poison in her crush without causing harm to the blonde. This small act alone filled Hinata without more self-worth and validation than ever before and it made her swear she would not fail Naruko. Thus, she took hold a little higher on the Uzumaki's arm and started working again. The process of moving and molding someone else's energy was still a new experience for Hinata hence it still took time. However, the density of the red chakra ultimately served to help her as it was easier to grasp. Therefore the lavender-eye girl's energy could hold onto her target was her fingers traveled over the whiskered girl's flesh. Speaking of the Uzumaki, Hinata took a moment to look at her face.
Naruko was still deadly pale but some color was coming back. Sure it was just a blush, probably from exhaustion, but it was better than a sickly white. Therefore Hinata continued her efforts as Naruko started to pant, groan and moan. With vigor, the Hyuga's fingers poked, pushed, slid, walked and dance over the Uzumaki's skin with delicate precision. Hinata made sure she could empty the right arm faster then it could be filled by red instead of blue. With that limb done, next came the working through Naruko's upper torso which meant Hinata would have to touch the girl's chest. The Hyuga gulped nervously.
'It's okay Hinata,' she told herself 'Those are just a pair of soft, ample and *gulp* enticing breasts. A-A-And you have boobs t-t-to and y-y-you're both girls! Yeah! There's n-n-nothing bad about me t-t-touching.'
Again Hinata shallowed her nervousness and started working. Naruko could be heard sucking in air through her teeth from the delicate touch but did not fight it. Hence the princess kept working to extract the red chakra even if it meant her fingers dancing over her crush's upper valley. Thankfully Hinata managed to retain enough concentration to not affect the third of the eight major chakra clusters on the human body. Yet she could help but marvel how those two mounds of flesh reacted to her touch. They just felt soft and so inviting that Hinata had to remind herself multiple times to not just grab those twins to see how they would look while being squeezed. Thankfully she managed to fight those thoughts long enough to form a path that she could use to move the chakra blonde's necks and head.
Once Hinata placed her fingers on Naruko's neck the girl whimpered and tried to move away. The princess was quick to hold the smaller girl's chin and slowly moved her fingers over the neck as its ower gasped out an "~Aaah~" of surprise, Hinata's innocent mind imagined. Still, this wasn't a deterrent for the Valkyrie as she carefully worked her way down the girl's neck, chest, and arm back towards the crystal. Again she was careful not to disturb either of the two chakra clusters on the Uzumaki's brain. Something she once more had to repeat herself multiple times ounce she got to Naruko's lips. They were already gain back their natural color and part of Hinata wanted to taste them. She had heard many rumors going around that given that Naruko seemed to only survive a ramen a kiss from her would taste the same as a ramen bowl.
'Enough, Hinata!' the princess berated herself. 'Stop trying to kiss the girl while she can't move. She'll think you're a creep. So that means I can try when she moves? S-S-SHUT UP!'
Hinata, for the sake of her sanity, threw that second voice into a wall head-first to silence it before she started working on the whiskered girl's left arm. The same arm that had been ripped off and reattached not two hours ago. Even with her Byakugan showing the limb perfectly in place Hinata still couldn't believe it was working as intended. Hence she was more gentle on this arm even if it made Naruko squirm or groan more. Hinata sighed as she turns off her eyes after finishing most of the upper half of the Uzumaki. Much like her patient she was panting with exhaustion and covered in sweat. Hence the Valkyrie wiped the sweat away from her forehead before she decided to take off her jacket and armor so she was now in her navy blue shirt, pants and ninja sandals.
"Here," Benihime said while offering a bottle full of a blue liquid. "It's a mana potion the girls back home finished brewing a while back. It should restore some on the reserves you've used."
"Thank you," Hinata said while grabbing the bottle that was taller than the fairy. After that, she opened it the bluenette down the drink. The sudden rush of energy that exploded inside her was unreal yet it somehow felt controlled at the same time. Feeling rejuvenated Hinata gave a soft grin and got back her work.
Now having a better grasp of the process, Hinata easily pressed fingers on Naruko's abdomen which strangely enough had a tattoo that seemed to be the epicenter of the red chakra. No sooner had she used her Juken did the Uzumaki gasped and arched her spine while her toes curled. For a moment Hinata thought she had done something wrong. However, a grinning Benihime told the Hyuga she was doing everything right and she should definitely continue doing so. The bluenette had her doubts but trusting the fairy she continued helping her dear friend. As she suspected this area proved to be the most difficult due to a large amount of red energy coming from inside the seal. For a moment Hinata thought of doing something about the seal but not knowing what it was or why Naruko had it stopped such thoughts.
'I could end up doing even more damage than the red chakra. Somehow this seal is more integrate into Naru-kun's network than even the Bird Seal is with the Side-Branch members. Plus it's also helping convert someone of the red chakra into its normal blue hue thought avidly at a slow pace compared to the crystal.' Hinata analyzed as she kept working. Regretfully this part of the process took more time due to the amount of movement and noise Naruko was making. At first, Hinata had thought maybe she had been applying too much pressure with her fingers so she lessens her push. Immediately two things became apparent: (1) the red chakra became far to difficult to move and (2) Naruko's entire body because as tense as a wire about to snap.
Seeing this Hinata returned to using her previous level of force. The reapplying of said pressure then cause the whiskered girl to release a very loud and long "~Ooooh~" as her body relaxed. Next, the Hyuga tried to use different levels of speed while her hands traveled the Uzumaki's body. Yet no matter which speed she used to move from the seal to the crystal Naruko would move, buckle or squirm alongside gasps, whimpers, grounds or the odd yell muffled the blonde's shaking hand. For a brief moment, to Hinata's more perverse side, Naruko looked exactly like one the women in the videos Benihime showed them.
'Oh sweet Kami-sama, it's like she's having an or- NO! SHUT UP! THERE IS NOTHING REMOTELY SEXUAL ABOUT THIS!' Angel-Hinata screamed while throwing Devil-Hinata in a wood chipper with extreme prejudice.
Now, thanks to the forces of good having triumphant over evil, Hinata managed to finish working with the seal on Naruko's abdomen as it stopped spewing the foreign energy. However, the Hyuga soon found herself in a bit of a problem as she just realized that the rest of the blonde's lower half was left. This meant that Hinata would still have to funnel the chakra from the girl's groin and legs through the seal. Without even thinking the young Hyuga knew this would be the toughest part given she knew just how sensitive those two particular areas were due to an accident where the showerhead was pointing up.
Safe to say the next couple of moments had the good side of Hinata working overtime. Reason being that, yes, Naruko had extremely sensitive legs that quivered or spasmed under her guided touch. And Kami-sama, dear sweet Kami-sama, the noises the small Uzumaki was producing managed to even make the Angel question the purity of their actions. Yet nothing, absolutely and utterly nothing, could compare to the moment Hinata's chakra covered fingers accidentally brushed pass Naruko's forbidden area.
It was just a brief graze, it could not even be considered a poke, but it was enough for Naruko to let out a scream. For every god in heaven and demon in hell, that scream combined with those spasms, arching back, tensing body and release of liquids could only mean one thing. One thing that Hinata had only seen once in her life and it was that the end one those videos Benihime insisted were educational. This also meant Hinata had been the reason for her crush reaching that end and her mind simply could not deal with that meant. Therefore the Hyuga heiress shut down her higher brain functions and dedicated the rest to finish the tasked of getting storing the red chakra into the crystal.
The next minutes were a blur of hand movements other a still twitching and convulsing body owned by a girl that was whimpering and trying to catch her breath.
"I am done," Hinata whispered could barely be heard. After this, she turned off her Byakugan and for the longest time refused to look at Naruko's face. She didn't need to look at her dear friend with a blushed dusting the blonde's now healthy colored skin. She didn't want to see the girl panting as she tried to catch her breath. However, what most Hinata didn't want to see was the look of betrayal Naruko probably had for forcing this. Thus she kept silent with head bowed as the blonde twitched from the aftershocks.
She didn't know how long Naruko's body kept twitching. However, when the aftershocks finally stopped the whiskered girl sighed in relief. Yet as time went on the Uzumaki just kept panting without saying a word which worried Hinata even more. At some point, the silence became too much for the princess and she was about to speak when there was movement at the edge of her vision.
Then in a blink of an eye, Hinata found her back slammed onto the mattress and a panting wild-looking Naruko straddling her.
Shocked lavender eyes looked up and blue pools that have darkened to almost looked black.
Hinata gulped.
A/N:
Yes, this is the end of this chapter. Yes, you have to wait two weeks for what happens next. Also, I liked to point out that I had this chapter, at least the last part, became way more different than what I thought it was going to be. Hence I'm going blame Anko and older Hinata for taking over the writing. Blame them for the ecchi, not me!