Right Outside the gates of the Land of Vegetables
Naruko and Daichi stared at each other, waiting for the right moment to strike. The tension was very palpable in the air. A leaf, fluttered down, and once it touched the ground, at an unspoken word, Naruko raced toward Daichi, at such speeds that she cracked the ground where she stood, while Daichi lumbered toward her. She was just a blur to the untrained eye, zipping around him, hacking and slashing with her greatsword, trying to weaken his armor. Daichi tried throwing punches and kicks, but inevitably could not hit her. After five minutes of intense combat they disengaged and jumped back from each other, reevaluating the situation.
'Even with my wind chakra enhancing my blade, I'm only making the tiniest of scratches.' Naruko thought in frustration. 'I would have thought that the wind would have at least done more. I'll try switching to my lightning natured chakra to see if I can pierce through, if not electrocute him in his armor.' She then prepared to channel lightning chakra into her greatsword, planning to activate it last minute and catch him off guard.
'I'll admit, she is very impressive as a shinobi.' Daichi thought. 'Even though she has low physical strength and durability, she makes up for it in speed and in kenjutsu. She is probably as fast as the 4th Raikage, and could probably give the 4th Hokage a decent fight.' He frowned in thought. 'I'll just wait patiently for an opportunity where she overextends a strike or is exposed, and then I'll counter.' His eyes then focused on her, waiting for her next move.
Naruko then raced towards at Daichi at kage level speeds, and he just smirked as she continued to hack and slash at his armor, to no avail. However, his eyes widened as she started to channel lightning chakra into her sword, and slashed at him. He tried to dodge, but wearing the armor slowed him down. He screamed as volts of electricity coursed through his body, but did not fall down. He glared at her and growled while she smirked at him. "Clever girl," he said. "You managed to find a weakness, but it'll take a lot more than a spark to take me down."
She frowned in thought. 'I had hoped it would do more damage, but I guess I'll just keep hitting him with those lightning strikes until he collapses. Then I could finish him off with a Rasengan.' She then blurred out of existence and appeared around him, slashing and slicing at him before reappearing behind or around him. She smiled as she knew she had him in the corner.
Daichi winced every time he was hit by the lightning, but his concentration did not waver as his eyes deciphered patterns in Naruko's movements and openings between her attacks. After a minute, he finally flashed a predatory smile. He had her right where he wanted her. He began to pretend to continue to try and hit her, missing on purpose. Finally, when she sliced at him, he knew she was going to reappear behind him, and turned ahead of time to face her.
Naruko's eyes widened as she realized he had caught up to her movements, and silently cursed in her brain for making her movements predictable. Since she had trained her speed to the max, she had grown confident and arrogant, thinking that nobody would be able to touch her when she went full out. However, Daichi proved her wrong, and because she was in the air, she could not dodge and Daichi grabbed her by the waist with his massive hand. She panicked, and quickly swung her greatsword as hard as she could on the arm that was holding her, but he anticipated her move, and through a hard punch at her greatsword.
She gasped in shock and in horror as her greatsword shattered into pieces. She had used the best chakra-conductive steel and even reinforced it with seals, and it still shattered. It seemed that adamantine was stronger than chakra-conductive steel. 'Shit,' she thought. 'My best weapon is now gone. All I have left is my ninjutsu, but it takes time to make handsigns. My best bet is with the Rasengan.' She was soon brought out of her thoughts when Daichi wrapped his arms around her and started squeezing her.
She gasped in pain and frantically wriggled her arms to try and free them to use the Rasengan, but to no avail. She swung her leg at him, but cried out in pain when flesh and bone met adamantium. He then began to squeeze harder. "Aaaahhhhh!" she screamed in pain as his embrace tightened. She could hear her bones beginning to pop, and she tears began to well in her eyes from the immense pain she was experiencing.
Daichi grinned darkly as she cried out and squirmed in agony. After he felt like she had enough, he threw her up twenty feet or so, and as gravity pulled her back down, he threw a hard fist towards her stomach, and his fist buried deep into her already injured belly. "Aaaagghhh!" Naruko cried out in pain and coughed out a mouthful of blood, eyes widening at the immense pain. She hung limply on top of his fist, and crumpled into a heap when Daichi lowered it.
She groaned and curled in a ball, quivering in pain as she grasped her stomach in an attempt to lower the pain. Daichi, knowing that she could barely move, started to lumber over to her, saying, "Now that you're defeated, you can satisfy my needs." Naruko's oceanic eyes widened in horror as she made a feeble attempt to crawl away to escape, but he shoved her down and pinned her to the ground. She tried to wriggle her arms and legs to get free, but she couldn't escape from Daichi's iron grip. His armor disappeared, and he remarked, "You know, you were the first shinobi I've faced who made me use most of my chakra on my adamantine armor. You have my respect as a shinobi, but now, it's time for you to be a good girl and bear with me.
Naruko gasped as she felt his hands grope at her breasts. Daichi felt them, and was amazed at how soft they were. His hands then fell towards her stomach, where although it was heavily bruised, he could definitely feel how slim and toned it was from hours of training. He then moved down to her ass, where he admired how firm it was, and gave it a slap. She flinched from the slap, and he continued to move down toward her legs, where he stroked them and felt how slender and toned they were, and admired her flawless skin. While he was doing this, Naruko squirmed under his grip, uncomfortable with the way he was touching her.
She then remembered something. He willing told her that he was almost out of chakra! In her mind, she began to think of a plan. 'If I can write a paralyzing seal on him using my blood, I can escape and then use the Rasengan to end him. However, I only have one shot at this, since I am nearly out of chakra.' Naruko discretely started to write the paralyzing seal on his knee, the closest body part to her hand. Thanks to her abilities as a seal master, she finished the seal in a couple of seconds, held her hand in the ram sign, and activated the seal.
Daichi suddenly found he couldn't move. "What the," he exclaimed. "I can't move!" He then was shoved away by Naruko. She gritted her teeth as she fought through the pain in her stomach as she stood up, glaring murderously at him. "How did you pull this off?" he shouted. She gave an evil smirk and said, "I wrote a paralyzing seal on you using my blood while you weren't looking. Since your armor was down, it was just the matter of keeping it discrete." She jumped back, and swishing sound could be heard. Naruko concentrated, and Rasengan swirled into existence in her hand. However, she poured the last bit of her chakra, and the Rasengan grew until it was the size of her. She charged toward Daichi with the last bit of her strength, and shouted, "Cho Odama Rasengan!" She drove the huge swirling ball of chakra into Daichi, and it slammed him down to the ground, the ball instantly killing him. She smiled tiredly, and collapsed, thinking, 'I did it, I saved the village.' As her vision faded away, she saw the villagers running towards her worriedly shouting her name.
The Land of Vegetables
Naruko groaned and slowly opened her eyes, wondering where she was. Looking down, she saw that there were bandages around her, and her clothes had been replaced with an identical outfit. She then looked around, and noticed she was in a hospital room. A nurse came in, and said, "Naruko-chan, you're awake!" She came and checked over Naruko, fussing over her and making sure she was healed. She marveled at Naruko's ability to heal fast, and chalked it down to the Uzumaki genes.
"How long have I been unconscious?" Naruko inquired. The nurse gave a small smile and said, "You were unconscious for a week." Naruko gasped, surprised that it took her so long to recuperate. It usually only took one or 2 days. Daichi must have done a number on her if it took her this long. The nurse continued, "If we didn't give you immediate medical attention, you probably would have succumbed to your wounds." Naruko smiled warmly and said, "Thank you so much for caring for me while I was unconscious."
The nurse smiled back and replied, "No, thank you for saving us from those rogue nin. We definitely could not have stood against A ranked nin and an S ranked nin without you. Come now, the villagers are waiting, they've been concerned for your health and are eager to see the hero of their village. The nurse led her out of the hospital, where a crowd was waiting.
Cries of "Naruko-chan, thank you!", "Naruko-chan, you're our hero!", "Naruko-chan, you're so strong!", or "Naruko-chan, marry me!" came from the crowd. Naruko blushed at the attention she was receiving from the large crowd, but sweatdropped when she heard the last statement. She waved at the crowd, smiling at all the praise she was receiving. She then shouted to the crowd, "No, thank you for caring and tending to me as I healed, I probably wouldn't have survived without your medical help." The crowd admired her humbleness and cheered for her even louder.
Zoro then came out of the crowd and handed Naruko a heavy bag containing ryo. She gave him a questioning look, and he said, "This is the bounty that Daichi had on his head. Since you killed him, you deserve it." Naruko graciously bowed her head in thanks and sealed it into a scroll. Zoro then said, "Now, let's party to celebrate how the hero of the Land of Vegetables saved us from innumerable odds!" The crowd cheered and started to celebrate. Naruko smiled, and joined the villagers in celebration.
Naruko partied with the other villagers, playing games, eating food, and having fun. All the villagers wanted to talk to her, trying to get to know their hero better, or in most men's case, admire her beauty close up. She didn't mind the attention though, but she was getting tired of socializing. She decided to go to a dango stand to get her favorite food.
At a dango stand in the village
After ordering and receiving her food, she went into deep thoughts while she munched on her dango. 'I've become an accomplished shinobi, even though there were a lot of close calls which almost ended badly.' She shuddered at the thought of losing the battles and what would have happened. 'Even though I've become strong, I still end up almost losing, where the enemy threatens to rape me. I'm flattered that they think I have a good-looking body, but I still need more experience. However, somehow when I go on a mission to get said experience, it always throws me into similar situations. I guess I'll need to take more jobs, but first, I need to travel to the Iron Country to replace my greatsword.' She frowned about her broken weapon. It was very sentimental and personal to her, for it had gotten her through many battles and dangerous situations.
'Tomorrow I'll leave to travel to the Iron Country to get a new sword, and then after that, I'll return home to rest since I can tell my chakra reserves aren't full yet, and train some more.' Naruko was so focused on savoring the taste of her dango and too into her thoughts that she never noticed ten blurs rocketing towards her and colliding into her side, throwing her off the seat and onto the ground. After that, she felt the weight on her stomach multiply. Naruko groaned and thought, 'What hit me?' She raised her head to look at what was on her and saw the children of the village on top of her. "Naruko-nee, Naruko-nee!" the children cried out in excitement.
"Hey there!" she exclaimed, gently pulling the children off her torso before standing up. "What's up?" she asked. "Come play with us, Naruko-nee!" the children shouted. Naruko smiled and said, "Sure, just let me finish my dango and then we can go to the park." She quickly swallowed the last of her dango, brushed the crumbs off her clothes, and stood up to walk to the park. She smiled at their enthusiasm as they took her hand, tugging at her, and she allowed them to lead her to the park. The villagers saw the scene and smiled as they saw Naruko acting as a big sister towards them.
When she and the children reached the park, they said, "Let's play ninja! Naruko-nee, you can be the evil ninja!" Naruko grinned as she nodded, and at once, they started to try and take her down. The children kept trying to tackle her, but she just kept out of reach, moving out of the way last minute. Her oceanic eyes sparkled as she had fun with the children. 'I haven't had this much fun in a while,' she thought absently to herself as she continued to evade their attempts at capturing her. However, she was soon brought out of her thoughts when she tripped on a rock while walking backwards to evade them. The children quickly dogpiled on top of her, shouting, "We've caught the evil ninja! Let's drag her back to the base now."
Naruko tried to protest, saying that her outfit was her only set of clothes left and didn't want it to get dirty, but when she saw how much fun the children were having, she relented. She let them grab her by the foot, and they started dragging her across the ground. When they reached a huge rock, which was their base, they yelled, "We win, Naruko-nee!" She smiled and said, "You sure did! Now let's get back to your houses, it's getting late." They groaned in protest, but she was firm with her words. As they started to head back, she glanced down at her clothes and sighed. 'This was a brand new set of shinobi clothes the village gave me and it's already dirty.' Her kimono style blouse and her biker shorts were caked and smeared with dirt, and her hair also had bits of dirt in it. As soon as she walked the children home, she went into the guest room she was staying at, took a quick shower and washed most of the dirt off her clothes as she was unable to remove the full stain, put on her night clothes, and went to sleep.
Name: Naruko Uzumaki
Sex: Female
Aliases: The Golden Blade Mistress, Hero of the Wave, Savior of the Spring Country, Hero of the Land of Vegetables
Occupation: Mercenary
Hair Color: Golden Blonde
Eye Color: Oceanic Blue
Height: 5'8"
Age: 19
Affiliations: Formerly Konohagakure, Land of the Waves, Land of the Spring, Land of Vegetables
Rank: S
Armament: greatsword (now broken), kunai, shuriken, seals, scrolls, explosives, smoke bombs
Special Abilities: chakra chains
Specialties: Kenjutsu, Fuinjutsu, Speed, Tracking and Stealth
Ninjutsu: A+
Taijutsu: B+
Kenjutsu: S+
Genjutsu: D
Fuinjutsu: S+
Chakra Elements:
Wind (Affinity)
Fire
Lightning
Water
Strength: High chunin
Endurance: Uzumaki
Agility: Kage
Chakra Levels: High Kage
Range of Attacks: Close, Mid