Author Note: Ended up writing more than i usually did, so i split it into two different chapters. dw im not stingy, il be posting the next chapter right after this one.

So anyways i've decided to post this story on ao3 (Archive of Our Own) just in case ff decides to boot this story. The pen name and the name of the story will be the same. (the story will be up on ao3 in a few days)

"Speech"

'Thoughts'

"Kyuubi speech"

[System dialogue]

"Good morning Naruko-chan. Did you sleep well?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen the sandaime hokage of Konoha gakure greeted Naruko as he stepped into the room. He was wearing his official hokage robes, his kage hat resting on top of his head just like always. "You have been out for quite a while now. It seems like you are always getting caught in some kind of trouble..."

Realizing that he was waiting for her to reply Naruko sat upright from her bed and greeted him nervously. "Um.. Hello hokage-sama. Apologies for my rude behaviour. I slept just fine, thanks."

The hokage gave a pitying gaze towards Naruko. "I heard what transpired within the forest with you and Iruka... Truly tragic." Naruko widened her eyes at the implaction of his statement. "W-what happened to Iruka sensei...He's fine right? Is he alright?!" Had Iruka sensei died while she was...

"Calm down Naruko-chan. He's fine. He should recover completely within the weak... I was talking about what happened between you and Mizuki."

"What happened between me and Mizuki?" Looking at Naruko's uncomfortable gaze and silence, for confusion the hokage misunderstood and thought that she must have forgoten what heppened to her before she passed out. It was pretty common defense mechanism when people are faced with traumatic events. (dont at me. idk if this is true)

"Naruko-chan, tell me what is the last thing you remember before you passed out?" Seeing as this was a way out from actually telling him what happened in the forest Naruko hurriedly answered him. "Iruka sensei and I were fighting Mizuki in the forest...but than Mizuki was able to transform and make himself stronger...after that... I'm sorry hokage-sama, I can't seem to recall what happened afterwards. He must have knocked me out, not too long after transforming." Naruko pretended as if she was trying really hard to remember something.

Seeing Naruko struggling to remember, he quickly stopped her. "Sigh. That's fine Naruko-chan. It doesn't matter anymore, after you were knocked out, our anbu were able to locate Mizuki and rescue both you and Iruka as well."

Hearing the hokage drop the matter Naruko mentally let a sigh of relief. Talking about her first sexual experience with the hokage first thing in the morning wasn't something she was looking forward to. Not to mention the whole deal with the System.

"Oh. I almost forgot." Putting a hand into his pocket he took out a black piece of cloth and handed it over to Naruko.

"This is..." She slowly unfurled the black cloth revealing the metal plate that was attached to it.

"Looks like congratulations are in order, genin Uzumaki Naruko." The hokage smiled as he saw Naruko's face light up as she held up the forehead protector with Konoha's insignia on it.

"Is this for real hokage-sama? Am I really going to be a ninja? But what about the graduation results?" Naruko exclaimed with a slight worry.

"What about them? What can those instructors do against a hokage's word? Don't worry Naruko-chan. You will become a fine kunoichi of the leaf. Team placements are going to be held 10 days from now. I hope you don't forget, after everything you went through to earn that forehead protector it would be a shame if you couldn't be present for the team placements."

With an ear splitting smile on her face Naruko bowed a few times towards the hokage. "Thank you, Hokage-sama. Thank you! I won't let you down!"

Laughing lightly hokage moved back towards the door to head out. "Alright, Naruko-chan i will be heading out. Try not to get into more troublesome situations next time please." The hokage lightly joked as he exited the room.

"Are you sure about this Hokage-sama?" A new voice questioned the hokage as he exited the room. He seemed to have been leaning against the wall near the door to listen in to their conversation previously.

"This is for the better, Inoichi. It's better if she never remembers whatever took place between Mizuki and her." Hokage said in a serious tone as a matter of factly.

The voice now identified as Yamanaka Inoichi quipped. "But then we won't ever find out how Mizuki had died… When the anbu had arrived at the sceane, Mizuki was already lying dead next to an unconscious and naked Naruko. She might be the only one who knows what happened out there."

"It's bad enough that Naruko had to experience such a traumatizing event. Let's just count our blessing that she does not remember any of it and had to relive such an event. And I'm sure you are aware of the risks of diving inside a mind of a jinchuriki... and for all we know, he might have died by using that defective curse mark of his." Ending the conversation there the hokage exited the hospital. Letting out a sigh Inoichi followed the hokage, knowing that, what the hokage said was true.

Unaware of the conversation that was held right outside of her room Naruko happily fiddled with her forehead protector. Acting giddy and excited Naruko impatiently buzzed for the nurse to come help her get discharged. She didn't feeling like walking around with the hospital gown on and her bare ass showing, she couldn't see any of her clothes nearby either. Otherwise she would have gotten up left the hospital already. It didn't take long for the 'nurse' to arrive. He was flipping through some papers on the clip board, probably making sure she was ready for discharge.

He adjusted his glasses with his fingers. "Ah Naruko, you should stop getting into these kinds of situations. One of these days you might actually end up getting badly hurt, you know."

Naruko rubbed the back of her head with her hand and chuckled. "Hello, Yakushi-san. Sorry for being an inconvenience again. It's not like I'm trying to land myself in the hospital all the time, trust me I really do hate this place."

"Haah its fine you know. This is a part my job anyways. And didn't I already tell you. Kabuto is just fine." Kabuto gave a friendly smile as he took the needle out of her forearm that was connected to the IV stand. Blushing lightly she scratched her cheek. "Alright than, Kabuto-san. Thanks for looking out for me like always." Chuckling at her, Kabuto exited the room before returning with some spare clothes and handed it over to her. "You are free to go whenever. And I got to get back to work so see you around Naruko."

Once she was alone in the room again Naruko changed out of her gown into the clothes Kabuto had given her, a plain dark pair of pants and t-shirt. She took the forehead protector and put it in her pocket. Choosing to not wear it until the day of team placements. She left to thank Iruka sensei only to find him asleep when she went to visit him and so as to not disturb his rest she walked out of the hospital heading towards her home to take a shower before doing anything else.

(The rest of the chapter might be a bit iffy. Wasn't so sure how I would progress the story so I had to power through it. Apologies in advance.)

As Naruko walked up the stair to her one bedroom apartment, she saw a green scroll set up right on her door step. 'Oh yeah. I haven't received anything yet this year haven't I?' She couldn't remember when she had started getting these gifts. Once an every year she would always get a scroll on her door step. There was never any message or any clue to the identity of whoever was sending her these scrolls. But more often than not the gifts would be frog related in one way or another because of that she had decided to call her mysterious friend as Gama-san.

Naruko took the scroll and entered her apartment. Kicking off her shoes she entered her small yet cozy apartment. She threw the scroll carelessly towards her bed before undressing and heading towards the bathroom. She finally relaxed into the shower and thought back to the rollercoaster of a day she had. Failing the exam for the third time and her encounter with Mizuki in the forest and then to find out that she could actually become a ninja. Speaking of which... The strange System could make her stronger but how was she supposed to go about this. She couldn't just go up to people and ask for their semen, she was already not well liked by the village. No need to give them more ammunition to call her crazy or any other derogatory names.

Maybe the Kyuubi might have an idea... how do i contact that fox again?

"Kyuubi..." Naruko said quietly.

"Kyuubi..."

"Kyuubi Kyuubi Kyuubi Kyuubi Kyuubi Kyuubi Kyuubi Kyu-"

"YAKAMASHI!" (sorry, jojo reference)

"Shut up woman. What do you want?" Kyuubi interrupted her. Naruko could tell the annoyance from his voice which only amused her more. Naruko triumphantly declared. "Aha! I knew you could hear me!"

"Get on with it... this better be important, to wake me up from my slumber."

"Is that what you call napping?" Kyuubi growled making Naruko stop, not willing to push him any further before he actually got mad. 'Cranky much.' "Is there really no other way to gather energy for the System?"

"Yes, I thought we already went through with all this."

"I know… it's just I'm kind of lost on how to approach this..."

"Why are you in such a hurry to level your System? Just train normally as you would, I'm sure the opportunity would present itself sooner or later. Now don't bother me again while I'm in my slumber."

"Hmmm… I guess you're right. It's just the prospect of getting stronger making me excited. Thanks again Kyuubi."

Not getting any further reply Naruko stepped out of the shower drying herself before walking out in her underwear. As she walked past her room, she noticed the scroll sitting atop her bed. Shrugging to herself she sat down and unfurled the scroll but not before giving a silent thank you to Gama-san. Unsealing its contents, she was surprised to see quite a few set of identical clothes. She had gotten clothes from Gama-san before but it was always had been frog related but this time it looked like Gama-san had decided to send her something different. Not that she was complaining.

She put on her new clothes given how she had no reason to wear her old ones as she had outgrown them. She smiled at herself as she saw her reflection through the mirror. Orange always did look good on him.

She had done her hair in her normal twin tails with black ribbons. Her new long sleeved jacket hugged her torso rather nicely, not too snug nor loose. The jacket itself was black in color that was split in the middle with a darker shade of orange on the bottom. Her black skirt reached up to her upper thigh. Although she wasn't used to wearing skirts, it did feel less restrictive so she didn't really mind the change. Finishing off with black thigh high stocking and dark boots that went above her ankles. Tugging at her skirt she wondered if Gama-san got her a shorter skirt on purpose or did he or she actually not know her size. Probably the latter, Gama-san seems like a nice and humble person.
Satisified with her look she walked out to finally get some training in.

A/N: Appearence is the same as the cover of this story.