AUTHOR NOTE
This is my very first fic.
Note: The poll is still up. Hinata is in the lead. What happens in this or the next chapter doesn't mean that what happens is definite. This is something that is honestly bound to happen but whether it sticks or not is up to the poll.
If there are any lemons (not sure yet if I will put any in yet) they won't be till part 2, though minor limes may make appearances in part 1. There will be a warning at the beginning of the chapter. Those who are wondering I plan to have 3 parts to this story so expect this to go on for some time.
"Blah" talking.
'Blah'thinking.
"Blah"bijū talking or jutsu move.
'Blah'bijū thinking.
"Blah"bijū talking to partner though their mind.
I do not own Naruto nor make a profit from this.
Chapter 9:
Naruko being nervous was a complete understatement she has no idea why the Daimyō would ask for her. Had she done something wrong? Was she in trouble? Did this have to do with her befriending Kurama?
Naruko had taken a good soaking shower but she was not feeling so fresh anymore. The journey to the Hokage's office was one of the most terrifying trips she had ever taken. She was building up sweat at an alarming rate.
Walking up to the door to the Hokage's office Naruko froze. Her fear was rising. She had heard about the Hi no Kuni Daimyō and how he is the ruler of this land. He has the final say of who becomes the Hokage of Konohagakure no Sato.
Taking a big gulp and calming herself down as much as she could, Naruko knocked on the door. A muffled 'Enter' quickly followed. Taking one last gulp and a final deep breath Naruko opened the door and entered.
Upon entering Naruko saw there were a few people in the office. At his usual place the Hokage sat behind his desk. To his left was Iruka-sensei. On the right of the Hokage was a ninja that was always present when handing out missions but Naruko didn't know his name.
Standing by the end of the table on the left side was Kakashi-sensei. What got Naruko even more nervous is that her team wasn't here. Only she was here along with Kakashi. At the end of the table on the right side were two people Naruko didn't recognised.
The first person was a tallish man wearing an expensive looking kimono. The kimono is a striped green and light brown and completely covered his entire body. This man had a strange looking head piece on, in Naruko's opinion.
The head piece looked like a black hood with a giant white fan on the top. In the man's right hand was a small fan with the symbol for Hi no Kuni on it. To the man's right was a small girl who seems no older than five or six.
The girl had brown hair that was tired into buns on either side of her head (same as TenTen). Attached to the buns were pink ribbons that hang downwards covering the girl's ears. She had brown eyes, quite big for her size. She had an expensive green kimono that was quite baggy for the girl.
"Welcome Naruko, I would like to introduce you to the Daimyō-sama of Hi no Kuni and his daughter Naho," the Hokage said introducing the two people.
Naruko's eyes widened, quickly recomposing herself Naruko bowed to them and greeted as politely as she could.
"It's an honour to meet you Daimyō-sama, Naho-sama. I am Uzumaki Naruko, it is and honour to make your acquaintance," Naruko said with a bit of nervousness in her voice.
"Likewise it's my pleasure to meet you Naruko. Daimyō and Naho is acceptable, no need for such formalities. I have heard quite a bit about you," the Daimyō replied with a slight bow her daughter doing the same.
"Hai. Though may I ask what it is you have heard about me Daimyō?" Naruko asked her nerves calming down a bit.
"Mostly of how you fought Zabuza and bested him by yourself. You are also the one to stop my wife's cat from running away. That cat has never left my wife's side since," the Daimyō said with praise in his voice.
"I can't take full credit for Zabuza my team did help me as well, and Kakashi did best him the second time he appeared." Naruko said while rubbing the back of her head and a blush on her face.
"Modest as well, it seems I did make the right choice after all," the Daimyō replied.
"Right choice?" Naruko asked confused.
"Naruko your next mission is a B going on to A-rank mission. You are to look after Naho for a week and show her the life of a ninja. You will still get your normal D-ranked missions with an occasional C-ranked mission," the Hokage debriefed Naruko.
"I am honoured to do the task but are you sure it is wise? I trust you do know who I am and what I contain," Naruko said not sure if this is wise.
"Yes I am well aware and from what I have heard you are somewhat close to the Kyūbi. Is this correct?" the Daimyō asked.
"Hai I am quite close actually," Naruko replied.
"That's good shows you are open minded to the things around you. I can see the doubt you hold over my decision. Fear not I have faith that you can keep my daughter safe from harm," the Daimyō said seeing the doubt on Naruko's face.
"Well then I am honoured and will do everything in my power to protect you daughter," Naruko said with a bow.
"I trust you will. So I must be off. I shall see you again soon Hokage-sama," the Daimyō said before turning to face her daughter and kneeling down in front of her.
"Be safe and have fun, don't be afraid to ask for anything," the Daimyō said softly while the girl nodding with a smile.
The Daimyō hugged her daughter before leaving the office.
"Naruko you must take great care of her, the Daimyō has put a lot of his trust and faith in you. As you are to show her the life of a ninja she will be going with you on missions, though the missions will be safe and consist of no danger," the Hokage said seriously though with a bit of pride in his voice.
"You can count on me jiji. So shall we get going Naho?" Naruko said before turning towards the girl with a gentle smile on her face.
The girl slowly walked to Naruko. The girls nodded to Naruko with a smile. Naruko knelt down to the girl while patting her head in a loving manner. The girl's smile grew wider before reaching out to Naruko's ears.
Naho giggled when Naruko started purring before turning to full laughter as Naruko started tickling Naho with her tails. This lasted for a few minutes before Naruko stopped and stood up facing Kakashi.
"Is team meeting normal time or what?" Naruko asked Kakashi.
"No I told the rest of the team to meet at eleven so it gives you two hours to show Naho around the village," Kakashi replied.
"One last question. Seeing that she is with me for the next week where do I stay because where I live does not have the space and it's one of the most dangerous areas in the village and me being there only makes it worse," Naruko asked worried as the villagers might do something very stupid.
"You are more than welcome to stay at my house I do have two addition bedrooms, though you might have to clean it first," Kakashi offered.
"Thanks Kakashi-sensei," Naruko said while making two bunshins one collecting Naho's baggage and the other going to Naruko's house to get a few of her things.
Naruko and Naho left the Hokage's office while a bunshin followed Kakashi to his house to drop off Naho's things.
"Can I ask you a few things?" Naho asked quietly.
"Yea sure and don't be afraid to ask, you may ask anything you like," Naruko said while letting Naho hold on to one of her tails as they walked around.
"Why did you ask to move?" Naho asked.
"Well the villagers and I aren't on very good terms so they tend to do some stupid things when it comes to me. Also where I live is the worst place for you to live in and my house can only support one person," Naruko replied calmly.
"Do the villagers hate you because of what's inside you?" Naho asked quietly.
"Yes they do, but it doesn't bother me anymore and I have a few friends so it's alright. But the friends I have my age don't know about Kyūbi. I can only tell them after the chūnin exam. So could you please not say anything to them about this," Naruko asked.
"Oh ok no problem. Is it true that you can change into a fox?" Naho asked with a smile.
"Yip and a fox isn't the only thing I can turn into, though I can only show you outside the village," Naruko said happily though went softer at the last part.
"That's awesome! I can't wait to see it," Naho said happily bouncing up and down a bit.
"One last thing," Naho said softly.
"Yes, what is it?" Naruko asked wondering why Naho asked softly.
"Could you please treat me like a normal person and not some royal princess?" Naho asked shyly.
"With pleasure though never planned to in the first place. Now come on we have a village to explore, right Naho-chan?" Naruko said gently. This brought a big smile to Naho's face to which Naruko giggled at.
"Thank you, Naru-nee-chan," Naho said with glee.
'Nee-chan huh?'Naruko mentally thought to the name Naho gave her.
"Treat her well kit. Getting you on to her good side will be a very good thing for you. You never know, you might be able to call in a few favours later on in life," Kurama advised.
'Thanks Kurama though I will do it because I want to, not for the reward later on,' Naruko replied.
For the next hour and a half Naruko gave Naho a tour of the village, showing her where all the clans lived and where the Uchiha once lived. Naruko showed where the play grounds were, academy, the top of the Hokage monument, the various shops and market districts.
Naruko had saved her favourite place for last. Slowly walking up to her favourite ramen stand Naruko told Naho all about the amazing ramen that no other place could beat. When Naho had said that she didn't know what ramen was Naruko tripped.
Naruko had no idea how this was possible. There was a person who didn't know what ramen was, she thought it was the end of the world, hell would freeze over, Sasuke would lose his entire fan club…
"Naru-nee-chan is this place the one you were talking about?" Naho asked seeing the stand in front of them bringing Naruko out from her end of the world thoughts.
"Huh? Oh yes this is the place. The place where the food of the gods is made, Ramen Ichiraka!" Naruko exclaimed.
-Inside Ramen Ichiraka-
"So was that awesome or what?" Naruko said finishing her seventh bowl of ramen.
Naho was amazed at the amount Naruko could eat, she barely finished the first bowel and here was Naruko finishing her seventh.
"It was amazing the chiefs at home don't have anything as good as this," Naho replied still savouring the taste of ramen.
"If you ever need anymore make sure to come and get some more," Teuchi said with a smile.
Teuchi and her daughter Ayame run and own Ramen Ichiraka. Naruko is there number one customer and sometimes gets free meals as a thanks.
"Oh I well. I have to tell tou-sama about this place," Naho said wanting come here again.
"Who is your father anyway?" Teuchi asked.
"Oh he is the Hi no Kuni Daimyō-sama," Naho said like it was common knowledge and it wasn't a big thing.
Teuchi stumbled after hearing this. He just hoped that the girl would put in a good word. If the Daimyō liked this place his sales will no doubt go through the roof.
"Well, be sure to tell him about us. You won't find better ramen anywhere else," Teuchi said almost as if he was trying to sell his product.
"Thanks Teuchi-jiji," Naruko said while leading Naho out the ramen.
"Naho-chan its time you met the rest of my team," Naruko said while wrapping a tail around Naho's waist and letting her pat and hold another.
-Training ground 7-
"Hey guys," Naruko greeted Sakura and Sasuke who were sitting under a tree.
Both Sasuke and Sakura saw the small girl next to Naruko and noticed the girl playing with one of Naruko's tails. Sasuke was wondering who the girl was, while Sakura thought it was very sweet and cute the way Naruko had a tail wrapped around the girls waist while the girl played with another.
"Aww, she's so cute!" Sakura squealed slowly walking up to the girl and kneeling in front of her. Sasuke also stood up and walked to Naruko to find out what is going on though Sakura beat him to it.
"Hi there and what's your name?" Sakura asked sweetly.
"Naho," the girl replied softly.
"Nice to meet you Naho, I'm Sakura," Sakura greeted.
"Naruko who's the chibi and why is she here?" Sasuke asked.
"Don't call me that!" Naho shouted back making Sakura and Naruko giggle at the playfulness.
"This is Naho, Naho this is Sasuke. He may seem like a great prick but once you get to know him is really is just a softy on the inside," Naruko said introducing the two while sticking her tongue out at Sasuke making him grunt in response.
"Oi baka! Watch the language!" Sakura said hitting Naruko on the head.
"Itai! Really wish you wouldn't do that Sakura-chan, you hit harder than you think," Naruko said while rubbing her head with one eye closed.
"Well don't curse in front of small children you should know better than that," Sakura shot back.
"So Naruko why is she here? You got stuck with babysitting?" Sakura asked.
"Kind of. The Daimyō wanted someone to show his daughter the life of a ninja and so choose me to do it. Naho will be with me for a week he said, though at this rate doesn't seems like its long enough," Naruko replied before tickling Naho again for a few minutes.
Sakura smiled at the playfulness Naruko was showing with Naho, Sasuke might of as well if he didn't stop to replay that sentence in his head.
"Wait hold up, she is the daughter of who exactly?" Sasuke asked not sure he heard it right.
"I said she is the Daimyō's daughter, you know the one that runs Hi no Kuni," Naruko repeated.
Both Sasuke and Sakura went wide eyed at this while switching glances between Naho and Naruko. First they see Naruko babysitting which they didn't think is possible remembering the few times they had to babysit at the orphanage.
Then now it's the Daimyō's daughter he is babysitting. Sakura didn't quite believe this though wasn't sure as Naruko has yet to lie about something.
Sasuke was busying wondering why Naruko was chosen for the job because he knew there were much stronger ninjas within the village that would be better and safer to be with.
"Why did he choose you?" Sasuke asked.
"Not entirely sure on that one. He said something about making the right choice though have no idea what he meant," Naruko answered to which Sasuke grunted in return.
"And that is for the Daimyō to know. I trust all is well Naruko?" Kakashi said appearing from nowhere scaring Naho slightly and still reading his book.
"Kakashi-nii-chan, could you please kindly put that book away?" Naruko asked very sweetly sending shivers down Kakashi and Sasuke's spine.
Kakashi quickly hid the book knowing that something will happen to him or the book if he didn't.
"Yes I see all is well," Kakashi said with an awkward chuckle while both Naruko and Sakura kept their eye on him.
"So let's go get our first mission for the day," Kakashi said starting to head to the Hokage's office for a mission. Kakashi reached into his back pouch but quickly removed it when he heard a cough from someone.
"Naho-chan how would you like to have a ride back to the village?" Naruko asked Naho.
With a quick nod and yes from Naho, Naruko laughed before changing into a fox about half the size of Sasuke. Naho's eyes widened when Naruko shape-shifted. Naho giggled when Naruko picked her up using a tail and placed her on Naruko's back.
Sakura's opinion of Naruko changed a bit as she didn't expect her to be good with children. Sasuke was also thinking alone the same lines. Naho laughed a lot on the way to the village as Naruko ran circles around the team sprinting every so often.
When Team Seven reached the entrance to the village Naho reluctantly got off Naruko so she could turn back. When Naruko turned back she picked up Naho so she was sitting on Naruko's shoulders. On the way back Naho felt a little embarrassed at the attention she got while sitting on Naruko's shoulders.
Throughout the walk to the Hokage's office both Sakura and Naruko noticed that Sasuke sent Naruko glances almost to the point that it looked like he watched Naruko the whole way there. Sakura was getting rather jealous at the lack of attention from Sasuke.
For the next two days Team Seven did a lot of D-rank missions. Naho had asked if this really was what ninjas did, she was expecting fighting or spying or ninja stuff not manual labour. When Naho had said this even Sasuke had joined in with his teammates in complaining and arguing to Kakashi.
Kakashi being a bit outnumbered told them that they had to deal with it, and that he didn't come up with the system so should take it up with the person who did. This of course brought the argument into the Hokage's office.
To say the Hokage was unimpressed was an understatement. The Hokage had simply said that these missions where there for a reason and they were too young to understand the reason. That really didn't stand with Team Seven but when they were threatened to remain doing D-rank missions for a year they promptly kept quiet.
During the evening Naruko trained hard, she did her normal fitness and strength training followed by her fire seishitsu henka training. Naruko started learning jutsus from Kurama and started to develop a jutsu of her own which covers Naruko's body with her wind chakra.
She would try it with her fire chakra when she mastered her fire seishitsu henka training. Remembering Kakashi said that the feet are the hardest part to channel chakra to Naruko started by encasing her feet with chakra.
Using her bunshins, Naruko made close around a thousand making Naho's eyes sparkle with awe. During the second day Naruko was able to completely cover her arms or legs but not both. It required a fair bit more concentration then she could handle at the moment
When Naruko covered her arms or legs she noticed that her limbs moved a lot faster and whatever she hit was completely shredded to pieces many trees were left with rather big holes in them.
Naruko calming down from her training was wondering if she should go see either Kakashi or Asuma for help with her kaze no yoroi. Naruko decided to ask Kakashi first as she is in the same house as him.
Giving a rather tired Naho a piggy back ride, Naruko sent off to her temporary home.
-Outside Kakashi's house-
Walking up the stairs to Kakashi's house Naruko saw Kakashi walking just a head of her.
"Kakashi-sensei," Naruko called out.
Wondering who called him Kakashi looked down and saw Naruko walking up the stairs with Naho on her back. Kakashi quickly hid his book before stopping to wait for Naruko.
"Naruko, how was your training this evening?" Kakashi asked when Naruko caught up.
"It went well I can turn about half of that paper you gave me into ash. But there is something I am finding difficult to do," Naruko replied.
"Well done those bunshins really do increase the rate at which you learn things. So what is it you are finding difficult?" Kakashi asked a bit curious.
"Well I am trying completely cover my body with my wind chakra. I guess making it a wind of armour. But the problem is I can only either cover my entire arms or legs I can't seem to get both," Naruko replied still thinking why she can't get it right.
"Well the kaze no yoroi isn't an easy jutsu, only knew about two people who could cover their bodies with their chakra," Kakashi said impressed that Naruko is attempting such a high level jutsu.
"And here I thought I was coming up with something new. I got the idea after hearing that Asuma can cover his blade in chakra so I thought what would happen if I tried it on my body instead," Naruko said a bit disappointed.
"Don't be too disappointed it's quite impressive that you thought of it on your own. Why do you think you can't cover your entire body with chakra?" Kakashi asked while opening up his door.
"To be honest I think I lack the concentration, other than that I don't know," Naruko replied walking into Kakashi's house.
"Concentration is a big part of all jutsus and what you are doing is called keitai henka," Kakashi said while watching Naruko place the sleeping Naho down on the couch.
"Keitai henka?" Naruko asked quite confused.
"Yes keitai henka. It's a very advanced form of chakra control which allows you to change your chakra's movement, form, size, range and purpose. The best way is to picture what you want the chakra to look like and how you release it," Kakashi explained.
"Why do you think the symbol of Konoha is a leaf?" Kakashi asked.
"I remember Iruka-sensei saying something about how it helps with concentration," Naruko replied trying to remember what Iruka-sensei said.
"Yes it does when you focus next time focus only on the symbol on your headband," Kakashi said.
"Can I show you so you can see if there is anything I can improve?" Naruko asked to which Kakashi nodded.
Naruko did the jutsu exactly the same way she had done it earlier. Blue Chakra covered her arms from her shoulder all the way down to her hands. The chakra was swirling around her arms making it look like there was a tornado around her arms.
Kakashi used his Sharingan to watch how the chakra flows, he watched swirl around her arms. Kakashi nodded and Naruko disabled the jutsu.
"Well done Naruko. I can already see a few things that you can improve. The first is to try and make the radius in which your chakra flows around your arms tighter. This will help increase the speed at which it flows at and will focus the jutsu more,"
"The second thing is try to speed up the rotations as much as you can. Try to rotate it in anti-clockwise and see if it goes faster than clockwise," Kakashi explained.
"Why would the direction affect the speed?" Naruko asked.
"Because chakra in your body flows in a certain direction when you mold chakra so rotating it in the same direction while allow it to flow easier," Kakashi explain.
Naruko processed the information before saying thanks and carrying Naho off to her room. The two shared the room as Naho wanted to sleep with Naruko. Naruko was more than happy to comply and used her tails as a blanket for both of them.
-Next day-
Team Seven had to suffer yet another day of D-rank missions. Naruko was getting bored and annoyed by this, nothing exciting has yet to happen and the only way she could get some excitement was if she did a C-ranked mission.
After Naruko had done her fitness and fire seishitsu henka training Naruko went looking for Asuma for some tips on her kaze no yoroi. Kakashi had only helped with the keitai henka side of the jutsu she now wanted advice on the seishitsu henka part of the jutsu.
Running to training ground ten in fox form with Naho on her back, Naruko hoped that Asuma would be there. She knew that this might add to the current deal she had, but hopefully it would be worth it.
Team Asuma heard laughter heading their way. When they looked around they saw a fox with a girl riding it heading right for them. Team Asuma tensed slightly not knowing what to expect.
"Is that Naruko? Seems like she wants another tip," Asuma said really confusing the genin.
Before Ino could ask something the fox came skidding to a halt in front of them racking up a bit of dust. Naho was let down before Naruko slowly shifted into her human form. About seven seconds later Naruko stood in front of Team Asuma who had their jaws on the ground expect of Asuma.
"So this is the famous shape-shifting Kakashi told me about, it is really something to see in person," Asuma said.
Shikamaru mumbled something about troublesome blond girls and giving up trying to figure out Naruko. Chouji saw that Shikamaru wasn't even going to bother to figure ii out so left it to. Ino on the other hand wanted to know what the hell was going on.
"Umm I am confused really confused. That is the weirdest henge no jutsu I have ever seen," Ino said very confused.
"It's not a henge it's shape-shifting. There is a big difference I will explain later I don't have much time," Naruko said in a hurry to which Ino just nodded still confused.
"So you want another tip on wind seishitsu henka?" Asuma asked.
"Partly I have already mastered the waterfall cutting exercise," Naruko replied.
"Already? That took me months to do," Asuma complained.
"Kage bunshins really help," Naruko said with a grin while Asuma moan saying how it's not fair.
"So Asuma-sensei I started making a jutsu and wanted to know if you could see the jutsu and tell me if I can improve anything. Kakashi already gave me advice on keitai henka. I wanted to know if I can improve anything on the seishitsu henka level," Naruko asked.
"You are doing keitai henka training as well just what the hell is Kakashi doing?" Asuma wondered.
"Alright let's see this jutsu of yours," Asuma said.
Using the advice Kakashi gave Naruko she was able to get the chakra to hug as close as she could get it to her arms. She also learnt that she can rotate her chakra quicker if it rotates anti-clockwise not clockwise like she had done originally.
She also had managed to rotate her chakra extremely fast to the point that it was difficult to see her arm. Naruko activated the jutsu and covered her arms. Asuma was surprised he wasn't expecting her to use the kaze no yoroi.
"Kaze no yoroi. Quite the difficult jutsu to master but equally as deadly," Asuma said.
"So what made you decide to use this jutsu?" Asuma wondered.
"Well when you said you coated your weapon with chakra I wanted to see if I can do that with my body as I don't use weapons," Naruko replied.
"You got the idea from that, not bad kid. Well you know the deal," Asuma said Naruko nodded in return.
"Ok I want to see something, go to that tree and slowing push you hand into it," Asuma said point to a tree.
Naruko nodded and walked up to the tree. Slowly pushing her hand into the tree Naruko made a fairly big hole with groove marks on the inside of the tree. Naruko was amazed at how much more effective it was with the few tips from Kakashi.
Asuma looked at the hole then looked inside while nodding. Naruko wondered what Asuma was doing.
"There are two things I can tell you straight of the bat," Asuma said walking be to Naruko.
"The first is that the hole is much bigger than your arm. What you want is to make a hole the same size as your arm. This focuses the jutsu more and the big hole shows that you are wasting chakra while using the jutsu. The smaller the hole you can make the stronger the jutsu will be," Asuma explained.
"The second thing, you see the groove marks?" Asuma asked walking back to tree with Naruko.
Naruko looked inside the hole she made and saw the groove marks in it then nodded to Asuma.
"The gap between each groove rotation is quite wide. You should make the gap also as small as possible, this will increase the rotating speed and focus the jutsu a lot more allowing you to lose less energy when coming into contact with any surface," Asuma continued.
"The whole point of wind is for it to be as thin and sharp as possible. Instead of making a fist leave your hand open so it makes your arm like a spear it will be much more affective. That said you can control piercing power of the jutsu," Asuma lectured Naruko.
Naruko stood there silently for a while thinking and processing the new information.
"Thanks Asuma-sensei," Naruko thanked before turning into a fox and placing Naho on her back and bolting off.
"You guys have some serious competition if Naruko is already creating jutsus like that," Asuma said to his team seriously.
"Wow I never knew Naruko was so smart," Ino said surprised.
"Both Chouji and I knew. She was like me, we both held back during the academy but by the looks of things Naruko more so than I," Shikamaru said knowing that Naruko held back in the academy.
-Random training ground-
Naruko spent three hours trying to perfect her new jutsu. Using her bunshins Naruko had managed to make a hole just a bit bigger than her arm and decreased the gaps between the groove marks.
Naruko used the ground as she didn't want to completely destroy the forest. For the last hour Naruko had worked on trying to cover her legs and arms at that same time. She had manage to cover half of her legs while her arms where fully covered.
Slowly walking back with Naho on her back again Naruko looked behind her at the peacefully sleeping girl. Smiling Naruko carried Naho back. Shortly before the entrance to the village Naruko was suddenly surround by ninjas.
The ninja's were completely covered in black clothes only leaving there eyes visible. Naruko noticed a musical note symbol on their masks just above their eyes. Naruko counted that there were eight of them.
Using her tails Naruko secured Naho to her back freeing one hand but still used the other to help hold Naho. Naruko used her hearing and smell to see if there was more hiding in the forest nearby. Happy that they weren't Naruko got into a stance.
"Hand over the girl and we will let you live," the ninja in front of Naruko demanded.
"Fuck off, you aren't getting her," Naruko cursed back with a deep growl.
"Last warning bitch," the ninja said back in a more serious tone.
"If you leave now I won't turn you into my personal cock-sleeve," the ninja next to the first one said.
"You need a cock for that first. Now fuck off if you wish to live," Naruko shot back while she switched to her demon voice with a growl.
The rest of the ninjas had to hold back a laugh at the insult before getting into a stance hearing the sudden voice change. Seeing this Naruko growled louder and deeper waking up Naho. Naho panicked when she saw all the ninjas surrounding her and Naruko.
"Don't worry Naho-chan I will protect you. Close your eyes until I tell you to open them, this is going to get ugly," Naruko reassured Naho while channelling her chakra into her right arm completely covering it.
Seeing this, the ninjas surrounding her became alert and prepared of an attack. Nothing could prepare the ninja in front of Naruko for what happened next. Naruko instantly reappeared in front of the ninja and shoving her arm in his chest killing him instantly.
Using the ninja's surprise state Naruko made two bunshins who also had their right arms covered and a Nao bunshin on their backs. The two bunshins charged the ninja's on the side instantly killing the next ninjas closest to the bunshins.
When Naruko had created the bunshins she instantly appeared to the ninja that was behind her and killed him in the same manner. By the time the man Naruko had killed dropped her bunshins took care of another each.
It all happened within a few seconds the two remaining ninjas saw six of them get killed virtually instantly. Not wanting to stick around the two ninjas attempted to flee. The two bunshins caught them before they could take more than a few steps.
The bunshins knocked both of the ninjas out while Naruko had created six more bunshins to carry the remaining dead ninjas. Naruko finally saw the aftermath, each of the dead ninjas had a hole where the heart should be. You could clearly see through the hole.
Naruko along with her bunshins bolted for the Hokage's office. When Naruko entered the village she used the roof tops to avoid any civilians and so she could travel faster. Throughout all this Naho kept her eyes close while tightly holding on to Naruko.
"Naho you're safe now, you can open your eyes though don't look back," Naruko said softly while gently tightening her grip on Naho.
Naho had been silently crying from fear of what could or might happen. Naruko had heard her hiccup a few times and used her tails to rub and comfort Naho.
"Thank you nee-chan," Naho thanked quietly before falling asleep on Naruko's back. Naruko smiled before increasing her pace to the Hokage's office.
-Hokage's office-
"Jiji," Naruko called out while entering the Hokage's office.
The Hokage looked up and saw nine Naruko's which eight of them were carrying a ninja each.
"Naruko what happened?" the Hokage asked while getting up and walking to the Naruko holding Naho.
"I was attacked, they were after Naho-chan, six of them are dead while two are unconscious," Naruko replied.
The Hokage lifted the head of one of the ninjas and saw the symbol on his forehead. He silently cursed after seeing the symbol.
"Oto ninja. Naruko leave them hear and head back home. Report this back to me tomorrow," the Hokage told Naruko while several ANBU appeared and took the Oto ninjas.
Naruko nodded before dispelling the bunshins and heading to Kakashi's home.
Chapter 9.
And that is chapter 9. Wanted a few more things to happen but decided to end it here.
What I was referring to into in the note at the top didn't quite happen just yet and should happen next chapter though I did leave some clues as to what will happen.
Hanmac: You really do like yuri parings and action don't you?
The poll is getting interesting Ino is slowly making her way up and Hinata is increasing the lead a bit.
Poll results so far:
Hinata: 18
Sasuke: 16
Ino: 15
Sakura: 12
Shikamaru: 10
TenTen: 10. (The irony of this)
Temari: 10
Gaara: 8
Neji: 5
Shino: 4
Kiba: 3
Lee: 3
Chouji: 1
At first i thought no body loved Chouji as he had no votes. Now he has 1, did someone feel sorry for him or did you really want him to be paired with Naruko?
Am I the only one getting annoyed with the fillers in Naruto at the moment? I mean in the past like 40-50 episodes only 5 have been actual cannon, or are those 5 episodes the filler? At this rate it might as well be.
Ketai Henka: Shape transformation
Kaze no yoroi: Wind armor/ Wind of armor
